ADDITIONS TOCOUNTRYPLAYUSTS WHOO — ORLANDO WHN — NEW YORK WQYK — TAMPA KLAK — DENVER — Epic — ABC/Dot Glen Campbell Capitol (In Golden Ring — George Jones & Tammy Wynette l m Easy — Keith Carradine See You On Sunday — — Apples Won’t Grow Colorado Snow) — Jim Weatherly Half As Much — Sheila Tilton — Con Brio Love Revival — Mel Tillis — MCA |’m Easy — Keith Carradine — ABC/Dot — ABC/Dot Ladies Love Outlaws — Jimmy Rabbitt — Capitol Solitary Man — T.G. Sheppard — Hitsville Put A Little Lovin' On Me — Bobby Bare — RCA Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — UA Crying — Ronnie Milsap — WB In Some Room Above The Street — Gary Stewart — RCA Was It Worth It — Joe Stampley — Epic Think Summer — Roy Clark — ABC/Dot WXCL — PEORIA So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) — Connie Smith — Gator — Jerry Reed — RCA country radio active Columbia Hey Shirley — Shirley & Squirrely — GRT WWOK — MIAMI Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — UA Put A Little Lovin' On Me — Bobby Bare — RCA Atkins — — Eddie Arnold — Frog Kissin’ — Chet RCA — most added singles Cowboy RCA You Rubbed It In All Wrong — Billy “Crash” Craddock A Couple More Years — Dr Hook — Capitol ABC/Dot Crying — Ronnie Milsap — WB The Way He's Treated You — Nat Stuckey — Capitol Listed below are new releases that were most added to key country radio stations around the WIRE — INDIANAPOLIS Crispy Critters — C.W. McCall — Polydor U. S. This is not a sales chart Frog Kissin’ — Chet Atkins — RCA KAYO — SEATTLE See You On Sunday — Glen Campbell — Capitol — Dr. Hook — Capitol Wichita Jail — Charlie Daniels Band — Epic A Couple More Years 1. Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — United Artists Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — UA Honky Tonk Women Love Redneck Men — Jerry Jaye — Because You Believed In Me — Gene Watson — Capitol 2. See You On Sunday — Glen Campbell — Capitol Hi Warm And Tender — Larry Gatlin — Monument Weep No More My Baby — Lois Johnson — Polydor — Mel Street — GRT 3. I Met A Friend Of Yours Today — Mel Street — GRT Critters McCall — Polydor I Met A Friend Of Yours Today Crispy — C.W — MEMPHIS Say It Again — Ray Price — ABC/Dot WMC 4. Bring St On Home — Mickey Gilley — Playboy Sleep All Mornin' — Ed Bruce — UA If I'm A Fool For Loving You — Dottie West — RCA It’s Different With You — Mary Lou Turner — MCA 5. Gator — Jerry Reed — RCA Gator — Jerry Reed — RCA Crying — Ronnie Milsap — WB WSLR — AKRON 6. Teddy Bear — Red Sovine — Wichita Jail — Charlie Daniels Band — Epic Starday Bring It On Home — Mickey Gilley — Playboy Bring It On Home — Mickey Gilley — Playboy Flash Of Fire — Hoyt Axton — A&M 7. (I’m A) Stand By Your Woman Man — Ronnie Milsap — A Cowboy Like You — The Heckels — RCA RCA So Sad — Connie Smith — Columbia Weep No More My Baby — Lois Johnson — Polydor 8. Frog Kissin’ — Chet Atkins — RCA Bridge For Crawling Back — Roy Head — ABC/Dot Hey Shirley — Shirley & Squirrely — GRT Love Revival — Mel Tillis — MCA WVOJ — JACKSONVILLE 9. Bridge For Crawling Back — Roy Head — ABC/Dot Warm And Tender — Larry Gatlin — Monument Is — Earwood — Epic Solitary — T.G. — Hitsville Lonesome A Cowboy Mundo 10. Hey Shirley — Shirley & Squirrely — GRT Man Sheppard Rodeo Cowboy — Lynn Anderson — Columbia Here Comes That Girl Again — Tommy Overstreet — Frog Kissin' — Chet Atkins — RCA ABC/Dot Capitol See You On Sunday — Glen Campbell — most active singles I Met A Friend Of Yours Today — Mel Street — GRT Weep No More My Baby — Lois Johnson — Polydor Heart Don't Fail Me Now — Randy Cornor — ABC/Dot Disco-Tex — Little David Wilkins — MCA One Of These Days — Emmyiou Harris — Reprise Turner — Listed below are singles being played on key country radio stations the It's Different With You — Mary Lou MCA around U S and have WUBE — CINCINNATI shown the biggest radio movement and listener response This is not a sales chart. Gator — Jerry Reed — RCA Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — UA Man — Ronnie Milsap — (I’m A) Stand By Your Woman Flash Of Fire — Hoyt Axton — A&M RCA 1. Teddy Bear — Red Sovine — Starday Here Comes That Girl Again — Tommy Overstreet — WBAM — MONTGOMERY ABC/Dot 2. Here I Am (Drunk Again) — Moe Bandy — Columbia Here Comes The Freedom Train — Merle Haggard — Capitol I Love The Way That You Love Me — Ray Griff — Capitol (I’m A) Stand By Your Woman Man — Ronnie Milsap — 3. Say It Again — Don Williams — ABC/Dot WONE — DAYTON OHIO RCA Teddy Bear — Red Sovine — Starday Jody, It's Still You — Richard Mainegra — Columbia 4. One Of These Days — Emmyiou Harris — Reprise/WB MacArthur’s Hand — Cal Smith — MCA Liquor, Love And Life — Freddy Weller — Columbia Bridge For Crawling Back — Roy Head — ABC/Dot See You On Sunday — Glen Campbell — Capitol 5. Golden Ring — George Jones & Tammy Wynette — Epic I Met A Friend Of Yours Today — Mel Street — GRT Save Your Kisses For Me — Margo Smith — WB — Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — UA — LANSING 6. Rocky Mountain Music/Do You Right Tonight — Eddie Rabbitt WITL Bring It On Home — Mickey Gilley — Playboy Cowboy — Eddie Arnold — RCA Elektra While The Feeling's Good — Kenny Rogers — UA Waiting For The Tables To Turn — Wayne Kemp — UA 7. Letter I Met A Friend Of Yours Today — Mel Street — GRT The — Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn — MCA KLAC — LOS ANGELES Here I Am (Drunk Again) — Moe Bandy — Columbia Teddy Bear — Red Sovine — Starday 8. Cowboy — Eddy Arnold — RCA You Rubbed It In All Wrong — Billy “Crash” Craddock — Bring It On Home — Mickey Gilley — Playboy ABC/Dot 9. I’d Have To Be Crazy — Willie Nelson — Columbia Makin' Love Don't Always Make Love Grow — Dickey Lee KIKK — HOUSTON — RCA One Of These Days — Emmyiou Harris — Reprise/WB 10. Bring It On Home — Mickey Gilley — Playboy See You On Sunday — Glen Campbell — Capitol Misty Blue — Billie Jo Spears — UA — WHK — CLEVELAND You Rubbed It In All Wrong — Billy “Crash” Craddock WJJD — CHICAGO KCKC — SAN BERNARDINO While The Feeling's Good — Kenny Rogers — UA ABC/Dot Teddy Bear — Red Sovine — Starday "A" My Name Is Alice — Marie Osmond — Polydor Flash Of Fire — Hoyt Axton — A&M Gator — Jerry Reed — RCA Say It Again — Don Williams — ABC/Dot (I’m A) Stand By My Woman Man — Ronnie Milsap — RCA #1 With A Heartache — Billy Larkin — Casino Here I Am (Drunk Again) — Moe Bandy — Columbia Hey Shirley — Shirley & Squirrely — GRT Bridge For Crawling Back — Roy Head — ABC/Dot Tennis Tourney Set Bluegrass Celeb. Set At NASHVILLE — Plans are underway for Beech Bend Park scheduling the first annual Festival Tennis NASHVILLE — Lester Flatt & The Nashville Tournament to be held in conjunction with Grass will present two free concerts, at the International Gospel Music Song Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, Ky. in Festival July 14-17 in Dallas, Texas. Jim conjunction with the park's special Bicen- Black, Director of Gospel Music for SESAC tennial Independence Day celebration on of Nashville, has been selected as Tourna- July 5. at 1 1 :00 AM, and both shows will be ment Director. He currently is lining up the free to park visitors and an anticipated facilities to be used for the tournament play. crowd of several thousand spectators are Forest Hills Country Club of Dallas will be expected to attend as part of Beech Bend's the site for the action on Thursday the 15th. holiday activities. Advance registration is urged and may be Other events planned for the special made by writing to: Jim Black, P.O. Box Fourth-of-July weekend will feature Funny 40096, Nashville, Tenn., 37204. The tourna- Cars, Figure 8, and Stock Car races on ment entrance fee is $15.00 which covers Beech Bend's NHRA International one- court use and play expenses. Trophies, quarter mile strip. Races are set to run daily prizes, and gifts will be awarded for the ac- on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, with tion. Checks should be payable to Festival starting times scheduled for 7 pm. Tennis Tournament. According to officials of the park, a gigantic fireworks display will also be presented Sunday and Monday nights (July Hendricks’ Masters 4-5), with the traditional old fashioned fun To Starcrest Records and games taking place on Monday, begin- THArS A BIG 10-4, CLEDUS — While in Chicago as part of the CES show. Jay Huguely, ning at 10:00 am. NEW YORK — Songwriter James Hen- a/k/a Cledus Maggard, dropped by the headguarters of Phonogram, Inc./Mercury In addition Beech Bend Park will be dricks has assigned his unreleased Records to visit. Seen with Cledus (second from left) are (left to right) Stan Bly, vice giving-away special Bicentennial rings to masters, recorded in 1970-72, to Starcrest president/ national promotion; Jay's wife, Edy; Jim Taylor, assistant national promo- the first 500 kiddies entering the park to Records of Nashville. Starcrest, distributed tion director; and Harry Losk, national sales manager. celebrate this year's Independence Day at by Records, is planning GRT a national the amusement center. campaign on behalf of the Hendricks masters, of which the first to be released will be “Long Lonesome Highway.” Red Steagall Set For Bicentennial Salute TULSA, OKLA. — Red Steagall, ABC/Dot recording artist, has been chosen to repre- sent country music in the Texas segment of the NBC-TV Bicentennial salute, July 4 from Austin, Texas. Steagall will perform "San Antonio Rose” as a tribute to the late Bob Wills. The Texas segment will air be- ED GREETS FREDDY - ABC/ Dot record- tween 1:00 and 2:00 pm CDT. Red will be TELL IT LIKE IT IS, COUSIN — Mickey ing artist Freddy Fender and his TREE INKS OWEN — Songwriter Doodle appearing that same day at the Kerryville Gilley (!) and Jerry Lee Lewis (r) ap- manager Huey Meaux are greeted Owen is shown at the signing ceremony Festival in Kerryville, Texas.