RECORD WORLD COUNTRY VMDRLD MCA High on RW Charts NASHVILLE-In the last 30 notable positions. days MCA Records, Inc. has Chic Doherty, Vice -President maintained an average of 3 to 5 and head of national sales of records in Record World's top country product feels "the big 10 chart listings while holding factor is 1p sales with tapes on By RED O'DONNELL between 7 and 8 in the top 20 country running 50-70% listings. Last week's Record of total sales. MCA has some of Jim Brown, who rarely imbibes, is cutting World listings showed Cal the biggest country artists in what he calls "my latest drinking ." .. . Smith's single in the No. 1 the business, including Loretta Yazoo City, Miss.' funnyman Jerry Clower spot, Jerry Wallace's "Do You Lynn, Conway Twitty, Marty booked through June, has six dates set in Know What It's Like To Be Robbins, Bill Anderson, Jerry '74 . . . 's back on the To- Lonesome" in the No. 2 posi- Wallace, Cal Smith, Jack Greene, night show March 7 . . . Tom T. Hall will tion, Loretta Lynn's "Rated X" and Jerry Clower. appear on this weekend's NBC-TV "Midnight as No. 5, and Conway Twitty's Special," which is to be hosted by Anne Mur- "She Needs Someone To Hold A Record World For'tm-on th" ray ... Just for the record: Stevie Wonder was Her" as No. 10. Record World's state of country radio featuring born Steveland Morris in Saginaw, Mich. 23 years ago. Country Album Charts show 8 a discussion between four top country dj's begins on p. 14. Good deed dept,-Atlantic disk artist David Rogers' bus was of MCA's country releases in in the shop for repairs and David and his show had a booking upcoming in Clarksburg, West Va. Tex Ritter heard about Rogers' dilemma and not only loaned David his bus-but his NSA Names Hull Best of '72 driver Bill Merritt. Yes, David got to Clarksburg on time. By DAN BECK Rusty Adams (Koko the Clown) worked an air base in Beloxi, Miss. NASHVILLE-The 6th An- recorded by Billy Walker, and en route home checked into a Birmingham hospital for nual Nashville 's "Sing Me A Love Song to Ba- three days for treatment of food poisoning ... "Koko did just fine Association Awards Presenta- by" and "I'm Gonna Keep On but it darn near killed Rusty," reports Adams. tion was held Tuesday evening Loving You." Marty Robbins, driving in the Daytona 500 at Daytona Beach, (20), honoring their peers for Other award winners were was involved in a wreck when his car went out of control .. . the top songs of 1972. The NSA Bob 'McDill and ' The auto was totaled (cost $27,000) but the MCA artist walked event is based upon its mem- "Catfish John"; "Four In The away unscratched . .. Does he plan to quit racing? "No," he says bers' vote of the top five songs Morning" by Jerry Chestnut; matter of factly. "I just plan to get myself a new car." Robbins' that they wished they had "Delta Dawn" by Alex Harvey latest single is: "Walking Piece of Heaven." He is a walking written. The awards ultimate- and Larry Collins; Ray Griff's piece of luck-good. ly are received by the "song- "The Morning After Baby Let Roy Orbison's first personal appearances in North America writer's songwriter." Me Down"; "When You Say in more than three years are scheduled for western Canada in Tom T. Hall earned the Love" by Jerry Foster and Bill April . . . Six performances in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Songwriter of the Year honor Rice; and "Lovin' On Back Calgary, etc. by receiving the highest com- Streets" by Hugh King. Songwriter Tupper Saussy's new Ritz Cafe in Nashville in- bined total of nominations for Jean Chapel's "To Get To cludes such marks of previous visitors as the original manu- his catalog of songs. Some of You"; Hillman Hall's "Pass script of ' "Everything Is Beautiful," the first draft Hall's compositions include "I Me By"; "You Can't Take It of Bobby Russell's "" and a Hobbit-size hat Remember The Year That With You" by Hal Bynum and left by Paul Williams. Clayton Delaney Died," "Old Jim Kandy; "Good Time Char- Mickey Newbury is driving around in a 1954 300 SC Mercedes Dogs, Children, and Water- lie's Got The Blues" by Danny coupe, features of which include a hand -built sun roof . . . If melon Wine," and "Me And O'Keefe; "It's Not Love" by Mickey holds onto the car (acquired from Yugoslavia) for an- Jesus," all of which he has re- Hank Cochran and Glenn Mar- other ten years it'll be worth an estimated $100,000 on the corded. tin; "Got The All Overs For collector's item market. Runner-up honor went to You" by Freddie Hart; Donna Singer Demetriss Tapp was in Green Bay, Wis. the past week Gene Dobbins of Two Rivers Fargo's "The Happiest Girl for second consecutive year to appear on that city's annual Music, a division of Mega Rec- In The Whole USA"; Chuck Cerebral Palsy Telethon ... The pretty blonde shared the spot- ords. Dobbins' repertoire of Rogers and Don Devaney's light with Lyle Waggoner of the Carol Burnett TVer, Danny nominations includes "I Love "Evening"; and "Sing Me A Bonaduce of the Partridge Family series and most of the Green Her" by Eddy Arnold, "Red Love Song To Baby" by Gene Bay Packers squad. Skies Over Georgia" by Hen- Dobbins, Jean Whitehead and Clara Ward died a week before it was learned she had been son Cargill, "He's Everywhere" Rayburn Anthony all received nominated for a Grammy Award in the NARAS voting for "Best by Sammi Smith and two songs (Continued on page 86) (Continued on page 81) COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEK W , "WHAT MY WOMAN CAN'T DO" cg 0. B. McCLINTON, "MY WHOLE WORLD IS FALL - i "MY SECOND ALBUM," DONNA FARGO. (Altam/Algee, BMI). The battle of W ING DOWN" (East Memphis, BMD. D Chalk up gold elpee number two for Ms. which George Jones release is the Culled from his "Obie From Senato- Fargo. Donna does a fine job on "Don't Be W Z best gets some extra heavy compe- bie" long -play, this cut comes from Angry" and "I'd Love You To Want Me," Epfc W -J tion. Tight and right. Another rea- hit pie. 0. B. does a funky delivery but her best work comes via her own son why America tries to keep up about a funky way of living. This tunes. Potential singles are present with

with the Joneses. Penned by Mont- '45 will help 0. B. arrive to stay. "A Song I Can Sing," "You Were Always gomery, Sherrill and Jones, it fits He is fast establishing himself with There" and "How Would I." Tough stuff! his style like a chew fits your deejays. Expect this one to stay on Donna hooks the ballads best. Heavy cargo cheek! What George can't do is the air longer than the Ed Sullivan on this second Fargo! Dot 26006. have a record stop at #2! Epic 5- Show. Will sell records by the Stax! 10959. Enterprise 9062.

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