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9mm October 9, 1982 C>qSH BOX VOLUME XLIV — NUMBER 20 — October 1982 HE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC / COIN MACHINE / HOME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 9, EDITORML Setting A Positive Tone OISHBCK ference with LPs in the area of sound quality wiii The latest announcements of new marketing ap- GEORGE ALBERT soon disappear. President and Publisher proaches to the selling of prerecorded cassettes are Thus, it is vital that the industry seriously consider ALAN SUTTON a very encouraging sign. Based on more sound the implications of the current cassette develop- Vice President and Editor in Chief marketing logic than mere hype or hoopla, these ments. Home tapers have long known the virtues of J.B. CARMICLE new programs and developments — the WEA, MCA the cassette, and it’s about time that the industry Vice President and General Manager, East Coast and CBS two-for-one series’, A&M’s audiophile- began to offer them better product than what they JIM SHARP Vice President, Nashville quality tape for the new Supertramp LP, I.R.S.’s can copy and at a lower price. If past trends based RICHARD IMAMURA “Cassingle” and Island’s continuing experiments on advancing technology come to pass, the cost of Managing Editor with variations of the One Plus One format — are in a manufacturing prerecorded tapes MARK ALBERT on a large scale Marketing Director position to set the tone for some time to come. should decrease while we should also see a con- East Coast Editorial By this time, most people in the industry would tinual increase in quality. FRED GOODMAN, Bureau Chief LARRY RIGGS probably agree that the prerecorded cassette will And that should be a turning point. Many in the JIM BESSMAN eventually become the dominant configuration — in media and in the industry itself have placed much of West Coast Editorial MARK ALBERT, Radio Editor many cases, sales of prerecorded cassette units the blame for this current slump on seemingly con- MICHAEL GLYNN, Audio/Video Editor MICHAEL MARTINEZ, Marketing Editor already surpass those of IPs. Cassettes already stant price increases for what has come to be seen as JEFFREY RESSNER have many advantages over the conventional inferior product. For Research a product thatthe industry likes KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager record — portability of both the software and to call “the best value for the dollar,” this is BILL FEASTER a tragic MIKE PLACHETKA hardware being the most obvious — and with the public HARALD TAUBENREUTHER image. Those manufacturers actively trying GREGORY D. LESCHISHIN continuing evolution of high-quality tape, any dif- to counter that image are to be commended. Nashvilie Editorial/Research JUANITA BUTLER CONTENTS TOM ROLAND KEITH HINTON Art Directors DEPARTMENTS ON THE COVER LARRY CRAYCRAFT Black Contemporary 29 BARBARA PICKLES Classifieds 36 Like his fine, classy Ferrari, Country 24 Circulation Lionel Richie has to shift gears THERESA TORTOSA, Manager Gospel 21 International 32 once again to accommodate the PUBLICATION OFFICES Jazz 18 high-speed traffic on the highway NEW YORK .' Merchandising . 16 1775 Broadway, New York NY 10019 he is now traveling. Vi/ith release of Radio 19 Phone: (212) 586-2640 his debut solo album on Motown, Cable Address: Cash Box NY Video 15 he is entering still a faster lane of Telex: 666123 FEATURES HOLLYWOOD Coast To Coast 14 pop stardom. Sunset Blvd, (Suite 6363 930) Editorial 5 The first single from his self- Hollywood CA 90028 Executives On The Move 12 Phone: (213) 464-8241 titled LP, "Truly,” was the highest New Faces To Watch 10 NASHVILLE debut this week on the Cash Box 21 Music Circle East, Nashville TN 37203 CHARTS Pop chart at #66 bullet. Having started out as the lead singer Phone: (615) 244-2898 Top 100 Singles 6 CHICAGO Top 200 Albums 34,35 and chief songwriter with the Tuskegee Institute-bred aggrega- CAMILLE COMPASIO, Coin Machine, Mgr. Black Contemporary Albums 29 tion known as the Commodores, and helping bring this outfit to 1442 S. 61st Ave., Cicero IL 60650 Black Contemporary Singles 30 the threshold of its own pop fame, Richie in recent times has Phone: (312) 863-7440 Country Albums 25 WASHINGTON, D.C. Country Singles 26 distinguished himself as a songwriter and producer. The most EARL B. ABRAMS Gospel Albums 21 evident example was the composing and production work he 3518 N. Utah St., Arlington VA 22207 International Albums, Singles 32 did on Kenny Rogers’ hottest selling single "Lady,” which Jazz Albums 18 Phone: (703) 243-5664 helped propel Rogers’ “Greatest Hits” package to multi-million Rock Album Radio Report 20 MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Top 30 Videocassettes 15 unit sales worldwide. Director of South American Operations “ REVIEWS In addition to winning several awards as a member of the ARGENTINA — MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Albums 8 Commodores and as an individual songwriter and producer, he Lavalle 1569, Piso Of. 405 4, Singles 1048 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 has earned numerous nominations and awards as a performer. Phone: 45-6948 Talent 13 AUSTRALIA — ALLAN WEBSTER 3/57 Dickens Street Elwood Vic 3184, Australia BRAZIL — CHRISTOPHER PICKARD Av. Borges de Mederlos, 2475 Apt. 503, Lagoa TOP POP DEBUTS Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Phone: 294-8197 66 TRULY — Lionel Richie — Motown CANADA — KIRK LaPOINTE SINGLES 420 Gloucester Street, #107 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIE 7T7 Phone: (613) 235-7743 33 NEBRASKA — Bruce Springsteen — Columbia GERMANY — GERHARD AUGUSTIN >4LBUMS Oettingenstrasse 66 8 Munich 22 Phone: 089-221363 Telex: 5-29378 POP SINGLE POP/ILBUM ITALY — MARIO DE LUIGI NUMBER "Musica e Dischi" Via Glannone 2 20154 Milan, Italy JACKS DIANE AMERICAN FOOL Phone: (02) 389-059/389-936 John Cougar John Cougar japan — Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO Riva/PolyGram Editorial Mgr., KOZO OTSUKA Riva/PolyGram 3rd Floor of Chuo-Tatemono bldg. 2-chome. 11-1, ShInbashI, Mlnato-ku, Tokyo Japan, 105 ONES Phone: 504-1651 B/C SINGLE B/C/1LBUM NETHERLANDS — CONSTANT MEIJERS P.O. Box 1807 1200 BV Hllversum LOVE COME DOWN JUMP TO IT Phone: 035-19841 Evelyn King Aretha Franklin SPAIN— ANGEL ALVAREZ RCA Arista Lopez de Hoyos 178, 5 CD Madrid — 2 Spain Phone: 415 23 98 UNITED KINGDOM — NICK UNDERWOOD COUNTRY SINGLE COUNTRY /1LBUM Flat 6, 196 Sussex Gardens London W2 England I WISH Phone: 01-402-6779 YOU COULD ALWAYS ON MY MIND HAVE TURNED MY HEAD SUBSCRIPTION Willie Nelson RATES $125 per year anywhere in The Oak Ridge Boys the U,S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX (ISSN 0008- Columbia 7289), 1775 Broadway, New York, N.Y, 10019. Printed In MCA the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. ©Copyright 1982 by the Cash Box Publishing Co.. Inc. All rights reserved GOSPEL Copyright under Universal Copyright MTZ Convention. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX, J775 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. AS WE SPEAK PRECIOUS LORD Al Green David Sanborn Hl/Myrrh Warner Bros. Oak Ridge Boys Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Council on Library and Information Resources with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_17 IS FiRsrr SOLO featuring A L B U l\/I. Lionel Richie’s 1 A years with the Ccjl'nmodores TRULY have given us the unforgettable THE SINGLE 7B44MF a classics. "Three Timas a Lady.” SERYES YOU “Still.” "Sail On.” “Easy "Oh No.” the RIGHT Kenny Rogers stanc ard, “Lady.” WANDERING written and product by Lionel STRANGER Richie, the Acadeniy ^ward- TELL ME nominated "Endless _ove." a platinum single with Diana Ross. MY LOVE Words and melodies that cap- tured A People’s Ch ice Awards ROUND AND ROUND and 1 O Grammy noriinations. 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(WHAT A BEAUTIFUL 6 I KEEP FORGETTIN’ (EVERY CROSBY, STILLS S NASH (Atlantic 7-89969) 47 4 WORLD) lil TIME YOU’RE NEAR) DONALD FAGEN (Warner Bros. 7-29900) — 1 f MICHAELJI-IAEL MCDONALDr GET EXCITED (Warner Bros. 7-29933) 7 10 RICK SPRINGFIELD (RCA PB-13303) 45 5 75 ON THE WINGS OF LOVE JEFFREY OSBORNE (A&M 2434) 84 2 7 SOMEBODY’S BABY 42) LOVE COME DOWN JACKSON BROWNE EVELYN KING (RCA PB-13273) 46 7 PLEASE BE THE ONE (Asylum 7-69982) 8 11 43 NEVER BEEN IN LOVE KARLA BONOFF (Columbia 18-03172) 85 2 8 WHO CAN IT BE NOW? RANDY MEISNER (Epic 14-03032) 36 11 77 SO MUCH IN LOVE MEN AT WORK (Columbia 18-02888) 9 14 44 ONLY TIME WILL TELL TIMOTHY B.