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as 1 .4.1 ENT ' 7F1 A Billboard Publication The International Music -Record -Tape Newsweekly January 31, 1976 $1 50 Expansion STUDY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Players, Latin Labels EyePirates NEC OK For A&M By RUDY GARCIA NEW YORK - Several Latin markets." one record executive com- ords thusly: "I have a good friend Pub Wing record companies here are meeting plains. who works in radio in Santo Do- Key Pact to prepare a petition to the U.S. Eight -track sales represent almost mingo but I don't dare send him a LOS ANGELES-A&M i ex- State Dept. for help in getting the 205 of the market of recorded Latin copy of my record because I know By JIM FISHEL six -month -old Almo panding its president of the Dominican Repub- product here and the growth of the that it'll be duplicated in three days. NEW YORK-After almost two Publications print music office into lic, Joaquin Lopez Balaguer. to pirate operations has been severely I know I'm not stopping them by not years of constant negotiations (Bill- a full -line operation that will cover crack down on unauthorized dupli- hurting manufacturers and distribu- sending the record but maybe it will board, July 12, 1975), the AFM and the entire market of catalog collec- cation and export sale of copy- tors alike. slow them down for a couple of the National Entertainment Confer- tions,instrumentalarrangements righted recorded product. Raul Marrero. a Puerto Rican pop weeks." ence (NEC) have formally adapted and instruction methods, says vet- a new contract-Form B -2B NEC- The pirated 8 -track tapes are ap- singer who has a major hit here and However. his hopes were short- eran music executive Joe Carlton, that will provide member schools pearing with greater frequency in in Puerto Rico, explains his predica- lived because pirated 8 -tracks of his newly named to head the print arm. with more flexibility. Puerto Rico and the Northeastern ment concerning piracy to his pro- album have begun to show up in "During its first six months, under Although the NEC had sought to U.S.. two major markets for Latin re- ducer, Joe Cain, of Mericana Rec- Puerto Rico and here in New York. Eileen Michael who will continue to modify several parts of the original corded product. Unauthorized duplication of he based in New York, Almo Publi- Latin recorded product is also car - B -2B contract (which still applies to9 "It's bad enough that we can cations issued15 personality folio Sansui Enters (Continued on page 66) (Continued on page 66) books, 15 sheet music titles and es- hardly sell any of our product in the tablished a tasteful, effective image Dominican Republic, despite the AM Stereo Race in the market," says Carlton. "Ncw large amount of music activity there. By STEPHEN TRAIMAN A&M Records and its lrving/Almo/ because of the pirates. Now they're Forum: Disco Dandy NEW YORK -Sansui Electronics (Continued on page 10) even taking away some of our other has become the third entry in the By JIM MELANSON AM stereo sweepstakes. and will NEW YORK-Billboard's first from practically every key facet of submit its proposed system along disco forum opened here last week the music business. Russian Pianist Shakes Up U.S. Mart with those of RCA and Communi- with labels being urged by the dance The growing strength of the disco By IS HOROWITZ cation Associates (Kahn) at the first community for stepped up promo- phenomenom was also spotlighted NEW YORK-The familiar rum- focus of interest is a Russian artist. formal meeting of the EIA National tional disk servicing, and for greater by the fact that those participating bles that presage an following awell -travelledtrail Committee a&r emphasis on orchestrated prod- made up a virtual cross-section of musical excitement, bringing new blazed in the past by such as Oist- (NAMSRC), Feb. 3 in Washington. uct. music markets. both in this country crowds into record stores and to con- rakh. Richter and Gilels. This revived interest in AM stereo. Notably, the three-day get together and abroad. cert boxoffices, is once again shak- Until a couple of weeks ago pian- first proposed-and turned down by at the Roosevelt Hotel Jan. 21-23 While the topics covered varied ing up the classical community. ist Lazar Berman had never been the FCC-more than 15 years ago by was attended by some 500 regis- fromthedisco -radioconnection, (Continued on page 66) And it's no wonder that again the (Continued on page 37) (Continued on page 42) trants, with representation coming Stores Reap Accessory $$ By JOIIN SIPPEL LOS ANGELES-Chain (more or all forms of accessories. Chains than one store) and independent responding reported a total of 214 (one store only) retail record/tape stores or an average of 13.4 stores and audio retailers are hyper -active per chain. accessories sales sources. The average indie retailer had In a survey sent to a universe of 11.25 of his total dollar inventory 200 indie dealers, 17 of 20 respond- investedinaccessories, while the ents or 8.5ei handle some or all forms chains averaged out 12.85 in acces- of accessories, while all 16 respond- sories. Reporting single store oper- ing chains of 50 queried handle some (Continued on page 4)) Dylan & Friends In Benefit By NAT FREEDLAND LOS ANGELES-A remarkable at the 70,000 -capacity Houston As- all-star benefit show with Bob Dylan trodome. & theRolling Thunder Revue. Tickets are being sold throughout LET THE MUSIC PLAY (T-502) This is the much awaited new Twentieth Stevie Wonder, Isaac Haves, Sean South Texas and Louisiana at Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, ROBERT WELCH, has put together, with LP by Maestro Barry White, King of the Discos. The title track is already Phillips and rumored galaxy of $12.50 apiece for the non -reserved - producer Jimmy Robinson, PARIS, a new group that combines the musical breaking as another monster single. Here, the maestro's latest collection other possible headliners including seating show that begins at 2 p.m. sophistication its members have picked up in previous groups. GLENN of "dance & romance" songs now joins the other outstanding albums Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Muham- and will run at least five hours. All CORNICK was with Jethro Tull, and THOM MOONEY played with Nazz. featured in Twentieth's "Annual White Sale." (Advertisement) mad Ali, Carly Simon, James Taylor proceeds go to the Rubin "Hurri- "Ze Rock'n Roll Music Is Hot from PARIS!" (ST -11464), on Capitol Records and Redd Foxx pops up Sunday (1) (Continued on page 66) and Tapes. (Advertisement) I Advertisement

BTO lOcc "Head On" "How DareYou" Bachman -Turner England's lOcc Overdrive sing offer America a and play their bold new album, head off on "How Dare You." their new album, It's one dare "Head On." everyone's sure to take. Mercury SRM-1-1067 Mercury SRM-1-1061 8 -Track MC8-1-1067 8 -Track MC8-1-1061 Musicassette MCR4-1-1067 Musicassette MCR4-1-1061 Quad 8 MQ8-1-1067 products of phonogrorn, Inc.. ono IBM p arc choc agoII I pOlygrm company Management: Barry Krost Los Angeles: BKM (Personal Management, Inc.) London: BKM (Personal Management, Ltd.) 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1207 27 Curzon Street Los Angeles, CA 90069 London, W. 1 Y-7AE England 3 General News . I. Copyright Revision Action Due in February Brunswick's Hurley By MILDRED HALL WASHINGTON - Copyright re- revision bill H.R. 2223, early in the Only two major floor amend- vision action in both Senate and month. Senator McClellan, chair- ments to S.22 are in sight at present, Confesses Theft In House is expected to get underway man of the Copyright Subcom- although others will undoubtedly in February. The Senate will prob- mittee, tried for earlier action on arrive as pressure mounts on contro- ably not vote on the McClellan revi- S.22, but Senate leadershipis versial rate and use issues. One by Newark Cross -Exam sion bill S.22 until after the Lincoln's dubious about chances for any vote Sen. Charles Mathias (R-Md.) By RUDY GARCIA birthday recess so sacred to GOP on copyright legislation before the would make technical changes in the NEWARK-The trial of Bruns- with Lee Shep, Brunswick produc- speech making. Lincoln's birthday recess. Subcom- bill's new Sec. 118, which allows wick Record Corp. executives charged tion manager and also a defendant On the House side, Rep. Robert mittee counsel Tom Brennan says compulsory licensing for Public with making illegal payoffs to radio in the case, he arranged for cash W. Kastenmeier's subcommittee on the senator will probably continue to Broadcasting Service use of non - station personnel from the proceeds sales of recorded Brunswick product Courts, Civil Liberties and the Ad- press for a vote early in the session to (Continued on page 65) of unreported cash sales and mer- to Cardinal Export Corp. of New ministration of Justice hopes to get avoid causing any delay in House chandise exchange of recorded York, through its president, Arthur into markup sessions on duplicate action. product ended its second week with Lerner. (Continued on page 65) COL ALBUMS the government's chief witness ad- COMMERCE DEPT. FORECAST mitting he stole $22,000 from the HOG CHART company and later lied to law en- Dealers Nix NEW YORK-Chroniclers are forcement officials investigating the pouring through the record books to matter. C'sumer Electronics see if Columbia's capture of posi- Edward Hurley, a former sales ex- Royalty Fee ecutive with Brunswick, spent five tions 1, 2, 3 and 4 on this week's Top By REX ANDERSON LPs & Tape chart represents an in- days on the stand, most of it identi- LONDON-Record retailers who Sales Will Recover dustry first for a single label. fying documents relating to mer- chandise exchange transactions. are not paying the Performing Rights WASHINGTON - Commerce Future growth in consumer elec- Holding down the spots are al- Society for the use of records and bums by Earth, Wind & Fire, Paul While under cross examination by Dept. expects consumer electronic tronics will depend more on product music for demonstration purposes in entertaiment products to recover innovation, and consumer accept- Simon, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. Peter Parcher, attorney for Nat Tar- nopol, Brunswick's president and their stores are already infringing from the 1974-75 slump, and make a ance, than on economic prosperity, copyright law. 10 to 12% rebound in 1976, with Commerce believes. "Videodisks the chief defendant in the trial, Hurley admitted that in collusion The PRS pointed this fact out as shipments reaching a value of $4.3 and tape equipment or products not controversy rages about its demand billion. currently in existence could be an Infringers that shop owners should pay By 1985, if Americans continue to important factor in future growth of roughly 2.5 cents per square foot of spend current proportion of their in- this industry," according to the Sci- Phonogram Exec shop space to the society. come on these items, the figure could ence and Electronics division. Slapped By A meeting has been held between reach 8.7%. In both videodisk and tape sys- Held In Kidnap the PRS and representatives of the However, there are some deterrent tems, "product standardization and N. Y. Court Music Trades Assn. (MTA) at the By HENRY KAHN elements in the hard -to -predict con- a software capability will be essen- NEW YORK -Precedental sup- PRS invitation, to exchange views. sumer spending swings and in the tial to any large scale market devel- PARIS-Daniel Vergne, 35,fi- The Gramophone Record Retailers' opment." Another factor, of course, port for applying the full statutory home entertaiment field itself, that penalty of $250 for each infringing nancial director of Phonogram Committee has already advised its bring warnings from Commerce is to increase market saturation of performance of a dramatic -musical France, has been charged by French members against paying the royalty forecasters in their 1976 Industrial existing products. work on tour, as well as for sepa- police in connection with the kid- which the PRS decided to imple- Outlook analysis of some 200 indus- The division also finds that "new rately registered selections in the napping of Louis Hazan, Phono- ment on Jan. 1. tries. (Continued on page 41) work, was given here last week by gram chief, on New Year's Eve. The meeting ended with the PRS the U.S. Court of Appeals. After hours of questioning by in- (Continued on page 49) In its decision involving a contro- vestigating officers, the arrest of Bootlegged Disco -Flavored versy over unauthorized presenta- Vergne came as a shock. He was 150 To Attend tions of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and among the directors tied up by gang- "Tommy," the three-man court also sters but was later freed. Now he is London Confab Tapes Circulated In N.Y. attempted to clarify the intent of said by police to have confessed to NEW YORK-A record attend- By ELIOT TIEGEL pertinent provisions of the Copy- taking part in the attempt to extort a ance of 150, including distributors, NEW YORK - Under-the- Wednesday (21) at the Roosevelt right Act. $3 million ransom. district managers, promotion man- These were characterized as "un- Vergne admitted he knew the agers, field personnel and executives counter bootleg tapes of disco -fla- Hotel. gang leader Ugo Brunini. Police vored singles which have been circu- Jerry Love, independent producer readable" in the opinion, and their from the home office is expected at and vice president of Love-Zager inconsistencies blamed for the found serious gaps in his story and the London Records three-day sales lating in the New York area for the were surprised when the gang tele- past six months was one of the topics Productions, broke into a discussion award of a $100 penalty per viola- conference beginning Sunday (25) of concern voiced during the open- which had centered on the lack of tion by a lower federal court. phoned that Vergne should hand at the Warwick Hotel here. ing plenary session at Billboard's promotional copies for several dis- Performances were sponsored by over the ransom. French police, act- The label's entry into tape distri- cos in the Midwest, by bringing up a group of Catholic priests. The ing on new and tough government bution will be one of the confab's firstInternational Disco Forum instructions, intervened at the mo- the subject. court had enjoined additional per - key offerings and will include dem- "I want to open a can of worms," ment of the payoff. onstrations of full -frequency -range (Continued on page 65) Called for questioning a second Love said from the audience in go- (Continued on page 58) ing into a discourse on how the busi- time, Vergne was detained and later Mitchell Wins confronted by Louis Hazan. He is al- ness of selling cassettes or 8 -tracks of AGAC Insists hit disco singles, all on the charts or leged to have admitted furnishing SESAC Acquires Court Reversal being played heavily in metropoli- On Arbitration the information needed for the kid- Spanish Copyrights napping and that he dined with Bru- NEW ORLEANS-The 1974 con- (Continued on page 31) NEW YORK-The American NEW YORK-SESAC has signed viction of Chad Mitchell for posses- nini the previous evening. Six other Guild of Authors & Composers in- gang members are being held. with Spain's SGAE, the society of sion of 400 pounds of marijuana tends to press its demand for arbi- literary and musical authors and "with intent to distribute" was revers- Martin Sued By tration in its dispute with Warner composers whereby the U.S. firm ed here by the U.S. Court of Ap- Bros. over sheet music royalties, de- willrepresent selectedSpanish peals for the Fifth district Jan. 16, 2 More Labels spite the publisher's move to take the Now It's Gospel copyrights in the the U.S. and Can- based on evidence found in a pickup LOS ANGELES-Joseph Martin, controversy to court. ada. SGAE continues to represent truck Mitchell was about to enter doing business as National Music Warner Bros. is seeking an injunc- Sung In Spanish the entire SESAC repertory in should have been suppressed be- Company, The Tape Co. and Pearl tion against the arbitration move Spain. cause no search warrant was used. Music, Huntington Beach, is de- (Billboard, Jan. 24), after AGAC CINCINNATI - The Spanish- Under the pact, a greater number Mitchell learned of the reversal in fendant in two more federal district had placed the publisher on notice American Christian Crusades, well- of Spanish copyrights will receive New York last week while he was court suits brought by record labels. that it was pursuing the arbitration known evangelistic team out of exposure and promotion in the U.S. appearing at the Ballroom in SoHo. Howard King of Gang, Tyre & route to enforce stepups in royalties Springfield, Ohio, have completed and Canada. Wide publicity was given Mitch- Brown filed both actions. to reflect boosts in wholesale prices two albums in Spanish at Edward R. ell's conviction nearly two years ago. Atlantic Records charges 35 (Billboard, Jan. 17). Bosken's QCA Records studio here. counts of copyright infringement in- "We intend to fight the Warner One of the LPs, titled "When God NARAS SETS volving tape piracy, for each of Bros. petition for an injunction," Spoke Spanish," features Luz Gon- Antipiracy Act which $5,000 in damages is sought. says Lewis Bachman, executive di- zales, the organization's director - DISCO PARTY MCA Records alleges 18 instances rector of AGAC. He adds that the preacher. The second album, titled "Es Cristo Mi Todo," highlights the LOS ANGELES-RCA's studios Looms In Ohio of pirating its copyrighted perform- standard songwriters' contract man- here will be the setting Feb. 3 for the NEW YORK-The Ohio Legisla- ances asking $5,000 for each viola- dates arbitration, and that it is the voice of Simon Avila. While the pair have recorded a number of albums third annual NARAS disco event at ture has passed an antipiracy act tion. only correct course to follow. which time records nominated for which provides both misdemeanor Previously,Capitol,Atlantic, The dispute stems from allega- in the past at the QCA Records stu- dio, the latest session was the first to 1976 Grammy awards will be spun and felony penalties for the unau- CBS, MCA, ABC and Warner Bros. tions by AGAC that Warner's has into the wee hours to acquaint Acad- thorized duplication and sale of re- Records had filed a joint suit charg- failed to raise royalties as wholesale be done in Spanish. Gonzales and Avila recorded emy members with artists and songs corded product. ing 236 cumulative infringements of prices increased, in violation of the involved in the voting. The bill becomes law the end of copyrighted recorded performances AGAC pact. The publisher has de- their new albums especially for a city-wide crusade held in San Juan, Officers of the Los Angeles chap - the month unless vetoed by the gov- (Billboard, Oct. 11, 1975). Later WB nied the charges. 'ter have notified members that wine, ernor. Its adoption would make filed separately charging 53 separate Warner's filed its petition for an Puerto Rico, in January, sponsored beer, soft drinks and snacks will be by a group of cooperating Puerto Ri- Ohio the 38th state with an effective infringements against the same de- injunction here Jan. 9, and the song- available to accompany the music. antipiracy statute. fendants (Billboard, Dec. 13, 1975). writer group has 20 days to reply. can churches.

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Box 2166, Radnor, Ps. 19089, AreaCode 215, 6874200. 4 General News ALBUM SERIES REVIEW Arena Concert Vidtapes Are CAPITAL CENTREPotential For Projection TV 10 Blue Note Jazz -Blues By STEPHEN TRAIMAN NEW YORK-In the past15 11 -person Telscreen crew, is investi- buying the tape have been the Roll- Packages In High Rating months the Capital Centre at Land- gating the potential of such software ing Stones, Chicago, the Beach Boys, over, Md., has sold videotapes of for the developing large -screen pro- Loggins & Messina, K.C. & the Sun - LOS ANGELES-A fine group- gives the listener the bop genius at concerts beamed on its Telscreen in- jection tv market, represented at the (Continued on page 41) ing of groundbreaking jazz and a work with the likes of Sonny Rollins ternal closed-circuit tv system to recent Billboard Disco Forum by touch of the blues highlight the lat- and Milt Jackson in a showing of all more than 40 pop/rock groups for such firms as Disco Vision, Video - est 10 -package set of the "Blue Note of the trumpeter's Blue Note work, non-commercial use at prices rang- Disco and Projectivision, among while with "Paul Horn In India" we Re -Issue Series." ing from $750 to $5,000. others. Distribs Win The current release, with each have the master flutist's 1966 Indian Now the arena management and Among the 40 -plus groups ("from double LP listing at $7.98, zeroes in recordings and hear the obvious in- Sheldon Shemer, in charge of the boogie to blues" as Shemer puts it) on some of the most influential jazz fluence of Ravi Shankar. Court Judgment artists of the '50s and early '60s. "Blowin' Sessions" with Johnny LOS ANGELES-Eureka Record Several previously unreleased Griffin, John Coltrane and Hank PLAN MONEY -RAISING CONCERT Distributing and Record Merchan- compilations are featured, and even Mobley offers two sets of tenor sax dising, local indie label distributor- most of the material issued before jams. The first disk centers on the ships owned by Sammy Ricklin and has been unavailable for at least a three named in the title and the sec- Troubled Nashville Club Sid Talmadage, were awarded a cu- few years. ond includes musicians like Horace mulative$146,000 judgment by Chick Corea's "Circling In" cen- Silver and Art Blakey. Both sets were stipulation in Superior Court here. ters on three unreleased sessions cut in 1957 and, as the liner notes ex- Eyes Potential Investors Suit filed April 30, 1973, asked which fmd the artist at work with the plain, demonstrate how the tenor By GER RYWOOD payment of two Feb. 28, 1972 prom- likes of Anthony Braxton, Miroslav was in the "advance guard of the NASHVILLE-With a March 1 The music industry has rallied be- issory notes from NMC Corp., the Vitous, Dave Holland, Roy Hayes new battalion of jazz men." deadline for filing a plan for reorga- hind the Exit/In with several ben- Jesse Selter operation. Court asked and Barry Altchul. Cut in the early The Jazz Crusaders' "The Young nization approaching, owners of the efits, and some of its leaders are full payment by Feb. 28, 1976. Eu- part of 1970, the set provides some of Rabbits" is a jazz -oriented package financially troubled Exit/In are con- members of the advisory committee reka had a $130,000 note, while the most innovative jazz of that pe- from the men who today are one of centrating their efforts in negotiat- planning the concert. RecordMerchandising'swas riod. the more versatile instrumental con- ing with potential investors and $46,000. Sonny Rollins' "More From The glomerations in pop, jazz and soul Serving on the committee are Joe planning a star -packed concert at Sullivan and Steve Greil of Sound Vanguard" explores more unre- music. Saxman Wilton Felder, Municipal Auditorium. leased tapes, this time covering the Wayne Henderson on trombone and 70 Productions, Frances Preston of Citing $123,558 in debts against BMI, Jim Foglesong of ABC/Dot, Fantasy In Phoenix premier tenor saxophonist at New euphonium, pianist Joe Sample and assets of $47,503, the club petitioned York's Village Vanguard some 18 drummer "Stix" Hooper make up Eve Zibart of the Tennessean, Ron PHOENIX-Associated Distribu- bankruptcy court for permission to Bledsoe of CBS, Monument's Rick tors, Inc. here is now representing years ago. The mix of pop and jazz the core here. reorganize (Billboard, Dec.13). standards also showcases the talents One of music's finest guitarists, Blackburn, and Bob Beckham of the Fantasy line. Opening in 1970, the Exit/In ex- Combine Music. of Donald Bailey, Wilbur Ware, Wes Montgomery, is heard on "Be- panded in 1972, and has enjoyed Leonard Singer, owner of the Pete LaRoca and Elvin Jones. ginnings." This man, whose music is many nights of SRO crowds for a "We showcase all types of music," firm, has handled Prestige and Mile- Herbie Nichols has been called still highly influential today, domi- wide variety of acts from Jerry Jeff Thiels notes, "so we will have artists stone for some time so the new addi- one of the undiscovered geniuses of nated jazz guitar for years. Walker to Johnny Rivers. of various music persuasions invited tion rounds out the Fantasy family jazz by many critics, and his "Third Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz While discussions continue with to perform." of labels for him. World" offers a glimpse of the pian- and "Revelation," cut in 1953, shows some potential investors, plans con- ist's talents while working with Max two baritone sax giants helping tinue for the auditorium concert that Roach and a number of others. create the so-called cool West Coast could help straighten out the ex- Fats Navarro's "Prime Source" Sound. pense situation. T -Bone Walker's "Classics Of The "The court requires that we come Modern Blues" is much more a blues up with a plan to take care of past ExecutiveTurniable 430 CBS than a jazz set, demonstrating some debts," comments Elizabeth Thiels, Joe Carlton has been named general manager of Almo Publications, music of the classic urban blues singing vice president of the Exit/In. "We book and sheet music division of A&M's music publishing group. Carlton has and guitar playing of the past 30 hope that this will clear the slate and been executive vice president of Hansen Publications, Inc. (see separate story, years. make the Exit/In a more inviting Page 1). ... Tom McCallister has replaced Mary Waram, who retired, as rec- Personnel As with other Blue Note re -issues, prospect for investors." ord/tape/accessories executive for Rike Kumler, the department store chain the jacket covers bear a strong fam- From December 1974 to the in Ohio. McCallister also handles audio playback and radios. ily resemblance to one another. All present, the club has been running * * * In Parley sets feature a well-done cover por- on an overall profitable basis, ac- trait of artist or artists, all have the cording to Thiels. The financial Tom Colley has been appointed branch manager, Phonodisc, Dallas. The By NAT FREEDLAND same coloring and all feature a industry marketing veteran was operations manager of the Sun Valley, Calif. LOS ANGELES-The CBS Rec- problems stem from the early years Phonodic depot. Dale Johnson replaced him there. .. . Phil Wesen, for years small, concise history of the Blue of operation. ords National Marketing meeting at Note label. London Records New York branch manager, has been made a London re- the San Diego Town & Country Ho- Perhaps best among the features gional sales manager in the East.... Ted Wolf, London Records sales manager tel Wednesday through Saturday are the superbly informative liner in the shuttered New York branch, has joined Mercury Records as Eastern re- (28-31) will bring together 430 Co- notes on each set. Writers include gional sales chief, replacing Burt Naidoff, who is now Polydor sales manager. lumbia and Epic staffers to coordi- Pete Welding, Nat Hentoff, Dan * * * nate merchandising efforts for the DeMichael, Robert Palmer, Leon- In This Issue Stan Drayson, long-time Eastern and New York sales executive, has left as first six months of the year. ard Feather, Ira Gitler, Roswell . Stan Layton Attending will be all CBS field CAMPUS 30 manager of the Manhattan ABC Records distribution branch.. . Rudd, Bob Blumenthal and Stanley CLASSICAL 37 promoted to vice president/field operations for MCA Distributing Corp. With promotion and sales reps, all branch Crouch. For a beginner in the jazz COUNTRY 44 the firm since 1965, he had been director of field operations.... Susan Ostman managers, credit managers and the field, the notes offer background as DISCOS 31 moves up from assistant to Jerry Sharell at Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch to di- five regional directors. Co-chairmen well as giving the reader enough in- INTERNATIONAL 49 rector, national advertising. .. . James Zisson elevated from assistant buyer to are Paul Smith, CBS Records sales formation to intelligently listen to JUKEBOX 30 buyer of records and tapes for Korvettes. He will center on cutout records and and distribution vice president, and each set. LATIN 53 MARKETPLACE 54,55 tapes. Jack Craigo, CBS Records market- Blue Note has been one of the best RADIO 14 * * * ing vice president. over the past several years at putting SOUL 38 Russ Miller, former Elektra vice president, named general manager of Also attending will be CBS head- together quality re -issues, and the 10 quarters staffers from New York, SOUND BUSINESS 32 Window Music and Pete Drake Productions, Nashville. .. . Dick Glasser has packages here do not stray from the TALENT 26 left MGM Records, for whom he was head of Nashville operations. ... Former Nashville and Los Angeles in de- standard of quality that has been set. TAPE /AUDIO /VIDEO 41 partments including a&r, publicity Compliments also to Michael Cus- music critic Pete Johnson has been appointed director-general managers at and marketing. cuna, who handled the LPs repro- FEATURES Warner Bros. Records. He comes to the newly created post from the a&r area, There will be three days of prod- Stock Market Quotations 8 where he was executive producer... . Charles Frather joins WEA as senior sys- duction. For collectors or those who 16 uct presentations, showcasing some are just now becoming interested in Vox Jox tems analyst. He was with Hughes Aircraft. ... Burt Zell moves from Bobby 50 pop albums and 12 classical LPs Studio Track 32 Roberts Enterprises, where he was a vice president, to Gemini Artists in an ex- jazz, one of the best series available. Disco Action 31 to be released through April 1976. BOB KIRSCH ecutive capacity. ... Rich Leonetti, vice president of marketing for Pickwick CBS artists will be showcased all Inside Track 66 International, has moved to Phonodisc as director of its branch operations, re- four nights, with final rosters still CHARTS placing Don England who went with ABC Records as distribution chief. being set at press time. Agency Asks Court Bubbling Under * * * A full series of smaller depart- Hot 100/Top LPs 55 Billy Bass moves from United Artists Records where he was LP promo mental meetings will begin even be- To Confirm Award Soul LPs 40 38 chief to national promotion manager at RSO Records. Russ Palmer named fore the official Wednesday after- LOS ANGELES-The William Hot Soul Singles West Coast regional promotion manager.. .. Larry Sonin,honcho of Mr. Topp noon opening reception,with Morris Agency is seeking Superior Hot Country Singles 46 Hot Country LPs 48 Tape, New York, has left the firm. ... At Polydor,Art Keith to Midwest mar- groups of CBS staffers starting work Court confirmation of a $21,000 keting manager and Mike Holzman East Coast marketing manager.. .. Arlene award to its client, Jose Feliciano, Hot Latin LPs 53 as early as Tuesday morning. Hits of the World 52 Reckson-Cohen appointed national a&r director at ATV / Pye Records. ... Ed CBS has been putting on these from International Cabarets Inc., Hot 100 60 O'Loughlin elevated to vice president from general manager at Midland Mu- National Marketing sessions for doing business as the Southemaire Top 50 Easy Listening 18 sic. three years, scheduling them half- Club, Atlanta, and Dennis Kauf- Rack Singles/LPs Best Sellers...30 * * * way between each summer's full - man. Top LPs 62,64 company conventions. Pleading states the AFM execu- Ron McCarrell named director of East Coast product management and RECORD REVIEWS Keynote speakers, besides co- tive board awarded the sum based Dick Wingate named associate at Columbia Records. ... New publicity/artist Singles Radio Action 20,22 chairmen Smith and Craigo, will be upon a conflict over a March 25-29, relations director for Kirshner Entertainment Corp. is Roberta Skopp. ... Album Radio Action 24 George Dickey named ad manager for Musical America. .. . Apple Bass, for- Columbia general manager Bruce 1975 contracted appearance by the Album Reviews 56 Lundvall, Epic general manager plaintiff at the defendant club for Singles Reviews 58 mer vice president of Southeast operations, now vice president, artist relations, Ron Alexenburg and Jim Tyrell, $25,000 for a five-day, two -per -night Athena Enterprises, Denver. ... Marcie Gould, and Angie Callisonnamed of- Epic vice president for sales. stint. fice managers of Good Karma Productions, Kansas City. In 1974, ar unknown young artist wit- the striking name of Phoebe Snow released her firs- olbum The pecple who revie\A new records invented new superlatives for her. The people who broadcast new -ecords elbowed out airtime for it.The people who buy new records took it home in droves."Poetry Man;' the single, went gold. The c Ibum went gold. The reasons for such unprecedented acclaim: he- voice-as unexpectedly unique as her narw lyrics thc-r were strong cnd direct. The totality was a genuinely new sound-startling, di-fe-ent and absolutely irresistible. In 1976, Phoebe Snow releases her second album. It's called 'Second Childhood:'A talent full-grown, on Columbia Records and Tapes. PC 33952 ..C.LIPAE11 PIARCAS PEG (Ip 1976 CE15 INC General News 6 Billboard® VOICES AND MUSIC COMBINED Founded 1894 The International Music -Record -Tape Newsweekly Holiday Inns Founder Sponsors Billboard Publications, Inc., 9000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif 90069 (213) 273-7040 Cable: Billboy LA; NY Telex -620523; LA Telex -698669 12 -Vol. Bicentennial Disk Set EDITOR IN CHIEF: Lee Zhito (L.A.) EDITOR EMERITUS: Paul Ackerman (N Y ) MANAGING EDITOR: Eliot Tiegel (L.A.) By ELTON WHISENHUT MEMPHIS -A 12 -volume record chairman of the board of Holiday nors, business leaders and govern- NEWS BUREAUS & REGIONAL OFFICES set titled "A History of the United Inns, Inc., chief sponsor of the proj- ment officials from the states of Ten- CHICAGO, III. 60606, 150 N. 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NEW recognition from the American Rev- YORK, N.Y. 10036, 1 Astor Plaza, Area Code 212, 764-7300. Bureau Chief, Is Horowitz. JAPAN: 1694 Hiyoshi-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223. Tel: 044-61-6605. Bureau Chief, olutionBicentennial Commission Hideo Eguchi. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005, 733 15th St. N.W., Woodward Bldg., Rm 915. French Hi Fi Sales + 30%, and will be produced for sale prima- Area Code 202, 393-2580. Bureau Chief, Mildred Hall. rily to schools and libraries. The albums were produced by EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL BOARD But Supermart Outlets Hurt Jerry L. Williams, president of Jerry Lee Zhito, Eliot Tiegel, Claude Hall, John Sippel, Mildred Hall, Is Horowitz, Paul Ackerman. By HENRY KAHN L. Williams, Ltd., with the personal PARIS -Although the sales of hi Most supermarkets here now sell help of Wilson. EDITORS It took 15 months to put the proj- CAMPUS: Jim Fishel (N.Y.); CLASSICAL: Is Horowitz (N.Y.); COPY: Dave Dexter (L.A.); fi equipment here increased by 30% disk players, radios and tape record- COUNTRY: Gerry Wood (Nash.); ASSOCIATE COUNTRY: Colleen Clark (Nash.); LATIN: in 1975 due to a "rash of buying" ers in association with records and ect together. Williams and Wilson Ray Terrace (L.A.); MARKETING: John Sippel (L.A.); RADIO -TELEVISION PROGRAM- following a prior year of restraint, tapes, but the policy of selling cut- first hired Jonathan Donald Produc- MING: Claude Hall (L.A.); RECORD REVIEWS: Bob Kirsch (L.A.); RECORDING STUDIOS: two organizations operating on be- price product is giving the whole in- tions of New York to research and Bob Kirsch (L.A.); SPECIAL ISSUES: Earl Paige (L.A.); TALENT: Nat Freedland (L.A.); produce the history and Dr. Henry TAPE/AUDIO/VIDEO: Stephen Traiman (N.Y.); ASSOCIATE TAPE/ AUDIO/ VIDEO: half of retailers selling radios, record dustry a bad name, the trade be- Radcliffe Joe (N.Y.) players and other audio equipment lieves. Steele Commager, professor at Am- have strongly criticized French su- First, because the articles offered herst College, considered by many FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS permarket selling practices. are cheap, they are also often of very the dean of American historians, as the consultant -editor on all histori- ARGENTINA: Ruben Machado, Lavelle 1783, Buenos Aires; AUSTRALIA: John Bromell, 97 The Syndicat du Commerce Ra- poor quality. Supermart sales per- Wyadra Avenue, Manly, N.S.W. 2100. AUSTRIA: Manfred Schreiber, 1180 Wien XVIII, cal data. dio -TV and the National Federation sons frequently have little clue about Kreuzgasse 27. Tel: 43-30-974; BELGIUM: Juul Antonissen, 27A Oude Godstraat, 3100 the goods and cannot answer perti- Columbia Broadcasting System of Heist op den Berg. Tel: 015 241953; BRAZIL: Henry T. Johnson, Av. Rio Branco 25, Rio de of Syndicates both say that the sale Janeiro. Tel: 233-4977; CANADA: Marty Melhuish, 16 Neville Park Blvd., Scarborough, On- nent questions, but the public pays New York and its staff cooperated of acoustic products by "technically fully in helping put the 200 -year his- tario. Tel: 416-690-0512; CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Dr. Lubomir Doruzka, 14 Zeleny Pruh, 147 ignorant sales staffs does far more up simply because the prices are at- 00 Praha 4 Branik. Tel: 26-16-08, DENMARK: Knud Orsted, 32 Solhojvaenget, DK 2750 tory of our country together, de- tractive. (Continued on page 43) Ballerup, Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark. Tel: (07) 97-71-10; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: harm than good." clares Williams. Fran Jorge, PO Box 772, Santo Domingo; FINLAND: Kari Helopaitio, 01860 Perttula, Fin- land. Tel: 27-18-36; FRANCE: Henry Kahn, 16 Rue Clauzel, 75 -Paris 9 France. Tel: 878- There is no commentary in the al- 4290; GREECE: Lefty Kongalides, Hellinikos Vorras, Thessaloniki. Tel: 416621; HOLLAND: bums; just facts and music to set the Frans van der Beek, Willibrorduslaan 67, Hilversum. Tel: 02150-41022; HUNGARY: Paul 20th Century Leaps Into mood of the era, says Williams. Gyongy, Derekutca 6, 1016 Budapest, Hungary. Tel: 45-46-45; IRELAND: Ken Stewart, 56 Some of the artists whose voices Rathgar Road, Dublin 6, Eire. Tel: 97-14-72: ISRAEL: Uri Alony, POB 28028, Tel Aviv, Is- appear on the albums: Frederic rael. Tel: 23.92.97; ITALY: Sylvia Manasse, Via Private Maria Teresa 7, Milano 20123, Tel: A Novel 3 -Way Promotion 864-292 33222 Milan; Roman Kuzak, Daily American, Via Baccina 67, Apt. 7, Rome. Tel: March, Duke Ellington, Ethel Mer- 679-5953; MEXICO: Mary Fisher, Apartado Postal 11-766, Mexico 11, D.F. Tel: 905 531- By CLAUDE HALL man, Carol Channing, Al Jolson, 3907; NEW ZEALAND: J. P. Monaghan, c/o Box 79, Wellington; POLAND: Roman Was- sive FM stations and another ver- Bing Crosby, Marlene Dietrich, chko, Magiera 9m 37, 01-873 Warszawa, Poland. Tel: 34-36-04; PORTUGAL: Fernando Te- LOS ANGELES -20th Century nente, R Sta Helena 122 R /c, Porto, Portugal; PUERTO RICO: Lorraine Blasor, PO Box Records joins the list of companies sion that is 4:22 minutes for Top 40 Blood, Sweat & Tears and the Byrds. 12333, Santurce, 00914. Tel: 723-4651; RUMANIA: Octavian Ursulescu, Str. Radude la La that have produced "special" ver- formats that prefer shorter cuts. The American Revolution Bicen- Afumati nr, 57-B Sector 2, Bucharest O.P. 9. Tel: 13-46-10, 16-20-80; SPAIN: Maria Do- sions of records aimed to triple pro- This three -sided single is being tennial Commission has approved lores Aracil, Plaza Mariano de Cavia 1, Madrid 13; SWEDEN: Leif Schulman, Brantingsgatan the album set as an official Bicenten- 49, 4 tr. 115 35 Stockholm. Tel: (08)629-873; REPUBLIC OF S. AFRICA: Riaan Malan, 2nd mote for discos, Top 40 format radio shipped en masse to pop music sta- floor, State House, Corner Quartz & Bree Streets, Johannesburg. Tel: 239271; URUGUAY: stations, and FM progressive sta- tions, r&b stations, FM progressive nial project. Carlos A. Martins, Martin Garcia 2108, Montevideo; U.S.S.R.: Vadim D. Yurchenkov, 14 Ru- tions. rock stations and discos. "Radio can binstein St., Ap. 15 Leningrad, 191025. Tel: 15-33-41; WEST GERMANY: Wolfgang Spahr, The job of record promotion has play the length they prefer," Rodden 236 Bad Segeberg, An der Trave 67 b, Postfach 1150. Tel: (04551) 81428; YUGOSLAVIA: Casino Edges Borjan Kostic, Balkanska St. 30, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Tel: 645-692. become extremely complex, believes points out. Tom Rodden, vice president and One of the major problems with a Into Memphis MARKETING SERVICES general manager of 20th Century single of this nature is that you ordi- MEMPHIS -CasinoRecords, DIRECTOR, MARKETING SERVICES: Bill Wardlow (L.A.) Records, who this week ships a narily have to have different master- CHART MANAGER: Bob White (L.A.) three -sided single called "Street ing numbers for each different ver- with production facilitiesin Las Talk" by the B.C.G. (the Bob Crewe sion. "The pressing plants go crazy," Vegas, Houston and Pittsburgh, ex- SALES Generation) on a 12 -inch 45 r.p.m. says Rodden. pands its operations to Memphis DIRECTOR OF SALES: Tom Noonan (L.A.) ASSISTANT SALES DIR.: Steve Lappin (L.A.) disk. An ususual facet of this particular and signs singer Jimmy Dean as one NATIONAL TALENT COORDINATOR: Bill Moran (L.A) EASTERN SALES MANAGER: One side features "Street Talk" record, too, is that the retail version, of its artists. Ron Willman (N.Y.); CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Murray Dorf (N.Y.). for discos and is 9:22 minutes long. a 45 r.p.m. regular -sized single, will Carl Friend, Casino founder and The other side -for radio -has two have both a longer version and a president, isalso producing the INTERNATIONAL SALES soundtrack for the television movie GREAT BRITAIN: Barry Hatcher, 7 Carnaby Street, London W1V 1PG. Tel: (01) 437 8090; different versions of the same tune - shorter version of the same tune. AUSTRALIA: Mr. Ken Appleton, Adrep Pty Ltd., 41 McLaren St., North Sydney, NSW. Tel: one that is 6:08 minutes for progres- "Many companies have turned out "The Rocky Marciano Story," star- 929-5088; AUSTRIA, BENELUX, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, POLAND, SCANDI- singles with a vocal version on one ring Burt Reynolds and Annette NAVIA: Johan Hoogenhout, Smirnoffstratt 40, s -Hertogenbosch, Holland. Tel: 147688, side and an instrumental version on Funicello to be released in Febru- FRANCE: Olivier Zameczkowski, 30 Avenue Bugeaud, 75-116, Paris; Tel: 553.1068; ITALY: ary. The track will be released as an Germano Ruscitto, Piazzale Loreto 9, Milan. Tel: 28-29-158; JAPAN: Hugh Nishikawa, c/o Philly Ethnic the other, but a single with a longer Music Lebo, Atlantic Bldg., 20-6 Azabu likuracho, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tel: 585-5149 MEX- version of the same tune?" Rodden album concurrent with the movie ICO: Mary Fisher, Apartado Postal 11-766, Mexico 11, D.F. Tel: 905 531-3907; REPUBLIC Eateries Turn asks. premiere. OF SOUTH AFRICA: Norman Greenberg, 2nd floor, State House, Corner Quartz & Bree 20th Century Records has faith in Casino also has among its stable Streets, Johannesburg. Tel: 239271; SPAIN: Rafael Revert, Plaza Mariana de Cavis 1 & 3, Up As Discos of artists Memphis soul singer James Escalera Derecha 128, Madrid 7, Spain. VENEZUELA: Christian Roux, Radio Exitos 1090, the disco movement for breaking Calle El Retiro, Qta. Vilma, El Rosa!, Caracas, Venezuela. PHILADELPHIA -With the bi- new records; Tom Hayden now spe- Taylor, Steve Rossi, formerly of the centennial getting underway and cializes in disco promotion. The Allen and Rossi comedy team, and PUBLISHING with it the influx of millions of vis- three -sidedsingleidea, however, country singer Marvin Rainwater. PUBLISHER: Lee Zhito ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS: Tom Noonan, Bill Wardlow itors, a disco scene will be added to Rodden credits to producer Bob BUSINESS MANAGER: Steve Lappin PUBLISHING CONSULTANT: Hal Cook two of the best known ethic -styled Crewe and Rich Robbin, air person- Concerts At Grove Conference Director: Peter Heine SPECIAL PROJECTS: Denis Hyland (N Y ). PRODUCTION MANAGER: John F. Halloran restaurants in the center city zone. ality at KGFJ, Los Angeles. Sued For $14,778 (L.A.), PRODUCTION COORDINATORS: Ward Mechlin, Val Karches (Ginty); CIRCULA- Tarello's, catering to Italian tastes When 20th first got into concen- TION MANAGER: Jack Shurman (N Y ), PROMOTION MANAGER: Diane Kirkland (L.A.). in food, will go patriotic for its disco, trated promotional effortsinthe LOS ANGELES -Richard Gra- while Dionysos, the city's biggest disco fieldit was virgin territory. ham and Evan W. Powell, doing BILLBOARD PUBLICATIONS, INC. Greek eating place, will provide a "Now, of course, most of the record business as Graham Powell Associ- PRESIDENT: W. D. Littleford; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS: Administration, David Luppert; continental flair for its disco. companies are involved. It's becom- ates, are suing Concerts at the Grove VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF SALES: Maynard L. Reuter; DIVISIONAL VICE PRESI- Tarello's, capturing the spirit of ing very competitive to get records and Thomas Bradshaw and Milt DENTS: Jules Perel, American Artist, Watson-Guptill, Whitney Group; Mort Nasatir, Inter- Headman in Superior Court here. national Operations. SECRETARY: Ernest Lorch; ASSISTANT SECRETARY: John Ross; '76, will open an upstairs room with played. It may eventually become as TREASURER: Lawrence Gant): PRESIDENT, MUSIC LABO (JOINT VENTURE): Ben Ok- a red, white and blue decor. The new competitive to get a record played in They allege they are owed $14,778 ano. disco will features two dance floors - the disco field as on a Top 40 station, for ads they placed for the hotel nightery with local radio stations. The microfilm edition of Billboard is available from KTO Microform, Route 100, Millwood, one for fast dancing and the other at the current rate of growth," Rod - N.Y. 10546. For details, contact the company, at the above address. for the slow steppers. During the den declares. lunch hours, the disco will double as "But it's now possible to move Back Pay Demanded Subscription rates payable in advance. One year, $60.00, two years, $100.00, in U.S.A. (ex- a smorgasbord. The restaurant 50,000 copies of a disco single in LOS ANGELES -Stuart C. Kern cept Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico and Canada). Rates in other foreign countries on request. New York, the stronghold of the wants in excess of $20,000 back pay Subscribers when requesting change of address should give old as well as new address. Pub- proper is a ground floor operation. lished weekly. Second-class postage paid at New York, N.Y., and at additional mailing offices. Locating the disco in the rear of disco movement, without radio air- and in excess of $80,000 for damages © Copyright 1976 by Billboard Publications, Inc. The company also publishes in NEW YORK: the Dionysos, Alex Cokos gives an play. And, of course, radio stations from Crown Albums here. His Supe- American Artist, Gift and Tableware Reporter, Industrial Design, Interiors, Merchandising Atlantis name to the city's newest are becoming more aware of the rior Court suit alleges that he Week, Photo Weekly, Watson-Guptill Publications, Whitney Library of Design; LOS AN- discotheque. With the interior down disco movement for their own pro- worked for Crown since July 1972, GELES: Billboard; NASHVILLE: Amusement Business; LONDON: The Artist, Music Week, in plush brown leather and silver, gramming." He credits Billy Smith with the Bihari brothers' firm rehir- World Radio -TV Handbook, How to Listen to the World; TOKYO: Music Labo.Post- the disco will operate Tuesday with helping establish the disco ing him at $30,000 annually each master, please send Form 3579 to Billboard ABP through Sunday from 8 p.m. until 2 movement in New York, "that is, for year. He claims he was terminated Publications, Inc., Box 2156, Radnor, Pa. a.m., with a $3 to $4 charge at the making record companies aware of Sept. 12, 1975 as president of Crown 19089. Area Code 215, 687-8200. Vol. 88No. 5 door. its power for exposing new product." without proper reason. United Artists Records proudlyannounces "David Courtney's First Day." A solo musical triumph from themanbehind the music of Leo Sayer and Roger Daltrey. "David Courtney's First Day." UA LA 553-G

Including: Life Is So They Say Silverbird/Don't Let The Photos Fool You Everybody Needs A Little Loving

Produced by David Courtney and Andrew Powell for David QiurtneyProductions. Exclusively on United Artists Records and Tapes. 8 Financial RCA Records Best Of 74 Years NEW YORK -RCA Records re- to 43 cents a common share, up from League, the Main Ingredient; Faith, Market Quotations ports sales in 1975 were its best in its $16.6 million, or 21 cents a share for Hope & Charity; Roger Whittaker, AS of closing, Thursday, January 22, 1976 1975 NAME (Sales 74 -year history. Statement made by the same period in 1974. Sales for the Kinks, Tomita, Cleo Laine, Jack High Low P -E 100s) High Low Close Change Ken Glancy, label president, reflects this fourth quarter were $1.34 billion Jones, Perry Como and Henry Man- the division's turnaround which be- compared with $1.22 billion one cini, according to Glancy. 27% 131/2 ABC 12.30 51 22% 221/4 221/4 7% 2% Ampex 413 61/2 5% 6 gan in 1974. year ago. Two new artists broke through 3% 1% Automatic Radio 18 31 31/4 3% Significance of Glancy'sstate- Unaudited corporate net income with gold records:Morris Albert 14% 4% Avnet 7.11 788 14% 13% 14% ment, although he did not spin off for the year 1975 hit $110 million, and Silver Convention. Other new 22% 101/4 Bell 8 Howell 7.14 346 15% 15 15% 561/4 281/2 CBS 13.45 747 87 55% 56% + % any specific dollar amounts, is that 3% below the $113 million achieved acts contributing to the record sales 9% 2% Columbia Pic. 5.84 185 5% 51/4 5% + % this is the first time that the record in 1974. Sales for 1975 totaled $480 year include Daryl Hall and John 10% 2 Craig Corp. 595 131 101/2 9% 10 + 'A division has made its own financial 57% 211/4 Disney, Walt 26.76 496 581/2 561/2 581/2 + 1 'A billion as compared with $4.63 bil- Oates, Lucy Simon, David Cassidy, 5 1% EMI 15.23 920 5% 4% 5 + report. lion in 74. Leslie West, the Noel Redding 25 181/4 Gulf + Western 5.52 1749 24% 23% 231/4 - % RCA Corp. simultaneouslyre- Artistically,the record division Band, Cryer & Ford, Juice Newton, 71/2 31/4 Handleman 7.12 38 51/2 5% 51/2 Unch. 20% 5% Harman Ind. ported earnings in the fourth quarter 6.01 186 20 19 19% + 1/2 was paced by John Denver, with and Silver Spur, Dottsy, Michael 9% 31/2 Lafayette Radio 10.69 414 9% 91/4 + % of 1975 rose 101% above a year ago, three LPs and three singles certified Bolotin, Elliott Murphy, Russell 203/4 12 Matsushita Elec. 18.02 18 19% 19% 191/4 - % the highest quarter achieved in 11/2 gold by the RIAA. Other pace -set- Morris, the Deadly Nightshade, and 891/4 27% MCA 7.02 61 721/2 71% 71% - 11/4 18% 1 7 'A MGM 7.45 99 14% 14% 14% Unch. years. Again no specific figures were ting gold status artists included Jef- Lennie Liston Smith and Aztec 68 43 3M 27.52 252 60% 591/2 59% released for the record division. fersonStarship, David Bowie, Two -Step. 41/2 11/2 Morse Elec. Prod. 34 3% 31/2 31/2 Unaudited corporate net income Charley Pride and Elvis Presley. 571/2 331/4 Motorola 39.82 203 47% 46% 46% In the country field, RCA scored 24% 12%No. Amer. Philips 12.83 34 24% 24 24 for the three months ended Dec. 31, Additional sales were achieved with product from Waylon Jen- 191/2 7 Pickwick Intern& 9.03 5 16% 161/4 161/4 _ 1975, climbed to $33.4 million, equal from LPs by Lou Reed, Pure Prairie (Continued on page 58) 6% 21/4 Playboy 21 4 3% 4 241/2 10%RCA 20.44 1694 24% 23% 24 131/4 5 Sony 41.50 678 101/4 101/4 101/2 - 231/2 9% Superscope 7.79 339 26% 23 251/2 + 2/ 37% 221/2 Tandy 16.40 1060 36% 35% 36% + 63: 2% Telecor 7.35 121 6% 6% 6% + % CORRECTION 3,5 1/2 Telex 7.42 51 2% 21/4 2% Unch. 3% FOUTN Tenna 19.44 68 31/2 31/4 3% + V. . 10% 6 Transamerica 9.13 620 101/2 101/4 10% 1/2 You're no longer limited the chest bones - 151/2 51/2 20th Century 4.15 149 121/4 11% 12 + % to just 3 major record LINDA GERARD'S connected to 22% 81/4 Warner Commun. 689 102 19% 18% 19 + & tape packaging sup- recording of 28% 10 Zenith 25.94 469 28% 27% 273/4 + 'A Weofferthe pliers. Gladys Shelley's the hip bones".. samefineservicesaten all time hits competitive prices. De- OVER THE P -E Sakes BId Ask OVER THE P -E Saks. Bid Ask COUNTER COUNTER sign,art,type,color2 "HOW DID HE separations, printing & and this ABKCO Inc. 54.17 11/2 fabrication,all under LOOK" - 2 M. Josephson 13.98 9 81/4 83/4 one roof. Give us a call, BONES Gates Learjet 3.25 115 9% 101/2 Schwartz Bros - 0 11/2 2 GRT 14 11/4 1% Wallich's M.G. find out what quality, b/w - 0 1/16 5/16 Goody Sam 3.51 5 21/2 2% Kustom Elec. 11.69 29 31/4 3% andservice Integrity Ent. 0 11/4 reliability connected 2% Orrox Corp. - 0 1/2 means. "CLOWN TOWN" Koss Corp. 9.97. 7 6% 71/4 Memorex - 555 12% 12% Serving the graphic needs of the appears on with a Over -the -Counter prices shown may or may not represent actual transactions. Rather, record industry for over 20 years. 2 they are a guide to the range within which these securities could have been sold or PRINCE ALBERT RECORDS bought at the time of compilation. 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Wunnerful! Disney Division 1Welk, Denver Revenues Up 61% John Winners LOS ANGELES -Partially due to LOS ANGELES -Lawrence a resurgence of sales in Disney music Welk's music on records and tele- and phonograph records, and in- vision rates with Americans right cluding new revenues from the Lake "Your Bowery savings along with the music ofJohn Denver Buena Vista (Fla.) Shopping Center account and Elton John in national popu- which opened last March, revenues larity. for the Disney Consumer Products passbook letsyou make deposits and That's according to the second an- Division increased 61.8% during the nual People's Choice Poll, con- first fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, ac- withdrawals at all Bowery branches ducted by Chilton Research of Rad- cording to the latest financial report nor, Pa. issued by Walt Disney Productions CBS -TV willtelevise a special in Burbank. in Manhattanand Long Island: based on the survey Feb. 19 and will Total revenues increased 27.5% to include motion picture and tv favor- $115,736,000, while net income in- -Joe DiMaggio ites along with winners in the music creased 65.4% to $11,169,000, re- division. ports chairman Donn B. Tatum. Cher Bono Allman ranked with Carol Burnett and Angie Dickinson Three musical motionpictures as favorite female tv performer and also contributed greatly to the earn- Tony Orlando was coupled with ings. "Snow White and the Seven Bob Hope and Johnny Carson as Dwarfs" will bring film rentals in the best all-around male tv performer. United States and Canada in excess The three favorite songs voted by It pays to save at Americans include"Feelings," of $10 million, an all-time record for "Love Will Keep Us Together" and any Disney release. Reissues of "Rhinestone Cowboy." "Cinderella" and "The Jungle THBOWERY Welk is in his 26th year, with his Book" also proved highly profitable Broadway at 47th Street orchestra, performing on television. to the company. 32 Gold Records Indicate A Banner Annum For CBS NEW YORK -Based on its 1975 while Azoffs Full Moon pact was a sales results, CBS Records continues logo one with Epic. its string of banner years. Special emphasis was also placed Growth came for the company, on the label's success on crossing according to a label spokesman, in over classical works onto the pop all areas of music, and was reflected market, as well as their continued by the 32 RIAA gold disks harvested sales growth within theclassical for the period. field. Label activities for the year were The Bowery Savings Bank, Member FDIC marked by the signing of a number Standout sellersfor the period of well-known artists, including Bill winning platinum status included For information call Bill Kirschbaum, Mgr., at 953-8044 Withers, Phoebe Snow, Johnny Tay- LPs by Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Chi- lor, Return To Forever and Stephen cago, the Isley Brothers and Earth, Stills, among others, and the final- Wind & Fire. izing of label deals with James In-house forecasts call for the Guercio and Iry Azoff. Guercio's growth trend to continue through Caribou label is distributed by CBS, 1976. `A soundtrack album for judgement day::. "One of the most powerful pieces of music evercommitted to vinyEISoundsMagazine

Chris Squire "Fish Out of Water" On Atlantic Records and Tapes

C 1976 Atlantic Recording Cc rp. 0 A Warner Communications Company Produced by Chris Squire. ,0 General News Accounting Practices DefendedClub Plans Expansion CHICAGO-The successful ap- open in Harvey also will not be in- pearance of Gloria Gaynor at the cluded in the live entertainment cir- By Cap's Khoury At L.A. Trial Poison Apple Club in Peoria Jan. cuit. (Continued on page 58) 20-22 was the first step towards es- By JOHN SIPPEL tablishing a live club circuit for na- LOS ANGELES-Ed C. Khoury serve to $28,000 by June 30, 1970, told him of an $800,000 ad commit-tionally prominent artists that will steadfastly affirmed his accounting was a "mistake" which he discov- ment outstanding the prior June, as include two already established Poi- ENTER NOW! practices as sound when he was ered in October of that year. Mike Prado had testified. son Apple clubs and two that are SHOWBIZ ' 76 Capitol Records' controller from Newman told him at that time that Khoury underwent the lengthiest slated for completion in the next five Girls -Boys -Teens -Men -Women July 1969 to June 1971. In addition, the co-op ad liability account had a examination yet during the trial. He months, says Tom Hobson, manager Judged in 2 segments- in his testimony in Federal District negative $800,000 balance. He got a had been pointed up as the catalyst in Peoria. Beauty or Talent Court here at the class action suit $300,000 emergency reserve set up accountingwise who allegedly blue- The chain's clubs in Sterling and SINGERS DANCERS ACTORS brought by Rocco Catena, he denied immediately and sales was told to printed raids on various Capitol re- Silvus, Ill., are too small to accom- MUSICIANS ACTS GROUPS various charges made by plaintiff's cut its future co-op budget by serves to inflate sagging cash posi- modate live acts of national promi- National Prizes . 8 MINI GREMLINS, witnesses earlier (Billboard, Nov. 1, $500,000 to provide needed funds tion for fiscal 1969. Catena is suing nence, Hobson says. A new club to 51.600 U.S. Bonds, Furs, Scholarships, 15 and 29 and Dec. 6, 1975). for the deficiency. Khoury did not on behalf of Capitol stockholders, Watches, TV's, Radios, 6 ft. Trophies The depletion of the returns re - recollect that Don Prado had ever charging reports to the SEC were in- Contracts: Perkins Models, N.Y. Acad- flated to deceive investors during the Jimmie Gorham Dies emy of Theatrical Arts, (commercials, class period. PHILADELPHIA-James H. theatre, agencies) KhourymaintainedCapitol "Jimmie" Gorham, who headed To enter In N.Y.: Sunday, Feb. 29th, 2 PM, Roosevelt Hotel, 45th 8 Madison changed from a year-end to an in- one of the best known area black Ave., N.Y.C. terim reserve for returns in fiscal bands from 1925 to the early 1950s, Registration tee: $15.00 1970 to safeguard against seasonal died Jan. 11 at Center Hill Hospital (Every delegate receives a trophy) high returns. Evidence presented to here. He was 73, and in recent years For contest info Judge William P. Gray showed $2.2 operated a talent agency. A trom- outside of N.Y. area call million was taken from the returns bone player, who came to Phila- Philadelphia: National Hdq. reserve Dec. 31, 1969 and from $2.2 delphia originally to join the well- 215 463-2519 to $2.5 million in June 1970. A cor- known Bobby Lee and his Cotton Mass.: 617 822-2236 porate report then stated: "Net sales Pickers, Gorham created his own or write: for the month of June were big band known at the Royal Ken- SHOWBIZ '76 $10,918,000 which topped budget by tuckians and later as the Masters of Box 2459, Phila., Pa. 19145 $2,511,000 due to the reversal of the Whispering Rhythms. At Last! provision for future returns for the month of June." Khoury denied THE MELODIC EQUATION! Capitol didn't set up a year-end re- serve at that time because the label was waiting for a large profit from the sale of its large block of Pickwick FOR 'THOSE SPECIAL BLACK TIE International stock, at which time Pa +B AFFAIRS FOR THE HOLIDAYS the reserve would be established. Khoury defended the over -$1 mil- lion loan program to Invictus Rec- ords, explaining the normal industry risk factor involved in production deals, as did Robert B. Jackson (Bill- board, Jan. 13). Jackson was control- Hereisthe handbook forsongwriters,fullyil- ler prior to Khoury and acted as li- lustrating the melodic formula in these songs and aison with the Detroit producing more: SWANEE RIVER, OLD BLACK JOE, SOME firm. Khoury said the decision re- FOLKS, BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, LA PALOMA, SILENT garding Invictus' future was a busi- ness and not a financial one, respon- FORMAL WEAR NIGHT, YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS, DARK EYES, sibility for which rested with Stan JUANITA, YANKEE DOODLE, LOCH LOMOND, THE Gortikov, then president. A Capitol Rentals and Sales QUILTING PARTY, and many other famous tunes. memo introduced as evidence said, Most Charges accepted Free delivery and Formal shoes and accessories also available. Included are the engineering quirks and math totals "Messrs.Gortikov,lannucci, pick-up service. Discount rates on of FLOW GENTLY SWEET AFTON, MY BONNIE LIES Chaum and LaVong restore har- group rentals. For the Finest Selection gliters$0...,5 OVER THE OCEAN, THE SPANISH CAVALIER, DRINK mony." Plaintiff counsel David B. X Gold asked what disharmony had of Tuxedo Styles by .. . TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES, THE CAMPTOWN crept in. Judge Gray volunteered: RACES, etc., and the same for a dozen contemporary "They were calling themselves-they HERMAN'S FORMAL WEAR songs including BORN FREE, THEME FROM THE suspected themselves of the worst 1190 Ave. of the Americas (Bel4615 & 47th Sls New York. N.Y.12121 CI 52277 MONKEES, YESTERDAY and LILLI MARLENE. kind of dirty dealing. Isn't that dis- Br An; ,-'1h Avenue New York. New Yoik (212) CH 4-1398 harmony?" THE MEASUREMENT OF MELODY (Continued on page 58) $10 (U.S. or CO.) 30 - day money back guarantee. (Sorry, No C.O.D.'s) A&M Pub Grows (Intl St'd Book Number 0-9690548-0-7) Continued from page 1 Rondor Music Publishing Group IN ANSWER aim im - ion EN im in mi !ow Ell =I OM are ready to make the long-term commitment to going all the way To many requests for our catalog To:Millar Publications, in the print market." P. 0. Box 69, Carlton sees A&M current and and our terms of sale, basically we Exshaw, Alberta, catalog titles appearing within the stock the current Top 200 Chart LP's Canada TOL 2C0 next months in formats ranging from Easy Piano/Organ to flute and at all times! Enclosed is $10 for a copy of THE MEASURE- autoharp arrangements. Licensing MENT OF MELODY. There is an unconditional of outside material will be sought competitively although the concen- 30 -day money back guarantee with this pur- tration will always be on exploita- chase. tion of titles already owned by Ir- ving/Almo. Name Carlton predicts Almo Publica- tions will expand on all fronts, in- 434V. Address cluding staff, offices, distributor line-up overseas and domestic, ac- quisition of in-house printing facil- ities as well as contracting to outside We sell for $3.39 any $6.98 LP. . . nocata- printers. City "A&M is committed to becoming logs . . . anyquestion about terms, please a total print music company like feelfree to call us collect (U.S.A. only). State Zip Screen Gems or Warner Bros. Mu- sic," says Carlton. He was most Im EN OM NE MI I= In ON samminemill recently executive vice president of Hansen Publications in Miami Beach and has held executive posts ALL-BORO RECORD & TAPE at RCA, Columbia and Mercury as 176 Central Ave. Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 well as heading his own Carlton (516) 293-2250 or (212) 347-3530 Records and being a music editor of Billboard. WARNER BROS. RECORDS

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HOORAY for the red, white and blue. And platinum.

The R.I.A.A. tells us that more than 1,000,000 Man" is not an easy thing to pass up.

people thought enough of History: America's For once, Warners has locked up its self- Greatest Hits to buy a copy. deprecating ad writers. Warner Bros. couldn't agree more. There's nothing cute about success. After all, an album that includes "Horse With To Dewey, Dan and Gerry... to producer No Name;' "Sandman:' "Ventura Highway:' George Martin...to managers John Hartmann and "Daisy Jane;' "Woman Tonight;' "I Need You;' Harlan Goodman...a long, loud Burbank cheer. "Lonely People;' "Sister Golden Hair" and "Tin From Mo and Co.

History: on Warner Bros ... America's Greatest Hits where this kind of thing is headed for its second million happens fairly often. 12 Billboard's 1975 TrendsetterAwards In New York

1 Lee Zhito, Billboard's editor in chief & publisher, welcomes guests to the sixth annual Trend- fat Communications of Canada, accepts for his firm's computer -assistedprogram -1 ng system setter Awards banquet at the University Club in Manhattan. 2 William B. Williams, WNEWper- installed in its radio stations. 9 John Irwin of Exxon accepts for the firm's funding of classical sonality, hosts the presentation. 3 Creed Taylor of CTI accepts for his crossover brand of jazz. 4 concerts. 10 Andy Park of Scotland's Radio Clyde accepts for his station's adventurouspro- Huey Meaux (left) and Mickey Moody (for Freddie Fender) accept for establishing Tex-Mex music gramming. 11 Frank Mancini of RCA accepts for John Denver whose musical styleencompasses nationally. 5 Bruce Lundvall (left) observes as fellow CBS executive Jack Craigo accepts forCBS' a broad audience including adults not normally involved in pop music. 12 Jules Kurz accepts for $4.98 list series for catalog albums. 6 Dickie Kline of Atlantic holds his and Henry Allen's awards Holland's Willem Van Kooten for guiding the international impact of key Dutchacts. 13 Jamai- for the label's series of special 12 -inch cisco singles. 7 "Wonderama" host Bob McCallister can actress Esther Anderson accepts for Chris Blackwell and Denny Cordell for popularizingreg- (right) with show producers Jan Bridge (left) and Dennis Marks for presenting top contemporary gae in the U.S. acts to an audience of young children via syndicated television. 8 Ron Mitchell, president of Mof-

Zalkind's Music Courses GROUP ASKS New Label Ties JIMMY DOCKETT FOR $1 MIL Singing Catching On In The East LOSANGELES-Blue Denim To British Decca NEW YORK-The void in the has already survived four semesters Productions here and a group they INEEDFRYOU AROUND general public's knowledge of the of student participation. Although mentor, Messiah, want $1 million For Distribution 9000 music industry is gradually being Zalkind is himself just past the col- punitive damages plus a reckoning LOS ANGELES-Artists Of IT IS SLOW IT IS SWEET IT filled through the educational ef- lege student age, he has a strong mu- of general damages in Superior IS SENSUOUS IT IS STYLISH forts of Ron Zalkind, and a series of sical background that he brings into Court here. Defendants named are America Records and Decca Rec- IT IS SENSATIONAL business of music courses he's devel- his course. 20th Century Records, 20th Cen- ords, England, have entered into a IT IS A SMASH!!! oping throughout the country. "I got into the idea for the course tury -Fox Inc., Russ Regan and Bob licensing agreement. IT'S ON ITS WAY Less than two years back, he de- after studying at Juilliard and work- Crewe. Decca England will control Artists veloped the groundwork for survival ing as a professional musician," he Action alleges that the plaintiffs Of America product on a worldwide TO YOU... course in the music business, and says. "Although I received a good lost vital hit artist recognition when basis except for Australia, New Zea- Write or call collect through his continued efforts and textbook education,they never Messiah recorded "Hollywood Hot" land and the Philippines. Product student demand, the course has be- stressed the fine points of the music and plaintiffs induced Messiah that FLO-FEEL RECORDS will be issued on a split label agree- come reality on several college business which any person, musi- the disco single be released ander ment featuring the Decca and Artists P. 0. Box 567 campuses. cian or otherwise, needs to survive." the artist name Eleventh Hour. Of America logos. Jamaica, New York 11431 The original course, which is still Although he hopes to pursue his Pleading claims that defendants 212-657-3232 in existence, was started at the New (Continued on page 30) fraudulently induced the group to Arrangements are currently being School for Social Research here and work a tv promo gig as the Eleventh worked out with Decca for coordi- Hour by getting them drunk. Group nated release of Artists Of America Hearn To Boss now gets $300 per day, while they masters on a day to date basis in key could get$2,500 daily, it's claimed, if international markets. Sparrow Label linked to the single, which peaked BOOKING AGENTS WANTED LOS ANGELES-Billy Ray mid -chart during an eight -week stay Negotiations were carried out by on the Soul Singles chart. Sir Edward Lewis and W.W. Towns - Self starting booking agents for 2 branch offices Hearn, recently with Myrrh Rec- ords, is the choice of CHC Corp. to ley of Decca and Bobby Weiss of the in Midwest and Southeast regions. Must have work as vice president of newly Dempster Elected One World Of Music agency, global experience. Willing to relocate if necessary. formed Sparrow Records, Inc. representative of Artists Of America. CHC is a diversified publishing Foundation Head Stock options & bonuses based on performance. concern based in Towson, Md. LOS ANGELES-Robert Demps- Harley Hatcher is president of the Send resume, salary requirements & experi- Hearn will be responsible for devel- ter, formerly with MCA and Capitol label, and Gordon "Bud" Fraser is ence. Confidential. oping new talent, producing and Records, is the new president of the label manager. Mike Curb acts as promoting religious albums for Freedom Documents Foundation producer as well as being a share- Billboard, P.O. Box 777 Sparrow, says Seth H. Baker, CHC here. holder, and Hatcher is also a pro- president. It's a non-profit, non-political or- ducer. 1717 West End First Sparrow package is pegged ganization dedicating to acquaint- forlate spring. All forms of contem- ing Americans with treasured histor- First overseas product will be is- Nashville, Tn. 37203 porary religious music will be of- ical documents upon which the sued later this month or in early feredby the label, Baker declares. nation was founded 200 years ago. February. A unique. Nork by the virtuoso of the rock guitar, "Reflect ions" features Jerry (;arc is with The Grateful Dead ,and Jerry Garcia with other greats, like Ron 'lint, I :MTV Knechtel, John Kahn and Nickv Hopkins. Great Latvia. (;::eater than ever.

1 Yistributed by. I. Inked Artists Itecords. 14 Radio-TVProgramming Radio Formula Turns To Youth Aussies Hear Jockey By MARV FISHER MEXICO CITY-Radio competi- important group of stations in the sano says, "but never in my memory Via Calif. Microphone tion in Mexico today has reached a country," the young coordinating di- has it been done with such exactness highly competitive stage, and one rector says. "After things are solidi- or with complete professionalism." LOS ANGELES-Radio station 25M, Sydney, Australia, has small chain responding vigorously fied within the Federal District, we Graphs of the various types of music Bob Rogers, new 8 -noon (Australia time) personality pulling one to the challenge is Radio Formula. plan to expand into the interior of in this country (and there are many) of the longest remotes ever this week from the studios of Water- They are nearing their first anniver- the nation." Right now, one of the plus frequency of news broadcasts mark Inc. here. Rod Muir, head of the group of 2SM operations sary since taking over last spring stations of the six AMs and two are kept on a strict day-to-day basis that includes not only radio stations throughout Australia, but ra- from Grupo Oro. FMs, XEB, has sufficient trans- by the broadcasting combine. dio programming consulting, syndication, and network shows, The driving force behind the mitting strength on its 50,000 watts Outside of its in-depth musical conceived the remotes to launch Rogers on 2SM. Rogers is noted as the grandfather of rock radio in Australia. youth -oriented"mini -network"is to reach many areas of the Southern span via its outlets, Radio Formula 34 -year -old attorney Javier Sanchez U.S. has coordinated the presentation of The remote from the studios of Watermark is being coordi- Campusano, who has spent more In the musical area, Radio For- live shows via one of its sister organi- nated by George and Judy Burns of Burns Media Consultants, a than a decade in the industry (for- mula has already had solid reaction zations, Discos Mexicanos. Approxi- radio syndication firm in Los Angeles. merly an executive with Radio Mil) from the public on its Jazz FM pol- mately four times every month, the At Watermark, Lee Hansen. director of creative services for coordinating innovative ideas on a icy, inaugurated a few months ago mini -network is promoting shows in Watermark, will personally engineer the remotes that will broad- "go-go" basis.Besides a musical by Roberto Morales of Discos Suite. parks throughout the Federal Dis- cast 2-5 p.m. from the 8 -track facilities in North Hollywood Mon- happening of putting the first full- one of the foremost authorities on trict which are free to the public. day through Thursday here (to correspond to Tuesday through Friday there). The programs will be sent back via satellite or cable. time jazz outlet on the airwaves, the subject here in Mexico. "Shortly, Last fall, they tied in with the record Sanchez Campusano has gone we are going ahead with a light clas- company, owned by Rogerrio Az- will be sent back via satellite or cable. heavy into public service broad- sical around -the -clock operation to carraga, for a mammoth show which But a unique feature of the show will be two-way phone con- casting. fulfill one of our many goals this drew an overflow crowd of 15,000 versation between listeners will also be able to chat with various The Mexican government re- year," adds the bilingual head of op- into the Arena Mexico. celebrities that will be dropping by to appear on the show. quires all broadcasters to relinquish erations. Sanchez Campusano has "We'll do everything we can to Watermark is the firm that syndicates "The Elvis Presley Story" some 12ci of their time to welfare, done many things to better inter- promote a better public image." says radio documentary, among other products; Tom Rounds is presi- dent and Chuck Olsen vice president. educational, cultural and other such nationalrelationsthroughradio, (Continued on page 16) matters for the benefit of the people. one of them being recognition by the But Radio Formula has bettered Radio Advertising Bureau in New that minimum with several thou- York. sand spots on these topics. One of the keys to Radio For- Fort Lauderdale's WSRF-AM "We're out to make this the most mula's formula of the future isits Tees Off New Southeast Concept high standards set forth for hiring DISCO RADIO By SARALANE departmental heads. "Almost all are specialists and everyone has come FORT LAUDERDALE-On Jan. In this research Judge found one ties. It's better for them also to go on out of a university to aid substan- 23, Fort Lauderdale AM radio sta- common denominator inallthe to live radio stations where they can tially in market surveys and overall tion WSRF launched an entirely disco clubs-a minimum of talk. The use their talents." programming," Sanchez Campu- new radio programming concept in disk jockey comes on only when nec- WSRF will take the Top 40 ap- .. . ankle bones sano declares. the Southeast. essary. WSRF will follow this ap- proach to programming. "It's been connected to Heading the list of super -sophis- "We're going 24 -hour disco," ex- proach as closely as possible playing successful for 25 years now," grins tication for the young radio chain plains Tom Judge, program director 12 to I4 -minute sets, breaking four Judge, "and we're not about to the foot bones".. are such as Margarita Jimenez, an at WSRF. "There are three or four times an hour for commercials. change the formula." advertising economist:Luis Vas- other stations in the U.S. doing this, "There will be those 12 to 14 min- Music selection will be derived quez, an engineer; attorneys Ronal - but as far as I know, there are none utes of uninterrupted music with the from 20 to 25 tunes played on a defi- and this do Cadena and Cesar Moreno and in this area." only interruptions being time checks nite rotation plan. Judge says he will sociologist Jerry Senz, the only WSRF has been a leader in many which we'll overlay at the end of a constantly work to build his library BONES American -born in the company. All areas, according to Judge: The first record into the beginning of the next of 60 titles and will play new records are involved in an adjunct of the op- station in Broward County to go one," Judge explains. "There won't as they come in. connected eration which makes a full-time mar- contemporary rock'n'rollin1968, be any stops and starts;it will all Record distributors with disco ket survey for clients. It goes under and also in 1968 it was the first sta- flow together." product will have a field day at with a the formal name of PRYMSA, also tion to play progressive music. Because of the automation. Judge WSRF. functioning as a fully -staffedin- "I had a program on each night and his assistant will be the only Beginning Jan. 24 and every Fri- HIT. house advertising agency. for a couple of hours, then we took staff of WSFR, handling all produc- day thereafter, WSRF will be doing "Of course, the idea of keeping our FM station (WSHE) and went tion and programming. live disco remotes from Brother abreast of a share -of -audience rat- totally progressive," Judge says. "We don't need a staff of six or Jim's, a mammoth Fort Lauderdale ing is not new," Sanchez Campu- "Now, once again, we're trying seven disk jockeys to come in and discotheque airing from 9:30 p.m. something new and are the first to go say a couple of words every 15 min- until 2 a.m. disco." utes. That wouldn't be using radio "Brother Jim's is part of the Big It has taken a year of thorough re- people to their full artistic capabili- (Continued on page /8) search before taking the plunge into complete automation. "Automation just seems like the Robbins, Haggard & Mize Billboard right thing to do from an economical Continental U.S. & Canada standpoint," Judge continues. "And 2 years (104 issues) $100 1 yearFirst Class $120 you can see from Billboard's charts Top Syndicated TV Show 1year (52 issues) $60 6 months (26 issues) $35 that disco music is making great LOS ANGELES-A new country half-hour segments so that tv sta- CANADA strides. You'll see that 14 out of the music syndicated television show pi- tions can broadcast either a half- 1 year (52 issues) $701=1 payment enclosed bill me top 30 records are for the disco mar- lot was taped Wednesday (14) at hour or hour versions. 1 year-First Class $120 ket. And when you look at the new KTTV here featuring host Billy The program is called "The Billy Rates on request for other countries. Group subscription entries you'll see the majority of Mize and guests Marty Robbins and Mize Music Hall" and is produced rate available. Circulation manager Jack Shurman, N.Y. them are disco. We just didn't make Merle Haggard. The show, accord- by MKM Productions, a firm con- up our minds overnight to go this ing to Ken Griffin of the Jonathan sisting of Billy Mize, K.F. Kerrins route. After careful research we de- Edwards Memorial Foundation at and Don Miller. Jim Gates is direc- Change of address cided that this is the time to jump on UCLA, revolves around a unique tor and backup musicians include the disco approach and get moving format with Hugh Cherry as house James Burton and Glen D. Hardin, with it." historian. The hour show is done in both of whom perform with Elvis If you are moving, let us know six weeks in Presley. advance. Attach old label here, or write in code The show's format will revolve numbers from mailing label and print new THE MAD DOCTOR - aclosai around music of specific years. The address below. Haggard segment will accent music Code Numbers from 1951; the Robbins segment Syndicate Demento will accent music from 1957. The hour version taped last week LOS ANGELES-Dr. Demento. dio stations, instead of bartered. Sta- will run as a tv special in the near fu- E New E Renewal E Change of Address otherwise known as Barry Hansen. tions such as WCFL in Chicago and ture. will soon have an album version of WQXI in Atlanta are featuring the Mail to. his novelty music show on the air in show on weekends to excellent au- syndication, according to Tom Ga- dience response. Bicentennial Heavy Billboard Publications, P.O. Box 2156, Radnor, Pa. 19089. mache, head of a radio syndication The LP version will be three hours On Florida WAYK Name firm. The name of the firm has been changed to the Eastern Pacific Com- long, Gamache says, and basically be a countdown type of show. "Of LEHIGHACRES, Fla.-WAYK, Address munications Corp. and Gamache an FM station at 107.1 on the dial, is admits that the name of the com- course, we might miss two or three of the top 30 albums." billing itself as the No. 1bicenten- City, State, Zip pany (previously the Gordon/Cas- nial station in the U.S. The station, Nature of Business ady firm) makes about as much Considering the zany approach of managed by Lou Garris, features the A50001 sense as the radio shows hosted by Dr. Demento to music (he has been beautiful music automated format Hansen. responsible for bringing the novelty of Bonneville Broadcast Consult- The two-hour "Dr. Demento tune back to popularity), few would ants. The station went on the air one Show" is now being sold direct to ra- ever know. second past midnight Jan. I. Warner Bros. Records presents a special sales impact program on eight fast -selling Best -Of albums:

Gordon History Lightfoot' America's Greatest Hits Gord's Gold Includes the Hits Sundown Carefree Highway Rainy Day People If You Could Read My Mind Includes the Hits Tin Man /A Horse With No Name Ventura Highway/Sister Golden Hair Reprise 2RS 2237 Warner Bros. BS 2894

The Allman THE ALLMAN GoodVibrations - BROTHERS BAND Best of the Beach Boys Brothers Band Includes the HitSingles Sloop JohnB The Road Goes Wouldn't It Be Nice/Sail On Sailor On Forever: A Collection of Their Greatest Recordings THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER A Collection of Their Greatest Recordings Includes RamblinMon/Jessica Whipping Post/Midnight Rider Capricorn 2CP 0164 Brother/Reprise MS 2223

Seals & Crofts'SEALS & CROFTS GREATEST FHTS INCLUDES THE HITS Greatest Hits SUMMER BREEZE/DIAMOND GIRL HUMMINGBIRD/1U PLAY FOR YOU

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Includes the hits Schools Out Elected / No More Mr Nice Guy I'm EighteenBillion Dollar Babies Warner Bros. BS 2886 Warner Bros. W 2803

JIMI HENDRIX Jimi Hendrix EXPERIENCE Smash Hits SMASH HITS

Includes Aqualung y Locomotive Breath Chrysalis CHR 1078Living in the Past L Bungle in the Jungle Reprise MS 2025 Ask your WEA distributor for details about discounts, extensive advertising funds and extended dating. 16 Radio-TVProgramming ANOTHER RON JACOBS VISION Vox Jox By CLAUDE HALL A National Rock Network Seen LOS ANGELES-Dave Dalzell, Neil McIntyre? ... The lineup at EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the of Todd Storz listening to a jukebox in 1975 and KBCA is still playing who does the 3:30-6:30 p.m. show WAKX in Duluth, Minn., has R.J. in a bar and inventing Top 40. We on KRBC in Abilene, Tex., has been third and concluding installment of jazz. They've found a programming and Hary Goldberg 6-10 a.m., pro- have thefirstall -news format in promoted to operations manager gram director Chris T. 10 a.m.-3 an in-depth interview with Ron Ja- niche in which they apparently can New York. exist economically. from program director. Eric Fletch- p.m., Craig McHenry 3-6 p.m., Jo Jo cobs, former program director of ra- H: WINS was the firstIever But anyone who comes up with er,the8 -noon personality, has Gunn 6 -midnight, and Dave Strand- dio stations KGB -FM -AM in San Diego and KHJ in Los Angeles. The heard about. something totally new for radio, be it been named assistant program di- berg midnight -6 a.m., with week- J: Do you realize that the most rector and assistant operations man- enders Nick St. John, Randy Terry interview was conducted by Claude AM or be it FM, people will have to Hall, radio-tv editor, Billboard. consistent format ... consistently on listen to it.I have racked my brain ager. . .. Big ousting of staff at and Leo Paul. ... KLIF in Dallas the air ... except for perhaps "The and I've had a lot of raps with other WFAB, Spanish language station in has rush -released a special multi - Grand Ole Opry," and that's a show, Miami; word is out that the station page statement to explain away poor JACOBS: The problem I had in people, too. ... I mean it's not just not a format,isin Los Angeles. will format salsa music. me in a room thinking ... trying to ARB ratings in the last book-to San Diego-the most challenging sit- KBCA. I can remember when I first "eliminate four days during which come up with something new. Many * * * uation-was always with the AM sta- came to Los Angeles ... to listen to other people have tried, too, I'm WPIX-FM, New York, has ex- KLIF experienced severe and dam- tion as opposed to the FM station. KFWB. There was KBCA playing aging technical difficulties." What Because we all know the curve of sure. Look at McLendon and his panded its disco show Monday -Sat- jazz. All of the time I was at KHJ, want ads format. Sure, you could in - happened was that KNUS looked where FM is going and where AM is urday by an hour; it's now 9 p.m. -1 KBCA was playing jazz. Here we are (Continued on page 18) a.m. and Saturdays 7 p.m.- Ia.m. extremely good and KRLD looked going and I have tried to think of an Are you trying to tell us something, good. I was amazed also at the build- entirely genericly-different format ing pattern evident with the progres- which would be the right answer for sive country format of KAFM pro- AM. Campusano Shores Up Net grammed by Chuck Dunaway. I When you really think about it, Continued from page 14 rock to a better balance with MOR don't think you can count KLIF there are only so many elements: Sanchez Campusano. "And that in- sound," he qualified. "We don't down and out; operations manager Voice, music, jingles, promotions, cludes dealing with all record com- know how well it will work, but at thc 1i 1l('(' IHmes David Paul McNamee is a good pro- news. PSAs ... there are only so panies," he remarked in order to dis- least we're going in that direction." gram director and he has an excel- many basics you can shuffle around pel any conflict the Radio Formula COP n(ct( (1 to lent morning team on the air; watch in the same deck. Maybe we're at stations may have with their tieup There have been and will be many for a better ARB book for the station fault for not encouraging people to towards Discos Mexicanos. other changes with the chain, ac- 1cy bon( '' . . next time and sort of ignore the come up with new ideas or maybe Although heavy into public serv- cording to the young executive. In present book because I doubt seri- we're not financing R&D in radio ice broadcasting, Radio Formula the short time since he has taken over the reins, Radio Formula has ously that it represents what the sta- . maybe we're not educating fu- has plenty of diversification going in aidthis tion is really all about. ture radio executives correctly ... music to satisfy the public's tastes. posted three times as many sales maybe the problem is that the rules As an example of their breakdown, with a full staff of some 16 solicitors BONES * * * have not changed-as we postulated Sanchez Campusano spelled out following the new guidelines. The power of a rock group artist is earlier. If so, then radio had better what is going on with three of the "We're nearing the initial stage of connected well known. Especially at the record wake up, because it's not adjusting AM outlets. Radio 6 is heavy into consolidating where we have to, and company level. The Bay City Rollers properly to the changing world. tropical and the introduction of we won't let down in our activity un- with a proved a point last week and their HALL: You couldn't find another salsa, Radio 5 is actively engaged in til we're really on the move of mak- new single will be "Money Honey," format for KGB -AM? the establishment of an "inter- ing almost all people in Mexico aware HIT. a tune on which they have the copy- J: Not one that wasn't some ver- national sound," while Radio 3 is of what we have to offer," Sanchez right. Oddly enough, it's not in their sion of an already existing format. mixing more English with Spanish. Campusano concludes in his first as- U.S. album on Arista called "Bay But then, what has happened new "One of our other key goals is go- sessment of what the quality of radio (Continued on page 55) lately in radio? We have the legend ing from a heavy concentration of should be for his country.

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products of ;Monogram, inc., on IBM plaza, chicago, ill a polygram company 18 Radio -TV Programming Billboard Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/31/76 Copyright 1976.Bill- Top50 boardPublications.Inc No part of this publication S may bereproduced. A National Rock Network Seen stored in a retrieval sys- tem, or transmitted, in any Continued from page 16 why isn't there a country music net- a bet you could make almost 24 form or by any means electronic,mechanical, work ... why isn't there an MOR hours a day and win ... someone at photocopying, recording. vent an all Lithuanian music format network? We've done a lot of rap- one of the 7,000 radio stations in the or otherwise, without the prior written permission of played backwards, but no one would ping back and forth about it-Tom U.S.-or most of them-is cueing up Listening the publisher. listen to it. Rounds of Watermark, Bill Watson an Elton John record. I'm talking about a new, workable who's now with KMPC in Los An- Because we all have the same ba- TM format that would succeed ... that geles, Jim Markham, and myself. sics to deal with. Thesearebestsellingmiddle-of-the-roadsinglescompiledfrom would get alistening audience Markham is now general manager Col. Sanders didn't invent national retail sales and radio station air play listedinrank order. which could be sold to the profit of of a radio station in San Bernardino, chicken. He came up with a recipe Jot management. Calif. KCKC. But he was our engi- for cooking chicken and later some- H: I've often pondered formats neer back in the old days when we one came up with a marketing con- myself, hoping to stumble on some- came up with an incredible theoreti- cept for it. He didn't have to invent a TITLE, Artist, Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) thing new. cal concept for radio ... network chicken to get a Col. Sanders in ev- J: Maybe someone should offer a rock radio. I simply asked myself: ery nook and cranny of the world, 1 2 9 FLY AWAY prize and make it a separate cate- Why was NBC network television right? John Denver, RCA 10517 (Cherry Lane, ASCAP) gory for the annual International running Elvis Presley movies while 2 3 8 BREAKIN' UP IS HARD TO DO So, what's happening now in ra- Neil Sedaka, Rocket 40500 (MCA) (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) Radio Programming Forum awards. NBC radio, at that time, had yet to dio is we have 7,000 radio stations 3 1 9 LET IT SHINE/HE AIN'T HEAVY ... HE'S MY BROTHER H: Chuck Blore's panel at the last play even one Presley record? And doing what I consider a semi-rin- Olivia Newton -John, MCA 40495 (Window, BMI/Harrison/Jenny, ASCAP) Forum was conceived with the idea this was 1964. kydink job. But, wouldn't it be fan- 4 7 10 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT of four outstanding radio program- If anyone wants to get into an in- tastic and fantastically fun to work Helen Reddy, Capitol 4192 (Almo, ASCAP/Irving, BMI) ming geniuses creating airchecks of telligent, well -thought out approach on a network rock radio concept us- 5 8 8 PALOMA BLANCA a new format and presenting them to to a rock network, that would get me George Baker Selection, Warner Bros. 8115 (Warner Bros., ASCAP) ing modern technology-for the 6 13 6 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER the audience. I believe that Blore back from Maui in five hours and 19 really great radio people to get to- Paul Simon, Columbia 3.10270, (Paul Simon, BMI) was not exactly happy with the re- minutes ... because, from a creative gether and play, which is what work 7 14 6 TRACKS OF MY TEARS sults, but that had been the inten- standpoint, that is the one thing that should be when you're having fun, Linda Ronstadt, Asylum 45295 (Jobete, ASCAP) tion. hasn't been done. And it could be you know? 8 11 7 DEEP PURPLE J: It's not an easy chore. In fact, if terrific. In my fantasy, there is this I can hear this national rock radio Donny&Marie Osmond, Kolob 14840 (MGM) (Robbins, ASCAP) 9 6 10 BABY FACE anyone came up with a new format idea of instead of sitting outside a network in my head. Wing & A Prayer Pipe & Drum Corps, Wing & A Prayer 103 (Atlantic) (Warner anywhere, we'd hear about it. Some- football stadium in a truck like the When I was at KHJ, such a net- Bros., ASCAP) one would be yelling: Jesus Christ, directors of tv football broadcasts, work would have been the only 10 4 11 TIMES OF YOUR UFE there's a station in Phoenix you selecting from all of the camera thing that would have worried me, Paul Anka, United Artists 737 (Three Eagles, ASCAP) 11 5 11 WINNERS AND LOSERS ought to hear! People would rush shots. Wouldn't it be great for a pro- from a competitive standpoint. If Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, Playboy 6054 (Spitfire, BMI) from Los Angeles and New York to gram director and producer of radio such a network came on the air and 12 10 10 STARDUST Phoenix. Just to listen. to be sitting in a studio telling the air the producer could flash from sta- Johnny Mathis, Columbia 3-10250 (Belwin Mills, ASCAP) Unfortunately, you only have so personality or reporter in Iowa to tion -to -station and air personality to 13 15 10 THEME FROM "S.W.A.T." many basics. hold up one second because some air personality around the nation, Rhythm Heritage, ABC 12135 (Spellgold, BMI) And that's why I think it would be other personality is on the line from listeners would flock to it. 14 18 4 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT great to just shut commercial radio Eagles, Asylum 45293 (Benchmark/Kicking Bear, ASCAP) San Francisco and Grace Slick has And record companies would 15 30 4 BREAKAWAY off. It's a heretic thing to say, per- just done some wonderfully far out support it. If they knew that this air Art Garfunkel, Columbia 310273 (Almo/Caledonian, ASCAP) haps, but with the network concept thing? And information and music personality in Dallas cueing up a 16 16 8 STAR TREK you could hire the very best people and talent would be stacking up on record is going to be heard in 276 Charles Randolph Grean Sounde, Ranwood 1044 (Bruin, ASCAP) and put them on the air, with the various inputs and the program di- cities,it would save record com- 17 17 7 TELL IT UKE IT IS very best program directors, they Andy Williams, Columbia 3-10263 (Conrad/Olrap, BMI) rector and producer could select the panies an awful lot of work. 18 20 5 ALL BY MYSELF very best music directors, the very very best things happening at that And there are other things to con- Eric Carmen, Arista 0165 (CA.M.-U.SA., BMI) best managers. That's all they try to particular second. sider. For example, what is the pri- 19 12 13 THE HOMECOMING do in England. What a wonderful idea. And it's mary profile of the person that lis- Hagood Hardy, Capitol 4156 (AN, BMI) H: Jack Thayer is doing the net- fantastically more possible now than tens to FM rock radio? Is it the 18- 20 9 12 I WRITE THE SONGS work concept for news right now. it was in 1964. In 1964, two things 34 -year -old guy? Is he, more nar- Barry Manilow, Arista 0157 (Artists/Sunbury, ASCAP) 21 22 4 FANNY (Be Tender With My Love) J: But there isn't the equivalent kept something like a rock network rowly, an 18 -to -24 -year -old guy? I Bee Gees, RSO 519 (Atlantic) (Casserole, BMI) kind of network for music. from being a reality-one of them go to every Rams home football 22 25 6 CHAIN GANG MEDLEY I've been thinking about the net- was the high cost of land lines. But game and I look around and notice Jim Croce, Lifesong 45001 (Kags/Conrad, BMI/Unichappell, ASCAP) work music concept since 1964... now we have the microwave system. that there's as many 18 -34 -year -old 23 28 4 DURHAM TOWN (The Leavin') why isn't there a rock network... National tv is using microwave for guys there as anyone else. But who- Roger Whittaker, RCA 10447 (Arcola, BMI) 24 19 8 I CAN SING, I CAN DANCE visuals and land lines for audio. And ever thought about teaming up Cotton, Lloyd & Christian, 20th Century 2253 (Michael, ASCAP) there's tremendous potential with Frank Gifford with a Robert W. 25 23 7 CONVOY 45 rpm RECORDS microwave to hook up radio stations Morgan on the air? C.W. McCall, MGM 14839 (American Gramaphone, SESAC) coast -to -coast. There are so many diverse pro- 26 27 6 SWEET LOVING MAN BY MAIL And think of thepossibilities! gramming elements that could be as- Morris Albert, RCA 10437 (Fermata International Melodies/Sunbury, ASCAP) 27 24 5 INSEPARABLE You're sitting there-a guy who has sembled on the air ... like a pageant. Natalie Cole, Capitol 4193 (Jay's Enterprise/Chappell, ASCAP) All Original Artists spent $600 or more for your Sansui H: I can't imagine a Robert W. 28 35 3 DECEMBER 1963 (Oh What A Night) 1949 thru 1972 stereo receiver-and an air person- Morgan teamed up with a Howard Four Seasons, Warner Bros./Curb 8168 (Seasons/Jobete, ASCAP) ality in San Francisco in your left Cosell, though. 29 40 3 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU pop country rock speaker or left earphone is talking J: Well, that's not to say but Cosell Charlie Rich, Epic 8.50182 (Columbia) (Warner Bros., ASCAP) soul big band with a guy in Philadelphia in your is better than most disk jockeys, if 30 43 4 SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS all-time favorites The Band Of The Black Watch, Private Stock 45055 (Peer International, BMI) right speaker. not all of them; I mean, there aren't 31 31 9 ONCE YOU HIT THE ROAD FOR CATALOG of6000 titles Instead, what do we have? While many disk jockeys who can piss you Dionne Warwicke, Warner Bros. 8154 (Mighty Three/Sacred Pen, BMI) send $1.50(no c.o.d 's) we're sitting here, you and I, some- off the way Howard Cosell can ... 32 32 5 OVER MY HEAD Fleetwood Mac, Reprise 1339 (Warner Bros.) (McFleet, BMI) For fastest service, one at some radio station is cueing and to that extent, Cosell strikes a re- up an Elton John record. Now, that's 33 42 3 YOU'RE A PART OF ME send money order. sponsive chprd. People react to him Kim Carnes, A&M 1767 (Brown Shoes/Chappell, ASCAP) emotionally. IF AIR MAIL Is desired for catalog 34 38 5 ONE FINE DAY U.S. and APO/FPO addresses, add $1.00 But I was pointing out that the Julie, Tom Cat 10454 (RCA) (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) International, add $1.50 male sports audience and the male 35 21 11 PART TIME LOVE (payable in U.S funds) Florida Disco stereo freaks could be appealed to. Gladys Knight & The Pips, Buddah 513 (Kipahulu, ASCAP) 36 29 8 EBB TIDE BLUE NOTE RECORD SHOP Continued from page 14 All of the kids who used to spend money on hotrod equipment during Love Sounds, Pye 71039 (Robbins, ASCAP) 156 Central Avenue 37 44 3 ONLY SIXTEEN Daddy operations," Judge contin- my day now are putting their lifesav- Albany, New York 1 2 2 06, U S.A ues. "They are going strictly disco Dr. Hook, Capitol 4171 (Kags, BMi) ings into $850 tuners. 38 37 8 YESTERDAY CAN'T HURT ME from now on; in fact many of their uSasnds, Haven 7020 (Capitol) (ABC/Dunhill/One Of A Kind, BMI) clubs have already been converted They have the stereo equipment. H: How many stations do you 39 50 VENUS from lounges to discos. Recently foresee in your fantasy rock net- Frankie Avalon, De-Lite 1578 (PIP) (Kirshner Songs/Welbeck, ASCAP) 40 LONELY NIGHT they invested some $200,000 to con- work? Bill Gavin wrote ... "A random sampling of vert Brother Jim's into a disco." (Angel Face) Captain & Tennille, A&M 1782 (Don Kirshner, BMI) opinions from managers and PDs strongly J: I could spend hours just talking 41 33 11 THE BIG PARADE indicates a trend toward greater emphasis Because of the flexibility of the Michael Allen, Slipped Disc 45288 (Elektra) (Don Kirshner, BMI) new automation machine, affec- about that rock network concept. It on air personalities, as opposed to the face- is based on the fact that in towns like 42 46 2 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT less shouting robots of pop formats. If this tionately dubbed "The Brain," Fresno and San Bernardino ... in Biddu Orchestra, Epic 8-50173 (Columbia) (Chappell, ASCAP) proves true, the competition for top per- WSRF will be programmed four 43 26 10 NOW THAT WE'RE IN LOVE almost every market in the nation ... sonalities is likely to force their salary levels days in front of airing time. "The Steve Lawrence, 20th Century 2246 (Brut, ASCAP) to new heights. there's at least one radio station 44 TANGERINE Brain," built by IGM Systems, uti- The Salsoul Orchestra, Salsoul 2004 (Caytronics) (Famous, ASCAP) lizes instacarts marking far more that's in trouble ... maybe more, but Since 1970 the Electric Weenie has been at least one station in serious ratings 45 47 2 BACK TO THE ISLAND the air personality's best friend. The Bill- flexible than the older -styled taped trouble and losing money. Leon Russell, Shelter 40483 (MCA) (Skyhill, BMI) 46 45 10 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT board Di competition the past 4 years from music. In 1964, because of the high cost small mkt to International World Class Air "We have the ability to make any Batdorf & Rodney, Arista 0159 (Irving/Rondor, BMI) of land lines, we realized it couldn't 47 48 2 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (Part 1) Personality clearly shows what the Electric last minute changes as far as com- Weenie can do. be done-practically-nationwide. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Philadelphia International 8-3579 mercials and news and we can even So, we involved California, which (Epic/Columbia) (Mighty Three, BMI) For an insight of what it's all about write change a record selection with this 41111:7:10 CHLOE certainly has enough potential lis- for Freebies to: amazing machine," Judge says. Cy Coleman, RCA 10440 (Robbins/Chappell, ASCAP) teners for such a music network and 49 DOLANNES MELODIE "We're all very excited with this THE ELECTRIC WEENIE is a single time zone. Jean Claude Borelly & His Orchestra, London 228 (Burlington, ASCAP) new concept andIbelieve we're H: What about FCC regulations? 50 EASY AS PIE 128 Opihikao Way, Suite 1 proving once again that WSRF is an Billy "Crash" Craddock, ABC/Dot 11,584 (Chappell, ASCAP) J: In my readings, the FCC never Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 innovative and creativestation," Judge concludes. (Continued on page 55) relcome DAVID POMERANZ

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C) 1976 Arista Records.Inc., A Subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Industries,Inc. 20 BillboardSingles RadioAction Ploylist Top Add Ons Playlist Prime giokouts &Notional Breakouts

Based on station playlists through Thursday (1/29/76) TOP ADD ONS -NATIONAL PRIME MOVERS-NATIONAL BREAKOUTS-NATIONAL

CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel Face) (A&M) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "SWAT." (ABC) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel Face) (A&M) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Columbia) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Heart) (RSO) (D) DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Baby (Oasis) BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (RSO)

D -Discotheque Crossover KENO-Las Vegas KNDE-Sacramento KRSP-Salt Lake City KELP-El Paso WCFL-Chicago BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) 1) ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I DR. HOOK-Only Sixteen (Capitol) ADD ONS-The two key prod- MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) (Motown) Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard ucts added at the radio stations (A&M) (Motown) * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) To Do (Rocket) 14-7 listed; as determined by station * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From D* EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song * NONE 19-10 D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You personnel. "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 24-17 (Columbia) 15-3 * * LARRY GROCE-Junk Food Junkie D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Baby (Oasis) 10.5 PRIME MOVERS-The two D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You KYNO-Fresno Baby (Oasis) 12.8 (W.B.) 25-20 WOKY-Milwaukee products registering the great- Baby (Oasis) 8-2 FOUR SEASONS-December1963 XEROK-EI Paso KBBC-Phoenix AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) est proportionate upward KROY-Sacramento (W.B./Curb) movement on the station's JOHATHAN CAIN -'Til It's Time To Say CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night Goodbye (Claridge) playtist; as determined by sta BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) (A&M) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (A&M) AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) tion personnel. LARRY GROCE-Junk Food Junkie * GEORGE BAKER SELECTION-Paloma (A&M) * NONE D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Blanca (W.B.) 26.15 BREAKOUTS-Billboard Chart * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I (W.B.) * Baby (Oasis) 18-2 * GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Dept. summary of Add On and Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) HB-20 D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You * FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) 16-8 Prime Mover information to re 20-14 * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From Baby (Oasis) 13-8 KAKC-Tulsa flect greatest product activity WZUU-FM-Milwaukee "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 17-11 D* EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song at Regional and National levels. TONY ORLANDO & DAWN-Cupid KRIZ-Phoenix (Columbia) 6-2 Southwest Region (Elektra) QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody (Elektra) BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) KJR-Seattle CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (A&M) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From EAGLES-Take It To The Limit BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) TOP ADD ONS: * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your "S.W.A.T." (ABC) (Asylum) Pacific Southwest Region BAY CITY ROLLERS-Money Honey Lover (Columbia) 10.2 * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You (Arista) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Lover (Columbia) 8-2 Baby (Oasis) 24-14 Face) (A&M) TOP ADD ONS: * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) 22.17 * WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) 9.3 * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) To Do (Rocket) 15-11 KELI -Tulsa WNDE-Indianapolis Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) 16-8 (RSO) BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweayer (W.B.) NATALIE COLE-Inseparable (Capitol) MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) KQEO-Albuquerque (RSO) Lover (Columbia) 13-10 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Motown) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W. B.) ERIC CARMEN -All By Myself (Arista) (A&M) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) KING-Seattle MICHAEL MURPHEY-Renegade * PRIME MOVERS: * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your (A&M) (Epic) MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) (D) DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Baby Lover (Columbia) 17-6 El* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You (Motown) (Oasis) * GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Baby (Oasis) 10-4 MEWS MAGGARD-The White Knight (Mer. Baby (Oasis) 2718 EAGLES-TakeIt To The Limit HB-28 * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your * PRIME MOVERS: cury) * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From WKY-Oklahoma City RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.W.A.T." (Asylum) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.W.A.T." Lover (Columbia) 15.10 (ABC) "SWAT." (ABC) 25.19 * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard (ABC) ART GARFUNKEL-Breakaway(Co- WIRL-Peoria, III. (D) DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Baby KTKT-Tucson To Do (Rocket) 16.6 lumbia) JONATHAN CAIN-Till It's Time To (Oasis) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme BREAKOUTS: CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night Say Goodbye (Claridge) ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Eunkill Feel Like A From BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 11-10 (A&M) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night Bullet (MCA) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From (A&M) IURB-Spokane Face) (A&M) Knight (Mercury) 22.10 "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 21-11 BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your BREAKOUTS: D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) (RSO) Lover (Columbia) 12-2 Baby (Oasis) 12.5 BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) 2820 LARRY GROCE-Junk Food Junkie GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From KOMA-Oklahoma City (RSO) (W.B.) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 19-9 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Take Me * LEON RUSSELL-Back To The Island WDGY-Minneapolis GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Pacific Northwest Region (Capitol) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel (Shelter) 24-16 D WING & A PRAYER/FIFE & DRUM HAROLD MELVIN &THE BLUE Face) (A&M) KILT-Houston CORPS.-Baby Face (Wing &A Prayer) * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I NOTES-Wake Up Everybody (Phila. NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) TOP ADD ONS: Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) 27-19 BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) Int'l.) D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You KHJ-Los Angeles KTAC-Tacoma CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) Baby (Oasis) 7.4 (A&M) 30-24 DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) (RSO) ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I * HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White * CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) (Atlantic) 8.6 WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) Face) (A&M) Knight (Mercury) 30-17 (A&M) 2723 KDWB-Minneapolis * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 (Oh, What A * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From WTIX-New Orleans WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) 20-12 Night) (W B 'Curb) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 19-11 BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom Lover (Columbia) 9-3 KRBE-FM-Houston UNDA RONSTADT-TracksOf My * HELEN REDDY-Somewhere In The "S.W.A.T." (ABC) * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard Tears (Asylum) Night (Capitol) HB-22 * PRIME MOVERS: RUFUS/CHAKA KHAN-Sweet Thing * FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) 24.12 To Do (Rocket) 19-13 I)* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You NEIL SEDNU1-Breaking UpIs Hard To Do (A&M) * HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing MOO (KIQQ-FM)-Los Angeles Baby (Oasis) 13.7 (Rocket) KGW-Portland CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Atlantic) 25-15 ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Feel Like A * PAUL ANKA -Times Of Your Life (U.A.) NONE LINDA RONSTADT-TracksOf My (A&M) KOIL-Omaha Bullet (MCA) 17-13 Tears (Asylum) * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From GEORGE BAKER SELECTION-Paloma RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.W.A.T." KEEL-Shreveport "S.W.A.T." (ABC) HB-12 (ABC) Blanca (W.B.) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) * NONE * FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) 17-14 EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- (A&M) BELLAMY BROS.-Let Your Love Flow KLIF-Dallas lum) * BREAKOUTS: * RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom (W.B./Curb) LARRY GROCE-Junk FoodJunkie * OHIO PLAYERS-Love Rollercoaster KITS-Los Angeles CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 14.6 * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- (W.B.) (Mercury) 17-5 Face) (A&M) lum) 21-15 * EAGLES-TakeIt To The Limit * HAROLD MELVIN& THE BLUE FOUR SEASONS-December1963 BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) WAYLON & WILLIE-Good Hearted * DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) (Asylum) 22-17 NOTES-Wake Up Everybody (Phila. (W.B./Curb) (RSO) Woman (RCA) 26-21 FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 (Oh, What A KISN -Portland * RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom Int'l.) 2819 GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Night) (W.B./Curb) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 16-7 KIOA-Des Moines * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) ROCKIN' HORSE-Love Power * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White Midwest Region Lover (Columbia) 15-7 Knight (Mercury) 19-10 CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White KFRC-San Francisco * AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 29 -21 KNUS-FM-Dallas Knight (Mercury) 30-17 TOP ADD ONS: * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) KFXM-San Bernardino * DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) Lover (Columbia) 9-3 NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom 23 14 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (A&M) * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.WAT." To Do (Rocket) HB-18 KTLK-Denver To Do (Rocket) 21-15 ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (ABC) * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I KKLS-Rapid City, S.D. Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 (Asylum) 7.2 WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) 24.19 (W.B./Curb) D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You JOHN MILES-High Fly * MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night KYA-San Francisco BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) Baby (Oasis) 13-8 (Motown) 15-6 (A&M) FOUR SEASONS-December1963 KFJZ-Ft. Worth * LARRY GROCE-Junk Food Junkie * PRIME MOVERS: * BOB DYLAN - Hurricane (Part 1) * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- (W.B./Curb) (W.B.) 31-16 ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) (Columbia) 18-13 lum) 2117 HAGOOD HARDY-The Homecoming CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night PAUL SIMON-SO Ways To Leave Your Lover * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I (Columbia) * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- (Capitol) (A&M) KAFY-Bakersfield Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) 34-23 NEIL SEDPAI-Breaking Up Is Hard To Do lum) 23.18 * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From * BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) 23-14 (Rocket) KQWB-Fargo, N.C. HELEN REDDY-Somewhere In The "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 18.9 KKAM -Pueblo, Colo. * UNDA RONSTADT-TracksOf My HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing (Atlantic) ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Night (Capitol) * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS-If I Tears (Asylum) 30-24 Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) To Do (Rocket) 16-12 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night Only Knew (A&M) KXOL-Ft. Worth CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night KLIV-San Jose BREAKOUTS: (A&M) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) (A&M) DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) (A&M) HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE- * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your * WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) 26-16 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-LoneN Night (A&M) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night * WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) 21-14 NOTES-Wake Up Everybody (Phila. Lover (Columbia) 10-1 * RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.W.A.T." (A&M) Int I.) * HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing "SWAT." (ABC) 16.9 D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You (ABC) * WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) 20.12 (Atlantic) 11-6 Baby (Oasis) 19.13 * OHIO PLAYERS-Love Rollercoaster WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) KCBQ-San Diego D* EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song (Mercury) 17-9 (Continued on page 22) KCPX-Salt Lake City (Columbia) 16.11 KISS-Rock & Roll All Night (Casa- * DAVID RUFFIN-Walk Away From Love KJOY-Stockton, Calif. LARRY GROCE-Junk Food Junkie (Motown) 11-5 Copyright 1976, Billboard Publi- blanca) WLS-Chicago cations, Inc. No part of this publi- KONO-San Antonio JONI MITCHELL-In France They Kiss FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 cation may be reproduced, stored RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From MICHAEL MURPHEY-Renegade On Main St. (Asylum) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) (W.B./Curb) in a retrieval system, or trans- "S.W.A.T." (ABC) (Epic) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) mitted, in any form or by any * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard (A&M) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your * DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your means, electronic,mechanical, To Do (Rocket) 17-9 * NONE Lover (Columbia) 14.7 photocopying, recording, or oth- 19-17 Lover (Columbia) 22-8 erwise, without the prior written * HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing * * JOHN PAUL YOUNG-Yesterday's * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard permission of the publisher. (Atlantic) 9-2 Hero (Ariola America) 22.16 To Do (Rocket) 14-10 To Do (Rocket) 18-10 1ST IhATI EC1A0C70102 COIRD SUITE 450 NORTH ROXBURY DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. 90210 (213) 274-0756 YB-10454 Distributed by RCA Records

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Continued from page 20 13-Q (WKTQ)-Pittsburgh WIBG-Philadelphia WBZ-FM-Boston WBBQ-Augusta WHBQ -Memphis KX0K-St. Louis TERRY BRADSHAW-I'm So Lonesome BELLAMY BROS.-Let Your Love Flow CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) HELEN REDDY-Somewhere In The (Mercury) (W.B./Curb) I HeardItThrough The Grapevine RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom DR. HOOK-Only Sixteen (Capitol) Night (Capitol) RUFUS/CHAKA KHAN-Sweet Thing (Fantasy) "SM.A.T." (ABC) * DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your (ABC) ANDREW GOLD-That's WhyI Love White CLEDUS MAGGARD-The Lover (Columbia) 10-5 You (Asylum) 26-17 Knight (Mercury) * MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) * GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your (Motown) 21-13 26-19 * BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) 19.9 Baby (Oasis) 17.14 Lover (Columbia) 15-8 * RUFUS/CHAKA KHAN-Sweet Thing * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I * MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 22-12 WKBW-Buffalo (ABC) 29-9 Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) 24-19 (Motown) 12.6 WVBF-FM-Framingham, Mass. WSGN -Birmingham, Ala. KSLQ-FM-St. Louis EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- WPGC-Washington FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 * FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) 17-8 BAY CITY ROLLERS-Money Honey lum) (W.B./Curb) (W.B./Curb) ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) WMPS-Memphis (Arista) GEORGE BAKER SELECTION-Paloma HELEN REDDY-Somewhere In The Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night Blanca (W.B.) Night (Capitol) NATALIE COLE-Inseparable (Capitol) (A&M) * FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your * QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- * MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part 1) (W.B./Curb) 27-8 Lover (Columbia) 19-8 ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I (Elektra) 24.15 lum) 15-8 * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your * AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) (Motown) 13-9 * ROAD APPLES-Let's Live Together Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) Lover (Columbia) 20-9 13-6 * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From (Polydor) 23.17 * JOHN PAUL 1512 WSA t-Cincin nati WCAO-Baltimore "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 13.7 YOUNG-Yesterday's WPRO-Providence WHB-Kansas City WHHY -Montgomery, Ala. Hero (Ariola America) HB-22 TONY ORLANDO & DAWN-Cupid GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) (Elektra) BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) * GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (A&M) OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS-If I HB.23 "S.W.A.T." (ABC) (Atlantic) (A&M) * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme Only Knew (A&M) D* EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White From * RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom WMAK-Nashville (Columbia) 12-10 Knight (Mercury) 26-15 "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 22-9 "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 26-15 * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard D* EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song D* EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 15-7 Knight (Mercury) 17-7 D EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Sing A Song To Do (Rocket) 19-17 (Columbia) 28-21 (Columbia) 12-2 WOK-Worcester, Mass. * HAGOOD HARDY-The Homecoming (Columbia) KEWI -Topeka (Capitol) 21-12 WCOL-Columbus WGH-Newport News, Va. PILOT-January (EMI) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night CREDENCE CLEARWATER-I Heard It WTOB-Winston/Salem, N.C. BAY CITY ROLLERS-Money Honey ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I ROGER GLOVER & GUESTS-Love Is (A&M) Through The Grapevine (Fantasy) (Arista) Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) All (United Kingdom) LARRY GROCE-Junk FoodJunkie CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) MICHAEL MURPHEY-Renegade CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night * RHYTHM HERITAGE-ThemeFrom (W.B.) (A&M) 21-13 (Epic) (A&M) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 28-17 * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I * FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 Lover (Columbia) 33-16 * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 15-9 * QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) * HAGOOD HARDY-The Homecoming (W.B./Curb) 18-8 * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- * (Elektra) 19-13 * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- (Capitol) 28-22 * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White lum) 24-19 WYRE-Annapolis, Md. WDRC-Hartford lum) 19.14 Knight (Mercury) 24.16 MAC-Nashville WAKY - Lou isv ille PAUL ANKA -Times Of Your Life (U.A.) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) * GEORGE BAKER SELECTION -Paloma LARRY GROCE-Junk FoodJunkie Blanca (W.B.) 23-18 RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From JONATHAN CAIN-Till It's Time To HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- North Central Region (W.B.) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) Say Goodbye (Claridge) OLDS-Winners & Losers (Playboy) WSGA-Savannah, Ga. * HAGOOD HARDY-The Homecoming LARRY GROCE-Junk FoodJunkie * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND-Queen CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night TOP ADD ONS: (Capitol) 27-18 (W.B.) To Do (Rocket) 14-9 Of Clubs (TK) (A&M) CAPTAIN & TEJINILLE-Lonely Night (Angel * HOT CHOCOLATE-You Sexy Thing D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You * GEORGE BAKER SELECTION -Paloma Face) (A&M) (Atlantic) 15-7 HAROLD MELVIN& THEBLUE- * FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) 28-21 ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Feel Like A Baby (Oasis) 29-12 Blanca (W.B.) 22-18 NOTES-Wake Up Everybody (Phila. WTRY-Albany Bullet (MCA) * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard WLEE-Richmond, Va. * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) BEE GEES-Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) To Do (Rocket) 27-17 QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody DONNY & MARIE OSMOND-Deep * CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night 21-15 (RSO) WBGN-Bowling Green, Ky. (Elektra) Purple (Kolob) (A&M) 3121 QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) WLCY-St. Petersburg, Ra. * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) (Elektra) * BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) 28-12 * PRIME MOVERS: * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme 20-14 DAVID BOWIE-Golden Years (RCA) AEROSMITH -Dream On (Columbia) From * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) "S W A T " (ABC) 27-18 WTMA-Charleston, S.C. * DAVID RUFFIN-Walk Away From Love lum) 26-19 BARRY WHITE-Let The Music Play PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Motown) 16-10 * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A& M) 20-16 WPTR-Albany GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) (20th Century) (Columbia) 1)* O'JAYS-I Love Music (Part 1) (Phila. (0) DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Baby GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night D* WING & A PRAYER/RFE & DRUM (Oasis) Int'l.) 14.9 Northeast Region GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Take Me (A&M) CORPS-Baby Face (Wing & A Prayer) WJET-Erie, Pa. (Capitol) * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From 23-16 ERIC CARMEN -All By Myself (Arista) * ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 23.11 BREAKOUTS: TOP ADD ONS: * CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) HB-34 * Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) Knight (Mercury) HB-23 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) WKIX-Raleigh, N.C. Face) (A&M) I)* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) 34-28 WQAM-Miami ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Feel Like A Baby (Oasis) 29-19 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (A&M) DR. HOOK-Only Sixteen (Capitol) WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) Bullet (MCA) * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asylum) Southeast Region lum) 32-26 (A&M)

WRIE-Erie, Pa. D* DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You CKLW-Detroit ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I * PRIME MOVERS: TOP ADD ONS: Baby (Oasis) 25-16 * PAULSIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) Lover (Columbia) 12.6 BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) * LINDA RONSTADT-TracksOf My CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Tears (Asylum) HB-25 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (AN) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.W.A.T CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard (A&M) (ABC) Face) (A&M) WORD-Spartanburg, S.C. To Do (Rocket) 14-8 * JOHN DENVER-Fly Away (RCA) 15.9 BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) * AEROSMITH-Dream On (Col.) 15-7 HELEN REDDY-Somewhere In The Night K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND-Queen * ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-Cvil * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) (Capitol) Y-100 (WHYI-FM)-Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Of Clubs (TK) Woman (U.A.) 20-14 "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 21-16 CLEDUS MAGGARD-The White WGRD-Grand Rapids WCUE-Akron CHARLIE RICH-Since IFell For You BREAKOUTS: (Epic) Knight (Mercury) D DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-Sara * PRIME MOVERS:

Smile (RCA) * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) Baby (Oasis) PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Lover GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) HB-21 CATSTEVENS- Ban Apple Gas (A&M) BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) (Columbia) * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 10.6 FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) * JOE SIMON-I Need You (Spring) HB- CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-I Heard It To Do (Rocket) 17-12 Lover (Columbia) 18-7 * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) Through The Grapevine (Fantasy) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "SWAT." 22 D* O'JAYS-I Love Music (Part 1) (Phila. 23.19 (ABC) WAYS-Charlotte, N.C. * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Intl) 14-8 Lover (Columbia) 13-11 Z-96 (VIIM-FM)-Grand Rapids GRAHAMCENTRAL STATION-The WABC-New York City BREAKOUTS: Jam (W.B.) WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) Mid -Atlantic Region WQPD-Lakeland, RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From NONE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel NATALIE COLE-Inseparable (Capitol) CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL -1 "SWAT." (ABC) Face) (ACM) * RUFUS/CHAKA KHAN-Sweet Thing Heard It Through The Grapevine (Fan- * QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody TOP ADD ONS: * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) (ABC) 27-20 ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I Feel Like A tasy) (Elektra) 1910 Lover (Columbia) 23-12 * HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYN- GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Bullet (MCA) * ERIC CARMEN-All By Myself (Arista) * SWEET-Fox On The Run (Capitol) 10- DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-Sara CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel OLDS-Winners & Losers (Playboy) 13.5 5 Smile (RCA) Face) (A&M) 20-15 WTAC-Flint, Mich. EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asylum) WPIX-FM-New York City WQXI -Atlanta WNOX-Knoxville * HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE- CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) NOTES-Wake Up Everybody (Phila. (A&M) GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) WHO-Squeeze Box (MCA) SALSOUL Intl.) 15-8 OHIO PLAYERS-Rattlesnake (20th ORCHESTRA-Tangerine MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- * PRIME MOVERS: (Salsoul) Century/Westbound) (Motown) lum) RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From "S.W.A.T " * EAGLES-Take It To The Limit (Asy- * GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) D* FRANKIE AVALON-Venus (De-Lite) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your (ABC) * BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) HB-31 lum) 13-7 26-20 16-5 (D) DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You Baby Lover (Columbia) 14-4 * FOGHAT-Slow Ride (W.B.) HB-32 WMFJ-Daytona Beach, Fla. * AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) (Oasis) * KISS-Rock & Roll All Night (Casa- * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 28-20 20-12 PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Lover blanca) 20.11 WGOW-Chattanooga, Tenn. WFOM-Atlanta BEE GEES-Fanny (RSO) WIXY-Cleveland (Columbia) WBBF-Rochester, N.Y. FOUR SEASONS-December1963 AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) TRAMMPS-HoldBackTheNight TRAMMPS-HoldBack TheNight (W.B./Curb) LARRY GROCE-JunkFood Junkie RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From (Buddah) BREAKOUTS: (Buddah) ELTON JOHN-Grow Some Funk/I (W.B.) "S.W.A.T." (ABC) LINDA RONSTADT-TracksOfMy MICHAEL MURPHEY-Renegade GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Feel Like A Bullet (MCA) * MIRACLES-Love Machine (Part1) * FOUR SEASONS-December 1963 Tears (Asylum) (Epic) CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Lonely Night (Angel * HAROLD MELVIN& THEBLUE- (Motown) HB-8 (W.B./Curb) 23-19 * GARY WRIGHT-Dreamweaver (W.B.) Face) (A&M) * STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL- NOTES-Wake Up Everybody (Phila. * RHYTHM HERITAGE-Theme From 39.20 BELLAMY BROS.-Let Your Love Flow (W. B./ Make Me Smile (EMI) 21-14 * NEIL SEDAKA-Breaking Up Is Hard Int'l.) 38-27 "S.W.A.T." (ABC) 16.3 * DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-Sara Curb) To Do (Rocket) 17.14 * AEROSMITH-Dream On (Columbia) * PAUL SIMON-50 Ways To Leave Your Smile (RCA) 40-21 KAAY-Little Rock 15-11 WGCL-Cleveland Lover (Columbia) 2011 WRKO-Boston Z-93 (WZGC-F111)-Atlanta D. DONNA SUMMER-Love To Love You 0-) Copyright 1976, Billboard Publi- KIFUS/CHAKA KHAN-Sweet Thing WFIL-Philadelphia cations, Inc. 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Smile (RCA) 23-18 (Motown) HB-21 Blanca (W.B.) 17.10 * NAZARETH-Love Hurts (A&M) 17-9 Intl.) 11-5 23 General News Old Tunes Continue Surprising Surge Up the Charts Gortikov: By BOB KIRSCH LOS ANGELES-New versions oriented, with the three major covers vious pop hit for Nino Tempo & country hit and a pop hit at 80 with Sen. Bayh of old hits account for 17 of the posi- all by pop artists in the pop field. April Stevens and is a current coun- "Since I Fell For You," a standard tions on this week's Hot 100 singles Also instrumental in the oldies try hit for Ray Stevens. pop song. Ray Stevens is at 90 with `No Patsy chart, with prime sources the Mo- surge is the increasing pop accept- Motown hits also account for "Young Love," a one-time No. 1 LOS ANGELES-The RIAA pro- town publishing companies, songs ance of country artists and country three current hits. Linda Ronstadt's country record for Sonny James. vided U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh (D -Ind.) that were hits before the days of songs. update of the Smokey Robinson's The late Sam Cooke is repre- with the same kind of forum he's of- rock, country and the Sam Cooke Among the pre -rock hits now "Tracks Of My Tears" is at a starred sented with two chart entries. Dr. ten provided the record/tape indus- catalog. sprinkled on the charts are the Wing 33. At 83 is Rod Stewart's version of Hook's version of "Only Sixteen" is try here Tuesday (20). Modern versions of oldies gener- & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps' "This Old Heart Of Mine," a prior at a starred 41, while Jim Croce's ally dot the pop charts, but the "Baby Face," Donny & Marie Os- hit for the Isley Brothers. New on the "Chain Gang Medley" (incorporat- Stan Gortikov, RIAA president, quantity this week is far above the mond's "Deep Purple" at 36 and the charts at 90 is "I Heard It Through ing Cooke's "Chain Gang") is at 65, in introducing the Hoosier presiden- average. Biddu Orchestra's combination of "I The Grapevine" from Creedence Other charted oldies include tial hopeful emphasized that Bayh Disco play accounts for some of Could Have Danced All Night/ Clearwater Revival. The single was Olivia Newton -John's "He Ain't "was no patsy or pushover," but was the movement, particularly with the Jump For Joy." Both "Baby Face" an earlier pop and soul hit for both Heavy ... He's My Brother," Andy open-minded and listened when the pre -rock hits. Oddly enough, most of and the Biddu single are major disco Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & Williams' rendition of Aaron Ne- industry had a problem of a legisla- the Motown product is non -disco hits, while "Deep Purple" was a pre - The Pips. ville's "Tell It Like It Is," Houston tive nature. "Bayh has to be con- In the country area, "Love Hurts," Person's "For The Love Of You," vinced, but once he's convinced, he penned by Boudleaux Bryant, is at a Julie (Budd's) version of the Chif- becomes a zealot, the kind of man ALSO FINED starred 18 for Nazareth. The song fons' "One Fine Day" and Frankie you want backing you," Gortikov was also a recent pop hit for Jim Ca- Avalon's hit of his own "Venus" noted. paldi. At 77 is Willie Nelson's "Re- oldie. As an Indiana senator, Bayh rep- 3 Tape Pirates Placed member Me," long a country favor- The disco movement has helped resents the state with the total largest ite, while Charlie Rich has a major the oldie surge, with the apparent record pressing facilities nationally. On Probation In L.A. theory being that a proven song is al- The PRC, Richmond; RCA, Indian- ways the best bet, even if handled in apolis; and CBS, Terre Haute, LOS ANGELES-Three con- colm J. Gerber, West Dallas Loan 2 Blue Notes a new manner. plants supply the congested Mid- victed tape pirates received fines Office, Houston, Tex., who reported As for Motown, most felt during west and much of the South and and were placed on probation by getting a sales pitch from Universal Confuse Philly the '60s that Motown writers were Southwest. U.S. magistrates here recently. Distributing, Las Vegas, offering to creating the best songs as well as the Jerald Michael Tammen of 13642 Bayh stated he needed help and sell8 -track tapes at $1.10 each. PHILADELPHIA-While the local best melodies-and that theory was coming to this group of approxi- Libby Lane, Garden Grove, also Reub's report links Tammen to busi- courts are still trying to decide which seems borne out by the large number mately 30 executives from about 12 known as Jerry Meyers, doing busi- nesses like Canyon Plastics, 2900 N. of the two groups calling themselves of hit covers over the past year. to 15 labels. He admitted getting a ness as Western Tech Products, and Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs; the Four Aces is legally entitled to late start in the 1976 presidential Larry Roger Smith, 13041 Evans Distributing,1111Las Universal use the name, there are now two race. Circle, Westminster, were fined Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas; and West- Blue Notes groups waiting in the $1,000 each and placed on two years' ern Tech Products, Koll Industries wings. When Harold Melvin and the `Mahogany His forte, he asserted, is winning probation. Gary Edward Stokes, 31, Industrial Complex in Garden Blue Notes are heard at the Sunday tough battles. He feels citizenry must 8950 Haskell Blvd., Sepulveda, re- Grove. night (Jan. 25) rock concert at the Is Eligible be involved in solving national ceived a $500 fine and 60 days' im- Only indication of the operation's problems to overcome a growing Spectrum, Sharon Page will be the LOS ANGELES-All prior con- prisonment but sentence was sus- size is the fact the printer delivered only member of the original group wave of cynicism about the inepti- pended to a $200 fine and a year's more than 125,000 labels to the de- in the unit. siderations in the Academy award tude of the federal government. music categories were ruled invalid probation. James J. Penne was mag- fendant firm. However, Teddy Pendergrass, for- His own record of initiating safe- istrate in the dual defendants' case, Rueb also led the Stokes investi- last week at a special board of gover- guards and expansion of the voting mer lead singer for the popular nors meeting, following discussions while John L. Kronenberg was mag- gation. Stokes pled guilty to illegally recording group before their recent privilege was proof of his effort to istrate in the Stokes conviction. duplicating tapes in July 1974 in split, is forming a new outfit of his which began after "Theme From provide that opportunity, he stated. FBI Agent John A. Rueb attached Pasadena after his arrest for piracy own with the other members of the Mahogany (Do You Know Where Bayh basically fosters a conservative You're Going To)" was ruled "Qual- catalog sheets to his affidavit in the in January 1973. Rueb reports that original group. He's using the name approach to governmental efforts Tammen-Smith case, which showed Stokes was linked to pirated tape itatively ineligible" by the Acad- toward restoring prosperity, his re- of Teddy Pendergrass and the Blue emy's screening committee for an approximately 370 different 8 -track when a Santa Barbara swap meet Notes. It will probably be left to the marks at the RIAA luncheon indi- tapes allegedly available from the raid netted illicit tape from a sales courts to decide who can use the award this year. cated. He strongly favors "cutting defendants. From testimony pro- booth manned by James Carl name. A modification of the rules report- the fat out of the defense budget, but vided by Richard Joyce, Dual Allnutt. Boxes of raw material from edly now finds decisions for "artistic not disturbing the muscle." Graphics Printing, Anaheim, it ap- Audio Dynamics Enterprises were Herb Reis Dead merit" with the entire membership peared that the defendants' business seen on duplicating premises rather than in the 16 -member execu- was concentrated on a series of be- searched by the FBI. Rueb noted NEW YORK-Veteran publisher tive committee. New Birth Sued tween 18 and 54 specific current hit that Audio Dynamics Enterprises Herb Reis died here Wednesday The Academy says 81 "achieve- titles, for which the printing house supplied raw materials to pirates in (21) of cancer at age 66. In the past ments" from eligible films will go to LOS ANGELES-Management was making regular batches of labels this area. he had been associated as an execu- the full music branch for determina- Three, New York, is suing in Supe- in quantities of about 18,000. The In both affidavits, Rueb alluded tive with Larry Shane Music, as well tion of preliminary selections for rior Court here, claiming 11 named Tammen activity was originally to Billboard as the source of confir- as operating several of his own firms. three nominations, best original members of the New Birth and their brought to FBI attention by Mal- mation for hit tapes being pirated. Survivors includehis widow, score; best original song score and Basement Productions owe $56,436 Margo; a son, David; and a brother, adaptation or best scoring; adapt- for management services under an Les. Complaint by Ohio Players ation; and the best original song. October 1973 contract. ON A BUS RIDE THROUGH TEXAS Cites Old Trade Practices By JOHNSIPPEL New LP, Sidemen, Clinics For Kenton LOS ANGELES-A rare legal ref- ever" and "What It Is" are incom- By DAVE DEXTER JR. erence to the almost -forgotten Trade plete music tracks "which were doc- Practices Rules For The Phono- tored up by the addition of LOS ANGELES-While David versary next June but he hasn't, as Kenton says. "Throughout the five graph Industry of 1964 is the basis musicians unknown to the Ohio Scott wheels the big Stan Kenton yet, firmed any special celebration. days we concentrate on individual for an FTC complaint filed in be- Players." Shelton charges that two bus this week through Texas, Boss Most of Kenton's LPs are sold by and group instruction, concepts of half of the Ohio Players. compositions, "What ItIs" and Kenton contemplates ways to ex- mail, through his own Creative jazz, jazz theory and in addition, we "Rooster Poot" were written by Wal- ploit his new "Kenton '76" album on World offices in Los Angeles. Each spend 12 to 15 hours in seminars in Attorney Richard M. Shelton of ter Morrison and Gregory Webster MOR stations in the Lone Star state. sells at $6.50 retail, postpaid, and no which we in the band talk eyeball to Chicago, who was active in helping and not by L. Crane and B. Bain as It's a vexing task these days, Top 40 discounts are offered his fans. The eyeball with young music students promulgate the record industry rule- the label states. stations being what they are. highlight of the new "Kenton '76" and their teachers. book, claims the recent Westbound Shelton points out that the cover Kenton also is concerned, if but album is an eight -minute perform- "We accept students who are at Records LP "Rattlesnake," is decep- of the LP states: "New from West- slightly, with breaking in five new ance of arranger -composer Bill Hol- least13 years old and who have tive and misleading in several in- bound," yet contains several sides members of his band as it rolls from man's "Tiburon," a complex concert studied an instrument at least one stances. which were previously released by Beaumont to Houston to Belton to work. year. They must submit a written let- Austin to Seguin to Laredo and on ter of recommendation from their A letter to the FTC by Shelton Westbound on previous albums. "It required 22 takes," laughs Bob charges three cuts, "Hustle Bird," The FTC industry guidelines were down to Brownsville and then Cor- band director, however. For college, pus Christi and Denton, a grueling, Curnow, a one-time Kenton side- military and professional musicians "Hollywood Hump" and "She set up after several years of cam- man who produced the package at Locked It" contain none of the per- paigning by the Assn. of Record exhausting trek in the dead of winter older than 18 we waive the written which seems endless to everyone but Universal Studios in Chicago. Mur- recommendation rule. formances of the Ohio Players as the Manufacturers andDistributors ray Allen engineered the sessions. packaging suggests.It'sfurther (ARMADA), a trade association Kenton himself. "Tuition in the U.S. is $90 and claimed that two cuts, "Gone For- now defunct. New in the ensemble are Terry Five coming Kenton jazz clinics $125 in Canada. A room and meals Layne, reeds; Dave Kennedy and also keep the tireless maestro busy. come to about $55 additionally. Joe Casano, trumpets; Allen Morri- The first is pegged for June 20-25 at "Every year," says Kenton, "our Coffin Displays For Grand Funkers sey, trombone, and David Holmes, Drury College in Springfield, Mo. clinics improve, become better bass. Then will follow York Univ., To- known internationally and turn out LOS ANGELES-Capitol is launching a major merchandising campaign Not until Feb. 28 when they play a ronto, July 11-16; Towson State Col- more talented young musicians than on behalf of the latest Grank Funk Railroad album "Born To Die." one-nighter at the Cocoanut Grove lege, Baltimore, July 25-30; Califor- ever before. That's got to be a Among the promotional materials to be used by the label are 4 -color cata- of Los Angeles' Hotel Ambassador nia State Univ. at Sacramento, Aug. healthy thing for the profession." log posters featuring all 13 Funk LPs, in-store floor displays designed in the will the Kenton crew have chance to 8-13, and Orange Coast College, Kenton is booked by Willard Al- shape of a coffin (complete with headstone) and T-shirts prepared for the cam- soak up sunshine. Stan is proud that Costa Mesa, Calif., Aug. 15-20. exander in New York and managed paign. his group will observe its 35th anni- "We tryto touch allbases," by Scott A. Cameron, La Grange, Ill. 24 Billboard Album Radio Action Playlist Top Ad Ons Top Requests/Airplay * Regional Breakouts & National Breakouts Based on station playlists through Thursday (1/29/76) Top Add Ons-National Top Requests/Airplay-National National Breakouts

CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive (A&M) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive (A&M) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station (RCA) THE BAND-Northern Lights-Southern Cross (Capitol) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station (RCA) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die (Capitol) JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer Lawns (Asylum) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia)

KISW-FM -Seattle KZEW -FM -Dallas WXRT-FM-Chicago WKTK-FM -Baltimore WBAB-FM-Babylon ADD ONS-The four key prod- ucts added at the radio stations DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) BE BOP DELUXE-Sunburst Finish PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe LOU REED-Coney Island Baby (RCA) listed; as determined by station (RCA) (Harvest) Fits (RCA) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station personnel. PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes (RCA) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) Alive (A&M) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die TOP REQUESTS/AIRPLAY- HENRY GROSS-Release (Lifesong) The four products registering Alive (A&M) (Capitol) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son the greatest listener requests BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS-Live (Capitol) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son and airplay; as determined by (Columbia) JIM CAPALDI-Short Cut Draw Blood (Island Import) (Island) (Columbia) station personnel. PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe * CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) BREAKOUTS-Billboard Chart PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes * LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son * LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son Fits (RCA) HANK WILLIAMS JR. & FRIENDS- Dept. summary of Add Ons and (MGM) Alive (A&M) (Columbia) (Columbia) * TED NUGENT-(Epic) Requests/Airplay information * DAVID COURTNEY-David Courtney's to reflect greatest product ac- * THIN LIZZY-FIGHTING-(Vertigo) * NILS LOFGREN -(A&M) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) * PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes First Day (United Artists) tivity at regional and national * THE BAND-Northern Lights -South levels. * TED NUGENT-(Epic) Alive (A&M) * ROXY MUSIC-Siren (Atoo) * PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes ern Cross (Capitol) Alive (A&M) * HEART-Dream Boat Annie (Mush- * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) * ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-Face * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) WOUR-FM-Syracuse/Utica room Records) The Music (United Artists) * JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer SPEEDY KEEN-Y'Know Wot I Mean Western Region * PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe KOME-FM-San Jose Lawns (Asylum) * TED NUGENT-(Epic) (Island) Fits (RCA) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes TOP ADD ONS: KLBJ-FM-Austin WCOL-FM-Columbus LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son WKDA-FM -Nashville Alive (A&M) (Columbia) DAVID BOVNE-Station To Station (RCA) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son HARRY NILSSON-Sandman (RCA) ROY WOOD-Mustard (United Artists) GIAIID FUNK RIVIACIAD-Born To Die (Capi HENRY GROSS-Release (Lifesong) JIMMY BUFFETT-Havanah Day (Columbia) BE BOP DELUXE-Sunburst Finish tol) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son LOGGINS & MESSNIA-Native Son (Columbia) Dreaming (ABC) EMMYLOU HARRIS-Elite Hotel (Re- (Harvest) CHRIS SQUIRE-Fish Out Of Water (Columbia) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) prise) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) JIM CAPALDI-Short Cut Draw Blood (Atlantic) (Island) BETTE MIDLER-Songs For A New De- G.T. MOORE-(Mercury) * EMMYLOU HARRIS-Elite Hotel (Re- BETTE MIDLER-Songs For A New De- pression (Atlantic) prise) *TOP REQUEST/AIRPLAY: CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) pression (Atlantic) DAVID BOWIE-Station ToStation * THE BAND-Northern Lights -South- PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe (RCA) ern Cross (Capitol) BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) * PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes BE BOP DELUXE-Sunburst Finish Fits (RCA) FLEETWOOD MAC-(Reprise) Alive (A&M) (Harvest) * QUEEN-A NightAt The Opera * BAREFOOT JERRY-Barefoot Jerry's PAUL SIMON-Still Crazy After All These Years * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) (Elektra) Grocery (Monument) (Columbia) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) * JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer WMMR-FM-Philadelphia EMMYLOU HARRIS-Elite Hotel (Reprise) Lawns (Asylum) * JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer * GARY WRIGHT-Dream Weaver * JOURNEY-Look Into The Future (Co- Lawns (Asylum) (Warner Brothers) DAVID COURTNEY-David Courtney's lumbia) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) First Day (United Artists) BREAKOUTS: * KISS-Alive (Casablanca) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) * JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer * RUSTY WEIR-(20th Century) LOU REED-Coney Island Baby (RCA) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Ban To Die (Capi- Lawns (Asylum) * BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE- * JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer BETTE MIDLER-Songs For A New De- * JOHN KLEMMER-Touch (ABC) tol) Head On (Mercury) Lawns (Asylum) pression (Atlantic) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) c6 JIM CAPALDI-Short Cut Draw Blood (Island) WZMF-FM-Milwaukee WORJ-FM-Orlando CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) cr) JOURNEY-Look Into The Future (Columbia) Southwest Region * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) Midwest Region PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) * PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive (A&M) TOP ADD ONS: HENRY GROSS-Release (Lifesong) Alive (A&M) Co TOP ADD ONS: >_ KLOS-FM-Los Angeles CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) BE BOP DELUXE-Sunburst Finish GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die * THE BARRY LYNDON SOUNDTRACK- CC LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia) (Harvest) (Warner Brothers) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station HARRY NILSSON-Sandman (RCA) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive (Capitol) (RCA) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia ) * TOMMY BOLIN-Teaser (Nemperor) (A&M) PARIS-(Capitol) JOURNEY-Look Into The Future (Co- CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) DAVID COURTNEY-David Courtney's PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe Fits (RCA) WUR-FM-New York lumbia) BE BOP DELUXE-Sunburst Finish (Harvest) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) First Day (United Artists) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die * JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer (Capitol) * QUEEN-ANightAtThe Opera (RCA) *TOP REQUEST/AIRPLAY: (Elektra)e ktra) Lawns (Asylum) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) *TOP REQUEST/AIRPLAY: * EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Gratitude (Co- * FLEETWOOD MAC-(Reprise) BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) * ROXY MUSIC-Siren (Atco) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer Lawns lumbia) * EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Gratitude (Co- BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) (Columbia) (Asylum) * FOGHAT-Fool For The City lumbia) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive * ERIC CARMEN-(Arista) CHRIS SQUIRE-Fish Out Of Water (Atlantic) (ACM) (Bearsville) JIM CAPALDI-Short Cut Draw Blood * PAUL SIMON-Still Crazy After All BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE-Head On KISS-Alive (Casablanca) * THE BAND-Northern Lights -South- (Island) These Years (Columbia) (Mercury) ROXY MUSIC-Siren (Atco) * KANSAS-Masque (Kirshner) * PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes * JEFFERSON STARSHIP-Red Octopus ern Cross (Capitol) Alive (A&M) (Grunt) BREAKOUTS: Southeast Region * LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son KAIET-FM-Los Angeles BREAKOUTS: Northeast Region LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia) (Columbia) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive TOP ADD ONS: * THE BAND-Northern Lights -South- (RCA) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive TOP ADD ONS: (ACM) ern Cross (Capitol) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die (ACM) DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station (RCA) PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton ComesAlive (Capitol) PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe Fits (RCA) HARRY NILSSON-Sandman (RCA) ,Attm, CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) NATIONAL LAMPOON-Goodbye Pop LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) LOU REED-Coney Island Baby (RCA) WHCN-FM-Hartford (Epic) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-Born To Die (Capi- DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station (RCA) tol) LOGGINS& MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia) NATIONAL LAMPOON-Goodbye Pop ROGER GLOVER & GUESTS-The But- KSHE-FM-St. Louis HENRY GROSS-Release (Lifesong) (Epic) terfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast WABX-FM-Detroit PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe (UK) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) Fits (RCA) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) JOURNEY-Look Into The Future (Co- *TOP REQUEST/AIRPLAY: *TOP REQUEST/AIRPLAY: DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station * THE BAND-Northern Lights -South- lumbia) BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) CAROLE KING-Thoroughbred (Ode) ern Cross (Capitol) (RCA) BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) THE BAND-Northern Lights-Southern Cross PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive LOU REED-Coney Island Baby (RCA) * ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-Face DAVID BOWIE-Station ToStation (Capitol) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (A&M) * BOB DYLAN-Desire (Columbia) The Music (United Artists) (RCA) JONI MITCHELL-Hissing Of Summer Lawns (Columbia) THE BNID-Northern Lights-Southern Cross * EMMYLOU HARRIS-Elite Hotel (Re- (Asylum) * DAN HILL-(20th Century) DAVID COURTNEY-David Courtney's (Capitol) prise) LOGGINS & MESSINA-Native Son (Columbia) QUEEN-A Night Al The Opera (Elektra) Night AtThe Opera PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes First Day (United Arists) * QUEEN-A KSML-FM-Lake Tahoe/Reno Alive (A&M) (Elektra) LOU REED-Coney Island Baby (RCA) HENRY GROSS-Release (Lifesong) BREAKOUTS: BREAKOUTS: * CHRIS SQUIRE-Fish Out Of Water * EMMYLOU HARRIS-Elite Hotel (Re- JIM CAPALDI-Short Cut Draw Blood PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive prise) (Atlantic) * PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes (Island) (ACM) CAROLE 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Lawns (Asylum) * PATTI SMITH-Horses (Arista) Alive (A&M) THE WINNERS! 1975 CREEM READERS POLL TOP THREE ALBUMS BEST PRODUCER Physical Graffiti Todd Rundgren (Led Zeppelin) BEST R & B GROUP Born to Run Rolling Stones (Bruce Springsteen) WORST GROUP Toys in the Attic Bay City Rollers (Aerosmith) BEST NEW GROUP BEST R & B ALBUM The Tubes Young Americans BEST INSTRUMENTALIST (David Bowie) Ian Anderson BEST RE -ISSUE DRUG OF THE YEAR Made In the Shade Marijuana (Rolling Stones) RIP-OFF OF THE YEAR BEST JAZZ ALBUM Concert Prices Blow By Blow COMEBACK (Jeff Beck) OF THE YEAR TOP TWO SINGLES Neil Sedaka Fame BEST DRUMMER Keith Moon HERO / HEROINE (David Bowie) OF THE YEAR Born to Run BEST HORN MAN Andy Mackay Elton John (Bruce Springsteen) BEST SONGWRITER MOST PATHETIC BEST R & B SINGLE Elton John Fame Elton John/ Bernie Taupin BIGGEST (David Bowie) MOST VALUABLE DISAPPOINTMENT TOP THREE GROUPS OF THE YEAR Rolling Stones PLAYER Ron Wood Elton John Led Zeppelin CRITIC OF THE YEAR The Who Lester Bangs TOP THREE FAD OF THE YEAR LIVE GROUPS Disco Rolling Stones ALBUM COVER Kiss OF THE YEAR Led Zeppelin Captain Fantastic BEST MALE SINGER & the Brown Dirt Cowboy David Bowie (Elton John) BEST FEMALE SINGER FASHION PLATE Linda Ronstadt OF THE YEAR BEST R & B SINGER Bryan Ferry Stevie Wonder SEX OBJECT OF THE YEAR BEST GUITARIST David Bowie Jimmy Page BEST ROCK 'N' ROLL BEST KEYBOARD MOVIE Elton John Tommy BEST BASSIST PUNK OF THE YEAR John Entwistle Lou Reed America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine 26 Talent Long Beach Preps HARRY CHAPIN ARTICULATE SPOKESMAN PIE To Handle Benefit Demands 3,150 -Seat Theater By NAT FREEDLAND By FRANK BARRON LOS ANGELES-According to Boyle, the D.C. promoter, is on the Nader, whose Public Citizen organi- LOS ANGELES-There'll be a Each site actually draws from the Harry Chapin, "You can hardly ever PIE board along with promoters zation would be one of the groups new concert look to the Pacific Ter- same Southland audience. get rock stars to play benefits unless Ron Delsener of New York, Sepp aided by PIE, and a group of rock race Convention Center in nearby The Pacific Terrace Theater will they are somehow contacted in per- Donahower of Los Angeles and Bill- stars assembled by Linda Ronstadt. Long Beach early in 1978 when the have refreshment lounges at each son and turned on to the cause in- board editor -publisher Lee Zhito. Nader was coming in from Wash- complex is opened to the public. side terrace of both balconies and in volved. If you're trying to reach Other music figures on the board are ington especially for the meeting Part of that complex is the existing the grand lobby. Balcony levels will these headliners through their man- with Ronstadt's circle of big -name 15,400 -seat Arena, but new will be be serviced with a grand stairway, Larry Fitzgerald of Caribou Man- agers, forget it." agement, entertainment attorney friends. Chapin explains, "Linda got the Pacific Terrace Theater, for- plus four elevators. Chapin, Elektra/Aslylum artist, concerned about the environmental merly the old Auditorium. A smaller Center Theater will Fred Gaines, Toby Roberts who op- describes himself as having played erates a rock travel service, and pollution that would come from The Theater, says manager Win F. house recitals and concerts limited "more badly run benefits than any- some new nuclear power plants Hanssen, will seat 3,150 persons on to 864 seats.It includes a thrust Chapin. Not all the board members body else in the business during the were present at the meeting. being planned and wrote in cold to three levels-orchestra, first balcony stage, and is designed in amphithea- past couple of years-as well as a few Ralph Nader asking what she could and second balcony. Continental - ter style. terrific benefits that made itall Chapin, who did a number of do about it. Organized action by type seats will be in the orchestra, The Long Beach Arena is second worthwile." benefits last year for the World Hun- Americans lucky enough to succeed conventional -type seats in the bal- in size only to the Forum at Ingle- He made his remarks at a Beverly ger Foundation, was to meet after as entertainers should be used a lot conies. Seating arrangement takes wood in the Greater Los Angeles Hills board meeting of the new Pub- the PIE board session with Ralph more on social issues." the shape of a wide fan, thus afford- area. Only other major sizable con- licInterest Entertainment (PIE) ing better view for all spectators. cert arena is the San Diego Sports nonprofit foundation whose forma- AMBITIOUS, RISKY Acoustics,Hanssenemphasizes Arena, some 125 miles south. tion was announced in Billboard "were the prime consideration in the Nellibuildings are part of the new Nov. 1. PIE is to operate as a pipe- interior design." $52 million Pacific Terrace Conven- line for artists who wish to perform Great British Music Fest The old Auditorium was all but tion Center complex, located in support of a variety of social demolished more than a year ago. A directly on the beach. change organizations. city law says the building can be re- Hanssen and assistant Dick Shaff Margery Tabankin, director of the Overcomes a Dull Setting are now accepting reservations for furbished, but not torn down, to Youth Project in Washington D.C., By PETER JONES coincide with Tidelands oil monies concerts in allthenew facilities be- a foundation that processes the dis- statutes. It held about 4,000, but was ginning April1,1978, subject to tribution of monetary grants to LONDON-The GreatBritish unobtrusive, the out -front facilities almost 45 years old. The Pacific Ter- completion as scheduled. They also Music Festival which saw in the comprehensive and the backstage grass -roots organizations, told her New Year here was surely the most arrangements drawing praise from race Theater thus will become a ma- (Continued on page 40) fellow board members, "It has been jor concert site in Southern Califor- ambitious and most risky project artists and visitors. A 20 -page souve- a revelation for me to sit in the office promoter Mel Bush has yet under- nir magazine was distributed free to nia for shows drawing smaller of a major concert promoter like audiences. taken. everybody. Jack Boyle and find that several It involved several dozen hours of Shows playing Santa Monica Ci- Early Live times an hour during an average On the debit side, certainly on the vic Auditorium now will undoubt- music from 18 British groups, big Saturday of the three-day event, working day he is being called to put name and newish, culminating in a edly give big thoughts to performing Music For on benefit shows. These music lead- there was none of the sense of spe- in Long Beach as well, or instead. ers can't possibly meet all the Saturday night set from Bad Com- cial excitement, of uplift, that char- pany. acterizes the best rock festivals and requests to donate their services. Bush had one main asset in his S.F. Club And it seems a natural for an organi- which certainly characterized Mel SAN FRANCISCO - Todd own background of experience and Bush's Crosby, Stills, Nash and Barkan, operator of the Keystone zaion like PIE to arise and fill the enviable reputation for meticulous Unsurpassed in Quality need for channeling music benefits Young concert at Wembley. Korner, has a new policy of opening organization. But against him was with worthy causes." at 6 p.m. for dinner and live music at the irredeemably bleak atmosphere This was no fault of the bands or 120 reduced prices, until 8:30 p.m. start- of Olympia, which has all the archi- of the promoter. Olympia is just not GLOSSY 111M. the best environment in which to EACH IN ing time for his regularly booked tectural warmth of a deserted air- spend the whole day sitting listening 1000 LOTS acts. The dinner hour will showcase craft hanger. local talent and new acts, probably $30 Mil Offer Final honors worked out about to music. Many members of the au- PHOTOS dience were enthusiastic, but many $65°° concentrating on soloists or small II even. The credit side included an 1000 POSTCARDS groups. To Beatles event which ran almost unbeliev- more sat apathetically, or wandered 100 8x10 $15" Ora Harris runs the kitchen at For One Date ably smoothly, with every band ap- around the concrete corridors as if Keystone, and coming in early for pearing on schedule. The sound was completely disassociated with the CUSTOM $85 on-stage action. COLOR PRINTS per 100 dinner entitles the patron to $1 off LOS ANGELES - Impresario excellent, even at the huge volume the regular show price. Bill Sargent has offered a $30 mil- generated by 60 PA stereo amps, Among the bands appearing: Be- COLOR LITHO -$105 Barkan is also producing a "Bi- lion guarantee, believed to be the each powering out a potential 400 bop de Luxe, Ronnie Lane, Naza- per 100( centennial Expansion & Survival largest in show business history, for watts per channel. reth, the Baker-Gurvitz Army, Pro - COLOR $160 Concert,"featuringthe Grover the Beatles to reunite for one concert Security men were civil and col Harum, Barclay James Harvest. POSTCARDS per 3000 Washington Sextet and the George to be aired worldwide on closed cir- MOUNTED 20"X30"30"X40" Benson Quintet with accompanying cuit television. ENLARGEMENTS $14.00 $20.00 string quartet at Oakland's Para- According to the offer, delivered Robin Hood Dell Gets a mount Theater Jan. 16. Barkan pro- individually to each of the four ex - duced several strong jazz shows at Beatles and their lawyers or repre- the Paramount last year. sentatives, the $30 million is a guar- New Roof For '76 Season one4er antee against a percentage of gross otocropherr Concert proceeds will go toward a PHILADELPHIA-Thecity's the seat buyers who become Friends club remodeling which is expected to be negotiated. The Beatles could new covered Robin Hood Dell West of the Dell, make it possible to get A Division ofJAMES J. KRIEGSMANN choose any location and facility in the concerts with the biggest names 165 W. 46th St., N.Y. 10036 to add an additional 75 seats to the being built in Fairmount Park will present 175 capacity. Club will close the world for the concert. They usher in the 47th Dell season with an for conductors and soloists as a free (212) PL 7-0233 would have to perform together for Feb. 9-15 for the work. historic opening concert bringing to- offering. at least 20 minutes although the gether three top soloists and Eugene Fredric R. Mann, president of the members could also perform indi- Ormandy conducting the Phila- Dell, announced the soloists signed vidually. delphia Orchestra. Gregor to date are pianists Van Cliburn, NARM Opens Sargent envisions the project to Piatigorsky, cellist, will team with Andre Watts and Jerome Low- cost $68 million. Tickets would sell violinist Isaac Stern and pianist enthal;violinists Pinchas Zucker- itnankt Cabana Area for $50 apiece at some 300 locations Vladimir Ashkenazy for the inaugu- man and Henryk Szeryng; sopranos NEW YORK-Based on the suc- around the world via General Elec- ral concert June 14. For the new fa- Beverly Sills and Roberta Peters; cess of the cabana visiting area at tric wide-screen systems with six - cility,the Philadelphia Orchestra and baritone Robert Merrill. Stephen other NARM conventions inthe channel sound. The promoter would will extend the summer concert sea- The old Dell, which could accom- Florida area, this year's confab will retain all visual rights. son from five to seven weeks with the modate up to 20,000 persons on Sinclair also feature this format at the Diplo- Sargent, who just completed a 15 concerts going to 22. benches and lawn, completely out- successful run with a videotape -con- MCA Records mat Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., The covered Dell will mean no doors, will become the Robin Hood March 19-24. verted -to -film presentation of the more cancellations of concerts be- Dell East with plans by the city's De- stage hit "Give 'Em Hell Harry," is partment of Recreation to stage a for recording with us at All pool and oceanside cabanas at cause of inclement weather. There the hotel will be utilized by NARM currently preparing a worldwide will be seating for 15,000 with 5,000 full summer season with 45 popular associate member companies who closed circuit "Death Match" from seats under cover, an additional and ethnic events. supply records, tapes, accessories, Australia between a man and a 5,000 bench seats ,on the park lawn, Previously, the city sponsored an united displayfixtures, packaging and shark. plus lawn seating for at least another August Festival with a dozen con- other products and services to the or- 5,000 persons. While the lawn seat- certs ranging from jazz and spiritual wettern ganization's membership. Peer Parley Held ing is free with admission tickets to light opera and nationality group Each afternoon of the convention, published in area daily newspapers, festivals. Same format will prevail Itudiot a three-hour time slot has been al- NEW YORK-Peer-Southern the covered seats will be reserved. with more ethnic groups represented loted, in which no other functions holds its European directors confer- For the entire 22 concerts, two re- in concert. The concerts, offering the a U J 5 company served seats will take a $200 contri- top pop talent, take a $1 admission 6000 Sunset BlvdHollywood, Ca. 90028 are scheduled, for meetings between ence in Cannes in conjunction with suppliers and their customers. MIDEM. bution with the boxes going for $400 with $5 for reserved seats down Providing refreshments through- Areas of discussion will cover the for two seats. Contributions from the front. (213) 469-3983 out the entire schedule of customer/ firm's Spark label operations and City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built at a cost of $7.2 million, the supplier meetings will be 20th Cen- coordination of international pub- Council of the Arts, and the Na- new Dell will have parking for 7,000 tury Records. lishing activities. tional Endowment for the Arts, plus cars. WE'RE TAKING INVENTORY MARCH 27.,. BE THERE AS BILLBOARD TAKES STOCK OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS IN

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The progressive rock sextet is managed Banjo picker Skip De Vol was amazing during played mammoth Radio City Music Hall with a his 20 -minute, five -song set which included a NEWYORK-Mauricio Alberto while living in New York for a year by Paul Tassler's Artistic Vision of St. Louis. show that might have been better suited for Roger Nichols, co -writerofhitsincluding good instrumental"Foggy MountainBreak- Kaiserman is riding the crest of the and studying at the Spanish-Ameri- Ethel Merman. This time around she played the "We've Only Just Begun" and the current down," "California Here I Come" and an impres- can Institute. His brother, Norton, smaller Carnegie Hall on a Wednesday night to wave of success internationally and sive "Dueling Banjos" sequence. Comedy star "Times Of Your Life," to Chappell Music for ad- attract, as she put it, only her "true fans." The the 24 -year -oldBraziliansinger - who handles his personal affairs and ministration of his companies, Three Eagle Mu- Jerry Collins, armed withfastmaterial,as- die-hards who attended Dec. 10 were treated to composer is still a bit bewildered by acts as an advance man for book- sic and Roger Nichols Music. tounded the near capacity house with his quick an eveningofpure soul from the idiom's it all. Just one song, the first he ever ings, has lived in New York eight wit and lightning delivery. HANFORD SEARL Butch Whacks, popular San Francisco novelty first lady. recorded, has done it all for him and, years. rock group, to Elka Records, new Los Angeles la- Performing most of her more recent hits rather appropriately, he still has a Albert started studying music bel helmed by Wally Roker. Frank Morgan along with material from her current Atlantic al- BOBBY VINTON bit of difficulty expressing his feel- while young and plays a variety of Band to PAL. Disque Productions headed by bum and r&b hits popularized by other perform- ings about success. instruments although he sticks veteran publisher George Pincus.... Roosevelt GABRIEL KAPLAN ers, Franklin displayed why she is considered Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas Kaiserman, of course,isbetter mainly to piano and guitar. Savannah, black country artist, to Roseway In- one of the greatest all-time soul singers. The known to his audience as Morris Al- His success with "Feelings," ABC act Bobby Vinton sparked a hard-hitting ternational, new label in Seattle. show's only flaw was that with the exception of Jan. 9 opening which showcased the Polish bert, composer and principal per- which has had more than 160 re- Linda Watkins to Stephen Metz Ltd. for man- "Dr. Feelgood" Aretha did none of her classic in Prince's great singing -performing artistry before former of the hit song "Feelings." corded versions severallan- agement and North American International for songs from the late '60s. a sold -out house. In a powerful display of musi- Here for a round of press inter- guages, has opened up new horizons records. The Beckies, a new band formed by Backed by a complete orchestra under the cal versatility and energy, Vinton executed three views and television appearances for Albert. He is starting his own former Left Banke and Stories member Michael energetic direction of H.B. Barnum, she per- long medleys in a 75 -minute 13 -song program prior to the Grammy awards for recording company in Brazil. Brown to Sire.... Ian Lloyd, former lead singer formed in a more relaxed, pleasant manner then highlighted by the excellent sound of the 29 - which he has received three nomi- "My new company, Kaiserman of Stories to Polydor. she had shown in recent concerts. She was in piece Dick Palombi orchestra. nations, Albert says in fluent Eng- Productions of Brazil, will give me The Spinners have re-signed to Atlantic Rec- fine voice during the 11/2 -hour set Carnegie Hall Pushed back into the show business lime- ords for a five-year exclusive worldwide record- acoustics that made the entire string section lish, "I still can't believe all of this. an opportunity to produce and light with his success on the salute to his Pol- record some sensitive artists in Brazil ing contract. Since joining the label, the group inaudible. When I recorded `Feelings' it was ish heritage in "My Melody Of Love," Vinton has had nine gold records. She is a truly superb performer who has not just another song as far as I was con- who've never had a chance at now soars with that stable tenor voice enhanced The Giants, featuring ex -Beau Brummell Ron trouble satisfying her fans when she sticks to cerned." recording before. The first single we by showmanship and sincerity. Vinton bridges Elliott and ex -Van Morrison guitarist John Pal- soul music. ROBERT FORD JR. Albert wrote "Feelings" in 1973 will release is by my friend Peter tania, to Casablanca. Five -man band will be the pop -rock level with Sedaka's "Breaking Up and recorded it for the Copacabana McGreen doing two of my composi- managed by AC Management, headed by Al JOHN HAMMOND Is Hard To Do," "Travelin' Band," a snappy in- label in Brazil in1974. Once re- tions. Peter is also the one who de- terpretation of Meredith Willson's "Music Man" Schwartz and Cary Lipman.... Nat Stuckey to leased that summer, it immediately signs my album covers." ROOMFUL OF BLUES hit song "Trouble In River City." Vinton's forays MCA. Country star is currently cutting his debut shot to the top of the Brazilian charts Oddly enough, Albert has never Bottom Line, New York into the audience work well during hit medleys LP for the label after a number of successful and stayed there for nearly six recorded in Portuguese although he Although most blues imitators are far cries and the "Beer Barrel Polka." He proves his in- years at RCA. months until March of 1975. does plan to do so sometime in the from the original, the Jan. 8 show here was strument training on clarinet, piano, drums, sax, loaded with heavy doses of the real stuff. Ham- trumpet and voice which illustrates why he was "It was really a phenomenal run future. However, his Spanish ver- for a song to be number one for six sion of "Feelings," the lyrics of Family Light mond has come into his own as a performer af- simultaneously signed by three Strip hotels last ter years of struggling with the blues idiom. In year. months in Brazil. It had never hap- which were written by Tomas Fun- the past, he played and sang with total convic- Comedian star Gabriel Kaplan provided new pened before," Albert says. "Of dora, has become almost as big a hit Now Non -Profit tion, but he always seemed to lack the stage material in a 35 -minute set which enabled the course, it is not unusual for an Eng- in Spain and Latin America as the SAN FRANCISCO-Family presence that was so much a part of the older "Kotter" tv star to pick moments from his youth lish -language song to do well in Bra- English version here. Light, the privately operated con- country bluesman. to dating, take -offs on commercials, school days zil." Curiously enough, both versions temporary music school in nearby During this performance he conversed with and the best moments of comedy with swipes at Albert is somewhat of an anach- hit the number one spot on the Sausalito which draws as teachers the audience and exposed another side of his the old Ed Sullivan shows. HANFORD SEARL ronism in terms of background and charts in Spain. In fact, as an inter- such locally based name talents as generous talents when he set aside his National musical direction. He was born in national hit, "Feelings" is quite ex- producer -manager David Rubin- steel guitar and picked up a 12 -string model. He CLEO LAINE, Rio de Janeiro in 1951. His father, traordinary, garnering gold records son, is changing to non-profit status. is a great exponent of country blues. JOHN DANKWORTH who owns a construction materials in Mexico, Spain, France and the Director Jan Tangen says the When he sings Robert Johnson, Blind Blake or business there, was born in Israel U.S. and both gold and silver in the even Willie Dixon, Hammond is in his own major & ENSEMBLE move is being made in order to make Carnegie Hall, New York and migrated to Brazil. His mother, U.K. upoperating deficits of some league with a few others like Larry Johnson and born in Brazil, was educated in Albert started his musical career $80,000 annually by obtaining Taj Mahal. It's amazing how he picked up all of Jazz mistress Laine kicked off a 21 -city con- France, whereby comes his fluency by heading two groups while still in grants or federal assistance rather the original mannerisms from each song helping cert tour here Jan. 13 before a packed, enthusi- in French. high school in Rio. One was called to convey them to the white audience that has astic hall. Lain smiled through early technical than raising tuition at the two -year - intelligently accepted his music as the "gospel problems stemming from a too -soft mike and Albert studied English at the Brit- the Thunders and the other the old school. truth." came back to a strong second half more in bal- ish -American School where he also Hangmen. Hardly indicative of the In the coming months, it would be beneficial ance with her group, augmented for live record- took courses in law. However, he soft, rather haunting quality of to book Hammond with Roomful of Blues, a per- ing by an eight -piece string section joined by gained more fluency in English "Feelings." fect opener. guest artist Clark Terry on trumpet and flugel- SPECIAL AIRPLANE This seven -piece Boston group is one of the horn. Beautiful Turbo -Prop Viscount better things to happen to music in many years. Laine showed her voice to be a precise jazz Not only has it totally reproduced the blues-r&b instrument, adept and versatile, although at Triumph In Mexico Spurs For Sale or Lease sound that was popular in the forties -fifties and times a bit too delicate for the massive Carnegie early sixties, but it has done it extremely well acoustics. A first-half medley of train songs A Very custom 19 Place in- with all of the trimmings. The group is com- "How Long Blues," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" Conniff To Other Dates terior, with plenty of storage posed of a tenor, alto and baritone sax section, and 'Take The 'A' Train" never quite came to By MARVFISHER and wardrobe space. plus a pianist, bassist, drummer and fine guitar- life;but a medley of Sondheim showtunes ist -singer. The sound was very rocking and the sparked brighter, especially "Broadway Baby" MEXICO CITY-Ray Conniff is more dates is his preparation of the Aircraft is well equipped and audience which is sometimes cold to opening from "Follies." a dedicated studio artist, but there show. "I go through great pains in in excellent condition. acts was wild with excitement. Tunes by Freddie Laine's husband Dankworth overshadowed are signs that he could be making making sure every last detail is per- Idealfor an entertainment King, Jimmy Witherspoon and others were all re- his wife in the first half, serving throughout as more, selected personal appearances fect," he says, "and sometimes this group who cannot operate created with utmost taste and talent, and unlike conductor and delivering consistently sensitive in the future. His latest here, on New takes hours, sometimes days." In the on an airline schedule. many other white blues-r&bacts,Roomful performances on sax and clarinet. A series of Year's Eve, proved to be a great case of Mexico, aside from some lan- didn't draw from the popular tunes of the past- five poems set to music by Dankwork and sung stimulant for the patrons as well as guage barriers, there was occasional instead it went for the obscure ones. JIM FISHEL by Laine was the major success of the first half. for himself. difficulty in setting up the right AIRPLANES INC. Straightlaced W.M. Thackeray, John Donne and "I don't particularly like to go on lighting, right intercom between COUNTRY MUSIC U.S.A. Robert Herrick came to life with as much spirit PO Box 2215 Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas the road," the CBS act for close to booth and stage. Livonia, Michigan 48151 as cutups Spike Milligan and Percy French. The two decades says, "however I must As a result of his recent impact in Perhaps the strongest country entertainment other showstopper of the first half was a Dank - Latin territory, negotiations have (313) 425-1260 package so far, the first edition of "Country Mu- worth composition, "Birdsong," a speedy, airy admit I was touched by the whole sic U.S.A." is presently into the new year with doodle in which Dankworth and Laine flawlessly experience of being here for this started via agent Harold Jovian for strong, down-home Columbia recording artist matched each other note for note. one." In an unprecedented showcas- the Conniff show to make a junket to Barbara Fairchild. Booked by impresario Jim In the second half, Laine opened stronger ing, Conniff and his company of Brazil later this year or in 1977. In- TOP QUALITY Halsey, the Jubilee Room show also includes and built to a big finish, although never quite more than 20 singers and musicians ternationally, he has already made it singer Jerry Naylor, banjo -picker Skip De Vol achieving real fullness with her enlarged en- (with an almost equal number of to Great Britain, Russia and Japan, 8x10 and fast -paced comedy star Jerry Collins in a 90 - semble. Dankworth held back the strings, per- Mexican elements) rang in the New thus his "musical invasion" of Latin minute show of crossover country -pop music. haps because Leine never really appeared to let Year for more than two hours on America does show further signs of -44,-PRINTS Well known for 'The Teddy Bear Song," Fair- go herself. She reached a high point of commit- stage. The show of approval replete loosening up his policy to "stay in a LITHOGRAPHED ON HEAVY GLOSS STOCK child demonstrated top -form stage presence, ment in Noel Coward number, "London with a shower of napkins, ties, jack- the studio." working in the audience, delivering excellent vo- Pride," bringing the house to its feet as she sent ets, etc. (ala bullfight style) for the Conniff personally considers the BLACK & WHITE 8 xl0s cals from country to pop and sharing thoughts an earring winging to the floor. Pianist Paul Hart actual concert was followed by a Latin market "exceptionally strong 500 S28.00 1000 -- 542.50 about her life. Her interpretation of the David switched to violin for a brilliant, searing accom- dance session. for sales," consequently he is bend- Gates classic "If" was especially moving with paniment on "Direction," and Dankworth and "The Latin appreciation of music ing somewhat in that direction. "I husband Randy Reinhard handling the steel gui- Terry traded brief, solid solos on "Born On A Fri- COLOR PRINTS was just so fantastic, I couldn't turn don't know what did it, but a lot has tar well. She also scored well on "All I Ever Need day (Unlucky Woman)." The rhythm end was them down," Conniff assesses his re- to be attributed to the `be ba's and 1000 - S224.00 Is You," "I Just Love Being A Woman" and a roll- held up competently by Daryl Runswick on bass ception. The 1,200 who attended at a do do's,"' he laughingly says. In icking "Bobby McGee" version. Freddy Fender's and Terry Cox on drums. minimum per of 975 pesos ($78) toto, Conniff's yearly sales at last SEND FOR SAMPLES AND COMPLETE PRICES "Secret Love" allowed Fairchild the opportunity After a weak start, the concert ended on a ON 8x10s, OTHER SIZE PRINTS, were still just a small dent in the mu- count were one million domestic, a AND POSTERS to prove her ballad -smooth controlled voice. firm up -note. One personal criticism: Lain would be better off putting less effort into goofy sician -arranger'sfantastic popu- million and a half overseas. The Lat- Jerry Naylor packed eight good songs into -a ins accounted for a good share of mere 20 minutesetwitha rocking "Proud faces and cutesy poses and throwing more en- larity here. However, he made sure Mary." "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms" and ergy intoher music -making. Her controlled, he gave them more than their those figures, after England. PICTURES his Top 40 hit, "Is That All There Is To Honky crystal voice, teamed with Dankworth's rare lev- money's worth for the start of 1976. Aside from his one night at the 1867E. FLORIDA SPRINGFIELD, MO. 65803 Tonk?" Reviewing his days aslead with the els of warmth and professionalism, leave no Actually, the factor which does Camino Real, Conniff sandwiched Crickets with "That'll Be The Day," Naylor tele- need for music hall theatrics. JIM SIEGEUAAN block Conniff from considering (Continued on page 40) FREE & EXCLUSIVE

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As Of 1/19/76 Promo In Compiled from selected rackjobber by theRecord Market Research Dept. of Billboard. 1 I WRITE THE SONGS-Barry 21 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT-Eagles- Shift To Manilow-Arista 0157 Asylum 45293 2 CONVOY-C.W. McCall-MGM 22SKYHIGH-Jigsaw-Chelsea 3022 14839 23GOLDEN YEARS-David Bowie- RCA 10441 One -Stops 3THEME FROM "MAHOGANY"- Diana Ross-Motown 137) 24 LOVE MACHINE (Part 1)- Miracles-Tamla 54262 By ANNE DUSTON 4FOX ON THE RUN-Sweet-Capitol 4157 25 ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT- CHICAGO-Ovation Records, in Kiss-Casablanca 850 5 SATURDAY NIGHT-Bay City 26 NIGHTS ON BROADWAY-Bee re-evaluating its promotional singles Rollers-Arista AL 4049 program, will cut down on mailings Gees-RSO 515 6LOVE ROLLERCOASTER-Ohio 27 SING A SONG-Earth, Wind & to operators, while putting more ef- Players-Mercury 73734 Fire-Columbia 3-10251 fort behind one -stop mailings and 7 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR 28 FLY ROBIN FLY-Silver follow up, says Les Reed, sales and LOVER-Paul Simon-Columbia Convention-Midland marketing manager. 3010270 International 10339 Close to 500 copies of every single 8 YOU SEXY THING-Hot Chocolate- 29 TIMES OF YOUR LIFE-Paul Anka- have been sent to operators, but Big Tree 16047 United Artists 737 Temple Univ. photo 30 PALOMA BLANCA-George Baker Reed considers this "too large, with 9 FLY AWAY-John Denver-RCA Selection-Warner Bros. 8115 10517 PhillyIntl. Univ.: A $650 scholarship provided by Philadelphia International many coming back because of busi- 31 WAKE UP EVERY BODY (Part 1)- Records and Gamble -Huffwill enable 13 Philadelphia junior and senior high 10BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO- Harold Melvin & The Blue ness closings." Neil Sedaka-Rocket 40500 school students to attend the new "Business of Music" course of Temple One -stops represent the first line Notes-Philadelphia International Univ. Pictured at the presentation of the scholarship are left to right, Leon 11 THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT- K.C. 8-3579 of attack in promotion, he says, and & The Sunshine Band-TK 1015 Huff; Renee Verker, coordinator of the scholarship; Rod Zalkind, instructor of 32 THE WHITE KNIGHT-Cleddus are often instrumental in forcing air- 12 LOVE HURTS-Nazareth-A&M Maggardi-Mercury 73751 the course; Roger Dean, director of Temple's College of Music Preparatory play, especially in secondary mar- 1671 33 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE-David Ruffin-Motown 1376 Division, and Kenny Gamble. kets where the distributor is out-of- 13 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY-Donna Summer-Oasis 401 34DREAM ON-Aerosmith-Columbia state, such as Montana, Iowa, Utah, 3.10278 Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma. 14I LOVE MUSIC (Part 1)-0'Jays- 35BABY FACE-Wing & A Prayer Fife Zalkind Campus Course Reed guesses that mailings to op- Philadelphia International 3577 & Drum Corps-Wing & A Prayer 15ALL BY MYSELF-Eric Carmen- 103 Continued :from page 12 want in the music business and how erators may generate 10 to 15 sales of a country record, but a survey of op- Arista 0165 36 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY-Queen- musical career in the future, Zalkind to get? 16 WINNERS & LOSERS-Hamilton, Elektra 45297 "Oddly enough, most students erators indicate that this figure is Joe Frank & Reynolds-Playboy 37 LET THE MUSIC PLAY-Barry finds teaching more desirable at the very high. White -20th Century 2265 moment. In fact, he has set up his know ahead of time that this course 6054 "We seldom find real good rec- 17 SQUEEZE BOX-The Who-MCA 38 'TIL IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE- own private consulting firm here, will not be an easy one, but not one Jonathan Cain-October 101 ords that we buy to cover," says Les 18 SLOW RIDE-Foghat-Bearsville "Career Guidance in Music" which student has dropped out," he says. 39 DECEMBER 1963 (Oh What A "In fact three gold record song- Montooth, Les Montooth Phono- 0306 Night)-Four Seasons-Warner he offers as a service to people at- graph Service, Peoria, Ill., of the half 19 THEME FROM "SWAT"-Rhythm Bros./Curb 8168 tempting to crack into the business. writers took my Temple Univ. Heritage-ABC 12135 course last semester." dozen promotion records per week 40 COUNTRY BOY (You Got Your Feet Although there was some admin- from various labels that he receives. 20 EVIL WOMAN-Electric Light In L.A.)-Glen Campbell-Capitol The breakdown of students for all Orchestra-United Artists 729 4155 istrative resistance toward his course of his heterogenous classes is 40% "Most always, the record has just at the beginning, Zalkind sees all of songwriters, 30% musicians in the been released and is not receiving that as the past. pop area, 15% from the classical area airplay. We don't make records pop- "Everyone is totally receptive to and 15% thatare production - ular, we use popular records. The the course and the record industry minded. promotion copy isn't any good to us Rack LP Best Sellers has been extremely helpful, because "One of my students attended the unless someone wants it," he notes, Copyright 1976. Billboard Publications, Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced. supporting Reed's position that ef- stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical. see the fine points of it," he class that Norman Weiser spoke at, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher says. "Some of the top spokesmen in and when it was finished he ap- fective promotion should include the business, from all areas of it, proached him with several of his the opportunity to foster airplay. As Of 1/19/76 have spoke to my students on a songs and has since been signed to Montooth notes that he has been Compiled from selected rackjobber by the Record Market Research Dept. of Billboard. wide-ranging variety of topics." receiving more promotional copies Chappell Music for two of them," 1 CHICAGO IX CHICAGO'S 21 SEDAKA'S BACK-Neil Sedaka- Zalkind says. "Although this doesn't in the last six months from small or GREATEST HITS-Columbia PC Rocket 463 Among the guest lecturers in the unknown companies. The cost of past are Clive Davis, Norman Wei- happen all of the time, it is a nice 33900 22 WISH YOU WERE HERE-Pink travel has practically eliminated the 2 HISTORY-AMERICA'S GREATEST Floyd-Columbia PC 33453 ser, Ron Delsener, Steve Holden, feeling of accomplishment." HITS-America-Warner Bros. BS For the various courses this se- walk-in promoter who carries prod- 23 BREAKAWAY-Art Garfunkel- Russ Sanjck, Howard Stein, Herman uct personally to the operator, he 2894 Columbia PC 33700 Finkelstein, Bruce Lundvall, Paul mester, planned guests include Mar- 3WINDSONG-John Denver-RCA adds. Asylum 7E-1039 24THE HUNGRY YEARS-Neil Adler, Mo Septee and many others. vin Kane, Sid Bernstein, Lewis Sedaka-Rocket PIG 2157 Bachman, Bruce Lundvall, Arnold Reed agrees that operator -di- 4 HELEN REDDY'S GREATEST HITS- Nothing is taken for granted in the Capitol ST 11467 25 THE BEST OF CARLY SIMON- Broido of Theodore Presser Publish- rected promotion is expensive, espe- Elektra 7E-1048 teaching of the course, according to cially where there is a limited field 5 STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE Zalkind, and realism is the major ing, Anthony Giliotti of the Phila- YEARS-Paul Simon-Columbia 26 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN delphia Orchestra and Murray force. "The mailed copy takes the PC 33540 MELLOW-Olivia Newton-John- point behind the course so that the MCA 2133 Swartz, among others. place of a field rep, but isn't really 6ONE OF THESE NIGHTS-Eagles- students have a chance of making it Asylum 7E-1039 27 BACK HOME AGAIN-John Topics of discussion will include sufficient by itself.It requires fol- in the business. low-up calls to bring the label and 7 GRATITUDE-Earth, Wind & Fire- Denver-RCA CPL1.0548 professionalfund-raising,copy- Columbia PC PG 33694 28 PRISONER IN DISGUISE-Linda "When I tried to start this course, I rights, booking agents, personal recording act to the attention of the 8 GREATEST HITS-Elton John-MCA Ronstadt-Asylum 7E-1045 wrote 25 schools including Juilliard managers, concertpromoters, recipient, and with one -stops, they 2128 29 ENDLESS SUMMER-Beach Boys- about the music business and the recording, producing and others. are in a position to pressure the dis- 9K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND-TK Capitol SVBB 11307 only school that replied with an eye The junior and senior high tributor to buy. It's important to note 603 30THE BAY CITY ROLLERS-Arista AL 10 GREATEST HITS-Seals & Crafts- 4049 towardpracticalapplication was schools course will be taught one here that we do not sell direct to one - Warner Bros. BS 2885 31 CAT STEVENS' GREATEST HITS- the New School," he asserts. "Al- stops." 11 ROCK OF THE WESTIES-Elton day later than the regular Temple A&M SP 4519 though many schools throughout Univ. course, according to Zalkind, Besides his role in promoting air- John-MCA 2163 12 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER- 32 TIMES OF YOUR LIFE-Paul Anka- the country have a so-called 'Busi- but will feature similar topics and play and distributor sales, the one - United Artists UA-LA569-G stop also can influence buying pat- The Captain & Tennille-A&M SP ness Of Music' course, most of them speakers. 3405 33 THE HISSING OF SUMMER don't approach it in terms of prac- Another project just completed by terns of operators, as noted by Don 13 RED OCTOPUS-Jefferson LAWNS-Joni Mitchell-Asylum 7E-1051 tical application." him was a music seminar two weeks Knott, Knott Music, Galesburg, Ill., Starship-Grunt BFU-0999 ago at the Univ. of Tulsa with at- who relies on his one -stop to supply 14 BLACK BEAR ROAD-C.W. 34FAMILY REUNION-O'Jays- He also says that many musicians jukebox records. "Gus Tartol at McCALL-MGM M3G 5008 Philadelphia International PZ going into the industry are not pre- tendance input from many industry 33807 Singer in Chicago knows the kind of 15 TRYIN' TO GET THE FELLIN'- pared for the business thatlies leaders like Lundvall and Finkel- Barry Manilow-Arista AL 4060 35IV-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic SD 7208 ahead and because of this, they have stein. music we use in this area, and just 16 ALIVE!-Kiss-Casablanca NBLP 36 THE FOUR SEASONS STORY- Zalkind was very pleased that mails us a package every week. We 7020 Private Stock PS 7000 a short future. 17 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP many of these industry people went don't pay much attention to promo- 37FLEETWOOD MAC-Reprise Based on the initial positive re- FALLS-Freddy Fender-ABC/Dot MS2225 sponse from the New School, Zal- to Tulsa on their own time and own tion mailings because they usually DOSD 2020 don'tfitinto our programming, GREATEST HITS-John Denver- 38 NUMBERS-Cat Stevens-A&M SP kind began a similar course last expense. 18 4555 which is mostly country. Maybe out RCA CPU -0374 semester at Philadelphia's Temple "This has been the kind of recep- FACE THE MUSIC-Electric Light of 10 promotional records, we might 19 CLEARLY LOVE-Olivia Newton- 39 Univ. The course was so successful tion that I've received from members John-MCA 2148 Orchestra-United Artists UkLA- that the school set up another one of the music community ever since I buy two to cover. They're bound to 20CAPTAIN FANTASTIC & THE 546-G hit the charts every once in a while, BROWN DIRT COWBOY-Elton 40LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY-Donna this term, as well as a modified started my courses, and it doesn't Summer-Oasis OCLP 5003 course for junior and senior high look as if it's lessening," he states. but personally, I think they send us John-MCA 2142 school students in the Philadelphia "In fact, many of these same people their dogs." Jukebox mailings from Ovation to area. have agreed to help out with the Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of Temple Summer Comprehensive operators are centered mainly on Philadelphia International Records Workshop that I have planned for country music, Reed says. "We get Jan `Misirlou' August Dead were so impressed that they set up a June 7 through 27." less support on country music from scholarship fund of $650 enabling In the future, Zalkind would like the independent distributors who NEW YORK-Pianist and vibes player Jan August, who enjoyed several account for only 12% of country hits. big selling singles hits in the late 1940s, died here last week. He had suffered a 13 musically -talentedteenagers to extend his course even further by from low-income homes to learn the helping other schools, and he would The reason is that the major labels heart attack Jan. 9. intricacies of the music business. also like to do research in the field of have the staff to personally push August, 71, was best known for his "Misirlou" single for Mercury, which At the start of each semester, Zal- music education-putting it further their own records at the one -stop reportedly sold in excess of 5 million copies globally. Self-taught, August be- kind hits the students with one basic into the realm of practical applica- level. This is why our direction this gan his career in Greenwich Village clubs. question: "Do you know what you tion. (Continued on page 40) He is survived by the widow, Bette August, and three daughters. 31 Disco Action Discos Copyright 1976, Billboard Publications. Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic. mechanical Disks Perk N.J. `OffNights' photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. By MARIE ORODENKER

Top Audience Response Colony Records (New York) MOUNT HOLLY, N.J.-While Babe's at nearby Mercer on Tuesday Blackwood, featuring live units, sets Records In N.Y. Discos Retail Sales live entertainment dominates the af- nights. Travel Lodge at neighboring Thursday night aside for spinning ter -dark scene at the many clubs and Mount Laurel turns its Bear's Den This Week This Week Frank Sinatra records. motel lounges dotting the South Jer- Lounge into an Oldies disco on Sun- Colonial Pub in Trenton, with live 1 MIGHTY HIGH/EVERYTHING IS LOVE- 1 SPANISH HUSTLE-The Fatback Band- sey roadside communities, a number day nights. While live bands are fea- units on Wednesday, Friday and Mighty Clouds Of Joy-ABC (LP) Event (LP) of clubs are turning to the disco tured nightly, it's also Sundays for a 2EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About 10-Ralph Saturday, offers Sounds Incorpo- 2 SALSOUL-Salsoul Orch.-Salsoul (LP) scene to keep things humming on off Carter-Mercury (disco version) Disco sound with Disco John at the rated with Jake Weiman spinning 3 I LOVE MUSIC-The O'Jays-Phila. Intl 3 EXTRA, EXTRA (Read AM About 10-Ralph nights. Recognizing that there are Satellite in Cookstown. the recordson Tuesday, Thursday (LP) Carter-Mercury (disco version) many people out there who enjoy Pirates Inn in Mount Laurel also and Sunday. De Nucci's Lounge, 4TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT CHA' 4LET'S GROOVE/DANCE YOUR TROUBLES dancing to recorded music, many appeals to the oldie record fans on across the river in Levittown, Pa., BABY-Harold Melvin & the Blue AWAY-Archie Bell & The Drells-TSOP spots are setting aside special nights Wednesday nights, bringing in Joe has DJ Bob Pantano for "The Disco Notes-Phila. Intl (LP) (LP) for disco dancing. Simone, from WIP Radio in Phila- Sound" every Wednesday night. De 5 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC-The Softones- 5 FIND MY WAY-Cameo-Chocolate City Jerry Blavat, radio and tv person- Avco delphia to handle the turntable. Nucci's also has record music alter- 6 JOYCE-Papa John Creach-Buddah (disco 6 ality in nearby Philadelphia long Capriotti's in Mount Ephraim also nating with live units on Friday and LET'S GROOVE/DANCE YOUR TROUBLES version) AWAY-Archie Bell & The Drells-TSOP identified with the rock 'n' roll pe- brings in a Philadelphia deejay in Saturday nights with jockey Jake (LP) 7 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC-The Softones- riod, is building an "Oldie" night on Joey Reynolds for a Monday night Weiman manning the turntable. 7 MORE, MORE, MORE-Andrea True Avco ThursdaysatCharley's Other disco party. Also wooing the older Other rooms on the Jersey shore also Connection-Buddah (Part 2) 8 I'LL BE SEEING YOU-Jeff Evans- Brother, and takes to the turntable at crowd, the Upstairs discotheque in Grandstand aim to attract disco dancers with re- 8LADY BUMP/THE LADY BUMPS ON- corded music alternating with the Penny Mclean-ATCO 9 MERRY GO ROUND-Monday After- 9JOYCE-Papa John Creach-Buddah (disco Buddah live attraction. version) Yardville Hotel 10MORE, MORE, MORE-Andrea True Bootlegged Disco Tapes in Yardville 10 JUMP FOR JOY/I COULD HAVE DANCED Connection-Buddah makes it disco nite on Thursdays ALL NIGHT-Biddu Orch.-Epic Continued from page .3 bor's house party was just the right 11 MASADA-Joe Thomas-Groove Merchant with a combination of recorded and 11SPANISH HUSTLE-The Fatback Band- tan area clubs, has grown over the kind of programming material for live disco; and the Beach House at Event (LP) 12LET'S DO IT AGAIN-Eddie Drennon- the event. Friends & Co. (LP) past months here. Point Pleasant Beach has Charlie 12 THANK YOU BABY FOR LOVING ME- Love said he listened to the cas- 13 Holding a catalog of titles avail- Roberts providing the disco sounds Quickest Way Out-Philly Groove (WB) INSIDE AMERICA-fuggy Murray Jones- sette and the quality was "awful." 13 ANDRE GAGNON-London (Import from Jupiter able from a company calling itself alternating with live combos on Fri- Canada) 14 MOVIN'/CHANGIN'-Brass Construction- "The Spinner," Love said one of his He's also bugged because there are day and Saturday nights. 14SALSOUL-Salsoul Orch.-Salsoul (LP) UA a&red songs, "Do It With Feeling" no royalties paid to anyone. 15 SMILE-Simon Said-ATCO 15 ONE FINE DAY- Julie Budd-Tom Cat by Michael Zager and the Moon Love suggests that record shops in Band on Bang, was included in a Greenwich Village,inmidtown Bingenheimer tape which was being sold under- Manhattan and on Long Island are peddling the bootlegs. Now Deejaying Melody Song Shops Downstairs Records (New York) the-counter in record shops in the New York area. A tape can consist of He believes this kind of product Retail Sales Retail Sales has to be attacked in the same fash- L.A. Starwood (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) between 20-30 tunes, Love said. This Week Love told the more than 500 per- ion as the record industry has jabbed LOS ANGELES-The Starwood's This Week at bootleg and pirate records and 8 - 1 SPANISH HUSTLE-The Fatback Band- sons at the morning session that the disco room here will switch to all tracks. 1 SPANISH HUSTLE-The Fatback Band- Event (LP) creation of bootleg tapes should get rock Mondays and Tuesdays with Originally, these illicit tapes were Event (LP) 2 JUMP FOR JOY-Biddu Orch.-Epic the immediate attention of record Rodney Bingenheimer asdisk 2 I FEEL A GROOVE-Bobby Womack-UA companies. made by club disk jockeys taping jockey. 3 TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT CHA' Love said these tapes were being their own performances and sold to Bingenheimer,theerstwhile 3 TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT CHA' BABY-Harold Melvin & the Blue businesses on open reels for any- BABY-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes-Phila. Intl (LP) produced by people with twin turn- "Mayor Of Sunset Strip," is a well- Notes-Phila. Intl (LP) tables who get the singles and make where from $30-$75. known Hollywood rock figure and 4 MASADA-Joe Thomas-Groove Merchant The music which was initially 4 their own tapes and then sell them to helped show the scene to the likes of CHAINS/ITS NOT WHAT YOU GOT-Eddie 5 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC-The Softones- Kendricks-Tamla (LP) record shops. The shops in turn used as a background source next the Beatles, the Stones and Dylan on Avco make their availability known to became a requested item for home their first visits West. He operated 5LET'S GROOVE-Archie Bell And The 6 MY LOVE SUPREME-Milton Hamilton-TR use sinceit Drells-TSOP (LP) customers in a quiet way. provided continuous and programmed for several years 7 INSIDE AMERICA-Juggy Murray Jones- play of dance music. the recently closed Sunset Blvd. 6MOViN'-Brass Construction-UA (LP) Love said if these bootlegs weren't Jupiter halted now, the day would come The newest wrinkle, according to disco bearing his name. Rodney and 7 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC-The Softones- 8 THANK YOU BABY FOR LOVING ME- Love,isthe growing under-the- his club were written up in "Time" Avco when someone with high quality re- Quickest Way Out-Philly Groove (WB) producing slaves would get into the counter sale to the general public of and "Newsweek" as well as "Rolling 8 DISCO LIPSO-Mandrill-UA (LP) 9I'LL BE SEEING YOU-Jeff Evans- these "greatest dance hits" type of Stone." Grandstand picture. 9SMILE-Simon Said-ATCO tapes. In this vein, cassettes are more Bingenheimer'sdisco program- 10 VENUS-Frankie Avalon-De-Lite Joe Cayre, SalSoul Records presi- 10 ZONE-Rhythm Makers-Vigor popular than 8 -track cartridges. ming specializes in English glitter - 11 WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW- dent, on the panel for this session, offered the suggestion that one way No one has yet been able to iden- rock and appeals to young teens who 11I'LL BE SEEING YOU-Jeff Evans- Morningside Drive-Copperfield tify who "The Spinner" is. There is Grandstand 12 WONDERFUL-Jay And The Technics- to halt the exposure of these tapes like to hang out costumed and made no identification on the catalog up to look like David Bowie or Suzi 12EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About 10-Ralkh Event would be for club disk jockeys not to Carter-Mercury 13PLEASE STAY/LATIN HUSTLE-Eddie play them. which retail clerks have been show- Quatro. He plays a lot of new im- ing to customers. 13 MORE, MORE, MORE-Andrea True Drennon-Friends & Co. (LP) Love noted that Cayre had not ports from the likes of Slade, Sweet Connection-Buddah 14DISCO CONNECTION -Issac Hayes-ABC understood what he was suggesting, So like the "Rubber Dubber" who or Roxy Music before they are avail- (LP) created bootleg LPs in the Los An- able in U.S. release. 14 MIGHTY HIGH-The Mighty Clouds Of Joy- that it wasn't a matter of spinners 15LET'S GROOVE/DANCE YOUR TROUBLES ABC (LP) playing them but rather that retail geles area three years ago of famous The cavernous Starwood (for- AWAY-Archie Bell & The Drells-TSOP rock groups in concert, "The Spin- merly P.J.'s) features an increasingly 15 JOYCE-Papa John Creach-Buddah (LP) shops were selling them to the pub- lic. ner" is now actively creating disco successful 700 -capacity rock show- Two stories in Billboard during dance tapes in the New York area. room with danceflooras well as the the past 15 months have detailed the The "Dubber" ceased operating disco room, food counter, amuse- Top Audience Response Records Top Audience Response Records creation in this area of disco tapes last year. "The Spinner" has yet to ment machine arcade and jewelry In San Francisco Discos In Los Angeles Discos for boutiques, other stores and pri- be slowed down. boutique. vate parties. This Week This Week Producer Love, a bit piqued that 1 LADY BUMP-Penny McLean-ATCO (disco 1 DO WHAT YOU FEEL/BUCKHEAD -Atlanta the plenary session treated the sub- version) Disco Band-Ariola ject so lightly, said "The Spinner" DISCO STARTER LIGHTING PACKAGE 2 MIGHTY HIGH-Mighty Clouds Of Joy-ABC 2 BOHANNON BEAT/BOHANNON WALK- (LP) Bohannon-Dakor has a catalog with upwards of 30 ti- Contains All These Special Effects: tles which sell for between $10-$20. 1 PORTABLE CONTROL PROGRAMMER 3 FIND MY WAY -Camero-Chocolate City 3 SALSOUL-Salsoul Orch.-Salsoul (all cuts) 4 LOVE MACHINE-The Miracles-Tamla (LP) Some tapes run two hours, some to play lights manually, pulsating effects created by running fingers back and forth 5 I LOVE MUSIC-The O'Jays-Phila. Intl 4 JUMP FOR JOY-Biddu Orchestra-Epic 90 minutes. Love learned about his over momentary switches (LP) 5 SING A SONG-Earth, Wind & Fire- single being included in a recent "re- 6EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About 10-Ralph Columbia (LP) lease" when a neighbor was ap- 10 ADJUSTABLE ANGLE SPOTLIGHTS w/ TEN 75W REFLECTOR COLOR LAMPS Carter-Mercury (disco version) 6SPIDER MAN-Ramsey Lewis-Columbia proached by a clerk in a Forest Hills, 7 DRIVE MY CAR-Gary Toms Empire-P.I.P. (LP) N.Y., record shop with the sugges- 1 FLASHING COLOR STROBE (disco version) 7 DANCE DANCE DANCE-Charlie Callels- tion that a disco tape for the neigh - 1 HI INTENSITY ADJUSTABLE SPEED 8 BUCK HEAD-Atlanta Disco Band-America Ariola STROBE Ariola (LP) $'eSe 8 MORE MORE MORE-Andrea True 1 AUTOMATIC BUBBLE MACHINE 9SING A SONG-Earth, Wind And Fire- Connection-Buddah (disco edit) ki..-.xi w /Gallon Bubble Juice Columbia 9 EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About It)-Ralph New Oz Club In 10 BABY FACE- Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Carter-Mercury (disco version) San Diego On Way 1 KALEIDOSCOPE PROJECTOR Corp.-Wing & A Prayer 10 LOVE/CHANGES-Brass Connection- 1 12" MIRROR BALL complete 11JUMP FOR JOY/I COULD HAVE DANCED United Artists SAN DIEGO-Frank Almeida, w/2 SPOTLIGHTS w/COLOR DISKS ,i ALL NIGHT- Biddu Orch.-Epic 11AFRICAN SYMPHONY-Henry Mancini- creator of the Jabberwocky disco- Special ai. 12 GET UP AND MOVE YOUR BABY- Poison- RCA (disco edit) Discount 1395 Delivered theque, will open the Oz disco. U.S.A. Roulette (disco version) 12MIGHTY HIGH-Mighty Clouds Of Joy-AVC Price . . . . "The idea of Oz," says Almeida, . 13 TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT CHA' (LP) "is a place to escape from the reali- Disco Special Effects Specialist BABY- Harold Melvin & the Blue 13I AM SOMEBODY-Jimmy James & The Write For Free Forty Page Catalog Notes-Phila. Intl (LP) Vagabonds-Pye ties of today's hectic pace." 14 BOHANNON'S BEAT- Bohannon-Dakar Designer of the club is Fred Ma- 14STREET TALK-B.C.G.-20th Century (disco Times Square (LP) edit) cari, who also did the initial Jabber- 15 DO IT WITH FEELING- Michael Zager- 15HUSTLE ON UP-Hidden Strength-United wocky. Features include multi -level Theatrical & Studio Supply Corp. Bang Artists social areas, tubes and multi -pin- 318 West 47th St., New York, N.Y. 10036 point lights and a health club. Tel: (212) 245-4155 32 Sound Business Sound Waves Wider Scope Studio Track By JOHN WORAM By BOB KIRSCH NEW YORK-"Quad recording even the record reviewers were not Asked For LOS ANGELES-Thepast In notes from around the country, often subverts the music to the tech- always on target in their assessment month at Cherokee Recording Stu- the Amazing Rhythm Acesarein the nology," says Bert Whyte, veteran of good recorded sound, and that the dios here has seen the most active Sam Phillips Recording Studio in audio critic. well -engineered record may not get Producers period in the studio's history, with a Memphis cutting their second al- Some 150 persons showed up at the recognition it deserves. LOS ANGELES-"I feel a pro- large number of artists at work and a bum. Producer is Barry "Byrd" Bur- the WQXR Auditorium Jan. 13 to As the evening drew to a close, the ducer should be involved in market- new studio opened. ton for Southern Rooster Produc- hear Whyte, Regent Sound's Bob discussion focused on the wealth of ing and merchandising decisions as A remodelled and enlarged Stu- tions. At the Music Grinder in Los Liftin and Institute of Audio Re- technological information available well as the creative process, because Angeles. Hedge & Donna are back at search director Al Grundy discuss dio 3 was unveiled, featuring an to-yet perhaps beyond the aca- a good producer thinks marketing MCI 24 -track tape machine as well work, this time reunited with pro- "The Advance (?) of Technology." demic reach of-the studio engineer and merchandising when he makes as an MCI 24 -track console. Room is ducer Gabriel Mekler. The occasion was the AES's second or producer. For example, the rela- a record." also equipped with dbx and Dolby At the Silvery Moon Studios in meeting on the art and science of tive ineffectiveness of pan pots as So says Tony Silvester, one of the Noise Reduction. Los Angeles, the crew of Robert Alt - recording. compared to other methods of image most prolific and successful produc- Whyte notes that while we have localizationhas been thoroughly In artist activity, David Bowie and man's "Welcome To Los Angeles" ers (with partner Bert deCoteaux) in Harry Maslin wrote, recorded, pro- spent four days shooting recording better tape and technology today documented over the last half -cen- music today. than 20 years ago, that technology is tury. Yet many studio personnel re- duced and arranged the soundtrack studio sequences. The soundtrack is "Too often, though," he contin- for Bowie's upcoming "The Man also being recorded and mixed at the often misapplied. While citing the gard the pan pot as their only source ues, "the producer is completely shut effectiveness of surround sound on of directional information. Who Fell To Earth" feature film. facility. Richard Baskin is producing off from any decisions other than and Rick Bralver is engineering. records such as Columbia's recent The AES has already taken a first creative. I don't advocate the pro- Maslin and David Hines worked the "Carmina Burana" release, he feels step in making information on vari- ducer as the solo decision maker, boards. Maslin also engineered an Billy Joel is cutting his next set at the concept just doesn't work on a ous technical topics more accessible. but I certainly feel he should be con- LP for Bowie guitarist Earl Slick. the Columbia Recording Studios in Dvorak cello concerto or a Mozart As a pilot program, it has published sulted." Bob Crewe produced the Eleventh New York in Studio B. Joel had Hour disco set while Joe Robb engi- symphony. a Quad Anthology-a collection of Silvester, who began his career as a model B Steinway piano trucked in Liftin compares current recording papers on 4 -channel, bound to- a member of the highly successful neered the tracks and Bill Macmee- from Columbia's San Francisco Stu- techniques with motion picture pho- gether in one volume. The anthology Main Ingredient, numbers Ace kin handled the mixing. Springwater dios because he likes the sound and tography. Before the introduction of is available from the AES's New Spectrum, Bloodstone, Gary Glitter, cut a set with Bruce Roth engineer- he and producer James Guercio feel the multi-camera/zoom lens philos- York headquarters office. Bette Midler, the Love Family, ing with help from John Arrias and itis one of the best pianos in this ophy, action was filmed with a min- Later anthologies may contain in- Linda Lewis, Sam Dees, Margo Tom Latondre. country. George Kneurr, supervisor imum of hardware. Consequently, troductory information that will Thunder,SisterSledge,Les Producer Michael Lloyd was in to of recording engineers in New York, movies saw many wide angle shots, help the less experienced studio man McCann, Martha Reeves, the Voices mix tracks for Hero, while Steve supervised final delivery of the in- and the viewer got a good impres- with his understanding of the sub- of East Harlem and the True Reflec- Cropper was in with engineer Barry strument. sion of the overall depth of field. ject covered. tion among the artists he has worked Rudolph working on a set by 'Crack - Today, everythingisclose up, * * * with. With this roster under his belt, in'. Rick Nelson is producing and * * * and, ironically, the visual impact Sudden Rush Music Studios in he feels he should be involved in cer- playing guitar on the soundtrack of sometimes suffers, since each cam- tain decisions following the making a film co -produced by wife Kristin, At Glaser Sound inNashville, the Bronx is now offering to turn Tompall Glaser is busy with various era must stay out of the others' your sheet music into recorded tape. of a record. titled "Sonic Boom." Andy Williams range, thus restricting creativeness. mixing projects between personal The idea is, you send in your music, "Often," he says, "a producer will handle lead vocals, with Jimmie Grundy recalls a recent televised finds someone else deciding what di- Haskell arranging. appearances.Glaserrecently plus instructions on style and for- wrapped up his own album. Dr. concert in which the camera jumped mat. Within a week or two, they send rection to move his particular MGM Television rented the com- from one player to another, giving record. A good producer will have Hook isin recording, working as you back a finished master tape. plex recently for the filming of the usual with producer/manager Ron the viewer a distorted impression of The studio swears that on most developed a direction as well as a upcoming NBC-TV series, "Jigsaw the overall performance. He feels sound for an act. You cut what you Haffkine. Waylon Jennings has also tape recorders, their tape will sound John." Bobby Sherman appeared in been doing some mixing. Cotton, that in audio, the listener's accept- a lot better than your sheet music. feel is a hit and you try and figure the segment. Playboy Records presi- ance of this type of ultra -close tech- the right time to release a single or Lloyd & Christian are in recording a Unless you have grander ideas, Sud- dent Tom Takioshi hosted a party new album, and Zuider Zee and nique may come from a lack of un- den Rush supplies two musicians album. I've had records held up past for Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds derstanding of how the music the time when they might have been Marie Cain are both in cutting with and a vocalist, plus three copies of at the studio. Bonnie Burns and Da- producer/engineer Kyle Lehning. should really sound. When the tech- your tune, for $150. hits. vid Yarnell are in producing a new niques that are so successful in rock Lehning is co -producer on Zuider * * * "Let me give you an example. Say duo named Busby & Berkeley for music are misapplied to the classics, you have cut what you feel is a top Zee. The people from the Heart- Allison Acoustics Inc. has recently Don Kirshner Entertaiment. Engi- warming gospel label are also cut- the record buyer may accept what he disco record. I look at the charts. If neer was Ed Green. hears because he has little personal updated its loudspeaker warranty in ting. K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Kool & * * * experience with live music. response to Public Law 93-637, bet- the Gang and Rufus are dropping * * * Liftin observes that even on the ter known as the Magnuson -Moss and Elton John, Paul Anka, Neil Se- At the T.K. Studios in Hialeah, pop recording scene, the all -at -once Warranty-FTC Improvement Act. daka and Olivia Newton -John are Fla., things continue to move at a recording has a kind of sound rarely Guarantees that meet all the con- on the way up, then it is a good time rapid pace. H.W. Casey and Rick At Artisan Sound Recorders in heard on a tape put together one ditions of the act may be labeled to release my record because there is Finch, leaders of K.C. & the Sun- Los Angeles, Bob MacLeod has track at a time. When the interaction "Full Warranty." Those that don't a surge or more pop -oriented music. shine Band as well as two of T.K.'s been mastering projects for Jean between artist and orchestra is non- must be conspicuously labeled If the reverse is happening, then I top producers and writers, are cur- Luc Ponty and Michel Polnareff. Bill existent,the performance usually "Limited Warranty." should wait. I can't fight records al- rently writing, producing and ar- Halverston handled production on suffers. Since the act has made many ready moving far up the charts." ranging the next K.C. & the Sunshine the Polnareff set. Malcolm Cecil During the question and answer product guarantees in effect, limited Silvester also adds that he hangs Band set as well as an instrumental camein with Mandrill to cut disco period, Bob Fine-last month's warranties, the mention of any sort set under the name, Sunshine Band. versions of some of the material in speaker joined the panel and sug- of warranty has disappeared from (Continued on page 40) The pair are also busy with Geroge the group's new album and to do gested the possibility of a future many ads. McCrae and a girl group called Fire. some other recutting. Bones Howe meeting at which the best of old and However, the Allison Acoustics Jimmy "Bo" Home is also in the stu- has been in working on an album new recording technology could be warranty has been expanded to Nashville Gets dio with the twosome. and single for Juice Newton, whose compared. cover replacement parts, labor, and Willie Clarke is working with first album received strong critical Many in the audience felt that (Continued on page 40) First 24 -Track Betty Wright and Clarence Reid, as response. Spencer Proffer is also in, NASHVILLE-Studer America's well as a group called Miami. Timmy working in two projects. Carl Graves recent move from Buffalo to Nash- Thomas is another in with Reid, as is is cutting with Proffer for A&M and ville has reaped some early benefits Little Beaver. Steve Alaimo is cut- Allan Clarke (alsoHollies'lead as Woodland Sound Studios has be- ting with Latimore, and is also han- singer) is finishing an album for come the first Nashville studio to in- dling production for Gwen McCrae. Elektra. Mike Curb has been in sev- stall a Studer 24 -track console. Ruby Wilson is cutting a single with eral times, working on the Osmonds' Predicting an upswing in record- Alaimo, as are Paul Revere & the live set among others. Bill Withers *toes Raiders. New producer and engineer cut his newst LP at the studio. ing activity for 1976, Woodland president Glenn Snoddy comments, Ray Martinezis working with "We are installing some expensive Snoppy Dean.Finally, George ** and sophisticated equipment in our "Chocolate" Perry is producing the with Raw Soul Express. studios this year, and we expect to Luther Allison stopped by Sound see our list of clients grow accord- * * * Ideas Studios in New York City to do nonoise? ingly. At Larrabee Sound is Los Angeles, some overdubs. Lending a hand were "A Neve 24 -track console is being Snuff Garrett is producing the 5th David "Fathead" Newman, Dr. John installed in Studio B to complement Dimension, with Lenny Roberts at and the Brecker Brothers. Randy the recently purchased Studer 24 - the controls. Becky Lynn is in with Brecker is producing Larry Coryell you'd is track. This equipment inter- producer/husband Mike Borchetta through Eleventh House Produc- nationally known as being among for Eric Productions. Marc Piscitelli tions. Ron Johnson is engineering. better the best the industry offers." is engineering. Pre -recording for the Essra Mohawk is cutting with pro- Last fall, Studer moved its na- Sonny & Cher Show is underway, ducer Shadow Morton and engineer tional sales and service facilities to with Harold Bautiste as musical di- Dave Stone. Leonard Cohen is work- believe it! Nashville from Buffalo. rector. Bobby Goldsboro is back at ing with producer John Lissauer Woodland Sound Studios began work, cutting with Snuff Garrett and diwcvignation with Rick Rowe at the boards. Due dbx. Incorporated 296 Newton Street Waltham. MA 02154 operation in 1967 with one studio Roberts. Mike Curb is in producing in this month is Lissette, with Joe and has since expanded to two full Tom Sullivan with Taavi Mote at the Beck producing for A. Stirling Gold. servicestudios, two Newman - controls. Crackers is in the studio, Jinglesfor American Airlines, equipped mastering rooms and edit- working with producer Lenny Rob- Champale, Chevrolet and Ford were ing and film facilities. erts and engineer Barry Rudoplh. also recorded recently. On behalf ofourartists and staff worldwide we atA&M Records welcomeyou toMIDEM witha warmand hearty (lBienvenue!))

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Organization Aiyman, Bautzer, Rothman & Home Address Phone Kuschel Stanley Goctikol,President City State Zip RecordiRg hAustry Association All information on agenda, hotel rooms and meeting rooms will be sent immediately of America upon receipt of your registration. orge Greif, Pbesident For further information, contact Diane Kirkland, Billboard Magazine (213) 273-7040. reif-Garris Management International Music Industry Conference s Attn: Diane Kirkland 9000 Sunset Blvd., 12th floor Los Angeles, CA 90069 Register early! Join us at IMIC-6 in Hawaii, May 6-10, 1976. REGISTRATION FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE AIRFARE OR HOTEL. 37 Classical RUSSIAN PIANIST London Busing Classical Notes Samovar Boils Over In Minneapolis Judy Collins has cancelled her of Music.... The Institute for Ad NEW YORK-They're not easy to scheduled Feb. 29 appearance with vanced Musical Studies in Mon find, but London has rented a the National Symphony. No reason treux has launched a five-year ex With Berman Albums double-decker bus to transport po- was given for dropping the date, says pansion program. The school has Continued from page I Melodiya it must forego a piece of tential customers to record stores. William Denton, managing director many Americans among its student heard in recital in the U.S. Nor were the burgeoning Berman action. In a week-long promotion begin- of the orchestra.... Efrem Zimbalist body, with prominent recording art- any records of the artist available on Only slightly behind CBS is DG, ning last Friday (16), the vintage ve- Jr. to narrate Schoenberg's "Ode to ists frequently on hand to conduct a major label. which is rush -releasing Berman's hicle, with "London" blazoned on Napoleon" at a concert by the Cali- teaching seminars. Suddenly all has changed. Within first western recording, a reading of its side, is roaming the Univ. of Min- fornia Chamber Symphony Feb. 1 The National Endowment for the the month five Berman LPs on two the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto nesota campus, picking up students in Los Angeles.... Top winner of Arts is accepting applications for prestigious labels will be in record No. 1, with no less glamorous sup- and carrying them free of charge to the young artist competition at the arts work -experience internships for shops. And he will be heard in per- poit than that provided by Herbert two Aura Sounde & Entertainmente North Carolina Symphony is Me- the summer. Seventy young people son by thousands in a quickly -ar- von Karajan and the Berlin Philhar- shops in downtown Minneapolis. linda Lieberman. Prize is worth $800. have participated in the nine ses- ranged concert tour, with four ap- monic. DG will follow this within a Rudolf Serkin's recital at Carnegie sions of the program held to date. pearances scheduled in New York few weeks with yet another Berman Hall Jan. 28 marks his 40th year as a IS HOROWITZ alone. LP, programming Prokofieff's So- fixture of the New York concert Competing for the record action nata No. 8 and the Rachmaninoff scene. ... Matthias Bamert named are CBS and Deutsche Grammo- "Moment Musicaux." Streisand In resident conductor of the Cleveland phon. Through its tie with Russia's And due any day from CBS is a Orchestra, beginning in September SELL VOTES Melodiya label, CBS was first out of recent Melodiya disking of Liszt's B 1976. He is currently in his fourth IN MONTREAL the starting gate with a two -record Minor Sonata, with the "Maphisto Classic Bow season as assistant conductor. ... set of Liszt performances, including Waltz" as substantial filler. NEW YORK-Barbra Streisand Gustav Meier, former conductor of NEW YORK-To achieve grass the Transcendental Etudes, a Hun- But these five Berman LPs will be makes her classical debut in an al- the Yale Philharmonica, joins the roots support, as well as to meet an garian Rhapsody and the Spanish soon augmented by yet another, to bum of arias and songs by Faure, faculty of the Univ. of Michigan in operating deficit, the Montreal Sym- Rhapsody. be recorded in New York. CBS has Debussy and Handel to be released July. phony Orchestra is giving a measure CBS may well find Berman the signed Berman to record a pair of by Columbia Masterworks next The Cleveland Quartet, which re- of policy input to contributors of as unexpected bonus that will add new Beethoven sonatas in mid -February. month. cords for RCA, to become members little as $10. of the faculty of the Eastman School commercial luster toitslicensing It, too, will be rush -released. The February release will also Fund-raising formula adopted by deal a year ago with the Russian Both DG and CBS are giving Ber- featurethelabel'srecord -of -the - the orchestra has $10 contributors recording trust. And Angel may well man the priority treatment usually month, to be offered at a special Issue Review Tome named as "friends," who, in turn will mourn the unhappy fact that after reserved for hot, original -cast prop- price for a limited time. This entry is elect the MSO board of directors. NEW YORK-The 20th annual The board itself will be enlarged years as the prime U.S. outlet for erties-quick recording, processing the first by Leonard Bernstein and edition of "Records In Review," a and release-to take advantage of the New York Philharmonic to be substantially to number as many as compilation of reviews of classical 100, "thus accurately reflecting the creating publicity. Last week both awarded the firm's special promo- recordings and tapes published in Good Response Time and Newsweek were preparing tional push, and will present the social and economic reality of Mon- High Fidelity Magazine in 1974, has treal," says the orchestra's president, pieces on Berman. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4. been issued by Wyeth Press. To RCA Promo The pianist, 45, was not entirely Pierre Delagrave. Another set offers Schoenberg's Major portion of the 553 -page Goal of the fund raising drive, set NEW YORK-RCA Records re- unknown in the West. Word of his "Moses and Aaron" in a perform- book is devoted to works listed by ports strong initial response to its powers had been gossiped around for Feb.1-15,is25,000 new ance conducted by Pierre Boulez. composer, with an additional 10 sec- "friends" this year. The orchestra post -New Year promotion offering by people who had acquired dubs of Albums by Rudolf Serkin, Beverly tions breaking down recital and mis- the firm's entire classical catalog as some of his rare early Russian anticipates a deficit of $762,300 Sills and Antonia Brico round out cellaneous reviews primarily by in- when the books are closed June 1. well as new releases, at an extra dis- recordings. Others had heard him in the release. strumental category. count and an additional 30 days dat- Italy, where he played occasionally. ing. But little of the aficionado enthusi- Program, which runs through the asm had tipped over into the main- month of February, includes both stream. top -line and a $4.98 Gold Seal prod- It remained for impresario Jac- uct. Featured on Red Seal this ques Leiser to set off the firecracker. month are new releases by pianists He too had heard and been im- Arthur Rubinstein and Van Cli- pressed by Berman's early record- burn, as well as Vladimir Ashke- ings. But he didn't stop there. Leiser nazy's first concerto recording for went to the Soviet Union, spoke to the label. Berman and with surprising ease Among the Gold Seal albums are made a deal to tour the pianist in the a number of titles formerly available U.S. in this country only on imported Why did it take so long for him to disking, as well as reissues by some come to the States? "No one ever top artists once on the RCA roster. asked me," says Berman. Cliburn Inaugurates Live Lincoln Center Telecasts NEW YORK-A telecast of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln New York Philharmonic concert Center, the New York Shakespeare Friday (30) will inaugurate a three- Festival and the American Ballet year series of live video trans- Theater. missions from Lincoln Center here Negotiations are also underway to that will bracket music, drama, include the Juilliard School of Mu- dance and opera. sic as a participant. musicof The program, jointly funded by Van Cliburn will be the featured Piano the Exxon Corp., the National En- soloist at the inaugural telecast. The MoreauGottschalk dowment for the Arts, the Corpora- orchestra willhe conducted by Louis tion for Public Broadcasting, and Andre Previn. d'Andalousie., the Charles A. Dana Foundation, Souvenirs was developed over a two-year pe- 41, Epargnez riod and follows special arrange- Seek $50,000 0, maCharmante, ments with a number of performing Manchega., Scherzo., and technical unions. In Fund Drive LaMancenillier; Grand Key element of the transmissions NEW ORLEANS-The New Or- The Ba Pasquinade., will be their avoidance of any inter- leans Philharmonic -Symphony pro- uis mai; Galop moi;Snjo.,Poet.,Tournament ference with audiences in attend- poses to reduce its deficit substan- TheDying ance at the events. Low -light level tiallythis week with a novel LeBananier; cameras will be used, as well as new "Phoning For Friends" campaign in 's mostlovable techniques in microphone place- which a minimum of $50,000 is CS 6943 music ment to capture sight and sound ofAmerican isbeyond sought. is) one of therelease without disturbing concert -goers, it The event revolves around tele- "(Gottschalk brashness is said. phone calls in which the caller con- The sheer kooks. ended!" Simulcasts in stereo over cooperat- tributes at least $25 to the orchestra. Highlyrecomm ing radio stations (WQXR in New Names of the callers will then be resisting. York) will maintain the high quality CHRONICLE placed in a hopper. Winners will be FRANCISCO of sound. awarded prizes including a cruise SAN ENGLAND Lincoln Center constituents par- for two on the Royal Viking Sea ship IMPORTED FROM PRESSINGS ticipating in the program series, in through the Caribbean and Gulf of IMPECCABLE addition to the Philharmonic, will be Mexico, a chance to conduct the or - the New York City Opera, the (Continued on page 40) 38 Soul Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For WeekEnding1/31/76 Sauce Billboard Don Shirley Hot Soul Singles

Returns To Copyright 1976, Billboard Publications, Inc No part of fres pubhcatiow may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical. Music Scene photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of tie publisher By JEAN WILLIAMS NEWYORK-Don Shirley, the *STHA Performer -singles registering great. est proportisnate upward progress this week jazz and classical pianist who left the 3 Nv e -a music industry several years ago to rt g TITLE, ARTIST TITLE, ARTIST TITLE, ARTIST a (Writer). Label A Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) (Writer), Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) (Writer), Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) pursue a career in teaching, has re- turned to the fold. 2 11 SING A SONG-Earth, rind & Fire 45 1 HONEY l-s.orge mane 69 71 12 CHANGE (Makes You Want To Shirley has come up with a new (M. White. A. McCay), Columbia 310251 * (H.W. Casey, R. Finch), T.K. 1016 (Saggifire, BMI) Hustle)-Donald Byrd concerto "Symphony Of Life In One (Sherlyn, BMI) (L. Mizell), Blue Note 726 (United Artists) Movement" dedicated to singer Paul INSEPARABLE-Natant Cole 35 30 SUP AND DO IT-Batty Wright (Alruby, ASCAP) (C. Jackson, M. Yancy), Capitol 4193 (J. Thompson. E. Dixon). Alston 3718 (T.K.) 70 75 4 BAD LUCK-Manta Disco Band Robeson who is ill in Philadelphia. (Jay's Enterprises/Chappell, ASCAP) (Cachand, BMI) (Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead). Anola America He says the piece will be per- TURNING POINT-Tyrone Davis 46 6 ABYSSINIA JONES-Edwin Starr 7611 (Capitol) (Blackweed, BMI) (L. Graham), Dakar 4550 (Brunswick) (E.Starr), Granite 532 (ATV/Zonal. BM!) 71 77 6 SAGGITARIAN AFFAIR-Roonio McNair formed Feb. 21 by the Annapolis (Julio-Brian/Content, BMI) 37 25 12 LOVE ROLLERCOASTER-Ohio Meyers (BMcNeir), Prodigal 0620 Symphony Orchestra. (Crishell/Mac West, BMI) 1 12 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (1. Williams, C. Satchel!, LBonner, M. Jones, R. Another of his recently completed (Part 1)-Harold Melvin & Tie ewe Metes Middlebrooks, M. Pierce, W. Beck), Mercury 73734 87 3 CLOSE TO YOU-B.T. Express works, the "Duke Ellington Suite" (J. Whitehead, G. McFadden, V. Carstarphen), (Phonogram) (Ohio Players/Unichappell, BMI) (B. Bacharach, H. David), Roadshow 1005 (Scepter) Philadelphia International 3579 (Epic/Columbia) 38 35 10 THE BEST PART OF (U.S. Songs/Blue Seas/Jac, BMI) will be performed by Shirley (Mighty Three. BMI) A MAN-Wilson Pickett 73 72 18 FLY, ROBIN, FLY-Silver Convention Wednesday (28) in New York City's LOVE TO LOVE YOU (C. Reid). Wicked 8101 (TK) (Sherlyn, BMI) (S. Levey. S. Prager), Midland Intl. 10339 (RCA) Town Hall. (Midsong. ASCAP) BABY-Donna Sommer 39 31 14 FULL OF FIRE-N Green He adds that the Sioux Falls Sym- (G. Moroder. P. Bellotte. D. Summer), Oasis 5003 (W. Mitchell, A. Green. M. Hodges). Hi 2300 74 74 6 I WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU (Casablanca) (Sunday/Cafe Americana, ASCAP) phony Orchestra in South Dakota (London) (JEC/AI Green, BMI) (Dance With Me)-Ritchie Family will perform his repertoire in March. 6 12 ONCE YOU HIT 52 5 I HAD A LOVE-Bon E. Khg (J. Moral., H. Belolo, B. Whitehead). THE ROAD-Dionne hankie * (N. Ashford, V. Simpson), Atlantic 3308 20th Century 2252 (Can't Stop, BMI) Shirley says that actor/producer (J. Jefferson. C. Simmons), Warner Bros. 8154 ASCAP) (Mighty Three/Sacred Pen, BMI) 79 Carroll O'Connor isnegotiating 41 39 10 I DON'T WANT TO 75 6 THANK YOU BABY FOR 7 7 12 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE-David Ruffin LEAVE YOU-Debbi Taylor LOVING ME-Qeickast Way Out (W. King), Philly Groove 8163 with a television network in San (C.Kipps), Motown 1376 (Charles Kipps, BMI) (D. Jordan, A. Smith), Arista 0144 (Warner Bros.) (Silk, BMI) (Diversified, ASCAP) Francisco to sponsor Shirley in a 14 7 SWEET THING-Kuhn featuring Chan Khan show where he performs "The Duke (T. Maiden, C. Khan), ABC 12149 FROM US TO YOU-Shirstops 13 IT'S ALRIGHT-Gorham Central Station 60 (1. Graham), Warner Bros 8148 (American Broadcasting, ASCAP) (K. Burke, C. Burke Jr.), Darkhorse 1005 (A&M) (Nineteen Eighty Foe, BMI) Ellington Suite," (Ganga. BMI) 12 LOVE OR LEAVE-spina.. * * * * (C. Simmons, B. Hawes, 1.B. Jefferson). Atlantic 43 42 THE SOUL CITY 90 WHEN I'M WRONG-La King 3309 (Mighty Three, BMI) (B.B. King), ABC 12158 The saga of Harold Melvin and WALK-Archie Bell & The Wells (ABC/Dunhill/King Guitar. BMI) 10 8 14 YOU SEXY THING-Not Chocolate (1. Whitehead), TSOP 8.4774 (Epic/Columbia) the Blue Notes continues. Following (Brown -Wilson), Big Tree 16047 (Atlantic) (Mighty Three. BMI) 78 78 LE LO U-sly same a split in the group in December, (Finchley, ASCAP) (S. Stewart), Epic 8-50175 (Columbia) M HEART BE STILL-Carl Graves (Stoneflower, BMI) through the efforts of its label Phila- I NEED YOU, YOU NEED ME-Joe Simon (1 Garrett. R. Taylor), AU 1757 (UFO, BMI) * 29 (ISmith, RGerald. B. Kennedy), Spring 163 79 82 (I'm Your) FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD 45 48 ALWAYS THERE-Ronnie Laws And Pressure delphia International, the group was (Polydor) (Pee Wee, BMI) (R. Laws, W. Jeffrey), Blue Note 738 (U.A.) FREAK-cowl know (C. Arnold), IX Chains 7013 (Mainstream) (Pass re -united. (Fizz/At Home, ASCAP) 16 SWEET LOVE-commodores Due/Brent. BMI) Well, it has split again, and ac- (L. Richie-Commodore), Motown 1381 56 8 IN LOVE FOREVER-waivers (lobete/Commodores, ASCAP) TODAY I STARTED LOVING cording to Teddy Pendegrass, lead * (J. Hernandez), Soul Train 10430 (RCA) 19 LET THE MUSIC PLAY-Barry White (Spectrum VII, ASCAP) YOU AGAIN-lobby Bland singing voice of the ensemble, it is * (M. Haggard, 8. Owens), ABC 12156 (B. White), 20th Century 2265 920 47 50 SUNNY-Tambu now official. "Harold Melvin and (Sa.Vettedanuary, BMI) (Blue Book, BMI) the Blue Notes are not now nor will 14 13 11 THEME FROM "S.W.A.T."-Rhythm Heritage (Portable/MRC, BMI) 81 89 2 PARTY HARDY-Oliver sew (0. Sam), Abet 9463 (Nashboto) (Excellorec/Saico, (B. DeVorzan), ABC 12135 (Spellgold, BM!) 48 37 PUTTIN' IT DOWN TO YOU-Jackie Moore we ever sing again as a unit," he says. BMI) 21 8 HOLD BACK THE NIGHT-Trammps (K. Gold, M. Devine). Kayvette 5124 (TK) (Colgems, ASCAP) He adds that group policy is the (Baker, Harris, Felder, Young), Buddah 507 92 4 EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All reason for the disagreement and the (Golden Fleece/toured, BMI) 49 40 17 LETS DO IT AGAIN-Staple Singers About It)-Ralph Carter (CMayfield), Curtom 0109 (Warner Bros) (R. Whitelaw, N. Bergen), Mercury 73746 2 inevitable split. LOVING POWER-wpm... (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI) (Phonogram) (Brookside/Ceberg, ASCAP) (CJackson, M. Yancy), Curtom 0110 (Warner Bernard Wilson, Larry Brown, Bros.) (lay's Enterprises/Chappell, ASCAP) 50 43 13 VALENTINE LOVE-mamas Connors 83 81 16 CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL-Kant & The Gang Lloyd Parks and Pendegrass, all for- (M. Handerson), Buddah 499 (Electrocord, ASCAP) (R.Bell, Kool & The Gang), De-Lite 1573 (PIP) 17 10 MAKE LOVE TO YOUR MIND-hilt Withers (Delightful/Gang, BMI) mer members of Melvin and the at Withers), Columbia 3-10255 51 47 11 FUNKY WEEKEND-Stylistics Blue Notes, are now being billed as (Golden Withers, BMI) (Hugo 8 Luigi, G.D. Weiss), Avco 4661 84 88 3 YOU OUGHTA' BE HERE WITH ME- (Avco Embassy, ASCAP) (loam Grant 18 11 16 LOVE MACHINE Part 1-Miracles (P. Kelly), Columbia 310268 (Tree, BMI) Teddy Pendegrass and the Blue (11. Moore, W Griffin), Tamla 54262 (Motown) 52 41 11 GOING DOWN SLOWLY-The row. Sisters Notes. (Jobete/Grimore ASCAP) (A. Toussaint), ABC/Blue Thumb 268 DISCO LADY-John. Taylor (Warner-Tamerlane/Marsaint, BMI) Pendegrass explains that once le- 28 10 BOOGIE FEVER-SyMers (H. Scales, LVance, DDavis), Columbia 310281 53 51 LET'S DO THE LATIN (Groovesville, BMI/Conquistador. ASCAP) gal matters are out of the way, the (K. St. Lewis,F.Perren), Capitol 4179 (Perren-Vibes, ASCAP/Bull Pen, BMI) HUSTLE-Eddie Drennan & B.B.S. Unlimited 86 86 5 MUSIC MATIC-aria name will be official. (EDrennon), Friends & Co124 (Dant, BMI) 26 6 YOU'RE FOOLING YOU-Dramatics (R. Ransom). IRDA 119 (Trolley, ASCAP) O. Hester), ABC 12150 (Groovesville. BMI( M 59 The group is now managed by DON'T LET ME BE LONELY-Nancy Wilson 87 94 3 TANGERINE-me Sahoul Orchestra (J. Taylor), Capitol 4189 (J. Mercer, V. Schertzinger), Salsout 2004 Teddy Bear Productions, a firm 21 18 14 I LOVE MUSIC (Part 1)-Olays (Country Road/Blackwood, BMI) (K. Gamble. L. Huff), Philadelphia International (Caytronics) (Famous, ASCAP) owned by Pendegrass and the Blue 3577 (Columbia) (Mighty Three, BMI) 55 61 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC-Softens I'M GLAD YOU WALKED INTO (1 Mercer, H. Arlen). Avco 4663 (Famous, ASCAP) Notes, with its first major engage- 22 22 10 SHAME ON THE WORLD-Main Ingredient MY LIFE (Dedicated To ment at New York's Radio City Mu- (G. Dozier, K. Lewis). RCA 10431 * 70 THE DEVIL IS DOING HIS WORK-mi- Stevie)-roar Tops (Incredible/Proud Tunes, BMI) Lites (LPayton, L.Lee, G. Askey), ABC 12155 sic Hall. (E. Record, Q. Joseph). Brunswick 55525 (Julio - (ABC/Dunhill/Andrask/Rall, ASCAP) 23 9 10 FREE RIDE-Tavares Brian. BMI) Asked if the group will remain on (D. Hartman). Capitol 4184 (Silver Steed. BMI) 89 95 3 DO IT WITH FEELING-Michael lager's Moon 57 55 11 (ARE YOU READY) DO THE BUS the Philadelphia International label, 24 24 9 I GOT OVER LOVE-ROW Harris Band Featuring Peabo Bryson (P.Davis, M. Zager). Bang 720 (Web IV) (Web IV, (CC. Simmons, 1B. Jefferson), Atlantic 3303 STOP-The Fatback Band Roy Webb. PR director of Teddy BMI/Louise/Jack. ASCAP) (WIMOT/Sacred Pen, BMI) (B. Curtis.J.Flippin), Event 227 (Polydor) (elite, BMI) Bear says, "Recording arrangements 90 91 5 LADY BUMP-Penny Mclean YOU-Aretha Franklin 58 (F. Levey, S. Prager), Atlantic 7038 are pending." (C. Jackson, M. Yancy, J.Butler), Atlantic 3311 53 LOVE STEALING-Bobby Sheen (Al Gallico, BMI) (Jay's Enterprises/Chappell, ASCAP) (F. Johnson, T. Woodford), Chelsea 3034 * * * (Stone Diamond, BMI) 91 96 2 I AM SOMEBODY-Jimmy lames& 26 27 QUIET STORM-Smokey Rehouse no 69 5 Vapbonds "Poppin" Perry Pierce has joined (W. Robinson. R.E. Jones), Tamla 54265 JUST YOUR FOOL-Leon Haywood * (Biddu) Pye 71057 (Chappell. ASCAP) (Motown) (Bertam, ASCAP) (L. Haywood, M. Tyner). 20th Century 2264 the staff of WGRT-FM, Indianap- (Jim -Ed, BMI) 92 97 2 ROCK YOUR BABY-sunshine Band 27 15 10 WHERE THERE'S A WILL olis,hosting the midnight -6 a.m. 60 57 14 PART TIME LOVE-Gladys Knight & The raps (H.V1Casey, RFinch), TK 1018 (Sherlyn, BM!) show. THERE'S A WAY-Bobby Womack (D. Gates), Buddah 513 (Kipahula, ASCAP) (1.Ford), United Artists 735 93 99 2 (Call Me) THE TRAVELING MAN- Pierce. who formerly labored as (Chartwell, BMI) 83 2 KEEP HOLDING ON-Temptations Masqueraders (E. Holland, B. Holland), Gordy 7146 (Motown) (0. Deloney, L. Westley, D. Sanders, R. Wrightsil, S programming consultantto other 28 32 NURSERY RHYMES (Stone Diamond/Gold Forever, BMI) Hutchinson) Hot Buttered Soul 12157 (ABC) (Incense, BMI) stations, also hosts a Saturday 3 (Part 1)-People's Choice 62 33 14 WHAT'S COME OVER (L Huff,C. Gilbert). TSOP 8-4773 (Epic/Columbia) GIMME SOME(OfYour Love)-Norma p.m.-signoff show on WHYT, sub- ME-Margie Joseph & Blue Magic 94 100 2 (Mighty Three, BMI) Jenkins (T.Mills), Atco 7030 (W .I. T., BMI) urban radio i,i Indianapolis. 29 17 14 "THEME FROM MAHOGANY" (Do You Desert Moon 5065 63 64 10 WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS FUNK * * * Know Where You're Going DON'T GO LOOKING FOR (Spider Man)-Ramsey Lewis 95 To)-Diana floss LOVE-Faith, Hope & Charity (C. Stephey. M. Stewart, 0Raheem). Columbia (V. McCoy), RCA 10542 Delores Gadner, operations direc- (M. Masser, G. Coffin), Motown 1377 310235 (Elbur/Pamoia. BMI) (Van McCoy/Tamerlane, BMI) tor of KJLH, Los Angeles, has been (lobete. ASCAP/Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) 64 62 12 SCHOOL BOY CRUSH-awe SEXY WAYS-PRETTY 38 11 DISCO SAX/FOR THE LOVE 96 upped to assistant manager. Gadner (White. Stuart, Ferrone, Gorrie), Atlantic 3304 LEGS-ke Points Bulletin Band (Average. BMI) has been with the station three years. OF YOU-Houston Person (L.E. Stewart Sr., W.E. Stewart. W.L. Johnson, (1. Roach), 20th Century/Westbound 5015 65 66 16 I DESTROYED YOUR R. Randolph), Little City 10102 (Little City, NI) * * * (Bridgeport/libaro, BMI) LOVE-Special Delivery 97 YOU'RE MY ONE WEAKNESS 31 23 10 EVERY BEAT OF Miraslav Vitous, formerly of the (T. Huff). Mainstream 5573 GIRL-street People group Weather Report, has recorded MY HEART-crown Heights Affair (Van McCoy/Brent, BMI) (R. Dahrouge), Vigor 1728 (PIP) (F. Nerangis, B. Britton), De-Lite 1575 (PIP) 66 65 10 HOT (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, (SisterJohn/Vignette.BM!) (Delightful, BMI) a new album on WB with Herbie Loved, Loved)-James Brown 98 TRY TO HOLD ON-lobby Moore (H. Beatty, S. Tobin), Scepter 12417 Hancock guesting. 32 36 BABY FACE-The Wing & A Prayer Fife (1Brown), Polydor 14301 (Dynatone/Belinda/ & Drum Corps Unichappel. BMI) (High Sierra/Famous, ASCAP) (B. Davis. H. Akst), Wing & A Prayer 103 (Atlantic) LET THE MUSIC PLAY-J.G. Lewis The LP, "Magical Shepherd," set 67 99 (Warner Bros.. ASCAP) 58 DO IT WHILE YOU CAN-Billy Preston C=1* (J. L. Gilliam), IX Chains 7014 (Mainstream) to be released Feb. 15, introduces (B. Preston, B. Fisher), AMA 1768 (Swope/Brent, BMI) I'M NEEDING YOU, (Irving/WEP, BMI/Almo/Preston, ASCAP) singer Cheryl Granger who has ob- 100 49 13 WE GOT TO GET OUR THING WANTING YOU-Chuck Jackson 68 68 15 THAT'S THE WAY I viously been influenced by Aretha (A. Goodman, H. Ray, W. Morris). All Platinum 2360 TOGETHER-Delis (Gambi, BMI) LIKE IT-K.C. & The Sunshine Band (J. Avery,J. Dean, G Arlin), Mercury 73723 Franklin. (1-1 W Casey. RFinch), TK 1015 (Sherlyn, BMI) (Continued on page 40) (Phonogram) (Groovesville, BMI) "In my 23 years in the business, this is the fastest breaking album I've ever been associated with:' - JOE GRIPPO, Vice -President BRASS Malverne Distributing Corporation, New York "Me perfect balance of tight brass and rugged rhythm...a radio sound explosion!" CONSTRUCTION - WANDA RAMOS, Music Director WBLS, WLIB -New York "UA has a monster with Brass Construction. WHUR added the Ip at noon and by 3 pm we had over 30 calls:' - GEORGE GILLESPIE, Soul Shack Washington, DC "The Brass Construction will knock your socks off. Philadelphia's sales are astronomical" - JOE TAMBURRO, VP Program Director WDAS AM & FM, Philadelphia "A prime example of the powerful motion music that's sweeping the nation:' - MIKE HARRISON, AOR Editor Radio & Records "The first great album of 1976 is the debut of 'Brass Construction' on United Artists:' - VINCE ALETTI Record World "Brass Construdion"on United ArtistsL ft records and tapes WA LA 545 GI C 1978 United Artists Music and Records Group. Inc 40

General News Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/31/76 THEME DEVELOPED IN L.A. (Classical) Blacksis Beautiful By JEAN WILLWN !Soul LPsTM LOS ANGELES-Educational agreement with these musicians will posers' symposium hosted by the institutions will be called on to in- Copyright 1976, Billboard Publications. Inc Nocart of this publication may be be for one concert which will come Detroit Symphony Orchestra. reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any clude materials on black classical under the bicentennial arts um- The culmination of the week's ac- means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying. recording, or otherwise, without composers into their curricula to fos- brella. tivities will center on a concert by the prior written permission of the publisher ter in students an awareness of an- He further says that during 1976 black composers featuring the De- other black musical heritage in addi- he will feature in concert the pre- troit Symphony Orchestra under the *STAR Performer -1n registering tion to the already recognized black dominantly black Watts Symphony greatestproportionate upwardprog- baton of Paul Freeman, a noted ress this week roots of jazz, r&b and gospel. Orchestra, one of the few black sym- black conductor in residence with Andrew Thornhill, arts adminis- TITLE TITLE phony orchestras in the country. the orchestra. Artist, Label & Number F Artist, Label & Number trator of Inner City Cultural Center Works by black composers will be a n (Dist. Label) (Dist. Label) here, is jumping on the bicentennial featured in the concert. bandwagon in an effort to expose Thornhill is also planning to in- Mexico Triumph 1 1 9 WAKE UP EVERYBODY 32 30 20 SAVE ME black youth to classical music. volve record labels in his venture. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Silver Convention, Midland Continued from page 28 Philadelphia Intl. P2 33808 International BKL1 1129 (RCA) Classical black heritage is a bicen- He feels that by approaching the (Epic/Columbia) tennial project designed to an- labels with libraries of black classi- in a tv special for Televisa and put * 41 3 HOT 2 2 10 RUFUS FEATURING nounce, celebrate, promote and cal composers, requesting the labels' the finishing touches to a tv docu- lames Brown, Polydor PD 6059 CHAKA KHAN document a recently researched, but help in getting their product into the mentary being filmed and produced ABC ABCD 909 42 2 DISCO CONNECTION little known area of black cultural hands of students, will generate sales by Dalton "Skip" Creaser. "The Isaac Hayes Movement, Hot Buttered 3 3 9 GRATITUDE heritage and the contributions of for the first time from low to middle World Around Ray Conniff," be- Soul ABCD 923 (ABC) Earth, Wind & Fire. black composers from the 18th cen- income black families. sides footage shot here, will include Columbia PG 33694 tury to the present in the classical He points out that this method of sequences from Japan, at the Andy 35 35 9 SHAME ON THE WORLD field. 4 5 7 SPINNERS LIVE! The Main Ingredient. RCA APL 11003 promotion will not only expose Williams San Diego Open and, Atlantic SD 2 910 According to Thornhill, several black composers, but give black "naturally," in the CBS studios in 36 36 5 TOGETHER record companies are holding classi- youth another musical avenue to Los Angeles. 5 4 10 FAMILY REUNION George 8 Gwen McCrae. ()lays, Philadelphia International PZ Cat 2606 rIK) cal works by black composers. pursue. 33807 (Epic/Columbia) "These are the records we intend to And in Detroit, to commemorate 37 34 13 JOURNEY TO LOVE 6 6 11 FEELS SO GOOD get into the schools, free of charge in black history week and the bicenten- $50,000 Fund Stanley Clarke, Nemperor NE 433 order that young people, through nial from Feb. 8-15, a series of musi- Grover Washington 1r.. Kudu 24 SI (Atlantic) Continued from page 37 (Motown) their awareness, will include classi- cal events is planned. MYSTIC VOYAGE chestra at a performance and the 7 8 13 MAKING MUSIC Itt=10 cal music in their personal record li- In addition to concerts, visits to Roy Ayers Uniquity, Polydor PD 6057 Bill Withers, Columbia PC33704 braries." schools by black composers as well services of the orchestra to play any- He cites works by black compos- as open symphony rehearsals for where in New Orleans for any type 8 9 16 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY 39 31 DON CORNELIUS PRESENTS ers Chevalier De Saint Georges, students will comprise a black com- occasion. Donna Summer, Oasis OCLP 5003 THE SOUL TRAIN GANG William Grant Still, Roque Cordero Contributors also will be given an (Casablanca) Soul Train BVL1 1278 (RCA) LP, two tickets to a special "thank 7 RATTLESNAKE and Ulysses Simpson Kay, all on * 15 40 39 7 KICKIN' Ohio Players, 20th Century/ Columbia Records, as only a few you" concert next May, passes to re- Mighty Clouds Of boy. ABC/Peacock Westbound W 211 LPs that he is interested in securing. Wider Scope hearsals, a subscription to the en- ABCD 899 semble's newsletter,seatlocation 10 11 12 WHO I AM Thornhill plans to purchase these 41 44 3 FINGER LICKIN' GOOD priorities on season subscriptions David Ruffin. Motown M6-849 SI records which will be distributed to Asked For Dennis Coffey, 20th Century/ schools throughout the country with and discounts on tickets to individ- 11 7 11 PLACES AND SPACES Westbound W 212 funding for this project coming from ual concerts. Donald Byrd, Blue Note BN-LA549-G 42 17 several proposed classical concerts Producers Werner Torkanowsky is conduc- (United Mists) 33 VISIONS OF A NEW WORLD Lonnie Liston Smith, Flying and other musical ventures. Continued from page 32 tor of the New Orleans Philhar- 1212 24 HONEY Dutchman BDL 1-1196 (RCA) He is attempting to form an all - monic -Symphony. Ohio Players, Mercury SRM 11038 black orchestra here, to play music out in New York discos to determine (Phonogram) 43 45 10 HOT CHOCOLATE Big Tree BT 89512 (Atlantic) by black composers. timing. "You must be on the streets. 1310 25 KC AND If you see something new in a disco Long Beach Arena He contends that because there THE SUNSHINE BAND 44 43 12 DRAMA V TK 603 are few accomplished black classical and pass on it or wait, someone else Continued from page 26 Ron Banks & The Dramatics, ABC will pick up on it. There are a lot of ABCD 916 musicians, he is looking to the black are accepting tentative dates from 14 13 17 LET'S DO IT AGAIN/ smart people around." ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK members of established orchestras to 45 3210 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM Disco music, he feels, may be in Jan. 1, 1978, to April 1, 1978, strictly Staple Singers with Curtis Mayfield, band together to form the ensemble. MFSB, Philadelphia International PI Cullom CU 5005 (Warner Bros.) trouble unless new directions are on speculation that the facility will 33845 (Epic/Columbia) Thornhill explainstheinitial be available earlier than planned. taken in its recording. "They're put- 15 16 9 TRACK OF THE CAT 46 ting background vocals on tracks Rental rates and operating pol- Dionne Warwicke. 37 9 SOUTH SHORE now and selling millions of records," icies for the concert halls, Hanssen Warner Bros. BS 2893 COMMISSION Wand WDS 6100 (Scepter) he says. "If everyone isn't careful, a says, are currently being reviewed 16 14 11 YOU [Sound Waves] disco saturation will finally hit and and formulated, and will be com- Aretha Franklin. Atlantic SD 18151 47 50 2 GET OUT% MY WAY Continued from page 32 petitive with similar facilities in the Houston Person, 20th Century/ people will simply stop buying these 17 19 12 area. MOVIN' ON Westbound W 219 reimbursement of shipping charges. records. Most major records seem to Commodores. Motown M6 848 SI be songs anyway, rather than 48 54 9 FAWN' IN LOVE The warranty is for five years. 18 17 8 WHEN LOVE IS NEW Hamilton, Joe Frank 8 Reynolds straight disco." , Billy Paul, Philadelphia International * * * Playboy PB 407 Silvester also feels most good pro- P2 33843 (Epic/Columbia) Billboard is now compiling its an- ducers realize that certain music rSoul Sauce 49 nual International Recording Studio *23 26 INSEPARABLE 53 2 RAISING HELL they don't fall madly in love with Continued front page 38 Natalie Cole. Capitol ST 11429 Fatback Band Event EV 6905 Directory. Studio owners should be may be commercial and that music (Polydorl receiving a checklist to specify the they love may not be commercial. Philadelphia International *26 4 MUSIC MAESTRO PLEASE 50 2 services and equipment available at "I sometimes cut things I hate," he recording artists the O'Jays have Love Unlimited Orchestra. 20th 57 MARCHING IN THE signed exclusive worldwide repre- Century T 480 STREETS their studios. If your studio has been explains, "but I know these records Harvey Mason. Arista AL 4054 listed in a previous directory, your will be liked by the public. A pro- sentation with Regency Artists in 21 20 8 THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA Salsoul SZS 550) checklist should be arriving shortly. ducer must do this." Los Angeles, with the Edward 51 52 2 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT Windsor Wright organization of the Shadybrook SB 33001 If not, contact Bill Lee at Billboard, Still, Silvester would like to see 22 25 5 YOU GOTTA WASH same city handling the group's PR. YOUR ASS for a copy. The directory listing is producers play a role in marketing 52 49 3 FREE TO BE MYSELF free. Plans are underway for the trio to Redd FoxxAtlantic SD 18157 and merchandising records. "As I've begin a national tour in February. Edwin Starr, Granite GS 1005 said, I feel most decent producers 29 6 ARCHIE BELL 6 THE take these decisions under consider- * * * DRELLS 53 CONFESSIN' THE BLUES ation when making a record. Why Remember ... we're in communi- Tsop PZ 33844 (Epic/Columbia) Esther Phillips, Atlantic SD 1680 WATERS ENDS leave the final decision totally up to cations, so let's communicate. 24 22 10 THAT NIGGER'S CRAZY 54 59 5 I LOVE THE BLUES, SHE someone else? Richard Pryor, Reprise MS 2241 HEARD MY CRY 30-YR. TIE "If a producer has shown a good (Warner Bros.) George Duke, BASF/MPS MC 25671 CHICAGO-After nearly 30 years Court Approves (Audiofidelity) win/break-even record meaning 25 21 12 MAHOGANY/ with the label, veteran bluesman you win frequently and pretty much LOS ANGELES-Superior Court ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 55 48 26 PICK OF THE UTTER Diana Ross, Motown M6-858 SI Muddy Waters has parted company break even when you don't, I think here has handed down a confirma- Spinners, Atlantic SD 18141 with Chess Records. executives should let you take part in tion of a $3,233.86 judgment 26 24 6 NEW YORK CONNECTION 56 46 11 FANCY DANCER Water's personal manager, Scott business decisions. People like Clive awarded in a New York state court Tom Scott, Ode SP 77033 (Mkt) Cameron, says Waters had become Bobbi Humphrey. Blue Note I3N- Davis, Don Burkhimer at RCA and to Creative Management Associates 27 27 10 LA550-G (United Artists) "disenchanted with the numerous CITY LIFE Ray Anderson at United Artists ask from Della Reese. Award was origi- Blackbyrds, Fantasy F 9490 personnel and administrative nally made June 15, 1972. 57I:=Ik BAD LUCK for advice even though they make 28 18 9 changes within the label of late, as their own decisions, and these are HOUSE PARTY Atlanta Disco Band, they were unrecptive to his ideas and Temptations. Gordy G6 97381 Ariola America ST 50004 (Capitol) the type of persons producers like to (Motown) direction." work with. Atlantic is also a very Shift To One -Stops 58EC* MY KIND OFJAll Cameronsays Waters plansto 29 28 14 2ND ANNIVERSARY Part 3 good label to work with. Continued from page 30 Gladys Knight 8 The Pips, Buddah Ray Charles. Crossover CR 9007 continue his recording career and is "I'm not saying let everyone make BDS 5639 already talking with "a couple of la- year will involve personal communi- all decisions. If a producer is un- 59 I WANNA BE WITH YOU bels," but has made no commitment. cation with key one -stops in major 38 3 BOHANNON known, bring in other producers to Dakar DK 76917 (Brunswick) Carl Carlton ABC ABCD 910 Waters' career with Chess began and secondary markets. If you don't work with label executives. But give have the staff to personally push 40 60 in Chicago in 1947, with the record- the producer a chance." 4 SHOWCASE THE BLUES BUSTERS ing of "I Can't Be Satisfied." country, you might as well get out of Sylvers, Capitol ST 11465 Phillip 8 Lloyd, Scepter SPS 5121 BOB KIRSCH the field." Tape/Audio/Video 41

New Marketing Playback Philosophy SWEDEN'S SONAB:Aimed At Pure Enjoyment Of Music By EARL PAIGE LOS ANGELES-The increasing numbernab's speakers) more than its president, Staf- nothing to do with the running of the com- certain entrepreneur manufacturers on a of hi f products coming into America fromfan Hakansson. pany, officials note. "keep it in Sweden" basic, similar to the way Europe represent more than something new in Specifcally, Sonab's line consists of four Sonab is owned indirectly by the Swedish America helps businesses through SBA, for ex- design. Many of the European firms, Sonabspeakers, all of which one are sold in right -left government in that the government owns a ample. certainly, bring to the audio scene a new phi-pairs, a departure that right away sets Sonab holding company that controls many different As to how Sonab decided to locate in Cali- losophy in marketing playback that is aimed apart. These include OD11, $149; 0A14, $199; manufacturing firms, steel, chemicals, lumber. fornia, Wilhelmsson and others say that exten- principally at the pure enjoyment of music. 0A14, $288; 0A6, $599, and 0A116, $489. In effect, it's a publicly -funded holding com- sive market research was involved. As for port of entry convenience, "if the product is going On a tour of cities following Winter CES, That 0A116 is $489 each, and Sonab hints at apany, the stock not being held by the govern- to wind up in California, what difference does Kent Wilhelmsson, product manager from thenew model on the way in the $780 area. ment specifically. it make?" home office in Vallingby, Sweden; Cal Gar- Perhaps a better way to explain it is to say if Also in the line are the R3000 $465 receiver you could take some of the cash invested in So- Actually, the location was more character- nica, field sales director from the U.S. base at and the R4000 $600 receiver (both FM -only), Foster City, Calif., and consultant Norm Ol- cial Security in America and invest it in a hold- ized by trend Sonab picked up in terms of ac- two turntables (65-S at $139.95 and 67-S at ing company, Sonab would be government ceptance of newer and different methods of re- son, explained the background of Sonab's en-$240), two headphones (H-20 at $59.50, H-10 in a try here. owned to that extent. Actually, government producing sound and propagating it at $49.50), and a $399 cassette deck (C5000). ownership of Swedish industry is only a mod- room. This seems to be more readily accepted Stillprincipally doing itsbusiness near Eight -year -old Sonab originated as an est 5-6%. in the western U.S. home (50% of sales are in Sweden, 30% Eu- audio manufacturer and branched into com- Further to Sonab's status, "We have the In terms of the so-called "East Coast" vs. rope, 10% Australia, 10% U.S.), Sonab's line is munications only in 1970. Initially, Sonab was same kind of goals and parameters for capital- "West Coast" sound in speakers, Sonab mar- characterized by a clean, black professional privately owned until 1969. Its audio sales are ization, or profitability. There are no subsi- keters point out, "There are many different European look and a simplicity of controls. Itclimbing fast to a present $17 to $20 millionders-it's exactly like any company that issounds. The fact that there are some com- is a company that wants you to know its engi- (exchange rate is 4.5 krone $1). Though gov- owned by traded stock," executives explain. panies located in the West who have some of neering genius (Stig Carlsson, developer of So - ernment owned, in effect, the government has In a way, the Swedish government backs (Continued on page 43) Accessories Vital To FORECAST Detroit Hi Fi Show Is Chains, Indie DealersConsumer SRO With 90 Firms Continued from page 1 Cartridge By STEPHEN TRAIMAN Brand ators averaged 11.25% of total yearly Astatic 4 0 NEW YORK-The Detroit High Meteor Clubman 2 mixer and Lenco sales in accessories, while chain Electro-Voice 3 0 Electronics Fidelity Music Show isvirtually turntables. Jack Barnes, local dance stores did 12.8% of annual sales in Shure 2 2 SRO for its Feb. 13-15 run at down- studio, will be giving free hustle and accessories. Indie retailers turned ac- Capitol town Cobo Hall, with hi fi, accessory bump lessons. Pfanstiehl 1 cessory inventories 4.2 times yearly. Fidelitone and CB/car stereo products to be Audio Land will have a number Chains turned accessories 5.9 times Rebounding displayed by more than 90 com- of hi fi lines in its major display area, Pickering 0 2 annually. 0 1 panies, according to co -producer using specially created demo tapes; Walco Continued from page 3 One -store operators favor buying Empire 0 1 Teresa Rogers. an "Infnity Room" with that firm's Recoton 1 accessories from distributors. Eight- 0 approaches to sound reproduction The now Super Disco feature is pre -amp, new switching amp, 50 Blank tape is stocked by every in - that would stimulate another major getting the full promotional treat- 3000J speakers in stacks and the new een buy from distributors, 10 also die and chain reporting in the sur- buy direct, two buy from racks and expansion in hi fi equipment sales," ments from WDQR, sponsoring a Servostatic IA speaker; a Mayburn four report buying through reps. vey. Of the 14 indie retailers report- are another growth possibility. "Get That Detroit Feeling" disco Sales area, rep for Phase Linear, ing actual sales by configuration, all Chains are buying direct. All 16 re- Projections of increasing value of dance contest during the show with Sherwood and RTR; and Crazy handled 8 -track, which averaged out record and tape shipments estimate on/air plugs kicking off Feb.1. Jack exhibit of more than 1,000 spondents go directly to manufac- 47% of their total dollar tape sales, turers, while four report distributor 1975 shipments at $737 million, up Disco itself is being set up by Audio pieces of CB and car stereo equip- purchases, one noted rack service while the 13 stocking blank cassette 10% from 1974, and $810 million in Land, the area's largest hi fi dealer, ment, including Hy -Gain, J.I.L., and two bought some accessories reported it 53% of their total. Seven 1976, another 10% increase. By 1985, which also is taking four other dis- Craig, Xtal and S.B.E. products. dealers who stock reel-to-reel aver- through a rep. shipments would be $2.1 billion, at a play areas. Absolute Sound, one of Detroit's aged 8.4% of their total dollar blank compounded rate of annual growth Key Marketing Associates, its ad- key high -end retailers, also is in- Seventy-five percent of indie tape sales in that configuration. of 11% between 1975 and 1985. vertising/p.r. frm, headed by Bill volved in the show, and will have dealers handle needles; 25% report Of 14 chains reporting, all han- Drag factors carried over from the Bendler and son Todd, has a tenta- participation by Dahlquist, Great handling cartridges. Among chains, dled 8 -track and cassette blanks, home entertainment recession years tive disco equipment lineup that in- American Sound (Ampzilla), Mag- 81% handle needles, while 41% stock with 8 -track representing 50% of will be the increased amount of the rludes B.I.C. Venturi speakers neplanar,FidelityResearch and cartridges. Among single -store oper- blank dollar sales, while cassette was consumer dollar going for food and ".tacked in walls," Accuphase CE - Revox, in its large area. ators, 30% discount needles and car- 45%. Of the seven reporting open utilities. Also, the strong competition 200 pre -amps and PE -300 power Hifi companies exhibiting on tridges, while 44% of chains discount (Continued on page 43) (Continued on page 42) amps (150 watts RMS /channel); their own includes ABI, Electronic needles and cartridges. Service (audio lab testing), Acoustat, An actual breakdown of needle Avid, Becker Autoradio B.E.S., and cartridge brands stocked by re- Arena Concert Vidtapes Are Bose, Bozak, Cerwin-Vega, Dun - porting retailers showed: tech, Dynaco, Fairfax, Fuji, Photo CAPITAL CENTREPotential For Projection TV Film, Kenwood, Koss, Lux Audio, Needle Indies Chains Continued from page 4 Maxell, Mariton, 3M Blank tape Brand Carrying Carrying The Centre has an investment of recorders, slide chain and Vidifont shine Band, Seals & Crofts, Ike & more than $500,000 in its video de- character generation. and Wollensak, U.S. Pioneer, Radio Pfanstiehl 12 6 Shack, Sony, Technics by Panasonic Fidelitone 5 0 Tina Turner and the Osmonds. partment, including three Norelco Shemer joined the Centre after 10 LDK-2 color cameras with Plumb - years with Westinghouse, starting'as and Worldwide Entertainment. Electro-Voice 5 0 He emphasizes that the tapes of Astatic 4 1 icons, two with 20:1 and one with a cameraman, then graduating to di- Rep firms involved in the show, Recoton 2 6 the live concerts at the arena may 10:1 zoom lenses; Grass Valley rector in six months. He then went and the companies represented Shure 2 1 not be rebroadcast in their entirety switcher for Multiple effects (fades, on as an independent producer, through their displays, include: Pageant 2 1 for commercial purposes, but ex- wipes, psychedelia, etc.);three1 - mostly in sports, for the Milwaukee Walco 2 1 R.A. Albrecht Co., for Utter, TDK cerpts have been used for various inch IVC model 925 vidotape Bucks among others. Duotone 1 2 promotional spots, including com- and Nikko; Cowie Associates, for Capitol 1 0 mercials and record label demos. (Continued on page 42) Stanton Magnetics, Tandberg of Pickering 0 1 America and United Audio; Ted Miller 0 1 Although the Centre has rights for Firanck Sales, for Jensen and Rotel; tv rebroadcast and has been ap- J. Malcolm Flora Inc. for Shure, proached by several of the projec- B.I.C. turntables and speakers, Bar- tion tv interests, both Shemer and zilay, Irish Magnetic Tape, Channel '77: TWO CES arena president Jerry Sachs want to Master,Soundcraftsmanand CHICAGO-As anticipated (Bill- be sure it's a viable market before S.B.E.; Phillip G. Flora Associates board, Jan. 17), due both to a record committing any programming. They for Elpa Marketing (Thorens turn- Winter CES turnout (26,746 off- also note that the problem of clear- tables, Ferrograph recorders), Jans- cially attending) and a 65% "yes" ances is very involved, but certainly Zen, Jennings Research, Pickering, could be overcome. poll from registrants, the sponsoring (Continued on page 42) EIA/Consumer Electronics Group "We're not looking to be greedy," board voted Jan. 9 to continue the Shemer says, "but if here's what the two -a -year format for the CES in future has in store for the next five to Zenith's Wallace Dies January and June, reversing an ear- 10 years, then we certainly plan to be lier decision to return to one show in part of the action." CHICAGO-Zenith Radio Corp. April 1977. After this year's Summer Cost of the individual tapes, closed its Michigan Ave. showroom CES, June 13-16, the 1977 dates are copies of the live telecasts on the on the second day of the Winter CES Jan. 14-16, backing into the house- four-sided Telscreen high above the Capital Centre/Wachter photo (8) in memoriam to Robert C. Wal- wares expo, and June 5-8, contin- arena floor, vary due to the equip- Phill Seaman, advance man for Seals & Crofts,left, and Sheldon Shemer, lace,president and general manager, uing here in the Windy City. ment involved and length of per- Capital Centre Telscreen director, view tape of group'srecent concert. Sale Zenith Distributing Corp. of Illinois, formance, he explains. was made to duo, also involved in Dayvideo programmingventure. who died Jan. 5. 42 Tape/Audio/Video Hi Fi Show Is SRO THIRD SYSTEM Continued from page 41 turer disinterest, as well as the lead ing retail outlets who are promoting Sansui Joins AM Stereo Race Plessey (Garrard), SAE, TEAC and Continued from page 1 Telephonics; D. Neumaier & Asso- the event in conjunction with radio extensively on XETRA in Tijuana. single side band (SSB), using less ciates for Akai, BASF, Sankyo Seiki, WDRQ. Philco, RCA and Kahn, is due both Mexico, with coverage into Los An- AM spectrum space. Superex and Fidelitone; Schroder Rep advisory committee working to AM broadcaster pressure as the geles, and more recently with FCC As Sansui engineersexplain, Sales for Altec, BSR (USA), Dokc with Rogers and husband Bob on FM audience and ad dollars keep approval on WFBR in Baltimore. when their system is listened to in der and Yamaha; TA Electronic the Detroit hi fi show is headed by growing at their expense, and to Conceptually, according tore- mono, the power output is the same Sales for Discwasher and Spectro Jim Flora of J. Malcolm Flora, and hardware manufacturer awareness liable spokesmen for Sansui, its sys- as in stereo, giving a truer reproduc- Acoustics. includes Phil Flora, Phillip G. Flora that long-distance AM reception in tem is basically a double side band tion of the original mix. They claim Associates;Carl Ludwig, Shalco, cars is much superior to FM stereo. (DSB) with the side bands in quad- that with the other systems, when a Rogers gave special credit to the Inc.; Dan Neumaier, D. Neumaier As a result, RCA demonstrated its rature (at right angles) with each stereo disk is played in mono, a cen- involvement of the rep firms, who & Associates, and Tom Petchell, Ri- AM stereo system at the 1975 NAB other. ter channel buildup of +3 dB is in- took up the slack of some manufac- ley & Petchell Sales. last March in Las Vegas, to critical In terms of performance, when troduced which distorts the musical acclaim and excitement from at- the station is broadcasting in mono balance. tendees. Kahn Communications in and the left channel equals the right The Sansuisystemreportedly Freeport. N.Y., has tested its system channel, the system becomes a solves this problem by using DSB (in quadrature with each other, e.g. Good-bye, FROM GERMANY phase shifting ±45 degrees against the carrier respectively). The engi- neering trio who developed the sys- Schweitzer Design Debuts tem in Japan, H. Kurata, S. Koshigoe paper labels and S. Takahashi, will have a paper on the system for the spring AES In Disk/Tape Care Mart in Los Angeles. On -cassette printing By ANNE DUSTON RCA research indicated that to in up to 3 colors CHICAGO-Manufacture of the pendent and chain record stores and achieve the desired stereo effect, the + full background color, Prints Right OOYour Cassette Schweitzer Design line of record/tape rackjobbing operations. basic AM signal must remain intact, (both sides) with both the mono and stereo chan- at speeds up to care products will be moved to Os- Unique in its marketing program seo, Minn. from West Germany by nel of audio present. To develop the 100 units per minute. is a 10% rebate to dealers on pur- 01) the end of 1976, to support the firm's stereo channel (Left minus Right) Saves time, money chase price upon proof of media ad- AUDIOIRATTC CORPORATION marketing thrust into the U.S. mar- signal, the proposed RCA system froAAANA marmenooslOnorrOvtor vertising. and problems. ket, according to Leslie Neff, na- achieves this by phase modulating tional sales manager. Another marketing innovation (or "FM-ing") the carrier in such a being introduced is television adver- manner as to produces a L -R chan- The APEX Printer from Some packaging and shipping is I I. tising of record care products, with 11111111m4 being accommodated here now nel-hence its designation "AM - through Ampro, the American pro- 30 -second spots planned for the FM." 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS Minneapolis region on an experi- The Kahn system allows an AM NEW YORK.N V.10019.PHONE (212)582.4870 duction arm of the firm. The product CABLE AUDIOMATIC/TELEX 12.8419 is the largest selling cleaning line in mental basis. "If the tv marketing is broadcaster to transmit stereo pro- Continental Europe, she claims. successful,it will be backed with grams over a conventional AM OVERSEAS OFFICE: 4 RUE FICATIER newspaper, trade and consumer ad- transmitter, using independent side Mid 92400 COUBBEVOIE, FRANCE. PHONE 333 30 90 AUDIOMATIC CORPORATION CABLE AUDIOMATIC/TELEX 62282 To augment its introduction here, vertising on a national basis," Neff signals with left channel modulation new blister packaging in bright or- says. on one of the AM side hands, and ange was introduced at the Winter The product line includes wet and right channel on the other. Sum and CES. The coloring was chosen to dry preparations for tape, records difference signals are shifted 90% contrast with the dark wood tones and stylus, from $3 to $25 suggested with respect to each other before high quality level usually found in hi fi stores, Neff retail price. Top audiophile product modulation. In the stereo operation, says. Packaging includes full color just being shipped to this country is the two side bands are independ- co cassettes pictures as sales aids. the Servo Cleaner, an arm that at- ently modulated by the two stereo The high quality audiophile line taches to the turntable and tracks channels. and component parts is being marketed through a system fluid from a reservoir directly in Since the possible systems for AM graphited mylar shims technically accurate hubs made of acetalic resin of 17manufacturers' representa- front of the needle cartridge for stereo are substantially more limited flanged guide rollers on precision plastic pin tives, with 30% of sales through hi fi completelystatic -freerecording than for FM discrete quad, it is an- phosphorous -bronze spring pad stores,and the rest throughlode - from disc to tape. ticipated that evaluation of the three Available with or without lugs and pressure or screw closing proposed systems will move far more rapidly through the NAMSRC Commerce Outlook Bullish than was the case of the voluminous Continued from page 41 to $2.34 billion in 1974, with a corre- NQRC study of FM discrete quad. from such innovative electronic sponding leap in the value of im- products as calculators, digital ports as a percentage of U.S. con- Waiting eagerly in the wings are sumption, from 15% to 44%. the hardware manufacturers for watches and citizen's band radio, both home and car stereo products. which helped cause the 12% drop in But ironically, the impact of im- Motorola is known to have an AM 1975 shipments of tv and radio sets, ported product was somewhat less- stereo car radio prototype ready to tape player/recorders, components ened during the 1974-75 period go, and other major research firms and software. when consumers reduced buying of are working on models of their own. ------There is a mixture of plus and imports as well as domestic elec- minus in the competitive import sit- tronic entertainment items. Sansui engineers also note that 4111/411r uation from foreign producers and their proposed AM stereo system Auto radio/tape player sales are very easily has the capability of overseas facilities of U.S. manufac- expected to have a recovery, as car - Weave Societe Italiana Articoli TecnitiSAL turers. Commerce notes the huge im- being quadraphonically encoded, in 21047 Saronro (Varese) Italy. via DelrOrto. 21 phone 02 - 9607450 - 9607485 buying resumes, and also as a result keeping with the technological de- port jump in consumer electronic of the current trend to fit autos with products from $562 million in 1967 velopments of the same research lab radios and tape units after purchase, that produced the QS matrix system. instead of being installed at factory or audio dealers. But again, imports CASSETTE TAPE LOADER could grow more rapidly than do- Capital Centre mestic shipments, Commerce says. with AUTOMATIC CASSETTE FEEDER Imports of radio-phono and/or Tapes For TV? tape recorder combinations dropped sharply, from over 2 million units in ( onnnued from page 41 Highest throughput per operator. 1973 to 652,000 in 1974. During both He has a full-time staff that in- years, U.S. assembled factory ship- cludes an assistant director, Kath- No adjustment for tape thickness. ments held at 2.7 million units, with erine Sachs (no relation to the arena Upgradable to cassette duplicator. resultant decline of import pene- president), a video director/engi- tration from 43% to 19%. (However, neer, videotape technician and three No need for external air or vacuum. a substantial number of domes- cameraman. Handles pancakes of all sizes. tically assembled combinations had They are kept busy with more imported tuner -amplifiers,record than 300 daily events during the Fully automated operation. changers and tape decks.) year,in addition to the growing videotape business. He callsita Field proven world-wide. "swinging crew, as we all love the Minimum maintenance. JVC Signs Stogel music." NEW YORK-With projected As an example of how easy a sale 1976 billings of $2.2 million, the ac- is, Shemer relates how the father of . The new automatic cassette feeder is a simple add-on to any Recortec counts of JVC America (audio) and the Osmonds was sitting in the con- Cassette Tape Loader. Our current customers may adapt their present JVC Industries (video) have been trol room watching the camera work -b$A111 loader to take advantage of this feature. assigned to the Philip Stogel Co., ad- on the studio monitor. He had just Cassette tape loaders for digitalcassettesand U-maticvideo cassettes vertising and p.r. agency here. For- had a tape done of the group's U.K. RECORTEC, INC. also are available. mer JVC agency was MSD Advertis- concert and had no intention of buy- ing, and Stogel had handled the U.S. ing another, but was quickly con- 777 PALOMAR AVENUE, SUNNYVALE, CA. 94086US .A PHONE: (408) 735-8821, TELEX: 910 339 9367 Pioneer Electronics account until vinced by the three -camera shots of recently. the live show. 43 Tape/Audio/Video Sonab Marketing Philosophy Aim: EnjoymentOf Music Continued from page 41 ago at the tumultuous time of fair different things. In return for this, Thus, Sonab is getting into non- says Garnica, "reflected by the trade's demise. Its marketers will not they reap the benefits, creating a traditional media as well as getting people reading those magazines. We their best sales in the East in some- allude to the direct possibility that market for themselves. That's not away from image/institutional type don't go on a rock station in Los An- thing that is often overlooked." products such as Sonab, with their any limited distribution or franchise, advertising as perhaps a better way geles, as perhaps another manufac- Still doing no U.S. assembly, So - rather unique appearance and that's natural gravity. The guy that of helping dealers. "You don't ad- turer might." nab believes that the controls it must somewhat esoteric features, present has the good products sells them in a vertise so that the manufacturer can maintain and the significant invest- As to the second or third gener- the audio dealer with something un- good way, that's all." sell to the dealer-if you do, you're ation customer Sonab is seeking, this ment in manufacturing it has, makes Sonab's marketing is perhaps a awfully damned dumb," Olson says. it not worthwhile at this time to usual to offer and in that way some- is typically the person who has per- manufacture in the U.S. Also, it thing that can withstand the space key also to its evolvement of dealer Sonab, therefore, has not been haps bought a two-piece system, or a sees a change in regard to how slaughter going on in mass merchan- outlets. The firm seems not all that convinced that advertising in huge brand from a proprietary company dising audio. Nor will Sonab offi- convinced that the popular trades audiophile media without dealer such as Radio Shack, or who has people look at speakers now as op- cials hint even that they appreciate and buff books are that relevant in posed to a few years ago when "they listings is effective. Rather, Sonab "grown up" in an audio sense and were sold by the pound and the the philosophy of "limited distribu- getting at the second and third gen- has gone into more regional adver- wants something discernibly better. tion," seen as the ultimate saving for eration consumer of high -end audio. tising programs utilizing high -qual- This customer is definitely not an square meter and so on." dealers who counted on fair trade This potential consumer is looking Because the Sonab line evolved ity media: Qui, Los Angeles Maga- audiophile. protection. for distinction in a product and is zine, Performing Arts, PSA, Focus, from speakers, its basic philosophy very musically aware, but not essen- * ** is characterized by developing com- Sonab works from the basic phi- City, news magazines, Time, News- losophy that "good products at a tially an audiophile. week on a regional basis focused (This exclusive interview with So - ponents that ensure greatest enjoy- nab management concludes next ment of the speakers. Another factor proper price always have a market." into a group of dealers. is that Sonab wants to offer some- Garnica, field sales director, who "This (regional advertising)is week with a look at component design thing unique in each component has had considerable experience in Accessory Sales really the image of those stores," and more marketing philosophy.) and not "me too" itself into a redun- retail (Pacific Stereo among other dant position. stores), points out how he senses a Continued from page 4/ In this regard, it has worked out significant difference not justin reel blank sales, they said it was 4.7% an OEM arrangement with Naka- merchandising but in basic philoso- on the average. Are you getting those High Profit, michi for cassette decks, and its phy between the chain and inde- Stocking of individual brands by Oanitiehl PLUS Sales available with Fast Moving headphones are German -made. So - pendent audio dealer. indie and chain retailers broke down AudioCables, Connectors, Speaker Wires, Adapters and Plugs' nab is not at this point interested in Independents seem able to convey thusly: hal cable the value of complex products, take quad, open reel and definitely not 8 -Track Indie Chain into 8 -track. It is, however, watching pains to explain subtle features to Brand Carrying Carrying &connector/ the consumer "that really do make a carefully the increasing popularity Memorex 7 10 Now available from the same dependable source that makes SAME DAY of separates. difference in listening." Along with Capitol 7 6 SHIPMENTS of PFANSTIEHL Needles, Phono Cartridges, Tape and Though Sonab is proving it can this, is the corresponding wish of So - Scotch 7 6 Accessories. Write today on your letterhead for details of Special adapt product to each country it en- nab to be able to spend time with its BASF 6 12 Introductory Offer. ters, there is nevertheless an indica- dealers and effect a bond that finds TDK 3 2 tion that patterns at home indicate the Sonab dealer eager to maintain Tracs 3 0 Maxell 1 5 3300 WASHINGTON ST. / BOX 498 some direction. In other words, since price and protect his affiliation. Certron ptunediem WAUKEGAN, ILL. 60085 the receiver and compact dominates "We want every dealer who can Le -Bo 1 0 in Scandinavia and Europe, Sonab credibly represent our product," say Scott I 0 initially has gone that way. But Wil- Garnica and Olson. Does this mean Channelmaster helmsson believes separates are the that a giant chain could buy the line, Super I 0 wave of Europe and the future. or would buy the line? "We'll be Columbia Mag. 0 3M O 1

Of course, Sonab must consider glad to sit down with them and dis- GRT O 1 first of all its total sales, and these are cuss what would be necessary in Soundcraft O 1 heaviest near to home. their stores to demonstrate it prop- Craig O 1 As an example, FM dominates in erly and convey the image that we Sony O 1 Sweden and is strong throughout have for our product. We can work Audio Mag. O 1 No. 410 Europe, so Sonab's receivers, even tpgether." Cassette Indie Chain FLAT SHIELD for the U.S., are FM -only. While Still, Sonab, with just two outlets Brand Carrying Carrying No. 470M AM might have been an advantage in Los Angeles, does seem pointed Memorex 9 8 CASSETTE FULL SHIELD No. 201 for the U.S. receivers, they are never- toward choice independents. Capitol 6 6 CASSETTE theless specially adapted for Amer- "Choice independents are choice Scotch 6 6 BASF 5 12 SPRING PAD ica with different tuner sections and independents because they'rese- No. 510 Tracs 3 FLAT -FOAM SHIELD back panels. Sonab realizes, as well, lected by themselves. They choose to TDK 3 2 that some adjustments are relatively be the way they are. They choose to Pfanstiehl 3 OVERLAND P.O.51,North Pierce St. 3M I I easy to make, i.e., adaptation for the have a store that carries products Fremont. Nebr 68025 Soundcraft I I new U.S. 25 -microsecond Dolby that are really different from what Phone 4027217270 (the Sonab line is not adjusted now the other guy has. They're willing to Le -Bo PRODUCTS Super I 0 No. 570 for this). invest the time, the energy and the Norelco I 0 FULL -FOAM SHIELD In terms of marketing differences, education into an aware public. Columbia Mag. 0 No. 208 Sonab entered America two years There are different ways of doing Craig O 1 8 TRACK Audio Mag. O 1 CARTRIDGE Sony O 1 SPRING PAD No dealer, either indie or chain, reported any percentage of blank quad tape sales. CASSETTE PINS Update From Europe SPECIAL No. 508 (See next week's issue for further FOAM SHIELD 8 TRACK FOAM PAD sales percentage breakdowns in other accessories and how dealers best pro- SPECIAL DESIGNS ON REQUEST French Hi Fi Sales + 30%, mote the sale of various accessories.) But Superman Outlets Hurt Continued from page They are concerned by the high And when the supermarket prices level of imports in the overall sales AUTOMATED CASSETTE DUPLICATOR are compared with those asked in figure-some two-thirds of the mar- specialist shops, the average buyer is ket. Until now the French have confused and believes the hi fi re- taken the line that they "will not sell taileris making huge profits. He anything to anybody," the sugges- therefore turns to the superman and tion being that much of product im- generally is disillusioned with what ported is said to be "hi fi," but in fact he buys. is not. By then it is often too late, and the The French go for quality, with trade believes this has a bad in- resultant high prices, so it is only to fluence all around, losing many po- be expected that the market share is tential record/tape buyers-perhaps limited. However, the recent govern- forever. Considering the small turn- ment decision to limit profit margins over supermarkets get from the sales may influence imports to cut some of of acoustics equipment, the trade their advertising, which might ben- feels they should stickto selling efit the national products. For years high speed tape duplication has required two food. There is generally a feeling more distinct operations. These are (1) Duplication using a But generally manufacturers are should be done to "educate the pub- bin loop master and open -reel slaves, and (2) Loading Recortec's Automated Cassette Duplicator happy with1975, with a market lic" on the importance of dealing duplicated bulk tape into individual cassettes. The twois a simplified open -reel system combining high speed study revealing that hi fi is a gift that with skilled staff, as in the super- step procedure makes the overall duplication operation duplication with automatic cassette loading. For small enthusiasts present themselves, gen- market situation. Ignorance of what inefficient, especially for short runs. users it provides the least investment to move into the erally paid for with a "13th month" is or isn't hi fi allows a wide margin open -reel type, and gives the large volume user higher salary (negotiated by trade unions of error, and many manufacturers RECORTEC, INC. productivity at lower operating cost. feel this situation is not "ethically since four weeks are "lost" on a 777 PALOMAR AVENUE, SUNNYVALE, CA. 94086 USA PHONE: (408) 735-8821, TELEX: 910 339 9367 monthly pay schedule). satisfactory." 44 Country Sherrill Almost Persuaded He Federal Judge In Denial Ownsa Top -Selling Standard Of Rose's New Trial Plea ' NASHVILLE-A federal judge fact that the copyrights to the Wil- By GERRY WOOD denied a motion for a new trial, filed liams songs belonged to Mrs. Berlin, by Fred Rose Music, Inc. here which wife of Williams at the time of his NASHVILLE-The remarkable, The Houston record climbed to the biggest song, since it has been has claimed copyrights to the songs death Jan. I, 1953. and ongoing, success of the country No. 1 on the Billboard country chart out by so many people." Sherrill's by Hank Williams as they are re- Two briefs, one asking for a new classic "Almost Persuaded" provides and stayed there several weeks as it favorite Sherrill song is "Stand By newed. trial and the other asking the court to a fascinating insight into the anat- launched Houston's career. "Almost Your Man" which is beginning to The suit, which has been going on reconsider, alter and amend the omy of a hit record. Persuaded" won a Grammy Award catch up to "Almost Persuaded" in for several years, is actually being judgment, were submitted, arguing Penned during a night -long writ- for Sherrill and Sutton as the best royalties. pressed by Hill and Range, Inc., a that attorneys for Fred Rose Music ing 'session of Billy Sherrill and country song in 1966. "A wider range of people can New York publishing house, in be- were "precluded from the knowl- Glenn Sutton, the evergreen became Among those who have recorded record 'Stand By Your Man' than half of Billie Jean Berlin. Hill and edge as to the basis of the court's de- a hit for David Houston in 1966 and the tune are Roy Drusky, Ace Can- 'Almost Persuaded,' " Sherrill ex- Range secured renewal rights to the cision of July 17, 1975." has been recorded more than 150 non, Pozo Seco Singers, Dottie West, plains. "It did about 900,000 a few songs in a 1968 agreement with Mrs. Morton said, that though not his times by every type of artist from Conway Twitty, Wayne Newton, years ago by Candi Staton. 'Almost Berlin. U.S. District Court Judge L. general procedure, the method used soul to jazz. Tammy Wynette, Hank Locklin, Persuaded' was so stone country that Clure Morton handed down a was partly because of the complexity George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Larry it didn't get a whole lot of pop play. memorandum last October to the (Continued on page 45) 6 Country Records Butler, Vic Dana, Floyd Cramer, Most of the sales are still country. Statler Brothers, Webb Pierce, Jim After it went to No. 1, Ben Colder On U.K. Hit List Ed Brown, Louis Prima, Bob Lu- put out a parody version-and his NASHVILLE-In country mu- man, Johnny Paycheck, Faron went to No. 1, too." sic's strongest surge on the British Young, Etta James, Don Gibson, The song got off to a bad start. music charts, six songs are ranked in Nancy Wilson, Ray Anthony, Patti "Sutton and I sat up all night one the Top 40 in Music Week's compi- Page, Johnny Cash, Henry Mancini, night and wrote it. We played it to lation of the biggest hits of 1975. Jim Nabors, Charlie McCoy, my wife the next morning. She Tammy Wynette scored the big- Charlie Rich, the Longines Sym- laughed and said, 'You're kidding.' gest impact, hitting number 5 with phonette, the Bill Black Combo and We thought we had wasted the en- "Stand By Your Man"-the Wy- Louis Armstrong. tire night." nette-Sherrillmasterpiecethat "I like the David Houston version It came out as the b -side of Hous- soared to No. 1 and stayed on the best," comments Sherrill, vice presi- ton's "We Got Love." "When At- U.K. charts for 10 weeks early in dent a&r, CBS Records, Nashville. lanta came infor10,000 copies. 1975. "There's not a whole hell of a lot of somebody called and said, 'God Al- "Misty" by Ray Stevens hit No. 23 different ways you can do that song. mighty, David Houston's song must on the year's top U.K. singles chart. It's got to be a waltz and the guy has be a monster in Atlanta.' They called Also cited by Europe's leading mu- got to end up going home. It's not the radio station, WPLO, to find out sic business paper were "Rhinestone that flexible and there's not much where all the action started on 'We Cowboy" by Glen Campbell; playing around you can do with it." Got Love.' The station said, 'What's "D.I.V.O.R.C.E."-a Nashville song "Sherrill-perhaps the most suc- We Got Love? We're talking about a recorded byBillyConnolly; cessful producer -writer in Nash- thing called 'Almost Persuaded.' " ROYAL OAKS-Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (left), meets Duane Allen "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, and ville-admits "Almost Persuaded" "The audience in Atlanta caused (center) and Bill Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys, hold red roses presented to "Blanket On The Ground" by Billy has outperformed any of his other a tremendous reaction. It was the them by the Stockholm audience. The Oaks performed for the King at the Os- Jo Spears. hits. "It's not the biggest record, but (Continued on page 48) car Theater in Stockholm-a highlight of their tour of Scandinavia.

BREAKING FROM THE SUPER ALBUM BY POPULAR REQUEST! "IT SETS ME FREE" Many thanks for the quick initial response by the follow- ing radio stations: KCKN-Kansas City - Don Rhea KITS -Springfield, Mo. - Dave MartinKLAK-Denver - Con Schader / KWJJ-Portland, Ore. - Sammy Taylor / KTCR-Minneapolis - Robby Hanson/ WMAD-Madi- son, Wis. - Pat Martin/ WAXX-Eau Claire, Wis. - George Roberts / WXOX-Bay City, Mich.- Dave Ken- nedy / WHO -Des Moines - Billy Cole / WXCL-Peoria,

KAREN III. - Lee Ranson / WMNI-Columbus, Ohio - Ott Moore /

I FELL IN LOVE AGAIN TODAY WINN-Louisville - Moon Mullins, WWOL-Buffalo -

UNTIL NOW Dave Snow / KEBC-Oklahoma City - Dennis Rainwa-

SIGNS OF OUR TIME ter / WNAD-Oklahoma City - Gil Lynn / KLPR-Okla-

IT SETS ME FREE homa City - Bink Bernardy / KHEY-El Paso - Charlie

THE BUTTERFLY SONG RussellKLLL-Lubbock, Tx. - Chip Polk / KNUZ- A WOMAN OUGHT TO BE Houston - Buddy Covington / KKYX-San Antonio -

LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE Max Gardner /WVOJ-Jacksonville, Fla. - Jay St. John /

WITHOUT HER LOVE KXLR-Little Rock, Ark. - Larry Deane / WYDE-Birming-

LOVIN' TIME ham, Ala. - John Gray / WSLC-Roanoke, Va. - King Edward / WCMS-Norfolk, Va. - Earle Faulk / WIVK- Knoxville, Tenn. - Bobby Denton / WGBG-Greens- boro, N.C. - Martin RudisillWUNI-Mobile, Ala. - Mike

Malone / KGA-Spokane, Wash. - Ron Norwood.

Exclusively on: 2J RECORDS Management: Distributed by: Ivan Tennyson KAJAC RECORD CORP. Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 155 1st St. Carlisle, Iowa 50047 2J-1 02 (515) 989-0876 45 Country Puerto Rico Meet STEELER QB 'IF I LET HER COME IN' HITS CHARTS Ray Griff Can Do It All A CMA Stimulant ON 1ST TOSS By COLLEEN CLARK NASHVILLE-Terry Bradshaw, And Does It On N ASHVILLE-CMA's Board of a Hot 45 geared to inform record merchan- star quarterback of the Super Bowl NASHVILLE-W_th the trend Stonewall Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis Directors n -et for their first quarterly disers and advertising agencies of champion Pittsburgh Steelers, hits towards artists doing more for them- and others. mee ing last week (Jan. 15-16) m the substantial impact of country the Billboard Hot Country Singles selves such as writing, publishing, His company is unique in that he San Juan. Puerto Rico. Plans and music on today's and tomorrow's chart this week with a star, launch- producing and operating their own proj icts of local, national and inter- market place. A new demographic is the sole writer. "In the beginning, ing his career from the football field label in some instances, Ray Griff there wasn't money for a lot of national scope were discussed and survey will be used to support the into the arena of show business. has been a trendsetter. formulated at the meetings. presentation. demos so I just concentrated on my Bradshaw's debut Mercury single He not only wrote all the tunes on own songs," comments Griff. "I Ram Bledsoe, president, com- Several new membership benefits his newly released Capitol album, merted, "lie turnout for the meeting which wall be made available upon "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"- have never become involved in any the Hank Williams classic-leaped but produced, arrangedeand pub- was exceInt. We are facing the completion and final approval of the deals with other companies, I work onto the chart only two weeks after lished it himself. The new single, "If strictly on the strength of a song. prob.ems of the industry head-on, Board will streamline membership I Let Her Come In," from the album, and the rr embership can expect a activity. Charles Skully is chairman its release and one week after Brad- Many writers today go Into a pro- shaw led :he Steelers to their second debuteda:a starred 82 this week on ducers office and if they can't see most productive and rewarding '76." of the membership committee. Billboard's Hot 100 Country Singles Various CMA committees will be Bud Wendell reviewed plans and consecutive Super Bowl title in a 21- him, they leave their tape and forget 17 victor) aver Dallas. Chart. Griff was also the writer of involved it coordinating activities activities for this year's Country Mu- it. I don't. I wait until I can see him, the recent Gene Watson hit "Where if it takes three hours. If I feel I have con.xrning the nation's bicentennial sic Fan Fair scheduled for June 9- A surprisinglytalentedsinger, Love Begins." celebration, including CMA partici- 13. Registrations are already coming Bradshaw plans to return to Nash- With more than 400 songs re- (Continued on page 48) ville to work on an album as soon as pat on in events such as the Fourth into Fan Fair headquarters, indicat- corded out of his Blue Echo ASCAP of kly gala in Philadelphia, a gigan- ing it should be another banner year his schedile permits. catalog :n recent years, Griff has tic countr) music show in New York for the popular event. Once again, a "You Lsten to the singer and you been consistent with the hits for him- anc a country music festival in Nice, softball tournamentisslatedfor forget abort the football player," re- self as well as others. He has had IT'S CATCHING ON France, this July. June 7-8 to kick it off. marks Jerry Kennedy who produced songs recorded by artists such as "GEARJAMMERS Chic Doherty, chairman of the A new CMA Speakers Bureau is the record_ George Hamilton IV, Dolly Parton country music promotion corn- being put together by Tandy Rice Bradshaw claims his recording and Porter Wagoner, Faron Young, HELPER" mi.-tee, announced plans to develop and his public relations committee. session was tougher than any Na- Wayne Newton, Wilma Burgess, GREG ALLEN newaudio/visualpresentations It will provide persons who will take tional Fcctball League game he has thecountrymusicstoryto playedin:"I've never been so scared in my life. I was sweating so bad I It'snota trucking song, Cin-Kay Deals noteworthy civic, educational and Rose Plea Denied but it is a truckers' song social organizations. Work isalso had to take my shirt off." 'ASHVILLE-California based progressing on a news kit as well as Commenting on Bradshaw's disk 0,ntimied front cage 44 that we found the truckers liked. Cu -KayRecords has signed a distri- new CMA informational brochures. discover, Kennedy says, "My of the case. Moron also said he From a Division of bution agreement with Nationwide mother was the first to call and tell In addition, CMA is actively in- failed to see how any prejudice to WORLD WIDE FILMS Sound Distributors, an independent volved in the promotion of the Pub- me that he could really sing. Then defendants had occurred, as he had distributi-ig firm. lic Television Special "Hill Country Tillman Franks called and brought decided the issues in favor of "the Distributed by In adition to a current release, Sounds" to be broadcast this month. Terry to Nashville plaintiffs before asking the assist- NATIONWIDE SOUND "Love Isn't Love (Til You Give It With the ever-increasing inter- "He'sgota good attitude about ance of counsel for plaintiffs in pre- P.O. Box 1262 Away)" by Eddy Bailes, Hal Free- national interest in country music, his singing career mainly because paring the final memorandum. man, whD heads Cin-Kay, has just Nashville, Tn. 37202 the international committee, headed that's wt at he wants," says Ken - Attorneys for Fred Rose Music (615) 242-2471 completed sessions here for immedi- by Bill Denny, will be active in 1976. (Continued on page 48) are filing notice of appeal to the U.S. ab release on Al Bolt. (Continued on page 48) Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

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Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/31/76

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Copyright 1976, Billboard Pub cations, Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted, In any form nominee.. or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher Je * STAR PERFORMER-Singles registering greatest proportionate upward progress this week. rol ro TITLE-Artist 30 TITLE-Artist TITLE-Artist (Writer). Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) (Writer). Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) a (Writer). Label & Number (Dist Label) (Publisher, Licensee)

THIS TIME I'VE HURT HER MORE THAN 34 36 FREE TO BE-Eddy Raven 9 7 LOVE WAS THE WIND-Melba Montgomery SHE LOVES ME-Conway Twitly (E Raven). ABC/Dot 17595 (Milene. ASCAP) (M. Clark)Elektra 45296 (Window, BMI) (E. Conley, M. Larkin), MCA 40492 Sincerest 5 (Blue Moon. ASCAP) THE ROOTS OF MY RAISING-Merle Haggard 8 TOO BIG A PRICE TO PAY-Kenny Price (T.Collins), Capitol 4204 (Blue Book, BMI) (R. Bennett Jr.), RCA 10460 (Kenny Price, BMI) 4 10 SOMETIMES-Bin Anderson & Mary Lou Turner 36 17 14 (B. Anderson), MCA 40488 (Stallion. BMI) SOMETIMES I TALK IN MY 83 I'M HIGH ON SLEEP-Randy Cornor YOU-lack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (E Raven). ABC/Dot 17592 (Milene. ASCAP) THE HAPPINESS OF HAVING (1 Blanchard), Epic 8-50181. (Columbia) YOU-Charley Pride (Hall -Clement, BMI) Thanks! 37 22 12 MAMMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES (T Harris). RCA 10455 (Contention. SESAC) GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS-Ed Bruce YOU ARE THE SONG-Freddie Hart 4 1 10 CONVOY-c.w. McCall (E.Bruce. PBruce), United Artists 732 (Tree; (G. Richey,B. Peters). Capitol 4210 Sugarplum, BMI) (C.W. McCall,B.Fries.C. Davis), MGM 14839 (Proud Bird/Ben Peters. BMI) (American Gramaphone, SESAC) 38 33 15 JUST IN CASE-Ronnie Milsap 73 48 13 LOVE WAS (Once Around the Dance 13 7 (H. Moffatt). RCA 10420 (Pr Gem BMI) THE WHITE KNIGHT-Cledus Niggard Floor)-Linda Hargrove (IHuguely). Mercury 73751 (Phonogram) I * (LHargrove) Capitol 4153 (Beechwood/Window, BMI) (Umchappell. BMI) 39 35 14 COUNTRY BOY (You Got Your Feet In LA.)-Glen Campbell 84 4 PALOMA BLANCA-George Baker Selection DON'T BELIEVE MY HEART CAN STAND (DLambert. B.Potter), Capitol 4155 (ABC/Dunhill/ One Of A Kind, BMI) (1 Bouwens). Warner Bros. 8115 ANOTHER YOU-Tanya Tucker (Warne' Bros ASCAP) (B R. Reynolds). MCA 40497 (Onhisown. BMI) 52 WILD SIDE OF LIFE-Freddy Fender (Warren & Carter). GRT 039 (Janus) (Travis, BMI) 75 76 7 WHO'S GONNA RUN THE TRUCK STOP 18 6 didn't * GOOD HEARTED WOMAN-Waylon & Willie IN TUBA CITY WHEN (W.Jennings. W Nelson), RCA 10529 41 41 10 BLACKBIRD (Baron/Willie Nelson, BMI) I'M GONE-Leroy Van Dyke (Hold Your Head High)-stoney Edwards lDEllis). ABC Dot 17597 (Bandstier. BMI) 16 7 HANK WILLIAMS, YOU WROTE (C. Taylor). Capitol 4188 (Blackwood/Back Road. BMI) * 87 2 MY LIFE-Moe Bandy PLAY ME NO SAD SONGS-Rex Allen Jr. 42 34 11 PARADISE-Lynn Anderson Butler, RBowling), Warner Bros 8171, (PCraft), Columbia 3 10265 (Acuff -Rose. BMI) (L (1 Prine). Columbia 3 10240 (Unart/Brougham Hull, BMI) (Cotillion/Sour Grapes, BMI) know 9 10 10 AMAZING GRACE (Used To Be Her 77 77 6 A ROSE BY ANY OTHER Favorite Song)-Amazing Rhythm Aces 43 47 SHINE ON-Ronnie Prophet NAME-Ronnie Milsap (H.R. Smith), ABC 12142 (Fourth Floor, ASCAP) (RBourke). RCA 50136 (Chappell. CAPAC) (1.Wine. I Levine). Warner Bros 8160 (Pocketful Of Tunes. BMI) 10 11 10 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU-crystal Gayle 44 46 ANOTHER NEON NIGHT-Jean Shepard (A. Reynolds). United Artists 740 (lack, BMI) (I A Spain, V C. Howard), United Artists 745 (Birchfield, BMI) (MI)I KISSED YOU-Connie Smith (DEverly). Columbia 3.10277 (Acult.Rose. BMI) anyone 11 2 13 THE BLIND MAN IN THE 45 42 15 ME AND OLE C.B.-Dave Dudley BLEACHERS-Kenny Starr (D. Dudley, RRogers). United Artists 722 79 65 10 SHE'S JUST AN OLD LOVE (SWhipple), MCA 40474 (Tree, BMI) (Newkeys, BMI) TURNED MEMORY-Nick Nixon 12 14 11 I'LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONE ROSE-Dottsy (1 Schweers), Mercury 73726 58 ANOTHER MORNING-Jim Ed Brown (Phonogram) (Chess. ASCAP) (SClark). RCA 10423 (Sunbury, ASCAP) (B. Graham), RCA 10531 (Show Biz. BMI) cared ! 13 12 FLY AWAY-John Denver E x:4 THE PRISONER'S SONG-Sonny James 47 45 14 SILVER WINGS & (GMassey), Columbia 3-10276 (.1 Denver), RCA 10517 (Cherry Lane. ASCAP) GOLDEN RINGS-Billie Jo Spears (Shapiro/Bernstein. ASCAP) 14 15 SOMEBODY HOLD ME (Until She (M A. Legin. G. Sklerov), United Artists 712 81 89 2 FIRE ON THE BAYOU-The Bill Black Combo Passes By)-Marvel Felts (Almo. ASCAP/Peso. BMI) (G Michael). Hi 230 (London) (Fi/Bill Black, ASCAP) (A. Aldridge. RAldridge. S. Richards). ABC/Dot 17598 59 HOW GREAT THOU ART-Stotler Brothers (Al Cartee/Ensign. BMI) (S.KHine), Mercury 73732 (Phonogram) Ezz* THE GOOD NIGHT (Manna. BMI) 20 6 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU-Charlie Rich SPECIAL-Little David Wilkens * (D. Wilkens. TMarshall). MCA 40510 (BJohnson). Epic 850182 (Columbia) 49 49 UNCLE HIRAM AND THE HOMEMADE (Warner Bros. ASCAP) (Forrest Hills, BMI) BEER-Dick Feller 16 19 I'M SORRY CHARLIE-Joni Lee (D. Feller), Asylum 45290 (Tree. BMI) ANGELS, ROSES AND RAIN-Dickey Lee r=0 (B. Morrison, 1. Zerface). RCA 10543 Larry (CTwiny), MCA 40501 (Twiny Bird, BMI) 50 57 PHANTOM 309-Red Sovine (Combine, BMI/Music City. ASCAP) 17 LET IT SHINE-Olivia Newton.John (T. Fade), Starday 101 (Gusto) (Fort Knox. BMI) rLHargrove). MCA 40495 (Window. BMI) 84 90 5 MAIDENS PRAYER/SAN ANTONIO 51 51 MEET ME LATER-Margo Smith STROLL-Maury Finney 23 6 MOTELS AND MEMORIES-T.s. Shepard (MSmith). 20th Century 2255 (lidobi, BMI) (M. Finney), Soundwaves 4525 (Hit Kit BMI) Hart (D. Miller,R. Birmann), Melodyland 6028 (Motown) 52 60 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY (Mack, BMI) I JUST GOT A FEELING-La Costa DOWN-Bobby G. Rice E=0 IS Lyons), Capitol 4209 (Al Gallico/Algee, BMI) 24 STANDING ROOM ONLY-Barbara Mandrel! (H. Howard), CRT 036 (Janus) (Tree. BMI) (C. Silver. SManchester). ABC/Dot 17601 86 91 3 I CAN ALMOST SEE HOUSTON FROM (Sunbury, ASCAP) 53 44 14 LOOKING FOR TOMORROW-Mel Tillis (David Allds/Billy Arr), MGM 14835 (Sawgrass, BMI) HERE-Katy Moffatt 26 5 REMEMBER ME (When The Candlelights (RWillis), Columbia 3.10271 (Central Songs. BMI) Are Gleaming)-wioie Helene 54 43 13 STONED AT THE JUKEBOX-Hank Williams Jr. 87 88 5 IT DON'T BOTHER ME-Ben Reese (S Wiseman), Columbia 310275 (Vogue. BMI) (H. Williams L I. MGM 14833 (Bocephus, BMI) (1 Hammond, V W. Hammond), 20th Century 2262 (Wimberly, BMI) 21 21 FEEL AGAIN-Faroe Young 55 55 SHADOWS OF MY MIND-Vernon Oxford (1 Virgin), Mercury 73731 (Phonogram) (EECollins), RCA 10442 (Hermitage, BMI) OH, SWEET TEMPTATION-Gary Stewart (Cherry Tree. SESAC) 56 56 NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS-Charlie Rich (W. Carson), RCA 10550 (Rose Bridge, BMI) best 22 27 LOVE LIFTED ME-Kenny Rogers (DBowman), RCA 10458 (Central Songs. BMI) (Rowe, Smith). United Artists 746 89 73 8 ERES TU (Touch The Wind)-Sonny James (John T.Benson, ASCAP) 57 38 16 EASY AS PIE-Billy "Crash" Craddock O CCalderon. M Hawker). Columbia 3 10249 (R. Bourke, 1. Wilson. G. Dobbins). (Radmus, ASCAP) 30 THE SWEETEST GIFT/TRACKS OF MY ABC/Dot 17584 (Chappell, ASCAP) I'M SO LONESOME I TEARS-Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris pirationa 58 66 YOUNG LOVE-Ray Stevens ic:=0 (1B. Coats). Asylum 45295 (Stamps Baxter. BMI) COULD CRY-Terry Bradshaw (C. Joyner, RCartey), Barnaby 618 (Janus) (H. Williams), Mercury 73766 (Phonogram) 24 29 DON'T STOP IN MY WORLD (If You (Lowery. BMI) (Fred Rose, BMI) Don't Mean To Stay)-Billy Walker 69 MY WINDOW FACES SOUTH-Sammi Smith 91 93 2 THE DOOR I USED TO (R. Pennington), RCA 10466 (Showbiz. BMI) (Livingston, Silver, Parish). Mega 1246 (PIP) (Hallmark/Morley, ASCAP) CLOSE-Marilyn Sellars 25 28 SHE'S HELPING ME GET OVER LOSING IDPunier, E. Montgomery). Mega 1242 (PIP) (Acuff-Rose/Altam, BMI) YOU-Joe Stampley 60 67 SOMETIMES-Johnny Lee (C. Taylor, D.D. Darst), Epic 850179 (Columbia) (G. Thomas), ABC/Dot 17603 (Grand Prize. BMI) amazing 92 92 4 CIRCLE OF TEARS-chip Taylor (AI Gallico/Algee, BMI) 74 IFI HAD IT TO DO ALL (C. Taylor), Warner Bros. 8159 (Blackwood/Back Road. BMI) 32 6 LONGHAIRED REDNECK-David Allan Coe OVER AGAIN (I'd Do It (D ACoe, 1.Babbitt). Columbia 3-10254 With You)-Roy Clark (Window/Lotsa. BMI) 93 81 7 HUCKLEBERRY PIE-Even Stevens (E Springfield), ABC/Dot 17605, & Sammi Smith grace. (House Of Gold, BMI) 37 FASTER HORSES (The Cowboy And The (E Stevens). Elektra 45292 (DebDave, BMI) 62 54 12 TEXAS-1947-Johnny Cash Poet)-Tom T. Hall JUNK FOOD JUNKIE-Larry Groce (T .T.Hall), Mercury 73755 (Phonogram) (G.Clark), Columbia 3 10237 (Sunbury, ASCAP) 94 Cr* (L. Grace). Warner Bros./Curb 8165 (Hallnote, BMI) 63 63 I JUST LOVE BEING A (Peaceable Kingdom, ASCAP) 28 25 12 QUEEN OF THE SILVER WOMAN-Barbara Fairchild 95 EW ENTRY TEXAS-Charlie Daniels Band (B.Fairchild, PLane), Columbia 3-10261 DOLLAR-Dave & Sugar (C.Daniels), Kama Sutra 607 (Buddah) (Pixenbar, BMI) (S.Silverstein), RCA 10425 (Evil Eye, BMI) (Kama Sutra/Rada Dara. BMI) WILLIAM 64 68 YOU MAKE LIFE EASY-Joe Stampley 29 7 11 OVERNIGHT SENSATION-Mickey Gilley 96 86 GENTLE FIRE-Johnny ow,. (B. McDill), Playboy 6055 (Hall -Clement. BMI) Stampley. C.Taylor), ABC/Dot 11599 (AI Gallico/Algee, BMI) (1 Duncan). Columbia 3-10262 (Algee, BMI) MORRIS 39 6 BROKEN LADY-Larry Gatlin 78 SWEET SENSUOUS FEELINGS-Sue Richards 97 98 FEELINGS-Sarah Johns (LGatlin), Monument 8E680 (Epic/Columbia) (First (M. Albert), RCA 10465 (Fermata International Generation. BMI) (A. Aldridge & R. Aldridge), ABC/Dot 17600 (AI Cartee. BMI) Melodies, ASCAP) 31 31 BUMP BOUNCE BOOGIE-Asleep At The Wheel 66 61 WHAT WILL THE NEW YEAR DON'T LET SMOKEY MT. SMOKE GET IN (Preston, Haber, Benson), Capitol 4187 98 Er* )000( (Asleep At The Wheel/Black Coffee, BMI) BRING?-Donna Fargo YOUR EYES-Osborne Brothers Since 1899 (D.Fargo), ABC/Dot 17586 (Prima -Donna, BMI) (C Null). MCA 40509 (Double Tree, SESAC) 40 IT'S MORNING (And IStill TIL THE RIVERS ALL 99 99 TELL IT LIKE IT IS-John Wesley Ryles Love You)-Jessi Colter IG Davisk Diamond), Music Mill1001, (1 Colter), Capitol 4200 (Baron. BMI) RUN DRY-Den Wdliams (W. Holyfield,D. 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& 1st singles from our newly signed stars, Roy Head & Red Steagall. TM 48 Country Billboard Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/31/76 Puerto Rico Meet Nashville Scene Hot In Kosser Book A CMA Stimulant NASHVILLE-Songwriter Mi- Continued from page 45 Country Fame Electors, Pee Wee King; Long chael Kosser has turned author with Range Planning, Frances Preston; the publication of "Bringing It To To provide more meaningful expo- Copyright 1976. Billboard Publications. Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced, sure to international country music Television,Irving Waugh; CMA Nashville." stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. talent, international artists will be Awards, Frank Jones, and CMA The book describes, from a song- photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher Elections, Billy Denny. Hutch Car - included on CMA's annual Banquet writer's point of view, how it feels to * Star Performer-IN registering proportionate upward progress this week. Show and the CMA International lock presented the treasurer's report make the move to Music City, and Show itself will most likely be re- and Joe Talbot reported on the ac- the problems and pitfalls that can tivities of the finance committee. scheduled as a Fan Fair attraction in come after arrival. TITLE-Artist,Label8. Number (Distributing Label) 1977. It has been held during the Jim Fogelsong, chairman of the board, was impressed with all that Kosser has had songs recorded by 1 12 BLACK BEAR ROAD-C.W. McCall, MGM M3G 5008 deejay convention in October in the Crash Craddock, Tammy Wynette, past. was accomplished at the meeting Barbara Mandrell, Del Reeves, 2 3 16 PRISONER IN DISGUISE -Linda Ronstadt, Asylum 1E-1045 A detailed report on the Country and feels that "the board will con- Kenny Starr and other artists. The 3 4 8 THE HAPPINESS OF HAVING YOU-Charley Pride, RCA APL1-1241 Music Foundation, given by Frank tinue to make significant contribu- tions to the industry throughout the book deals with deciding whether to Jones, showed once again another come to Nashville, what to bring, 2 12 NIGHT THINGS-Ronnie Milsap, RCA APL -1223 large increase over last year's record year." how to approach publishers and mark. Work is well underway on the The second quarterly meeting is 9 7 OVERNIGHT SENSATION-Mickey Gilley, Playboy PB 408 set for April 14-15 at the Hilton Ho- producers, and what their reactions $1,100,000 Hall of Fame expansion. are likely to be. 16 CLEARLY LOVE-Olivia Newton -John,MCA2148 The board was brought up to date tel in Austin, Tex. with the developments and ex- "I hope my book will give the 7 6 15 WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ME NOW-Willie Nelson, RCA APL1-1234 reader a sense of having been here, panded plans for other CMA events 8 5 15 ARE YOU READY FOR FREDDY-Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot DOSD 2044 such as the Talent Buyers Seminar, Billy Sherrill and add confidence and knowledge to his guest for songwriting success," 9 10 25 headed up by Jimmy Jay; the CMA RHINESTONE COWBOY-Glen Campbell, Capitol SW 11430 Continued from page 44 comments Kosser. Banquet, Paul Tannen; the DJ 10 8 18 WINDSONG-John Denver, RCA APLI 1183 Awards, Dan McKinnon; Country people-withacapitalP-that "Bringing It To Nashville"is Music Radio, Bill Robinson; Antipi- turned the record over." available by mail ($3) from Cum- 11 12 14 ROCKY-Dickey Lee, RCA APLI 1243 Ten years after it was written, the berland Valley Publishing Co., P.O. racy, Mary Reeves Davis; Hall of 12 13 41 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS-Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot ooso 2020 song still is cut by an average of 10 Box 643, Brentwood, Tenn. 37027. artists per year-almost one new cut 23 4 LOVE PUT A SONG IN MY HEART-Johnny Rodriguez, Mercury SRM-1-1057 each month. The royalties have been IPhonogmml Griff Can Do It so extensive that Sherrill, honestly, 14 14 UNCOMMONLY GOOD COUNTRY-Dave Dudley, United Artists UA-LA512-G Colawired from page 4.5 has lost count. "I don't know how much it has earned. It's over a hun- Nashville 15 15 8 GORD'S GOLD-Gordon Lightfoot, Reprise 2RS 2237 (Warner Bros.) a good song for a particular artist, I dred dollars," he deadpans. 16 17 9 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU-Crystal Gayle, United Artists UA-LA 543-G keep on until I get it to him." Sutton recalls where the title came Griff's recordings are also unique. from. "We were working on a song Scene 17 11 15 GREATEST HITS-Don Williams, ABC/Dot DOSD 2035 He records at the Studio By The for Charlie Walker. It started out, 18 16 33 REDHEADED STRANGER-Willie Nelson, Columbia PC 33482 Pond, which is actually a studio in `Last night in a bar. ...' We had the By COLLEEN CLARK 19 the basement of a friend's house, but first verse but no title. So we looked T. G. Shepard set to appear at Gil- 19 10 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN-Sammi Smith,Mega MLPS 612 (PIP) through a hymn book and came up has every kind of instrument, in- ley's Place in Pasadena on Valen- 39 2 THIS TIME I'VE HURT HER MORE THAN SHE LOVES ME-Conway cluding a nine -foot Steinway piano, with 'Almost Persuaded.' " tine's Day. His guest appearance on Twitty, MCA 2176 which Griff is very adept at. The song is far from dead. Sherrill "Midnight Special"willcoincide 21 "Recording there, I can just go over notes, "Somebody came up with the with the date. ... Dorsey Burnette 21 BARBI BENTON-Barbi Benton, Playboy PB 406 and experiment when I feel like it idea of having an album titled 'Al- became a grandfather for the first Jennings, RCA APL1-1062 and get everything just the way I most Persuaded' by all kinds of dif- time when son Billy presented him 23 24 want it." Griff says. ferent artists on Epic and Colum- with a son, Dorsey William Bumette WHO'S TO BLESS-Kris Kristofferson, Monument PZ 33379 (Epic/Columbia) bia-all of them singing the same "I know it's been said that I. am IV. They held a party in his honor at 24 27 7 COWBOYS AND DADDYS-BobbyBare,RCA ARL1.1222 difficult to work with, but I have had song. I'm not going to shoot that idea the Palomino Club in North Holly- the most success when I have been down-I love that. Sutton might wood Jan. 11. Jud Strunk de- 33 2 HANK WILLIAMS, JR & FRIENDS-MGM M3G 5009 even like that idea." able to relax and do things as I felt buted his new Melodyland release 26 20 9 TOGETHER-Anne Murray, Capitol ST -11433 them. Since signing with Capitol I Sherrill has one final plan for this "Pamala Brown" before the state of have been permitted to do that." song that backed into success. "I'd Maine Apple Growers' Assn. Strunk 27 18 11 COUNTRY WILLIE-Willie Nelson, United Artists UA-LA410-G Griff's first release went top 20. "It love to get all these different versions is a native of Eustis, Me., and raises 28 28 6 JUST OUT OF REACH-Perry Como, RCA APL1-0863 was the same situation when I was and have a party some night and just cattle and horses. with Royal American Records a few play it for hours by different artists. 29 30 17 GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2-Tom T. Hall, SRM-1.1044 Mercury (Phonogram) years ago. I had the freedom to work An 'Almost Persuaded' party. Invite Mickey Gilley and his Red Rose 30 13 SINCE and had three hits on the label, everybody who has cut it, and play it Express covered 19 cities in eight 25 I MET YOU BABY-Freddy Fender, GR7 8005 (Janus) Northern states and Canada this "Patches." "The Morning After continuously. As soon as the artists 31 31 26 THE BEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERS, Mercury SRM-1.1037 (Phonogram) (Baby Let Me Down)" and "Wait A run out, everybody goes home. If month. ... Johnny Lee performed his new ABC release "Sometimes" ELITE HOTEL-Emmylou Harris, Reprise Ms 2236 (Warner Bros.) Little Longer." Sutton would pay for half of it, I'd IMMO on the "Country Crossroads" radio Griff's office, located in the heart do it." 33 36 3 RED HOT PICKER-Jerry Reed, RCA APL1-1226 of Music Row, are managed by his show last week. ... Terry Bookout wife Margaret, with Mary Ratliffe, will host a new tv pilot "From The 34 29 7 SAY IDO-Ray Price, ABC/Dot DOSD-2037 Terry Bradshaw Top" filmed at the Opryland Stu- formerly of Moss Rose Publishing, 35 26 8 HELP ME MAKE IT (To My Rockin' Chair)-B.J. Thomas, ABC ABCDP 912 handling the publishing companies, Continued Iron) page 4.5 dios. Ronnie Prophet and Zeke Sheppard are the featured guests.... 36 32 17 STACKED DECK-Amazing Rhythm Aces, ARC ARCD 91) Blue Echo, Blue Melody, both nedy. "Since he wants it so bad, he's ASCAP and Blue Band, BMI. He is Ronnie Milsap has taped appear- got a better chance to succeed." ances on both the "Dinah Show" 37 42 4 COUNTRY GOLD-Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass, RCA APLI1240 adding another person, a woman Noting the record's popularity, and the "Mery Griffin Show." THE VERY BEST OF RAY STEVENS- Barnaby BR 6018 (Janus) also, to coordinate bookings. "I have Kennedy-who, like Bradshaw, is a EC* found women to be most effective native of Shreveport-pointsto Loretta Lynn's fan club presented 39 43 4 ODD MAN IN-Jerry Lee Lewis, Mercury SRM-I 1064 (Phonogram) and efficientin the business," adds her with the final links for her add - heavy action in Shreveport and 40 35 22 LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON-Gene Watson, Capitol ST 11443 Griff. Pittsburgh that helped boost the a -link diamond bracelet for Christ- He is currently working on a new song. But radio action reports are mas which they started a few years 41 37 7 HARPIN' THE BLUES-Charlie McCoy, Monument KZ 33802 (Columbia) television show, a half-hour musical, ago. They also threw in a matching coming in from all over the country, 42 THE BLIND MAN IN THE BLEACHERS-Kenny Starr, MCA 2117 which will be filmed both here in including Dallas. set of diamond earrings. The com-

Nashville and in Ottawa, Canada. "If Dallas is playing it, it's got to pleted bracelet totalled eight carats 43 SUPERBOW-Vassar Clements, Mercury SRM 1 1058 (Phonogram) COLLEEN CLARK be good," Kennedy concludes. and the earrings, one carat. ... Kenny Roberts' new single was pro- 44 LOVIN' AND LEARNIN'-Tanya Tucker, MCA 2167 duced by Les Paul.... Mercury art- 45 48 2 HOW GREAT THOU ART-Guy & Ralna, Ranwood R.8148 ist Joel Sonnier just back from a 46 47 10 three-week Northwestern tour, pro- HEART TO HEART-Roy Clark, ABC/Dot DOSD 2041 moting his newest release, "Always 47 34 19 RIDIN' HIGH-Jerry Jeff Walker, MCA 2156 TALENT WANTED Late (With Your Kisses)." He is cur- 48 38 26 BEST OF-Dolly Parton, RCA API: Well established Management firm with strong proven rently back in the studio with pro- ducer Glenn Keener. 49 44 11 HOLY BIBLE:New Testament-Statler Brothers, Mercury SRM.1.1052 connections in recording, television, and related media (Phonogram) Danny Davis, who transports his ',, has recently expanded and is looking for professional 50 40 THE TOMMY OVERSTREET SHOW, ABC/Dot DOSD 2038 acts who have potential and desire to "hit the big time." Nashville Brass to all of their con- : certs via a Martin 404, closed out the N If you have these qualifications send resume, recent year by logging more than 85,000 air photo and current itinerary for personal interview. miles on his privately owned plane doing one nighters ending with show also included The Oak Ridge and immediately headed for Rome, Naples, Italy, before returning home Boys, Buck Trent and Sugah. Billboard where he took a well earned rest and to Bakersfield to begin work on his Loretta Lynn has been selected by P.O. Box 888 a visit with his brother Edward. ... next album. ... Roy Clark recorded the Ladies Home Journal as one of 1717 West End Buck Owens launched his bicenten- material for his second live album Nashville, Tn. 37203 the outstanding "Women of the nial year when he opened a major during his recent headlining engage- Year" to be honored in April on a concert tour of Europe in Cork, Ire- ment in the main showroom of the \. zz /7.,7z/z/ / zuzz/z/iza ../,wrizz/z,,,,,,/ ././ ////././///./zr/z., z 90 -minute NBC-TV network spe- land, last week. He spends a month Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. The cial. 49 Inkemational IrAernabonal Briefs_ JOHANNESBURG - Tht his show last year. Other acts to be launthing of Arista/Bell productin booked are Gilbert Becaud, Mac South Africa was held at Ciro's here. and Katie Kisson and Betty Dorsey. a prominent night club, and was Negotiations are also under way to well attended by press, radio and bring such international performers record dealers. Films and slides were as Mireille Mathieu, Cliff Richard shown and introductory speeches and Dean Road. One of the prob- made, all of which received good lems here is the shortage of appro- press coverage. Arista/Bell has been priate concert halls, the largest being doing very well with television cov- Lucerna which holds but 3,000 mak- erage of the Bay City Rollers, Barry ing it hard to meet fee guarantees. Manilow and Melissa Manchester, * * * all of whom have been warmly re- PARIS-Television sets of special ceived. manufacture which will permit re- * * * ception of both the French SECAM and the German PAL color systems PRAGUE-Pragokoncert, the Midland Records photo Czechoslovakian concert agency are being built with greater fre- SILVER AND GOLD-The Silver Convention vocal group are given gold records by BobReno, Midland Records presi- here has announced plans to bring quency here since the demand has dent. Following a live show in Munich, Reno noted the girls had sold 1.5 million singlesof "Fly, Robin, Fly" in the U.S. increased for this equipment from back U.S. country singer George Pictured left to right are: Helmar Kunte, director of Jupiter Records, Munich; Michael Kunze,Silver Convention pro- Hamilton IV for another appear- residents of what is known as the ducer; singer Penny McLean; Reno; singers Ramona Wulf and Linda G. Thompson;composer Sylvester Levey; and ance in Prague this year following frontier zones. In these areas, resi- Jupiter boss and music publisher Ralph Siegel. dents can receive three French pro- grams, Tele-Luxemburg, two Ger- man programs and two from FIRE INTO MUSIC U.K.'s Power In Switzerland. In Lille. they can also Dealers Nix receive programs direct from the U.K., hence the increased demand Big German CTIPromo Distrib Switch for the special tv sets. Royalty Fee By WOLFGANG SPAHR By ADAM WHITE ( /Rig('3 * * * HAMBURG-One of the biggest not listen to a record before purchas- LONDON-Power Exchangeis LONDON-Events Records art- campaigns in the German record ing it. Therefore the point -of -pur- switching its distribution here from agreeing to come back to the MTA ists, The Fatback Band, will make as soon asit had been decided marketisthat of Metronome, chase is most important. EMI to Enterprise. Stocks of the la- their second major promotion tour whether there was to be any change launching 80 albums of the CTI la- "The basicrecord -production bel's current releases, product by J.J. of U.K. within six months starting bel. philosophy at CTI is the creation of Barrie and Kristine, are available in policy. Feb. 6 in response to the success of The MTA hoped some change in And after great reaction for the quality product that can withstand immediately from the new source. their new single "Do the Bus Stop." repertoire due to exposure on radio the usual obsolescence factor that And this change coincides with policy would be quickly put for- The tour will encompass a series of ward, but PRS licensing manager shows, many big -city dealers asked invades a great deal of recorded ma- Power Exchange's decisionto one-nighters at various important Marshall Lees says the matter is still for the entire CTI catalog. terial." broaden the musical base of its oper- halls in London and other cities as under consideration. Metronome director Gerhard He said that he changed the label ations to take in MOR and light clas- well as the BBC Radio Network, lo- Margaret Davis, MTA secretary, Weber says: "There is obviously a "taste" from specialist jazz to pop - sical material. It started out with a cal radio, print and music trades in- reports the PRS was "taken aback" gap in the market here for such a influenced music because "some- black -music orientation, with initial terviews and disco promotion. at the extent of the opposition shown repertoireof excellentmusicians thing has to come after rock. The releases featuring the O'Jays and * * * and high -standard productions. We cycle is going into a more sophis- H.B. Barnum, but now plans proj- at the joint meeting. The PRS has al- ways had the right by law to levy a are going along with a very expen- ticated type of music, which is jazz. ects with the Radio Clyde Pop Or- LONDON-Top BBC disc jockey, sive marketing concept." After a decade of being inundated chestra and Leonid Hambro, one- Alan Freeman, who has had a 19 - royalty on demonstration perform- Under the title "Fire Into Music," by strong rhythms and over- time pianist with the New York year run with his show "Pick Of the ances of records and music but has, Pops" has started a new label with in the past, waived the right. Now, Metronome has produced a sampler amplification, people are turning to Philharmonic. of the most successful CTI artists, a more substantial kind of music, In charge of the new moves are the same name. After three years of (Continued on page 50) what were described as "delicate ne- plus a four-color poster. It has also but one which still retains a beat. joint managing directors Paul Rob- printed 50,000 stickers for dealers "People now are more willing to inson and Barry Authors. Robinson gotiations" the first release, a double album "By Invitation Only" has and customers. Says Weber: "At listen to instrumentals. For that rea- founded the label with Steve Row- first we had 20 albums per month son I deliberately put a jazz artist land in November, 1974; Authors, been released and is the subject of a RCA Sale Method big market -testing television cam- from import source, but now we into a context that is geared to pop. after long experience in agency and have to press all CTI albums in Ger- In fact, pop is a marketing phrase management in Canada and Britain, paign in the northeast region. Artists appearing on the album include: Switch Pays Off man plants." that is commonly confused with the joined Robinson at the end of last Metronome now has CTI artists art of recording. year. Both had separate publishing Led Zeppelin, Emerson Lake and By CHRIS WHITE Palmer, Yes, Rolling Stones, Rob- like Esther Phillips, Grover Wash- "Grover Washington Jr., Chick outfits prior to that, and these have LONDON-RCA's switch from ington and George Benson in the been merged to form Chappell/ erta Flack and Aretha Franklin. Corea and Stanley Clark are selling van -selling to direct distribution last charts. It is hoped that a few of the records in quantities formerly asso- Robinson/Sparkle. * * * July in the U.K. has paid off in terms artists will visit Germany this spring ciated with artists like Blood, Sweat Power Exchange has appointed LONDON-EMISON is produc- of album and singles sales, accord- for a showcase tour. and Tears, or Grand Funk Railroad Derek White, formerly with United ing to company marketing manager ing the in-flight entertainment pro- In an interview here, CTI chief and others. If the artist sells 500,000 Artists and Pye, to handle national Lionel Burdge. grams for the British Airways Con- Creed Taylor said his production albums he becomes 'pop' and that is promotion. And he says indications are that corde services which began passen- philosophy was to look into areas the true meaning of the term. Pop, as The Radio Clyde Orchestra proj- 1976 will be even brighter for the ger flights last week. The company that had not been exploited before. a term, has no relevance to the type ect, a joint venture with the Glas- already produces music programs for company. "Different ways of doing things that of music anymore." gow -based commercial station, is ex- RCA's decision to drop the vans the British Airways 707 and 747 fleets. have been around for a while, or Asked about the build-up of turn- pected to yield an album of The Concorde package is in stereo and switch to a car -based sales force classical pieces that have never been over in recent years, Taylor said: brought it into line with other major contemporary hits played in the and of the five separate channels, properly exploited. "Last year CTI enjoyed exceptional Boston Pops style. There will be con- one will use the new Kunstkopf companies. Now the company has "For example, things like 'Also critical and popular success. Grover cert dates by the orchestra to help "dummy head" recording tech- chart single success with R. and J. Sprach Zarathustra' or 'Anything Washington's 'Mister Magic' went promote the record. nique. Stone's "We Can Do It" and the Goes' would not appear to be ideal gold. It was the number one jazz al- Tymes' "God's Gonna Punish You," The Hambro venture, in which * * * vehicles for a jazz-rock band. There- bum for 23 weeks. And it went into Chappell is heavily involved, centers and there is great action on key- fore I find them particularly attrac- the top ten of the popular charts. on the pianist's expertise with LONDON-Cyril Spencer, a board player Vaneglis and his al- record dealer trading in North Lon- tive. "Ron Carter's 'Anything Goes," Gershwin music. The composer's bum, his first for the company. "And I give a lot of attention to Hubert Laws' The Chicago Theme,' "Porgy and Bess" has been chosen to don, is to pay $1000 agreed costs to Burdge says: "This chart success is the packaging of an album. Except and Esther Phillips"What A Differ- celebrate the U.S. bicentennial this EMI and RCA as part of terms dis- the combination of several factors in isolated instances, customers can- year, and Hambro is recording it for posing of a copyright action, the but the switch to direct selling has (Continued on page 50) Power Exchange for release both in High Court here announced. Spen- had a lot to do with it. Car -selling the U.K. and U.S. Hambro is also to cer had been sued by the two com- means salesforce men can spend make a television show, intended as panies over pirate albums, three of more time with the dealers, outlining a pilot program for a series. Glenn Miller music and one of Nat new releases and promotion cam- Other Power Exchange recording King Cole, produced on the Joker paigns. W. Ger. Disk Sales Jump plans include keyboard man Mike label. The consent agreement also "Before, with van -selling, the reps involves the defendant company's HAMBURG - The singles with an increase of .5% in the Moran and Canadian vocalist Bill tended to be just delivery boys and business in Germany is improv- whole German industry. Amesbury. Moran has completed an pledge to cease and desist from fur- didn't have time to promote prop- ing again. According to statistics Metronome shows a singles in- instrumental album of standards in ther copyright infringement of the erly new product." plaintiff companies' rights and to now available, single sales went crease of 10%. contemporary style, supported by He says promotion work on the up by approximately 9% in Sep- But as usual the most positive onetime members of Blue Mink. hand over infringing recordings. R. and J. Stone single had gone on * * tember 1975, compared with the sales development was achieved Robinson says he is not deserting * for at least three months. Apart from same month in 1974. in the album section, including Power Exchange's originalblack COLOGNE-EMIElectrola's the Sweet, it is the first U.K.-oriented EMI Electrola's single sales all price groups. In September music interests and a special compi- DCW department, which plans and release from RCA to be a hit in a improved by an impressive 1975 LP sales of the entire Ger- lation entitled "Hunk Of Funk" is to produces albums and cassettes on couple of years. 31.7%. In the first quarter of the man industry increased by ap- be available soon. Artists featured request for private and industrial "We're getting some excellent financial year 1975, from July proximately 34% compared with will include the O'Jays, Ann Byers, clients is becoming more and more a product from the States and in addi- 1 to Sept. 30, the Cologne -based September 1974. And EMI Elec- Billy Cole and H.B. Barnum. sales giant for Germany's record tion there are a number of very good company showed a 17.4% in- trola's album sales were boosted Power Exchange remains with British acts waiting in the wings. We crease in single sales compared by 37.8%. EMI in various foreign territories. (Continued on page 51) expect big things in 1976." 50 International !International Turntable]Motown -EMI From The Music Capitals Austin Bennett, marketing direc- the Midlands now will be Malcolm Agree On tor of,World Records, has been ap- Anderson, formerly in national ac- Of The World pointed marketing administrator in counts, and regional manager for LONDON EMI's classical international divi- the south-west is Graham Winston, Distrib Deal ducer Joe Boyd. ... New Liverpool sion, reporting in London to general previously sales force training man- By WOLFGANG SPAHR Bob Montgomery has resigned as group Nasty Pop, having toured as ager. managing director of Chappell, support to John Cale in the U.K., manager Peter Andre. COLOGNE-After long-term, of- now touring as headliners. ... New He has been with World Records Tony Tonge continues inthe ten tough negotiations between the U.K., and has been invited by the for six years, the last two as market- north and Gary le Count, formerly President (Dick James) and Council London night-spot, featuring top Motown Record Corporation of Los acts at reasonable prices, is Nero's, ing director.Marketing manager manager of the south, looks after the Angeles and EMI in London, a new of the Music Publishers' Association to become involved in their plans for upcoming cabaret attractionsin- Michael Kennedy will take over Ben- south-east. All four continue to re- licensing deal was signed, giving cluding Georgie Fame, Mac and nett's responsibilities and Bryan Tyr- port to Desmond Lewis (Music for the collection of mechanical royal- EMI exclusive distribution of the Katie Kissoon, Sweet Sensation and rell has joined WR from EMI's tape Pleasure sales and marketing direc- Motown catalog in the Federal Ger- ties. Though disk jockey Alan Freeman Mungo Jerry. department as assistant marketing tor) and his deputy Ted Harris. man Republic, Austria, Switzerland, has no exclusive deal with the BBC Phonogram spending $25,000 on manager. Lewis says the reshuffle resulted France, Belgium, the Netherlands, "Scotland'sSoundsSpectacular" Peter Hulm has been appointed from the departure of field sales Luxembourg, Scandinavia and sev- now, because it is regarded as "an manager Adrian Williams, recently unnecessary reassurance" after his campaign to draw attention to its EMI Records marketing services eral African and Asian countries. Scottish product ranging from Rod manager, reporting to Bob Mercer, appointed managing director of 19 years with the corporation, he has So EMI's German subsidiary con- no intention of working for any Stewart to Bagpipers. . Re-release marketing and repertoire director. EMI Nigeria. "The situation on action by United Artists on Peter Responsible for the regional promo- communication was getting rather tinues to distribute Tamla product other radio station in the U.K. ... tion team, he joins EMI from Radio blurred, so we simplified matters. as it has since 1969. Since that start- The Elektra and Asylum labels start Sarstedt, bringing out again his 1969 -recorded "I Am A Cathedral" City (Liverpool) where he had been We reduced the lines of commu- ing date, Tamla Motown's sales have functioning from within WEA here and the album "Where Do You Go marketing manager since its start of nication between the salesmen on grown continuously in the Federal (Feb. 14) when the top -selling 30 al- the ground and management. Republic. bums in the two label's catalogs be- To My Lovely." ... With 18 compet- transmission. Mercer said Hulm had ing countries in this year's Eurovi- experience in both marketing and "It is in no way a cutback. We had come available through the CBS/ commercial radio and this move re- 46 sales territories before and there It had a 2.7 million Deutschmark WEA distribution setup. sion Song Contest (April 3), the United Kingdom suffers the disad- flected the significant growth and are 46 now. With the same number share of EMI Electrola's total sales United Artists' Man Warner, ex- vantage of being drawn to sing first. importance of local broadcasting. of salesmen, the change isn't an in 1969/70 (the company's financial pert in recorded nostalgia and re- Martin Nelson has been ap- economy measure but merely de- year is from July 1 to the following sponsible for current Laurel and Country Music Association (G.B.) made new appointment of member- pointed EMI Records regional pro- signed to speed up the two-day June 30). There was an 89% increase Hardy hit single, married public re- ... ship secretary (Sandy Crosthwaite) motions manager, based in London. flow." in the year 1973/74 up to a share of lations consultant Sandie Kay. Peter Ridley, who worked free- 11 million Deutschmark in the fi- Osibisa hit single "Sunshine Day" to cope with ever-increasing amount He previously managed EMI's of memberships and mailings. northern promotions office in Man- lance after several years with both nancial figures for 1974/75. firsthit to come from Bronze Roundhouse Studio. ... Many ru- PETER JONES chester. Succeeding him is Martyn Magnet and Bell, has joined EMI's Such success has its price. For the Cox, who joins from the regional a&r department as special projects mors here that promoter Mel Bush is period of the prolonged contract to bringing in Bob Dylan for concert PARIS promotions team at Chrysalis. Be- manager, reporting directly to Brian December 31, 1977, EMI Electrola fore that he had been a member of Jeffery, general manager U.K. rep- dates. Raquel Welch is to appear at the guarantees Motown a minimum li- Albert Hammond in town to cut a Palais des Congress here, Feb. 5-7, the Warner Bros. promotion team. ertoire and marketing. cense income of $2.1 million, or 5.4 Mother newcomer is Doug Good- new album with producer Ron Rich- her first appearance in the French Barry Cawson, formerly market- million Deutschmark. ingoperationco-ordinatorat man who joins Vic Lanza's MOR di- ards, who created most of the Hol- capital as a singer, and she will fea- lies' old hits. ... Two extra dates ture all original songs, will be ac- Phonogram, has been appointed as- vision as administration assistant, Among the most successful Mo- sistant marketing projects manager, U.K. repertoire and marketing. He added for the Johnny Mathis tour, companied by 24 musicians and 16 town albums in the German market including one at the London Palla- dancers, in a 75 -minute show.... taking up his new role in Chris Ded- was previously with Chappell in the are the entire Stevie Wonder collec- man's department. Bob Nolan, for- royalty department,: dium, all the others being sold out. Italian group Libra signed with tion (with 200,000 albums and cas- Despite not having had a big hit Tamla Motown, distributed by merly marketing operations assist- settes sold) and the soul of the ant, takes over Cawson's previous yet in Germany, David Essex voted Pathe Marconi/EMI for the world Temptations, who have sold 450,000 in top five pop singers in magazine except Italy. position. RCA Offers albums and cassettes in the last three popularity poll there.... John Craig, Three Americans have been Andrea Rodell has been appointed years. press officer at Charisma in London, managing director of British Lion awarded the Francis Salabert Prize Music, has joined the Purple Group having previously worked inthe Dealers Big for composition: Frank W. Becker, During the group's autumn tour of companies as managing director press office at CBS. who lives in Japan, who won with an Promo Markup in 1975, the Temptations received a of the music -publishing interests, orchestral work; and Curtis Smith Audley Lougheed has joined the Gold Disk for the first time outside Purple having acquired a 50% share and Bryan Schober, the latter study- Trojan/B&C promotion department LONDON-As part of its market- the United States. The album "Mas- with special responsibility for press. ing campaign to break new group in British Lion Music. ing composition in Paris. There were terpiece" sold 150,000 copies in West Former general manager of 32 entries, with a jury presided over He reports direct to Bernie Coch- Limey this year, RCA is offering Germany. reane, head of the department. He dealers a 72% margin on the band's Screen Gems Music Bill Kimber has by French composer Olivier Mes- moves to the company from U.K. debut album. The chart -topper "Dan The Banjo set up new company, Mighty Music, sien, and the prizes, from publisher where he was on promotional work The mark-up-twice the usual Man," "War" by Edwin Starr, "Su- with Bay City Rollers' musical direc- Salabert, are worth around $4,000. tor Colin Frechter. ... World Rec- for six months and prior to that with margin-started this week from the perstition" by Stevie Wonder and ... The triple Santana album, dis- tributed by CBS, was pressed in Ja- Dip Records. pre -sell and runs through until Feb. the Temptations' "Papa Was A ords sold over 100,000 box -sets of six pan and only a limited number were In an attempt to improve commu- 27, one month after the album's re- Rollin' Stone" were the best sellers albums from Slim Whitman's Lib- nications between the Music for lease. in the singles side of the market. erty-UA repertoire, the original sales available, snapped up fast by the French record clubs. Pleasure management team and the RCA merchandising manager estimate being around 35,000. ... Canadian country singer Dick Dam- A rock punk and roll festival was sales forces, there has been a restruc- David Rozalla emphasizes that the Apart from these, such popular turing of the sales team, including experiment applies only to the Li- Motown artists as Diana Ross, Mar- ron set for March tour of U.K. with staged in Le Havre, an area becom- the appointment of two new re- mey album and was not indicative of vin Gaye, Eddie Kendricks and release of his "Soldier Of Fortune" ing a kind of French -style Detroit, gional managers. Responsible for future company policy, but adds: Smokey Robinson, the groups Rare record. and the program included les Rock- "Our philosophy is that if this dealer Earth, the Supremes, the Jackson Ex -Prime Minister Edward Heath ets, les Dogs, Little Bob Story, Snake offer is successful then it will be an- Five,theMiracles, Undisputed guested on first of series of six Oscar Count Bishop, the Tyla Gang, and other useful contribution to profit Truth and promising newcomers Peterson television shows on BBC - Skydogs Records made alive for both the retailers and RCA." Syretta and the Commodores won TV.. .. Rick Wakeman and the Eng- recording of the event. ... Serge Dealers Nix Limey, a U.K. band with an fine reputations in the German mar- lish Rock Ensemble confirmed for Gainsbourg is to make a film based American country sound,ispre- ket over the years. April U.K. tour, preceded by tours on his song "Je T'Aime Moi Non Royalty Fee dicted as RCA's next major act and of Japan, Australia and New Zea- Plus." the 72% margin is part of an inten- In order to establish the artists land.... Budgie, with two hit albums "Mayflower," the new musical Continued _from page 49 sive promotional campaign. "Itis listed as well as Motown's entire "In For The Kill" and "Bandolier" comedy written in honor of the however, society makes no distinc- critical that RCA should break a catalog even more strongly than in toitscredit, signed worldwide American bicentennial by Eric tion between entertainment and number of British acts during 1976, the past, additional personnel and recording deal with A&M. ... New Charden and Guy Bontempelli has demonstration. not just in the domestic market but financialinvestment here was hardback book by disk jockey been well received at the Porte St - But the PRS did apologize to the abroad, too. agreed between EMI and Motown. Rosko, "Emperor Rosko's DJ Martin Theatre. The show has no MTA representatives for not con- "So we ask dealers to take in this Starting this year, a special market- Book," out. He is the son of Holly- stars, but a cast of 35 singers and sulting them before announcing the album with the 72% markup and in ing and promotion budget will be wood movie producer Joe Paster- dancers. ... Juliette Greco, heroine decision. Among the arguments put return guarantee a full promotional available for particular activities. nak. of the famous Left Bank "caves" af- to the PRS was that when a painter campaign aimed at putting the al- New Groundhogs lineup features ter World War II, has made a come- has one of his works reproduced, or bum onto the charts. Obviously if founder Tony McPhee, ex -Home back and signed with RCA, and her a writer has a book published, shops the album is a hit the retail trade will CTI Promotion drummer Mick Cook, bassist Martin story has been written by French ex- displaying them do not need a li- have done well and if not, it won't Kent and guitarist Dave Wellbelove. istentialist philosopher Jean Paul Continued from page 49 cense to do so. have been for lack for trying." . New product lined up for Sartre. One suggestion put forward was Promotion for the Limey album ence A Day Makes,' all became Chelsea Records includes Wayne Offshore tv is new company set up that if the PRS needed to raise more includes saturation commercials on qualified disco hits, not only in the Newton and the Glen Burton Experi- by Michel R. Penneroux and Main money, then the tariff paid by stores local radio through Britain, plus U.S. but overseas as well." ence. ... Phonodisc,distribution Jacquet to film all the appearances which play records as background heavy press advertising and 200 na- He added that he was keen on the company of Phonogram and Poly- of U.K. and U.S. pop acts appearing music should be increased. tionwide window displays. possibility of CTI artistsvisiting dor, latest to introduce a minimum in France for the television net- Lees says: "We listened sympa- Rozalla says: "The offer is open to Germany. His talent department is order charge for dealers ($2 on or- works.... French singer Marcel Sar- thetically to some of the arguments all dealers and there is no minimum currently negotiating for a CTI all- ders of less than $60) in an effort to don, who topped the charts for two and less sympathetically to others. order for the album, because we star group to play gigs here. eliminate "uneconomical orders." months with "Le France," has We are just thinking about it at the don't want to load things against As for the future, he said the aim Toots Hibbert, leader of Toots agreed to sing in Moscow, on the one moment, but in the meantime, retail- them. We feel this scheme should was simply to build the entire artist and the Maytals, in London to com- condition that he can choose his own ers who continue to play records or help the independent retailers who roster into the big -seller status cate- plete work on the Island group's lat- songs. ... SM Discs to organize a music are infringing the law if they have had so much to put up with in gory that Grover Washington and est album, with Island founder Chris special appearance of the La Croix do not pay the royalty." recent months." Esther Phillips have already hit. Blackwell and Maria Muldaur- pro- (Continued on page 51) 51 International Polygram Cuts Budget Line By BRIAN MULLIGAN From The Music Capitals Of The World LONDON-Musical Rendezvous, records retailing in the $2-$2.50 Continued from page 50 Just out: Gilbert O'Sullivan's "I and violinist Lola Bobesco, the the company which markets the Pol- bracket. De Bois singers in MIDEM, the Don't Love You But I Think I Like awards being judged at the end of ygram group's Contour budget la- Polygram's exit from the budget group singing in the Notre Dame de You." ... And the soundtrack al- the International Woman's Year. bel, is being closed down and the market has been on the cards for the Bon Voyage church. bum of "Jaws," tying in with the During another reception, Phono- catalog transferred to Pickwick In- better part of the last year as increas- Due to sing "Carmen" at Nice Op- movie. ... Other big -name releases gram director H.G. Gout presented ternational. ing costs of production bit deeper era, Grace Bumbry sent a medial cer- include the Bay City Rollers' album Prince Albert, national president of The changeover means that some into the company's slim profit mar- tificateto the director and an- "Rollin'," Gary Glitter's "Ren- the Belgian Red Cross, with 20 40 London staff and salesmen will gins which could not be under- nounced she would sing "La Tosca" dezvous" LP and Guys 'n' Dolls' copies of the musical encyclopaedia be laid off, though some may even- written by sufficiently powerful instead, because her voice is tired "Let's All Get Together." 44 -album set "The Classics," to be tually be offered work either with back catalog. and the low register music of "Car- "El Bimbo" and "La Balanga" handed over to hospital libraries the Polygram companies or at Pick- Steve Gottlieb, chairman of Pol- men" could have damaged it.... have had some 15 cover versions in through Belgium. wick. ygram Leisure, says: "This has not English band Nova has signed a Holland and Belgium.... Paul Si- After a&r meetings in Koln This decision brings to an end a been an easy decision to make, but world contract with Arista, distribu- mon's album "Still Crazy After All (1973), Barcelona, Zurich and Am- five-year run in the budget market the label has not been viable for tion by Motors.... Jacques Chabon These Years" named Album Of The sterdam (all1974), EMI delegates by the Polygram companies, Phono- some time and in the present eco- awarded the Edith Piaf Prize at the Month and subject of special radio from Germany, Belgium, Spain, gram and Polydor, and means that nomic climate we cannot go on car- Grand Priz International De La promotion and Roland Kluger's France,theNetherlands,Italy, Pickwick now controls, according to rying a label which is not profitable. Chanson for his song "The Violin- Single Of The Month was "Rocky," Scandinavia and Switzerland met in managing director Monty Lewis, In times of inflation the public ist," released on Phonogram. by Austin Roberts (EMI). Brussels. The aim of the meetings to about 60% of the U.K. market for changes towards higher -priced Labrador Music -Motorshas Group Two -Man Sound, compris- find better information and coordi- product and if there are too many $2 signed a contract with Hi -Man Mu- ing three musicians, having a big hit nation concerning artistic and pro- labels on the market somebody is sic to make record -advertising films with "Charlie Brown" and has ap- motion policies. This spring the fifth Danish Jazz bound to suffer." for French television and cinema, a peared on every possible big tv pro- meeting in the series will be held. He adds that television promotion new company Hi -Man Music motion show in France and Benelux, JUUL ANTHONISSEN Group Touring of records had affected sales of France being set up and early clients with an album following. It could be budget records and the likelihood of including Kent cigarettes, Chrysler a major all -Europe hit.... New BARCELONA By KNUD ORSTED price restrictions would make it even cars. ... Johnny Hallyday has re- RKM artist Moises from Cap Verde Catalonian singer Joan Bautista COPENHAGEN - Three years more difficult to make a profit. "We corded, for Phonogram, "Hamlet," just out with "Amor E Parodia," a Humet (Movieplay) has recorded his ago the Danish jazz-rock group Se- made a certain impact but not the based on the Shakespeare play, with fine disco sound, and there is new album in Spanish, "Dialogos," cret Oyster was formed, led by alto- major one we were hoping for." music by Pierre Groscolas and lyrics equally big promotion on "Cafe and the single from it, "Que No Soy One of the principal failings of saxist Karsten Vogel-he had been a by Gilles Thibault. Cafe," by The Nice People. Yo," isa chart -topper here. . .. member of Burning Red Ivanhoe for Contour was less than total pene- HENRY KAHN Sven and Charlotte, Swedish Plenty of promotion activity for seven years, helping the group tration at retail level. The company's team, in Belgium for tv promotion "Hey Tengo Ganas De Ti," top ten through seven albums. official announcement statesthat MILAN on their newie "Operation II, II, II," release here by EMI's Miguel Gal- marketing responsibilityisbeing Burning Red Ivanhoe toured the New Aris artist Andrea Zarrillo, Abba still riding high with "S.O.S." lardo. transferred to Pickwick with the aim and Esther Phillips' "What A Differ- U.K. four times, receiving good re- whose single "Maledetta Signora," Belter starting new deal with Pye views. of giving the catalog improved retail ence A Day Makes" still big.... Two with singles and albums including availability. Through the Contour or "Cursed Madam," is getting big Secret Oyster comprised: bassist support here, is working on an al- special albums by Roy Orbison out product by Joe Dolan, Petula Clark, Jess Staehr, also from Burning Red sales force, the label was available in from CBS. ... Blue Rock still tour- Carl Douglas, Sweet Sensation and some 4,000 outlets, about 2,500 less bum of her own compositions... . ing Belgium. Ivanhoe; Claus Boehling, from the Cramps, label of the feminist group ... Nitty Gritty Dirt Brotherhood of Man.... Venezue- Hurdy Gurdy group, written about than Pickwick has access to via its Band finding many "freaks" among lan singer Pecos Kanvas (Belter) van -selling operation at present 52 - Collectivo Femminista Bolognese, in Donovan's song of the same has put out the album "A Sister record buyers here. here for television and radio promo- name; Ole Streenberg, former side- strong, but possibly to be increased. Kris De Bruyne worked here in the tions on his single "Oh, Cuanto Te The deal affects only Contour Found," featuring Antoniette Lat- man for Dexter Gordon, Ben Web- erza and Nadia Gabi. Brussels Beursscheouwburg and Amo." ster and several other top jazz artists catalog past and present and no there are very good reactions to his Substantial radio activity for the commitment has been made with re- Cramps also has the new Eugenio resident in Copenhagen, on drums; Finardi single "Soldi." new Phonogram album "Ook Voor second single by Lucio Vedro, Dis- spect to further product, or as re- ... News of a Jou." ... U.K. group 5000 Volts in as and Kenneth Knudsen, Danish jazz tieup between the new Indro Monta- cophon artist, with "Aventuras Sim- musician of the year in 1973, on elec- gards manufacture. Stocks have guest artists on the tv special "Tier- plemente," and he arrives soon for been transferred to Pickwick's ware- nelli co-operative Il Giornale and tric piano, moog and clarinet. Tele-Monte Carlo has been con- nerklanken." promotion appearances.... "Inn- Now there are big plans for the house and some streamlining of the New album of Rob De Nigs, "Kij- cameron" is the ninth album of La catalog as well as re -packaging will firmed and the Giornale group is to band, according to promoter Arne handle a daily news service at 8:50 ken Hoe Het Morgen Wordt," pro- Trinca (Edingsa), with ten tracks Worsoe, of International Concert take place. Prices are unchanged. duced by Boudewijn de Groot, out. sung in Catalonian, all based on With the addition of Contour rep- p.m. daily, to include music, sport, Organization, based in Copenha- theater, and general information. . . . Leo Sayer contributed three Boccacio's stories "El Decameron." gen. He says: "Success in Denmark ertoire, Pickwick now represents, in songs to the tv special "Tiernerklan- ... The group Santabarbara (EMI) addition to Polygram, the budget in- Jazz saxist Gerry Mulligan fea- is one thing, but after getting a fine tured at a recital at the Teatro ken." ... The Union of Belgian has recorded the first Spanish ver- reception on tour in the U.K. we feel terests of CBS, RCA and Pye as well Composers (UBC) presented the sion of "Carino Mio," a big Italian as eight other labels. The increasing Uomo, his group including vibist we are sitting on a truly inter- Dave Samuels, pianist Mario Rusca, Trofee Fuga award to Jeanne Bra- success for the group Campagna. national new name group." volume of the company's business is guitarist Sergio Farina, bassist Dodo bants of the Ballet van Vlaanderen FERNANDO SALAVERRY The Secret Oyster style is rather creating distribution problems due to the capacity of the vans. Goya and drummer Tullio De Pis- special in the European jazz-rock copo. . The Herbert van Karajan scene. Chick Corea's "Return To To ease that, the company is switching to three -ton vans which series of "Opera" filmed at Milan's Forever," and Billy Cobham, or the Cinelandia with the Berlin Opera Mahavishnu Orchesta are bands op- can carry up to 12,000 albums each. Says Lewis: "We are taking the Chorus, starring soprano Mirelle erating in a similar field, but Secret Freni has started on Italian RAI. An Oyster is no copy. The band's two al- warehouse to the customer." ironic touch since La Scala is right at We'd like to thank Billboard bums "Furtive Pearl" and "Sea Son" roused great interest. hand but has not been used for tele- vision filming recently. for votingus Number One. Hemming Flindt, managing di- SYLVIA MANASSE rector of the Royal Danish Ballet, International Billboard Ltd., in London, have the pick of Britain's and a ballet -dancer himself, created hotels and restaurants to choose from. So it's especially a ballet with music from Secret Oy- Briefs BRUSSELS pleasant to know that they put us at the top of their chart. ster. The production is called "The Mike Berry's "Tribute To Buddy "There isn't a hotel we rate higher than Wonderful Old Ugly Woman" and Continued from page 49 Holly" is making it big here, and it is The Carlton Tower. Fantastic setting overlooking the it was not for lack of money that also included in the album "Hit Ex- Flindt has most of the dancers ap- clubs. After more than a million gardens of Cadogan Place. Two world -class restaurants. units had been sold to members of plosion," number one with Flemish And the most comfortable suites you could wish for." pear nude before a bemused au- the Bertelsmann AG club, to Gu- Radio.... "When" has been covered dience in the New Theatre, Co- in France by Les Jumeaux on Car- That's the word from Billboard, but if you'd like penhagen, last December. tersloh (well over one million) and to to know more about us write to the address below or rere and re -titled "Viens." . . . The show was a huge success. DeutscherSchallplattenclubof phone us, toll -free, on DeutscherBucherbund,Stuttgart "Scotch On The Rocks," U.K. hit by Generally audiences like center- the military Band Of The Black 800-223-5757 (or in New York, block seats in the auditorium, but (more than four million units), an- collect, on 212-371-4111). othergoldrecordhasbeen Watch, doing well here. there was suddenly a rush for front- presented to the company. Something of a delayed -action ef- row accommodation. CBS Denmark fect for "Get Down Tonight" by released a soundtrack album and the * * * K.C. and the Sunshine Band, re- reviews were uniformly excellent. LONDON-The DJM label made leased in Belgium in July but not on Most critics here expect Secret Oy- a clean sweep of all categories except the chart until September and now a ster to make an international name. classical in the annual Music Week big hit. .. . But "Brazil" by the One critic says: "Denmark is too album sleeve design competition Ritchie Family seems to thrive in the 6! - small a stage for that kind of good here. The company placed first, Belgian climate. music." along withprinters Shorewood "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Until Feb. 14, Secret Oyster will inthe 6363 Packaging, full -price pop, Campbell has hit top spot on the ra- tti 5 fr.: travel Scandinavia. Then they move mid -price and TV and budget divi- dio chart here, after climbing stead- to the U.K. from Feb. 20 to March sions, and in the latter took both first ily through the fall, but the Dutch- 28. Then visit Germany, Holland, and second places. The top choice lyric version, sung by Claire, had Belgium, France, Switzerland and for album sleeve design went to Alan made it to the top much earlier.... Spain, the tour running to April 20. Aldridge's complex illustrations for Plenty air -play for Elton John's "Is- Concert promoters in the U.S. are Elton John's "Captain Fantastic and land Girl" and for Jigsaw's "Sky TH CAN_DIONt 1018/Elk starting to show interest in the band the Browndirt Cowboy." One judge High," from the movie "The Man Cadogan Place, London SWL England. with provisional dates for a tour commented: "It is almost too good to From Hong Kong," which was re- being set for May. be an album sleeve." leased in Antwerp. 52 Canada Polydor Urges Wider Mart BillboaidHitsOfTheWorki Copyright 1976, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form MONTREAL-"We must stop to have gold records. But I believe or by any means, electronic, mechanical. pho ocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher. limiting our market. Too often have we should constantly be looking to I heard it said that the prime record build on success, not praising our- BRITAIN LPs ITALY This Last market is for the under 25 age group. selves and letting the matter drop. If (Courtesy Music Week) (Courtesy Germano Ruscitto) °Denotes local origin Week Week (As Of 1/13/76) Why?" we sell 100,000 copies of an album, SINGLES LPs 1 1 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen This That question was posed by Poly- we should not be patting each other This Last (EMI) Week on the back but asking ourselves Week Week dor president Tim Harrold during 2 4 24 ORIGINAL HITS-Drifters 1 LILLY-Antonello Venditti-(RCA) an address to a gathering of the com- how we can double this figure. I do (Atlantic) 2 PROFONDO ROSSO-I Goblin (Cinevox- 1 1 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY-*Queen 3 47 THE BEST OF ROY ORBISON- Fonit/Cetra) pany's sales and promotion staff on not believe we cash in on our hits (EMI)-B. Feldman (Queen/Roy (Arcade) 3 CHOCOLATE KING-Premiata Fonderia Thomas Baker) Jan. 9, the start of Polydor's year. enough." 4 2 40 GREATEST HITS-Perry Como Marconi (PFM) (Numero Uno/RCA) GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE-Sailor 2 2 (K.Tel) WISH YOU WERE HERE-Pink Floyd The occasion was marked by a gath- Harrold also stressed the necessity (Epic)-Chappell/Morris (J. Asser) 4 5 10 OMMADAWN-Mike Oldfield (Virgin) (Harvest/EMI) ering of managers from the Van- of maintaining credibilityinthe 3 3 MAMA MIA-Abba (Epic)-Bocu 6 11 STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE 5 RIMMEL-Francesco De Gregori (RCA) 4 4 IN DULCE JUBILO/ON couver, Calgary, Toronto, Quebec marketplace. "We are dependent on YEARS-Paul Simon (CBS) 6 MINA CANTA LUCIO-Mina (PDU/EMI) HORSEBACK-Mike Oldfield 7 12 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 7 XXIa RACCOLTA-Fausto Papetti (Durium) and Ontario branches for a confer- our customers," states Harrold. "Our (Virgin)-Virgin (Mike Oldfield) (Warner Bros.) 8 FORSE ANCORA POESIA-I Pooh (CBS/ objectives must be to work with (Bach/Murray / Oldfield) ence on Polydor's marketing ap- 8 3 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE IT-Bay City MM) 5 16 LOVE MACHINE-Miracles (Tamla proach. and a product seminar. them. We cannot consider a record Rollers (Bell) EXPERIENCE-Gloria Gaynor (MGM/ Motown)-Jobete London (Freddie 9 9 8 THE BEST OF THE STYLISTICS Phonogram) Harrold continues, "We, as a cata- or tape really sold until it reaches the Perren) (Avco) 10MAZZABUBU'-Gabriella Ferri (RCA) log company, have a specific respon- general public. We must avoid bull- 6 8 KING OF THE COPS-*Billy Howard 10 6 MAKE THE PARTY LAST-James 11 HASTA LA LIBERTAD-Inti Illimani (Penny Farthing)-Burlington sibility to sell our product to the shit like the plague and sell our Last (Polydor) (Vedette) (Billy Howard) 11 27 GREATEST HITS-Barry White (20th 12GREATEST HITS-Barry White whole cross-section of the popu- product intelligently. We need the 7 17 WE DO IT-R.&J. Stone (RCA)- Century) (Phonogram) Rondor/Tin Lid (Phil Swern) lation. Thatis what our in-store retailer: we need the department 12 30 SHEER HEART ATTACK-Queen 13DISCO BABY-Van McCoy (Avco/Ariston/ 8 7 WIDE EYED AND LEGLESS-Andy store: we need the rack. All of them (EMI) Ricordi) demonstrations set out to do. We Fairweather Low (A&M)-Rondor 13 18 TUBULAR BELLS-Mike Oldfield 14LA MINA-Mina PDU/EMI) proved that when the music is heard have a role to play. A healthy indus- (Glyn Johns) (Virgin) 15INSIDE OUT-Hammilton Bohannon 9 15 LET THE MUSIC PLAY-Barry White it will sell." try requires that they all make a 14 29 THE VERY BEST OF ROGER (Brunswick / MM) Harrold also had some general buck. Cut-throat price wars can only (20th Century) WHITTAKER-(Columbia) 10 25 MIDNIGHT RIDER-Paul Davidson 15 25 THE SINGLES 1969-1973- observations on current attitudes to end in disaster. Our policy must be (Tropical) Carpenters (A&M) the market. to encourage the desire to work to re- 11 5 ART FOR ART'S SAKE-10c.c. 16 13 ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR-David (Mercury).-St. Annes (10c.c.) HOLLAND alistic margins. Volume alone is not Essex (CBS) (Courtesy Stichting Nederlandse) "We have to realize that our com- 12 39 FOREVER AND EVER-Slik 17 19 SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST This petition is not really just other record going to make for a viable business 13 9 ITCHYCOO PARK-Small Faces HITS-(CBS) (immediate)-United Artists Week companies." he says. "Sure we com- in the long term. The cake is big 18 15 WISH YOU WERE HERE-Pink Floyd 1 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY-Queen (EMI) (Steven Marriott/Ronnie Lane) (Harvest) 2 WILLEMPIE-Andre Van Duin (CNR) pete in trying to sign artists, in fight- enough for everyone to have a slice 27 EVIL WOMAN-Electric Light 14 19 16 GET RIGHT INTAE HIM-Billy GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS-Sailor (Epic) provided we concentrate on enlarg- Orchestra (Jet)-Jet/United 3 ing for promotions, in getting air- Connolly (Polydor) 4LET'S TWIST AGAIN-Chubby Checker Artists (Jeff Lynne) play-but sometimes we forget that ing it rather than sharpening our dis- 20 28 ROLLED GOLD-Rolling Stones (London) 15 19 CAN I TAKE YOU HOME LITTLE (Decca) 5 NOSTALGIA-Francis Goya (CNR) we are really competing for leisure count knives on each other's GIRL-Drifters (Bell)- 21 5 40 GOLDEN GREATS-Jim Reeves 6 MISSISSIPPI-Pussycat (EMI) Cookaway/Barry Mason (R. dollars. Dollars which could just as throats." (Arcade) 7 GOLDEN YEARS-David Bowie (RCA) easily be spent by the public on ski- Harrold hinted at a stepped up Greenaway) 22 - THE HISSING OF SUMMER 8 YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE-Tina 16 37 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY-Donna LAWNS-Joni Mitchell (Asylum) Charles (CBS) ing, fishing or sailing as on records. program of deveoping Canadian Summer 23 21 20 SONGS OF JOY-Nigel Brooks 9LOVE HURTS-Nazareth (Vertigo) 17 6 LET'S TWIST AGAIN/THE TWIST- Dollars that go to spectator activity artists in 1976. "We are a Canadian Singers (K -Tel) 10PATRICK MON CHERIE-Kiki and Pearly Chubby Checker (London)-Carlin like ice hockey, baseball or the ci- operation and as such have a special 24 - STAR TRACKING '76-Various (Philips) 18 20 DO THE BUS STOP-Fatback Band (Ronco) nema. We are marketing our prod- task to develop local artists and to (Polydor)-Clita (Fatback Band) = 25 7 FAVOURITES-Peters & Lee (Philips) < uct against such competitors as Mo- showcase their talents to the world," 19 12 GOLDEN YEARS-David Bowie 26 32 MOTOWN GOLD-Various (Tamla) (RCA)-Bewlay / EMI /Chrysalis / 27 38 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink O nopoly or Scrabble who really show says Harrold. "Our relationship with Mainman (David Bowie) SPAIN Floyd (Harvest) (Courtesy of "El Gran Musical") Phonogram and Polydor helps us in- MILKYWAY-Sheer Elegance us just how fantastic the sales pro- 20 22 28 31 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS-Eagles Denotes local origin (Pye)-Grade & Lynton/ATV (H. tential is for hot product. Maybe we ternationally in this respect a great (Asylum) SINGLES Watkins) bn 29 20 SHAVED FISH-John Lennon/Plastic This could learn something from their deal. BTO, Rush and Hammersmith 21 21 GET IT TOGETHER-Crispy & Co. Ono Band (Apple) Week r...") success? Perhaps K -Tel and the are an impressive indication of what (Creole) ALL AROUND MY HAT-Steeleye 30 23 1 AMOR, Music) 22 41 ANSWER ME-Barbara Dickson °) - othertv companies showed the can be done. France Castel, Christ- Span (Chrysalis) 2 JAMAS-Camilo Sesto (Ariola)-(Arabella- 23 46 SUNSHINE DAY-Osibisa 31 34 BEDTIME STORIES-Judge Dread Armonico) record industry what marketing ine Charbonneau, Basic Black and 24 11 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME (Cactus) 3 THE HUSTLE-Van McCoy & The Soul City PINE-Laurel & Hardy (United Z7') means. Pearl have all had chart success in 32 40 BREAKAWAY-Art Garfunkel (CBS) Symphony (Columbia)-(Hispavox) Artists)-(Francis Day & Hunter) >- "As an industry we congratulate 1975. Now we have Le Clan Mur- 33 35 QUEEN-(EMI) 4 HOY TENGO GANAS DE TI-Miguel 25 28 BOTH ENDS BURNING-'Rory cC 34 17 ELVIS PRESLEY'S GREATEST Gallardo (EMI)-(Ego Musical) < ourselves too soon. Of course chart phy, Moxy and Garfield to look for- Music (Island) HITS-(Arcade) 5 PARA QUE NO ME OLVIDES-Lorenzo 3 placings are important and it is nice ward to as well." 26 33 NO REGRETS-Walker Brothers 35 42 CRISIS? WHAT CRISES?- Santamaria (EMI)-(Ego Musical) 27 13 IFI COULD-David Essex (CBS)- Supertramp (A&M) 6 FEMMES-Nathalie et Christine (EMI)-(Ego April/Rock On (Jeff Wayne) 36 39 SIREN-Rosy Music (Island) Musical) 28 38 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER- 37 24 WE ALL HAD DOCTORS PAPERS- 7 FELIZ CUMPLEANOS QUERIDA-Nelson Paul Simon (CBS)-De Shufflin Max Boyce (EMI) Ned (Columbia) (Paul Simon/Phil Ramone) 38 9 40 SUPER GREATS-Various (K -Tel) 8 TORNERO-I Santo California (Ariola)- WALK AWAY FROM LOVE-David 29 42 39 41 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL-Stylistics (Armonico) Ruffin (Avco) 9 SE QUE ME ENGANASTE UN DIA-'Danny !Canadian Kapers. BABY FACE-Wing & A Prayer Fife 30 - 40 26 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS- Daniel (Polydor)-(Otilia) & Drum Crops. (Atlantic)-Francis (DJM) 10EL SOLITAR10-Nubes Grises (Ariola)- By MARTIN MELHUISH Day & Hunter 41 45 THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-10cc (Talisman) 31 10 HAPPY TO BE ON AN ISLAND IN (Mercury) LPs THE SUN-Demis Roussos TORONTO-An iteminlast 42 - DESPERADO-The Eagles (Asylum) This tra administrative duties he will (Philips)-EMI (George (Petsilas) week's issue indicated that the entire 43 46 HORIZON-Carpenters (A&M) Week limit his personal appearances dur- 32 40 DEEP PURPLE-Donny & Marie 44 48 BAND ON THE RUN-Paul 1 WISH YOU WERE HERE-Pink Floyd (EMI) staff of Dixon-Propas Productions Osmond ing 1976. Chris Nielsen, a Royalty McCartney/Wings (Apple) 2 JESUCRISTO SUPERSTAR-Version 33 47 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS-Ethna Inc. headed by Neill Dixon and 45 37 ONCE UPON A STAR-Bay City Teatral Espanola (Ariola) recording artistas well as recep- Campbell (Philips) Rollers (Bell) 3 HEIDI-Version Original T.V. (RCA/CBS) Steve Propas had resigned. Accord- 34 50 HOW HIGH THE MOON-Gloria tionist at the company, has just had 46 36 VENUS AND MARS-Wings (Capitol) 4 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR/ ing to Propas only Barbara Hoffman her second single released entitled Gaynor 47 44 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER- SOUNDTRACK-(Movieplay) 35 44 DRIVE SAFELY DARLIN'-Tony resigned. Barbara Onrot and Gert Simon & Garfunkel (CBS) 5 DISCO BABY-Van McCoy (Columbia) "You Know I Want You." It's from Christie 48 50 QUEEN 2-Queen (EMI) 6 ... PARA PIEL DE MANZANA-Joan Rutters, the road manager for Mar- 24 YOU SEXY THING-'Hot her current album "Lady From Vir- 36 49 14 DISCO HIT '75-Various (Arcade) Manuel Serrat (Ariola) tha Reeves, were let go. Karen Nor- Chocolate-Chocolate/RAK 50 - GLEN CAMPBELL'S GREATEST 7 CBS-5-Varios Interpretes (CBS) ginia." To coincide with the single's (Mickie Most) man isstill employed at the com- HITS-(Capitol) 8 VIATGE A ITACA-Lluis Llach (Movieplay) release, Nielsen will embark on a 37 26 FIRST IMPRESSIONS-Impressions RIDE A ROCK HORSE-Roger Daltrey pany and is now Propas' personal (Curtom)-(Ed Townsend) 9 cross -Canada promotion tour call- (Polydor) assistant. Doreen Elminowski has 38 LOW RIDER-War (Island)-Scott/ ing on radio stations and trade per- 10ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon (EMI) been hired as receptionist. Far Out (J. Goldstein) sonnel. In February Nielsen will ap- 39 - LIES IN YOUR EYES-Sweet * * * pear with Al Cherny and R. Harlan (RCA)-Sweet/Carlin (Sweet) WEST GERMANY (Courtesy Musikmarkt) Smith at the North -Am Snowmobile 40 35 TEARS ON THE TELEPHONE- SWEDEN TORONTO-With the appoint- (Courtesy GLF) Claude Francois Denotes local origin ment of Karen Ball to the position of Races. Royalty has also signed Larry SINGLES Denotes local origin GOD'S GONNA PUNISH YOU- Gustafson. 41 48 This LPs national publicity manager, Capitol Tymes Records -EMI of Canada Ltd. has * * * Week This 42 - THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH 1 DOLANNES MELODIE-Jean-Claude Borelly Week created a national publicity depart- EDMONTON-Lands End Mu- YOU-Captain & Tennille (A&M)- (Telefunken)-Prisma / Budde 1 GREATEST HITS-Abba (Polar) ment which will provide resource in- sic Productions, Lands End Music Rondor (Morgan Cavett) 2 I'M ON FIRE -5000 Volts (Epic)-Intersong 2 SCHIFFZI-13jorn Skifs (EMI) formation to industry and media 43 43 DREAMS OF YOU-Ralph McTell 3 LADY BUMP-Wenny McLean (Jupiter/ 3 HAN AR MIN SANG-'Pelle Karlsson (BMI) and Folkstone Management, (Warner Bros.)-Misty River/ Ariola)-Meridian-Siegel/Butterfly (Signatur) people across Canada. Before mov- owned jointly by recording artist Essex (S. Allen) 4 MAMA MIA-ABBA (Polydor)-Intro 4 FRIDA ENSAM-Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Polar) 5 MORNING SKY-George Baker Selection 5 FLAMINGOKVINTETTEN 6- ing to Toronto from Winnipeg to 44 SQUEEZE BOX-Who (Polydor)-Eel Paul Hann and his manager, Pete - (Warner)-MUZ Flamingokvintetten (Flam) Pie (Glyn Johns) take up her current duties, Ball was White, have been reformed and 6 WENN DU DENKST, DU DENKST ETC.- 6 PALOMA BLANCA-George Baker Selection involved in many aspects of the mu- 45 - MOONLIGHT SERENADE/LITTLE Juliane Werding (Hansa/Ariola)-Intro (Warner Bros) united under the corporate name BROWN JUG/IN THE MOOD- sic industry in western Canada. She 7 FLY, ROBIN, FLY-*Silver Convention 7 STRUNG UP-Sweet (RCA) The Kicking Horse Music Com- Glenn Miller (RCA)-United (Jupiter/Ariola)-Meridian-Siegel/But- 8 ABBA-Abba (Polar) spent four years with the Winnipeg pany. The first project for the pro- Artists terfly 9 GREATEST HITS-Cat Stevens (A&M) Symphony Orchestra as a special duction arm of Kicking Horse was 46 45 I BELIEVE I'M GONNA LOVE YOU- 8 SAILING-Rod Stewart (Warner)-Melodie 10A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-Queen (EMI) projects coordinator and public rela- Frank Sinatra (Reprise)-Campbell der Welt 11 NUMBERS-Cat Stevens (A&M) the recording of Hann's second al- Connelly (Snuff Garrett) 9 MOVIESTAR-Harpo (EMI)-Melodie der 12CABALLERO-Sven-Bertil Taube (HMV) tions officer followed by two years in 13ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart bum "Another Tumbleweed" which 47 - IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME- Welt business for herself in the field of has just been released. The LP was Yvonne Fair (Tamla Motown)- 10 NEW YORK GROOVE-Hello (Bell/EMI)- (Warner Bros) Jobete London (Norman Melodic der Welt 14ROCK OF THE WESTIES-Elton John (DJM; concert promotion and talent pub- ELVA KVINNOR I ETT HUS-Agnetha produced by Holger Petersen and Whitfield) 11 DON'T PLAY YOUR ROCK 'N' ROLL TO 15 licity. ME-Smokie (RAK/EMI)-Melodie der Faltskog (CBS) leased to Stony Plain Records which WEAK SPOT-Evelyn Thomas (20th 48 - Welt 16LEVANDE PA NYA BACCHI-Magnus and * * * Century)-Levitathian/Horse (I. is distributed in Canada by London 12 JOSIE-Peter Maffay (Telefunken)-Intro Brasse (Metronome) Levine/D. Leake) EDMONTON-Royalty Records, Records. Hann has just completed a 13 TORNERO-1 Santo California (Ariola)- 17 INDISCREET-Sparks (Island) tour of western Canada with dates in 49 - HONEY I-George McCrae (Jayboy)- Sugar Music 18BORN TO RUN-Bruce Springsteen (CBS) headed by president Jack Dubasz, Sunbury (H.W. Casey/R. Finch) 14 GOOD OLD DAYS-Albert Hammond 19CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS?-Supertramp has appointed country artist R. Har- Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton. Van- 50 49 DANCE OF THE CUCKOOS-Band (Epic)-April/Melodie der Welt (A&M) lan Smith to the position of director couver, Saskatoon, Regina and Win- Of The Black Watch (Spark)- 15STAN THE GUNMAN-Hank The Knife & 20EMIL I LONNEBERGA-Soundtrack of a&r and promotion. With his ex- nipeg. Leber/Southern (Barry Kingston) The Jets (EMI)-Intersong (Philips) 53 Latin Latin Scene A.C.E. NOMINATIONS NEW YORK crash outside Ciudad Obregon dur- Brazilian Albert Sets New salsa outlets springing up all ing the Christmas holidays. Torrid Pace over as the craze sweeps New York. Manoella Torres and Gualberto By RUDY GARCIA Newest club is Ei Chevere at 167th Castro are swinging into heavy ac- NEW YORK-Brazilian singer- awards (the organization is officially Other nominees are: best female and River Ave. in the Bronx... . tivity, according to personal man- composer Morris Albert leads all called Asociacion de Cronistas de singer-Sophie(Velvet);Tanya Live salsa music also scheduled for ager and producer for both CBS art- competitors with three nominations Espectaculos) were releasedlast (Discolando);SoniaSilvestre Monday nights at east side spot ists, Alfredo Marcelo Gil. Former in the recordings categories of the week and show that Albert was nom- (Rico). Best folk singer-Vicente called Adonis which starts the policy will perform at premiere of a picture New York Hispanic Critics Assn. inated as best male singer, best com- Fernandez (Caytronics); Wilfredo later this month (26) with Ralph Lew in Puerto Rico in late January, play awards competition for 1975. poser and best arranger, allfor Vargas (Rico), Angela "Chianita" handling the chore of teaching the a one -week engagement in Chicago The nominations for the A.C.E. "Dime" the Spanish version of his Meyers (Borinquen).Best com- Latin Hustle and salsa/mambo steps in early February; Castro takes on a song "Feelings," the lyrics for which poser-Albert-Fundora (Audio -Lat- to novices. series of weekend personals in Vera VETERAN ASKS were written by Tomas Fundora. ino);Lolita de la Colina (Tico); Speaking of Lew, he reports the fi- Cruz, Leon, Salamanca and Gua- The only other multiple nominees Charytyn (Alhambra). Best orches- nals of the city-wide Latin Hustle dalajara.... Another top CBS singer are: Spanish singer Julio Iglesias in tra-Raphy Leavitt's La Selecta (Bo- contest are scheduled for the Ipa- (Caytronics in the U.S.), Angelica the categories of best male singer rinquen); Don Madardo Y Sus .. Mistake By nema club on Jan. 28. . And Ra- Maria, going on tour with a show, and LP of the Year, "El Amor" (Al- Players (Centenario) and Los Grad- fael "Felo" Diaz-Guttierrez has "Te Encontre En Abril" ("I'll See hambra), and Danny Rivera, in the uados (Discolando). opened a new dance club in New You in April") soon, to be followed Publishing same categories for his LP "Can- The A.C.E. awards are considered Jersey, the Hudson at 60th near Ber- by personal appearance in New ciones De Amor" (Velvet). the most prestigious show business genline which will feature live bands York, Los Angeles and other stop- Iglesias and Rivera also are in- prizes in New York's Hispanic com- on weekends. "Felo" also is plan- overs in most of Central and South Industry? directly involved in the best arranger munity. An indication of their im- ning an international Latin song fes- America. .. . Daughter of Jesus By CLAUDE HALL nominations in that Rafael Ferro portance is that the awards ceremo- tival here in late May with help from Acosta, Dora Bertha, was married LOS ANGELES-The publishing was nominated for his arrangement nies on March 19 will be telecast live Argentinian Aldo Legui. recently to engineer Eduardo Huff industry made a mistake 30-40 years of the Iglesias album cut "Abrazans" on UHF Channel 47 here and will Yomo Toro, guitarist, who hosts Dorado. Acosta is co -director of Dis- ago when it let the record industry and Pedro Rivera Toledo for his ar- be rebroadcast on videotape in vari- his own television show on Channel cos Gas.... Luis Moreno finding big slip out of its grasp, believes Sam rangement of Rivera's "Odiamo." ous Latin countries. 41, excited about his trip to MIDEM success since switching from ballads Trust, president and general man- conference with Fania All -Stars. to ranchera. Camilo Sesto has ager of ATV Music Corp. Camilo Sesto (Pronto) set to do been classified the most popular And this is why Trust, veteran mu- BillboardSPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/31/76 U.S. tour in March according to Spanish artist to have appeared here Caytronics executive Rinel Sousa. sic publisher, is devoting special at- TM in 1975. His records are released na- tention and finances to Granite Rec- . . . Others set for this year are: Ro- tionally via Musart. . .. Enrique ords, fledgling label wing of ATV berto Carlos (CBS-Caytronics), due Marquez was sworn in as new presi- Music. Special Survey in October and Sandro (Caytronics) dent of EMMAC Jan. 16. He suc- mboordHot Latin LPs Last week, it began to look as if his in February. All will start their tours ceeds Ramon Paz as head of the attention was paying off. Edwin in Puerto Rico. publishers' organization. Others as- Copyright 1976, Billboard Publications, Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced, Festival de la cancion Mexicana Starr's "Abbyssinia Jones" and stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, suming new posts include: Alfonso Lowell Fulson's "Do You Love Me" photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. due in Madison Square Garden Garcia, vice president; Angel Her- were getting strong radio airplay. March 13 headed by Vicente Ferna- nandez, second vice president: Starr's disk, in fact, looks like an r&b z dez (Caytronics), Armando Manza- Eduardo Balestrini, secretary; Jose hit. C nero (Arcano), Imelda Miller (Ar- G. Cruz, treasurer. MARV FISHER This TITLE-Artist, Label & This TIRE-Artist, Label & The unusual aspect is both Starr Week Number (Distributing Label) Week Number (Distributing Label) cano) and eight other Mexican stars. and Fulson came to the firm as song- This show has traditionally been a SANTO DOMINGO writers. Granite, now almost two sellout. A successful debut was made by 1 EDDIE PALMIERI 8 YAMBU MirlaCastellanos (Merciana) years old, is actually the primary ex- Unfinished Masterpiece. Coco CLP-120 Sunny, Montuno 506 Spanish singer Juan Bau, who re- posure medium for their material. A CO opened at Chateau Madrid in first 2 GROUPO FOLKLORICO Y 9 LARRY HARLOW cords for Pana, at the La Mancha hit record, of course, would establish EXPERIMENTAL El ludo Maravilloso. Fania 1M00490 rn appearance here to sell-out crowd. club of the Hotel Lina. Bau, who was the label. NUEVAYORQUINO 10 CELIA & JOHNNY . .. Roberto Carlos (Caytronics) signed by agent Jose Gomez, also Trust is undaunted. The label may Salsoul-2-400 Tremendo Cache. Vaya XVS-37 single "Inolvidable" doing well on I- gave two concerts in the city at the 3 local charts. be small at the moment, but he's de- PUPI 11 ROBERTO CARLOS co Bellas Artes and Agua Luz Theaters termined to be successful. "But the Y Su Charange, Vaya VXS-40 Quiero Verte A MI Lado, Caytronics 1439 0 Manolo Sanchez Moreno, Camilo and a concert in Santiago. The record business is terribly different 4 SALSOUL ORQ. 12 YOLANDITA MONGE Sesto's manager, here in New York singer had his engagements at La Salsoul Orchestra S2S-5501 Florediendo, Coco-Clp-123 0 to pick up Rinel Sousa to accom- from the publishing business. And Mancha extended for a week. Bau's it's expensive to be in." 5 ISMAEL MIRANDA 13 ORQ. BROADWAY pany him on a trip to cities singer Este Es Ismael Miranda, Fania XSLP00480 Lo Mas Duro En Charanga, Coco Clp-119 many recordings are getting con- Trust feels it shouldn't have been will tour.... Gualberto Castro LP stant airplay and he has a top hit 6 MONGO SANTAMARIA 14 TITO PUENTE this way. "Record companies should Afro -Indio. Vaya XVS-38 No Hay Meru, Tico 1401 containing "La Felicidad" which with "Mirando Las Estrellas," and a have been offshoots of the great won OTI song festival out and doing new recording out, "Porque Nos Di- 7 CAMILOSESTO 15 MORRIS ALBERT well. ... Johnny Ventura's (Kuba- publishers of the past... Chappell, Amor Libre, Pronto, Pts-1013 Dime. Audio Latino 4085 jimos Adios." Bau has been called Shapiro -Bernstein. The problem is ney-Mate) newest LP a big hit the successor of the late Spanish that in the old days sheet music was among New York's Dominican com- singer Nino Bravo. selling a million copies a song and IN CHICAGO munity which is rapidly approach- Wilfredo Vargas and his group ing the half -million mark. the record business was trivial in Los Beduinos who record for Karen, comparison. New single by Los Sobrinos Del 1 CAMILO SESTO 8 CELIA & JOHNNY recorded part of their first album in "Publishers should have been in Juez (Audio -Latino) is an attempt to Amor Libre, Pronto Pts 1014 Tremendo Cache. Vaya XVS 37 New York while on a tour there.... the forefront of the record business. break into American market. Called Mexican singer Marco Antonio Mu- 2 ANGELICA MARIA 9 CORTIJO Now, instead, they're in the position Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Sonido "Without Your Tender Love" itis El Bochinche, Coco Clp-117 niz (RCA) was booked by agency of approaching the record industry Internacional SI-8014 melodically catchy but the words 10 YOLANDA DEL RIO ADAA for concerts at the Bellas almost hat in hand. 3 JULIO IGLESIAS Se Me Olvido Otra Vet, Arcano 3283 don't make too much sense and the Artes Theater and dates at the El El Amor, Alhambra 23 vocals and mixing are downright "There's nothing wrong with a 11 NELSON NED Castillo Club. .. . Puerto Rican publisher having his own record la- 4 VICENTE FERNANDEZ Nelson Ned. United Artists 1550 amateurish. RUDY GARCIA singer Daniel Santos (Velvet) had bel, unless it pushes its own copy- Vicente Fernandez, Caytronics 1450 12 LOS ANGELES NEGRO engagements at the El Conquistador A Ti, Arcane DKL-1-3271 MEXICO rights to the detriment of other copy- 5 EDDIE PALMIERI Club of the Hotel Naco. Cuban rights. That should never happen." Unfinished Masterpiece, Coco Clp-120 13 HECTOR LAVOE Venus Rey, secretary general of songstress Blanca Rosa Gil (Inter- 6 ROSENDA BERNAL La Voz, Fania XSLP.00461 SUTM, Mexican musicians' union ATV Music doesn't have that kind nacional) was booked for two weeks of problem. The publishing business Le Esposa Olvidada, Latin International 14 LOS FREDDYS here in the Federal District, has ac- 5027 Epoca De Oro, Peerless 1041 at the Maunaloa Club. is extremely large. In 1975 revenues claimed victory in shutting the door 7 JUAN GABRIEL 15 LOS BABYS Dominican singer Expedy Pou was significantly ahead of last year; on more discotheques from opening. (Campo) released a new recording Con El Mariachi, Arcano 3283 Como Sufro, Peerless 1769 The few operating have reached an the firm has experienced 14 varied titled "Tu Me Entiendes"/"Solo chart records with five or six of these accord with the syndicate. Rey also Quiero Decirte Que Te Quiero." vows to carry the campaign to the going to No. 1. Luisito Rey, Spanish singer on the Of course, Trust is plowing con- rest of the country, mostly concen- Karen label, has a new single, "Se trated in the border cities and in the siderable funds from publishing into Bien"/"El Muneco," also a new the record label in hopes of even- resort areas of Acapulco, Mazatlan single by Spanish singer Nino Bravo and Puerto Vallarta.... Juan Ga- tually providing all of the copyrights has been released, "Quien Eres Tu"/ bonus exposure as well as creating a briel was honored by RCA for his "Te Amare." five years of consistent hits for the separate profit center from records Dominican songstress Sonia Sil- themselves. label. Estimates are 2 million which vestre (Karen) gave a series of pres- Johnny Pacheco he personally recorded and 6 million entations in New York accompanied sold by other interpretations over by the orchestras of Cesar Nicolas Sonia Silvestre and Orlando Penn the span. . ..President Luis Ech- and Primitivo Santos. Silvestre then who resides in New York. Manoella EL MAESTRO bverria was guest of honor at "Com- went to Puerto Rico to participate in Torres from Mexico won first place poser's Day" luncheon (Jan.15) the Third International Song and for the best song and Orlando Penn held at Society of Authors and Com- Voice Festival of Puerto Rico. fifth. 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If I were a mi- ALL LABELS-REGULAR AND CLOSE -Assemble various orders-Welcome you today in order that we may present one disk jockey shift ends another OUTS. Nearly 30 years serving importers when you arriveIn N.Y., also Los Angeles. nority seeking a radio license, I'd file the following special broadcast. Ed must begin. with consolidation and personalized atten- Contact first against an automated station tion BERKLAY AIR SVCES, MARKETING Hamlin did a hell of a job. He took But you can't realize all of these DARO EXPORTS, LTD., P 0 Box 665 JFK Airport because it would seem to me that 90 hours of special programming- things unless you pull back and be- 1468 Coney Island Ave., Jamaica N Y 11430 U A A Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230 they are really vulnerable... from some from the outside and some that come objective about radio pro- Cables: Expodaro eow the standpoint of not fulfilling at he produced himself-and laid out a gramming. 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Write for interesting to me to think needs. freelisting.Scorpio MusicDistributors, 2933 about all of the possibilities in radio River Regular Classified: 75c per word. Rd., Croydon,Pa. 19020. Dealersonly.tfn that haven't been done yet. Vox Jox Minimum $15.30 ATTENTION, RECORD OUTLETS. WE For instance, why do people read Display Classified: $35.00 per col- have the largest selection of 45 rpm oldies and Rolling Stone? Why do people have Continued front page 16 brotherBrent Stierworks at KTAC goodies and also major label LP listings at pro- in Tacoma, Wash. umn inch. motional prices. Send for free listings. All orders to get that kind of information about City Rollers," but on their British PAYM ENT MUST ACCOMPANY welcome. Apex Records, Inc., 947 U.S. Highway the people who make music heard * * * #1, Rahway, N.J.07065. tfn version, which normally has more ORDER TO: on radio from a magazine? Rolling the I like to see radio men pay tribute Billboard Golden Oldies MAKE MORE PROFIT WITH OUR LOWER music than those released in prices on LPs, 8 -tracks, quad -8's, and cassettes. Stone, of course, does a pretty good to promotion executives who've Trading Post states. Top 1000 list updated weekly. Write Tobisco, job. But, you don't get that kind of Dave 1515 Broadway, New York City 10036 6144 Highway 290 W., Austin, Texas, (Mexican Originally, however, Aristawas helped them over the years. list available also). tfn information on radio. Why do you going to release-as the followup hit Edwards,music director of KGY in punch out of a KHJ or KMET in "Saturday Night" another cut from Olympia, Wash., even wroteJoe Los Angeles to listen to KABC Smith,then president of Warner FOR SALE CLASSIFIED the U.S. album and the two cuts vy- because the first stations are into ing for the honors were "Let's Go" Bros. Records, to praiseJason Mik- SOLD @ AUCTION: COLLECTORS REC- ADVERTISING music and not sports, while KABC is published by Dick James Music and lerof the WEA Seattle office. Jason ords, LP's; Jazz-Soundtracks/Personalities/Orig- DOESN'T COST, where you'll hear sports. "Shang -a -Lang"publishedby was recently promoted out of inal Casts-Country/Western/Blues. Indicate I think there's a way to package all which list from: Ray Macknic (or) Theo's, P.O. IT PAYS. Weldek Music. Seattle....Jack Blair,previously Box 7511, Van Nuys, Calif. 91406, U.S.A. tfn of the elements together for good What happened was that mem- with XPRS, Los Angeles, for six programming. bers of the group gave copies of the years, is looking for another posi- And there are other aspects, of British version of the LP to RKO tion. Call him at 213-465-4106 or at course. Fifty radio stations that are Radio and announced that "Money home 213-781-4334. He's an experi- losing money can afford barely Honey" would be their new single. enced program/music director. $1,000 for promotion. But the net- RKO Radio stations started playing work with the same stations could the tune as the new coming single. R8010411 MORT afford a $50,000 promotion, right? Result, Arista was forced to recon- Instead of a small station putting to- sider and come out with that single Bubbling Under The gether a poorly -structured advertise- rather than something from the U.S. Rates: "POSITION WANTED" is $10-in advance-for 1 ment for a local paper, how about a album. Besides the power of the art- inch, one time. No charge for Box numbers. well -designed ad for Sports Illus- ist today, I guess that also demon- HOT 100 trated ... or a regional issue in any strates the power ofRKO Radioin "POSITION OPEN" is $20-in advance-for one time. of the national publications? the world of breaking a hit. Once the 101-I AM SOMEBODY, Jimmy James & The I mean, the possibilities are so ob- Vagabonds, Pye 71051 Box number ads asking fur tape samples will he charged chain had started "Money Honey," vious. Arista couldn't stop it. 102-ABYSSINIA JONES, Edwin Starr, Granite H: You don't think the music net- 532 an added $1 for handling and postage. * * * work would violate FCC regu- 103-THIS IS WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME, Engel - Send money and advertising copy to: lations? Jeff Gerberhas shifted from bed Humperdindi, Parrot 40085 (Lon- Radio -TV Job Mart, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, N.Y. 10036 J: Oh, Ithink it might put the WHFMin Rochester, N.Y., to pro- don) regulations to the test, but perhaps gram WBAX in Scranton/Wilkes- 104-JUST YOUR FOOL, Leon Haywood, 20th they should be put to the test. The Barre, Pa., as a 24 -hour, 1,000 -watt Century 2264 POSITIONS WANTED network regulations, to me, look like Top 40 operation. 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H: And, of course, with that type brary would be welcomed.Tom Bubbling Under The THIRTY, MARRIED, TWO DAUGHTERS, of setup, you could cut the air per- Adamsis already enshrined there. FIVE DOGS, TWO CATS, AND AN * * * ULCER. CALL COLLECT:(806)374- WNTN sonality shifts down to an hour a 3162. I'LL PAY FOR THE CALL 'CAUSE NEWTON -BOSTON day. Lineup at KPUB, Pueblo, Colo., Top LPs YOU'RE GONNA LOVE MY AUDITION LOOKING FOR J: Fascinating potentials. For ex- includesAce Ball5-7 a.m., then the WHICH I'LL PLAY FOR YOU. IF I'M creative, entertaining personality NOT IN, LEAVE MESSAGE AND I'LL for ample, I've been working with "T.T.O. Show" with president and 201-10cc, The Original Soundtrack, Mercury CALL YOU BACK. DON'T PAST THIS MOR FORMAT K-108 ... KXOA-FM, inSacra- general managerRex R. Millerand SRM-1.1029 (Phonogram) BY! )1131 (617) 969.1550 mento. There's an incredible ratings sales managerWilliam Engler.Ball 202-CONWAYNATTY, Twitty,MCA 2176 Mr. D or Mr. S ja31 success story there and yet the sta- returns and works until noon, fol- 203-HENRYMANCINI CONCERT ORCHESTRA, "Seekadultcontemporarymidnight -six tion never gets the publicity that a lowed by the syndicatedPaul Har- Symphonic Soul, RCA APL1.1025 strong middle ormajor market (prefer 204-AMERICANGRAFFITI VOL III, MCA 2-8008 station in San Diego would. veynews show, and then program Calif). Not hiding at night, this is my bag. 205-KEITHJARRET, Backhand,ABC/Impulse Super smooth, bass, casual semi-layback Radio as a career? Willing to learn all facets During the lastARB,we had to directorBrian Yorkdoes a six -hour of radio? Married persons preferred. First ASH 9305 that's metropolitan, likeable, sincere, hold Ticket required. If interested contact Doc come up with something in Sacra- show. "We use the country music large age audience. No FM,country or Anita DeVore, Broadcast Enterprises, Box 968, mento ... yet we realized that the format Colorado Country that I de- 206-TOMT. HALL, Greatest Hits Vol. II, Mer- Kerr. Listen 200 tapes (or more), shop other Powell, Wy. 82435. An Equal Opportunity cury SRM-1-1044 (Phonogram) If above answers the people didn't want something big stationsthen call me. Employer. fe14 vised to best blend the various types 207-SYLVERS,Showcase, Capitol ST11465 call, you just hit pay dirt, we're hard to find. and flashy. But response to on -air of country music we program. On 208-NORMANCONNORS, Saturday Night Spe- 32 with 3rd. Leave message for Rodgers material is just great in that particu- my. show, I feature several mini -pro- 208-752-1141. Let's talk clean radio. Cart lar market. Especially, special pro- cial, BuddahBUS 5643 machine ain't workin' too good and gotta grams I make up.I often take the 209-THEMYSTIC MOODS ORCHESTRA, Ero- shake this joint.I'llrun ads like thistill Say gramming. So, in rapping it out with show on the road for live remotes." genous,Sound Bird SB 7509 I getit. Too good to give up. Somebody Phil Melrose, the manager, and Ed needs me." You Saw It in Billboard Jeff Ormandoes 6 -midnight. York's 210-SOUTHSHORE COMMISSION, Wand WDS Hamlin, the program director, we real name isBruce Stierand his 6100 (Scepter) 56

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Spotlight Billboard's Pop nk Recommended LPs 10cc-How Dare You, Mercury SRM-1-1061. Another col- DAVID BOWIE-Station To Station, RCA APLI -1327. lection of skilled looniness from the British quartet, high- Another good disco effort from Bowie, who seems to have lighted by complicated vocal arrangements and varied instru- found his musical niche following the success of "Fame" pop mental usage. Song subjects deal with commercial satire, and now "Golden Years." Strong vocals and excellent common but not usually vocalized desires and social cliches production from the artist and Harry Maslin are the keys SPEEDY KEEN -Y'Know What I Mean, Island ILPS 9338. For- mer lead voice of Thunderclap Newman brings out second taken to task. All four handle lead vocals, generally in some to the set. The lyrics don't seem to mean a great deal, sort of falsetto style. And all four play a wide number of in- and the 10 minute title cut drags. But as a disco dance solo LP with a mix of straight ahead rock and some good bal- lads. Rock cuts are fun, sounding in spots like rock from years struments. Strong LP on the whole, though some of the hu- album, few faults can be found. Earl Slick's guitars are gone by. Ballads find him sounding from time to time like he mor in each song tends to get lost unless one sits and listens superb throughout as he leads the instrumental charge. did in the Thunderclap days. Ballads, with Keen's flowing extremely carefully to the words. Still, the group has created Bass and drums are typical disco. The material may not voice and the subdued instrumentation, generally work best. a distinctive overall sound that retains commercial elements. be as powerful as was the early Bowie, but the LP is in- Actually, 10cc has developed a style and sound that most of deed filled with infectious, quite commercial material Uptempo cuts do feature some fine guitar from Butch "Peaches" Sanford. Best cuts: "Almost Eighteen," "My the so-called party groups should have developed, and at this that, in its way, is every bit as alive as anything Bowie Love." point these four are the only ones to make such a sound vi- has done. Certainly enough of the old Bowie here for the veteran fans and enough disco to attract a new group. On able. Only complaint-songs do tend to run together, at least JOHN MAYALL-Notice To Appear, ABC ABCD-926. Mayall the whole, a successful venture. on the surface. hooks up with producer Allen Toussaint this time around and Best cuts: "How Dare You" (instrumental), "Lazy Ways," Best cuts: "Golden Years," "Station To Station" (par- comes up with a creditable mix of his British blues and ticularly the last half), "TVC 15." "I'm Mandy Fly Me," "Rock'N'Roll Lullaby," "Head Room," Toussaint's New Orleans sound. Strong singing, as on last al- "Don't Hang Up." Dealers: Artist set for first tour in two years in next bum, from Dee McKinnie. Majorityof songs written by month. Dealers: Group's cult of fans builds steadily each time out. Toussaint. Not a radical departure from usual Mayall style, but a fresher sound. Best cut: "That Love," "There Will Be A PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-If The Shoe Fits, RCA APL1-1247. Way." "A Hard Day's Night." Country styled rock with good harmony vocals from one of better selling groups in this field. Particularly good instru- NATIONAL LAMPOON-Good-Bye Pop, Epic PE 33956 (CBS). mental work from guitarist Larry Goshorn and steel guitarist Usual dose of sicko and off the wall humor from the group John David Call works well against production of John Boylen. PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alivb, SP 3703. that is best atit. Some amusing radio takeoffs, good Neil Harmony vocals well done throughout, with several cuts close Double live set from Frampton should be the one to fi- Young bit and an art rock suite that works well. Topper, how- enough to country to receive play on country stations. LP nally establish the British singer/guitarist as a superstar ever, is a very strong and very funny bit that hits soul music seems to drag a bit in spots, but the group has always scored level performer. To begin, the set is a perfect representa- and Christmas songs in one fell swoop. Best cuts: "Kung Fu well with this type of sound. Still, quite pleasing on the tion of the excitement Frampton and his three backup Christmas," "The B Side Of Love" (a country takeoff), "A His- whole. musicians capture on stage. The material is as represen- tory Of Neil Young." Best cuts: "Sun Shone Lightly," "Aren't You Mine," "You tative of his stage act as could be wished for, and the CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-Por Amor Vivremos, A&M SP -4561. Are So Near To Me," "Goin' Home." variety here offers a perfect balance between rockers and Same thing as the duo's first LP, except all in Spanish. Span- Dealers: Identifiable cover art should be a major display lower keyed tunes. Cuts from the Humble Pie days, oldies ish single of "Love Will Keep Us Together" hit the pop charts, help. from the Stones and original material all offer Frampton, and the novelty value of this as well as the overall pleasing THE BEST OF GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS-Buddah BDS bassist Stanley Sheldon, guitarist Bob Mayo and drum- CI sound, could bring this on as well. Q5653. Collection of foursome's hits from the Buddah years mer John Siomos a chance to display some of the most JIM CAPALDI -Shod Cut Draw Blood, Island ILPS 9336. Third includes six solid hits, which is more than most such sets skilled instrumental prowess in pop. Particularly impres- 04 Solo set from former Traffic drummer is a soft rock collection cocontain. Example of group's ability to achieve strong bases in sive is Frampton's guitar work, which avoids the flash that verges on MOR is spots. Cut in England and with musi- -Jrock, soul and MOR is showcased here, as is work with pro- sound of too many "super guitarists." Vocals far better cians David Hood, Roger Hawkins and Barry Beckett in Muscle = ducers Curtis Mayfield, Kenny Kerner & Richie Wise and Tony than average as well-and the spontaneity caught on Shoals. Steve Winwood also on several cuts. A few off the wall caCamillo. Illustration that, unlike many groups, a change of record is rare. Better than any previous studio LPs, all political lyrics but generally easy to listen to. Best cuts: "Love (0producers produces no harmful effects. Fine example of quality material and perhaps the package that will make Hurts," "Seagull." (7) groups' best work. Frampton a superstar.

Best cuts: "Midnight Train To Georgia," "I've Got To Use Best cuts: "Show Me The Way," "Wind Of Change," JOAN CAROL BUTLER-Capitol, ST -11476. Good first album of

My Imagination," "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me," "I "Baby, I Love Your Way," "(I'll Give You) Money," "Shine soft vocals and well sung, well written love songs. Country,

Feel A Song (In My Heart)," Where Peaceful Waters Flow," On," "Jumping Jack Flash," "Do You Feel Like We Do." MOR and pop feel here, with fine singing from Butler and >- cc"Try To Remember/The Way We Were." Dealers: Artist coming off a sellout tour and has been good production from Clayton Ivey and Terry Woodward. Most < Dealers: Excellent cover for display. building fans for several years. writing from artist. Best cuts: "Sammy, Please Love Me," "Can I Trust You," "It Just Won't Work Anymore," "The One JOURNEY-Look Into The Future, Columbia PC 33904. Z Who's In Love." < Band sold a lot of LPs the first time around with almost no airplay and they have turned in a far superior set this time. JOAN BAEZ-From Every Stage, A&M SP 3704 (2 Rec- THE CHIEFTAINS -5, Island ILPS 9334. Excellent Irish folk Lots of keyboard/synthesizer work as well as solid guitar, ords). Quite varied material and strong vocals highlight music from seven musicians who have been together for bass and drums-and the group does it all exceptionally well. double live set from artist who hit top 10 after a long years. Probably most authentic set available in this country. Vocals mixed in at just the right intervals, with the instru- record dry spell last time out. Basically, a complete con- Fine liner notes and good annotations explaining each cut ments dominating. Drummer Aynsley Dunbar is well known to cert. First disk is Baez and guitar, second LP features art- from Alun Owen. Lots of fun and probably new to most U.S. rock fans, while guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Gregg ist with fine band of David Briggs, Jim Gordon, James la- pop fans. Best cuts: All 10 are excellent. Rolle are both Santana veterans. Good FM chances here. merson, Larry Carlton and Dan Ferguson, Acoustic side HUSTLER-Play Loud, A&M SP -4556. Good heavy metal rock Quality of work is the most impressive point. seems to drag a bit by comparison with live disk and her set from British group. Best cuts are the total rockers. Strong Best cuts: "On A Saturday Night," "It's All Too Much," last LP, with perhaps a bit too much patter. Second LP, vocals. Best cuts: "Break Of Day," "Who D'Yer Think Yer "She Makes Me (Feel Alright)," "Look Into The Future," with the band, comes across much better on record, with Foolin'," "Little People. "Midnight Dreamer." even the talk fitting well. Perhaps listening to a live set Dealers: Group now touring country. on record naturally comes across with more power when AMERICAN TEARS-Tear Gas, Columbia PC 33847. Easy rock there is more power in the music. Material from artist, vocals with strong synthesizer backing. Good harmony vocals Dave Loggins, Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Robbie Rob- on set featuring primarily long cuts that at times seem like ertson works well, and Baez' voice is in its usual top form. jams. One "war" cut seems out of date, but last cut on LP is Best of the old and new. excellent rock. Best cuts: "Back Like Me (Parts I & II)," Courikry Best cuts: "Suzanne," "I Shall Be Released," "Joe "Franki And The Midget." Hill,""Forever Young,""Boulder To Birmingham," KALAPANA-Abbatoir, KALA 0001. Hawaiian group comes up "Please Come To Boston," "Amazing Grace." with an almost MOR set, featuring some disco sounds. Good GARY STEWART-Steppin' Out, RCA APL1-1225. Gary pro- Dealers: Baez coming off major LP. Eight new cuts in- harmony vocals. Expect some initial play on MOR stations. vides a set of hard -driving rockribbed country songs with his cluded here. Best cuts: "Nightbird," "You Make It Hard." uncompromising vigor and talent. Producer Roy Dea keeps it country with lots of guitar, fiddle, mandolin and banjo. Among the musicians are Buddy Spicher, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Gimble, Bobby Thompson, and Josh Graves. Those country who like their music country and their singers country will SUSAN RATE-Honey Toast And Sunshine, Capitol ST -11472. love this strong package from Stewart. Susan sings this set with honesty and warmth. Recorded in Best cuts: "Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man," "In Some Bakersfield and Nashville, the LP is titled after her latest JIM REEVES-I Love You Because, RCA APL1-1224. Every- dominant chart action with early crossover into pop. In his Room Above The Street," "(I Can't Be) Your Backdoor," "Oh, single. Best cuts: "Alone Once Again," "You're The Piece thing RCA releases on Reeves sounds as though it were re- hands, synthesizers and a battery of electronic sound manip- Sweet Temptation," "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone," "If That's Always Gone." You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)." corded yesterday. Thisisanother tremendous laid-back ulators take on qualities often missing elsewhere. The musi- Dealers: Stewart's country following continues to grow. Reeves album. It's a sweet sadness listening to this great cal sense always comes through, and only the most stiff- singer: you're happy over the talent he left us, and sad that backed will resist its appeal. A suite from the title Stravinsky jazz SONNY JAMES -200 Years Of Country Music, Columbia he isn't around to give us a new song or reap a benefit or two ballet is coupled with Tomita treatments of Debussy's "After- KC -34035. Sonny spent over a year working on this concept from the show business career responsible for his success noon Of A Faun" and Moussorgsky's "Night On Bare Moun- GIL EVANS & HIS ORCH.-There Comes A Time, RCA APL1- album-an impressive artistic triumph. He uses many of the and death. Chet Atkins produced these songs, and you can tain." 1057. Evans' first solo LP since his tribute to Jimi Hendrix, same musicians who helped popularize some of these selec- credit Mary Reeves Davis with once again coordinating the and as usual, his band explores new horizons. Tunes run the tions. A salute to 200 years of our country's music features Dealers: Stock generously and make sure both sides of the music beautifully. gamut from Hendrix to Jelly Roll Morton to Tony Williams to such highlights as Bashful Brother Oswald dobroing "Great repertoire aisle are covered. Best cuts: "When Two Worlds Collide," "Take Me In Your originals. Soloists include saxophonists George Adams, Billy Speckled Bird," Onie Wheeler and his harmonica on "Hard To Arms And Hold Me," "You're Free To Go," "I Love You Be- Harper and Dave Sanborn; trumpeters Lew Soloff, Ernie Please," and several members of the original Hank Williams cause," "A Fool Such As I," "Someday (You'll Want Me To THE LEGENDARY LAZAR BERMAN PLAYS LISZT-Colum- Royal, and Marvin Peterson; and drummer Tony Williams. Band-the Cheatin' Hearts-on "I'm So Lonesome I Could Want You)." bia/Melodiya M2-33928. The first of a clump of Berman al- Best cuts: "King Porter Stomp," "Little Wing," "The Meaning Cry." George Richey's production perfectly complements the Dealers: The Country Music Hall of Famer lives on in song. bums soon to hit the market, all due to ride the crest of a Of The Blues," "Children Of The Fire." artistry of James, 11 great songs here-honestly sung, and So stock, and you'll sell. heavy publicity wave. Here the artist fulfills all extravagant reproduced with the love and care that Sonny always shows advance claims, both technically and musically. He's ob- for his fans. viously another in the line of Soviet artists to impact strongly Spotlight-The most outstandingofthe week's releases and those Best cuts: "The Prisoner's Song," "Great Speckled Bird," with the greatest potential for top of the chart placement; picks-pre- on the West. Included in the 2 -record set are the 12 "Tran- "San Antonio Rose," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Wild - dicted for the top half of the chart in the opinion of the reviewer; scendental Etudes," "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3" and the wood Flower," "Waiting For A Train," "Back In The Saddle recommended-predicted tohit the second half of the chartinthe kr)Classical "Spanish Rhapsody." opinion of the reviewer, or albums of superior quality. Albums receiving Again." a three star rating are not listed. Review editor: Bob Kirsch; reviewers: Dealers: Display in Sonny's slot, and also in any special FIREBIRD-Tomita, RCA ARL1-13112. Tomita's thirdal- Dealers: Berman is currently on his debut tour of the Eliot Tiegel, Nat Freedland, Gerry Wood, Colleen Clark, Jim Fishel, Jim section for bicentennial product. bum, and like his earlier sets probably due for quick and States and media coverage is intense. Package is an easy sell. Melanson, Is Horowitz, Bob Kirsch. 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DENNIS LINDE-Under The Eye (3:12); producer: Dennis STREET PEOPLE -You're My One Weakness Girl (3:05); pro ROY HEAD -The Door IUsed To Close (2:26); producer: Linde; writers: Dennis Linde -Randy Cullers; publisher: Com- ducer: Ray Dahrouge; writer: Ray Dahrouge; publishers: Sis- Bud Logan; writers: Dallas Frazier -Earl Montgomery; pub- bine, BMI. Monument 8681 (CBS). ter John/Vignette, BMI. Vigor 1728 (PIP). lisher: Acuff-Rose/Altam, BMI. ABC/Dot DOA -17608. Roy's first ABC/Dot release since switching to the label is the Fra- B.C.G. (B.C. GENERATION) -Street Talk (4:22); producer: JOHNNY HAMMOND-Los Conquistadores Chocolates (3:20); zier -Montgomery masterpiece already on the chart by Marilyn Bob Crewe; writers: Bob Crewe -Cindy Bullens; publishers: producer: Larry & Fonce Mizell; writers: Larry & Fonce Mizell; Sellars. Superb job all around will give Roy his biggest record Hearts Delight/Gooserock, BMI. 20th Century 2271. publisher: Alruby, ASCAP. Milestone 302. KIN DEE-Once A Fool (3:28); producer: Robert Appere; yet. writers: Dennis Lambert -Brian Potter; publisher: ABC/Dun- JERRY CORBETTA-You Set My Dreams To Music (3:05); pro- JERRY LEE LEWIS-Don't Boogie Woogie (2:34); producer: hill/One Of A Kind, BMI. Rocket 40506 (MCA). Best single ducers: Jay Lewis & Jerry Corbetta; writers: Molly Ann Leikin- Jerry Kennedy; writer: Layng Martine, Jr.; publisher: Ahab, from Kiki since "I've Got The Music In Me," a mid -tempo Stephen H. Dorff; publishers: Almo, ASCAP/Peso, BMI. Clar- BMI. Mercury 73763. The Killer returns to his rock'n'roll daze rocker suitable for pop airplay and disco action. Best singing idge 415. with this wild uptempo change of pace from his last hit. From of her career as well. the pen of fast -rising writer Layng Martine, this will send the MELISSA MANCHESTER -Just You And I (3:48); producer: First Time Around country boogie king back up the chart. Vini Poncia; writers: Melissa Manchester -Carole Bayer Sager; ARTFUL DODGER -Silver And Gold (3:23); producer: Jack LYNN ANDERSON -All The King's Horses (2:45); producer: publishers: Rumanian Pickleworks/New York Times, BMI. Douglas; writer: G. Cox; publisher: Seldak, ASCAP. Columbia Glenn Sutton; writer:J. Cunningham; publisher: Starship, Arista 0168. Excellent ballad from one of last year's most suc- \A-r4v/p/ ASCAP. "All the king's horses and all the king's men/could cessful vocalists. Strong lyrics, easy melody enhanced by 3-10282. Excellent mid -tempo cut that reminds one of the never put me back together again," wails Lynn in her pow- powerful piano and fine, expressive single. Expect pop and early Beatles. Soul erful followup to "Paradise." Producer Glenn Sutton pairs his MOR play. DANA -Are You Still Mad At Me (3:28); producer: Geoff wife with a poignant ballad and gets an outstanding result. Stephens; writers: Greenaway -Stephens; publisher: Cooke - FREDDY FENDER -You'll Lose A Good Thing (230); pro- TAVARES-The Love I Never Had (3:24); producers: Den- way, ASCAP. Ariola America 7604. Good easy rocker with BRENDA LEE -Find Yourself Another Puppet (2:37); pro- ducer: Huey P. Meaux; writer: B.K. Ozen; publishen_Crazy Ca- nis Lambert & Brian Potter; writers: D. Lambert -B. Potter; ducer: Owen Bradley; writer: Jimbeau Hinson; publisher: jun, BMI. ABC/Dot 17607. Old Barbara Lynn soul/blues hit country flavor from British songstress. publishers: ABC/Dunhill/One Of A Kind, BMI. Capitol 4221. Goldline, ASCAP. MCA 40511. The high professionalism of revived by Freddy and producer Huey Meaux. Lyrics apply to- THE ONE AND ONLY EXTRAGORDANARY BAND -Step Up The five brothers move over to a ballad format for their latest, Brenda Lee shines again with her polished job on this tune day as well as ever. Freddy's singing is its usual distinctive To The Mike (3:10); producer: Gary Klein; writer: Alan Gor- another under the skilled production and writing hands of with a catchy chorus and sparkling production from Owen self and the pair continue their uncanny string of relevant don; publisher: TEC, BMI. RCA JB-10555. Unusual, catchy Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter. Expect pop action. Bradley. oldies. novelty cut which grabs attention immediately. PETER WINGF1ELD-Lovin' As You Wanna Be (3:30); pro- DAVID WILLS -Queen Of The Starlight Ballroom (2:56); CAT STEVENS-Banapple Gas (3:07); producer: Cat Ste- BANKS & HAMPTON -Make Due With Whatcha Got (3:05); ducers: Pete Wingfield & Barry Hammond; writer: Pete Wing- producers: Sy Rosenburg & Charlie Rich; writer: B. Duncan; vens; writer: Cat Stevens; publisher: Ashtar, BMI. A&M 1785. producers: H. Banks & C. Hampton; writers: Home Banks -Carl field; publishers: Ackee/Uncle Doris, ASCAP. Island 051. publishers: Shelmer-Poe/Unichappell, BMI. Epic 8-50188. Fun -filled rocker from Stevens' latest LP which is also getting Hampton; publisher: Irving, BMI. Warner Bros. 8177. Duo White Britisher who scored first with "Eighteen With A Bul- One of the best young singers to emerge in recent years has heavy exposure around the country thanks to a movie short let" has more soul in him than half the artists on the soul comes up with strong soul/disco rocker. himself another great single. David's career continues to he's made. Good, amusing lyrics. charts. Good ballad cut with excellent lyrics and superb sing- DAN SCHAFER-A Day Without You Dear (3:29); producer: blossom with this new outing produced by Sy Rosenburg and JONI MITCHELL -In France They Kiss On Main Street ing should see him hit pop and soul. Jack Richardson; writer: Schafer; publishers: Standback/ Charlie Rich. (3:08); producer: not listed; writer: Joni Mitchell; publisher: Dascha, ASCAP. RCA JH-10450. Good ballad that builds to EDDIE KENDRICKS-He's A Friend (3:22); producer: Nor- BOB LUMAN -A Satisfied Mind (2:58); producer: Norro Crazy Crow, BMI. Asylum 45298. Another solid mid -tempo mid -tempo status. Fine singing. man Harris; writers: A. Felder -B. Gray-T.G. Conway; publish- Wilson; writers:J. Hayes -J. Rhodes; publisher: Fort Knox, rocker from Mitchell's recent "Hissing Of Summer Lawns" LP ers: Stone Diamond/Mighty Three, BMI. Tamla 54266 F (Mo- BOBBY ARVON-Rock And Roll Music Man (2:55); pro- BMI. Epic 8-50183. A rousing, rambling remake of the past success. Usual distinctive vocal style and excellent lyrics. town).Strongrockerfeaturingusualwell-done and ducer: Roger Gordon; writer: Bobby Arvon; publisher: Col - hit with some effective Luman singing and lively instrumen- KRAFTWERK-Radioactivity (3:18); producers: Ralf Hutter distinctive Kendricks falsetto style. Headed straight for dis- gems, ASCAP. Ariola America 7612. Fun rocker with strong tation. Banjo, steel, harmonica -all come across crisp and & Florian Schneider; writers: Hutter-Schneider-Schult; pub- cos as well as almost sure radio hit status. Flip: All Of My story line and good hook. clear, thanks to the production touch of Norro Wilson. lishers: Kling Klang/Famous, ASCAP. Capitol 4211. Space Love (2:47); producer: same; writers: A. Felder -B. Gray; pub- HOSANNA-Hipit-Part 1 (3:42); producer: Jim Hartnett; DAVID HOUSTON -What A Night (2:28); producer: Norro sounds and chanting, repetitious vocals are the sounds this lisher; Stone Diamond, BMI. writer:JimHartnett;publisher:LittleJoe, BMI.Calla Wilson; writers: N. Wilson -C. Taylor: publishers: Algee/AI Gal- German group has already hit the charts several times with. THE BLACKBYRDS-Happy Music (3:04); producer: Don- 12078GM (Shakat). Disco entry with good melody and in- lico, BMI. Epic 8-50186. A bright new change of direction for This is as well done as any in this genre. ald Byrd; writer: Donald Byrd; publisher: Elgy, BMI. Fantasy fectious lyrics. Houston with a razor-sharp chorus backing him to the hilt. 762. With their LP still selling well, this chanting disco entry should add an extra boost. Single serves up sound they have PAUL CLEMENS-It Ain't Gonna Happen Again (2:44); pro- EDDIE RABBITT-Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind) (2:48); scored best with. Flip: Love So Fine (4:50); producer: same; ducer: Charlie Calello; writers: Artie Schroeck-Dave Park; producer: David Malloy; writers: Eddie Rabbitt-Even Stevens; recommended writer: Joe Hall; publisher: Blackbyrd, BMI. publishers: Oceans Blue/Anderbak,BMI. Playboy 6059. publishers: Unichappell/S-P-R, BMI. Elektra E -45301-A. It's Strong disco cut which could also hit MOR. Excellent produc- time for one of country music's great writers to emerge as a ESTHER PHIWPS-For All We Know (3:30); producer: NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE-Lookin' For A Love (3:17); tion. hot singer. Eddie co -wrote this song with Even Stevens -and Creed Taylor; writers:J.Freed Coots -Sam M. Lewis; pub- it could be the disk that launches him in a big way. producers: Neil Young & Tim Mulligan; writer: Neil Young; lisher: Leo Feist, ASCAP. Kudu 929. Standard song updated publisher: Silver Fiddle, BMI. Reprise 1344 (Warner Bros.). disco fashion from Phillips should pull in same response her ABBA-I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (3:15); producers: Bjorn last single and LP gathered. Strong Creed Taylor production. recommended Ulvacus & Benny Anderson; publisher: Countless, BMI. Atlan- tic 45-3310. JOEL SONNIER-Always Late (With Your Kisses) (2:59); pro- ducer: Glenn Keener; writers: L. Frizzell-B. Crawford; publish- MINNIE RIPERTON -Adventures In Paradise (2:59); produc- recommended ers: Hill & Range, BMI. Mercury 73754. ers: Stewart Levine, Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph; GEORGE JONES -The Battle (2:44); producer: Billy Sher- publishers:DickieBird/Four Knights,BMI. Epic 8-50190 SAM DEES & BETTYE SWANN-Storybook Children (3:26); rill; writers: L. Kimball, Norro Wilson, George Richey; publish- JOHNNY CASH -Strawberry Cake (3:04); producer: Charlie Bragg; writer: Johnny Cash; publisher: House Of Cash, BMI. (CBS). producer: KAP Production; writers: Chip Taylor -Billy Vera; ers: Al Gallico/Algee, BMI. Epic 8-50187. One of the country's Columbia 3-10279. POCO-Makin' Love (2:52); producers: Poco & Mark Harman; publisher: Blackwood, BMI. Big Tree 16054 (Atlantic). best singers -if not the best -and one of the country's best producers -if not the best -team their talents again for what writer: R. Young; publisher: Fools Gold, ASCAP. ABC 12159. MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY -Mighty High (3:55); producer: MEL STREET -The Devil In Your Kisses (And The Angel In You could be the finest song George Jones has ever released. Eyes) (2:41); producer: Dick Heard; writer: Layng Martine, THE KINKS -I'm In Disgrace (3:19); producer: Raymond Dave Crawford; writers: D. Crawford -R. Downing; publishers: Jones and Billy Sherrill take a tremendous song and create a Jr.; publisher: Ahab, BMI. American Broadcasting/DaAnn, ASCAP. ABC 12164. Douglas Davies; writer: Raymond Douglas Davies; publisher: record so powerful that it might even achieve the impossible STELLA PARTON-The Mood I'm In (2:48); producer: Bob Davray, PRS. RCA JH-10551. THE REFLECTIONS -Day After Day (3:42); producers: J.R. feat of breaking Jones pop. Dean;writer:StellaParton;publisher:Myownah, BMI. THE GRATEFUL DEAD -Franklin's Tower (3:07); producers: Bailey, K. Williams & J. Gasper; writer: Ken Williams; pub- FREDDY FENDER -You'll Lose A Good Thing (2:50); pro- S.CAB. Records IRDA 169A. The Grateful Dead; writers: Hunter-Garcia-Kreutzmann; pub- lisher: A -Dish -A Tunes, BMI. Capitol 4222. ducer: Huey P. Meaux; writer: B.L. Ozen; publisher: Crazy Ca- lisher: Ice Nine, ASCAP. Grateful Dead 762 (United Artists). ASHFORD & SIMPSON-It'll Come, It'llConic,It'll Come jun, BMI. ABC/Dot DOA -17607. Freddy's unique phrasing Picks -a top 30 chart tune in the opinion of the review panel which LITTLE FEAT -Long Distance Love (2:41); producer: Lowell (2:53);producers:Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson; and convincing delivery, along with Meaux's mastery as a hit voted for the selections published this week; recommended -a tune George; writer:George; publisher: Naked Snake, ASCAP. writers:Ashford -Simpson;publisher:Nick -O -Val,ASCAP. producer, give the Texmex star a Houston -recorded country - predicted to land on the Hot 100 between 31 and 100. Review editor Warner Bros. 8174. Warner Bros. 8179. blues smash. -Bob Kirsch. Cap's Khoury At Trial RCA's Best Of 74 Years Continued frompage N Glancy, in the presidency of the Continued from page 10 the computer and its resulting calcu- recorddivision two years, noted that Even when Invictus indebtedness lations and summarizations. He nings, Charley Pride, Chet Atkins, Companies the division's sales gains were made loomed at $1.5 million in February didn't use the phrase to connote he Ronnie Milsap, Porter Wagoner, wanted to show the right profit pic- Dolly Parton, Gary Stewart, Bobby during the recession -inflation pe- 1970, Khoury said he hoped for sig- Ernie Freeman,veteran producer, ture, as witness Walter Bruckner tes- Bare, Charlie Rich, Dickey Lee, riod which had resulted in lower nificant chart records from Detroit and Frances Kirk, former manager tified. He denied, too, that he specu- Floyd Cramer, Danny Davis & the sales and earnings forother enter- because of the "tremendous stature" lated about holding back a pay of the Society of Seven, are collabo- Nashville Brass, Hank Snow and of the three producers, only one of period, as Bruckner stated. He also rating in Montego Publishing Co. in Jim Reeves. tainment industry firms. denied Bruckner's testimony that he Honolulu. They also operate Silver - whom was active. It was hoped the cloud Records on Oahu. In jazz, the Pablo catalog of new other two -would soon become active, had instructed him to raise sales pro- releases, the Flying Dutchman label, London Confab he added. He also said he was jections from $85 to $120 million by * * * plus the reintroduction of the Blue- "plugging it with $30 million in cata- Continued jrompage 3 greatly heartened by a slide presen- Hank Williams Jr. has contracted bird label and newly recorded LPs log sales." He also denied previous recorded cassettes. Other events will tation made by Invictus at Capitol's with Singletree Music, Nashville, to on the RCA logo, all helped make Hawaii sales meeting June 1970. He testimony that Capitol held back re- significant inroads into this market. include a screening of the new turns to improve its fiscal 1969 earn- handle his new Bocaphus Music Co. recommended to Gortikov that a re- In classical, Vladimir Horowitz re- Bloodstone Film, "Train Ride To ings position. serve for the Invictus overdue delin- signed and James Levine, the young Hollywood," and a showcase at quency be set up about March 1, Khoury said his salary rose from Poison Apples conductor, who has been named Reno Sweeny's nitery here with sev- 1971. The reserve was established $25,000 to $55,000 in the six years he musical director for the Metropoli- eral acts including Al Green, Syl June 30, 1971, he noted. Between Continued from page 10 Johnson and Greezy Wheels. was with Capitol. He calculated he tan Opera, also joined the Red Seal March 1 and June 30, 1971, Capitol Among the scheduled sessions are made $32,000 from the sale of 4,000 To be included in the circuit are roster. Other key classical names poured another $500,000 into In- the existing Park Forest South and added include Lynn Harrell, Eman- a product presentation, a sales dis- victus, it was shown. Capitol shares and estimated his Peoria Poison Apples, and the ual Ax, Peter Serkin and his group cussion, a promotion seminar and a Khoury stated that by "massaging bonus at about $35,000 during his planned clubs in Cedar Falls, Iowa Tashi, Tedd Joselson and Eugene distributor/manufacturer "one-on- data" he meant information fed into period of employment. and Gulfport, Ill. Fodor. one" meeting. STYX HAS A HOT NEW NUMBER:

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68,68 5 THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU-Andrew Geld 3 12 LOVE ROLLERCOASTER-ohio Players 39 6 THE WHITE KNIGHT-Neu: Maggard (Charles Poltkin), A. Gold, G. Carlin, Asylum 45286 (Ohio Players), I. Williams, C. Satchel!, L Bonner, M. Jones, (Leslie Advertising Agency), 1. Huguely, Mercury 73751 (Phonogram)CHA 0. filkldlebreeks, M. Pierce, W. Beck, Mercury 73734 (Phonogram) 69 35 15 THAT'S THE WAY (I Like It)-AC. & The Sunshine Band 38 6 LET THE MUSIC Pi AY-Barry White (Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch), 2 12 I WRITE THE SONGS-Barry Manilow (Barry White), B. White, 20th Century 2265 CPI H.W. Casey, R. Finch, TK 1015 CPP (Ron Dante, Barry Manilow), B. Johnston. Arista 0151 HAN 36 36 8 DEEP PURPLE-Donny & Marie Osmond 70 50 10 HURRICANE-B.. Dylan 4 9 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY-Donna Summer (Mike Curb), P. De Rose, M. Parish, Kolob 14840 (MGM) (Den DeVito), 8. Dylan, J.Levy, Columbia 3-10245 WON (Pete Belfotte for Say Yes Prod.), G. Noroder, P. Bellotte, D. Summer, Oasis 401 (Casablanca) WBM 71 75 3 QUIETSTORM-SmokerQUIET Robinson 60 5 DREAM WEAVER-Gary Wright WBM Robinson), W. Robinson, R.E. Jones Tamla 54265 (Motown) cpp 6 14 YOU SEXY THING-Hot Chocolate (Gary Wright), G. Wright, Warner Bros. 8167 (Mickie Most), Brown, Wilson, Big Tree 16047 (Atlantic) 72 76 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT/ LOVE OR LEAVE-spinners 38 40 6 JUMP FOR JOY-Biddu Orchestra (Thom Bell),C. Simmons, B. Hawes, J.B. Jefferson, Atlantic 3309 B-3 5 14 I LOVE MUSIC (Part 1)-Olays (Biddu), A.1. Lerner, F. Lowe, B. Appiah, L. Vanderbilt (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff), K. Gamble, L Huff, Epic 8-50113 (Columbia CHA Philadelphia International 83577 (Epic/Columbia) B-3 43 6 BREAKAWAY-Art Garfunkel ALM (Richard Perry), B. Gallagher, G. Lyle, Columbia 3-10273 7311 78 WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS FUNK 7 9 CONVOY-c.w. McCall (Don Sears, Chip Davis), C.W. McCall, B. Fries, (Spider Man-Ramsey Lewis 44 6 DECEMBER 1963 (Oh What A Night)-Four Seasons (Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis), C. Stepney. M. Stewart, D. Raheem, C. Davis, MGM 14839 CHA (Bob Gaudio), B. Gaudio, 1. Parker, Warner Bros./Curb 8168 CPP Columbia 3.10235 SING A SONG-Earth, Wind 6 Fire 10 11 46 4 JUNK FOOD JUNKIE-Larry Groce (Maurice White, Charles Stepney), M. White, A. McKay, 74 74 AMAZING GRACE (Used To Be Her (Randolph Nauert), Warner Bros./Curb 8165 Columbia 110251 HAN Favorite Song)-Amazing Rhythm Aces (Barry "Byrd" Burton for Southern Rooster Prod.), YESTERDAY'S HERO-John Paul Young 8 12 TIMES OF YOUR LIFE-Paul Anka 42 42 8 H.R. Smith, ABC 12142 WBM (Bob Staff for Paul Anka Prod.) (Venda, Young), Venda, Young, Ariola America 7607 (Capitol) R. Nichols, B. lane, United Artists 737 CHA 75 81 2 GROWIN' UP. -Dan Hill 49 5 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY-Queen (Matthew McCauley, Fred Mullin), D.Hill, 20th Century 2254 9 13 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE-David Ruffin (Roy Thomas), Mercury, Elektra 45297 (Van McCoy), C. Kipps, Motown 1376 MIN 76 17 9 FUNKY WEEKEND-Stylistics 0.3 53 5 ONLY SIXTEEN-Dr. Hook (Hugo & Luigi), Hugo 8 Luigi, G.D. Weiss, Arco 4661 14 7 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER-Paul Simon (Ron Haffkne), S. Cooke, Capitol 4171 CPP (Paul Simon, Phil !tamale), P. Simon, Columbia 3.10270 77 79 4 REMEMBER ME (When The Candlelights Are 45 29 13 OVER MY HEAD-Fleetwood Mac Gleaming)-Willie Nelson 11 1 14 THEME FROM "MAHOGANY" (Do You Know (Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen), McVie, Reprise 1339 (Warner Bros.) CPP (Willie Nelson), S. Wiseman, Columbia 3-10275 Where You're Going To)-Diana Ross CPP 45 12 FOR THE LOVE OF YOU (Part 1 & 2)- lsley Bros. (Michael Masser), M. Masser, G. Goffin, Motown 1377 48 6 SWEET LOVE-Commodores 78 46 (Isley Bros.),E. Isley, H. Isley, R. Isley, 0. !sky, R. Isley, (James Carmichael, Commodores), L Richie, Commodores, C. Jasper, T.Neck 2259 (Epic/Columbia) 12 12 12 ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT (Live Version)-Miss Motown 1381 CPP (Eddie Kramer), P. Stanley, G. Simmons, Casablanca 850 79 82 3 IFI ONLY KNEW-oz.rk Mountain Daredevils 7 THE HOMECOMING-Hagood Hardy WBM FLY AWAY-John. Denver 47 47 (David Anderle), L Lee, ALM 1772 13 13 9 (Peter Anastasoff), H. Hardy, Capitol 4156 WBM (Milton Okun), 1.Denver, RCA 10517 CLM 80 86 2 SINCE IFELL FOR YOU-Charlie Rich WBM 15 12 EVIL WOMAN-Electric Light Orchestra 51 6 LOVE IS THE DRUG-Rosy Music (Billy Sherrill),B. Johnson, Epic 8-50182 (Columbia) (Chris Thomas), Ferry, Mackay, Atco 7042 (Jeff Lynne), 1. Lynne, United Artists 729 B-3 81 84 ! 7 MAKE LOVE TO YOUR MIND-Bill Withers (Bill Withers, Larry Nash), B. Withers, Columbia 3.10255 WBM 16 15 LOVE MACHINE Pt.1-Miracles 59 4 DREAM ON -Aerosmith (Freddie Perren), W. Moore, W. Griffith, Tamla 54262 (Motown) CPP (Adrian Barber for Frank Connelly 8 Contemporary Communications Corp.), S. Tyler, Columbia 3-10278 WBM 82 88 4 ONCE YOU HIT THE ROAD-Dionne Warwicke (Thorn Bell), J. Jefferson, C. Simmons, Warner Bros. 8154 17 8 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO-Neil Sedaka (Neil Sedaka, Robert Appere), N. Sedaka, foe 69 2 LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face)-Captain & Tennille 85 4 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE-Rod Stewart CPP WBM 83 H. Greenfield, Rocket 40500 (MU) (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille), N. Sedaka, AMA 1782 (Toni Dowd), B. Holland, E. Holland, L Dozier, Warner Bros. 8170 CPP 20 12 THEME FROM "S.W.A.T."-Rhythm Heritage 17 SATURDAY NIGHT-Bay City Rollers TELL IT LIKE IT IS-Andy Williams CPP 51 25 84 89 3 (Steve Barri, Michael Omartian), B. DeVorzan, ABC 12135 (Bill Martin, Phil Coulter), B. Martin, P. Coulter Arista 0149 WON (Rick Hall), G. Davis, L Dismond, Columbia 3.10263

19 11 LOVE HURTS-Nazareth 62 5 SWEET THING-Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan 98 2 VENUS-Frankie Avalon (Manny Charlton), Boudleaux Bryant, ALM 1671 CPP (Rufus), T. Maiden, C. Khan, ABC 12149 CPP (Billy Terrell),E. Marshall, De Lite 1578 (PIP) WON

10 SQUEEZE BOX-who 2 CLOSE TO YOU -B.T. Express 26 5 BACK TO THE ISLAND-Leon Russell 86 90 (Glyn Johns), P. Townshend, MCA 40475 WBM 53 56 (Jeff Lane), B. Bacharach, H. David, Roadshow 7005 (Scepter) (Denny Cordell, Leon Russell), L Russell, Shelter 40483 (MCA) CPP 22 11 WAKE UP EVERYBODY 87 91 2 TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT-Bruce Springsteen 54 41 15 LET'S DO IT AGAIN-Staple Singers (Part 1)-Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes WBM (Bruce Springsteen, kin Landau, Mike Appel), B. Springsteen, (Curtis Mayfield), C. Mayfield, Curtom 0109 (Warner Bros.) Columbia 3-10274 B-3 (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff), 1. Whitehead, G. McFadden, V. Carstarphen, Philadelphia International 3579 (Epic/Columbia) 0-3 55 63 4 'TIL IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE-Jonatnan Cain LET YOUR LOVE FLOW-Bellamy Brothers (1.C.Phillips),1. Cain, October 1001 (Claridge) (Phil Gernhard, Tony Scotch), LE. Williams, Warner Bros./Curb 8169 21 13 WINNERS AND LOSERS-Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Cradle, Alan Dennison), 2 RENEGADE-Michael Murphey 89 87 3 YOU'RE FOOLING YOU-Dramatics D. Hamilton, A. Hamilton, Playboy 6054 CPI 72 (Bob Johnston), M. Murphey, Epic 8.50184 (Columbia) B-3 (Tony Hester), T. Hester, ABC 12150 CPP 24 9 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT-Helen Reddy I HEARD IT THROUGH THE (Joe Hissed), R. Kerr, W. Jennings, Capitol 4192 ALM 73 2 TAKE ME-Grand Funk Railroad 123:00P (Jimmy lenner), D. Brewer, C. Frost, Capitol 4199 GRAPEVINE-Creedence Geometer Revival CPP 23 12 BABY FACE-The Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps (John C. Fogerty), N. Whitelield, B. Strong, Fantasy 759 (Harold Wheeler), B. Davis, H. Abut, Wing An 61 8 INSEPARABLE-Natalie Cole SARA SMILE-Daryl Hall & John Oates A Prayer 103 (Atlantic) WBM (Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy), C. Jackson, 91 1:3=30 M. Yancy, Capitol 4193 CHA (Christopher Bond, Daryl Hall, John Oates), D. Hall, 1. Oates, 28 7 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT-Eagles RCA 10530 (Bill Szymezyk). R. Weisner, D. Henley, G. Frey, Asylum 45293 WBM 59 54 8 EASY AS PIE-Billy "Crash" Craddock (Ron Chancey), R. Bourke, 1. Wilson, G. Dobbins, ABC/Dot 17584 CHA 92 92 3 DISCO SAX/FOR THE LOVE 31 7 ALL BY MYSELF-Eric Carmen OF YOU-Houston Person (Jimmy lenner),E. Carmen, Arista 0165 WBM 70 2 TANGERINE-Salsoul Orchestra (B. Mendelson, J. Roach, Houston Person), J. Roach/E. Isley, (Vincent Montana Jr.),1. Mercer, V. Schertzinger, Salsoul 2004 M. !sky, R. Isley, 0. !Um R. Isley, C. Jasper, 26 27 10 PALOMA BLANCA-George Baker Selection (Caytronics) 20th Century/Westbound 5015 (Hans Bouwens), 1. Bouwens, Warner Bros. 8115 WBM 61 57 17 FLY, ROBIN, FLY-silver Convention 93 97 2 YOUNG LOVE-Ray Stevens 32 6 FANNY (Be Tender With My Love)-Bee Gees (Ray Stevens), C. Joyner, R. Cartey, Barnaby 618 (Janus) HAN WBM (Michael Kunze), S. Levey, S. Prager, (Ant Mardin), B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb, RSO 519 (Atlantic) Midland International 10339 (RCA) HAN 94 96 4 BAD LUCK-Atlanta Disco Band 18 12 (Dave Crawford), Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead, 28 FOX ON THE RUN-Sweet 62 30 9 LET IT SHINE/HE AIN'T HEAVY ... HE'S MY (Sweet), Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker, Capitol 4157 CPP Ariola America 7611 (Capitol) BROTHER-Olivia Newton -John (John Farrar), L Hargrove/B. Russell, B. Scott, MCA 40495 CPP;HAN 93 3 ONE FINE DAY-Julie 1 29 11 13 COUNTRY BOY (You Got Your 95 (Herb Bernstein), Gatlin, King, Tom Cat 10454 (RCA) CPP Feet In L.A.)-Glen Campbell DON'T CRY JONI-Conway Twitty (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter), D. Lambert, B.Potter, Capitol 4155 CPP 63 65 7 DAY DREAMER-c.c. & Company (Not Listed), C. Twitty, MU 40407 B-3 96 95 5 (Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey), T. Dempsey, 33 8 GOLDEN YEARS-David Bowie 20th Century/Westbound 5016 WBM (David Bowie, Harry Maslin), D. Bowie, RCA 10441 64 66 5 LADY BUMP-Penny-. -Penny McLean (Michael Kunze), F. Levay, S. Prager, Atlantic 7038 CPP 97 94 4 WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK-SouthShore Commission 55 2 GROW SOME FUNK OF YOUR OWN/ (Stan Watson, Norman Harris), NHarris, A. Felder, 65 71 5 CHAIN GANG MEDLEY-Jim Croce Wand 11291 (Scepter) I FEEL LIKE A BULLET (In The Gun (Terry Cashman, Tommy West), S. Cooke, Butler, Carter, Of Robert Ford)-Elton John Mayfield, J. Lieber, M. Stoller, Lifelong 45001 CPP 98 SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS-The Band 01 The Black Watch CPP (Gus Dudgeon), E. John. B. Taupin, D. Johnstone, MCA 40505 MCA (BarryKingston),B. Bates, Private Stock 45055 66 67 4 HONEY I-George Nam 34 SLOW RIDE-Foghat (Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch), H.W. Casey, R. Finch, TK 1016 CPP 99 1::630 JANUARY-Pilot (Nick Jameson), D. Pevorett, Bearsville 0306 (Warner Bros.) WBM (Man Parsons), D. Paton, EMI 4202 (Capitol) 80 3 HOLD BACK THE NIGHT-Trammps 37 7 TRACKS OF MY TEARS-Linda Ronstadt (R. Baker, N. Harris,E. Young), R. Baker, N. Harris, Felder, E. Young, 100 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT-s.s.o. (Peter Asher), W. Robinson, M. Tarplin. W. Moore, Asylum 45295 CPP (Roland Kluger), S. Weyer,D.Lucas, Shadybrook 45019 CPP Buddah 507 "I 4 .6.,STAR PERFORMERS: Stars are awarded on the Hot 100 chart based on he to lowing upward movement. 1-10 Strong Increase In sales / 11-20 Upwardmovement of 4 positions / 21-30 Upward movement of 6 pot AR lions / 31-40 Upward movement of 8 positions / 41-100 Upward movement of 10 positions. Previous week's starred positions are maintained without a starif the product is in a holding 'period. This will, in some case bilcick out products which would normally move up with a star. In such cases, products will be awarded a star without the required upward movementnoted above. Recording Industry Association Of America se of certification as "million seller." (Seal indicated by bullet.) Sheet music suppliers are confined to piano/vocal sheet music copies and do not purport to represent mixed publications distribution. ALF = Alfred Publishing,; ALM =Almo Publications; A -R = Acuff -Rose; B -M = Belwin Mills; BB= Big Bells; B-3 = Three Pub.; CHA = Chappell Music; CLM = Cherry Lane Music Co.; CPI = Cimino Pub.; FMC = Frank Music Corp.; HAN = Hansen Pub.;IMM = Ivan Mogul! Music; MCA = MCA Music; PSP = Peer Southern Pub.: PLY = Plymouth Music; PSI = Publish Sales !nc.: WBM = Warner Bros. Music; CPP: HOT 100 A -Z - (Publisher -Licensee) 50 ways To Leave Your Lover (Paul I Could Have Danced All Night/ Lets Do It Again (Warner. Only Sixteen (Kegs. 0M6 44Sweet Love (Jobete/Commodores, 'Til It's Time To Say Goodbye (Blue Simon, BMI) 10 Jump For Joy (Chappell, ASCAP) 72 Tammerlane. Bell) 54Over My Head (Rockhopper, ASCAP) 46 Lick. BMI) 55 45 Tonight's The Night (Screen Gems - All By Woolf (C.A.M..U.S.A.. BNB_ 25Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In Fly Away (Cherry Lane ASCAP) 13 I Heard It Through The Grapevine. Lonely Night (Angel Face) (Don ASCAP) Take Me (Brew. BMI) 57 L.A.) (ABC/Dunhill/One Of A Creedence Clearwater (Stone Kirshner. BMI) 50 Paloma Blanca (Warner Bros., Take It To The Limit (Benchmark/ Columbia, BMI) 100 Amazing Grace (Used ToBeHer Fly, Robin, Fly (Midsong, ASCAP) 61 Kind, BMI) 29 Agate, BMI) 90 Love Is The Drug (TroCheshire, ASCAP) 26 Kicking Bear. ASCAP) 24 Tracks Of My Tears (Jobete, Favorite Song) (Fourth Floor, For The Love Of You (Parts1 62) BMI) Quiet Storm (Bertarn, ASCAP) 71 ASCAP) 33 Day Dreamer (Warner Bros., I Love Music (Part 1) (Mighty 48 Tangerine (Famous. ASCAP) 60 ASCAP) 74 (Bovine. ASCAP) 78 77 Venus (Kirshner Songs/Welbeck, ASCAP) 96 Three, BMI) 5 Love Machine (Part 1) (Jobete/ Remember Me (4 Star, NMI) Tell It Like ItIs (Conrad/Olrap Baby Fare (Warner Bros., ASCAP) 23 Fox On The Run (Sweet. BMI) 28 Grimore ASCAP) 15 Renegade (Mystery, Ben ASCAP) 85 December 1963 (Oh What A Night) I Write The Songs (Artists/ BMI) 84 2 Love Or Leave (Mighty Three, BMI) 38Rock And Roll All Night (Cafe Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) Back To The Island (Skyhill, BMI) 53 (Seasons/Jobete, ASCAP) 40 Funky Weekend (Auto Embassy Sunbury. ASCAP) Tenth Avenue Freeze.Out (Laurel ASCAP) 76 Inseparable (Jays Enterprises/ Love Rollercoaster (Ohio Players/ Americana/Rock Steady. ASCAP)12 87 (Mighty Three, EMI) 20 Bad Lung (Blackwood. BMI) 94Deep Purple (Robbins. ASCAP)..../..36 Canyon, ASCAP) 58 Unichappell. BM!) 1 Sara Smile. Daryl Hall a. John Walk Away From Love (Charles Bohemian Rhapsody (B. Feldman/ Golden Years (Bewley Bros./ Chappell, ASCAP) Time of Your Life (Three Eagles, Disco Sax/For The Love Of You 98Love To Love You Baby (Sunday/ Oates (Unichappell. BMI) 91 ,, Kipps. BMI) 9 As. Indent, ASCAP) 43 ChrysalisiMainmen, ASCAP) 30 January Pilot (Al Gallic°. BM!) ASCAP) (Bridgeport/hbaro BMI/Bovina, Cage Americana. ASCAP) 3 Saturday Night (Welbech. ASCAP) 51 'We're On The Right Track (Nickel 92Grow Some Funk Of Your Own/I Junk Food Junkie (Peaceable That's The Way ILike It (Sherlyn, Breakaway (Aimoiceiedonien. ASCAP) Kingdom, ASCAP) 41 Theme From "Mahogany" (Do You Scotch On The Rocks, Tee Band Of Shoe/Six Strings, BMI) 97 ASCAP) 39Don't Cry Joni (Twitty Bird. 8M1)...63 Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun BMI) 6'What's The Name Of This Funk Of Robert Ford) (Big Pig/Leeds/ Lady Bump (Meriden -Segal/ Know Where You're Goo rq To) The Black Watch (Peer Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do (Screen Dream On (Frank Connelly/Daksel. (Jobete. ASCAP/Screen Gems. International. BMI) 99That's Why I Love You (Luckyu, (Spider Man) (Elburi Pamoja, Yellow Dog, ASCAP) 31 Butterfly, BMI) 64 BMI/ Horse Diaper, ASCAP) Gerns.Columbia, BMI) 16 gm) 49 Let The Music Play (Sa.Vette/ Columbia. BMI) 11 Since IFell For You (Warner Bros, 68 WI) 73 Growin' Up (McCauley. ASCAP) 75 Theme From S.W.A.T. (Spellgold, Chain Gang Medley (Kags/Conrad, Dream Weaver (Warner Bros.. January. BMI) 35 Make Love To Your Mind (Golden ASCAP) so Winners And Losers (Spitfire. BMI) 21 BMI) 17 BMI/Unichappell, ASCAP) 65 ASCAP) 37The Homecoming (ATV, BMI) 47 Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy ... Withers, BMI) 81 Sing A Song (Saggifire, NMI) Yesterday's Hero (Marks, BMI) 42 Close To You (U.S. Songs/13rue Easy As Pie (Chappell, ASCAP) 59Hold Back The Night (Golden He's My Brother (Window. BMI/ Once You Hit The Road (Mighty Slow Ride (Knee Trembler, ASCAP)32The White Knight (Unichappell, Young Love (Lowery. BMI) 93 BMI) Seas/ lac, BM) 86 Evil Woman (Unert/Jet. BMI) 14 Fleece/Mured. BMI) 67 Harrison/Jenny, ASCAP) 62 Three/ Sacred Pen, BMI) 82 Somewhere In The Night (Almo, 34You Sexy Thing (Finchley. ASCAP) , 4 Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) Honey I (Sherlyn, BMI) 66Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy One Fine Day (15treen Gems - ASCAP/Irving. BMI) 22This Old Heart Of Mine (lobate, You're Fooling You (GroovesvilN, Comae °American Gramophone, ASCAP) SESAC) 6 (Casserole. BMI) 27Hurricane (Ram's Horn, ASCAP) 70 Brothers (Loaves&Fishes, BMI). 88 Columbia, BMI) 95 Squeeze Box (Towser Tunes. BMI) 19 83 BMI) 89 A reflection of National Sales andprogramming activity by selected dealers, one -stops andradio stations as compiled by the Charts Department of Billboard. THE TEMPTATIONS

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UNDA RONSTADT 1 9 EARTH, WIND & FIRE 36 31 32 THE EAGLES 71 75 18 * One Of These Nights Prisoner In Disguise Gratitude 6.98 7.98 7.97 8.97 7.97 6.98 7.97 7.97 Columbia PG 33694 7.98 198 8.98 Asylum 7E-1039 Asylum 1E1045

23 2 BOB DYLAN 37 26 15 -THE WHO BY NUMBERS 72 70 22 ROD STEWART * MCA 2161 6.98 7.98 7.98 Atlantic Crossing Desire Warner Bros. BS 2875 6.98 7.97 7.97 Columbia PC 33893 6.98 7.98 7.98 38 38 10 FOUR SEASONS 91 7 TOM SCOTT 4 15 PAUL SIMON Who Loves You * Warner Bros./Curb BS 2900 6.911 7.97 7.97 . New York Connection Still Crazy After Ode SP 77033 (ARM) 6.98 7.3 7.98 All These Years 39 12 27 KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND L'olumbia PC 33540 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.91 TK 603 6.98 7.18 7.98 74 53 17 DAVID CROSBY/GRAHAM NASH wind On The Water 4 2 10 ::.'HICAGOIX CHICAGO'S 40 24 24 OHIO PLAYERS . ABC ABCD.902 6.98 735 7.95 GREATEST HITS Honey 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 Columbia PC 33900 Mercury SRM.1.1038 (Phonogram) 6.98 7.911 7.911 7.3 75 66 9 DEEP PURPLE Come Taste The Band 5 5 9 HELEN REDDY'S 51 10 THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA Deep Purple PR 2895 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 7.97 GREATEST HITS * L9S 7 .98 Sa lsou l S6 5501 Capitol ST 11467 6.98 7.93 7.98 *86 34 THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE 42 46 19 PINK FLOYD Love Will Keep Us Together

6 6 13 BARRY MANILOW Wish You Were Here ARM SP 4552- 6.98 7.3 7.3 Tryin' To Get The Feelin' Columbia PC 33453 6.18 7.98 7.98 Arista AL 4060 6.98 7.98 7.98 77 68 28 WILLIE NELSON 43 37 10 NEIL YOUNG With Red Headed Stranger 6.98 5.98 6.98 7 3 11 AMERICA CRAZY HORSE Columbia KC 33482 History -America's Zuma 2 EMMYLOU HARRIS Greatest Hits 7.97 *140 Reprise MS 2242 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 Elite Hotel Warner Bros. BS 2894 6.91 7.97 7.97 Reprise MS 2236 (Warner Bros.) L911 7.97 7.97 44 50 8 SUPERTRAMP 8 7 10 'JAYS Crisis? What Crisis? 79 77 12 BARRY WHITE Family Reunion A8M SP 4560 6.98 7.98 7.98 Greatest Hits Phila. Intl. PZ 33807 (Epic/Columbia) L911 7.3 7.98 7.98 7.98 Oth Century T 493 6.98 7.3 7.98 45 45 9 KINKS PRESENT 9 9 17 KISS SCHOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE 93 7 OHIO PLAYERS Alive! 6.98 7.95 7.95 * . RCA LPLI-5102 Rattlesnake 7.98 7.98 7.3 Casablanca NBLP 7020 20th Century/Westbound W 211 6.98 7.91 7.98 46 44 9 MICHAEL MURPHEY 10 8 9 ION( MITCHELL Swans Against The Sun 95 17 FOGHAT The Hissing Of Summer Lawns 7.911 * Epic PE 33851 (Columbia) 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 Fool For The City 6.98 7.98 7.97 197 7.97 Asylum 7E1051 Bearsville BR 6959 (Warner Bros.) 191 7.97 7.97

47 48 26 GLEN CAMPBELL 14 15 ELECTRIC UGHT ORCHESTRA Or Rhinestone Cowboy 82 84 11 MACKBYRDS Face The Music Capitol SW 11430 6.98 7.98 7.98 City Life 7.98 United Artists UA-LA546-G L98 7.98 Fantasy F 9490 6.98 7.98 7.98

48 30 9 RINGO STARR 15 9 RUFUS FEATURING Blast From Your Past 83 83 14 STANLEY CLARKE HAKA KHAN Apple SW 3422 (Capitol) 6.98 7.911 7.3 Journey To Love BC ABCD 909 6.98 7.95 7.95 Nemperor NE 433 (Atlantic) 6.98 7.97 7.97

49 49 12 DONALD BYRD 13 13 8 T STEVENS Places And Spaces *96 7 STYX umbers Blue Note BN-LA549-G (United Mists) 6.98 7.98 7. 98 EquinoxAIM diMSr4555 6.98 7.98 7.98 SP 4559 6.98 7.98 7.91 60113 JOHN DENVER 14 10 15 RT GARFUNKEL * 85 85 16 HERBIEHANCOCK Greatest Hits :reakaway RCA CPLI.0374 6.98 7.95 7.95 Man -Child unitise PC 33700 6.91 Columbia PC 33812 698 7.98 7.98 51 40 11 GORDON LIGHTFOOT 15 16 14 iI NNA SUMMER 86 81 22 MORRIS ALBERT Cords Gold ove To Love You Baby Reprise 2RS 2237 (Warner Bros.) 9.98 10.97 0.97 Feelings oasis OCLP 5003 (Casablanca) 6.98 7.98 7.98 RCA AP 1018In 7.95 7.95

52 56 13 ELTON JOHN 18 10 .W. McCALL LOGGINS & MESSINA * Rock Of The Westies ,*c=0 :lack Bear Road iNativeSon MCA 2163 6.98 7.3 7.98 7.98 Columbia 73.33570 6.98 7.98 7.98 GM M3G 5008 6.98 7.98 '

21 8 AROLD MELVIN & 63 11 HOT CHOCOLATE 101 11 TED NUGENT * 6.98 7.97 7.97 * Big Tree BT 89512 (Atlantic) * Epic PE 33692 (Columbia) 6.91 7.98 7.98 E BLUE NOTES ake Up Everybody 54 61 8 PATTI SMITH 89 72 38 U TOP da. Intl. PI 33808 (Epic/Columbia) 6.98 7.91 7.98 Horses Fandango Arista AL 4066 6.98 7.98 7.98 London PS 656 6.98 7.95 7.91 7.95 18 11 18 OHN DENVER

indsong 55 57 17 NEIL SEDAKA 90 47 14 BARBRA STREISAND APL( -u83 6.98 7.95 7.95 The Hungry Years Lazy Afternoon 19 19 13 OGANY/ORIGINAL Rocket PIG -2157 (MCA) 6.91 7.98 7.98 Columbia PC 33015 6.98 7.98 7.91 7.98 7.98

I UNDTRACK 79 9 NAZARETH 91 52 14 LET'S DO IT AGAIN/ORIGINAL liana Ross * Hair Of The Dog SOUNDTRACK Motown M6-858 SI 6.98 7.91 7.98 ARM SP 4511 6.98 7.98 7.98 Staple Singers with

20 20 19 Y CITY ROLLERS Curtis Mayfield 57 55 13 COMMODORES Ste AL 4049 6.98 7.98 7.98 Curtom Cu 5005 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 7.97 Movin' On Motown M6-848 SI 6.911 7.98 7.98 28 27 ETWOOD MAC 92 87 14 JIM CROCE airier Bros. BS 2225 6.911 7.97 7.97 The Faces I've Been *69 6 STEPHEN STILLS Lifelong LS 900 9.98 10.98 10.98 22 17 9 E BEST OF CARLY SIMON Live 6.98 7.97 7.97 9 MFSB lektra 7E-1048 6.98 7.98 7.97 8.97 7.97 Atlantic SD 18156 93 54 Philadelphia Freedom 23 22 29 EFFERSON STARSHIP 59 59 8 JIGSAW Phila. Intl. PZ 33845 (Epic/Columbia) 6.98 7.98 7.98 Sky High ' ed Octopus runt BFLI.0999 (RCA) 6.98 7.96 7.95 7.95 7.95 Chelsea CHR 509 6.911 7.98 7.98 94 89 30 HELEN REDDY No WayS To Treat A Lady 98 2 .U. THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL 60 58 47 EARTH, WIND & FIRE CapitolT 11418 6.11 7.98 7.98 * 7.97 That's The Way Of The World 0 rysalis CHR 1078 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 Columbia PC 33280 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 *107 8 HAMILTON, JOE FRANK

25 25 12 EALS & CROFTS REDS reatest Hits 61 62 10 ROXY MUSIC Fallin' In Love amer Bros. BS 2886 6.98 7.97 7.97 Siren Playboy PB 407 6.98 7.98 7.98 Atco 36-127 6.98 7.97 7.97 26 27 8 E BAND - 96 73 8 THE FOUR SEASONS STORY orthern Lights -Southern Cross 62 42 12 GROVER WASHINGTON JR. Private Stock PS 7000 L98 7.98 7.98 Capitol ST 11440 L98 7.98 7.98 Feels So Good Kudu KU 24 SI (Motown) 6.98 7.98 7.98 97 97 13 JOHNNY MATHIS 27 29 33 E GEES Feelings ain Course 63 65 7 STEVE HOWE Columbia PC 33887 6.38 7.98 7.98 RSO SO 4807 (Atlantic) 6.98 7:97 7.97 Beginnings Atlantic SD 18154 6.98 7.97 7.97 98 88136 SIMON & GARFUNKEL 32 8 INNERS UVE! Greatest Hits 6.98 7.98 IN antic SD 2910 6.98 7.97 7.97 *74 28 SWEET Columbia PC 31350 Desolation Boulevard 8 71 2 NIS IAN Capitol ST 11395 6.91 7.98 7.91 144,109 KENNY RANKIN ftertones , Inside Columbia PC 33919 6.91 7.98 7.9$ 65 43 8 ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Little David LO 1009 (Atlantic) 6.98 7.97 7.97 The Road Goes On Forever, 100 94 10 CHUCK MANGIONE *33 8 AUL ANKA A Collection Of Their Bellavia Imes Of Your Life Greatest Recordings United Mists UA.LA569.G 6.98 7.98 7.93 IM SP 4557 6.91 7.98 7.98 Capricorn 2CP 0164 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.98 7.911

36 41 ROSH 101108 63 ELTON JOHN 82 24 GARY WRIGHT * oys In The Attic * Greatest Hits The Dream Weaver umbra PC 33479 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.911 MCA 2128 6.98 7.98 7.98 Warner Bros. BS 2868 6.98 7.97 7.97

41 5 CHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE 102104 18 RAMSEY LEWIS * 67 64 38 JOAN BAEZ Don't It Feel Good ead On Mercury SRM.I.1067 (Phonogram) 6.98 7.95 7.95 Diamonds & Rust Columbia PC 33800 6.98 7.91 7.98 4&M SP 4521 6.98 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 33 35 12 'AVID RUFFIN 103103 21 AL GREEN IS LOVE ho I Am 68 76 23 NATAUE COLE Hi HSL 32092 (London) 6.98 7.98 7.98 Motown M6-849 SI 6.98 7.98 7.98 Inseparable Capitol ST 11429 6.98 7.98 7.98 122 4LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA 34 34 15 IRACLES Music Maestro Please 7.98 ity Of Angels 69 67 21 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 20th Century T 480 6.98 7.98 amla 16339 SI (Motown) 6.91 7.98 7.98 Born To Run Columbia PC 33795 6.911 7.98 7.11 105105 9 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 39 6 ; UEEN Who's To Bless * 80 12 ERIC CARMEN And Who's To Blame ,Night At The Opera * 6.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 Elektra 7E1053 6.98 7.97 7.97 Arista AL 4057 Monument PZ 33379 (Epic/Columbia) 6.3 *STAR PERFORMERS: Stars are awarded on the Top LP's 8 Tape chart based on the following upward movement. 1-10 Strong Increase In sales /11-20pwara movement o1 4 positions/ Upward movement 6 positions / 31-40 Upward movement of 8 positions / 41-100 Upward movement of 10 positions. Previousweek's starred positions are maintained without a star if the product is in a holding period. This w11, in some cases, block out products which would normally move up with a star. In such cases, products will beawarded a star without the required upward movement noted above. Recording Industry Association Of America seal for sales of 500,000 units. Recording Industry Association Of America seal auditavailable and optional to all manufacturers. (Seal indicated by bullet.) Boy, havewegota trade ad this week.

BILLBOARD CASH BOX RECORD WORLD Earth,Wind&Fire, 1* 1* 1* GratitudePG33694 BobDylan, Desire 2* 4* 4* PaulSimon, "StillCrazy After All These Years" 3* 3* 3 Chicago, 4 2 2 "GreatestHits,33

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Coming chart toppers: New Janis Ian. New Loggins & Messina. New Phoebe Snowontheway. * With a bullet. POSITION is SUGGESTED LIST SUGGESTED L ST S 106-200 PRICE PRICE Copyright 1976, 13 ilboard Publications, Inc No part of this p blecation may be reproduced STAR PERFORMER -LP's stored in a retrievalsister, or transmitted. in any form or by any means. electronic. mechani registering greatest proportion- cal. holocoprrg,ecording, or otherwise, without the prirwritten permission of the ate upward progress this week. ..0 publisher ae aC S.> O Y Compiled from National Retail SUGGESTED LIST PRICE Lij ARTIST 2 a. ARTIST 0 Stores by the Music Popularity col in Title Title cv 0 I - Chart Department and the Label, Number (Dist. Label) Label, Number (Dist. Label) a Record Market Research De- J 0 O E W 0 0 partment of Billboard. 137 139 9 1.)IONNEWARWICKE ARTIST 169 163 42 FREDDY FENDER 4 Track Of The Cat Title Before The Next Warner Bros. BS 2893 L98 7.91 7% Label, Number (Dist. Label) 0 Teardrop Falls 138 135 16 EDDY FENDER ABC/Dot DOSD 2020 6.98 7.95 735 6 (ANSAS e You Ready For Freddy 170 172 7 TOOTS &THE MAYTALS Masque BC/Dot DOSD 2011 618 7.95 7.95 Funky Kingston (irshner PZ 33806 (Epic/Columbia) 7M Island ILPS 9330 139 128 13 :ILL WITHERS 638 7.98 7.98 *123 7 70MIAY BOUN aking Music 171 178 4 DAVE BRUBECK & easer lumbia PC 33704 7.91 PAUL DESMOND 'empera NE 436 (Atlantic) 63$ 7.97 7.97 1915: The Duets 150 27 NK FLOYD *Men SP 703 (A&M) 7.91 733 10890 21 ALVER CONVENTION ark Side Of The Moon save Me arvest st 11163 (Capitol) 7.98 718738 183 3 RUSTY WEIR Aidland International BKLI-1129 (RCA) 6.98 735 7.95 20th Century T 495 7.98 7.91 141 136 12 RON BANKS & THE

109 115 35 :ETON JOHN I RAMATICS 173 175 6 BILLY PAUL :aptain Fantastic & I rama V When Love Is New *he Brown Dirt Cowboy 1C ABCD 916 6.f1 7.95 795 Philadelphia International PZ 33843 MG 2142 1.11 7.18 7.91 (Epic/Columbia) L91 738 142 144 7 RRY COMO 184 5 MAGOOD HARDY 11099 16 BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ustOut Of Reach The Homecoming ( Rated RCA APL10863 6.98 735 735 MCA 2155 7.98 731 Capitol ST 11168 7.98 7.98 11 PRELUDE 175 130 8 ERANKIE YAW *E=WrampRtonCorn Our Day Will Come )wI Creek Incident WA SP 3703 638 7.98 7% 'ye 12120 6.91 7.98 Private Stock PS 2006 6.98 731 7.91 144 146 21 MARSHALL TUCKERBAND 112 114 9 )AN HILL .11) ZEPPEUN (IV) Searchin' For A Rainbow Mantic SD 7208 tOth Century T 500 618 738 7.12 7.97 7.97 Capricorn CP 0161 (Warner Boo.) 7.17 737 187 2 ROGER GLOVER &GUESTS 113 119 57 VEIL SEDAKA 145 152 13 OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS 'he Butterfly Ball & Sedaka's Back the Car Over The Lake Album he Grasshopper's Feast ocket 463 (MCA) 638 738 7.98 UM SP 4549 718 7.18 UK us 56000 (Phonogram) 7.98 7.98 114 11627 BARRY IAANILOW I 146 149 7 MIKE OLDFIELD 178 169 26 SPINNERS Insta AL 4007 138 7.98 7.98 Omnadawn Pick Of The Litter 115 110 30bAT STEVENS GREATESTHITS Virgin PZ 33913 (Epic/Columbia) 731 7.98 Wank SD 18141 7.18 7.97 8.97 737 4M SP 4519 638 7.98 7.98 7.98 147127 16 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE MPS 179 180 252 CAROLE KING 157 3 SAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 2nd Anniversary apestry )isco Connection Buddah BDS 5639 638 735 .95 )de SP 77009 (A&M) 7.91 7.N 7.98 tot Buttered Soul ABCD 923 (ABC) 6.98 7.95 7.95 190 2 CRACK THE SKY 148 13144 AMERICA Hearts Jfesong LS 6000 618 7.98 7.98 117 121 112 IM CROCE Warner Bros. BS 2852 L91 731 7.97 "hotographs & Memories 1.97 7.97 EDDIE KENDRICKS His Greatest Hits) 188 2 AEROSMITH * IT:110Se's A Friend ABC ABCD 835 6.98 7.98 7.95 7.38 7.95 ramie 16343 SI (Motown) 6.N 7.0 Columbia PS 32005 618 7.911 7.91 7.98 118 118 9 lEETWOOD MAC 182 134 14 EOUNTRYJOE McDONALD 150 142 9 INNE MURRAY N CHICAGO 'aradise With An Ocean View together ire SASH 3715 2 (ABC) 7.98 $35 1antasy F 9095 6.11 7.98 7.91 815 Gapdol ST 11433 L911 738 7.98 119 113 5 BEVERLYSILLS .ENNY WHITE 151141 18 DAN FOGELBERG he Music Of Victor Herbert fenusian Summer Captured Angel Grigs! S 37160 (Capitol) 6.98 6.98 738 temperor NE 435 (Atlantic) 6.91 7.97 7.97 =plc PE 33499 (CBS) 6.98 718 7.98 7.91 7.98 RAND FUNK RAILROAD 2 SEORGE DUKE 186 2 ELVIN BISHOP =*lornTo Die Love The Blues, 3truttin' My Stuff .,,and Funk ST 11482 (Capitol) 6.98 7.98 7.98 She Heard My Cry * Capricorn CP 0165 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 737 IASF/MPS MC 25671 (Audiolidelity) 190 7.98 7.98 137 5 tEDD FOXX 53151 5 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES vouGotta Wash Your Ass 185 19340 .EON RUSSELL Atlantic SD 18157 6.98 7.97 7.97 RCA APL 1.1144 6.98 .95 7.95 Nil!0' The Wisp Bolter SR 2138 (MCA) L98 7.98 7.91 122 11719 RONNIE LAWS *173 4 IRCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS 186-477 17 'LOMA GAYNOR 'ressure Sensitive Tsop PZ 33844 (Epic/Columbia) 6.98 7.91 flue Note BN-LA452-G 6.98 7.98 Experience 155 16024 QUINCY JONES AGM M3G-4997 Lft 6311 7.98 7.98

1230034 KEY BROS. Mellow Madness ESTHER PHILLIPS he Heat Is On Featuring NM SP 4526 L98 L91 7.98 732 7.98 ight The Power cc*3onfessin' 156 456 10 JIMMYJAMES & * Itlanto SD 1680 LN 7.97 737 eck PZ 33536 (Epic/Columbia) 6.98 7.98 7.9t 7.98 7.98 THEVAGABONDS EAN-PIERRE RAMPAL & 1242646 .ANTS IAN lou Don't Stand A Chance :=10,LAUDE BOWNG Between The Lines f You Can't Dance wite For Flute & Jazz Piano Columbia PC 33394 6.91 7.98 7.91 7.91 7.98 Pye 12111 (AN) Columbia 61 33233 7.98 7.0

1250684 OHN DENVER 157 14332 TONYORLANDO &DAWN BEORGE BAKER SELECTION '3ack Home Again Greatest Hits 'aloma Blanca RCA CPL1 0518 618 735 7.95 'Vista AL 4045 * =0 7.911 731 Varner Bros. BS 2905 6.98 717 737

126 X34 PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS 158 16248 IN EVENING WITH 190 197 2 AIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY Venus And Mars JOHN DENVER (ickin' Capitol SMAS 11419 6.18 7.91 7.91 7.98 RCA CPL20760 3.95 1335 IBC/Peacock ABCD 899 6.18 7.95 7.95 189 2 ;HMS SQUIRE 159 .166 6 KLEMMER 191 148 7 "HE OSMONDS AROUNDTHE -ish Out Of Water INN roach NORLD LIVE IN CONCERT ellantic SD 18159 638 7.97 7.97 ABC ABCD 922 6.98 7.95 .95 blob M316 5012 (MGM) L98 7.98 712

128 124 17 ')UV1A NEWTON -JOHN 192 154 16 )AVE MASON learly Love 160 165 9 RITA COOUDGE Split Coconut KA 2148 638 7.98 711 isOnly Love RAN SP 4531 6.98 731 Columbia PC 33698 638 7.98 7.98 7.98 7.98 129120 12 ,ITTLE FEAT 193 195 3 ATLANTA DISCO BAND The Last Record Album 161161 6 IHE BOBBYVINTON SHOW lad Luck Hamer Bros. BS 2884 6.911 737 7.97 MC ABM 924 7.95 7.95 iota America ST 50004 (Capitol) L911 7.98 13078 13 NORGE CARUN 162 153 6 ICE 194 147 10 IIMI HENDRIX In Evening With Wally Londo rime For Another didnight Lightning eaturing Bill Slaszo Inchor ANCL 2013 (ABC) 7.95 7.95 eprise titS 2229 (Warner Bros.) L98 7.97 7.97 jttle David 1.1) 1008 (Atlantic) 7.97 7.97 174 3 DENNIS COFFEY

195 10031 WAR 131 12 10 'IMPTATIONS Finger Lickin' Good by Can't We Be Friends? -louse Party 70th Century/Westbound W 212 611 7.91 718 Artists 011.11441-G 6.38 738 7.91 '3ordi. G69%3 Si (Motown) 6.91 7.91 7% I 164167 14 STANLEY TURRENTINE 196 )159 10 RICHARDICHARD PRYOR 13232 7 -RANKIE VALLI ,lave You Ever Seen The Rain that Nigger's Crazy Sold ,antasy F 9493 731 738 eprise MS 2241 (Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 7.97 Krirate Stock PS 2001 6.98 7.98 7.98 158 165 8 MAIN INGREDIENT 197155 42 MOKEY ROBINSON 133 3324 RICHARD PRYOR Shame On The World n Quiet Storm sIt Something ISaid? iCA APLI 1003 6.98 7.95 735 amla 16337 SI (Motown) 6.98 7.9t 7.98 Reprise MS 2227 Warner Bros.) 6.98 7.97 7.97 166 16828 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 198171 10 RORY GALLAGHER 13402 9 CHUCK MANGIONE Nild, The Innocent igainst The Grain _ncore & The Ex -Street Shuffle) Chrysalis CHR 1098 (Warner Bros.) Ls' 7.97 7.97 Mercury SRN 1-1050 (Phonogram) 6.93 7.98 738 Columbia KC 34232 538 6% L93 199 164 8 KRAMWERK 13525 13 \OHN LENNON IEROSMMI adio-Activity hayed Fish 1:1:1=13et Your Wings Intol ST 11457 631 7.98 718 Ipple SW 3121 (Capitol) 6.98 7.98 738 Columbia PC 32847 638 7.N 00192 12 QUICKSILVER MESSENGER IETTEMIDLER 179 3 BOBBY WOMACK FIVICE ongs For The New Depression Safety Zone oli.; 3iiyer fiche SD 18155 6.98 7.97 7.97 Jniled Artists UR 14544 G 6.98 7.98 .98 Capitol ST 11462 6.98 7.98 7.98

Chicago 4 Daryl Hall & ohn Oates 153 Ramsey Lewis 102 0 ark Mountain Daredevils 145 Spinners 28, 178 TOP LPs &TAPE Stanley Clarke 83 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 95 Gordon Ughtfoot 51 Bi ly Paul 173 Bruce Springsteen 69, 166 Dennis Coffee 163 Emmylou Harris 78 Little Feat 129 Pink Floyd 42, 140 Chris Squire 127 A- z (LISTED BY ARTIST'S) Natalie Cole 68 Isaac Hayes Movement 116 Loggins & Messina 87 P elude 111 Ringo Starr 48 Commodores 57 Herbie Hancock 85 Love Unlimited Orchestra 104 E then Phillips 187 Cat Stevens 13, 115 Ace 162 Perry Como 142 Jimi Hendrix 194 Main Ingredient 165 Richard Pryor 133, 196 Rod Stewart 72 Aerosmith 31,149, 167 Rita Coolidge 160 Hagood Hardy 174 C.W. McCall 16 Queen 35 Steven Stills 58 Morris Albert 86 Crack the Sky 180 Dan Hill 112 Country Joe McDonald 182 Quicksilver Messenger Service 200 Barbra Streisand 90 Allman Brothers Band 65 Jim Croce 92, 117 Hot Chocolate 53 Barry Manilow 6, 114 Jean-Pierre Rampal&Claude Bolling 188 Styx 84 Paul Anka 30 David Crosby/Graham Nash 74 Steve Howe 63 Chuck Mangione 100, 134 Kenny Rankin 99 Donna Summer 15 America 7, 148 Deep Purple 75 Jigsaw 59 Bette Midler 136 Helen Reddy 5, 94 Sweet 64 Atlanta Disco Band 193 George Duke 184 Jimmy James 156 Marshall Tucker Band 144 Srnokey Robinson 197 Supertramp 44 Bachman.Turner 32 John Denver 18, 50, 125, 158 Jefferson Starship 23 Dave Mason 192 Linda Ronstadt 71 Temptations 131 Joan Baez 67 Bob Dylan 2 Janis Ian 29, 124 Johnny Mathis 97 Rosy Music 61 Jethro Tull 24 George Baker 189 Eagles 36 Islay Brothers 123 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 17 David Ruffin 33 Toots and the Mayta5s 170 Band 26 Earth, Wind & Fire 1, 60 Elton John 52, 101, 109 MFSB 93 Rufus 12 Stanley Turrentine 164 Ron Banks 141 E.L.O. 11 Quincy Jones 155 Mighty Clouds of Joy 190 Leon Russell 185 Frankie Valli 132, 175 Bay City Rollers 20 Fleetwood Mac 21, 118 Kansas 106 Miracles 34 Salsoul Orchestra 41 Bobby Vinton 161 Bee Gees 27 Dan Fogelberg 151 Eddie Kendricks 181 Joni Mitchell 10 Tom Scott 73 War 195 Archie Bell and the Drells 154 Foghat 81 K.C. & the Sunshine Band 39 Michael Murphey 46 Seals & Crofts 25 Dionne Warwicke 137 Elvin Bishop 152 Four Seasons 38,96 Carole King 179 Anne Murray 150 Neil Sedaka 55, 113 Grover Washington Jr 62 Blackbyrds 82 Redd Foss 121 Kinks 45 Nazareth 56 Beverly Sills 119 Rusty Weir 172 Black Oak Arkansas 110 Peter Frampton 143 Kiss 9 Willie Nelson 77 Silver Convention 108 Barry White 79 Tommy Bolin 107 Freddy Fender 138, 169 John Klemmer 159 Olivia Newton John 128 Carty Simon 22 Who 37 Dave Brubeck-Paul Desmond 171 Rory Gallagher 198 Gladys Knight & the Pips 147 Ted Nugent 88 Simon & Garfunkel 98 Wings 126 Donald Byrd 49 Art Garfunkel 14 Kraftwerk 199 Mike Oldfield 146 Paul Simon 3 Lenny White 183 Glen Campbell 47 Gloria Gaynor 186 Kris Kristofferson 105 Ohio Players 40, 80 Patti Smith 54 Bill Withers 149 Captain and Tennille 76 Grand Funk R.R. 120 Ronnie Laws 122 O'Jays 8 SOUNDTRACKS/ORIGINAL CASTS Bobby Womack 168 George Carlin 130 Roger Glover 177 Led Zeppelin 176 Tony Orlando & Dawn 157 Let's Do It Again 91 Gary Wright 66 Eric Carmen 70 Al Green 103 John Lennon 135 Osmonds 191 Mahogany 19 Neil Young 43 Every care for the accuracy of suggested list prices has been taken Billboard does not assume responsibility for errors Of omissions ZZ Top 89 65 General News 'rom i nentAngelenosOpen3 Chicago Firms Collaborate, 1 Calif. Disco Workshop LOS ANGELES-"You hear only Miami and, more recently, Los An - Opena Lake Street Showroom the occasional success stories-not geles last week, teamed up with mo- By ANNE DUSTON i failures." bile disco operator Jane Brinton in CHICAGO-The commercial er, general manager of Grand Stage, club in downstate Carbondale, near Jim Walters, discotheque DJ who forming the California Disco Work- sound division of Musicraft, a lists s worked his native Michigan, Diversitronics, Meteor, Elec- Southern Illinois Univ., with a two - shop and will provide professional seven -store hi fi retail chain here, tronics, Sylvania, General Electric, level dance floor, and nine trained instruction and consultant services has joined with Grand Stage Light- Westinghouse, Swivelier and other deejays. for disco operators. ing to offer packaging of sound and firms. "A lot of money can be lost by Trends noted by Becker and Ste- ;opyright light to discotheques. Also involved "Any equipment that is offered on vens in disco design include dual people blindly plunging into the in the venture is Cosmic Lighting, disco business without thorough the market will be available for the function systems for live and re- manufacturersof computerized $2,000 to $50,000 custom systems, corded music, big band sound, a levision knowledge of equipment, personnel, dance floors. provided it is reliable. We don't location and priorities," says Wal- proliferation of key clubs, the up- The joint partners just opened a want service problems to interfere grading of existing key clubs to ters. "We propose to coach them, showroom at Grand Stage head- with building good relationships ;essions and show them how a disco can be disco, smaller control machines, quarters -on Lake St. with a varied with our customers," Becker affirms. 'ontinued from page 3 operated consistently in the black." overlay of projected designs, elec- inventory of name brand equip- tronic operation rather than me- .matic musical and literary works. Brinton, whose activities include Since its entry into the commercial ment, including modular control sound field 2% years ago, Musicraft chanical operation, and smaller cash amendment by Sen. John Tun - engagements at Disneyland and boards. The showroom incorporates (D -Calif.) would have Copy - Magic Mountain, will be involved has supplied the audio equipment investment by club owners in special two separate disco systems for facil- for 214 discos nationwide, with last effects. The development of mobile It Tribunal reviews of statutory with promotion, marketing and ini- itating the training of deejays, also a held every seven years, rather tial investments. year's sales in the disco area totalling discos is being hampered by liquor part of the cooperative venture. license laws, Stevens reports. "The n the 10 -year cycle in S.22, after "How many operators," she asks, In preparation is a disco equip- a little more than $2 million. The re- first review scheduled for 1980. "are aware that the selection of rec- tail chain's decision to merge with disco market in black population ment catalog, mailers, flyers and areas is opening slowly but with a lie Mathias -authored compul- ords in a disco heavily determines trade advertising. Grand Stage and cooperate in the showroom effort is based on the im- definite move toward higher quality y license for PBS, which was vig- the volume of bar sales? How many Craig Stevens, head of Musicraft's iuslyopposed bySenator pay attention to decor, to the proper portance of "experiencing with the equipment," Stevens adds. commercial sound division, says a senses for spur of the moment sell- Clellan (and music licensors), is use of lights and the training of their big problem in preparing the catalog ing," according to Stevens. only such rate to be originally disk jockeys?" is the lack of production on equip- Woman On Board At :ided, as well as reviewed, by the California Disco Workshop, with ment listed as available at the retail Deejay training is directed toward bunal. Senator Mathias will pro - offices at 1012 San Vicente Blvd. and manufacturing levels. "We will the use of women "who can add Easton AFM Local Le an amendment providing early here, will be accepting clients March list brand model, number and cost, movement, animation,life,and EASTON, Pa.-While Roger Miller deliberation by the Tribunal in 1, Walters and Brinton report. and welcome the customer to shop don't disappear into the back- has been re-elected president of Lo- case, probably to start 30 days around, " he says. ground. The deejay can make or cal 379, AFM, the local musicians it passage of the bill. All of the audio products are break a disco, and in selling the club, union has named a woman to the ex- -he effective date of the revision available to the home consumer the sound system and herself, she is ecutive board for the first time, and is Jan. 1, 1977, for payment of all Hurley Says through Musicraft's retail stores ex- as important as the music product," has changed business agents for the .utory rates, including the corn- cept the JVC Pro turntable line, and Stevens asserts. first time in years. Eva Korbobo was sory licensing rate for recording He's Guilty includes MacIntosh, Sansui, Bose Record procurement is becoming named to the executive board, and :opyrighted music (Section 115); and Marantz amplifiers; JBL, Bose, a real hassle, Stevens explains, and Leon Bonam succeeds Charles D. ebox performance royalty (See - Continued from page 3 Jensen, ESS Heil, BIC Venturi and the packaging cooperative supplies Knecht as business agent. A member 1 116); cable tv (Section 111) and The sales were allegedly covered Altech speakers; Technics, JVC and the first promo package, and follows of the AFM for more than 50 years, S use of copyrighted materials up at the company's pressing facil- QRK turntables; TRAC tape with mailing lists of current disco Knecht played in many bands and ction 118). If passage of the copy - ities by Shep, with Hurley pocketing recorders; Meteor, Sony and Lozak product for locations to buy its own orchestras over the years, and is di- it revision runs late into 1976, the some of the proceeds, Hurley testi- mixers; Soundcraftsman and Altech from one -stops. rector of the Interstate Band and the ective date may have to be fied. Graphic equalizers, and Shure mi- The triad will be directing efforts Phillipsburg (NJ.) Municipal Band. urged to give the copyright office Cardinal is also the company crophones. this year to college towns, and just He continues as a member of the ex- re time to gear up for its new through which a major portion of In lighting equipment, Glen Beck - opened the new three-room Merlins ecutive board. ies. the Brunswick merchandise ex- change transactions were con- ducted. AGGRESSIVE L.A. PUBLISHER lapped In As to what was done with the mer- chandise received, which included television sets, stereos, radios, wash- Intl Market Nourishing Wayne I.Y. Court ers, dryers and even a Schwinn bi- 'ontinued from page 3 cycle, Hurley testified that most of it LOS ANGELES-Most begin- labels prior to his own launching. and another from the Australian went to gifts to various persons and ning publishers look around the For more than a year, however, he group Johnny Rocco. riances of "Superstar" and some were kept by Brunswick execu- anny" in 1973. At the same time neighborhood when starting out, but has functioned by himself and with In addition, Reizner and Wayne tives for themselves and their fami- Artie Wayne, who bases his two partner Lou Reizner. are involved in a release in France vied the lower fines for each vio- lies. NI it recognized. companies here, says it is the inter- How has Wayne worked within by a new group called Ace Of Among those mentioned as hav- national market that has kept him Spades on a new label, Delta. .ut, says the appellate court, the ing received the television sets as the international marketplace? 0 penalty must apply. going in his first 15 months of busi- To begin, Reizner, an American In the domestic area, Artie Wayne gifts were New York Yankee base- ness. Music (ASCAP) and WayneArt Mu- -1 the case of "Superstar," the ball players Thurmon Munson and now living in London, is his partner. rt took a "middle ground" in Wayne is actually no stranger to Wayne credits him with "keeping sic (BMI) have also been making Ron Bloomberg. Also named as hav- the publishing business, having strides. ling three solutions in the work ing received a $499 color tv was Ger- me alive over the past year," but inged, as against six claimed by worked in that capacity with major Reizner has also produced Rod Wayne is involved with two artists tie Katzman, identified as the for- on Wes Farrell's labels, Chuck Hig- plaintiffs, the Robert Stigwood mer music director and music Stewart, produced the stage version nip and Leeds Music.Italso of "Tommy" and is now producing gins and Manuel. librarian of radio station WNEW- Trix Label In Through Rize-Wayne Produc- nd a violation in the perform - AM in New York. the first musical MGM has tackled e of the entire work. in 20 years. tions (with Reizner), he is represent- Parcher then got Hurley to admit Kheba Tie -Up ing nine acts including Milo, the lie four violations over a run of Working with Reizner and on his performances in the U.S. man - that he had lied to Brunswick attor- NEW YORK-Trix Records, the Bottom Line, the Sons Of Scorpio neys early in the nationwide investi- own, Wayne secured U.S. publish- and Lovequake. a minimum fine of $48,000, the uppper New York state label deal- ing rights for "El Bimbo," one of the rt declared. The lower court's gation which led to this trial and is ing in blues, has branched out into Over the past year, Wayne has expected to produce several more in- top three international hits of 1975. been involved in songs cut by the had been $22,000. the area of jazz with the signing of a He has a deal with Pye to provide 10 lo dispute over the number of in- dictments. Hurley admitted that in distribution pact with Kheba Rec- Temptations, Olivia Newton -John, 1974 he gave a statement to Bruns- singles a year. He is co -publisher the Grassroots and Sha Na Na. gements arose in the case of ords. Initial release from the deal with Reizner on two LPs due on 20th grimy." For the two perform - wick lawyers to the effect that he will be jazz saxophonist Hugh Going to MIDEM this year with had "no knowledge of Brunswick Century in several months. One is a some 50 songs in his catalog, Wayne es, each subject to 27 separate in- Brodie's "The Real Thing." set from Italian Richard Coccante gements, the appellate court paying off radio people." In addition, the label has also has also created the "Artie Wayne irded the plaintiffs $13,500. The On Friday (23) the government named two new distributors: Water- Story," a 30 -minute cassette giving his history in the business as well as : levied by the lower court was called Max Kooper, a major whole- fall in Albany, N.Y., and Dean TOO. saler from Elmont, L.I., to the stand Wallace in Connecticut/Rhode Is- Buddah Deletes offering samples of songs he has lie court, however, did recognize who testified to having made cash land. To Countrywide been involved with and is currently t often the main purpose of sepa- purchases totaling "more than New releases on the label are "The handling. BOB KIRSCH copyright registration is the pro- $25,000" from Brunswick, turning Virginian" by Pernell Charity; "No NEW YORK-Countrywide Tape . publication as well as non-dra- the money over to Tarnopol and Time At All" by Tarheel Slim; "De- & Record Distributors has signed a Now You Can Check ic performance rights. "once or twice" to Shep. Under troit After Hours" by various pian- long-term licensing agreement with Vhere ... "infringement of per- cross-examination by Parcher, Koo- ists from that city, and "Know'd the Buddah Group, whereby it will Plants With Album ning rights of overlapping copy- per reluctantly admitted that he had Them All" by Roy Dunn. have exclusive rights to all deleted NEW YORK-Studies indicating 'ts on substantial parts of the en - also made cash purchases from Avco Besides the deal with Kheba Rec- product of Buddah. that music affects the growth of work" occurs, it "should be Records, All Platinum Records and ords, Trix also signed and recorded a Under terms of the deal, Country- plants can now be checked out by sidered as a single infringe - from Buddy Scott Productions. He jazz artist of its own; Cleveland - wide will repackage the product for anyone with a record player. it," the opinion asserted. also admitted he had "no idea" what based saxophonist Maurice Reedus, release on Kory Records, an econ- Amherst Records is releasing an 'he firm of Abeles, Clark & Os - Tarnopol did with the cash proceeds a member of bluesman Robert Jr. omy line label of the company. album called "Plant Music," with 12 'ergrepresented Stigwood, as of the sales. Kooper was followed on Lockwood's band. Lockwood also Buddah is the first major label tunes written specifically to provide 1 as the "Tommy" plaintiffs, the stand by Bernie Boorstein of recently finished recording his sec- pacted for product on this budget la- a healthy sonic environment for ck Music, Fabulous Music and Double -B Records and Tapes of ond LP for the label and it is sched- bel, according to Stan Sirote, presi- flora. Who are the performers? Why, v Ikon Ltd. IS HOROWITZ Freeport, L.I. uled for fall release. dent of Countrywide. the Baroque Bouquet, of course. 66 Late General News Bob Dylan At Astrodome Continued from page I acteristic of Dylan and are even InsideTrack more evident now in his loosely or- Maybe it's "Jive Talking," but the Bee Gees seem to be Paul Fenn, head of London -based Asgard Agency, is cane" Carter fund, a cause which ganized but artistically triumphant has been Dylan's main concern in having problems finding a producer for their new LP. visiting New York and Los Angeles lining up acts fol Rolling Thunder Revue tour of re- While they had three months booked at Miami's Criteria, concert tours. He is working with the Edward Tickne: recent months. cent months. Tickets for the suddenly an- set to commence last week with Arif Mardin running the Management firm in L.A. ... Poogy, Israel's top rocl A spokesman for the Astrodome show, they were suddenly flown out to the West Coast for band, makes its U.S. debut at Town Hall in Manhattar nounced show went on sale Monday concert says the Houston site was (19), 61/2 days before the concert. At a Richard Perry production job. Now it seems that, too, Feb. 21. chosen in order to demonstrate sup- has fallen through, so who knows where they'll record or James Takeda, vice president of Custom Records, Lo: presstime, some 30,000 of the 70,000 port from the South for the drive to seats were reported sold, with the with whom? Angeles, listed as a supplier for E -C Tapes, Brookfield free imprisoned ex -boxing star Car- Furthermore, the word is that Robert Stigwood is tak- Wis. (Billboard, January 17) says his firm only masterec bulk of the buying expected in the fi- ter, the subject of Dylan's recent hit nal 48 hours before showtime as re- ing his RSO Records away from Atlantic and over to and processed tapes for the convicted pirate tape firm. single "Hurricane." Polydor worldwide within the next two months. This was Lee Hartstone, president -founder of the Wherehouse gional publicity peaks. Bill Graham's organizationis The project evolved swiftly, in reportedly why Arif Mardin was pulled back by Ahemet 70 -store Calif. retail chain, convalescing satisfactorily a handling the physical production of Ertegun, since the former is only allowed to produce WEA home from open-heart surgery in early December. HI only about two weeks. Such free- the show. Most of the concert troupe, form workings have long been char - product. In another development, many of the artists on will probably return to the business about March 1. .. some 100, were leaving Los Angeles the roster including Eric Clapton and the Bee Gees are Sal Forlenza, veteran merchandising executive, publish for Houston on a chartered jetliner supposedly very unhappy about this move to Polydor, and ign a new monthly built around actual 12 x 12 -inch Ll the day before the concert. several observers expect fireworks to explode within the covers and backliners. He calls the new publication "In Definitely appearing with Dylan's Stigwood Organization very soon. side 12 x 12".. .. Len Chandler and John Braheny discus Latin Pirates Rolling Thunder Revue, which When the Carpenters announce their new manager their Alternative Chorus Songwriter Showcase Tuesda: Continued from page 1 closes the show, would be Roger next week, the industry is going to be amazed at the latest (27) at the California Copyright Conference, Sports ried on in large scale in Miami, an- McGuinn, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, coup of one of its most powerful impresarios. men's Lodge in North Hollywood. other major Latin market with many Mick Ronson and Rob Stoner. Isaac Hayes and Dionne Warwicke kick off a unique * * * pressing and duplicating facilities. co -billed tour Feb. 17 at Chicago's Mill Run Theater. Morris Albert's "Feelings" finally fell off the chart thi In that area duplication originally Both stars will be onstage with a 38 -piece orchestra week after becoming the second -longest running recori concerned Cuban recorded product. Disco Forum through the entire 90 -minute show, titled "Man And in the 18 -year history of the Hot 100. Its 32 -week char The masters of the first recordings Continued from page I Woman" which creates a romance theme from new ma- run puts it behind Kris Kristofferson's 1973 hit "Wh: were still in Cuba and documents opening a new discotheque, market- terial, the duo's hits and contemporary standards. Me," which stayed on the 38 weeks. The all-time dura proving ownership were also there. ing disco product and a&r direc- Elvis Presley is back to his generous ways. During a tion record was set on Billboard's Singles Chart a yea The market for most of those record- tions, among others, the key message holiday at Vail ski resort in Colorado he gave a Cadillac before the Hot 100 format began, when Johnny Mathi! ings eventually dried up and the du- heard was that disco is rapidly be- and Lincoln Continental autos to three police officials "Wonderful Wonderful" stayed on the 39 weeks in 195; plicators began searching around coming the universal pop music, and who had worked off -duty supervising security at a num- Chart buff Paul Grein came up with these stats. for other product. A natural was un- ber of Elvis concerts, plus two lady friends. Total cost: that the industry now has another vi- * * * authorized duplication of more re- able tool to tap additional consumer about $93,000. cent recordings and current hits. dollars. Denise LaSalle, Westbound soul artist, was arrested What's the SECOND thing Mac Davis and Gle Appeals from local manufacturers Label participation was not com- by the FBI in Memphis on charges of harboring an ac- Campbell have in common? It's a Sunset Strip billboar and distributors to New York City plete, but perhaps Atlantic's Dave cused armed robber, Nathaniel Doyle Jr. She was re- for appearances by them at Harrah's Reno and Tahoe authorities bog down often because Glew, vice president of marketing, leased on $2,000 bond after arraignment. Their pictures show them smiling at each other, unlik of the various county jurisdictions summed it up best when he said that Sam Green, a 30 -year veteran of the Eastern retailing what Davis has had to say recently about Campbell involved in moving from borough to Atlantic first woke up to disco last wars, and formerly with Mercury Records, will be ten- relationship with his separated wife. borough. In recent months Manhat- year and has since realized its im- dered a party by his friends on the occasion of his retire- ABC will release the soundtrack album for the bic tan District Attorney Robert Mor- portance in moving records. ment. Event will be held at Central Synagogue, New film "Leadbelly" with Hi -Tide Harris dubbing the blue genthau has given a higher priority The word from such labels as York, Feb. 7. Event is being coordinated by Mickey vocals for actor Roger Mosely . The Bla-Bla Cafe, Albi to this issue and is working closely Buddah, Scepter, Salsoul, TK, Pri- Gensler. Horn's Studio City showcase nitery, celebrates its fift with various recorded ethnic prod- vate Stock, Phonogram, Midland In- Richard Rodgers and Sammy Fain received scrolls cel- anniversary Monday (26) with an all-star reunion c uct distributors to identify priated ternational and Atlantic, among ebrating their half century of membership in ASCAP in headliners who started there. product and outlets handling same. others, was that manufacturer -disco New York ceremonies from Stanley Adams, the society's George Carlin will present the awards at the NAlth One distributor who has exclusive ties will be greatly enhanced during president.... Billy Taylor and George Wein will co-chair banquet March 23.... David Allan Coe was busted i distribuion rights to several major 1976, mainly in the area of provid- the National Urban League Guild's Beaux Arts Ball Nashville during a recording session on a bad chec Latin labels here recently spotted a ing promotional product, and that Feb. 20 at the Waldorf-Astoria. Theme is "Jazz Jubilee, charge. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd set an 11,148 attendanc retailer with a shelf full of pirated the industry at -large will benefit. A Bicentennial Celebration." Tickets go for $20 in ad- record at the Macon Coliseum, a feat made sweeter b product. Meanwhile, label executives were vance and $23 at the door. the Georgia town being home for the Allman Brothel Despite the local piracy ventures virtually bombarded with queries and what is going on in Miami, the from the floor on how to go about re- thrust of the efforts by the Latin ceiving free disks for club airplay. New Orleans Will Be SiteMemphis recording companies is to stop the il- Go through our promotional field legal situation in the Dominican Re- force, or local distributors, and es- public. "We've got to take first tablish the same credentials we Of Musexpo In SeptemberArts School things first. Once we stop it there would want from any radio station, NEW YORK-Musexpo moves to tions inherent in the Las Vegas loca- then we can go after the local guys," or anyone else getting promotional New Orleans for its1976 inter- tion workedagainst,maximum Cain says. Doors Open disks was the constant reply. national marketplace Sept. 8-11, in- contact between participants,ac- MEMPHIS-The newly formed Executive stressed that the music corporating a number of changes cording to Shashoua. Tennessee College for the Recording $34,807 To WEA industry's main goal was to sell rec- designed to improve the effec- He points to other benefits ex- Arts held an information and open ords and not to just cater to the whim tiveness of the conclave based on ex- pected to accrue because of the new house session from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. LOS ANGELES-WEA Corp. of every supposed disco operator or perience with the premier event last has been awarded a $34,807.13 location. Its concentrated center of Saturday (17) to explain its oper- DJ. year in Las Vegas. activity will permit detailed hotel lo- ation to the music industry and the judgment by default in a suit filed in If you have the proper credentials, The Farimount Hotel has been cations listings of attendance at the public. President and dean Eddie mid -1975 in Federal District Court though, we'll see that you get the taken over complete for the run of time of the market's opening. In ad- Ray presided. here. product, was a promise made over Musexpo '76, says Roddy Shashoua, dition to open booth space in the Leo Da Gar Kulka, president and Plaintiff alleged that Moon Enter- and over by the label executives. president, to provide a single head- Fairmount Hotel ballroom, special founder of the affiliated San Fran- prises and Charles P. Moon, Nancy The possible creation of Record quarters for all exhibitors and at- rooms on several floors will serve as cisco College for the Recording Arts, B. Moon and Terry W. Moon owed Pools in cities around the country, tendees, as well as primary housing entity "closed rooms" for demonstrating was present to answer questions and the major distribution similar to the ones in Los Angeles facilities. equipment and recordings. discuss operation of the school along $40,228.73. The defendants oper- and here, drew strong support from The need for such a consolidation with Ray. ated an Atlanta one -stop, now the labels. was the major factor to surface from Lack of private demonstration fa- cilities was rated one of the more se- The information sessions were at defunct. While disco music played a strong an analysis of last year's event as Sounds of Memphis Recording Stu- role during the convention, also well as from a survey of past exhib- rious deficiences a year ago. There will be a "VIP Clubhouse" dio, where the school holds its sharing the spotlight were hardware itors. It was also judged that distrac- classes. manufacturers, both audio and vis- at the Farimount, Shashoua points out, where discussions between "The college is a state -approved, ual. Inall, 30 exhibitors partici- nonprofit educational institution pated, and most reported strong re- Approve Key Pact people doing business may be con- ducted comfortably. Full technical and is the only school in the Mid - . ponse to their wares. Continued from page I the head bone's assistance will be provided, as will South specializing in professional Healthy news for disco in arenas training for the recording arts," Ray connected to around the country surfaced here as New York schools),itsettled on facilities for tape duplication, and travel assistance. says. the neck bone"... well, with Richard Nader announc- three controversial points. Courses are available in audio en- ing that his disco/concert package The major revision clauses are: a About 800 rooms are available in gineering, music for the recording has been booked into New Orleans' change in terminology throughout theFairmount,andaccom- engineer and the producer, law and and this Superdome, Detroit's Olympia and the contract from employer to pur- modations will also be available in a the music business and the business San Francisco's Cow Palace. chaser, the removal of a paragraph number of nearby hotels. and finance of music. In all, the forum had a give-and- that held the schools responsible for Shashoua says that the survey BONES take feel between those from the paying damages for contract breach, among last year's participants dis- disco camp and those from the more and the addition of a passage that closed strong endorsement for the BruderlinSuing connected traditional side of the music indus- will protect the purchaser under the need of such a marketplace in the, LOS ANGELES-Biran Bruderlir try. The general vibes were that now acts of God clause. U.S. Recording Studio here, also knowr with a that we know about each other let's Although the NEC did not get ev- "For our second annual Mu- as Paramount, seeks payment o work together more closely in the fu- erything it wanted from the AFM, it sexpo," he adds, "we are adapting $7,082.39 for services rendered n HIT. ture. is pleased with the new inter- our initial show format into a better Wes Farrell, Ed Walker and Chelsea Complete details of the each of the pretations of the contract, according one, having learned our mistakes Records. The Superior Court plead forum's sessions will appear in next to Tom Matthews, board chairman and good points from first-hand ex- ing alleges the delinquency was in week's issue. of the NEC. perience." curred around Aug. 1, 1975. Ws On Capitol Records & Tapes a Killer!! Tie 6_,13,s1 glay,s(6ktVht &Tie

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