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BladicoovidicientedSingles OCTOBER 3, 1981 39SHE DON'T LET NOBODY (BUT ME) CURTIS MAYFIELD/ TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number, (Distributing Label) Boardwalk 7 11122 5 Oct. Sept. WKS. ON 41 TIME TO THINK ROCKIE ROBBINS/A&M 2355 4 3 26 CHART H 42SHE GOT THE PAPERS (I GOT THE MAN) BARBARA MASON / 1 1 SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA WMOT 02237 5 (SHE'S BUILT, SHE'S STACKED) CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK CARL CARLTON 39 - TAKE MY HEART 20th Century Fox 2488 (RCA) KOOL & THE GANG (2nd Week) 15 De-Lite 815 (PolyGram) 1 2 2 ENDLESS LOVE DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE /Motown 1519 13 40 53 CONTROVERSY PRINCE/Warner Bros. 49808 2 3 3 SUPER FREAK (PART 1) RICK JAMES/Gordy 7205 (Motown) 9 41 35 6 4NEVER TOO MUCH LUTHER VANDROSS/Epic 14 02409 I LIKE IT CAMEO/Chocolate City 3227 (PolyGram) 9 42 36 NIGHT GAMES STEPHANIE MILLS/20th Century -Fox 2506 5 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL FOUR TOPS/Casablanca 2338 (RCA) 6 (PolyGram) 8 49IT SHOWS IN YOUR EYES ASHFORD & SIMPSON /Warner 6 8 WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER AL JARREAU /Warner Bros. Bros. 49805 3 49746 12 52 PULL FANCY DANCER/PULL (PART 2) ONE WAY/MCA 51165 3 7 7 SILLY DENIECE WILLIAMS/ARC/Columbia 18 02406 10 58 OH NO COMMODORES/Motown 1527 2 8 6SQUARE BIZ TEENA MARIE /Gordy 7202 (Motown) 15 11 57 TAKE MY LOVE MELBA MOORE/EMI-America 8092 2 9 14LOVE ALL THE HURT AWAY ARETHA FRANKLIN & GEORGE 47 32 DOUBLE DUTCH BUS FRANKIE SMITH /WMOT 8 5356 29 BENSON/Arista 0624 7 48 45 SHINE YOUR LIGHT GRAINGERS/BC 4009 10 10 12ON THE BEAT B.B.&Q. BAND/Capitol 4993 10 54 WHO'S BEEN KISSING YOU HOT CUISINE/Prelude 8035 4 11 20I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (PART 1) ROGER/ El Warner Bros. 49786 6 50 30 LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET STACY LATTISAW/Cotillion 12 11 SLOW HAND POINTER SISTERS/Planet 47929 (E/A) 17 46015 (All) 18 C3 15 I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU DENROY MORGAN/Becket 45 5 14 51 44 EVERYBODY'S BROKE HERBIE HANCOCK /Columbia 18 02404 7 14 9JUST BE MY LADY LARRY GRAHAM/Warner Bros. 49744 15 52 40 SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT CHERYL LYNN /Columbia 11 02102 19 15 10I'M IN LOVE EVELYN KING/RCA 12243 16 - INSIDE YOU (PART 1) ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck 5 02531 (CBS) 1 18 GET IT UP TIME /Warner Bros. 49774 9 61 DANCIN' FREE BROTHERS JOHNSON /A&M 2368 3 17 16LADY (YOU BRING ME UP) COMMODORES/Motown 1514 15 111 62LET'S START II DANCE AGAIN BOHANNON featuring DR. 18 13SWEAT (TILL YOU GET WET) BRICK /Bang 02246 3 (CBS) 11 PERRI JOHNSON /Phase II 1282 2 la68 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU EBONEE WEBB/Capitol 5044 2 11:1 22LOVE HAS COME AROUND DONALD BYRD AND 125TH STREET, NYC / Elektra 47168 7 - LET'S GROOVE EARTH, WIND & FIRE/ARC/Columbia 18 20 19WIKKA WRAP EVASIONS/Sam 81 5020 9 02536 1 64 LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY JEAN CARN/TSOP 02501 (CBS) 131 25I CAN'T UVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE TEDDY PENDERGRASS/ 2 Phila. Intl. 5 02462 (CBS) 6 ER 65 WARM WEATHER PIECES OF A DREAM/Elektra 47181 2 22 23LET'S DANCE (MAKE YOUR BODY MOVE) WEST STREET 60 60 YOU GOT THE PAPERS (BUT I GOT THE MAN) JEAN KNIGHT MOB /Sugarhill 763 8 & PREMIUM/Cotillion 46020 (At!) 4 23 21 A LITTLE BIT OF JAZZ NICK STRAKER BAND/Prelude 8034 10 m - MEANT FOR YOU DEBRA LAWS/ Elektra 47198 1 Ea 27BEFORE I LET GO MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY/ 62 33 I LOVE YOU MORE RENE & ANGELA/Capitol 5010 14 Capitol 5031 6 63 50 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC BITS AND PIECES/Mango 109 6 LEI 29DO YOU LOVE ME PATTI AUSTIN /Qwest 49754 (WB) 9 64 51 SATURDAY NIGHT BOBBY BROOM/Arista 2516 5 26 28GENERAL HOSPI-TALE AFTERNOON DELIGHTS/MCA 51148 8 65 59INCH BY INCH STRIKERS/Prelude 8033 4 27 17DO IT NOW (PART 1) S.O.S. BAND/Tabu 6 02125 (CBS) 12 - IN THE MIDDLE OF A SLOW DANCE KLIQUE /MCA 51158 1 31 STAY AWAKE RONNIE LAWS/Liberty 1424 7 Ed- FUNKY SOUND (TEAR THE ROOF OFF) SEQUENCE /Sugarhill 43SNAP SHOT SLAVE /Cotillion 46022 (Atl) 3 767 1 30 24CANT WE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN PHYLLIS HYMAN AND D - I'VE GOT TO LEARN TO SAY NO! RICHARD "DIMPLES" MICHAEL HENDERSON /Arista 0606 14 FIELDS/ Boardwalk 7 11124 1 31 26HERE I AM DYNASTY/Solar 47932 (E/A) 12 111 - ZULU QUICK / Pavillion 5 02455 (CBS) 1 32 34AIMING AT YOUR HEART TEMPTATIONS/Gordy 7208 70 46GIVE IT TO ME BABY RICK JAMES/Gordy 7197 (Motown) 27 (Motown) 7 71 63VERY SPECIAL DEBRA LAWS/Elektra 47142 19 47THIS KIND OF LOVIN' WHISPERS/Solar 12295 (RCA) 3 72 55I JUST WANT TO LOVE YOU STANLEY CLARKE & GEORGE 1,0 38JUST ONCE QUINCY JONES featuring JAMES INGRAM /A&M DUKE /Epic 14 02397 6 2357 6 73 48 FREEWAY PEACHES & HERB/Polydor /MVP 2178 (PolyGram) 9 35 37IF THAT'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/ 74 56 MIGHTY FINE TTF /Gold Coast 1109 (Capitol) 7 Columbia 18 02413 8 75 67 FUNTOWN U.S.A. RAFAEL CAMERON /Salsoul 2144 (RCA) 14 and more accessible many "inexperi-Papers (I Got the Man)" on WMOT well how I was, 'cause I was with him WMOT(Cont. from page 23) enced people" feel more comfortableand Jean Knight & Premium's "You last night. He busted out laughing." music promotion, Dee Wellmon, re- approaching WMOT. "This is goodGot the Papers (I Got the Man)" on The pair talk briefly about Mason's tail store promotion east coast, and because we meet a lot of young tal-Atlantic. Both are answer records to appearance the next day singing the Lynda Penn, east coast radio promo- ent," Black notes, but they aren't al-the popular Richard "Dimples" Fields national anthem at an Eagles pre- tion, share an office. Penn is away vis- ways aware of the basics of the busi-album cut, "She's Got Papers on Me." season football game. iting WKND in Hartford, Connecticut. ness, and it causes problems." Barnes reports that Mason's single has At about four that afternoon WMOT At the other end of the floor is the Both men say they're proud to besold 10,000 in Philadelphia and that has its new product presentation meet- mailroom, where Ernie Garcia, wear- building something from the groundthe stores are already out of it. ing. Barnes, Wellman, Black and ing a haircut Grace Jones would envy, up and "not just pieces in a large, Rubens is both pleased and con- Feldman listen while Martinelli plays handles the shipping of product. already -established company." Theycerned. Quickly, he is on the phone music by the Funk Fusion Band ("Can Back downstairs in Rubens' office mention that most of their staff hadwith CBS, loudly trying to get their You Feel It") and Captain Sky ("Sta- Diedre O'Hara of Michael Zager & solid backgrounds in the industry be-pressing operation "to bend the rules a tion Break"). Many of them are look- Jerry Love's Sumac Music is pitching fore they joined WMOT. For example,bit" to get more copies of the 12 and ing over tracking sheets. songs to the WMOT president. Rubens vice president product development/seven-inch singles ready. Apparently The business day ends at WMOT tells her he needs ballads for a deep - publicity Doreen Ringer worked forWMOT failed to fill out the form that with Rubens on the phone with voiced singer named Frank Alston. A&M, ABC and MCA previously. Lenthe plant required, but undaunted, Hodes, talking over a variety of man- O'Hara plays several songs and Ru- Hodes managed the publishing forRubens tells them, "This record is too ners. After their conversation Rubens bens expresses interest in three, one of several companies, including the Bea-important for this to happen." sits back. "People like Hodes, Bass, which he says "I can definitely use." tles catalogue at Maclen Music, prior Barbara Mason comes in to talk Ringer, Barnes are veterans. They At In Season, a restaurant around to becoming WMOT's vice presidentwith Rubens about her "Papers" rec- could work anywhere, but they were the corner from WMOT; Rubens and of publishing and general manager oford and the possibility of her doing a tired of that corporate life. They want senior vice president of business affairs the west coast office. concept album portraying "the other to be part of a building company, Jonathan Black talk about the joys After lunch Rubens and Reggiewoman." "I called Dimples the other something they can say they did them- and problems of having a small label. Barnes meet and discuss the battle be-day" she says. "He asked me how I selves. That is a very special satisfac- They note that because they are small tween Barbara Mason's "She Got thewas and I told him he knew good and tion." RECORD WORLD OCTOBER 3, 1981 37.