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BY STEVEN DUPLER BY NICK ROBERTSHAW MONTREUX Terming music video LONDON Britain begins its first an "art form still in its infancy, but all -night television experiment with with an almost unlimited future," pop music next month on the York- Les Garland, MTV senior vice presi- shire Television network, which dent for programming, kicked off serves some six million viewers. the International Music & Media For a three -month trial period be- Conference here (7 -10) on an upbeat ginning June 9, the commercial sta- note. tion will screen programs from the The MTV pro- Pan-European satellite service Mu- gramming chief sic Box during normal broadcast TV IM &MC: credited videoclips (Continued on page 86) REPORT FROM with helping spur a "half- billion -dol- MONTREUX TOO OLD TO GROW UP NOW features Pake's impressive Get ready for he fifth generation of rock'n'roll. Sigue Sigue PLUS PROFITS IN lar increase in rec- vocals backed by an exciting, new rockabilly beat. The 1st Sputnik's principal interests are video nasties, affluence, ord sales over the single, EVERY NIGHT, was a T -20 hit. Current single, SAVIN MY rockets, home computers and excitement. "Love Missile F1 -11" past three years." (See separate in- LOVE FOR YOU is the "ghost of Buddy Holly" says Chet Flippo. 12" (V56021) is a sales breakout ... now. Outrageous video on terview with Garland, page 83. For "Achingly pure. Appealing sound and fresh sensibility." On RCA MTV .. now. Sigue Sigue Sputnik -don't miss it -get it ... now. Records & Cassettes AEL1 /AEK1 -5809. On Manhattan Records -a division of Capitol Records. (Continued an page 83) FOCUS INSIDE

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www.americanradiohistory.com Post - Release Video Support Sought N S SSUE Dealers, Distribs Ask For New Approach show that 80% of VCR homes rent quency with which a customer BY TONY SEIDEMAN regularly; because of this, he says, comes in and doesn't get what he VOLUME 99 NO. 21 MAY 24, 1986 NEW YORK Home video manu- Thorn EMI /HBO "unabashedly" came in for." facturers should alter their market- focuses its marketing efforts on the Barnako says he wants manufac- 1 NEWS The Senate Copyright Subcommittee may drop a con- ing tactics so that more emphasis is video store, mainly via point- of -pur- turers to invest more money in pro- troversial provision in the audio-only home taping bill. The com- placed on post -release advertising, chase materials. moting titles after release on the lo- pact disk is becoming a target of thieves. Artist managers are national level. Many other turning to independent promoters. "-Britain begins all -night televi- according to many retailers and dis- This attitude causes real prob- cal and sion broadcasts of music programming. "-MTV's Les Garland hails tributors. They also call for adver- lems for video stores, says Frank retailers appear to agree. video's "almost unlimited future." 1.3 /Home video manufacturers tising in national media. "It is criminal what they're do- should emphasize post -release advertising, say retailers and dis- Such policies will be ineffective ing," says the head of one major tributors. 0-4 /Reagan supports a bill that would curb trade benefits and wasteful, manufacturers re- `Manufacturers act chain. "They're acting as if the deal- to countries not actively combating piracy. 0-6 /Many candidates spond, claiming they've already cre- er is the consumer. I understand the enter the VSDA election, compounding confusion about election ated highly efficient systems for as if the dealer attitude, but that's a bad mistake." procedures. promoting and marketing product. is the consumer' Retailers say more co -op funds 4 Executive Turntable 40 Classical The debate centers on three key are needed. More important, they 12,71 Newsmakers 43 Dance Trax issues: where advertising dollars say, are coordinated national media be Barnako, owner of the Video Place campaigns to create increased 38 Gospel 76 Album & Singles Reviews are spent, when they should spent, and who should be the target chain and a former Video Software awareness of home video as a medi- 38 Jazz 90 Inside Track of the ads. Dealers Assn. president. One of the um and to help boost store traffic. 40 Latin Nicholas Santrizos, head of Thorn biggest difficulties, he says, is that The lone manufacturer speaking EMI /HBO Video, says his compa- customers have no way of finding in favor of heavy post-release pro- 9 Column: Profiting from inter- COMMENTARY Guest special- ny's marketing system works best out about titles before they walk motion is Bill Gallagher, president est video. Letters. when promoting titles prior to into the stores. This, he claims, real- of MGM Home Video. "Before you 10 RADIO WZLX and WAAF are challenging WBCN Boston's release. ly hurts non-hit A- and B -level films. promote the product you've got to dominance. 0-Out of the Box. Newsline. 0-15 /Vox Jox. 0-16 /Fea- "We have a very strong opinion Manufacturers should advertise be in a position to deliver," he says. tured Programming. 0-17 /Yesterhits. 0-19 /Promotions. that consumer advertising can be after a program hits the market, not "The video companies are leaving Barnako says. "Pre- release programming sitting on the shelf 24 TALENT Steve Hackett and Steve Howe have a new band, focused around the video store it- before, His the fre- (Continued on page 86) GTR. On the Beat. 0-26 /Talent in Action. -Boxscore. self," Santrizos says. studies advertising just increases 28 BLACK George Clinton releases a new album. The Rhythm & the Blues. Awards For Most -Performed Songs 32 COUNTRY 0-RCA's Gail Davies gives up a solo career for Wild Choir. Nashville Scene. 44 RETAILING Record Bar is optimistic despite cutbacks. On BMI Honors Daryl Hall, David Foster Target. 0-45 /Grass Route. 0.-46 /New Releases. and 1984. Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, P -1 VIVA PUERTO RICO SPOTLIGHT BY IRV LICHTMAN Receiving awards for the second Jerry Lieber, and Mike Stoller, pub- NEW YORK Led by Daryl Hall's time were "All I Need' by David lished by Jot Corp. and Unichappell 50 VIDEO RETAILING The VSDA forms a San Diego chapter. 51 /Video Plus. "Everytime You Go Away" as song Pack, published by Art Street Music Music (1959); and "You Send Me" by of the year and David Foster as (1984); "California Girls" by Brian Sam Cooke, published by ABKCO PP -1 FOCUS ON PLUS PROFITS IN RECORD songwriter of the year, 87 writers Wilson, published by Irving Music Music (1957). MERCHANDISING and 63 publishers of 63 songs were (1965); "Out Of Touch" by Daryl The awards dinner at the Plaza 55 CLASSIFIED ACTIONMART honored at a BMI awards dinner Hall and John Oates, published by Hotel was given a visual touch, with here last Tuesday (13). Hot Cha Music (1984); "There Goes videoclips shown as the citations of 57 VIDEO MUSIC 0.-An IM &MC panel examines broader -based The day after the awards for My Baby" by Benjamin Nelson, (Continued on page 88) programming for video music channels. Video Track. 1.-58 /New most-performed BMI- cleared songs Video Clips. 0-MTV Programming. were handed out, the achievements 61 HOME VIDEO A study shows that special- interest videocas- of Hall and Foster were given a spe- settes are gaining in market share. Newsline. I.65/Fast Forward. cial sendoff when the famed Times Square electronic billboard flashed For 68 INTERNATIONAL The U.K. Tape Manufacturers Group is both winners' names continuously June Dates Set mounting a campaign against government plans for an audio soft- from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. ware levy. The Hall song, recorded by Paul 69 CANADA The federal government announces an aid package Young (Columbia) and published by Amnesty Intl Tour Series for the recording industry. Maple Briefs. Hot Cha Music and Unichappell Mu- the San Francisco and Los Ange- sic, was the most -performed BMI BY LINDA MOLESKI les dates. 72 PRO AUDIO /VIDEO A new low -cost German video indexing song on radio and TV last year. Fos- NEW YORK Dates for Amnes- All artists are donating their system is introduced. Sound Investment. Audio Track. ter received a special citation in hon- ty International's six -city concert services, according to Graham. 75 FINANCIAL Video -store expansion is leveling off. Newsline. or of his five most- performed series, to be headlined by Sting MTV and Westwood One will Financially Speaking. awards, the most garnered by any and U2, were announced here offer live simulcasts featuring 82 UPDATE Newsline. Lifelines. New Companies. Calendar. writer this year. May 14 by the organization's ex- eight hours of the finale. MTV Other multiple winners included ecutive director, John Healey, will also support the series by an- CHARTS 6 /Chartbeat: Patti LaBelle's new album enters the Hall, Keith Diamond, and the mem- and producer Bill Graham. nouncing "800" numbers for tick- Top Pop Albums chart at No. 14. bers of Kool & the Gang, with three Dubbed "A Conspiracy Of et and merchandise information awards each. Two citations went to Hope," the all -star tour. starts for each show. Top Albums Hot Singles Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley of June 4 in San Francisco and con- Westwood One's mobile stu- 15 Rock Tracks 16 Adult Contemporary Tears for Fears, as well as to Bryan cludes June 15 at New Jersey's dios will provide a series of "Am- 29 Black 22 Power Playlists Adams, Jay Graydon, Michael Jack- Giants Stadium. The finale will nesty International Tour Re- 34 Country 28 Black Singles Action son, Billy Joel, Dean Pitchford, be co- produced by John Scher. ports" taken from the first five 38 Jazz 30 Black Frankie Sullivan, and Jim Valiance. Event organizers say they ex- shows, to be made available to ra- 40 Classical 32 Country Singles Action The publisher associated with the pect to raise $3 million -$5 million dio stations across the country. 47 Compact Discs 36 Country most awards is Warner -Tamerlane/ through ticket sales and mer- The radio network will also pro- 70 Hits of the World 42 Dance /Disco Foster Frees with nine. Four cita- chandising, with net proceeds go- duce a series of public -service an- 84 Top Pop 70 Hits of the World tions were awarded to Music Corp. ing to Amnesty International. nouncements detailing Amnesty Top Video /Computer 78 Hot 100 of America and Unichappell Music. But Healey says the primary pur- International's work. 80 Hot 100 45 Computer Software Singles Action Three were earned by Delightful pose of the event is to raise pub- The finale will also be syndicat- 50 Kid Video Music, Hot Cha Music, Keith Dia- lic awareness of the 25- year -old ed for broadcast television by 53 Videocassette Rentals mond Music, Screen Gems -EMI Mu- human -rights movement. Viacom. sic, 61 Music Videocassettes and Willesden Music. Winners Slated to join U2 and Sting are Tickets for the shows will be 62 Videocassette Sales of two awards were Garden Rake Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, Peter available through mail order in Music, Joelsongs, Mijac, Nymph Gabriel, the Neville Brothers, each city, with the deadline Fri- Music, ©Copyright 1986 by Billboard Publications, Inc. BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0006.2510) is Rightsong Music, and Rude and Lou Reed. Miles Davis, Jack- day (23) at midnight. The price is published weekly (except for the last week in December) by Billboard Publications, Inc., One Music. son Browne, Ruben Blades, and $36- including a $1 service Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Subscription rate: annual rate, Continental BMI honored six songs that had Third World will perform at the charge -with a limit of four tick- U.S. $148.00. Continental Europe £140. Billboard, Quadrant Subscription Service Ltd., Perry- mount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. Japan Y80,000. Music Labo, Inc., Dempa previously won awards. Honored final show, along with special ets per order. Seating will be re- Building, 2nd Floor, 11 -2, 1- Chome, Nigashi -Gotanda, Shinagawa -ku, Tokyo 141, Japan. Sec- for the third time was "Sea Of guests Carlos Santana, Pete served at all venues, with limited ond class postage paid at New York, N.Y. and at additional mailing office. Current and back Love" by Philip Batiste and George Townshend, and Nigerian activ- general- admission space on the copies of Billboard are available on microfilm from Kraus Microform, One Water Street, White Plains, N.Y. 10601 or Xerox University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. Khoury, published by Fort Knox ist and musician Fela Kuti. floor. 48106. Postmaster, please send changes of address to Billboard, P.O. Box 1413, Riverton, Music, Tek Publishing and Trio Mu- Browne is also scheduled to play (Continued on page 83) N.J. 08077, (609) 786 -1669. sic, with previous awards in 1959

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www.americanradiohistory.com Boost For Proposed Antipiracy Bill Reagan Talks Tough On Trade records and tapes alone is estimated cost the recording, motion picture, BY BILL HOLLAND at more than $1 billion annually, and computer software industries WASHINGTON President Reagan with Singapore -among the worst some $40 million each. is willing to deny all trade benefits offenders -said to be responsible South Korea is one of the top to countries now enjoying nonduty for $220 million. three beneficiaries of the GSP pro- privileges if they do not show evi- The administration's new tough gram of special trade benefits. The dence they are working to stop pira- policy and Wilson's proposal follow new GSP bill, signed by President cy and counterfeiting. a warning to South Korea last De- Reagan last October, includes The surprise communication to a cember that the U.S. would call for amendments providing penalties for group of senators involved in trade a withdrawal of special trade bene- offending countries. Wilson's bill issues comes as a boost to legisla- fits unless that country took steps would extend the penalties. tion by Korean piracy S. 2435 will the just introduced Sen. Pete against piracy. South become part of Record Breakers. Members of Alabama are presented with platinum disks for Wilson (D- Calif.) aimed is said to U.S. book bill now at prevent- cost publishers omnibus trade before the their "Alabama Greatest Hits" album. The group is the first country act to ing piracy and counterfeiting of some $70 million annually, and to Congress. receive eight consecutive platinum awards. Shown from left are RCA Nashville U.S. intellectual properties. director of merchandising Randy Goodman, group member Jeff Cook, RCA The bill -the Intellectual Proper- Nashville director of marketing Dave Wheeler, group member Teddy Gentry, & Access Act ty Protection Market RCA Nashville director of national country promotion Jack Weston, and group 1986, S. of 2435 -would strengthen members Randy Owen and Mark Herndon. the recently extended GSP bill, which provides economic trade MCA Classical Arm Set benefits to developing countries, as LOS ANGELES As expected, dent, first signaled such a goal well as other laws affecting inter- MCA Records has created a new last fall, and more recently un- national trade. classical product division, adding veiled a stepped -up commitment to Jxecutive rI\rnb1e Wilson, in remarks Monday (12) theatrical music in the process. vintage soundtrack product, in- introducing S. 2435, said that the Focal to the new division is vet- cluding movie musicals, that RECORD COMPANIES. MCA Records International moves its headquarters to cost of piracy to U.S. industries this eran RCA executive Tom Shepard, somewhat parallels the theatrical London and names Lou Cook chairman of the board of MCA Records U.K. year could run as high as $20 billion. who joins MCA as vice president in music thrust of Shepard's new He will continue as president of MCA Records International. Also, David "American records, tapes, com- charge of the new arm (see Execu- project. Ambrose is appointed managing director, MCA Records U.K., and Stuart puter software, drugs, movies, and tive Turntable, this page). Specu- Although MCA inherited some Watson is promoted to vice president, MCA Records International. Am- many other items that carry a copy- lation that the former Red Seal ex- classical catalog product through brose was director of a &r for EMI Records; Watson was senior internation- right, patent, or trademark are ille- ecutive would move to MCA had its late -'70s acquisition of ABC al director. gally duplicated, often with the ac- been widespread over the past Records, the new classical and the- Lou Maglia is appointed president of Island Records in New York. He quiescence and encouragement of month. atrical division is expected to fo- was executive vice president of Elektra Records. governments," Wilson said. He add- Even before those rumors sur- cus on new acquisitions. Shepard ed that some countries also place faced, however, top MCA execu- will direct the division from "unreasonable non -tariff barriers" tives had acknowledged an inter- MCA's New York offices. on those items, in forms ranging est in adding classical repertoire. from royalty ceilings to straight Myron Roth, executive vice presi- quotas. Wilson's bill would penalize coun- From L.A. To London tries that do not adequately protect U.S. intellectual property rights, and MCA International Moves HQ would force violating countries to enter into negotiations to resolve prob- LOS ANGELES MCA Records In announcing the relocation COOK AMBROSE MAGLIA COOPER lems. If the problems aren't solved International has shifted its head- and the accompanying appoint- after two years, the President would quarters from MCA's corporate ments, Irving Azoff, president of WEA International promotes Ken Cooper to executive vice president, then take retaliatory action. base here to London, a move un- the MCA Records & Music Group, based in London. He was senior vice president /treasurer. The penalties could include sus- derscored by a realignment of the cited the goal of strengthening the Tom Shepard is appointed vice president of MCA Records' newly formed pended or curtailed trade agree- division's top executives. international arm's overseas pres- classical and theatrical division in New York. He was vice president of ments, the imposition of a duty on MCA Records International ence. RCA's Red Seal division. articles imported from those coun- president Lou Cook adds the title "Lou Cook has been temporarily Ken Buttice is elevated to executive vice president of Allied Artists Rec- tries, and the imposition of quotas of chairman of MCA Records Ltd. headquartered in London since the ords in Los Angeles. He was vice president of promotion. or suspended GSP benefits. (U.K.), concurrent with the ap- beginning of the year, and we've A &M Records appoints Alan Oken executive director of artist develop- Under S. 2435, the President pointment of David Ambrose as already seen increased revenues," ment in Hollywood. He was director of that area. would be required to impose penal- managing director of the British noted Azoff, adding that the tim- ties "that have an economic impact subsidiary. Also affected is Stuart ing of the move is "appropriate substantially equivalent to the lost Watson, promoted to vice presi- with WEA International's in- revenues of U.S. companies caused dent of MCA Records Internation- creased presence there." by lack of intellectual property al (see Executive Turntable, this protection." page). The overseas market for bogus

Music Sales Corp. Boosts Classical SHEPARD OKEN MINGER REUBEN Phil Straight is named director of international for Warner Bros. Rec- G. Schirmer Purchase Will Help ords in Burbank. He was WEA U.K.'s director of international a &r. titure is consistent with that compa- lished relationships with major Columbia Records in Los Angeles appoints Darryl Minger associate di- BY IRV LICHTMAN ny's program of concentrating on record companies, advertising agen- rector of publicity for the West Coast. He had been a publicity consultant NEW YORK Declaring there is no its main interests of book publish- cies, and film and TV producers." for the label. "mystery in classical music," the ing, instruction, and information Wise, noting a "particularly Russ Hornbeck is appointed manager of a &r for PolyGram Special Proj- new owner of G. Schirmer Inc. says services. Macmillan acquired the bouyant period generally, and espe- ects in New York. He was a classical buyer for Elroy Enterprises. it intends to keep the classical flame company in the late '60s. cially as a result of the advent of the PolyGram Records names Jack Isquith national manager of rock radio in burning brightly. According to Robert Wise, U.K. - compact disk," says new writers New York. He was national director of college radio promotion for an inde- G. Schirmer, the 125- year -old based managing director of Music will be encouraged by the establish- pendent promotion firm. American music publisher, was re- Sales, the acquisition "balances our ment of G. Schirmer music festivals Bill Stephney joins Def Jam Records as director of national promotion cently sold by Macmillan to Music activities perfectly. [By uniting] an and scholarships. and marketing in New York. He was previously with the CMJ New Music Sales Corp. for a reported $7 million enormous classical catalog with In its long history, Schirmer, pub- Report and radio station WLIR. (Billboard, May 17). Campbell Connelly's wide contem- lisher of nearly half of the Pulitzer Steve Sussmann is appointed publicist for RCA /Ariola in New York. He Music Sales is a wide -ranging, 50- porary catalog ... classical music Prize -winning compositions in mu- was a freelance writer. year-old music publisher based in can be handled in the same way as sic to date, has been associated with Mike Millius is named president of the newly formed Rock Dream Rec- the U.K. -with music retail outlets pop. It's just left there for people to establishing the careers of such ords in New York. He had been creative director at MCA Music. Sheila there. It has also acquired a G. find." The old -line U.K. -originated American composers as Victor Her- Strom also joins the label, as director of promotions. She was with Strat- Schirmer subsidiary company, As- Campbell Connelly company was ac- bert, Sigmund Romberg, and ford Distributors. sociated Music Publishers, and two quired by Music Sales in late 1984. Rudolp Friml, in addition to publish- related U.K companies. "[Classical] can be promoted and ing such contemporary composers DISTRIRUTION /RETAILING. Richman Bros. Records in Pennsauken, N.J., ap- In a statement announcing com- exploited in an aggressive way us- as Gian -Carlo Menotti, Samuel Bar- points Mark Small chief financial officer and administrator. pletion of the buyout, Macmillan ing all of our special talents, partic- ber, Morton Gould, Duke Ellington, Paul Owen is promoted to director of operations at Source Video Distri- chairman Ned Evans said the dives- ularly print. We already have estab- (Continued on page 88) (Continued on page 82) 4 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

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As Head Of New RCA label the old and new hits by Janet tack, including new jazz and fusion Jackson at No. 6 and No. 53, Patti BY SAM SUTHERLAND recordings, new age recordings, and Austin at No. 59, the S.O.S. Band LOS ANGELES In building RCA's a revitalization of older catalog," he at No. 71, Force M.D.'s at No. 73, newest label division, veteran pro- says. "Over the course of the first (NAAT and Cherrelle with Alexander ducer and a &r executive Steve year, you'll be looking at 30 to 35 O'Neal at No. 74. Backer finds himself unravelling releases." All six of those records were re- jazz, fusion, and new age styles in The boundaries separating the corded at Jam & Lewis' Flyte transition. three sectors are blurred in Back- Tyme Productions in Minneapolis. Backer was formally appointed er's view, due in part to the lack of a RElIT Three other singles on the current head of the long- rumored but still single dominant musical trend. Of Hot 100 were also cut in Minneapo- unnamed new RCA subsidiary sev- the shifting balance between fusion by Paul Grein lis: Prince's "Kiss" and "Moun- eral weeks ago, ending weeks of and purer, mainstream jazz styles, tains" and the Jets' "Crush On speculation following his resigna- he notes, "There is no single move- PATTI LABELLE's "Winner In The close alignment between the You." This is a record for the city, tion from Windham Hill Records, ment dominating the music as there You" debuts at No. 14 on this pop and AC charts will probably according to Jon Bream, pop music where he had served as a vice presi- was in past decades, save perhaps week's Top Pop Albums chart, as come as a surprise to those who critic for the Minneapolis Star & dent and East Coast manager for for a return of traditionalism in its first single, "On My Own," figure AC is still playing Helen Tribune. five years. much of the playing. leaps from No. 11 to No. 3 on the Reddy and the Captain & Ten - Genesis' new single, "Invisible Although new age will be among "This is a period of retrenchment, Hot 100. "On My Own," a duet nille. But it will be old news for Touch," is shipping to radio at the the styles explored, Backer gives so it makes sense for us to present a with Michael McDonald, is the you insiders who are aware that same time that two members of equal if not greater weight to cross -section." He also frankly cites first single to enter the top 10 as such mainstream pop- rockers as that trio are enjoying top 10 hits of RCA's reentry into jazz. the need to buttress more experi- high as No. 3 since Olivia Newton - their own. Phil Collins' "Take Me "We'll have a three -pronged at- (Continued on page 8.9) John's "Physical" nearly five Home" holds at No. 7 for the third years ago. LaBelle's new LP straight week, and Mike (Ruther- But the big news this week is the debuts at No. 14 ford) & the Mechanics' "All I New Applications On The Agenda spectacular chart entry of La- Need Is A Miracle" jumps to No. Belle's album. It's one of the three 10. It's the first time two members highest debuts of the year. Van Bruce Springsteen, Starship, and of an ongoing group have been list- Petrone Takes At CD Halen's "5150" bowed at No. 13; Heart have all notched No. 1 AC ed in the top 10 simultaneously AIM Prince & the Revolution's "Pa- hits since the beginning of the since December 1981, when two LOS ANGELES With audio com- ferent markets and distribution chan- rade" also opened at No. 14. The year. members of Fleetwood Mac made pact disks now established in the con- nels likely to emerge as CD- Interac- difference, of course, is that the grade. Stevie Nicks was repre- sumer marketplace, Emiel Petrone, a tive (CD -I), CD -Video (CD -V), and "5150" was Van Halen's followup WHITNEY HOUSTON's smash sented with "Leather And Lace "; veteran of the CD introduction wars, CD -Omni formats are established. to six consecutive platinum al- debut album holds at No. 1 on the Lindsay Buckingham had "Trou- is shifting his sights to CD's new Like Cornyn, whose Record Group bums, and "Parade" came on the Top Pop Albums chart for a ninth ble." world of multimedia applications. software venture will be marketed heels of back -to -back No. 1 albums. week, matching the 1971 run of Petrone thus finds himself wearing through AIM, Petrone envisions By contrast, LaBelle's last studio Janis Joplin's "Pearl." Only one WE GET LETTERS: We have two two corporate caps, continuing as Po- joint -venture affiliations with estab- album, "I'm In Love Again," album by a female artist in the last additions to our recent list of lyGram's U.S. vice president for CD lished firms in such fields as electron- peaked at No. 40. 20 years has had a longer run at groups with female drummers to marketing even as he assumes new ic gaming, computing, and publishing In fact, the No. 14 debut of No. 1: Carole King's "Tapestry," land top 10 pop singles. Stephen H. stripes as marketing and public rela- as a key factor in setting a multi - "Winner In You" just may be the with 15 weeks. Maxwell of Princeton, N.J., who tions vice president for American In- tiered distribution scheme. "But we highest ever for an album that Incidentally, we erred last week supplied the original item, notes teractive Media (AIM), the joint Poly - see record stores becoming home en- wasn't the followup to a blockbust- in our lead item on Houston. What that he overlooked Eden of ABC. Gram /Philips software venture (Bill- tertainment centers, and well posi- er or the latest by a hot act riding a we meant to say was that Houston And Fred Washko of Hazleton, board, May 10). tioned to benefit from these prod- long string of hits. is the first female solo artist to Pa., reminds us of Bernadette "Just from the standpoint of where ucts," he adds. "On My Own," which holds at reach No. 1 with three consecutive Cooper of Klymaxx. compact disk audio is going, it's now Even though he's still working No. 1 on the black and 12 -inch sales chart hits. She tops Donna Sum- And Mark Monette of Saratoga another configuration," says Pe- from PolyGram's Los Angeles of- charts, is now a strong candidate mer, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Springs, N.Y., notes that Heart's trone. "The major labels now have all fices, and continues to shepherd that to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100. But its Roberta Flack, Cher, and Olivia "These Dreams" and the Cars' their ducks lined up." company's CD marketing, Petrone sales are still running far ahead of Newton -John, all of whom hit No. "Drive" have something unusual He concedes, however, that manu- says AIM is already staffed. The its airplay. The song is No. 2 on 1 with two straight singles. in common. Both are the biggest facturing capacity remains a factor, company's chairman, Gordon Stul- this week's sales top 30, but is only Andrew Craner of New York hits those groups have ever had, compelling majors to set release pri- berg, and president, Dr. Bernie Lus- No. 10 in airplay. was the first to bring the slip to and both feature lead vocals by a orities until CD replication can catch kin, have filled key administration our attention. Craner signed off by member of the group who had nev- up with demand. and program development posts, in ADULT CONTEMPORARY radio noting, "In case you print my let- er before been spotlighted on a sin- While his experience in the North anticipation of a 1987 market entry. is more in line with pop radio than ter, I would like to wish Whitney gle release. "These Dreams" was American launch of CD will help Petrone also notes plans for sister at any time in recent memory. In the best of luck with her career. sung by Nancy Wilson, whereas shape marketing at AIM, Petrone software ventures in Europe and Ja- fact, the same three records, in the My friends and I think that she's sister Ann sang lead on Heart's echoes the forecast of colleague Stan pan. "In Europe, it will likely be Eu- same order, are at the top of this DYNAMITE!!!" other chart hits; "Drive" was sung Cornyn in sketching a mosaic of dif ropean Interactive Media, while the week's pop and AC charts. Whit- by Cars bassist Ben Orr, in place Asian company will likely be called ney Houston's "Greatest Love Of FAST FACTS: The molten -hot of regular lead singer Ric Ocasek. Pacific Interactive Media." All" is No. 1 on both charts, Ma- team of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lew- Give us other examples of this phe- NAIRD attendees SAM SUTHERLAND donna's "Live To Tell" is No. 2, is was responsible for writing and nomenon, and we'll give you a plug smile for the and the LaBelle /McDonald duet producing six (count 'em) singles in a future column. camera, page 71 "On Our Own" is No. 3. on this week's Hot 100. They have

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www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard Offices: ommentary New York Los Angeles 1515 Broadway 9107 Wilshire Blvd. N.Y. 10036 Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210 212 764 -7300 213 273-7040 Their Time Has Come telex 710 581 -6279 telex 66 -4969 cable Billboy NY cable Billboy LA Nashville Washington, D.C. 14 Music Circle E. 733 15th St. N.W. -INTEREST VIDEO Tenn. 37203 D.C. 20005 PROFITING FROM SPECIAL 615 748 -8100 202 783 -3282 Another key element is the matu- stations carry videos today. The thusiasm, has overstated his poten- London Tokyo BY THOMAS DeMAEYER tial sales. He hasn't researched his 71 Beak St. 6- 19 -16, Jingumae rity of the market. When VCRs opening up of new retailing outlets WIR 3LF Shibuya -ku, Tokyo The production of special- interest were first introduced, X -rated prod- has contributed greatly to the market properly. 01 439 -9411 03 498 -4641 programming for the home video uct was the category most in de- growth of video publishing. Market research doesn't neces- telex 125735 market is a field whose time has mand. And when the novelty of that For example, someone who wants sarily mean that a research firm has Publisher & Editor -In- Chief: come. genre wore off, theatricals became to produce a tape on improving a to be hired. But at least it should in- SAM HOLDSWORTH There are now more than 300 the big sellers. Even today, Holly- golf swing may not find his local volve some time in a local library Associate Publisher /Director of Research: in carrying and talks with pertinent trade asso- MARTY FEELY companies involved in such video wood motion pictures constitute the video dealer interested Associate Publisher/ publishing, and we predict the num- major source of video sales and it. Pro shops, on the other hand, ciations and potential retailers be- Director of Marketing and Sales: ber will grow significantly over the fore a sales projection is developed. GENE SMITH next few years. These companies in- With a little bit of effort, some International Editorial Director: can be arrived at. If the MIKE HENNESSEY clude industry giants like Random `Possibilities limited numbers General Manager /Nashville: GERRY WOOD House, Esquire, and Simon & tape is for advanced golfers, one also a by imagination may find out that only about one Editorial Schuster. But there are large only number of one- or two -person out- million of the six million golfers in Managing Editor: KEN SCHLAGER fits that may be short on resources, and awareness of the U.S. can be considered ad- Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman but long on enthusiasm, ideas and vanced. If 30% of the population Executive Editor: Is Horowitz the marketplace' owns VCRs, advanced golfers may News /Financial Editor: Fred Goodman desire. Art Director: Jeff Nisbet Successful special -interest videos be expected to own 300,000. Perhaps Copy Editor: Jean Rosenbluth run the gamut from exercise tapes one in 20 will want to buy the pro- Special Issues: to wine- tasting guides, and from gram. This brings a reasonable Editor: Ed Ochs (Los Angeles) cultural productions to programs sales projection down to 15,000 Assistant Editor: Robyn Wells (N.Y.) about cattle roping. The possibilities units. Bureau Chiefs: are limited only by a producer's Thomas DeMaeyer is senior vice president of In this hypothetical case, an ini- Sam Sutherland (Los Angeles) VCA /Technicolor, a video duplicating firm Bill Holland (Washington) imagination -and his awareness of tial order of 5,000 should more than based in New York. Editors: the marketplace. suffice. New York: Steven Dupler, Nancy Erlich, Many video publishers are mak- However, there are still other fac- Nelson George, Steve Gett, Geoff Mayfield, ing money. Sometimes lots of mon- tors that must be examined before Tony Seideman, Kim Freeman (asst. editor), Key Linda Moleski (editorial assistant) ey. The classic "Jane Fonda's Work- rentals. may be very interested. And there committing to production. di- revolve around the com- Los Angeles: Paul Grein, Jim McCullaugh, out," for instance, has sold hun- But now, increasing numbers of are also real opportunities for questions Earl Paige, John Sippel dreds of thousands of copies. While VCR owners are discovering they rect -mail sales by advertising in petitive environment. How many Nashville: Edward Morris few special -interest tapes will reach can use VCRs for more than just an golfing magazines. other similar tapes are already on London: Peter Jones this level, it is often possible to evening's entertainment. They are The size and maturity of the VCR the market? How well are they sell- achieve profitability through the finding them useful for educational, market, and the availability of new ing? Is there room for another? Charts & Research sale of as few as 3,000 or 4,000 enrichment, and informational pur- retail oulets, have contributed to Once the proper data is assem- Director of Charts /Associate Publisher: copies. poses. And they seem to want this making video publishing a viable bled and analyzed, realistic budgets Thomas Noonan But success in the video publish- type of programming. business. But success in the market- can be developed to encompass pro- Hot 100 Chart Mgr.: Michael Ellis duction, duplication, advertising, Country Chart Mgr.: Don Kamerer ing industry, even when a video- To satisfy this demand, there has place is far from guaranteed. Black Chart Mgr.: Mike Mongiovi cassette is of the highest quality, is been a shift in the way such video If there's one classic mistake that and promotion. The conclusion may Research Mgr.: JoDean Adams critically dependent on well -planned programs are made available to con- a new producer makes, it's failing to be that the project can never recoup New York: Harry Michel (retail supervisor), marketing campaigns. sumers. The traditional two -step assess with reasonable accuracy the a $250,000 production outlay. But Kevin Murray (radio supervisor), Before getting into specifics, it process -from distributor to retail- potential market for his program. $80,000 may well be a realistic fig- Jimmy Canosa, Ed Coakley, Rita Ferrence, Kathy Gillis, Eleanore Greenberg, Cathy may be helpful to look at some of er -has not proven effective for It's too easy to believe the world ure. Kaslow, Robert Martucci, Lillian McGuire, the reasons why the video publish- special- interest product. The video will share his enthusiasm. Unfortunately, there are all too Sharon Russell, Debra Todd, Marc Zubatkin ing field has become a viable busi- retailing business remains driven "There are millions of golfers out many examples of programs that written Marketing & Sales ness, after several false starts. by hits, and retailers can't afford to there," he is apt to tell himself. are visual treats, superbly A prime factor is the sheer size of carry a wide array of special-inter- "Surely they'll all want to buy my and produced, but will never sell Director of Sales, Video /Sound: Ron Willman the home video market. About 30% est tapes. program." enough to break even, let alone Promotion Director: Phylis Goldberg make a profit. Information Mgr.: Michele J. Gambardella of all-U.S. households now have at However, video specialty stores So the producer comes to the New York: Norm Berkowitz, least one VCR. This provides a base are no longer the only place where videocassette duplicator and says, The time spent in analysis before Grace Whitney -Kolins, of some 27 million homes, a number consumers can find videocassettes. "Give me an initial run of 75,000 cas- any production money is spent can Jeff Serrette (classified) sufficient to support special- inter- Supermarkets, book shops, wine settes." Only too often it turns out be of tremendous help in determin- Los Angeles: Christine Matuchek, Mickey Grennan, Mary Fisher est programming. stores, bowling alleys, and even gas that the producer, blinded by his en- ing success as a video publisher. Nashville: John McCartney London: Patrick Campbell Tokyo: Hugh Nishikawa Letters to the Editor Milan: Germano Ruscitto, 28 -29 -158 Hamburg: H.M. v. Frankenberg, 40 271 3221 COUNTRY CROSSOVER not seen him in several years will be If the industry expects CD sales Philip David Morgan Paris: Jean -Luc Morel, 1- 47- 20 -40 -32 I think it's a shame that country -pop pleasantly surprised. There's much to continue to gain, a decrease in Saint James, N.Y. Sydney: Mike Lewis, 612 412 -4626 songs are ignored by top 40 radio more to his shows than just roman- their list price is in order. Toronto: Karla Goldstein, 416 928-0569 programmers these days. tic ballads. Sammy Caine & Peter Marzulli SONGWRITER MALPRACTICE Production Is country music so unattractive Sheron Y. Tippens Fantasy Productions You have been reporting on prob- to Fort Worth, Texas Flushing, N.Y. lems in Nashville for some time Corporate & Billboard Production Director: their listeners that they won't MARIE R. GOMBERT give Dan Seals a chance? And it's now. Recent news tells us that a lot Advertising Production Mgr.: John Wallace hard to understand why great coun- GROWING PAINS LATIN MUSIC VIDEOS of songwriters are being laid off in Atex System Mgr.: Raymond H. Heitzman try -pop songs by Alabama, Gary When will the record industry wake I have a message for Carlos Barba, Music City. Edit. Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders Edit. Production Coordinator: Dolores Palombit Morris, and Ronnie Milsap became up? What do they think the price president of WNUJ -TV /NetSpan One reason may be that those country hits but failed even to hit hikes of compact disks will accom- (Notas, May 3). guys in Nashville have turned the Administration the Hot 100. Their songs should plish? If anything, a less- than -en- There are probably hundreds of honorable art of country songwrit- Business Manager /Directories Publisher: have the same right to top 40 as thusiastic future is in store for the people in the record industry who ing into a phony stream of drivel JOHN BABCOCK JR. black crossovers by Janet Jackson, CD digital audio system if retail disagree with his claim that "video - that people just won't buy. V.P. & Executive Editorial Director: Lee Zhito to clips killing [Latin] record It's a shame when anybody gets Divisional Controller: Tom Hasselle the Force M.D.'s, or Atlantic Starr. prices continue rise. are the Circulation: Eileen Bell, Gina Oh Jochen Metzger If record companies want the CD industry." What does he think a laid off. But some of these guys License & Permissions Mgr: Georgina Challis Mainz, West Germany to become the prerecorded medium good many people prefer -a tight should be thankful they can't be Directory Services Mgr: Leslie Shaver of the future, why are they making three- to five -minute clip with fine sued for songwriter malpractice. Credit Manager: Howard Wolff THE MANILOW MYTH the cost of the software beyond the sound and picture, or a long -form Walter Williams Billboard Publications Inc. Thanks for printing the results of budget of the mass market consum- TV special with fake applause, so -so Long Beach, Calif. lip- no President & Chief Executive Officer: the Barry Manilow survey (On Tar- er? They must depend on this con- synching to a record, and GERALD S. HOBBS get, April 26). Those of us who are sumer to begin purchasing the prod- hook? Executive Vice President: Sam Holdsworth Manilow fans are aware of the audi- uct now. A clip doesn't always have to be Articles and letters appearing on Senior Vice President: Ann Haire ence makeup and wince when we Unfortunately, as prices increase "someone else's interpretation" of this page serve as a forum for the Vice Presidents: John B. Babcock, Paul Curran, are all too often portrayed as mid- rather than decline, mass market what a group or artist feels. If Todd expression of views of general in- Rosalee Lovett, Martin R. Feely, Lee Zhito Managing Director, Billboard Ltd.: dle -aged housewives with limited in- consumer hesitation will also in- Rundgren and his band Utopia have terest. Contributions should be R. Michael Hennessey telligence. crease. In fact, many consumers are been able to create their own music submitted to Is Horowitz, Com- Publisher: Billboard Operations Europe: I hope these survey results will already resisting initial hardware videos without a great deal of out- mentary Editor, Billboard, 1515 Theo Roos high cost of side help, why shouldn't Latin Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Chairman Emeritus: W.D. Littleford prompt more people to attend investment due to the acts Barry's concerts. Anyone who has subsequent software purchases. have a similar say?

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www.americanradiohistory.com dio WBCN Competitors Rock The Album Boat WZLX, WAAF Challenge Boston's Longtime Leader station targets is WBCN. "WBCN Aerosmith birthday concert with BY DENIS McNAMARA is an outstanding station, but we sandwich boards that read: "WAAF NEW YORK Boston's album rock provide our own uniqueness in the wishes WBCN a happy birthday." radio war is heating up, with two in- market. We are mainstream, they Industry observers say WBCN surgents taking aim at the tradi- are progressive. We play hits that has reacted to the growing competi- tional market leader. are rock'n'roll, while they go three tion by adding a harder rock edge to WBCN, the city's legendary pro- or four cuts deep on an album." its sound. gressive outlet, remains the most- WZLX program director Bill Replies WBCN program director listened-to music station in town. Smith also says his station's Arbi- Oedipus: "I never disclose my game But classic hits station WZLX and tron gains have been achieved at plan. We're making the necessary Worcester-based mainstream al- WBCN's expense. "We're delighted adjustments to maintain our market bum rocker WAAF are chipping with the results," he says. "Our dominance. We don't react, we act. away at WBCN's dominance with first conclusion was that we took We're constantly active, and we're different methods. listeners from WBCN. Our research going to maintain." WZLX changed its call letters shows it's true. We have so many Oedipus admits he is "concerned" from WKKT last October and be- people now calling the station who about WAAF's rise. But he adds, came the market's first classic hits admit they switched from 'BCN." "It's only one book, and I look ev- at Dirty Half Dozen. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards poses with WNEW- outlet. The format has become in- At WAAF, promotions are aimed eryone in it as a competitor." FM New York staffers and the winner of the rock outlet's "Dirty Work" contest, creasingly popular in a number of directly at the WBCN listener. A re- Of his Worcester competitor, he in which listener U.S. markets over the last year cent television commercial included says, "They're like an itch one won his own axe to grind from Richards' collection. that Standing, from left, are WNEW music director Mark Chernoff, CBS Records' (Billboard, April 5). the following dialog: " 'BCN's a won't go away. They don't take any Linda Kirishjian, Richards, winner Sean Corley, and WNEW's director of In the winter Arbitron ratings for great station; I just want to rock. ad dollars away from us. They can advertising and promotion Rose Polidoro and assistant promotion manager the Boston market, WZLX jumped Enough talk!" Later in the spot, a make all kinds I of claims, but can't Aileen Krikoryan. to a 5.0 12 -plus share from a 3.1 in WBCN bumper sticker is covered pick up their signal in Boston. the fall, and to a 6.9 in men 18 -plus over by a WAAF sticker. "They are the Worcester station. from a 3.9 in the fall. The station The station even had people As far as I'm concerned, we do not ranked second to WBCN in men 25- march outside WBCN's recent (Continued on page 14) 34. WAAF, located 50 miles west of Boston, jumped from a 2.4 to a 3.3 12 -plus in the winter ARB book. The New FCC Rule station ranked first among men 18- Spurs 24; WBCN was second. WAAF ranked fifth among teens in Boston with a 10.2 share; WBCN AM/FM Combo Simulcasts finished sixth with a 9.8. WBCN led future of the AM band. BY PAT MARTIN music stations in the market in men Brian Stone, chief operating offi- o414134 18 -plus with an 8.7, but WAAF's 4.8 MILWAUKEE With the recent cer of Pyramid Broadcasting, says Programmers reveal why they have jumped on was impressive. change in FCC regulations, more his company has used the rule to its particular new releases. According to WAAF program di- AM /FM combination stations are advantage at its Rochester and Buf- rector Cynde Slater, the Katz taking advantage of rules permit- falo, N.Y., properties. Its Pitts- TOP 40 Broadcasting facility "made a com- ting full 24 -hour simulcasts. burgh, Philadelphia, and Boston ra- Making waves at WAVA Washington is Janet Jackson "Nasty" mitment to go after the Boston mar- Those involved in or observing dio combos remain independently (A &M). Her last single, "What Have You Done For Me Lately," was a ket two years ago." Slater inherited the trend of programming duplica- programmed. smash, but WAVA program director Mark St. John says this single the WAAF game plan when she be- tion have a variety of projections on "We made the move based on the could easily stand on its own. "As the title suggests," he says, "this came program director last June. the impact full -time simulcasting technical facility of the stations in- isn't a namby -pamby record. It's taking her in a different direction." She says the only competitor the will have on operating costs and the volved," Stone says. "To survive in the marketplace, they must be able to stand on their own. In Boston, it's BLACK /URBAN a different situation [with WXKS- The Timex Social Club's "Rumors" (Jay) gets another heavyweight AM-FM]. The FM is a top 40 and the plug, this week from XHRM San Diego, where music director Lee AM has a "Music Of Your Life" for- McCollum says the record drew enough requests and sales movement mat. They're both pulling their to jump from No. 17 to No. 1 on last week's playlist. "It's overwhelm- weight." ing the market from clubs to high schools," he says. Another heavily ...newsline... Stone says the duplicating sta- requested independent track is Stolyn Kiss' "S.O.S. I'm Falling" tions aren't saving much money. (Emergency). And "Pee Wee's Dance" by Joesky Love (Vintertain- JOSEPHSON INTERNATIONAL will sell its six properties to a group headed "Those stations were partially si- ment /Elektra) is living up to expectations in San Diego. by Josephson Communications president Ed Christian for $39.9 million. mulcast to begin with. We're not The transaction, pending FCC approval, will be financed by the Boston talking about heavy dollar expendi- Ventures investment firm. The Josephson group includes WNOR -AM- tures, high salaries, or employee ALBUM ROCK FM Norfolk, Va., WVKO /WSNY Columbus, Ohio, WKLH -FM Mil- benefits. We didn't do it in strict "You have to be deaf, dumb, and blind not to hear the Sluggers"'Over waukee, and WZKC -FM Rochester, N.Y. terms of cost or expenses." The Fence' (Arista)," says WDHA Dover, N.J., PD Mike Boyle. His WBCS -AM -FM Milwaukee pro- simple description of the Nashville band is "refreshing, straight-ahead MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS appoints Clayton Kaufman senior vice presi- gram director Don Cristi offers a rock'n'roll." In the "rock meets funk" category, Boyle raves about the dent /radio. Kaufman is a 34 -year veteran of Midwest flagship outlet different rationale. "Our decision to Suburbs. He's playing the lead track "Number 9" (A &M), but says WCCO Minneapolis. There, Steven Goldstein is named vice president/ go the simulcast route was strictly "America Sings The Blues" would have been his single pick. Boyle general manager. Formerly a senior VP at Carmichael -Lynch Inc., from the bottom line," he says. calls Belinda Carlisle's "Mad About You" (IRS) "the Go-Go's grown Goldstein has worked on WCCO's TV marketing and advertising ac- "We're trying to cut the loss as up." And from tougher rock ranks, the PD calls attention to "Off My counts for the past nine years. much as possible. I would love to try Mind" (Reprise) by Eric Johnson, a member of the Stevie Ray a separate format, but it's just not Vaughan great guitar camp who is already doing well in his native HARRIS COMMUNICATIONS brings Chris Gable on board as vice president/ possible." The AM country outlet Southwest. programming. The appointment represents an expansion for the Phila- switched to a full -time simulcast delphia-based consultancy, run by "adult rock" proponent George Har- April 14. ris. Gable's 15 years of experience include his most recent post, Cristi says WBCS lost one full - COUNTRY WWLI /WEAN Providence, R.I., station manager. time and three part -time personnel KWJJ Portland program director Larry Coates lost no time in adding members in merging the two sta- Merle Haggard's "You've Got A Friend In California" (Epic). "It's SANDUSKY RADIO appoints Tim Davidson general manager of KLSY -AM- tions. "Although it's a good busi- your typical sad song," says Coates, "but it's a real fresh approach for FM Bellevue, Wash. He was VP /GM at KING -AM Seattle. ness decision for us," Cristi contin- Merle " -an attribute he applies to everything from the vocals to the (Continued on page 13) upbeat arrangement. Another quick add at KWJJ is David Allan Coe's BOB CHRISTI is named operations manager of WLTE -FM Minneapolis. "A Country Boy Who Rolled The Rock Away" (Columbia), "a strong He was VP /GM and a part owner of KBND /KLRR Bend, Ore. lyric record, with excellent production that just knocks me out." Going Who is financing with a more established hit, Coates points to strong response on Steve THOMAS KENNEDY is promoted from general sales manager to GM at Earle's "Hillbilly Highway" (MCA). "I think this has done better than Summit Communications outlet KXXY -AM -FM Oklahoma City. Before station buys? anyone expected it to," he says, urging programmers nervous about joining the combo a year ago, Kennedy was GSM at WRNL Richmond, See Financially the "hillbilly" reference to take a second pass at the rough -hewn rocka- Va. Speaking, p. 75 billy track. KIM FREEMAN

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Joy Of Buying. Legacy Broadcasting executives watch the ink dry on final contracts for the company's $43 million purchase of KJOI Los Angeles. The Kissing The Wax. RCA act Wax draws some radio friends to the Hollywood Wax Museum for a bash celebrating the deal marked a record price for a stand -alone sale until KROQ Los Angeles was group's debut album, "Magnetic Heaven." Standing from left are KIIS -FM Los Angeles music director Gene Sandbloom, sold to Infinity Broadcasting for more than $45 million. Shown from left are RCA's Steve Leavitt, Wax's Edward Robinson and Andrew Gold, KITS assistant MD David Kort, and RCA's Greg Flier. Legacy co- chairman Carl Hirsch, KJOI executive VP John Lynch, Legacy VP Seated are KIIS's assistant PD Mike Schaefer and RCA's Jeffrey Naumann. Phyllis Hirsch, media broker Hugh Ben La Rue, and Legacy co- chairman Robert F.X. Silllerman.

Stars And Sisters. Staffers from WWQO Wilmington, N.C., enjoy a visit from country's favorite siblings, the Forester Sisters, who were in town for a concert promoted by the station. Standing from left are WWOQ's PD /morning man "Dr. Dale" Vaught, afternoon man Mark McKay, and midday talent Joanie Dee.

Radio On The Road. Staffers from NBC /The Source affiliate WLVQ Columbus, Ohio, enjoy a trip to New York for a remote morning broadcast from NBC's studios there. Seated from left are WLVQ's morning man Daddy Wags, newswoman J.J. Jeffries PD /morning partner Pat Still, and Source correspondent Bob Madigan.

Hitting AIR The Bases. WSKS -FM Cincinnati staffers get ready to take some listeners out to the ball game during the album rock outlet's "Opening Day Off With Pay Off" promotion. Standing from left are "96 Rock" air talents Brian Rhodes, PD Marty Bender, and Steve Kramer, with two winning listeners.

Heavy And Hep. WBCN Boston VP/ GM Tony Berardirli, right, accepts the ABC Advisors. Programmers from ABC Radio Network affiliate stations meat in keys to the city of Worcester from New York to swap opinions on ABC's current and future output. Standing from Congressional aide Walter Shea. The left are WBLS New York PD B.K. Kirkland, WLIB New York editorial director Carl ceremony took place when WBCN re- Ferguson, WJMI Jackson, Mich., PD Carl Haynes, WLIB /WBLS GM Charles The Gag Gag. KYTD Santa Barbara morning men Jay Fowler, left, and Dave named the Centrum the "BCN -Trum" Warfield, and KDAY Los Angeles PD Jack Patterson. Seated are KRNB Hefferman, right, watch helplessly as the syndicated comedy team of Stevens & and treated 13,000 listeners to a free Memphis PD Rick Wagner, WUSL Philadelphia news anchor Loraine Ballard Grdnic take control of the station's early program. concert by local heroes Aerosmith. Morrill, and WMBX Chicago PD Marco Spoon.

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RULE SPURS SIMULCASTS (Continued from page 10) . r ues, "I think that this -a nationwide trend -will further the demise of AM radio." Several stations in the Minneapo- lis/St. Paul market are full -time simulcast operations. KQRS has been a 24 -hour simulcast operation since t A 0 1969, says the album rock combo's - operations manager, Dave Hamil- . f"--N --N 1 ton. "Except for a brief period in n r . 1982 during which the station went c'\ -1 to an oldies format, we've always been simulcast," Hamilton explains. "We have been able to simulcast all . ` ; Q of this time because we're actually -'/ .) licensed to Golden Valley, and it had \J\) ` J - a population of under 25,000 per- : :. 1- 1., . sons, permitting us full -time dupli- ,/" .. ' cation under the old rules. We now r.7', our AM like a daytime -only i*1 I: r' 1, treat 1, ^ ' 1 . station because it has such a poor /1 1 ! .ti /' í 1 `.,, 1 Lf' nighttime signal." KJJO Minneapolis went to a full - time simulcast operation last week. The station's general manager, f ) _ ¡ ; ,1 Mike Wagner, says, "I think it's the , .: - 1,% ¡/ p combination of a low -powered 1000 - 11- l ' x `f ,r"", i watt station and an county metro ', : that's forced us to simulcast. Our ' \ A P r market runs from the Wisconsin/ l'rl . t \ all l 1 e Minnesota border almost the rth ' . ' / . r"j . \ Pl. ,/ , way to St. Cloud. Of the three 50kw F - . 1\ < <,o,

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1r. Tina's Towní Appearance. Tina Turner pays a between- albums visit to supporters at WDKX Rochester, N.Y. She's pictured here with WDKX air personality Renie Hale, right, and Linda Cufari, director of the city's Jewish Community Fitness Center.

RULE SPURS SIMULCASTS (Continued from preceding page) graphics and improve their marketing strategies. This could be a boon to those faltering AMs." Not all stations are immediately using the full provisions of the new ruling. Jay Cook, VP /GM of KKBQ- AM-FM Houston, says the Gannett combo is simulcasting in drive times. "It's highly likely that we will go to a full simulcast operation," he says. "But we're exploring all other alternatives before we make the full commitment." There are other stations in major markets, who asked not to be identi- fied, that have plans to go to full simulcast operations shortly.

Pat Martin is a Milwaukee -based talent, programming, and marketing consultant and is author of the book "The Major Market Meth- od."

It's 25 years since their meteoric rise to ALBUM ROCK WAR stardom began with the airing (Continued from page 10) of `Surfin.' And to celebrate, r United Stations Programming Network compete. When they become domi- is saluting America's favorite group with an nant and take ad dollars, then all -new, 3 -hour, 4th of July blockbuster they'll become a factor." special, THE BEACH BOYS SILVER According to Slater, however, ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, that tracks their 50% of WAAF's advertising reve- fabulous careers through hits and interviews nue comes from the Boston metro area. advertising is from the sixties right up to the present day. "If the bottom line," she says, "we are a Boston ra- The sand ... the surf ... THE BEACH BOYS dio station." . and the 4th of July. Its a natural -a She admits that the outlet's sig- íTh show so hot it should set new records. Call nal is its biggest handicap. The sta- today to reserve this hit special in your tion cannot be heard in many parts market. of downtown Boston. (Note: Each hour will have twelve commerci WAAF has a dual -city legal ID, minutes: seven local, live netwo given once an hour, that identifies For station clearance information call United Static the outlet as "WAAF Worcester/ - Programming Network Affiliate Relations Boston." Other than that, Slater Washington, D.C. at (703) 276 -290 says, the call letters are only men- .< (61=1 For national sales information call United Statio tioned in association with Boston. Programming Network in New Y 2) 575 -61 Slater's most important programming device is a 40- minute nonstop music set every hour of every day. She achieves this by never program- qekThImie ming more than eight commercial spots in a given hour. She says she rrtf) can accomplish this because the station has "a sales department with integrity." Slater says WAAF can continue to grow in the Boston ratings as long as it provides "the music that people like the most and dislike the least."

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Supporting more left -field music BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND LIKE A ROCK is KZEW Dallas' "The Rock'n'roll 1 1 5 6 CAPITOL WYNY NEW YORK rumors put Alternative," which marked its PETER GABRIEL SLEDGEHAMMER 2 6 11 4 to rest: "I've disappointed every- ninth anniversary last week. The GEFFEN 8 THE ROLLING STONES ONE HIT TO THE BODY body so far by not making 50 mil- Sunday night program's initiator, 3 3 4 lion radical changes," jokes the George Gimarc, continues his cru- ROLLING STONES LH EMOODY BLUES YOUR WILDEST DREAMS NBC outlet's new VP /GM, John sade as host, and last week threw 4 2 3 6 Irwin. "We've heard it's going to an on -air party featuring Dallas/ 38 SPECIAL LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT WZGO Philadelphia will soon be be everything from all -gospel to Ft. Worth faves the Trees, Horton 5 5 8 4 Heet, Shallow Reign, and others. HEART NOTHIN' AT ALL known as WTRK. The top 40 for- new wave rock." 6 7 7 5 mat will remain intact, says VP/ The real story, says Irwin, is a WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND GM Don Kidwell, but a marketing shift toward "mainstream AC," MR. LEONARD should soon be 7 9 12 5 G ISTA campaign that will present the out- which he describes as adding a top making more live appearances on BE GOOD TO YOURSELF let in a new way is in the works. 40 flair to the AC realm. For WHTZ (Z -100) New York because 8 4 2 7 è/att¡ NEY is work- WYNY, mean between 15 the character's alter ego, Johnny JOURNEY GIRL CAN'T HELP IT Consultant Mike Joseph that'll 9 13 21 3 ing closely with the station, which and 20 currents, with two-thirds of Rio, has packed his bag of bits for COLUMBI A VAN HALEN DREAMS has been out a PD since Steve Da- the playlist drawn from hits from a permanent slot on the Gotham Z- 10 15 19 8 WARNER BROS. vis left for WARM Atlanta. 1978 to the present, and the rest Morning Zoo. That's a relocation AJOE JACKSON RIGHT AND WRONG Another situation to watch is the from the '60s to '78. "We play fa- from Gannett's KKBQ -AM -FM 11 12 15 7 one at WBLS New York, where vorites" is now WYNY's tagline, a . EZ Communications top 40 out- VAN HALEN BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 12 16 16 8 music director May James depart- slogan Irwin finds flexible enough let WEZB New Orleans ups Sonny WARNER BROS. a THE ROLLING STONES WINNING UGLY ed last week. It looks like former to cover the music, artists, and per- Crockett to production director, 13 11 l0 7 ROLLING STONES MD Buggs will be sonalities. post he'd held for WKJJ Louisville WRKS Fred SIMPLE MINDS ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID taking her slot. Some sources say One key Irwin is counting on is before joining B -97. Taking over 14 10 9 10 the legendary Frankie Crocker more music in the mornings. In Crockett's midday duties is J.D. LISTEN LIKE THIEVES 15 17 25 5 Tax will return to the Inner City urban Stewart, who joins from KRXY- JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP RAIN ON THE SCARECROW outlet. Of that rumor, WBLS PD FM Denver. 16 18 26 24 B.K. Kirkland says, "I'm not free WZGO changes In Los Angeles, KIIS reportedly THE FIXX SECRET SEPERATION to comment on that at this point." enticed KKRZ Portland morning 17 31 - 2 its calls to WTRK personality Lorna Dee to interrupt JULIAN LENNON STICK AROUND A BIG CHUNK of radio history a Southern California vacation to 18 8 1 10 life Detroit the Mike audition for the sidekick spot on EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL TOUCH AND GO comes to at CKLW -FM minimizing chatter, 19 NEW ' FOLYGOR (formerly CKEZ), where the "Big Wade is doing the early show sans Rick Dees' morning show. The HOWARD JONES NO ONE IS TO BLAME Eight" format was reinstated last Paul Harris. "There's a lot of fun- working vacation paid off, and Dee 20 21 22 5 week. Developed by Bill Drake (as ny people in the market. I've in- will soon be installed in that gig. STING b JEFF BECK I'VE BEEN DOWN SO LONG 21 34 2 in Drake -Chenault), the format ran formed the air staff that the music - I.R.S. MAN in the 22 MODELS OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT on CKLW -AM when it ranked, is the star," the VP /GM says. As PROMOTION fast 22 22 30 5 along with WLS Chicago and for future jock changes, Irwin lane last week was Arista's Jay 2 IC HOUSE NO PROMISES WABC New York, as one of the says, "Yeah, we're listening to Ziskrout, who was seen spending 23 33 three most -listened -to stations in some tapes. But I'm not hell -bent a Saturday at WDHA Dover, N.J.'s ROBERT PALMER HYPERACTIVE 24 29 35 4 North America. on replacing people." annual open -house party. In addi- ISLAND in NBC's New York AM tion to talking it up with "Rock of SSTARSHIP TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT That was back the late '60s, At outlet, 25 25 32 5 and CKLW -FM PD /morning man WNBC, "more music" memos are New Jersey" VP /GM Bob Linder WALKS IN by PD Ziskrout got a 26 33 Dave Shafer says he is aiming pri- being met with typical frivolity and Mike Boyle, 26 6 VAIN HALENLOVE special in hearing WDHA marily at the 35-49 demo that grew afternoon man Joey Reynolds. reward Y RAISED ON RADIO up on the Motown -based format. It Last week, Reynolds crammed five blast current Arista singles by 27 27 36 3 gittittE appears the return of "Big Eight" songs on the air simultaneously, Krokus and the Sluggers while en HALEN WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE 28 14 6 11 WARN may draw that demo's children, offering a broader selection than route back to the Big Apple. S. TOP ROUGH BOY 13 u too. "Already, after just a week," his predecessor, Howard Stern, 29 19 19 BROS. to el- says Shafer, "we can tell that the did on WXRK a few days previous RADIO CONTINUES put HONEYMOON SUITE BAD ATTITUDE younger demos are here." WNEW -AM star William B. bow grease into the Hands Across 30 30 45 3 Few, if any, jock changes are ex- Williams expects to be back on the America project. Last week, we GOLDEN EARRING QUIET EYES 31 36 2 pected, says Shafer, although he air in a couple of weeks after a caught a promo on WCBS -FM, - 21 RECORD S GIIUFFRIA I MUST BE DREAMING says he's been chatting with a few long absence due to "fever of un- during which PDs and personal- 32 32 40 3 original format jocks. The "Big known origin." ities from most of Gotham's top 2 JCKSON BROWNE IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART 46 - Eight," by the way, refers to Happy honeymoon to WCOS Co- outlets urged listeners to join them 33 ASYALUM CKLW's dial position. lumbia, S.C., country colleagues in the May 25 human chain. UP WITH WOOD 34 NEW ZZ TOP WOKE David Adair and Jenne Hill, who WARNER BROS. BY: A ra- BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND TIGHTROPE KTCZ MINNEAPOLIS moves tied the knot recently ... And, hap- BOOKS TO COOK lot of 35 35 I 39 3 Brian Turner into its morning py diaper duty to KTTS Spring- dio-related literature has crossed THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS WRAP IT UP show and slides former part -timer field, Mass., assistant PD Rob our desk recently. On the entry lev- 36 NEW CBS ASSOCIATED who may not let his el is "The Radio Station" by radio Steve Oliver into Turner's old Hough, may or 2 LOU REED NO MONEY DOWN night shift on the broad -based baby, Tyler Dale, grow up to be a educator and author Michael C. 37 43 - MR. MISTER IS IT LOVE rocker ... In other album rock cowboy. Keith and former WAPP New 38 20 20 10 news, Mark Devine leaves his York programmer /current WNIC HR 'N AID STARS MD /morning man slot at WRKI ADULT CONTEMPORARY Detroit personality Joseph 39 39 42 3 MERCURY Brookfield, Conn., for a post at mainstay WIBC Indianapolis ups Krause. The book covers every- HONEYMOON SUITE FEEL IT AGAIN 40 23 17 14 WZZO Allentown, Pa. WRKI PD Mary June Rose to PD. She's been thing from basic Fifth Estate WARNER THE Buzz Knight is anxious to land a acting out that role since Andy tenets to sample spot scheduling 41 NEW THE OUTFIELD ALL LOVE new morning man /team with Bickel went west in February to forms. It's available from Focal COLUMBIA KENNY LOGGINS DANGER ZONE "sharp production skills and topi- program KLZZ -AM -FM San Die- Press in Stoneham, Mass. 42 NEW COLUMBIA cality." go ... Soft rock outlet WMYS Those seeking vacation reading THESFAABIUEDOUSTHUNDERBIRDS TUFF ENUFF New Bedford, Mass., brings Brad might want to check out "San 43 37 23 14 Pierce on board as afternoon man. Francisco Rock," a product of Bay AA DAVID BOWIE ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS WMC -AM MEMPHIS moves Jim 44 24 14 9 Tabor into the MD slot, leaving New England -based broadcast Area Billboard contributor Jack EMI -AMERICA JOHN EDDIE JUNGLE BOY Ron Jones a bit more time to con- adviser Clark Smidt takes on McDonough. The roots of the fer- 45 NEW COLUMBIA centrate on his operations manag- some Southern tasks with consult- tile music market are traced back BOB DYLAN BAND OF THE HAND er duties for the country outlet ... ing work for WPIX New York. to the "Summer of Love," with the 46 28 28 6 WMZQ -AM Washington appoints A happy hard rock anniversary late, great Tom "Big Daddy" Don- THE CALL I STILL BELIEVE 47 40 27 13 Katy Daley program director. Da- to WVVX -FM Highland Park (Chi- ahue profiled for his role in the un- E THE HOOTERS WHERE DO THE CHILDREN GO The book is 6 ley's been with the Viacom outlet cago), which is feting the birthday derground radio scene. 48 42 34 COLUMBIA will of Precious Metal." The available from San Francisco's for eight years and continue "Real JUDAS PRIEST LOCKED IN her midday and "oldies for lunch" show has grown to a nightly pro - Chronicle Books. 49 41 29 9 COLUMBIA duties. gramming block in its first year on 50 JACKSON BROWNE LIVES IN THE BALANCE 50 45 41 9 ASYLUM

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Featured Programming ADULT CONTEMPORARY DIR BROADCASTING continues its expansion plans, with the back- Compiled from a national sample of radio PLO playlists. ing of new owner Lorimar- Telepic- Vom? tures, by picking up marketing and Q distribution rights to the year -old -Fyse TITLE ARTIST (L LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL "On The Radio" program. The one - show, GREATEST LOVE OF ALL ARISTA 1.9466 5 weeks at No. One hour targeted at top 40 out- O 1 1 9 lets, is currently airing on 309 sta- WHITNEY HOUSTON LIVE TO TELL SIRE 7- 28717 /WARNER BROS. tions, says Jeff Leve, president of 2 3 6 the show's Los Angeles -based pro- 0 MADONNA ON MY OWN MCA 52770 ducer, NSBA. O 3 4 7 With the help of associate produc- PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD 5 7 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS ELEKTRA er Susan Lazarus, Leve has de- 9 7.69564 signed "On The Radio" as an intro ® SIMPLY RED THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS or outro piece for countdown pro- 7 13 (TO MAKE YOU CRY) © 6 grams. The weekly feature is high- JIVE /ARISTA 1.9465 /ARISTA BILLY OCEAN TAKE ME HOME ATLANTIC 7.89472 lighted by star profiles, a "people's 6 4 2 9 choice" segment, a top five count- PHIL COLLINS NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME PORTRAIT down, and hit tips. KIIS -FM Los 7 6 6 9 37.05846 /EPIC Angeles afternoon man "Big Ron" SADE BAD BOY EPIC 34.05805 O'Brian hosts the show, which is 8 9 10 10 carried by the likes of KIIS, WBZZ MIAMI SOUND MACHINE YOUR WILDEST DREAMS POLYDOR 883096- 7 /POLYGRAM Pittsburgh, WZGC Atlanta, and 11 18 5 WYTZ (formerly WLS -FM) ® THE MOODY BLUES A DIFFERENT CORNER COLUMBIA 38 -05888 Chicago. 10 13 22 4 Of the deal with DIR, Leve says, GEORGE MICHAEL Justice Exposed. Former Stray Cat Brian Setzer finds a welcome mat at 7 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU POLYDOR 883362- 1 /POLYGRAM "I gain the opportunity to have CI 14 17 WDTX Detroit, where program director stronger relationships with both ad- Jim Harper, left, and air talent Jackie LEVEL 42 Kallen check a of his out copy new album, "The Knife Feels Like Justice." ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE ATLANTIC 7.89450 vertisers and stations. DIR gains a 12 17 20 6 new outlet to receive quality, suc- MIKE & THE MECHANICS CALL ME A &M 2816 cess- oriented programming. It's a 13 8 5 10 perfect marriage." Further down Below is a weekly calendar of up- Supertracks, Creative Radio Net- DENNIS DE YOUNG NO ONE IS TO BLAME ELEKTRA 7 -69549 the road, the marriage is expected coming network and syndicated work, four hours. 14 20 23 5 to bear new programming fruit music specials. Shows with multi- May 25, ELP, Peter Gabriel, HOWARD JONES MOVE AWAY VIRGIN /EPIC 34 -05847 from Leve and NSBA, who will con- ple dates indicate that local sta- John Cougar Mellencamp, Power- 15 18 19 6 tinue to produce "On The Radio." tions have the option of broadcast cuts, Global Satellite Network/ CULTURE CLUB HEADED FOR THE FUTURE COLUMBIA 38 -05889 On the move within DIR is the in- time and dates. ABC, two hours. 16 23 34 3 NEIL DIAMOND creasingly busy Lauren Karasyk, May 25 -June 1, Rolling Stones, SO FAR AWAY WARNER BROS. 7.28789 who takes on another title as direc- May 23, Judas Priest, Live From King Biscuit Flower Hour, DIR 17 10 8 11 tor of talent acquisition for all DIR St. Louis, DIR Broadcasting, one Broadcasting, one hour. DIRE STRAITS MANIC MONDAY COLUMBIA 38 -05757 productions. That includes the book- hour. May 25 -June 1, David Lange, 18 15 14 10 BANGLES ings for the album rock shows "The May 23 -25, Supremes, Dick Musical Starstreams, Musical Star - OVERJOYED TAMLA 1832 /MOTOWN King Biscuit Flower Hour" and Clark's Rock, Roll & Remember, streams, two hours. 19 19 12 13 "Super Biscuits," and the country United Stations, four hours. May 26, Mr. Mister, Rockline, STEVIE WONDER THE LOVE PARADE REPRISE 7- 28750 /WARNER BROS. show "The American Eagle." She May 23 -25, Billy Eckstine, The Global Satellite Network /ABC, 90 24 30 4 continues as producer of "King Bis- Great Sounds, United Stations, minutes. THE DREAM ACADEMY TENDER LOVE WARNER BROS. /TOMMY BOY 7 -28818 cuit" and "The American Eagle." four hours. May 26, Various Artists, New 21 16 11 14 /WARNER BROS. May 23 -25, Culture Club, Count- Faces Of Country Music /Ricky FORCE M.D.'S IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IN IT A &M 2822 SATELLITE MUSIC NETWORK down America with Dick Clark, Skaggs Special, Mutual, three © 25 26 4 has recruited a strong lineup for its United Stations, four hours. hours. ATLANTIC STARR THAT'S WHY I'M HERE COLUMBIA new "Pure Gold" 24 -hour oldies for- May 23 -25, Spyro Gyra, The Jazz May 26 -June 1, Michael Martin © 28 - 2 38 -05884 mat (Billboard, May 10). The ser- Show with David Sanborn, NBC Murphey, Dan Seals, Nicolette JAMES TAYLOR I THINK IT'S LOVE ARISTA 1 -9444 vice's operations manager, Gary Radio Entertainment, two hours. Larson, Country Closeup, Nar- 24 12 9 14 Hamilton, is handling mornings. May 23 -25, Pet Shop Boys, Rick wood Productions, one hour. JERMAINE JACKSON IN THE DARK ARISTA 1 -9460 Doing early mornings is former Dees' Weekly Top 40, United Sta- May 30-June 1, Beach Boys, 25 21 16 12 WHISPER KAFM Dallas talent Jim Thomas, tions, four hours. Dick Clark's Rock, Roll & Remem- DIONNE WARWICK THAT GIRL IS GONE WARNER BROS. 7 -26892 with former KOPA Phoenix person- May 23 -25, Don Williams, Week- (Continued on page 23) 26 33 40 3 DAVID PACK ality Chaz Kelly chairing middays. ly Country Music Countdown, Unit- FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986 THESE DREAMS CAPITOL 5541 Voiceover star Doc Morgan, a vet- ed Stations, three hours. 27 22 15 17 eran of WLS -FM Chicago, KZEW May 23 -25, Stevie Nicks, Ka- HEART WEST END GIRLS EMI -AMERICA 8307 Dallas, and KILT Houston, follows trina & the Waves, Rock Chroni- Billboard 28 29 31 5 in the afternoons. Shotgun Mark cles, Westwood One, one hour. PET SHOP BOYS ADULT CONTEMPORARY IF YOU LEAVE A &M 2811 Rivers from WWCL Pittsburgh May 23 -25, Various Artists, 29 27 24 7 takes the night shift, and Randy Summer of '86, NBC Radio Enter- MOST ADDED ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK SECRET LOVERS A &M 2788 Davis -who has been working on tainment, four hours. A weekly national compilation of the most 30 26 21 17 ATLANTIC SMN's "Rock'n'Hits" for a year- May 23-25, Jackson Browne, added records on the radio stations currently STARR reporting to the Top Adult Contemporary THE HEART IS SO WILLING MCA 52814 has the graveyard shift. Hot 31 31 33 4 Rocks, United Stations, 90 Singles minutes. chart. STEPHEN BISHOP A FINE MESS MOTOWN 1837 THE SUBJECT OF this month's May 23 -26, Rush, Profile '86, NEW TOTAL 32 38 - 2 THE TEMPTATIONS American Comedy Network "Who NBC Radio Entertainment, 90 min- 88 REPORTERS ADDS ON NIKITA GEFFEN 7 -28873 /WARNER BROS. Are You Kidding Award" is former utes. D.FOSTER /O.NEWTON -JOHN 15 15 33 30 25 18 White House aide and current pow- May 23 -26, Various Artists, THE BEST OF ME ATLANTIC ELTON JOHN MOVE CLOSER ATLANTIC 7-89424 er PR man Michael Deaver. The Rock & Roll Never Forgets: The BOB SEGER 12 12 34 35 37 3 MARILYN MARTIN theme song for this series of bits is, Greatest Bands, Westwood One, LIKE A ROCK CAPITOL WHO'S LEAVING WHO CAPITOL 5576 of course, "Leave It To Deaver." six hours. THE DREAM ACADEMY 10 49 35 NEWI91, ANNE MURRAY It's accompanied by an appropriate May 23 -29, Judas Priest, Metal- THE LOVE PARADE REPRISE NOW AND FOREVER (YOU & ME) CAPITOL 5547 parody detailing Deaver's "influ- shop, MJI Broadcasting, one hour. DAVID PACK 10 40 36 32 27 17 ANNE MURRAY ence peddling" activities along May 24, Fats Domino, Solid THAT GIRL IS GONE WARNER BROS. Pennsylvania Avenue. Gold Saturday Night, United Sta- © NEW HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY RCA 14286 The United Stations Program- tions, five hours. JAMES TAYLOR 10 46 RONNIE MILSAP THAT'S WHY I'M COLUMBIA HERE HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY A &M ming Network lines up WCBS -FM May 24 -25, Julian Lennon, On 38 39 39 4 WHAT 2812 New York personality Bill Brown The Radio, NSBA, one hour. JANET JACKSON THE MUSIC OF GOODBYE (LOVE THEME FROM OUT OF AFRICA) to host "The Dionne Warwick Sto- May 24 -25, Supremes, Strawber- 39 34 28 12 ry," a three -hour special slated for ry Alarm Clock, Reelin' In The MCA 52784 MELISSA MANCHESTER AND AL JARREAU SARA GRUNT 14253/RCA Memorial Day weekend. Years, Global Satellite Network, 40 37 32 19 STARSHIP KIM FREEMAN three hours. May 24 -26, Byrds, Gary Owens P oducts with the greatest airplay this week. Video clip availability. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) seal for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA seal for sales of one million units.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Yestedlits© radio Hits From Billboard 10 and 20 Years Ago This Week POP SINGLES -10 Years Ago 1. Silly Love Songs, Wings, CAPITOL 2. Love Hangover, Diana Ross, MOTOWN 3. Fooled Around And Fell In Love, SEND Elvin Bishop, CAPRICORN 4. Boogie Fever, Sylvers, CAPITOL 5. Get Up And Boogie, Silver Convention, MIDLAN INTERNATIONAL 6. Welcome Back, John Sebastian, FOR THIS WARNER /REPRISE 7. Happy Days (From the Paramount TV Series), Pratt & McLain, WARNER/ REPRISE 8. Misty Blue, Dorothy Moore, MALACO FREE 9. Shannon, Henry Gross, LIFESONG 10. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again, Barry Manilow, ARISTA POP SINGLES -20 Tears Ago CASSETTE... 1. Monday, Monday, Mamas & the Papas, DUNHILL 2. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Bob Dylan, COLUMBIA 3. Good Lovin', Young Rascals, ATLANTIC 4. When A Man Loves A Woman, Percy Sledge, ATLANTIC 5. A Groovy Kind Of Love, Mindbenders, FONTANA 6. Kicks, Paul Revere & the Raiders, COLUMBIA 7. How Does That Grab You Darlin', Nancy Sinatra, REPRISE 8. Message To Michael, Dionne Warwick, SCEPTER 9. Sloop John B, Beach Boys, CAPITOL 10. Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart, Supremes, MOTOWN TOP ALBUMS -10 Years Ago 1. Black And Blue, Rolling Stones, ATLANTIC 2. Wings At The Speed Of Sound, CAPITOL 3. Frampton Comes Alive, Peter Frampton, A &M 4. Presence, Led Zeppelin, SWAN SONG 5. I Want You, Marvin Gaye, TAMLA 6. Their Greatest Hits, Eagles, ASYLUM 7. Fleetwood Mac, Warner Bros. IT'S THE 8. Takin' It To The Streets, Doobie Brothers, WARNER BROS. 9. Here And There, Elton John, MCA 10. Diana Ross, MOTOWN SOUND F TOP ALBUMS -20 Years Ago 1. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears, Mamas & the Papas DUNHILL 2. What Now My Love, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, A &M SUCCESS 3. Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass), Rolling Stones, LONDON 4. Going Places, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, A &M 5. Color Me Barbra, Barbra FOR MAJOR Streisand, COLUMBIA 6. The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack, RCA VICTOR 7. Soul And Inspiration, Righteous Brothers, VERVE STATIONS 8. Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, A &M 9. I Hear A Symphony, Supremes, MOTOWN LIKE THESE... 10. The Best Of The Animals, MGM COUNTRY SINGLES -10 Years Ago 1. After All The Good Is Gone, Conway Twitty, MCA KKHR(FM) WBSS 2. One Piece At A Time, Johnny LOS ANGELES MIAMI Cash, COLUMBIA 3. I'll Get Over You, Crystal Gayle, -FM (FM) UNITED ARTISTS WBBM KHTR 4. What Goes On When The Sun CHICAGO ST. LOUIS Goes Down, Ronnie Milsap, RCA 5. What I've Got In Mind, Billie Jo WCAL -FM WYDD (FM) Spears, UNITED ARTISTS 6. You've Got Me To Hold Onto, PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH Tanya Tucker, MCA 7. Don't Pull Your Love /Then You WDTX(FM) WAVE(FM) Can Tell Me Goodbye, Glen DETROIT TAMPA Campbell, CAPITOL 8. Walk Softly, Billy "Crash" (FM) KOAQ(FM) Craddock, ABC /DOT WHTT 9. Hurt /For The Heart, Elvis Presley, BOSTON DENVER RCA 10. That's What Made Me Love You, KOHOL Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner, WLTT(FM) -FM MCA WASHINGTON, DC PHOENIX SOUL SINGLES -10 Years Ago 1. Kiss And Say Goodbye, Manhattan, COLUMBIA 2. I Want You, Marvin Gaye, TAMLA 3. Young Hearts Run Free, Candi ENTERTAINMENT: COAST -TO- COAST* is a hit from coast to coast. Staton, WARNER BROS Get a copy of our cassette and find out why. 4. I'll Be Good To You, Brothers Johnson, A&M Call or write Jamie Curtis in New York, 5. Dance Wit Me, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, ABC 51 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10019 (212) 975 -7316 or 6. Love Hangover, Diana Ross, MOTOWN Steve Epstein in Los Angeles, 6121 Sunset Boulevard, 7. Get Up And Boogie, Silver Los Angeles, CA 90028 (213) 460 -3000. Convention, MIDLAND 8. Movin', Brass Construction, UNITED CBS ARTISTS *PRODUCED BY KRIS STEVENS ENTERPRISES 9. Born To Get Down (Born To Mess ry Around), Muscle Shoals Horns, BANG THE PROGRAMMING SERVICE 10. Sophisticated Lady (She's A WITH THE CBS DIFFERENCE Different Lady) , Natalie Cole, CAPITOL

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EPIC VACATIONS W I ITZ New York (top 40) Contact: Ken Lane Going beyond the usual album and ticket giveaways, Epic Records has lined up a unique promotion with WHTZ (Z -100) surrounding Culture Club's "Move Away" single. The label's Terry Coen has arranged for one set of Z-100 listeners to move away indeed, with a free summer rental on a house in the Hamptons -a hot cool -off spot for East Coasters. It's a "call in and win" registration, which Z-100 started promoting last week. Between now and Memorial Day, listeners will win Cul- ture Club albums to qualify for the summer house. The grand prize includes $2,000 to cover house mainte- nance and party costs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. According to WHTZ promotion director Ken Lane, the Epic offer is an "unusually creative one," made feasi- ble and timely by the fact that "Move Away" was already doing well on the Z-100 playlist. For his part, Coen got a cameo role as a zookeeper in a recent Z -100 morning bit.

KLUC LAS VEGAS continues to be a local newsmaker with some clever and inexpensive promotions. It started with a "Rock Me Amadeus" parody called "Rock Me Jerry Lewis," which was passed on from Nation- wide sister station KZZP Phoenix. According to KLUC program director Jerry Dean, Lewis lives in Las Vegas and was quick to cash in on his V w te n e newfound fame as a rock star. The v comedian appeared on KLUC's wherere /ou r Rebel "Breakfast Flakes" show. giveaway Honda They could only get Burt Reynolds nationa I , to do a phone -in appearance, but the a 1-AUGE priest customized-z vdd- "Locked amount of press KLUC garnered for an d doing just that was worth its weight Featuring Judas the priest tickets in gold, Dean reports. The actor was can win specialfeatured n and in Vegas filming a movie, and KLUC Loin Concert! PtRs D stirred up the city with a listener and to St. he billboard campaign to entice Reyn- motorcyclesairli ne tickets asses to t olds to become flake for a day. plus backstage P Speaking of cheap promotions, WLIR Long Island may be topping D R For more inRela ons at them all with the great "92.7 -Cent Station 371 .6850 Giveaway." It may not be a sum to Brought to you by contact ( E3roadeasung retire on, but WLIR morning men BUDWE':.SER U.S. ARMY "Larry the Duck" Dunn and Barry Ravioli are promoting it with your HAWAIIAN PUNCH typical lottery-style hype. 19 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

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Y' 111!"T 0101'« !ON. What more is there to add? Quintuple platinum. The #1 album (again)! The #1 CD! A third #1 single ( "Greatest Love Of All ")! The cover story in People magazine calls her "America's Top New Star." We couldn't have put it better ourselves.

74* debut for the first album by GTR. 'When The Heart Rules The Mind" is already ruling AOR and top 40, and when this band fronted by master guitarists Steve Howe and Steve Hackett hits the road, watch GTR blow out.

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Du AV nrcAN The follow -up to the double -platinum KROKUS, Jumps from 102' to 60 *. Suddenly enters the BB The mmer officially begins this chart at 48 *, and the when Krokus takes the single "There'll Be Sad week, classic "School's Out" to a new Songs (To Make You generation. Charge Of Address Cry)" is fast becoming this another Billy Ocean looks ike the biggestyetfrom consistently gold band. smash. It's getting very hot in the Love Zone.

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32 35 Kenny Coggin, Danger PLATINUM Zone 31 33 Gavin Christopher, One Step Closer To A9 - Psychedelic Furs, Pretty In Pink EX EX GTR When The Heart Rules The Mind EX EX The Dream Academy, The Love Parade 33 11 The Rolling Stones, Harlem Shuffle 32 34 Prince, Mountains 10 13 Mr. Mister, Is It Love EX EX Giuffria, I Must Be Dreaming EX EX Cats Can Fly, Flippm to the A Side 34 40 Wild Fire With Blue Fire A33 - Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer II 6 Phil Collins Take Me Home EX EX Bourgeois Tagg, Mutual Surrender (Wha 35 18 Prince B the Revolution, Kiss A34 - Kenny Loggins, Danger Zone 12 15 Culture Club, Move Away EX EX B.E. Taylor Group, Karen 36 EX Janet Jackson, Nasty 13 8 ZZ Top Rough Boy EX EX Loverboy, Lead A Double Life 37 EX 38 Special, Like No Other Night 14 16 Tears For Fears, Mothers Talk EX EX Animotion, I Want You A38 The Rolling Stones, One - Hit (To The B 15 12 Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For EX EX Jean Bauvwr, Feel The Heat A39 Van Helen, - Dreams 16 18 Journey, He Good To Yourself EX EX Mai Tai, Female Intuition WPW-FM RADIO MO - Bob Seger, Like A Rock 17 11 Miami Sound Machine, Bad Boy 18 28 Level 42, Something About You New York P.D.: Larry Berger 19 22 Falco, Vienna Calling JL 20 27 The Jets, Crush On You 1 2 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald, On 21 21 SadeSade, Never As Good As The First Time Miami P.D.: Robert Walker 2 3 Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls 22 24 B.E. Group, Karen 1 Whitney Houston Greatest Love 01 All 3 1 Whitney Houston Greatest Love Of All Boston 4 P.D.: Bob Travis WHYT 23 25 Billy Ocean, There'll Be Sad Songs (T 2 Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls 4 5 Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For power96fm I 1 Whitney Houston, Greatest Love Of All 24 26 El DeBarge, Who's Johnny ( "Short Circ Madonna, Live To Tell 5 7 Madonna, Live To Tell s'FMN12.ÌAM 1L51) 2 3 To Tell Kl Madonna, Live 25 17 The Outfield, Your Love 4 1 The Outfield, Your Love 6 6 Prince 8 The Revolution, Kiss 3 2 Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls 2 29 John Cougar Mellencamp, Rain On The S 5 Patti LaBelle 8 Michael McDonald On 7 11 The Outfield, Your Love P.D.: 4 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, II EX Heart, Nothin' At All 6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Detroit Gary Berkowitz 8 12 Miami Los Angeles P.D.: Gerry Defrancesco Dark, If Sound Machine, Bad Boy 5 6 Level 42 Something About You EX Patti Austin, The Heat Of Heat 7 Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For 1 1 Patti LaBelle 8 Michael McDonald, On 9 4 Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love 1 3 Whitney Houston, Greatest Love Of All 6 9 Patti LakNIe 8 Michael McDonald, On R 9 Janet Jackson, Nasty 8 Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love Robert Palmer, Addicted 10 10 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The 2 2 To Love Dark, If 2 2 Madonna, Live To Tell 7 7 Phil Collins, Take Me Home 30 19 The Hooters, Where Do The Children Go 9 Nu Shoot I Can't Wait 3 4 Madonna, Live To Tell 11 8 Van Halen Why Can't This Be Love 3 I Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls 8 8 Mike 8 The Mechanics, All I Need Is A EX EX Belinda Carlisle, Mad About You 10 George Michael, A Different 12 16 The Jets Crush On You Corner 4 3 Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls 4 5 Patti LaBelle 8 Michael McDonald, On 9 11 Mr. Mister, Is It Love A Prince, Mountains - 11 Journey, Be Good To Yourself 5 5 Whitney Houston Greatest Love Of All 13 14 Mike 8 the Mechanics, All I Need Is A 5 4 Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love 10 4 Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love A Stevie Nicks, Has Anyone Ever Written 12 El DeBarge, Who's Johnny ( "Short Circ 6 6 Van Halen, Why Can't This Be Love 14 13 Nu Shoot, I - Can't Wait 6 6 Miami Sound achine, Bad Boy 11 14 Move Culture Club, Away A Bangles, If She Knew What She Wants 13 Mr. Mister Is It Love 7 7 The Rolling Stones Harlem Shuffle 15 19 I - Stephanie Mills, Have Learned To Re 7 7 Van Halen, Why Can't This Be Love 12 16 Journey, Be Good To Yourself 14 The Jets Crush On You 16 17 Level 42, Something About You 8 8 Bob Serer I The SiiNer Bullet Band, A B 8 Nu Shoot, I Can't Wait 13 13 ZZ Top Rough Boy 15 Mike I Need Is A 17 18 Val Young, If You I the Mechanics, All 9 II The Outfield, Your Love Should Ever Be Lone 9 11 Simply Red Holding Back The Years 14 19 Howard Jones, No One Is To Blame 16 Level 42, Something You I 18 9 Phil Collins Take Me Home About 10 16 Nu Shoot Can't Wait 10 13 George Michael, A Different Corner 15 18 Starship, Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Ton 22 19 21 George 17 Billy Ocean, There'll Be Sad Songs (T 11 9 Prince A the Revolution, Kiss Michael, A Different Corner 11 14 The Jets, Crush On You 16 23 The Jets, Crush On You 20 20 Culture Move 18 20 Heart, Nothin' At All 12 13 Phil Collins, Take Me Home Club, Away 12 19 Janet Jackson, Nasty A17 Heart, Nothin' At All - 19 2 Miami Sound Machine, Bad Boy 13 10 Janet Jackson What Have You Done For 21 23 The S.O.S. Band, The Finest 13 17 Phil Collins, Take Me Home 18 21 The Blow Monkeys, Digging Your Scene 20 29 Howard n 25 Rainy Davis, Sweetheart Jones, No One Is To Blame 14 17 Miami Sound Machine, Bad Boy 14 10 Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink 19 22 Simply Red, Holding Back The Years 21 19 Restless A23 Heart, Nothin' At All Starpoint, 15 18 The Jets, Crush On You - 15 16 Sade, Never As Good As The First Time 20 24 Tears For Fears, Mothers Talk 24 24 Voices 22 23 Starship, Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Ton 16 12 Sly Fox, Let's Go All The Way Of America, Hands Across Ameri 16 18 Culture Club, Move Away 21 12 Van Halen, Why Can't This Be Love 23 27 Atlantic Starr, If Your I 17 A25 Simply Red, Holding Back The Years Heart Isn't 21 Simply Red Holding Back The Years - 17 9 Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For 22 28 Billy Ocean There'll Be Sad Songs (T Arlington P.D.: Mark St. John 24 30 TKA, One Way Love 18 19 Culture Club, Move Away 26 26 Mr. Mister, Is It Love 18 12 Bronski Beat, Hit That Perfect Beat 23 36 George Michael, A Different Corner 1 3 Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For 25 26 Tears For Fears, Mothers Talk 19 15 INXS, What You Need 19 15 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, If 24 Your 17 The Outfield Love 2 1 Van Halen, Why Can't This Be Love 26 7 Van Halen Why Can't This Be Love A20 25 George Michael, A Different Corner 20 22 Billy Ocean, There'll Be Sad Songs (T 25 27 Wax, Right Between The Eyes 3 7 Whitney Houston, Greatest Love Of All 25 Prince 8 The Revolution, Kiss 21 22 Mr. Mister, Is It Love 21 23 Simple Minds, All The Things She Said 26 Psychedelic 29 Furs, Pretty In Pink 4 8 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, If 28 31 ZZ Top, Rough Boy n 23 Billy Ocean, There'll Be Sad Songs (T 22 24 Mike 8 The Mechanics, All t Need Is A 27 The I 30 Del Fuegos, Still Want You 5 9 Madonna, Live To Tell 29 21 Bangles, Manic Monday 23 27 Howard Jones, No One Is To Blame 23 25 Mr. Mister, Is It Love 28 35 Boys Don't Cry, I Wanna Be A Cowboy 6 6 Me Home Phil Collins Take 30 38 Falco, Vienna Calling 24 30 Mike 8 The Mechanics, All I Need Is A 24 26 Howard Jones, No One Is To Blame 29 32 Simple MindsMinds, All The Things She Said 7 12 Patti LaBelle A Michael McDonald, On 31 28 Sade, Never As Good As The First Time 25 26 Sade, Never As Good As The First Time 25 30 Fako, Vienna Calling 30 34 John Cougar Rain On The S 8 l0 Level 42, Something About You 32 37 Gavin Christopher, One Step Closer To 26 29 Journey, Be Good To Yourself 26 27 TKA, One Way Love £U/1TI Fm 31 40 Falco, Vienna Calling 9 ll Howard Jones, No One Is To Blame A33 Prince, Mountains 27 28 Starship, Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Ton 27 29 Journey, Be Good To Yourself 32 10 Sade Never As Good As The First Time 10 13 The Jets, Crush On You 34 EX Models, Out 01 Mind Out Of Sight 28 20 Jermaine Jackson, I Think It's Love 28 33 The Blow Monkeys, Digging Your Scene 33 38 The dream The Love Parade New York P.D.: Scott Shannon AcademyAcademy, 11 2 Pet Shop Boys West End Girls 35 35 Atlantic Starr, Secret Lovers 29 32 Patti Austin, The Heat Of Heat 29 32 Level 42, Something About You 34 37 The Hooters, Where The Children Go 12 14 Mr. Mister Is It Love 36 10 Belinda Carlisle, Mad About You 30 31 Tears For Fears, Mothers Talk 1 1 Patti LaBelle 8 Michael McDonald, Oo 30 34 Heart, Nothin' At All 35 EX EI DeBarge, Who's Johnny ( "Short Circ 13 5 The Outfield, Your Love A37 Van Halen, Dreams 31 34 Falco, Vienna 2 2 Whitney Houston, Greatest Of Calingg Love All EX EX Boys Cry, I Wanna A Don't Be Cowboy 36 39 Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer 14 15 ZZ Top, Rough Boy 32 Nicole, Don't You Want My Love 32 33 Heart, Nothin' At All 3 3 Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls EX EX Patti Austin, The Heat 01 Heat 37 EX 38 Special, Like No Other Night 15 16 Mike 8 The Mechanics, All I Need Is A A389 38 No Other Night 4 6 Special, Like 33 24 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, II Madonna, Live To Tell EX EX EI DeBarge, Who's Johnny ( "Short Circ 38 EX The Moody Blues Your Wildest Dreams 16 17 Nu Shoot, I Can't Wait A40 E.G. aily Say II Say It 34 EX 42, You 5 5 Janet Jackson What Have You Done For Level Something About EX EX The Dream Academy, The Love Parade 39 EX GTR, When The Heart Rules The Mind 17 29 Holding Simply Red, Back The Years A John CougarMellencamp, Rain On The S 35 EX Stephanie Mills, I Have Learned To Re 6 4 Prince & The Revolution, Kiss A Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer - 40 EX Models, Out Of Mind Out Of Sight 18 19 The Hooters, Where Do The Children Go EX EX Has Anyone ( Stevie Nicks, Ever Written A El DeBarge, Who's Johnny "Short 7 7 Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love - Circ A Bangles, If She Knew What She Wants - EX EX Giuffria, I Must Be Dreaming 19 21 Journey, Be Good To Yourself A New Edition, With You All The 8 14 The Jets, Crus On You - Way A - The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tuff Enuff 20 20 Tears For Fears, Mothers Talk A The Dream Academy, The Love Parade 9 12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, It - A The Rolling - Stones One Hit (To The B 21 22 El DeBarge Who's Johnny ( "Short Circ EX EX The S.O.S. 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Both noted that in - were done in hotel rooms difficult, but that market is opening sors, aiding in promotion and mer- most instances tapes can be custom interviews in Europe was the central theme of limousines, with up, as are Belgium and Holland, she chandising, and schedule advising. ized so that stations can add their or in the back of an International Music & Media equipment avail- Conference session here titled said. One example of this was its telling a own voice. the best portable been a big change at Panama station it was not a good Neither Olsen- Kahane nor able. Both Olsen- Kahane and Bar- "Syndication Supermarket." "There's feedback in the last two idea to air a promo for Kasem's Barron would quote prices because ron said they are open to It was noted that syndication is British radio stations quality, said Cole, who added that show every 15 minutes, all day long. fees vary from market to market. from affiliates on sound still in its infancy there, but most years," areas. for- commercial radio is becoming more Barron also spoke of "Anglo- They said, however, that they are production, and other agreed that he recently inter- of a reality there. "In the U.K., syn- American domination," which is a more than willing to be flexible in Saltzman said IMaMC: eign territories in a hotel lobby have become more dication was not allowed, sponsor- sensitive issue on all sides, accord- finding a situation that is profitable viewed Duane Eddy REPORT FROM to U.S. ship was not allowed, and barter ing to panelists. In some countries, for all sides. on short notice. Unusual circum- receptive be a plus, he MONTREUX In ad- deals were impossible." Now, some such as the U.K. and Canada, listen- One Scandanavian delegate ques- stances can actually product. said, because they add a certain dition, European syndicators were degree of syndication is possible in ers and programmers don't want to tioned the technical specifications the U.K., he said. hear an American voice. This is par- and sound quality of certain pro - "ambience" :o the interview. said to be discovering a "two way about the U.K. street," as potential outlets for Along with other panelists, Cole ticularly true in Canada where bor- grams, citing "scratchy" Bob Dylan On a final note had market, Cole predicted that British their product in the U.S. have begun cited a strong pride, a "we can do it der cities are bombarded by U.S. and Springsteen interviews he - radio would continue to be deregu- open up. better" attitude among English ra- signals. "They want to preserve acquired. Not every artist inter to that it will soon resemble for the progress in- dio executives, which he said was their own culture, which is under- view, said panelists, can be done in lated and Major reasons radio industry. clude the easing of public radio/ changing. standable," she said. the studio with professional reel-to- the U.S. government control postures in cer- Saltzman said that "pride" had On the other hand, both Barron reel equipment. tain territories, attitude changes on taken on a new meaning for radio the part of the European radio mar- outlets who are discovering that ket, and an increasing realization of syndicated fare can offer the pride FEATURED PROGRAMMING how lucrative syndication and com- of innovative programming com- (Continued from page 16) with the ability to fire up their merciality can be for local European bined Narwood Produc- stations. local advertising staffs and adver- ber, United Stations, four hours. May 30 -June 5, Tanya Tucker, Country Closeup, tions, one hour. "Syndication Supermarket" pan- tisers about spots on the program. May 30-June 1, Steve Allen, The Country Today, MJI Broadcasting, June 6-12, John Schneider, - added, "We're beginning to Great Sounds, United Stations, one hour. elists included Suzanne Olsen Cole Broadcasting, Kahane, director, Westwood One understand syndication and the gen- four hours. May 30 -June 5, Hear'n'Aid Spe- Country Today, MJI hour. International; Simon Cole, chief ex- uine opportunities it can provide. May 30 -June 1, Julian Lennon, cial, Metalshop, MJI Broadcasting, one 6-12, Dio, Metalshop, MJI Productions U.K.; Radio needs to learn the television - Countdown America with Dick one hour. June ecutive, Picadilly one hour. vice of syndication lesson." Clark, United Stations, four hours. May 31, Monkees, Solid Gold Broadcasting, Suzanne Barron, president On The Radio Express, U.S.; and Barron indicated that Radio May 30 -June 1, Howard Jones, Saturday Night, United Stations, June 7-8, Rolling Stones, sales for hour. Steven Saltzman, president, Rock Express is not only upping its pro- Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40, United five hours. Radio, NSBA, one 13-19, Lee Greenwood, Over London, U.K. Moderating was gram offerings but is also looking Stations, four hours. May 31 -June 1, Simple Minds, June Billboard publisher Sam aggressively at foreign territories. May 30-June 1, Eddie Babbitt, On The Radio, NSBA, one hour. Country Today, MJI Broadcasting, Holdsworth. The company's big gun is ABC Wa- Weekly Country Music Countdown, June 1-7, Erik Berglund, Musi- one hour. - 13-19, Metalshop, MJI Two ago, Olsen- Kahane termark's "Casey Kasem's Ameri- United Stations, three hours. cal Starstreams, Musical Star June UFO, years one hour. said, Westwood One became con- can Top 40," which is now heard by May 30 -June 1, Thompson streams, two hours. Broadcasting, vinced it could extend its business some 45 million listeners on over Twins, Hot Rocks, United Stations, June 2 -9, Nitty Gritty Dirt outside the U.S. to such territories 1,000 stations around the world. 90 minutes. Band /20th Anniversary Salute, 23 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com al ent Steve Hackett & Steve Howe Of GTR Guitar Heroes Enter The Synthesizer Age really got them going, where you they found vocalist Max Bacon, BY SAM SUTHERLAND could go out and buy one and sim- bassist Phil Spalding, and drum- LOS ANGELES How can '70s ply plug it in, as opposed to strug- mer Jonathan Mover. Six months guitar heroes compete with this gling with the flimsy prototypes of rehearsal followed before the decade's synthesizer onslaught? that were first available," he says. band entered London's Townhouse Veterans Steve Hackett and Steve For GTR, both guitarists now studio to start recording digitally Howe of GTR have answered that rely on the Synclavier and the Ro- with producer Geoff Downes. question by coupling their signa- land; they also use PPG, Prophet, To support its debut release, ture styles with a synthesizer ar- Memory Moog, and other synths. GTR plans to play headlining dates mory. They've also used the Fairlight this summer at midsize theaters in That approach has been unveiled CMI. more than 30 North American cit- in the eponymous debut album by At the same time, Howe admits ies. The group's first stop will be Breaking Hearts. Capitol Records vice president of sales Joe Mansfield GTR, the duo's new quinet, re- the swing toward synthesizers car- June 20 at Baltimore's Lyric The- leased earlier this month by Aris- ries the risk of obscuring their ater, with the present itinerary introduces Heart's Nancy, center, and Ann Wilson before presenting them with triple -platinum disks for their self-titled Capitol debut album at a reception at the ta. Inevitable comparisons to original strengths as guitarists. wrapping on Aug. 1 in Orlando, Howe's last band, Asia, and its bal- "We didn't want it to be just anoth- Fla. New York video club Private Eyes. ance of guitar and keyboards, beer synth band," he notes. "The lie GTR's reliance on guitars, bass, synthesizer can annihilate the gui- and drums. The expansive orches- tar's sound." trations and effects normally asso- Finding fresh vehicles for their ciated with electronic keyboards respective instrumental styles is are in fact triggered by the two central to the new band's blue- Jagger And Bowie To Hit Silver Screen? leaders through their various gui- print. But "the two Steves," as tars. manager Brian Lane has dubbed "We wanted something that was them, both say that they found an Rocking Is Johnson's New Miami Vice comparatively subtle, but would initial common ground in writing. collaborated with former Sex Pis- ... Sister Sledge is destined for a use the guitar as a springboard for Lane, who has managed Howe by Steve Gett tols guitarist Steve Jones on three Hot 100 return with a song called ideas that we would normally dele- since his days with Yes, was re- songs for Atlantic's "American "The Power Of Persuasion," gate to synthesizers," says Hack- sponsible for getting the two musi- NEW YORK Mick Jagger and Anthem" movie soundtrack. Tay- tracked earlier this month with the ett, the former Genesis guitarist cians to join forces. Howe had sev- David Bowie are on the verge of lor has landed an MCA deal for his System's Mic "Star" Murphy and who had fronted his own band pri- ered his ties with Asia and was al- closing a deal to star together in a upcoming Roy Thomas Baker-pro- David Frank at the knobs. The or to linking with Howe. ready assembling songs, while major motion picture. An insider duced solo record and makes a System has just inked a new man- Howe says he had "dabbled a Hackett was unwinding from solo says the project -described as "a cameo appearance in Belinda Car- agement deal with AMI's Steven with various bit" guitar synthesiz- projects. sort of musical comedy" -is a re- lisle's "Mad About You" vidclip .. . Machat ... Jerry Greenberg, prez ers, but wasn't willing to feature Casting new partners proved sult of their Live Aid fund raiser, a -ha's second album is due in Sep- of the new UA label, will hit the them prominently in his studio and less difficult than expected, they "Dancing In The Street." target with his "Karate Kid II" stage work until recently. "Roland note. Over a two -month period, A Bowie spokesperson would soundtrack album next month. neither confirm nor deny the ru- Cuts include a Paul Rodgers' re- mor, but said that the two British 0NilE lEU work of "Rock Around The Clock "; superstars have discussed the pos- a version of the Penguins' classic, sibility of collaborating on a movie Artist news, touring, "Earth Angel," by New Edition; for some time. We're laying down signings, venues ... for and a new tune by former Chicago odds that the cameras will eventu- those who need to know vocalist Pete Cetera. lYatch for ally roll. STRANGERS on the charts: The GET YOUR SOCKS OFF! Don tember. The Norweigan trio plays British singles chart has long been Johnson's debut album, for Epic, its first U.S. concert Aug. 16 in Se- strange, but never more so than in BILLBOARD is coming along just fine, says attle, Wash., and will continue recent months. Watching Bill- Danny Goldberg, who manages touring through the end of Octo- board's Hits Of The World chart, the "Miami Vice" star's singing ca- ber ... Roy Orbison is recording the following new entries have reer. The record should be out be- his first album in six years and has been spotted: Marvin Gaye's "I SPOTLIGHTS fore the pop cops' series enters its co- written material with J.D. Heard It Through The Grapevine," new season in the fall. Souther and ELO's Jeff Lynne. "Rock Lobster" by the B -52's, and Produced by former top L.A. Frank Sinatra's rendition of in May and June session guitarist Chas Sandford, WHAT'S IN A NAME? Greg "New York, New York." Inciden- Johnson's album will include guest Lake and Keith Emerson were tally, Frankie's U.K. label has just appearances by Stevie Ray able to keep the name ELP by re- released a followup called "Strang- Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Dickey placing Carl Palmer with the in- ers In The Night"-and the Brits Betts, and many more. credible Brit drummer Cozy Pow- accuse the Yanks of being weird! Says Goldberg: "People raise ell, who had previously played their eyebrows when I tell them with guitar heroes like Jeff Beck SHORT TAKES II: Last time it Don Johnson's making an album, and Ritchie Blackmore. was Lou Reed and Grace Jones- AUDIO BOOKS but when they hear it, their jaws "When we started recording last the new Honda bike commercials are going to drop." year, I told them that if they'd will feature Miles Davis, Sandra The sockless wonder is record- wanted somebody whose name Bernhard, and Chicago Bears' CES ing in Miami and will be cutting started with a 'P,' there were a lot quarterback 'im McMahon ... new Bob Seger and Tom Petty of other drummers who might Neil Diamo,d is on tour support- JAPAN compositions. Rumors that John- have fit in better," said Powell during his 13th Columbia release, son's television partner, Philip Mi- ing an exclusive transatlantic chat. "Headed For The Future." CBS - U.K. chael Thomas, has been banned "I can think of guys like Jeff Por- TV presents a "Neil Dia- from the studio because he was un- caro, Simon Phillips, or Neil mond...Hello Again" special on able to check his ego at the door Peart. But they obviously wanted Sunday (25) . .. Les Paul was MOVIE, TV & are denied. another `C.E "' forced to cancel recent NYC dates ELP's new PolyGram release is when he was admitted to St. THEATRICAL SOUNDTRACKS SHORT TAKES I: Sacramento's guaranteed to command strong al- Luke's Hospital- here's hoping Bourgeois Tagg has been support- bum radio play. The group shot a the legend will be back in action THE WORLD OF ing its Island debut by opening for video for the single "Touch And soon ... Translator is playing its JAZZ & FUSION Robert Palmer. Two NYC dates Go," and a North American tour first U.S. concerts in more than supporting Madness have also starts Aug. 15. two years to promote its fourth been scheduled ... B.B. King kicks 415 /Columbia album, "Evening Of off a two -week engagement at San CRYSTAL BALL CORNER: It The Harvest." Remember Sandie Francisco's Fairmont Hotel Tues- could be the hottest recording proj- Shaw? The '60s British singing day (20) ... Columbia is putting a ect of the year- Canadian rocker sensation has recorded a version of big push on John Eddie's impres- Bryan Adams is tipped to cut his Lloyd Cole & the Commotions' sive Bill Drescher -produced album next album with Mutt Lange and "Are You Ready To Be Heartbro- BILLBOARD COVERS IT ALL! ... Duran Duran's Andy Taylor Bob Clearmountain in the studio ken?" for U.K. release.

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nor chart success since. One -hit won- VAN HALEN Joe Louis Arena May 9 -11 $128,877 50,235 Brass Ring Prods. ders they may be, but that didn't stop BACHMAN- TURNER OVERDRIVE Detroit, Mich. $16.50 three sellouts a respectable -sized crowd of faithful NEIL DIAMOND The Spectrum April 22 & 24 $608,552 36,633 Electric Factory Concerts followers from cheering them on at Philadelphia, Pa. $17.50/$15 two sellouts

their April 30 concert here. NEW EDITION The Spectrum April 26 $387,378 26,700 Pace Concerts While headliners A Flock of Sea- FORCE M.D.'S Philadelphia, Pa. $15/$13.50 32,200 Al Haymon Presents gulls sported the better haircuts -an CHERRELLE all -important attribute for British STEVIE NICKS The Spectrum May 6 $275,054 17,220 Stephen Starr/The Concert Co. musicians -the opening act delivered OPUS Philadelphia, Pa. $16.50/$14.50 sellout the more impressive live set. NEW EDITION Joe Louis Arena Ap ril 20 $271,168 19,736 Pace Concerts Robert Palmer struts his stuff during a Modern English FORCE M.D.'S Detroit, Mich. $15/$13 sellout Al Haymon Presents recent show at the Palace Theater in was strong instru- CHERRELLE New Haven, Conn., where he mentally, kept it tight in the rhythm section, and managed some pleasing OZZY OSBOURNE Nassau Veterans Memorial April 28 $266,805 17,139 tarry Vaughn Presents performed material from his latest METALLICA Coliseum $16 /$14.50 sellout Ron Delsener Enterprises Island release, "Riptide. ". (Photo: atmospherics. Material from its cur- Uniondale, N.Y. rent Sire album, "Stop Start," indicat- David Plastik) GRATEFUL DEAD Cal Expo Amphitheatre May 3 -4 $256,495 16,031 Bill Graham Presents ed that the quintet may be branching Sacramento, Calif. $16 24,400 out from predictable synthesizer ALABAMA Oakland -Alameda County May I $248,675 14,210 Keith Fowler Promotions/Bill Graham ROBERT PALMER tunes and sporting a harder edge. CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Coliseum Arena $17.50 15,000 Presents Palace Theater, New Haven, Conn. A Flock of Seagulls, on the other Oakland, Calif.

Tickets: $15.50 hand, turned in an utterly bland per- ALABAMA Cal Expo Amphitheatre May 2 $237,392 12,832 Keith Fowler Promotions /Bill Graham formance. The band's playing CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Sacramento, Calif. $18.50 sellout Presents

ROBERT PALMER displayed his seemed mechanical and uninspired, AEROSMITH Met Center May 9 $231,802 16,305 lam Prods. musical versatility during an April 17 its songs generally inane, and its de- TED NUGENT Bloomington, Minn. $14.50/513.50 17,761 concert here before some 1,500 col- livery devoid of any originality. HEART The Summit May 2 $218,463 14,664 Pace Concerts lege -age fans -many of whom the Their newer numbers -such as HONEYMOON SUITE Houston, Texas $15.75/$14.75 17,000 veteran vocalist probably A attracted "Cry Like Baby" and "Say So ALABAMA Salinas Municipal Stadium May 3 $216,983 12,399 Keith Fowler Pronations during his brief tenure with the Pow- Much" -only made "I Ran" and an- CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Salinas, Calif. $17.50 sellout er Station last year. other older song, "The More You ALABAMA Pacific Amphitheatre May 4 $199,390 12,955 Nederlander Organization Backed by a formidable eight - Live, The More You Love," stand out CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Costa Mesa, Calif. $18/$15/$11 18,764 member entourage, Palmer opened even more as the only worth- truly STEVIE NICKS Providence Civic Center May 3 $187,550 12,2% Frank 1. Russo his 90- minute set with the dynamic while music A Flock of Seagulls has OPUS Providence, R.I. 115.50/514.50 sellout "Discipline Of Love." The rest of the produced. JEFF TAMARKIN AEROSMITH Rosemont Horizon May 8 $185,659 11,978 lam Prods. show ran the gamut from the mellow TED NUGENT Rosemont, Ill. $15.50 18,100 sounds of "Riptide," the title track of THE CHERRY BOMBZ STEVIE NICKS Baltimore Civic Center May 7 $181,536 12,029 Cellar Door Prods. his latest album, to his recent No. 1 CBGB's, New York OPUS Baltimore, Md. $15.50 13,845 Hot 100 single, "Addicted To Love." Tickets: $10 HEART Providence Civic Center May 9 $178,899 12,783 Frank 1. Russo Equally proficient in a variety of HONEYMOON SUITE Providence, R.I. 514.50/13.50 sellout musical formats, Palmer favored the THE CHERRY BOMBZ have creat- NEW EDITION Baltimore Civic Center April 25 $166,978 13,889 Pace Concerts inclusion of funky, r&b -based tunes ed a buzz on the New York scene in FORCE M.D.'S Baltimore, Md. $12.50 sellout like "Turn You On," together with recent months, attracting a good deal CHERRELLE sweet calypso ballads such as of media and industry attention. JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP McNichols Arena April 30 $162,023 9,552 Feyline Presents "Pride" and "Woke Up Laughin'." Pulled together from Hanoi Rocks Denver, Colo. $17.05/$15.95/$14.85 12,500

Unfortunately, Palmer looked like (guitarists Andy McCoy and Nasty JUDAS PRIEST Compton Terrace May 8 $160,610 11,263 Evening Star Prods. he belonged on the pages of a Euro- Suicide), the Clash (drummer Terry RAVEN Phoenix, Ariz. $15.50/$15/$13.50 13,289 pean fashion magazine rather than a Chimes), and the Lords Of The New ZZ TOP Stokley Athletic Center May 5 $155,9% 10,687 Mid-South Concerts concert stage. Stiff in his delivery, he Church (bassist Dave Tregunna), the JIMMY BARNES Knoxville, Tenn. $15/$12.50 sellout engaged in a minimal amount of in- group fulfills expectations of a tight, Univ. of Tennessee teraction with the audience. Occa- crunching hard rock'n'roll guitar VAN HALEN Nashville Municipal Auditorium April 20 $146,850 9,790 Mid -South Concerts sionally the crowd grew restless with band. Work is needed, however, in BACHMAN- TURNER OVERDRIVE Nashville, Tenn. $15 sellout his noncommercial selections and be- the material and lead -vocal depart- ALABAMA Casper Events Center May 10 $146,537 9,454 Keith Fowler Promotions gan shouting "rock'n'roll!" ments. CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Casper, Wyo. $15.50 10,500 Despite his new following's antici- Former Toto Coelo singer Anita ALABAMA Yellowstone Exhibition -Metra May 9 $143,158 9,236 Keith Fowler Promotions pation of more Power Station covers, Chellamah holds her own with the CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Billings, Mont. $15.50 10,694 "Some Like It Hot" was the only ref- boys; she has the looks, style, and JUDAS PRIEST Denver Coliseum May 4 8136,814 8,610 Feyline Presents erence to that band's material. personality to match the flamboy- RAVEN Denver, Colo. $15.95/$14.85/$13.75 12,500 Palmer received a standing ovation ance of Suicide and McCoy. She sings NEW EDITION UTC Arena -Roundhouse April 17 $129,660 11,786 Pace Concerts at the end of the show, proving his with the requisite energy, but her de- FORCE M.D.'S Chattanooga, Tenn. $12/$9 sellout Alvin Few CHERRELLE Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga growing acceptance as a solo artist. livery and songs (co-written with Mc LINDA MOLESKI Coy) have too much "boy toy" in KENNY ROGERS Hampton Coliseum May 1 5127,0% 8,023 North American Tours LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN Hampton, Va. 116.50/513.50 11,203 them to impress strongly. BROS. BAND A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS The best of a short but savage SAWYER BROWN MODERN ENGLISH April 25 set came last with the Cher- JUDAS PRIEST Tingley Coliseum May 2 $118,033 8,256 Evening Star Prods. The Ritz, New York ry Bombz's cover of Loverboy's "Hot RAVEN Albuquerque, N.M. $15/114 10,656

Tickets: $17.50, $15 Girls In Love" -also the title track of OZZY OSBOURNE Lakefront Arena May 6 8117,920 7,584 Contemporary Presentations their new PVC EP -and a rendition METALLICA New Orleans, La. $16 sellout BRITISH SYNTH -POPPERS A of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Univ. of New Orleans Flock of Seagulls and Modern En- "Around The Bend." JIM BESSMAN THE FIRM Met Center May 5 $114,966 8,082 Rose Prods. MASON RUFFNER Bloomington, Minn. 815 /$13.50 10,000

HANK WILLIAMS JR. 6 THE RAMA Pittsburgh Civic Arena May 1 $114,762 8520 DiCesare- Engler Prods. BAND Pittsburgh, Pa. $13.75 sellout PUBLICITY JOHN ANDERSON PRINTS HEART Barton Coliseum May 5 $110,754 7,911 Mid -South Concerts JUBILEE DIVES Little Rock, Ark. 514 10,000 On Heavy Gloss Stock 19,200 utnograptIO OZZY OSBOURNE Mid -South Coliseum May 4 5103,670 7,405 Mid -South Concerts BLACK & WHITE 11x10's METALLICA Memphis, Tenn. $14 10,000 - 1000 - 85.00 500 S60.00 AEROSMITH Peoria Civic Center May 11 $90,031 6,209 lam Prods. COLOR TED NUGENT Peoria, Ill. $14.50 9,173 1000 - S388.00 SEATS THE FIRM Centennial Hall May 3 $83,777 5,405 Brass Ring Prods. Above Prices InCluoe Typesetting 8 Freight MASON RUFFNER Toledo, Ohio $15.50 9,662 Univ. of Toledo Send 8x10 Photo - Check or M.O. * * * WILLIE NELSON Greenville Memorial Auditorium May 4 $72,870 4,442 in -house Full Color & B/W Posters DAVID ALLEN COE Greenville, S.C. $17.50 6,000 Composites - Cards - Other Sizes r.1 ROBIN WILLIAMS Stabler Arena May 9 $66,774 4,300 Electric Factory Concerts Send For Catalog & Samples THE BOBS Bethlehem, Pa. $15.50 6,500 reunion arena Lehigh Univ. 777 Sports Street PICPURES Dallas, Texas 75207 Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, a Billboard Publications, Inc. publication. Boxscores are compiled every Tuesday and should BB 1867 E. Florida, Dept. be submitted to Louise Zepp in Nashville at (61 5) 748-81 29; Ancil Davis in New York at (2 1 2) 764 -7314; Linda Deckard in Los Angeles at MO 65803 (214) 658-7070 Springfield, (2 1 3) 859 -5338; or Melinda Newman in Chicago at (312) 236 -2085. 14171869 -9433 Or 869-3456

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www.americanradiohistory.com I aient Holly Knight's Band Sees Light of Day Group, Device, Will Take Most Of Songwriter's Time ested in putting a band together." though we came up with a lot of ma- BY STEVE GETT Negotiations with the label were terial before we found Paul, we saw NEW YORK Pat Benatar, Tina handled by producer /songwriter the danger in laying down tracks Turner, Heart, and Scandal are Mike Chapman, who originally because we didn't know if what we among the many artists who have signed Knight to his now -defunct did would be in the right key for the enjoyed hits written by Holly Dreamland label during the late vocalist we ended up working Knight in recent years. But now, '70s, when she was a member of Spi- with." the Los Angeles -based composer is der. Following the demise of that After Engemann joined Device, eager for chart success with her outfit, Chapman and Knight main- "22B3" was recorded at L.A.'s own band, Device, whose debut al- tained a close working relation- Cherokee Studios, with Chapman bum, "22B3," has just been released ship -their first songwriting col- producing. Tne band has since shot by Chrysalis. laboration was Tina Turner's hit sin- a video in London and is now re- Two years ago, label chairman gle "Better Be Good To Me." hearsing for live dates. Drummer Terry Ellis and executive vice presi- "It ended up taking about eight Mark Nelson and keyboardist Pat dent Jeff Aldrich offered Knight a months to finalize the deal with Regan have been hired to boost the seven -album deal purely on the mer- Chrysalis," says Knight. "I'd al- onstage sound. However, Knight, its of her songwriting ability. "I ready started looking for a singer, who also plays keyboards, says that hadn't showcased or done any of the and I hadn't found one when every- Device will essentially function as a things that musicians unfortunately thing was signed. But it wasn't like trio, bringing in extra musicians have to do to get a record deal," she Chrysalis turned around and said, only when necessary. says. `Well, we're not going to sign you While devoting a good deal of her Furthermore, Knight says, she until you find one.' They were still time and energy to Device, Knight had the freedom to work as a solo confident about my songwriting, does not anticipate that the group Westwood One's Wild Side. Lou Reed meets with Westwood One co -host artist or to form a group. "Chrysalis and I think they had faith in Mike will prevent her from writing for Carol Miller before doing an interview for the radio network's "Line One" gave me the option," she says. "But because of his track record with others. program. Reed discussed his new RCA album, "Mistrial," and his plans tor an I actually let them know I was inter- their acts, like Blondie and Pat "There might be a slight cutback, upcoming tour. Benatar." but not much," she says. "I think From the outset, Knight wanted a people would be disappointed if I male vocalist for Device. "I've been didn't write. Obviously, Device is a Hope To Blow Away The Competition typecast as the writer for women in priority, and if it takes off and we rock," she says. "That wasn't any- go on the road for any length of EP thing I did on purpose -it just hap- time, it might be harder. Uptown Horns Release `Solo' pened that way. But I wanted a "But I'll take a tape recorder with tradition of horn sections, we mostly town Manhattan club Tramps, at- more tough, masculine kind of vibe me in case I get inspired. To me, BY JIM BESSMAN use head arrangements live and in tracting top rock and r &b artists. to this band. I sing, so I figured I songwriting's all down to inspira- NEW YORK The Gotham -based the studio." Since being tapped by the members could handle any female vocals we tion, and there's no telling when Uptown Horns are the industry's Recalling their first session date - of the J. Geils Band to accompany would need." you're going to get an idea. Besides, most versatile and in- demand horn for Iggy Pop's 1981 "Party" album- them on the 1982 "Showtime" live -al- Although Knight connected with I'm sure I'll write things that won't section. Last year, they were fea- during which the Horns "spontane- bum tour, the Horns have been hired Device guitarist Gene Bloch "the be suitable for Device." tured on James Brown's comeback ously" orchestrated and arranged by scores of artists. first night I went out to the local One of Knight's most recent com- hit, "Living In America," and on al- Pop's riffs, Cioe says, "Stylistically, The group says that it will continue [L.A.] clubs looking for people," her positions is Rod Stewart's new bums by Pat Benatar and Twisted we combine our rock'n'roll attitude to function as an onstage and studio quest for a vocalist took two years Warner Bros. single, "Love Touch." Sister. with the strictly r&b attitude of most session team. But Litteral notes that, and necessitated trips to New York She also reveals that "Nancy Wil- In recent months the quartet has other sections, which is why we if "Tastefully Deviant" establishes and London before she finally found son from Heart and I are going to completed more session work for haven't shied away from rock artists the Uptown Horns as a successful re- Paul Engemann last summer. collaborate on a single and a video Brown and for artists like Debbie who haven't used horns." cording act, it may be necessary to "It got very frustrating," says this year. We've got the title and Harry, Billy Idol, David Sanborn, Formed in late 1979, the Uptown seek stronger business representa- Knight. "It was like I'd got a record we'll probably get it done in the Rodney Crowell, and boxer Hector Horns made their initial mark host- tion because the unit is self- managed deal, but was I ever going to go in summer, when she's off the road - "Macho" Comacho. The Horns have ing weekly jam sessions at the down- and books its own gigs. and make an album? And, even as long as I don't get too busy." also been playing regular Manhattan club gigs with David Johansen's alter ego, Buster Poindexter, at the Bot- tom Line, as well as appearing at the Limelight's "Downtown Dukes And Divas" multiartist revues. Now, the Uptown Horns are set to cap their most productive year ever with the release of their debut "solo" .4Billboard disk. A six-song EP, titled "Tasteful- ly Deviant" and culled from 15 unre- leased tracks -except for the import ALL N E\A 1986 -87 dance -club hit, "Sex With My Ex "- cut for EMI U.K. in 1983, is coming out next month on the group's Road- INTERNATIONAL side label. Important Records will handle North American distribution. "When we started seven years TALENT AND ago, people said we were fools, that horns were a historical relic no longer valid except in disco," says trumpeter Hollywood Paul Litteral. "Our whole thing is about breaking new ground for horns," adds alto TOURING and baritone saxophonist Crispin To$\\,,ti\4'O. Cioe, who handles the reeds with ten - DIRECTORY orman Arno Hecht. Cioe says that the group's goal is "to increase the YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR NEW BUSINESS! role of horns in pop music to the point that they are as common and accept- IN NEW YORK IN LOS ANGELES ed as electric guitars, but without FOR AD DETAILS Norm Berkowitz, Sales Mgr. Jim Heath (213) 471 -8255 competing." CONTACT Directories (212) 764 -7330 Litteral and trombonist Bob Funk are classically trained, but Cioe says i it's the Horns' rockier bent and im- provising ability that have allowed them to "fit in just about everywhere. We all read music, hut in the

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www.americanradiohistory.com alack Andrae Crouch Is Spokesman Dr. Funkenstein Heads Multiple Operations Gospel Concert Series Set Clinton Expands `Ring Around Record Companies' NASHVILLE Singer Andrae which Crouch will also appear as who get a pop smash and then keep is written. Besides, Vanessa's only BY NELSON GEORGE Crouch has been named spokes- guest artist-are set for July 13 at copying that formula. Then they 22. She doesn't need to be doing mu- man for Kentucky Fried Chicken's the John F. Kennedy Center for NEW YORK What is George Clin- find out white stations don't want sic that'll make her sound old. She National Gospel Music Series of the Performing Arts, Washington, ton getting at with the title of his them as regular guests because can sing. We can put a style to it concerts and regional church mu- D.C.; Sept. 21 at the Ford Auditori- new Capitol album, "R &B Skele- they're black, and black stations and give her a platform." sic contests. um, Detroit; Oct. 12 at the Acade- tons In The Closet "? "It's a tribute don't want them because they're too Along with the Williams project, The first concert in the series my of Arts, Philadelphia; and Nov. record," says the man generally re- into sounding white." Clinton has been back at an activity was held April 27 in Louisville. A 2 at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta. garded as one of the most influen- The latter is a charge never di- he calls "ring around the record second is slated for Chicago on Additional details on Kentucky tial bandleaders /musical conceptu- rected at Clinton, either as musical company" -his phrase for deal - July 26, as part of the Thomas A. Fried Chicken's gospel music ac- alists of the last decade. With char- mastermind of the "P -Funk Mob" making, and Clinton is a master at Dorsey Festival, co- sponsored by tivities are available at (202) 842- acteristic humor he adds, "It's a (Funkadelic, Parliament, Bootsy's it. At one point a few years ago, the city. 4170. tribute to all the people who cross Rubber Band, and sundry others), Clinton-associated acts were signed Regional contest finals -at over and can't get black. or in a solo career so far highlighted to Warner Bros., Casablanca, Aris- "You have these black artists by his 1984 black No. 1 single, ta, and Atlantic. Among his current "Atomic Dog." (Coincidentally, deals Clinton has moved Jimmy G & "Atomic Dog" is the answer to the the Tackheads from Capitol to trivia question: What song replaced MCA, has signed a reconstituted "Beat It" as the No. 1 black single ?) Funkadelic (featuring ex -Slave and Clinton says: "When we came up Aurra member Steve Washington), RHYTHME with the idea, everybody thought and is seeking a deal for Otis Day & LUES we were talking about Lionel Ri- the Nights. chie. He was the first name that Day is the name actor DeWayne by Nelson George came to mind. But he crosses over Jessie used when playing a frat- because it comes naturally. Had to house entertainer in the film "Ani- exempt him from the list. We're mal House." Over the last year, Jes- talking about when you get in that sie and a backing band have suc- dilemma between what you were cessfully revived the Day & the doing and what you wanted to do." (Continued on page 43) As DETAILED ELSEWHERE on this page, George SHORT STUFF: Rick James is reportedly back on the Ex -Miss America Vanessa Wil- Clinton has a new album on Captol, "R &B Skeletons In hard stuff -the hard funk, that is. His new Motown al- liams is a surprise guest vocalist on The Closet." Like all of Clinton's work, even when it bum, "The Flag," is a return to the punk-funk style of two songs, "Hey Good Lookin" ' isn't commercial, it's fun-or at least interesting -on his earlier albums. The flag James sings about is what and the funny first single, "Do some level. he calls "the freak flag "-a red, green, and black item Fries Go with That Shake ?" Clinton Canada Group Just as much fun as the music on "Skeletons" is the sure to be merchandised at some point this summer. The says he knew the dethroned pag- album's art. The covers of Clinton's various productions single's title is certainly vintage slick Rick: "Sweet And eant winner had a good voice. "I in- have always been adventures in subliminal seduction, Sexy Thing" ... Look for Total Experience Records vited her down to the studio to see if Sets Awards even before the commercial breakthrough of the P -Funk president Lonnie Simmons to get active as a producer she could funk, and she could," he NEW YORK The Black Music Mob in the mid -'70s. Even when the music of Clinton and once again. During the period of his label's rise, Sim- says. They worked together so well Assn. of Canada (BMAC) holds company (Funkadelic, Parliament, Bootsy, etc., etc., mons played an important role as both producer and that Clinton decided to produce an its second Award of Merit lun- writer ... After a period of great change at Solar Rec- album for her. As part of his ef- cheon Friday (23) at Toronto's As usual, George ords (which may not be over yet), look for Dick Grif- forts, Clinton requested and re- Royal York Hotel. The theme is Clinton fey's label again to be a major factor on the black chart ceived two finished 24 -track record- "Blacklights 2: The Future: A has a lot of topics covered with a variety of artists ... Jeffrey Osborne's new ings from Prince, "Euphoric High- Collaboration With Radio And A &M single, produced by Richard Perry, is "You way" and "Eternity," which Clinton Video," and the keynote address Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)." The flip side is says are melodically reminiscent of will be given by an executive etc.) went way over the edge into cosmic funk surreal- "Who Would Have Guessed," a duet with Portia Grif- material from the Warner Bros. art- from MuchMusic, Canada's mu- ism, the album covers always brought the meaning of fin ... David "Hawk" Wolinski handles production on ist's last two albums. sic video network. Clinton's latest concept home. "Slow Down," the third single from Evelyn "Cham- "I talked with her and her manag- Seven contemporary achieve- On "Skeletons," Pedro Bell, under the direction of pagne" King's RCA album "A Long Time Coming (A er, Ramon Herve, about it," says ment awards, three Hall of Fame George "I Want A Grammy For My Mammy" Clinton, Change Is Gonna Come)" ... Check out The Real Rox- Clinton. "My feeling was that we awards, and two special awards has come up with some "Neegrow" graphics that are as anne with Hitman Howie Tee on "Let's Go Go" b/w should gear it to kids 18 and under, will be presented. For more in- provocative as they are funny. Scattered across both "Howie's Teed Off" on Select Records, produced by instead of to people 27 years and formation, contact BMAC at sides of the cover, they underline Clinton's feelings Full Force ... Arista has just released an Angela older. They are less likely to be (416) 463 -8880. about crossover and other concepts. The front cover fea- Bofill "Best Of" collection that includes the classics judgmental and influenced by what tures a "Volunteer Rating System," which allows the lis- "I Try," "This Time We'll Be Sweeter," and "Angel Of tener to check off all the unsavory elements "Skeletons" The Night," along with nine other selections from her contains. five albums. FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986 Among these elements are illicit drug use, excessive Skyy's "From The Left Side" has a good single, violence, improper grammar and/ or slang, communist "Givin' It (To You)," and the album itself is even better. illboarr!' agitator lyrical overtones, welfare fraud, voodoo cul- The ballad "Song Song," "Big Fun," "Love Illogical," tism, bambezi fertility rites, and suspicious and un- and the cute pop of "Rock It" make this Randy Muller/ HOT BLACK SINGLES ACTION known social impact. Surely this is the checklist the Con- Solomon Roberts production the band's best in several gressional wives are using even as we read. years. It's also Skyy's Capitol debut ... Jean Carne's RADIO MOST ADDED On the back cover, Clinton presents "Captain Cross- "Closer Than Close" on Omni Records is a superb piece NEW TOTAL 90 REPORTERS over" and his list of "What To Drop To Go Pop." Since of music. Written by Philly -based songwriter Terry ADDS ON JEFFERY OSBORNE YOU A this is a family newspaper, we'll only quote a few of Price and vocalist Brandi Wells, and produced by Gro- SHOULD BE MINE &M 52 52 Clinton's extremely practical suggestions. One is "Don't ver Washington Jr., it's a strong, sympathetic platform RICK JAMES SWEET AND SEXY THING MOTOWN 37 64 wear 'dreads,' cornrows, 'naturals,' or any garment that for Carne's supple, jazzy phrasing. It could be the break- JEAN CORNE CLOSER THAN CLOSE OMNI 30 35 looks Third World ('This is America, buddy')." Another through record this fine vocalist deserves. Carne just RUN -D.M.C. MY ADIDAS PROFILE 23 44 MTUME BREATHLESS EPIC 18 is "Do smile and appear grateful a lot when you get on went back into the studio with producer Dexter Wan - 63 teevee. It's besides -the -point that airbody's [sic] getting sell to add a new track to her album in tribute to the late Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the five records most added to the playlists of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. Retail Breakouts is a weekly national indicator of rich offa you and there's still no money to buy your songwriter Linda Creed: Creed's classic "Make Up To those records with significant future sales potential based on initial market reaction at the retail- mama a house, like you promised ('Hey these things Break Up" ... The Commodores have just signed with ers and one -stops reporting to Billboard. The full panel of reporters is published periodically as take time, be patient! Your check's in the mail PolyGram Records. They changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: Billboard ...')." expect to make their debut on Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Our favorite bit of advice is "Forget where you came the label this fall ... The S.O.S. Band's management from because airbody knows that anybody who lives in appears to be in transition; no one is saying what's up RETAIL BREAKOUTS the projects more than two years is never going to make ... Cameo's bassist Michael Burnett was recently in- NUMBER 134 REPORTERS it. You probably ripped off your friends to help your ca- jured in a motorcycle accident, but has recovered REPORTING 52ND STREET TELL ME (HOW IT FEELS) MCA 20 reer anyway. If your conscience bothers you, make a enough to join the band for recording sessions in New tax -deductible contribution to a ghetto you DIDN'T live York ... Atlantic has signed Levert, a fine vocal trio MIDNIGHT STAR HEADLINES SOLAR 19 in (`C'mon, gimme a break on that "being poor" stuff, featuring Gerald and Sean Levert, sons of Eddie Le- YARBROUGH & PEOPLES I WOULDN'T LIE TOTAL EXPERIENCE 17 willya?')!" vert of the O'Jays. Their debut album for the label is ARETHA FRANKLIN AIN'T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU ARISTA 13 This is the tamer stuff, but it still packs a punch. being released this month ... The Fat Boys have al- PAUL LAURENCE STRUNG OUT CAPITOL 12 When you match these sentiments with Bell's graphics, ways made entertaining videos, but their best yet may ©Copyright 1986 by Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be repro- you have one potent comic book of a cover. be Zbigniew Rybczynski's treatment of their cover of duced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the James Brown's "Sex Machine." publisher.

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www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24 1986 BiIIboadHt Black Singles SALES & AIRPLAY BLACK SINGLES A ranking of the top 30 black singles by sales and airplay. respectively. BY LABEL A ranking of distributing labels U Z by their number of titles O OÚ z on the Hot Black Singles chart. SALES 3 AIRPLAY co 03 j= ÓÓ jy Q ÓÓ LABEL NO. OF TITLES ARTIST xa ON CHART

1 1 1 ON MY OWN PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD EPIC 9 1 1 ON MY OWN PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD 1 (3) Tabu (4) 2 2 THE FINEST THE S.O.S. BAND 2 2 2 I HAVE LEARNED TO RESPECT ... STEPHANIE MILLS 5 CBS Associated (1) 3 6 NASTY JANET JACKSON 6 Portrait (1) 3 6 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WHITNEY HOUSTON 3 CAPITOL (7) 8 4 5 IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IN IT ATLANTIC STARR 4 4 3 THE FINEST THE S.O.S. BAND 2 Manhattan (1) 5 3 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WHITNEY HOUSTON 3 8 5 10 IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IN IT ATLANTIC STARR 4 MCA ALEXANDER O'NEAL 8 ARISTA (4) 7 NU SHOOZ 7 6 7 WHAT'S MISSING 6 5 I CAN'T WAIT Jive (3) 7 4 I HAVE LEARNED TO RESPECT ... STEPHANIE MILLS 5 7 4 KISS PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 10 ELEKTRA (4) 7 MAKE YOU CRY) BILLY OCEAN 17 Asylum (1) JANET JACKSON 6 8 17 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO 8 18 NASTY Solar (1) 9 12 DO YOU STILL LOVE ME? MELISA MORGAN 9 9 8 UNDER THE INFLUENCE VANITY 12 Vintertaiment (1) RENE & ANGELA 18 MOTOWN (2) 7 SADE 11 10 11 YOU DON'T HAVE TO CRY 10 13 NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME Gordy (2) 11 10 LOVE TAKE OVER FIVE STAR 16 11 16 DO FRIES GO WITH THAT SHAKE GEORGE CLINTON 13 Tamla (2) Motown (1) THE CONTROLLERS 15 /Kallista TO ME GOOD MICHAEL HENDERSON 22 12 13 STAY 12 14 DO IT (TONIGHT) A &M 6 13 24 HEADLINES MIDNIGHT STAR 27 13 21 OH, LOUISE JUNIOR 14 ATLANTIC (4) 6 14 18 FIRESTARTER TEASE 20 Omni (2) 14 19 DO YOU STILL LOVE ME? MELISA MORGAN 9 COLUMBIA (4) 6 15 16 OH, LOUISE JUNIOR 14 15 7 LOVE IS JUST A TOUCH AWAY FREDDIE JACKSON 26 Del Jam /Columbia (2) 16 19 JUST ANOTHER LOVER JOHNNY KEMP 21 RCA (3) 6 16 15 THE HEAT OF HEAT PATTI AUSTIN 19 Total Experience (3) 17 21 DO FRIES GO WITH THAT SHAKE GEORGE CLINTON 13 17 22 STAY THE CONTROLLERS 15 WARNER BROS. (2) 6 18 25 WHO'S JOHNNY ( "SHORT CIRCUIT' THEME) EL DEBARGE 25 Paisley Park (2) 18 11 CRUSH ON YOU THE JETS 24 Qwest (1) 19 26 STATE OF THE HEART PHILIP BAILEY 29 19 28 LOVE TAKE OVER FIVE STAR 16 Warner Bros. /Tommy Boy (1)

20 22 I GET OFF ON YOU THE ROSE BROTHERS 28 POLYGRAM 4 20 25 WHAT'S MISSING ALEXANDER O'NEAL 8 Mercury (2) 21 30 I WOULDN'T LIE YARBROUGH & PEOPLES 31 21 9 PARTY FREAK CA$HFLOW 30 Atlanta Artists (1)

22 9 THE HEAT OF HEAT PATTI AUSTIN 19 London (1) 22 29 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) BILLY OCEAN 17 EMI -AMERICA 2 23 28 TELL ME (HOW IT FEELS) 52ND STREET 32 23 23 WATCH YOUR STEP ANITA BAKER 23 ISLAND 2 24 27 THE CHARACTER MORRIS DAY 34 4th & B'Way (1) 24 FIRESTARTER TEASE 20 - 4th & B'Way /Checkpoint (1) 25 8 NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME SADE 11 25 - YOU DON'T HAVE TO CRY RENE & ANGELA 18 CHRYSALIS 26 HERE I GO AGAIN FORCE M.D.'S 36 26 12 I'M NOT GONNA LET ... COLONEL ABRAMS 38 - CRITIQUE 27 SEX MACHINE THE FAT BOYS 33 FANTASY 27 17 ROCK ME AMADEUS FALCO 41 - HEAT NU SHOOZ 7 STARPOINT 39 28 15 I CAN'T WAIT 28 20 RESTLESS JAMPACKED 29 14 UNDER THE INFLUENCE VANITY 12 29 - WHO'S JOHNNY (SHORT CIRCUIT" THEME) EL DEBARGE 25 JAY 30 20 WATCH YOUR STEP ANITA BAKER 23 KMA 30 - JUST ANOTHER LOVER JOHNNY KEMP 21 in form or by any means. electronic. mecnanicai. pnotocopying. MALACO ©Copy ight 1986, Billboard Publications. Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted. any Muscle Shoals Sound (1) recording, or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher. PROFILE MUSIC SRA /ICHIBAN BLACK SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET Wilbe (1) TITLE SELECT (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Country Singer Gail Davies Joins A `Wild Choir' Rock- Oriented Sound For New RCA Group at Warner Bros. According to Pendras, the main BY EDWARD MORRIS The album, "Wild Choir," will be concern in the studio was to get a NASHVILLE Exit Gail Davies, released commercially in early live feel. This is hard to do, he says, soloist. Enter the band Wild Choir, June. "Next Time," which ships this using the standard Nashville prac- with Gail Davies as lead vocalist. week, is the band's debut single. tice of listening to demos and rely- After almost two years at RCA Only the DJ copies will carry the ing on studio musicians to interpret and with only one slow -selling al- designation, "Wild Choir, featuring them. "Everyone in the band sings bum to show for it, Gail Davies has on the record, and there's writing convinced the label to let her fade within the band. So it's not a solo out as an individual act and emerge `First country band artist with backup musicians. It's as part of a band. Although re- Breaking With Buddy. Tree International owner Buddy Killen, left, talks with the with a female lead' interactive." WSM -AM's Al Wyntor about the "Big Break" talent contest being co- sponsored sultant music doesn't disguise Davies wrote or co -wrote six of by the station and Nashville's Stockyard restaurant, which Killen also owns. The Davies' passionate vocals, it does the cuts. Also contributing material contest will be broadcast live from the Stockyard for 13 weeks. have a hard -driving rock sound that Gail Davies." Otherwise, the promo- were Pendras, John Hiatt, Wendy is at odds with the folk /country one tional focus is entirely on the band. Waldman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann she solidified during her five years Davies co- produced the project Kennedy, Pat Bunch, Fred Kohler, with Pete Pendras, who also plays and Marshall Chapman. electric guitar in the group. The oth- RCA chief Joe Galante says the er members are Denny Bixby, bass label will launch a teaser campaign and vocal harmonies; Larry Chaney, to draw attention to the new act. electric guitar and vocals; and Bob "We've been out on the road for the ASHVILLE SCENE Mummert, drums and percussion. last several months," he adds, While Davies has the reputation "playing songs to our distributors." of being a meticulous and hard -to- Wild Choir will begin shooting its please producer, she and Pendras first video, on "Safe In The Arms completed the album in 10 days. Of Love," next week. "I've never had that happen be- Galante says the video will serve fore," she marvels. (Continued on page 34) THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY COLUMN. This is not a strated why he's the greatest, dipping into his new al- country column. This is not a country column. At bum and some past ones for his material. One of the least, this week, this is not a country column. Because highlights was his sensuous performance of Don I'm talking about Chet Atkins -and that guitar artist McLean's "Vincent." Before a predominantly black has gone far beyond country. audience, Atkins showed he's a consummate artist U.K. Promoter Calms Acts Atkins, whose instrument was instrumental in the who transcends all boundaries of music -country, formation of the Nashville Sound as we know it, has pop, soul, and jazz. released another noncountry album -his second in a Once again the country boy proved that he's the On European -Tour Safety row. Actually, his new Columbia album, "Street best in the country. they give in to this inflated spectre of BY EDWARD Dreams," might be called HollyNash or NashWood. MORRIS terrorism, they will have surrendered It's a hybrid of the best the West Coast and Nashville NEWSNOTES: Warner Bros. artist Randy Travis, NASHVILLE Country acts are saf- a fundamental right of free people." have to offer. That includes L.A. jazz /fusion players who was recently voted top new male vocalist by the er performing in Europe than playing Kruger said that no artists have Harvey Mason, Ronnie Foster, Carlos Rios, Academy of Country Music, has been given an honor- Texas bars, says British country mu- yet canceled their contracts with him, ary life membership in the Appalachian Jubilee sic promoter Jeffrey Kruger. Kruger Country Music Entertainers Assn. Travis is sched- was scheduled to speak at a luncheon Atkins has always uled to play the Jubilee in Chambersburg, Pa., May 26. here Friday (16), specifically to tell `Press has built up Promoter Mervyn Conn presented Columbia's artists that their fears of encounter- been a catalyst Johnny Cash with the Hubert Long Award following ing terrorism in Europe are ground- unnecessary fear' Cash's performance at the Silk Cut Festival in less. Abraham Laboriel, and Paulino DeCosta fused with Wembley, England. The award goes to those who "The panic is in the mind of the be- but that George Strait, Dottie West, Nashville talents David Hungate, Mark O'Conner, have contributed to the promotion of country music liever," Kruger said in a telephone in- Tammy Wynette, and Don Williams and Paul Yandell. Earl Klugh's ex- keyboard player worldwide. terview from London. "I am coming have all voiced reservations. He said Darryl Dybka co-produced the album and wrote six of Some of Nashville's top music figures are lobbying to Nashville to reassure the artists I that he has encouraged these artists its songs. to get the new I -440 route around the city named the have contracted for June and August to talk to Glen Campbell, who recent- CBS recently showcased Atkins and the new album "Minnie Pearl Parkway," to show the industry's af- and to tell them that, in the words of ly completed a two -week tour for at the Palace in Hollywood. The fete drew Columbia fection for the Grand Ole Opry comedienne and Coun- the American ambassador here, if (Continued on page 34) black -music marketing managers, jazz /urban- format try Music Hall of Famer. radio reps from 15 cities, major pop and jazz accounts, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will celebrate its 20th FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986 and such CBS executives as George Butler, vice presi- anniversary with a concert at the Red Rocks dent of jazz a &r, Columbia; Ruben Rodriguez, vice Amphitheatre in Denver, June 10. Guesting on the president of black -music marketing; Bob Wilcox, show will be John Denver, Michael Martin Murphey, illboard West Coast vice president of marketing; Rick Black- Rosanne Cash, Doc Watson, John Prine, Jerry Jeff burn, senior vice president /general manager, CBS Walker, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Nicolette HOT COUNTRY SINGLES ACTION Nashville; and Roy Wunsch, vice president of market- Larson, Sharon White, and Marty Stuart. ing, CBS Nashville. More than 50 students have received full or partial RADIO MOST ADDED Atkins was joined onstage by many of the players scholarships through funds established by MCA com- NEW TOTAL 129 REPORTERS from the album, as well as such talents as Nashvillian- edian and storyteller Jerry Clower-at Mississippi ADDS ON THE JUDDS ROCKIN' WITH THE RHYTHM OF THE RAIN RCA /CURB 67 68 turned- Connecticut -Yankee Randy Goodrum, Larry State, the Univ. of Mississippi, Southwest Mississippi Carlton, and Sarah Vaughan, as sassy as ever with a Junior College, and The Citadel- according to THE STATLER BROTHERS COUNT ON ME MERCURY 40 58 sizzling version of "I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Clower's manager and booking agent Tandy Rice. WAYLON JENNINGS WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE MCA 34 65 Good." The laid -back Atkins quipped to the audience In promoting his debut RCA album, "Wings," T.G. SHEPPARD STRONG HEART COLUMBIA 33 78 prior to Vaughan's appearance, "I finally got to work Michael Johnson has performed solo shows to radio, GEORGE STRAIT NOBODY IN HIS RIGHT MIND ... MCA 32 97 with her. We rehearsed in the bathroom for two min- retail, and press audiences in Atlanta, Durham, Nash- Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the five records most added to the playlists of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. Retail Breakouts is a weekly national indicator of utes." But that's not how it sounded. ville, Tampa Bay, Houston, Amarillo, Dallas, and San those records with significant future sales potential based on initial market reaction at the retail- Atkins has always been a catalyst, bringing great, Antonio. ers and one -stops reporting to Billboard. The full panel of reporters is published periodically as changes are made, or is available by sending a self -addressed stamped envelope to: Billboard and divergent, talents together. In his RCA days in Epic's Tammy Wynette will appear on the CBS -TV Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Nashville he signed and /or produced such acts as special, "The Wildest West Show Of The Stars," on Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, May 27 at 9 p.m., Eastern Time. Atlantic /America art- RETAIL BREAKOUTS Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, and Jerry Reed, ist Glen Campbell appears with Wynette. NUMBER 46 REPORTERS REPORTING while recording more than 70 albums -some of them with such distinguished friends as Les Paul and SIGNINGS: Perry LaPointe to Door Knob Records SOUTHERN PACIFIC RENO BOUND WARNER BROS. 16 Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops. ... Sue Thompson to Playback Records ... The ED BRUCE NIGHTS RCA 14 The quiet, hunched -over guitarist /producer /execu- Blazer Brothers to World Class Talent for booking LEE GREENWOOD HEARTS AREN'T MADE TO BREAK ... MCA 13 tive has dropped all executive duties in his switch to ... Family Brown, Freddie Hart, and the Carlton's KATHY MATTEA LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME MERCURY 10 CBS. He's concentrating on what he does best: play- to Tessier -Marsh Talent for U.S. booking. That agen- C.MCCLAIN /W.MASSEY WHEN IT'S DOWN TO ME AND YOU EPIC 10 ing the guitar. cy's new address is 505 Canton Pass, Madison, Tenn. © Copyright 1986 by Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be repro- With Michael McDonald sitting entranced in the 37115. duced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the first row at his Palace performance, Atkins demon, publisher.

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U.K. PROMOTER REASSURES ACTS GAIL DAVIES & WILD CHOIR (Continued from page 32) (Continued from page 32) Kruger, and to Bobby Bare and Billie Turkey, Poland, Yugoslavia, and in place of a regular showcase for Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Jo Spears, who are still in Europe. Spain following the U.S. bombing of the band. "We had a decision to Skynyrd are oldies on country radio "I have never known such unneces- Libya. And last week, the Bellamy make. We could either showcase ini- now," he says, "and rock 'n' roll is sary panic as has apparently been Brothers announced that they were tially [to a few people in Nashville Van Halen." built up in the American press," Kru- pulling out of their European tour, or Dallas], or we could do the video. Davies says she has assembled ger said. "It is such a distortion of the scheduled for October and Novem- It really shows the band-it's not enough material for the band's truth." He quoted a letter from ber, "due to the recent increase of conceptual. It'll work great just in stage show without dipping into her American ambassador Charles Da- terrorist attacks." terms of showcasing their soloist's repertoire. "Right now," vis, who called London "among the Earlier this year, Ricky Skaggs performance." she says, "I think that would be safest of the big cities in the world." canceled plans for appearances in Is- In addition to its country push, damaging." Kruger said that Williams is sched- rael, citing political unrest in the re- RCA will work "Wild Choir" in oth- Over and above her excitement uled to perform in Norway, Holland, gion. Back er markets, according to Galante. about the sound of the band, Davies and Germany, and the other artists Representatives of the Country To The Board. Rick Blackburn, senior vice president /general "We've already met with our col- says she is proud of the ground are contracted for the Peterborough Music Assn. in Nashville and London manager of CBS Records Nashville, lege department on it," he reports. she's breaking: "There's never been Music Festival, to be held in central say they haven't had any inquiries shares a tune with producer Billy Galante says he doesn't think the a band in the history of country mu- England. from artists about the safety of Eu- rock Sherrill, right, who has signed an sound of the album will bother sic with a female lead. That's really The Warner Bros. act Southern Pa- ropean appearances. programmers since the distinction pathetic." cific canceled the remainder of its exclusive, longterm production agreement with the company. between rock and country is becom- State Department -sponsored tour of ing increasingly arbitrary. "The FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986

Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. Billboard. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written TOP COU NTRYpMS permission of the publisher. PQ~ Compiled from a national sample of retail store and one -stop sales reports. O ' Or of Or . ARTIST ?ÿ TITLE 4 : _ ARTIST TITLE LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG Llsr PRICE) ' - ^. LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG LIST PRICE)

3 4 12 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5691 1 week O (898) at No. One WHOEVER'S IN NEW ENGLAND 39 57 61 8 JUDY RODMAN MTM 71050 (898) JUDY

2 2 1 13 ALABAMA A RCA AHLI -7170 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 40 35 35 61 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5567 (8.98) (CO) GEORGE STRAIT'S GREATEST HITS

5 7 FC NITTY GRITTY DIRT O 5 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA -40327 THE PROMISELAND 41 46 50 44 BAND PARTNERS, BROTHERS AND FRIENDS WARNER BROS. 25304 (8.98)

4 1 3 52 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER/CURB BROS. 25267/WARNER (8.98) FIVE-0 42 50 60 110 ALABAMA A2 RCA AHLI -4939 (898) (CD) ROLL ON

5 4 5 27 THE JUDDS RCA /CURB AHLI 7042 /RCA (898) (CD) ROCKIN' WITH THE RHYTHM ® 54 54 44 THE BELLAMY BROTHERS MCA /CURB 5586 /MCA (8.98) HOWARD & DAVID 7 8 7 WAYLON JENNINGS MCA 5688 (8.98) WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE © 44 36 36 32 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA FC 39990 HALF NELSON

10 14 7 RONNIE MILSAP RCA AHLI -7194 (CD) O (8.98) LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHT 45 37 30 12 DON WILLIAMS CAPITOL ST -12440 (8.98) NEW MOVES

12 16 6 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 25372 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) GUITARS, CADILLACS, ETC., ETC. 46 40 37 38 MARIE OSMOND THERE'S NO STOPPING YOUR HEART ® CAPITOL ST -12414 /CURB /CAPITOL (8.98) 9 9 9 11 JOHN CONLEE COLUMBIA FC -40257 HARMONY 47 58 51 54 LEE GREENWOOD MCA 5582 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS

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12 13 11 11 EMMYLOU HARRIS WARNER BROS. 25352 (8.98) THIRTEEN 50 56 65 3 STEVE EARLE MCA 5713 (8.98) GUITAR TOWN

13 6 2 13 ANNE MURRAY CAPITOL SJ 12466 (8.98) SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT 51 52 64 44 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5516 (8.98) MY KIND OF COUNTRY

14 8 10 30 EARL RCA THOMAS CONLEY AHUa032 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 52 44 44 40 GENE WATSON EPIC FE -40076 MEMORIES TO BURN

15 15 15 34 MCA GEORGE STRAIT 5605 (8.98) SOMETHING SPECIAL 53 60 58 244 WILLIE NELSON A2 COLUMBIA KC 237542 (CD) GREATEST HITS

16 16 6 16 JOHN SCHNEIDER MCA 5668 (8.98) A MEMORY LIKE YOU 54 48 34 23 STEVE WARINER MCA 5672 (8.98) LIFE'S HIGHWAY

17 17 17 34 EMI -AMERICA ST-I 7166 (8.98) DAN SEALS WON'T BE BLUE ANYMORE 55 53 57 420 WILLIE NELSON A3 COLUMBIA FC 35305 (CD) STARDUST

18 19 20 47 ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA FC 39463 RHYTHM AND ROMANCE 56 51 49 94 EARL THOMAS CONLEY RCA AHLI -4713 (8.98) DON'T MAKE IT EASY ON ME

31 59 3 EDDIE RABBITT RCA AHL1.7041 (8.98) CI RABBITT TRAX 51 68 55 31 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5585 (8.98) HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU

20 18 13 32 SAWYER BROWN CAPITOL/CURB ST- 12438 /CAPITOL (898) SHAKIN' 58 45 45 22 THE BELLAMY BROTHERS MCA /CURB 1462 (8.98) GREATEST HITS

28 31 32 LEE GREENWOOD MCA 5622 (8.98) STREAMLINE A2 0 59 65 67 166 ALABAMA RCA AHL 1 -4663 (8.98) (CD) THE CLOSER YOU GET

n 23 23 11 EVERLY BROTHERS MERCURY 826 142 -1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) BORN YESTERDAY 60 63 66 219 ALABAMA A3 RCA AHLI -4229 (8.98) (CD) MOUNTAIN MUSIC

23 25 25 53 THE STATLER BROTHERS MERCURY 824 -420 -1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) PARDNERS IN RHYME 61 41 41 30 JANIE FRICKE COLUMBIA FC 40165 THE VERY BEST OF JANIE

24 20 21 27 RICKY SKAGGS EPIC FE -40103 LIVE IN LONDON 62 64 69 29 SOUNDTRACK SWEET DREAMS -THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PATSY CLINE MCA 6149 (8.98)

25 27 26 27 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 25328 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) GREATEST HITS -VOLUME II 63 55 47 29 KENNY ROGERS RCA AJLI -7023 (8.98) (CD) THE HEART OF THE MATTER

26 26 24 EPIC FE40000 36 EXILE HANG ON TO YOUR HEART 64 59 62 106 THE STATLER BROTHERS MERCURY 818 -652 -1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) (co) ATLANTA BLUE 0 33 27 79 THE JUDDS A RCA /CURB AHL1.5319 /RCA (8.98) (CD) WHY NOT ME 65 62 46 33 BARBARA MANDRELL MCA 5619 (8.98) GET TO THE HEART 28 30 29 66 RCA AHLI ALABAMA A -5339 (8.98) (CD) 40 HOUR WEEK 66 73 73 99 THE STATLER BROTHERS MERCURY 812 184- 1 /POLYGRAM (B.98) TODAY W.JENNINGS, W.NELSON,J.CASH,K.KRISTOFFERSON 29 22 22 52 HIGHWAYMAN 67 67 2 KEITH WHITLEY RCA CPLI -7043 (8.98) L.A. TO MIAMI COLUMBIA FC 40056 -

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33 21 19 26 JUICE NEWTON RCA 5493 (8.98) (CD) OLD FLAME 71 66 48 24 LARRY GATLIN AND THE GATLIN BROTHERS COLUMBIA FC 40195 SMILE

ST -12474 34 39 40 8 TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL (8.98) GIRLS LIKE ME 72 70 72 31 MICKEY GILLEY EPIC FE -40115 I FEEL GOOD (ABOUT LOVIN' YOU)

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1 MCA (1 17 1 2 TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN LOVE KENNY ROGERS 1 1 2 TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN LOVE KENNY ROGERS 3) MCA /Curb (3) MCENTIRE 2 2 4 WHOEVER'S IN NEW ENGLAND REBA MCENTIRE 2 2 5 WHOEVER'S IN NEW ENGLAND REBA MCA /Noble Vision (1)

4 WARNER 15 3 3 ONE LOVE AT A TIME TANYA TUCKER 3 3 3 HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY RONNIE MILSAP BROS. (12) Full Moon /Warner Bros. (1) TANYA TUCKER 3 4 5 HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY RONNIE MILSAP 4 4 4 ONE LOVE AT A TIME Reprise (1)

5 Warner /Curb (1) 5 6 HOLD ON ROSANNE CASH 5 5 6 HOLD ON ROSANNE CASH RCA (12) 14 BAND 6 6 8 LIFE'S HIGHWAY STEVE WARINER 7 6 7 PARTNERS, BROTHERS & FRIENDS NITTY GRITTY DIRT RCA /Curb (2)

7 13 7 7 PARTNERS, BROTHERS & FRIENDS NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 6 7 8 LIFE'S HIGHWAY STEVE WARINER CAPITOL (9) Capitol /Curb (2) 8 10 HONKY TONK MAN DWIGHT YOAKAM 9 8 9 MAMA'S NEVER SEEN THOSE EYES THE FORESTER SISTERS 8 MTM (2) 10 9 12 MAMA'S NEVER SEEN THOSE EYES THE FORESTER SISTERS 8 9 12 HONKY TONK MAN DWIGHT YOAKAM 9 COLUMBIA EPIC 10 10 9 HARMONY JOHN CONLEE 10 10 13 REPETITIVE REGRET EDDIE RABBITT 11 POLYGRAM 7 12 11 11 REPETITIVE REGRET EDDIE RABBITT 11 11 14 LIVING IN THE PROMISELAND WILLIE NELSON Mercury (7) EMI -AMERICA (2) 3 12 15 LIVING IN THE PROMISELAND WILLIE NELSON 12 12 17 EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS (IS NOT GOLD) DAN SEALS 14 EMI -America /Curb (1) I YOU RESTLESS HEART 15 13 17 TIL I LOVED YOU RESTLESS HEART 15 13 16 TIL LOVED ATLANTIC /AMERICA 2

JR. 13 1 14 13 BORN YESTERDAY EVERLY BROTHERS 21 14 1 AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' HANK WILLIAMS, AMI

16 AIR 1 15 18 EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS (IS NOT GOLD) DAN SEALS 14 15 19 READ MY LIPS MARIE OSMOND ALPINE 1 16 19 DRINKING MY BABY GOOD -BYE THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 17 16 22 OLD FLAME JUICE NEWTON 18 CYPRESS 1 THE DANIELS BAND 17 17 1 AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 13 17 21 DRINKING MY BABY GOOD -BYE CHARLIE EVERGREEN 1 MTM 1 18 23 OLD FLAME JUICE NEWTON 18 18 24 HEARTS AREN'T MADE TO BREAK LEE GREENWOOD 20 NSD 1 EXILE 19 19 28 READ MY LIPS MARIE OSMOND 16 19 25 SUPER LOVE Mesa (1)

20 16 GRANDPA (TELL ME 'BOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS) THE JUDDS 26 20 11 HARMONY JOHN CONLEE 10 ORLANDO SILVER DOLLAR 21 - SUPER LOVE EXILE 19 21 26 WHEN IT'S DOWN TO ME AND YOU C.MCCLAIN /W.MASSEY 23 22 22 29 UNTIL I MET YOU JUDY RODMAN 22 22 27 UNTIL I MET YOU JUDY RODMAN

23 14 JULIET THE OAK RIDGE BOYS 28 23 28 NIGHTS ED BRUCE 24

24 22 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON EARL THOMAS CONLEY 44 24 30 RENO BOUND SOUTHERN PACIFIC 25 25 20 EASY TO PLEASE JANIE FRICKE 39 25 - LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME KATHY MATTEA 27 26 21 WHEN YOU GET TO THE HEART BARBARA MANDRELL 29 26 18 BORN YESTERDAY EVERLY BROTHERS 21

27 24 LOVE WILL GET YOU THROUGH ... GIRLS NEXT DOOR 63 27 15 JULIET THE OAK RIDGE BOYS 28 28 - HEARTS AREN'T MADE TO BREAK LEE GREENWOOD 20 28 10 GRANDPA (TELL ME 'BOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS) THE JUDDS 26 29 - WHEN IT'S DOWN TO ME AND YOU C.MCCLAIN /W.MASSEY 23 29 20 WHEN YOU GET TO THE HEART BARBARA MANDRELL 29 30 - NIGHTS ED BRUCE 24 30 - ON THE OTHER HAND RANDY TRAVIS 30 ©Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, o transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist.

ALBUQUERQUE 68 ROLLIN' NOWHERE LIKE THIS) RAIN 37 GOTTA LEARN TO LOVE WITHOUT YOU 50 THE LIGHTS OF 100 100% CHANCE OF (Dejamus, ASCAP /Quillsong, ASCAP /Alabama Band, (Cross Keys, ASCAP /Hall -Clement, BMI /Maplehill (Timberwolf, BMI) (Chappell, ASCAP /Chriswald, ASCAP /Hopi, (Irving, BMI/Tonka, ASCAP) RUN ASCAP) OLD DAYS) Music, 72 RUNNING OUT OF REASONS TO ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) 26 GRANDPA (TELL ME 'BOUT THE GOOD BMI) ASCAP /Maypop, BMI) 23 WHEN ITS DOWN TO ME AND YOU (Cross Keys, ASCAP) 12 LIVING IN THE PROMISELAND (MCA, 85 1982 Of Morgansongs, BMI/Tapadero, BMI) CPP (Mighty Nice, ASCAP/Victrolla, ASCAP /Skunk DeVille, 47 SAVIN' MY LOVE FOR YOU (Little Shop (Southern Grand Alliance, ASCAP /Grand Coalition, BMI) 4 HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BMI Dutchman, BMI) 29 WHEN YOU GET TO THE HEART (Arc, BMI) BMI) (Warner -Tamerlane, /Flying 13 AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' Of March, ASCAP/Silverline, BMI) AND DIME 41 SHAKIN' (April, ASCAP /Ides (Intersong, ASCAP /Mills & Mills, BMI) CPP 10 HARMONY 27 LOVE AT THE FIVE /Labor Of Love, BMI) CPP /ABP (Silverline, BMI /Goldline, ASCAP) (Wing And Wheel, BMI /Bug, BMI) (Zoo Crew, ASCAP 36 ALL TIED UP IN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TIMES WITH NO 75 SHE AND I 2 WHOEVER'S (Tree, BMI/Strawberry Lane, BMI) 93 HEART DON'T FALL NOW 63 LOVE WILL GET YOU (MCA, ASCAP /Patchworks, ASCAP) (Silverline, BMI/W.B.M., SESAC) 56 ANYTHING GOES (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Ben Hall, ASCAP) MONEY ASCAP /Bob Montgomery, ASCAP) 34 SOMEBODY WANTS ME OUT OF THE WAY 76 WHO'S LEAVING WHO (WB, ASCAP /Gary Morris, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane, 88 HEARTACHE THE SIZE OF TEXAS (WB, (Cavesson, ASCAP /Hall -Clement, BMI /Frizzell, BMI) (Youngster, GEMA /Edition Sunrise /BMI) BMI) (Precedent, BMI) 83 LOVE WON'T WAIT THE WOLF SURVIVE MADE TO ASCAP/Mid- Summer, ASCAP) CPP 55 WILL 92 BABY WANTS 20 HEARTS AREN'T MADE TO BREAK (THEY'RE (Alabama Band, /No K.O., BMI) NEVER SEEN THOSE EYES 52 STRONG HEART (Davince, BMI (Somebody's, SESAC) LOVE) 8 MAMA'S (Hall -Clement, BMI) (Chappell, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Chriswald, 57 WORKING WITHOUT A NET 32 BACK WHEN LOVE WAS ENOUGH (Tom Collins, BMI) CPP ASCAP /Hopi Sound, ASCAP /Bibo, ASCAP) (Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP) (WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, ASCAP /Lodge Hall, ASCAP) 33 HEY DOLL BABY 64 MIAMI, MY AMY KEEP A GOOD MEMORY DOWN (Tree, /Larry Butler, BMI /South Wing, ASCAP) 19 SUPER LOVE 70 YOU CAN'T CPP (Rightsong, BMI) BMI (Tree, BMI /Pacific Island, BMI) CPP /ABP (Tom Collins, BMI /Ensign, BMI) CPP ANGEL 58 HILLBILLY HIGHWAY 24 NIGHTS 54 BOARDWALK FOR ME ASCAP /Queen's Crown, ASCAP) 96 SWEETER AND SWEETER 49 YOU MUST BE LOOKIN' (John Cafferty, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Aurora (Goldline, ASCAP) (Requested, RIGHT MIND WOULD HAVE LEFT HER (Statler Brothers, BMI) (Sherman Oaks, BMI) Film Partners, BMI) 5 HOLD ON 43 NOBODY IN HIS HOW MUCH I NEEDED YOU (Hall -Clement, BMI) 69 THATS ONE TO GROW ON 95 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW 21 BORN YESTERDAY (Chelcait, BMI /Atlantic, BMI) MATTERS (Blackwood, BMI/Wingtip, BMI) CPP /ABP TODAY (Tropichird, BMI) 9 HONKY TONK MAN 94 NOTHING BUT YOUR LOVE Bill's, ASCAP /Music Grinder, ASCAP/Lowery, Gatlin, BMI) 51 THIS TIME IT'S YOU (Brother 87 CAJUN MOON ( Cedarwood, BMI) (Larry (Bent -Cent, BMI /Kelbrew, BMI) BMI) CPP BMI/Welk Music, 98 I COULD GET USED TO THIS 80 NOW AND FOREVER (YOU & ME) (Hall -Clement, BMI /Ricky Skaggs, ME BMI /Calypso Toonz, 74 THOSE EYES 86 YOU'RE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO BMI) (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Duck Songs, BMI /Blue (Air Bear, BMI /Irving, Bill, ASCAP/Cowdaddies, ASCAP /Reba BMI Phase, ASCAP) CPP /ALM (Bankable, ASCAP) (Jack & 91 CARMEN Cheese, BMI) /California 35 TIE OUR LOVE (IN A DOUBLE KNOT) McEntire, ASCAP) (Hall -Clement, BMI /Booth & Watson, BMI) 71 I DONT WANT TO KNOW YOUR NAME 18 OLD FLAME I NEEDED TONIGHT BMI) (Cross Keys, ASCAP /Reidem, ASCAP) 38 YOU'RE THE LAST THING 89 COME IN PLANET EARTH (ARE YOU LISTENIN') (Seventh Son, ASCAP /Koppelman Family, (Englishtown, ASCAP) 15 TIL I LOVED YOU (Jack 8 Bill, (Bil -Kar, ASCAP/Giraffe Tracks, SESAC/Out Of The ASCAP/Bandier Family, ASCAP /If Eyes, ASCAP /Garbo, 62 OLD VIOLIN (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI/Writers House, BMI/WB, Heart, ASCAP /Uncle Artie, ASCAP) ASCAP /R.L.August, ASCAP) (Dwight Manners, BMI) ASCAP /Bob Montgomery, ASCAP) 60 COUNT ON ME 65 I HAD A BEAUTIFUL TIME 30 ON THE OTHER HAND Moon, BMI /MCA, 90 TOBACCO ROAD (Statler Brothers, BMI) (Inorbit, BMI) (Writers Group, BMI /Scarlet ASCAP) (Cedarwood, BMI) 59 A COUNTRY BOY (WHO ROLLED THE ROCK AWAY) 99 I THINK I'M IN LOVE ASCAP /Don Schlitz, MOON 45 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN (Saba!, ASCAP /Sawgrass, BMI /Blackwood, BMI /Larry (Blackwood, BMI /Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) CPP /ABP 44 ONCE IN A BLUE ASCAP) (Tree, BMI) Butler, BMI) 31 I WISH THAT I COULD HURT THAT WAY AGAIN (Rick Hall, TIME 1 TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN LOVE 40 COWPOKE (Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP) 3 ONE LOVE AT A Moon, BMI) Eyes, ASCAP /Garbo, (Stanley, ASCAP) 42 I'LL TAKE YOUR LOVE ANYTIME (WEB IV, BMI/Writers Group, BMI /Scarlet (Seventh Son, ASCAP /If ASCAP /Bibo, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP /Koppelman Family, ASCAP /Bandier Family, 67 CROSS MY HEART (Chappell, SHEET MUSIC AGENTS PARTNERS, BROTHERS & FRIENDS ASCAP /R.L.August, ASCAP) (Music City, ASCAP) 82 I'VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHE 6 are listed for piano /vocal sheet music copies (Unarm, ASCAP /Le- Bone -Aire, ASCAP) 66 TOUCH ME 79 DANGER LIST (GIVE ME SOMEONE I CAN LOVE) (Cedarwood, BMI/Wayne Walker, NO and may not represent mixed folio rights. ASCAP /Stan Cornelius, (Riva, ASCAP) 28 JULIET 16 READ MY LIPS (Nashion, BMI/Dejamus, (MCA, ASCAP) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) 17 DRINKING MY BABY GOOD -BYE (Lyndelane, BMI /Siren Songs, BMI) ABP April Blackwood CPP Columbia Pictures (NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH) (Hat Band, BMI) 84 JUST OUT RIDING AROUND 25 RENO BOUND 46 TRUE LOVE ALM Almo HAN Hansen (Long Tooth, BMI /Endless Frogs, ASCAP /Bughouse, (MCA, ASCAP/Don Schlitz, ASCAP/Maypop, BMI) 39 EASY TO PLEASE (Prime Time, ASCAP /Snowfox, SESAC) B-M Belwin Mills HL Hal Leonard 73 KATIE TAKE ME DANCIN' ASCAP) 77 TWO TOO MANY (Irving, BMI /Englewood, BMI) CPP /ALM B-3 Big Three IMM Ivan Mogul! 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Compiled from a national sample of retail store O GHQ and one -stop sales reports. 3h h h ARTIST TITLE LIFE AS A CABARET: A hot topic of discussion in nies musicians' right to employment, but also tends to ry 11 LABEL &NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 New York's jazz community these days is the city's restrict the public's right to hear certain types of mu- GEORGE HOWARD TBA TB 210 /PALO ALTO 1 week at No. One O2 11 curious cabaret law. Under the terms of the law, sic." To put it another way, the law -whatever the LOVE WILL FOLLOW which took effect in 1961 but has been enforced only original motivation behind its passage -tends to pe- STANLEY JORDAN BLUE NOTE BT 85101 /CAPITOL (CD) 2 1 63 sporadically since then, restaurants or clubs without a nalize jazz musicians and jazz fans. MAGIC TOUCH cabaret license can have live music only if it's per- And, as Messinger has noted, the argument that the LARRY CARLTON MCA 5689 O 12 7 formed by a maximum of three musicians playing law helps keep the noise level down at unlicensed ALONE /BUT NEVER ALONE stringed and /or keyboard instruments. A 1971 amend- clubs in residential neighborhoods doesn't hold up PAUL WINTER LIVING MUSIC LMR 6 (CD) 4 21 ment allows an unlicensed establishment to feature a ® CANYON vocalist -but with only one accompanist. JOHN SCOFIELD GRAMAVISION 18- 8508.1 /POLYGRAM In recent weeks reasons that aren't entirely Musicians lobby to change O7 11 -for STILL WARM clear, but may have something to do with a desire to MARSALIS COLUMBIA FC 40009 (CD) New York's cabaret law 6 3 33 WYNTON clean up a civic image tarnished by a burgeoning cor- BLACK CODES (FROM THE UNDERGROUND) ruption scandal -the city has begun cracking down on SADE PORTRAIT FR 40263/EPIC (CD) 7 6 21 2 clubs that violate the licensing law. A number of es- when one considers that electric guitars, basses, and PROMISE tablishments- including two of New York's leading keyboards are all permitted in such venues. DAVID BENOIT SPINDLETOP STP.104/ROUNDER 13 jazz rooms, the West End Cafe and the Angry Messinger's amendment, which is expected to come ® 5 THIS SIDE UP Squire -have been cited for featuring groups with before the council soon, is not universally hailed with- THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER ATLANTIC 82166 9 9 43 more than three musicians and /or with saxophones, in the jazz community. There are those who say that it VOCALESE drums, and other "cabaret-only" instruments. While doesn't go far enough -that there's no reason any DAVID GRISMAN ZEBRA /ACOUSTIC ZEA 6153 /MCA 10 10 21 they go through the process of applying for a cabaret club that has music should be limited to only three mu- ACOUSTICITY license -which involves, among other things, install- sicians at a time. But for now, it's the best hope the

01 is SKYWALK ZEBRA /MCA ZEB 5715 /MCA 5 ing costly new sprinkler and metering systems -the city's musicians, listeners, and club owners have of in- THE BOHEMIANS clubs have cut back to duos and trios. jecting a little sanity into a confusing scene. DAVE GRUSIN & LEE RITENOUR GRP 1015 (CD) 12 5 49 Leading the fight for a change in the law are Ruth HARLEQUIN Messinger, a member of the City Council, and John FESTIVAL UPDATE: Philadelphia's Mellon Jazz JOHN BLAKE GRAMAVISION 18- 8501.1 /POLYGRAM 13 11 19 Glasel, president of the New York musicians' union. Festival, set for June 14 -22, will be dedicated to the TWINKLING OF AN EYE Messinger has proposed an amendment to the cabaret memory of native son Philly Joe Jones, who died last VARIOUS ARTISTS GRP A -1023 (CD) 14 8 19 law that would put no restrictions on the kind of in- year. A highlight of the festival will be "Philly Jams GRP LIVE IN SESSION struments permitted in unlicensed clubs, although it For Philly Joe," at which homegrown players (includ- PERRI ZEBRA /MCA 5684/MCA 15 16 13 would still restrict such establishments to hiring three ing Jimmy and Percy Heath, Randy Brecker, Red CELEBRATE musicians at a time. And Glasel is spearheading a lob- Rodney, Ray Bryant, and Al Gray) will pay their mu- MICHAEL FRANKS WARNER BROS. 25272 16 14 51 bying campaign for the amendment. sical respects to the great drummer. The festival, pro- SKIN DIVE Glasel points out that the law, as it now stands, "un- duced by George Wein with the backing of the Mellon THE CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND GRP A -1026 17 23 3 fairly discriminates against musicians playing wind Bank, will also include the usual stellar attractions - THE CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND and percussion instruments," and that it "not only de- Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, etc. CABO FRIO ZEBRA /MCA 5685/MCA 18 18 7 RIGHT ON THE MONEY

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VARIOUS ARTISTS WINDHAM HILL WH. 1048 /A &M (CD) 25 21 11 TERI DeSARIO may well be the most in- demand lyr- DeSario's husband Bill Purse handles most of the WINDHAM HILL RECORDS SAMPLER'86 icist in contemporary Christian music. Her intro- composing, arranging, and producing chores on her al- MILTON NASCIMENTO POLYDOR 827638 -1 26 32 3 spective, challenging lyrics can speak volumes in a bums, in addition to playing keyboards. DeSario her- ENCONTROS E DESPEDIDOS (MEETINGS AND FAREWELLS) three -minute song. self is well known as a writer for her work with Sheila KITARO GRAMAVISION 18- 7016.1 / POLYGRAM 27 31 3 But her gifts as a lyricist sometimes threaten to Walsh and Billy Crockett. MY BEST overshadow her other abilities. She's a talented per- "I've written three or four songs for Sheila," she SADE PORTRAIT BFR 39581 /EPIC (CD) 28 29 63 former and an unbeatable communicator as well. says. "Qne thing just emerged, a kind of Euro- techno- DIAMOND LIFE DeSario's latest release is "Voices In The Wind" - pop thing, and I wanted her to hear it. As for Billy, I ® NEW lio, LYLE MAYS GEFFEN GHS 24097 /WARNER BROS. but Billboard readers may remember her from "Yes, love his regular lyricist, Kenny Wood, but occasional- LYLE MAYS ly we get together." SPYRO GYRA MCA 5606 (CD) 30 27 47 The "Just What You're Looking For" tour with ALTERNATING CURRENTS Yes, Teri DeSario is ready Watson and Marks is one of the few times DeSario has DAMON RENTIE TBA TB 212 /PALO ALTO 3I 38 3 taken her music on the road. "I'm in some conflict DESIGNATED HITTER to spread the word her way about it," she says. "I like it, and I know I should tour ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER CBS MASTERWORKS FM 39963 (CD) 32 26 65 more, but I don't. WHITE WINDS I'm Ready," her duet with K.C. of the Sunshine "I guess I'm a floater. I'd rather read and savor a PAT METHENY /ORNETTE COLEMAN GEFFEN GHS 24096 /WARNER BROS. well O 39 3 Band, as as other secular hits. At the moment, good book than anything. Remember, I've been sing- SONG X she's on tour with Dayspring labelmates Wayne Wat- ing professionally for the past 18 years. GEORGE WINSTON WINDHAM HILL C 1012 /A&M (CD) 34 35 92 son and Kenny Marks. "I do feel a responsibility to produce, and I love per- AUTUMN "I like to write above myself," she says. "That way forming, I really do. But I think eventually I'll just be- 35 NEW 10, IVAN LINS PHILIPS 822672 -1 /POLYGRAM I learn something as well. Lately, I've been thinking a come more of a writer. JUNTOS (TOGETHER) lot about mystical theology -the English and German "I went through the whole success thing with `Yes, ® NEW pp, JONATHAN BUTLER JIVE J18 -8408 /ARISTA mystics, the idea of self -confrontational wholeness." I'm Ready' and the others. I didn't like how being suc- INTRODUCING JONATHAN BUTLER If DeSario doesn't sound like the typical evangelical cessful makes people look at you differently." GEORGE WINSTON WINDHAM HILL C. 1025 /A &M (CD) 37 25 182 contemporary Christian artist, it's because she isn't. Her goal, she says, "is not to be somebody, but to do DECEMBER She's one of the few Catholics in the industry (Dion something. I'm fairly satisfied having a somewhat se- MUSIC FROM BILL COSBY SHOW /GROVER WASHINGTON,JR. 38 28 13 and Tom Franzak are among the others). Not surpris- lect audience, even if that means I won't get to record COLUMBIA FC 40270 A HOUSE FULL OF LOVE ingly, she doesn't write like most contemporary Chris- someday. If I'm truly an artist, then that's what I'll JEAN -MICHEL JARRE POLYDOR /DREYFUS 829125 -1 /POLYGRAM 39 NEWT tian artists, either. pursue all my life regardless." RENDEZVOUS "I sang in jazz and Renaissance groups in college- The current tour, she says, "has been wonderfully O.T.B. BLUE NOTE BT 85118 /CAPITOL I 40 33 11 that's what majored in," she says. "I grew up on moving. To have three radically different people up OUT OF THE BLUE Joni Mitchell; I wasn't interested in popular music there put on a really honest show that's also entertain-

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4/%LE ARTIST L & NUMBER: DISTRIBUTING LABEL NEW HORIZONS FOR NEW WORLD: With the reer Sessions, and Milton Babbitt. Among the orches- HOROWITZ: THE LAST ROMANTIC DG 419 -045 (CD) 1 week at No. 1 2 14 One lease this month of the opera house version of "Can - tras used are the New York Philharmonic under Zu- VLADIMIR HOROWITZ dide," New World Records has set in motion a cam- bin Mehta, the Pittsburgh led by Lorin Maazel, and SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS CBS FM -39564 (co) 2 1 8 paign it hopes will substantially extend its marketing the Cincinnati directed by Michael Gielen. PHILIP GLASS reach. Already, says the label's Arthur Moorhead, Ostrow produces all New World recordings, using SWING, SWING, SWING PHILIPS 412 -626 (CD) 3 3 8 the two -record Leonard Bernstein score has won bin free -lance engineering assistance, notably Jack Ren- BOSTON POPS (WILLIAMS) space in such chains as Camelot and Musicland, out- ner of Telarc and John Newton of Soundmirror. PLEASURES OF THEIR COMPANY ANGEL DS -37351 4 4 10 (CD) lets that rarely showed much enthusiasm for the often KATHLEEN BATTLE, CHRISTOPHER PARKENING esoteric contemporary music that is New World's usu- TOMASI /JOLIVET: TRUMPET CONCERTOS CBS IM -42096 5 6 8 al fare. New World hopes to WYNTON MARSALIS For New World, the "Candide" set also represents a BLUE SKIES LONDON 414 666 (CD) land new customers 6 5 32 number of other firsts. It is the company's first album KIRI TE KANAWA (RIDDLE) to appear on compact disk and cassette as well as LP. BERNSTEIN: WEST SIDE STORY DG 415 -253 7 7 56 (CD) And it is the first to receive heavy (in New World Twelve new titles are added annually. TE KANAWA, CARRERAS (BERNSTEIN) terms) radio distribution. Twice the 40 or so stations The company will be raising its list price in Septem- AMADEUS SOUNDTRACK FANTASY WAM -1791 (CD) 8 8 80 normally serviced by the label will receive promotional ber by $1 across the board, to $10.98, says Moorhead. NEVILLE MARRINER copies, says Moorhead. The new list is already represented in the "Candide" BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 1 & 2 L'OISEAU LYRE 414 -338 (CD) 9 9 12 In -store play is being promoted, and there's a "Can - and Zwilich sets. ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (HOGWOOD) dide" poster available for retailer display. An extra COPLAND: BILLY THE KID/ RODEO ANGEL DS -37357 (CD) 10 14 6 promotional shot is expected with the live telecast of GRACE NOTES: Thomas Frost, just back from Mos- SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY (SLATKIN) the work from Lincoln Center on PBS in the fall. cow, where he supervised the Deutsche Grammophon GERSHWIN: RHAPSODY IN BLUE CBS IM -39699 (CD) 11 10 48 With this album and an Ellen Taaffe Zwilich pack- sound crew taping the highly touted Vladimir Horo- LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC (THOMAS) age due out before the end of the month, new packag- witz concert, leaves shortly for Vienna to produce a BACHBUSTERS TELARC 10123 (CD) 12 13 12 ing art is expected to give the label a more distinct re- live recital album by Judith Biegen. She's performing DON DORSEY tail presence. The Zwilich package includes the Sym- a song cycle by Gordon Getty . .. International Book REQUIEM ANGEL DFO -38218 (CD) 13 11 64 WEBBER: phony No. l that won a Pulitzer Prize for the composer & Record Distributors has added Finlandia Records DOMINGO, BRIGHTMAN (MAAZEL) in 1983. to its exclusive import list. As might be expected, PASSIONE LONDON 417 -117 (CD) 14 12 24 Elizabeth Ostrow, New World vice president and there's a lot of Sibelius on the CDs they're producing. LUCIANO PAVAROTTI a &r chief, says that there are 10 other albums already Riccardo Muti has received an honorary doctorate BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO 3 & 4 CBS IM -39814 (CD) 15 18 8 recorded and being processed for later release to flesh of music from Mount Holyoke College. He already MURRAY PERAHIA out further the label's catalog of approximately 140 ti- prizes honorary degrees from Warwick Univ. in En- MOZART: CLARINET & OBOE CONCERTO L'OISEAU LYRE 414 -339 (CD) 16 17 10 tles. Included among the new entries are works by gland and Westminster College in Princeton, N.J. ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (HOGWOOD) George Rochberg, Elliott Carter, George Perle, Rog- VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS ANGEL DS -38123 (CD) 17 16 20 ITZHAK PERLMAN 18 NEW PRESENTING APRILE MILLO ANGEL DS -37356 (CD) APRILE MILLO

STRAUSS: DON QUIXOTE CBS IM -39863 (CD) 19 19 10 YO -YO MA, BOSTON SYMPHONY (OZAWA)

BRAHMS: SONATAS FOR CELLO AND PIANO RCA ARC 1.7022 20 20 26 YO -YO MA, EMANUEL AX OTAS 21 NEWS RACHMANINOV: PIANO CONCERTOS 2 & 4 LONDON 414 -475 (CD) VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY by Enrique

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MORE MUSIC FROM AMADEUS FANTASY WAM -1205 23 23 38 (CD) NEVILLE MARRINER ECHOES OF LONDON CBS FM -42119 24 36 4 FOLLOWING IN THE WAKE of the tango -mania vicinio on guitar, Fernando Soarez Paz on violin, and JOHN WILLIAMS unleashed by the smash Broadway hit "Tango Argen- Hector Console on bass. SCRIABIN: SYMPHONY NO. 1 ANGEL DS -38260 (CD) 25 25 6 tino," now on tour throughout the U.S., the genre's PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (MUTI) most important contemporary artist, Astor Piazzola, ANOTHER ARGENTINE MUSICIAN is being hon- ROSSINI: IL VIAGGIO A REIMS DG 415 -49a (co) 26 26 12 will bring his music to New York this weekend (23-25). ored in New York, though the occasion is not a happy RAIMONDI, RAMEY, RICCIARELLI (ABBADO) Piazzola's appearances at Joseph Papp's Public The- one. Latin jazz pianist Jorge Dalto, who is suffering PACHELBEL:CANON /FASCH:TRUMPET CONCERTO RCA FRLI.5468 27 27 336 atre will be his first New York engagements in more from lymphona, is the object of a benefit that will help PAILLARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA pay for his chemotherapy. The Monday (19) benefit, at MUSIC OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART ANGEL SBR -3980 28 28 48 the club S.O.B.'s, includes performances by George VARIOUS ARTISTS Astor Piazzola brings his Benson, Ray Barretto, Herbie Mann, Jerry Gonzá- SPIRITUALS PHILIPS 412 -631 (CD) 29 15 16 lez and his Fort Apache Band, and others. SIMON ESTES `new tango' to New York Dalto is considered one of the finest keyboardists on HANDEL: ROMAN VESPERS RCA ARC2 -7182 30 30 4 New York's hot Latin jazz scene. His work can be BLEGEN, VALENTE (KORN) than a decade. heard on a number of jazz and salsa albums, and his VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS CBS M -42095 A virtuoso of the 31 32 6 bandoneón (the traditional tango live performances have been memorable affairs. Un- CANADIAN BRASS accordion), Piazzola is credited with renewing the Ar- fortunately, his illness kept him from performing at THE DESERT MUSIC NONESUCH 79101 (CD) 32 24 34 gentine tango by fusing it with folk, jazz, and classical an all -star Latin piano concert last month that fea- STEVE REICH music in what has been called tango nuevo. His so- tured Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, Michel Camilo, SAVE YOUR NIGHTS FOR ME CBS FM-39866 (CD) phisticated in 33 29 42 new tango -which was heard "Tango Hilton Ruiz, and Papo Lucca. PLACIDO DOMINGO Argentino" as well as in the new Argentine film "Tan- Dalto had been at work on an album for the Con- THE BEST OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART PHILIPS 412.244 (co) gos: El Exilio de Gardel " more than 34 31 84 -is accompani- cord label when illness struck. All his fans, including NEVILLE MARRINER ment for dancing. Like jazz, the tango nuevo is music this correspondent, wish him a quick recovery and ex- GLASS: SATYAGRAHA CBS I3M-39672 for listening, and it enjoys a following among music 35 21 42 pect to see him back soon where he belongs: at the PHILIP GLASS connoisseurs throughout the world. keyboards. 36 NEW A BACH FESTIVAL FOR BRASS & ORGAN ANGEL DFO -37353 (CD) Piazzola studied composition in his native Argenti- THE EMPIRE BRASS na and also in the U.S. and in France, where he was a A CONCERT BY EMI artists Rodo Jurado and 37 NEW BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 TELARC 10120 (CD) student of Nadia Boulanger. He has written film Dyango is slated for the Universal Amphitheatre in CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA (DOHNANYI) scores, operas, and music for television. And he has Los Angeles on June 1 ... "Oye Mi Gente," a second MISHIMA SOUNDTRACK NONESUCH 79113 (CD) collaborated with a number of major figures in film, release by the California group R.O.A.R., is being re- 38 34 34 PHILIP GLASS classical music, and jazz. leased in Mexico and other Latin territories by CBS. RESPIGHI: THE PINES OF ROME ANGEL DS -38219 (CD) His latest American release is "Astor Piazzola R.O.A.R. is headed by Santana alumnus Raul Rekow 39 37 14 PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (MUTI) Live," on American Clave Records. He is currently at and includes noted percussionists Orestes Vilato and BOLLING: SUITE FOR FLUTE AND JAZZ PIANO CBS M.33233 (CD) work on a new album for that label. Armando Peraza, who have also worked with San- 40 39 526 JEAN -PIERRE RAMPAL, CLAUDE BOLLING For his New York concerts, Piazzola will perform tana ... The West Coast seems to be a fertile market (CD) Compact Disc available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of with the New Tango Quintet, which includes Piazzola for upbeat dance music, judging from recent success- 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of one million units. on bandoneón, Pablo Ziegler on piano, Horacio Mal- ful gigs by Hansel y Raul and Oscar d'Leon.

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wa CLUB PLAY 12 INCH SINGLES SALES 02 Compiled from a national sample of dance club playlists. Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. : ÿ- TITLE ARTIST TITLE ARTIST .Z- s ti LABEL & NUMBER. DISTRIBUTING LABEL LABEL 6 NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL WHAT I LIKE ON MY CD 2 6 7 ANTHONY AND THE CAMP 2 OWN PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD WARNER BROS. 0 -20449 1 week at No. One MCA 23607 2 weeks at No. One KISS (REMIX) /LOVE OR MONEY 1 3 8 SAY IT, SAY IT A &M SP-12175 E.G. DAILY 2 2 10 PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION PAISLEY PARK 0- 20442 /WARNER BROS.

30 7 9 7 ALL PLAYED OUT DANCE -SING DS 802 L.I.F.E. BAD BOY (REMIX) EPIC 4905338 MIAMI SOUND MACHINE

4 6 7 15 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (REMIX) POLYDOR 883 957 -1 /POLYGRAM LEVEL 42 4 11 WEST END GIRLS (REMIX) EMI -AMERICA V -19206 PET SHOP BOYS 50 10 17 5 MOVE AWAY (REMIX) /SEXUALITY VIRGIN /EPIC 4905360/EPIC CULTURE CLUB cp THE FINEST TABU 4Z9- 05364/EPIC THE S.O.S. BAND

6 4 5 9 HARLEM SHUFFLE (REMIX) ROLLING STONES 44- 05365 /COLUMBIA THE ROLLING STONES 6 16 I CAN'T WAIT ATLANTIC 0 -86828 NU SHOOZ O 9 12 6 I LOVE MY RADIO (MIDNIGHT RADIO) EMERGENCY EMDS 6561 TAFFY 0 13 15 WHAT I LIKE WARNER BROS 0 -20449 ANTHONY AND THE CAMP 8 8 8 7 ONE WAY LOVE TOMMY BOY TB 866 TKA 11 17 LIVE TO TELL SIRE 020461 /WARNER BROS, MADONNA

9 5 1 11 WEST END GIRLS (REMIX) EMI -AMERICA V -19206 PET SHOP BOYS 9 10 15 (YOU ARE MY) ALL AND ALL SLEEPING BAG SLX 17 JOYCE SIMS

10 12 14 7 BAD BOY (REMIX) EPIC 4905338 MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 10 10 11 MOVE AWAY (REMIX) /SEXUALITY VIRGIN /EPIC 49-05360/EPIC CULTURE CLUB

11 14 28 4 SHADOWS OF YOUR LOVE DJ, INTERNATIONAL DJ 777 J.M. SILK 15 21 JUMP BACK (SET ME FREE) SLEEPING BAG SU(-19 DHAR BRAXTON

12 3 2 10 LIVING FOR THE CITY MEGATONE MT -138 SYLVESTER 12 16 19 SAY IT, SAY IT A &M SP 12175 E.G. DAILY PETER GUNN 20 44 3 THE ART OF NOISE FEATURING DUANE EDDY 13 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY MERCURY 884 572-1/POLYGRAM O'CHI BROWN © CHRYSALIS 4V9 -42992

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CI 15 23 7 SHELL SHOCK A &M SP -12174 NEW ORDER 15 12 15 I'LL BE ALL YOU EVER NEED JAMPACKED JPI-20001 /MUSIC SPECIALISTS TRINERE

2 16 23 - BABY LOVE ATLANTIC 0 -86813 REGINA 21 36 4 THE HEAT OF HEAT QWEST 0- 20462 /WARNER BROS. PATTI AUSTIN

17 13 18 8 PRISONER OF LOVE 4TH & B'WAY BWAY-421/ISLAND MILDRED SCOTT 17 23 NASTY (REMIX) A&M SP -12178 JANET JACKSON

CI 21 45 3 JUMP BACK (SET ME FREE) SLEEPING BAG SLX -19 DHAR BRAXTON 25 NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME PORTRAIT 4R9.05375/EPIC SADE

19 19 24 5 CONTROL (LP CUTS) A &M SP -5106 JANET JACKSON 19 HARLEM SHUFFLE (REMIX) ROLLING STONES 44- 05365 /COLUMBIA THE ROLLING STONES PETER GUNN ® 25 33 4 DIGGING YOUR SCENE (REMIX) RCA PW -14327 THE BLOW MONKEYS 24 41 THE ART OF NOISE FEATURING DUANE EDDY CHRYSALIS 459 -42992 JANE, GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING! JETSONS 21 18 21 10 HEY BOY SUPERTRONICS RY 011 TAMMY LUCAS 23 /THE VARIOUS ARTISTS TEE VEE TOONS TVT 5005

TELL MCA ® 29 46 3 ME (HOW IT FEELS) 23623 52ND STREET SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (REMIX) POLYDOR 883 957 -1 /POLYGRAM LEVEL 42

2 RUNNING Tommy BOY re 877 INFORMATION SOCIETY ALONE WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) EPIC 4905366 KING ® 313 - NEW*'

24 32 43 3 ON THE MOVE SIRE 0-20444 /WARNER BROS. THE JAMAICA GIRLS 24 22 16 22 ROCK ME AMADEUS /VIENNA CALLING A&M SP -12170 FALCO

CI 31 2 NASTY (REMIX) A&M SP -12178 JANET JACKSON 25 26 31 I LOVE MY RADIO (MIDNIGHT RADIO) EMERGENCY EMDS 6561 TAFFY SECRETS (I WON'T TELL) /WE ARE THE BOYS ® 27 29 5 UNTIL DECEMBER 18 13 14 I'M NOT GONNA LET (REMIX) MCA 23612 COLONEL ABRAMS 415 /COLUMBIA 44 -05341

CI 47 2 THE HEAT OF HEAT QWEST 0 -20462 /WARNER BROS. PATTI AUSTIN 14 HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT MCA 23605 BRONSKI BEAT 48 ® 39 4 SLAP YOU BACK JUMP STREET JS 1002 EXCEPTION NEW BABY LOVE ATLANTIC 0-86813 REGINA ® 38 2 ALONE WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) EPIC 49 -05366 KING 29 19 20 CRUSH ON YOU MCA 23613 THE JETS ® 45 - 2 STARLIGHT DICE TGR 1005 LAUREN GREY 30 20, 18 10 UNDER THE INFLUENCE (REMIX) MOTOWN 4558MG VANITY

31 28 30 6 SECLUSION TSR TSR843 SHAWN BENSON 31 33 32 IF YOU LEAVE A &M SP 12176 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

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35 39 50 3 MY LATIN LOVER SUNNYVIEW SUN 434 Q -PID FEATURING NIKKI Q 35 29 12 14 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY A &M SP 12167 JANET JACKSON

® 46 - 2 I'M YOUR MAN (REMIX) RCA JD -14330 BARRY MANILOW 36 38 38 ALL PLAYED OUT DANCE -SING DS -802 L.I.F.E. SATURDAY LOVE (REMIX) 37 37 37 3 ADDICTED TO LOVE ISLAND PROMO /ATLANTIC ROBERT PALMER 37 37 28 16 CHERRELLE WITH ALEXANDER O'NEAL TABU 4Z9- 05332 /EPIC ® 49 38 5 ONE YEAR LATE ORPHAN OR 003 THE VOICE 38 32 27 8 ROCK THE BELLS DEE JAM 44- 05349 /COLUMBIA L.L. COOL J

39 34 31 5 DONT WASTE MY TIME (REMIX) CHRYSALIS 4V9-42983 PAUL HARDCASTLE 39 40 47 20 DON QUICHOTTE BAJA 854 /TSR MAGAZINE 60 ® RE-ENTRY WHAT'S MISSING (REMIX) TABU 4Z9-05361/EPIC ALEXANDER O'NEAL cp NEW DANCE WITH ME IMPORT (WEA.UK) /IMPORT (WEA, U.K.) ALPHAVILLE ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU (REMIX) 41 NEW* GAVIN CHRISTOPHER 43 STARLIGHT DICE TGR 1005 LAUREN GREY MANHATTAN V -56019 /CAPITOL -

42 11 4 11 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY MERCURY 884 572 -1 /POLYGRAM O'CHI BROWN 42 2 JACK YOUR BODY UNDERGROUND UN -101 STEVE 'SILK' HURLEY

® NEW 100 MPH PAISLEY PARK PROMO /WARNER BROS, MAZARATI 49 43 5 SHADOWS OF YOUR LOVE D.J. INTERNATIONAL DJ 777 J.M. SILK AIN'T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU (REMIX) LOVE'S YOU ® NEW ARETHA FRANKLIN 44 GONNA GET MODERN -NIQUE FEATURING LARRY WOO ARISTA AD1 9473 cp NEXT PLATEAU NP50040 45 17 13 9 RESTLESS ELEKTRA 0 -66860 STARPOINT 45 35 35 WHAT'S MISSING (REMIX) TABU 4Z9 -05361 /EPIC ALEXANDER O'NEAL THE DREAM TEAM IS IN THE HOUSE! NEW VANITY KILLS (REMIX) MERCURY 884 7141 /POLYGRAM ABC L.A. DREAM TEAM ® o MCA 23627 LOVE'S GONNA GET YOU 47 NEW* MODERN -NIQUE FEATURING LARRY WOO 47 LOVE MISSILE F1 -11 MANHATTAN V -56021 /CAPITOL SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK NEXT PLATEAU - NP50040 ARE YOU WID IT NEW PRIVATE POSSESSION FEATURING HUNTER HAYES 48 34 29 LOVE'S ON FIRE ATLANTIC 086825 ALEEM FEATURING LEROY BURGESS ® 4TH & B'WAY BWAY423 /ISLAND 49 22 22 10 MIND GAMES SOUND PAK PL 5112 QUEST 49 NEW* MY ADIDAS PROFILE PRO-7102 RUN -D.M.C.

50 44 25 14 (YOU ARE MY) ALL AND ALL SLEEPING BAG SLX17 JOYCE SIMS NEW EXPERIENCE SUNNYVIEW SUN 438 CONNIE

1. LOVE MISSILE F1-1 1 SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK MANHATTAN 2. JANE, GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING! /THE JETSONS VARIOUS ARTISTS TEE 1. OH L'AMOUR (REMIX) ERASURE SIRE VEE TOONS 2. RUMORS /VICIOUS RUMORS TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB JAY Titles with future 3. STRANGE LANGUAGE DEBORA IYALL COLUMBIA Titles with future 3. I WANNA BE A COWBOY BOYS DON'T CRY PROFILE chart potential, 4. IF YOU LEAVE ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK A &M chart potential, 4. VIENNA CALLING (REMIX) FALCO A &M based on club play 5. WINNER IN YOU (LP CUTS) PATTI LABELLE MCA based on sales this week. reported this week. 5. VANITY KILLS (REMIX) ABC MERCURY 6. CAN'T GO THIS WAY AGAIN JULIAN TC 6. HOW CAN THE LABOURING MAN ... MARTINI RANCH SIRE 7. THE DREAM TEAM IS IN THE HOUSE! L.A. DREAM TEAM MCA 7. SLEDGEHAMMER (REMIX) PETER GABRIEL GEFFEN 8. EXPERIENCE CONNIE SUNNYVIEW 9. SLEDGEHAMMER (REMIX) PETER GABRIEL GEFFEN

Titles with the greatest sales or club play Increase this week. Video clip availability. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of one million units. RIAA certification for sales of two million units. Records under Club Play are 12 inch unless otherwise Indicated.

42 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

www.americanradiohistory.com FORWITRAX by Brian Chin

IT WAS a week for nice surprises, vis song, has the street-soul sound. than on "Lips To Find You" (Epic), recordwise: Every one of the rec- This heavy -beat style seems to be in but she's now a bona fide crossover ords here bears some listening at vogue this season, as part of a gen- star and should make some dent both radio and club level. eral uptempo trend. with this one. Two records are attracting nice Mtume's `Breathless" (Epic) is in buzz right out of the box -along his accustomed slow groove, with GRACE NOTES: We are saddened with Willie Colon's "Set Fire To an absolutely wanton lead vocal by again to note the passing of an es- Me," which, considering the way it's Tawatha Agee. It's clearly updated teemed colleague. Mike Wilkinson, flying out of the stores, we should in its harder beats, especially in founder of Importe /12 Records and have raved about some more last Dave Dachinger's "A &G" mix ... Disconet, the influential first DJ week. Every so often, something just tick- subscription music service, died of Blue Moderne's "Through The les us: Billie's revival of "Ain't No- an AIDS -related illness on May 9. Night" (Roll, through Sunnyview), Disconet was launched late in a relaxed, gently rocking electronic 1977 and was recognized instantly track with a hint of calypso, takes Raves for a as an important idea; it's said that a hold with the beat and then group of DJs sent Wilkinson a box two singers who record for first Hush Puppies. Willie Collins and Freddie Jackson, with the hook. Ish Ledesma, who solid lineup of dead fish to show exactly how managed Hush Productions, trade fashion tips at a party Capitol and are by recently debuted on Geffen, pro- they felt about the possibility that celebrating Collins' debut album, "Let's Get Started." new releases duced ... Sleeque's "One For The of pre -programmed music might push Money" (Easy Street) is certainly them from the market. Of course, one of the most skillful productions body's Business If I Do" (Fleet- Disconet (and Hot Tracks, and RazorMaid, and Disco Mix Club) did CLINTON'S NEW PROJECTS around, with numerous fun things wood) is pretty outrageous, with a being tick- slightly out-of- control voice that nothing of the sort, providing in- (Continued from page 28) going on at once: ivories led in the top, sweet classic disco- puts one in mind of the Sylvia Strip - stead a testing ground for new rec- Nights concept for concerts, per- budget film adaptation of the diva vocals in the middle, and crazy lin or Taana Gardner hits. Tim ords and production talent (such as forming the same material as in the "Howard The Duck" comic book. socking bass drum on the bottom. Regisford and Boyd Jarvis pro- Sharon Brown's "I Specialize In film (e.g., "Shout "). Clinton wants He hopes to hit the road in June Paul Simpson mixed, with great duced this and Fleetwood's other Love" and early works by John to record this repertoire, plus other with "The Mob," a new version of P- transitions that don't break up the current single, by Level 3. Robie, Man Parrish, and John songs from the early '60s, using the Funk's famous rambling perfor- '70s atmosphere. Note the intense, Benitez). Fairlight computer to create what mances, which will feature, instead 'D' Train -like dub. BRIEFLY: Falco's "Vienna Call- In addition, on occasion, mixes of he calls "new wops." of a descending spaceship, "a space Suella Colbert's "Going Home" ing" (A &M) is totally transformed popular records done for Disconet This summer Clinton will be limousine." (Prologue, through Savoy /Prelude) in a new 12 -inch release, with a wit- had their own hit lives -among heard with Thomas Dolby, doing All of Clipton's business dealings may be the biggest surprise of all, ty re- recorded prologue that finally them the yearly Disconet hit med- the title song for George Lucas' big- handled by Jeff Franklin of ATI. combining a "Set It Off" -style loud, goes into the song, also with many leys; Abbá s "Lay All Your Love On intense (but jazzy) beat and a full - new vocals, in the last third: good Me "; the first two Double Dee and choir gospel vocal approach in a strategy, considering the song was Steinski mixes; a 1981 medley mix We have a complete selection of all U.S. already the flip of the "Amadeus" by Midwesterner Johnny George DISCO & DANCE 12" releases and an impon disco records. straightforward message song ... to foreign cornices U.S.A. & IMPORTS We also export The Real Roxanne with Howie 12 -inch ... Fine Young Cannibals' much heard on New Yqo that (WHOLESALE FOR STORES) Send for our free flyer listing all titles we Tee's "Let's Go-Go" (Select) is the "Suspicious Minds" has been re- spring; Timmy Thom 'Why U SACANADAE NG LAN DGERMANY stock, U.S. 8 Imports. We specialize in U.S. by Can't We Live Together" (overlaid TAL YFR ANCEHOLLANO small label product. call or for best service most entertainingly eclectic rap mixed yet again for U.S. release and information. around: With more quick allusions John Luongo, who brings out the with T- Connection's "At Mid- US 8 CANADIAN 12- People Of Nations -S. Christopher Run To Me -Tracy Spencer than can be enumerated here, it's a prominent Jimmy Somerville vo- night"); and, most especially, a Never Give Up -White Knights Flash In Night -P. Passion cals even more Bananarama Supremes hits medley that wound 007 (US Rmx)- Bondetts Light -Patricia Costa Master Mix *2 (MEXICO) fast and funny collage ... Hanson ... Light (US Rmx)- Peppermint Your Love -Jamie Principle Be Alive Now-Celia Swan & "I'll Take You On" (Fresh, also turns in a diverting remake up copied by Motown itself, edit for Darkest -B. Penn. Davis' First Hand Exp-V-Project Hanson 8 Davis -EP Out Of Shock- edit. Lover Tonight -K. Cole LiteLine Dancing -P. Brooks E.S.P. -Hazel Dean through Sleeping Bag) is their most with "Venus" (London), the Hello -Doub. Date Love Memories -Ty Benskin Main Thing-Shot When You Say mainstream dance cut yet, with a ing Blue song produced Dead Or Your Love-Inner Lite Don't Wanne Wait -Lew Kirton Fire Of Love-Gentle Touch Stars 1984 Can't Live (nnx) -Susy O Match Made Up In Heaven-Jill Jump In My Car-Secret filled -out arrangement and Lisa - Alive-style by Stock /Aitken /Wa- THIS WEEK IN DANCE: ... All Men Are Beasts -Man 2 Man The Chase-Escape Say You Love Me (Rmx)-Lime sounds like a similar teen - terman Pete Shelley, a big Shannon's "Give Me Tonight" is Homosexuality (rmx) -Mod. Rock. Dance Your Love Away -M Prince Lisa beat; ... One For The Money- Sleeque All Played Out-L.I.F.E. DISCO CLASSICS crowd pleaser. Larry Levan mixed; name in the dance -rock and hip -hop not only the oldest record in the top It's Your Night-HorneBoys is half of the Billboard Dance /Disco What's The Deal -C. Williams EUROPEAN 12 -S La Bamba -A. Rodriquez on the flip is "Hungry For Your pantheon (for different cuts), Mountain -InnerLite Time To Jack-Chip E. Aint No Love," a more Shannon -like se- back with the uptempo "On Your top 80; it's also the oldest record by Love Cant Turn -Farley Funk Fly To Me (rmx) -Aleph Feels Like Im In Love -K. Marie Action Thomas All DIVINE 12' Own" (Mercury), sounding very up, far on the Rockpool club chart, com- Trax I Lost -Home Master Boyz Reflex -L. quencer number ... Ca$hflow's Funky Heartbeat -P Meyers Destiny-D.S.M All LIME 12' + Lps "Mine All Mine" (Atlanta Artists), and up- to-date ... 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BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 43 www.americanradiohistory.com retailing Chain Retrenches, Seeks New Openings Record Bar: Battered But Still Bearish Bar will be able to outperform the est business I've ever been in," says BY FRED GOODMAN mom -and -pop video shops he says the operation drained $4 million NEW YORK Record Bar chairman now dominate the region's video from the company's overall cash Barrie Bergman's turnaround sce- business. flow and compounded a dramatic nario for his recently stripped - The new strategy is an outgrowth shortfall in store receipts that be- down, Southern -based retail chain of Record Bar's brief ownership of gan in January 1985, as well as makes the region's most famous the California -based Licorice Pizza problems experienced in the Sep- optimist, Scarlett O'Hara, look like chain. Although that venture tember start-up of a new warehouse a piker. proved one of several ill -timed ex- in Durham, N.C. In precarious financial straits for pansions for Bergman, he says it "We spent up to our budget with- more than a year, Record Bar has gave Record Bar a chance to crib out sales," Bergman says of the looked more like a company on the Licorice Pizza's successful ap- problems that accompanied the run than one on the make. The chain proach to offering video and record company's performance dip. "And was recently forced to shed several product in freestanding locations. then we tried to keep our cash flow of its ancillary operations as well as Bergman also says Record Bar up by cutting inventory. That 72 stores, shrinking back into the made a "considerable amount of proved very stupid." Southeast where it enjoys its stron- money" on the resale of Licorice The chain's warehouse debuted in gest sales. Pizza. Although he has never di- September and immediately experi- But if suppliers and industry ob- vulged its purchase price, the 34- enced problems with the computer servers expect the operation's close store chain was recently sold, along that handles its inventory and store brush with insolvency to dampen with 26 western Record Bar outlets, orders. As a result, sales were off Bergman's hearty appetite for ag- to Musicland for $13 million. The 25% in September and 35% in Octo- gressive growth strategies, they're sale came approximately six months ber. "We've finally brought the Johnson's Wax. Texas guitarist Eric Johnson, left, plugs his debut Reprise in for a surprise: The company ap- after Record Bar sold 12 other warehouse around to running well," release, "Tones," during an autograph session at Waterloo Records in Austin. pears bloodied but unbowed in its stores in St. Louis and Chicago to says Bergman. The promotional stop preceded Johnson's national tour. (Photo: M.B. longterm growth plans. Musicland. - Built to accommodate the expand Greenwood) "We want to grow as soon as we Record Bar's restructuring has (Continued on next page) can get our hands on some cash," also included putting its video dis- says Bergman. "We're looking tributing company, Mid -America, on around for funds now in order to the block. Although Bergman /O get into freestanding combination would not comment, a deal to sell OO video and music stores." Mid- America to New York's Win The previously mall -oriented Distributing is rumored to be chain's plan runs counter to indus- imminent. ON TAb trywide sentiment that video retail- Mid- America is portrayed as one by Mike Shalett ing is fast approaching the satura- of the contributors to Record Bar's tion point. Bergman says that by of- recent problems. Bergman, who ROY ORBISON says that when about their video preferences in here. Three -quarters of the audi- fering combination stores, Record terms video distributing "the tough- he was first asked by Brian Ep- clubs. ence said they owned product by ..nadut stein to tour England with that Word of mouth becomes a very the act they were seeing, while new group, he asked, "What's a important marketing tool in reach- more than 40% said they owned Beatle?" ing these fans. Unless a commer- current product. It should be noted Orbison was not alone. Many cial progressive album radio sta- that at the time of these surveys, people, especially parents in the tion is available -which is rare - only the Violent Femmes had a rec- '60s and '70s, were perplexed or these fans must count on noncom- ord on Billboard's Top Pop Albums even shocked by some of the mercial radio, consumer maga- chart, and it did not occupy a very names of contemporary groups zines, alternative newspapers, and high position. that followed the Beatles: the friends' recommendations to learn It's incredible to see the loyalty Byrds; Buffalo Springfield; the about these groups' appearances that new wave music breeds -and Monkees; Led Zeppelin; T Rex; Jef- to realize that, for the most part, it ferson Airplane; Blood, Sweat & is relegated to secondary citizen- Tears; Creedence Clearwater Re- A loyal audience ship on commercial radio in this vival; etc. country. Though the individual Those names seem tame in com- takes a ride on sales for a particular act's album parison to those of some of today's might indicate that it has limited ALL NEW FOR 1986 groups: Violent Femmes, Dead the `new wave' commercial potential, one has only Kennedys, Echo & the Bunnymen, to look at the sales of former cult Tears for Fears, Orchestral Ma- and releases. The younger the fan, bands -among them Tears for noeuvres In The Dark, the Church. the more likely that he or she will Fears, the Thompson Twins, U2, For the most part, these are acts be introduced by a peer as opposed Duran Duran and the Talking that would be called "new wave." to an ad. Heads -to realize that there is a FREE Although that phrase may seem And once fine line enlightened, these between new wave and CATALOG dated in the context of contempo- fans become very aware of detail. commercial explosion. rary music, many folks in today's They come not only to see the BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENT: A leading musical spectrum see themselves headliner, but to see an opening distributor of home entertainment products serving dealers from coast-to-coast. as "new wavers." act as well. In surveying the Echo "On Target" is a biweekly fea- New wavers are predominantly & the Bunnymen show -which ture to help readers understand college age -the largest percent- was opened in most cases by the more about consumer buying LARGEST INVENTORY OF ANY DISTRIBUTOR: =0 We stock BETA as well as VHS. Immediate delivery on all age is between 18 and 21 years of Church, an Australian new wave habits and trends. The column is products. Large selection and extra profits. age. In a survey of the audience at band -54% said they came to see based on retail research conduct- a Violent Femmes concert, we the Bunnymen, while 40% said they ed by the Street Pulse Group, a found nearly half the crowd to be came to see both acts. Five percent Connecticut -based music indus- .WE OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS ME FOLLOWING SERVICES: *Daily Specials Product Information by Phone in that age bracket. No one in our said they had come specifically to try marketing consultancy of OneStop Distribution Monthly Newsletter on Our Specials poll was above the age of 24. see the Church. which Mike Shalett is president. At Echo & the Bunnymen shows These are very active concert For its primary retail survey that we surveyed, we saw a slight- fans. They attend quite a few technique, Street Pulse distrib- ly broader age group. However, shows in a year. On average, more utes packets containing question- the ages of the audiences are, for than 75% of the folks we intercept- naires and product to 50 retail Nems/ OR CALL TOLL -FREE 1-80 -22/ 3191 IN NEW YORK CALL: 1212) 233 -0747 the most part, similar. ed at these shows said they attend- A stores around the country. MTV is a 50/50 proposition with ed between four and six shows a packet is handed randomly NAME TELEPHONE out these fans -half watch, half don't. year. Half the sample said they at- to a consumer immediately after u TITLE ADDRESS And the response to MTV is much tended more than seven a year. In he or she has paid for a purchase, / COMPANY CITY more positive than it is to other vid- comparison to other audiences that and a $2 coupon, good for the con- Ba / STATE ZIP eo programs. Less than 25% of the we've intercepted, that figure is sumer's next purchase at the uuuuusuuuuuuuuuu audiences for both acts said they higher than for fans of other types store, is the motivation for com- iuuuuu uuuuuu watched video programs other of music, including heavy metal. pleting the questionnaire. 15 PARK ROW, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, 10038 than MTV. We did not ask them Brand loyalty is very evident

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www.americanradiohistory.com biers, whose latest Sugar Hill re- Grass Route lease, "A Lie Of The Mind," is up for a Drama Desk award. The album, the original cast recording of hypnotic tapes for relaxation, moti- Sam Shepard's play, was nominat- "Pro Golf Simulator" BY LINDA MOLESKI vation, ed in pain relief, and appetite con- the category of sound design/ By brace L Roger Carver A weekly column focusing on the trol." Each release, he adds, is test- music in a play. The trophies are activities of independent labels ed with practicing therapists for handed out by the Drama Desk and distributors. professional and patient reaction. Assn. of New York critics, editors, Mu -Psych is a subsidiary of and reporters. Winners will be an- AS NEW AGE MUSIC grows in Futurehealth Inc., a manufacturer nounced May 29 at a ceremony at size and scope, independent labels of psychological self -help tapes. The New York's Plaza Hotel. continue to play a major role in the label is distributed nationally by lucrative genre. The latest imprint Narada. For more information, con- SEEDS & SPROUTS: James Cot- to jump on the bandwagon is Mu- tact 1- 800 -3- FUTURE. ton's newest release, "Live From Psych Records of Bensalem, Pa. While on the subject of new age, Chicago -Mr. Superharp Himself," The label's first two releases, Fred CD -only imprint Rykodisc has just is out on Alligator Records. The Wackenhut's "Orianna Twilight" released the first series of "environ- project features the veteran har- and Rocco Notte & Richard Bush's mental" recordings from its new at- monica player leading an eight - "Elysian Fields," are said to be re- mosphere collection. The series, "A piece band in a live setting. Also ceiving considerable college and Day On Cape Cod," features four forthcoming from the label is a new public radio airplay. releases: "Early Cape Morning," album by veteran guitarist Roy Bu- Mu- Psych's Ray Monahan says "Babbling Brook," "Sunset Surf," chanan, featuring guest vocalist that in addition to having entertain- and "Summer Rain." Delbert McClinton. ment value, the label's projects What Records has changed its must be "suitable for use as back- CONGRATULATIONS TO the name to Iloki Records. The label LEADER BOARD Is a9gravation and ground music on subliminal and members of the Red Clay Ram- can be reached at P.O. Box 49593, the most realistic golf stimulation of true Los Angeles, Calif. 90049. game available golf competition! because it is actually I to 4 Players a simulator that Choice of Club, RECORD BAR RETRENCHES gives you a true Distance Type of perspective view of (Continued from preceding page) Fo mail order, enc ose check Shot (hook, slice, or money order, plus S1.00 your golf game. putting) and More shipping and handling, and levels Realistic Sound ed chain that included Licorice Pizza those of president and CEO Ron as "very difficult." But he adds that specify machine version There are three desired. Order by phone on of play so you can Individual Player and the western Record Bar outlets, Cruickshank and longtime senior he sees no major difficulties in the VISA, MasterCard or C.O.D. compete from Level Selection by calling 258-9077. the warehouse will now have to be vice president of marketing Ralph company's day -to-day operations as 18011 amateur to touring Multiple 18 -Hole ACCESS SOFTWARE INC. professional. You'll Golf Courses justified by doing more business. King. Bergman, who is said to have a result of the senior executive re- 2561 South 1560 West Woods Cross, UT 8.1097 get all the fun, Automatic Scoring This adds further impetus to Berg - opposed the departure of Cruick- alignment. man's desire to get back into a shank but willingly accepted King's growth mode. resignation, describes both breaks Several of Bergman's other pet projects were also sacrificed as the FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986 chain sought to consolidate and satisfy its creditors. Among them were Dolphin Records, the chain's in- house label, and Napoleon's Gro- BiIIboadTOp SOFTWARE cery, a proposed chain of gourmet COMPUTER food stores targeted at malls. 7 "I still think it was a good idea," Q- P N p t Bergman says of Napoleon's Gro- = cery, which only managed to open ``r W ÿ É to two North Carolina outlets, which 5. - r `d TITLE Remarks ÿ a a a_° « u Ó have since been sold. "The Char- Q Publisher t f lotte store did over $800,000 in sales Strategic Space Trading And Combat Adventure Game I 19 3 ELITE Firebird in its first year and was working With Flight Simulator from sales We a point. just didn't 2 4 29 SILENT SERVICE MicroProse Submarine Simulation Game have the luxury to develop it."

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www.americanradiohistory.com etailing Kansas City's Autographs Store Sings Music Video Club's Praises

BY JIM BESSMAN DON'T GET CAUGHT NEW YORK Autographs Records & Tapes in Kansas City claims suc- WITH YOUR PANTS cess with an extensive spring promotion supporting its recently launched free -rental music video club. The jukebox- shaped corner store in Hallmark's Crown Center Shops mall features a back wall plastered with music stars' autographs (Billboard, March 15). According to owner Con- nie Vitale, the club, launched in March following a heavy advertising campaign in the Kansas City Star and the area's major high school pa- pers, is growing steadily. She claims more than 150 members. For a $25 annual fee, members get free check- out of any of the store's approximate- At Autographs Records and Tapes in Kansas ly 140 music video titles, one a City, Mo., proprietor Connie Vitale, at center, (Continued on next page) and staffer Jennifer Greiver, left, help customer Kathe Kaul select a title from the store's music -video club's selection. New Releases

MCRAE, CARMEN USA Home Video 214-907/IVE/$49.95 Velvet Soul THE ESCAPE CD Denon 638.7970/no list ARTIST ALBUMS Griffin O'Neal, Raul Julia, Teri Garr RICH, BUDDY Vestron Video 5134/$79.95 Tuff Dude JOYRIDE The CD Denon C38- 7972/no list following configuration ab- Desi Arnaz Jr., Robert Carradine, Melanie breviations are used: LP- album; RAVEL Griffith EP- extended play; CA -cassette; Pieces Pour 2 Pianos ev Vestron Video 4407/$69.95 Ruth Laredo, Jacques Rouvier NA TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. -price not available. Multiple CD Denon C37 -7907 n.. i... records and tapes William Petersen, Willem DaFoe, John /or in a set ap- SCHELLENBERGER, HANSJORG Pankow pear within parentheses following La Primadonna -Coloratura Of The Oboe 4 Vestron Video 5123/$79.95 the manufacturer number. Rolf Koenen A MARRIED MAN CD Denon C37 -7908 /no hst Anthony Hopkins, Ciaran Madden, Lise POP /ROCK SCHUBERT Hilboldt DeBARGE, EL Symphony No. 1 and No. 2 *V USA Home Video 216- 906/IVE/$69.95 LP Gordy, Motown 6181GL /MCA /$9.98 Otmar Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin PAY OR DIE CA 6181 GC/$9.98 CD Denon C37- 7905/no list Johnny Wilson, Dick Adair, Ted Deelman DOUBLE SCHUBERT r Sybil Danning's Adventure Video 212 - Blue Schwanengesang (Swan Song) 914/IVE/$29.95 Hermann Prey, Philippe Bianconi PLAY IT AGAIN CHARLIE BROWN LP A&M SP 5133/RCA/$8.98 CD Denon C37- 7906/no list Animated CA CS 5133 $8.98 Snoopy's Home Video VARIOUS Library ROWAN, JEFF ARTISTS M333 /Media Home Entertainment /$14.95 The Cars -1st Phil Collins -Hello Waiting Game Motown's Biggest Pop Hits -All M 1 On Billboard's Charts QUEEN OF THE ROAD LP Blue Chip ML 1001/$8.98 Pink Floyd -Dark Side Rush -Windows CD Motown 6174MD /MCA /no list Joanne Samuel, Amanda Muggleton U.K. SUBS rA Vestron Video 4425/$69.95 Pink Floyd- Animals Talking Heads VARIOUS ARTISTS -Creatures Left For Dead -Alive In Holland '86 20 Hard -To -Find Motown Classics Volume THE SAINT: VOLUME TWO Genesis -Trick Steely Dan -Gaucho CA Ro,r A- 142 /NA Roger Moore, Donald Sutherland, Jean Marsh Genesis -Duke Elvis Costello -King VARIOUS ARTISTS CD Motown 6I83MD'MCA ono list Pittsburgh Soundtracks Sybil Danning's Adventure Video 213 - Elton John II Dire VARIOUS ARTISTS 913/IVE/$39.95 -G.R Straits -1st LP Zapple Entertainment itzy Records NR-16371/no list 20 Hard -To -Find Motown Classics Volume U -2 -War Dire Straits Brothers SAVAGE DAWN - 11 George Kennedy, Karen Black, Richard Journey -Radio Freddie Jackson -Rock Me SOUNDTRACK CD Motown 6184MD /MCA /no list Lynch THE RED CLAY RAMBLERS Media Home Entertainment Phil Collins -No Jacket Rolling Stones -Dirty Work The Music of Sam Shepard's "A Lie Of M833/$59.95 The Mind" To get your company's new releases listed, Phil Collins -Face Value Linda Ronstadt -G.H. II send release sheets or type the SERGEANT MATLOVICH VS. THE U.S. AIR LP Sugar Hill H-8501 /$8.98 information in FORCE CA SH -C- 8501/$8.98 the above format on your Sale ends May 28th letterhead. Please include suggested list Brad Dourif, Frank Converse, William price whenever possible. Send to Linda Daniels we reserve the right to limit quantities GOSPEL Moleski, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New V USA Home Video 215- 905/IVE/$59.95 BLUEGRASS CARDINALS York, N.Y. 10036. SUNSET STRIP The Shining Path Tom Elpin, Cheri Cameron Newell, John LP Sugar Hill SH-3751/$8 Mayall CA 5H-C-3751/5898 Vestron Video 4431/$69.95 THE ONLY CD ONE STOP GARRETT-ROBERTS GOSPEL TRIO TORPEDO ATTACK Don't Lose Your Faith In God HOME VIDEO Sidney Kazan, John Ferris, Emily Harper LP Morning Star DP -86060 -04 $7 95 Sybil Danning's Adventure Video 213 - 912/IIVE/$39.95 Sends you a weekly computer printout of NEW Symbols for formats are *.=Beta, AGE WOMEN IN CELL BLOCK 7 1000's CDs in stock. ACKERMAN, WILLIAM v= VHS, =CED and. =LV. Anita Strinberg, Eva Czemeys, Olga Bisera of actually For Conferring With The Moon Pieces Where applicable, the suggested Sybil Danning's Adventure Video 213 - Offers you the best catalog fill anywhere on all Guitar list price of each title is given; 912/IVE/$29.95 LP Windham Hill WH 1050 /RCA /$9.98 labels at low discount prices. CA WT 1050/$9.98 otherwise, "No List" or "Rental" is indicated. To get your company's new video releases Guarantees you get new CD releases on time. DALGLISH, MALCOLM listed, send the following information - Jogging The Memory title, performers, distributor /manufac- Allows you to pre -book new CD releases in LP Windham HIII WH 1046 'RCA $9.98 FILMS turer, format(s), catalog number(s) for CA WT 1046/59.98 advance at special pre -book prices. CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS: THE each format, and the suggested list price GOBOTRON SAGA (if none, indicate "no list" or "rental ") -to COMPACT DISK Animated Linda Moleski, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, COREA, CHICK r Vestron Video 4434/$69.95 New York, N.Y. 10036. Early Days DAY OF THE DEAD CALL NOW FOR MORE CD Denon C38-7969/no list Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph HAMPTON, LIONEL Pilato INFORMATION!! Hamp's Blues Media Home Entertainment CD Denon C38- 7973/no list M839/$79.95 N.Y. area Ct. Toll Free DESPERATE LIVES (212) 517-3737 (203) 544 -8391 (800) 826 -0079 KONITZ, LEE Chicago 'N' All That Jazz Diana Scarwid, Helen Hunt, William (212) 517 -3738 CD Denon C38-7971/no list Windom

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www.americanradiohistory.com etailing SHELF TALKER STORE SINGS MUSIC VIDEO CLUB'S PRAISES (Con l i ti t i t d from preceding page) time, for up to two days. There's a break -even proposition, where we Thus, notes Vitale, the club - ning." late -return charge of $2.50 a day. would sell the older titles to make which she describes as "mostly She has since seen that the most The club's initial push, which took way for new ones. Now we want to youth- oriented, with some cross- popular music video artists are the up the bulk of the store's March/ - see how we've done before we spend over" -seems to have met its original ones who perform in town. "After CASSETTE DIVIDERS in- goal of educating consumers about Tina Turner, we rented the hell out of April promotional budget, also more bucks, to see if we understand Pre -Printed, cluded time buys on local TV, radio, the timeliness of the process -when music videocassettes. "We came up her concert video. Same with Madon- Custom Printed and MTV, as well as a pair of direct - to sell and when to keep titles on the with the idea [for the club] when we na," Vitale says. mail campaigns -one to 2,000 pa- shelves." realized that people didn't under- Music videos priced $29.95 or lower or Blank trons, the other in cooperation with Club members can take out addi- stand that music videos are more are merchandised separately from the mall's hairstyling salon. Now tional tapes for $2.50 each per day, than just three -minute clips, that the more expensive titles, in two 800/648 -0958 CORP. Autographs has adopted a wait-and- the same price nonmembers pay for they're an hour and a half long and showcase cabinets at the front of the 1 GOPHER PRODUCTS cash wrap island. Only music video- 2201 Lockheed Way see stance regarding future spend- rentals. Vitale says that members also include interviews and concerts," Carson City, NV 89701 ing. leave with more than one title most she says. "We figured that once they cassettes are stocked because lease "Everything was tailored to get of the time because "they get so in- became aware that they are full - restrictions prevent Autographs the word out with full media cover- volved with titles and find it hard to length films and not just one song, from competing with the relatively age," says Vitale. "The club was a choose." they'd want to rent them for an eve- small mall's sole video store tenant.

FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986

p of Batio Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Billboard. in any retrieval system. or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording. or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. POP CLASSICAL.- Compiled from a national sample of retail sales reports. Compiled from a national samp e of et:ul sales reports. `r/P%h 02 ARTIST TITLE TITLE ARTIST rL S* LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL LABEL & NUMBER- DISTRIBUTING LABEL SOUNDTRACK FANTASY WAM -1791 27 weeks at No. One 1 1 1 52 AMADEUS 1 1 1 36 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA ARCD 8212 5 weeks at No. One WHITNEY HOUSTON NEVILLE MARRINER

BACHBUSTERS TELARC 80123 2 2 2 16 2 3 2 51 DIRE STRAITS WARNER BROS. 225264 BROTHERS IN ARMS DON DORSEY

SWING, SWING, SWING PHILIPS 412 -626 3 3 3 7 3 2 3 7 THE ROLLING STONES COLUMBIA CK 40250 DIRTY WORK BOSTON POPS ( WILLIAMS)

TIME WARP TELARC 80106 4 4 5 52 4 4 4 20 SADE PORTRAIT RK 40263/EPIC PROMISE CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 OVERTURE TELARC 80041 5 5 4 52 5 5 5 52 PHIL COLLINS ATLANTIC 2 -81240 NO JACKET REQUIRED CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL)

HOROWITZ: THE LAST ROMANTIC DG 419.045 6 8 14 9 6 7 8 19 THE CARS ELEKTRA 9- 60464.2 GREATEST HITS VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

BERNSTEIN: WEST SIDE STORY DG 415.253 7 6 6 52 7 6 6 16 HEART CAPITOL 46157 HEART TE KANAWA, CARRERAS (BERNSTEIN)

SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS CBS MK -39564 8 12 18 4 8 9 7 22 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA CK40092 THE BROADWAY ALBUM PHILIP GLASS

STAR TRACKS TELARC 80094 9 9 8 52 9 11 9 31 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP RIVA 824 -865 -2 /POLYGRAM SCARECROW CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL)

ORCHESTRAL SPECTACULARS TELARC soils 10 10 12 17 10 8 12 52 PINK FLOYD HARVEST CD 46001 /CAPITOL DARK SIDE OF THE MOON CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL)

30 BLUE SKIES LONDON 414 -666 THE REAL WORLD 11 7 7 11 10 10 20 MR. MISTER RCA PCD 17180 WELCOME TO KIRI TE KANAWA (RIDDLE)

52 TELARC SAMPLER # 1 TELARC 80101 12 11 9 12 12 13 25 ZZ TOP WARNER BROS 2 -25342 AFTERBURNER VARIOUS ARTISTS BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 oc 410987 /ATLANTIC RIPTIDE 13 13 11 52 13 16 15 8 ROBERT PALMER ISLAND 2- 90471 BERLIN PHILHARMONIC (KARAJAN)

GERSHWIN: RHAPSODY IN BLUE CBS MK 39699 RAISED ON RADIO 14 14 10 41 14 NEW O. JOURNEY COLUMBIA CK 39936 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC (THOMAS) THE BEST OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART PHILIPS 412.244 PLAY DEEP 15 16 15 52 15 15 17 6 THE OUTFIELD COLUMBIA CK40027 NEVILLE MARRINER WEBBER: REQUIEM ANGEL CDC -47146 ATLANTIC 2 LISTEN LIKE THIEVES 16 15 13 52 16 13 18 10 INXS -81277 DOMINGO, BRIGHTMAN (MAAZEL) TELARC SAMPLER #2 TELARC 80102 DIFFERENT LIGHT 17 17 16 52 17 14 11 6 BANGLES COLUMBIA CK40039 VARIOUS ARTISTS WILLIAM TELL AND OTHER FAVORITE OVERTURES TELARC 80116 2 THE MECHANICS ATLANTIC 281287 MIKE & THE MECHANICS 18 19 22 5 18 22 - MIKE & CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL)

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 1 & 2 L'OISEAU LYRE 414 -338 19 17 16 39 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL FANTASY FCD 623 -CCR2 CHRONICLES 19 18 17 10 ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (HOGWOOD) BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 TELARC 8012o 20 21 22 41 TALKING HEADS SIRE 2.25305 /WARNER BROS. LITTLE CREATURES 20 22 26 3 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA (DOHNANYI)

PASSIONS LONDON 417117 BORN IN THE U.S.A. 21 20 19 18 21 18 14 52 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA CK 38653 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 5 & 6 DG 413 -932 RE -ENTRY FLIM & THE BB'S DMP 454 BIG NOTE 22 21 20 52 22 BERLIN PHILHARMONIC (KARAJAN)

COPLAND: APPALACHIAN SPRING TELARC 80078 23 VARIOUS ARTISTS WINDHAM HILL CD 1048 /A &M WINDHAM HILL SAMPLER '86 23 24 24 52 NEW ATLANTA SYMPHONY

LONDON 411 894 Y3 BARTOK: MIRACULOUS MANDARIN 24 NEW JOE JACKSON A &M CD 6021 BIG WORLD 24 23 21 . DETROIT SYMPHONY ( DORATI)

PACHELBEL: CANON RCA RCD1 5468 25 23 52 25 25 - 3 TALKING HEADS SIRE 225186 /WARNER BROS STOP MAKING SENSE 25 PAILLARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

MORE MUSIC FROM AMADEUS FANTASY WAM -1205 26 29 21 15 PETE TOWNSHEND ATLANTIC 2- 904736 WHITE CITY A NOVEL 26 26 25 15 NEVILLE MARRINER

TOMASI /JOLIVET: TRUMPET CONCERTOS CBS MK -42096 27 27 2 PHILIP GLASS CBS MASTERWORKS CK 39564/COLUMBIA SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS 27 NEW ' - WYNTON MARSALIS

HAYDN /HUMMEL /L MOZART: TRUMPET CONCS. Ces MK 37846 28 NEW JEAN -MICHEL JARRE POLYDOR /DREYFUS 829125- 2'POLYGRAM RENDEZ -VOUS 28 28 27 52 WYNTON MARSALIS, NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCH. (LEPPARD)

MOZART: REQUIEM L'OISEAU LYRE 411 712 29 RE -ENTRY STARSHIP RCA PCD 15488 KNEE DEEP IN HOOPLA 29 29 30 52 ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (HOGWOOD)

STRAUSSFEST TELARC 80098 30 30 2 JANET JACKSON A &M CD 5106 CONTROL 30 30 29 42 - CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL)

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www.americanradiohistory.com retailing Eugster Explains Keys To Successful Expansion

This story prepared by Earl Paige the acquisition won't overtax his stores, most of which are free - and Jim McCullaugh. Minneapolis warehouse. standers. "Remember, Licorice has its own Eugster has cited the 165 -store LOS ANGELES Is the Musicland Glendale [Calif.] distribution center, Wherehouse chain and the 80 -unit Group becoming too big? This ques- so the taxing of Minneapolis would Sound Warehouse chain as exam- tion was the focus of an exclusive come from the 26 Record Bars. We ples of "freestanding audio /video interview with Musicland president still have the capability for more combo stores." He says he's been Jack Eugster. (Part two will appear stores out of Minneapolis -we considering that concept for his own in next week's Billboard.) wouldn't have two years ago. Now operation. The Musicland chain recently an- we do because we've been able to "I made a statement in Septem- nounced a proposal to acquire 24 manage our returns better. ber that we were interested in the Record Bar stores as well as Lico- "Our RIM system keeps us from audio /video freestanding combo rice Pizza, the 34 -unit Record Bar buying the wrong stuff -keeps store. We were looking for an acqui- subsidiary chain (Billboard, May 3). more [titles] in stock at our distribu- sition, but we're also looking in With that package, Musicland -al- tion center with less inventory, so terms of developing them our- ready the country's largest music we are just using less space and our selves. At that time I thought we chain -would have 512 stores in 47 pickers are picking faster. It's a real were going to open from scratch be- states. tribute to the people in our organi- cause I had been frustrated in my But Eugster clearly believes that zation." efforts to buy somebody at the the chain hasn't become too large, Musicland president Jack Eugster (front) and his senior staff recently added 60 Eugster sees a limitation to his right terms and circumstances. citing the effectiveness of Music - company's growth in the lack of via- Clearly, that changed," says Eug- land's Retail Inventory Manage- stores to their fold, but express confidence that being a large chain will in no way hinder Musicland's ble mall sites. "There are only so ster. ment (RIM) computer effectiveness. Standing from left are Gary Ross, senior system. vice many malls, and I think that limit is Eugster freezes momentarily "I don't buy the reputation, that president of marketing and merchandising; Arnie Bernstein, vice president of operations; Keith Benson, in the 600 -800 store level." when asked if Musicland has ambi- we can get too big," says Eugster. and senior vice president and chief financial officer. However, with the acquisition of tions to follow rival Tower Records "You either have a one -store chain the Licorice Pizza chain -only two by opening stores outside the U.S. and the proprietor knows every- of its 34 stores are in malls -the "It's the word 'ambition' that thing, or you have awfully small requires local tailoring, store by illustrates his point that the large concept of a freestanding store now causes me to pause. If you ask me chains with awfully good managers, store. People say by city' or 'by re- chain can still monitor the needs of plays a bigger role in Musicland am I working on anything right or you invest in computers that give gion'- that's baloney. It's store by its individual stores. Group's plans. The chain already now, or planning to in the very near you the ability to try to be good ev- store. "The whole country blew the Van has experience with nonmall situa- future, the answer is no. If some- erywhere all at once. The only thing "Sure, the Hooters will break in Halen release. We blew it. Anybody tions through its 25 Discount Rec- thing came our way right now that the computer won't tell you is what Philadelphia, but I can tell you some who doesn't want to admit that is ords stores and 60 Sam Goody was attractive, we'd consider it." you could have sold of the thing you stores in Philadelphia they wouldn't not especially truthful, yet the day didn't order at all. break in, yet some r &b product after the release our systems told "Our computer will tell us how would. I can show you there's a lot us exactly where we didn't have many days we were out of stock on of difference between the Universi- enough and told us where we were on line Video Is Doing Fine any item during the week ... almost ty Town Center in La Jolla and Chu- in deep need of product. We placed anything like that. We're not perla Vista a couple of miles from Ti- orders immediately Tuesday morn - fect. There's going to be a local rec- juana, and yet they're both called ing-I don't know if we can react Chain Has Expansion Plans ord store that is more in tune with San Diego. any faster than that. to its inventory and opening three the local scene, but we're going to "And that's where we always "I was at a major discount store, BY EARL PAIGE more stores. be pretty good. So if our systems look to outside people to help us, which I will leave unnamed, to see LOS ANGELES Three -unit On Operations manager Rob Taylor, are good, why would there be a limit [like] the Tex -Mex vendors on the how they had done approximately Line Video, in Imperial Valley near like many video specialists, says ex- to how big we can become ?" Mexican border in Texas. We keep 10 days after release. I couldn't find the California /Mexico border, is a pansion in video alone is no longer Musicland's chief says the RIM in tune with polka music in North it. They had not received it." video specialty retail chain in meta- as promising as it once was. "We're system makes it easier to surmise Dakota, beach music in South Caro- Although the Licorice Pizza /Rec- morphosis. very aggressive. We're not afraid. the individual inventory needs of lina, as best we can." ord Bar purchase brings an addi- After three years in business, On Now that our growth has a direc- each particular store. "This is a Eugster says RIM's tracking of tional 60 stores into Musicland's Line's management is seriously con- tion, we're lining up our eggs," he business that requires immediacy, the recent Van Halen album "5150" fold, Eugster says he's confident sidering adding prerecorded music says. There have already been forays into areas other than video software for the firm, owned by father -and- son team Leon and Mark Lesicka. Taylor says hardware has been a CASE LOGIC profitable inventory: "We do about 75% -100% of our total volume in it. SETS THE PACE! We handle just two brands -Qua- sar and Hitachi -the full line in VCRs and monitors." Case Logic is setting the standard in contemporary On Line's expansion will extend cassette and CD carrying cases that offer beyond compact disks, the configu- hard-case protection in soft-sided style. And ration favored by most video spe- while there are bound to cialty stores. But On Line doesn't want be imitators, to tip its hand. Working in fa- only one vor of the chain's diversification is is the innovator. the fact that its stores are comfort- ably out of range from the three main L.A. "combo" chains -Music Plus, Licorice Pizza, and goliath Wherehouse. Taylor says On Line's three stores -located within a 12 -mile ra- dius of each other in Brawley, El NEW CD15 and CD30 Centro, and Calexico, Calif. -get Hot New Compact Disc more competition See our complete line at the Cases -Holds 15 or 30 CDs from record /tape, Consumer convenience, and grocery stores Electronics Show, than from independent video spe- Booth 1068 cialists. "There are three indies in El Centro, and one each in our other towns." Since opening in September 1983 CASE LOG/C® with 200 movies in 800 square feet, On Line has pretty much had the Valley to itself. Inventory has been P.O. Box 4187, Boulder, Colorado 80306 beefed up steadily to its present For more Information: 800- 447-4848 3,000 titles per store. Although On (Continued on page 52)

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by JAVIER SANTIAGO This year, perennially popular Salsa Wilkins at the If we named them, you EI would recognize them. group Gran Combo, is Bacardi Fair. Beyond the concepts called Menudo and celebrating its 25th anniversary. Jose Feliciano, there's a group of Puerto Ri- cans that has climbed its way up into the ibility with Tina Turner on Pepsi commercials. American show biz scene. Adopted Puerto Ricans, recording and TV For years, Broadway has exposed the quali- stars, Charytin and Iris Chacon, have hooked ty that flows from Chita Rivera's work. After up on the same telenovela, "Escandalo," de- °f being nominated seven times, Rivera finally buting this month in Puerto Rico as well as in- won a Tony Award in m 1984 for her perfor- ternationally in top Latin markets. E mance in the musical "The Rink," in which she Veterans and newcomers alike are becom- co- starred with Liza Minelli. ing Island breakouts, such as Danny Rivera, 2 This year, the Academy Award nomination Maggy -who is sponsored by Goya fruit a for Best Picture, "The Kiss Of The Spider Woman," explores the talent of another Puer- to Rican named Raul Julia. has Julia taken Sophy and Danny part in successful Broadway shows such as Rivera perform at the musical "Nine" and Shaw's "Arms Of The Roberto Clemente Man." He also played in movies such as "The Coliseum. (Photo: Eyes Of Laura Mars" and recently "Compro- Jose Ismael mising Positions." Fernandez

Many Puerto Ricans have climbed to the top of the Charytin Goyco's TV show airs weekly in 10 countries. American show business ladder.

The charming Rita Moreno is probably Up in the air "top" on this list. This one -woman show holds with Menudo. EWOW the Guinness Book world record for being the only performer in the world who has won the Di q' G? four top awards of the entertainment industry: an Oscar for supporting actress in "West Side Story" (1961); a Grammy for "The Electric Puerto Rican music stars poised for Company Album" (1972); a Tony for Best Ac- tress as Googie Gomez in Broadway's "The international recognition include Ritz" (1975); and finally two Emmys for her Yolandita Monge, Ednita Nazario, performance in "The Muppets Special" and and Wilkins, while veterans and "The Rockford Files" (1977 and 1978 respectively). newcomers alike are becoming America theater audiences have also seen Island breakouts, such as actress Jossie De Guzman's performance as Danny Rivera, Maggy, Lunna, Maria in 1980's "West Side Story" revival. Lucecita Puerto Rican actor Jose Ferrer and actress "Cheo" Feliciano, Lucecita, Priscilla Lopez complete this lineup; the latter Lunna with Jose Fe- Chucho Avellanet, and Sophy. for her 1975 Tony nomination in the origi- liciano at the Fine nal "A Chorus Line," and 1980 Tony for "A Arts Center. (Photo: drinks -Lunna, "Cheo" Feliciano, Lucecita, Day In Hollywood, A In Night The Ukraine." Jose Fernandez Chucho Avellanet, and Sophy, to name a few. Ferrer was the first Puerto Rican who re- Legendary jazz /salsa figures Tito Puente and ceived an Academy Award, on that occasion Eddie Palmieri, both former Grammy winners, his for performance as Cyrano de Bergerac in Yolandita are consistently held in high esteem by their 1952. Monge peers and the public beyond Puerto Rico's Puerto Ricans have also worked their way shores. The same can be said for flutist Dave into national television. Eric Estrada starred Valentin, trumpeter Luis "Perico" Ortiz, and on "Chips," the late Freddie Prinze (half -Hun- the perennially popular salsa group- celebrat- garian, half- Puerto Rican) starred on "Chico ing its 25th anniversary -El Gran Combo. and the Man," and Henry Darrow was on "The In the U.S. music field, Puerto Rico's contri- High Chaparral." Recently, Saundra Santiago bution to American rock and jazz are percus- became a regular in the renowned series" Mi- sionist Lenny Castro (of Toto), Billy Joel's ami Vice." And reporter Geraldo Rivera has Mark Rivera, Gerardo Velez and Richie Mo- moved from ABC to the Independent News rales of Spyro Gyra, and finally Rafael de Je- Channel. sus, who played on Duran Duran's last two Puerto Rican music stars poised for interna- LPs. tional recognition include: Yolandita Monge, receiving wider exposure via the worldwide reach of CBS International Records; Ednita Nazario, who possesses the vocal agility to sing in four languages (including English) and who earlier this year signed with Mexico's Dis- cos Melody; and Wilkins, currently gaining vis-

Javier Santiago is a staff writer covering entertainment at EI Nuevo Dia in Puerto Rico.

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www.americanradiohistory.com VISITING SUPERSTARS HAIL MAINLY FROM CBS, RCA Chicago held four sell -outs at the Performer-Owned Production And Roberto Clemente Coliseum. (Photo: Record Companies Emerge To Bring Moises Font) Home The Best Of Local Talent Cheo Feliciano in concert.

At a time when the economy in Latin America is struggling for survival, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with the U.S. dollar as its currency, is becoming the most important Latin market in the international show business scene. Last year, close to 200 concerts ranging from Boy George to Camilo Sesto were offered to Puerto Marvin Santiago Ricans. This year will probably amount to the same. The bilingual skills of its people, their easy access to new video and audio technology, as well as the Jose "Cheo " high concentration of middle class professionals in Dave Feliciano their demographics make the Island a "tropical par- Valentin, a adise" to Latin and Anglo performers. top jazz Last year, CBS and RCA (and their subsidiaries) attraction. Hansel & Raul had around 150 artists visiting the Island, either on promotion or performing. "Puerto Rico represents 30% of V.S.I 1 domestic sales, and with its well established media outlets, in- Virginia Lopez pinela and Jose Jose were among the top selling fluences sales in New York and Miami," explains Bill names, while jazz and pop musicians Richard Clay - Marin, marketing director for A &M Discos. "The Is- derman, Paco de Lucia, Earl Klugh, Spiro Gyra and Dave Valentin held concerts at Centro de Bellas Artes. 'In Puerto Rico, being good is not enough, you need to Rock music also had a profitable year. The young be the best. International figures not only compete filled the Roberto Clemente Coliseum and the Hi- among themselves, but also ram Bithorn Stadium to see Toto, Huey Lewis & the with well established News, Culture Club, REO Speedwagon, Rick Spring- and financed local stars.' field, and Foreigner. Highlights among these were (Continued on page P-32) land is 100% Spanish- speaking, which allows for A STORY OF TWO FAMILIES ... ON ONE STREET more effective ways to reach our audience." "San Juan has a very active night life. There are lots of concerts, nightclubs and theaters which pro- Record Distributors: They Not Only vide lots of exposure and paid work to artists," adds Rick Correoso, national promotion manager Sell Records But Expand The Reach Of for RCA's Latin division. "Also, local TV pays. It ab- sorbs part of our promotional costs because they are very competitive. They need big names to get Latin Culture Through Music big ratings." "Puerto Ricans are happy people who love music. by NOEL CRUZ & LUIS VEGA They are open to new musical tendencies and styles," says Sergio Rozenblat, director of creative parada 15 in Santurce, the Madison Avenue of Lat- Distribuidora Nacional de Discos was the first at operations for CBS's Latin division. "Yolandita in music in the Caribbean, has been the center of Parada 15 and operates from a big warehouse that Monge, a top Puerto Rican singer on our label, is record distribution in Puerto Rico for the last 30 supplies the Caribbean, Latin America, the U.S., Af- right now the top seller on the Island." years. Here careers are made and destroyed by the rica and, lately, Japan. Latin artists such as Jose Luis Rodriguez, Rapha- whim of popular tastes. "We have all kinds of music from Mexico to el, Camilo Sesto, Alberto Cortez, Celia Cruz, Pim- Even though there are no official annual record Spain, Italy, Argentina and Brazil -music you can't sales figures, industry insiders claim it to be more find any other place," explains Nery Gonzalez, the Milly, Jocelyn & than $50 million per year. Puerto Rico represents founder's daughter and administrator. Los Vecinos about 30% of U.S. Latin sales. Meanwhile, on the other end, Distribuidora In Puerto Rico, record distribution is a family Aponte also boasts a large clientele. Pablo Aponte, business. The most important distributors are Dis - the owner, has witnessed Latin music expand from tribuidora Nacional de Discos and Distribuidora Latin America to the U.S. and, recently, Japan. Aponte; the two basically handle all the music com- (Continued on page P-36) ing in to and going out from the Island. The two distributors are located at opposing ends of Parada 15. Distribuidoras supply big department stores, smaller record shops and the famous guagueros (guagua means bus), who are salesmen who go all over the island reselling records to tiny stores in out -of- the -way little towns.

Noel Cruz Is contributing editor for VEA in Puerto Rico. Luis Vega Is a freelance writer based In Los Angeles.

'We have all kinds of music from Mexico to Spain, Owner Nery Gonzales, left, and the staff of Distribuidora Italy, Argentina and Brazil -music you can't find Nacional de Discos. any other place.'

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uerto Rico has become the center and perform- San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, is where most of ing capital of Latin America. It's ideal geograph- the action takes place. At Centro de Bellas Artes, ical position has made it the gateway for all Latin the Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan Hotel, Condado America and European performers who come to Plaza, Centro de Convenciones, Hiram Bithorn Sta- America," explains Carmen Junco, Centro de Bellas dium and San Juan Quality Royale, Puerto Ricans Artes' general manager. Most of our southern come to see their favorite Latin and Anglo stars. friends look toward Puerto Rico as a culmination of Still there are other important venues throughout their artistic careers." the Island. On the west coast in Mayaguez, one of Centro de Bellas Artes, with its three state- of -the- the most populated areas, one can find Teatro Ya- art halls that easily adapt to the particular type of guez near their famous "plaza" and Palacio de Re- Jose Jose Puerto Rico, though one of the smallest Caribbean islands, has more venues than any of its neighbors. There isn't Ednita Nazario with Menudo at one weekend Puerto Ricans don't have Bellas Artes. (Photo: Tim Garrity) a show they can go see. HYMY7 performance being given, is the most prestigious venue in Puerto Rico. [Rag' Rig "Our 'Antonio Paoli Hall' has a 1,900 -seat capac- Miami Sound Machine ity and has well served many performances ranging Rock concerts usually take place in big stadiums from a Broadway production of 'A Chorus Line' to like the Roberto Clemente Coliseum with its the performances of Alexander Godunov, Rudolf Rick Springfield at Hiram Bith- 12,000 -seat capacity. Jose Feliciano and Menudo Nureyev and Placido Domingo, as well as singers orn Stadium. (Photo: Gustavo are the only local artists who fill the stadium. like Dionne Warwick, Sergio Mendez, Chuck Man - Trucco) "Rock promoters select big stadiums because gione and many Latin superstars." young Puerto Ricans prefer rock'n'roll and support Puerto Rico, though one of the smallest Caribbe- creacion y Deportes de Mayaguez with a 6,000 - it in big numbers. For example, Chicago gave two an islands, has more venues than any of its neigh- seat capacity. To the south, in Ponce, is Teatro La concerts at the Clemente Coliseum and still some bors. There isn't one weekend Puerto Ricans don't Perla which is not too popular because of its prox- people couldn't get tickets," explains Otto Oppen- have a show they can go see. imity to San Juan, and in Bayamon is Braulio Cas- heimer, host of "Imagen & Sonido," Puerto Rico's tillo. top national video show. "Concert tickets sell for Taking into consideration the type of music to be $15.00. Prices would be too expensive at smaller performed, promoters select their concert location. (Continued on page P -27) GOLDEN ERA OF THE 'GOLDEN BOYS' Young Generation of Promoters Know Their Music, Local Market- And Global Picture Hiram Bithorn Stad., San Juan. Puerto Rico has become a major center of activi- young, in their 20s and early 30s, and male. These ty for the Latin entertainment world. Everything Puerto Rican "golden boys," as they are called, owe Fr. Ift: Steve Sy- from ballet to salsa, from rock to classic Casals is their success to their clear knowledge of the local besma, Sunshine attracting big audiences and "mucho dinero." market. Promotions; Jose This entertainment renaissance has taken place The most prominent promotion companies in Dueno, Great as a result of many factors which include a recep- Puerto Rico are: Angelo Medina and Associates, Ent.; Paul Stanley. tive audience, the strength of the American dollar, Larry Stein's Rocktropic, PM Talent Agency Inc., Jo- easy access through major American carriers, good santonio's Famma /Nucleo Promotions Inc., Artistic hotels and excellent venues. Performers Inc., Sunshine /Great Enterprises and All this activity stimulated the proliferation of Rafa Muniz' Promotores Latinos. specialized companies in the fields of artist repre- Stein works only rock music. He has been respon- sentation, management, public relations and con- sible for bringing to the Island REO Speedwagon, cert promotions. Nearly all top promoters are Chicago, Air Supply, Toto, Huey Lewis & the News, (Continued on page P-22)

'Puerto Ricans have, for a long time, thought of the Island as their only working base -but not anymore. We are part of the American economy and should start Centro de Bellas Artes, San to benefit from the relationship. New York is the first Juan. Lft., g.m. Carmen Junco. logical step; Los Angeles is the last frontier. Only Fr. Ift.: Gov. Hernandez Colon, people with a clear vision will be able to succeed in a promoter Larry Stein, Gov.'s market that becomes more competitive daily.' son Juan Eugenio, Huey Lewis.

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www.americanradiohistory.com NEW YORK AND THE NEWYORICANS THE VIEW FROM INSIDE THE MECCA OF SALSA Willie Colon: 'Only The Best Survive' by WILLIE COLON

Despite rumors to the contrary, I am happy to be frozen in time. Too many salseros are intimidat- report that salsa is alive and well and has been ed by this doctrine and resign themselves to being seen summering in some very classy places in "defenders of the folklore." Besides, they fear that Europe. experimentation may lead to failure. Salsa labels Willie Colon has The New York music scene is very different from got comfortable with the formula and discouraged recorded, pro- the rest of the U.S. or Latin America -competition m duced and sold is fierce, and only the best survive. New York is con- must E. more Salsa LPs sidered salsa's "Mecca," primarily because it is 'One let go of the past. E than any other art- where the term was born, but also because of the Let's move on with our music.' ist in the genre. "Niuyorican" musicians who brought other musical 2 influences to the music. Today the combinations are endless. The Cuban further evolution which could have led to salsa tak- roots of the music are still very obvious, but you ing the same route as Big Band and Doowop -that might hear a Spanish Flamenco lament, a Brazilian is to become only nostalgia. batucada, a Colombian cumbia, a Puerto Rican Salsa is the Latino's rock'n'roll. You will understand its impact when you hear it on the jukebox in 'It's really not such a stretch for salsa to cross over, a seaport cantina, a mountaintop friquitin, or on every radio in el barrio, or attend a concert with as it's already halfway there.' 20,000 people singing the lyrics to the latest hit (at some places I've played, the audience arrived in aguinaldo, a Dominican merengue, a Panamanian dugout canoes), or dance among the crystal chan- tamborera (with a jazz arrangement played on deliers and Valentino gowns at the Inaugural Ball in rock'n'roll instrumentation), as well as a Cuban gua- Washington. guanco all in the same song -much to the chagrin With all due respect to a few noble souls who go of a few diehards who, like Othello, love salsa "not to the Village Gate or hang out on the L.A. circuit wisely but too well." They believe that music should and then write their articles, it is impossible to know what salsa is about through such brief encounters. EXPERIMENTING MUSICIANS EXPAND LATIN JAZZ MARKET It's a shame that too many times these superficial opinions are accepted as gospel. The Salsa has become the "awkward adolescent," Salsa Solution: How A Music Can and some act as if it will never grow up. Others recognize its potential as an asset to the musical com- Fall Out Of Fashion -And Back In Again munity. The youth market is familiar with salsa and has adapted its rhythyms to the new electronic by CARLOS AGUDELO street and dance musics. It's really not such a stretch for salsa to crossover, as it's already halfway there. Dizzy Gillespie knew this a long time ago. Once upon a time New York was called "The at this time. Some will put their chips into mer- Prince and Sheila E. know it now. Paul Simon, Chaz Salsa Capital of the World." Now that distinc- engue, more trendy now, although this trendiness is Janke!, Stevie Wonder, Yes, Billy Joel, Carlos San- tion, uncontrovertible a few years ago, is starting to suffocating in its own prolific outburst; some will tana, the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals sound a bit off the mark, enough to rise some eye- look toward standard pop -soap opera puff. know it, and, oh yes, the Miami Sound Machine brows and ask the unavoidable questions: What's Still others will put their chips into elusive cross - knows it. happening to the music? Why the confusion and (Continued on page P-37) One of salsa's problems is in the business sector. sense of disarray? Who left the void and who's go- The independents who pioneered the market are er- ing to fill it? ratic, undercapitalized, and lacking in vision. They Perhaps New York should be called "The Latin Celia Cruz don't follow up -they don't prepare -they don't Pop, Salsa & Merengue Capital of the World" to ac- and Tito promote. They have done everything in their power comodate musical cousins that have been around Puente at to keep the music from changing since the boom in New York for quite a while but recently grew up to Winston the late '60s. The market is not a static thing, it's take a sizeable and noisy share of the market. Salsa Festi- alive and always changing, and you've got to hustle Or perhaps salsa (Afro -Caribbean music) is not val at Hi- to stay with it. fashionable anymore. But if that's the case, then ram Bithorn The majors have problems too. They don't under- who's responsible for its fall from fashion? For Stadium. stand the market. They'd like to push their foreign those who see the ring from their own corner, salsa balladeers over into the U.S. market, when it is common knowledge, ironically, that most salsa artists 'Those who support the music -the Latin population are U.S. born, and Spanish is their second language! (Continued on page P-34) of New York, Miami, Puerto Rico, Latin America, and the world, including Japan -will always carry it Willie Colon has been a top musical attraction for 15 in their hearts and legs, because it cannot die; it can years and is one of the most prolific producers recording artists in Salsa music, producing and collaborating on only be forgotten by the unconcerned. That's why over 35 LPs with Salsa greats like Hector LaVoe, Celia salsa can only be preserved and reborn, Cruz, Mon Rivera, as well as non -Spanish speaking Salsa again and again, over and over, everyday.' artists like Sophy and Soledad Bravo.

is not a good business anymore. The point is: you Luis "Perico" Ortiz must be very careful to avoid releasing a salsa flop ó"`.I0"9 Carlos Agudelo is Latin chart analyst with the Billboard P M Chart Dept. and a freelance writer in New York.

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www.americanradiohistory.com SETTING TRENDS RATHER THAN FOLLOWING PATTERNS Jose Feliciano: 'Latin Pop Is Making Its Own Statement Jose Feliciano has been re- by JOSE FELICIANO cording in Spanish and in the Latin music scene at that time. country. However, more and more, Latin music English for 25 Then "Light My Fire" lit the way for my first En- awareness is coming about. Acts like the Miami years. glish pop hits. This strengthened my feelings that Sound Machine and Tiara are bridging the gap be- music from the heart can find its way through the tween musical cultures, as are tracks like "Rhythm radio channels. Of The Night" by DeBarge and "All Night Long" by While pop music will always have new sounds re- Lionel Richie. Both are pop hits with a definite Latin sulting from the ever -changing technology in instru- feel.

ments and recording, I feel that there will always be A great collaborative energy also seems to be room for beautiful ballads and love songs. Also, mu- happening in today's music scene. With artists sic has been and always will be connected with sharing talents in writing, performing, producing 0 dance. I have always enjoyed and will continue to and recording, we are seeing new and creative mu- ] sical results. Co- producing and co- writing on my 'We all have to face the fact that Latin music past two Latin pop albums with a talented young artist, Rudy, has been a very happy and creative exis still not in the mainstream of popular music in this perience for me. I am also pleased to see this lead country. However, more and more, Latin music to new opportunities for Rudy, who will be writing and producing projects for Jose Jose, Julio Iglesias awareness is coming about.' and others.

I believe Puerto Rico has influenced my music because my first awareness and appreciation came s an artist involved in pop music the past for enjoy making music that gives good feelings. Latin through its Latin roots. Although I am now playing 25 years, both in Spanish and English, I have pop music, now more than ever, is making its own everything from classical to rock'n'roll, there is still had the opportunity to participate, observe and en- statement. In other words, we are now setting the music of the Island running through my veins, joy the various trends and directions taken by popu- trends rather than following all the old musical pat- (Continued on page P-34) lar music. terns.

My first Latin hits came about when I was 19 We all have to face the fact that Latin music is still years old. At that time, the Spanish Bolero had been not in the mainstream of popular music in this LWOW around for many years. i found that by interpreting these Boleros, with perhaps jazzed up endings or Jose Feliciano is an international recording artist on RCA FOR DEDgCcDP, innovative intros, I was able to spark great interest Records.

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Alberto Carrion is a young Puerto Rican composer, who after a successful venture in show business, decided to get into advertising, writing jingles for radio and television. Like the market, Carrion's work possibilities have expanded. As a result, Carrion built his own recording studio, Alfa Recordings, which is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after studios on the Is- land. Just last year, they reported a 50% increase in production.

"At the beginning, I thought the studio would basically be for my personal use. But right now we are receiving so many requests from local talent that at

times I have to go to other studios to do my work," says Carrion, while mixing Lucecita's new LP. "Everybody from Menudo to Danny Rivera is using our facilities. In view of such demand we are planning to expand and buy more equipment to satisfy the needs of the market." Still, Alfa -which updated its facilities with a 24- track Studer last year -is only the newest entry in the competitive local recording industry. There are 13 others constantly working at full capacity. Ochoa Recordings is probably the oldest. "Pas- sion, Grace And Fire," the popular Al Di Meola song on his 1982 LP "Electric Rendevous" was recorded at the studio. "Our facilities are not only used by local musicians and singers, but we are also discovering a new market as more people come from other Caribbean islands. Now we also produce calypso and reggae as well as jingles for TV and radio commercials," explains Ochoa's chief engineer, Hilton Colon. Adds Jack Sherdel, Ochoa's engineering partner, "We're still one of the smallest, yet one of the most sophisticated." He cites $85 per hour as the average rental rate for his and other studios. Ochoa is typical of the advanced equipment used by the others- notably Alfa, Telesound and Crescendo -i.e. Ampex 1200 24- track, outboards such as Ursa Major, Lexicon and Yamaha, and audio kinetic synthesizers, among a lengthy list of heavy investment. Media giant WAPA -TV has jumped on the bandwagon by opening its own recording studio, Tele- sound, and its own record label, Telerecord. Siempre It was at Telesound that Puerto Rican disk jockey Pablo Flores mixed the 12 -inch single "Dr. Beat" for Miami Sound Machine, and more recently for their successful "Conga." "PRESENTE" " Telerecord has produced albums for Rafy Escu- Para Puerto Rico dero, Charytin, and more recently Lunna and El Gran Combo," adds Elsa Fernandez Miralles, WA- PA's public relations director. david maldonado management (212) 247 -6888 1674 broadway new york city 10019 Telesound projects an increase in their production this year although with new entries in the market, competition between the studios is starting to become fierce. YOU KNOW THAT A GOOD REPUTATION IS HARD "Besides albums, we also record about 15 to 20 commercial jingles per day," says Colon. "With that TO kind of demand, there's no time left to worry about ACHIEVE ... AND VERY EASY TO LOSE... competition." JAVIER SANTIAGO WE KNOW THAT, TOO. MAGO'S RESTAURANT In Old San Juan. Maintaning the classic tradition with exquisite dishes for the most demanding connoissuer. 257 Calle Tance -Reservations accepted at 724 -3820 -724 -3865 Valet parking at night. Alberto Carrion

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The market for Spanish -language videocas- chanted Forest), a children's fable based on a popu- The same thing happened a few years back with settes is growing at the same voracious rate as the lar local play. I'm responsible for the video and the Latin records. Then Julio Iglesias and Menudo Latino share of the U.S. population. With more dis- record." helped change their minds," continues Quintero. posable income, huge population growth and more Meanwhile, Veprim's first project consists of 14 "It's a matter of educating the marketplace in the free time, the '80s is quickly becoming the decade titles which are produced by Ocean Shores Video in U.S. about our product." of Latin mass consumption. Hong Kong and are now available in Spanish for the In Puerto Rico, everybody agrees that subtitles It wasn't until 1983 that videocassette distribu- Latin market. Veprim is represented by Jose Ga- and dubbing will increase their global sales and tion got started in Puerto Rico. The local business is larza, Malcolm Vendrel and Ramon Perez. product variety. "If movies come out with subtitles, controlled by three young companies: Metro Video "Ocean Shore made all their resources available that will improve sales in the drama and comedy Distributors, Video City and Studio Enterprises. to us -from dubbing facilities to marketing ad- categories," explains Derek Rogers, Metro Video American, as well as Spanish -language product, is vice," says Perez. "OS specializes in martial arts Distributors' operations manager. MVD is Puerto included in all their rosters. movies. We project to introduce 5,000 copies of Rico's biggest distributor. The president of Studio Recently, a new company, Veprim Video, ap- each title. Most are already sold to local stores." Enterprises, Mike Roman, believes that "in Puerto peared on the market. With dubbing, subtitle and The beginning of Ocean Shore's catalog distribu- Rico it would be excellent if 90% of all foreign films manufacturing capabilities, this new element could tion took place in California when Veprim represen- were available with subtitles." transform Puerto Rico from consumer to producer tatives started conversations with Mathew Tie, OS Puerto Ricans prefer action adventure and come- and distributor of videocassettes for the rest of Lat- general manager. Veprim is trying to position itself dy videocassettes. The market seems almost closed in America. as one of the most important videocassette distrib- to film classics like "Gone With The Wind" and "Af- Movie attendance has dropped 8% since last utors in Latin America, as well as in Latin communi- rican Queen," but with more local companies incor- year, and not even lower ticket prices have been ties in the U.S. and Europe. porating dubbing and subtitle capabilities, many able to stop the erosion, according to Pete Moreno "We have already talked to Warner Home Video feel this will be the area for growth in coming years. of Wometco. Wometco, with 22 movie houses, is and CBS -Fox to represent their product dubbed in the biggest film exhibitor on the island. Spanish," adds Perez. "Original Spanish -language Luis Guardiola is a staff writer at El Reportero in Puerto The video boom is taking place in Puerto Rico and American movies dubbed in Spanish are the Rico where he writes a weekly column on the home right now. Video stores and clubs are appearing in way to go in the Latin market." video market. every community. Two reasons explain this boom: "I see a bright future for the Spanish -language Luis Vega is a freelance writer in Los Angeles. firstly, the high cost, for many families, of going out; videocassette business. We have begun to release and secondly, the limited movie choices and tardi- Paramount Studio films dubbed in Spanish and are ness of American movies reaching the Island. creating innovative concepts to market our exten- The local video business is rapidly expanding in sive catalog," says David Quintero Jr., Video Visa's various directions, including the manufacturing and general manager. Video Visa is a subsidiary of Mexi- dubbing of foreign films and the production and co's Televisa. "For example, soap operas will be se-

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Menudo is a social phenomenon. With their youth, good looks, mix of rock music and Spanish ballads, Menudo revolutionized Spanish -language WE music, a of own a Latin A- RECORD creating place their -like ha. The group continues to go strong in Latin Ameri- ca, Latin U.S.A., Asia and is entering Europe. The winning concept was originated by Edgardo Diaz 10 years ago. Before Menudo, Diaz was busy DON'T HAVE IN managing different musical groups in Puerto Rico, until one day with the help of his nephews and their friends for the neigborhood, Menudo was born. In Spanish, "menudo" means the little ones. Since all the original members were 9 to 14 years old, the STOCK name fit perfectly. Menudo's rags -to- riches story has been fast and premeditated. First, Diaz conquered the local Puer- to Rican market with the effective use of television, then expanded his reach to Venezuela, which opened the door to the international Latin market, and, as a result, Mexico. The U.S. Latin market, one of the most lucrative, was invaded by Menudo from both coasts simultaneously, creating the most cohesive campaign to ever hit the U.S. Latin population, which later trans- lated to their American TV exposure. Menudo appeared on "Good Morning America," "Solid Gold," "The Morning Show," "Live And In Person," "The Jerry Lewis Telethon," "Silver Spoons," "On Stage America," "The Mery Griffin Show," and "20/20." To Latins, Menudo represents the best example of what Latin youth has to offer. To corporate Amer- ica, Menudo are the best and most credible spokes - representatives to reach the growing Latin market. Crest, Scope, McDonalds, and Pepsi Cola use their services. Menudo's impact on Spanish -language music and show biz is going to be felt for many years to come. They were the first to acknowledge the existence of the now lucrative youth market. With their strong visuals, they transformed the way Latin performers are marketed, incorporated merchandising into their operations and updated the image of Latin music, regaining the younger generation which had been seduced by rock'n'roll. UNICEF named them ambassadors of good will. RCA distributes their successful records. It seems everybody is betting this young Puerto Rican quintet will continue their unprecedented success for many years to come. NOEL CRUZ

Of course we don't have square records in stock (because they haven't been recorded yet!). But we do have the largest selection of regular records, cassettes, audiocassettes, compact discs and accesories. Being one of the largest distributors in the world, Distribuidora Nacional de Discos offers you any kind of music you want to offer your customers: classical, pop, rock, jazz, collector's, imports, "merengue ", "salsa "...we serve retail stores from all over the world. To place an order, just give us a call. We'll have for sure what you want. Except, of course, square records.

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Arevolution is taking place in Puerto Rico, and R.TUR. IF PUERTO RICO it has nothing to do with politics. Puerto Rican youth is looking to the U.S. for signals of "what's in." MTV has become their source of information and rock presents music. Heavy metal, in particular, is starting to re- place their "son "(salsa) with its beat. We have young demographics (12 -24) and a top 40 format 24 hours a day," says WGSX -FM PD ONLY THE BEST Fernando Colon. The audience keeps requesting songs they see on MTV. They want Falco, Sheila E., Prince, and Heart. We also buy syndicated programming like `American Top 40' and `Off The Rec- ord' specials. All our DJs speak Spanish on the air even though our music is in English. BE BEST IN TENNIS "At the station, we are starting to program local rock bands who usually open the concerts for bigger names from the U.S. The favorites are Top Ba- HE U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT nana, Rainbow and Ex- Offender," adds Colon. Top Banana was the recipient of a CEMI Award (Puerto We have been able to secure a limited number of ex- Rico's Grammy). cellent seats for the semi -final and final matches of Cyndi Lauper used to play small pubs and disco- this biggest of all tennis tournaments this summer. theques around the island in the early '80s when Don't Miss Our On This Extraordinary Package she was part of Blue Angel. "Cinema 30 is known as the TV station of movies and music videos. Our main interest is to program Contact Your Puerto Rican Travel Connection music videos from Latin artists since they don't get Alberto de la Rosa as much exposure as American bands. But we got so many requests for rock that we had to start pro- P.O. Box S -2367 gramming it also. Sometimes it seems I'm working San Puerto Juan, Rico 00903 at a radio station instead of TV," says Isabel Pi- Tells. 809/792-2800/1499 chardo, Cinema 30 program director. "Now we have salsa in the morning, rock after 2 p.m. and Spanish ballads after 6 p.m. In our business, you J (Continued on opposite page)

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P-30 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com learn to compromise. Other stations only run Amer- ican music, like a guy from California named Roland Hilda." Hilda revolutionized the Puerto Rican market with his syndicated video show "En Vivo." How a Frenchman has become successful promoting American music on Spanish -language TV is a legend in Los Angeles where his program originates. "En Vivo," a daily one -hour show that includes music news, guest DJs and interviews, airs in top Latin markets such as Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Chicago, San Diego, El Paso, and Puerto Rico. "Latinos are the young generation of America. Demographics show that the average age of Latinos is 10 years younger that Anglos," explains Hilda from KSCI -TV studios in Santa Monica, Calif. "We program `raw rock' with a healthy dose of heavy p7 metal. Groups like Quiet Riot and Dokken are regu- lars.

T2 "I have the advantage of originating my program from L.A., which allows us to get interviews with rock stars. We've interviewed Madonna, Prince, a MSM, Kim Carnes, Animotion and others. We don't do anything different because young people around the world are basically the same," concludes Hilda. "En Vivo" just came from Puerto Rico after 10 days of shooting special segments to incorporate in the show -a subtle reminder to their audience that "what's in" also surrounds them at home. LUIS VEGA & ANTONIO MACHADO

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land, believes Van Halen, Hall & Oates, Wham!, Ma- donna, Prince, and Bruce Springsteen to be the most popular with the local youth. Salsa is not as popular today as it was a decade ago. Puerto Ricans have been segmented into three specific categories: "rockeros," "cocolos" and "rockolos." The first group listen only to American Rock Videos, rock music, the second only to tropical salsa and the third manage to enjoy both. Fashion, Promotores Latinos Inc. is the market leader in Interviews, the salsa genre. Their roster includes: Ruben Giveaways! Blades, Tito Puente, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, Gil- berto Monroig, and Soledad Bravo. Rafo Muniz is sole owner of the venture. "The biggest problem salsa faces today is the The First and Only heavy competition from rock'n'roll. Both genres go after young demographics, but salsa acts don't have the resources to compete with MTV," com- Rulliigual Roch Maga z lue ments Muniz. "Little by little, salsa is starting to regain lost territory." TV in the World! Pijuan Productions and Paquito Cordero are also Show important promoters in Puerto Rico, dealing mostly with TV. Pijuan produces records and represents talent. Maggy, a young singer and actress who al- Number One in Las Angeles ready has her own TV program, is represented by Pijuan. 10 VIDEO JOCKEYS There seems to be a healthy balance between lo- Channel KSCITV cal promoters and their areas of expertise. Puerto Rico is becoming an area full of savvy promoters Got You who consider themselves specialists and do their Humber One in Puerto Rico EN VIVO best to improve market while maintaining their V1UCG their t ethnic individuality. Channe113 WPRVTV 21l3'r 473- 7289 NOEL CRUZ & LUIS VEGA

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Chicago (with four sell -outs) and Men At Work. The Motels and Survivor drew nearly 30,000 people to the Verano Electrico concert series. In Puerto Rico, hundreds of local singers and groups struggle on a daily basis to find a niche, but 1be competition is hard and not getting any easier. "In Puerto Rico, being good is not enough, you need to be the best. International figures not only HOW ABOUT.. . compete among themselves, but also with well es- SUP!C tablished and financed local stars," comments Ma- rin. ubén Blades and Willie "Our geographical location permits a variety of sounds to reach and influence the Island, keeping Colón with a 60 piece the people updated musically. This constant exposure gives Puerto Ricans an open mind," explains Philarmonic orchestra. Wilkins, one of the top local singers. "I record in Ita- ly with a European sound. When an international Playing Salsa? star performs in the market he or she has to at least "Una sola casa... Latinoamérica unida" be up to local standards, which are very high." 1982 Live Satellite coverage to Latin America For the most part, top rated artists who visited Perform With the Island in 1985 are locally represented by CBS and RCA. Still, the Puerto Rican talent on their ros- Martina Navratilova ters is minimal -only Menudo, Jose Feliciano and Núcleo & Fomma Yolandita Monge. squaring it off against In view of this situation, Puerto Rican stars have AIRTO MOREIRA found a way to counter -attack: there has been an the Puerto Rican AL DI MEOLA emergence of production companies and record labels owzed and operated by local performers. champion? As early as 1972, when the Fania family was the BARRY WHITE "Honda Tennis Cup" Sept 1985 top salsa producer in the world, El Gran Combo be- BASILIO came one of the first local groups to produce their

own LPs. In 1979, a local record company named alI Bosque encantado BRAULIO Combo started distributing their work. DONNA SUMMER "Four out of nine albums we have distributed for "A children's Long feature in El Gran Combo have earned Grammy nominations. spanish, only for Video casette JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ Only recently have we expanded distribution to Ven- distribution. Release Sept 1986 ezuela, Colombia, Panama and the U.S. markets," (EL PUMA) says Bobby Rodriguez, Combo Records exclusive distributor. Last year, Combo's "Innovation" LP hit .ellouts in 18 of our 20 LIBERTAD LAMARQUE the No.1 spot on Billboard's tropical chart for 22 LOLITA weeks. musical concert pro- While El Gran Combo has its own distributor, an- NACHA GUEVARA other leading salsa performer, Bobby Valentin, is ductions? using his and not only his time to produce distribute Since 1982 PIMPINELA LPs, but also those of others. PEDRO "Record distribution is always a risk," says Valen- VARGAS tin, whose Bronco Records entered the market in ROBERTO CARLOS 1978. "This year we've started to work with ballad singers like Jorge Chaar and Chucho Avellanet. Why don't you call or SANDRO Avellanet's record will be very successful, since the write if you want to public is anxious for new product. His latest produc- TRIO LOS PANCHOS tion is a nostalgic trip to the '40s." know more about us. Meanwhile, Danny Rivera, one of Puerto Rico's Artistic & Cultural Events: top attractions, has also founded his own label, DNA Records, and is thinking of producing and dis- Rafo Muñiz Alicia Alonso & Cuba's tributing other artists as well. PROMOTORES While the list of local artists involved in produc- National Ballet tion continues to grow, most of them feel that even LIT Prague Black Theater though their products have been successful locally, Musical Productions they still have a rough time reaching international Ensemble Pirin Ballet markets. Magia Latina Ases Líricos "My records have been very well received in Children Productions Puerto Rico. I know they can be as successful any- (Spain) where. Still, I'm waiting for a big record label to Deportes Latinos make a good offer," says Lucecita Benitez. With her Sport Productions third LP under her own Nostalgia label, Lucecita has brought back the romantic music of the '40s. Box 3549 Hato Rey Puerto Ri :o 00918 Tel. (809) 721 -73m0 Like Lucecita, many other local artists are trying Telex (325) 2728 PROLAT to get deals to distribute their music to the rest of Latin America. Some, like salsa singer Jose "Cheo" Núcleo & Famma Inc. Feliciano, are producing concerts as well as rec- Events Producers & Booking Agents ords. Executives: Moiling Address: "My company, Coche Records, is finally gaining Josontonio Mellado P.O. Box 12238, toízo Station access to Peru, Venezuela, Colombia and Panama, Alberto Dircie Son Juan, Puerto Rico 00914 while at the same time locally producing concerts," Antonio Domínguez Telex: 3252781 explains "Cheo" Feliciano, who this summer will Phones: (809) 724 -1002 Charles Tarrab 725-8574 tour Spain, Mexico and Venezuela. JAVIER SANTIAGO

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www.americanradiohistory.com JOSE FELICIANO The best (Continued from page P-12) HYDY and more economical way and you can find a good salsa tune added to some Uc5 to discover Puerto Rico of my Latin pop albums. I'm sure that my Latin FUI roots have had their place in whatever makes my full of style unique in the English pop music area as well. unforgettable adventures. Now I am hearing great contemporary music from talented friends in Puerto Rico like Danny Ri- WILLIE COLON vera, Ednita Nazario, Lunna and many more. Danny (Continued from page P -10)

and I are talking about duet possibilities, and Ednita has shared some of her vocal talents on my upcom- are U.S. born, and Spanish is their second language!

ing Latin pop album. I also have plans to produce Although the majors are venturing into the market albums for artists in Puerto Rico, as well as here in and are well- equipped, they are unable to change Los Angeles. their mode of operation. They must be aware that THRIFT With all the traveling we do, I still enjoy going strategies must be geared to each targeted group, back to Puerto Rico every year to see my family and like selling Crest or Miller to Cubans, Mexicans, or REMTACAR friends. Puerto Ricans. If you're going to carry a salsa prod-

Finally, I feel that a successful formula in the mu- uct, the company must know the product and re- sic business requires a good balance and marriage gions. It's sad that the artist must remind the com- We take less so you have more of the business with the music. Having Susan as my panies that it is the youth market that buys the sounding board, anchor and best friend helps to records! The most economical rates keep me on a positive track; and working with a per- We must let go of the past. Let's move on with our sonal manager I trust and with whom I share mutual music. We can create beautiful contemporary mu- Brand new comfortable automobiles care and goals, keeps me on a creative track. Rick sic without losing our base. Producers and record- Hansen of International Music Management has ing artists, as well as record companies must ac- 24 hour service been my good friend and manager for years, and cept that they may have to lose part of their things have never been better. hardcore salsa aficionados to capture the larger Free transportation to and from air- With all the challenges, I feel proud and very youth market. port and mayor hotels lucky to have the opportunity to contribute to a If all this sounds gloomy, don't despair. Salsa is business of love -in any language. just going through some growing pains. It's becom- Illustrative information and maps. ing a mainstream musical style. I'm now working on San Juan: a couple of high -tech projects that have produced (809) 791 -4241 / 791 -2786 CREDITS: Special Issues Editor, Ed Ochs; Assistant Editor, some very interesting results -yes, salsa in English, Robyn Wells; Editorial Coordinator, Luis Vega; Puerto and even in Portuguese! I'm leaving for Rio with the St. Thomas: Rico Coordinator, Javier Santiago; Design, Anne Rich- band next week.

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"Everyday we get orders from faraway places like Alaska," adds Aponte. TOP To is rec- them, their business not only selling ords, but also expanding the reach of Latin culture through music. Aponte and Gonzalez compete in the marketplace, but agree on many points regarding the mu- BANA sic Puerto Ricans are buying. In Puerto Rico, Ameri- Puerto Rico's #1 contemporary pop can and Latin music share the market equally. rock band. winners of the highest In award presented to artists In Puerto Spanish, nothing beats romantic ballads at the Rico: The 1985-86 Cann Award. based cash register-not even salsa. The best -selling En- on popularity, performances and other glish record of all time in Puerto Rico was the attributing factors; has lust released their debut album "Tropical Gigolo': soundtrack for "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees. publiceily acclaimed by celebrities Since then, no other rock group has been able to such as. J.J. JACKSON - MTV -VJ: break the record. It was rock that precipitated the STEVE LUKATHER - TOTO: and others. salsa "Tropical Gigolo" includes their hits decline of the '70s. "Lost without your Love ". "Freedom-. The big Latin stars in Puerto Rico are Jose Feli- and six other originals. ciano, Yolandita Monge, Jose Jose, Maria Conchita IF YOU WANT A HIT, GO WITH THE Alonso, Miami Sound Machine, and WINNER IN PUERTO RICO... Pimpinela. Unattached and available for recording These artists record for RCA and CBS, but there are Nelson Ned distribution and performances. a lot of local independent producers and singers who, without big promotional budgets, are effectively penetrating the market. The most successful are Lucecita Benitez, Danny Rivera, Wilkins, "Cheo" Feliciano, Ednita Nazario, Julio Angel and rising newcomer Maggy, all Puerto Ricans. HYDY The Puerto Rican record industry is solid and adapting well to the ever changing Puerto Rican FUI Mgg economy. The audience enjoys good music in a variety of ways, from records to cassettes, and recently CONTACT from Compact Discs. The popular Danny Rivera and LIESA DILEO MGMT. Lucecita are the first local artists to be on Compact 2001 CACIQUE STREET Discs. SANTURCE, P.R. 00911 (809) 726 -1762 / 727 -6973

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SALSA (Continued from page P-10) over, Miami Sound Machine- like, which, for a record company willing to try it, is like winning the lottery. Many have done it in the past and very few have gone far enough to try it again. Oth- ers, like many musicians trying to create themselves an opening or to escape from the musical ghetto of low -pay gigs, no- royalty record companies, erratic, uncommitted and capri- cious radio stations -are trying to experiment with Latin jazz, opening little by little a market among the more loyal patrons of this kind of music with a common ancestor and some similar flavor. Among these experimenting musicians are Dave Valentin, Jorge Dalto, Mario Rivera, Dan- iel Ponce, Paquito de Rivera, Andy and Jerry Gonzales, Hil- ton Ruiz, while the jazz ensem- bles of Tito Puente and Ray Barretto are household names. The situation is getting to the point where, down in Puerto Rico, musicians unions are fighting against merengue music (Millie y Los Vecinos) and LADO A imported bands, mainly from de ayer la the Dominican Republic, as well Caminos Arrá1came vida as dealing with a music public Amor perdido Palcbras cie mujer divided between the young top Hay que saber perder Salomé 40 sounds of the `rockeros' and Miseria Ahora the old- fashioned salsa and sa- De mujer a mujer LE noche se va bor of the 'cocolos'. There are no such divisions in New York. The forces of supply and demand are left to work their way out freely. If salsa has to become a nostalgia genre- for sound business sake -and shrinks in order to accomodate Latin pop and crossover experi- ments, so be it. Something similar may eventually happen to merengue, and then those who today cling to it will cry uncle when market saturation causes consumers' heads and ears to turn the other way. And if salsa does becomes a nostalgia genre, well, all music does, sooner or later. But most likely, the outcome will be something enriched, made of the old and the new, from the teachings of old masters and the creative surge of new talents. And those who support the music -the Latin population of New York, Miami, Puerto Rico, Latin Amer- ica and the world, including Ja- 6RA3aCIONES . LÓ80 pan -will always carry it in their Eox 1983 . hearts and legs, because music 01e 33n Juan, P.R. 00903 cannot die; it can only be for- (80S) 793-016 / 781-3823 gotten by the unconcerned. 7'81-0314 That's why salsa can only be preserved and reborn, again Available in LP, Cassette and again, over and over, every - (Continued on page P-38)

BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 P-37 www.americanradiohistory.com E.Y_W FUI QE(2)ó SALSA SEDNIDTONE (Continued from page P-37) day. In the mid -'70s, after a peak SALUTES was reached at the famous 1973 Cheetah concert, clouds started to gather around the current stars, by then mainly grouped around the Fania label. RICO It may also be said that a gener- PUERTO ational change was taking place among Puerto Rican immi- WITH EXCITING NEW grants, many of whom (as many FOR YOUR EARS MUSIC as 300,000 between 1946 and 1951) came in great numbers in the aftermath of World War Il and all during the '50s. Musically, what had been innovation a decade before became cliche, and people started to tire of it. The gradual decline of Fania, after many years of milk- ing the Latin salsa cow, left the field open and generated confusion that even today hasn't sub- sided. In fact, today's basic mood is one of confusion. It seems like there's an enormous void to be filled by those with enough in- telligence, heart and money to rescue the creativity that lies under so many years of neglect- neglect of the musicians who create and produce in this business and for whom there is no incentive to evolve the music; neglect of the music itself, which remains entangled in its '60s heyday, full of old formu- las played mechanically; neglect of an industry divided into many small labels still trapped in the one -stop era of distribution, fighting like Davids against the Goliath, the American mainstream market with its millions. Mostly neglected, though, are the people, the Newyoricans and other Latinos, for whom the music is what feeds a menaced and battered cultural identity. Yet, despite the many layers of Sonotone Music Corporation Contact Sonotone Music neglect, New York Latinos keep invites you to share the Corporation and join the successful buying records, going to night- fast clubs and concerts, and listen- growing Sonotone Music group of record companies we ing to an erratic, uncommited markets in: Florida, New York, represent in the U.S. Latin Market, field of radio stations. Texas, California, Illinois such as Polydor, Phonogram, One of the good things about this sad state of affairs is that and of course, Puerto Rico. Sonografica, AKC, Sono Intl. Artist, the exceptions are notable. Discomoda and Disco Fuentes. Among them, Ruben Blades, experimenting with a different ensemble; Eddie Palmieri, still punishing pianos with genius and temper; Mongo Santa - maria, Ray Barretto, Tito Puen- te, still making it after all these years; and other old and young bands, such as Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Conjunto Clasico, Con - TONE"' junto Libre, Bobby Rodriguez, Luis Ramires y Rey De La Paz, S I C P M U C O R O R A T I O N and others, pushing each other 4380 N.W. 128th Street /Opalocka, Florida 33054 Phone: (305) 685 -8396 /Telex 522178 on the limited nightclub circuit (Continued on opposite page)

P-38 BILLBOARD MAY 24. 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com L'W.o ?DUN where they're paid so low in relation to their American coun- terparts that many feel ashamed to mention how much. Then there are those who THE CONCERT PROMOTER OF THE STARS went back to Puerto Rico and have their homes there now - 000000 Ismael Miranda, Willie Rosario, Bobby Valentin. And there are those who never left Puerto Rico but keep coming to New York, like Pappo Luca, Ralphy Levitt and the one and only El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, undoubtedly the most successful band in the field right now and the one that expresses bet- ENTERPRISES ter than any other the lasting strength of our music. HINE PROMOTIONS Of course, there is the mer- San Juan , Puerto Rio engue with its sticky rhythm and dancing fever, the source of pride and rumba not only for Dominicans but for Newyori- cans and Caribbeans alike with its innovators such as Wilfrido Vargas, Millie Y Los Vecinos, Fernandito Villalona, and John- ny Ventura. Latin pop, too, with the weight of the big companies behind it, is being pushed hard into Hispanic ears. Industry veteran Ralph Carta- gena believes the center of activity has shifted temporarily to Puerto Rico, but that doesn't mean it's not going to return. He says that El Gran Combo, the star band of his company Combo Records, outsells most of the merengue acts combined. He also affirms that the young generation, once gone to rock and disco, always comes back later to their roots, the dance music of their ancestors. But he has reasons to be optimistic. His is one, if not the most succesful, small record company with a active share of the market in New York and the East Coast. And there are many hardworking people like him who depend on the music for material subsistence, as well as millions depend on music for their spiritual and cultural survival. Tropical music, including YOU TOO CAN RELAX AND ENJOY SAN JUAN WHEN YOU WORK WITH THE BEST merengue and salsa, needs more organization and entre- AND THE BEST TEAM IS: preneurial spirit. The talent is there, the creativity only awaits GREAT ENTERPRISES AND SUNSHINE PROMOTIONS those willing to use it, including mainstream American record G.P.O. Box 1026 8465 Keystone Crossing companies, radio stations, the San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 press and so on. Who says, for 754 -7167 257 -7333 example, that Celia Cruz, with (809) (317) her incomparable genius, cannot sell millions of records? She only needs to be liberated from her glorious past and from the ties that keep her recording mediocre and colorless music. ALSO DON'T MISS DARYL HALL Ei J O H N OATES Be it merengue, salsa or pop, This Thursday 5/15 and Friday 5/16 may it be good music, and may at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum good music live a long life all its own -"Que viva la musica."

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Bernard Bragg is a co- founder of The National Theatre of the Deaf. He has performed on television and Broadway and was an artist -in- residence at the Moscow Theatre of Mimicry and Ges- ture. He has studied under Marcel Marceau and taught workshops at Harvard University. Believe in them. Break the barriers. PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED, WASHINGTON D.C. 20210

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www.americanradiohistory.com deo retailing San Diego Dealers Finally Get Themselves Together SAN DIEGO Video retailers here ing the target of lawsuits came up tors were quickly nominated, and Polk, treasurer. find instances where a chain has are finally organized. A local Video "in our shopping center board and nine were elected. With the number Bregstein said he was most en- five stand -ups and just bought 10 Software Dealers Assn. (VSDA) in a home owner's association of votes determining tenure, three - couraged by the formation of the pieces, or we go into the distribu- chapter was formed on May 5, end- board. I won't serve on boards un- year members are Karen Polk, Vid- chapter, noting, "We're up against tors and see stand -ups sitting ing years of frustration for area less there is liability insurance." eo All Stars; Doug Clark, Video Box HBO [competition] and being around unused." dealers. Office; and Gilbert Brown, Val U Keynote speaker Herb Fisher of A note of brief controversy, re- Video. Elected to two -year terms Key Video recalled that he had flecting the long-standing competi- `Stand up and say were Henry Blackwood, Family `It's time to get on formed Major Video Concepts, a lo- tive bitterness among video retail- Home; Mike McIntire, Movieland cal distributorship (now a branch of ers here, you want to serve' was sounded at the chap- Video; and Steve Cohen, Video Gal - the bandwagon' Metro Distributing), in 1980. "It's ter's first meeting by local dealer leria. One -year terms went to Nan- about time San Diego gets on the Sharon Carroll, who challenged After reaching a stalemate in cy Lent, The Video Shop; Guy Han- dumped on by distributors." Breg- bandwagon," he told the group. VSDA policy. Carroll, who owns electing officers, the group was ad- ford, Kensington Video; and How- stein's main beef against distribu- Fisher did not announce his resig- Rancho Bernardo Video, asked if dressed by Joan Weisenberger, a ard Bregstein, Video Cafe. tors was what he called "unfair" nation from Key, effective that day, VSDA chapter boards have liability national board alternate campaign- Later elected by the board were point -of- purchase allocations. but told delegates informally insurance "in case action is brought ing for re- election. "Stand up and Blackwood, president; Lent, vice "They say for each five units you afterward. EARL PAIGE against an individual member for a say you want to serve," said Wei - president; McIntire, secretary; and get a stand -up," he said. "Then we decision the board makes." senberger, who is also president of VSDA chapter coordinator Karen the trade group's Inland Empire FOR WEEK MAY 1986 Bell, who is based in the organiza- Chapter and owner of Riverside's In ENDING 24, tion's Cherry Hill, N.J., administra- Home Video. "I had to appoint my s Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any tive office, replied that the subject own board at first." retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, Billboard recording. or otherwise, without the prior written permission had never come up before. Also Adding her voice to the call was of the publisher. seeking to allay Carroll's concern Debbie Newman, owner of World was John Pough, national VSDA Video in Riverside and a member of president and owner of Video Cas- the national election committee. settes Unlimited in Santa Ana. "We're lone rangers out here," she VIDEOM1ES After the meeting, Carroll said said. "You have to be organized." KID the problem of board members be- With QP that encouragement, direc- Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports.

ó w Copyright Owner, Show's Exhibits Fuel Debate TITLE Manufacturer, Catalog Number fr L.A. VSDA Holds Meet 1 1 34 PINOCCHIO Walt Disney Home Video 239 1940 29.95 2 3 34 DUMBO A Walt Disney Home Video 24 1941 29.95 Brad Burnside, owner of Video Ad-

venture in the Chicago suburb of 3 2 6 THE SWORD IN THE STONE Walt Disney Home Video 229 1963 79.98 BY EARL PAIGE Evanston and one of the VSDA's

LOS ANGELES The issue of de- slate candidates for its national 4 4 29 ROBIN HOOD Walt Disney Home Video 228 1973 29.95 fective prerecorded videocassettes board of directors. Bros. Inc. fueled debate May 7 at a local Video Leyton, presiding over his first 5 5 6 SESAME STREET PRESENTS: FOLLOW THAT BIRD Warner 1985 79.95 Warner Home Video 1 1 52 2 Software Dealers Assn. (VSDA) meeting, demonstrated that there is Samuel Goldwyn chapter meeting and trade show at- confusion about candidate podium 6 6 34 THE CARE BEARS MOVIE Vestron 5082 1985 24.95 tended by 500. appearances. He said that he was An estimated 150 attended the told that only the five officially 7 7 10 VIDEO -A -LONG MICKEY'S DISCOVERY SERIES Walt Disney Home Video 335 1986 14.95 business session in which WEA nominated candidates could speak. Bros. Inc. sales representative Patricia Dig- However, at the San Diego chapter 8 10 30 BUGS BUNNY'S WACKY ADVENTURES Warner Warner Home Video 11504 1985 19.98 meeting May 5 (see story above), Warner Bros. Inc. VSDA director of regional activities 9 12 6 RAINBOW BRITE AND THE STAR STEALER 1985 79.95 'Are these Karen Bell invited Joan Weisen Warner Home Video 11531

berger, an incumbent alternate 10 11 10 VIDEO -A -LONG WINNIE THE POOH Walt Disney Home Video 336 1986 14.95 meetings or board member running as an inde-

pendent, to make a pitch for her 11 9 9 VELVETEEN RABBIT Family Home Entertainment F1173 1985 14.95 trade shows ?' candidacy.

The L.A. chapter, unique among 12 15 11 VIDEO -A -LONG THE DISNEY CLASSICS Walt Disney Home Video 337 1986 14.95 nam warned that suppliers are "go- VSDA's 30-plus chapters, features ing to start sending [returned defec- extensive floor exhibits at its meet- 13 RE -ENTRY AN OFFICER AND A DUCK Walt Disney Home Video 258 1985 29.95 tives] back to you. Our tests show ings. According to Leyton, 65 exhib that only 1% are truly defective. its were sold at $100 each. 14 16 4 ROBOTECH-VOLUME 1 (BOOBYTRAP) Family Home Entertainment FI176 1985 9.95 You must monitor this." Regarding the floor exhibits, Said new chapter president Jeff which have come under fire from 15 14 17 SHE -RA, PRINCESS OF POWER VOL. II Magic Window 6 -20506 1985 24.95 Leyton of the policy: "They have been other local chapters, Leyton said tough. Now they're getting realistic." that funds from them are put back 16 13 25 PETE'S DRAGON Walt Disney Home Video 10 1977 29.95 Leyton, founding vice president into the local group's production Children's Video Library of the group and head of First Video war chest. He reminded members 17 8 11 HUGGA BUNCH 1985 Vestron 1513 29.95 Exchange, succeeded Chris Sici- that "these meetings cost a lot." liano, former vice president of pur- Rudy Neely, national VSDA 18 17 3 CARE BEARS VOL. IV Karl Lorimar Home Video 115 1986 24.95 chasing for Licorice Pizza. board member and owner of Video

Among panelists discussing de- Show in suburban Fullerton, has 19 18 2 CARE BEARS VOL. III Karl Lorimar Home Video 1 14 1986 24.95 fectives and other topics were Bear been vocal about chapter meets

Racoff, Sound Video Unlimited; Al turning into miniature trade events. 20 25 3 ROBOTECH- VOLUME 2 (COUNTDOWN) Family Home Entertainment FI177 1985 9.95 Westphal, Metro Distributors; Jere- "You have to ask whether these RAINBOW BRITE Ill -THE BEGINNING OF RAINBOW Children's Video Library my Kennedy, MGM /UA Home Vid- meetings are meetings or 21 20 10 1985 trade LAND Vestron 1523 2995 eo; and Steve Garwood, MCA. shows," said Neely. "Of course, I There also was considerable dis- realize the L.A. chapter is unique 22 23 34 CARE BEARS BATTLE THE FREEZE MACHINE Family Home Entertainment F371 1983 29.95 cussion of increasing competition, because of its proximity to Holly United Artists Television, Inc. especially from mass merchandis- wood. But there are people off the 23 NEW PORKY PIG AND DAFFY DUCK CARTOON FESTIVAL 1986 1995 MGM /UA Home Video 200708 ers. Racoff said competition "goes street at their shows who are not RAINBOW BRITE AND THE MIGHTY MONSTROMURK Children's Video Library beyond retail. Distribution is becom- [VSDA] and who corn- 24 19 34 1985 29.95 members are MENACE Vestron 1508 ing more competitive." Kennedy ing in and grabbing p -o -p." said mass merchandise involvement Bell reminded the attendees to 25 24 2 DISNEY'S GREATEST LULLABIES VOLUME 2 Walt Disney Home Video 361 1986 19.95 can "enhance your business." make plans for VSDA's fifth annual Kennedy described the lack of convention, Aug. 24 -28 in Las Ve- Recording ndust y Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 or $1.2 million for non -thea rical made-for -home video product; salesperson in K -Mart- gas. warned full 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of assistance She that registra- 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for non -theatrical made-for -home video product; 50,000 units o a value of type stores, which he said "are tion will be limited to 4,000. Beyond $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985 were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for geared toward a foot -traffic count." that, up to 6,000 exhibit -only regis- a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for non -theatrical titles. A campaign pitch was offered by trations will be available.

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ON LINE IS DOING FINE (Continued from page 48) Line has always offered adult video, "we are taking a serious look at this of late," says Taylor. Most On Line customers shop all three stores. If one of the stores is out of a particular title, an over- night drop -off from one of the other stores is arranged. Originally called Video Vault, the chain's name was changed to On Line "when we actually went on line with Retail Technologies computers a year ago," says Taylor. Clearly, computerization has turned the ROBIN WILLIAMS KURT RUSSELL chain around. "We improved our inventory control, speeded up our check -out time, and use bar -coded rental cards. We have also used open displays since computerizing." The Lesickas fueled the chain with revenue from their construction and plumbing contracting firm. Physical growth has been steady. After an expansion into the building next door, the store in Brawley now has 2,500 square feet. No. 2, in El Centro, was opened in September 1984 in what was once a pharmacy. The Calexico store opened in March '.985 and is the only On Line store in a strip center (the other two are stand -alones near residential areas). While there is a strong Latino flavor to inventory offerings in all three units, the Calexico store, near Mexicale and its population of one million, "has three times as much Latin product." That store also carries a lot of Beta, some 30% of its inventory. Beta makes up about 10% of the other two stores' stock. "WARM, :1,),NHY AND HILARIOUS. On Line, along with Wherehouse, 20/20, Odyssey, and Tower, is one RCBIN WILLIAMS AND of the few Southern California KURT RUSSELL chains to feature open display of its ARE MARVELOUS..." video inventory, but Taylor claims -REX REED, NEW YORK PDST to have few shoplifting problems. "We had two attempted thefts and "THE BEST OF T,MES caught both of them with our Sen- IS A WINKER sormatic system," says Taylor. On Line held N SUPER3LY PERFORMED..." has rental prices -PETER STACK, steady at $2.97 nightly for club SAN FRANCISCO CHROYFCLE members and $3.95 for nonmembers. Children's tapes are $1 for everybody. Incentive pricing helps. Movies are $1 on Tuesdays; $1.50 on Thursdays. The club costs $39.95 annually or $69.95 for a lifetime membership. Membership includes a regular newsletter and reservation privileges. Special offers are common: "For instance, we had a rent -four- K nos Road Entertainment Present and- get -a- free -pizza promotion in conjunction with a pizza parlor," A GORDON CARROLL Prodution says Taylor. " -HE BEST OF -IMES" Advertising is done principally in the newsletter and on television. PA`1=LA REED DONALD MOFA "We go on TV six months at a time slic byARl HUR B. RUBINSTE N and use prime time a lot -14 -16 spots a week." Writ -n by RON SHELT`.I As for future locations, Taylor is AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE Pr-Auced by CORDON CARROLL cagey. "I can tell you this much - AND LASER VIDEODISC JULY 1, 1986 we're looking beyond the Imperial Dire.: by ROG`r: SPOTTISWOODE Valley." A IONe3S V.10 A UNIVERSAL Pee: se ProduCton e,eas av: e s - s EMBASSY H ME ENTERTAINMENT- -. STRONGLY CAUTDIF.D irSÏ '90t AVE : -NGELES CALIFCRNIP90067 PG -13. PARENTS ËññdMeäúl Me1- tie Ina pprayf ieie tor CYlArn It1le iA AIfiTTUF>ÿ (kr.-ZerW¿,nsr rMC+k.oCïrs,ga < r986En.a:-y HomeEcrertammeat hutecrnttBU.SA

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©Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, BiIIE:xDc:lrcJ. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Ldeo retailingetáLlll'Lg TOP V West boast Compiled from a national sample of retail store rental reports. Chain Learns From McDonald's O Ñ N he opted Copyright Owner, Principal tention of franchising, but BY DEBBIE ROSENBLUM TITLE Distributor, Catalog Number Performers >a' to do so last summer after receiving LOS ANGELES "Over 5 million numerous unsolicited inquiries. Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford 1985 R movies rented." Sound familiar? One policy has remained the i 1 4 WITNESS Kelly McGillis Paramount Home Video 1 736 Admittedly, the slogan is a take- same, however: From the begin- A. Schwarzenegger 1985 R off on McDonald's famed motto. ning, West Coast Video has em- 2 2 6 COMMANDO CBS -Fox Video 1484 Rae Dawn Chong But as long as you're aiming to be braced many of the strategies em- Releasing William Hurt Island Alive 1985 R leading video ployed by McDonald's. "You want 3 4 5 KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN one of the nation's Charter Entertainment 90001 Raul Julia chains, why not borrow concepts to copy from the best," Stone says. Steve Guttenberg 1985 PG-13 and the best? "And Lord knows, it's done a tre- 4 30 2 COCOON CBS -Fox Video 1476 from the biggest Don Ameche That's precisely the approach Phila- mendous job. One of the keys to its Mark Hamill 1983 PG Video has success is corporate image. That's 11 RETURN OF THE JEDI CBS -Fox Video 1478 delphia -based West Coast 5 3 Harrison Ford what we're also trying to achieve." Films Inc. Cannon Norris 1985 R The operation's name reflects its 6 9 3 INVASION U.S.A. Chuck MGM /UA Home Video 800764 `One of the keys efforts to establish itself as a leader Home Video 6- Kevin Kline RCA /Columbia Pictures 1985 PG -13 in the video industry. At first, Stone 7 6 10 SILVERADO 20567 Scott Glenn to success is says, he was going to call his newly Jack Nicholson ABC Motion Pictures 1985 R formed business Video Outlet. "But 8 7 17 PRIZZI'S HONOR Vestron 5106 Kathleen Turner corporate image' it didn't sound large, and it didn't Sean Astin Warner Bros. Inc. 1985 PG have mass appeal. We finally decid- 9 5 7 THE GOONIES Warner Home Video 11474 Josh Brolin adopted as it moves into one new ed on West Coast since that's where RCA Pictures Home Video 6- Chris Sarandon /Columbia 1985 R after another. the entertainment industry is based, 10 8 6 FRIGHT NIGHT McDowall market 20562 Roddy In less than three years, the oper- and in the public's eye, that's where Paramount Pictures Gary Busey 1985 R ation has grown to 20 company - it's all happening." 11 11 5 SILVER BULLET Everett McGill Paramount Home Video 1827 owned outlets and 38 franchised Recently, West Coast Video add- Jessica Lange Video 1985 PG-13 ones, and the wheels are in motion ed the slogan "Over 5 million mov- 12 13 3 SWEET DREAMS Thorn /EMI /HBO TVA3666 Ed Harris to step up the pace of expansion. Ac- ies rented" to its billboard and print Inc. Warner Bros. Pee -Wee Herman 1985 PG cording to president Elliot Stone, advertising. Plans call for signs to 13 10 10 PEE -WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE Home Video 11523 Warner another 12 to 15 company -owned go up outside stores as well.

1985 R 60 fran- "We felt this was a good way to 14 14 15 RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II Thorn /EMI /HBO Video TVA3002 Sylvester Stallone stores and at least more chises will be opened by the end of make people believe we are as big Pictures Home Video 6- Jane Fonda RCA /Columbia 1985 PG -13 1986. as we are and as reputable as we 15 NEW 10. AGNES OF GOD Anne Bancroft 20563 Ambitious plans, to say the least, are," Stone says. The figure will be City Studios Cher Universal 1985 PG -13 for a corporate executive who says updated roughly every 10 weeks as 16 15 17 MASK Sam Elliott MCA Dist. Corp. 80173 he entered the video business "be- "we hit the next million mark." Mickey Rourke 1985 R cause I was so disillusioned with West Coast Video plans to main- 17 12 7 YEAR OF THE DRAGON MGM /UA Home Video 800713 John Lone stores [where] I was shopping." tain a balance of company -owned Samuel Goldwyn Lauren Hutton 1985 PG -13 Originally, Stone says, he had no in- (Continued on next page) 18 16 3 ONCE BITTEN Vestron 5115 Chevy Chase NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN Warner Bros. Inc. 1985 PG-13 19 17 10 VACATION Warner Home Video 11521 Beverly D'Angelo RCA Pictures Home Video 6- Rob Lowe /Columbia 1985 R 20 20 15 ST. ELMO'S FIRE 20559 Demi Moore Meryl Streep 1985 R 21 18 6 PLENTY Thorn /EMI /HBO Video TVA3394 226,000 Sting Anthony Michael Hall Universal City Studios 1985 PG -13 22 22 13 WEIRD SCIENCE MCA Dist. Corp. 80200 Kelly LeBrock Pictures John Candy Paramount 1985 PG And 23 19 10 SUMMER RENTAL Paramount Home Video 6604 Richard Crenna

Warner Bros. Inc. Kevin Costner FLYERS 1985 PG -13 24 25 2 AMERICAN Warner Home Video 11520 Rae Dawn Chong Rising! Atlantic Releasing Corp. Michael J. Fox 1985 PG 25 21 14 TEEN WOLF Paramount Home Video 2350 Susan Sarandon Congratulations Paramount Pictures 1985 R 23 5 COMPROMISING POSITIONS 26 Paramount Home Video 1928 Raul Julia Bob Mann. Pictures Deborah Foreman Crown International 1985 R 27 NEW II. MY CHAUFFEUR Vestron 5135 Sam J. Jones Automatic Golf - Mel Gibson Warner Bros. Inc. 1985 PG -13 28 27 16 MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME Warner Home Video 11519 Tina Turner Certified Platinum Pictures Jeff Goldblum New World 1985 PG 29 26 6 TRANSYLVANIA 6 -5000 A New World Video 8515 Ed Begley Jr. 226,000 Units Empire Pictures Jeffrey Combs 1985 NR Sold. (Records 30 24 6 RE- ANIMATOR Vestron 5114 Bruce Abbott Paramount Pictures available for audit to 31 33 28 BEVERLY HILLS COP Eddie Murphy 1985 R Paramount Home Video 1134 any authorized Inc. Sheila E. Warner Bros. 1985 R 32 36 2 KRUSH GROOVE Warner Home Video 11529 Run -D.M.C. charting Zach Galligan Warner Bros. Inc. 1984 PG 33 32 24 GREMLINS Warner Home Video 11388 Phoebe Cates organization.)

Animated 1963 G 34 29 4 THE SWORD IN THE STONE Walt Disney Home Video 229 Automatic Golf and Tom Hanks Video 1985 R Karate 35 28 11 VOLUNTEERS Thorn /EMI /HBO TVA2983 John Candy Instant Pictures Home Video 6- Sting RCA /Columbia 1985 PG -13 distributed by Video 36 34 6 THE BRIDE 20569 Jennifer Beals Pictures Home Video 6- Bill Murray Reel, 7009 RCA /Columbia 1984 PG 37 35 29 GHOSTBUSTERS 20413 Dan Aykroyd Owensmouth John Cusack Key Video 7083 1985 PG 38 31 7 BETTER OFF DEAD Amanda Wyss Avenue, Canoga Tri -Star Pictures Val Kilmer 10 REAL GENIUS 1985 PG 39 38 RCA /Columbia Home Video 6 -20568 Gabe Jarret Park, CA 91303. Tom Hulce Thorn /EMI /HBO Video TVA2997 1984 PG 40 40 33 AMADEUS F. Murray Abraham Coming Soon from Video Reel: `Isometric Stretch; Recording ndustry Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 or $ .2 `Weight Training at Home Simplified' and `The million for non-theatrical made -for -home video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical fi ms, sales of 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for non -theatrical made -for-home video product; 50,000 units o a value of $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985 were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for Complete Bicycle Video'. a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for non-theatrical titles.

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West Coast video is hopeful that consistent store designs and employee uniforms will help the chain become the McDonald's of video franchising.

WEST COAST LEARNS FROM McDONALD'S MOVIE, TV (Continued from previous page) and franchise outlets just like Mc- Name badges are a must as well. Donald's, and unlike other video Thus, Stone says, customers who chains. need assistance "can easily spot the "We feel that's vital to our suc- people who work at West Coast Vid- cess," says executive vice president eo and call them by name instead of THEATRICAL Richard Abt. "We started out as saying, 'Hey you.' It's just another video operators, not franchise sales- way of creating an atmosphere of people. Plus we still live with actual- warmth and credibility while set- ly running stores. ting us apart from other video "As a result of our past and cur- stores." rent experiences, we're able to keep Although the floor layouts vary SOUNDTRACKS on top of what's going on and ex- from one store to another, the design is essentially the same 'We're an throughout the chain. "What we've . creating tried to do is create an aura of ex- Big and getting bigger! citement and a smooth traffic exciting aura' flow," Stone says. According to Stone, stores at- periment in our own stores with var- tempt to represent "Hollywood, -r OVERVIEW . . . status of ious ideas. Those that work, we pass with plenty of lights, camera, ac- soundtracks in the record com- on to the franchises," he adds. tion." Red dominates the interior, For example, company -owned highlighted by fluorescent and trac- pany product mix; importance of stores found they were able to stop er lights as well as "lots of chrome." soundtracks to the new artist; role taking security deposits from cus- All video programs are displayed on of videoclips and home video tomers and, therefore, increase the shelves lining the walls, giving the number of movie rentals dramati- store an air of spaciousness. And a rights. cally. "Our research showed that a one -foot-high border touting the lot of good customers don't have a firm's logo lines the top of the walls. . ISSUE -r RECORD . . . COMPANIES bank card or the cash to put down Cross -promoting with other busi- . DATE label -by -label survey of current every time they rent," says Abt. nesses is another way West Coast . JUNE 21 successes, new product, videos. "And those who are going to steal Video gains exposure. This sum- from you find a way to beat your mer, for instance, the operation will system anyway, no matter how give away cases of Hires root beer A COMING FILMS ... breakdown good it is." to anyone who joins its club; the by month of films to be released The operation even has its own soda company will distribute cou- May -September. version of Hamburger Univ. Called pons for $1 movie -rental discounts. West Coast Video College, it offers On a local level, many franchisees : THE SOUNDTRACK two separate curriculums: one for run similar programs with area SPECIAL- employees, the other for franchi- merchants. IST ... the experts, the dealma- sees. Both are five -day training "By doing cross -promotions, we AD kers, the top studios. courses encompassing classroom hand each other traffic and we turn work and hands -on experience, de- potential customers into real cus- DEADLINE :r CHARTS ... trends and fortunes scribed by Abt as "very intensive." tomers," Abt says. "It works great. MAY 27 of soundtracks on the charts. All company personnel and fran- Again, this is something McDon- chisees go through the college. In ald's does." ;r BROADWAY ... recent stage -to- addition, each franchisee may send In site selection, however, West disk a couple of its employees, who re- Coast Video decided it would be bet- successes. ceive the same training as corporate ter to imitate 7- Eleven than the fast- :r workers. In either case, students food giant. CATALOG SALES ... status of spend eight hours diurnally attend- "We won't go in a mall," Abt all -time show and movie scores, ing classes and four hours nightly says. "Most people want a fast, in- promotions for re- releases. at one of the nearby company - and-out transaction. owned stores. Of course, West Coast Video does :r CHART ... Top 20 Soundtracks "They get behind the counter and have its own unique touches. Per- wait on customers," Abt says. haps the most noteworthy is MARS of the 80's. "They operate the computer. They (Movie Access Rental System), a clean the store. They put stock computer system developed by the CONTACT away. We try to give them as much firm. It links all the stores to one an- real -life experience as possible. Peo- other as well as to headquarters. Eugene T. Smith ple learn much quicker when "The benefits are numerous," lssociate Publisher they're actively and passively Abt says. "A membership card is (212) 764 -7356 learning than when they're just good at any West Coast Video out- looking at books." let. A gift certificate can be pur- or any Billboard To enhance the corporate image, chased by a customer at one store, Sales Office all store employees are required to and minutes later the recipient can wear the West Coast Video uni- walk into another store and rent worldwide form: a shirt matching the store's movies free." red color scheme with the chain's logo imprinted on it.

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ing well and what's not going so well. We keep track on computer and know every day exactly what position we're in from the standpoint of goods." On shirt styles, Ross says, "Three or four years ago there was an enormous business in muscle shirts, but that's gone way done. We get less and less call for them and it's nowhere near the percentage it was a few years ago." Though Ross relies on blacks and whites, he says the color red may be T-shirts have always been the mainstay of the popular in the summer of 1986. iiigger is better" may be the key phrase for music merchandising business, and 1986 is On the retail level, the Record Bar chain has had poster sellers in 1936. Though sales were no exception to that rule. Shirt sales are roll- (Continued on page PP-2) slow in the first quarter for the No. 2 retail ing into high gear as summer approaches, and are merchandise category, business has picked up re- adding substantially to the coffers of retailers, tour cently in many outlets becaJse of a new product - merchandisers and musical acts. Many tours, in the 76 -inch tall "Door Posters" put out by Rock Vi- fact, are substantially financed by the millions of sion and Great Southern. dollars generated by merchandise sales -of which The line, introduced in March, primarily features shirts comprise the largest percentage. heavy metal acts, which also sell well in regular size "T- shirts are a top seller and that will never posters. The Door Posters are competing in the change. They are about 70% of our business," says teenage market with the riost successful poster Alvin Ross, president of Virgin Merchandising Inter- subjects of early '86-"MiaIli Vice's" Don Johnson national Inc. "They are the biggest seller both on and the "girl posters" featuring scantily -clad mod- tours and in record stores. We also sell a lot of els. sweatshirts and designer garments, but your basic As the American music listening public takes "The Door Posters a-e designed to fit a door, and short- sleeve, crew -neck T -shirt, in white or black, to the streets in 1986, they are more likely we try to pose all of our characters in doorways so will always be your biggest seller." Ross notes that to pin slogan buttons to their shirts and that the poster has a novel effect. It looks like the Virgin sells about 10 T- shirts for every sweatshirt blouses and to sport pairs of Wayfarer shades than (Continued on page PP -4) vended. they are to wear buttons with a rock group's name, Founded in December 1985, Virgin is based in as they often did in the boom year of 1984. Van Nuys and has offices in New York City, Water- "Rock buttons are very quiet," says Joel Weiss- loo (near Toronto), London and (about to open) man, co -owner of Funky Enterprises Inc. On tours, Sydney. Affiliated with the Virgin Record Group, the music buttons usually rank second behind T -shirts firm may gross more than $22 million this year, ac- in merchandise sales, but at the retail level, music cording to Ross. Ninety percent of that will come button sales trail those of the "slogan" variety, and from tour merchandising. 1987 could see upwards sunglasses outsell both types combined. Next in of $25 million in business, with the retail percent- music stores come the other "lifestyle" accessories age rising to 30% by the end of the year. such as jewelry, stickers and "crossover" (non -mu- "Our hottest selling shirts right now are Simple sic- related) items. Minds, OMD, the Alarm, Megadeth and Mr. Mister," The surging category of sunglasses has picked up says Ross. "Based on their shows in Canada, where the slack, while rock button sales stay soft. David they broke several house records, we think Mr. Mis- McWilliams, sales manager for Nalpac Ltd., attri- ter is going to be one of the biggest bands this year butes the current boom in shades to the influence from a merchandising standpoint. They're selling of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tom Cruise, and Don way beyond our wildest dreams. Johnson. "They wore Wayfarers and helped bring "For Simple Minds, we are doing very well with a about a new awareness of sunglasses as a fashion white, oversize T -shirt that has their album cover on accessory and as a very hot impulse gift item." the front. It outsells everything else by 50 %," adds Nalpac, an Oak Park, Mich. -based merchandiser, Ross. "Fans will often just take to a certain item. We is enjoying the popularity of sunglasses. "They are a usually know that a week into the tour -what's go- (Continued on page PP -3)

www.americanradiohistory.com Of course, no matter how fast land, Hastings, Wherehouse, 24 -30. you are to jump on a new Record Bar, Camelot and many "In 1984, this industry was item -such as lyric greeting others. at a peak and at that point ev- cards -you often are inexora- "We'd like to see record eryone just said, 'Let's just get bly delayed by the "licensing stores use more care, be more the merchandise in, everything lag." selective, with their merchan- is selling well.' But at the end of After a hot album by a new dise," says Levy. "We're '84 it all kind of came to a group hits the charts, it may stressing updating of pro- halt-there was general mar- take weeks or even months to grams as well as carrying more ket saturation and not as much get the licensing agreements limited selections. good product available. straightened out and merchan- "You can have great success "But we had a significant in- dise on the market. Neverthe- in this business if you carry the crease in business in March The selling of T- shirts, ord Bar, "It's a wonderfully less, cross -merchandising ac- right lines and just the best and April, and it's continuing." buttons, posters and profitable category. With the cessories with hit albums has products within those lines. Levy notes that sunglasses, T- other accessories in rec- price increases on LPs and worked wonders for many rec- "Doing things on a timely ba- shirts, Door Posters and ord stores is a significant per- tapes, it's getting harder to ord chains. In -store specials, sis is very important- monitor- lighters are all selling especial- centage of the music retail make bucks off them. But with ads and attention paid to store ing sales, adding and deleting. ly well. He is very confident for business in 1986. Many na- most of the lifestyle items, you displays can all benefit a very Chains should not be afraid to the prospects of the merchan- tional chains report that such get anywhere from 50 to 70 high profit- margin category. test new product. But -to em- dising industry in the coming merchandise accounts for 5% points off them. We pay 30 With the advent of Compact phasize-be both timely and months. to 10% of their total sales. In- cents for a button and make Discs and video, floor space is selective. For example, we're "Now is the best time for the novations in displaying and 70 cents in profit. And, music becoming tight in many retail going in with a lot of 30 -piece business since October of marketing -such as Winter - merchandise usually takes up outlets. "What we need is to poster racks instead of 50- 1984 to carry product. 1986 land's Rock Express pro- very little space in the store, come up with what will turn the piece racks, and 12 -15 de- is really picking up," Levy sums gram -could push music mer- the turns on these items are most profit for the store in the signs of sunglasses instead of up. chandise sales even higher. very good and the dollars per least square footage," says "Merchandising is very im- square foot are very high." Colleen Weiss, national sales portant, both on tours and in Retailers in 1986 have a manager for Winterland Pro- the stores," says Ira Sokoloff, number of display options: ductions. president of Great Southern poster racks of different sizes, Rock Express -Winterland's Co. "I think it definitely helps dump display units devoted to retail arm created two years the profit structure of the rec- one poster or one series of ago-is one answer to this di- ord store. Often the merchan- posters (such as the Door Post- lemma. "The concept was to dise will sell even if the albums ers), jewelry display cases become a full one -stop for re- won't. (such as Great Southern has tailers," says Weiss. "Before "We would like to see more designed), T- shirts hanging this, they were purchasing a T- stores carry music merchan- loose or shrink -wrapped and shirt here, a button there, a dise, because those that do packaged like 12 -inch records. poster somewhere else. We have great success with it. And there is the option of deal- wanted to consolidate all that They make more profit on the ing with merchandisers, dis- and to offer all those items merchandise than they do on tributors or reps who make from one person. the records -it can make the available a number of different "So now there's one sales- difference of paying the rent. items from one source. man, one invoice and one ship "The merchandise can pay Timeliness is a key factor in point, and it makes it a lot easi- the fixed cost, carry the nut maximizing merchandise prof- er." Rock Express now sells T- and then everything they sell in its: watching music sales, shirts, posters (as of nine records is a free and clear prof- studying the merchandising months ago), buttons, key - it." market, talking to kids and chains, bumper stickers, de- Adds Paul Fussell of the Rec- charting sales on computers. cals and photographs. A kiosk approach that creates a separate merchandising section is The Source for Imported & Domestic utilized. Rick Smith, vice president, Virgin Merchandising International. Prints & Posters "We leave it up to the retailer as to which items they choose to purchase. We're currently T- SHIRTS Zeppelin on a continuing ba- testing, in the Bay area, some (Continued from page PP -1) sis." At Record Bar, regular T- active in- service rack -jobbing shirts retail for $7.99 to from our own personnel, to success with tie -dyed shirts $8.99, tie -dyed shirts from take that burden off the store," from Great Southern. "We sold $15 to $20, and jerseys from says Weiss. The program re- wonderful ones for Iron Maiden $9.99 to $11.99, though the ceived a boost in exposure in and Motley Crue," says Paul latter have been de- empha- 1985 when CBS Records pur- Fussell, manager of special sized by Fussell. chased a 50% interest in Win - products for the Durham, N.C. - "When you get into jerseys, terland; this resulted in CBS based chain. "The retail price you're getting about a heftier distribution of Rock Express to point was $19.99 and they price point, and in most cases the record company's retail ac- really sold. They just flew out you're talking about a duplica- If You Want: counts. the doors." tion of the same style. We're Supply - 95 %+ Fill Rate Shipping - 48 Hours or "We're hoping it will make a Heavy metal is Fussell's very careful about our buying Selection - Over 1000 Less change and take the burden off most popular genre in T -shirt because in most cases with the Different Posters Freight Bonus the retailer, so they won't have sales. "They sell exceedingly T -shirt manufacturers we're to well and right now are dealing with, there are very lim- Service - Reliable & Coast Coast to worry about the accessory about Personal Guaranteed Sale merchandise. So it isn't a has- 50% to 60% of sales. Besides ited or no returns." Fussell Rack Program Higher Profits sle to them," says Weiss. Motley Crue and Iron Maiden, Demographically, Special Richard Levy, co -owner of other groups doing well include says that most T -shirt buyers Poster Selection Includes: Rock & Roll, Movies, Cars, Paradise Creations, is optimis- Triumph, Scorpions, Ratt, Qui- are in their teens to mid -20s. Girls, Personalities, Graphic Art, and much more. tic about the merchandising et Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and "Because shirts are more ex- business in 1986 and advises Judas Priest -and the new ZZ pensive than other merchan- (800) 227 -1666 or retailers that "selectivity" is Top shirt should be very hot. dise and because a lot of the the criterion of success. His "We are also involved with shirts -in the four -size config- (800) 223 -9669 in California North Hollywood -based firm is the Rock Express program and urations of small, medium, Select Rock Box 5551 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 a national rep to chains such as are doing well with Pink Floyd large and extra large-would Licorice Pizza, Rainbow, Music- and amazingly well with Led (Continued on opposite page)

PP-2 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com "A month think you're dealing with a cou- not fit pre- teens." Adding A rock act that can sell out a larity of sunglasses. ple of factors. One is general shirts together with posters, 15,000 -seat auditorium BUTTONS ago we introduced a free- 72 sunglass- market saturation, as well as a buttons and such, Fussell esti- stands to make (their share of (Continued from page PP -1) standing rack of And lack of big groups being out mates that "lifestyle- oriented" the gross) from $10,000 to es, all of different styles. rigl-t now. There hasn't been accessories account for some $25,000 per night in mer- faster growing area than any we've been getting reports - beach much new button product in 6% of total business for the chandise sales, according to other product," says McWil- especially in some of the selling any- the last seven or eight months. 151 -outlet chain. Winterland president Dell Fur - liams. "At this time of the year area stores -of to 100% of "Many of our accounts have The hottest T -shirt artist in ano. "We have become a major they're as much as 25% of our where from 60% we're in. gone out or cut back. In 1984, April for Winterland was Ozzy part of an artist's income," business. We carry the Star that the first weekend sales were unbelievable, Osbourne, whose "The Ulti- says Ross, "and there's no Shades line, which we import And we're talking about some- but:on 60 to and _hen in '85 they were slow. mate Sin" LP was camped out question that we are the differ- and which run from $3 to $20. thing that we're making But slogan buttons have been in the Billboard top 10. "Our ence on whether a band's going And we carry Ray Bans, which 70 points oft" the consistent." North Hollywood - other hot acts are Led Zeppe- to make money or not on tour." are put out by Bausch & Lomb In the button category, the based Paradise Creations is a lin, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Dok- So, music fans should note and can run as high as $150." rock variety is down and nat anal merchandising repre- ken, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, that it may be the shirts on The Wayfarer style falls under slogan variety is up. Richard sentative. and Dio," says Colleen Weiss, their backs that make it possi- the Ray Bans line. Levy, co -oner of Paradise "Slogan buttons are really national sales manager for ble for them to see their favor- Paul Fussell of the Record Creations, explains the former, I (Continued on page PP-4) Winterland. "And then after ite bands live, in concert. Bar chain confirms the popu- "Rock buttons are soft, and that come Rush, Jimi Hendrix, U -2, Heart, and John Cougar." Winterland sells its merchandise to retail through the afore- Get your piece mentioned Rock Express program. Weiss estimates that a billion dollar CBS Records distributes Rock of Express to some 2,500 accounts, while she services an- sunglass market with... other 3,000. Winterland currently represents some 75 artists and prints from 15,000 to 30,000 shirts a day. It is a large buyer from companies such as Signal Knitting Mills, which will sell more than one million shirts in 1986 to the San Francisco -based merchandiser. "Right now T -shirts are selling well," says Weiss. "We can do anything with them, de- pending on how much space the store has. We can shrink wrap them around a piece of cardboard so they can fit into a record bin, or we can hang them loose. "Come fall we'll see an up- surge in fleece, in sweatshirts and also in satin jackets. The latter are a great fall and Christmas item for us, and retail from $30 to $40. It's not necessarily an older crowd that buys satin jackets, as kids have the money these days. And if the item is the right item, the price isn't that crucial as long as you don't get up too high." Winterland relied primarily on garments until its entrance into the poster line last year, and T- shirts are still its top product, as they are for Virgin. As such, they are the heart of a very large industry -Alvin Ross estimates that tour merchandising alone could account for $150 -$200 million in sales in 1986. *Built in demand created by today's record, movie and CREDITS: Special Issues Edi- video stars tor, Ed Ochs; Assistant Editor, Robyn Wells; Stories by Chris * Nationally advertised McGowan, an L.A. based writ- brand name er; Design, Steve Stewart. * Wide selection from traditional to high fashion

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www.americanradiohistory.com money for the space it's taking the moment. "Kelly Emburg, Along with other manufac- hit album and poster release. Rock POSTERS up." Vision has designed Carol Alt and Paulina Poriz- turers and merchandisers, "It takes so long. A new LP (Continued from page PP-1) an attractive display unit that kova are very hot," says Joel Popkin bemoans the fickle comes out and the group is hot, features a four -color poster Weissman, co -owner of Funky marketplace. "There isn't nec- and then it takes weeks and person is coming through the with a miniature of each title. Enterprises, a Richmond Hill, essarily a correlation between weeks and weeks to get all the door," says Don Erwin, presi- "The customer can see what N.Y. -based manufacturer. "We record and poster sales. A lot rights and so forth straight- dent of the West Sacramento, the posters look like and then are also doing well with Iron of popular artists on the Bill- ened out so they can come out Calif. -based Rock Vision. One just take one out of the dump Maiden, Motley Crue, W.A.S.P., board charts appeal to an audi- with a product. And, frankly, a of the posters, for example, unit display." Some of the titles Metallica, Bon Jovi, and Kiss. ence that doesn't buy posters. group doesn't have a very long features Motley Crue posing in are also carried on tour with But otherwise the rock posters The group also has to have a shelf life, usually. If you look the doorway of a stage dress- the artists. have been soft." well- defined image, and the through the list of people we ing room. Erwin also expects Rock Vi- New York City -based Arte- poster has to be something were selling a year ago, you In conjunction with Great sion to have success with its re- mis Inc. specializes in music special that the average teen- practically won't find any of Southern Co., Rock Vision had cently purchased line of 8x10 posters and also found early ager would want to take home them today -except for some- six titles as of April -Motley glossies and postcards, the '86 to be a soft time. "Busi- with him and put on his wall." body like Iron Maiden." Crue, W.A.S.P., ZZ Top, Bon name of which has been ness is slow right now," says "I think jazz and country au- Business should pick up for Jovi, Iron Maiden and the car- changed from Freezz Frame to Melanie Popkin, vice president diences don't buy posters to music posters as popular acts toon character Voltron. The re- Spotlight. "We have a series of of licensing for Artemis. "And any great degree because if it's hit the road in what looks to be tail price is $8, as opposed to artists such as Mr. Mister, 1985 was not a very good an older appeal the poster a heavy summer of touring. the typical $3.50 -$4 tag on Tears For Fears, Megadeth, year." doesn't sell," says Dick Harris, Door Posters are already sig- regular -size posters. Motley Crue, Iron Maiden and Artemis, which sells 70 %- general manager for CP Rock. nificantly boosting sales in The response has been many others. The glossies re- 80% of its product to record "As a person becomes more many retail outlets. The cate- great," says Erwin. "We've had tail for $2 and the postcards stores, has learned to be selec- mature, he looks for something gory as a whole could benefit stores calling up and selling are 60 cents." The Spotlight tive. "We're putting out fewer different to put on his walls." by increased retail emphasis. out of display units in one line bows in May. posters, but the ones we do put In 1985, the hottest posters "I think music stores should week. It's bringing in a lot of Girl posters lead the pack at out are stronger sellers," says for the Sacramento -based dis- pay more attention to posters," Popkin. She notes that both tributor were for the hit TV says Weissman. "In many Christmas and the "back -to- show "Miami Vice." "And right stores the markup on records school" period see high sales. now the new Don Johnson is is low because you have to dis- "One reason the back -to- doing well, along with the girl count to survive. But posters school time is strong is be- posters. Then comes Motley are an item where the stores cause college kids are going off Crue, Iron Maiden, Kiss, can make a decent profit. But a and they need something new Stryper and some other heavy lot of them just treat them as A R T E M S and exciting to put on their metal groups," he says. something that's there and dorm room walls." "But generally, rock is terri- don't pay much attention to Artemis provides several dif- bly soft now. What we need is a them. If they did, they could ferent display units to its ac- hit -as Van Halen and Michael probably increase their poster counts. "For example, we ex- Jackson were a few years ago. sales by 60% to 70 %. pect our Sade poster to be hot Lately the poster business has "The stores that do watch this year," says Popkin. "And if gone to girls and cars as it their posters, have a buyer that it looks hot, we might have a waits for something big to keeps up with them and keep Finally your customers can have separate 48 -piece display unit come." their display looking nice the largest selection of posters - highlighting just that one post- An inherent problem in the they have excellent sales. Post- available today. Artemis is now er. It's very effective for retail- poster business, Harris ob- ers are a profit -plus item, an accepting dealer inquiries - ers if they have room for it." serves, is the time lag between extra sale." increase your volume and visability with our full size, fully stickers and license plate buttons stay behind sunglass- licensed posters. BUTTONS frames continue to sell well. es, slip behind crossover ac- (Continued from page PP -3) Says Nalpac's McWilliams, cessories or manage to regain "We're constantly on the look- past glory depends on a num- the thing we're doing well with out for new items to put into ber of factors, including mar- now," says John Reid, accesso- record stores." ket saturation and whether a ry and contemporary gift item There is another side of the Madonna or a Michael Jackson For buyer for Western details call Merchandis- merchandising business: the is out on tour or No. 1 on the ers. The Amarillo, Texas -based selling of custom items 1- 800 -292 -2902 for ad- charts. But both Winterland firm owns the Hastings Books, vertising or promotional pur- and Virgin believe that but- or 212-206-7007 Records and Videos chain, poses. The Merchandising tons -like rock'n'roll -will nev- which has 120 outlets. "We Guild of Los Angeles special- er die. carry a wide variety of comic izes in this area, with roughly "Buttons have not been real relief slogans, like 'Life is a 40% of their business involv- successful in the last year," beach.' Rock'n'roll buttons are ing work for the music indus- says Alvin Ross of Virgin Mer- just not happening now." try. chandising International Inc. For Great Southern Co., "We are called in for special "Though we have been doing enamel pins are faring better items and everything is cus- well with our square OMD and than buttons. "We're also get- tom," says Lynn Schneider, Simple Minds buttons and oth- POSTERS ting into jewelry, and we're hav- owner of the Merchandising er enamel pins. But you will al- ing a jewelry LARGEST SELECTION display case espe- Guild. "We did 6,000 embroi- ways sell buttons -they're a FAST, RELIABLE SERVICE cially made for store counters, dered caps when John Foger- big part of your business. It's 98 +% FILL so it's self- contained, doesn't ty's 'Centerfield' came out -to your least expensive item, $1 DISPLAY RACKS take up much space, and is give to distribution, promotion or $2, that's all." easily PLUS Buttons, Keychains, accessible," says Ira So- and radio people across the na- Concludes Colleen Weiss of Bumper Stickers, Tapestries, Headbands, koloff, president for the Ma- tion. Bandanas and MORE! Winterland, "We've watched con, Georgia -based For Complimentary Catalog distributor. "For 'Eat It,' we did 3,000 buttons go in cycles for 10 Call Toll Free Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, chocolate records for the years now, it's cyclical. They 1 -800 544-0900 W.A.S.P. and INXS In Michigan are among Scotti Brothers. We did coffee are still a good industry (313) 674-4691 current "bejewelled" - NATIONAL TRENDS groups. mugs for the Springsteen crew, there's no two ways about it. 2260 Scott Lake Road Pontiac, Michigan 48054 Other additions to the acces- tour jackets for Dolly Parton There will always be buttons, sories field include lyric greet- and a number of things for Lu- and there will always be kids to ing cards and crossover items cas and Spielberg. Anything buy them. It's a nice cheap such as lighters, comedy mugs, anyone can think up, we can product, and it's a great P -O -P, gag gift items and even tele- do." right at the cash register while phones. Statement bumper On the retail level, whether you're waiting in line." PP-4 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

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www.americanradiohistory.com ideo music Europe's Telecasters Discuss Blahs Panel Recommends Diversified Formats colm Gerrie, director of youth proof Paula." BY STEVEN DUPLER gramming for London -based Tyne The result was an amusing, albeit MONTREUX Videoclip-based tele- Tees TV and producer of "The irreverent, sequence in which Yates vision channels and shows must be- Tube "; and Hans Kruger, a produc- is seen waiting for a phone call that gin developing complementary mu- er and music publisher with Germa- doesn't come, while Wham!'s "Care- sic and "lifestyle" programming - ny's Pluto Musik. Moderating was less Whisper" plays in the back- as well as fresh ways of presenting Billboard's home entertainment edi- ground. clips-if they are to maintain and tor, Jim McCullaugh. Finally, while a lingerie -clad build their audience base. One of the more creative shows in Yates lolls on a bed, the call arrives. That was the consensus of a panel the European TV music arena, "The The viewer expects a romantic, inti- of broadcasters ti- Tube" bases its weekly program- mate conversation, but gets instead IM &MC: tled "Is There Life ming on live, in- studio perfor- Yates' brisk, businesslike interview On TV ?," which mances by several artists, rather with Michael, who is obviously un- REPORT FROM debated the merits than relying on back -to-back clips. aware of the comic scenario in MONTREUX and viability of Producer Gerrie claims the program which his words are appearing. videoclip and countdown shows, as "provides an alternative to 'Top Of Did the artist and the label have well as alternative music TV for- The Pops' and other teenage pop prior approval of the sarcastic video mats, at the International Music & programs." creation by "The Tube "? No, admit- Media conference here, May 7 -10. "Live performance creates a com- ted Gerrie, because "we were afraid Private Music, recently taped an Private Visions. Peter Baumann, president of Speaking were Doug Adamson, pletely different feeling than the he might not do it." CBS was told -1 Visions." Baumann, formerly interview for the VH new age music show "New associate producer of Britain's Mu- viewer gets watching a clip -domi- that something unusual would be produced two more videos for the label: with Tangerine Dream, has just sic Box network; Lex Harding, pro- nated program," said Gerrie. done with the clip -which was given "Theme Of Secrets," and "Memories of Vienna," from Eddie Jobson's album gram director of Holland's Veronica "We've brought back the elements exclusively to the show -but the la- "Dragon Dance," from Lucia Hwong's "House Of Sleeping Beauties." Broadcasting Organization; Mal- of danger and risk- there's an un- bel was given no details. derstanding that anything might While such a creative exercise happen. The audience and the per- was probably appreciated by its formers never know whether a per- viewers, the panel agreed that most formance will be spectacular or only labels, videomakers, and artists Track mediocre." would not see the humor in having Video Another advantage Gerrie their product adulterated without claimed for the show's live multiart- consent. Gerrie agreed, but main- is worth taking "if it NEW YORK Barbara Mitchell. ing released by Columbia Records. ist format is that the programming tained the risk Of note: The new video for Other projects recently completed is completely original, and thus offers more value to the audience." KURTIS BLOW'S video for "School's Out" by Krokus (men- by the production company include can't be obtained on laser disk or Other panelists concurred that "America" is up for four VPA Moni- tioned in last week's Video Track) clips for Rubber Rodeo's "Souve- videotape. "This gives the audience clips could and should be presented tor Awards. The clip, which repre- was produced by Green Park En- nir," Wild Blue's "Fire With Fire," far more incentive to tune in," he in a more creative way than usual, Lex sents the first in -house production tertainment and Front Row Films. Cherrelle's "Artificial Heart," said. but offered no suggestions. MusicVideo U.S., The piece supports the group's Aris- John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Although the show does employ Harding pointed out that a contract by PolyGram with was nominated in the following mu- ta album "Change Of Address." Band's "Voice Of America's Sons," some videoclips in its programming Veronica was about to sign sic categories: best achievement and Book Of Love's "You Make Me mix, it attempts to use them in most labels specified that no alter- re- of videos would (David Brownstein, Claude Bor- LOS ANGELES Feel So Good." unique ways. One especially origi- ation or editing enzweig, Len Epand, producers), Edited by LINDA MOLESKI nal example Gerrie cited involved be allowed. best director (Borenzweig), best edi- KENNY LOGGINS' clip for "Dan- the most recent video for Columbia The other shows and channels tor (Borenzweig with Glenn Laz- ger Zone," the first single from the Production companies and post - artist George Michael, "A Different represented on the panel were not zaro of National Video Center), "Top Gun" soundtrack, just pre- production facilities are welcome Corner." nearly so adventurous as "The via and best director of photography miered on MTV. Filmed on location to submit information on current "We arranged first for a tele- Tube." Music Box, which is seen (John Kraus). Winners of the in Los Angeles, the video features projects. Please send material to phone interview by [host] Paula satellite in 11 countries 18 hours per Music awards will be announced June 9 at performance footage intercut with Video Track, Billboard, 1515 Yates with George, who was in L.A. day (see separate story on Lincoln Center's State Theater in segments from the Paramount film. Broadway, New York, N.Y 10036. at the time," Gerrie explained. "We Box's new schedule), sees itself as New York. PolyGram recently com- Tony Scott directed; Kay Millet then aired the new clip, but pref- not simply a clip showcase, but "a pleted its second in -house produc- and Joni Sighvatsson produced for aced it with an insert containing the good radio station with pictures, in- tion, for "Ace Of My Heart" by N. Lee Lacy. The soundtrack is be- interview and some original footage (Continued on next page) Industry Panelists Deny That Clips Are `Killing Music' he continued, "but we must learn to ists are unable to make the transi- future." said it's not always possible to leave BY JIM McCULLAUGH eliminate the risks. Maybe every tion to video, much as certain movie G. Evan Todd, a film director with such elements out. Sometimes, he MONTREUX Despite recent criti- artist doesn't need a clip. Perhaps actors couldn't adapt to "talkies" in Munich -based Creative Image En- said, their inclusion in a clip is artis- cism of videoclips as both an art we should improve and increase the the late '20s and early '30s. tertainment, also advocated a long- tically relevant. form and a marketing tool, the me- long form and limit use of the short But music video can make money, er "incubation" period for artists Responding to a question about dium will survive "special effects form. But let's not praise or con- he maintained, and should be and video makers. He likened the di- the "ephemeral nature" of music and irrelevant visuals," provided demn clips until we hear what the viewed as solid exposure for selling rector's role to that of the record clips, Kempin said he disagreed the relatively new format is allowed kids have to say." records despite the risk of some "vi- producer, in that he should act as a with that notion. "Our catalog sales to mature and develop without the John Martin, director of music sual fatigue" burnout from over- condujt to help an artist's ideas co- don't show it," he said. PMI has pressure of unrealistic industry ex- programming for Canada's Much - playing the product. alesce, and not develop concepts been steadily releasing clip compila- pectations. Music Network, cited a recent inter- Kempin said he'd like to see the without artist input. tions and long -form videos for the IM &MC: This was the col- view with Warner Bros. Records industry move toward bringing Reducing production costs is es- consumer market, and recently low- lective opinion of a creative marketing director Jeff more productions in -house as a cost - sential, Kempin said. If costs can be ered its prices. Kempin said that REPORT FROM May 8 panel at the Ayeroff (Billboard, May 10) in saving measure, while still utilizing brought down, he suggested, then consumers are "buying thousands MONTREUX International Mu- which he maintained that "to say outside directorial talent. clips -and even long -form video of" copies of titles by David Bowie, sic & Media Conference (IM &MC) that video doesn't work for us is He also cited the importance of "concept albums" -can be made Duran Duran, and other artists. here called "Are Clips Killing Mu- foolish, because it can and does." longer lead time and earlier artist more quickly, thus eliminating the Asked about the possible nega- sic?" The panel also acknowledged Martin also said that Journey's involvement in the making of clips. time lag between the music and the tive impact on creativity of special that the makers and marketers of refusal to do any videos for its new He pointed to Kate Bush and Queen video. effects technology, Martin agreed clips are still learning how best to album may be one of the biggest as artists who had made those During a question- and -answer that many effects become the approach their tasks. music industry publicity stunts in moves. Bush, he noted, now directs session, panelists were asked why "fashion of the moment" and are "Our industry," said producer/ recent years. her own projects, as do such other sex and violence still play a major overused. But he also noted that re- consultant Michael Von Winter - Geoff Kempin, managing director artists as David Byrne and Thomas role in many clips. Martin main- "the kids watching these things feldt, "has a tendency to take new of Picture Music International U.K., Dolby. tained that the use of those ele- spond well to the technological as- marketing tools and overexpose the video production arm of EMI Kempin also encouraged televi- ments is far less prevalent in clips pects. They're so sophisticated now, them. Clips are not killing music, Records, contended that clips are sion stations to partner with record than it was a few years ago. they can tell you whether or not anyone, or anything. But videoclips analagous to film soundtracks, labels for co- productions, "or else Kempin attributed the reliance on they enjoyed the third edit on the may be wrongly marketed. "which are hardly killing movies." leave themselves open to the home sex and violence to a "bankruptcy new Duran Duran clip." "Video music does risk fading," Unfortunately, he added, some art- videocassette market in the of ideas," while Von Winterfeldt

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DENNIS DeYOUNG CALL ME A &M 10 jZ FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS TUFF ENUFF CBS Associated 15 Q 2 JANET JACKSON WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY A &M 8 W Q PATTI LABELLE /MICHAEL McDONALD ON MY OWN MCA 8 JULIAN LENNON Hanging Out With The Boys. Video directors Kevin Godley and Lol Creme pause at the editing desk while wrapping the = ó STICK AROUND Atlantic 7 LEVEL 42 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU clip for Manhattan Records artist Rob Jungklas' "Boystown," from his debut album, "Closer To The Flame." The clip was IX Mercury 14 *MADONNA LIVE TO TELL Warner Bros. 8 lensed at five New York City locations and includes 7,400 edits, each of which is a different frame. Pictured from left are ',JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP RAIN ON THE SCARECROW Riva /PolyGram 5 Jungklas, Creme, Manhattan senior vice president of marketing and administration Steven Reed, and Godley. *MIKE * THE MECHANICS ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE Atlantic 9 *MR. MISTER IS IT LOVE RCA 7 THE OUTFIELD YOUR LOVE Columbia 13 *BOB SEGER a THE SILVER BULLET BAND AMERICAN STORM Capitol 5 *SIMPLE MINDS ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID A&M 7 STARSHIP TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT RCA 9 New Video (;lips VOICES OF AMERICA HANDS ACROSS AMERICA EMI 4 ZZ TOP ROUGH BOY Warner Bros. 10

JEAN BEAUVOIR FEEL THE HEAT Columbia 2 This weekly Kern Dempster listing of new video & Beth Broday/N. Lee Lacy Associates KROKUS LU Z BOURGEOIS TAGG MUTUAL SURRENDER Island 8 Dominic Sena clips generally available for pro- School's Out _0 BOYS DON'T CRY I WANNA BE A COWBOY Profile 6 Change Of Admess Arista PAULI CARMAN H I-- CULTURE CLUB MOVE AWAY Epic 8 gramming and /or promotional Jackie Adams: Front Row Films Dial My Number Maurice Phillips Q Ñ EL DEBARGE WHO'S JOHNNY Motown 3 purposes includes: Artists, title, Dial My Number /Columbia FALCO VIENNA CALLING A &M 7 album (where applicable). label, Jon Small /Picture Vision Inc. METROS 0 INXS LISTEN LIKE THIEVES Atlantic 4 producer Peter Israelson After The Passion's Gone /production house, di- JEAN -MICHEL JARRE RENDEZ -VOUS IV PolyGram JOE COCKER MTM Music Group 6 rector. Please send information to Mary Matthews & Alan Bernard/ HOWARD JONES NO ONE IS TO BLAME Elektra 7 You Can Leave Your Hat On Studio Productions Inc. & MTM Billboard, New Video Clips, 1515 MIAMI SOUND MACHINE BAD BOY Epic 5 Cocker / Capitol Coke Sams Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10056. Joe Bilella /Music Graphics MODELS OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT Geffen 14 Tony Mitchell GRAHAM NASH GRAHAM NASH INNOCENT EYES Atlantic 6 Innocent Eyes AZTEC TWO -STEP SIMON F. NU SHOOZ I CAN'T WAIT Atlantic 4 Innocent Eyes /Atlantic BILLY OCEAN THERE'LL BE Living In America Baby Doll Love Kris Mathur /Pendulum Productions SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) Arista 3 Living In America /Reflex Records Gun /Chrysalis Bob Radler *TEARS FOR FEARS MOTHERS TALK PolyGram 6 Jodi Perkins/Perkins Productions J.J. Martin BONNIE TYLER IF YOU WERE A WOMAN Columbia 5 Pierce Rafferty J.J. Martin RATTLERS UNFORGIVEN I HEAR THE CALL Elektra 2 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE GIRLS NEXT DOOR I Won't Be Your Victim Rattled /Jem Records Slow Boat To China E =MC' John Sanborn ZZ DEVICE HANGIN' ON A HEART ATTACK Chrysalis 3 This Is Big Audio Dynamite /Columbia MTM Music Group John Sanborn *DREAM ACADEMY Alexandra Johnson/Vivid Productions Mary Matthews & Alan Bernard /Studio Productions & MTM LOVE PARADE Warner Bros. 8 Don Letts & Luc Roeg Coke Sams with Jim May DIANA ROSS W Q CHARLIE SEXTON IMPRESSED MCA 9 SIMPLY RED HOLDING BOOK OF LOVE HOOTERS Experience 2 BACK THE YEARS Elektra 14 Eaten Alive/RCA Ó Do The ROBERT TEPPER DON'T WALK AWAY Scotti Bros. 6 You Make Me Feel So Good Where Children Go Kris Mathur & Diana Ross /Pendulum Productions CC Nervous Night; Columbia Book Of Love /Sire Marcelo Epstein & Kenny Ortega Ross & Levine /N. Lee Lacy Associates Karen Bellone /Bel One Productions ABC VANITY KILLS PolyGram 2 Ken Ross & Richard Levine John Jopson RUBBER RODEO Z LAURIE ANDERSON LANGUAGE IS A VIRUS Warner Bros. 6 Souvenir 0 JOHN CAFFERTY THE TOM HULCE THE CALL EVERYWHERE I GO Elektra 4 & BEAVER BROWN Heartbreak Highway /Mercury o Echo Park NL FINE YOUNG BAND Joni Sighvatsson & Beth Broday /N. Lee Lacy Associates Q CANNIBALS SUSPICIOUS MINDS IRS 3 Echo Park Soundtrack Q Voice Of America's David Hogan I- THE FIRM TEAR DOWN THE WALLS Atlantic 2 Sons Kris Mathur /Pendulum Productions W Cobra (Soundtrack) /Epic Robert Dornhelm CC cc ICEHOUSE NO PROMISES Chrysalis 4 CO ROB JUNGKLAS BOYSTOWN Manhattan 4 MACHINATIONS NO SAY IN IT Epic 3 MARILYN MARTIN MOVE CLOSER Atlantic 4 EUROPEAN MUSIC YID BROADCASTERS DISCUSS BLAHS PSYCHEDELIC FURS PRETTY IN PINK A &M 4 (Continued from previous page) SHARKS ONLY TIME WILL TELL Elektra 5

forming as well as entertaining," are advertiser-supported. Such is them a chance to be seen on national ART OF NOISE PETER GUNN THEME Chrysalis 5 I- Z BLOW MONKEYS DIGGING YOUR SCENE RCA 6 according to Adamson. not the case with Veronica's pro- TV with great production values. 2 BODEANS FADEAWAY Warner Bros. 5 He admitted that Music Box owes á=.7 rz grams, which, though diverse, are That's unlike MTV and other shows, CACTUS WORLD NEWS YEARS "a nod to MTV" J Q LATER MCA 4 for its program- set largely in traditional molds. which give heaviest exposure by far I- THE CULT REVOLUTION Warner Bros. 3 ming style, but insisted PETER FRAMPTON ALL the channel Until the early '80s, Veronica was to clips by the top bands." ° EYES ON YOU Atlantic 5 is determined "not to get as set in involved in organizing, and present- Pluto Musik's Kruger offered an HUSKER DU DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE LONELY Warner Bros. 2 our ways as MTV." ing on -air, more than 100 major rock example of a somewhat nontradi- KING ALONE WITHOUT YOU Epic 6 "We have to acknowledge an au- concerts. This has been LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH RUSSIAN ROULETTE IRS 2 scaled down tional music video program from ONE TO ONE ANGEL dience that includes all IN MY POCKET Warner Bros. 3 of Europe, to one concert per year. Veronica Germany- "Ronnie's Pop Show," ROARING BOYS HOUSE OF STONE Columbia 6 not just the U.K.," he said. "That also produces a weekly pop pro- which since 1981 has been presided SAD CAFE HEART Atlantic 3 means making sure programming is gram based on a clip countdown. over by a chimpanzee. Other Pluto FEARGAL SHARKEY YOU LITTLE THIEF A &M 2 not slanted too strongly toward any Harding staunchly defended the programs include the "Formula STYLE COUNCIL HAVE YOU EVER EMI 2 one country's audience." countdown format, calling it "the One" clip show and the Austrian WILD BLUE FIRE WITH FIRE Chrysalis 4 DANNY WILDE ISN'T IT ENOUGH Island 3 Included in Music Box's mix are best way out. The audience is much "Musik Scene," a news and docu- such youth -oriented lifestyle and more interested in seeing videos of mentary program. AMERICAN GIRLS AMERICAN GIRL IRS 2 feature programs as "Between The hit songs by top artists than any- Music Box has a strong base in WEPIDEMICS NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER Elektra 4 Lines," a news show; specials on thing else," he said. Germany, with more than 700,000 Z MARTINI RANCH HOW CAN THE LABORING MAN FIND TIME FOR SELF-CULTURE Warnel Bros. 2 politics and fashion; film reviews . Genie disagreed, noting that the subscribers. According to Kruger, and movie news; home video re- charter of "The Tube" calls for the though, JANE SIBERRY ONE MORE COLOR Open Air /Windham 2 the British channel "still SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK LOVE MISSILE F1.11 Manhattan 3 views; and behind -the -scenes looks encouragement of new acts. "By al- has some way to go" before it will at video shoots. lowing virtually unknown bands ac- have the Pan- European audience it Denotes Sneak Preview Recurrent. MTV Exclusive. Both Music Box For further information, contact Jeanne Yost, director of music programming, and "The Tube" cess to our studio facilities, we offer seeks. MTV, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10036.

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According to those and "How The West Was Won," both at '..:9.95, and "Ride The interest videocassette, according unit sales last year totaled 51 mil- $600 million. try" special- interest program- High Country," at $59.95. MGM /UA is also using a "First Love Series" to a study done by the Stamford, lion pieces, worth $1.75 billion at figures, will represent 27% of the to- for some of its films, with "Forever Young," "Sharma And Beyond," Conn. -based Cambridge Asso- wholesale. This year, he says, ming in 1987. and "Those Glory, Glory Days" all retailing for $59.95. ciates. sales will total 75 million pieces, tal market The study projects a growing worth $2.2 billion; next year, he In terms of where and how the product will be sold, Kelly sees di- A "VALUE CERTIFICATE" is available to dealers from Trans World En- marketplace receptivity to nonthe- projectss sales of 95 million units, $30 playing an increasingly tertainment. Anyone who buys six titles from the company's May re- atrical product, with special- inter- worth $2.25 billion. He presented rect mail the cost of est titles doing more than a quar- the study at the New York Inter- important role. In 1985, he says, lease package can send in a coupon for a $30 credit toward was eligible for TWE's May ter of the industry's total busi- national Home Video Market on 97% of the industry's business his order. The coupon will also make the sender outlets; by the winner of which will get his entire order for the month ness, video stores taking up less April 17. done through retail drawing, figure will drop to free. At least two of the titles have to be priced at $59.95; the rest can than half, and direct mail rocket- VCR growth will also be sub- next year, that titles due out for the month are the $59.95 "No ing from 3% to 12% of total sales stantial, according to Kelly, with 88 %. cost less. Among the comes via the The Protector," and the $39.95 "Champ by 1987. the total number of VCR house- A further caveat Time To Die" and "Ninja: retail price of the pro- Against Champ." Closing date for the contest is June 30; the drawing Even so, says Dick Kelly, head holds rising to 36.2 million with a suggested which Kelly predicts will will be held on 18, and prizes will be given on July 28. Retailers can of Cambridge Associates, "It is im- 41% penetration by the end of this grams, July in '85 to $15 in ask their distributors for information or write TWE at 6430 Sunset portant to realize you have to year, and 45.2 million with a 51% drop from $29.50 '87. Blvd., Suite 505, Hollywood, Calif. 90028. spend a lot of money to promote penetration by the end of next and market these things." year. As dramatic as direct mail's rise will be the decline of video special- NEW WORLD VIDEO has purchased the LCA label in a move to widen the According to Kelly, "Simply go- Special- interest programming, to the study. scope of the program categories it sells. First release out from LCA ing to a wholesaler and distributor including children's titles, will ty outlets, according specialty outlets did 88% of will be the "Streetwise," an acclaimed documentary that focuses on without a farily large hunk of make up a significant share of this Video in 1985; by living in the streets of Seattle, which will retail for money to market and advertise a marketplace, Kelly says. Last the industry's business runaway children figure should $59.95. A share of LCA's take will go to the National Fund For Run- program is probably not going to year, according to his company's '87, Kelly says, that on page 64) away Children. In addition, New World will include the National Run- work." Sophisticated marketing figures, 9.5 million units of special- (Continued Toll and the address of the National Fund For Run- away -Free Hotline FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986 away children on all of the point -of-purchase material it distributes. ©Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying. ` due from Thorn EMI/ TWO OPERAS, "Gloriana" and Idomeno," are out II® recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. HBO Video Classic Performances in July. "Gloriana," which will list for $39.95, is performed by the English National Opera, while the $49.95 "Idomeno" is performed by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. TOP MUSIC VIDEOCASSETTES AN OSCAR -WINNING ANIMATOR has a release about the Statue of Liberty due from Karl /Lorimar Home Video in June. "My Friend Liberty" has Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. a street date of June 25 and a list price of $14.95. The program features animated clay sculptures by Jimmy Picker, who won the 1984 Academy "c3 Copyright Owner, Principal 8 All the footage from Picker's 66 Award for best animated short subject. TITLE Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers >s Oscar-winning "Sundae In New York" will be included in in the pro- - / Music Intl. gram. Picture John Lennon 1986 C 29.95 1 LIVE IN NEW YORK 1 13 JOHN LENNON Sony Video Software 96W50128 -00127

ANOTHER WRESTLING LEAGUE is getting exposure on home video. Jim Sire Records 1985 C 29.98 2 2 25 THE VIRGIN TOUR-MADONNA LIVE Madonna Crockett Promotions is offering World Championship Wrestling's Warner Music Video 3-38105 Intl. Cup," which will be sold via an 800 number, as was the Picture Music 1985 C 29.95 "The Crockett 3 5 19 LIVE AFTER DEATH Iron Maiden company's "The Starcade 85" video, which it says was a strong seller. Sony Video Software 96W501 14 Records Inc. "The Crockett Cup" will be released in late May. Atlantic Phil Collins 1985 SF 19.98 4 4 29 NO JACKET REQUIRED Atlantic Video 50104

TWO VERSIONS OF Pete Townshend's 1985 concert in Brixton, England, Quincy Jones Productions 1986 D 39.95 5 6 13 PORTRAIT OF AN ALBUM Frank Sinatra are being released by Atlantic Records. One runs for 29 minutes and MGM /UA Home Video 400648 Co. $19.95; the other runs for 86 minutes and lists for $29.98. The MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, Motown Pictures 1983 D 29.95 lists for 6 3 25 Various Artists programs include tunes from Townshend's years with the Who and FOREVER MGM /UA Home Video 300302 The piece is titled "Pete Townshend's CBS Music Video Ent. 1986 SF 19.98 from his solo career. shorter 7 20 3 THIS IS VIDEO CLASH The Clash Deep End Mini Concert: From The Brixton, England, Concert," while CBS -Fox Video 7098 Inc. one is Townshend's Deep End: The Brixton, England RCA Video Prod. 1986 SF 19.95 the longer "Pete 8 15 5 SO EXCITED The Pointer Sisters Concert." MusicVision 6 -20609 THE BEATLES LIVE-READY STEADY Picture Music Intl. 1985 SF 16.95 8 27 The Beatles 9 GO! Sony Video Software 97W00192 THE INSTITUTE FOR GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION has scheduled its second an-

. Inc. Video for May 28-30 at the Stouffer Bed- RCA Video Prod. 1986 SF 19.95 nual Publishing Conference 7 7 ALABAMA'S GREATEST VIDEO HITS Alabama ford Glen Hotel in Bedford, Mass. Cost of the conference is $875. Top- MusicVision 6 -20575 Music Video Ent. ics to be will include the potential for advertiser involvement PUTTING IT TOGETHER-THE MAKING CBS Barbra 1986 D 29.98 discussed 11 10 5 Streisand in video publishing; "narrowcasting" in home video; how publishers, OF THE BROADWAY ALBUM CBS -Fox Video 7101 Inc. /E.J. Stewart Inc. and producers work together; and pricing and distribution. PAZ Patti 1986 C 29.95 authors, 12 12 7 LOOK TO THE RAINBOW LaBelle Speakers will include Nicholas Santrizos of Thorn EMI /HBO Video, USA Home Video 312847 Music Video Ent. Jeffrey Nemerovski of CBS Broadcast International, and C.B. Wismar CBS Wham! 1985 SF 19.98 13 9 55 WHAM! THE VIDEO of Kartes Video Communications. CBS -Fox Video 3048 Records Inc. Atlantic Pete Townshend 1985 D 29.95 14 14 19 WHITE CITY Vestron Music Video 1025 CAJUN COOKING gets its own videocassette from the New Orleans School MCA Records, Inc. of and Louisiana General Store. The company has just re- 1985 C 29.95 Cooking 15 MEMO. LIVE BY THE BAY Jimmy Buffett leased "The New Orleans School of Cooking Workout Program -An MCA Dist. Corp. 80332 in Cooking." The video gives viewers point- Polygram Music Video LF 29.95 Exercise Creole and Cajun 16 18 17 SCENES FROM THE BIG CHAIR Tears For Fears 1985 ers on about 10 recipes, including barbecued shrimp and Jambalaya. MusicVision 6 -20534 Records Inc. on blackening redfish and on seasoning cast iron pans is Polygram 1984 C 29.95 Instruction 17 NEWI9. GRACE UNDER PRESSURE TOUR Rush also included. Creole cook Joe Cahn does the teaching. The cassette can MusicVision 6-20607 Tom Petty And The be obtained for $39.95 from Creative Video Productions of Baton Tom Petty Inc. 1986 29.95 18 19 9 PACK UP THE PLANTATION LIVE Heartbreakers Rouge, La., (504) 383 -7443, or from the New Orleans School of Cooking. MCA Dist. Corp. 80328 MusicVideo -U.S. LIVE UNCENSORED Polygram Kiss 1985 LF 29.95 19 11 51 ANIMALIZE MusicVision 6 -20445 "HOW TO BUY A USED CAR" is a new title from the Los Angeles -based Inc. Hollywood USA Video. The program deals with such topics as spotting Island Records 1986 LF 29.95 29 16 7 STATE OF GRACE Grace Jones mechanical defects, finding value, test driving, financing, and "sleep- MusicVision 6-20500 ers." List price is $24.95. TONY SEIDEMAN Recording ndust y Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 or $1.2 million for non -theatrical made -for -home video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of 150,000 units or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for non -theatrical made-for -home video product; 50,000 units o a value of $2 million for music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985 were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for gross label revenue of $1 million after returns or stock balancing. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary.

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Before you watch Dick Clark's TOP VIDEOCASSETTES. ABC -TV Special on May 28th Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. 3 ó1 "America Picks the Number Copyright Owner, Principal One Hits" TITLE Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers ÿ

get your copy of the book KVC -RCA Video Prod. that inspired it 1 1 29 JANE FONDA'S NEW WORKOUT Karl Lorimar Home Video 069 Jane Fonda 1985 NR 39.95

2 2 43 THE SOUND OF MUSIC Julie Andrews THE CBS -Fox Video 1051 1 BILLBOARD 965 G BOOK OF Christopher Plummer 29.98 Mark Hamill 3 4 11 RETURN OF THE JEDI CBS -Fox Video 1478 NUMBER ONE HITS Harrison Ford 1983 PG 79.98 Paramount Pictures by Fred Bronson 4 3 5 WITNESS Harrison Ford 1985 R 79.95 Paramount Home Video 1 736 Kelly McGillis At bookstores everywhere, only S14.95 Humphrey 5 6 21 CASABLANCA CBS -Fox Video 4514 Bogart Ingrid Bergman 1942 NR 29.98 KVC -RCA Video Prod. 6 5 210 JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT Jane Fonda Karl Lorimar Home Video 042 1982 NR 59.95

Steve 7 20 2 COCOON CBS -Fox Video 1476 Guttenberg Don Ameche 1985 PG 13 79.98 Paramount 8 11 28 BEVERLY Pictures HILLS COP Eddie Murphy 1985 R 29.95 Paramount Home Video 1 134

9 8 6 COMMANDO A. Schwarzenegger CBS -Fox Video 1484 1985 R 79.98 Rae Dawn Chong

9 4 Yul Brynner 10 THE KING AND I CBS -Fox Video 1004 Deborah Kerr 1956 NR 29.98

11 12 29 THE WIZARD OF OZ MGM /UA Home Video Judy Garland We 600001 1939 G 29.95 make Ray Bolger

7 42 PINOCCHIO 12 Walt Disney Home Video 239 Animated 1940 G 29.95

13 10 16 RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II Thorn /EMI /HBO Video TVA3002 air dates. Sylvester Stallone 1985 R 79.95 14 13 40 PATTON CBS -Fox Video 1005 George C. Scott Karl Malden 1970 NR 29.98

Raymax Prod. P. Brownstein 15 39 111 DO IT DEBBIE'S WAY Prod. pebble You know that sinking feeling you Video Associates 1008 Reynolds 1983 NR 39.95 Island Alive Releasing 16 23 5 KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN William Hurt get when the commercial's got to air Charter Entertainment 90001 Raul Julia 1985 R 7995

KATHY SMITH'S ULTIMATE VIDEO JCI Video Inc. tomorrow 17 22 25 Kathy and the client's still making WORKOUT JCI Video 8100 Smith 1984 NR 29.95 Universal changes? 18 14 17 THE BLUES BROTHERS City Studios Dan Aykroyd MCA Dist. Corp. 77000 John Belushi 1980 R 24.95 Well, fear no more. 19 RE -ENTRY AFRICAN QUEEN CBS -Fox Video 2025 Humphrey Bogart Western Katherine Hepburn 1951 NR 29.98 Airlines Cargo is here RCA 27 30 THE BIG /Columbia Pictures Home Video William Hurt 20 CHILL 1983 R 24.95 to save the day, And your job. Because 1 002 1 1 Glenn Close Natalie Wood 21 29 8 WEST SIDE STORY CBS -Fox Video 4519 you see Western's same day package Richard Beymer 1 961 NR 29.98 Clark 22 15 62 GONE WITH THE WIND MGM /UA Home Video 900284 Gable service was made with clients like Vivien Leigh 1939 G 89.95 Mitzi 23 16 2 SOUTH PACIFIC CBS -Fox Video 7045 Gaynor yours in mind. Rossano Brazzi 1958 NR 29.98 MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, Motown Pictures And as you know, 24 18 28 Co. clients are always FOREVER MGM /UA Home Video 300302 Various Artists 1983 NR 29.95

conscious of the bottom line, we 30 so are 25 20 PLAYBOY VIDEO CENTERFOLD Karl Lorimar Home Video 501 Sherry Arnett 1985 NR 9.95 too. There's only a small additional 21 25 Broadway Video 26 THE BEST OF JOHN BELUSHI John Belushi 1985 NR 24.98 charge for special services like pick up Warner Home Video 34078 Jessica Lange 27 NEW ' SWEET DREAMS Thorn /EMI /HBO Video TVA3666 1985 PG-13 79.95 and delivery, Ed Harris KVC -RCA Video Prod. 28 28 77 PRIME TIME Which is nice Kart Lorimar Home Video 058 Jane Fonda 1984 NR 39.95 Crown International Pictures Deborah Foreman 29 NEW I MY CHAUFFEUR 1985 R 79.95 to know when Vestron 5135 Sam J. Jones Mickey Rourke 30 24 7 YEAR OF THE DRAGON MGM /UA Home Video 800713 the final hour John Lone 1985 R 79.95

40 10 Warner Bros. Inc. is upon you. 31 PEE -WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE Pee -Wee Herman 1985 PG 79.95 Warner Home Video 1 1523 RCA /Columbia Pictures Home So call 32 NEW AGNES OF GOD Video 6- Jane Fonda . 1985 PG 13 79.95 20563 Anne Bancroft

Western in the THE JANE FONDA WORKOUT KVC -RCA Video Prod. 33 34 112 Jane Fonda 1984 NR 59.95 Continental US. at 1-800-638-7387 in CHALLENGE Karl Lorimar Home Video 051 Picture Music Intl. 34 36 13 JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK John Lennon Maryland (301) 269 -6654, or in Alaska Sony Video Software 96W50128 -00127 1986 NR 29.95 Julie Andrews 35 37 26 MARY POPPINS Walt Disney Home Video 23 1964 G and Hawaii 1-800-368-2390, the next Dick Van Dyke 29.95 Warner Bros. Inc. Sean Astir 36 17 6 THE LOONIES 1985 PG 79.95 time you want to make a date. Warner Home Video 11474 Josh Brolin

Warner Bros. Inc. Sheila E. 37 31 2 KRUSH GROOVE 1985 R 7995 Warner Home Video 11529 Run -D.M.C. Warner Bros. Inc. Kevin Costner 38 19 2 AMERICAN FLYERS 1985 PG-I3 79.95 prWeSter1lÁidneS Warner Home Video 1 1 520 Rae Dawn Chong ABC Motion Pictures Jack Nicholson 39 26 17 PRIZZI'S HONOR Vestron 5106 Kathleen Turner 1985 R 7995 111141111 MeIAR+GOonly way HK RCA /Columbia Pictures Home Video 6- Chris Sarandon 25 6 FRIGHT NIGHT 40 20562 Roddy McDowall 1985 R 79.95 Recording Indust y Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 or $1.2 million for non -thea rical made -for -home video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for non -theatrical made -for -home video product; 50,000 units or a value of $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1. 1985 were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for a minimum sale of 75.000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for non -theatrical titles.

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be down to 49 %. At the same time, Kelly predicts, mass merchandisers' share of the business will grow from 3% to 19 %. Bookstores' share will jump from 3% to 7 %, while the combined sales of convenience, record, and drug stores will rise from 5% to 13 %, the study says. As VCR penetration increases, Kelly notes, so does the breadth of the audience, and thus the number of potential retail outlets available. According to the Cambridge study, there are currently 22,000 video specialty outlets, doing $3.7 billion in business a year; 4,500 record outlets, doing $2.3 billion; 9,800 book outlets, doing $3.9 billion; 10,800 mass merchants, doing $120 billion; 8,000 toy /hobby stores that do $4.1 billion; 48,000 drug stores, doing $42 billion; 19,800 radio /TV outlets, doing $11.2 billion; and 4,200 camera/ photographic outlets, doing $2.1 billion. Making a profit from a prerecorded cassette gets more difficult as the price goes down, according to Cambridge's breakdown. For a $39.95 tape, the retailer will get 28% of the dollar and the wholesaler 10 %, while about 12% will go for a royalty, 3% for co -op funds, 23% for distribution and marketing, and 24% to contribute to profits and overhead. The picture for the producer worsens dramatically when the price of the cassette drops to $19.95. Then the retailer, wholesaler, royalty, and co -op percentages remain the same or about the same, while distribution and marketing rises to 40% of the total cost, and contribution to profit and overhead drops to just 8 %. Based on these percentages, Cambridge has calculated the number of units needed to reach break -even for cassettes at various price points. A $39.95 program with a production budget of $100,000 needs to sell 6,250 units to break even; at a $19.95 list, it needs to sell 16,700; at a $14.95 list it must sell 25,000. Categories showing strength include such "yuppie " -targeted programs as Esquire Video's wine - tasting tape, fitness programming, and tapes targeted at specific sports. Cooking tapes are also doing well, Kelly says, and exercise programs seem to have special strength. "Almost every exercise tape ever released has proba- THE bly sold a minimum of 10,000," he says. Everyone's still asking questions about Marilyn Monroe. Now comes an explosive, The best thing to do, Kelly says, controversial BBC report that finally suggests some answe rs and caused a sensation is to shoot for the "higher demo- at a major American network! graphic." VCR penetration has Investigative reporters spent 3 years sifting through the conflict, confusion and reached as high as 50% at some in- possible cover -up surrounding her death. Their finding in this critically- acclaimed come levels, he notes, and pro- documentary offers startling new testimony from some of those grams aimed at these audiences closest to her. have a far better chance of making The 25-year -old puzzle of power, passion and politics is finally money. being pieced together. A story your customers will clamor to see. Order deadline; June 2, 1986 Catalog #6971 KEY VIDEO THE BILLBOARD BOOK - 45F . BS FOX Cdrlony Ney Vclan e i,aoemark of lee CBS/FOX Company. All righ15 reserve OF NUMBER ONE HITS BY FRED BRONSON The inside story of every Number One single from "Rock Around the Clock' to "We Are the World." AT BOOKSTORES NOW.

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BY FRANK LOVECE A bi-weekly survey of technical de- velopments in the hardware and software sides of the home video industry.

FILM MAY SOMEDAY be replaced as the picture -taking medium of choice, although it's clear that electronic still -picture technology won't be dislodging it anytime soon. Yet while electronic still -picture cameras haven't swept in on the coattails of VCRs and camcorders, one by- product has a promising near -term future: video "hard - copy" printers. The idea of electronic still -picture cameras made headlines in late 1981 when Sony announced, and showed prototypes of, a seminal model it called the "Mavica" (for "magnetic video camera "). The Mavica contained a CCD (charge -coupled device) image chip, similar to those in conventional tubeless video cameras. The CCD transferred images onto a "Mavipak" floppy disk inside the camera. The interchangeable disk, which could store up to 50 still pictures, could then be inserted into a viewer component for TV playback, or a video printer for "hard copies" -that is, prints. Sony also designed a modem for sending recorded images via telephone. The Mavica was to have gone on sale sometime in 1982, and would have retailed for approximately $1,000 with a choice of one of three lenses. The price for erasable, re- usable Mavipack disks was going to be about $3 each. Sony did not go through with marketing the Mavica (though the printer later turned up as the $15,000 industrial Mavigraph). Nei- ther Hitachi, Toshiba, nor any of the other companies involved in electronic still -picture research marketed a version, either. The initial difficulties arose with the camera itself -usually about the size of a typical single -lens reflex (SLR) 35mm film camera -and also with the video mini -disk, which TFj. E s,E rniNC aND was generally about two inches square and weighed a quarter of an ounce. In an amount of space that THE$LAINGO KID - still daunts video camcorder design- ers, the circuitry and the mecha- nisms for both imaging and video -FIDE VIREO SENSATION; recording (albeit of a single frame) SURE had to be squeezed together. A second problem was the maze of support products needed to make LOOKING FOR ANOTHER HIT? electronic still pictures practicable. Hitachi's planned system, for instance, included the somewhat com- WE'VE GOT IT! Starring floppy record- ically named "video Academy TONY DANZA PAUL Emrry Award- winner SHELLEY HACK er" that could serve as the interface Awa-c- nominee (WHO'S THE BOSS) MICHAEL GLASER MARE (CHARLIE 3 ANGELS) between video hardware, including CHRISTINE LAHT (STARSKY AND VWINNINGHAM the electronic still camera, and a TV (SONG SHIFT) HUTCH) (ST. ELMO'S FIRE) set or a monitor. The "video floppy recorder" could also have provided A HIT TITLE TRACK BY DOLLY PARTON! random access to images "filed" on FEATURING the floppy disk. Other hardware included a "playback adapter," de- NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: JULY 29, 1986 signed solely for TV playback of a

disk, and a hard -copy printer. nia ç 198E Prsm Enterto r ruent Corpvrat,on 1875 CAmury Pork East Los Angeles Cantu 90067 That last item is the only existing vestige of the Mavica and its labora- tory descendants, and only Mitsu- bishi's $390 model P5OU hard-copy, black -and -white video printer is priced anywhere near the consumer realm. (Introduced in late 1983 as a (Continued on next page) 65 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com =MI home video

Study Shows TV Penetration NEW YORK Almost all households in the U.S. -85.9 million in to all, 98% of the total -have television. That statistic comes from A.C. Nielsen's 31st annual "Re- He was good to port On Television," which is you once. No aimed at broadcast rather than home video executives. Among the report's other findings are the following: 93% of all TV households own color sets, and 57% have two or more TVs. The majority of VCR recording is done during prime time (45 %) and the daytime (25 %). Half of all recording is done while the TV set is off. Network affiliates' programs dominate the recordings, taking up 72% of total time used. Sunday evening is the biggest recording night (22%), and Saturday has the most playback (20 %). The latter figure includes rented programs. Some 76% of all the people in U.S. TV households are adults; the 2 -17 age group takes up 24 %. Nielsen didn't say what share the one -year -olds hold. The biggest TV users are households with pay TV; with more than three people; with income in the $15,000- $19,999 range; and with a nonadult makeup. Feature films are a powerful TV draw, even with the increasing power of the video rental market. According to Nielsen, situation comedies are the largest audience puller, drawing an average of 29 million people, followed by movies, bringing in 26.85 million.

FAST FORWARD (Continued from preceding page) quasi- consumer model, the P5OU, as well as the higher -resolution P6OU [$1,000] and the high- resolu- tion, bigger -picture P7OU [$1,300], are sold mainly through industrial- video outlets.) Kodak was planning to introduce a $700 color video printer to the consumer market this year, but plans for the company's Video System 7000 were apparently scuttled in the wake of its recent loss to Polaroid in an instant- picture patent suit. Frightening Freddy Krueger made Though hard-copy video printers "Nightmare on Elm Street" a blockbuster, both are generally used for commercial in the theatre and on the video charts. and medical graphics, they can be The monstrous killer is back by popular demand, in "Nightmare pressed into home -video service. By on Elm Street, interfacing a video printer Part 2" betweeen a video camera and a Every night in Jesse's dreams, Freddy's lethal claw leaves a VCR, or a VCR and a TV set, a consumer can obtain hard-copy prints bloody trail of terror and grisly murder. When Jesse awakens, he of, for example, moments from a has blood on his hands. And the brutal murders are real. Where video home movie. When and if tele- MEDIA NOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC. text and videotext make significant does nightmare end, and reality A Heron International Company begin? Los Angeles, California inroads in the U.S. -as they have al- Once again, Freddy will have your custom- ready in Europe -hard -copy prints of TV graphics could become a via- ers screaming for more. Order by May 29. On videocassette in June ble consumer business. Also available on laser videodisc. Yet even if all the technical and commercial bugs could be squashed, electronic still -video should be no threat to film in the foreseeable future. Film images are continuous; video images are made up of hundreds of scanning lines. 66 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com malome video Ethnic Documentary Specialty House Gains Major New Foothold on Ann Sa- catalog in that area -blues, Cajun, zog's "Fitzcarraldo," which has sold "Spend It All," based ka music and dance, the Texas published Cajun mu- BY JIM BESSMAN bluesmen Lightin' Hopkins and folk, ethnic," says Medwick. 275 copies, and "In Heaven There Is voy's recently ?," a 1984 look at Polish- sic tome; a Cajun food film; a docu- NEW YORK Flower Films special- Mance Lipscomb, zydeco king Clif- While he admits that Flower's No Beer polka and dance, which mentary on Tommy Jarrell's sister izes in producing and distributing ton Chenier, German film director price point "inhibits sell- through," American While Kell says that Julie Jarrell; and a look at the my- movies on obscure American ethnic Werner Herzog, Appalachian fid- he notes the company has greatly has sold 350. its packaging, and that Flower cannot afford to advertise thology of gap -toothed women. Kell cultures and musical styles. Now dler Tommy Jarrell, and Dizzy Gil- improved for merchandising the line is "so sim- and instead relies on word -of- adds that Strachwitz also hopes the company is slowly gaining a lespie. look at Clifton Chenier, According to Susan Kell, Flow- ple, all you have to do is play it and mouth, a "tiny" ad in the Polish a followup foothold in the home video market- film about Afro-Cuban drum- distribution manager, the titles talk about it -if the consumer is a newspaper Post Eagle has brought and a place. er's mer Francisco Aguabella is also be- Virtually all of the El Cerrito, were originally priced at $200. fan and finds out that you have it, forth a "steady" response. more titles in pro- ing considered. Calif. -based company's library is "We were new in the business they'll buy everything." Flower has five are: "Zveli: Medicine made up of Les Blank's acclaimed and had no one to go to for advice According to Kell, each Flower ti- duction. They about Serbian - Much of it is high - and, at that price, of course nobody tle has sold an average of 200 For The Heart," documentaries. -in- Flower's 90- bought them," says Kell. "As we copies, with the two biggest sellers Americans; a Chris Strachwitz priced for the genre. to the minute programs sell for $59.95. became more familiar with the mar- being "Burden Of Dreams," a 1982 spired "definitive" followup music documentary, Yet 115 retail outlets in 27 states ket we learned how to duplicate documentary of the making of Her- 1981 Cajun are now carrying movies from the them at lower cost and bring down company's 21 -title catalog, and the the price slowly. It's still higher Tower chain has already placed than average, but it's quality prod- Flower product on its "mandatory" uct." list. Kell says Flower broke free from All this has been achieved by a its mom -and -pop retail base when firm that has no advertising budget Tower Video picked up its titles two and relies primarily on word -of- months ago. "We were in some rec- mouth. ord stores, but now we're working Transferred to video four years on getting into Wherehouse," she ago, the Flower Films catalog con- says. sists of the documentaries Blank At Tower Video's Sacramento has been making since 1967 and dis- headquarters, director of marketing tributing since 1971. These include Joe Medwick says that the chain is examinations of Cajun music and "one million percent" behind the culture, Tex -Mex border music, pol- Flower line. "Tower carries a deep Panelists Examine Marketplace Clip Sales Need A Boost market for new age music on video. BY ETHLIE ANN VARE The demand for the product is LOS ANGELES Music video must strong, she said, and its exposure in be treated as product, rather than broadcast and club outlets is mini- programming, if the industry is to mal, leaving a lot of room for con- flourish. That was the consensus of sumer demand to develop. the music video panel at the recent One reason the music market Music Business Symposium here. may be soft, Peacock said, is that But with music video holding less "we haven't scratched the surface of video promotion of home sale vid- / eo." She stressed the importance of Yabba-Dabba -Deal. Tom Devlin, vice president of Worldvision Home Video, and Joe Cayre, chairman of Kids Klassics, `Prices go down generating excitement in order to shake hands to celebrate the signing of a deal under which 20 Worldvision titles will go to Kids to retail for less than $10. break through the barrier some- The programs will be from the Hanna -Barbera and Ruby Spears libraries, and yes, the Flintstones will be included. when sales go up' times presented by videos that are not music -oriented. Good promo- than a 5% share of the prerecorded tions, she said, are among the best sale and rental market, the question ways to create that energy. of how to accelerate home sales end- Current stumbling blocks cited by TV Ad Producer Sets Up Tape Division ed up dominating the discussion. panelists included the high unit cost "Clip shows have to become a of music video and the low quality Will Work With Chestnut Communications product. "Re- EUE way to whet the appetite of the mu- of much prerecorded the venture. will go down when sales NEW YORK EUE Screen Gems, EUE has 25 directors on staff, Kes- cess of it," he says of sic video buyer," said Bob Emmer tail prices be- Peacock. the largest producer of television tenbaum says. Kestenbaum sees the product of MGM /UA Home Video, the pan- go up," said ways: When an agitated consumer in commercials in the U.S., has created The six -year -old Chestnut Com- ing distributed in four el's moderator. "We have to con- i.e. tradi- what they don't the audience complained strongly a home video division. munications has worked with such Through "normal," vince people to buy video specialty channels. long versions, R -rated about the poor quality of prerecord- The company will concentrate on companies as Nabisco, Richardson tional, get for free: Via direct-response marketing. X versions." ed music videocassettes, moderator sponsored cassettes, says Al Kes- Dix, Sterling Drugs, Iroquois versions, even -rated Direct to the consumer via ad- Panelists pointed to a number of Emmer noted that this, too, is part tenbaum, president of Chestnut vertising in general and segmented success stories in the use of broad- of the low volume /high cost cycle. Communications, the company EUE `We are really to promote the sale of "Cost pressure is forcing manufac- will be working with to produce and publications. cast media As premiums by sponsoring ad- music -oriented home video product. turers to use high -speed duping and market its product. EUE chairman serious about it' low -quality tape," he said. "It costs and owner George Cooney will be vertising agencies. Celia Hirschman of the Los Ange- distribution area EUE will be firm Vis- $7.50 a unit now just for duplication working directly on the project. One les -based video marketing especially closely is the cited Atlantic's long -form and packaging." "We've just started this up, and Brands, and Coleman Inc. EUE has looking at Ability book business, Kestenbaum says. video of Pete Townshend's "White Still, better quality may be the we have several products at various worked with virtually every major busi- He believes that in five years or less City" album, for which individual key to increased home sales, accord- stages of development," Kesten- advertising company in the The company is looking ness. "We'll give a certain legitima- the two industries will have song clips were released as promo- ing to Hirschman, who drew an baum says. to it. analogy to the sales of audio- to do between six and eight produc- cy to the whole area," Kestenbaum merged, or will be close tional tools. "Wherever books are sold home vid- Michelle Peacock, video promo- cassettes. tions in 1986, with budgets running claims. People used to tape records at anywhere from $50,000 -$250,000 for Potential sponsors have been eos will be sold," he predicts. tion director for Capitol Records, not believe the costs of of Duran home "in part because the quality of how -tos and somewhat higher for scared away from home video by He does discussed the success video production will slow down the Duran's "Arena." She noted that [prerecorded] cassettes was so entertainment titles. the low production values of much con- of the product, Kestenbaum says. growth of the business and says achieved strong sell - poor," she said. "The labels finally The company's advertising the company that, with the average cost of a 30- title by releasing did something about quality control, nections will be of special value to The new EUE venture will help through for the second television commercial now at five -minute clips to select vid- and cassette sales skyrocketed. We the venture, Kestenbaum claims, change that, he says. three $120,000, "a one -hour video for the combining that have to see a similar direction in this adding that EUE does "hundreds" "We're really serious about it. We eo programs and same amount doesn't seem expen- with contests and other promotions. industry if we hope to win the retail of commercials a year for the adver- wouldn't have put our names and sive at all." TONY SEIDEMAN Roberta Perry of ET Video, which market." tising industry and that he has di- reputations out there if we didn't supplies software and hardware to rected hundreds of commercials for think that there's big potential and big suc- clubs and lounges, predicted a good EUE in the course of his career. that we're going to make a 67 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com nternational U.K. Tape Manufacturers Offer New Arti -levy Ammunition stereo." BY NICK ROBERTSHAW other European countries. by for abolition of the levy when it case attempting to prove that tape Support for this view comes from "The levy scheme as proposed is reviewed in 1988. And, LONDON The Tape Manufactur- Ritter levies constitute an illegal "state the survey's finding that heavy buy- would be an administrative night- adds, the possibility of legal action aid." ers' Group, representing U.K. blank ers of blank tape, defined as those mare bound in expensive red tape on national or European Economic But IFPI associate director gen- tape interests, is mounting a rear- who buy three or more tapes per perforated by legal loopholes." guard campaign against Community grounds has not been eral Gillian Davies maintains that govern- month, also buy more prerecorded The TMG also draws attention to excluded. both arguments ment plans for a 10% audio software are flawed. The the problems experienced in West "state aid" contention, she says, levy. The trade group is basing its Germany since the introduction of a case on overlooks the fact that any levy a new survey of blank tape The proposal blank tape levy there last July, in ad- `Tape levies may use in Britain. would be a royalty going directly to dition to the hardware levy in force those copyright According to the TMG- commis- is ill- conceived' owners whose work since 1965. According to Manfred Rit- breach EEC law' is copied, and sioned survey, 51% of not a state -imposed all blank -tape ter, chairman of the European Tape tax used for the recording time is devoted to copying material than state's own pur- light buyers (one per Industry Council, complete registra- The British TMG takes a similar poses. Nor, she says, can levy consumers' own records or other month). a be On average, heavy buyers tion of all imports has proven impos- view. Says Hobbs: "A law enforcing construed as discrimination against material, and a further 18% to re- purchase 1.38 LPs, 1.59 singles, and sible, since only the value, weight, tape levies could be in breach of the blank tape industry, since the cording from public broadcast 0.87 prerecorded cassettes monthly, and quantity, but not the playing EEC law. By forcing one industry to consumer will foot the bill. media. while light buyers purchase only times of such tapes, are noted. make payments to another in ways On the possibility of exported In both cases, the TMG says, fees 0.46 LPs, 0.35 singles, and 0.4 prere- Nor is there any guarantee that other than as payment for goods or blank tapes being subject - for copyright use will already have corded cassettes to a twice over the same peri- levy -free exports ever actually services, the government would be over levy payment, IFPI notes that been paid-so that the imposition of od, according to the study. leave the country. As a result, a intervening a in a 'free' market. in West Germany and France the new levy would require about 70% "The copyright owners," Hobbs "grey" market has developed, and "This would of tape buyers distort competition royalty is payable only on tapes of- to pay twice for a sin- says, "claim that people tape to in the first six months of the levy and affect trade between member gle piece of music. fered for sale in the domestic mar- avoid buying records, but the sur- members of the West German Tape states. Under the present proposals, ket. Double payment, "Copyright holders would be vey says she says, that this is not so. Basical- Manufacturers' Group, represent- tapes levied in one country could be would only arise in the unlikely laughing all the way to the bank," ly, our opposition centers on one ing only 75% of the market, have liable for further levy payment event of a tape being put on sale in says TMG chairman Christopher simple but crucial point: The gov- found themselves paying nearly when imported Hobbs. into Britain. This one market, withdrawn, and then "The survey found that the ernment proposal is bad legislation, 90% of the levy. price majority hike could restrict tape trade re- packaged for export. of people tape albums ei- unfair, and ill- conceived. Our view is Discussions with the German between EEC ther to member companies preserve an LP's pristine that the law should make home tap- ministries of finance, economics, and therefore be illegal." condition or to allow them to play ing legal without a levy, as part of and justice have proved fruitless, Already, Hobbs notes, French tape INTERNATIONAL music in their car or on a personal EDITOR the principle of fair use accepted in and the local TMG now plans to lob- manufacturers are involved in a test PETER JONES, Billboard, 71 Beak St., London WIR 3LF. 01- 439 9411. Unsurprising Survey Results INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS `Suggestive' Hong Kong Hit Austria -MANFRED SCHREIBER, 1180 Wien, XVII, Kreuzgasse 27. 0222 48- 28-82. Japanese Youth Into Audio, Video Australia -GLENN BAKER, P.O. Box 261, Baulk - ham Hills, 2153 New South Wales. TOKYO The average young players, and 6.7% had videodisk Spurs Controversy Belgium -MARC MAES, Kapelstraat 41, 2040 adult in Japan spends Antwerpen. 03-5688082. more than players. A total of 95% had three "We are truly saddened to see such $40 a month on records and prere- or more units BY HANS EBERT Canada -KIRK LaPOINTE, 7 Glen Ames Ave., of audio /video sensationalistic lyrics in our music Toronto, Ontario M4E 1M3. 416-364-0321. corded tapes and spends eight hardware. HONG KONG Politicians, teach- world. They are harmful to the men- Czechoslovakia-DR. LUBOMIR DOURZKA, 14 hours a week listening to music or Asked about likely future in- ers, and parents here have slammed tal well -being of not only young- Zeleny Pruh, 147 00 Praha 4 Branik. 26 -16-08. watching Denmark video. vestments in audio /video equip- as indecent pop singer Anita Mui's sters but also immature adults." -KNUD ORSTED, 22 Tjoernevej, DK- Those are among 3070 Snekkersten. 02 -22- 26-12. the findings ment, 90% agreed on satellite "Bad Girls," one of the most popu- She further complained that the contained in a new survey con- broadcast receivers, DAT (digital lar Finland -KARI HELOPALTIO, SF -01860 Perttula songs of recent months. effect of such songs is even greater 27- 18 -36. ducted by Akai Electronic. The re- audiotape recorders), and stereo The single, banned by Radio Tele- when accompanied France DERRY HALL, 8 Rue de l'Eure, 75014 search, involving by a suggestive some 400 men sound television sets. vision Hong Kong and Commercial videoclip. Paris. 1- 543 -4879. and women in their 20s, was Greece CARR, car- And the great majority agreed Radio, has been widely criticized for Healthy Poon, head of the Ama- -JOHN Kaisarias 26-28, Athens ried out in Akihabara, 610. a Tokyo dis- that there would be a sales decline its lyrics, which translate roughly teur Lyric Writers Assn. of Hong trict that houses several audio/ in monaural television sets, analog Helland -WILLEM HOOS, Bilderdijhlaan 28, Hil- as "He presses his body against me Kong, says that creative freedom is versum. video discount stores. record players, and "karaoke" 035-43137. and kisses me on the brow, his vital. But at the same time, he says, Hong Kong-HANS EBERT, TNS, 17 /F, Wah Some 91% of those surveyed had sing -along machines. breath near my ears has made me record producers Kwong Bldg., 48-62 Hennessey Rd., Tel: (5) television sets, and lyricists while 72.3% had ra- The $40 spent represented an hot, making me forget where my ra- should consider carefully what they 276021. dio /cassette Hungary -PAUL GYONGY, Orloutca recorders, 58.6% had average 18.6% of respondents' tionality is." create and the enormous influence 3/b, 1026 VCRs, 21.5% had compact disk monthly spending money. Esther Ho, of the Society of Tele- Budapest 11. Tel: 167 -456. exerted by exposure on radio and Ireland -KEN STEWART, 56 Rathgar Road, Dub- vision Awareness Training, says, television. lin 6, Ireland. 97- 14-72. Anita Mui insists, however, that Israel -BENNY DUDKEVITCH, P.O. Box 7750, "despite criticism from society, I'll 92 428 Jerusalem. keep singing this kind Italy -VITTORIO CASTELLI, Via Vigoni 7, 20122 of song, or Milan. 02- 8mm Video Grows Island France any type, as long it has a new style 545-5126. In Japan Japan -SHIG FUJITA, Utsunomiya Bldg., 19 -16 or represents some advance or Jingumae 6- Chome, Shibuya -ku Tokyo 150.03 200 Titles Now On The Market Moves To RCA breakthrough in the music world. 4984641. My single is really conservative Kenya-RON ANDREWS, P.O. Box 41152, Nairo- TOKYO More than 200 bi. 24725. 8mm video- Videosoftware International's di- PARIS After more than two de- when compared with some Western cassette releases from 28 countries rector of development and business cades with Phonogram, Island Rec- songs. Philippines -CES RODRIGUEZ, 11 Tomas Beni- are now available in Japan, with mu- affairs, 30 record stores and 100 ords has tez, Quezon City 3008. switched its French distri- "People in Hong Kong readily ac- Poland -ROMAN WASCHKO, sic -video titles accounting for al- electrical appliance stores in Magiera 9m 37, Japan bution to RCA /Ariola. cept English- language songs with 01-873 Warszawa. 34-36 -04. most half the total, according to the now stock 8mm software. RCA /Ariola already handles Is- lyrics about sex or generally open - Portugal -FERNANDO TENENTE, R Sta Helena most recent figures. By year's end, 122 R By the end of 1986, he adds, 100 land product in West Germany, Be- minded concepts. Why can't we ac- /c, Oporto. the overall number of releases Romania-OCTAVIAN URSULESCU, Str. Radu is ex- record outlets and 200 electrical nelux, and Spain. In addition, the cept Chinese songs the same way ?" pected to top 300. de la La Afumati nr, 57 -B Sector 2, Bucharest stores will carry 8mm product. An company has been seeking addition- Local record companies are fol- Of those already in the shops, 45 8mm promotion campaign, running 0.P. 9. 13 -4610. 16-20-80. al labels to distribute, whereas lowing the controversy with inter- Singapore -ANITA EVANS, 164 Mount Pleasant come from the CBS /Sony group, through the fall, will place special PolyGram had Chrysalis, A &M, Rd., 1129. 2560551. which includes est. Sony Corp., demonstration racks in record out- Baby Records, and ECM. Says one executive: "Obviously, South Africa-JOHN MILLER, 305 Buckingham CBS /Sony, Epic Ct, Leyds St., Joubert Park, Johannesburg. /Sony, and Sony lets, with 8mm players in operation PolyGram's international service, there are pros and cons to this case. Videosoftware 2000. International. Seven to showcase the quality and avail- headed by Jean -Paul Commin, On the one hand, banning the song other record companies have a total ability of product in the new format. Sweden -MAGNUS JANSON, Tavastgatan 43, played a major role in the French stifles creativity and maybe says 11724 Stockholm. 8- 585 -085. of 38 releases on the market, includ- Full -color catalogs showing the full success of such Island acts as Grace something about the future of free- Switzerland- PIERRE HAESLER, Hasenweld 8, ing 13 from Toshiba -EMI 11 and range of titles will also be made Jones, Robert Palmer, Bob Marley, dom of speech in this territory. On CH-4600 Olten, 062- 215909. from Pony. U.S.S.R. Among motion picture available. and Marianne Faithful] in the early the other hand, all this opposition to -VADIM D. YURCHENKOV, 6 Aprel- companies, RCA skaya Str., Block 2, Apt. 16, 195268 Lenin- /Columbia has 10, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Julian '80s. The company has also recently the song goes a long way in show- Nikkatsu Video 16, Toni Video five, Lennon, Lee Ritenour, Paul Simon, achieved good grad, K -268. 225-35-88. results with the Lon- ing the authorities in mainland Chi- West Germany- WOLFGANG SPAHR (Chief Cor- and Herald Pony one. Daryl Hall & John Oates, Michael don -based West German band Pro- na that we, as an industry, are tak- respondent), 236 Bad Segeberg, An der Trave The 96 music videocassettes in- Jackson, Wham!, Bette Midler, Lin- paganda, whose single "Machin- ing a tougher stance on the contents 67 b, Postfach 1150.04551- 81428. clude 46 featuring international art- da Ronstadt, and Elton John are ery" is silver in France, while its of pop songs. That's of paramount JIM SAMPSON (News Editor), Grillparzerstr. ists, 25 46, 8000 Munich 80.89- 473368. Tlx: 5216622. featuring Japanese acts, and among the Western artists listed. Trevor Horn -produced album "Se- importance if we ever wish to have Yugoslavia-MITJA VOLCIC, 12 "karaoke" sing -along tapes. Ac- cret Wish" has sold around 100,000 Dragomer, Rozna our locally produced records sold on 6, 61 351, Brezovica, Ljubljana 23 -522. cording to Hiroaki Ishikawa, Sony units to date in this market. the Mainland." 68 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com Canada Government Unveils Its Assistance Plan PROCAN Revenues Rise $25 Million Earmarked For Records, Video, Radio The Performing level by the board, and a reduction TORONTO need apply for funds. Rights Organization of Canada in the pop concert tariff. 9 at a midday news conference. He experienced BY KIRK LaPOINTE preference will be given to (PROCAN) last year posted a PROCAN currently represents conceded that the Canadian record- He said record companies, music publishers, modest 3.7% increase in revenues, some 19,000 Canadian composers, MONTREAL The federal govern- ing industry, which directly em- and others with a track to a total of $22.1 million. lyricists, and music publishers, an ment has outlined a five -year, $25 ploys between 11,000 and 15,000 managers, in t business. PROCAN president Jan Matej- all -time high. Revenue from for- million assistance program for the people, has been largely neglected record ie He the French -language in- cek, pointing to stepped-up licens- eign sources for performance of Canadian recording industry, which over the years by the government. said music abroad totalled it hopes will stimulate the produc- While many details of the pro- dustry was given such large sup- ing activities as a major source of Canadian has the greatest the $1.8 million in 1985. tion of domestic recordings, videos, gram have yet to be ironed out, port becaise it the marginal increase, says figures showing that small overall improvement "re- ROCAN has also announced and syndicated radio programs. what is known is that the $25 million need. He cited in French -language re- the reductions in tariff ar- that Toronto music publisher Heavily targeted in the scheme is will be administered by the Commu- the decline flects recent years has been eas arising from decisions by the Frank Davies, formerly head of the ailing French -language record- nications Dept. in Montreal for such cordings i' last ATV Music in Canada, will join the ing business, based in Quebec, areas as production, promotion, and dramatic. Copyright Appeal Board indicated that the year." board, as will Montreal composer which will receive a disproportion- management upgrading. Overall, Masse independent Canadian the PROCAN chief John Rea. Publisher Tony Tobias ate amount of funding -40% of the Over five years, $16 million will state of the Specifically, suggests an "urgent singled out the TV broadcaster is retiring from the board. total. go toward the production of Canadi- record sector new initiatives." He point- fee, which was frozen at the 1984 Communications Minister Marcel an sound recordings, including a need for Masse announced the program May guaranteed $2 million for concert ed to the immense domination of the recordings and $1 million for syndi- business by foreign -owned firms: cated radio programming featuring The major multinationals account music. Some $2.5 million is being for more than 89% of the revenues April Is Precious -Metal Month earmarked for video production; $4 of the record retail business here. million for marketing support in But Masse said independent la- such areas as tour costs, trade fair bels are the lifeblood of the busi- CRIA Certification: Album Sales Fly Nigh attendance, and foreign promotion; ness. About 70% of the recordings product of TORONTO Topping the list of Life," which rocketed through the Billboard compiles an unofficial and $2.5 million for managerial and made in Canada are the owned firms. April's certifications by the Canadian platinum barrier and appears headed monthly list of certifications accord- planning funds. small, domestically move was initial- Recording Industry Assn. (CRIA) are for upper sales echelons. ing to distributing companies and a The package is not all that is in The government in the February bud- diamond -selling albums by two estab- The domestic business, which had year-to-date tally. store for the business, either. Marla ly announced a few months to Phil and Dire been in the doldrums, saw the emer- The monthly totals for April: Capi- Waltman, an official in the Commu- get, but it took lished artists, Collins Even more Straits. But equally significant might gence in April of a bona fide stellar tol -EMI, 7; PolyGram, 5; A&M, CBS, nications Dept. in Ottawa who over- flesh out the program. to be needed to set the be the first triple platinum children's newcomer. Glass Tiger, currently rid- and WEA, 4; RCA, 3; Distributions sees matters concerning the record- time appears so it may be several album, by Raffi, and a solid return to ing high with a No. 1 single in Cana- Select, 1. ing sector, says several other pro- guidelines, the Canadian music best-selling form by domestic veter- da, "Don't Forget Me When I'm The year -to -date tally: CBS, 29; grams are in the works or under months before benefit from the ans Rush. Gone," scored gold and platinum in Capitol -EMI, 17; RCA, 15; PolyGram, examination. These include a financ- business begins to CRIA's April list certifies 28 re- the month for its Jim Valiance-pro- 11; A &M, 9; WEA, 6; MCA, 5; Distri- ing program for the establishment government's largesse. cordings. Collins' "No Jacket duced album, "The Thin Red Line." butions Select, 3. of businesses. Required" and Dire Straits' "Broth- Only a few months ago, Glass Tiger Masse's announcement of the ers In Arms" joined the elite club of was a relatively unknown band from program made it clear that only the albums to surpass 10 -times platinum Newmarket, Ontario, with a medio- in Canada, with sales of one million cre-selling first album out under a units. It is the first time in recent different name. The band is now the memory that two albums eclipsed the biggest domestic breakthrough of EASTERN EXPOSURE million mark in the same month. 1986. CRIA also certified their hit sin- Not to be overlooked were quadru- gle gold during April. ple- platinum awards for "Whitney But platinum, even double plati- Houston" and for "Scarecrow" by num, is old hat to Honeymoon Suite, John Cougar Mellencamp, both of another Canadian band which scored which may have the legs at retail to big in April. Its second effort, "The move past the half -million level even- Big Prize," surpassed gold and plati- PLAY tually. num too, and appears headed for big- Chugging along nicely is Mr. Mis- ger things. (CRIA says it qualified ter's "Welcome to the Real World," for platinum way back in February, which CRIA certified as triple- plati- so this is not going to be the last certi- num in April. But the other two tri- fication the band will get.) The two ple- platinum albums are significant other platinum certifications also domestic stories for the Canadian came from relative newcomers: The business. Rush's "Moving Pictures" Cult's "Love" and "Falco 3." is the band's best -selling effort in Other gold albums included three some time, while Raffi's "Singable more from Canada: Anne Murray's Songs for the Very Young" is the latest, "Something to Talk About," first -ever 300,000 -seller in the chil- Martine St. Clair's "Ce Soir L'Amour dren's category. Est Dans Tes Yeux," and another The only other multi -platinum sell- children's album, "Mainly Mother er in April was Sade's "Diamond Goose," by Sharon, Lois, and Bram. Maple briefs PROMOTION IN KOREA AND TAIWAN COMPACT DISK hardware prices ams has a crush on Lady Di, and CONCERT have failed to come down below the had in fact written "Diana" for his $350 -$370 level in Canada. Now, "Reckless" album as a sort of love however, the Radio Shack chain song to her. Manager Bruce Allen, has broken the $300 barrier (by five ever so diplomatically, issued a cents). The move may finally force stern denial of the rumor. other prices down. WHERE HAS Quality Records POOR BRYAN. ADAMS. People gone? Only a few weeks ago, it was Inter -Pacific Entertainment Group just won't stop speculating about trumpeting its movement into TV his love life. A few months ago, a marketing. But did it have to fold up move? Hollywood columnist suggested he shop to make the Operations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT JANICE REED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT JIMMY CHA and Tina Turner were an item. manager Ned Talmey sent a letter PARK KUNG WOON BLDG_ 7th FLOOR 739 -5111 -2 Now, following his recent perfor- April 18 to programmers canceling 1880 CENTURY EAST SUITE 301 90067 USA TELEX: #70. KYUNG WOON -DONG 739-8111-2 Expo radio service, and nary a word has LOS ANGELES, CA 640- 288 -0789 mance at 86 before Prince (213) 277 -3211 FAX 213- 277 -0512 CHONGRO -KU, SEOUL, KOREA TELEX K26975 SKKIM Charles and Princess Diana, the been heard from the company since. British press is gossiping that Ad- 69 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986 www.americanradiohistory.com CANADA (Courtesy The Record) As of 5/8/86 AUSTRALIA (Courtesy Kent Music Report) As of 5/19/86 SINGLES SINGLES 1 1 DON'T FORGET ME GLASS TIGER CAPITOL 1 1 LIVING DOLL CLIFF RICHARD & THE YOUNG ONES WEA 2 3 HARLEM SHUFFLE ROLLING STONES COLUMBIA /CBS 2 2 CHAIN REACTION DIANA ROSS CAPITOL /EMI 3 2 NIKITA ELTON JOHN WEA 3 3 KISS PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION WARNER /WEA 4 13 CAPTAIN OF HER HEART DOUBLE POLYGRAM 4 6 A DIFFERENT CORNER GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC/CBS 5 4 LET'S GO ALL THE WAY SLY FOX CAPITOL 5 5 MANIC MONDAY BANGLES LIBERATION /EMI 6 6 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU 42 POLYGRAM - LEVEL 6 4 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH BILLY OCEAN LIBERATION /EMI 7 5 KISS PRINCE PAISLEY PARK /WEA 7 12 ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER ISLAND /FESTIVAL 8 12 WEST END GIRLS PET SHOP BOYS CAPITOL 8 17 LIVE TO TELL MADONNA SIRE /WEA 9 9 WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE VAN HALEN WARNER BROS. /WEA 9 7 WEST END GIRLS THE PET SHOP BOYS PARLOPHONE /EMI 10 10 A GOOD HEART IS HARD TO FIND FEARGAL SHARKEY VIRGIN /A &M 10 10 MOVE AWAY CULTURE CLUB VIRGIN /EMI 11 11 MANIC MONDAY BANGLES COLUMBIA /CBS 11 9 oi the HOW WILL I KNOW WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA /RCA 12 7 ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER ISLAND /MCA 12 8 ELOUISE THE DAMNED MCA /WEA 13 19 BAD BOY MIAMI SOUND MACHINE CBS 13 20 WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE VAN HALEN WARNER /WEA 14 14 MOVE AWAY CULTURE CLUB VIRGIN /A &M 14 15 BABY, YOU'RE SO STRANGE ICEHOUSE REGULAR /FESTIVAL 15 15 THE POWER OF LOVE JENNIFER RUSH CBS 15 16 NO ONE IS TO BLAME HOWARD JONES WEA 16 17 LIVE TO TELL MADONNA WEA 16 18 GREAT WALL BOOM CRASH OPERA WEB 17 18 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY JANET JACKSON A &M 17 11 RUSSIANS STING A&M/FESTIVAL 18 8 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP R.O.C. K. IN THE USA RIVA /POLYGRAM 18 NEW BEAT'S SO LONELY CHARLIE SEXTON MCA /WEA LD 19 NEW IF YOU LEAVE OMD VIRGIN /A &M NEW AA) 19 ROCK ME AMADEUS FALCO A &M /FESTIVAL 20 20 JOHNNY COME HOME FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS IRS /MCA 20 14 CONCRETE AND CLAY MARTIN PLAZA CBS ALBUMS ©Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication ALBUMS 1 2 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA /RCA 1 1 may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any VARIOUS 1986 WAY TO GO FESTIVAL 2 1 VAN HALEN 5150 WARNER BROS. /WEA 2 4 form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, MENTAL AS ANYTHING GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 REGULAR /CBS 3 3 or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ROLLING STONES DIRTY WORK COLUMBIA /CBS 3 3 DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS VERTIGO /POLYGRAM 4 GLASS TIGER THE 4 THIN RED LINE CAPITOL 4 2 STING DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES A &M /FESTIVAL 5 5 MR. MISTER BROKEN WINGS RCA /ARIOLA 5 5 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA /RCA 6 8 BRITAIN (Courtesy Music Week) As of 5/12/86 HEART NEVER CAPITOL 6 7 JIMMY BARNES FOR THE WORKING CLASS MAN MUSHROOM /FESTIVAL This Last 7 7 ROBERT PALMER RIPTIDE ISLAND /MCA 7 6 Week Week SINGLES 8 6 BOB SEGER &THE SILVER BULLET BAND LIKE A ROCK CAPITOL VARIOUS ALL THE HITS WEA 9 9 PET SHOP BOYS PLEASE CAPITOL 8 NEW BARBRA STREISAND THE BROADWAY ALBUM CBS 1 11 THE CHICKEN SONG SPITTING IMAGE VIRGIN 10 10 PRINCE S. THE REVOLUTION PARADE PAISLEY PARK /WEA 9 8 PARADE PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION WARNER /WEA 2 4 ON MY OWN PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD MCA 11 11 DIRE 10 9 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS LONDON /POLYGRAM 3 3 LESSONS IN LOVE LEVEL 42 POLYDOR STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS VERTIGO / POLYGRAM 12 14 PRETTY IN PINK SOUNDTRACK A 11 10 ICEHOUSE MEASURE FOR MEASURE REGULAR /FESTIVAL 4 1 ROCK ME AMADEUS FALCO A &M &M 13 13 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 12 12 HUNTERS & COLLECTORS HUMAN FRAILITY WHITE LABEL /FESTIVAL 5 2 LIVE TO TELL MADONNA SIRE SCARECROW RIVA /POLYGRAM 14 16 JULIAN LENNON THE SECRET VALUE OF DAYDREAMING 13 17 SADE PROMISE EPIC /CBS 6 5 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY JANET JACKSON A &M ATLANTIC /WEA 14 14 STEVIE NICKS ROCK A LITTLE PARLOPHONE /EMI 7 15 SLEDGEHAMMER PETER GABRIEL VIRGIN 15 15 JENNIFER RUSH CBS 15 16 JOHN 8 10 GREATEST LOVE DENVER CHANGES STARCALL /RCA OF ALL WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 16 NEW BANGLES DIFFERENT LIGHT COLUMBIA /CBS 16 15 VAN HALEN 5150 WARNER /WEA 9 8 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE MARVIN GAYE MOTOWN 17 12 THE CULT LOVE VERTIGO /POLYGRAM 17 11 ROLLING STONES DIRTY WORK CBs 10 7 CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE FIVE STAR TENT 18 18 HONEYMOON SUITE THE BIG PRIZE WARNER 18 11 37 BROS. /WEA 13 VARIOUS TELEVISION'S GREATEST HITS LIBERATION /EMI SNOOKER LOOPY MATCHROOM MOB WITH CHAS & DAVE 19 19 RocKNEY /towEReeu SADE PROMISE PORTRAIT /CBS 19 NEW JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP SCARECROW MERCURY /POLYGRAM 20 17 FALCO FALCO A 12 6 A DIFFERENT CORNER GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC 3 &M 20 NEW INXS LISTEN LIKE THIEVES WEA 13 22 WHY ECAN'T THIS LOVE VAN HELEN WARNER 14 27 THERE'LLVE/Z SAD SONGS TO MAKE YOU CRY BILLY OCEAN WEST GERMANY (Courtesy Der Musikmarkt) As of 5/5/86 (Courtesy Music Labo) As of 5/19/86 JIVE /ZOM BA JAPAN 15 9 A KIND OF MAGIC QUEEN EMI SINGLES SINGLES 16 18 ALL AND ALL JOYCE SIMS LONDON 1 2 MIDNIGHT LADY CHRIS MORMAN HANSA /ARIOLA 1 NEW NATSU WO MATENAI SAYURI KOKUSHO CBS /SONY /APRIL M 2 1 ZO-SAN 17 40 SPIRIT IN THE SKY DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS IRS /MCA 1 2 GEIL BRUCE & BONGO RUSH / ARIOLA NO SCANTY ONYANKO CLUB USHIROYUBI SASARE GUMI 18 CANYON /FUJI /PACIFIC/ASAHI TSU 13 YOU AND ME TONIGHT AURRA IO RECORDS 3 4 IRRESISTIBLE STEPUEHANIE TELDEC 3 2 505011E MINAKO HONDA TOSHIBA /EMI /NICHION /BOND 19 16 I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU PRINCESS SUPREME 4 3 MANIC MONDAY BANGLES CBS 4 6 BAN BAN BAN KUWATA BAND VICTOR /AMUSE /FUJI /PACIFIC 20 35 ROCK LOBSTER B -52'S ISLAND 5 NEW ENGINEER ANIMOTION CASABLANCA /PHONGRAM 5 4 RASBERRY DREAM REVEKKA CBS /SONY /SHINKO M /NTV M 21 8 LOOK AWAY BIG COUNTRY MERCURY 6 5 KISS PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION PAISLEY PARK 6 3 100 DANJO KOSAI KYOKO KOIZUMI VICTOR /BURNING 22 23 BOYS DON'T CRY CURE FICTION 7 6 LOVE MISSILE F1 ] 1 SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK PARLOPHONE /EMI 7 10 CHOTTO YA SOTTO JA CANT GET LOVE AYUMI NAKAMURA 23 34 TENDER LOVE FORCE M.D.'S TOMMY BOY HUMMING BIRD 8 9 A KIND OF MAGIC QUEEN EMI 24 17 SECRET LOVERS ATLANTIC STARR A&M 8 9 KIMI WA 1000 1986 OMEGA TRIBE VAP /NTV M /VANMUDA M 9 10 TAUSENDMAL DU MUENCHENER FREIHEIT CBS 25 NEW ROLLIN' HOME STATUS QUO VERTIGO 9 5 TEENAGE WALK WATANABE EPIC /SONY /SANDA M /NICHION 10 7 A LOVE BIZARRE SHEILA E PAISLEY PARK 26 26 YOUR LATEST TRICK DIRE STRAITS VERTIGO 10 7 KANASHIMI YO KONNICHIWA YUKI SAITO 11 18 A DIFFERENT CORNER GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC /CBS CANYON /TOHO /FUJI /PACIFIC 27 12 JUST SAY NO GRANGE HILL CAST BBC 12 13 DANCE WITH ME ALPHAVILLE WEB 11 8 OTTO CHIKAN ONYANKO CLUB CANYON /FUJI /PACIFIC 28 19 THE FINEST SOS BAND TABU 12 12 13 8 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS BOWIE VIRGIN GENKI NA BROUKUN HAAT CCB POLYDOR /HIYOSHI /JCM 29 38 ROUGH BOY ZZ TOP WARNER DAVID / ARIOLA 13 11 KOI NO ROPU 0 HODOKANI DE ERI NITTA 14 NEW TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) SAMANTHA FOX JIVE TELDEC 30 20 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID SIMPLE MINDS VIRGIN / CANYON /FUJI /PACIFIC /BOND 15 15 TRAIN OF THOUGHT A -HA WARNER /WEA 31 21 LIVING DOLL CLIFF RICHARDS & THE YOUNG ONES FEATURING 14 15 SEASON IN THE SUN THE TUBE CBS /SONY/ WHITE M 16 NEW HANK MARVIN WEA MAERCHENPRINZ ESRTE ALLGEMEINE VERUNSICHERUNG EMI 15 13 SEBANGO NO NAI EISU LAFU LADY PORIDORU 32 25 WONDERFUL WORLD SAM COOKE RCA 17 14 THE PROMISE YOU MADE COCK ROBIN ces /TOHO /FUJI /PACIFIC /LIGHT SONG 16 17 I'LL BE BACK AGAIN -ITSUKA WA TAKESHI HIROKI VICTOR /NTV M 33 24 TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) SAMANTHA FOX JIVE 18 NEW PETER GUNN ART OF NOISE & DUANE EDDY CHRYSALIS / ARIOLA 17 NEW GARASUGOSHI NI KIETA NATSU MASAYUKI SUZUKI EPIC /SONY- 34 NEW ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER ISLAND 19 11 SILENT RUNNING MIKE AND THE MECHANICS WEB FUJI PACIFIC /UNCLE F 35 NEW SET ME FREE JAKI GRAHAM EMI 20 NEW STRANGERS BY NIGHT CC CATCH HANSA /ARIOLA 18 14 SHI -GATSU RESSHA MIYUKI SUGIURA WARNER /PIONEER /HORI MUSIC 36 NEW IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS BANGLES CBS ALBUMS 19 18 FURAMINGO IN PARADISE YOKO OGINOME VICTOR /HIYOSHI /JCM 37 39 THE BIG SKY KATE BUSH EMI 20 16 DEKAMERON WARNER 1 1 HERBERT GROENEMEYER SPRUENGE EMI DENSETSU SHONENTAI /JANIIZU 38 29 STARS HEAR 'N AID VERTIGO 2 2 ROLLING ALBUMS 39 NEW STONES DIRTY WORK ROLLING STONES /CBS SINFUL PETE WYLIE MOM 1 2 TATSURO YAMASHITA POCKET MUSIC MOON 40 3 5 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA/ARIOLA 32 DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME (JIM'S TUNE) IT'S IMMATERIAL SIREN 2 1 ERI NITTA ERI CANYON 4 4 JOE COCKER COCKER EMI ALBUMS 3 3 AKINA NAKAMORI REST REPLEASE 5 3 DEPECHE MODE BLACK CELEBRATION MUTE /INTERCORD 1 1 BRYAN FERRY /ROVE MUSIC STREET LIFE 20 GREAT HITS EG 4 4 VAN HALEN 5150 WARNER 6 6 PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION PARADE PAISLEY PARK /WEA 2 NEW BILLY OCEAN LOVE ZONE JIVE 5 6 YOKO MINAMINO TJERAATO CBS /SONY 7 8 JENNIFER RUSH MOVIN' CBS 3 3 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 6 7 CHAGE ASUKA TURNING POINT CANYON 8 9 MUENCHENER FREIHEIT VON 4 2 DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS VERTIGO ANFANG AN CBS 7 8 CHECKERS FLOWER PONY /CANYON 9 7 AALGLATT /M BAP AHL MAENNER MUSICANT /EMI 8 5 5 8 EARTH, WIND & FIRE THE COLLECTION K TEL PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION PARADE WARNER 10 12 DIRE 9 AYUMI FAIR 6 5 SHALAMAR THE GREATEST HITS STYLUS STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS VERTIGO /PHONOGRAM /PMV 9 NAKAMURA CHILD HUMMING BIRD 11 10 10 11 TSUYOSHI NAGABUCHI LOVE FUN HOUSE 7 4 VARIOUS HITS 4 CBS /WEA /RCA MATT BIANCO WEA SONGS 12 NEW 11 10 JUNICHI INAGAKI REALISTIC FUN HOUSE 8 NEW STYLE COUNCIL HOME AND ABROAD POLYDOR CHRIS REA ON THE BEACH MAGNET DG /PMV 13 12 13 RYUICHI SAKAMOTO MIRAIHA YAROU MIRY 9 7 SIMPLE MINDS ONCE UPON A TIME VIRGIN 13 WALTER SCHOLZ TRAUMMELODIENEN INTERCORD 13 18 CULTURE CLUB LUXURY TO HEARTACHE TOSHIBA /EMI 10 9 LEVEL 42 WORLD MACHINE POLYDOR 14 11 TALK TALK THE COLOUR OF SPRING EMI 14 NEW SHIBUGAKI TAI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CBS /SONY 11 6 A -HA HUNTING HIGH AND LOW WARNER 15 18 SIMPLY RED PICTURE BOOK ELEKTRA /WEA 15 17 YOKO OGINOME RAZUBERI NO KAZE VICTOR 12 10 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK COMIC RELIEF: UTTERLY UTTERLY LIVE 16 15 SOUNDTRACK ROCKY IV SCOTT! BROS/BELLAPHON 16 20 SEIKIMATSU THE END OF THE CENTURY CBS /SONY WEA 17 16 COCK ROBIN CBS 13 12 17 12 WHITNEY HOUSTON PHONOGRAM SAM COOKE THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC RCA 18 17 JULIANE WERDING SEHNSUCHT IST MAMBO UNHEILBAR /WEA 18 16 YUKI SAITO GLASS NO KODOU CANYON 14 13 PHIL COLLINS NO JACKET REQUIRED VIRGIN 19 14 PETER MAFFAY STATIONEN K TEL 19 NEW CHINARU MATSUYAMA ANATA GA BOKU WO SAGASUTOKI NEWS 15 NEW SOS BAND SANDS OF TIME TABU 20 20 JEAN MICHAEL JARRE RENDEZVOUS POLYDOR /DG PMV 20 15 TONNERUZU JIGAJISAN VICTOR 16 11 VARIOUS HEART TO HEART K TEL 17 NEW PRINCESS SUPREME Stichting Nederlandse Top 40) As of NETHERLANDS 5/17rtsss6y (Courtesy Germano Ruscitto) As of 5/8/86 18 14 PET SHOP BOYS PLEASE PARLOPHONE ITALY 19 17 SUZANNEVEGA A &M SINGLES ALBUMS 1 2 A 20 15 JEAN-MICHEL JARRE RENDEZVOUS POLYDOR DIFFERENT CORNER GEORGE MICHAEL CBS 1 1 LUCIO BATTISTI DON GIOVANNI RCA 21 NEW ORIGINAL CAST DAVE CLARK'S TIME EMI 2 6 WONDERFUL WORLD SAM COOKE RCA 2 2 SOUNDTRACK 9 AND 1/2 WEEK EMI 3 3 22 20 VAN HALEN 5150 WARNER LIVE TO TELL MADONNA WEB 3 4 JOE COCKER EMI 4 1 LIVING DOLL CLIFF RICHARD AND WEA 23 19 FIVE STAR LUXURY OF LIFE TENT THE YOUNG ONES 4 NEW RENATO ZERO SOGGETTI SMARRITI RCA 24 NEW 5 4 A KIND OF MAGIC QUEEN EMI /BOVEMA BONNIE TYLER SECRET DREAMS AND FORBIDDEN FIRE CBS 5 3 STING DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES A &M /CBS 25 26 6 NEW ROCK ME AMADEUS FALCO POLYDOR QUEEN QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS EMI 6 8 COCK ROBIN CBS 26 16 CHRIS REA THE 7 10 DICTATOR CENTREFOLD CNR ON BEACH MAGNET 7 7 SOUND TRACK ROCKY IV CBS 27 NEW VARIOUS LET'S HEAR IT FROM THE STYLUS 8 5 KISS PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION WEB GIRLS 8 6 LUCIO DALLA BUGIE RCA 28 29 KATE BUSH HOUNDS OF LOVE EMI 9 8 REACH GERARD JOLING WEA 9 5 NINO D'ANGELO CANTAUTORE DURIUM NEW 29 21 MR. MISTER WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD RCA 10 BAD BOY MIAMI SOUND MACHINE CBS 10 10 ROLLING STONES DIRTY WORK CBS 30 23 11 7 A LOVE BIZARRE SHEILA E WEA PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION PARADE WARNER 11 12 9 TALK TALK THE COLOUR OF SPRING EMI 31 28 EURYTHMICS BE YOURSELF TONIGHT RCA 12 DON'T WANT MY LOVE NICOLE CBS 12 9 SADE PROMISE CBS 32 18 BRONSKI BEAT TRUTHDARE DOUBLEDARE FORBIDDEN FRUIT 13 17 IEDEREEN DOET'T ROBERT LONG EMI / BOVEMA 13 18 DEPECHE MODE BLACK CELEBRATION RICORDI 33 27 BLOW MONKEYS ANIMAL MAGIC RCA 14 16 QUIET EYES GOLDEN EARRING CNR 14 14 MANGO ODISSEA FONIT CETRA/RICORDI 34 40 GO WEST CHRYSALIS 15 12 JUST BUGGIN' WHISTLE CNR 15 17 MINA & ORNELLA VANONI MINA, ORNELLA CGDMM 35 22 VARIOUS HITS FOR LOVERS EPIC 16 19 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID SIMPLE MINDS VIRGIN 16 NEW RED CANZIAN 10 E RED CGDMM 36 NEW TALKING HEADS LITTLE CREATURES EMI 17 NEW THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS BILLY OCEAN CNR 18 NEW 17 NEW PRINCE WEA 37 NEW TALK TALK THE COLOUR OF SPRING EMI YOUR LOVE THE OUTFIELD CBS 18 11 38 33 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS VIRGIN 19 14 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS DAVID BOWIE VIRGIN DOUBLE BLUE POLYGRAM 39 25 MADONNA LIKE A VIRGIN SIRE 20 15 GEIL BRUCE AND BONGO DURECO 19 20 CULTURE CLUB FROM LUXURY TO HEARTACHE VIRGIN /EMI 40 39 DIRE STRAITS ALCHEMY VERTIGO 20 19 SOUNDTRACK ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS VIRGIN /EMI

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Winding Down. NAIRD chairman Jerry Richman of Richman Bros. and his wife Sonny, organizer of the conference, reflect on the five -day event.

Soon To Be A Movie. One of the highlights of the NAIRD awards dinner was the debut performance of the "Nerdtones" as a tribute to event organizer Sonny Richman. Standing are, from left, Bob Patton Associates' Bob Patton, Landmark Distributors' Gus Drakas, Tommy Boy Records' Monica Lynch, JFL Distributors' Jerry Suarez, The Raleigh Group's Raleigh Pinskey, Billboard's Kim Freeman, and RAS Records' Cyndi Abrams and Gary Himmeltarb. Seated are California Record Distributors' Jo and George Hocutt. (Photos: Ronnie Henderson /Bagg Records.)

THE SCENE

AT NAIRD: Proud Moment. NAIRD chairman Jerry Richman, right, presents Billboard's John Sippel with a special plaque for his dedication to the organization and to independent labels. Top Indie Executives Meet In Chicago,

May 1 -4

Say Cheese! Tommy Boy Records president Monica Lynch and RAS Records' Gary Himmelfarb ham it up in the true indie spirit.

Sippel Supporters. Pondering a point made in John Sippel's acceptance speech at the awards dinner are, from left, Lee -Myles Associates' Bob Miller, Tommy Boy Records' Tom Silverman, Silo /Alcazar's Joan Pelton, and Rounder Records' Duncan Browne.

Indie Pow -Wow. Taking advantage of the NAIRD hospitality suite are, from left, Richman Bros. Records' Howard Here's To Eddie. Celestial Harmonies' Paul Marotta shares some gossip with Rosenhal, an unidentified NAIRD guest, Rounder Records' Duncan Browne, and Alligator Records' Bruce Iglauer. Billboarc's 3race Whitney- Kollins.

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www.americanradiohistory.com ro audio /video German Co. Bows Budget Indexing System Device Is For Use With Half-Inch -Tape VCRs NEW YORK A new German- devel- has room for SMPTE time code, a digital editor, which will be mar- oped digital video indexing system which Beta and VHS half -inch tapes keted in Europe at a cost of about is the first low -cost technology that do not. $2,000. allows a user to locate any single The RAPID system claims to add According to GSE president frame on a standard home VCR for compatible digital time code to the Georg Huehne, the system can be editing or random -access purposes. VCR's control track, which is used used to edit hi -fi stereo videotapes The system, called Single -Frame to synchronize head drum rotation. without causing any audio glitches. Retrieval and Access Program In The code is transmitted on narrow While RAPID's abilities don't com- Digital (RAPID), is initially being band in pulse phase code in blocks pare to systems such as the HHB offered for professional and semi- of 50 bits; each contains all the data Computer Logging Unit and Editor pro use, though its developers say necessary for determining exact lo- (which costs roughly $8,000 and is that the technology will also be mar- cations on the tape, including hour, intended strictly for professional keted to consumers as a high -end minute, second, and frame. Other digital audio editing with the Sony feature utilizing a remote -control information may also be encoded, PCM -F1 and 501ES systems), keypad. such as a tape number or user code. Huehne says it is possible to insert According to RAPID's developer, Indexing numbers may be added or time code on the helical stereo audio A Sweet Experience. Total Experience (Eddie GSE Electronic Systems of Mainz, removed for rapid access to any track used in hi -fi VCR machines artist ET Towns) was recently at the label's Hollywood studio to check up on producer Rusty Garner and Germany, editing of standard half- frame. without any modification. The sys- engineer Paul Sabu, who were remixing his latest single, "Candy." Pictured inch consumer videotape is an ex- The system may be added to any tem is also compatible from with comput- left tremely inaccurate proposition be- VCR, says GSE. The modification ers, says Huehne, for "sophisticat- are Sabu, ET, and Garner. cause locating a single frame is not cost is now about $200 in Germany, ed editing and programming." possible. but the manufacturer says it is de- The system is being introduced in In order to edit half -inch tape pro- veloping a single chip to handle the U.S by Larry Finley, founder of fessionally, the usual practice is to RAPID's functions; it would add the International Tape /Disc Assn., Audio Track transfer to 3/4 -inch U -matic tape, only about $1.50 to the manufactur- now an audio consultant. edit, and then dub back to half -inch. ing cost of the VCR. The first prod- STEVEN DUPLER This is done because 3/4-inch tape uct incorporating the system will be LOS ANGELES also produced Sheens Easton for a movie soundtrack, with Brian THREE MCA PROJECTS are in Malouf at the board. the works this month at Encore found Studios. Steve Dorff is producing NEW YORK Investment Dream Team, with Taavi Mote and Jim Deneen III at the controls. IRS ACT Beat Rodeo wrapped its Also, Louil Silas Jr. and Chuck second album for the label, "In The A biweekly column spotlighting Studer A80 24- and two -track re- LEDE (Live End -Dead End) design- Gentry are producing Georgio. And Heart Of The Beat," at RPM Stu- equipment- related news in the corders; an Ensoniq Mirage; various er. Rizzi says A2 is scheduled to go Joyce Irby is producing Guest for dios with producer Scott Litt. audio and video production, post - items of Yamaha equipment, includ- on -line in four months. It will be the label, with Steve Hodge and Bill At Quadrasonic Sound, David production and duplication in- ing the REV -7 digital reverb; and a equipped to handle a variety of ses- Jenkins engineering. Sanborn recently mixed his new dustries. variety of digital drum units. sions, with special provisions for Slash act Los Lobos was in at Warner Bros. album with engineer electronic music composition and Sunset Sound with producer T- Mike Hutchinson. Also there, the IT'S NO SECRET: Secret Society ANOTHER MASTER -PIECE: overdubbing. Bone Burnett, tracking and over- production duo of John Morales Records of New York has complet- Master Sound Astoria, based with- dubbing a new album. Larry and Sergio Munzibai has been ed construction of Studio B, which is in the Kaufman Astoria Film Stu- GOODNIGHT SAYS HELLO to Hirsch engineered, assisted by Da- working on a Virgin U.K. 12 -inch by geared for industrial audio /video, dios, is expanding with a second re- Neve: Dallas -based Goodnight Au- vid Glover. Scarlett & Black called "You Don't advertising, and audio post work. cording stage, A2, which is capable dio has installed a Neve 8128 re- At Monterey Studio in Glendale, Know." M &M also worked on four The new room is equipped for digi- of 48 -track digital /analog record- cording console, making it the first Motown artist Chico DeBarge re- tracks for Motown act Impact. Mo- tal mastering to the Sony PCM -1610 ing. Like Al, the new studio was de- facility in the Dallas area to offer cently recorded vocals for his up- rales is currently in Australia, format, and features the Yamaha signed by co -owner Ben Rizzi and the highly regarded NECAM 96 coming album. Skip Drinkwater working on a new act for WEA TX -816 synth rack; an Emulator II; Charlie Bilello, an accredited computer automation system. and Nick Munday produced; Larry International. Hinds engineered, with Bruce Stephen Galfas and Stoney oPENING THE GATE: A new 16- Chianese and Greg Scott assisting. Browder are co- producing Doctor track recording studio and rehears- Also there, Grammy winner Ernie Buzzard's New Savannah Band at al facility, Gate 5, has opened in Watts has been in recording tracks Sound Ideas. Engineering are stu- Sausalito, Calif. The facility's own- for his upcoming Qwest/ Warner dio staffers Mario Rodriguez and ers hope it will become a "support Bros. release, with producer Don Bridget Daly. system" to the major 24 -track Grusin and engineer Geoff Gilette At Big Apple Studios, Butch E. houses located in that city, primari- at the board and Scott assisting. Ford & the Dilemmas have com- ly Studio D and The Plant. Gate 5 is Among the recent projects at pleted their single, "Radio," slated equipped with a Ramsa board, an Soundcastle Studio Center: Pro- for summer release. Otani MX -70 recorder, and a wide ducer Dennis Lambert and engi- selection of microphones and out- neer Jeremy Smith have been All material for the Audio Track board gear. Edited by STEVEN DUPLER working on the new Natalie Cole al- column should be sent to Steven bum for the Modern label; Lambert Dupler, Billboard, 1515 Broad- way, New York, NY 10036. Equipment Demonstrations Planned S.F. Fair To Debut In June NEW YORK The San Francisco als and consumers, a special indus- Music Fair, a three -day event fea- try -only day is scheduled for Fri- turing pro audio equipment exhibi- day, June 27. Professional or stu- tions, seminars, live perfor- dent credentials will be required mances, and demonstrations of for admission. Admission prices CASSETTE DUPLICATION new audio and video gear, makes on other days are $4.75 for adults, RECORD PRESSING its debut June 27 -29. $2.75 for children. MASTERING PLATING A joint project of the San Fran- The producers say that they ex- COLOR SEPARATIONS cisco chapter of the National pect about 15,000 people to attend PRINTING TYPESETTING Academy of Recording Arts & Sci- the event. Exhibitors displaying ences, executive producer David their wares within the 60,000 Schwartz, and co-producer Events square feet of display space will West, the fair will be held at the include pro audio dealers, musical - IQCO concourse at Showplace Square. instrument manufacturers, record ()CUSTOM PRESSING/ Although the event is intended stores, labels, and publishers. 2832 SPRINGROVE AVENUE to appeal to both music profession- CINCINNATI, OHIO 45225 (513) 681 -8400

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www.americanradiohistory.com inancial Video Franchisors Prepare For Shakeout New Strategies Adopted As Boom Period Ends This story prepared by Geoff ing spree is over. number" is as high as 800 stores or ...11eWSillle... Mayfield and Fred Goodman. "I don't think you'll see franchi- more. But smaller franchisors say sors -with the exception of maybe they can hang in by maintaining a CANNED FACTS: Operating income for American Can's specialty retailing NEW YORK With video store ex- one or two-grow," says Boothe. high level of capital. division, which now includes more than 500 Musicland stores, outper- pansion leveling off, the high -flying "There will be fewer and fewer full - All franchisors, large and small, formed the company's packaging division last year. Specialty retailing boom days for video franchisors are service franchisors who can afford agree that new tactics are required. went over the $100 million mark in 1985, based on revenues of $1,156 giving way to tougher times. With to offer their stores the kind of sup- Among those receiving attention million; packaging posted operating income of $74.2 million on reve- virtually all players predicting a port they'll need to survive." are growth through mergers, bulk nues of $1,677 million. Although it has surpassed the company's origi- coming shakeout among existing Dan Potter, CEO of Video Up- acquisitions, and conversions; trim- nal core business, specialty retailing is a long way behind American franchisors, new revenue and ming overhead and consolidating Can's newest sector, financial services, which generated more than growth strategies are being adopt- personnel; new product lines; inter- half of the company's operating profits in'only its fourth year of exis- ed to keep the wolf from the door. 'We've priced out national expansions; a higher royal- tence. Aside from Musicland, the specialty retailing division includes A slowdown in the growth of new ty rate; and public offerings. direct -mail retailer Fingerhut and Dunham's Athleisure Corp. franchisees affects franchisors in some potential The purchase of Popingo by Na- two key ways: by bringing about a tional is the largest acquisition to COOK WITHOUT GAS: Dallas -based Cook Data Services, which began life drop in initial franchise fees and in investors' date, and National Video president as a petroleum and real estate services firm, has moved into the video- the distribution profits made from Ron Berger says it's only "an exam- cassette rental business and shed its original core operations. The com- stocking a new outlet with catalog. date, a St. Paul -based franchisor ple of part of the strategy we will pany recently opened its first Blockbuster video store in Dallas and Smaller franchisors who have relied with more than 100 stores, also sees follow." He says that he remains signed leases for five more area sites, and says it intends to operate on a steady flow of quick cash from a decline. He says rising startup committed to a plan to bring the to- approximately 20 Texas video superstores. Additionally, the firm initial fees could experience serious costs are reducing the number of tal number of acquired stores to 200 wants to license its superstore concept nationally. The redirection of trouble if they have not gotten new individual investors. this year. the firm will be cemented on May 28, when the company's shareholders large enough to rely on royalties for "When we first got started," says Pulling in existing independent vote on a proposed name change from Cook Data to Blockbuster En- the bulk of their income. Additional- Potter, "you could start a store with operators and small groups also ap- tertainment Corp. ly, supplying existing franchises a $30,000, $40,000, or $50,000 invest- peals to smaller franchisors. Ron with new titles can't generate the ment. You could mortgage your Bryant, vice president of franchis- HE WANTS HIS MTV? Viacom International Inc., which last year pur- amount of revenue that franchisors house and get into it. Now you need ing for Detroit's Discount Video, chased MTV, may itself be the target of a takeover. The possible suitor have enjoyed from the catalog a minimum of $100,000 to open. says his company has developed a is investor Carl Icahn, who reportedly increased his stake in the broad- stocking that came with widespread We've priced out some potential in- conversion program that gets exist- cast and entertainment firm to 15% on May 9. Icahn is said to have openings. vestors." ing dealers into Discount's web for bought a block of 1.5 million Viacom shares from Chicago's JMB Most franchisors readily admit With most royalty fees from a only $5,000 down. Bryant says Dis- Realty Corp. that market growth is slowing. By- franchisee's sales hovering around count will increase its income from ron Boothe, who recently sold his 5% or less, it would take a very franchising fees by 60% during the 191 -store Popingo Video to the 670 - large web of stores for a franchisor first year because of conversions, store National Video (Billboard, to make it on the basis of ongoing while continuing to open new sites May 10), says the franchisors' sell- royalties. Some say the "magic at its present rate of approximately FINANCIALLY SPEAKING 20 a year. Trimming overhead is also a high priority for some franchisors. Bill New View Of Broadcasting Mapes, the newly installed chief op- MARKET ACTION erating officer of the Salt Lake BILLBOARD CHARTS THE TOP ENTERTAINMENT STOCKS City -based Adventureland Video, Lenders Turn Ear To Radio says the 630 -store chain recently COURTESY OF consolidated its home office staff. seeking ways to identify and eval- PAINE WEBBER RESEARCH, 1285 Ave. of the Americas Video Update's Potter claims the BY JIM BLACKBURN uate new broadcast borrowers. New York, N.Y. 10019, (212) 713-2000 "magic number" that made Video Unlike smokestack industries, Sak/ Open Close Update a profitable company was 75 DURING THE PAST few years, which have identifiable hard as- Company 1000's 5/6 5/12 Change stores, but he admits the chain had radio stations have been bought sets, broadcasting has always NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE to trim overhead along the way. and sold at a greater pace than been a cash -flow lending- rather Co. 26'/, 26'/. John Blair & 1301.7 _3/, in- than balance sheet-proposition. CBS Inc. 1239.7 1341/4 135'/. +1 "We slimmed down the operation," ever before. Clearly, outside Cannon Group 986 383/4 37'/, -1'/ he says, "and we no longer have the - vestors are more willing to finance The apparent collateral value of a Capital Cities Communications 766.7 223 229 +6 startup costs that we first had." radio- station purchases, but radio station is difficult to assess Coca -Cola 3788.9 111 109 -2 National Video's Berger says where is the money coming from because a station's collateral -its Walt Disney 4227.4 46 46'/. +'/ that one key to survival is expand- and why this change in attitude? license -is intangible and impossi- 571/4 56V. Eastman Kodak 9861.1 '/. in interest rates has ble to place a lein on. Only the General Electric 9558.2 781/4 76'/, -2'/4 ing product lines. "We live on our The decline Gulf & Western 2405.1 541/4 57'/, +23/4 royalty income," he says, "and the had the single most money -center banks were knowl- Handleman 135.4 35'/4 34'/. _'/2 principal way in which we try to in- significant impact edgeable enough about the indus- MCA Inc. 2144.5 501/4 50'/4 '/. crease our revenue is by increasing on lending for sta- try to make clear assessments. Orion Pictures Corp. 3960.9 13 14'/, + 1'/, revenue at our stores." tion purchases, as it Another factor keeping banks Sony Corp 221/4 -1% 557.2 21'/, has on virtually all away is that cash flow for broad- Taft Broadcasting 389.8 96'/4 96'/, +1/ Among the new lines introduced Viacom 9402.5 651/4 68 +2V. into National Video outlets in the borrowing. Many casting properties has been less Vestron 954.7 111/4 11'/, +'/, last 12 months have been Newman's station purchases predictable than it is for other es- Warner Communications Inc. 2040.2 47 47'/4 +3/ Popcorn -on which Berger claims are attractive when tablished industries. Westinghouse 3943.1 55 54'/4 s/. sales of five million packages -as a{ the interest rate is While these new lenders were AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE well as other theater -related re- BLACKBURN 10 %, but almost becoming more sophisticated in Lorimar /Telepictures 4113.6 251/4 251/4 -'4 freshments, including candy and nothing looks possi- evaluating radio properties, the New World Pictures 557.2 20 211/4 +1'/, Coca -Cola, plus T- shirts and post- ble at 20 %. That said, we also need broadcast industry itself was be- Price Communications 208.5 111/4 11'/, '/. to examine how financial institu- coming a more professionally Turner Broadcasting System 179.8 261/4 241/4 -2'/, ers. "We're constantly encouraging Unite) Video 22.4 9'/. 81/4 '/. our stores to carry new lines and tions, including banks, venture managed business. Subsequently, Wherehouse Entertainment 106.9 241/4 241/4 sell- through software," he says. capital groups, insurance compa- the effect that a management -in-

May 12 Another area in which franchi- nies, and equity groups, have tensive owner can have in a sta- Company Open Close Change sors are becoming more aggressive changed their attitude toward the tion turnaround has become all OVER THE COUNTER is opening stores abroad. Video Up- broadcast industry. the more apparent. Crazy Eddie 283/4 29'/. +'/2 mid the Today, many institutions look +'4 date's Potter says his firm recently Before the -'70s, extent Hal Roach Studios 143/4 15 signed a joint venture with a Malay- of lending to the broadcast indus- less and less to hard assets in eval- Josephson Inc. 111/4 11'/4 _% LIN Broadcasting 431/4 44 +'/ sian company to open 100 stores try was limited to banks in money uating loans to broadcasters. They Lieberman Enterprises 21 21 there over the next year. Video Up- centers -such as New York, Los lend aggressively based on an Malrite Communications Group 15 14'/, _y2 date was also the sole video franchi- Angeles, and Chicago -that were analysis of potential profit in a Prism Entertainment Corp. 10'/, 10V, v-. sor on a recent U.S. Dept. of Com- dealing almost exclusively with given market and the manager's +1'/4 Recoton Corporation 11V, 13'/, merce trade mission to London, Mu- blue -chip broadcasters. But begin- track record. These lenders have Reeves Communications 131/4 14 +'/4 nich, and Amsterdam to ning about 10 years ago and esca- really done their homework, learn- Satellite Music Network, Inc. 81/4 7'/, '/. Paris, Scripps Howard Broadcasting 56 56 V, explore the feasibility of establish- lating during the last three or four ing to recognize the competitive- Sound Warehouse 24'/4 24'/. ing "master franchises." years, smaller banks and other fi- ness of local markets and the via- Specs Music 91/4 8'/. 3/. Potter says Video Update's will- nancial institutions began re- bility of a station's current pro- Tri -Star Pictures Inc. Communications 151/4 14'/4 to market be- sponding to the management -in- gramming and to evaluate an United Artists 34V, 34'/. _'/, ingness explore the 88) Westwood One 261/4 28 +1'/, yond the U.S and Canada is "anoth- tensive nature of broadcasting, (Continued on page (Continued on page 88)

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is misleading, in that Farina receives RCA CPL2 -9507 ECM 827 256 (PolyGram Special Imports) COUNTRY strong support from a fine band. This two-record set is a treasure that Guitarist's wide -ranging, abstracted reaches back into the infancy of approach to electric guitar continues ROGER WHITTAKER PICKS country music to illustrate lovingly its with this trio set, which again brings ALBUMS The Genius Of Love growth into complex PRODUCER: Bruce Welch maturity. More rock- influenced dynamics and timbres RCA AFL1 -5803 than 40 acts are represented, among to avant garde SPOTLIGHT Predicted to hit top 10 JIM GLASER material. them Uncle Dave Macon, on Billboard's Top Pop Albums Everybody Knows I'm Yours British singer stakes out his familiar Bradley chart or to earn platinum PRODUCER: Don Tolle area between balladry, country, and Kincaid, the Delmore Brothers, Lester certification MCA /Noble Vision MCA -5723 mainstream. Arrangements, choice of Flatt, Don Gibson, and Willie Nelson. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The ever -sensitive Glaser offers up a material, and performance are all up Highlights DENNIS ROBBINS GOSPEL new and developing acts worthy of grand variety of emotions and to Whittaker's usual fine standards. insights here, his intense vocals The First Of Me attention and other releases of PRODUCER: Eddie Kilroy, Dennis Robbins RECOMMENDED special interest bridging the occasional weak lyric. KIP ADDOTTA MCA MCA -5720 This is easy listening in the best sense Life In The Slaw Lane PICKS New releases predicted to Robbins draws on some heavyweight of the term. PRODUCER: Kim Bullard REVEREND MILTON BRUNSON & THE Rhino RNLP 70826 material from both the rock and hit the top half of the chart in the THOMPSON country idioms for this uniformly COMMUNITY SINGERS format listed Comic's prior AOR penetration There Is Hope strong launch project. RECOMMENDED Other releases prompts this set of routines set to But the PRODUCER: Bubba Smith & Rev. Miton Brunson Rejoice 7-01-500528 predicted to chart in their respective pop /rock arrangements; centerpiece is prevailing feel is mature, no-holds- format; also, other albums of POP title track, a stupefying string of barred country. This is one of the best recordings of a superior quality vegetable puns that makes Weird Al live gospel concert ever. Brunson and RECOMMENDED seem like Noel Coward. THE VEGA BROTHERS his choir have been captured with all PRODUCERS: Jimmy Bowen, Chip Hardy All albums commercially available MCA MCA -5686 their energy and excitement, while in the U.S. eligible some studio overdubs have allowed are for review SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES Exquisite, Everlys -quality vocal the quality to stay crisp and sharp. Send albums for review to: At Least We Got Shoes harmonies make this album a PRODUCERS: It's packed with an intensity that only Sam Sutherland, Billboard John Rollo & John Lyon standout. The Vegas provide much Atlantic 81654 BLACK of a black gospel concert can give. 9107 Wilshire Blvd. their own material, but they Departure also Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210 of band's guitarist and reach out to such lyrical luminaries as arranger Billy RECOMMENDED or Fred Goodman, Billboard Rush hasn't helped, Neil Diamond and Rick and Janis but the band's signature horn sound 1515 Broadway Carnes. is still intact. Absence of superior THE New York, N.Y. 10036 MAIN ATTRACTION CLASSICAL originals finds the band working best All The Way Country albums should be sent to: when covering older fare, such as PRODUCER: Wayne Douglas Jr. Ed Morris, Billboard "Walk Away Renee" and "I Only RCA NFL1 -8066 RECOMMENDED 14 Music Circle East Want To Be With You." First single, "Reconsider," is already JAll/FUSION Nashville, Tenn. 37203 prompting speculation that this five- MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS, NOS. 18 & 19 GIUFFRIA piece pop /funk outfit can update RECOMMENDED Malcolm Bilson, English Baroque Soloists, Silk + Steel Memphis' r &b currency; album keeps Gardiner PRODUCERS: Gregg Giuffria, David Glen Eisley, Pat pace with solid material, production. Archive 415 111 (DG) Glasser EDDIE HARRIS & ELLIS MARSALIS MCA /Camel Of the several cycles of the concertos, POP MCA -5742 Homecoming JOHNNY KEMP PRODUCER David Torkanowsky complete or in process, Bilson's (this Title of quintet's second set aptly PRODUCERS: Various Spindletop /Rounder STP-105 is his fourth album) promises to sums up its AOR- oriented mix of hard Columbia BFC 40192 PICKS anchor a position at or near the top. rock and melodic pop accents. Strong debut for this vocalist, with Saxophonist Harris has made a lot of bland records, but this isn't one of Unlike some other original- instrument WILD BLUE Kashif "directing" a rotating crew of LIMITED WARRANTY them. Matched with New Orleans efforts, his soar, unfettered by No More Jinx producers; lithe vocals are matched to PRODUCER: Brian Tench pianist /famous father Ellis Marsalis, pretense or phony erudition. PRODUCERS: Gary Stevenson, Chas Sandford, Atco 60513 stylish settings with pop crossover Michael Frondelli & Wild Blue potential. Harris plays with a conviction and Chrysalis BFV 41510 Pop /rock with an '80s electronic edge depth that many of his other PRESENTING APRILE MILLO: VERDI ARIAS Fine quintet with and mainstream vocals from a Twin recordings have lacked. Millo, London Philharmonic, Patant a roughly hewn Angel CDC -7 47396 sound behind Cities quintet; melodic originals, lively the solid vocals of There's Renee Varo has to be considered arrangements could find radio ART TATUM lots of buzz about this young a soprano, whose comer. Superior production and radio- converts. COUNTRY 20th- Century Piano Genius operatic career is off REISSUE PRODUCER: Richard Seidel to an explosive In her ready compositions make this debut a start. debut EmArcy /PolyGram 826-129 -1 album she strong bet. Best tracks: "Only You" WHITE WOLF RECOMMENDED undertakes an imposing and "Fire With Fire." Endangered Species Double -record set of live performance group of dramatic arias. If not a PRODUCER: Shell Schellekens at a private party was released in part triumph in every detail, it RCA AFL1 -9555 CRASH CRADDOCK on the 20th Century label, and is nevertheless reinforces her bid for JOHN EDDIE PRODUCER: Jimmy Johnson PRODUCER: Bill Drescher Hard rock quintet teams with Dutch offered here in its entirety for the stardom and will further fuel interest Dot MCA -39054 Columbia BFC 40181 producer for polished second album; first time. by the cognoscente. Jersey Shore rocker, who writes material, production are targeted to Craddock makes a most welcome paeans to girls and alienation, sounds AOR. return to the majors here with a RONNIE MONTROSE MOZART: SERENADE IN D, KV.100; strikingly like the area's number one collection that embraces rockabilly Territory CASSATIONS, KV. 99 & 63 CLAIRE HAMILL and ballads. Included is his heartfelt PRODUCER: Ronnie Montrose Orchestre de Chambre, Paillard Boss, and the similarities are Passport Jazz PJ 88009 Voices 1976 1 Erato ECD 88101 cemented by the presence of E Street No. hit, "Broken Down In Tiny PRODUCER: Claire Hamill Pieces," and standard selections from Pop /rock guitarist flexes his Attractive works Band members Max Weinberg and Coda NAGE 8 (Jem) from Mozart's early muscular style in this rock-slanted Nils Lofgren. Whether Carl Perkins, Lionel Richie, and Kris teens, played with charm and tonal Eddie will Evocative vocal orchestrations by this fusion set; approach won't charm stand or falls on his own merits Kristofferson. beauty. Easy listening at its most former folk /pop stylist make this a mainstream jazz fans, but may find remains to be seen, but debut includes rewarding. noteworthy new age contender; a VARIOUS ARTISTS some crossover play. a few promising tracks, especially strong addition to the Landscape "Just Some Guy" and "Jungle Boy." Country Memories ELEGIES series. PRODUCER: Billy Strange CLARE FISCHER & HIS LATIN JAll SEXTET Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin Dot MCA -39059 2 +2 Plus ECM 1316 (Warner) GOLDEN EARRING PRODUCER: Albert THE UNFORGIVEN Compilation of standards by Carl Marx An absorbing and off -beat package of The Hole PRODUCER: John Boylan Keyboardist PRODUCER: Shell Schellekens Elektra 60461 Perkins, Jeanne Pruett, Helen /composer mixes his gentle and contemplative pieces by 21 /Atco 90514 Cornelius, George Hamilton IV, and present ensemble with his vocal Despite their wild -west garb and Britten, Vaughan Williams Carter, Jan Howard, sifted from their protégés, 2 +2, for vocally colored Veteran Dutch quartet has made few lyrical references to frontier legends, Glazunov, Liszt, and Kodaly. Only the concessions to present pop trends, recently released Dot albums. crossover fare retaining a lilting Latin final piece, by Vieuxtemps, calls for Unforgiven proves the most undertow. save for a slight updating of their mainstream overt virtuosic display. Violist among the spate of VARIOUS ARTISTS studio sound. At core, Golden Earring pseudo-country rock bands coming Kashkashian handles all with aplomb. still plays a purely distilled form of Country Radio Classics, Volume One HELEN MERRILL/DICK KATZ out of L.A. Most notable tracks: "I PRODUCER: Billy Strange A Shade Of Difference rock'n'roll, and they evince the kind of LISZT: DANTE SYMPHONY Hear The Call" and "The Gauntlet." Dot MCA -39060 PRODUCERS: Dick Katz, Orrin Keepnews ability to shift moods that only Landmark LLP -1308 Rotterdam Philharmonic, Conlon experience Primarily an anthology of covers of Erato ECD 88162 brings. VARIOUS ARTISTS Reissue of 1968 set from vocalist late '70s and early '80s hits, sung here Surely one of the more attractive Live At The Continental Club Merrill gets a lovingly crafted THE CURE by Jan Howard, Jeanne Pruett, entries in the flood PRODUCER: Vince McGarry framework from pianist Katz, plus current of releases Standing On A Beach: The Singles Profile PRO-1214 George Hamilton IV, Helen Cornelius, marking the of Thad Jones, Hubert Laws, Jim Hall, centenary the PRODUCERS: Various Raucous showcase recording captures and Carl Perkins, all excerpted from composer's death. Conlon proves a Elektra 60477 their Dot albums. Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, Gary Bartz, many of Austin, Texas's finest bands, and Richard Davis. master manipulator of the sharp Retrospective can't really be dubbed a including the Tailgators, Joe King contrasts that tease interest in this greatest -hits collection as band has VARIOUS ARTISTS dramatic work. Excellent Carrasco, the Leroi Brothers, and Tex THE KAZU MATSUI PROJECT sound. yet to establish itself firmly here on Thomas and the Danglin' Country Radio Classics, Volume Two Wranglers. PRODUCERS: Various Is That The Way To Your Heart radio. But package is a fine NEW YORK CITY OPERA If you like 'em recorded live to two- Dot MCA -39061 PRODUCER: Kazu Matsui introduction to the band, including the track, grab a Lone Star longneck and Passport Jazz PJ 88011 Candide spotlighted "Let's Go To Bed." Some of these hits are covers; others Producer: Elizabeth Ostrow give this one a spin. R &b and pop accents abound on this New World NW 340/341 areby the acts that made them hits. crossover set, featuring a rotating Cuts by Margo Smith, Dave & This is, remarkably, the third cast MIMI FARINA Sugar, cast of vocalists, including Gregory Tompall Wagoner, album of a failed 1956 musical that Solo Glaser, Porter and Walker, Phillip Ingram, and Norman produced a cult album, a second PRODUCER: John Nagy Crash Craddock, all from previously Dozier; material, production should based Philo/Rounder 1102 released on a hit revival (with added lyrics by Dot albums. prompt black and AC interest. Card -carrying folkie still performs Stephen Sondheim) in 1973. Now, in a VARIOUS ARTISTS robust, brilliant-sounding New York with all the freshness associated with TERJE RYPDAL Sixty Years Of The Grand Ole Opry her earliest recordings. Album's title Chaser City Opera version first presented in PRODUCER: Country Music Foundation PRODUCER: Manfred Eicher 1982, "Candide" enters the digital era.

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A weekly look behind the Hot 100 with Michael Ellis.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE two new stations in Billboard's Pow- er Playlists (see page 22). WAVA -FM in Washington (PD Mark St. John) and KRBE-FM in Houston (PD Paul Christy) moved over the 500,000 mark in weekly cume according to the winter Arbitron ratings to join the other 18 gold stations and five platinum stations (1 million - plus weekly cume) whose weekly playlists are featured. Other revisions were made in the top 40 radio panel, with weighting adjusted for several stations in the markets surveyed by Arbitron. The next full radio panel revision will take place after the spring ratings book.

THE TOP THREE singles this week are strongly surging in both sales and airplay points, but even so, they are separated by large margins. Madonna's "Live To Tell" (Sire) needs to gain at both retail and radio - despite airplay on all 228 pop reporting stations -to catch Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All" (Arista). Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald's "On My Own" (MCA) still has a long way to go in radio points to catch those two, but it's already No. 2 in sales.

GEORGE MICHAEL is the Hot Mover /Sales for the second week in a row, as "A Different Corner" (Columbia) moves to No. 21, fueled by top five reports from Pittsburgh, Orlando, Miami, Houston, and Portland, Ore. A tight race for Hot Shot Debut has "Dreams" by Van Halen (Warner Bros.) nudging out Bob Seger's "Like A Rock" (Capitol). SPOTLIGHT ON HOT NEW RELEASES: Simply Red (Elektra) moves up seven notches to No. 25, helped by top five reports from six stations, including No. 1 at KSEL in Lubbock. Psychedelic Furs (A &M) loses its bullet at No. 42, despite reaching the top 10 in Los Angeles and moving into the top 10 at B -94 in Pittsburgh. Peter Gabriel (Geffen) moves up an amazing 25 places to No. 51- biggest mover on the chart-on the strength of 30 new radio adds and unusually early top 30 sales reports. Janet Jackson (A &M) jumps 21 places, to No. 53 nationally. She's already top 10 in Los Angeles and Sacramento and No. 12 at WAPE in Jacksonville, where PD Mark Driscoll says he added "Nas- ty" from club activity. E.G. Daily (A &M) is at No. 70 without a bullet, but it's a top 20 hit at radio stations in Miami; Raleigh; Charleston, S.C.; El Paso; Fresno; San Francisco; and Buffalo -unusual for a record in the lower half of the chart. The remake of "Peter Gunn" by the Art Of Noise, featuring Duane Eddy (China), exploded this week at KMEL in San Francisco, going from No. 24 to No. 9. PD Steve Rivers says it's a 12 -24 callout record, although it is coming on with 25-34 males. Your singles ad HERE THERE ARE THREE bulleted records on independent labels for the first time in years. Boys Don't Cry (Profile) is at No. 28 nationally and is already top five on 14 reporting stations. Magazine 60 (Baja) jumps to No. 61, with No. 1 reports coming from three stations in Texas. Join- sells Radio... and Retailers ing it is Dutch group Mai Tai (Critique), which debuts at No. 90.

Plus ...1,840 rack jobbers and distributors, and FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 1986 Billboard' 1,400 talent buyers HOT 100 SINGLES ACTION RADIO MOST ADDED and promoters. NEW TOTAL 228 REPORTERS ADDS ON VAN HALEN DREAMS WARNER BROS. 88 89 WHERE ELSE CAN ONE AD GIVE YOU SO MUCH COVERAGE? BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND LIKE A ROCK CAPITOL 82 85 PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION MOUNTAINS PAISLEY PARK 74 80 THE ROLLING STONES ONE HIT (TO THE BODY) ROLLING STONES 42 101 THE FIXX SECRET SEPARATION MCA 41 41 Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the five records most added to the playlists of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. Retail Breakouts is a weekly national indicator of those records with significant future sales potential based on initial market reaction at the retailers and one -stops reporting to Billboard. The full panel of reporters is published periodically as changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.

RETAIL BREAKOUTS Billboard NUMBER contact your Billboard salesperson 202 REPORTERS REPORTING GTR WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND ARISTA 33 38 SPECIAL LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT A &M 33 NEW YORK NASHVILLE LOS ANGELES PETER GABRIEL SLEDGEHAMMER GEFFEN 31 Norm Berkowitz John McCartney Christine Matuchek Grace Whitney- Kolins 14 Music Circle E. 9107 Wilshire Blvd. KENNY LOGGINS DANGER ZONE COLUMBIA 31 1515 Broadway Nashville, TN. 37203 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 FALCO VIENNA CALLING A &M 28 New York, NY 10036 (615) 748 -8145 (213) 859-4969 (212) 764 -7330 ©Copyright 1986 by Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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HOUSTON 1 1 2 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WHITNEY HOUSTON 1 1 1 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WHITNEY A &M (1 2) 13 (1) 2 R&M/Virgin 2 4 ON MY OWN PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD 3 2 5 LIVE TO TELL MADONNA WARNER BROS. (5) 13 7 3 8 LIVE TO TELL MADONNA 2 3 4 TAKE ME HOME PHIL COLLINS Geffen (2) Paisley Park (2) MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 8 4 6 IF YOU LEAVE ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 5 4 7 BAD BOY Qwest (1) VAN HALEN 11 Reprise 5 1 WEST END GIRLS PET SHOP BOYS 4 5 2 WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE (1) Sire (1) PET SHOP BOYS 4 6 3 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY JANET JACKSON 6 6 3 WEST END GIRLS Warner Bros. /Tommy Boy (1) 10 11 7 10 IF YOU LEAVE ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 5 7 10 ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE MIKE & THE MECHANICS ATLANTIC (7) Island (2) JANET JACKSON 6 8 13 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU LEVEL 42 12 8 8 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Atco (1)

9 Modern (1) 9 11 I CAN'T WAIT NU SHOOZ 9 9 12 I CAN'T WAIT NU SHOOZ COLUMBIA (9) 11 MCDONALD 3 10 12 TAKE ME HOME PHIL COLLINS 7 10 15 ON MY OWN PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL Rolling Stones (2) 14 7 11 16 BE GOOD TO YOURSELF JOURNEY 13 11 13 IS IT LOVE MR. MISTER CAPITOL 7 12 EPIC (1) 15 I MIRACLE MIKE & THE MECHANICS 10 12 14 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU LEVEL 42 12 ALL NEED IS A Tabu (2) 15 13 6 YOUR LOVE THE OUTFIELD 15 13 7 YOUR LOVE THE OUTFIELD CBS Associated (1) Portrait (1) JOURNEY 13 14 5 ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER 17 14 16 BE GOOD TO YOURSELF Scotti Bros. (1) Virgin /Epic (1) 15 21 CRUSH ON YOU THE JETS 18 15 9 BAD BOY MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 8 POLYGRAM 7 CLUB 16 16 17 MOVE AWAY CULTURE CLUB 16 16 18 MOVE AWAY CULTURE Mercury (2) 17 Polydor (2) 17 9 WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE VAN HALEN 11 17 11 ADDICTED TO LOVE ROBERT PALMER Riva (2) 18 23 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) BILLY OCEAN 19 18 23 NO ONE IS TO BLAME HOWARD JONES 22 Casablanca (1) MCA (4) 6 19 20 IS IT LOVE MR. MISTER 14 19 21 A DIFFERENT CORNER GEORGE MICHAEL 21 Camel/ MCA (1) 20 22 NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME SADE 23 20 22 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) BILLY OCEAN 19 I.R.S. (1) ARISTA (4) 5 21 25 NOTHIN' AT ALL HEART 20 21 26 CRUSH ON YOU THE JETS 18 Jive (1) ZZ TOP 24 22 28 A DIFFERENT CORNER GEORGE MICHAEL 21 22 17 ROUGH BOY EMI- AMERICA (4) 5 20 Manhattan (1) 23 14 KISS PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 30 23 25 NOTHIN' AT ALL HEART RCA (4) 5 BOYS CRY 28 24 30 NO ONE IS TO BLAME HOWARD JONES 22 24 30 I WANNA BE A COWBOY DON'T Grunt (1) 3 25 26 ROUGH BOY ZZ TOP 24 25 27 TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT STARSHIP 26 ELEKTRA CHRYSALIS (1) 2 TEARS FOR FEARS 27 26 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS SIMPLY RED 25 26 - MOTHERS TALK - China (1) MINDS 29 27 - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS SIMPLY RED 25 27 29 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID SIMPLE MOTOWN (1) 2 Gordy (1) 28 29 TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT STARSHIP 26 28 28 MOTHERS TALK TEARS FOR FEARS 27 CRITIQUE THE ROLLING STONES 34 29 VIENNA CALLING FALCO 33 29 18 HARLEM SHUFFLE - PROFILE 28 30 JOHNNY ('SHORT CIRCUIT' THEME) EL DEBARGE 32 30 - I WANNA BE A COWBOY BOYS DON'T CRY - WHO'S TSR Baja (1) Copyright 1986, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system. or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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(Bellboy, BMI /Chappell, ASCAP) 99 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 34 HARLEM SHUFFLE (Rocknocker, ASCAP /John Bettis, ASCAP /WB, (Philesto, BMI /Keith Diamond, BMI/Willesden, BMI /Harrindur, CPP 4 WEST END GIRLS (Jones, ASCAP) HL (Marc -Jean, BMI/Bug, BMI /Keymen, BMI) CPP ASCAP /Irving, BMI /Calypso Toonz, PROC) BMI) 48 RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES (Cage, ASCAP/Virgin, ASCAP /10, BMI) CPP 17 ADDICTED TO LOVE 64 HAS ANYONE EVER WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR YOU WBM /CPP /ALM /Man 6 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY (Bungalow, ASCAP / Ackee, ASCAP) WBM (Welsh Witch, BMI /Pogologo, ASCAP) 62 LISTEN LIKE THIEVES (Sluggo Songs, BMI -Ken, BMI) HL 96 R.O.C.K. IN THE U.SA. (A TO (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) 10 ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE 83 HEADED FOR THE FUTURE (MCA, ASCAP) MCA /HL SALUTE 601 ROCK) 60 WHAT YOU NEED (Michael Rutherford, ASCAP /Pun /63 Songs, (Stonebridge, ASCAP) 94 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE (IS ALL IT TAKES) (Riva, ASCAP) (MCA, ASCAP) HL/MCA ASCAP /Chappell, ASCAP) CHA /HL 59 THE HEAT OF HEAT (House Of Champions, ASCAP) 45 ROCK ME AMADEUS (Nada, ASCAP 43 WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND 29 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID ( Flyte Tyme, ASCAP /Avant Garde, ASCAP) WBM 2 LIVE TO TELL /Almo, ASCAP /Manuskript) CPP /ALM (Basedown, PRS/WB, ASCAP /Kid Glove, BMI /Steve (Colgems -EMI, ASCAP) WBM 25 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS (WB, ASCAP/Bleu Disque, ASCAP/Webo Girl, 24 ROUGH BOY Hackett Ltd) WBM 36 AMERICAN STORM (April, ASCAP) CPP/ABP ASCAP /Johnny Yuma, BMI) WBM (Hornstein, BMI) WBM 74 SATURDAY LOVE 38 WHERE DO THE CHILDREN GO (Gear, ASCAP) WBM 9 I CAN'T WAIT 72 LIVING ON VIDEO (Dub Notes, ASCAP /Human Boy, ASCAP) B BAD BOY (Poolside, BMI) (Larry Spier, ASCAP/New Image, CAPAC) (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP /Avant Garde, ASCAP) 70 SAY IT, SAY IT 32 WHO'S JOHNNY ( "SHORT CIRCUIT' THEME) (Foreign Imported, BMI) CPP 100 I DO WHAT I DO... (THEME FOR 9 1/2 WEEKS) 41 THE LOVE PARADE (Baby Tanzi, (Petwolf, ASCAP /Chappell, ASCAP /Kikika, 13 BE GOOD TO YOURSELF (Music Design, ASCAP/Tritec, BMI /Famous, ASCAP) (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI) WBM BMI /Black Lion, ASCAP /House Of Fun, /Unichappell, BMI) CPP /CHA /HL (Street Talk, ASCAP /Rock Dog, ASCAP /Frisco Kid, CPP /HL 69 MAD ABOUT YOU BMI) BMI WHY CANT THIS BE LOVE ASCAP) WBM 63 I MUST BE DREAMING (Publisher Pending) 78 SECRET LOVERS Il 92 CALL ME (Sanpan, ASCAP) 40 MANIC MONDAY (Almo, ASCAP /Jodaway, ASCAP) CPP /ALM (Yessup, ASCAP) WBM 77 84 YOU SHOULD BE MINE (THE WOO WOO SONG) (Grand Illusion, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) CPP/ALM 88 I THINK IT'S LOVE (Controversy, ASCAP) SECRET SERRATION (Nonpareil, ASCAP /Broozertoones, BMI) 66 CHAIN REACTION (Black Stallion, ASCAP /See This House, 27 MOTHERS TALK (Colgems -EMI, ASCAP/' Rats" Said The Tyrant, ASCAP) 15 YOUR LOVE (Gibb Brothers, BMI / Unichappell, BMI) CHA /HL ASCAP /Blackbull, ASCAP /Jobete, ASCAP) CPP (Virgin Music /10 Music /Nymph, BMI) CPP 51 SLEDGEHAMMER (Warning Tracks, ASCAP) 18 CRUSH ON YOU 28 I WANNA BE A COWBOY 58 MOUNTAINS (Almo, ASCAP/Crimsco, ASCAP /Irving, BMI) (Protoons, ASCAP/Terrace, ASCAP) (Controversy, ASCAP) (Cliofine, BMI /Hidden Pun, BMI) WBM 39 YOUR WILDEST DREAMS FAR (WB, ASCAP /Bright Music, PRS) WBM CPP /ALM 86 I WANT YOU 16 MOVE AWAY 75 SO AWAY 49 DANGER ZONE (Big Wad, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP/Vogue, BMI/Welk, (Virgin, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI( CPP/WBM (Chariscourt, BMI /Almo, ASCAP) CPP /ALM (Famous, ASCAP) BMI) 67 MUTUAL SURRENDER (WHAT A WONDERFUL 12 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU 21 A DIFFERENT CORNER 50 IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS WORLD) (Chappell, ASCAP /Island, BMI) CHA /HL (Chappell, ASCAP /Morrison Leahy, ASCAP) HL (Funzalo, BMI /Juters, BMI) (Ackee, ASCAP/Life Size, ASCAP) WBM 44 STICK AROUND 54 DIGGING YOUR SCENE 5 IF YOU LEAVE 53 NASTY (Charisma, ASCAP /Pun, ASCAP) WBM (Blue Network, ASCAP) (Virgin, ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP /WB, ASCAP) ( Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) 7 TAKE ME HOME 93 DIVIDED HEARTS CPP/WBM 23 NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME (Phil Collins, ASCAP /Pun, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM (Moonwindow, ASCAP/Kathy Kurasch, ASCAP/Donna 57 IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IN IT (Silver Angel, ASCAP) CPP 73 TENDER LOVE Weiss, BMI /Andiamo, ASCAP) (Almo, ASCAP /Redhead, ASCAP /Hamish Stuart, 22 NO ONE IS TO BLAME ( Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) 61 DON QUICHOTTE ASCAP /Joe's Songs, ASCAP) CPP /ALM (Howard Jones Music, Ltd. ) WBM 19 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) (RKM, ASCAP) 87 INNOCENT EYES 20 NOTHIN' AT ALL (Zomba, ASCAP) HL 97 DONT WALK AWAY (April, ASCAP) CPP /ABP (Music Corp. Of America, BMI) HL /MCA 89 THESE DREAMS (Flowering Stone, ASCAP /Heavy Breather, ASCAP) 14 IS IT LOVE 3 ON MY OWN (Little Mole, ASCAP/Intersong, ASCAP /Zomba, SHEET MUSIC AGENTS 55 DREAMS (Warner -Tamerlane, (New Hidden Valley, ASCAP /Carole Bayer Sager, BMI) ASCAP) CPP /CHA /HL BMI /Entente, BMI /Poppy -Due, are listed for piano /vocal sheet music copies (Yessup, ASCAP) 52 ONE HIT (TO THE BODY) 26 TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT BMI) WBM and may not represent mixed folio rights. 65 FEEL IT AGAIN 98 IS THAT IT? (Promopub B.V., PRS) (Trademarc, ASCAP) HL (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Auto Tunes, BMI) WBM (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Megasongs, BMI) WBM 85 ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU 35 TUFF ENUFF ABP April Blackwood CPP Columbia Pictures 90 FEMALE INTUITION 30 KISS (Music Corp. Of America, BMI /Bayjun Beat, (Fab Bird, BMI /Bug, BMI) CPP ALM Almo HAN Hansen (Intersong, ASCAP /Solid Smash, ASCAP) BMI /Rashida, BMI/MCA, ASCAP) 8O UNDER THE INFLUENCE (Controversy, ASCAP) B -M Belwa Mills HL Hal Leonard 71 THE FINEST 68 47 OUT OF MIND OUT OF SIGHT (MCA, ASCAP /Music Corp. Of America, BMI /It's A LEAD A DOUBLE LIFE 0 -3 Big Three IMM Ivan Mogull (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP /Avant Garde, ASCAP) (Handsome Two, BMI /Dean Of Music, BMI /Great (Mushroom, APRA) Gonna Rain, BMI/Warner Bros., ASCAP /Ertolejay BP Bradley MCA MCA 76 FIRE WITH FIRE Theatre Of Oklahoma, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP /Mel -Dave, 82 PETER GUNN Musique, ASCAP) HL/MCA CHA Chappell PSP Peer Southern (Fallwater, ASCAP) ASCAP /Duke Reno, ASCAP) CPP /ABP (Northridge, ASCAP /Arista, ASCAP) 91 VANITY KILLS 1 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 46 LET'S GO ALL THE WAY 42 PRETTY IN PINK (Neutron, BMI /10, BMI /Nymph, BMI) CLM Cherry Lane PLY Plymouth (Golden Torch, ASCAP/Gold Horizon, BMI) CPP (Lilo, BMI) (Blackwood, BMI) CPP /ABP 33 VIENNA CALLING Col Cimino WBM Warner Bros. 95 HANDS ACROSS AMERICA 56 LIKE A ROCK 31 RAIN ON THE SCARECROW (Nada, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP /Manuskript, GEMA) (Hannah Heartie, ASCAP/Southern, ASCAP /Julann, (Gear, ASCAP) (Riva, ASCAP) WBM CPP/ALM ASCAP) CPP 37 LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT 81 RESTLESS 79 WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF

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Weekly calendar of trade shows, conventions, award shows, semi- ...11eWS11112... nars, and other notable events. Send information to Calendar, APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION in the BMI- Lehman Engel Musical The- Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New ater Workshop can now be obtained through Allan Becker, director, at York, N.Y. 10036. BMI's headquarters at 320 W. 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019, (212) 586-2000. Deadline is Aug. 1. Composers and lyricists will be attending MAY classes given by Skip Kennon (first year), Richard Engquist (second May 17 -18, Cameo's Music Tech- year), and Maury Yeston (advanced). The Workshop is celebrating its nology Expo, Hollywood Roosevelt 25th anniversary. Hotel, Los Angeles. (213) 822 -5774. May 22, Platinum Factory THE WITH ANNUAL membership meeting of the National Music Publish- Workshop: Legal and Business ers' Assn. will be held June 23 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Ange- Advice Counseling, Brooklyn, les. A closed business session will start at 3 p.m., followed by an open N.Y. (718) 636 -1401. meeting starting at 3:30 p.m. You Never Know Who's Watching. PolyGram's top brass congratulate blues artist Robert Cray on his signing with the company following his recent JUNE DO THE 000 -WOP: "The Doo-Wop Sing -Along Songbook" by John Javna performance at Carnegie Hall. Cray is currently in the studio recording his June 1 -4, Summer Consumer (St. Martin's Press, $5.95) arrives May 30. The reader is instructed in forthcoming Mercury debut album. Pictured backstage are, from left, senior vice Electronics Show, Chicago. (202) the "sh'boom" technique for such classics as "He's So Fine," "Why Do 457 president of a &r Dick Wingate, director of a &r Peter Lubin, Cray, president and -8700. Fools Fall In Love," "Come Go With Me," and others. As for author chief executive officer Dick Asher, and senior vice president of business affairs June 5, Barry Mayo Roast spon- Javna, he's already got two volumes of "The TV Theme Song Sing - Ted Green. sored by the New York Chapter Along Songbook," also published by St. Martin's Press, on the market. of the Black Music Assn., Marriott Marquis, New York. (212) 873 -7668. GETTING ON WITH IT: Two music -industry firms have moved to new of- June 6-8, Music Expo '86, Los fices in New York. Bourne Music is now at 5 W 37th St., (212) 679 -3700. Angeles Convention Center. (213) Veteran publicist Peter Levinson is now at 250 W. 57th St., (212) 247- 539 -7034. 1212. June 6 -7, Spring Music Fest, I ,ifelines Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nash- ville. (615) 256 -6553. June 9 -15, Fan Fair, Tennessee EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE BIRTHS Eddie Shaw, he led the Eddie Shaw State Fairgrounds, Nashville. (615) (Continued from page 4) Boy, David John, to Mitchell and Orchestra for 40 years, playing big 889 -7503. Debra Karduna, April 11 in New band /ballroom music at nightclubs, June 18, BMI TV /Film Dinner, bution Co. in Nashville. He was director of purchasing. York. He is Midwest talent repre- hotels, and other venues in the Phil- Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Ange- Charles Lesko becomes branch credit manager and operations manager sentative at Talent Consultants In- adelphia and New Jersey areas. He les. (212) 586 -2000. for WEA's Cleveland branch. He was with MCA Records. ternational Ltd. and agent for Ali - is survived by his wife, Freyda, June 20 -21, Texas Music Assn. sha, Otis Day & the Knights, and Bo three sons, two sisters, and three Convention, Hyatt Hotel, Fort HOME VIDEO. Vestron Video in Stamford, Conn., appoints Al Reuben senior Diddley. grandchildren. Worth. (512) 447 -2744. vice president of marketing and distribution. He joins from Reference Pub- June 25-27, Assn. of Profession- lishing Group. Girl, Leslie Elaine, to Dave and Lin- Ralph Garone, 46, of cancer May 5 al Recording Studios (APRS), Mary Beth Jewell is named to the newly created post of executive assis- da Schuder, April 19 in Nashville. in Roosevelt Island, N.Y. Garone Olympia II, Kensington, London. tant to Heron Communications president and CEO Stephen Diener in New He is general manager of United was director of sales for WHN/ (STD 0923)772907. York. She was assistant to the president of CBS /Fox Home Video's interna- Talent. WAPP New York, following his June 27 -29, First San Francisco tional division. promotion from general sales man- Music Fair, presented by the San Girl, Ashley Kirin, to Bob and Pam ager of WAPP. Included in his ad- Francisco Chapter of the Nation- PUBLISHING. Lorie Harbough is named manager of creative services for Feterl, April 25 in Los Angeles. He vertising sales career were stints at al Academy of Recording Arts & MCA Music in Los Angeles. She was talent acquisition consultant for the is manager of Tower Records in New York outlets WPIX, WYNY, Sciences, The Concourse at Show- company. West Covina, Calif. and WNBC. Garone also sang with place Square, San Francisco. (415) Matthew Van Ryn becomes manager of business affairs administration the Bob Knight Four, known for 383 -9378. for CBS Songs in New York. He was with Manhattan Cable Television. DEATHS their 1961 hit "Good Good -Bye." He JULY Edward Speigel, 65, May 3 in Penn- is survived by his wife, Susan, and a July 13 -16, New Music Seminar, PRO AUDIO /VIDEO. The magnetic tape division of Agfa- Gevaert in Teterboro, sylvania. Known professionally as daughter. Marriott Marquis, New York. (212) N.J., names Stephen Leader technical video specialist. He was with the 722-2115. New York PBS station, WNET. July 20-26, National Assn. of Broadcasters (NAB) Radio Man- RELATED FIELDS. Katherine Hogan is promoted to vice president, counsel! - New Companies agement Seminar, Univ. of Notre entertainment in the law department of Viacom International, New York. Dame, South Bend, Ind. (202) 429- She was counsel /entertainment. 5420. Vestron Pictures appoints Alan Grabelsky director of production in Frenzied Entertainment Inc., a First signings include Stacy Q with AUGUST Stamford, Conn. He was with Joe Smith's Unison Productions. production, publishing, and market- SSQ. 641 S. Palm St., Suite D, La Aug. 24 -28, Video Software The Phoenix Group International in Hollywood names Jim Hughes presi- ing company, formed by Richard J. Habra, Calif. 90631; (213) 691 -2710. Dealers Assn. (VSDA) Conven- dent. He had previously handled publicity for Aretha Franklin and Narada Eldi. First release is "Reaching Out tion, Bally's /MGM Hotel, Las Ve- Michael Walden. To Help America" by Terrance. P.O. Hideaway Records, formed by Tom gas. (609) 424 -7117. Diane Wagner joins Management Plus in Nashville as national promo- Box 8212, Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002; Griffith. Company is a full- service tion manager. She was director of regional promotions at Record Row Pro- (609) 546 -7057. label with an open -door policy to- motions. ward new artists and material. First The Cornelius Companies, an inde- release is the 12" single "Summer pendent song plugging service cur- In The City" by Julie Farbolin. 175 rently seeking catalogs and copy- 5th Ave., Rm. 1101, New York, N.Y. VSDA BOARD ELECTION PROVOKES CONFUSION rights to represent, formed by Ron 10010; (212) 691 -7770. (Continued from page 6) Cornelius. Company also offers For fast action, use demo services and session arrange- Inter -Pacific Entertainment meeting. Frank Barnako, head of The Video ment services. 706 18th Ave. So., Group (IPEG), formed by Thomas Board member Jack Messer, own- Place, a 10 -unit chain in the Wash- ACTIONMART Nash., Tenn. 37203; (613) 242 -5222. B. Watson. Company will handle er of Cincinnati's Video Store chain, ington suburb of Herndon, Va.; concert promotion in Korea and Tai- says, "I don't recall our going into a Brad Burnside, owner of Video Ad- the Billboard The Williams File, a resource of wan. 1990 Century Pk. E., Suite 301, lot of detail [in the guidelines]." venture in the Chicago suburb of contacts in the music industry, Century City, Calif. 90067; (213) 277- Messer, who served as secretary Evanston and director of Chicago's Classified. formed by Albert Williams. Infor- 3211. last year, says he can sympathize VSDA chapter; incumbent director Call Jeff Serette toll mation, including names, addresses, with George -who, despite the flur- Arthur Morowitz, head of the 15- phone numbers, and background in- International Packaging Corp., ry of hopefuls for election, has so unit New York -based Video Shack, free at (800) 223- formation, is updated daily and veri- formed by Philip M. Clemens. Com- far received sufficient letters to the 10- branch Metro Distribution, 7524 (NY residents fied before release. 356 No. Orlando pany will manufacture "jewel box- support just two independent nomi- and several video labels; Steve Sav- Ave., W. Hollywood, Calif. 90048. es" for the compact disk and the nees. "The secretary doesn't know age of New Video in New York, dial 764- 7388). CD /ROM markets as well as other about all these candidates until the president of the New York Metro Formula 1 Music Productions, specialty packaging. 5601 Industrial last minute." chapter; and Robert Smith of the specializing in dance music produc- Rd., Ft. Wayne, Ind. 46825; (219) The five official candidates are in- three -unit Color Shop in Mobile, di- tions, formed by Jon St. James. 484 -9000. cumbent director and past president rector of the Mobile chapter.

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www.americanradiohistory.com MIV'S GARLAND SPEAKS OUT ON CLIPS, RATINGS Following his IM &MC keynote ad- Nielsen box, whether you want it or bers came out, it was a dead issue. We're now beginning to do more dress in Montreux, MTV's Les Gar- not. Our ratings are done by only However, now our ratings are up of these live events. We're going to land granted Billboard's music 500 electronic boxes installed in cer- many percentage points, even do the Liberty concert and Amnesty video editor, Steven Dupler, a rare tain homes. That's our sample base. though Nielsen has pulled out an- International at Giants Stadium, as exclusive interview. Excerpts from Our problem with Nielsen stems other 6% of that 15- to 24-year -old well as a major live Fourth of July that candid conversation are pre- from the fact that, in order to main- male group. I'm saying to myself, program. Then we'll do a month sented here. tain credibility with the number that MTV is more popular today than long live television celebration for it issues, Nielsen "freshens" the our fifth birthday. We'll take MTV On the problem of homes in the sample on an annual live all across the country for 30 IM &MC: "video burnout" basis by a certain percentage. In `MTV is more days. words, the various demo- We're also looking at all sorts of REPORT FROM and artist overex- other posure: graphic groups that make up the popular today outside programming, both episodic MONTREUX We should be sample are switched out every year, than ever, and and not. The popularity of "The constantly concerned with video at a rate of 10 %. Young Ones" has just increased and noticed a ma- increased, and we had great re- burnout and overexposure. We're at Last September, we I will defend that a time now when you can be overex- jor wobble had appeared in our sponse when we ran the "Monkees" posed by all of the media -not just numbers. We had carved out a nice all day long' episodes. MTV, or one radio station, or one little business with a 1 to 1.1 rat- magazine. But all of those things ing -we'd been very consistent. On the decision of supergroups combined might lead to overexpo- Now, we never sold those ratings to ever, and I will defend that all day such as Journey not to make pro- sure of an artist. LES GARLAND the advertisers-it wasn't neces- long. Our projections say we're motional clips to support their One big problem is that video mu- sary. We were selling the environ- growing at a rate of 18,000 new new product: sic has been made too readily avail- ment of MTV. homes per day for 1986, and our rat- As enormous as that record able to too many TV outlets, and On whether videoclips are still ex- The reason for this wobble, our ings today are much better than might be today -let's assume it's that's dangerous. There are too citing to the MTV audience: research department discovered, that 0.6 that Nielsen printed. selling at a rate of 75,000 copies per many outlets, and I believe that rec- I'm not so sure that videoclips are was what we deemed to be a major week without a video -with the vid- ord companies are seriously looking not as popular as they used to be. I discrepancy in our sample base. We On MTV's changing format: eo, in a good rotation, which it cer- at that right now. It's about time - do think that the newness of video discovered that something like 25% It's interesting. As we've really tainly would have on MTV, it might they should have done it two years isn't there anymore, of course. But of the 15- to 24- year -old males had done nothing more than simply be selling at a rate of 125,000 copies ago. Videos are pieces of visual art that just makes the challenge that been yanked out of our sample. evolve, there are those who have a week. You have to look at the ac- that represent a lot of creativity, much greater for people who make Now, that's our audience. We took a confused that with, "Oh, they're tual raw numbers of sales, and and you don't just throw them out videos to keep them innovative and direct hit, and the percentage our taking dramatic steps and changing what a video might mean to the there like phonograph records and on the edge, and to continue to find ratings dropped and the number of their programming." That's not band in terms of sales. I'd have to let anyone play them, regardless of things technically that haven't been 15- to 24- year -old males they pulled true. As we've grown, we have also consider the potential backlash the environment in which they'll be done before. were almost identical. more money available to us to do from my Journey fans. seen. That's damaging to the Still, after the investigation, and things we originally wanted to, but If I were afraid of the look of my product. On the A.C. Nielsen ratings: Nielsen's releasing of their num- couldn't afford. band, or of how they might be por- Overexposure on TV is a much We're in an interesting situation bers [an 0.6 rating for MTV] in the It cost us over half a million dol- trayed in a video-wearing crowns greater problem than on radio. I'm with the ratings. MTV was never NCAR [National Cable Advertising lars to go to Daytona and do the on their heads, as Steve Perry did in not so sure it's such a bad idea for a conceived of, nor programmed for, Research] report, we've never been Spring Break broadcast live. Things one of his clips -if those were my record company to only make two or the ratings game. When you reach a happier from an advertising stand- like that are not a sign of us strug- concerns, I would consider making a three clips from an album, instead certain penetration in terms of the point. The advertising community gling to "save this dying MTV." It's very creative video, without the of five or six. number of households you have, was aware of the discrepancy in the just us doing what we would have band in it. you are automatically put on the sample, and by the time the num- four years ago if we had the money. Music Video Awards Gala Brings Conference To Close MONTREUX A capacity crowd of Art Of Noise with Duane Eddy's Tina Turner's "Private Dancer." teenagers also chose Billy Ocean's Artists who performed during the 3,000 gathered here May 10 for the "Peter Gunn." Best effects: Godley & Creme "When The Going Gets Tough" for evening included Billy Ocean, Ani- star -studded music video awards Here are the winners for long - for "History Mix." the Children Of The World Pop Vid- motion, Frankie Goes To Holly- gala that marked the closing of the form videos: Best story line: Russell Mulcahy eo Award. wood, Double, Belouis Some, Chris first International Music & Media Best long -form: Godley & and Duran Duran for "Arena." Presenters at the awards show in- Rea, the Blow Monkeys, Cock Rob- Conference (IM &MC). Creme's "History Mix." Best documentary: Patrick cluded MTV VJ Nina Blackwood, in, Sam Harris, and Marilyn Martin. The show was carried live by the Best performance: Tina Turner Montgomery and Pamela Page for Mike Smith and Trish Roberts of STEVEN DUPLER BBC and the U.K. -based Music Box in "Private Dancer." "British Rock: The First Wave." the BBC, and Music Box's Mike Hol- network, and was Best direction: David Mallet for A special international jury of 10 lingsworth. taped for later pre- IM &MC: sentation on MTV in the U.S. and VIDCLIP FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT TO GARLAND REPORT FROM MuchMusic in (Continued from page 1) MONTREUX Canada. Other international net- more IM &MC coverage, see pages music. Music videos have given us centers the current "status symbol video music in their homes, I see no works scheduled to carry the pro- 23 and 57). back the theatricality inherent in all of the American youth culture," and reason why the market for video gram include VideoMusic Italy, DR While admitting that video "may music. The operas of yesterday are said that one of every 10 videocas- music should not continue to grow." Denmark, and Greek Television, not be the answer for every artist," the music videos of today," he settes purchased today is a music - Garland also pointed out the enor- with other broadcasts pending. Garland staunchly defended video - concluded. video program. mous impact videoclips have had on Here is a complete list of IM &MC clips as both a viable entertainment Referring to the impact of video "Of the top 50 home videotapes various aspects of the media, partic- award winners for short -form vid- form and a tool for breaking new hardware technology on the con- last year, one -third were music ularly advertising, fashion, and the eos: acts. He cited INXS, the Pet Shop sumer music -video marketplace, tapes," he said. "As more and more cinema. Best videoclip: a -ha, "Take On Boys, the Hooters, and Mr. Mister Garland called home entertainment people own the technology to play Me." as examples of the power of video Best male performance: Phil outlets generally, and MTV specifi- Collins, "Billy, Don't Lose My Num- cally, in building artist recognition. TOUCH That DIAL! ber." Garland also responded to criti- JUNE DATES SET FOR AMNESTY INTL TOUR SERIES Best female performance: Kate cisms of music video which have (Continued from page 3) Get fast results with ACTION- Bush, "Cloudbusting." been leveled recently by various la- MART, the Billboard Classi- Best group performance: Eu- bels and artists' managers. Hosts of the New Jersey show in- Here is a complete tour schedule: fied. rythmics, "Would I Lie To You." "Some people have been critical clude Mia Farrow, AnjelicaHuston, June 4, the Cow Palace, San Fran- Best direction: Steven Johnson of this kind of visual presentation, Madonna, Sean Penn, and Meryl cisco; June 6, the Forum, Los Ange- and David Byrne for Talking Heads' as if music were meant to be heard Streep. les; June 8, McNichols Arena, Den- "Road To Nowhere." and not seen," he said. "But it's only There will also be special mes- ver; June 11, the Omni, Atlanta; Best photography: Pascal Le since the invention of the phono- sages aired during the finale from June 13, Rosemont Horizon, Chica- Becque for Tom Waits' "Downtown graph in the last 100 years that it's several celebrities, including Mar - go; and June 15, Giants Stadium, Train." even been possible to hear music issa Berenson, Stockard Channing, East Rutherford, N.J. Call our Hotline at (800) 223 -7524. Best effects: Tom and Stephen without seeing it. Glenn Close, Elvis Costello, Richard and tell Jeff you want to see some Quay for animation in Peter Gabri- "The great classical composers Dreyfuss, Mike Farrell, Bob Geldof, Acton! el's "Sledgehammer." all created popular music for the Margaux Hemingway, Carly Simon, Best set design: Ron Cobb for eye as well as the ear. It was called Richard Pryor, John Huston, Paul ZZ Top's "Rough Boy." opera, and today it's considered the Simon, Robin Williams, and Marlo Best story line: Matt Forrest for most sophisticated form of classical Thomas.

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46 38 33. 10 JACKSON BROWNE ASYLUM 60457 /ELEKTRA (8.98) (CD) LIVES IN THE BALANCE 13 104 112 5 WAX RCA AFL I -9546 (8.98) MAGNETIC HEAVEN ARTISTS 47 43 40 61 TEARS FOR FEARS MERCURY 824 300 /POLYGRAM (8.98) (CD) SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR O® 105 105 9 VARIOUS WINDHAM HILL RECORDS SAMPLER '86 4 WINDHAM HILL WH- 1048/A &M (9.98) (CD) ® 53 65 4 HOWARD JONES ELEKTRA 60466 (8.98) ACTION REPLAY 103 95 86 47 TALKING HEADS SIRE 25305 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) LITTLE CREATURES 49 50 50 18 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS I.R.S 5683 /MCA (8.98) FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS ® 118 123 34 THE CURE ELEKTRA 60435 (8.98) (CD) THE HEAD ON THE DOOR

50 42 39 27 BARBRA STREISAND 3 COLUMBIA oc 40092 (CD) THE BROADWAY ALBUM 105 61 51 17 SOUNDTRACK MCA 6158 (9.98) (CD) OUT OF AFRICA

51 52 53 9 STEPHANIE MILLS MCA 5669(8.98) STEPHANIE MILLS 106 106 108 5 BONNIE TYLER COLUMBIA oc 40312 (CD) SECRET DREAMS & FORBIDDEN FIRE

52 54 54 7 JOE COCKER CAPITOL ST-12394 (8.98) COCKER cp 121 160 4 THE MONKEES ARISTA ALB6 -8313 (6.98) THE MONKEES' GREATEST HITS O63 77 4 JEAN -MICHEL JARRE POLYDOR /DREYFUS 829125 -1 /POLYGRAM (9.98) (CD) RENDEZ -VOUS ® 125 132 53 STANLEY JORDAN BLUE NOTE BT 851 01 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) MAGIC TOUCH 54 45 42 32 STEVIE WONDER 2 TAMLA 6134TL/MOTOWN (9.98) (CD) IN SQUARE CIRCLE 109 110 99 27 THE CARS ELEKTRA 60464 (9.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS

55 46 38 26 CHARLIE SEXTON MCA 5629 (8.98) (CD) PICTURES FOR PLEASURE D 114 106 8 UFO CHRYSALIS BFV 41518 MISDEMEANOR

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www.americanradiohistory.com ARTISTS' MANAGERS TURN TO INDIE PROMOTION (Continued from page 1) cuss any specific moves he's made, tion staff, DeJoy says he wants to says services touted include radio gested that labels aren't saying he does not "want totally out Brad Le Beau, whose New York other get the band's new single, "Secret and retail promotion and tracking. of the picture for funding indepen- firm, managers to know what my Pro -Motion, specializes in strate- Separation," off to "a quick start "; "They're out there hitting on us dent promotion. "Where necessary, working dance gy is." he records, says he says he assumes the label is these days," says Tom Harens, record companies are finding ways misses the majors' business But he does not discount the val- "happy for but is the help." manager of Minneapolis band Limit- of giving additional tour support," receiving substantially more ac- ue of indies. "In some respects, I DeJoy says he will work with ed Warranty, whose Atco debut al- he says. "You cut your corners and counts from think this is a very healthy situation managers and produc- "three or four people who are really bum shipped last week, prompting make your bets as best you can." tion because it gives the energy back companies. Among the artists to good in their markets," adding that calls from both album and top 40 Although payola allegations have whose entrepreneurs, as opposed to creat- managers have hired him are Myers and Boston -based Jerry promoters. "I've been interviewing focused on top 40 promotion, pro- Jean -Michel ing a monopolistic situation in which Jarre, Anthony & the independent promoters over the last Camp, and Al the priorities of the major labels had Jarreau. month and have gotten bids from Paul Yeskel, whose New an overwhelming influence on the `We're going to put Jersey them -a lot of calls in the last week 'I've been getting album promotion and marketing promotion of records." have come from nationwide indie Eric them firm had received steady work from Kronfeld, who manages Lou on and pay promoters. They're obviously beat- solicited in a big Reed, Capitol, Arista, and RCA, says his says he will hire indies "on ing the bushes these days. I'm look- the highest level" to promote them ourselves' way by Indies' business was cut in half during the ing at hiring them myself if that month of March, but rebounded by Reed's new RCA release. "I'm go- looks like a good thing to do." ing to work with [Buffalo-based mid -April. "I had to go out and get top Brenner "do a very good job." Harens says he has discussed the moters in other areas say 40 promoter] Jerry Myers," they are the business," he says. "But then he says. Other managers whose artists situation with Atco, which, as part feeling the competitive squeeze as "I think he's spectacular." have people started calling me." new releases in the market- of Warner Communications Inc., well. Yeskel Neither Myers nor any other lead- place say anticipates that he'll be they are inundated with has suspended all use of indepen- Nick Salerno, a Miami -based pro- "ahead of the game by ing top 40 promoter contacted offers from a wide next array of promo- dent promotion. "Their first reac- moter who concentrates on black ra- month," noting his would comment. tional firms. that current ros- tion is, 'Have you got the money ?' " dio, says he has "lost some work be- ter of management Ed DeJoy, the Fixx's U.S. manag- "I've been -hired clients in- getting solicited he says. "And my answer is no, but cause guys have undercut me." Sa- cludes Krokus and the Sluggers. He er, also says he's going to hire in- through the mail in a big way by in- that I'm hoping to get it some- lerno says he has not been soliciting is also working dies. "We're going to put them on for several indepen- dependent companies I've never place." Harens says he may be work, but that he is "working a lot dent and we'll pay them ourselves," says even labels. heard of," says Don Rose, forced to use advance money from a of indies and negotiating with a cou- But Yeskel DeJoy, adding that MCA, the Fixx's manager is careful not to bank of PolyGram recording publishing deal. "It's not that we've ple of bigger record companies." He too heavily on label, would offer no input on his de- group management -fi- Rubber Rodeo. "Hardly a day only got one shot and then it's all adds that area stations remain re- nanced work. cision. goes by "I'm cautious," he without an offer from over, but this is our time." ceptive to independent promoters, says. "Once the majors are "They can't get involved at this someone who says back, a they were in ra- While new acts may not have the but want letters from the record lot of managers are going to stop time," he says of MCA. And al- dio promotion and are now in inde- money to put on indies, one manag- though companies saying who is working hiring independents." he lauds the label's promo- pendent marketing services." Rose er, who insisted on anonymity, sug- for them.

ALL -NIGHT POP TV PROGRAMMING COMES TO U.K. (Continued from page 1) closedown hours, from midnight to recently acquired a 60% interest in open the way to regular nighttime to take such views into account, as 6:15 a.m., seven days a week. months of negotiation and is de- Music Box. An additional 20% is TV broadcasting in the U.K., which will the television companies. scribed The British record industry, cur- held by Branson as "one of the by Yorkshire TV. is as yet unknown here. Says one station executive: "We rently engaged in efforts most exciting things that has ever to secure According to Branson, other inde- Stations wishing to carry Music don't want to send children videoclip payments from national bleary- happened to British television," was pendent TV stations, including Lon- Box will need clearance from the In- prompted broadcasters, will monitor the ex- at least in part by the fail- don-based Thames TV, are close to dependent Broadcasting Authority ure periment with great interest. Music of cable TV here to build up any agreements on similar trials. He (IBA), the regulatory body that au- 'We must consider significant Box has accepted the principle of predicts audience. Delivered free the service will be available thorized the experiment. to cable clip payments since its inception. nationwide head -ends and SMATV sys- within months. Opposition to the plan has been the parents who tems across Europe, Richard Branson's Virgin group If successful, the project the advertis- could expressed by several groups, in- ing- supported Music Box service is cluding the National Union of don't want their seen in four million homes in 11 Teachers. "At a time when educa- countries, but reaches fewer SENATE roofs blasted than BILL MAY DROP TAPE ROYALTY PLAN tional psychologists are worried off' 100,000 households in Britain. (Continued from page 1) about the effects of ordinary eve- The new project could therefore ning television on young people," eyed to school because they have not only drops the provision, "it would more four years transform Music Box's ago -the consumer elec- the teachers' group states, "we been up all night listening to pop, U.K. viewing than cut the whole annual royalty tronics industry figures, but also have has been unwilling would be concerned about an unfet- and we also have to consider the important financial implications for pool in half." to accept any compromise on the is- tered six hours of non -stop pop parents Gortikov of young children who may the channel -since, unlike its Euro- says that some mem- sue. The lobbying battle has escalat- music." not want their roofs blasted bers of the Copyright Subcommit- off pean distributors, the U.K. broad- ed to the point that opponents have When it reviews the results of the with pop music all night." cast companies tee "have mixed sentiment as to sworn will be paying for to spend millions to defeat three -month trial, the IBA will have The move, which follows 18 programs what royalty should apply," and the measure. supplied. that "it would be hard to comment This year, the recording industry until we see all aspects" of the has tried several approaches to rock VIDEO DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS amended proposal. "Whether they the somewhat CALL FOR POST- RELEASE SUPPORT stagnant bill off cen- (Continued from page 3) leave the door open to reinstate the ter- including an alternative plan blank tape section, for example -I to place an antiduping device in ma- and not promoting it once it's in po- the USA Todays can't say right now." of the world, marketing of the push -pull ap- chines and in prerecorded records sition," Gallagher adds. "The main where they get a general audience." proach: pushing There are indications, however, and tape, and the product into the an extensive royalty - thrust should be co -op." Whether the majority of a pro- channel and pulling that subcommittee staffers ap- sharing plan to it through with counter criticism There is too much emphasis on gram's marketing dollars are spent advertising. To a proached the recording industry co- that the large extent in the royalties would only bene- getting product into stores and not before release or after "depends rental market, the alition with the deletion plan, and fit the major push -pull process labels and their super- enough on getting it off the shelves, upon whether it's a sell- through is that the coalition approved the star artists. not nearly as strong as it is in a according to Gallagher. "You have item or an item that primarily goes sell- through title." move, hoping to get a foot in the Gortikov says he hopes the sub- to create the demand," he says. into the rental market," says Len "With the penetration levels be- door. committee's "package" will also in- Creating demand through use of White, president of U.S. operations ing what they are, we want to make However, at least on the record, clude some elements - of the anti co -op funds is not always effective, for CBS /Fox Video, one of several certain we prioritize every dollar," the consumer electronics industry's duping plan. But he adds that he says one wholesaler. "The manufac- firms that retailers position is say are reluc- says Thorn EMI /HBO's Santrizos. that the move doesn't will "have to look at all the aspects" turers unfortunately are offering a tant to part with change much. advertising funds. Right now, consumer advertising is "A small drop of poi- of the bill as the markup date ap- lot of distributors advertising dol- White and other manufacturers son is no compromise," says Gary proaches. not efficient enough to justify the lars to do what they want to do with say that, in the case of a rental - cost Shapiro, vice president of govern- Ed Murphy, president of running extensive post-re- of the Na- it, and many of them are putting it priced program, the goal is to boost lease ad campaigns, ment and legal affairs for the Elec- tional Music Publishers' he says. "When Assn., a in their pocket because of price consumers' awareness that a title is the time tronics Industries Assn. /Consumer key member of the comes, we'll probably do music industry wars. coming out. For a sale -priced pro- more of it than anybody Electronics Group (EIA /CEG). "It's coalition lobbying for the home else." tap- "We're taking away those adver- gram, the aim is to set up an on- That time has already not a good bill; we hope it never sees ing bill, suggests that compromise come, says tising dollars from the marketplace, going campaign that promotes sell - distributor the light of day. may be the order of the Stan Meyers, vice presi- day. "While not letting consumers know key through. dent at Sound Video "It's wrong to even call it a com- the matter is being discussed Unlimited. and product is available. It's hurting For "Return Of The Jedi," a "There's no question promise. We're not convinced." debated," he says, "the about it; on ti- tremendous that product." $79.95 -list, rental- oriented title, tles like 'Rambo,' Progress has been slow on the losses incurred by the music indus- there should be "What the studios have to do is "Most of our advertising if not all of some advertising to let people know bill, despite two hearings and pri- try go on." The Songwriters Guild advertise more in general- vate circula- it took place before the product a program is out on the market- talks initiated by Mathias. of America, another strong advo- tion publications," says Alan went into Throughout the seven months the stores," White says. place," Meyers says. "It's real im- - cate for passage of the bill, could Kaplan, president of Applause Vid- "It depends on and, in fact, what you want to portant. Without it the retailers lose ever since a prototype not be reached for comment at eo. Manufacturer advertising, Ka- accomplish for the bill (which with the advertising," a lot of the traffic." included video presstime. plan maintains, "should be in the says Eric and rental sections) was introduced Doctorow of Paramount People magazines of the world and Home Video. "There's concept and 86 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

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Zg Q o Qo c.,' O y ARTIST TITLE ARTIST TITLE n, e1r LABEL & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG LIST PRICE)* LABEL & NUMBER/ DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE)' HELLO I MUST BE GOING PLANS FOR EVERYBODY 156 143 151 123 PHIL COLLINS ATLANTIC 80035 (8.98) (CD) 111 111 117 5 LET'S ACTIVE I.R.S. 5703 /MCA (8.98) BIG HERE'S TO FUTURE DAYS MISS DANGEROUS 157 124 103 32 THOMPSON TWINS ARISTA AL8-8276 (8-98) (CD) 112 103 92 10 TED NUGENT ATLANTIC 81632 (8.98) LITTLE JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE BOSTON POPS SWING, SWING 175 2 SWING, A2 A (CD) THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES - PHILIPS (8.98) 113 89 82 46 STING &MSP- 3750(8.98) 4126261 MAZARATI FROM LIQUID DAYS 159 133 136 6 MAZARATI PAISLEY PARK 25368/WARNER BROS. (8.98) 114 91 91 7 PHILIP GLASS CBS MASTERWORKS SM 39564 SONGS (CD) INTRODUCING JONATHAN BUTLER ZOOMIN' WHO NEW h JONATHAN BUTLER JIVE JL8.8408-ARISTA (8 98) 115 82 74 44 ARETHA FRANKLIN ARISTA AL8 -8286 (8.98) (CD) WHO'S JIMMY BARNES UP AND DOWN 161 149 119 12 JIMMY BARNES GEFFEN GHS 24089 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) 116 109 95 13 OPUS POLYDOR 827 952 -1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) (CD) THAT'S WHY t'M HERE IT BACK 162 146 147 27 JAMES TAYLOR COLUMBIA FC 40052 (co) 117 96 96 14 TEDDY PENDERGRASS ASYLUM 60447 /ELEKTRA (8.98) (co) WORKIN' CAN'T SLOW DOWN VIOLENT FEMMES LEADING THE NAKED 163 157 161 133 LIONEL RICHIE A10 MOTOWN 6059 ML (8.98) (CD) 118 113 114 15 THE BLIND SLASH /WARNER BROS. 25340 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) LIVE IN NEW YORK OUT OF MIND OUT OF SIGHT 164 115 110 10 JOHN LENNON CAPITOL 5V-12451 (9.98) l0 132 138 4 MODELS GEFFEN GHS 24100 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) CAPITOL ST-12481 (8.98) R &B SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET THIS IS BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE NEW 00 GEORGE CLINTON 120 107 107 27 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE COLUMBIA BFC 40220 (co) © HUNTING HIGH AND LOW ZENO 166 158 131 45 A-HA WARNER BROS- 25300 (8.98) (CD) CO 141 174 3 ZENO MANHATTAN ST 53025 /EMI -AMERICA (8.98) SOUL TO SOUL THEATRE OF PAIN 167 152 152 33 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN EPIC FE 40036 (CD) 122 117 104 46 MOTLEY CRUE A2 ELEKTRA 60418 (9.98) (CD) UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY FACE VALUE 168 126 126 129 U2 ISLAND 90127 /ATLANTIC (6.98) (CD) 123 119 120 135 PHIL COLLINS A2 ATLANTIC S016029 (8.98) (CD) NO EASY WAY OUT A VIRGIN 169 144 144 6 ROBERT TEPPER scorn BROS. BR 4o126/EPIC 124 112 111 78 MADONNA A6 SIRE 25157-I/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) LIKE RIDE THE LIGHTNING YESTERDAY 170 170 146 45 METALLICA ELEKTRA 60396 (8.98) 125 127 121 16 EVERLY BROTHERS MERCURY 826 142-1 / POLYGRAM (898) (CD) BORN THE SOURCE RUSSIAN ROULETTE 13 177 2 GRANDMASTER FLASH ELEKTRA 60476 (8.98) a136 - 2 ACCEPT PORTRAIT BFR 40354 /EPIC - SONGS FROM THE FILM ELIMINATOR 172 155 148 9 TOMMY KEENE GEFFEN GHS 24090 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) 127 120 128 162 ZZ TOP A5 WARNER BROS. 1 -23774 (8.98) (CD) MEASURE FOR MEASURE ANOTHER PLACE 7® NEW ICEHOUSE CHRYSALIS FV 41527 128 122 113 26 HIROSHIMA EPIC BFE 39938 (CD) ' WINTER INTO SPRING OF POWER 174 178 178 25 GEORGE WINSTON WINDHAM HILL C- 1o19/A &M(9.98) (CD) 129 97 84 13 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA CBS ASSOCIATED FZ40048/EPIC BALANCE CANDY APPLE GREY 175 181 140 7 HUSKER DU WARNER BROS. 25385 (8.98) THE BANSHEES GEFFEN OHS 24092/WARNER BIOS. (8.98) TINDERBOX ® NEW I SIOUXSIE AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS THE BIG HEAT 176 180 141 8 THE ROBERT CRAY BAND HIGHTONE Boos (6.98) (Co) 131 131 135 7 STAN RIDGEWAY !Rs. 5637 /MCA (8.98) A3 MADONNA FRIENDS 177 179 179 143 MADONNA SIRE 123867; WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) 132 108 87 23 DIONNE WARWICK ARISTA AL8-8398 (8.98) (CD)

1 (8.98) UH HUH ]® RE -ENTRY JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP A2 RIVA 814450- /POLYGRAM (CD) 133 135 137 9 THE NYLONS OPEN AIR OA 0304 /A &M (8.98) (CD) SEAMLESS KILL EM ALL 179 183 189 8 METALLICA MEGAFORCE 069 (8.98) ® NEW GIUFFRIA CAMEL/MCA 5742 (8.98) SILK AND STEEL ELEKTRA 60438 (8.98) ALBUM /CASSETTE - A NOVEL 180 173 139 12 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD 135 130 116 26 PETE TOWNSHEND ATCO 904736 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) WHITE CITY CAPITOL sr BK -12182 (8.9B) NINE TONIGHT INNOCENT EYES RE -ENTRY BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 140 155 5 GRAHAM NASH ATLANTIC 81633 (8.98) ® ® 25TH ANNIVERSARY 182 184 2 THE TEMPTATIONS MOTOWN 5389 ML2 (9.98) JOHN GEFFEN GHS 24077 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) ICE ON FIRE - 137 116 102 26 ELTON CLUB NINJA LEGEND 183 164 127 14 BLUE OYSTER CULT COLUMBIA FC 39979 (CD) ® 171 - 2 SOUNDTRACK MCA 6165 (9.98) 189 A LISA /CBFC U40135LT JAM WITH FULL FORCE LISA LISA /CULT JAM WITH FULL FORCE LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHT 38 (13 150 172 4 RONNIE MILSAP RCA AHLI.7194 (8.98) (CD) ® COLISLUMBIA ( CD) BRIEF ENCOUNTER RECKLESS 185 137 115 10 MARILLION CAPITOL MLP 15023 (6.98) 140 139 133 79 BRYAN ADAMS A4 A &M SP50I3 (8.98) (CD) NO FREE LUNCH 186 191 194 4 GREEN ON RED MERCURY 826346.1 /POLYGRAM (688) 147 162 3 KITARO GRAMAVISION 18- 7016.1 /POLYGRAM(9.98) MY BEST ® MIAMI VICE 187 190 158 33 SOUNDTRACK A4 MCA 6150 (9.98) (CD) 142 142 145 6 GEORGE HOWARD TBA TB 210 /PALO ALTO (8.98) LOVE WILL FOLLOW STEREOTOMY 188 138 118 17 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT ARISTA AL9-8384 (9.98) (CD) 143 134 129 625 PINK FLOYD HARVEST SMAS11163 /CAPITOL (9.98) (CD) DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PRIVATE DANCER 189 153 153 102 TINA TURNER A4 CAPITOL ST- 12330(ß.98)(c0) 192 195 3 HOODOO GURUS ELEKTRA /BIG TIME 60485 /ELEKTRA (8.98) MARS NEEDS GUITARS ® SUZANNE VEGA RE -ENTRY SUZANNE VEGA A &M SP -5136 (8.98) (CD) 145 145 150 5 LAURIE ANDERSON WARNER BROS. 2s400 (6.98) HOME OF THE BRAVE COLLINS, ROBERT CRAY, JOHNNY COPELAND SHOWDOWN! 191 168 157 15 ALBERT NEW PHILIP BAILEY COLUMBIA FC 40209 (CD) INSIDE OUT ALLIGATOR 4743 (8.98) DECEMBER 192 166 175 132 GEORGE WINSTON WINDHAM HILL WH. 1025 /A &M (9.98) (CD) 147 123 125 88 TALKING HEADS 0 SIRE 1- 25186 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) STOP MAKING SENSE GREATEST HITS CANYON 193 193 180 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS TEE VEE TOONS NT 1100 (1695) TELEVISION'S ® 156 167 4 PAUL WINTER LIVING MUSIC LMR6 (9.98) (CD) WAR 194 167 168 151 U2 ISLAND 90067/ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) 149 129 124 11 ANIMOTION CASABLANCA 826 691-1/POLYGRAM (8.98) (CD) STRANGE BEHAVIOR TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS PACK UP THE PLANTATION - LIVE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 195 182 185 24 ® 172 - 2 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES MOTOWN 5381ML3(10.98) MCA 28021 (10.98) (CD) DONE WITH MIRRORS 196 165 134 26 AEROSMITH GEFFEN GHS 24091 /WARNER BROS. (8.98)(CD) 151 151 159 84 U2 ISLAND 90231 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE THE COLOR PURPLE IV 197 148 142 12 SOUNDTRACK QWEST 25389/WARNER BROS. (16.98) (CD) 152 128 101 28 SOUNDTRACK scowl BROS. sz 40203 /EPIC (CD) ROCKY BOSTON, MASS. 198 197 164 31 THE DEL FUEGOS WARNER BROS. 25339 (8.98) 153 154 143 10 CLANNAD RCA NFLI. 8063(8.98) MACALLA A2 THE BIG CHILL PIA & PHIL 199 199 176 136 SOUNDTRACK MOTOWN 6062ML (8.98) (co) ® 160 171 12 PIA ZADORA CBS ASSOCIATEDFZ 40259/EPIC THE MAN & HIS MUSIC CA$HFLOW 200 176 184 8 SAM COOKE RCA CPL2-7127 (11.98) (CD) la 159 177 4 CA$HFLOW ATLANTA ARTISTS 826028 .1Ml /POLYGRAM(8.98)

A -Z (LISTED BY ARTISTS) Brian Setzer 60 Thompson Twins 157 TOP POP ALBUMS Keel 57 Graham Nash 136 Charlie Sexton 55 Pete Townshend 135 Tommy Keene 172 New Edition 61 38 Special 37 Phil Collins 123, 156, 18 GTR 45 Simple Minds 39 Tina Turner 189 Kitaro 141 Stevie Nicks 41 Albert Collins. Robert Cray, Johnny Philip Glass 114 Simply Red 42 Bonnie Tyler 106 A -Ha 166 Krokus 58 Ted Nugent 112 Copeland 191 Grandmaster Flash 171 Siouxsie and The Banshees 130 ABC 77 The Nylons 133 U2 168. 151. 194 Sam Cooke 200 Giuffria I 34 Sly Fox 44 Colonel Abrams 75 Patti LaBelle 14 Ufo 110 L.L. Cool J 70 Billy Ocean 27 Heart 12 John Lennon 164 SOUNDTRACKS Accept 126 Elvis Costello & The Attractions 84 Opus 116 Van Halen 2 Hiroshima 128 Julian Lennon 43 9 1/2 Weeks 87 Bryan Adams 140 The Robert Cray Band 176 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 81 Vanity 76 Honeymoon Suite 65 Let's Active 111 Absolute Beginners 80 Aerosmith 95, 196 The Cult 93 Ozzy Osbourne 24 VARIOUS ARTISTS Hoodoo Gurus 144 Level42 31 The Big Chill 199 Alabama 28 Culture Club 35 The Outfield 11 Television's Greatest Hits 193 The Hooters 36 Lisa Lisa/Cult Jam With Full Force 184 The Color Purple 197 The Alarm 69 The Cure 104 Windham Hill Records Sampler Whitney Houston 1 Loverboy 71 Robert Palmer 10 Crossroads 85 Laurie Anderson 145 '86 102 The Del Fuegos 198 George Howard 142 The Alan Parsons Project 188 Legend 138 Animotion 149 Stevie Ray Vaughan 167 Depeche Mode 90 Husker Du 175 Madonna 124, 177 Teddy Pendergrass 117 Miami Vice 187 Atlantic Starr 38 Suzanne Vega 190 Neil Diamond 68 Marillion 185 Pet Shop Boys 9 Out Of Africa 105 INXS 32 Violent Femmes 118 Philip Bailey 146 Dire Straits 16 Mazarati 159 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 195 Pretty In Pink 5 Icehouse 173 15, Anita Baker 73 Dokken 99 John Cougar Mellencamp 178 Pink Floyd 143 Rocky IV 152 Dionne Warwick 132 Bangles 19 The Dream Academy 79 Joe Jackson 34 Metallica 179, 40, 170 Prince & The Revolution 4 Bruce Springsteen 59 Wax 101 Jimmy Barnes 161 Janet Jackson 7 Miami Sound Machine 23 Public Image Ltd 180 Electric Light Orchestra 129 Starpoint 100 Whodini 62 Big Audio Dynamite 120 Jermaine Jackson 56 Mike & The Mechanics 26 125 Lou Reed 89 Starship 30 John Williams And The Boston Blue Oyster Cult 183 Everly Brothers Freddie Jackson 94 Stephanie Mills 51 Rene & Angela 91 Sting 113 Pops 158 Jackson Browne 46 The Fabulous Thunderbirds 21 Jean -Michel Jarre 53 00002 Lionel Richie 163 Barbra Streisand 50 George Winston 192, 174 Jonathan Butler 160 Falco 13 The Jets 33 Ronnie Milsap 139 Stan Ridgeway 131 Talk Talk 88 Paul Winter 148 The Fat Boys 98 Elton John 137 Models 119 The Call 82 The Rolling Stones 8 Talking Heads 103, 147 Stevie Wonder 54 Fine Young Cannibals 49 Howard Jones 48 The Monkees 107 The Cars 109 Diana Ross & The Supremes 150 James Taylor 162 The Firm 92 Stanley Jordan 108 The Moody Blues 29 Dwight Yoakam 83 Ca$hflow 155 Tears For Fears 47 Five Star 74 Journey 6 Melï sa Morgan 86 The S.O.S. Band 66 Cherrelle 67 The Temptations 182 ZZ Top 25, 127 Force M.D.'s 96 Judas Priest 20 Motley Crue 122 Sade 78. 17 Clannad 153 Robert Tepper 169 Pia Zadora 154 Aretha Franklin 115 The Judds 72 Mr. Mister 22 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 3. George Clinton 165 The Art Of Noise 63 Zeno 121 And The Waves 64 Anne Murray 97 181 Joe Cocker 52 Green On Red 186 Katrina 87 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

www.americanradiohistory.com BMI MOST- PERFORMED SONG AWARDS (Continued from page S) achievement were presented. In ad- ry Melcher, Daywin Music. "Legs," Frank Beard, Billy Gib- ferty, Aurora Film Partners dition, Daryl Music, "There Goes My Baby" (second Hall was seen accept- "(It's Hard To) Go Down Easy," bons, Dusty Hill, Hamstein Music John Cafferty Music. award), Benjamin ing his award for song of the year Nelson, Lover Jay Bolotin, Irving Music. Co. "Out Of Touch" (second award), Patterson, George Treadwell, Jerry at a presentation taped in advance "Heaven," Bryan Adams (PROC), "Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In Daryl Hall, John Oates, Hot Cha Lieber, Mike Stoller, Jot Corp., Uni - in London. Jim Valiance (PROC), Irving Music. The Still Of The Night)," Fred - Music Co., Unichappell Music. chappell Music. The evening's most touching mo- "High On You," Frankie Sulli- ericke L. Parris, Llee Corp. "Real Love," David Malloy, Ran- "Things Can Only Get ment came when the late songwrit- van, Better," Rude Music. "Loverboy," Keith Diamond, dy McCormick, DebDave Music. Howard Jones (PRS), Warner er Linda Creed received a posthu- "Hold -Tam- Me," Linda Creed, Decreed Keith Diamond Music, Willesden "Run To You," Bryan Adams erlane Publishing Corp. mous award for "Hold Me." The ap- Music Publishing Co., Music Corp. Music. (PROC), Jim Valiance (PROC), Ir- "Time Don't Run Out proximately 300 dinners gave a On Me," of America. "The Lucky One," Bruce Rob- ving Music. Gerald Goffin, standing ovation to Creed, who died Screen Gems -EMI "I Don't Know Why You Don't erts, Roliram Lorimar Music. "Sea Of Love" (third award), Music. last month of cancer at the age of Want Me," Rosanne Cash, Atlantic "Material Girl," Peter Brown, Philip Baptiste, George Khoury, "Turn Around," Carole Bayer 37. She also co -wrote the current Music Corp., Chelcait Music. Robert Rans, Minong Publishing. Fort Whitney Houston Knox Music, Tek Publishing, Sager, Carole Bayer Sager Music. smash, "The "I Don't Think I'm Ready For "Method Of Modern Love," Jana Trio Music Co. Greatest Love Of All." "A View To A Kill," John Barry, You," Milton Brown, Steve Dorff, Allen, Daryl Hall, Fust Buzza Mu- "The Search Is Over," Frankie Simon Le BMI president Ed Cramer Bon (PRS), Nick Rhodes and ex- Snuff Garrett, Burt Reynolds, Hap- sic, Hot Cha Music Co., Unichappell Sullivan, Rude Music. (PRS), ecutive vice president /CEO Frances Andy Taylor (PRS), John py Trails Music, Music Corp. of Music. "She Bop," Gary Corbett, Cyndi Taylor (PRS), Roger Taylor Preston co-hosted the event. America. (PRS), "Misled," Robert Bell, Ronald Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Blackwood Music, United Following is the complete list Lion Mu- of "I Wanna Hear It From Your Bell, James Bonneford, George NOYB Music, Perfect Punch Music, sic. BMI's most -performed song win- Lips," Eric Carmen, Dean Pitch- Brown, Claydes Eugene Smith, Relia Music Corp. "Walking On Sunshine," Kim- ners for 1985. ford, Eric Carmen Music, Pitchford James Taylor, Curtis Williams, De- "Shout," Roland Orzabal (PRS), berley Rew (PRS), Screen Gems - "After All," David Foster, - Al Jar Music, Safespace Music, Warner - lightful Music. Ian Stanley reau, (PRS), Nymph Music. EMI Music. Jay Graydon, Aljarreau Mu- Tamerlane Publishing Corp. "Mystery Lady," Keith Diamond, "St. Elmo's sic, Foster Fire (Man In Mo- "The Warrior," Nick Gilder Frees Music, Garden "If You Love Somebody Set Keith Diamond Music, Willesden tion)," David Foster, Foster Rake Music. Frees (PROC), Red Admiral Music. Them Free," Sting (PRS), Reggatta Music. Music, Gold Horizon Music Corp. "We Are "All I Need" (second award), The World," Michael Da- Music. "Neutron Dance," Allee Willis, "State Of Shock," Randy Lee Jackson, vid Pack, Art Street Music. Mijac Music. "Just As I Am," Robert Eric He- Off Backstreet Music, Streamline Hansen, Michael Jackson, Mijac "We Belong," Eric Lowen, Dan "Along Comes A Woman," Mark gel, Richard Allen Wagner, Don Moderne Music. Music. Navarro, Screen Gems -EMI Music. Goldenberg, Fleedleedle Music, Mu- Kirshner, Blackwood Music Pub- "Nightshift," Frannie Golde, "Suddenly," sic Keith Diamond, "We Don't Need Another Hero," Corp. of America. lishing, Mystery Man, Rightsong Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde Mu- Keith Diamond Music, Willesden "Breakdance," Bunny Graham Lyle (PRS), Irving Music. Hull, Music. sic, Rightsong Music, Tuneworks Music. "What She Wants," Kerry Brass Heart Music. "Keeping The Faith," Billy Joel, Music Co. "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming," Chater, Renee Armand, Padre Ho- "California Girls" (second Joelsongs. "On The Dark Side," John Caf- Bruce Sudano, Sudano award), Brian Songs. tel Music, Vogue Music. Wilson, Irving Music. "Who's "Cherish," Robert Bell, Ronald Holding Donna Now," Bell, James Bonnefond, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Foster George MUSIC SALES BOOSTS CLASSICAL Frees Brown, Claydes Eugene Smith, Music, Garden Rake Music. (Continued from page 4) "You Send Me" James Taylor, Curtis Williams, De- (second award), lightful Sam Cooke, ABKCO Music. Music. and Arnold Schoenberg. bought out his family's interest in "Crazy For distribution, and warehousing facili- "You're Only Human" (second You," Jon Lind, G.Schirmer also acts as an agent the operation. He started the U.K. ties in Europe and Australia. award), Deertrack Music, Warner- Tamer- Billy Joel, Joelsongs. for many works by Leonard Bern- operation in 1970. Music Sales' in- The famed, privately owned G. lane Publishing Corp. "You're The Inspiration," David stein, including "West Side Story." volvement in classical music started Schirmer retail outlet on Fifth "Dance Hall Days," Ave- Foster, Foster Frees Music. Jack Hues But in a breach -of-contract legal ac- on a modest scale with the previous nue in New York is not involved in (PRS), Warner- Tamerlane Publish- tion here, Bernstein is seeking to acquisition of a small company, the buyout, although it is licensed ing Corp. absorb rights to the material into Ashdown. by its namesake to use that name. "Don't Call It Love," Dean Pitch- his own companies. In addition to its U.S. and U.K. ford, Tom Snow, Pzazz Music, Snow G. Schirmer serves as the U.S. operations, Music Sales has offices, Music. representative for a number of "Don't You (Forget About Me)," prestigious foreign publishing cata- Steve Schiff, Music Corp. of Ameri- logs, including G. Ricordi, Editions LENDERS TURN ca. Salabert, Sikorski, EAR TO RADIO and VAAP/ (Continued from page 75) "Everybody Wants To Rule The USSR. The company also markets World," Roland Orzabel (PRS), Ian classical print product through the outlet's existing technical facili- This current money market has now employing Stanley (PRS), Nymph Music. this type of financ- Schirmer Library of Musical Clas- ties. These are variables they sim- helped some broadcast companies ing. "Everytime You Go Away," sics. ply did not understand before. grow very rapidly, and even Park Daryl Hall, Hot - Cha Music, Uni Wise says the way in which During the past five years, Communications, which has very chappell Music. Jim Blackburn is president of Schirmer would be administrated bankers began turning up at radio little debt, used a bond issue to re- "Forever," David Foster, Foster Blackburn & Co. Inc., a full -ser- within Music Sales is yet to be de- seminars, greatly increasing their tire its bank financing in the pur- Frees Music. vice media brokerage firm spe- termined. Schirmer has 75 U.S. em- portfolios by lending to the best of chase of New York's WPAT. cializing in appraising "Freeway Of Love," Jeffrey E. and ne- ployees, while Music Sales' staff in the new broadcast companies, in- Many companies with a tradition gotiating the Cohen, Polo Grounds Music. the sale of all commu- U.S. numbers 35. cluding small group operators of conservative management are nications media. "Fresh," Robert Bell, Ronald According to a press statement, with some track record as well as Bell, James Bonnefond, George the Schirmer acquisition was com- first -time buyers with significant Brown, Sandy Linzer, Claydes Eu- pleted over the weekend of May 2. management experience. The re- gene Smith, James Taylor, Curtis Music Sales Corp. was estab- sult has been a new atmosphere of VIDEO FRANCHISORS PREPARE FOR Williams, Delightful Music. lished by Wise's family 50 years ago ready financing for a wider SHAKEOUT range (Continued from page 75) "Getcha Back," Mike Love, Ter- in the U.S. Two years ago, Wise of broadcasters. The conventional debt lending er thing that makes us attractive to markets, and to fund "special ven- of banks is only one of the ave- the institutional investor or a public tures." nues now open to broadcasters offering." Both of those routes are The company no longer rules out WE SELL seeking to borrow money. Equity being investigated by existing fran- a public offering. A year ago, investment groups have also made chisors. Adventureland president and CEO funds available, taking an equity Potter says it's just a matter of Martin Ehman shunned the idea of position in broadcast operations time before franchisors see institu- a public offering, but Mapes says rather than security, and there are tional investors playing an increas- that attitude has changed. ELVIS also mezzanine, or second -tier, ing role in the business. "No huge "It's an alternative that's being Now the world's largest lenders who may or may not range of Elvis souvenirs is available direct from Memphis. get corporations have gotten into it very actively considered right Elvisly Yours is the world's most famous supplier of Elvis product and we have now equity in return for loans. yet," he says, "but home opened an office in Memphis run by Elvis Presley's first cousin Billy Smith. the video now," he says. "It's something we q._4' Broadcast companies have also market has been predicted to be a might be looking at in the next 12 to Excellent Elvis products, excellent designs and low, low prices been able to obtain financing on $20 billion business by 1995. If that 18 months." We sell Elvis Presley sunglasses, posters, jigsaws, their own by taking buttons, patches, scarves, belt buckles, magazines, Elvis stamps, Elvis advantage of happens, big money's going to want National's Berger says First Day Covers (for that he 50th Anniversary), frame prints. mirrors, clocks, pennants, bumper stickers, window stickers, ashtrays, the sweatbands, headbands, guitar current money market trend to move into it. They've had a wait - badges, pillows, photographs, flags, plates, ashtrays, books, socks, stationery, jewelry, key has considered going public, but rings, postcards and YES even Elvis Presley candy (unique because everywhere you bite it you see Elvis' name) and oh we of issuing high -yield subordinate and -see attitude and will forgot Elvis either that the size of his company means calendars, playing cards. ties, t- shirts, jackets, art pants, notepads, earrings and ALL THE LINES WE debt, commonly referred in DESIGNED FOR ELVIS WE CAN PRODUCE FOR ANY STAR FOR CONCERTS, PROMOTIONS, MAIL to as come and buy [franchise opera- he would only make the move to fa- ORDER. junk bonds. Those who have gone tions] outright or look at buying an cilitate further acquisitions, great lines. great profit margins and Elvis always sells. rather this route are primarily, although equity portion." than as a way to stay in the game. Write or phone for catalogue not exclusively, public companies. to: or better still send $20 for wholesale sample pack. We also Adventureland is "putting to- "We don't have a cash need," he Billy Price Smith stock an extensive range of Beatles souvenirs in Memphis. Communications is one pub- gether a program right now to says, but he adds that if National Elvisly Yours Inc. Special designs or merchandise on other stars contact our lic company that has followed this bring an equity investment into the had been a public company at the P.O. Box 161414 London office: Elvisly Yours, P.O. Box 315 Lon- Memphis, Tenn. 38186 course, and Emmis Broadcasting company," says Mapes. That reve- time of the Popingo deal, he "could don 10 tel. 901-346 -2001 NW England tel. 011 441 -739 -2001 has successfully issued junk nue will be used to build a distribu- have given up considerably ask for Sid Shaw less bonds while remaining privately tion center to service the chain's stock" to make the acquisition. Elvisly Yours is a registered trademark held. Eastern stores, to move into new 88 BILLBOARD MAY 24, 1986

www.americanradiohistory.com CDS ARE A GROWING TARGET OF SHOPLIFTERS (Continued from page 1) becomes attractive to the profes- Two Chicago -area chains, 10- Ronna Hoffberg, marketing di- sional thief." store Flip Side Records and nine - rector for Rose Records, says her Nonetheless, Bernstein says, CD store Rose Records, and Connecti- chain has also sustained heavy CD shrinkage has not yet become a sig- cut's two -store Music World say losses; to combat theft, she'd be nificant problem for Musicland. He that amateur theft of CDs has risen "willing to pay the extra pennies to also says he's certain that theft will since labels began replacing the old amortize the cost of placing securi- decrease as stepped -up production plastic blister pack with cardboard ty targets on the merchandise at the of the format causes prices to drop packaging. point of manufacture." and supply to increase. While the new package offers im- But packaging changes might not Pauline Pettit, director of opera- proved graphics, it is more suscepti- be the ultimate solution. Tower's tions for the 62-store Record World ble to a thief's razor blade. Once the Goman says that thieves equipped chain, says her company has been small jewel box is removed from the with razors or knives are emptying "hit by professionals a couple of package, it is easy to sneak out of both blister packs and cardboard times" and that worries over CD the store. Even stores with surveil- boxes. Record World's Pettit and theft have prompted her company lance systems fall prey to such theft Musicland's Bernstein point out to test 3M's article -surveillance sys- because security targets are placed that professional thieves want the tern in one of its stores. on the long box rather than the jew- whole package anyway, to enhance "We always deal with security el box. the value of the goods. problems- that's just part of the "The other day we found 15 emp- Says Bernstein: "The pros don't business. But it was the theft of ty boxes in one store, so it's a pretty usually mess with razor blades. CDs more than anything else that big problem," says Flip Side presi- They go for bulk." led us to test a security system," dent Carl Rosenbaum. Harold Guilfoil, buyer for Wax - For Sentimental Reasons. Veteran music publisher Lou Levy, second left, is says Pettit. In response to retailer com- Work's 36 Disc Jockey stores, says greeted by well -wishers at a reception in ASCAP's New York offices honoring Tower Records already uses arti- plaints, CBS has improved the card- there hasn't been a problem with his 75th birthday. With Levy are, from left, new ASCAP president Morton Gould, cle- surveillance systems in its 35 board package by placing a sealed cardboard packaging, but acknowl- outgoing ASCAP president Hal David, and ASCAP managing director Gloria stores, and for that reason senior end at the bottom of the box, where edges an increase in CD shrinkage. Messinger. Billboard's Iry Lichtman looks on. vice president Stan Goman says in- the disk rests, rather than a tucked "There may be more theft than store- theft of CDs has not posed end. A National Assn. of Recording there was a year ago, but we feel problems any greater than those en- Merchandisers survey shows that like it's a more valuable item this countered with other configura- WEA and Capitol both have sealing year." tions. But his company was stung equipment on order; MCA is also in- He also says that, because the by internal theft. He blames CD vestigating a conversion to sealed price of players has fallen so quick- Jem Bows New label shrinkage on unscrupulous stores ends. ly and the price of disks is either that are willing to buy stolen Rosenbaum says theft is not hap- holding steady or increasing, some NEW YORK Jem Records is ex- pop artists like Peter Gabriel and product. pening with the sealed -end box. He new CD consumers may be in over panding its roster of imprints with Daryl Hall & John Oates -is cru- "We had a situation where people is irritated that labels have not their heads when it comes to build- a new electronic music label. cial to the label's identity. in our warehouse were stealing moved quicker to implement that ing their library. "The player is The Audion Recording Compa- "The key to Audion, as with any them; they were getting $4 apiece package instead of the tucked end. cheap enough so that the income ny, under the a &r direction of elec- label, is the artists," he says. "Yet for them selling to another retailer. Rosenbaum, a member of the level of the CD customer may not be tronic composer/performer Larry all the releases on the label are a The owner of the company was NARM /Video Software Dealers there. Some of them may not be Fast, is described by Jem presi- reflection of Larry Fast and his aware of where the product was Assn. security committee, says that able to afford buying music at $15 dent Marty Scott as "the first la- reputation as an electronic com- coming from. the degree of CD theft gives merit or $16 a pop." bel dedicated to the electronic end poser and performer. We've got- "The pros get involved when you to the concept of having a universal Guilfoil is also concerned about of the new age spectrum. We don't ten tapes and letters already from have these little record stores that surveillance target placed on prod- the effect of price increases. "Prices even call it new age," he adds. people who want to be on the la- are willing to buy stolen product. If uct at the point of manufacture for CDs have increased recently as " `Next age' is more accurate." bel. There's been tremendous you can stop the stores where (Billboard, Feb. 15). He says that much as 5 %. Some customers may The label, which debuts the word -of-mouth because of him." they're turning them, then you'll the security target could be placed balk at that, and then we just might week of June 12 with a seven-song Initial releases will be backed by stop the problem." on or within the jewel box. see an increase in theft." sampler, will offer an initial batch consumer and trade advertising, of summer releases by Emerald and with extensive distribution of Web, Barry Cleveland, Don Sle- the sampler for in -store play. Hughes, "Store exposure is very important BACKER BACKS pian, Neil Nappe, Gary JAll Roger Powell, and Synergy. List for this kind of music," says Scott. (Continued from page 6) price for the label is $9.98, with the Scott pledges the emphasis will mental styles and newer artists upswing, which he cites as a plus in those meditative aspects of the sampler offered at a limited intro- be on providing freedom for elec- with material that can cross over, permitting majors to once more de- field, has become increasingly ductory list price of $6.98 tronic artists. "We truly believe noting that he'll have access to velop more specialized idioms such vague -but that retail acceptance Initial CD releases are sched- that everyone else getting into RCA's pop promotion and sales as jazz. New age music's accep- has effectively legitimized the field. uled for August. All LPs will be new age music is looking for an force for such projects. tance, he says, has "some positive Backer expects to record much of audiophile pressings with a uni- artist who can sell two million al- In keeping with that view, he sug- ramifications ... for jazz as well." the division's new material digitally, form packaging look, while all cas- bums. We've set up Audion to al- without gests RCA will avoid chasing high - New age also carries hazards, and he further notes a probable settes will be released on chrome low artists to be creative profile, established fusion acts. He though. "From an a &r point of price spread tilted toward higher tape. performing up to the commercial sees a "cyclical" pattern in sales view, our choice of artists will have lists, to permit premium pressing Scott says the role of Fast - standards of rock artists." suggesting some major crossover to be based on a high level of musi- and packaging. Compact disks will known for his work with his own FRED GOODMAN draws may be on the downswing, cianship, as opposed to the more be a major priority, too. group Synergy, as well as with making it more prudent to find wor- spiritual concepts that shape some The release pattern will begin this thy new and developing acts. performers and labels," Backer fall with four or five albums in each That same cycle, however, is ac- says. He also agrees that the "new of the three areas. by the trade's economic age" tag, once intended to highlight companied Program Features Top Rock Acts London `Magazine' Eyes U.S. TV Polytram Tops U.K. LP Market Survey LONDON A new television music cast -facilities house Trilion, experi- LONDON PolyGram has taken based on a weekly sample of full - and Island 3 %. Chrysalis had 2.9%, magazine aimed at the U.S. and oth- enced in rock production; and tele- first place in U.K. album market price album sales in 250 U.K. chart A &M 2.8 %, Arista 2.6%, and Sire 2%. er international markets is in prepa- communications giant British shares for the period January - return shops. In Gallup's year -end Analysis of singles performance ration here under the working title Telecom, which, says Complex own- March 1986 in the quarterly survey results for 1985, CBS was the lead- during the same period puts EMI in "Livewire London." er David Panton, may provide fi- conducted by U.K. chart organiza- ing album company, with 16 %, tak- first place, with a 13.8% share, The project marks the first move nancing. tion Gallup. The three PolyGram ing first place for the fourth consec- ahead of CBS, with 13.1 %; WEA, into rock -based program production "With so many high -caliber art- companies, Phonogram, Polydor, utive year. WEA had 13.1 %, EMI with 12.8 %; and RCA /Ariola, with by the Complex, a major London re- ists coming into us on a regular ba- and London -counted together for 11.7 %, and Virgin 8.6 %. 11.5 %. PolyGram took fifth place, hearsal facility (Billboard, April 26). sis, this is a natural development," the first time -achieved a 17.7% Of the PolyGram companies, Pho- with 10.7 %, followed by Virgin Jermaine Jackson, Corey Hart, says Panton. "We'll be filming in share, ahead of CBS (14.5 %), WEA nogram took 6.9 %, Polydor 5.4 %, (7.5 %), Zomba (5.3 %), Chrysalis Status Quo, and Depeche Mode are the musicians' own workplace, so (12.2%), and EMI (10.9%). and London 2.3 %. Had the figures (3.9 %), and A &M (3.1 %). among the acts featured in the pilot we're ideally positioned to cover the Results for RCA and Ariola /Ar- been combined last year, PolyGram The breakdown by individual sin- for the series, which intends to take real behind- the -scenes stories. ista were also combined for the first would have emerged in second gles labels produced a different pic- advantage of the steady flow of top An initial series of 13 one -hour time, giving RCA /Ariola fifth place, place, with a 14.6% share. ture, with Virgin in first place international artists through the programs is planned, with Paul with 10.1%. Virgin scored '7.4%, Is- In Gallup's breakdown of album (5.9 %), ahead of Jive (5.3 %), Capitol Complex. The series was launched Gambaccini and Lesley -Ann Jones land 3.4 %, and Chrysalis and A &M market shares by individual labels (also 5.3 %), RCA (5 %), Parlophone last month at the MIP -TV interna- as co-hosts. The program will have a 3% each. Four other companies, for the first quarter of 1986, CBS (4.8 %), CBS (4.5 %), WEA (3.9 %), tional TV market in Cannes, France. format covering not only rock but MCA, K -tel, Telstar, and Stylus, took 6.2 %, Vertigo 5.8 %, Virgin Warner Bros. (3.7 %), Arista (3.3 %), The subsidiary company handling also stage, film, and video. achieved better than 1 %. 5.5 %, EMI 4.2 %, Warner Bros. 4 %, A &M (3.1 %), and Epic (3.1 %). the project is Complex Visual Pro- The market -share results are Epic 3.8 %, Polydor 3.7%, RCA 3.5%, ductions; also involved are broad-

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www.americanradiohistory.com Tee Vee Toons Label Hopes For Reruns On Album Chart T FRONT LINE BOTTOM LINE: Last week's purchase that the most "democratic" approach is a vote by the staff -from a current five BY IRV LICHTMAN to some of Front Line Management, Full Moon Records, and "entire work force" of the organization, although it adds 16, including a controller -is not like- Facility Merchandising Inc. by MCA Inc. brought that it will abide by the NLRB's findings, expected NEW YORK Of course, about there will ly to mean a shift in Gottlieb's policy MCA Records & Music Group chief Iry Azoff a parcel of two weeks after close of the hearings. be a second volume of "Television's Neither ASCAP of selling the TV theme album or its MCA stock valued at $15.67 million, with MCA's total nor BMI has unionized employees. Greatest Hits." But Tee Vee Toons descendants direct to retailers and re- payout for the three firms estimated at $24.7 million, label president Steve Gottlieb says lying mainly on cable advertising for based on last Monday's closing price of $50.75 for MCA THIS, BUD, IS FOR YOU: he's got a lot of suprises Buddy Robbins, the veteran up his mail-order business. stock. Those figures surfaced in a Los Angeles Times music publisher and board member of the Songwriters sleeve, too. - Gottlieb says he's convinced he can report on MCA's latest high- ticket acquisition of 50% of Hall of Fame, was told to make it to the Friar's Club Gottlieb, whose two-album collec- do a better selling job this way, with Toronto-based Cineplex Odeon Corp., the motion pic- last Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., no questions asked. Why? tion of 65 TV themes has been one of better control of inventory and ac- ture exhibition chain. Both deals parenthetically high- Well, Bud's moving to Palm Springs, and his many the few independent -label success bud- counts receivable. It's possible, he light the easing of federal guidelines that earlier forced dies wanted to wish him well. Sammy Cahn, the presi- says, because of the evolution into a MCA out of talent management, and other movie studios dent of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, supplied his ex- more concentrated `We're poised for retail environ- out of theater ownership. pected parody of a standard in tribute to Robbins. In- ment, and also because of heavy com- credibly, Cahn couldn't find an appropriate number from puterization at the label, which pro- BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, at least for the his own vast catalog, so he was forced to pick an outside explosive growth' vides for further centralized controls. Thorn EMI /HBO domestic home video partnership, ru- candidate. The song? "My Buddy," what else? ... "Drop He says that he's been wooed by mored to be in disarray in the wake of the Cannon your ballads in the box" was the instruction given stories on the album chart in recent major branch setups, but he doesn't Group's acquisition of troubled Thorn EMI Screen En- promo reps visiting New York's WPLJ last Wednesday years, says he's working on some 60 see the need to take that route. He tertainment. Despite Cannon president Yoram Globus' (14), where program director Larry Berger installed projects, six of which should a be re- says that his label has not encoun- reported claim that the joint venture has been dissolved, black box for disposal of slow -tempo which leased sometime this year. tunes, of tered any serious collection problems, an HBO source says that company is "astonished" by Berger says 'PLJ has grown incredibly tired Los An- Some are spinoffs of the TV con- ... and claims less than a 1% return on news of the dissolution. "There have been no formal con- geles' KFI -AM is gearing up for a new morning drive cept. Others are representative of the the theme album. tacts between HBO and Cannon, nor have there been dis- format in the wake of the sudden May 9 signoff of label's initial foray into prerecorded Loh- Meanwhile, the trade can expect cussions with our attorneys," says the spokesman. "As man & Barkley. Roger Barkley confirmed last week video -most likely children's video. Volume 2 of "Television's Greatest far as HBO is concerned, the partnership is still in exis- that he and Al Lohman have dismantled their partner- The others are projects he'd like to Hits" a double -also set with a list of tence." The agreement is said to require a 12 -month con- ship after 24 years on the L.A. airwaves, 18 keep to himself for the last at the time being. $16.98 -in July. Compact disks of tinuation of operations in the event of a split, barring a the Cox AC outlet. One of Gottlieb's current plans is both volumes are due in August. mutually agreed waiver of that provision. As for the to distribute a foreign mainstream la- Gottlieb notes that the CDs will be longterm survival of the pairing, HBO is declining com- WORD IS OUT that FCC Chairman Mark Fowler has bel. He also hopes to establish a rock single releases with all the music, but ment ... Herb Fischer has vacated his post as head of decided to stay on for at least part of another term. music base by signing acts have that without the narration by Don Pardo. Key Video, the CBS /Fox Video subsidiary, and is nego- Fowler's decision isn't official, but it's already reported been dropped by labels unimpressed Gottlieb has exploited the TV tiating to buy Video Software Dealer magazine, where that the White House applauds the move with sales of several ... Gary Mes- hundred thou- theme idea on the dance floor, too, he would become co-publisher. Fischer, founder of Key senger is planning a major expansion for the North sand or so albums. A lure, he adds, with a charting 12-incher of the "Jet - Video, once owned the Major Video Concepts distribu- American Video chain, with stores sized at 5,000 square will be to create a new division of the sons" theme with some 30 themes in torship. With his departure, CBS /Fox is shuttering Key feet or larger slated for North Carolina markets includ- label in which such artists would par- medley form on the flip side. Video's La Jolla, Calif., offices, and shifting command of ing Charlotte, Greensboro, Fayetteville, and Wilming- ticipate in overall profits. The success of the dance single, in the line to Vince Larento, vice president and general ton, along with a unit in Charleston, S.C. Messenger's The TV theme album -said by Gottlieb's view, proves that the TV manager of Playhouse Video, another CBS /Fox line. stores will augment video product with compact disks, Gottlieb to have sold some 300,000 theme concept attracts demographics too. copies domestically and to be doing beyond the "yuppie" crowd. With ARE ASCAP'S TAPE MONITORS specialists or mere- well in foreign markets under licens- heavy exposure of old TV shows -es- ly office workers? That question is now being mulled by NEW YORK'S Top Flight Management, owned by ee deals since its release last June - pecially via cable- "the kids know the National Labor Relations Board in New York, Gary Deluca, has filed suit in Manhattan against singer was a product of private financing of this music," he says. where hearings slated to run through May 28 will at- Jocelyn Brown, as well as her label and current man- some $250,000. A graduate of Har- In October, a spinoff arrives with tempt to clarify the job definition for some 60 employees agement, seeking more than $2 million. The suit alleges vard Law School, Gottlieb anticipates the single album, "Television Themes who help track performances of songs cleared by the that Brown violated a previous management deal that further financing to bring in between Top 30," a compilation of Volumes 1 performing rights association. The NLRB scrutiny guaranteed Deluca and his company 20% of all her gross $3 million and $4 million in new equi- and 2. stems from longstanding attempts by those staffers to earnings ... S &S Public Relations, the Chicago-area ty In aiming high, Gottlieb cites an gain union representation through the Communica- firm whose clients include National Video and the In- "We're poised for explosive example of where the possibilities lie: tions Workers of America (AFL -CIO), which charges ternational Franchise Assn., plans a late-summer open- growth," he says. "We'll transform a "The Virgin label started with 'Tubu- that ASCAP has redefined the monitors' services to in- ing for an office in Los Angeles, aiming for a client base sort of ad hoc staff into a very profes- lar Bells.' " clude them in the same pool as clerical workers, making in the movie, home video, and music industries. sional one." The expansion his of them ineligible for union membership. ASCAP contends Edited by SAM SUTHERLAND and IRV LICHTMAN Five Plead Guilty In Counterfeit Case CBS And RCA Sue Distributor NEW YORK The recording indus- tence: six months in jail for one In a second case, a four -count in- try has gained ground in two sepa- count of conspiracy, and five years dictment was handed down April 30 Parallel Imports Spark Litigation rate court cases involving unautho- probation for one count each of in U.S. District Court in Pensacola, rized product. copyright infringement and traf- Fla., against William M. Parker for In U.S. District Court in Musko- ficking in counterfeit labels. trafficking in counterfeit labels. NEW YORK Parallel import re- by Julio Iglesias, Jose Luis Rodri- gee, Okla., five people pleaded Wandell Wright was sentenced to Parker operates Trader Bill's, a cordings are again L at the root of guez, Emmanuel, and Jose Jose. guilty on May 7 to charges of copy- three years probation for one count general merchandise store in Fort legal actions by taken U.S. labels The labels are asking for statu- right infringement, trafficking in of infringement. Larry Wright was Walton Beach, where in February against distributors. tory damages of up to $50,000 per counterfeit labels, and conspiracy. sentenced to five years probation 1985 FBI special agents seized some CBS and RCA /Ariola filed suit count of copyright infringement. The trial stemmed from a Janu- for one count each of infringement 823 allegedly counterfeit audio- May 9 in U.S. district court in Mi- The suit also asks for preliminary ary raid staged by FBI special and trafficking. cassettes. If convicted, Parker faces ami against Casino Records Distri- injuctive relief against Casino and agents at Action Printing in Nor- The five were indicted by a grand a maximum of five years in jail and bution, charging willful copyright the impounding of infringing man, Okla., at which equipment and jury on Feb. 20, 1986. a $250,000 fine. GEOFF MAYFIELD infringement for the importation, product -in addition to recovery materials used to produce labels for distribution, and selling of unau- of court and legal costs. audiocassettes were seized. thorized Hispanic product. And in Resolution of the Albany case Steve Lindsay, owner and opera- Albany, N.Y., One Way Records stemmed from a cease and desist tor of Action Printing, pleaded Rich Gig To Appear In All Configurations avoided litigation from several la- order sent by the RIAA on Sept. guilty to one count of conspiracy LOS ANGELES In what may be luma, Calif.-based label is slated to bels by surrendering infringing 26, 1985, to David Schlang of One and one count of trafficking. He an industry first, a new concert re- release a two-cassette or three -LP product. Way Records, concerning the dis- was sentenced to four years proba- cording is being released on all set of "Mr. Drums" for $16.99 and The Miami trial is another in a tribution of parallel import LPs. tion. Herbert Sims, charged with three audio configurations and four $21.99, respectively, and the dual series of actions involving the sale Copyrights to those titles are distributing the illicit labels for utili- different audio /visual formats. CD package for $21.99. of Hispanic product (Billboard, owned by CBS, Capitol, Elek- zation in a multi -state ring, pleaded Audio /video producer Gary The session, recorded and video- May 17). tra /Asylum /Nonesuch, MCA, guilty to one count each of conspira- Reber projects virtually simulta- taped at One Pass Inc. in San Fran- On 22, Jan. the Recording In- RCA, Warner Bros., and Poly - cy, copyright infringement, and neous release for the albums and cisco, is available on Sony dustry Assn. of America (RIAA) Gram. trafficking of counterfeit labels, long -form video programs featur- videocassette in VHS Hi-Fi, Beta sent a cease and desist order to Schlang agreed to the cease and and will be sentenced within 60 ing the Buddy Rich Big Band. Hi -Fi, and 8mm, with digital sound, Casino, calling for the distributor desist order, surrendering 260 days. To allow closely timed releases, the result of a deal engineered with to stop dealing in unauthorized im- copies of infringing product to Also charged with distribution of he lined up deals with Mobile Fideli- Sony's John O'Donnell. ports. Named in the suit are titles avoid litigation. GEOFF MAYFIELD the counterfeit labels were Henry ty Records, Sony Video and Pioneer The Pioneer Artists deal, made Wright; his wife, Wandell Wright; Artists in advance. with Ron Rich, yields a single laser and their son, Larry Wright. Henry Under Reber's deal with Herb videodisk with digital sound at Wright received the stiffest sen- Belkin of Mobile Fidelity, the Peta- $24.95 list. JOHN SIPPEL

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