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ApriL Newspaper $d.bU — — 6 Geffen Recordspromotion executive Marko THE DIVINE ONE JANE SAYS.. .GET Babineau has moved over to be general manager for the DIES Sarah Vaughan, one LOST: The former manager DGC label. In turn, Babineau an- of the greatest jazz singers of all of Jane's Addiction, Gary Kur- his promotional time, died of lung cancer last first, is suing the band. He nounced DGC team: Leavitt as Tuesday at the age of 66. "The claims that they fired him in Steve CHR Divine One," as she was aptly violation of a three-year con- promotion director, Hugh Surratt nicknamed, began her career in tract that does not expire until as AOR promotion director, and 1942, after winning an amateur August, 1991. Kurfirst alleges Mark Kates as alternative promo- contest at New York's Apollo at the time of the filing date tion director. DGC has also an- Theatre. For nearly 50 years, (January 25), lead singer Perry nounced thirteen regional her remarkable instrument Farrell was enrolled in a Bever- promotion managers: Mark which, amazingly, seemed to ly Hills drug rehab center, and Burger / Dallas, Lorren Cor- improve with age—has been lead guitarist Dave Navaro was nelius / St. Louis, Jim Gallis / heard on thousands of record- in a methadone program. He Midwest, Ed Green /Philadel- ings and in thousands of con- feels that the band members' phia, Angela Jones / Nashville, cert halls and jazz clubs. With alleged drug problems resulted Alek Maye/Cleveland, Sue O’- Billie Holiday and Ella in clouded judgement, result- Connell/New England, Zak Phil- Fitzgerald, she represented one ing in his dismissal. lips / Denver, Darin Seldes / of the cornerstones of jazz sing- THINK GLOBALLY: Atlanta, Michael Sylvia / San ing, but that voice—with its Francisco, Susie Tennant Tone Loc will perform in con- / endless supply of octaves and Pacific Northwest, Saron White cert at the Ocean Center in / cavernous vibrato—was un- L.A., Zapin Daytona, March 21-22 to Ross / New York. paralleled: it was, in one word, benefit Amnesty International. The news from Black Rock is that astonishing. Gunther Schuller, This will take place during Richard Griffiths has been ap- the composer whose career has Amnesty's first major outreach pointed senior vice president. straddled classical music and event of the 1990s, Spring West Coast, for CBS Records. jazz, wrote this in 1980: "Sarah Rights: A Festival of Human Prior to this appointment, he was Vaughan is quite simply the Rights. In addition to the president of Virgin Music, Inc., greatest vocal artist of our cen- benefit concerts, the "Amnesty since 1988, when he started the tury." International Spring Rights company in the States. He had NOW HE CAN Village" will provide visiting been with Virgin Music in the WITH students on-site orientations U.K. since 1981. At Columbia, HANG about human rights issues and Burt Baumgartner has been BRENT provide ways of getting stu- upped to vice president, promo- MUSBURGER: dents involved. tion. He had been vice president, COMING TO A singles promotion since 1988. He Jerry Moss, chairman of the was director, album promotion board for Records, an- A&M HOWARD for two years before that. And nounced on April 2 that Gil Beth Zelinsky has been Friesen has resigned from his JOHNSONS NEAR promoted to manager, personnel post as president of the label. YOU: reporting and data integrity for Moss also announced that he Frankie Avalon and Annette CBS. She has been with the label since 1988. would be assuming the posi- Funicello will be touring Laura LiPuma has been promoted to the position tion of president of A&M, together for the first time in a of vice president/director of creative services at taking on the day-to-day duties live stage show. The official Warner Brothers/Nashville. She joined Warner of running the national and in- tour starts April 13 and 14 at Bros, in 1982 as a designer in their Los Angeles ternational business dealings. Knott's Berry Farm in Buena office, was promoted to Art Director in 1984 and by There are rumors and specula- Park, California, and runs 1986 was upped to senior art director, a position tion that the company may be throughout the summer she held until moving to the Nashville division as undergoing a major manage- season. How nice... creative director in November 1988. Charisma ment shake-up, and that others has named Tom Bobak to national promotion may possibly follow in TAPE ADHESIVES: director. He joins the company from Virgin, where Friesen's footsteps. His depar- Jay Berman, the president of he recently served as regional director, promotion ture came at a time when A&M the RIAA, met last Friday with for the Mid Atlantic division. Rhonda Herlich is has only two artists in the Cash state legislators who are spon- the new national director of video promotion for Box Top 100 albums chart, and soring bills to mandate album the company. She previously did AC promotion on the same day that PolyGram stickering. Berman will try to independently for the past year. Before that she took over the company's dis- convince them that the new worked in promotion for RCA for seven years. tribution. voluntary labels are all they Charisma has also Cindy Forman manager really need. Better we sticker named INDEPENDENCE of administration. She comes to the label from Sud 'em than you sticker 'em is the DAY The inner workings of feeling. The National Music Amerique, a wholesale/rctail women's clothing independent record companies Publishers' Association, by company where she was office/payroll manager. Arista has and the career opportunities the way, applauds NARM and three new appointments this week. Jim Leavitt has been named these labels provide will be the the RIAA on the stickering director of West Coast artist development, which is a newly created focus of a now six-session scheme, calling it a "common- position. Prior to joining Arista, Leavitt was director of sales and UCLA Extension course, "The sense solution to the record marketing for the New Music Seminar, a position he held for three Role of the Independent censorship problem." years. Prior to that, he worked for Second Vision, an independent Record Company in Today's marketing and management firm. Hillaire Brosio has been Music Industry," starting April VIDEO- promoted to director, rock promotion, West Coast, a step up from 17. The program, led by Robert SYNCRACIES: Good- manager, rock promotion. West Coast. He has previously worked will Emmer of Rhino Records, Times Home Video is hitting for Bigtime and Frontier Records. And Amy Welch has been named cover company start-up sign- the boards with a pair of new tour press coordinator. She has been with Arista's publicity depart- ing of artists, marketing, video magazines: Slammin', a ment since 1989 as an assistant. Kathy Acquaviva has been promotion and distribution of rap videomag, and Metalhead, promoted to the position of director of national publicity for product. than guest More 15 for, you guessed it. ..metal- Atlantic Records, based out of tire company's West Coast offices. DC speakers will share their views, heads. Each tape costs about 13 In this new position, she will be involved in the implementation of Q_ including favorite everybody's bucks and features a magazine- national press and media campaigns in support of various Atlantic < mogul, Irving Azoff. This like of features, music and mix and associated labels artists. Justine Roncone has been named course, an elective in UCLA other stuff... Picture Vision In- executive and A&R assistant for tire Chameleon Music Group. Extension's Certificate Pro- ternational just filmed the Roncone will be responsible for handling the day-to-day opera- 0 gram in Recording Arts and (you know Highwaymen tions of the president and screening and processing all A&R CD Sciences, will take place in Willie, Waylon, Kris and submissions. She will also be in charge of licensing product to all Room 220, Haines Hall, UCLA, Johnny) live at Nassau outside distributors and special projects, and administering on Tuesday evenings through Coliseum for an upcoming publishing matters. West Coast promotion veteran John Brown May 22, 7-10 p.m., for a fee of has joined 1 th Avenue Records as the label's West Coast regional $175. For more info, call UCLA (continued on page 1 10) promotion and sales manager. He joins the label from a similar post extension at (213) 825-9064. he held with Capitol Records for the past three years. — VOL. Llll, NO. 38, APRIL 14, 1990 STAFF BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher ROBERT LONG Vice President/Urban Marketing KEITH ALBERT Vice President/General Manager JIM SHARP Director, Nashville Operations CAMILLE COMPASIO Director, Coin Machine Operations WARSINSKE (LA.) JIM THE MUSIC TRADE MAGAZINE MIKE GORDON (LA) Marketing KEITH GORMAN Editor LEEJESKE N E N S New York Editor KAY KNIGHT Nashville Editor Editorial KAREN WOODS, Assoc, Ed. (N.Y.) mm m, Assoc Ed. (Nash.) 7 BELL BIV DEVOE: NEWER THAN NEW EDITION ERNEST HARDY, Assoc. Ed. (LA) TONY SABOURNIN, Meet the new boss jammers, same as the old boss crooners Assoc. Ed., Latin (N.Y.) SHELLY WEISS, Alex Henderson Assoc Ed., Publishing (LA.) ROBB MOORC 8 GROOVING GLOBALLY: THE "WORLD" OF LISA STANSFIELD Assoc. Ed. (LA) BERN ETTA GREEN (N.Y) She's not exactly Phineas Fogg, but she gets there WILMA MELTON (Nash.) Chart Research Ernest Hardy M. SALISBURY SCOTT 9 TAKING A CHANCE WITH THE RAVE-UPS Coordinator (L.A.) JOHN DECKER (Nash.) Meet Jimmer and Chance, the coolest-named father/son duo in rock and roll JEFF (STU) TEMPLE (LA.) C.J.