Cashbox VOL XXXI - Number 25/January 17, 1970
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t Colu m|p. > Jarinary 17, 1#^ mBWS -''9 . -rnMi ' MS.., V c . ^1 » 1 WTiX?^ 1 1 juTT^ Iru Atlantic, Scepter . ; London's 'Sound Of ated' & 'Condensed'... An MIDEM SECTION BEGINS It took Malcolm Roberts 3 minutes and 45 seconds to conquer Brazil. The English defenses were fust a little better. Malcolm Roberts sang “Love is AM” at the Rio de Janeiro Song Festival. And created 25 minutes of pande- monium and hysteria. The kind of thing reserved for soccer players and other national heroes. Not English vocalists. Two months later the record was released in Eng- land. And it immedi- ately went straight up the charts. ^ Now Columbia Records is proud to introduce to America the big, beautiful and booming voice of Malcolm Roberts doing his interna- tional smash. "Love Is Air/45074 3 E INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-RECORD WEEKLY CashBox VOL XXXI - Number 25/January 17, 1970 Publication Office/ 1780 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 / Telephone: JUdson 6-2640/Cable Address: Cash Box, N. Y. GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Editor in Chief EDITORIAL MARY GOODMAN Assoc. Editor ALLAN RINDE West Coast Editor JOHN KLEIN NORMAN STEINBERG ED KELLEHER EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA ADVERTISING BERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Records & Radio: STAN SOIFER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood WOODY HARDING Art Director What About The Art COIN MACHINE & VENDING ED ADLUM General Manager BOB COHEN, Assistant CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicaga Of Communicating? LISSA MORROW, Hollywood CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. LLYWOOD ARVEY GELLER 430 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) 465-2129 SHVIUE JANITA JONES 06 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 244-2898 A cartoon caption that ran sometime informally and listened to at various CAGO ago in the New Yorker appeared below seminars. AMILLE COMPASIO a scene of a theatre audience during If the knowledge and intelligence 9 E. Madison St., Chicago, III. Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 intermission and read something like: quotient is high among those who are jLAND ORRIS LAND “What I think the play is about is the almost in daily contact with each other, Cork Street, London, Wl, England Phone: 01-734-2374 inability of man to communicate with why, then, the communications gap? ITALY HOLLAND man.” This satire on an author’s lack If it’s fears that the Federal Communi- ARIO PANVINI ROSATI PAUL ACKET of skill in communicating his thesis cations Commission would be sus- Galleria Passarella 2 Theresiastraat 59-63 has its parallel in the relationship, picious of some sort, of collusion be- Milan (Italy) The Hague Tel: 790990 Tel: 837700 quite often, between the music busi- tween the two industries, we think GERMANY ness and that area of radio concerned this is unfounded. For there are many :hristian toersleff BELGIUM with playing music. And the irony is areas that can be mutually discussed 2 Hamburg Etienne Smet 56 that the two industries are themselves without worrying about FCC sensi- Leuchtturmeg 30 Hugo Verrieststraat 87 Tel: 34-91-94-86 Sint-Niklaas (wass) directly involved in the matter of com- tivities. These include general music Tel: (03) 76.48.80 munications. But, the rub is that both formats, the timing of records, co- BRAZIL PEDRO FRAZAO — for reasons not always associated operation that could promote com- AUSTRALIA DE VASCONCELOS RON TUDOR with the obvious factors of ethics and munity welfare and other discussable 1 1 ~re\ Caneca, 1 , Apt. 8 Francis St,, independence of thought — often stand matters that could lead to mutual Heathmont, Victoria Tel: 239.40 18 Tel: 870-5677 at arm's length from each other. benefits to both parties and, most im- ARGENTINA portantly, the listening audience it- MIGUEL SMIRNOFF MEXICO self. We have been told that, some- Igrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" SALVADOR ARREGUIN From the music industry’s stand- or other, getting uenos Aires, Argentina ANTONIO SENS how an open dialog Tel: 89-6796 Tiber 100 — 7 y 8 Pisos point, we reaffirm our belief that the going between a local promo man Mexico D.F. 5, record and radio business have en- and his station contacts is not always CANADA Tel: 25-39-52 11-62-96 GREALIS WALT tered into a new, enlightened phase the accepted practice it should be. RPM of both 1560 Bayview Ave. JAPAN with regard to spokesmen At a time when records and radio Toronto 17, Ontario Adv, Mgr. areas. It was our pleasure to hear a are staffed by a new breed of intel- 89-2166 SHOICHI KUSANO Tel: (416) at recent Editorial Mgr. number of promo men the ligence, the communications gap be- FRANCE MORIHIRO NAGATA Bill Gavin Convention display a keen tween the two should be closed. Not CHRISTOPHE IZARD 466 Higfashi-OIzumi insight into the business as a whole just during the formality of an an- 4, Rue Octave Feuillet Neirimaku aris XVI Tel: 870-9358 Tokyo and, more specifically, the problems nual get-together, but on a day-to-day that beset the relationship between basis. There is a lot that both sections 3SCRIPTION RATES $25 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. shed weekly by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, record and radio people. Then, too, of such vital communications media 10019. Second class postage paid at Hartford, Conn. 06105 we were equally impressed with the can gain from the very act of com- pyright © 1969 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All Convention. articulate men of radio who we met municating. s reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Cq«hBoK CashBoxTOPlOO o ro v. 68 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU 1 RAINDROPS KEEP FAILIN’ ON HOW CAN I FORGET YOU Intrigues-Yew 1002 70 74 w Marvin Gaye-Tamla 54190 45 56 HEAD B. J. Thomas-Scepter SPS 580 1 2 69 COLD TURKEY 35 SHE BELONGS TO ME Plastic Ono Band-Apple 1813 43 32 Rick Nelson-Decca 732550 40 50 2 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 2690 2 5 70 TOGETHER 36 CUPID Illusion-Steed 722 55 5S Johnny Nash-Jad 220 36 39 VENUS 71 1 LOVE YOU Shocking Blue-Colossus 108 7 9 YOU • THANK Otis Leavill-Dakar 614 73 8C ^ Sly & Family Stone-Epic 10555 64 81 4 1 WANT YOU BACK OH WHAT A DAY Jackson 1157 4 6 38 FANCY 5-Motown • Dells-Cadet 5663 — — Bobbie Gentry-Capitol 2675 39 43 5 JAM UP, JELLY TIGHT 73 FRIENDSHIP TRAIN Tommy Roe-ABC 11247, 5 8 39 SHE CAME THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW Gladys Knight & Pips-Soul 35068 48 28 6 SOMEDAY WE’LL BE TOGETHER Joe Cocker-A&M 1147 44 54 74 1 STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN Diana Ross & The Supremes-Motown 1156 6 1 Al Martino-Capitol 2674 75 75 40 ELI’S COMING DON’T CRY DADDY Three Dog Night-DunhIII 4215 24 15 IF 1 WERE A CARPENTER Johnny Carter-Columbia 45064 — — Elvis Presley-RCA 9768 9 12 0 Cash & June • 41 COME TOGETHER A JET PLANE Beatles-Apple 2654 26 19 76 IF WALLS COULD TALK 8 LEAVING ON Little Milton-Checker 1226 80 88 Peter, Paul & Mary-WB/7 Arts 7340 3 3 42 POINT IT OUT Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Tamla 54189 46 46 77 GUESS WHO JINGLE, JANGLE Ruby Winters-Diamond 269 82 — • Archies-Kirshner 5002 11 13 51 LETS WORK TOGETHER •52 Wilbert Harnson-Sue 11 62 67 78 LU WITHOUT LOVE Peggy Lipton-Ode 124 78 83 • Tom Jones-Parrot 40045 13 20 53 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK • Temptations-Gordy 7096 79 SHE’S READY 11 LA LA LA (IF 1 HAD YOU) Spiral Starecase-Columbia 45048 85 92 Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 150 12 14 5445 AIN’T IT FUNKY NOW PT. 1 James Brown-King 6280 50 51 IF 1 NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME EARLY IN THE MORNING • Vic Dana-Liberty 56150 — — • Vanity Fare-Page One 027 15 18 LOVE BONES SIX • Johnny Taylor-Stax 0055 58 69 81 WHITE HORSES I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tommy Cash-Epic 10540 83 90 • Dionne Warwick-Scepter 12273 17 29 EVERYBODY IS A STAR 82 WON’T FIND BETTER Sly & Family Stone-Epic 10555 56 65 14 HOLLY HOLY New Hope-Jamie 1381 88 94 Neil Diamond-Uni 55175 8 4 JENNIFER TOMKINS DIDN’T 1 (BLOW YOUR MIND { street People-Musicor 1365 57 70 WINTER WORLD OF LOVE • THIS TIME) Engelbert Humperdinck-Parrot 40044 19 26 49 HEAVEN KNOWS Delfonics-Philly Groove 161 97 • Grass Roots-Dunhill 4217 27 16 16 MIDNIGHT COWBOY HONEY KOOL’S BACK AGAIN Ferrante & Teicher-UA 50554 10 11 COME BACK Kool & The Gang-De-Lite 323 98 — • Glen Campbell-Capitol 2718 17 EVIL WOMAN TAKE A LETTER MARIA 85 GROOVIN’ (OUT ON LIFE) Crow-Amaret 17 112 16 R. B. Greaves-Atco 6714 30 22 Newbeats-Hickory 1552 86 91 BOLD SOUL SISTER WALKING IN THE RAIN SUNDAY MORNIN’ - • Jay & Amencans-UA 50605 21 33 Oliver-Crewe 337 37 23 0 Ike & Tina Turner-Blue Thumb 104 100 19 SHE YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, 87 VOODOO WOMAN Tommy James & Shondells-Roulette 7066 20 24 YESTERDAY Simon Stokes & Nighthawks-Elektra 45670 87 95 Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54188 32 21 WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL GOT TO SEE 1 CAN’T • • GET PEOPLE THESE EYES MOMMY — — Jimmy Chff-A&M 1146 23 31 Jr. Walker & All Stars-Soul 35067 42 27 Jerry Butler-Mercury 73015 BLOWING AWAY MOON WALK MA BELLE AMIE Joe Simon-Soundstage 7 2651 67 77 Tee Set-Colossus 107 — — • Fifth Dimension-Soul City 780 31 47 • • 56 TRACES/MEMORIES MEDLEY 90 MORNIN’ MORNIN’ 22 DOWN ON THE CORNER Lettermen-Capitol 2697 60 62 Creedence Clearwater Revival -Fantasy 634 14 10 Bobby Goldsboro-U.