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MAGAZINE TRADE MUSIC THE VOL. LV, NO. 30, MARCH 21, 1992 STAFF BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher KEITH ALBERT Vice President/General Manager FRED L. GOODMAN Editor In Chief CAMILLE COMPASIO Director, Coin Machine Operations LEE JESKE New York Editor THE MUSIC TRADE MAGAZINE Marketing LEON BELL (L A.) MARK WAGNER Director, Nashville Editorial RANDY CLARK, Assoc. Ed. (LA) COVER STORY BRYAN DeVANEY, Assoc. Ed (LA) BERNETTA GREEN (N.Y.) WILMA MELTON (Nash.) STEVE GIUFFRIDA (Nash.) Matthew Sweets Hot Girlfriend CORY CHESHIRE, Nashville Editor GREGORY S. COOPER-Gospel (Nash.) Chart Research MATTHEW SWEET SINGS AND WRITES POP SONGS. In an CHERRY URESTI (LA ) era where heavy metal and rap seem to be the sounds grabbing ears, JIMMY PASCHAL (LA) headlines and pocketbooks, good, commercial pop songs are getting TONIE HECTOR (LA) TODD MURPHY (LA) harder to come by. With the release of his third lp (and first for Zoo RAYMOND BALLARD (LA) Records), Girlfriend, Sweet has enhanced the power of pop in the JOHN COSSIBOOM (Nash.) marketplace (this week his album is #119 with a bullet on Cash Box's Production JIM GONZALEZ Top 200 Album Chart and has sold nearly 150,000 units). Art Director In 1986, when the Lincoln, Nebraska native released his debut Circulation album. Inside (Columbia), one critic noted, "Sweet's a pop addict and NINATREGUB, Manager his melodies are so effortlessly catchy that it's easy to dismiss his CYNTHIA BANTA as slight a big mistake." Publication Offices songs — NEW YORK Three years later. Sweet recorded Earth (A&M), another stunning 157 W. 57th Street (Suite 503) album that received accolades from the press but went virtually New York, NY 10019 unnoticed by most of the populace. In fact, one reviewer called the lp Phone: (212) 586-2640 Fax: (212) 582-2571 "the first perfect pop album of 1989." HOLLYWOOD The new album is much harder-edged than Sweet's first two efforts 6464 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 605) without obscuring the artist's uncanny sense of classic pop. It's also Hollywood, C A 90028 more personal. "The album reflects the actual overlapping of the end Phone:(213)464-8241 of one relationship (his recent divorce) and the beginning of another," Fax: (21 3) 464-3235 NASHVILLE Sweet explains. 'The songs are semi-autobiographical in this sense 50 Music Square West, (Suite #502) only." Nashville TN 37203-3212 be- Phone (615) 329 2898 In 1992, Sweet may also be starting another new relationship— 320-5120 Fax: (61 5) tween him and a growing number of fans— that may last for many CHICAGO years to come. 1442 S. 61st Ave., Cicero IL 60650 Phone: (708) 863-7440 BRAZIL CHRISTOPHER PICKARD Est. da Gavea, 61 1/BL.2/304 Rio de Janeiro - RJ 22.610 - Brazil Phone/Fax: (55-21) 322-2290 POP ALBUM CONTENTS ITALY NUMBER MARIO DE LUIGI Nevermind COLUMNS "Music e Dischi” Via De Amicis 47 ONES Nirvana Country Music 27 201233 Milan, Italy (DGC) East/West Coast 7 Phone: (902) 839-18-37/832 79 37 Rap/Dance 12 JAPAN POP SINGLE R&B ALBUM Rhythm & Blues 10 2-F of Fujishir-Bldg., On Jazz 9 4-Chome, 30-4, Shinbashi, To Be With You Dangerous Indie News 26 Minato-ku, Mr. Big Michael Jackson Tokyo, Japan 1 05 (ATLANTIC) (EPIC) CHARTS Phone 03 (5401)2065 Top 30 Rap/Dance LPs & Singles . 12 Fax 03 (5401)2067 Top 75 R&B LPs 10 UNITED KINGDOM R&B SINGLE COUNTRY ALBUM Top 100 R&B Singles 11 CHRISSY ILEY Remember The Time Ropin' The Wind Top 200 LPs 24 Flat 3, 51 Cleveland Street Michael Jackson Garth Brooks Top 100 Pop Singles 4 London W1 P 5PQ England (EPIC) (LIBERTY) Phone:01-631-1626 Top 100 Country Singles 28 Top 75 Country LPs 29 COUNTRY SINGLE GOSPEL ALBUM LPs 33 CASH BOX (ISSN 0008-7289) is published Top 40 Gospel weekly (except Christmas week) by Cosh Box, Straight Tequila Night Live Top 40 Jazz LPs 9 157 W. 57th Street, Suite 503, York New , NY John Anderson Dorothy Norwood DEPARTMENTS 10019 for SI 80 first class. Copyright 1992 by (BNA) (MALACO) 3 George Albert. All rights reserved. Copyright News on the Move 3 under Universal Copyright Convention. RAP SINGLE JAZZ ALBUM Executives POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Country 27 CASH BOX, 1 57 W. 57 th Street, Suite 503, New Oochie Coochie Fourplay Gospel 32 York, NY 10019. Me Brains Fourplay Coin Machine 20 (MOTOWN) (WARNER BROS.) Classifieds 35 CASH BOX MARCH 21, 1992 0 U Benny Medina has ON been named senior vice THE r S president and general MOVE I managerofWarner Bros. Records Black Music ^4 Division, it was an- •/ nounced by Mo Ostin, ji| Medina Warner Bros. Records board chairman. Medina joined WB in 1985 after an eight-year stint as direc- tor of A&R with Motown Records. In his new position, he will oversee the day-to-day operation Atlantic artist Marc Cohn was recently presented with an RIAA gold award of the division and perform as executive producer for his self-titled debut album. The award will look good in his trophy case on many projects. Medina will continue to work next to his Grammy for Best New Artist that he won last month. Shown at closely with the Warner/ Reprise joint venture/as- the presentation (l-r) are: Atlantic co-chairman/co-CEO Ahmet M. Ertegun; sociated labels Giant, Atlantic senior vp Tunc Erim; Cohn; Perry Watts Russell, MFC Manage- Qwest, Sire and Cold Chilin', ment; Atlantic co-chairman/co-CEO Doug Morris; and Atlantic vice-chair- as well as oversee the day-to-day operation of man/CFO Mel Lewinter. Prince's label Paisley Park. In a related an- nouncement, Medina and Jeff Pollack, who THORN EMI LIKES A VIRGIN: Thorn EMI has agreed to acquire recently formed Medina/ Pollack Entertainment, Richard Branson's Virgin Music Group—the world's largest inde- have entered into a multi-media agreement with pendent record company, with a roster including the Rolling Stones, Warner Bros, calling for the immediate implemen- Steve Winwood, Janet Jackson and Peter Gabriel—for a cash pay- tation of a first-look deal for film and television ment of nearly $1 billion. Virgin's holdings also include a publishing projects. The pair currently co-produce the NBC company with the rights to more than 25,000 songs. Branson, who series. Fresh Prince Bel Air. At MCA Records, started the label in 1972, says the deal "will allow me to concentrate of Miller Geoff Bywater has been appointed to the new more time and energy on our other businesses, including my new love. position of senior vice president, marketing Virgin Atlantic Airways, and its sister companies within Voyager development. Previously senior vice president, Travel Holdings." marketing. Bywater will now spearhead special JUNE, SPOON, CROON, MOON, SCHMOOZE: The 13th New j ^ marketing projects and identify business oppor- Music Seminar, that hulking monster of a music industry pow-wow, < -* tunities within the Music Entertainment Group will move up its dates this year so as not to conflict with the Democratic companies. And, Randy Miller was promoted to National Convention. The Seminar will take place June 17-21 in New senior vice president, marketing and will relocate York, and a call to (212) 473-4343 will bring you more information. ' to MCA's Universal City offices from New York. FARM TEAM: This Saturday, March 14, is the date for "Farm Aid V," MjH S He will assume responsibility for all marketing which will originate from Dallas' Texas Stadium. The event, which efforts for MCA Records and its associated labels. raises money for America's hurting farmers, will include performan- Cassandra Mills has been appointed to the ces from Farm Aid president Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Paul Black Music, Giant Records Simon, Neil Young, Merle Haggard and Michelle Shocked. To position of president, it was announced by Giant owner, Irving Azoff. donate money, call (800) FARM-AID. Mills joined Giant in 1990 as head of A&R/Black AIDS AID: LIFEbeat is the name of a new music industry AIDS Music. Also at Giant, James Howard has been organization that founder /executive chairman Bob Caviano, who has named marketing coordinator. Jay Krugman, a the disease, terms an "opportunity... to directly reach out to our Howard six -year label veteran, has been promoted to vice industry's HIV-infected music professionals." A meeting at EMI's president, marketing at Columbia Records. New York offices was held recently to begin mobilizing for the charity, Billy Cataldo has been appointed vice president of which plans a May 20th all-star benefit concert at New York's promotion for Records according to Artie Paramount Theatre. JRS Mogull, president of the label. Cataldo, who will TWENTY-TWO AFTER: The Lost Lennon Tapes, which has YEARS ' York offices, previously held been running weekly on the Westwood One Radio Networks since * work at JRS' New A positions at Atlantic, Polygram and MTV. Nick January, 1988—racking up 217 hours of broadcasts—-will now evolve Testa has been named senior vice president of into The Beatles Years on March 30. The Beatles series will include rare ^ promotion for Quality Records it was announced material from the BBC archives. label president, Russ Regan. Manny Bella AHEM!: The Voice of America, which has been bringing our view- by named vice president of R&B promotion for point into the homes of Europeans, Africans and Asians for a half was Atco/EastWest Records and will be based in the century, will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a March 21 concert company's New York City office.