Soul Truth (Continued from page 160) promotion. Personal Pick: "Teach Me Tonight"-- Phoebe Snow (Columbia). Radio station WEAS-FM (Savannah) announced that it had a new operations manager, Howard Wade. Norm Gardner was promoted at Mercury Records in New York as promotion manager, both pop and r&b. Alonzo King, who was at one time promotion repre- sentative at Motown Records, was named artist rela- tions rep for the company. April 1st, it was announced, a roast would be held for Bob "Nighthawk" Terry in Washington, D.C. Dennis Edwards, former lead singer of The Temp- tations, was in the studio recording an 1p for Motown Records. Personal Pick: "Come On, Have Yourself A Good Time" -- Major Lance (Columbia). For the first time since the fifties a radio an- nouncer was found guilty of perjury. Frankie Crocker was sentenced to a year and a day with $1,000 fine. Crocker appealed the conviction. It was this time of year that in the splitting up department it was announced that Baker, Harris and Young were going to go their separate ways. How- ever, they did not, as the three came to an agree- ment to have "a piece of the rock," the label, Gold Mind, would be distributed by Salsoul Records. APRIL ABC recording artist Eloise Laws dhcl her co -producer Linda Creed Launcheda promo- Personal Pick: "Let 'Em In" -- Billy Paul (PIR). tion tour in conjunction with Laws' debut album, "Eloise." Featured in the photoat a Chicago reception are (from left): Linda Creed; Runa Sanders, Sanders One -Stop; Zeggie Barnes, formerly affiliated with Buddah Eloise Laws; E. Rodney Jones, program director, WVON; Jan Barnes, midwestpromo - Records, decided to go into independent promotion. Hon manager,ABC;and Richard Steal, program director, Sylvia Rhone, who was once handling promotion, Leave Me" -- Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes featur- found herself a home with Bareback Records. She is ing Sharon Paige (ABC). still doing a marvelous job with that company. The replacement for Reggie Barnes on the west Singer, writer and producer Bunny Sigler signed a coast, who was handling promotion, was announced as contract with Famous Music, leaving Philadelphia Louis Harper. Harper handled disco promotion for International Records. Casablanca. Personal Pick: "Can't Get Over You" -- The Dra- Barbara Kennedy resigned as The O'Jaysmanager; matics (ABC). the group appointed Barbara Arnold and Walter It was alleged at this time that Herb Kent of "Tony" Richbourg as their new managers. Kennedy WVON-AM (Chicago) was dismissed of his duties after was handling their management from the west coast. some 20 years on the air. Reasons for his dismissal All -Platinum Records hired two new promotion were said to be: numbers were down; he would not do coordinators, Sandra Holmes and Regina Jones, who rotation; and was not maintaining "energy." took the place of Connie Johnson after her exit Announcing that Sammy Davis, Jr. would be the MC from that company. for the NAACP Image Awards was Maggie Hathaway, Dexter Wansel was going to handle the production founder -president of the Beverly Hills chapter of of the Delfonics. this organization. Condolences were extended to the family of Ms. Personal Pick: "Hollywood" -- Rufus featuring Taaz Lang, who was the manager of Teddy Pendergrass. Chaka Khan (ABC) . Ms. Lang was shot and killed. It was announced at Bob "Nighthawk" Terry's Roast MAY that the next NATRA Convention would be held at Personal Pick: "Country Girl"-- The Nights (ABC). Miami Beach's Cardobla Hotel. It was announced that Bernie Wilson, Lloyd Parks, Lucky Cordell's Testimonial, being held the 29th Larry Brown and the original lead singer, John of this month, was shaping up fantastically. Atkins, would make up the Bluenotes. The group was At this time announcing the Black Radio Exclu- at one time with Harold Melvin. They signed with TK sive's conference was the publisher, Sidney Miller. Records in Miami. The dates were stated as May 28 at the Hyatt Regency Norm Gardner left Mercury Records and went over in Los Angeles. to Fantasy. He is still handling regional promotion Personal Pick: "Break It To Me Gently" -- Aretha for that company. Franklin (Atlantic). Being dismissed from station WOL-AM (Washington) KACE-FM was a new radio station emerging from the was Mel Edwards. The reason for his dismissal was Ingelwood, California area, since the bankrupt alleged to be past FCC investigations. KAGB left a void in that populated area. Program Personal Pick: "See You When I Get There" -- Lou director and operations manager was Cal Shields, Rawls (Philadelphia International). with Alonzo Miller as music director. A Tribute To The O'Jays The Temptations announced that Lewis Price from It is not every day that a group of young, inspir- Chicago would be the replacement for Dennis Edwards, ing gentlemen have seen years of togetherness and who sang lead with that group for several years. success. You have beaten the law of averages, Personal Pick: 'After You Love Me, Why Do You (Continued on page 168)

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