;,\111"11;k444)1 record 1VD 000mAllON XYdblV3N 0241 Incorporating N NNYNS30 3,Novr MUSIC worldBUSINESS Vol. 2 . 95 eptember ion of the editors, this week the following records are the LE PICKS OF THE WEEII *GM 849 116 458 re. RING DANG 000 Brenda Lee I ByrsTuberT) SAM THE SHAM "Rusty Bells" AND TNT PMR01.1, TAAby . KAN. of An inspirational song is bound to be a smash for Brenda. She throws her heart into the big production and Decca will be counting the coin (31849). Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs draw their inspiration from a hearty dance beat. This biggie belongs to MGM (13397). SLEEPERS OF THE WEEK MERCURY vocnI From MERCURY'S Album. MOM 1100061 72483 ALWAYS LIKED M. WItmoli YW 146739 YOU BEST Son.- ARCA' Dow on Music MG 210S1 2:86 1E1,012:27 Produced David NIA Venal K A Frit. **THE THREE SONG" urs.uomNom 4.,THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS BABY BLUE 46. Two folk songs provide two teams withpotentialheavysellingdisks.Mason Williams wrote the sweet love song chanted by the Smothers Brothers for Mercury (12483). Bob Dylan concocted the melody and lyrics the Beckett Quintet do for Gem- cor (5003). This one makes use of electric guitarsand harmonicas for its effect. Major BillSmith, ALBUMS OF THE WEEK 611-111111 TATITIDEV-PT. ProducerofHits, I'M A FOOL I'M A Fg01. EM 1001.IN/T no. UNWRIKOSATI;AiTSI Shown With Current I'M A F01. 7.11,VIVIIT..11.1Z,Vrelred mo 12 Artist Chart Climber Ray Hildebrand Once 'Paul' of Paul And Paula Fame. Major's Story Inside. Male groups have packaged some contemporary rock sounds and willhit the airwaves and charts with them rapidly. Dino, Desi and Billy include their singles "I'm a Fool" and "Not the Lovin' Kind" on their album (Warner Bros. W/WS 6116) and The Wild Ones sell "The Arthur Sound" (United Artists UAL 3450; UAS 6450), which they helped formulate along with Sybil Burton Christopher. BERT BERNS -JULIERIFKIND Our friends, and eventhose that don't likeus say... WHAT A SONG! WHAT A SOUND! WHAT A GROUP! WHAT A RECORD! T WEB ISL PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY: BERT BERNS wear your hair long" I BY It put perfume on" please don't touch me THE 5 T when you touch me" 'NILS ...."and we're still not tired" thegang atbang RECORDS 1111:111141 1650 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10019 TEL: LT 1-3747 Saverio Signed At MOA Convention: MOA's New 1\ Officers The following are the new Op & Record Company Music Operators of America, Inc., officers elected (some re- elected) at the recent MOA Convention in Chicago: John Togetherness Needed A. Wallace, President; James F. Tolisano, Secretary; Little LP Bone Of Contention Frederick M. Granger,Jr., ExecutiveVicePresident; CHICAGO-The MOA Convention, held the other weekend at Harlan Wingrave, VP; Clin- the Pick -Congress Hotel with eight record companies exhibiting, ton S. Pierce, Chairman of mum. proved one of the ops' more successful get-togethers, with es- the Board; William Cannon, Saverio Saridis, the New Yorkpecially fruitful results from the record seminar. Treasurer; Nicholas E. Al- traffic cop turned vocalist, is Final registration at the con-of meetings will be relayed to len,Legal Counselor;and shownsigninganexclusivevention was between 1,000 anddiskeries, and vice versa. TedNichols, Sergeant -at - pact with United Artists Rec-1,100. It was felt by many on the Arms. ords. Since his debut several As a result of the seminarseminar panel that the demand years ago, Saridis has been ap-questioning of the effectivenessfor Little LPs would have to be pearing as headliner in someof the Little LP in the jukebased on the kind of product ofthenation'stopniteries.boxes, a committee was formedreleased, with categories play- Dobard AnswersShown, left to right: Michaelto organize better communica-ing an important part. Region- Stewart, Exec VP, United Art-tion between the operator andally thereisheavier demand Criticism ists Records, Saridis and Stevethe record company. New treas-for country and Western, pol- Ray Dobard, owner of MusicRossi of the team of Allen Andurer William Cannon of Cannonkas, standards, name band, etc. City Record Shop in Berkeley,Rossi, who also doubles as Sa-Coin Machine Co. of New Jer-Talks with ops revealed they Calif., has issued a reply toridis' personal manager. sey heads the committee. wanted Little LPs but the one criticism of remarks he made Phases to be covered by thestops neither sent samples or in a recent copy of his weekly committee include: 1) Market-catalogues of availability. newsletter.(NARA President Sonny Sick ing information; 2) Number of It was mentioned again and Ed Wright -Record World, Sonny and Cher were forcedmachines that will play Littleagain that the record manufac- Sept. 11-felt the "text" wasto cancel out of the Gene PitneyLPs; 3) Survey of area prefer-turer needs more knowledge of "advising R&B disk jockeys totour when Sonny was strickenences (type of music) ;4) Jukewhat juke box market needs take up the theme 'Burn Babywithathroatinfection andbox ops to furnish A&R sug-are. Burn' to persuade their listen-physical exhaustion last week.gestions; 5) Establish commun- In answer to requests for a erstoduplicatethetragic singercollapsedshortlyication whereby record com-mailing list of ops, the conven- (Continued on page 36) aftercompletingagruelingpanieswillsupply opswithtion booklet passed out con- two-week schedule in the East.samplereleasesandpromo-tainedanup-to-datelistof INIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHNIME111111111111111111111111111111111 tional material; 6) Achieve anames and addresses of ops be- Brook Changing Labelbetter image of MOA with rec-longing to MOA. roar re Brook Benton is said to beord companies; and 7) Any new The committee will be work - L. WO in the process of changing la-ideas that come up as a result (Continued on page 36) bels. He has been recording for 200 W. 57th St., New York, N. Y. 10019 Mercury. Area Code 212 Cl 7-6250 Record Seminar MOA Hit Publisher NARAS Elects BOB AUSTIN 0 Scott Prexy Inro- ..m.1 Editor -In -Chief HOLLYWOOD - The new -*i er-al ' ,****, . SID PARNES so*** p11,**41F president of the Record Acad- .***,'. 0 a *** ** * il emy is Francis M. Scott. The at ow* . 4,1, Doug McClelland Editor :it. ** Dave Finkle Associate Editor Capitol Records executive was .....!-', . Kal Rudman R&B Editor electedtothetop postlast Mort Hillman Advertising Manager,weekend at the conclusion of Eastern Division the meeting of NARAS. June Bundy Radio -TV Editor Also honored during the two- Ted Williams Research day confab, which covered a Merrily Lustig Circulation myriad of subjects, including West Coast Office proposed changes in the annual Norman Greer, Eddie KafatianGrammy Awardscategories 8440 Sunset Blvd. and certain constitutional re-A cross-section of the industry turned out on Sept. 11 to make Suite 204, Los Angeles 69 visions,wereMickeyKapp,the MOA Convention Record Seminar the best attended, most Phone: (213) OL 4-8260 elected 1st Vice -President; Chi-productive confab during the recent Chicago meet. Millie Mc- Nashville Representative cago's Bernie. Clapper, pickedCarthy, President of the New York State Operators Association, Ed Hamilton as 2nd Vice -President; Nash-received kudos for working up the seminar. Subject matter was Blue Grass Drive ville's Harold Bradley, selected1) Is there a real demand for Little LPs? 2) What is the future Hendersonville, Tenn. as Secretary, and Warner Broth-of the Little LP?; 3) Is the hit artist hurt by the record manu- Phone: (615) 824-0218 ers' Joel Friedman, chosen forfacturers' release pattern? and 4) Is the function of promotion SUBSCRIPTIONS: One year (52 issues) U. S. the Treasurer's post. and Canada-$8; Air Mail-$25; Foreign- and product availability all it should be? Panel consisted of Bob Air Mail $35.Second class postage paid Scott succeeds Atlantic'sThompson of Sesac, moderator; D. M. Steinberg, President of at New York, New York.DEADLINE: Plates NesuhiErtegun,whoseoneSterling Title Strip Co.; Eric Bernay, Exec VP of Record One and copy must be in New York by 12 noon year tenure as National Presi-Stop Association; William Cannon, President of New Jersey Coin Friday. Published Weekly by dent saw the Academy and itsMachine Council; Leonard Levy, VP -General Manager of Epic INTRO PUBLISHING CO., INC. Grammy Awards achieve theRecords; and Bob Austin, Publisher of Record World, represent- greatest recognition. ing the trade press. See further details in story above. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 RECORD WORLD-September 25, 1965 3 Bill Smith'saMajor MOA Show One of the Best Producer of Wax Hits Maj. Bill Smith (retired fromof awards to four gold records, the U.S. Air Force), an inde-oneplatinum andnumerous pendent record producer livingBMI Citations of Achievement. inFortWorth,Texas,has Major Bill has had about 15 gained considerable respect inrecords in the top 20, and has the trade with his consistentsold over six million singles in chart entries. his short career. His latest re- He first gained recognitionleases feature Ray Hildebrand's several years ago with his pro-"The Way of The D.J." on Phil- duction of "Peanuts" by Rickips, about a disk -spinner who and the Keens, then climbedmade a sudden rise to success, much higher with "Hey Baby"then lost it all by a crack in his by Bruce Channel, a No. 1 rec-voice and returns to his orig- ord in March, 1962. The follow-inal small station-a familiar ing year saw Major Bill in prom-situationinthis part of the inence with Paul and Paula'sbusiness; and a sure-fire hit by hit, "Hey Paula," which soldthe Ron-Dels with "She's My nearlythreemillionrecordsGirl" on Smash. The Ron-Dels' over the world and was awardedlast single, "If You Really Want a platinum record by PhilipsMe To, I'll Go," was a Top 100 Records in London.