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Eloise Laws: record wormComing Up Give the Little Lady

1. EASY DOES IT 41. THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON Great Big Bang A Al Kooper-Columbia G 30031 BLP 222 2. OPEN 42. TO OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S By DOUG McCLELLAND Blues Image-Atco 33-317 CHILDREN 3. PERFORMANCE Moody Blues -Threshold TITS 1 (London) NEW YORK - Mery Griffin Soundtrack -Warner Bros. BS 2554 43. MINUS -PLUS has introduced many new musi- 4. CHAPTER TWO Smith -Dunhill DS 50081 cal performers on his TV show, Roberta Flack -Atlantic SD 1537 44. from Tiny Tim to Ronnie Dyson -CTI 6001 5. MAGNETIC SOUTH to Budd to Gloria Loring, Mike Nesmith -RCA LSP 4371 Julie 45. GREEN RIVER but he has never brought forth 6. DEVOTION Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy 8397 John McLaughlin -Douglas 4 a lovelier or more gifted singer 7. HOME STYLE 46. FUN HOUSE than Eloise Laws. Stooges-Elektra EKS 74071 Brook Benton -Cotillion SD 9028 Under contract to Columbia 8. THE EVERLY BROTHERS SHOW 47. PORTRAIT 5th Dimension 6045 Records for about two years, Warner Bros. WS 1858 -Bell 48. RIG Eloise has had several singles 9. GIMME DAT DING Capitol ST 473 Pipkins-Capitol ST 483 out (and is about to cut a new 10. THIS IS HENRY MANCINI 49. LORCA one), although, inexplicably, RCA VPS 6029 Tim Buckley-Elektra EKS 74074 she is yet to record an album, 11. SANTANA 50. CHAMBERS BROTHERS' an exposure for which she is Columbia SC 9781 GREATEST HITS eminently suited. With 30 -odd 12. GET UP Vault 135 2 Griffin shows behind her, how- James Brown -King 7-1115 Eloise Laws ever, things never looked 13. LOVE COUNTRY STYLE `Write Down the Name' Ray Charles-ABC ABCS 707 brighter, or busier, for the movie house 14. BEST OF JERRY BUTLER Must Stock LP's Houston thrush. there's a Broadway Mercury SR 61281 that is showing four of his films CONSISTENT TOP SELLERS Upcoming headline engage- 15. TELL THE TRUTH daily, with the slogan, `Spend OVER A LONG PERIOD ments include the Top Hat in Otis Redding-Atco SD 33-333 " Windsor, Ont., Sept. 14-19; Sut - a Day with Clint Eastwood.' 16. EVERLY BROTHERS ORIGINAL in Alphabetical Order More than anything, though, Burnaby BGP 350 (Epic) miller's, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 5- AGE OF AQUARIUS Eloise -who has one of the 17. DON'T THAT HAND Fifth Dimension 10; the Surf Supper Club, CRUSH DWARF, -Soul City SCS 92005 richest pop voices ME THE PLIERS (Liberty/U.A.) Revere Beach, Mass., Dec. 7-12; classiest, Firesign Theatre -Columbia C 30102 ALBUM 1700 around -wants a hit record. Her Peter, Paul & Mary-WB/7 Arts WS 1700 and the Holiday House, Pitts- 18. COME SATURDAY MORNING brother, , is a lead- ASSOCIATION'S GREATEST HITS burgh, Jan. 4-17. She expects Sandpipers-A&M SP 4262 Warner Bros. WS 1767 to play the Princess Hotel in ing flautist who is heard on 19. BLACK SABBATH BAYOU COUNTRY several . Like many black Warner Bros. WS 1871 Bermuda and Mr. Kelly's in Creedence Clearwater Revival -Fantasy 8387 songstresses, Eloise b e g a n 20. THE BEGATTING THE BEGGARS Chicago shortly, and will work OF BANQUET a group as PRESIDENT Rolling Stones-London PS 539 with Harry Belafonte at Cae- singing with gospel Orson Wells-Mediarts 41-2 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS child, later was awarded a mu- Columbia CS 9720 sar's Palace in Las Vegas be- 21. TRIP IN THE COUNTRY ginning Oct. 29 for three weeks. sic scholarship to Texas South- Area Code 615-Polydor 24-4025 CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY ern University. There she sang Columbia GP 8 Now that the Mery Griffin 22. JOHNNY WINTER AND in choirs, glee clubs, operas and Columbia C 30221 has in Holly- A&M SP 4224 TVer relocated concerts, and also performed in 23. URIAH HEEP CROSBY, STILLS & NASH wood, Eloise, who was contrac- Mercury 61294 Atlantic SD 8229 summer stock productions in ted to the show during its New the Houston area. During her 24. York months, is free to do other -Track 8264 Soundtrack -Dunhill DXS 50063 senior year at TSU she worked (Atlantic) EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE similar programs-David Frost in a number of local clubs. Then, Neil Young -Reprise RS 6349 25. JAMES TAYLOR on Sept. 11 for later airing; through its Houston station Apple SKAO 3325 FUNNY GIRL 22 Soundtrack -Columbia BOS 3320 Mike Douglas on Sept. for 26. LOVE REVISITED KHOU-TV, Corinthian Broad- HITS Oct. 6 airing; and the "To- Elektra EKS 74058 GREATEST casting Corp. offered Eloise a Johnny Cash -Columbia CS 9478 night" show at an undeter- 27. LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE Performing Arts Scholarship in GREEN RIVER mined date soon. "But I'm loyal GARDEN Creedence Clearwater Revival -Fantasy 8393 New York, which she accepted. Bill Cosby -Uni 73082 HAIR to Merv," she smiled. "I guess One of Eloise's early mentors 28. PERRY COMO IN PERSON ... Original Cast -RCA LOC 1150 1.50 1150 I always will be. I still watch (besides Record World) was IN LAS VEGAS HOT BUTTERED SOUL him whenever I can." RCA LSPX 1001 Isaac Hayes-Enterprise ENS 1001 (Stax) columnist - radio personality IN -A-GADDA -DA-VIDA Coming up, too, is a London Jack O'Brien, who not only has 29. SHILO Iron Butterfly-Atco SD 33-250 Neil Diamond-Bang 221 taping of the Tom Jones show. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY had her on his show but re- 30. GULA MATARI Columbia CS 9768 cently had Eloise guest -write -A&M SP 3030 JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON Living Out of Suitcase his column while he vacationed. 31. SUNSHINE Columbia CS 9639 He has said: "Miss Laws has Archies-Kirshner KES 107 (RCA) JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN Her increased career activ- 32. BRIEF REPLIES Columbia 9827 ity has its drawbacks, Eloise lovely looks, a breathtaking fig- Ten Wheel Drive-Polydor 24-4024 LED ZEPPELIN II noted last week. "Lately, since ure, fine stylish clothes sense, is Atlantic SD 8236 33. WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH YOURSELF I've been appearing as the fea- a poised and attractive perform- Mother of Invention- MAKE IT EASY ON SP 4188 Bizarre/Reprise MS 2028 Burt Bacharach-A&M tured attraction, I've literally ing personality and, on top of OLIVER been living out of a suitcase, all the foregoing, has a voice 34. MAYBE Soundtrack-Colgems CSOD 5501 (RCA) which and don't get me of musicianship, range and con- The Three Degrees-Roulette SR 42050 DREAM - ON THE THRESHOLD OF A wrong: I'm thrilled at this rec- trol the like of which we never 35. MAIN INGREDIENT LTD. Moody Blues-Deram DES 18023 (London) RCA LSP 5046 SANTANA ognition- is not a great deal have heard from an entertainer Columbia CS 9781 WILLIE POOR of fun. Maybe staying put in so briefly in show business. We 36. AND THE BOYS SOUNDS OF SILENCE Creedencc Clearwater Revival - CS 9269 a Broadway show is the answer, pick her as the most impressive Fantasy 8397 Simon & Garfunkel -Columbia STAND if I can find one. I was offered performer we've ever encoun- 31. IF Sly & Family Stone -Epic BN 26456 the or gin al production of tered in a first big-time book- Capitol 539 ST SUITABLE FOR FRAMING `Hair' off-Broadway, but turned ing. You will see and hear a Three Dog Night-Dunhill DS 50058 38. MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF it down. And the more I see of great deal from Eloise Laws. Burt Bacharach-A&M SP 4188 TOMMY -Decca DXSW 7205 Clint Eastwood, the be t t e r Write down the name." 39. SNOWBIRD TURNING POINT Anne Murray -Capitol ST 579 working in films looks to me," To which we say: Amen. John Mayall-Polydor 24-4004 she chuckled. "I recently spent And: How about an album 40. ABBEY ROAD 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY from Eloise Laws? Beatles -Apple SP 383 (Capitol) Soundtrack -MGM SIE ST 13 a day with Clint Eastwood -

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