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www.americanradiohistory.com No. 'I IN BILLBOARD PG. VOLUME 106 NO. 10 Afro-Plane And The Power Of Surprise THE BILLBOARD 200 84 Rock'n'roll is the creative trouble of making art, and the creative Love)," a conscience-scalding track on "Afro-Plane" in which a taut * MUSIC BOX MARIAN CAREY COLUMBIA art of making trouble. Emerging in the aftermath of a world war rhythm bed of drums, conga, and chanted harmonies creates an NEW AGE that almost obliterated mortal decency, the best rock, R &B, and aural trampoline for the group's electrifying testimony: "All this * HOURS BETWEEN NIGHT + DAY 57 rap have agitated in the decades since for the fierce social convic- talk about leadership / Malcolm, as much as I love him, he's a leg- OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRA EPIC tions beyond failed social conventions, doggedly railing against the endary MTV Buzz Clip / And Martin, yes he's dead, too / And what WORLD MUSIC dimming of human dignity. did they do? They reduced him to a fantasizer, a dreamer who T * LOVE & UBERTE 57 since the dawn of Roy Brown and Muddy Waters, didn't exist in the real world But as for other so-called leaders / GIPSY KINGS ELEKTRA MUSICIAN Forty years ... O the sounds that would be rock, blues, R &B, or rap wear many They've turned us into bleeders ... They are old, tired, burned-out, P REGGAE masks, copious costumes. But it's only those in the frank ranks sold-out ... spending their time trying to create illegitimate clout * PROMISES & LIES UB40 VIRGIN 57 that still dispense fact above fashion and truth without tidiness, ... Trouble thought it was love / And now we've lost the branch courting no ritual, seeking no acolytes, respecting no demagogues, and the dove!" A CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN 36 during the dozen years of the Reagan-Bush re- L * BEYOND A DREAM TWILA PARIS STARSONG requiring no pimps. Coming of age Afro-Plane is four intense young men from Atlanta whose debut gimes, the members of Afro-Plane first intersected as two pairs of s GOSPEL album, "Afro-Plane" (RCA /Kaper, due April 26), is one of the few friends frequenting Atlanta's club scene. At the time, Nous (pro- u * IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN 37 MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR MAIACO debuts of '94 that audaciously asserts its own sonic and narrative nounced "know -us," the Egyptian word for reality), aka Rodney will, deeply gritty and often just as witty. In a period when many Trevon Oliver, was a student at Decatur High School; Blues was a S COUNTRY 34 performers want all your attention but none of your scrutiny, political science major at Clark Atlanta University; Moon, aka Kha- * KICKIN' IT UP JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC Afro -Plane bluntly invites listeners' closest ap- lil Sharif McIntosh, was enrolled at Cheyney Uni- HEATSEEKERS praisals, as on "Ghetto Blast," a sweetly rising versity; and "Brother Soggi," or Christopher Leh- 21 * FUMBUNG TOWARD ECSTASY a cappella street riff that suddenly becomes a bru- man Turner, attended Georgia State. SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA tally unsparing parody of a TV beer spot: "We all began hanging in late '92," says Blues, THE BILLBOARD LATIN 50 38 "Ghet -to Blast! Ghet -to Blast! ... / `Hey, what's SSC second child of car dealer Houston Perry Jr. and * GLORIA ESTEFAN MI TIERRA EPIC mi we up? What's that in yo' hand ?' the former Doris Oliver, an accountant. "And " `It's the ghetto to the B- L-A -S -T can! / When I EARS listened to house music and acid jazz and did home- R &B 24 get a thirst, I drink the worst / Malt liquor in a made demos that included songs on the album like * 12 PLAY R. KELLY JIVE cup, to get fucked up / A dollar forty -nine, yeah I `Flower Child,' `Afro- Desiac,' 'Dig Deep,' and THE HOT 100 got mine ... I walk with the can, I talk with the `Shine,' which was our attempt at a pop song with * THE POWER OF LOVE 82 can / I eat with the can, ya see I sleep with the can a poetic message. CELINE DION 55a MUSIC / I live with the can, I die with the can / See, they "We all write together, Moon being into the ADULT CONTEMPORARY don't understand, I'm the Ghetto Blast man! / So U.K. club vibe of Stereo MC's, Soggi liking heavy * THE POWER OF LOVE 78 what you gonna do, you and your group? / 'Cause jazz like Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, Nous dig- CELINE DION ss0 MUSIC whoomp there it is, we like the Ghetto in you!' ging old -school hip -hop, and me influenced by Hen- "Ghetto Blast Malt liquor, the shit that's killing drix, Sly & the Family Stone, and the Doors. So it's COUNTRY 32 niggers by the ounce / Get yours today, wherever a big pot of influences," laughs Blues, "that we * I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW MARK CHESNUTT MCA fucked-up malt liquors are sold." call `psychedialectichypnofunk.' " The raw sendup comes fast and cutting, flipped Afro -Plane's demo got the group signed to DANCE / CLUB PLAY 30 into the midst of an amazingly broad brace of ma- BMG's Kaper subsidiary, and the finished album * A DEEPER LOVE ARETHA FRANKLIN ARISTA by Timothy White terial, from the sultry acid jazz of "Shine" and the was co- produced in Los Angeles with Atlanta - 11 gliding, old- school aesthetic of "Daisy's Mission" based engineer David Pensado, who'd worked DANCE / MAXI- SINGLES SALES (a lament for a co-ed in poetic with Mother's Finest and Bell Biv DeVoe. "We recorded live with 0 * GROOVE THANG INANE MOTOWN 30 prostitute) to "Tin Soldier," which T meditations on the allure of militia violence could be heard as anti- session players and no samples whatsoever," stresses Blues, who gang or anti-career GI. Cool anger and sardonic heat make Afro- notes that a new Afro-Plane support band of bass, drums, guitar, LATIN for * LUNA ANA GABRIEL SONY LATIN 39 Plane a riveting hybrid with a rich heritage. percussion, and two backing singers has just begun rehearsing S As author Mel Watkins notes in "On The Real Side" (Simon & a tour later this year. I Schuster), his excellent new study of the underground tradition of Arriving at a time when rap is outgrowing the adolescent gullibil- N R &B African -American humor, "Since African-Americans have been in- ity of the gangsta pose, Afro-Plane exudes the grace under oppres- * BUMP N' GRIND R. KELLY JIVE 26 G escapably engaged with the absurdity of America's racial arrange- sion and the eloquence of spiritual word and political deed that have L ments for centuries, survival and sanity dictated that they adopt a characterized African- American activism. Last week marked the HOT R &B AIRPLAY 27 comic view of society ... And the comic vision assures that those 99th anniversary of the passing of Frederick Douglass, the 19th cen- E * SEVEN WHOLE DAYS TONI BRAXTON IAFACE who embrace it maintain vigilance on themselves even as they sati- tury orator /writer who enriched our literature with tales of his tri- S rize the hypocrisy and follies of others." umphs over slavery. Both Blues and Soggi visited Douglass' home - Blues, aka Houston Bryan Perry III, the 21-year-old leader of turned- museum as teen -agers, and were moved by the sight of his HOT R&B SINGLES SALES 27 * BUMP N' GRIND R. KELLY JIVE Afro-Plane, expands on the point. "The element of surprise is a big library of works and his gift, in Blues' words, for "self- contained ac- part of Afro-Plane, because we formed this group for the purpose complishment," which is also an Afro-Plane aim. Maybe next year, RAP of being totally original, just trippin' out as we pleased on anything on the centennial of Douglass' death, someone will make "Trouble" * WHATTA MAN 28 we felt. None of us had been in groups before, so none of us had a tribute to all the brands of it that deserve to endure. SALT-N -PEPA / EN VOGUE NEXT PLATEAU/LONDON any idea of what we couldn't do, couldn't play, couldn't say. For "Afro-Plane," Blues concludes, "is made up of black men who ROCK / ALBUM ROCK TRACKS instance, the whole silly malt liquor thing just whacks us out, so have reached 21 -a thing that's not supposed to happen these * DEUCES ARE WILD AEROSMITH GEFFEN 76 that song was our stick at that. When you're watching another days. And we're from the ghetto and the projects and the neighbor- corny malt liquor commercial come on with some guy trying to rap hood, but we still got ourselves to college. And there's no bandwag- some fad for kids, it's so pitiful you gotta react." on for us but the fact that we're coming up and boom -we are ROCK / MODERN ROCK TRACKS Which returns us to the art of making "Trouble (Thought It Was gonna get over." * LOSER BECK DGC 76

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EDITORIAL Managing Editor: KEN SCHLAGER Commentary Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman News Editor: Susan Nunziata Director of Special Issues: Gene Sculatti; Dalet Brady, Associate Director Bureau Chiefs: Craig Rosen (LA.), Bill Holland (Washington) John Lannert (Caribbean and Latin America) Art Director: Jeff Nisbet; Assistant: Raymond Carlson Senior Copy Editor: Barbara Davies Sampling Without Permission Is Theft Copy Editor: Jon Cummings Radio: Phyllis Stark, Editor (N.Y.), Eric Boehlert, Features Editor (N.Y.) IN BY ANDRIAN ADAMS participating in a free -market system. In their creations? Therefore, the point is moot. Talent: Melinda Newman, Editor (N.Y.) Senior Writer: Chris Morris (LA.) and PAUL McKIBBINS more colloquial terms, "doing the right Sample away! R &B Music: J.R. Reynolds, Editor (LA.) thing While determined to justify the appropria- Country Music /Nashville: Edward Morris, Editor, Peter Cronin, Associate Ed. Dance Music: Larry Flick, Editor (N.Y.) A chill crawled up our spines upon reading With regard to music, the "right thing" is tion of others' creative sweat, Negativland Retail: Ed Christman, Senior Ed. (N.Y.), Don Jeffrey, Associate Ed. (N.Y.) the Commentary on fair use by self -de- for users to pay the people who own the devises a bizarre interpretation of the "Fair Home Video: Seth Goldstein, Editor (N.Y.), scribed "noisemakers" Negativland (Bill- property, i.e., the copyright holders. In a Use" statute contained in current copyright Eileen Fitzpatrick, Associate Editor (L.A.) Pro Audio/Technology: Paul Verna (N.Y.) board, Dec. 25, 1993). civilized society, the rule of law, through leg- law, which allows for free appropriation in in- Enter *Active: Marilyn Gillen, Editor (N.Y.) Through a series of wildly specious argu- islation, rightfully plays an important role in stances that include parody, education, and Music Video: Deborah Russell, Editor (L.A.) ments, Negativland seeks to promote the codifying moral and ethical behavior. commentary. Negativland benignly views Heatseekers Features Editor: Carrie Borzillo (L.A.) It also Staff Reporter: Trudi Miller Rosenblum (N.Y.) idea that they should be able -through the dictates the practical elements of the free these exceptions as a window for an "artistic Administrative/Research Assistant: Terri Horak (N.Y.) technique of "sampling "-to freedom" and "free speech" inter- Contributors: Catherine Applefeld, Jim Bessman, Fred Bronson, Lisa Collins, Bob Darden, Is Horowitz, Larry LeBlanc, Jeff Levenson, use others' creative and inter- `This is not a pretation of the Fair Use statute Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Havelock Nelson pretive work for their own struggle of art that would allow stealing for per- INTERNATIONAL commercial gain without the sonal gain. International Editor in Chief: ADAM WHITE inconvenience of payment or against We believe that Negativland's European News Editor: Dominic Pride International Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy permission. To those who put commerce' position that "the private owner- Tokyo Bureau Chief: Steve McClure in the time, energy, creative Andrian Adams is ship of mass culture is a contradic- Special Issues Editor: Peter Jones (London) effort, and money necessary to tion in terms" is nonsense. Mass CHARTS & RESEARCH executive VP of Associate Publisher: MICHAEL ELLIS create their music in its origi- Seymour Glass Songs/ culture is made up of an infinite Associate Director of Charts/Retail: Geoff Mayfield (L.A.) nal form, this is intellectual EMI. Paul McKibbins is number of distinct parts. It's the Associate Director of Charts /Radio: Kevin McCabe (N.Y.) and physical theft. director of publishing protection of those parts -that is, Chart Managers: Suzanne Baptiste (Rap /Jazz/Gospel/Reggae /World Music), for Rilting Music Inc. Anthony Colombo (Album Rock/New Age), Ricardo Companioni (Dance), Steven The Supreme Court is con- the copyrights -that continually Graybow (Adult Contemporary), John Lannert (Latin), Mark Marone (Modern Rock/ sidering the definitions of "fair stimulates creators to work in the Studio Action), Geoff Mayfield (Billboard 200), Kevin McCabe (Hot 100), Terri 2 Rossi (B&B), Lynn Shults (Country), Marc Zubatkin (Video/Classical) use" and "parody" as they apply to the Live market: The law defines who gets what and arts. Without the stimulus of financial gain, Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson Crew's use of the Acuff -Rose -owned song who has "the right to copy." Without laws how will artists survive? This brings us back Assistant Chart Production Manager: Paul Page "Oh, Pretty Woman" on their album "As to help guide a nation's citizens, there would to the idea of laws, morals, and ethical values. Archive Research Supervisor: Silvio Pietroluongo Administrative Assistants: Steven Graybow (N.Y.), Brett Atwood (L.A.) Clean As They Wanna Be." If the Court rules be anarchy, although this seems to be the di- While it is unlikely that Negativland's SALES in favor of the publishers, some argue that it rection in which Negativland wants our na- ideas will ever be implemented by Congress Associate Publisher: GENE SMITH could have a dampening effect on other art- tion to head. or the courts, we in the music business must National Advertising Director: Jim Beloff ists that employ parody (Billboard, Nov. 20, Negativland in we European Advertising Manager: Patricia A. Rod Jennings Interestingly, claims that be vigilant protecting the copyrights Advertising Services Manager: Michele Jacangelo 1993). The ruling is expected this spring, and our "owner-regulated culture" prevents art- control. It is sad that there are growing num- New York: Ken Karp, Norm Berkowitz, Ken Piotrowski, the case has spurred some artists, like Nega- ists from partaking in their instinctive bers of Negativlands in our midst, people Nancy Bowman, Doug Ferguson Classified (N.Y.): Jeff Serrette, Laura Rivchun tivland, to call for dramatic alteration of the "urge" to create musical "collages" should who want to steal from us in the name of L.A.: Jodie LeVitus, Gary NueII, Michael Nixon, Robin Friedman, Copyright Act. they so desire. Furthermore, according to "art." Like Negativland, these people want to Jon Guynn, Melinda Bell, Alyse Zigman Negativland's position-"We believe that Negativland, "uninvited appropriation is in- "clear all restrictions-including payment Nashville: Lee Ann Photoglo Europe: Christine Chinetti (London), Megan Ahrens artistic freedom for all is more important to evitable" since our population is "bom- and permission -on any practice of fragmen- Tokyo: Bill Hersey the health of society than the supplemental barded with electronic media." tary appropriation." Whether it's one James Southeast Asia: Grace Ip, 310- 330 -7888 (L.A.) Milan: Lidia Bonguardo, 011 -3936 -254 -4424 and extraneous incomes derived from private If the real issue is only that artists have Brown shout or the whole "hook" of a song, Melbourne: Amanda Guest, 011 -613 -824 -8260/8263 (fax) copyright tariffs " -actually negates the the right to sample, we completely agree with Negativland wants the right to have it in Canada: Norm Berkowitz, 212 -536 -5016 whole concept of music as a business. In Negativland's, and their "artist" friends', de- their music without paying the rightful own- Miami: Angela Rodriguez, 305 -441 -7976 Mexico City: Giselle Trainor 525- 658 -7461 Negativland's world, "art" and commerce sire to sample. You may sample anything, as ers of that music. MARKETING are completely distinct entities. However, long as it is not for commercial gain. Since Make no mistake. This is not a struggle of Director of Marketing: JANE RANZMAN in our world of realism and logic, there is Negativland values "art over profit" and em- art against commerce. It is about honest, Promotion Director: Elissa Tomasetti no Promotion Art Director: Tom Senil distinction between art and commerce braces a definition that "art is not a busi- hard -working people being compensated for Special Projects Coordinator: Melissa Subatch once the art is offered for sale. To insist ness," why should they care about selling the music they create and rightfully own. Marketing/Publicity Coordinator: Maureen Ryan otherwise is naive. Circulation Manager: Jeanne Jamin European Circulation Manager: Sue Dowman (London) We feel compelled to address the other Assistant Circulation Manager: Adam Waldman sides of the sampling issue. However, before LETTERS Circulation Promotion Account Mgr: Trish Daly Louw we clean up the minefield of negativism and PRODUCTION reseed it with positivism, let us state our view DANCE FEAT I have a Director: MARIE R. GOMBERT ord store, seen lot of really poor Advertising Production Manager: John Wallace on sampling: If you use copyright -protected As a longtime member of the dance mu- music sell as a result of cheap gimmicks, Associate Advertising Production Manager: Lydia Mikulko music for commercial gain, you must pay. Pe- sic community, I found the Billboard Dance video exposure of "pretty" band members, Production Assistant: Cmdee Weiss Editorial Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders riod. Music Summit in San Francisco (Jan. 19- and heavy radio rotation in the ultra -re- Assistant Editorial Production Manager: Drew Wheeler In very practical terms-in fact, the Con- 21) to be one of the best and most cohesive strictive playlists at CHR. But the phenom- Specials Production Editor: John Treglia stitution guarantees intellectual property seminars I have ever attended. This semi- enal rise of Assistant Specials Production Editor: Marcia Repinski it- Counting Crows and the broad Systems/Technology Supervisor: Barry Bishin is no different than physical property regard- nar was full of information and low on b.s. acceptance of the world rhythms of Deep Composition Technicians: Marc Giaquinto, Morris Kliegman, Anthony T. Stallings ing ownership. Just as one cannot take san- Billboard's [dance music editor] Larry Forest, as chronicled in Heatseekers Im- Directories Production Manager: Len Durham other's car without permission, one cannot Flick [special ADMINISTRATION and projects coordinator] pact articles (Billboard, Feb. 19), shows VP /Director of Licensing: Georgina Challis take or use another's copyrighted creation Melissa Subatch organized a great gather- that the American consumer still recog- Director of Operations /R &B Music Group: Terri Rossi (N.Y.) without permission. Taking this one step fur- ing, from the discussions to the talent nizes quality music. Director of Operations /Country Music: Lynn Shults (Nashville) ther, no one, except a thief, would take an- showcases. This summit provided one of Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms, Directories Publisher: Ron Willman and the On -Line Sales /Support: Lori Bennett other person's car and sell it without the the most open forums I've ever partici- current crop of alternative -influenced pop Distribution Director: Edward Skiba proper, formal, legal arrangements. But this pated in. And better yet, it provided a rare bands are quietly proving that superior mu- Group Sales Manager: Carlton Posey is Billing: Debbie Liptzer exactly what happens when an artist ap- spirit of openness that allowed some of the sicianship and rich, vivid songwriting will Assistant to the Publisher: Kara DioGuardi propriates a musical fragment and then prof- young up-and-corners in the dance music win out over industry -contrived images and PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER: HOWARD LANDER its from its use and sale. It's taking without business the opportunity to voice their teen -age sexual innuendo -laden song lyrics. BILLBOARD OFFICES: permission. opinions and be heard. The industry is finally being led by mu- New York Washington, D.C. Nashville Although Negativland justifies "fragmen- The San Francisco locale also was a nice sic- conscious executives, like Capitol's 1515 Broadway 806 15th St. N.W. 49 Music Square W. TN tary theft" (read: sampling) as an inescapa- change of pace from the New York -Los Gary Gersh, who combine passion for N.Y., NY 10036 Wash., D.C. 20005 Nashville, 37203 true 212 -764 -7300 202 -783 -3282 615 -321 -4290 ble part of the artistic process, they defend Angeles mentality of most music gather- music with sharp business acumen and a edit fax 212- 536 -5358 fax 202 -737 -3833 fax 615-320-0454 view Tokyo this vis à vis music with a historical ref- ings. 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BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 5 www.americanradiohistory.com CDs Push Music Sales Past $10 Bil mark Gallup's New BY MELINDA NEWMAN age of growth shrunk to 1.2% in sin- gles shipments and actually regis- U.K. Charts Tap NEW YORK- Bolstered by the contin- Music Industry Scorecard: Jan. -Dec. 1990 -93 tered a .1% loss in dollar value. ued growth of the CD, the U.S. record- As expected, vinyl LPs and EPs de- Indie Dealers ing industry last year climbed past $10 clined in both unit sales and dollar billion in sales for the first time. MANUFACTURERS' UNIT SHIPMENTS value. For 1993, vinyl counted for BY ADAM WHITE The year -end figures, released Feb. (MILLIONS NET AFTER RETURNS) only 1.2 million units shipped and 25 by the Recording Industry Assn. % Change $10.6 million in dollar value, for re- LONDON -The U.K. record in- of America, show a dollar value of 1990 1991 1992 1993 '92 -'93 spective drops of 47.8% and 21.5%. dustry's official charts have new $10.046 billion, an 11.3% increase over CDs 286.5 333.3 407.5 495.4 +21.6% In addition to CDs, the only other competition -from the company 1992's $9.024 billion. Units shipped CD Singles 1.1 5.7 7.3 7.8 +6.8% configurations to gain in units that was compiling them until a also showed a healthy increase, ris- Cassettes 442.2 360.1 366.4 339.5 -7.3% shipped and dollar value were CD sin- month ago. ing 6.7% to 955.6 million units. 1992's Cassette Singles 87.4 69.0 84.6 85.6 +1.2% gles and music videos. Music videos That company, Gallup, has be- figure was 895.5 million. LPs /EPs 11.7 4.8 2.3 1.2 -47.8% showed the largest hike of any con- gun publishing top 100 singles and While the numbers were up, the Vinyl Singles 27.6 22.0 19.8 15.1 -23.7% figuration, posting a 44.7% increase album rankings based on sales growth posted in 1993 was not as sub- Music Videos 9.2 6.1 7.6 11.0 +44.7% in units shipped, up to 11 million, and data supplied by approximately stantial as the 1992 gains. That year, TOTALS 865.7 801.0 895.5 955.6 +6.7% a 35.5% increase in dollar value, up to 400 independent retailers. Howev- the industry posted a 15.2% increase $213.3 million. er, none of Britain's largest music in dollar value, and an 11.8% increase Other distribution heads say the chains are providing information in units shipped. MANUFACTURERS' DOLLAR VALUE 1993 figures seem on target to them. for the new charts, which have so The results for 1993, however, ($ MILLIONS AT SUGGESTED LIST PRICE) "It's always hard to look at your far only appeared in a couple of na- were received with enthusiasm by % Change own numbers compared to the indus- tional Sunday newspapers. key members of the trade. "We've 1990 1991 1992 1993 '92 -'93 try. But from what we've talked Gallup was replaced Feb. 1 by had two very good years and they are about to what our customers say, Millward Brown as the research directly the result of the breadth of CDs 3,451.6 4,337.7 5,326.5 6,511.4 +22.2% they seem in the ballpark," says firm handling the industry's offi- music that's striking across the CD Singles 6.0 35.1 45.1 45.8 + 1.5% Dave Mount, CEO /president of cial U.K. charts. The charts are fi- board," says Jay Berman, RIAA Cassettes 3,472.4 3,019.6 3,116.3 2,915.8 -6.4% WEA Distribution. nanced and produced by Chart In- CEO /chairman. Cassette Singles 257.9 230.4 298.8 298.5 -0.1% "They would seem accurate from formation Network using exclu- "There was a time in our industry LPs/EPs 86.5 29.4 13.5 10.6 -21.5% our perspective," agrees Jim Ca- sive sales data provided by when we were top heavy; we were Vinyl Singles 94.4 63.9 66.4 51.2 -22.9% parro, CEO /president of PolyGram member firms of the British Assn. dominated by a few acts selling multi- Music Videos 172.3 118.1 157.4 213.3 +35.5% Group Distribution. "Having the of Record Dealers. The CIN best- multi- platinum," Berman says. "In the TOTALS 7,541.1 7,834.2 9,024.0 10,046.6 +11.3% numbers broken out this year as they seller lists are widely broadcast via last two years, what's reflected is a Source: RIAA Market Research Committee did gives us a clearer focus. We can BBC radio and television. healthier trend of a larger number of identify more clearly retail activity At Gallup's instigation, exclusiv- acts selling multi- platinum." vs. ancillary activity." ity clauses in the CIN /BARD con- "I feel the industry is very healthy, which are not tallied separately. the country in the CD increase, he For the first time, the RIAA re- tracts are being studied by a gov- as healthy as I have seen it," says After rebounding ever so slightly says, "I think we were the last to lose leased the year -end stats and its 1993 ernment agency, the Office of Fair Russ Bach, CEO /president of Cerna in 1992, cassettes continued their the eight -track as well." consumer profile at the same time, Trading, to determine whether Distribution. "Our customer base is downward spiral. Unit shipments Cassette albums weren't the only perhaps as a way to avoid the confu- they violate U.K. competition laws very healthy at this point and we're were down 7.3% from 1992, while dol- losers-there was similar bad news sion that met 1992's figures, which (Billboard, Feb. 12). very satisfied with the way business lar value decreased 6.4 %. The catego- for cassette singles. The configura- were disputed by two distribution The Financial Times newspaper is going." ry also includes DCC sales. tion soared in 1992, with gains of companies (Billboard, April 10, 1993). reported Feb. 22 that the OFT had CDs continued their march to- "1993 was the first year that we 22.6% in unit shipments and 29.7% in Following the questions, the RIAA referred the case to the Restrictive wards prominence, registering their sold more units on CD than cassette," dollar value. For 1993, that percent- (Continued on page 12) Trade Practices Court, but an second straight year of surpassing says Doug Smith, senior buyer for agency official told Billboard that cassettes in shipments (495.4 million Carnegie, Pa.-based National Record no such action had yet been taken. to 339.5 million) and dollar value Mart. "They surpassed cassette on The Fair Trading office is in ($6.511 billion to $2.915 billion.) The dollars years ago." Commenting that touch with BARD and CIN repre- category includes any MiniDisc sales, his chain lagged behind the rest of sentatives, the official added. Un- der its procedures, the OFT must discuss with both sides whether contract restrictions can be re- duced voluntarily, before referring Sony Music, MN, New Line any arrangements to court. Few agreements that have been evalu- ated by the courts "have been ac- Top Nominees for '94 Billies cepted ... as operating in the pub- NEW YORK-The results of the pre- driven business." lic interest," according to the OFT. liminary judging for Billboard's 1994 The 147 finalists in 28 categories in- Another U.K. firm that produces International Billie Awards are in, clude consumer and trade print ads, music and video charts, MRIB, has and the creative teams of some of the TV and radio spots, posters and also made submissions to the Of- top firms in the entertainment and point-of- purchase materials, as well fice of Fair Trading. Like Gallup, it among home video is contesting the exclusivity clauses advertising businesses are as album and cover art. Warner Gets "Philled" Up. Phil Collins has made new worldwide agreements with nominees. Among top final- 88 a complete list fi- in the CIN /BARD agreement. the the (See page for of Warner Music Group companies. The new agreement with Atlantic Records and Sony Music 13 nomina- MRIB, formed in 1981, compiles ists are with nalists.) Warner Music International includes the U.K. and Ireland for the first time. tions, MTV (9 nominations), New The winners will announced charts from information supplied be (Previously, Collins was on Virgin Records in those territories.) In addition, Warner/ (8), 10 by independent music retailers. Its Line Home Video Phoenix radio March at the Puck Building in Chappell Music has strengthened its relationship with Collins through a worldwide station KTAR (5), Philadelphia- rankings appear in the two leading and New York. The ceremony will be publishing agreement with Hit & Run Music for all territories outside the U.K. Hit & U.K. music weeklies, Melody Mak- based advertising agency the hosted by famed contemporary artist Run holds the rights to songs by Collins, Genesis, and other artists. Shown, from Weightman Group (4). Max personality er and New Musical Express, and Peter and ESPN left, are Mel Lewinter, vice chairman, Atlantic Group; Doug Moms, co-chairman/co- The Billie Awards is the only inter- "Downtown" Brown. Tickets in a number of mass -circulation Julie CEO, Atlantic Group; Ramon Lopez, chairman /CEO, Warner Music International; national competition honoring can be for $55 in advance newspapers. the purchased Collins; Robert J. Morgado, chairman /CEO, Warner Music Group; Ahmet Ertegun, in $65 door. in- For the CIN charts, meanwhile, best advertising and packaging the or at the For tickets and co-chairman /co-CEO, Atlantic Group; and Tony Smith, Collins' manager and owner music and home indus- formation, contact Maureen Ryan the data- gathering switch from entertainment at of Hit & Run. tries. This year's competition drew 212 -536-5002. Gallup to Millward Brown has not 600 entries from record labels, home been trouble -free. For example, video manufacturers, music video confidential sales information networks, radio stations, retailers, from one major chain, Virgin, re- professional audio manufacturers, On EMI cently was sent in error to another and advertising agencies servicing U.S. Earnings Drag Thorn Profits leading retailer, John Menzies. those sectors. The submissions were BY DOMINIC PRIDE for the nine months ended December sales rush, saw strong performances "It was genuine human error," reviewed by a panel of 35 creative, 31, 1993. Sales for the whole group in the U.K., Europe, and the rest of says CIN chart director Catharine design, and marketing professionals. LONDON -Earnings from EMI's were 3.3 billion pounds ($4.85 billion), the world outside the U.S., U.K., and Pusey, explaining . that the wrong "We are thrilled to see the indus- New York labels proved to be a dull up 0.6% over the same period last continental Europe, and was buoyed report was simply put in the wrong try's continuing support of the Bil- spot in Thorn EMI's otherwise bright year. by Virgin's highest market share in envelope. "We've apologized to lies," says Howard Lander, Billboard nine -month results. EMI Music reported profits up 39% its 21 -year history. BARD and to Virgin, and taken publisher and president of the Bill- Robust performances from retailer compared with the same nine -month This is the first time Thorn EMI steps to ensure it doesn't happen board Music Group. "The Billie HMV, Virgin Music Group, and Euro- period in 1992, to 212 million pounds has reported its nine-month figures, again." Awards were established to provide a pean music operations contributed to ($311.6 million), on sales up 20% to which is the first phase of the compa- vital forum to spotlight the creative a result that showed operating profit 1.37 billion pounds ($2.01 billion), its ny's plan to release its figures quar- Assistance in preparing this forces that package and market the on continuing operations up 23%, to highest ever sales for that period. terly. The group is following new story was provided by Thom Duffy. commercial endeavors of this artistic- 291.4 million pounds ($428.35 million), The period, taking in the Christmas (Continued on page 81)

6 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com "Thin s won are one, joy's soul s .th -William Shakespeare doing" A &M Records congratulates our grammy nomin- Sting Record of the year Album of the year Song of the year Best rock vocal performance. solo Best pop vocal performance. male Best music video - longform Best engineered album (non classical) (Hugh Padgham) Producer of the year (non -classical) (Hugh Padgham)

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Bergman leads Charge MCA Brings Aboard Interactive VP Melnyk Starts CD -ROM Talks With Acts For Change At ASCAP BY MARILYN A. GILLEN created this position is to have some- one right in the music group who can BY IRV LICHTMAN ASCAP board. BMI, ASCAP's chief NEW YORK -The MCA Music En- work closely with our artists on cre- rival, has been headed by a woman, tertainment Group is bringing "inter- ating that product. I see this as an im- NEW YORK- Lyricist Marilyn Frances Preston, since 1986. active" in-house and onto the front portant leg in our future business, Bergman has achieved two impor- Bergman takes the reins as presi- burner with the establishment of a and I want to have as much in-house tant firsts in her tenure as an dent at a time new music group position, VP of in- expertise as makes sense to put in ASCAP board member: In 1985, she when ASCAP is teractive media. place." became the first woman writer in the midst of its Alex Melnyk, whose background The artists eager to TELLER MELNYK are get start- elected to the board of the perform- most thorough includes work in the interactive, mu- ed, too, he adds. "More and more of ing rights society; now she has be- reorganization sic video, television, and music indus- the distribution of MCA Music's in- them are becoming interested in mul- come the first woman to be elected since it was tries, has been appointed to the new teractive titles into the retail market- timedia and interactive CD -ROMs, president. In making Los Angeles founded 80 years post by Music Group chairman Al place, Teller says. (Uni Distribution and some are not sure exactly what her home base, she also will have ' ago. Teller, with a mandate to identify, im- also will be distributing interactive they want to do with it, but their cre- the distinction of being the first "It is such an plement, and help market interactive products from other MCA divisions, ative juices are definitely flowing," president to be headquartered in a BERGMAN interesting time media projects from the MCA Music including Putnam Publishing, MCA he says. "Some artists are inquisitive city other than New York. at ASCAP that I Group family of artists. Home Video, and the newly formed about interactive," agrees Melnyk, Bergman replaces Morton Gould, found [the prospects] of being presi- The first such projects are roughly Universal Interactive Studios.) who has just begun meeting with art- who is stepping down after eight dent so appealing," says Bergman. targeted for release by the end of "We are in the very early stages of ists and managers. "Everybody's years as ASCAP's president (Bill- She was one of many members of the year, although no titles have been an- an important new medium, and I been reading about it everywhere. board, Feb. 19). Cy Coleman replaces 24- person board who felt the nounced. think there is a strong place for mu- But a lot of people still don't really Bergman as a writer VP on the (Continued on page 12) In her new role, Melnyk also will sic- driven product in that world," know what it is. There are a few art- work with Uni Distribution Corp. on Teller says. "One of the reasons we (Continued on page 12) Senate Hearing Examines Gangsta Lyrics Possibility Raised Of Movie -Style Rating System BY BILL HOLLAND prevent certain records from getting However, lawmakers and most of into the hands of children." the witnesses targeted record compa- WASHINGTON, D.C. -Violent Rosen testified that a rating sys- nies for allowing explicit recordings gangsta rap lyrics and the record tem would be unworkable because to be sold to children. Several alluded companies that release them were member labels "would not be to producers and companies that had criticized at a Feb. 23 Senate hearing equipped to make those decisions," pushed artists to be more vulgar and chaired by Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and that it would be nearly impossi- violent in their lyrics. (D- III.), but neither legislators nor ble to make distinctions about the use "Placing profit ahead of social obli- witnesses could offer an easy solu- or meaning of offensive words in the gation, record companies routinely tion. context of particular songs. market music which glorifies vio- Three record industry executives Rosen also said that children would lence, demeans women, glamorizes and one entertainer were among the get hold of controversial lyrics even the use of illegal drugs, and even approximately 17 witnesses testify- if there were a rating system. "Music crosses the line in being audio por- ing at the hearing, and no rappers is different from movies," she said. nography," said Dr. C. DeLores were present. According to sources "Kids who want to hear certain Tucker, national chair of the National House Party. Elektra executives throw a listening party at Keith Sweat's home from Moseley Braun's office, many songs find out how to hear them." Political Congress of Black Women. in celebration of his upcoming album, "Get Up On It," which is due March 25. artists had been invited to testify but Rosen also told lawmakers that fol- NPCBW has picketed record chains Shown, from left, are Joe Morrow, VP of urban music, Elektra; Hiriam Hicks, did not respond. lowing the Feb. 11 House hearing on carrying in gangsta rap recent Hiriam Hicks Mgt.; Sweat; and David Bither, senior VP /GM, Elektra. Among those giving testimony gangsta rap lyrics, at which time it (Continued on page 89) were Hilary Rosen, executive VP of was mentioned that several explicit the Recording Industry Assn. of albums were missing labels or had America; David W. Harleston, presi- small parental advisory logos (an dent of Rush Associated Labels and RIAA voluntary system employed Faith Hill Scales The Country Mountain Def Jam; Steve McKeever, executive since 1985), RIAA sent a memoran- VP of talent and creative affairs for dum to the heads of member labels Motown Records; and entertainer "reminding them of the importance Warner Push Helps Pave Her Road To Success Dionne Warwick. A representative of proper use and placement of the BY CARRIE BORZILLO Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart from Rock The Vote also testified. logo." on Jan. 1. Upcoming House hearings, slated The memo also was sent to the Na- LOS ANGELES -By exposing coun- Hill's version of "Piece Of My for March and April and chaired by tional Assn. of Independent Record try singer Faith Hill's down -to-earth Heart," a song made famous by Janis Rep. Cardiss Collins (D- III.), are ex- Distributors for its indie -label mem- personality and warmth through nu- SEEKERS Joplin, was serviced in early Febru- pected to give rappers a place on the bers. merous TV appearances and one-on- ary to radio. This week, it reaches podium. Although none of the witnesses- one meetings with radio, retail, video, No. 34 with a bullet, while "Wild Senate lawmakers and witnesses most of whom were African-Ameri- and press representatives, Warner One" is No. 1 on the Hot Country Re- agreed that while the lyrics are trou- cans, representing a wide range of Bros. effectively created a buzz on currents chart. bling, it would be wrong and irre- professions -condoned the messages the Star, Miss., native and her debut Warner Bros. spent eight months sponsible to attempt to mute the mes- of violence and misogyny in gangsta album, "Take Me As I Am." Am," released Oct. 12, bowed at No. prior to the album's release creating sages of rage roaring from the vio- rap, most explained the rappers' "With Faith, we had so much to 73 on the Top Country Albums chart an industry buzz on Hill. lent, drug -torn neighborhoods of stances and outcries in the context of work with," says Hill's manager, on Nov. 27. The week of Feb. 26, the Hill first made the rounds greeting America's economically disadvan- the impoverished and near -hopeless Gary Borman of Los Angeles -based album hit No. 25, earning Heat - radio programmers at the St. Jude's taged without a serious commitment lives they lead. Borman Entertainment. "She's a seekers Impact status. This week, fundraiser in Memphis in January. by government, community groups, "The issue is not whether to sup- great person, a genuine person who's the album is at No. 23 with a bullet. Last March, she met more indus- and individuals to attack the root press, regulate, restrict, segregate, down to earth. She's very attractive On The Billboard 200, the album tryites when she performed with causes of what one witness called or otherwise curb the distribution of and on top of that, a great singer. We debuted at No. 173 on Jan. 29 and Dwight Yoakam, who is also man- "societal disintegration." hip-hop music. Rather, the issue is wanted people to realize that she's now stands at No. 112 with a bullet. aged by Borman, at the Country Ra- Moseley Braun, pushing for great- whether we, as a community and na- not just a new artist and she's not It has sold 111,000 units, according to dio Seminar. er involvement on the part of the re- tion, are prepared to address the very just a pretty face. The best way to do SoundScan. Hill appeared on TNN's "American cording industry, suggested the pos- issues that have given rise to the lyr- that was to get her talking to people Hill's first single, "Wild One," Music Shop" and "Nashville Now" sibility of a rating system patterned ics that some find so troubling," said before the album even came out." which went to radio in September, de- (now known as "Music City Tonight") after the MPAA's movie ratings "to Harleston. The results so far: "Take Me As I buted Oct. 16 at No. 61. It topped the (Continued on page 83)

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A &M Readies Nevilles' Live Set Album To Arrive In Time For Jazz Fest BY CHRIS MORRIS "Brother's Keeper," and "Family Groove," hit Nos. 66, 60, and 103, re- LOS ANGELES -A&M Records will spectively, on The Billboard 200. focus its promotional efforts for the Now, A &M views the platinum new Neville Brothers album, "Live success of Aaron Neville's 1993 solo On Planet Earth," on this year's New album, "The Grand Tour," as a new Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. opening for pushing the act. In other Crescent City news at the "Their name recognition has never label, A &M plans a late 1994 or early been higher," Glass says of the Nev- 1995 new illes. "We see Aaron's success as release for a album by the NEVILLE BROTHERS Meters, the late '60s bayou funk unit opening some new doors ... [But] we that included Art Neville among its versary of a call for the Nevilles to have to continue to develop them as a members. band together, issued to the brothers separate entity." Of the forthcoming Neville Broth- by George "Chief Jolly" Landry, the To that end, the Nevilles will be Theory Of Relativity (And Lifestyles). Barry Kobrin, CEO of Relativity /RED, April: ers album, A &M marketing VP Jill revered leader of New Orleans' cere- highly visible at Jazz Fest in and Lydia Harris, president of newly formed Lifestyles Records, announce the Glass says, "We told them if they monial Indian tribe the Wild Tchoupi- Plans call for the group to open and creation of a co- label, Relativity/Lifestyles. The deal encompasses all of could deliver the album in a timely toulas (whom the Meters backed on a close the festival, and they are slated Lifestyles' artist releases, which will be distributed by RED. Relativity Records New fashion, we'd do everything to make self -titled 1976 album). to perform three nights at the will market and promote selected releases. Shown, from left, are Relativity GM Jazz Fest a Nevilles event." Elder brother Art Neville says, Orleans House Of Blues location. Harry Palmer; Hams; Relativity executive VP of A &R Cliff Cultreri; Kobrin; and The album, due April 19, features "[Chief Jolly] told us he don't see any Glass says a live broadcast of a club Lifestyles director of A &R Andre Harris. the veteran New Orleans funk-R&B reason not to do a thing as a family (Continued on page 12) unit fronted by siblings Art, Aaron, ... He said, `This is what your mother Cyril, and Charles Neville perform- and your father would have liked to ing concert versions of their originals see happen when they were alive.' and covers of songs by such diverse One thing led to another, and we did Raitt, Crue, Pantera Come Marching In artists as Stephen Stills, the Rolling put the group together." Stones, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and The Neville Brothers have per- R &B/Country Duets Set Also Bow Curtis Mayfield. It was recorded in formed respectably for A &M since Soundtracks, the U.S. and abroad during the Nev- returning to the label, which released BY LARRY FLICK the works. er," his first album since Capitol's illes' 1993 tour. "Fiyo On The Bayou" in 1981, for a Raitt returns March 22 with 1991 release, "Too Legit To Quit." The release of "Live On Planet second tour of duty in 1989. Their NEW YORK -Motley Crue, Bonnie "Longing In Their Hearts," her first The road at pop and urban radio has Earth" commemorates the 20th anni- three studio albums, "Yellow Moon," Raitt, Pantera, and Hammer are album since the 1991 quadruple -plati- been paved with a successful double - among the top -ranking artists in an num release, "Luck Of The Draw." A -sided single, "It's All Good" and army of acts sending new albums Once again, she shares production "Pumps & A Bump." Hammer into battle in March. credit with Don Was on the Capitol worked with a variety of producers, Also rolling out key projects this set, which is preceded by the single including Teddy Riley and Daz & month are Elvis Costello, Gang Starr, "Love Sneakin' Up On You." Raitt, Kurupt from Snoop Doggy Dogg's Sony Attorney Says `Chaos' Brand New Heavies, and Confeder- who co-wrote five of the album's Doggpound. ate Railroad. The film soundtrack tunes, also covers songs by Paul Bra- Elvis Costello resurfaces March 8 sweepstakes heats up with star -stud- dy and Richard Thompson. with "Brutal Youth" (Warner Bros.), Would Follow Michael Win ded albums supporting "Mi Vida "Hard" and "heavy" are key adjec- which was produced by the artist BY CHRIS WHITE "a degree of chaos would ensue" if Loca," "Threesomes," and "The tives in describing the material that with Mitchell Froom. Radio gets the the court were to declare the con- Crow," and the hotly touted fills "Far Beyond Driven," the third first single, "You Tripped At Every LONDON -The final two weeks of tract unenforceable, Pollock said. "Rhythm, Country & Blues" compila- major label release from EastWest's Step" shortly. the long-running George Michael In his closing arguments, Pollock tion also hits the streets this month. Pantera. Following the gold -selling The lengthy rock agenda for court case against Sony opened said Michael had been successful in On March 15, Motley Crue unleash- "Vulgar Display Of Power," this set, March also includes David Lee Roth's here Feb. 21 with Gordon Pollock, fulfilling his talents, which had es a self -titled album on Elektra -the due in stores Tuesday (1), comes in a "Your Filthy Little Mouth" (Reprise, counsel for Sony, reaffirming in his been the main purpose of the re- group's first studio offering since collector's vinyl edition with artwork March 8); Morrissey's "Vauxhall & I" summary arguments that Michael's cording contract he had signed. "Is 1989's "Dr. Feelgood," and its first different from that on the CD and (Sire/Reprise, March 22); Sam Phil- recording contract should be up- this really a case where the public since the departure of singer Vince cassette. Pantera soon begins a tour lips' "Martinis & Bikinis" (Virgin, held. interest requires that [the record- Neil. Now fronted by John Corabi, that will take it around the world in March 8); Sass Jordan's "Rats" Because the superstar's deal is ing contract] be set aside ?" he the band will launch the set with the the next year and a half. (MCA, March 1); Yes' "Talk" (Vic- very similar to those held by other asked. single "Hooligan's Holiday," which Tuesday (1) is also the day Ham- tory, March 22); Phish's "Hoist" artists within or outside the U.K., (Continued on page 81) has just shipped to album rock and mer steps forward with his Giant /Re- (Elektra, March 29); and Inspiral Car - metal radio. An extensive tour is in prise debut, "The Funky Headhunt- (Continued on page 88)

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RECORD COMPANIES. Lars Toft is ap- pointed managing director of BMG Ariola A /S, Denmark. He was GM of EMI -Medley A/S in Copenhagen. Elektra Entertainment appoints Bob Garland VP of promotion in Denver, Sonia Ives VP of video pro- duction in New York, and Lisa

Frank VP of artist relations and GARLAND IVES DELONG FRANK CROWE MADISON LOITERTON marketing in New York. They were, respectively, founder of Artist Devel- music supervisor for films. Dave Moss is appointed senior di- New York. She was production man- Sparrow Communications Group opment Services Inc., senior director David Chemidlin is appointed VP rector of A &R for Big Beat Records ager. in Nashville promotes Steve Rice of video production for Elektra, and of finance for Sony Music Special in Los Angeles. He was A &R repre- to VP of A &R and publishing ad- senior director of artist relations and Products in New York. He was VP/ sentative for Profile. DISTRIBUTION. John V. Madison is ministration and Craig Dunnagan promotion at Elektra. controller. Richard Seifert is named director appointed senior VP of sales/ to manager of publishing adminis- Valerie DeLong is promoted to VP Mike Jason is named VP of fi- of finance and controls for Sony Mu- branch distribution at PolyGram tration. They were, respectively, of promotion for EastWest Records nance and administration for the sic International in New York. He Group Distribution in New York. manager of A &R and publishing America in New York. She was se- RCA Records Label in New York. He was manager of internal audit for He was senior VP /GM for Pyra- administration and copyright ad- nior director of top 40 promotion. was head of worldwide financial re- Sony Corp. of America. mid Broadcasting. ministrator. Bob Frank is promoted to VP of porting and worldwide royalty opera- John Benedict is appointed man- label operations for Mercury Nash- tions at BMG. aging director of China Records in PUBLISHING. David Loiterton is RELATED FIELDS. Richard Arroyo is ville. He was director of finance. Atlas Records in Los Angeles ap- London. He was founder of the enter- named director of BMG Music Pub- named senior VP and managing di- Maureen Crowe is named VP of points Rob Gordon VP of artist de- tainment law firm Benedicts. lishing, Southeast Asia, in Hong rector for MTV Latino in Miami. He soundtracks at Columbia Records in velopment. He was national director Pat Barry is promoted to director Kong. He was managing director of was senior VP of marketing for Phil- Los Angeles. She was an independent of field marketing for Capitol. of production at Island Records in MMA Music Group Ltd. ips Media. 11 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music

BERGMAN LEADS CHARGE FOR CHANGE AT ASCAP (Continued from page 10) Court Decides time was ripe for change. husband Alan Bergman are rewrit- founder of the Hollywood Women's tion to board membership, he will car- "Since the society was formed 80 ing portions of Barbra Streisand's di- Political Committee and serves on the ry the title of president emeritus. years ago, the world has changed, alog, among other things they creat- board of the Streisand Foundation. Gould's decision came shortly after Against Former and so has the map of the music busi- ed for the star's recent New Year's As for Gould, 80, he revealed his in- the board proposed guidelines that, ness. I thought it was a good idea to appearances in Las Vegas. This is be- tentions to step down the morning of among other things, would prevent Blondie Manager take a hard look at what we had to do ing done for upcoming Streisand per- Feb. 16 at a publisher /writer caucus sitting board members from seeking to accommodate changes in technolo- formances in such cities as London, held prior to that day's Los Angeles re-election after age 75. If approved NEW YORK -Blondie's former gy and demographics. It only makes Washington, Paris, and New York. general membership meeting. by the general membership, the new manager is not entitled to commis- sense to check ourselves against Bergman, a member (along with "We were shocked enough as it is, rule would mean that Gould could not sions on Deborah Harry's solo ef- changing times ... For instance, we her husband) of the Songwriters Hall so we felt it wasn't the time to pin run for another board term next year. forts, the Appellate Division of can change the size of our surveys, of Fame, is active in other organiza- Morton down on the exact nature of Gould's announcement at the gen- New York Supreme Court ruled something that was impossible a few tions within and outside the industry. his departure from the job," says a eral membership meeting was greet- Feb. 10. years ago." Her memberships include the execu- board member present at the morn- ed with dismay by the audience, Unanimously agreeing with Bergman, a three-time Academy tive committee of the music branch of ing session. largely composed of veteran writer Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Award winner for best song or score, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts However, within hours, Gould told and publisher members, many of Beverly S. Cohen's July 1 ruling, cites another advantage gained by & Sciences; the board of the National the board he would resign as presi- whom apparently were unaware of the five judge panel found that new technology. "I'm going to be Academy of Songwriters; the Wom- dent immediately, but would stay on recent board 'decisions designed to Peter C. Leeds was entitled to able to have telecommunications with en's Trusteeship; and the National as a board member to help the new achieve a younger board profile. commissions only "for work per- all branch offices once a week. We'll Women's Forum. She also is a president during transition. In addi- formed or created [by the group have hookups with the New York and or its individual members] prior to Los Angeles offices in a month, with Feb. 9, 1985, except for activities Nashville to follow soon after. This MCA BRINGS ABOARD INTERACTIVE VP undertaken by the defendants was science fiction a few years ago." (Continued from page 10) [Harry and Chris Stein, her princi- As part of the society's reorganiza- pal composer] as members of the tion, Bergman will interface with a ists and managers I have been talk- artists would obviously lend them- she is examining. group Blondie." chief executive officer when someone ing to who are very excited about selves to the traditional 'anthology' MCA's move is the latest in a wave Leeds' buyout contract speci- is appointed to that newly created, technology, though, and it's those approach quite well," Melnyk says. of movement into interactive waters fied 1985 as his cutoff date for nonboard post. That person will be artists initially that I'd like to get to- "I'm interested in new technologies by music labels and their affiliates. commissions from the group and the face of the organization, she says, gether with some real creative people like virtual reality, and other ideas BMG last June formed a new divi- its members. According to the rul- while she will be the face of member- and start brainstorming." that stretch the limits of the music sion, BMG New Technologies, devot- ing, Leeds would be entitled to ship. "It will be my job to [be] liaison Titles will be produced both in- experience." ed to the multimedia marketplace; its commissions on any Blondie reis- between the CEO and management." house and through third -party ar- first release, a David Bowie disc pro- sues released after 1985, but not Last fall, ASCAP named then-finan- rangements, Teller says. MCA Inc. ENTICING THE USER duced by publisher Ion, is due this for any solo work by the individ- cial chief John LoFrumento to the has just bought what it terms "a sig- Melnyk says a key concern she has summer. PolyGram sister company ual artists. new post of COO. nificant minority stake" in Irvine, about the current crop of music -relat- Philips Electronics created the CD -I Wallace Collins, Leeds' attor- According to Bergman, the field of Calif., software publisher and distrib- ed interactive titles is their shortcom- platform, for which numerous music- ney, contended that Leeds was en- contenders for the CEO position is utor Interplay Productions, which ing in what she calls the "experiential related titles have been developed. titled to continuing commissions "down to a very few people." Others could play a role in producing some element." Sony Corp.'s Sony Electronic Publish- from individual members of Blon- indicate that chances are good that MCA music titles. "But I felt it was "The problem with a lot of the ing is a major software producer, cre- die, which disbanded in 1982 (Bill- the individual selected will not have very important that the Music Group discs that are out there now is that ating titles based on various Sony board, April 17, 1993). had direct music industry experience. itself have a self -contained capabili- they are more database -type discs, properties. Warner Music Group par- Lee Bantle, attorney for Harry Aiding the search is Booz Allen, the ty," Teller says. "Much in the same with a strong historical or education- ent Time Warner Inc. has a new -me- and Stein, said Harry's post -1985 management consultant firm that way that we have in-house producers al flavor, as well as the entertain- dia unit called Time Warner Interac- solo material was recorded under conducted the three -month study last as well as producers that we contract ment value, obviously. But I think tive Group. a new contract that was not con- year that led to ASCAP's reorganiza- on the outside." that once you've navigated through Both Time Warner and MCA also nected to earlier Blondie tion moves. Neither Melnyk nor Teller will dis- them once, which can take x amount are investors in multimedia company pacts. FRED KIRBY In continuing her own writing ca- close any specific titles planned just of hours, it will just sit on your shelf, 3DO. reer, which has included Oscars for yet, but both stress a desire to "push unlike a CD, where you will go back None of which necessarily means "The Windmills Of Your Mind" the envelope" in terms of title devel- and listen to it again and again. With the death of an old music market- (1968), "The Way We Were" (1973), opment. music-based CD -ROMs, you've got to just the birth of a new one. and the score of "Yentl" (1984), Berg- "As far as I'm concerned, it's not entice the user to come back and play "The fundamental musical experi- CDs LIFT MUSIC SALES man and her co-lyricist partner and just CD -ROM titles, although certain with it again and again. That's some- ence of listening to something with- (Continued from page 6) thing we are exploring." out looking at anything, I think, will Melnyk says "enhanced CDs" (tra- always be part of the human experi- had its accounting firm, KPMG Peat ditional albums with a "bonus" inter- ence," Teller says. "But that's not to Marwick, review the figures, but active track), interactive EPs, and say I don't believe music on an inter- found no change. Plant, Page Oust Song From Film material created especially for the in- active basis can ultimately be a very As the consumer profile indicates, teractive arena (as opposed to "repur- important component of our overall the sales figures include not only re- Rap Infringes `Kashmir' C'righ4 They Say posed" material) are some other ideas business." tail sales, but also mail order and re- cord club tallies. BY DON JEFFREY Led Zeppelin's lawyers sought an "In some respects, the consumer injunction preventing the scheduled ABM READIES NEVILLES' LIVE SET profile has always been an adjunct to NEW YORK -Two Led Zeppelin showing of the film over HBO's (Continued from preceding page) what we have done," says RIAA's members and their publishing com- Cinemax cable channel Feb. 23 and Berman. "The fact that it came out at pany succeeded in getting a song Feb. 27 if the cabler did not expur- date is possible. strumental hits for Josie Records in the same time [as the year-end re- removed from a movie on TV after gate "Signifying Rapper" from the During the festival, the band will 1969-70, disbanded in 1977. The pro- port], and the fact that we've re- filing legal action claiming that the soundtrack. A source says that on do an "in- tent" appearance at the ject originally was set for this sum- viewed the process again make me song infringed on the band's com- the day of the first showing of the site, sponsored by Sound Warehouse. mer, but has been bumped back. feel certain that, despite the fact that position, "Kashmir." movie, HBO received permission "They have permission to sell records "The thing that made us drop back any one of the companies' perfor- Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - from Zomba publishing to substi- on- site," Glass says. "They set up a 10 years is Aaron Neville's success," mances may have differed from an- along with their publishing compa- tute another Schoolly D tune in its tent and have a variety of acts come says Wiggins, who adds that if the other, that these figures accurately ny, Flame Of Albion Music -sued place, which allowed the film to be in and do signings." vocalist, who is nominated for two reflect the [marketplace]." Home Box Office over the first telecast. Beyond Jazz Fest, Glass says, Grammy Awards, pulls off a win, Bach, who disputed the figures last televised showings of the film "We don't have any objection to "Our most strategic alliance on the "we could be working ['The Grand year, says he has no problem with "The Bad Lieutenant," which fea- the film being shown, just with project will be VH -1," which she says Tour'] through the summer." this year's tally. tures a song by Schoolly D called 'Kashmir,'" says Theodore C. Max, was "hugely supportive" of "The The Meters currently include two While Jeff Abrams, merchandise "Signifying Rapper" that they say attorney for Phillips, Nizer, Benja- Grand Tour." original members, keyboardist Art manager for the 151 -store Best Buy infringes on the copyright of min, Krim & Ballon, attorneys for The company also will issue a Neville and bassist George Porter Jr., chain, doesn't disagree with the num- "Kashmir." Page and Plant. three -track promotional CD to adult plus guitarist Brian Stoltz and drum- bers, he does say he wishes they The legal complaint against Jim Noonan, VP of corporate af- alternative stations. "Since it's a live mer Russell Battiste. Also, original were calculated differently -espe- HBO charges that "Signifying fairs for Home Box Office, says the record, we're not going to play the guitarist Leo Nocentelli and drum- cially the total dollar value. "What I Rapper" is "strikingly similar to company has no comment because traditional singles game," Glass says. mer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste would really like to see is the actual and was copied from" the Led Zep- of the potential litigation. Nevilles manager Morty Wiggins have been gigging together in L.A. retail value," he says. "These figures pelin song. "Kashmir" was written Also named in the suit is HBO's of Bill Graham Management says Wiggins says, "Who knows are based on list price, which doesn't in 1975 and recorded for the album sister company, cable systems oper- that A &M is committed to releasing a what the configuration is going to mean anything because I would "Physical Graffiti." ator Time Warner Cable. new Meters album -the first since be when we actually go into the guess that only about 25% to 30% of the group, which scored several in- studio ?" records are sold at list price." 12 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com BRING "A LITTLE MORE MAGIC" TO BROADWAY

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Basically, the ure." to listeners who whole album is drums, organ, and gui- Store manager Zoe Poore says, associate Vaug- tar, and instead of horns, strings, and "It's been put off for a while, and we han's work with all that kind of crap, I used singers, have people coming in. `When's it the straight -up because I'm a big fan of [the gospel - coming out, when's it coming out ?' blues -rock he based '50s R &B act] the 5 Royales." I've heard [the album], and it's great. played with his The fervent feel of Vaughan's new "Even though [Vaughan] lives former band, the music may be most pronounced on Kooped Up. Al Kooper, second from right, celebrates his 50th birthday and the around here, he keeps to himself," Fabulous Thun- the moving "Six Strings Down," a sa- release of his new album, "Rekooperation," at New York's Bottom Line. Special Poore adds. "He still draws a lot of at- derbirds, which he lute to Stevie Ray, killed in a helicop- guests at the show included, from left, John Sebastian, Johnny Johnson, and tention ... He's still got a lot of mys- quit in 1989. ter crash in 1991, and a of host other author Stephen King. (Photo: Chuck Pulin) tery to him." Vaughan doesn't see the new rec- (Continued on page 20) Some of that mystery -cultivated ord as much of a departure, despite by the three -year silence that fol- the fact that he carries the whole vo- lowed the 1991 release of "Family cal burden for the first time. Style," Vaughan's album with his late "I had been bubbling to change for brother, Stevie Ray -should be dis- years and years," he says. "I'd been Predictions For pelled by the new album, due April 12 thinking about all this stuff, and 36th Grammy Awards from Epic Records. couldn't get it out. So I broke away, "I didn't do anything for a long and 'Family Style' was the beginning And Prizes For time," Vaughan confesses. "I've done of it. If you listen to that stuff, it's got 2nd Annual Beatties a couple of shows with Eric Clapton, the same elements. This just sort of THE ENVELOPE PLEASE: With the 36th annual Clive Griffin for the "Sleepless In Seattle" soundtrack. Grammy Awards fast upon us, it's time for us to make our The Beattie goes to R.E.M. for "Man On The Moon," not annual predictions for the Tuesday (1) ceremonies, as well only because we like the song but also because we think Ted Hawkins finally Gets as announce the winners of the second annual Beatties, our they are the only ones truly eligible in this category. choices of whom we'd like to see win the Grammys. We Best traditional pop vocal performance: It's tough to don't foresee a sweep like the Claptonmania that we expe- bet against Barbra Streisand, who's nominated for her Major-Label Bow On DGC rienced last year, but the top nominees-Sting, Billy Joel, "Back To Broadway" album, but both the Grammy and and, of course, Whitney Houston -all will walk away with Beattie go to Tony Bennett for his multiformat success, BY JIM BESSMAN goes. But after enduring a woeful pe- a little something for their trophy cases. "Steppin' Out." riod culminating in total collapse and Best rock vocal performance, solo: NARAS combined NEW YORK -Talk about a Cinderella numerous jailings, Hawkins, who has Record of the year: The the male and female rock vocal per- story: 57- year -old Ted Hawkins was been compared to his idols Sam Cooke Grammy and the Beattie go to formance categories this year and more or less discovered on the street. and Otis Redding, managed to support Whitney Houston's version of "I still nominated all men. Nice touch. Hawkins, whose major -label debut a family by singing and playing guitar Will Always Love You." Quite The Grammy goes to Peter Gabriel "The Next Hundred Years" is out on while seated on a milk crate in Venice frankly, we don't even know why for "Steam." The Beattie goes to DGC /Geffen March 29, had released Beach, Calif. t here are other nominees in this cat- Lenny Kravitz for "Are You Gonna five albums independently to great ac- But Hawkins virtually won the lot- egory. Go My Way." claim, but still couldn't get arrested tery two years ago when Tony Berg. Album of the year: It's a tough Best rock performance by a duo at least as far as commercial success now Geffen's director of A &R but then call between Sting, Billy Joel, and or group with vocal: The Grammy a free -lance producer for acts like X Donald Fagen. All three are mid- goes to Aerosmith for "Livin' On and Squeeze, was finishing Michael dle-of-the-road, safe records made by Melinda Newman The Edge." The Beattie goes to Penn's second album. by baby- booming males. The Soul Asylum for "Runaway Train." "Michael was living in Santa Monica, Grammy winner by a nose? "River Best alternative music album: and raved every day that the guy sing- Of Dreams" by Joel. The Beattie goes to R.E.M.'s "Auto- NARAS would have to be the only organization that still ing outside his window was the great- matic For The People." calls U2 and R.E.M. alternative groups, but since they do, est singer in the world," says Berg. Song of the year: The Granunys have a history of hon- the Grammy goes to U2 for "Zooropa." The Beattie goes Shortly thereafter, Berg and Penn at- oring schmaltzy cartoon ballads like "A Whole New to Smashing Pumpkins' "Siamese Dream." tended a homeless benefit at the Santa World." But this year, both the Grammy and the Beattie Best R &B vocal performance, female: The Grammy Monica club At My Place. "There was go to "If Ever I Lose My Faith In You" by Sting. and Beattie go to Whitney Houston for "I'm Every this guy singing `Amazing Grace' who Best new artist: All five of this year's nominees have Woman." was the greatest singer I ever heard, had tremendous success, which bodes well for the future Best R &B vocal performance, male: This has not been and Michael said, `That's the guy!' " of the music biz. While none of them are flashes-in- the -pan, the best of years for male crooners, who have been com- Berg was so moved that he offered both the Grammy and Beattie go to Toni Braxton, whom pletely overwhelmed by R &B duos or groups and rappers, to work with Hawkins for free, but by we can see still making records and winning awards a dec- who have their own categories. Be that as it may, the then Hawkins' luck was on a roll. Gef- ade from now. Grammy goes to Luther Vandross for "How Deep Is Your TED HAWKINS fen A &R rep Todd Sullivan also had Best pop vocal performance, female: Another tough Love." The Beattie goes to Babyface for "For The Cool (Continued on page 19) category. Shawn Colvin is definitely a dark horse; the In You." Grammys love Tina Turner; and they proved they could Best R &B performance by a duo or group with vocal: be hip last year when they honored k.d. lang, who is up The Grammy goes to En Vogue for "Give It Up, Turn It again this year. But the real horse race is between Mariah Loose." The Beattie goes to Tony Toni Toné for "Anniver- Carey and Whitney Houston. The Grammy goes to Hous- sary." ton; the Beattie to lang. Best country vocal performance, female: The Grammy SHURE Best pop vocal performance, male: A tight race be- goes to Mary-Chapin Carpenter for "Passionate Kisses," tween Sting and Billy Joel. The Grammy goes to Joel for because the NARAS voters are thrilled that a Northeast- The microphones "The River Of Dreams." The Beattie goes to Aaron Ne- ern, Ivy League -educated liberal can make it in country. ville for "Don't Take Away My Heaven." The Beattie goes to Wynonna for the beautiful, moving the professionals Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal: "Only Love." Why, oh why, doesn't NARAS make a separate category Best country vocal performance, male: The Grammy stand behind. for one-off projects (as it does for country nominations) to goes to George Jones for "I Don't Need Your Rockin' distinguish them from performances by ongoing duos or Chair," because everyone feels guilty that he doesn't get THE SOUND groups? R.E.M. is the only nominee in this category that his fair share of radio play anymore. The Beattie goes to OF THE PROFESSIONALS® is an actual group. 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CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP Simone Brings Wide- Ranging CONGRATULATES Talents To PolyGram's Helm ONE OF THE FEW adventures New York." ITS WRITERS WHO RECEIVED in the music business that David Hockman, with whom Simone Simone hasn't encountered di- will work directly on a day -to -day GRAMMY NOMINATIONS IN 1994 rectly is music publishing. Appar- basis, notes that he and Simone ently, though, PolyGram president/ have "worked together on and off CEO Alain Levy and International for the past 16 years. In his capac- Music Publishing chief executive ity as managing director of Phono- David Hockman believe the law - gram U.K. during one of the label's yer/label executive is up to the job creative periods [1986 -88], David of president of PolyGram Music was a key player in breaking acts Publishing Group USA, based on such as Def Leppard and Bon Jovi their prior associations with him in in the U.K. He joined Phonogram his other industry situations. He U.K. after serving as managing di- has replaced Colin Cornish, the rector of Arista U.K." Australian who left the company Before joining Capitol in 1992, last year. Simone was a "The truth senior part- is, I've been ner at Katz, [on the re- words &Musìç Smith & cording end] Cohen, for most of where he was STEVE DUBERRY my working responsible BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE life, [but as] a for negotia- record per- by tions be- "I Don't Wanna Fight" /Tina Turner son, the key Iry Lichtman tween artists to me has al- (Also nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female) and company - ways been the song," says Simone. executives in music, TV, and film. "I want PolyGram to be like pub- Also, he acted as a consultant for lishers used to be. I want our A& companies such as PolyGram R people to also be songpluggers, Holding Inc. and Turner Broad- PADDY MALONEY AND THE CHIEFTANS and I want writers to feel comfort- casting System. He has also able at PolyGram. There are many served as chairman of the board BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM artists who don't write their own for MCA U.K. and as president of music. We'll be user -friendly." Uni Records. The Celtic Heart Simone, who reports directly to Levy in Levy's other role as CEO NO KIDDING: Zomba Music of North American operations Publishing has joined forces with (Levy is currently based in New The Brad Simon Organization to York), believes he is entering the start a full service publishing ven- SMASHING PUMPKINS publishing scene at a time when its ture dealing with children's mate- BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE resurgence as a creative force is to- rial. Zomba/BSO Kids will bring tally in keeping with the explosion on writing talent; acquire catalogs; "Cherub Rock" of copyright usage from new enter- provide music supervision services tainment technologies. "Publishing for children's TV, film, video, and BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM has had its highs and lows," he interactive productions; and pro- says. "There was a day, before rec- vide administrative services for Siamese Dream ords, when publishing was all there production companies. The Simon was. But it's in a period of ascend- company is the rep for personal ancy with an explosion of new me- appearances for children's TV and dia, information superhighways, recording personalities, including CD -ROMs, and such looking for Bob McGrath and Frank Capelli. our copyrights. Publishing is actu- It also is the co- producer of Kidz ally better protected than records. Day, a live concert show for chil- Around the world, recordings tend dren and their parents. to become public domain earlier." Simone, previously senior VP of DEALS: Leeds Entertainment business affairs at Capitol Records, has acquired the copyrights of Bill is certain that PolyGram's U.S. Champlin, a member of Chicago, publishing interests will have an according to Leeds Levy. No pur- eye out on acquisitions, but he says chase price was announced. The it's too early for him to offer a wish catalog includes such songs as list. However, he's been told by "Turn Your Love Around," "After Levy and Hockman that the finan- The Love Is Gone," "Is It You," cial wherewithal is there for any and "Friends In Love." Champlin, deal that makes sense. "If the num- also a founding member of Sons bers work, we'll be there." Of Champlin, is currently on tour Simone comes to the publisher in Asia and Europe with the Jay with an executive lineup that in- Gradon Band, while continuing to cludes Los Angeles -based VP of write and perform with Chicago. business affairs Linda Newmark; VP of finance Steve Holmberg; PRINT ON PRINT: The follow- and VP of administration Joan ing are the best -selling folios from Schulman. In New York, there is Cherry Lane Music: VP of operations Linda Edell, and 1. Joe Satriani, Time Machine Chrysalis Music Group in Nashville, Doug Howard serves Vols. 1 & 2 as general manager. 2. 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TED HAWKINS FINALLY GETS MAJOR -LABEL BOW (ContinuedJtrottt page 14) heard Hawkins sing on the street and phasizing that we not polish his act. I that regard. Promotional plans also call offered to bring him to the label, but wanted to be sure he'd be heard sing- for pre -release industry showcases in Hawkins said he would have to speak ing on his milk crate, tapping his foot New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. 1 with Berg first. Then Berg himself on his own piece of plywood, and play- "It's the kind of record that isn't south by south e st came to Geffen, and he and Sullivan ing guitar and singing. We were able to about breaking top 40 or getting a Buzz signed Hawkins. let Ted perform all the songs that way Bin video and onto `Ed Sullivan' the music & media conference "It's a dream come true, because I'd and build a band around those per- first week of release," says Smith, anti- "For one long weekend, Austin is 'the live music capital cipating a gradual We're in such about given up," says Hawkins, whose formances." build.' of the universe. " -USA Today 1982 Rounder album "Watch Your "The Next Hundred Years" features a youth -oriented pop market, but to Step" was cited by Rolling Stone in the all originals except for Jesse Winches- hear a rich, mature voice like Ted's book "The Best Rock'N'Roll Records ter's `Biloxi" (previously covered by that's so full of emotion is really unu- Of All Time." The recognition, along Creedence Clearwater Revival) and sual, and strikes people that way - March 16 -20, 1994 with the great respect afforded him the Webb Pierce country classic without any age barrier." overseas during his residence in "There Stands The Glass." Hawkins, meanwhile, is over- Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas England in the late '80s, was in marked That song is part of a four -song pro- whelmed. "I got another chance, and contrast to Hawkins' early years, when motional CD that also includes "Bi- usually you don't get another chance," Walk -up Registration is $295 the Mississippi native did time for theft loxi," "The Good And The Bad," and he says. "Nobody ever pushed me be- After March 2, FAX or telephone credit card registrations only at age 15, then bottomed out again "Strange Conversation." The sampler fore, but up popped this miracle, and or bring payment to conference when his first label took advantage of is going out to adult alternative for- it's got to be a miracle, because this is his naivete in the mid -'60s. mats March 22, with the two original America, and they put you out to pas- For more information, write SXSW, Box 4999, Austin TX 78765 "He was in jail at the time he got a songs getting emphasis; college/alter- ture at a certain age. I guess hard Tel. (512) 467 -7979; FAX (512) 451 -0754 five -star album review from Rolling native formats are being serviced with times cause people to sing good." In Europe, contact Mirko Whitfield, Brüsseler Strasse 33, D -13353 Berlin, Stone, but he taught himself to read the entire album, which also will be Good enough, at least, to not have to Germany; Tel. +49 (30) 454 -1458; FAX +49 (30) 454 -4349 and worked on his music while he was available on vinyl to radio and retail sing on the street anymore. CompuServe members enter GO SXSW for fast info! there," says Berg, who calls Hawkins outlets desiring the configuration. "I went out there once after I got "the embodiment of rehab." Geffen head of marketing Robert signed, and Geffen slapped me on the Call for information on the Adds Berg, "The term's become a Smith feels that "The Next Hundred hand," says Hawkins. "They said, 'How SXSW Film and Media Conference and Festival, misnomer, but Ted is genuinely 'alter- Years" will be retail- driven, and re- can we get people to buy tickets if all March 11-19, highlighting regional independent films. native': An extraordinary lyricist with ports that the "exceptional feedback" they have to do is go to Venice Beach a voice like a freight train, he's just in- from Hawkins' recent surprise lunch- and listen for nothing ?' " CELIS capable of anything but a sincere per- time performance at a Uni Distribution Entertainment BRF1\'FRY formance, and Todd was astute in em- marketing meeting harbingers well in

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JIMMIE VAUGHAN LOSER (Continued from page 14) Published by Ice Nine Publishing Co., departed bluesmen. Inc. (ASCAP) Vaughan says he received the song 'HEM from co- authors Art and Cyril Neville "My college experience in Santa Cruz really of the Neville Brothers "in the mail, turned me away from the Dead for a while, right after Stevie died. I couldn't even because all these rich white kids would listen listen to it. And I put it away. When PLAYING to them over and over again," says Lowery. it came time -when I decided, 'OK, "Plus, I was a punk rocker, and you couldn't I'm gonna make a record' -I pulled it really listen to the Dead. out, and I listened to it. I pulled the But our manager, Jackson bridge out and changed it and made Haring, and I used to it into the gospelly thing that it is IY SONG' share an apartment in now. "When I heard that song, I knew The uniquely twisted Hollywood, and both of us had broken up with our immediately I wanted to do it like a Southern California vibe gospel group, with just me and the that David Lowery has girlfriends. He came home guitar and the guys singing. I wanted brought to everything one night at like 4 a.m. to- it to like and the Blind he's done, from his days tally drunk and melan- be Jimmie with alternative darlings Boys Of Alabama. That's the way I choly, and put that Jerry The Ins And Outs Of A Song. Songwriters Inside -Out, a 13 -week series Camper Van Beethoven CRACKER heard it. Then I got with Dr. together showcasing top to his current stint with Garcia record on and just John. We're always talking about artists and songwriters, kicks off at New York's Algonquin it. I woke up came out in liv- Hotel with, from left, participating artist Joe Sample, series host Lois Walden, Cracker, seems like the blasted and the writing songs, and gospel, and all polar opposite of the ing and he was like, man.' Al Jarreau, and CD 101.9's Pat Prescott. Some of the money raised by the room, `Sorry, But kinds of stuff. I said, 'I want a couple Grateful Dead's mellow shows goes to Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy, LifeBeat, and Share Our noise doesn't bother me, and the only reason of hymns to go with this.' We sat musical excursions. But, I wanted know who it was. Strength. through a kind of musical I woke up was to down and that's what we came up osmosis, Lowery found I thought it was Jerry Garcia and the Dead, with." The pair co -wrote two composi- common ground in his but it was a great song. Anyway, we stayed tions on the album, "Two Wings" and cover version of "Loser." up until dawn listening to that record. Jack- "Love The World." The co- written by song, son has always been on us to do a Dead song, Regarding the general tone of the Jerry Garcia and Robert so we recorded `Loser' as a gift for him. It Hunter, was featured on album, Vaughan says, "A lot has hap- was totally off the cuff. It's got that weird, Garcia's 1971 self-titled pened over the last three years. I just AMUSEMENT BUSINESS® solo album. Lowery's long, rambling story kind of thing that I do stuck with those feelings, the ones song also the same kind of ragtag version of the sometimes. It's about that really hit me, and I said, `Maybe TOP 10 CONCERT is one of the highlights of desert -billy character that's in [Camper Van people won't understand 'em or they "Kerosene BOX GROSSES Cracker's Beethoven's] `When I Win The Lottery' or like I know, but I Hat" set. won't 'em. don't [Cracker's] `Kerosene Hat' or `St. Kajatan.' gotta go with my feelings. 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21 22 23 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA 66288 (9.98/15.981 THE WAY THAT I AM * * * No. 1 * * * 22 23 4 MEAT PUPPETS LONDON 828484/PLG (9.98/13.98) TOO HIGH TO DIE ( 1) - 1 SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA 18725 (9.98 /15.98) FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY RAIN 23 21 14 CULTURE BEAT 550 MUSIC 57591/EPIC (9.98 EQ/15.98) SERENITY U - 1 PAVEMENT MATADOR 92343 " /AG (10.98/14.98) CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED MAKERS 3 3 52 BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS GIANT /REPRISE 24486/W8 (9.98/15.98) SISTER SWEETLY 24 26 3 KRISTIN HERSH SIRE/REPRISE 45413/WARNER BROS. (7.98/11.98) HIPS &

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(7 ) 8 6 CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS SCARFACE 53877/PRIORITY (9.98/13.981 EAR TO THE STREET 28 33 29 JULIANA HATFIELD THREE MAMMOTH/ATLANTIC 92278/AG (9.98/15.98) BECOME WHAT YOU ARE ( 8 9 8 DIG RADIOACTIVE 10916/MCA (9.98/13.98) DIG TRIOS ) (29) - 1 ROB WASSERMAN MCA/GRP4021 (9 .98/15 .981 9 6 21 JOSHUA KADISON SBK80920/ERG (10.98/15.98) PAINTED DESERT SERENADE 30 24 18 EIGHTBALL & MJG SUAVE owl (9.98/15.98) COMIN' OUT HARD (10) i0 15 K7 TOMMY BOY 1071 (10.98/15.981 SWING BATTA SWING 31 ) - 4 OCTOBER PROJECT EPIC 53947 (9.98 Eo /15.98) OCTOBER PROJECT 11 11 3 GREEN DAY REPRISE 45529 "/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.981 DOOKIE 32 20 23 DEAD CAN DANCE 4AD 45384/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) INTO THE LABYRINTH 12 12 39 DOUG SUPERNAW BNA 66133' (9.98/13.98) RED AND RIO GRANDE 33 29 11 TOTAL DEVASTATION PGA 18734 /ARISTA (9.98/15.98) TOTAL DEVASTATION CD 15 3 THE MAVERICKS MCA 10961(9.98/15.98) WHAT A CRYING SHAME 34 36 29 BROTHER CANE VIRGIN 87797 (9.98/13.98) BROTHER CANE (14) 16 5 SHERYL CROW A &M 0126(9.98/15.98) TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB (35) - 7 RACHELLE FERRELL MANHATTAN 93769' /CAPITOL (9.98/13.98) RACHELLE FERRELL (15) 25 5 ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO MAVERICK/SIRE 45333/WB (9.98/15.98) PLANTATION LULLABIES 36 32 31 URGE OVERKILL GEFFEN 24529* (9.98/13.98) SATURATION 16 14 27 CRY OF LOVE COLUMBIA 53404 (9 .98 EQ/15 .98) BROTHER 31 34 12 GABRIELLE GOIDISCS/LONDON 28443/PLG (9.98/13.981 GABRIELLE 11 17 19 MARY -KATE & ASHLEY OLSEN zoom EXPRESS 35038/BMG KIDZ (9.98/13.98) I AM THE CUTE ONE 38 35 5 LISETTE MELENDEZ RAL/CHAOS 53453" /COLUMBIA (9.98 E0115.98) TRUE TO LIFE 18 13 4 PRONG EPIC 53019 (9.98 EQ/15.98) CLEANSING

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PRISON RAP: Columbia and chart at No. 80. (See the Rap typing dcuckoo @well.sf.ca.us. promotional EP, "Stupid." The I.C. Serch are working out Column, page 28.) Gray Matter. The English artist's full -length plans to have rapper NAS per- "This comes from my philos- Beatlesque sounds of the H APPY HOUR: Virgin "Pub" is due in April on Play/ form at prisons nationwide ophy to market hip -hop in ar- Grays' "Very Best Years," singer/songwriter Sam Phil- Giant. He is in the midst of a this spring. Serch manages eas and venues least expected from their Epic debut "Ro lips is touring some rather un- five- to six-week coffeehouse NAS, who is signed to Serch's and most prominent," says Sham Bo," is lighting up conventional venues in sup- tour. production company, Serch- Serch, who also serves as sen- phones at modern rock port of her third album, Danny Peck was profiled on lite. ior VP /marketing at Wild KROQ Los Angeles. The "Martinis & Bikinis." Gavin's Alternative Video "We felt it was a great idea Pitch Records in New York. cassette single is being The singer plays March 7 in Magazine, which aired in all because NAS is so close to that "We have N- Tyce's single given away in Spin's March the Primate House at the Cle- St. Francis Hotel rooms. The frame of mind," says Serch. coming out, `Hush Hush Tip,' issue. The foursome veland Zoo, at Chicago's Mar- Los Angeles artist's self -titled "We wanted to give back to the Tuesday (1) [on Wild Pitch/ includes ex- Jellyfish bassist tini Ranch March 8, and at the RCA debut bowed Feb. 15. brothers that are locked up, EMI], and we're gonna have Jason Falkner. Bryant Bowl in Minneapolis Peck already seems to be mak- her speak to pregnant teen -ag- March 9. A gig at an Atlanta - ers [at high schools and health based virtual reality center is R E G I O N A L H E A T S E E K E R S # 1' S clinics] who have being planned. had problems be- The album, cause they kept the MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST due March 8. Laugh At You pregnancy hush - Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Sister Sweetly Adam Sandler, They're All Gonna was preceded by hush. It ties in with a six -track the song and helps EAST NORTH CENTRAL promo, "Love the community." Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy And Kisses," re- p leased Jan. 6. CYBER- TRIBAL IA 1 "We sent out a w MIDDLE ATLANTIC WEST NORTH CENTRAL 1 ` few Pop: Riding high K7, Swing Bata Swing thousand atop the informa- Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Sister Sweetly promos to key tion highway's hype retail, press, and \17; SOUTH ATLANTIC and promises of an Pavement, Crooked Rain,Crooked Rain radio contacts," Crash Test Moore. TriStar interactive tomor- PACIFIC says product Shopping For Sales. Time

I Conscious Daughters, Ear To The Street Music folk singer Mae row is RGB Rec- I- V, manager Margi Line Productions' Lone Line Moore heads out on tour ords quartet Cheskie. "The is benefiting from numerous CENTRAL SOUTH is performances in with Crash Test Dummies D'Cuckoo. The Doug Supernaw,Red And Rio Grande idea basically March 1. Dates include Oakland -based fe- to let the music department stores. A Feb. modern rock KPNT (The male foursome speak for itself." 11 show at the Mall of Point) St. Louis' anniversary wowed audiences Ink includes America in Minneapolis bash March 7, and the Great Feb. 18 at the Gavin reviews in Roll- helps the pianist's seventh American Music Hall March Seminar in San Francisco with T H E R E G I O N A L R O U N D U P ing Stone, Musician, Harpers album, "Walking With You," 21 -22 during NARM. its homemade hi-tech instru- Bazaar, Details, and Creem. become the No. 21 Rotating top -10 lists of best -selling titles by new & developing artists. "Bohemia" is the ments and self -proclaimed The April issue of Vanity Fair Heatseekers album in the EAST NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH ATLANTIC Canadian's U.S. debut. "cyber tribal" stage presence. 1. Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards 1. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain will feature a profile of Phil- West North Central region. Upcoming shows include the 2. Top Authority, Somethin' To Blaze To 2. Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Plantation Lullabies lips. 3. Conminas Daughters, Ear To The Street 3. Haddaway, Haddaway New Media Expo in San Jose 4. Adam Sandler, They're All Gonna Laugh... 4. Patra, Queen Of The Pack Touring is scheduled to re- 5. Big Head Todd /Monsters, Sister Sweetly 5. Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards sume in May, when Phillips ng waves, as Genghis Cohen some for the right reasons, but Tuesday (1) and NARM in San 6. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 6. Dig, Dig most for the wrong." Francisco March 22. 7. Dig, Dig 7. Big Head Todd/Monsters, Sister Sweetly will open for DGC's Counting a L.A. -based restaurant that 8. Richard Thompson, Mirror Blue 8. October Project, October Project NAS' debut, "Illmatic," is D'Cuckoo's sophomore ef- 9. Joshua Kadison, Painted Desert Serenade 9. K7, Swing Batta Swing Crows. serves kosher Chinese food, due March 29. Meanwhile, the fort, "Umoja," which hit the 10. Haddaway, Haddaway 10. D.J. Lao, Journey Into Bass has named a dish on its menu first single, "It Ain't Hard To streets Feb. 1, is featured in CONVENTION NOTES: after him. Tell" debuted Feb. 26 on the the Tower Records Listening D'Cuckoo performs over the number of labels using multi- Labels were out in full force Hot Rap Singles chart at No. Post program this week in 33 closing credits of the Hyper- media as a way to expose new promoting artists at the Gavin Additional reporting was pro- 28. This week it moves to No. stores. A four -track promo bole Studios/Media Vision in- artists (Billboard, Feb. 19). Seminar in San Francisco Feb. vided by Brett Atwood with as- 24 with a 39% increase, and de- sampler went to college and teractive film, "Quantum D'Cuckoo can be contacted 17-19. Giant handed out a few sistance from Silvio Pietro - buts on the Hot R &B Singles modern rock stations Jan. 17. Gate." RGB is one of a growing via e-mail on the Internet by hundred cassettes of Denzil's luongo.

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Treacherous 3 Bring Back The Old `Flava' On Wrap

BY HAVELOCK NELSON damage that we'll do to people, but Of the album, Dee says, "We're the jam ushered in a fast, tongue - nothing is excessively violent. We're coming with pure energy. We're not twisting vocal style. ATLANTA-Seminal hip -hop speak - basically trying to show the audience trying to conform or anything. And In 1982, the group moved to Sugar icians the Treacherous 3 return to we've got verbal skills." although our goal is to erase the per- Hill Records. There, it recorded sev- Planet Rap with "Old School Flava." The first feel -good fragment from ception that hardcore is about shoot- eral more singles, including "Action," The album, the act's first recording in "Old School Flava" is "Feel The New ing our brothers and kicking women, "Whip It," and "Yes We Can Can." four years, was produced by Clark Heartbeat," a remake of the Treach- we're not trying to knock down or rid- The relationship lasted until 1988, Kent, Ced Gee (from Ultramagnetic erous 3's 1981 classic "Feel The icule anything, either. We can say when Kool Moe Dee paired with pro- MCs), Raheim, and other members of Heartbeat." The single, which fea- what we aren't, but that doesn't mean ducer Teddy Riley to record "Go See the group. tures Doug E. Fresh, drops March 1. that we will [slam] what anyone else The Doctor" for Rooftop Records. The album was recorded on group The single pumps with the origi- THE TREACHEROUS 3 is doing." Dee continued his solo endeavors, re- member DJ Easylee's Easylee Rec- nal's verses intact, and has an accom- Dee's sales projection for "Old cording four albums on Jive Records. ords, a 2- year -old imprint that has a panying clip lensed by director Jeff School Flava" is modest. "I think our The original members first consid- pressing and distribution deal with Bird (95 South's "Whoot, There It about because the participants are all second album will be our biggest ered regrouping in 1991, when Easy - Atlanta -based Wrap /Ichiban. Is," Positive K's "I Got A Man "). friends who are willing to lend a hand. one," he says. "I see us as developing lee inaugurated his imprint. "The tim- Anyone looking for vicarious thrills Other cuts on the album are "Mo Kool Moe Dee interjects, "We the way Public Enemy did. Their first ing wasn't quite right then," says or cheap gangsta poses need not turn Money Mo," "Ain't Nothin' couldn't put everybody on that we album kind of set up the follow -up, Easylee. "We really came together to "Old School Flava," because "we're Changed," and "We Wit It," which wanted. We wanted KRS -One, which exploded. At first, people ap- about four months ago, in October. It talking about partying and having a features verses from Chuck D, Big Rakim, and some other people. We preciated Chuck D and Flavor Flay, wasn't a major sit- down -and -let's- good time," says Easylee. Daddy Kane, Heavy D, Melle Mel could've got them, but I had a concept but [their concept] was a little differ- have -a- meeting process. We simply Kool Moe Dee, who completes the (from the Furious Five), Tito (from to put one of us with an artist from ent." asked ourselves, 'Is the timing right ?' group with LA Sunshine and Special the Fearless Four), and Grandmaster the old school and an artist from the The Treacherous 3 formed in 1978. It was, and we moved ahead with K, adds, "We're also still about brag- Caz, the legendary poet /performer newer school on each section. So we The next year the group signed with things." gadocio and showing how lyrically as- from the Cold Crush Brothers. have Caz, Kane, and Special K to- Enjoy Records. The group was intro- Helen Urriola, who handles video tute we are. There is some mention of Easylee says the summit came gether; Tito, Heavy, and LA to- duced to the world via "The New Rap promotion and publicity at Ichiban, gether; then Mel, Chuck, and me to- Language," the B -side of Spoonie G's says the label began its campaign to gether." "Love Rap." When it first appeared, (Continued on page 36) I ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS

FOBBEAL producers include newcomers Jason Supported by a marketing strategy Hess and Ray Cham. IAAAM Black Music Month Events; that includes an initial heavy regional Elder says the group is based on the Slates promotion thrust, combined with notion of less being more, combined tactics based on words beginning with with a natural approach -both Fox Offers Thrills On Sugar Hill Strack the letter "V," Perspective/MM personally and musically. 'We're all recording quartet For Real hopes to vegetarians, so eating right, staying in set itself apart in an R &B realm good physical and mental shape is IAAAM MAKES ITS PLANS: The International Assn. track to the Wesley Snipes movie "Sugar Hill." Text on already saturated with "girl groups." extremely important to us," she says. of African American Music will commemorate the 15th an- the actual CD reads "For Dancing and Romancing "; true "So in our music," adds Baldwin, `ve niversary of Black Music Month in June during its own to its word, the set offers an assortment of interesting all work within ourselves and don't annual celebration, June 2 -5 in Washington, D.C., at the jazz, R &B, and hip -hop tracks -including After 7's cur- force things, both creatively and JW Marriott Hotel.. IAAAM will be honoring recording rent Hot R &B Singles- charted "Gonna Love You Right." vocally. And because we like different artists En Vogue, Vanessa Williams, Queen Latifah, Other acts include Chaka Khan, the Terence Blanchard kinds of music, there's a little bit of and Dr. Billy Taylor, along with Mercury Records presi- Quintet, Screechy Dan, and DBC. Album executive pro- R &B, pop, and even reggae thrown in." dent Ed Eckstine and ducers and music supervi- Bray notes that every member of the U.S. Rep. Lucien Black- sors are G. Marq Roswell group possesses a solo voice with a well (D -Pa.). The organi- and Pilar McCurry ... wide range. 'We take turns on lead and zation also announced that The The After Hours /Ichiban can go wherever we need to on a song," it will hold its annual album "Welcome Back" she says. Global Music Confab Oct. Rhythm serves up some satisfy- Coates says the "V" campaign 1 -9 in London. ingly rib -sticking blues, begins with the group's vocal talent and the country, and rock'n'roll by and is the first step in the label's C BOSSING BORDERS: singer /guitarist John Elli- marketing plan. Virgin promotion soldiers formerly Blues rM son, of the Soul "To reinforce the fact that they're a are working rocker Lenny Brothers Six, which also legitimate singing group, we produced Kravitz's single "Heaven appears on the album, and issued an a cappella promo Help" at urban radio. by J. R. Reynolds along with the Fantastic FOR REAL: Josina Elder, LaTanyia cassette for radio, press, and television "Sugar," the next single Golden Swans and the Baldwin, Wendi Williams, and Necie Bray two weeks in advance of the first up, also is slated for a push to urban radio. Word from Salamanders. Ellison wrote the dozen tracks on the al- single," she says. the label is that Kravitz is interested in doing an R &B al- bum, including the original 1967 top 20 Hot R &B Single The group also is performing live bum next time around. "Some Kind Of Wonderful." This is audio nourishment for "The words visual, vocal, and vibe track dates. Coates says they are the soul ... GNP /Crescendo Records has released "Zy- represent concepts we're using to focusing initially on the West Coast, REGGAE RUNDOWN: Buju Banton headlined Satur- deco Dance Party!!," an uptempo, 18 -track compilation create a peerless identity for the but will steadily work eastward as the day's portion of the two -day Bob Marley Day Festival at filled with make -you -wanna -dance bayou rhythms. The al- group," says Sheila Coates, VP of buzz on the group begins to build. the Long Beach Arena in California. A total of 17 acts per- bum has a regional flavor, to be sure, but features world - product and artist development for Visually, For Real has a look that formed during the Feb. 19-20 rasta fest, including Mighty class artists including Grammy -winners Queen Ida and Perspective Records. leaves a lasting impression. Besides Diamonds, Ras Bunny, Shaggy, Messenjah, Beres Clifton Chenier ... For fans of the swelling hip-hop jazz For Real's debut set is titled "It's A the fact that the four women are all Hammond, Donovan, Morgan Heritage, and Judy phenomenon, Mesa/Bluemoon offers the self-titled set Natural Thang," and group members attractive, each wears her hair cut Mowatt. Concertgoers frequently interrupted their main from the Jazzhole, a new group with an US3 sort of vibe Josina Elder, Wendi Williams, close. 'We did it on a dare," reports course of music fare, however, with side dishes of munch- and a nightclub feel. Along with a core quartet of Kevin LaTanyia Baldwin, and Necia Bray Williams. "Originally it had nothing to ies at the nearby food stations offering various ethnic cui- Dismone, Marlon Sanders, Warren Rosenstein, and offer "You Don't Wanna Miss" as the do with the image of the group, but sines. John Pondel, the live album features guest side men (and first single. The track was released to after we thought about it, we decided women). radio Feb. 22. Says Williams, "That to keep the style." MO' REGGAE: The sixth annual Tamika Reggae song is just one example of the eclectic The publicity photographs, stickers, Awards show is set for March 13 at Town Hall in New MORE CONCERT COMMENTS: Speaking of hip -hop styling and quality production listeners posters, and music videos all are York. The awards are based on voting by fans from jazz, Reprise offers Groove Collective, a collection of will come to know us for." designed to take advantage of the around the New York tri -state area. Ballots are available jazzmen and hip-hopsters that would have made Miles Writing or co- writing most of the group's "all -natural" image, according at retail outlets and concert venues in the New York area, Davis proud. Performing at L.A.'s Roxy, the band kicked material on the album, For Real is to Coates. as well as by mail. jazzy vibes to hip -hop grooves. Percussionist Nappy G joined by veteran producers Mervyn Finally, Coates says For Real's vibe provided well -blended raps on several songs for the 10- Warren (formerly of Take 6), Brian is one of warmth and friendliness. 'We OFF THE RACK: Watch out for Fox Records' sound- piece combo. The group's self- titled set is due March 22. McKnight, and Stoker. Other (Continued on page 28)

22 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com BY ANY OTHER NAME: The artist formerly known as Prince not only has reinvented his name but also has gone back to the keyboard and produced this week's Hot Shot Debut -`The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" bows at No. 40. The single was released on Prince's new label, New Power Generation, and an ad for it was placed in Entertainment Weekly, People, and through a toll - 5 free number, 800-NEW -FUNK, advertised in USA Today for Valentine's Day. The marketing campaign is called the `Beautiful Experience" and is tied to his BcCY new publication, "10,000," which is scheduled to premiere in the near future and will chronicle "the beautiful experience." We'll stay tuned for this one. In the last 10 days, Al Bell's distribution company, Bellmark, reached an agree- ment with N.P.G. In the first week of monitoring, "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" has extensive airplay. The single ranks top 10 at WEDR Miami and has significant airplay at WJHM Orlando, Fla., WZAK Cleveland, WROU Dayton, Ohio, WQMG Greensboro, N.C., and KQXL Baton Rouge, La. I'll look for a real blow -out by chart time next week.

NEW MUSIC: Miles Davis understood, perhaps better than any other musi- cian or composer, the ever -changing and evolving nature of music. And so his fmal studio recording, "Do Bop" (Warner Bros.), combined the least likely of musical forms, jazz and rap. There have since been many experimental jazz/ rap fusion recordings, but "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" by US3 is by far the most successful single to date. Much of its success may be attributed to how well the horn section holds the rhythm. (This translated quite well when the group performed live on the "Today" show.) Monitored airplay increased by 80%, and the song moves up the airplay -only chart 57-41. It ranks No. 1 at WQOK Raleigh, N.C., and WJTT Chattanooga, Tenn. It ranks top five at WZAK Cleveland, WHRK Memphis, Tenn., WDKX Rochester, N.Y., and LOVELY WENN Birmingham, Ala.

RADIO'S CONSTANT FRIEND: R. Kelly has gotten a lot of well -deserved attention in the past few weeks for having so many cuts on the radio at the same time. Kelly is not the only artist radio loves. Tevin Campbell's "Shhh" was not released as a commercial single, but from airplay alone it reached the from the debut album top 10 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. "Always In My Heart" is bulleted at PURE PLEASURE No. 67 on the airplay -only chart. "I'm Ready," though new on the chart, already is top five at KMJQ Houston, WENN Birmingham, and KVSP Oklahoma City.

MOVIE MAGIC: The soundtrack to the Fox film "Sugar Hill" is this week's Hot Shot Debut on the Top R&B Albums chart, coming in at No. 75. "Gonna Love You Right" by After 7 (Beacon) is the first single making noise at radio. It is top 10 in airplay at WZAK Cleveland, WMMJ Washington, D.C., and WSVY Norfolk, Va. The soundtrack should do well. Hopefully, everyone will make sure to see the movie during its opening weekend. This is the first time that Wesley Snipes was sexy to me-but there is more to the movie than that. Its well -developed story line engrosses you in the family's interpersonal rela- tionships, more so than the effect of drug dealing. If for no other reason, see the movie for the cinematography's European styling, which brings out the best of Harlem's glory days ... Rachelle Ferrelle's self -titled album on Capitol re- enters the chart at No. 56. We have reason to believe that interest was sparked by major -market club dates, but most likely her performances on "Showtime At The Apollo" and Black Entertainment Television made the difference.

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2 5 4 NICE AND LOVELY 15 - 3 OLD TIMES' SAKE SHAGGY (VIRGIN) SWEET SABLE (STREET LIFE /SCOTTI BROS.)

3 15 2 CLOSE TONIGHT 16 14 10 TELL ME UNV (MAVERICK /SIRE /WARNER BROS.) KIARA (BCI /THG)

4 4 3 HERE WITH ME 17 17 3 WHAT GOES UP PHILIP BAILEY (ZOO) MAZE FEAT. FRANKIE BEVERLY (WB)

5 9 5 HEAVEN HELP 18 1 - E. /ISLAND/PLG) LENNY KRAVITZ (VIRGIN) DOUG FRESH (GEE STREET

YEAH YEAH 6 12 4 SOUND KILLING 19 - 1 BOY THE NEW 2 LIVE CREW (LUKE)

7 8 5 CHOOSE 20 20 2 NEVER NO MORE COLOR ME BADD (GIANT /REPRISE) SOULS OF MISCHIEF (JIVE)

21 1 TO 8 - 1 ELECTRIC RELAXATION - TRUE THE GAME A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (JIVE) M.C. SHY D (WRAP /ICHIBAN)

22 I Produced by Sting Internat onal for 9 11 12 SHORT SHORTS - RAINDROPS RAHEEM THE DREAM (LIFE /BELLMARK) ME -2 -U (RCA) Signet Recording T AVENUE 10 16 6 DO YOU /WAN^NARKGO PARTY 23 - 1 POISONCLLAUN (LUHKE) Management: Rocert Livi- A LITTLE LOVE 11 6 6 LOVE'S MYSTERY 24 - 1 RANDY CRAWFORD (WARNER BROS.) KOLORZ (SCOTTI BROS.)

12 - I (ORRN áTHING 25 22 2 AIJOE AMADEUS (HARDD PRESS) 019or .Kír=in R 13 24 2 I WANNA ROCK Bubbling Under lists the top 25 singles under No. 100 JAZZY JEFF 8 FRESH PRINCE (JIVE) which have no yet charted.

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DRE 187ÚM) KILLA 1 81 87 70 5 ED O.G & DA BULLDOGS CHEMISTRY 518 161 /MERCURY (9.98 EQ/15.98) ROXBURY 02119 36 30 26 23 26 MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY WARNER BROS. 45297 (10.98/15.98) BACK TO BASICS 3 ***PACESETTER*** 82 77 83 15 II D EXTREME GASOLINE ALLEY 10958/MCA (9.98/15.98) II D EXTREME 22 83 76 71 6 ERIC GABLE EPIC 52996 (9.98 E0/15.98) PROCESS OF ELIMINATION 55 31 52 48 85 BRIAN MCKNIGHT MERCURY 848605 110.98 EO/15.98) HS BRIAN MCKNIGHT 17 $4 98 89 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS ToMMY BOY 1077 BIG BLUNTS 84 32 31 30 17 ZAPP & ROGER REPRISE 45143/WARNER BROS (10.98/15.98) ALL THE GREATEST HITS 9 85 71 84 11 SHAI GASOLINE ALLEY 10945 /MCA (10.98/15.98) RIGHT BACK AT CHA 42 33 33 28 11 MARY J. BLIGE UPTOWN 10942./MCA (10.98/15.981 . WHAT'S THE 411? REMIX ALBUM 22 86 75 75 49 BLOODS & CRIPS DANGEROUS/PUMP 19138*/QUALITY (9.98/13.98) BANGIN ON WAX 18 34 32 27 2 LOW RAP-A-LOT 53884/PRIORITY(9.98/15.98) FUNKY LIL BROTHA 25 87 90 82 66 SILK KEIA 61394/ELEKTRA (10.98/15.98) HS LOSE CONTROL 1 35 38 34 68 SADE 3 EPIC 53178 (10.98 EQ/16.98) LOVE DELUXE 2 88 89 100 13 MAC MALL YOUNG BLACK BROTHA 2022 (9.98/13.98) HS ILLEGAL BUSINESS? 82 36 36 33 62 DR. DRE 3 DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE 57128* /PRIORITY (10.98/15.981 THE CHRONIC 1 89 85 79 22 DE LA SOUL TOMMY BOY 1063 (10.98/16.98) BUHLOONE MIND STATE 9 31 45 57 4 TOP AUTHORITY TRAK 72576 (10.98/15.98) HS SOMETHIN' TO BLAZE TO 37 STANL CLARKE RE -ENTRY 25 EAST RIVER DRIVE 54 1 EPIC 47489 (10EY .98 EQ/15.98) 38 35 38 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS THUMP 4010 (9.98/16.98) OLD SCHOOL 35 BURT BANTBOON* 91 RE -ENTRY 28 VOICE OF JAMAICA 29 CI 42 41 46 INTRO ATLANTIC 82463/AG (9.98/15.98) HS INTRO 11 (9.98 EQ/13.98) lIE 0 41 49 27 EIGHTBALL & MJG SUAVE 0001 (9.98/15.98) HS COMIN' OUT HARD 40 92 81 74 I1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 61562/ELEKTRA (10.98/16.98) SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT 40 1. 93 79 73 9 FATHER UPTOWN 10937* /MCA (10.98/15.98) SEX IS LAW 55 41 37 32 22 SPICE 1 JIVE 41513 (9.98/15.98) 187 HE WROTE 1 94 86 58 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS PRIORITY 53885 (9.98/13.98) STRAIGHT FROM DA STREETS 58 42 39 31 69 SWV Z RCA 66074(9.98/13.98)HS IT'S ABOUT TIME 2 95 96 87 29 KRIS KROSS RUFFHOUSE 57278*/COLUMBIA (10.98 EO/15.98) DA BOMB 2 43 40 35 15 MC REN RUTHLESS 5505 * /RELATIVITY (9.98/16.98) SHOCK OF THE HOUR 1 96 84 76 17 HI -FIVE JIVE 41528 (10.98/15.98) FAITHFUL 23 44 44 39 28 SCARFACE RAP -A -LOT 53861 * /PRIORITY (10.98/15.98) THE WORLD IS YOURS 1 97 94 20 DMG RAP -A -LOT 53862/PRIORITY (9.98/15.98) HS RIGORMORTIZ 40 45 34 22 3 CASUAL JIVE 41520* (9.98/15.98) FEAR ITSELF 22 - 98 93 85 23 EARTH, WIND & FIRE REPRISE 45274 (10.98/15.981 MILLENNIUM 8 46 43 44 21 E-40 SIC WID IT 340 (8.98/11.98) THE MAIL MAN 13 99 95 94 21 SOULS OF MISCHIEF JIVE 41514. (9.98/15.98) 93 'TIL INFINITY 17 4) 50 64 20 TEDDY PENDERGRASS ELEKTRA 61497 (10.98/15.98) A LITTLE MORE MAGIC 13 ONYX ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO RE -ENTRY BACDAFUCUP 8 64 72 7 PLANTATION LULLABIES 48 ®O 46 RAICHAOS 53302' /COLUMBIA (9.98 EQ/15.98) O48 MAVERICK/SIRE 45333/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.981 j 0 Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIPA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIM certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the symbol. *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for WEA and BMG labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ED, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. GreatestGainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows artists removed from Heatseekers this week. IN indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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79 AFTER THE LOVE (Pri, ASCAP/Let's Have Lunch, ASCAP /Rejoyce, BMI) Hot R &D Aìrplay. 77 AGAIN (Black Ice, BMI / Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) WBM N o t R &D Siogles Sales.. ON MY -Tamerlane, 11 ALWAYS MIND (Warner Compiled a national sub-sample of POS (point of sale) equipped key R &B retail stores which report number Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 75 R &B stations from BMI /Interscope Pearl, BMI /Bam Jams, BMI /Minder, of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross - WBM referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. ASCAP/Taking Care Of Business, BMI) 32 AND OUR FEELINGS (Sony Songs, BMI /Ecaf, BMI /Boobie -Loo, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) Y W W O W O 46 ANNIVERSARY (Polygram Int'I, ASCAP/Tony Toni W W w O w O co Tone, ASCAP /Rev, ASCAP) HL 3 N TITLE Vl TITLE N ÿ 6 TITLE o ÿ TITLE 55 AWARD TOUR (Zomba, ASCAP /Jazz Merchant, Ñ w ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) g ; ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) g ; ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) ASCAP) CPP 3 3 5 68 BABY BE STILL (EMI April, ASCAP /Bug Pie, MONEY IN THE GHETTO SKIP TO MY LU 38 35 5 ASCAP /EMI Blackwood, * * NO. 1 TOO SHORT (JIVE) * * NO. 1 * * ®39 6 LISA LISA (PENULUM /ERG) ASCAP/Writz Rights, * * BMI /Jordan Lane, BMI) WBM BUMP N' GRIND KEEP YA HEAD UP READY 3 39 32 17 71 YOURS ASCAP/WB, R. KELLY (JIVE) 3 weeks at No. 1 20 ®61 BABY IT'S (Dowhattigotta, 0 2PAC (INTERSCOPE /ATLANTIC) O 1 TONI BRAXTION (LAFFACÉ 5 weeks at No. 1 3 TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST /WARNER BROS.) ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Rift, ASCAP) WHATTA MAN 40 40 3 CAPS GET PEELED GROOVE THANG CANTALOOP FLIP FANTASIA) BABY I WANNA (Pac Jam, BMI/Wreckshop, BMI) 5 88 2 7 PEPA/EN VOGUE (NEXT PLATEAU) DFC (ASSAULT/BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC) 2 9 ZHANE (MOTOWN) US3 (BLUE NOTE/CAPITOL) SALT -N- O ® 94 BABY WHERE WERE YOU (Len -Tom, ASCAP/MCA, AWARD TOUR U THE MORNING AFTER ASCAP /Sony, ASCAP /Multi Culler, ASCAP) GIN AND JUICE 41 41 18 SEND ME SWINGIN' 41 17 5 4 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (JIVE) 7 14 MAZE FEAT. FRANKIE BEVERLY (WB) SNOOP DOGGY DOGG (DEATH ROW) MINT CONDITION (PERSPECTIVE) 12 BECAUSE OF LOVE (Black Ice, BMI / Flyte Tyme, COME CLEAN BU N G) IND BELIEVE ASCAP) WBM IT'S ALL GOOD 42 36 15 4 5 12 4 43 11 6 4 HAMMER (GIANT/REPRISE) JERU THE DAMAJA (PAYDAY /FFRR) KMLP Y ETH W SH NGTON (QWEST /WB) 23 BELIEVE IN LOVE (Ted -On, BMI /Beck, BMI /K -Rob, BMI/Calloco, BMI /EMI, BMI /Sony, BMI /Screen Gems - UNDERSTANDING LET'S MAKE LOVE 5 20 GIRL.. 5 4 9 47 4 3 TONY!tTONI!! 1 XSCAPE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) AARON HALL (SILAS/MCA) TONE! (WING/MERCURY) ® PRINCE ((NPG BEELL MARK)L EMI, BMI) WBM 31 BELIEVE THAT (Trycep, BMI /Zomba, BMI /Ramal, BUTT BETCHA'LL NEVER FIND 44 33 RIGHT (HUMANHERE NATURE) 6 7 16 DUNKIE 44 37 10 6 6 15 ' BMI/Cleveland's Own, CPP 12 GAUGE (STREET LIFE SCOTTI BROS.) CHANTAY SAVAGE (I.D. /RCA) CRY FORPYOU MCA) SWV BMI) / 17 BETCHA'LL NEVER FIND (Last Song, ASCAP/Third PLAYER'S BALL ON AND ON 45 2 7 4 17 19 Coast, ASCAP) 11 5 OUTKAST (LAFACE /ARISTA) SHYHEIM (VIRGIN) XSCAPE (SO DEF//COLUMBIA) COLOR ME BADD (GIANT/REPRISE) CD 86 BOOM SHAK A -TACK (Chizled Out, BMI /Mudslide, GETTO JAM C.R.E.A.M. 8 8 22 CAN WE TALK KRAZY 8 3 15 3 46 44 6 BM)) /RAL /CHAOS) 55 WU -TANG CLAN (LOUD /RCA) TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST /WARNER BROS.) BLACKGIRL (KAPER /RCA) DOMINO (OUTBURST ® 98 BORN TO ROLL (DAMASTA, ASCAP/Varry White, ME BECAUSE OF LOVE WHATTA MAN ICE KNOW HOW WE DO IT ASCAP) U SEND SWINGIN' 47 43 3 9 10 14 47 S 9 10 MINT CONDITION (PERSPECTIVE) JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) VOGUE (NEXT PLATEAU) CUBE (PRIORITY) 24 BREATHE AGAIN (Ecaf, BMI /Sony Songs, BMI) HL HEY D.J. NEVER KEEPING SECRETS 48 45 LET'S MAKE LOVE 1 BUMP N' GRIND (Zomba, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI) CPP GROOVE THANG 10 9 26 8 10 10 6 ZHANE (MOTOWN) LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN (MERCURY) BABYFACE (EPIC) AARON HALL (SILAS /MCA) 21 CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) (EMI Blackwood, BMI/US -3, BMI) WBM (I KNOW I GOT) SKILLZ SHHH DREAM ON DREAMER I'M OUTSTANDING 49 38 20 3 11 12 3 (JIVE) SHAQUILLE O'NEAL (JIVE) 11 11 15 TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST /WARNER BROS.) 49 BRAND NEW HEAVIES (DELICIOUS VINYL) 8 CAN WE TALK (Ecaf, BMI /Sony Songs, BMI /Boobie- SHAQUILLE O'NEAL Loo, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) HL/WBM FOR YOU SOUND OF DA POLICE MOOD WORÁD A)ME 12 8 13 CRY 56 11 12 12 10 81 CAPS GET PEELED (Power Artist, BMI/Tamu, JODECI (UPTOWN /MCA) KRS -ONE (JIVE) CEC PENISTON ®' 4 TONI !TVA S BMI/What's Not, BMI/To Bee Cleared, BMI /Driveby, CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL ON MY MIND 51 46 21 HERO 51 62 2 13 13 18 ALWAYS BMI /X-Men, BMI /McGuftin, BMI) 13 16 12 US3 (BLUE NOTE /CAPITOL) NAS (COLUMBIA) SWV (RCA) MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) 72 COME CLEAN (EMI, ASCAP /Gifted Pearl, ASCAP) REAL MUTHAPHUCKKIN G'S FEENIN' SO MUCH IN LOVE 52 42 17 52 44 COME INSIDE (Velle Int'I, ASCAP /Frabensha, 14 20 8 ALL-4-ONE (BLITZZ /ATLANTIC) EAZY -E (RUTHLESS /RELATIVITY) 14 18 5 JODECI (UPTOWN /MCA) I 2 SUDDEN COHIÁNGER(EGÁSTWEST) ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Ness, Nitty & Capone, A-TACK HOW MANY WAYS ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Wike, ASCAP) WBM /HL 15 14 20 BREATHE AGAIN 53 57 16 BOOM SHAK BECAUSE OF LOVE (DELICIOUS VINYL) 15 16 13 3 TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE /ARISTA) TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE /ARISTA) BORN JAMERICANS JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) O 56 COMIN' ON STRONG (Rhythm Jazz, BMI /Sudden FOREPLAY YOUR BODY'S CALLIN' 2 IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE READY Change, BMI /Ninteen Eighty, BMI /Mizmo, BMI) 16 13 6 (LAY YOUR HEAD ON MY) PILLOW 54 53 21 16 21 12 tONY! TONI! TONE! (WING/MERCURY) RAAB (RIP- IT /ILC) R. KELLY (JIVE) ® R. KELLY (JIVE) 63 CREAM. (BMG, BMI/Wu -Tang, BMI) 7 CRY FOR YOU (EMI April, ASCAP/DeSwing Mob, CHOOSE MAN LOVES A WOMAN GONNA LOVE YOU RIGHT 17 17 15 U.N.I.T.Y. 55 52 5 17 14 10 55 ; 4 COLOR ME BADD (GIANT /REPRISE) WHENñJODY O AFTER 7(BEACON /FOX) ASCAP) WBM QUEEN LATIFAH (MOTOWN) 95 DA BOMB (EMI April, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP) WE TALK YOU DONT LOVE ME (NO, NO, NO) BETCHA'LL NEVER FIND 56 16 AWARD TOUR 18 15 21 CAN ASCAP /WARNER BROS.) DAWN PENN (BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC) 18 19 19 CHANTAY SAVAGE (I.D. /RCA) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (JIVE) 43 A DEEPER LOVE (FROM SISTER ACT 2) (Cole, TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST /Clivilles, ASCAP/Virgin, ASCAP /EMI, ASCAP) HL NEVER FORGET YOU PROCESS OF ELIMINATION S7 37 SOMETHING 57 51 6 19 20 7 89 DIRTY DAWG (WB, ASCAP /NKOTB, ASCAP) WBM 19 28 4 ERIC GABLE (EPIC) sTRNAL (EMI /ERG) BOBBY BROWN/WHITNEYROWN'WHI HOUSTON (MCA) MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) 62 DREAM ON DREAMER (My Dog Luna, MASS APPEAL LOOKING FOR MR. DO RIGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY 58 55 7 GIN AND JUICE April, ASCAP) 58 46 21 20 15 20 ASCAP /D.A.R.P., ASCAP /EMI 34 3 GANG STARR (CHRYSALIS /ERG) JADE (GIANT REPRISE) MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN /MCA) SNOOP DOGGY DOGG (DEATH ROW) 30 DUNKIE BUTT (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE) (AMI, BMI) YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT ZUNGA ZENG IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND 59 6 ITS ALL GOOD 74 EGO TRIPPIN' (PART TWO) (Tee Girl, BMI /Daisy Age, 21 22 3 59 72 5 21 30 4 HAMMER (GIANT /REPRISE) ICE CUBE (PRIORITY) K7 (TOMMY BOY) ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO (MAVERICK) BMI /Prince Paul, BMI /MCA, BMI) SHORT SHORTS BELIEVE IN LOVE 60 7 IS MY LIVING IN VAIN 53 FAITHFUL (Beane Tribe, ASCAP /Arn, ASCAP) A DEEPER LOVE 60 61 7 28 4 27 4 ARETHA FRANKLIN (ARISTA) RAHEEM THE DREAM (LIFE /BELLMARK) ® TEDDY PENDERGRASS (ELEKTRA) XSCAPE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) 33 FAMILY AFFAIR (FROM ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES) (Mijac, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BM)) WBM I'M IN THE MOOD 50 13 REALLY DOE 23 17 24 SHOOP 61 50 5 MY LOVE 23 24 8 61 CE /PERSPECTIVE) ICE CUBE (PRIORITY) SALT- N -PEPA (NEXT PLATEAU) MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN /MCA) 54 FUNK DAT/WHY IS IT? (Estrogen, BMI /Sam Blak, CE PENISTON (A &M BMI) NEVER KEEPING SECRETS AGAIN RIBBON IN THE SKY 3 YOU DONT LOVE ME (No, No, No,) 24 18 18 62 49 18 25 38 15 GETTO JAM (No Dooze, ASCAP /Cats On The Prowl, BABYFACE (EPIC) JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) ® INTRO (ATLANTIC) DAWN PENN (BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC) ASCAP /Getto ASCAP /Chrysalis, ASCAP) CPP Jam, AFFAIR SLOW AND EASY 25 22 22 NEVER SHOULD'VE LET YOU GO 1 SM UT 25 23 10 FAMILY 63 48 18 19 GIN AND JUICE (WB, ASCAP /Mari -Knight, ASCAP) HI-FIVE (JIVE) 693 Q É óANDINGVE) SHABBA RANKS (ATLAS/PLG) ZAPP & ROGER (REPRISE) WBM ALWAYS ON MY MIND WHAT'S MY NAME AND OUR FEELINGS JUST ANOTHER DAY YOU RIGHT (Keiande, ASCAP 26 19 10 64 58 12 41 1 57 GONNA LOVE /Chapters DOGGY DOGG (DEATH ROW) ® 4 BABYFACE (EPIC) QUEEN LATIFAH (MOTOWN) SWV (RCA) SNOOP Of You, BMI /Sir Ricky, ASCAP /BMG, ASCAP /Maestro, COME BABY COME 27 24 29 COME INSIDE 65 64 4 FAITHFUL ASCAP /Daily Double, ASCAP/Polygram Int'I, ASCAP) 27 21 18 HERO 65 59 26 INTRO (ATLANTIC) HI -FIVE (JIVE) MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) K7 (TOMMY BOY) 2 GROOVE THANG (Ninth Town, ASCAP/Naughty, ASCAP /Baby Fingers, ASCAP/Mims, ASCAP /Shown QUIET TIME TO PLAY DA BOMB TIME TO PLAY 66 , 3 A DEEPER LOVE 28 31 5 73 2 35 21 QUIET JOHNNY GILL (MOTOWN) KRIS KROSS (RUFFHOUSE /COLUMBIA) ® ! HNNV GILL ( MOTOWN) ARETHA FRANKLIN (ARISTA) Breree, ASCAP/Freddie Dee, BM)) AEVWACSVIBMY HEART 48 HERO (Sony Songs, BMI /Rye, BMI /Wallyworld, 29 26 42 WHOOMPI (THERE IT IS) IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND 29 26 32 67 67 TTONIY!TONISTTONE!(WING /MERCURY) 9 BROS.) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) HL/WBM TAG TEAM (LIFE/BELLMARK) ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO (MAVERICK) 78 HEY DJ. (Charisma, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, JAM IS IT? FUNK DAT /WHY IS IT? COMIN' ON STRONG 30 23 19 44 4 (EASTWEST) DGOMINO UATBURST /RAL /CHAOS) 6 SAGAT MAX )WHY ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI /Hip Hop To Pop, SAGAT (MAXI) SUDDEN CHANGE BMI /Hip Hop Loco,BMI /Chrysalis, BMI) CPP/WBM TREAT U RITE TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS 31 33 12 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY SLAUGHTA HOUSE 26 IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND (Warner -Tamerlane, 69 INC. VINYL) 31 49 3 ANGELA WINBUSH (ELEKTRA) 3 GUESSS (WARNER BROS.) MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN /MCA) MASTA ACE (DELICIOUS BMI/Revolutionary Jazz Giant, BMI /Nomad -Noman, COME INSIDE 31 28 HICK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL.. 70 54 25 32 70 1 BMI) WBM 32 1 TTONIBRAXTON (LAFACE/ARISTA) REDD E A) PRINCE (NPG /BELLMARK) INTRO (ATLANTIC) 90 (I KNOW I GOT) SKILLZ (Word Life, ASCAP/Chrysalis, TIME AND CHANCE AND OUR FEELINGS 33 27 17 U.N.I.T.Y. 71 60 2 BE THANKFUL ASCAP /Cina, ASCAP /Large Giant, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) 33 30 17 71 PORTRAIT (ATLAS /PLG) COLOR ME BADD (GIANT/REPRISE) BABYFACE (EPIC) QUEEN LATIFAH (MOTOWN) CPP/WBM 69 O r r 9 I'M IN THE MOOD (EMI Virgin, ASCAP /Steven And 34 29 21 GANGSTA LEAN 72 67 18 34 37 5 72 12 DRS FATHER (UPTOWN /MCA) RSADIER. KELLY (JIVE) Brendon, ASCAP/Casadida, ASCAP) HL (CAPITOL) 29 I'M OUTSTANDING (Shaq Lyrics, ASCAP/Chrysalis. I WANNA ROCK 35 33 12 PROCESS OF STAY 73 ' 73 4 45 5 /ERG) JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE (JIVE) 115%7Á1618EPIC) ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Erick Sermon, ASCAP/Taking ETERNAL (EMI Care Of Business, BMI /CPMK, BMI) CPP KRAZY O r r YOU DONT WANNA MISS 36 25 19 SEX ME 74 66 2 36 40 4 74 1 FOR REAL (A &M /PERSPECTIVE) 52 I'M READY (Ecaf, BMI /Sony, BMI) R. KELLY (JIVE) BLACKGIRL(KAPER/RCA) 80 IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL (Large Professor, ASCAP/EMI FAMILY AFFAIR C.R.E.A.M. 37 39 6 WHEN A MAN( LOVES A WOMAN 75 60 19 UPON THE ROOF 37 32 12 75 1 April, ASCAP Will, ASCAP /Skematics, ASCAP) /MCA) SHABBA RANKS (ATLAS/PLG) WU -TANG CLAN (LOUD /RCA) /III JODY WATLEY II D EXTREME (GASOLINE ALLEY 14 IT'S ALL GOOD (Rap & More, BMI) Tracks moving up the chart with airplay gains. © 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications. Singles with increasing sales. © 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. o 67 JUST ANOTHER DAY (Queen Latifah, ASCAP) o 61 KEEP YA HEAD UP (Ghetto Gospel, BMI / Interscope Pearl, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Rubber Band, 37 PROCESS OF ELIMINATION (Louis St., BMI/Truteazin' BMI /Music Corp. Of America, BMI) HL NOT RAB RECURRENT AIRPLAY BMI /Saja, BMI/Troutman, BMI /EMI Unart, Type Kite, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM 3 U SEND ME SWINGIN' (New Perspective, ASCAP) BMI/Sleeping Sun, BMI) WBM /CPP 27 QUIET TIME TO PLAY (Flyte Tyme, 75 WAS IT SOMETHING (Louis St., BMI /Honey Look, 1 1 JUST KICKIN' IT 14 1 RUNAWAY LOVE - - 39 KRAZY (ATV, BMI /Penny Funk, BMI /Mikie Dog, BMI) Pacific, ASCAP) XSCAPE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) EN VOGUE (EASTWEST) ASCAP /Perspective, ASCAP) ASCAP /Full Keel, ASCAP/Windswept HL 25 RIBBON IN THE SKY (Black Bull, ASCAP /Jobete, 87 WE CAME TO MOVE YA (Two Tuff -Enuff, BMI) 2 1 HEY MR. D.J. BABY I'M YOURS - 15 11 18 6 (LAY YOUR HEAD ON MY) PILLOW (Polygram Intl, ASCAP/Mari- Knight, ZHANE (FLAVOR UNIT /EPIC) SHAI (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) ASCAP) 76 WHAT'S MY NAME? (WB, ASCAP/Tony Toni Tone, ASCAP /Dango, ASCAP) HL 49 RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) /DOWNTOWN ASCAP) DREAMLOVER LOOKING FOR MR. DO RIGHT 3 2 3 16 8 2 84 LESSONS LEARNED (Sony Tunes, ASCAP /Euparis, (Warner-Tamerlane, BMI Interscope Pearl, BMI/Bam 4 WHATTA MAN (Sons Of K-oss, ASCAP/Sandia, MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) JADE (GIANT /REPRISE) / ASCAP /Bass Hit, ASCAP) Jams, BMI /ATV, BMI/John Bettis, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /Next Plateau, ASCAP/Irving, BMI) CPP 4 3 18 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES 17 13 34 DON'T WALK AWAY 70 LET ME LOVE YOU (Ma'Phil, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Playfull, BMI /GG Loves Music, BMI) WBM 13 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN (A Diva, JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) JADE (GIANT/REPRISE) ASCAP / Flava Me D'Extra, ASCAP /Ethyl, ASCAP) 60 SEX ME (Zomba, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI) HL/CPP ASCAP/Rightsong, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Art & 42 LETS MAKE LOVE (MCA, ASCAP/Ensign, ASCAP /Lane CPP 5 1 4 IF 18 15 11 FOER TAHECOOL IN YOU 34 SHOOP (Unichappell, BMI /Placid, BMI /Next Plateau, Rhythm, ASCAP) JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) Brave, BMI) CPP ASCAP /S.T.M., BMI) WBM 18 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY (WB,ASCAP/Neu, 85 MAKE LOVE EASY (MCA, ASCAP/Bush Barnin', Isvanni, BMI/Warner- Nitty & Capone, ASCAP /Frank Nitty, 6 4 6 ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG 19 19 12 LAID BACK GIRL 38 SKIP TO MY LU (Amplified TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE /ARISTA) MAZE FEAT. FRANKE BEVERLY (WB) ASCAP /Paul Laurence III, ASCAP) Tamerlane, BMI/Taking Care Of Business, BMI/Taking ASCAP / Frabensha, ASCAP/Darin Whittington, 51 MASS APPEAL (Gifted Pearl, ASCAP/III Kid, Care Of Business, BMI) WBM ASCAP /Dynatone, BMI/Unichappell, BMI) WBM 7 5 18 LOVE NO LIMIT 20 - 1 GANGSTA LEAN MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN /MCA) DRS (CAPITOL) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) 73 SLOW AND EASY (Troutman, BMI /Saja, BMI) 59 YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO, NO, NO) (Jamrec, BMI) 69 MONEY IN THE GHETTO (Zomba, BMI) CPP 20 SO MUCH IN LOVE (Abkco, BMI) 91 YOU DON'T WANNA MISS (Irving, BMI /John -Cole- I'M IN LUV CONTROL 8 6 13 21 18 12 LOSE 50 THE MORNING AFTER (Amazement, BMI) /Ford BMI) JOE (MERCURY) SILK (KEIA /ELEKTRA) 82 SOUND OF DA POLICE (Zomba, ASCAP/BDP, Man, BMI -Payne, 40 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD ASCAP /Soul Clap, ASCAP) CPP 41 YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT (Gangsta Boogie, EVERY LITTLE THING U DO CRY NO MORE 9 7 30 n - 12 (Controversy, ASCAP) 16 STAY (Kaptain K, ASCAP/TuTu, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Deep Technology, ASCAP /Full CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS (UPTOWN /MCA) II D EXTREME (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) 22 NEVER FORGET YOU (Sony, BMI /Rye, BMI /Ecaf, BMI) HL Keel, ASCAP) WBM 10 9 21 SHOW ME LOVE 23 24 15 ONE LAST CRY 10 NEVER KEEPING SECRETS (Sony Songs, BMI /Ecaf, 65 STIR IT UP (Polygram Int'I,ASCAP) 83 YOURS (Music Corp. Of America, BMI /Gasoline Alley, ROBIN S. (BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC) BRIAN MCKNIGHT (MERCURY) BMI) HL 58 TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS (Mastone, BMI /Crystal BMI /Cameo Appearance By Ramses, ASCAP /MCA, LET YOU GO (Zomba, ASCAP) HL 11 14 28 I'M SO INTO YOU 24 21 21 WEAK 36 NEVER SHOULD'VE Aire, BMI /Crystal Rose, BMI/Virgin, BMI) ASCAP /Ethyl, ASCAP/Yppahc, SWV (RCA) ASCAP/4MW, ASCAP) CPP 47 TIME AND CHANCE (Brittlesse, ASCAP /Me Good, 66 ZUNGA ZENG (Third & Lex, BMI /Blue Ink, 64 ON AND ON (Blacknyasia, BMI /J.Wilson, BMI /Rugged ASCAP) BMI /Cutlass, BMI/Tee Girl, BMI /Embassy, ASCAP) 12 10 6 STAY IN MY CORNER 25 20 40 I'M EVERY WOMAN KEITH WASHINGTON (QWEST /WB) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) Child, ASCAP) 45 TREAT U RITE (Big Giant, BMI /Count Chuckula, BMI) CPP 92 THE ONE FOR ME (Zomba, ASCAP/Black Hand, 5 UNDERSTANDING (Full Keel, ASCAP/Air Control, 13 12 12 SOMETHING'S GOIN' ON Recu rent are itles which have appeared on the Hot R &B ASCAP /D.T. Gerrell, ASCAP) CPP UNV (MAVERICK /SIRE/WARNER BROS.) Singles chart for 20 weeks and have dropped below the top 50. ASCAP) WBM 35 PLAYER'S BALL (Organized Noize, BMI) 28 U.N.I.T.Y. (Queen Latifah, ASCAP /Four Knights,

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www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard R &B FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 ARTISTS & MUSIC Not Ra p SlilgiOs..

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS z COLLECTED. COMPILED. AND PROVIDED BY NAS' Debut Is `Illmatic' For The People; H SoundScan 3 ARTIST 3 g 3 á v LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING ABEL ""I * * * No. 1 * * * Dancehall on Red Alert; Kool's Screenplays MAN 1 1 2 7 WHATTA SALT -N -PEPA FEATURING EN VOGUE IC) (T) (X) NEXT PLATEAU/LONDON 857 390/PLG 2 weeks at No. 1 RAP UP: After completing guest as Resident Alien, Shabba Ranks, rising. It's probably the most con- GIN & JUICE E 3 5 4 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG shots on Main Source's "Live At Patra, and Bobby Konders featur- troversial; it examines what would IC) (M) (T) (X) DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE 98318/AG IT'S ALL GOOD The Barbecue" and 3rd Bass' ing Mikey are raw 4 3 4 HAMMER Jarrett, there happen if the same type of breakup O (C) (T) (D) GIANT 22606/REPRISE "Back To The Grill," and after drop- big -ups to the host. that occurred in the Soviet Union 4 5 4 14 DUNKIE BUTT (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE) 12 GAUGE ping "Halftime," a track from the The first single from "Dancehall happened in the United States, (C) (T) (X) STREET LIFE 75373/SCOTTI BROS. "Zebrahead" motion picture sound- Show" is "The Glock" by Vicious, along racial lines. It's from a kid's * * *GREATEST GAINER*** track, NAS has packed his slippery who was first heard chatting it up perspective, PLAYER'S BALL and it's called "Dreams 6 6 6 OUTKAST ghetto talk into a full -length debut with Doug E. Fresh on "Freaks" Of Fire." (C) (M) (T) LAFACE 2-4060 / ARISTA GETTO JAM DOMINO disc titled "Illmatic" (Columbia). ... If Nice & Smooth's upcoming Moe says he'll hold on 6 2 1 14 to that (Cl (M) (T) (X) OUTBURST /CHAOS 77298/COLUMBIA Large Professor, DJ Premier, and "Just When You Thought It Was script until he has the means to di- I'M 7 18 3 OUTSTANDING SHAQUILLE O'NEAL Q -Tip are among the producers Over" falters, it won't be the rect the film himself. But he's close 0 (C) (T) (X) JIVE 42201 who contributed to the album. group's fault. The set has hard to signing a deal for "The Other ® 8 9 13 CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) US3 There's a big buzz surrounding as well as smooth ones (C) (T) (X) BLUE NOTE 44945 /CAPITOL tracks that Side of Christmas." He says, "It's U.N.I.T.Y. 9 9 7 14 QUEEN LATIFAH the rapper 'cause he's dope with his basically talking about the commer- (C) (D) (T) MOTOWN 2225 A MASS APPEAL GANG STARR phrases. "jungle survivor," he cialization of the holiday, how it now (it 14 19 3 barks at the pavement- rapping, has little to do with the spirit. Capi- (C) (T) CHRYSALIS 5811 /ERG YOU 11 10 15 3 KNOW HOW WE DO IT ICE CUBE he says, for "bluntheads, fly ladies, talism has capitalized on the love (C) (T) PRIORITY 53847 prisoners, and old- school niggas." people feel for loved ones. And be- FAMILY 12 11 8 10 AFFAIR SHABBA RANKS He boasts joyously and, like a Brit cause of the money factor, suicides (C) ATLAS 855 232/PLG punk, drops "no future sentiments." go 13 12 10 26 WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) TAG TEAM up; a lot of kids start selling (C) (MI (T) (X) LIFE 79001 /BELLMARK But on the strength of "Illmatic," drugs, and men become abusive to MONEY IN 14 15 16 5 THE GHETTO TOO SHORT NAS definitely has a future ... On by their women. A lot of negativity (CI (T) JIVE 42195 Havelock Nelson KEEP YA HEAD UP "Lost In New York" (Big Beat/ happens out of that holiday." 15 13 11 16 2PAC (C) (MI (T) (X) INTERSCOPE 98345/AG Atlantic), Down South drops in- are tight. And there's a lineup of 16 18 29 3 CAPS GET PEELED DFC spired blends of jazz, reggae, funk, guests that virtually guarantees (C) (M) (T) ASSAULT/BIG BEAT 98331/AG soul, bluegrass, and even salsa. cross -sectional appeal. 11 19 14 17 AWARD TOUR A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Rappers Shawn J- Period and Soda The first single, "Return Of The (C) (T) (X) JIVE 42187 18 16 13 14 COME CLEAN JERU THE DAMAJA Pop are good, but not great. While Hip Hop Freaks," features Bobby (C) (T) PAYDAY 127 000 /FFRR ON AND ON they shatter the stereotype that Brown. "Cheri," on which Smooth I 41 45 4 SITYHEIM Southern MCs can't flow, nothing sings like Babyface, boasts Jo Jo (C) (T) VIRGIN 38415 20 22 27 3 C.R.E.A.M. WU -TANG CLAN they say is quotable. So while I can't from Jodeci; and "Save The Chil- (M) (T) (X) LOUD 62766/RCA dis I it, this record, can't praise ei- dren" has Everlast from House of HEY D.J. LIGHTER SHADE OF 211 NEW 1 BROWN ther. It occupies that awkward crit- Pain. (C) (T) MERCURY 858 402 KNOW I GOT) SKILLZ ical space ... DJ Red Alert should 22 17 12 18 (I SHAQUILLE O'NEAL (C) (TI (X) JIVE 42177 be recognized as one of New York's JINGLE JANGLE: As he pro - SOUND OF DA POLICE 23 23 25 11 KRS -ONE (if not America's) leading reggae claimed on one of his solo hits, rap - (C) (T) JIVE 42192 ambassadors. A few years ago, his per Kool Moe Dee works hard. Be- 24 28 2 IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL NAS - (C) IT) COLUMBIA 77385 Friday night mix show on WRKS sides functioning as a of member & REAL Lion Legends. Warner Bros. sax 25 20 17 16 MUTHAPHUCKKIN G'S EAZY -E New York was the only showcase he (C) (T) RUTHLESS 5508/RELATIVITY the reformed Treacherous 3, artist Joshua Redman shares a for reggae music on a top FM has BOOM SHAK A -TACK BORN JAMERICANS -rated written six screenplays. "One's moment with vibraphonist Milt Jackson 26 24 20 14 station. a comedy- drama; one's a murder (M) (T) DELICIOUS VINYL/EASTWEST 10139/AG and vocalist Joe Willliams during a ZUNGA ZENG 32 28 5 K7 His compilation album, "DJ Red mystery; one's an action -adventure; a (C) (T) (X) TOMMY BOY 7599 break in the studio from recording Alert's Propmaster Dancehall and one is, like, a SHORT SHORTS RAHEEM THE DREAM street fighter Jackson's upcoming Qwest /Reprise 28 27 26 10 flows like his LIFE 79504 /BELLMARK Show," radio show. story," he says. album, due in May. 29 21 21 13 REALLY DOE ICE CUBE Between songs by such performers "Another is about a political up- (C) in PRIORITY 53843

30 25 22 12 WHAT'S MY NAME? SNOOP DOGGY DOGG (C) DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE 98340/AG COME BABY COME 31 26 23 14 K7 ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS (C) (MI (T) (X) TOMMY BOY 7572 DA BOMB (Continued Jrom page 22) 32 33 38 3 KRIS KROSS (C) (M) (T) RUFFHOUSE 77379 /COLUMBIA IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND took advantage of the fact that they're "The band has a very big following 33 36 46 4 ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO (C) (D) (T) (X) MAVERICK/SIRE so likable by taking them to press and in the Southeast," says Marvin Lucas, 18326/WARNER BROS. COMIN' ON STRONG SUDDEN CHANGE NEW 1 radio to issue the a cappella promo who manages the band and is a 1 (C) EASTWEST 98334/AG BORN TO ROLL cassette in person," she says. "Tying principal at Tuskk. "[Interest is] 35 45 39 5 MASTA ACE INCORPORATED all these `V' words together should help increasing up the East Coast, and our (M) (T) DELICIOUS VINYL/EASTWEST 10140' /AG 36 29 24 16 69 FATHER separate them from the rest of the girl next target market will be the West (MI (T) (X) UPTOWN 54751' /MCA groups out there." J.R. REYNOLDS Coast." Although Jous is known for its I WTAI NN A R2OCK D.J. JAllY JEFF /FRESH PRINCE CI NEW I danceable party tracks, Lucas says (C 2 I -IGHT (ALRIGHT) DOUG Ci 49 31 12 E. FRESH SOUTHERN FUNK audiences also respond positively to (M) (T) GEE STREET 440 583` /ISLAND "Grass -roots funk" is how the five sensual ballads like "Promised" and IT 39 42 34 4 ALL COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY TERMINATOR X members of Jous (pronounced Joe -Us) JODS "Another Lonely Night." (C) (M) (T) RALCHAOS 77168/COLUMBIA 40 35 35 25 METHOD MAN WU -TANG CLAN describe their music. With their debut Advance CD promos were sent to (C) (T) LOUD 62544/RCA album, they hope to re- ignite public key urban and college stations in the 41 34 33 14 SAME OL' SHIT MC REN interest in R &B bands. back to live music. He notes that the Southeast, Lucas says. To solidify (C) (T) RUTHLESS 5510/RELATIVITY I BEEPED YOU The members of the group are crowds for which the band has radio support, Tuskk is working to 42 31 40 6 FATHER (C) (MI (TI UPTOWN 54790/MCA bassist Darryl "D.B." Brown, vocalist/ performed range from age 16 to the obtain national press coverage, 43 30 32 7 I GO ON MC LYTE keyboardist James "J.B." Brown, mid -40s. targeting music trade journals as well (C) (M) (T) FIRST PRIORITY /ATLANTIC 95995/AG vocalist/percussionist Sheila R , "In this business, people too hard as weekly YEAH YEAH THE NEW 2 LIVE CREW try daily and newspapers. 44 NEW 1 drummer Serious "0," and guitarist to jump on trends," he says. The videoclip for "Body Parts" was (C) (M) (T) LUKE 170 HERE 45 44 30 14 COME THE LORDS LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Doug Ford. They describe their 12- "Musicians become great artists by serviced in mid -February to 210 local (Cl (M) (T) PENDULUM 58065/ERG released by Alabama-based staying to themselves." video outlets across the country, and to NEVER NO MORE OF track set- true 46 48 2 SOULS MISCHIEF independent Tuskk Records-as a The band members, who range in BET, MTV, and VH-1. A spring tour ICI (T) JIVE 42205 47 46 42 11 WE AIN'T GOIN' OUT LIKE THAT CYPRESS HILL mixture of funk, rock, R &B, and pop. age from 22 to 34, all began their is scheduled in support of the album's (C) (M) (TI (X) RUFFHOUSE 77307 /COLUMBIA The name Jous came to J.B. in a careers performing in church choirs late February release, beginning in the 48 RE-ENTRY 2 TRUE TO THE GAME M.C. SHY D dream. He says Jous' love of live and first played together as a band at Southeast and working its way up the WRAP 195 /ICHIBAN 49 43 36 16 FREAKIT DAS EFX performing is inspired in part by its the University of Alabama in 1986. East Coast. (C) (M) (T) (X) EASTWEST 98341/AG musical influences: the Ohio Players, "Body Parts," an uptempo funk Lucas says Great Bay Distributors LIKWIT 50 39 - 7 THA ALKAHOLIKS Funkadelic, the Doobie Brothers, and workout reminiscent of the party in Baltimore will provide national (C) (T) LOUD 62728/RCA Earth, Wind & Fire. bands of the '70s, is the first single. distribution for the album. "A "You can never take the place of live Since its regional release in November, particularly strong distribution Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Association music," says D.B., who produced the urban radio stations in the Southeast network in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, of America (RIRA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIM certification for sales of 1 million units. Catalog no, is for cassette single. *Asterisk indicates catalog number is for cassette maxi -single; cassette single unavailable. album with brother J.B. D.B. says the have picked up on the track's soulful and New York markets will work to the (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single pendulum of audience tastes has swung energy. group's advantage," he says. DJ MARIDS availability. (X) CD maxi -single availability. © 1994, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

28 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com Dance ARTISTS & MUSIC Crystal Waters Shows New Maturity On `Storyteller'

THIS TIME, Crystal Waters says wicked refrain and chorus, while the Freeze Productions posse. Avail- machinery. Upon completing con- she is braced and ready for any- Basement Boys' remixes are solid able on the independent Sure Shot struction of its WarZone recording thing. and in the pocket of current trends. label, this five -track EP will moti- studio, the act also has done a fine As she eyes the April release of Look for the commercial version of 1)-Mg vate even the most rigid and dis- job producing the upcoming her second Mercury collection, "100% Pure Love" to ship within 14.609 cerning butt with its mixture of in- "Wired" by Sister Machine Gun, "Storyteller," the vocalist whose seconds. TRAX sistent grooves, fluttering keyboard which is fast picking up positive 1991 hit "Gypsy Woman" momen- Among the other notable, single - passages, and ear -catching vocal feedback from underground DJs tarily occupied the brains and boo- ready moments on "Storyteller" are by Larry Flick loops. Best of the batch is "Under congrats to Kelly ties of punters worldwide, says she the lively, disco -charged "Relax "; Your Spell," which brings a much - Schweinsberg, who has been ap- will face the intense and draining "Regardless," with its cute nursery - needed dreamy quality to the house pointed director of promotion at process of promoting this new proj- rhyme melody; and "Ghetto Day," a This is curious, given the potent (if music underground ... Now that Logic Records. She is leaving be- ect with a tougher, more world -wise midtempo splash of cool retro -funk not somewhat laid -back) groovabi- producer/artist Sasha is enjoying hind her post as manager of mix - mentality. that is laced with licks from "Stoned lity of the current single, "Return To international kudos with his current show promotion at Jive Records to Soul Picnic" by the 5th Dimension. Innocence," with its fleshy, hip -hop- single, "Higher Ground," deCon- help christen the ever -hot interna- The common threads of each song derived base and kicky chorus. struction Records is prepping for tional label's new New York branch, are smart, thought -provoking lyrics "The overall feel of this song is a the shipment of his first full -length which will kick into high gear later that are sewn into sing-along hooks. lot more ethereal and airy [than'Sa- album, "The Qat Collection." Sasha this month with the release of "It's all how you put something deness'], which is making it harder produced this sterling collection Sound Factory's next single, "Good across," Waters says. "You do need to for some DJs to program," says with Tom Frederikse, which fea- Time" ... Lots going on with that catchy hook to grab people, re- Rick Squillante, national director tures vocals by Sam Mollison (who George Morel these days. Besides gardless of what your message of dance music at Virgin. "As the can also be heard on "Higher marrying Thao Le -Hoang on Val- might be. Eventually, people do get general public gets into this record, Ground ") and Donna Gardier .. . entine's Day atop New York's Em- the whole picture of where you're I think it will kick in with DJs." Chicago -based industrial act Die pire State Building, he has resigned coming from. It took a while, but I As he gradually but steadily Warzau is close to finishing "En- from his longtime gig as VP of think some people understood that builds a base for "Return To Inno- gine," its first album in more than A &R at Strictly Rhythm Records to `Gypsy Woman' was actually a very cence" at club level, Squillante also two years. A sneak peek of the fu- work on his new label, Groove On serious song." is targeting dance retail. He and in- ture single "Cyberdelia" reveals a Records, which is a wholly owned di- With the two-year writing and re- die promoter Mindy Burton have harsh and aggressive sound that vision of Strictly Rhythm. He also cording process behind her, Waters just launched a contest with 20 snugly fits into rave culture with its will spend more time on production is getting itchy to investigate other mom -and -pop stores in 15 U.S. mar- combination of live instruments and and DJ stints overseas. creative avenues. On her growing kets, giving away JVL car stereo up- CRYSTAL WATERS agenda is writing for other acts as grades. Entrants are filling out well as the pursuit of potential act- questionnaires based on the single ing assignments. Before she can try and its accompanying videoclip dur- "Last time, I felt like I was in the to accomplish either, a lengthy con- ing in -store play. Winners will be middle of this crazy whirlwind," she cert and promotional tour awaits. chosen at drawings planned in each says. "Try to imagine being a really Her trek will commence early next market for April 1. Stores with the shy person who is suddenly being month. best Enigma display also will get looked at and pursued by everyone JVL sound systems. in the world. At times, it was very RETURN OF ENIGMA: With the "One of the ideas behind this con- scary. But I learned a lot, and I now impressive Billboard 200 chart de- test is to find different places to ex- Your 12" & LP Distributor is at your fingertips... feel prepared to handle whatever but of Enigma's second Virgin al- pose this album to people in the lies ahead." bum, "The Cross Of Changes," at dance music community, other than It will be interesting to see what No. 12 last week, the label's cam- in clubs," Squillante says. "Once unfolds before Waters in the coming paign behind the unique brainchild they hear it, I think they're going to months. Though there is nary the of gifted producer /composer Mi- love it. It's a beautiful record." sign of a sequel to "Gypsy Woman" chael Cretu is off to quite a start. We agree. "The Cross Of on "Storyteller," the set is far more But while club DJs spearheaded the Changes" may be complex and re- consistent and satisfying than her push last time, serving up the multi- quire more brainpower than your .....,:-. .:.,,_.....,.,_..... :.,. , ;:s".::.'.`..:'_#ïï.. ,..;;<,,,;#'':;<;ï%:;ít:::i:.-,...: gold -selling debut album, "Sur- format No. 1 smash "Sadeness" on average disco bauble, but its array prise." Her songwriting skills, em- dancefloors months ahead of radio, of heady melodies, chants, and whis- ployed on all of the collection's 11 they are now lagging sadly behind. pers rest atop primal rhythms that CASSETTE SORiGLIES, CD IvIIAXXS, CD'§, and matured. are ultimately universal. tracks, are sharper CASSETTES, ACCESSORIES & BLANK TAPIES while her trademark feline vocal de- Billboard. livery now has a sexier, husky qual- 'CAUSE YA NEED TO KNOW: 110 DENTON Ave. New HydE Pank, N.Y. 11040 Td.* (516) 294-5900 ity that is far more pleasing and du- rai-ce If justice prevails, the onset of Tat.* (800) 992-9011 (OursidE N.Y. STATE) Fax* (P16) 741-3584 rable upon repeat spins. Longtime D "When A Man Loves A Woman" by mentors the Basement Boys pro- Jody Watley will inject deserved duced half the project, with David new interest in her sorely underap- Anthony, Greg Smith, and hip -hop preciated MCA album "Intimacy." World leader team EZ Moe & LG handling the FOR WEEK ENDING MAR. 5, 1994 Bolstered by a striking videoclip di- the song ex- technology remaining material. rected by the singer, for NEWS' "I have to confess that I wasn't too CLUB PLAY plores the effects of issues like and design 1994 happy with the sound of the last al- 1. YOU USED TO HOLD ME '94 RALPHI AIDS and domestic violence on ro- SIB ROSARIO PRESENTS XAVIERA GOLD LD bum," Waters says. "Everything STRICTLY HYPE mantic relationships within a chug- CONCERT' TAKES happened so fast that there wasn't 2. BREAKDOWN ONE DOVE FFRR ging, streetwise instrumental set- any time for us to stop and think 3. DO YA INNER CITY COLUMBIA ting. Darryl James helps out by about what we were doing. With this 4. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN JODY providing smokin' club remixes ... WATLEY MCA Do if you sud- album, I had to make sure that I 5. WOW MR. YOGI (CONTROL THE not be surprised are could feel good about every word MIND) THE OVERLORDS ARISTA IMPORT denly hearing a whole lot more of and note. That was-and is -much Satoshi Tomei. The shy but incred- more important to me than having a MAXI -SINGLES SALES ibly talented producer has outdone himself on his way-hip reconstruc- one gigantic single." 1. STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA BRUCE None of this, however, should SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA tions of "I'll Take You There" by squelch the possibility of Waters 2. UNRELEASED PROJECT PART 5 General Public and "Worker Man" having another major hit. The buzz TODD TERRY FREEZE by Patra. We hope Tomei is ready 3. THE RIGHT TIME I TO I NEXT PLATEAU for his phone to begin ringing off the EXHIBITION OF EQUIPMENT on the new single, "100% Pure 4. BLOW YOUR WHISTLE DJ DUKE FFRR INTERNATIONAL Love," which has begun circulating 5. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE hook once these two Epic singles be- FOR DISCOTHEQUES AND DANCE HALLS among tastemaking DJs on a 12- WORLD PRINCE N.P.G. gin to circulate ... Speaking of rgt MARCH 27/30 1994 promising up- and -comers, we can- RIMINI / ITALY inch test pressing, is deservedly Rimini Trade Fair - Tel. 541/711.711 - Fax 541/786686 Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential, enough of juicy "Space loud and promising. The percussive based on club play or sales reported this week. not get the pop /house anthem is etched with a Buttons" by the U.K. -based Deep

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 29 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard FOR WEEK ENDING MAR. 5, 1994 H OT DANC USIC.. CLUB PLAY MAXI -SINGLES SALES COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE Z COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SUB- SAMPLE OF POS (POINT OF SALE) EQUIPPED KEY DANCE RETAIL N 01 STORES WHICH REPORT NUMBER OF UNITS SOLD TO SOUNDSCAN, Y OF DANCE CLUB PLAYLISTS. ec INC. nw w Q

* * * No. 1 * * * * * * No. 1 /GREATEST GAINER * * * 1 1 2 LOVE (FROM "SISTER ACT 1 1 8 A DEEPER 2") ARISTA -2651 2.weeksat No. ARETHA FRANKLIN 1 1 3 GROOVE THANG (M) (T) MOTOWN 4848 3 weeks at No. 1 ZHANE

4 8 6 I'M IN THE MOOD A&M 0461 CE CE PENISTON 2 2 2 8 6 A DEEPER LOVE (FROM "SISTER ACT 2 ") (MI (T) (X) ARISTA 1 -2651 ARETHA FRANKLIN 3 2 3 BEEN A LONG TIME COLUMBIA 77303 THE FOG 3 5 3 3 C.R.E.A.M. (CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME) (m) u-) (x) LOUD 62766/RCA WU -TANG CLAN

4 3 4 8 DREAM DRUMS EIGHT BALL ALBUM CUT LECTROLUV 4 3 7 4 MASS APPEAL (T) CHRYSALIS 58111 /ERG GANG STARR

8 15 5 I YOU REPRISE 41397/WARNER BROS. JULIET ROBERTS WANT 5 g 6 15 WHY IS IT? (FUK DAT) (M) (T) a) MAXI 2014 SAGAT

12 I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING EMI 58122/ERG PET SHOP BOYS 6 6 5 3 BUMP 'N' GRIND (T) (X) JIVE 42206 R. KELLY

11 18 6 GOT TO GET IT 550 MUSIC 77382 /EPIC CULTURE BEAT 10 13 9 4 IT'S ALL GOOD/PUMPS & A BUMP (T) GIANT 24545/WARNER BROS. HAMMER

8 6 6 11 SELFISH QWEST 41155/WARNER BROS. THE OTHER TWO 8 4 4 3 BECAUSE OF LOVE (T) (X) VIRGIN 38422 JANET JACKSON

10 14 1 GIVE MYSELF TO YOU TRIBAL AMERICA 58085/IRS THE DAOU 9 7 8 8 WHATTA MAN co IX) NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON 857 391/PLG SALT -N -PEPA FEATURING EN VOGUE

10 9 11 7 PLEASE (YOU GOT THAT...) ATLANTIC PROMO INXS 10 18 18 3 YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO, NO, NO) (T) (X) BIG BEAT 10151/AG DAWN PENN 11 16 24 5 SO INTO YOU EASTWEST 95950 MICHAEL WATFORD * * *HoT SHOT DEBUT * ** 12 5 9 BIG TIME SENSUALITY ELEKTRA 66244 BJORK 11 NEW 1 HEY D.J. (FROM "MI VIDA LOCA°) IT) MERCURY 858 359 LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN

13 13 19 8 I WANT TO THANK YOU AREA l0 004 LATRECE 12 17 23 4 IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY (M) (T) RAUCHAOS 77167/COLUMBIA TERMINATOR X 14 17 25 5 SPOOKY QWEST 41313/WARNER BROS. NEW ORDER 13 20 17 10 I'M IN THE MOOD (M) (T) A &M 0461 CE CE PENISTON 15 19 27 6 GOING NOWHERE GO!DISCS IMPORT GABRIELLE 14 21 25 11 SOUND OF DA POLICE (T) JIVE 42191 KRS -ONE 16 23 36 4 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART MCA 54796 ELTON JOHN /RUPAUL 15 15 12 4 IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL (T) COLUMBIA 77320 NAS 17 20 33 5 GROOVE THANG MOTOWN 4848 ZHANE 16 10 - 2 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART Ir) MCA 54796 ELTON JOHN /RUPAUL 18 15 5 12 LIFE (EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE) ARISTA 1.2648 HADDAWAY 17 27 45 3 I'M OUTSTANDING (T) (x) JIVE 42200 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL 19 21 32 4 DO YOU WANT IT SBK 58119 /ERG LONNIE GORDON C) 43 30 3 IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND m 00 MAVERICK/SIRE 41316/WARNER BROS. ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO 20 25 38 JUNGLE LUST (I WANT YOU) DEEP CRAP 30040/CRAP URBAN MOTION PROJECT 19 8 10 15 GETTO JAM (M) (T) (X) OUTBURST/CHAOS 77298/COLUMBIA DOMINO 21 14 13 9 WHEN YOU TOUCH ME CUTTING 292 MASTERS AT WORK FEATURING INDIA 2U NEW i THE SIGN (M) (T) ARISTA 1 -2673 ACE OF BASE 22 18 9 11 JUST KEEP ME MOVING SIRE 41197/WARNER BROS. K.D. LANG 21 24 46 3 YOU USED TO HOLD ME '94 (T) STRICTLY HYPE 112 RALPH! ROSARIO PRESENTS XAVIERA GOLD 23 12 7 12 JOY CHAMPION 77364/CHAOS STAXX OF JOY FEATURING CAROL LEEMING 22 23 14 26 GIVE IT UP (M) (T) (X) FFRR 350 039 THE GOODMEN 24 27 42 3 BLOW YOUR WHISTLE FFRR 120017 DJ DUKE 23 32 24 9 U.N.I.T.Y. (T) MOTOWN 4847 QUEEN LATIFAH 25 28 41 4 STAY EMI 58113/ERG ETERNAL 24 16 - 2 YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT (T) PRIORITY 53847 ICE CUBE 26 36 46 3 BECAUSE OF LOVE VIRGIN 38422 JANET JACKSON 25 NEW 1 CAN I GET IT, YO (M) co (X) PROFILE 7405 RUN -D.M.C. 21 33 45 3 WORK THAT BODY GREAT JONES 530 629 /ISLAND CHANELLE 26 26 11 18 SHOOT TO KILL (M) (T) WEEDED 20072/NERVOUS MAD LION 28 22 20 13 RILLY GROOVY CONTINUUM 12315 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE FEATURING JIMI HENDRIX 21 33 28 20 MR. VAIN IT) (X) 550 MUSIC 77214 /EPIC CULTURE BEAT 29 34 39 4 SO IN LOVE (THE REAL DEAL) SBK PROMO/ERG JUDY CHEEKS 28 14 20 5 LOSER (X) DGC 21930/GEFFEN BECK 30 24 10 13 ALL I WANT IMAGO 25033 CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT 29 28 35 12 BETCHA'LL NEVER FIND (T) I.D. 62651/RCA CHANTAY SAVAGE ***POWER PICK* * * 30 31 34 6 CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) (T) (X) BLUE NOTE 44945/CAPITOL US3 31 43 2 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE STRICTLY RHYTHM 015 BARBARA TUCKER

31 NEW 1 I WANNA ROCK (T) JIVE 42202 JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE 32 26 17 13 WHITE LOVE FFRR 120003 ONE DOVE 32 25 22 11 BEEN A LONG TIME (M) (T) COLUMBIA 77303 THE FOG 33 32 37 5 GET IT STARTED EPIC 77323 PRINCE OF HOUSE

I THE (T) (X) BIG 34 39 40 6 ALL BECAUSE OF ME VIBE MUSIC 4006 GEORGIE PORGIE CI NEW CRIED TEARS BEAT 10150/AG JOMANDA

34 19 13 14 I -IGHT (ALRIGHT) (M) (T) GEE STREET 440 583 /ISLAND 35 29 22 11 THAT'S WHAT I THINK EPIC 77234 CYNDI LAUPER DOUG E. FRESH 35 22 16 36 30 21 9 SHINE ON zyx 7056 HUGH K. 11 RUNAWAY LOVE (M) co IX) EXIT 198 JOHNNY 0

37 31 26 POWER POLYDOR 859 981 /PLG NU COLOURS 36 29 21 18 COME CLEAN (T) PAYDAY 120 002/FFRR JERU THE DAMAJA

38 44 2 X TRIBAL AMERICA 58035/IRS JUNIOR VASQUEZ 37 11 19 4 FAMILY AFFAIR (FROM "ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES") (T) ATLAS 855 233/PLG SHABBA RANKS

38 42 38 10 SLAUGHTA HOUSE/BORN TO (T) DELICIOUS VINYL 39 38 31 7 AS I AM /-:NF SOUND OF ONE ROLL (M) 10140/AG MASTA ACE INCORPORATED

39 35 44 10 LIFE (EVERYBODY NEEDS 1 ***HOT SHOT DEBUT*** SOMEBODY TO LOVE) (M) (T) (X) ARISTA -2648 HADDAWAY 40 40 2 WORK THAT BODY (T) GREAT JONES 530 629/ISLAND CHANELLE 40 NEW 1 TAKE ME AWAY REPRISE 41309/WARNER BROS, BABBLE - 41 41 35 28 8 WELCOME TO MY MIND WAX TRAX 8697 PSYKOSONIK 34 26 18 AWARD TOUR (T) Ix) JIVE 42186 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

42 12 (X) 42 42 30 8 LOVE IS FOREVER CHAOS 77241 TASHAN 27 22 SHOOP (T) NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON 857 315 /PLG SALT -N -PEPA

43 36 32 12 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY co UPTOWN 54702/MCA 43 NEW 1 I'LL WAIT ARISTA 1 -2659 TAYLOR DAYNE MARY J. BLIGE

44 46 2 OBSESSION AVENUE FOCH 15513 /CRITIQUE FEM 2 FEM 44 30 15 3 NEVER NO MORE (T) JIVE 42204 SOULS OF MISCHIEF

45 47 2 VICIOUS GAMES SMASH 440 812/ISLAND YELLO 45 RE -ENTRY 8 SOUND BOY KILLING (M) Ir) (X) VP 5280 MEGA BANTON

46 NEW 1 IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND MAVERICK/SIRE 41316/WARNER BROS. ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO 46 39 40 26 PUSH THE FEELING ON (M) (T) GREAT JONES 530 620 /ISLAND NIGHTCRAWLERS 41 47 NEW 1 PERE COCHON (I LIKE IT) TRIBAL AMERICA 58027/IRS PASCAL'S BONGO MASSIVE I 48 43 23 DREAMS (T) GO!DISCS/LONDON 857 141 /PLG GABRIELLE

I 2 CHRONOLOGIE DISQUES DREYFUS IMPORT RE -ENTRY 45 - JEAN MICHEL JARRE 48 12 I LOVE MUSIC (FROM "CARLITO'S WAY") (T) (X) EPIC 77285 ROZALLA 49 NEW 1 BURNING LIKE THE SUN CONTINUUM PROMO RED RED GROOVY 49 41 48 14 GOODY GOODY (M) (T) FEVER/CHAOS 77157/COLUMBIA LISETTE MELENDEZ

50 37 29 16 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER SIRE/GIANT 24508/WARNER BROS. D:REAM 50 50 33 10 BIG TIME SENSUALITY (T) (X) ELEKTRA 66244 BJORK

0 Ti les with the greatest sales or club play increases this week. Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for cassette maxi -single, or vinyl maxi- single if cassette is unavailable. On sales chart: (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single availability. (X) CD maxi -single availability. O 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications. what's about to happen has nothing to do with sitting down.

after walking away as the best dance act at the brit

remixes by MK, Roger S., & M People. awards and racking up six consecutive top -10 singles

12" and cd -5 in -store march 15th. in the UK, M People shack up in America with their elegant slumming" lands on your premier epic release, "moving on up." from their

couch in may. produced by M People. forthcoming album, "elegant slumming."

a deconstruction record."

'Epic" Reg. US. Pal. & Tm. OIL. Mama Registrada.iEp,c Dance design Is a trademark of Sony Music Emertainment Inc./ © 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

30 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com ARTISTS & MUSIC More Events Scheduled For CRS New Activities, Additional Shows Planned BY EDWARD MORRIS musical showcases. penter, Mark Chesnutt, Marty Stuart, In addition to a combined press con- and Lorrie Morgan. Additional details NASHVILLE -Organizers of the up- ference and briefing for first -time reg- on ARTS are available from Ron or coming Country Radio Seminar con- istrants, which is set for 2 p.m. on Vivian Huntsman at Ron Huntsman tinue to add new features and expand Wednesday (2), opening -day events Entertainment Marketing, Nashville. existing ones. The seminar, which cel- offer considerably longer Video Artist Cyrus will make his first-ever ap- ebrates its 25th anniversary with this Tape Sessions (VATS) and Artist Ra- pearance at CRS Thursday (3) at 9 edition, will be held March 2 -5 at the dio Taping Sessions (ARTS) than in a.m., when he presents the opening Professional Courtesies. Active and associate members of the "American Opryland Hotel here. years past. show for the event. In doing so, he will Honky-Tonk Bar Association" convene at the Nashville ASCAP office to salute Registrants can look forward to ad- VATS, scheduled for 11 a.m. -3:30 be the first of an unusually large ros- Garth Brooks for making the song of that title a No. 1 country hit. Celebrating, ditional first-day activities, an opening p.m., will enable producers of regional ter of musical talent for registrants to from left, are Sherri Raiford, VP of production for Brooks' label, Liberty Records; show by Billy Ray Cyrus, a "guitar music video shows with radio tie -ins to appraise first hand. Brooks & Dunn Allen Reynolds, Brooks' producer; Connie Bradley, ASCAP's Southern regional pull" by some of Nashville's leading tape video spots for their programs. will do the Super Faces Show, also on executive director; Jim Rushing and Bryan Kennedy, who wrote the song; Brooks' songwriters, a chance to record a sou- Participants in this portion of the Thursday, from 7 -9 p.m. at the Grand Froehlig, VP /GM of EMI Music's Southern region; wife, Sandy; Brooks; Celia venir duet with Trisha Yearwood, a seminar must have at least two repre- Ole Opry House. Herky Williams, director of artist relations, Liberty Records; and Shelby Kennedy, preview of country releases from the sentatives registered, either from the Following the Super Faces Show, membership relations representative for ASCAP. major labels, and a full schedule of video show or the allied radio station. the Seminar will host a series of new- In addition, they must preregister artist performances on its showcase specifically for VATS and provide stages. Bob Woodruff, Asylum Rec- their own camera equipment. Inquir- ords, showcases from 9:30 -10 p.m.; ies about VATS can be directed to David Lee Murphy, MCA, 10:10- Lorena Teach Country A Lesson? Craig Bann at Aristo Music Associates 10:40 p.m.; Ken Mellons, Epic, 10:50- Could in Nashville. 11:20 p.m.; and BlackHawk, Arista, Message The ARTS segment, from 3:30 -7:30 11:30 p.m.-midnight. Davis, Mattea Vids Should Send Sharper p.m., will provide more time for radio Also on Thursday, Trisha Yearwood programmers to meet country artists will meet seminar -goers at her record- GETTING EVEN: Joke as you will about Lorena Bobbitt Richards, and Travis Tritt. Also, Mercury will release in and have them tape station IDs, spots, ing booth in the exhibit hall and sing and her emasculating kitchen knife, but you've still got to April the 62 -song boxed set "The Statler Brothers 30th An- and promos. Station reps must bring on souvenir recordings with them. give her credit for committing an act that was fully propor- niversary Celebration." Included in the set is a 36 -page their own battery- powered tape re- This year's production workshop, tionate to her husband's perceived offense. Hers was not book of notes and `The Complete Lester `Roadhog' Moran corders for the sessions, but the Coun- set for 2:30 -5:30 p.m. on Thursday, will a gesture that mumbled, "Please don't "-it thundered, & The Cadillac Cowboys," one of the funniest sendups of try Music Assn. will contribute free focus on voice techniques instead of "Never again!" Compare her manner of striking back to the marginal country musicians ever recorded. blank cassettes. the traditional technical themes. The tepid revenge schemes aggrieved women carry out in two Liberty Records, CMT, and American Airlines are jointly Among the artists scheduled to take featured speaker is broadcast and current country videos, Linda Davis' "Company Time" and sponsoring a sweepstakes promotion around Suzy Bog- part in ARTS are Mary -Chapin Car- (Continued on page 35) Kathy Mattea's 'Walking Away A Winner." guss's current album, "Something Up My Sleeve." Three The songs on which the videos are based concern women winners and their companions will go to London for a tour, who get even with the men who have mistreated them. It's a shopping spree, and choice seats at Garth Brooks' first a lecherous boss in Davis' case and a loutish, indifferent London concert. The promotion will run from February 26- Artists Lining Up For Branson's mate in Mattea's. The videos are slavishly derivative of the March 24 ... Bob Younts has joined World Class Talent 1980 movie "9 To 5," in which office workers played by Jane as its booking agent for the South Central U.S.... The new Second Annual Americana Jam Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin capture, imprison, Steven Seagal movie, "On Deadly Ground," contains Reba taunt, and ultimately expose their own sexist and overbear- McEntire's "One Last Good Hand," written by John Jar - NASHVILLE -The Branson, Mo., en- Jim Stafford, the Presleys, Dino, and ing boss. After being harassed and propositioned, all Davis rard and Gary Burr. tertainment community will present its the Pump Boys & Dinettes, March 12; does by way of getting back Mark Chesnutt has em- second annual Americana Branson Charley Pride, Moe Bandy, John Da- at her boss is to lure him barked on his Bud Light- Jam March 10 -13. It will be held at the vidson, Louise Mandrell, Boxcar Willie, into a compromising posi- sponsored tour of 23 cities 4,000 -seat Grand Palace, and perform- and Yakov Smirnoff, March 13. Other tion in a closed room and in eight states. It will end in ances by more than 30 stars are artists will be added to the list. then open the door so her early July in Sacramento, planned. Stafford and Smirnoff will host the fellow employees can see Nashville Calif.... Belinda Long has In addition to the on -stage perform- performances. the villain as he leeringly been named VP of writer ances, for which tickets must be pur- The Americana Television Network, unbuttons his shirt. Then relations for Bekool Music, chased, the Jam will include a variety which sponsors the Jam, will tape seg- she pours a pitcher of water Scene which co- publishes Doug of nonticketed activities on the grounds ments throughout the four -day event over his head while he glow- Stone's new single, "Ad- of the Grand Palace, including live en- for a series of TV shows and specials ers and sputters like a car- TM dicted To A Dollar." tertainment, food vending, live radio it will broadcast later on its 24 -hour, toon character. Mattea is no Talent agent Tandy Rice broadcasts, autograph sessions, a per- satellite- delivered cable network. more awesome in her re- by Edward Morris will handle the country mu- formance of the Ozark Jubilee, and Proceeds from the Jam are donated venge. After packing her sic marketing tie -ins for various displays and exhibits. to area charities. Last year, it raised things and driving off, apparently leaving her TV-transfixed W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery, the knife manufacturer, and its The talent lineup so far includes Mel more than $78,000. mate behind at home, Mattea opens the trunk of her car new owner, Zippo Manufacturing, which makes the famed Tillis, Mickey Gilley, the Baldknob- Tickets are available through the to reveal that she has gagged and trussed up the oaf in the cigarette lighters. Included in the proposed tie -ins are en- bers, and Bob Eubanks, March 10; Grand Palace box office. Discounts are manner of a kidnap victim. She then drags him out of the dorsements, trading cards, advertising, and tour support. Tony Orlando, the Lennon Sisters, being offered for multiple performance car and leaves him bound and hopping in the road while she The German American Country Music Federation re- Shoji Tabuchi, and Cyrene and Har- purchases and to holders of season pas- drives away triumphantly. ports that its 1994 award winners are Tom Astor, male vo- deen Houdini, March 11; the Osmonds, ses to Silver Dollar City. It's all very puzzling. Why tack light- hearted endings calist; Jill Morris, female vocalist; Truck Stop, group; onto such unquestionably serious themes? Why is the "re- Carry & Ron, duo; "Sturm Und Drang" by Tom Astor and venge" so mundane, unimaginative, and transitory? And Gunther Gabriel, vocal duet; `Together We're Strong" by doesn't it trivialize the horror of real abuse when victim- Autumn Leaves, album; "Mission Of Love" by Carry & Mercury: Readying Polydor Release? izers are depicted as such hapless buffoons? Since John Ron, single; "Swing Across Texas," written by Uli Moehr- Wayne Bobbitt is making a fortune doing radio shows ing, song; Autumn Leaves, newcomer; Manfred Vogel, Pi- NASHVILLE - Although officials at make the transfer with Shedd. about his infirmity, perhaps his ex should take the edge off oneer Award; Gunther Gabriel, Country Music Hall Of Mercury will not confirm it, copious Also said to be in transit is Buddy his smugness, as it were, by consulting for videos. Fame; and "Country Express," from Frankfurt, TV show. leaks from those involved say that Cannon, Mercury's director of A&R, Mercury will call its new country la- who will have similar duties at Poly- MAKING THE ROUNDS: Mel Gibson and James Gar- MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The Sullivan Co. will pre- bel Polydor and that Toby Keith, who dor. Dan Bess, manager of finance ner were in Nashville recently to cut a track for their up- sent the "Branson Bluegrass Breakout" April 28 -May 1 at is now on Mercury, will be Polydor's and operations at RCA/Nashville, will coming movie, "Maverick." Joining them were about two the Mutton Hollow Entertainment Park And Craft Village first artist. oversee Polydor's finances. dozen country artists ... Coming up later this year: the first in Branson, Mo. Co- produced with Milton Harkey's MRH Harold Shedd, who rose to promi- Wes Vause, a publicist with Evelyn album from Dolly Parton's new Blue I Records label (it Bluegrass Productions, the event stars Bill Monroe & the nence as the producer of Alabama's Shriver Public Relations here, will will be a live album of traditional music featuring Parton); Blue Grass Boys, James Monroe & the Midnight Ram- first string of hits, will head Polydor. head the new label's publicity depart- another `Trio" album from Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and blers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Sally Mountain He is currently senior VP of creative ment, assisted by Beverly Keel, now Emmylou Harris; and a George Jones duet album that Show with Rhonda Vincent, and others. The Sullivan Co. at Mercury. Steve Miller, the label's a reporter for the Nashville Banner. features performances by Parton, Tammy Wynette, Keith is headed by former Nashville promoter Joe Sullivan. VP of marketing, also is expected to PETER CRONIN

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www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard. FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 Artists & Music Top Contemporary Christian.. r < Compiled from a national sample of retail store and one -stop sales reports. W 5 5 ado's "Glorificate" (recorded in Guatemala) and "Te < o6N Exaltamos" with Marcos Witt. Green also has recorded N ARTIST TITLE i2 ; LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL in Spanish.

* * NO. 1 ** SEVERAL LABELS also joined together to support I 1 7 TWILA PARIS STARSONG 8805 3 weeks at No. 1 BEYOND A DREAM FFCTFRN the "True Love Waits" campaign, aimed at promoting sexual abstinence until marriage among young people. A W. SMITH REUNION 0086 /WORD FIRST DECADE 1983 -1993 2 2 19 MICHAEL cassette accompanying the nationwide campaign (begun by Bob Darden 3 3 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS REUNION 0083 /WORD SONGS FROM THE LOFT by Southern Baptists) features songs by Michael W. Smith, DeGarmo & Key, Kenny Marks, DC Talk, and 4 4 65 D.C. TALK FOREFRONT 3002 /STARSONG FREE AT LAST WHAT HAPPENS WHEN different labels and differ- others.

5 5 15 SUSAN ASHTON SPARROW 1388 SUSAN ASHTON ent artists work together? Good stuff, usually. There The cassette was compiled by Interline and Genevox have been some interesting collaborations in recent and is available through Spring Arbor, the large Chris- 6 7 15 PETRA DAYSPRING 4238/WORD WAKE -UP CALL days, and all are worth a mention. tian music distributor.

7 6 19 CARMAN SPARROW 1387 THE STANDARD The most impressive is the joint venture by 12 major Another multi -artist compilation of note is the "Rock labels to reach the estimated 40 million Hi- Revival Number 3 People Music Festival" from RICH MULLINS Christian -Jesus 8 8 19 REUNION 0087 /WORD A LITURGY, A LEGACY & A RAGGAMUFFIN BAND spanics living in the U.S. Acappella, DaySpring, Sonrise Music Co. The rock revival series is the only se- Metro One, Myrrh, Piedra Angu- rious collection of songs from contemporary Christian 9 9 7 PRAY FOR RAIN SPARROW 1403 GOLDIE'S LAST DAY HeartCry, Integrity, lar, Reunion, Sparrow, Vineyard, Warner Alliance, and music's early days-when it was generally called "Jesus to 10 43 MICHAEL ENGLISH WARNER ALLIANCE 4148 /SPARROW HOPE Word all have releases set for the combined promotion. music." Included are live tracks by Love Song, Harvest Among the artists with Spanish -language albums set Flight, Andrae Crouch & the Disciples, Agape, Randy WHITE HEART STARSONG 8277 HIGHLANDS 11 13 19 for an April release are Michael W. Smith, Petra, Steve Stonehill, and others. 12 n 17 WAYNE WATSON DAYSPRING 4239/WORD A BEAUTIFUL PLACE Green, First Call, Ray Boltz, Acappella, the Brooklyn Sonrise also is rereleasing some classic early albums VARIOUS ARTISTS Tabernacle Choir, Crystal Lewis, Torre Fuerte, Juan by the legendary Larry Norman, including the brilliant 13 28 3 BRENTWOOD 5401 AMERICA'S 25 FAVORITE PRAISE /WORSHIP CHORUSES 2 Carlos Alvarado, and Eddie Espinoza. "In Another Land." Music is now Diadem Inc. 14 12 15 GLAD BENSON 2227 ACAPELLA HYMNS Arturo Allen of Nashville -based Piedra Angular Sonrise distributed through serves as chairman of what is being called "Musica Cris - 15 23 19 GEOFF MOORE & THE DISTANCE FOREFRONT 3011 /STARSONG EVOLUTION tiana En Espanol." The ambitious program includes ex- SPEAKING OF DISTRIBUTORS, an old friend is posters, back: the Diamante Music Group. After a period of reor- 16 14 21 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1384 LIVE ADVENTURE tensive merchandising aids (floor displays, shelf-talkers, and product backdrops), a 12 -song sampler ganization, Diamante is now the primary religious mar- 17 21 95 RAY BOLTZ DIADEM 2094 MOMENTS FOR THE HEART tape, and Spanish-language print advertising. Word Dis- ket distributor of some particularly vital labels -like

18 RE -ENTRY D.C. TALK FOREFRONT 2682 / STARSONG NU THANG tribution will handle the campaign merchandising mate- R.E.X., Frontline, the Vineyard Music Group, Heaven - rials. spun, Ambassador, Etcetera, N Soul, Alarma, Tyscot, 19 15 69 4 HIM BENSON 2960 THE BASICS OF LIFE This isn't the first time major labels have targeted the and Intense. and Integrity Diamante also is introducing what it calls a radical new 20 24 77 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 0071 /WORD CHANGE YOUR WORLD Hispanic marketplace, however. Sparrow have been particularly active in the past. Integrity cur- concept titled Value Plus, which, the firm says, guaran- KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILY 21 18 3 GOSPO- CENTRIC 2119 /SPARROW KIRK FRANKLIN & FAMILY rently has two Spanish -language projects out: Alvar- tees no returns for stores.

22 19 113 MICHAEL ENGLISH WARNER ALLIANCE 4104 /SPARROW MICHAEL ENGLISH

23 17 83 RON KENOLY INTEGRITY 044 /SPARROW LIFT HIM UP WITH RON KENOLY

24 20 69 NEWSBOYS STARSONG 8251 NOT ASHAMED

25 22 5 CRYSTAL LEWIS METRO ONE 1244 /DIAMANTE THE BRIDE

26 25 85 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1328 GREAT ADVENTURE 27 29 49 CARMAN SPARROW 1339 ABSOLUTE BEST SPARROW GOSPEL 28 RE -ENTRY TWILA PARIS STARSONG 8252 HEART THAT KNOWS YOU

29 NEW 0. HOSANNA! MUSIC INTEGRITY 705 /SPARROW TIMES OF WORSHIP

30 40 3 POINT OF GRACE WORD 26014 POINT OF GRACE VARIOUS ARTISTS 31 37 39 BRENTWOOD 5342 AMERICA'S 25 FAVORITE PRAISE /WORSHIP CHORUSES

32 26 7 STEVE TAYLOR WARNER ALLIANCE 4158 /SPARROW SQUINT

33 16 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS SPARROW 1345 CORAM DEO II

34 35 11 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 0085 /WORD WONDER YEARS

35 NEW KIDS CLASSICS BENSON 2216 BIBLE SONGS

36 38 33 ACAPPELLA WORD 9393 SET ME FREE

37 33 3 GAITHER VOCAL BAND BENSON 2265 SOUTHERN CLASSICS

38 30 17 CHRISTAFARI FRONTLINE 9440 REGGAE WORSHIP THE CLARK SISTERS 39 36 39 SANDI PATTI WORD 9361 LEVOYAGE

40 27 25 MICHAEL CARD SPARROW 1373 COME TO THE CRADLE

Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional million indicated by a numeral CELEBRATING THE following the symbol. All albums available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl available. © 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications. SOUL OF AMERICA 3 TREACHEROUS DARYL COLEY In My Dreams (Continued from page 22) ELECTRIFYI \ v I .I FROM GOSPEL MUSIC'S PREMIER MALE VOCALIST. expose the Treacherous 3 by servic- stores and chains. The title will be street Date: March 22.1994 ing a "Feel The New Heartbeat" vi- part of a Wrap Records retail cam- THE CLARK SISTERS Miracle deoclip Feb. 1. Two seeks later, ad- paign that will be carried out in 500 MIRACULOUS SOUNDS FROM GOSPEL'S MOST SOULFUL SISTERS. vance copies of the single were stores nationally. It involves such Street Date: March 22.1994 shipped to club jocks, mix-show DJs, Wrap artists as MC Breed, 95 South, TRAMAINE HAWKINS All My Best To You and college radio personnel. Ichiban MC Shy D., Nuff Ruffness, Kilo, and THE FIRST LADY OF GOSPEL'S FINEST \II'S1C.11. MOMENTS. is pressing a limited number of copies Sho featuring Willie D., as well as the CAPTURED IN HER GRAMMY-WINNING Si }l.E. Street Date: I \Euch 2, I994 of "Old School Flava" on vinyl. The Treacherous 3. long -players will be sent to these The act is appearing as part of sev- LOST WITHOUT YOU: Soulful Songs For Love And Marriage eral old- school revues being booked BEBE A CECE, KIRK FRANKLIN. AL GREEN ANI) OTHERS. same programmers. Street Date: March 32,1994 With the album dropping March 1, by Cara Lewis, an agent at the Wil- Ichiban is inaugurating sniping liam Morris Agency in New York. It AVAILABLE FROM CEMA DISTRIBUTION OR YOUR FAVORITE ONE -STOP blitzes in "key markets" and P -O -P also showcased at the Gavin Seminar campaigns at independent record Feb. 17 -19 in San Francisco.

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Compiled from a national sample of retail store w á z and one -stop sales reports. is w TITLE afraid of the gospel. The first song you hear called 1 ARTIST 'Work On Me Jesus,' so we let everybody know." 11 N 3` LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL * * NO. 1 * * RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW couldn't keep fans and art- 1 2 37 MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR ists alike from Bobby Jones' recent Gospel Explosion, MALACO 6013 23 weeks at No. 1 IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN held in Nashville during one of the biggest ice storms in KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILY 2 1 33 the city's history. In attendance were Yolanda Adams, GOSPO- CENTRIC 2119 /SPARROW KIRK FRANKLIN & FAMILY Bebe Winans, John P. Kee, Commissioned, the Clark 3 3 17 SHIRLEY CAESAR WORD 57464/EPIC STAND STILL by Lisa Collins Sisters, Hezekiah Walker, Ricky Dillard, O'Landa I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD Draper, and Richard Smallwood and Dottie Peoples. 4 4 15 REV. JAMES MOORE MALACO 6015 REV. MILTON BRUNSON & THE THOMPSON COMMUNITY SINGERS "THE NEXT Commissioned album [`Matters Of The Peoples, a new name on the gospel scene, signed with AIR 5 5 17 WORD 57465/EPIC THROUGH GOD'S EYES Heart'] is so much where we wanted it that I didn't want Records in February 1993, then shot up the charts with 14814 /MALACO SHEKINAH GLORY to compete with it with another urban album." That's her "Live" album of mostly traditional vocals. Prior to 6 6 11 LASHUN PACE SAVOY Commissioned co- founder and lead vocalist Fred Ham- signing with AIR, Peoples had traveled with Dorothy 7 9 15 YOLANDA ADAMS TRIBUTE 3937 SAVE THE WORLD mond explaining why his next independent project will be Norwood and Shirley Caesar; two albums she released with a choir. "Matters Of The Heart" shipped to retail on a small independent label, Churchdoor Records, were 8 10 13 CHICAGO MASS CHOIR CGI 1074 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME Feb. 22, and Hammond says he and the other members disappointing. Peoples blames their low sales on the lack HEZEKIAH WALKER /FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR 9 1 35 of Commissioned-Mitchell Jones, Michael Williams, of national promotion, citing her recent successes on AIR BENSON 0121 /CGI LIVE IN TORONTO Marvin Sapp, Karl Reid, and Maxx Frank -have some as proof. Peoples kicked off a national tour, sponsored by 10 11 41 THE CANTON SPIRITUALS BLACKBERRY 1600 / MALACO LIVE IN MEMPHIS pretty high expectations for it. Says Hammond, "It's a Atlanta -based Lustrasilk Hair Care Products, Feb. 26. START ALL OVER cross- section of everything from hymns to some tunes The tour, billed as "Lustrasilk Presents," got under way 11 12 23 HELEN BAYLOR WORD 57463/EPIC LUTHER BARNES & THE RED BUDD GOSPEL CHOIR that are really going to be played on top 40 /urban radio." in St. Louis and is expected to go through November in 12 13 15 INT'L NOTHING CAN BE BETTER Early reports have been favorable, with retailers field- markets like Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Miami, New ATLANTA 10195 RICKY DILLARD & THE NEW GENERATION CHORALE 13 14 39 ing a high number of prerelease calls. Several-like Orleans, Memphis, and Louisville. MALACO 6014 A HOLY GHOST TAKE -OVER Larry Robinson, owner of God's World, Detroit's largest DOTTIE PEOPLES & THE PEOPLES CHOICE CHORALE 14 8 35 gospel retailer -believe that aside from the group's loyal I N THE MEANTIME: Beau Williams jetted to Chicago ATLANTA INT'L 10187 LIVE following, many of more cuts will this week to lay tracks on his upcoming release, tenta- the album's traditional 15 15 23 JOHN P. KEE /VIP MASS CHOIR TYSCOT 8800 /JIVE LILLY IN THE VALLEY pull a new crowd. tively titled "Minister Beau Williams" ... Daryl Coley The group's label, Benson Records, and distributor and producer Hal Sacks are putting the finishing touches 16 18 15 DOTTIE JONES BELLMARK 77005 ON MY OWN Platinum Entertainment were so convinced of the album's on his latest project, "In My Dreams." This, his first Spar- 17 16 25 RICHARD SMALLWOOD SPARROW 1352 LIVE potential that the production budget was doubled midway row studio recording, features renowned jazz musicians BISHOP P. S. MORTON, SR. /GREATER ST. STEPHEN MASS CHOIR 18 17 13 through the sessions, with a high -end video slated for re- Joe Sample and Kirk Whalum. "In My Dreams" will be BLACKBERRY 1603 /MALACO WE OFFER CHRIST lease next month. Commissioned is proud of the fact that released March 14 ... Hezekiah Walker continues his ex- MYRNA SUMMERS SAVOY 14816 /MALACO DELIVERANCE its audience base overlaps the urban market. Featured plosive youth -music ministry with the completion of his 19 22 5 REV. F.C. BARNES cuts produced by Chuckii Booker (including the lead sin- fifth album, recorded live at Morehouse College. The proj- 20 27 15 ATLANTA INT'L 10194 I CAN'T MAKE IT (WITHOUT THE LORD) gle, "Love Is The Way ") and Run -DMC play to that mar- ect, tentatively titled "Live At Morehouse," is set for re- ket. However, Hammond is quick to add, "We're not lease the first week in May. 21 20 19 TIMOTHY WRIGHT TRIBUTE 282 WE NEED A MIRACLE THE CHRISTIANAIRES 22 21 29 CGI 1000 THE VISION BECOMES CLEARER...

23 25 9 SONYA BARRY BORN AGAIN 1001 THE WORLD IS LIKE A SHADOW RUDOLPH STANFIELD & NEW REVELATION 24 24 13 SOUND OF GOSPEL 211 LIVE AND IN PRAISE II

25 19 29 WITNESS CCI 0102 STANDARD TRI-CITY SINGERS 26 23 45 GERALD GOSPO- CENTRIC 2117 /SPARROW A SONGWRITER'S POINT OF VIEW THOMPSON THISIT 777 SING 27 26 17 THE ORIGINAL SOUL STIRRERS 28 NEW THE GMWA NATIONAL MASS CHOIR & The Hi -Prays Crusade Choir BENSON 1079 /CGI LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS 29 30 61 REV. CLAY EVANS SAVOY 7106 /MALACO I'M GOING THROUGH 30 NEW o, CARNELLE MURELL & THE NEWORK COMMUNITY CHOIR SAVOY 14815 /MALACO WAIT I SAY ON THE LORD

elitierance 31 29 31 FRANK WILLIAMS MALACO 4461 FRANK WILLIAMS SINGS in thc 32 32 69 GEORGIA MASS CHOIR SAVOY 7102' /MALACO I SING BECAUSE I'M HAPPY 33 33 39 CLC YOUTH CHOIR COMMAND 5522/WORD LIVE IN THE SPIRIT

Featuring special guest artists 34 31 23 THOMAS WHITFIELD SOUND OF GOSPEL 207 THE UNFORGETTABLE YEARS

including Dottie Peoples 35 28 25 THE WINANS QWEST 45213 /WARNER BROS. ALL OUT "This top quality and exciting 36 34 35 TRINITY TEMPLE GOSPEL CHOIR TYSCOT 4037 /ATLANTA INT'L HOLY ONE DR. JONATHAN GREER AND THE CATHEDRAL FAITH CHOIR 37 39 33 project should be a major hit." SAVOY 7110 /MALACO JUST JESUS

JOE NEIL 38 40 35 DOUGLAS MILLER CGI 0091 VICTORY Doppler Studios, Sam's Tape Truck, BLOCK /CHRIST TABERNACLE COMBINED CHOIRS Atlanta, GA 39 RE -ENTRY TYRONE WORD 57293/EPIC REV. MILTON BRUNSON PRESENTS REV. CHARLES NICKS 40 36 19 "One of the most exciting SOUND OF GOSPEL 209 THE UNFORGETTABLE YEARS projects I've been involved with." Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of I million units with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. All albums available on cassette and CD. REV. TIMOTHY WRIGHT - Pastor 'Asterisk indicates vinyl available. .© 1994. Billboard /BPI Communications. Grace Tabernacle C.O.G.I.(. Brooklyn, New York "Gerald Thompson has what it Warming up the season with. these takes to be one of the greatest artists in gospel music." HOT

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Among other new projects cited by Caronia is a KEEPING Weber set holding the two symphonies and the "Kon- zertstück," the latter with Melvin Tan as fortepiano so- loist. Roger Norrington conducts the London Classi- SCORE cal Players, with Woods as producer. Another will star baritone Thomas Hampson in a set of German arias. Fabio Luisi will conduct the Munich Radio Orchestra, by Is Horowitz and Peter Alward, label A &R topper, will produce.

GOING ON RECORD: Mariss Jansons records his THE MESSAGE: Deutsche Grammophon continues its first album with the Philadelphia Orchestra this evangelical courting of the college community. The label March. The EMI Classics disc will program the Shos- launched its conversion drive last fall with a classical takovich Symphony No. 10 with the composer's "Songs bash at a New York nightclub designed to dispel stuffy and Dances of Death." Basso Robert Lloyd will be solo- stereotypical attitudes about the music. ist in the latter, and producer for the package is John It all worked out very well, says DG's Albert Imper- Fraser. Label VP Tony Caronia says more recordings ato, one of the industry's most enthusiastic preachers of with Jansons and the Philadelphia can be expected. the faith. The message that classical music can be re- Fraser also will be on hand in May when Wolfgang warding-and fun -found a wider audience via college Sawallisch, music director of the PO, and his band com- radio and press reaction to the event. plete their two -CD recording of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Now the label has invited area college media reps to Lake," portions of which were cut earlier. attend the March 22 Carnegie Hall recital by Gil Another EMI disc to be completed in Philadelphia this Shaham, down some pizza before, and chat with the "Vi- May will find pre -teen violinist Sarah Chang taping the olin Man" afterward. Preconcert interviews also are of- Saint -Saens "Havanaise" and "Introduction & Rondo fered. Shaham was among those performing and mixing Capriccioso" to flesh out an EMI album featuring the at the initial party. Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, recorded some months Variants of the promotional formula may be mounted ago. Here the producer is Simon Woods. in other areas, says Imperato. Chang also will be the soloist in Vaughan Williams' Eagerly awaited by the industry - "The Lark Ascending," to be recorded late in the year PASSING NOTES: Violist Lillian Fuchs is this year's with Bernard Haitink and the London Philharmonic winner of Chamber Music America's national service The 1994 International Talent & Touring Orchestra. The main work in that package, however, is award. The presentation was made at a banquet during Directory is here! to be the composer's Symphony No. 5. Again, it's Woods CMA's 16th annual conference in New York this past in the producer's slot. January. The confab attracted a record 425 participants. Of special interest is an all- American EMI album to The group meets in San Francisco next year. "The Billboard International Talent & Touring Directory is an invaluable resource - be recorded next October by Itzhak Perlman and the Violinist Maria Bachmann's next CD for Catalyst, we use it all the time, and our job would be much harder without it." Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji BMG Classics' new label for recent and unusual music, Michael Shore, Managing Editor, MTV News. Ozawa. Scheduled repertoire includes the Barber Violin will include sonatas by Bolcom and Schnittke, as well Concerto, Bernstein's Serenade for Violin and Strings, as pieces by Copland, Richard Munson, Paul Mora- "The Billboard International Talent & Touring Directory is a lifesaver! Year -to -date, l hav and a new work for violin and orchestra by Lukas Foss. vec, and Paul Dresher. Keyboard collaborator is Jon booked over 150 room nights thanks to your directory. This is a must in sales offices." Fraser will produce. Klibonoff. A September release is planned. Carol A. Lobaito, Director of Sales, Days Inn Santa Rosa.

The 1994 International Talent & Touring Directory puts a global network of talent and touring professionals in the palm of your hand. Getting you the information you need to do business -fast! JAn RCA/Novus has just signed Maceo Parker to a long- The brand new 1994 edition features: *4,000 agents and managers *7,500 artists *sound term contract. (Poetic justice here, I presume, since lighting services *venues *clubs *hotels *instrument rentals *staging and special effects Parker just ended his three -album stay with Verve.) 'security services *charter transportation *PLUS merchandisers are now included for the BLUE Scheduled for release in April is "Southern Exposure," very first time! a pairing of the JB alto man with longtime hornmates NOTES Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesly; the very New Orleans- ish Rebirth Brass Band joins in on the funk. If you're a player in the talent and touring industry you're not doing business without it! Order your copy today! by Jeff Levenson THE DOTTED LINE, CONTINUED, CONTINUED: Order multiple copies for your entire staff! Columbia has signed a young tenorist who certainly THERE, ON THE PANELED WALL Above The Bil- ranks among the most exciting of the young horn players liards Table, The Hands Of A Prized Pianist: Forget to emerge in the last few years. He's David Sanchez, YES ! Please send me Billboard's 19 94 Internationa l Talent & Tour ing Directory. I am those antlered moose heads and rainbowed swordfish - veteran (odd word for a young dude) of Dizzy Gille- enclosing $75 per copy plus $4 shipping & handling ($10 for international orders. NY, NJ. the newest jazz trophy worthy of den room display goes spie's United Nation Orchestra and Slide Hampton & CA, TN, MA, IL, PA & DC residents please add applicable sales tax). to Blue Note, which can now count among its holdings the JazzMasters. His Bobby Watson -produced album, Terrason, the winner of the 1993 Thelonious "The is for 19. # of copies Check enclosed for $ Jacky Departure," slated release April Monk Institute of Jazz competition. Terrason had been Charge $ to my Amex Visa Master Card sought by a number of labels (both Verve and Warner BON BONS, RAISINETTES, AND A LARGE ONE, Bros. were in the hunt), but he decided to sign a multi - With Butter: Following the so -so success of "Body Heat, Card # Exp. Date album deal with a company that traditionally has favored Jazz At The Movies," and then the considerably more- pianists (though in recent months Blue Note has than-so-so success of "A Man And A Woman, Sax At The dropped from its roster Don Grolnick, Michel Petruc- Movies" (No. 7 at last glance on the Contemporary Signature (required) ciani, Joey Calderazzo, and Gil Goldstein). chart), Discovery Records is about to issue the third title Terrason's story is a good one: He absolutely lit up the in its series of sprockets- inspired CDs. "White Heat Cardholder (please print) semis in his quest for the Monk award, but his finals per- Film Noir" features the Jazz At The Movies Band once formance was far less-and more -illuminating. During again (Eric Marienthal, Grant Geissman, Nino Name the win- place -or -show portion of the competition, he Tempo, et al), and it is scheduled for release March 25. presented a rather dim rendering of his true capabilities; No word yet on whether the album includes dulcet vari- his talent was overshadowed, apparently, by nervous- ations on Cagney's "Hey ma, top of the world" bit, but Company ness and desire, but he copped top honors anyway. The it ought to. (Ain't but one "White Heat," so let's hope this jury chose to recognize (smartly, I believe) that he was disc does not suffer from murderous headaches induced Address the best pianist in the room. So, too, did the label hon- by a pathological attachment to its mother. Though, if chos who ultimately gave chase. After two months on the its mother did have a say, she might encourage the City, State, Zip search-and -acquire trail, the deed got done. (Who's the young disc -Cody, I think its name should be-to spin actual winner here, anyhow-Blue Note or Terrason?) down to the nearest retailer and demand rack space, up Please note: Orders are payable in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank only. All sales are final. front and center, or else that you -dirty -rat store man- THE DOTTED LINE, CONTINUED: Having lost ager is gonna see a headache the size of a fireball. Top to: Billboard Directories, P.O. Box 2016, Lakewood, NJ 08701. Mail coupon Roy Hargrove to Verve, and now on the verge of (possi- of the world. Fade to black. Soundtrack available or, For faster service call toll-free: 1- 800 -223 -7524 or 1- 800 -344-7119. bly, maybe) losing Marcus Roberts to a label unknown, at least, should be-on Discovery.) In NY call (212) 536 -5174. In NJ call (908) 363 -4156. BDTD3103

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MIDEM Winner Made From Scratch PBS Station Seeks Archival New Zealanders Triumph With Anti -Nuke Vid Clips For Rock Documentary BY GRAHAM REID "[Director Nicholas] had toured Ja- collaboration between Nicholas and QUEST FOR CLIPS: One of the We knew if something didn't look pan with From Scratch in 1986," Dad- From Scratch. Their earlier work, pop music programs we eagerly an- good, we had nothing to cut to." AUCKLAND, New Zealand -The son says, "when we did the piece and "Drum/Sing," is featured in the perma- ticipate seeing on PBS (which is con- The post -production process grand prize winner at MIDEM's third Drum/Sing.' And although that partic- nent film collection of the Museum of tinually evolving to meet the needs of merely included film -to-tape trans- annual International Visual Music ular lineup of' the group went its sepa- Modern Art in New York. Dadson used its ever -changing constituents) is a fer, color correction, and title design. Awards, presented Jan. 31 in Cannes, rate ways, I think Nicholas was still his time in Cannes (at his first 10 -hour rock'n'roll history set for late George Reisz was producer and France, started from scratch. Liter- very attached to `Pacific 3, 2, 1, Zero,' MIDEM), to seek out distributors who 1995 or early 1996. The documentary Libby Snitzer was title designer. in ally. and he had an ache to film it." would be interested picking up Ni- is being co- produced by Boston - Therese Deprez was production de- "Pacific 3, 2, 1, Zero," which took the Dadson says he was "not too keen" cholas' From Scratch films as a pack- based PBS outlet WGBH and the signer. festival's Croisette d'Or award, origi- to perform and film the composition age. British Broadcasting Corp. nally was broadcast as a New Zealand with the new From Scratch lineup be- He also spoke with various music dis- Robin Amos, who is contributing ON THE RADIO: Radio industry television special showcasing the tal- cause the group would be required to tributors about the small New Zealand to the research on the American half veteran Liz Kiley has joined the Box ents of musical ensemble From recreate the sound using the original independent label Rattle, for which of the series, contacted the Eye in a in the newly created position of direc- Scratch, a troupe founded by Philip instruments. From Scratch has recorded. Other Rat- quest to track down rock'n'roll archi- tor of radio affiliations. Dadson in 1974. "But it was a great opportunity to tle acts include the all -guitar group Git- vists and collectors who own fresh, Kiley, most recently VP of pro- The avant -garde From Scratch pro- get it on film," he says. "And, of course, box Rebellion and a number of avant - rare, and unseen footage of such art- gramming and operations for Ever- duces its unique sound by striking the nuclear -free issue is still current classical artists in New Zealand. ists as Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, green Media Corp., will oversee the tuned plastic tubing with small rubber- and needs constant reminders of its im- While Dadson was making important Chuck Berry, Little development of exclusive soled shoes. The tubing, arranged in portance." music industry contacts abroad and ex- Richard, Buddy Holly, partnerships between ra- "percussion stations," is complemented Nicholas filmed the piece during a pounding on the theme of a nuclear - and others. dio stations and the Box in with the sounds of whirling bull-roar- six week period and screened it to much free Pacific, film maker Nicholas was in 'We're reaching out to various markets to facili- ers and punctuating vocals. acclaim on Television New Zealand's New Zealand, expressing his hope that sources that might have tate local promotions, re- The program "Pacific 3, 2, 1, Zero" "Work Of Art" weekly series. Dadson the success of "Pacific 3, 2, 1, live footage or stills, be it TIN ciprocal advertising, con- depicts the group performing its com- notes that the group also has an excel- Zero " -together with Jane Campion's professional or amateur," cert sponsorships, retail position of the same name, an environ- lent audio recording of the music. Academy Award -nominated "The Pi- I says Amos. "Our main de- promotions, and cause -re- mentally oriented track that raises the The film "Pacific 3, 2, 1, Zero" marks ano"-would focus international atten- sire is to find fresh footage lated campaigns. issue of nuclear testing and waste the second internationally acclaimed tion on film making in his homeland. from local news and TV dumping in the Pacific Ocean. Dadson, shows, as well as home DON'T TOUCH THAT who raised the subject in his accept- movies and photographs." Dial: College radio listen- ance speech at the Cannes awards cer- The 10 -part series will ers soon will get to hear emony, received a standing ovation. PRODUCTION NOTES chronicle the writers, "MTV's Man In The Director Gregor Nicholas is the eye singers, musicians, pro- Moon," a 30-minute spo- behind "Pacific 3, 2, 1, Zero," which ducers, and engineers who ken -word program spun also received MIDEM's award for best LOS ANGELES Ian Moore's Capricorn video "Har- launched rock'n'roll. Ev- off from the network's po- popular music television special. Orbit Productions director Robin lem." He shot the clip for LA's The erything from rockabilly etic efforts on TV. The ra- Trevor Haysom produced. Reichek is the eye behind "Losing End. Meanwhile, The End's Marcus and R &B through grunge by De borah dio show will be hosted by From Scratch actually premiered Skin," the debut clip from Seattle -based Raboy shot Ice Cube's Priority video and rap will be covered. R ussell KCRW Santa Monica DJ the composition a decade ago at the rockers Seaweed. Carolyn Chen di- "You Know How We Do It." Michael Elizabeth Deane is exec- Liza Richardson. In addi- Paris Biennale, but Dadson says the rected photography on the Sub Pop Bodnarchek produced. utive producer. tion, MTV plans to con- video topic of nuclear testing and waste dis- shoot; Rae Haun produced. To contribute, contact tinue producing its five - posal is still very much alive among Capitol is reissuing two Beastie NEW YORK Rick Brown at WGBH. minute "Alternative Nation: Left Of residents of the Pacific nations. It is Boys tracks with videos directed by Director Diane Martel is in pro- The Dial" program, hosted by the alarming, he says, that the French are Phillip Pucci and Nathanial Horn- duction with Mariah Carey's new Co- SHOW TUNES: Attentive viewers network's own Kennedy Montgo- considering the possibility of resuming blower. Pucci reeled "Egg Raid On lumbia clip "Anytime You Need A who see the Sam Ramey video "Joey, mery. Both shows will air on college underground nuclear testing at Mu- Mojo," while Hornblower shot "Holy Friend" for The End. Martel recently Joey, Joey," on Elektra International outlets during the spring semester. Atoll, Tahiti. Snappers." reeled SWV's RCA clip "You're Always rora near Equally alarm- classics, will note that the 41/4- minute ing is the Chinese attitude towards the Chelsea Pictures director John On My Mind." Tima Sunnelioglu pro- clip was reeled in one complete take. QUICK CUTS: Singer Jody Watley dumping of nuclear waste, he adds. Lindauer lensed Porno For Pyros' duced the shoot for The End. Director Steven Lippman concep- added "director" to her resume with Yet the musician, who founded the Warner Bros. video "Sadness" with Josh Taft of Cowboy Films di- tualized the video, which comes from her new MCA clip 'When A Man first incarnation of From Scratch 20 producers John Oetjen, Chris Wag- rected A Tribe Called Quest's Jive Ramey's tribute album "So In Loves A Woman" ... Country rocker years ago, admits he was at first reluc- oner, and Keith Milton. Eric Engler video "Electric Relaxation (Relax Your- Love Sam Ramey On Broadway." Mary Karlzen's Y &T video "I'd Be tant to revive the pro -social musical directed photography. self Girl)." Edward Rehfeldt produced. He and producer Alexis Atlee Lying," directed by Mark Gray, was work on film. Rapper Ice Cube is the eye behind Maddhatter Films director Darren spent months planning every detailed a recent "hot pick video of the week" J. Lavett recently reeled New King- movement Ramey and a steadicam on VH -1, a rare feat for an independ- dom's "Cheap Thrills" video for Gee operator would have to make to cap- ent act. But Karlzen may not be inde- Jim Gucciardo directed Street/Island. ture the track in one fluid take. Sto- pendent for long. We hear a major - photography; Atom Wartnick and Da- ryboards and floor diagrams mapped label deal is in the works ... Dayton, vid Thorne produced. out each precise action on the set, Ohio -based programmer Neal Tur- which featured boundaries created pin of "Metalamania" is working a OTHER CITIES through suggestion and black voids. video of his own these days. His hard - Hero films director Paul Rach- "I'm a fan of Vincent Minnelli, rocking band No One Cares, known man shot the Mighty Mighty Boss - who often shot long takes of perform- for its horrific, sarcastic, and comedic tones' video cover of Bob Marley's ers," says Lippman, manager of video repertoire, recently produced its own "Simmer Down." Lawrence Novitch production and marketing at Elektra version of a pro -social video titled produced on location in New Orleans. International Classics. "I wanted to "Chunkmeister." Digital Underground's new pay homage to the musical and make It's a subtle "message" clip that Tommy Boy video "Wassup Wit The the video cinematic while maintaining says getting sloppy drunk ain't too Love" is a Chelsea Pictures production a theatrical quality at the same time." cool. LA -based independent promot- directed by Jim Swaffield. Larry Once on the set, the crew shot nine ers Vis- Ability and Feedback! are Planet directed photography on loca- complete takes of the video in the helping Turpin promote and track tion in Berkeley, Calif. Joseph Nar- course of a late afternoon. The un- the clip, which Turpin plans to dis- delli, Chris Wagoner, and Keith Mil- flappable Ramey turned in a seam- tribute in the next few weeks. ton produced. less performance, despite the distrac- Turpin's band mate A. Ghastly The London -based crew at M- tion caused by director of Ghoul directed the video, which Ocean Pictures recently wrapped sev- photography Stephen Kazmierski, comes from a demo tape No One eral productions directed by Lindy who was constantly calling com- Cares currently is shopping. Turpin Heymann and produced by Richard mands to the steadicam operator, has played "Chunkmeister" on his Spalding, including The Proclaimers' says Lippman. own show a few times, but he is hop- Chrysalis clips "Let's Get Married" and Sweet Music. Tycoon Productions director Frank Suffert, left, is the eye behind "It was a very scary thing to do," ing the clip will receive wider distri- "What Makes You Cry," CUD's "Tupelo Honey," a video cover of the Van Morrison classic performed by Blue MM says Lippman, "but the scariest time bution from his fellow metal and al- Note recording artist Cassandra Wilson, right. video "Neurotica," and Inspirai Car- was waiting for the film to come back. ternative video programmers. pets' Mute clip "I Want You."

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www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING FEB. 20, 1994 Billboard. Video Monitor.. THE MOST -PLAYED CLIPS AS MONITORED BY BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS * * NEW ADDS * * LISTINGS SUBMITTED BY THE OUTLETS (NOT FROM BDS) OF CLIPS ADDED FOR THE WEEK AHEAD ,4ledialine. 13 Lee Roy Parnell, I'm Holding My... 18 Gin Blossoms, Found Out About... 17 Martina McBride, Life #9 14 Alan Jackson, (Who Says) You... 19 Rage Against Machine, Freedom. 18 Sawyer Brown, Outskirts Of Town 15 Joe Diffie, In My Own Backyard 20 Xscape, Understanding 19 Linda Davis, Company Time

16 John Michael Montgomery, I Swear 21 Deep Forest, Sweet Lullaby 20 Doug Stone, Addicted To A Dollar NZZ 17 Kathy Mattea, Walking Away... 22 Eternal, Stay 21 Tracy Lawrence, If The Good Die... 18 Tracy Lawrence, If The Good...t 23 James, Laid 22 Shenandoah, If Bubba Can Dance Black Entertainment Television 19 Shenandoah, If Bubba Can Dance+ 24 Candlebox, You 23 Travis Tritt, Take It Easy 14 hours daily 20 Travis Tritt, Take It Easyt 25 Janet Jackson, Because Of Love 24 Marty Stuart, Kiss Me, I'm Gone Media Relations Inc. Helps 1899 9th Street NE, 21 Faith Hill, Piece Of My Heartt 26 Dig, Believe' 25 Charley Pride /Hal Ketchum, For... Washington, DC 20018 22 Linda Davis, Company Timet 27 Breeders, Cannonball 26 David Lee Murphy, Just Once 23 Doug Stone, Addicted To A Dollar+ 28 Tori Amos, God 27 Faith Hill, Piece Of My Heart Salt -N -Pepa, 28 Twister Alley, Young Love 1 Queen Latifah, Just Another Day 24 Boy Howdy, She'd Give Anything 29 Shoop 25 Kieran Kane, Find My Way Home 30 Jodeci, Cry For You 29 Aaron Tippin, Honky... Acts Fight TV Bookings War 2 Toni Braxton, Seven Whole Days 3 A Tribe Called Quest, Award Tour 26 Billy Dean, We Just Disagree 31 Cypress Hill, Insane In The Brain 30 Reba McEntire, Take It Back 4 Mary J. Blige, You Don't Have To... 27 Rick Trevino, Honky Tonk Crowd 32 Snoop Doggy Dogg, What's My... NEW ADDS BY ERIC BOEHLERT for free." 5 US3, Cantaloop 28 Sawyer Brown, Outskirts Of Town 33 Paw, Couldn't Know * * * * 29 Billy Ray Cyrus, Words By Heart 34 Urge Overkill, Positive Bleeding 6 SWV, Always On My Mind Joe Diffie, In My Own Back Yard 30 Gibson/Miller Band, Stone Cold... 35 Bruce Springsteen, Streets Of... 7 Sagat, Why Is It? Billy Dean, Once In A While 31 Mavericks, What A Crying Shame 36 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul To... LILLEHAMMER MOMENT: It al- 8 Zhane, Groove Thang Kathy Mattea, Walking Away A Winner 32 Daron Norwood, If It Wasn't For... 37 Meat Loaf, Rock And Roll Dreams... 9 R. Kelly, Bump N' Grind Brother Phelps, Eagle Over Angel TALK SOUP: Trying to break ready has perhaps the coolest theme 10 Intro, Ribbon In The Sky 33 Bob Woodruff, Hard Liquor, Cold... 38 Melissa Etheridge, Come To My... Clay Walker, Where Do I Fit In... 34 Chris LeDoux, For Your Love 39 Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go... through the media clutter is an in- song ever for a sporting event, but 11 Salt -N- Pepa /En Vogue, Whatta Man Ken Mellons, Lookin' In The Same... 35 John Berry, Your Love Amazes Me 40 Blind Melon, No Rain 12 Chantay Savage, Betcha'll Never... Jeff Allen, Lonelyville creasingly difficult task for artists, CBS Sports sure is using lots of ra- 36 Bogguss /Benson, Old Fashioned... 41 Dr. Dre, Let Me Ride 13 Mint Condition, U Send Me Swingin Cactus Brothers, Sixteen Tons not to mention their labels. way dio- friendly hits its Olym- 37 Ricky Van Shelton, Where Was I 42 Ce Ce Peniston, I'm In The Mood One to pump up 14 Ce Ce Peniston, I'm In The Mood Zaca Creek, Two-Wheel Pony 15 Hammer, Its All Good 38 Emmylou Harris, Thanks To You 43 All -4 -One, So Much In Love some acts are battling to make sure pic coverage. Plenty of stirring, 16 Ralph Tresvant, Who's The Mack 39 Carlene Carter, I Love You 'Cause... 44 Bjork, Big Time Sensuality of video 17 Jody Watley, When A Man Loves... 40 Tim McGraw, Indian Outlaw 45 Lemonheads, The Great Big No they are noticed by the thicket touching montages still popu- 18 Maze /Frankie Beverly, The Morn... 41 Mike Henderson, Hillbilly Jitters 46 Afghan Whigs, Gentlemen newspapers, magazines, broadcast late the network's prime-time land- 19 Gangstarr, Mass Appeal 42 Marty Stuart, Kiss Me, I'm Gone 47 Metallica, Enter Sandman 20 Xscape, Understanding 43 Dude Mowrey, Somewhere In... 48 Guns N' Roses, November Rain TV, cable, and radio shows is to enlist scape. But an awful lot of the features 21 Aaron Hall, Let's Make Love 44 David Lee Murphy, Just Once 49 SWV, Always On My Mind the services of Media Relations Inc. have been turned into music videos, 22 Aretha Franklin, 45 Radney Foster, Closing Time 50 Van Halen, Right Now A Deeper Love VNIVIOEO HR$ ONE 46 Rhonda Vincent, What Else Could... The Minneapolis -based company complete with quick cuts and blaring 23 Wu -Tang Clan, Da Mystery Of... Indicates MTV Exclusive 24 Shaquille O'neal, I'm Outstanding 47 Jesse Hunter, Born Ready Indicates Buzz Bin Continuous programming places guests on TV and radio talk music, borrowed from the likes of the 25 Outkast, Player's Ball 48 Jamie O'Hara, The Cold Hard Truth 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 ( 26 George Clinton, Martial Law 49 Jim Witter, Stolen Moments shows. Who "Won't Get Fooled Again, "), 50 Brother Phelps, Eagle Over Angelt * * NEW ADDS * * 27 Erick Sermon, Hostile 1 Phil Collins, Everyday Talk shows were once the domain Spin Doctors ( "What Time Is It? "), 28 Simple E, Play My Funk Mariah Carey, Without You 2 Bruce Springsteen, Streets Of... t Indicates Hot Shots of authors, actors, and athletes. But and others. While the technique 29 Leaders Of New School, Classic... Madonna, I'll Remember 3 Toni Braxton, Breathe Again 30 Shai, Yours * * NEW ADDS * * Soundgarden, Spoonman 4 Meat Loaf, Rock And Roll Dreams... the growing number of programs, works (CBS' ratings couldn't be bet- Motley Crue, Hooligan's Holiday 5 Adams /Stewart/Sting, All For Love particularly TV chat shows -local, ter), one can't help but wonder what * * NEW ADDS * * Austin Powers, Miss Misunderstood The Cranberries, Dreams 6 Cranberries, Linger Confederate Railroad, Daddy Never... Tevin Campbell, I'm Ready 7 Rod Stewart, Having A Party Me'Shell Ndegeocello, If That's Your... syndicated, and national -has meant Jim McKay would think. John Michael Montgomery, Rope The... Wu -Tang Clan, C.R.E.A.M. 8 Aretha Franklin, A Deeper Love For Real, You Don't Wanna Miss an increased demand for a variety of Willie Nelson, Afraid 9 Tom Petty, Mary Jane Janet Jackson, Because Of Love 10 Bryan Adams, Please Forgive Me Prince, The Most Beautiful Girl... guests. Executives at Media Rela- 11 Celine Dion, The Power Of Love X-cellence, Baby, Don't Rush tions say of televi- CRAAZY: year, 12 Richard Marx, Now And Forever there are hundreds Last Martin Law- After 7, Gonna Love You Right 13 Travis Tritt, Take It Easy sion shows booking guests across the rence's stand -up album, "Talkin'

3TNN I THE NASHVILLE NETWORK. 14 Aaron Neville, Owe You One country. Among the company's cli- Shit," peaked at No. 10 on the Bill- The Heart of Country 15 Eternal, Stay 16 10,000 Maniacs, Because The... ents are rocker Nick Cave, world mu- board Top R &B Albums chart. With 17 D. Parton /J. Ingram, The Day I... sic Angelique Kidjo, of -in his new Continuous programming 30 hours weekly 18 Richard Marx, Hazard singer singer/ that sort built audience, C 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 Opryland Dr., YrIC 2806 19 Go West, Tracks Of My Tears songwriter John Sebastian, and the one -man concert movie, "You So rClr.ltl- Nashville, TN 37214 20 Billy Joel, All About Soul 1 Snoop Doggy Dogg, Gin And Juice duo of Jerry Garcia and keyboardist Crazy," should fare well at the box of- Continuous programming 2 Stone Temple Pilots, Creep 1 Andy Childs, Simple Life * * NEW ADDS * * Merle Saunders. fice. 2806 Opryland Dr., 3 Tom Petty, Mary Jane 2 Brooks & Dunn, Rock My World Nashville, TN 37214 4 Beck, Loser. 3 Blackhawk, Goodbye Says It All Mariah Carey, Without You In working with labels (and, in With eyes as big as pies, Law- Madonna, I'll Remember 5 Salt-N- Pepa /En Vogue, Whatta Man 4 Billy Dean, We Just Disagree some cases, managers), the company rence's facial expressions are never at Enigma, Return To Innocence § 1 Suzy Bogguss, Hey Cinderella 6 US3, Cantaloup 5 Suzy Bogguss, Hey Cinderella 2 Brooks & Dunn, Rock My World 7 Smashing Pumpkins, Disarm** 6 Collin Raye, That's My Story The Cranberries, Dreams takes an upfront fee of $5,775. Then, rest during the movie. Neither is he, John Hyatt, Buffalo River Home 3 Toby Keith, A Little Less Talk 8 Counting Crows, Mr. Jones* 7 Vince Gill, Tryin' To Get Over You time is booked to a syndi- dancing around and explor- Mitch Malloy, Tumbling Down each the act the stage 4 Blackhawk, Goodbye Says It All 9 Domino, Getto Jam 8 Ricky Van Shelton, Where Was I 5 McBride & The Ride, No More... 10 Nirvana, All Apologies 9 Alan Jackson, (Who Says) You... Pet Shop Boys, I Wouldn't Normally... cated TV show, the company deducts ing his favorite topics: sex, relation- Prince, The Most Girl... 6 Collin Raye, That's My Story 11 Crash Test Dummies, Mmm... 10 Mary- Chapin Carpenter, He... Beautiful $1,100 ($550 for national radio). If ships, and sex. The comic's appeal 7 Neal McCoy, No Doubt About It 12 Danzig, Mother. 11 Parton, Wynette, Lynn, Silver... Garth Brooks, Standing Outside... 8 Vince Gill, Tryin' To Get Over You 13 Aerosmith, Amazing By Heart there are no bookings, the money is comes in three forms: his convincing 12 Billy Ray Cyrus, Words § Indicates Five Star Video 9 Martina McBride, Life #9 14 II Top, Pincushion 13 Toby Keith, A Little Less Talk returned. physical schtick, the winning female 10 Parton, Wynette, Lynn, Silver... 15 Ace Of Base, The Sign 14 Boy Howdy, She'd Give Anything 11 Mary-Chapin Carpenter, He... In terms of talk shows, labels have characters he creates (especially ones 16 Queen Latifah, U.N.I.T.Y. 15 John Michael Montgomery, I Swear 12 Little Texas, My Love 17 Cracker, Low 16 Neal McCoy, No Doubt About It "realized there's no quicker way to be with attitude), and his dead -on im-

A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS SUBMITTED BY interpersonal with the consumer than pressions of white folks. (Lawrence NATIONAL & LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS through TV or radio," says Sandy has yet to reach the social commen- 1994. THE CLIP LIST.. FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, Hart, Media Relations' general man- tary stratosphere that Richard Therapy, Nowhere Glenn Kaiser, Most Of All ager. She says such appearances can Pryor occupied.) Pet Shop Boys, I Wouldn't ... T H E Rich Mullins, Here In America King's X, Dogman help boost ticket sales and bolster an There's only one problem with Dakoda Motor Co., Sonrider act's credibility, among other bene- "You So Crazy." The film's running Danniebelle Hall, 0 Se Baba BOR Mark Heard, Treasure... fits. The downside for Media Rela- time is 80 minutes -about 20 minutes tions: "Labels are tough to deal with," too long for Lawrence to sustain his

N 0;r` Continuous programming she laughs. "They want everything upbeat pace. Continuous programming 11500 9th St N, St Petersburg, FL 12000 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33181 33716 JsiV AMERICA'S NO. 1 VIDEO Continuous programming Bryan Adams, Please Forgive Me WWOR 1111 Lincoln Rd I N P R I N T I hour weekly Hammer, It's All Good Candy Duller, Can't Make ... One Miami Beach, FL 33139 Gipsy Kings, Escucha Me 216 W Ohio, Chicago, IL 60610 BOX TOPS Richard Marx, Now & Forever Adams /Stewart /Sting, All For Love Fury In The Slaughterhouse, Every ... John M. Montgomery, I Swear Tom Petty, Mary Jane's Last Dance 2Pac, Papa'z Song Anne Murray, Make Love To Me Green Day, Longview Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Matador THAT'S ALL: BOBBY DARIN ON was inducted posthumously into the A Tribe Called Quest, Electric... Rod Stewart, Having A Party Smashing Pumpkins, Disarm Cher, I Got You Babe & Hall in 1990 A1l-4 -One, So Much In Love Travis Tritt, Take It Easy Afghan Whigs, Gentlemen RECORD STAGE SCREEN Rock And Roll Of Fame - Nirvana, All Apologies Black Girl, Krazy Mariah Carey, Hero Nick Tremulis, King Of The Hill Aerosmith, Amazing By Jeff Bleiel moved into the pop -swing field with his B. Brown /W. Houston, Something In... Mary- Chapin Carpenter, He Thinks ... Ramones, Substitute US3, Cantaloup Conscious Daughters, Fonky... Deep Forest, Sweet Lullaby Alison Moyet, Whispering Your Name (Popular Culture Ink.) classic rendition of "Mack The Knife." Enigma, Return To Innocence Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Gangsta Lean Vince Gill, Tryin' To Get Over You Seam, Nunch In 1962, he played a major support- Def Leppard, Miss You In A Heartbeat Shonen Knife, Brown Mushrooms Eazy -E, Real Compton City G's Aaron Neville, I Owe You One Guns N' Roses, Estranged Erick Sermon, Safe Sex Collin Raye, That's My Story Sinead O'Connor, Thief Of Your Heart Bobby Darin is best remembered for ing role in "Captain Newman, M.D.," Deep Forest, Sweet Lullaby Gang Starr, Mass Appeal Bruce Springsteen, Streets Of... Seaweed, Kid Candy Franco de Vita, Calido Y Frio his early rock'n'roll hits like "Splish and was nominated for an Oscar. Hammer, Pumps & A Bump UB40, Higher Ground Barefoot Servants, Box Of Miracles The Cranberries, Linger Jodeci, Cry For You Bee Gees, For Whom The Bell ... Corse Of Empire, Infested Splash," and his subsequent metamor- That same year, Darin added the Candlebox, You Joi, Sunshine & The Rain Suzy Bogguss, Hey Cinderella Gipsy Kings, Escucha Me phosis into a consummate Las Vegas third pillar of his musical identity when K7,ZungaZeng Enigma, Return To Innocence To Roll performer. But Darin actually was an he introduced a folk element to his act. Masta Ace, Inc., Born Heart, Will You Be There t-* i11BLfVV/U MC Ren, Same 01' Alan Jackson, You Can't Have ... artist of diverse talents who proved to For the remainder of his musical ca- Patra, Queen Of The Pack /N Tracy Lawrence, If The Good ... R. Kelly, Bump 'N Grind Q° SK be ahead of his time in many ways reer, Darin moved between rock, folk, Ottmar Liebert, Albatross Continuous programming -as Salt -N -Pepa, Whatta Man Frank Sinatra /Bono, I've Got You .. . P 0 BOX 398, Branson, MO 65616 shown in this new bio. and big -band vocals. Along the way, his Shaquille O'Neal, I'm Outstanding VIDEO Snoop Doggy Dogg, What's My Name Charley Pride, For Today Bleiel's book avoids focusing too folk act helped nurture a young, pre- Snoop Doggy Dogg, Gin And Juice QTELEVISION Santana, Esperando much on the singer's personal life. Byrds Jim (later Roger) McGuinn. Sudden Change, Comm ci On Strong Mary Schwartz, Whosoever Will SWV, Always On My Mind Five hours weekly Twister Alley, Young Love Rather, it provides in -depth coverage In addition to being a versatile art- Tevin Campbell, Can We Talk 223 -225 Washington St Five 1/2 -hour shows weekly Cassandra Wilson, Tupelo Honey and analysis of his evolution as a multi- ist, Darin was savvy about the business Tevin Campbell, I'm Ready Newark, NJ 07102 Signal Hill Dr, Wall, PA 15148 Wayne Watson, Walk In The Dark Toni Braxton, Seven Whole Days Cactus Brothers, Sixteen Tons talented artist. Consequently, serious side of music. In 1963 he got into pub- Tony! Toni! Tone, Lay Your Head ... Tevin Campbell, I'm Ready Steve Taylor, Bannerman Rosie Flores, Honky Tonk Moon fans are the ones who will most take to lishing by purchasing T.M. Music. In Wu -Tang Clan, CREAM. Beck, Loser Mariah Carey, Hero Speer Family, I'm Standing ... Xscape, Understanding October Project, Bury My Lovely Bob Dylan, My Back Pages Vince Gill, Tryin' To Get Over You this read. Indeed, the book contains 10 addition to employing well-known '60s Cocteau Twins, Bluebeard Cindy Morgan, I Will Be Free Kurt Howell, Does Love... appendices, which makes it the ulti- songwriters like Artie Resnick, Kenny ADDS Eve's Plum, I Want It All Larness Harris, It's Only Thunder Alan Jackson, (Who Says)... II D Extreme, Let Me Love You The Winans, A Friend Dave Koz, Lucky Man mate Darin reference book. Young, and Terry Melcher, Darin After 7, Gonna Love You Right Juliana Hatfield, Spin The Bottle Phil Keaggy, What A Day Little Texas, My Love Ice Cube, You Know In the summer of 1958, Darin hit it eventally began producing. His most ... Lenny Kravitz, Heaven Help Petra, Midnight Oil The Marksmen, He Is I Am Janet Jackson, Because Of Love Down South, Southern Comfort ETW, Stay Together The Mavericks, What A Crying Shame big with early rock'n'roll smashes notable achievement was "Danke Lighter Shade Of Brown, Hey D.J. Afghan Whigs, Gentlemen First Call, Freedom Diana Ross, Your Love Mariah Carey, Without You Alison Moyet, Whispering Your Name Bruce Cockburn, Great Big Love Mavis Staples, Blood Is Thicker ... "Splish Splash" and "Queen Of The Shoen," which he engineered for a N.K.O.T.B., Never Let Me Go Ace 0f Base, The Sign Xscape, Understanding Chat Atkins, Poor Boy Blues Hop." But that same year, Darin-who young Wayne Newton. ED CHRISTMAN Prince, The Most Beautiful ... Joan Jett, I Love Rock N' Roll Suzy Bogguss, Hey Cinderella

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INTERNATIONAL EDITOR IN CHIEF Adam White EUROPEAN NEWS EDITOR Italian Court Outlaws CD Rental Amid Recession, Dominic Pride INTERNATIONAL DEPUTY EDITOR This Thom Duffy EC May Widen Restriction Summer Japan's Biz Sees Billboard London, 23 Ridgmount Street, London, BY MARK DEZZANI constituting 80% of the market, rules Composers) says, "It is useless for WC1E IAH, England; Phone: 44 71 323 6686; out any agreement with CD renters. the renters to continue calling for Best Year Ever Fax: 44 71 323 2314/2316. MILAN -CD rental, which industry Magnani says, "CD rentals are de- meetings with FIMI and other or- TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF sources say robbed the market of 10% stroying the market. There is no com- ganizations. It is with the SIAE that BY STEVE McCLURE below), video rentals, which have they should make an agreement and Steve McClure, Coopo Kiku 302, 1 -11 -28 Mihar- of its sales last year (see story, parison with adai, Nerima -Ku, Tokyo; Phone: 813 3867 has effectively been outlawed here. parallel rights. The CD is a master - recognize the authors by paying TOKYO -Last year was the Ja- 0611; Fax: 813 3867 0216. A ruling by Turin's High Court of quality recording. The decision by the them what they are owed. The rec- panese music industry's best ever Appeal (Cassazione) declared that CD High Court of Appeal reinforces our ord companies are only proprietors in terms of the quantity and value INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS rental in Italy is a criminal offense un- own action against CD renters." of the recordings, while the authors of shipments, but there are signs AUSTRALIA -Glenn A. Baker, PO Box 261, less authorization is granted by au- FIMI launched its own offensive are the creators." that Japan's economic downturn is Baulkham Hills, New South Wales 2153; thors through SIAE, the authors' rep- against CD renters last September. While the high court decision rep- beginning to have an impact on the Phone: 61 2 639 3709; Fax: 61 2 639 1441. resentative body in Italy (Billboard, The ruling, while recognizing the resents a step forward, some sources "recession proof' industry. Moruben Road, Mos- Katherine Tulich, 11/17 Feb. 26). rights of authors, does not include acknowledge that policing the rental Powering the market were CD man, New South Wales 2088; Phone: 612 969 The ruling came at the end of a case producers and performers. In reply problem will be difficult. Renters as- singles, of which a total of 153.8 7579; Fax: 61 2 969 9670. million in 1993, AUSTRIA -Manfred Schreiber, 1170 Wien, brought by SIAE against two Turin - to claims by the CD renters' organi- sociation ANAN has some 100 mem- units were shipped Neuwaldegger Str. 38A; Phone: 43 1450 1775. based renters. After their stock was se- zation ANAN that they would fight bers, but one estimate puts the total up an impressive 39% from 1992. BALKANS-Petar Janjatovic, Hadzi Milentijeva questered in 1990, A. Mussella and M. the ruling, Franco Micalizzi of SNAC number of rental outlets near 2,000. Total wholesale value of CD sin- 53, 11000 Belgrade. Massara appealed and had their prop- (the National Union of Authors & gles was 97.71 billion yen ($930.57 BELGIUM -Marc Maes, Kapelstratt 41, 2041 erty returned. million), up 41 %, according to data Antwerp; Phone: 32 3 568 8082. They won a further appeal before released recently by the Recording BULGARIA- Chavder Chendov, Lulin Complex, the Cassazione -whose decision is fi- Industry Assn. of Japan (RIAJ). b1210, vh A, 1343 Sofia; Phone: 35 92 240 nal against them last week, cit- Overall results were less spec- 786; Fax: 35 92 398 847. -ruled ing an Italian law passed in 1941 pro- Piracy, Rentals, Economy tacular, but still surprisingly CANADA -Larry LeBlanc, 15 Independence Drive, Scarborough, Ontario M1K 3R7; Phone: tecting authors' rights and forbidding healthy given that Japan is experi- 416 -265 -3277; Fax: 416 -265 -3280. exploitation of their works without encing its worst economic down- CZECH REPUBLIC -Peter Belohlavek, Kafkova their express permission. Hurt Italian Biz In 1993 turn since the end of World War II. 10, 16000 Prague 6; Phone: 42 2 268 141. Sappo Matteucci, SIAE spokesman, Production of audio software in FINLAND -Antti Isokangas, Et. Hesperiankatu says, "For CD renters to stay within MILAN An unholy trio of recession, piracy and CD rentals," he said. 1993 totaled 417.73 million units, a 32 c 54, 00100 Helsinki; Phone: 358 0 498 the law, they must request and be piracy, and CD rentals conspired to Ernesto Magnani, public relations rise of 12 %, with a wholesale value 908; Fax: 358 0 148 2650. granted authorization from the authors bring the value of Italy's music market director of FIMI, estimates that CD of 513.68 billion yen ($4.89 billion), FRANCE -Emmanuel Legrand, 11 rue des down 7% in 1993, according to figures rentals account for up to 10% of lost up 7 %. Poissonniers, 75018 Paris; Phone: 331 425 through SIAE, their representative 43461; Fax: 331 4254 7343. Philippe Crocq, body. We will then consider each re- released by Italy's IFPI -recognized in- gross. Key figures from RIAJ's statis- 4 bis rue Mizon, 75015 Paris; Phone: 331 quest." dustry body FIMI. Reali adds that he thinks the market tics are: 4327 6309. Fax: 331 4322 4042. Although the law permits the SIAE Representing an estimated 80% of has bottomed out. "I believe the nega- Total album shipments: 263.86 GERMANY -Wolfgang Spahr, PO Box 1150, to authorize CD renters, Matteucci the entire market, FIMI's figures con- tive trend will reduce in the first part million units, up 0.4% from 262.55 Keltingstrasse 18, 23795 Bad Segeberg, Ger- adds that the Directive On Rental And firm the expectations of many in the of 1994 and become positive in the sec- million units in 1992. many; Phone: 49 4551 81428, Fax: 49 4551 Lending Rights from the EC, expected business, with the total value of ship- ond half of this year," he said. CD albums: 227.76 million 8 4445; Telex: 261656. Ellie Weinert, Wil- this July, will probably extend the right ments to retailers down 7.1% against Key points from the FIMI figures units, up 2.3 %; worth 382.75 billion helm -Dull Str. 9, 80638 Munich 19; Phone: 49 to prohibit rental to producers and per- the same period in 1992 to $268.4 mil- are: yen ($3.64 billion), up 3.5 %. 89 157 3250; Fax: 49 89 157 5036. lion (421.9 billion lire) in 1993. fig- album shipments: down 18% Cassettes (separate figures for GREECE -John Carr, Mavromihaleon 28, Halan- formers as well as authors. In such a Unit Total

dri, Athens 15233; Phone: 30 1 684 9447; situation, it is unlikely that any rentals ures were even worse, with a 16.9% to 31.5 million units. singles and albums not available;

Fax: 30 1 360 9673. will be authorized before the directive slide across all formats to 33.9 million CD albums: 18.9 million units most cassettes are albums, how-

HONG KONG -Mike Levin, 4th Floor, No. 1 goes into effect and a general agree- units. worth $129.6 million (203.7 billion lire), ever): 35.38 million units, down 9 %; Prince's Terrace, Mid Levels; Phone: 852 526 ment is reached with producers and Franco Reali, FIMI president and down 0.33% and 8.9%, respectively. worth 31.69 billion yen ($301.84 9550; Fax: 852 522 3595. performers. BMG Ariola Italy MD, gives three Cassettes: 12.1 million units worth million), down 16 %. INDIA -Anil Chopra, Ajanta Building, L.D. Ru- Ernesto Magnani, public relations principal reasons for the Italian mar- $74.4 million (117 billion lire), down Vinyl LPs: 766,000 units, down parel Marg, Mallabar Hill, Bombay 400 006; manager for the IFPI -recognized rec- ket's poor performance last year: `The 20.3% and 23.4 %, respectively. 22 %; worth 1.48 billion yen ($14.08 Phone: 91 22 362 1833; Fax: 91 22 308 0135. ord industry organization FIMI, which general recession hit very hard in 1993 Vinyl LPs: 346,000 units worth $22 million), down 19 %. IRELAND-Ken Stewart, 65 Carysfort Downs, Blackrock, County Dublin; Phone: 3531 283 represents major record companies and added to that were the problems of (Continued on page 46) CD singles (there are no other 2527. singles formats worth mentioning ITALY-Mark Dezzani, Via Matteotti 24, 18012 in the Japanese market): 153.8 mil- Seborga (MI), San Remo; Phone/Fax: 39 -184- lion units, up 39 %; worth 97.71 bil- 29667. lion yen ($930.57 million), up 41 %. JAMAICA- Maureen Sheridan, P.O. Box 775, Tring To Expand Catalog Artists whose hit singles helped Ocho Rios; Phone/Fax: 809 974 5499; Fax: power the market in 1993 included 809 974 5014. B'z, Chage and Aska, Kome Kome NEW ZEALAND- Graham Reid, 19 Stott Avenue, Club, Southern All Stars, and Miho Birkdale, Auckland 10; Phone: 64 9- 3795050, Following Stock Offering ext. 8385; Fax: 64 936 61568. Nakayama. Almost without excep- PHILIPPINES -Marc A. Gorospe, Hillhaven, BY DOMINIC PRIDE and an Olivia Newton -John record. Tr- tion, singles became hits after be- Don Antonio Heights, Don Mariano Marcos ing paid EMI 10,000 pounds ($15,000) ing used as TV drama or commer- Ave., Dilíman, Quezon City; Phone: 63- 2 -931- LONDON -Buying or creating a for each item to settle the matter. cial "tie-ups." 7164; Fax: 63 -2- 921 -9587. larger catalog tops the priority list for Publicity over legal action, including Breaking the results into foreign ROMANIA -Octavian Ursulescu, Str Radu de la U.K. budget operator Tring Interna- the recent Texas court case involving (excluding imports) and domestic la, Afumati, Nr 51 -B, Sector 2, Bucharest. tional, after it successfully placed just the Dominion catalog (Billboard, Feb. portions, production of material by RUSSIA -Vadim Yurchenkov, P.O. Box 110, its with stock market 26), also adversely affected the com- non -Japanese artists totaled 81 195268 St. Petersburg, K -268; Phone: 7 812 under half shares

225 3588/275 7827; Fax: 7 812 271 3227; investors. Expansion in Germany and pany in terms of allaying investors' million units, up 6.9% from the Telex: 7 812 121449/121395. in the Far East also are planned in the fears and incurring legal costs. Tring same period last year, and was SOUTH KOREA-Byung Hoo Suh, 243 -3, Ssang- near future. claims that it licensed the Dominion worth 119.42 billion yen ($1.14 bil- dong 2 -ri, Chowol -myun, Kwangju -kun, Outstanding lawsuits and bad press items in its catalog from other sources. lion), up 12.07 %. One of the reasons Kytlnggi -do, 464 -860; Phone 82 347 64 3151; proved to be little hindrance to the On the issue of legal action, joint Ant -i Hero. EMI U.K. managing for the foreign category's solid per- Fax: 82 347 63 2974. placement, which sees a net cash injec- CEO Philip Robinson says, "I wouldn't director Jean -Francois Cecillon poses formance is the continuing popu- SPAIN -Howell Llewellyn, Modesto Lafuente 6, tion of 1.4 million pounds ($225 million) say it's an occupational hazard-that with Adam Ant, signed to the label for larity of the soundtrack album to Planta -A, 28010 Madrid; Phone: 34 1 Quinta into the company. would sound like we had a cavalier atti- the world. Ant, famous for his U.K. hit "The Bodyguard," which is now Ja- 593 2429. joint CEO, singles of the early '80s, last made an pan's all -time best -selling foreign SOUTH AFRICA -Arthur Goldstuck, P.O. Box Tring, which sells budget CDs and tude." Mark Frey, the other 93309, Yeoville; Phone/Fax 2711 787 2193. cassettes mainly through nontradi- says suing Tring had become "an in- excursion into the music business with album, with sales of more than 2 SWEDEN-Ken Neptune, Stromfallsvagen 32, tional outlets such as gas stations and dustry hobby," while finance director a U.S. top 20 hit, "Room At The Top." million. 184 41 Akersberga; Phone: 46 8-540 -23456; roadside diners, has been involved in Philip Keane admitted that the budget A recent greatest hits package and an "For international music as a Fax: 46 -8- 540 -23145. high -profile lawsuits with several rec- area would continue to see litigation: appearance on the TV show "Northern whole, the year was excellent," TAIWAN -Glenn Smith, P.O. Box 33, Peitou, Tai- ord companies. It recently settled out "The majors are policing their catalogs Exposure" have revived interest in Ant says Nippon Phonogram president pei; Phone: 886 2 873 1205. of court with EMI over two albums in much more now," he said. and his Antmusic. (Continued on page 46) its catalog, a recording of "La Boheme" (Continued on page 45)

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www.americanradiohistory.com International Major Labels Start Checking Out Czech, Slovak Republics BY DOMINIC PRIDE setting up operations in Eastern Eur- market, which is still slanted toward Even though the former state of president of PolyGram for continental ope for Austrian company BML. national product. Sevcik estimates that Czechoslovakia split into two separate Europe, who says, "The Czech Repub- LONDON -Major -label expansion Marketing PolyGram's classical cat- the split is roughly 40% national and states on Jan. 1, 1993, it is still possible lic's level of music piracy is among the into Eastern Europe continues, with alog in both republics will be among 60% international. "I don't think the to treat them as one country in terms lowest of the former Communist coun- the Czech and Slovak Republics receiv- the top priorities, says Sevcik. "I market's quite saturated yet for inter- of marketing, Sevcik says, and the split tries. Copyright law enforcement there ing attention from PolyGram and EMI. strongly believe we will get good re- national product," he says. does not pose many logistical prob- and in the Slovak Republic is improv- PolyGram announced Feb. 15 that it sults from classical items in the cata- The subsidiary also will have an lems. "There's a delay at the border of ing all the time." has formed a subsidiary to cover oper- log. Some 13 % -15% of the market is A &R staff. Sevcik is staffing offices in about an hour, that's all," he adds. EMI also has shown a greater inter- ations in both the Czech and Slovak classical music, much higher than in both the Czech and Slovak captials, Product is distributed to the republics est in the Czech Republic recently. In Republics (Billboard, Feb. 26). other countries." Prague and Bratislava. Current staff and to PolyGram's subsidiary in Hun- January, it bought a majority stake in Heading the new company is Jaros- With marketing efforts put behind levels are 12, expected to rise to 18 by gary from a central warehouse in Aus- Monitor, its licensee since 1992 (Bill- lav Sevcik, a former managing director international repertoire, Sevcik be- the time of the official launch, March tria. board, Jan. 22). of CBS Austria. He has recently been lieves he also can make inroads into the 24. Sevcik will report to Allen Davis, Founded in 1990 by former musi- cians Vladimir Kocandrie and Josef Prib, the company has emerged as one of the leaders among the Czech inde- pendents. In the 1992 Czech Grammy awards, the company picked up 10 of Adis,ALAILLA166. the 15 categories. Acts signed include Shalom, a band that sold an unprece- A Billboard Spotlight dented 150,000 copies of its latest al- bum, according to EMI. Monitor has companies in both re- publics, and in 1992 had sales in the re- (Continued on page 46)

Greek Biz Cheers Club -Hour Limits

BY JOHN CARR

ATHENS -A Greek government deci- sion restricting the operating hours of Athens nightclubs is being applauded cautiously by Greece's music industry. Years of sluggish sales of vinyl and cassettes -with only moderate annual rises in CD sales -have been attribu- ted in part to the pervasive drawing power of the lavish bouzouki joints, which feature all the top domestic rep- ertoire names live every night. "A lot of entertainment money will now be freed," says a senior music in- dustry figure. "More spending on mu- sic will be coming our way." In early February, Greece's minister for public order, Stelios Papathemelis, ordered a 2 a.m. closing time on week- days, and a 3 a.m. shutdown on week- ends and holidays. He also said people Tejano... under 18 years of age will be banned from entering the clubs and being sold Tex- Mex... alcohol when the decision becomes law. The government's rationale is to cut Southwest Sound... down on delinquency and road acci- dents, which take a toll of young lives No More Labeling, most weekends. The record industry hopes kids who No More Boundaries, are denied access to the live perform- ances by top artists will now spend Just Hot Music!!! more of their entertainment drachmas on records and cassettes. Tejano has become one of the Expose your business to the "The cost of a couple of drinks in fastest growing genres in Latin exploding Tejano audience. those places is about equal to the price music. On April 16 Billboard will Reserve your space now and let of one CD," the record industry execu- report on how hot it is and how hot Billboard spice things up! tive says. A CD retails for 5,000 -6,000 drachmas ($20 -$24) in Greece. its going to get. The nightclub hours decision is a ray For details call: of hope for a music Combining an array of styles, industry that saw JIM BELOFF 213 -525 -2311 sales volume drop by 7% in terms of Tejano is a musical melting truly units in 1993-about the same slide pot and to this day defies definition. ISSUE DATE: APRIL 16 rate for 1992. However, the value of sales was actually up, but only as a re- AD CLOSE: MARCH 22 sult of rising costs and 12% inflation. The main Athens night clubs are nearly the exclusive employers of ma- jor -name Greek domestic repertoire, for which album sales royalties are mere pocket money compared to the in- flated fees club managers pay. Artists often use their popularity among the public in the clubs to influence labels when negotiating their terms.

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TRING TO EXPAND CATALOG FOLLOWING STOCK OFFERING (Continued from page 43) ZZ Top's Antenna Abroad; Partly due to the problems involved supply most of Germany's motorway raised through the share issue. in catalog licensing, Tring says it is service stations, as is a deal to supply Keane says the flotation was not looking to increase the number of ex- a pharmacy chain in Singapore. brought for purely financial reasons. Jazzy Jeff Shakes Europe clusive licenses it holds, whether by ac- Institutions placed orders for almost "First, we have the backing of qual- quisition or by recording more titles it- double the number of shares on offer, ity shareholders," he says. "Large THE BIGGEST little band in sic Group, which includes Jive Rec- self. the company reports. Trading in the institutions have invested in us. Sec- Texas, ZZ Top, has been doing ords. Meyer adds that the label is Through a sponsorship and record- stock is due to start Feb. 23. ond, we have enhanced our standing mighty fine abroad since the release now planning a European push on ing deal with the Royal Philharmonic Tying is putting 49.9% of its stock on by being a public company." of "Antenna," the trio's first album the followup track, "Can't Wait To Orchestra, it is recording and releasing the market. The placing price of 1.18 Of the 50% that remains in private under its new worldwide deal with Be With You," which debuted at No. budget titles of mainstream classical pounds ($1.77) gives the company a hands, 27% will remain with three RCA Records (Billboard, Jan. 8). 29 on the U.K. chart. Keiron Fan- works. Artists such as Rose Royce market capitalization of more than 50 directors: Frey, Robinson, and Sales of "Antenna" have surpassed ning, international manager for have re- recorded greatest hits pack- million pounds ($75 million). Keane. The other 23% will continue 800,000 in Europe and Asia since Zomba, says the success of "Boom" ages for release by Tring on a non -ex- Sales for the year to the end of to be held by the original private the album's release Jan. 18, reports and subsequent singles is expected clusive basis. March 1993 were 16.5 million pounds backers, including is the Chernow BMG International. to push the sales of the Jazzy Jeff The company also plans to expand ($24.75 million), with pre-tax profits of family, which has an interest in San Although BMG International has & Fresh Prince album "Code Red" further into continental Europe. Says 3.3 million pounds ($4.95 million). Juan Music Corp., a major source of not released sales figures by market to overseas levels matching its Mark Frey, "We have opened up a After the expenses of 1.55 million licenses for Tring. The other backer outside the U.S., "Antenna" has 500,000 -plus U.S. sales. market in this country, and we can take pounds involved in the flotation, the is the Levinson family, and Mark gone to No. 1 in Sweden and Fin- these layers of marketing to other company will net only 1.4 million Levinson is a non -executive director land, No. 3 in the U.K., Germany, BIG, WILD WORLD: With mod- countries." A deal is on the table to pounds of the 2.95 million pounds it of Tring. and Switzerland, No. 6 in Norway, ern- rock grunge groups all the rage, and No. 10 in Holland. However, it it can be a tough haul in America has since slipped to No. 43 in the nowadays for traditional album - U.K. rock acts. Just ask Atlantic Records The European chart act Mr. Big. "At the mo- action for ZZ Top's al- ment, we're not hip and bum coincides with fashionable," concedes five weeks of Euro- manager Sandy Ein- pean promotion by the stein. Outside the U.S., blues-rock trio, includ- however, it's another ing 33 TV appearances story. Compared with in 16 cities in 13 coun- domestic sales of tries. Talk about bor- 120,000, the band's cur- CRYSTAL CD TRAY der radio. rent album, "Bump Ahead," has sold some VIVE VARIETE: 700,000 copies in over- Columbia Records seas markets, says Ein- U.K. enjoys a No. 17 stein, including sales of entry on the British al- 200,000 in Japan, bum chart for "Deep 100,000 in Germany, and Forest," the unique by Thom 75,000 in Indonesia, one dance/world beat crea- Duffy of several Asian mar- tion of the French -Bel- kets where the band has l gian production team of Michel built a following. While MTV Eur- II Sanchez and Eric Mouquet, coin- ope and MTV Asia have aired the II ¡ ciding with the album's success in band's version of "Wild World," DIUnAI. AUI)10 the U.S. (Billboard, Feb. 19). How- MTV in the U.S. has yet to back the ever, both the American and British band's latest. After playing theaters markets lag nearly a year behind and opening arena shows in Europe the album's discovery by Australian in recent weeks for Aerosmith, Mr. fans. The album and single, origi- Big is back in the U.S. for a club nally released by Columbia Records tour through early April. in France, went top 10 in Australia early last spring (Billboard, March MAD ABOUT Madder Rose: Be- 27, 1993). Meanwhile, Columbia ginning with the support of BBC's U.K. also has tapped another top John Peel last year for their U.S. artist from its sister company in import single "Swim," America's France with the release of "Tour de Madder Rose has capitalized mas- Charme" from French chanteuse terfully on the buzz- building power Patricia Kaas, who already is a ma- of a British fan base. The band's al- jor star in the rest of Europe (Bill- bum "Bring It Down," on Atlantic board, May 22, 1993). In all, a nota- Records' indie imprint Seed Rec- ble season for Sony U.K. artists ords, was released through Re- from Francophone markets, includ- volver Distribution in the U.K., ing the additional success of Que- where it has sold 10,000 copies to bec's Celine Dion, who pairs her date. Manager Greg Spotts notes No. 1 success with "The Power Of that U.K. indie promotion firm Real Love" in the U.S. with top five ac- Time created "an event out of each tion on the British singles chart for single release and tour date. They her Epic U.K. release. conducted the press, radio, and re- tail campaign like an orchestra," BOOM, SHAKE THE CHARTS: culminating in a sold -out London It is a common trend these days to have top quality graphic designs on CDs and CD packaging. The tally is in for Jazzy Jeff & show last month at the 1,000- capac- Our crystal clear CD trays enable the designs to be seen and thus make the CDs more elegant . Fresh Prince, whose Jive Records ity LA2 in London. The band's fol- Viva is devoted tc contributing more to the CD industry. Call us today - we can tailor-make your new success. single "Boom, Shake The Room!" lowup album, "Panic On," is set for has sold some 1.6 million copies release late this month. worldwide, peaking at No. 1 upon its VIVA MAGNETICS LTD. MATRIX ASSOCIATES, INC. release in the U.K. last fall, hitting Home & Abroad is a biweekly 16/F., E ON FACTORY BUILDING, 1425 MONTE GRANDE PLACE, top five in recent weeks in markets column spotlighting the activity of 14 WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, PACIFIC PALISADES, CA. 90272, including Australia, New Zealand, the international music business HONG KONG. U.S.A.

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ITALIAN MUSIC BIZ SLUMPED IN 1993 (Continued from page 43) million (3.5 billion lire), down 86.2% formed in June 1992 as a breakaway companies. the total market valued at $362 mil- ords, reported his sales up 60 %, due and 84 %, respectively. group from the existing AFI associa- Average per capita spending on mu- lion (569 billion lire) in large part to the international Total singles market: 1.2 million tion. It did not receive IFPI recogni- sic in Italy shrank last year from Musica e Dischi's editor Mario di success of dance project Capella. units worth $3.6 million (5.7 billion tion until March 1993. 13,136 lire ($8.35) in 1992 to 12,202 lire Luigi says Italy's indies fared better Exchange rates used in this arti- lire), up 42.3% and 97.8 %, respectively. FIMI estimates the entire Italian ($7.76) in 1993. than their major rivals last year: cle were $1 =1572 lire, the average CD singles: 863,000 units worth market to be worth $336 million. Do- Statistics published by Italian "Indies have to fight harder to sur- rate in 1993, according to the Bank $2.5 million (4 billion lire), up 33% and mestic pop product accounts for 39.3% trade magazine Musica e Dischi vive, while the majors can depend on of England. 98 %, respectively. of FIMI companies' gross with inter- take into account statistics from their parent companies. The indies MARK DEZZANI The figures are "homogeneous" with national pop product at 52.36% and FIMI and AFI, which still repre- also have flexible structures to 1992 figures, says FIMI, implying that classical repertoire at 8.36 %. sents Italy's independents. The adapt to market changes." there is a direct comparison with its The ratio of national pop versus in- magazine's figures rated the coun- Gianfranco Bortolotti, managing members' results from 1992. FIMI was ternational was 57% to 43% for FIMI try's sales down 11% last year, with director of dance indie Media Rec- JAPAN MUSIC BIZ (Continued front page 43) Alex Abramoff. He notes, however, that the classical section of the market remains weak due to a dearth of big A names. BILLBOARD SALUTE "The success of `The Bodyguard' shows that you can sell international music in this market, although you have to have the right chemistry," says Abramoff. Production of domestic artists' ma- terial reached 336.72 million units, up 13.2 %, for a value of 394.25 billion yen ($3.75 billion), a 6.06% increase. Japanese- manufactured foreign repertoire constituted 19.4% of the Ja- panese market in terms of quantity (compared to 20.3% for 1992) and 23.2% in value (compared to 22.3% for 1992). BMG Victor president Osamu Sato says that despite the heartening RIAJ data, the Japanese music industry is starting to feel the effects of the coun- try's recession. "Since the end of [1993], more CDs have started to come back unsold from record stores," he says, pointing out that the gap between the RIAJ's pro- duction statistics and actual sales is becoming wider. "Strong sales in the first half were responsible for the good results," Sato says. "In an industry like this, where the individual products don't cost that much, the effects of a re- cession are felt later than in other industries." 25 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS CHECKING REPUBLICS Bob Taylor and Willie Robertson have made a career of wont, aafled front page 44) covering the unpredictable. From na-ural disasters to gion of $3 million. EMI has struck a similar deal in laryngitis, this "Dynamic Duo" has insurec tl-e success of the Hungary with Quint, which last year pop/ rock world's most established artists. In addition to music, became a majority -owned subsidiary of Robertson Taylor's expansive EMI after acting as its full catalog li- clientele base includes entertainment censee. EMI's Polish license partner is markets such as video, sports, theatre, and film. Pomaton. BMG has had a subsidiary in the Czech Republic since last year, Sony This Billboard tribute takes an in depth look at the history and has a licensee, and Warner has licensed its catalog to Prague -based Popron. development of this unique company and its plans for future It growth. Increased competition from major will also include an exclusive interview by leading music expert / writer labels is likely to be another blow to Ray Coleman. Supraphon, the former state label of Czechoslovakia. PolyGram's decision to establish a subsidiary comes after its Join Billboard in celebrating the pioneering efforts of Willie Robertson and licensing deal with Supraphon finished at the end of last year. 3ob Taylor and toasting their future success! Like many of the Eastern European record companies with roots in the Communist era, Supraphon has found the transition to a market economy dif- ficult. Privatization is inevitable for the Pat Rod -Jennings - London 44 -71- 323 -6686 company. Most of the international ma- jors have expressed some interest in B Ctlrisrine Chinetti - Europe 44 -71- 323 -6686 Supraphon or its catalog, but the gov- Ken Diotrowski - New York 212- 536 -5223 ernment is wary of selling to a Western ISSUE DATE: APRIL I9, 1994 buyer at a time when there is a grow- Gary Nuell - Los Angeles 213 -525 -2302 ing backlash to what is perceived by AD CLOSE: MARCH 15, 1994 Amanda Guest - Australia 613- 824 -8260 many as an invasion by foreign com- panies. The government is understood to be seeking a buyer among Czech - owned private publishing houses.

46 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com International Multi-Artist Compilations Reaping Platinum Rewards In U.K. BY THOM DUFFY lections draw buyers from single -art- Gram -distributed labels saw seven which received a triple -platinum Wants" from Ace Of Base, "I'd Do ist releases. "I dispute that we take 1993 albums go platinum or greater; award for sales exceeding 900,000. Anything For Love (But I Won't Do LONDON -What name shows up sales away from full -price albums by Sony had five; BMG, four; and Among the fastest -selling acts in That)" by Meat Loaf, "Can't Help most often among the artists awarded mainstream artists," he says. Warner, one. the U.K. was Take That, whose al- Falling In Love" by UB40, and the platinum albums in the U.K. during The BPI certification figures ap- EMI benefited from its distribu- bum "Everything Changes" was re- novelty disc "Mr. Blobby" by Mr. 1993? pear to back that view. While compi- tion of the "Now" series and the leased in December and certified dou- Blobby. The answer: Various. lation sales rose, the overall number transfer of Virgin product to EMI for ble- platinum that same month. The Overall, the number of singles that The strength of the market for hit of albums that received silver, gold, distribution as of July 1, 1993. (None teen -pop group easily outsold more received silver, gold, platinum, or compilation albums in the U.K. is one platinum or higher certification of Virgin's 1993 releases were certi- critically lauded bands such as Suede higher certification from the BPI of the trends spotlighted by year -end awards during 1993 also rose 6 %, fied platinum during the first half of and Stereo MC's. during 1993 nearly doubled, from 33 sales certifications recently reported from 410 in 1992 to 435 in 1993. (An the year, when they were still distrib- Take That also was one of the in 1992 to 63 last year. The singles by the British Phonographic Indus- album reaching a sales level higher uted by PolyGram). year's most successful singles acts of market was boosted by the strength try. Albums receive silver certifica- than gold also gets credit for the Among the 1993 albums that re- 1993, with "Pray" certified gold of several newcomers, many of them tion for sales of 60,000, gold for lower certification award). ceived platinum certifications, "Bat (400,000 units); "Babe," "Relight My dance- or reggae- oriented acts 100,000, and platinum for 300,000. Because compilation albums are Out of Hell II" from Meat Loaf on Fire," and "Why Can't I Wake Up including Ace Of Base, Culture Beat, Platinum certifications were ranked on a separate chart in the Virgin Records was the year's hig- With You" certified silver (200,000); Chaka Demus & Pliers, Haddaway, awarded to nine compilation sets re- U.K., the platinum certifications hest seller, with certified sales ex- and the 1992 single "Could It Be Apache Indian, Shaggy, and Bitty leased last year, including "Hits '93," issued twice a year by the BPI offer ceeding 1.5 million, or quintuple plat- Magic" also certified silver during McLean. "100% Dance," and "100% Dance Vol. an opportunity to compare their sales inum. first -half 1993. 2" from Telstar Records; "The Best to those of albums by individual art- The top -selling 1993 album by a Four singles released during 1993 Assistance in preparing this story Dance Album In The World" from ists. The sales certifications also allow U.K. artist, according to the certifica- received platinum certifications for was provided by Julie Boodhoo in Virgin Records; "It's Christmas a comparison of the sales perform- tions, was "So Close" by Dina Carroll, sales of 600,000 units: "All That She London. Time" from EMI Records; "Origi- ances of various labels, distributors, nals" from Columbia Records; and and genres. As with U.S. sales certifi- three discs in the "Now" series, Nos. cations by the Recording Industry 24 through 26, released on the EMI/ Assn. of America, a record label must Virgin/PolyGram label and marketed request that a title be certified. by EMI's strategic marketing divi- The BPI certifications, like those sion. from the RIAA, are for cumulative A HASSLEFEE POPUP MECHANISM FOR In addition, one of the strongest- sales. For example, the long -awaited selling albums of 1993 in the U.K. was release on compact disc last fall of a 1992 release, the soundtrack to "The Beatles: 1962 -66" and "The Bea- "The Bodyguard," which also was tles: 1967 -70" helped propel those ti- EASY AND SAFE CD RELEASE classified as a compilation for chart tles to double -platinum (600,000) cer- purposes. It was certified by the BPI tification in second -half 1993, for sales of 1.2 million as of December although that figure also includes vi- 1993. nyl and cassette sales because both "The whole compilation market has double -albums were first released in picked up a lot in the past year or 18 1973. months," says Sean O'Brien, chair- On the accompanying chart, Bill- man of Telstar Holdings, whose rec- board has culled from the BPI certifi- ord label is distributed by BMG. cations those albums released during At the same time, says O'Brien, the 1993 to compare the sales perform- field has become more competitive as ances of current titles by distributor. more record companies weigh in with No independently distributed albums entries in that market. received platinum or platinum -plus Although the compilations give certification from the BPI during buyers an opportunity to collect hits 1993. Among the five major distribu- without taking a chance on a full al- tors, the tally shows that EMI ranked bum by a single artist, O'Brien, for first, with 14 platinum or platinum - one, challenges the view that such col- plus albums in its pipeline. The Poly-

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10 10 ELTON JOHN DUETS ROCKET 1 1 ALL FOR LOVE BRYAN ADAMS /ROD STEWART/ no trustworthy charts are compiled and acts often have no way of 11 16 GARTH BROOKS IN PIECES CAPITOL STING POLYGRAM measuring commercial success, the Ovatsiya Awards assume a 12 12 BJORK DEBUT MOTHER /ONE LITTLE INDIAN 2 2 THE RETURN TO INNOCENCE ENIGMA VIRGIN heightened significance in determining an artist's standing in the 13 18 MICHAEL BOLTON THE ONE THING COLUMBIA 3 3 JUNGLEDYRET DIVERSE SONY - 14 15 ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION MEGA 4 5 TWIST & SHOUT CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS HMG/ business. Among this year's winners were film director Fiodor Bon 15 17 M- PEOPLE ELEGANT SLUMMING deCONSTRUCTION ARIOLA darchuk, for his videoclip "Who Said ?" sung by Vladimir Presniy- 16 NEW RICHARD MARX PAID VACATION CAPITOL 5 7 FIVE LIVE GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN WITH LISA akov; Presniyakov himself, who received an award for his album 17 13 GUNS N' ROSES THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? STANSFIELD EMI . com- GEFFEN 6 NEW JAR OF FLIES ALICE IN CHAINS sow "Stewardess Named .. "; Igor Nikolayev, who was named best 18 14 CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS TEASE ME MANGO 7 4 THE SIGN ACE OF BASE MEGA SCANDINAVIAN poser /songwriter of the year and, together with singer Natasha Kor- 8 6 MOVE ME BASIC ELEMENT EMI 19 20 DIE ARZTE DIE BESTE IN MENSCHENGESTALT IDSS e oliova, also received the award for best album of the year for "The 9 NEW IMPOSSIBLE CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD MEGA METRONOME i(PÑlllbÁBÑ fiì1Ì'ÖH Dolphin And The Mermaid "; Dessa Co., which received the award for 20 NEW THERAPY? TROUBLEGUM A &M SCANDINAVIAN KRISJANIS BARONS 10 NEW DET ER SAMFUNDETS SKYLD TV:2 the most important event in show business for staging Michael Jack- PLADECOMPAGNIE I son's concert in Moscow last September; Boris Moisseyev Concerts, ALBUMS which won best show in 1993; Irina Allegrova, who was voted best female singer; and Philip 1 NEW TV.2 VERDENS LYKKELIGSTE MAND NORWAY (VERDENS GANG Norway) 2/12/94 PLADECOMPAGNIET Kirkorov, who was named best male singer. VADIM YURCHENKOV 2 1 ENIGMA THE CROSS OF CHANGES VIRGIN THIS WEEK WEEK SINGLES 3 2 BRYAN ADAMS SO FAR SO GOOD A &M PORTUGAL: Vitorino, long known as one of the best singers of urban songs, a respected song- 4 5 DIVERSE AH ABE! SONY 1 1 ALL FOR LOVE BRYAN ADAMS /ROD STEWART/ and an investigator of rural songs, has a top 10 album. "As Mais Bonitas" STING A&M 5 3 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP HMG writer, traditional 2 7 SE ILDEN LYSE SISSEL KYRKJEBO STAGEWAV/BMG 6 4 EARTH WIND & FIRE THE VERY BEST OF ... SONY is a compilation of the best -loved songs of his career, as chosen by David Ferreira, MD of 3 3 STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA BRUCE 7 6 ZAPP ZAPP YOU BETTER BELIEVE MEGA EMI/Valentim de Carvalho, and Vitorino himself. Highlights include a new version of "Laur- SPRINGSTEEN Sony SCANDINAVIAN inda," a new arrangement of "Menina Estás A Janela" and a beautiful, traditional song from 4 2 HERO MARIAH CAREY SONY 8 NEW ROLLING STONES JUMP BACK '71 -'93 VIRGIN 5 6 RETURN TO INNOCENCE ENIGMA VIRGIN 9 8 ZZ TOP ANTENNA BMG the South rural region of Alentejo, the never-before -recorded "0 Rama 0 Que Linda Rama." 6 NEW AMAZING AEROSMITH BMG 10 9 ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION U.S. VERSION MEGA FERNANDO TENENTE SCANDINAVIAN 7 4 JUST MISSED THE TRAIN TRINE REIN EMI 8 5 NOW AEROSMITH EGYPT: "Tarab" (Emotion Of Joy) on Enja Records is the latest album from the Lebanese ex- 9 8 NOW AND FOREVER RICHARD MARX EMI SWITZERLAND (MEDIA CONTROL Switzerland) 2/20/94 10 NEW BABE TAKE THAT BMG patriate Rabih Abu Khalil. It is dominated by the soaring sound of the nai (Arab flute), played THIS LAST ALBUMS WEEK WEEK SINGLES by Salim Kusur, and the oud (Arab lute), played by Khalil himself, accompanied by Arabic

1 1 TRINE EMI REIN FINDERS KEEPERS 1 1 ALL FOR LOVE BRYAN ADAMS/ROD STEWART/ and Indian percussive instruments and bass. A mature and meditative work, the album finds 2 2 MARIAN CAREY MUSIC BOX SONY STING POLYGRAM Khalil still searching for his own identity, a quest begun on his previous recordings "Al Jadida" 3 3 PRIMA VERA ABSOLUTE PRIMA VERA EVI/EMI 2 2 U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC CAPELLA PHONOGRAM 4 4 ZZ TOP ANTENNA BMG/ARIOLA 3 NEW IT'S ALRIGHT EAST 17 POLYGRAM and "Blue Camel" (the latter a surprisingly strong seller abroad, particularly in France and 5 9 ENIGMA THE CROSS OF CHANGES VIRGIN 4 5 TAKE CONTROL D.J. BOBO FRESH Germany). Khalil belongs to the new generation of Arab players who concentrate on instrumen- 6 6 VARIOUS DANCE COLLECTION 6 MEGA 5 6 RETURN TO INNOCENCE ENIGMA EMI tal music. He has absorbed the latest sounds and has clearly been influenced by his contempo- 7 7 ALICE IN CHAINS JAR OF FLIES /SAP SONY 6 3 I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO Khalil remains one of key innovators 8 10 JOKKE & VALENTINERNE ALT KAN REPETERES THAT) MEAT LOAF EMI raries, especially the Tunisian Anwar Brahem. But the SONET 7 4 THE SIGN ACE OF BASE POLYGRAM in this field, while his skill as an oud player and the compositions on "Tarab" mark him as 9 NEW VARIOUS NORSKE HITS 1980 -1989 POLYGRAM 8 NEW RIGHT IN THE NIGHT JAM & SPOON SONY a performer at the highest international level. MUHAMMAD HIJAZI 10 8 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP BMG 9 8 BABE TAKE THAT BMG 10 / ANYTHING CULTURE BEAT SONY ALBUMS NETHERLANDS: "Rosebud" (Phonogram-Holland), a song by soul/hip -hop posse the Director's 1 1 GOTTHARD DIAL HARD BMc Cut, is being touted as the world's first CD -I single. Written by the group's frontmen -Frank 2 2 BRYAN ADAMS SO FAR SO GOOD A &M Affolter, Marc Pos, and rapper Guan "King Bee" Elmzoon -the single is being marketed BELGIUM (IFPI Belgium/SABAM) 2/11/94 3 3 a TOP ANTENNA BUG as a combination of song and digital videoclip. The single can be played on a CD -I player as 4 4 MEAT LOAF BAT OUT OF HELL II EMI THIS LAST with 5 5 ENIGMA THE CROSS OF CHANGES EMI well as on a traditional CD player. However, the clip can only be shown on a CD -I player WEEK WEEK SINGLES 6 6 ELTON JOHN DUETS ROCKET /PHONOGRAM a video cartridge. Pos, a student at the TV and Film Academy in Amsterdam, wrote the script 1 2 LA SOLITUDINE LAURA PAUSINI coo 7 7 PHIL COLLINS BOTH SIDES WARNER for the videoclip, which one of top actors, Peter Faber, alongside fellow 2 1 ALL FOR LOVE BRYAN ADAMS /ROD STEWART/ stars the country's 8 10 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP BUG STING POLYGRAM thespians Isa Hoes and Antoine Kamerling, a gospel choir called Suraned, 20 dancers from 9 9 ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION U.S. VERSION 3 4 LET THE BEAT CONTROL YOU 2 UNLIMITED BYTE POLYGRAM discotheque IT, and a cast of 100 extras. WILLEM HOGS 4 5 IN YOUR ROOM DEPECHE MODE MUTE 10 NEW THE MONKS OF SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS 5 3 IT'S A LOVING THING CB MILTON BYTE RECORDS CANTO GREGORIANO EMI 6 7 PLEASE FORGIVE ME BRYAN ADAMS A&M IRELAND: Declan Masterson is a Dublin -born uileann piper whose previous bands include 7 10 DOOP DOOP CLUASTITUTE Moving Hearts and Patrick Street, and who has worked with Bono, Christy Moore, Eleanor 8 6 URGENCE POWER PEOPLE POWER PEOPLE ARGENTINA (C.A.P.I.F.) 2/11/94 McEvoy, Elmer Bernstein, and the London Symphony 9 9 U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC CAPELLA RED BULLET 10 NEW NEVER ALONE 2 BROTHERS ON THE 4TH INDISC THIS LAST Orchestra. His new album, "Tropical Trad" (Start), applies WEEK WEEK ALBUMS ALBUMS innovative arrangements to a selection of jigs, reels, horn- 1i2 1 2 LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS VASOS VACIOS sow 1 1 DANA WINNER REGENBOGEN ASSEKREM pipes, polkas, and a slow air. The unusual title track, written -£, 2 3 LUIS MIGUEL ARIES WARNER IRp4M R&UBite 2 3 STEP BOS VUUR HAM r 3 4 ACE OF BASE THE SIGN B MG by Masterson and featuring Keith Donald of Moving «, 3 2 BRYAN ADAMS SO FAR SO GOOD A&M 4 NEW AEROSMITH GET A GRIP BMG Hearts on saxophone, was inspired by "Amazon Beaming," 4 4 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP GEFFEN S NEW EROS AMAZZOTTI TODD HISTORIAS Bc ti 5 7 LAURA PAUSINI LAURA PAUSINI cco a book about a journey up the Amazon, and boasts a samba 6 NEW LOS LANDRONES SUELTOS LOS LADRONES THERE RCA 6 6 ROCH VOISINE I'LL ALWAYS BE SUELTOS SONY rhythm. A suite comprising "Full Moon," "Trail Of Tears," f 7 10 ZZ TOP ANTENNA RCA 7 1 BRYAN ADAMS SO FAR SO GOOD POLYDOR and "Keep Her Going" is Masterson's tribute to the Choc- OUTOF-HELLI EPIC 8 8 MEAT LOAF BAT 8 8 VILMA PALMA E VAMPIROS- 3980- BARCLAY taw Indian nation,whì h sent money to relieve Irish famine 9 NEW PHILIPPE LAFONTAINE D ICI ARCHIP'L 9 NEW VARIOUS ASPEN 102.3 - GRANDES EXITOS BMG TOPKAPI 1840s. 10 NEW WILL TURA TURA S GROOTSE HITS 10 NEW VARIOUS SOL Y ROCK '94 SONY victims in the "Trail Of Tears" commemorates the Choctaws' long forced march from eastern Mississippi to Oklahoma. Masterson visited the tribe in Oklahoma and wrote the suite in its honor. KEN STEWART

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Loreena McKennitt's Following Swells newsline... Multi -Instrumentalist's New Warner Set Due Soon GERMAN PUBLISHER BMG UFA Musikverlage has acquired Jack White's mu- BY LARRY LeBLANC Warner Music Canada. Prior to sign- cordion, and synthesizer. With produc- sic publishing house, Young Musikverlage. BMG has also signed a long -term ing the Warner deal, however, McKen- tion assistance from guitarist Brian deal with Transcontinent Musikverlage, White's new publishing venture. The TORONTO- Nearing the March 15 nitt had established a substantial sales Hughes and engineer Jeff Wolpert, she Young catalog features 700 titles, including international hits such as Laura Canadian release of her new album, base for music on her own Quinlan moves away from the Celtic themes ev- Branigan's "Self Control" as well as many German million- sellers. "The Mask And Mirror" (due March 22 Road label, which was marketed ident on her previous albums and em- in the U.S.), Warner Music Canada through several distributors. While braces music influenced by the cul- MORE THAN 70 Spanish -language radio stations in the U.S. and in six Latin multi -instrumentalist Loreena McKen- "Elemental," her 1985 debut album tures of Spain, Morocco, and France. American countries have acquired syndication rights to a weekly four -hour nitt is still receiving sizable recognition sold 20,000 copies, a 1987 seasonal col- Some of the songs have original lyrics Spanish and European music special from Spain's Cadena SER. "Dial Latino" for her 1991 album "The Visit." lection, "To Drive The Cold Weather while other material is based on works will cover the full spectrum of contemporary music in Spain, including ballads, Released by Warner Music Interna- Away," sold a modest 6,000 copies, and by Shakespeare, rumbas, and mambo. The syndication idea is backed by Spain's rights society, tional in more than 35 countries world- a 1989 album, "Parallel Dreams," sold William Butler SGAE. wide, "The Visit" made sales break- 25,000 copies here. Yeats, and the throughs in Spain, Portugal, and the " The Visit' has sold 260,000 units 15th -century DOUBLE BRITS winner Björk is the subject of a U.K. High Court lawsuit from U.S. and is still selling," says Stan Kuhn, Spanish mystic musician Simon Lovejoy, who claims he co-wrote four tracks on the artist's " The Visit' has had a very slow but president of Warner Music Canada. writer and vision- album "Debut." Producer Nellee Hooper and Björk's label, One Little Indian, steady [sales] growth here," says Peter "That's without [record] clubs or even ary St. John of the are also named as co- defendants. In a separate case currently being heard Standish, product manager for Warner a video. We anticipate that we'll do an- Cross. in the High Court, ex -Cure member Lol Tolhurst is suing band leader Robert Bros./Reprise in Los Angeles. "We've other 100,000 units commercially. Her "The Mask And Smith and Chris Parry, boss of their label Fiction. Tolhurst claims he received sold 200,000 copies, but at no time did catalog, which we picked up on a distri- McKENNITT Mirror" developed an unequal share of the band's earnings and has also told of malicious treat- the record explode. It's been like a tor- bution deal about nine months after when McKennitt ment by other members of the band. The courts have heard tales of the whole toise that won't let up." The Visit,' has since done another visited friends in a village near Gran- band's drinking exploits, and the supposed victimization of Tolhurst by the In Canada, "The Visit" gave McKen- 100,000 units." ada, Spain, in January 1993. On a night rest of the band. The case is expected to last six weeks. nitt an impressive national profile. It The heavily layered new album finds trip to Granada, she was captivated by was her first album under a deal with McKennitt playing mostly piano, ac- the city's Moorish district. "This project began with a lingering imagery about Spain at night in a mar- ket that haunted my imagination," she ANGEL LURES NEW CUSTOMERS says. "I felt, Well I'm going to follow (Continued from page 1) this and see where this goes.' It slowly PolyGram, Sony, and BMG. He high -quality transfers to CD and George" and "Into The Woods." portunities in not going after U.S. became the umbrella of themes or claims this growth has moved EMI scholarly liner notes featured with Also in the works is another jazz artists who were big already or had ideas that Spain was the crossroads of into a virtual second -place tie with the reissues have been welcomed project with Andre Previn, to be a big career potential but did not Western civilization in the 15th century Sony and BMG for market share. by students of the musical theater. produced by Phil Ramone. replicate what we were doing in in the areas of astronomy, literature, "PolyGram is, admittedly, far -and- In addition, Angel, under the Europe." and music. Not to mention that Spain away the No. 1 classical label," con- A &R direction of Tony McAnany, FRESH MARKETING METHODS With an increase in the domestic embodied these three religions, Ju- cedes Murphy. "But we've moved has created specialized recordings Murphy believes that fresh mar- recording budget and a focus on daism, Islam, and Christianity." up [to be] directly competitive with with the musical theater fan in keting methods are required to signing new American artists who McKennitt rehearsed and recorded Sony and BMG after being a dis- mind, including original orchestra- reach the crossover customer. He perform widely in concert, the label the bulk of "The Mask And Mirror" tant fourth." Murphy also reports tions that hark back to the golden says 30- second TV commercials are has since brought on such Ameri- last July and August at home, a stone that sales during the three -year pe- age of musical theater. Many of on their way for the "Chant" album, can talents as violinists Nadja Sa- house on a 160 -acre lot named Woodley riod showed a gain of 24 %. The these discs are under the supervi- "Heavy Classix" line, and Peters lerno- Sonnenberg and Sarah Farm in rural Stratford, Ontario. company does not break out its fig- sion and baton of musical theater set, as well as for an :mportant orig- Chang, guitarist Christopher Dar- "We rented equipment, a 24 -track ures. scholar John McGlinn. In true inal cast album he is trying to nail kening, and pianists Awadagin machine from Studer, and made the To Murphy, profitability cannot crossover tradition, theater songs down. In the pure classical vein, ca- Pratt and Ruth Ann Swenson. dining room the control room," she be separated from creativity. "I be- are performed by opera stars Tho- ble may be used to sell an album Pratt and Swenson make their says. 'We were able to work with the lieve it enables us to take chances, mas Hampson, Frederica Von featuring the late opera diva Maria EMI Classics debuts in April and pieces until they grew too big for the take risks." In other words, with Stade, and Samuel Ramey, among Callas. the fall, respectively. 24 -track machine. Then we'd go into good business comes more dollars others. From the world of pop mu- After reaching his goal for finan- While the label's marketing McClear Place and dump tracks down to get the product out. In fact, EMI sic, a Carly Simon children's album cial efficiency, Murphy hired ex- team, headed by VP of sales and so we'd have more tracks to work with Records Group North America also was released. EMI Music staffer Deborah Dugan market development Gilbert Het - at the farm." chairman /CEO Charles Koppel - Angel is also the home for sound- as VP of business affairs to help ex- herwick, makes extensive use of McKennitt says she was drawn to man has approved an 80% increase track scores, including "Remains pand the label. "I thought my task telemarketing to reach accounts, it the works of Shakespeare, Yeats, and in the label's recording budget. Of The Day" and "Shadowlands," was essentially to put Angel into also is using creative product/mar- St. John of the Cross because of their "The budget [increase] goes to both of which stem from an exclu- profitability, and in order to do keting ploys to reach computer choice of words and sense of rhythm. the heart of my confidence in Steve sive distribution deal with Mer- that, we had to set up systems and homes. "There are certain poets who tend to and his terrific team," says Koppel - chant -Ivory Productions. Angel, in work hard at creating an efficient The Key To Classics, a single write in a style that lends itself well to man. "Angel is positioned to be- fact, distributes all soundtracks in [operation] in such areas as ware- composer line debuting with 12 ti- being musically adjoined," she says. come the place of choice in this type the Merchant -Ivory catalog. housing, manufacturing, distribu- tles, with 12 more due in June, of- For musical arrangements, McKen- of music because of the unique Angel's crossover does not stop tion -all nuts -and -bolts stuff," he fers "interactive versions" of the nitt told her musicians what imagery ways in which they market this mu- there. Pianist John Bayless had a says. "With that done, I felt we had CD liner notes replete with graph- she was trying to create, what instru- sic and its artistic sensibility." 14 -week run at No. 1 last year on an opportunity to really grow and ics on a 31/4-inch computer disk for ments she wanted to work with, then Since taking charge, Murphy has Billboard's classical crossover chart expand. With Deborah, I've got a Macintosh or Windows platforms left them to experiment. "The result is restructured EMI's classical arm with "The Puccini Album." And in great manager with A &R sensibili- for each title. Available for $5 via a a mix of my own curosity and imagina- into two distinct entities. EMI Clas- March, the label will release ties who can bring in new business form inserted into each Key To tion and my aspiration to articulate sics offers traditional classical fare, "Chant -The Benedictine Monks with joint ventures and acquisi- Classics release, the floppy disk al- those images musically," she says. both new and catalog, including the Of Santo Domingo De Silos," which tions." lows users to program the playback Noting that she tinkered with tracks highly regarded Virgin Classics la- has already garnered radio atten- Murphy was recruited from book of the audio CD in a CD -ROM for the album through late January, bel acquired by EMI Music with tion in the U.S. (Billboard, Jan. 29). publisher Simon & Schuster by player. McKennitt laughs at the suggestion the Virgin label holdings in 1992. The recent recruitment of A &R then -Capitol -EMI Music chief Joe Angel A& R director McAnany is that she had difficulty letting go of the Angel, a crossover entity, includes director McAnany, says Murphy, Smith, following the retirement of also involved in a CD -ROM version recording. "Even though there are lots the Broadway and West End im- was part of a strategy to accelerate the legendary Capitol and Angel for release this Christmas of An- of niggardly things that I would have prints. Angel's pop- tinged aims. A pop executive Brown Meggs. In subse- gel's two -disc package of Tchai- loved to fix, I was happy to let it go," Broadway and West End were A& R man formerly associated with quent meetings with EMI Music kovsky's "The Nutcracker," which she says. "I can live with a project for established as outlets for new, orig- Ensonic Co., a maker of studio key- president/CEO Jim Fifield, Mur- Murphy says has sold 100,000 co- so long, and I've been living with this inal cast albums -starting with the boards and other equipment, phy was told of a need for Angel "to pies to date as a conventional CD. for much longer than I anticipated." current hit "Crazy For You," fea- McAnany is negotiating with a be invested in, move its headquar- "I'm bullish about the market for McKennitt begins a promo tour of turing the music of George and Ira "name" rock act to produce a disc ters from Los Angeles [to New this music, crossover and classical Europe, where the album will be re- Gershwin, and "Annie Warbucks," due this fall. In addition, Angel will York], and create a plan for the fol- together," says Murphy. "There is leased March 7, with a stop in Ham- the "Annie" sequel -and reissues release an album by Bernadette lowing year." a vast population out there that burg on Tuesday (1). A two -week con- drawn from the extensive original Peters that will include a new song In the classical area, Murphy doesn't buy several albums a week, cert tour of Spain and Portugal will cast/soundtrack vaults of the Capi- by Stephen Sondheim, whose mate- says that when he first talked with but one or two or three a year. But follow, ending in Lisbon on March 31. tol and United Artists labels, its sis- rial Peters has sung as an original Angel veteran Tony Coronia -re- when they do, it can be impressive. Following a short break, she will tour ter labels in the U.S., and that of its cast member of Sondheim shows cently elevated by Murphy to A &R Our goal is to drive the occasional two more weeks in Europe before re- U.K. parent, EMI Records. The such as "Sunday In The Park With chief -they identified "missed op- customer into the retail stores." turning to Canada.

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Corporate Showcase Stores On Rise kM% Outlets Build Images, Promote Brands This story is part of an ongoing se- themselves, according to retail ana- store, called the Sony Gallery of Con- ries of articles on non -music retail lysts and consultants. sumer Electronics, opened in De- sectors. The Sony and Nike showcase cember 1991 on Chicago's North Mi- stores, for example, are predomi- chigan Avenue. It carries mostly BY ANNA ROBATON nantly promotional vehicles, accord- Sony electronic products. ing to Carl E. Steidtmann, director Sony Plaza includes a 222 -seat pub- A number of corporate giants, and chief economist of Management lic atrium, 14,000 square feet of retail including Warner Bros. and Sony, Horizons, the retail consulting divi- space, and a 17,000 -square -foot free - have taken retailing to its fmal fron- sion of Price Waterhouse. The technology lab with educational ex- tier in an effort to promote their Warner Bros. and Disney stores, on hibits and a high -definition interac- brands and build their images. the other hand, are profit- driven, tive theater. Visitors can try Sony Warner Bros. and Sony join Nike, Steidtmann says. stereo systems, view a large- screen Coca -Cola, Disney, and now MGM in "They [Sony and Nike stores] are television, or watch trailers on moni- The Das Effect. Visiting the Peppermint's store at Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall a lineup of manufacturers that re- done for corporate image. They are a tors throughout the plaza. recently were the members of the rap group Das EFX. Pictured, from left, are cently have launched so-called show- place to do product testing and to The product mix consists of several Skoob of Das EFX; Carla Reeves of Peppermint's; Dray of Das EFX; Brian Bradley case stores. Located in either high - present the whole line in one place. hundred store- keeping units, includ- of Peppermint's; and Joe Diaz, Southeast Regional Promotions Manager, profile downtown settings or domi- They are done to try to give retailers ing CDs, MiniDiscs, cassettes, and EastWest Records. nant malls, the stores are designed to an idea of different marketing and videos. In all, the Sony Plaza store entertain visitors with music, video, presentation techniques. The real carries about 50 music titles and 40 interactive features, and theatrical purpose of them is not necessarily to video titles, according to a Sony architectural designs. make a buck," Steidtmann says. spokesman. Experts say the stores, which have "That is not the case with either the "Our goal is not to be a music store Handleman Reports Sales Dip attracted a lot of media attention, al- Warner or Disney stores," he adds. in the same vein as Virgin or HMV or low corporations to take their mes- "There will be a spin -off advantage of Tower, but to always be highlighting Customers' Inventory Cutbacks Hurt sages and products directly to the creating higher visibility for the new releases from Sony artists," says public, cutting through the clutter of Warner and Disney properties, but H. Guy Leibler, president /general BY DON JEFFREY to the products supplied by Handle- today's crowded retail market. They the real purpose of the concept is to manager of Sony Plaza. man Co., the customer's ability to also may serve as testing grounds for make a buck." Leibler says Sony Plaza has much NEW YORK -Handleman Co., the reduce store inventories via ship- products and stages for new market- Sony unveiled its second store, in in common with Nike Town, a show- big distributor of home entertain- ping restrictions and merchandise ing and merchandising techniques. the newly created Sony Plaza, in No- case format that features Nike sports ment products, warns that custom- returns to Handleman resulted in Although some showcase formats vember. The 40,000 -square -foot plaza and fitness products in a setting that ers' inventory concerns have re- January net sales significantly be- are highly profitable and have huge is located on Madison Avenue in is described by one observer as part duced third- quarter sales and low last year's January volume." expansion potential, others may gen- Manhattan in the building housing Disneyland, part MTV. Nike Town earnings from last year's levels. In addition to the drop in net erate only enough sales to sustain Sony Music Entertainment. The first stores are located in Portland, Ore.; The preliminary financial report sales, there was a decline in mar- on North Michigan Avenue in Chi- caused a sharp drop in the rackjob- gins. The company stated, "The pri- cago; and in Costa Mesa, Calif. ber's stock. mary reasons for the decrease in The 68,000- square -foot Nike Town The company says that the de- gross profit margin percentage store in Chicago features 18 different crease in overall revenues "was pri- were customers' restricting music pavilions, each dedicated to different marily attributable to a decline in reorder shipments to top -selling Nike product collections. The video - music sales." items, which carry lower gross theater pavilion boasts a continuous For the fiscal quarter, which profit margins since such items are video presentation that blends high- ended Jan. 31, Troy, Mich. -based heavily discounted, and a decrease lights from the careers of leading Handleman expects music sales to in sales of high margin budget mu- athletes with Nike television ads. The fall about 18% from last year's sic product." Nike Town in Portland, Ore., features third -quarter level of $195.8 mil- Strome also said that "customer a water -sports pavilion with a salt- lion. That decline would leave music concerns about overall store inven- water aquarium that has fish to sales at $160.6 million. tory levels will continue to have a match the colors on Nike's water foot- A release by Handleman presi- dampening effect on the company's wear. dent Steve Strome said, "After the sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal "[Sony Plaza] is similar in form to first two months of the third quar- 1994. We are currently exploring what Nike is doing with Nike Town, ter, the company's net sales were opportunities to create additional where they sell their gear but they do almost equal to the net sales level of promotions in our product lines to it in a manner where they showcase the comparable two months in the offset a forecasted sales decline." their athletes," Sony's Leibler says. prior year. Customer requirements The company racks music and "We think we showcase our artists to reduce their overall store inven- other entertainment software at and the movies that we make, and we tory levels, however, severely im- the nation's biggest mass -mer- Customers listen to Sony Music albums on Sony Electronics hardware at the new do it on these wonderful tools that we pacted Handleman Co.'s net sales chants, chains like Kmart and Wal- Sony showcase store on the ground level of the company's new headquarters manufacture," he adds. An estimated during the third month of the quar- Mart. on Madison Avenue in New York. 3,000 to 5,000 people pass through ter. Though customer inventory Handleman says it expects video (Continued on page 56) concerns may not primarily relate (Continued on page 56)

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Christian Retailers Discuss Competing With Mass Merchants BY PATRICIA BATES and musical guests Margaret Becker, going out. You don't just go and buy a Charge them for Bible-engraving, and be one," said Burnes. 'We have let Out Of The Grey, Charlie Peacock, Mi- Bible bookstore-you've got to want to give them $1 for filling out a marketing price become the issue ... it's no won- NASHVILLE -Christian bookstores chael Card, 'Avila Paris, and Geoff be in this business." survey at the counter. Sell them some- der we've left people with the alterna- can never beat the Wal- Marts, Kmarts, Moore came in for events. CBA members said that customers thing else while they are there, and be tive of `why not go to Wal-Mart, Kmart, Targets, and other mass merchan- "You have something no one else has often buy Bibles at Wal-Mart, then go as kind and courteous as you can so Target ?' " disers on price, but they can exceed ... you are more than a retailer. You to Christian bookstores to have them they will be back." "Ma -and -pa retailing creates 80% of them in customer service and product are a ministry to the mdustry," Burnes engraved. Burnes reminded them that Membership clubs like Sam's are the jobs and wealth in this country," line. said Jan. 29 during the final CBA cele- a sale is a sale, whether or not their also cost- cutting CDs, tapes, and said Burnes. Years ago, he added, peo- "No one does battle with Wal -Mart bration luncheon. "This is something store is the second choice. books. "Even if you do beat them, they ple were more loyal to their store own- and wins," said Kent Burnes, instruc- that Sam's Club can't or won't provide "Don't you think they might have will come back and give it away for ers. Today, "when they see a CD at tor of a daylong seminar, "Competing ... This is what makes you different. been led to you by Wal- Mart ?" asked free. You are not a discount retailer- half-price, the shopper takes off with With National Discounters," here Jan. Remember it going in; don't think of it Burnes. "Then use this as an incentive. if you have $1 billion or more, you can (Continued on next page) 29 at the Christian Booksellers Assn.'s first CBA Expo '94. "Even if you got a judgment against them and you col- lected, it would be less than 30 seconds of their total sales ... only a chink in their armor. But if you attack that plat- ing in other areas, you can be fantasti- cally successful at what you do." Small businesses can combat the large with extended hours, displays, in- house marketing, on -site promotion, credit options, local advertising, and staff. Burnes, president of the Burnes Consulting Group (BCG) of Ft. Bragg, Calif., has advised such organizations as the American Wholesale Marketers r Assn. and dozens of municipal govern- +OARD ments, chambers of commerce, and fi- nancial development centers since 1986. Christian merchants could raise prices if they have to on B, C, and D items -while the Wal -Marts are lower- ing theirs on A items -because they BILIBORI carry those names exclusively, he said. They also can stock gifts or accessories to go with CDs or tapes that Wal-Mart doesn't have in inventory, he said. Sparrow Records president Bill Hearn supported much of what Burnes said with statements and statistics. His NAR label has seen a 13% sales increase this year in CDs and tapes through CBA retailers, and a 17% average increase over the past few years. SUPERSECTION "The smaller stores will have to be- Billboard welcomes you aboard the come more aggressive," Hearn told 1994 NARM spotlight. The upcoming Billboard. "The independents have to report on this ever expanding industry add more accounts. We at Sparrow are will be one of the highlights of being fair and evening it out ... We're Billboard's centennial year. doing all kinds of promotions with ev- erybody, such as Sam Goody, Block- Ed Christman and Don Jeffrey will buster, Camelot, the Targets, and the update readers on future trends and Wal- Marts, too." Altogether, current how they will effect each level of the revenues for Sparrow are twice what industry. they were before EMI began distribut- ing the label about a year and a half All the players on the information ago, said Hearn. power-track will be covered in this Sparrow now has one full -time mer- special issue. So be a part of the NARM chandiser for in -store displays, and supersection and let Billboard be your wants to hire others, perhaps using col- transportation to success! lege interns. Both Word Inc. and Spar- row Corp. have these programs. 212.536.5004 - EAST "I think that the more you expose Nancy Bowman, Ken Piotrowski, Norm Berkowitz the product to the masses, the more all 213. 2300 - WEST of us will benefit," Hearn says. "I think 525. Gary Nuell, Robin Friedman, Jodie LeVitus direct mail stimulates retail, and TVA simulates retail. This only creates 212. 536. 5017 - MIDWEST more interest for an artist like [Spar- Ken Karp row's] Carman, because you can only get his back catalog of songs at Chris- 615. 321. 4294 - NASHVILLE tian bookstores." Lee Mn Photoglo The Christian Music & Video Retail committee also is "very excited about ISSUE DATE: 3 /2 6 bringing SoundScan into the market," A ` 3 said Hearn, who heads CMVR. 'We CLOSE: have a May 1 start date, and half the commitments are in from the record companies now." The CBA Expo '94 winter trade show was SRO with 161 exhibitors, and BONUS DISTRIBUTION AT THE NARM CONVENTION IN SAN FRANCISCO 3/19- 3/22 the Jan. 25 -29 conference registered about 2,000 attendees. Authors Max Lucado and Naomi Judd signed books,

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CHRISTIAN RETAILERS DISCUSS COMPETING WITH MASS MERCHANTS (Continued from preceding page) Retailer Thrives her basket with turbo- charged heels. urbanites feel those of membership room," said Burnes. He noted that some customers com- 'We know that studies say that only clubs and discounters more immedi- However, he noted, customers still plain that "you can never get waited Used Vinyl 19% of consumers will go anywhere for ately, said Burnes. Proprietors want real "human contact," and this is on" at mass merchants' stores. "Cus- With price, but for the other 81 %, if the shouldn't take a "ready, fire, aim" or why many national retailers started tomer service" is not just, being ticket is under $100 the variable is "fire, fire, fire" defense toward opera- posting "greeters" at the doors of me- friendly, but encompasses many prac- On Music Row about 25 %," Burnes added. "Some tions, he noted. gastores a few years ago, said Burnes. tices, he said. shoppers associate low price with off- All America is seeing price wars Late Wal -Mart owner Sam Walton "They seem to tell us you can take BY PETER CRONIN brands, less selection, and poor quality. from home shopping networks and cat- wanted each customer to hear "Wel- care of all of life's needs right here," he Because of that, discounters now want alog houses, and soon possibly from come to Wal- Mart" at least once during said. "In 1994, you can actually go into NASHVILLE -In light of the rec- the same types of packaging for mer- "wall -less retailing," he noted. "They'll their stay. This is something that some places and get your marriage li- ord industry's concerns about used chandise as you have." all be looking forward to the day you nearly every small business can do, too, cense. What they won't do is bury you. CDs, a store that sells them in the Rural shopkeepers feel the effects of will put on a virtual- reality helmet and along with giving even more personal But they have customers believing that commercial heart of the country mail order and discounters first, while shop as if the mall was in your living attention, said Burnes. they get more there." music business might seem a dubi- ous proposition at best. But for the past 20 years Great Escape, located on the eastern edge of Nashville's Mu- sic Row, has been growing at a steady pace. DAVIS Now a fixture on the local scene, Great Escape has even earned the public admiration of one of the industry's most out- spoken opponents of the used -prod- uct trade, Garth Brooks. "Garth actually singled us out in an interview on TNN as a store he had no problem with, because we sell strictly used product and don't E3II_I_E3nAf?fETAIL IS COMING SOON TO A STORE NEAR YOU!

mix new and used under the same roof," says Great Escape co-man- ager Doyle Davis. That public acknowledgement was especially gratifying to Gary Walker, the store's founder and owner. A former songwriter whose credits include hit records by coun- try artists like Jim Reeves, Porter Wagoner, and Kitty Wells, Walker's sympathies have always fallen on the side of the music in- dustry, and he has steadfastly re- fused to carry promotional product. To judge from the store's traffic, the policy hasn't slowed his busi- ness down a bit. In addition to the rambling, 8,300- square -foot Nash- ville location, which also houses the company's administrative offices, S P Cri" LUG.. HT! Walker has opened a storefront lo- cation in nearby Madison, Tenn., and has established two similarly sized Kentucky locations, Great Es- cape Louisville and Pack Rat's in Bowling Green. With an uncanny knack for sniff- New York, Ken Piotrows

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SXSW Fires Up; Combustible Edison Rolls Out Sub Pop Set sOUTHWESTING: Many an inde- Pipeline ... Remember Tommy James Miss Lily Banquette, aka Liz Cox). The five -piece band began life as pendent soul is already gearing up for & the Shondells? (There's a K -tel Although Cudahy maintains that part of a 14-piece floor show revue, the the annual South By Southwest Music DECLARATIONS question for you.) Well, James himself "the Liberace Museum really deliv- "Tiki Wonder Hour"; its original, more & Media Conference in Austin, Texas. has released "Discography: Deals & ers," he calls Vegas "kind of a cross be- unwieldy handle was the Combustible This year's confab takes place at the Demos 1974- 1992," a two -CD set of his tween Indianapolis and Disneyland." Edison Heliotropic Oriental Mambo Austin Convention Center March 17 -20 post -Roulette recordings on his own Despite their flight from the city for And Foxtrot Orchestra. Aura Records label. The New York - the Eastern shores, Cudahy and Cox Taking a cue from this lifestyle -ori- (March 16, which previously was the INDEPENDENTS,. sole province of the Austin Music based company is being distributed na- remained intent on plumbing the gam- ented "call to the bar for the new cock- Awards ceremony, is now focused on tionally by M.S. Distribution in Chi- bling hub's mythos. With Combustible tail generation," the band hopes to the multimedia landscape). by Chris Morris cago ... In the Can't Believe Our Eyes Edison, they have forged a kind of Ve- bring its show to less -conventional ven- While SXSW has increasingly be- Department: The current issue of Roll- gas for the mind. ues when it hits the road. come a showcase for major -label talent and operator of the Watermelon Rec- ing Stone includes a style feature (hon- "If it works, it's partly because we "One of the big questions as far as and a buffet table for hungry ords label in Austin. est!) in which groovy indie -side folk are don't think of it as a retro thing," says touring is, where are we going to A &R execs, the conference's roots re- Grulke adds that he's seeking to pictured modeling expensive threads in Cudahy. "It's an aesthetic and an atti- play ?" Cudahy says. "We have to get main in the indie world. This year, as make the panels more adventurous this their decidedly downscale work spaces. tude you find all the time. The essence people in the proper mood to get it to ever, several panels have been set year, as the new panel names suggest. Among the fashion victims flyin' the of it is fabulousness ... There's sort of work ... We'll probably do some rock aside to focus on that community's con- Self -explanatory titles include "Junkie flannel: former Sub Pop "employee of a jet -set element to it." clubs, but we're looking for lounges." cerns. (Maybe we shouldn't call them In The Band" and "Musician Joke - the month" Curtis Pitts, Twin/Tone panels: According to size, they're being Off." On a deeper note, SXSW will in- founder Peter Jesperson, AutoTonic known as "Arena Shows," "Auditorium stitute what it calls a "mentor pro- publicity goddess Vicky Wheeler, and Dates," and "Club Gigs" this year.) gram," in which entry -level attendees Nasty Little Man flacks Steve Martin SXSW panel coordinator Brent will have access to one -on-one sessions and Perry Serpa. DI, who could use a Grulke filled DI in on tentative topics with seasoned industry vets. new wardrobe, feels totally left out. and speakers. Toss in several hundred live acts On March 17, "Indie Label Philoso- (including such recent Flag Waving FLAG WAVING: Ladies and gents, phies" will focus on the age -old debate subjects as the Blazers, Silkworm, pull up a martini and dig the efferves- about the aims of an independent im- and Sage) performing at the concur- cently swingin' sounds of Providence, print: Is it better to shoot for a hit or rent SXSW Music Festival, and a pro- R.I.'s Combustible Edison. slowly develop a catalog? Confirmed as vocative, noisy time is in the offing. The band's Sub Pop debut (aptly ti- panelists are Ken Irwin of Rounder tled "I, Swinger ") is a flammable cock- Records in Cambridge, Mass., and QUICK HITS: After little more than tail of Nino Rota, Julie London, Kurt Steve Wilkison of Austin's Dejadisc. three months on the job, Russ Martin Weill, and some original sounds that On March 18, a pair of panels will fo- has resigned as VP of marketing and would bring a smile to Esquivel's face. cus on the vicissitudes of distribution. development at REP Co. in Minneapo- Redolent of the low- roller lounge -rat * Premastering I Encoding The "Independent Distribution Vs. lis. Martin, who came to REP from scene, Combustible Edison is actually Major Distribution" debate will feature Precision Sound in Seattle, will return the inspiration of two Las Vegas emi- * Mastering I Galvanic grants. Jim Bradt of Rykodisc in Salem, to his hometown to join the audio -video * Glass Mastering Mass., and Sara Brace of Twin Cities firm Miramar Productions as VP of "I didn't think I'd be running into Distribution in Minneapolis. The major sales and marketing. In other REP Dean Martin on the streets there ... O PTIMAX * Replication indie panel posits a deathless question: news, Central regional manager but I thought there'd be some weird "Why Is My Record Not In The Buddy Parker has been promoted to underbelly that would be part of the TEL (800) 228 -6988 * 5 Color Multi -Color Printing Store?" Participants will include Ran- chief operating officer; he will relocate mythical Vegas we were in love with," * Complete Packaging dall Jamail of Justice Records in from Dallas . .. 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To p Pop.. Catalog Albums.. CORPORATIONS' SHOWCASE STORES ON RISE COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES Y Y REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan o (Continued from pays 51) cn it w á t`., ARTIST 111111 TITLE = Sony Plaza each day, Leibler says. He retailing to new heights. In 1987, the continuous screening of Warner Bros. f- 3 3 LABEL & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING I ABEL (SUG. I1ST PRA. E U declined to provide sales figures. Walt Disney Co. launched a chain films, animation, and music video im- * * * No. 1 * * * Although Sony and Nike operate that has become a staple in malls ages. MEAT LOAF ° BAT OUT OF HELL only a handful of stores in all, other throughout the country and has ex- One analyst estimates that the 1 1 CLEVELAND INT'L 34974`/EPIC í 10.98 EQ/15.981 19 weeks at No. 1 146 corporations have rolled out their panded abroad. store generates sales of $600 per THE EAGLES " GREATEST HITS 1971 1975 2 2 ELEKTRA 105* (7.98/11.98) 146 now showcase formats aggressively. Re- The Disney Stores chain has square foot, compared with average DANZIG DANZIG tail experts say expansion potential 258 units, 215 of which are in the U.S. sales of $400 per square foot for some 3 8 AMERICAN 24208/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) 7 hinges on a strong theme and a prod- The stores average more than $650 of the country's leading specialty re- BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS ° LEGEND uct mix that is broad and exciting per square foot in sales, with some tailers. Warner Bros. officials de- 4 3 TUFF GONG/ISLAND 846210 * /PLG (10.98/16.981 135 PINK FLOYD 12 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON enough to structure a store around. units topping $1,000. They carry a clined to release sales figures. 5 4 CAPITOL 46001* (9.98/15.98) 146 "There are two kinds of showplace wide range of Disney apparel and It has 3,000 SKUs including ap- ENYA 2 WATERMARK stores. One is a corporate image kind products and seek to combine retail- parel, fashion, home accessories, 6 5 REPRISE 26774/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) 123 THE BEATLES 5 1967 -1970 of thing, à la Sony Plaza. The other is ing and entertainment, while promot- books, videos, toys, posters, anima- 7 CAPITOL 97039 (14.98/31.981 20 ing films and art, and contemporary collecti- a store with tremendous excitement, the company's theme tion THE BEATLES 5 1962 -1966 where you can also make money and parks. bles. All the merchandise is based on 8 6 CAPITOL 97036 (14.98/31.98) 20 roll it out," says Howard Davidowitz, Warner Bros. followed suit in 1991, legendary Warner Bros. screen stars JOURNEY ° JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS 9 9 COLUMBIA 44493 (9.98 E0115.98) 146 chairman of Davidowitz & Associates opening its first Warner Bros. Studio and cartoon characters. The store's STEVE MILLER BAND 6 GREATEST HITS Inc., a New York-based national re- Store at the Beverly Center in Los video offering of some 60 titles in- 10 10 CAPITOL 46101 (7.98/11.98) 144 tail consulting firm. Angeles. By the end of 1993, the cludes cartoons and a few popular ti- PINK FLOYD 8 THE WALL Entertainment has become an im- Warner Bros. Studio Store chain had tles like "Batman" and its sequel. The 11 11 COLUMBIA 36183* (15.98 EQ/31.981 146 ERIC CLAPTON 3 TIME PIECES - THE BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON portant part of retailing in general, grown to 61 units, including six in the store does not carry music. 12 12 POLYDOR 825382* 17.98 E0111.981 146 experts say. "The way to win the con- U.K. Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer is hoping to JAMES TAYLOR ° GREATEST HITS sumer is to entertain. That is the The chain's 30,000 -square -foot flag- duplicate the success of Warner and 13 14 WARNER BROS. 3113* (7.98/11.98) 146 in is loca- Disney. In the spring, MGM plans to JIMMY BUFFETT2 SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART name of the game," says Kathy C. ship, which opened October, 14 13 MCA 5633' (7.98/11.98) 145 Yohalem, director of strategic mar- ted on the corner of Fifth Avenue and open a store in its Santa Monica, THE EAGLES GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 keting for the retail consulting divi- 57th Street in Manhattan, just five Calif., headquarters. Company execu- 15 15 ELEKTRA 60205 (7.98/11.98) 144 sion of Coopers & Lybrand. blocks from the headquarters of tives hope the store will serve as the THE BEATLES e SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 16 16 CAPITOL 46442* (10.98/15.98) 70 "The more spectacular the show- Warner Bros.' parent company, Time prototype for a possible chain of out- BILLY JOEL ° GREATEST HITS VOL. I & II case, the more unique the ambiance, Warner Inc. lets (Billboard, Jan. 29). 17 18 COLUMBIA 40121 (11.98 E0128.981 146 the more fun to shop the atmosphere, Warner Bros. executives say the But despite the success of Warner METALLICA 3 ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL the more you are going to garner the site is a high -profile location with Bros. and Disney, most efforts have 18 17 ELEKTRA 60812 (9.98/15.98) 137 AEROSMITH 6 GREATEST HITS customer's frequency," Yohalem ex- heavy traffic, including flocks of tour- been limited to a few stores. Atlanta - 19 19 COLUMBIA 36865 (5.98 EQ/9.98) 143 plains. ists, that will give the store national based Coca -Cola Co., for example, op- THE DOORS BEST OF THE DOORS 20 20 ELEKTRA 60345 (12.98/19.98)' 132 Warner Bros. and Disney, observ- and international exposure. erates only two stores. say, have taken in It is the chain's only freestanding A 3,000 -square -foot store on Fifth JANIS JOPLIN 2 GREATEST HITS ers entertainment 21 24 COLUMBIA 32168 (5.98 E019.98) 100 store and is significantly larger than Avenue in Manhattan carries more CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 2 CHRONICLES VOL. 1 its counterparts, which are located in than 500 Coca -Cola trademark items. 22 22 FANTASY 2* (10.98/17.98) 55 moderate to upscale regional malls The merchandise includes apparel THE BEATLES s ABBEY ROAD FOR THE RECORD with high traffic counts. and accessories, glassware, toys, and 23 23 CAPITOL 46446 (10.98/15.98) 47 METALLICA 2 RIDE THE LIGHTNING Project architects sought to marry collectibles. 24 25 MEGAFORCE 60396 /ELEKTRA (9.98/13.98) 129 A Feb. 26 photo caption should Hollywood drama with New York The store, located in the building ELTON JOHN ° GREATEST HITS have identified the Rare Bear City elegance, as well as replicate the housing Coca -Cola's New York head- 25 26 POLYDOR 512532*/PLG (7.98/11.98) 136 sales staff as, from left, Jim Horn, excitement of a movie studio set. The quarters, features exhibits of Coke ORIGINAL LONDON CAST 3 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Carter Grice, Jim Albright, and 26 21 POLYDOR 83173/PLG (17.98 EQ/33.98) 23 store's second floor is equipped with memorabilia and early 20th century BONNIE RAITT 5 LUCK OF THE DRAW Patrick Crinnion. an oversized high -resolution televi- advertising. It also features an inter- 27 CAPITOL 96111 (10.98/15.98) 1 sion and a suspended video bank for active unit that shows videos of world BEASTIE BOYS ° LICENSED TO ILL 28 27 DEF JAM 40238/COLUMBIA (7.98 E0111.981 78 events and cultural history as well as METALLICA2 MASTER OF PUPPETS footage on Coke's history. 29 30 ELEKTRA 60439 (9.98/15.981 128 More in the showcase vein, the FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS 30 33 WARNER BROS. 25801 (9.98/15.981' 119 Trademart at the World Of Coca -Cola in Atlanta is a 45,000- square -foot pa- PATSY CLINE ° GREATEST HITS Get the only worldwide guide to the 31 35 MCA 12* (7.98/12.981 142 vilion adjacent to the Underground THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 32 28 CAPITOL 46443' (14.98/26.98)' 24 music and video industry... Atlanta retail complex. The pavilion entire interactive ALICE IN CHAINS FACELIFT has technological displays, 33 31 COLUMBIA 46075 (9.98 EQ/15.981 25 exhibits, more than 1,000 artifacts, U2 5 THE JOSHUA TREE Billboard's 1994 International Buyer's Guide and other memorabilia. It also eon - 34 32 ISLAND 842298* /PLG (10.98/16.981 110 Now in its 35th year, this brand new edition gives you all the latest music and video tains a 4,500 -square -foot store offer- MARIAH CAREY 5 MARIAN CAREY industry contacts you need to compete and succeed in this global marketplace. ing the largest array of Coca -Cola 35 37 COLUMBIA 45202* (10.98 E(Ú15.98) 14 THE EAGLES ° HOTEL CALIFORNIA You get comprehensive listings for over 23,000 music and trademarked merchandise in the 36 36 ELEKTRA 103 (7.98/11.981 52 video companies worldwide...record labels, music publish- world. SADE' DIAMOND LIFE GUIDE 19941NIERNAA10NAl BUYER'S ers, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, and service "All manufacturers and retailers 37 29 EPIC 39581 (7.98 EQ/11.98) 30 and supply organizations plus a brand new section for GRATEFUL DEAD THE BEST OF SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET are looking for ways to break through 38 39 WARNER BROS. 2764 (7.98/11.98) 54 audio books! the clutter of advertising and mes- ENYA ENYA Only Billboard's 1994 International Buyer's Guide sages that are out there and to cap- 39 34 A LANTTI81842/AG (9.98/15.98) gives you the entire music and video industry in one ture the consumer's attention," says MICHAEL BOLTON 5 SOUL PROVIDER 40 42 COLUMBIA 45612' (9.98 EQ/15.98) 11 compact business reference source. of Management Hori- Steidtmann CHICAGO GREATEST HITS 1982 -1989 To order send $95 plus $4 shipping and handling zons. "This [trend] is sort of the latest 41 41 REPRISE 26080/WARNER BROS. 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Book sales 47 47 ATLANTIC 19129/AG (7.98/11.98) last year's DEF LEPPARD " HYSTERIA REPRINTS are projected to rise about $3 mil- 48 48 MERCURY 830675 (10.98 EQ/15.981 127 lion, or 17 %, while home computer SOUNDTRACK 5 TOP GUN of advertisements or software sales are seen falling 49 49 COLUMBIA 40323 (7.98 E0/11.981 48 For reprints KENNY G 2 LIVE million, 21 %. 31 about $3.8 or 50 - ARISTA 8613* (13.98/17.98) articles appearing in Billboard The company's stock plunged Catalog albums are older titles which have previously appeared on The Billboard 200 Top Albums chart $1.75 a share in New York Stock and are registering significant sales. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification fo sales (minimum of 100) call Lydia Mikulko Exchange trading on the day the of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by news was released, closing at a numeral following the symbol. 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1994 56 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard. FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 o w á 6-Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. Retail vj ,;,. iU LABELARTIST & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL TOP NEW AGE ALBUMSTM RETAILER THRIVES WITH USED VINYL ON MUSIC ROW * * No. 1 * * HOURS BETWEEN NIGHT + DAY OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRA (('olitiuitcd ji /Il/ page 54) I. I 25 EPIC 53804 19 weeks at No. 1 but as Great Escape's business has Lately, Davis has seen increased NOTHING ABOVE MY SHOULDERS BUT THE EVENING RAY LYNCH 2 2 19 WINDHAM HILL 11133 expanded, keeping track of an al- business in used game cartridges BRIDGE OF DREAMS DAVID LANZ AND PAUL SPEER ways- growing, ever -fluctuating in- from Sega Genesis to Super Nin- 3 6 23 NARADA 63024 ventory is an increasingly complex tendo, and in used books on tape. A SHADOW OF TIME NIGHTNOISE task overseen by Davis, who takes customer can pick up a book on 3 21 WINDHAM HILL 11130 care of employee training and other tape for half of its original $16 SHEPHERD MOONS £2 ENYA 4 117 5 REPRISE 26775 /WARNER BROS. "hands -on" aspects of running the price, and sell it back to Great Es- ACOUSTIC HIGHWAY CRAIG CHAQUICO Nashville store, and co- manager cape for $4. But, perhaps most sig- 6 7 33 HIGHER OCTAVE 7050 Susan Burch, whose job involves nificantly, comic books, Great Es- IN MY TIME YANNI 5 45 more "paperwork and administra- cape's original raison d'etre, have PRIVATE MUSIC 82106 tion." Even working with a 20 -per- Country is not all that's on the menu at made a startling comeback in the WATERMARK A2 ENYA 8 9 248 REPRISE 26774; WARNER BROS. son staff (there are approximately Great Escape. Shown is its collection past few years. Davis has his own 9 NEW'', A DAY IN THE LIFE DANNY WRIGHT 50 employees companywide), keep- of vinyl by and related to the Beatles. theory to explain this. MOULIN D'OR 942 ing track of what comes in and goes "Comics have made a main- IMPRESSIONS CHIP DAVIS I1 19 out of Escape can be a chal- he 10 AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 993 Great stream breakthrough," says. lenge. "They make movies from comic CHRONOLOGIE JEAN MICHEL JARRE 11 10 13 DISQUES DREYFUS 36152 "We've never nailed down the Davis says. "Gary's got friends that books, and it's drawn a lot of people FOREST RAIN DEAN EVENSON number [of records and CDs] like look for collections and let him in. A lot of high -profile things have 12 13 15 SOUNDINGS OF THE PLANET 7150 some stores do," says Davis. "For know when things come up. It's all happened, like Superman dying, THE HIGHER OCTAVE COLLECTION VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 8 7 HIGHER OCTAVE 7052 one thing, we are strictly used, so vinyl, but there is a focus on coun- and they broke Batman's back. we have I SOMEWHERE IN A DREAM HISHAM don't a regular inventory, try. mean, we are in Nashville. They had to recruit a new Batman 14 14 5 REAL MUSIC 7000 although we do track all of our back For some reason, this town seems with a new costume and everything. NARADA DECADE VARIOUS ARTISTS a 25 % -30% 15 17 39 stock. Cash flow is really not ashamed of its past instead of pro- Comics are now probably NARADA 63911 problem, because the business is moting it. With the CD boom, all of our business, and the rest is pre- successful enough so that every day they want to release is compila- dominantly music. We make more TOP WORLD MUSIC ALBUMSTM we make considerably more than tions, and they're putting out al- money selling CDs than records." * * NO. 1 * * we put out." most none of the original country Rock CDs still make up the ma- LOVE & LIBERTE GIPSY KINGS Escape is indeed on CD. You on al- of 1 1 13 Great packed albums miss out jority Great Escape's business, MUSICIAN ELEKTRA 61599 ELEKTRA 9 weeks at No. 1 with customers on any given day, bum cuts and all that great art- but, with an eye on the future, STILL ON THE JOURNEY SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK 2 2 15 EARTH BEAT 42536 /WARNER BROS. browsing underneath '60s-vintage, work." Walker, Davis, and company aren't THE WORLD SINGS GOODNIGHT VARIOUS ARTISTS wall -sized posters through the Owner Walker was running a ruling anything out. 3 4 9 SILVER WAVE 0803 store's eclectic array of merchan- Nashville song publishing company "We like to try to have some vi- BANBA CLANNAD dise. The backbone of the com- back in the early '70s when, in an ef- sion," says Davis. "We got on top of 4 3 35 ATLANTIC 82503 pany's $2 million annual business is fort to quench his teen -age son's the LP thing really well, and we ISLAND ANGEL ALTAN 5 6 17 GREEN LINNET 1137 never -ending thirst for comic make money with vinyl. What we THE SOURCE ALI FARKA TOURE books, he started attending flea did was just rock -bottom the prices 6 5 33 HANNIBAL 1375 /RYKODISC markets and comic conventions. right from the git -go when we saw GLOBAL CELEBRATIONS VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 29 When he stumbled into an almost - CDs start to happen. It was a real 7 ELLIPSIS ARTS 2320 /ELLIPSIS complete run of Marvel comics, crap shoot, but if we buy them for ANAM CLANNAD 9 47 8 ATLANTIC 82409/AG Walker found himself in the comic a quarter and sell them for a buck, GARDEN OF DREAMS ALI AKBAR KHAN book business. Three struggling we've made our 75 cents, and that's 9 8 15 TRILOKA 7199 years later, Great Escape had ex- wonderful." GYPSY BOOGALOO WILLIE AND LOBO 10 7 29 panded from comics to records, MESA 79056 /RHINO and Walker moved to the current loca- BEAT THE BORDER GEOFFREY ORYEMA 11 13 7 REAL WORLD 62333 /CAROLINE tion.

I CHING UAKTI The specialty of Great Escape is "We do almost no advertising, 12 NEW POINT MUSIC 442 037 /PLG vintage vinyl, such as the titles pictured and the business has grown every SPIRIT OF THE FOREST BAKA BEYOND 13 10 g here by Betty Ann Jeannette and HANNIBAL 1377 /RYKODISC year," says Davis. "We've got our Johnny Cash. own price guides based on A MEETING BY THE RIVER RY COODER/V.M. BHATT years of 14 11 49 WATERLILY ACOUSTICS 29 doing used records here in Nash- ADVENTURES IN AFROPEA 1 ZAP MAMA ville. We all 15 14 41 use the various other LUAKA BOP 45183 WARNER BROS. an impressive stock of used CDs price guides to some degree to get and records, and Great Escape's se- a feel, but we have a price based on TOP REGGAE ALBUMSTM lection of out -of -print country al- what we can get." w bums, from the '50s through the According to Davis, that trans- 3' z Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales ÿ reports collected, compiled, and provided by '80s, is world class. Davis reports lates into a better deal for his cus- ÿ Ñ < I' Q that during Fan Fair, the annual tomers. With its other product lines Pictured in the Great Escape store, Music City gathering of the country picking up some of the slack, Great from left, are Sharon Tyas, assistant ** NO.1 ** music faithful, it's not unusual for Escape is able to undersell Phono- manager; Doyle Davis, co- manager; PROMISES & LIES U840 1 1 5 customers from as far away as luxe, the only major local competi- and Susan Burch, co- manager. VIRGIN 88229 weeks No. 1 5 at Great Britain, Germany, and Japan tor in the used -record game. BAD BOYS INNER CIRCLE 2 3 5 BIG BEAT 25282/AG to drop $2,000 on long -lusted -after COOL RUNNINGS SOUNDTRACK country vinyl. In a town that easily 3 2 5 CHAOS 57553' /COLUMBIA forgets, Davis feels that just having OF THE PACK PATRA 4 4 5 QUEEN the records in stock provides a valu- EPIC 53763" able service. BIG BLUNTS VARIOUS ARTISTS 5 4 MUSIC 5 REGGAE TOMMY BOY 1077/ "We actively seek that stuff out," 12 INCHES OF SNOW SNOW 6 6 5 EASTWEST 92207/AG lil Sane 2c,if Mil, feit Place TOP NEW AGE 7 9 5 VOICE OF JAMAICA BUJU BANTON Call Toll Free To Place Orders MERCURY 518013' ALBUMS (CONTINUED) SONGS OF FREEDOM BOB MARLEY 8 7 5 TUFF GONG /ISLAND 12280' /PLG TITLE /LABEL 1. 441.4041 ARTIST 800. ALL SHE WROTE CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS 8 5 9 MANGO 9930' /ISLAND 16 DECEMBER WINDHAM HILL DANCEHALL MASSIVE VARIOUS ARTISTS GEORGE WINSTON qa,x.: 718 -658 -3573 lU 10 3 NOVEMBER 1106 17 CELTIC ODYSSEY NARADA VARIOUS ARTISTS PURE PLEASURE SHAGGY 11 12 5 18 NOUVEAU FLAMENCO HIGHER OCTAVE VIRGIN 87953 , OTTMAR LIEBERT C ROUGH & READY VOL. II SHABBA RANKS 19 WINE, WOMAN & WALTZ RELATIVITY ) FIRST 12 11 5 tz POSITION EPIC 57203 ADRIAN LEGG 20 SACRED SITE HEARTS OF SPACE MEGA BANTON BEST OF REGGAE VARIOUS ARTISTS I 14 4 e4,4" 13 MICHAEL STEARNS K -TEL 6067 Z R E C O R D S C/-- - VP 1343 21 EOLIAN MINSTREL sBK /ERG DON DADA SUPER CAT ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER 14 15 5 MAIN BRANCH: 89-05 138th Street, Jamaica, NY 11435 Tel: 718 -291-7058 COLUMBIA 52435 22 WINTER SONG cis IN FLORIDA: 5893 S.W. 21st St., W. Hollywood, Florida 33023 Tel: 305-966 -4744 Fax: 305 -966 -8766 JOHN TESH X -TRA NAKED SHABBA RANKS 15 RE -ENTRY 23 TARANKA BLUE ORCHID /DA EPIC 52464 OBO + JORGE Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA 24 220 VOLT LIVE MIRAMAR TANGERINE DREAM certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the 25 HUMAN RITES NATURAL VISIONS symbol. All albums available on cassette and CD. LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR Asterisk indicates vinyl available. © 1994, Billboard/ SPOTTED EAGLE BPI Communications. Reggae albums: (D 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

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most memorable vocals include the title P O P S T L I H T S P O T L I G H T S P O T L I G H T P O G track, "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Let's Get Lost," and "Like Someone In * RICHARD THOMPSON Mirror Blue Love," matched with poignant PRODUCER: Mitchell Froom instrumentals like "Isn't It Romantic ?" Capitol 81492 and "Sweet Lorraine." Magnificent British singer/songwriter/ guitarist's latest continues in the vein of his KENNY BARRON Other Places critically hailed "Rumour & Sigh." From PRODUCER: Joanne Klein supercharged lead single "I Can't Wake Up Verve 519 699 To Save My Life" to appropriately delicate Sharp new traditional set from veteran "Beeswing" to witty "MGB -GT" and "Shane pianist Barron features tasteful turns from And Dixie," Thompson offers goods vibist Bobby Hutcherson and saxophonist abundant for album alternative spinners, if Ralph Moore. Highlights include such not album rockers. Imminent media blitz Barron originals as the childlike swing of and June all -star Thompson tribute will "Mythology" and the bluesy, moody further help the artist ford his long- deserved "Nikara's Song," as well as drummer place on the charts. VARIOUS ARTISTS CHOPIN, VOL. 1 BEN HARPER Victor Lewis' briskly syncopated theme Rhythm, Country & Blues Evgeny Kissin, Piano Welcome To The Cruel World "Hey, Me You're Talking To." MARK LANEGAN It's PRODUCER: Don Was RCA Victor Red Seal 60445 PRODUCERS: Ben Harper & JP Plunier Whiskey For The Holy Ghost Virgin 39320 MCA 10965 Recorded just a year ago at Carnegie PRODUCERS: Mark Lanegan & Mike Johnson Young California singer/songwriter WORLD MUSIC Sub Pop 132 Scope of this project-a series of duets Hall, this recital mixes both live between country and R &B greats plays a bluesy acoustic slide that serves Screaming Trees front man Lanegan sings -is performances (with audience reactions) VARTTINA illustrated by the dizzying array of as a perfect backdrop for his sparse, like a man worn down on this set, his second best and session takes. Whatever the source, Oi Dai Vince Gill & Gladys eloquent songs about human struggle. solo outing, but his beautifully low, rich, and talent represented: the playing is superb, as we have come PRODUCER: Ribs Mattila & Lyle Lovett, Aaron Among the most compelling are lovely Green Linnet/Xenophile 4014 rough voice brings a bit of heaven to this Knight, AI Green to expect from this phenomenal young "Pleasure And Pain," anthemic "Like A of heavy drink and spiritual Neville & Trisha Yearwood, Little artist. His technical command is near At the core of this innovative 10 -piece setting King" (with wordplay on Rodney King searching. Although accompanying guitar Richard & Tanya Tucker, Patti LaBelle total. But, more importantly, there is an Finnish folk ensemble are five female & late) and Dr. Martin Luther King), and melodies occasionally reach for the "proper" & Travis Tritt, Sam Moore (the overriding musical intelligence at work vocalists whose choral harmonies can be deceptively profound toe -tappers like bluesy feel, the songs here are capable of Conway Twitty, Clint Black & the that draws the listener quickly and lustrous, sharp, and even a little savage. Natalie Cole & Reba "Breakin' Down" and "Mama's Got A pulling together with undeniable power. Pointer Sisters, convincingly into Kissin's personal This short collection of traditional themes & Allen Girlfriend Now." Some of these songs Rock and modern rock radio should zoom in McEntire, Chet Atkins musical ambit. Main works are the was arranged by Värttinä and includes a the Singers & Marty have the ring of classics, lingering in the on "El Sol" and peruse album at leisure for Toussaint, Staple "Fantaisie in F Minor" and the Scherzo few instrumentals and one a cappella listener's mind long after they're gone. other worthwhile tracks. Stuart, and George Jones & B.B. King. No. 2, which bracket seven other number. Highlights of this bewitching set Unsurprisingly, the versions are as delectable and mostly shorter pieces. A laudable debut. include the strict, surging rhythms of THE VELDT stellar as the cast, ensuring a lucrative "Marilaulu," the plaintive harmonies of Afrodisiac run at radio and retail. Album is "Yks On Huoli," the frenzied choruses of PRODUCER Ray Shulman supported by a video, a documentary, "Ukko Lumi," and the elegant melodies of Mercury 314 518 349 and benefit concerts. Wilcox, and Al Mamlet, whose seven - "Saturday Night! The Album," Schooly- "Kiiriminna" and "Viikon Vaivane." Eclectic? You bet. But the Veldt's inventive minute take on 5,000 years of folk is worth D's debut disc from 1987. The record was major -label debut hangs together gloriously the price of admission. Like the show, an a brutal beast with humor, and D was LATIN on jangly guitar hooks and a smooth, soulful instant classic. dangerous but fun. That was then. These by quartet of twins & Rain" or classics by Chuck Berry, Bo vibe positively nailed days, the rapper drops playful paranoia on LIMITE 21 David Burris, Diddley, or Buddy Holly, are more readily THE WALTONS Daniel and Danny Chavis, only one song, the goofy "I Know You Motivos Para Amar who Lik My Trakter and M. Levi. Lead single "Soul In A Jar" is associated with the guitar slingers Want To Kill Me." On the rest of the set, PRODUCERS: Julio " Gunda" Merced, Elvin F. Torres a raucous pleasure with a lush sheen, but wrote them than with the drummers who PRODUCER: John Switzer he examines the world through the eyes of Serrant Sire/Reprise 45445 MP 6111 don't overlook the liquid -hot "Juicy backed them up. The successful a ghetto dweller in more matter -of -fact Canadian unit of Jason Plumb, Keith Sandwich" and infectious "Last Call." Good juxtaposition of these disparate cuts proves ways. He does this over laid-back tracks Burgeoning trend toward slower, pop - Nakonechny, and Dave Cooney enters a fun, whatever else you care to call it. that the heart of rock -and soul-is indeed that are perfect for stoned -out afternoons styled merengue sound, embellished with tad too limpidly with laid -back debut. the beat. on the corner. smooth and chewy vocal harmonies, is NRBQ Slightly countrified compositions, given a strong push by three handsome Message For The Mess Age SILKWORM embellished by backup musicians Puerto Rican teenthrobs whose * J A Z Z PRODUCERS: Terry Adams & Joey Spampinato In The West including longtime Cowboy Junkies interchangeable baritones propel breezy Forward/Rhino 71427 PRODUCER: Steve Albini sideman Kim Deschamps on guitar and romantic paeans. Though infectious album CR 071 CHET BAKER Quintet or quartet, the Q's always stood for mandolin, just doesn't have enough oomph contains several shuffling chart prospects quirky, in the finest sense of the word. Seattle band offers a refreshing alternative My Funny Valentine or compositional distinction to separate ( "No Te Olvidaré," "Cuando Llega El Legion of fans of band's slightly skewed to straight -ahead grunge in both looks and REISSUE PRODUCER: Michael Cuscuna group from the pack. Material here will Pacific Jazz 28262 Amor," "Pequeña Historia Del Amor," and inhabited by the likes of Howard sound. Producer Albini goes for a blunt universe- slide down easiest with modern rockers Even before his death in 1988, trumpeter "Eras Lo Maximo "), biggest potential hit Johnson and his HoJo -will savor "Girl assault, but quartet's melody- conscious but looking for their own CSN &Y. and vocalist Baker had become a may be lilting bachata track "Margarita." Scout Cookies" and "Spampinato" (an ode to abrasive style separates it from the herd. somewhat mythic figure in jazz, and these the bassist, not the canned meat), but these "Garden City Blues" and "Pilot," among DE AZUCAR R A P 1953 -56 sessions played a major part in SON musical throwaways remain an acquired highly consistent tracks, are worth a peek Endulzando El Mundo creating his legend. The young Baker's taste for the half- baked, in the forest sense from modern rockers who may wrongly PRODUCER: none listed SCHOOLY D stark, naive, somewhat detached vocals SDI/Sony 81198 of the word. More fully realized showcases believe there's no life in the Pacific Welcome To America are framed by such great West Coast for some of the surest, subtlest musicians in Northwest after Soundgarden. PRODUCER: Schooly D, Mike Tyler Female ensembles in salsa are about as sidemen as Shelly Manne, Bob lusty "A Little Bit Of Bad" Ruthless/Columbia 57632 rare as snowfall in the Caribbean, but the business are Brookmeyer, and Bud Shank (with a and "A Better Word For Love," as sweet a ST JOHNNY Where "gangsta rap" began was this 10 -piece Colombian outfit sashays Speed Is Dreaming string orchestra on some tracks). Baker's it is simple. smartly through pleasant passel of song as PRODUCERS: St Johnny DGC 24534 lighthearted tales, most of which deal EUG EN IUS with man -loving situations. Tropical and Connecticut unit makes its big-league debut Mary Queen Of Scots some pop outlets will -as title after a string of successful indie releases. VITAL REISSUES PRODUCER: Craig Leon suggests -go sweet on "Te Olvidé," Atlantic 82562 Happily, the D.I.Y. spirit is still with the "Corazón De Azucar," "Por Ti Yo Voy," Eugenius is in a pretty sky-blue funk, and, band, as evidenced by its self-produced, LORD KITCHENER Two is due in May; Volume Three follows Volume One and "Tú Y Yo." it feels fine. "I'm so blue, so blue I rough -at-the -edges attack, which serves its Klassic Kitchener: in July. oh, but PRODUCER: none listed glow," leader Eugene Kelly sings in "The material better than a more polished Ice 931102 ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES Moon's A Balloon," and it's a fine approach would. Among the selections that SMOKEY CLASSICAL Lord Kitchener's domain is calypso, a rich The 35th Anniversary Collection summation for a dazzling album that melds merit modern rock's consideration are "A musical field that has helped nurture such COMPILATION PRODUCERS. Cary E. Mansfield & * NOCTURNAL offhanded angst ( "I've really got Car Or A Boy ?," "Down The Drain," "Gran Claudette Robinson an almost sonic offshoots as jump -blues, dance, and Julian Bream, Guitar notes in Mal," and "Everything Is Beautiful." Motown Masters Series 37463 -6334 no point to make," Kelly "Let's rap. In this first installment of a three - EMI Classics 54901 ") with surehanded pop melodies Smokey's irresistible falsetto gets the Hibernate volume anthology chronicling his 45-plus- The seasoned guitar aficionado with a and grunge that cleans up nicely. First * VARIOUS ARTISTS royal treatment on this slick four -disc Bring It On Home, Volumes 1 & 2 year career to date, Kitchener, aka sympathetic ear for contemporary single is `Blue Above The Rooftops," but package from Hitsville's Masters Series. PRODUCERS: Bob Irwin & Artie Traum Aldwyn Roberts, shows his title is more expression will find much to relish here. where that came from. Legacy Every hit Robinson & the Miracles there's lots more 52997/8 than honorary; he's a master. From the The title piece by Britten, and Frank recorded is represented -from "Shop In the mid -'80s, WAMC Albany, N.Y., opening parry of the sharply written Martin's "Four Short Pieces," are still VARIOUS ARTISTS Around" and "You've Really Got A Hold became an ersatz living room where some 'When A Man Is Poor," Kitchener moves available in much earlier Bream Max Weinberg Presents: Let There Be Drums! On Me" to "Going To A Go-Go" and "The COMPILATION PRODUCER: Max Weinberg of America's premier folkies gathered to confidently in the 12 tracks through the performances on RCA. They're Tears Of A Clown" -plus Smokey solo Rhino 71547 sing, talk, and jam in loose sessions that topical ( "If You're Brown "), the comical programmed here with a sonata by cuts, Miracles hits with leader Billy Three- volume set represents the former E captured the spirit and substance of the ( "Tie Tongue Mopsey "), the traditional Brouwer and Takemitsu's "All in Griffin, and previously unissued man's favorite drum genre. Fortunately, the place was bugged, ( "Steel Band Music "), and the scatological Twilight," both commissioned by Bream, Street Band skin material. Annotation and photography '60s, and '70s. Many of his and unedited tapes culled from the now - ( "Dr. Kith") variations on the form with and a set of Polish folk melodies in tracks of the '50s, are superb, in keeping with collection's and defunct "Bring It On Home" radio show equal deftness and unerring aim. It's a settings by Lutoslawski, transcribed by choices, like "Wipe Out" allure. Proof that Miracles are still expect to are available via the new Legacy Folk brilliant tour of an extraordinary music the for his instrument. "Frankenstein," are ones you'd happening today. performer find on such an anthology. Others, like "Fire Series. Among those who pulled up a chair and an extraordinary practitioner. Volume Absorbing. are Livingston Taylor, Rick Danko, David albums of special artistic, archival, and commercial interest, and outstanding review editors to deserve special attention on the basis of musical merit and/or Billboard 200 chart potential. VITAL REISSUES: Rereleased SPOTLIGHT: Releases deemed by the highly recommended because of their musical hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. CRITIC'S CHOICES ( *) : New releases, regardless of chart potential, more artist. PICKS : New releases predicted to collections of works by one or () commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send review copies Picks which were featured in the "Music To My Ears" column as being among the most significant records of the year. All albums merit. MUSIC TO MY EARS (A) : New releases deemed Gillen, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Send country albums to Peter Cronin, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. to Paul Verna, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036, and Marilyn A.

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 58 www.americanradiohistory.com Sinale Reviews E D I T E D B Y LARRY FLICK

ROMEO Janelle (3:101 P E more lovely outside of the studio, giving warm track is nicely polished and worth O P PRODUCER: Romeo, Ignacio Elisavetsky D A N C WRITER: Romeo way to a fun and impromptu bit of jazz investigation. Contact: 223 W. Alameda BONNIE RAITT Love Sneakin' Up On You (3:39) PUBLISHER: Rockin' Rap, ASCAP JULIET ROBERTS I Want You 1/:091 scatting during a particularly limber guitar Ave., Ste. 101, Burbank, Calif. 91502. Baron 675 (CD single) Danny D. PRODUCERS: Don Was, Bonnie Raitt PRODUCER: Dancin' solo. Diehards will have a field day with this WRITERS: Roberts, Jones WRITERS: T. Snow, J. Scott MIGHTY PURPLE When Kingdoms Fall (5:08) Jaunty jiggler combines horn -rimmed PUBLISHER: not listed one, as will AC programmers with a PUBLISHER: not listed PRODUCERS: Nick Caiano, Mighty Purple with lip -licking, REMIXER: Dancin' Danny D. Capitol 79325 (c/o Cema) (cassette single) break beats a amorous hankering for '70s -style acoustic rock. WRITERS: Rodgers, Rodgers Slam Jam/Reprise 41397 (c/o Warner Bros.) (12 -inch S.P. J.A. rap by newcomer Romeo. Rife with goofy PUBLISHER: not listed Raitt previews her forthcoming "Longing In single) sound effects and lyrics about a woman's WARREN HILL Our First Dance (3:58) Wonderland 2002 (7 -inch single) Their Hearts" opus with a familiar, uptempo Roberts easily rises above the throng of PRODUCERS: Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff "funky smell," it's hard not to take this as Quartet has been building an audience in its stomper that rides on the strength of her big-voiced dance divas by working a WRITER: W. Hill a novelty item. With that in mind, this PUBLISHERS: Famous/Warren Out, ASCAP hometown of New Haven, Conn., for two well -worn vocal style and funky delivery that includes more than merely could make for an amusing moment or RCA 62759 (c/o BMG) (CD single) years now. Sprawling, melodic, downtempo instrumentation. With so few things to count belting high -pitch shrieks. She has an two on those wacky morning zoo Hill continues to build an AC radio audience rocker indulges in ponderous, philosophical on in life, it's comforting to know that you interesting middle range and a playful style programs. Contact: 713 -568 -7278. for his delicious saxophone musings. He lyrics and easy -handed guitar lines. Racing can always rely on Raitt to serve up a tasty of phrasing that is further embellished by excels within the sweet context of this "Exploded" on the flipside reveals a more blend of well -lubed guitar licks over a immeasurable charisma. All these elements sweeping power ballad, blowing fluid, trend-conscious side. Combination of both steamy blues/pop ditty. Watch her friends at R & B add up to a gleeful pop/disco anthem that lyrical lines that deftly play the role of a tracks should help increase college radio top 40, album rock, and AC radio gobble this is essential for club disciples, as well as ANGELA WINBUSH Treat U Rite (4:10) traditional vocal. This moment from the interest. Contact: 203 -248 -2170. one up within moments. those at pop radio who are brave enough to PRODUCER: Chuckii Booker album "Devotion" has a warmth and charm WRITER: C. Booker go for something fresh and exciting. IDLE Crack 14:201 BIG MOUNTAIN Baby, I Love Your Way (3:35) that is best spent on mature minds. PUBLISHER: not listed PRODUCERS: Idle PRODUCER: Ron Fair Elektra 66238 (cassette single) TIK -TOK Jody's Got Your Girl (5:58) WRITERS: Idle WRITER: P. Frampton DANNY PECK Strange Weather (3:551 PRODUCER: Darryl Patterson PUBLISHER: not listed PUBLISHERS: Almo/Nuage Artists, ASCAP It has been way too long since Ms. PRODUCERS: Desmond WRITER: D. Patterson Child, Danny Peck Drive 0001 (7 -inch single) RCA 62779 (c/o BMG) (cassette single) WRITER: D. Peck Winbush has served her patient legion of PUBLISHER: Kan -Stan, ASCAP PUBLISHER: Pathet Lao Music/MCA Music, ASCAP Strolling, laid -back rhythms and fuzzy Talk about your exploding hits! Reggae - fans with a taste of her signature sexy REMIXERS: Geoffrey Curtis, Bad Boy Bill RCA 62748 (CD promo) splashed cover of Peter Frampton's classic soul. On this lively Chuckii Booker Columbia 77386 (do Sony) (12 -inch single) guitars are a stark contrast to the song's rocker is barely available at retail, and it is composition, she vamps and slinks with Wondering what ever happened to Doug Song has plenty of strut, but suffers from angry, borderline -violent lyrics. Single already quickly breaking out at top 40 radio. the confidence of a seasoned diva. Lazy? Check him out on this blippin' deep - something of an identity crisis as it works really well until you reach the whiny Although this song has been tweaked and Her luscious vocal is enhanced by limber house romp, which is juiced by a hard - alternates between the boldness of a show "I've had a bad life" refrain. Not a very tune and the sophistication of a jazz cut. imaginative way of punctuating the song's revamped numerous times already, Big funk guitar picking and a shuffling, jack - edged beat and chirpy vocals by Marlo Should with lyrics, will probably Mountain's earthy rendition is right in the laced groove. Brand this one a mega - Moore and the song's creator, Darryl meet warmest reception at pointed but college DJs pocket of current trends, which makes it a smash upon arrival. Added pleasure is Patterson. Lazy is in fine form here, light jazz stations and even AC outlets with forgive 'em. Contact: P.O. Box 1470, Cooper natural for widespread acceptance. Hip -hop derived from the inclusion of the equally weaving the song's tale with an ease and jazz leanings. Station, N.Y. 10276. remixes give the record a nice street potent "Dream Lover" on the flipside. phrasing precision that makes you question credibility that will only add to its Yummy. why he disappeared in the first place. Track ROCK TRACKS R A P multiformat success. A memorable moment comes with a more radio- conscious remove from the "Reality Bites" soundtrack. GOLD TEET Searching For Love 14:091 that crossover programmers should give THE CRANBERRIES Dreams (4:151 FREDDIE FOXXX FEATURING QUEEN LATIFAH PRODUCER: Basil "King George' Beale serious consideration. PRODUCER: Stephen Street So Tough (4:00) WRITER: not listed WRITERS: The Cranberries GENERAL PUBLIC I'll Take You There (4:04) PRODUCER: SID * PUBLISHER: not listed PUBLISHER: PolyGram International, ASCAP WRITERS: F. Foxxx, SID PRODUCERS: Ralph Sall, General Public, Tony Phillips THG Music 1103 (c/o PGD) (CD single) LaTOUR E (9:37) Island 6757 (CD prom) * PUBLISHERS: Freddie Foxxx/Flavor Unit/Famous, ASCAP WRITER: A. Isbell PRODUCER: Mark Picchiotti REMIXERS: Esay Mo Bee, SID PUBLISHER: Irving, BMI Pop/R &B nugget "What You Won't Do As predecessor "Linger" does just that on WRITER: LaTour Flavor UniVEpic Street 5697 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) REMIXER: Satoshi Tornei For Love" is redressed with a skittling PUBLISHER: Take -2, BMI the pop charts, band offers a new track for Epic Soundtrax 5901 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) reggae/hip -hop groove. Trade -off of REMIXERS: Phil Perry, Billy Nasty modern rock to get to work on. "Dreams" Latifah adds dancehall- spiced vocal Smash 440813 (Go Island) (12 -inch single) Alternative/dance duo that is best smooth and soulful crooning at the should do the trick, with twining vocal sweetness to the chorus, while Foxxx Chicago -based continues remembered for mid -'80s hits like chorus with raspy toasting during the artist to explore harmonies and upbeat, sparkling guitars. swaggers with nagged, macho appeal. All the darker regions of tribal/house with this 'Tenderness" shimmies back into the pop verses works better than usual, thanks to Unusual, striking midsection also will draw the while, a punctuating, funk- fortified deep and trippy entry. The bottom is spotlight with a festive, dancehall-juiced the friendly rapport between the attention, and song eventually should follow rhythm kicks hard, giving the track a expectedly hard and percussive, and is rendition of the Staple Singers evergreen. performers. Pleasant entry would be a "Linger" to top 40. danceable edge, though you would be wise Butt -shaggin' rhythms are matched by a fine addition to adult -leaning urban embellished with blippy keyboard lines that to take a moment and give a close listen to playful but sturdy marriage of toasting and formats. shift and mutate into complex passages 0' BRUCE COCKBURN Listen For The Laugh (4:06) Foxxx's impressive rhymes and phrasing. A singing. Oh -so- engaging single has the equally pleasing to the mind and body. PRODUCER: T Bone Burnett promising peek into the upcoming "Crazy WRITER: B. Cockburn MIRACLE Find Someone New (4:44) Stellar effort is complemented by the potential to knock down more than a few PUBLISHER: Golden Mountain, SOCAN Like A Foxxx" set. doors at top 40, while hip -hop and house PRODUCER: Michael Hughes inclusion of Nush's interpretation of the Columbia 5671 (c/o Sony) (CD promo) WRITERS: M. Thomas, M. Hughes PARENTAL ADVISORY Ghetto Head Hunta (3:30) remixes should tell quite a story on the PUBLISHER: not listed past hit "Blue." Cockburn weaves his signature poetic PRODUCERS: Organized Noize ZEE-Bra 001 (cassette single) street. brooding into an aggressive, -heavy WRITERS: Parental Advisory, Organized Noize THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS Prison Of The Rhythm guitar An appealing female adds some sugar to (8:20) rock arrangement. Way different from what PUBLISHER: not listed UB40 C'est La Vie(3:42) REMIXER: Sir Jinx PRODUCER: Anton Fier PRODUCERS: U840 this clickin' funk throwdown, which is we're used to getting from the artist, Sawy/MCA 2837 (4o Uni) (cassette single) WRITERS: Carson, Fier, Laswell WRITERS: UB40 framed by jangly guitar riffs and slick PUBLISHERS: Blue Kitchen /EMI -Virgin Songs/Almost refreshing cut has an equally strong and PUBLISHER: not listed Male trio drops serious science over a tick - synths. Tune has a memorable, sing - Loaded /Nation/Songs Of PolyGram, BMI steady rhythm base that immerses him in Virgin 14126 (CD promo) tockin' beat that is fleshed out by an air - along chorus that would sound mighty REMIXERS: Adam Peters, Tim Freeman, Psychic Warriors Ov trend -conscious waters. The result is a Gala punchin', gang- chanted chorus. Rough Techno and dance music frills creep into fine on urban and pop stations. Rap single could Restless 40 (12 -inch single) that easily expand his loyal language and hard delivery make this a band's well -known reggae/pop blend, which interlude is harmless and unnecessary to core of fans. Alternative rock act breezes onto the natural for purists, while the inclusion of a is softened here with a melodic vocal and track. Your attention is better spent on dancefloor with a simmering stew of pop, smoothed -out "clean" version gives this one given rhythmic ebb and flow by light synth the hook and lead vocal. Here's a chance TRIBE Supercollider (4:06) hip -hop, rave, and industrial ingredients. PRODUCER: John Porter deserved legs within more tight and lines. A nicely catchy effort good for spins for programmers hankering for outlets An insinuating bassline and the song's solid WRITER: Greg restrictive urban radio formats. at pop of all kinds. something a promising PUBLISHER: Pimiento Music, ASCAP different to break melody are consistent throughout each of new act. Get movin'. Contact: 202 -483- Slash/Wamer Bros. 6607 (CD promo) JOSHUA KADISON Beautiful In My Eyes (3:48) the three unusual and intriguing mixes. FESU Blind, Cripple & Crazy (3:59) 4517. This modern rock tune is trance -y but built PRODUCER: T.K. PRODUCERs: Peter Van Hooke, Rod Argent Cool record is a necessary playlist addition WRITER: J. Kadison solidly on guitar and drums, which support WRITER: Few for DJs in PUBLISHER: Fang/Air -Run, BMI PUBLISHERS: Joshuasongs/Seymour Glass/EMI- Blackwood, who regularly dabble left -of- languorous female vocal. Scientific twist BMI C O U N T R Y center goodies. Nuff Nuf/Continuum 12404 (cassette single) makes for a neat lyric, and unusual words SBK/ERG 04620 (c/o Cerna) (cassette single) Ain't nothin' goin' on here but a whole lot pop out that will draw listeners in: Kadison follows the slow -growing "Jesse" RANDY TRAVIS Before You Kill Us All (3:19) DEKKO Without You 16:088) of anger about the rigors of livin' the street PRODUCER: Kyle Lehning PRODUCER: "Princeton," "king of Sweden," "atoms." with another easy- going, piano -driven pop DSK life, with very little perspective. The WRITERS: K. Follese, M.T. Barnes WRITER: W. Ham, T. Evans Obviously this isn't your average love -'em- ballad wrapped with sugary, romantic prose PUBLISHERS: Careers -BMG /Breaker Maker, BMI; PUBLISHER: Apple problem is there are so many records like and- lose -'em pop ditty. Definitely worth and gospel- spiked background vocals. Famous/Island Bound, ASCAP REMIXER: DJ Good this out there right now. It would have been Warner Bros. 6813 (CD promo) Jackpot 12498 (c/o Hot Productions) (12 -inch single) checking out. Kadison's earnest, wide -eyed performance more effective for an artist of Fesu's talent Reunited with producer Kyle Lehning, It was just a matter of time before someone keeps things from flying too far over the BODEANS Closer To Free (3:08) to take the concept a few steps further. Travis sounds revitalized on this in the hi -NRG community decided to bank top. Song will test his base at top 40 radio, PRODUCERS: He & He Still, track has a hard, aggressive nature although it is an easy bet for immediate AC desperate tale of love lost. Production is on Mariah Carey's pop success with WRITERS: Llanas, Neumann that many will likely subscribe to. uncharacteristically and refreshingly Nilsson's classic by giving it a disco -fried PUBLISHER: Lla -Mann Music, ASCAP action. SlashWamer Bros. 6594 (CD promo) aggressive. A welcome return to form. arrangement. Although this is easily one of SHEEP DOGGY DOGG Give A Dog A Bone (4:05) BABY D Let Me Be Your Fantasy (4:05) Dekko's more restrained and palatable Country -tinged picking gives way to PRODUCER: John Keyes PRODUCER: Dice GEORGE JONES Never Bit A Bullet Like This vocals, jocks would be wise to go for the upbeat, poppy guitar playing fringed with WRITER: D. Fordham WRITER: F. Dyce (2:21) organ and potent vocal harmonies, and the PUBLISHERS: Damn FordhanVJohn Keyes, BMI PUBLISHER: Promuse, cuter original tune, "I'll Be Your Man," on Boomin' 1050 (cassette single) BMI PRODUCERS: Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson Profile 7410 (CD single) beat alone is plenty infectious. Song is just WRITERS: J. Foster, M. Petersen the flipside. It had to happen. Female rapper drops an PUBLISHERS: Zomba Inc. asking for radio play a sing -along sort Now here is a melting pot of street vibes. Songs /Millhouse/Songs of -it's answer record to Snoop Doggy Dogg's Polygram International with legs for many spins. Hip -hop -induced break beats percolate MCA 2978 (c/o Uni) (7 -inch single) A C massive "What's My Name." Track lifts so beneath aggressive, rave -ish keyboards It's hard not to sympathize with Jones as ANTHONY CRAWFORD Fit In (3:28) much from the original song that it sounds while Baby D purrs and pouts like a peppy he vies for country airplay against KENNY LOGGINS Leap Of Faith (4:32) PRODUCERS: Pete Anderson, Dusty Wakeman more like a parody than anything else. That pop ingenue. The end result is a gem of a PRODUCERS: Kenny Loggins, Terry Nelson WRITER: A. Crawford wouldn't be a problem if one didn't today's young guns. But why they feel WRITERS: PUBLISHER: Admiral get the single with a left-of- center quality K. Loggins, G. Thomas BeaWCorrie-Cafe Music that the need to bury one of country music's PUBLISHERS: Gnossos, ASCAP; Southshore, BMI Little Dog 001 (CD promo) impression that Sheep and cohorts intend to endears after repeated listens. Could Columbia 5972 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) greatest voices under dense layers of Charming acoustic playing, topped with be taken seriously. Will generate attention become a sleeper smash with the right guitar, pedal steel, big drums, and a full - Loggins offers yet another invitation into Crawford's chipper vocal, sounds like a purely as a novelty item, though Sheep will amount of promotional TLC. Contact: 212- blown horn section (or is that a synth ?) is his recent "Outside From The Redwoods" good bet for alternative album rock outlets need to sharpen her rhyme attack to go any 529 -2600. anybody's guess. live effort. His expressive tenor is even interested in breaking artists. This relaxed, further. Contact: 904 -756 -4606.

(10.) : PICKS New releases with the greatest chart potential. CRITIC'S CHOICE ( *) : New releases, regardless of potential chart action, which the reviewer highly recommends because of their musical merit. NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and developing acts worthy of attention. Cassette, vinyl or CD singles equally appropriate for more than one format are reviewed in the category with the broadest audience. All releases available to radio and/or retail in the U.S. are eligible for review. Send copies to Larry Flick, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Country singles should be sent to Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203.

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 59 www.americanradiohistory.com The Enter *Active File I I I E E S E A I F F D M D E N T E R T A I N M E N T N D U S T R Y N E W S O N O SYSTEMS, V O G A M & RETAIL-TECH Study: Multimedia Tracking Multimedia's Fragmented Audience To Expand Quickly BY MARILYN A. GILLEN eluded 28 focus groups in 13 states, Donatiello says. They are as follows: important; MARKETS FOR INTERACTIVE video identified six distinct segments - "New Enthusiasts," households "Surfer" households, which are services will reach $6.4 billion by 1996 NEW YORK-No one thought selling which it terms "attitudinal seg- that like to be on the cutting edge of ambivalent about technology but have and $24.8 billion by 2000, according to multimedia to mainstream America ments"-among the consumers it sur- technology and have a strong desire to above-average incomes and are able to a 750-page study released by Winter - was going to be easy. But what if there veyed. "And what works for one may learn new things and master new tech- use and afford technology. Surfers Green Research, a Lexington, Mass. - is no true mainstream to sell to, just just alienate another," says Dona - nologies; also are described as "quite cynical" based market research firm focusing a lot of little streams each running in- tiello. "That's where it's especially "Hopeful" households, which are about big business and concerned on markets for advanced technolo- dependently? challenging." similar to New Enthusiasts in many about privacy issues. gies. That's the somewhat daunting sce- "Attitudinal segments" are not the attitudes but lack the economic and "The music consumer today proba- The study also forecasts that by nario sketched out by new market re- same as demographics, Donatiello ex- educational means of New Enthusi- bly falls into both the Surfer and the 1998, 80% of American homes will be search firm Odyssey, which has just plains; in fact, Odyssey's survey found asts, and therefore are more con- New Enthusiast [categories]," Dona- wired for broadband communications completed its first major study of the that consumers with very similar dem- cerned about anythig that sounds ex- tiello says. via a coaxial cable from the home, impact of new media on consumers. ographic characteristics respond very pensive or difficult to use; As for the traditional market seg- connected to a fiber -optic backbone at "There is no `killer ap,' " says Nick differently to new media offerings. "Faithful" households, which ment espoused by every entrant to the curb. Services will include home Donatiello, president/CEO of the San "Attitudes will be much better predic- aren't as turned on to learning new the new -technology arena, Dona - shopping, video -on- demand, and Francisco -based company, which sur- tors of consumer behavior than demo- technologies, but are not averse to it, tiello says its days are numbered. video games, the latter two forecast veyed 4,020 consumers nationwide graphics alone," adds Joe Peritz, either; "You can't just count on the early to drive the market in its early stages. over the last year. "There is no `mass Odyssey's chief research officer. "To "Oldliner" households, which are adopter anymore," he says. "There "Perhaps what is most interesting market.' There are going to be differ- be effective, marketers will need to not really interested in new technol- are too many products to `adopt,' is what will not change in new inter- ent applications that will be the right understand how to motivate consum- ogy and for which cost is a serious con- and he's gotten burned before. You active video markets; that is, the use ones for different market segments. ers based on these different atti- cern; can't just throw something at the of the TV set as primarily a means of The key is to know and understand tudes." "Independent" households, which market and expect it to stick. You've relaxation," said Sue Eustis, VP of those segments before you go to the The six segments identified by are demographically similar to New got to target your customer, know WinterGreen Research and co-author marketplace." Odyssey were not broken down by size Enthusiasts but lead lives in which TV what his concerns are, and plan how of the survey. "Markets for interac- Odyssey's study, which also in- or percentage, but are roughly equal, and technology are not particularly best to reach him." tive video services will develop in the context of the need for simple, enjoy- able programming that is not a strain or stressful."

Oracle Unveils Servers For The Superhighway HOWARD LINCOLN, senior VP at Nin- NEW YORK -Hold the phone. "depends on the individual cable com- announced an alliance to jointly de- tendo of America, has been promoted While the rewiring of America with pany," he added after the splashy velop and market interactive multi- to chairman of the company, joining advanced fiber -optic cable has been a Feb. 15 presentation, but pegged the media software and services; Bell Nintendo of America president Min- high -profile part of paving the new cost per household as "less than the Atlantic will use Oracle's technology oru Arakawa as a member of the com- "information superhighway," the ex- price of a high -end VCR." as the platform for its Stargazer on- pany's board of directors. isting infrastructure of copper tele- "The cost for each video stream is demand services to roll out this year video phone wires is capable of carrying an $500 for each TV," he said, "and the in five test markets (Billboard, Oct. THE SECOND hearing on game interactive load to millions of homes cost to upgrade a standard, existing 30, 1993). Additionally, regional Bell violence will take place Friday (4) in D.C. right now. TV to interactive capability is under U S West has extended its existing Washington, Representatives In other words, the future is soon, $300. But that cost is probably going pact with Oracle, with a focus on add- from the video game and software said Oracle Corp. president /CEO to be borne by the cable company, ing Oracle software's video- on -de- publishing industries are expected to Lawrence Ellison during a multi -city which will amortize it with a monthly mand capabilities to its Western net- present an intra- industry ratings demonstration of four new Oracle consumer charge comparable to a ca- work. Early this year, British plan at the hearing, which also will in- including a multimedia ble bill now." Telecom said it will employ Oracle clude testimony from other con- products, Interactive news is among the server designed to send those inter- Cost per "video stream" is a key software in launching Europe's first cerned parties, pro and con. Sens. Joe applications planned using Oracle's Herb Kohl active TV services over coaxial cable, selling point among creators of multi- interactive network. Lieberman (D- Conn.) and new authoring software. who co- chaired the Dec. 10 fiber -optic cable, or twisted -pair tele- media servers, which are combination (D.-Wis.), on phone lines. hardware /software "boxes" that MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY Senate subcommittee hearings "Across standard telephone lines, store, retrieve, and manage digitized Oracle's rivals in the server arena Chief among Oracle's product video game violence that spurred sev- on subject you are going to get a picture about and compressed video, audio, still im- include IBM, Hewlett- Packard, Sili- lineup is its multimedia server. "In eral industry huddles the few months, have said as good as a standard VCR," Ellison ages, and text. They often are re- con Graphics, and Microsoft, each of the near future you will be able to over the last will a - said. ferred to as digital libraries and are which is developing its own type of store every movie ever made on this they introduce government if is What consumers will pay for this key to supplying video-on- demand. box. The latter company has devel- type of server," Ellison said, adding imposed system the industry's oped a prototype technology, code - that a single full -size server eventu- judged unacceptable. A key point the named Tiger, that uses PC hardware ally will be able to supply more than Senators will be looking for in the in- instead of mainframes or supercom- 150,000 homes. A kink in the concept dustry's plan, according to an aide to puters to deliver computerized video of providing on- demand services to Lieberman, is enforcement. and interactive programming for up large numbers of homes has been to one -tenth less than competing that problem of supply: While each PLAYMATES TOYS, based in La Mir- technologies, according to a report in server will contain a single copy of, ada, Calif., is wading into the video the Wall Street Journal. The report say, a popular film, numerous house- game waters with a series of car- also quoted a company spokesman as holds will want to access the title si- tridge -based games for the Super COMPTON'S INTERACTIVE dia volumes -some 33,000 articles con- saying the servers would likely be multaneously, or nearly so. Oracle Nintendo and Sega Genesis systems. ENCYCLOPEDIA taining more than 9 million words. used in market trials this year. Other software overcomes the problem by Among the first titles due from the (VERSION 2.0) Added to that are 7,000 images and details are pending. harnessing the power of "massively longtime maker of action figures are Compton's NewMedia more than 200 audio, live- action, and parallel computers," using thousands "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and (MPC CD -ROM, $395) animation clips. You can listen to SUPPORT STRUCTURE of inexpensive microprocessors. Each "Exo Squad." Says company presi- Beethoven, watch cells divide, see Babe Twenty companies from the worlds so- called "video pump" pumps out a dent Richard Sallis, "We believe This multimedia encyclopedia, first Ruth swat a home run, or view Neil of entertainment, telecommunica- single bit of the film as needed, and, many of the toy properties we acquire published in 1989, has been one of the Armstrong stepping onto the moon. tions, and electronics announced vari- it is hoped, as expected, so that a sin- will also make excellent video game mainstays of the CD -ROM business in The immense database can be ex- ous types of support, for Oracle's new gle film can be viewed by numerous properties. Matching our marketing its early years and is also available in plored through word or topic searches, software and networking products. households on demand. expertise with our knack for acquir- Macintosh and CD -I versions. It is one and the user can utilize helpful "paths" They include Capital Cities/ABC, Another part of Oracle's system is ing hot licenses makes good business of the industry's most heavily "bun- such as "Timeline," "Infopilot," `Topic which is developing an interactive on- the Oracle Media Net, which pro- sense." dled" titles -those discs that are pack- Tree," "Atlas," and "Picture Tour." demand news service in conjunction vides the connection between users aged for free or at a discount with CD- Also included is the Merriam Webster with Oracle; Philips Consumer Elec- requesting on- demand services and DATEBOOK: `The Conference On Inter- ROM drives, multimedia PCs, and up- Dictionary, plus "Virtual Workspace," tronics, which will ensure compatibil- the Media Server. Oracle Media Ob- active Marketing/East" is set for May grade kits. which helps manage multiple windows ity of its set -top boxes with Oracle's jects, finally, is a software authoring 8 -11 at Marriott's Orlando World Cen- The retail tag is steep at first glance, and the information you've gathered. software; Sega, which hopes to inte- tool that also deals with the cus- ter in Orlando, Fla. The agenda in- but this latest edition includes a mas- "CIE" is an impressive introduction grate its game machines with the sys- tomer interface in the home, includ- cludes Interactive TV; An Update; The Deal; and sive amount of information, accessible to the joys of multimedia and the tem; and 3D0, which will ensure com- ing set -top boxes and navigational Anatomy Of An Interactive Research through an elegantly simple interface. empowerment of the digital informa- patibility. aids. an Interactive Consumer "CIE" holds the texts of 26 encyclope- tion revolution. CHRIS McGOWAN On Jan. 12, Bell Atlantic and Oracle MARILYN A. GILLEN Roundtable (310 -798- 0433).

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Turner, Sony Mine TV Treasures New Line Grows

1FIIIII. I IITw Familiar Appeal Draws Yesterday's Kids Quickly As Range By Seth Goldstein BY TRUDI MILLER ROSENBLUM the time to repackage the goods. saver /cuckoo clock, and a line of chil- Turner hopes these releases will dren's books (52 are planned for Of Titles Widens HELP WANTED: VSDA isn't NEW YORK -It's a truism that benefit from the publicity surround- 1994), while licensing clothing, toys, lacking applicants for the executive children's videos are bought by par- ing the live -action "Flintstones" food, and the like. BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK VP spot vacated by Don Rosen- ents. But as the market gets more movie starring John Goodman, The fact that the campaign is berg. Word is the association re- flooded with product, some compan- which is due from Amblin Enter - aimed at adults is evident in the LOS ANGELES- Driven by the ceived more than 300 resumés -as ies are seeking to stand out from the tainment/Universal this summer. clothing line, which includes such star power of Whoopi Goldberg, many as 500, by one count. Thirty pack by releasing older TV shows The first four cassettes-"Fear- upscale items as silk boxer shorts, Luke Perry, and Madeleine Stowe, are getting a second read. with characters that parents re- less Fred Strikes Again," "Babe In quartz watches, and leather jackets. New Line Home Video projects The search committee was in Los member fondly from their child- Bedrock," "Hooray For Hollyrock," Turner is embarking on a $4 mil- that video sales will exceed $230 Angeles the week of Feb. 14, con- hoods. and "Wacky Inventions" -are due lion Flintstones advertising cam- million in 1994. ducting interviews. Acting execu- The two newest contenders are April 27 at $12.98 each. Each 50- paign, $3 million of which is ear- The goal would nearly quadruple tive VP Rick Karpel is in the run- Turner Home Entertainment, minute tape features two digitally marked for broadcast. Commercials revenues generated in 1991, the ning, we're told. One searcher launching its "Flintstones" line, and remastered episodes with restored will run on all the Turner cable company's first year of operation. thinks Karpel, a seven -year VSDA Sony Wonder, promoting "Lassie" footage (except "Wacky Inven- channels, MTV, ESPN, and the net- "We've made a transition from veteran, has friends on the board in partnership with Nickelodeon tions," a companion to Turner Pub- works; print advertising will appear 'Nightmare On Elm Street' to 'Cor- who especially like the work he's and Broadway Video. Both are try- lishing's children's book of the same in a variety of consumer magazines. rina, Corrina,'" says New Line done filling in for Rosenberg. ing to maximize exposure with com- name, which shows various Bedrock "This is the first time in 35 years president/CEO Stephen Einhorn. A current project, one that Ro- plementary book, toy, clothing, and gadgets). that this approach is being taken 'We now have broader-based prod- senberg initiated: Creating an in- accessory lines, all heavily cross - Consumers can get a $3 rebate by with the Flintstones," says Kent. uct that has enabled us to expand dustry-wide statistical research promoted and timed to benefit from mailing in proofs of purchase from "We're not simply exploiting it; beyond a niche market." service. It's expected to cost upcoming theatrical features. one of the tapes and a One For All we're trying to give value, coordi- "Corrina, Corrina," a 1992 New $250,000 a year and would require "We see Turner as being in the Universal Remote Control. Without nate the different product lines, and Line Cinema release, is a romantic participation of at least 1,400 stores same position Disney was 10 years the remote, two video proofs of pur- maintain a very high quality of mer- comedy starring Goldberg as a to produce rental and sell- through ago, when a new management team chase garner a free Fred Flintstone chandise and packaging." maid to a widower, played by Ray data sorely lacking in the trade. came in, took these classic charac- T- shirt; receipts for all four bring a Liotta, and his troubled daughter. Whoever handles the task must ters and revitalized them," says limited-edition lithograph. 'LASSIE' COMES HOME Reviewing its list of video re- overcome restrictions on the use of THE president Philip Kent. Point of purchase includes post- At the same time, Sony Wonder leases in 1993, Michael Karaffa, data collected for Rentrak and the "The great thing about the Flint - ers, a 12 -piece counter display, and and Nickelodeon have entered an (Continued on page 66) difficulty in obtaining information stones is that it appeals to all ages. a 24- or 48 -piece floor display in the (Continued on page 65) from Blockbuster and the mass Our parents loved it, I loved it, and shape of a 3D replica of the Flint - merchants, while still offering a now kids today love it," adds spokes- stones' car. representative store mix. man Joe Swaney. "It's lasted 35 Five new titles will be released VSDA hopes to choose a new ex- years and is as popular as ever." overseas through Turner Pictures ecutive VP this month so that he or "Flintstones" signals the end of a Worldwide in partnership with re- KODAK TRAVEL VIDEOS: she can take office when the associ- two -year moratorium on Hanna - gional distributors. Over the years, ation moves into its Encino, Calif, Barbera animated product, imposed "The Flintstones" has been syndi- AMERICAS HOTTEST TOURIST ATTRACTION quarters. Rosenberg and VSDA, when Turner Broadcasting bought cated on television in more than 80 meanwhile, have settled on payout Hanna -Barbera in December 1991. territories worldwide, Kent says. terms for the balance of his con- The hiatus allowed retailers to sell Meanwhile, Turner's other divi- tract, although the association an- off inventory, while Turner ab- sions are churning out complemen- nounced the agreement before he sorbed returns of H -B product that tary Flintstones product, including had received the final papers. had flooded the market. It also used an interactive computer screen SUPER HYPEWAY: Those Travelers flock to America's weren't the words used by Rick National Parks each year! Karpel or by Blockbuster's Ron Make sure the first stop on their trip is Castell during the video- on -de- mand seminar conducted by Kagan your store -carry the complete series of Seminars Inc. in L.A. Feb. 15-16. National Parks VideoTrips" from Kodak! But they could have been. Both home video executives did their best to deflate a roomful of ex- SPECIAL pectations that video -on- demand OFFER! would demolish low -tech National cassette Parks Collection retailing. They gave as good as they Inside every video includes eleven . , titles got, Castell on a "War Of The Win- box is a coupon for dows" panel and Karpel as the sec- a KODAK FunTime 35 Camera ond -day luncheon speaker. -compliments of Wood Knapp*! At one point, panelist Hugh Pan - ero, Request Television's president, VideoTrips are always current and updated with acknowledged that PPV must wean consumers from retail even as it the latest travel info. So place your order now Linus Says Hi. Everyone's cartoon favorite and his buddies will be featured in fights emerging pay services. "I ex- for this great new National Parks collection Paramount Home Video's "Peanuts" line, which reaches stores March 9. Creator pect to compete against six chan- app Charles Schulz participated in an electronic kit ROPAM 01994 Wood Kropp a Co., Inc press taping to help introduce the The Special Interest Studio nels of Encore," he said. Pruduce,d by Video Trips, A Dission of First Entertainment Incc cassettes. He is joined, from left, by Hollace Brown, senior VP of advertising anc Kodak 213-549-3511 800 -521 -2666 (Continued on page 66) Kodak° and Kodak's trade dress are trademarks sales promotion, and Nina Stem, VP of publicity. of Eastman Kodak Company used under license. *Plus $3.95 S&H and proof of purchase

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VideoTM 12112 p cc REPORTS. IIJ:11I a COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE RENTAL 'iIiutnI 1:I.I. i iii i i2 iii ?liiii y Y U= D R E W W H E E L E R 6 am Copyright Owner, Principal "' ,i TITLE _ 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers is" r2 A biweekly guide to lesser -known sense to afflict the world with a beast rental- priced video titles. nobody liked in the first place. Revisit- * ** No.1 * ** ing the crude ecological lessons of '50s Paramount Pictures 1 1 6 THE FIRM Tom Cruise 1993 R "A Bronx Tale" (1993), R, HBO sci-fi films, toxic waste is dumped in a Paramount Home Video 32523 Home Video, prebooks March 14. mosquito -infested mine and creates a Tom Hanks 2 2 7 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE Columbia TriStar Home Video 52413 1993 PG First -time director Robert De Niro strain of skeeter that's big, bad, and lia- Meg Ryan cut a small -scale gem with this tale of ble to make a huge mess on your wind- Warner Bros. Inc. Kevin Kline 3 3 6 DAVE 1993 PG -13 good guys and wiseguys in the chang- shield. While taking baby steps toward Warner Home Video 12962 Sigourney Weaver ing Bronx of the '60s. Middle-class bus humor, this mightily confused fright Sean Connery 4 4 9 RISING SUN FoxVideo 8520 1993 R driver Lorenzo (De Niro) struggles to flick should have gone for "Tremors" - Wesley Snipes keep his young son Calogero (Francis like laughs and upped its special effects Morgan Creek Productions Inc. Christian Slater 5 7 4 TRUE ROMANCE 1993 NR Capra) from falling under the spell of budget. (It might also have taken an in- Warner Home Video 13158 Patricia Arquette Pal- in its obligatory evil- land-devel- Cary Elwes charismatic mafioso Sonny (Chazz terest 6 12 3 ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS FoxVideo 8522 1993 PG -13 minteri, who also wrote the story). The oper subplot and dropped the romantic Richard Lewis Charlie Sheen tug -of -war between Lorenzo and subplot that stops the movie dead.) It 1 6 4 HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX FoxVideo 8507 1993 PG -13 Sonny continues when an older Calo- should draw out the SF mavens, who Lloyd Bridges Hollywood Pictures Bette Midler gero (Lillo Brancato), hanging out with probably will remain indifferent to the 8 9 4 HOCUS POCUS 1993 PG Hollywood Home Video 2144 Sarah Jessica Parker a pack of idle, teen -age vitelloni, devel- film's periodic skeeter-cam shots. Sylvester Stallone a black class- 5 11 CLIFFHANGER Columbia TriStar Home Video 52233 1993 R ops a taboo attraction to 9 John Lithgow mate (Tarai Hicks). Often recalling "Cold Sweat" (1993), R, Paramount Touchstone Pictures Rebecca DeMornay 15. 10 8 7 GUILTY AS SIN 1993 R Scorsese's De Niro vehicles "Mean Home Video, prebooks March Touchstone Home Video 2009 Don Johnson Streets" and "GoodFellas," this drama Ben Cross is a hitman whose last vic- Universal City Studios from a playful pop score, a tim (Lenore Zarin) haunts him -usually 11 II. HARD TARGET Jean-Claude van Damme 1993 R benefits NEW MCA/Universal Home Video 81570 sharp sense of humor (especially in de- naked, as this is an erotic thriller. The Universal City Studios Robert Downey, Jr. fleshy phantom makes him question his 12 14 3 HEART AND SOULS 1993 PG -13 picting the barfly freakshow that was MCA/Universal Home Video 81628 Charles Grodin gang), and remarkably well - career path and, more unconscionably, Sonny's A. Schwarzenegger LAST ACTION HERO Columbia TriStar Home Video 27933 1993 PG -13 drawn characters (especially Palmin- ruins his sex life. Cross is being hired 13 NEW Po. Austin O'Brien will offer by a husband (Dave Thomas) who sus- teri's complex mobster). It Paramount Pictures Sharon Stone 10 12 SLIVER 1993 R proof of the old theorem: De Niro + pects that his wife is unfaithful. Since 14 Paramount Home Video 32722 William Baldwin criminality = rentals. Thomas' wife is erotic thriller queen New Line Home Video Tyrin Turner 15 16 3 MENACE II SOCIETY 1993 R Shannon Tweed, she's indeed entertain- Columbia TriStar Home Video 72550 Larenz Tate "Dazed And Confused" (1993), R, ing more men than Bob Hope in war- Thomas Ian Nicholas 1993 PG 16 NEW 11110. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FoxVideo 8521 MCA/Universal Home Video, pre - time, and dutifully disrobes in a variety Gary Busey books March 16. of settings. Tweed's self-exposure ulti- Warner Bros. Inc. Whoopi Goldberg 17 ii 10 MADE IN AMERICA 1993 PG -13 On the last day of classes, 1976, stu- mately will be more responsible for the Warner Home Video 12652 Ted Danson dents at a Texas high school celebrate title's success than its ghost-meets -hit- Paramount Pictures Dan Aykroyd 18 NEW 111. CONEHEADS 1993 PG with a wild, start -of- summer baccha- man-meets -sleazy- lovers plot. Tweed Paramount Home Video 32874 Jane Curtin nal-or, at least, they drive around try- also appears in a trailer, promoting a Universal City Studios 19 13 7 DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY o Jason Scott Lee 1993 PG -13 ing to find one. The funniest and per- sweepstakes in which she teasingly of- MCA/Universal Home Video 81480 portrait of fers herself as grand prize, promising Paramount Pictures Robert Redford haps the most astute screen 20 15 16 INDECENT PROPOSAL 1993 R '70s teen -age life, it's a sprawling, four winners each "an unforgettable Paramount Home Video 32453 Demi Moore nearly plotless round -robin of adoles- night on the town." Viewers should be JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL New Line Home Video Kari Keegan 21 26 2 1993 NR cent ebullience, angst, and boredom. excused if they envision Tweed's dates FRIDAY Columbia TriStar Home Video 72413 Steven Williams notable in a large cast are Jason to be drooling maniacs who would con- Warner Bros. Inc. Most 22 17 12 FREE WILLY Jason James Richter 1993 PG London as a quarterback whose coach sider a dogfight an elegant evening out. Warner Home Video 18000 BLOOD IN...BLOOID OUT: BOUND BY Hollywood Pictures Benjamin Bratt doesn't like his hard -partying friends, 23 24 4 1993 R Wiley Wiggins as the virginal fresh- "My Boyfriend's Back" (1993), PG- HONOR Hollywood Home Video 2015 Jesse Borrego Home Video, man at his first beer -blast, and Rory 13, Hollywood Pictures 24 20 5 WARLOCK 2: THE ARMAGEDDON Vidmark Entertainment 5514 Julian Sands 1993 R Cochrane as a chipper doper whose bi- prebooks March 14. Warner Bros. Inc. Mason Gamble centennial musings reveal his belief in Teen -age social underdog Johnny 18 14 DENNIS THE MENACE 1993 PG 25 Warner Home Video 17000 Walter Matthau a pot- smoking George Washington. Dingle (Andrew Lowery) wants to take New Line Home Video Karina Lombard may be an local dreamgirl Missy McCloud (Traci 26 25 3 WIDE SARGASSO SEA 1993 NR "Dazed And Confused" Columbia TriStar Home Video 72553 Rachel Ward "American Graffiti" for the '70s, but Lind) to the prom, but gets killed while Touchstone Pictures to her. A tearful Missy 21 19 10 LIFE WITH MIKEY Michael J. Fox 1993 PG -13 with a comparative lack of coherence trying impress Touchstone Home Video 2010 makes it appropriate to the dec- tells the expiring suitor that she'll be that Park Place Entertainment Inc. Vivian Schilling 28 36 2 FUTURE SHOCK 1993 PG -13 ade. Those offended by pervasive drug his date, and Johnny soon manages to Hemdale Home Video 7169 Bill Paxton rise from the dead, intent on escorting and alcohol use should steer clear, but Bill Murray 23 GROUNDHOG DAY Columbia TriStar Home Video 52293 -5 1993 PG in light of current 'Os nostalgia, it will her despite his corporeal decay and 29 22 Andie MacDowell Yet create quite a buzz. growing hunger for human flesh. James Earl Jones 21 15 THE SANDLOT FoxVideo 8500 1993 PG Johnny is received nonchalantly by his 30 Mike Vitar (1994), R, New Line Home parents, friends, and teachers -the "Skeeter" New Line Home Video Eric Stoltz 31 30 6 BODIES, REST & MOTION 1993 R Video, prebooks March 15. film's main joke-as he lurches toward Columbia TriStar Home Video 52223 Bridget Fonda big dance. (The movie's best laughs After nature -gone -awry movies the Hollywood Pictures Melanie Griffith 28 14 BOIRN YESTERDAY 1993 PG about monstrous dogs, cats, and bunny are politically incorrect, as "the dead 32 Hollywood Home Video 1744 John Goodman rabbits, someone finally had the good (Continued on next page) Mario Van Peebles 31 14 POSSE PolyGram Video 4400881153 1993 R 33 Steven Baldwin Janet Jackson Columbia TriStar Home Video 52393 1993 R 34 NEW II. POETIC JUSTICE Tupac Shakur Universal City Studios Al Pacino 27 SCENT OF A WOMAN* 1992 R 35 23 Home Video 81283 Chris O'Donnell Musk Videos MCA/Universal The Largest Brad Pitt PI. KALIIFORNIA PolyGram Video 4400889333 1993 NR Exercise 36 NEW Juliette Lewis Laser Disc Kid's Stuff 37 34 18 ALADDIN Walt Disney Home Video 1662 Animated 1992 G Selection & Movies Richard Dreyfuss 38 35 11 LOST IN YONKERS Columbia TriStar Home Video 53663 1993 PG Bar None! Much More! 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Sight & Sound Puts Kid Vid In -Store At More Than 500 Retailers

SIGHTED: Children's music video - Random House, A &M, and MCA are N.M., are receiving some unusual ex- other Videotherapy Project sites are clips have a new avenue of exposure, among the companies whose product posure these days -through the coali- currently in development in New York, courtesy of in -store music and video appears in Sight & Sound's retail com- tion's recently launched national Vi- Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and provider Sight & Sound Entertain- pilations. "Sight & Sound is an excel- deotherapy Project. California, and the coalition eventually ment. The Seattle -based company com- lent alternative marketing strategy," The aim is altruistic rather than cap- will provide the service nationwide. piles monthly video programs in a says Sapp. "We've received great re- italistic. The project uses 35 coalition - number of formats, including chil- sponse from shoppers who have seen donated videos for use in pediatric hos- EASTER DOG: Paramount Home dren's. Kids aged 2-6 are targeted with these videos and have been inspired to pital units and health -care facilities. Video will release the first seven titles Sight & Sound's KidVision program, go out and buy them -as well as from First recipients are Las Cumbres by Moira McCormick in its "Peanuts" acquisition March 9. while for 6-12- year -olds there's MAX - distributors of children's entertain- Learning Center in Espanola, N.M., Lead title is "It's The Easter Beagle, TV. According to programming coordi- ment looking for exposure for their which specializes in treating children Charlie Brown!" Paramount acquired nator Andre Sapp, the programs are product." and families who are victims of vio- [television] violence is one cause of vio- video rights to 63 "Peanuts" titles, 15 seen in -store in 520 locations-includ- lence; the New Mexico Dept. of lent or aggressive behavior in children of which are new to home video. The ing Kids 'R' Us, Sears, Nordstrom, and THERAPEUTIC: Those manufactur- Health's Supplemental Food Program has been borne out by over 1,000 stu- "Peanuts" programs are being mar- Payless Kids -and reach 10 million ers whose titles are included in the top - for Women, Infants, and Children; and dies," says coalition founder and presi- keted in four categories: "Peanuts viewers per month. quality Kids First! Collection, put to- Albuquerque's Ronald McDonald dent Ranny Levy. "Home videos are a Classics," "This Is America, Charlie Zoom Express/BMG Kidz, Jim Hen- gether by the nonprofit Coalition for House. means of exposing them to the very Brown," "The Charlie Brown And son Records, Warner Home Video, Quality Children's Videos, Santa Fe, "The fact that regular exposure to best children's programs." Levy says (Continued on next page)

MARQUEE VALUES (Continued from preceding page) kid" is subjected to the bigotry of the nor funny, and are handled so clumsily living as a spoof of mistreated minori- they give audiences new respect for ties.) But this story of a high -school skin-meister Zalman King's gauzy cou- ghoul is largely gore -free, while fairly plings. Recommend it only to the most bursting with unwelcome sitcom cute- undemanding "adult" comedy fans. ness. Fans of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" will be intrigued, and then dis- "Arcade" (1993), not rated, Full appointed. Moon Entertainment, prebooks SOMETHING MORSAY YES,Ta March 16. "Lovers' Lovers" (1993), unrated, Arcade is a new high -definition vir- Triboro Entertainment, prebooks tual- reality video game whose booming WHAT ABOUT SEX? and IF YOU CAN March 14. satanic baritone voice ought to tip off A sex comedy that covers neither kids to take their quarters elsewhere. genre in glory, "Lovers' Lovers" opens John DeLancie is enjoyably cynical as TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT SEX as schlemiel -hero Michael (writer /di- the game salesman who pooh -poohs ru- rector Serge Rodnunsky) meets sexu- mors of its "design problems" and YOU CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT ANYTHING ally aggressive Blaire (Jennifer Cie - hands out home versions of Arcade. sar). Michael and Blaire have a fling, in Megan Ward is the teen who realizes spite of his girlfriend Teri (Cindy that at home and mall alike, kids who "...Unvarnished plain talk about the basics..."- Ed Bradley "60 Minutes" Parker). But by some wacky contriv- lose to the computer-generated terrors ance, Teri is doing it with Blaire's boy- of Arcade get sucked into the machine Important videos for teens and parents from renowned expert Lennie Roseman friend Ray (Ray Bennett), and this itself. (There, they must labor in its symmetrical cheating scenario ends electronic dreamscapes like mimimum- with a giggly message about infidelity wage workers at some demonic Dis- WHAT ABOUT SEX? A1.1AlMl't:NllUt:UYAUpII'Aii being the best policy. Competing with neyland.) With enough visually engag- Expert Lennie Roseman, featured on "60 Minutes ", an oppressive ragtime score, its inter- ing computer animation to outdazzle a works with teens who speak. out and learn important tat minable dialog seems improvised, but formulaic plot, rent-'em-all horror lov- viewers are likely to curtail it with the ers will try their luck with it, if only to life lessons in a very special workshop. Abolit fast -forward button in search of nudity. better prepare themselves for the inev- Myths and misconceptions about sex are discussed Yet its sex scenes 2." SE: t° ' are neither erotic itable "Arcade and dispelled. Frank conversation about sex, values, Terns decision making and communication. An invaluable Speak Mt program for teens and parents. Moat If You Can TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT SEX l'(¡rents. THE ..' "-' REPORTERTOP 10 You Can Talk To Them A3out Anything Peer & l'r,.rouul W E E K L Y M O V I E G R O S S E S Lennie Roseman understands parents' discomfort Ra.slnn,.s NO. OF TOTAL in talking with teenagers about sex and other impor- SCRNS WKS GROSS tant life issues. THIS WEEKEND PERSCRN IN TO DATE WEEK PICTURE /(STUDIO) GROSS (5) AVG (5) REL. (S) Tackle this challenge with Lennie as she works with IA A

1 On Deadly Ground 12,679,373 2,010 -- 12,679,373 a group of parents, developing communication skills SEL #.72333-80012-3 SEL. #72333-80073-3 (Warner Bros.) 6,308 necessary to build meaningful relationships and help SRP: $19.98 45 MIN. SRP: $19.98 54 MIN. 2 Ace Ventura 10,211,051 1,923 2 37,654,843 their teens deal with the issues of our time. SEL. (Warner Bros.) 5,310 difficult FAMILY VALUES TWIN PACK #:72333- 80031 -3 SRF: $34.98 3 Blue Chips 10,123,605 1,980 - 10,123,605 Other Selling Points: STREET DATE: APRIL 12, 1994 (Paramount) 5,113 Lennie Roseman has been'eatured on "60 Minutes ", ORDER DATE: MARCH 18, 1994 4 Blank Check 6,286,347 1,732 1 12,939,811 "Oprah" and other talk shows around the dis- (Buena Vista) 3,629 country cussing her work in this vital area Family tallies Thin Pack 5 Reality Bites 6,003,525 1,149 6,003,525 - Specially priced Family Values Twin Pack for sellthrough (Universal) 5,225 "WHAT ABOUT SEX ?" and "If You Can TALL TO and profitable rental 6 Schindler's List 4,867,800 798 9 42,076,718 YOUR KIDS ABOUT SEX You Can Talk To Thim (Universal) 6,100 Valuable programs for preteens. teens and parents About Anything" packaged together at a spacial Supported by press appear2nces, increasing consumer 7 My Girl 2 4,821,506 1,853 1 10,872,545 $34.98 retail price. Available through street date. (Columbia) 2,602 awareness 8 Mrs. Doubtfire 4,538,114 1,380 42 193,344,943 (20th Century Fox) 3,289 I-3 1'41 IT) 1994 BMG Video. Manufactured and Distributed by BMG Video, a Division of BMG Music. a Bertelsmann Music Group Com +any. V I D E O 1540 Broadway. New York, NY 10036. The BMG logo is a registered trademark of BMG Music. All rights reserved. 9 My Father, The Hero 4,103,333 1,363 2 15,926,180 (Buena Vista) 3,010 10 Philadelphia 4,020,975 1,449 8 55,884,002 (TriStar) 2,775

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CHILD'S PLAY GST REAL. GET FIT. (Corrtiiii ed from preceding page) Snoopy Show," and "Snoopy Double and "Pooh Storybook Classics." Miramar/BMG Video has released Features." The company also will re- Each cassette is $12.99. Disney also what's described as the first computer lease hourlong specials and featueres in just released the 24th title in its Walt animation music video for children, its "Peanuts" line. "The Easter Bea- Disney Classics series, "The Fox And "Imaginaria," on videocassette ($14.98) gle" title is being offered both as a The Hound." The animated 1981 film and laserdisc ($24.98) ... Jim Henson Jackie JoyAeI'-Kersee stand -alone cassette ($12.95) and pack- features the character voices of Video's latest releases are a chuckle - aged with an Easter Bunny -outfitted Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell in filled Muppet Sing-Along, "It's Not Snoopy plush toy ($17.95). the respective title roles. A tie -in with Easy Being Green," as well as a pair Ralston- Purina Chex brand cereals is of fairy tales, "Hey, Cinderella" and BEYOND THE BOUNDS AND BUNNIES: Speaking of bun- part of the promotional doings. "The Frog Prince." The latter two nies, GoodTimes Home Video has re- clamshell- packaged titles are available The Pre licaf Exercise and Riess Program leased the latest titles in its superb an- KIDBITS: The always first -rate Chil- in a castle- decorated prepack, and imated series "The World Of Peter dren's Circle, via Wood Knapp Video, come with an instantly redeemable Rabbit And Friends." The pair of new- has a winning new title, "The Day coupon and $5 rebate offer ... Upcom- to -video titles, "The Tale Of Pigling Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash And Other ing from Sony Wonder's Nickelodeon Bland" and "The Tale Of Mrs. Tiggy- Stories" ($14.95). Also available from Collection are three titles: the home ustc viers know exercise tide( 3 won't turn them in Winkle And Mr. Jeremy Fisher," are Wood Knapp is a five -title series called video debut of spook -story anthology supe-nodels ar movie stars, t at trey do want to b priced at $19.95 each. "All The Basics For Baby," created by series "Are You Afraid Of The Dark ?," phys cílly fit. Another bunch of beloved children's child care experts like the National a videocassette subtitled "Ghostly Ta- Milne's Winnie Safety Council. Each title is $19.98 ... les"; a new "Classics Explains It All" Gie then tie comprehensive )rog-am from 5 -time lit characters-AA. the Pooh and company -celebrate More lit -based titles just out include called "Take My Brother Please! "; and Weial -winner Jackie Jaynes- Kersee. OI'mpic their 70th anniversary this year. Dis- Golden Book Video's "Angela's Air- "The Ren & Stimpy Show: In Dis- Developed hr personal trainer Ron Byrl, with the assis- ney Home is proclaiming 1994 "The plane," "Curious George," and "Frog guise." All are due in stores March 22. is offering three And Toad Together" (each $12.95); and Coming April 12 are two new "Ru- avice of Jackie ani coach Bch Kere, Year Of Pooh," and themed video collections of Pooh and Lightyear Entertaimnent/BMG Kidz's grats" titles, "Angelica The Divine" 'Beyond The friends, to be released through the "Hans Christian Anderson's The Wild and "Chuckle The Bold" ... 3ciinds" year. Titles for the trio of collections Swans," narrated by Sigourney National Geographic Video and Co- -aces inte - are "Pooh Playtime," "Pooh Learning," Weaver ($12.98) ... (Continued on page 68) ntdiates trio warm -up tar )ugh Billboard. FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 3 four phase aero- 3i( workout TO coo - da m Video Sales. rt c ocume ntary profile Top Special Interest includes.actie's comments. See her Compiled from a national sample of retail Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. train and c ompete. store sates reports. w z 01- OTi*ER SEIIIWG POINTS 3 ól- TITLE G TITLE x a Program Supplier, Catalog Number Program Supplier, Catalog Number The first exercise and fitness video n c= n from the world's greatest female athlete RECREATIONAL SPORTSTM HEALTH AND FITNESS,.

/,ppealE- to everyone inter - * * NO. 1 * * ** No.1 ** 1 17 CINDY CRAWFORD /THE NEXT CHALLENGE Fsted in good health and 1 1 11 BAD GOLF MADE EASIER 19.98 1 19.99 ABC Video 45003 GoodTimes Home Video 05 -7100 fitness CNN SPORTS: PLAY OF THE DAY FAVORITES TONY LITTLE: TOTAL BODY SHAPE UP 0 2 9 12.98 2 3 31 12.98 InspirinE aad motivating 2 Turner Home Entertainment 3111 Parade Video 94

NBA JAM SESSION SUSAN POINTER: LEAN, STRONG & 19.95 3 4 39 14.98 3 2 19 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 5559 HEALTHY 0 A'Vision Entertainment 50466 -3 FIAPIP MICHAEL JORDAN: AIR TIME MARKY MARK WORKOUT: FORM, FITNESS, 19.95 4 3 51 19.98 4 8 17 PROFITS WITH TEE "BEYON) FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 5770 FOCUS GoodTimes Home Video 05 -79319 3" BURNERS 6- 100 GREATEST NFL TOUCHDOWNS JANE FONDA'S FAVORITE FAT 0 19.98 PACK 5 8 7 14.95 5 6 21 PolyGram Video 4400876793 A'Vision Entertainment 55008 -3 6 c)pies o! "31eyon ABS OF STEEL 2000 MICHAEL BOLTON'S WINNING SOFTBALL 19.98 4 11 14.95 6 13 5 6 The Maier Group TMG227 specially prict d at $59.98 Columbia Music Video 19V49187 THE JOE MONTANA STORY BOXOUT WITH SUGAR RAY LEONARD available thrc ugh street date 19.95 7 11 25 19.95 7 6 15 PolyGram Video 4400881953 PolyGram Video 4400877493 Rur ning TiTe 50 minutes MICHAEL JORDAN: COME FLY WITH ME TONY LITTLE: HIPS, BUTTOCKS & THIGHS 0 $ 10 224 19.98 8 9 19 12.98 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 2173 Parade Video 93 VHf Single copy NBA RISING STARS JANE FONDA'S YOGA EXERCISE WORKOUT 19.98 SRF - 30085 -3 9 15 3 14.98 9 NEW $19.98 '2333 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 4084 A "Vision Entertainment 55021

4Hf 6 -pack MAGIC MEMORIES ON ICE II NIKE: TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING 19.95 10 18 3 24.98 10 16 9 A'Vision Entertainment 50532 -3 195.98 SRP '2333- 3C093 -3 ABC Video 44002 PATRICK EWING: STANDING TALL BUNS OF STEEL STEP 2000 Special Bonus: 19.98 11 1 9 14.95 11 7 9 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 5933 The Maier Group TMG1142 Four color insert With NBA SHOWMEN: THE SPECTACULAR GUARDS THIGHS OF STEEL WITH TAMILEE WEBB 9.95 photos 12 12 34 9.98 12 14 27 o #Jackie FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 2383 The Maier Group TMG 158 P us her athletic stats THE NFL'S 15 GREATEST COMEBACKS ABS OF STEEL WITH TAMILEE WEBB 9.99 and 11 15 14.95 13 12 97 travel tips. 13 PolyGram Video 4400876873 The Maier Group TMG 132 AND THIGHS THE SECRET NBA KATHY SMITH'S GREAT BUNS 0 19.95 14 14 43 14.98 14 10 21 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 5789 A *Vision Entertainment 50446 -3 ABS OF STEEL 2 WITH TAMILEE WEBB LT 19.95 15 95 9.99 15 16 37 PolyGram Video 4400863893 15 The Maier Group TMG 133 BUNS OF STEEL 3 WITH TAMILEE WEBB SUPER SLAMS OF THE NBA 14.98 9.99 WS V15 .5 '415 5 112 16 RE-ENTRY n 16 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 3244 The Maier Group TMG 131 SHAQ ATTACK: IN YOUR FACE STEP REEBOK: THE VIDEO 19.98 17 17 77 29.95 17 9 31 Parade Video 530 PolyGram Video 0847853 YOUR BODY NFL ROCKS-EXTREME FOOTBALL CINDY CRAWFORD /SHAPE 19.99 18 17 11 19.95 18 RE-ENTRY WORKOUT GoodTimes Home Video 7032 STREET DATE: APRIL 26, 1994 PolyGram Video 4400876853 MAGIC JOHNSON: ALWAYS SHOWTIME JANE FONDA'S COMPLETE WORKOUT 19.98 109 19.98 19 13 206 WIDER DATE: MARCH 31, 1994 19 19 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 3189 A *Vision Entertainment 55006

HISTORY OF THE NBA TONY LITTLE: TIGHTEN, FIRM & SMILE 9.98 Prag-am ©1993 Aft MidnigIMProdulions Inc. /Aperture Communication 20 RE-ENTRY 19.98 20 NEWS Brentwood Home Video BC106 3rou3 Artwork 8 Ds go 01.1 BNGVideo. All Rights Reserved. FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 2857 Manufactured and Dllriauted - BM3 Jideo, a Division of BMG Music, a SMG 3ertdsmann Musc &pup Con .any. 1.40 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. at retail for theat ically released programs, 25,000 units and $1 million at ITA gold certification for sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million The PIG logo is s Bred t demar of BMG Music. All Rights Reserved. released VIDEO suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically programs, or 50,000 units or $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 1994 Billboard /BPI Communications.

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TURNER (Continued from page 61) exclusive licensing agreement with Broadway Video to distribute its li- brary of 534 episodes of "Lassie." This will be the first video release Putting Strength in for these episodes, says Broadway Video spokeswoman Jan Murray. Broadway Video owns exclusive rights to the Lassie name and im- age. Nickelodeon currently licenses Numbers... "Lassie" from Broadway Video for daily broadcast on the network. Since Sony Wonder distributes vid- The Susan Powter revolution continues. eos of other Nickelodeon shows, including "Ren And Stimpy," the Today's highest profile fitness leader has created a "Lassie" videos were considered a natural progression. The first two, "Lassie To The Res- unique strength -training workout video that has cue" and "Lassie's Odyssey," will be released June 21. Each cassette is appeal for more people than others on the market. 44 minutes, contains two episodes, and retails for $9.98. Each will be packaged with a collectible activity book. Release is timed to capitalize on a new live- action movie from Para- mount Pictures, produced by Lorne Building Michaels, Broadway Video founder. The movie is due in July, "so we want to get out there in time to ride their coattails," says Sony Wonder Strength with VP of marketing Wendy Moss, who is working on a cross-promotion. For Christmas, two more titles will be released, with a plush toy Susan Powter Lassie included, for $14.98 each, says Moss. Licensed product is due as well. A resistance training program designed to meet the Like "The Flintstones," "Lassie" is targeted at both adults and chil- needs of ALL FITNESS LEVELS. dren. "Everybody remembers Las- sie -it's an evergreen property," says Moss, noting that this year Strength training made easy, understandable and marks the character's 50th anniver- sary. "These episodes span Lassie's affordable. career across the board, from black- and -white to color, from Jeff to The perfect complement to aerobic routines. Timmy," referring to Lassie's vari- ous co- stars. "Parents feel nostalgic and want to see it." Nickelodeon, meanwhile, gives the show a contemporary spin. Ac- Susan Powter Facts cording to Moss, "Nickelodeon takes an irreverent, hip attitude to- ward children's programming, so "Lean, Strong & Healthy" Susan's first workout video, that Nickelodeon name will get kids' attention and bring `Lassie' to the entered the fitness charts at #1, selling over 300,000 copies forefront." Jan Herzog, marketing specialist in just two weeks. for distributor Ingram Entertain- ment, predicts "The Flintstones" and "Lassie" will do well. "These are Susan's Simon & Schuster book Stop the Insanity! has series that have been around a long time and that have a broad demo- stayed at the top of the New York Times Bestseller List. graphic appeal and a high recogni- tion factor," she says. "The parents remember watching them when Her weekly appearances as the "HOME" show's health and they were kids, and they feel safe showing it to their children, because fitness expert have furthered Susan's national recognition. they know its background, they know there's no violence." The award-winning "Stop the Insanity!" infomercial won Catalog Number: 50601 -3 Susan recognition by the National Infomercial Marketing Street Date: 4/6/94 Pre -Order Date: 3/15/94 Association as Best Female Presenter, Best Production and Price: $19.95 Time: minutes Infomercial of the Year. Running Approx. 60

For more information contact your local WEA representative. ;'1V E-`j ] 1 Yabba -dabba -do to you in April when Distributed by A'Vision Entertainment /The Atlantic Group. 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019. artaimmimmir Turner Home Entertainment releases A Warner Music Group Company. the first four in a new series of "Flintstones" cassettes.

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NEW LINE HOME VIDEO (Continued from page 61) senior VP of sales and marketing, points to movies like "Excessive Force" and "Three Of Hearts" as titles that helped broaden New Line's cus- tomer base. "These titles exceeded competitive sales levels," he says. "And overall, Two New Releases 15% of the top 40 rental titles were

In 1993, New Line's gross revenue From The Award -Winning Series totaled $170 million, $50 million more than in the previous year. Although New Line's releases are primarily rental titles, the company did That Has Captured The Imagination Of America! well with sell-through titles such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3," which sold 3 million units, and the 25th - Enter the bizarre and After amusing world of Dr. Joel Fleischman, a New Yorker who nx st pay off his educational debt by practicing anniversary edition of "The Graduate," medicine in the back-aoocs town of Cicely, Alaska. There he encounters the curious but unforgettable characters that make up one worth another 100,000 tapes. Einhorn says New Line is "optimis- of the most popular and successful television series of the '90s. tic" about a "Turtles 4," now in devel- opment. "We've acquired domestic rights to 'Turtles 4,' but we don't pro- 3 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS! duce [the titles]," he says. There have Best Drama Series been discussions with the producer, Golden Harvest, to "freshen up the Best Actress, Drama Series - Janine Turner characters" if a new sequel gets a Best Actor, Drama Series - Rob Morrow green light. To date, New Line's only scheduled 1994 sell-through releases will be 25th - anniversary edition of "The Lion In e e et Winter," featuring an in -depth inter- view with Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, and a re-release of N2RTHERN Your customers are waiting N2RTHERN "Escape From New York," including di- to welcome these visitors extra footage and an interview with EXPOSURE EXPOSURE rector John Carpenter. from up north into "We have a few other titles that "The Body in Question" their homes. "Burning Down would logically fall into the family mar- the House" ket," says Einhorn. `But it's a big step to sell- through." Family titles on the theatrical sched- ule include "Corrina, Corrina," "Mon- key Trouble," Castle Rock's "North," and "Little Big League." Rental titles for 1994 include "Blink," expected to gross $20 million at the box office; "8 Seconds," with Luke Perry as rodeo rider Lane Frost;

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE EACH "North," directed by Rob Reiner; and the critically acclaimed "Short Cuts," scheduled for a June 3 release. Einhorn, however, offered little on INCLUDES 5 MINUTE how New Line would work with its new FEATURETTE parent, Turner Broadcasting. STEREO S Columbia TriStar Home Video will NRTE011111 distribute for New Line through 1994. ul L ' fiJif,i1Jll" JJlI11I1u ¡A';Ill ill: '., #81685 PICTURE THIS (Continued from page 61) Colcr / 4i Mins. / Not Rated Color / 46 Mins. / Not Rated Universal Pay Television sales and The sleepy lit le town of Cicely may cause a world- In th"s soaringly funny episode, Maggie gets a marketing senior VP Jerry Hartman wide historicrl revo uiion when Chris discovers the doufic dose of disaster when her visiting mom estimated that it would take at least 10 years to achieve a critical mass, i.e., the fronn body of 18in- century Frenchman "Pierre" cm jounces she's getting a divorce, then ability to reach 25% of U.S. households. digitally . old his outrageous diary. recorded orrice ltally burns her daughter's house down Viewer's Choice's Jim English vowed, "It's going to happen." Not before video retailers add to STREET DATE: MARCH 30, 1994 their arsenal, however. Karpel noted members' new-found strength in video game sales and rentals, generating ALSO AVAILABLE ON LASERDISC # 41985 S34.98 s L.p. revenues of a $1 billion, saying, 'We're probably leaving another $500 million to $1 billion on the table ... right now." MEDIA HALT: New Line Home Video ceased working on multimedia projects after Turner Broadcasting erereter?rerrfrer1994 MCA HOME VIDEO IN( ALL RIGHTS RESERVED purchased parent New Line Cinema. "We had all kinds of plans," says NLHV president Steven Einhorn, but "we just stopped" pending coordina- tion of corporate efforts. Merging into a big organization "tends to slow these things down."

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MAKING A STATEMENT: Press - ery cable operator has a different * * * No. 1 * * * shy Suncoast Motion Picture Co., lineup." 1 1 21 ALADDIN Walt Disney Home Video 1662 Anrrnated 1992 G 2489 Musicland's sell- through division, As an example, Time Warner will PLAYBOY CELEBRITY CENTERFOLD: Playboy Home Video was more to its listing all its Home 2 2 15 Dian Parkinson 1993 NR 1995 than eager talk about begin Theatre DIAN PARKINSON Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0739 February promotion, "Why Buy PPV movies in the New York Daily Warner Bros. Inc. 3 3 13 FREE WILLY Jason James Richter 1993 PG 24.96 Movies Anywhere Else ?" News television listings. In addition Warner Home Video 18000 In promo, "Same to movies and show times, the guide the subtitled Warner Bros. Inc. Clint Eastwood 4 7 2 UNFORGIVEN 1992 R 19.98 Price Less Fat," the company set up also will tell consumers how to order Warner Home Video 12531 Gene Hackman end -caps in all 320 Suncoast stores programming, an obstacle for many and sold "Charlotte's Web," viewers, Lewis said. "This is the kind 5 6 193 PINOCCHIO Walt Disney Home Video 239 Animated 1940 G 24.99 "Wayne's World," "The Addams of advertising that will get PPV on the Warner Bros. Inc. Kevin Costner 6 5 12 THE BODYGUARD 1992 R 19.98 Family," and "Ghost" for $5.99 each. map." Warner Home Video 12591 Whitney Houston Sound familiar? Here's another clue: Other PPV suppliers are looking at Gary Oldman Ï 23 3 BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA Columbia TriStar Home Video 51413 -5 1992 R 19.95 End -cap header cards featured a telcos to create slick catalogs that Anthony Hopkins hamburger with a line through it. "sell the movie, instead of giving cus- PLAYBOY 1994 VIDEO PLAYMATE Playboy Home Video 8 4 14 Various Artists 1993 NR 1995 Suncoast, like tomers a post- CALENDAR Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0744 every other re- age -sized pic- 9 8 69 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Walt Disney Home Video 1325 Animated 1991 G 24.99 tailer in Amer- ture" of a movie / Paramount Pictures Patrick Swayze ica, screamed on a flier in the 10 15 36 GHOST 1990 PG-13 14.95 when Para- SHIM monthly cable Paramount Home Video 32004 Demi Moore mount Home guide, said Eric Nickelodeon 11 13 5 THE REN & STIMPY SHOW: ON DUTY Animated 1994 NR 14.98 Video sold the Tit 141 Frankel, Sony Wonder LV492 1 5 by Eileen Fl tzpatrick same titles to Warner Bros.' 12 11 4 LET'S PRETEND WITH BARNEY The Lyons Group 2000 Various Artists 1994 NR 14.95 McDonald's last senior VP of pay PENTHOUSE: 25TH ANNIVERSARY Penthouse Video fall for the fast - TV, cable, and 13 14 2 Various Artists 1994 NR 1995 food chain's now -infamous holiday network features. "Dabbling every SWIMSUIT VIDEO A *Vision Entertainment 50549 HOMEWARD BOUND: THE Michael J. Fox promo. However, when Paramount couple of months won't create enough 14 9 27 Walt Disney Home Video 1801 1993 G 22.99 INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Don Ameche offered the same four at a dealer price excitement to sell the product MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 1 -DAY OF Saban Entertainment of $4, the retailer obviously couldn't through. "* 15 22 5 Various Artists 1993 NR 9.95 THE DUMPSTER PolyGram Video 4400881 193 resist (Billboard, Nov. 27, 1993). Warner Bros. Inc. Mason Gamble 16 10 16 DENNIS THE MENACE 1993 PG 24.96 "As a retailer, these are evergreen DATE NIGHT: Consumers may be Warner Home Video 17000 Walter Matthau titles, and we missed an opportunity able to win a date with Shannon MICHAEL JACKSON: DANGEROUS- 11 16 12 Epic Music Video 19V49164 Michael Jackson 1993 NR 19.98 to sell them over the holidays. The Tweed just by checking out her latest THE SHORT FILMS promotion wasn't directed at any one release. Hanna -Barbera Prod. Inc. 18 19 16 CHARLOTTE'S WEB Animated 1973 G 14.95 company," says marketing director One of video's most bankable stars, Paramount Home Video 8099 Archie Benike. Tweed gives viewers the details on Paramount Pictures Anjelica Huston 19 26 2 THE ADDAMS FAMILY 1991 PG -13 14.95 Benike says customers snapped up her April 6 release, Skourus Pictures' Paramount Home Video 32689 Raul Julia the titles faster than someone experi- "Cold Sweat." PLAYBOY: HOW TO REAWAKEN Playboy Home Video 20 20 14 Various Artists 1993 NR 2995 encing a Big Mac attack. By mid - Consumers enter the contest by an- YOUR SEXUAL POWERS Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0746 month, many end -caps were empty, swering questions about the film and 21 24 6 ABC Video Nielsen NR with unit sales in the thousands, he filling out a postcard entry available BAD GOLF MADE EASIER 45003 Leslie 1993 19.98 says. The one -time -only offer is good in stores. Tom Cruise 22 17 2 A FEW GOOD MEN Columbia TriStar Home Video 27893 1992 R 19.95 only while supplies last. Four winners with the correct an- Jack Nicholson swers will be selected, and Tweed will PENTHOUSE: THE GIRLS OF Penthouse Video 23 12 17 Various Artists 1993 NR 19.95 PPV MARKETING PROBLEMS: jet to their hometowns for the dates. PENTHOUSE -VOL. 2 A *Vision Entertainment 50426 -3 It's not often a panel of pay -per -view The stores with the winning transac- Peach Home Video 24 27 5 SUPER MODELS GO WILD Various Artists 1994 NR 9.95 suppliers admit that video stores do a tions will also get visits from Tweed Uni Dist. Corp. PCH7002 Christian Slater better job servicing the customer, but and a $250 cash prize. All entries must 25 NEW II. UNTAMED HEART MGM /UA Home Video M204549 1993 PG -13 19.98 that's just what some PPV executives be postmarked by June 6. Marisa Tomei Nickelodeon did at the Paul Kagan Seminar: FoxVideo will conduct its own 26 21 24 REN & STIMPY: THE CLASSICSO Animated 1993 NR 14.98 Video on Demand conference, held glamour -packed consumer sweep- Sony Wonder LV49200 Warner Bros. Inc. Campbell Scott Feb. 15 -16 in Los Angeles. "The fact stakes for `The Beverly Hillbillies," in 27 31 2 SINGLES 1992 PG-13 19.98 Warner Home Video 12410 Bridget Fonda is, PPV has not captured the imagina- stores April 6. Macaulay Culkin 28 18 30 HOME ALONE 2 FoxVideo 1989 1992 PG 24.98 tion of the consumer, and they're Entries for the contest are availa- Joe Pesci happy with the choices out there, ble on standees for the rental title, Paramount Pictures Mike Myers. 29 RE-ENTRY WAYNE'S WORLD 1992 PG-13 14.95 mainly video stores," said Larry which were sent to dealers Feb. 4. Paramount Home Video 32706 Dana Carvey Smith, VP of worldwide pay TV at FoxVideo will pick 25 winners for an MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 5 -HAPPY Saban Entertainment 30 35 6 Various Artists 1993 NR 995 Columbia TriStar International Tele- all- expenses -paid, four -day trip to BIRTHDAY, ZACK PolyGram Video 4400881113 vision. Beverly Hills. Corresponding re- Johnny Depp Smith went so far as to justify tailers also get to head for the land of 31 NEW O. BENNY & JOON MGM/UA Home Video M903007 Mary Stuart 1993 PG 19.98 longer PPV windows for Columbia movie stars and swimming pools. Masterson TriStar's "Sleepless In Seattle." Entry deadline is May 15 and win- 32 30 47 COUNTRY LINE DANCING Quality Video, Inc. 60053 Diane Homer 1992 NR 9.99 "Whatever we leave on the table in ners will be announced on or about terms of PPV, we've already made up June 1. More than 2,500 secondary 33 RE -ENTRY TOM AND JERRY -THE MOVIE Family Home Entertainment 27416 Animated 1993 G 24.98 for in video sales." The title shipped prizes also will be awarded. 510,000 units, according to trade re- c 34 RE -ENTRY ABS OF STEEL WITH TAMILEE WEBB The Maier Group TMG132 Tamilee Webb 1992 NR ports. KYBLAZER' DEBUT: Retailers 9.99 Smith's colleagues on the panel, ti- will again be the first kids on the 35 40 11 MARIAN CAREY Columbia Music Video 19V49179 Mariah Carey 1993 NR 19.98 tled "Everything That's Wrong With block with at least one new video PPV That VOD Will Fix," generally game title. As it did with "Last Action 36 37 3 THE LOVER MGM /UA Home Video M102935 Jane March 1993 NR 19.98 agreed that marketing, choice, and Hero," Columbia TriStar Home Video Tyrone Power lower prices are the remedies, and will give dealers an exclusive seven - 37 36 2 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND FoxVideo 1121 1938 NR 19.98 that 10 years from now, video- on-de- month selling window for the new Alice Faye Playboy Home Video mand with VCR -capability will be the "Skyblazer" game. 38 28 27 PLAYBOY: WET & WILD V Various Artists 1993 NR 19.98 cure. The title, for the Super Nintendo Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0740 MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 2 -FOOD Saban Entertainment For now, Katherine Lewis, VP of Entertainment System only, is in 39 33 5 Various Artists 1993 NR 995 FIGHT PolyGram Video 4400881213 business affairs and PPV at Time stores March 16 from Sony Image - Sonja Henie 40 NEW II. SECOND FIDDLE FoxVideo 1814 1939 NR 19.98 Warner Cable, had a few marketing soft, a Columbia TriStar affiliate. Tyrone Power tips. "PPV marketing is regional, not A sneak preview of the game will national," she said. "You have to think appear on copies of "Striking Dis- RIAA gold cert. for sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. RIAA platinum cert. for sales of 100,000 units or $2 million in sales at sugges ed retail. CITA gold certification for a mirimum of 125,000 units a retail about co-op advertising, because ev- tance," in stores March 2. or dollar volume of $9 million at for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. OITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 1994, Billboard/BPI Communications.

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 67 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard@ FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 Video Previews TopKid VidOO.. E D I T E D B Y C A T H E R I N E A P P L E F E L D ¢ COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF < RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS. Y o Ú w W < ' z v O people's back yards have reduce anxiety by pointing Carlin fans have come to MUSIC TITLE v mä found already. out the areas in which expect. OJ been N 3 Copyright Owner, Manufacturer, Catalog Number r ,;,ce children often develop at "Grammy's Greatest different paces. Star -speckled * * * No. I * * * I stage is somewhat Moments, Volumes and design INSTRUCTIONAL- ALADDIN HEALTH /FITNESS 1 1 21 1992 24.99 II," AVision cheesy, but information Walt Disney Home Video 1662 Entertainment (212 -275- comes through in a clear and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2900), 60 minutes each, "Power Yoga With concise manner. "The Video Guide To 2 2 69 1991 24.99 Walt Disney Home Video 1325 $19.95 each. Christine Kaur," Power Earning Money As A LET'S PRETEND WITH BARNEY Yoga (800 -843- 9642), Mobile Disc -Jockey," 3 5 3 1994 1495 Longform music videos often approximately 50 minutes, Outpost DJ Video The Lyons Group 2000 viewed as complements to $24.95. Productions (Commack, PINOCCHIO are 4 3 226 1940 2439 album releases, but this is one N.Y.), 75 minutes, $39.95. Walt Disney Home Video 239 case where just the opposite The plethora of yoga videos MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 1 -DAY OF THE DUMPSTER 5 6 5 1993 9.95 is true. The lately ubiquitous coming down the pipe Exhaustive video Saban Entertainment/PolyGram Video 4400881193 disseminates information David Crosby (who gets a inevitably will lead to greater THE REN & STIMPY SHOW: ON DUTY 6 12 5 1994 14.98 turn in the spotlight in a duet discernment among viewers about all the basics and more Nickelodeon /Sony Wonder LV49215 with Phil Collins) hosts this as they search for the perfect for those thinking of ONCE UPON A FOREST reduction launching a career as a mobile 7 4 21 1993 24.98 pastiche of award -winning tape. This stress- FoxVideo 8501 moments captured at workout featuring Kundalini DJ. Topics from equipment REN & STIMPY: THE CLASSICSO yoga techniques, which is cost and money- saving tips to 8 9 23 1993 14.98 Nickelodeon /Sony Wonder LV49200 high on stretching content DJ insurance and music TOM AND JERRY: THE MOVIE but somewhat low on energy, licensing are covered here in 9 7 15 1993 24.98 may not appeal to the a just- the -facts format that Family Home Entertainment 27416 mainstream yoga enthusiast doesn't dazzle but provides lo MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 2 -FOOD FIGHT 18 5 1993 935 looking for a quick fix. For "The Hawaiian Volcanoes: plenty of food for thought. Saban Entertainment/PolyGram Video 4400881213 A Force Of Creation," Additional tricks of the those who are willing to dig a trade 101 DALMATIANS Productions (Hilo, 11 11 97 1961 24.99 little deeper, however, it Harada are covered in interviews with Walt Disney Home Video 1263 offers a full range of Hawaii), approximately 30 professional DJs. Perhaps the MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 5 -HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACK toward minutes. most helpful segment is the 12 15 5 1993 9.95 movements geared Saban Entertainment/PolyGram Video 4400881113 putting the body in a deep - DJ Resource Directory, FANTASIA relaxation mode and healing This homegrown video (its which contains a list of 13 8 91 1940 24.99 its major metabolic systems. producers reside in Hilo), manufacturers and retailers Walt Disney Home Video 1132 created in conjunction with viewers can when MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 3 -HIGH FIVE Focus here is on various contact 14 16 5 1993 9.95 types of breathing, so it is not the United States Geological they're ready to take the Saban Entertainment/PolyGram Video 4400881233 surprising that those Survey, explores the plunge. Also included in the CHARLOTTE'S WEB 15 23 264 1973 14.95 following along at home need development of Hawaii's package is a sample DJ Hanna -Barbera Prod. Inc. /Paramount Home Video 8099 Grammys gone by but never very little space in which to chain of islands not in terms contract. ALICE IN WONDERLAND 16 22 351 1951 24.99 before available in one complete the workout. of economics or tourism, Walt Disney Home Video 36 compilation. Two- volume set but from their very nascent Program is divided into two MIGHTY MORPHIN: VOL. 4 -NO CLOWNING AROUND features such music each of which days deep below the Pacific 17 13 5 1993 9.95 segments, MADE - FOR -TV Saban Entertainment/PolyGram Video 4400881133 luminaries as divas Tina can be completed in 20 Ocean. Spectacular footage of RAFFI ON BROADWAY Turner, Donna Summer, minutes. active volcanoes and molten 18 20 3 1993 1938 Troubadour Records Ltd. /MCA Music Video 10709 Annie Lennox, Bonnie Raitt, lava burning under water is "General Hospital: Luke & OUR FIRST VIDEO: MARY -KATE & ASHLEY OLSEN 2 Gloria Estefan, and Natalie accompanied by narration Laura, Lovers On The 19 17 5 1993 1298 Cole, as well as Marvin Gaye, that provides not only a Run -Volume I," ABC Zoom Express/BMG Kidz 4860 Sting, Billy Joel, Michael historical context for the Video, 45 minutes, $14.98. REN & STIMPY: THE STINKIEST STORIESO 20 10 23 1993 1438 Bolton & Kenny G, Michael great rock formations but a Nickelodeon/Sony Wonder LV49202 Jackson, and more. There are mythological one as well. The It started with "Daytime's THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER 21 21 25 1991 12.99 lots of picks from last year's saga of Pele, the fire deity, is Greatest Weddings," and now Walt Disney Home Video 1185 show, including Eric honored via a tribal ABC Video further mines the BARNEY'S HOME SWEET HOMES Clapton's "Tears In Heaven," ceremony. This one won't golden moments of daytime 22 19 25 1993 14.95 The Lyons Group 99041 k.d. lang's "Constant have the broad appeal of drama. Latest release HAPPILY EVER AFTER Craving," and Vanessa many other Hawaii videos, chronicling the glory days of 23 14 19 1993 2495 First National Film Video 8045 Williams' "Save The Best For but it will be scooped up by the legendary affair de coeur Corp./Worldvision Home DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: BE OUR GUEST Last." Sentimental value, those studying or simply of Luke and Laura of 24 RE -ENTRY 1992 12.99 high quality of the clips, and fascinated by volcanoes. "General Hospital" begins Walt Disney Home Video 311 timeliness of its release with the early days of Laura's DUMBO 25 RE -ENTRY 1941 24.99 should make "Grammy's Walt Disney Home Video 24 Greatest Moments" a real ITA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for winner at retail. COMEDY theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested re ail for EDUCATIONAL nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume Carlin: Doin' It of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million "George at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 1994, Billboard/BPI Communications. "A Journey Through The Again," Columbia TriStar CHILDREN'S First Year Of Life," Victory Home Video, 60 minutes, Audio Video Services (800 - $39.95. "I Dig Fossils," Mazon VHS- TAPE), 45 minutes, CHILD'S PLAY Productions (800-332 - $14.95. With a new Fox TV show in (Continued from page 64) IDIG), approximately 30 tow, politically incorrect minutes, $19.95. Parents and parents -to -be prince of comedy Carlin is in lumbia TriStar Home Video have tertainment's Emmy -nominated video (especially first-timers) who the public eye like never launched the dynamic series "Really "Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too" was Dinosaurs aren't the only are looking for a short cut to before. This performance Wild Animals," NG's first home video named best children's video of the year prehistoric wonders of the daunting pile of baby video, which contains series targeting the 4-8- year -old age by National Parenting Publications ... interest to children, although books will find solace in this language and material that group. The first three titles, "Swinging Chicago's public television station this lackluster live -action video hosted by psychologist will never come near the Safari," "Wonders Down Under," and WTTW is co-producing "The Kidsongs guide is not likely to drum up Burton White and network television airwaves, marriage to Scottie Baldwin, Dr. "Deep Sea Dive," each $14.95, are nar- Television Show" for PBS, with much support for fossil - American Baby magazine is the second from Columbia Luke's run -in with the mob, finding. Narrated by a young editor Judith Nolte, which TriStar in recent months. It and that fateful night in the rated by "Spin," an animated globe Warner Bros. Records and Together suburban- dweller named won an ACE award after it features Carlin's typically disco that launched the with the voice of Dudley Moore ... Again Productions (TAP). The Warner Scott, the program attempts aired on the CBN cable crass commentary on such scream heard round the soap Marcy Marxer's latest video is "Uku- Bros./TAP video series "Kidsongs" has to awaken the archaeologist network. White and Nolte topics as offensive language, opera world. Aside from all lele Lessons For Kids" (Homespun sold more than 4 million copies to date, in all kids and let them know divide baby's first year of life cancer, stupid people, life's the Luke and Laura anyone Tapes) ... Award -winning kidvid with 12 of its 15 titles certified gold, they don't have to travel too into one- to three -month little embarrassing moments, could ask for, commentary "Boyd's Shadow," previously available platinum, or multiplatinum. far to begin their excavations. segments and cut to adorable and other seemingly about the plot lines and only in the educational market, was re- FoxVideo brings Howie Mandel's characters is provided by none Scott and dad travel a few and educational footage of innocuous subjects that take leased nationally by Video Arts Pro- cartoon series "Bobby's World" to hours from home to dig for thing to on a bizarre new life when other than Tony Geary and babies doing their ductions of Austin, Texas. home video with the release of three 300 -year -old fossils, with the detail all the motor and social processed through Carlin's Genie Francis, and the video volumes. Each is $12.98 fearless leader explaining skills that develop during admittedly twisted brain. provides some perspective on The latest from New York -based double -episode how fossils are formed and each phase. White and Nolte Segment poking fun at rape just how much more risque V.I.E.W. Video -whose "Alice In Won- and comes packaged with a free 15- why they can be unearthed in also highlight various treads the line between bad the soaps have become during derland: A Dance Fantasy" won a 1993 minute "Bobby's World" sing -along au- places viewers might not have activities parents can taste and Bad Taste, but the past 15 -plus years. And Parents' Choice Award-is a pair of diocassette. A 16 -piece display unit is expected. In order to stop undertake to help nurture overall the show is hilarious while sentimentalists videos featuring the Moscow Circus ... available. And though the Fox Net- kids from grabbing a shovel development, and they and delivers just what cult anxiously await "Luke & Hap Palmer's most recent video, work show will be featured in a and heading for mom's Laura -Volume II," they can "Sammy" (Educational Activities, McDonald's promotion this spring, vid- a feast on "Daytime's Most garden, the video contains is a weekly look at new titles at sell- through prices. will be available only Video Previews Wanted: Men Of Passion" and Baldwin, N.Y.), won a gold medal at the eocassettes "don't try this at home" Send review copies to Catherine Applefeld, 2238 -B Cathedral Ave., National Parenting Publications through traditional video retailers in which Scott informs "All My Children: Behind The - clause NW, Washington, D.C. 20008. Warner Bros. Family En- not McDonald's. viewers that all the fossils in Scenes." Awards ...

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 68 www.americanradiohistory.com Pro Audio AES Focuses On Product launches Post -Production, Broadcast To Dominate Confab BY ZENON SCHOEPE the Sony PCM9000 Master Disc sys- utes also have been added to tem. Studer's MultiDesk front end for The upcoming 96th Audio Engi- the Dyaxis II workstation. I -Box neering Society Convention in DIGITAL DESKS cards permit individual Dyaxis II Amsterdam is set to reinforce the Belgian AES newcomer BitWise processors to buss and add eight trends detected at last year's Berlin will reveal the Andromeda 6G digi- auxes plus four extra outputs per show. Once again, the European leg tal mixer, which uses a remote proc- processor, enabling the MultiDesk of the biannual event has been cho- essing rack and a console controller to remix large numbers of inputs, sen by manufacturers as the one at with up to 128 IO modules and a for example. which to launch important products, master section. IOs accept analog Toa, meanwhile, is expected to re- and again their focus is on post -pro- and digital stereo or mono inputs, lease details of a more multi-pur- duction and broadcast. and control two signal paths in addi- pose derivative of the broadcast The exhibition is sold out, with the tion to an assignable path. The pro- IX11000 digital desk, called the most reliable measure of success - totype that will be shown has eight IX7000. stand space -equaling that of the assignable channels performing the Berlin event. The number of exhibi- functions of a 32- channel, in -line DIGITAL WORKSTATIONS tors is down slightly, however, at desk that is dynamically automated Akai is finally launching into post 300 compared to 310 last year. Away with recall, reset, moving faders, with the 16- track, magneto- optical- Mix To The Max. Ras Records reggae artist from the exhibition hall, the most and an automated patchbay. based DD1500 and an eight -track J.C. Lodge listens to her new album, "To The Max," at Mixing Lab Studio in Kingston, Jamaica. Lodge important development this year is More predictable digital desk in- derivative of the DR4 called the Joining are arranger Clive Hunt, left, and engineer Linford "Fatta" Marshall. the creation of a new series of Fo- troductions will come from Lawo DR8. Both will offer 16- channel mix- rum Seminars on mastering, press- and Studer, both aiming at broad- ing capabilities. ing, and replication-a response by cast production. "There is a new The DD1500 uses eight tracks off the AES to the increasing impor- player in the game," says Lawo joint the MO, combined with eight tracks tance of this area of the industry. MD Boris Balin of the MCBO. "Our from up to 64 megabytes of RAM. Organized by Spotlight Publica- goal is to offer the highest quality "Users want more tracks, but tracks AUDIO TRACK tions, the program is compiled by and to raise standards. We're using that are presented in a more flexible AES Convention chairman Han 32 -bit, floating -point internal proc- way," says Akai U.K. sales and mar- NEW YORK at Scream on the SSL G Series con- Tandeloo and One To One magazine essing and very high -end converters keting manager Dave Caulfield. sole by mix engineer Toby Wright, editor Carl Snape. for a console, which is comparable to "The RAM makes for fast manipula- THE SMITHEREENS have assisted by Liz Sroka. "In the past, we have had a lot of high-end, stand -alone units." tion of sound for things like foot- wrapped their debut release for RCA Valley Center Studios recently comments that the conventions do Studer has already clinched the steps." at the Magic Shop. Don Dixon pro- played host to hard rockers Me- not give sufficient coverage to the first sales of its D940 digital desk to There is MO compatibility with duced the sessions, while Lou Gior- sheen, who were recording their up- practical aspects of the duplication German broadcaster WDR, the AKAI's DD1000, and extended ac- dano engineered behind the vintage coming album for BMG Australia. and replication industries," says desk being a loose derivative of the cess to the internal mixing facilities Neve console. Assisting was Joe Paul Sabu produced and engineered Tandeloo. The addition of dedicated Digitec Virtuoso, which has been en- is afforded by a DL1500 remote. Wards. the sessions. workshops and seminars will permit hanced by a new, ergonomic design The system is Ethernet network - Producer David Morales has been greater scope to discuss specific is- and interface, new converters, and ready, with prices ranging from working in Quad Recording Studios NASHVILLE sues and groups of products such as more powerful DSP boards. 12,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds. on tracks by INXS, Sounds Of pre -mastering, DCC, MD, CD, and Stand -alone digital mixing attrib- Costing about 4,000 pounds, the Blackness, and Brand New Hea- AT WOODLAND DIGITAL, new DR8 eight -track is based on similar vies. Engineering chores were hand- country duo Orrall & Wright has "tape machine" principles to the es- led by John Poppo Pavel De Jesus been busy mixing its debut release tablished DR4, and shares some of with the assistance of Chris Barnett, for Giant Records with producer/en- the processing features of the Alex Vega, and Wes Naprstek. gineer Lynn Peterzell, who mixed EUROSOUNDS DD1500, such as full 16- channel GRP recording artists the Brecker the tracks on the Neve VR 60 console. mixing of internal and external Brothers were recently in Skyline Producer Russ Titelman recently sources, which -with the release of Studios recording their upcoming rolled into town with Warner Bros. the protocol to third parties -will be project. Sessions were produced by recording artist Michael McDonald. A column by Zenon Schoepe on the European pro audio industry. controlled by external software. George Whitte and Michael and The pair went directly to Emerald Fairlight will use the show to Randy Brecker. Engineer James Studios to work with MCA recording GREECE launch its next generation of work- Farber recorded the band through artist Vince Gill and producer Tony station, the MFX3, and digitized the SSL 4060 and onto the Sony Brown. The two artists are guesting ALPHA SOUND IN ATHENS has completed the first phase of its sound video. Features include 40 -bit, float- PCM -3348 recorder. Richard on each other's upcoming records. installation at the Ribas Music Hall. The complex overlooking the Aegean Sea, ing -point DSPs, clipped -based EQ, "Chops" Lamb assisted. RCA recording artist Jon Randall close to the port of Piraeus, will have two separate performance areas, the digital routing, plus 24 inputs and 24 Milestone/Fantasy recording artist has been recording his upcoming de- larger of which has already been opened as a 5,000 -seat outdoor amphitheater outputs in digital and analog. Signif- Sonny Rollins was recently in Clin- but album at the Sound Emporium with a covered stage. The 2,000 -capacity indoor arena is due to open in the icantly, the digital IOs are available ton Recording Studios tracking his with producers Garth Fundis and summer. The Carver- powered outdoor installation includes 20 Nexo PC1000 in AES /EBU, SPDIF, and Yamaha upcoming release, "Old Flames." En- Sam Bush. Working at the vintage systems with four LS2000 sub bass units; monitoring is provided by 16 PS110s format for connection to the Ya- gineer Gene Curtis and assistant Ro- Neve console were engineers Gary and four LS500 subs. Front -of-house and monitor boards are Midas XL340. maha DMC1000 digi-desk for hard bert Friedrich recorded through the Laney and Dave Sinko. control of mixing. classic Neve 8078 onto digital 32- Grammy nominee Linda Davis FRANCE "We see MFX3 being used by stu- track. Sonny and Lucille Rollins co- was recently at Masterfonics with dios and producers to attach to their produced the sessions. producer /engineer John Guess mix- HARRIS ALLIED HAS opened an office at Cergy -Pontoise, offering a com- Sony 24s and 48s so they can record ing her debut album for Arista on the plete range of radio broadcast equipment, including many products distributed on the Fairlight, manipulate it, and LOS ANGELES SSL 4064E G Series board. Assisting exclusively by the company. Patrick Liebengueth has been dump it across to the Sonys," says on the sessions was Derek Bason. named commercial director. The office expands the company's European radio Fairlight U.K. sales manager John PRODUCERS SoulShock & Kar- Louisiana's venerable Hackberry distribution business, which was established in 1992 in Cambridge, England. McDiarmid. "With that in mind, we lin were recently in Studio 56 with Ramblers were recently in town "Harris Allied is committed to being the most complete broadcast resource in have changed the architecture of the CeCe Peniston, mixing tracks for mastering their new release at Disc Europe," says director Sergio Auckland. system while still keeping it totally her new release on the Neve VR 60. Masters. Hoyt Dooley III and Ri- applicable to post and broadcast." At Skip Saylor Recording, Poly - chard Lescallette handled master- RUSSIA Other digital innovations include Gram recording artist Marie Claire ing chores using the Sonic Solutions DAR's SoundStation Gold, with a D'Ubaldo was recently in mixing digital mastering system. RECENT STUDIO DESIGN and building projects completed by AV Design moving- fader -panel interface as an tracks with engineer Brian Malouf include PWL North Studios, Manchester, and a basement studio for Rondor alternative -or a supplement -to and recording overdubs with engi- OTHER CITIES Music, London. Having designed foley stages at the Twickenham and Shep- the touch -screen, which also will neer Bev Jones. Devitt Sigerson perton film studios in the U.K., the opening of a Moscow office has led to super- benefit from a large color- monitor produced the sessions with the assist- Freedy Johnston has been recording vising the construction of two dubbing stages for Mosfil, the extension of Reu- display. ance of Pat MacDougall and Chris his debut album for Elektra at ters' newsroom, and the construction of a temporary news station for NBC "While the touch -screen is terri- Puram. Dreamland Studios in Bearsville, for the Clinton/Yeltsin summit. bly popular, there are obviously Scream Studios is celebrating N.Y., with producer Butch Vig and some clients who would prefer Alice In Chains' No. 1 success with engineer John Siket. Editing and (Continued on next page) "Jar Of Flies." The record was mixed (Continued on next page)

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TITLE THE POWER BUMP & GRIND I SWEAR DUECES ARE BIG TIME Artist/ OF LOVE R. Kelly/ John Michael WILD SENSUALITY Producer Celine Dion/ R. Kelly Montgomery/ Aerosmith/ Bjork/ (Label) D. Foster (Jive) S. Hendricks B. Fairbairn N. H000per (Epic) (Atlantic) (Geffen) (Elektra)

RECORDING ENTERPRISE/ CHICAGO WOODLAND LITTLE OLYMPIC STUDIO(S) RECORD PLANT RECORDING (Nashville) MOUNTAIN (London,ENG) Engineer(s) (Burbank/ COMPANY John Guess (Vancouver, B.C.) Al Stone L.A., CA) (Chicago, IL) Mike Fraser Jim Abbiss Humberto Gatica Peter Mokran Hot Stuff. Producer Joe Ferry recently assembled an astounding line -up of musicians at New York's Sound On Sound to record the new Shanachie project RECORDING Neve VR 72 Neve VR 72 Neve 8068 SSL 4048 E/G SSL 4064G "Bluesiana Hot Sauce," the latest in a series of similarly themed releases. CONSOLE(S) Pictured, from left, are Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun, Ferry, Shanachie's Mucatel the for the Homeless, bassist Eddie MULTITRACK/ Sony 3348 Studer A827 Mitsubishi X -850 Studer A800 Studer A820 Wayne Martin, Alan of Coalition Munro, keyboardist Paul Griffin, and jazz 2-TRACK Gomez, associate producer Doug RECORDER(S) saxophonist Michael Brecker. (Noise Reduction)

STUDIO Augsperger/ Lakeside/TAD Westlake Yamaha NS10 Genelec MONITOR(S) Norberg AES FOCUSES ON PRODUCT LAUNCHES (Continued from preceding page) MASTER TAPE 3M 996 3M 996 Ampex 467 3M 996 Ampex 499 something different, and as a manu- have now added stereo input and MIXDOWN RECORD PLANT CHICAGO THE CASTLE SOUTHERN QUAD facturer we will now have a choice of output modules, which makes it easy STUDIO(S) (Los Angeles) RECORDING (Franklin,TN) TRACKS (New York) workstation with a choice of user in- to use in film, broadcast, and post - Engineer(s) Humberto Gatica COMPANY Scott Hendricks (Atlanta,GA) David Morales terface," says DAR MD Hazel Simp- production. It has become a very (Chicago,IL) Brendan O'Brien son. flexible console," he says. Robert Kelly Spectral Synthesis will unveil the Tascam is making the first serious Peter Mokran competitively priced and "volume additions to its mixing console range production" Prisma workstation since the introduction of the pio- CONSOLE(S) SSL 8000G SSL 4064G SSL 4000G Neve VR 72 SSL 4072G with 12- channel mixing, and AES at- neering VCA- automated M3700 With Ultimation tendees also will see the first show- some years ago. The addition of the ing of Sony's DAED5000 edit con- M5000 -which slots in beneath the MULTITRACK/ Sony 3348 Studer A827 Sony 3348 Studer A827 Otari MTR 90 Master flagship M700 and has replaced the Studer A800 troller for the PCM9000 2 -TRACK Disc recorder, which continues the long -lived M600 -and the lower -end RECORDER(S) tradition of the DAE3000 and has M2699 represent "the rebuilding of (Noise Reduction) full source compatibility with exist- the Tascam name in consoles," ac- cording to sales and marketing man- Lakeside/ TAD UREI 813A Yamaha NS10 UREI 813B ing formats. STUDIO Norberg ager Jan Leerschool. MONITOR(S) B &W Augsperger ANALOG A new VCA automation system is in -line M5000, which MASTER TAPE 3M 996 3M 996 /DAT Ampex 467 Ampex 456 Ampex 456 The show will boast one of the planned on the largest collections of new analog has 24 groups, four -band sweepable MASTERING SONY MUSIC HIT FACTORY MASTERMIX GATEWAY THE EXCHANGE consoles in quite a few years. Dutch and splitable EQ, eight auxes, three (ALBUM) Vlado Meller Tom Coyne Hank Williams Bob Ludwig Mike Marsh company D &R is launching the cut groups, and a patch bay. Engineer Merlin, with automated faders and Live desk attention will focus on switch- dual -signal paths, plus a re- Yamaha's automated M2000, which PRIMARY CD Sony BMG WEA Uni WEA call system. A dynamics package is takes on Amek's Recall by Langley, REPLICATOR Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacuring expected shortly. The company will which pioneered console automation (ALBUM) be found in the 255 -square -meter in the sound reinforcement environ- Dutch Pavilion, along with manufac- ment. PRIMARY TAPE Sony BMG WEA Uni WEA turers Augan, ASL, BNS, CBT, Da- Other interesting analog intro- DUPLICATOR Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing teq, Duran Audio, JTM, Maycom, ductions include Drawmer's 1961 (ALBUM) RSL, and Stage Accompany. dual -channel tube EQ, building on © 1994, Billboard /BPI Communications. Hot 100, R &B & Country appear in this feature each time: Album Rock, Modern Rock, Rap. Adult Otari is enhancing its digitally the success of the 1960 compressor, Contemporary & Dance appear in rotation. controlled Concept 1 console and re- and Amek's Rupert Neve- designed leasing the B10 broadcast -portable 9098 Series outboard EQ. "One location mixer. The addition of Disk - channel for a smidgen under a Mix moving -fader automation and grand," says Amek chairman Nick module options to the Concept 1 has Franks. "It's the mike preamp and widened its market appeal, accord- the equalizer from the 9098 console, MORE STUDIOS ing to product specialist Burkhard more or less. With Rupert, it's never Jaeger. exactly the same, because he can't "The Concept 1 was aimed origi- resist tampering with anything. He GO GOLD ON AMPEX nally at the recording industry. We will improve perfection." ALL OTHER TAPES THAN ON AUDIO TRACK (Continued from preceding page) PUT TOGETHER overdubbing is being done at House ect with producer Kelly Grey. Gre- of Music in East Orange, N.J. gor Nisconti and John Smersh as- Warner Bros. act Green Day re- sisted. cently recorded its debut at Fantasy At Studio D in Sausalito, Calif., studios in Berkeley, Calif., with pro- Former Yellowjacket Marc Russo ducer Rob Cavallo. Engineering the has been recording his upcoming AMPEX project was Neill King. project for JVC Records. David A MASTER OF ENGINEERING Megaforce artists Sweaty Nipples Hentschel is engineering and co -pro- have been in Seattle's Bad Animals ducing the tracks with Russo. Larry 401 Broadway, M.S. 22 -02 B3 Redwood City, California 94063 (415) 36; -3809 Ampex Recording Media Corporation Studios mixing their upcoming proj- Brewer is assisting.

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 70 www.americanradiohistory.com GERSHWIN DISC SPARKS INTEREST IN PIANO ROLLS (Continued from page 1) the day and the works of respected levers and felt- tipped "fingers," can classical performers or composers. In be positioned in front of any piano to that period, the player piano survived allow playback of piano rolls. For this as an institution of home entertain- recording, it was linked with a Ya- ment. maha Disklavier, an acoustic piano "Anybody who was anybody made fitted with a computer and optic sen- piano rolls," says Bob Berkman, CEO sors. The Disklavier can record and of 94- year -old, Buffalo, N.Y.-based play back a live performance on 3.5- QRS Music Rolls Inc., which is con- inch floppy disc. A floppy disc record- sidered the only mass maker of new ed from the playback of the original piano roll music and now owns the piano rolls was then played back only existing manufacturer of piano through the Disklavier in a recording roll players, Story & Clark. studio to create the CD (Billboard, During the player piano's glory Nov. 11, 1992). days -when some 2.5 million players Artis Wodehouse, who produced were sold -fans could chose from the set, drew from 130 Gershwin rolls performances by Gustav Mahler, Ed- and selected 65, she says, based on yard Grieg, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei the "quality of the music. It was al- Rachmaninov, Claude Debussy, Ser- ways a musical decision. If the tune gei Prokofiev, Percy Grainger, Leo- wasn't strong or it was hackneyed, it pold Godowsky, Scott Joplin, Jelly meant goodbye to that one." Roll Morton, Moritz Rosenthal, Josef Wodehouse has begun working on Lhevinne, Josef Hoffman, Paderew- a Gershwin sequel due in the fall. Un- ski, Victor Herbert, Fats Waller, like the all -Gershwin first volume, Eddy Duchin, Artur Rubinstein, and the new disc will contain Gershwin's Vladimir Horowitz. The rolls sold for piano roll performances of works by about $1.25 each. Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Con Con- rad & J.R. Robinson, Maceo Pinkard, and John Schonberger. Elektra /Nonesuch also has com- c`',K1 missioned Wodehouse to develop pi- C'C ano roll releases on other artists. Because of Gershwin's continuing ``3tïp'1ümd 1flD7St11 popularity since his death in 1937, he has been linked with previous disc re- leases of piano roll performances in recent years, including those on the Biograph, Pro Arte, and Klavier la- bels. However, one of the most fasci- nating releases was a mid -'80s disc on Sony Classics featuring conductor Michael Tilson- Thomas and the Co- lumbia Jazz Orchestra, on which a Gershwin piano roll performance of his 1924 masterpiece "Rhapsody In

THE Q . R . S MUSIC CO. Blue" was played against the live or-

alma. som chestra. Gershwin hasn't been the only art- ist to have his piano roll perfor- mances A catalog of Yiddish music rolls (circa benefit from modern technol- ogy. Piano roll music 1921) from QRS, a 94- year -old made in 1905 by company that continues to market Mahler, released by the Allegro-dis- piano rolls. tributed, U.K. -based IMP Classics la- bel, contains a piano transcription of a section of Mahler's fifth symphony, Great names from Broadway and along with some of his concert hall Tin Pan Alley- including Richard songs on which new vocal parts have Rodgers, Cole Porter, Vincent You- been overdubbed. The album, re- Among the music greats whose work has been available on piano rolls are, in the top row, Arthur Fiedler and Eubie Blake; mans, Walter Donaldson, and Eubie leased last June, peaked at No. 22 on in the middle row, "Fats" Waller, Sergei Rachmaninov, Scott Joplin, and Alan Menken; and, in the bottom row, Igor Blake -also added their musical im- the Billboard classical chart. Stravinsky and Ira and George Gershwin. prints to the roster of piano rolls, ac- Success in releasing piano roll re- cording to collector Randolph Herr. cordings relies on imaginative ap- The player piano was such a strong proaches, according to Joe Micallef, part of the home entertainment mar- president of Allegro. "Simply putting line releases. In today's classical mar- keted by Biograph Records, which ferred. The three Joplin titles are the ket that piano roll makers were even out something without a hook is a ket, you're always looking for started a line in 1971 -stimulated best -sellers, says Caplin. Other re- compelled to add a "world music" worthless excercise," he says. "The niches." partially, says owner Arnold Caplin, leases feature Gershwin, Porter, touch to their catalogs so they could 'ghost of Mahler,' if you will, and the Allegro also is the distributor of by the upcoming film "The Sting," James P. Johnson, Waller, Morton, appeal to the recently arrived immi- Gershwin disc had it. If you have the Fone line, which has a series of 10 which featured Joplin ragtime mu- and Cow Cow Davenport. grant populations, especially those Scott Joplin, you have to use him as a discs devoted to classical keyboard sic. Although the player piano's glories from Eastern Europe. A fair number base and do interesting things with it. greats who performed on piano rolls. Caplin's catalog contains 26 piano may lie in the past, at least one corn - of rolls were marketed featuring Otherwise, it would be the same as Perhaps the largest catalog of pi- roll releases, 15 of which are on CD, pany, QRS, continues to make piano Hungarian, Polish, and Yiddish melo- the stuff that's out on budget or mid- ano roll music on recordings is mar- with others waiting to be trans- rolls of current music. "Whatever the dies. public buys, we make," says QRS's Starting in the century's teen Bob Berkman. "Whatever the media years, Gershwin made many rolls as is hyping, that's what our customers both a composer and, importantly, as want. We use the Billboard charts as a performer, playing the works of Dynamic Variations In Piano Roll Playback a reference. We've got 3,000 different other composers. NEW YORK -There are two types pumped bellows that operate the tions can be used. These extra perfo- titles, and if we sell 1,000 copies of a But it is Gershwin's own composi- of piano roll playback devices: the player piano. The harder one pumps, rations trigger internal accenting and title we consider it a success." tions, in a meeting of cultural sensi- player piano and the reproducing pi- the louder the music. Sudden sharp volume control devices in the repro- The big sellers among newly mint- bility and digital computer technolo- ano. Both play from perforated rolls foot actions can be used to create ac- ducing piano that automatically cre- ed piano rolls at QRS are perfor- gy, that have transformed an album of standard size (11 Y4 inches wide). cents, and hand controls are general- ate the desired effects. mances that appeal to a broad range of piano roll performances into a re- The standard piano roll contains ly available to alter volume through- These marginal perforations in pi- of ages, Berkman says. Songs from markable success for the Elektra/ perforations conveying only the out one section of the keyboard or an- ano rolls were coded by competing Disney films are popular, including Nonesuch label. "Gershwin Plays placement and duration of notes and other. Tempo can be varied for manufacturers in what were, in ef- Alan Menken melodies from "Alad- Gershwin: The Piano Rolls" reached the sustaining pedal. All notes play at rubato effects. fect, different proprietary "lan- din," "Beauty & The Beast," and No. 1 on Billboard's Classical chart the same intensity. The reproducing piano, as its name guages," so that a given brand of re- "The Little Mermaid." Songs from and made its mark on The Billboard On a player piano, the "player pia- suggests, attempts to reproduce the producing piano can correctly inter- "The Bodyguard" also are popular, 200 album chart. nist" or "pianolist" may add dynam- playing of a live pianist, complete pret only those reproducing rolls as is "Achy Breaky Heart." Other To make the release, Gerswhin's ics (e.g. accents, crescendos, etc) to with dynamics. Reproducing pianos made specifically for it. Reproducing rolls feature the music of Barry Man - original piano rolls were played using the performance as the roll plays. can play standard rolls like any play- pianos are usually electrically driven, ilow, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hank a rare 1911 device called a Pianola. The pianolist can vary the intensity er piano. But special reproducing rather than foot pumped. Williams, and Neil Diamond. Prices This machine, which has expression by varying pressure on the foot- rolls that contain marginal perfora- IRV LICNTMAN (Continued on next page)

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 71 www.americanradiohistory.com GERSHWIN DISC SPARKS INTEREST IN PIANO ROLLS (Continued from preceding page) range from $7.25 to $13.95 per roll. and its running time is about three "We made disco tunes in the '70s, minutes. U date but they didn't come out too well," In 1918, Clark sold his player pi- says Berkman. However, pointing to ano company to Wurlizter. a certain "retro appeal," he says he Meanwhile, a more sophisticated has done well with titles that have version of the player piano emerged, strong melodic lines, such as known as the reproducer. Three CALENDAR Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." principle suppliers of reproducers Southwest Music And Media Conference, Aus- Other rolls feature performances by emerged during the early 1900s: Duo tin Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Ho- jazz pianist Marian McPartland and Art, Ampico, and Welte. The sys- A weekly listing of trade shows, con- March 9 -13, 24th Annual ITA Seminar, "The tel, Austin, Texas. 512 -467 -7979. the late pop pianist Liberace. tems each developed were incompat- ventions, award shows, seminars, Digital Millennium: Planning For Changes In March 19 -22, 36th Annual NARM Conven- In September 1993, QRS pur- ible with the others (see story, page and other events. Send information Technology, Economics, and Marketing," tion, San Francisco Marriott, San Francisco. chased player piano makers Story & 71). "It was like the video game busi- to Calendar, Billboard, 1515 Broad- Loew's Ventana Canyon Resort Hotel, Tucson, 609 -596 -2221. Clark. Bergman puts QRS' expected ness, or the battle of VHS vs. Beta," way, New York, N.Y. 10036. Ariz. 212 -643 -0620. annual player piano sales at less says collector Herr. And, like record March 10, 1994 Billie Awards, The Puck APRIL than 100, in a price range of $6,000- companies, each signed exclusive FEBRUARY Building, New York. Maureen Ryan, 212 -536- April 10 -11, VSDA Video Games Conference, $7,000. Here, too, modern technolo- contracts with performers. Feb. 26 -March 1, Audio Engineering Society 5002. Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago. 609 -231 -7800. gy is putting a new spin on the play- Convention, RAI Conference And Exhibition Cen- March 10, BMI Latin Awards, Fontainebleau April 12 -14, REPLItech International, pres- Hotel, Miami, Fla. 212- 586 -2000. ented by Knowledge Industries, Sheraton Mun- er piano. QRS has developed an on- WHERE IT ALL BEGAN ter, Amsterdam. 212 -661 -8528. board device it calls Pianomation The origins of the player piano Feb. 27, MusiCares "Person Of The Year" March 13, Sixth Annual Tamika Reggae chen Hotel & Towers, Munich. 914 -328 -9157. that expands the uses of the player defy confirmation. According to the Tribute Dinner, honoring Gloria Estefan, pres- Awards, Town Hall, New York. Clinton Lindsay, piano. It enables one to play a piano authoritative tome, "The Player Pi- ented by the NARAS Foundation, Waldorf- Astoria, 718- 515 -4895. MAY roll with added instruments or vo- ano Treasury" by Harvey N. Roehl New York. 310 -392 -3777 x203. March 15, Eighth Annual Soul Train Music May 2, T.J. Martell Concert, honoring MN cals played simultaneously from a (Vestal Press, Binghamton, N.Y.), Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. 310- Networks chairman Tom Freston, featuring per- CD. "There just isn't any clear -cut an- MARCH 858 -8232. formance by Eric Clapton, Avery Fisher Hall, Lin- QRS began as a subsidiary of a swer, for as in the case of [the inven- March 1, Grammy Awards, Radio City Music March 16 -20, Eighth Annual South By coln Center, New York. 212- 245 -1818. player piano company named after tion of the automobile], the credit Hall, New York. 212 -245 -5440. its founder, Melville Clark, who de- must be divided among a number of March 1, International Managers Forum, cided to supply rolls for his instru- pioneers in the field; undoubtedly, dinner featuring speaker Pete Waterman, Yang ment. According to Berkman, many similar ideas were conceived Sing Restaurant, Manchester, England. 011 -44- LIFELINES Clark's decision was historic. In independently by different individ- 61- 228 -2457. 1908, within eight years of its intro- uals at about the same time. But we March 1 -3, Intermedia: The International Conference & Exposition on Multimedia and BIRTHS Born in Egypt and educated in Italy, duction, the 11 1/4-inch -wide QRS roll do know that in 1863 a Frenchman was part of I Tre, a group of Ita- became the industry standard. The named Forneaux patented what ap- CD -ROM, San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Boy, Christopher Kenton, to Paul and Rieti lian composers, in the '20s. In 1924, roll has nine perforations to the inch, pears to be the first player operating Calif. 203 -352 -8240. Kelly Jung, Feb. 10 in Stamford, He is man- Alfredo Casella conducted his "Con- on pneumatic principles. This he March 1 -5, Winter Music Conference, Fon- Conn. sales and marketing tainebleau Hilton Resort And Spa, Miami Beach, ager at the DMP label in Stamford. certo For Winds And Orchestra" in called the ` Pianista,' and it formed the basis of practically all later de- Fla. 305 -563 -4444. Prague. He lived in Paris from 1925 -40, forming close ties with French compos- velopments in the field." March 2, R &B Foundation Pioneer Awards, Girl, Emily Louise, to Tony Pearl and Another important pioneer cited Roseland, New York. 202- 357 -1654. Wendy Shaffer Pearl, Feb. 20 in ers Les Six and with Stravinsky. In 1940 he moved to the U.S. and worked by Roehl is R.W. Pain, said to be the March 2, American Jewish Committee Mu- Nashville. She is media manager for Ballanchine; their best - first to build a pneumatic self -play- sic -Video Division Distinguished Service Columbia Nashville. with George known collaboration is "La Sonnam- ing piano in his 39 -note instrument Award Presentation, honoring Rachelle Fried- DEATHS bula." During the past 20 years, Rieti built for Needham and Sons in 1880. man of 1 &R Music World, Plaza Hotel, New York. Eight years later, Roehl writes, he Lenny Myron, 212-751-4000, x338. Vittorio Rieti, 96, following a fall in mainly composed works for string en- 19 in sembles. At various times in his career, a 65-note, electrically operat- March 2, International Managers Forum which he broke several ribs, Feb. created Peabody Conserva- ed piano -"probably the first of its Meeting, guest speaker: SoundScan co- founder/ Manhattan. In a career that spanned he taught at the wrote music for Chicago Musical College, kind." Another major innovation COO Mike Shalett, ASCAP Building, New York. eight decades, Rieti tory, the seven ope- and the New York came from George B. Kelly in 1886. Barry Bergman, 718 -332 -8500. more than a dozen ballets, Queens College, five several concer- College of Music. He is survived by his He developed the slide -valve wind March 2 -5, Country Radio Seminar, Opry- ras, symphonies, Fabio, grandchildren, and two motor, to be used to cause rotation land Hotel and Convention Center, Nashville. tos, songs, choral works, and chamber son two His wife, Elsie, of the drive spool for paper music 615 -327 -4487. music for a wide variety of instrumen- great -grandchildren. He was known for his died in 1969. rolls in player pianos. Credit for the March 8, Echo Awards, Alte Oper, Frankfurt. tal combinations. successful commercialization of the 011- 49 -89- 625 -3828. bright, elegant, neo- Classical style. Creach, 76, of heart and player piano is given to William B. "Papa" John Feb. 22 in Los Tremaine, whose ad campaigns for respiratory problems, Angeles. was a violinist who his Pianola were so successful that Creach James P. Johnson, whose piano and jazz. He the word became the generic term played pop, rock, blues, roll performances are available on GOOD WORKS performed and recorded with Jefferson for player piano, according to Ruehl. i CD from Biograph Records. Other tempting home entertain- Airplane from 1970 -1972 and with Hot 1971 -1973, later toured ment technologies brought an end to GOODS FOR GUNS BENEFIT: produced events in the Avalon Ball- Tuna from and the player piano's heyday. After the Elektra Entertainment has joined room and Family Dog at the Beach in with Jefferson Starship. In 1992, he The Art Of Piano peak year of 1925, when some forces with Goods For Guns founder San Francisco and promoted more recorded his own CD, "Papa Blues," with the Bernie Pearl Blues Band. He 200,000 units were sold, the decline Fernando Mateo in staging a concert than 300 concerts in the Denver and was precipitous, with less than at New York's Beacon Theatre March Portland areas in the '60s, will be held is survived by his wife, Sylvia, two Rolls On Discs brothers, and a sister. 10,000 units sold in 1931. 18. Confirmed so far as performers are April 30 at the Sailors Union of the Pa- The following is a representa- The player piano, mechanical in Run -DMC, Das EFX, Pete Rock & cific. The show will feature talent from Send information to Lifelines, c%oBill- tive of piano roll per- nature and limited in its sounds, was CL Smooth, Silk, Grand Puba, MC the Bay Area, and all profits will help sampling board, 1515 Broadway, 14th Floor, formances on CD: doomed as the consumer turned to Lyte, and Heavy D. The event is being pay for medical expenses incurred by New York, N.Y. 10036 within six weeks electronic -based technology to enter- produced free by Delsener /Slater. For Helms, who has had three recent minor Jacobson at heart attacks. Leftover funds will be of the event. "Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue," with the tain and inform. Radio is regarded more info, contact Beth 212 -275 donated to the Neighborhood Arts Pro- Columbia Jazz Orchestra with Michael Tilson as the biggest single factor in the -4162. gram of San Francisco. For more info, Thomas conducting (Sony Classical MK player piano's demise. The phono- Pio- contact Boots Rolf Hughston at 415- 42240). graph, though in existence almost as EARTHQUAKE DONATION: in 381 -2129. Donations can be mailed to "Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano long as the player, got a boost with neer Electronics, headquartered will donate nearly The Tribute, WestAmerica Bank, P.O. FOR THE RECORD Rolls" (Elektra Nonesuch 79287). the mid -'20s development of elec- Long Beach, Calif., Californians 1207, Mill Valley, Calif. 94942. "Mahler Plays Mahler" (IMP GLRS 101). tronic means of making recordings, $20,000 to help Southern 17 The correct name of the special "Scott Joplin: The Entertainer" (Bio- which offered a new dimension in recover from the Jan. earthquake. It to Los Angeles RAINFOREST BENEFIT: Rock award Rod Stewart received dur- graph 101). sound, quickening the player piano's has donated $10,000 the for school re- memorabilia from the likes of Ma- ing the Feb. 7 American Music Of The Century: decline. The economic wallop of the Unified School District "The Greatest Ragtime Bon Jovi, Lou Reed, Awards ceremony is the Michael Scott Joplin, "Jelly Roll" Mor- Depression was the final blow. pairs, while $5,000 has been earmarked donna, Jon Eubie Blake, Guns N' Roses, Meat Loaf, Robert Jackson International Artist ton, "Fats" Waller, James P. Johnson, Jimmy More than 60 years later, as the for the Los Angeles City Fire Depart- Cher, Aerosmith, and Award. The award was referred to Blythe" (Biograph 103). 20th century winds down, there is a ment Trust Fund, which helps subsi- Plant, Sting, the Rolling Stones are among three incorrectly in the Feb. 19 issue of "James P. Johnson: Carolina Shout" nostalgia for things mechanical and dize the city's Earthquake Disaster Also, in con- dozen items to be auctioned off Mon- Billboard. (Biograph 105). a certain wonder in hearing early - Preparedness Program. with Marriott Hotels, Pioneer day (28) at a celebrity party at New " Artur Rubinstein, Leopold Godowsky & century giants offering their talents junction Davidson Cafe. The Jeff Hanna, a founding member Wanda Landowska" (Fane 90F08). in ways no acoustic recordings of the has made it possible for earthquake re- York's Harley- victims to Rockin' The Rainforest Party and Ben- of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, con- "Sergei Prokofiev, Alfredo Casella & period could match. In more than a lief workers and earthquake Mar- efit Auction benefits the Rainforest Al- tinues to be lead singer/guitarist George Enescu" (Fane 90F15). touch of irony, with digital -era tech- stay at the Los Angeles Airport liance, which seeks to protect environ- for the band. Incorrect informa- Plays Rachmaninov: The nology creating a player piano -like riott. Pioneer has paid for rooms total- "Rachmaninov mental resources. For more info, tion was given in Lifelines in the Ampico Piano Recordings (1919 -29)" (Lon- presence in the home, the music in- ing $4,750. contact Sal Cataldi at 212 -941 -9464. Feb. 19 issue. don's Historic Series 425964). dustry apparently is on to some- thing. A TRIBUTE to Chet Helms, who

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"They're detonation of a stink bomb in the lob- lenges, the biggest problem ap- playing the music but not educating by of the Westin St. Francis Hotel, by peared to be what WRKS New York or going into the community. They the "too cool for the room" attitude PD Vinny Brown described as "the have to commit more." of a Slim Jim -eating, beer -drinking burden of having to be all things to WHYT Detroit PD Rick Gillette panel at a college radio session, and all people ... Urban radio is the only replied that sometimes the urban by the antics of KROQ Los Angeles' format ... that faces the burden of community doesn't want a "white Jed the Fish, who rigged a wireless having to serve all listeners from 12 DJ" at an event. Added former microphone into the sound system at to dead," he said. "You have to play WJMO -FM (now WZJM) Pittsburgh on he reggae, and gospel, and PD Keith Clark, "White people like Enough Already. Tired of the endless Tonya Harding updates, the morning one session and turned it while rap, blues, was urinating in the bathroom during it's almost an impossibility. They black music, but they're not really show at WXXL Orlando, Fla., invited listeners to come out and take a whack presena- all be some- into the black experience. It's sad at the infamous skater. The morning zoo's "College Boy" played the role of an Arbitron representative's should represented tion. where on urban radio, but not on but true." Harding, complete with a pink tutu and roller blades. Despite these distractions, the one frequency." The panel's conversation also cen- A country "free forum" session tered on the difficulties of selling focused on rival-station wars, com- the format because of the young de- mon to other formats but relatively mographics and ethnic composition Are Broadcasters Skirting FCC Duopoly Rules? new to country, which sometimes it attracts. WHYT's Gillette said his result in stations pulling records station has a sales team, all be- Too out of rotation in retaliation for a tween the ages of 24 and 32, that - Some Say Loopholes Let Firms Control Many Stations perceived slight by the artist's label. lives the lifestyle of the listeners, BY ERIC BOEHLERT pliance with FCC policy. But KRVV "is not even close to FCC concerns." Several attendees mentioned a loves the music, and isn't afraid of is owned by Clay Holiday, brother What bothers Wilkinson, a propo- meeting of artist managers held in its audience. NEW YORK-When the FCC an- of Bob Holiday, who runs KMLB/ nent of duopolies, is his belief that Nashville in January that focused Gillette suggested periodically nounced last year that in order to KJLO /KLIP. All four stations share by structuring the deal within fam- on this practice and how to protect quizzing the sales staff on the mu- help salvage the growing number of the same address and, at one point, ily lines, New South has all but their artists from it. sic and the station. "If they think unprofitable radio stations broad- KLIP's format moved to KRVV. guaranteed collusion. "The commu- Programmers and label reps pres- that Snoop Doggy Dogg is a casters could expand and own two "I'm so confused," says Bradley nication [about programming] in ent at the Gavin meet warned that Charles Schulz character, they're AM and two FM stations in one mar- Wilkinson, GM of crosstown KYEA, the family is going to be there," he using artists as weapons will irrevo- fired," he said. ket, most in radio hailed the deci- who has petitioned the FCC about says. "There's no way they can say cably harm the intimate relationship When asked in the alternative/ sion. That arrangement allowed New South's arrangement. (The pe- it's not. They've totally ruined what country radio enjoys with those art- top 40 "mixer" if alternative is the owners to consolidate costs and of- tition is pending.) "I still don't know the intention of the new law was." ists. Said Larry Pareigis, PD of new top 40, the unanimous answer fer advertisers multiple station who's running what," Wilkinson Wilkinson is not alone in his criti- KRAK -FM /KNCI Sacramento, among panelists was no. KROQ PD choices. says. cism. In Jacksonville, Fla., Paxson Calif., "The only reason a record Kevin Weatherly said, "Platinum Now some are wondering if the New South's Bob Holiday says Communications runs two FMs and shouldn't get played is if it's no [sales] is mainstream, but it's OK if commission was explicit enough in the stations operate independently, two AMs. Owner Bud Paxson's son damn good." you balance it with Pavement and its duopoly guidelines, and if some with separate sales and program- recently purchased another nearby At another panel that focused Luscious Jackson and others." fellow broadcasters aren't taking ming departments. As for the com- FM, WSFT, which he upgraded and specifically on country market XTRA -FM (91X) San Diego VP/ advantage of loopholes to control mon address, he says he welcomes whose stick he moved closer to the wars, programmers were divided on programming Kevin Stapleford more stations than the FCC had in- his brother's presence and the por- metro. The station's studio is now the subject of whether spicing a agreed. "Stations walk a line be- tended. tion of the rent he contributes. "It located down the hall from his fa- contemporary country station's tween U2 and something that is out The clashes around the country saves expenses. Anybody would do ther's four outlets, and Paxson playlist with the music of older art- there," he said. "If you play only often occur when a broadcaster al- that," he says. The setup, he insists, (Continued on page 77) ists is worthwhile. Pareigis ex- acts that are already established, ready owns the allowed two FMs pressed the surprising opinion that you just become a jukebox playing and two AMs, then takes over sales contemporary artists "summoning hits someone else made for you." duties for a third crosstown FM. these [traditional artists] names up WENZ (the End) Cleveland PD The programming of that third FM, as touchstones" can be a liability. Rick Michaels added, "You need the according to the FCC, must remain "I'm not sure today's country listen- balance. The hip want to be hipper, independent. The problem comes ers want to hear it," he said. "I and the unhip want to be hip." when that third FM is, say, owned think these people had their time." On the future of the format, by a son of the GM who runs other At a third country panel, this one WNNX (99X) Atlanta APD Leslie stations in town. Or when it is locat- focusing on how to make stations Fram said, "If [modern rock sta- ed down the hall from the other four "real," the PDs present agreed that tions] want to be here 10 years from stations. the best way to achieve this is now, they need to develop acts." When that happens, broadcasters through the personalities, but for- "are subverting the intentions of mer KSAN San Francisco host Ka- CREATING THE ROCK BUZZ the law," says George Noe, GM of ren Dee (now with sister KABL- During a panel on rock radio, KNOE -AM -FM Monroe, La. He FM), wondered aloud "how real can KOME San Jose, Calif., metal direc- adds, "But there's nothing new I be in a 30- minute music sweep tor Mike Solari said that the hard about that." with a positioner followed by a tri- rock format will die if stations wait Indeed. Over the years, because ple play ?" for a song to chart before adding it. there are so many thousands of ra- Former KRXQ Sacramento, Calif., dio stations and the FCC has been NE URBAN OLD BOY NETWORK PD Judy McNutt agreed. "We need tagged as a slow- moving agency, The top 40 /rhythm format ses- to be the ones creating the buzz," finding Commission loopholes has sion focused on the format's diffi- she said. "I hate when a great new become something of a time -hon- culty in combating a rival urban sta- artist gets dropped because it ored tradition among broadcasters. tion for street credibility and pro- doesn't sell records. That's wrong. In Monroe, New South Communi- motions. According to KJYK It's our job to create a buzz and find cations, owner of KMLB /KJLO, Tucson, Ariz., PD Bruce St. James, music before the labels even tell us had been programming a second "There is old boy's network in about it." Relief Continues. Although the earth has stopped moving, folks at KKTR the FM, KRVV, through a local market- I it From the artist standpoint, Ron- Fresno, Calif., continue to gather bottles of water for Los Angeles quake victims. the urban community. think ing agreement. When New South would make a tremendous differ- nie James Dio said that stations Pictured in the top row, from left, are station staffers Doug Parker and Jerry opted to purchase another FM, ence if I was an African- American. should stop worrying about charts Hart. In the bottom row, from left, are Krazy Kid Stevenz, Tony Dee, and Carlyn KLIP, New a chance, South cut its alliance Coffey. Sometimes I get the feeling that and numbers, give artists with KRVV in order to stay in com- people think we're a bunch of white (Continued on page 77)

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CBS 2 3 10 0 AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER DGC/GEFFEN that a company decided to take a Radio Network offers "Tax Tips with NO EXCUSES ALICE IN CHAINS 4 8 4 24 O JAR OF FLIES COLUMBIA chance on a -hour, satellite- delivered Geoff Colvin" March 10 -11. ALL APOLOGIES NIRVANA format. Now, Minneapolis -based Na- "Audiophile Audition," hosted by 4 6 6 12 SYÑgfi4Ì4 IN UTERO DGC/GEFFEN tional Alternative Network is readying Audio magazine's John Sunier, will TOP 7 PINCUSHION ZZ 5 3 1 the spring debut of the second national flip from a mix of jazz and classical to ANTENNA RCA by Carrie Borzillo CREEP STONE TEMPLE PILOTS modern rock format. all- classical April 1 while observing its 6 5 2 17 CORE ATLANTIC Chicago's Major Networks bowed mento's fan club, has released a new ninth anniversary ... MJI Broadcast- LOW CRACKER 9 10 15 "The Exxit" Jan. 19 on WRLG Nash- 25 -track compilation of some of the ing is hosting 24 major -market radio (T) KEROSENE HAT VIRGIN YOU CANDLEBOX ville, KRZQ Reno, Nev., and WZRH most-requested songs heard during On stations for "Chevrolet Grammy 8 8 12 14 CANDLEBOX MAVERICK/SIRE/WARNER BROS. (Channel Z) New Orleans. Of the three The Radio Broadcasting's "The Dr. Week," a three-day radio remote live HIGH ROAD EASY SASS JORDAN 17 25 3 affiliates, only Channel Z takes the for- Demento Show." "Dr. Demento's Base- from the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. `, J RATS IMPACT /MCA KRZQ pro- No. 2" is only DAY IN THE SUN PETER FRAMPTON mat full time. WRLG and ment Tapes, available to Digital Cable Radio has inked a dis- 10 11 13 6 PETER FRAMPTON RELATIVITY gram it weekday overnights, and fan club members. tribution deal with DirecTv Inc., a unit * * * AIRPOWER * * * KRZQ also picks it up for weekend Dave Walton joins Ron Huntsman of GM Hughes Electronics. "Music HOOLIGAN'S HOLIDAY MOTLEY CRUE nights and overnights. Entertainment Marketing as manager Choice" (the new brand name for 11 28 2 - MOTLEY CRUE ELEKTRA National Alternative Network, of music and programming. He most DCR's service) will be delivered na- DAUGHTER PEARL JAM 12 10 7 19 which also produces shortform modern recently was morning man at WPLN tionwide by DirecTv beginning May 2 VS EPIC is a COLD FIRE RUSH rock shows such as "Spin Radio," Nashville, and has served as pro- ... American Public Radio adds new 13 7 5 16 COUNTERPARTS ATLANTIC rolling out what will soon become the ducer for more than 35 RHEM specials affiliate KPRG Mangilao, Guam. FOyUND OUT ABOUT YOU GIN BLOSSOMS 14 12 9 18 second 24 -hour, syndicated format over the past five years. May 1 on WTCX and WLOL Minnea- BOX OF MIRACLES BAREFOOT SERVANTS 15 14 18 5 BAREFOOT SERVANTS EPIC polis. Together the two stations, based UNDER THE SAME SUN SCORPIONS Billboard® FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 Ló 16 16 6 in Lakeville and Cambridge, respec- FACE THE HEAT MERCURY tively, cover the Twin Cities area. MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE TOM PETTY & HEARTBREAKERS 17 13 15 18 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS MCA Kevin Cole, National Alternative MOTHER DANZIG music program- 18 18 17 16 Network director of THRALL- DEMONSWEATLIVE AMERICAN/REPRISE ming, says there is not only a need for Modern Rock Tracks.. * * *AIRPOWER * ** a syndicated modern rock format, but Compi ed from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 32 modem rock stations NOBODY'S HERO RUSH are electronically monitored 24 ho rs a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. 29 2 there is likely room for two if each L9 - COUNTERPARTS ATLANTIC sounds different. Y Y Z TRACK TITLE ARTIST * * *AIRPOWER /HOT SHOT DEBUT*** John Edwards, Major Networks F 3 ' 3 N 3 3 O ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) STRIBUTING LABEL 00. SPOONMAN SOUNDGARDEM ZO NEW 1 VP /programming, also sees room for * * * No. 1 * * * LOSER 5 weeks at No.1 BECK SOMETHING IN THE AIR TOM PETTY & HEARTBREAKERS two completely different networks. 1 1 11 2L 19 20 5 O MELLOW GOLD DGC/GEFFEN TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS MCA But KROQ Los Angeles MD Darcy MMM MMM MMM MMM CRASH TEST DUMMIES Sanders argues, "I think it has to be 2 3 7 * * *AIRPOWER * * * 0 GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET ARISTA 2 HARD ACT TO FOLLOW BROTHER CANE market-specific. The reason some mod- GOD TORI AMOS TT 36 4 5 6 - BROTHER CANE VIRGIN em rock stations are successful and 0 UNDER THE PINK ATLANTIC BAD THING CRY OF LOVE NO EXCUSES ALICE IN CHAINS 23 15 11 19 others aren't is because of the market 5 10 4 BROTHER COLUMBIA ® JAR OF FLIES COLUMBIA I think it needs to be local." MR. JONES COUNTING CROWS ANIMAL PEARL JAM ... 5 3 2 15 24 22 26 8 AUGUST AND AFTER DGC/GEFFEN VS. EPIC WDST Poughkeepsie, N.Y., owner EVERYTHING STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ALL APOLOGIES NIRVANA 26 30 4 Gary Chetkof says modern rock syn- 6 6 4 14 0 "PHILADELPHIA" SOUNDTRACK COLUMBIA IN UTERO DGC/GEFFEN dication is viable for some dayparts, GET THIS CRACKER DOGMAN KING'S X 1 OFF 26 20 21 6 7 6 7 VIRGIN DOGMAN ATLANTIC but not drive -times. KEROSENE HAT BIG TIME SENSUALITY BJORK RIDE THE TIDE THE SCREAMIN' CHEETAH WHEELIES 8 7 10 27 31 4 Cole and Edwards also realize the 8 DEBUT ELEKTRA Y7 THE SCREAMIN' CHEETAH WHEELIES ATLANTIC need for affiliates to localize program- THE GIRL DESTROY ME POSSUM DIXON COME TO MY WINDOW MELISSA ETHERIDGE 11 13 6 WATCH 28 23 23 10 C9-) POSSUM DIXON INTERSCOPE YES I AM ISLAND /PLG ming. Cole sees his network getting its LAID JAMES ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH MEAT LOAF 10 9 8 Y1 29 25 27 5 feet wet initially in the overnight slot, LAID MERCURY BAT OUT OF HELL II: BACK INTO HELL MCA then eventually buying stations to put DISARM SMASHING PUMPKINS AMAZING AEROSMITH 15 12 30 24 19 19 11 13 VIRGIN GET A GRIP GEFFEN the 24 -hour format on, if need be. SIAMESE DREAM LOCKED OUT CROWDED HOUSE MEAT PUPPETS (Group owner Cargill Communications, 12 10 9 11 1 BACKWATER TOGETHER ALONE CAPITOL $L NEW TOO HIGH TO DIE LONDON /PLG which owns WTCX and WLOL, is the LEAVING LAS VEGAS SHERYL CROW TOO COLD IN THE WINTER CRY OF LOVE L$ 19 21 4 CI 40 2 TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB A &M BROTHER COLUMBIA parent company of National Alterna- MANIC DEPRESSION JEFF BECK AND SEAL tive Network.) * * *AIRPOWER * ** 33 21 14 11 STONE FREE: A TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX REPRISE RETURN TO INNOCENCE ENIGMA 'We feel there's a demand out there 14 25 2 - THE CROSS OF CHANGES VIRGIN DIG 35 40 3 BELIEVE for small, medium, and large markets," CI DIG RADIOACTIVE CREEP STONE TEMPLE PILOTS also a lot of local 15 12 12 11 PRISON SEX TOOL says Cole. "There are CORE ATLANTIC 39 2 35 - UNDERTOW ZOO considerations in each market, and THE GREAT BIG NO THE LEMONHEADS 16 15 16 6 SHE'S MY MACHINE DAVID LEE ROTH COME ON FEEL ATLANTIC NEW 1 we're working out a way to address 0 YOUR FILTHY LITTLE MOUTH REPRISE FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU GIN BLOSSOMS says the network will 11 16 14 19 SOBER TOOL that." Cole either NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE A &M 37 34 32 22 UNDERTOW ZOO leave it up to the affiliate to add in local SPINNING AROUND OVER YOU LENNY KRAVITZ * * *AIRPOWER * * * CI 37 38 3 programming or customize local seg- "REALITY BITES' SOUNDTRACK VIRGIN 13 STEPS LEAD DOWN ELVIS COSTELLO ),$ 1 ments for affiliates. NEW' BRUTAL YOUTH WARNER BROS. HAIR OF THE DOG GUNS N' ROSES 39 30 24 13 THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? GEFFEN WTCX and WLOL already have * * *AIRPOWER * * * CANNONBALL THE BREEDERS built -in competition. KRXX -FM (the EVERY GENERATION... FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE 40 32 36 5 4AD 19 27 29 3 LAST SPLASH /ELEKTRA Edge) Minneapolis flipped from album MONO RCA KITE NICK HEYWARD Tracks showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to 20 14 17 14 rock to modern rock in January. Cole FROM MONDAY TO SUNDAY EPIC those records which attain 750 de ections for the first time. Videoclip availability. © 1994, Billboard/BPI Communications. says the two formats will complement TODAY SMASHING PUMPKINS 21 21 20 19 ALBUM ROCK RECURRENT TRACKS each other. KRXX leans more main- DREAM DIG stream, while WTCX and WLOL are 22 20 22 5 BELIEVE PLUSH STONE TEMPLE PILOTS DIG RADIOACTIVE 1 1 1 20 CORE ATLANTIC more musically adventurous, he says. THE BREEDERS 19 26 CANNONBALL PEACE PIPE CRY OF LOVE 23 17 4AD /ELEKTRA 2 3 2 15 A of what listeners will hear on LAST SPLASH BROTHER COLUMBIA sample BACKWATER MEAT PUPPETS the simulcast stations includes Jane's 23 26 3 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY LENNY KRAVITZ 24 TOO HIGH TO DIE LONDON/PLG 4 3 23 3 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY VIRGIN Addiction, "Stop "; Soundgarden, HAZE THE CURE 25 18 11 15 PURPLE NO RAIN BLIND MELON STONE FREE: A TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX REPRISE 4 2 4 11 "Spoonman "; Depeche Mode, "I Feel BLIND MELON CAPITOL LOVETOWN PETER GABRIEL You "; and Liz Phair, "Never Said." 26 22 23 6 HEY JEALOUSY GIN BLOSSOMS "PHILADELPHIA" SOUNDTRACK EPIC SOUNDTRAX 9 5 5 15 EXPERIENCE A &M NEW MISERABLE "They do a good job serving their au- ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER... PEARL JAM CROWES Y1 30 2 HARD TO HANDLE THE BLACK dience, and we'll do a good job serving VS. EPIC 6 6 7 32 MAKER AMERICAN /REPRISE SHAKE YOUR MONEY DAUGHTER PEARL JAM ours," says Cole. "The modern rock lis- 28 24 18 19 GOT NO SHAME BROTHER CANE VS. EPIC 7 6 18 VIRGIN BROTHER CANE tener in the Twin Cities is in a great SONG COWBOY JUNKIES 29 RE -ENTRY 5 ANNIVERSARY LIVIN' ON THE EDGE AEROSMITH now have a choice." PALE SUN CRESCENT MOON RCA 8 9 8 27 GEFFEN position -they'll GET A GRIP STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!) U2 30 28 24 14 RUNAWAY TRAIN SOUL ASYLUM ZOOROPA ISLAND/PLG 8 5 17 9 GRAVE DANCERS UNION COLUMBIA AROUND THE INDUSTRY Tracks showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART The Demento Society, Dr. De- n 1 which attain 300 de ections for the first time. Videoclip availability. O 1994, Billboard/BPI Communications. 10 THE WALL COLUMBIA those records

MARCH 5, 1994 76 BILLBOARD

www.americanradiohistory.com r Radio FCC Wins Full -Court Hearing On Safe Harbor Law 1 BY BILL HOLLAND pects of the case, the court should The winner's mother complained call for a vote as soon as Thur- consider whether a compelling to the commission, which cited the mond asks for a date. WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. government interest in protecting station for not rotating the disclo- District Court of Appeals here will the "privacy of the home" for sure in all dayparts and failing to DARK STATIONS' LICENSES REVOKED rehear the case challenging the adults, as well as in protecting mention the fee. The FCC is expected to revoke FCC's Congressionally mandated children, is a legitimate reason for the licenses of two dark stations ban on indecent radio and TV pro- such a regulation. It also argued BEER AND WINE AD BILL ON HOLD whose owners have already said gramming between 6 a.m. and mid- that the court should give greater The National Assn. of Broad- they will relinquish the licenses. night. deference to a Congressional deci- casters isn't cheering yet, but it The commission has contacted No date has been scheduled for sion to limit the hours in which in- Palmetto Communications Co., li- the full panel review. decent programming is allowed. censee of WDIX Yadkinville, N.C., The case initially was heard by a Insiders expect an early summer which has been off the air without three -member court panel last court date. commission authority since April year, and in November the panel WASHINGTON 29, 1993; and Turner County Broad- struck down the new hours. Now, CBS'S WBBM DRAWS FCC FINE casting's WNNQ Ashburn, Ga., after appeal motions, all 10 judges The FCC fined ROUNDUP. which off the air without has CBS Radio's has been ii*®oeko /p will rehear the case. WBBM -FM (B96) Chicago $5,000 authority since April 29, 1993, ask- The FCC successfully argued for failing to properly disclose the appears that Sen. Ernest Hollings ing for formal "show cause" letters Q ade PI: that in the First Amendment as- rules of a contest. (D- S.C.), chairman of the Senate telling why both licenses should al That [iseneM She nn Dtarn Wa B96 awarded a cellular phone to Commerce Committee, has decided not be revoked. To cts H Acen® m Of B a listener, but only mentioned the he doesn't have the votes neces- Palmetto had failed to file the WhaptOs enco a se nigma disclosure strings -phone activa- sary to pass the beer and wine ad requisite notice of appearance at PDO aNOw po99 STORE SUPPLIES tion through the same company - warning label bill sponsored by the FCC two months after its offi- rind K in midnight -5 a.m. overnight an- Sen. Strom Thurmond (R -S.C.) cials had written that it would re- Forever nouncements. But insiders say NAB represen- linquish the license. Turner sent Cry Aar® DIVIDER CARDS Further, the station neglected to tatives are still extremely nervous such a letter to the commission in Hero Mario/odaci BUY DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURER mention a $300 early- termination about their ability to sway votes, January. Dreamer ALL SIZES AVAILABLE CivinH° Clde penalty fee for the phone service. especially since Hollings said he'd © fverl,p Incognito t Dies & Die Cutting Phil © TheS9n Collins 1 (800) 359 -5038 Of 755 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 ARE BROADCASTERS FCC DUOPOLY RULES? ® loe Connection THE DISTRIBUTORS SUPPLIER SKIRTING (Continued from page 75) k ó ![ i[e Communications sells WSTF's ad Some in Norfolk, Va., are wonder- a market -exclusive basis. Yet it re- The ó ` Choice Kew Adams time. ing where the separateness is be- mains a simulcast between the two jsDtColors (s d0 Y Are the three FMs independent? tween WOWI /WMXN /WSVY -FM stations. For instance, spots that Manhattan

Yes, says competitor Dave Josser- and WSVY -AM. Not long ago, U.S. run on WSVY -AM are heard simul- ®°W BOD. yo Ca ^sler Bit and, GM of WKQL. "But do they Radio owned WOWI and WSVY -AM taneously on WSVY -FM. rn: Lisa REAL ESTATE talk in the hall? They have to con- and controlled WSVY -FM through According to Daryl Brown, senior Sa Natural verse about strategy. somewhat an LMA. WSVY -FM VP of affiliate marketing for ABC/ MB Stin9©la°slie/d It's simulcast the h @Ti lisa of a loophole, as I see it, and some format of WSVY-AM (ABC /Satel- SMN, the network does occasionally O/ Our [i °s ße /d ©Tne/ esr broadcasters are trying to take ad- lite Music Network's "The Touch "). waive market exclusivity if the 1 Alison IOIHESTMIS vantage of it." Then U.S. Radio agreed to purchase home station agrees to it. That Ronny ñer/ck aq9ainRxroQnnw^ Linda Bird, VP /GM why Hb Sweet of Paxson crosstown WMXN. During the ap- would explain two separately 0 verK D. Communications, argues that the plication process, it decided to LMA owned stations in the same market d a INDUSTRY PROS FCC concerns itself with who con- the station and take over its pro- could broadcast "The Touch." But lO%tl B °9 Sr wlaC, é$ trols station programming, not hall- gramming. This meant that U.S. Ra- Brown doubts that, if simulcast, rySan da Minneapolis. Big house, ® Cotte Nng9 ^s Ce way chit -chat. dio had to relinquish its control of both stations would be sending the Right wooded, quiet, Never 9h t comfortable and Actually, Charles Kelley, chief of WSVY -FM's programming. network checks each month. furnished. Extra room for rent ShÓaldveletena f¡ad9 the FCC's enforcement division, Today, U.S. Radio still handles "It's all semantics," says Robert You G0 while visiting. Available daily or The You Ni says the commission encourages the sales for WSVY -FM, and the Unmacht, who, as editor of the M @ -Five weekly (612) 771 - 7713 stations in these situations "to station still simulcasts WSVY -AM's Street Journal, documents the Streets maintain separateness." After all, "The Touch." So what has changed? growing number of tangled ar- ® who gsteen you cannot program what you can- "We're not responsible for WSVY - rangements. He wonders what Ral»hrTenMae 4 Private Studio /Residence on Cape Cod not own, he says. FM's programming," says Janet function a station serves for its What about sharing the same Armstead, GM of U.S. Radio's community when owners turn their lean Newly constructed fully equipped OAS. building? That, says Kelley, is push- WOWI/WSVY-AM/WMXN. programming over to a network and ©e[oVe [® Dangst'Keith SSL 4048E studio - 3 acres on pond ® POwer adjoining conservation land. ing the envelope of proper behavior, She explains that in the past, their business management over to W¡htaz Dl[ev Can tyon9 Dio^ Attached contemporary 4 bedroom, and it invites competitors to ques- WSVY -FM used to pay WSVY -AM a joint sales partner. DzOamsne Talk ® Te Conic 3 bath residence - Near beaches. MOke tion the arrangement. "Maintain a fee to pick up its signal. Now, she In Cincinnati, Jacor Communica- lo Ca 8910,000. Call 508- 759 -2459 separateness that is feasible and says, WSVY-AM pays ABC /SMN, tions owns and operates two AMs earl ja?Yen r°phellre/ reasonable," Kelley adds. which usually offers its formats on (WLW /WLWA), one FM (WEBN), e r^e[oe lYNow and, through a lease, programs an- Elton i © r° StiRq F CIiH other FM (WAQZ). Recently added ® l 0lMi iki to that equation was station number Thinkend e © Skip yO° R P9nito RESULTS. HIJINKS COMPLEMENT SESSIONS AT GAVIN SEMINAR five, nearby WSAI, for which Jacor That's what you get from your ad in BYIu áeR sells time. All five stations exist éw9 eG Billboard's Classified Section. (Continued front page 75) 46tD¡o NKU Masin side by side. ( "It sure doesn't give ® Sto In its 100th year, Billboard has a and let the listeners make up their audience. the appearance of independence," Rozall responsive readership of over 200,000 atylN /9MO.Stoplovi influential own minds. The up when WCKY GM ® decision makers worldwide. panel heated the says crosstown /WIMJ Locked Known as THE SOURCE for the music, Chief among the concerns of pro- subject turned to how eclectic a Tom Serevino.) Jacor president Ran- st Avoir video and home entertainment qñsE' grammers attending the commer- modern rock station should be. Fitz- dy Michaels says WSAI's satellite 09 r05 industries, Billboard has developed its Patsy reputation, leading the world in industry cial alternative panel- during gerald said the future of the format delivered programming is operated news, and always reporting it first. which Jed the Fish made his distinc- lies in its being eclectic. KEDG Las independently. If you have a position to fill, a product or tive statement -was Arbitron's re- Vegas owner George Tobin quipped, Although a listener in Cincinnati service to sell, or any other classified fusal to survey group quarters, such "Sure, there's a future for a one has petitioned the FCC regarding related item to advertise, Billboard's as college dorms, where much of the share." the local radio situation, Michaels Classified section gives you the most effective and most extensive market format's audience resides. That con- WDST Poughkeepsie, N.Y., own- remains unfazed. "We ran this [ar- contacts. cern also was raised during a "group er Gary Chetkof said, "You have to rangement] by three different FCC Get Results. Call today. therapy" session for small- and medi- be eclectic. My feeling is that you lawyers," he says. um- market is sim- 1 -800- 223 -7524 (Toll Free) alternative stations. don't own [a modern rock station] to Serevino still thinks Jacor 212 - 536 -5055 (Fax) To combat the Arbitron problem, make a lot of money. To me, you ply taking advantage of the com- 212 -536 -5174 (Direct line) WIIZ (the Wizard) Lafayette, Ind., should keep it cool and hip." mission and bending rules beyond Billboard Classified PD Buzz Fitzgerald suggested that This year's Gavin Seminar attract- their intention. Not surprisingly, 1515 Broadway modern rock sales teams must go to ed 3,000 a New York, NY 10036 approximately attendees, Michaels has different perspec- Attn: Jeff Serrette advertisers armed with the facts about 500 more than last year's tive. "I think [broadcasters] who and fallacies about the modern rock meet. aren't doing this are crazy."

BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 77 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1994 a dio Not Adult Contemporary1. Compiled from a national sample o airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 60 adult contemporary stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections.

Y Y Z TITLE ARTIST H 3 _ i 3 cv 3 3 LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL * * * No. 1 * * * Weweeiz. THE POWER OF LOVE CELINE DION 1 o 2 15 0 550 MUSIC 77230 2 weeks at No. 1 AND FOREVER RICHARD MARX 4 8 10 NOW i Michael Newman 0 CAPITOL 58005 SAID I LOVED YOU...BUT I LIED MICHAEL BOLTON KDON Calif. 3 2 1 18 Monterey, COLUMBIA 77260 EVERYDAY PHILCOLLINS 5 7 10 (4) ATLANTIC 87 BREATHE AGAIN TONI BRAXTON 6 6 13 0 LAFACE 2- 4054 /ARISTA IN THE SUMMER Arbitron book, upstart top 40/ G.T., "So In Love With You "; A Tribe Called Quest, PLEASE FORGIVE ME BRYAN ADAMS KMXZ Monterey, Calif., beat its leg- "Award Tour "; A11 -4 -One, "So Much In Love "; Chan - 6 3 3 19 rhythm station A &M 0422 endary format rival, KDON, for the first time. When tay Savage, "Betcha'll Never Find "; Jodeci, "Come & HERO MARIAH CAREY 7 7 4 19 COLUMBIA 77224 the results were announced, KMXZ PD Christopher Talk To Me "; CeCe Peniston, "I'm In The Mood "; To YOU MARIAH CAREY Lance told his David vs. Goliath story and crowed Be Continued, "One On One "; Big Daddy Kane, "Very CD 11 16 5 WITHOUT COLUMBIA 77358 about "putting away the competition after just two Special "; Tony Toni Toné, "Feels Good "; and Ace Of FOR LOVE BRYAN ADAMS/ROD STEWART/STING 9 8 5 15 ALL books" (Billboard, Dec. 4, 1993). But Lance was careful Base, "The Sign." A &M 0476 HAVING A PARTY ROD STEWART not to discount KDON's rebound potential. As it turns Although there is no mainstream top 40 in the mar- IO i0 10 10 WARNER BROS. 18424 out, he was right. ket, Newman says that's simply a function of ethnic

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW JIMMY CLIFF In the very next book, KDON surged 4.4 -7.1, zoom- composition. The entire metro, which includes Salinas, 11 9 9 14 CHAOS 77207 ing up to No. 2 in the market, while KMXZ dipped 4.8- Santa Cruz, and Monterey, is 27% Hispanic, and the BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10,000 MANIACS 12 15 11 12 ELEKTRA 64595 2.8 and took 11th place. station's city of license, Salinas, is 50% Hispanic. New- JESSIE JOSHUA KADISON KDON PD Michael Newman, who is close friends man believes top 40/rhythm "is just the flavor of this 13 13 11 32 SBK 50429/ERG with Lance, admits to making some mistakes in the area. It's always been rhythm- based, and I think it al- THE RIVER OF DREAMS BILLY JOEL 14 14 13 32 ways will be. COLUMBIA 77086 summer, but says those errors have since been cor- YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) HEART rected. He also attributes KMXZ's summer success to "We will get requests for some rock product, but it L5 17 17 9 WILL CAPITOL 58041 curiosity cume. "With anything new there is always cu- won't test well because [research] doesn't come back ALL ABOUT SOUL BILLY JOEL 16 15 14 18 riosity," he says. "We were just sitting back, seeing that they want to hear it," he says. "Until our competi- COLUMBIA 77254 what could do, and they turned the cume around tion goes away, we're going to solidify our rhythm im- AGAIN JANET JACKSON they 11 16 12 19 VIRGIN 38404 and got some people listening. age." STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Because PDs close LS 21 26 4 "We weren't very focused at the time," he adds. "We the two are friends, the competi- COLUMBIA 77384 refocused the music, tightened things up, changed the tion between them can make for some awkwardness. DREAMLOVER MARIAN CAREY 19 19 18 30 COLUMBIA 77080 presentation and station voice, and just really 'hip - "[Lance] is one of my best friends, and here he is MIGHT HAVE BEEN LITTLE TEXAS pened up' the station." across the street trying to kick my butt," says New- YO 22 24 7 WHAT WARNER BROS. 18385 After realizing KMXZ had siphoned off some of man. Nevertheless, Newman says he welcomed his ri- LINGER THE CRANBERRIES 18 19 12 KDON's teen listeners, Newman set out to win them val's initial success. "Competition really helped me de- 21 ISLAND 862 800/PLG an that included a velop," he says. "It really opened up my mind. The ALL THAT SHE WANTS ACE OF BASE back with aggressive campaign ZY 28 27 17 ARISTA 1 -2614 school spirit contest in which more than 2.5 million minute you get kicked, it makes you wake up and real- THE ONES YOU LOVE RICK ASTLEY live 26 28 5 cards with KDON's call letters on them were submit- ize you can't on the legend. Momentum is the key." 0 RCA 62721 ted by high school students trying to win a concert by Newman's radio career started in 1985 at KRQK I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE MEAT LOAF 24 24 25 21 MCA 54626 Tag Team at their school. KDON also went on the air Lompoc, Calif. After a successful APD /MD run at DOWN DYOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT DON HENLEY with a cash contest, supported with a television cam- KHTY (Y97) Santa Barbara, Calif., he followed PD 25 27 23 26 SITMCA paign. In addition, Newman says the staffers "really Steve Smith to KHQT (Hot 97.7) San Jose, Calif., THE SIGN ACE OF BASE Zó 31 2 with a lot of We where Newman again was MD as well as promotion - ARISTA 1 -2653 were out on the streets presence. just LULLABYE (GOODNIGHT, MY ANGEL) BILLY JOEL really got very aggressive and worked real hard, and director. Once again following Smith, Newman moved T) 38 2 - COLUMBIA 77363 ultimately got a great book." to KNRJ (Energy 96.5) Houston. After that station's IN WALKED LOVE EXPOSE 35 2 Musically, the rival stations are practically identical. sale and subsequent flip to AC KHMX, Newman re- TS - ARISTA ALBUM CUT a more mained on board and worked with -PD Guy Zapo- COME UNDONE DURAN DURAN In the summer, Newman says KMXZ was bit then 29 30 31 25 CAPITOL 44918 aggressive, adding records by artists like 2Pac and Dr. leon. From there, he moved to KSRR (Star 93) San * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT*** Dre more quickly. KDON also became more aggres- Antonio for a brief stint as APD before joining Henry ROCK AN7 D ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH MEAT LOAF sive to compensate, and Newman says it has made a Broadcasting's KDON as PD in 1991. 30 NEW 1 MCA difference. In addition to his PD duties, Newman hosts the 1- FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS BEE GEES 2 p.m. shift at KDON. The rest of the air staff consists 3Z 34 34 3 "For a while we were able to play Michael Bolton POLYDOR 855 332/PLG and Celine Dion but we just can't play [them] now, of morning man Mike Chase, who was just hired a CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE UB40 ... 32 33 33 25 VIRGIN 12653 because [they're] just not hip to our audience," says month ago from KKRZ (Z100) Portland, Ore. Morning CADILLAC BRUCE HORNSBY which uses slogan "the character Marcus provides the show with man- on -the- 29 29 8 RAINBOW'S Newman of KDON, the station 33 RCA 62724 Monterey Bay's No. 1 FM." street bits. MD Jennifer Wilde doubles as morning FIELDS OF GRAY BRUCE HORNSBY 34 32 32 23 RCA 62618 "Once our competition goes away, I think we'll be news anchor and 10 a.m. -noon host. Production direc- STEPS BEHIND DEF LEPPARD able to widen. [But] we have to remain focused," he tor Robb Holloway hosts afternoons, followed by Dar- 35 39 19 TWO - COLUMBIA 77116 says. ren Stone at night. Overnights are shared by part -tim- THE DAY I FALL IN LOVE DOLLY PARTON & JAMES INGRAM 36 3 like this: Mick Anthony, and Corey 36 36 COLUMBIA 77333 A recent KDON afternoon hour sounded ers Rachel Cruze, PHYLLIS STARK BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY PHIL COLLINS Silk, "Freak Me"; Janet Jackson, "Because Of Love "; Michaels. 37 30 18 31 ATLANTIC 87299 BETTER THAN YOU LISA KEITH RE -ENTRY 17 0 PERSPECTIVE 7430/A &M SENTIMENTAL KENNY G 39 RE -ENTRY 13 ARISTA 1 -2618 NOTHING 'BOUT ME STING RE -ENTRY 21 40 A&M

0 Tracks showing an increase 'n detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to AccuRatings Gaining Quickly On Arbitron those records which attain 500 detections for the first time. Videoclip availability. © 1994, BillboardBPI Communications. NEW YORK -Just 18 months after and Monroe, La. Strategic also will begin making HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY RECURRENTS its debut, the upstart AccuRatings The 25 markets now measured by AccuRatings data tapes available in FIELDS OF GOLD STING 1 1 for agency buy- A &M 0258 audience measurement system is AccuRatings include eight of the top the format required I'M FREE JON SECADA giving rival Arbitron a run for its 10 metros. ing software. 2 2 2 6 S8K 50434/ERG money. In the next month, Strategic also In addition, a new software sys- REASON TO BELIEVE ROD STEWART 3 1 1 3 new Accu- tem called "AccuRatings For Win- WARNER BROS. 18427 The AccuRatings service, offered will be offering several ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG TONI BRAXTON by Chicago -based Strategic Radio Ratings services geared primarily dows" will be introduced and will al- 4 1 LAFACE 2-4047 / ARISTA Research, was launched in the sum- toward the agencies and advertisers low clients to produce customized I DON'T WANNA FIGHT TINA TURNER 3 9 markets: that use AccuRatings to make buy- demographic breakouts on their 5 3 VIRGIN 12652 mer of 1992 in just three Diego, and South ing decisions. The new services will personal computers. 6 1 HOPELESSLY RICK ASTLEY Chicago, San RCA 62597 Bend, Ind. As of the spring 1994 sur- include the delivery of a supplemen- Meanwhile, Arbitron will begin DON'T TAKE AWAY MY HEAVEN AARON NEVILLE new 7 4 4 16 vey, the service will have expanded tal ratings book in which audience measuring a market, Elmira/ A &M 0240 are expressed in terms of Corning, N.Y., effective with the JUST ANOTHER DAY JON SECADA to 25 markets with the addition of estimates 8 6 6 34 SBK 07383/ERG Savannah, Ga. Seven new markets "average persons" and "average spring survey. That market will be DO YOU BELIEVE IN US JON SECADA more measured once a year. 5 5 also were added for the current win- persons ratings," terminology 9 34 SBK 50408/ERG two initial subscrib- ESTEFAN ter survey: Boston, San Antonio, familiar to media buyers. These esti- Arbitron has I SEE YOUR SMILE GLORIA lU 7 7 17 in WGMM and EPIC 74847 Orlando, Fla., Monterey, Calif., mates will allow buyers to calculate ers the new market, an points. WCLI/WNKI. PHYLLIS STARK Recurrents are itles which have appeared on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart for 26 weeks Lansing, Mich., Kalamazoo, Mich., gross ratings have dropped below the top 20. BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 78 www.americanradiohistory.com Radio

Evergreen, FCC Drop Fines, Lawsuits; Perry Partners Near R &R Acquisition? newsilne ... JEFF SATTLER has been named GM of WLLZ Detroit, replacing Buzz Van THIS WEEK'S SHOCKER comes broadcasters, up from last year's total KRLL (formerly KZKL -AM) Albu- Houten, who exits. Sattler previously was GM at KCKI Tulsa, Okla. from Evergreen Media Corp. and the of 1,607. Attendees were able to choose querque, N.M., flips from a simulcast FCC, which have settled their long- among 85 different sessions during the of oldies KZKL -FM to ABC /SMN's ACKERLY COMMUNICATIONS and Century Management have formed New standing differences on the issue of in- four -day event. "Real Country" ... Bolton Research Century Media, which will acquire KUBE and KJR/KLTX Seattle. KUBE GM decency. Paxson Broadcasting's Bud Paxson, Corp. director of research and pro- Michael O'Shea, who also serves as executive VP of parent Cook Inlet Radio Evergreen dropped its lawsuit who founded the Home Shopping Net- gramming Lou Patrick exits to open Partners, will be president/C00 of the new venture. Ackerley currently owns against the FCC, which claimed that work, urged broadcasters at the RAB Bala Cynwyd, Pa. -based consultancy KJR and KLTX. John Dresel will continue as GM of KJR and as executive the commission's enforcement efforts event to enter local marketing agree- LP Media Services. VP of the Ackerly -owned Seattle Supersonics. in the area of allegedly indecent broad- ments with television outlets, and capi- Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters is in cast speech are unconstitutional. The talize on opportunities offered by the the process of acquiring a 10,000 -watt MARK McCOY is upped from OM to GM at KTAR/KKLT Phoenix, replacing FCC, in turn, voided fines leveled wireless telecommunications future. expanded AM band signal located mid- Jim Taszarek, who exits. TW/A Systems consultant Todd Wallace joins as OM against the company for allegedly inde- Paxson also predicted that in the next way between Los Angeles and Orange for KTAR and programming consultant for KKLT. TW/A Systems director cent broadcasts aired on Evergreen's 12 -18 months the FCC will allow radio/ Country, Calif. The group plans to pro- of operations Kathy Wallace becomes VP /GM at the consultancy. WLUP -AM (now WMVP) Chicago. television cross -ownership and duopoly gram traditional country on the sta- The commission also dropped its claim tion, which will become operational SECRET COMMUNICATIONS' WWNK Cincinnati is being sold to Great Ameri- that the broadcasts were indecent. later this year. can in exchange for Great American's KBPI Denver. The deal will create duo - In more far -reaching news, the FCC WHTK Atlanta (formerly WYAI) polies for both groups since Great American owns WKRQ Cincinnati and Se- finally has agreed to clarify its inter- changes calls to WJZF. To date, the cret is in the process of acquiring KMJI Denver. pretation of indecency, thought by lineup consists of Mark Edwards, the many broadcasters to be too vague. former acting GM of WYAI, in morn- OTHER STATION SALES: WDAS -AM-FM Philadelphia, from Unity Broadcast- The commission will now issue guid- ing drive; Susan Sullivan, from cross- ing to Beasley Broadcast Group, owner of crosstown WTEL/WXTU, for $26 ance to the broadcast industry regard- town WSB -FM, in middays; Ron million; KJYK/KKLD Tucson, Ariz., from Behan Broadcasting to Apogee ing its interpretation of federal law re- Richardson, from crosstown WKHX- Communications, for $5.3 million (deal includes Apogee's assumption of a local gulating indecent broadcast speech. FM, in afternoons; Kevin Thomas, marketing agreement with KUDO); KCVR/KWIN Stockton, Calif., from The FCC previously had sued Ever- from WSB -FM, in nights; and Bruce Front Line Communications to Silverado Broadcasting, for $3.3 million; green to collect a $6,000 fine. The com- Martin, from crosstown WALR, in WTMA, WTMZ, WSSX, and WSUY Charleston, S.C., from Dudley Communi- pany subsequently was hit with an ad- by Phyllis Stark overnights. cations to Wicks Radio Limited Partnership, for an undisclosed price. ditional $33,750 fine for other with Eric Boehlert New Unistar "AM Only" affiliate broadcasts aired in 1992. The first fine & Carrie Borzillo KJWL Fresno, Calif., is set to sign on BILL SHIRK, owner of WXLW/WHHH Indianapolis, is joined by new partner is now void and has been expunged at 99.3 at the end of the month ... Eth- Bill Mays, who has purchased an interest in Shirk Inc., previously owned by from the company's record. The second ownership in television, and will raise nic station CHQM Vancouver, British University Broadcasting Company, for an undisclosed sum. Shirk's TV station fine will follow a similar path in six the radio ownership caps in large mar- Columbia, changes calls to CHMB. WAV (Hoosier TV-53), also is now jointly owned by Mays. The new Shirk/ months, assuming that the station, kets and allow small-market operators At WOW West Palm Beach, Fla., Mays -owned company is called IBL. That company also is operating new which now programs a sports -talk for- to control as much as 50% of the audi- MD Scott Chase is named acting PD, crosstown country station WGGR (Rebel 106) through an LMA with an option mat, has no further violations. ence shares. following MJ. Kelli's exit for WFLA to purchase the station next year. WGGR, meanwhile, will debut its new air - Under the terms of the deal, Ever- Tampa, Fla. Also, Steve Nichols takes staff April 1. green is making a $10,000 payment to PROGRAMMING: WQCD GROOVES over as WOW production director, re- the FCC but is carefully avoiding call- Fleetwood Gruver has been named placing Mike Michaels. RUSS WOOD has been named VP /marketing and sales for Bonneville Interna- ing the payment a fine. Evergreen also PD at WQCD (CD101.9) New York, re- With Mickey Dearstone moving tional Corp. Wood is VP of sports marketing for Bonneville's KSL -AM -TV Salt agreed to issue a policy statement on placing Shirley Maldonado. Gruver from OM/promotion director duties at Lake City. indecency to its staff. arrives from Cox Enterprises' three WIVK -FM Knoxville, Tenn., to GM of In other news, trade paper Radio & Miami properties (WIOD/WFLC/ the crosstown (and WIVK- owned) Records reportedly is close to being WHQT), where he served as OM. Tennessee Theater, WIVK -FM pro- sold to the New York -based arbitrage Meanwhile, at WIOD, afternoon hosts duction director Jim Donovan moves Englewood, Colo. -based Abrams, Orr, from KSCS Dallas, is the new firm Perry Partners. The Los Angeles Rick & Suds move to mornings and to promotion director duties. Dawson & Associates has launched a night jock at KOQL Oklahoma City. Times puts the sale price between $12 night host Randi Rhodes moves to af- Six -year -old classic rock station new syndicated show, "Classic Dance Al Wisk returns to KRLD Dallas million and $15 million, and notes that ternoons. KKBB Bakersfield, Calif., has signed Traxx," featuring classic dance music as host of the evening sports pro- if the deal closes, "it will be remem- KEZR San Jose, Calif., PD Bill off the air pending a duopoly sale that of the '70s, '80s, and '90s. The two -hour gram. Wisk, who is an attorney by bered as one of the major markdowns Stedman joins WOMC Detroit as PD, will result in a format change. PD program is hosted by Randy Mann day, previously worked at the station of a well -known media property. Many replacing Phil West, now at KKSN- Steve Hoffman and MD /midday host and is available on a barter basis. 20 years ago. He replaces Craig Way, sources in the industry say the trade FM Portland, Ore. ... Acting PD Rod Craig Marshall are among the staff- Ron Huntsman Entertainment who recently was upped to sports di- publication could have fetched $40 mil- Sidney gets the permanent gig at ers looking for work. Marketing will debut a one -hour rector. lion just two years ago," the paper re- WLYF Miami, replacing Larry CFRN Edmonton, Alberta, flipped weekly syndicated show, "Country Terry King from KVIL Dallas ports. Travers. from mainstream oldies to '70s-based HitMakers," April 4. WSIX Nashville joins KXKL (Kool 105) Denver for The Times also quotes a "senior - Jim McGuinn leaves WEQX oldies as "AM 1260, The Music Ma- personality Hoss Burns will host the mornings. level music executive" as saying that Albany, N.Y., to become PD at KPNT chine" Feb. 25. The music mix includes program, which will focus on the life- KPRR El Paso, Texas, will not re- "people still take [R &R] seriously, but St. Louis, replacing Ken Anthony, now some cuts from the late '60s and early styles and music of today's country place OM Shon Hodgkinson, who ex- mainly for historic reasons. [Broadcast at KSLX Los Angeles. Meanwhile, '80s as well as some older country hits. stars. ited, but taking over his promotion Data Systems] has changed every- WEQX midday jock Gary Schoenwet- The format will be entirely automated, duties is new midday host Cat Simon. thing." ter adds assistant MD duties. with no live jocks. PEOPLE: WINSLOW ELEVATED Simon arrives from crosstown Global Satellite Network has pur- Zebra Broadcasting has finally Ocean City Media president /GM Amy Winslow has been upped KAMZ, and on -air replaces Kelly chased "Modern Rock Live" from New closed on its long- delayed acquisition of (and former WKHI Ocean City, Md. from programming coordinator to Allen, who moves to overnights. York -based Spear Communications. WJMO -AM -FM Cleveland and has PD) Hitman McKay and his partner, MD at WNEW New York, replacing WITL Lansing, Mich., night jock Spear president Alan Korowitz will changed the FM calls to WZJM. The local businessman John Rehak, are set Lorraine Caruso, now at A &M .. . Brad Walker adds MD duties, re- produce the show, hosted by WDRE AM flips from locally programmed to debut new station WRXS (X107 FMQB editor Mike Marone exits for placing Karl E., who exits ... Los Long Island, N.Y., PD Tom Calder - R &B oldies to ABC /Satellite Music Jamz) Ocean City on or around March the MD job at MOT Santa Fe, N.M. Angeles National Organization for one. Global president Howard Gill- Networks' "Urban Gold." Both sta- 8. They are operating the station, WFLA Tampa, Fla., afternoon Women president Tammy Bruce man says the show will become a mod- tions have moved in with sister WZAK. which formerly used the calls WLGE, team Hawk Harrison and Marty joins KFI Los Angeles for Saturday ern rock version of Global's popular WJMO -FM PD Keith Clark exits through an LMA with JH Communica- McFly head to KNIX Phoenix for nights. The station is billing her as "Rockline" program. and will pursue consultation of his new tions. Former WKHI MD "Slick" mornings. They replace W. Steven the only openly lesbian host on radio. The hourlong Tuesday night show, modern rock/hip -hop hybrid format, Chris Kelly will be OM at X107, which Martin, who is now in middays. Dave Newton has been named di- debuting in its new form March 8, will "Channel X." Rosemary Vinci rejoins will program an alternative -leaning top KSKS Fresno, Calif., morning host rector of marketing services for be produced in New York and sent to the FM as morning co -host and teams 40 /rhythm format. Kelly most recently Dixie Lee moves to WCOL -FM Co- Broadcast Electronics, parent of Global in Sherman Oaks, Calif., for the with current host Lee Anne Summers. was PD at WMME Augusta, Maine. lumbus, Ohio, for similar duties ... Broadcast Programming. He had network to integrate its phone system, Overnight host Jerry Mack moves to X107 management currently is looking Gary David, from crosstown WNOK, been BP's copywriter consultant music, and any remote guests. middays. to fill full- and part -time jock positions joins the "Mason and Dixon" morning since 1987 ... WARW Washington, Gillman says Global will purchase KKBK Portland, Ore., flips from and wants T &Rs. team at WCOS Columbia, S.C., where D.C., promotion director Jimmy satellite dishes for affiliates, which in- classical to adult alternative as At KZFM (Z95) Corpus Christi, he will be known on -air as Dave Lynn exits for a gig at Home Team clude WKQX Chicago and WHFS "Smooth Jazz FM 106.7" and has ap- Texas, PD Dale Baird exits. APD/MD Dixon. Sports. Washington, D.C. plied for the new calls KKJZ. Former Tina Simonet is upped to PD, and KKDA -AM Dallas PD Willis John- Former WAYV Atlantic City, N.J., The Radio Advertising Bureau's KLRX Dallas PD Chris Miller joins night host Ravin' Davin Todd is upped son absorbs MD duties for now in the overnight jock Jimi Bruce is still Managing Sales Conference in Dallas as PD. The station is running jockless to MD. Simonet is looking for a jock to wake of David Starr's move to ABC/ looking for that next opportunity. He attracted a record turnout of 1,723 for now. fill the vacant afternoon slot. SMN's "The Touch" format ... Paul can be reached at 718 -468 -1947.

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TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 33 AGAIN (Black Ice, BMI / Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) WBM 90 AIN'T SEEN LOVE LIKE THAT (Eric Martin, Not 100 Airplay.. ASCAP /Endless Frogs, ASCAP /Bob -A-Lew, Not 100 Singles Sales_ ASCAP/Dinger & 011ie, BMI /Mark Spiro, BMI) HL Radio Track service. retail stores and rack outlets which report Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' 66 ALL ABOUT SOUL (Impulsive, ASCAP /EMI April, Compiled from a national sample of POS (point of sale) equipped monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the Hot 100 Singles chart 199 top 40 stations are electronically ASCAP) HL number of units sold to impressions, computed by cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. This data 6 ALL FOR LOVE (Almo, ASCAP/Worksongs, is used in the Hot 100 Singles chart. ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Sony Songs, BMI /K -Man, Y W BMI/Wonderland, BMI) HL/CPP W Ó W O O ; 3 3 19 ALL THAT SHE WANTS (Megasongs, BMI /BMG, 3 3 W TITLE W TITLE W TITLE 5.0 W TITLE ASCAP) HL Ñ ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) g 3 ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) F ; ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) Ñ 3 58 ALWAYS ON MY MIND (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Interscope, ASCAP /Bam Jams, BMI /Minder, NEVER KEEPING SECRETS MARY JANES LAST DANCE 18 45 5 ASCAP/Taking Care Of Business, BMI) WBM NO.1 ** BABYFACE (EPIC) * * NO. * * ® TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (MCA) ** 24 AMAZING (Swag Song, ASCAP/Colgems -EMI, THE POWER OF LOVE 39 32 17 KEEP YA HEAD UP THE SIGN 39 34 21 DREAMS 13 No. 1 1 11 ASCAP /Super Supa, ASCAP) HL/WBM CELINE DION (550 MUSIC) 4 weeks at 2PAC (INTERSCOPE) 0 ACE OF BASE (ARISTA) 2 weeks at No. 1 GABRIELLE (GOIDISCS /LONDON /PLG) 71 AND OUR FEELINGS (Sony, BMI /Ecaf, BMI /Boobie- THE SIGN 40 40 12 AMAZING POWER OF LOVE I'M IN THE MOOD Loo, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) THE 40 27 10 3 7 ACE OF BASE (ARISTA) AEROSMITH (GEFFEN) 2 13 CE CE PENISTON (A &M) CELINE DION (550 MUSIC) 76 AWARD TOUR (Zomba, ASCAP/Jau Merchant, MR. VAIN DAUGHTER ASCAP) CPP WHATTA MAN 41 37 16 WITHOUT YOU 2 6 SALT- N- PEPA/EN VOGUE (NEXT PLATEAU) CULTURE BEAT (550 MUSIC) 4 14 41 44 16 PEARL CD MARIAN CAREY (COLUMBIA) JAM (EPIC) 59 BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY (Almo, ASCAP /Nuages Artists Ltd., ASCAP) CPP BUMP N' GRIND 42 38 8 ALWAYS ON MY MIND AGAIN BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY 8 3 4 3 26 BREATHE 67 2 R. KELLY (JIVE) SWV (RCA) TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE /ARISTA) BIG MOUNTAIN (RCA) 11 BECAUSE OF LOVE (Black Ice, BMI /Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) WBM INDIAN OUTLAW QUEEN OF THE NIGHT GIN AND JUICE 5 5 20 HERO 43 41 15 9 4 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG (DEATH ROW) TIM MCGRAW (CURB) MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) 17 BECAUSE THE NIGHT (Bruce Springsteen, ASCAP) CPP 5 14 ALL FOR LOVE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA WHATTA MAN MMM MMM MMM MMM SPRINGSTEEN (COLUMBIA) 9 15 48 4 92 BETCHA'LL NEVER FIND (Last Song, ASCAP/Third B. ADAMS/R. STEWART/STING (A &M) BRUCE © SALT -N- EPA/EN VOGUE (NEXT PLATEAU) ® CRASH TEST DUMMIES (ARISTA) Coast, ASCAP) CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) 45 34 17 SAID I LOVE YOU ... BUT I LIED BECAUSE OF LOVE HEY DJ. 11 11 45 54 5 5 BREATHE AGAIN (Ecaf, BMI /Sony Songs, BMI) HL US3 (BLUE NOTE/CAPITOL) MICHAEL BOLTON (COLUMBIA) 8 10 JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN (MERCURY) 12 BUMP N' GRIND (Zomba, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI) CPP YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT WILL YOU BE THERE 8 4 14 GETTO JAM 45 3 SO MUCH IN LOVE 46 43 7 44 CANNONBALL (Period/Zomba, BMI) CPP DOMINO (OUTBURST /RAL /CHAOS) ICE CUBE (PRIORITY) ® 10 10 ALL-4-0NE (BLITZZ /ATLANTIC) HEART (CAPITOL) 9 CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) (EMI Blackwood, WITHOUT YOU /NEVER FORGET YOU CHOOSE ME LOSER BMI /US -3, BMI) WBM 47 42 5 9 7 20 PLEASE FORGIVE 47 49 8 CD 13 4 MARIAN CAREY (COLUMBIA) COLOR ME BADD (GIANT) ) ADAM BM) BECK (DGC /GEFFEN) 29 CAN WE TALK (Ecaf, BMI /Sony Songs, BMI /Boobie- BMI) WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) I'M IN THE MOOD SEVEN WHOLE DAYS Loo, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, HL/WBM 10 6 42 50 6 10 12 18 TAG TEAM (LIFE/BELLMARK) CE CE PENISTON (A &M) 51 9 TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE/ARISTA) Tyme, ASCAP /Me Good, ASCAP) WBM o B10,000 MÁNIACS (ÉLÉKRA) 25 CHOOSE ( Flyte ASCAP) 88 COME TO MY WINDOW (MLE, ASCAP/Almo, 11 7 9 UNDERSTANDING STAY 11 6 15 ALL FOR LOVE 49 46 11 LIFE /COLUMBIA) 59 4 ETERNAL (EMI /ERG) HADDAWAY (ARISTA) CPP XSCAPE (SO SO DEF o B. ADAMS/R. STEWART /STING (A&M) April, ASCAP /DeSwing Mob, 21 CRY FOR YOU (EMI I SWEAR A DEEPER LOVE GETTO JAM 3 12 11 20 SNOOP 50 42 16 ASCAP) WBM 12 14 4 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY (ATLANTIC) ARETHA FRANKLIN (ARISTA) SALT -N-PEPA (NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON) DOMINO (OUTBURST /RAL /CHAOS) 63 A DEEPER LOVE (Cole, ASCAP /Clivilles, JOHN DEERE GREEN ALL APOLOGIES SO MUCH IN LOVE 51 41 12 NOW AND FOREVER 51 50 8 ASCAP/Virgin, ASCAP /EMI, ASCAP) HL 13 16 8 ALL -4-0NE (8E1722/ATLANTIC) JOE DIFFIE (EPIC) 13 14 8 RICHARD MARX (CAPITOL) NIRVANA (DGC /GEFFEN) 39 DREAMS (Perfect/CPZ, ASCAP /Zomba, BMI) CPP AGAIN FUNK DAT/WHY IS IT? ALL ABOUT SOUL BMI) 14 10 19 BREATHE 52 68 6 14 13 18 SAID ÉLEDOWQ(CÓiiiMélñT I LIED 52 47 18 51 DUNKIE BUTT (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE) (AMI, TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE /ARISTA) SAGAT (MAXI) BILLY JOEL (COLUMBIA) 32 EVERYDAY (Philip Collins, ASCAP/Hit & Run, NOW AND FOREVER MY LOVE FOUND OUTABOUTYOU 53 37 15 U.N.I.T.Y. ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM 15 17 6 61 2 LITTLE TEXAS (WARNER BROS.) 15 2O 16 RICHARD MARX (CAPITOL) GIN BLOSSOMS (A &M) QUEEN LATIFAH (MOTOWN) 30 FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU (WB, ASCAP/East Jesus, OF LOVE ASCAP) WBM 16 12 6 ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME... BECAUSE ALL THAT SHE WANTS U SEND ME SWINGIN' 55 3 (VIRGIN) 57 5 MEAT LOAF (MCA) cp JANET JACKSON 16 18 25 ACE OF BASE (ARISTA) ® MINT CONDITION (PERSPECTIVE/A &M) 69 FUNK DAT/WHY IS IT? (Estrogen, BMI /Sam Blak, BMI) IT'S ALL GOOD 55 46 12 WHAT'S MY NAME? I SEE NOW GOODY GOODY 17 19 4 17 17 17 CAN CLEARLY 55 13 HAMMER (GIANT) SNOOP DOGGY DOGG (DEATH ROW) JIMMY CLIFF (CHAOS) LISETTE MELENDEZ (FEVER /RAL /CHAOS) 16 GETTO JAM (No Dooze, ASCAP /Cats On The Prowl, ASCAP /Getto Jam, ASCAP/Chrysalis, ASCAP) CRY FOR YOU 49 15 BECAUSE THE NIGHT EVERYDAY CANNONBALL 18 15 13 56 56 52 12 15 GIN AND JUICE (WB, ASCAP/Mari- Knight, ASCAP) JODECI (UPTOWN /MCA) 10,000 MANIACS (ELEKTRA) 18 23 10 PHIL COLLINS (ATLANTIC) THE BREEDERS (4AD /ELEKTRA) WBM JESSIE MR. VAIN GROOVE THANG 57 48 12 19 16 8 STAY 57 53 18 79 GOD (Sword And Stone, ASCAP) 19 23 6 ZHANE (MOTOWN) JOSHUA KADISON (SBK/ERG) ETERNAL (EMI /ERG) CULTURE BEAT (550 MUSIC) 65 GOODY GOODY (Kendu, BMI /EMI Virgin, LOSER 58 56 4 TRYIN' TO GET OVER YOU CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) NO EXCUSES ASCAP /Duranman, ASCAP) HL 27 5 58 3 BECK (DGC /GEFFEN) VINCE GILL (MCA) 25 14 US3 (BLUE NOTE /CAPITOL) ALICE IN CHAINS (COLUMBIA) 18 GROOVE THANG (Ninth Town, ASCAP/Baby Fingers, 21 18 18 HERO ROCK MY WORLD GROOVE THANG SLOW & EASY ASCAP/Mims, ASCAP /Shown Breree, ASCAP/Freddie 62 5 & DUNN (ARISTA) 21 30 9 60 19 MARIAH CAREY (COLUMBIA) BROOKS ZHANE (MOTOWN) ZAPP & ROGER (REPRISE) Dee, BMI) I 43 HAVING A PARTY (Abkco, BMI) I'M OUTSTANDING 60 43 19 SEX ME (PARTS & II) AGAIN FEENIN' 36 2 22 21 35 66 2 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL (JIVE) R. KELLY (JIVE) JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) JODECI (UPTOWN/MCA) 80 HEAVEN HELP/SPINNING AROUND OVER YOU ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /Myaxe, PRS) TIME AND CHANCE SHHH (Bahama Rhythm, 23 22 10 DUNKIE BUTT 61 47 17 23 19 18 UNDERSTANDING 61 62 12 12 GAUGE (STREET LIFE / SCOTTI BROS.) COLOR ME BADO (GIANT) X(gO DÉF/CCOLUMBIA) TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST /WARNER BROS.) 10 HERO (Sony Songs, BMI /Rye, BMI/WB, ASCAP/Wal)ywor)d, ASCAP) HL/WBM MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE ZUNGA ZENG/BODY ROCK WE TALK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN._ 24 33 7 75 5 24 15 21 CAN 53 HEY DJ. (FROM MI VIDA LOCA) (Charisma, TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (MCA) K7 (TOMMY BOY) TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST/WARNER BROS.) PRINCE (N.P.G. /BELLMARK) ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, ASCAP /EMI Blackwood, COME BABY COME LAID 25 20 23 ALL THAT SHE WANTS 63 51 25 25 22 20 NEVER KEEPING SECRETS 63 61 7 BMI /Hip Hop To Pop, BMI/Hip Hop Loco, ACE OF BASE (ARISTA) K7 (TOMMY BOY) BABYFACE (EPIC) JAMES (FONTANA /MERCURY) BMI /Chrysalis, BMI) CPP/WBM/HL U.N.I.T.Y. 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1994 80 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, www.americanradiohistory.com GRAMMY NOMINATIONS SPUR PUBLICITY BLITZ (Continued from page 1) tions. tions, and some just don't have the Warner Bros. shipped its sampler, Warner Bros. and Columbia chose budget to compete on a level playing with tracks by R.E.M., Neil Young, to service radio and retail outlets field with the big guys. The credibil- Tevin Campbell, Dwight Yoakam, HOTJOO with promotional audio samplers that ity of the Grammys has to do with ev- and Miles Davis, Feb. 4. The sampler include tracks by their respective eryone having an equal chance." was timed to land at retail just after Grammy -nominated artists. But clearly, every label does not the Feb. 7 NARAS ballot deadline. $IM;1[s spolucul The ability to better quantify the have the equal marketing muscle to The label also released a four -track sales results from TV appearances exploit a Grammy nomination and R.E.M. sampler, which notes the by Kevin McCabe like the Grammys is one reason rec- jumpstart sales via advertising or group is nominated for five Gram - ord companies are more willing to in- promotional materials. mys, including album of the year. vest in Grammy -related advertising. Greene says, however, that he has Columbia's product, which fea- CLOSE: Celine Dion's "The Power Of Love" (550 Music) wins this "Now you can really measure the im- no quarrel with retail and radio pro- tures tracks by Mariah Carey, Bar- week's fight for the top slot by a narrow margin over "The Sign" by Ace pact of a TV appearance because of motions or advertising campaigns bra Streisand, Billy Joel, Tony Ben- Of Base (Arista). "Power" holds at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales SoundScan," says Gallo. that run after the NARAS voting nett, and Dolly Parton, reached the chart, and at No. 2 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. "The Sign" is the big- While Grammy -related advertising closes Feb. 7. Sony branch sales offices Feb. 14. gest point -gainer overall, due mostly to its 37% increase in sales. It re- and promotion targeting consumers A &M's Sting commercials hit TV Both labels have experimented mains No. 1 in monitored airplay and is likely to ease into No. 1 overall appear to be on the rise, the National screens in late February; the label with Grammy-keyed samplers in next week. Seven bulleted titles appear in the top 10, creating fierce Academy of Recording Arts and Sci- spent about $125,000 on ads promot- years past. In 1992, Sony even used competition. "Whatta Man" by Salt -N -Pepa featuring En Vogue (Next ences strives to limit label activity de- ing "Ten Summoner's Tales." A &M its nominations to promote its Mini - Plateau /London /PLG) is No. 3, and Mariah Carey's double-sided "With- signed to influence academy voters. has reserviced the album and stick- Disc format. out You /Never Forget You" (Columbia) is No. 4, with "Whatta" leading NARAS president Michael Greene ered it with details regarding the art- The samplers are not designed as in sales but "Without" ahead in monitored airplay. Both singles are fu- adamantly opposes the "for your con- ist's Grammy nominations, which in- tools to lobby the NARAS voters, ture No. 1 contenders if their point gains continue at this pace. sideration" ads that precede film and clude album of the year, record of the says Bob Merlis, senior VP of publici- television industry awards, and says year, and song of the year. ty at Warner Bros., but to maximize SOUNDTRACK SINGLES: Bruce Springsteen's "Streets Of Philadel- a label would incur "the wrath of "We started our campaign while exposure at the consumer level. phia" (Columbia) is in the spotlight for the third straight week, as it wins God" if it sought to cross NARAS on everyone's a winner and the playing "Every year after the nominations the Greatest Gainer /Sales at No. 34. It was last week's Greatest Gainer/ its hardline stance. field is even," Gallo says. The label are announced, the phone rings off Airplay and was the Hot Shot debut two weeks ago. Its sales debut at "We won't allow that kind of adver- spent an additional $125,000 on a the hook with people wanting CDs No. 44 and its 23% increase in monitored airplay points produce a big tising, and our 8,000 voting members number of co -op advertising cam- and videos to program," Merlis says. jump overall: 54 -34. "Streets," from the soundtrack to "Philadelphia," is know our position on this," Greene paigns with such major retailers as "We're just responding to a need the No. 7 in airplay at WHTZ (Z100) New York, No. 8 at WSTR (Star 94) says. "We have well over 400 sepa- Wherehouse, Tower, and Nobody market says it has." Atlanta, and No. 12 at WAPI Birmingham, Ala. "Baby I Love Your rate labels with Grammy nomina- Beats The Wiz. Sony sales staffers are distributing Way" by Big Mountain (RCA) wins the Greatest Gainer /Airplay at No. the Columbia samplers at sporting 59. "Baby," from the "Reality Bites" soundtrack, almost doubles its air- events and other public gatherings in play points this week and vaults 67 -42 on the airplay chart. It ranks top FAITH HILL RISES TO TOP OF COUNTRY HEAP the quest to drive consumers into mu- 10 at KDWB Minneapolis, KUBE Seattle, and WZPL Indianapolis. (Continued from page 10) sic stores where product by its Gram- my- nominated artists is discounted. DON'T CALL HIM PRINCE: The artist with the unpronounceable sym- last summer, before the first single demo tape and helped bring her to "We have found that retailers are bol for a name (listed on the chart as Prince) has the first single release was released. the attention of Warner Bros. really open to this type of thing," on his new label, NPG, which is distributed through Bellmark. "The Bob Saporiti, Warner Bros. Nash- Now Hill is opening for McEntire says Rich Kudolla, senior VP of sales Most Beautiful Girl In The World" bows at No. 60 with a potent combi- ville senior VP /marketing, says, "We in 15,000-seat venues. Says Hill, "It at Columbia. "We have become much nation of early sales and monitored airplay. "Beautiful" enters the sales worked for a while introducing her to was very intimidating and scary. All more aggressive in the last three chart at No. 70 and the airplay chart at No. 62. It's breaking at WFLZ radio. We sent out a four-cut sampler the words you can imagine, pile them years, and progressively more so. (Power 93) Tampa, Fla. (No. 16 in airplay), KBXX (The Box) Houston last summer, and at the same time into one little bowl and it was that. At This is one of the most aggressive (No. 17), and KBOS Fresno, Calif. (No. 20). publicity started kicking in. Video got the same time, I had to be confident. I campaigns we've done." on it at this time, too. Aside from the was given a great opportunity and I The aggression factor at each label QUICK CUTS: "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows (DGC /Geffen) leaps music itself, press really has been a didn't want to blow it." varies yearly, and is directly related 40-26 on the airplay chart and would appear in the 40s on the Hot 100 if a major factor." KNIX Phoenix PD Brad West has to the number and significance of commercial single were available. It's No. 1 in airplay at WPST Trenton, The media coverage on Hill has in- caught Hill's live set. "She's not a specific Grammy nominees, notes

N.J., No. 3 at WYCR York, Pa., and No. 4 at KIIS Los Angeles .. . cluded features or reviews in Enter- seasoned stage person yet, but she's Jim Urie, senior VP of sales at Arista Lenny Kravitz debuts at No. 80 with the double -sided entry "Heaven tainment Weekly and a slew of news- a great vocalist." Records. The label's nominees in- Help /Spinning Around Over You" (Virgin). "Heaven" is No. 9 in airplay papers including USA Today, and nu- John Artale, purchasing manager clude Whitney Houston, Toni Brax- at top 40 /rhythm -crossover outlet KGGI Riverside, Calif., while "Spin- merous television appearances. at the 117 -store, Pittsburgh -based ton, Kenny G., and Alan Jackson. ning" is breaking at several modern rock stations. It ranks No. 3 at Hill appeared on "The Late Show National Record Mart Chain, says "The amount of money you spend WFNX Boston and No. 6 at WHFS Washington, D.C.... Four titles gain With David Letterman" Jan. 10 and "Take Me As I Am" has had steady depends year to year on what nomi- points but are squeezed back in chart jams: "Always On My Mind" by "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" sales out of the box and is in the top nations you've got," he says. "This is SWV (RCA) slips 57 -58; "Funk Dat /Why Is It ?" by Sagat (Maxi) drops Feb. 17. 100 chainwide. The title was in the an incredible year for us, and we set 67 -69; "Award Tour" by A Tribe Called Quest (Jive) moves backward 74- She was the only new artist on chain's developing-artist program in out a game plan that started prior to 76; and "You Don't Have To Worry" by Mary J. Blige (Uptown /MCA) NBC's "Hot Country Jam" Feb. 19, late November. "There was a bit of a the American Music Awards and slips 73 -77. which included Vince Gill, Garth buzz for it and it's maintained steady runs straight until three weeks after Brooks, and Brooks & Dunn. Also in sales. It looks like it's doing even bet- the Grammys." February, she appeared on "The To- ter now," says Artale. Instead of releasing a sampler, day Show" and presented an award After the McEntire tour wraps up Arista chose to spend its ad dollars on at the American Music Awards. in April, Hill will maintain a busy a print and TV campaign, as well as HOT Video outlets also supported Hill schedule. She'll open gigs for Brooks on new merchandising materials for immediately. CMT added "Wild One" & Dunn, headline clubs such as the retail promotion. BUBBLING UNDER ,M NG Aug. 25 and "Piece Of My Heart" Roxy in L.A. and the Bottom Line in "We took part in all the AMA and 6 W 6 '' Z 2. 9 the accounts o Feb. TNN added "Wild One" Oct. New York, and appear at fairs and Grammy advertising 3 3 . W W and "Piece Of My Heart" Feb. 7. In festivals including Country Music were setting up, and if they didn't y ÿ W TITLE Ñ ÿ 49 TITLE addition, VH -1 is airing both clips on Fan Fair in June and Jamboree In have any, we created our own," says g 3 ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) R. 5 3 ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) "This Is VH -1 Country." The Hills in Clairsville, Ohio, in July. Urie. The Arista campaign even in- 1 8 2 YOU 14 24 2 GOODBYE SAYS IT ALL CANDLEBOX (MAVERICK/SIRE/WB) BLACKHAWK (ARISTA) "This campaign was based around Saporiti says Hill will be going to cluded a "future stars" element, rising acts as Crash 2 2 2 I LIKE TO MOVE IT 15 20 2 ELECTRIC RELAXATION her personality and girl -next-door im- England in April for a radio and retail showcasing such REEL 2 REAL (STRICTLY RHYTHM) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (JIVE) age. But you can have the most bril- promotion tour. "Wild One" is being Test Dummies, Ace Of Base, and 3 16 2 16 2 LET HER liant marketing plan, but it's not that, released in the U.K. April 12. Haddaway. TEVIN CAMPBELL (QWEST /WARNER BROS.) E NCETRRENT D'ARRBY (COLUMBIA) it's the brilliant artist," says Saporiti. 4 15 3 W R 17 1 Á GACLAN (LOUD /RCA) CUCULTURE BEAT (550 MUSIC) R.J. Curtis, PD at KZLA Los An- geles, likes what he hears. "She fits 5 - I BORN TO ROLL 18 18 10 I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE BACK MASTA ACE INC. (DELICIOUS VINYL) GEORGE STRAIT (MCA) in with what's going on in country to- The Right Combination: 6 12 2 COMIN' ON STRONG 19 - 1 1 WANT YOU day," he says. "And I don't mean she SUDDEN CHANGE Your promo release and the Safety -sleeve Jewelpak- (EASTWEST) JULIET ROBERTS (REPRISE) blends in. She's on the cutting edge 7 7 3 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 20 - 1 IT ALL COMES DOWN TO... Economically environmentally, the NEAL MCCOY (ATLANTIC) TERMINATOR X (RAL /CHAOS) of country and her songs work with and

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3 ROW /INTERSCOPE " /AG DOGGY STYLE 1 5 3 3 13 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG DEATH 92279 (10.98/15.98) BEAVIS &BUTT -HEAD 59 51 42 13 THE BEAVIS & BUTT -HEAD EXPERIENCE 5 GEFFEN 24613 (10.98 16.98) 6 4 1 4 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 82559/AG (10.98/15.98) KICKIN' IT UP 1 68 64 14 QUEEN LATIFAH MOTOWN 6370 (9.98/13.98) BLACK REIGN 60 COUNTING CROWS (60) 7 10 10 AUGUST & EVERYTHING AFTER 7 DGC 24528/GEFFEN (10.98/15.98) ® 61 56 59 7 SOUNDTRACK VIRGIN 88774 (10.98/15.98) THE PIANO 56 ( 8 ) 10 14 15 CELINE DION 550 MUSIC 57555/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE 8 62 65 65 86 MARY -CHAPIN CARPENTER COLUMBIA 48881 n0.98 EO/15.98) COME ON COME ON 31 ( 9 ) 13 13 13 ACE OF BASE ARISTA 18740 (9.98/15.98) THE SIGN 9 63 63 52 33 BLIND MELON 2 CAPITOL 96585 (9.98/13.98) HS BLIND MELON 3 10 8 9 14 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS MCA 10813 (10.98/17.98) GREATEST HITS 5 64 69 70 12 CRACKER VIRGIN 39012 (9.98/13.98) HS KEROSENE HAT 64 -TANG CLAN * * *GREATEST GAINER * * * (65) 90 74 15 WU ENTER THE WU -TANG (36 CHAMBERS) 41 LOUD 663361RCA(9.98/15.98) (11) 17 15 15 BRYAN ADAMS2 A &M 0157(10.98/16.98) SO FAR SO GOOD 6 66 66 57 21 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 10907 (10.98 /15.98) EASY COME, EASY GO 5 072 ) 15 11 14 MICHAEL BOLTON 3 COLUMBIA 53567 (10.98/16.98) THE ONE THING 3 67 67 62 132 METALLICA ' ELEKTRA 61113" (10.98/15.98) METALLICA 1 13 11 24 66 SOUNDTRACK 10 ARISTA 18699" (10.98/15.98) THE BODYGUARD 1 68 46 - 2 BEASTIE BOYS CAPITOL 89843 (7.98/11.98) SOME OLD BULLSHIT 46 14 9 4 4 ALICE IN CHAINS COLUMBIA 57628* (7.98 EQ/11.98) JAR OF FLIES 1 (69) 79 72 15 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST JIVE 41490* (10.98/15.98) MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS 8 16 16 23 MEAT LOAF MCA 10699 (10.98/15.98) BAT OUT OF HELL II: BACK INTO HELL 1 CD 2 70 76 60 15 PHIL COLLINS ATLANTIC 82550/AG (10.98/16.98) BOTH SIDES 13 16 12 - 2 ENIGMA CHARISMA 39236NIRGIN (10.98/16.98) THE CROSS OF CHANGES 12 CD 105 105 5 SOUNDTRACK MCA 10927 (10.98/16.98) 8 SECONDS 71 17 14 8 9 JODECI UPTOWN 10915 /MCA (10.98/15.98) DIARY OF A MAD BAND 3 72 61 48 18 EAZY -E RUTHLESS 5503 /RELATIVITY (7.98/11.98) IT'S ON (DR. DRE 187UM) KILLA 5

18 18 17 40 JANET JACKSON 5 VIRGIN 87825 (10.98/16.98) JANET. 1 73 74 68 34 TOOL zoo 11052 (9.98/15.98) HS UNDERTOW 50

19 20 19 18 PEARL JAM 5 EPIC 53136* (10.98 EQ/16.98) VS. 1 (74) 83 77 48 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 45241/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) THIS TIME 25 20 21 20 30 SMASHING PUMPKINS VIRGIN 88267 (9.9815.98) SIAMESE DREAM 10 75 71 67 27 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24511/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) HS CLAY WALKER 52

21 19 18 7 SOUNDTRACK EPIC SOUNDTRAX 57624/EPIC (10.98EQ/16.98) PHILADELPHIA 17 76 73 78 4 COLLIN RAYE EPIC 53952 (9.98 EO/15.98) EXTREMES 73

22 23 23 44 AEROSMITH 3 GEFFEN 24455 (10.98/16.98) GET A GRIP 1 77 64 54 17 TOO SHORT JIVE 41526* (10.98/15.98) GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN 4

2 VARIOUS ARTISTS COMMON THREAD: THE SONGS OF THE EAGLES 3 78 23 24 22 19 78 85 87 11 DEEP FOREST 550 MUSIC 57840/EPIC (10.98 EQ/15.98) HS DEEP FOREST GIANT 24531/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) 97 95 6 JAMES MERCURY 514943 (9.98/13.98) HS LAID 79 (24) 29 32 16 FRANK SINATRA 2 CAPITOL 89611 (11.98/17.98) DUETS 2 (79) 80 59 50 13 GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 24617" (10.98/16.98) THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? 4 25 22 12 3 TORT AMOS ATLANTIC 82567/AG (10.98/15.98) UNDER THE PINK 12 ZOMBIE HS CORE 3 81 70 69 34 WHITE LA SEXORCISTO: DEVIL MUSIC VOL. 1 26 26 25 29 61 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 3 ATLANTIC 82418/AG (9.98/15.98) GEFFEN 24460 (9.98/13.98) !Is

27 26 41 66 KENNY G ° ARISTA 18646 (10.98/15.98) BREATHLESS 2 82 75 58 25 BARNEY 2 SBK 27115 /ERG (9.98/15.98) BARNEY'S FAVORITES VOL. 1 9

2 2 SOUNDTRACK SBK 28336/ERG (10.98/15.98) ONE LIFE TO LIVE 83 28 31 27 21 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 10906 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME TWO 5 (83) 108 -

7 DUCK/REPRISE 45024 "/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) UNPLUGGED 1 29 28 26 17 TEVIN CAMPBELL QWEST 45388/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) I'M READY 18 84 77 92 78 ERIC CLAPTON

84 158 ENIGMA CHARISMA 86224NIRGIN (9.98/13.98) MCMXCA.D. 6 30 30 25 17 10,000 MANIACS ELEKTRA 61569 (10.98/15.98) MTV UNPLUGGED 13 85 87 2

86 80 61 31 CYPRESS HILL RUFFHOUSE 53931" /COLUMBIA (10.98 EQ/15.98) BLACK SUNDAY 1 31 27 21 5 ZZ TOP RCA 66317 (10.98/16.98) ANTENNA 14 81 72 55 13 ELTON JOHN MCA 10926 (10.9617.98) DUETS 25 (32) 44 47 6 CRASH TEST DUMMIES ARISTA 16531(9.98 /15.98) HS GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET 32 (88) 98 91 50 STING I2Á &M 0070 (10.98/16.98) TEN SUMMONER'S TALES 2 33 33 34 45 GIN BLOSSOMS A&M 54039 (9.98/13.98) HS NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE 30 (89) 95 98 30 ÚB40 VIRGIN 88229 (9.98/15.98) PROMISES AND LIES 6 THE CRANBERRIES EV RYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT, SO WHY CAN'T WE? 34 32 30 34 ISLAND 514156/PLG (10.98 EQ/15.98) IiE7 90 81 79 41 JOE DIFFIE EPIC 53002 (10.98 EQ/15.98) HONKY TONK ATTITUDE 67

35 34 33 28 BILLY JOEL 3 COLUMBIA 53003 (10.98 EO/16.98) RIVER OF DREAMS 1 91 86 81 59 SWV 2 RCA 66074(9.98/13.98)HS IT'S ABOUT TIME 8 36 37 44 39 ROD STEWART 2 WARNER BROS. 45289 (10.98/16.98) UNPLUGGED...AND SEATED 2 92 92 97 22 MELISSA ETHERIDGE ISLAND 848660/PLG (10.98/15.98) YES I AM 16 41 2 RICHARD MARX CAPITOL 81232 (10.98/15.98) PAID VACATION 37 C) EQ 3 - 93 93 68 SADE EPIC 53178 (1098 16.98) LOVE DELUXE 93 13 ALAN JACKSON 38 40 43 72 3 A LOT ABOUT LIVIN' (AND A LITTLE 'BOUT LOVE) 13 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD ARISTA 18711 (10.98/15.98) 94 89 85 66 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD 53 ATLANTIC 82335/AG (9.98/15.98) gig 36 36 35 SOUNDTRACK A ° EPIC SOUNDTRAX53764/EPIC(10.98EQ16.98) SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 1 " 39 95 82 82 62 DR. ORE 3 DEATH ROW/ INTERSCOPE57128 /PRIORITY(10.98 /15.98) THE CHRONIC 3 NOTE (9.98/15.98) HS HAND ON THE TORCH 37 40 39 37 9 US3 BLUE 80883 /CAPITOL 96 96 90 44 AARON NEVILLE A &M 0086 (10.98/16.98) GRAND TOUR 37

41 35 28 11 ICE CUBE PRIORITY 53876* (10.98/16.98) LETHAL INJECTION 5 97 78 63 35 TONY! TONI! TONE! WING 514933 /MERCURY (10.98/15.98) SONS OF SOUL 24

" JOHN MICHAE1-19M ONTGOMERY 42 38 31 19 XSCAPE SOSO DEF 57107 /COLUMBIA(9.98E0115.98) HUMMIN' COMIN' AT 'CHA 17 (9) 99 110 59 LIFE'S A DANCE 27 ATLANTIC 82420/ÁG 98/1598)

43 43 38 25 GARTH BROOKS LIBERTY 80857(10.98 /16.98) IN PIECES 1 ORIGINAL LONDON CASTA° 4 g9 84 100 209 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA HIGHLIGHTS 46 POLVDOR 831563 " /PLG (10.98 EQ/16.98) 44 45 2 ZHANE MOTOWN 6369 (9.98/13.98) PRONOUNCED JAH -NAY 44 - STRAIT 3 MCA 10651 (10.98/15.98) PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 6 100 102 101 75 GEORGE

45 42 35 22 NIRVANA DGC24607" /GEFFEN (10.98/16.98) IN UTERO 1 101 91 83 41 WYNONNA CURB 10822 /MCA (10.98/15.98) TELL ME WHY 5 (46) 49 51 17 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL JIVE 41529* (10.98/15.98) SHAQ DIESEL 25 102 104 115 3 BLACKHAWK ARISTA 18708 (9.98/15.98) BLACKHAWK 102 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 47 50 45 37 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 45 NO TIME TO KILL 14 EPIC 52959 (10.98 EQ/15.98) ® 103 94 89 32 CLINT BLACK RCA 66239 (10.98/15.98) 48 47 39 11 DOMINO OUTBURST /CHAOS 57701" /COLUMBIA (9.98/15.98) DOMINO 39 104 103 86 20 DEF LEPPARD MERCURY 518305 (9.98 EQ/15.98) RETRO ACTIVE 9

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' (THERE IT IS) 39 52 53 46 114 PEARL JAM EPIC 47857 (10.98 E0/16.98) HS TEN 2 108 110 104 31 TAG TEAM LIFE 78000 /BELLMARK (9.98/14.98) WHOOMP!

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(112) 123 161 6 FAITH HILL WARNER BROS. 45387 (9.98/15.98) HS TAKE ME AS I AM 112 158 160 141 17 JACKSON BROWNE ELEKTRA 61524 (10.98/16.98) I'M ALIVE 40

113 116 113 34 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 44189 (10.98 EQ/16.98) BACK TO BROADWAY 1 159 133 128 13 TONY BENNETT COLUMBIA 57424 (10.98 EQ/16.98) STEPPIN' OUT 128

138 140 13 HALL sILAS 10810/MCA(9.98/15.98) THE TRUTH 47 MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY (114) AARON 160 151 146 24 BACK TO BASICS 37 WARNER BROS. 45297 (10.98/15.98) 115 114 107 18 RUSH ATLANTIC 82528/AG (10.98/16.98) COUNTERPARTS 2

161 164 169 28 SOUNDTRACK JIVE 41509 (10.98/15.98) MENACE I I SOCIETY 11 116 121 1 1 1 35 MARK CHESNUTT MCA 10851 (10.98/15.981 ALMOST GOODBYE 43 4 NON BLONDES 162 154 144 6 JOSHUA KADISON SBK 80920 /ERG (10.98/15.98) HS PAINTED DESERT SERENADE 133 132 116 49 BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER, MORE! 13 (111) INTERSCOPE 92112/ÁG (9.98/13.98) ® 163 169 176 200 GARTH BROOKS s LIBERTY 90897 (9.98/13.98) GARTH BROOKS 13 118 111 99 33 U2 A 2 ISLAND 518047 * /PLG (10.98 /16.98) ZOOROPA 1 (164) 191 154 6 K7 TOMMY BOY 1071 (10.98/15.98) HS SWING BATTA SWING 154 HEATSEEKER IMPACT*** * * * 165 158 143 20 "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC SCOTTI BROS. 72392 (9.98/15.98) ALAPALOOZA 46 (119) 128 - 2 NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC82568 /AG (10.98/15.98) HS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 119 166 166 194 68 CELINE DION EPIC 52473 (10.98 E(Ú15.98) CELINE DION 34 120 118 109 73 ALICE IN CHAINS 2 COLUMBIA 52475 (10.98 E0 /15.98) DIRT 6 167 155 156 35 BILLY RAY CYRUS MERCURY 514758 (10.98/16.98) IT WON'T BE THE LAST 3

(121) NEW 1 PAVEMENT MATADOR 92343`/ÁG (9.98/14.98) HS CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN 121 (16$) NEW 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS QUALITY 6705 WARLOCK (12.98/17.98) DANCE MIX U.S.A. 168 122 106 80 5 FREDDIE JACKSON RCA 66318 (9.98/15.98) HERE IT IS 66 VAN MORRISON 169 163 173 197 THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON 41 POLYDOR 841970 " /PLG (9.98 E(Ú16.98) 123 115 102 17 ZAPP & ROGER REPRISE 45143/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) ALL THE GREATEST HITS 39 170 162 171 35 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC 53807 (10.98E016.98) MI TIERRA 27 124 101 75 4 NKOTB COLUMBIA 52969 (10.98 EQ/16.98) FACE THE MUSIC 37 171 178 181 68 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC 53046 (10.98 EQ/I6.98) GREATEST HITS 15 125 120 121 181 GARTH BROOKS 10 LIBERTY 93866 (9.98/13.98) NO FENCES 3

172 170 167 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS HOLLYWOOD 61449/ELEKTRA (10.98/15.98) ALTERNATIVE NRG 167 (126) 136 157 4 SOUNDTRACK ISLAND 518841 /PLG (10.98 EQ/15.98) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER 126 COLOR ME BADD 173 147 112 6 CROWDED HOUSE CAPITOL 27048 (10.98/15.98) TOGETHER ALONE 73 127 112 94 14 TIME AND CHANCE 56 GIANT /REPRISE 24524/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) (114) 196 193 28 AARON TIPPIN RCA 66251 (9.98/15.98) CALL OF THE WILD 53 128 125 134 117 BROOKS & DUNN 3 ARISTA 18658 (9.98/13.98) BRAND NEW MAN 10 035) NEW I VARIOUS ARTISTS MADACY 5620 (8.98/16.98) ROMANTIC CLASSICS 175 129 129 120 50 LENNY KRAVITZ VIRGIN 86984 (9.98/15.98) ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY? 12 5 176 175 178 120 NIRVANA DGC 24425` /GEFFEN (9.98/13.98) NEVERMIND 1 (130) 144 138 25 BJORK ELEKTRA 61468 (10.98/15.98) HS DEBUT 61 117 157 153 104 GUNS N' ROSES A4 GEFFEN 24420` (10.98/15.98) USE YOUR ILLUSION II 1 (131) 159 177 42 INNER CIRCLE BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC 92261/AG (9.98/15.98) HS BAD BOYS 64 178 183 175 22 ABBA POLYDOR 517007 /PLG (10.98/16.981 GOLD 63 132 130 125 75 QUEEN HOLLYWOOD 61265 /ELEKTRA (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS RE -ENTRY 4 TODAY'S TOP COUNTRY 179 (179) K -TEL 6099 (9.9814.98) 133 127 123 88 SPIN DOCTORS EPIC47461 (10.98EQ/16.98) HS POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE 3

' 1 180 186 180 92 BILLY RAY CYRUS MERCURY 510635 110.98 E0/16.98) SOME GAVE ALL 134 139 148 14 SUZY BOGGUSS LIBERTY89261 (10.98/15.981 SOMETHING UP MY SLEEVE 121

159 86 3 CURB 10529 /MCA (10.98/15.98) WYNONNA 4 135 135 139 49 SAMMY KERSHAW MERCURY 14332 (9.98 EQ/15.98) HAUNTED HEART 57 181 172 WYNONNA

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BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS MERCURY E0/16.981 WHEELS 7 140 134 133 49 SISTER SWEETLY 117 186 173 163 24 JOHN MELLENCAMP 518088 110.98 HUMAN GIANT /REPRISE 24486/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) DOLLY PARTON, LORETTA LYNN, TAMMY WYNETTE 181 167 151 16 HONKY TONK ANGELS 42 3 53414 (10.98 EQ/15.98) 141 131 126 67 SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 60846 (10.98/16.98) ALADDIN 6 COLUMBIA 188 193 190 18 TANYA TUCKER LIBERTY 89048110.98/15.98) SOON 87 142 140 136 43 JIMI HENDRIX MCA 10829 (10.98/16.98) THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE 72 SOUNDTRACK 189 161 137 11 SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT 74 143 142 118 10 MARY J. BLIGE UPTOWN 10942/MCA (10.9815.98) WHAT'S THE 41 1? REMIX 118 HOLLYWOOD 61562/ELEKTRA (10.98/16.98)

144 146 117 68 SOUL ASYLUM COLUMBIA 48898'110.98 EO/15.98) HS GRAVE DANCERS UNION 11 190 181 174 14 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 61581 /ELEKTRA (10.98/16.98) THE THREE MUSKETEERS 101

MCA 10911 (10.98/15.981 THE SONG REMEMBERS WHEN 40 145 137 132 17 TRISHA YEARWOOD 191 187 - 110 NATALIE COLES ELEKTRA 61049 (13.98/16.98) UNFORGETTABLE 1 146 153 147 14 DOUG STONE EPIC 57271 (9.98/15.98) MORE LOVE 88 MICHAEL CRAWFORD 192 176 186 21 A TOUCH OF MUSIC IN THE NIGHT 39 ATLANTIC 82531/AG (10.98/16.98) CHEAP SEATS 76 147 150 162 19 ALABAMA RCA 66296 (9.98/15.98) GARTH BROOKS (1 93) RE -ENTRY 124 ROPIN' THE WIND 1 ADAM SANDLER LIBERTY 96330 (10.98/158).9 148 141 145 13 THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU 131 WARNER 8ß0S. 45393 (9.98/15.98) ME BETTE MIDLER 194 190 187 35 EXPERIENCE THE DIVINE: GREATEST HITS 50 ATLANTIC 82497/AG(10.98/16.98) 149 109 - 2 RICHARD THOMPSON CAPITOL 81492 (10.98/15.98) HS MIRROR BLUE 109 195 177 150 14 MC REN RUTHLESS 5505./RELATIVITY (9.98/16.98) SHOCK OF THE HOUR 22 150 145 114 9 COWBOY JUNKIES RCA 66344 (9.98/15.98) PALE SUN, CRESCENT MOON 114 196 199 - 91 JON SECADA 2 SBK 98845/ERG(10.98/15.98) HS JON SECADA 15 151 152 152 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS THUMP 4010(9.98/16.98) OLD SCHOOL 151 197 194 - 45 YANNI PRIVATE MUSIC 82106 (10.98/15.98) IN MY TIME 24 152 148 130 8 HADDAWAY ARISTA 18743 (9.98/15.98) HS HADDAWAY 111 GREEN DAY (19$) RE -ENTRY 2 DOOKIE 127 CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS REPRISE 45529 "/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) LW 171 2 EAR TO THE STREET 153 (153) - SCARFACE 53877/PRIORITY (9.98/15.98) ® 199 185 183 19 EN VOGUE EASTWEST 92296/AG (8.98/12.98) RUNAWAY LOVE 49 143 131 THE JERKY BOYS SELECT 61495/AG (10.98/15.98) HS THE JERKY BOYS 80 154 46 ZZ TOP RE -ENTRY GREATEST HITS 9 (200) 60 WARNERBROS .26846(10.98/16.98) (155) 174 188 3 DIG RADIOACTIVE 10916 /MCA (9.98/13.98) HS DIG 155

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The New 2 Live Crew 56 Boy Howdy 10/ Billy Ray Cyrus 167, 180 Jimi Hendrix 142 Sarah McLachlan 109 Collin Raye 76 Sleepless In Seattle 39 Eagles 23 Toni Braxton 2 Faith Hill 112 MC Ren 195 Rush 115 The Three Musketeers 190 Dance Mix U.S.A. 168 2 Low 183 Danzig 54 51 Meat Loaf 15 Spin Doctors 133 More Songs For Sleepless 2Pac 182 The Breeders Ice 41 Sade 93 Deep Forest 78 Cube -ohn Mellencamp 186 Rod Stewart 36 Nights 184 4 Non Blondes 117 Brooks & Dunn 53, 128 Salt -N -Pepa 4 Def Leppard 104 Inner Circle 131 Metallica 67 Sting 88 Old School 151 Garth Brooks 43, 125, 163, 193 Adam Sandler 148 Abbe 178 Joe Diffie 90 Bette Midler 194 Doug Stone 146 Romantic Classics 175 Jackson Browne 158 Freddie Jackson 122 Jon Secada 196 Ace Of Base 9 Dig 155 Mint Condition 111 Stone Temple Pilots 26 Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Janet Jackson 18 Shaquille O'Neal 46 Bryan Adams 11 Tevin Campbell 29 Celine Dion 8, 166 Michael Montgomery 6, 98 George Strait 66, 100 Hendrix 105 Alan Jackson 38 John Frank Sinatra 24 Aerosmith 22 Candlebox 50 Domino 48 Van Barbra Streisand 113 Today's Top Country 179 James 79 Morrison 169 Smashing Pumpkins 20 Alabama 147 Mariah Carey 1 Dr. Dre 95 154 SWV 91 The Jerky Boys Aaron Neville 96 Snoop Doggy Dogg 5 Clay Walker 75 Alice In Chains 14, 120 Mary- Chapin Carpenter 62 17 Eazy -E 72 Jodeci Soul Asylum 144 Tag Team 108 White Zombie 81 Tori Amos 25 Mark Chesnutt 116 Nirvana 45,176 En Vogue 199 Billy Joel 35 Maniacs 30 Wu -Tang Clan 65 Eric Clapton 84 NKOTB 124 SOUNDTRACK 10,000 Babyface 58 Enigma 16, 85 Elton John 87 8 Seconds 71 Richard Thompson 149 Wynonna 101, 181 Natalie Cole 191 CAST Barney 82 Enya 106 ORIGINAL LONDON Aaron Tippin 174 Phil Collins 70 K7 164 Aladdin 141 Xscape 42 Gloria Estefan 170, 171 Phantom Of The Opera Tony! Toni! Tone! 97 Beastie Boys 68 Color Me Badd 127 Joshua Kadison 162 The Bodyguard 13 59 Melissa Etheridge 92 Highlights 99 Too Short 77 "Weird At' Yankovic 165 Beavis & Butt-Head Confederate Railroad 94 Toby Keith 138 Cool Runnings 136 Bennett 159 Free 156 Tool 73 Yanni 197 Tony Conscious Daughters 153 Kenny G 27 R. Kelly 3 Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Willy Big Head Todd & The Monsters 140 In The Name Of The Father 126 A Tribe Called Quest 69 Trisha Yearwood 145 Counting Crows 7 Vince Gill 49 Sammy Kershaw 135 Wynette 187 II 161 Tanya Tucker 188 Dwight Yoakam 74 Bjork 130 Cowboy Junkies 150 Gin Blossoms 33 Lenny Kravitz 129 Pavement 121 Menace Society Blackhawk 102 One Life To Live 83 Cracker 64 Green Day 198 Pearl Jam 19, 52 U2 118 Zapp & Roger 123 Black Sabbath 185 Little Texas 55 Philadelphia 21 The Cranberries 34 Guns N' Roses 80, 177 Ce Ce Peniston 110 UB40 89 Zhane 44 103 10 The Piano 61 Clint Black Crash Test Dummies 32 Richard Manx 37 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers US3 40 ZZ Top 31, 200 Haddaway 152 Reality Bites 57 Mary J. Blige 143 Michael Crawford 192 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly 160 Queen 63 Aaron Hall 114 132 Sister Act 2: Back In The VARIOUS ARTISTS Blind Melon Crowded House 173 Neal McCoy 119 Heart 139 Queen Latifah 60 Habit 189 Alternative NRG 172 Suzy Bogguss 134 Cypress Hill 86 Reba McEntire 28 Michael Bolton 12, 157 Brian McKnight 137 Rage Against The Machine 47 Common Thread: The Songs Of The

86 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com SONY BOWS THREE INNOVATIVE CLASSICAL VIDEOS (Continued from page 1) dard concert experience. grams. This approach is expected to "Voices From A Locked Room," in- label will assist in talent casting; Hart, star of the Nickelodeon sit- Henceforth, only programs with make the product more attractive to spired by the life of British compos- most importantly, it will guarantee com "Clarissa Explains It All," as strong cinematic, TV, or special - general- circulation video retailers er Peter Warlock. Scripted by a recording and CD release. narrator in Prokofiev's "Peter And event content will be released by and their customers, says Gelb. screenwriter Peter Barnes, the film Gelb shows particular interest in The Wolf" and Britten's "Young Sony, says Peter Gelb, president of Pricing, at $24.95, is comparable to probes Warlock's split personality Hollywood composers with classical Person's Guide To The Orchestra." the recently formed division. He be- sell- through movie videos. and the conflict between his "lives" training who have demonstrated Saint-Säens' "Carnival Of The Ani- lieves this is the only approach that Laserdisc versions, at $29.95 list, as composer and music critic, and popular appeal in their screen com- mals," without narration, will com- can stem reported sales declines in will be released simultaneously the attempt by each to destroy the positions. He is against establishing plete the package. Music tracks the classical video market. with VHS, but marketing emphasis other. a special label for new music, as were recorded by Seiji Ozawa and More importantly, Gelb feels that will be placed on the latter, where Prerecorded works by Warlock some competitors have done. He the Boston Symphony. this strategy, along with more fo- the potential is strongest. will be featured in the film, as will a says he doesn't want to be pigeon- That project is a joint effort with cused marketing, can work to ex- score by screen composer Elliot Gol- holed in any one stream of contem- Sony Wonder, the label's children's pand the audience for classical mu- WIDER RETAIL UNIVERSE denthal, a protegee of John Corig- porary music. imprint. Here the pitch is to feature sic. "People who watch programs An effort will be made to position liano. The soundtrack will be re- Sony Classical Video & Film also a narrator known to kids, says Gelb, are more interested in what they the new releases in video stores that leased on disc by Sony Classical. will license video rights to films that rather than a personality that at- see than what they hear," he says. do not normally carry classical mu- Goldenthal also has been commis- fit its creative criteria. One package tracts their parents. The only exceptions to the new sic titles, says Gelb. But even as the sioned by the Pacific Symphony to acquired from Rhombus Media Inc., Also planned, with other artists, policy involve several remaining wider retail universe is courted, the write an oratorio based on the Viet- a Canadian firm, is "32 Short Films is an audio -only series of classic chil- commitments, primarily a few his- video sections of classical record nam War. It will be recorded by About Glenn Gould," to be released dren's stories narrated over newly torically important Herbert von Ka- stores will continue to be a market- Sony Classical in October and is- theatrically in April. A soundtrack composed music. Hollywood pro- rajan concert programs that have ing target. sued on CD the following April, in CD will be released by Sony at the ducers Miles Goodman and Oscar not yet been released. The larger market Gelb envisions commemoration of the 20th anniver- same time, to be followed in the fall Castro-Neves are parties to that Gelb, who was brought over from includes culturally aware people, sary of the war's end. by the home video package. project. CAMI Video last summer to head many of whom are interested in art Conducted by Carl St.Clair, the Another Rhombus project based As president of Sony Classical Sony Classical's U.S. recording op- and specialty films. performing forces will include a on the music of Kurt Weill is in pro- USA, Gelb reports to the label's eration, as well as the new video and As Gelb sees it, classical record chorus, a Vietnamese children's duction in Canada. The film will fea- A &R center in Hamburg. At Sony film facility, says he expects that consumers comprise only a small choir, soloists yet to be named, and ture Teresa Stratas, along with pop Classical Film & Video, he has over- most, if not all, of the classical prod- portion of the total record market. possibly a "well known" rock enter- stars Lou Reed and Elvis Costello. all authority and reports to Mickey uct his new division releases will be And only a small number of them tainer to help evoke the Vietnam Soundtrack and video rights go to Schulhof, chairman of all of Sony's created with an eye toward eventu- buy classical videos. "They repre- Era. Sony. entertainment interests. al soundtrack release, and to coordi- sent a small percentage of a small The latter project is significant in Gelb still has some obligations to nate TV (or theater) exposure with percentage," he adds. the pattern it cuts for other record- MARSALIS AT TANGLEWOOD which he committed before coming new product for added promotional Gelb says marketing support for ings to be mounted by Sony Classi- On the educational front, Sony is to Sony. One is as executive music opportunities. the new product launch will be di- cal. Gelb hopes to develop audio pro- proceeding on an audio-visual pro- producer of a follow -up to "Fanta- Packaging of the new titles - rected primarily at the wider mar- jects that help create new music, ject involving Wynton Marsalis, sia" for Disney. The film's working "Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminis- ket. Advertising in major consumer "rather than just following scheduled to be filmed at title is "Fantasia Revisited." cence," "Dvorak In Prague: A Cele- publications and on TV will supple- trends" -which some other labels Tanglewood next summer and be Music for the film is performed bration," and "Accent On The Off- ment trade promotion, and ample in- riding the contemporary music ready for release in 1995. Here by James Levine and the Chicago beat," which documents the cre- store display materials are prom- wave are doing, he maintains. again, multi- exposure promotional Symphony Orchestra. They have al- ation of a jazz ballet by Wynton ised. He describes his launch cam- As in the case of the Vietnam ora- opportunities will be exploited. CD ready recorded a somewhat short- Marsalis and choreographer Peter paign budget as "significant." torio, Sony sees itself serving an and home video release will be tied ened version of Respighi's "Pines Martins -sport cover art that re- Feature films with classical music "entrepreneurial" role, convincing to PBS telecasts of the series. Of Rome" and are slated to cut addi- sembles movie video packaging components also are on the Gelb others to commission new pieces On the purely audio side, Sony tional material this March. more than traditional music pro- agenda. One in preparation is from talented composers. But the has begun recording Melissa Joan

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BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 87 www.americanradiohistory.com RAGE FUELS CLAWFINGER'S EUROPEAN SUCCESS (Continued from page 1) drawn attention to the tougher side signed Clawfinger after viewing a Furious Five. understand why they would want to fleet a far bleaker reality. In the past of a music scene better known world- video for the band's song "Truth." Clawfinger made its first attempts use such a word," whether they are four years, Swedish unemployment wide for the pop of Roxette or the After opening European tour dates at a rock -rap crossover in 1990, and black or white. Yet Tell also admits it has risen from 37.13% by one esti- dance beat of Ace Of Base. last fall for Anthrax and Alice In signed to MVG Records in the sum- may have been naive for four white mate. Clawfinger and their fans are Signed to independent MVG Rec- Chains, Clawfinger is headlining an mer of 1992 on the strength of a musicians to raise the issue with load- coming of age in a Europe of dimin- ords in Sweden, and licensed through 18 -date U.K. tour that is to include a demo tape. Kviman urged the band to ed language. "When we wrote that ished economic expectations. Warner Music Sweden for most of March 15 show at the Marquee in write more material, and "Deaf song, we didn't even have a record Like their counterparts in the U.S. the world, Clawfinger is gaining fans London. The tour will hit other Euro- Dumb Blind" was released in Sweden contract," he says. "I realized after- who have found a voice in the rock in Scandinavia, Britain, Germany, pean markets through spring. in May 1993. The album was licensed wards that 'Whoa, this is quite a lot and rage of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and elsewhere with songs of racial "Deaf Dumb Blind" will be pre- to PolyGram in Norway and Warner of weight to carry.' " some European fans have discovered conflict, militarism, and hard times sented to the Warner Music labels in Music International for the rest of Two other singles, "Truth" and an outlet in the music of Clawfmger. on its debut album, "Deaf Dumb the U.S. in March for an expected the world. Outside Europe, it has "Warfair," have been promoted to "The way it's working now [in Swe- Blind." signing in America, says Sanji Tan - been released by Warner Music la- DJs at rock -oriented clubs in markets den], the social welfare system is go- "An American would not expect dan, deputy managing director of bels in Brazil, Australia, and South- where they are considered too hard ing downhill, the economy is going this type of music to come out of Warner Music Sweden. A U.S. re- east Asia, and is due in Japan in late for mainstream radio. downhill, and kids that finish school Sweden," concedes Per Kviman, head lease date has not yet been set. March. Alexander Maurus, marketing now, they can't find any work," says of A&R at MVG Records, who signed "This is the act in Sweden which "Deaf Dumb Blind" is a furious manager with WEA Germany, says Tell. "There's a lot to be angry about. Clawfinger and now manages the has caused the most excitement in mix of memorable hard rock guitar Clawfinger's following there grew It sounds like a cliche, but the music band. "I take that as a compliment." the past six months," says Mattias hooks, keyboards, live and pro- largely through word -of-mouth after is a good way to get things out of Since its European release late last Wachtmeister, head of international grammed drums, rap vocals, and pro- promotion at rock clubs, magazines you." summer, "Deaf Dumb Blind" has A &R for Warner Music Sweden. "We vocative lyrics, earning Clawfinger such as "Metalhammer," indepen- sold more than 185,000 copies, with are really seeing very encouraging comparisons to bands like Rage dent retailers, and the World Of Mu- Assistance in preparing this story half those sales in Germany, Eu- signs from everywhere." Against The Machine. sic retail chain. was provided by Ellie Weinert in rope's largest market. It is No. 47 on It is unlikely, however, that the "The time was right for the band to Munich. the German album chart and has HEAVY METAL AND RAP first European single from the album break in Germany since there was a reached the top 40 on album charts in For the band members, the past will be released in the U.S., say label demand for music from bands like Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland. year or so has been "quite a blur," executives in Sweden. The song, a ra- Rage Against The Machine," says MARCH RELEASES "Our customer age group is be- says Zak Tell, Clawfinger's 23 -year- dio hit in Sweden and Norway, is a Bernd Rathjen, WEA product man- (Continued from page 11) tween 18-25, and we sold three times old front man. He and band mates driving anti -racist declaration with ager. "Plus, a lot of good music has as many Clawfinger albums as Phil Jocke Skog, Erlend Ottern, and Bard lyrics that question the use by some come from Sweden lately, and people pets' "Devil Hopping" (Mute, March Collins [albums]," says Wolfgang Torstensen met while in low-wage blacks of a racial slur created by here were open towards the band." 22). Kuester, head of independent retailer jobs at a hospital, now immortalized whites. But its most striking feature On the hip -hop tip, Gang Starr Musicland in Hannover, Germany, in the song "Rosegrove." is a chorus that chants the song's ti- A BLEAKER REALITY leads the way with "Hard To Earn" which specializes in rock, hard rock, Torstensten, 32, the band's guitar- tle: "Nigger." But Clawfinger's most compelling (Chrysalis /ERG, March 8). The set is rap, and techno (and has no relation ist, grew up listening to the likes of "People have misunderstood it," appeal among fans in Europe may bolstered by the early success of the to the U.S. chain). Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and concedes Tell. "I just started thinking have little to do with promotion or track "Mass Appeal," which is heat- John Jackson, managing director Aerosmith. Tell, by contrast, says the about where the word was coming marketing plans. Coming from a ing up urban radio. Also drawing at- of ICM /Fair Warning, one of Eu- first record he bought was by pioneer from. It was invented by slave trad- country once widely admired for its tention is Chaos /Columbia newcomer rope's leading booking agencies, rappers Grandmaster Flash & the ers. I'm telling people I can't quite social programs, the band's songs re- Domino, who bows his critically her- alded self-titled debut March 15. In the urban market, Brand New Heavies step forward with "Brother Sister," a Delicious Vinyl /EastWest Finalists For Billboard's 1994 International Billie Awards offering that sees the band reunited Here are the finalists for Bill- ties 3," New Line Home Video; "Teenage Mutant MUSIC VIDEO NETWORKS Records. with singer N'Dea Davenport. Ange- board's 1994 International Billie Ninja Turtles 3 Christmas," New Line Home Vid- Consumer Print: Another Hollywood Legend Radio Commercial: A Good Cry, Blockbuster la Winbush moves to Elektra March eo; Christmas Promotion, FoxVideo; "Zebra - Unmasked, McCaffrey & McCall Partners Inc.; Entertainment Corp.; The Wall -Rock Station 15 for a self-titled collection that fea- Awards. The winners will be an- Group; The Wall-Listen Up head," Columbia TriStar Home Video. k.d. lang, VH -1; Meet The Real Mrs. Hilton, Wild- ID, the Weightman along with nounced at a March 10 awards cer- Trade Print "The Age Of Innocence," Colum- ing, Todd, Etc...., McCaffrey & McCall Partners Station ID, the Weightman Group; The Wall - tures her own productions emony at the Puck Building in bia TriStar Home Video; "Bram Stoker's Dra- Inc.; Straight A Student, Homemaker, Cheer- Breakdown "Guarantee" Radio, the Weightman those by Chuckii Booker and Ronald New York City. (See story, page 6.) cula," Columbia TriStar Home Video; "Cliff- leader, McCaffrey & McCall Partners, Inc.; '93 Group; The Wall- Bathroom "Guarantee" Ra- Isley. hanger," Columbia Tristar Home Video; Video Music Awards Program, MTV: Music Tele- dio, the Weightman Group. 1, Country music gets a shot of good MMpC "Groundhog Day," Columbia Tristar Home Vid- vision. Outdoor. Virgin Retail Espana /Harley Virgin Retail Espana /Sevilla of boy energy March 8 when Atlantic Consumer Print Change Your Attitude ad, eo; "The Last Of The Mohicans," FoxVideo; Mar- Trade Print: The Box, Sound Structure, Par- TBWA Madrid; 2- quee, Baker & Taylor. ham Santana Inc.; the Source ad, Trade Service Store Banners, TBWA 'Madrid; The Wall - releases Confederate Railroad's the Atlantic Group; Indians /Indianism ad, Poly - Billboard, the Weightman Gram Records; Mick Jagger album ad, the Atlan- Standard Packaging: "The Honeymooners Corp.; the Source sales kit folder, Trade Service "Guarantee" Outdoor sophomore effort, "Notorious." Pro- Peebles & tic Group; Naughty By Nature /Apache, Tommy Classic 39," CBS Video; "Jason Goes To Hell," Corp.; TNN profile, Adler Boschetto ducer Barry Beckett was on hand New Line Home Video; "National Lampoon's Partners; VH -1 awards book, VH -1. Boy Music; Tornado ad, Atlantic Records. once again for the album. Also on tap Trade Print Billy Joel, "The River Of Dreams," Loaded Weapon," New Line Home Video; "Pin- TV Commercial: Alternative Nation/Buzz, Slater, Hanft, Martin; the Cutting Edge ad, the At- occhio," Buena Vista Home Video; "Wide Sar- MTV: Music Television; Birth Of New Music, this month are greatest hits albums Wow lantic Group; Fabulon, ERG; Paul Westerberg, "14 MTV: Music Television; Toby Huss /Bow by Chris LeDoux (Liberty, March 15) Songs" ad, Sire /Reprise Recorda; Ribbed For Wow, MTV: Music Television; Toby Huss /Kooky and Billy Dean (SBK /ERG, March Pleasure ad, Capitol Records. Jeremy, MTV: Music Television; Toothpick Lady, 15), well as Dale Daniel's "Luck Of Point -Of- Purchase: Candy Skins, two-sided McCaffrey & McCall Partners, Inc. as poster, Geffen Records; Grabber, BMG Distribu- Radio: Best Of MTV Week '93, MTV: Music Our Own" (BNA, March 1). tion; In Concert With Nature, Windham Hill Re- Television; "The Jon Stewart Show," MTV: Mu- On Tuesday (1), MCA unveils EMI sic Television; Lunch, McCaffrey & McCall Part- cords; Lonnie Gordon die cut poster, ERG; Vel- "Rhythm, Country & Blues," an al- vet Underground, "Live MCMXCIII," Sire/ TAKESTHECAKE. ners, Inc.; 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV: Music Television; Plumber, McCaffrey & McCall bum of duets with superstars from Warner Bros. AGAIN. TV Commercial: Bob Dylan, "World Gone Partners, Inc. the worlds of country and R &B. Pro- Wrong," Sony Music; Billy Idol, "Cyberpunk," duced Don Was and Tony Brown, IMO by Chrysalis /ERG; Cypress Hill, "Black Sunday," the album includes "Ain't Nothing Sony Music; Gloria Estefan, "Mi Tierra," Sony Mu- Radio Commercial: Charles Barkley's Life KTAR sic; Michael Jackson, "Dangerous," Sony Music. Lessons, KTAR Phoenix; The Program, Like The Real Thing" by Vince Gill Radio: George Thorogood, "Haircut," ERG; Phoenix; The Loquacious Leprechaun, KTAR and Gladys Knight; "Chain Of Fools" Kinks, "Phobia," Sony Music; Ozzy Osbourne, Phoenix; Ode To Ed, KTAR Phoenix; Phoenix Pointer Sis- Suns, Fatlady, KTAR Phoenix. by Clint Black and the "Live & Loud," Sony Music; Pressure Drop - Cuz, Robert Michelson Inc.; ters, and "I Fall To Pieces" by Aaron Front Row -Ear Test, Marlboro Music, Germany; EMI Music Publishing's "EMI Takes TV Commercial: KLOU, Oldies Montage, TM Century Inc.; Inter- Neville and Trisha Yearwood. No ini- Suede, "Suede," Sony Music. The Cake Again" ad is nominated in Standard Packaging: Joe Sample, "Invita- national Rock Harvest, Robert Michelson Inc.; tial single has been chosen. tion," Warner Bros.; Lifers' Group, "Living the Music Publishing /Trade Print field. the Recession Buster, Robert Michelson Inc.; Soundtracks continue to be a fo- Tune In Your Head, WNNX (99X) Atlanta. An for the Billy Joel single, "The Proof," Hollywood Records; "Mad About ... ad rum for fresh star material. The al- series packaging, PblyGram Classics & Jazz; Oc- River of Dreams," is nominated in the tober Project, "October Project," Sony Music; gasso Sea," New Line Home Video. Ef4L bum supporting "Mi Vida Loca" Don Shull, Music/Trade Print category. "Wipe Out Sampler," Geffen Records. TV Commercial: "Aladdin -Word Is Out," Consumer Print Congratulations, (Mercury, March 15) has new tracks Special Packaging: Brian May, "Driven By Buena Vista Home Video; "Killing Of A Chinese Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.; Explore, The World Is Outdoor Train by A Tribe Called Quest, Tony Toni You," Hollywood Records; "Complete Billie Holi- Bookie," Buena Vista Home Video; Muppet Compton's NewMedia; See Why Group; The Wall -"Guarantee" Kill: A Ma- Virgin Retail Espa- Lobos, while "Three- day," Verve /PolyGram; "Ella Fitzgerald 75th Watch Offer, Buena Vista Home Video; "Nation- Turning, Compton's NewMedia; Soft Card, the Weightman Group; Toné, and Los Compton's 5 TBWA Madrid. Birthday Celebration," GRP Records; Ozzy Os- al Lampoon's Loaded Weapon," New Line Home trix Fiction Story, NewMedia na/Sevilla -Bus Shelter, somes" (Epic Soundtrax, March 22) Trade Grand Opening Reception Invita- bourne, "live & Loud" cassette package, Sony Video; 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3," New Print has tunes by General Public, U2, and. Corp.; Scream- PN AMIN Music; "Songs Of The West," Rhino Records; Iene Home Video. tion, Blockbuster Entertainment We Have The BASF Chrome Plus Audio Dupli- Duran Duran. Finally, the sound- Spliff, Alles Gute, Sony Music Entertainment, Point -Of- Purchase: "Aladdin" standee, Bue- er, On Target Advertising; Trade Print Why Beren- BASF Corp. Information System/ (Atlantic, March Germany. na Vista Home Video; "Cliffhanger," Columbia M.O.S.T., Compton's NewMedia; cating Tape, track to "The Crow" TriStar Home Video; "Jason Goes To Hell," New stain Bear ?, Compton's NewMedia. Houston-Effler Advertising; BASF Ecoshuttle 22) has a lineup that includes Stone Point -Of- Purchase: "The Blood Of Abra- Reusable Packing System, BASF Corp. Informa- MMIK IMMIYMMI Line Home Video; "Pinocchio" standee, Buena Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, the Trade Print Corporate Image Campaign, Vista Home Video; "Rising Sun," FoxVideo; ham," Hard Core Marketing; "Major League tion System/Houston-Effler Advertising; Roland Roland SC-7, Cure, and Rage Against The Ma- Lenny Kravitz, ASCAP; Corporate Image Cam- 'The Sandlot," FoxVideo. Baseball," Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.; Rap-10, Curtis Communications; paign, Lyle Lovett, ASCAP; EMI Takes The Special Packaging: 'The African Queen" com- "Mickey's Mysteries," Walt Disney Records; Curtis Communications. chine. Cake Again, EMI Music Publishing; "Global. memorative edition, Parham Santana Inc. /CBS/ 1993 MTV Movie Awards, Blockbuster Enter- Friendly." Sony Music Creative Services; Time In FoxVideo; "Aladdin" deluxe, Buena Vista Home tainment Corp.; 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare NM IMMMIWM. MITE ll1I1M Music; House Party 7 & Assistance in preparing this story A Bottle, EMI Music Publishing We Work It, Video; "Jungle Book-The Collector's Deluxe Before Christmas," Walt Disney Records. Fishbone Poster, Sony Netherlands; was provided by Trudi Miller Ro- EMI Music Publishing. Video Collection," Buena Vista Home Video In- TV Commercial: A Night Off, Blockbuster 8 On Tour, Arcade International- Animation, Boys Poster, Select Records; London Un- ternational; "Ozzy Osbourne -Live & Loud," Entertainment Corp.; Grand Opening Jerky senblum and Terri Horak in New Marlboro Music, Germany; MIE MM Sony Music Entertainment; "Pinocchio" deluxe, Nobody Beats The Wiz; Pure Magic, Blockbuster derground II Thur, York, Carrie Borzillo in Los Ange- Virgin Retail Espana/Sevi- Three Phase: Past, Present And Future, Mira- Consumer Print: "Jason Goes To Hell," New Buena Vista Home Video. Entertainment Corp.; les, and Aster Cronin in Nashville Line Home Video; 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Tin'- lla 30, TBWA Madrid; Tower Thru Time, Tower mar Productions Inc. 88 BILLBOARD MARCH 5, 1994 www.americanradiohistory.com VIDEO BIZ DREAMING OF A `JURASSIC,' `WHITE' XMAS (Continued from page 1) of "Jurassic Park." Wholesalers are some 22 million units, now worth toons, including "The Little Mer- likely will share the fall window. Few promotional partners, but has been nearly unanimous that "Jurassic about $330 million wholesale. maid," "Beauty And The Beast," and observers seem to doubt the title can forced to sit on the project. "Right Park" will arrive in late September or "This is a much bigger title," says "Aladdin." Daly notes, "Not having also top 20 million cassettes. But now, we're just hoping it will be a 1994 early October, although director Ste- Trish Potts, Ingram Merchandising an animated theatrical release this "there are so many layers of decision - title," says one frustrated staffer. ven Spielberg has the last word, as he Services marketing manager. Ann year gave us a window." making for this one," says an If it is, Potts believes it will be did with "E.T., The Extra- Terrestri- Daly, president of Buena Vista Home Disney hopes to renew the cycle MCA /Universal spokeswoman. enough: "It would be ridiculous to al." Video, which markets Disney's fam- with "The Lion King," due in the- "There's Amblin [Spielberg's produc- put anything else on the schedule." Disney took the first step toward ily product, is more cautious. She ex- aters later this year and on tape in tion company], Universal Pictures, Tower Video VP John Thrasher guaranteeing a monster year-end in pects sales to exceed the 12 million 1995, and "Pocahontas." and, of course, Spielberg." counters, "The more hits, the better. home video when vice chairman Roy units reached by "Pinocchio." Studio insiders say the video divi- That really gives people an incentive Disney announced the arrival of Based on past history, single copies DINOS OR DWARVES? sion has drawn up several different to come in the store, and that's what "Snow White And The Seven of "Snow White" should be priced at MCA /Universal's "Jurassic Park" release plans, involving multiple cross- we live for." Dwarfs" during the company's annu- $24.99. But there is talk that Buena al meeting in Florida Feb. 22. The Vista may add anywhere from $1-$5 1937 title, which racked up box -office to the suggested list for a title that's revenues of $50 million in a summer high on every collector's roster of 1993 rsn, Partner Developing Sell- Thni Sch theatrical rerelease, was the stu- most-wanted movies. "They feel the dio's first animated feature and is its market can bear it," says one distrib- BY SETH GOLDSTEIN viously priced below $19.95. stages of negotiation-and by Para - last classic to go to videotape. utor. A rack executive demurs: "The VSDA wants to get the rank-and- mount's success in taking the McDon- The studio's decision to withhold risk is too great to tamper with what NEW YORK -The Video Software file to share in sell- through. "Our ald's titles to video retailers. Many until next month details on price, has been successful at retail." Taking Dealers Assn. and New York-based members need to quit complaining" who objected to the Big Mac venture street date, cross -promotions, and the advantage of promotional rebates, Promotional Concepts Group are so- about being outsold by general mer- bought when the studio reissued length of what it says will be a "very mass merchants are sure to bring the liciting movies from studios and hide- chants, says acting executive VP "Ghost," "Charlotte's Web," "The Ad- limited" home video window has title well below $20. pendents in an effort to create a sales Rick Karpel. Karpel, VSDA presi- dams Family," and "Wayne's World." heightened trade speculation. Several "Snow White" emerged from the program that would make budget ti- dent Dawn Wiener, several board Paramount is said to have delivered an sources, including a major rackjob- vaults due to a hole created in the fall tles attractive to stores that have oth- members, and Promotional Concepts additional 3 million cassettes. ber, think Disney will equal or exceed schedule when Disney ended its erwise shied away from the sell - have been pitching the budget The association is trying to catch "Aladdin" shipment numbers of three -year run of new full -length car- through side of the business. scheme vigorously. 'We've been ap- the rising tide of low -priced releases Neither principal will comment, proached," says Stuart Snyder, se- that promise to float sell -through to but sources tell Billboard that retail- nior VP /GM of Turner Home Enter- record levels this year. "We had an ers would be offered features carry- tainment "We're going to look at the absolutely incredible [holiday] sea- ing suggested list prices as low as $5- proposal." Snyder adds, "It's brand - son, and we've not missed a step go- $7, with rebates limited to VSDA new in terms of bringing it to us." ing into 1994," says Mario DeFilippo, members. Promotional Concepts is In fact, VSDA and Promotional VP of rackjobber Handleman Co. expected to receive a fee for process- Concepts have been discussing the "With the lineup of releases, I don't ing orders and complaints, and for proposal for about nine months. The see any letup at all. It's well -paced, collecting receivables. The company association's board voted its approval and there's a diversity of product." likely would acquire returned cas- in December after worrying that it Here is how the sell -through sea- by Geoff Mayfield settes for its ongoing supermarket would be seen as copying promotions son shapes up: Warner Home Video promotions as well. like Paramount Home Video's sales should chip in an estimated 7 million-8 THE BIG THAW: Music merchants' sales figures say even more convinc- VSDA and Promotional Concepts of four titles through McDonald's at million copies of "The Fugitive" in ingly than any meteorologist's words that winter-assaulted markets experi- still must be assured that the titles $5.99 each with a food purchase. March, and FoxVideo 6 million -7 mil- enced warming trends during the week that began Feb. 14. Volume of are fresh to sell -through and are not VSDA complained bitterly that the lion copies of "Mrs. Doubtfire" in late units on The Billboard 200 is 10% ahead of the previous, storm -affected under -$10 staples. "We don't want to studio was devaluing inventory. April. Lesser sell -through releases, chart. Several other sales charts show double -digit percentage increases, look like we're playing second fid- However, VSDA may be aided by probably still worth 1 million -3 million including Heatseekers (16 %), Top Pop Catalog Albums (14 %), Top Country dle," says one retail executive, who the proliferation of fast-food deals - cassettes each, include "The Magic Albums (13%), and Hot 100 Singles Sales (12%). suggests not accepting any title pre- several reportedly are in various Voyage" from Hemdale, "We're Back" from MCA /Universal, and a THE AFTERGLOW from music awards show exposure, like the Feb. '7 feature -length Batman cartoon from American Music Awards, can last as long as two weeks, as shown by bul- SENATE EXAMINES GANGSTA LYRICS Warner, plus legions of catalog re- lets earned this week by Michael Bolton (15-12 and 168-157) and Brooks (Continued from page 10) leases, some of which are being tied & Dunn (58 -53) and a double -digit percentage gain for Rod Stewart (37- to front -line features. 36). The Whitney Houston -starring soundtrack from "The Bodyguard" months. aimed at the reshaping of the hip -hop For example, consumers get $5 off (No. 13) and Toni Braxton's debut (No. 2), two of the more impressive Moseley Braun supported Tucker's community must come from within, the $19.98 list for "Doubtfire" when movers on last week's chart, both manage small sales gains this week. view. "Based on the clear and substan- or at least in tandem with that com- they buy one of FoxVideo's three co- tial evidence [that such lyrics have an munity. Frustrated men and women lorized Shirley Temple titles. The stu- BOUNCING BACK: Although Braxton betters last week's chart -topping impact on children], we have every like the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. dio is expected to sell 1 million copies tally, she cannot hold back Mariah Carey, who rides a 19% increase to log right to be concerned about the mes- C. DeLores Tucker, who misrepre- of the $14.98 Temples, including as her seventh week at No. 1. Carey has two entries in the top 10 on Hot 100 sages that are produced and sold for a sent themselves as representatives of many as 500,000 units of "Heidi." Singles, including a two-song hit at No. 4 that has "Without You" scoring profit to our children. And make no the masses, only serve to fan the Most of FoxVideo's shipments are at top 40 radio and "Never Forget You" grabbing airplay at R &B stations. mistake, the bottom line driving this flame of controversy." to mass merchants, however, not to Columbia says part of the album's gain might also be attributed to a pre - music is profit," Moseley Braun said. James said he was concerned by video retailers. President Bob DeLel- Grammy retail campaign that recently kicked in. While stressing that the hearing the lyrics, but said they "won't go lis says some retailers bought copies was not called to have the govern- away as long as we, as a nation, allow of his $9.98 "Miracle On 34th Street," SO FAR, SO MUCH THE BETTER: Bryan Adams' "Please Forgive ment censor lyrics, Moseley Braun a portion of our citizens to wallow in released last fall, "but in general Me," the only new song on his greatest hits set, "So Far So Good," has added that corporate and personal re- hopeless destitution, ignoring gener- they didn't participate." FoxVideo already peaked at radio, and Adams' other current single, "All For Love," sponsibility should be employed. ations of neglect and abuse." shipped 2.5 million units. with Rod Stewart and Sting, only appears on the soundtrack from "The Motown's McKeever testified that Three Musketeers," but his album manages a 42% increase and The Bill- Motown has had a relatively easy board 200's largest unit gain. What gives? To cash in on Valentine's Day, time dealing with the issue of violent A &M fielded a big TV ad campaign that placed the album on sale at some and misogynistic lyrics. "First, it major chains, including the Musicland Group and Camelot Music. doesn't fit the Motown image ...," RELEASE YOUR OWN CDs! said McKeever. "Secondly ... we at 500 CDs and REBOUND: His in 'vil only $2,790 point total the NBA All -Star Game was meager, but Motown feel a true sense of responsi- 1-t4LIP Shaquille O'Neal is scoring in record stores (49-46 on a 21% sales gain). bility for the product we release, par- Lu--' 500 Chrome Cossettes ' "I'm Outstanding" is dunking many requests on pay -to-see the Box, he per- ticularly in our own community." The 3 with Iwo -color inserts and chrome tape formed the track on MTV's NBA All -Star special, and his acting debut, third reason McKeever cited was "Blue Chips," clocked in at No. 3 on the box office chart. "corporate economics," particularly INCLUDES: the preservation of the label's trade- Free Graphic Design ON SCREEN: After appearing on Fox's Feb. 13 "Martin," Brian mark. "An association with the most Proof Positive'" Reference CD McKnight's sales almost double. He re-enters The Billboard 200 at No. 137 objectionable material could poten- Major Label Qualify "Arsenio Hall Show" guests R. Kelly (5-3), Richard Marx (41 -37), and tially damage or tarnish this extreme- I t _- Money Back Guarantee Celine Dion (10-8) bullet, as does Faith Hill (123-112), who appeared on ly valuable and historic trademark," "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" ... "Reality Bites" hit theaters, ergo, he said. the film's soundtrack scores a whopping 240% sales gain (189 -57). Some younger witnesses called for what they termed an increasingly in- Call today for our new -= SWEETS FOR THE SWEET: Valentine's Day gift shopping boosted sales sulated and out-of-touch black leader- 1994 full color catalog: for the Madacy label's budget -priced box "Romantic Classics," which bows ship to come to with the root grips . at No. 175 on The Billboard 200 and wins Greatest Gainer on this week's problems and attempt to solve them, 1- 800 -468 -9353 TP, '' unpublished Billboard Classical 50. Two other classical samplers, "Opera's spotlighting an increasingly visible Greatest Love Songs" on RCA Victor Red Seal and Pro Arte's "Romance problem within black communities. DISC MAKERS 232 -4140 FAX (215) 236 -7763 And Roses," also got a shot from Cupid's arrow. Darryl James, founder of the jour- 1328 North Fourth Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 Outside USA (215) nal Rap Sheet, said, "Any solution

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LOVE SETTLES SUIT VS. WILSON, ET AL from fees restaurants, tavern own- (Billboard, Feb. 5). In its Feb. 18 fil- Mike Love of the Beach Boys has ers, and others who use background ing, Landmark accuses the litigants UPCOMING settled a defamation suit filed music from radio, TV, CDs, or cas- of "bad faith" and alleges that Tom- against his former band mate and settes as long as the music is "inci- my Boy, "in close cooperation" with cousin Brian Wilson. In October dental" to the main purpose of their Max and Select, filed the petition to 1992, Love sued Wilson; Todd Gold, businesses. The rights groups, of pressure Profile Records, whose the co-author of Wilson's autobiog- course, oppose any such legislation. owner Steve Plotnicki is a partner raphy "Wouldn't It Be Nice "; and Revenue from these sources is esti- in Landmark, to sell its interests at A Billboard Specials Wilson's former psychologist and mated at $60 million annually. "an artificially low price." A Land- glance ahead at business partner Dr. Eugene mark counterclaim seeks dismissal Landy, saying that the book de- ALAN JACKSON SWITCHES MANAGERS of the petition and actual and puni- ITA/PRO -TAPE famed him (Billboard, White Paper, In the second such defection by a tive damages. Oct. 5, 1991). Terms of the settle- major country act this year, Arista ISSUE DATE: MARCH 12 ment, including a payment to Love, Records' Alan Jackson has left his A LEGEND IS AN OFFICIAL LEGEND CLOSED were confidential. Attorney Jerome management company. The multi - Frank Sinatra, who has made a re- Billet, the court-appointed conserva- platinum singer departed Barry Co- markable disc comeback with tor for the person and estate of Bri- burn's Ten Ten Management, which "Duets" on the Capitol label, will re- THE BILLIE AWARDS an Wilson, says he has been advised has overseen his ceive the special Grammy Legend that the settlement was dictated by career since its award for his contributions to re- ISSUE DATE: 12 MARCH book publisher /co- defendant start, and will corded music. Bono from U2, who CLOSED Harper Collins' insurance company now be handled sings on the Sinatra set, will present and reflected what would have been by Gary Over- the award on the Grammy telecast the costs of defending the action. ton, who will Tuesday (1) ... While L.A. doesn't INDIE LABELS Love's attorney Philip Stillman leave his post as have the Grammys this year, the ISSUE DATE: MARCH 26 says that a separate suit, in which VP of creative T.J. Martell Foundation for Leuke- Love alleges that Wilson deprived for Warner/ mia, Cancer & AIDS Research is AD CLOSE: MARCH 1 him of songwriting credits and roy- JACKSON Chappell. A few sponsoring an "Interactive Grammy alties, is pending; a trial is set to weeks ago, Wy- Night At The Hard Rock Cafe" in start April 26 in U.S. District Court nonna and Naomi Judd left long- L.A. Tuesday evening (1). NARM SUPERSECTION in Los Angeles. time manager Ken Stilts. Music Row observers say the moves signal MATSHUSHITA VID CD SYSTEM ISSUE DATE: MARCH 26 HOUSE MULLS FEE EXEMPTIONS a trend of high -dollar artists taking Matshushita says it will be the AD CLOSE: MARCH 1 The House Intellectual Property their management in -house and pay- first to market a Video CD system. Subcommittee held hearings Feb. 23 ing a fixed fee for services. The company plans to introduce a and 24 with an eye toward studying playback unit April 1 in Japan, THE ECHO AWARDS and possibly updating copyright LANDMARK RESPONDS TO PETITION with a North American and Euro- laws dealing with the music licens- Landmark Distributors has filed a pean introduction this summer. ISSUE DATE: MARCH 26 ing practices of the performing response to an involuntary Chapter The SC -VC 10 minicomponent sys- AD CLOSE: MARCH 4 rights societies. No bill has been in- 7 bankruptcy petition lodged in the tem also includes an analog cas- troduced regarding that issue, but District of New Jersey Bankruptcy sette deck, AM /FM radio, and two there was testimony at the hearing Court by Max Entertainment, Select speakers. It will sell for 125,000 ROBERTSON TAYLOR TRIBUTE on H.R. 3288, which would exempt Records, and Tommy Boy Records yen ($1,190). ISSUE DATE: APRIL 9 AD CLOSE: MARCH 15 TEJANO Strack Action Gives RCA A Reality Check ISSUE DATE: APRIL 16 REALITY DOESN'T BITE FOR RCA Records, as the No. 12 in April 1959. Chuck Jackson brought the song AD CLOSE: MARCH 22 soundtrack to Ben Stiller's "Reality Bites" makes a gi- back to the Hot 100 at the end of 1964, when it peaked at ant move on The Billboard 200, from No. 189 to No. 57. No. 47. The song charted twice in the '70s -first for Ed- It's the label's first soundtrack success since "Dirty die Holman, when, as the flip of "Don't Stop Now," it VITAL REISSUES Dancing" spent 18 weeks at No. 1 in 1987 -88 (not to men- reached No. 48 in May 1970, and then for Art Garfun- No. 3). kel, who peaked at No. 53 in July 1979. Don McLean ISSUE DATE: APRIL 23 tion "More Dirty Dancing," which peaked at Two songs from the soundtrack grace the Hot 100. In had the second -biggest version of the song to date, in AD CLOSE: MARCH 29 its second chart week, "Baby I Love Your Way" by Big May 1981, when it peaked at No. 23. That makes the Mountain is the Greatest Gainer /Airplay, leaping from Guns N' Roses version the sixth to chart this century. No. 78 to No. 59. The group's first single, "Touch My GOSPEL MUSIC ASOCIATION 25TH ANNIV. Light," peaked at No. 51. This is SEVEN DOUBLES: This is the decade in seventh week in a row that an art- ISSUE DATE: APRIL 30 the third consecutive which "Baby I Love Your Way" ist has had two singles in the top AD CLOSE: APRIL 5 has charted as a single. Peter 10. The increased activity is due to Frampton released a version from successful releases by Bryan Ad- "Frampton Comes Alive!" that CIIAIIT ams, Ace Of Base, and Mariah HAWAII/HARA AWARDS peaked at No. 12 in August 1976. Carey, who has two singles in the ISSUE DATE: APRIL 30 In 1988, Florida DJ Bob Rosen- BEAT. top 10 for the third consecutive berg combined the Frampton song week. Actually, Carey has three AD CLOSE: APRIL 5 with a Lynyrd Skynyrd tune. Will by Fred Bronson songs in the top 10, as "Without To Power's medley of "Baby, I You" and "Never Forget You" MUSIC PUBLISHING Love Your Way /Freebird" spent a move up two places to No. 4 and week at No. 1 in December. Five years and three months "Hero" dips to No. 10. Over on The Billboard 200, Car - ISSUE DATE: MAY 7 later, we're ready for another go-round of the Frampton ey's "Music Box" returns to No. 1 for the third time. classic, and Big Mountain is headed for a big hit. AD CLOSE: APRIL 12 The other "Reality Bites" track on the Hot 100 is LA CHANSON EST NO. UN: Dan Kraft of Tower Rec- "Spinning Around Over You" by Lenny Kravitz. He de- ords in Boston notes that Celine Dion is the first French BILLBOARD READERS TAKE ACTION AS A buts at No. 80 with a two -sided Virgin hit, featuring Canadian artist to have a No. 1 single in the U.S. As "Heaven Help" on the A side. "The Power Of Love" continues atop the Hot 100 for a RESULT OF EDITORIAL CONTENT AND fourth week, Kraft adds that other artists from the ADVERTISEMENTS IN SPECIALS: SPAGHETTI SINGLE: Sure, it's impressive that province of Quebec who have had top 40 hits in the U.S. OVER 1/3 BUY PRODUCTS "Baby, I Love Your Way" has charted in three different include Corey Hart, Men Without Hats, Cheri, and OVER 1/3 CITE ADVERTISING INFLUENCES decades, but it will have to encore in the 2000s and the Aldo Nova. 2010s to catch up with "Since I Don't Have You," which BUSINESS DECISIONS returns to the Hot 100 via the latest single by Guns N' COUNT ME IN: William Simpson of Los Angeles no- OVER 1/2 MADE LONG -DISTANCE CALLS Roses. 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