June 21, 1980 the WORLD’S GREASES?

June 21, 1980 THE WORLD’S GREASES?

Troy Davis Music/ Zarit Music/ Riff-Writters Music (BMI) Recorded at Capquarius Time: 3:28 Recorders Sound 7514 Bolanos Ct. R-5673 Tampa, Fla 33615

HE'S BACK GONNA DO IT AGAIN (Troy Davis - John Centinaro) PINK CHAMPAGNE Produced by Troy Davis- John Centinaro-Jim Black Exec. Producer: Robert Madden Associate Producer-. Gene Walker Engineer: Jim Black

FROM “THE KING OF THE RING” ALBUM PRODUCED BY TROY DAVIS

CAPQUARIUS RECORDS / 7514 BOLANOS COURT, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33615 / (813) 885-7080 VOLUME XLII — 13ER 6 — June 21, 9,0

E INTERNATIONAL MUSiC RECORD WEEKLY C4SH BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MEL ALBERT EDITORIAL Key To Success Vice President and General Manager This year’s Summer Consumer Electronics Show tertainment concept. NICK ALBARANO Hardware and software Marketing Director (CES), currently underway in Chicago, is especially manufacturers should mutually benefit from this ef- ALAN SUTTON notable for the opportunity it presents to further the fort. Editor In Chief growing cooperation between the hardware and Cooperation is the key. With so many alternatives J.B. CARMICLE software segments of the home entertainment in- General Manager, East Coast extant, it is important to develop workable methods dustry. Forthefirsttime in history, the Recording In- JIM SHARP to effectively expand and enhance the existing Director. Nashville dustry Assn, of America (RIAA) will officially par- markets. The public has shown that it wants what the East Coast Editors! ticipate in the show, joining the National Assn, of AARON FUCHS. East Coast Editor companies have to offer — it is now up to the home LEO SACKS — RICHARD GOLD Recording Merchandisers (NARM) and the Con- entertainment industry to respond efficiently. West Coast Editorial sumer Electronics Group/Electronics Industry RICHARD IMAMURA, Wesf Coast Editor MARK ALBERT. Radio Editor Assn, in a comprehensive cross-merchandising ef- Cash Box recognizes this for COOKIE AMERSON, Black Music Editor need cooperation MARC CETNER — MICHAEL GLYNN fort. MICHAEL MARTINEZ and applauds the efforts oftheRIAA, NARM and the With the rise of video, the Research increasing proliferation Consumer Electronics Group/Electronics Industry KEN KIRKWOOD. Manager of audiophile product and the always improving to drive BILL FEASTER — LEN CHODOSH Assn, the message home. The home enter- JACK CHIPMAN — MIKE PLACHETKA electronic technology of the industry, cooperation industry is HARALD TAUBENREUTHER — LES HONIG tainment standing on the threshold of an between hardware and software manufacturers is Nashville Editorial/Research exciting new era. It is up to the industry to see that it DON CUSIC — JENNIFER BOHLER vital to the complete development of DENISE MEEK — JOHN WEAVER the home en- happens. Art Director LARRY CRAYCRAFT

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Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart Chart FINE DAY 67 SOMETHIN ’BOUT YOU BABY 1 FUNKYTOWN 34 ONE CAROLE KING (Capit 42 6 LIPPS INC. (Casablanca NB 2233) I LIKE LOVE GLEN CAMPBELL S RITA COOLIDGE 2 COMING UP (LIVE AT 35 MORE (Capitol 4865) 72 5 KIM CARNES (EMI-Americ 41 4 # GLASGOW) 68 IS THIS LOVE paul mccartney and wings 36 TWILIGHT ZONE (A&B) PAT TRAVERS BAND (Polydor PD 2080) 56 7 (Columbia 1-11263) 3 9 THE MANHATTAN TR/ (Atlant 39 12 69 NEW ROMANCE (IT’S 3 THE ROSE 5 14 A MYSTERY) E 37 MISUNDERSTANDING SPIDER (Dreamland/RSO DL 100) 46 10 GENESIS (Atlant 52 5 4 CARS 70 AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK 19 4 38 THEME FROM NEW YORK, VAN HALEN (Warner Bros. WBS 49501) 71 5 5 BIGGEST PART OF ME NEW YORK 71 PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES 2 12 SINATRA (Warner Bros. RPS 43 8 AMBROSIA (Warner Bros. WBS 49225) FRANK CHARLIE DORE (Island IS 49163) 44 19 JEANNIE 39 GEE WHIZ 6 LITTLE 35 13 72 TIME FOR ME TO FLY ELTON JOHN (MCA-41236) 7 8 REO SPEEDWAGON (Epic 9-50858) 78 5 7 STEAL AWAY 40 IN AMERICA 73 SWEET SENSATION ROBBIE DUPREE (Elektra E-46621) 8 11 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND STEPHANIE MILLS ©6 4 53 (20th Century/RCA TC-2449) 87 2 8 IT’S STILL ROCK AND ME 41 TRAIN IN VAIN 74 KING OF THE HILL ROLL TO RICK PINETTE S OAK (Mercury 76049) 81 6 BILLY JOEL (Columbia 1-11276) 12 5 (STAND BY ME) THE WIND THE CLASH (Epic 9-50851) 33 14 75 TULSA TIME/COCAINE 9 AGAINST ERIC CLAPTON (RSO RS 84 2 BOB SEGER (Capitol 4863) 9 8 42 WONDERING WHERE 1039) THE LIONS ARE 76 IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE 10 CALL ME COCKBURN (Millennium YB-117861 32 14 MAC DAVIS (Casablanca NB 2244) 47 13 BLONDIE (Chrysalis CHS 2414) 6 19 BRUCE 77 ONE MORE TIME FOR LOVE 11 LOST IN LOVE 43 TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT) BILLY PRESTON S SYREETA 10 20 AIR SUPPLY (Arista 0479) (Tamla/Motown T54312F) 86 2 12 CUPID/I’VE LOVED 59 4 78 STOP YOUR SOBBING YOU FOR A LONG TIME 44 ASHES BY NOW PRETENDERS (Sire SRE 49506) 88 2 SPINNERS (Atlantic 3664) 16 6 RODNEY CROWELL 79 LET’S GO ’ROUND AGAIN 51 8 13 DON’T FALL IN LOVE AVERAGE WHITE BAND (Arista AS 0515) 85 '2 WITH A DREAMER 45 LOVE STINKS 80 OLD-FASHION LOVE (EMI-Ameri 37 11 KENNY ROGERS/KIM CARNES J. GEILS BAND COMMODORES (Motown M 1489F) — 1 13 (United Artists UA-X1345-Y) 11 46 LOVE THE WORLD AWAY 81 THE SEDUCTION 14 LET’S GET SERIOUS KENNY ROGERS (United Artists UA 58 2 (LOVE THEME) 14 JERMAINE JACKSON (Motown M1469F) 15 47 ANSWERING MACHINE JAMES LAST BAND (Polydor 2071) 48 13 15 SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE RUPERT HOLMES (MCi 49 7 82 LANDLORD MICHAEL JACKSON (Epic 9-50871) 17 11 48 STAND BY ME GLADYS KNIGHT S THE PIPS (Columbia 1-11239) 89 3 16 HURT SO BAD MICKEY GILLEY LINDA RONSTADT (Asylum E-46624) 14 12 54 6 83 WE WERE MEANT TO 49 LADY BE LOVERS 17 MAGIC PHOTOGLO (20th Century/RCA TC-2446) 45 12 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (MCA-41247) 28 5 THE W 38 10 50 ATOMIC 84 IT’S FOR YOU 18 LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT PLAYER PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE 55 6 (Casablanca NB 2265) 91 2 (Casablanca NB 2266) 21 7 51 WITH YOU I’M BORN AGAIN 85 SHANDI KISS (Casablanca NB — 1 19 TIRED OF TOEIN’ THE LINE BILLY PRESTON S SYREETA 2282) ROCKY BURNETTE (EMI-America P-8043) 25 7 (Motown M 1477) 34 26 86 THAT LOVIN’ YOU FEELIN’ 20 SEXY EYES 52 LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR AGAIN DR HOOK (Capitol 4831) 13 19 PETE TOWNSHEND (Atlantic 7217) 68 2 ROY ORBISON & EMMYLOU HARRIS 53 WALKS LIKE A LADY (Warner Bros. WBS 49262) — 1 21 SHINING STAR DRIVIN’ LIFE MANHATTANS (Columbia 1-11222) 26 9 JOURNEY (Columbia 1-11275) 67 5 87 MY AWAY EDDIE RABBITT (Elektra E-46656) — 1 LET 54 ANGEL SAY NO 22 SHOULD’VE NEVER YOU GO 88 NEIL AND DARA SEDAKA (Elektra E-46615) 23 13 TOMMY TUTONE (Columbia 1-11278) 60 6 ALABAMA GETAWAY GRATEFUL DEAD (Arista AS0519) 90 2 23 BRASS IN POCKET 55 CLONES (WE RE ALL) ALICE COOPER (Warner Bros. WBS 49204) 61 7 89 HEADED FOR A FALL (I’M SPECIAL) FIREFALL (Atlantic AT 3647) 50 11 THE PRETENDERS (Sire SRE 49181) 18 18 56 EVERYTHING WORKS IF 90 I DON’T WANT TO WALK 24 RIDE LIKE THE WIND YOU LET IT CHRISTOPHER CROSS 62 5 WITHOUT YOU BARRY MANILOW (Arista AS0501) 64 11 (Warner Bros. WBS 49184) 20 20 57 POWER THE TEMPTATIONS 91 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN 25 STOMP! ROBERTA FLACK with DONNY HATHAWAY THE BROTHERS JOHNSON (ASM 2216) 19 15 57 7 (Atlantic 3661) 92 4 26 I’M ALIVE 58 JO JO 92 YOU MAY BE RIGHT ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA © 82 2 BILLY JOEL (Columbia 1-11231) 63 15 (MCA-41246) 30 5 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 93 ALL THE WAY 27 ANOTHER BRICK IN (MEDLEY) BRICK (Bang/CBS ZS9 4810) 94 3 THE WALL (PART II) MECO (RSC 73 2 94 THE VERY LAST TIME PINK FLOYD (Columbia 1-11187) 22 23 60 SAILING UTOPIA (Bearsville BSS 49247) 80 4 28 WE LIVE FOR LOVE © CHRISTOPHER CROSS 95 THE BLUE SIDE Warner Bros. 49507) 77 3 PAT BENATAR (Chrysalis CHS-2419) 29 12 WBS CRYSTAL GAYLE (Columbia 1-11270) — 1 29 TWO PLACES AT 61 ALL NIGHT THING THE REBOUND THE INVISIBLE MAN'S BAND 96 ON TIME RUSS BALLARD (Epic 9-50883) — 1 THE SAME (Mango MS-103) 65 5 RAY PARKER, JR. 8 RAYDIO 97 SITTING IN THE PARK (Arista AS 0494) 31 14 62 TAKE A LITTLE RHYTHM GQ (Arista AS 0510) 98 3 ALI THOMSON (ASM 2243) 74 2 30 ALL NIGHT LONG 98 I DON’T WANNA GET DRAFTED JOE WALSH (Full Moon/Asylum E-46639) 36 6 63 A LOVER’S HOLIDAY FRANK ZAPPA (Zappa WS-7-3000) 99 2 CHANGE (Warner Bros./RFC RCS 49208) 70 4 31 BREAKDOWN DEAD AHEAD © 99 TAKE YOU TONIGHT BOZ SCAGGS (Columbia 1-11241) 27 13 64 INTO THE NIGHT OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS BENNY MARDONES (Polydor PD 2091) 79 3 7 32 I CAN’T HELP IT (Columbia 1-11247) 83 ANDY GIBB and OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 65 MAKE A LITTLE MAGIC 100 DON’T SAY GOODBYE (IT’S (RSO RS-1026) 24 13 DIRT BAND (United Artists UA-X1356) 75 2 TIME FOR LOVE) (PTS. 1 & 2) 33 GIMME SOME LOVIN 66 ALL OUT OF LOVE THE ISLEY BROTHERS BLUES BROTHERS (Atlantic 3666) 40 4 76 3 (T-Neck/CBS ZS9 2290) 66 13

• ALPHABETIZED TOP 100 SINGLES (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND LICENSEES)! Something ’Bout You (Colgems-EMI — ASCAP) ... 67 A Lover’s Holiday (Little Macho — ASCAP) 63 Greenberg — BMI) 1 Lost In Love (Arista/BRM/Riva — ASCAP) 11 BMI) 48 Against The Wind (Gear — ASCAP) 9 Gee Whiz (East/Memphis — BMI) 39 Love Stinks (Center City — ASCAP) 45 Stand By Me (Rightsong/ADT/Trio — Willie/Gouda/Oozle Alabama (Ice Nine — ASCAP) 88 Gimme Some Lovin’ (Island — BMI) 33 Love The World (Southern Nights — ASCAP) 46 Steal Away (Big Ears/Chrome 7 All Night (Wow & Flutter — ASCAP) 30 Headed For (Warner-Tamerlane/EI Sueno — BMI) 89 Magic (John Farrar — BMI) 17 Finch — ASCAP) (State — ASCAP) 25 All Night Thing (Ackee — ASCAP) 61 Hurt So Bad (Vogue — BMI) 16 Make A Little (De-Bone-Aire/Vicious Circle — Stomp Of The Arts/Brojay All Stop Your Sobbing (Jay Boy — BMI) 78 Out (Arista/BRM/Riva — ASCAP) 66 I Can’t Help It (Stigwood Adm. By Unichappell — BMI) 32 ASCAP) 65 All Sweet Sensation (Frozen Butterfly — BMI) 73 The Way (Web IV — BMI) 93 I Don’t Want (Paramount — ASCAP) 90 Misunderstanding (Hit & Run — ASCAP) 37 Take A Little (Rondor/Almo — ASCAP) 62 And The Cradle (Van Halen — ASCAP) 70 I Don’t Want To Get 98 More Love (Jobete — ASCAP) 35 Take You Tonight (Lost Cabin — BMI) 99 Angel (Tutone Keller) 54 I’m Alive (Jet/Unart/Blackwood — BMI) 26 New Romance (Land Of Dreams Adm. In U.S. & Take Your Time (Avant Garde — Another Brick (Pink Floyd/Unichappell — BMI) . 27 In America (Hat Band — BMI) 40 Canada by Arista — ASCAP) 69 43 Answering Machine (WB/Holmes Line Of Music — Into The Night (Papa Jack — BMI) 64 Old Fashion Love (Jobete/Commodores Ent. — ASCAP/Interior/Sigidi’s — BMI) ASCAP) 47 Is This Love (Bob Marley/Almo — ASCAP) 68 ASCAP) 80 That Lovin’ (Acuff/Rose — BMI) 86 — .... 95 Ashes By Now (Jolly Cheeks — BMI) 44 It’s For You (Big Stick — BMI) 84 One Fine Day (Screen Gems/EMI — BMI) 34 The Blue Side (Aimo — ASCAP/Irving BMI) 3 Atomic (Rare Blue/Monster Island — ASCAP) .... 50 It’s Hard To Be Humble (Songpainters — BMI) .... 76 One More Time (Golden Cornflake — BMI) 77 The Rose (In Dispute) Back Together (Scarab — BMI) 91 It’s Still Rock (Impulsive/April — ASCAP) 8 On The Rebound (April/Russell Ballard — ASCAP) 96 The Seduction (Ensign — BMI) 81 (Unearthly/Fiction — 94 Biggest Part (Rubicon — BMI) 5 Jojo (Boz Scaggs/Almo — ASCAP/Foster Frees/Irving Pilot Of The Airwaves (Ackee — ASCAP) 71 The Very Last BMI) 38 Brass (Modern/Hynde/House of Hits/ATV U K.) ... 23 — BMI) 58 Power (Midnight Sun — ASCAP/Book — BMI) 57 Theme From New York (Unart — BMI) 72 Breakdown Dead Ahead (Boz Scaggs — ASCAP/ King Of (Critique — BMI) 74 Pretty Lady (Debdave/Briarpatch — BMI) 85 Time For Me (Fate — ASCAP) Tired Of Toein’ (TRO-Cheshire — BMI) 19 Foster Frees/Irving — BMI) 31 Lady (Spectrum Vll/Yours, Mine & Ours — ASCAP) 49 Ride Like The Wind (Pop ‘N’ Roll — ASCAP) 24 41 Call Me (Ensign — BMI/Rare Blue — ASCAP) 10 Landlord (Nick-O-Val — ASCAP) 82 Sailing (Pop *N’ Roll — ASCAP) 60 Train In Vain (Riva — ASCAP) Cars (Beggars Banquet/Andrew Heath — PRS) ... 4 Let Me Love (Kentucky Wonder — BMI/Prairie League Sexy Eyes (April/Blackwood — ASCAP/BMI) 20 Tulsa Time (Bibo — ASCAP) 75 Clones (Mount Hope — ASCAP) 55 — ASCAP) 18 Shandi (Kiss — ASCAP/Mad Vincent — BMI) 85 Twilight Zone (Blackwood/Garden Rake/Yellow 36 Coming Up (MPL — ASCAP) 2 Let My Love (Towser Tunes — BMI) 52 She’s Out (Fiddleback/Peso/Kidada — BMI) 15 Dog Music — BMI/Heen — ASCAP) (Raydiola — .... 29 Cupid (Kags/Sumac — BMI) 12 Let’s Get Serious (Jobete & Black Bull (TM) — Shining Star (Content — BMI) 21 Two Places At The Same ASCAP) Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer ASCAP) 14 Should’ve Never Let You Go (Kirshner — Walks Like (Weed High Nightmare — BMI) 53 (Appian/Almo/Quixotic — ASCAP) 13 Let’s Go Round (Average — ASCAP) 79 ASCAP/April/Kiddio — We Live For Love (Rare Blue/Neil Geraldo — ASCAPJ28 BMI) 22 — Don’t Say Goodnight (Bovina — ASCAP) 100 Little Jeannie (Jodrell — ASCAP) 6 Sitting In (Chevis — BMI) 97 We Were Meant (20th Century/Neary Tunes Empire (Fox Fanfare/Bantha — BMI) 59 ASCAP) 83 Everything Works (Adult — BMI) 56 = With You I’m Born Again (Check Out — BMI) 51 Exceptionally heavy radio activity this weak Exceptionally haavy aaiaa activity thla weak

Rightsong/Steve — . 42 Funkytown (Rick’s Adm. by © Wondering Where (Golden Fountain PROCAN) You May Be Right (Impulsive/April — ASCAP) .... 92 For the romantic in each of us. The new album from Kenny Rankin.

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In New York State call (212) 765-433C CASH BOX NE\A MCA, CBS Hike Singles, Cassettes Wholesale Prices Up; LPs, 8-Tracks For LP Product Down During ’79 by Michael Martinez and Richard Imamura By Richard Imamura LOS ANGELES — MCA and CBS have an- LOS ANGELES — Manufacturers' ship- nounced wholesale price hikes of 3.5% and ment of singles and pre-recorded cassettes three percent, respectively, on both $7.98 were up, while albums and pre-recorded eight-tracks dropped during 1979, ac- and $8.98 list items. The MCA action was effective Friday, June 13, while the CBS cording to figures- released by the Recording Industry Assn, of price hike is scheduled to become effective America June 30. (RIAA). Overall, total record shipments (singles and albums) dropped 5.4% from In line with MCA's seven-tiered price 1978, and total tape shipments also structure, $7.98 list product will wholesale decreased 7.4%. for as low as $4.24 for pure sub- DREAMY CELEBRATION — United Artists' Kenny Rogers and EMI America recording ar- Total record shipments of 502.2 million distributors, rack jobbers and one-stops up tist Kim Carnes toasted the success of their duet single, "Don’t Fall In Love With A units in 1979 represented a dollar valuation to a high of $4.53for normal retail accounts. Dreamer," Rogers’ platinum "Gideon" LP and Carnes’ new single, "More Love," from her (based on list price) of $2.4 billiop, down Prices for $8.98 product will range from a "Romance Dance" LP. Pictured at the small celebration are (l-r): David Sholin, national 11.8% from the $2.7 billion generated in low of $4.77 to a high of $5.10. programming director, RKO chain; Rogers; Jim Mazza, president of EMI-A/UA; Carnes; 1978 by the shipment of 531.1 million units. Intermediate categories in MCA’s pricing and Don Grierson, vice president of A&R, EMI-A/UA. Shipment of singles, including disco 12" structure, listed from lowest to highest, in- product, reached 212 million units for the clude predominantly subdistributors with Inter-Industry Cooperation Will year, up 11.6% from 1978. As a result, some retail accounts; multiple-store chains Be singles revenues for the year jurhped with a central warehouse; multiple-store Emphasized At 1980 Summer CES 35.8% to $353.6 million. The significant in- chains without a central warehouse, but crease in singles revenue was largely due with central billing and ordering; and small by Michael Glynn Group/Electronics Industry Assn. to the higher list price of the 12" product. retail chains. CHICAGO — The spotlight will be on inter- (CEG/EIA) and the National Assn, of On the other hand, shipment of albums CBS' wholesale increase, according to industry cooperation and cross- Recording Merchandisers (NARM). during the year dropped 15% to 290.2 retail sources, will price $7.98 items as low merchandising as the Summer Consumer Now in its fourth year, the cross- million units, down from 341.3 million units as $4.23 up to a high of $4.51. Wholesale Electronics Show (CES) opens its four-day merchandising display represents “the in 1978. Likewise, album revenuesdropped prices for $8.98 list product will range from run here June 15 at the McCormick Place continued commitment on behalf of our 16.8% for the year, from $2.5 billion in 1978 $4.75 up to $5.09. CBS’ nine-tiered where a record 60,000 electronics and allied industries to alert retailers to the to $2.1 biliion last year. wholesale pricing system charges rack ac- record industry representatives are expec- various possible techniques and oppor- Total tape shipments for the year (continued on page 16) ted to be on hand. tunities for cross-merchandising records reached 180.8 million units, down 7.4% Underscoring the growing interaction and tapes with consumer electronics from the 194.9 million units shipped during AFM Meet Will between these two industries, both with a products,” according to Joe Cohen, ex- 1978. Total tape revenues of $1.2 billion major stake in the home entertainment ecutive vice president of NARM. represented a 9.6% drop from the $1.4 Focus On Fiscal market, is the fact that the RIAA will for the The display center will be equipped with billion generated during 1978. first time officially participate in the annual Sanyo and Panasonic videocassette Shipment of cassettes for the year rose Uncertainties CES audio/video cross-merchandising players, as well as Pioneer LaserDisc and 28.9%, from 61.3 million urkts in 1978 to display of hardware and software, jointly Magnavox MagnaVision videodisc 78.5 million units last year. Total revenues

by Michael Martinez sponsored by the Consumer Electronics (continued on page 20) (continued on page 16) PORTLAND, Maine — The American Federation of Musicians’ (AFM) 83rd an- A&R Function Of Independent Producers Is nual convention, which began here June 16, is focusing on in-house issues with a particular emphasis on diminishing the Growing Among Major Record Manufacturers organization’sfinancial deficit and securing By Richard Gold additional revenues from local branch in- the producers’ A&R judgement was rewar- with star potential, because people without come to abate future deficits. NEW YORK — As most labels respond to ded when the single, "Baby (This Love That track records are not going to get a shot at The convention, which is being held at recessionary pressures by cutting back We've Found)” climbed to #46 on the Cash working with established stars,” Zager the Civic Center here, will also encompass their signings of new artists and streamlin- Box Black Contemporary chart. remarked. deliberation on about 92 other resolutions ing their in-house production staffs, in- The development of undiscovered artists Because most successful production entered by delegates, locals and the Inter- dependent production companies are is one of the most important functions of in- companies build their reputations by national Executive board of the federation. assuming increasingly important roles in dependent production companies, ac- developing hits for new artists (Love-Zager Nominations for four international of- developing artists and delivering productto cording to Michael Zager, who is a co- created AndreaTrue's“What's Your Name, ficers and five executive committee posts the record companies. Although the trend owner of Love-Zager Productions. Inc., What's Your Number?,” and other disco are also scheduled business for Tuesday, toward reliance upon independent with Jerry Love. When the company was hits) they retain a keen instinct for with secret ballot elections to follow on producers has been emerging for several formed five years ago much of its business evaluating acts that might otherwise es-

Wednesday. years, it is now apparent that they have came from working with new artists, Zager cape the attention of the labels. “Indepen- But according to Victor W. Fuentealba, evolved into vital extensions of the labels’ said, because of a fundamental reality of dent producers are becoming more impor- AFM president since 1978, who delivered artist & repertoire functions. the music business. “All new production tant in supplying the industry with new ar-

the keynote address Monday, the issue of “We look at ourselves as an A&R depart- companies start by trying to find unknowns (continued on page 48) prime concern will be the federation’s $2 ment,” said Martin Bandier, a co-owner million expenditures over income during with Charles Koppleman of The Entertain- the last four years. ment Company which moved from “We must find a solution to our fiscal publishing into record production over four problems,” Fuentealba told Cash Box. years ago. Bandier said that his company During the 1979 convention, the federa- originally decided to enter production in or- tion attempted to increase revenues to the der to provide its writers and writer-artists diminished coffers when delegates voted to with a direct outlet for recording. Presently, up the per capita dues from $10 annually to new artists account for approximately 20% $12. The delegates also voted to begin of the firm’s productions, Bandier said. “In holding conventions biennially, which the some instances we pay for finished organization reported would save $450,000 recordings ourselves and in other cases we

each year it is not held. make a deal prior to production. We do all One measure that is expected to spark of the functions that an A&R department ardent debate is a two-part resolution en- does, with a staff of four producers and tons tered by the International Executive Board, of writers at our disposal.” which, one, calls for a mandatory two per- Recently, The Entertainment Company cent work-dues levy. Currently the federa- produced an album by an unknown group tion has no such mandate, which in effect, called Heat, spending $75,000 in the MIRAGE RECORDS SIGNS WHITESNAKE — The British group Whitesnake. which in- allows each local to apply its own work- process, according to Bandier. “MCA cludes three former members of Deep Purple, Is the first signing to Jerry Greenberg's dues up to a maximum of four percent. The never even saw them or heard them until we Mirage label. Whitesnake’s new album. "Ready And Willing," is scheduled for a U S proposal would require all locals to have delivered the completed album,” Bandier release In early July. Pictured at the Whitesnake signing are (l-r): Bob Greenberg, co- work dues of at least two percent and also said, adding that the label had entered into founder of Mirage; John Coletta, Whitesnake manager and president of Sunburst require that one percent be forwarded to a “handshake” commitment with the Records, the group’s management and production company; Bud Prager, ESP Inc. and the federation. The remainder would be production company on the strength of its American vice president of Sunburst; Jerry Greenberg, the president of Mirage, and attor- (continued on page 48) established track record. Thelabel'sfaith in ney Skip Chaum.

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 7 Blank Tapes Lead Growing Sales Of NMPA Submits C4SHBOX Accessories For Record Retailers Mechanical Royalty by Michael Glynn items take up a commensurate amount of Fee Proposal floor space to sales, in the vicinity of 10- LOS ANGELES — Blank audio and video By Earl B. Abrams 15%, including wall and rear counter areas. tape, record care products, needles, car- While adding that there were no present WASHINGTON — The National Music tridges, sheet music, songbooks and other plans to expand the amount of floor space Publishers Assn. (NMPA) submitted general accessory items have become in- devoted to accessories in present outlets, proposed regulations to the Copyright creasingly important to the record retailer’s retailers pointed out that projected Royalty Tribunal (CRT) last week that profit picture. From 10-15% of most many stores would have more accessory space. would, if adopted, change the mechanical retailers’ sales revenue is now derived from Important Merchandise royalty fee from the present 2.75 cents per blank tape and other accessories, ac- “Accessories are our bread and butter,” song to six percent of the suggested retail cording to a Cash Box survey, and the president of the 13- price of a record, album or tape. markup on such items can range from 30- said Ann Lieff, vice Spec's Music chain in Miami. The proposed regulations, the first time 100% or more. store “Especially so in these times when labels such a proposal has been submitted in a The survey also indicated that blank are raising their prices and cutting fewer specific form, came as the NMPA con- audio tape makes up 50% or more of all and fewer deals.” cluded its direct testimony in the CRT hear- retail accessory sales, where retailers Larry Coulter, accessories buyer for ings which have been in progress for more classified blank tape as an accessory item. Father’s And Sun’s of Indianapolis, record than 90 days. Many retailers also noted that although wholesaler and owner of the eight-store Some notable points concerning the Elektra/Asylum’s soundtrack to the Bob sales of blank video tape is still spotty and Karma Records retail chain, stated, “We try proposed regulations are the adjustment of Evans/Irving Azoff produced film Urban sluggish in particular regions of the U.S., retailers that you keep yourself royalties, requirements of filing notice of in- like it’s going to one of the they remain optimistic that as VCR popula- to convince Cowboy looks be alive on records and make your money off tention to obtain a compulsory license and biggest records of the summer. After only tion grows, so will the video tape market. if want to run a notices of changes in suggested retail list the Cash Box Pop LP chart, Retailers also noted that the high profit the accessories, you six weeks on profitable store. A lot of retailers overlook price. the album has shot to #27 bullet, and the the profitability of accessories, which ac- The royalty adjustment calls for each two-record set has jumped to #9 bullet on RIAA/VIDEO Set work on a phono record to receive a portion tually take up little floor space.” the Country Album chart. Coulter added that Father’s and Sun’s of the six percent of the suggested list price The unique package contains 18 selec- To Convene At CES has as much as $55,000 invested in ac- based on units per work, which are deter- tions comprising 16 newly recorded songs, CHICAGO — More than two dozen charter cessories “on an ongoing month-by-month mined by the length of the work, divided by ninewritten especially for thefilm, and runs members were expected at the June 14 basis," while a large chain, such as the 59- the total number of units on the phono the gamut of popular music styles — pop, Chicago invitational organization meeting store National Record Mart chain of record. A/C, country rock, mainstream country and of RIAA/VIDEO, the new division of the Pittsburgh, (owners of the Oasis chain as The required notice of intention to obtain straight ahead rock ‘n’ roll. The diverse LP Recording Industry Association of America well) has upwards of $1 million invested in compulsory license under the proposal is the perfect complement to the film that is Members of the division include companies accessory stock, according to Jim Grimes, must include a statement setting forth the very much a modern day western. or divisions of firms who are manufac- vice president of merchandising. suggested retail list price of the phono In the film, John Travolta plays Bud turers, or licensed to market, prerecorded Better Shelf Life record, the titles, copyright owners, and Davis, who escapes the daily rigors of work- videograms — tape or disc — solely in the “Accessories present no inventory playing times of each work on the record, ing at a petrochemical plant by turning into family entertainment home market. problems and have a better shelf life than the share of the phono record attributed to an “urban cowboy” on the Houston club The charter group was to discuss priority (continued on page 9) (continued on page 42) scene at night. The plot is based on a goals; elect a 15 member video council, feature article written by Aaron Latham for with a chairman and two other repre- New Pact For Esquire, and the film is directed by James sentatives to serve on the RIAA Board of CBS, Sony Announce (China Syndrome) Bridges. Directors, and decide on a dues structure Distribution Of Mastersound Series While Bud Davis marries and encoun- to fund the first year’s activities. ters a host of lovely women and barroom Stanley Gortikov, president of RIAA, and LOS ANGELES — CBS Records and Sony cing the Mastersound line. villians throughout the plot, the movie’s Stephen Traiman, executive director of Industries have pacted for the label’s “Given Sony's excellent distribution music is as important as any character in RIAA, will have parallel responsibility with Mastersound audiophile records and tapes network and high reputation for quality the film. The score was adapted by Ralph RIAA/VIDEO. to be distributed by Sony's Hi Fi division to products, we are assured that this program Burns and coordinated by Becky Shargo Charter members of RIAA/VIDEO in- its network of audio dealers, a move that will prove very successful,” he added. who have taken the score-oriented film to clude ABC Video Enterprises, Allied Artists will commence at the summer Consumer Frank Leonardi, vice president and new heights with Urban Cowboy. Video Corp., Blackhawk Films, CBS Video Electronics Show (CES) held in Chicago general manager of Sony Industries' Hi Fi “We wanted to create a much more con- Enterprises, Columbia Pictures Home En- June 15-18. Division, additionally said, “The temporary mood than might be expected in tertainment, Digital Video Systems, EMI The product line encompasses digitally significance of Sony’s combining efforts a movie heavily involved in country music," Videograms, Fotomat Video Operations, recorded and mastered discs, half-speed with a major recording company is that we noted Shargo. Home Theatre/VCI, Magnetic Video, MCA mastered discs and chromium dioxide ex- have now embarked on a program to sup- And while songs by country music great DiscoVision, MCA Videocassette Inc., tended range cassettes. (Cash Box, May port the audiophile with both hardware and Mickey Gilley are included on the record, Music Image, Nostalgia Merchant, Pioneer 24). All three formats, which carry a software.” the soundtrack is devoted to songs by pop Artists, Paramount Home Video, RCA suggested list price of $14.98, cover a Mastersound’s June releases include /country acts Kenny Rogers and Anne Records, RCA SelectaVision Videodiscs, variety of music idioms including pop, digital recordings on disc and cassette of Murray, country rock artists Charlie Daniels Sony Video Products, Time Life Video, The classical and jazz, Stravinsky's Petrouchka (Zubin Mehta con- and Jimmy Buffett, and no holds barred Video Society, Utopia Video, Video Commenting on the collaboration, ducting the New York Philharmonic), rock ’n' rollers Bob Seger and Joe Walsh.

Communications, Inc. ( Joseph F. Dash, vice president and general Richard Strauss’s Tone (Lorin With other artists V C ) ; Goodhue Poems such as Boz Scaggs, I Productions; Films, Inc.; Instant Replay, manager of CBS Masterworks, and also Maazel conducting the Cleveland Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Lee, Dan Fogelberg Video Corp. of America, Video Tape project head of the Mastersound Orchestra), Shostakovich’s Symphony No. and John David Souther & Linda Ronstadt Network, Visual-Records, and WCI Home audiophile line, said, “We welcome this op- 5 (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New on the LP, the record should not only stay Video. portunity to collaborate with Sony in advan- York Philharmonic) and Max Roach's high on the charts for weeks to come, but "M’Boom.” In addition, the June Master- should prove a sign post to the fact that sound product release includes half-speed country and pop have more in common to- mastered discs of Pink Floyd's “Wish You day than they ever have before. Were Here"; Bruce Springsteen's “Born To Run”; Boston's "Boston”; and Billy Joel's “The Stranger.” Index The July Mastersound release schedule Album Reviews 13 features digital recordings on disc and Black Contemporary 36 cassette of Haydn's “Theresien" Mass Classified 47 > (Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Coin Machine 43 Symphony Orchestra); "Music Of The Country Album Chart 29 Galaxies” (Ettore Stratta conducting the Country 28 London Symphony Orchestra); and Country Singles Chart 30 Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 (Leonard East Coastings 16 Gospel 35 Bernstein conducting the Israeli Philhar- International 39 monic); and “Lazar Berman at Carnegie Jazz 15 Hall" (a two-disc not in set available Jukebox Singles Chart 43 cassette form). Also included are half- Merchandising 17 speed mastered discs of Neil Diamond’s Points West 18 "You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”; Barbra Pop Album Chart 50 Streisand's “Greatest Hits Volume II": Boz Pop Singles Chart 4 KROQ SELECTERS LOS ANGELES — Chrysalis recording artists The Selecter conduc- Scaggs' "Silk Degrees”; and Electric Light Radio Chart 26 Radio hi ted a live on the air interview with KROQ personality Rodney Bingenheimer after a recent Orchestra's “Discovery.” 23 RAP Report 24 sold-out performance at the Whisky. Pictured above are (l-r): Neol Davies and Pauline Seven of the eight digitally recorded Singles Reviews 22 Black of The Selecter; Bingenheimer; Michael Goldstone, publicity, Chrysalis; and Bren- Mastersound releases were recorded and Talent 19 dan Bourke, merchandising, Chrysalis. edited with Sony PCM equipment.

8 Cash Box/June 21, 1980 Blank Tapes Are Top-Selling Accessory Item At Retail (continued from page 9) can’t mount a major campaign on the George Paoletti, vice president of give our salespeople a percentage of what records,” said Grimes. “It's not like a ‘Sgt. budgets you’d get from accessory merchandising for Nehi Records, owners of they sell on needles and record care Pepper’s,’ where you’ll end up returning manufacturers.” the 39-store Peaches Records chain, said. products,” noted National Record Mart's 90% of a given item.” In-Store Displays “All of our accessory promotions are inter- Grimes. “There is no question that such an

On the other hand, Tower Records presi- In the absence of heavy advertising, nally generated and we try to run as many incentive helps sales. It may not mean that dent Russ Solomon noted that although ac- retailers look towards inventive in-house as possible. But it’s up to the manufacturer much to every salesman, but some of the cessories have “high profit margins,” there displays as a way of promoting and drawing to support them.” more aggressive people can make pretty is "very little volume” dealt in such items. attention to accessories. “Eye-catching dis- In certain cases, retailers will try to in- good money." “Each of our store managers make deci- plays or counter signs and placards are crease accessory sales by offering Some accessories which sold well in the sions on what to buy in accessories for the used here to draw attention to logos,” salesmen incentive plans. past, such as sheet music, have now been Young added. have a spiff program where we'll stores,” said Solomon. “In comparison to “We (continued on page 21) records, though, it’s not a large part of our business.” Many of the retailers noted that because few accessory manufacturers supply coop advertising money for ad or promotional * campaigns, with the exception of tape Dolly Parton * Barbara Mandrell * Roy Clark * Tom T. Hall * Kenny Rogers * Emmylou Harris * Roy Clark manufacturers, most displays or advertis- Tammy Wynette * Crystal Gayle * Marty Robbins * Minnie Pearl * Grandpa Jones * Charlie Daniels * Marty Robb ing comes from in-house ad units or from * * * * * * * * small allocations collected over a period of Willie Nelson Bobby Bare Donna Fargo Stella Parton Freddy Fender Charley Pride Don Williams Bn time. Williams * Brenda Lee * Tracy Nelson * Bill Anderson * John Wesley Ryles * JoJ^ |e Stampley * D

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A * BURNING DEBUT — MCA recording ar- Pride * Don Williams * Brenda Lee * Tracy Nelson * Bill Anderson * John Wesley Ryles * John Conlee Joe tist Mary Burns recently premiered material from her debut self-titled LP during a performance at the Playboy Club in St. Louis, where she was greeted onstage by Rick Frio, president of Carousel Records.

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NEW FACES TO VMTCH f Record Outlets Will Play Major Role i In Growth Of Home Video, Says Leslie LOS ANGELES — Although initial distribu- reading of my NARM address and thecom- tion patterns for video-cassettes and mitment of the CBS Records Group, would videodiscs continue to focus on electronics have gone a long way toward un- hardware outlets, record retailers will figure derstanding that my interest is and will be to prominently in the growth of home video. strongly encourage record industry par- This beginning marketing tack applies to ticipation in this new home video market — the major entertainment conglomerates, and this includes record rackjobbers, all of including CBS Inc. which recently announ- whom are logical conduits to the ultimate ced a joint video venture with MGM called service of the retailer and consumer.” MGM/CBS Home Video. However, ac- Leslie’s statement was in response to cording to Cy Leslie, president of CBS several prominent record merchandisers Video Enterprises Division, this should in who have expressed concern over the pro- no way be construed as an attempt to jected initial distribution network for Bernadette Peters Robbie Dupree minimize the role of record wholesalers and MGM/CBS Home Video (Cash Box, June in video field. 14). Many recording artists labor a lifetime in Add the name of Robbie Dupree to the retailers the emerging of the studio striving to achieve a perfect list of “overnight sensations" who have Says Leslie: “A brief examination my with balance of elements between production, been, in fact, honing their craft for many own industry background, along a Pryor Sustains Severe arrangements, musicians and material. For years. Born Robbie Dupuis (of French ex- Columbia To Obtain Burns in Freak Blaze Bernadette Peters, a show business traction) in Brooklyn, New York, the young LOS ANGELES — At presstime, comedian veteran with over 20 years of experience on teenager spent much of his spare time in Balance Of McCartney Richard Pryor, who was burned over 50% of stage, screen and TV, that elusive the ’50s hanging around street corners with his upper body in a freak fire in his home chemistry was present on her very first solo friends emulating the popular a capella LP Catalog By 1983 June 6, was listed in critical but stable con- recording experience and the result is an doo-wop groups of the day. LOS ANGELES — Columbia Records has dition at nearby Sherman Oaks Hospital. appetizing assortment of musical styles, “The first music I was exposed to was begun re-releasing selected albums from Police had reported June 7 that the 39- from MOR to R&B to rock and a Top 40 through people like Vito and the Saluta- the Paul McCartney and Wings catalogs year-old Grammy award winner had told a single, “Gee Whiz.” tions and Dion and the Belmonts," the 33 following the transfer of rights from Capitol doctor that he had been “Freebasing” year old Elektra recording artist recalls. Of Records. “McCartney,” “Wildlife,” The resulting success of Peters’ self- cocaine when ether used in the process his Brooklyn heritage he proudly states, “Ram,” “Red Rose Speedway” and “Band titled album and single, then, was no MCA caught on fire and set Pryor afiame. “It's a very neighborhood-oriented place, On The Run” were the first catalog items in- fluke, according to the effervescent mere However, Pryor's doctor denied telling which breeds a very special closeness cluded in the Columbia re-release. comedienne cum singer. Carefully planned, police of such an incident, and Pryor’s at- all types of people.” The balance of the McCartney and Wings had been in among but not calculated, the project torney and professional manager David At the of 17, Dupree enlisted in the catalog will be acquired by Columbia ac- the back of Peters’ mind for several years, age Franklin said that the accident occurred Navy, and while stationed at a land base in cording to the following schedule: “Venus but it wasn’t until she met producer Brooks while Pryor was lighting a cigarette and the timing Chicago, spent his weekends listening to And Mars” in the spring, “Wings Over Arthur that she finally decided drinking rum.

blues greats like Muddy Waters and James America" in 1981 , and “London Town” and was right. While Pryor's condition remains critical, Cotton which inspired him to take up the “Wings Greatest Hits" in 1983. All of the “I’ve always had an interest in doing my doctors are encouraged by his apparent blues harmonica. Upon his discharge two catalog items will retain their original own album, but the right elements never good spirits. Pryor will be undergoing skin years later (1966), Dupree pleasantly dis- packages as Columbia re-releases. quite jelled together,” said Peters. “Then, grafting operations within the next few covered that blues was a very prevailing The rights to the catalog are being my agent contacted Brooks Arthur, and af- days. musical genre. “Blues had become like pop transferred back to McCartney on a piece- ter talking for some time, we knew that we music,” he explains. “All the musicians I by-piece basis relative to each individual Practising Law Institute wanted to work together." used to go see atthe Fillmore East, like Paul album's original releasedate, said aCapitol Arthur brought his considerable produc- Seminar Butterfield, Taj Mahal, Cream and B.B. spokesman. To Hold Music tion experience, which included work with King were all considered pop stars." Columbia, which has McCartney signed NEW YORK — The Practising Law Institute Janis Ian, Bette Midler and a Grammy It was at this time that Dupree formed a to a long-term contract, then acquires the (PLI) of New York is sponsoring a seminar Award winning LP by comedian Robin blues based aggregation with guitarist Nile rights under systematic arrangement with on the music business in New York City, Williams, to the sessions and with three Rodgers, now of the popular group Chic. Capitol, according to Barbara Cook, direc- June 18-20. Donald E. Biederman. partner original cast recordings for Broadway Playing in bars and strip joints all over New tor of east coast merchandising for Colum- in the Los Angeles law firm of Mitchell, musicals under her own belt, Peters was no York, they even did a tour of prisons which bia. “Hypothetically, let's say Capitol Silberberg and Knupp will chair the stranger to the studio. But Peters pointed took them from Attica to Sing Sing. released 'Wings Greatest Hits’ in November seminar, which is titled: Legal and Business out that the selection of material for the After leaving the blues band, Dupree of 1978," said Cook. "They would have that Aspects of the Music Industry. album had to be perfectly suited to her in- spent the next three years kicking around record for, say, five years, and our acquire- Some of the panelists already scheduled dividual vocal style and musical orientation New York, before settling in Woodstock in ment would correspond directly to the time include: Martin N. Bandier, executive vice for the performances to be truly convincing. 1971. they first put the album out.” president and general manager. The Enter- "We wanted to keep our integrity and Being there afforded Dupree the oppor- John Eastman of McCartney’s manage- tainment Company; Albert Berman, presi- honesty, above all, on this album,” stressed tunity of being exposed to people likeTodd ment firm of Eastman & Eastman would not dent, The Harry Fox Agency; Herbert A.

Peters. “I didn’t want to sing like I came Rundgren and The Band who were different comment on the length of time that it would Granath. vice president. ABC Video; and

from a place, musically, that I didn’t. I grew from the type of musicians he had take for each piece of product to be Tony Martell, vice president and general

up on rock ‘n’ roll and I loved The Crystals previously come across. "It was great for a transferred to Columbia from Capitol, but manager, Associated Labels, CBS. and ‘He’s A Rebel’ by the Shangri Las, but rookie like me to rub shoulders with people he did say that Columbia has a five-year The seminars will be held at the N.Y. it’s just one side of my life. Whatever I sing like that and gather a reputation for license to manufacture and distribute Sheraton Hotel at 55th and Seventh. For has to be me.” myself.” McCartney and Wings catalog in the U.S. further details phone (212) 765-5700. As an actress who has starred in such After playing for the next five years with musical stage productions as Gypsy, bands and going nowhere, in 1978, at the George M (for which she won a Theatre of actively out a solo age 31 , Dupree sought Award citation), Dames At Sea, La Strada, career for himself with the aid of producers On The Town and Mack And Mabel (the lat- Rick Chudacoff and Peter Bunetta, two ter two of which garnered her Tony nomina- pals from his Woodstock days. “For two tions), Peters is well known for her years we worked on this demo tape which theatrical flair. Not surprisingly, she em- we borrowed money to make, and the ployed her role-playing talents and techni- musicians and the studios all did it for ques in the making of the LP. nothing, just on speculation. Then some 20 “Most of the songs were recorded live in odd record companies passed on it which the studio, and I wjauld come in a different was really agonizing for me, so I thought costume for each particular song we recor- that maybe it just wasn't right, and I quit the ded," noted Peters gleefully. “That really business for awhile.” helped me capture the exact mood of the While working as a carpet layer in song, but it was fun, too." Queens early this year, Dupree’s musical A teenage love for the music of Tin Pan fortunes changed. "I got a phone call late Alley prompted Peters to turn to the songs one night from Al Bunneta (his manager) of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill, Neil Sedaka, who told me that Elektra/Asylum had flip- ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE — Key executives of MCA Records and MCA Dis- and Jerry Lieber & MikeStollerfor material, ped over the tape and wanted to record tributing recently embarked on a major promotional tour in support of the June 20 release but, ironically, Carla Thomas’ “Gee Whiz” me.” of Rossington Collins' debut album, "Anytime. Anyplace. Anywhere." The MCA entourage was an eleventh hour addition to the From this tape, the self-penned “Steal visited 22 cities in two days to play the new release and introduce the group to radio, retail project. Away" became a national top ten hit. “I and the press. Pictured departing in the back row are (l-r): Al Bergamo, president of MCA

"It was my favorite song when it came out always felt that ‘Steal Away' was the song Distributing; Neil Hartley, vice president of national accounts; John Burns, director of

in junior high school, but I nearly didn’t which would open the door if any one National Sales; Bob Siner, president of MCA Records; Bob Osborn, associate director of i mention it to Brooks when we began would,” he enthuses. album promotion. Pictured in the front row are (l-r) Denny Rosencrantz, vice president of I recording the album,” said a now-bashful “After that,” he adds hopefully, “it’s just A&R; Rob Senn. director of field operations; Sam Passamano. Sr., executive vice president

Peters. “But he loved the idea of doing it, up to me to keep the fans happy by continu- of MCA Distributing; Santo Russo, vice president of product development; and Beth

and I guess it worked.” ing to make records that they will like." Rosengard. national director of album promotion.

12 Cash Box/June 21, 1980 HEROES — Commodores — Motown M8-939M1 — FLESH AND BLOOD — Roxy Music — ATCO SD 32-102 — Producers: John Anthony Carmichael and Commodores — Producers: Roxy Music and Rhett Davies — List: 7.98

I List: 8.98 Roxy Music is truly the Dom Perignon of rock 'n' roll, as the Commodores are helping pioneer the new A/C era that black band still retains more effervescence and class than any num- music has embarked upon with songs such as the Tuskegee ber of bands on the current rock scene. While the group has sextet’s “Sail On” and Peaches& Herb’s“Reunited." The band's somewhat eschewed its idiomless, avant garde style for a more LP, especially the title cut, might go down as the classic work of commercial pop sound, Bryan Ferry still writes songs that are the yet-young genre. Even up-tempo numbers such as “GotTo original and unforgettable. Musically, Roxy Musicfounder Ferry Be Together" and “Celebrate" have a strong easy listening feel and Phil Manzanera give the band its new progressive pop to them. A killer crossover record. sheen, and AOR programmers should jump right on it. — Atlantic — Producer: THE BLUES BROTHERS SD 16017 MARY BURNS — MCA/Carousel MCA 5122 — Producers: Bob Tischler — List: 8.98 Various — List: 7.98 This LP is the motion picture soundtrack to the upcoming film Mary Burns possesses one of the gruffest, most Southern that follows the exploits of the notorious soul men from Chi town Comfort-soaked vocal styles to be heard since Janis Joplin. Eiwood and Jake. The LP is chocked full of old R&B and rock Burns belts out rock songs like "California Radio” and "How classics like “Gimme Some Lovin',” James Brown’s “The Old Can This Be Love" with the same bluesy conviction of Pearl. Landmark” and novelties like Cab Calloway’s "Minnie The However, Burns' gutsy style is uniquely her own in that she has a Moocher.” Stax greats Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn are deeper, richer, more pop-oriented singing style. Top tracks on responsible for the sound, and legends such as Ray Charles this fine rock ‘n’ roll debut are “Living In The City,” “Daddy’s and Aretha Franklin join in on the fun, too. Eyes” and Joplin’s “Move Over.” TOMCATTIN’ — Blackfoot — ATCO SD 32-101 — Producers: Al Nalli and Henry Week — List: 7.98 S.O.S. — The S.O.S. Band — Tabu NJZ 36332 — Producer: When Blackfoot’s debut effort “Strikes” came out last year, SIGIDI — List: 7.98

all interested parties must have been quite nonplussed when it This is a superb debut LP from a band that B/C and pop hung around the charts for months and very unobtrusively went programmers will be hearing a lot from in the future. The LP's gold. "Tomcattin”’ is a superb follow-up to that initial breakout first single, “Take Your Time Do It Right” has already shot to #1

response and should quite easily propel this band to even on the Cash Box B/C charts and it wouldn't be surprising if the greater heights. Again, the emphasis is on maximum volume, song went Top Ten pop, too. The S.O.S. plays in a melodic con-

full-tilt boogie rock performed with conviction and a mind temporary funk/R&B style, and it is taking the ground that Ray boggling sense of taste and integrity. Parker first covered a step further. A crossover smash.

VOLUNTEER JAM VI — Various Artists — Epic KE236438 — a-»TEU CAREFUL — Motels — Capitol ST-12070 — Producer: Carter Producer: John Boylan — List: 13.98 — Bar Coded — List: 7.98 — Bar Coded Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jams are now part of Fourth Of Even though there has been a major personnel change in July tradition in the south, and this musical diary of the event is Motels (Jeff Jourard out, ex-Pop guitarist Tim McGovern in), one of best party records to come out this year. Rowdy perfor- Martha Davis and the band still serve up some of the most sen- mances by Ted Nugent, Henry Paul Band and Papa John sual Hollywood new wave around. Songs like “Envy” and "Whose Creach highlight this two-record set. However, the Charlie Problem?" sound as if lead vocalist Davis is a taunting Eve Daniels Band's drunken version of “Amazing Grace" best handing out the apple to a pogoing Adam. Carter’s production represents the atmosphere of the affair For country and AOR is still a little slick for this respected L.A. band, but it is a strong programmers. second effort. FOXY LIVE — Foxy — Dash 33016 — Producers: Ron and Howard Albert — List: 7.98 “C” — Jimmy Castor — Long Distance LDR 1201 — Producer: This Miami-based Latino dance band has gone through a lot Jimmy Castor — List: 7.98 of changes since “Get Off Your Aahh And Dance" was released It’s been almost a decade since “Troglodite" came blasting

in 1976, and this live album features everything from disco out over the waves, and it's nice to know that Castor still hasn’t anthem “Get Off” to the almost new wave sound of lost his sense of humor. “The Mummy” is yet another rock/R&B "RRRRRRock." Ish Ledesma and crew prove on this LP that spoof, and it’s every bit as fun as the tale of The Butts Sisters. they have survived disco's demise and are alive and dancin' in Other novelties on include a side-splitting ode to Godzilla and a the '80s. Top tracks on this volatile concert LP are “Sex Symbol” raucous saxy version of Led Zeppelin’s AOR anthem, “Stairway and "She's So Cool.” To Heaven." — THE LAST STROLL — Walter Egan — Columbia JC 36513 TONIGHT — France Joli — Prelude PRL 12179 — Producer: Walter List: 7.98 — Bar Producers: Earle Mankey and Egan — Tony Green — List: 7.98 Coded This lovely teenage temptress scored big on the dancing has close to stardom before with songs such as Egan come charts last time out with “Come To Me," and on her latest effort, "Magnet And Steel" and "Hot Summer Nights," but this LP the Montreal thrush delivers a lovely ballad in “This Time (I'm should be the one to finally break him. Egan, under the produc- Giving It All I Got).” Other fine cuts on "Tonight" include the tion wing of top new wave producer Earle Mankey, injects his lilting “When Love Hurts Inside" and "Tonight,” but she really California style with some much needed punky enthusiasm on shows off her considerable range on "Stoned In Love." For pop, "The Last Stroll," and it pays off nicely. Songs such as “T uesday B/C and dancing lists. Weld," “First Date, Last Date" and “Bad Attitude" rank with his best work yet. For AOR and ooo. MAX — Max Gronenthal — Chrysalis CHR 1278 — Producer: SPECIAL EDITION — Five Special — Elektra 6E-270 — Rob Fraboni — List: 7.98 — Bar Coded Producer: Ron Banks — List: 7.98 Max still hangs on to his jazz roots on his latest LP, but he is This fine young R&B/funk vocal band from Detroit has im- now putting out some pretty engaging pop rock. His keyboard- proved immensely since its promising debut album, and that oriented music gets some back-up power from such top rock and Mike Fin- fact is best evidenced by “Jam (Let’s Take It To The Streets),” sessioners as John McFee, Mark Goldenberg which is 6:51 of sheer funkin' joy. “Choosin’ You For Me" also nigan, and Max’ brilliantly played melodies should appeal to a shows off the band's abundant vocal skills. The Motor City lot of different formats this time out. Top tracks on this coming fivesome is a lot looser in the studio this time around, and the out LP include "I’ve Got Something Here For You," "Have A production of Dramatic Ron Banks makes the group's slick and Good Time" and “Near To You.” contemporary sound all the more appealing. MY BEACH — Surf Punks — Epic NJE-36500 — Producer: GIVE ME A BREAK — The Ritchie Family — Casablanca NBLP Dennis Dragon — List: 7.98 — Bar Coded 7223 — Producer: Jacques Morali — List: 7.98 If Dick Dale ever ran into The Ramones, the result would These three lovely sisters, who are very much a part of the probably sound like The Surf Punks, and they are right in the Can't Stop The Music soundtrack and film, don’t take any time main curl of the new wave. Dragon (brother of Captain Daryl to slow down on this LP. Ail three of the girls possess strong Dragon) is also an excellent young producer, and while the ma- voices and bring fervor to the dance-oriented compositions of jority of the music on this LP is written for the gang at Blacks Belolo and Morali. Top tracks on this exciting debut are the dis- Beach and Hollywood By The Sea, its brand of silly frantic pop cofied “Sophistication,” the title track and the quiet, lilting “All should appeal to AOR programmers as well. My Love." For B/C and dancing lists.

SHEER GREED — Girl — Jet/CBS NJZ 36490 — Producers: MULTIPLAY — The Rivits — Antilles AN 7072 — Producers: Chris Tsangarides and Girl — List: 7.98 Jess Roden And Peter Wood — List: 7.98 Girl is a hard rock quintet from the U.K. that is anything but Jess Roden and Peter Wood are noted English musicians fey and effeminate in its stance. Larger than life metal flaked who have finally put it all together with The Rivits. The band has guitars careening off of steam roller rhythms make for one a '60s meets the '80s pop sound, as the latest technology gives helluva debut album. An additional strong point lies in Philip these two British Invasion holdovers a contemporary sheen. Lewis’ fullblooded vocalizing, one of the few instances in heavy Fans of Al Stewart’s easy on the eardrums sound should enjoy metal where a lead voice matches the instrumental sonic attack songs such as “Oo She Do” and "Look All You Like." AOR, pop blow for blow. For AOR formats that enjoy pushing VU meters and even A/C programmers should enjoy this heady but com- into the red. mercial effort.

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 13 .

EXECUTIVES ON THE MOVE Biograph To Sfue ’ fantasy Group Over Getz AJburr

. .V YORK — Biograph Record' Inc . announced today that it will cgnj/nenc e ah

r 1 - action against ! Fantasy / ? es lige/Milestoae/Stajj.- Recc .is ter infringement arid unfair '.competition by Mostel Brownjohn Smith Gould releasing a set of records' conta:rhng WEA Announces Two Appointments — Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corp. has announced material belonging to Bipgr.aph. the following two appointments: Sherry Tomura has been appointed manager of ac- Biograph, which owns- all rights to the counting, and Pat Coleman has been named manager of special accounting projects.

! Dawn catalog, has dirjected Fantasy tp Prior to joining WEA last month, Tomura held various positions for the past four years cease and desist from[ the manufacture on the corporate staff sot the Union Oil Company of California and TheHydril Company. and sale of its records ejatted "Stan-Getz sM Coleman, a graduate of UCLA in 1977, joined WEA in October 1977, as a financial Friends." (P-24088), becais.se they contain analyst. He was appointed manager of accounting in March of 1979. five tracks of Getz, material-from the Dawn Mostel Named At CRI — CBS Records International has appointed Susan Mostel to catalog. manager, budgets and analysis, CRI. She was a senior financial analyst in the CRI According to Arnold Caplin, Biograph’s marketing finance area. Prior to that, she served as a financial analyst with the National president,t, FantasyF has faiied to cease and Charlie Minor Broadcasting Company in New York. desist from manufacture and sale of the in- Chrysalis Names Brownjohn — Chrysalis Records has announced the promotion of fringing records. Minor Named VP, Eliza Brownjohn to international manager. Prior to her promotion, she served as inter- In addition to Fantasy's violation in national coordinator. American territory, Caplin alleges that Fan- Executive Director, Arboit Appointed — Capitol Records has announced that Tom Arboit, Los Angeles of tasy |has licensed the sides to a number plant controller has been appointed to Los Angeles plant manager. He will be assuming i major European record companies to be Promo, At A&M the responsibilities of Tad Anderson, who has been relocated to England. Arboit joined i released on LPs in the foreign markets. LQSf ANGELES — Charlie Minor has been Capitol in March 1970 as an accountant. Since then he has held various positions in the nalmed to the post of vice president and ex- financial area: senior accountant, cost analysis, Los Angeles plant accounting manager Williams Nam?d ecutive director of promotion at A&M and — tor the past 3V2 years — plant controller. Records. Minor's appointment marks a Smith Named At E/P/A — Robert Smith has been appointed product manager, east Promotion VP At return to the label after an absence of three coast, Epic/Portrait/CBS Associated Labels. Earlier this year, he was named associate years. director, publicity, E/P/A. He joined E/P/A in 1978 as manager, writing service, press America/UA will EIVU In: his new position, Minor run the and public information. LOS ApSELES — Dick Williams has been promotion department. He will report to WEA Philadelphia Branch AppointsTwo — The WEA Philadelphia regional branch has

named to the post of vice president of Haro i a Childs, senior vice president of announced the following two appointments: Karen Fisher, WEA singles specialist in the promotion at EMI America/United Artists promotion and sales. Baltimore/D. C. sales office, has been appointed the local promotion person Records in a restructuring of the depart- Minor first joined A&M in 1969 as a local representing Atlantic product. Fisher, with WEA since January 1976. has been a field ment in the wake of Charlie Minor's move to promotion representative in Atlanta, He merchandiser and administrative secretary prior to her assuming the position of single A&M Records last week (see separate served in a variety of positions, including specialist. Ferd Renzi, with WEA since November 1973, has been appointed the story). In addition to Williams, Jack Satter regional promotion director for the promotion person representing Elektra/Asylum product in Philadelphia. and Chris Hensley were named to positions southeast and southwest, national singles Gould Appointed At E/P/A — Deby Gould has been appointed as northeast regional within the promotion department. promotion director and national promotion album promotion manager, Epic/Portrait/CBS Associated Labels. She began her

In mis new post,’ Williams will run the director, before leaving A&M in 1977 for a career with CBS Records in 1974 as a college promotion representative at the Univer- promotion department and will report to presidential position at ABC Records. sity of Maryland. Upon graduation in 1976, she moved to Hartford. Conn, as local Jim Mazza, EMI/UA president. Satter, who Sifter serving as vice president at ABC, promotion manager, E/P/A, the position she has held until her current appointment. replaced Williams as national singles jor left to form Exeti Records with Jerry Gross-Marino Named At Arista — Arista Records has announced the promotion of promotion director, and Hensley, appoin- )enstein. He moved to a position as vice Rose Gross-Marino to administrative assistant. She has been with Arista Records since ted co-national alburn promotion director, ;sident of promotion at EMI its inception in 1975, after functioning in various capacities at RSO Records. east coast, will report to Williams. Jerica/United Artists in 1978 after Exeti Lanza To Columbia — CBS Records International has appointed Kenneth A. Lanza to Williams first joined United Artists' in acquired by that company. marketing services coordination, Latin American Operations, CRI. Most recently, he 1970 as a local promotion manager in Speculation that Minor would bring other was branch administrative manager for the Burroughs Corporation. Prior to that, he Memphis. Following various promotion )I/UA promotion people to A&M was spent time in the U.K. as assistant administrator for the O.H.S. T ransport, Ltd. in Lon- positions at MCA, ABC and Casablanca [ither confirmed nor denied by A&M at don. from|jri972-1978, Williams returned to Un- jsstime. Beringer Named At 20th — Sharon Beringer has been named to coordinator, ad- ited Artists as national cum promotion [Commenting on Minor’s appointment, ministration for 20th Century Records. Prior to this appointment, she had worked as director. lilds said, "We are very excited and production assistant and production clerk, when she joined 20th six years ago. ,V-§I Satter, began his career in the music loud to have Charlie return to A&M. He De Marino Promoted — Ron De Marino has been named regional director for the business in the retail sector, working' with Earned his craft here and became one of northeast region, MCA Distributing Corporation. He joined the distribution arm of MCA * Heilicher Brothers from 1966-1970 That ie top promotion men in the business. Records in March 1979 as branch manager in Philadelphia. Prior to joining the com- year, he joined United Artists as local Sharlie is the kind of modern promotion ex- pany, he was branch manager for WEA for seven-and-a-half years, based in promotion manager in Minneapolis. He ecutive who can deal with the diversifica- Philadelphia. served in a similar capacity in Dallas before, tion in radio today. Considering the many Changes At Ampex — Paul Baba has been appointed director of product and

1 being promoted to promotion manager for” types of music found at A&M, his marketing planning for the Magnetic Tape Division of Ampex Corporation. S. Erek the southwest region. background and knowledge are invaluable Jenstad, division marketing director, has resigned, thecompany said. Baba joined Am- Hensley, formerly local promoti" to this company." pex in 1965 and most recently was general manager of the materials and devices group manager for the label in the Atlanta mark in the company’s Audio-Video Systems Division. began his record industry career in Forte To Head Music Drayson Named At Vibrations — Vibrations Record & Tape Stores has announced the similar position with Elektra/Asylum. Dept, At Morris Agency appointment of Stan Drayson as director of operations tor the complete Vibrations chain in Florida. He has held key executive positions with WEA. ABC, MGM, Mercury, NEW — Wayne Forte has YORK been etc. over the past 30 years. named head of the New York music depart- Eaton To House — Tom Eaton has joined the House Distributors in Denver, Colo, ment of the William Morris Agency. Forte as sales rep. Previously he was buyer for Danjay Music in Denver. His telephone num- will be responsible for administrative duties ber is (303) 477-3044. and will continue to be active in the acquisi- Gorman Leaves Shelter — Bernadette Gorman has left Shelter Records where for the tion of American and foreign clients. Forte past four years, she has been general manager. She can be reached at either (213) will work closely with senior agent Mike 451-4104 or (213) 657-5887. Farrell. Forte, who will report to Lee Stevens, vice president of William Morris, has been Fause Named As New Winter To Do West with the firm since 1977. Prior to joining Filmways Audio Head Coast PR For ASCAP William Morris, he was an agent with ICM LOS ANGELES — Kenneth R. Fause has YORK — The public relations firm of and Magna Artists. NEW been named president of Filmways Audio Norman Winter Associates has been Two New Appointments Services, replacing Robert Estrin, who is retained to represent the American Society At Bee Gee Records departing the company. Fause’ appoint- of Composers, Authors and Publishers on ment is effective July 1 the west coast according to Hal David, NEW YORK — Bee Gee Records and T apes president of ASCAP. Winter will report to has a new executive structure. Lenore Currently owner and principal consultant Karen Sherry, ASCAP's New York-based Smith, corporate treasurer of the Albany, of Fause & Associates, a performance and director of public relations. N.Y. -based rack jobber, has been elected presentation technology consultation firm, On the west coast, Winter will be working chairwoman of the board. Lawrence Smith, Fause will be headquartered at Filmways with Michael Gorfaine, ASCAP's west coast the company's executive vice president of Audio Services' San Fernando Valley regional director for repertory, and Todd sales since 1975, is the new executive vice facilities. The company is one of four in the Brabec, ASCAP's western regional director Williams president. Dick Filmways Audio Group. of business affairs.

14 Cash Box/June 21, 1980 ZZ V>S — JAZZ TOP 40 LBUMS ON JAZZ MINGUS DYNASTY ON THE MOVE — The lovely Sue Graham Mingus, wife of the late AWeeks Weeks bassist/composer Charles Mingus, continues to keep the musical legacy of this great On On jazzman alive in the form of the Mingus Dynasty Band. She dropped by the Cash Box office 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart 1 CATCHING THE SUN THIS TIME recently and we talked of current plans for the Mingus Dynasty Band with an occasional SPYRO GYRA (MCA 5108) 1 14 0 AL JARREAU left pause for fond recollections of the bassist. "Charles behind so much material; he was (Warner Bros. BSK 3434) 1 very prolific. He wrote over tunes, and he died all felt that the body of his 2 SKYLARKIN’ 300 when we music GROVER WASHINGTON. JR. HORIZON was too important to just let it fade into history. People like Dannie Richmond (drummer) (Motown M7-933R1) 2 16 McCOY TYNER and Jimmy Knepper (trombonist) spent so many years playing Mingus' music it was just (Milestone/Fantasy M-9094) 25 3 3 WIZARD ISLAND natural to keep the spirit going. Up to now we’ve primarily used alumni, but it's not JEFF LORBER FUSION 22 NUDE ANTS necessarily going to be like that in the future. The personnel is free floating depending on (Arista AL 9516) 3 6 KEITH JARRETT (ECM-2-1171) 17 9 who has what commitments, but right now 4 ONE BAD HABIT 23 BARTZ the band consists of Hugh Lawson (piano), GARY BARTZ (Arista AB 4263) 23 9 MICHAEL FRANKS Jimmy Knepper, Joe Farrel (tenor sax- (Warner Bros. BSK 3427) 4 7 24 NOMAD ophone), Randy Brecker (trumpet) and CHICO HAMILTON 5 DREAM COME TRUE Mike Richmond (bass) . . . and, of course, EARL KLUGH (Elektra 6E257) 22 13 Dannie. I decided we should be placing (United Artists LT 1026) 6 11 25 8 FOR THE 80’s WEBSTER LEWIS (Epic NJE 36197) 21 24 more emphasis on the bass section, so in 6 MONSTER addition to Mike Richmond, who's a won- HERBIE HANCOCK 26 UN POCO LOCO (Columbia JC 36415) 5 10 BOBBY HUTCHERSON derful player, we're going to be adding

(Columbia FC 36402) 26 5 : Alladar Penge for our next recording at the k~’ . id 7 HIDEAWAY Montreux Jazz Festival on July 16. Penge is DAVID SANBORN 27 NITE RIDE TYNER IN PERFORMANCE — Milestone (Warner Bros. BSK 3379) 7 17 DAN SIEGEL from Budapest and he's an incredible vir- recording artist Tyner recently per- (Inner City 1C 1046) 27 8 McCoy tuoso; he's one of the few bassists I've 8 YOU’LL NEVER KNOW formed at the Berkeley Jazz Festival. Tyner RODNEY FRANKLIN DETENTE heard who can play with the kind of inten- THE BRECKER BROTHERS was well assisted by drummer Al Foster (Columbia NJC 36122) 8 13 0 1 sity and drive that Charles had. Sy Johnson (Arista AB 4274) and bassist Ron Carter. Tyner will be ap- and Jimmy Knepper will be doing the 9 A BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR 29 AMERICAN GARAGE pearing with his own band at the Playboy GEORGE DUKE PAT METHENY GROUP (ECM 1-1155) 28 31 arrangements for the next album, and the (Epic FE 36483) 10 4 Jazz Festival in Los Angeles on June 21 and band will undertake a coast to coast tour to 30 ON at the Newport Jazz Festival in New York on ONE ONE support it when it's released in the fall." And 10 EVERY GENERATION BOB JAMES 8 EARL KLUGH July 4. RONNIE LAWS (Tappan Zee/Columbia FC 36241) 24 34 what does Sue Graham Mingus think of the (United Artists LT-1001) 9 20 interpretations of Mingus’ music by Joni Mitchell and by the musicians on the final Mingus 31 INFLATION 11 FUN AND GAMES STANLEY TURRENTINE albums? “In the case of Joni, it was her idiom and her interpretation of Charles' music, and I 11 CHUCK MANGIONE (A&M SP-3715) 18 (Elektra — 1 6E-269) think she did a very good job. I like the later Atlantic albums, too. Charles was upset with 12 TAP STEP 32 RISE them because he didn’t like the editing. He told them ‘I don't like it but you can put it out HERB ALPERT SP-4790) 36 CHICK COREA (A&M 29 anyway.' But he was always striving for something better, he was never satisfied. If you’ve Bros. 12 7 (Warner BSK 3425) ." to llhau Mimaroglu the musicians on those sessions . . 33 KITTYHAWK heard what he said about So the 13 1980 (EMI-America/Capitol SW 17029) 33 10 Mingus Dynasty Band continues to meet the bassist's stringent standards. With one ex- GIL SCOTT-HERON AND cellent album on Elektra (“Chair In The Sky") and more Elektra releases on the way, BRIAN JACKSON 34 CELESTIAL SKY (Arista AL 9514) 14 16 STARSHIP ORCHESTRA Charles Mingus' music should bear new fruit for years to come. (Columbia NJC 36456) 35 2 ODDS AND ENDS — Electric bassist Jaco Pastorius. architect of the current Weather 14 ANGEL OF THE NIGHT Report sound (along with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter) has just signed as a solo artist ANGELA BOFILL (GRP/Arista 5501) 13 33 35 LIVE AT THE PUBLIC THEATRE with Warner Bros. His initial outing for Epic was most impressive, and we look forward to ROCKS, BROS. PEBBLES . AND THE HEATH his further explorations of composition and electric bass tonality . . Warners decided to o (Columbia FC 36374) 30 11 SAND pass on signing James “Blood" Ulmer, the innovative electric guitarist and composer, but STANLEY CLARKE (Epic JE 36506) 20 2 36 OCEANLINER Atlantic is reportedly considering him. His new album will be released shortly on the British PASSPORT (Atlantic SD 19265) 31 12 16 LOVE IS THE ANSWER Rough Trade label (available as an import), and it should set the pace for the creative syn- LONNIE LISTON SMITH 37 IN PERFORMANCE thesis of big beat funk and free jazz extrapolations . . . The most startling affiliation I can (Columbia JC 36373) 15 9 OREGON (Elektra 9E 304) 32 10 conceive of is trombonist Joseph Bowie's Defunkt and Manfred Eicher's ECM label, but 17 LIVE IN NEW YORK 38 FULL FORCE reportedly they were close to some sort of deal recently. No confirmation at press time as to STUFF (Warner Bros. BSK 3417) 18 4 ART THE ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO whether it'll actually come off, but boy, there’s an inspired culture clash — street meets sky (ECM 1-1167) 39 3

18 SKAGLY . . . Biggest news in jazz (well, sorta jazz, er, black contemporary, uh, progressive — it gets FREDDIE HUBBARD 39 NO STRANGER TO LOVE so confusing sometimes) for the summer season is the Quincy Jones/George Benson (Columbia FC 36418) 16 6 ROY AYERS (Polydor PD-1-6246) 34 28 collaboration on Warners and the new Crusaders on MCA both due out within the next few 19 HIROSHIMA 40 WE WILL MEET AGAIN weeks . . . Rumor has it that MCA is about ready to release a Classic Jazz Series culled (Arista AB 4252) 19 27 BILL EVANS (Warner Bros. HS 3411) 37 3 (continued on page 42)

HOW HIGH THE MOON — Randy Weston — Biograph BLP- HOUSE OF SPIRIT: “MIRTH” — Pheeroan ak Laff — Passing JAZZ /4LBUM PICKS 12065 — Producer: Arnold Caplin — List: 7.98 Through PT-4238 — Producers: Pheeroan ak Laff & Oliver Randy Weston is one of the great jazz pianists, his style drawn Lake — List: 7.98 in large part from Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Their With every passing day the role of the drums grows more im- influence is much in evidence on Weston's “Loose Wig," portant in American music, from disco to concert jazz. Drum- "Theme For Teddy" and Monk's "Well You Needn't." With fine mer Pheeroan ak Laff is uniquely qualified to cover the entire contributions from trumpeter Ray Copeland and baritone sax- spectrum, from the jazz-funk of Michael Gregory Jackson to the ophonist Cecil Payne, these 1956 sessions also show off expressive improvisations of Oliver Lake, playing in a style that Weston's fine ballad touch (“Don't Blame Me"), his boplicity (“In is alternately funky and impressionistic. From the ceremonial A Little Spanish Town") and an earthy bluesiness ("J K Blues"). rigor of “Ayin of Love," to the percolating grooves of “America The charming calypso flavor of “Run Joe" hints at Weston's De Sud” and “Jaraws,” this is lyrical, colorful music; a delightful future use of African elements. An important recording. blend of dance energy and structural freedom. MY SONG OF SOMETHING — Nanette Natal — Benyo Music SHEILA AND B. DEVOTION — Carefree CAR 38-124 — BY 3333 — Producer: Nanette Natal — List: 7.98 Producers: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers — List: 7.98 Nanette Natal is a brilliant jazz singer with the range and flex- The changing face of r&b is brilliantly depicted in this, the ibility to improvise on an equal footing with any instrumentalist. latest and most progressive production from bassist Bernard From deep Sarah Vaughnish warbles and growls, to gossamer Edwards and guitarist Nile Rodgers. Building their arrange- percussive flights in the upper register. Natal brings off every

ments around the diaphonous vocals of Sheila, this album em- mood successfully, be it hard swinging scats, soothing ballads ploys a greater variety of rhythmic and textural devices than or heel clicking latin. The easy groove of “Let's Just Fall In Love

Edwards and Rodgers have yet revealed with Chic. It is both Again" and the synthesizer like bends of the jazz-rocking looser and more rocking, allowing Rodgers to stretch out and "Talkie" stand out on this excellent set of original songs. improvise in a Hendrixian manner, yet never losing sight of the THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD — Art groove. Pepper — Contemporary Contempo 7642 — Producer: Lester INFLATION — Stanley Turrentine — Elektra/Asylum 6E-269 Koenig — List: 7.98 — Producer: Stanley Turrentine — List: 7.98 Art Pepper’s music on this live LP pays more attention to the Through the title tracks’ contemporary energy to the swing- small, more subtle nuances of his craft. And on this collection,

cum-be bop-honky-tonk of “Is It You?” to the lush production of recorded at the famed New York venue, a clean, sometimes his cover of Dionne Warwick's “Deja Vu," T urrentine remains a vigorous, interpretation of bluesy be-bop shows Pepper's most tasteful tenorist. The accessible music offered on this LP is resilience. George Cables on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and further indication that Turrentine's stylings will be copied by the bass of George Mraz offer an almost transparent, yet en- young tenorists for years to come. Other cuts of note are "Don’t trapping, accompaniment which in turn allows Pepper more Misunderstand" and “Song For Donny." room to reflect.

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 15 1 .

E/IST COASTINGS — MCA Sets 29- City Memphis Group THIS MUSIC OF BUSINESS — Look for MFSL (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs) to bow an ’80-’81 audiophile cassette at the CES . . . Frank Sinatra will do a Chrysler commercial. Ac- Nations! Tour For Elects New cording to the firm’s boss, Lee lacocca. Sinatra will get "one dollar a year plus a fee if we

make it work’’ . . . Murjani’s commitment to the Debby Harry jeans commercials is $4

Rossington Collins Board Members million . . . Look for an editorial shakeup at Rolling Stone. Word has the magazine'sfor- ” 1 1" NEW YORK — Rossington Collins, the MCA MEMPHIS — Music Industries of Memphis, mat changing to an 8 V2 x glossy, targeted at 30 to 40 years old . . . Ron Alexenberg s recording group whose personnel include a cooperative organization formed a year label will be called Handshake, and Pete Gideon has joined his former Infinity Records

former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, will ago for the development of the music in- boss as vice president of promotion, for the new label . . . The Roiling Stones' studio

their . . . launch their first American tour on June 17 dustry here, has elected seven members to costs for "Emotional Rescue” LP have exceeded $1.3 million according to a '79 will for fiscal . . . at the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville. its board of governors. label source. Arista post “big losses" Leber-Krebs will produce a Their new LP, “Anytime, Anyplace, Serving the first year of a two-year term movie based on the Archies, and a play that Anywhere,” will ship June 23. will be Dan Norwood, attorney; Randa Lip- spoofs the cults of the '70s called

Zen Boogie . . . According Recently, promoter Alex Cooley of man, Tourist and 'Convention Bureau; to label head Bob Sherwood, there is Chesapeake Concerts held a press con- Warren Wagner, Shoe Productions; Evelyn a target date of August 1 for Phonogram/Mercury's ference at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta to in- Graves, Alpha Records; Cordell Jackson, relocation to New York. troduce the members of the group and con- Moon Records; Ward Archer, Jr., Cotton firm their plans for a summer tour, which Row Productions; and Paulette Wilson, STARES AND WHISPERS — Genesis Publications of Surrey, is will take them to 29 cities through Aug. 31. Pyramid Promotions. England set to The conference, which was broadcast live Officers who will be serving the remain- issue George Harrison's of their Por- autobiography, "I Mine” at the of by WKLS in Atlanta, was highlighted by the der two-year terms are David Me end presentation of two cuts from the forthcom- ter, president; Estelle Axton, vice president; June. The book, which is limited to 2,000 ing LP. Bill Frulla, secretary; and Harold Streibich, numbered, autographed copies (and treasurer. bound in leather by hand), will cost a “We are all tremendously excited about the tour,” said Cooley during the “Live Other board members completing the paltry 148 pounds . . . the Iron City CLASSIC HOOD — Fred Traub. vice presi- From The Fox” Freebird second year of their two-year terms are Dr. Houserockers may open for Ian Hunter broadcast. “The of merchandise Ranta. of the of dent procurement, at Central Park, and additional club flies again." Rossington Collins includes: Richard Dean College Com- do Pickwick International, was recently Fine Arts at dates . . . Harry Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Barry munication and Memphis State around town Debby is presented Peter Pan's Classic series book Harwood (guitars): Billy Powell University; John Fry, owner of Ardent auditioning for the role of Marilyn line Studios; Lester Snell, musician/arranger; and record by none other than Robin Monroe in the (keyboards): Leon Wilkeson (bass); Derek movie about Montgomery and Phillips, Hood. Jud producer. Clift Anazi . . . Hess (drums); and Dale Krantz (vocals). by Productions Everybody in New York with the power to sign (including Ahmet Ertegun) were at T rax OCMP Sets Seminar for the Mink Deville showcase. Does David Geffen have the edge? We hear Geffen will Filmways And AIP snatch both Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne from Elektra, and is actively seeking to LOS ANGELES — “The Craft of sign established acts . . . Ringo Starr will marry actress Barbara Bach as soon as her Songwriting and the Exploitation of the

Merge Publishing divorce is final . . . Daryl Hall didn't get the part opposite Linda Ronstadt in "The Pirates Song” will be the featured topic at a YORK — Filmways Pictures Inc. of Penzance” . . . the masked producer, Joel Dorn, seen huddling with the Neville NEW and seminar held by the Organization of

Brothers . . . the premier screening of Alive Enterprises’ The Roadie attracted the elite American International Pictures (AIP) have Creative Music Publishers (OCMP), merged their publishing companies and of the New York music biz. The film, a successful if unpretentious slapstick comedy, scheduled for Thursday, June 19, 6:30 features a credible acting job by Meatloaf . . . have formed the Filmways Music Group. p.m., attheCBS Records lobby conference of Terri Fricon has been of YESSHMOOZ — Denny Somach, WYSP in Philadelphia, has just returned from named president room, 1801 Century Park East, L A. England, where he spent much time with Yes. The group will be the subject of the the new company, which includes Filmways Featured speakers on the topic are "Yesspecial,” Somach's first "Rock Report,” a feature that he produces syndicated for Music Publishing Inc., Musicways Inc., songwriter/artists Peter McCann and Leon Harlene Publications, NBC's “The Source." Somach reports that the initial sessions for the group's forthcom- Music and Dijon Weir, songwriter/producer Allee Willis and ing album, tentatively titled "The New Yes LP," had to be scrapped, due to dissatisfac- Music Publishing. The latter two companies BMI director of performing rights, west, tion with producer Roy Thomas Baker. The album finally came together under the aegis were previously owned by AIP. Marvin Mattis. of old-time producer Eddie Offord, resulting in a sound that Somach calls identical to In her new position. Fricon will oversee OCMP steering committee members, the group's "Fragile" and “Close To The Edge" period. This similarity will be reinforced the selection of music and scoring of Steve Bedell, Music Concepts Inter- by the cover artwork of longtime collaborator Roger Dean, and by the contributions of Filmways’ motion picture and television national; Irwin Mazur, April/Blackwood Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes (who Buggies) will new Yesmen composed the who product. She maintain offices at Music; and Billy Meshel. Arista Music will replaced the departing Rick Wakeman Filmways Pictures' headquarters in Beverly deliver opening remarks. and Jon Anderson. Somach remarked Hills. Fricon joined Filmways in 1975 as vice that Horn “sounds more like Jon Ander- president in charge of music. She was Wholesale Hikes son than Jon Anderson does." named president of the division in 1978. (continued from page 7) Meanwhile, Jon Anderson has already Fricon is also the current president of the counts the least and small independent laid down some tracks with Jack Bruce, California Copyright Conference. retail the most. and may record a concept album based The CBS price singles. ’79 jump excludes on “the great works of art,” while Rick RIAA Report Limited Edition, the $4.98 budget line and Wakeman has formed a small Swiss- (continued from page 7) Mastersound digital and half-speed LPs. based label called Moon, for which he rose even higher, with the $580.6 million The $4.98 Odyssey classical list per record has already lined up three to four acts. generated in 1979 representing a 29.1% will jump to $5.98. Wakeman is also set to form The Rick RAPPERS TRIBUNAL — Salsoul Records' jump over the $449.8 million of the previous "The cost of everything is going up, and Wakeman Band. During the group's Joe Bataan, whose single "Rap-O. Clap-O" year. we have to find a way to defer those costs,” tour of America, a double-live LP will be has been a European hit. recently perfor- Eight-tracks experienced the biggest explained Sam Pasamano, Sr., executive recorded, finishing out Wakeman'scon- med at the Venue, in London, where he was unit drop in 1979, with the 102.3 million greeted backstage by the Sugarhill Gang. vice president of MCA Distributing Corp. tract with A&M . . . Somach also reports units shipped representing a 23.4% dip CBS spokesmen would not comment on that while the music newspapers strike Pictured are (l-r): Master G of the Sugarhill from the 133.6 million units shipped the the reported pricing changes. has been settled, England is now Gang; Bataan; Wonder Mike of the year before. of the Revenues decreased even RCA is the only major manufacturer plagued by a musicians strike, which Sugarhill Gang; and Big Bank Hank more, 27.2%, dropping to $684.3 million which has not announced wholesale price ensued when the BBC let go of four of its Sugarhill Gang. from $948 million in 1978. hikes. 1 . . possibility of a benefit subsidized orchestras . people are now talking about the concert by a superband featuring Pete Townsend, Robert Plant and Alexis Koerner, in support of the rock musicians who have been victimized by an affair which many feel

does not concern them . . . Finally, Somach reports that if the resurgence of heavy

metal blew your mind, be prepared for the next big thing on Britain's horizon . . . the comeback of psychedelic music, spearheaded by heavy Doors and Hendrix catalog

sales . . . EAST COASTINGS DATE BOOK — The Irving Plaza will feature a "2 x 5” night on June 21, featuring the Fleshtones, Student Teachers, Bloodless Pharoahs, Comateens, and Revelons, all of whom appear on the Jem -distributed Red Star album of the same name

Phillip Glass and Polyrock at Hurrah on June 18 . . . R&B legend Rufus Thomas to Trammps on June 24 (with daughter Carla to follow some time in July). MORE MORE — New wave German chanteuse Nina Hagen is looking for a drummer footage of . that and keyboardist. Call her management at (213) 278-8715 . . Sorry to hear

the Undertones has been excised from Shell Shock Rock . . . Chas Jenkel of the Ian

Dury Band is recording a solo LP for UK Stiff . . . before the final mix, “Endless Night," by Graham Parker, was a duet in which Bruce Springsteen's vocals were as dominant as Parker's. aaron fuchs Rosen Bows Firm Scott Relocates Offices LOS ANGELES — Deborah Rosen Public LOS ANGELES — The Ron Scott Public A NEW MASON — Columbia recording artist Dave Mason celebrated his recent marriage Relations. Inc., has been formed and the Relations firm has moved to new offices in on June 1 at his Malibu home where he was joined by a host of friends and associates. veteran pop qroup Chicago has been the Sunset Gower Studios. The new ad- Mason also recently released an LP entitled "Old Crest On A New Wave." Pictured are (l-r): siqned to be represented by the new com- dress is 1420 N. Beachwood Dr., Hal Ray of William Morris Agency, representing Mason; Mason; Jeff Wald, Mason's per- pany. Chicago is currently preparing an Hollywood. Calif. 90028, and the telephone sonal manager ; and the former Dana Foley, Mason's bride. for album Columbia number is (213) 465-4255.

Cash Box/June 21, 198C SINGLES BREAKOUTS WH4TS IN-STORE — Pickwick - Midwest Handleman — Atlanta Lieberman — Dallas NARM CATALOG — As many outlets throughout the nation line up behind NARM’s "Give GARY BURBANK AIR SUPPLY ROCKY BURNETTE the Gift of Music” theme, the organization has responded with a new catalog that now of- COMMODORES PAT BENATAR CHARLIE DANIELS BAND CHRISTOPHER CROSS RODNEY CROWELL ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA fers retailers the chance to purchase numerous promotional items. These items are RODNEY CROWELL — MICKEY GILLEY designed to aid merchandisers in their efforts to bring the “Gift Giving" message to their MICKEY GILLEY National Record Mart BILLY JOEL MECO Pittsburgh paul McCartney customers. The catalog includes promotional buttons, product stickers, rubber stamps, RAY PARKER JR. AND RAYDIO BLONDIE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN the “gift of music" logo/slogan guidelines book and camera ready art sheets. Many of BOZ SCAGGS BROTHERS JOE WALSH BLUES these promotional pieces have been designed to allow merchandisers to customize these ALI THOMSON CHARLIE DANIELS BAND PETE TOWNSHEND JOE WALSH Galgano — Chicago items with their store name. Four other catalogs are being planned for later this year, with JOE WALSH All Record Service — CAPTAIN AND TENNILLE the next one set for August (It will include Christmas/“Give the Gift of Music" promotional Harmony House — Detroit KIM CARNES Oakland materials). To receive the current catalog, contact the NARM office at 795-5555. RODNEY CROWELL DEF LEPPARD (609) CHARLIE DANIELS BAND JOURNEY GENESIS MCA PUSH — Major marketing campaigns have been scheduled for MCA Records' June PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE BILLY PRESTON AND SYREETA SWITCH release. Artists featured in the push are: Iron City Houserockers, John Hyatt, Mary Burns, BOZ SCAGGS PAT TRAVERS BAND Tower — San Diego SPINNERS Etta James, One Way, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Conlee, Patryuie “Choc’let” Banks and Jerry KIM CARNES — Cleveland Tower — West Covina OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Camelot Clower. For Iron City Houserockers, the release of the album will be promoted first in local PLAYER ALABAMA BLONDIE consumer publications aimed at all major markets with 60-second radio spots on AOR- FRANK SINATRA CAPTAIN AND TENNILLE KISS TOMMY TUTONE KIM CARNES TEMPTATIONS formatted stations. As for the John Hiatt LP, the marketing concentration will be in Los JOE WALSH CHANGE VAN HALEN Angeles and New York and will feature spots on local AOR radio and ads in local print GENESIS JOE WALSH Bee Gee — Albany MANHATTAN TRANSFER media. Trade ads and radio tie-ins will also be featured for the Mary Burns and John Con- BLONDIE PHOTOGLO — lee albums. Progressive country and AOR stations will be the target for the push for the ROCKY BURNETTE Richman Bros. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA King Karol — New York Philadelphia Jerry Jeff Walker LP. As for Jerry Clower, the push will focus, not only in major trades, but JOURNEY GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS ALLAN CLARKE also in national Christian print. New R&B albums will also be given major attention with the ANNE MURRAY MANHATTANS COCO TAYLOR OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN KENNY ROGERS CON FUNK SHUN latest Etta James featured in ads on black contemporary stations as well as in publications PINK FLOYD BOZ SCAGGS GRATEFUL DEAD such as Jet. Soul, Blues & Soul and Black Stars. The latest "One Way Featuring Al Hudson" PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE SISTER SLEDGE FRANK SINATRA TOMMY TUTONE KENNY ROGERS will be spotlighted in the aforementioned publications, as well as in outdoor transit ads in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit. Finally, the debut album for Patryce “Choc'let" Banks will be featured in promos in trade, regional and national consumer press, with the album being targeted at R&B radio formats. — has considerable activity at AlBUM BREAKOUTS RECORD FACTORY There been the California-based Record Factory chain. A Tommy Tutone consumer contest is being conducted in conjunc- Handleman — National V.l. P. Records — Los Musicland — St. Louis tion with CBS Records and KSAN radio. A drawing will be held and a Tommy T utone mo- GRATEFUL DEAD Angeles MARY BURNS ped awarded . . . Several “Midnight Madness" sales have been featured, with a very suc- JERMAINE JACKSON STANLEY CLARKE "CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC” WAYLON JENNINGS COMMODORES CHEECH AND CHONG cessful Boz Scaggs sale recently held at the San Rafael outlet. (TheScaggscatalog, as well CAROLE KING NATALIE COLE LARRY GRAHAM as all other CBS product was sold at reduced prices). Other “Midnight Madness” promo- KISS MILLIE JACKSON LARRY GRAHAM PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE CHAKA KHAN MILLIE JACKSON tions, with the entire store inventory on sale, are planned for the Sunnyvale and Pleasant GERRY RAFFERTY CHAKA KHAN SPINNERS Hill stores later this month . . . The "Give the Gift of Music" theme is being stressed in all DIANA ROSS J.G. WATSON KISS TEMPTATIONS GRAHAM PARKER AND THE current Record Factory promotions. One outstanding example was a recent Mother's Day PETETOWNSHEND Record Bar — National RUMOUR push in which sales were reported up 45%. The featured slogan “Give the Gift of Music — SPINNERS Gary’s — Virginia BLACKFOOT Show Your Mother You Care" highlighted the promotion. A similar Father's Day campaign BLACKFOOT COMMODORES BREAKWATER FOGHAT is now underway ... On the in-storefront, a huge Emmy lou Harris appearance was held on SAMMY HAGAR Pickwick — National NATALIE COLE June 4 at the Pleasant Hill, Ca. outlet, with over 400 patrons in attendance. COMMODORES AL JARREAU BLACK SABBATH DEF LEPPARD CHAKA KHAN WAYLON JENNINGS LIEBERMAN ACTION — A check with several of the Lieberman offices uncovered the ELTON JOHN "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" CAROLE KING following activity. Lieberman, Kansas City reported a campaign in support of “Black Music FOGHAT JUDAS PRIEST LARRY GRAHAM GRAHAM PARKER AND THE KISS Month” with displays in a number of black retail outlets. All R&B albums are being tagged ELTON JOHN RUMOUR paul McCartney with "Black Music Month" stickers, with WEA developing a special three-color poster JUDAS PRIEST ROADIE" PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE featuring Chaka, Change, Mass Production, Side Effect and Five Special . . . Several KISS DIANA ROSS VILLAGE PEOPLE other Lieberman’s are participating in display contests: The Dallas operation is taking part Peaches — Kansas City Bee Gee — Albany in Tutone is in JOAN ARMATRADING AMBROSIA Tower — Campbell the Tommy regional competition, while the Portland one-stop involved an j BLACK SABBATH GRATEFUL DEAD FOGHAT Ian Hunter display contest . . . Finally, Lieberman, St. Louis reported an appearance by "CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC" ELTON JOHN GRACE JONES Shooting Star, May 18. at Phoenix Records, Louisville, Ky.. which attracted over 300 peo- KINGBEES TED NUGENT JUDAS PRIEST I "THE LONG RIDERS" PETE TOWNSHEND KROKUS ple. JEFF LORBER FUSION "URBAN COWBOY" POINT BLANK SKATEATHON PLANNED — The Hudson’s chain of St. Louis is planning to move out into PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE (MERCURY) the community this summer with a series of “Skate-Video” parties at the local Skate King ASBURY JUKES (MERCURY) Port ‘O’ Call — Nashville ASBURY JUKES BLACKFOOT skating rink. The first such event will occur on June 16. with several distributors providing Tower — Seattle BLACK SABBATH video-tape entertainment for the participants. WEA is donating tapes of George Benson, ROY AYERS AND WAYNE CHEAP TRICK Cavages — Buffalo Al Jarreau, Chaka Kahn, Stacy Lattisaw and Ashford and Simpson, while CBS will be HENDERSON FOGHAT AVERAGE WHITE BAND CHEAP TRICK (10") AL JARREAU BLACKFOOT loaning tapes of the O’Jays, Earth, Wind and Fire, Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass and CHEECH AND CHONG KISS PETER GABRIEL COMMODORES GRAHAM PARKER AND THE Michael Jackson. In addition, MCA will furnish several tapes of current acts, while RCA will PETER GABRIEL AL JARREAU RUMOUR CHAKA KHAN provide tapes of its leading Solar performers. The chain will set up a large video screen, CHAKA KHAN DIANA ROSS KROKUS GREG KIHN BAND and will be serving refreshments. A local club dee-jay will introduce the various video- DIANA ROSS SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE Unlimited — tapes, while several groups will perform live. ASBURY JUKES (MERCURY) Sounds SPINNERS Chicago CUSTOMER QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Please, ma, buy me the new Kiss album! It's got a Florida Waxie Maxie — JOAN ARMATRADING Spec’s — South picture of the guy who spits real blood and the guy who has a tongue ten inches long!” Washington CHEAP TRICK (10") AIR SUPPLY COMMODORES "CANT STOP THE MUSIC" REGIONAL BREAKOUTS — New Millie Jackson breaking out of the west and east . . . JOAN ARMATRADING "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" CHEAP TRICK (10") Latest Foghat strong in the south . . . New Krokus and Kenny Rankin LPs doing best in the BLACKFOOT PETER GABRIEL ROBERTA FLACK AND DONNY BLACK SABBATH ELTON JOHN HATHAWAY west. ROCKY BURNETTE CHAKA KHAN ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIN COMMODORES KINKS KISS CRACK THE SKY KISS FOGHAT DIANA ROSS GERRY RAFFERTY — Sound Warehouse — Independent — Denver Great American Music Minneapolis San Antonio BLACKFOOT "CAN'T THE MUSIC" BLACKFOOT GENE CHANDLER STOP MILLIE JACKSON JERMAINE JACKSON CHANGE WAYLON JENNINGS CHEECH AND CHONG AL JARREAU FOGHAT CHAKA KHAN ROOKIE ROBBINS ONE WAY SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE PETER GABRIEL ASBURY (MERCURY) LARRY GRAHAM OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS JUKES CHAKA KHAN NEIL SEDAKA POINT BLANK ROCKY ROBBINS — "URBAN COWBOY” Everybody’s — Northwest Record Theatre JOAN ARMATRADING Cleveland Disc‘0’Mat — New York RUSS BALLARD CHEAP TRICK (10") ERIC CARMEN CHEAP TRICK (10”) PETER GABRIEL CHEAP TRICK (10") D B. COOPER CAROLE KING COMMODORES DEF LEPPARD BENNY MARADONES D B COOPER PETER GABRIEL paul McCartney JEFF LORBER FUSION paul McCartney THE SORROWS SHANTI RIOT BILLY SQUIER HANK WILLIAMS. JR. TOMMY TUTONE TOP SINGLE BREAKOUT OF THE WEEK

ALL NIGHT LONG — JOE WALSH — FULL MOON/ASYLUM STRIKING IN-STORE — RSO Records officials recently held a marketing meeting in Los Angeles to acquaint members of Polygram Distribution. Inc. (PDI), which distributes RSO TOP/4LBUM BREAKOUT OF THE WEEK product, with promotional in-store material to be used in connection with the soundtracks for The Empire Strikes Back and Fame. Pictured are (l-r): Jack Kiernan, vice president of UNMASKED — KISS — CASABLANCA sales, PDI; Al Coury, president, RSO Records; John Frisoli, president, PDI: and Mitch Huffman, vice president of sales, RSO Records.

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 17 POINTS WEST ODE TO THE LIZARD KING — Although the writing style shifts from a simple prose to a Judge To Ponder 8M1 Honors Top mocking rock journalistic approach to that of a defensive friend, Jerry Hopkins' and Writers Daniel Sugerman's No One Gets Out Alive, an exhaustive biography of rock ‘n’ roll Goody Arguments, Songs, shaman Jim Morrison, makes for a rewarding reading experience. The large print, 374- At Awards Fete page paperback covers every aspect of the doomed recording artist's life and then Sets Trial Date some. Parts of the book are of such exacting detail that it at times reads like a day-to- \ NEW YORK — One hundred and thirty-six day diary of events in Morrison's life. The authors have also avoided the National by Richard Gold writers and 84 publishers of 92 songs licen- Enquirer syndrome that many books of this nature fall prey to, and the utmost attention District sed for public performance by BMI NEW YORK — Federal Court Judge is paid to relating Morrison’s dreams, artistic yearnings and feelings. Accompanied by received Citations of Achievement from the Thomas C. Platt heard pre-trial arguments a late night score of “The End” or "The Music's Over,” the book takes on a Gothic horror organization last week during ceremonies last week on the applicability of four felony type presence. Hopkins and Sugerman also drive home the key points of the unpredic- against held at the Plaza Hotel here. In addition, counts in the government’s case table code that the Florida-born rock star seemed to live by — one of which is best ex- Robin Gibb, of its executives Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Sam Goody Inc. and two pressed in a college acquaintance's quote early in the book that captures many peo- the writers and publishers of “Too Much for allegedly dealing in counterfeit tapes. ple's impressions when they were around Morrison. “There was a constant feeling of granted both sides until June 26 Heaven" (BMI’s most performed song in The judge apprehension, a feeling that things were on the brink of lost control.” It is that "lost con- glass in support of 1979), were presented with engraved to present additional papers trol” that the latter part of the book explores as though the writers were his best friends set September 2 as plaques to honor their accomplishment. their arguments, and watching the hallucinogenic pop poet burn out. A great deal of attention in the book is Other highlights of the ceremony, which the tentative trial date. paid to Morrison's artistic loves — the works of Rimbaud, Nietzsche, Celine, Blake, has been pressing to was hosted by BMI President Edward M. The government Huxley, foreign films and his own poetry and film creations. Morrison was so greatly in- Inc., George Levy, Cramer and Theodora Zavin, senior vice prosecute Sam Goody fluenced by the tormented greats of literature that he ended up naming L.A.’s most revered of performing rights, included its president, and Samuel Stolon, its vice president rock band after a Nietzsche quote — “There’s the known and the unknown,” says president, on one count of violating the the presentation of four citations to Bernard Morrison to a friend who asked him what the band was going to be called, “and Influenced And Corrupt Edwards and Nile Rogers of Chic. Barry Racketeer what separates the two is the door. Ah wanna be th’ dooor.” The inner tensions that sur- Organizations Act (RICO) and three counts Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Bob rounded the band's career from its rise to local fame as the house band at The Whisky Stevens, of violating the Interstate Transportation of McDill, Carole Bayer Sager, Even Au Go Go in 1966 to the quartet’s final day in New Orleans where Morrison ended up Stolen Property statute (ITSP). The defense and Allee Willis received three awards sitting mute and motionless on stage are of two awards included is contending that the alleged offenses are each. Winners also revealed. The mystery surrounding copyright infringement misdemeanors Peter Bellotte. Stephen Dorff, Bob Esty, the haunted poet’s death is another aspect (Cash Box, May 10). David Foster, Paul Jabara, Michael of the book that rock 'n' roil aficionados will Will Jennings, Richard Kerr, Jeff re- Jackson, In another set of motions, the defense read with passion, as all stories about that Lynne, David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, and quested Judge Platt to order the prosecu- fateful night in Paris in 1975 are related Bruce Roberts. tion to supply it with material pertaining to and analyzed. All in all, No One Gets Out Multiple publisher-award recipients were the Organized Crime Strike Force's use of Alive proves to be great summer the Polygram Group with 1 1 citations; Irving one Murray Kaplan to record allegedly in- reading for the mildly interested and a Music Inc, with nine; Chic Music Inc. and criminating conversations with Stolon. The font of information and history for the Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. with four; defense is contending that the prosecution Lizard King's many fans. Begonia Melodies Inc., Debdave Music must make public a “communication” GOOD CRAZINESS — Last year 600 authority Inc.. House of Gold Music Inc., Ninth Music which requested wiretapping BACK AGAIN — MCA recording artist people were stiffed at a Jimmy Buffett Inc., Stigwood Music Inc., and Vogue from the Justice Department. The prosecu- Olivia Newton- John re-pacted with show at The Paradise Theatre (then Music/Hall-Clement Publications with tion has already given the defense the manager Lee Kramer for a long-term called Rick’s Cafe Americain), when the three; and Briarpatch Music Inc., Careers “cover sheet" of the wiretapping authoriza- worldwide personal management agree- Caribbean rum runner/platinum recor- Music Inc., Diana Music Corp., East/Mem- tion request, but it is withholding the con- ment. Pictured after the signing are (l-r): ded artist cancelled the gig because he phis Music Corp., Foster Frees Music Inc., tested communication. Judge Platt said Roger Davies, newly appointed vice presi- had broken his leg in a softball game. Management Three Music Inc., Mighty that he would examine the document in dent of L.K. Productions, Newton-John and However, in honor of Aspen's 100th Inc., Inc., Tree question before rendering a decision. Three Music Peso Music Kramer. birthday and the first birthdays of their Publishing Company Inc., and Warner The defense is also seeking to dismiss children, club owner David Moss and Buffett decided to honor those tickets June 6-7 as with cita- the indictments the grounds of "prose- Tamerlane Publishing Corp. two on the head Coral Reefer himself performed two solo sets accompanied by his acoustic cutorial misconduct,” charging that tions each. guitar. The loyal multitude had saved their tickets, and to bring even more levity to the the FBI. Strike Force attorneys, and the Ertegun Clarifies New gesture, Buffett came out onstage on crutches. The lighting and sound of the two shows RIAA have developed an improper working was coordinated by a certain Raoul Duke (Dr. Hunter S. Thompson), who carried on a relationship. The defense argued that the Atlantic Exec Setup continuous rap with Buffett throughout the set. RIAA, in its role as a “trade organization,” NEW YORK — In order to clarify the new ON THE BEAT — Yes, that was Clive Davis down at Madame Wongs East to view has been "pushing" the government to structure of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Er- minimum wage rock band The Bus Boys. Latest word has it that the black rock band elevate the seriousness of the alleged of- tegun, chairman of the board, has made the from south central L.A. has turned down offers from Arista and ARC in order to make a fenses. following announcements. Mr. Ertegun will deal for friend Roach . . . And the “Boss” Mr. Springsteen, was seen catching Tom Judge Platt expressed skepticism about remain as chairman of the board and chief Petty’s taping of ABC-TV’s Fridays June 6 . . . Speaking of Petty, he has embarked on a the defense argument, saying that, “a lot of executive officer of the company. Directly tour of the midwest, south and east that will last through mid-July. He will take along up- people would like to see more victims push under him and reporting to him is Sheldon and-coming Columbia act Tommy Tutone for a supporting act . . . Composer Maurice hard” for redress in criminal cases. "The Vogel, vice chairman of the board. Jarre has been commissioned to score the upcoming television mini-series based on Kaplan-Stolon conversation might merit in- Reporting to Vogel is Doug Morris, the James Clavell's Shogun . . . Even those people with a keen cinematic eye will probably vestigation," he added, but he emphasized new president of Atlantic Records; and miss two unbilled cameo roles in Paramount Pictures’ Roadie. However, if one looks that “nothing has been shown to convince reporting to Morris are: Dave Glew, ex- closely, producer Roy Thomas Baker and Todd Rundgren and Utopia manager Eric me” that there is an improper relationship ecutive vice president/general manager; Gardner can be spotted talking to Alice Cooper in the pre-concert hubub scene . . . between the FBI and the RIAA in the case. Henry Allen, president of Cotillion Records; Ansley Dunbar has slapped a lawsuit on Journey, after they threw the on-contract Judge Platt said that he "hoped" to have Reen Nalli, vice president and general drummer out of the band. an opinion on all of the arguments (in- manager of Atco Records and Custom ROLL ’EM — American Bandstand father Dick Clark is currently producing three new cluding a grand jury matter which has not Labels. Atlantic vice president, Noreen films for TV — Rollin' Stoned, a comedy about a roadie who works for a top singing star, been made public and was the subject of Woods, continues to report to the chairman Up The Garden Path, reported to be about “proxy fatherhood" and Bandstand, The closed hearings June 6 in 30 days. of the board. Movie, a teen romance set against the background of two generations of American Bandstand. STUDIO TIME — L.A.’s Record Plant is really hopping of late. Eagles are in the com-

plex’ Studio B checking out cuts for a live album . . . Dan Fogelberg is also reported to

have been recording in the same studio . . . Meanwhile Epic’s Charlie Daniels, Motown’s Bonnie Pointer and Shelter Records’ latest signing, Motion Pictures, are

working on new projects at The Plant . . . Lani Hall, wife of executive/trumpet player

Herb Alpert, has just recorded a new single, “I Don't Want You To Go,” and is in at Hollywood Sound with recording artist/producer Allee Willis recording her latest effort

. . . George Benson is finishing up his latest project for Warner Bros. /Quest at Kendun

Recorders Studio D in Burbank . . . Poco is mastering its new single, “Under The Gun,”

and its second a MCA album with producer Mike Flicker at Kendun's Studio III . . . Also in at Kendun is Jerry Doucette, who is recording his third album for Mushroom Records

. . . Casablanca recording artist Bugs Tomorrow is recording his second LP for Casablanca at Fidelity studios in Studio City. RADIO GOES TO SCHOOL — Dwight Case, president RKO Radio; Bob Sherwood, president, Phonogram/Mercury and Kent Burkhart, president, Burkhart/Abrams Con- sulting, were the opening day guests for UCLA’s eight-week extension course entitled "Music On The Radio In The ’80s” June 9. In future sessions, the program will provide a Can Music Really Charm Your Soul? forum for leaders in the record industry to examine the influence of radio on their decisions to sign artists and market their product, while major figures of broadcasting will The Answer Lies in The Music of analyze the importance of music programming in the changing market. Executives set to speak in weeks ahead include Bonnie Simmons, national promotion director, albums, Warner Bros. Records; Billy Bass, vice president of promotion and creative Leom services, Chrysalis Huff Records; David Moorhead, vice president, west coast operations, Metromedia, and Tommy Coming On Philadelphia International Records fr Tapes Hadges, program director, KLOS-FM/Los Angeles. marc cetner

18 Cash Box/June 21. 1980 rhythmic cycles, vocal inflections and im- "Only 16” and the raucous, rambunctious “Bee-Side,” a musical diary of the life of a provisatory one-upmanship. Hussain plays “Havin’ A Party," the band stepped back on bumble bee, are original and wonderfully more melody with his left hand than most stage for a smoldering version of “The zany sentiments. odd Rundgren’s funk bass players, and Shankar's level of Fever." The audience couldn't get enough, Free champagne (distributed in honor of virtuosity and mirth helped the music and as everyone danced in unison, the Utopia Wainwright's new Rounder LP “A Live achieve the level of pure unconscious inter- Jukes mellowed out and into “Heart Of One”) had been passed out to the crowd of play that is the mark of true artistry. Stone” and finally, "This Time It’s For 1 T 150 before the show and by the time the John McLaughlin, accompanied only by Real,” Southside's signature piece. All in GREEK THEATRE, L.A. — While it’s easy to bard from Westchester County jumped acoustic guitarist Chris seemed all, itwasaconsummate performance form laud Todd Rundgren and his three member Escoude. onstage, the venerable West L.A. folk club happier and more animated than in his a consummate performer. band, collectively known as Utopia, for at- had taken on the atmosphere of a living previous electric incarnations. His legen- michael glynn tempting such an ambitious task as their re- room full of friends. dary chops are more imposing than ever, cent elaborate video concert, technical Wainwright immediately launched into but in addition there is a new sense of overkill took its toll on the band's stop here. his G chord-oriented set with “You Can't The longish show's repertoire offered a melodic development and harmonic Say No . . . To That Woman" and breadth that made this one of his great per- jumbled mix of Rundgren solo standards proceeded to send the enthusiastic crowd formances. It was in every way a return to and Utopian sci-fi excess, with the accent into uproar with rib ticklers like "Drinks his jazz roots, throughout the evening on excess. Digging out unwieldy dinosaurs and Before Dinner," “Whatever Happened To there were suggestions of Django such as “The Singring And The Glass Us" and "Mr. Guilty” and his slapstick stage Guitar” and the title track from “Ra,” Reinhardt, Tal Farlow, and flamenco and presence. Rundgren and co. preferred to bludgeon Brazilian music in his songs and im- While many have dismissed the crowd with these metallic monsters of provisations. When he broke into a new PARISIAN ROOM, L.A. — Distinction is a Wainwright's material as lightweight, his pretentious lyrical mush, while the Runt's arrangement of “Meeting Of The Spirits," two-fold description when referring to the penetrating observations of modern man, lilting, unselfconscious pop hits were with its 7/4 rhythm and urgent melody, jazz stylings of Blue Note artist Horace such as “The Man Who Couldn't Cry,” rank relegated to an absurd Vegas-like medley. there was a happy burst of recognition Silver, as his music is difficult to mistake with some of the best folk material of the If the quick brush-off wasn't bad enough, among the crowd, and his blistering per- and because he often stands head and past years. Rundgren dropped his cordless mike in the cussive solo more than satisfied. shoulders above most in his use of musical 20 middle, ruining all continuity. That’s life, as Even better was an onstage re-union bet- elements. It was also to the veteran performer's

they say, in Utopia. ween Shankar, Hussain and McLaughlin, It is such a melodic, rhythmic and har- credit as an artist that he chose to neglect

A healthy dose of material from the which proved that all the kinetic energy of monic brew that Silver and his four able material from his latest album and concen-

band's latest effort, "Adventures In Utopia,” Shakti was still in place. They plan to do a sidemen brought with them to the Parisian trate on old classics like "Saturday Morn- didn’t help matters much either, since the tour of India in the not to distant future. Why Room recently that delighted a diverse ing” and “Be Careful There's A Baby In The only partially effective. All too videos were not America? Because It’s not comm . . . audience attending. The intimate at- House.” and brand new material like often, they bordered perilously close to be- chip stern mosphere infinitely enhanced the "Dilated To Meet You" and "The Acid ing amateurish, deflating any significant warmness of his music and the personal Song." in such tunes as "Bag Lady.” For message humor intrinsic in his delivery. While Wainwright's eccentric stage man- the most part, they were a gaudy melange Recently returning from an extensive ner and heartwarming yet satirical songs of special effects which got tiresome after overseas tour. Silver offered selections will never be too much of a commercial awhile. outhside Johnny & from his latest Blue Note LP, "Silver 'n' Str- threat he remains one of America's most Each member got a crack at “in- (The Asbury Jukes ings Play the Music of the Spheres," a dou- refreshing and amusing folk talents. teracting” with a video and pre-recorded ble album set done in three parts. marc cetner soundtrack, such as keyboardist Roger S Songs like "The Search For Direction," a Powell’s "Sands Of Arrakis” from his solo piano prelude that highlighted Silver's sen- GREEK THEATRE, L.A. — When Southside LP “Air Pocket.” But even that was hin- sitive balance between composition and Johnny Lyon ripped into the second of four dered by the group’s dressing in futuristic improvisation, and “Direction Discovered." encores here, "All I Want Is Everything," white uniforms which made them look od- a multi-tempo piece laden with funky coun- you somehow had to believe he meant it. dly similar to Devo. “Soldiers of the mind" terpoints that best heralded the pianist The endearingly scruffy New Jersey shore indeed! funky-jazz attack. “Willie” Wilcox' native and his 10 piece band, augmented But drummer John The often sprawling solos by trumpeter ridiculous synthesized drum kit, on this tour by three female backup Barry Ries did harken to the same Silver customized to resemble a large motorcy- singers, put more heart and soul into a con- sound of days yore, as did the smooth, cle, really took the cake of the evening. cert performance than anyone this side of always engaging solo work of tenorist Ron THE WHISKY, L.A. — Like a breath of fresh the saving grace of the show was fellow Jerseyite and mentor Bruce Springs- Luckily, Bridgewater. air from across the cold Atlantic, A&M teen. Utopia's usually strong ending with the en- recording group Squeeze breezed into L.A. But it was the tightly knit rhythm section The earnest brew of rock which core “Just One Victory." If this was a victory, and R&B and charmed the right of the of bassist Todd Collman and drummer change out they create, including several nods of the hat though, it was a Pyrrhic one. of appreciative like Harold White, that served as the cor- pockets an audience michael glynn to such influences as Solomon Burke, four musical Artful Don't nerstone for Silver’s music of constantly Dodgers. get me Wilson Pickett and Cooke, literally Sam wrong — there is no sleight of hand in the shifting textures, sparse chording and fre- begs you to get up and dance — which is five if quent. articulate piano soloing. member band's unpretentious, exactly what the crowd did for a large por- slightly quirky, performance. While the music created an atmosphere Butthese lads ^^hankar tion of the show. Opening with “I'm So have such a happy-go-lucky stage best suited for the progressive jazz Anxious,” it was evident that the exuberant prescence, from keyboardist Jools enthusiast, no one with an ear for creation John McLaughlin Southside had great difficulty containing Holland's circus barker-like introduction of v J in progress could say no to Silver's infec- himself, even on the spacious Greek stage. the group to guitarist Glenn Tillbrook's ter- tious music. By the second number "Talk To Me,” he rip- michael martinez minal case of the smiles, that it's easy to THE BOTTOM LINE, N.Y.C. — It would ped off his well-worn dark leather jacket overlook the fact that they are highly talen- seem that the term commercial is in need of and omnipresent shades, flinging both to ted, original, popsters as well. some violinist L. re-assessment. When the rear of the stage, and tossed aside his Highlights of the band's spirited set in- Shankar and guitarist John McLaughlin led mike stand. It was easy to see by that time cluded the tried and true English pop of the the jazz-raga fusion band Shakti, there was that he and the band weren't just here to U.K. Top 10 hit "Take Me I'm Yours" (from III air of oudon Wainwright always an pressure around the play — they meant business. the days when they were still known as U.K. guitarist to move on to the electric music Lyon and the Jukes maintained a Squeeze), the slightly off kilter rhythms and that had been so successful during the days smoothly flowing pace throughout, effec- tongue-in-cheek humor of “If I Didn't Love of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Why? tively balancing the harder rock numbers You" and "I’m Go Go,” and the pert pop Because Shakti’s acoustic sound was not such as “Trapped Again" with songs such McCABES GUITAR SHOP — Next to being melodies and wry observations of a seaside commercial. as Burke’s bluesey “Got To Get You Off Of an air traffic controller at Chicago's O'Hare holiday in the band’s current U S. single Since Shankar and McLaughlin have My Mind,” then moving to thesmokey blues Airport or the publicist for the Ayatollah "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell).” returned to the acoustic sounds that they growl of “Why Is Love Such A Sacrifice," as Khomeini, being a comedian is probably Best-received were the tracks from the love so deeply their music has taken a turn Lyon was backed by the wailing trio. the world's most difficult occupation. And "Argybargy” LP. which has been given a for the better and audience reaction has Totally unfettered by stage props, Lyon having to make people laugh via voice and healthy promotional push here by the been enthustiastic. Nearly all of their recent would bound to the elevated drum plat- a lone acoustic guitar makes the profession record label, which benefited from the American tourwassold out, and the Bottom form, or be joined himself down front by the doubly hard. However, Loudon Wainwright variety of musical influences in the band,

Line was no exception. The level of music animated antics of trombone player Richie III has an incredible knack for doing just such as Holland's rollicking boogie-woogie they improvised was as powerful and (“La Bamba") Roxsenberg. Lead guitarist that. R&B piano fils (and shameless mugging in joyous as anything I've ever heard. and songwriter Billy Rush, clad in a red Wainwright brings a human warmth to brief, but amusing impersonations of Ray Shankar is possibly the world’s finest one-piece jumpsuit, made a nice visual songs about babies, drinking and Charles), rhythm guitarist Christ Difford’s violinist, and this New York date re-united contrast to Southside’s schoolyard attire, male/female relationships (fulfilling and introspective pop/rock intensity to bassist him with his long-time drummer, tabla but his searing fretwork fit right in, pumping waning) that make them instantly relatable John Bentley bopping beat. This is a band master Zakir Hussain, who is every inch the performance up with each deft solo to and unforgettable. For instance, songs like on the move and they are clearly moving Shankar's equal. They played a program of new peaks. "Rufus Is A Tit Man,” an account of baby's up. Indian classical music with its intricate After ending with a believable cover of fixation with his mother's breasts, and michael glynn

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(continued from page 7) the mall levels, while smaller, special in- players, and a giant screen Advent projec- terest audio/hi-fi manufacturers will have tion TV. Video Unlimited, MEDA/Media displays at the Pick Congress Hotel suites. Home Entertainment and U.S. Video will Remaining hi-fi exhibits will be shown at supply pre-recorded videocassette McCormick Inn, across from McCormick software, with additional video software, Place.

contributed by WCI Home Video, Home “Every year I say this, but . . . this year’s Theatre and Paramount. MCA DiscoVision summer CES is going to be the largest will supply videodiscs. show we’ve ever had,” said Bill Glasgow, “One of the key elements of this year's CES vice president. “All exhibit levels of display will be the promotion of the cross- McCormick place are filled to capacity, and merchandising aspects for the audio/video 146 exhibitors will be at the Pick Congress marriage,” noted Cohen. “We'll also be Hotel, while 65 exhibitors will be stationed emphasizing NARM's 'Give The Gift Of at McCormick Inn." Music' campaign by distributing our Among the other highlights of the show VIDEO ADVENTURES IN UTOPIA — Bearsville recording group Utopia recently took Its guidelines manual and catalog of advertis- will be the annual Consumer Electronics elaborate video/music concert to the Greek Theatre In Los Angeles for two nights In sup- ing and specialty display items." Design And Engineering exhibition, where port of Its current LP “ Adventure In Utopia. ” Pictured in the top row backstage after the Te facilitate software cross- a gallery of 109 of “the most innovative new show are (l-r): Utopia members Todd Rundgren. John Willie Wilcox. Roger Powell and merchandising efforts for electronics products” in home electronics this year, in- Kasim Sulton with Howard Rosen. Bearsville vice president and general manager. Shown hardware retailers, NARM has also put cluding audio/visual hardware, stereo/hi-fi in the bottom row are (l-r): Susan Blosser. Bearsville. Paul Pieretti, Bearsville director of tpgether a listing of rackjobbers by state to components, electronic games, telephone promotion: and Sue Steinberg. RKO General. be distributed at the show to consumer answering devices, home computers and electronics retailers. auto sound products, will be on display. Films Highlight CES Video Releases; Major label involvement in the The exhibit's products were selected by a audiophile mart will also achieve its first ex- panel of editors from major trade and con- Music-Oriented Product On Upsurge posure in the center, where CBS Master- sumer home stereo and electronics by Michael Glynn buy the balance of WCI Home Video sound product will be on display, in addi- publications. — Popular catalog at a discount, with no minimum tion to Crystal Clear recordings. Stan “Contrary to what most people have said CHICAGO cpntemporary 3% feature length motion pictures will restrictions. Additional new releases for Silverman. NARM director of membership about a soft hardware market this year in dominate the bulk of new titles highlighted WCI Home Video are expected to be an- services, will again oversee the exhibit. the home electronics industry, we’ve had by the major video software sup- nounced at the end of June. The company "Because our industries are so closely more applications for design and engineer- home pliers at the 1980 Internatienal Summer will also display a recently completed 30- interrelated, it's extremely important to stay ing awards this year than ever before,” Consumer Electronics Show here June 15- minute promotional cassette highlighting on top of all the technological changes,” stated Victor Campos, CES director of 18. will new releases. summarized Cohen. “We hopethatthisdis- special projects. The show also see the introduction of a great many classic films, adult-oriented will play will again point out to retailers in both Campos added thatthiswasthefirstyear Paramount Home Video announce hardware and software what cross- exhibition judged picked furniture features and, for the first time at CES, a the release of seven new feature length merchandising can mean to them.” specifically designed for home audio and significant number of music-oriented films at CES, including Escape From A record 971 exhibitors are expected to video entertainment environments. Other properties for videocassette. Alcatraz, North Dallas Forty, Mandlngo, converge on three exhibit areas — McCor- products of note on display are a specially Time-Life Video will debut its first release Emmanuelle: Joys Of A Woman mick Place, McCormick Inn and the Pick designed self-standing rear projection TV to be made available via retail outlets, a Malaclous, starring Laura Antonnelli, Congress Hotel — during the show. system, a mini-component audio system one-hour live in-concert video featuring Prophecy and Players. In addition, McCormick Place will house exhibits for a and the first amplifiers specifically Arista recording group The Kinks. Entitled Paramount will feature ten popular mix of all product categories, including 40 designed to drive loudspeakers. He also "One For The Road,” the video will be episodes from the Star Trek TV series at auto sound exhibits in a new open area on cited new designs in micro-processors and released in conjunction with the LP of the the show. The episodes will be packaged in micro-computers as part of this year’s same name (Cash Box, June 14). Ac- units of two episodes and a national adver- cording to Jon Peisinger, Time-Life Video will in BASF Plans Int’l latest electronics innovations. tising campaign be set conjunction The series of CES conferences, vice president and directer ef retail with the entire release. Expansion Of T ape, workshops and seminars begins June 15 marketing, four-coler inserts have been MEDA/Media Home Entertainment is with an Auto Sound Conference, running placed in Arista LPs as part of the pre-sell highlighting its four most recent titles at the Disc Production 9:00-11:00 a.m. The following morning, campaign and an extensive merchandising CES, including the feature film Man From June 16, the CES Video Conference will campaign has been set to tie-in the video Clover Grove, a live in-concert video en- — BASF, the German NEW YORK delve into the outlook for video cassette with the two-album set. Banners, titled “Alice Cooper And Friends," a com- manufacturer of audio tapes and cassettes, recorders and disc players, software streamers, consumer print advertising, and edy entitled “Dracula Sucks” and a video plans to its has announced expand programming and a presentation on home national radio promotions in 20 key FM incorporating laser light effects, animation magnetic media production facilities computers. The keynote speech will be markets for premiere showings of the video and music, “Electric Light Voyage.” around the world. However, the company "The Government's Role In The New Uses will be part of the campaign. A distribution Scheduled for future release by MEDA are said that plans for BASF’s Longitudinal For Television," by Henry Geller, assistant network for the video will be announced at the adult features Pink Flamingos, Video Recording System (LVR), which was secretary for communications and infor- CES. Sextoons and The New York Erotic Film to be marketed by the end of the year, mation. U.S. Department of Commerce. MCA Videocassettes is announcing its Festival. According to the company, new “have been reviewed due to the shift in Other topics at the conference include first “made-for-cassette” music-oriented merchandising aids — including posters, currency parities incurred since production "The Videocassette Recorder: The Matur- videocassette, a Loretta Lynn concert display cards and pamphlets — will be in the U.S. to projected.” began be ing Market" (Ken Winslow, editor, The special. Entitled “Loretta,'' the video featured and special preview tapes of The expansion projects are set for Ger- cassette will be released in conjunction with MEDA/Media Home Entertainment Videoplay Report ); “The Videodisc: The many. the U.S., France, Brazil and In- Emerging Market” (Theodore Anderson, the video cassette of the Coal Miner’s product will be available to accounts on re- donesia. The company said it would invest Argus Research Corp.); “Video Programm- Daughter feature film and the two will be orders. New accounts will receive “match $108 million in the German projects alone, ing: Satisfying The Market” (Bob Reed. sold together in a unipackage. Other new and mate” buttons, which will make them which will include added video tape and National Video Clearinghouse); and “Per- releases to be featured by MCA at CES in- eligible for the product previews. The firm is disc pack production capacities, a sonal Computers: Creating A Consumer clude Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and also announcing a 5% decrease in list lab, technology applications and produc- Market” (Ray Kassar, Atari, Inc.). Frenzy, in addition to The Marx Brothers’ prices on product ranging from $24.95 to tion line efficiencies at its Willstaett works. On Monday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 Duck Soup. Large scale merchandising, $59.95. BASF also plans expansion of magnetic p.m., the CES Retail Merchandising marketing and advertising campaigns, on Columbia Pictures' Home Entertainment pigment production and development work Workshcp will be held with Maxwell Sroge the trade and consumer levels, will accom- Division will announce the release of 30-35 at its Ludwigshafen complex. Accerding to speaking on “Mail Order: An Effective Way pany the product releases. MCA also is new home video titles, 15 of which will be the will company, the projects be com- To Sell" and Bernard Marks of Ad Pix han- currently in negotiations for four additional part of its first major purchase for the con- pleted within three years and will create ap- dling the topic “Ten Ways To Avoid Non- music-oriented videocassette properties. sumer video market with Cinema 5. Some proximately 250 new jobs in Germany and Productive Advertising." WCI Home Video is spotlighting its June of the titles included in the agreement bet- about 600 new jobs in other countries. Tuesday morning's CES Audio Con- release of 10 feature length motion pictures ween Paramount and Cinema 5, which calls In explaining its decision not to go ahead ference, scheduled to run from 9:00 to at CES, including A Star Is Born, Main for exclusive videocassette rights and non- with U.S. -based mass production of the 11:00 a.m., will feature three separate Event, The Candidate. Exorcist II: The exclusive videodisc rights for Paramount, LVR system, BASF said that because of a topics, including “AM Stereo: The Impact Heretic, Executive Action. Bonnie & Clyde. are The Man Who Fell To Earth, Pumping 1.2% rise in the value of the dollar in the On The Marketplace" (Jerry LeBow, Frank Bullitt. Going In Style, Monty Python's Life Iron. Scenes From A Marriage and Gimme past 15 months, compared with a 21.2% Barth, Inc., a N.Y. advertising firm); “Recent Of Brian and Dog Day Afternoon. In con- Shelter, starring the Rolling Stones. decline by the Japanese yen in the same Product Innovations That Will Increase junction with the release, WEA Corp. WCI Finally, Nostalgia Merchant, a leading in- period, “the competitive basis for produc- Sales" (Len Feldman, audio consultant); Home Video's distributor, is offering a 3% dependent supplier of classic and vintage tion in the U.S. had deteriorated significan- and “Greater Profitability Through discount program on every $1,500 films and short features, will highlight its tly.” Software Merchandising” (John Dale, Fuji minimum order, which includes a minimum most recent releases at the CES. Among BASF said that it will work on developing Photo Film U.S. A., Inc.). of three units of each title. According to the title offered will be "Saturday At The a miniaturized LVR camera recorder and a Tuesday afternoon's CES Retail Russ Bach, WEA vice president of Movies,” a compilation of classic trailers Longitudinal Digital Recorder (LDR) data Management Seminar will be co- sales/marketing development, dealers and shorts. Topper, starring Cary Grant. system. (continued on page 21) who buy the program are then eligible to (continued on page 21)

20 Cash Box/June 21. 1980 Summer CES Preview Blank Tapes Lead Growing Sales Of More Half-Speed Accessories For Record Retailers Mastered Albums (continued from page 9) the chain, but added that the "markups are bypassed by many chains in favor of newer, Debut At CES not very high." more unique items. Both 1812 Overture She did add that Spec's will CHICAGO — Half-speed mastered pop and and National Record Mart reported dropp- continue to handle more and more new ti- rock recordings by tles, as well as blank video tape. Bob Seger, Joni ing music folios, but Nehi (Peaches) repor- Mitchell and Steely Dan will top the list of ted adding Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Fathers and Suns’ Coulter said that “the new audiophile LP releases at the biggest problem right now is that many Con- cookies this year to their list of accessory sumer Electronics retailers are not of the video Show (CES) here June items, indicative of the retailers' constant aware what 15-18. Additionally, in a significant move for picture is going to in the ’80s.” search for new and profitable products. be He added the audiophile marketplace. Mobile Fidelity "We’re always investigating new ac- that “it is tough to convince the retailers Sound Lab will preview a new line of because the market is just starting to cessories, whether it’s lighters or Famous move.” audiophile quality pre-recorded cassettes cookies,” said Nehi's Paoletti. Amos “We in both Slow On Video the high bias and metal particle for- wouldn’t carry any perishables, like milk, mats. Overture’s A DEVADIP DIGITAL but cookies are a high impulse item, Added 1812 Van Derven, — Columbia and Mobile Fidelity “We’ve carrying recording artist Devadip Carlos Sound Lab we’ve been very successful with Famous been videocassettes for Santana “Night Moves" by Bob Seger, "Thankful" two years, but the in recently completed work on “ Amos so far.” market Milwaukee has Swing Of by Natalie Cole and "Aja” by Steely Dan will been very slow to respond. We have Delight." the first digital LP ever recorded Nearly every retailer surveyed expressed be among the half-speed mastered customers who’ll come in regularly for tape in northern California. Pictured above with the feeling that as the consumer is becom- recordings previewed by Mobile Fidelity but the market hasn’t built considerably.” Herbie Hancock (r). who worked with San- ing more quality-conscious in regards to Sound Lab (MFSL) at the CES. All three He stated that the chain will remain commit- tana on the LP. Santana celebrated com- ti- pre-recorded music, the record buyer is tles are set for July release by the company. ted to video “as we believe many pletion of the digital product. also becoming more aware of record and more peo- In the classical area, MFSL will showcase ple will be staying at home in the next five tape care techniques and products, which two years and beyond.” half-speed mastered recordings from has contributed to a rapid growth in sales of CES To Focus On the EMI-Angel catalog. Sir Adrian Boult’s these accessories. While almost every retailer surveyed was "Falstaff: A Symphonic Study” and unreservedly enthusiastic about the Andre "There is no question that our customers Inter-Industry Previn and The London Symphony are now more sophisticated and current condition and future prospects for Orchestra's "1812 Overture,” while in the the accessory market. Dr. Bruce Maier, demanding when it comes to sound Cooperation jazz area, the company will be featuring two president of Inc., a quality,” said Spec’s Lieff. “The record Discwasher major records from the Gryphon catalog, Don manufacturer of record (continued from page 20) buyer wants record care products to take care products, Sebesky’s “Three Works For Jazz Soloists provided a more cautionary note. sponsored by the National Assn, of Retail care of his or her investment. We’ve been and "Whilewe, Dealers of Symphony Orchestra” and Michel selling more protective inner sleeves, outer asacompany, have experien- America (NARDA) and CEG/EIA. LeGrand And Co.’s “Le Grand Jazz.” Also covers, tape cleaners, demagnetizers, ced a very steady, predictable growth pat- The keynote speech of the highlighted will be “Citadels Of Mystery” by tern, the overall size of the accessory seminar, slated to run from 2:00 to 4:00 zerostats and other related items than ever Bernie Krause. p.m., will before.” business. I’m afraid, is not what people be "How To Maintain Profitability MFSL president Herb Belkin noted that believe it to be. It certainly isn’t an unlimited Through Better Inventory Management, Blank tape, however, is still the top- the firm’s introduction of pre-recorded promised land of profits Expense Control, Store Operations selling non-music item sold through record for the record And metal particle tape musicassettes retailer Personnel Relations” by Dr. William R. would retailers. According to a Pickwick Inter- and the record business will have to now afford audiophiles with a Davidson. Management Horizons, Inc. of metal bias national blank tape survey presented by be careful not to oversaturate the market tape that will reproduce high frequencies and burn it out." Columbus, Ohio. executive vice president Scott Young at the well over normal high bias tapes for thefirst Maier pointed out that for the Communications Panel NARM convention in Las Vegas (Cash Box. accessory time, as well as offering extremely low dis- business to be healthy, the recorded music Conferences will conclude Wednesday April 5), 22% of all unit purchases in 1979 tortion. Belkin also stressed that MFSL’s industry would have to be healthy well. morning with the CES Personal Communi- were for blank audio tape, as compared to as cations conference, set to run from 9:00 to high bias format would present “a signifi- 23% for pre-recorded tapes and 17% for 11:00 a.m. Among the topics to be dis- cant move” in that area. singles and 38% for LPs. ITA Plans To Track cussed will be "Citizens Radio: A Marketing In its initial entry into the record care ac- “Tape is the biggest dollar accessory Sale of Blank Tapes And Regulatory Index” (Bernie Appel, cessory market, MFSL will also be in- item there is and very much on the incline,” Radio Shack); “Scanners: New Technology troducing a cartridge alignment device to said Fathers and Suns’ Coulter. NEW YORK — The International Tape In help combat record and stylus wear. Assn. Inc. (ITA) has initiated a statistical A Growing Market" (Byron Crum, Tape sales are so high that in many Nautilus Recordings program to monitor blank audio tape sales. Regency Electronics, Inc.); “Feature cases, some retailers now classify it as a Phones: A Market Outlook" (James Harter, Nautilus Recordings of Pismo Beach, separate item and not an accessory. Ex- According to Henry Brief, executive direc- Superphones, Inc.); Calif, will preview test pressings of three tor of ITA, this is a follow-up to the “Custom-Owned plained Music Plus’ Young, "When you talk new half-speed audio/video trade association's previously Telephones: The Cordless Phone And Its mastered pop and rock about accessories, that’s one thing, but Growing (Bill recordings at the CES, including "Court announced program of collecting data on Appeal” Thomas, Pathcom. blank tape is totally separate and that is Inc.); “Telephone And Spark" by Joni Mitchell, pre-recorded video cassettes. Brief said Answering Devices: Uni- “Diamonds how we treat it.” que Opportunities In A Stable Market” And Rust” by Joan Baez and "Summer that, in ITA Optimistic about the burgeoning time. hopes to supplement video (Marty Schatz, Breeze” by Seals And Crofts. The these two programs with data on U.S. sales Record-A-Call); and company industry, several of the retailers surveyed “Customer-Owned Equipment: Realities will also be featuring Tim Weisberg’s “Tip of blank video cassettes and statistics on all have expanded their tape lines to include And Rules” (Frank Young, American Of The Weisberg,” a digitally recorded and blank, other products in the A/V industry for which as well as pre-recorded, Telephone & Telegraph). mastered LP, and no reliable statistics currently exist. Fleetwood Mac’s videocassettes. Spec’s Lieff noted that pre- All conferences, workshops and “Rumours," another half-speed mastered When the data collection service in the recorded feature films were “profitable” for seminars will take place in the Lindheimer recording. Set for late summer release by U.S. is in full operation, Brief said, plans will Room of McCormick Place. Nautilus is Chico Hamilton’s "Reaching For Pioneer LaserDisc To be made to inaugurate similar efforts by ITA The Top,” a half-speed mastered jazz member companies in other areas of the Debut In Four Cities JVC To Feature recording. world. LOS ANGELES — Pioneer's laser optical Direct Disk Label videodisc system. Pioneer LaserDisc, will Videodisc System Along with a series of new half-speed be introduced as a consumer product this LOS ANGELES — JVC will feature a con- mastered releases by such artists as Neil month, becoming available in Dallas, June tinuous demonstration of its prototype Diamond, Tower of Power, Van Morrison 20; Madison, Wl. June 24; Minneapolis, VHD/AHD videodisc player system at the and others to be featured with its general June 27; and Syracuse, July 1. LaserDisc, 1980 Summer Consumer Electronics Show catalog at the CBS, Direct Disk Lab of according to Ken Rai, U S. Pioneer Elec- in Chicago, June 15-18. According to Ichiro Nashville will introduce its new floor tronics Corp. executive vice president, will Shinji, president of JVC. contract agree- standing display rack, a new line of posters be introduced into additional markets on a ments have been reached between the and hanging jacket displays highlighting continuing basis until national distribution company and Thorn-EMI, the London- both new releases and catalog. According is instituted before the end of 1981. based entertaimment conglomerate, for to Direct Disk president Joe Overholt, the The Pioneer LaserDisc videodisc Thorn to begin marketing pre-recorded new in-store merchandising aids are part of which will in system, be featured the videodiscs, as well establishing facilities as the firm's “agressive in-store marketing audio/video cross-merchandising exhibit to manufacture the disc player. Retail in- campaign.” of hardware and software at the 1980 Sum- troduction of the disc player is targeted for mer CES in Chicago June 15-18. has the end of 1981. freeze-frame, slow motion, individual JVC is also introducing 25 new products Films Lead New Videos frame access and stereo sound in the High Fidelity Division, including four (continued from page capabilities. 20) stereo receivers, four integrated amplifiers, Suggested retail price for Mysterious Doctor Satan. Nyoka And The the Pioneer three turntables, seven cassette decks, five Tiger in- player system is $749, while compatible Man. Comedy Classics, which HARTZELL ORGANIZER — Hartzell pre-matched rack systems and two tuners, in price cludes four Laurel and Hardy short videodiscs range from $24.95, for at the Summer CES. Additionally, JVC’s Custom Products has developed a new full- feature length films, to $5.55 for sports features, and two Laurel and Hardy films. Home Entertainment Division will debut five color and silver packaging design for its events and educational films. Blockheads and Swiss Miss. Also available More than new radiocassette models at the CES, three Hartzell Organizer line of programs are currently available storage units for will be Nostalgia Merchant's “Matinee Dou- 106 on of which will include metal cassette deck, cassette and eight-track tapes. 45 and LP ble Feature” series. The company will un- videodisc and major program offerings are offering superior sound reproduction. A records. VHS and Beta format video veil new packaging design for home video planned by a variety of program suppliers, color TV/radio/cassette deck and portable cassettes. The entire Hartzell including Pioneer Artists, a subsidiary of Organizer will product, utilizing or styled after original film videocassette recorder are also being in- Pioneer Electronics. be displayed at the current CES show. advertising or promotional artwork. troduced at the show.

Cash Box/June 21. 1980 21 FEATURE PICKS

QUEEN (Elektra E-46652) COMMODORES (Motown M 1489F) Piay The Game (3:23) (Beechwood Music Corp./- Old-Fashion Love (3:24) (Jobete Music Co., In- Queen Music Ltd. — BMI) (F. Mercury) c./Commodores Entertainment Publishing Corp. In the aftermath of its #1 pop/rockabiily tune, — ASCAP) (M. Williams) “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Queen returns to Sturdy bass guitar and drum work provide a its patented high tech, progressive pop sound on solid rhythmic foundation for the first single from the first single from the forthcoming “The Game” the Commodores' new "Heroes" LP. as Lionel LP. Freddie Mercury's breathless falsetto and Ritchie. Jr. cracks out his distinctive southern lead sweet piano work will attract plenty of Top 40 at- vocal with excellent high harmony support from tention, while Brian May’s soaring lead guitar the rest of the band. should provide a rush for AOR. A winner. KISS (Casablanca NB 2282) LINDA RONSTADT (Asylum E-46654) — Shandi (3:33) (Kiss — ASCAP/Mad Vincent Music I Can’t Let Go (2:41) (Blackwood Music, Inc. — BMI) (P. Stanley, V. Poncia) BMI) (C. Taylor. A. Gorgoni) Kiss foregoes the fiery heavy metal and Bouyant '60s-flavored pop/rock is served up by pounding rock disco of its last few efforts and ex- Ronstadt and co. on the third single from the “Mad poses yet another side of the group enigma — that Love" LP. as jangling guitars and tambourine set of the closet crooners. Arching strings and guitar the musical mood perfectly, and the pixieish glissandos set the scene for Paul Stanley’s love songstress punches out the climbing vocal with ode, with lush high harmonies from the rest of the confidence. Ronstadt’s multi-tracked backup quartet. Smack in the middleground of pop, this is vocals are a passionate pleasure. Expect heavy gaining Top 40 attention. pop play for this AOR fave. GEORGE BENSON (Warner Bros./Qwest WBS BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY (Polydor PD 2101) 49505) Let’s Dance (4:12) (WB Music Corp. — ASCAP) Give Me The Night (3:52) (Rodsongs — ASCAP) (M. Broadbent) (R. Temperton) Tumbling drum rolls and power guitar riffing Producer Quincy Jones puts the Midas touch kick this new pop/rocker from Bram and the boys' on thetitletrack from Benson's upcoming LP (and “Pressure" LP into high gear, as the band puts the the first single on Jones’ Qwest label), as the pedal to the metal on thisall-outdancer. Searingly guitarmaster works the rock steady funk/pop high lead guitar solos are short and to the point, groove for all its worth. Sparkling horn shots and and cymbal slashes lend a raucous flavor to this shimmering female backup vocals give the cut a most requested AOR track. Look for pop stations nice polish. to pick up on this. LIVINGSTON TAYLOR (Epic 9-50894) MARY BURNS (MCA/Carousel MCA-41260) First Time Love (2:41) Bait & Beer Music — ( California Radio (3:53) (W.B. Music Corp. — ASCAP) (P. Alger) ASCAP) (B. Van Winkle) Liv Taylor deserves a fate better than the Pound for pound, veteran rock ‘n’ roller Mary shadow of his brother's reputation, and this new Burns packs as much raw vocal muscle into her single from the “Man's Best Friend" LP is the ideal music as any female rocker going today, as this vehicle to finally help him establish an identity of single from her self-titled MCA debut LP testifies. his own. Under the sympathetic yet rich produc- A gritty belter in the classic blues rock mold. Burns tion of Jeff Baxter and John Boylan, Taylor’s sen- boogies beat for beat with the hard workin' guitar sitive vocals remain the focus of attention, ex- and piano on this tailor-made AOR. pop track. pressive and easy. For pop, A/C. SINGLES TO W/4TCH ROY ORBISON & EMMYLOU HARRIS (Warner Bros. SEVENTH WONDER (Chocolate City CC 3207) FLASH AND THE PAN (Epic 9-50882)

WBS 49262) I Enjoy Ya (3:42) (Finish Line Music, Inc. — BMI) (J. Media Man (3:39) (Edward B. Marks Music — BMI) (H. That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again (4:08) (Acuff-Rose Williams, C. Willis, W. Beck) Vanda, G. Young) Publications, Inc. — BMI) (R. Orbison. C. Price) Galloping percussives, smart horn cracks and arching Brisk electronic rock is served up by Aussie duo The Lonely One teams up with the Blue Kentucky Girl string arrangements help create the exhilarating Vanda and Young (aka Flash And The Pan) on this cut on this tender, plaintive country-flavored duet from the rhythmic drive of this R&B joy from Seventh Wonder. from the “Light In The Night" LP. High synthesizer peaks original motion picture soundtrack to Roadie A gentle Already gaining significant momentum on B/C lists, this accent the tuneful melody, especially on the full chorus, rhythm and sweet, placid acoustic guitar backs this team is also fine for pop, dance lists. while the filtered spoken vocals maintain the unit's quirky made in country heaven and the result is a pop. A/C identity. For pop, AOR and DOR. GRAHAM PARKER (Arista AS 0532) sleeper. Stupefaction (3:24) (Carbert Music. Inc. — BMI) (G. FATBACK (Spring SP 3012) JUDY COLLINS (Elektra E-46655) Parker) Backstrokin’ (3:47) (Clita Music — BMI) (J. Flippin. B. The Rainbow Connection (3:03) (Welbeck Music Corp. Parker pays homage to the blank generation of L.A. on Curtis) — ASCAP) (P. Williams. K. Ascher) for unusual this cut from "The Up Escalator” LP, putting plenty of bite Deep, droning bass synthesizer makes Collins has a tough act to follow in Kermit The Frog on funker Fatback's “Hot- into the cutting lyric with superb pub rock instrumental opening to this throbbing from this cover of the song from The Muppet Movie, but her backup. Backed with the previously unreleased “Women box” LP. but bass guitar, cowbell percussives and dramatic soprano brings a sweet resonance to the song. the tight for dancing. In Charge," this is for AOR collectors. handclaps keep beat The blue-eyed thrush should warble her way into the hearts of A/C programmers with this cutfrom the“Runn- JACKIE MOORE (Columbia 1-11288) ROB GRILL (Mercury 76068)

I You (Duches ing For My Life” LP. Helpless (3:23) (Stone Agate Music Division — BMI) (E. Where Were You When Needed (3:24) Corp. — (S. Barri, P.F. Sloan) A TASTE OF HONEY (Capitol 4888) Holland, L. Dozier, B. Holland) Music BMI) fare better with this Rescue Me (3:20) (Rhythm Planet Music/Conducive The classic songwriting team of Holland-Dozier- Former Grass Root Grill should building mid-tempo ballad from the “Uprooted" LP than Music, Inc. /Big One Music Co. — BMI/ASCAP) (J. Holland has provided a wealth of material that is easily Acoustic guitar blends nicely Johnson, B. Miller-, R. Bautista) adaptable to a dance beat, as this single from Moore's he did with "Rock Sugar.” into soaring electric lead on the dramatically rising George Duke’s bright production is perfect for A Taste "With Your Love" LP shows. Strings weave through the a Of Honey, capturing the sharp rhythms, handclaps and big beat, as Moore's vocals and backup sparkle. A crescendos, and his rich, full vocal should turn on pop. horn blasts that punctuate this dance affair, while main- dance, B/C sure shot. A/C audiences. taining the thick keyboard textures. CHOCOLATE MILK (RCA PB-12030) Destined for heavy ERIC CARMEN (Arista AS 0506) Milk (F. 5 C, pop play, this cut from the “Twice As Sweet" LP is Hey Lover (3:52) (Chocolate Music — BMI) It Hurts Too Much (3:53) (Camex Music, Inc. — BMI) (E. highly recommended. Richard, J. Smith III, A. Castenell. R. Dabon. M. Tio. D. Carmen) KENNY RANKIN (Atlantic 3663) Richards) It's easy to see Carmen's roots are still in the '60s by Regrets (3:30) (Intersong Music — ASCAP) (B. Wyrick) Most definitely under the influence of a partyin' this new tune from the "Tonight You're Mine” LP. Rankin’s light, plaintive voice has somewhat limited groove, Chocolate Milk fires up a bass-heavy rhythm, Adopting an updated Phil Spectorish sound, Carmen r ange, working on spoken/sung numbers such as this nicely augmented by background brass and per- employs castinets, a vibrant string backing and a short tune from the “After The Roses” LP. At his best here, cussives. on this track from the “Hipnotism" LP. punqent sax solo on this AOR, pop choice. Rankin delivers the warm, heartfelt type of reading that SUSAN COLLINS (Millennium YB-11789) has endeared him to so many female fans. RCR (Radio GS 712) (Giving Me) Sad Eyes (3:26) (April Music. Inc. /Big Win- (Chrysalis MAX CHS 2432) Give It To You (3:45) (Backwooods Music/Sounds Good ner Music — ASCAP/Blackwood Music Inc./Mitzvah Rockin’ Chair (3:33) (Publisher pending) (M. Gronenthal) Music — BMI) (S. Rhodes) Music — BMI) (S. Collins. J. Kent) Jazzy electric muted piano work melds nicely with The trio of Rhodes-Chalmers-Rhodes (RCR) dip into a Not to be confused with the Robert John tune, this blues/rock bass and lead guitar attack this on unique sexy, smoldering R&B groove, with the Rhodes sisters debut from Collins is a sprightly pop number that builds rock/dancer from the LP. “Max” R&B-influenced backup stepping out front to strut their hot vocals with excellent to a peppy beat with a mix of bright rhythms, strong sax chorus and the infectious beat could easily spell B/C rhythm support and smokey sax. A dancer, this deserves work and understated electronic orchestration. In the crossover for this multi-format choice. B/C. pop support. pop. A/C pocket. 22 Cash Box/June 21. 1980 ( " . I 'a _ R/1DO A\R PMY WGH’s Canada StressesGood A PIECE OF A DIFFERENT PIE — WHAS/Louisville air personality Gary Burbank has recorded one of the most timely novelty records ever with a song called “Who Shot Mix Of Music, Talk And News J.R.?" Burbank's fast thinking is already capitalizing on Dallas fans' curiosity over that by Mark Albert point. Ovation Records has released “Who Shot J.R.?" simultaneously in the U.S., LOS ANGELES — Providing a diversified Canada and the U.K. According to an article in London's Daily Mirror, a London radio fare with a good balance between bookmaker is currently holding 100.000 pounds of bets on whether J.R. will survive un- music, news and features, WGH/Norfolk, til next season . . . WMAL/Washington D C. sportscaster Johnny Holliday will be Va. serves its community with one of the moonlighting at the Harlequin Dinner Theatre in Rockville, Md. through July 20. Holli- most unique formats in the nation. Ranging day is appearing there as the leprechaun “Og" in the musical Finian's Rainbow. It is from features like its recent on-board inter- Holliday’s eighth appearance at the club, previously starring in How To Succeed In views conducted on the U.S. Navy aircraft Business, The Odd Couple, and The Music Man. . . . KHJ/Los Angeles morning man carrier Nimitz upon its return from the In- Rick Dees, who scored major success with his "Disco Duck" a few years ago. is at it dian Ocean to unusual and personal talk again. This time around. Dees has recorded a 45-second tune, appropriately entitled programs to daily updated playlists, WGH "Disco Brief." That says it all. The flip side is a 'cover' of The Big Bopper's classic, has found a balance unique to radio — “Chantilly Lace." Dees' record is available on Mushroom Records. combining the best of Top 40, talk and news MORE J.R. BROUHAHA — WRQX/Washington D.C. has come up with a promotion to magazine formats. determine who the culprit is who shot J.R. Ewing. Listeners have been asked to send in "We offer something for everybody at their guesses, and after the fall series has run. 25 of the correct entrants, drawn at ran- WGH,” says program manager Bob dom, will win a dinner at J.R. 's Steak house in suburban Virginia. The grand prize for the

Canada. "When I first came here in 1976, 26th card drawn will be a $2,000 television. Why don't radio stations give away top notch the station was committed to ‘more music' Bob Canada tuners, receivers and stereos instead? and promotions; but the Tidewater com- ter, WGH was the only station in the nation S PEAKING OF UPPER DEMOS — WABC/New York, honored its first "Honorary DJ," munities offer a very diverse and atypical to broadcast live interiews and reports with Sister Reader Wright, who is 105 years old. Sister Wright was interviewed on the air by audience. the sailors and others on board. The only Bill Bertenshaw. host of WABC's weekly public affairs program, Celebration. “In the first place, you have the world’s others allowed to greet the Nimitz at sea CONVENTIONS ON THE HORIZON — That wild and crazy Bobby Poe is all set for another Seminar/Awards Ban- largest naval installation here, and because were President Carter and his entourage. of that, thousands of Navy wives. You have “We had promoted the return of the quet/Bash on June 19-21 at the a large college community, and you also Nimitz for a month, and we also promoted Sheraton National Motor Hotel in have the Virginia Beach set, along with the fact that we would be there on board Arlington, Va . . The Fourth Annual many other businesses." broadcasting from the ship as we neared Central States Radio Conference has WGH's acknowledgement of the naval port," Canada explained. “Wives of some of

. been scheduled for July 18-19 in community was most apparent with its the men sent me letters and asked me to Kansas City, Mo. HITBOUNDS AND EXTRAS — The coverage on board the Nimitz, returning to please deliver them to their husbands." Norfolk after an eight-month stint in the In- Among the letters and messages FCC has granted two T renton radio sta- dian Ocean during much of the recent crisis Canada carried on board were approx- tions the same call letters, WKXW. For- following the aborted attempt to rescue the imately a dozen notifications of new sons merly WBUD and WTRT, WKXW-FM is American hostages in Iran. The strikeforce and daughters for the sailors. a 50.000 watt station now programming reportedly took off from the Nimitz. "Any program director needs to be adult contemporary, while the AM is KNX-FM HAS A LITTLE RHYTHM — While The return of the Nimitz with Battle Group creative," Canada said. “The problem that duplicating the FM fanfare until comple- in Los Angeles recently, A&M recording ar- Six was a major event in theTidewater area, PDs suffer from today is that too many station of new studios and the installation tist AH Thomson (center) stopped by KNX- with over 30,000 people waiting to welcome tions' management does not give them a of a new transmitter ... As of June 6, FM to do an on-air interview with program the men home. Canada and his engineer free hand. When that happens, people WTIC-FM/Hartford, increased exactly director Michael Sheehy (I). Also pictured is were flown 60 miles out into the Atlantic to become discouraged and withdraw into an LP's worth of power. That is to say, Brad Cramer, A&M local southern Califor- meettheship, and, with a 100 watt transmit- themselves. (continued on page 42) the station has increased power 33 nia promotion manager. 1/3% to 20.000 watts at 810 feet. That is FCC Petitions Supreme Court To equal to 50,000 watts at 500 feet. At any rate, the increased power will put an even greater signal into the New Haven and Springfield cities, as well as the Connecticut Reverse Intervention Ruling coast. Appelate STATION TO STATION — "Rock 'n' Row" was the cry as 84 listeners, promotion peo- by Mark Albert added that the Communications Act does ple and WDHA/Dover, N.J. personnel played Deliverance for a day. The station, led not require regulation of entertainment for- by LOS ANGELES — The Federal Com- vice president and general manager Bob Linder, spent an entire day canoeing on the mats by the FCC and that First Amendment munications Commission (FCC) has Delaware rapids. Sporting WDHA T-shirts and life jackets were Philip Page of Virgin, considerations militates against the regula- petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Johnny Belliveau of RSO. Steve Greenberg from Mercury, Cindy from RCA and Steve tion of formats. an appellate court decision that would force Leeds, independent promotion . . . Congratulations to KENR/Houston’s “Buffalo" Bill The contention of the NAB, NRBA, the Commission to involve itself in radio Bailey, who recently celebrated his 20th year on Houston radio ... At the Metromedia and the networks is that the program format changes. WRVQ/Richmond “Bike Ride 1980" event that was staged to raise money for the St. courts are ignoring “important statutory Actions supporting the FCC stance were Jude Children's Research Hospital, Ann Wilson of Heart was the honorary chairperson. and constitutional restraints on govern- taken last week (June 9) by the National WRVQ personality John Lyle co-hosted . . . WPEZ/Pittsburgh recently aired the March ment intrusion into broadcast programm- Association of Broadcasters (NAB); the of Dimes Superwalk live from Point State Park. Joining the PEZ people for the cause ing.” ABC, CBS and NBC networks; Metromedia was MCA recording artist Rupert Holmes. PEZ personalities who participated were The WNCN Listeners Guild (which is not and the National Radio Broadcasters Assn. John DeBella, Jane Clark, Herb Crowe, Pam Godfrey, Kelly Randall, Jim Merkel and affiliated with WNCN/New York) was for- (NRBA), who also filed briefs with the Bill Jeffries . . . Bay Area record stores are competing with each other to see who can med in 1974 by angry listeners who op- Supreme Court get the best display together of the new KSJO/San Jose logo. Prizes include trips to posed Starr Broadcasting's change of The FCC has maintained thatthe market- Hawaii and Lake Tahoe. WNCN’s classical format to progressive place forces and broadcaster discretion NETWORK NEWS — Darryl Brown has been named director of the ABC FM Network. rock. According to WNCN program direc- should determine format changes. Other He was previously manager of special projects for the entire network . . . Nine more sta- tor Matt Biberfeld. thousands of letters groups have argued that when the preser- tions have joined the ABC Radio Network, making 61 affiliate additions that havejoined were sent to the FCC demanding that the vation of a “unique format" is threatened, since January 1980. The latest additions include KMJC/San Diego, WMAK-AM & agency move in and reinstate the classical then the FCC should intercede and FM/Nashville. and for WHHY-FM/Montgomery the Contemporary Network; KEZX- format as it was ‘unique' in that market. preserve the format. FM/Seattle and KLOM/Lompoc for the Entertainment Network; KBUZ/Arkansas City. There was and still is more than one The current case marked FCC and the Kan. for the FM Network; KELI/Tulsa. KNOW/Austin, and WPCF/Panama City for the classical station in New York and the FCC United States vs. WNCN Listeners Guild Information Network . . . maintained that it was still up to the market- does not involve one station or one format. NEW JOBS — Jim Kime. vice president and general manager at KYA/San Francisco, place forces to govern format changes. The principle question is whether or not it is has been named vice president, radio, for King Broadcasting. Kime will be in charge of In June, 1976, Starr Broadcasting sold the FCC’s responsibility to intervene and all King radio properties, including KING-AM & FM/Seattle; KGW and KINK in Por- WNCN to GAF Corp. which reverted back to tland; preserve a format if it is considered to be KREM/Spokane, KYA-AM & FM/San Francisco and WRTH-AM/St. Louis . . . the station's classical format without FCC “unique" in that market. Tom Barsanti was named operations manager of FM/Hartford. Barsanti WTIC-AM & intervention. Biberfeld added that 1 979 was

replaces Clark, . . . Jay who recently moved to WABC as operations manager Phil Unique Format’ the first year that the station has shown a

Kouwe . . . was named operations manager at KUXL/Minneapolis Jack Nantais was "If a so-called ‘unique format' is at stake, profit.

general sales . . . named manager at WARO/Pittsburgh John Murray has become the decision to change or preserve that for- Saylor said that the Supreme Court isn't

operations manager at KCNW/Kansas City . . . Congratulations to Mark "Sure I'm a mat should still be left to the licensee," likely to review the case until the late fall. A Steelers fan" Fritzges on becoming assistant at WPEZ/Pittsburgh. will PD Fritzges also stated Dave Saylor, Deputy of General final decision may not be forthcoming until

maintain his duties director for . . . as music PD Rob Sisco Dan Smigrod. formerly of Council of the Broadcast Bureau. Saylor 1981. WKIX/WYYD/Raleigh. N.C., is available immediately. He can be reached at WKIX at

(919) 851-2711 or at home (919) 847-1769 . . . Dick Sennessy has become the new MD at WFIL/Philadelphia. replacing Gerry DeFrancisco . . . Kevin Broadbin is the new full POP POTENTIAL all CROSSOVER time nighter at WICC/Bridgeport. Broadbin also has a Sunday night show featuring

a “Beatles Bash” from 6-7 p.m. . . . DJ line-up at KLIV/San Jose includes new morning Love The World Away — Kenny Rogers — United Artists

man Al Viso from 6-1 0 a. m.; Steve O'Neil from 1 0 a.m.-3 p.m.; MD Ken Anthony from 3- That Lovin' You Feelin' Again — Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris — Warner Bros. 7 p.m.; Carolyn Lozano from 7 p.m. midnight; and Kevin Manna from midnight-6 a.m. Drivin' My Life Away — Eddie Rabbitt — Elektra mark albert

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• • TO HEAVEN • ARISTA 25 AMBROSIA • ONE EIGHTY • WARNER BROS. 134 STANLEY CLARKE • ROCKS, PEBBLES AND SAND 23 GRATEFUL DEAD GO 10 ADDS: None. HOTS: KNX, WCCC, WIBZ, KZAM, KEZY, EPIC ADDS: None. HOTS: KSHE, KWST, KRST. WJKL, KYTX. KOME, WIOQ, WLAV, WWWM, MEDIUMS: WMMS, KBPI, ADDS: KSHE, WJKL, KLOL, WLAV. WBLM, KSJO, WBAB KNCN, WLAV, WBLM, WIOQ. WAAF, KINK, WNEW. WBAB, KNCN, WKDF PREFERRED TRACKS: Biggest HOTS: None. MEDIUMS: KZEL, WIOQ, WLVQ, WWWM, KZOK, WGRQ, WTKX, WAAL. KOME, WBCN, WHFS. Part, Hard Place SALES: Good in West, moderate in all WABX. PREFERRED TRACKS: Open. SALES: Moderate WORJ, WCCC, WIBZ, WLIR, WMMS, WOUR, KBPI others. to good in all regions. KREM. WRNW, KZAM, KEZY, WBAB MEDIUMS: WABX KZEW. WKDF. WWWM, WLVQ, WKLS, KROQ, WSHE 1 * PREFERRED TRACKS: Alabama. Sailor, Stranger. Easel 107 ANGEL CITY • FACE TO FACE • EPIC 74 THE CLASH • LONDON CALLING • EPIC Me. SALES: Good in all regions: best in the West. ADDS: None. HOTS: KROQ, KZOK, KSJO, WLVQ ADDS: None. HOTS: WBCN, WLIR, WCOZ, KROQ, j MEDIUMS: KREM, KOME PREFERRED TRACKS: WNEW, KNAC, WJKL MEDIUMS: WMMS, KSJO, KNCN. Marseilles, Long Live, Your Face. SALES: Moderate in PREFERRED TRACKS: Train In Vain, Title. SALES: 117 SAMMY HAGAR • DANGER ZONE • CAPITOL West and Midwest. Moderate in East, West and Midwest. ADDS: WABX, WWWM. HOTS: KSHE, KZEL. KEZY WSHE, KOME. KZOK. KSJO, KYTX, KRST. MEDIUMS

• • WCCC, WMMS, KREM. KROQ. WAAF, WLAV, KNCN 62 JOAN ARMATRADING ME MYSELF I A&M 45 ALICE COOPER • FLUSH THE FASHION • WARNER ADDS: KSHE, KZAM. HOTS: WBCN. WHFS, KZEL, BROS. WYFE, KWST PREFERRED TRACKS: Open. SALES in West Midwest. WRNW, WIOQ. KNCN, WJKL. MEDIUMS: KREM, WSHE. ADDS: None. HOTS: WABX, WYFE, KZEW, KYTX, WBCN, Breakouts and WALL, WTKX, KINK, WAAF, WBLM PREFERRED WHFS, WCCC, KROQ, WBAB, KOME, WGRQ, WAAF, TRACKS: Title. SALES: Good in West and East: moderate KNAC, WLVQ, WLAV MEDIUMS: KMEL, KWST, WKDF. — JOHN HIATT • TWO BIT MONSTERS • MCA in others. KNCN, WWWM, KLOL, WOUR, KREM, WCOZ, WSHE. ADDS: WJKL, WNEW, WRNW. WOUR. WHFS. WBCN WAAL, WTKX, KSJO. PREFERRED TRACKS: Clones, HOTS: None MEDIUMS:None PREFERRED TRACKS 172 RUSS BALLARD • BARNET DOGS • EPIC Model Dance. SALES: Good to moderate in all regions. Open. SALES: None. ADDS: N one. HOTS: KBPI, KZEL, KREM, WWWM MEDIUMS: WCCC, WSHE, WBAB, KZOK, KSJO. — HUMBLE PIE • ON TO VICTORY • ATCO PREFERRED TRACKS: Rebound. SALES: Fair in West — D.B. COOPER • BUY AMERICAN • WARNER BROS. ADDS: None HOTS: KZOK. KZEW. WYFE MEDIUMS* and South. ADDS: None. HOTS: KZOK. MEDIUMS: KREM, WSHE, WMMS. KOME, KNCN. PREFERRED TRACKS: Fool WGRQ, WLVQ, KYTX, WJKL PREFERRED TRACKS: SALES: None. 53 BLACK SABBATH • HEAVEN AND HELL • WARNER Open. SALES: Breakouts in West, South and Midwest. BROS. 95 IAN HUNTER* WELCOME TO THE CLUB ‘CHRYSALIS ADDS: None. HOTS: WORJ, WCCC, WSHE, WBAB, 65 DEF LEPPARD • ON THROUGH THE NIGHT • ADDS: N one HOTS: WOUR. WCOZ, WYFE. WABX, WGRQ, WLVQ, KLOL, KYTX, WYFE. MEDIUMS: WMMS, MERCURY MEDIUMS: WMMS. KREM. KROQ. KOME. WAAL. WYDD; KROQ, KOME, KZOK, WAAF, KSJO, KNCN, WKDF, ADDS: None. HOTS: WCCC, WMMS, WBAB. KOME. WGRQ. WNEW, KSJO, WWWM. PREFERRED TRACKS

KWST PREFERRED TRACKS: Lady Evil, Title, Lonely. KSJO, WBLM. KNCN, WYFE MEDIUMS: WIBZ, WSHE, Out Of Here, Young Dudes, Cleveland SALES: Fair ir SALES: Good in all regions: strongest in West and WYDD, WGRQ, KZOK, WLAV. WWWM, KRST, KWST, West and Midwest. Midwest. WABX. PREFERRED TRACKS: Rock Brigade. SALES:

Good in all regions: best in the West. INTERVIEW • VIRGIN/ATLANTIC 90 BLACKFOOT • TOMCATTIN’ • ATCO ADDS: N one HOTS: WBCN. MEDIUMS: WOUR, KZEL ADDS: WTKX, KROQ, KREM. HOTS: WABX, WKDF. KINK. Gift. 69 DEVO • FREEDOM OF CHOICE • WARNER BROS, WRNW, PREFERRED TRACKS: People KNCN, WORJ, WCCC, WKLS, WIBZ, KBPI, KZEL, WSHE. ADDS: WAAF, KOME HOTS: WBCN. WHFS. KROQ. Borders. SALES: None MEDIUMS: KWST, WYFE, KYTX, WWWM, WLIR. WMMS, KSJO, KNAC. MEDIUMS: KZEL. WBLM, KLOL, WJKL. WBAB, WYDD, WGRQ, KZOK, WAAF, WBLM, WLVQ, PREFERRED TRACKS: Title, Whippets. SALES: Good in IRON CITY HOUSEROCKERS • HAVE A GOOD TIME WLAV, KLOL. PREFERRED TRACKS: Open. SALES: all regions. (BUT GET OUT ALIVE) • MCA Major breakouts in all regions. ADDS: KRST. WJKL, KLOL. WLAV. WBLM, KREM. WLIR 180 FIREFALL • UNDERTOW • ATLANTIC WCCC, WORJ. HOTS: WYDD. MEDIUMS: KZEL, KZOK >#3 MOST ADDED' ADDS: None. HOTS: WIBZ, KZAM, WTKX, KINK, WAAF, WWWM PREFERRED TRACKS: Open SALES WIOQ. MEDIUMS: WCCC, WKLS, KBPI. KREM, KEZY, Breakouts in East and Midwest. — THE BLUES BROTHERS • ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WBAB, KNCN, KRST, KZEW. PREFERRED TRACKS: ATLANTIC Headed. Title. SALES: Fair in all regions. — THE JAGS • EVENING STANDARDS • ISLAND ADDS: WABX, KWST, KYTX. ADDS: None. HOTS: WRNW, WTKX, WABX. MEDIUMS KNCN, WWWM, WLAV, WLVQ, KREM, WSHE. WBAB, KOME, WAAL, WGRQ. WNEW WBLM, KSJO, WIOQ, WAAF, KSJO, WLVQ. PREFERRED TRACKS: Back Of My Hand 137 FLASH AND THE PAN • LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT • EPIC WNEW, KZOK, WYDD, WBAB, SALES: Fair in East. one. HOTS: WAAF. WCOZ, WRNW, KZEL, WOUR, ADDS: N KREM, WRNW, KROQ, WMMS, WIBZ, WKLS, WCCC, MEDIUMS: WCOZ, WBAB, KOME, WAAL. WGRQ, KZOK, — JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS • SCREAMING TARGETS WHFS, WLIR, KROQ. KLOL, KSJO, WBLM, KNAC, WJKL, KZEW, WYFE. PREFERRED TRACKS: Media Man, Universe. SALES: Moderate in COLUMBIA K M EL. HOTS: WLAV, WLIR, ADDS: WABX, KNAC. HOTS: WHFS. MEDIUMS: WOUF KROQ, KLOL, WYFE, KMEL. East. MEDIUMS: WNEW, WKDF. KZEL, WRNW, WAAF, WBLM, KYTX, WJKL. PREFERRE! TRACKS: Hit And Run, Close To The Bone. SALES: None PREFERRED TRACKS: Gimme 105 FOGHAT • TIGHT SHOES • BEARSVILLE Some Lovin' SALES: Breakouts ADDS: WJKL, KNCN, WAAL, KOME, WLIR. WIBZ, WORJ. 20 ELTON JOHN • 21 AT 33 • MCA in West and South. HOTS: KZEL. WGRQ, KYTX MEDIUMS: KWST. WCCC, WCOZ, KROQ, WSHE. WBAB, WTKX, KZOK, WAAF, ADDS: WKLS. HOTS: KNCN. KNX, WCCC, WIBZ, WRN KSJO, WLVQ, WLAV. KLOL, WKDF, KZEW, WYFE KZAM, KEZY, WTKX, KINK. WAAF, WIOQ, WWWM 148 ROCKY BURNETTE • THE SON OF ROCK AND ROLL • \ PREFERRED TRACKS: Open SALES: Strong breakouts MEDIUMS: KSHE, WKDF. KYTX, KREM, WSHE. KOME EMI-AMERICA in all regions. KZOK. WBLM. KLOL PREFERRED TRACKS: Littl ADDS: KSHE, WYFE. KNCN, KSJO, KZEL. HOTS: WBCN. Jeannie. SALES: Good in all regions. WMMS, WCOZ, WNEW, WAAF. MEDIUMS: WCCC, WRNW, WAAL, KZOK, WBLM, WWWM. PREFERRED TRACKS: Toein’ The Line SALES: Breakouts in East, 79 PETER GABRIEL • MERCURY *#5 MOST ACTIVE and Midwest. West ADDS: KYTX, KNCN, WAAF, KOME HOTS: WBCN, WIBZ, WLIR, WOUR. WRNW, KROQ. WLAV. MEDIUMS: 1 BILLY JOEL • GLASS HOUSES • COLUMBIA CATS • ELEKTRA WCOZ, WGRQ. KSJO, WBLM, KNAC, WWWM. ADDS: None. HOTS: KM El " ADDS: KSHE, WDKF, KYTX, WGRQ, WLIR, WBCN. HOTS: PREFERRED TRACKS: Frontiers, Intruder. SALES: Good KWST, WYFE. WKDF, KYT) None MEDIUMS: WOUR, WAAL, WAAF. PREFERRED in all regions. KNCN, WWWM. WLAV, WBLk TRACKS: Open. SALES: Breakouts in East WIOQ, WAAF, KINK, KZOh WCCC, WIBZ, WLIR, WMM! 37 THE J. GEILS BAND • LOVE STINKS • EMI-AMERICA 97 CHEAP TRICK • FOUND ALL THE PARTS • EPIC (10”) ADDS: None. HOTS: WBCN. WLIR, WMMS, WCOZ, KBPI, WRNW, KEZY, WSHI ADDS: None. HOTS: WYFE, KRST, KYTX, KNCN, WCCC, WYDD, WAAF, WLVQ, WLAV, WWWM, WABX. WBAB-, KOME, WAAL. WTK WKLS, WIBZ, WCOZ, KROQ, WSHE, WBAB, WGRQ, MEDIUMS: KROQ, WNEW, WBLM. PREFERRED WYDD, WGRQ. MEDIUMS KSHE. KRST, KLOL, WNEV KZOK, WAAF, WBLM, WLVQ. MEDIUMS: KMEL, WKDF, TRACKS: Title. SALES: Moderate in all regions: lair in PREFERRE KREM, 'KOME, WNEW, KLOL, WWWM PREFERRED South. KREM, KZAM. TRACKS: Day Tripper. SALES: Major breakouts in all TRACKS: Rock And Roll. B regions. Right, Fantasy, Leyna. SALE Good in all regions: strongest in East. MOST ACTIVE i#3 MOST ACTIVE i I*

• 4 ERIC CLAPTON JUST ONE NIGHT RSO 14 GENESIS • DUKE • ATLANTIC 26 JOURNEY • DEPARTURE • COLUMBIA smmsa ADDS: None. HOTS: KSHE, ADDS: None. HOTS: KSHE, ADDS: None. HOTS: KWST, WYFE, WORJ, WKLS, WIBI IKWST, KRST, WKDF, KYTX, KWST, WYFE, KZEW. WJKL, WMMS, KREM, KOME, WYDD, WGRQ, KSJO. WLA': KNCN, WWWM, KLOL, WLAV, KYTX, WWWM. KLOL. WLAV. WWWM. KNCN, WKDF. MEDIUMS: KMEL, KZEW, KEZ'| KINK, KSJO, WLVQ, WBLM, KSJO, WLVQ, KNAC, WBLM. KROQ, WTKX, WIOQ. PREFERRED TRACKS: Lady, Lir KZOK, WGRQ, WHFS, WORJ, KZOK, WGRQ, WIOQ, WAAF, Of Fire. SALES: Good in all regions: moderate in East. WCCC, WIBZ, WOUR, KREM, WYDD, WTKX. WBCN, WORJ, WRNW, WCOZ, KROQ, WSHE. WCCC, WIBZ, WLIR. WMMS. 35 JUDAS PRIEST • BRITISH STEEL • COLUMBIA WBAB, KOME, WMMS, WAAL, WOUR, KBPI, KREM, WRNW. ADDS: None. HOTS: WYFE, KYTX, KNCN, WWWf WYDD. MEDIUMS: KMEL, WJKL, KEZY, KROQ. WSHE, WBAB, WSHE, WBAB, WGRQ, KZOK, KSJO, WLVQ, KLO WLIR, KBPI, KEZY. PREFERRED WAAL MEDIUMS: WABX, KMEL, MEDIUMS: WABX, WKDF, WCCC, WLIR, WMMS, WOUI TRACKS: Cocaine, Tulsa Time, WKDF, KNCN, WKLS, WCOZ, KREM, KOME, WYDD, WAAF, WLAV. PREFERRE iBIues Power, After Midnight, KOME PREFERRED TRACKS: TRACKS: After Midnight. SALES: Good in all region Sally. SALES: Good in all regions. moderate in East. A M ROCK/4LBUM PROGRAM

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CAROLE KING • PEARLS: SONGS OF GOFFIN AND WCOZ, WSHE, WBAB, KOME, WAAL. MEDIUMS: WABZ, — SNIFF ‘N’ THE TEARS • THE GAME'S UP • ATLANTIC KING • CAPITOL KWST, KZEW, KYTX, KNCN, KLOL. WLAV. WLVQ, WAAF. ADDS: WJKL, WBLM, KZOK, WBAB, KZEL. WLIR. KNX. ADDS: None. HOTS: KZAM, KEZY, WIOQ. KNCN KZOK. WYDD. WCCC, WIBZ. WLIR, WMMS, WOUR. HOTS: None. MEDIUMS: KZEW PREFERRED TRACKS: MEDIUMS: WBAB, KINK. WJKL PREFERRED TRACKS: WTKX. PREFERRED TRACKS: Stupefaction, Endless Title SALES: None. One Fine Day. SALES: Breakouts in all regions. Night. Sidewalk, Another Heart. SALES: Good in all THE • regions. 102 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & ASBURY JUKES LOVE i#l MOST/IDDED IS A SACRIFICE • MERCURY 42 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS • DAMN THE ADDS: KYTX. KLOL. WGRQ, WKLS. HOTS: WHFS, WIBZ. KINKS • • ARISTA THE ONE FOR THE ROAD TORPEDOES • BACKSTREET/MCA WLIR. WMMS, KZEL, WRNW, WNEW. WWWM. ADDS: WABX, KMEL, KWST. ADDS: None. HOTS: WIBZ, WMMS, WCOZ. KSJO, MEDIUMS: WCCC. KREM, KEZY. WBAB. KOME. WAAL, WYFE. KRST. WJKL. KYTX, WBLM. WWWM. MEDIUMS: WLIR PREFERRED KZOK. WAAF, WBLM, WLAV. PREFERRED TRACKS: KNCN, KLOL. WLVQ. WWWM. TRACKS: Girl, Refugee. SALES: Moderate in all regions. Open. SALES: Good to moderate in all regions. KNAC, WBLM. WIOQ. WAAF. KZOK, WGRQ, WYDD, WTKX, 3 PINK FLOYD • THE WALL • COLUMBIA 142 SPIDER • DREAMLAND/RSO WAAL, KOME. WSHE, KROQ. ADDS: NONE# HOTS: KWST, KZEW, WBCN, WLIR. ADDS: None. HOTS: KBPI, WGRQ, WAAF, KSHE KEZY. WCOZ. WRNW, KREM. WMMS, WOUR, WCOZ, KROQ, KOME, KSLO, WBLM. MEDIUMS: KREM. KROQ. WBAB. KOME. WAAL, WNEW, WWWM, WKDF MEDIUMS: KSHE, WIBZ, KREM, KEZY, WLVQ, WLAV, KMEL PREFERRED KBPI . WOUR. WMMS. WLIR. WBLM, WWWM. WIBZ, WKLS. WCCC, WORJ WBAB. KINK PREFERRED TRACKS: Run, Brick Pt. 2, TRACKS: New Romance. SALES: Fair in West and WHFS. WBCN. WNEW. KSJO. Numb. Young Lust. SALES: Good in all regions Midwest. HOTS: WRNW, WLIR. WBCN. 99 PRETENDERS • WARNER BROS. 91 SQUEEZE • ARGYBARGY • A&M WNEW. MEDIUMS: KLOL. KSJO. ADDS: None. HOTS: KNX. WLIR. WRNW. WBAB. WAAL. ADDS: WMMS. HOTS: WLIR, WRNW, WBAB, WJKL. tEFERRED TRACKS: Lola. Sobbing, 20th Century. SALES: MEDIUMS: WCCC, WIBZ. KEZY, KOME, WYDD, KINK, MEDIUMS: WOUR, WCOZ. KOME, WGRQ, WNEW. i me. WIOQ. WBLM. KLOL, KYTX. WJKL. PREFERRED PREFERRED TRACKS: Mussels, Separate Beds, Nail. SALES: Good in all regions. SALES: Moderate in East.

• - KROKUS • METAL RENDEZ-VOUS • ARIOLA/ARIST 21 POINT BLANK THE HARD WAY • MCA 152 BILLY SQUIER • THE TALE OF THE TAPE • CAPITOL ADDS: KZOK HOTS: None MEDIUMS: WSHE. WGRQ ADDS: None. HOTS: KWST. WJKL, WWWM, WLVQ. ADDS: None. HOTS: WRNW, WBAB. WTKX. MEDIUMS: KSJO. WLVQ, WWWM PREFERRED TRACKS: Open. WBCN, WLIR, WMMS, WOUR, WCOZ. KROQ, WSHE. KBPI, KROQ, WSHE, KOME, WAAF, WWWM, KYTX, SALES: Breakouts in West and Midwest. KOME. WYDD, WNEW. KSJO. KNAC. MEDIUMS: KMEL, WKDF. WABX. PREFERRED TRACKS: Open SALES: KLOL. WCCC, WIBZ. KREM, WBAB PREFERRED Fair in West. Midwest and South. 7 ROBIN LAND & THE CHARTBUSTERS • WARNER TRACKS: Sobbing. Brass. Kid. Mystery, The Wait. • BROS. SALES: Good in all regions: moderate in South 124 BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY • PRESSURE POLYDOR ADDS: None HOTS: WBCN. WMMS, WOUR. WCOZ. ADDS: None HOTS: WRNW. KSJO. MEDIUMS: WCCC. ‘UNITED WAAF, WBLM, WJKL MEDIUMS: WCCC, WLIR 167 GERRY RAFFERTY ‘SNAKES AND LADDERS WOUR, KEZY, KROQ, WBAB, KOME, WAAL, WGRQ. ARTISTS PREFERRED TRACKS: Open. SALES: Moderate in East. WLVQ. KYTX, WJKL. KWST. PREFERRED TRACKS: ADDS: KZEL, WKLS. HOTS: KNX, KZAM. KINK, WWWM, Dance. Title. SALES: None. - PHILIP LYNOTT • SOLO IN SOHO • WARNER BROS. KZEW MEDIUMS: KEZY, WBAB, KNCN, KYTX. ADDS: None. HOTS: WBCN. WCCC, KSJO MEDIUMS: PREFERRED TRACKS: Open SALES: Moderate 93 TOMMY TUTONE • COLUMBIA WOUR, KZEL. WSHE. KOME. WAAF. WIOQ. WLAV breakouts in all regions. ADDS: None. HOTS: KZEW, KYTX, WHFS, KROQ, WSHE, PREFERRED TRACKS: King's Call SALES: None WBAB, WGRQ, KNAC, WWWM. MEDIUMS: KMEL, — • • BROS. ROADIE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WARNER KWST, WYFE. KNCN, WKLS, KBPI. KREM, KOME, KZOK, 14 BENNY MARDONES • NEVER RUN NEVER HIDE • ADDS: WBLM, WIBZ. HOTS: WABX. WYFE, KZEW, KYTX, WAAF, KSJO, WBLM, WLVQ, KLOL. PREFERRED POLYDOR WCCC, WKLS, KROQ, WSHE, WBAB, WGRQ. WLVQ. TRACKS: Angel, Backseat, Cheap Date. SALES: ADDS: None. HOTS: WWWM. MEDIUMS: WLIR, WMMS. WLAV, MEDIUMS: WMMS. WOUR. WRNW, KEZY, KNCN Moderate in West. Midwest and South. WSHE, KOME, WAAL. WGRQ. KZOK, KSJO. KYTX. KOME. WAAL. KZOK, KLOL. PREFERRED TRACKS: PREFERRED TRACKS: Into The Night SALES: Everything Works. SALES: Moderate breakouts in all Breakouts in East. West and Midwest. regions. *1 MOST ACTIVE

9 DAVE MASON • OLD CREST ON A NEW WAVE • 10 LINDA RONSTADT • MAD LOVE • ASYLUM 9 PETE TOWNSHEND • EMPTY GLASS • ATCO COLUMBIA ADDS: None. HOTS: WIBZ. WMMS. KZAM, KEZY, KOME, Pj| ADDS: None. HOTS: WABX. ADDS: KZAM, KREM. HOTS: WLIR. WRNW. KINK. KSHE WIOQ. KNCN, MEDIUMS: WBAB. KRST. WTKX, KWST KSHE. KMEL. KWST, WYFE. MEDIUMS: WCCC. KEZY. WBAB, KOME. WTKZ. KZOK. PREFERRED TRACKS: Hurst. WNEW. KZEW, KSHE KZEW. KRST, KYTX, KNCN, KLOL, KNCN. KYTX, WKDF, KRST, WABX. PREFERRED Talk. Title SALES: in all regions. Girls Moderate WWWM. KLOL, WLAV, WLVQ. TRACKS: Ttitle, Paralyzed. SALES: Good in all regions. a #2 MOST/IDDEDi KNAC. WBLM. KSLO, WIOQ. 5 paul McCartney • McCartney ii • Columbia WAAF, WNEW, KZOK, WGRQ, ADDS: KSJO, KZOK. HOTS: WYFE, WKDF, KYTX. KNCN. — ROXY MUSIC • FLESH AND BLOOD • ATCO WYDD, WTKX, WAAL, KOME, KZAM, KEZY, WSHE, WBAB. WAAL. WTKX, WNEW. ADDS: WABX. KWST. WJKL. WBCN, WHFS, KNX. WORJ, KINK. WIOQ. WWWM MEDIUMS: KZEW. WLIR. WMMS. WKDF. KNCN, WWWM, KLOL. WCCC, WKLS, WIBZ, WLIR. KOME. WGRQ, KLOL, PREFERRED TRACKS: Coming KNAC. WBLM, WAAF. KINK. WMMS. WOUR. KBPI, KZEL. Up, Waterfall. SALES: Good in all regions. KZOK, WYDD, WAAL. WBAB. KREM. WRNW, WCOZ, KEZY. WSHE. KROQ. KEZY. WCOZ. WSHE, WBAB. MEDIUMS: - FRANKIE MILLER • EASY MONEY • CHRYSALIS WRNW, WOUR, WMMS, WLIR. WJKL, KINK. PREFERRED TRACKS: Rough Boys, Let My Love, ADDS: WBLM. KOME, WBCN. HOTS: WHFS. MEDIUMS: WIBZ. WCCC, WHFS, WBCN, Get Ya, Jools. SALES: Good in all regions. 1 KZOK, WIOQ PREFERRED TRACKS: Open. SALES: WNEW. KSLO, WLAV. HOTS: None. WBCN. WLAV. MEDIUMS: WLAV PREFERRED WNEW, 27 URBAN COWBOY • ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK • FULL i#5 MOST /DDED TRACKS: Eight Miles, Midnight MOON/ASYLUM Hour. SALES: None. ADDS: None HOTS: KMEL, KWST, WYFE, KZEW. KRST, THE MOTELS • CAREFUL • CAPITOL KYTX, KNCN, WWWM. WLAV, WLVQ, WBLM, WIOQ, ADDS: KWST, KRST, WKDF. WORJ, WCCC, WIBZ. KBPI, KREM. WSHE, WBAB. KNAC, WBLM, WBAB, KROQ. 12 BOZ SCAGGS • MIDDLE MAN • COLUMBIA ADDS: None HOTS: KMEL, KRST, SYTX, KNCN, KOME, WAAL, WGRQ. KZOK, KINK, WAAF, MEDIUMS: WCOZ. KZEL, WCCC, WBCN. WKDF, KLOL, KSJO, WLIR. WMMS. WOUR. KZEL, HOTS: WBCN MEDIUMS: None WWWM. WLAV. WBLM, KNX, WCCC. WIBZ. WMMS, WRNW. KZAM. KEZY, WBAB. KOME. KINK, WIOQ. WCOZ. PREFERRED TRACKS: All Night Long, Nine PREFERRED TRACKS: Open Tonight, Like. SALES: in all regions KBPI, KREM. KZOK. Times Good SALES: None. MEDIUMS: WLVQ, WKLS, WSHE, Title. SALES: PREFERRED TRACKS: Breakdown, Jo Jo, 6 VAN HALEN • WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST • Good in all regions. WARNER BROS. ADDS: None. HOTS: WABX. KWST. WYFE. KZEW. KRST. i#2 MOST ACTIVE i WKDF. KYTX, WWWM, KLOL, WLAV, WLVQ. KSJO. WAAF. KZOK. WGRQ. WBCN, WORJ, WKLS, WIBZ. 2 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND • AGAINST WMMS, WOUR. KREM. WCOZ. KROQ, WSHE, WBAB. THE WIND • CAPITOL KSHE. KMEL, ADDS: None. HOTS: WABX, KOME, WAAL, WYDD. MEDIUMS: WBLM, KSHE, KMEL, KWST. KRST, WCCC, WLIR, KZEL, WTKX. PREFERRED TRACKS: 16 TED NUGENT • SCREAM DREAM • EPIC WJKL, WKDF. KYTX, KNCN. Cradle, Whiskey Home. SALES: Good in all regions. ADDS: HOTS: WYFE. KRST. KYTX, None. WABX, KWST. WWWM, KLOL. WLAV, WLVQ, KNCN. KREM. KOME, WCCC. WKLS. WSHE. WBAB. WBLM, KSJO, WIOQ, WAAF. 11 KZOK, MEDIUMS: KSHE, WGRQ. WAAF, WLVQ. WLAV. KINK. WNEW. KZOK. WGRQ. #4 MOST/1DDED' WWWM. KLOL. WOUR, WTKX. WYDD, KSJO. WBLM. WYDD. WTKX, WAAL, WBCN, PREFERRED TRACKS: Tango, Fles, Title. Wango WCCC, WKLS. WIBZ. WMMS. VOLUNTEER JAM VI • VARIOUS • EPIC SALES: in all regions. Good WOUR. KBPI, KZEL, KREM, ADDS: WKDF. KNCN, WBLM, WNEW, WAAL, WBAB, WRNW. 54 OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS • COLUMBIA WRNW, WCOZ, KEZY, KROQ, KZEL. WOUR, WIBZ, WKLS. ADDS: None. HOTS: WIBZ, WBAB, KYTX, WJKL, KSHE. WSHE, WBAB, KOME. WCCC, WORJ, WLIR. HOTS: MEDIUMS: KBPI, KZAM. KEZY, WSHE, KOME, MEDIUMS: KZAM PREFERRED KNX, WLIR. MEDIUMS: None. WGRQ, KZOK, WWWM, KRST. PREFERRED TRACKS: TRACKS: Horizontal, Her Strut, Title, Lake, Betty. SALES: Good PREFERRED TRACKS: Carol. Take You Tonight. SALES: Moderate in West and in all regions. Funky Junky. SALES: None Midwest.

19 GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR • THE UP — JAMIE SHERIFF • NO HEROES • POLYDOR -

ESCALATOR • ARISTA ADDS: WKDF ! KZOK, WRNW. WLIR, WORJ, WHFS. ADDS: None. HOTS: WYFE, WJKL, KNAC. WBLM, KSJO. HOTS: None MEDIUMS: None. PREFERRED TRACKS: WNEW, WGRQ, WBCN, WHFS, KZEL, KREM, WRNW, Open. SALES: None.

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WEEKS LAST THIS ON WEEK WEEK C CHART 1 1 FUNKYTOWN LIPPS INC. !Y' WOW 23 To 19, WANS 37 To 31, WZZR 24 To 18, WQXI 25 To 21, 94Q 23 To 17, WPGC 15 To 10, Z93 Y103 25 To 22, WAKY 28 To 24, WNDE 22 To 14. 27 To 24. 3 2 COMING UP (LIVE WCUE 34 To 23, KOPA 30 To 26, WTIC-FM Ex To SALES: Good in the Midwest and South. AT GLASGOW) paul McCartney 30, WSEZ 30 To 25, WZUU 18 To 12, KRBE 30 To & WINGS 9 26, WAXY 1 1 To 8. WRKO 1 1 To 7, KSTP Ex To 25.

KSLQ Ex To 28. WRFC 24 To 21 , WOKY 29 To 25, BETTE MIDLER 14 33 41 TRAIN IN VAIN 5 3 THE ROSE KENO Ex To 26, WDRQ Ex To 30, WISM Ex To 30, (STAND BY ME) THE CLASH 1 38 Ex To 28. WHHY 27 To 24. 4 4 CARS GARY NUMAN 19 KEEL To 30, WBBQ KC101 28 To 25, WWKX Ex To 26, KJRBExTo30, 32 42 WONDERING WHERE 2 5 BIGGEST PART OF ME AMBROSIA 12 WBEN-FM 34 To 29. FI 05 14 To 11. 14Q 29 To 23, WTRY 28 To 22, WICC 26 To 23, WSGA 29 To 24. THE LIONS ARE BRUCE COCKBURN 1 7 6 LITTLE JEANNIE ELTON JOHN 8 WSPT 20 To 15. KFMD Ex To 25. WSGN Ex To 30. WFOM 30 To 23, BJ 105 Ex To 39, WPRO-FM 24 To 8 7 STEAL AWAY ROBBIE DUPREE 11 19, JB105 26 To 17, KERN Ex To 28, WQXI 23 To C4SH 12 8 IT’S STILL ROCK AND 20 . SM4SH SALES: Good in the Midwest, starting in the West ROLL TO ME BILLY JOEL 5 59 43 TAKE YOUR TIME and East. (DO IT RIGHT) PART I THE SOS BAND 9 9 AGAINST BOB SEGER 8 THE WIND ADDS: WCUE, WFIL. 41 35 MORE LOVE KIM CARNES 41 WLAC, KSLQ. WPRO-FM 6 10 CALL ME BLONDIE 19 ADDS: KTSA, WKBW-28. WNDE-20, KROY. Z93. WRFC. KEEL. Y100-32. JUMPS: Y103 31 To WHBQ, KSTP. KCPX, Q102-30. WNOE. WGCL- 21. WAYS Ex To 30, Q 105 17 To 8, KRBE 20 To 14 10 11 LOST IN LOVE AIR SUPPLY 20 KHJ 1 2 To 7, WTIX 29 19, 1 To 3 To , 29, WHB-25. JUMPS: WOW 24 To 21, WANS Ex WSGA WFOM 39 To 31, WPGC 30 To 27. WRVQ Ex To 32, WBBQ 16 12 CUPID/I’VE LOVED YOU To 37. WZZR 28 To 22, Y1 03 33 To 28. WAKY 29 To Ex Ex To 25, KTLK Ex To 37, WWKX Ex To 28. WDOQ 23, WGSV 24 To 21 , WCUE Ex To 36, WFIL To FOR A LONG TIME SPINNERS 6 Ex To 36. Ex 18. 25, WAYS 25 To 22, KLEO 32 To 26, WTIC-FM 30 WGCL To SALES: Good in the West and East, moderate in 11 13 IN To 27, WLAC 26 To 21, CKLW Ex To 29. KIMN Ex DON’T FALL LOVE the Midwest and South. WITH A DREAMER KENNY ROGERS To 24. KGW Ex To 28. KRQ 24 To 21 , WZUU Ex To 19, KRBE 25 To 22, WAXY 20 To 17, WRKO 27 To & KIM CARNES 13 22, KSLQ Ex To 29, WRFC 29 To 24, WISM 24 To 51 44 ASHES BY NOW RODNEY CROWELL 1 To 24. Ex To 27. Ex To 15 14 LET’S GET SERIOUS JERMAINE JACKSON 14 7, WKBO 30 WBBQ WHHY ADDS: WTIC-FM, KIMN, KRQ-30, WZUU, KMJK- 28, KDWB 18 To 11. KC 101 23 To 19. KTLK 39 To FM. KJR. WGCL, KJRB, 14Q, WMC-FM. WHB-23. 17 15 SHE’S OUT OF 35, WWKX 29 To 20, KJRB 29 To 25, WBEN-FM 24 JUMPS: WOW 27 To 23, WZZR Ex To 30. WAKY MY LIFE MICHAEL JACKSON 11 To 20, WTIX Ex To 38, WTRY Ex To 25, WICC 29 To 31 To 25. WGSV 8 To 5. KGW Ex To 30. WAXY Ex 24, WSGA 28 To 23, WSPT 25 To 20, WKXX Ex To To 30. WRFC 17 To 11. WOKY Ex To 30. WBBQ 12 14 16 HURT SO BAD LINDA RONSTADT 12 30, WSGN 29 To 26. WFOM 27 To 20. WPRO-FM To 9. WHHY 18 To 15. KC101 30 To 27, WTIX Ex To 25 To 21, JB105 33TO 27, KERN Ex To 24, 94Q 21 28 17 MAGIC OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 5 38, WSGA 25 To 20. WSGN 27 To 20, WQXI 8 To 4. To 18. WPGC Ex To 28, Z93 22 To 19, F105 26 To Z93 25 To 18,

22 . 21 18 LET ME LOVE YOU SALES: Initial response in the South. SALES: Starting in the West and Midwest TONIGHT PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE 37 45 LOVE STINKS J. GEILS BAND 25 19 TIRED OF TOEIN’ 39 36 TWILIGHT ZONE THE LINE ROCKY BURNETTE 7 (A & B) THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER 12 58 46 LOVE THE WORLD AWAY KENNY ROGERS JUMPS: WANS 20 To 17, WCUE 40 To 31, KBEQ ADDS: WCUE-40 92X-25, KOFM. WZUU-18. 13 20 SEXY EYES DR. HOOK 19 Ex To 17, KCPX 27 To 23. KEEL 39 To 34. WGH Ex WDRQ. WNCI. WGH, KJRB. WBEN-FM, JB105- To 26. Y 100 24 To 18, WHHY 19 To 16, KTLK 30 To 32. JUMPS: Ex 21 SHINING MANHATTANS 9 KTSA To 20, WOW 26 To 20. WZZR 26 STAR 16, WTIX 33 To 26, WABC 17 To 14, WPRO-FM 19 18 To 15, WAKY 26 To 22, WGSV 12To 9, WKBW To 15, JB105 8 To 5. 23 22 SHOULD’VE NEVER Ex To 30, WNDE 21 To 1 8, WFIL 23 To 20, KOPA 1 SALES: Good in the East and West, moderate in NEIL & DARA To 8. KLEO 16 To 12, WLAC Ex To 26, Q105 23 To LET YOU GO SEDAKA 13 the South. 20, KIMN Ex To 26, KGW 30 To 25. WSEZ 34 To 30. 18 23 BRASS IN POCKET WRKO 16 To 10, KSTP 20 To 14, WRFC 21 To 17, 52 37 GENESIS (I’M SPECIAL) THE PRETENDERS 18 MISUNDERSTANDING WOKY 23 To 20, WISM 28 To 25, WBBQ 22 To 13, ADDS: WAKY-27, KM JC, WFIL, KOPA, WTIC-FM- KC101 26 To 17. KFI Ex To 30, WWKX Ex To 25. 20 24 RIDE LIKE 29, WLAC, WRKO. WRFC. WBBQ, KDWB-20, KYYX 5 To 3, 14Q 27 To 24, WTRY Ex To 26. WICC KC101-28, KFYE. KYYX, WTIX-36, WTRY. WICC. THE WIND CHRISTOPHER CROSS 20 Ex To 28. WSGA 13 To 9. WSGA-29. WLS-44, JB105-34. WQXI. JUMPS: SALES: Starting in every region. 19 25 STOMP! THE BROTHERS JOHNSON 15 WANS 22 To 17, WZZR Ex To 28, Y103 39 To 34, WKBW 26 To 21, CKLW 25 To 20, KIMN Ex To 29, 49 47 ANSWERING MACHINE RUPERT HOLMES 30 26 I’M ALIVE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 5 KRQ 17 To 9, 27 To 23, 96KX 29 To 24, WCAO ADDS: KFYE-24. WNOE. JUMPS: KLEO 31 To 25. WOKY 20 To 16, KENO 25 To 19, WISM Ex To 29, 22 27 ANOTHER BRICK IN KOFM 28 To 19, WSEZ 32 To 28, WRKO Ex To 29, KBEQ 18 To 14, KCPX 30 To 16, WHHY 24 To 21, KSTP 14 To 8, KCPX 22 To 19, WKBO 26 To 19, THE WALL (PART II) PINK FLOYD 23 WNOE 31 To 25, Ex To 30, KJRB Ex To 29, WWKX KTLK 24 To 21, WTIX 34 To 25, WICC Ex To 29, WBEN-FM 23 To 17, 14Q Ex To 29, WSPT Ex To 29 28 WE LIVE FOR LOVE PAT BENATAR 12 KFMD 19 To 15. WFOM 12 To 10, BJ105 8 To 6. 27, WKXX Ex To 29. WPRO-FM 21 To 17, 94Q 10 31 29 TWO PLACES AT THE To 5. 54 48 STAND BY ME MICKEY GILLEY SAME TIME RAY PARKER JR SALES: Good in the Midwest, starting in the West. ADDS: WOW-25, WAKY-28, KLEO-31. KGW, & RAYDIO 14 KSTP. WHHY. KC101-29 JUMPS: WGSV 21 To 43 38 THEME FROM NEW YORK, 18, KOPA Ex To 28, WAYS 26 To 21, WLAC Ex To 36 30 ALL NIGHT LONG JOE WALSH 6 NEW YORK FRANK SINATRA 29, CKLW Ex To 27, WAXY Ex To 29, WRKO 29 To ADDS: WOW-26. JUMPS: WTIX 31 To 28. JB105 26. WRFC 26 To 23, KDWB 21 To 17, KYYX 24 To 27 31 BREAKDOWN DEAD AHEAD BOZ SCAGGS 13 20 To 15, WBBF 13 To 10, F105 29 To 18. WKBW 20, WSGA 30 To 25, WFOM 20 To 15, WQXI 18 To 17 To 13, WFIL 19 To 16, KOPA Ex To 29, KSTP 10 14. 94Q 17 To 14, Z93 18 To 15. 6. 24 32 1 CAN’T HELP IT ANDY GIBB & To SALES: Starting In the Midwest. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 13 SALES: Very good in the East, good in the Midwest, moderate in the West. 38 49 LADY THE WHISPERS 40 33 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ BLUES BROTHERS ADDS: Y 1 00-34, WFOM-36, Day-Part WGH. 35 39 GEE WHIZ BERNADETTE PETERS 13 55 50 ATOMIC BLONDIE JUMPS: WANS 25 To 20, Y 1 03 37 To 33, WCUE 33 ADDS: WCUE-39. JUMPS: WANS 24 To 19. To 29, 92X Ex To 24, KLEO 27 To 24, WTIC-FM 29 PRIME MOVER WKBW 19 To 15, WTIX 32 To 29, KFMD 21 To 18, To 26, WLAC Ex To 24, Q105 29 To 26, CKLW Ex BJ105 40 To 31, WEFM Ex To 30, KJR Ex To 27, To 19, KROY 26 To 16, WPEZ 27 To 23, KRQ 23 To 53 40 IN AMERICA CHARLIE DANIELS BAND WNOE 24 To 15. KTLK Ex To 39. WGCL 18 To 14, 17, WRVQ 23 To 20, 96KX 20 To 15, KENO 30 To ADDS: KM JC, KIMN, KROY, WHBQ. KSLQ, WBEN-FM 21 To 17, WIFI 26 To 23. 24, WDRQ 23 To 14, KBEQ 27 To 21. KCPX 18 To WISM, KEEL, WGH-15, WNOE, WDOQ. WMC-FM, SALES: Good in the Midwest and West, slight in 15. KEEL 36 To 24, WKBO 29 To 23, Q102 27 To WBBF, F105 JUMPS: WOW 25 To 13, WANS 16 the East 23, WBBQ 28 To 22, WHHY 30 To 25, KFI 29 To 23, To 6. WZZR Ex To 26, Y103 26 To 19, WAKY 25 To KFYE 25 To 19, WWKX 28 To 22, WDOQ 34 To 30, 21, WCUE 37 To 32, KOPA Ex To 30, 92X24 To 14, 34 51 WITH YOU I’M WBEN-FM 31 To 27, 14Q Ex To 25, WTIX36To27. KLEO 34 To 29, WLAC 14 To 10, Q105 26 To 21, BORN AGAIN BILLY PRESTON & SYREETA WTRY 27 To 23, WSGA 26 To 22, WSPT 24 To 18, WPEZ 14 To 6, WSEZ 27 To 16, KRQ 20 To 16, KFMD 22 To 19, WMC-FM 23 To 18, WKXX 22 To WRVQ Ex To 29, 96KX 19 To 1, KENO Ex To 29. 19, WSGN 26 To 23, BJ105 28 To 23, JB105 25 To KBEQ 21 To 8, KCPX Ex To 27, WKBO Ex To 18. 22, 94Q 16 To 12. WNCI Ex To 19, WBBQ Ex To 26, WHHY Ex To 29, HIT BOUND SALES: Numerous breakouts in the Midwest, KC101 27 To 24, KF! Ex To 29, WWKX 10 To 1. West and East. KJRB Ex To 27, WBEN-FM 33 To 28, 14Q Ex To 18, 68 52 LET WTIX 28 To 17, WTRY 22 To 17, WICC 30 To 25, MY LOVE OPEN 42 34 ONE FINE DAY CAROLE KING WSGA 18 To 10, WSPT Ex To 23, KFMD Ex To 22. THE DOOR PETE TOWNSHEND ADDS: KLEO-30, Q105, KGW, Y100-37, KDWB- WKXX Ex To 27, WSGN 30 To 27, WFOM 18 To 14, ADDS: WGSV. WCUE. KLEO-34, WLAC. Q105. 16, WTIX, WMC-FM, WBBF. WPGC. JUMPS: BJ105 26 To 19, JB105 29 To 25, KERN Ex To 30, CKLW. KRQ-29, KFMD. WAXY. WKXX, BJ105-49.

TOMMY TUTONE / ANGEL SAY NO

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On Columbia Records and Taoes JC 36372 JB105-33. KERN, Z93-28. WOKY, WHHY, WNOE. 64 INTO THE NIGHT BENNY MARDONES LANDLORD GLADYS KNIGHT & KJR, WGCL-30, Day-Part KJRB, 92X. JUMPS: ADDS: WSGN. 96KX, KCPX, KFI, KJR, WGCL. THE PIPS WPEZ Ex To 29, WRKO Ex To 30, 14Q Ex To 28, KJRB. KTSA, WSEZ, KSLQ. JUMPS: WSPT 29 To ADDS: WMC-FM, WGSV. JUMPS: WKIX 20 To 14, WTIX Ex To 39, WSPT Ex To 25, WFOM 35 To 25. 24, WKXX 27 To 24. WFOM 21 To 18. WPRO-FM WAYS Ex To 23, CKLW 16 To 13, WHBQ Ex To 28. WRVQ Ex To 31. 96KX 18 To 12, KBEQ Ex To 25. Ex To 30, WQXI Ex To 24. 94Q 30 To 24, WOKY 26 SALES: Slight in the East and South. KCPX 33 To 28, KTLK Ex To 38. WBEN-FM 39 To To 22. WQXQ 38 To 32. WPEZ Ex To 30. 35. 45 83 WE WERE MEANT TO 75 65 MAKE A LITTLE MAGIC DIRT BAND BE LOVERS PHOTOGLO 12 ADDS: WICC, Z93-30, WCAO. WRFC, WAKY-29, 67 53 WALKS LIKE A LADY JOURNEY WKBW, WFIL, WAYS, KIMN, KRQ-28. KRBE, PLAYER ADDS: WZZR, WLAC-28. KGW, WPEZ. WHBQ. 91 84 IT’S FOR YOU KSTP. JUMPS: WFOM 34 To 28, BJ105 38 To 29. ADDS: WFLB. Y100-36 JUMPS: KTLK Ex To 40, WRFC, WRVQ. KENO. KCPX. KEEL. WBBQ. 14Q. WOKY Ex To 27, KBEQ Ex To 27, WDOQ Ex To 39, WQXQ 39 To 33. WSPT, Z93 JUMPS: WANS 30 To 26. Y103 38 To WOW Ex To 24. Y 1 03 Ex To 40. WGSV Ex To 32. 32. WCUE 38 To 34. WSEZ 31 To 27, KFRC 29 To WAXY Ex To 26. 85 SHANDI KISS 26. KRBE Ex To 29, 96KX 28 To 23. WISM 30 To 27. ADDS: Q105. WPRO-FM, WGCL, WIFI. JUMPS: KBEQ 12 To 5. KJRB Ex To 28. WKXX 1 1 To 7. 76 66 ALL OUT OF LOVE AIR SUPPLY KRBE-28, JB105 31 To 28, WSGA 32 To 27. ON: BJ105 39 To 30, WPRO-FM Ex To 29. ADDS: 14Q, WKXX, WCAO. KENO. WOKY WGH. SALES: Moderate in the West. WKBO. KMJK-FM, WZZR. WGSV. JUMPS: SALES: Breakouts in the West and East. WSGN 32 To 29, WRFC Ex To 30. WRVQ Ex To 30. 60 54 ANGEL SAY NO TOMMY TUTONE WGH Ex To 22, KYYX 28 To 24, WANS Ex To 35, 86 THAT LOVIN’ YOU Y103 Ex To 39. Q105 Ex To 28. WAXY 30 To 21. ADDS: WCUE-38 WPRO-FM, JB105-35. WHHY FEELIN’ AGAIN ROY ORBISON & SALES: Starting in the South. JUMPS: Y103 35 To 29. WPEZ 28 To 25, KRBE 27 EMMYLOU HARRIS To 23. KSLQ Ex To 30. WTIX 37 To 32. KENO Ex To ADDS: WHB-24, WFOM-40. WSGN. WICC, 30. KFYE Ex To 27, 38 34. WBEN-FM To 72 67 SOMETHIN’ 'BOUT WOKY. Day-Part WAYS. JUMPS: WGSV Ex To 33, SALES: Moderate in the West. 26, Ex 27. ON: YOU BABY I LIKE GLEN CAMPBELL & 94Q 29 To KYYX To WANS, RITA COOLIDGE 61 55 CLONES (WE'RE ALL) ALICE COOPER ADDS: WCUE, WAXY. WCAO. JUMPS: Y103 34 — 87 DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY EDDIE RABBITT 1 ADDS: WNCI JUMPS: Y103 36 To 31. WCUE Ex To 30, WRKO 30 To 24, KSTP 29 To 24, WDOQ 31 ADDS: KSTP, KRTH, KOPA, WZZR. KFI. JUMPS: To 1 05 Ex To 29. KROY 29 To 20. KFRC 30 To 27. KILT. 35. Q To 28, WSGN Ex To 31 . WFOM 38 To 29. KRBE Ex To ON: 25, WRVQ 28 To 23, WBBQ 29 To 24. KFYE 16 To 10. WIFI Ex To 28. 14Q 6 To 2. JB105 16 To 12. 56 68 IS THIS LOVE PAT TRAVERS BAND 90 88 ALABAMA GETAWAY GRATEFUL DEAD KERN 21 To 17 ADDS: Day-Part KJRB, KJR. JUMPS: WEFM Ex SALES: Moderate in the West and Midwest 46 69 NEW ROMANCE To 28, 96KX Ex To 28. WIFI 28 To 14. (IT’S A MYSTERY) SPIDER 10 62 56 EVERYTHING WORKS 50 89 HEADED FOR A FALL FIREFALL 11 IF YOU LET IT CHEAP TRICK 71 70 AND THE CRADLE

I ADDS: WCUE, KOFM , WPEZ, KJR, 64 90 DON’T WANT TO WTIX WILL ROCK VAN HALEN 5 JUMPS: WANS 31 To 28. Q105 30To27, KBEQ 28 11 ADDS: WTIX-34. JUMPS: WANS Ex To 32, WRVQ WALK WITHOUT YOU BARRY MANILOW To 23. WBBQ 27 To 20. WBEN-FM 35 To 25, WSPT 9 To 6, WDRQ 21 To 17. KFYE 20 To 14. WSPT 8 To 22 To 16. 24 20. BJ105 To 5. 92 91 BACK TOGETHER SALES: Slight in the West and Midwest. AGAIN ROBERTA FLACK with 57 57 POWER THE TEMPTATIONS DONNY HATHAWAY SALES: Moderate in the East. 44 71 PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES CHARLIE DORE 19 82 58 JO JO BOZSCAGGS ADDS: 14Q, WTRY, WICC, WSGA-32, KFMD, 78 72 TIME FOR ME TO FLY REO SPEEDWAGON 63 92 YOU MAY BE RIGHT BILLY JOEL 15 KERN. 94Q-29, WCAO. WRVQ. WOKY, KBEQ. ADDS: BJ105, 96KX-29, WIFI. JUMPS: KFMD Ex BRICK 3 WKBO, WHHY, KMJK-FM. WBEN-FM, Y103, To 24. WKXX 19 To 16, WEFM Ex To 29. KCPX 28 94 93 ALL THE WAY WAKY-30, WAYS, KLEO-33, WTIC-FM. WSEZ, To 24. ADDS: WISM. JUMPS: WGSV 28 To 25, WQXI 27 WRKO. KSLQ. JUMPS: WFOM 24 To 19. WQXI 22 To 23. To 17. Z93 29 To 25, WRFC Ex To 27, KC101 29 To 87 73 SWEET SENSATION STEPHANIE MILLS 26. KJR 17 To 12. KJRB 27 To 21, KYYX 21 To 15, ADDS: WTIX-37, WGH. KFI, KTSA JUMPS: WKIX 80 94 THE VERY LAST TIME UTOPIA Ex To To 29. Ex To 29. WANS 33, WGSV 32 KGW 23 To 19, Y 100 35 To 30, KHJ Ex To 23. KROY Ex To 29, KFRC Ex To 29. CRYSTAL GAYLE SALES: Good in the West, slight in all other — 95 THE BLUE SIDE SALES: Numerous breakouts in the West. East, regions. ADDS: WHB-18, WDOQ. KYYX JUMPS: KSTP Ex and Midwest. To 26 ON: KXOK

81 74 KING OF THE HILL RICK PINETTE & OAK 96 ON THE REBOUND RUSS BALLARD 73 59 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK ADDS: WSPT. WBBQ, WGCL, WZUU JUMPS: 1 02-31 MECO ADDS: Q , JB105. ON: BJ105, KCPX. (MEDLEY) 14Q 12 To 10, WTRY Ex To 30. WPRO-FM 6 To 4. ADDS: WZZR. Y103. KLEO, Q105, KROY. KFRC, WANS. WGH 25 To 20. F105 31 To 21, WANS 38 To 34. KRBE. WRVQ. KEEL. WKBO, WHHY. WBEN-FM, WRKO 18 To 13. 14Q-27, WTIX, KFMD. WKXX, WPRO-FM-24. 98 97 SITTING IN THE PARK G.Q. WBBF JUMPS: 96KX 26 To 21, KCPX Ex To 25, ADDS: WSGA-30. 84 75 TULSA TIME ERIC CLAPTON in the 34 24, 40 31 26. SALES: Moderate West. Y100 To KTLK To 31. WSGA To ADDS: WEFM. KYYX, WIFI-15, WSEZ JUMPS: WSEN Ex To 32, BJ105 37 To 28. JB105 32 To 29. WKXX 17 To 10, WKIX Ex To 23, WSGN 28 To 24, 99 98 I DON'T WANNA WQXI Ex To 25, 94Q 6 To 4. Z93 21 To 10, WRFC GET DRAFTED FRANK ZAPPA 77 60 SAILING CHRISTOPHER CROSS Ex To 29, Q102 31 To 25. WBBQ Ex To 29, WANS SALES: Moderate in the West. ADDS: 14Q-30. WTRY, WICC, KFMD. BJ105-36, 36 To 30. WGSV Ex To 34. WOKY. WKBO. Y 100-33, KC101-30. KMJK-FM. 83 99 TAKE YOU TONIGHT OZARK MOUNTAIN WBEN-FM. Y 1 03, WKBW. WCUE. KOPA, KIMN, 47 76 IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE MAC DAVIS 13 DAREDEVILS WSEZ. JUMPS: WKXX 24 To 21. WSGN Ex To 33. 94Q 26 To 20, WRFC Ex To 26, KENO Ex To 28. 86 77 ONE MORE TIME 66 100 DON’T SAY GOODNIGHT WDRQ Ex To 29. WHHY 26 To 22. KJR Ex To 26. FOR LOVE BILLY PRESTON & SYREETA KJRB 28 To 24, 17. (IT’S KYYX 22 To WANS Ex To 38, ADDS: KYYX, CKLW, WSEZ. JUMPS: WOKY Ex TIME FOR LOVE) 31 To 26 To 20. WGSV 28, KRQ To 28, WAYS Ex To 29. (PTS. 1 & 2) THE ISLEY BROS. 13

65 61 ALL NIGHT LONG THE INVISIBLE MAN'S BAND 88 78 STOP YOUR SOBBING PRETENDERS 2 ADDS: WIFI, BJ105. KFRC. JUMPS: WSPT 27 To ADDS: WBBQ JUMPS KEEL 23 To 14, KFI 19To LOOKING AHEAD- 21 . 16. WSGA 27 To 21 SALES: Good in the West ONE IN A MILLION YOU LARRYGRAHAM 79 LET’S 85 GO ROUND ADDS: WHBQ-27, WPGC, WSGA. JUMPS: WKIX 21 To 17. 74 62 TAKE A LITTLE ALI AGAIN AVERAGE WHITE BAND 2 RHYTHM THOMSON ADDS: ADDS: WZZR. Y103, WLAC, CKLW, WPEZ, 96KX. WRVQ. WANS. JUMPS: WKXX 23 To 17, TERI DeSARIO/K.C. KBEQ. WKBO. KJR. KTLK. WSPT, Day-Part WBEN-FM 40 To 36. DANCIN IN THE STREETS SALES: Starting in the East. WDRQ. JUMPS: WAYS 29 To 25, WOKY Ex To 29, ADDS: WAXY, KRTH, KFI. KTLK. KFMD WKXX 28 To 25, WFOM 37 To 27, WQXI Ex To 27. 94Q 25 To 21. 80 OLD-FASHION LOVE COMMODORES 1 ADDS: WKBO, KRBE-30, CKLW. WFOM-39, WHO SHOT J.R.? GARYBURBANK WSGN, WPGC. WSGA-31. JUMPS: WICC Ex To ADDS: KEEL. WWKX, Day-Part WQXI JUMPS: WAKY 30 To 20. 70 63 A LOVER’S HOLIDAY CHANGE 26. ADDS: Q 105-30. JUMPS: KRBE 15To 11, WPGC Ex To 26. 48 81 THE SEDUCTION I GET OFF TONY JOE WHITE SALES: Very good in the East, moderate in all ADDS: Z93. JUMPS: WMC-FM 19 To 16, WFOM 40 To 32. other regions. (LOVE THEME) JAMES LAST BAND 13 | A”

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" COUNTRY CMA Fan Fair Kicks Off With Softball And Music City News Awards Show By Don Cusic On Monday night, after the first day of the softball tournament, the Music City News NASHVILLE — An estimated 15,000 fans Awards were held. The show, telecast live, have registered at $35 a head for Country saw the Statler Brothers pick up three Music's annual Fan Fair, according to of- awards (vocal group, comedy act and best ficials of WSM and the Country Music album) while Marty Robbins won two, in- Assn., co-sponsors of the event. This cluding male vocalist and songwriter.

makes it the largest Fan Fair ever. Kenny Rogers won single of the year for Fan Fair began with the annual softball “Coward of the County;” Loretta Lynn was tournament, won this year by Warner Bros.’ named female vocalist; Hank Williams, Jr. Cwazy Wabbitts in the men’s division and received most promising male; Charly j RCA in the women’s division. Most valuable McClain received most promising female; | players were Tony Naile of Tony Naile duet of the year was Conway Twitty and Promotions for Warner Bros, and Amanda Loretta Lynn; Roy Clark was named musi- Willis of Central South Distributors for RCA. cian, of the year; Charlie Daniel’s Band The runners-up in the men’s division were received band of the year; Bill Monroe won Tommy Cash’s team and in the women’s the bluegrass award; the Carter family won division, Barbara Mandrell’s Do-Rites. gospel act of the year; and the PBS' Live During the tournament, aspecial presen- From The Grand Ole Opry won the TV

' tation was made to Mary Reeves Davis, program of the year during the awards ORBISON BECOMES NASHVILLE MILLION-AIR — Recording artist/writer Roy Or- whose softball teams had won the last five telecast. bison became an official Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Nashville "Million-Air" dur- consecutive Fan Fair tournaments. She did The two-hour show was co-hosted by the ing a recent visit to the local offices. He was presented a Special Citation of Achievement for his song "Blue (co-written not have a team in this year's tournament. Statler Brothers, Lynn Anderson and Ray Bayou" by Joe Melson). which has been performed more than million The All-Star game, which consists of Stevens with musical performances by one times on American radi&and television. Pictured with Orbison (r) are Del Bryant, director of performing rights relations for BMI and Frances Preston. BMI vice players from all the teams who are artists Stevens, Dave and Sugar, Lynn Anderson. and celebrities, saw performers- such as Moe Bandy, Joe Stampiey, Wendy president. Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius, Ronnie Holcombe, Buck Trent. B.J. Thomas, Larry Fry Elected President Diversified Inks Prophet, Dave and Sugar (Dave Roland. Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band and Sue Powell and Melissa Dean), Joe Bonsall Chcirly McClain. Of NARAS (Memphis) Songwriter White and Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge On Tuesday night, a big square dance MEMPHIS — John Fry, owner of Ardent Boys, Ralph Emery, Doug Green, Tommy was held at Municipal Auditorium, site of As Staff Head studios, is the newly elected president of Cash, Sylvia, Ruby Falls and Rex Allen Jr. •the Fan Fair musical shows, as the music the National Academy of Recording Arts NASHVILLE — L.E. White, songwriter and showing off their softball prowess. began to dominate the week-loi'ig event. and Sciences (NARAS), Memphis Chapter, music executive, has been named Nashville Makes Impressive Showing Inc. He had been serving as national trustee professional manager of the publishing for the local chapter. division of Diversified Music, Inc. The an- In New York BMI Awards Presentation Fry is advisor/consultant for the nouncement of the appointment was made architectural and engineering sub- by Ray Pennington, executive vice presi- NASHVILLE — Country music made an im- Charlie Rich, Frederick Knight, Rate committee for the College of Communica- dent of Diversified Music, the company pressive showing recently when the Broad- VanHoy. Randy McCormick and Steve tion and Fine Arts building at Memphis which also owns Dimension Records. cast Music, Inc. (BMI) Pop Awards were Jobe. State University and is on the Music In- The publishing division includes held in New York to honor the most perfor- Nashville publishers honored included dustries of Memphis board of governors. Milestone Music (ASCAP), Almarie Music med songs of the year. Nineteen of the 92 Vogue, Velvet Apple. House of Gold, Pom- Other officers include Joe Dixon, first (BMI), Juliana (SESAC) and Hello Darlin’ songs awarded were Nashville songs, writ- mard, Pi-Gem, Beechwood, Window. Hat vice president; Warren Wagner, second (SESAC). ten by writers from Nashville and played, Band, Low-Sal. Chriswood, Tree, Debdave. vice president; Dr. Richard Ranta, White, a Knoxville, Tenn. native, has writ- primarily, on country radio. Briarpatch, Irving, Hall-Clement, Hi-Lo, secretary; Evelyn Graves, treasurer. ten published A delegation of 60 award recipients and and Two Knight. and and approximately 400 BMI staff members from Nashville went to Award Winning Songs Les Brueck has been elected national songs, 200 of which have been recorded trustee, is New York to attend the awards presenta- Award winning songs either recorded in and Harold Streibich the national and 65 of which have hit the charts, in- tion, which honored 136 writers and 84 Nashville, or performed by country artists vice presidential candidate and legal coun- cluding five #1 records. They are “I Love publishers. Bob McDill and Even Stevens were “Amanda,” “Baby, I'm Burning,” “Back- sel. You More Today,” “See My Angel Cry,” “Af- were the biggest winners from Nashville, side of Thirty,” “Better Love Next Time," Governors whose terms have not ex- ter The Fire Is Gone," “I’m Not Through with each walking away with three awards. “Burgers and Fries,” “Come On In,” “The pired and who will remain on the board of Loving You Yet" and "We've Come A Long for 1980-81 Other songwriters who won awards in Devil Went Down To Georgia,” "Do It Or governors include: Joe Dixon, Way Baby." New York were Dolly Parton, John Conlee, Die," “Fooled By A Feeling,” "Half The Michael Toles, Lester Snell, Warren For the past 12 years, White has served Larry Keith, Steve Pippin, Johnny Slate, Way,” "Heartbreak Hotel,” “(If Loving You Wagner, Ward Archer, Jr., John Fry and as general manager of Twitty Bird Music,

Ben Peters, Michael Clark. Tom Crain, Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right,” “I Just Harold Streibich. the publishing company owned by Conway

Charlie Daniels, Taz DiGregorio, Fred Want To Love You," “I'll Never Love This Governors elected for the 1980-81 term Twitty. He has been a co-writer on many of

1 Brit Twitty's vocalist. Edwards, Charlie Hayward. Jim Marshal ; Way Again," “It Must Be Love," “Knock On are Bob Tucker, Warner, Jim Johnson, songs as well as back up J.R. Cobb, Buddy Buie, Ronnie Hammond, Wood," “Nobody Likes Sad Songs,” “On Cordell Jackson, Knox Phillips, David Por- White will continue to work with Twitty in a Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Bobby My Knees,” “Ring My Bell,” “Sail Away,” ter, Juanita Tullos, Wolf Stephenson, Bob consultant capacity. Wood, Mae Boren Axton. Tommy Durden, "Somewhere In The Night," "Suspicions," Taylor, James Mitchell, Ellis Chappell, Les Pennington, in making the announce- Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond “When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Brueck, Richard Ranta, and George Klein. ment, said Diversified was fortunate to have

Jackson, Eddie Rabbitt, David Malloy, Will Woman" and “Where Were You When I Judy Wilkinson will continue to serve as a man of White’s calibre to oversee the total Jennings, Richard Kerr. Wayland Holyfield, Was Falling In Love.” executive director. operation of the publishing companies.

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Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart TRYING TO LOVE TWO WOMEN 35 GOOD OLE BOYS LIKE ME (Hj GET A LITTLE DIRT ON 0 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (MCA 41217) 3 ->0 DON WILLIAMS (MCA 41205) 6 13 w YOUR HANDS A HE STOPPED LOVING HONKY TONK STUFF DAVID ALLEN COE & BILL ANDERSON HER TODAY © JERRY LEE LEWIS (Elektra E-46642) 45 5 (Columbia 1-11277) GEORGE JONES (Epic 9-50867) SURE THING 9 A HEART’S BEEN BROKEN C DANNY WOOD (RCA PB-1 1968) ONE DAY AT A TIME © FREDDIE HART (Sunbird S1 10) 46 3 © CHRISTY LANE (United Artists UA-X1342-Y) TAKE ME. TAKE ME WHEN YOU’RE UGLY LIKE US 4 MY HEART/SILENT NIGHT © ROSANNE CASH (Columbia 1-11268) 47 4 (YOU JUST NATURALLY GOT TO RONNIE MILSAP (RCA PB-1 1952) i ii 39 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH BE COOL) 5 DON’T FALL IN LOVE THE WRONG MAN GEORGE JONES & JOHNNY PAYCHECK WITH A DREAMER MUNDO EARWOOD (GMC GMC 109) 41 12 (Epic 9-50891) KENNY ROGERS/KIM CARNES 40 STARTIN OVER AGAIN SEA CRUISE (United Artists UA-X1345-Y) 2 DOLLY PARTON (RCA PB-1 1926) 7 14 ® BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK YOUR BODY IS AN OUTLAW OVER (Capitol P-4875) © TILLIS (Elektra MEL E-46628) 10 © LEON EVERETTE (Orlando ORC-107) 55 4 73 CHANGING ALL THE TIME Y0U WIN AGAIN LA COSTA (Capitol P-4830) o 42 IT DON’T HURT TO DREAM CHARLEY PRIDE (RCA PB-12002) 13 SYLVIA (RCA PB-1 1958) 42 9 74 SOMETHIN’ ’BOUT YOU 8 LUCKY ME WE’RE NUMBER ONE BABY I LIKE ANNE MURRAY P-4848) (Capitol 8 © LARRY GATLIN & GLEN CAMPBELL & RITA COOLIDGE 9 I’M ALREADY BLUE THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND (Capitol P-4865) THE KENDALLS (Ovation OV-1 143) 9 (Columbia 1-11282) 60 2 CACTUS AND A ROSE 10 SMOOTH SAILIN’ DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY © GARY STEWART (RCA PB-1 1960) © EDDIE RABBITT (Elektra E-46656) — 1 T.G. SHEPPARD (Warner/Curb WBS 49214) 11 76 ONE GOOD REASON 45 11 TOO OLD TO PLAY FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY MELISSA LEWIS (Door Knob DK-80-129) COWBOY DANNY DAVIS & WILLIE NELSON RAZZY BAILEY (RCA PB-1 1954) 12 ^ SW MIDNIGHT RIDER 51 DIM THE LIGHTS AND 83 DO THAT TO ME WILLIE NELSON (Columbia 1-11257) 18 POUR THE WINE ONE MORE TIME DANCIN’ COWBOYS RED STEAGALL (Elektra E-46633) 53 7 STEPHANY SAMONE (MDJ MDJ 1004) 87 3 BELLAMY BROTHERS (YOU LIFT ME) UP TO HEAVEN 84 (Warner/Curb WBS 49241 24 RODEO EYES ) REBA McENTIRE (Mercury 61 2 TRUE LOVE WAYS © 57025) ZELLA LEHR (RCA PB-1 1953) 36 11 WHAT GOOD IS A HEART 85 I ® MICKEY GILLEY (Epic 9-50876) 21 CAN SEE FOREVER © DEAN DILLON (RCA PB-12003) 57 4 LOVING 19 HE WAS THERE WHEN YOU NAKED IN THE RAIN FOXFIRE (Elektra E-46625) 40 10 I NEEDED YOU LORETTA LYNN (MCA MCA-41250) 58 3 HAVEN’T I LOVED YOU TAMMY WYNETTE (Epic 9-50868) 20 10 €*f 1 IT’S TRUE LOVE I’M GONNA LOVE YOU TONIGHT SOMEWHERE BEFORE (Epic — 1 w CONWAY TWITTY AND LORETTA LYNN (IN MY DREAMS) JOE STAMPLEY 9-50893) JOHNNY DUNCAN (Columbia 1-11280) 59 4

STAND BY ME mickey gilley 62 IF YOU’RE SERIOUS 93 THE WAY I AM (Asylum/Full Moon E-46640) 33 ABOUT CHEATIN’ MERLE HAGGARD (MCA 41200) 69 15 28 LET’S PUT OUR LOVE R.C. BANNON (Columbia 1-11267) 64 15 94 SATURDAY NIGHT IN DALLAS IN MOTION 63 JUST GIVE ME WHAT YOU KENNY SERATT (MDJ MDJ 1003) 65 8 CHARLY McClain (Epic 9-50873) 29 THINK IS FAIR 95 THIS IS TRUE SAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME REX GOSDIN & TOMMY JENNINGS STEVE DOUGLAS (Demon DP-1954) — 1 ) (Sabre ZSL 4 €^ JACKY WARD (Mercury 57022) 32 4520) 66 96 NEW YORK WINE AND COAL MINER’S 30 TEQUILA SHEILA DAUGHTER TENNESSEE SHINE SISSY SPACEK (MCA MCA-41221) 30 9 BOBBY BARE (Columbia 1-11259) 31 DAVE & SUGAR (RCA PB-1 1947) 67 12 RIVER crystal gayle ROAD 97 A IN IN AMERICA (United Artists UA-X1347-Y) 50 8 STRANGER MY PLACE THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ORION (Sun SI-1152) 92 10 (Epic 9-50888) 38 NO WAY TO DROWN A MEMORY 98 HAVE STONEY EDWARDS 4 A GOOD DAY LEAVIN’S FOR UNBELIEVERS (Music America MA-1071 68 HENSON CARGILL DOTTIE WEST (United Artists UA-X1352-Y1 39 IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE (Copper Mountain IRDA 589) 74 9 IT’S OVER MAC DAVIS (Casablanca NB 2244) 44 14 99 UNTIL YOU TERRY BRADSHAW (Benson 2001) 81 9 REX ALLEN. JR. (Warner Bros. WBS <*9128) 35 SHE JUST STARTED LIKING WAYFARING STRANGER CHEATIN’ SONGS 100 THE ARIZONA WHIZ/A © EMMYLOU HARRIS JOHN ANDERSON REAL GOOD CIGAR (Warner Bros. WBS-49239) 37 (Warner Bros. WBS 49191) 68 15 GEORGE BURNS (Mercury 57021) 77 6 ALPHABETIZED TOP 100 COUNTRY SINGLES (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND LICENSEES)! A Heart’s Been Broken (Hall-Clement/Upsiart — Andite Invasion Publ. — BMI) 98 Misery Loves Company (Lowery — BMI) 47 Take Me, Take Me (Serendipity — BMI) 38

BMI) 70 Haven't I Loved You Somewhere Before My Heart (Chess/Pi-Gem — ASCAP/BMI) 4 Tell Ole I Ain't Here... (Tree — BMI) 13 A Real Good Cigar (Rodeo Cowboy — BMI) 100 (Brandwood/Mullet — BMI) 86 Naked In The Rain (Sabal/Sawgrass — ASCAP/BMI)54 Tennessee River (Buzzherb — BMI) 23 A Stranger In My Place (Devon/Amos/Flea Show — He Stopped Loving Her Today (Tree — BMI) 2 Natural Attraction (Combine — BMI) 88 Tequila Sheila (Horse Hair/Evil Eye — BMI) 30

BMI) 97 He Was There (First Lady/Muscle Shoals — BMI) 19 New York Wine And Tennessee Shine Thank You, Ever Lovin' (Hungry Mountain — BMI) . 89 Bar Room Buddies (Peso/Warner-Tamerlane Here Comes That Feeling (Blackwood/Vector — (Maplehill/Vogue — BMI) 96 The Arizona Whiz (WB/Warner Tamerlane —

Bronco — BMI) 12 BMI) 49 No Way To Drown A Memory (Midstate — BMI) . 66 ASCAP/BMI) 100 Bedroom Ballad (Tree — BMI) 61 Honky Tonk Stuff (Chesnut House — BMI) 36 One Day At A Time (Buckhorn — BMI) 3 The Blue Side (Almo/lrving — ASCAP/BMI) 21

Cactus And A Rose (Baby Chick — BMI) 75 I Can See Forever Loving You (Tuningfork — BMI) 85 One Good Reason (Limmo — BMI) 76 The Champ (Baray — BMI/Cross Keys — ASCAP) 24

Changing All The Time (Chinnichap/Careers — BMI) 73 I It (Iron Skillet — Over (Jack Bill — 41 The Diplomat (ATV/Welbeck — BMI/ASCAP) 90 Wanna Do Again ASCAP) 87 & ASCAP) — Clyde (Johnny Bienstock — BMI) 26 If You’re Serious About Cheatin’ (Warner — Tamerlane River Road (Chappell/Newtonville — ASCAP) 65 The Man Who Takes You Home (Blue Moon/April Coal Miner’s Daughter (Sure Fire — BMI) 64 — BMI/Chess — ASCAP) 62 Rodeo Eyes (Atlantic — BMI) 84 ASCAP) 79 Cowboys And Clowns (Peso/Warner- I'm Already Blue (Hall-Clement — BMI) 9 Roses Ain't Red (Brightwater/MCA — ASCAP) 80 The Rock I’m Leaning On (Window — BMI) 48

Tamerlane/Bronco — BMI/Senor/WB/Billy — I'm Gonna Love You (Maplehill/Vogue — BMI) ... 55 Saturday Night In Dallas (Saran/Millhouse — BMI) 94 The Way I Am (Cross Keys — ASCAP) 93

ASCAP) 47 In America (Hat Band — BMI) 31 Save Your Heart For Me (Hall Clement — BMI) . . 29 This Is True (Fifty One — BMI) 95

Crackers (Pi-Gem — BMI) 57 It Don’t Hurt To Dream (Chess/Pi-Gem — Sea Cruise (Cotillion — BMI) 72 Too Old To Play Cowboy (House of Gold/ Dancin’ Cowboys (Famous/Bellamy Brothers — 42 Started Liking — BMI) 68 Cross Keys — BMI/ASCAP) 11 ASCAP/BMI) She Just (Pi-Gems — ASCAP) 17 It's Hard To Be Humble (Songpainters — BMI) . ... 67 Silent Night (Chess — ASCAP) 4 True Love Ways (Wren/MPL Communications Dim The Lights And Pour The Wine (Music City — It's Over (Boxer — BMI) 33 Smooth Sailin' (Tree — BMI) 10 BMI/ASCAP) 18

1 ASCAP) 51 It's True Love (Chappell/Sailmaker — ASCAP) .... 20 Soldier Of Fortune (Hallnote/Shell Drake — BMI) . 59 Trying To Love Two Women (Cross Keys — ASCAP) That — Do To Me One More Time (Moonlight & Magnolias J.R. (Hitkit— BMI) 50 Somethin’ 'Bout You Baby I Like (Colgems — EMI Until You (Duchess/Leeds — BMI/ASCAP) 99 — BMI) 83 Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair (Window — BMI) 63 ASCAP) 74 Wayfaring Stranger (Visa — ASCAP) 34 Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer Kaw-Liga (Milene — ASCAP) 22 Song Of The Patriot (Kaysey/Mariposa — We're Back In Love Again (Tree — BMI) 81 (Appian/Almo/Quixotic — ASCAP) 5 Leavin’s For Unbelievers (Chappell/Sailmaker/ SESAC/BMI) 60 We're Number One (Larry Gatlin — BMI) 43 Drivin’ My Life Away (DebDave/Briarpatch — BMI) 44 Welbeck/Blue Quill — ASCAP) 32 Stand By Me (Rightsong/Trio/ADT — BMI) 27 What Good Is A Heart (Pi-Gem — BMI) 53 — 91 — Like — BMI) 71 Evangelina (Lady Jane BMI) Let’s Put Our Love (Southern Nights — ASCAP) . 28 Startin Over Again (Rick's Adm. by Rightsong When You’re Ugly Us (Pi-Gem

Falling Together (Blue Lake/Plum Creek — BMI) . 82 Losing Kind Of Love (Algee/AI Gallico — BMI) ... 25 BMl/Sweet Summer Night — ASCAP) 40 You Fill My Life (Sterling/Addison Street — ASCAP) 56 Friday Night Blues (Cross Keys/Tree — ASCAP/BMI)14 Lost In Austin (Buzz Cason/Young World — Sue (Sea Dog — ASCAP) 78 (You Lift Me) Up To Heaven (Southern Nights/Combine Slips Funny How Times Away (Tree — BMI) 45 ASCAP/BMI) 46 Sure Thing (Merilark/Blue Moon/April — ASCAP) . 37 — ASCAP/BMI) 52 Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands (Champion/Tree — Lucky Me (Chappell & Co. — ASCAP) 8 Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me (Rightsong — You Win Again (Fred Rose — BMI) 7 BMI) 69 Making Plans (Sure-Fire — BMI) 77 BMI) 15 Your Body Is A Outlaw (Sawgrass — BMI) 6 Goodbye Eyes (Leeds/Patchwork — ASCAP) 92 Midnight Rider (No Exit — BMI) 16 You’re In Love With The Wrong Man Good Ole Boys Like Me (Hall-Clement — BMI) .... 35 (Music West Of The Pecos — BMI) 39 = Exceptionally haavy radio activity thla weak Have A Good Day (Cross Keys Publ. — ASCAP/ j^Q Exceptionally heavy ealee activity this week You've Got Those Eyes (Milene — ASCAP) 58 .

HIT MAKERS EVERYTIME! \THE OAK RIDGEBOYb THE OAK RIDGE BOYS

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The Oak Ridge Boys have done it again. Congratulations for The Oak Ridge Boys, and Oak Ridge Band are one of America’s another in a long line of winners. Their new number one single most talented and versatile groups, and have something for “Trying To Love Two Women” (MCA-41217) from their latest everybody ;“Have Arrived” (AY- 1135), “Room Service” accomplishment “Together” (MCA-3220). (AY-1065), and “Y’AII Come Back Saloon!’ (DO-2093). Their music always speaks for itself.

They sing “Together” like nobody else . . Givethe gi The Oak Ridge Boys. of music. On MCA Records & Tapes

©1980 MCA Records. Inc. MCA R! COUNTRY K/IDIU THE COUNTRY MIKE I MOST ADDED COUNTRY SINGLES S KRMD WINS ASSOCIATED PRESS AWARDS — Radio station KRMD in Shreveport, La. 1. DRIVIN' MY LIFE AWAY — EDDIE RABBITT — ELEKTRA — 39 REPORTS received four out of a possible five awards for outstanding reporting from the Louisiana 2. COWBOYS AND CLOWNS/MISERY LOVES COMPANY — RONNIE MILSAP Wayne’s life), — RCA — 37 REPORTS Associated Press. The station won awards for best documentary (on John best radio feature (Louisiana vote buying scandal), best of news actualities, 3. CRACKERS — BARBARA MANDRELL — MCA — 32 REPORTS news use and 4. A HEART’S BEEN BROKEN — DANNY WOOD — RCA — 21 REPORTS distinguished reporting of public affairs. The station also placed news director Ken Booth 5. WHEN YOU’RE UGLY LIKE US (YOU JUST NATURALLY GOT TO BE COOL) and newsman John Denison on the Louisiana Radio and Television Panel. According to — GEORGE JONES & JOHNNY PAYCHECK — EPIC — 20 REPORTS MD Tom Phifer, Booth is the only independent newsman to travel with President Carter. 6. MAKING PLANS — PORTER WAGONER AND DOLLY PARTON — RCA — 19 KNIX-AM-FM TO BEGIN SEPARATE BROADCASTING — KNIX/Phoenix radio vice REPORTS president and genera! manager Michael Owens announced that stations KNIX-AM and FM 7. LEAVIN’S FOR UNBELIEVERS — DOTTIE WEST — UNITED ARTISTS —16 REPORTS will begin separate broadcasting. The stations, owned by country music entertainer Buck simulcasting since 1969. 8. SUE — TOMMY OVERSTREET — ELEKTRA — 14 REPORTS Owens, have been 9. WE RE BACK IN LOVE AGAIN — JOHNNY RUSSELL — MERCURY — 14 MUSIC DIRECTOR PROFILE — Duke Hamilton is currently assis- REPORTS tant program director and music director at WUBE-AM-FM in Cin- 10. WE RE NUMBER ONE — LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND cinnati, Ohio. Hamilton, who is celebrating ten years in broad- — COLUMBIA — 11 REPORTS casting this year, began his career with the Army's AFRTS in the Panama Canal Zone. Before coming to WUBE three years ago he MOST ACTIVE COUNTRY SINGLES was program director at KXLR in Little Rock. Ark. In addition to his other duties, Hamilton does the noon to 3 pm airshift on WUBE-FM. 1. DANCIN’ COWBOYS — BELLAMY BROTHERS — WARNER/CURB — 51 REPORTS Judy Steuer and Laura Gatz have joined the staff of WHK in Cleveland. Ohio. Steuer is an addition to the sales force, and Gatz is 2. CLYDE — WAYLON JENNINGS — RCA — 48 REPORTS Duke Hamilton the new assistant music director. 3. TENNESSEE RIVER — ALABAMA — RCA — 46 REPORTS 4. IN AMERICA — THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND — EPIC — 45 REPORTS KVOO radio in Tulsa, Okla. recently held a marble tournament. The shoot out began at 5. BAR ROOM BUDDIES — MERLE HAGGARD & CLINT EASTWOOD — “high noon” and featured five area mayors. Champion marble shooter was Dale Block, city ELEKTRA — 41 REPORTS manager of Sapulpa, Okla., who received a plaque from KVOO and a brunch for two at The 6. STAND BY ME — MICKEY GILLEY — ASYLUM/FULL MOON — 40 REPORTS Atrium. 7. WAYFARING STRANGER — EMMYLOU HARRIS — WARNER BROS. —35 KENR’S BILL BAILEY IN THE MOVIES — Houston's newest movie star is Bill Bailey, an REPORTS announcer with KENR radio. Bailey was recently featured in the new Columbia Picture’s 8. IT’S OVER — REX ALLEN, JR. — WARNER BROS. — 35 REPORTS film. Stir Crazy, which also stars Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Bill portrays a rodeo an- 9. KAW-LIGA — HANK WILLIAMS, JR. — ELEKTRA — 33 REPORTS 10. SAVEYOURHEARTFORME — JACKYWARD — MERCURY — 33 REPORTS nouncer, calling the bull rides with the same enthusiastic voice which wakes up so many Houstonians each morning. Stephanie Pflumm. music director at WDAF/Kansas City, was recently married to Thomas Peters Nourse. They spent their honeymoon at Niagara Falls. First Annual Wild Turkey Jamboree Bill Knight is the new afternoon drive announcer at KWKH in Shreveport, La. Knight was previously program director at WUNi/Mobile. Awards $20,000 In Prize Monies The WEEP jocks from Pittsburgh participated in a demolition derby at the local Motor Drome. Each DJ entered the contest and the surprising winner was Terry Rhodes. She had by Jennifer Bohler Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Asleep at the Wheel, North Star Band, the Nashville to bash and bump her way to win over husband, Jonathan, defending champion Keith NASHVILLE — After three months of trial Superpickers, and the Carl Tipton Singers, James and other announcers. Jonathan and Terry Rhodes form the morning team on and elimination by a network of radio sta- with Merle Kilgore acting as Master of WEEP radio. tions across the country, the first annual Ceremonies. According to Ron Christian. PD & MD at KBBQ/Ventura, the station is giving away 50 Wild Turkey Jamboree culminated in The places, winners and their sponsor pounds of volcanic ash. Columbia, Tennessee June 7-8 with the station as follows: 1st Place and $10,000 — WSLR in Akron, Ohio recently sponsored an Oak Ridge Boys concert with Bill Coffey as selection of three place winners and three 000 — Cabin Fever — WSAI, Cincinnati, MO. The Oaks performed two shows. honorable mentions. Ohio; 2nd Place and $5,000 — David Head, Dale Eichor MD at KWMT reports that the station recently held its annual Frontier Day Allen, Jr. Nelson. The purpose of the contest was to select WHOO, Orlando, Fla.; 3rd Place and $2,000 Show, which featured Rex and Bonnie Larry Stevens is the in Orleans. the up and coming talent of the future in — Southern Ashe, WPNX, Columbus, Ga. new morning announcer at WSHO New Stevens was country music. From approximately 2,000 Three Honorable Mentions and $1,000 previously with KAGY in Port Sulphur, La. country mike entrants sponsored by 20 radio stations, each go to Rocky Benton, KIKK, Houston, the panel of music-related judges, con- Texas; Lee Sanchez, WCHY, Savannah, sisting of Bob Campbell, Country Music Ga. and Smokehouse, WBKR, Owens- magazine; Del Bryant, BMI; Dianne Petty, berg, Kentucky. PROGRAMMERS PICKS SESAC; Maggie Cavender, Nashville All of the festivities were filmed by Time Songwriters Association, International; and to Shine Productions, in Nashville, a sub- Rusty Jones, ASCAP; believe they have sidiary of Nashville Television Productions, Johnny Jobe WSHO/New Orleans It’s Too Late — Jeanne Pruett — IBC done just that. Inc. The film will be edited into a 90-minute The final contest took place during a documentary for the Public Broadcasting Rick Stewart KRAK/Sacramento We’re Number One — Larry Gatlin — music jamboree that featured such country Service, and for possible use on pay televi- Columbia artists as Lynn Anderson, Marty Robbins, sion and cable systems. John Stevens KCKN/Kansas City Love The World Away — Kenny Rogers — UA

Ken Johnson WWOL/Buffalo Crackers — Barbara Mandrell — MCA

Lee Ranson WXCL/Peoria Cowboys And Clowns — Ronnie Milsap — RCA

Jay Phillips WMC/Memphis Crackers — Barbara Mandrell — MCA

Dale Mitchell KXLR/Little Rock Cowboys And Clowns — Ronnie Milsap — RCA

Dale Turner WSAI/Cincinnati Crackers — Barbara Mandrell — MCA

Fred Buc WKDA/Nashville We’re Number One — Larry Gatlin — Columbia

Joel Raab WEEP/Pittsburgh Bayou Lullaby — Penny DeHaven — Elektra

Jeff King Jacksonville We’re Number One — Larry Gatlin WVOJ/ — ; Columbia

Albert Cox KOUL/Corpus Christi Take Me, Take Me — Rosanne Cash — Columbia

Lee Shannon WIRE/Indianapolis Cowboys And Clowns — Ronnie Milsap — RCA FUND-RAISING TRAIL TO COLORADO — RCA artists Razzy Bailey and Sylvia joined singer Cliff Cochran and the staff at KSSS Radio in Colorado Springs, Colo, to put on a Ray Sherwood WAXX/Eau Claire Sue — Tommy Overstreet — Elektra benefit concert for a local senior services organization. Co-sponsored by KSSS and the Pikes Peak Civitan Club, the third annual country music show boasted three acts this year Diane Brennan WBAM/ Birmingham Drivin’ My Life Away — Eddie Rabbitt — after successes with Dave and Sugar in 1979 and the Oak Ridge Boys in 1978. Pictured Elektra during intermission are (l-r): Joe Miller, KSSS; Sylvia; Carson Schreiber. RCA Records, Los Angeles; Linda Brown. KSSS; Cochran; Dave Beadles, KSSS; Bailey; Bob May, KSSS; and Jeff Naumann, RCA Records, Denver.

32 Cash Box/June 21, 1980 Willie Nelson & Ray Price together, making music. On their new album- “San Antonio Rose? JC 36476 Celebrate the 4th with Willie and a few thousand close friends.

WILLIE NELSON • CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL • JOHNNY PAYCHECK • HANK COCHRAN FIDDLIN’ FRENCHIE BURKE • GEEZENSLAW BROTHERS FARON YOUNG • ERNEST TUBB • RAY PRICE • MERLE HAGGARD DON BOWMAN • LEON RUSSELL & NEW GRASS REVIVAL

They’ll all be there. July 4th. Willie’s Pedernales Country Club. Austin, Texas.

FOR TICKET INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: 512/264-1231. Advance Tickets $12,50. Day of Show $15.00. Willie Nelson Management/Booking information: Mark Rothbaum, 225 Main Street, Danbury, Connecticut 06810, 203/792-2400

Give the gift ^Columbia Records & Tapes. of music.

"Columbia,” 1 are trademarks of CBS Inc. © 1980 CBS Inc. COUNTRY ABUM REVIEWS SINGLES REVIEWS ED BRUCE (MCA MCA-41273) SINGS HANK WILLIAMS — George Jones — Pickwick SPC- The Last Cowboy Song (3:58) (Tree/Gingham, BMI/ASCAP) (E. Bruce-R. Peterson) 3728 — Producer: Not Listed — List: 7.98 The cowboy feel is strongly evident on this record that has Bruce's rich, resonant voice The greatest vocalist in country music sings an album of telling the story of the cowboy dreams of the modern day man. It will be popular with songs by the greatest songwriter in country music. George listeners everywhere. Jones recorded these Hank Williams songs a number of years MARTY ROBBINS (Columbia 1-11291) ago but this release sounds timely today. Best cuts include One Man’s Trash (Is Another Man’s Treasure) (2:58) (Mariposa — BMI) (D. Winters-D. "They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me," “You Win Again," “I Winters, Jr.) Could Never Be Ashamed of You." and “A House Without An up tempo, lively number from Robbins about a lady who has been slighted by Love." another. The melody and chorus are catchy and will light the switchboards brighter than a Christmas tree. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE — Tom T. Hall — RCA AHL1-3685 ANNE MURRAY (Capitol P-4878) — Producer: Roy Dea and Tom T. Hall — List: 7.98 I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (3:51) (Maclen — BMI) (J. Lennon-P. McCartney) An interesting cover of Hall sitting in a fancy living room This old Beatle’s song is given a smooth rendition by Murray. Her treatment assures this

dressed in some funky clothes with a well travelled guitar case, record of across the board success in all formats. Country fans will love it too. reflects the different sides of Tom T. covered on this album. CONWAY TWITTY (MCA MCA-41271) "People As Crazy As Me” is a jewel, and other great cuts include I’ve Never Seen the Likes of You (2:50) (Hall-Ciement/Maplehill/Vogue — BMI)

“The Six O'clock News,” "Me And Jimmie Rodgers” and “I’ll Go A ballad from the High Priest of country music that tells the story of love at first and last Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again.” sight. The couple in the song connect — and so does this record. LYNN ANDERSON (Columbia 1-11296) Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (2:57) (Visa — ASCAP) (R. Crowell) EYES -- Eddy Raven — Dimension DL 5001 — Producer: Ray This Rodney Crowell tune is an up tempo number about cowgirls on the road. Anderson Pennington and Ronnie Gant — List: 7.98 gives a strong, convincing delivery. Raven is an excellent singer/songwriter whose songs have MARGO SMITH (Warner Bros. WBS 49250) hit while he, as an artist, has never broken big. This collection of My Guy (2:50) (Jobete — ASCAP) (W. Robinson) self-penned (with help from co-writers David numbers some A re-make of this Mary Wells’ classic from the early '60s gives Smith the perfect vehicle Powelson and Sanger Shafer) gives a good insight into this ex- for a summertime hit. A positive song with a catchy beat, it’s sure to make ears perk up. cellent talent. Best cuts include “Just Leave Me Along,” “You’ve NANCY SINATRA (Elektra E-46659-A) Eyes,” “It Got Those Takes A Long Long Time To Say Goodbye" Let’s Keep It That Way (Tree — BMI) (C. Putman-R. VanHoy) and “Fais Do Do.” This song is well on it’s way to being a classic and Sinatra’s version should make it a hit. A strong statement about staying true, it’s got all the elements of a standard. FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES — John Conlee — MCA MCA-3246 — ISAAC PAYTON SWEAT (Blue Island BIR 001-A) You Still The Way To My Heart (2:59) (Bobby Goldsboro — ASCAP) (C. Kelly-J. Producer: Bud Logan — List: 7.98 Know John Conlee has developed an impressive following during Didier) A solid country number that’s already hitting in a number of local markets, this record his short career. He’s a country singer’s singer and his voice is a has all the elements for national attention. The song and delivery both pack a lot of punch. classic. Best cuts on this album, which is mostly straight ahead STEVE WARINER (RCA JH-12029) country and therefore pure Conlee, are "Always True,” “Friday The Easy Part’s Over (3:03) (Jack and Bill — ASCAP) (J. Foster-B. Rice) Night Blues," “Honky Tonk Toys,” “Old Fashioned Love” and This song was a big hit for Charley Pride in the mid-’60s and Wariner’s release has all the “What I Had With You.” elements for making this a big hit all over again. This young^artist has what it takes to be a

YOURS FOR THE TAKING — Jack Greene — Firstline FLP 7012 — Producer: Jack Gilmer — List: 7.98 SINGLES TO WATCH Jack Greene is one of the finest singers in country music with ROY HEAD (Elektra E-46653) a strong, rich voice that sounds perfect on radio or the jukes. Long Drop (3:04) (WB Music — ASCAP) (Pix Pickford) This collection, his first new album in several years, contains ORION (Sun 1153) such gems as “Yours For The Taking,” “Sixty Days,” “It’s Not Texas Tea (2:29) (Shelby Singleton Music — BMI) (Ben Peters) The End Of The World" and “Devil’s Den.” MEL MCDANIEL (Capitol P-4886) Hello Daddy, Good Morning Darling (3:25) (Blackwood Music/Magic Castle Music/Con Brio Music/Wiljex Publ — ASCAP/BMI) (Anders/Dunn/Linard/Murrah/Stegall) LOUISE MANDRELL (Epic 9-50896) Beggin’ For Mercy (2:56) (Tree Publ. — BMI/Cross Keys Publ. - ASCAPHC. Putman/M.' THE COUNTRY COLUMN Kosser) MICKI FUHRMAN (MCA MCA-41220) URBAN COWBOY — You may have thought Giiley’s Club was packed to the proverbial — I Want To Dance All Night Forever (2:42) (Welbeck Music/One Three' Nine Music rafters before ... it should be near impossible to get in the place now that Urban Cowboy ASCAP) (Micki Fuhrman) hit trails halls Well, Mickey Gilley has the dusty and darkened theatre across the country. JERRY REED (RCA PB-12034) worked long and hard to gain this sort of recognition for his substantial honky tonk. As a The Friendly Family Inn (2:38) (Guitar Man Music — BMI) (Lee George Likes/Barry Grant matter of fact, he’s pleased that his club selected “Night Club of the Year" as as punch was Marsh) by the of Country Music. Noted affable crooner, "Of course it’s still nothin' Academy the LISA WARD (Whitehorse WH055) fancy — just a plain old honky tonk where people can relax, let their hair down and have a After Every Goodbye (2:30) (Briarmead/Nave — ASCAP/Song Far/Ski-Edge — BMI) good time.” (Tom Pallardy/Joe Pallardy) By the way, for you Gilley's Club aficionados, there’s a new book on the streets about the club, titled “Saturday Night At Gilley's Club," written by Houston Post music critic Bob Claypool. The book is published by Delilah Com- munications/Grove Press. Crystal Gayle will make her Las Vegas debut when she headlines in the Congo Room of the Sahara Hotel July 3-9.

THE NAME GAME — Frontline Records has changed its name to i Firstline Records. ON THE TUBE — The Kendalls are set to appear on Dinah! Check

' local listings for time in your area . . . Jim Ed Brown and Helen | Cornelius taped “Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry" June 6. The

Ih. show is syndicated, so check local listings . . . Tom T. Hall and Por- Mickey Gilley ' ter Wagoner taped Hee Haw last week. Coming up soon . . . And l finally. Bill Anderson and the Po’ Folks Band's guest appearance on the daytime soap, One Life To Life is set to air June 19 and 20. The Music Industry of Memphis (MIM) will be in Nashville June 16. Among the scheduled activities are an ASCAP luncheon and a BMI-hosted cocktail reception. WHERE DID THEY GET THAT TITLE? Shylo’s new single is "God. Guns and Guts,”

released on their own label, Destiny. Catchy title, huh? It came from a National Rifle Assn, bumper sticker.

The Memphis chapter of NARAS will host a tribute to the Blackwood Brothers June 18 in Memphis. Among their many accolades, the Blackwood Brothers are the only group to have received Grammy nominations every year for 22 years. Additionally, the group has released no less than 1 17 albums in their time. Larry Gatlin is scheduled to MC the tribute, while De Garmo and Key entertain. Producer Bob Montgomery is what might be considered a rare bird in the music

on : CHARLIE WENT DOWN TO MTSU — Epic recording artist Charlie Daniels recently put (1 business. Besides producing such stellar country artists as Eddy Arnold, Razzy Bailey and his “speaker's cap " when he addressed an assembly of some 70 students enrolled in a Kenny Dale, Montgomery has also slipped behind the pop reins to produce Larry Keith's course entitled “ Career Development for the Recording Artist" at Middle Tennessee State forthcoming pop single for RCA. He also began work on Lobo's next album last week in University in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Pictured are (l-r): Joe Payne, student; Dennis Buss, Muscle Shoals. ... Jennifer bohier course instructor; Bill Yarborough, Charlie Daniels Band staff; and Daniels.

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Spiritual Inspirational * Weeks I Weeks On On 6/7 Chart 6/7 Chart 1 TRAMAINE 1 ONE MORE SONG FOR YOU TRAMAINE HAWKINS (Light LS-5760) 1 12 THE IMPERIALS (Dayspring DST-4015) 2 I’LL BE THINKING OF YOU 1 20 ANDRAE CROUCH (Light LS 2 32 5763) 2 YOU GAVE ME LOVE 3 LOVE ALIVE II B.J. THOMAS (Myrrh MSB 6574) 3 46 WALTER HAWKINS & THE LOVE CENTER (Light CHOIR LS 5735) 3 82 3 GOT TO TELL SOMEBODY SWORD SIGNS DISTRIBUTION PACT — Rick Sandidge, head of Sword Records of 4 PLEASE BE PATIENT DON FRANCISCO (New Pax NP 33042) 2 32 Greenville, S.C., has signed a distribution agreement with Distribution by Dave. “Evening WITH ME 4 THE ROAR OF LOVE ALBERTINA WALKER with JAMES Pastoral” by THE 2nd CHAPTER OF ACTS Rob Cassels and ‘‘Morning Dove” by Bill Barnes are the first two albums that CLEVELAND (Savoy SL 14527) 4 20 (Sparrow SPR-1033) 4 12 will be distributed under the new agreement. Pictured above are (t-rj: Bill Barnes, Rick 5 IT’S A NEW DAY Sandidge and Rob Cassel. JAMES CLEVELAND & THE SO. CAL COMMUNITY CHOIR 5 NEVER THE SAME EVIE TOURNQUIST (Word WSB 8806) 5 52 (Savoy SGL 7035) 5 36 6 AIN’T NO STOPPING 6 FORGIVEN US NOW DON FRANCISCO (New Pax NP 33042) 7 80 WILLIE JOHNSON AND THE GOSPEL GOSPEL NEWS KEYNOTES (Nashboro 27217) 6 30 MUSIC MACHINE The Gallop Poll sponsored by the American Research corp. has just been released © CANDLE (Birdwing BDWG 2004) 11 118 and 7 IT STARTED AT HOME for a mere $1250 anybody can have a copy. Among the more significant (and surprising) JACKSON SOUTHERNAIRES 8 FOR THE BEST (Malaco M-4366) 7 16 findings are that 68.6 percent of the total adult in B.J THOMAS (Songbird-MCA 3231) 9 10 population the U.S, believes “Christian music is in 8 I DON’T FEEL as good quality as secular or non-religious” and “almost 28 percent listen NOWAYS TIRED 9 ALL THAT MATTERS regularly to Christian music in their homes." The study, titled "Profile of the Chrisian REV. JAMES CLEVELAND & SALEM DALLAS HOLM 8 PRAISE Marketplace," encompasses seven major areas: radio, television, music, entertainment, INSPIRATIONAL CHOIR (Savoy 7024) 8 84 (Greentree R 3558) 6 38 publishing, donor giving, consumer behavior and leisure time activities. According to the 9 WE LL LAY DOWN OUR 10 MY FATHER’S EYES poll, 6.3 million Americans attended gospel and contemporary Christian LIVES FOR THE LORD AMY GRANT (Myrrh MSB 6825) 10 62 music concerts REV. JULIUS CHEEKS & THE YOUNG (paid or free) during the last 12 months and 27.9 percent of the adult U.S. population say ADULT CHOIR (Savoy SGL 7042 religious/Christian music is the records Arista) 10 18 11 NO COMPROMISE among and tapes most listened to in their homes. KEITH GREEN (Sparrow SPR 1024 12 12 10 CHANGING TIMES The second annual Daviticus Awards, held June 2 in Detroit and sponsored by the MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY 12 THE VERY BEST FOR KIDS Gospel Academy of Arts and Sciences have announced their winners with theC.L. Franklin (City Lights/Epic JE 35971) 9 54 BILL GAITHER TRIO Distinguished Person Award going to Thomas Dorsey and the Memorial Hall of Fame nam- 11 UNIVERSAL LOVE (Word WSB-8835) 14 8 ing Mahalia BILLY PRESTON (Myrrh MSB-6607) 12 8 Jackson as an inductee. Hosts for the event were Al Hobbs and Vashti McKen- 12 HEAVEN 13 HEED THE CALL zie with Walter and Tramaine Hawkins, Tessie Hill, Fred Mendelsohn, Brother Al, Bill and GENOBIA THE IMPERIALS (Dayspring DST 401 13 60 JETER (Savoy SL 14547) 13 16 1 ) Nancy Moss and Pauline Wells Lewis serving as presenters. 13 FIRST CLASS GOSPEL Winners were Andrae Crouch for album of the year and male contemporary artist; Bill THE WILLIAMS BROS 14 BULLFROGS AND Maxwell as contemporary producer of the (Tomato TOM 7036G) 14 4 BUTTERFLIES year; Albertina Walker, song of the year; Don Davenport, best IF YOU MOVE YOURSELF CANDLE (Birdwing BWR 2010) 15 4 album cover design; Milton Biggham, traditional producer of the year; ® Albertina THEN GOD CAN HAVE Walker, female artist, traditional; Genobia Jeter, new female artist, contem- 15 HIS OWN WAY porary; “The Ship” with Rev. Clay Evans, choir traditional; the Charles Fold Singers, choir DONALD VAILS (Savoy 7039) 2 DALLAS HOLM & PRAISE (Greentree R 3441) contemporary; Mighty Clouds of Joy, group both traditional and contemporary; Voice of 15 VICTORY SHALL BE MINE Unity, promising choir JAMES CLEVELAND & THE SALEM 16 contemporary; World Wonders, promising quartet; "Because He INSPIRATIONAL CHOIR BOB DYLAN (Columbia FC 36120) 8 42 Live" by Mattie Moss Clark, hymn of the year; “Keep Your Light Trimmed and Burning," (Savoy SL 14541) 15 6 spiritual song of theyear; Donal Vails, promising maletraditional; TwinkieClark, promising 16 ONE DAY 17 AT A TIME female artist traditional. REV THOMAS L. WALKER B.J. THOMAS (Myrrh MSB 6547) (Eternal Gold EGL-652) 11 10 Light Records is gearing to release the “Lord's Prayer” album written by Dony McGuire 17 SHOW ME THE WAY 18 and Reba Rambo. The album will feature performances by B.J. Thomas, Andrae Crouch, WILLIE BANKS & THE MESSENGERS JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT Walter and Tramaine Hawkins, Reba, Dallas Phil (HSE 1532) 17 26 (Birdwing BWR-2019) 18 26 Holm, Johnson and Tim Sheppard. The first annual gospel competition of the Music City Song Festival has been completed 18 SINCE 1 MET JESUS TOMMY ELLISON (Nashboro 7224) 2 19 and the winner in the professional category was David Meece. David Capron and Lynn JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT 19 LIFE IS Edward FRAGILE (Birdwing BWR 2013) Keesecker tied for the grand prize in the amateur division. Meece received $3000 MYRNA SUMMERS (Savoy SL-14509) 19 12 for his song. Other winners in the professional category were Micki Fuhrman. Dee Gaskin 20 TRY JESUS 20 HYMNS FOR CLASSICAL and Pete Carlson. Judges for TROY RAMSEY & THE SOUL GUITAR the event were James Blackwood, Paul Johnson, Lem Kin- SEARCHERS (Nashboro 7213) 16 46 RICK FOSTER (Bread & Honey BH 102) slow, Mosie Lister, Jim Myers and Otis Skillings. Singer/songwriter Wayne Watson has just signed a songwriting and artist agreement with Paragon Publishing Group. Watson’s debut album will be released by Zondervan. Speaking of the Zondervan group, its New Dawn label will release Pastor Derric ^LBUM REVIEWS Johnson’s new Easter musical, "Fourth Cross" in mid-summer. The album, by Re- Generation will showcase the songs which may be performed local WITH MY SONG — Debby Boone — Lamb & Lion LL-1046 — by choirs. The musical centers on the crucifixion drama through the eyes of Barabbas. Re-Generation Producer: Brown Bannister — List: 7.98 has also I been selected by Fleming Foods as talent on an upcoming series of television This is Debby Boone's "Christian" album that shows not only commercials. I her fine vocal ability but her allegiance to the Lord. It is convinc- Wizzard 1 00 (WZZD), a Philadelphia-based disco station has switched to ing and pulls no punches — there’s no ‘secular’ material here. contemporary Christian music. The station has just been taken over by Communicom Corporation of Best cuts include Dylan's "What Can I Do For You,” “Mor- America, which also has WWDJ in New York. ningstar,” "If Ever” and "With Every Breath.” Dean Wilder, tenor member of the vocal duo Hale and Wilder, suffered a minor stroke recently while on tour in Dallas Tx. The 14th annual Hale and Wilder summer tour have STAND BY ME, A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER — The Sensational been revamped with several dates being performed by Robert Hale and Ovid Young, Brown Brothers — HSE HSE 1538 — Producer: Larry although most concerts have been rescheduled. Blackwell — List: 7.98 The Malcolm Greenwood Agency in Atlanta has announced the signing of Patti There are ten Brown brothers on this album and their sound Roberts for exclusive booking and management. is'a full, spiritual sound that is both moving and emotional. All The fifth annual national conference of the Fellowship of Contemporary Christian but one song written was by Nathaniel Brown and his brothers Ministries is set for Aug. 4-9 at the John’s Niagara Hotel in Niagara Falls. N.Y. The executive give him solid support with vocals. Best cuts include "Stand By director, Frank Edmondson, aka Paul Baker, will be a featured speaker, along with Bob Me," “Hold On And Don’t Give Up" and “He’ll Understand and Larson. Say Well Done.” At the Christian Booksellers Convention, set for July 20-24 in Dallas, over 8000 are expected to attend. Performing there will be the Continental IOOKNG B4CKSISDAUAS HOLM Singers, Dallas Holm, Kristie r Murden, Family, Doug Oldham, Don Francisco, Amy Grant, Nielson and Young, and Susan Gift Porter. LOOKING BACK AT THE BEST OF — Dallas Holm — Green- Mother Theresa, the Nobel prize winner from Calcutta live tree R3709 — Producer: Phil Johnson — List: 7.98 who has devoted her to serving This is the poor in that India city, was the subject of a tribute disc released by Charisma a greatest hits collecton by Dallas Holm, yet it does not Records. The EP, in a picture called “Mother Theresa’s Prayer," is doing well in England contain "Rise Again,” his best known number. Still, the album is and (It super strong with material such as "Heart O’Mine,” "Jesus Got Europe. hasn’t been released in the USA yet.) The cuts are all performed by Joan with half Ahold O’My Life," “Didn't He Shine” and “Peace Joy and Love." McGuiness of the sales proceeds from the album going to Mother Theresa's An excellent showcase for this religious order, the Missionaries of Charity. talented singer/songwriter. don cusic

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 35 ) 4C< CONTEMPORARY

GO ALL THE WAY THE ISLEY BROTHERS (T-Neck/CBS FZ 36305) 1 10 3385) " 1

LET’S GET SERIOUS 39 THE GAP BAND II JERMAINE JACKSON THE GAP BAND (Motown M7-928R1) 2 12 (Mercury SRM 1-3804) 32 28 AT STAIRTOP — A&M executives met recently in Los Angeles with their newest R&B act, SWEET SENSATION 40 BIG FUN the husband-wife duo of Collins & Collins, who visited the western city from hometown STEPHANIE MILLS SHALAMAR (Solar/RCA LX1-3479) 37 37 ” (20th Century-Fox/RCA T-603) 3 8 Philadelphia to support their single, “Top of the Stairs. Pictured are (l-r): Harold Childs, 41 CATCHING THE SUN ROBERTA FLACK featuring SPYRO GYRA (MCA 5108) 40 12 A&M senior vice president of sales and promotion; Herb Alpert, A&M vice chairman; Bill DONNY HATHAWAY 42 SPLASHDOWN and Tonee Collins; and Jerry Moss, A&M chairman. (Atlantic SD 16013) 13 BREAKWATER (Arista AB 4264) 44 5 MOUTH TO MOUTH 43 DREAM COME TRUE LIPPS INC. (Casablanca NBLP 7197) 5 12 EARL KLUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT (United Artists LT-1026) 39 11 MANHATTANS (Columbia JC 36411) 7 10 44 A BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR GEORGE DUKE (Epic FE 36483) 47 3 JIM MADDOX OFFICIALLY RESIGNS — Jim Maddox, senior vice president of the LIGHT UP THE NIGHT Amaturo Group, has officially resigned his post to pursue his own business venture. “I con- THE BROTHERS JOHNSON 45 KWICK (A&M SP-3716) 6 16 (EMI-America SW-17025) 46 6 sider my 14 years in broadcasting to this pointto have been a mere preparation for what is PLACES AT THE LOVE TRIPPIN’ to come." Maddox explained. "I look forward to joining the ranks of the pioneers left in the TWO SAME TIME © SPINNERS (Atlantic SD 19270) 1 industry, as I not content to do only what has been done before. I would like to be a con- am RAY PARKER JR. & RAYDIO SHINE sistent source of new and innovative ideas and will continue to involve myself in as many (Arista AL 9515) 8 11 © AVERAGE WHITE BAND (Arista AL 9523) 57 3 facets of broadcasting as possible. My goal is to do what I can to help the broadcast in- CAMEOSIS o CAMEO (Casablanca CCLP 2011) 10 7 48 NOW WE MAY BEGIN dustry and those involved in it to reach greater heights in the years to come.” Maddox' RANDY CRAWFORD resignation is effective in 30 days, and though a great deal to speculation has been cir- THE GLOW OF LOVE (Warner Bros. BSK 3421) 49 4 © CHANGE (RFC/Warner Bros. 3438) 12 9 culated in the industry concerning his upcoming venture he chooses to wait until all LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL STACY LATTISAW it 11 POWER © papers are signed before discussing any further. THE TEMPTATIONS (Cotillion/Atlantic SD 5219) 58 4 AWB HOT ONTHECOME BACK TRAIL — The Average White Band is back on the charts 7 (Gordy/Motown G8-994M1) 9 BOUNCE, ROCK, SKATE, stronger than ever, as its single “Let's Go 'Round Again" debuts on the pop and black con- 12 SPIRIT OF LOVE © ROLL temporary charts. The band is presently enjoying a successful worldwide tour, with plans CON FUNK SHUN VAUGHAN MASON & CREW (Mercury SRM 1-3806) 11 11 (Brunswick for a U.S. tour in September, in support of its current album, “Shine.” BL 754221) 59 2 LOVE 51 YOU AND ME FIRST RELEASE FROM QWEST — George Benson's single, "Give Me The Night," is the ABOUT © GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ROCKIE ROBBINS (A&M SP-4805) 54 3 first release from Quincy Jones' Qwest Records, distributed by Warner Bros. It has been 36387) 17 4 (Columbia JC 52 THE SUGARHILL GANG getting pop and black contemporary attention though it has only been released one week. 14 HOT BOX (Sugarhill FH 245) 38 16 SP-1- The album will be titled "Give Me The Night" and will be released July 16. The album was FATBACK (Spring/Polydor ’80 6726) 13 12 1*1 produced by Jones. GENE CHANDLER 15 PARADISE (20th Century-Fox/RCA T-605) 61 3 TEC IS TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS — TEC Records has had a reputation as a 15 8 54 LOVE SOMEBODY TODAY successful disco-oriented record label, with product that has done well on the east coast. SISTER SLEDGE 16 THE WHISPERS (Cotillion/Atlantic SD 16012) 34 17 Recently label president Mark Stewart has taken steps to expand the success the label has (Solar/RCA BXL 1-3521) 14 26 had on a regional level and give it national visibility. With the success of "Figures Can't 17 T 55 JERRY KNIGHT LADY (A&M SP-4788) 56 7 Calculate" by William DeVaughn, which is bulleting up the black contemporary charts, the TEENA MARIE (Gordy/Motown G7-992R1) 18 15 Philadelphia-based company is well on its way to reaching its goals. Henry Moyer, vice ONE IN A MILLION DIANA © LARRY GRAHAM (Warner Bros. BSK president of sales and marketing, says, “We have our own promotion staff, we have set up 3447) 1 © DIANA ROSS (Motown M8-936) 43 2 national independent distribution and feel very comfortable with the progress we have TIME 19 THIS far. label Direct Current, Sky, Cecil GQ TWO AL JARREAU (Warner Bros. BSK 3434) 1 been making thus Other acts on the include Captain 19 13 © GQ (Arista AL 9511) Parker and Asphalt Jungle, which we will be releasing product on shortly.” The reorganiza- FOR MEN ONLY 20 OFF THE WALL MILLIE JACKSON tion of the company also brought Cynthia Jeffers, vice president and director of promo- MICHAEL JACKSON (Epic FE 35745) 20 43 © (Spring/Polydor SP-1-6727) — 1 tion, Nick Martinelli, executive vice president, and Jack Shields, just added to the promo- 21 WARM THOUGHTS 59 LOVE JONES tion staff to handle the west coast activity, to the staff. SMOKEY ROBINSON JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON ( M otown T8-367M 1 16 15 RADIO CHANGES — Calvin Booker resigned his post as operations manager at WYLD in (DJM/Phonogram-31) 64 2 22 NATURALLY Orleans will the general at in Gulfport, Miss. . . . Jay New and be new manager WTAM-FM LEON HAYWOOD 60 CAT IN THE HAT BOBBY CALDWELL (Clouds/T.K. Johnson, music director at WYLD. has also resigned. He will become operations manager (20th Century-Fox/RCA T-613) 23 6 8810) 60 5 at WTAM Al Scott, PD at WYLD-FM, has resigned from the station to become opera- MONSTER HERBIE HANCOCK 61 SPECIAL EDITION tions manager at WDDO in Macon, Ga. Ron Ash, air personality at WYLD, has been © (Elektra 6E-270) 62 2 FIVE SPECIAL (Columbia JC 36415) 27 10 promoted to music director, and acting PD for the station, Kim Boutie, has been appointed 62 SYREETA 24 WINNERS (Tamla/Motown T7-3721) 52 5 MD for the FM . . Bruce Bailey in Atlanta. has resigned as PD at WIGO KLEEER (Atlantic SD 19262) 25 17 KENNEDY LENDS SUPPORT TO KJLH RADIOTHON — KJLH in Los Angeles conducted 63 LADIES’ NIGHT 25 AND ONCE AGAIN KOOL & THE GANG its first radiothon for the Compton Sickle Cell Foundation, raising over $45,000 in pledges ISAAC HAYES (De-Lite/Mercury DSR-9513) 45 42 for the center. Members of the community and several celebrities were among the partici- (Polydor PD-1-6269) 22 64 EVERY GENERATION pants in this event, including Sen. Edward Kennedy, who called the station in support of 26 REACHING FOR RONNIE LAWS the Radiothon and was later interviewed by Don Mizel, general manager at the station. For- TOMORROW (United Artists LT 1001) 41 20 SWITCH (Gordy/Motown G8 993M1) 24 11 mer Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally, Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers, Mira Water and others were 65 HIDEAWAY DAVID SANBORN among supporters. 27 RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN (Polydor PD-1-6240) 21 27 (Warner Bros. BSK 3379) 55 11 VARIOUS ARTIST ACTIVITY — Fantasy Records is releasing album length versions of 28 1980 66 PRINCE (Warner Bros. 53 33 several of Isaac Hayes hits in a two-record set called "Enterprise: His Greatest Hits." Some B.T EXPRESS BSK 3366) (Columbia JC 36333) 29 7 singles included are “I Stand Accused” and “Look Of Love" ... To order custom made 67 MIDNIGHT DESIRE RANDY BROWN (Chocolate sheets with one of four Barry White songs on the sheet, pick up a copy of the album “Sheet DON’T LOOK BACK City/Casablanca CCLP 2010) 68 12 © NATALIE COLE (Capitol ST-12079) 48 2 Music," which has an order blank for the customized sheets in all sizes . . . Ashford & 68 SIT DOWN AND Simpson are putting the finishing touches on their album, which will be released at the end 30 RELEASED PATTI LaBELLE (Epic JE 36381) 31 11 TALK TO ME

. . of July . Rick James' next LP, entitled “Garden Of Love," will be released this month . . . LOU RAWLS 31 (Phila. Int’l./CBS JZ 36304) 50 26 Actress Mira Water's is THE BLUE ALBUM debut single scheduled for release on Motown Records in a few HAROLD MELVIN AND 69 DELEGATION weeks . . Johnny Pate and Dick Rudolph, the late Minnie Ripperton's husband, will be co- THE BLUE NOTES 1 70 3 (Source/MCA SOR-3197) 28 14 (Mercury SRM 3821) producing a tribute album to the late singer. The album will feature Ripperton’s vocal 70 “NOW APPEARING” tracks with new accompaniment Stevie Wonder, Lee Ritenour, Michael Jackson and Tom 32 YOU’LL NEVER KNOW RODNEY FRANKLIN AT OLE MISS Scott are among artists working on the project . . . The Hues Corporation have a single for (Columbia NJC 36122) 26 11 B B KING (MCA 2-8016) 66 8

Polydor Records called “Something In It Return," which has just been released. was 33 SKYWAY 71 ON THE RADIO— produced by Michael Lloyd . . . The Spinners have been named national chairmen of the SKYY (Salsoul/RCA SA 8532) 30 15 GREATEST HITS— voter registration drive. NAACP cookie amerson THE INVISIBLE MAN’S VOLUME 1 & II © BAND DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca NBLP-2-7191) 51 34 (Mango MLPS 9537) 42 6 72 10V2 35 TWO TONS O’ FUN THE DRAMATICS (MCA 3196) 67 16 (Honey/Fantasy F-9584) 36 9 73 FUN AND GAMES POP POTENTIAL 36 MASSTERPIECE CROSSOVER 18 CHUCK MANGIONE (A&M SP-3715) 63 MASS PRODUCTION (Cotillion/Atlantic SD 5218) 33 13 74 MUSIC TRANCE ONE IN A MILLION — LARRY GRAHAM — WARNER BROS. BEN E KING (Atlantic SD 19269) 74 2 37 SKYLARKIN’ BEHIND THE GROOVE — TEENA MARIE — GORDY/MOTOWN GROVER WASHINGTON. JR. 75 HANG TOGETHER YOU AND ME — ROCKIE ROBBINS — A&M (Motown M7-933R1) 35 16 ODYSSEY (RCA AFL1-3526) 1

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Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart Atake your time NEVER GIVIN’ UP WE SUPPLY © AL JARREAU (Warner Bros. WBS 49234) © STANLEY CLARKE (Epic 9-50890) W (DO IT RIGHT) ' S. (Tabu/CBS ZS9 5522) 5 10 DON’T IT, DON’T FORCE IT THE O S BAND 35 PUSH £T|) (BABY) I CAN’T GET OVER LEON HAYWOOD (20th Century-Fox/RCA TC-2443) 2 LET’S GET SERIOUS W LOSING YOU JERMAINE JACKSON (Motown M 1469F) 2 14 % SOMEONE THAT I USED TO €* TTF (Curtom/RSO RS 1035) 3 SWEET SENSATION LOVE (MAJIC’S IN STEPHANIE MILLS NATALIE COLE (Capitol P-4869) 43 ff) SPACE RANGER (20th Century-Fox/RCA TC-2449) 3 12 W THE AIR) SKYYZOO SUN (Capitol P-4873) 85 4 FUNKYTOWN © SKYY (Salsoul/RCA S7 2121) 46 LIPPS INC. (Casablanca NB 223) 1 14 72 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) 38 LOVE’S SWEET SENSATION INTERLUDE (Star Vision International SVI 1103) 73 CURTIS MAYFIELD and LINDA CLIFFORD 5 SHINING STAR (Curtom/RSO RS 1029) 40 73 WE OUGHT TO BE DOIN’ IT „ MANHATTANS (Columbia 1-11222) 15 RANDY BROWN 39 BIGGEST PART OF ME (Chocolate City/Casablanca CC 3204) 63 16 LANDLORD AMBROSIA (Warner Bros. WBS 49225) 42 Q gi_ ADyS kni G ht & the pips SIDE (Columbia 1-11239) BY YOUR flD ALL THE WAY © CON FUNKFt SHUN (Mercury 76066) 89 2 BRICK (Bang/CBS ZS9 4810) 45 7 GOTTA GET MY HANDS ON 75 MINUTE BY MINUTE SOME (MONEY) 41 PEABO BRYSON (Capitol P-4844) 62 14 ' WELCOME TO MY WORLD FATBACK (Spring/Polydor SP 3008) DELEGATION (Mercury 76056) A LOVER’S HOLIDAY ROLLER SKATE ft} I SHOULD BE YOUR LOVER CHANGE (RFC/Warner Bros. 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TELL HER I ENJOY YA ODYSSEY (RCA PB-11962) 55 6 © SEVENTH WONDER ONE IN A MILLION YOU HONEY, HONEY (Chocolate City/Casablanca CC 3207) — 1 LARRY GRAHAM (Warner Bros. WBS 49221) © © DAVID HUDSON (Alston/T.K. ALSX 3750) 60 5 LET’S GO ON VACATION 19 TWO PLACES AT 53 COMING DOWN FROM LOVE © SISTER SLEDGE — THE SAME TIME BOBBY CALDWELL (Clouds/T K. CLX-21) 36 11 (Cotillion/Atlantic 45020) 1 RAY PARKER. JR. S RAYDIO (Arista AS0494) 13 16 54 LOVE CYCLES 87 STOMP! 20 ALL NIGHT THING D J. ROGERS (ARC/Columbia 1-11254) 37 7 THE BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M 2216) 59 19 THE INVISIBLE MAN'S BAND (Mango MS-103) 18 17 55 SAME OLD STORY (SAME OLD DO YOU REALLY LOVE ME — 1 21 GIVE UP THE FUNK SONG) $ RENE AND ANGELA (Capitol P-4851) Randy CRAWFORD (Warner Bros. 49222) 34 9 '(LET’S DANCE)' B.T. EXPRESS SPLASHDOWN TIME 56 THE GROOVE BREAKWATER (Arista AS 0518) — 1 1-11249) © (Roadshow/Columbia RODNEY FRANKLIN (Columbia 1-11252) 49 9 22 DON’T SAY GOODNIGHT (IT’S 90 AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (FOR WOLF TICKETS MORE REASONS THAN ONE) TIME FOR LOVE) (PTS. 1 & 2) 7 © PARLET featuring JEANETTE WASHINGTON LOU RAWLS (Phila. Int i. /CBS ZS9 3102) 80 ISLEY (T-Neck/CBS ZS9 229) 15 17 THE BROTHERS (Casablanca NB 2260) 68 3 91 E-FLAT BOOGIE I DON’T GO SHOPPING LOVE JONES TROUBLE (Al & The Kidd MT 1001) 74 5 ® PATTI LaBELLE (Epic 9-50872) 28 8 JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON © 92 PARTY (DJM/Phonogram DJMS-1304) 66 HOUSE — DOES SHE HAVE A FRIEND? FRED WESLEY (Curtom/RSO RS 1037) 1 © GENE CHANDLER 59 SHEET MUSIC 93 CAN’T BE LOVE — DO IT TO (20th Century-Fox/RCA TC-2451) 27 8 BARRY WHITE (Unlimited Gold/CBS ZS9 1415) 39 10 60 JUST ME ANYWAY DYNAMITE! US (Drive/T.K DRIX-6286) 94 2 TONS O’ FUN (Honey/Fantasy 11 PETER BROWN ® STACY LATTISAW (Cotillion/Atlantic 45015) 29 6 TWO 888) 33 BEHIND THE GROOVE FIGURES CAN’T CALCULATE 94 STAY WITH ME (SPEND THE © TEENA MARIE (Gordy/Motown G 7184F) 31 8 ® WILLIAM DeVAUGHN (TEC 767 A) 72 2 NIGHT) 27 WINNERS JIMMY CASTOR (Long Distance LDR-701-S) 96 4 KLEEER (Atlantic 3650) 25 12 LOOKING FOR LOVE (Warner 95 REACH YOUR PEAK © CANDI STATON Bros. WBS 49240) 78 3 12 28 LET THIS MOMENT BE FOREVER SISTER SLEDGE (Cotillion/Atlantic 45013) 70 KWICK (EMI-America P-8037) 21 11 63 GOT TO BE ENOUGH CON FUNK SHUN (Mercury 76051) 56 15 96 STICKS AND STONES CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS JAM (LET’S TAKE IT © PARTY LIGHTS (Source/MCA SOR-41226) 82 5 TO THE STREETS) © THE GAP BAND (Mercury 76062) 76 3 (Elektra E-46620) 35 7 97 HIGH FIVE SPECIAL 61 18 65 I STILL LOVE YOU SKYY (Salsoul/RCA S7 2113) WINDY CITY (Kelli-Arts KA-4501) 65 5 30 STARS IN YOUR EYES I’M HERBIE HANCOCK (Columbia 1-11236) 30 9 98 TONIGHT ALRIGHT GIVIN’ IT UP IS GIVIN’ UP NARADA MICHAEL WARDEN 31 HANGIN’ OUT © PATRICE RUSHEN and D.J. ROGERS (Cotillion/Atlantic COT 45013) 71 13 KOOL & THE GANG (De-Lite/Mercury DE-804) 32 7 (Elektra E-46647) 75 3 99 THAT THANG OF YOURS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT THE BREAKS JOHN & ARTHUR SIMMS © THE BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M 2238) 38 5 © KURTIS BLOW (Mercury 566) 83 3 (Casablanca NB 2251) 64 11 33 LET ME BE THE CLOCK 68 SUPERWOMAN 100 RIGHT IN THE SOCKET SMOKEY ROBINSON (Tamla/Motown T 5431 IF) 19 16 SIDE EFFECT (Elektra E-46637) 69 4 SHALAMAR (Solar/RCA JH-11929) 91 13

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A Lover’s Holiday (Little Macho — ASCAP) 8 Givin’ It Up (Baby Fingers — ASCAP) 66 Let This Moment (Cessess — BMI) 28 Street/Arista — BMI/ASCAP) 36 Ain’t That Loving (East Memphis — BMI) 90 Gotta Get My Hands (Clita — BMI/Sign Of The Twins — Let's Get (Jobete & Black Bull — ASCAP) 2 Space Ranger (Glenwood/Detente — ASCAP) ... 71 All Night Thing (Ackee — ASCAP) 20 ASCAP) 7 Let's Go On (Chic — BMI) 86 Spacer (Chic — BMI) 47 All The Way (Web IV — BMI) 40 Got To Be (Val-Le-Joe — BMI) 63 Let's Go 'Round (Average — ASCAP) 82 Splashdown Time (Breaksongs — BMI) 89 Back Together (Scarab — BMI) 9 Hangin’ Out (Delightful/Gang — BMI) 31 Light Up The Night (State Of The Arts/Brojay — Stars In Your Eyes (Raydiola — ASCAP/Hancock/Polo Behind The Groove (Jobete — ASCAP/Dickiebird — Here We Go Again (Bovina — ASCAP) 49 ASCAP) 32 — BMI) 30 BMI) 26 High (One To One — ASCAP) 97 Little Runaway (Jobete/Stone City — ASCAP) 78 Stay With Me (Shell — BMI) 94 Biggest Part Of Me (Rubicon — BMI) 39 Honey, Honey (Sherlyn/Lindseyanne — BMI) 52 Looking For Love (Hotlips- — BMI) 62 Sticks And Stones (Jobete — ASCAP) 96 By Your Side (Val-ie-Joe — BMI) 74 House Party (Mt. Airy — BMI) 92 Love Cycles (Golden Cornflake — BMI) 54 Stomp (State Of The Arts/Brojay — ASCAP) 87

Can’t Be Love (Sherlyn/Decibel/Patrol Bird — BMI) 93 How Good (Fred Burch/Cedarwood — BMI) 84 Love Jones (Vir-Jon — BMI) 58 Superwoman (Happy Birthday/Relaxed — BMI) . . 68

Clouds (Nick-O-Val — ASCAP) 10 I Ain’t Never (Rightsong — BMI) 44 Love's Sweet (Bellboy Adm. by Mighty Three — BMI)38 Sweet Sensation (Frozen Butterfly — BMI) 3

Coming Down (Sherlyn/Lindseyanne/Bobby I Can't Get Over (Mayfield — BMI) 70 Minute By Minute (Snug/Loresta — BMI/ASCAP) . 75 Take Your Time (Avant Garde —

1 Caldwell — BMI) 53 I Come Here (Groovesville — BMI/Conquisted — Never Givin’ Up (Aljarreau/Desperate — BMI) 34 ASCAP/Interior/Sigidi’s — BMI) Cupid/I Loved You (Kags/Sumac — BMI) 15 ASCAP) 80 One In A Million (Irving/Medad — BMI) 18 That Thang 99

Does She Have (Rock Garden/Los Angeles Bullet — I Don't Go (Almo — ASCAP/Irving/Woolnough — Only The Lonely (Bema — ASCAP) 83 The Breaks (Neutral Gray/Funkgroove — ASCAP) 67

BMI) 24 BMI) 23 Overnight Sensation (Almo/Crimsco — ASCAP) . . 17 TheGroove(Maicaboom — BMI) 56

It — Don’t Push (Jim-Edd — BMI) 35 I Enjoy Ya (Finish Line — BMI) 85 Party Lights (Total Experience — BMI) 64 Tonight I'm Alright (Walden/Gratitude Sky Don’t Say Goodnight (Bovina — ASCAP) 22 I'm Dancing (Overdue/Drumfunk/Yellow Brick Road — Power (Midnight Sun — ASCAP/Book — BMI) 11 ASCAP) 98 Don’t Take My Love (Jobete — ASCAP) 45 ASCAP) 48 Reach Your Peak (Chic — BMI) 95 Top Of The Stairs (Nick-O-Val — ASCAP) 81 Don’t Tell Me (Featherbed/Unichappell/Sumac — Inside of You (H.A.B./Dark Cloud — BMI) 77 Right In The (Spectrum Vll/Rosy — ASCAP) 100 Two Places (Raydiola — ASCAP) 19

BMI) 51 I Should Be Your (Assorted — BMI) 42 Roller Skate (Lena/Funky Feet — BMI) 76 Welcome To My World (A-Plus/R. Bailey/B. Dunbar/R.

Do You Really (Moore and More — BMI) 88 I Still Love You (Gourdine & Kiwi — BMI) 65 Same Old Story (Same Old Song) (Four Knights/Irving Patterson — SESAC) 41

Do Your Thang (Perk’s/Duchess — BMI) 43 I Wanna Know Your (Mighty Three — BMI) 46 — BMI) 55 We Ought To Be (Irving — BMI) 73 Dynamite! (Walden/Gratitude Sky — Jam (Baby Dump/Greenstreet — ASCAP) 29 Sheet Music (Seven Songs/Ba-Dake — BMI) 59 We Supply (Clarkee — BMI/Kodi — ASCAP) 69 ASCAP/Cotillion/Brass Heart — BMI) 25 Jojo (Boz Scaggs/Almo — ASCAP/Foster Frees/Irving She's Out Of My Life (Fiddleback/Peso/Kidada — We're Goin’ Out (Better Nights — ASCAP/Better Days E-Flat Boogie (Al And The Kidd — ASCAP) 91 — BMI) 79 BMI) 50 — BMI) 12 Figures Can’t (Melomega/Maui — ASCAP) 61 Just Us (Jobete — ASCAP) 60 Shining Star (Content — BMI) 5 Winners (Alex-Soufus — ASCAP/Darak-Good Groove Funkytown (Rick's Adm. by Rightsong/Steve Lady (Spectrum Vll/Yours, Mine & Ours — ASCAP) 13 Sitting In The Park (Chevis — BMI) 14 — BMI) 27 Greenberg — BMI) 4 Landlord (Nick-O-Val — ASCAP) 6 Skyzoo (Alligator — ASCAP) 37 Wolf Tickets (Rick’s Adm. By Rightsong/Malbiz —

Gee Whiz (East Memphis — BMI) 72 Let Me Be (Bertram — ASCAP) 33 Someone That I Used (Screen Gems-EMI/Prince BMI) 57 Give Up The Funk (Triple "O" — BMI) 21 You And Me (Chinnichap Adm. by Careers — BMI 16^ LACK CONTEMPORARY MOST ADDED SINGLES MOST /4DDED ALBUMS 1. DIANA — DIANA ROSS — MOTOWN 1. JOJQ — BOZ SCAGGS — COLUMBIA KATZ, WKND, WAWA, KACE, WENZ, WGIV, KMJQ, WBMX, WDIA, WOL, KATZ, WILD, WIGO, WYLD, WDAS-FM, KMJQ, WEDR, WCIN, WWDM, WLOU WNHC, KGFJ, WGPR-FM 2. NAUGHTY — CHAKA KHAN — WARNER BROS. 2. DO YOUR THING — ONE WAY FEATURING AL HUDSON — MCA WAWA, WWDM, KACE, WENZ, WILD, WMBX, WOL, WTLC, WWIN, WATV, WENZ, WYLD, WGIV, WBMX. WOL, WXEL-FM, WLOU OKIOO — 3. THIS TIME — AL JARREAU — WARNER BROS. 3. HERE WE GO AGAIN (PARTI) — THE ISLEY BROTHERS T-NECK/CBS KATZ, KSOL, WAWA, KACE, WENZ, WWRL, WILD, WTLC, WWIN, WATV, WJMO, WRBD, KMJM, WOKB, WDIA, WLOU, WEAL WGCI

4. I ENJOY YA — SEVENTH WONDER — CHOCOLATE CITY/CASABLANCA WYLD, WGIV, WEDR. WWIN, WGFJ, WXEL-FM SELECTED ABUM CUTS NAUGHTY — CHAKA KHAN — WARNER BROS. 5. HOUSE PARTY — FRED WESLEY — CURTOM/RSO Get Ready, Get Set, So Naughty, Papillon WENZ, WDIA, WOL. WTLC, KGFJ, WEAL ONE WAY FEATURING AL HUDSON — MCA 6. LOOKING FOR LOVE — CANDI STATON WARNER BROS. Copy This, I'm In Love With Lovin' You WKND, WAWA, WSOK, WKLB, WBMX THIS TIME — AL JARREAU — WARNER BROS. — Your Sweet Love, Gimme What You Got, Alonzo* 7. THE BREAKS — KURTIS BLOW MERCURY — WJMO, WRBD, KMJQ, WNHC, KYAC FOR MEN ONLY — MILLIE JACKSON SPRING This Is it, Despair 8 BY YOUR SIDE — CON FUNK SHUN MERCURY BODY LANGUAGE — PATTI AUSTIN — CTI KATZ, WDIA, WOL, WAWA, WVKO People In Love, Title BL4CK RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

WIGO — ATLANTA — #1 — J. JACKSON KDAY — LOS ANGELES — STEVE WOODS, PD — #1 — S.O.S. BAND JUMPS: 39 To 31 — Al Jarreau, 35 To 30 — Cameo, 29 To 25 — S. Lattisaw, 28 To 23 — Two Tons Of HOTS: L. Graham, Change, Fatback, J. Knight, S. Mills, B.T. Express. H. Hancock, Spinners, T. Marie, Fun, 27 To 21 — D ,J. Rogers, 26 To 19 — L, Graham, 16 To 12 — R. Robbins, 11 To 8 — C. Khan, Ex To Isley Bros., GQ, R. Robbins, Cameo, 5-Special, S. Lattisaw, Temptations, D.J. Rogers, Kool & Gang, R. 39 — Side Effect, Ex To 38 — J.G. Watson, Ex To 36 — Spinners, Ex To 35 — P. LaBelle. ADDS: P. Crawford. ADDS: Sheila 8 B. Devotion, N. Cole, Bros. Johnson. LP ADDS: G. Chandler. Austin, Surrett, Pleasure, E. Starr, Shotgun. LP ADDS: P. Brooks. Alphonso Boz Scaggs, KACE — LOS ANGELES — ALONZO MILLER, MD WAOK — ATLANTA HOTS: S. Mills, J. Jackson, T. Marie, Manhattans, R. Flack, Fatback, Brass Construction, Con Funk HOTS: Fatback, C. Khan, S. Mills, Temptations, Con Funk Shun, S. Robinson, N. Cole, Lipps Inc., Shun, Isley Bros., Invisible Man's Band. LP ADDS: Commodores, N. Cole, Al Jarreau, L. Graham, D. Kwick, Odyssey, Kleeer, J. Jackson, P. LaBelle, Invisible Man’s Band, S. Lattisaw, G. Chandler, Ross, E. Grant, C. Khan, Ozone, H. Alpert. Change, H. Melvin, P. Bryson, Mass Prod., SOS Band. ADDS: Mass Prod., G. Chandler, T. Marie, R. WDIA — MEMPHIS — MARK CHRISTIAN, MD Laws, Heat, L. Haywood, Breakwater. LP ADDS: ADC Band, Spinners, SheilaS B. Devotion, Al Hudson. HOTS: G. Knight, GQ, H. Melvin, Invisible Man’s Band, L. Graham, Lipps Inc., P. LaBelle, S.O.S. Band, R. Robbins, Temptations, C. Khan, R. Crawford, B. Caldwell, Cameo, G. Chandler, R. Flack, C. WWIN — BALTIMORE — CURTIS ANDERSON, PD Mayfield/L. Clifford, I. Hayes, Spinners, T. Marie, Stone City Band, Lakeside, B.T. Express, Jermaine HOTS: T. Marie, Band, Change, K. Blow, J. Jackson, Fatback, Lipps Inc., Invisible Man’s Band, S. SOS Jackson. ADDS: Con Funk Shun, Fatback, F. Wesley, Isley Bros., Mass Prod., S. Robinson, Switch, Syl. Lattisaw, S. Robinson, Stone City Band, L. Graham. ADDS: Cameron, Al Johnson, Choc. Milk, Seventh Johnson. LP ADDS: Choc. Milk, D. Ross, L. Graham, M. Franks, Millie Jackson, N. Cole, Spinners. Wonder, Heat, Millie Jackson, C. Jackson, S. Mills, L. Haywood, Erotic Drum Band, B. Walker. LP ADDS: J. Jackson. C. Khan, Change, R. Ayers/W. Henderson, Wax, Al Jarreau, N. Cole, Spinners. WEDR — MIAMI — GEORGE JONES, MD — #1 — D. HUDSON HOTS: S. Mills, Fatback, S.O.S. Band, Kleeer, Mass Prod., J.G. Watson, R. Flack, Con Funk Shun, WATV — BIRMINGHAM — AL BELL, MD Invisible Man’s Band, Temptations, L. Haywood, J. Jackson, P. Bryson, Change, TTF, Charles HOTS: Jermaine Jackson, Lipps Inc., Raydio, Whispers, Isley Bros., S. Mills, Manhattans, Con Funk Johnson, W. Piper, C. Khan, Raydio. ADDS: F. Hooker, Rhyze, E. Grant, S. Clarke, Casper, C. Mayfield, Shun, G. Knight. Temptations, Kleeer, Invisible Man's Band, P. Bryson, Change, Ray, Goodman & 7th Wonder, Trammps, J. Carn, Boz Scaggs, Pleasure, Al Jarreau. LP ADDS: Spinners, S.O.S. Band, R. Brown, Shalamar, Flack, G. Chandler, L. Graham, Whispers, R. Crawford, Dramatics, Cameo, Albert Collins, Al Hudson, Etta James, Chuck Jackson. Kwick, SOS Band, B. Caldwell, R. Brown, Two Tons Of Fun, Tavares, Lakeside, Ambrosia. LP ADDS: N.

Cole, I Hayes, Al Jarreau, C, Khan, E. Henderson, Village People, S. Turrentine. WLUM — MILWAUKEE — BILL YOUNG, MD HOTS: S.O.S. Band, Change, M. Franks, Syreeta, L. Graham, Invisible Man’s Band, S. Clarke, Con WILD — BOSTON — BUTTERBALL, JR., PD — #1 — S. MILLS Funk Shun, L. Haywood, R. Robbins, Flakes. LP ADDS: G. Duke, G. Chandler, Trussel, Ozone, Two JUMPS: 43 To 38 — TFO, 34 To 29 — F. Hooker, 33 To 28 — Al Hudson, 32 To 27 — C. Staton, 28 To 22 Tons Of Fun, J.G. Watson. — Collins 8 Collins, 20 To 16 — J.G. Watson, 19 To 14 — G. Chandler. 10 To 4 — S.O.S Band. Ex To 45 WXEL-FM — NEW ORLEANS — REG HENRY, PD — #1 — L. GRAHAM — D. Hudson, Ex To 44 — TTF, Ex To 43 — P. Rushen/D.J. Rogers, Ex To 42 — N. Cole, Ex To 41 — Isley JUMPS: 22 To 19 — Crown Heights Affair, 18 To 15 — G. Chandler, 20 To 10 — H. Melvin, 16 To 9 — GQ, Bros. ADDS: S. Robinson, B. Scaggs, Cameron, Ecstasy, B. Preston, C. Mayfield. LP ADDS: Al Hudson, 13To8 — S.O.S. Band, 8 To 5 — Cameo, 7 To 4 — J.G. Watson, Ex To 30 — N. Cole, Ex To 22 — Isley V. Mason, Spinners, Cameron, L. Graham, Al Jarreau, C. Khan, Fame. Bros. ADDS: Bros. Johnson, 7th Wonder, Al Hudson, C.L. Blast. WGIV — CHARLOTTE — CHRIS TURNER, PD WYLD-FM — NEW ORLEANS — JAY JOHNSON, MD #1 — HOTS: S.O.S. Band, 5-Special, Temptations, C. Mayfield/L. Clifford. D. Sanborn, Spinners, G. Knight, — MANHATTANS JUMPS: 32 To 28 — N. Cole, 35 To 27 — J.G. Watson, 34 To 26 — T, Marie. 33 To 25 — Spinners, 30 To Change, Brick, H. Hancock, L.L. Smith, Michael Jackson, L. Graham. ADDS: 7th Wonder, Al Hudson, 24 — R. Crawford, 29 To 23 — D.J. Rogers, 28 To 22 — H. Hancock, 26 To 20 — GQ, 25 To 18 — P. J. G. Watson, Ritchie Family, Grace Jones, Millie Jackson, Pressure, Patrice Rushen/D.J. Rogers. LP LaBelle, 23 To 17 — G. Chandler, 24 To 16 — M. Jackson, 20 To 15 — R. Robbins, 17 To 14 — Cameo, ADDS: Ritchie Family, C. Mayfield/L Clifford, Rene 8 Angela. Pyrymyd, J.G. Watson, D. Ross, 14 To 11 — Change, 11 To 9 — L. Graham, 10 To 7 S.O.S. Band, 6 To 4 G. Knight, Ex To 35 S. Spinners, S. Turrentine. — — — Lattisaw, Ex To 34 — Al Jarreau, Ex To 33 — Bros. Johnson, Ex To 32 — C. Mayfield/L. Clifford, Ex To 31 — Brick, — City, 5-Special. — Ex To 30 Windy Ex To 29 — ADDS: D. Hudson, Rene 8 Angela, Gap WBMX CHICAGO — BOB SCOTT, PD Band, Windstorm, Skyy, Parlet, Wm. DeVaughn, Al Hudson, Switch, Boz Scaggs, Al Johnson, 7th HOTS: L. Melvin, Al Jarreau, Graham, GQ,H. Cameo. B.T. Express, N. Cole, Ambrosia, R. Crawford, M. Wonder. LP ADDS: SOS Band, N. Cole, Commodores. Franks, G. Chandler, Bros. Johnson, Kool & Gang, OMNI, Jermaine Jackson, C. Khan, Spinners, — — Delegation, Rufus, Kool 8 Gang, S. Lattisaw. I. Hayes, Switch, P. LaBelle, S Robinson, David Hudson, WWRL NEW YORK LINDA HAYNES, MD D.J. Rogers, G. Washington, F. Hooker, Trussel, Stone City Band, Sheila & B. Devotion, S. Lattisaw, L. HOTS: G. Knight, C. Khan, Cameo, N. Cole, G. Chandler, D.J. Rogers, L. Graham, Temptations, R. Clifford, Flack, R. Robbins. ADDS: C. Mayfield, 5-Special, Delegation, D. Sanborn, Sister Sledge, B. Thurston, C. Mayfield, Mass Production, Booker T , Parlet, Aurra, Brick, TFO ADDS: Busta Jones, Sun, C. Staton, Ritchie Family, H Alpert, Al Hudson, Flakes, Rene & Angela, Ozone, Michael Zager, Crown M. Zager. LP ADDS: R. Ayers/W. Henderson, R. Crawford, Millie Jackson, S. Turrentine, P, Austin, P. Heights Affair LP ADDS: D. Ross, C. Khan, Starpoint. Banks, G. Chandler, L. Graham, Al Jarreau.

WGCI — CHICAGO — BARRY MAYO, PD WOKB — ORLANDO — BRETT LEWIS, PD — #1 — S.O.S. BAND HOTS: G. Knight, G. Chandler, J. Butler, Isley Bros., H. Melvin, Lipps Inc., S.O.S Band, J. Knight, HOTS: Invisible Man's Band, Change, Dr. Hook, Lipps Inc., G. Knight, S. Mills. B. Caldwell, Fatback, Invisible Man’s Band. Wee Gee. ADDS: R. Laws. LP ADDS. Al Jarreau, G. Chandler, Fatback. Kwick, B. White, R. Robbins, Spinners, D. Hudson, C. Blow, C. Mayfield/L. Clifford, Skyy, G. Chandler, C. Khan, Bros. Johnson, Gap Band, Brick, Switch, Sheila 8 B. Devotion, L. Graham, FLB, J.G. Watson, WCIN — CINCINNATI — MIKE ROBERTS, MD P. LaBelle, Al Jarreau, F. Hooker, Con Funk Shun, D.J. Rogers. ADDS: GQ, S. Lattisaw, Delegation, 5- HOTS: S. Mills, J. Jackson, Lipps Inc., R. Crawford, R. Flack, L. Graham, B. Caldwell, S.O.S. Band, G. Special, Isley Bros. LP ADDS: Spinners, AWB.

Knight, Change, Fatback, Temptations, Khan. I. C. ADDS: Hayes, S. Clarke, B. Scaggs, D. Ross, Wm. WDAS-FM — PHILADELPHIA — JOE TAMBURRO, PD — #1 — S.O.S. BAND DeVaughn. HOTS: Lipps Inc., G. Knight, R. Flack, T. Marie, Change, Invisible Man’s Band, C, Khan, P. LaBelle, WJMO — CLEVELAND — BERNIE MOODY, PD — #1 — CAMEO Odyssey, Skyy, Spinners, GQ, R. Robbins, Rufus, N. Cole, Cameo, D.J. Rogers, Switch, Wm.

JUMPS: 43 To 38 — G. Chandler, 41 To 37 — Delegation, 40 To 36 — I. Hayes, 39 To 35 — T. Marie, 42 DeVaughn, Kleeer, G. Chandler, Brick, Manhattans, Sister Sledge, AWB, Dynasty, C. Staton, S. To 34 — L. Graham, 38 To 33 — Spinners, 37 To 32 — B.T. Express, 34 To 31 — P. LaBelle. 33 To 30 — Robinson. Isley Bros. ADDS: Boz Scaggs, Pleasure, Kano. Stone City Band, 36 To 29 — S. Lattisaw, 32 To 28 — N. Cole, 30 To 27— B. Caldwell, 31 To 25 — D.J, Rogers, 27 To 23 — Switch, 29 To 22 — R. Robbins, 24 To 21 — Kwick, 23 To 18 — La Flavour, 20 To 15 WENZ — RICHMOND — HARDY J. LANG, PD — #1 — S. MILLS — GQ, 17 To 11 — Change, 8 To 5 — G. Knight, 12 To 2 — S.O.S Band. ADDS: Isley Bros., K. Blow, JUMPS: 20 To 16 — S. Lattisaw, 13 To 1 1 — Al Jarreau, 5 To 2 — R. Flack. ADDS: Al Hudson, F. Wesley, Skyy. Ambrosia, Sister Sledge, Delegation, Cameron. LP ADDS: S. Turrentine, Al Jarreau, L. Graham, D. Ross, Brecker Bros., N. Cole, C. Khan. WJLB — DETROIT — TOM COLLINS, PD — #1 — J. JACKSON KSOL — SAN FRANCISCO — J.J. JEFFRIES, PD — #1 — MANHATTANS JUMPS: 40 To 33 — Delegation, 36 To 31 — Masterpiece, 39 To 30 — Rufus, 38 To 29 — I. Hayes, 37 To JUMPS: 23 To 16 — L. Graham, 11 To 8 — C. Khan, 9 To 5 — G. Knight, 8 To 3 — Change, 15 To 2 — 26 — Al Jarreau, 35 To 25 — T Marie, 34 To 24 — Bros. Johnson, 30 To 23 — D.J. Rogers, 31 To 22 — S. O.S. Band. ADDS: R. Crawford, Spinners, P. LaBelle, Bros. Johnson, D.J. Rogers. LP ADDS: H. GQ, 28 To 21 — G. Chandler, 26 To 18 — L Rawls, 24 To 17 — B. Caldwell, 21 To 1 6 — Spinners, 18 To Melvin, N. Cole, Al Jarreau, Brick, F. Hooker, Skyy. 13 — L. Graham, 14 To 9 — B.T. Express, 10 To 6 — C. Khan, LP To 34 — Ambrosia, LP To 35 — Collins 8 Collins, LP To 36 — L A. Boppers. ADDS: C. Staton, La Flavour, Dramatics, Wm. DeVaughn. LP KOKA — SHREVEPORT — B.B. DAVIS, MD — #1 — JERMAINE JACKSON ADDS: S. Mills. HOTS: Lipps Inc., S. Mills, Fatback, Temptations, R. Dupree, Change, S.O.S. Band. Manhattans,

Cameo. ADDS: V. Mason, Al Jarreau, F. Hooker, J.G. Watson, I. Hayes, Parlet. LP ADDS: N, Cole. WGPR-FM — DETROIT — GEORGE WHITE, PD — #1 — RJ S LATEST ARRIVAL HOTS: Kwick, G. Knight, C. Khan, R. Robbins, Kool & Gang, ADC Band, Temptations, B.T. Express, L. KMJM — ST. LOUIS — GERALD EVANS, MD Graham. ADDS: Busta Jones, H. Alpert, Ozone, Five Special, B, Thurston, Ritchie Family, D. Oliver. LP ADDS: Elton John, Isley Bros., P. McCartney, Gap Band, J. Ruffin, Spinners. LP ADDS: G. Knight, AWB, ADDS: D. Ross, Al Hudson. M. Zager.

WRBD — FT. LAUDERDALE — JOE FISHER, OM-f)1- KLEEER KATZ — ST. LOUIS — EARL PERNELL, MD — #1 — J. JACKSON JUMPS: 32 To 27 — G. Chandler, 34 To 25 — Skyy, 35 To 24 — TTF, 27 To 22 — Bros. Johnson, 26 To 19 JUMPS: 29 To 21 — Spinners, 28 To 20 — S. Mills, 21 To 17 — Rufus, 23 To 16 — Al Hudson, 22 To 1 5 — — P. LaBelle, 18 To 1 2 — Spinners, 15To10 — GQ, IOT06 — L. Graham. ADDS: Sister Sledge, Rhyze, B. Caldwell, 15 To 12 — 5-Special, 11 To 9 — T. Marie, 20 To 7 — R. Robbins, 7 To 2 — S.O.S. Band. Ex K. Blow, Isley Bros,, Breakwater, Kano, B. Thurston. LP ADDS: Spinners. To 29 — GQ, Ex To 27 — I. Hayes, Ex To 26 — C. Mayfield. ADDS: Boz Scaggs, S. Robinson, L. Haywood, Tavares, Breakwater, AWB, Con Funk Shun, Sugarhill Gang, F. Hooker. Dramatics, Sun. LP KMJQ — HOUSTON — PAM WELLES, MD — #1 — J. JACKSON ADDS: Al Hudson, D. Ross, Al Jarreau, G. Chandler, S. Lattisaw. JUMPS: 40 To 32 — C. Khan, 33 To 30 — Kwick, 35 To 24 — Switch, 27 To 20 — 5-Special, 22 To 15 B.T. Express, 25 To 10 — Spinners, 10 To 8 — Kleeer, 1 2 To 7 — Fatback, 20 To 6 — T emptations, Ex To 40 OKIOO — WASHINGTON — DWIGHT LANGLEY, PD — Brick, Ex To 33 — 7th Wonder, Ex To 25 — Isley Bros. ADDS: Ozone, Choc. Jam Comp., Ray, HOTS: G. Knight, Sheila 8 B. Devotion, P. LaBelle, L. Graham, S. Lattisaw, Spinners, Invisible Man's Goodman & Brown, Boz Scaggs, GQ, K. Blow, AWB, Alphonso Surrett. LP ADDS: D. Ross, A! Hudson, Band, Lipps Inc., Cameo, Fatback, Manhattans, GQ. ADDS: Brick, TTF, Rhyze. LP ADDS: N. Cole, C. Ayers/Henderson, R. Crawford, S. Clarke. Khan, D Ross, Change, S. Lattisaw.

38 Cash Box/June 21, 1980 C INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL DATELINE Australia and the Muffins, Toronto, Triumph, Rush, Streetheart, Red Rider and B.B. Gabor all MELBOURNE — Two of Australia’s Top rank in the Top 50 ... in the wake of the Spencer Lee and Tony Producers, news that Jon Anderson and Rick Hogarth, have joined forces in a new com- Wakeman were replaced in Yes by Trevor pany, Leo Productions. The company has Horn and Geoff Downes of the Buggies, it, signed a long-term agreement with has been announced that Yes’ next North Polygram Records for release of its artists, American tour will begin here in August. including Delaney-Venn, Ross Ryan, 01 '55 CBS is readying releases from Susan and Liz Wilder. Leo Productions began Jacks, Eddie Eastman (the first country act when Hogarth and Lee purchased Sydney’s signed to the label in recent memory) and United Sound Studios with the stated aim of Lover Boy. Their latest inking, Straight fostering local talent. Coming releases in- Lines, has debuted with an impressive set clude an album by Delaney-Venn, a power

. . . The Pumps, whose album "Gotta Move" rock trio. will be issued in the U.S. in late June, are Briggs. Little River Band guitarist David BLASTING OFF! — Italian recording artists the Rockets recently signed with readying to tour with Prism for a 22-date CGD WEA after producing a successful album for Germany to handle the group's product in Germany, Austria and Switzerland The agree- jaunt across the country . . . MCA is prepar- Melbourne band Australian Crawl, signed ment was announced shortly after the group 's concert in Varese. Pictured with members of ing the re-release of a double-pocket set 245 to his own label Sydney group MEO the Rockets backstage after the concert are (l-r): Maurizo Cannici, international from the late-'60s and early-’70s, with two A&R and produced an album for them. He's from and Mandala, manager, CGD; Adelfo M. Forni, international licensing and promotion department him discs Bush featuring taken the tapes to America with on manager, Lemoine, Rockets' producer; Killy the likes of Roy Kenner, Domenic Troiano, CGD; Claude and Kumberger, A&R manager, LRB’s current tour to sound out interest in WEA Germany. Prakash John and others. New artwork is the group. being finished up, and the firm expects to The local music business recently mour- Supertramp, Alpert Top New Additions discs to bow by late June . . . Harlequin’s ned the death of guitarist/songwriter Andy debut, “Victim Of A Song,” has been cer- Durant, formerly of the group Stars, who tified gold here, as has the Red Rider To A&M Canada’s ‘Audiophile Series’ lostalong battle against cancer. Durant, 25, premiere, “Don’t Fight It.” MONTREAL — A&M Records Canada will "Even In The Quietest Moments” and spent his last few months with his family at Burton Cummings is moving to the be releasing five new titles in its Audophile “Breakfast In America.” The group has a home, writing songs by which he hoped to screen, in a flick called Melanie, scheduled Series of half-speed mastered super discs large following in Canada, as evidenced by be remembered. Stars, who split up several for shooting this year . . . Vicky Chisholm is during the month of July. Among the titles its record breaking tour last year and the months ago, and Mushroom Records is to WEA’s new data processing manager, will be “Crisis? What Crisis?” by Super- fact that it is the only act in Canadian history release an album of live material by the Sylvie Brunetta moves into promo at the band. tramp; "Spanish Train and Other Stories” to have attained the million unit level for two firm’s Montreal office, and Randy Stark by Chris De Burgh; “Cornerstone" by Styx; of its albums (“Crime Of The Century" and Missing Link Records, a leading in-

does the same in Calgary . . . Polygram will “Rise” by Herb Alpert; and “Regatta De "Breakfast In America"). dependent label, has released the debut issue the John Foxx solo album, long-since Blanc" Police. “Regatta Blanc" by The Police is the album by dynamic young rock band La by The de a favorite in the import bins, and has tagged “The series has been doing exceptionally group’s first title to be included in the line Femme, the first group contracted to the on the new Peter Gabriel release, after a well,” said Joe Summers, A&M Canada and the first time new wave has been show- label for national distribution under an similar label move in the U.S. director of marketing. "By the end of sum- cased in the audiophile format. Alpert's agreement with 7 Records. La Femme's kirk lapointe mer, we anticipate having 19 titles on the “Rise" is also his first effort to be included in self-titled album features the band’s suc- market and we’re in the process of ex- the series. The LP showcases Alpert's inter- cessful debut single, “Chelsea Kids." The Netherlands panding our merchandising and marketing national hit, the Grammy winning “Rise" Another Missing Link act. the Boys Next AMSTERDAM — "RCA Goes Holland" is a efforts in response to widespread con- single, which established his comeback as Door, are currently in England where big tour that will bring new product in four a performer after years of semi-retirement. they're working under the name The Birth- sumer acceptance. weeks time to 24 big shopping centers. The “Our initial marketing approach was to day Party. They've been getting good air- presentation will be coming out of a huge go directly to the retail trade with such in- Dylan Tops April/May play on BBC 1 with material recorded in truck, from which platform Albert West. store merchandising aids as customized Australia, and are being distributed in the Certifications By CRIA Chips, Souvenir and Story will try and in- wire racks, header cards, point of purchase U.K. by independents. A new single is due TORONTO — A double platinum award for any week now. vade the shopping baggers. displays, etc. Now, our second phase of the Dylan’s T rain on Polydor and joined forces in will on Bob “Slow Coming” album Mi-Sex. the Epic group recently returned Phonogram marketing strategy concentrate highlighted certifica- starting a new Dutch import service. This building consumer-awareness through CBS the April/May from10 their debut U.S. tour, have released tions of the Canadian Recording Industry service will deal with marginal repertoire consumer-oriented print advertising in hi- their second album, “Space Race," to rave Assn. (CRIA). Other certifications included that both these companies are not featuring fi, stereo and image publications.” reviews. Their first, "Grafitti Crimes,” went one platinum album, threegold albumsand in their regular catalogs. Bob Spits, former platinum locally and continues to sell well. Ad Campaign marketing with Polydor, isleading two gold singles. Gary Numan, who recently toured with manager certification the new set up. Summers added that the advertising Dylan's double platinum his amazing stage production, says he’ll of units. Paul Corduwener joined K-Tel for Rob campaign will include a four panel color in- signified sales more than 200,000 discard the extravagant light show after the 10 Lemmen as A&R manager. Corduwener sert brochure highlighting10 the line and Other album certifications included a current world tour. Apart from the cost of his skill professional featuring new product. Summers also in- platinum award (100,000 units) for April transporting and maintaining the 10-ton developed as a manager with the Intersong Basart dicated that August releases for the series Wine’s “Harder . . . Faster” on Aquarius set. Numan apparently wants to prove that Publishing Group. would include, among other titles, “The (CANCON), and gold awards for Harle- he doesn’t rely on the set to carry his show. Luv’. This three-girl group, curren- Singles Album" by The Carpenters; “Tea quin's “Victim Of A Song” on CBS, Rush's allan webster More on tly in a big mish-mash over standing up the For The Tillerman” and “Teaser And The “Permanent Waves” Anthem (CANCON) and Daniel Hetu’s "Jet'Attendais" on Lon- Canada biggest daily paper in Holland by giving to Firecat” by Cat Stevens; "Herb Alpert's their gossip writer a purposely wrong story Greatest Hits;” and "Nazareth's Greatest don (CANCON). TORONTO — The domestic scene is as over their old and new friends and lovers, Hits.” Gold singles awards, signifying sales of bright with as ever, discs by Burton Cumm- was flown to Mexico to receive gold for their Supertramp’s “Crisis? What Crisis?” is at least 75,000 units, went to Flying Lizards' ings, Prism and Powder Blues all in theTop the group’s fourth LP to be included in the “Money” on Polygram and Hetu's “Jet'At- single "Yes I Do." Ten here. Discs by Teenage Head, Martha (continued on page 40) series, joining “Crime Of The Century," tendais” on London (CANCON). INTERN/1TION/1L BESTSELLERS Argentina Australia Canada TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s

1 Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. It — Pink Floyd — CBS 1 I Got You — Split Enz — Mushroom 1 Call Me — Blondie — Chrysalis 2 Somos Locos Del Amor — Valeria Lynch — Phonogram 2 Tired Of Toein’ The Line — Rocky Burnette — EMI 2 Funkytown — Lipps Inc. — Casablanca 3 Desde El Abismo — Tormenta — Microfon 3 Brass In Pocket — The Pretenders — Sire 3 Cars — Gary Numan — Beggars Banquet 4 Hot Summer Nights — Night — EMI 4 Space Invaders — Player — WEA 4 Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. II — Pink Floyd — Columbia 5 Moscow — Dschinghis Khan — Microfon 5 Coming Up — Paul McCartney — Parlophone 5 Lost In Love — Air Supply — Poygram 6 Montes De Katmandu — Tantra — Phonogram 6 Same Old Girl — Darryl Cotton — EMI 6 Pilot Of The Airwaves — Charlie Dore — Island 7 Sexy Girl — Bob McGilpm — Interdisc 7 Turning Japanese — The vapors — United Artists 7 Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer — Kenny Rogers — United 8 Gracias Por La Musica — ABBA — RCA 8 No Secrets — The Angels — tpic Artists

9 Locomotion — Ritz — CBS 9 People — Mi-Sex — CBS B i ne Rose — Bette Midler — Atlantic Amor Salvaje — The Ring — Music Hall 10 Total Control — The Motels — Capitol 9 It’s Hard To Be Humble — Mac Davis — Casablanca 10 You May Be Right — Billy Joel — Columbia TOP TEN LPs TOP TEN LPs 1 40 Boleros Con Amor — Maracaibo Ensemble 1 True Colours — Split Enz — Mushroom TOP TEN LPs — Music Hall/AT 2 Glass Houses — Billy Joel — CBS 1 Glass Houses — Billy Joel — Columbia 2 Gracias Por La Musica — ABBA — RCA 3 The Rose — soundtrack/Bette Midler — Atlantic 2 Against The Wind — Bob Seger — Capitol 3 Amor Con Ritmo — various artists — ATC/Music Hall 4 The Wall — Pink Floyd — CBS 3 Duke — Genesis — Atlantic 4 Boleros Siempre Boleros — Katunga — Microfon 5 The Angels Greatest — Albert 4 The Wall — Pink Floyd — Capitol 5 Estilo Nuevo, vol. 3 — various artists — Microfon 6 The Pretenders — Sire 5 Young And Restless — Prism — Capitol 6 The Wall — Pink Floyd — CBS 7 Stardust — Willie Nelson — CBS 6 In The Heat Of The Night — Pat Benatar — Chrysalis 7 17 Top Hits '80 — various artists — Phonogram 8 Off The Wall — Michael Jackson — Epic 7 Woman Love — Burton Cummings — Epic 8 Locos Por La Musica — soundtrack — RCA 9 The B-52’s — Warner Bros. 8 Metro Music — Martha & The Muffins — Virgin 9 Hey — Julio Iglesias — CBS 10 Against The Wind — Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band — 9 Just One Night — Eric Clapton — RSO Ricordi ... — various artists — ATC/K-tel Capitol Twenty One At Thirty Three — Elton John — MCA — Prensario — Keni Music Report —CRIA

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 39 IMERN/fTIONA INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIG4TIONS INTERNATIONAL DATELINE Captain & Tennifle (continued from page 39) current single “Can't You Feel My Love.” Casablanca recording duo Captain & Henry Mildenberg, long time chairman Spargo. the #1 Dutch disco-sound, has Tennille received a silver certification for of Conamus, a foundation for the promo- split from producer Martin van Os. The their “Do That To Me One More Time’’ tion of Dutch product, has retired. The very group’s next single will be produced by single in the U.K. respected Mildenberg was bid farewell by American Steve Yelick. Fleetwood Mac the whole Dutch industry. The new chair- Warner Bros, recording group man is John de Mol, Sr. who started as a The annual party thrown by Muziekkrant vocalist acquired business knowledge Oor, Holland's leading rock Fleetwood Mac was presented with a triple and magazine, was through working for many radio and record held at the catacombs of the Amsterdam platinum award for its “Tusk" LP and a gold

corporations . . . Diesel single “Going award for the “Tusk" single in Australia. The Olympic Stadium. Announced as the Back To China" has entered the Japanese Oorlympic Games, the 1,500 guests, all Janis Ian Top 100. Diesel will soon visit Japan to bubbles in the melting pot called rock ‘n’ CBS recording artist Janis Ian was awar- promote this historic movement. roll, had to go through cold rooms and ded a gold record for her “My Favorites” LP The Police will start recording their third open-air corridors to catch glimpses of in Original Mirrors. in The Netherlands. album the Phonogram Wisseloord Superjones. Spargo and

studios at Hilversum by the end of June . . . Cramps. Usually very comfortable and lux- KC & The Sunshine Band Former Procol Hamm keyboard player urious parties, this first one in the ’80s Matthew Fisher is producing Dutch female resembled the spirit of these days: cold TK/CBS Records International Terry Slater vocalist Sandra Reemer's new album. war. It was a beautiful all out loser's night. recording group KC & The Sunshine Band Fisher is trying to enter the charts with his constant meyers received gold and platinum awards for its Slater Named To “Greatest Hits" LP in Australia. A&R Director WHERE IN THE WORLD Evelyn “Champagne” King Joan Armatrading (A&M) is currently on a tour of the U.K. that will last until June 23.

RCA • recording artist Evelyn “Cham- Post At EMI U.K. Canadian dates from July 6-19 will follow. pagne" King recently had her single LONDON — Terry Slater has been appoin- Warner Bros, recording group Fleetwood Mac is currently on the third week of its world “Shame" certified gold in the Philippines. ted A&R director, EMI Records (U.K.), with tour. The tour, which will end June 27, will cover the U.K., Sweden, the U.S. and Germany. immediate effect. Fie will Capitol recording group Little River Band from Australia is currently on a tour of the Kim Larsen report directly to EMI (U.K.) managing director John Bush, U.S. A. that will conclude July 6 in Portland, Ore. CBS Sweden recording artist Kim Larsen and succeeds Brian Shepherd, who left the EMI/Capitol recording group Philip Rambow and The Debonaires from the U.K. is presented with a gold for his was award company in May. currently on a tour of Canada and the U.S. The tour will conclude July 13 in Rochester, N.Y. “451023-0637" LP in Sweden. Slater was also appointed to the EMI Capitol recording group the J. Geils Band will begin a performance/promotion tour of International Japan on June 24. The tour, which concludes June 29, will include TV appearances. Luv’ Music Repertoire Committee, formed two months ago and headed by Capitol recording group Dr. Hook will tour Canada beginning with a June 24 date in Nova CNR recording group Luv' was awarded Rupert Perry, A&R vice president. Capitol Scotia. The tour will conclude with a July 26 appearance in Victoria, B.C. a gold record for the single “Yes I Do" in Records. Willie Nelson (Columbia). Barbara Mandrel! (MCA), Mickey Gilley (Epic) and John Con- Mexico and the "True Luv’” LP in The Formerly the creative director for EMI lee (MCA) will perform at “The Willie Nelson Event" in Shelbourne, Ontario, Canada on Netherlands. Music Publishing, Slater began his career June 28. The Motels in the music business as a musician and Squeeze (A&M) will play four dates in Canada, June 16-21. songwriter Swan Song recording group Led Zeppelin will begin its first European tour since 1973 Capitol recording group The Motels was before joining Capitol in America in 1969 as general manager, on June 17. The tour, which concludes July 7, will cover Australia, Germany, Switzerland. awarded a gold record for its self-titled Beechwood Music Corp. He returned to the The Netherlands and Belgium. debut LP in Australia. U.K. in 1973 as general manager, Robbins Blue Sky recording artist Muddy Waters will tour the U.K., Austria, France, The BBC Set To Move Music Ltd. before joining EMI Music Netherlands, and Italy from July 4-22. Publishing. A&M recording artist Gato Barbieri will tour Europe in July. Tour dates will be announ- Into Home Video Commenting on the new appointment. ced in the future. Bush said, “Terry's deep knowledge of the Frank Sinatra (Warner Bros. /Reprise) will perform for two weeks in the U.K., beginning LONDON — Under an arrangement with business, his close relations with com- Sept. 8. From Sept. 8-13, he will perform at London's Royal Festival Hall, followed by a the 3M Corp. covering tape duplication and posers and artists and his own artistic flair Sept. 15-20 stint at the Royal Albert Hall. 10 physical distribution worldwide except the bring to the EMI Records10 (U.K.) A&R divi- U.S., Britain’s BBC is readying to move into sion a unique combination of qualities the home video field. promising outstanding success for the Although it's approved, the pact has yet future." to be sealed because the BBC, after four years of negotiation, has not come to an Chrysalis Renews agreement on residual accords with local Licensee Pact With talent unions.

The BBC's move into what it prefers to Capitol-EMI Of Canada call “video books" for marketing purposes ALIBI SIGNS U.S. - LOS ANGELES — Crysalis Records has PACT Magnet recording group Alibi, whose debut LP for the label will be under the cassette label of BBC will be renewed its licensee agreement with released in the U.K. later this year, recently signed a licensing deal with Poiydor Video. It will function as a division of BBC Capitol Records-EMI of Canada. Ltd. The Records for the U.S. and Canada. The group releases in these markets almost im- Enterprises, the commercial arm of the mediately three-year contract, which commences on and the album will be out in June. Pictured here at Polydor's New York offices company which is also in charge of signing July 1, continues the previous three-year are (l-r): Poiydor promotion person; Jim Collins, head of Poiydor promotion; Brian program sales in the foreign market. Reza. pact with Capitol. The agreement was director and head of A&R. Magnet; Harry Anger, vice president of marketing. The 3M agreement covers tapes in all signed by Sal Licata, president of Chyrsalis Poiydor; Cynthia Fox. promotion secretary; Fred Haayen. president. Poiydor; Michael formats, but does not include disks. U.S. Levy, Records, and Dave Evans, president of chairman and managing director. Magnet; Jerry Jaffe. artist development. Poiydor; videocassette arrangements are still open Capitol-EMI of Canada. and Poiydor promotion person. for negotiation. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERS

Germany1 The Netherlands United Kingdom TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s 1 Der Nippel — Mike Kruger — EMI Electrola 1 Funkytown — Lipps Inc. — Phonogram 1 Theme From Mash — The Mash — CBS 2 Weekend — Earth And Fire — Phonogram 2 Sun Of Jamaica — Goombay Dance Band — CBS 2 No Doubt About It — Hot Chocolate — RAK 3 Take That Look Off Your Face — Marti Webb — DGG 3 Working My Way Back To You — Spinners — WEA 3 What’s Another Year — Johnny Logan — Epic 4 Whaf’s Another Year — Johnny Logan — CBS 4 I’m In the Mood — Nolan Sisters — CBS 4 She's Out Of My Life — Michael Jackson — Epic 5 Sexy Eyes — Dr. Hook — EMI Electrola 5 What’s Another Year? — Johnny Logan — CBS 5 We Are Glass — Gary Numan — Beggars Banquet 6 It’s A Real Good Feeling — Peter Kent — EMI Electrola 6 Buzz Buzz A Diddle It — Matchbox — EMI 6 Over You — Roxy Music — Poiydor

7 I See A Boat (On The River) — Boney M. — Ariola 7 I See A Boat On The River — Boney M. — Fleet 7 Mirror In The Bathroom — The Beat — Go Feet 8 Boat On The River — Styx — CBS 8 Crazy Guitar — Hank The Knife & The Crazy Gang — 8 Rat Race/Rude Buoys Outa Jail — Specials — 2 Tone 9 Sun Of Jamaica — Goombay Dance Band — CBS Phonogram 9 Funkytown — Lipps Inc. — Casablanca 10 D.I.S.C.O. — Ottawan — DGG 9 Call Me — Blondie — Ariola Geno — Dexy's Midnight Runners — Parlophone Dance Yourself Dizzy — Liquid Gold — CNR TOP TEN LPs 1 Die Schonsten Melodien der Welt Orchestra Anthony Ven- TOP TEN LPs TOP TEN LPs tura — Arcade 1 Hun Grootste Hits — BZN — Phonogram 1 McCartney II — Paul McCartney — Parlophone 2 The Magic Of Boney M. — Ariola 2 Homo Sapiens — Robert Long — EMI 2 The Magic Of Boney M. — Boney M. — Atlantic/Hansa 3 The Wall — Pink Floyd — EMI Electrola 3 20 Greatest Hits — Hot Chocolate — Arcade 3 Just Can't Stop — The Beat — Go Feet 4 Traumereien — Richard Clayderman — Teldec 4 The Magic Of Boney M — Ariola 4 Sky 2 — Ariola

5 Der Nippel — Mike Kruger — EMI Electrola 5 Met je ogen dicht — Rob de Nijs — EMI 5 Me Myself I — Joan Armatrading — A&M 6 Noch enimal mit Gefuhl — Rudi Schuricke — Metronome 6 Women And Children First — Van Halen — WEA 6 Off The Wall — Michael Jackson — Epic 7 Zauber der Karibik — Goombay Dance Band — CBS 7 Dromentrein — Lenny Kuhr — CNR 7 Flesh And Blood — Roxy Music — Poiydor 8 Cornerstone — Styx — CBS 8 Gevecht Met De Engel — Flairck — Phonogram 8 Just One Night — Eric Clapton — RSO 9 Highway To Hell — AC/DC — WEA 9 Happy Summerparty — James Last — Poiydor 9 Greatest Hits — Rose Royce — Whitfield 10 Greatest Hits — Earth & Fire — Poiydor 10 Champagne & Roses — various artists — Polystar -Der Musikmarkt — Nationale Hitkrant Produkties — Music Week

40 Cash Box/June 21. 1980 INTERN /4TIOfsML PLAYUSTS INTERNATIONAL ARGENTINA BRAZIL GERMANY The Biggest Part Of Me — Ambrosia — WEA NATIONAL — RADIOACTIVE SAO PAULO — TOP EXECUTION MUSICS NATIONAL — MEDIA CONTROL Let’s Go Round Again — Average White Band — Tu Tambien Me Haces Falta — Angela Carrasco Menino Do Rio — Baby Consuelo — WEA Theater — Katja Ebstein — Ariola RCA — Microfon Alo Alo Marciano — Elis Regina — WEA Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. II — Pink Floyd — Power 8 Reason — Machine — RCA

Oro — Johnny Stewart — Phonogram Bandolins — Oswaldo Montenegro — WEA Harvest I Ain't Never — Isaac Hayes — Polydor Noches Calidas De Verano — Night — EMI Me Esqueci De Viver — Jose Augusto — Odeon Sun Of Jamaica — Goombay Dance Band — CBS They Got Me Covered — Dirty Looks — CBS Un Sentimental — Julio Iglesias — CBS Amor Meu Grande Amor — Angela Ro-Ro — Boat On The River — Styx — ASM Hands Off She’s Mine — The Beat — Arista

Dame, Dame, Dame — ABBA — RCA Polygram Pan — Costa Cordalis — CBS Any Way You Want It — Journey — CBS Papucho Mio — Lucrecia — CBS Toada — Boca Livre San Francisco Bay — Smokie — RAK Amor Salvaje — The Ring — Music Hall Do You Love What You Feel — Rufus 8 Chaka Verzeih'n Sie, Madame — Stefan JAPAN — Ariola Desde El Abismo — Tormenta — Microfon Khan — Ariola Waggershausen TOKYO — HOSO Que Lio Haberte Enamorado — Nazareno — Grito De Alerta — Maria Bethania — Polygram It's A Real Good Feeling — Peter Kent — EMI Magic — Dick St. Niclaus Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Queen — Der Wilde, wilde Westen — T ruck Stop — Nature Phonogram Body Language — The Dooleys Sola A La Orilla Del Mar — Bonnie Tyler — RCA Odeon Leben So Wie Ich Es Mag — Volker Lechtenbrink You May Be Right — Billy Joel Vo No Vivo Sin Ti — Dyango — EMI Velho Camarada — Fabio/Tim Maia/Hyldon — — Polydor Que Hachi Halef Omar — Dschinghis Khan Enamorate De Mi — Camilo Sesto — Microfon Odeon I Have A Dream — ABBA — Polydor Off The Wall — Michael Jackson Creer En Dios — Trio San Javier — Frevo Mulher — Amelinha — CBS Weekend — Earth And Fire — Ver- Como No On The Radio — Donna Summer CBS Please Don't Go — KC 8 The Sunshine Band — tigo/Phonogram Video Killed The Radio Star — The Buggies — Andy Gibb — Phonogram CBS On The Radio — Donna Summer — Casablan- Deseo Him — Rupert Holmes — Music Hall Aguela Nuvem — Gilliard — RGE ca/Phonogram Telefono — Blue Man Gimme. Gimme, Gimme —ABBA Second Time Around — Shalamar — Coward Of The County — Kenny Rogers — Un- La Carta — Jose Augusto — EMI RCA Save Me — Queen Leon Herido — Ruben Amado — CBS Lua De Sao Jorge — Caetano Veloso — ited Artists High Life — Arabesque Khan — Microfon Polygram Daydream Believer — Anne Murray — Capitol Moscu — Dschinghis Technopolis — Yellow Magic Orchestra Viola Wills — Pra Voce Nao Me Esquecer — Alcione — Wie Frei Willst Du Sein? — Howard Carpendale Puedo Ahora YaVivirSinTi — RCA You Can Me Anytime — Boz Scaggs Del — Valeria Lynch — Polygram — EMI Somos Los Locos Amor Bahama Mama — Boney M. Phonogram Desabafo — Roberto Carlos — CBS Him — Rupert Holmes — MCA Just When I Needed You Most — Randy Call — — Como Yo Te Amo — Raphael — Music Hall Rap-0 Clap-0 — Joe Bataan — RCA Me Blondie Chrysalis Vanwarmer Y Sera Que No La Quiere — Mathias — RCA Chega Mais — Rita Lee — Som Livre Alles. Was Ich Brauche, Bist Du — Hoffmann 8 Another Brick In The Wall. Pt. II — Pink Floyd Take Me — Ian Dury — CBS Na Paz Do Seu Sorriso — Roberto Carlos — CBS Hoffmann — Global How Do I Make You — Linda Ronstadt Esta Noche No Durara Siempre — Michael Partilha — Roberto Ribeiro — Odeon Confusion — Electric Light Orchestra — Jet Coming Up — Paul McCartney Johnson — EMI Vai Voltar — Lilian — RCA Buona Domenica — Antonello Venditti — Boat On The River — Styx Pedro — Raffaela Carra — CBS Get Up To Get Down — Brass Construction — Metronome Rise — Herb Alpert Maldito EsTu Amor — Santiago — Phonogram Capitol Lucifer — The Alan Parsons Project — EMI Ayudala — Mari Trini — Music Hall Feira De Mangaio — Clara Nunes — Nie Mehr Allein Sein — Tony Holiday — Polydor — Odeon — THE NETHERLANDS Saca El Revolver — The Three Degrees Desesperar Jamais — Simone — Odeon Nimm Deinen Fub Aus Der Tur — Mary Roos AMSTERDAM — HILVERSUM THREE Microfon Put A Little Love In Me — Delegation — Ariola Hansa Sri Lanka — Jack Jersey — Dureco La Danza De Los Mirlos — Los Mirlos — Microfon D.I.S.C.O. — Ottawan — Top Tape Que Sera Mi Vida — Gibson Brothers — Polydor Cara Mia — Jay And The Americans — EMI Justo Ahora — Lavelle — EMI Genghis Khan — Genghis Khan — RGE One-Two-Five — lOcc — Mercury Over You — Roxy Music — Polydor Bahama Mama — Boney M — RCA You Decorated My Life — Kenny Rogers — Take That Look Off Your Face — Marti Webb — Working My Way Back To You — Spinners — Si Me Dejas No Vale — Jose Jose — Microfon Capitol Polydor WEA Babe — Styx — Odeon Ein Lachein — Jurgen Marcus — Telefunken Toccata — Sky — Ariola Pode Guarciar As Panelas — PaulinhoDaViola — Fire Lake — Bob Seger 8 The Silver Bullet Band AUSTRALIA Dance Yourself Dizzy — Liquid Gold — CNR Odeon — Capitol MELBOURNE — RADIO 3XY Funky Town — Lipps, Inc. — Phonogram Space Invaders — Player One — WEA Call Me — Blondie — Ariola

I Got You — Split Enz — Mushroom FRANCE ITALY Zondag — Rob de Nijs — EMI Atomic — Blondie — Chrysalis PARIS — WRTL MILAN — RADIO MILANO Love's Not For Me — Graham Gouldman — Brass In Pocket — Pretenders — Real Records Ladies' Night/Tonight The Night — Kool 8 The Clones — Alice Cooper — WEA Phonogram Tired Of Toein' The Line — Rocky Burnette — Gang — DeLite/Vogue One-Two-Five — lOcc — Polygram SunOfJamaica — Goombay Dance Band — CBS EMI Stomp! — The Brothers Johnson — A8M/CBS Coming Up — Paul McCartney — CBS Girls On The Beach — The Surfers — CNR Rock Lobster — The B-52's — Warner Bros. And The Beat Goes On — Whispers — Turn It On Again — Genesis — Charisma Relight My Fire — Dan Hartman — CBS People — Mi-Sex — CBS Solar/RCA Love At The Phone — Suzanne Fellini — What’s Another Year — Johnny Logan — CBS No Secrets — The Angels — Epic Rapper's Delight — Sugarhill Gang — Bab- Casablanca Maar Ja — Lenny Kuhr — CNR Same Old Girl — Daryl Cotton — EMI co/Vogue Echo Beach — Martha 8 The Muffins — Polygram I'm In The Mood For — Nolan Sisters — CBS

Coming Up — Paul McCartney — Parlophone Another Brick In The Wall. Pt. II — Pink Floyd — If I Didn’t Love You — Squeeze — ASM Crazy Guitar — Hank The Knife — Phonogram Call Me — Blondie — Chrysalis Harvest/Pathe Fool For A Pretty Face — Humble Pie — Atco Buzz Buzz A Diddle It — Matchbox — EMI The Boys Light Up — Australian Crawl — EMI Rap-O. Clap-0 — Joe Bataan — Salsoul/RCA Galactica — Rockets — Rockland Food For Thought — UB 40 — Sound Prod Total Control — The Motels — Capitol Le Banana Split — L.I.O. — Arabella Sono Solo Canzonette — Bennato — Ricordi Pierrot — Ronnie St. Claire — Phonogram

Another Brick In The Wall Pt II — Pink Floyd — The Wait/Brass In Pocket — Pretenders — YouGotMeSpinnin' — Booker T. Jones — ASM We Believe In Love — Dolly Dots — WEA CBS Sire/Pathe Power — Temptations — Gordy It s Only Just Begun — Solution — CBS WorkingMyWayBackToYou — The Spinners — Walking On The Moon — Police — A8M/CBS Didn’t No Bigger Fool — Gloria Gaynor — You And Me — Spargo — Inelco/Vip Atlantic Rockin’ Rollin' Disco King — Paul Sabu — Polydor Periscope Life — Kayak — Phonogram Rockabilly Rebel — Major Matchbox — Magnet Ocean/Arabella Does It Feel Good To You — B.T. Express — CBS Seasons — Grace Slick — RCA

Fly Too High — Janis Ian — Interfusion Atomic — Blondie — Phonogram Now We May Begin — Randy Crawford — WEA I See A Boat On The River — Boney M. — Ariola Toccata — Sky — Ariola T raffic/Stand The Ghetto — Bernard Lavilliers — It’s Time To Party Now — Raydio — Arista My oh My — Sad Cafe — RCA Captain Beakey — Keith Michell — Polydor Barclay Rock Lobster — The B-52's — WEA American Dream — Dirt Band — EMI Rock With You — Michael Jackson — Epic Don't Push It Don’t Force It — Leon Haywood — Changeling — Simple Minds — Arista So Long — Fischer Z — EMI Don't Let Go — Isaac Hayes — Polydor 20th Century-Fox/RCA Lost In Love — Air Supply — Arista Meisjes pas op — Nico Haak — Phonogram He's My Number One — Christie Allen — Ok Fred — Errol Dunkley — Discodis Please Don’t Ask — Genesis — Polygram Hollywood Seven — Alides Hidding — Polydor Mushroom The Letter — Amii Stewart — Carrere Overnight Sensation — Jerry Knight — ASM Shooj Sugar — Champagne — Ariola Come Back — J. Geils Band — EMI Making PlansFor Nigel — XTC — Virgin/Poly dor Little Jeannie — Elton John — MCA Little Jeannie — Elton John — Phonogram Gonna Get Along Without You Now — Viola Wils One Step Beyond — Madness — Barclay Hang Together — Odyssey — RCA Boys Cry — Original Mirrors — Phonogram — RCA On My Radio — Selecter — 2 Tone Welcome To Hollywood — Gerry Rafferty — U.A. Pata Pata — Osibisa — Inelco/Vip You May Be Right — Billy Joel — CBS The Plastic Age — Buggies — Island /Phonogram Jojo — Boz Scaggs — CBS Rosie — Joan Armatrading — CBS

With You I'm Born Again — Billy Preston 8 I Wanna Be Your Lover — Prince — WEA Teenage Heartbreak — Sorrow — CBS World At War — Dr. Pop — CNR Syreeta — Motown Que Sera Mi Vida — Gibson Brothers — This World Of Water — New Music — GTO Lost In Love — Demis Roussos — Phonogram Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Queen — Zagora/ Phonogram Media Man — Flash 8 The Pan — Epic Visite — Lenny Kuhr — CNR Elektra Rectangle — Jacno — Dorian/Discodis Frontline — Elevator — Arista Song For The Children — Oscar Harris — Ariola The Rose — Bette Midler — Atlantic Funky Town — Lipps, Inc. — Casablanca Clouds — Chaka Khan — WEA The End Of The Show — The Cats — EMI Turning Japanese — The Vapors — United Ar- On The Radio — Donna Summer — Vogue Javardo — Javardo — Capitol Niqhtboat To Cairo — Madness — Dureco tists Rappin’ — Kurtis Blow — Phonogram This Must Be The Night — Mink DeVille — EMI Geno — Dexy’s Midnight Runners — EMI Coward Of The County — Kenny Rogers — Un- Total Control — The Motels — Capitol/EMI Empty Glass — Pete Townshend — WEA Nothing Going On — White Honey — CBS ited Artists L'Elite — T rust — CBS The Hard Way — Point Blank — MCA Rinq Ring — Chris Rainbow — EMI Carmilla — Jon English — Mercury Computer Games — Mi-Sex — CBS No Doubt About It — Hot Chocolate — RAK Coming Up — Paul McCartney — EMI

All I Wanna Do — Jo Jo Zep 8 The Falcons — Second Time Around — Shalamar — Solar/RCA Althea — Grateful Dead — Arista I Don’t Need You — Herman Brood — Ariola Mushroom In The Heart Of The Ghetto — Neil Oliver — CBS Mannaggia Alla Musica — Ron — Spaghetti 99 — Toto — CBS

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 41 (continued from page 15) ON JAZZ from out-of-print and never before released materials from the venerable Decca catalog. For the uninitiated, the Decca catalog contains some of the greatest jazz ever recorded by

masters like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and if all goes as scheduled, there’ll be a

big release of 1 8 records followed by another of 21 around July or August — let us pray . . . Another exciting development is the imminent release of a new Max Roach album on

Columbia. It will be an all-digital recording of Max’s M’Boom Percussion Ensemble with fellow masters Freddie Waits, Roy Brooks, Warren Smith, Omar Clay, and Ray Mantilla.

VINYL PIPELINE — Another herniated disc for my mailman, so without further ado . . . From Columbia’s Contemporary Masters Series comes a classic blues date by Count Basie's star vocalist Jimmy Rushing. “Mr. Five By Five," with Jo Jones, Coleman Kawkins, Milt Hinton and Dickie Wells among others. The enormously successful drummer/producer Norman Connors launches “Celestial Sky” by the Starship Orchestra, jazz- oriented funk revolving around pianist/composer Billy McCoy, saxophonist Ralph “Buzzy” Jones and percussionist Darryl Munyungo Jackson with assists from Leon “Ndugu” Chancier and Jean Carn. Bassist Stanley Clarke has a new working band and a

new album in the form of “Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" . . . The classy Black Saint label features two new releases. Pianist/composer/teacher Muhal Richard Abrams continues SIGN UP FOR DRAFT — KROQ/Los Angeles was the first station to get involved with to create new musical forms with “Spihumonesty” featuring George Lewis, Roscoe Zappa Records' national promotion based on Frank Zappa's single "I Don't Wanna Get Mitchell. Jay Clayton, Amina Claudine Myers, Leonard Jones and Youset Yaucey. The Drafted " Listeners who write in for the Zappa "Draft Card" will be able to attend a special young tenor giant David Murray teams up with the dynamic rhythm team of Fred Hopkins screening of Zappa's new movie, Baby Snakes, on June 12-13. Pictured signing up are (I- and Steve McCall for “Sweet Lovely” . . . From Warner Bros, comes the latest release from r): Doug Ely of Zappa Records and KROQ air personalities Darrell Wayne, April Whitney, the extraordinary vocalist Al Jarreau, “This Time,” with assists from Steve Gadd and Abe " Shana. "Jed The Fish. Jerry Longden and 'I Laboriel. Electric bass innovator Larry Graham, who initiated the string popping sound while with Sly Stone, chocks in with “One In A Million You.” Vocalist Chaka Khan produces WGH’sCanadaStressesGood some progressive funk with jazz overtones on “Naughty,” with the help of John Clark, Joe Daley, The Brecker Brothers, Willie Weeks, Howard Johnson, Phil Upchurch and Noel Pointer. And the original cast album of “One Mo’ Time” captures the musical richness and Mix Of Music, Talk And News sassiness of black vaudeville in the ’20s, with music by The New Orleans Blue Serenaders

with the legendary trumpeter Jabbo Smith . . . From the Muse label comes another ex- (continued from page 23) sonalities in recorded versions, either 20 cellent organ album, “Good Vibrations” by Groove Holmes with Idris Muhammad and "Whether it is myself or members of the seconds long or 45 seconds. The Houston Person. Vibist Charlie Shoemaker swings away on “Blue Shoe,” pianist Kenny staff, the advantage of WGH is that you are Acuweather man, as a matter of fact, gets Barron and guitarist Ted Dunbar wax intimate on “In Tandem,” and percussionist Emanuel not in anyway, shape orform handicapped, fan mail delivered here to the station.”

creative.” K. Rahim leads a hard-edged latin ensemble on "Total Submission” . . . From the Pausa hand-tied or stifled from being Still, one of the more popular features of label comes “Four Keys” by the remarkable pianist Martial Solal, with Lee Konitz, John Canada’s commitment to creative WGH’s programming remains the “tanning Scofield and Niels Henning Orsted-Pedersen. “Open Strings ' is a re-issue of one of programming to serve the community is index.” “We get 20 or 30 calls every day in the violinist Jean Luc Ponty’s finest European groups, featuring guitarist Phillip Catherine. also reflected such features as from all types of people who want to know Theme" is by the Patrick Williams Orchestra featuring Toots Thielemans, Steve Khan George In The Morning Show, a news what kind of tan to expect,” Canada ex- magazine style program; Canada's own and Tony Levin. “Girl Talk” is vintage Oscar Peterson with drummers Bobby Durham and plained. "People are disappointed if we tell talk utilizing telephone calls, and Louis Hayes and bassists Sam Jones and Ray Brown joining the pianist. Jazz accordion show them it’s only going to be a five or six kind of

master Ari van Damme joins the vocal quartet Singers Unlimited on “Invitation” . . . The Ellery Queen Mystery Minutes. day, but are delighted when we report a ‘Bo for American popular song is the theme of three solo piano releases on Inner City. “Roland “The Mystery Minutes are great Derek’ tanning day.” Hanna Plays the Music of Alec Wilder,” “Al Haig Plays the Music of Jerome Kern” and soliciting listener participation,” Canada While music may not be the main fare at explained. “The answer to a crime is con- “Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen” . . . Savoy Records (distributed by WGH, it plays an equally vital role for Arista) has just released four excellent re-issues of vintage materials. “The Black Swing tained in the one minute of clues, and Canada. Contemporary hits and carefully Tradition" features the work of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, Mary Lou Williams, listeners are asked to call us with their solu- selected oldies are used more as a supple- Stuff Smith, Buster Bailey, Hot Lips Page and the Buck Ram All-Stars Basie-ites Frank tions. They win money or albums.” ment to WGH’s many special features. “2 attractions at include Foster and Frank Wess are featured on Franks Please" with assistance from Kenny More off-beat WGH “It’s not that music is less important,” the Acuweather service and something “ Clarke, Kenny Burrell and Donald Byrd “Marian McPartland at the Hickory House" C a n a d a -e x p I a in e cf, but i t’ s the other things follows the pianist’s development in 1952-53, with drummer Joe Morello and bassist known as the “tanning index.” that we do that make this station different.” Vinnie Burke among others. “The Modern Jazz Piano Album" features important early “Acuweather, in my opinion, is the best Extensive Research in America,” said. recordings of Bud Powell, Lennie Tristano, Herbie Nichols, George Wallington, Dodo news service Canada Because of extensive research, J.J.

Marmarosa and Horace Silver . . . Finally, from Atlantic, comes the long awaited "The service delivers accurate weather McKay’s Tidewater Top 20 Countdown, warnings, all to the soundtrack from The Blues Brothers movie with music by Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, forecasts, hurricane up which airs five nights a week from 7-9 p.m, minute, which is extremely vital for this Matt Murphy, Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, The Rev. is one of the most comprehensive, up-to- area. to this service, James Cleveland Choir, and, of course, Elwood and Jake. And the Spinners check in with The key besides ac- the-minute playlists in the country. "Love Trippin' ” with yeoman support from the Brecker Brothers, Cornell Dupree, John curacy, is that it is presented by per- Each day, McKay surveys the four

Tropea, Arnie Lawrence and Ronnie Cuber . . . Ooops, almost missed the new McCoy leading retail outlets in the area and, from Tyner on Milestone, “Horizon,” with Al Foster, John Blake and George Adams, one of the NMPA Submits that information, compiles the Top 20 best

pianist's more pleasurable recordings in some time . . . And coming from Muse is selling singles and Top 10 best selling "Satisfaction Guaranteed," the latest offering from vocalist Mark Murphy. chip stern Mechanical Royalty albums for that day. Each night, McKay will then play in countdown fashion these Top Fee Proposal 20 singles and cuts from the Top 10 (continued from page 8) albums. In addition, five or six new releases the work for which the compulsory license are previewed each night for test purposes. is sought and the royalty payable. “AM radio has to inform in every way The notice of change in suggested retail possible and communicate through every list price requires much of the same infor- conceivable means with the available mation and additional notification of the audience on AM today,” Canada sum- new list price within 30 days of the change, marized. “It might be news, audience in- the new royalty payable and the effective volvement, talk and music or wall-to-wall

date of the list price change. talk; but it cannot be wall-to-wall music. Morris Abram, attorney for the NMPA, "That is the toughest realization that AM

told the CRT that even if record companies has to face today in light of the penetration ! discontinue the use of suggested retail by FM. You cannot, under any cir- price in business, they could figure one out cumstances, expect to play music wall-to- for purposes of filing an application for wall on the AM station today and gain any compulsory license. kind of an audience or be competitive." The CRT is charged with reviewing the present royalty fee for mechanical NMPA Sets Annual reproductions and to reach a decision before the end of this year. This decision Membership Meeting will remain in force until 1987, when the law NEW YORK — The annual membership requires another review. meeting of the National Music Publishers' HA VING A “SPLENDIDO” TIME — Columbia Records recently released Al DiMeola 's new Association (NMPA) will take place on June two-record album, "Splendido Hotel,” featuring the single "Roller Jubilee." Shown at a For The Record 24 at the Plaza Hotel here. Executives and listening reception for the artist at the label's New York headquarters are (l-r): Bob Wilcox,

The June 14 issue of Cash Box inadver- various committee chairpersons from the associate director of product management, Columbia ; Jim Fishei, associate director of tently printed background information on NMPA and the Harry Fox Agency will begin east coast A&R. Columbia; Arma Andon, vice president of artist development, Columbia; Bob Cook, an executive of RCA Records. their reports to the membership at 3 p.m. AA Mickey Eichner, vice president of east coast A&R, Columbia: Bruce Lundvall. president, Cook is retiring from the company after 37 reception for members and other music in- CBS Records Division; DiMeola; Ed Hynes, vice president of national promotion, Colum- years. dustry executives will follow. bia; and Philip Roberge, manager.

42 Cash Box/June 21, 1980 ) IVMCHIN Robbins Named Co-President Of Atari’s Coin-Op Division SUNNYVALE — Joseph Robbins, most distributors and operators throughout the recently president of Empire Distributing, world. Inc., a division of Bally, has been named co- He was educated at Yale University in the president of Atari’s Coin-Operated Elec- School of Engineering. After service in

tronic Games Division. The announcement World War II he began his career in the in- was made June 4 by Eugene Lipkin, presi- dustry in 1 946 with a Seeburg distributor in dent. New England and with London Music Co. in Commenting on the appointment, Lipkin Wisconsin. In 1955 he joined Empire Dis- said, "Atari’scoin-op division has experien- tributing of Chicago where he became a ced accelerated growth and expansion partner in 1962, later directing the sale of both domestically and internationally dur- the company in 1972 to the Bally organiza-

ing the past 18 months. I am particularly tion. He continued as chief executive officer pleased that Joe has joined me to manage at Empire and was elected to Bally’s board the expanding administration and of directors, serving as chairman of the ex- marketing plan for Atari’s coin-op division. ecutive committee. Robbins held these ‘Lizard ‘Tora, Tora’ His assistance will enable Atari to keep up positions until he resigned in 1978. with the demands of the industry and to devote the creative and business efforts Stern Expects To Game Plan Holds Vegas Show needed to continue our leadership in the marketplace. The outstanding successes LAS VEGAS — More than 125 people and a farewell brunch (June 8). Game Win Approval For representing prominent distributors and Plan/AES executives Lee Goldboss, Wen- of such Atari coin-operated games as operators within the coin machine industry dell McAdams and Ken Anderson were Asteroids, Sprint II and Breakout have been Its Seeburg Bid attended Game Plan’s lavish product show- also on hand to answer questions about the instrumental in bringing Atari into the CHICAGO — Stern Electronics, Inc., under ing June 6-8 at The Dunes Hotel in Las new amusement games. forefront of the coin-operated industry the terms of a $2-million plus plan, has Vegas. The two-year-old Chicago-based “There have been several rumors in the worldwide.” agreed to buy certain of the assets of the manufacturer debuted its “Tora Tora" industry that Game Plan was going out of Raymond E Kassar, chairman and chief Seeburg Corp. (Cash Box, May 31) and video and “Lizard” pinball game, and the pinball manufacturing business," said executive officer of Atari, Inc. added, “The begin manufacturing jukeboxes under the representatives from the slot machine Anderson, Game Plan's marketing coin-operated business is growing at a Seeburg name. As reported by company community were given a chance to view the manager, “But there’s never any reason to rapid rate. Our engineers have exciting new president Gary Stern, the proposed ac- in the pipeline and are already company’s new microprocessor slot, denounce a rumor verbally. You have to products quisition, if approved by a federal “Money Machine.” show people. And that’s what we've done blueprinting games for 1982 and 1983. The bankruptcy judge and a majority of un- Game Plan hosted the weekend that by holding this showing.” team of Messrs. Lipkin and Robbins secured creditors, will contribute to the featured a welcoming cocktail party (June Anderson went on to say that he was very provides us with outstanding management continued growth and diversification of (continued on page 6), an all-day showing and buffet (June 7) 44) leadership in a highly competitive Stern Electronics which, since its formation business,” he added. in 1976, has reportedly captured almost Robbins has contributed to the growth of 20% of the world pinball market. the coin-operated amusement industry THE JUKE BOX PROGRAMMER Stern foresees no problems in final ap- over the past 34 years and is well known to proval of the agreement and expects the Gottlieb Distributor acquisition to be finalized within 60 days. TOP NEW POP SINGLES Stern production of Seeburg jukeboxes is THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK FRANK SINATRA Appointments Told planned for as early as September of this (Warner Bros. RPS-49223) year. CHICAGO — The appointment of four new Prior to the start of production, the COMING UP PAUL McCARTNEY (Columbia 1-11263) Gottlieb distributors has been announced Seeburg operation will be moved to Stern's TIRED OFTOEIN’THE LINE ROCKY BURNETTEiemi -America P-8043) by Jack H. Mittel, vice president and 280.000 square foot manufacturing facility IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME BILLY JOEL (Columbia 1-11275) general sates manager of D. Gottlieb & Co. in Chicago. Solid state components for I’M ALIVE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (MCA-4i246) The new distributorships areContinental (Warner Bros. Seeburg jukeboxes will be provided by CLONES (WE’RE ALL) ALICE COOPER WBS 49204) Divide Distributors, Inc. of Denver, Colo, IN (Ep,c-50888) Stern's suburban based subsidiary, Un- AMERICA THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (with offices also in Albuquerque, N.M.), OF AIR (Arista as 0520) iversal Research Laboratories, Inc. of Elk ALL OUT LOVE SUPPLY Philip Moss & Co. in Kansas City, Mo., (Chrysalis CHS 2410) Grove Village, which recently relocated into ATOMIC B LON DIE Game Sales Company of Memphis, Tenn. a new 42,000 square foot manufacturing (a division of Sammons Pennington) and and assembly plant (Cash Box. June 7). Sammons-Pennington, Nashville, Inc. The new facility has the capability of being “Our new distributors are well known to TOP NEW COUNTRY SINGLES expanded an additional 50,000 square feet, operators in the areas they cover and these 1 FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES JOHN CONLEE(MC V41233) according to Stern. moves have been made to strengthen dis- 2 YOU WIN AGAIN CHARLEY PRIDE (RCAPB-12002) URL, Inc. also provides solid state com- tribution and enhance sales opportunities 3 BAR-ROOM BUDDIES MERLE HAGGARD & CLINT EASTWOOD ponents for all Stern pinball games and for our new game. ’Panthera,’ and some (Elektra E-46634) O.E.M. solid state products to outside com- very exciting ones to follow.” Jack Mittel 4 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE TOM T. HALL (RCA PB-12005) panies. said of the appointments. "Also, my ex- 5 DANCIN’ COWBOYS BELLAMY BROTHERS (Warner/curb wbs 49241) Broaden Market perience and friendship with Jerry Gordon. 6 KAW-LIGA HANK WILLIAMS, JR. (Elektra E-46636) Stern said the Seeburg acquisition will Terry Moss, George Sammons, Jerry Por- 7 NAKED IN THE RAIN LORETTA LYNN

I WANNA KNOW YOUR NAME FRANK HOOKER & POSITIVE PEOPLE this month, Stern confirmed its intention to (Panorama/RCA YB-1 1984) begin the manufacture of video games in HERE WE GO AGAIN (PART 1) THE ISLEY BROTHERS (T-Neck/CBS ZS9 2291 the summer. SUPERWOMAN SIDE EFFECT (Elektra E-46637) Creation of a new jukebox division will BY YOUR SIDE CON FUNK SHUN (Mercury 76006) result in the formation of a new Stern 10. WE SUPPLY STANLEY CLARKE (Epic9-50890' jukebox engineering department. However, according to Stern, there will be TOP NEH/DKNCE SINGLES no major reorganization of company management. Larry Siegal, Stern’s vice 1. SPACER SHEILA&B. DEVOTION (Carrere/AtlanticCAR 7209) GOODBYE LES - Les Rieck of Rock-Ola president of sales/administration, will be 2. HANGIN’ OUT KOOL & THE GANG (De-Lite/Mercury DE-804) was recently presented with a token of the directly responsible for overall operation of 3. HOOKED ON YOUR LOVE THE FANTASTIC ALEEMS (Panorama/RCA JH- 12024) manufacturer’s appreciation upon his the Seeburg division. Stephen Kaufman 4. DANK DAYTON (United Artists UA-X1353-Y) retirement after 25 years of service. Pic- will remain as Stern’s vice president of 5. ROLLER SKATE VAUGHN MASON & CREW (Brunswick B 550) tured are Rieck (!) and company president marketing; Ed Polanek will continue as David Roc kola. president of Stern’s URL subsidiary.

Cash Box/June 21, 1980 43 COIN MACHINE Baily Gets 2nd Patent Grant For Electronic Pins

CHICAGO — Robert E. Mullane. chairman of the board and president of Bally Manufacturing Corp., announced that “Bally has been granted a second major United States patent relating to its electronic pinball games utilizing microprocessor technology. The patented electronic system,” he noted, “has been employed in the coin-operated solid-state flipper-type pinball machines manufactured by Bally. In 1979, revenuesfrom sales of flipper-type pinball machines amounted to more than $127,500,000 of Bally’s total STATE GROUP CONFERENCE — A special state association ex- association president James E. Hayes, Melvin Peartman, AMOA revenues for 1979 of about $386,200,000. ecutives meeting convened in Columbus on May 15, the day director and chairman of the state association committee, and Suit Filed preceding the opening of the 1980 OMAA Exposition. Pictured at other prominent meeting participants. OMAA attracted record at- “In June of 1978, Bally was granted a Un- the event are (l-r): Paul Corey, OMAA's executive vice president; tendance tor the meeting.

ited States patent which it believes to be a basic patent in the pinball machine in- Game Plan Hosts Distributor Meet In Vegas dustry,” he added. At that time, Bally brought a lawsuit against two major pinball (continued from page 43) squadrons of airplanes that are descending new image for video in that it doesn't have a machine manufacturers and certain other pleased with the attendance, as the com- and dropping bombs. The squadrons come space theme.” said Anderson. He also ex- defendants in the U.S. District Court in pany sent out 60 invitations ten days prior to down in series of two, three and four air- plained that the game is in black & white Chicago for patent infringement based on the event, and more than 75% of the planes at a time. Once a squadron has been with color overlays, and that although it the unlicensed use of the patented inven- manufacturer’s distributors were represen- shot down, a new squadron assembles. wasn't ready for the Vegas showing, it tion, and this litigation is currently pending. ted at the Las Vegas showing. “We didn't There are four different sequences featur- would eventually be put out in color. “Bally has granted a license to Stern want to hold the showing on such short ing four fleets and four squadrons in all. Anderson also mentioned the Electronics, Inc., under the patents, and is notice,” said Anderson, “but we felt it was However, if the squadron hits all of the enthusiastic turn out for the showing offering non-exclusive, royalty-bearing mandatory. With the flipper market bad the ships, the game is over. Each successive proved the young manufacturer is licenses under its patents to anyone in- way it is, the first thing people think when sequence becomes increasingly more dif- respected by its distributors, and that they terested in obtaining the right to use the in- you slow down on pins is that you are going ficult. In addition, the game also features a had a lot of confidence in the new product. ventions in their products,” according to out of business. We're a publicly owned random kamikaze plane that dive bombs “When you get this many distributors in one Mullane. company, so we certainly have the on the fleets. place with ten days notice, you can't help In conclusion, he stated. “These patent resources, but we also like this business “We feel that 'Tora Tora' represents a but be encouraged," Anderson added. grants are still another confirmation of the and plan to stay.” company’s leadership and innovation in the Game Plan's latest entry into the pinball design and engineering of electronic market is “Lizard,” which is currently being r. 'IMQDM HU u I amusement equipment." sample shipped to distributors throughout m uJ LJ 1 M the country. The game features an in- COMP/ Combination Foosball, novative sound theme that includes a drum beat and simulations of a breathing lizard, ilNSON Pool Room, Pro Shop rocks falling into water and pterodactyl C.A. ROBINSON & COMPANY n a Rf Opens In Chicago screams. The game, which features the backglass motif of a gigantic lizard attack- THE CHICAGO — The Annex, a combination COIN—MACHINE PEOPLE ing a voluptuous cave woman, is also foosball room complete with pro shop, heightened by an action-packed playfield REPRESENTING THE TOP EARNING recently opened in Chicago. It is equipped that consists of a spinner target, a kick out GAME EQUIPMENT with five new Tournament Soccer Brown hole on top, a 50,000 point bonus target on WITH 40 YEARS OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE Top Tables, a permanent Goalie War Table, the left hand side, four drop targets halfway three Tournament 8 Ball Pool Tables and a up the game, and three drop targets on top. AND PARTS! pro shop stocked with Tournament Soccer "We've also put extra power into the sling accessories, to provide area residents with shot and flippers on ‘Lizard,’ ” explained a permanent location for practice and com- Anderson, “and the sound system and well- IOBINSO petitive play. laid-out playfield make it high scoring and A $300 Pro-Am Draw Tournament was exciting.” k COMP/ 2301 WEST PICO BOULEVARD held to launch the new room. Tournaments Game Plan also bowed its new “Tora ;on &. c LOS ANGELES CA 90006 have been scheduled on a regular basis Tora” video at the event. The black and JSON & 213 • 380-1160 BINS! every Tuesday night and Saturday after- white color overiayed game has an air-sea 10MPAN noon. The Annex is located at 3435 N. battle theme. JCflM FL Western Ave. in Chicago. Telephone num- In “Tora Tora,” the player must fire the ber is (312) 248-7930. guns from his fleet of ships at' the v

44 Cash Box/June 21, 1980

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OMAA OFFICERS — During the recent Ohio Music & Amusement Assn. (OMAA) Exposi- tured in far right photo, seated, are (l-r): Jim Sclarb, secretary; Hopkins; George; Hayes; tion for 1980-81 Bracket, vice president; (Cash Box , June 14). a new slate ot officers and directors were elected Larry Van second and Neargarder Standing are (l-r): David R.

term Pictured at the confab are (l-r): Maynard C Hopkins, board chairman ; Ohio Attorney George, director; Tommy Thompson, director; Frank Provenza, director; Richard Zappa, General William J. Brown (playing); Richard George, first vice president; James Hayes, director; Judith A Martin, OMAA executive secretary; Paul A. Corey, executive vice presi- president; Clarence P. Neargarder, treasurer; Hopkins and Edward P Elum, director. Pic- dent; Melvin Pearlman, director, and Harold Laughlin, director.

TOURNAMENT SOCCER In conjunction with C. A. Robinson will be hosting "The $25,- CHICAGO CH>4TTER 000 Los Angeles ‘Fun In The Sun’ Spectacular” July 4-6 at the Pasadena Hilton. The weekend long event will be the Seattle-based soccer table manufacturer’s fourth annual

"Foos Of July" celebration and it promises to be the company’s biggest and best L.A. event Game Plan, Inc. sponsored a new product showing at the Dunes in Las Vegas, June 6-8, to officially unveil the factory's new “Pinball Lizard” pingame, “Tora Tora” video game and yet. The tournament will be highlighted by a pro clinic, a handicapped women's doubles and the singles championship, which will take place on July 5. The Hilton the “revolutionary microprocessor slot machine.” Factory distribs from throughout the game Pasadena is Robles. Calif. call 577- country were invited to attend the three-day gala (see separate story). located at 150 S. Los Pasadena Tournament entrants can (212) 1000 for reservations. Entry fees per player are as follows: $75, championship doubles; NEXT UP FROM Williams Electronics, Inc. is a new standard size pin — "Blackout” by championship singles; championship mixed doubles; $30. novice doubles; name — which is distinguished for a number of outstanding features including some super $50, $50, $20, novice singles; $15 novice mixed doubles and $15, handicapped women's doubles. graphics and artwork. As we learned from marketing chief Ron Crouse, Blackout has the speech option, only in this case Williams is introducing a foreign language concept. So here we have a talking pin that speaks other than English. Prototypes are in production and domestic shipments should begin within the next couple of weeks. Watch for it. EASTERN FLASHES “Firepower,” meanwhile, is doing very well.

WITFI THE BASEBALL SEASON in full swing, is it any wonder that “Extra Bases” is a NYSCMA president Millie McCarthy is rallying New York ops to campaign against a feature item at the Midway plant these days. The “finest and best programmed baseball proposed tax increase on coin-operated machines. If passed, the legislation could access is game" what marketing vice president Stan Jarocki calls it. What's more, it's a high earn- an additional $250 fee per machine per year which means, as Millie pointed out, N.Y.C. ops ing piece, as well. On the subject of “Galaxian" — “phenomenal." would have to pay the new charge along with the present $50 license fee on pins and $25 "MYSTiC" IS COMING UP SOON from the Bally Pinball Division. As the name implies, jukebox tax. She cautioned that if the bill goes through in the city, it could easily spread the new pin’s visual concept portrays the fascinating world of magic. To quote company statewide and urged ops to contact their legislators. Also working diligently in the cam-

exec Tom Nleman, “it’s the game that does the ultimate magic trick — it makes money ap- paign are Howard Herman, president of the MAA, attorneys Mel Evans and Ron Kop- pear in the cash box." And how can you beat that. pelman and former senator Tom Laverne. For further details contact Millie McCarthy at ATTENTION PHONO OPS. Cary Baker of Ovation Records has a new pop/ novelty single (914) 434-5343. that’s made to order for jukeboxes. Title is “Who Shot J.R." (from the popular “Dallas" TV “WE ARE ANXIOUSLY looking forward to the resumption of production of Seeburg series) and the artist is Gary Burbank, a disc jockey from Louisville. The record's already phonographs in the not too distant future,” announced Tony Yula of Mondial-Springfield. breaking in Chicago, Detroit, Louisville, New Orleans and Nashville, Cary noted. Call him at His comment related to the reported acquisition by Stern Electronics, Inc. of the Seeburg (312) 729-7300 for jukebox promo copies. He also mentioned that jukebox play con- jukebox line (Cash Box, May 31). Mondial is currently enjoying outstanding test results

tributed very significantly to the success of Joe Sun's “Shotgun Rider” (Ovation), which is with the new Gottlieb “Panthera” pin — and awaiting initial delivery of the factory’s “Cicus" beginning to cross over from country to pop in some areas. wide-body. Video activity out there centers on Atari's “Asteroids” and Gremlin’s "Astrofighter." Tony hopes to have an exciting new Atari piece (as revealed at the factory’s C/4UFORNM CLIPPINGS Arizona meeting) sometime in July.

C.A. Robinson's Ira Bettelman, who was in Las Vegas with the rest of famous Bettelman clan for Game Plan’s lavish showing June 6-8, said he believes that the manufacturer has INDUSTRY OlLENDER

some exciting product and that C.A. is eager to put it out on test. Bettelman said he was July 18-19; Montana Coin Machine Oct. 10-11; Amusement and Music also anxious to view the new product line at Gremlin’s distributor meeting at the end of the Operators Assn.; annual conv.; Outlaw Operators of Virginia; annual conv.; month. In other news at the distrib, Bettelman mentioned that it was a pleasant surprise to Inn; Kalispell. Howard Johnson’s; Richmond. see the collections on Taito's new “Lunar Rescue" still coming hot and heavy, and that C.A. 1 9-21 North Carolina Coin Operators Sept. ; has just received its first shipment of Exidy's “Targ." Bettelman added that, with the line of Oct. 23-26; NAMA National Convention- Hotel; manufacturers that his distrib represents, he has never seen so many top machines on the Assn.; annual conv.; Radisson Exhibit; H. Roe Bartle Convention Hall; market at once in amusement games business. Charlotte. Kansas City, Missouri TALKED BRIEFLY WITH Jack Sutton of Rowe International, who has just returned to Sept. 26-28; West Virginia MusicS Vending Oct. 31-Nov. 2; AMOA, annual exposition; San Francisco after a business trip to Honolulu. On the home front, Sutton maintains that Assn.; annual conv.; Ramada Inn; South Conrad Hilton Hotel; Chicago. the R 84 Prelude phonograph is selling well and that he has just reordered. Sutton was also Charleston. in L.A. recently where he tells us he viewed an excellent new video game by Hoie called Oct. 8-10; JAA (Japan Amuse. Trade Nov. 22-24; IAAPA annua! convention; “Galaxy.” Assn.); annual conv.; Tokyo. Rivergate; New Orleans, La.

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WEA HOLDS SPRING MARKETING MEETING — Executives and artists from the War- marketing. E/A; Peter Golden. Jackson Browne management; Russ Bach, vice president ner/Etektra/Atlantic Corp. gathered at the Doubletree Inn in Tuscon. Ariz. May 18-23 for of marketing development. WEA; Droz and Mort Fink, president. WCI Home Video. Pic-

WEA's Spring Marketing Meeting. Pictured in the top row at the event are (l-r): Joe Cohen, tured in the bottom row are (l-r): Farad; Ed Rosenblatt, senior vice president/director, executive vice president of NARM; Henry Droz, president of Warner/Elektra/Atlantic sales and promotion. Warner Bros.; Droz; Posner; Smith; Dave Glew. Atlantic executive Corp.; Mel Posner, vice chairman, E/A; Joe Smith, chairman. E/A; Rip Pelley, director field vice president; Blues Brothers John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd; Glew; Jerry Greenberg,

operation. E/A; Ken Buttice, vice president of A&R, E/A; Jerry Share II. vice president head of Mirage Records; Droz; Bob Greenberg, co-principal of Mirage Records; Sheldon creative services, E/A; Jackson Browne; Burt Stein. E/A national director of promotion; Vogel, vice chairman. Atlantic Records, and Doug Morris, president. Atlantic Records. Mark Hammerman, director of artist development. E/A; Vic Farad, vice president of Performances by Jackson Browne and The Blues Bros, highlighted the meeting.

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independent Producers Exert Growing A&R influence With Major Record Manufacturers

(continued from page 7) ment. “My feeling about handling a new act because they're not making themselves

tists,” observed Zager, "because it has is that I’m better equipped to decide what's aware of what’s happening outside the become extremely difficult for an artist to gooa or not than anybody at any record studio,” he said. go cold to any major sized record company company,” Gottehrer said. “I bring my new Diminishing In-house Production

without the support of a producer or a groups along myself, and when I decide The consensus opinion of the industry

heavy manager.” that they’re ready I’ll bring them to a label observers interviewed by Cash Box was Assume Additional Functions that will want to be involved with them." that the importance of independent In some cases, independent producers producers to the majors' A&R departments Carl Davis, president of his self-named diminishing num- are assuming managerial-type career production company and Chi-Sound has been enhanced by a guidance responsibilities for their artists. ber of in-house producers available to work Records, said that he often will "act as sur- Richard Gottehrer, the president of the Ins- with artist rosters, lenner observed that "in rogate father and manager” for his new acts tant Records production firm, started his the force-feeding of our industry what you during the initial stages of their develop- company in 1976 operating with the have is a situation where you are forced to ment. “I’m taking away and solving the philosophy that there should be no outside grow bigger, you are demanded to grow SONGBIRD OUTLAW — Country artist problems that the A&R departments at the Willie Nelson has with interference with his new artists’ careers. bigger, and as you get bigger the attention pacted major labels through in dealing with go new MCA/Songbird Records, the "The idea was to produce masters without that you can give to individual acts company’s artists," Davis said. Because he has his own Christian anybody else's financial support so that becomes less available. Using independent contemporary label, to do a coun- label (Chi-Sound is distributed through try/gospel LP featuring himself nobody could get in the — and that’s producers to give those acts attention has and mem- way 20th Century-Fox, Davis has a certain bers of his family. Pictured are (l-r): Chris still the process,” Gottehrer said. worked in some cases and has failed in degree of latitude in making artist place- Christian, director of A&R, Although Gottehrer’s initial success in others.” MCA/Songbird; decisions. For act like ment a new Merge and Nelson. producing artists such as Robert Gordon In Bandier's view, “the independent (for whom Davis has paid all rehearsal, and Blondie resulted in production assign- equipment, recording and showcasing producers serve the purpose of focusing on AFM Meet Will ments from major labels (he recently three or four projects, while a major record costs) Davis will make a deal “with the com- produced Joan Armatrading’s "Me Myself company can have hundreds of projects pany best suited for that kind of product." Focus On Fiscal I” for A&M) he is still deeply involved in the going at once. A new artist can’t possibly Established artists like Gene Chandler, the development of unsigned, unrecorded of attention he deserves Impressions and the Chi-Lites are more get the type Uncertainties talent. For an unsigned band like of the fact that there are so likely to be placed on Davis’ Chi-Sound because many (continued from page 7) Neighbors and Allies (whom Gotthrer’s that at label. other problems are out there the ma- retained by the local. Locals would not assistant, Ron Ross found on the New York jor record companies." be of other successful indepen- A number required to change their work-dues levy if it club circuit) Gottehrer will “supply In contrast, label representatives tend to dent producers, like Davis, have graduated meets the two percent levy whatever general services are needed,” in- minimize the importance of independent minimum under to heading-up their own custom labels. the proposal. cluding a living/rehearsal space and equip- producers in the A&R process. Mickey Jimmy lenner, the president of Millenium The part of Eichner, vice president of east coast A&R second the proposal would Records (which is distributed by RCA) remove per capita dues paid to the federa- Polygram Pubbery for Columbia Records was emphatic in made the transition motivated by a "desire tion the parent stating that, “as far as the signing and ac- and AFL-CIO body on mem- from beginning to Holds First Int’l to have the responsibility bers who are inactive for six months or quisition of talent goes, it all comes about end, to be involved in all facets of the through the A&R department’s talent more during a given year, whether the business on a daily basis.” lenner said that, Meeting In Florida scouting people and senior management. member continues to hold a union card or in his view, record companies have been not. One federation spokesman likened the NEW YORK — The Polygram Publishing, That has always been the case and will con- using independent producers to provide a proposal to similar provisions in other trade Division recently held its first worldwide tinue to be in the future." risk-absorbing "insurance policy” for more unions, such as the construction industry, conference in Key Biscayne, Fla. The one- Nevertheless, Eichner acknowledged than a decade. “I think that some major whose members may obtain a withdrawal week gathering was attended by members the fact that independent producers can record companies are losing confidence card during inactive periods, which voids of divisional management and over 40 make valuable contributions to the A&R in the inherent A&R department,” lenner dues requirements during such period. managing directors and financial ex- process. One case in point is the Manhat- said, “and the production companies ecutives from Chappell and Intersong com- tans’ current chart-climbing album, "After “It's an inequitable situation when you provide them with a screening process.” panies around the world. Discussions Midnight.” According to Eichner, Columbia have one musician who may make $10,000 John Luongo, the president of Pavillion among the conferees concentrated on in- used “two or three producers including a in a year and pays the same thing (dues) as formation systems, corporate strategies Records (which is distributed by CBS) es- staff producer for the LP. After the whole LP a casual musician working only once or tablished a reputation for strong produc- and long-term planning. was completed, I wanted a killer hit to top it twice a month,” Fuentealba commented. tion values before he was given the label 1 Among the highlights of the convention off, and I thought of Leo Graham in Many in the federation believe that months ago (Luongo re-mixed The was a three-day executive educational Chicago. I flew in with the group to review reducing the per capita annual dues on in- Jacksons' "Shake Your Body Down To The seminar headed by Richard Meyer, some material, we picked ‘Shining Star’ active members will save the nation-wide Ground"). In Luongo’s view, independent professor of business administration at the and it became the smash we were looking body dollars normally paid the AFL-CIO producers provide the majors with "a test Harvard Business School. There was also a for." whether a member is working or not. market" for untried artists while special executive educational session at con- Mike Leon, vice president of east coast Fuentealba said that he expected a tributing a vital “street awareness" that IBM headquarters in Boca Raton. operations for A&M Records, said that healthy debate on the dues item, but that departments lack. “Hit Other activities included special presen- many A&R records “we're not looking to independent resolutions brought by the locals would tations made by Tom Smits, executive vice were never made sitting behind a desk," he producers to be talent scouts for our com- also receive consideration. said. president of intersong-international and pany." Leon acknowledged, however, that Each local receives a bloc of votes based Ben Hagels, from Polygram’s European On the other hand, Luongo cautioned "the role of the producer has increased in on membership, with 10 votes being the headquarters corporate planning and against producers becoming absorbed by the past few years. We don’t have a stable of maximum for each local. On demand of 30 organization department on strategic plan- a "star system." In the future, Luongo said, staff producers, so we constantly look for delegates or 15 locals, a roll call may be or- ning. Nicholas Firth, executive vice presi- independent producers will have to involve outside producer talent to add the right dered on all resolutions aimed at changing dent of Chappell International, and David themselves more directly in the post- spark of creativity to our projects.” AFM laws. Hockman, assistant general manager of production “retail, touring and radio The independent producers themselves About 1,000 elected delegates Chappell International, both spoke on ac- levels,” that have traditionally been the are divided on the extent to which they representing 604 locals are expected to at- quisitions. Special group discussions were labels’ domain. “Certain producers will should supplement the record companies' tend the convention, along with more than

also held. have it for a little while but then they’ll blow it responsibilities. 250,000 members of the group. Members Gottehrer believes that the labels should from as far away as Puerto Rico, the Virgin devote most of their attention to the "com- Islands and Guam are expected to attend plicated" matters of marketing and promo- the convention, which is scheduled to close tion. “I think labels would rather pay a little on Thursday, June 19. more in percentage, and not have the overhead of having a staff of people making Avco-Embassy Will records for them. They can't find that many good, experienced producers to work on Release Soundtrack 45 staff,” he said. LOS ANGELES — To coincide with release Bandier, on the other hand, agrees with of the film, Avco Embassy Pictures Cor- Luongo’s view that production companies poration plans to release a single from the must involve themselves with post- soundtrack to the movie Hog Wild, which production marketing. His own firm, Ban- will be performed by a new outfit named af- dier said, is "unique" among independent ter the film. production companies in having a The single. “The Boys Are Back In marketing "strike force" which can monitor Town," will be released on Hot Vinyl CONCERT HERO — Opening a Theatre Greek show for Southside Johnny and the Asbury the distribution of its productions. Records in the midwest first, with special Jukes, Polydor/LR recording artist Jamie Sheriff performed music from his recently “We try to make a record company focus emphasis in Albany, Buffalo, Detroit and released LP, "No Heroes." Pictured backstage in the Los Angeles theatre’s hospitality on the fact that a record is their product. We Chicago. room following the (l-r): show are Bobby Roberts and Hal Landers of Landers-Roberts En- can pinpoint certain problem areas, but, of Hot Vinyl, in conjunction with Avco- terprises; Sheriff; Marty Goldrod, vice president and general manager, west coast, course, we can't go it alone without the Embassy, plans to release a second single Polydor; and Emiel Petrone, western regional vice president of Polygram. labels.” from another movie, Deadline.

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On 1 On On 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart 101 CORNERSTONE 8.98 135 NOW WE MAY BEGIN 7.98 STYX (A&M SP 3711) 91 37 RANDY CRAWFORD (Warner Bros. BSK 3421) 149 4 GERRY RAFFERTY (United Artists LOO-1039) — 1 102 LOVE IS A SACRIFICE 7.98 136 GLASS MOON 7.98 168 BLOWFLY’S PARTY X-RATED 7 98 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES (Radio Records RR 2003) 138 8 BLOWFLY (Weird World/T.K. 2034) 174 3 (Mercury SRM 1-3836) 121 2 137 LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT 7.98 169 WHITE MUSIC 798 103 THE INVISIBLE MAN’S BAND 7.98 FLASH AND THE PAN (Epic JE 36432) 143 4 CRACK THE SKY (Lifesong LS 8208) 178 2 (Mango/Island MLPS 9537) 116 6 138 '80 7.98 170 KWICK 798 104 VAN HALEN 7.98 GENE CHANDLER (20th Century-Fox/RCA T-6C >5) 169 3 (EMI-America SW-17025) 175 5 (Warner Bros BSK 3075) 105 122 139 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 7.98 171 THE SUGARHILL GANG 7 98 105 TIGHT SHOES 7.98 PINK FLOYD (Harvest/Capitol SMAS 11163) 137 26 (Sugarhill FH 245) 151 16 FOGHAT (Bearsville BHS 6999) _ 1 140 CAT IN THE HAT 7.98 172 BARNET DOGS 598 106 SKYLARKIN’ 7.98 BOBBY CALDWELL (Clouds/'TK 8810) 141 13 RUSS BALLARD (Epic NJE 36186) 176 5 GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. 798 (Motown M7-933R1 96 16 141 WINNERS 7.98 173 HABITS OLD AND NEW HANK WILLIAMS, JR. (Elektra/Curb 6E-278) 1 KLEEER (Atlantic SD 19262) 132 17 107 FACE TO FACE 7.98 ANGEL CITY (Epic NJE 36344) 112 10 7.98 174 NEVER RUN NEVER HIDE 798 142 SPIDER (Polydor PD-1-6263) (Dreamland/RSO DL-1-5000) 122 7 BENNY MARDONES 182 3 108 1980 7.98 B T. EXPRESS (Columbia JC 36333) 111 7 143 FAME 7.98 175 TENAMENT STEPS 7.98 SOUNDTRACK (RSO RX-1-3080) 154 3 THE MOTORS (Virgin/Atlantic VA 13139) 157 13 109 THE ELECTRIC ORIGINAL 176 MINUTE BY MINUTE 898 8.98 144 FOR MEN ONLY 7.98 HORSEMAN - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (Warner Bros BSK-3193) 171 79 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Columbia JS 36327) 110 24 MILLIE JACKSON (Spring/Polydor SP-1-6727) 1 177 METAL RENDEZ-VOUS 798 7.98 145 RAY, GOODMAN & 110 STRANGER IN TOWN KROKUS (Ariola/Arista OL 1502) 1 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND BROWN 7.98 (Capitol SW 11698) 113 109 (Polydor PD-16240) 78 27 178 BOUNCE, ROCK, SKATE, 798 111 DON’T LOOK BACK 7.98 146 FUN AND GAMES 8.98 ROLL NATALIE COLE (Capitol ST-12079) 140 2 CHUCK MANGIONE (ASM SP-3715) 89 18 VAUGHAN MASON & CREW (Brunswick BL 754221) 183 2 179 798 7.98 LOS ANGELES 112 THIS TIME X (Slash SR-104) 181 3 AL JARREAU (Warner Bros. BSK 3434) 1 147 ROBIN LANE & 798 180 798 7 98 THE CHARTBUSTERS UNDERTOW 113 PERMANENT WAVES (Warner Bros. BSK 3424) 150 9 FIREFALL (Atlantic SD 16006) 95 11 RUSH (Mercury SRM 1-4001) 81 21 OF AND ROLL 7 98 181 HIDEAWAY 798 12.98 148 THE SON ROCK 114 GOLD & PLATINUM ROCKY BURNETTE (EMI-America SW-17033) — 1 DAVID SANBORN (Warner Bros. BSK 3379) 126 18 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND (MCA 2-11003) 94 28 149 SIT 182 i3.98 7.98 DOWN AND BACKSTAGE PASS 115 FLIRTIN’ WITH DISASTER LITTLE RIVER BAND (Capitol SWBK-12061) 131 11 MOLLY HATCHET (Epic JE 36110) 117 39 TALK TO ME 798 (Phila. Int’l./CBS JZ 36304) 145 23 LOU RAWLS 183 LATE 7 98 7.98 AT NIGHT 116 STARDUST BILLY PRESTON (Motown M7-925R1) 170 18 WILLIE NELSON (Columbia JC 35305) 118 17 150 MASSTERPIECE 798 MASS PRODUCTION (Cotillion/Atlantic SD 5218) 152 16 184 WARM LEATHERETTE 7.98 117 DANGER ZONE 8.98 GRACE JONES (Island ILPS 9592) 1 SAMMY HAGAR (Capitol ST-12069) _ 1 151 CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC 898 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Casablanca NBLP 7220) 166 2 185 LET THE MUSIC DO 118 A BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR 7.98 THE TALKING 798 GEORGE DUKE (Epic FE 36483) 124 4 152 THE TALE OF THE TAPE 798 THE JOE PERRY PROJECT BILLY SQUIER (Capitol ST-12062) 156 6 119 SAN ANTONIO ROSE 7.98 (Columbia JC 36388) 120 12 WILLIE NELSON & RAY PRICE (Columbia JC 36476) 153 2 153 REACHING FOR 186 LOVE JONES 798 JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON (DJM/Phonogram-31 193 2 120 LIVE BULLET 7.98 TOMORROW 798 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND SWITCH (Gordy/Motown G8 993M1) 127 11 187 BUT WHAT WILL THE (Capitol SKBB 11523) 115 12 154 OZARK MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORS THINK 7.98 121 NATURALLY 7.98 RODNEY CROWELL (Warner Bros. BSK 3407) 191 12 LEON HAYWOOD (20th Century-Fox/RCA T-613) 107 6 DAREDEVILS 798 (Columbia JC 36375) 159 6 188 AFTER THE ROSES 798 122 ONE IN A MILLION YOU 7.98 KENNY RANKIN (Atlantic SD 19271) 1 LARRY GRAHAM (Warner Bros BSK 3447) 1 155 SHINE 798 AVERAGE WHITE BAND (Arista AL 9523) 164 4 189 TONIGHT YOU’RE MINE 7 98 123 BERNADETTE PETERS 7.98 ERIC CARMEN (Arista AL 9513) _ 1 (MCA-3230) 128 9 156 LET’S MAKE A NEW DOPE 190 DOLLY, DOLLY, DOLLY 7.98 798 124 pressure 7.98 DEAL DOLLY PARTON (RCA AHL 1-3546) 148 8 CHEECH & CHONG (Warner Bros. HS 3391) — 1 BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY (Polydor PD-1-6273) 6 125 191 SMALLCREEP’S DAY 798

I ALPHABETIZED TOP 200 ALBUMS (BY ARTIST)!

Air 57 Supply Cooper, Alice 45 Hagar, Sammy 117 Lane, Robin and Chartbusters . 147 Perry, Joe Project 185 Spyro Gyra 52 Ambrosia 25 Costello. Elvis 192 Hancock, Herbie 88 Lattisaw, Stacy 164 Peters, Bernadette 123 Squeeze 91 Angel City 107 Crack The Sky 169 Harris, Emmylou 32 Lipps, Inc 7 Petty, Tom 42 Squier, Billy 152 Armatrading, Joan 62 Crawford, Randy 135 Hayes, Isaac 66 Little River Band 182 Pink Floyd 3.139 Styx 101 Average White Band 155 Cretones. The 200 Haywood. Leon 121 Loggins, Kenny 71 Point Blank 99 Sugarhill Gang 171 B-52's 82 Cross, Christopher 17 Heart 78 Lorber, Jeff Fusion 96 Preston, Billy 183 Summer, Donna 63 Ballard, Russ 172 Crowell, Rodney 187 Hunter, Ian 95 Lynyrd Skynyrd 114 Pretenders 21 Switch 153 Beatles 70 Davis, Mac 94 Invisible Man's Band 103 Mangione, Chuck 146 Pure Prairie League 73 Syreeta 125 Benatar, Pat 51 Def Leppard 65 Isley Bros 15 Manhattans 31 Rafferty, Gerry 167 Tchaikovsky, Bram 124 Blackfoot 90 Devo 69 J. Geils Band 37 Manhattan Transfer 86 Rankin, Kenny 188 Temptations 48 Black Sabbath 53 Dixie Dregs 133 Jackson, Jermaine 13 Mardones, Benny 174 Rawls. Lou 149 Third World 166 Blondie 92,129 Doobie Bros 176,198 Jackson, Michael 8 Marie, Teena 50 Ray. Goodman & Brown 145 Townshend, Pete 9 Blowfly 168 Duke, George 118 Jackson, Millie 144 Marshall Tucker Band 193 REO Speedwagon 85 Travers, Pat Band 46 Breakwater 196 Dupree, Robbie 161 Jarreau, Al 112 Mason, Dave 89 Robbins. Rockie 130 Triumph 158 Brothers Johnson 34 Eagles 28 Jennings. Waylon 54, 83 Mason, Vaughn and Crew .... 178 Robinson, Smokey 60 Tutone, Tommy 93 Bryson, Peabo 68 Fatback 44 Joel, Billy 1,132 Mass Production 150 Rogers, Kenny 19,61,67,75 Van Halen 6,104 BT Express 108 Firefall 180 John, Elton 20 McCartney, Paul 5 Ronstadt, Linda 10 Washington, Grover, Jr 106 Burnette, Rocky 148 Foghat 105 Jones, Grace 184 Melvin, Harold & The Blue Notes 131 Ross, Diana 43 Watson, Johnnie Guitar 186 Caldwell, Bobby 140 Flack, Roberta & Donny Journey 26 Mickey Mouse Disco 24 Rush 113 Whispers 76 Cameo 41 Hathaway 30 Judas Priest 39 Mills. Stephanie 22 Rutherford, Mike 191 Williams Jr., Hank 173 Carmen, Eric 189 Flash & The Pan 137 Khan, Chaka 64 Molly Hatchet 115 Sanborn. David 181 X 179 Cars 127 Fogelberg, Dan 38 King, Carole 100 Motors 175 Scaggs, Boz 12 SOUNDTRACKS Chandler, Gene 138 Franklin, Rodney 87 Kingbees 159 Murray, Anne 81 Scorpions 56 All That Jazz 98 Change 35 Franks, Michael 72 Kiss 58 Nelson, Willie 116 Sedaka, Neil 128 American Gigolo 49 Cheap Trick 97 GQ 84 Kleeer 141 Nelson, Willie and Ray Price .119 Seger, Bob 2,110,120 Can’t Stop The Music 151 Cheech & Chong 156 Gabriel, Peter 79 Klugh. Earl 160 Nugent. Ted 16 Sinatra, Frank 33 Coal Miner's Daughter 59 Clapton, Eric 4 Genesis 14 Knight, Gladys & The Pips .... 55 Numan, Gary 40 Sister Sledge 157 Electric Horseman 109

Clarke, Stanley 134 Gibb. Andy 163 Knight, Jerry 165 Ozark Mountain Daredevils . . 154 Slick, Grace 162 The Empire Strikes Back 11 Clash 74 Glass Moon 136 Kool & The Gang 199 Parker, Graham 29 Southside Johnny & Asbury Fame 143 Cockburn, Bruce 77 Graham. Larry 122 Krokus 177 Parker, Ray, Jr. & Raydio 36 Jukes 102 The Long Riders 195 Cole, Natalie Ill Grateful Dead 23 Kwick 170 Parton, Dolly 190 Spider 142 The Rose 18 Con Funk Shun 47 Group 87 194 LaBelle, Patti 8C Pavarotti-, Luciano 197 Soinners 126 Urban Cowboy 27 Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart 6/14 Chart

8.98 1 GLASS HOUSES 34 LIGHT UP THE NIGHT 79 s 67 THE GAMBLER 7 . 9 a BILLY JOEL (Columbia FC 36384) 2 BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M SP-3716) 28 16 KENNY ROGERS (United Artists UA-LA 934)

2 AGAINST THE WIND 898 35 THE GLOW OF LOVE 79 s 68 PARADISE 798 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND CHANGE (RFC/Warner Bros. RFC 3438) PEABO BRYSON (Capitol SOO-12063) (Capitol SOO-12041) 1 36 TWO PLACES AT THE 69 FREEDOM OF CHOICE 798 3 THE WALL is.98 DEVO (Warner Bros. BSK 3435) PINK FLOYD (Columbia PC2 36183) 3 SAME TIME 798 RAY PARKER JR. 8 RAYDIO (Arista AL 9515) 70 RARITIES sgs 4 JUST ONE NIGHT lass THE BEATLES (Capitol SHAL-12060) ERIC CLAPTON (RSO RS-2-4262) 4 37 LOVE STINKS 7 . 9 a THE J. GEILS BAND (EMI-America SOO-17016) 71 KEEP THE FIRE 79 s 5 McCartney ii s 98 KENNY LOGGINS (Columbia JC 36172) 65 36 PAUL McCARTNEY (Columbia FC 36511) 13 38 PHOENIX 898 DAN FOGELBERG (Full Moon/Epic FE 35634) 72 ONE BAD HABIT 79 s 6 WOMEN AND CHILDREN MICHAEL FRANKS (Warner Bros. BSK 3427) FIRST 8.98 39 BRITISH STEEL 793 VAN HALEN (Warner Bros. HS 3415) 6 JUDAS PRIEST (Columbia JC 36443) 73 FIRIN’ UP 798 PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE (Casablanca NBLP 7212)

7 MOUTH TO MOUTH 7 . 9 a 40 THE PLEASURE LIPPS INC. (Casablanca NBLP 7197) 8 798 74 LONDON CALLING 9.98 PRINCIPLE THE CLASH (Epic E2 36328) GARY NUMAN (Atco SD 38 120) 33 21 8 OFF THE WALL sgs MICHAEL (Epic FE-35745) 7 JACKSON 7. 98 7.98 75 TEN YEARS OF GOLD 41 CAMEOSIS KENNY ROGERS (United Artists UA-LA 835-H) CAMEO (Casablanca CCLP 2011) 44 9 EMPTY GLASS sgs PETE TOWNSHEND(AtcoSD 32-100) 10 76 THE WHISPERS 79 s (Solar/RCA BXL 1-3521) 69 25 42 DAMN THE TORPEDOES 8. 98 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 10 MAD LOVE e.g 8 (Backstreet/MCA-501 5) 45 33 LINDA RONSTADT (Asylum 5E-510) 5 77 DANCING IN THE DRAGON’S JAW 7. 98 43 DIANA 8.98 BRUCE COCKBURN 11 THE EMPIRE DIANA ROSS (Motown M8-936) (Millennium/RCA BXL 1-7747) STRIKES BACK sgs ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (RSO RS 2-4201) 16 798 44 HOT BOX 78 BEBE LE STRANGE s.98 FATBACK (Spring/Polydor SP-1-6728) HEART (Epic FE 36371) 12 MIDDLEMAN ^ BOZ SCAGGS (Columbia FC 36196) 9 sgs 45 FLUSH THE FASHION 79 PETER GABRIEL 79 s ALICE COOPER (Warner Bros. BSK 3436) (Mercury SRM 1-3848)

7 . 98 13 LET’S GET SERIOUS 7. 98 JERMAINE JACKSON (Motown M7-928R1) 15 12 46 CRASH AND BURN 80 RELEASED 79 s PAT TRAVERS BAND (Polydor PD-1-6262) PATTI LaBELLE (Epic JE 36381)

8.98 14 DUKE SPIRIT 7. 98 GENESIS (Atlantic SD 16014) 14 10 47 OF LOVE 81 SOMEBODY’S WAITING 898 CON FUNK SHUN (Mercury SRM 1-3806) ANNE MURRAY (Capitol SOO-12064)

15 GO ALL THE WAY 7. 98 48 798 THE ISLEY BROTHERS (T-Neck/CBS FZ 36385) 11 10 POWER 82 THE B-52’s 7.98 THE TEMPTATIONS (Gordy/Motown G8-994M1) (Warner Bros BSK 3355)

16 SCREAM DREAM sgs 49 AMERICAN GIGOLO sos 83 MUSIC MAN 798 TED NUGENT (Epic FE 36404) 22 4 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Polydor PD-1-6259) WAYLON (RCA AHL 1-3602)

17 CHRISTOPHER CROSS 7. 98 50 LADY T 798 84 GQ TWO 7.98 (Warner Bros. BSK 3383) 17 21 TEENA MARIE (Gordy/Motown G7-99261) GQ (Arista AL 9511) 87 13

18 THE ROSE sgs 51 IN THE HEAT OF 85 A DECADE OF ROCK AND ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Atlantic SD 18010) 20 27 13 . 9 s THE NIGHT 7. 98 ROLL 1970 TO 1980 REO (Epic KE2 36444) PAT BENATAR (Chrysalis CHR 1236) SPEEDWAGON 19 GIDEON sgs KENNY ROGERS (United Artists LOO-1035) 12 11 7. 98 52 CATCHING THE SUN 8 .98 86 EXTENSIONS SPYRO GYRA (MCA-5108) MANHATTAN TRANSFER (Atlantic SD 19258) 20 21 AT 33 8.98 ELTON JOHN (MCA-5121) 25 87 YOU’LL NEVER KNOW 7. 98 53 HEAVEN AND HELL 7. 98 RODNEY FRANKLIN (Columbia NJC 36122) 21 PRETENDERS 7.98 BLACK SABBATH (Warner Bros. BSK 3372) (Sire SRK 6083) 19 22 88 MONSTER 798 54 GREATEST HITS 7. 98 HERBIE HANCOCK (Columbia JC 36415) WAYLON JENNINGS (RCA AHL 1-3378) 22 SWEET SENSATION 7. 98 STEPHANIE MILLS (20th Century-Fox/RCA T-603) 18 8 89 OLD CREST ON A NEW 55 ABOUT LOVE 7. 98 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (Columbia JC 36387) WAVE 798 23 GO TO HEAVEN 7 98 DAVE MASON (Columbia JC 36144) GRATEFUL DEAD (Arista AL-9508) 21 6 56 ANIMAL MAGNETISM 79 s 79 s SCORPIONS (Mercury SRM 1-3825) 62 6 90 TOMCATTIN’ 24 MICKEY MOUSE DISCO 4. 98 BLACKFOOT (Atco SD 32-101) (Disneyland 2504) 23 18 57 LOST IN LOVE 7. 98 7.98 AIR SUPPLY (Arista AB 4268) 91 ARGYBARGY 25 ONE EIGHTY 7. 98 SQUEEZE (ASM SP-4802) AMBROSIA (Warner Bros. BSK 3368) 26 10

58 UNMASKED 8 . 98 KISS (Casablanca NBLP-7225) 92 EAT TO THE BEAT 898 26 DEPARTURE 898 BLONDIE (Chrysalis CHE 1225) 85 36 JOURNEY (Columbia FC 36339) 24 14 59 COAL MINER'S 93 TOMMY TUTONE sgs 8 98 (Columbia NJC 36372) 27 URBAN is.98 DAUGHTER COWBOY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (MCA 5107) ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Asylum DP-90002) 29 6 94 IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE 79 s 28 sos 60 WARM THOUGHTS sos MAC DAVIS (Casablanca NBLP 7207) 99 10 THE LONG RUN SMOKEY ROBINSON (Tamla/Motown T8 368M1) THE EAGLES (Asylum 5E-508) 27 36 95 WELCOME TO THE CLUB ii.os 29 THE UP 798 61 KENNY 898 IAN HUNTER (Chrysalis CH2 1269) 76 10 ESCALATOR KENNY ROGERS (United Artists LWAK-979) GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR (Arista AL 9517) 38 4 96 WIZARD ISLAND 79 s 30 ROBERTA 62 ME MYSELF I 7. 98 THE JEFF LORBER FUSION (Arista AL 9516) 101 7 FLACK JOAN ARMATRADING (ASM SP 4809) featuring 97 FOUND ALL THE PARTS sgs DONNY HATHAWAY 79 s 63 ON THE RADIO CHEAP TRICK (Epic 4E 36453) — 1 (Atlantic SD-16013) 31 -13 GREATEST HITS 98 ALL THAT JAZZ 7. 98 VOLUMES I & II 1398 31 AFTER MIDNIGHT 7 . 9 a ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca NBLP 2-7191) MANHATTANS (Columbia JC 36411) 35 10 (Casablanca NBLP 7198) 71 16

64 NAUGHTY 7. 98 32 ROSES IN THE 7 . 9 a 898 SNOW CHAKA KHAN (Warner Bros. BSK 3385) 99 THE HARD WAY EMMYLOU HARRIS (Warner Bros. BSK 3422) 36 5 POINT BLANK (MCA-5114) 109 5

33 TRILOGY: PAST, 65 ON THROUGH THE NIGHT 7. 98 DEF LEPPARD (Mercury SRM 1-3828) 100 PEARLS: SONGS OF PRESENT GOFFIN & FUTURE 20.98 66 AND ONCE AGAIN 79 s AND KING 798 FRANK SINATRA (Reprise 3FS 2300) 34 11 ISAAC HAYES (Polydor PD-1-6269) CAROLE KING (Capitol SOQ-12073) 129 3 38TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

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If you’re ready for the most adventurous dance/pop sound ever, you’re ready for Gino Soccio’s S-Beat. Following his debut performance on the Outline LR Gino again proves his wide-ranging talents by composing, arranging and producing his newest album. Catch the Beat with S-Beat

Gino Soccio. S-Beat.

• • • Includes: Heartbreaker I Wanna Take You There (Now) Rhythm Of The World Available now on Warner/RFC records and tapes.

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