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ALICE COOPER/ WELCOME’ TO HIS ERA Gamble, Huff, McCartney Each Win Four 1975 BMI Awards Part 3 In A Series On Disk Buying Habits More Pirated Tapes Seized Signings: Carmen McCrae To Blue Note; Trini Lopez To Private Stock R&B Hits The Financial Page (Ed) From a hard-core of fanaticfans, theirfame hasspread nationwide. 30,000 fans at Boston Garden. Already sold-out 45,000 more in Detroit.“GetYour Wings”is gold. ‘Aerosmith”is nudgingthe 24k mark. Their newest album, Toys in the Attic," ' J pc 33479* 1 has bulleted to their career high, 16? ata rate matched only bytheir sing!e“Sweet Emotion.” ,» Aerosmith. They’re making it big. On Columbia Records and Tapes. ‘Produced by Jack Douglas for Waterfront Productions Limited and Contemporary Communications Corporation 'D' "COLUMBIA," §?] MARCASREG. ©1975CBSINC. THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-RECORD WEEKLY VOLUME XXXVII — NUMBER 4 — June 14, 1 975 r \ GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher cashboxeditorial MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President ED ADLUM R&B Hits The Financial Page Managing Editor Editorial in a top ten of a different sort — a listing of the nation’s largest black owned DAVID BUDGE Editor In Chief and black managed business — comes heartening confirmation of the IAN DOVE healthy state of black music. East Coast Editorial Director New York The listing, compiled by Black Enterprises magazine in New York, has the STEVE MARKS BARRY TAYLOR nfiighty Motown Industries secure as the no. 1 black business with $45 million BOB KAUS Hollywood in sales in 1974, $1 1 million ahead of its nearest competitor. PHIL ALEXANDER No surprise here, Barry Gordy's record and film complex has been the JESS LEVITT MARC SHAPIRO frontrunner on this list for the last three years. STEPHEN PEEPLES But no. 6 on the Black Enterprise chart, among the meat processors and Research the pipeline constructors, from nowhere, to HOWARD LOWELL so speak, and certainly with a STEVE OSTROW bullet, is the Great Philadelphia Trading Company Ltd /Assorted Music Inc., PHILDIMAURO JUDY ALBERT based in Philadelphia and with some $1 7 million sales in 1974 to its credit. Art Director that is the official name, the one they're called in WOODY HARDING Now by the financial pages, for the Philly Sound! Coin Machine ED ADLUM — Manager For Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, Philadelphia International, CAMILLE COMPASIO. Chicago TSOP and Thunder Records, Mighty Three Music and Assorted Music, pro- Circulation THERESA TORTOSA ducers. writers, arrangers, conductors, recording studio owners — the trio Manager that has Philadelphia into a soul capital just as surely as Berry Gordy did in PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK Detroit before moving to Los Angeles. 1 19 West 57th St , N Y , N Y 10019 Phone:(212)586-2640 And Gamble, Huff and Bell are solely committed to their brand of r&b Address: Cash Box N Y Cable their million CALIFORNIA music, providing not only recordings, but $17 sales figure, proof 6565 Sunset Blvd (Suite 520) vitality Hollywood. Ca. 90028 of the continuing, growing of r&b music which seems impervious to re- Phone:(213)469-2966 cession or change, fad or fancy. NASHVILLE it in 1 JUANITA JONES As has over the decades, more than ever 975, r&b — whether the 151 1 Sigler St . Nashville Tenn. 37203 Phone:(615)244-2898 Philly sound, the Motown sound, the Disco sound, the Memphis sound or any CHICAGO of the other variants — remains one of the truly creative and expanding CAMILLE CAMPASIO St III 29 E. Madison , Chicago staples of the music business. Phone:(312)346-7272 ENGLAND DORRIS LAND 3 Cork St . London Wl Phone:01-7342374 ARGENTINA MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Belgrano 3252. Piso 4 B Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone 89-6796 CANADA WALT GREALIS 6 Brentcliffe Road Toronto 1 7. Ontario. Canada Phone:(416)425-0257 HOLLAND PAUL ACKET Theresiastraat 59-63. The Hague Phone: 837700 ITALY GABRIELEG ABBATE Viale A. Doria 10. 20124 Milano BELGIUM ETIENNE SMET Postbus 56. B-2700 Sint-Niklaas Phone: 103) 76-54-39 AUSTRALIA NUMBER ONE PETER SMITH SINGLE OF THE WEEK 1 1 Winters Way. Doncaster 3 1 08 Victoria. Australia THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY JAPAN JOHN DENVER — RCA Adv Mgr . SACHIOSAITO Writer: John Denver 1-1 1-2-Chome Shinbashi. Mmato-Ku. Tokyo Phone: 504-1 651 Pub: Cherry Lane/ASCAP Editorial Mgr., FUMIYO TACHIBANA 1-1 1-2-Chome Shinbashi. Mmato-Ku. Tokyo Phone: 504-1 651 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $50 per year anywhere in the U S A Published weekly by CASH BOX, 119 West 57th NUMBER ONE St. New York. N Y. 10019 Printed in the USA Second OF THE dass postage paid at New York. N.Y and additional ALBUM WEEK mailing offices CAPTAIN FANTASTIC Copyright © 1975 by The, Cash Box Publishing Co., AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY Inc All rights reserved- Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. ELTON JOHN POSTMASTER Send form 3579 to CASH BOX. 119 MCA 2142 West 57th St. New York. N.Y 10019 ) ))) . smsm 6/7 5/31 6/7 5/31 6/7 5/31 LIZZIE AND THE RAINMAN 69 BLANKET ON THE GROUND 1 THANK GOD I’M A COUNTRY 35 38 45 Billie Jo Spears (United Artists XW 584X) 74 76 BOY John Denver (RCA PB 10239) 2 4 36 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS 70 ABK 4701 80 — War (United Artists XW629X) 41 49 The Rolling Stones (ABKCO 2 SISTER GOLDEN HAIR BLUE 71 HURT America (Warner Bros 8086) 3 5 37 MIDNIGHT 47 62 Manhattans (Columbia 3-10140) 72 75 Melissa Manchester (/ The WILL 1 BE LOVED 3 WHEN I’LL PLAY FOR YOU 72 N’ THING Linda Ronstadt (Capitol P 4050) 5 9 38 39 43 Mac Davis (Columbia 3-10148) 85 — 4 LOVE WON’T LET ME WAIT OLL Major Harris (Atlantic 3248) 8 12 39J.J BLACK FRIDAY 73 — Steely Dan (ABC 12101) 44 63 Sammy Johns (GRC GRDJ 2062) 86 5 BAD TIME VIE TO THE RIVER Grand Funk (Capitol P 4046) 6 7 40 BABY THAT’S BACKATCHA 74 — Smokey Robinson (Tamla 5428F-A, 42 44 Syl Johnson (Hi 2285) 79 ' 6 OLD DAYS PLEASE 75 4 THAT GLOW Chicago (Columbia 3-101 31 7 10 41 PLEASE MR. 82 — Olivia Newton-John (MCA 40418 61 73 Roberta Flack (Atlantic 45-3271 7 WILDFIRE Michael Mu rphey (Epic 8-50084) 10 17 42 ONE OF THESE NIGHTS 76 Eagles (Asylum 45257-A 56 80 VIENNA 8 BEFORE THE NEXT GOODNIGHT 43 T-R-O-U-B-L-E Ringo Starr (Capitol P 1882) TEARDROP FALLS Elvis Presley (RCA JH 10278 48 54 Freddy Fender (ABC/Dot 17540) 1 3 77 Kiki Dee (Rocket/MCA 40401) 44 I LL DO FOR YOU ANYTHING 9 GET DOWN, GET DOWN (Dist Poiydor) 11 13 YOU WANT ME TO 78 Joe Simon (Spring 156) 49 60 I’M AWAY 10 NOT USA Donny & Marie Osmond (MGM 14807) 88 — Jessi Colter (Capitol 4009) 12 18 45 I DON’T LIKE TO SLEEP 79 YOU 11 LOVE WILL KEEP US ALONE 83 89 TOGETHER 25 ii George McCrae (T K. 101 1-A) The Captain and Tennille (A&M 1672) 17 21 46 DYNOMITE Bazuka 51 58 80 12 CUT THE CAKE Aerosmith (Columbia 3-10155) 87 Average White Band (Atlantic 3261) 14 15 47 SHOE SHINE BOY Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 33 25 81 BABY GET IT ON 13 BAD LUCK (PARTI) Ike & Tina Turner (U A XW 598-X) Harold Melvin & Bluenotes 48 ME AND MRS. JONES 50 52 (Philly Int'l ZS 8-3562) 13 14 82 14 ONLY WOMEN 49 DREAMED LAST NIGHT Impressions (Curlom CBS 0103) 89 93 Alice Cooper (Atlantic 3254) 15 16 Justin Hayward & John Lodge 52 59 83 WOODEN HEART 15 TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS Bobby Vinton (ABC 12100) 90 95 (ROCK ME) 50 LONG HAIRED COUNTRY Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros 8092) 16 19 BOY 84 16 MAGIC The Charlie Daniels Band (Kama Sutra KA601 54 61 MOUNTAINSIDE Pilot (EMI 3992) (Dist: Capitol) 20 26 Main Ingredient (RCA PB 10224) 51 PLEASE PARDON ME (YOU 17 THE LAST FAREWELL Roger Whittaker (RCA TB 5-0030) 18 20 REMIND ME OF A FRIEND) 85 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (ABC 1 2C 55 66 BenE King (Atlantic 45-3274) 18 LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN 52 WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU Labelle (Epic 8-50097) 53 56 86 Wings (Capitol 4091 37 69 Moments (Stang 5060) 92 94 19 THE HUSTLE 53 JIVE TALKIN’ 1 74 Van McCoy (Avco AV 4653) 24 41 Bee Gee 63 87 ' Four Tops (ABC 12096) 93 98 20 THE WAY WE WERE/TRY TO 54 ONLY YESTERDAY REMEMBER 21 8 88 Gladys Knight & The Pips (Buddah BDA 463) 22 27 55 (JUST LIKE) ROMEO & WASTED NIGHTS Freddy Fender (ABC/Dot DOA 17558) 21 JULIET HOW LONG Ace (Anchor/ABC 21 00) 4 1 46 47 89 22 HEY YOU (Phila Int'l. ZS 8-3567) 94 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury 73683) 27 42 56 RHINESTONE COWBOY MFSB Glen Campbell I Capitol 405 68 96 23 ROCKIN’ CHAIR 57 ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE 90 CHRISTINA 1 31 (Private Stock PS 45-023) 95 99 Gwen McCrae (Cat 996) 26 Kiss (Casablanca MB 8( 62 71 Terry Jacks 24 SWEARIN’ TO GOD FILES 91 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY Frankie Valli (Private Stock PSR 021) 28 39 58 THE ROCKFORD Mike Post IMGM M 147) 69 86 LIFE 25 SHINING STAR Blood. Sweat & Tears (Columbia 3-101 51) Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 3-10090) 9 2 59 I’M ON FIRE Dwight Twilley (Shelter SR 403£ 71 82 92 26 MISTY Ray Stevens (Barnaby 614) 31 40 — — 60 JACKIE BLUE The Brecker Brothers (Arista AS 01 22) 19 6 27 REMEMBER WHAT 1 TOLD 93 FIGHT THE POWER (PART 1 The Isley Brothers (T-Neck/CBSZS 8-2256) Tavares (Capitol 4010) 23 24 61 DISCO QUEEN Hot Chocolate (Big Tree BT 16038) 28 SHAKEY GROUND 75 87 Temptations (Gordy G7142F) 94 29 29 62 GOOD LOVIN’ GONE BAD MORNING HOME 29 JUDY MAE Bad Company (Swan Song 7( 32 33 T G Sheppard iMelodyland 6006) 96 Boomer Castleman (MumsZS 6-6038) 30 35 63 SADIE 30 ATTITUDE DANCING 45 46 95 — Carly Simon (Elektra 45246) 40 51 Pure Prairie League (RCA JH 10302) 64 EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH ME 31 I’M NOT IN LOVE 96 10 cc (Mercury 73678) 43 65 (I GET HIGH) Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 40416) 98 — 32 SPIRITOF THE BOOGIE 73 84 Kool 8 The Gang (DeLite DDJ 1567) 34 34 97 65 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF YOU Morris Albert (RCA JB 10279) — — 33 GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT Michael Jackson (Motown M 134? 67 70 66 SAIL ON SAILOR 98 THEY WANT Narvel Felts (ABC/Dot 1 7 54) 99 — (Reprise 13! 70 72 The O Jays (Phila Int'l ZS 8-3565) (Dist: CBS) 36 37 Beach Boys 99 34 1 WIT’ 67 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM WANNA DANCE CHOO First Class (UK 49033) (Dish London) 100 — (DO DAT DANCE) Elton John (MCA 403( 64 38 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes 68 SLIPPERY WHEN WET 100 78 83 Canyon (Magna Glide MG 323) -ALPHABETIZED TOP 1 00 (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND LICENSEES) Shoe Shine (Stone Diamond — BMI) 47 I — Attitude (C'est/ Jacob Brackman — ASCAP) 30 Don’t Like To (Spanka — BMI ) 45 Make The World (Tree BMI) 78 Sister (Warner Bros.