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The Exploding, Evolving Nashville Scene 6

The Billboard Awards 8 Top , Singles 10

Top Male/Female Vocalists 12

Top Singles, Albums Artists & Publishers 14 Top Groups & Labels 16 Publisher Catalogs Bulging 20 Country Labels Enjoy Boom 22 Artists List 26 Personal Managers 36 Booking Agents 34 Fairs and Amusement Park Trends Changing..51

Pop Sounds A Radio Paradox 54 Country's Silver Circuit 56 Coast Country's Home Away From Home 60 New York Embraces Country's New Breed ....60 Country Japanese Style 61

Country Taking Hold In Europe 61 Top Booming Bluegrass Field Eludes Majors 70 Perform Today

Credits Editor, Earl Paige. Story direction Gerry Wood, Country Editor. Art, Daniel Chapman Country's and Steve Brown. Production, John F. Halloran. Directory listings: Jon Braude, editor; Joan International mr Elsener, associate editor. P WE HELPED MAK In 1040, Broadcast Music Incorporated became the first licensing organization P for . We made sure that publishers and writers had their P performance royalty rights protected. And, in doing so, BMI has helped make P Country part of our nation. r

i' iowever, we've helped Country first place. You see, when it comes to artis _s earn more than just money. For helping Country writers, we've got with :he aid of 38 foreign performing everyone beat by a Country mile. rights societies, they've also earned inter national recognition. Which is why most Country writers and publishers BROADCAST MUSIC INCORPORATED license their music through BMI in the The world's largest performing rights organization Keeping tabs on Nashville and This, then, is Nashville '76-country and Denvers as well as the Snows, Acuffs its spiraling music business music at a critical crossroad. and Tubbs. is roughly akin to reporting Country Crossroads. Sounds like a good Then Wesley Rose, one of Nashville's on the inner workings of an title for a John Denver song, doesn't it? In- alltime great music leaders and a diehard explosion in progress. The stead, it's the ballad of Music City -1976. traditionalist who once called country ra- situation is changing that The last year has been the most unique, dio stations urging them not to play a par- fast. dynamic, illustrious and traumatic in ticular record (which was an

What brought Nashville to recording Nashville's 30 -year history as a record - Acuff -Rose song) because he didn't prominence-its laidback and Southern making, record -breaking recordopolis. like the trend of country sta- soul and sound-is threatened by a pace It was the year that Hank Snow, a coun- tions playing pop .. . of life that would make an executive from try traditionalist, quit as president of the well, Wes- New York or feel right at Assn. of Country Entertainers, a home. Gone for the most part are daylong beer drinking sessions that brought song- writers elbow close to the town's top pro- ducers and artists. Gone are the leisurely gatherings of a strata of music business personalities that accidentally accom- plished enough to earn international rec- Nie ognition. Gone, but certainly not for- gotten, are those good of days when songs were sung, and accepted, from the VeN36%/tig, W4a,sO, e v¡ve ley has just signed a new distri- bution deal with ABC Rec- ords for his Hickory Records. And what did Wesley say? He said he wants across-the-board action on the ABC/Hick- ory artists. Don Gibson on the pop charts? Why not? A country artist going pop is just another indication that country has gone national and international. No compro- Ernest Tubb (right) Owen Bradley's and Bradley at mises in integrity, talent and performance Barn recording his new MCA . Right: ASCAP back - Nashville chief Ed Shea serves award to Ronnie Mil- need to be made for a country act to go seats of cars by sap (right) as writer John Schweers looks on. pop. writers who, more often once said he couldn't than not, lived there. ally based group that wants to keep coun- go pop with a mouthful of firecrackers. He Here are the days of computer -banked try music country. Snow thought some spent most of July 4th eating his words surveys, jet swift trips to L.A. and New new uptown trends in his own recordings and firecrackers. Even his wife, Jessi Col- York to wrap up deals or rushing over to would conflict with the goals of the group, ter, went pop-without a mouth full of fire- the plush Music Row hostelry, the Spence so he stepped down as president while re- crackers. And Waylon's outlaw friends Manor, to finalize negotiations with the maining a member. The group, formed such as joined him in the Big visiting show biz firemen from other cities. during the furor caused by a CMA award to Crossover. Here is the new breed of Nashville mu- Olivia -John and other progressive While Nashville also produced some top sic man: bright, creative, alert, knowl- country trends, really has some good ob- non -country (strictly pop, MOR or soul) edgeable and influential. Here lies the new jectives-and its executive director, Vic hits, artists in other parts of the country Nashville-a fast-growing music center Willis, loves the Newton -Johns, Dylans surprised a lot of people, including them- combining the creative energies of New selves, by landing on the country charts. York and L.A. with the Southern talent for Bill Golden of signs autographs The Bellamy Brothers? Oh, yes. "Let Your (left) at CBS' Fan Fare booth, while at right Plan- expressing profound ideas in a simple tation star Webb Pierce visits some handicapped Love Flow" received loads of country air - way. children. (Continued on page 65) Hits for the Coming Season'

REX ALLEN, Ht. DONNA FARGO. . LPRRY [VAHAN. Bidin' High On the Move Elite Hotel King of the Rodeo IBS 2958). (BO 2926). (SAS 2236). (OS 2959): Inclading his current hit "Teardrops Including "Mr. Doodles" and "I've Featuring her new single "Sweet Features, Fis debut single "Stunt Man" in My Heart" was 8236) and "Can You Loved You All the Way:' Look for her Dreams" IBIS 1371). plus the hits "One (WOS 825a1 - Heat Those Pioneers:' new single soon. of These Days" and "Together Again:'

T IE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND. MARGO SMITH. RAY STEVENS DOUG IERSHAW. Long Hard Ride Song Bird Just for the Record Ragin' Cajun tCnprcorn CP 01 79) (BS 2955). (BS 2914). (HS 2010). Including the title track single Her first Warner Bros. album. featuring Includes the hits "You Are So Including "It Takes All Day (To Get It'""s 1)2561_ ":' Her new Beautiful" and "Honky Tonk Waltz:' Over Night)" and his new single single: "Take My Breath Away" "Haase Husband" MSS 82571.

) W BS 8261).

One on the way: DEBI HAWKINS' "I'll Be There" [was 8269).

This season BL CK OW ENS. Buck Em it's (BS 2953). His driibut Warners album, featuring eel the new single " Okie" Warner country. (WES 8'.55) TÖPThiifltr Awards

Charlie Daniels Band (above); comics Jerry Jordan an'cr Jerry Clower (immediate right).

t The information compiled for the top records and artist's survey is based on the weekly chart positioning and length of time records were on the respective charts from the issue dates of Sept. 6, 1975 through Aug. 28, 1976. Points were assigned to each weekly position, in reverse order for each chart in the categories repre- sented. In addition, the number one position each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective chart. In this way all the records of a particular artist, publisher or producer were compiled, combined and placed in total point strength order. Where a record was shared by more than one artist, publisher or producer, and each was known in his or her right, the points were divided equally. Each artist, publisher or producer, however, was given credit for the record. These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the number one disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective charts. These recaps were compiled by the staff of Billboard's Music Popularity Charts Dept. under the direction of Bill Wardlow and Bob White. Jcri Lee (at angle above)i Bil Anderson alc Mary SINGLE OF THE YEAR: "Convoy," .W. McCall Loi Tuner (top), Fed SCIE and (below Cledus ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "Black Bear Road," C.W. McCall Maggard OVERALL SINGLES OF THE YEAR: Ronnie Milsap MALE SINGLES ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Ronnie Milsap FEMALE SINGLES ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Tanya Tucker SINGLES DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR: Dave & Sugar OVERALL ALBUM ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Willie Nelson MALE ALBUM ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Willie Nelson FEMALE ALBUM ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Emmylou Harris ALBUM DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR: Statler Brothers PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR: Tree, BMI SINGLES LABEL OF THE YEAR: RCA ALBUM LABEL OF THE YEAR: RCA NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Cledus Maggard NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Joni Lee NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR: Dave & Sugar NEW LABEL OF THE YEAR: Farr MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Willie Nelson FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Tanya Tucker VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR: Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Statler Brothers INSTRUMENTAL ACT OF THE YEAR: Bill Black Combo COMIC OF THE YEAR: Jerry Clower Jerry Jordan

The following awards represent an editorial staff consensus based in great part on a 12 -month analysis of Billboard's "Hot Country LPs" and "Hot Country Singles" charts.

BILL WILLIAMS MEMORIAL, ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Ronnie Milsap ARTIST RESURGENCE OF THE YEAR: SPECIAL BREAKTHROUGH AWARD: Band PIONEER AWARD: CBS RECORDS COUNTRY DIVISION (for album pre -pack) with Al Gallico -ckz-

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AL GALLICO MUSIC CORPORATION ALGEE MUSIC CORP. ALTAM MUSIC CORP. AL GALLICO, President

65 West 55th St. 6255 Sunset Blvd. 50 Music Square West New York, N.Y. 10019 Los Angeles, Ca. 90028 Nashville, Tenn. 37203 (212) 582-1368 (213) 462-2251 (615) 327-2773 rQPß11LInT Albums, Singles

Albums Singles

Pos. TITLE, Artists, Label (Dist. Label) Pos. TITLE, Artists, Label (Dist. Label) 1. BLACK BEAR ROAD, C. W. McCall, MGM 1. CONVOY, C. W. McCall, MGM 2. THE SOUND IN YOUR MIND, Willie Nelson, Columbia 2. GOOD HEARTED WOMAN, Waylon & Willie, RCA 3. WANTED: THE OUTLAWS, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Tompall 3. THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN, Dave & Sugar, RCA Glaser, RCA 4. I'LL GET OVER YOU, Crystal Gayle, United Artists 4. REDHEADED STRANGER, Willie Nelson, Columbia 5. ONE PIECE AT A TIME, , Columbia 5. WINDSONG, John Denver, RCA 6. TEDDY BEAR, Red Sovine, Starday (Gusto) 6. COWBOY, , Capitol 7. STRANGER, Johnny Duncan, Columbia 7. ELITE HOTEL, Emmylou Harris, Reprise (Warner Brothers) 8. ROCKY, Dickey Lee, RCA 8. ARE YOU READY FOR FREDDY, Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot 9. EL PASO CITY, Marty Robbins, Columbia 9. SOMEBODY LOVES YOU, Crystal Gayle, United Artists 10. I'M SORRY, John Denver, RCA 10. FROM ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, Elvis Presley, RCA 11. BROKEN LADY, , Monument (Epic/Columbia) 11. BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS, Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot 12. ALL THESE THINGS, Joe Stampley, ABC/Dot 12. PRISONER IN DISGUISE, Linda Ronstadt, Asylum 13. ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY/ IS STILL THE KING, Way - 13. THE BEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERS, Statler Brothers, Mercury (Phonogram) Ion Jennings, RCA 14. DREAMING MY DREAMS, Waylon Jennings, RCA 14. FASTER HORSES (The Cowboy & The Poet), Tom T. Hall, Mercury (Phonogram) 15. HARMONY, , ABC/Dot 15. TIL THE RIVERS ALL RUN DRY, Don Williams, ABC/Dot 16. NIGHT THINGS, Ronnie Milsap, RCA 16. IT'S ALL IN THE MOVIES, , Capitol 17. IT'S ALL IN THE MOVIES, Merle Haggard, Capitol 17. DONT THE GIRLS ALL GET PRETTIER AT CLOSING TIME, , Playboy 18. CLEARLY LOVE, Olivia Newton -John, MCA 18. DRINKIN' MY BABY (Off My Mind) Eddie Rabbitt, Elektra 19. THIS TIME I'VE HURT HER MORE THAN SHE LOVES ME, Conway Twitty, MCA 19. SECRET LOVE, Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot 20. GILLEY'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1, Mickey Gilley, Playboy 20. SOMETIMES, Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner, MCA 21. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ME NOW, Willie Nelson, RCA 21. I LIKE BEER, Tom T. Hall, Mercury (Phonogram) 22. LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON, Gene Watson, Capitol 22. YOU'LL LOSE A GOOD THING, Freddy Fender, ABC/Dot 23. BEST OF , Dolly Parton, RCA 23. EASY AS PIE, Billy "Crash" Craddock, ABC/Dot 24. SOMETIMES, Bill Anderson &Mary Lou Turner, MCA 24. LOVE PUT A SONG IN MY HEART, , Mercury (Phonogram) 25. THE HAPPINESS OF HAVING YOU, Charlie Pride, RCA 25. 'TIL 1 CAN MAKE IT ON MY OWN, Tammy Wynette, Epic (Columbia) CLEDUS -MAGGARD

would like to thank everyone for Billboard: BEST NEW MALE ARTIST, 1976 Record World: TOP NOVELTY ARTIST, 1976

Management: WILLIAM A. LESLIE Greenville, North Carolina

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Male Vocalists Singles No. of Singles Female Vocalists Pos. ARTIST, Label (Dist. Label) on Chart 1. RONNIE MILSAP, RCA Singles Warner Brothers No. of Singles 2. FREDDY FENDER, ABC/Dot Pos. ARTIST, Label (Dist. Label) On Chart GRT 3. C. W. McCALL, Polydor 1. TANYA TUCKER, MCA MGM Columbia 4. WILLIE NELSON, Columbia 2. CRYSTAL GAYLE, United Artists Lone Star (Columbia) 3. , United Artists RCA 4. OLIVIA NEWTON.JOHN, MCA United Artists 5. EMMYLOU HARRIS, Reprise (Warner Brothers) 5. JOE STAMPLEY, Epic (Columbia) 6. SAMMI SMITH, Elektra ABC/Dot Mega (PIP) 6. RAY STEVENS, Warner Brothers Zodiac Barnaby (Janus) 7. , MCA 7. DON WILLIAMS, ABC/Dot 8. JESSI COLTER, Capitol 8. NARVEL FELTS, ABC/Dot 9. CONNIE SMITH, Columbia 9. , Capitol 10. DOLLY PARTON, RCA 10. TOM T. HALL, Mercury (Phonogram) 11. DONNA FARGO, Warner Brothers 11. , RCA ABC/Dot 12. CONWAY TWITTY, MCA 12. TAMMY WYNETTE, Epic (Columbia) 13. MERLE HAGGARD, Capitol 13. , Columbia 14. BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK, ABC/Dot 14. LA COSTA, Capitol 15. GENE WATSON, Capitol 15. , ABC/Dot 16. SONNY JAMES, Columbia 16. MARGO SMITH, Warner Brothers 17. EDDIE RABBITT, Elektra 20th Century 18. JOHNNY CASH, Columbia 17. SUE RICHARDS, ABC/Dot 19. GLEN CAMPBELL, Capitol 18. JEAN SHEPARD, United Artists 20. MICKEY GILLEY, Playboy 19. ANNE MURRAY, Capitol 21. CHARLIE RICH, Epic (Columbia) 20. JONI LEE, MCA 22. JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, Mercury (Phonogram) 21. LINDA RONSTADT, Asylum 23. MEL TILLIS, MCA Capitol MGM 22. BARBARA FAIRCHILD, Columbia 24. T. G. SHEPPARD, Hitsoille (Motown) 23. DOTTSY, RCA 25. MOE BANDY, Columbia 24. , MCA GRC 25. LINDA HARGROVE, Capitol Male Vocalists Albums

No. of LP's i Pos. ARTIST, Label (Dist. Label) on Chart 1. WILLIE NELSON, Columbia 2 Female Vocalists RCA 3 Plantation 1 Albums United Artists 1

2. C. W. McCALL, Polydor 1 No. of LP's MGM 1 Pos. ARTIST, Label (Dist. Label) on Chart 3. FREDDY FENDER, ABC/Dot 3 GRT 1 1. EMMYLOU HARRIS, Reprise (Warner Brothers) 2 4. WAYLON JENNINGS, RCA 5 2. JESSI COLTER, Capitol 3

5. GLEN CAMPBELL, Capitol 2 RCA 1

6. CONWAY TWITTY, MCA 3 3. OLIVIA NEWTON.JOHN, MCA 3

7. ELVIS PRESLEY, RCA 3 4. LINDA RONSTADT, Asylum 1

8. DON WILLIAMS, ABC/Dot 3 Capitol 1 9. RONNIE MILSAP, RCA 3 5. DOLLY PARTON, RCA 2

Warner Brothers 1 6. CRYSTAL GAYLE, United Artists 1 10. JOHN DENVER, RCA 3 7. LORETTA LYNN, MCA 2 11. MICKEY GILLEY, Playboy 3 8. TAMMY WYNETTE, Epic (Columbia) 2

12. JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, Mercury (Phonogram) 3 9. TANYA TUCKER, MCA 1

13. MERLE HAGGARD, Capitol 3 Columbia 1 14. CHARLEY PRIDE, RCA 3 10. BILLIE JOE SPEARS, United Artists 2 15. TOM T. HALL, Mercury (Phonogram) 2 11. SAMMI SMITH, Elektra

16. NARVEL FELTS, ABC/Dot 3 Mega (PIP) 1 /t 17. GENE WATSON, Capitol 2 12. LYNN ANDERSON, Columbia 2

18. CHARLIE RICH, Epic (Columbia) 3 13. ANNE MURRAY, Capitol 1

RCA 1 14. DONNA FARGO, Warner Brothers 1

19. TOMPALL GLASER, MGM 1 ABC /Dot 1

RCA 1 15. BARBI BENTON, Playboy 1

20. JOHNNY CASH, Columbia 3 16. , Country, Soul, & Blues 1

21. DICKEY LEE, RCA 2 17. BARBARA MANDRELL, ABC/Dot 1

22. SONNY JAMES, Columbia 2 18. MARGO SMITH, Warner Brothers 1 23. , Columbia 2 20th Century 1

24. , Columbia 2 19. DOTTSY, RCA 1

25. FREDDIE HART, Capitol 3 20. CONNIE SMITH, Columbia 1 Ì /

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Artists Singles Artists Albums

No. of Singles Nc. of LP's Pos. ARTISTS, LABEL (Dist. Label) on Chart Pos. ARTISTS, Lable (Dist. Label) on Chart

1. RONNIE MILSAP, RCA 4 1. WILLIE NELSON, Columbia 2 Warner Brothers 3 RCA 3 2. FREDDY FENDER, ABC/Dot 3 United Artists GRT 2 Plantation 3. C. W. McCALL, MGM 2 2. C. W. McCALL, Polydor Polydor 2 MGM 4. WILLIE NELSON, Columbia 2 3. FREDDY FENDER, ABC/Dot 3 Lone Star (Columbia) 2 GRT 1 RCA 2 4. WAYLON JENNINGS, RCA 5 United Artists 1 5. GLEN CAMPBELL, Capitol 2 5. JOE STAMPLEY, Epic (Columbia) 5 6. CONWAY TWITTY, MCA 3 ABC/Dot 4 7. STATLER BROTHERS, Mercury (Phonogram) 4 6. TANYA TUCKER, MCA 4 8. ELVIS PRESLEY, RCA 3 Columbia 2 9. DON WILLIAMS, ABC/Dot 3 7. RAY STEVENS, Warner Brothers 2 10. RONNIE MILSAP, RCA 3 Barnaby (Janus) 2 Warner Brothers 1 8. DON WILLIAMS, ABC/Dot 3 11. EMMYLOU HARRIS, Reprise (Warner Brothers) 2 i 9. NARVEL FELTS, ABC/Dot 4 12. JOHN DENVER, RCA 3 10. CRYSTAL GAYLE, United Artists 4 13.1ESSI COLTER, Capitol 3 11. FREDDIE HART, Capitol 5 RCA 1 12. TOM T. HALL, Mercury (Phonogram) 4 14. OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN, MCA 3 13. CHARLEY PRIDE, RCA 4 15. MICKEY GILLEY, Playboy 3 14. CONWAY TWITTY, MCA 4 16. JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, Mercury (Phonogram) 3 15. BILLIE JO SPEARS, United Artists 4 17. MERLE HAGGARD, Capitol 3 16. MERLE HAGGARD, Capitol 3 18. CHARLIE PRIDE, RCA 3 17. BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK, ABC/Dot 4 19. LINDA RONSTADT, Capitol 18. GENE WATSON, Capitol 4 Asylum 19. SONNY JAMES, Columbia 5 20. DOLLY PARTON, RCA 2 20. EDDIE RABBITT, Elektra 3 21. TOM T. HALL, Mercury (Phonogram) 2 21. JOHNNY CASH, Columbia 5 22. NARVEL FELTS, ABC/Dot 3 22. GLEN CAMPBELL, Capitol 4 23. CRYSTAL GAYLE, United Artists 1 23. MICKEY GILLEY, Playboy 4 24. GENE WATSON, Capitol 2 24. OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN, MCA 5 25. CHARLIE RICH, Epic (Columbia) 3 25. CHARLIE RICH, Epic (Columbia) 5 RCA

Publishers No. of Singles No. of Singles No. of Singles Pos. PUBLISHER, Licensee on Chart Pos. PUBLISHER, Licensee on Chart Pos. PUBLISHER, Licensee on Chart 1. TREE, BMI 39 9. AL GALLICO, BMI 15 18. HALLNOTE, BMI 5 2. ACUFF-ROSE, BMI 40 10. -GEM, BMI 8 19. WINDOW, BMI 11 3. HALL -CLEMENT, BMI 10 11. MILENE, ASCAP 9 20. STALLION, BMI 4 4. AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE, SESAC 4 12. JACK, BMI 5 21. COMBINE, BMI 7 5. ALGEE, BMI 19 13. TWITTY BIRD, BMI 5 22. CEDARWOOD, BMI 5 6. BARON, BMI 6 14. WARNER BROTHERS, ASCAP 6 23. UNART, ASCAP 10 7. UNICHAPPELL, BMI 10 15. BLUE ECHO, ASCAP 6 24. SCREEN GEMS -COLUMBIA, BMI 8 8. CHAPPELL, ASCAP 10 16. CHERRY LANE, ASCAP 7 25. BLUE MOON, ASCAP 5 17. OWEPAR, BMI 7 ---_- ZOTDOT/Hi congratulateRECORDS BILL BLACK'S COMBO fBob "'"""s Tucker on their 1976 awards

SHL 32093 Country Instrumental H¡ toymy COMBO Group Of The Year. BILL BLACK Tucker BILLBOARD Featuring Bob WORLD'S GREATEST Country Singles Instrumental Group Of The Year BAND CASH BOX HONKY-TONK Joe Joe; Push; Jump Back Back And Special. The Year Help;_...waCOrange Blossom Country Singles Instrumental Group Of I Cann RECORD WORLD "THE WORLD'S GREATEST HONKY TONK BAND" Coming soon... their great new LP "It's Honky Tonk Time"

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JERRY JAYE ... WELCOME TO HI RECORDS WITH YOUR NEW LP "HONKY TONK WOMEN LOVE RED NECK MEN" Groups, Labels

Duos & Groups Singles No. of Singles Pos. ARTIST. Label (Dist. Label) on Chart

1. DAVE & SUGAR, RCA 2 2. , Capitol 4 3. BILL ANDERSON & MARY LOU TURNER, MCA 2 4. STATLER BROTHERS, Mercury (Phonogram) 3

5. WAYLON JENNINGS & WILLIE NELSON, RCA 1 6. AMAZING RHYTHM ACES, ABC 3 7. LORETTA LYNN & CONWAY TWITTY, MCA 2

8. CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, Epic (Columbia) 1

Kama Sutra (Buddah) 1

9. & TAMMY WYNETTE, Epic (Columbia) 1

10. WAYLON JENNINGS & JESSI COLTER, RCA 1

11. & DOLLY PARTON, RCA 1

12. EAGLES, Asylum 1 13. BILLY THUNDERKLOUD & THE CHIEFTONES, Polydor 2

20th Century 1 14. DR. HOOK, Capitol 2 15. BILL BLACK'S COMBO, Hi (London) 3

16. LINDA RONSTADT & EMMYLOU HARRIS, Asylum 1 17. DEL REEVES & BILLIE JO SPEARS, United Artists 2

18. BELLAMY BROTHERS, Warner Brothers/Curb 1

19. GEORGE BAKER SELECTION, Warner Brothers 1

20. SHIRLEY & SQUIRRLEY, GRT 1

21. JIM ED BROWN & HELEN CORNELIUS, RCA 1

22. MICKEY GILLEY & BARBI BENTON, Playboy 1 23. DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON, Hickory (MGM) 2

24. BUCK OWNES & SUSAN RAYE, Capitol 1 25. JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN, Epic (Columbia) 2 Duos & Groups Albums No. Of LP's Pos. ARTIST, Label (Dist. Label) on Chart

1. STATLER BROTHERS, Mercury (Phonogram) 4 2. AMAZING RHYTHM ACES, ABC 2 3. LORETTA LYNN & CONWAY TWITTY, MCA 2

4. BILL ANDERSON & MARY LOU TURNER, MCA 1

5. CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, Epic (Columbia) 1 Kama Sutra (Buddah) 1 6. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, Capitol 2 7. CHET ATKINS & LES PAUL, RCA 1 i 8. PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON, RCA 1 9. MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, Capricorn (Warner Brothers) 2 10. ERAL SCRUGGS REVUE, Columbia 2 11. DANNY DAVIS & THE NASHVILLE BRASS, RCA 3

12. DR. HOOK, Capitol 1

13. BOB WILLS & HIS PLAYBOYS, Columbia 1

MCA 1 14. BILLY THUNDERKLOUD & THE CHIEFTONES, 20th Century 2

15. ATKINS STRING BAND, RCA 1

16. DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON, Hickory (MGM) 1

17. GUY & RALNA, Ranwood 1

18. CALICO, United Artists 1 19. BILL BLACK'S COMBO, Hi (London) 20. LOGGINS & MESSINA, Columbia Labels Singles Labels Albums No. of Singles No of Sirgles No. of LP's No. of LP's Pos. LABEL (Dist. Label) on Chart Pos. LABEL (Dist. Label) m Chal Pos. LABEL (Dist. Label) on Chart Pos. LABEL (Dist. Label) on Chart

1. RCA 82 11. ELEKTRA 14 1. RCA 50 11. PLAYBOY 4 2. ABC/Dot 61 12. GRT Jb 2. COLUMBIA 29 12. ABC 3 3. MCA 56 13. PLAYBOY ll4 3. MCA 26 13. ASYLUM 2 4. CAPITOL 57 14. HITSVILLE (Motown) ri 4. ABC/Dot 27 14. MONUMENT (Epic/Columbia) 6 5. COLUMBIA 50 15. MONUMENT (Epic/Columbia) 9 5. CAPITOL 23 15. GRT 4 6. EPIC (Columbia) 42 16. REPRISE (Warner Brothers) 5 6. MERCURY (Phonogram) 12 16. WARNER BROTHERS 7 7. MERCURY (Phonogram) 33 17. 20th CENTURY JIO 7. MGM 8 17.ELEKTRA 4 8. UNITED ARTISTS 28 18. ABC 8 8. UNITED ARTISTS 14 18. CAPRICORN 2 9. MGM 16 19. POLYDOR ]p 9. EPIC (Columbia) 12 19. MEGA (PIP) 1 10. WARNER BROTHERS 22 20. HICKORY (MGM) 11 10. REPRISE (Warner Brothers) 3 20. STARDAY (Gusto) 1 l i would like to say `TI lANK GOD, I'VE GOT YOU')crct 73846'

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Singer T.G. Sheppard has a reunion with ASCAP's Merlin Littlefield (center lett photo) and epresentatives of leading Nash- Elroy Kahanek (right) on the set of "Pop Goes The gles for George Jones -Tammy Wynette and ville publishing houses report a Country." The jovial three worked together as RCA Bill Anderson. "Hot" new writers such as sustained or increased interest promotion men. Hal David gets some hillbilly les- Sterling Whipple have also generated interest sons at Tree International from (left to right) Red in their country mate- oriented Lane, Curley Putman and Buddy Killen, Tree presi- which has spilled over into the pop field. rial in 1976. dent. Still, according to Killen, "I don't think Tom Williams, general profes- there are as many country records crossing sional manager of Peer -Southern, notes that 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town'...," over into the pop field as there used to be." "We've had a tremendous amount of success he points out, adding "It's very difficult to get He speculates that the popularity of disco with catalog things this year, via people like new songs out nowadays. Your market's music this year has created further obstacles to Willie Nelson, with Charlie McCoy. We just got highly competitive. You have to have super country records which might otherwise go pop. a new Billy Swan record." Williams adds that product, so I don't know that there's as many But, as Bill Denney points out, "superla- the number of Peer -Southern songs being re- new songs being cut.... The old ones cer- tive country material continues to have a mar- corded and the percentage of charted mate- tainly hold their own." ket in other fields. A classic example this year rial is "at least the same and probably better" Buddy Killen, president of Tree Inter- has been the country song 'Teddy Bear,' than at this time last year. national, likewise attributes the continuing which was recorded by Red Sovine, out on Bill Denney, president of Cedarwood Pub- value of the Tree catalog to "standard" Starday Records-a country oriented label, lishing Co., indicates similar interest in his writers like Hank Cochran, and to the resur- a country artist involved. The writers are firm's country catalog. "There are constant gence of interest this year in veteran writers accustomed to writing country product, and recordings of 'Long Black Veil,' 'Detroit City,' like , who wrote recent sin- (Continued on page 66)

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20 The World Of Country Music Billboard Jerry Clower from Yaroo City. Mississippi

Available Thru: TOP BILLING INC. MCA R -CORDS 4301 HILLSBORO ROAD [ID NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37215 (615) 383-8883 Celebrating Eddy Arnold's return to RCA backstage after Arnold's opening at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas are (from left above) Jerry Bradley, division vice president, Nashville operations, RCA; Eddy; Mel Ilberman, division vice president, commercial operations, RCA, and Don Burkhimer, division vice president, West Coast, RCA. Jerry Kennedy, vice president/a&r in Nashville, celebrates 15 years of service to Phonogram, Inc./Mercury Records; Ir- win H. Steinberg (left below), president of PolyGram record group, presents gold watch.

f you had to label the labels in Nashville and some that are trying to keep the wolves this year, the label would be "Opti- and IRS away from their doors. Many are mistic." Country worth a look in determining some of the out- While record companies across the standing record company success stories of country are having their ups and this record "buy -centennial" year of 1976. downs, the Nashville situation is RCA, a Nashville pioneer, mainly on the up side, thanks to bright man- Labels scored as Bill- board's top single and LP label agement, creative producers, new marketing based on chart points. When you have vice presidents efforts, better liaison with other music cen- like Chet Atkins ters such as New York and Los Angeles and, and Jerry Bradley and pro- most important, Enjoy ducers like Roy Dea and Bob Ferguson, you talented artists who are shoving country music beyond its traditional can see why the label has a lot to talk about. boundaries. RCA points to the town's top singles artist, There are more labels in Nashville than you Boom Ronnie Milsap, and the best group-the new can shake a gold record at. Big ones, small and exciting trio, Dave & Sugar. ones, old ones, new ones, successful ones (Continued on page 62) ABC/ Dot artist Doug Sahm of Sir Doug and the Texas Tornados relaxes (above) at Nashville's Exit/In. Left to right: Don Cohen (WCAS, Cam- bridge, Mass.); Moe Shore, kneeling (INCAS); Kenny Greenblatt (WBCN, ); Doug, Huey Meaux (Doug's producer); Bob Pittman (WMAQ, Chicago), and ABC/Dot vice president Larry Baunach. Billy Sherrill, vice president CBS Records, at a cock- tail -buffet party hosted by Elektra-Asylum Records, country division. Shown, left to right: Jerry Sherrell, E/A vice president of A&R; Joe Smith, E/A board chairman; Sherrill; David Malloy, CBS producer, and Steve Wax, executive vice president of E/A.

EMOTIONS B.J. THE D.J. BURNING MEMOR CRYING 'VER YOU RAZY WIL ESIRE DADDY SANG BASS DETROIT CI DETROIT CITY FALLEN ANGEL hu OVER ,i HELLO OUT THERE HON ARE YOU SINCERE A YOU SINCERE A THOUSAND N

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Maize Kay Place Moe Bandy TONITEI AT THE CAPRI LOUNGE Here I am drunk again including: LORETTA NAGGERS including: She Took More Than Her Share If I Had Someone To Cheat On Baby Boy/Vitamin L/All I Can Do The Bottle's Holdin' Me/Please Take Her Home Gold In The Ground/Coke And Chips Mind Your Own Business

...here's the l'i ,4353 KC 34285 LYNN ANDERSON'S GREATEST HITS MARTY ROBBINS VOLUME II EL PASO CITY biggest including: including: Among My Souvenirs/ Kin ToThe What A Man My Man Is Wind Way Out There/Trail Dreamin Smile For Me/Top Of The World She's Just A Drifter Dixieland,You Will Never Die I've Never Loved Anyone More music. This year we can state flat out- we're number one in country music. KC 34308 KC 34303 We've got the best of the all-time greats George Jones & FREDDY WELLER (Cash, Jones, Rich, Wynette, James, Robbins, LIQUOR, LOV E AND LIFE Tammy Wynette including: Smith, Anderson), the best of the new wave A Legend In My Home Golden Ring Ask Any Old Cheater Who Knows/Celia Brown (Nelson, Stampley, Bandy, Seals, Wier, Weller, including: When You Were Mine/I Drank Myself Sober Even The Bad Times Are Good Sanders, Duncan, Fairchild, Taylor). We've Near You/Cryin'Time/Did You Ever? got If You Don't, Somebody the sensational debut album of Mary Kay Else Will Place (Fernwood's superstar Loretta Haggers on"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman")...and, best of all, we're backing all our new country releases with the biggest, most innovative program of all time. See your CBS Records KE 34291 KC 34244 salesman for the WILLIE NELSON Barbara Fairchild The Best of complete details about including: THE TROUBLEMAKER MISSISSIPPI For The Good Times/Danny Boy most including: including: the exciting I Won't Mention It Again/Night Life Uncloudy Day/When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder Let Me Love You Once Before You Go You're The BestThing That thing to happen to Will The Circle Be Unbroken/In The Garden Under Your Spell Again/You Are Always There Ever HappenedTo Me country music ever... us. Precious Memories Cheatiri Is/The Music Of Love On Columbia, Columbia/Lone Star and Epic Records and Tapes.

KC 34112 8 "COLUMBIA." EPIC," MARCAS REG. 01976 CBS INC. KC 34307 KC 34160 Austin to Fernwood

TAMMY WYNETTE SONNY JAMES John Austin Paycheck YOU AND ME When Something 11 Months And. 29 Days lee Sian:124e including: Is Wrong With My Baby inducing: TEN SONGS ABOUT HER A' Last Every Now And Then including: Gone including: Than I've Ever Been Before The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) Come On In/A Little Bit Of Heaven/Big Silver Bird Closer There She Goes Again Send A The Woman Who Put Me Here Jesus Song/One Of These Days I've Been Loving You Too Long/Poor Boy Apt ^4, Sixth Street And Cincinnati I've Seen Better Days Dixieland (You Will Never Die) Take Me Back/She's Long Legged That's What The Outlaw=_ In Texas Want To Hear Funny How Time Slips Away

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RUSTY WIER The Carter Family CHIP TAYLOR BLACK HAT SALOON Qe049e WITH GHOSTTRAIN Country's First Family OD OUT including: incuding: 4144ie 49as#t SOM T I Think It's Time (I Learned How To Let Her Go) Papa's Sugar My Father's Fiddle SHHE OX The Devil Lives In /Coast Of Colorado Mountain Lacy/My Ship Will Sail including: including: High Road -Low Road/Tell Me Truly Julie A Drunk Can`, Be A Man In The Pines (The LongestTrain I Ever Saw) Still My Son/Peter Walker's Circus/Hello Atlanta Ain't NobodyGcnna Miss Me Nothin' Like You Girl/Dad's Club Sizzlers Stand On My Own Two Knees/Her Name Is... Right Now rd Come Back And Melt In Her Arms

PC 34319 KC 34266 KE 34290 PC 34345

RICH SHYLO JOHNNY GIMBLE'S TROY* SEALS CHARLIE including: OF THE TEXAS DANCE PARTY Dreams/Easy GREATEST HITS FLOWER SOUTH including: TallTexas Woman/Sweet Easy Go including: including: Lone Star Rag/Ter as Fiddle Man Easy Come, (To Be So Far Apart) America,The Beautiful (1976) Livin' On LOVE Street/Heartbeat Under The "X" in Texas/Slow 'N' Easy We're Much Too Close Behind Closed Doors Fine Lovin' Woman/Didn't Get No Lovin' End 01 The Line The Most Beautiful Girl/All Over Me 01' Man River (I've Come To Talk Again) Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs Dog Tired Cf Cattin' Around

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Connie Smith The Best Of JOHNNY HARLAN SANDERS DUNCAN CASH I don't wanna talk JOHNNY AND THE including: it over anymore TENNESSEE including: Stranger/Sweet Country Woman/Scarlet Water including: Talkin' With My Lac y/Jo And The Cowboy THREE Honky So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Tonker/My Magnolia Memory Love Don't Care (Where it Grows) ONE PIECE Housewife's Hall Of Fame Much Storms Never Last/The Latest Shade Of Blue ATATIME We're Too Close To Be This Far Apart You Crossed My Mind AThousand Times Today including: Highway Woman Let There Be Country Michigan City Howdy Do Sold Out Of Flagpoles Love Has Lost Again Go On Blues

KC 34270 KC 34243 KC 34193 KE 34305 Country Artists 1b

A BLACK'S, BILL, COMBO (Instrumental Group -5). Hi, BA CATO, CONNIE (Vocalist), Capitol: BA. Top Billing. Top Billing: PM: Bob Tucker/ Entertainment Directions ACUFF, ROY (Vocalist/Instrumentalist w/ Vocal & Instru- CHARLES, DANA, & LEIGH ROGERS (Vocal Duo). PM BLACK DIAMOND mental Group -6), Hickory: BA Acuff -Rose; PM. How- STRINGERS (Vocal & Instrumental Dick Baxter. Group -5). Yale, BA. Smokey Warren, PM Tony Allen. ard Forrester. CHERRY CREEK (Vocal & Instrumental Group BLACKWOOD, -5), Dallas. ADAMS, RUSTY (Vocalist Comedian), Plantation; BA. R.W., & THE BLACKWOOD BAND (Vocal- BA Richard Lutz. ist w/Vocal & Instrumental Larry Wilt. Group -7), Capitol; BA, CLARK, PM Ron Blackwood. GUY (Vocalist w, Group -5). RCA: BA Athena Art- ADKINS, WENDEL (Vocalist), Hitsville. ists, PM Michael Brovsky-Shadrack Artists. BLANCHARD, JACK,/MISTY MORGAN (Vocal Instru- & CLARK, ALAN, BUDDY (Vocalist), Capital, BA: Omac Artist. mental Duo), Epic; MICHAEL (Vocalist), Capitol: Contact. Ron Haf- BA. Buddy Lee, fkine ALBERT, UREL (Vocalist), Column -One; BA Buddy Lee. BLANTON, HARRY, & FOOTSTEPS (Vocalist w Vocal & CLARK, ROY (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist), ALICE ANN (Vocalist), Scorpion; BA Bill Goodwin. Instrumental Group -5), Starcrest: BA. Buddy Lee: PM ABC -Dot, BA, PM. Jim Halsey. ALLEN, MELODY (Vocalist). PM. Chuck Honey. Jim Anderson, L.R. CLEMENTS, Sharp. BLUEGRASS GENERATION (Vocal VASSAR, BAND (Group -6). Mercury. BA & Instrumental Group - Athena 5). Atteiram; Artists: PM Millie Clements. ALLEN, REX, JR. (Vocalist), Warner Bros., BA William Mor- BA Joe Taylor. CLOWER, JERRY (Comedian), MCA. ris. BODIE MOUNTAIN EXPRESS (Group -4), RCA. BA BA Top Billing, PM Brumley Artist. Tandy C. Rice Jr. AMAZING RHYTHM ACES (Vocal & Instrumental Group - COE, DAVID ALLAN (Vocalist), 6), ABC; BA Variety Artists; PM. Katz-Gallin-Cleary. BOLT, AL (Vocalist), Cin-Kay; PM Hal Freeman. Columbia, PM Neil C. Re- shen-Media Consulting. AMPLIFIED VERSION (Group Newpax: BOND, JOHNNY (Vocalist), Republic; BA -9), BA. Top Bill- Steve Stebbins & COLDER, BEN ing; PM. Happy Shahan-Alamo Village. Suzi Hait-Americana Corp. (Vocalist Comedian). Cinnamon, BA Enter- tainment Exclusive. Omac Artist. (Also known as Sheb ANDERSON, BILL (Vocalist w, Group -8). MCA BA Bill BONNIE & CLYDE (Vocal & Instrumental Duo), Hillside; BA. Wooley)- Goodwin; PM Bobby Brenner. Art Frew; PM. William Earl. COLLINS, BRIAN (Vocalist w/Group-3), ABC -Dot; BOONE, BA. ANDERSON, LYNN (Vocalist). Columbia. BA. ICM, PM. PAT (Vocalist), Hitsville, BA. ICM; PM. Jack Spina. Roger Talent, Joe Taylor; PM Roger Jaudon-Roger Glen Sutton. BOOTH. TONY (Vocalist), United Artists. BA. Omac Artist. Talent. ANITA, DAWN (Vocalist). West PM Happy Wind. Shahan- BORCHERS, BOBBY (Vocalist), Playboy; BA. Buddy Lee. COLLINS SISTERS (Vocal Duo), Cuca, BA King Ents.. PM Alamo Village. Gene King-King Ents. BOWEN, GARY, & THE FUGITIVES (Vocalist w/Group- APPLEKNOCKER, CLEM, see Hal Parsons. 3); BA Steve Stebbins & Suzi Hait-Americana Group. COLTER, JESSI (Vocalist). Capitol, BA. Utopia Prod'ns. PM Waylon ARMSTRONG, BILLY (Vocalist/Fiddler). Hillside, BA BOWMAN, DE WAYNE Jennings Ltd., Neil C. Reshen-Media Consult- (Vocalist), JIN. BA. Stinsonic Tal- ing Steve Stebbins & Suzi Hait-Americana Corp., Bette ent PM G.D Stinson. Kaye. COMO, PERRY (Vocalist). BOYD, MIKE (Vocalist), Claridge. RCA. PM Dick Levine. ARNOLD, EDDY (Vocalist). RCA, PM Gerard W. Purcell. CONFEDERATES (Vocal Instrumental BRADDOCK, BOBBY (Vocalist), Mercury. & Group -5), Gar- ASH, GLENN (Vocalist, Instrumentalist, Comedian), United den: BA Smokey Warren; PM Tony Allen. BRADSHAW, TERRY (Vocalist): BA Lavender -Blake Artists. CONLEY, EARL (Vocalist), GRT; PM Nelson Larkin. BRESH, TOM (Vocalist), Farr; BA. Tienda Artists, ASHLEY, LEON (Vocalist), Ashley; BA' Country Music Spec- COOLIDGE, RITA, see Kris Knstofferson. tacular; PM Linda BRIGHAM, RED (Vocalist; Instrumentalist), Forest, - Denny-Country Music Spectacular. Brite COOPER, Star; BA. Redwood Promos., STONEY, see Wilma Lee. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (Vocal & Instrumental Group Smokey Warren, PM. - Marianne CORNELIUS, HELEN (Vocalist), 10). Capitol; BA William Morris. PM Laura Dupuy Burguiere. RCA: BA. Top Billing. PM. BROCK, JOE (Vocalist), Ronnie. Jerry Crutchfield. ATKINS. CHET (Guitarist). RCA; BA. Sutton Artists; PM- X CORNOR, RANDY (Vocalist), ABC Cosse. BROWN, JIM ED (Vocalist), RCA; BA: Top Billing; PM -Dot: BA Stinsonic Tal- Tandy ent: PM G.D. Stinson. ATKINS, RON (Vocalist), GRT. PM. Nelson Larkin. C. Rice Jr. COTTONWOOD (Vocal BROWN, MARTI (Vocalist), BA. Buddy Lee. & Instrumental Group -3). Magic. ATTWOOD, BOBBY (Guitarist), GRT; BA. Lavender -Blake; BA. Richard Lutz. PM Jim Prater. BRUCE, ED (Vocalist). United Artists. BA PM Patsy COUNTRY CAVALEERS (Vocal Duo), CSA. AUTRY, GENE (Vocalist), Republic. Bruce-Bruce Ents. BRUSH ARBOR COUNTRY DEPUTIES (Group -5). BA; PM Billy Deaton. AVERY, JACK (Vocalist), Brite -Star, BA Smokey Warren. (Group -5), Monument, BA Wayne Coombs, PM Dan McKinnon. COUNTRY HERITAGE (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5): AXTON, HOYT (Vocalist i Guitarist), A&M; PM Judy Elliott. BA Beaverwood Talent. BRYANT, ANITA (Vocalist). Myrrh; BA. APA, PM. Bob Green. CRADDOCK, BILLY "CRASH" (Vocalist), ABC -Dot, BA. B United , SHERRY (Vocalist), MGM. Talent, PM Dale Morris. CRAFT, PAUL (Vocalist, Guitarist B, LARRY (Vocalist/Guitarist). Soundwaves. BUFFETT, JIMMY (Vocalist w / Group ABC, Banjoist); BA. Ford BA Larry B. -4). BA. Magna Agency. Artists, PM Don PM Audie Ashworth-Audigram. BAILES, DON, & TONY STARR SHOW (Vocal & Instru- Light. CRAMER, FLOYD (Pianist). RCA; BA mental Group -5). Capitol Star Artist; BA Country Tal- BURGESS, WILMA (Vocalist), Shannon: BA Buddy Lee Sutton Artists; PM X. Cosse. ent; PM Don Redanz-Country Talent. BURKE, FIDDLIN' FRENCHIE (Vocalist Fiddler), Music CURTIS, SONNY (Vocalist), BAILES, EDDIE (Vocalist), Cin-Kay; PM. Hal Freeman. Creek; BA. Stinsonic Talent, PM G.D. Stinson. Capitol. CUZZIN SIPE (Vocalist; Comedian), BAILEY, LYNN (Vocalist); BA Beaverwood Talent. BURNETTE, DORSEY (Vocalist), Melodyland. BA. Trenda Johnny Dollar. BA Cruz Artists. de Oro, PM. Marva Koerner. (Also known as Glen BAILEY SINGERS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -8); BA Hurley). Century II. BUSH, JOHNNY (Vocalist), BA Bobby DeHay-Johnny BAKER, (Vocal Bush Attractions. GEORGE, SELECTION & Instrumental D Group). Warner Bros. BUTLER, CARL & PEARL (Vocal Duo). BA Buddy Lee. BAKERSFIELD RHYTHM BOYS (Vocal & Instrumental DANA, VIC (Vocalist), Casino, PM Carl Friend. Group -3). BA Steve Stebbins & Hait-Americana Suzi C DANCY (Vocal & Instrumental Group-4), R&L; BA Richard Corp. Lutz. BALIER, ALMA (Vocalist); BA Barbara CALE, J.J. (Vocalist; Guitarist Barber. w/Group-5), Shelter: BA DANIELS, BENNY (Vocalist w/Group): BA All Star. Ford Agency. PM. BALIN, TRACEY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot: PM: Huey Meaux. Audie Ashworth-Audigram. DANIELS, CHARLIE, BAND (Vocal & Instrumental CALLERY, BILL (Vocalist). Group), BALLARD, LARRY (Vocalist), Capitol; PM. Travis Rivers. Lone Star/ Columbia, PM Neil C. Epic. BA Paragon Agency. Reshen-Media Consulting. BANDY, MOE (Vocalist), Columbia; BA. Top Billing: PM DANT, BOB (Vocalist), BA Beaverwood CAMBELL, ARCHIE Talent. Ray Baker (Vocalist /Comedian). Elektra, BA Joe Taylor. Century II. DAVE & SUGAR (Vocal & Instrumental Group -3). RCA: BARBER, AVA (Vocalist), Ranwood; BA Omac Artist. PM BA. Chardon Inc Roger Sullivan. CAMPBELL, GLEN (Vocalist/Guitarist) Capitol, BA Re- gency Artists. DAVIS, DANNY, & THE NASHVILLE BRASS (Vocal & In- BARBER, GLENN (Vocalist), Casino; BA. Bill Goodwin. strumental Group -9). RCA. BA PM Buddy Lee. CAMPBELL, SONNY (Vocalist), RCA: BA: Smokey Warren, BARBERIO, DENNY (Vocalist Pianist), DAVIS, MAC BA/ PM. Ken CAMERON, (Vocalist, Instrumentalist). Columbia. BA. Keene-Sea Cruise. JOHN ALLAN (Vocalist), CBS, PM: Balmur Ltd. ICM, PM. Katz-Gallin-Cleary. CARLISLE, BILL (Vocalist vv, Group). Hickory. BA All BARE, BOBBY (Vocalist w/ Group -5). RCA; BA. William Star. DAVIS. SKEETER (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Morris; PM. Charlie Williams. CARROLL COUNTY RAMBLERS (Group -5), Zap; BA. Group -4), Mercury; BA. Buddy Lee. Larry Wilt BAREFOOT JERRY (Group), Monument. DAY, PATTY (Vocalist), Spade: BA Showay Talent, PM CARROLL, MILTON (Vocalist). Lone BARLOW, JACK (Vocalist). Antique; BA Buddy Lee. Star/Columbia: PM. Bennie Hess-Showay Prod'ns. Neil C. Reshen-Media Consulting. BARLOW, RANDY (Vocalist), Gazelle: BA. Joe Taylor; PM DAY, PHYLLIS (Vocalist), MCM; BA PM Billy Deaton. CARSON, WAYNE (Vocalist), Elektra: Fred Kelly-Low Key. BA Top Talent, PM DEAN, JIMMY (Vocalist). Casino, BA, PM Halsey. Si Siman. Jim BARNES, KATHY (Vocalist), Republic. DE HAVEN, PENNY (Vocalist), Starcrest: BA Al Embry. CARTER, MANSON (Vocalist). Edge; BA Buddy Lee, PM. BAUER! POWER (Vocal & Instrumental Group-5), BA Gene Kennedy. DELICATO, PAUL (Vocalist), Artists of America. Country Talent; PM. Don Redanz-Country Talent. CARVER, JOHNNY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot, BA. Top Billing. DENVER, JOHN (Vocalist. Guitarist), RCA. BA William BEAVERS, CLYDE (Vocalist); BA, Beaverwood Talent. Morris; PM Management Three. CASE, ROBERT MAXWELL (Vocalist : Guitarist), RMC; BA BEE, MOLLY (Vocalist), Granite. BA. Steve Stebbins & Suzi R.M. Case. DESTRY, TOM (Vocalist). Phoenix. PM. Reggie M. Church - Hait-Americana Corp.. PM. Cliffie Stone. well. CASH, JOHNNY (Vocalist Guitarist w, Vocal & Instrumen- DICKENS, LITTLE BELLAMY BROTHERS (Vocal & Instrumental Duo), tal Group), Columbia, BA. Marty Klein-APA. PM JIMMY (Vocalist). BA Top Billing. Warner/Curb; Lou PM: Stan Morris-Scotti Brothers. Robin-Artist Consultants. DILLARDS (Vocal & Instrumental Group-5), BA, PM Keith BELLOTTO, CHRIS BA: Case-Stone (Vocalist), Roger Talent: PM. Roger CASH, TOMMY, & THE TOMCATS (Vocalist w, Vocal & In- County. Jaudon-Roger Talent. strumental Group-5), United Artists; BA/ PM Buddy DILLINGHAM, CRAIG (Vocalist), Pot 0 -Gold, BA Pot BENTON, BARBI (Vocalist), Playboy; BA William Morris. Lee. 0 Gold, PM Luther Wood.

BEVERLY ANN (Vocalist). Chisholm: PM. Jim Anderson, CASSADY, LINDA (Vocalist), Cin-Kay. PM Gene Kennedy. DIRT BAND (Vocal & Instrumental Group-5), United Art - L.R. Sharp. CATES SISTERS (Group), Caprice. (Continued on page 28) 26 The World Of Country Music Billboard It's Been A Super Year And You Can Bet That I Surely Appreciate Your Fantastic Support!

urrent Single: AMONG MY ;SOUV NIRS" Columbia 3-10396 mg:; ENTERTAINMENT EXCLUSIVE ASSOCIATES 773 18th Avenue South - nnessee 37203 (615) 329-9556 Continued from page 26 GILLEY, MICKEY (Vocalist), Playboy: BA. United Talent, PM Sherwood Cryer fists: BA. Lance P Smith-Stone County; PM William E. McEuen. GILLION, CARL (Vocalist w, Group -5), Show-Land; BA. IMPERIALS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -8). Impact; BA Showay Talent, PM. Bennie Hess-Showay Prod ns. New Direction Artists Guild. DR. HOOK (Vocal & Instrumental Group), Capitol; BA GLASER, JIM (Vocalist): World Wide Artists, BA: Lavender -Blake. GLASER, TOMPALL, see listing under ''T.'' J DONALDSON, CRAIG (Vocalist). Great American Music GOLDSBORO, Machine. BOBBY (Vocalist. Guitarist wi Instrumental JACKSON, MADELINE MANNING (Vocalist), Newpax, BA. Group -5), United Artists, BA ICM. PM. Jan Kurtis- DORRIS, GAYLON BA New Direction Artists Guild. (Vocalist), Beaverwood Talent. Bobby Goldsboro Ents. DOT, JOHNNY (Vocalist w. 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Steve Stebbins & Goodwin GREENE, JACK (Vocalist w/Group-6). BA Top Billing. Suzi Hait-Americana Corp., Bette Kay, PM Bill Chau- GRIFF, DUDLEY, DAVE (Vocalist), United Artists; BA. Key Talent. RAY (Vocalist), Capitol. BA American Mgmt PM det PM E. Jimmy Key-Key Talent. Jim Wagner. JAYE, JERRY (Vocalist), Hi, BA. Music Park, PM Bob GROCE, DUKE OF PADUCAH (Vocalist, Comedian); BA Atlas Artist. LARRY (Vocalist 'Guitarist). Warner, Curb, BA. Tucker/ Entertainment Directions. Buddy Lee William Morris; PM. C Randolph Nauert. JENNINGS, TOMMY (Vocalist), BA Entertainment Exclu- GROSSMAN, DUNCAN, JOHNNY (Vocalist). Columbia, BA, PM Jim STEFAN (Vocalist/Guitarist), Kicking Mule, sive. Donegan. BA Folklore Prod'ns, PM Manuel Greenhill JENNINGS, WAYLON (Vocalist ' Instrumentalist), RCA: BA. GUNN, STAN (Vocalist DUNLAP, ERNIE (Vocalist). Cm -Kay; PM. Hal Freeman wi Group -5). Scorpion: BA Bill Utopia Prod os, PM. Waylon Jennings Ltd.. Neil C. Goodwin Reshen-Media Consulting. GUY & RALNA (Vocal Duo w, Vocal & Instrumental Group). JIM & JESSE & THE E VIRGINIA BOYS (Vocal & Instrumen- Ranwood: BA Bette Kaye, PM Sam J Lutz tal Group -5). Opryland. BA Joe Taylor, PM. Jim McReynolds. EAGLES (Vocal & Instrumental Group). Asylum, PM Iry Azoff-Front Line JOHNSON, LOIS,/DON SILVERS SHOW (Vocalist w/ Vo- H cal & Instrumental EARWOOD, MUNDO (Vocalist). PM Jay Collier Group -4). Lois-Polydor, Don- Chart. BA. Buddy Lee EATON, MEGAN (Vocalist). Mercury. HAGGARD, MERLE (Vocalist, Guitarist). Capitol; BA, PM JOHNS, Charles SARAH (Vocalist). RCA, PM Jack D. Johnson. EDWARDS, JONATHAN (Vocalist), Warner Bros.: BA ''Fuzzy'' Owen. JONES, GARY (Vocalist), BA Beaverwood Talent. Athena Artists, PM Peter Casperson-Castle Music HALL, MARTHA (Vocalist), Sign Me; BA. Buddy Lee. JONES, GEORGE (Vocalist w EDWARDS, STONEY (Vocalist), Capitol, BA Nova Agency. HALL, SAMMY (Vocalist), Newpax, BA New Direction Art- Group -8). Epic, BA William Morris, PM Shug Baggott. ELWOOD, RUSTY (Vocalist), BA. Beaverwood Talent. -sts Guild JONES, GRANDPA, HALL, TOM T. (Vocalist SHOW (Vocalist' Banjoist w, Group - ESQUIRE III (Vocal & Instrumental Group-3), Camaro: BA w, Group -8), Mercury: BA Wil- liam Morns. 6L CMH. BA PM Eloise Jones Hawkins-Grandpa Operation Music. PM Nada C Jones. Jones Ents HAMBLEN, EUBANKS. PHIL (Vocalist). PM. Depot Music. STUART (Vocalist), Lamb & Lion. PM Dick Bax- JONES, ter REESA KAY (Vocalist), KA Country: BA Operation EVANS, DALE (Vocalist), Word. BA. Art Rush. Music; PM Nada C. Jones. HAMBLEN, SUZY (Vocalist), Voss. PM Dick Baxter. EVANS. DAVE (Vocalist w, Group -5), Starday: BA. Larry JORDAN, DIANNE (Vocalist). BA Entertainment Exclusive. HAMMOND, NORMA. (Vocal Wilt SHOW & Instrumental JORDAN, JERRY (Vocalist' Group R&L; BA Richard Comedian), MCA, BA. PM Bud EVERLY, -5). Lutz Andrews-LSI DON (Vocalist/Guitarist), Hickory. BA Acuff - Mgmt. Rose HANDY, DON (Vocalist), BA Beaverwood Talent. JORDANS (Vocal Group -4). MCA. BAi PM Bud An- HARGROVE, LINDA (Vocalist w, Group -5). Capitol. BA drews-LSI Mgmt. William Morris F JOURNEYMEN (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5), Ashley: HARRIS, EMMYLOU (Vocalist). Reprise; BA Monterey Pen- BA. Country Music Spectacular. PM Linda Denny- FAIRCHILD, BARBARA ,Vocalist w, Group -5). Columbia. insula. PM Getz'Tickner Country Music Spectacular BA. PM Jim Halsey. HARRIS, STEWART (Vocalist). Mercury. JR., STAN (Vocalist wi Vocal & Instrumental Group-5), FALLS, RUBY (Vocalist), 50 States, BA Joe Taylor. PM HART, CLAY, & SALLY FLYNN (Vocal Duo w, Group -7), NEC, BA. New England Country. Choo-Choo Ents Ranwood, PM Sam J. Lutz. FARGO, DONNA (Vocalist w'Group-t 1), Warner HART K Bros.. FAMILY (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5), I RDA. BA BA. Lavender -Blake, PM Stan Silver-Prima-Donna En- William Morris tertainment, KALSON FAMILY (Vocal Group HARTFORD, JOHN (Vocalist. Fiddler Banjoist ' Guitarist). -6). BA. Lavender -Blake FARR, CANDY, & COUNTRY CARAVAN (Vocal & Instru- Flying Fish: BA, PM. Keith Case-Stone County KAPPEL, JACK (Vocalist), Black Jack, PM Keith Webb mental Group R&L; -4), BA. Richard Lutz. KARTMAN. RONNIE Kansas City, HART, FREDDIE (Vocalist Guitarist), Capitol. BA. Jim Wag- (Vocalist). BA All Star. FELLER, DICK (Vocalist), BA, PM Don Light. ner-American Mgmt_ PM Peter S. Brown-Brown & KAY, DEBBIE (Vocalist), Beau -Jim. BA Beau -Jim Agency. FELTS, NARVEL (Vocalist), ABC -Dot, BA Music Park, Joe Karno KAYE. BARRY (Vocalist), Taylor Beau -Jim, BA Beau -Jim Agency. HARVELL, NATE (Vocalist), Republic, BA. Century II. KAY, JAE JUDY (Vocalist), Film: FENDER, FREDDY BA. Steve Stebbins & Suzi (Vocalist). ABC -Dot. BA Jim Halsey; HARVEY, ALEXANDER Hart-Americana Corp PM Huey Meaux. (Vocalist w, Group -6). Buddah, BA William Morris, PM Don Light. KELLUM, MURRY (Vocalist). Music Mill, Ranwood; FENSTER, ZOOT (Vocalist), Antique. BA HATTON, JERRY (Vocalist), Rodeo, BA, Smokey Warren. Atlas Artist, Music Park. FINNEY, MAURY (Vocalist), Soundwaves. PM: Tony Allen. KELLY, JERRI (Vocalist), GRT, BA Lavender -Blake. PM FLACK, MIKE (Vocalist), Candy. BA Operation Music; PM HAWKINS, DEBBI (Vocalist), Warner Bros. Jim Prater, Nada C. Jones, HEAD, ROY (Vocalist). ABC -Dot: BA Lavender -Blake; PM KEMP, WAYNE (Vocalist), United Artists. FLATT, LESTER, & NASHIVLLE GRASS (Vocalist/ Instru- Lee Savaggio. KENDALLS Duo), United Artists; mentalist (Vocal BA Buddy Lee. w, Group). CMH; BA / PM. Allied Entertainers. HECKELS (Vocal Group -3 w/Instrumentalist), RCA; BA. KENT, GEORGE (Vocalist), Shannon; BA. Larry Wilt. FLETCHER, VICKY (Vocalist). Columbia: BA: Buddy Lee. Lavender -Blake. KERR, ANITA (Vocalist), RCA. FLYNN, SALLY, see Clay Hart, HELMS, BOBBY (Vocalist w, Instrumental Group Star- -5), KERSHAW, DOUG FORD, dom; BA. Atlas Artist. (Vocalist, Fiddler), Warner Bros., PM. FRANKIE (Vocalist); BA' PM. Ken Keene-Sea Mike Barnett. Cruise HESS, BENNIE (Vocalist). Spade: BA. Showay Talent; PM. KEYSTONE (Group -5), BA. Larry Wilt. FORD, TENNESSEE ERNIE (Vocalist), Capitol; BA/ PM. Jim D.L. Collins. KILGORE, MERLE (Vocalist), Warner Bros.. Wilt. Loakes-Betford Corp HESS, TROY (Vocalist w/ Vocal & Instrumental Group -8), BA. Larry FOSTER, JERRY (Vocalist), Hitsville. Show -Land; BA Showay Talent, PM Bennis Hess- KING, CLAUDE (Vocalist w'Vocal & Instrumental Group - Showay Prod'ns. 5), Cinnamon, BA Buddy Lee. FOUR GUYS (Vocal Quartet w/Group-8). Woodsmoke, BA. Lavender -Blake. HI CHAPARELL (Vocal & Instrumental Group -3). KA Coun- KING, DON (Vocalist), Con -Brio, Contact. Jeff Walker. try: BA Operation Music. PM Nada C. Jones KING, FRIEDMAN, KINKY (Vocalist), PM Management Three DONNY (Vocalist), Warner Bros., PM Huey Meaux. HICKORY WIND (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5). Flying FRIZZELL, DAVID (Vocalist). RSO. BA Brumley Artist. KING, PEE WEE (Vocalist, Accordionist, Cordovox), RCA. Fish, BA Keith Case-Stone County. PM Bobby Baker. Starday BA King FROMHOLZ, Ents.. PM Gene King-King Ents. STEVEN (Vocalist), Capitol, BA/ PM Moon - HITCHCOCK, STAN Hill (Vocalist). Music Mill. BA. Music Park. KINGSTON, LARRY (Vocalist), Warner Bros., Contact Lee HOBBS, BECKY (Vocalist). Tatoo; BA Lon Harriman-Re- . FUDPUCKER, ELMER (Vocalist'Comedian), Vista Intl. BA public Artists, PM Rebecca Segal-BNB Billy Deacon. PM Bob Evans. KNAULLS, LILLIE (Vocalist), Paragon. BA New Direction HOLLY, DOYLE, & VANISHING BREED (Vocal & Instru- Artists Guild. mental Group -4), 50 States. BA Joe Taylor KNIGHT, CARL (Vocalist), RCA. G HOMER & JETHRO, see New Homer & Jethro KOENER, "SPIDER' JOHN (Vocalist: Guitarist). Elektra, GAIL, CHERI (Vocalist), KA Country; BA Operation Music: HOOPER, JIMMY (Vocalist). Beau -Jim BA. Beau -Jim BA Folklore Prod'ns, PM Manuel Greenhill. Agency PM Nada C. Jones. KRISTOFFERSON, KRIS, & RITA COOLIDGE (Vocal Duo). GALBRAITH, ROB (Vocalist' Instrumentalist), RCA, BA HORNE, ROGER, TRIO (Vocalist w, Vocal & Instrumental Monument, A&M, BA Magna Artists. PM Bert Block Bob Beckham. Group -4). Calvary, BA Century II.

HOUSTON, ALEX, & ELMER (Comedy - GANTRY, CHRIS (Vocalist). ABC -Dot Duo). BA Lavender L Blake GATELEY, JIMMY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot. HOUSTON, DAVID, & THE PERSUADERS (Vocalist w, LA COSTA (Vocalist). Capital. BA American GATLIN, LARRY (Vocalist Guitarist w, Group Monu- Mgmt. ICM. -8), Group -5), Epic. BA. Deaton. Tillman ment, BA. APA, Lavender -Blake. Billy PM Franks. LANE. JERRY "MAX" (Vocalist). ABC -Dot. HOWARD, JAN (Vocalist): BA, PM Billy Deaton. GAYLE, CRYSTAL (Vocalist). United Artists, BA. United Tal- LARKIN, BILLY (Vocalist), Casino. BA Joe Taylor, PM Nel- ent HUDSON, LARRY G. (Vocalist), Aquarian. son Larkin. GENESIS IV (Vocal & Instrumental Group -4), R&L: BA HURLEY. GLEN, see Cuzzin Sipe. LEE, BRENDA (Vocalist), MCA, BA, PM Billy Smith-One Niters. Richard Lutz, HUSKY, FERLIN (Vocalist). ABC -Dot. BA PM Jim Halsey. LEE, DICKEY (Vocalist GIBBS, TEDDY (Vocalist), Waytone. PM Wayne Hender- HUTTON. GUNILLA (Vocalist). BA. William Morris. Guitarist w: Group -5), RCA BA son. Lavender -Blake, PM Juan Contreras HYDRICK, JIMMY (Vocalist), Black Jack, BA Domino The- GIBSON, DON (Vocalist). Hickory. BA. Top Billing. atrical Agency; PM. Jo Ann Davis. 28 The World Of Country Music Billboard DOt hítS the Spot. 7b our Billboard award winners, congratulations and thanks.

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1996 ABC Record., Inc. Continued from page 18 MILSAP, RONNIE (Vocalist w/Group-4), RCA; BA: Laven- PARKER, BILLY (Vocalist), SCR. -Blake; der PM: Jack D. Johnson. PARKER, LORI (Vocalist), Con Brio; Contact: Jeff Walker. LEE, JOHNNY (Vocalist). MINNIE PEARL BA. PM Halsey. ORT. (Comedienne): Jim PARRIS, LONDON (Vocalist); BA Century II. LEE, (Vocalist), MCA; BA: United Talent. MISSION (Vocal & Instrumen- JONI MOUNTAIN WOOD BAND PARSONS, HAL (Vocalist/Comedian), Cochise; BA: Atlas tal Group BA Bette Kaye. LEE, LEAPY (Vocalist). MCA -5), Artist. Also known as Clem Appleknocker). MITCHELL, LYNNELL Pianist), Lotus. PM. Lotus LEE, WILMA, & STONEY COOPER (Vocal Duo); BA. Mon- (Vocalist/ PARTON, DOLLY (Vocalist/Guitarist), RCA; BA. Top Bill- roe Agency. Music. ing: PM Katz-Gallin-Cleary. MITCHELL, MARTY (Vocalist), Hitsville. LEROUX, KELLY (Vocalist w/ Vocal & Instrumental Group - PARTON, FREIDA, see Paul Overstreet. MITCHELL, PRICE PM: Nelson Larkin. 5), Scorpion; BA/PM: Ron Blackwood. (Vocalist). GRT. PARTON, STELLA (Vocalist), Elketra; BA: Joe Taylor; PM. LEWIS, BOBBY (Vocalist/Instrumentalist), RPA; BA: Joe MIZE, BILLY (Vocalist). Zodiac. Joe D. Taylor. Taylor. MOFFATT, HUGH (Vocalist), PM. Chuck Morris/ Feyline PAUL, LES (Guitarist), RCA, BA. Buddy Lee. Mgmt. LEWIS, JERRY LEE (Vocalist/Pianist), Mercury; BA/PM. PAXTON, GARY S. (Vocalist). RCA: BA. New Direction Art- Jerry Lee Lewis & Co. MOFFATT, KATY (Vocalist), Columbia; BA. Paragon ists Guild. BA. Agency; PM: Chuck Morris/ Feyline Mgmt. LIBERTY (Vocal & Instrumental Group -6), Windsong: PAYCHECK, JOHNNY (Vocalist w/ Group -5), Epic. BA. Lance P. Smith -Stone County; PM, William E. MONROE, BILL (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist w/Group-5), Lavender -Blake, PM Glen Ferguson. McEuen. MCA; BA. Monroe Agency, Acuff -Rose. PAYNE, GORDON (Vocalist/Guitarist). BA: Ford Agency; LINDSEY, GEORGE "GOOBER" (Vocalist/Comedian). MONTANA, PATSY. (Vocalist); BA/PM: Ken Keene -Sea PM Audie Ashworth-Audigram. Bryan; BA. Joe Taylor. Cruise. PAYNE, JODY (Vocalist), Lone Star/ Columbia; PM. Neil C. LINDSEY, LaWANDA (Vocalist), Capital: BA. Omac Artist. MONTGOMERY, MELBA (Vocalist). United Artists; BA. Reshen-Media Consulting. Lavender -Blake, Larry Wilt; PM: Bob LINDSEY, REG (Vocalist), Con Brio; Contact: Jeff Walker. Schwaid-Thrup- PEACE, LYNDA (Vocalist). It's Just Country; BA: Steve Steb- pence Ltd. LINTON, SHERWIN (Vocalist w/Group-7), ASI; BA. Rus- bins & Suzi Hait -Americana Corp., Trenda Artists. tic Royalty; PM. Dick Stanley. MORGAN, MISTY, see Jack Blanchard. PEARL, MINNIE, see listing under "M". LITTLE, KENNY, & THE SPOON RIVER BAND (Vocalist MORRIS, LEE, & THE MIDNIGHT RIDERS (Group -5), PENN, BOBBY (Vocalist), 50 States: BA: Winners Circle: w/Vocal & Instrumental Group -5), Phoenix; BA. Nova RCA; BA. AI Embry. PM Choo-Choo Ents. Agency; PM. Reggie M. Churchwell. MORRISON, FREDDY (Vocalist), Music Creek; BA: Stinso- PERKINS, CARL (Vocalist), Music Mill; BA: Music Park. LOCKLIN, HANK (Vocalist). Plantation; BA: Buddy Lee. nic Talent; PM: G.D. Stinson. PERRY SISTERS (Vocal Duo w/Group); BA, Beaverwood LOFTIS, BOBBY WAYNE (Vocalist), Charta; BA: Winners MORRISON, HAROLD, & SMOKING BLUEGRASS (Vo- Talent. Circle. calist/Banjoist/Comedian w, Group); BA. Allied Enter- tainers. PETERSON, COLLEEN (Vocalist), Capitol; PM, Bernie Dob- LOGGINS & MESSINA (Vocal & Instrumental Duo), Colum- bins bia; BA. ICM. MOUNTAIN DEW BOYS (Vocal & Instrumental Group-5), Yale: PHILLIPS, DeWAYNE (Vocalist/Guitarist). United Artists. LONG FELLOW SHOW (Vocal & Instrumental Duo), Dallas; BA. Smokey Warren. BA. Richard Lutz. MOUZON, ALPHONSE (Group -5); PM: Chuck Morris/ PHILLIPS, STU, &THE BALLA DEERS (Vocal & Instrumen- Feyline Mgmt. tal Group -5), Paragon; BA; Billy Deacon, Buddy Lee; LORD, DON, & THE RED DOGS (Vocalist/Guitarist w/Vo- PM. Billy Deaton. cal & Instrumental Group-5), BA. Country Talent; PM. MUNDY, JIM (Vocalist), ABC -Dot, BA. Joe Taylor. PIERCE, WEBB (Vocalist). Plantation. Don Redanz-Country Talent. MURPHEY, MICHAEL (Vocalist Instrumentalist). Epic. PILLOW, RAY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot; BA. Joe Taylor; PM. Joe LOUVIN, CHARLIE (Vocalist w/ Instrumental Group -6), ICM; PM MURRAY, ANNE (Vocalist), Capitol: BA: Alive D. Taylor. Golden Eagle; BA. Atlas Artist. Ents, in USA, Balmur Ltd. in Canada. LOWRY, RON (Vocalist), 50 States: BA: Winners Circle; PM. PINNACLE BOYS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -6); BA/ Choo-Choo Ents. PM. Allied Entertainers. N LUMAN, BOB, & THE STONES RIVER BAND (Vocal & In- PLUMMER, SCOTTY (Vocalist/Instrumentalist). AVI; BA: Art Rush. strumental Group -5). Epic; BA. Joe Taylor. NASHVILLE IMPACT (Group -6). Fargo: BA. AI Embry. POINDEXTER BAND (Group -7). RPM; BA. Nova Agency. LUNSFORD, MIKE (Vocalist). Starday; BA: Lavender -Blake. NAYLOR, JERRY (Vocalist), Hitsville; BA: Lavender -Blake. POND, SHERRI (Vocalist), Capitol: BA: Atlas Artist. LYNN, JUDY (Vocalist w/Group-6), Warner Bros.; BA. NELSON, BONNIE (Vocalist), Squire; BA. William Morris. Century II; PM John Kelly. PONY EXPRESS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -4), R&L; NELSON, WILLIE (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist), Columbia/ LYNN, BA: Talent; PM. BA. Richard Lutz. LORETTA (Vocalist), MCA, United Lone Star; PM: Neil C. Reshen-Media Consulting. David Skepner. POSEY, SANDY (Vocalist), Monument. NEWBURY, MICKEY (Vocalist; Instrumentalist), BA: Acuff - Rose; PM. Wesley Rose. POWERS, JIMMY R. (Vocalist), KRC; BA Operation Music; PM. Nada C. Jones. M NEW GRASS REVIVAL (Vocal & Instrumental Group -4), PRESLEY, ELVIS RCA; PM. Flying Fish; BA, Keith Case -Stone County. (Vocalist). Col. Thomas A. Parker. MACK, GARY (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group -8), NEW HOMER & JETHRO (Vocal & Instrumental/Comedy Soundwaves; BA: Century II. Duo), Flying Fish, BA. Jimmy Richards. PRICE, CHUCK (Vocalist), Playboy, BA-. Buddy Lee: PM. La- mar Fike. MACK, WARNER (Vocalist); BA. Atlas Artist, NEWTON -JOHN, OLIVIA (Vocalist), MCA; BA. ICM. PM PRICE, KENNY (Vocalist BA. MADDOX, ROSE (Vocalist), Starday; BA. Steve Stebbins & Katz-Gallin-Cleary. w/ Instrumental Group -4); Atlas Artist. Suzi Hait -Americana Corp. NEWTON, JULIE, & SILVER SPUR (Group), RCA, PRICE, RAY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot; Iris Perkins MAGGARD, CLEDUS (Vocalist), Mercury: BA. Top Billing. BA, -Ray Price NIXON, NICK (Vocalist). Mercury: BA. Beaverwood Talent. Ents.; PM Janie Price -Ray Price Ents. MANDOLIN, AL (Instrumentalist), Garden; BA: Smokey NORWAY, MARIE (Vocalist WI Vocal & Instrumental PRIDE, CHARLEY (Vocalist). RCA; BA: Chardon Inc. Warren. PM Al Liberty. Group -4): BA. New England Country. PROPHET, RONNIE (Vocalist/Instrumentalist), RCA; BA: MANDRELL, BARBARA (Vocalist), ABC -Dot: BA. American NUTTER, MAYF (Vocalist), Crescendo: BA. Omac Artist. Mgmt., PM Irby Mandrell. Chardon Inc. PRUETT, MCA: Top MANN, CARL (Vocalist). ABC -Dot. JEANNE (Vocalist), BA: Billing. O MARTINE, LAYNG, JR. (Vocalist), Playboy; PM; Williams PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE (Group -61, RCA: BA; Variety Art- Artist Mgmt. ists. PM. Jack Daley. OAK RIDGE BOYS (Vocal Group -8), Columbia; BA/ PM. PYLE, CHUCK (Vocalist/Guitarist), Bubble: BA: P. MARTIN, JIMMY (Vocalist w/ Instrumental Group -4); BA Jim Halsey. Lance Atlas Artist. Smith -Stone County. OLA BELLE & ALEX (Vocal Group -4). Rounder; BA. Mid- MARTIN, JOEY (Vocalist), Melodyland; BA. Buddy Lee, stream Promos. R MATSU, TOKYO (Vocalist/Fiddler). Scorpion. BA. Bill OLDHAM, DOUG, & FAMILY REUNION (Vocalist w, Goodwin. Group), Heart Warming; BA, New Direction Artists RABBITT, EDDIE (Vocalist), Elektra: BA: William Morris. MAYBERRY, DON (Vocalist w, Vocal & Instrumental Guild. PM. Richard Burkhart -BNB. Group -4); BA. New England Country. O'QUIN, GENE (Vocalist), Unicorn; BA. Steve Stebbins & RABBITT, JIMMY (Vocalist). Capitol; PM: Peter Racht- McBRIDE, DALE (Vocalist). Con Brio: BA. Artists Corp. of Suzi Hait -Americana Corp.; PM: Cliffie Stone. man-Management West. Texas. ORBISON, ROY (Vocalist/ Guitarist w/ Vocal & Instrumental RAINBOWS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -4); BA: Steve McCALL, C.W. (Vocalist w, Vocal & Instrumental Group Group -6), Monument; BA Acuff -Rose; PM Wesley Stebbins & Suzi Hait -Americana Corp. - Rose. 10), Polydor, BA William Morris; PM Don Sears - RAINWATER, MARVIN (Vocalist), Casino, NuTrayl; BA. McCall Group. ORENDER, DEWAYNE (Vocalist), RCA; BA/ PM Billy Dea - Buddy Lee. Smokey Warren, ton. McCALL, DARRELL (Vocalist). Lone Star/Columbia. PM RANDOLPH, BOOTS (Saxophonist), Monument; BA. Sut Neil C. Reshen-Media Consulting. ORPHAN, JOHNNY (Vocalist). Gazelle. ton Artists; PM, X. Cosse. MCCALL DEE (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group -4), (Vocal & Instrumental Duo). CMH; RAUSCH, LEON (Vocalist), Derrick. Republic; BA. Pot O'Gold, PM Luther Wood. BA/PM Allied Entertainers. RAVEN, EDDY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot: BA. Joe Taylor. McCASLIN, MARY (Vocalist/Guitarist w/Vocal & Instru- O'SHEA, SHAD, & THE 18 WHEELERS (Vocalist w/ RAYE, SUSAN (Vocalist). United Artists; BA, Omac Artist. mental Group -4), Philo; BA. Folklore Prodrns; PM Group), Fraternity, Private Stock, RAY, SONNY (Vocalist). Monopoly: BA, Smokey Warren; Manuel Greenhill. OSMOND, (Vocalist). Kolob: PM. Katz-Gallin- MARIE PM. Tony Allen. McCLINTON, DELBERT (Vocalist w/Group-4). ABC -Dot. Cleary. PM. Don Light REB, FRANKIE, SHOW (Vocal & Instrumental Group-4), BA/ OUTLAWS (Vocal & Instrumental Music Creek, Group-5), R&L; BA. Richard Lutz, McCLINTON, O.B. (Vocalist). Mercury: BA. Lavender -Blake BA: Stinsonic Talent; PM. G.D. Stinson. RED, WHITE & BLUE (GRASS) (Vocal & Instrumental MoCOURY, DEL & THE DIXIE PALS (Vocalist w Group OVERSTREET, PAUL, & FREIDA PARTON (Vocal & Instru- - Group -5); BA. Keith Case -Stone County. 5). Rebel; BA. Midstream Promos., Buddy Lee: PM Max mental Group -4), SC&B, BA. Joe Taylor. Mandel. REECE, BEN (Vocalist), Polydor; BA: Buddy Lee. OVERSTREET, TOMMY (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental McCOY, CHARLIE (Harmonica). Monument; Contact. Tex Group -6), ABC -Dot; BA, William Morris. REED, HADEN (Vocalist), Reedsound, PM. Horace Williams. Davis. OWENS, BUCK, SHOW (Vocalist/ Guitarist vv/ Vocal & In- REED, JERRY (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group-6). MaCRANIE, RONALD (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental strumental Group -7), Warner Bros.; BA: Omac Artist: RCA; BA William Morris; PM: Harry Warner. Group -5), Western News: Contact. Ray Sweeney. PM Jack McFadden. REEVES, DEL (Vocalist), United Artists: BA. Top Billing. MCDANIELS, MEL (Vocalist), Capitol; Contact Johnny OWENS, KATHY (Vocalist), ABC -Dot. REID, MIKE (Vocalist): PM, Depot Music. MacRae. OWENS, MARIE (Vocalist), Music Mill; BA: Music Park. RENO, JACK (Vocalist' Guitarist); BA: Jack Reno. McGHEE, ODESSA (Vocalist w/Group-3), Cobra; BA: OXFORD, VERNON (Vocalist), RCA; BA, Buddy Lee. RENO, RONNIE (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist), Tally. BA. Joe Steve Stebbins & Suzi Hait -Americana Corp. OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS (Vocal & Instrumental Taylor. McPEAK (Vocal Group MRC; BA. Atlas BROTHERS -5). Group), A&M. REYNOLDS, Triad, Artist JUDY (Vocalist), BA: Operation Music: PM. Dick Reynolds, MEISBURG & WALTERS (Duo), Parchment: BA. Variety P RHODES, SPECK Top Artists: PM: Jim Phillips. (Comedian): BA Billing. RICE, BOBBY G. (Vocalist), GRT: BA: Joe Taylor. Larry Wilt, MILLER, JODY (Vocalist), Epic; BA/PM: Jim Halsey, PAGE, PATTI (Vocalist). Avco; BA: ICM; PM. Jack Reel. RICHARDS. EARL (Vocalist), RPA; BA. Atlas Artist. MILLER, ROGER (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist), Columbia; BA. PARIS, JACK (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group -7), ICM; PM, Management Three. 2-J; PM. Ivan Tennyson. (Continued on page 32) 30 The World Of Country Music Billboard ASCAP'S COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS ARE ALWAYS STAR-STUDDED AFFAIRS Continued from page 30 SMITH, GARY (Vocalist). Camaro; BA: Operation Music; TILLOTSON, JOHNNY (Vocalist). United Artists. PM: Nada C. Jones. TILTIN, SHEILA (Vocalist), Con Brio; Walker. RICHARDS, Contact Jeff SUE (Vocalist), ABC -Dot; BA. Lavender -Blake. SMITH, GLADYS (Vocalist/Guitarist), People. BA. Country TIM & MONICA (Vocal Duo w/ Vocal & Instrumental RICH, CHARLIE (Vocalist), Epic, BA, William Morns. PM. Talent. PM. Don Redanz-Country Talent. Group -6); BA. Century II. Charlie Rich Ents. SMITH, MARGO (Vocalist); BA: Lavender -Blake. TOMPALL (Vocalist), ABC-Dunhill; PM' Neil C. Reshen- RILEY, JEANNIE C. (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental SMITH, RICK (Vocalist), Cin-Kay; PM: Gene Kennedy. Media Consulting. Group -6), Warner Bros.; BA. William Morris. SMITH, SAMMI (Vocalist), Zodiac. TRASK, DIANA (Vocalist), ABC -Dot; BA Buddy Lee. RINGER, JIM (Vocalist/Guitarist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group -4), Philo; BA. Folklore Prod'ns: PM. Manuel SNOW, HANK, & THE RAINBOW RANCH BOYS (Vocal- TRAVIS, MERLE (Vocalist). Capitol; BA: Steve Stebbins & Greenhill. ist/Guitarist w/Group-5), RCA. BA. Moeller Talent. Suzi Hait-Americana Corp. ROBBINS, MARTY (Vocalist/Guitarist), Columbia; BA. En- SONNIER, JOEL (Vocalist), Mercury: BA. Buddy Lee. TRAZ-COUNTRY (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5); BA tertainment Exclusive. SONS OF THE PIONEERS (Group), Granite. BA: Art Rush. New England Country. ROBBINS, RONNY (Vocalist): BA: Entertainment Exclusive. SOVINE, RED (Vocalist), Starday; BA: Top Billing. TRENT, BUCK (Vocalist/Instrumentalist). ABC -Dot; BA/ PM- Jim Halsey. ROBENS, ROBBY (Vocalist), Dominator; BA. Steve Steb- SPEARS, BILLIE JO (Vocalist). United Artists:: BA: Top Bill- bins & Suzi Hatt-Americana Corp. ing. TUBB, ERNEST (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group - 6); BA. Atlas Artist. ROBERTS, PAT (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group - SPEARS, BILLY, BAND (Vocal & Instrumental Group-5); 5), ABC -Dot. BA. William Morris; PM: Jack Roberts. BA: Steve Dahl-Stone County. TUBB, JUSTIN (Vocalist). Hilltop: BA: Atlas Artist. ROBINSON, BETTY JEAN (Vocalist w/Group-4), Four SPICHER'S, BUDDY, WESTERN SWING BAND (Fiddler TUCKER, MARSHALL, BAND (Vocal & Instrumental Star; BA. Century II. w/Group); BA/PM: Allied Entertainers. Group), Capricorn: BA: Paragon Agency. RODRIGUEZ, JOHNNY (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental SPOON RIVER BAND, see Kenny Little. TUCKER, RICK (Vocalist), Hitsville. Group -7), Mercury; BA. William Morris. STAFFORD, JIM (Vocalist/Instrumentalist); PM: George TUCKER, TANYA (Vocalist), MCA; BA: ICM; PM: J.M. ROGERS, DAVID (Vocalist), Republic: BA: Buddy Lee. Bullets Durgom. "Beau'' Tucker-Tanya Inc. ROGERS, GAMBLE (Vocalist/Guitarist/Comedian); BA/ STAFFORD, TERRY (Vocalist w/ Vocal & Instrumental TURNER, MARY LOU (Vocalist). MCA: BA: Bill Goodwin. PM. Blade Agency. Group -5); BA. New England Country. TWITTY, CONWAY (Vocalist). MCA: BA. United Talent. ROGERS, KENNY (Vocalist), United Artists; BA. ICM. STAMPLEY, JOE (Vocalist w/Group-6). Epic: BA: Laven- TWITTY, MICHAEL (Vocalist); BA: United Talent. der -Blake; PM. Al Gallico. ROGERS, LEIGH. see Dana Charles. TYKE & STAGE COACH WEST (Vocal & Instrumental ROGERS, RONNIE (Vocalist). BA. Key Talent; PM. E. STAN JR., see listing under "J." Group -3), Vones, BA: Richard Lutz. Jimmy Key-Key Talent. STANLEY, RALPH, & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS TYLER, CHET (Vocalist), Garden; BA: Smokey Warren; PM: ROGERS, ROY (Vocalist), 20th Century, BA. Art Rush. (Vocalist w/ Group -5). Rebel: BA: Midstream Promos. Tony Allen. RONSTADT, LINDA(Vocalist), Asylum, BA. ICM: PM, Peter STARLAND VOCAL BAND (Group-4), Windsong. PM: Asher. Management Three. V ROSE, JUDY (Vocalist), Cobra: BA. Steve Stebbins & Suzi STARLING, JOHN (Vocalist/ Guitarist); BA. Ford Agency; VALDY & THE HOMETOWN BAND (Guitarist w/Vocal & Hart-Americana Corp. PM: Audie Ashworth-Audigram. Instrumental Group A&M, BA. Steve Dahl-Stone STARR, KENNY -6), ROSS, CHARLIE (Vocalist), Big Tree. (Vocalist), MCA; BA. United Talent. County; PM: Cliff Jones. STARR, TONY, see Don Bailes. ROSS, JERIS (Vocalist), ABC -Dot; BA. Joe Taylor. VALEN, TEX (Vocalist), Councellor: BA. Smokey Warren, RUSSELL BROTHERS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5), STARWOOD (Vocal & Instrumental Group-6), Windsong. PM. Frank Amato. BA. Lance P. Jewel. BA. Atlas Artist. Smith-Stone County. PM. William E. VALLI, JEAN (Vocalist). Country Bell: BA. Buddy Lee. McEuen. RUSSELL, JOHNNY (Vocalist w/Group-7), RCA: BA. Lav- VAN DYKE, LEROY (Vocalist w/Group-5), ABC -Dot; BA/ ender -Blake. STATLER BROTHERS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -4). PM Jim Halsey. Mercury; BA. Lavender -Blake, PM: Saul Holiff -Volatile RUTH, JACK (Vocalist), RCA. Contact. House of Cash. Attractions. VAN DYKE, VONDA (Vocalist), Word: BA: APA. RYLES, JOHN WESLEY (Vocalist), ABC-Dot; BA Music STEAGALL, RED (Vocalist w/Group-7), ABC -Dot; BA: Jim VAUGHN, SHARON (Vocalist), ABC -Dot. Park. Halsey; PM: Williams Artist Mgmt. STEELE, ROCHELLE (Vocalist), Cobra; BA. Steve Stebbins W & Suzi Hait-Americana Corp. S STEVENS, EVEN (Vocalist), Elektra: Contact: Jim Malloy. WADE, J.J., & THE 20TH CENTURY DRIFTERS (Vocal & Instrumental Group Music Mill, BA, Wilt. SADLER, BARRY (Vocalist), Green Beret. BA: Larry Wilt- STEVENSON, B.W. (Vocalist). Warner Bros.; BA/PM. -5), Larry WAGONER, PORTER (Vocalist/Guitarist), RCA; SAHM, DOUG (Vocalist). ABC -Dot. PM. Huey Meaux. Moon -Hill. BA: Top STEVENS, RAY (Vocalist). Warner Bros.; BA: ICM; PM: Billing. SAMI JO (Vocalist), Polydor; BA Buddy PM. Wil- Lee; Tony WAKELY, JIMMY, SHOW (Vocalist Catenne liams Artist Mgmt. w/Group-3). Shasta. BA. Steve Stebbins STEWART, GARY (Vocalist), RCA; BA: Chardon Inc. & Suzi Hait-Americana Corp. SANDERS, BOB (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5). Sweet WALKER, STEWART, REDD (Vocalist/ Guitarist/Violinist), Hickory; BILLY (Vocalist w/Group-5), RCA, BA. Bill Fortune, BA Buddy Lee. Goodwin. BA. King Ents,; PM. Gene King-King Ents, SCHOONMAKER, LLOYD (Vocalist), Hitsville. WALKER, CHARLIE (Vocalist), Award; Atlas Artist. STEWART, WYNN (Vocalist). Playboy; BA/ PM: Jim Dune- BA. SCRIVENOR, GOVE, see Gove. gan. WALKER, JERRY JEFF, & THE LOST GONZO BAND (Vocal SCRUGGS, EARL, REVUE (Vocal & Instrumental & Instrumental Group MCA; BA. Athena Group- STONE COUNTY (Vocal & Instrumental -7), Artists; Group -5); BA. PM: 6). Columbia. BA. Athena Artists. PM Louise Scruggs- Beaverwood Talent. Michael Brovsky-Shadrack Artists. Scruggs Talent. WALLACE, JERRY, SHOW (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumen- STONEMAN, RONI (Vocalist/ Banjoist / Comedian), MGM; SEALS, DICK (Vocalist). tal Group Polydor; Camaro, BA. Operation Music, PM. BA Omac Artist. -5). BA: Ron Blackwood, Joe Taylor; Nada C. Jones. PM Ron Blackwood. STONEMANS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5), CMH; BA. SEALS, EDDIE, & JOE GRANT SHOW (Vocal & Instrumen- WARD, JACKY (Vocalist), Mercury; BA. Joe Taylor. Joe Taylor; PM. Bob Bean. tal Group -4): BA. Key Talent. PM. E. Jimmy Key-Key WARREN, SMOKEY (Vocalist), Yale, Garden: BA. Smokey STONEY MOUNTAIN CLOGGERS, see Ben Smathers. Talent. Warren, PM. Pete Swalik. STREET, MEL (Vocalist w/Group-5), BA: - SEALS, TROY (Vocalist), Columbia. GRT: Lavender WATSON, DOC Blake; PM: Jim Prater. (Vocalist/Guitarist w / Instrumental SECOND HAND ROSE (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5); Group -3), United Artists; BA. Folklore Prod'ns; PM: BA. Beaverwood Talent. STRUNK, JUD (Vocalist). Melodyland: BA: Buddy Lee. Manuel Greenhill, SEELY, JEANNIE (Vocalist w/Group-6); BA Top Billing. STUCKEY, NAT (Vocalist). MCA; BA. Lavender -Blake. WATSON, GENE (Vocalist). Capitol; BA: United Talent. PM. SEGO BROTHERS & NAOMI (Vocal & Instrumental SUNS OF THE WEST (Vocal & Instrumental Group-5), Sa- Russ Reeder. Group -6). Heartwarming. BA. Century II. fari; BA. Richard Lutz. WATSON, MERLE (Guitarist w/Vocal & Instrumental SELLARS, MARILYN (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist), Zodiac; SWAN, BILLY (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group -6), Group -3). United Artists: BA. Folklore Prod'ns: PM. BA William Morris. Monument; EA. William Morris; PM: Bert Block. Manuel Greenhill. SERRAIT, KENNY (Vocalist), Hitsville; BA. Smiley Wilson. SWATZELL, TOM (Instrumentalist w/Group-6), Spade; WEATHERLY, JIM (Vocalist, Guitarist). ABC; PM. Larry BA. Showay Talent, PM D.C. Lee. Gordon-Rip-Keca Music. SESSIONS, RONNIE (Vocalist), MCA; BA. Music Park. SWEET, RACHEL (Vocalist), Derrick. WEBB, JAY LEE (Vocalist), Opryland; BA: Atlas Artist. SHANNON, GUY (Vocalist). Polydor; BA Al Embry. Music Park. PM. Al Embry. SWIFT, LARRY (Vocalist); BA/ PM Ken Keene-Sea Cruise. WEBB, WYATT (Vocalist w/Group-5). Plantation; BA. Bill Goodwin. SHARPE, SUNDAY (Vocalist). Playboy. BA Buddy Lee, PM. Lamar Fike. WEEDMAN, SAM (Vocalist/Guitarist), BA. Ford Agency; T PM. Audie Ashworth-Audigram. SHAW, TOM (Vocalist); BA/ PM Jim Dunegan. WEISSBERG, ERIC, TALLEY, JAMES (Vocalist), Capitol; BA. Apogee Mgmt, & DELIVERANCE (Group -5); BA SHENANDOAH CUT -UPS (Vocal Group -5). Revonah; BA Buddy Lee. PM. Richard Golub. Midstream Promos. TAYLOR, CARMOL (Vocalist), Elektra: BA: Joe Taylor. WELLER, FREDDY (Vocalist), Columbia; BA: United Talent. SHEPARD, JEAN (Vocalist w/Group-7), United Artists. TAYLOR, CHIP (Vocalist). Columbia; PM: Management BA. Bill Goodwin. Three. WELLS, KITTY (Vocalist), Capricorn; BA. Top Billing. WELLS, MIKE (Vocalist). Playboy. SHEPPARD, T.G. (Vocalist w, Group -5). Hitsville; BA: Lav- TEEGARDEN, DAVID (Vocalist w/Group-5). BA: Ford ender -Blake; PM. Jack D Johnson. Agency; PM. Audie Ashworth-Audigram. WESTBERRY, KENT (Vocalist); BA. Beaverwood Talent. SHIRLEY & SQUIRRELY (Duo), GRT. TELESTIALS (Vocal & Instrumental Group-7). Calvary. BA: WEST, DOTTIE (Vocalist), United Artists: BA: Top Billing. SHYLO (Vocal & Instrumental Group), Columbia: PM. Larry Century II. WHATLEY, GARY D. (Vocalist), Portland; BA. Steve Steb- -Rogers. TERRY, GORDON (Instrumentalist), Plantation: BA. Joe bins & Suzi Hait-Americana Corp. SIDE OF THE ROAD GANG (Group). Capitol. Taylor. WHEELER, KAREN (Vocalist), RCA; BA. United Talent. SILVERS, DON, see Lois Johnson. THOMAS, B.J. (Vocalist), ABC. WHITE, BUCK, & DOWNHOME FOLKS (Vocalist w/ SINGLETON, MARGIE (Vocalist). Ashley: BA: Country Mu- THOMPSON, HANK (Vocalist w/ Group -5). ABC -Dot: BA/ Group -3), Insco; BA: ; PM: Eloise Jones sic Spectacular. PM Linda Denny-Country Music PM: Jim Halsey. Hawkins-Grandpa Jones. Spectacular. THOMPSON, JERRY, SHOW (Group -5). BA: Larry Wilt. WHITE, MACK (Vocalist/ Instrumentalist), Commercial; BA BA. Acuff -Rose. SLEDD, PATSY (Vocalist). Mega. THOMPSON, SUE (Vocalist). Hickory. BA: Acuff -Rose, Bar- WHITE, TONY SMALLWOODS (Vocal & Instrumental Group -4): BA. Bea- bara Barber. JOE (Vocalist/Guitarist). 20th Century. verwood Talent. THRASHER BROTHERS (Vocal Group), Canaan. BA Cen- WHITMAN, SLIM (Vocalist), United Artists. tury II. SMATHERS, BEN, REVUE featuring THE STONEY WIER, RUSTY (Vocalist). BA. Paragon Agency. PM. Moon - MOUNTAIN CLOGGERS (Vocal & Instrumental THROCKMORTON, SONNY (Vocalist). Starcrest. Hill. BA. Larry Wilt. Group -9); THUNDERKLOUD, BILLY, & THE CHIEFTONES (Vocal & WIGGINS, ROY. SHOW (Vocal & Instrumental Group-4); SMITH, CAL (Vocalist), MCA; BA. United Talent. Instrumental Group -9). Polydor; BA/PM: Buddy Lee. BA. Buddy Lee. SMITH, CARL (Vocalist). Columbia; BA. Buddy Lee. TIBOR BROTHERS (Group). Ariola America. WILBURN BROTHERS (Vocal Duo); BA. Atlas Artist. Doyle Wilburn. SMITH, CONNIE (Vocalist). Columbia. BA/ PM. Billy Dea - TILLIS, MEL (Vocalist w/Group-8). MCA, BA/PM: Jim ton. Halsey. 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BARBARA BARBER ARTIST AGENCY, PO Box L. State - line. Nev. 89449. Tel (702) 588-6122. I C M (International Creative Mgmt.), 40 W. 57 St., New OMAC ARTIST CORP., 1 225 N. Chester Ave.. Bakersfield, York, N Y 10019. Tel: (212) 556-5600. Calif. 93308. Tel (805) 393-1000. BEAU -JIM AGENCY INC., PO Box 758, Lake Jackson, Tex. Branches: Los Angeles, Calif., 8899 Beverly Blvd. Zip ONE NITERS INC., PO 77566. Tel. (713) 297-4030. 393-1703. Box 40686. Nashville. Tenn, 90045. Tel (213) 550 -4000 -Miami, Fla., 7360 Bis- 37204. Tel (61 5) 383-8412. BEAVERWOOD TALENT AGENCY, 133 Walton Ferry Rd.. cayne Blvd. Zip. 33138. Tel. (305) 754 -2603 --Las OPERATION MUSIC ENTS., W. Ave., Ot- Hendersonville, Tenn. 37075. Tel (615) 824-2820 Vegas, Nev 4045 Spencer Ave. Zip: 89109. Tel. 233 Woodland tumwa, Iowa 52501 Tel. (515) 682-8283. BOB BECKHAM, c/o Combine Music, 35 Music Square E.. (702) 734-7666. CHARLES OWEN, PO Box 842, Bakersfield. Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel (615) 255-0624. INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MGMT., see ICM "FUZZY" Calif. 93302. Tel (805) 871-5490. BETFORD CORP., PO Box 31552, San Francisco, Calif 94131. Tel. (415) 647-5200. J P RON BLACKWOOD, Box 1613. Nashville, Tenn. 37202 WANDA JACKSON ENTS., Box 381, Rt. 11, Oklahoma Tel (615) 320-1781. 331-3496. PARAGON Pl., Ga. City, Okla. 73160. Tel (405) 691-3434. AGENCY, 560 Arlington Macon, BLADE AGENCY, PO Box 12239, Gainesville, Fla. 32604 31208. Tel. (912) 742-8931. Tel. (904) 372-8158, 377-8158. GRANDPA JONES ENTS., Box 167B, RI 3, Goodletisville, Branch: Los Angeles, Calif., 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite Tenn. 37072 Tel (615) 859-1920. BRUCE ENTS., 1006 17 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. 37212. 509. Zip 90069. Tel. (213) 278-4376. Tel (615) 254-8114. IRIS PERKINS, see Ray Price Ents. K PATSY BRUCE, see Bruce Ents. POT O' GOLD PROD'NS INC., 817 18 Ave. S.. Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel (615) 327-0512. BRUMLEY ARTIST AGENCY, 8746 Sunset Blvd , Los An- BETTE KAYE PROD'NS INC., 2929 El Camino Ave.. Sacra- geles, Calif. 90069. Tel (213) 659-8088. mento, Calif 95821. Tel (916) 487-1923/6667/ RAY PRICE ENTS., PO Box 34886, Dallas, Tex. 75234. JOHNNY BUSH ATTRACTIONS, 102 W. Rampart, Suite 9947 Tel. (214) 387-1101. 104, San Antonio, Tex. 78216. Tel. (51 2) 341-0443, Branches: Hayward, Calif., 3382 Saddle Dr. Zip. 94541. Tel (41 5) 582 -3203 -Lafayette, Calif., 3467 R Monroe St. Zip. 94549. Tel (415) 284 -5246 -Santa C Monica, Calif., PO Box 857. Zip. 90401. Tel (213) REDWOOD PROMOS., 26 Pl., Ossining, N.Y. 395 -0747 --Las Vegas, Nev., 1662 Sombrero Dr. Zip KEITH CASE, 10562. Tel (914) 762-2867. see Stone County. 89109. Tel. (702) 734-2553. R. REGENCY ARTISTS LTD., 9200 Sunset Blvd.. Suite 823. M. CASE, (self -booking only), 44 Larch St. , Rochester, KEN KEENE, see Sea Cruise. Los Angeles, N Y 14612. Tel (716) 865-7057 Calif. 90069. Tel 1213) 273-7103. KEY TALENT, 29 Music Square E., Nashville. Tenn. 37203. CENTURY II PROMOS., PO JACK RENO (self -booking only), PO Box 201. Cincinnati, Box 22707, 63 Music Square Tel (615) 242-2461. W., Nashville, Tenn. 37202. Tel (615) 244-9222 Ohio 45201. Tel (606) 371-5469. KING ENTS. INC., 240 W. Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky. CHARDON INC., PO Box Tenn. REPUBLIC ARTISTS, S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, 401,67. Nashville, 37204 40202. Tel. (502) 584-5535. 260 Tel (615) 385-2059. Calif. 90212. Tel (213) 271-5115. MARTY KLEIN, see APA, WAYNE COOMBS AGENCY INC., 655 Deep Valley Dr., LEE ALLEN REYNOLDS, PO Box 12647, Nashville. Tenn. Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. 90274. Tel. (213) 377- L 37212. Tel (615) 385-2555. 0420. JIMMY RICHARDS TALENT AGENCY, 919 N. Michigan COUNTRY L S I MGMT., 3410 Ave. R.. Lubbock, Tex. 79412. Tel. Ave., III, MUSIC SPECTACULAR, 249 Bluegrass Dr , Chicago, 60611. Tel. (312) 664-1552. (806) Hendersonville, Tenn. 37075. Tel (615) 824-3573. 744-5590. ROGER TALENT ENTS., 1024 16 Ave. S., Nashville. Tenn. COUNTRY TALENT AGENCY, 1458 Buffalo Rd., Roches- LAVENDER -BLAKE AGENCY INC., 1217 16 Ave. S. 37212. Tel, (615) 327-3644. ter, N.Y. 14624. Tel. Nashville, Tenn. 37212 Tel. (615) 383-0881 (716) 328-5565. ART RUSH INC., 10221 Riverside Dr . North Hollywood, CRUZ DE ORO ASS'N, PO Box 99, Amboy, III. 61310. Tel BUDDY LEE ATTRACTIONS INC., 38 Music Square E., Calif. 91602. Tel (21 3) 985-3033. Suite Nashville, (815) 857-2389. 300, Tenn. 37203 Tel (615) 244- RUSTIC ROYALTY TALENT, PO Box 33220. Minneapolis, 4336z Minn. 55443. Tel (612) 757-6666. Branches: Los Angeles, Calif., 9229 Sunset Blvd. Zip D 90069. Tel (213) 550 -1077 -New York, N.Y., 888 Seventh Ave. Zip. 10019. Tel. (212) 247-5216. STEVE DAHL, see Stone County. S JERRY LEE LEWIS & CO., 1719 West End Ave., Suite TEX DAVIS, cro Monument Recs., 21 Music Square E., 1100, Nashville. Tenn. 37203. Tel (615) 320-1187. SEA CRUISE PROD'NS, 2008 S. 39 St. . St. Louis, Mo. Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel. (61 5) 244-6565. 63110. Tel (314) 771-7467. DON LIGHT TALENT INC., 1 100 17 Ave. S., Nashville, BILLY DEATON TALENT AGENCY, 1300 Division St., Tenn. 37212. Tel (615) 244-3900. SHOWAY TALENT INC., 1106 18 Ave S Nashville, Tenn. Suite 103, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel. (615) 244- 37203 Tel. (615) 256-6351. 4259 JIM LOAKES, see Belford Corp. BILLY SMITH, see One Niters. BOBBY DeHAY, see Johnny Bush Attractions RICHARD LUTZ AGENCY, 5625 "O.' St., Suite 7, Lincoln, Neb. 68510. Tel. (402) 483-2241. LANCE P. SMITH, see Stone County. DOMINO THEATRICAL AGENCY, 3100 Walnut Grove, C. K. SPURLOCK, 394 W. Main St Suite C-18. Hender- Suite 515, Memphis, Tenn. 381 11 . Tel (901) 452- 2412. M sonville, Tenn. 37075 Tel (615) 822-1817 STEVE STEBBINS, see Americana Corp. JIM DUNEGAN, PO Box 5522, Arlington. Tex. 76011 Tel. MacRAE, JOHNNY, 35 Music Square E., Nashville, Tenn. (817) 283-7580. 37203. Tel. (615) 255-0624. (Contact only) (Continued on page 38)

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A COUNTRY MUSIC SPECTACULAR, 249 Bluegrass Dr., BENNIE HESS, see Showay Prodfns. Hendersonville, Tenn. Tel (615) 37075. 824-3573. MARVE HOERNER, PO ALAMO VILLAGE INC., Box 528. Brackettville, Tex. Box 99. Amboy. III 61310. Tel COUNTRY TALENT AGENCY, 1458 Buffalo Rd., Roches- (815) 857.2389. 78832. Tel. (512) 563-2580. ter. N.Y. 14624. Tel. (716) 328-5565. SAUL HOLIFF, see Volatile Attractions. ALIVE ENTS., Wilshire Blvd.. Suite Beverly 8530 306, JERRY CRUTCHFIELD, 6 Music Circle N., Nashville, Tenn Hills, Calif. Tel. (213) CHUCK HONEY MUSIC INC., 404 E. Second St.. Prescott, 90211. 657-4380, 37203. Tel. (615) 242-3551. Ark 71857. Tel. (501) 887-6661. TONY ALLEN, 231 Cherry St., Roselle, N.J. Tel 07203. SHERWOOD CRYER, 4500 Spencer Hwy., Pasadena. Tex. (201) 241-9390. 77504. Tel. (713) 487-0066. J ALLIED ENTERTAINERS INC., PO Box 647, Henderson- ville. Tenn. 37075. Tel. (615) 824.0142. D WANDA JACKSON ENTS., Box 381, Rt. 11, Oklahoma FRANK AMATO, 1 313 Shoemaker Ave., West Wyoming, City, Okla. 73160 Tel (405) 691-3434. Pa, 18644. JACK DALEY, 825 Las Palmas Rd., Pasadena, Calif. ROGER JAUDON, see Roger Talent JIM ANDERSON/L.R. SHARP, Box 4026, Waco, Tex. 91105. Tel (213) 684-1313 WAYLON JENNINGS LTD., 1117 17 Ave. S., Nashville, 76705. Tel. (817) 799-8608. JO ANN DAVIS, Box 430, Rt. 2, Pearland, Tex. 77581. Tel. Tenn. 37212. Tel. (615) 327-3840. BUD ANDREWS, see LSI. (713) 482-6151, JACK D. BILLY JOHNSON TALENT INC., PO Box 40484. Nash- ARTIST CONSULTANTS, 9200 Sunset Blvd.. Suite 707, DEATON TALENT AGENCY, 1300 Division St.. ville, Tenn. 103. 37204. Tel (615) 383-6564. Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. Tel: (213) 273-5050. Suite Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel: (615) 244- 4259. CLIFF JONES, 1880 West 19 Ave.. Suite 1. Vancouver PETER ASHER MGMT. INC., 8430 Santa Monica Blvd., B.C.. Canada V6J 2N9. Tel. (604) 732-8079. JIM DENNY, 39 Music Square E., Nashville, Tenn. No. 100. Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. Tel. (213) 656- 37212 Tel. (615) GRANDPA JONES ENTS., Box 16713, Rt. 1544, 255-6535. 3, Goodlettsville, Tenn. 37072. Tel (615) LINDA DENNY, see Country Music 859-1920. AUDIE ASHWORTH, see Audigram Inc. Spectacular. NADA C. JONES, 233 W. Woodland Ave., DEPOT MUSIC INC., 1013 16 Ave. S., Nashville. Tenn. Ottumwa, Iowa AUDIGRAM INC., PO Box 22635, Nashville. Tenn. 37202. Tel (515) 37212, Tel: (615) 256-8091. 52501. 682-8283. TeL (61 5) 383-8318. BERNIE DOBBINS, 477 A. Princess IRV AZOFF, see Front Line St., Kingston, Ont., Canada. Tel. (613) 549-4401. K JIM DUNEGAN, PO Box B 5522, Arlington, Tex. 76011. Tel: KATZ-GALLIN-CLEARY ENTS. INC., 9255 Sunset Blvd., (817) 283-7580. Suite 1 11 5. Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. Tel. (213) 273- B N BASSOCS. LTD., 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 309. Bev- LAURA DuPUY, PO Box 463, Austin, Tex. 78767. Tel. 4210. erly Hills, Calif. 90212. Tel. (213) 273-7020. (512) 444.9885. KEN KEENE, see Sea Cruise. SHUG BAGGOT, 11 Music Circle S., Nashville, Tenn. GEORGE BULLETS DURGOM, 9229 Sunset Blvd., Suite FRED KELLY, see Low Key. 37203. Tel, (615) 256-0530. 615, Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. Tel: (21 3) 278-8820, JOHN KELLY, PO Box 14927, Las Vegas, Nev. 89114. Tel BOBBY BAKER, c z o Stone County Inc., 2104 Glenarm PI., (702) 451.1041 Denver, Colo, 80205. Tel (303) 573-8477. E GENE KENNEDY ENTS., 2125 Eighth Ave. S Nashville, RAY BAKER PROD'NS, PO Box 162, Madison. Tenn. Tenn. 37204, Tel. (615) 383-6002. WILLIAM EARL, PO Box 1593, De Land, Fla. Tel. 37115. Tel (615) 865-1445. 32720. (904) 669-3265. E. JIMMY KEY, see Key Talent. BALMUR LTD., 825 Eglinton Ave. W.. Suite 406, Toronto, JUDY ELLIOTT, 747 N. Ave., KEY TALENT, 29 Music Square E., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Ont., Canada M5N 1E7. Tel. (416) 789-2137. Croft Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. Tel. (213) 658-7849. Tel. (61 5) 242-2461 MIKE BARNETT, PO Box 121, Evergreen. Colo. 80439. AL EMBRY KING ENTS. INC., 240 W. Jefferson St.. Louisville. Ky. Tel (303) 674-7258. INT'L, PO Box 23162, Zip: 37202; 1719 West End Ave., Penthouse Suite, Nashville, Tenn. 37203, 40202. Tel (502) 584-5535. DICK BAXTER MGMT., PO Box 8085. Universal City, Calif. Tel (61 5) 327-4074. GENE KING, see King Ents, 91608. Tel. (213) 782-9739. ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTIONS, see Bob Tucker. JAN KURTIS, see Bobby Goldsboro Ents. BOB BEAN, c i o Joe Taylor Artist Agency. 2401 12 Ave. S.. BOB EVANS PROD'NS, PO Box Acklen Nash- Nashville. Tenn. 37204. Tel, (615) 385-0035. 12223, Sta., ville, Tenn. 37212. Tel. (615) 361-3756. L BEAU -JIM AGENCY INC., PO Box 758. Lake Jackson, Tex. Tel. F 77566. (713) 297-4030, 393-1703. L S I MGMT., 3410 Ave. R, Lubbock, Tex. 79412. Tel BETFORD CORP., PO Box 31552, San Francisco, Calif. (806) 744-5590. GLEN FERGUSON, Metro Court House. Rm. 109, Nash- 94131 Tel. (415) 647-5200, NELSON LARKIN, 1226 16 ville, Tenn, 37201. Tel. (615) 259-6081. Ave. S., Nashville. Tenn. RON BLACKWOOD, Box 1613. Nashville, Tenn. 37202. 37212. Tel (615) 383-0800. Tel. (615) FEYLINE MGMT., see Chuck Morris. 320-1781, 331-3496. SHORTY LAVENDER, 1217 16 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. BLADE AGENCY, PO Box 12239, Gainesville, Fla. 32604. LAMAR FIKE, 40 Music Square E., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. 37212, Tel. (615) 383-0881. Tel. (904) 372-8158, 377-8158. Tel. (615) 256-5119. BUDDY LEE ATTRACTIONS INC., 38 Music Square E.. BERT BLOCK MGMT., 11 Bailey Ave., Ridgefield, Conn. HOWARD FORRESTER, 2510 Franklin Rd., Nashville, Suite 300, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel (615) 244- 06877, TeL (203) 438-3728. Tenn. 37204. Tel (615) 385-3031. 4336. BOBBY BRENNER, 400 Madison Ave.. New York, N.Y. TILLMAN FRANKS ENTS., 521 Louisiana Bank Bldg.. Branches: Los Angeles, Calif 9229 Sunset Blvd. Zip. 10017. Tel. (212) 355-6426. Shreveport, La. 71101. Tel. (318) 221-5886. 90069. Tel. (213) 550 -1077 -New York, N.Y., 888 Seventh Ave, Zip. 10019. Tel: (212) 247-5216. MICHAEL BROVSKY, see Shadrack Artists. HAL FREEMAN, ci Cin-Kay Recs., 15130 Ventura Blvd.. Suite 202, Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91403. Tel (213) D. C. LEE, 820 18 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel BROWN & KARNO MGMT. INC., 1901 Ave. of the Stars, 986-5784. (615) 256-6351. Suite 1050. Los Angeles, Calif. 90067. Tel: (213) 552- 2124. CARL FRIEND, 3100 Walnut Grove, Suite 51 5, Memphis, DICK LEVINE ENTS. INC., 399 E. 72 St., Suite 18B, New Tenn. 38111. Tel. (901) 452-2412. York, N.Y. 10021. TeL (212) 249-3713. PETER S. BROWN, see Brown & Karno. FRONT LINE MGMT., 9126 Sunset Blvd.. Los Angeles, JERRY LEE LEWIS & CO., 1719 West End Ave.. Suite BRUCE ENTS., 1006 17 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. 37212. Calif. 90069. Tel (213) 278-0211. 1100, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. TeL (61 5) 320-11 B7. Tel (615) 254-8114. AL LIBERTY, 214 Walnut St., Paterson, N.J. 07055. Tel. PATSY BRUCE, see Bruce Ents. G (201) 278-0913. MARIANNE BURGUIERE, 26 Maple Pl., Ossining, N.Y. DON LIGHT TALENT INC., 1100 17 Ave. AL GALLICO MUSIC CORP., UA Tower, 50 Music Square S., Nashville. 10562. Tel. (914) 762-2867. Tenn. 37212. Tel: (615) W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel: (615) 327-2773. 244-3900. RICHARD BURKHART, see BNB. BEVERLY LIGHTFOOT, 350 Davenport Rd., Toronto, GETZ-TICKNER ORG., 8380 Melrose Ave., Suite 305, Los Ont., Canada M5R 1K8. Tel: (416) Angeles, Calif. 90069. Tel: (213) 653-3470. 924-1146. C JIM LOAKES, see Betford Corp. BOBBY GOLDSBORO ENTS., 18 High Lea Rd., Brent- KEITH CASE, see Stone County. wood, Tenn, 37027. Tel (615) 373-1922. LOTUS MUSIC CORP., PO Box 2441, Toluca Lake, Calif. 91602. Tel. (213) 985.7393. PETER CASPERSON, see Castle Music. RICHARD GOLUB, 565 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y 10017. Tel (212) 682-8620. LOW KEY PROD'NS INC., 6001 Old Hickory Blvd.. No. CASTLE MUSIC PROD'NS, Box 529, Townsend, Mass. 306, Hermitage, Tenn. 37076. Tel (615) 883-7604. 01469. Tel. (617) 597-8161. WENDELL GOODMAN, see Wanda Jackson Ents. SAM LARRY GORDON, see Rip-Keca Music. J. LUTZ ARTISTS' PERSONAL MGMT., 1626 N. TONY CATERINE, 6060 N. Central Expwy Dallas Tex. Vine St., Hollywood, Calif. 90028. TeL (213) 469- 75206. Tel (214) 692-7024. GREAT AMERICAN AMUSEMENT CO., see Management 1993. BILL CHAUDET, PO Box 38158, Hollywood, Calif. 90038. West BOB GREEN PROD'NS, 3050 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1004. CHOO-CHOO ENTS. INC., 44 Music Square E., Suite 107, M Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Tel. (615) 254-5877. Miami, Fla. 33137. Tel; (305) 576-3525. REGGIE M. CHURCHWELL, 20 Music Square W., Nash- MANUEL GREENHILL MGMT., 1671 Appian Way. Santa MANAGEMENT THREE LTD., 400 S. Beverly Dr.. Beverly ville, Tenn. 37203. Tel. (615) 256-2885. Monica, Calif. 90401. Tel. (213) 451-0767. Hills, Calif. 90212. Tel. (213) 277-9633.

Branches: 1 MILLIE CLEMENTS, PO Box 208. Hermitage. Tenn. New York, N.Y., 345 Ave. of the Americas. Zip 37076. Tel (615) 758-8181. H 10019. Tel. (212) 752-1563. JAY COLLIER, PO Box 8545, Houston, Tex. 77009. Tel, MANAGEMENT WEST (formerly Great American Amuse- JIM HALSEY CO. INC., 3225 S. Norwood Ave., Tulsa, (713) 229-8219. ment Co.), 1050 Carol Dr., Los Angeles, Calif. 90069. Okla. 74135. Tel. (918) 663-3883. Tel. (21 3) 278-3900. D. L. COLLINS, 820 18 Ave. S.. Nashville. Tenn, 37203. Braches: Los Angeles, Calif., 9046 Sunset Blvd. MAX MANDEL, Box 225-A, Mountain Falls Rt., Winchester Tel. (615) 256-6351. Zip. 90069. Tel. (2131 278 -3397 -Nashville, Tenn., Va. 22601. Tel. (703) 667-7102. JUAN CONTRERAS, 116 Harding PI., C-2. Nashville. Tenn. 901 18 Ave. S. Zip 37212. Tel, (615) 320-1240. IRBY MANDRELL, PO Box Hendersonville, 37205. ELOISE JONES HAWKINS, see Grandpa Jones. 800, Tenn. 37075. Tel. (615) 824-0092. X. COSSE, 1 516 16 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. 37212. Tel. WAYNE HENDERSON, 14103 Hooper Rd., Tomball. Tex. (615) 298-5471. 77375. Tel (713) 264-1445, 255-6794. (Continued on page 38) 36 The World Of Country Music Billboard Country Music's Newest and Most Exciting Entertainer

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For Information Or Bookings Contact: Distributed by: MAURICE HILDEBRAND INTERNATIONAL RECORD Jan -Mar Rerdings & Management DISTRIBUTING ASSOCIATES 4070 Lincoln Blvd., Suite 203 55 Music Square West Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Nashville, Term. 37203 Phone. (405) 424-4627 (615) 244-7783 DON SEARS, see McCall Group. WILLIAMS, DON (Vocalist w/Group-3), ABC -Dot, BA/ REBECCA SEGAL, see BNB. PM Jim Halsey. SHADRACK ARTISTS LTD., 40 W. 55 St Penthouse 2, WILLIAMS, HANK, JR., & THE BAMA BAND (Vocalist, Personal New York. N.Y. 10019. Tel. (212) 765-3750. Guitarist w/ Vocal & Instrumental Group -6), Warner' Branch: Austin, Tex., 1209 Baylor. Zip. 78703 Tel Curb; PM J.R. Smith. (516) 474-6926. WILLIAMS', HANK, ORIGINAL DRIFTING COWBOYS Managers HAPPY SHAHAN, see Alamo Village. (Group -4), BA Larry Wilt V L. R. SHARP, see Jim Anderson, WILLIAMS, LEONA (Vocalist). Talley, BA. Atlas Artist. SHOWAY PROD'NS, 1106 18 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. WILLIAMS, MASON, CONCERT FOR ORCHESTRA & 37203. Tel. (615) 256-6351. BLUEGRASS BAND (Vocal & Instrumental Group -5), BA Keith Continued firo/II page 36 STAN SILVER, see Prima -Donna Entertainment, Case -Stone County. WILLIAMS, STEVE (Vocalist), SI SIMAN, 1121 S. Glenstone, Springfield, Mo. 65804. BA Buddy Lee. McCALL GROUP INC., 206 S. 44 Ave., Oamha. Neb. Tel (41 7) 869-6379. WILLIS BROTHERS (Vocal Group -4), BA Atlas Artist. 68131. Tel: (402) 553-1164. DAVID SKEPNER, 7 Music Circle N., Nashville, Tenn. WILLS, DAVID (Vocalist), Epic: BA Lavender -Blake. WILLIAM E. McEUEN, PO Box 1915, Maroon Creek, As- 37203. Tel (615) 259-2021. WILSON, LARRY JON (Vocalist), Monument, pen, Colo. 81611. BA Variety Tel: (303) 925-1645. BILLY SMITH, see One Niters. Artists. JACK McFADDEN, 1225 N. Chester Ave.. Bakersfield, J. R. SMITH, c/o Jr. Ents., PO Box 790. WOOD, DEL (Vocalist/ Pianist), BA Billy Deaton. All Calif. 93308. Tel. (805) 393-1000. Star, Cullman, Ala. 35055. Tel (205) 734-8656. PM Billy Deaton. DAN McKINNON, c/o KSON Radio, College Grove Center, JACK SPINA, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 712, Los Angeles. WOOLEY, SHEB, see Ben Colder. San Diego. 1 Calif, 921 5. Tel. (714) 286.8822. Calif. 90069. Tel. (213) 274-0751, JIM McREYNOLDS, PO Box 27, WRIGHT, BOBBY (Vocalist), Gallatin, Tenn. 37066. C. K. SPURLOCK, 394 W. Main St., Suite C-18, Hen- United Artists. BA Top Billing. Tel (61 5) 452-7321/6994. dersonville, Tenn. 37075. Tel (615) 822-1817. WRIGHT, JOHNNY (Vocalist), Capricorn; BA. Top Billing. HUEY MEAUX, 5626 Brock, Houston, Tex. 77023. Tel. DICK STANLEY, PO Box WRIGHT, PEGGY SUE (Vocalist), (713) 33220. Minneapolis, Minn. Four Star; BA. Atlas Artist 926-4431. 55443. Tel. (612) 757.6666. WRIGHT, MEDIA CONSULTING CORP., SONNY (Vocalist): BA Atlas Artist. 54 Main St.. Danbury. G. D. STINSON ENTS., 417 E. 23 St., Joplin, Mo, 64801 WYNETTE, Conn. 06810. Tel. (203) 792-8880. Tel (417) 781-4522. TAMMY (Vocalist w/Group-7), Epic; BA Lav- ender -Blake, PM. Shorty Lavender. MOON -HILL INC., PO Box 4945, Austin, Tex. 78765. Tel CLIFFIE STONE PROD'NS, (512) 6255 Sunset Blvd., Holly- WYNN, WILLIE, 452-9411. wood, Calif. 90028. Tel: (213) 462-6933. AND THE TENNESSEANS (Vocalist w/ Vocal & Instrumental Group Heart CHUCK MORRIS/FEYLINE MGMT., 8933 East Union. -7), Warming, BA STONE COUNTY INC., 2104 Glenarm Pl., Denver. Colo. Century II. No. 250. Englewood, Colo. 80110. Tel. (303) 773- 80205. Tel: (303) 573-8477. 6000. ROGER SULLIVAN, 1819 N. Commonwealth. No. 3. Los DALE MORRIS, PO Y Box 1585. Nashville, Tenn, 37202. Angeles, Calif. 90027. Tel (213) 664-6949. Tel (615) 327-3551. GLEN SUTTON, c/o Lisa Prodhns, PO Box 1062, Nashville, YARb.,OUGH, BOB (Vocalist w/Group-5), Cinnamon; STAN MORRIS, see SCotti Brothers. Tenn. 37202. Tel: (615) 327-4667. BA. Bill Goodwin. PETE SWALIK, 448 School St., Woodbridge, N.J. 07095. YOUNG, FARON (Vocalist), Mercury; BA/ PM. Billy Deaton. N Tel (201) 634-4964. YOUNG, STEVE (Vocalist w/Vocal & Instrumental Group - 5), RCA: BA/ PM. Steve Dahl -Stone C. RANDOLPH NAUERT, 2119 Estrella Ave Los Angles, County. Calif. 90007. Tel (213) 747-0938. T O TANYA INC., 2 International Plaza, Suite 602, Nashville, ONE NITERS INC., PO Box 40686, Nashville, Tenn. Tenn. 37217, Tel (615) 367-1800. 37204. Tel (615) 383-8412, JOE D. TAYLOR, c/o Joe Taylor Artist Agency, 2401 12 CHALRES "FUZZY" OWEN, PO Box 842, Bakersfield, Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. 37204. Tel (61 5) 385-0035. Calif. 93302. Tel (805) 871-5490. IVAN TENNYSON, 5 Birchwood Heights, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501. Tel: (515) 682-3698. P Booking Agents THRUPPENCE LTD., 119 W. 57 St., New York, N.Y. 10019. Tel (212) 541-5580. COL. THOMAS A. PARKER, c/o MGM Studios, Culver City, Calif. 90230. BOB TUCKER/ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTIONS, 5893 & Contacts Fox Bend Cove E., Memphis, Tenn. 38118. Tel. (901) JIM PHILLIPS, PO Box 22106, Greensboro, N.C. 27420. 794-5240. JIM PRATER ENTS., PO Box 536, Brentwood, Tenn. J. M. 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HORACE WILLIAMS, 101 Accabee Rd., Charleston, S.C. CHARLIE RICH ENTS. INC., 8229 Rockcreek Pkwy., Cor- 29483. Tel (803) 747-7115. dova, Tenn. 38018. Tel (901) 382-2100. LUTHER WOOD & ASSOCS., 817 18 Ave. S.. Nashville, U RIP-KECA MUSIC, 9440 Santa Monica Blvd.. No. 704. Tenn. 37203. Tel (615) 327-0512. Beverly Hills. Calif. 92010. Tel (213) 278-3156. UNITED TALENT INC., 1907 Division St., Nashville, Tenn, TRAVIS RIVERS, 822 19 Ave. S.. Nashville, Tenn. 37203. 37203. Tel. (615) 244-6116. Tel (615) 327-1245. UTOPIA PROD'NS, 1117 17 Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. JACK ROBERTS AGENCY, 17522 Bothell Way NE, Both- 37212. Tel (615) 256-9914. ell. Wash. 98011. Tel (206) 485-6511, LOU ROBIN, see Artist Consultants. V LARRY ROGERS, 1518 Chelsea Ave., Memphis, Tenn. 38108. Tel (901) 274-7300. VARIETY ARTISTS INT'L INC.. 4120 Excelsior Blvd., Min- neapolis, Minn. Tel (612) ROGER TALENTS ENTS., 1024 16 Ave. S., Nashville. 55416. 925-3440. Tenn. 37212, Tel: (615) 327-3644. 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N ountry music trends have been The same holds true for the progressive changing at such a rapid pace country of the Rusty Weir type of talent which that serious talent buyers plan- Lou Acosta, promotion manager for Six Flags ning their lineups at fairs and Over Texas refers to as the Austin sound. Ac- amusement parks are relying cording to Acosta, the Austin sound, as com- less on their intuitions and pay- pared to Nashville country which has been ing more attention to an artist's position on crossing over into pop, was originally played the record charts and the amount of airplay a on contemporary and progressive radio and recording receives. has now crossed over into the hard country Bil Hollingshead, Celebrity Talent Manager stations where it's being accepted by the lis- at Knott's Berry Farm, notes that he's heavily teners. In order to avoid a lot of confusion influenced by record sales and the Billboard over the major changes in trends, he tries to Fairs And Amusement Parks Notice Changing Trends In Country Music By LARRY OPPEN charts because of obvious changes that have Freddy Fender returns to his Texas hometown for book only established acts with a recording taken place in country over the past few Freddy Fender Day (above). Below, the Country Mu- on the charts or up-and-coming new artists sic Hall of Fame and Museum staff in hard hats to who are getting a lot of airplay. years. help speed along the $1.2 million expansion sched- uled for completion this December. has a As an example, he points to the crossover "We use the trades to determine who of Charlie Rich, Tanya Tucker, Freddy Fender hit out and we make sure the artist is getting we decide to buy," he and several others with a contemporary plenty of play before sound who are being accepted by MOR au- said. "This is important to us as we don't like diences, and the outlaws like Waylon Jen- to bring in an act unless it's on the air. We nings, Jessi Colter and Willie Nelsen, who need this kind of exposure before we can do have become so popular with younger au- an adequate promotional campaign. Of diences that they play the Hollywood Bowl course this doesn't infer that newcomers and creek Theatre with prices out of the should be ignored. We've helped a lot of new react- of amusement park budgets. (Continued on page 71) A GREAT YEAR FOR GUSTO

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Live country acts, a spectrum rang- nold with Campbell, Cash, Charley Pride and ing from popular tv, movie and Charlie Rich in the Las Vegas Hilton stable of recording artists to talented country stars. lounge bookings, are a bonafide But the heavyweight buyer of country re- substantial entertainment force mains Howard Hughes' Summa Corp. which in Las Vegas, Reno and Tahoe ca- operates a two-year running "Country Music sino nightclubs. U.S.A." series at the Landmark Hotel with the At one time tolerated and looked upon as Jim Halsey Agency of Tulsa, Okla. second-rate music, the country scene, tem- The only main showroom to consistently pered and upgraded by trends, public taste bill country artists, the 550 -capacity Jubilee and marketing, has become sophisticated big Room has showcased The Oak Ridge Boys, business in Nevada's resort industry. Barbara Fairchild, The Back Porch Majority As could be expected the acts most in de- and Johnny Tillotson to name a few. mand and filling the main showrooms and Pleased with the faith and support of Big country names draw at Vegas. Above, Peggy Lee with Johnny Cash. Below, Glen Campbell. gambling tables, are the crossover, MOR su- Summa, Halsey points to the family -enter- perstars, such as John Denver, , tainment factor as the strength of the series, Wayne Newton, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash which has only produced a few weak draws and Merle Haggard. out of 24 acts booked. According to a majority of hotel entertain- "Of course Nashville, rodeos, fairs and ment directors, talent buyers and agencies other one-night dates bring bigger money, along the glittering Las Vegas Strip, the abil- but playing Vegas is important in media expo- ity to attract sold -out rooms and top gam- sure and to other buyers as well," reports bling profits rests totally on the media popu- Halsey. "The superstars will earn big sala- larity and crossover factor of the country act. ries." The bookings list a variety of talent among Halsey's biggest star, Roy Clark, typifies the rival, high-rise resort hotels with Mac the crossover talent ability, amply proven Davis at the MGM Grand, Olivia Newton -John recently by his appearance on The Bell Tele- at the Riviera, the Sahara offering Merle Hag- phone Hour, Boston Pops and tv gard, Kay Starr, Marty Robbins and Eddy Ar- series. (Continued on page 73) r e Recordó INTERNATIONAL

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Public Relations: Fan Club: BERNIE ILSON JEANNE GADDIS, DIRECTOR 65 West 55th MCA RECORDS P.O. Box 12705 New York, New York 10019 Nashville, Tennessee 37212 (212) 245-7950 This city remains country's "home away from home" with KLAC and the Palomino Club leading the list of top radio stations and Coast L.A. is clubs located here. also the base of the , of many of the television Country's shows that are bringing more and more coun- try artists to the mass audience, and of a number of top booking agents, personal Home Away managers, producers, artists and labels in- volved in country. It comes as no great surprise that all of the From Home top country stations here deviate in some way (Continued on page 63)

By PAUL GREIN Palomino trio is Freddy Fender (left), Charley Pride and Pat McCoy (right), ABC national pop promotion direc- tor.

Country music may have its roots in the Southern section of this country, but its sounds have stretched north into the cosmo- politan jungle of New York New York where its acceptance is getting stronger and stronger. Although the presentation of live concert Embraces dates by Nashville superstars has been ex- tremely slow, the club scene has been gener- ous to country's "new breed." Country's Veteran country music promoter Al Aro- nowitz finally gave up several months back, when even his superstar shows failed to draw New Breed (Continued on page 74)

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It's broad new avenues in his career with his and remarked, "I plan to continue record- headed for platinum status-and that's a smashing, unexpected success at the ing here." rarity for a Nashville album. A Purple Willie Nelson July 4th Picnic before Capitol has one of the year's top instru- Heart award goes to whomever managed 80,000 college age fans. Joe Stampley re- mental groups, Asleep At The Wheel. And to tear the red tape and conquer the legal mained atop the charts and John Austin Jessi Colter, queen of the Outlaws. Glen and contract hassles necessary to get Paycheck (ne ) took a Campbell was one of the year's top ten these four artists together on one LP. progressive country turn with his bluesy artists. Gene Watson continued his rise Eddy Arnold's return to the label was "11 Months And 29 Days." Michael Mur- toward the top, Ray Griff scored with fre- marked by the tremendous success of phey went gold with one album and ap- quent chart records, Merle Haggard con- "Cowboy" and the blast-off of the new proaches it with another. tinued his amazing chart success, Freddie pairing-Jim Ed Brown with Helen Cor- CBS vice presidents Billy Sherrill and Hart enjoyed another banner year, and nelius-resulted in a No. 1 single. Chet At- Ron Bledsoe have directed the creative/ new artists like LaCosta, Colleen Peterson kins had a lot of fun experimenting with management effort and Tony Martell and Linda Hargrove have Capitol's Frank his Nashville String Band, a brilliant duo added some major marketing ideas while Jones and Bill Williams singing a happy LP with Les Paul and a vocal effort on commuting between New York and Nash- song. "Frog Kissin'." Dolly Parton continues her ville. The CBS prepack LP program was Jerry Kennedy, vice president of Mer- surge as one of the country's top stars and Nashville's top corporate idea. With the re- cury, notes, "We're moving towards more is increasing her syndicated and network cent addition of Rick Blackburn as a veep, and more album product." He terms the tv exposure. Also hitting No. 1 have been CBS is looking for an even brighter 1976. Phonogram/Mercury operation as "a Dickey Lee, Charley Pride, John Denver, "A good year for us in terms of an in- family" and cites the success of singles and Elvis Presley. Gary Stewart and Bobby crease in chart positions, upward direc- and LPs by Tom T. Hall, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bare prospered. tions of artists' careers and good acquisi- the Statler Brothers, Cledus Maggard "The future looks great," says Bradley, tions," reports Jim Foglesong, president (who went No. 1 with "The White Knight") pointing to such recently signed artists as of ABC/Dot. "We're extremely optimistic and Johnny Rodriguez. For the first time, Guy Clark, Tennessee Pulleybone, Steve about the future since our parent com- Phonogram/Mercury and Polydor com- Young, Dottsy, Rob Galbraith and Ronnie pany has made some tremendous moves bined forces with their distribution arm, Prophet. in distribution and personnel." Phonodisc, for a country music marketing Billy "Crash" Craddock, Narvel Felts, program. Initial results look impressive. CBS Records has some pretty impres- Roy Clark, Don Williams and Freddy "We're Number One," chants MGM, rid- sive . Columbia reports 81% of its Fender are all hotter than a firecracker on ing the crest with the year's top single, singles reached the upper realm of the July 4, 1976. Clark enjoyed a break- "Convoy," by C.W. McCall, and top album charts, boosting sales to an all-time high. through tour through Russia, drawing 17 "Black Bear Road" by McCall. Recent Willie Nelson's first Columbia single, SRO crowds in 17 appearances and an in- structural changes at MGM -Nashville "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain," jumped vitation to come back. Joe Stampley hit should enhance the label's chart action in from a No. 1 country hit to a Top 40 No. 1 on a song from his ABC/ Dot catalog. the future. smash. Willie's first Columbia LP, "Red Williams went No. 1 several times in the Larry Butler has taken United Artists Headed gold, his second Stranger," went states and is becoming a top international into the major label status on the country for the label is approaching gold status, artist. He's tearing up the English charts. scene. Crystal Gayle has emerged as one and the king of the Outlaws has sold more Barbara Mandrell joined the roster and of the top new talents of recent years, and than 2.5 million Columbia singles and al- has never sounded better. New signees people are now referring to her as "Crys- bums. Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins coming on strong include Randy Cornor, tal" and not "Loretta's sister." Kenny both returned to the coveted No. 1 posi- Red Steagall, Roy Head and Sir Doug Rogers has turned his career country with a six -year from the top tion after absence Sahm and the Texas Tornados. Vice presi- great results. Jean Shepard enjoyed a suc- on spot. And Johnny Duncan joined them dents B.J. McElwee and Ron Chancey cessful year and Billie Jo Spears has be- top of the chart with his first No. 1 the move marketing and production forward come a household word in the States and record, "Stranger." Then, along came in giant steps-and the addition of Bob overseas. Her "Blanket On The Ground" You Moe Bandy with "Hank Williams, Kirsch as product manager has strength- topped the British singles chart. Ed Bruce Wrote My and a hot new career. Mary Life" ened the ties between the Nashville and staked a claim as one of the best new tal- Kay Place, who plays Loretta on "Mary L.A. headquarters. No wonder Foglesong ents in Nashville, and Del Reeves returned Hartman, Mary Hartman," inked with Co- is happy. A recently signed distribution to record some duets with Billie Jo as well label has high hopes lumbia and the for agreement with Hickory Records brings as pursue a singles career. Country and her. Wesley Rose into the picture, along with pop chart songs kept Bobby Goldsboro in Sonny James doubled his album sales such artists as Don Gibson and Mickey the limelight. with a significant effort, "200 Years Of Newbury. Hickory's thrust will be boosting Warner Bros. has restructured its Nash Country Music." The CMA thought the ABC cause, as well as its own, in this ville office and Stan Byrd, national direc- enough of it to nominate it for album of mutually beneficial pact. tor of sales and promotion, states, "In the the year honors. David Allan Coe ex - Meanwhile at MCA, they're touting "The last five months, we've brought every conned his way into three big hits and his Blind Man In The Bleachers" by Kenny single we've released onto the charts ex- on-stage performance improved dramati- Starr as one of the year's top songs. It's up cept one." That's 15 out of 16. "Elite Ho- cally. Lynn Anderson enjoyed popular ac- for a CMA award as single of the year. And tel" by Emmylou Harris is the Warner/Re- ceptance both by record buyers and net- album of the year. The label also boasts prise success story of the year. The LP is work tv audiences. Connie Smith also Mel Tillis, waiting in the wings should his approaching 500,000, according to Byrd. achieved new heights. name be called for the CMA entertainer of Rex Allen, Ray Stevens, Margo Smith, Epic's Tammy Wynette scored three the year award. Tanya Tucker gets better, and Donna Fargo spearhead nominations for the CMA awards, per- and stronger, with each hit. the label's thrust. formed before the President and Mrs. Chic Doherty, MCA vice president, was Eddie Rabbitt, the Eagles and Linda Ford at the White House and has fought all smiles over the success of the Bill An- Ronstadt have propelled Elektra/Asylum health and martial problems to forge derson -Mary Lou Turner pairing that to new heights. Rabbitt hit with three top ahead as one of the nation's best vocalists soared to No. 1 on the singles chart. That (Continued on page 67) 62 The World Of Country Music Billboard will add in mass appeal acts like the system to hourly programming and play - The West Coast Eagles, Jim Croce and Neil Diamond." list cycling. Bob Mitchell, the general manager of There are clubs in Long Beach, accord- Continued from page 60 KCKC in San Bernardino, notes that ing to Christoferson, but none of them can from the traditional Nashville sound. As "we've progressed as country has prog- compete with L.A. clubs like the Palomino. Bill Boyd, president of the Academy of ressed, though some stations are still ad- KLAC's Langford notes that his station Country Music points out, "big cosmopoli- hering to a 1966 format. It used to be that has done live remotes from the Palomino tan stations like KLAC or KFOX in Long there were no pop sounds palatable to the in nearby North Hollywood, while it also Beach have to strive for a broad appeal. country audience, but now there are. For regularly goes live to cover auto and boat Even KCKC in San Bernardino will do it, this reason we've played the obvious shows, store openings, auto races and because that is really a fringe of L.A. You crossovers, though there are some we events at Disneyland and the L.A. County have to get as far away as Fresno, Modesto haven't played." Fair. or Tucson to find a station that doesn't KLAC and KFOX differ in one key area. "We go out among 'em about once a have that pop approach to country." KLAC's Don Langford emphasizes that his month, which is good for promotional pur- station is attempting to compete with area poses as well as from a sales standpoint, The programming theory of KLAC is, ac- FMs like KGBS, which can offer its listen- at events like store openings." cording to Don Langford, the station's op- the advantage of stereo sound, by hav- San Bernardino has a number of clubs, erations and programming director, ers ing a personality approach to attract lis- according to Bob Mitchell, including the based on the fact all the adult contempo- teners. Branding Iron, Fontana Inn and Dodge rary stations in L.A. program off of AM "Our ARBs show us that when a listener City West. KCKC has done live remotes powerhouse KHJ, which leaves a void in leaves KLAC to go to another station it's from the clubs for the past two years fea- the good music -MOR field. KLAC has filled not another music station, it's a two-way turing such acts as Ronnie Milsap, Hoyt that void without resorting to any MOR talk or all -news station like KFWB, KNX or Axton, Emmylou Harris and Don Williams. artists and instead uses MOR oriented KABC. So country audiences want that L.A. is also the home of the Academy Of country artists. communication." Country Music, the trade organization "We'll play a lot of Barbara Mandrell, Christoferson observes, though, that that was formed in 1965 and now has Charlie Rich, Tanya Tucker, Tammy Wy- his station places the "emphasis on music about 1,200 members. The Academy gets nette, Wynn Stewart, Rex Allen Jr., Tom rather than personality. We keep what the its greatest exposure, according to Bill Bresh, Marty Robbins, Mack White, Billie jock says short and relevant, so we can es- Boyd, its president, at its annual awards Jo Spears and Del Reeves. We're after acts tablish the radio station as the personality presentations, which have been televised with a good listening sound." and not any one jock. You'll never hear a on ABC for the last three years. KFOX in Long Beach covers the country jock talking about his haircut on our sta- Boyd points with pride to the fact that spectrum, says Jim Christoferson, the sta- tion." all three shows have received repeat sum- tion's program director. "We play every- Typical of many increasingly sophis- mer airings, an oddity for an awards show. thing from Hank Williams Sr. to Olivia ticated country stations, KFOX has an al- "I guess the network felt the show's enter- Newton -John. The only country we don't most -Top 40 approach, with pre -selected tainment value outweighed the fact that play is the twanging, nasal kind. We may and color -coded music, independent mar- they were no longer timely." not play Roy Acuff or Ernest Tubbs, but we ket research, and a scientific, percentage (Continued on page 67)

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Both Dolly Parton and Don Williams , which might play the Eagles made their chart debuts after their Wem- or the Bellamy Bros. and the pure pro- Retail outlets don't stock country prod bley appearances-with "Jolene" and "I gressive or outlaw sound of Waylon Jen- uct like they should, according to Dave Wil- Recall A Gypsy Woman" respectively- nings and Willie Nelson. liams, music director of WBEE in Detroit, while another Wembley act, Tammy Wy- because "country product starts slow and Bill Boyd, president of the Academy nette, made her third chart appearance it can take two months to get a pulse on of Country Music, cautions that this in- with a 1967 recording, "I Don't Wanna whether a song is going to be a hit or not. creasing play of pop records is probably Play House." Other singles chart records They don't get the instant results they're more of a factor at "big, cosmopolitan during the June/July period were Johnny used to in dealing with rock." stations than in nitty gritty country com- Cash's "One Piece At A Time" and "What munities. KLAC has to compete with KGBS Like many others, Langford points out I've Got In Mind" from Billie Jo Spears. and 70 other stations in the L.A. market. that concern for lyric suggestiveness is In addition, other country acts were You really can't fault them for striving to still prevalent in country. This may be be- picking up regular airplay in particular by have a broad appeal." cause in soul and pop, the lyric isn't as im- London's Capital Radio which is currently No matter what the format, country sta- portant as the beat, and explicit themes adopting a policy of slotting country in tions this year report that the growth of may not even be noticed. There are no their 24 -hour pop format. Waylon Jen- FM rock outlets has caused them concern throwaway lines in country lyrics, though, nings, Crystal Gayle, Connie Smith, Narvel about losing their 34-49 demographics; and the music is such that you listen to the Felts, Jean Shepard, Hank Williams Jr. that retailers still aren't cooperating in words. and Tanya Tucker are among the acts cur- rently receiving extensive airplay in addi- stocking country product; that sensitivity The programming response of WBEE's tion to the already established acts. to possible lyric controversy is still a pro- Williams is typical. He won't break a On the releasing gramming factor; and that playlists are record he considers "gutter level," but he album front, regular of product with still shrinking, though they remain, for the will play it if the public demonstrates that continues, pop album chart frequently most part, two to three times as long as a it wants to hear it. "If it's that question- appearances following on the heels of successes. typical pop playlist. able, we'll wait and see. If it turns out that singles Country stations have run into a lot of there is legitimate demand and it's not a RCA maintained its firm commitment competition for the 25-49 age group that hype, we'll put it on." to the music with releases every month they need. AM rock outlets, though prima- and, in addition to the familiar names of There is a definite swing on the part of rily teen oriented, still have very good Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, George country radio to shorter playlists, as many IV numbers in the 18-34 range. That puts a Hamilton and Dolly Parton, the com- stations, like KFOX in Long Beach, adopt lot of importance for country stations on pany has added newer artists like Gary the tight, pre -selected, carefully pro- Stewart and Dottsy into its schedules. In the 34-49 group, but here the minimum - grammed approach of a Top 40 outlet. talk FM rock stations are making inroads. August RCA extended its country involve- The fact remains, ment still further with the release of seven Because FMs may be taking away some though, that country playlists are still two to three times as long 25 -track tape compilations. older fans, many stations are trying to as pop lists. KFOX's ex- released the compensate by going after younger listen- Christoferson MCA Records has recently plains the necessity for this in that country ers. One way to get them, according to debut album of Mel Tillis and Nat Stuckey, audiences are mostly adults and they are Bob Barwick, the music director of WWVA in addition to product from established less apt to be constant dial-switchers than names like Bill in Wheeling, W. Va., is to play more pop Conway Twitty, Anderson the young who will back a Top 40 oriented country hits. teens and ; Anchor Records, having station. achieved success with Don Williams, is Most country stations go don't further now seeking to break other artists, includ- in pop a Hook or a The slower rate of turnover at country the direction than Dr. ing Roy Clark, Freddy Fender, Barbara Michael Murphey. WBEE in Detroit, stations-which necessitates the longer Mandrell and Tommy Overstreet. CBS though, adds a few pop hits like "You're lists-is also accounted for by Dugg Col- Records continues its successful run with So Vain" or "Love Will Keep Us Together" lins, the program and music director of Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, George once they become established monsters, KDJW in Amarillo, Tex. He feels that lis- Jones, Marty Robbins and Charlie Rich. to counter the strong ratings of WOMC, an teners in relatively small towns like his will United Artists, most successful with Slim FM MOR station in Detroit owned by Met- stay tuned longer than those in big metro- Whitman's "Very Best Of Slim Whitman" romedia. And KFOX in Long Beach covers politan areas. album (a chart -topping release), is ex- the country spectrum, but goes so far as While country radio may be adding a lot tending its country repertoire with prod- to include the Eagles, Jim Croce and Neil of other elements to the standard sound, uct by Crystal Gayle, Jean Shepard and Diamond. mass audience tv shows are booking more Billie Jo Spears. And Ember Records, long Another way to cope with FM inroads, country acts than ever before. The person involved with country, is currently releas- according to Don Langford, operations cited most frequently for bringing country ing "western" product from Tex Ritter and program director of country giant performers before pop audiences is Dinah and Gene Autry. KLAC in L.A., is to adopt a personality ap- Shore, who won this year's Jim Reeves The latest company to enter the country proach. "Automation, with the exception Memorial Award from the Academy of field is DJM Records with a generous of KNX-FM, has never gone over big in this Country Music for her efforts. batch of releases scheduled for the fall market." "Country artists are honest, and don't months from the Hickory catalog. Everyone has high hopes for FM coun- mind revealing themselves. Many of them The monthly country album charts, pre- try, when that becomes a widespread phe- have had difficult lives, and since they've pared by the Country Music Assn. (Great nomenon. As Jim Christoferson, program had more of a struggle, they have more to Britain) and published in several maga- director of KFOX in Long Beach, Calif., draw on. They travel and tour a lot which zines as well as receiving exposure on Brit- puts it, "Whether it's traditional or mod- keeps them in contact with the world out ain's only networked country radio pro- ern country, an FM country station would there. And since country performers have gram ("Country Club" presented by David do well. Stereo is definitely the thing of the greater longevity than just about anybody, Allan), has helped to sell country product future, and more and more cars are get- they have a wealth of stories to tell. Coun- to retailers who might not otherwise have ting FM dials." try audiences aren't fickle and a country stocked such repertoire. Bob Mitchell, general manager of KCKC star can accumulate a lot of experiences in The eighth International Festival of in San Bernardino, Calif., has strong opin- a career that can easily run for 20 years." (Continued on page 68) 64 The World Of Country Music Billboard tional publicity for country music and its Record labels and studios enjoyed a Nashville Scene stars, now can barely keep up with the on- banner year, and the Nashville Song- slaught of national journalists and pho- writers Assn. added an "International" to Continued from page 6 tographers coming to Nashville. its name, connoting its progress, and play. The Starland Vocal Band with its ode Bob Altman's classic and controversial made a trip to Washington to argue, and to afternooners, "Afternoon Delight," was movie "Nashville" fueled the world's sing, for copyright law revision. Country giving Johnny Carver's cover version fits imagination about Nashville and its in- gospel moved forward in great strides as on the playlists of country stations. habitants. Several more movies have been everyone keeps an eye on the Oak Ridge shot in, and around, Nashville as the film- Boys for their future trends. Publishers Nashville is moving toward a greater makers discover a well -spring of talent. A are pocketing royalties ever, blend of modern music and the best of the more than record number of network and syndicated and note a in international past. Strings and hormonics influenced by great upswing tv shows carry the sounds of country, pop Hollywood and Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. The collections. Tv shows from and gospel music from Nashville to the na- New York feature increasing numbers of potent combination, born out of a merg- tion. country singers. The Academy of Country ing of talents, is creating a major and sig- College kids are turning onto country Music continues to boost the country nificant n w musical style for America. music-and country's cousin, bluegrass- cause on the West Coast, and the Eastern It wasn't really a bad year for tradition- in record numbers. Country is happening States Country Music Inc. and the Colo- alists. In fact, it was a good year. Bob on the campus. rado Country Music Foundation do like- Wills, now residing in the Hillbilly Heaven Internationally, country has never had it wise in their areas. In Nashville, the Coun- of our hearts, is bigger now than he ever so good. Slim Whitman's last UA LP came try Music Foundation receives more and was in his lifetime. Willie Nelson may be on a British album chart in the No. 1 posi- more inquiries of those cataloging country hot, sings Waylon, but Bob Wills is still the tion. Don Williams scored with several hits music's past. And the Country Music Hall king. Hank Williams had another great in England where Billie Jo Spears saw her of Fame and Museum had to be doubled year. The tremendous success of the one- "Blanket On The Ground" envelope the in size to accommodate all those who want man show "Hank" by Jim Owen, depict- airwaves and sales reports until it reached to visit it. ing in story and song the final days of the top position. The Wembley Festival is The "Grand Ole Opry" is still sold out for country music's greatest haunted genius, more popular than ever. Roy Clark wowed months in advance and probably always indicates that national acceptance is there the Ruskies and won a return trip for his will be as long as there's someone around for unadulterated country. George Jones, troupe to Russia. Tammy Wynette, Ronnie to sing a country song. Fan Fair drew a playing his first youth -oriented outdoor Milsap and Mickey Gilley all performed in a record -shattering 12,000 country music concert, got one of the few standing ova- CMA/Musexpo show for an international fans and the WSM birthday and deejay cel- tions on a bill that included many progres- audience-and all received standing ova- ebration this year is the biggest and best sive country stars. Nobody sounds count- tions. "That's the first time I've ever seen in history. rier than Gary Stewart, but his records are audience reaction like that at an inter- Country sounds flourish not only at Op- bought and played by fans of the Rolling national show," commented Musexpo's ryland, but at fairs and amusement and Stones as well as the same people who buy president, Roddy Shashoua. Another CMA theme parks all over the country. Most air- Bill Anderson and Porter Wagoner. country show is planned for next year's lines now program country on their in - CMA, which once had to fight to get na- MIDEM. (Continued on page 75)

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The World Of Country Music Billboard 65 again and again are looking for new for- Japanese Style eign talent and they have turned their Catalogs Bulging eyes to country artists. John Denver, Glen Continued from page 61 Continued from page 20 Campbell and Buck Owens have all visited Japanese. This is how the Japanese at Japan successfully. This year alone the it was recorded as a country song, in that first were acquainted with country music. Japanese audience heard or will hear Doc style. It gained national recognition im- Movies are one of the new forms of en- Watson (April), Charley Pride (July), Don mediately as a hit, and went on to stay tertainment the Japanese had after the Reno & Bill Harrell & the Tennessee Cut- No. 1 in the Billboard charts, and during war and it was cowboy movies which were ups (September) and Grandpa Jones (De- that period, crossed over into the pop very much, if not the best, liked by the cember) performing live. Tanya Tucker field, and following that, a record called Japanese. The music they heard in these and Olivia Newton -John also visited Japan 'Teddy Bear's Last Ride,' which was a fol- movies was country. Thus, the general in 1976. lowup single was released. This record public started to associate country music A lot of Japanese arrangers are includ- now has fallen along in the footsteps of with cowboys and cowboy movies. ing country flavor in their arrangements. 'Teddy Bear,' perhaps even faster in gain- This also holds true for many of the Japa- ing national play and chart recognition." It was not only the sound of country mu- nese singer/. There are sev- sic that attracted the Japanese, but also Publishers also continue to look to for- eral Japanese singers who perform coun- the fashion of country artists. In fact, eign markets. Carla Scarborough, inter- try flavored songs. many Japanese musicians and vocalists national representative for Owepar Pub- Yuki Miyamae is called the queen of at that time went into country simply for lishing Co. (owned by Porter Wagoner - music in Japan. the sake of fashion. Dolly Parton), says "The money that has Born in 1950, she started to sing country Several country groups and artists such come into Owepar this past year has been at age 16. She mainly worked in the mili- above the $100,000 mark-from foreign as Wagon Masters, Chuck Wagon Boys, tary circuit touring camps in Japan, Boys, Kosaka, Jimmy publishing alone." Mountain Kazuya Southeast Asia and . She appeared Tokita and Biji Kuroda were active on the There is an increasing popularity of as a supporting act for Glen Campbell at that time and sheet music, song books and folios over- Japanese country scene when he was in Japan in 1974. In 1975, camps of occu- seas. explains Scarborough, they mostly worked at the she successfully appeared at the "Grand "In fact," at coffee shops or what market is bigger than it is in the pation forces and Ole Opry." She is scheduled to perform at "their be "live spots." it buy more nowadays would called the "Grand Ole Opry" again in October U.S. because seems that they As television started to replace movies this year. sheet music there. We've got folios, sheet and as rock'n'roll was introduced to the The Japanese record companies nowa- music and all these things in from Aus- country, the Japanese started to turn days have talented personnel to promote tralia and South Africa. I got one from Hol- more and more to rock'n'roll and away country music and have enough reference land just the other day. from country music. A large number of materials on country product they handle. "They say that 49% of the record sales cutdowns in size or close -down of military A lot of companies are releasing country for the world come out of the U.S., and camps and a great number of GIs return- product of their American licensors. Also, 51% outside the U.S., so that if people ing to their home country was another fac- a number of Japanese record companies don't get into international publishing, tor which worked negatively for the Japa- are coming up with country records by well, they're missing like 51% of all the nese country market. The Japanese Japanese country artists. Polydor K.K. is money they can make." artists, accommodating themselves to the releasing records by Miyamae, including a Of special interest to music publishers changing trend, started to be involved in- recently released "Yuki On West Coast" and songwriters (many of whom, as in the creasingly more with rock'n'roll and less which was recorded in Los Angeles. case of Dolly Parton, are one and the with country music. Victor Musical Industries recently re- same), is revised copyright legislation now The Japanese record companies, origi- leased an album, "The C&W singers Of Ja- pending before Congress. Maggie Cav- nally domestically oriented, did not have pan," which includes well-known Japa- ender, president of the Nashville Song- personnel with enough knowledge to nese country artists such as Kosaka, writers Assn. International (NSAI), led a handle country product. They did not have Tokita, Kuroda and Keiichi Teramoto delegation of songwriters to Washington, any reference on music they were selling among the others. where the group joined with other song- and did not know how to promote country For Life Records is also coming up with writers to lobby for a vote on renewal of product. Thus, they simply abstained a country album, "Old Boy" featuring Ko- the copyright this year. from handling country. Such were the con- saka and Tokita. Pleased by the reaction of members of ditions of the country music market of Ja- "I think the future of country music in the House Rules Committee with whom pan until recently. Japan is bright," says Atsutaka Torio, who the delegation met, Cavender recalls "the However, recently the Japanese people, is the only non -North American among climax of the evening was that Peter Ro- especially among youth, revived interest the board of directors of CMA and has dino, who is the chairman of the Full in country music. The youth here found Tennessee honorary state citizenship. Judiciary Committee, spoke with us for country music in their "return to nature" "Among the non-English speaking coun- about 40 minutes, and told us that he movement. "Jeans fashion" is another tries, I feel country music is most popular would see to it that the bill got out of sub- facet of the current culture where the in Japan. The basis of country music is committee and to the full committee in or- Japanese youth associate country music sentimentalism and I think the most sen- der that it could get on the calendar for a with themselves. timental people in the.world are the Japa- vote this year." Another reason why country music nese and Americans. The Japanese in the In addition to the renewal of the copy- started to be spotlighted in Japan is the past did not listen to the lyrics of country right, songwriters and publishers will be change in country music itself. A lot of music. They only listened to melodies. interested in a provision of the pending country music that is penetrating into Ja- However, the young Japanese have a bet- legislation which allows for an $8 jukebox pan is in a form of a mixture with pop. In ter knowledge of English now and better license fee. According to Nashville attor- other words, crossovers. Crossovers func- understand what is being sung. They now ney Bob Thompson, who teaches a course tion as a catalyst in spreading country mu- understand country music is sentimental on copyright law and administration at sic in Japan. A lot of American pop songs and human and that there is a lot more in Belmont College, the revenue from juke- where a country arrangement is utilized it than simply beautiful melodies," contin- boxes is to be collected by the Register of are heard in Japan and a lot of pop -coun- ues Torio. Torio himself had a country Copyrights and is to be distributed among try artists are enjoying popularity here. group, Tokyo Wagon Masters, when he the performing rights societies. BMI, Japanese promoters are also playing an was still a student. Torio concludes, ASCAP and SESAC, in turn, would allocate important role in spreading country music "Peace brought country music to Japan funds to music publishers and song- in this couritry. The promoters who used and it has been a primary factor for its ex- writers. to bring in the same pop or rock artists pansion in our country." (Continued on page 75) 66 The World Of Country Music Billboard Monument artists are joined by such Tex Williams. Republic is a major success Country Labels chartbusting artists as Larry Gatlin in story with hits by Kathy Barnes, David Monument's new direction. Rogers and Gene Autry and a major Continued from page 61 Capricorn has been boosting Billy Joe "Great American Cowboy" LP. Autry's la- 10 singles, Ronstadt with two and the Shaver and the Marshall Tucker Band, bel, headed by Dave Burgess, is back in Eagles with one. The addition of Stella and Phil Walden's Macon -based label re- the saddle again-and riding high. Parton, Vern Gosdin and ports Wells that Kitty is soon to return to New companies, old ones, and some improves the outlook for next year, ac- the studio. Shelby Singleton has been that haven't been formed yet will be the cording to Mike Suttle, marketing direc- wheeling and dealing as usual at Plan- tor. E/A is another operation that's going tation. Webb Pierce, Hank Locklin, Carol firms of the future for Nashville. The label through some executive turntabling to Channing and Jimmy C. Newman are pro- scene is highly volatile, supercharged and streamline and strengthen. viding the impetus for another Singleton ready to ignite a world that more people GRT, with Dick Heard and Tom McEntee renaissance. While the situation is cloudy feel needs to sit back, relax and listen to a at the helm, moves upward with such art- at 20th Century, several new or revitalized country song. GERRY WOOD ists as Mel Street and Bobby G. Rice and labels emerged-and some produced big its Casino deal that resulted in "1.0.U." by hits. Jimmy Dean-a giant record on both "Farr out!" is how John Denver might country and pop charts. Casino is a strong describe the birth of Farr Records, based The West Coast new label in L.A. The label signed Tom Bresh who entry on the scene. Continued from page 63 immediately saw his "Homemade Love" Playboy scored with 14 out of 17 singles climb toward the top of the chart. Gusto L.A., of course, is also the home base of on the charts, including hits by Mickey Gil- and Starday are now one-and the combi- most of the tv shows that are introducing ley, Wynn Stewart, Chuck Price and Bobby nation provides the best of the old and country artists to the mass pop audience. Borchers. Eddie Kilroy, general manager new. Mike Lunsford broke through with These include shows hosted by Dinah ànd producer, and Nick Hunter, national his biggest hit yet, "Honey Hungry," and Shore, Mery Griffin and Lawrence Welk as promotion director, have formed one of Red Sovine re-emerged with the smash well as by Johnny Carson and Tony Or- the top teams in town for Playboy. "Teddy Bear." Con Brio watched Sheila lando & Dawn. And Donny & Marie Os- Hitsville has a new name. It used to be Tiltin climb the chart with "Half As mond, who tape their hit ABC series here, Melodyland (Motown). And Motown- Much." Cin Kay hit with some chart songs are country stars in their own right. turned-Hitsville has one of the country's by such artists as Rick Smith and Linda Perhaps most important, by breaking hottest new acts, T.G. Sheppard. Cassady. Caprice with scored the Cates such acts as Linda Ronstadt, Gram Par- Monument has left the CBS fold to Sisters, Record Productions of America sons and the Flying Burrito Bros., Los An- handle its own distribution, added vice with Bobby Lewis, and Soundwaves with geles, along with other cities like Macon presidents Paul Lovelace and Tom Rod - Maury Finney. Zodiac is heading for some den and plans a major thrust into all areas new and rising directions and so is Scor- and Muscle Shoals, Austin and San Fran- of music. Billy Swan and Kris Kristoffer- pion. Both are labels to watch. Denim Rec- cisco, has helped open up country music son remain under the CBS pact, and these ords debuted with Faith Allen and veteran to new sounds. PAUL GREIN

SESAC SALUTES .. . The new and internationally acclaimed SOUNDS OF COUNTRY MUSIC with an AWARDS CEREMONY UNPRECEDENTED IN THE ANNALS OF COUNTRY MUSIC featuring BERT PARKS and contestants from the 1976 Miss America pageant plus guest appearances by EDDY ARNOLD, C. W. McCALL, BRENDA LEE, CHARLEY PRIDE, FARON YOUNG, and others

Friday evening, October Fifteenth at the new Woodmont Country Club, Sneed Road, Franklin, Tennessee (BY INVITATION ONLY)

The World Of Country Music Billboard 67 European Scene FOUND Continued from page 64 Country Music, promoted by Mervyn BE GOLD! Conn, this year stretched over three days, COULD the third day being devoted to the contem- porary side of the music. STAKE YOUR CLAIM Conn also staged extensive tours by Slim Whitman and George Hamilton IV- CUSTOM LABEL DEAL the latter also returning in March and April for cabaret, radio, tv and European work-as well as shorter rounds of en- or DISTRIBUTION gagements for Emmylou Harris (the cur- For Ross "Lucky" Fulton rent sensation of the country -rock move- ment), George Jones, Marty Robbins and Two Albums Available the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. New Artist New Writer Jeffrey S. Kruger, chairman of the Em- (Ascap) ber Concert Division which promoted the debut tour of Charlie Rich last November, TOMORROW f1EVER COME/ t brings Pride back for another concert tour LUCKY'S pRIG117ALS this fall. by Lou Rodgers promoted appearances by Tjoss "lucky" Fulton Marvin Rainwater, Billy Armstrong, Johnny Bond and Tex Williams. Gus Thomas, Dick Damron, and Patsy Montana all appeared for the Mike & Margaret Storey Entertainment Agency. Other U.S. artists making British ap- pearances included Johnny Cash, Hank d'o!! :Cutity" .iulton Locklin, Red Sovine, Commander Cody & Produced by Denny "Dumpy" Rice Produced by Charles Novell the Lost Planet Airmen, Willie Nelson, Billy Swan, Freddy Fender and Buck Owens. CONTACT: On the domestic front activities are in- creasing and some acts are being signed KATHY by the major recording companies. BOX 6, Brohman, Michigan 49312 (616) 689-6886 J.J. Barrie-by British definition 'a pop entertainer'-went straight to the top of the singles charts with his recording of Harlan Howard's "No Charge," and Andy Fairweather Low took on the contempo- rary image with "Wide Eyed and Legless." Ethna Campbell from Northern Ireland was in the lower regions of the charts for many weeks with "Old Rugged Cross" and Scottish comedian Billy Connolly came up with highly successful parodies of "D -l' V -O -R -C -E" and "No Charge (No Chance)." Another Scottish artist, Sydney Devine, very much molded in country mu- sic, was signed by Phonogram and-aided by heavy tv promotion-took his album "Doubly Devine" into a Top 20 position. While other hardcore country acts have had releases on the major labels-and these include Tex Withers on RCA, the Frank Jennings Syndicate on EMI, Pete MANY THANKS FROM Stanley & Roger Knowles and Mae McKenna on Transatlantic, and former Texas oilrigger Wayne Nutt on CBS-a ALL THE WRITERS great many local acts are now finding a home with local labels possessing a lim- ited budget to their productions. Mont- AND STAFF FOR gomery -based Westwood Recordings head the movement with more than 100 albums and other companies include Look ANOTHER Records in Yorkshire, Sweet Folk & Coun- try in Kent, Tank in Stratford-upon-Avon and Folk Heritage in Wales. GREAT YEAR! Some local acts are stretching their realms of acceptance and finding work in the European countries where country music has already gathered a following. Outside Britain, the fastest growing (Continued on page 71) 68 The World Of Country Music Billboard Gc TUE NEW LABEL or TUE YEATI!" BILLIMARD

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TOM EITIES11 ZIONZENZAZTE LOVE PL-113OO It has been a longstanding paradox within the country music com- munity that while more than 100 bluegrass festivals crowd the summer months, attended by hundreds of thousands, supporting a large cluster of full-time bands and a half -dozen successful small labels, the major labels are less and less able to sell bluegrass product. The severity of the problem is strikingly demonstrated by the nearly to- tal lack of bluegrass on major labels. MCA's , the man who started the style back in 1945, is the only currently affiliated bluegrass artist. It is a problem that puzzles industry executives, most of whom express affection for the music and the musicians. Their inability to sell it frankly puzzles them. Frank Jones, head of Capitol's country division, muses "It could be that it's more marketable on the scene, at the festivals, and not through estab- Success In The Booming lished outlets." His bewilderment is echoed by MCA's Chic Doherty, who says "I love bluegrass and wish it did sell better. Bluegrass Field Eludes Now Monroe is doing very well, in good selling volume. But we had to give up on and the Os- borne Brothers. Sales just weren't there. If we knew Major Labels the reason we might be able to correct it." On the whole, however, two problems-distribution By DOUGLAS B. GREEN and airplay-are cited over and over. Doherty, gives a good example: "We had a good chart album with our 'Bean Blossom,' an experiment we tried where we re- corded Monroe's famous festival live. It sold well, but Bluegrass touches many artists. Above, Earl even it didn't get the airplay, and you're just limited in Scruggs. Below, celebrating MCA recording con- what you can sell without airplay." tract, is champion fiddle player Byron Berline and Sundance, consisting of Dan Crary (acoustic gui- Jesse McReynolds of the popular bluegrass team tar), Jack Skinner (bass and vocals), John Hickman Jim and Jesse (who have recorded for Capitol, Colum- (banjo), and Allen Wald (electric guitar). Pictured bia and Epic), echoes Doherty, thoughts: "We get welcoming the group on the MCA/Universal back lot (left to right) John Brown, MCA national country some airplay on smaller stations but the big ones promotion director; David Jackson, MCA attorney; are out of the question. I don't think the station J.K. Maitland, president, MCA Records; Bob Davis, managers and the major labels realize the audience vice president, artist acquisition; Crary; Skinner; for bluegrass. I just wish they could get out to a festi- Berline; Lloyd Segal, the group's attorney, and Wald. val and see these crowds. I believe it would change their minds." Others, like producer/songwriter Glenn Sutton, see the problem with the increas- THE COMPANY WITH THE MOST COMPLETE LINE OF inly mass -sales approach of the majors: FIXTURES DESIGNED ONLY FOR THE "They'd rather have a guy sell a million records one time than an act that will sell RECORD AND TAPE BUSINESS steadily and make money for them for 20 years." Brad McCuen, head of Nashville's SESAC office and a former RCA producer agrees: "They feel it's a cult music. We've seen this in jazz and it's happening in easy listening: majors are only interested in numbers. Big numbers." Martin Haerle, head of a new outfit called CMH Records, feels the problem is in the record stores, citing the case of two OUR OWN PATENTED former RCA artists who now record for his CARROUSEL label: "When an RCA salesman came into a store with 25 artists to try to sell, by the jDAPEOOKCAES time he got down to and Mac Wiseman he just didn't spend a lot of time

talking. Now I can sell him not only an art- ist, but a music, a full line of music in

which I have enthusiasm. Lester Flatt is my Elton John." Delineating the problem is easy. Com- DISPLAY LP COUNTER ing up is a TABLES BROWSERS with solutions far more difficult, problem so difficult as to have eluded ev- ery major label in the business. At least three varying approaches have been suggested, and two actualized, al- though the verdict is still out as to how well Call or Write for Additional Info. they'll work. Both Sutton and McCuen feel the majors should keep bluegrass as a part of their line, and accept small sales in Milk / 9ui/ment eJi WI9. the interests of serving a public. Says Sut- ton: "I think the majors are crazy not to 711 SOUTH ORCHARD SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98108 206-762-0711 have it. All labels put out classical music- (Continued on page 75) 70 The World Of Country Music Billboard of entertainment at the Southern Califor- Fairs And Parks nia amusement park, appointed Bill Hol- European Scene lingshead to be the spokesman and crea- Continued from page 51 Continued from page 68 tor of the Country Music program. artists at Six Flags who have gone on to market for country music can be found in Hollingshead soon discovered that in the pick up record sales and airplay, like Sweden, and it was in Gothenberg that short time country was curtailed at the Charlie Rich, whom we brought in when Conn launched the first Scandinavian funspot, prices had doubled and even he was playing clubs in the Dallas/Ft. Country Music Festival following the Lon- tripled for the same artists with basically Worth area. We're able to do this because don event earlier this year. the same shows. "I found that with the whenever we book an act we call the rec- Country -rock has found a strong re- higher prices being asked, we were being ord companies which in turn contact the sponse in Holland, which in the past two offered little in return because the popu- radio stations who give us automatic air- years has played host to Country Gazette, larity of the artists hadn't increased pro- play. Since our facility does so much the Flying Burrito Brothers and Emmylou portionally. I hope this won't be a trend entertainment, all the radio stations in Harris. Holland is also the home of the throughout the country." Dallas, including WBAP, KBOX and KSCS, Tumbleweeds, a group whose reputation work with us." Appearances at Knott's has in many in- has spread into many other European stances helped the sales of recordings for Wayne McCary, executive assistant countries. talents like Rick Nelson, who has had no- manager of the Eastern Exposition in Although West Germany boasts the ticeable increases in sales everytime he's West Springfield, Mass., would enjoy this American Forces Broadcasting network- appeared in the park's Good Time Theatre type of exposure for his bookings, but and a regular amount of airplay for coun- according to Hollingshead, who seldom since there are no country stations in his try-the scene is still comparatively small plays anyone that isn't known because it market area at the present time, he's not and is mainly centered in Northern Ger- won't draw, and rarely plays a group that bringing in as much country this year as many, reports Jurgen Kramer at CBS Rec- doesn't have a record out, although some- he has in the past. "We had country sta- ords. times he gambles that an artist may be a tions here before," he laments, "but they Traditional and old-timey music sur- future hit like Emmylou Harris, a modern had weak formats and had to close. We're vives strongly in Switzerland which, be- contemporary country singer he brought a little too far from the New York signal to sides having local bands like Country in based on predictions when she had a catch WHN and even though there's a Ramblers, Bluegrass Blossom and the Old record on the charts. fairly strong signal out of Waterford, Timey Wrappers, warmly welcomes Ameri- Conn., it's an FM station and isn't re- Besides the trades, local airplay has a can artists of the genre including Bill Clif- liable." significant impact on his buying decisions ton, Tom Paley and Mike Seeger. and he listens to KLAC to keep an ear But it is in Ireland where Without a direct radio link, McCary the music has has open for acts that are getting play in the difficulty getting his gained its greatest popularity, with coun- country acts ac- Los Angeles market. cepted, although he continues to work on try recordings accounting for 65% of record is it because he had an attendance of The Allentown Fair and Iowa State Fair sales. Here, however, it primarily the local 1,000,000 persons in 12 days of oper- managers both prefer to buy only what acts that are receiving the chart ation, among which were many country their audiences want, with little regard to action. fans. In hopes that the lack of country sta- what the record stores or radio stations tions is a temporary situation, he's still are saying. According to Martin Ritter, booking acts which he knows aren't get- general manger of Allentown, "we don't ting enough exposure to the people in his pay that much attention to airplay. We area. His method for choosing who he brought in Olivia Newton -John eight wants involves determining how the artist months before she was getting any signifi- stands on the charts in relationship to cant play and she did very well. In fact, we record sales, and seeing the act in person seem to build a lot of artists up here be- to make certain the format meets the re- cause we start promoting early and give quirements of his audiences. our acts good billings." Ritter has discov- ered that fewer artists are going out on the "Country music is so compatible with circuits because they can make five times fairs" he says, I know with the right "that as much money in a half-hour tv appear- backup there could be more excitement ance as on the stage of a fair. "Many of generated for country shows. Over the them would rather play arenas anyway, years we've played Loretta Lynn and Lynn because with outdoor dates they have to Anderson successfully without an outlet, contend with the weather, like this year we and they were very well received. This year had rain six out of our 11 days. Roy Clark we're playing Barbara Mandrell and did well despite the weather, but our at- Freddy Fender, choosing Fender because PC;IQGVAV o [1DE tendance was still down even though we P he's a little more recognizable to people beyond country, which we hope will jump sold in advance, which was a kind of rain o° CrºJeuxwaG3 our airplay problem. But plugging big insurance for us." G3OOGvIGre PROPHET country acts like these brings up another Jerry Coughlon, general manager of the CG.IGV @4IXM?QMú concern. There's been a tremendous rise Iowa State Fair, said although he's played in the costs of country talent, and fairs are acts that haven't been on the charts, his finding themselves in a bind because the artists aren't drawing big enough crowds audiences are demanding top talents like to warrant the prices they're getting. This Roy Clark and Freddy Fender. "Basically, trend is being discussed in detail by a lot we follow the lead of our local stations like of fair managers and has to be resolved KIOA and KSO, although we played Char- because it's getting out of hand." ley Pride before he had any exposure to Fairs are not alone in this problem. Af- speak of. Once in a while we go with the P.O. Box 40167 ter putting country on the shelf for a sales at record stores, but for the most Nashville, Tennessee 37204 couple of years, Knott's Berry Farm man- part our information comes from the sta- (6151 385-2059 agerial personnel decided to revive it with tions because stores may sell records of enthusiasm in order to bring back its artists who may not appeal to our au- country market. Tommy Walker, director diences." The World Of Country Music Billboard 71 365 Birthdays.

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Rice 17 Hank Williams 19 Phil Everly 29 Jody Miller 25 Bonnie Guitar 17 Grant Turner 13 Bradley Kincaid 18 Priscilla Mitchell 20 Slim Whitman 30 Teddy Wilburn 27 David Rogers 17 Ben Smathers Reeves 19 Billy Deaton 21 Mac Davis 14 Del 30 Jack Reno 24 Doug Kershaw 29 Moon Mullican 19 Mickey Newbury 15 Cowboy Copas 20 Pearl Butler 25 Claude Gray 30 Bobby Wright 19 Martha Carson 18 Chill Wills 22 Ted Daffan 25 Rusty Draper 31 John D. Loudermilk 22 Ralph Peer 19 George Hamilton IV 26 Lynn Anderson 27 Buddy Emmons 31 23 Mac Wiseman 20 Henson Cargill 26 Bob Jennings DECEMBER 31 Anita Carter 28 Bill Phillips 23 Misty Morgan 21 Ken Maynard 26 Marty Robbins 2 John Wesley Ryles 31 Hoyt Hawkins 29 Jimmie Sizemore 23 Buddy Alan 23 Johnny Darrell 26 Olivia Newton -John 3 Ferlin Husky 25 Tom T. Hall 24 Red Blanchard 27 Marcie 30 Jeanne Pruett APRIL Cates 3 Rabon Delmore 30 Norma Jean 25 Pop Stoneman 25 Roy Acuff, Jr. 28 Jerry Clower 7 Ronnie Sessions 1 Jim Ed Brown 26 Hank Williams Jr. 27 28 Tommy Collins 7 Hugh X. Lewis FEBRUARY 2 Warner Mack 27 Kenny Price 27 Homer Haynes 29 Gene Autry 7 Bob Osborne 1 Don Everly 3 Don Gibson 27 Redd Stewart (Homer & Jethro) 29 Jerry Lee Lewis 8 Floyd Tillman Rusty 2 Kershaw 4 28 Charlie McCoy 27 Charlie Louvin 9 Johnny Rodriguez 3 Sarah Johns 5 Tommy Cash 28 Mary Taylor 28 Sherwin Linton 9 David Houston 4 Dave "Lonzo" OCTOBER Hooten 5 June Steams 31 Vic Willis 31 Bonnie Brown 9 Billy Edd Wheeler 5 Claude King 6 Merle Haggard 31 Johnny Paycheck 1 11 Brenda Lee 7 Donna AUGUST Stoneman 6 Vernon Dalhart 4 Leroy Van Dyke 11 Cousin Jody 7 Wilma JUNE Lee Cooper 7 Bobby Bare 2 Hank Cochran 4 Audie Ashworth 12 Charlie Rich 7 Tony Booth 7 Cal Smith 1 Johnny Bond 2 Blake Emmons 5 Margie Singleton 13 Hairl Hensley 9 Ernest Tubb 8 Jimmie Osborne 2 Carl Butler 2 Rod Brasfield 7 Uncle Dave Macon 15 Ernie Ashworth 11 Wesley Rose 9 Carl Perkins 2 Anthony Armstrong 3 Gordon Stoker 7 Gordon Terry 15 A.P. Carter 12 Jay Lee Webb 10 Sheb Wooley Jones 4 James Blackwood 8 Pete Drake 16 Jim Glaser 12 Steve Sholes 12 Judy Lynn 4 Gordie Tapp 4 Carson Robison 8 Susan Raye 17 Nat Stuckey 13 Tennessee Ernie Ford 12 Tony Douglas 4 Texas Ruby 5 Sammi Smith 10 Tanya Tucker 18 Wilf Carter 13 Chickie Williams 13 Harry Compton 5 Don S. Reid 5 Hal Durham 11 19 Little Jimmy Dickens 13 Jim McReynolds 14 Loretta Lynn 7 Wynn Stewart 8 Webb Pierce 13 Anita Kerr 19 Bill Carlisle (Jim & Jesse) 15 Bob Lumen 8 Vernon Oxford 8 Mel Tillis 14 Melba Montgomery 20 Skeeter Willis 15 Hank Locklin 15 Roy Clark 10 Karen McKenzie 9 Merle Kilgore 15 Ethel Delaney 22 Freddie Hart 15 Wally Fowler 21 Carl Belew 11 Wilma Burgess 10 Jimmy Dean 16 Stoney Cooper 22 Hawkshaw Hawkins 16 21 Ira Louvin 13 Mary Lou Turner 10 Junior Samples 19 Jeannie C. Riley 24 Lulu Belle Wiseman 17 Johnny Bush 22 Glen Campbell 14 Burl Ives 10 Jonie Mosby 19 Art Satherly 25 Barbara Mandrell 18 Pee Wee King 22 Ray Griff 15 Waylon Jennings 12 Buck Owens 20 Grandpa Jones 25 Alton Delmore 21 23 16 Leon Payne 12 Porter Wagoner 20 Stuart Hamblen 26 Beecher " Bcther 22 Del Wood 24 Kenny Hart 16 Billy "Crash" 14 Connie Smith 20 Wanda Jackson Oswald" Kirby Faron 25 Young 25 O.B. McClinton Craddock 15 Bobby Helms 21 Owen Bradley 29 Rose Lee Maphis 25 26 Johnny Mosby 17 Red Foley 15 Rose Maddox 25 Minnie Pearl 30 Skeeter Davis 26 Johnny Cash 26 Cecil Null 17 Stringbean 18 Molly Bee 26 Neal Matthews 30 John Hartford 26 Fiddlin' Sid 27 Maxine Brown 17 Elton Britt 20 Jim Reeves 27 Floyd Cramer 31 Van Stoneman Harkreader 27 Jimmie Skinner 18 Don Williams 20 Justin Tubb 27 Dallas Frazier 31 Rex Allen Meanwhile, Northern Nevada's show Silver Circuit business palaces, Sahara -Tahoe, Harrah's THANKS FOR YOUR Continued from page 56 Reno and Tahoe and The Nugget at Sparks, report similar country trends, SUPER SUPPORT The new $10 Performing Arts -million buying power and successful pairings. IN 1976! Theatre, with a 7,500 -capacity at the Alad- Although reputed to be a predominantly din, showcased country -rock star Linda country area, Harrah's chief Doug Bush- Ronstadt Sept. 19 in measure an effort to ousen says the MOR ability is important in the public demand and buying power for bringing in good profits and attendance. PEE WEE MOR acts. "Some people think we're country ori- "This concert will be a barometer for fu- ented, but we haven't had great success ture crossover country at the Aladdin, for with it. Contemporary, MOR still draws the KING our hotel executives are receptive to coun- best here," says Bushousen, "What try shows if they work naturally," said counts is the general, overall business Lenny Martin, entertainment consultant, generated." prior to the show. Harrah's Tahoe recently caused great Efforts are under way to book the Col- excitement with the second pairing of ter -Jennings, Nelson Outlaws package at Frank Sinatra -John Denver in the South

the plush concert facility. The outcome of Shore Room, at 750 -dinner and 1,100 - the Ronstadt performance is a determin- midnight capacities. ing factor in the decision to include coun- Along with Tahoe, Harrah's Reno Head- try as a part of the diversified -booking liner Room has featured Wayne Newton, plan at the hotel. Dolly Parton, Mac Davis and other artists Las Vegas Hilton entertainment head booked into Vegas night spots. Dick Lane sees Campbell as the only coun- The High Sierra Theatre Room, which try star able to fill the huge main show- seats 1,500 for dinner and 1,800 mid- has room facility, once a platform for Johnny night, offered such country artists as Cash, Charlie Rich and Charley Pride. RoyClark, Barbara Fairchild, Mel Tillis and Doug Kershaw. "Cash was last here in '75. Show at- "I don't see any trends in country," tendance dropped off for no specific rea- says Pat France, Sahara -Tahoe boss. "It's son and at this time, we don't foresee not the type of music but rather the popu- other country acts coming in here," says larity a PEE WEE KING ENT. INC. Lane. that determine's booking's suc- cess," he concludes. France plans to bring 240 W. Jefferson Street Louisville, Ky. 40202 Another key to successful country pair- back Cash in 1977 as well as Roger Miller. ings, aside from top -drawing names, in- volves adequate publicity, a missing item Silver Threads and Golder Needles Snowbird Together Again Under Your Spell Again which sank the first Colter -Jennings, Nel Influence of Love Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus That's Why I Love You like I Do son, Tompall bill at Caesars Palace last c w September. .c o D O The concert was booked separately d from the main showroom entertainment o acts by an outside interest and received ch COUNTRY MUSIC liW little, if any publicity locally, or in other w 3 d states. c cu co Other country strongholds in Southern o 7 Nevada's entertainment scene include o s CENTRALized at o the Sahara, where large crowds are regis- u) tered to see Merle Haggard, Marty Rob 1014 17th Avenue South bins, Kay Starr, Eddy Arnold and Johnny Rivers. NASHVILLE n The downtown Golden Nugget, where e country music has been an integral part and we've got the songs co for more than 30 years, currently houses a to prove it! 60 -minute, Fredrick Apcar country show, z "Col. Zachariah's World Renowned Gen- < uine Wild West Extravaganza." O f(D e 13 "Since we'll be completing a new 20 - CD CENTRAL SONGS _ F story addition, our trade will have broad- Ed Penney, Genl. Prof. Mgr. ened and we'll go to a more MOR cross- over country scene," reveals Nugget direc- Richard Allen, Prof. Mgr. á o tor Steve Wynn. "Many things have to be taken into consideration." O O Past have included a division of BEECHWOOD MUSIC CORP. country artists Judy d - Lynn, Johnny Paycheck, Barbara Man- 1750 No. Vine St., Hollywood, Calif. r N drell and Joe Stampley as well as Jennings Oo N and Nelson. Country singer Kenny Vernon CD '"c inoti Japuó u!e6y Jayla6ol pugmous sa!paaN uapioo pue spealyl Janl!S alternates with the 14 -week scheduled re- a!u!i e Ail 00 01 aneH !!,aH punoa, ,u!!ooj awoH wolf Xemd sa!!yy paipunH an!j view in the Gold Strike Lounge. 11e0 The World Of Country Music Billboard 73 chance. Many of the abovementioned Nashville country may still take some time The East Coast groups performed at this typically -MOR to catch on in this city, but everything is Continued from page 60 home base in the experiment that began definitely on the upswing." the much -needed numbers. After several in early September. "If the right promoter comes into Man- years with his "Country In New York" Quite possibly the most important moti- hattan and attempts to carry on, there is a (where he went to extremes to bring fans vating factor in the birth of New York good chance that things might pop and into New York even via special "country country music was and still is WHN coun- country music will become a dominant music" railroad trains from Long Island), try radio. In the past year, under the guid- musical factor in this city, at long last," Neil Rockoff, this 50,000-watter he grew unnerved by the inability of Nash- ance of says another country music enthusiast. has been converting all kinds of people to ville agents to understand the importance With the way things are going at WHN, country music. of the New York market. one never knows-country concert promo- In fact, country music in New York can "Many of these agents ignored my tion could be in its future. as only belong- requests and just didn't see the impor- no longer be pushed aside since tance of live country music in this major ing to Southerners and "hillbillies," it is now the "everyone's music." city," he says. "So, I finally decided to cease operation, after bringing into New According to Dale Pon, WHN director of Pop Country York City stars like Roy Clark, Merle Hag- creative services, the station's popularity Continued from page 54 gard, Charley Pride and Buck Owens, is totally diverse. among others." "We appeal to a broad cross-section of Messina, Marshall Tucker Band, Ozark New Yorkers, as well as people from Con- Part of the blame for the scarcity of fans Mountain Daredevils, Hoyt Axton, Michael necticut, New Jersey and Long Island," he who attended these shows at Madison Murphey and Pure Prairie League. says. Square Garden's Felt Forum was attrib- Of course this receptivity to pop sounds About six months ago, the station, uted to the great cost factor of coming is largely a continuation of patterns set in based on Pon's advice, decided to wage an New York for an evening concert. the past few years. Pat Boone first made into all-out promotional campaign termed: the country chart in 1975 after fully 20 "By the time you get done buying the "There's a Lot of Country In The City." years of success in the pop field. B.J. ticket, paying the baby sitter, eating din- Through this massive campaign and Thomas' "Another Somebody Done ner, parking the car and having a few similar ones waged at various ethnic Somebody Wrong Song," No. 1 country drinks, the evening can cost you a great groups (Spanish advertisments in Puerto and pop, and the Eagles' "Lyin' Eyes," top deal of money," says one longtime New Rican neighborhoods featuring Freddy 10 country and pop, marked the country York "hillbilly." "I'd rather stay at my Fender), WHN arose a winner with some chart debuts of those long -running pop home in New Jersey and travel to a nearby high ratings New York has to give. Accord- acts. town to see the same show at half the ing to Ed Salamon, station program direc- cost." tor, the young audience has finally turned The changes in country radio are per- Most of the live country music being on to country music and proven their in- haps best demonstrated in the fact John brought into New York and the surround- terest by attendance at the various club Denver couldn't push above number 50 ing areas is through clubs-the Bottom dates by country artists around town. on the country chart five years ago with his Line, My Father's Place and the Other And, record sales on country product classic pop smash, "Take Me Home Coun- End. During the past few months, a wide are finally beginning to respond after try Roads." His next big pop hit, "Rocky variety of acts has played in these venues years of inactivity, he says. Mountain High," didn't even make the including Jerry Jeff Walker, Faron Young, "The major problem with record sales country chart, while his third Top 40 pop Johnny Paycheck, Country Gazette, was in inability of shops to stock product smash, "Sunshine On My Shoulder," Asleep At The Wheel, Doug Kershaw, the on country artists," he says. "But this has peaked on the country chart at number Flying Burrito Brothers, Byron Berline and all changed and we find a lot of support 42. It took until the summer of 1974 and Sundance and others. from both record companies and artists." "Annie's Song" to give Denver a Top 40 many country record. That was, in fact, the start Even with the scarcity of live nationally - According to Salamon, artists known country talent in the Big Apple, have lent their support to WHN and the of a string of five consecutive top 10 coun- hits for Denver. there is still plenty of good country music New York country music cause via live ap- try to be heard. Clubs like O'Lunney's in mid- pearances on the WHN airwaves. These It was around that time in '74 that Gor- town Manhattan have stuck with country include Bobby Bare, Johnny Cash, Dolly don Lightfoot and Linda Ronstadt, long- music for many years and this music has Parton, Doug Sahm, the Flying Burrito time pop favorites, first made the country McCall and many others. found a special home. In fact, this nitery, Brothers, C.W. chart. Both had top 20 country hits: Light- under the helm of the "Irish Cowboy" Although Salamon and Pon are reticent foot with "Sundown" and Ronstadt with Hugh O'Lunney, has brought out a great to discuss WHN's financial status they do "Silver Threads and Golden Needles." many "closet country fans" in the New cite a recent New York Times financial In 1974 Ray Stevens got his first top 10 York area. section article that told of the station's major gains in the past year, making it record on the country chart in a disk ca- Many well-known national celebrities more than $1 million in the red with an an- reer going back to 1961 with "The have happened onto O'Lunney's and their ticipated profit of more than $500,000. Streak," while the year before Brenda Lee excitement over the music and atmos- The drawing power connected with went top 10 country for the first time in 16 phere has turned them into died -in -the - WHN and country music's growth in New years of recording, when her label switch wool country fans. York was best demonstrated at an August to MCA started a string of six straight top Besides presenting local talent blue- concert by Freddie Hart and Merle Travis 10 country disks. grass and country (Troy Ferguson and Sue that drew huge throngs of people to Lin- Other pop acts to go country in '74 were Smith with the Country Gentlemen, Mi- Park. coln Center's Damrosch Paul McCartney & Wings ("Sally G"), the chael Simmons and Slewfoot, Mike Bald- Pon says this huge attendance and the Pointer Sisters ("Fairytale"), Jim Croce win and Smokehouse, Whiskey Hill, et al.) development of country music on a regu- nationally -known talent like Chip Taylor lar basis at Great Adventures Amusement ("I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song") and an occasional country music disco- Park (Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Con- and Byron MacGregor ("Americans"). theque evening, O'Lunney recently even way Twitty, etc.) in nearby Jackson, N.J. Johnny Rivers also made his country chart presented a bicentennial country music are encouraging signs. debut that year, while in the year or two boat cruise around Manhattan. "People like promoter Al Aronowitz and before that such diverse, but primarily Based on the pioneering success of club owner Hugh O'Lunney were both pio- pop entertainers as Eydie Gorme, Wayne O'Lunney, New York's posh Rainbow neers in bringing country music to the Room, atop the RCA Building, also de- forefront in and the sur- Newton and Vicki Lawrence all went coun- cided to give local country artists a rounding areas," he asserts. "Traditional try. PAUL GREIN 74 The World Of Country Music Billboard Bill Denney observes, "The business has Bluegrass Success Catalogs Bulging caused publishers to become better busi- nessmen. There are more and more pub- Continued from page 70 Continued from page 66 lishers going into business every day, un- which loses a bundle-because they want At first glance, the effect of instituting fortunately. The competition gets keener to maintain the image as a full -line label, the $8 fee appears negligible. "This, of every time-but that's all right. That's don't they? Well they should do that for course, is the general belief," Thompson what makes for more and more good bluegrass as well; it's a very important acknowledges, "but until such time as the product coming out." part of country music." McCuen says, Register of Copyrights has some time to more starkly, "We've gotten to be mass deal with the matter, the administrative market consumers and I think it's dread- overhead-which the law provides shall be Nashville Scene ful. Every form of music should be repre- recouped prior to distribution-is any- Continued from page 65 sented, but in the face of this increasing one's guess. mass -market orientation catalog and mar- "Theoretically, in looking at the amount flight stereo channels. Country radio sta- ginal stuff like bluegrass suffers." of the fee, you would say that there will not tions report their best years ever with Jim and Jesse McReynolds took an- be a significant amount of money left for WHN gaining major shares of the huge other alternative. About four years ago distribution to writers and publishers. New York marketplace where country they set up their own label, Old Do- However, the accented industry estimates product is being stocked in stores that minion, and they sell their music directly that there are approximately 500,000 previously shunned it. While country gains to the customer at appearances and festi- jukeboxes in America does not by any in Reno, Vegas and Tahoe, it also climbs vals, and by mail-order. Jesse claims, with means indicate that the number of oper- halfway across the world in Japan. wry humor, "It's the only way I've ever ators will be nearly as large. For instance, It's not just coming from Nashville. made any money out of records. With a in large metropolitan cities there are a rel- There's some good country music being major you'd just get a statement of how atively small number of operators who cut in Muscle Shoals, Atlanta, Memphis, much you owed them." But he still is quite own a large number of machines, and in New York, Miami, Houston, L.A. and Aus- aware that "We're not getting to the ma- that they're paying a flat fee per machine, tin. The latter city is one of the strong- jority of the public. There are thousands of the administration required to receive holds and birthplaces of progressive coun- potential buyers out there we never see." those funds will be very little." try music, and everyone knows that A third and most recent alternative has Thompson speculates "where the prob- Texans like their music country and their been the setting up of CMH Records, lem will occur is in working out the distri- beer Lone Star. which has specialized in bluegrass record- bution to the individual publishers and So the pace quickens, the sound ing but approached it with major label songwriters of the music involved. That's changes and green grow the dollars. The muscle (ads and reviews in the trades, a tedious process that's been developed hodge-podge city called Nashville takes its leading to good distribution, "because we by the performing rights societies over the nitty-gritty music to a helter-skelter world. have a professional approach.") past 45 years." And that's the latest report on the ex- The man behind CMH is Martin Haerle, The publishers surveyed were reluctant plosion called country music. Tune in formerly associated with Starday and to predict trends in the industry but, as again for further details. United Artists in Nashville and on the West Coast, and he has signed an impres- sive lineup of bluegrass talent, represent- ing nearly every major act: Flatt, Wiseman, the Osborne Brothers, Reno & Harrell, OUR FALL Grandpa Jones, the Country Gentlemen and many others. His theory is specialization: "I can go HARVEST OF HITS out and merchandise a half -dozen at a time, not just an occasional one-shot re- * HILLBILLY HEART (Dan Penn -Johnny Christopher) lease as a major has to do. It has to be JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ Phonogram/Mercury merchandised differently, for example, not with standard country stations but * RAILROAD LADY (J. Buffett-J.J. Walker) with college stations and some under- MERLE HAGGARD Capitol ground. It's a specialized audience, and my label is like one specializing in spoken FEAR OF FLYING (Austin Roberts -Buzz Cason) word. * JOHN SMALL Janus "It takes tremendous expertise. I know

what my client wants, and I have total in- HYMN TO THE (All By Mac & volvement in this kind of music. The only * SEEKER Songs Gayden Skyboat) way a major could do it is to have a blue- ABC (LP) grass division with someone in charge who could be totally involved and extremely * BY THE WAY (Steve Gibbs -Daniel) knowledgeable in this kind of music." CRISTY LANE LS (GRT) But Haerle's massive experiment is only about a year old, too early to see whether his approach-a combination of small -la- bel involvement with big label promotion and distribution-will succeed, especially in the awesome face of increasingly tight playlists and the difficulty of obtaining air- BUZZ CASON PUBLICATIONS AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES play. Still, it may well be that a semi -large la- DAN PENN MUSIC BERRY HILL SONGS bel devoted solely to bluegrass can suc- LET THERE BE MUSIC, INC. ANGEL WING MUSIC ceed where the limitations of the majors and the small labels cannot. Time alone WHITE SPARROW will answer that question, but whether it 2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37204 (615) 383-8682 can fully unravel this puzzling paradox re- BILL MARTIN, Director of International Publishing and Production mains to be seen. The World Of Country Music Billboard 75 The Outlaws

Willie Nelson and Charley Pride get it on vocally during a CMA trip to Austin (above left). Mercury artist Johnny Rodrigues (with mike right) duets with Waylon Jennings during taping of PBS "Soundstage." At left (below) Columbia artist Nelson signs autographs at North Texas State Univ. where proceeds from his sold -out concert went to the school. Below (right) the gold ward party. Shown here are, back row (from left) Tompall Glaser, outlaw; Kenneth Glancy, president, RCA Records; Jerry Bradley, division vice president, Nashville operations, RCA; and Chet Atkins, division vice president, country music, RCA, and (front row) Jennings, leader of the outlaws; Jessi Colter, outlaw, and Nelson, outlaw.

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