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TWO SECTIONS SECTION 1 SEVENTY -FIFTH YEAR The International Music -Record Tape Newsweekly

COIN MACHINE PAGES 45 TO 50 Bi 0 Nashville to Jump GRT's Cassette Rock Sparks Net With Country Hops Price to Meet Radio's Revival By BILL WILLIAMS By MIKE GROSS NASHVILLE - The "Grand tion be done in advance, to less- 8 -Track Level NEW YORK - The future tendance patterns among teen- Ole Opry" celebrates its 44th en freeloading. Registration in- of network radio is getting agers and young adults favor WEBER birthday, the volves a $10 donation to the By BRUCE brighter because of a growing radio to a remarkable degree. Association observes its I I th in Opry Trust Fund, a bank -held LOS ANGELES - GRT interest in syndicated rock pro- As a result, McManus, John & a week -long carnival of shows trust which gives thousands of will raise the suggested retail grams. During the past six Adams, who represent Phiso- and parties with occasional time dollars to indigent (non-"Grand price of its cassettes to $6.98, months a number of projects hex, an antibiotic skin cleanser, Ole musicians and have been has off for some serious seminars Opry ") their effective Nov. 1. The price is undertaken in both entered the pop radio field New beginning Saturday (11). families. equal to that of its 8 -track car- York and San Francisco on a syndicated basis. The WSM- sponsored event, The highlight will be the CMA tridge product. to provide syndicated radio pro- "We have increased a twice now in its 17th year, promises to Awards show, carried live from The price hike, the first ini- grams to both AM and FM sta- daily rock news and interview the House be bigger than last year's (6,001), "Grand Ole Opry" tiated by a tape company, fol- tions across the country. show called 'Rock Stars' to over on hosted by with preregistration this year Wednesday (15), lows a music industry standard A recent survey conducted 400 radio stations across the running more than double that Tennessee Ernie Ford. Awards established by RCA, Columbia by the Media Information De- country. We are delivering of 1968. WSM officials had in- will be given in all of the major and . partment at McManus, John & 3,800,000 young people with the sisted this year that all registra- (Continued on page 62) GRT introduced its cassette Adams shows that media at- (Continued on page 12) product several years ago with a $5.98 label because it was a Brazil Takés Rio Fest "fair and competitive" price at Small Specialty Disk that time, said Tom Bonetti, GRT marketing manager. Bo- netti attributed rising costs at the Amid Jeers & Cheers manufacturing and distribution Cos. Big Guns in U.K. By HENRY JOHNSTON points for the price increase. By PAUL ACKERMAN Two other reasons also con- RIO DE JANEIRO The decision giving Jim Webb's of specialized independents - tributed to the $1 hike. All costs NEW YORK - The rise of first place second place the cheering public gave "Evie" for U.S. (Continued on page 90) many small labels dedicated to abroad, dedicated to , to Britain's entry in Brazil's "Evie" was sung by Bill Medley specialized fields of music has bluebeat, folk and other musical Fourth International Popular who was shaken by the boos. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111 become an important phenom- categories, parallels somewhat But Song Festival. the judges More than 25,000 music - Salute to enon in England and, to a the American scene in the placed it third. moved fans jammed the Mar - lesser extent, Western Europe. 1940's and 1950's, when labels Cheers went to Britain's Mal- acananzinho Stadium for the FLYING DUTCHMAN The development has been par- devoted to the Negro and coun- try markets mushroomed, there- colm Roberts, who sang "Love festival. PRODUCTIONS ticularly noticeable the last two Is All" (music by Les Reed, Roberts showed sportsman- years, during which many of by laying the basis for a much words by Barry Mason). Jeers ship in throwing his British flag See center section the companies have grown in broader business in the 1960's. went to the judges' decision that (Continued the growth Examples are Atlantic, Chess, on page 8) 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 stature. Historically, gave first place to Brazil's "Can - Imperial and many more, once tiga Fo Luciana" (music by operating in what were called Edmundo Souto, words by Paul - the specialty fields. inho Tapajos, performed by Ev- Here is a sampling of the inha). More jeers went to the (Continued on page 78) Cap's Outlet Chess Into Deal on Tape Mail Order By ELIOT TIEGEL By EARL PAIGE LOS ANGELES - Capitol CHICAGO - The current is going outside usual outlet distribution hangup may find channels to sell tape and phono- some independent labels estab- graph equipment to photo, drug, lishing record clubs, at least this chain, book, furniture and dis- is implied by a move last week count stores. by Chess Records vice president The company has signed with Marshall Chess, who said a new vintage blues series will be sold World Music Corp., a 20 -year- old company which specializes by mail "to service customers in handling instrument, ampli- who can't find this product in fiers, musical instruments and the stores." Chess is establishing a special mail order division for accessories. Richie Havens is causing big excitement with the Lennon/ Gene Pitney performs in his unique singing style a new smash the series, and if this is suc- World McCartney hit, "Rocky Raccoon" (ST -650). Watch Richie single ... "Early in the Morning." (She lets her hair down) maintains 83 represen- cessful, may start a record club, tatives around the country who for an explosive new soon to be released, Stonehenge Just released for fast chart action. Musicor #1384. (SFS -6001) ... from Stormy Forest Records, distributed by (Advertisement) he said. Also in the works is a (Continued on page 18) MGM Records. (Advertisement) (Continued on page 90)

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ATLANTIC /SONGS LED ZEPPELIN II ATCO Atco SD33 -306 Atlantic SD -8236 Atco SD33-309 Atlantic SD -8243 We're happy to fee the wórld licatching up to Get Together" before it'i too late. Individuality Stressed in ABC's New Thrust at Market by Stark By ELIOT TIEGEL LOS ANGELES -"California something would come up. To- Bob Todd, who handle Impulse, means a fresh approach for day," continues Stark, "we BluesWay and Apt, respectively. ABC Records. We are no sign a group only after every- Bill Szymczyk who records acts longer concerned with the great one believes in it. And it may for ABC and BluesWay in New mass of records. We are con- be months before we release York, will be moving here at cerned with individual records something by that act." the end of the year. and individual projects." Stark and associates are de- Already working out of the That is the new philosophy be- emphasizing the specialty con- new offices on Beverly Blvd. hind the ABC Records division notation. BluesWay is no longer are Marvin Deane, ABC's na- as explained by Howard Stark, an ethnic black rural blues la- tional pop promotion manager; its general manager. bel. After singing a rock act, Otis Smith, national sales and With the ABC, BluesWay, the James Gang a year ago, promotion manager; Lou Stew- Impulse and Apt labels all be- BluesWay has just released its art, national promotion man- ing operated from new offices debut LP. ager for BluesWay, Impulse and BEHIND THE SCENE of ABC -TV's "The Music Scene" are, left to here (plus Dunhill, an autono- Impulse is no longer a Apt, and Norma Whittaker, right, Stan Harris, director and co- producer; Don Ovens, Billboard mus subsidiary), the Coast of- label and APT is not a bubble - publicity chief. coordinator; Susan Richards, talent coordinator; Ken Fritz, producer, fices have become the creative gum label, Stark said, because Operating out of the New and Bill Wardlow, Los Angeles publishing director of Billboard Pub- headquarters for the majority of music has become so universal lications. York office are Larry Newton, parent ABC. and people of varied back- ABC Records president, plus sev- "We used to be concerned grounds are now listening. eral producers and promotion with putting out a lot of rec- There are two producers in men. All accounting and legal 'Music Scene' Group ords to get billing and thinking the office here, Ed Michel and matters are handled in the East. Stark, who moved here from New York 15 months ago be- Flying Dutchman Releases fore the major buildup, believes To Cut WB Record music cannot be put in any LOS ANGELES - A gos- personal appearance tour in the corner. "B.B. King now plays pel version of "Sugar, Sugar" South, and Fritz was trying to LP on Prison Treatment college concerts. He used to which highlighted last week's arrange with to have NEW YORK -Bob Thiele's alarm over the threat to free- play bars in the South. It just "Music Scene" show over ABC - the performers stop in Louis- Flying Dutchman Productions dom of speech and the right to goes to show how widely lis- TV, has resulted in the crea- ville where they could be is releasing a documentary al- dissent in this country," said tened to artists are today." tion of a group which Warner brought into an ABC affiliated bum, "A Night at Santa Rita," Thiele. "I feel that the record Bros. will record. station to tape their song. This which details the experiences of industry can perform a service The gospel chorale treatment all had to be done in quick Bob Scheer of Ramparts Maga- to the country by issuing records of the nation's No. I song was fashion so as to meet the show's zine who was arrested and de- which are spoken word docu- Cap Memphis arranged by Pat Williams, the rigid production schedule. tained in California's Santa Rita mentaries of important social show's musical director, who On the first two shows, prison following a demonstra- and political events." last week recorded the Music "Sugar" had represented the na- tion in Berkeley last May. Thiele's previous history with Scene Gospel Singers for WB tion's top tune. But if the The album, which Thiele spoken word records includes Widens Output release. The songs recorded Temptations could not be video- describes as "a strong message material by Buddy Hackett, Al were "Sugar, Sugar" and "When taped in time for the fourth of social protest," is narrated by "Jazzbo" Collins, Jack Kerouac, By JAMES D. KINGSLEY I Die." program, Sonny James' per- disk jockey Rosko. Commen- Steve Allen, Myron Cohen, Bill WB thus becomes the first formance would represent the tary on the album jacket has Dana, Jackie Miles, Bud Green- MEMPHIS Salvatore J. - of Capitol record company to create a new No. 1 song in a musical cate- been written by Nat Hentoff. span, Don Knotts and Oliver Iannucci, president property as a result of the show. gory. "This states the case for the Nelson. Records, has mapped an ex- Producer= Ken Fritz had made In a recent 70 -city Nielson panded production operation in- phone inquiries of local record survey, "Music Scene" drew a volving Capitol and the Fame companies following the de- 27 percent share of audience. Record Co. of Memphis and velopment of the skit to show- The program is telecast over 154 UNSAC Enters a Working Muscle Shoals, Ala. case the song as originally done ABC Network stations. "We are looking forward to by , a studio group Accord With NRMA, VSA a heavy production schedule out put together for the animated of this area (Memphis and the cartoon series of the same name. NEW YORK - The Uni- with Karl Helfrich, director of midsouth) not only in the rhythm A WB representative came Green to Exit versal Numbering System Ac- member relations for VSA, who and blues field but some of to the "Music Scene" taping ses- tion Committee (UNSAC) has is spearheading the universal the top artists in the pop field," sion and the final reached an informal agreement numbering activity for his firm. Iannucci said. At a meeting of was drawn up two days later. with the National Retail Mer- writers, artists and producers for For the program airing Mon- Merc; Plans to chants Association (NRMA) and Fame in Memphis' Holiday Inn day (13), "Sugar, Sugar" will the Variety Stores Association Lanier Forms Co. Rivermont, Iannucci added, "I again be presented, only this (VSA) to effect a close work- want a new group or groups time in a comical opera setting ing liaison in the general area Joins Singleton out of this area on Capitol involving not only the comedy Widen -Range of universal numbering and Records." hosts electronic data processing. LOS ANGELES Warren It was Iannucci's first visit but three of the guests: Lanier has - Moms Mabley, Sonny James NEW YORK -Irving Green, formed Indigo Rec- here. He came to inspect the The working agreements were ords here and, at the same time, facilities and Smith. The song appears president of Mercury Record made with Fame recording studio William Burston, joined the Shelby Singleton in Memphis, then the operation again because it is in No. 3 Corp., announced his resigna- vice president of NRMA, and Productions, Inc. In addition to at Muscle Shoals. on Billboard's Hot 100 survey. tion last week, effective the end Patrick Cash, Burston's assistant Miss Mabley performs of the year. operating Indigo, Lanier will In addition to Rick Hall, pres- "The on the numbering project, and also act as general Youngest Teenager "; Green plans to remain active manager for ident of Fame, Spencer Wig- Sonny Shelby Singleton James offers the top in the entertainment field and is Productions on gins, George Jackson, Jerry country the West will song, "Since I Met You"; Tony weighing several proposals. He Coast, and be Jones, the Brothers Unlimited based in Bennett performs "I Gotta Be said that his future show busi- 4 -LP Release the firm's recently and Donnie Harley & the Me"; Jerry Butler performs ness involvement would, of opened Hollywood office. Shadows attended the meeting. "What's the Use of Breaking course, include records but Marks Sire's 1st Up"; Judy Collins performs would likely entail operation in "Pretty Polly" and Smith per- the total entertainment spectrum. Yr. With London Green is known to be exploring forms "Baby It's You." NEW Artists being taped last week upcoming new facets of the in- YORK - Sire Rec- SELECTAVISION MAY OPEN were dustry, notably developments in ords, the independent record Isaac Hayes, Luly, Moms company headed and Sonny James. sight and sound; and his long - by Seymour NEW COPYRIGHT AREAS With "Sugar" range planning will undoubtedly Stein and Richard Gotteher, is moving down celebrating its first birthday two chart notches, producers include this developing field. as NEW YORK -The unveiling recently by RCA of its Selecta- Green founded Mercury 28 part of the London Group with Vision (SV) Ken Fritz and Stan Harris were four -album release. videotape player cartridge, expected to be on the con- faced with the problem of track- years ago when the industry sumer market in two years, already has copyright owners wondering ing down the Temptations, consisted of several majors and Spotlighted in the Sire about the potential of this upcoming field. Al Berman, of the Harry whose song "I Can't Get Next a handful of independents in are the Deviants, British under- Fox Office, publishers' agent and trustee, said that this type of use to You" moved into the top the specialty field. He guided ground group; the American de- is a synchronization and falls into the category of non -theatrical tune slot. The group was on a the company to its present emi- but of the English rock group, motion pictures. Berman added that this would be a new area of nence as a key entity in the "Climax Chicago Blues Band "; music use. world market. folk IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIt111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII singer Jean Ritchie, and Publishers, in Berman's view, would adopt a wait and see at- became a "Stars of the 1 967/ 70 Mem- titude, just as they did when the long -playing record was unveiled. 'MUSIC SCENE' subsidiary of North American phis Blues Festival." The setting of a schedule of royalties for use of music on sight and Philips Corp. in 1961. During the first year of the sound entertainment, involving such concepts as audio -visual use, GUEST POLICY label's existence, Stein made title use, et al, is unlikely until the medium achieves a commercial NEW YORK -"The Music MCA Appointment U. S. leasing with basis, Berman said. He added, however, that between now and the Scene" will launch a "guest NEW YORK - Discos EMI, British Decca, Transatlan- next couple of years, publishers may work out a nominal rate sched- star" segment with its Monday Movieplay of Spain has been tic, Action /Stable, Spark, and ule for the purpose of firmly establishing the principle of payment. (20) show. appointed by MCA Records In- Tangerine, all of which are in Berman pointed out that with regard to these rights, each publisher The first "guest star" will be ternational to handle the Amer- the U.K., Bovema (Holland), is an individual; each is his own boss. As in film uses, however, a Tommy Smothers. ican Decca and Kapp group Sonet (Sweden), A -Z (France), pattern will gradually become established. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII labels in Spain and Portugal. and Gamma (Canada).

Billboard is published weekly by Billboard Publications, Inc., 165 W. 46th St., New York, N. Y. 10036. Subscription rate: annual rate, $25; single -copy price, $1. Second class postage paid at New York, N. Y., and at additional mailing offices. Current and back copies of Billboard are available on microfilm from 3M /IM Press, P.O. Box 720, Times Square Station, New York 10036. OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD $ Day TV Puts Disks in Hit Picture By BRUCE WEBER Executive Turntable LOS ANGELES-Filmation All the "Archie" product was a.m.). Initial product distributed Scepter will re- and RCA's concept of spring- written and produced by Jeff by RCA is a single, "Love and Records promotion department now be ing TV- berthed rock groups for Barry, with Andy Kim assisting Let Love," and an LP, "Here sponsible for product acquisition under the di- the record market is proving Barry on several tunes. RCA Come the Hardys." rection of newly appointed vice president Steve daytime TV can be a spawning distributes and merchandises the The material for the LP will Tyrell. He will continue Scepter's secondary ground for hit singles. product. be culled from 24 original songs station airplay program as well as coordinating Filmation, producer of ani- "We wanted to prove that written for the TV program by efforts of key distributor promotion men. Tyrell mated TV programs, a used contemporary music written contemporary Ed joined Scepter as a &r man in 1964, and was Saturday morning children's for TV could be successful and Fournier, Jill Jones, Jeff Mar - national promotion director in 1967. He has program, CBS -TV's "Archie" commercially acceptable to pre- molzat, Spencer Proffer, Ellie series, to break three chart teen or teen record buyers," said produced B. J. Thomas, Barbara Lynn, Sunny Greenich, Joel Hirschlorn and TYRELL and the Sunliners, Chuck Jackson, Maxine singles and two albums. Norm Prescott, one of Film - Al Kasha. Publishing will be Brown and Don will work The singles included "Sugar, ation's owners. "Too often, mu- handled by Fanfare Music. a the Shirelles. Carter the southwest Sugar," a gold record with sales sic written for TV is used to division of 20th Century -Fox. for soul product for Scepter out of Houston and Glen Robbins at 1.8 million; "Bang- Shane -A- fill gaps, or not taken seriously Bill Traut and Jim Golden has been appointed national promotion coordinator. Lang," which sold more than by TV producers who see music Otis Pollard named national promotion director for r &b 800,000 copies, and "Scoobie- of Dunwich Productions will merely as background filler." produce the for Mercury Records, covering the northeast, midwest and West. Do," a 350,000 seller. A chart Team Again Hardy product. The show will have about 19 Mercury's Ed Crawley will continue working the South and album, "The Archies," has sold Filmation and RCA are team- minutes of music, including 16 minutes southwest. Pollard started in the music business 20 years ago 280,000, with á second LP, ing again on an animated series, of original "Everything's Archie," recently "The Hardy background music working with the late Nat Cole. He has been associated with Boys," debuting on plus the three -minute song by released. ABC -TV (Saturdays at 10:30 Motown, Atlantic, Musicor, MGM, United Artists, RCA, Burt the group. More than 120 -min- Bacharach, Hal David, Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin. utes of original background mu- sic has been recorded for the Previously, he was with Stax /Volt in Memphis. show, utilizing a , * * * 'Hair' No Greasy Kid bass, Fender guitar and organ. Al Kohn named vice president and general manager of the The success of "The Archies" Music Maker Group's publishing firms, Andrew has prompted CBS to expand Scott Inc. and Renleigh Music Inc. For the past Stuff Sales $20 Mil. the show to an hour, "Archie 11 years Kohn has been U.S. representative for Comedy Hour," with plans to NEW - Francis Day and Hunter. . . . Ritchie Cordell YORK -Gross sales of show were "Hair" by the Cow maintain its Saturday morning sills on MGM, "Aquarius" has re- signed with Super K Productions and will records containing material by slot. The network also is the Fifth Dimension on gearing Maintain his Dragoon Tunes separately from from the Broadway hit "Hair" Soul a special, "Archie and His Pals," City, and "Good Morning Star - Kasenatz Katz Associates. As has hit $20 million, according for an evening time slot, to in- Super K's and shine" by Oliver on Jubilee. troduce the next single, "Again writer and producer, Cordell has been responsi- to estimates of United Artists "Easy to Be by Hard" Three on the Line," a Jeff Barry writ- ble for 16 million records sold and 25 chart KOHN Music Group, publishers of the Dog Night on Dunhill is No. 9 score by Gerome Ragni and ten and produced tune. records.... Jim Kemper is now in charge of the on the Hot 100 this week, thé a divi- James Rado. disk's 11th week on the chart. "Now that we've proven TV pop a &r department for Murbo Records, There are about 100 single Nina Simone's version of "Ain't programs can break chart hits," sion of Bourne and Co. Before joining Bourne, releases of "Hair" material, 69 Got No /I Got Life" scored well said Prescott, "the networks are Kemper was an independent producer and was LP's with "Hair" selections, and on the British and Dutch charts. more prone to look at TV -in- with AMPCO Music as staff writer.... Clarence more than 20 albums fully de- "Hair" grosses $1 million spired groups playing contem- B. Jones, vice president of a New York broker - voted to the musical, including every two weeks in worldwide porary music for daytime pro- firm, Cogan, Ber- gramming." age and investment banking seven original cast albums. The boxoffice returns. The show, lind, Weill and Levitt, elected to the board of RCA Records' Original Broad- which is playing San Francisco Mini- Variety Show JONES directors of Stereodyne Inc. . . . Julie Zimand way Cast album has been on Los in L and Angeles addition to Filmation is grooming the named West Coast sales manager for Dunhill Records. Zimand the Top LP's chart for 64 weeks. Broadway, will open in Chicago Hardy Boys for a mini- variety Chart -topping singles from the later this month. formerly worked in the promotion department of Warner Bros. - show next season, utilizing both Reprise. live and animated segments. * * * RCA has scheduled a personal appearance, TV and promotion Bill Towers named to head the Nashville operations of The Bleu Disque, Doraflo Buys tour for the group. Richmond Organization, TRO- Nashville. Towers was recently NEW YORK - Bleu Disque and has over 250 recorded copy- For the 1970 -71 season, Pres- a member of the Sonny James backing group, the Country Music (ASCAP) and Doraflo rights including tunes performed cott is planning pilots on five Gentlemen. He will also be in charge of TRO Border State Music (BMI) have each ac- by Freddy King, Albert King, animate d /live performance Music and TRO Manchester Music. quired a controlling interest in Hank Ballard, the late Little shows utilizing live groups and * * * Geordie Music and Pandora Willie John and other blues contemporary music. Music, respectively. greats. As part of the reactiva- Frank Canota appointed general agent of Action Talents, He plans four rock shows and handling booking of bands in nightclubs in the East and midwest. Geordie Music is now owned tion of Pandora, , a folk music program based on jointly by Bleu Disque and Jean British blues group, has just re- folk legends and true life ad- Cariola previously had his own label, Sultan Records and Ritchie, folk- singer and writer corded "Look Ma I'm Crying." ventures. The groups will be of- publishing firm, Sultan Music and was an independent record who is one of the organizers Pandora and Geordie will be fered to RCA for distribution. producer. of the Newport Folk festival. represented in the United King- * * * The firm, which contains over dom by Sana Music Ltd. Dur- Charles E. Graziano, named East Coast manager for Inter- 500 copyrights, is the exclusive ing the past month Sire acquired national Management Motown's talent agency. Graziano publisher of Jean Ritchie's ma- Angle Music, Inc., a joint ven- Co., terial. ture of Angle Music Ltd., of All to Show 12 was formerly with International Famous Agency as founder and Pandora Music, a soul firm Australia and Bleu Disque Mu- head of their contemporary music department.... Tony Edwards dating to the late 1950's, was sic. named management associate for Stone Flower Productions. He formerly owned by George Levy LP's at Meets was previously director of artist relations for Daedalus Produc- WB, Sherman Disk tions Inc., in New York. . . . Joe Jones named executive vice president and general manager of Funk Man Promotions Inc., Tie in U. S., Canada N EW YORK -Atlantic -Atco Lanier Forms Co., will introduce 12 new albums 300 W. 55 St., New York. A veteran in the soul world, Jones NEW YORK - Warner at its fall distributor sales meet- wrote, recorded and promoted the hit, "You Talk Too Much." Brothers Music has become ex- Joins Singleton ings Oct. 13 to Friday (17). The . Gay Roberts, formerly with Tiffany Enterprises, joins GRT clusive selling agent in the U.S. release will cover the rock, Records as administrative assistant to Alan Mink, label general LOS ANGELES Warren and Canada for Bobby Sher - - blues, pop and jazz fields. manager.... Donald C. Hahn appointed vice president of A &R Lanier has formed Indigo Rec- man's "Little Women," which Atlantic's fall program will ords here and, at the same time, is No. 3 on the Hot 100 this Records Inc., New York. Hahn is senior engineer with the be presented to distributors by company. joined the Shelby Singleton Pro- week. The song was recorded album sales chief Dave Glew an ductions, Inc. In addition to for Metromedia Records. War- his assistant, Tim Lane, plus re- Record Plant has named Tom Hidley to the newly created operating Indigo, Lanier will ner Brothers also will be exclu- gional sales managers Sal Uter- post of director of technical operations. He will be in charge of also act as general manager for sive selling agent for the rest ano, Dick Krizman, Ralph Cox, all technical aspects in all branches of the Record Plant opera- Productions on of Sherman's catalog, according Shelby Singleton Tom Davies and Charles Gold- tions. He was formerly with A &R in New York. . . Liberty the West Coast, and will be to George Lee, vice president berg. They will visit distributors Records executive, Rudi Butterfield joins Skye Recording Co. based in the firm's recently and general manager of the pub- in all major cities throughout as activities. . . . Pianist, lecturer lishing firm. national director of regional opened Hollywood office. the country. Singles sales execu- and record company executive Calvin Lampley appointed director tives Rick Willard and Johnny of the sound and recording studio at Peabody Conservatory of Bienstock will visit also distribu- Music, the first fulltime black faculty member in the Institute. Panel tors to help with the presenta- Give & Take at MONY tions. Paul F. Case also named director of public relations, succeeding SPRING GLEN, N.Y -Ex- tion that record companies can- Janetta S. Ridgely. not control." Security problems, * * * ecutives from record manufac- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII turing companies drew fire and especially the 'daytime breakin," Bob Sarlin named head of publicity in New York, Mercury also created heated discussions was returned some salvos of their during the seminar. OLIVER'S 'JEAN' Records. Previously, Sarlin publicist for own during a jukebox operating The seminar, held the first John Springer Associates. For the past two years seminar here last week. Mem- night during a gathering that REAPS IN GOLD has been arts editor for the College Press Ser- bers of Music Operators of New filled Homowack Lodge to ca- vice.... Former disk jockey and program direc- York (MONY) and two other pacity, started on a light note NEW YORK -Oliver's re- tor, Rocky G. Croce named promotion executive upstate organizations were told when SESAC's Sid Guber told a cording of "Jean" on the Crewe for Commonwealth United Records. Most re- that stereo singles will be in story. But before the seminar label has been awarded a gold cently Rocky G. was with WMCA and has more abundance "if operators ended, Mort Hoffman, Epic disk for sales of one million worked in radio in Philadelphia, Rochester and tell us that stereo makes a dif- Records; Fred Love, Metrome- copies by the RIAA. The song Miami.... Ernest J. Santone named president GROCE ference" and that the lengthy dia Records; Mike Lipton, was written by McKuen. of Chips Distributing Corp. and its subsidiary Bandstand Record single cut is part of the creative United Artists Records, and Stan Rod expression of the "youth revolu- (Continued on page 45) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (Continued on page 90) 4 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD L. ' CaUMBI*. M -ICAS RIG PRINTED INUSA

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Of course not. The more people see of Andy, the his albums. (Which is some kind of The Andy William- Sound of more they want to hear of him. incontro%ertible fact -like taxes.) Musk, a .pedally priced 2-record set So the more they're going to buy And we've got just the tkng to KGP 5,118 FO (788t) answer the demand being created HMV/ (CS 9662/CQ 1024° by his new 18 1C 04221/14 10 0422t/11 10 0422 *) Saturday -night And a new single NBC -TV series: called A brand -new album from Andy, "A Woman's Way4 45003 called Get Together. Featuring a A were 20,000,000 fans saw him lot of he's the hits currently singing sing it only a week ago. You an his don't show. wart to disappoint them, do you? We'd also like tb throw in a little reminder abut some other On Colunbáa Records 't albums teat Andy's fans are going to be !coking for: clSdiqg. Happy Heart (CS 9844 /HC 1171° 18 10 rhe 0688t/14 10 06810/16 10 O8*)

Weet Coroli%e Cherie Áymour Puoq (ittle YourHeln Get rogether CS 9922HC1219 ° /1f. 10 977ft 14 10 0:711; 13 10 0776* °4 -track ree -t reel tape t8 -track stereo tape cartridge #4 -track stereo tape cartridge *stereo tape cassett Gospel Music In This Issue AUDIO 74 Dottie Rambo; Breakthrough LP CLASSICAL 44 COIN MACHINE WORLD 45 Made Her Break Bias Barriers Her works are much in demand. COUNTRY 62 NASHVILLE - It was a of Me." This album, which sold little more than a year ago when in all markets, became a first, Reba keeps up with her high GOSPEL 6 Dottie Rambo walked into a and one which since has been school studies the hard way new for the Rambos, who have while on the road, through cor- 76 church in Birmingham and INTERNATIONAL heard 'an alt-black choir sing made originality a keyword in respondence. Now Reba is prov- "The" Ram - ing to be a prolific . 51 with soul. It was at this point their performances. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS she began thinking of a break- bos, in this case, are Dottie, RADIO 32 through. Buck and Reba. Buck and Dot- That subsequent break- tie are man and wife; Reba is SOUL 40 through brought her both criti- their talented teen -age daughter. Upchurch Sets Dottie Rambo had been a solo 27 cism and acclaim. Ultimately, TALENT it brought her the top musical singer before she met Buck, and award, the Grammy. And while after the marriage they became TAPE CARtridge 14 it surprised, even shocked, many a duet. Adding a third singer, Four Labels 8I number FEATURES Hits of the World who felt a white person could they performed for a not and should not win an of years as the Gospel Echoism. N.C. Four new Stock Market Quotations 10 Hot Country Albums 68 AHOSKIE, - award in the "Soul Gospel" cat- Three years ago Reba fit into labels have been launched here Vox Jox 34 Hot Country Singles ..66 Tomorrow 12 egory, it did not surprise those the act and they became the by Don Upchurch Productions Hot 100 88 close to her. Singing Rambos. Their pianist, to expose Negro gospel talent CHARTS Top 40 Easy Listening 52 The album which resulted Kenny Parker, walked out of in eastern North Carolina and Best -Selling Classical LP's 44 was soul, and it was as sincere the "Hello, Dolly," roadshow Southeastern Virginia. Top LP's 82 Best -Selling Folios 51 and genuine as any series of starring Betty Grable and moved "This is the heart of Negro Best -Selling Jazz LP's 74 songs ever performed. Not only here to join them. talent," Upchurch said, "and Best -Selling Soul Albums 42 RECORD REVIEWS did it silence the critics, but it The Rambos made a break- these gospel groups have been Best -Selling Soul Singles 40 Album Reviews 70, 71, 72 opened new avenues of coopera- through in 1967, when they be- hidden from the public's eye Breakout Albums . 72 came the first gospel group to labels are Breakout Singles .. 72 Single Reviews 86 tive venture. too long." The new Mrs. Rambo chose a black entertain the troops in Vietnam. Upchurch Records, Don -Lar choir, blend her own voice into Ins addition to performing Records, Don Records and its sound, write some original within seven miles of the de- Don -a -moy Records. Upchurch Published Weekly by Billboard Publications, Inc. soul music, and make the first militarized zone, they boarded Productions operates freelance 2160 Patterson St., Cincinnati, O. 45214 LP of a white gospel singer an aircraft carrier for the con - recording equipment, but is Billboard Tel.: Area Code 513, 381-6450 with a black group. In any imitated. Those who voted her seeking to establish permanent other field of music this would the Grammy did so because it studio facilities. EDITORIAL OFFICE: 165 W. 46th St., New York, N. Y. 10036. Area Code 212, PL 7 -2800 was genuine soul. Cable: BILLBOARD NEWYORK be less than spectacular; in the field of white gospel it was un- Breakthroughs are nothing ADVERTISING OFFICES EDITOR IN CHIEF: Lee Zhito GENERAL heard of. cert. Everywhere they went, EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Paul Ackerman Director of Sales: Ron Carpenter ovations. Jewel Gospel DEPARTMENT EDITORS, NEW YORK Advertising Manager: Ronald Willman Found Choir they received standing Promotion Director: Herb Wood She found the choir here Meanwhile, back in this coun- Music Editor: Paul Ackerman Midwest Gen. Mgr.: T. L. Herrick - Associate Music Editor: Mike Gross of the Rambos was Midwest Sales Director: Dick Wilson a group with no particular name try. each -Experiment Chief Copy Editor: Robert Sobel West Coast Gen. Mgr.: Willis Wardlow a Pentecostal Church in exhibiting their particular talent. Radio -TV Programming: Claude R. Hall Nashville Gen. Mgr.: Robt. L. Kendall -in Classical Editor: Fred Kirby the ghetto. Being a professional, Dottie turned to soul gospel, International Editor: Ian Dove PRODUCTION MANAGER: Bob Phillips first soul music Reba to folk gospel, Buck to That Worked Soul Editor: Ed Ochs she performed MANAGER: herself for the black groups at country gospel. Each was an DEPARTMENT EDITOR, LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION Stan Lewis, Tape Cartridge Editor: Bruce Weber Joe Clarke a revival, and found immediate overwhelming success. All three NASHVILLE - ART DIRECTOR: Virgil Arnett too. Buck plays known as the Record Czar of CLASSIFIED ADS, NEW YORK acceptance. Her problem, then, are musicians, DEPARTMENT EDITORS, CHICAGO the South, began his Jewel Gos- Classified Mgr.: James Flatley became to f i n d acceptance rhythm guitar, Dottie plays lead Audio, Coin Machine and Musical guitar. pel Power House on an experi- Instrument Editors: Earl Paige & among the whites. and Reba plays classical CIRCULATION SALES, NEW YORK mental in 1966. Ron Schlachter Whatever prejudices may When it comes to writing, basis January Circulation Manager: Milton Gorbulew first artist on the U. S. EDITORIAL OFFICES exist, and they occur in all parts Dottie Rambo has no superior. The to record Chicago, Midwest Editor: Earl Paige Group Subscriptions: Rates on request -con- of the world, were overcome Many of the songs she has Jewel devotional series was Wil- Washington Bureau Chief: Mildred Hall tact dept. MSSO, N.Y. lie Morganfield, who is still on Los Angeles Bureau: Eliot Tiegel, with the release of "The Soul written have become standards. Bruce Weber the label. Nashville, Southeast Editor: Bill Williams U. S. BRANCH OFFICES Jewel Gospel catalog now CHICAGO, Ill. 60601, 188 W. Randolph SPECIAL PROJECTS DIVISION Area Code 312, CE 6 -9818 includes numerous singles and General Manager: Andrew J. Csida 90069. 9000 Sunset Debut over 30 albums. Louis intends Director, Reviews and Music Programming LOS ANGELES, Calif. Mahalia Cuts Services: Don Ovens Blvd. Area Code 213, 273 -1555 to continue with his gospel re- Manager, Record Source Int'l.: Joe Taras lease schedule. The latest art- Supervisor, Print Services: Robert Gerber NASHVILLE, Tenn. 37203, 1905 Broadway. Area Code 615, 244-1836 ist acquired by Jewel is Clarence RESEARCH DIVISION Top Tunes Album 733 15th St., 40 Research Director: David Luxner WASHINGTON, D. C. 20005, Fountain, a blind singer who Director, Charts: Andy Tomko N.W. Woodward Bldg., Rm. 533. Area Code By ELIOT TIEGEL was formerly lead singer with Manager, Charts: Ira Trachter 202, 393 -2580 The Five Blind Boys. Foun- ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER:. Lee Zhito LOS ANGELES Mahalia leased. On "Abraham, Martin - his first PUBLISHER: Mort L. Nasatir Jackson has cut her first album and John" the vocalist developed tain has just recorded of songs from the top 40 with her own adaptation, clearly an- LP for Jewel. INTERNATIONAL OFFICES Lewis the expansion 437 -8090 a rock background. The LP nouncing Martin Luther King, credits EUROPEAN DIRECTOR: Andre de Vekey, 7 Carnaby St., London W.I. Phone: to exposure Cable: Billboard London titled "What the World Needs John Kennedy and his brother of his gospel label EUROPEAN EDITOR: Mike Hennessey, 7 Carnaby St., London W.1. Phone: 437 -8090 Now," has her singing "songs Bobby. by the "soul gospel" disk jockeys Cable: Billboard London about mankind" which have Townsend said the current throughout the country. He says : Graeme Andrews, 7 Carnaby St., London W.I. Phone: 437 -8090 that these are the people who London been national hits, said her pro- vogue for songs with messages Cable: Billboard keep gospel in the spotlight but GERMANY, SCANDINAVIA, FRANCE, BENELUX: Johan Hoogenhout, Smirnoffstraat 40, s-Hertogen- ducer, Iry Townsend. about mankind enabled him to bosch, Holland. Tel: 47688 is the most radi- bring Mahalia into Columbia's are never usually recognized. 70.15.15 The project ITALY: Germano Ruscitto, Galleria del Corso 2, Milano, Italy. Phone: cal for the gospel singer who, Coast studio. JAPAN: Kan¡i Suzuki /Japan, Trade Service Ltd., Ikejiri 3 -1 -1 -1008, Setagaya -ku, Tokyo. Tel: In addition to the popular 413 -2871 in her 15 years with Colum- MEXICO: Enrique Ortiz, Nueleo Radio Mil Insurguntes Sur 1870, Mexico 20. Phone 24 -28 -68 bia, never recorded with such titles, there are several pure gos- Spar in 6th Yr. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS a commercial background pel songs in the LP, such as AFRICA: LATIN AMERICA: B. "Don't Let Nobody Turn You South Africa: ('live ('alder. 38 Cafisbrook St.. Argentina: 'When Machado. Lavalle 1783, sound. Townsend used H. & Going Strong Sydenham. Johanncshurg. South Africa. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Around," "Only What You Do Radio MIL. Barnum for the arrangements Wien Meninx Enrique Ortiz, Nuclei, AUSTRIA: Manfred Schreiber. 1180 XVIII. Insurguntes Sur 1870, Mexico 20, D. F. for Christ," "Let There Be NASHVILLE The Spar ICteuzgasse 27, Austria. Tel: 43.30.974. of such songs as "Put a Little - Puerto Rico: Antonio contreras, 26 Gertrudis Richia- Vorkr 32 Spencer Ave.. St.. Santurce. Love in Your Heart," "Abra- Peace," "I Thank God" and Record Corp. began its Songs Toronto 3, C':tnada. Tad: 14161 368 -7651. Uruguay: Carlos A. Martins, CX8 Radio "Joy in the Morning." On these of Faith Records in 1968. The Ext. 455. S.etnndi. Montevideo, Uruguay. ham, Martin and John" "Day Warszawa 45, is CZECHOSLOVAKIA: str. I.ubomir Doruzka, MILANO: Roman Waschko, Is Done" and the title song. songs the rock background label has been growing steadily, Vinohradska 2. Praha Vinohrady, (-zrrhosio Magie a J m 37. Poland. Tel: 34.36.04. launched rakis. Tel: 22.119.57. SCANOINAVIA (Denmark and Norway): Espen Townsend said that young absent. and through the years Erikson Ilestumveicn 21d, Oslo, Norway. recorded Miss Jack- EIRE: Ken Stewart. Flat 5, 141, Rathgar Roil. Tel: 55.11.30. people who probably do not Townsend the recording careers of such Dublin 6. Eine. Tel: 97.14.12. SPAIN: Rafael Revert, Ponzano 26, Madrid 3, know Mahalia Jackson son with the Duke Ellington name groups as Windy Bagwell FAR EAST: Spain. Tel: 234.37.50. about Japan: Eisen )rain, Eet..,.t a ment Editor, SWEOEN: Kiel! Genberg, c/o Jaderius, Got- are enjoying a form of music band, with Marty Paich's strings and the Sunliters, Wally Fow- Stans A Strii-s. APO San Francisco. Calif. gat an Olb, Stockholm So., Sweden. Tel: a section. New Zealand: J. P. Monaghan, c/o Box 79. 41.7:t.51t1. made popular by Aretha Frank- and with jazz rhythm ler, the Dixie Echoes, Florida Wellington. New Zealand. SWITZERLAND: Bernie Sigg, Im Winkel 7. Boys, Jake Hess, the McCor- Philippines: Oskar Salazar, 103.2 Matimyas 80310 Dubendorf, Zurich, Switzerland. Tel: lin or Jackie DeShannon which St., Sampalw, Manila. speaks to them in terms they mick Gospel Singers and the FI : Ifari Ik.i, r,iiio, 1Mitola, Finland. WEST GERMANY: Fado Music on Tel: 27.18.:5.. Hamburg: Wolfgang Spahr. 230 t Behensee understand. "Mahalia has been Crusaders. The top group on FRANCE: Mieh:u -1 Way. 01. rue Daguerre. Faris Kremser Wag 9, Kreis Sogehe g West Get-- (.1. Frange. Tel: 273.13.59. many. Tel: 141 :151 220. singing songs like that for Songs of Faith Records today HOLLANO: Ba. lIageman. IIyeenatitraat 9. Alk1- Munich: Ursula Schucgraf. Prinzregenten - 3 Films, Tracks is the Sego Brothers and Naomi. duorn, Balland. Tel: 1:5647. strasse 54. Munich 22, West Germany. Tel: years," Townsend said. "All HUNGARY: Paul GJoeng7. Denrk L-uo n. Ikrde- 20.54.:13. we've done is put in a selling NEW YORK Producer The group has recorded more Walter Wolfenbuttr1. tier - - pest. Buiega y. T,.i: 35.88.96. Coin: Mallin, 374 ISRAEL: Avner U,,-owQdten, 8, Gsezer St.- Tel mann- Lena-Weg 6. West Germany. Tel: background so that the kids can Martin Rude has mapped a than 20 albums, none selling Aviv. Israel. ,0533 ti 3267. films less than 30,000 copies. ITALY: Nlare M,s nna, Via Herg,N,rvoo .. YUGOSLAVIA: EnrIan Kosttc. Balkanska :lrt. see how close Mahalia is to schedule of three feature 20121. Milam, 10,5E. He /grade, Yugoslavia. Tel: 64.56.92. what they like. and soundtrack albums that will Ron Drake, the first gospel Subscription rates payable in advance. One year, $25 in U. S. A. (except Alaska, Hawaii and "Aretha Franklin has been feature fado music. The films a &r man for Songs of Faith, Puerto Rico) and Canada, or $45 by airmail. Rates in other foreign countries on request. has been guiding the label to Subscribers when requesting change of address should give old as well as new address. doing love songs," Townsend will be shot in Portugal and it's Published weekly_ Second-class postage paid at New York, N. Y., and at additional mailing said, "which Mahalia won't do. Rude's opinion that fado is its present success. He hopes offices. Copyright 1969 by Billboard Publications, Inc. The company also publishes Record soul-" to secure more top name gos- Retailer, Vend, Amusement Business, High fidelity, American Artist, Modern Photography, She won't sing about the love "Portugese Merchandising Week. Postmaster, please send Form 3579 to Billboard Publications, Inc., 2160 of man, but she will sing about The soundtrack albums will pel groups for the label and is Patterson St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45214. love of mankind." be issued by Rude's United In- confident that this can be done. t A large orchestra and gospel ternational label. The first film Songs of Faith has also Vol. 81 No. 42 branched into the 8 -track stereo ABP choir accompany Miss Jackson on the schedule is `The Subject twos ftwill on the LP now being rush re- of Love." tape market. 6 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD er Birst it On Atcol LbLU h "Oh 1E O h My" (LT A Foo For You Booy) Atco 6722 Produced by Jerry Wexler, Toni Dowd & Arif Mardin

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BILL MEDLEY in action at the Maracananzinho Stadium, where , Irish songwriter, left, DURING REHEARSALS, left to right, Tina, singer from Morocco, the festival was held. with British representative Malcolm Marzagao, U.S. writer Jim Webb (who composed the official U.S. Roberts and festival director Augusto entry), unidentified, and Bill Medley, who took second place with Marzagao. Webb's song, "Evie."

THIRD PLACE winner, U.K.'s Malcolm Roberts entertaining during SINGER ANTOINE, from Luxembourg, SAMUAL YANKELEVICH, right, director of Argentine television's his press reception. a and singer who was a big Channel 9, interviews festival artists during a rehearsal break. success at the festival the previous year. This year he came to entertain - not to compete. BrazilFest:Jeers Cheers Barclay, Peters Sign Continued from page 1 While some moral damage land's ballad "Roundstone River" was done to the competitors, (music by Bill Martin, words Import Pact for U.S. protectively around medley's the only physical damage was Phil Coulter, sung by Danny shoulders and applauding the suffered by American Jule Styne Doyle). Eight was Kenyas "A NEW YORK-Barclay Rec- Everest Records and of the judges, was Roulette American's song and perform- who mildly New World Every Morning" ords will be imported to the Records. Artists on these al- ance after the decisions were burned by sparks from a shorted (music, words and performance U.S. under an agreement with bums included Manitas de announced. spotlight. by Roger Whittaker.) Ninth Peters International Inc., lead- Plata, Dizzy Gillespie and A sample vote taken by a France's "Our Green Hills" went to Israel's "Play Guitar" ing record-tape import firm. Django. During the year, Fer- radio station among the audi- (music by Darry Cowl, words (by Rika Zaral who sang it, Jean Fernandez, head of Bar- nandez also acquired for Eu- ence gave 82 percent votes for by Eddy Marnay and performed also performed words by Andre clay in the U.S., set the deal ropean release masters Cotique Britain, 16.8 for Brazil and 1.2 by Frida Boccara) came in Pascal). Tenth to Greece's "My with Chris Peters, president of and Douglas Records. percent for the U. S. However, fourth. Fifth was the much ap- Darling My Love" (music by the importing firm. Fernandez also operates two other soundings gave U. S. first plauded Andorra's "All the Yani Spanos, words by Pierre Barclay, owned by Eddie U.S. publishing firms - Cote and Britain second. Springtimes in the World" (com- Cour and Kostas Kotoulas, per- Barclay with headquarters in d'Azur (BMI) and St. Tropez formed by Soula Markisi). Significantly the audience of poser Romuald; words, Pascal France, has been in operation (ASCAP). "This year of activ- Brazilians who had been wildly Sevran and Serge Lebrall. Romu- Britain's Malcom Roberts was one year in the U.S. During ity has been concentrated on applauding Brazil for first place ald sang his own song). This was judged best performer. Ben that time Fernandez has placed Cote d'Azur," Fernandez said, changed their minds after hear- a popular favorite. Kramer of Holland, and Mona 17 albums with various record "and we've registered about 30 ing the British entry. The Bra- Sixth was Spain's "Penelope" Bell of Chile were judged best labels such as CBS Records, songs already with BMI, and zilians showed that they are not (music by Augusto Alguero, newcomers. Mainstream Records, Vanguard the majority have already been Records, United Artists Records, released on records." so nationalistic as expressive words and performance Joan Wilson Simmonal gave a half - about what they like in music. Manuel Serrat). Seventh was Ire- hour show while the judges were making their minds. Henry Man- cini and Roberts entertained at Fat the festival's closing ball. Rob- Mattress, English Group, erts said he will record "Love Is All" in London. To Spring Into U.S. on Atco Augusto Marzagao, director NEW YORK - Fat Mat- Dillon were part of Engelbert of the Festival and president tress, English group led by Humperdinck's backup group. of the World Festival Federa- former Jimi Hendrix guitarist tion, invited Roberts to return The group will come to the Noel Redding, is to be released U.S. following a nine -day Scan- to Brazil for the festival next in the U.S. on the Atco label. year. dinavian tour. Subsequent dates The deal was worked out by after Detroit include Fillmore Atlantic -Atco President Ahmet East (Dec. 5 -6), Kinetic Play- Immediate Sets Up Ertegun in arrangement with ground, Chicago (12 -13), Fill- , London, and more West (17 -20), and the Distribution Pacts the group's manager, Chas Chan- Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles dler. NEW YORK - Immediate (24 -28). Other engagements for Records has set up distribution The group has been set for their six -week tour are cur- arrangements with Apex- Martin, its first American tour, opening rently being set. Hillside, N.J.; Davis Sales Corp., at the East Town Theater in De- Denver; Godwin Distributing troit on Nov. 21. Nat'l Tape Listing Co., Atlanta; Mangold Distribut- In addition to bassist Noel ing, Inc., Charlotte; Regal Rec- Redding, the group consists of NEW YORK - The trans- ords, Pittsburgh; Schwartz Bros., Neil Landon (vocals), Jimmy mission of "Market Quotations" LARRY MAXWELL, right, president of the newly formed Maxwell Inc., Washington; Tone Dis- Leverton (bass, piano, flute, in last week's Billboard scram- Records; Bob Crew, center, president of the Crewe Group of Corn - tributing, Hialeah, Fla.; T.D.C., organ, harpsichord) and Eric bled listings for National Tape panies, and Ben E. King lock up plans for the release of King's Woburn, Mass.; T.D.C., San Dillon (drums, vibes). Landon Distributors. The correct prices single which will be the first to be released by the new full -line Maxwell Francisco; and Universal Dis- was formerly with the Flower- should have been: High, 44; label, to be nationally distributed by Crew Records. tributing Co., Philadelphia. pot Men, while Leverton and Low, 41; Week's Close, 41. 8 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD O 0000000000 o !IMANA ROSS o o o o o YH$JACKSM RAE o O 0000000c000

This coming Saturday, October 18th, Diana Ross will host the HOLLYWOOD PALACE on ABC -TV at 9:30 PM (EST). She will be introducing this amaz- ingly talented group of young men (the lead singer, Michael, is 8 years old). And, they'll be performing their newly released single... "I Want You BacIC5. Pick up on Diana's discovery and get ready ... Everyone will be picking up this red hot single.

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"THE SOUND OF YOUNG AMERICA "TM Blue Thumb 111 Steps Up Market Quotations Singles in Policy Shift As of Closing Thursday, October 9, 1969 1969 Week's Vol. Week's Week's Week's Net LOS ANGELES - Blue him to begin releasing singles as NAME High Low in 100's High Low Close Change Thumb is increasing its output a promotional device. Admiral 215/6 141/2 563 19% 17 19% +21/2 of singles, marking a reversal The production deal with American Auto. Vending 203/4 /4111 /4113/4 + '/a of the original plan to specialize Mendes is 114 0113 the first for Blue -11/4 in albums. Thumb. British blues guitarist American Broadcasting 761/2 451/2 307 533/4 501/4 51 423/4 44% 5/6 Scheduled for release this John Mayall is the second mu- Ampex 471/2 321/2 790 461/4 - week are the fourth and fifth sicman contracted by Blue Automatic Radio 43 201/2 539 34/e 32 331/2 -11/2 singles for the 11- month -old Thumb to produce an act. May - Automatic Retailer Assoc. 1171/4 971/2 192 1121/2 1081/2 1091/2 -13/4 company. And they are by two all is working on an Aynsley Avnet 361/2 117/a 586 131/4 121/4 121/4 + 1/4 groups new to the label: Bossa Dunbar Retaliation project for Capitol Ind. 521/2 29 648 501/4 45 46 Unchg. Rio and Love. January release. Chic. Musical Inst. 333/e 23 60 27 26 26% + N Bossa Rio is a Brazilian bossa MUSICLAND, a division of Pick- CBS 591/2 411/4 858 437/e 41% 41% -13/a nova band which Sergio Men - wick International, Inc., opens Columbia Pic. 42 25 347 331/2 321/a 32/e + 3/s new des is producing for Blue Thumb the first of eight free stand- Disney, Walt 99 69/a 350 961/4 911/2 94 - 1/2 ing stores in the Midwest with a under a newly signed contract 6 61/4 1/a Cap, NARM store in the Eastland Mall in EMI 8/8 5 824 61/4 + which calls for three singles and Warren, Ohio. General Electric 981/4 81 1360 86Ve 831/2 841/e -1 one LP a for year four years. Gulf & Western 501/4 19 1117 211/4 20'/a 201/2 Unchg. had one LP out on t 239 351/4 331/e 341/2 + 3/9 A &M which Mendes produced, To Give Grant Handleman 381/4 261/4 Records Harvey Group 251/4 111/ 2 28 13 5 / -1 but with A &M handling Men - Today 21212 Interstate 11'/e 432 15s/a 141/2 141/2 -1 des and his Brasil u '66, there LOS ANGELES- Capitol is United 35 was a conflict sound-wise be- working on two projects involv- Agreement With ITT 581/2 461/4 2316 57 541/2 561/4 +11/2 tween Brasil '66 and Bossa Rio. ing colleges. The label and the Watson -Thomas Kinney Services 391/2 19 1526 29 261/2 26% - 3/a Bossa Rio's initial National Association of Record Macke Co. 291/2 141/2 128 18 17 17% - '/8 Blue Merchandisers Thumb single is "Blackbird" are jointly spon- MCA 441/2 201/2 202 21% 201/4 211/2 + '/e soring a college scholarship pro- NEW YORK - Today Rec- backed with "Girl Talk." The MGM 441/2 25 769 341/2 303/4 32 -11/4 gram for black students. The ords, a division of Perception group's first LP will be re- 533/4 171/2 249 191/2 18 181/4 - '/2 two bodies will finance an an- Ventures Inc., has signed a rec- Metromedia leased in January, according to 696 115 111% 1141/2 +41/4 nual $1,000 scholarship. ord production deal with Wat- 3M 1151/2 94 Bob Krasnow, Blue Thumb's son-Thomas Productions, Phila- 149 1023/4 397 1441/2 1391/2 141 -11/2 In the second campaign, the Motorola president. delphia. "Shake What You 541/4 531/2 533/4 + 3/4 label will promote its product North Amer. Phillips 56% 351/4 318 Blue Thumb's previous singles Brought With You" by Mr. Pickwick Int. 52t 32 137 461/4 441/4 451/4 +1 with 170 billboards surrounding will the -all stereo -have been by Ike Jamo be first single 351/2 1695 423/4 411/4 42 + 1/4 and 50 major schools. under the contract, said PVI RCA 481/s Tina Turner and Earl 271/4 220 303/s 291/4 301/2 + 1/s Hooker. A sixth single will be Applications for the scholar- president Terry Philips. Servmat 491/2 ship may come from NARM Superscope 543/4 17 444 293/4 271/4 281/2 - 1/a forthcoming from Southwind, Boo Frazier, marketing vice - member as well 31%t 155/8t 614 283/4 241/4 253/4 -23/a the label's new country -flavored companies as president of PVI, said a special Tenno Corp. 241/2 1/2 rock band, whose first LP, from broadcast or music pub- merchandising program will be Trans Amer. 383/4 23 2883 25 231/2 - lishing 201/2 211/a 1/2 "Ready to Ride" has started firms which are not mem- created around the new single. Transcontinental Invest. 273/4 133i 1185 221/4 - bers of NARM. 21 reaping airplay around the coun- An applicant Triangle 373/e 171/2 120 231/2 19% -11/2 must be either an employe Stan Watson and Jamo try. or 413/4 161/4 766 213// 193/4 20% - 3/8 the child of an employe. Ap- Thomas are noted for produc- 20th Century -Fox said Vendo 323/e 161/2 92 173/4 171/4 171/2 Unchg. Krasnow that his part- plication deadline is Nov. 30. ing the Delfonics, on the charts ner Don Graham influenced with "You've Got Yours, I'll Viewlex 351/2 221/4 44 291/4 281/4 281/4 Unchg. To promote its LP product, Get Mine." 231/2 14/e 34 151/2 15 15 Unchg. Capitol will hire a campus rep- Wurlitzer 443/4 411/2 422/4 -15/a resentative at each of the 50 Zenith 58 35Ve 765 schools who will promote the tAdjusted Maxwell Set- music through various campus Atl to Release As of Closing Thursday, October 9, 1969 Week's Week's Week's media. Capitol is working with High Low Close College Market Consultants on Zeppelin Tie -In OVER THE COUNTER* the campaign covering this ABKCO Ind. 8 51/2 71/2 cGc as Distrib month and November. NEW YORK -Atlantic Rec- Audio Fidelity We 23/4 3 ords is releasing a second al- The Band is Certron 25% 25 25 NEW YORK Larry Max- being heralded bum by Led Zeppelin to coin- - this month along with eight Creative Management 121/4 111/4 111/4 well has formed Maxwell Rec- cide with the group's new con- other albums. The Sons will be Data Packaging Corp. 22 191/2 22 ords, which will be distributed cert tour of the U. S. which promoted during November. 41/2 41/2 b CGC Records, a division of kicks off at Carnegie Hall Fri- Fidelitone 43/4 the Crewe Group of Companies. day (17). The new LP is titled GRT Corp. 241/2 221/2 22' /z Although Maxwell's background Lib -UA Labels' "Led Zeppelin II." Goody, Sam, Inc. 26 221/2 231/2 is in production and promotion Following Carnegie Hall, ITCC 101/2 91/2 91/2 of soul disks, the new label Posts Merged other dates on the Led Zeppelin Jubilee Ind. 131/2 12 12 will develop as a full -line com- tour include Detroit (18), Chi- Lear Jet 24 211/2 211/2 pany with emphasis on black NEW YORK - Key execu- cago (19), Cleveland (24), Bos- Lin Broadcasting 10'/2 10 10 talent. tive posts at Liberty / UA's Blue ton (25), Buffalo (30), Provi- Magnasynic -Craig 183/a 161/4 18 Ben E. King, the first artist Note and Solid State labels and dence, Rhode Island (31), Syra- Merco Ent. 321/2 29 321/2 signed to Maxwell, is on a four- the Minit and Minit -Gospel la- cuse (Nov. 1), Toronto (2), Mills Music 251/2 25 25 week European tour, in which bels have been merged by the Kitchner, Ont. (4) and Kansas Monarch Electronic Ind. 71/2 7 7 he is featuring City, Mo. (5). his new Max- parent firm. Mel Fuhrman will Music Makers, Inc. 123/4 121/4 123/8 well sides. Under the agreement be general manager of the over- 41 41 Maxwell will produce National Tape Dist. 42 for other all division, which will head- 213/4 231/4 labels under CGC, while Bob quarter at Liberty -UA's New Newell 241/4 Oriolo & Luciano 101/2 93/4 10 Crewe, head of CGC, will pro - York offices. NMC duce acts on Maxwell. Fuhrman will be assisted by Set Up Cypher Robins Ind. Corp. 71/4 51/4 51/4 Maxwell Records also signed Al Riley, national promotion Schwartz Bros. 11 91/z 11 Listen My Brother, a 13- singer manager, and Iry Bagley, na- NEW YORK -Cypher Rec- Telepro Ind. 21/2 21/4 2 % group from Harlem, who re- tional sales and coordination of ords, a division of Total Media, Trans Natl. Communications 6 51/2 51h cently appeared in a benefit at product. Regional promotion Inc., has been formed by Don *Over- the- counter prices shown are "bid" (as opposed to "asked "). Neither the Fillmore East. Listen My managers are Duke DuBois, Oriolo and Ron Luciano. Oriolo bid nor the asked prices of unlisted securities represent actual transactions. Brother will appear on the East; Alonzo King, Midwest; is a writer and producer for Rather, they are a guide to the range within which these securities could have "David Frost Show" on Oct. 26 and Pete Tyler, South and South- Mercury Records and Luciano been sold or bought at the time of compilation. to introduce its debut single. west. is a columnist and promoter for fhe above quotations compiled for Billboard by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 8 rock concerts. Smith, Inc., member of the New York Stock Exchange and all principal stock exchanges. In charge of artists & reper- toire for the label will be Bob DiLorenzo. Promotion will be handled by Joe Baltzell. Offices Happenings New Groove are at 50 E. 42d St. The label's debut record is "Put Your Bell LOS ANGELES -The Hap- an experience of several mem- AIlS Bottoms On" by the Mel Wynn penings have changed direction bers of the group who got Trend. as part of their switch from busted by the police on a nar- B. T. Puppy to Jubilee. The cotics charge (later dismissed) quintet has tossed aside record- and spent three days in the are never Soundview Studios ing old songs like "I Got Texas jail. Rhythm" and "Mammy" and The Happenings happened by Opened by Lofredo have gone into writing material recording strong harmonic vo- KINGS PARK, N. Y. of social consciousness like "Let's cals of old songs under the pro- - Do Something" or "Be My Tokens in Soundview Studios, an 8 -track duction guidance of the ignored Brother." owned B. T. Puppy recording studio, has been who jointly opened here by Louis Lofredo. Their new Jubilee single, "El with Jubilee. Three albums and Bob Gallo will engineer all rec- Paso County Jail," is based on several hit singles later, the art- ord sessions at Cadet- Concept's ists and producers parted with Aesop's Fables and Monument's the musicians opting to delve Smubbs will record at Sound - into a now sound. Biliboar view as will Mud in Your Eye, acts are managed by Lofredo. Under their new agreement Music Bochs, Debbie Green, Soundview is located at 132 with Jubilee, the Happenings and Skip Pinter. The unaffiliated Riviera Drive. will produce themselves. 10 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD JACK BRUCE...his album

songs for a tailor with harry beckett, dick heckstall- smith, , , john marshal', , , art theman. words by .

JACK BRUCE: SONGS FOR A TAILOR SD 33 -306

Also available on 8 track stereo cartridges

Sole Representation: Robert Stigood, 67 Brook Street, London W.1, England Rock Sparks Net Revival . Continued from page I of reaching young people," said said Richard Robinson who By EI) OCHS Jordan. hosts "Rock Stars" and whose show," said Charles Jordan, ac- Besides "Rock Stars," there company, The Pop Wire Ser- I see how it must have happened. The Band met Dylan, the count management supervisor at are other youth oriented radio vice, scripts the shows. He can they became his McManus. Jordan pointed out networks in operation, the larg- pointed out that any show or prophet changed them (prophecies are his pitch) and Dylan's rap behind him as he that "Rock Stars" delivers more est of which is ABC's contem- regular radio program that can sidemen -his apostles-who blew experience. "Big Pink" is the audience among young people porary network which delivers give the latest rock news, give preached from the pulpit of his blinding his personal use), hut then than the two major television over 200 affiliated stations. interviews and provide informa- Band testifying to Dylan (converts are for unenlight- programs designed for teen- Projects are also under way tion on what is happening so does Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" blush with the Band's and the Band gave him agers combined: "American on the West Coast to establish around the world in the pop ened simplicity: for Dylan gave them his pain, So they all lived and grew together in , Bandstand" and "Happening." a similar network among un- scene is going to have a large, their innocence. in house where they searched and purged "Our surveys have shown that derground FM stations. In New loyal audience. He added, "Rock the Band their big pink and himself young people spend between 2.3 York, companies have been Stars is, in reality, a network their souls with Dylan riddles: the "1 Ching," Dylan -the who himself to know pain and the damning and 2.5 hours per day watching formed to provide news and radio program provided by the unlikely Christ crucified wisdom pain secretes. their "Big Pink" classic "The Weight" television while they spend from interview services on a nation- Establishment for all young peo- On to place. while in their second clas- 4.3 to 5.3 hours listening to wide basis to college stations. ple. I believe that it is signifi- celebrates their crusade Dylan's this time radio every day. Correlating A Revival cant that the oldest radio pro- sic album .Dylan appears again in "Rockin' Chair ": but in the Band loves and this with the present success of "The need for communica- gram, which is Arthur God - Dylan is seen perspective -Robertson's -and is an audience longs for him as Ragtime Willie, the sad -eyed clown of love. 'Rock Stars,' 1 believe that syn- tion among young people has frey's, delivering is one of our led to the successful revival of of 3,105,000 while our show is dicated radio Changing Back best and most effective means syndication and network radio," already reaching 3,800,000 lis- teners." The Band's new album on Capitol Records is titled simply, "The Robinson believes that syn- Band." Theoretically, it is their first album, for "Big Pink" belongs to dicated radio can easily become the Band's Bethlehem at Woodstock -and to Dylan who sits country - RECORD MFG. CO. big business again. "There has style in the temple. Timeliness breathed life into "Big Pink," as Dylan RIMROCK been talk of syndication on FM opened their minds, waking a grand and windswept wisdom. bring- OFFERS and AM levels for some time ing misery with his relief. Suddenly, the Band, that cork- popping gang now, but 1 feel that it is he- of funky Canadian townies, were changed, alone and brushed with COMPLETE MANUFACTURING OF coming a practical, workable the magic dust of exaltation -which threatened never again to re- reality. Sponsors like Phisohex turn them to simplicity. "The Band" is the Band's homecoming, RECORDS AND FOUR COLOR JACKETS are discovering that they can their getting hack and growing up to understand "old" truths mean- reach their market more effec- inglessly cliched without Dylan's key to the code. Flashback, then, to NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION tively this way and are thus small town, U.S.A.: those five saloon cowboys are cutting up again underwriting the beginning OF 7" SINGLES in "Cripple Creek," pushing a jalopy across America's ever -divided stages of the rock networks. North and South, kicking out the jams and living for the feeling. FULL DIMENSION AMPEX STUDIO I am confident that syndication Like the "Easy Rider" the Band hears melodies -the song of the rock networks, and rock news road, good times and lonely recall -and even the "Whispering Pines" PUBLISH YOUR SONGS will become part of every youth shimmer a hymn in the moonlight. PROMOTION oriented radio station's format to low overhead, way out in the country within the next few years." Mellow Memories Due An important part of the de- "The Band" is a whimsical renouncement of their Picasso -like to 60 0/0! velopment of the con- We Can Offer You Savings of 30% network "Big Pink" period. The album is colored with Autumn, the evenings cept in rock radio has been the throb and the distances into time are tawny in the afterthought of For Further Information work Bill Drake has done in Call many summers past. Stories with unsure punch lines, everday detail Write Or establishing the "network" con- and half- digested morals replace the aching ambiguities of "Big BABB cept in the minds of radio Pink." Not that "The Band" doesn't weep for loves wilted like the WAYNE RANEY SHIRLEY and music industry people across willow and fond feelings that faded dreams ago. Robbie Robertson's the country with his "History Rimrock Mfg. Co. (501) 668 -3404 thoughts are brimming with a life participated in and tenderly mem- of Rock and Roll" shows. These Concord, Ark. 72523 orized with the poetic compassion of Walt Whitman and Wordworth's shows have made radio stations love of the land. In "The Band" their cries, still loud and clear, are and record companies as well as mellow now and lighter, without pity or the pessimism of hopeless the rock press and rock musi- regret. They have vision beyond their own problems. "Big Pink," cians aware of a radio "show" though, is heavy, like fruit on the vine, long in the picking and that commands a huge audience hound for the wine: the second album distills the weight into a light, and makes sense to advertise on bright spring of booze. Again, in "Big Pink," the lyric, overladen in more than one market. with content, draws out the music as the tale unfolds with .biblic Similarly, the syndication of deliberation. The instrumentals in the Band's new album describe certain FM radio personalities, the lyrics (rather than serving them) in both mood and pictures, such as WNEW -FM's Rosko, giving it the breadth of a landscape, the dimension and density that has given radio men across the make "The Band" a milestone in rock music. country an idea of the poten- tial of rock networks. A Greatness Realized "The Band" is a treasure because it tells us something about the great Dylan (how we hunger for news), and the Band, his heirs, Acuff -Rose have proven themselves worthy of a Dylan -like affection. Even rev- erence. Robertson is a composer with a modest, sympathetic eye for life's layers, an ear for Levon Helm's percussive story line (he punctu- Tapier Deal ates the music) and a country hipness unaffected by the paralyzing HOUSTON - Tapier Music hysteria of the cities. Levon's vocals, chawed and jawed with country Co., which is affiliated with In- conviction, is perfect partner to Richard Manuel, who smothers his ternational Artists Producing screams in sobs that cut the soul like a naked confession. Rick Danko Corp., has completed negotia- adds a third lead voice and keystone in the group's harmony, while tions with Acuff -Rose Publica- Garth Hudson looms from behind his church pipes in self -imposed tions of Nashville for world- exile, like the organist in a European cathedral. The Band plays 18 wide representation of its catalog instruments. Right now, they are rock's greatest non -rock band (too except for the U.S. and Canada. small -town for big city rock), and like Dylan, if they never made an- The deal was completed by other album after their first two they would still be great. And like Ray Rush, general manager of Dylan before them, they will become still greater. WINRO Tapier, and Wesley Rose, presi- dent of Acuff -Rose. The catalog RECORDS includes all of the songs written and recorded by the Bubble Garrett Into Commercials Puppy for International Artists, and material on David Allen's IA album, and the forthcoming For TV; Plans Other Moves Roy Orbison MGM album. LOS ANGELES -Snuff Gar- 000. The catalog includes 800- Billboard rett Productions is broadening 1,000 tunes. The International Music- Record Newsweekly ABC, Merc Deal its music publishing activities Silver intends to strengthen Now in its 75th year of industry service to include developing commer- the publishing wing of the com- Record cially oriented pop -rock songs pany by adding several writers Subscribe Now! With Club for TV. to supplement a staff of six, Just mail request order today YORK, Pa. - The Record Ed Silvers, vice president and train new writers and establish Club of America has signed operational head of Garrett partnership publishing corn - BILLBOARD, 2160 Patterson Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 long -term non -exclusive licensing Productions, feels that independ- panies with TV producers. Please enter my subscription to BILLBOARD for deals with ABC and Mercury ent TV producers are becoming First new writer under the Records. Under the agreement, aware of the role music plays expansion program is Dewayne j] 1 YEAR $25 3 YEARS $50 New Renew will out in enchancing programs. Blackwell, who will write a Payments enclosed 2 EXTRA issues for cash Bill me later the club contract for the pressing of the albums and (The nation's No. 1 song, single for singer Johnny Darryl, Above subscription rates for Continental U. S. & Canada. Overseas rates on request. tapes for mail -order sales. Pre- "Sugar, Sugar," has sold 1.8 mil- a United Artists country artist. viously, the Record Club had lion copies and was introduced The increased emphasis on Company obtained ABC and Mercury on CBS -TV's "Archie" series.) publishing will allow Silvers to Records through distributors. The company's publishing spend more time with the writ- Nome -- operation, which includes eight ing staff and the publishing Address_ firms, is the biggest profit cen- companies, Viva, Zapata Siesta, when answering ads .. . ter in the Garrett -Silver record - Gringo, Baby Monica, Stone City State & Zip ------Say You Saw It in production- publishing complex. Canyon, Hombre and Loma Type of Business. Title Last year the publishing com- Alta. The last two are partner- Billboard panies grossed more than $700,- ship firms with Trini Lopez. 12 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD Is it really Early in the Morning?

Only VANITY FARE has the original smash iérsion

Top 5 in England now breaking in the U.S.

VANITY FARE PAGE ONE single :4-21,027

PA GE, PAGE ONE Records Distributed by Bell Records /A division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. /1776 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 ADVERTISEMENT LEISURE Tape CARtrid9e TIME TIPS Cap's Deal Japan's Role Increases as Mfr by: Larry Finley With Ampex As Export Trend to U.S. Is Go One of the best public rela- LOS ANGELES - Capitol By BRUCE WEBER tions job in the history of the has given its 4 -track and reel tape configurations to Ampex LOS ANGELES In jittery cent of the total tape recorder With Taiwan and Hong Kong music industry is being done by - to duplicate and sell. Muntz days the "made-in- Japan" label market of 11 million units. In crowding Japan in producing in- the leaders in the cassette in- formerly sold the label's 4 -track on goods exported to this contrast, cassette production expensive hardware, Japan, too, dustry. There is no question but country frightened many Amer- last year was only 4.5 million. is turning to videotape recorder by duplicating the merchandise what this big promotional drive ican consumers. Today, Japan is Recently, Japanese manufac- (VTR) equipment and compo- in its own Van Nuys factory and in the forefront of the consumer always skilled in mass - nentry. is helping to build turers, the sale of offering it to Muntz dealers. electronics craze sweeping the producing low -end products, Many Japanese producers, pre -recorded cassettes as well as Capitol continues to duplicate U.S. have been aiming higher priced mainly Panasonic and Sony, are And the burgeoning tape rev- setting their sights on the U.S. cassette players. and market its own 8 -track and lines at the U.S. market. olution promises eventually to home market in VTR. When cassette tapes. Import activity in the next Last Sunday's New York Times thrust Matsushita (Panasonic), few years will stress quality, this (VTR) market evolves and The label will phase out of Sony, Hitachi, Shibadon, Toshi- the non -educational carried a special HiFi section durability, fidelity and perform- reaches handling its own reel and 4 -track ba, among others, into most ance. Example: Where total unit uses, an executive of Sony said, with the lead story devoted to tapes, according to a company American households. shipments are not up, the total we expect to be a strong force cassettes. It also is difficult to Japan's outpouring of tape in it. is a phasing out value of the equipment (mer- official. There players is almost as noticeable Although several American pick up a magazine or a Sunday will de- chandise) will be increased. period in which Capitol abroad as at home. Japanese A for interest companies have developed their newspaper without seeing adver- reason Japan's plete its inventory of tapes and exports can be found on store in quality, durability and per- own VTR systems (Ampex is tisements as well as stories about honor exchange obligations to shelves around the world. formance may be because of the strongest U.S. entry), others cassettes and cassette players. customers. The trend is up in Japanese the increased export competition are looking to Japan for assist- exports of equipment shipped to ance. Capitol's reason for licensing from two Asian nations-Tai- There is no question but that the U.S., with tape recorders wan and Hong Kong. Both are Component Supplier cassettes have arrived and cas- both the reel and 4-track con- becoming one of Japan's major exporting low -end equipment to American manufacturers also home entertainment exports. on 16) settes are here to stay. However, figurations to Ampex, according the U.S. and around the world. (Continued page to a label executive, is to have An American manufacturer the writer feels that 8 -track is put it best: "Japanese products, both systems handled by one also here to stay and 8 -track sales both high -end and inexpensive company, rather than going with players, are flooding the mar- will far outnumber cassette sales in several duplicators. ket in total number of units Insurance Changes for many years to come. shipped; up in the retail price of its products, and up in quali- There is reason for this think- AST Agreement ty." Auto Players & Tapes ing. Detroit is committed to the This year's exports in tape 10 8 -track concept for several years On Swampfire players are expected to top 8 LOS ANGELES -State Farm covering up to tapes. State million compared to 63 million Insurance, an auto insurance Farm found policyholders were to come. Because of the exposure NEW YORK -Ampex Stereo in 1968. Total production this company, has made a policy claiming "nine tapes lost per given the 8 -track concept in the Tapes (AST) and Ambassador year is estimated to be 10 mil- change regarding tape players claim." "Tapes are not part of the new model automobiles, the Records have entered into a lion, with but 2 million for the and prerecorded tapes. domestic market. In a special notice sent to auto," said a State Farm agent, "word of mouth" from happy tape agreement giving AST Exports Rise policyholders, the company is "and certainly not part of the owners of 8 -track units spreads marketing and duplication rights In 1966, Japan produced 5,- revising its comprehensive and/ car's equipment. We cover only to others and this greatly in- to all tape formats for Ambas- 620,000 tape recorders and ex- or collision coverage on players one tape, and we assume that sador's new "Swampfire" series. ported 3,360,000. A year later and tape equipment. the one tape is in the player." creases, not only the after market "Because many cars now have The insurance company lists The pact was it manufactured 6,960,000 and sale of 8 -track units, but the announced exported 5,650,000. Overall Jap- stereo tape players," the policy the depreciation of players this home 8 -track market as well. through a joint statement by anese production of electronic notice states, "we've made the way: no depreciation the first Donald V. Hall, Ampex vice in three months, 8 percent the Even though sales of pre- recorded equipment has been growing at following change the defini- president and general manager a rate of 27 percent a year tion of equipment. It now spe- fourth month, and a gradual in- cassettes are growing in leaps and of AST, and Martin Kasen, pres- over five years. cifies that a stereo tape player crease to 24 percent over 12 bounds it is also true that sales ident of Ambassador. With the increased popularity and one tape are part of your months. Ampex will have, with Tape depreciation is 25 per- of 8 -track cartridges are growing the of cassette recorders, Japanese car's covered equipment." exclusion of Canada, worldwide production of cassette units The new policy, which goes cent by the third month, then at an even greater proportion. It tape rights to Ambassador's will continue to increase sharply. into effect Wednesday (15), 5 percent a month to a maxi- is our prediction that by mid - "Swampfire" series. It now accounts for 80 per- voids an "unwritten" policy of mum of 80 percent. 1972 that the 8 -track concept will comprise 60% of the over- all tape business, cassettes will Tape Goes Alfresco in Warm Weather comprise 40:,% of the tape busi- ness and 4 -track will be extinct. By ELIOT TIEGEL At NAL we have no "ax to LOS ANGELES - Southern grind" as our entire catalogue is Californians are using cartridge available on pre- recorded cassette equipment as alfresco compan- ions during the long, long sum- as well as 8- track. mer months. With the weather remaining warm through No- Sam and George Goldner's new vember, leisure time buffs are taking portable equipment with label " FIREBIRD" is really start- them to alfresco settings. ing off with a big bang! Their While much of the nation be- first two single releases are really gins to feel a change in the sea- sons, Southern Californians are chart items. "PAY THEM NO still swimming at the copious MIND" by C. L. ALEXANDER AND beaches which dot the coast THE NATURAL THREE has already from Malibu to San Diego. And there's also plenty of energetic 1/ our- taken off like gang busters. Their wa/I splashing in pools of both the ; ,., s. other new release "BLOWIN' IN private and public variety. Pf THE WIND" by the BRIMSTONE Tape equipment dealers re- Cartridge music is enjoyed by Angelenos by their backed with "TRINKET" is also a port that the long warm weather 1111.. pools and at the beach. period leading into the holiday '.!Jr sure chart buster. " BLOWIN' IN buying period, helps provide a THE WIND" is in the Rock Gospel stimulus for a steady movement SP;: 4'10^,:. vein. Both of these FIREBIRD of tape player and music sales. Home owners in the San Fer- artists will be released on albums nando Valley (which has more with a day and date release on pools than any other part of the 8 -track cartridge, cassette and country) use cartridge players as their own background music open reel from NAL. FIREBIRD is systems while entertaining guests exclusive with NAL. on the weekends to swim and barbeque parties. NAL (North American Leisure in People living the specialty *sa17,..71. , Corporation) is located at 1776 apartment houses which cater Broadway, New York, New York exclusively to the "singles" fra- ternity have taken to bringing Kids hear sounds at the seashore and a 10019, telephone (212) 265 -3340. taped (Continued on page 18) boating couple listens while raising a sail. 14 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD United Artists Records ,r

HOT PRODUCT: KEEM -O -SABE THE ELECTRIC INDIAN UAS -6728 FIRSTA SMASH SINGLE. NOWA HOT NEWALBUM. Tape CARtrid9e Long Box Here to Stay, Engineer Asserts, in Boxing Off Critics By BRUCE WEBER LOS ANGELES - The "in- and retailers a choice between pex, RCA and GRT, among terim" tape package-a 4x12 the 4x12 box or the slip case others," he said. Pennington's box-may have a longer life (8- track) and Norelco box (cas- firm manufactures the 3 -pak than first expected. While many sette). cassette and 8 -track package Slaves record companies label the Capitol Records is offering for Sony/ Superscope, and pro- "long box" as an interim pack- both packages. It is double vides Ampex with its 8 -track age, several carton producers packaging in some cases to al- slip-case and cassette box. see it as an end result. low racks and distributors an The stock 4x12 carton is out- seeking Although improved design opportunity to order the long fitted with or without a win- variations may enhance the box but break open the pack- dow for both 8-track and cas- "long box," carton manufactur- age to display tape in a slip- sette, is printed in four colors ers feel the concept will not case. Capitol has placed an in- (full graphics), and costs about master change. "The merchandising ad- itial order for 500,000 4x12 two and a half cents per carton. vantages of the 'long box,' with boxes with the Container Corp. The cost fluctuates depending its ability to offer full graphics, of America's folding carton di- on amounts ordered. far outweigh any disadvantages, vision. Pennington sees the need for if any," said John H. Penning- Motown, on the other hand, different packages to serve the ton, packaging engineer for the is offering a variation of the record -rack outlets and another Container Corp. of America. long box. The Motown box is for auto or specialty stores. Pennington believes record designed to eliminate the "The 4x12 box basically of- Object: manufacturers will adopt the "wasted space" found in most fers more merchandising ad- 4x12 package as the industry 4x12 boxes, by the use of a vantages than any other box we standard, but many are waiting flap upper half. have developed. But it doesn't until January to make the Pennington sees the upper mean our company is locked duplicating changeover. "Why disturb in- portion of the long box -the into any one box. We'll custom ventory just before the Christ- "wasted space" area -as a plus manufacture cartons to fit any mas season?" he said. to record companies. "Why not specifications," said Pennington. "Rack merchandisers, distrib- stuff the empty area with liner Although he doesn't rule out utors and retailers will be more notes, artist material or cata- future packaging innovations, prone to changeover following log information ?" Pennington feels that paper- the holiday season," said Pen- Pennington, who designed 15 board boxes will not be re- nington. "For now, however, it variations of the 4x12 package placed. "Plastic boxes and might be advisable for record before finally settling on the 'foam' packaging are too ex- companies to experiment with current model, has been work- pensive, and costs are going up." shipping 4x12 packages on an ing on packaging with record The Container Corp. of optional basis." companies for about six months. America will assist record com- Why did we install all solid state equipment Offered as Option Shows Box panies in setting up a packag- for tape duplicating? The same reason we use Some labels have decided to "We've shown the box to ing operation, or will ware- one -inch mastering tape. To guarantee offer the long box as an option, Warner Bros., Liberty, Capitol, house up to a 90 -day supply the most faithful dubbing of your master. thus allowing racks, distributors A &M, Disney, Columbia, Am- of boxes in its own facilities. And we'll do it in record -breaking time, too. Cartridge, cassette or reel. Try us. AM's Katz Sees Cassette Boom Hitting Europe in Three Years LOS ANGELES - The cas- Katz believes there is more based tape producer. In ex- sette explosion in Europe is still "luxury money" now available change for the investment, about three years away, feels in Europe to spend on cassettes, Audio has an option to acquire Iry Katz, Audio Magnetics thus the reason for an expanded all or part of the common stock president. "But when it comes," effort by Audio Magnetics in of the Canadian company. MAGNETIX he said, "it could surpass the the overseas market. Another growth market that C O R P OR AT I O N cassette craze sweeping the To complement Audio's thrust, Audio is exploring, especially U.S." Katz has established foreign overseas, is the military. Katz P 0 BOX 15577 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32808. TELEPHONE (305) 656 -4494 Audio Magnetics, a blank positions in three nations: Mex- is doing about $250,000 through tape manufacturer, merchan- ico, India and Canada. In Mex- post exchanges, but sees a po- dises cassette tape in about 70 ico the company has a 10,000 - tential market of more than $5 foreign countries, including square -foot facility in Tijuana million in both the U.S. and Hungary and Yugoslavia. to manufacture cassettes. Audio Europe. The three -year delay in cas- also owns 49 percent of Jai, The company has named sette popularity, although in Ltd., a tape manufacturing Saxon International Marketing some countries the boom is plant in India. Services, Ltd., a military spe- underway, is directly attribut- cialist based in New York, to Why are able to three factors: trade Provides Capital handle its PX operation. Katz agreements, economic stability In the most recent move, is gearing his military produc- you and the initial thrust of 8- Audio is providing expansion tion in blank cassette tape and track. capital to Sound Electronic reel -to -reel to produce about Katz sees a $250 million cas- Specialties, Ltd., a Toronto- $1 million within two years. so crabby? sette market by 1971 in Europe in both blank and prerecorded tape, with another 15 percent Increases as coming from 8 -track and 4- track. Japan's Role Mfr. Countries with increased cas- sette activity, said Katz who As Export Trend to U.S. Is Go just concluded a two -month tour of Europe, are Spain, Continued from page 14 business," said one retailer. Italy, France, Germany and Bel- Another retailer said: "Im- gium. The brunt of the Scandi- are turning to Japan as a corn - port pileups can lead to a flood navian nations are cassette ori- ponent supplier. High fidelity of close -outs on lower price mer- ented. producers here are searching chandise. We'll have to be wary "Reasonable trade agreements Japan for cassette tape transport of the large amount of Japa- are holding up progress in systems, receivers, integrated nese players coming into the " France, Italy and Spain, but amplifier - preamplifiers and U.S." governments are beginning to printed circuits. Tape recorder production in reshape trade pacts for the elec- The popularity of tape re- 1968 at Japanese factories to- tronics industry," he said. corders in this country, and the taled 9.2 million units at $298.5 25% Overseas expected boom of cassettes, is million, a 25 percent increase Katz, whose company does taxing production in Japan, some in quantity and 30 percent gain about 25 percent of its business believe. in value over 1967. in the overseas market, sees But there a r e inherent The trend is go in Japanese about 24 million cassettes being year -end dangers for retailers exports of tape players to the sold in his "primary overseas here, including inventory log- U.S., both high -end and low - market," including 15 million in jams, product shortages in high - end. An 11 percent import duty Europe, 2 million in South end hardware and merchandis- coupled with competition from I'm a Cancer. Africa, 2 million in South Amer- ing pitfalls brought about by American tape manufacturers ica, 500,000 in the Near East, a rash of low -end equipment. and the government's deflation- 1.5 million in Canada, 500,000 "Already merchandise is stock- ary efforts will not deter Japa- in Mexico and 3 million in the piling at all levels of distribu- nese producers from flooding Southwest Pacific. tion in anticipation of year -end America with equipment. 16 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD

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1 Tape CARtrid9e Tape Goes Alfresco Tape Happenings Continued from page 14 Johnson says he has just bought several new Belair models their portable players out to the because he likes the company's Dubbings is opening a custom from Wednesday (15) through pools in their residences. "fairly novel designs" plus the service division for cassette and Nov. 15, to celebrate its 25th The in the San reel -to -reel duplication. . Fair- birthday. The program involves an temperature "compactness of the machines field Technology Fernando Valley reaches the and their very good styling." Corp., Rocka- Ampex serviceman and a district TelePac way, N.J., is forming a subsidiary, sales manager inspecting and test- highest peaks of any part of the Students in the Valley have A -V Research Corp., to produce ing any AC powered reel tape city of Los Angeles, prompting COMPACT taken to buying small cassette and distribute tape in all configu- player... . Ampex has appointed people to head for some water machines for studying purposes, rations. Offices will be at the five district sales managers to han- CASSETTES environment whenever possible. Johnson adds. The Valley store parent company. Officers are Rob- dle open reel and cassette equip- licensed by N.A.P. Made in U.S.A. ert Strauss, president; Nicholas D. ment. They are Joseph Bernatitus, Pre-Loaded with our own FIDELITAPE. At many beaches portable 8- sells Ampex, Magnavox plus the 6 standard lengths. track players like those in the Quesado, production and market- Baltimore; Joe Dalesandry, Co- Packaged in mailer or clear plastic bones. aforementioned models used by ing vice president, and lumbus, Pre -Leadered or unassembled for duplica- Belair line appear to compete Julie Ca- Ohio; Alfred Greene, tors. Immediate delivery! boatsmen. denas, manufacturing vice presi- Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Robert Private labeling available. with small transistorized radios. "Through December," notes dent. . .. Lienau Associates, Inc., Phillips, Houston, and Carl Wal- 4 6 8 Track Empty and Loaded Cartridges In the Marina Del Rey area, and Head Cleaners one Music City tape player sales- will represent TEAC in southern berg, Geneva, Ill.... Predictions For Rep. on your area contact: thousands of moored with its man in Hollywood, "things are New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, of Robert T. Daily, president of sail and power boats, cartridge just going to be mad. You don't Maryland, Virginia and Washing- Celanese Plastics Co.: cassettes TEö equipment is a steady seller. For ton, D.C. . Sansui Electronics, eventually may supplant records; have to sell anyone on cartridges. WORLD'S OLDEST AND LARGEST MANUFACTURER the boatsman, it's summer all New York, is opening a ware- cassettes to increase about 60 per- OF CARTRIDGES AND CASSETTES The people here know all about year 'round. "About 75 percent house- office in New York. The cent annually in the next five makers oI FIDELIPACa them." Music City's player line facility has shipping, service, parts, years and reach yearly production Cherry Hill Industrial Center of the players we sell in our HIII, New Jersey 08034 includes AIWA, Craig, Roberts, inspection and administrative de- of 180 million Cherry store go on says units by 1973; ex- Phone: (609) 424-1234 marina boats," Magnavox and partments.... Eastern Specialties, pect a 17 percent annual growth of the Masterworks. Jerry Johnson, president In the Newport Arlington, N.J., is introducing a for tape cartridges and at least a three sight and sound oper- Beach -Costa -store Mesa area, player sales are "good stereo 8 -track auto unit (model 23 percent growth for video tapes. ation. CT -800) at $69.95. . . . Concord GRT will hold its annual all year round," report Don Electronics gave away stockholders The marina store was opened Broun, manager cassette meeting at the Ca- in August of last year because of Costa Mesa tape players with AM /FM radio bana Hyatt House, Palo Alto, Muntz Stereo -Pak. The store to the Johnson -a boat owner himself "Bunny of the Year" and Calif., Tuesday (22). . . Sears in the potential for music carries in addition to the Muntz her runner -up in the Los Angeles San Diego is offering Playtape's -saw line, such names as Motorola, Playboy Club contest.... Ampex Disneyland player (2- track) at by the sea. There are numerous holds free tape clinics in 15 cities $4.99 in the toy department. houses ringing the Belair and Craig. "We get a apartment lot of for marina and the number of ships calls portables," to grow. Broun says. "The Belair line being built continues has some Sight and Sound's marina store outstanding models be- cause they've taken Rep sells Craig, Panasonic, the trouble Cap Using Firm to the Belair, to design a good /7 n2trnf and Sony lines which can all be portable prod- uct." used on boats. Belair and Pana- The boat business is a plus Sell to 'Outside' /ampacf / sonic have complete systems feature for Stores Cass-et-tie do not need to be in- the store which is which outside the Newport Beach area. stalled. Sailboat owners as well Continued from page 1 North Carolina and Contact Boat owners are buying both á + as powerboat advocates are tak- Music of San Diego. 12 volt models like the Muntz ing to the inlets with "cartridge - will now sell Capitol's line of World has already opened ized" music. C120 or M60 or the Belair model six cassette players, one 8 -track several new accounts for Capi- 314 which has both AC /DC or unit, four phonographs, plus a tol, including: Say -On Drug's battery capability. complete line of accessory items. 68 stores in Southern California; Boat customers are mostly Para Issues 1st in World Music will concentrate Genoveve Drug's 23 stores along the 45 and age up bracket. Car on broadening the sales base the Eastern seacoast; First Dis- Variety Pack models go to the younger set. for Capitol tributors grocery chain in Chi- Los Records Distribut- One Angeles salesman re- ing Corp. which will continue cago plus several camera stores LOS ANGELES Para- ports 8 - that his -track player sales to service regular music outlets in the Midwest. mount has released its first car- are with people already owning tridge variety pack, "All Time with its line of tape and phono- Capitol supplies World with a car unit who are now switch- graph equipment. all the merchandising aids and Audio Magnetic Compact Cas- Christmas Favorites." Former ing to a home system. tape division manager The association with fixtures. World in turn has to have 17 components, stereo With Californians spending in- the Tar- settes Wally Peters assembled the tape. zana, California -based company, open up any new outlet it deems each made with jewel like pre- surmountable hours in their cars appropriate for Capitol's prod- Artists in the $6.98 release every week and the weather con- marks the first time Capitol has cision to match the U.S. Philips include the Mills Brothers, signed with this type of firm ucts. It has already begun selling Corp. specs. Each Cassette is ducive to outdoor activities al- Capitol players and tapes in George Wright, Liberace, Billy most all the time, to handle such fields as photo, "Certify-Tested" to be perfect, Vaughn, the conditions several service stations in the Jimmy Rodgers and are always in a go state for drug, book and furniture. Several non -jamming and trouble -free the Jack Halloran Singers. years ago, when Capitol began Midwest. portable or mobile music. John Jossey, Capitol's sales and given an unconditional life- Paramount Records has not The bikini may have selling a line of 8 -track car- filled the spot va- shrunk vice -president, calls the affilia- time guarantee. president's in size style -wise on some Cali- tridge players, it contracted with cated by Arnold Burk a month tion an "innovative merchan- fornia beaches, but it is an automotive specialty firm, ago; this has delayed the com- far from dising program" for the com- AUDIO being chased indoors by inclem- while CRDC salesmen handled pany's plans for moving in sev- the normal music accounts. pany. MAGNETICS eral tape cartridge projects. Don ent weather. So this "cartridge - Lanzendorf said his ties with CORPORATION ized" part of the is Auto Field Reese, a Gulf Western execu- country warm Capitol are the first his com- weather conditioned for the re- Bob Brilhart, World's nation- 14600 South Broadway P.O. Box 140 tive, has been administrating the al sales marketing manager, said pany has ever had with a major Gardena, Calif. 90247 (213) 321 -6841 maining selling months before record company to sell cartridge record company. Santa arrives. the company will also handle the automotive field for Capitol. and phonograph equipment. Cap- "We will handle any account itol has never had a sustaining which Capitol doesn't have on program with its own salesmen its books," he said. to cover the book, photo and Riddle to Do drug World Music accounts. conducted an All the products which World 101 eight -month test in Southern Strings LP California for are selling are handled through Capitol, said Hal special Rothberg, Capitol's special prod- Capitol's products office, LOS ANGELES - Nelson and include such accessories as Riddle has been hired to create ucts merchandising manager. Then the label decided needles, cleaning clothes, carry an album with the 101 Strings to use cases for tapes and records, wire in London which will be re- the company as its national rep- resentatives. racks, guitar strings and other leased on tape through Ampex musical instrument items. duplication and on the Alshire Bill Lanzendorf, World's pres- . ident, said he test -sold Capitol The project marks the first products in musical instrument Ampex Handles time Riddle has been hired by stores, which have been his Al Sherman, Alshire's president, basic selling outlet. His firm Canyon Titles to work with the orchestra. Rid- employs eight staff salesmen dle will work on the assign- plus 75 additional independent LOS ANGELES - Newly ment upon completion of scor- reps. formed Canyon Records has ing "On a Clear Day" for Para- Brilhart said, "it's all impulse signed with Ampex for distribu- mount Pictures. buying" that World specializes tion of all tape and reel -to -reel Riddle will work with Jack in. World salemen write the or- titles. The company is owned by Dorsey, recently retained by ders which Capitol's fulfillment Renny and Wally Roker. Sherman as his London record- centers process. World receives (In its report to stockholders ing supervisor. Dorsey and Sher- a percentage override for admin- dated Sept. 16, Ampex stated man are preparing several proj- istrating the program, and its it held agreements with 33 in- ects for the orchestra, to move sales force receives its own per- dependent producers, in addi- it into new repertoire directions. centage for its sales efforts. tion to manufacturing and mar- Later this fall, Alshire and Tape Lines keting agreements with 70 re- Ampex will launch radio and While World has specialized cording labels.) in the Arab section direct mail, exploitation cam- in selling such musical instru- Canyon's initial artist roster paigns for the orchestra, ac- ment companies as Gretsch, covers pop, jazz and soul mu- of Tangiers in '44. cording to Sherman. The theme Ovation, Slingerland and Arm- sic. There's jazz saxophonist of both programs is "The strong, it has also been repre- Irma Thomas plus several sing- World's Greatest Entertainment senting two prerecorded tape ers performing in regular TV Value." lines, Modern Sound Inc. of (Continued on page 22) 18 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD "I always think of the passengers as eggs:'

"Sometimes our radar indicates a little rough air ahead. You know, the kind where you bounce a little. It has no effect on my control of the aircraft, but I'll still request clear- ance to get over it. Even if it means losing some time. Why? When I started with American,15 years ago, my first instructor told me some- thing. He said, `Always think of the passen- gers as thin -shelled eggs sitting back there on the floor. And your job is to get them from point A to point B without putting the tiniest crack in one of them: I still take each bounce personally :' Captain Cliff Schmidt is the kind of man who makes the best pilot because he's a concerned man. He does more than just his job. That's the American Way. Fly the American Way. American Airlines Soul City Records Eoff rim r meta fauna r 7'ra imam arien Corporal inn IIIIII

SOUL CITY RECORDS HAS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT! we have three smash singles on one great album. \QUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN' has sold 2,500,000 copies. WORKIN' ON A GROOVY THING" has sold 700.000 copies. "WEDDING BELL BLUES" has sold 500,000 copies in less than 10 days and the giant album AGE OF AQUARIUS has sold almost 1,00,010 copies. . i ..... s- .i ....s .nor.

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proach to language study," he said. "What we have created AST, Language Institute for the cassette form is a series Motown Sees Cassette of structurally logical lessons to keep in step with the stu- Team on Cassette Plan dent's natural progress." Boom in Next 3 Mos. Ampex Stereo Tapes is also NEW YORK -Ampex Stereo Each language course con- offering a pre- Christmas pro- DETROIT-Motown, which The cassette product will be Tapes (AST) and the Institute tains 10 carefully graded les- motion kit, featuring top artists recently moved into its own cas- shipped in 3x12 packages only, for Language Study, have joined sons with five 50-page booklets and groups on posters, counter sette tape operation, expects to said Mel DaKroob, Motown na- to release the first specially de- each, and step -by -step study cards and hanging mobiles, to move a large number of cas- tional tape and album sales man- veloped and designed language guide on how to use the course. all its distributors and dealers. sette units in the last three ager. 8 -track cartridges will be study program for the cassette Language enthusiasts will be The holiday season promo- months of the year. packaged in 4x12 boxes and slip format. cases. able to buy the complete five - tion package is part of AST's The company's initial cassette The programs will be called level course from Basic, Basic - massive $2 million advertising "We feel 3x12 and 4x12 boxes Cassette Spanish, Cassette Ger- release will be culled from cata- he said, Intermediate, Intermediate, In- and promotion campaign begun 30" cata- are interim packages," man, Cassette French and Cas- log titles. The "Hot "but we'll continue to offer 8- termediate- Advanced and Ad- earlier this year. It will be log will be Oct. 15. sette Italian, and are contained released track in the long box and the vanced. Each cassette can be closely linked to AST's radio Current repertoire will be in sets of five 60- minute lessons bought separately campaign now in slip case until there is an in- at $5.95. The underway sev- shipped Nov. 1. and a student practice cassette complete course will be offered eral major markets around the dustry standard." to perfect pronunciation and at a suggested list of $29.95. country. RCA is duplicating Motown's DaKroob feels the increased oral -aural proficiency. Ampex has been marketing The kit includes Tom Jones, new cassette product, with Am- 8 -track activity this year will and distributing complete lan- Blind Faith, the Doors, Engel - pex, the previous cassette licen- enable Motown to be more than guage programs on open -reel bert Humperdinck, Led Zep- see, duplicating only reel -to -reel. one million units over 1968. and 8 -track for the Institute pelin, Creedence Clearwater RCA also duplicates Motown's And the 1968 figure more than since 1963, when the Institute Revival, Cream and Iron But- 8- track. doubled the label's 1967 figure. of Language Study first re- terfly, all of whom are being leased store -priced, pre -recorded featured on popular rock sta- tape. tions in prime times on 30- second spots. Audio Communications' Donald V. Hall, Ampex vice - president and general manager The kits will be revised every of AST feels that education, two months by AST and will business and travel are ideal continue to be supported by the Expansion Plan nationwide, 52 -week radio drive $500G markets for the language six - and trade advertising. The pro- pack. "The series can be used DOVER, N. J. - The company is also negoti- motion pieces range in size -Audio Corn to increase earning power, ex- munications, Inc., a tape manu- ating for the acquisition of an from 81/2 x l l -inch pand cultural interests, and per- counter cards facturing and duplicating corn- importing firm of tape cartridge haps even save money while to 3 -feet psychedelic posters for window plex with two plants in the hardware, a music publishing traveling," he said. He also in- displays. New Jersey area, has embarked company, several radio stations, dicated that in addition The company has also named to its Stan on a $500,000 expansion pro- and a chain of franchise stores. regular distributors, AST will be Clark as its regional sales *niter gram designed to revolutionize Audio Communications, Inc , manager of the year, the first looking at the specialty mar- the organization and develop it award of its kind ever to be was formed in 1967 as Ameri- kets for distribution of the into a totally integrated outfit. can Contract Jobbers. During BLANK courses. made by AST. Clark, southern regional Financing was raised by the its first year, the company op- ILS sales manager for AST, president, Robert E. heads a nine -state area includ- Pilgrim Fund, a New Jersey - erated exclusively as .a loader Tape, Livesey, described the cassette based stockbroking company, of 8 -track cartridges, netting an program ing Georgia, Florida, North and as the most significant South Carolina, Texas, Tennes- and was given to Audio Com- estimated $60,000. It later Curtridg,8S single step in removing the see, Mississippi, Arkansas and munications at a brief ceremony moved into the duplicating end, language teaching from the Alabama. AST's held at the company's Dover with Capitol, ITCC and GRT classroom marketing man- and making it avail- ager Jules Cohen and control- plant on Monday (6). among its leading customers. able to the student whenever ler Lester Michael Daspin, president of and wherever J. Schneider made he chooses. the award at the company's of- Audio Communications, said the "These unique courses use the fices here. Clark is based in money will be used to build a Canyon Titles most modern oral -aural ap- Florida. vertical organization, drawing Continued from page 18 on internal talent which forms the nucleus of the company. He shows: Tiffany Bolling of "The Dubbings predicted that the process of New People" and Otis Young Opens Production total integration will be corn - of "The Outcast." pleted within 30 to 60 days. Canyon additionally will have Plant in N.Y. for 8 -Track Plans for expansion include the soundtrack LP and tape a plastics division for the manu- from "Fanny Hill." NEW YORK - Dubbings company to handle short de- facture of housing for cassettes, Electronics has opened a pro- livery and quantity orders with a cassette and cartridge manu- duction plant for the exclusive equal ease. Dubbings is an af- facturing division, a cartridge uffga manufacture of 8 -track car- filiate of the North American components division for the ADVERTISING IN tridges. The factory is located Philips Corp. manufacture of pressure pads, BUSINESSPAPERS at 427 -429 M e d f or d Ave., slip sheets and other compo- MEANS BUSINESS Fidelitone Patchogue. nents, and the Tapette Corp., for Space made available at the the coding of cassette tape. main plant at Copiague -through A&B Widens the establishment of the factory, will be utilized to double Dub- Operation bings present cassette capacity. A number of innovations has NEW YORK - The A &B Now you can get top quality Fidelitone been developed at the new Duplicating Co., is expanding its operations blank tape in all three leading configur- plant including a one -step clos- to up production of ing and -in its cassettes and 8 -track - ations: 4- Track, 8 -Track and Cassettes. run device which CAR reduce cartridge handling and tridges to 35,000 finished units cycle time. daily. The company currently A Dubbings- designed method turns out an estimated 22,000 for high speed winding and units a day. editing has already brought a Dick Martin, general man- significant production increase ager of A &B Duplicating, said and has heightened the effi- that a third duplicating line and ciency of these operations and, some 60 more employes are be- ing added to handle Your Fidelitone Distributor is ready to according to Philip Shooer the the addi- company's tional work load. The company serve you with a full line of blank tape operations manager, the operation of automatic now maintains a staff of 185. and audio accessories for this vital splic- ing will improve the quality of The 35,000 units a day pro- market including Head Cleaners, ... 8 -track cartridges and reduce duction figure marks a 250 per- Maintenance Kits ... and, as always, assembly time per unit. cent increase over the 10,000 Famous Fidelitone Phonograph Needles Shooer stresses that these ad- units a day which were being and accessories. vances in Dubbings production produced in June, when Martin Aechniques together with the re- took control of the operation. Fidelitone Audio Products are fully All "cent development of improved The units are produced in 8- guaranteed against defects in material ferrite heads in the 8 -track du- track, cassette and open reel, or workmanship. plicating process are reflected with the cassette running a close second to the 8- track. A &B is Call your Fidelitone Distributor, or write in the high quality of product coming off the company's as- the No. 1 duplicator for Capitol sembly lines. Records, turning out an esti- The new facility enables the mated 8,000 units of their total daily production for that com- pany. Fidelitoné A &B Duplicating was formed when iinswering ads . . . THE TOUCH OF MAGIC a little over four years ago. Its Say You Saw It in offices and plant are located at 6415 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60626 635 W. 55th St. on Manhattan's Billboard lower west side. 22 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD

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1 3 GREEN RIVER 5 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fantasy 2 1 BLIND FAITH 8 Atco 3 2 JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN 11 TA -52 Deluxe Tape Cartridge Case Columbia Holds 15 cartridges 4 4 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS 21 Columbia 5 7 IN- A- GADDA -DA -VIDA 21 Iron Butterfly, Atco 6 9 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH 8 Atco 7 11 SOFT PARADE 8 Doors, Elektra 8 6 BEST OF THE CREAM _.. _.11 Atco

9 12 THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY (Big Hits, Vol. 2) . 4 Rolling Stones, London TA -54 Deluxe Tape Cartridge Case 10 10 SMASH HITS 7 Holds 24 Cartridges J imi Hendrix Experience, Reprise 11 5 BAYOU COUNTRY 21 Distributor ! Jobber ! Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fantasy Custom padded top 12 16 HOT BUTTERED SOUL 4 Isaac Hayes, Enterprise The best vinyl The only case with lock and key 13 8 LED ZEPPELIN 21 FULL LINE Atlantic 14 13 HAIR 21 NOW! A New Concept in Color! The Two OF TAPE Original Cast, RCA Victor Tone from Le Bo, the Only Two-Tone Color on ACCESSORIES the Market. Six attractive decorator colors done 15 15 NASHVILLE SKYLINE 20 Dylan, in Black Crush. Alligator Black- Brown -Red. Bob Columbia And the All New Alligator Blue and Alligator 16 - SUITABLE FOR FRAMING 7 Three Dog Night, Dunhill Green. Contact your nearest Once you See These New Colors All Others 17 - JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON 17 distributor or become drab. Columbia Deluxe wood construction. 18 18 IT'S A MOTHER 2 Genuine high pile rayon flocked interior. James Brown, King Available in Two Sizes. 19 20 HURT SO BAD 2 Lettermen, Capitol 20 17 BEST OF THE BEE GEES 5 Products Co., Inc. Atco 71 -08 51st Avenue, Woodside, N. Y. 11377 CASSETTE

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1 1 GREEN RIVER 5 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fantasy 2 4 BLIND FAITH 4 Atco 3 2 BAYOU COUNTRY 21 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fantasy 4 3 JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN 10 Columbia 5 5 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS 19 Columbia 6 - LED ZEPPELIN 8 Atlantic 7 7 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH 5 Atco 8 8 BEST OF THE BEE GEES 2 Atco 9 10 NASHVILLE SKYLINE 19 Bob Dylan, Columbia 10 6 BEST OF THE CREAM 7 Atco

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"I have been singing and play- section of Elvin Bishop's group. within the format without ex- Alone with his acoustic guitar ing since we taped the "Andy Bishop opened the concert. The tending it. Only a jive comedy for most of the show, Donovan Williams Television Show" in first two numbers, Berry old- item from Bishop, "Sweet Po- enraptured an overflowing Hollywood Sept. 17 -19, and then note, with ies, were a fight, brother against tato," struck a jarring crowd a fast -moving show the tour began in Santa Bar- brother and nobody together. On sounding like a grotesque par- that balanced eloquent serenity bara on Sept. 24. It ends Nov. the third, everything came good. ody of the real thing. with winsome buoyancy. The 8 in Honolulu. his TONY BENNETT, right, receives A basic 12 -bar blues, "Dust Berry presented usual au- show, staged by Concerts ,West, The show was presented by the Bishop selection of Golden was held at Moody Coliseum the Bronze Medallion of the City My Broom," sums up thoritative Terry Bassett's Concert's West group, who were making their Oldies. He is an artist who on the Southern Methodist Uni- productions of Dallas. of New York from Mayor John V. versity campus. Lindsay "for his contribution to first Fillmore appearance. They knows the worth of his ma- JAMES D. KINGSLEY the musical arts." terial, has it set and makes sure Donovan's concert was in it- pounded Eclectically into the it he is a self a work of art. Leaning on whole blues bag, exposing their stays set. On stage the etheral simplicity of his folk influences (particularly the B.B. valid piece of rock history that style, he painted beautiful mu- Ames Off Aim on W. Coast King guitar work from leader stays contemporary without atro- sical pictures with poetic words Bishop) for blues fans to hear (Continued on page 28) and whisper-soft music. Dono- LOS ANGELES - Ed Ames built upon Ames' dynamic van's charisma created the art- was off his mark on opening range. ist's own atmosphere, one of night Sept. 30 at the Cocoanut Pianist Frankie Ortega lent The Illusion Fun Loving serenity and calmness yet with a nice fill in sound to Ames' Grove. The husky -voiced per- flashes of joyful enthusiasm. voice as he led the 19 former was -piece Much of his bill showcased not his usual sharp Freddy Martin reg- Crowd -Pleasing Rock Group self, suffering lapses band. Ames new compositions, including a of memory istered his strongest success with NEW YORK The Illusion their forthcoming second al- on "This Guy's in Love With - stimulating melodic treatise the new song. "Leave Them a is one mod Top 40 style group bum, including the strong You" and "Windmills of Your Flower," message gives strong enough per- "Peace Pipe." against the use of drugs, which Mind." a about how that brought a standing ovation from people are destroying the world. formances to play underground "You Don't Need Any Rea- the assenting crowd. His pro- Like the professional he is, He was very convincing with dubs successfully. The Steed son," the big closing selection, gram, peppered with bardic Ames was not phased by these this material and his dramatic Records quintet again proved utilized all five boys on vocals tales and traditional folk songs, incidents and moved smoothly way of interpreting a lyric was this with their Ungano's open- and led into a segment bur- was well spiced with some of his along. He did regain command in evidence on such additional ing on Oct. 3, which drew a lesquing vintage rock material. own well -known recordings: of the situations and finished message songs as "Who Will packed house. At one point, several girls were "Jennifer Juniper," "Catch the both songs in good form, but Answer," "What Color is a Man," The unit depends on the force pulled up from the audience to Wind," "Hurdy Gurdy Man," these forgetful moments, couple "I Gotta Be Me" and "Impos- of its offerings, especially of join in the twist. The Illusion "Universal Soldier," "To Susan with overly long monologs sible Dream." lead vocalist John Vinci, who may not be subtle, but they can on the West Coast Waiting," about sports personalities and Ames had a six -voice chorus is aided vocally by rhythm gui- produce fun and crowds. "Atlantis," "Colours." other trivia, weakened the total working with him which was tarist Mike Maniscalo, who also FRED KIRBY With his incomparable wealth impression of his 75- minute act. iniked poorly. The boss man doubled on keyboards, drum- of tone and silvery vibrato, Don - There was a strong emphasis was clearly heard, however, and mer Mike Ricciardella, and bass ovan's voice never wants for on singing softly, launching such on his "No Business Like Show guitarist Chuck Alder. Unsurpassed in Quality at any Price dramatic accents or vibrancy. numbers as "Hey Jude," "I Business" opener and "They Call Richy Cerniglia turned in Jazz flutist Paul Horn joined Gotta Be Me," "Bon Soir Dafne" the. Wind Maria," he breathed some good lead guitar in the Donovan for several numbers and "Leave Them a Flower" freshness into these standards. hard numbers that predomi- GLOSSY in the show's second half, and in gentle terms which ultimately ELIOT TIEGEL nated. He switched to acoustic the robust interplay of the two guitar for "Little Boy," a good PHOTOS musicians enhanced the high - gentle number. The Illusion did EACH spirited atmosphere. only one number from their cur - IN 8x10 MARGE PETTYJOHN Pookah Display Promise rent chart album: the opening 9¢1000 LOTS "Did You See Her Eyes," em- $12.95 per 100 NEW YORK -Pookah, a new drummer, who also takes sec- phasizing, instead, material from Post Cords Worried $49 per 1000 Donovan was worried that he United Artists Records act, dis- ond vocal. played considerable 1,000 might not come across on stage promise and The absence of a lead guitar- slightly different MOUNTED 8x10 COLOR during his concert at the Audi- a sound in its ist adds to the fine heavy to- Distel Charms second set at the Cafe Au Go ENLARGEMENTS $175.00 torium in Memphis Oct. 5. gether sound of the unit. Ippo- 20 "x30" 56.50 3,000 Postcards Go on Oct. 8. In N. Y. Club 30 "x40" He was suffering from a sore lito's vocals, often screamed, $9.50 $120.00 throat caused by his frequent The Rochester, N.Y., trio, are nonetheless effective. Even Special Color Debut 1 concerts and "sleeping in air- now based in Long Island, con- when changing dynamics, as in on Oct. Process conditioned hotel and motel sists of John Ippolito, a good "Lady Ostrich," with its good NEW YORK - Marking his rooms." bass guitarist, whQ also sings boogie sections, the rhythmic New York nightclub debut, the He shouldn't have worried. vocal lead; Onorato Cupo on support of Ippolito and Raha- -French star brought a breezy, The 4,800 who jammed into the keyboard (organ and piano); letta is impressive. happy -go -lucky charm to the aP)94 Auditorium for Persian Room Oct. 1. He started oto9raPherr the two-hour and Dave Rahaletta, a steady Cupo capably handles both off bright with Bert Kaempfert's A Division of JAMES J. KRIEGSMANN piano and organ well, especially "L- O -V -E," and kept up the 165 W. 46th St., N.Y. 36 PL 7 -0233 in "Blue and Peaceful," the trio's he into first pace as segued "A Man single, which found him and a Woman." Dedicating playing both instruments. "This Guy's in Love With You" Campus Dates FRED KIRBY to ringsider Dionne Warwick, he led into another Bacharach- David which is his YOUR HOST: Columbia's Tim Hardin plays Columbia's Johnny Winter plays number also the University of Massachusetts, the University of Texas, Nov. 5. McCann Blends initial entry on the Warner Bros. Friday (17); Clarke University, Decca's Who slated for the Col- label "Raindrops Keep Falling T Worcester, Mass., Saturday (18); lege of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Jazz Soul on My Head" from the new Long Island University, Saturday Mass., Friday (17); New York With film "Butch Cassidy and the (25); Lake Erie College, Paines- State University at Stony Brook, Sundance Kid." Distel won the %4r4.RESTAURAKT ville, Ohio, Nov. 1; Baldwin Wal- Saturday (18); Georgetown Uni- NEW YORK-A small but audience with his French medley lace College, Nov. 2; and the versity, Nov. 2; Dennison Uni- appreciative audience was on University of hand of hits as well as his delightful >x=z-;=z -,deJ Hartford, Nov. 9. versity, Franville, Ohio, Nov. 6; at the Plaza 9 Oct. 7 impression of Chevalier and his Vanguard / Apostolic's L a r r y. and New York State University at for jazz pianist Les McCann's dedication to Hildegarde for 163-65 W. 48th St. Coryell appears at the New York New Paltz, Nov. 13. opening. The McCann sound is "Darling Je Vous Aime Beau - New York, N. Y. 10036 State University at Buffalo on Hugh Masekela, Uni, plays a soothing blend of and Monday (20); jazz coup." The act leaned heavily 245-6138 New York State Bishop College, Dallas, Nov. 1. soul which relaxes listeners University at Stony Brook (with The Detroit Symphony gives a on intimacy and French charm. A &M's Flying Burrito Brothers), concert at Queens (N.Y.) College, while creating an atmosphere of DON OVENS The Gourmet's Haven Oct. 31; and Brandeis University, Nov. ' 1. warmth and goodwill. for Italian Cuisine Nov. 10. RCA's Jefferson Airplane per- Backed by Jimmy Rowser on to Do Four THIS WEEK WE Warner Bros. -Seven Arts' Har- forms at Southern Connecticut Christie - SALUTE - bass, and Donald Dean on pers Bizarre gives concerts at East State College THE REED SECTION OF in New Haven, Nov. the Concerts in Europe Texas State University in Com- 7; Assumption College, Worcester, drums, Atlantic recording MORT LINDSEY'S ORCH. artist tinkled his way a merce, Nov. 7, and Texas Wom- Mass., Nov. 8; and the University through NEW YORK - Lou Christie ON THE SHOW an's University in Denton, Nov. 6. of Miami, Dec. 5. carefully selected repertoire of has been lined up for four con- ROGER PEMBERTON SHELLY Telefunken's Studio for Early tunes which emphasized his key- certs during his current tour of GOLD RICHARD KAMUCA Music gives concerts at Oklahoma board artistry and evoked an Europe. He will also be making WILLIAM HOFER ALBERT EP- when answering ads . City University, Jan. 24; Eastern audience response of soulful guest appearances on many of STEIN .. Illinois University, Feb. 4; and finger- snapping and toe -tapping. the top TV shows. Diners' Club Say You Saw It in Vanderbilt University, Feb. 8. European Reprise's Arlo Guthrie performs McCann will be at the Plaza 9 Meantime, Christié s Buddah American Express Billboard at Trinity University, San Antonio, for two weeks. LP "I'm Gonna Make You Carte Blanche Tex., Tuesday (21). RADÇLIFFE JOE Mine" is due for release shortly . OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 27 Talent Stokowski, American Open Signings From The 8th Season on High Note Music Capitals NEW YORK Leopold The high spot of Della Reese to Avco Embassy - the evening Records. The signing marks a re- Stokowski led the American was the Gottschalk work, which union of Miss Reese with Hugo of the World Symphony through a rousing was given its New York pre- & Luigi, vice presidents and chief program at Carnegie Hall on miere. The performance was operating officers of the label, who (DOMESTIC) Oct. 6 to open the orchestra's given in commemoration of the produced her records at RCA. CHICAGO the Memphis Strings & Horns, eighth season. Included were 100th anniversary of the corn- Casey Anderson to Amos. His Tommy Ferguson & the Memphis spirited readings of Rimsky -Kor- poser's death. The short piece first single, "I'll Be Your Baby State University Stage Band, Cas- Tonight," was produced by Tom Aaron Russo's Kinetic Play- sakov's "Dubinushka," Louis sparkled. This 19th century ground has embarked on a new per and the Xcalibers & the Moreau Gottschalk's "Monte- Thacker, Amos vice president... . Short -Kuts, all Memphis -based American composer deserves Nine -year -old Bayn Johnson to venture, "Kinetics for Kids." Spe- video Symphony," and Liszt's more attention today. The final cial children's entertainment will musicians. RPI. . . Smith to Leonard Stogel Blood, Sweat & Tears will make "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2." section, which included quota- Associates for personal manage- be offered every Sunday.... Lon- The last, a warhorse, was en- don Records Midwest Distributing their first Memphis appearance at tions from "Hail Columbia" and ment. . . Spectres, a rock group the Mid -South Coliseum Dec. 13. cored for the appreciative audi- "Yankee Doodle," is almost from the Boston area, to Project Corp. will hold an open house Tuesday (14) at its new plant and Jim Brasher, manager of the ence. Ivesian. Barber's "Adagio for 3. . . . The Mythical Meadow Short -Kuts, has joined the Cobra Bass to Jerry Ross' Colossus label. office facility in suburban Niles. Jerome Hines, who re- Strings," the other American Erroll Garner, following a suc- Talent Agency. Phil Levine of . The Four Seasons to Inter- ... cords for Columbia, RCA and work on- the program, was well cessful two -week engagement at Cobra, has signed two new groups, London, sensitively sang scenes national Famous Agency. . . . Country Funk and the Blues played by the orchestra's fine Derek Martin and Sheila Ross to Mister Kelly's, is playing several from Mussorgsky's "Boris God - string section. FRED KIRBY college concerts in North Dakota Power to booking contracts. . Teddy Randazzo Productions. . Members of the Stax's Booker T. unov." Hines' intensive study of Lizabeth, one -named singer, to and New York State. He will be the role was apparent in his in- a soloist with the Oklahoma Sym- & the MGs, Steve Cropper, Booker Platinum Records, a division of T. Jones, Donald (Duck) Dunn terpretation. Does the Music Factory, Miami -based phony Orchestra Friday (17)... . Neeley His Artie Feldman was a recent guest and Al Jackson have been busy firm. . . . Country Joe & the of Ronnie Barrett on "The Chi- producing their own acts for Stax. Fish, signed a new contract with with Mavis YOUR HOST: Thing in Club cago Show," WLS-TV. Feldman Cropper worked Vanguard. It's a five -year deal Staples & the Staple Singers, Jones which provides for records to be sang his Aries recording "Wave a NEW YORK The newly Banner" and "We Have Turned with William Bell, Dunn with De- - made by the group and also laney & Bonnie and Jackson with opened East Side club, Trouba- individually by Barry Melton and Away." "rave The Dells, who just finished a the Mad -Lads. The Mad -Lads have Joe McDonald... . South Amer- dour, has the Jimmy Neeley trio week at Mr. D's in San Francisco, filmed the Della Reese Show. ican guitarist Bola Sete to Para- Ray Brown, president of Na- RESTAURANT as resident attraction. Neeley, mount Records. Producer Tom are slated for several upcoming flat. television shows, including "Della tional Artists Attractions, is pep- i a complete piano player, tern - Mack will helm the sessions... . ping up his country artist depart- Dusty Soul to Liberty, with pro- Reese," "Joey Bishop" and the pers his genuine jazz feeling by "The Music Scene." Little ment. He has been a frequent duction shared by Frankie Avalon with sticking to familiar standards Milton was in Chicago Oct. 3 -5 visitor to Nashville, talking 163-65 W. 48th St. and Dave Lanfield. . . . Judith several artists and record people ( "Too Close for Comfort," Durham, former lead singer with for the Operation Breadbasket New York, N. Y. 10036 "Satin Doll ") and was Blues Festival.... Marienthal En- about booking their country 245 -6138 particu- the Seekers to A &M. Chad Stuart artists. larly effective on a driving "Cast is producing her first A &M al- terprises, Inc., has announced the formation of "Me." The new or- Hi's Jerry Jaye has been work- Your Fate to the Wind." No bum. . . . Singer Gamble Rogers The Gourmet's Have ganization will provide members ing at Hi Record Co., under the stranger to New York club work to Platinum Records. . Jan direction of producer Ray Harris for Italian Cuisine Hurley to Opossum Records, with special evenings at Mister Neeley has been associated with Kelly's, London House, Flower on an album for the company. the firm based in Alda, Neb. . . Tommy Coghill produced the Yel- -- THIS WEEK WE SALUTE club's next door affiliate, Dewey Martin Pot, Happy Medium Theatre and Ali formerly with the low Payges for Uni at American. Baba, for some years. He Buffalo Springfield, to UNI Rec- Second City. . . Bud Server, co- records owner of the Garage, has named Cogbill, Chips Moman, president for the club's label, Ali ords. . Chris Montez to Oracle ALFRED di SCIPIO Records. Dino Zaphiris as his new general of American, and Mark James, IAN DOVE Records. writer -producer, teamed to produce Group Vice -President manager of operations. . . Uncle Scepter Ronnie Milsap. The Singer Company Andy's Cow Palace Restaurant in suburban Palatine has added danc- Cogbill also completed his pro- ing and music entertainment to its duction on Linda Ronstadts for bill -of- fare.... The Rush Back is Capitol. Leland Rogers of Nash- Diners' Club ville produced a single on Charles American Express featuring the Don Drumm Trio in an unlimited engagement.... The Hodge for Calla Records, a sub- Carte Blanche Jimmy Lee Quintet has returned sidiary of Roulette at Sounds of to the lounge of the Colony East Memphis Studios, with B. B. Cun- for an extended engagement. ningham Jr., engineering the ses- WLS Radio and the Salvation sion. Knox Phillips, Jerry Phillips Army have launched a "Christmas and their father, Sam Phillips, f4 TOP QUALITY in October" campaign to collect have been editing tapes on numer- toys for underprivileged children. ous blues singers for their new The Michele Manne Trio has Midnight Sun record label, dis- . tributed by Shelby S. Singleton's 8X10 returned to the Backroom. . Soup, a jazz- blues-oriented rock Nashville operations. The label PRINTS trio, has signed a management was formed to take care of such agreement with Hog Farm Man- artists as Howlin' Wolf, Rufus LITHOGRAPHED ON HEAVY KROMEKOTE agement, according to Gene Tot- Thomas, Little Milton and nu- UNDER EACH ten.... Donna Jernigan has been merous others that Phillips re- 3t named public service director at corded in the early 1950's. WFLD -TV. Rick Hall, president of Fame IN 1000 LOTS Record Co. of Muscle Shoals, Ala., 500 -- $18.85 1000 -- $29.75 RON SCHLACHTER with quantities add $22.00 per 1000 has been here working Earl For larger Cage, who manages Fame's Mem- ALSO AVAILABLE NOW: DALLAS phis studio. Hall also is planning to purchase a studio at Tupelo, 8X10 COLOR PRINTS Theze Few Productions moved Miss. JAMES D. KINGSLEY 1000 8X10s $175.00 MEL TORME, third from right, promotes his Capitol Records album to new headquarters at 2921 St. backstage at the Royal Box of New York's Americana Hotel in the Louis St. . . . Ernie Powers has a LAS VEGAS Send for sample 8X10 color company of, left to right, Charles Nuccio, Capitol's vice president of joined the staff of Associated print and black & white 8X10 national promotion; Mrs. Torme; Roy Battocchio, head of Eastern Booking here, handling duos, trios Columbia Records' Henson Car- plus prices for other sizes in artists relations for Capitol; Buzz Wilburn, Capitol's director of air and combos. He joins Charlie opening of full details gill rode herd on the black & white and play, and Joe Maimone, Capitol's New York promotion man. Stone, who handles rock groups the Jaycee County Fair at the Las on ordering. exclusively. . TM Productions, Vegas Convention Center. His Inc., moved to new offices at 3103 "Country - Western Jamboree" Routh. Formerly producers of ra- also starred Sue Thompson and PICTURES Camperos Romp It Like It Is dio jingles and commercials exclu- featured Mary Taylor, Jerry In- 317 N. ROBBERSON sively, the company has built new HONOLULU The Mari- dez, trumpet; and Del- man and Fran King. Headlining SPRINGFIELD, MO. 65806 - Clemente studios to branch into the com- the Oct. 5 portion of the show r.,e,.d-., ,,e,.,*a:-d e,.re..r Co., Mexican gadillo, /,er achis Los Camperos, a bass. They'll be at the mercial recording field. Musician Four Freshman backed a and Tim Dennis were the vocal-instrumental combo are Ilikai through late October. up by the Tony Deering Group, lively breeze from south- of -the- WAYNE HARADA has been appointed director of re- the Inner Circle and radio per- border, appearing in the Ilikai cording operations. sonality Red McIlvaine. The Hotel's Hong Kong Junk. Buddah Records' Motherlode have been heading the WEEK participated in a Freshman LAST In this, their Fourth Island television filming talent lineup in the Blue Room of Brothers at Six Flags Over Texas.... Nick Musical . . Engelbert visit, the RCA Records combo Shrode, national promotion man Hotel Tropicana. of nine has been reduced to Continued from page 27 Humperdinck has been signed to for JAD Records, came in to pro- Room of the seven. The reduction in person- mote Johnny Nash's new single, play the Versailles phy. When he and the rhythm Riviera Hotel over the Dec. 19- nel, however, has not affected "Cupid." . Bell Records West section started putting things Jan. 16 holiday period. ... Folk the festive sound of the combo. Coast promotion man Stan Bly in was pre- down properly it was Berry and for a visit. singer Josh White Jr. They sing, they frolic, they sented in concert Oct. 1 at the organist Steve Miller (the ex- MARGE PETTYJOHN taxi their way through Tijuana Linn County one) who got the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. terrain, with both romantic and . Sergio Franchi into the Fla- most fun out of the gig. -weeker 4i It riotous romps. MEMPHIS mingo Hotel for a four On "Guadalajara," the fluctu- John Mayall, after a plane ending Oct. 29. Sandler & Young JOHN MAYALL ating combinations of voices and delay, finally arrived for his More than 450 persons attended and Corbett Monica will fill the instruments sum up their chic second Fillmore appearance with the annual Memphis musicians' room Oct. 30. RECORDED ON ® -12 -16 TRACK his new cool -blues group. As party at the Sheraton -Peabody Lionel Hampton turns back the artistry. The Mariachis are ver- to the days of the big bands (plus Moog) usual, the Polydor artist took Hotel's Skyway Sept. 28. The clock satile musicians and singers. as he sings, drums and plays the AT BROADWAY RECORDING STUDIOS styles and influences from all event was sponsored by Local 71 The group is led by guitarist of the American Federation of vibes while leading the Bobby WHERE WERE YOU? Nati Cano. His amigos are Rob- Parts of the jazz -blues spectrum Morris Orchestra in the Bill Cos- of the whole Musicians. The Local, with about 1.697 Broadway ert Covarrubias, Pablo Lopez and made the sum 750 members, had entertainment by show at the Las Vegas Inter- New York, N. Y. 10019 and Febronio Guiterrez, violins; into something individual. furnished by Willie Mitchell, national Hotel. Fifteen- year -old (212) CI 7 -1690 Jose Ordas and Pedro Hernan- IAN DOVE Pinky Buehl Trio, Noel Gilbert & (Continued on page 30) 28 OCTOBER 18', 1969, BILLBOARD JEAN GEORGAKARAKOS AND JEAN LUC YOUNG PRESENT THE FIRST PARIS MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Daniels watches Claude Hall, radio -TV editor I met Ray Brown, working with Statesville, N.C. 28677 the television show Mondays at of Billboard (meaning me), will WDKB in Florence, S.C., and do- Studio Activities: (Ahoskie, N. C.) This past week Don Upchurch Productions, 7:30 p.m. ABC -TV network. I'd moderate a programming panel at ing an afternoon country music with home offices in Ahoskie, N. C., took its drifting studio to Boykins, Va., like to encourage everybody to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ramada show-the only soul radio per- to record "The Gospel Five," a Soul Gospel Group formed six years ago in this watch it. For one thing, the show Inn, Nashville, during the country sonality I know in country music. southwestern Virginia town. is good; it details exactly what's music convention. On the panel Barry Kaye has left KNUZ Two sides were waxed. Number one, the "A" side, is an original written happening in music today. For an- will be the charming Mrs. Janet in Houston to work on KTSA in by Ruben Grant entitled "Walk With Me Lord." The "B" side, arranged by other thing, with you encouraging Gavin, representing the Gavin Re- San Antonio in the 6 -10 pan. slot. William Malone for the Gospel Five, is entitled "You Don't Have to Go." This record your audience to tune it in, I think port; Herb Golombeck of WPLO . Just heard that Lee Babi Sims will be released on the "Don- A -Moy" label in mid -October. Both sides were the ratings will go up and up and in Atlanta; Don Nelson of WIRE is back at KCBQ in San .Diego; produced by Don Upchurch. really benefit the record industry in Indianapolis, and Bill Wheatley he'd been at WJBK in Detroit. -not to mention my buddy Ken of WWOK in Miami. Should be . Roby Young is back down Fritz, who co- produces the show. an excellent programming session. at the beach in Miami; he'd been SOUND ASSOCIATES -616- 454 -0228 * * * If any of you happen to be in with WABC, New York. 1212 Edith N.E. Nashville, come by. Ted Atkins * * * Charlie Brown has left KPRC Grand Rapids, Mich. 49501 won't be there, but otherwise with WSAI- in Houston and they've done away If you Bob Hoffman is now everything will be fine. FM, Cincinnati. I'll be darned if September 26 and 27 -Folk Society recorded for Disciple Recordings. with his country music program. read this, and are at the session, I know where he was last. Prob- October 4- recorded Medallion Broadcast program material. Dave Dengler is now with be sure and say hello. . The WSIX, an easy listening daytime ably WFKY, Frankfort, Ky. . . . October 9- Staffamen Quartet recorded. lineup at WTXL in West Spring- station in Pekin, Ill., that also in- field, Mass., includes Jim Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Travis, WAIR, October 21- recording Compro Advertising Agency. serts into its format the Top 10 John (John Allen) Dark, program Winston -Salem, by authority of October 25- recording for Disciple Recordings. rock singles and Top 10 country the F.C.C. (Fine Children Com- director Smitty (M. K. Smith) M. girl singles. Dengler had been with Kaye, and Jay Jay (Jay Palicow) mission) have a new -Tracy WLBH in Mattoon, Ill., wants Lynn. . Here's an old lineup: THOMAS ZOSS PRODUCTIONS -219- 232 -2804 Allan. Greer, Paul Wetterhan to contact him. * * * H. O. Anderson, Charlie 1255 East Madison St. Reports that WPEO in Peoria, Ill., Farrell Smith, Jack Carney, Chuck South Bend, Ind. 46624 where Harry Harrison (now with Lee Armstrong, soul personality Dunaway, Big Joe (Rosen- WABC in New York) got his start, with WDIA in Memphis, has feld), and Bill Owen. Who's miss- Week of October 6, 1969 ing? What were they called (keep is now a religious station. . joined WNOR in Norfolk to do Humor record for Dr. Herb True. Agent: True -Klemp Organization. Production: Nelson Roth, former program di- the morning show. WNOR is Top it printable)? What were the call Thomas W. Zoss, producer and editor. rector of WSIV in Pekin, Ill., has 40-formated. Some Top 40 stations letters? First reply gets half a Selmer Music Guidance Survey. Agent: Selmer Division, the Magnavox Co. moved to rock -formated WYFE in have black personalities in evening Purple Todstool Award. . . Jack Alix is bowing from WEEL, Fair - Production: Thomas W. Zoss, producer; Warren L. Taylor, chief engineer. Rockford, Ill. . Ken White at slots, but this is the only station I KMPL, Box 907, Sikeston, Mo. know that has let down those (Continued on page 42) Week of October 13, 1969 Recordings for Dirsch Co., Sturgis, Mich., for convention display booths. Agent. Bridge Publications Corp. Production: Thomas W. Zoss, producer; Warren L. Taylor, chief engineer.

JAY -CHER ENTERPRISES DIVISION- 044 -337 -2508 Letters to the Editor CHEROKEE ALBUM CORPORATION Fairmount, Ga. 30139 I agree that we must save WITY that we can create in- realize, Jim, that Ted Atkins is a figment of my imagination. . Studio Activities: The Carver Family recorded a EP singles! ! ! I would like to join terest in records. I am willing 45 gospel record at Cherokee its staff Sound Studios, the was in WSOL in Tampa offered producer Jay -Cher Enterprises, the engineer was Johnny your campaign. The trouble to enter your campaign 100 %. and facilities for teaching of an Carter on Joyla Records. our particular market is that I am enclosing this week's accredited course at the University Studio Activities: The Sades of Time recorded a rock single at Cherokee Sound we are influenced so much by survey . . . next week's sur- of Tampa. Albert Gale, general Studios, the producer was Jay -Cher Enterprises, the engineer was Johnny Carter what Chicago Plays! I had a vey . and our extra list. I manager, with the help of his on Regency. record a month ago that would have the hard records checked staff, compiled a textbook for use have been No. 1 in sales lo- on the extra list for you. in the course. Beautiful idea, Mr. I.D. SOUND STUDIOS -213 -HO 2 -6477 cally if WLS would have played Another problem is service Gale. 1556 N. La Brea Ave. it . It was good and hard. for the smaller stations ... we In the Sept. 27 Billboard, we Hollywood, Calif. 90028 lots of brass. . "Music don't get really bad service from Man" by Fire and Ice. How- most of our distributors ... but were most interested in com- Ike & Tina Turner currently working on album for Liberty -Ike Turner producing. ever, it was so leftfield that the ABC, Dunhill, Reprise, and ments about hard rock singles Art Freeman is currently arranging for "The Young Hearts," produced by Bobby local stores would not stock it. Warner Bros. is really bad. and the Save the Singles Cam- Sanders for Minit Records. I put it on our local survey If there is anyway that I can paign. We feel it's high time Les Brown Jr. completing the "Rockin Foo" out for the first album for Hobbit Records. and had to drop it off two help in this campaign . . . let someone spoke The tape is being used for Hi Fi demonstration at the current Hi Fidelity Show weeks later because it wasn't me know. younger generation that most at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Les Brown Jr. has also just completed selling. But I'm still getting re- Sincerely, Top 40 stations fail to listen to producing the new "Plain Jane" album. quests for the blasted thing. Lee Patrick ... namely their audience. Music Director Your comments of soft rec- AUDIO RECORDERS OF ARIZONA, I think that it may be a ques- Inc.- 602 -277 -4723 tion of getting the larger sta- WITY ords versus hard sounds are re- 3830 North Seventh Street tions to cooperate with you. I'm Danville, Ill. flected in our daily afternoon Phoenix, Arizona 85014 talking about the smaller stations response from our teen audi- We deserve the "Claudius ence. In recent figures taken Presently being prepared for release in with the larger stations. WLS November by Capitol records, The Seal of Approval" as we rock here, only two of every eight Electric Mouse, title of album "Everything I've Got," writer, arranger and plays some pretty soft records. hard every night from 7 until requests from 2 p.m. conductor was Steve Forman, the producers were Jack Miller and George Laibe, I try to play all of the newer telephone the executive producers were Floyd Ramsey and Delly Gordon. records, since they wait on most midnight. We play a lot of hard to 6:30 p.m. were for so- called in the daytime but night -easy The majority Also just completed were overdubbing and final work on three new sides by releases, and expose them in stuff soft sounds. The Cornerstones, producer was Wayne Bennett for Liberty Records. our market faster. I know that is hard, hard, hard. One dealer of our young teen audience want in up . . . we Another album just completed: Title "Songs for the Soul," the artist was Bobbie we can create interest in a rec- town, who gave records to be moved and can Shoemake, the producer was Buddy Wheeler, the label was Golden Echo ord here. But as far as selling for tapes has gone back into only move them through hard Records. it, that's another thing. There- the record business again. rock. fore, I think the solution to the Enough said. You can count on WMMW, DAVID OLEN ADVERTISING problem is in the larger stations You still haven't given us a in Meriden, Conn., to play hard -910- 321 -2466 plug for our Sunday night soul 6430 Sunset Blvd. . . . Because I have proven to rock. We have but one ques- man, Boss Man, who is North- Suite 504, Los Angeles, Calif. 90028 myself and the staff here at tion . . . where are the sounds east Oklahoma's only negro DJ. going to come from? It appears Six radio spots were recorded at the Annex Studios for David Olen Advertising. He needs records the most and that stations across the nation Sponsor is P.I.P.E. The spots were produced by Vick Knight at Key Records. KHIL Goes to your column would help. are playing to larger and larger Larry Hooper and Winni Beatty were vocalists; Wayne Smith was the announcer. Sincerely, sections of their audiences and All Country Dick Embody becoming ultra - smooth and PACIFIC HIGH RECORDING Manager sophisticated in their approach San Francisco, Calif. WILLCOX, Ariz. - KHIL, KBIX to Top 40 to entice the house- (Richard Olsen reporting) under general manager James Muskogee, Okla. wives and adults to listen all R. Saunders, has to day. . . In doing so, the teens The Quicksilver Messenger Service just finished recording and mixing their switched Jim Southern, after pauses at a country music format 100 per- are tuning out ... and reverting new single, "Holy Moly," soon to be released on Capitol. . The song was KMOR in Lake City and Salt to oldies in hard rock line. written by Nick Gravinites, produced by Dan Healey and The Quicksilver cent. Before this, the station WOKO in Albany, reports in the Messenger Service. programmed country music from WSLR in Akron and says: With the stations and DJ's taking approach, it seems only Also Joan Baez finished her last tune for her new album to be released on about 50 percent. The 5,000 - "I'm happy to report that this this Vanguard. watt station is compiling requests must be the place . it is all logical that promotional men in on a day -by -day basis, tabulat- that a radio station should be, in the record industry are going to Sherman and Kahan Associates ing these, and printing a survey a word, great." Says the WSLR feed the stations what they want, Garry Sherman and Stanley Kahan have created the instrumental staff also includes program direc- to get the airplay time the rec- music for based on the requests, in order tor Ken Speck, Jaybird Drennan, BP Oil Corp. campaign, consisting of 60's and 30's for TV and radio. Included of popularity. Saunders, until ord manufacturers want. So, in the package is an animated 60- second BP spot using Sherman and Kahan's Bob Cory, Craig Scott, and Gene recently, was general manager again . . . where are hard rock original marching music. Bond. He ended his letter with the of country -formated KENT in comment: "So long, Ted Atkins, singles going to come from? (Continued on page 36) Prescott, Ariz. wherever you are." Little do you (Continued on page 39) 34 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD SiWtde0 fi5llrft llQlltll%fl ywoIflo

Now there's Blond. A beautiful new sound. Compelling. Strong. Driving. Deep. It's the young Swedish WW1 conscience. And you've never heard any - thing Ire it before. What's Feantana doing to help spread the word? Plenty. Co -op newspaper ads. An extraordinary radio campaign. Extensive ad exposure in the progressives. And an all -out publicity program featuring Blond on tour of the U.S. What's this all mean to you? Listen to Blond. You'll get the message. No two ways about it. From The Mercury Record Corporation Family Of Labels MERCURY PHILIPS SMASH FONTANA LIMELIGHT BLUE ROCK WING INTREPID PULSAR A product of Mercury Record Productions, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601 A NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS COMPANY SRF-67607 Radio -TV programming

Norwich, Conn. (WICH) Bob Craig, Program Director BP: "And When I Die," Blood, Sweat & Tears, Columbia. BLFP: "You'll Never Walk Alone," Brooklyn Bridge, Buddah. Programming Aids BH: "Something," Beatles, Apple. BLFH: "Anyway You Want Me." Evie Sands, A &M. Selling Sounds Programming guidelines from key, pacesetting radio stations, includ- San Antonio, Tex. (WOAI) ing Best Picks, Best Leftfield Picks, Biggest Happenings, and Biggest Bill Stanly, Personality BP: "Silver Thread & Golden Needle," Continued from page 34 Leftfield Happenings. Honey LTD. BLFP: "Leave Them Flowers," Ed Ames. BH: "So Good Garry Sherman and Stanley Kahan have been working closely with William Sayre, Pa. (WATS) Together," Andy Kim. BLFH: "Don't Director in Charge of Coca -Cola) and Forget to Remember," Bee Gees. Backer (McCann -Erickson's Creative HOT 100 Lee Potter, Music Director Billy Davis (McCann -Erickson's Music Director) for the past year in their search BP: "Roosevelt and Ira Lee," Tony Joe South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (KTHO AM -FM) for musical successors to the now classic concept, they have been working White, Monument. BLFP: `Jesus Is a Bill Kingman, Program Director on the Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican versions of the new musical logo Soul Man," Lawrence Reynolds, Warner runs 10 minutes. Wilmington, Del. (WAMS), Jay Brooks Bros. BH: "Suspicious Mind," Elvis BP: "Try a Little Kindness," Glen campaign, it is a 60 -piece symphonic overture which Presley. BLFH: "Tracy," Cufflinks, Campbell, Capitol. BLFP: "Sea of Music Director, Personality Decca. Love /Dock of the Bay," April Stevens BP: "How Does It Feel," Dalution. & Nino Tempo, Bell. BH: "One Tin UNITED RECORDING AND PRODUCTIONS- 595 -0757 BLFP "Susan," Marouks. BH: "Sugar Troy, N. Y. (WTRY), Mike Mitchell, Soldier," Original Caste, T -A. BLFH: on Sunday," Clique. BLFH: "Stand by "Morning Glory Side," Manzanita Birmingham, Ala. Me, Baby," Hit Parade. Music Director, Personality Jungle, Magnum. BP: "Take a Letter Maria," R. B. (Larry Bryan reporting) Greaves, ATCO. BLFP: "Say You Love Springdale, Ark. (KSPR) Albany, N. Y. (WSUA), Jan Rosen, Keith BH: "Suspi- United Recording & Productions, Inc., has recorded "Thanks for Loving Me," Me," Impressions, Curtom. Dave Sturm Mann, Music Directors, Personalities cious Mind, Elvis Presley, RCA. BLFH: written and sung by Sam Dees. Producer Bob Grove says this is the follow -up BP: "Proud Mary," Checkmates and "Is That All There Is," Peggy Lee, BP: "Something," Beatles, Apple. BLFP: to Sam's recent release on LO -LO, "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right." URP's Capitol. "Make Your Own Kind of Music," Sonny Charles, A &M. BLFP: "Smile a publishing affiliate, Obvious, recently signed the writing team of Consie Dunning Little Smile for Me," Flying Machine, Mama Cass. BH: "You'll Never Walk Alone," Brooklyn Bridge. BLFH: "Mac- and Jim Kirsten. Congress. BH: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," West Long Branch, N. J. (WMCJ) Crosby, Stills and Nash, Atlantic. BLFH: Arthur Park," W. Jennings and the "Anyway That You Want Me," Evie Michael R. Sidoric, Kimberlys. Sands, A &M. Program Director, Personality JERRY ROSS PRODUCTIONS, INC. -212- 765 -1170 Springfield, Mass. (WSPR) BP: "Ruben James," Kenny Rogers and 1855 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10023 Babylon, L. I., N. Y. (WBAB), Mike the First Edition, Reprise. BLFP: "Time Budd Clain, Program Director Machine," Grand Funk Railroad, Capi- Jeffries, Music Director, Personality BP: "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New Three Major Releases Set for Heritage Label: tol. BH: "You'll Never Walk Alone," York City." Sageltuor. BLFP: "Where BP: "Something," Beatles, BLFP: BLFH: Apple. Brooklyn Bridge, Buddah. Do I Go," Julius La Rosa. BH: "Is New York -During the next three weeks three major releases will be issued "Wonderful," Blackwell, Astro. BH: "Sunday Mornin' Comin Down," Ray That All There Is," Peggy Lee. BLFH: "Jean," Oliver, Crewe. BLFH: "Turn Stevens, Monument. "Cary Lynn Javis," Zager and Evans. by Heritage Record Corp., announced President Jerry Ross. on a Dream," Box Tops, Bell. Bill Deal and the Rhondells, currently represented on the charts with "What Kind Wichita, Kan. (KEYN AM & Stereo FM) Springfield, Mass. (WCRX FM) of Fool Do You Think I Am," will follow up this best -selling single with "Swingin' De Kalb, Ill. (WLBK), Jerry Halasz, Greg Dean, Program'Director Lou Jones, Personality Tight," a Mark Barkin -Bob Barash tune, b/w "Tuck's Theme," an instrumental Music Director, Personality BP: "And When I Die," B.S. &T. Co- BP: "We'll Cry Together," Maxine written by Bill Deal. BP: "Little Woman," Bobby Sher- lumbia. BLFP: "St. Louis," Easybeats, Brown, Commonwealth. BLFP: "I'll man, Metromedia. BLFP: "Something," Mother Earth. BH: "Abbey Road" LP, Never Forget You," Nolan Chance: BH: Shannon, the British artist whose Heritage promotional campaign boosted his Beatles, Apple. BH: "Make Believe," Beatles, Apple. BLFH: "Time Machine," "The Sweeter He Is," Soul Children, first American release, "Abergavenny," to the top of the charts, will follow Wind, Life. BLFH: "So Good To- Grand Funk Railroad, Capitol. Stax. BLFH: "I Need Your Lovin'," the same pattern with his second state -side release, "Jesamine," b/w "Lullaby." gether," Andy Kim, Steed. Mary Holms, Philly Broom. release be Must Wilmington, N. C. (WHSL) Finally, Euphoria's first single on Heritage will "You Forget" LP. A Back will Denver, Colo. (KTLK) Jerry Norris, Program Director Tulare, Calif. (KBOS FM), Steven Behar, b/w "Magic Carpet Ride," from their "Euphoria" Piggy also be issued in version Ride," "You Must Forget" Jeff Starr, Music Director BP: "Mr. Turnkey /Cary Lynn Javes," Music Director, Personality monaural -"Magic Carpet b/w - a reversal. BP: "Today I Sing the Blues," Aretha Zager & Evans, RCA. BLFP: "Dream- BP: "Leave Them a Flower," Ed Ames, BLFP: Blue Franklin, Columbia. BLFP: "Proud in' Till Then," Joe Jeffrey, Wand. BH: RCA. "Crystal Persuasion," In the past, the Ross office has been directly involved in several prominent Mary," Checkmates, A &M. BH: "Jean," "Hot Fun in the Summertime," Sly and Dave Pell Singers, Liberty. BH: "Mr. Zager and Evans, TV and radio commercials such as the Kodak "Lazy Day" spot, the idea Oliver, Crewe. BLFH: "Take a Letter, Stone, Epic. BLFH: "Early in the Turnkey," RCA. Maria;" R. B. Greaves, Atlantic. Morning," Vanity Fare, Page One. BLFH: "Hello Tomorrow," Percy Faith, for which was derived from Spunky and Our Gang's recording of "Lazy Day "; Columbia. the Plymouth "Sunday" commercial, the theme of which was Spanky and Our Hanover, N. H. (WDCR) Winston -Salem, N. C. (WAIR) Gang's "Sunday Will Never Be the Same"; the "Sun -In" radio jingle for a Paul Gambaccini, Station Manager Mike Craft, Personality leading hair coloring manufacturer- derived from Bobby Hebb's recording of BP: "Something," Beatles, Apple. BLFP: BP: "Silver Threads and Golden Nee- "Sunny," the international million seller produced by Ross; a Ban commercial "River Deep, Mountain High," Ike and dles," Cowsills, MGM. BLFP: "Don't PROGRESSIVE done by Jay and the Techniques and a Coke commercial recorded by Jay and Shut Me Out," Undergound Sunshine, Tina Turner, A &M. BH: "Abbey Road" the Techniques and written and produced by Jerry Ross for radio. (LP), Beatles, Apple. BLFH: "Suite: Intrepid. BH: "Baby It's You," O. C. Judy Blue Eyes," Crosby, Stills and Smith, Dunhill. BLFH: "Everybody's ROCK Nash, Atlantic. Talking," Nilsson, RCA. JONES AND ASSOCIATES- 317 -447 -4616 Hazlehurst, Ga. (WVOH), Bruce Comer, Bowling Green, Ohio (WAWR) Dayton, Ind. 47941 Music Director, Personality Bob Ladd, Program Director (James D. Jones reporting) BP: "Ball of Fire," Tommy James and BP: "Come Together," The Beatles, the Shondells, Roulette. BLFP: "Dry SOUL Apple. BLFP: "Time Machine," The Most of our work is "laboratory" work for other recordists. Recently we Spell," Meters, Josie. BH: "Suspicious Grand Funk R & R, Capitol. BH: handled tape -to- acetate transfers for Magic Records of New Orleans; editing, Mind," Elvis Presley, RCA. BLFH: "Green River," CCR, Fantasy. BLFH: mixdown reverb addition, acetate recording and duplication L &W Recording "Can't Get Next to You," Temptations, "I'm a Man," The Chicago Transit for Gordy. Memphis, Tenn. (WDIA), Bill Thomas Authority, Columbia. Co. of Lafayette, Ind.; supplied equipment and handled editing, transferring BP: "I Can't Ge: \ext to You," Temp- and acetate recording for of Lafayette; handled editing and Lewiston, Maine (WLAM), Bob Ouellette, tations, Gordy. BLFP: "The Sweeter He Eau Gallie, Fla. (WTAI), Lee Arnold, mixdown for the Tales of Wit label from Lafayette; editing, mixdown and Is," Soul Children, Stax. BH: "Let It Music Director, Personality Music Director, Personality All Hang Out," Bob Rush, Salem. pressing work for Robert E. Goris of Lafayette; production, editing and BP: "And When I Die," Blood, Sweat BLFH: "Let It All Hang Out," Bob BP: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," Crosby, duplication onto Norelco Cassettes for the Fuller Brush Co. of sales training and Tears, Columbia. BLFP: "Up Crip- Rush, Salem. Stills and Nash, Atlantic. BLFP: "An- other Woman's Crow," Poison Ring. BH: programs; editing and duplication onto Vs" tape sales training meetings for ple Creek," Band, Capitol. BH: "Is That National Homes All There Is," Peggy Lee, Capitol. Va. "Delta Lady," Joe Cocker, A &M. BLFH: Corporation of Lafayette. Welch, W. (WOVE) "Oh, Deed I Do," Elyse Weinberg, BLFH: "Cherry Hill Park," Billy Joe Arnell Church, Music Director Royal, Columbia. Tetragrammaton. BP: "Break My Mind." Clifford Curry, SYNCRON SOUND STUDIOS, INC. -203 -269-4465 EIF. BLFP: "Generation of Revela- Middletown, N. Y. (WALL) tion," Solomon Burke, Bell. BH: "Hard 10 George Street Larry Bergen, Program Director to Get Along," Joe Simon, Sound Stage Wallingford, Conn. 06492 BP: Who, RCA. BLFP: 7. BLFH: "Today I Sing Blues," Aretha "Undun," Guess Franklin, Columbia. COLLEGE "California Soul," Marvin and Tammi. Film Soundtrack, the producer was Rediscovery Prod., it's a Black History Series, BH: "Something," Beatles, Apple. to be distributed by N.Y. Times. BLFH: "And When I Die," Blood, Sweat and Tears, Columbia. Bethlehem, Pa. (WLVR) Film Soundtrack, the producer was Irving Magilnick, the film is for TV Bureau A. James Cameron, Program Director of Advertising. Orlando, Fla. (WTLN), Tom Moffit Jr. EASY LISTENING BP: "Little Girl," Steve Miller Band. John Martine, the producers were David Rosner & Margot Guryan Darmus, Inc., Program /Music Director BLPC: "Little Girl," Steve Miller Band. Comes the Beatles. the tunes are "I've Been Robbed," "Train Station" and "What I Chose to Say." BP "Let a Man Come In," James BH: "Here Sun," Brown, King. BLFP: "Girls It Ain't MPLPC: "You Never Give Me Your Sera Shirt Co., it was a radio spot, the agency producer was Larry Hoffman, Money," Beatles. Easy," Honey Cone, Hot Wax. .31H: Atlanta, Ga. (WSB Radio) the agency Larry Hoffman Agency. "Branded Bad," O'Jays, Neptune. Chris Fortson, Music Librarian BEFH: "Junky Band," Bob Freeman, Bronx, N. Y. (WHCB) Conn. Bank & Trust, the agency was Chirug & Cairns, Inc., the producer was Double Shot. BP: "Leave Them a Flower," Ed Ames, Harris Semegram, Business Manager RCA Victor. BLFP: "Punky's Dilem- Lon Hill of Chirug & Cairns, the singers were the Studio Musicians. BP: "And When I Die," BS &T. Colum- Paul ma," the Bachelors, London. BH: Pittsfield, Mass. (WBEC), Delaney, "Tracy," the Cuff Links, Decca. BLFH: bia. BLPC: "Oh Darling," Beatles, Ap- Music Director, Personality "Try a Little Kindness and Flip," Glen ple. BH: "Is That All There Is," Peggy GRANT & MURTAUGH, New York -581 -4000 BP: "You'll Never Walk Alone," Brook- Campbell, Capitol. Lee, Capitol. PLPC: "Down by the lyn Bridge, Buddah. BLFP: "Judy Blue River," Neil Young, Reprise. (Pat Geisinger, administrative assistant, reporting) Eyes," Crosby, Stills and Nash, At- Burney, Calif. (KAVA) N. Y. (WBCR) Contact for Ogilvy- Mather, the producer was Cathy Carko, it was recorded lantic. BH: "Something, "' Beatles, Apple. Judy Camou, Music Director Brooklyn, BLFH: "Smile a Little Smile," Flying Lenny Bronstein, Music Director at Media Sound. Machine, Congress. BP: "The Lord Must Be in New York City," Wayne Newton, MGM. BLFP: BP: "You'll Never Walk Alone," Min - American Airlines for D.D. &B., the producer was David Fries, it was recorded "Love Is for the Two of Us," Rene and stral Sunday, Brooklyn Bridge. BLFP: at Media Sound. Pittston, Pa. (WPTS) BH: "Chee Chee Rene, White Whale. "Evil Woman," Crow. BH: "Just a Little it Rick Shannon, Personality Kookaroo," Lawrence Welk Singers. Love," BB King. BLFH: "Carolina on Hanes Stockings, the agency was Lampert, the producer was Roger Proulx, BP: "And When I Die," Blood, Sweat Ranwood. BLFH: "I'm on the Road to My Mind," Everly Brothers. was recorded at Fine Recording. and Tears, Columbia. BLFP: "Don't Memphis," Catch, Dot. Shut Me Down," Underground Sunshine, Dallas, Tex. (KSMU), Lee Michaels, Intrepid. BH: "Something," Beatles, Jacksonville, Ill. (WLDS) Program /Music Director ARTIE FIELDS PRODUCTION, Detroit -313- 873 -8900 Apple. BLFH: "Love Fever," Leer Bros. Paul E. Lowery, Personality Intrepid. BP: "Something, Come Together," Bea- (Jeff Parsons reporting) BP: "Sunday Morning Comin' Down," tles. BLFP: "Jet Song," The Group. Ray Stevens. BLFP: "Wedding Bell BH: "Lost That Lovin' Feeling," Dianne Giant Stereo for Ferfreman- Pappen, the producer was Michael Andy, singer . Russellville, Ark. (KARV) Blues," 5th Dimension. BH: "And That Warwick. BLFH: "Blue Green Eyes, was Larry Santos, it was for radio and it was recorded at Artie Fields Studios. Wayne Duncan Reminds Me," 4 Seasons. BLFH: Sundowers. BP: "Honky Tonk Women," Rolling "You'll Never Walk Alone," Brooklyn Campbell -Ewald- Marathon "Good Life," the singer was Al Collier, it was for Bridge. Stones. BLFP: "Love Child," Booker T De Kalb, III. (WNIU -AM), Curt Stahl - radio and TV. and the MG's. BH: "Jean," Oliver. heim, Music Director, Personality BLFH: "Sweet Bird of Youth," Ray Miami, Fla. (WIOD) Admiral for Campbell -Ewald, "Bright Light," it was for TV with the Artie G rif f. BP: "Roosevelt & Ira Lee," Tony Joe Singers. Yolanda Parapar, Music Director White, Monument. BLPC: "No Time," Fields 'BP: "A Woman's Way," Andy Williams, RCA. with the Artie San Luis Obispo, Calif. (KATY) Canned Wheat, Guess Who, BH: Crowley's Dairy, the agency was Rumrill -Hoyt, it was for radio Columbia. BLFP: "Early in the Morn- "Wedding Bell Blues." 5th Dimension, Field Singers. Jay Martin, Personality ing," Michael, Allen, London. BH: Soul City. MPLPC: "Polyethelene Pam," BP: "Take a Letter Maria," R. B. "Everybody Talkin'," Nilsson, RCA. Abbey Road, Beatles, Apple. Graves, Atco. BLFP: "Tears in the BLFH: "We Love You, Call Collect," Wind," Chicken Shack. BH: "Hot Fun Art Linkletter. Word. Lewisburg, Pa. (WVBU) LAURIE PRODUCTIONS, INC. (212) Ju 2 -2975 in the Summertime," Sly and the Family Robert Morgan Reisacher (John Mack reporting) . Stone. BLFH: "Suspicious Mind," Elvis Midland, Mich. (WMDN) Presley, RCA. BP: "Come Together," Beatles Apple. Jim Wiljanen, Music Director BLPC: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," Bea- Howard Johnson radio campaign of :60 and :30 spots. Dave Mullaney pro- BP: "Try a Little Kindness." Glen tles, Apple. BH: "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes" duced music for Grey Advertising. Spots were recorded at A & R Recording. Savannah, Ga. (WSGA), Jerry Rogers Campbell, Capitol. BLFP: "The Drifter." Crosby. Stills & Nash, Atlantic. MPLPC: BP: "Something /Come Together," Bea- Steve Lawrence, RCA. BH: "Is That All "Do What You Like," Blind Faith, Ideal Toy "Boaterific & Screamer," one :60 and three :30 TV spots. Bruce Allen, tles. BLFP: "I'll Bet You," Funkadelic. There Is ?" Peggy Lee, Capitol. BLFH: Atco. Bill Monihan and Charles Harding produced for Grey Advertising. Dave Mullaney BH: "Maybe," Janis Joplin. BLFH: "Mah-Na- Mah-Na," Dave Pell Singers, "Curly," Jim Clanton. Liberty. (Continued on page 39) composed and arranged the spots, which were recorded at Aura Recording. 36 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD A

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Greenville, N. C. (WPXY), Royal Br: ce, Music Director, Personality BP: "Turn On a Dream," Boxt( ps. BLFP: "Something /Come Togetht r Beatles. BH: "When I Die," Motherlc de. Programming BLFH: "Memphis MI Aids Train," Buddy les, RaDio-Tv maï Express.

( unlinued from page 36 Cincinnati, Ohio (WUBE), Bob Tiffin, Harrisonburg, Va. (WKCY), Jahn A. We need a young guy, Preferably un- Ferrara, Music Director, Personality This column is published for people married, for an all -night show. We're Music Director, Personality seeking positions as well as station Oswego, N. Y. (WOCR) BP: "I'd Rather Be managers seeking personnel. Rate is looking for someone who can be a BP: "Just Someone I Used to Know," Gone," Hank Wil- $5.00 per one half inch (app. 40 hip innovator with eyes for better John E. Krauss, Program Director Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner, RCA. liams Jr., MGM. BLFP: "Bar Room words). A box number will be used things! If the shoe fits send tape & BLFP: "Take a Little Good Will Habits," Wayne Kemp, Decca. RH: to protect the identity resume to Jeff Kaye, WKBW Radio, BP: "Rocky Raccon," Havens, Stormy "Tall Dark Stranger," Buck Owens, Cap. of the adver- 1430 Mai St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14209. Forest. BLFP: "People to Be Home," Bobby Goldsboro & Del Reeves. tiser. Send copy along with payment Got Free," BH: "Groovy Grubworm," Harlow Wil- BLFH: "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to: Hurry! Warwick Scepter. BH: "Wedding Bell to Town," Kenny Rogers, Reprise. RADIO -TV JOB MART Blues," 5th Dimension, Soul City. BLFH: cox, Plantation. BLFH: "Ruben James," Billboard "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," Crosby, Stills Kenny Rogers, Reprise. 165 W. 46th St. & Nash, Atlantic. Kansas City, Mo. /Kan. (KCKN) New York, N. Y. 10036 KDWB, 63 S. First St., Minneapolis, Cheyenne, Wyo. (KVWO) Minn. 55401, needs a super morning T. Otis Cramer, Program Director Damned good pay for Curt Coleman, Personality personality. Potsdam, N. Y. (WNTC) BP: "The Gun /Bob the right man. Only experienced BP: "Medley: Over the Luman /Epic. BLFP: professionals need apply. Telephone Ralph V. Years," Sandi "Mary Let Your Bangs Hang Down/ Curcio, Program Director Scott. BLFP: "You May Think I Love program director Deane Johnson J -Davis (Decca). BH: "Groovy Grub - (612) 332 -8943. Will listen to air - CP: "Something," Come Together," You," Sterling Blythe. BH: "Wine Me POSITIONS OPEN BLFP: worm/H- Wilcox (Plantation). BLFH: checks of personalities from smaller Beatles. "Dark Eyed Woman," Up," Faron Young. BLFH: "I've Got "Her & the Car & the Mobile Home/ markets and seriously consider them. Spirit. BH: "This Girl Is a Woman Life to Live," Connie Eaton. But, no amateurs. D-Kirby (Monument). please, Now," Gary Puckett. BLFH: "Questions BLFH: "I Take a Lot of Pride," Dean Is your telephone a black plastic of 67 & 68," Chicago Transit Authority. Fairfield, Ohio (WCNU) Martin, Reprise. KRDS will play all tomb, or a christmas tree? I'm look- Chad Chester, Program Director oldies of a leading country artist every ing for a first- ticket somebody that Strong up- and -coming air personality Rochester, N. Y. (WRUR) BLFP: "Take a Wednesday in October. Country Music loves the job he does on the air. Litle Good will Home," Month. 1st we're top 40 heavy personality, =I needed for three -hour shift and pro- Campbell, Cap. BLFP: "Shelter of My Eddy Arnold, 8th Roger in duction work at WIXE, Box 1007. 11C Philip Fenster, Program Director Miller, 15th Jack Green. a 50,000-population market. you S. Main St., Monroe, N. C. 28110. Mind," Bob Bridger, Nugget. BH: "Mol- will need to know what it's like to Send airchecks to general manager BP: "When I Die," Blood, Sweat & ly," Jim Claser, RCA. BLFH: "Funny turn on an audience. if you want a Tears, Col. BLFP: "St. Louis," Easy David Hedrick. Will consider a Familiar Forgotten Feelings," Van Tre- Roswell, N. M. (KRSY) better chance to do just that, call Noting personality who's on the way Beats, Rare Earth. BH: "Ball of Fire," vor, Royal. me collect, Roger Alan Jones, WYCL, Tommy & Gary C. York, S. C. 803; 684 -9242. up, but must have experience and James Shondells, Roulette. Markham, Music Director be qualified. BLFH: "Mind, Body & Soul," Flaming BP: Embers, Hot Wax. Flint, Mich. (WKMF), Jim Harper, "Lodi," Buddy Allen, Capitol. Program /Music Director, Personality BLFP: "Some of Shelly's Blues -Nitty Gritty Dirt Band." BH: "That's a No BP: "Try 'a Little Kindness," Glen Our new station in Ohio will soon WRMA, 135 Commerce St., Mont- St. Paul, Minn. (KMAC) No," Lynn Anderson, Liberty Chart. gomery, Ala., is searching a good Campbell, Capitol. BLFP: "Lodi," Bud- BLFH: "Girl Named Sam," Lois Wil- need first phone personalities who for Reid Mclear, Program Director dy can do a smooth job with a Top 40 swinging soul personality. Airchecks Alan, Capitol. BH: "To See My liams," Starday. format. Only quality jocks need tc crogram director Steve Soul. BP: "Can You Dance to It," Cat Angel Cry," Conway Twitty, Decca. send a tape and resume -people who Prcfessionals may call 205-264 -6440. Mother & the All Night Newsboys. BLFH: "Are You From Dixie," Jerry would like a high paid but low Willing to listen to airchecks from BLPC: "Up on Cripple Reed, RCA. Santa Paula, Calif. (KQIQ) pressure professional climate type everybody. Pay $100 per week or Creek," The job. mcre, depending on the man. Record Band (Cap). BH: None." MPLPC: Mike Mitchell, Music Director Contact Ed Pike, WCVL, Box Gallatin, Tenn. (WHIN) Benny Williams, 603, Crawfordsville, Ind. 47933. hops in area can add to your income. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," Crosby, Stills BP: "Where Have All the Average & Nash, Atlantic. Program Director, Personality People Gone," Roger Miller. BLFP: BP: "Only a Woman Like You," Billy "Gotta Get to Oklahoma," the Hagers. BH: "Since I Soul personality with 1st ticket Parker, Decca. BLFP: "Try a Little Met You Baby," Sonny Most of the airchecks I've been needed for leading southern soul Kindness," Glen Campbell, Capitol. BH: James. BLFH: "Haunted House," Comp- receiving have sounded as if some- station. Excellent working condi- "Since I Met You Baby," Sonny James, ton Bros. body produced one tape and dropped tions among congenial personnel. COUNTRY Capitol. BLFH: "Nobody But You," in the names of different per- Aircheck and resume to program Don Rich & The Buckaroos, Capitol. sonalities. Trouble with these per- director Avery Davis, KXOX, 6819 Winston -Salem, N. C. (WAIR) sonalities is that they aren't person- Cezanne St., Baton Rouge, La. Phone Dick Bennick alities. I'm seeking a non- screamer is 504-927.7060. Ashland, Ky., & Huntington, W. Va. Phoenix, Ariz. (KRDS), Bob Pond, personality who's alive, vibrant. Program /Music Director, Personality BP: "Mr. Turnkey," Sager & Ev: Ins, dynamic, aggressive, who has some (WTCR), Mike Todd, RCA. BLFP: "Sunday Mornin' Cor nin' thing BP: to say and wants to say it. Program Director, Personality "Good Morning, Dear," , Down," Ray Stevens, Monument. 3H: I want a man who wants a challenge. Tetragrammaton. BLFP: "Don't Make "Hold Me," Baskerville Hounds, A vco WMEX in Boston, a 50,000 -watt sta- POSITIONS WANTED BP: "Try a Little Kindness," Glen Love," Mac Curtis, tion, can offer Campbell. BLFP: Epic. BH: "That's Embassy. BLFH: "Backfield in Motic n," the greatest challenge "I'll Never Be Free," a No No," Lynn Anderson, Chart. Mel & in the world and also the greatest Johnny & Joanie Mosby. BH: "She Tim, Bamboo. rewards for success. If you can Have tape, will travel -wire Bill- Never Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye," convince me that you're good, the Jerry Lee Lewis. BLFH: job is yours. Dull personalities who board. To let; experienced, enthu- `River Bot- only know the time and the tem- siastic, bright sounding Hot 100 and tom," Johnny Darrell. perature and their own artificial or Uptempo MOR personality. Young, 22, name (if it's on a cue card) need military service just completed, Burbank, (KBBQ), not apply. But the person who can stable, 3 years' commercial experi- Calif. Corky relate and communicate, whether ence, 3rd endorsed. I am seeking a Mayberry, Music Director, Personality presently in a small market or a progressive medium market. Write Letters To The BP: "Try a Little Kindness," Glen Editori major market, should contact me -- Box 0179, Billboard Publications, 165 Dick Summer, WMEX, 115 Broadway, W. 46th St., N. Y. 10036. Campbell, Cap. BLFP: "Little Bitty Nitty Boston, Mass. 02116. Dirttown," Roger Sovine. BH: `Lodi," Buddy Allen, Cap. BLFH: "Same." Continued from page 34 new thinking. From 7 p.m., Professional, mature Disc KUDI is hard rock. We are ex- British Cadillac, Mich. (WATT), Robert First Jockey seeks challenging position F. We'll play them ... when we perimenting with mixing Top 40 phone personality for up -tempo with top 40 radio station. Tape & Bartels Sr., Program /Music Director MOR. Top rated in information get them . until then, and progressive, California major Central sent on request. Write: we're because, too city. Must be great . Mr. Colin White, 63 Becmead BP: "I'd Rather Be Gone," Hank Wil- not just an announcer! Ave., relying on the hard rock sounds many stations that are Top 40 ends Work week- Streatham, London, S.W. 16, England. hams Jr., MGM. BLFP: "The Proper only, two six -hour shifts, and Mrs. Brown," Don Williams & the Pozo of the past and present to earn $400 a month, union scale plus. please just aren't rock any more. Let's Use the Seco Singers. BH: "To See My Angel other five days to do your Cry," Conway Twitty. our audience. get rock radio back to rocking own thing, go to one of three nearby Immediate BLFH: "Comin' colleges, or commute to weekday opening for contemporary After Jinny," Fess Parker, RCA. It's our earnest hope that your and let the easy listening sta- work in night personality in Burlington, Vt., nearby city. Opportunity to market 120,000. Drake concept campaign will generate inter- tions play the easy listening move west to beautiful setup if personality with mu- You're great! Send long, nonreturn- plus late night progres- est throughout the country sic. This able aircheck or sive show. Must be into music and and station will back you resume MOR audition with production minded. Top flight pro- perhaps and references to: Mary Al- fessional staff, new again, the kids will be 100 percent in getting action len, PD, KARM AM FM, P.O. Box modern studios. 669, Fresno, Calif. Rush tape and resume plus salary Top 40 program director (DJ), win- delivered what pleases them and excitement into radio. 93721. requirements (no phone calls) to: ning personality, proven to hold Mark Young, Program Director, ratings, induces perfection and co' most ... hard rock! John Cooper WDOT, 395 College St., Burlington, operative work, knows music. 3rd Vt. 05401. class, employed now 500,000 + mar- Musically yours, Music Director ket, married, 27. (Specialize WNOX, Top 40 station, -new or Leonard Bauguess KUDI first phone needs two changing to top 40.) Radio modeneer- announcers, one for ing for the 70's in mind. (513) 631- Program Director, Great Falls, Mont. evening and one for all night. Pro- 5428. fessionals may call program director Young, creative, ambitious person- WMMW, Meriden, Conn. Don Armstrong, WNOX, 4400 Whittle ality, experience. Selling, Copy- Springs Rd. N.E., Knoxville, Tenn. writing, News and Sports Coverage Hearten, oh, ravaged singles 37917. and Writing, some play -by- play. All I agree that Top 40 stations industry, help is on the way. I music formats all times of day If your station can challenge my night, except and mind, I'll be glad to send you a should have more graveyard. Currently tape and resume. Four years of hard rock read where the singles industry P.D., M.D., Prod. Mgr. 3 years in exp., first phone, tight singles is is Adult, mature -sounding personality biz, Broadcast School grad, 3rd en- board. -this the reason why in very bad shape. There's wanted dorsed, 22, married, Single, 24, draft exempt, and prefer for Hot 100 format station permanent, will up -tempo format. I have the desire KLTK will eventually be the been a reversal from the process in the southern part of scenic relocate. Let's talk. Write James mont. One Ver- L. Schulz, 2219 S. 15th to be the best and will. Call 309- music force in Denver. of past years year's exp. minimum to gan, Wis. St., Sheboy- 797 -3626. On the of having a it work for this 5,000 -watt (as of Sept. 53081. Phone after 8 p.m. other 15) daytlmer. Must be good with CDT: 414 -- 458 -4775. hand, Top 40 stations single and building an album news. Also interested in hearing don't play enough LP's on the around it. Today, first cometh from those seeking news director position which would include mod- MOR program director and /or air air. Statistics prove that the buy- the album, and later promotion erating a telephone talk program. It's time for a move to a personality currently in one of the Must have news exp. station. Can larger major 20 markets. 14 years, college ing public digs LP's over singles men and deejays cull a cut out air- conditioned Brand -new do personality or degree, married. Background in studios . good "drake" type Top 40. Currently and that's why many AM lis- for a singles release. benefits ... send tape (include news, music director. First ticket, three MOR and rock. Contact Pat Patter- DJ, commercials) to: Program years' experience, son, 513-231 -1612, 6239 Autumnleaf teners are discontent As tor direc- two years college, Lane, Cincinnati 30, Ohio. with the program director of this Ron Bastone, WCFR, Box 800, single, ffeto Springfield, Vt. 05156. considered. ed information present `Top -30 Robot Sound.' medium market AM (soon FM) Billboard, Box 00186, 165 W. 46th To be I N. Y. 10036. St., terse, believe that Top 40 station, I feel that some- Available Immediately: Top -notch the playlists should be expanded thing must be done to prevent News director for 5000 -watt full -time "Pro" top 90 man. 10 years' experi- with suburban station near Philadelphia. ence, excellent references, age 25. more hard rock singles that the destruction of an industry Dig, write and deliver Energetic Real strong on news and production. and local news experienced in you mention, but also with more which is vital to the radio media. supervise stringers. Challenging Top 40 or Underground station with copy writing and position in growing market. Call progressive, imaginative sales. Good voice, strong person - LP cuts exposed to the audi- Starting Oct. 13, WMCJ, at my 384 -2100. (215) phone, people. 1st ality, has "Major Market Sound." draft exempt, 25 and single. For tape and resume call (601) ence, which is hipper and more order, will run a show dubbed, Prefers Midwest market, but not fus- 483 -5029. sy. Call: Howard Grae: (317) 253 -3182 cognizant than ever. "S.O.S." (Save Our Singles). This or write: 7980 Hoover Ct., Indianapo- lis, Ind. It isn't enough to play more show will be a nightly hour Need first phone, 7- midnight, contemporary station. for music, if it's the same music. segment (will Everett, Write Greg Announcer with three years' experi- be expanded if KKJO, Box 166, St. Joseph, ence with MOR station seeks employ- We must play not only more needed) to do nothing give Mo., or call (816) 279.6346. ment at MOR station within the but Sick of canned disc- jockeys? Add Southeastern U. S. Tape and info music, but more of a variety of new singles a special air pre- spark to your station. 3rd phone, FM- available upon request. Prefers rock orientated. Good air personality. small market. Contact: music and return to real "per- view. Extra youth appeal. Randy Galli We're young and small, but we've Prefer to work her, 3907 Angol Place, Jacksonville. sonality" radio. Why? Because I feel that be- got style! We need in rock or progressive M.O.R., no Florida 32210, or call: (904) 771 -2905. I'd rather be alities right two air person- typical top 40's. Write: Billboard, away. If you're a Box 0187, 165 W. 46th alive and vulnerable, right and ing program director is a rather WNEW fan, send an air check to: St., N. Y. 10036. wrong, Jeff Wade, P.D., WPNO, 88 Court than a timid wax dummy unique responsibility, not just to St., Auburn, Maine 04210. 20-year -old, clean -cut Negro disk in a dull and stagnant pool of my listeners but to the peopl jockey with exciting sound. Draft 1st phone, creative contemporary exempt, ready to cook at pop or r &b intellectual voids and emotional that cut, manufacture, and pro- country programmer. Heavy produc- station. Four and a half years' exp. tion, music IQ, 9 yrs.' parasites. mote singles. I'd be kidding my- Florida D.J.'s! This MOR pays it's experience. at WJMO in Cleveland and WKLR in half Maximum 2-hr. air shift. Let me Toledo. I will relocate to any market I people what they're worth be- take you up! Write Billboard Pub- if the money Jeff Starr self, and the clock if thought cause we let them work toward lications, =0184, is right. For tape, college degree at UF. Box 165 W. 46th St., resume, etc., call Charlie Chandler, Music Director I could program everything that $90 to start. N. Y. 10036. 216 -921 -8714, Your chance to get that degree! Be or write 3706 Avalon KTLK, Denver comes in the mail. So, I find good at personality MOR, and call Rd.. Cleveland, Ohio 44120. Steve Sullivan (904) 372 -2528. myself looking at the artist' A unique talent. Alexander Reid. I noticed in Billboard that name, the song's title, the writer, Have you heard of him? If not I Wanted -A Disc Jock position. Love guarantee you will and so will your music you advocate stations program- a couple of critical audition Top 40 dee jay needed immediately ratings. (all kinds, have toured with for WKMI radio. Voice character work for Stones), sports and like, in -depth ming hard rock at night. This runs, and sometimes in the end, Send tape and agencies, love that production. For- news. Married, 2 children. Have 3rd resume to WKMI, Box 911, 1360 merly at medium market S.C. Look- ticket and experience. Can give comes to us at a good time, as the flip of a coin, to decide Melody Lane, Kalamazoo, Mich. ing ref. 49065. to join a professional Top 40 Write Dave Holt, 418 Stuart Homes, what makes playlist. organization. Call (519) 621 -5022. Helena, Mont. 59601, the station has just had a per- our sonnel change, resulting in some (Continued on page 42 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 39 Classical Music Vox's Galling Set Completes Clás'sicaI LP's Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 10/18/69 - Series on Bach Weeks on Six Volume This Last Chart Week Week TITLE, Artist, Label 8 Number Friedrich Cerha, conductor," First listings of Vanhal's "Viola NEW YORK Vox Rec- PRODUCTIONS INC. PRESENTS - with soloist Ernst 1 1 TRANS ELECTRONIC MUSIC is its six- volume and the original version of Concerto" 47 ords completing SWITCHED ON BACH 1 and Benda's "Harp- series of Bach's complete key- "Volumnia" and "Etude No. Wallfisch Folkman, Columbia MS 7194 (S) sichord Concerto" are coupled Walter Carlos /Benjamin board music this month with (Harmonies)" played by organ- 62 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY ... two -LP boxes by harp- ist Gerd Zacher. in a set by the Wuerttemberg 2 2 SOUNDTRACK: three MGM SIE ST 13 (S) sichordist Martin Galling. Also The Dorian Quintet has a Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn Faerber. Cerha also 17 & 21 (Elvira Madigan) 89 being issued is the eight box Carter -Henze set, which includes under Joerg 3 3 MOZART: CONCERTOS set with of the Salzburg Mozarteum Academica in a 10- volume series of Haydn's first listings for Carter's "Wood- conducts a Schoenberg Anda /Camerata Escrib- (Anda), DGG (No Mono); 138783 (S) complete string quartets. The wind Quintet" and .Henze's speaker Marie Therese Ivan Erod. 122 Fine Arts Quartet is féatured. "Quintet." Violist Enrique San- ano and pianist 4 6 BERNSTEIN'S GREATEST HITS (Bernstein), Columbia ML 6388 (M); Another three -LP box has the tiago joins the Melos Quartet Guenter Kehr conducts the New York Philharmonic in a MS 6988 (S) U. S. disk premiere of Cavalli's for a pairing of Wolf and Bruck- Mainz Chamber Orchestra Pezel .. 185 "L'Erismena" in a 17th -century ner. program of Rosenmueller, 5 5 MY FAVORITE CHOPIN LM 2575 (M); LSC 2575 (S) English translation. Featured are The fourth Candide LP has a and Dittersdorf. Cellist Thomas Van Cliburn, RCA Red Seal is in a pairing OPERA 2 sopranos Carole Bogard and collection of Frottole by Man - Blees featured 6 34 SCENES AND ARIAS FROM FRENCH Delreen Hafenrichter, counter- tovano, Cara, Bartolomeo, of Weber and Danzi with the Beverly Sills, Westminster WST 17163 (5) Berlin Symphony under C.A. 19 tenor Paul Esswood, tenor Mel- Tromboncino, Presenti, Milan- 7 4 BACH'S GREATEST HITS vin Brown and bass Walter Mat - ese and Frogliano performed by Buente, while pianist Abbey Various Artists, Columbia MS 7501 (S) with members of the Oak- soprano Irma Bozzi Lucca, mez- Simon has a Chopin coupling. 64 thes 8 8 STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA land Symphony under Alan Cur- zo- soprano Claudia Carbi, flut- An electronic music set has Philadelphia Orch. (Ormandy), Columbia ML 5947 (M); tis. ist Marga Grajez Farina, violist new works of 011y Wilson, Wil- MS 6547 (S) In boxes, the Eastman Tomaso Valdinoci, lutenist Gio- liam Hellerman, Eugeniusz Rud- 58 other 9 10 UP, UP AND AWAY - Quartet performs three Brahms vanni Pellini, and harpsichordist nik, Pril Srniley, Bohdan Mazu Pops (Fiedler), RCA Red Seal LSC 3041 (S) Vachelli, under Com- Boston piano quartets, while Curtis Anna Maria rek, and Jozef Malovec. 18 preludes Raffaelio Monterosso. pleting the Turnabout titles is 10 13 CHOPIN'S GREATEST HITS plays eight Couperin Various Artists, Columbia MS 7506 (S) on harpsichord. Turnabout Disk a program of Couperin, Corrette The intermediate price Can- The low -price Turnabout la- Boismortier and Devienne fea- 11 7 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: SEA SYMPHONY 9 Carol Case, London Philharmonic has a pressing of first bel has a monaural disk featur- turing bassoonist George Zuker- Sheila Armstrong, John dide line Philharmonic Orch. (Boult), Angel SB 3739 (S) recordings of Gyorgy Ligeti, in- ing violinist Jacques Thibaud man with Faerber and the Choir, London 42 cluding "Adventures - Nouvelles with the Lamoureux Orchestra Wuerttemberg. 12 9 TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 OVERTURE Aventures" and "Ensemble 'Die under Paul Paray and Eugene New Philharmonic Orch. (Buketoff), RCA Red Seal LSC Reihe' " with Gertie Charlent, Bigot in Mozart and Chausson. 3051 (5) 17 Marie -Therese Cahn and Wil- Galling and the Stuttgart Solisten 13 15 E. POWER BIGGS' GREATEST HITS liam Pearson, vocalists, and also perform Mozart. Columbia MS 7269 (S) Chamber Unit 62 14 14 SELECTIONS FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Philadelphia Orch. (Ormandy) /New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), Columbia MS 7176 (5) Nonesuch Extends Series 45 Season Set 15 11 BELLINI & DONIZETTI HEROINES NEW YORK - Nonesuch Buxtehude and Pachelbel is per- Beverly Sills /Vienna Volksoper Orch. (Jalas), Westminster Records is continuing its series formed by the late Walter Ger - NEW YORK -The 16 -con- WST 17143 (S) 18 of commissioned recordings with wig. The late Karl Ristenpart cert first subscription season of 16 16 STRAUSS' GREATEST HITS the issue of Eric Salzman's "The conducts the Stuttgart Symphony the new Chamber Music So- Philadelphia Orch. (Ormandy), Columbia MS 7502 (S) (Tropes for in a Schubert symphonic pairing. ciety of Lincoln Center opens on 55 Nude Paper Sermon 17 19 STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA Actor, Renaissance Consort, The Explorer Series has new Friday (17) at Alice Tully Hall. Chicago Symphony (Reiner), RCA LM 2609 (M); LSC 2609 (5) Chorus & Electronics)." Partici- albums of Javanese gamelan Mezzo- soprano Shirley Verrett 20 and South Indian music for while 18 18 TCHAIKOVSKY'S GREATEST HITS pants include actor Stacy Keach, will be guest artist, society New York Philharmonic (Bernstein) /Philadelphia Orch. the Nonesuch Consort, and vina. members for the first program (Ormandy), Columbia MS 7503 (S) Later this fall, Nonesuch will will be violinists Pina Carmirelli members of the New York LP's) 10 release a four -LP package of and Charles Treger, violist 19 22 BEETHOVEN: THE 9 SYMPHONIES (8 Motet Singers, Joshua Rifkin Philharmonia (Karajan), DGG SKL 101/8 (S) conducting. Electronic sounds Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" Walter Trampler, cellist Leslie Berlin 18 were realized by the Columbia - conducted by Hans Swarowsky Parnas, flutist Paula Robinson 20 20 THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH Princeton Electronic Music Cen- and a two -LP set of Berlioz's Sylvester, oboist Leonard Amer, Columbia MS 7207 (S) ter. "L'Enfance du Christ" directed clarinetist Gervase de Peyer, and 21 21 VERDI: LA TRAVIATA (2 LP's) .. 5 Baroque lute music of Bach, by Jean Martinon. pianists Richard Goode and Lorengar /Avagall /Fischer -Dieskau /Various Artists/ Deutsch Charles Wadsworth. Opera, Berlin (Maazel), London OSA 1279 (S) The initial concert will include 22 12 BERNSTEIN'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 19 the world premiere of Colgrass' New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), Columbia MS 7426 (S) world "New People." Other pre- 23 29 MENDELSSOHN: ELIJAH (2 LP's) 16 mieres slated during the season Various Artists /New Philharmonia Orch. (Frubeck De Burgos) will be Milhaud's "Trio," Cha- Angel SC 3738 vez's "Variations for Violin and 24 24 MISSA LUBA 10 Piano," Barber's "Sonata," and Troubadours du Roi Baufouin, Philips PCC 606 Ginestera's "Song Cycle." 25 17 MOZART'S GREATEST HITS 19 Guest artists during the season Various Artists, Columbia MS 7507 (5) of Hungary will include Hiroko Yajima, Yo- 26 27 WAGNER: INTRODUCTION TO THE RING 4 New Releases of Qualiton Records ko Matdsuda, violinists Isaac Vienna Philharmonic (Solti), London RDN S -1 October 1969 Stern and Pinchas Zuckerman, 27 23 GLORY OF GABRIELLI 85 soprano Veronica Tyler, tenor E. Power Biggs /Various Artists, Columbia MS 7071 (S) Complete Hungarian Operas: Anastasios Vrenios, baritone 28 35 VERDI: OTELLO (3 LP's) 2 New Ferenc Erkel: BANK BAN Gerard Souzay, pianists Murray McCracken/ Jones/ Fischer-Dieskau/Various Artists/ Perahia and Philharmonia Orch. (Barbirolli), Angel SCL 3742 complete recording in 3 acts, Chorus, Orchestra Jeanne -Maria Darre, and solist of the Hungarian State Opera, cond. the Oxford String Quartet and 29 28 STRAUSS: ROSENKAVALIER 5 János Ferencsik SLPX 11376-77-78 the Amadeus String Quartet. Vienna Philharmonic Orch. and Chorus (Heger) Seraphim IC -6041 (S) Ferenc Erkel: HUNYADY LASZLO 30 25 HOROWITZ ON TELEVISION 57 complete recording, opera in 3 acts, Singers: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Vladimir Horowitz, Columbia MS 7106 (S) members of the Hungarian State Opera House, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Philharmonic 31 30 SATIE: PIANO MUSIC, VOL 1 28 Orchestra, cond. Vilmos Komor GUIDE OUT ON Ciccolini, Angel 36482 (S) SLPX 11415 -16 -17 32 33 A NEW SOUND FROM THE JAPANESE BACH SCENE 7 BUDGET LP'S Victrola 1458 (S) Famous Singers of the Hungarian Opera: Various Artists, RCA VICS ERZSEBET HAZY, soprano sings arias from: NEW YORK - The Hart 33 32 STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA 55 Los Angeles Philharmonic (Mehta), London CS 6609 (S) La Boheme, Manon Lessaut, Madame Butterfly, Mahagonny, Publishing Co. has published Háry János, Marriage of Figaro, Bartered Bride, Onyegin, "Guide to Low -Priced Classical 34 31 MOZART 16 SYMPHONIES NOS. 25 -41 (7 LP's) 4 Pagliacci. Accomp. by the Orchestra of the Hungarian Opera, Records" by Herbert Russcol. Berlin Philharmonic (Boehm) DGG 109173/79 cond. Erdélyi SLPX Miklós 11410 More than 3,000 disks, ranging 35 26 STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA 13 Contemporary Hungarian Music: from $1.49 to $2.50 list, are Berlin Philharmonic (Boehm) DGG 136001 appraised by Russcol from ar- Rersö Sugar: HUNYADY - heroic cantata tistic and technical aspects. 36 36 LA DIVINA (3 LP's) 2 The Budapest Chorus, Soloists: members of the Short Maria Callas, Angel SCB 3743 (5) Hungarian State Opera, cond. Miklós Forrai biographies of about 30 com- 37 SIX LEGENDARY PIANISTS 1 SLPX 11418 posers also are included. - Various Artists, Seraphim IC 6045 Emil Petrovich: THE BOOK OF JONAS - Cantata IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII The Budapest Chorus, The Hungarian State 38 - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: SYMPHONY NO. 8 /PIANO CONCERTO Concert Orchestra, singers of the Hungarian NO. 8 1 London Philharmonic S State Opera, cond. Miklós Erdélyi SLPX 11420 when answering ads . . . 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Continued from page FD -1 purely business relationships, not only with artists with whom he has been involved, but with a host of trade - sters out there in distributor and rack jobber land who sell his product. All this has helped Thiele establish a solid footing in setting up his company. It's reflected in the strong relationships he enjoys with the people in Bob Shad's Mainstream Records distribution network, which handles distribution of all three labels in the FDP complex, and in the powerful artist line -up that Thiele has set his labels as well. For at least some of these artists, in fact, Thiele expects to soon offer a personal management service, which will simply be the latest new facet of the rapidly unfolding Flying Dutchman operation. Thiele has given his company the sure -fire look of the '70s, with production geared for both his own label line -up (Flying Dutchman, BluesTime and Amsterdam), deals as well as for outside production with Decca/ BOB THIELE, seen here with Bobby Shad of Mainstream Records, who handles the internal distribution of Flying Coral and Ranwood International, among others, some Dutchman Productions. of which are still pending. Beyond this, Thiele's basic philosophies in such areas Carter -Bobby Bradford Quartet, Stanley Crouch, Hor- as the importance of the international market, as well ace Tapscott, Jimmy Gordon and Tom Scott. as on the value of staying on the youth wavelength, have played key roles in the company blueprint. Amsterdam International On FDP's Amsterdam label the current line -up in- On the international side, Thiele is already well cludes Teresa Brewer; Eddie (The Old Philosopher) known, particularly for his many outstanding jazz pro- Lawrence; The Voices of Rome; The Happy Times ductions in the past. Thus, even more perhaps than Orchestra; singer, Eleanore Rigby; Czech vocalist Karel some others, Thiele- identified productions stand to find Gott, and two newly acquired British groups, The Plastic a ready market overseas. For most of the major mar- Penny and Nite People. kets, Philips has been contracted for distribution rights. The Bluestime label is to feature such major blues In Spain and Mexico, Hispavox will market FDP -orig- stars as Big Joe Turner, Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, T- inated product and in Japan King will release the lines. Bone Walker, Otis Spann, The Plaster- Casters Blues With respect to youth, Thiele feels that this is Band and Harmonica Slim. literally where's it's at in the today music scene. Noting One star, whom Thiele views as particularly promis- that the under -25 element molds the new culture and ing on a virtually across -the -board basis, is Esther Mar- the new tastes in clothes and above all in music, Thiele row. Miss Marrow, now with Thiele's FDP Label, first believes today's music man must be in touch with this won acclaim as a soloist in the famous Duke Ellington market if he wants to sell records. sacred concert in 1965 in San Francisco. Her initial "Record people today," Thiele observed recently, album, due shortly, is expected to be released simultane- "Must like and respect the music themselves. If they ously in all principal world markets. have that inner feeling the music and the don't for The Flying Dutchman internal distribution is being artist who's making it, and knowledgeability and promo - handled through a unique tie with Bobby Shad's Main- mindedness that goes with it, they will just never under- stream Records, unique in the sense that Shad and Thiele with tenor saxophonist stand the pop music language as it's being spoken THE NEW BLACK MUSIC - Thiele have been friendly competitors over the course Pharoah Sanders. On Impulse, Sanders, a Thiele -John today." of most of their careers. The alliance, both Bobs strong- Coltrane discovery, has had several albums in the jazz With this motivating philosophy, Thiele has mapped ly believe, will prove to be immensely successful for chart. an incorporate all areas of rec- artist program that will each. ords, particularly jazz and rock, middle of the road in the near future is a concert division, Thiele interests also incorporate publishing, in which Also planned pop, and at some point in the future, country as well. catalogs are being built through the compositions of which is regarded as another interesting talent exposure With the youth concept, rock is obviously the thing many of the artists being recorded for the FDP label vehicle. Specific plans are only tentative at this stage today, and Thiele has added young producer, Jim Kem- complex. Thiele intends, at a later stage of the corpor- of the per who will be producing such groups as The Hot but within a period of months, at least some ate to actively outside disc usages Chocolate Music Company and the Revolutionary Blues development, promote firm's roster of talent is expected to be spotlighted of the songs in these catalogs. Band, both on an indie production deal with Coral through a circuit of concert locations in various cities. A further expansion of the Flying Dutchman oper- Records. In addition to his close working relationship on the As would be expected, Thiele has also signed a ation is expected to take the form of personal manage- marketing side with Mainstream Records, Thiele in- number of jazz artists, believing that jazz will increas- ment, and concert promotions, both of which go hand ingly make itself felt on the youth element, particularly in hand with today's scene, according to Thiele. cludes on his staff his executive assistant and office as jazz further fuses with rock (see separate story). Management introduces the element of career manager, Lillian Seyfert, and accountant, Henrietta Jazzwise, the FDP label roster is dotted with names development and control, an important factor for many Betheil. He is also represented on the CPA front by like George Wein's Newport All- Stars, Oliver Nelson artists, particularly ones at a relatively early stage of Alvin Gladstone of the firm of Gladstone and Schultz. and the Bob Thiele Emergency. Also on Flying Dutch- their careers. The management division is on the draw- Flying Dutchman attorneys are Kaplan and Gusick, man Records are such newer names as Spontaneous ing boards now and will be set in motion at an early while Ren Grevatt Associates represents the firm in the Combustion, Appleton Syntonic Menagerie, the John date. field of public relations.

"And in the last several years," Thiele said, "the re- Wexler or a Clive Davis or anyone who truly under- lationship between producer and artist has undergone stands the scene." blues and country, or, as View a profound change. . . . The a &r executive, in the The root music influences, Total once were termed, the specialty fields, will con- traditional sense of the term, is a thing of the past. He they By PAUL ACKERMAN is as defunct as the dodo bird and the relationship with tinue as major influences in the broad pop idiom: the artist has become a much more sensitive one. "They are even expanding," he said. "Inasmuch as To have absorbed the past; to have integrated it "The record act of today, be it an individual or a the young people of today are more aware of the validity with the present in order to properly focus on the group, is very often a self- contained unit.... They are of root influences because education and communica-

sounds of the future is the unique music business capac- often skilled in production techniques . . . they write tions have improved." ity of Bob Thiele, head of the Flying Dutchman Pro- their own material ... and they relate, in a sociological Thiele, who has devoted a major part of his career to ductions operation. way, to the climate of the times. the world of jazz, feels that this idiom too has, in his And this "total view" on the part of Thiele relates "They are aware, and there has been a tendency to words, "a hell of a future." not only to the creative side of the record business, but misconstrue their attitudes. It is not true, for instance, It is Thiele's intent to keep trying to merge the best also to its marketing aspects. The industry, in every that they display an ignorance of budgets, and produc- of jazz and the best of rock. "There is a mutual ap-

sense, he points out, is more complex than ever and its tion costs. . . . The fact is that they, very often, are preciation of both fields at the upper levels of musician- demands and challenges are greater. interested in every phase of record -making -from the ship," he said. "More and more the two fields are get- By way of elaboration Thiele noted: "Recording studio session to the album cover -and they are anxious ting together. This merger is of vast importance and techniques have so evolved that a producer can make a to deal with aware record executives. It is necessary to the crucial people involved are the contemporary mu- track in Los Angeles, add a voice in Nashville and meet such artists at an intellectual, creative level." sicians." augment it with strings in New York." Thiele added the "company hippie" approach to con- Thiele holds that the present merger of jazz and rock Thiele added that movement of recorded product temporary talent was by no means the right approach. is the first time that jazz has been involved in a "mean- from manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer and con- "It is dishonest ... what you need is an executive who ingful" fusion. "It didn't happen in 70 years," he said, sumer is also in a period of flux, out of which arises relates to them, who has kept up with modern trends, adding: "Whenever a fusion of sorts was attempted, it an expanded potential for mass sales. and he need not be 21 years of age. He can be a Jerry Continued on page FD -14 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD FD-3 INDUSTRY SERVICE MESSAGE SPONSORED BY DutchmanFlying

THE POP side. Thiele was associated with singer Pat STEVE ALLEN with Thiele. Allen is a longtime associate Boone at the beginning of Boone's career. of Thiele going back to his Dot a &r days.

`Good (ah THE JAZZ side. Thiele with the late and very great tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. Hawkins recorded for Gvtting With Each Other' Thiele on Impulse. Thiele forthwith made rapid strides with Coral, soon becoming its a &r director, and making major hits with Genial, pipe- smoking Bob Thiele, one of the most shifting interests, the young music man began falling Don Cornell, Debbie Reynolds ( "Tammy "), Teresa Brewer ( youthful looking a &r veterans in the music business, by the fabled Nick's in Greenwich Village in company "Ricochet "), the McGuire Sisters, Johnny Des- mond, Steve Lawrence Welk and Wakely. is also one of the most colorful operators from the era of his friend, Dan Priest, to listen to Pee Wee Russell Allen, Jimmy A of the personality a &r man, Thiele has thick hair which and Bud Freeman. Coral subsidiary of that time, Brunswick, also became vehicle for in continues to defy the graying tendencies so apparent the the release LP form of much of the Another club, often frequented by Thiele and Priest, earlier Signature material, which the firm had acquired in many of his contemporaries in the industry, and if was the Ideal Spot, a. joint in Hills, where beer Forest as a part of its arrangement with Thiele. anything, his long- time .. penchant for exciting produc- such artists as Art Hodes on piano, clarinet man Rod tions and creative promotional gimmickry that sells, is Cless and drummer Joe Grauso played nightly. Seeing Thiele also recorded a load of new material for keener today than ever. good men like these playing with such verve and talent Brunswick through his Jazztime USA live concert series, His talents for extracting the best conceivable per- gave Thiele the idea of starting his own record company, which included concert albums by the Terry Gibbs formance from musicians and singers are legend. His which happened in 1939 with a series of sides by Hodes group, Charlie Shavers, Georgie Auld, Tony Scott, Kai Winding, and expertise at getting jazz giants together in the same with the Blues Three and later by the Chicago Rhythm Mundell Lowe, Stuff Smith the colorful, blanket -clad Moondog on his trimba, of two studio is well known and traces directly to the spirit of Kings on the original Thiele -owned and operated Signa- consisting cymbal. "good cats and getting with each other" that seems to ture Record label. three -sided drums and pervade all the sessions he produces. And Thiele has Thiele was the producer of these disks, and the dis- A major new assignment developed in 1958 when made this sort of dream all come true with such suc- tributor as well, taking them in boxes of 25 in his own Thiele left Coral to become vice -president of a Dot Rec- cessful pairings as Ellington and Armstrong and (the car to specialized record shops around the New York ords, in charge of a &r. Following him there from Coral, late) Coltrane and Ellington. area willing to take a chance on the relatively unknown Lawrence Welk proceeded to make a series of LP's From his earliest period of producing record dates, quantity of jazz on record. which became, collectively, a major element of the ex- tensive Dot catalog. Thiele has run the gamut of trends and styles of pop Thiele expanded his foothold in the music business and jazz. He has always thought in new directions, one by becoming a disk jockey for a time in 1942 on his Thiele also released the soundtrack LP for the Red facet of which was his very early and successful as- own jazz show on WBYN in Brooklyn, and staging Nichols motion picture, "Five Pennies," and later staged sociation with the late Buddy Holly, one of the most Sunday jam sessions at Kelly's Stable on West 51st a live LP recording at Town Hall, featuring the promi- revered of all rock stylists to this day, a decade after Street. He also took a stab at the Chicago jazz scene nent arranger Manny Albam and his orchestra, with his tragic demise in a plane crash. of that period by driving there to record Bud Jacobson's Tony Scott /Clara Ward and Don Elliott. Reviewing Thiele's career, one finds such names as Jungle Kings, which became one of his last creative ef- At a later stage, Thiele left Dot to record a number Teresa Brewer, Don Cornell, Dorothy Collins, the Mc- forts before enlisting in the U. S. Coast Guard in 1942. of big -name jazz assignments for Roulette Records, one Guire Sisters and Eddie (The Old Philosopher) Lawrence Assigned to the Military Morale Office in Brooklyn, of the best known of which was the now historic meet- among the greats whose skills Thiele has successfully he recruited bands, singers, entertainers and instrumen- ing on wax of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. translated into hot -selling records. talists of the likes of fellow Coast Guardsmen, and In 1961, Thiele moved on to ABC Records, where During a more recent phase of his activity, when he drummer, Shelly Manne, who later made a flock of for the next seven years he brought off notable accom- performed with merit as a &r chief at ABC Records, he recordings for the Signature label. plishments in both pop and jazz. In the latter area, he mixed the proper ingredients of performance and pro- During his period of service, Thiele also managed built the Impulse label for ABC from scratch into one duction to build the outstandingly successful Impulse to recruit the veteran pianist James P. Johnson for re- of the top lines in the business, with internationally suc- jazz label, while at the same time reviving the career cording with an all -star group, including Yank Lawson, cessful sets by Gabor Szabo, the late John Coltrane, of the distinctly non -jazz singing of Frankie Laine with Brad Gowans, Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Bob Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Oliver the hit, "I'll Take Care of Your Cares" and other old - Haggart and Tony Spargo. Nelson, and Coltrane's widow, Alice, a skilled pianist. timey ballads of that ilk. These dates were the first of literally scores of ses- Thiele also discovered and brought to Impulse, Mel He also played a major role in establishing ABC in sions undertaken by Thiele both during and following Brown, one of the hottest new jazz guitar players on the rock derby by bringing a number of successful his Coast Guard career, which were to include such the scene. Highlighting the international impact of the groups into the company's stable. major attractions as Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Impulse line was the fact that of the top ten jazz albums His affinity for knowing what's good on records Eddie Heywood, Dickie Wells, Lester Young, Flip Phil- of 1968 in France, seven were on Impulse. comes from a long -time personal fandom for jazz and lips, Trummy Young, Bill Stegmeyer, Earl (Fatha) Also at ABC, Thiele engineered the return to the pop. For almost as long as he can remember, Thiele Hines, Shorty Sherock and Nat Jaffe. top ten singles charts of Frankie Laine, with a series has lived in a world of music. His music -minded parents In the immediate post -war period, Thiele, once again of hot sellers, including "I'll Take Care of Your Cares," started him with piano lessons as far back as he can a civilian, commenced an expansion phase which brought and he wrote and produced Louis Armstrong's "What remember, and his father, once a salesman for the him more and more into the broader pop areas, with a Wonderful World." While Thiele today has launched Victor Talking Machine Co., always supplied the recordings by the band of ex -Ted Weems singer, Harry the most ambitious undertaking of his notably success- Thiele household in suburban New York with music Cool (with girl singer Mindy Carson), Johnny Long's ful career in his own Flying Dutchman Productions, appliances, including two pianos, several radios and band, Alan Dale, Toni Arden, the Skinnay Ennis he continues his relationship with ABC through an ex- record players. orchestra and such jazz -pop figures as Will Bradley, clusive production agreement for the Impulse line, for Young Thiele continued at the piano until- a time Johnny Bothwell and the famed Paul Whiteman. which he recently arranged for the exclusive recording in the mid -'30s when he was exposed to Benny Good- At one point, Thiele's Signature Records were being services of Ornette Coleman. man for the first time, which brought about an immedi- distributed nationally through an exclusive tie -up with Though in fact a veteran in the industry with more ate switch to the clarinet. the General Electric Supply Corp. credentials than most currently operating a &r producers, Upon finishing secondary school, he entered the When financial problems eventually forced Thiele's Thiele plans to focus very much on youth and its mu- music world for keeps, soon forming a 14 -piece band Signature label to close up shop the catalog and the sical needs. "That's where it's at creatively," he recently which played stock swing arrangements by Eddie Sauter, man were immediately put into business by Coral Rec- told an interviewer, "And that's where the over -the- Jimmy Mundy and Spud Murphy. When the band folded ords, the budding subsidiary of the giant counter retail action definitely is. We plan to be at that due to a combination of shortage of gigs and Thiele's firm. 'today' level of the business for a long time to come." FD -4 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD Mainstream Records Salutes Flying Dutchman For The Most Important Album Of This Year And Next Year

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JAZZ & POP always strives to be where creative music is happening. I JAZZ & POP is as broad as life. When I say that I mean that as far as con- particularly appreciate their well- informed articles and perceptively writ- temporary music is concerned and as far as ascertaining roots of what ten record reviews. - Clive Davis is happening today, JAZZ & POP is right there! JAZZ & POP goes into President, COLUMBIA RECORDS the philosophy and life of the artist. Not superficially -where he's playing, the bread, and so on -but JAZZ & POP introduces the artist to you as a Anyone interested in knowing what's happening in all phases of pop enter- human being! -Rosko tainment- under /above /middle ground -will find JAZZ & POP magazine Disc jockey, WNEW -FM has well -written and knowledgeable answers. -Ken Fritz I am happier with JAZZ & POP than with the "other" magazine. JAZZ & Co- producer, MUSIC SCENE, ABC -TV POP is creative, artistic, unbiased in its reviews and most important, is There's more to this business than what meets the ear and the length of non -racist! - Pharaoh Sanders your sideburns. JAZZ & POP is an important source of information to me For a new company like ours, JAZZ & POP is a perfect and rewarding ve- in all the various categories of our industry where Decca has invested its hicle. As a result of advertising in JAZZ & POP, our records have shown resources. It's a must -read for everyone in this industry who cares! increased sales and we have also been able to appeal to those markets -William P. Gallagher from which we sought responses -in two musical worlds: jazz and pop. Executive Vice -President, DECCA RECORDS -Jerry Schoenbaum President, POLYDOR RECORDS JAZZ & POP is one of the few intelligent music publications that can still JAZZ & POP is doing more than reporting, it is stimulating its readers, rap about the art of the music, without getting hung -up on the superfici- through controversial articles, to really think about music and those who alities of the 'scene.' -Bill Graham create it, just as we tried to do in the good old days of Metronome Maga- Producer, FILLMORE EAST & FILLMORE WEST zine. And that's an approach that's very vital to the jazz and pop music of any era. George T. Simon, Former editor of METRONOME; It is good to have a really intelligent, controversial and dynamic magazine - author of THE BIG BANDS; covering the contemporary music scene. JAZZ & POP is a unique publi- Executive Director of NARAS cation and I am proud to be associated with it. -John Hammond Producer, COLUMBIA RECORDS JAZZ & POP is an important publication that really meets the needs of young people today. -Tom Smothers Informative, accurate and always fun to read. -Jac Holzman JAZZ & POP is the most vital music magazine on the scene today. President, ELEKTRA RECORDS -Bob Thiele President, FLYING DUTCHMAN PRODUCTIONS, LTD. JAZZ & POP is my kind of magazine. I really dig what it has to say about JAZZ & POP keeps me informed about what's really happening! what's happening in today's music. -B. B. King -Jerry Wexler

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A Three Decade Involvement SWING ERA TO COLTlt-1NE By FRANK KOFSKY

Ever since the 1920s, we have been reading that Jazz Is Dead. Or ought to be, or soon will be. The predictions have invariably been too eager to pronounce the final demise. For jazz, like the black community that spawned it, has a toughness, a resili- ency, a durability that will surely enable it to survive and outlast whatever ephemeral trends manage to dom- inate the music market place temporarily. The 1960s, like the 1940s, have turned out to be a period of revolutionary change for jazz music -so much so, indeed, that many of its practitioners (including the late John Coltrane) no longer prefer to call it that. Call it what you will, however, it is as certain as any- thing can be that when the history of the black music this tumultuous decade is written, considerable space i will have to be devoted to the recording activities of ii Bob Thiele. BOB THIELE, right, with John Busey, president, General Electric Supply Corp., left, and Ray Bloch in a 1945 picture There is no mystery as to why this is so. For most taken when Thiele started his first record company, Signature. of the decade, from 1961 to 1969, Thiele was at the helm of Impulse Records, the jazz subsidiary of ABC, Black Nationalist as drummer -composer Max Roach to the 1960s, Thiele had succeeded in being associated and in that position did immeasurably more than any exclaim (in the writer's presence) some years back, with virtually every outstanding figures in the NBM other single figure in the business -and -production end "Thank God for Bob Thiele!" It 'was probably that revolution: John and Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, of the industry to present to a mass audience what poet/ same conviction that prompted the late John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp (also playwright LeRoi James has termed the New Black the most illustrious NBM artist recorded by Thiele, to brought to Thiele by Coltrane), Marion Brown (brought Music. To be sure, there continued to be other jazz send all of the younger men who impressed him around by Shepp). And others, of course, still not quite so labels in the 1960s, just as there had been before. Some to audition for Thiele at Impulse. ( "I think that if we widely known, whose music Thiele will be presenting of them even dabbled occasionally with "avante garde had signed everyone that John recommended," Thiele to open -eared audiences for the NBM in the coming jazz," as the New Black Music was usually described recalls, "we would have had four hundred musicians on decade. by unsympathetic white critics. But none of these other the label. It was certainly through Coltrane that I be- It should be kept in mind, however, that no matter companies ever sustained the same kind of long -term came aware of Archie Shepp and many of the younger what future accolades lay in store for the NBM, the involvement with the music that has characterized players," he adds with typical honesty. "When John going for it was ordinarily never anything but difficult Thiele's career at Impulse and is now carried on with heard any good player, he would call me and ask that in the past. This was the case even for so widely re- his own Flying Dutchman label. Of them all, only a I please give him some consideration. ") spected an artist as John Coltrane. His first recordings couple make even a pretense at trying to record the The results of Thiele's faith in the NBM have begun for Impulse in particular reaped a harvest of genuinely NBM. The remaining outfits, after discovering that at last to bear fruit. Ornette Coleman, with Coltrane the murderous notices from the most celebrated critical in- their initial ventures in the field were not going to yield seminal figure in sparking the NBM revolution, made telligences. "I have done my best to forget what they them Instant Millions, deserted the NBM for more it a point of bringing his talents to Thiele, then still said," Thiele states; "they seemed so very unfair and lucrative -greener, as it were -pastures. Some aban- with Impulse, after his contract with Blue Note expired. almost irresponsible, almost as if they hadn't given any doned jazz altogether for rock or soul. Others continue Coltrane himself propelled his young saxophonist - thought to what Coltrane was doing." Undeniably, to release what are nominally jazz records, but show colleague, Pharoah Sanders, to Thiele. Sanders' first those reviews caused Thiele and Coltrane some anxiety. not the least interest in departing from long- hackneyed record for Thiele and Impulse, "Tauhid," was an im- Thiele observes that, "In those days, what Down Beat "commercial" formats that years ago should have been mediate success, even outside of jazz circles. His second, said with respect to sales of records wrongly affected mercifully consigned to their burial.. Of the major jazz "Karma," has topped the jazz charts all summer long. record people. And let's face it, after you've been in producers, only Thiele has had sufficient confidence in After Coltrane's death, Thiele signed the late saxo- the business for years and years, although you try to the future of the NBM to remain with it throughout phonist's wife, pianist Alice Coltrane, to Impulse and record as many artistic things as possible, you're always the '60s. produced her first record. Albert Ayler, who shares concerned about the commercial aspects, how well the It was, most likely, Thiele's unyielding conviction with Pharoah Sanders a vanguard position in the NBM record will sell." But for all the anxiety, the two men that the NBM was here to stay -and, more than that, movement now that Coltrane is gone, came to Thiele had the courage of their convictions. deserved an audience-that inspired such an avowed shortly after The Master's death. Thus by the close of Continued on page FD -12

eoeIqG).\5 e/ZagIa,\ eof@OrItíj}0 eo&W6.D e-o()Wlp C()U1 9-0 e%C>)WIa4D Tlziele's `Wonderful World' Song wri ter Songwriting is one of the less celebrated sides of the song include Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Ed multi -talented, Bob Thiele, president of Flying Dutch- Ames, Engelbert Humperdinck, Robert Goulet, Manto- man Productions. Yet, in 1968 Thiele was the co- writer, vani, Steve Allen, Frankie Laine and most recently, with George David Weiss, of one of the most widely Esther Marrow, a new singer recently signed by Flying recorded songs of the season, "It's a Wonderful World." Dutchman Records. Top record of the tune was the one Thiele produced The song is published in the U. S. by Metromedia for ABC Records with the veteran Louis Armstrong. Music. An instantaneous smash overseas, the Armstrong Co- writer Weiss is also the author of such past hit disk was No. 1 in the U.K. for 13 weeks and ultimately songs as "Wheel of Fortune," "I Don't See Me in Your became EMI's top selling single of 1968 in Britain. Eyes Anymore" and "Mr. Wonderful." Thiele's earlier The record was No. 1 also in Ireland and South writing credits also include the lyrics for Duke Elling- Africa and made the top ten in France, Germany and ton's "C Jam Blues," known in the lyric version as Spain. It also made charts in many countries of the "Duke's Place." world. Thiele and Weiss plan to continue their collabora- LOUIS ARMSTRONG with Bob Thiele. Armstrong took record, was one of more tions in the future, focusing on songs in the "social Thiele's "What A Wonderful World" to the top slot in Armstrong's however, than charts around the world. 30 recorded on the tune. Other artists who've cut the commentary bag," as Thiele puts it. FD-8 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD -=0=- THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING W555- BIG `IflYliOB13Y' "You Know These Things Cost Money" STEVE ALLEN CF11C0 1-1AMi1 I_TON The Whole Wide World of Entertainment Chico Hamilton Productions, Inc. 321 East 45th Street New York, New York

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FD-10 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD Esther Marrow is from Newport News, Virginia and she has a hit single on Flying Dutchman!

Esther Marrow cannot be labeled. Music is so wide. Esther sings r. and b., gospel. Right? At Fillmore East they'd say, "Oh, she sings psychedelic." So, like the man said, you can't put a tag on it. Esther MA sings r. and b., gospel, rock -the whole bii! & HE DON'T APPRECIATE IT FDS-26004 "Esther sings what she feels so categorizing is no use. Blues, jazz, rock, gospel- Esther Marrow is everything. Accented by rhythmic movements of her lithe body, she sings, she groans, she howls, she preaches." - Pauline Rivelli, JAZZ & POP Magazine

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Bob Thiele thinks International. Regular visits to Europe and all over. His Flying Dutchman Productions goes mainly through Philips in most world markets. Spain and Mexico are taken care of by the Hispavox company. Japan is handled through King Records. Talking to Thiele about the international market you find he divides himself between the boss of Flying Dutchman -with its pop product as well as jazz and blues-and the producer for the Impulse line, which is mainly now jazz. No pop. Right now Flying Dutchman's Thiele is very excited about the reaction he is getting from Europe over singer Esther Marrow. Miss Marrow is the singer who sprang to fame as the soloist in Duke Ellington's cele- brated sacred concert series in 1965. "The people in Europe consider Esther to have great potential. We are going to take her over there in January and give her the full promotion treatment - television, radio, personal appearances -the full treat- ment. "Although we tend to think of the record business as basically a one world market, it isn't that simple. And with pop product, compared to jazz or blues, it is that much harder. Nobody wants to miss out on a potential international artist. Success in Europe also has a reverse effect -news seeps back to the U.S. and OLIVER NELSON, one of the stars of Flying Dutchman Productions, confers with boss man Bob Thiele. it all helps." The Philips executives are particularly pleased with the Flying Dutchman productions. They are including ing Dutchman Productions is about to start outside of Promotion Thiele likes to leave to licensee, but his the Dutchman trademark on the logo of product re- the U.S. -Thiele rates Japan as the strongest market for experience is that if you have one individual in the leased -not just stating its origins but using the man the jazz product, namely the New Black Music of the foreign company who is sympathetic with the product in the flying helmet with the flying scarf. late John Coltrane and of Pharoah Sanders, which Thiele this is a big contributory factor. Also Thiele will make available for promotion pur- himself considers firm reply to those U.S. critics who "I have found that we have individuals all over the poses copies of his successful "Flying Dutchman News" say that this brand of jazz music does not sell. world who believe in what we are trying to do," said -a monthly magazine dealing with the affairs of FDP After Japan it's France -where Thiele's Impulse Thiele. "They work with the records in the clubs, on artists that Thiele brings out monthly. product won many awards in the French polls-and radio and television and with the record shops. Rather Up to the present-the really big promotion of Fly- then, equally, U.K. and Germany. like the popular image of the American record man."

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SWING ERA TO COLTRANE records by the younger NBM-men, especially Pharoah up a lot of things for me." And, Thiele hastens to add, Sander's "Karma," is evidence enough of that. So the "I think that if I had never met Coltrane, I could be in Continued from page FD -8 artists' determination in sticking with their music in serious trouble with respect to the real crappy economic the face of all adversity and critical hostility has been aspects of my own career, and so I think that I owe a "I don't think they really affected what he was amply vindicated; and so, too, has the judgment of lot to Coltrane and I think a lot of people [who also do] doing and what I wanted to do initially. Now," Thiele Bob Thiele. ought to admit it. The young musicians admit it, but concluded, "I find that most of the things they said Characteristically, Thiele is quite modest about his . . . some of the old -time critics won't admit it and at that time -and even the things they say now - own role in consolidating the gains of the NBM. With they should. He was a terrific guy, he really was." amount to nothing." respect to his work with John Coltrane, for example, As far as those same young people are concerned, Thiele himself helped establish that particular fact, he commented with a shrug, "You know, I'm not look- it is probable that their familiarity with the name of for in persevering with the NBM where others were ing to take credit for very much. The only thing I felt Bob Thiele deserves mentioning his involvement with seemingly too timorous to tread, he demonstrated once was a contribution on my part was in the area of good the NBM and also, though to a lesser extent, with for all that there is indeed a sizable and growing market recording. And encouragement." In point of fact, Col - various of the new rock groups such as San Francisco's for the work of musicians of this persuasion, regardless trane's morale and self- confidence had been consider- Salvation. It may come as something of a surprise to of what the white critics may happen to proclaim as ably shaken by the wave of critical rejection unleashed them to learn that his career in different aspects of the orthodoxy at any given moment. Since he and the art- against his work. "That was a funny period in my life," music world in fact extends back into the late days of ists associated with him accomplished this in the face he told me, "because I went through quite a few the Swing Era, when Thiele, then a schoolboy in one of near- unanimous opposition from the philistine "crit- changes, you know, like home life- everything man, I of the fashionable Eastern private schools, fell under ics," it is no mean achievement. "You know," Thiele just went through so much. . . . Yes, and all of this the spell of the Benny Goodman clarinet. The infatua- reflects, "we all try to be realistc, and the only reason was at the same time, so you can see how it was. I tion was so severe that the young Thiele sneaked off you make records is to sell records. Coltrane happened needed all the strength I could have at that time." to New York to hear his idol, and shortly after that to sell an awful lot of records, and most of the mu- The "encouragement" supplied by Thiele was thus prob- decided to leave school in pursuit of his career. sicians in the new movement happen to sell records ably a source of considerable support to Coltrane dur- That was in 1937. The following year, duly enrolled too. I don't say that they all sell in the quantities that ing this period. As Thele relates it, "Encouragement is in another prep school, Thiele managed to convince his Coltrane sold, but they do sell records and there is a really the word, because there were many nights that we parents that his piano lessons should be abandoned for market for them, not only in the U.S., but all over the recorded when I felt that he was really into something the clarinet. One thing led to another, as is frequently world." It appears, therefore, that the survival of the and there was a subtle situation where I had to get him the case, and soon Thiele had organized a 14 -piece NBM is no longer open to question, if ever it was. to continue. To me, that is the major contribution that band that rehearsed in his basement -the first of a Nor can it be said to hinge solely on the popularity of I made with respect to Coltrane -getting him to record number of organizations that he was to front, albeit one man, John Coltrane. The spectacular sales figures of and, once in the studio, having him continue work when sometimes fleetingly. (The latest is the Bob Thiele maybe he didn't want to or maybe some of the mu- Emergency, produced by the leader for his new Flying sicians didn't want to." Dutchman label.) Meanwhile, the scope of his interests Thiele is equally -and refreshingly- candid about had begun to broaden from simply performing music his own indebtedness to Coltrane. "John Coltrane was to recording it as well. The upshot was that by 1940 probably the greatest musician in the history of popular Thiele had gone into quondam production with two music and I was lucky enough to be involved in his labels, Signature and Jazz, the latter tied -in after 1942 recordings. Many people ask me about John and what with a magazine of the same name (unrelated to the he was like and what was it like to record him." Though Jazz magazine of the 1940s, which he edited.) His first this has afforded Thiele the chance to glorify himself release was a pair of sides by blues pianist Art Hodes, Flying by exaggerating his own importance, he deliberately who was then playing in a local beer garden near the Dutchman has refused to do so. "I don't really want to build up Thiele home in Forest Hills, N.Y. some sort of mystique about my relationship with John Operations steadily expanded, as Thiele recorded Coltrane. It was a very, very friendly and warm rela- such jazz luminaries of the period as James P. Johnson, tionship and, not to sound corny, I think that he opened Continued on page FD -14

FD -12 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD The Real Boss of the Blues

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SWING ERA TO COLTRANE be too far from Edgar Guest for the management of ers. The first NBM releases on Flying Dutchman, if Dot to swallow, and it was decided not to release the nothing else, serve to demonstrate this fact with un- Continued from page FD -12 album. At that point, Thiele decided he had had it -he mistakable clarity. does not easily brook this kind of meddling -and he But in all likelihood, they will do something else the late Pee Wee Russell (one of his earliest idols, along resigned from Dot, taking Steve Allen with him in the besides, as they extend Bob Thiele's more than three - with Goodman), the late Coleman Hawkins, Yank Law- process. From Dot, Thiele went briefly to Roulette, decade involvement with recording the most uncom- son, Eddie Condon, Lester Young, Barney Bigard, Flip where the much -praised Ellington- Armstrong collabora- promising jazz artists into the upcoming 1970s. Indeed, Phillips, Earl Hines, Trummy Young, Dickie Wells and tion was cut. The stint at Roulette was a short one, as given his past accomplishments, it isn't too much to innumerable others. By the end of World War II, it turned out, and by 1961, less than two years after speculate that perhaps the veteran producer has more Thiele, still not quite 25 years old, had branched out leaving Dot, Thiele was offered the leadership of Im- than a few surprises still up his sleeve in a remarkable into straight popular music in addition to jazz, and had pulse, as ABC -Paramount moved to build a separate career that spans the gap from Benny Goodman and enjoyed sufficient success to convince a subsidiary of jazz catalog. Art Hodes to Pharoah Sanders and Horace Topscott General Electric to become national distributor for his It would be conventional, if trite, to say, "The rest and appears none the worse for wear. Signature Recording Corporation. His ambitious plans, is history." As it happens, it would also be untrue, for however, were soon sabotaged by the inevitable eco- the rest is not history-at least not yet. After leaving nomic recession that arrived in the wake of the end of Impulse in 1968/69 to head his own firm once again, THIELE'S TOTAL VIEW the war and the cutback in military spending. Ce plus thus turning the wheel full circle, Thiele has embarked Continued from page FD -3 ça change . . . ! on a new round of jazz recording activity. Some of this, The predictable result was the liquidation of Signa- including his own first Flying Dutchman album, the was regarded as an adulteration of the pure jazz ture and the absorption of Thiele in 1951 by the Bob Thiele Emergency aims at a kind of jazz -rock product." a &r department (we should today call it produc- synthesis, other bands to share this orientation towards The market for jazz, Thiele believes, is building on tion) of Decca. That company released much of the contemporary pop music are those of Tom Scott and an international as well as domestic level, and he regards Signature material as long -playing albums, then still Spontaneous Combustion, a Los Angeles /studio -based this as one more indication of the global orientation of only recently invented, on its Coral and Brtinswick divi- organization led by percussionist Gary Coleman. But the entire music /record industry. sions. Thiele, himself, however, was assigned to produce this is only the beginning and not the end of the new "A great challenge today is the finding and building such pop performers as Don Cornell, Debbie Reynolds, Thiele inventory, inasmuch as the New Black Music, of artists who can sell in all markets of the world," Teresa Brewer (still a Thiele favorite), the McGuire with which Thiele has become so firmly identified in Thiele stated. "Record men and music publishers must Sisters, Steve Allen (another old associate who followed jazz circles, occupies a prominent place in his plans. think along these lines," he said, adding "that many Thiele to Flying Dutchman), Lawrence Welk (a Thiele Two of the first groups signed to Flying Dutchman are, American companies did not as yet fully grasp this. discovery), Buddy Holly, Jimmy Wakefield and others. in fact, those led by Watts artists. The John Carter - Fully one -half the total music market, record -wise and The year 1958 brought a move to a vice presidency Bobby Bradford Quartet is one of them: Bradford was publishing wise, can be the foreign market." and head of a &r at Dot Records, where Thiele con- trumpeter with Omette Coleman for two years in the Thiele's publishing plans in conjunction with Flying tinued with both popular and jazz production. But one early .'60s; Carter was twice the conductor for Coleman Dutchman Productions are already set. They include of his brainstorms unexpectedly culminated in an inci- for a pair of concert appearances in Los Angeles in these firms: JPB Music Corp. (ASCAP), PAB Music dent that led Thiele to split with Dot. Thiele has always the mid -'60s. Together, Carter and Bradford (and their (BMI), Nessie Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Hot Choco- had a taste for recording apparently unlikely combina- sidemen) comprise an impressive team. The other late Music Ltd. (BMI). tions; while at Impulse, for example, he teamed John NBM band is that led by pianist Horace Topscott, who "We are building catalogs of original music of our Coltrane with Duke Ellington; and while at Roulette, has worked with Hampton and Lorez Alexandria, as blues, jazz and pop artists, and our intent by 1970 is to Ellington with Louis Armstrong. With the Beat Gen- well as Carter and Bradford; he is also the founder add personnel and make the song material available on eration at the height of its notoriety in the late 1950s, of Los Angeles' Underground Musician Association. a general basis," Thiele said. Thiele thought to record an album of Jack Kerouac Although as yet it isn't widely realized, there is a com- The catalogs, he added, includes material by Duke reciting the works of several Beat poets backed by the munity of NBM artists in Los Angeles worthy of every Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Gary McFarland, Gabor piano of Steve Allen. The poetry, however, proved to bit as much respect as that accorded the Eastern play- Szabo, Jerry Fielding and others.

Thiele's Mixed Bag

BOB THIELE with one of his big pop suc- FRED ASTAIRE and the McGuire Sisters with Bob Thiele and Johnny cesses, a million seller for Debbie Reynolds Mercer. and "Tammy."

COMEDIAN BUDDY HACKETT, right, with Andy Russell ARTHUR GODFREY, with ukulele and Bob Thiele. A LONG association -Lawrence Welk, center, with Randy and Bob Thiele. Wood and Bob Thiele.

and Gorme, with arranger A REALLY mixed bag, left to right, Thiele, Mickey Mantle, SINGING FOR the a &r director, left to right, Alan Dale, STEVE 'N' EYDIE- Lawrence Teresa Brewer and Dick Jacobs. Buddy Greco, Johnny Desmond -and the a &r man. Dick Jacobs and Thiele. 1969, BILLBOARD FD-14 OCTOBER 18, RAMPARTS EDITOR ROBERT SCHEER'S A NIGHT AT SANTA RITA

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SANTA RITA IS AMERICA, Ramparts editor ROBERT SCHEER'S and that's why this album is so important. This is an album A NIGRT AT that should be dispersed widely, Thanks... like Thomas Paine's broadsides. Flying Dutchman Productions SANTA KITA Share it. Play it at meetings. 41.1111,1Mktifsilitt Bring it into classrooms. RH ATE DHV JAWS RPAVLDIN4:eu-re Play it for parents. for being part of ROSKO yCNMET6RYBYNATHENTDfT the BOB PBODVCEDBY THIEL6 YOU WON'T HEAR IT ON THE AIR Incredible SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE New Excitement YOUR OWN NETWORK. on Decca Records with "The Revolutionary Blues Band" A NIGHT AT SANTA RITA FDS -111

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OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD FD-17 Flying INDUSTRY SERVICE MESSAGE SPONSORED BY Dutchman Contemporary Taste -Blues Heritage LILLIAN SEYFERT The interrelationship of jazz and the blues was a Walter Brown and Dicky Thompson. The understand- fact that survived the segregation of the "race" cata- ing of the connection between jazz and blues was September 29, 1969 logs, and most early jazz enthusiasts were as well in- emphasized in his discerningly chosen supporting groups, formed about the blues as their pocketbooks and avail- which included such notable players as Billy Kyle, ability of the records permitted. Dicky Wells, Tiny Grimes, Pete Brown, Shad Collins Dear Boss, While they were often led to her by the presence of and John Hardee. I just had to get into the act, be- such superior accompanists as Louis Armstrong, Joe In the years that followed, the blues were often Smith, Tommy Ladnier, Frank Newton, Charlie Green, misused and mangled by cash -register policies; but the cause I felt that after working for you Jimmy Harrison, Jack Teagarden, Buster Bailey, Benny strength of their roots is such that they inevitably re- for some years, I should be included Goodman and James P. Johnson, the sovereignty of vived and flourished. Young people here and in Eng- amongst your "friends." Bessie Smith was then unquestioned. She was rec- land "discovered" their essential honesty all over again. for them, too esoteric and ognized not merely as the supreme blues artist, but Where jazz was becoming, What can you wish a man that you worthy pattern for aspiring jazz singers like eccentric, and acid -rock too commercial and blatant, also as a can only feel proud to work for? Just Billie Holiday. the blues spoke of simpler, basic truths in a clear, this, MAY THE DUTCHMAN FLY Bessie Smith's authority resulted from exceptional uncompromising language. There was more variety of natural talent and temperament plus a professionalism accents, certainly, but that was because the blues sang HIGHER AND HIGHER. well as rural, and a relative sophistication acquired through theatrical and cried of woes in urban settings as Her supremacy, in fact, was such that it in British cities as well as American. experience. Love, tended to distract attention from the virtues of lesser Setting up a separate label for the blues was a artists and those with different backgrounds. The pub- typically astute and logical move on Bob Thiel's part. Lil lication of John A. Lomax's book on Leadbelly in 1937 Attuned to contemporary tastes, and familiar with the was undoubtedly important in influencing the broader blues heritage, he anticipated the present burgeoning examination -that has persisted ever since-of the situation with BluesWay while still employed by ABC. blues as folklore. Today, the blues and jazz are con- Now, with his own BluesTime label, he has already tiguous, friendly states with no customs barriers, neither contracted some of the greatest living blues performers, the vassal of the other, yet each with the capability to among them T -Bone Walker, Joe Turner, Eddie (Clean- nourish the other. head) Vinson and Otis Spann. The talents of these, as will be showcased separately Bob Thiele knows all the phases of blues and jazz singers and instrumentalists, as BluesTime is planned to be. The here- today -gone- Walker, Spann and history. Attracted to jazz as a youngster by Benny and in pairings, while Turner, tomorrow principle is inoperable with this kind of be heard together in Goodman, he was soon made aware of the position George (Harmonica) Smith will material. Just as with jazz, so does a demand exist for Black Blues." Bessie Smith occupied when he found his idol accom- a unique, all -star package entitled "Super the re -issue or availability of the best blues recorded in panying her. Subsequently, he investigated those blues Thiele is not, of course, solely concerned with those the past half century. There are quick returns, but series that bore such euphemistic category tags as established proven artists whose potential he knows the blues can also be an excellent long -term invest- "race," "sepia" and "rhythm and blues" on labels like from long experience. On the look out for new groups ment. Since there is no sign of the millenium, it looks Vocalion, Decca and Bluebird. and singers with a contemporary sound and image, he as though blues are not going out of style for a long That he was soon well versed in the blues is in- has already organized and signed the Plaster Caster time to come. also dicated by the fact that among the artists he recorded Blues Band. In this case, too, experience is invaluable, BluesTime, in short, is Now -but yesterday for Signature over twenty years ago were Cousin Joe, for built -in durability is vital to a blues catalog such and tomorrow.

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"What is the Flying Dutchman ?" The name belongs to a new the popular Steve Allen who has recorded a number of tunes record production company, headed by Bob Thiele. arranged by Oliver Nelson; a Los Angeles jazz /rock group appropriately called Spontaneous Combustion; young multi - As indicative of his long- standing involvement with avant - reedman genius Tom Scott, also of Southern California; Stan- garde jazz as the producer of John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, ley Crouch, a Watts poet whose work has been anthologized Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman, Thiele has already signed in several recent collections of black poetry; and Jon Appleton, and recorded a pair of Watts -based black music groups, the director of electronic music at Dartmouth College. Flying Horace Tapscott Quintet and the John Carter -Bobby Bradford Dutchman has recorded a two -album set directed by Thiele Quartet. Tapscott has for several years been a key figure in himself, to be released as the Bob Thiele Emergency. Watts cultural organizations and self -help projects for Los In be Esther Marrow from Angeles underground musicians. Bobby Bradford spent a num- addition to all of these, sure to dig ber of years with Ornette Coleman's group, and Carter has Newport News, Virginia. She is a black soul singer destined to become an star! Dig Ron conducted for Coleman during his recent appearances with a international guitarist Anthony's symphony orchestra in Los Angeles. Oh! Calcutta! and Rosko's A Night at Santa Rita which can't be played on the air, but as Nat Hentoff says, "I cannot con- Besides these burgeoning avant -garde jazzmen, Thiele has ceive of a more important album than this being released this signed a number of other artists to Flying Dutchman, including year." You'd better Fly with the Flying Dutchman!

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A one pected to participate in the an- tors will have to the opportunity dais as operators fired questions. and a half-minute record won't WASHINGTON -A congres- nual convention -exhibit of the to attend a series of discussions Hoffman, responding to ques- play on a jukebox if it isn't hit sional tug of war over whether a National Automatic Merchandis- and speeches during the four -day tions about stereo singles and material. The long cut is part of commemorative Eisenhower sil- ing Association (NAMA), which event. Meeting discussions, un- is sil- overly long records, took note the freedom of creativity we're ver dollar to be 40 percent is scheduled to get under way der the title of "Better Ways for of the fact that record manu- ver or cupro- nickel, is holding up seeing in music today -a Blood, here Saturday (18) at the River - Vending," will center on profit - facturers were being confronted Sweat & Tears record will get legislation to mint nonsilver half gate exhibition hall. (Continued on page 49, during the meeting in a direct more jukebox play than a 58- dollars and nonsilver dollars manner. "We normally do not second record by some unknown badly needed in commercial see so many operators, since you group." use, and particularly by coin - Airtown Accelerates Pace men deal with one -stops and Hoffman told the jukebox op- operated businesses. one -stops deal with distributors. erators that they were seeing The House last week failed to pass legislation (H.R. 14127) to For the Jukebox Market I I I I I I I I I I I l I I I l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 11 111 I I I I songs II IIII If HI Il II Il Ill Ill Il I Il I llI lI I Ill l I I I Iii I I. "better than you've heard in the past" and that the biggest carry out the recommendations RICHMOND, Ind. -Airtown tors of America (MOA} Exposi- STRIKE ENDS problem for a record company of the Banking and Currency Records is moving on several tion in Chicago, Airtown had an was not in deciding on produc- Committee and the Joint Corn- fronts in its attempt to establish exhibit and featured Wills and IN CHICAGO ing stereo singles, but "creating mission on the Coinage, for the itself in the jukebox market. Hines in the banquet show. The hits." He said, "We made a sandwich -type coins of cupro- The label, which has adopted label has already announced that CHICAGO -At presstime last nickel already in use for quar- week, a strike here between 33 mailing to operators asking if the slogan of "Go Airtown for (Continued on page 48) vending they wanted stereo singles. We ters and dimes, and ending all the Jukebox Sound," currently companies and Local use of silver in U.S. coins. 761 of the International Brother- received a tremendous response. has three jukebox 45's in medley hood of Teamsters appeared to (Continued on page 46) (Continued on page 48) form. Selling coast to coast, the Many Games be just a matter of hours away records feature Tommy Wills, from a complete settlement. sax artist; Billy Smith, Ham- As of Monday night, Oct. 6, mond organist; and Dumpy For Arcades Rice, pianist. the union had reached agree- CHICAGO -Several new ex- ment with companies paying Airtown will soon release a Little LP from Wills' latest al- hibitors displayed arcade or drivers by hourly wage. How- arcade -type equipment at the re- ever, ARA Services, which ac- bum, "Soulful Moods of Man With a Horn." The company has cent Music Operators of America counts for about half of the (MOA) exposition here. Others vending machine sales in the already received advance orders on it for more than 1,000 copies. showed new or modified models Chicago area, remained out of of skill games. business pending further negotia- Later this month, two record- ing sessions will be held at Air - The Auto Photo Co., Los An- tions. ARA is one of the few geles, a division of Photome In- companies that pays its drivers town. One release will be a single by Wills, a follow -up to ternational Ltd., London, re- by commission. SERIOUS BUSINESS. The above photograph illustrates the concern turned to the MOA after an ab- of jukebox operators during a lively seminar at the Music Operators his jukebox medley of "Crying Meanwhile, Commissioner sence of four years with proto- Douglas Brown of the Federal of New York meeting last week where programming and security were Time/ Release Me." The other much- debated subjects. will be a single by Sonny Hines, types of two new studios. A Mediation and Conciliation Serv- color photo studio which de- ice said Wednesday he recording several of Nat King (8) that hits with updated velops four head shots: in four was hopeful of a complete settle- Cole's greatest Julius Sturm Leaves FAMA arrangements. The two singles minutes drew more operator in- ment by that evening. The agree- terest than either of the corn - ment with TALLAHASSEE, Fla Julius past three and one -half years. are scheduled to be released in the hourly rate em- - November. pany's other machines. ployers provides for an immedi- Sturm, executive director of the Meanwhile, the association of Photome has selected the Carnival Motor Meanwhile, Airtown has been Martin Jenner ate 85 cents an hour raise to Florida Amusement & Music said that the color machines are Association (FAMA), has an- Inn in Daytona Beach as the sampling operators with return $4.25 and an additional 25 cents request cards. According to the being tested in selected locations on Oct. 1, 1970. nounced his resignation Oct. 31. site for its 1970 convention. Committee chairman for the company, this practice has been in the U.S. and Europe and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi Sturm has held the post for the to for convention is Sol Tabb. very beneficial. have yet be either priced (Continued page 47) FAMA recently held a board At the recent "Music Opera- on of directors meeting in Tierre Verde. Those who attended in- New Equipment cluded James Tolisano, Wesley Lawson, Herman Owen, A. W. Fallin, Gleason Stambaugh Jr.. New Equipment James Mullins, Eli Ross, Ron Rood, Bert Leeflang, George Peeples. Tommy McKewan, J.T. Elkins, Charles Crum and Har- vey Duckett. Mullins, chairman of the board, presided over the meeting. Mo. Council Honors Fling KANSAS CITY, Mo. - John Fling, first president of the Mis- souri Coin Machine Council, was honored here Oct. 7 at a meeting of the association held at the Quality Motel. The featured speaker was Mu- sic Operators of America presi- dent Lou Ptacek, who paid trib- ute to Fling: "Just 20 years ago, John was the gentleman who made it possible for me to get on the MOA board. Later, we got our Kansas association off the ground, following what he had done in Missouri." In his address, Ptacek told the Missouri members that phase II Seeburg- Stereo Consolette of the MOA public relations pro- gram would soon be put into A NEW "CAROUSEL" provides easier and faster title selection with operation but he declined to spell Williams -2- player football game Seeburg's stereo consolette. The innovation permits instant, effortless Out any details. Ptacek will of- viewing of all 160 music titles. The consolette also boasts an "all - WILLIAMS' GRIDIRON is available in regular and novelty models and coin accumulator," a new speaker system and easy installation and ficially launch the program at features four quarters of simulated football play. The 2- player game service. A new hinged front makes title changing an easy job, while the November meeting of the offers plenty of fast action with kick -offs, fumbles, interceptions, re- the integrated micro -circuitry is easily accessible from the front for Music Operators of Virginia in coveries, conversions, field goals and touchdowns. Optional features service with no special tools required. Richmond. include single, double or triple chutes and individual lift -out coin trays. OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 45 that me company turns the cdr Billboard (Continued on page 50) See your distributor or write BALLY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 2640 BELMONT AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60618, U.S.A. OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD Coin Machine NPAN

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Label Executives Pace Lively MONY Seminar Continued from page 46 alarms and locks to distributors. That a during the evening, all the record communication gap exists executives pointed out between operators and manufac- that this turers seemed evident was a creative factor in today's from the market. "This contradictory statements made creativity is part during of the youth revolution and rec- the discussion. ord companies cannot control "It's asinine to sit here and the artists' creativity. If the talk about the cost of security Beatles feel they need four min- devices," said Irving Kaye, a utes in which to make an artistic pool table manufacturer and statement this is what they want major stockholder in Bally to do." Manufacturing Corp. "Will you During the discussion on rec- operators pay for this kind of equipment? If you want ords, Hoffman said Epic had not good THE ROCK -OLA 440 shared the produced Little LP's "in the past security devices we will give you spotlight with models Agnes Ka- nine months. The minute we three doors and locks, but we're taoka (left) and Yuki Amaniya MORE THAN 20,000 persons attended the Japan Coin Machine Show feel that a switch in our policy not talking about a bell and a (right) at the Sega exhibit. which was held Sept. 18 -21 at the Osaka Municipal Exhibition Hall. will be profitable we will make battery -you apparently need The event was sponsored jointly by the Nippon Amusement Machine the switch and start producing good security features." Manufacturers Association (NAMA) and the Japan Recreation Equip- Little LP's." As the discussion on security ment Association (JREA). The direct communication be- problems brought emotional re- sponses tween operator and manufac- from all sides of the 1111100 turer, as exhibited during the dis- room, Murray Kaye, Atlantic cussion on records, was also ap- New York Corp., said, "We've parent as the subject of security had a double security door fea- flared up again and again. Al ture on our phonograph and I Denver, MONY president, told would venture to say we haven't operators to write manufacturers sold a dozen of these security directly but to send carbons of accessories." their letters pleading for burglar At one point Tommy Greco, Glaseo, New York, rose and said, "You're all missing the point about breakins. We're not BUY! so concerned with the breakins after closing -our problem is METAL TYPERS the breakin that occurs in the middle of the afternoon as four Vending Aluminum or five guys group around a IDENTIFICATION jukebox and break the door in." Someone shouted: "Yeah. It's MODEL YUKI AMAMIYA and Sega DISC the bartenders." For a moment president David Rosen are shown there was general agreement that here with the company's new rac- WHY! two types of breakins plagued ing game, Derby Day. 1. LIFE -TIME INCOME the industry, the daytime breakin THE SEGA BOOTH was well- staffed at the recent Japan Coin Machine the in Osaka. 2. TROUBLE -FREE and midnight breakin. Some- Exhibition Shown here, from left to right, are Ted Hollie, OPERATION one even told of an employee special assistant to management; John Kano, operations division direc- suggesting that a jukebox he tor; Yuki Amamiya, model; Agnes Kataoka, model; Shunichi Shiina, 3. ONLY 18 "x18" electrified so that the next morn- sales division director, and David Rosen, president. TANDARD ARVARD ing after a burglary "there will be a corpse." Every operator in METAL TYPE R. ene. attendance seemed to have his 1318 N. WESTERN AVE. own horror story concerning CHICAGO 22, ILL. EV 4 -3120 security.

, GO All Machines AIRTOWN Ready for Location JUKE BOX SOUND C.C. All American Basketball $300.00 -45 s- OPERATORS converge on the new Seeburg 200 selection wall box 29.50 Seeburg DS -100 345.00 CRYING TIME RELEASE ME Seeburg phonograph. Criss -Cross Skee -Ball 195.00 Medley by TOMMY WILLS AMI Continental 2 -100 185 -00 JB #2001 AMI Photoviewers with all attachments 445.00 HIGH & MIGHTY Seeburg 220 195.00 SECOND TIME AROUND Many Games AMONG AMERICAN GAMES dis- SEGA PRESIDENT DAVID ROSEN Seeburg LSI 845.00 played by Sega at the 1969 Japan is shown here competing with Medley by 630 Starlite -27 column 195.00 Coin Machine Show was Williams' model Agnes Kataoka on the Smokeshop V 45.00 36 BILLY "HAMMOND" SMITH Paddock. Model Yuki Amamiya company's new Gun Fight Smokeshop V 27 30.00 For Arcades game. Williams Apollo 185.00 JB #2002 dressed for the occasion. Bally Blue Ribbon 195.00 ST. LOUIS BLUES Continued from page 47 Bally 50 -50 85.00 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Bally Discotek 115.00 Bally Dixieland 215.00 Medley by lection process over to the dis- C.C. All -Stars 295.00 DUMPY "PIANO" RICE tributors. JB #2003 Sega Enterprises Ltd. displayed AIRTOWN RECORD ENTERPRISES, a Missle Firing and Tracking LLe1,11jOneS Distributing to. INC. game which guides fired missies P.O. BOX 937 to their targets by a simulated Exclusive Wurlitrer Distributor Richmond, Indiana 47374 radar system a 1311 N. Capitol Ave. Phone (317) 966 -6118 and Grand Prix . driving game, in Indianapolis, Ind. Custom Pressed by which the MERCURY player can control the speed of Tel.: MElrose 5 RICHMOND, INDIANA -1593 the racing car by use of a gas pedal. Collisons are accompanied irr by a crash sound and impact ELECTRIC SCOREBOARDS . . 2 Models movement of the steering wheel. Eyclusit)e OVERHEAD MODEL Cointronics exhibited an Inter- Importers (Natural finish hardwood COIN BOX ceptor game with challenges cabinet) For use on coin the operated de- player to destroy invading OF THE ORIGINAL GERMAN FOOTBALL GAME Two -faced. Scores 15 -21 vices of oil missies before they reach their DUESCHER MEISTER LUXUS BY ATOMATENBAU and /or 50 pts. kinds. . . F.O.B. Chicago targets. Midway's Sea Raider FOERSTER FUERTH BAVARIA Heavy - duty, 5169.50 made of steel gives the illusion of firing tor- with ,dark pedoes at ship targets. The torpe- COMPLETE GAME AND COMPONENT PARTS SIDE -MOUNT MODEL... $249.50 brown baked enamel fin- STOCKED IN THE U S FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ish. Avail. for 100 or 25t does are represented by lights EACH model also has these features: operation. Large coin ca- moving across the screen and the 10/ 1- player or 2- player by simple pacity w/ Notional Rejec- DEALERSHIP AND FRANCHISE plug switchover. Also 2 for 25ç tors. Size 8" x 16" x 4 ". `enemy' vessels are sighted by play. Easily serviced. Electric counter optional. use of a periscope. Explosion ef- INVITED "Come Over" light flashes on at INQUIRIES end of game. Terms: !.'; dep., bal. C.O.D. or S.D fects accompany the destruction coin EBSCO BUILDING Large metal box -holds $500 7 of a vessel. EBSCB in dimes. MARVEL Mfg. Company mauslrles. RED BANK. N. J. 07701 2845 W. Fullerton, Chicago, III. 60647 Chicago Coin displayed its Inc. (201) 741 -4300 Request billiard supplies catalog Phone (312) 342 -2424 Speedway game, complete with lzáfiarEEEPPrllaRTIPOcJ1PF2-5_1 ffE.m o realistic driving illusions. 50 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD Advertisement I Musical Instruments Personality Song Books Anthony & Imperials Change GAMA Report Presents Image by Adding Instruments A Healthy Guitar Outlook Music of Today- Brimhall CHICAGO -Anthony and the been the trademark of the CHICAGO-Guitar playing is of approximately $130 million, by Jude Porter Imperials, a group that today's United Artists Records' record- once again on the upswing, ac- only $4 million below the 1965 over 25- year -old audiences re- ing group. As an example, early cording to the Guitar and Acces- record high. GAMA points out member primarily for the vocal in the act the group sings eight sories Manufacturers Association that there was little question in TUNE -IN TO TEMPO . . . treatment on such hit recordings bars of "Tears My Pillow" on (GAMA). the music industry, at that point, Lots of new and exciting "sounds" as "Tears on My Pillow," is and then repeats it along with In its findings, the association that guitar sales would stay building a new image with the other 1964- vintage numbers later notes that there has been a sus- above the million -unit level for are 'makin' music' ... both in mass audience in mind; much of in the act. tained upswing in guitar interest a long time -if not forever. your customer's homes and in the building process concerns the "People have never heard these since mid -1967 when annual According to GAMA, the ac- YOUR register!! Hoist your profit addition of new instrumentation. numbers with all the new instru- sales for that year looked like cessories firms have also done

climb to unexpected heights . . . In time, all three of the Im- ments that obviously were not in they might dip below the million - well since 1964, with many ac- perials will play guitars, accord- use during the group's forma- unit level for the first time in cessories manufacturers growing be on top of the times! ing to conductor Harold Jenkins, tive years. The same could be four years. Sales that year ended as fast or faster than almost who pointed out that Anthony said for the Hammond B3 organ, at 1,040,000 guitars and the re- every other part of the musical Here's the latest . . They've up- himself, given at times to grab a he added. tail dollar volume was $115 instrument industry. The Ameri- set the apple- cart" in England tamborine as his famous group "The B3 has really given us a million. can accessories firms that tradi- (A for APPLE) . . and all the builds up to the excitement of full sound, especially at college Sales in 1968 climbed to tionally do the bulk of the "Let the Sunshine In," a num- concerts where we do not have 1,310,000 units at a retail value quality guitar and accessories groovy "apples" are rollin' your ber from "Hair" that serves as a an orchestra backing us up," business report that, while sales way! Just to spotlight a few . climax for the act. Jenkins said. The group's sound slowed down after record guitar for the pickin' . . Appearing here at the Sher- will probably be further enlarged year in 1965, accessory sales man House before embarking on during the upcoming concerts as W. Coast Assn. did not decline. The reason is HARE KRISHNA MANTRA a month -long college tour, the Collins and Strain introduce believed to be that young guitar- group is backed up by the Peter their guitars. ists generally stay with guitars and Palmer Orchestra, along with the longer than with other instru- PRAYER TO THE SPIRITUAL Imperials own percussionists Pat To Represent ments and that their guitars are Sharard and organist Mickey in constant use. MASTERS Tucker. Anthony is careful to The GAMA report also notes Both describe Sharard as a "percus- that guitar unit sales have in- tunes are done by (are you sionist and Jenkins acknowl- Publishers creased approximately 300 per- ready ? ?) - The Randa Krishna edged the versatility that the cent since 1962, while all other temple!! term implied. Tucker is also ver- LOS ANGELES - The West major instrument unit sales com- satile, playing piano on such Coast Publishers Association has bined showed a gain of only 13 Also in this "bin- . . numbers as "Theme From Exo- been set up here to represent percent. For the same period, dus" and "Granada." music publishers who do not the annual retail sales of guitars THE FIELDS OF ST. ETIENNE Equally versatile is Kenny maintain offices in the city. Red rose 310 percent, while the com- (Mary Hopkin) Seymour, newest member of the Steagall and Richard Burns are bined retail value of all other group and vocal the arranger, operating the new enterprise. major instruments (pianos, or- BIG HOT HIT SOUNDS . . . who plays sitar, piano, vibes and Clients already include the Shel- gans, band and orchestral instru- three different guitars, including by Singleton publishing firms, ments, accordions) rose 45 per- YOU FOOL (Eddy Arnold) what Seymour calls his favorites Terrace Music, Bluecrest Mu- cent. RING OF BRIGHT WATER -a Les Paul Gibson. Seymour sic, Combine Music, and Clyde (Dee Dee Warwick) also uses the Wa Wa pedal and Otis' Eden Music, among others. fuzz tone, which Jenkins credits Burns and Steagall were in 4 THAT SEE ME LATER LOOK as giving the group a new image New York last week searching (Bonnie Guitar) C &W both musically and in terms of for songs for Jimmy Bowen's SLUM BABY choreography. Amos Records. Baritone Clarence (Booker T. & The M.G.'s) Collins and DAN ARMSTRONG is shown here "Our philosophy is not to wait first tenor Sammy Strain also for the checking the first Dan Armstrong publisher to come to us," BILLBOARD -MELODY MAKER ... play guitar. Collins adds signifi- guitars ready for delivery. Manu- Burns said. "The reason is that cantly to the group's approach factured and distributed by the Amos' production firm has Trade Papers (especially the mu Ampeg to all types of music when he, Co., the instruments were about 40 artists and we need sic trades) are read unanimous- for example, plays the cow bells first introduced to the public and at least 400 songs a year for during "Look of Love." Jenkins music dealers at the American the singles and albums we ly on both sides of the Atlantic. Music Dealers Industry Exhibit turn pointed out that the use vari- particularly in England, and it of in Las Vegas and later at the out. Publishers tend to send you ous accessories gives a new di- National Association of Music the type of tune they think you would amaze you how closely re- mension to songs that have long Merchants Show in might use. But there's no such Chicago. lated the chart lists are! Just as thing as a 'Jimmy Bowen tune' any more. We cover every the English Charts are permeated field, including soul, pop, rock, by American artists and their hits , and country BEST SELLING music." ... (these Charts are listed in is the Melody Maker), so are the Bowen the key producer LIEBERMAN MUSIC CO. in Min for the firm, but Tom Thacker, neapolis is using wallpaper like Billboard Charts filled with Brit- Mike Post, and Burns also arc this to help promote music for ish artists! "Watch" all of the producing. the wholesaler. O IOS songs from "Promises Promises" BEST SELLING ALL ORGAN/ (the Bacharach and David stage PORTABLE CHORD ORGAN Audio Magnetics' $ Deal production which opened in Lon- LOS ANGELES - Audio Sound Electronic, nine-year- don) hit the English charts as Title- Publisher Magnetics, blank tape manufac- old company, produces cartridges they did in the U.S.A. (Note:) Hats turer, is providing expansion and cassettes under the Bel capital to Sound Electronic Clear, Chantecler and other off to Burt and Hal for a truly ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS -All Organ Specialties, Ltd., a Toronto - private labels. The firm also has International SMASH!!! (Big 3) based tape producer. capabilities to produce instru- In exchange for the invest- mentation tapes and plastic WALLICHS MUSIC CITY REPORTS ment, Audio Magnetics has been components for cartridges and HYMNS WE LOVE Organ (Big THE WINNERS . . . -AII 3) given an option on all or part cassettes. of the common stock of the Audio Magnetics will be given EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' (OP)* HYMNS WE LOVE- Portable Chord Organ Canadian company. representation on the Sound (Big 3) Audio Magnetics can exer- Electronic board of directors. EASY TO BE HARD (OP) cise its acquisition option at any The Canadian company is pri- DIDN'T WE time during the next three years. vately owned by Elias Hawa, ROMEO & JULIET LOVE THEMES -All Organ president; Douglas Ashley, man- BOTH SIDES NOW (Hansen) vice ufacturing president, and JEAN CBS & Reeves Fred Howard, sales vice presi- dent. SUGAR, SUGAR 70 SUPER BLOCKBUSTERS FOR '70- Agree on Terms ROMEO & JULIET (Mancini) All Organ (Hansen) NEW YORK - Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., and GAMES PEOPLE PLAY 70 SUPER BLOCKBUSTERS FOR '70- Reeves Industries, Inc., have IS THAT ALL THERE IS (OP) Portable Chord Organ (Hansen) agreed in principle on the terms Billboard for CBS to acquire for cash and A TIME FOR US notes the business and substan- Has the ..':IN "sine story WITH MY LOVE -All Organ (Big 3) tially all of the assets of Reeves' Happy music to all!!! Soundcraft division. Soundcraft, on WITH MY LOVE- Portable Chord Organ located in Danbury, Conn., is a GOLD MARK ASSOCIATES PUBLIC RELATIONS (Big 3) manufacturer of high -quality au- diomagnetic tape and related New York -Beverly Hills- London products. Billboard°""' OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 51 cLassiFie MART EasyP as BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SITUATIONS WANTED USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: BALLY BINGOS ANI) POSITION WANTED AS SALESMAN. Bally Slots. Also for sale: Jennings, 20 years' experience in operation and Mills, Pace Slots and Uprights, Consoles. NEEDED INVESTOR sales of all coin -operated equipment. Wanted to buy: Uprights and Bingos. P. O. Box 414, Madison, Ind. 47250. oc18 Bally Distributing Co., P. O. Box 7457, or possibly: Reno, Nev. Phone: (702) 323 -6157. not Listening INVESTOR /PARTNER These are best selling middle -of- the -road singles compiled from DISTRIBUTING SERVICES SCHOOLS & INSTRUCTIONS national retail sales and radio station air play listed in rank order. 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Y. 10036 O 15 Center chimney offers' 4 fireplaces, 13 Cuff Links, Decca 32533 (Vanlee /Emily, 1 1 2 1 no22 in of the upstairs bedrooms, ASCAP) in the master suite on the first floor, National Record Promotion 1 each in the den and living room. 17 20 SUSPICIOUS MINDS 3 21/2 a 2 garage and fully IYou - baths, -car Record It -We'll Plug It) AFTER. HOURS POETRY-READ 14 Elvis Presley, RCA 47 -9764 (Press, BMI) equipped modern kitchen complete Music Makers Promotion Network around the world. Nothing else like it. the amenities of this attractive * New York City Send $1 to Jake Trussell, Box 951, Kings- house. * ville, Tex. not THE 4 20 Years' Dependable Service O 20 33 34 DRIFTER Phone: (617) 428 -5228 Brite Star, Cleveland, Ohio Steve Lawrence, RCA 74 -0237 (Irving, BMI) P. O. Box 151 BLACK COMPOSER Singer (R & B, Covering All Major Cities, Nashville, Jazz)- seeks persons to West Barnstable, Mass. 02668 Pop, Gospel, GO HOME 5 oc18 Chicago, Hollywood, Etc. finance record label; money borrowed 19 23 28 DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANNA DISTRIBUTION ARRANGED on orders from distributors; 25-50% in- 16 Joe South, Capitol 2592 (Lowery, BMI) $500 MAJOR RECORD LABEL CONTACTS terest repaid within 90 days; O minimum. Contact Leonard Boatman, 14 10 11 MUDDY MISSISSIPPI LINE 10 NATIONAL RADIO & T.V. COVERAGE P. O. Box 4175, Gary, Ind. 46404. HELP WANTED BOOKING AGENT CONTACTS Bobby Goldsboro, United Artists 50565 (Detail, BMI) MAGAZINE -NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY DIVORCE: LEGAL, MEXICAN, SPEEDY! RECORD PRESSING Detailed, authoritative information, in- 30 SHANGRI -LA 2 / - - MOVIE PROMOTION CONTACTS cluding required documents, $2 (refund- Lettermen, Capitol 2643 (Robbins, ASCAP) COPYRIGHT POSITION able). Abel, Box 61, Cuidad Juarez. `, Music listening organization has General Office: Mexico. no8 opening for person with experience 209 Stahlman Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. 22 27 31 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE 4 in copyright department of music Mailing Address: (Tree, BMI) 14881 Ohio FREE CIRCULAR - HARD -TO -FIND 19 Winstons, Metromedia 142 publisher or similar. Overlook Dr., Newbury, old -time Country Record Albums, Fid- 19 Knowledge of French helpful. Salary Send All Records for Review to: dle Tunes, etc. Such artists as the 21 24 I STILL BELIEVE IN TOMORROW .. 3 14881 - open. Excellent benefits. Brite -Star, Overlook, legendary J. E. 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NATURAL BORN WOMAN (Steve Marriott) HUMBLE PIE Arranged & Produced Humble Pie M y. F O 6y RECORDS G 2MMEOIATE Sherman Designs Studio, WB Pub Deal Sees Operation Set by Dec. With Big Sky LOS ANGELES - Vocalist is thinking of creating a room NEW YORK -Warner Bros. Bobby Sherman has designed his for small groups with a psycho- Music will administer all pub- own 16 -track recording studio. logical mood that will inspire lishing activities of Bob Dylan's Sherman, one of Metromedia their performances. One such Big Sky Music in the U.S. and Records first hot artists, will touch will be to install a spot- Canada. George Lee, vice presi- hand -construct many of the com- light to recreate the feeling of dent and general manager of ponents. He is looking for a working live onstage. Sherman Warner Bros. Music, explained building locally to house the will incorporate features in the that the firm now represents all equipment and hopes to have it studio which appeal to him as Albert Grossman publishing en- in operation by the end of the an artist. To achieve an atmos- terprises with folios slated for year. For his new studio, Sher- phere of freedom, he said, a Janis Joplin and the Band. man will hire an engineer who client who rents the studio from Warner Bros. also is conclud- will be paid on a session basis. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. will not have ing publishing arrangements with There will be no clocks any- to leave if there is more work to Reprise's Fifth Avenue Band. where to force people to operate be completed. "I just won't rent The company also is lining up KENNY GAMBLE, seated at the desk, reviews pictures to be used in exclusive rights a folio based under pressure, he said. Sher- the room after 5 p.m.," Sherman the promotion of Gamblie & Huff's new group, the New Direction. Left to man talks of building his studio said. "This way people won't to right are Eddie Warhoftig, business manager for Gamble & Huff; on Rod McKuen's Carnegie Hall with a living room environment. feel rushed because it's getting Karen Nomura, Chess publicity department; and Chester Simmons, concert and also to the McKuen He plans to install low -keyed close to 5 p.m. It will really les- national promotion director for Chess. songs recorded by Frank Sinatra lighting ( "not psychedelic ") and sen the pressure." in the "A Man Alone" album on Reprise. Middle Road Blue Thumb Fontana's Giant Route for Southwind Push Push on Blond CHICAGO Fontana Rec- LOS - ANGELES -Having be- LiPuma has been working with ords is employing one of its gun a series of promotions with them for several months as a heaviest promotion and mer- rock oriented stations, Blue third ear to ascertain what their chandising campaigns to launch Thumb is now turning to the sonic direction should be. The its new Swedish act, Blond. middle of the road broadcaster. rado promotions which Graham Print and radio ads are bring- The company plans develop- will work up will tie in the ing attention to the rock -oriented ing a series of promotions for station with the music and the group's first LP, "Blond," which Southwind, the first act which performers. was just released a deluxe general manager Don Graham in package. Also available is a sing - says crosses over between the gle, "Deep Inside My Heart." rock and the middle of the road Beverly Hills According to Lou Simon, cor- stations. SERGIO MENDES receives two gold records from Jerry Moss for the poration vice president for sales Graham will be contacting A &M albums "Fool on the Hill" and "Equinox." The Brazilian musician -and marketing, the group's pend- program a has RIAA certified gold records. directors to develop Records Sold four other ing William Morris- booked tour, list of events at which the coun- which try oriented should begin before the band could nlay, LOS ANGELES Recently end of the year, also will be like the series of charity - events formed Beverly Hills Records, 'Liberalism' Opens Doors backed by a major publicity in San Francisco KSAO spon- the record arm of Beverly Hills campaign. sors. Studios, has been sold to Mor- The group, managed by Rich- Graham has already worked ris I. Diamond, the label's ex- In Educational Market ard Reese -Edwards of London's several promotions with broad- ecutive vice president. Impact Music of Scandinavia casters for the British soft rock The cash -stock transaction in- LOS ANGELES -A growing forms in triplicate. The label's Ltd., consists of Goran Lager - duo, Tyrannosaurus Rex. cludes the studio's two publish- liberalism among educators to regular distributors never got in- berg, vocals and bass; Bjorn In both instances, Graham ing firms, Tara Music and Bev- allow more forms of music in volved in these markets because Linder, vocals, guitar, piano and customized his "T. Rex" pro- erly- Culver Music. their classrooms, has opened a of the small order patterns. organ; Lasse Svensson, vocals motion to the station. In each Initial product under the com- new market for popular albums. Warners has solved this prob- and drums; instance, contest winners and Anders Nordh, were pany's new ownership is a sin- As a result of this develop- lem by retaining an educational lead guitar, piano and organ. flown to see "T. Rex" perform gle by Jaye P. Morgan, "Love ment, schools are starting to market specialist, Carl Post, who at a concert. Nashville station of a Gentle Man." Other acts purchase albums by such art- will display the Warner /Re- WMAK ran a contest to bring a on the label ists as Arlo and Jimi prise catalogs at educational Merc's Print, Radio winner are Buddy Davis Guthrie (plus a station person- and Doodle Faulk, the Cinema, Hendrix, said Joel Friedman, conventions. Post is already of- Ads Go to Frank ality) to the recent New Orleans the Geneva Convention, Shay Warner Bros. Records marketing fering the company's fall re- Pop Festival. KPRI -FM in San Dennis and Denny Vaughan. vice -president. leases to school systems. He em- CHICAGO-The Marvin H. Diego ran a contest with the Beverly Hills In previous school sys- ploys regional salesmen who call Frank Co. has been retained by winner flying Records has a years, to Los Angeles nonexclusive tape contract with tems avoided buying music by on the buyers of records at local the Mercury Record Corp. to along with program director Ron GRT. form of school boards and colleges. handle all print and radio ad- Middag singers offering any to see the duo perform message, Friedman said. The vertising. Robert Smith, vice - at the Experience. emphasis was on ordering the Oracle 'Wind' Push president of the Chicago-based The Southwind is the first Soundview Studios classics or non -controversial per- ad agency, will report directly produced by On 'Titanic' Cut Tommy LiPuma Opens in Long formers. to Lou Simon, Mercury's vice since joining the company as a Island BROOKLINE, Mass. Ora- president for sales and market- partner. The Southwind While such companies as Cap- - quintet's KINGS PARK, N. itol have operated formal ed- cle Records' major promotional ing, on all matters relating to debut LP is "Ready to Ride." Y.- Soundview Studios, an 8 -track ucational departments with reg- campaign on Jamie Brockett's advertising for artists on the recording facility intended es- ularly scheduled release pro- "Remember the Wind and the Mercury family of labels. Buttercup Will Be pecially for independent record grams, Warners never had the Rain" album will center on the Handled By Buddah producers, has opened here. personnel or desire to handle cut "U.S.S. Titanic." Operating the studio is London this market. The educational Included will be trade ads, Intrepid Acquires NEW YORK - Teddy Ran - Productions and Louis Lofredo (and library) fields are tradi- life preservers with "U.S.S. Ti- Master of 'Baby' dazzo's Buttercup Records will tanic" for deejays, distributors, Associates, an independent :. rec- tionally small order markets in- NEW YORK -Intrepid Rec- be distributed by the Jubilee ord production firm. volving filling out requisition and key members of the press; group of labels, according to and in -store displays. Radio spots ords has obtained the master of Mickey Eichner, vice president, are being prepared for college "When a Woman Has a Baby" and director of a &r and na- and underground stations. An by the Student Body, which was tional promotion for Jubilee advertising campaign for under- writen and produced by Arnold Records. ground press is also mapped. Capitanelli and Robert O'Con- Randazzo, producer - writer - nor for Arnold J. Productions. arranger, is the writer of "Hurt Chess Handles Head So Bad," a Letterman chart 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111WIIIIIIl111111 item, No. 21 on the Hot 100 In North America this week. Randazzo will super- CHICAGO - Chess Pro- LORBER SLATES vise Buttercup recording activi- ducing Corp. has reached agree- ties and develop new talent. The ment with Head Records for GROUPIE BOOK first product on Buttercup is ex- exclusive distribution rights of NEW YORK-Alan Lorber, pected next month. the label's product in North producer of Earth Records' America. "The Groupies" album, has pre- Roi -Roberts in The pact was engineered by pared a book on the subject, Chess vice president Marshall which will be released this fall. Expansion Move Chess and Head director John West Coast Publications is han- NEW YORK - Roi- Roberts Curd. The first releases from the dling the book for music, record Associated Music, a publishing label will be two albums, "Har- and educational distribution, firm, has been formed by Roi - vey Matusow's Jew Harp Band" with Random House handling Roberts Talent Enterprises here. and "Mighty Baby." it for regular book channels. Headed by Phil Roi, president, The book includes a tran- and Dave Roberts, vice presi- London, 'Billy' Tie script of the disk, excerpts from dent and treasurer, the organiza- MRS. MONIQUE I. PEER, president of Peer-Southern Music Organiza- a recent "David Susskind Show" tion, honored NEW YORK -London Rec- tion will specialize in country the ASCAP Board with -a dinner party at her home in has showing groupies featured in Hollywood Hills. Left to right are GeOrge Hoffman, ords acquired U.S. release and standard pop, but also will assistant to the rights for "Which Way You the album, stills from a new branch president, ASCAP; Ralph Peer II, vice president, Peer -Southern; Mrs. and other ma- into rock 'n' roll and Peer; Herman Finkelstein, the Society's counsel; Stanley Adams, Goin' Billy," by the Poppy groupie movie, soul music. Bob Plummer is president of ASCAP (seated); and Lucky Carle, professional manager, Family, which was produced by terial. manager and a &r director. Peer -Southern. Terry Jacks of Winnipeg. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll11lIlIIIIl1IIIIIIl11111111111I111111111111W1111111111111 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 57 Country Music Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 10/18/69 OUR THANKS TO THE .Hot EVER GROWING COUNTRY AND WESTERN INDUSTRY! Nashville Country LPs * STAR Performer -LP's registering proportionate upward progress this week. Scene Artist and /or Selection featured on The Music Scene," ABCTV Network This Last Weeks on Week Week TITLE, Artist, Label & Number Chart By BILL WILLIAMS 1 1 JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN 16 . Chuck Woolery of Cedarwood Columbia CS 9827 (S) Publishing has produced a new session for Diana Duke for Dollie 5 TAMMY WYNETTE'S GREATEST HITS 7 Productions.... Johnny Duncan's Tammy Wynette, Epic BN 26486 (S) was written next Columbia release 3 2 WOMAN OF THE WORLD /TO MAKE A MAN 12 by Charlie Craig, exclusive writer Loretta Lynn, Decca DL 75113 (S) for Cedarwood. . . Bill Mack of WBAP, Fort Worth, said that in 4 4 GLEN CAMPBELL "LIVE" 5 a poll of his late -night listeners, Glen Campbell, Capitol STBO' 268 (S) the Wilburn Brothers topped all 5 3 THE SENSATIONAL 19 vote -getters in the favorite group RCA Victor LSP 4153 (S) category. The same poll named Loretta Lynn the most popular a 10 IT'S A SIN 15 female vocalist. Just a few weeks Marty Robbins, Columbia CS 9811 (S) ago she won an identical tribute 7 6 MY LIFE /BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU 12 on the Ralph Emery show at Bill Anderson, Decca DL 75142 (S) WSM. . . Quentin (Reed) Welty, president of B -W Music, Inc., of 8 9 I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY 12 Ohio, has been named to the Conway Twitty, Decca DL 75131 (S) faculty of Kent State University 9 8 YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG 15 to teach a basic course in Radio - Roy Clark, Dot DLP 25953 (S) TV communications. . David Rogers has just returned from 10 7 BUCK OWENS IN LONDON 18 His ST 232 (S) i his third series of dates at Las Buck Owens & Buckaroos, Capitol Vegas. Next, the Hacienda Inn in 11 11 ALWAYS, ALWAYS 12 Fort Lauderdale. Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, RCA Victor LSP 4186 (S) Epic artist Mac Curtis, who 16 OHNNY CASH'S GOLDEN HITS, VOL 1 4 formerly programmed WPLO, At- Sun 100 lanta, and then did a stint briefly in Florida, has been appointed 13 13 SAME TRAIN, DIFFERENT TIME 22 BOBB program director of WENO in Merle Haggard, Capitol SWBB 223 (S) suburban Nashville, and will 14 14 THINGS GO BETTER WITH LOVE . 6 "modernize" the country sound of Jeannie C. Riley, Plantation PLP 3 that station. He's considered one 11 of the best in the business. . . 15 12 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Leroy Van Dyke's new single, Freddy Weller, Columbia CS 9904 (5) LEWI "Crack in My World," has every- HITS, VOL. 3 24 ERRY LEE LEWIS' GOLDEN thing going for it. It was written Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun 102 EXCLUSIVELY ON by the writers of "That's Life" (Hilton & Kay), was arranged by 17 18 FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS 18 Don Tweedy, was produced by Elvis Presley, RCA Victor LSP 4155 (S) UNITED ARTIST RECORDS Gene Nash, and was cut for la 25 JERRY LEE LEWIS' GOLDEN HITS, VOL. 2 3 Kapp here with the Nashville Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun 103 Sound. It may be his biggest yet. Fred Carter Jr., president 19 21 COUNTRY FOLK 6 of Nugget Records, announced the & the Kimberleys, RCA Victor LSP 4180 signing of Wyatt Webb to his 20 17 MORE NASHVILLE SOUNDS 19 label. His first number was writ- Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass, RCA Victor LSP 4176 (S) ten by Ray Pennington. .,r: 21 20 ROGER MILLER 8 Wesley . Rose, president of Smash SRS 67123 (S) A c u f f -R o s e publications, an- nounced the appointment of Jerry 22 15 JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON 71 Byrd to the professional depart- Columbia CS 9639 ment of Acuff-Rose and its sub- 23 23 CLOSE UP 9 sidiary companies. Jerry has been Merle Haggard, Capitol SWBB 259 (S) active in the scene here since its inception, and has scores of al- 24 19 JOHNNY CASH'S GOLDEN HITS, VOL 2 4 bums and singles to his credit. Johnny Cash, Sun 101 His work with Acuff-Rose will be 28 DAVID HOUSTON 7 basically that of placing material Epic, BN 26482 (S) with artists and record companies, and will aid in the signing and 26 26 JIM REEVES' GREATEST HITS, VOL. 3 12 RCA Victor LSP 4187 (S) development of new writers. . . Dick Flood, Pat McKinney and 27 22 A LITTLE BIT OF PEGGY 11 The Pathfinders take off for Ham- Peggy Little, Dot DLP 25948 (S) ilton, Bermuda, next week for a couple dates of auditorium book- 28 30 PORTRAIT OF MERLE HAGGARD .... 3 Capitol ST 319 ings. . . . All four versions of the current hit recording "Jesus 29 29 YOUNG LOVE 6 Is a Soul Man" were recorded & Nat Stuckey, RCA Victor LSP 4190 and at City Recording all Music `I 44 THE ASTRODOME PRESENTS SONNY JAMES IN PERSON 2 Studios. The original version, by Capitol ST 320 Lawrence Reynolds on Warner 31 27 AT HOME WITH LYNN ANDERSON 10 Bros., was a demo session. . . Chart CHS 1017 (S) Pro -Sound Productions has leased space for additional expansion. It 45 MARTY'S COUNTRY 2 will house the publishing com- Marty Robbins, Columbia GP 15 panies, under the direction of 33 36 FROM THE HEART 5 Gary Walker. . . Merle Kilgore, Diana Trask, Dot DLP 25957 (S) general professional manager of the Hank Williams Music pub- 34 31 CLOSE UP 9 lishing complex, has appointed Buck Owens, Capitol SWBB 257 (5) Rusty Adams as his assistant. ,a 40 RANK WILLIAMS. IR. I IVE AT COBO HA! L. DETROIT 2 Adams at one time was with the MGM SE 4644 Barnum & Bailey Circus as "Koko 36 32 DON GIBSON SINGS ALL TIME COUNTRY GOLD 12 the Clown." . . . Lamar Morris RCA Victor LSP 4169 (S) has signed a contract with MGM Records. 37 37 CARL SMITH SINGS A TRIBUTE TO ROY ACUFF 7 Back in the 1940's and 1950's, Columbia CS 9870 Dallas Turner spent many years on the Mexican border stations 43 MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BOY 2 Dolly Parton, RCA Victor LSP 4188 as Nevada Slim. Turner, who now heads a finance company in Las 39 39 HOLD ME 4 Vegas, has recorded eight albums Johnny & Jonie Mosby, Capitol ST 286 of the old time "Authentic Cow- boy Songs" for Uncle Jim 40 41 TOGETHER 3 O'Neal. Jerry Lee Lewis /Linda Gail Lewis, Smash SRS He asks that any disk jockey wish- 67126 ing a Nevada Slim album can get - 'AY GRASS IS GREEN .... 1 it by writing him at Box 121 in Roy Drusky, Mercury SLP 61233 Las Vegas. . In spite of a 42 35 WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG 10 minor auto accident enroute, Stu Johnny Darrell, United Artists UAS 6707 PASSKEY MUSIC, Phillips was on hand at Metro airport to greet. 45 country music - SEVEN LONELY DAYS 1 808 16th AVE., S. fans who arrived on the WEEZ Jean Shepard, Capitol ST 321 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203 Radio tour. The group was ac- - COUNTRY HAPPENING . 1 companied by program director Kenny Vernon, Chart CHS 1018 Mike Bowe and music director Bob White: . . . Owen Bradley - ROLL YOUR OWN 1 has just concluded sessions with Buck Owens' Buckeroos, Capitol ST 3211 (Continued on page 73) 68 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD The original oldie - Methuselah - brought to life as a new English import. Methuselah and their new album Matthew, Mark, Luke and John on

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THE WORLD OF MANTOVANI- THE MONKEES PRESENT - JOE SIMON- Better Than Ever. EDDY ARNOLD - JACKIE WILSON - Colgems COS 117 (S) Sound 7 SSS (S) The Warmth of Eddy. Do Your Thing. London PS 565 (S) Stage 15008 RCA Victor LSP 4231 (S) Brunswick BL 754154 (S) The Monkees are back again, now a trio Joe Simon's silky soul ballads have become London is tieing in this LP in conjunction minus Peter Tork. But with Davy Jones at chart regulars, boosting his reputation as Eddy Arnold, straddling with confidence Jackie Wilson, whose long career paral- with his U.S. tour, started last week. And the mike and the pop appeal of Micky the class of the smooth soul class. Spot- both the country and the popular fields, lels the rise of soul, keeps rising higher Dolenz and Mike Nesmith, the ex -TV teeny- with a collection aptly named. A Chet and higher with his firey readings of pop the Mantovani magic, as always, speaks lighting his "San Francisco Is a Lonely boppers have aged gracefully to woo their Atkins -Danny Davis production, Arnold puts standards plus his soul hit, "Helpless." Town" hit, Simon adds to his growing for itself. Those fascinating strings, those old fans, who will find the Monkees into away some fine contemporary material in- Wilson's original wail, one of soul's most catalog of moving soul readings with tastefully arranged and well produced tunes calmer waters, ragtime, tastes of c &w and cluding "Cycles," "My Way" and "I distinctive cries, ignites "Light My Fire," "Rainbow Road," "Time and Space" and are all here. "Windmills of Your Mind," more Boyce & Hart tunes. Their "Good Started a Joke." This may not be tradi- "This Bitter Earth" and "Lucky Old Sun." Clean Fun" disk leads the way with slap- his own version of "In the Ghetto," all tional country fare, but it's fast food, For today's hot soul market, Wilson adds "Aquarius," "My Way" and "Theme from happy assists from "Listen to the Band" sure to bring the slick and sensitive tastily served and should grab itself big "To Change My Love," "Why Don't You Romeo and Juliet" are examples. and "Good Times." singer nearer to the top. sales. Do Your Thing" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'." -...Rtt,r.r ..i+ Attlt`°}If/rOR If`lfJ'J IlJI1Jl.rJ

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Tony Sandler and Ralph Young have turned Blue Thumb's "Outta Season" LP brought Having scored with their first single, Leon Bibb makes a strong statement for This Moms Mabley LP has the veteran artist, pop dueting into art form. Their multi- the much -recorded duo high and heavy on Lennon and McCartney's "Birthday," the the black man in this highly effective best known for her uproarious comedy, as the charts, and their latest, featuring "I group follows with an album which in- a meaningful interpreter of a variety of as package. It is musical oratory of the lingual efforts are continually winning Know," should outrace all competitors for cludes "Birthday" and features their new first material, including "It's Your Thing," the is their breezy and showmanly approach to the Ike & Tina Turner laurels. Bob Kras- single, "Don't Shut Me Out." Berty Kohl, order and even though it does get a Isley Brothers hit and Moms' latest single. their material. Once again, they've put to- now's strong production sets the stage for one of the Sunshine, is represented with pertinent message across it never loses its "There's a Baby," a moving piece, also has this raucous rock 'n' blues session, as two compositions, "All I Want Is You" single possibilities. Among the other stand- gether a variegated repertoire that shows musical values because Bibb is a fine singer. Tina rips up the vocals and Ike pro- and "Take Me, Break Me." The remainder outs are "Do Nothing Till You Hear From off their talent and the repertoire to ad- vides the rhythm. "The Hunter" and "I of the LP contains top renditions of some He brings an extraordinary wallop to the Me," and "He's Got the Whole World vantage. Smell Trouble" should score. standards of rock repertoire. material. (in His Hands)."

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CHARLES AZNAVOUR- CONNIE SMITH MIND GARAGE - SOUTHWIND -Ready to Ride. THE BEST OF CHARLEY PRIDE - - RCA Victor LSP 4218 (S) Of Flesh and Soul. Back in Baby's Arms. Blue Thumb BTS 13 (S) Monument SLP 18130 (S) RCA Victor LSP 4223 (S) RCA Victor LSP 4239 (5) A highly musical rock group with a big, Here's a natural for the top of the Country deep sound and soaring harmonies, the It looks like Blue Thumb has come up No sooner does Aznavour finish singing Miss Smith, a mainstay on the country as as Mind Garage offers creative melodies and with a winner in the new group South - the cynical "You've Let Yourself Go," then Chart well a big item for the pop charts, has chosen some excellent recent a fine studio album to showcase their wind. Relying heavily on old -style rock he begins the old- fashioned, lyrical "Some- LP chart. Pride's top disk performances material representing the Modern Country talents. Lead singer Larry McClurg heads which is enjoying a renaissance, with a where." Any mood that loves takes, he sound for her latest LP. These include the harmony on all the group-penned songs, such as "All I Have to Offer You," "Does while organist Jack Bonasso and guitarist little country flavor thrown in, their sound brilliantly translates to song and his latest "Fool No. 1," "Wedding Cake," and the My Ring Hurt Your Finger," "Kaw- Liga," John Vaughan adds vocal and instrumental is original and vigorous. Best cuts are LP, sung in English, further enhances his title song. Her straightforward version of excitement on "Back Down Home," "Sweet and "The Day the World Stood Still," Potato" and "What's Behind Those Eyes." "Honky Tonkin'," "Rock and Roll Ruby," international reputation as one of the top the hymn "How Great Thou Art" is a special A new group that will score big. "Rootin' and Tootin'," and the title song. singer/writers around. all in one package spells dynamite sales) treat.

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WANDA JACKSON IN PERSON - TEX RITTER- BILLY WALKER - ERNIE FORD - R. STRAUSS: SALOME- Capitol ST 345 (S) Chuck Wagon Days. Holy, Holy, Holy. Caballe /Various Artists/ How Big Is God. Capitol ST 213 (S) Capitol ST 334 (S) London Symphony (Leinsdorf). 18132 (S) Wanda Jackson is in rare form on this Monument SLP RCA Red Seal LSC 7053 (S) "live" recording as she moves through The resonant baritone of Tex Ritter will This latest addition to the catalog fea- many of the great songs associated with charm the devotees of western song ma- In this package Billy Walker devotes him- tures ten never-before -recorded tunes by Caballe in the title role sings and plays her country career. Beginning with a the master. From the title tune to "There terial recorded in this album. "Git Along self to sacred material. The material is with a passion fitting the role, in this rockin' "Let's Have a Party" and then Is a Fountain" on to "Savious, More Than very well produced and cast two -LP set. sliding into ballad gems, such as "Right Little Doggies," "A- Ridin' Old Paint," "Home great and the performances are superbly Life" and "Close to Thee," his interpreta- Sherrill Milnes as the prophet; Richard or Wrong" and "D- I- V- O- R-C -E,' she's always on the Range" are typical of the cuts. produced. Included are such standards as tions are sensitive and emotional. The ar- at her best. Her bouncy of rangements by Jack Fascinato, and the ac- Lewis as Antipas and Regina Resnik as treatment Tex is one of the great stylists of this "Whispering Hope," "Just A Closer Walk "Hold Me Tight" is a winner, as is her companiment by the Jimmy Joyce Singers his wife, give their roles much blood and "Jackson" duet with Mike Post. Sure to genre, and his individual stamp is on With Thee," "Wings of a Dove" and are in perfect accord with Ford's power- thunder. Leinsdorf's conducting is imagina- prove a hot sales item. every performance. others. A package to keep and treasure. ful voice. tive, forceful and knowledgeable. Billboard Album Reviews OCTOBER 18, 1969

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ORIGINAL CAST - DEE MULLINS- RED FOLEY- PROKOFIEFF: SONATAS FOR WEBER: GRAND POT POURRI, Promenade. The Continuing Story. The Old Master. VIOLIN AND PIANO - Op. 20 /DANZI: RCA Victor LSO 1161 (5) Decca DL 75154 (S) CONCERTO -Blees /Berlin Sym- Plantation PLP 4 (S) Perlmen /Ashkenazy. phony (Buente). The score of this madcap hit musical, RCA Red Seal LSC 3118 (S) Dee Mullins gives some gutsy performances As the title says, here is the Old Master. Turnabout TV 34306 (S) written by AI Carmines (music) and Maria On this album, the works of two little - here, and the material is strong, being He's gone but the great records remain. The "younger set" takes over the Pro - Irene Fornes (lyrics) brings legitimacy back known , Carl Maria Von Weber Included here are the to musical comedy and since it requires based on the Harper Valley PTA theme. great jazz tune, kofieff works and give them veteran -like and Franz Danzi, are played with tremen- "The real singers, is performed by some of the Included are "Parking for Cheaters," "South," Green Green Grass of Home," performances, rich in wit and lyrical flow. dous perception and feeling by the Berlin best woices on or off Broadway. Among the "Hang Your Head in Shame" and many Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Blees on "Beers," "In a Small Town." Packaging is The third movement of the "D" work is best songs are "Unrequited Love," "Ciga- more. These sides must have been among cello. The works, written for and rette Song," "Capricious and Fickle," and unusual and includes a cover with a flap the last cut by Foley. They make a fine told in beautifully tender terms. A unity orchestra, the pure and beautiful and easy the catchy overture, "Promenade Theme." designed as a guitar. album. of two musicians' top form. to listen to.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS- Country Gold, Vol. 1 POPULAR Plantation PLP 5 (S) There's a wealth of strong material here - both artist -wise and song -wise. Jeannie C. Riley sings "The Tree of Joy," Becki Blue- INVENTION V6 -5074X MOTHERS OF -Verve field does "Somebody's Gonna Plow Your (S) Field," Marty Collins and Bobbye Jean do The Mothers of Invention have disbanded, "Long Black Veil" and there are others zany haunt but their catalog remains to by David Wilkins, Teresa Brewer, James 011 anybody who dares to listen. Frank Zappa's O'Gwynn, George Kent, Paul Martin and songs poke fun at delightfully irreverent others. Packaging includes a book -type any likely target, including high school, cover. JAll FOLK GOSPEL hippies and hang -ups. Zappa's "strictly underground" repertoire features "Status QUINO' JONES - TOWNES VAN ZANDT- VARIOUS ARTISTS - Back Baby," "Wowie Zowie" and "Invi- Walking in Space. tation & Ritual Dance of the Young The Best of Sacred Songs 1969. ABM SP 3023 (S) This new TowpnesP Van4 Zanndt album is as Pumpkin, " plus eight more real neat songs CLASSICAL A jazz album with wide commercial ap- beautiful as its predecessor: "My Mother Word WST 8502 -LP (S) about real cool things. peal -the first side contains what is basi- the Mountain." Van Zandt is one of the cally a medley of "Hair" tunes -some with coolest and most expressive male folk THE CHOSEN FEW -RCA Victor LSP 4242 BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 6 Boston voices This is a sampling of great gospel ma- - added -done by a crew of ex- singers around today. There is a magical (S) Symphony ( Leinsdorf). RCA Red Seal LSC tremely competent jazz men. The mood of quality about his singing which grips lis- terial. Ralph Carmichael in "The Savior Good new group consisting of five young 3074 (S) commercial appeal is carried over men make mark on to the teners in a spell of enchantment that is Is Waiting," Eugene L. Clark in "Nothing should quickly their Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony second side which finishes with "Oh Happy almost indescribable. There is warmth the pop music scene. They caused a stir continue their exemplary series of Bee- Is Impossible," Jimmy Owens in "He's My Day." Session men include Roland Kirk, Ray and truth and beauty in the artistry of with their initial RCA entry "Maybe the thoven symphonies with this sterling ver- Brown, Freddie Hubbard, J. J. Johnson, this singer and the world of music will Friend" and other cuts make this a very Rain Will Fall," and could easily break sion of the "Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)." Grady Tate among others. be hearing much more from him. attractive album for the gospel field. through with their followup "Talk With The mood of the famous work is admirably Me" (both included here.) They also offer captured making it a worthy successor to an exceptional treatment of "You Make Me earlier pressings in the series. So Very Happy," as well as other winners, such as "I'll Never Change You." CARTER: 8 ETUDES HENZE: QUINTET - Dorian Quintet. Candide CE (S) ALBUM REVIEWS LAURINDO ALMEIDA Classical 31016 - Current. This coupling of chamber music by two of Warner Bros. -Seven Arts WS 1803 (S) the leading composers of our time is a Laurindo Almeida switches on his elec- 4 STAR BB SPOTLIGHT welcome one. Although the newest composi- * * ** * * ** tronic guitar to a number of melodic here, Henze's was written favorites and generates lots of musical tion "Quintet." Best of the album releases up sparks. It's high voltage listening all the in 1952, all of the pieces sound to of the week in all cate- date. The Dorian Quintet, experts in avant way and new spinning pleasure for the likes garde music, do justice to the difficult gories as picked by the BB of "The Breeze and I," "The Lamp Is POPULAR HAYDN: STRING QUARTETS, Vol. VIII - pieces here. Carter's "Eight Etudes and a * *** Review Panel for top sales Low," "My Prayer" and many others. Fine Arts Quartet. Vox SVBX 596 (S) Fantasy for Woodwind Quartet" stands out. LIONEL HAMPTON - VARIOUS ARTISTS - and chart movement. Hamp's Portrait of a Woman. Glad-Hemp COUPERIN: 8 PRELUDES & ORDRES -Alan MOTIONS -Electric Baby. Philips PHS 600- GHS 1012 (S) Curtis. Vox SVBX 5448 (S) 317 (S) LIGETI: AVENTURES /VOLUMNIA /ETUDE No. SPECIAL MERIT This bright young Dutch quintet scored 1- Zacher /Various Artists (Cerha). Candide DAVID BRIGGS -Keyboard Sculpture. Monu- in recent CE 31009 (S) ment 5LP 18119 (S) well its U.S. tour, which should LOW PRICE CLASSICAL * * ** Albums with sales potential have whetted appetites for the Motions Gyorgy .Ligeti, one of today's foremost DOUGLAS LEEDY -The Electric Zodiac. Cap- that are deserving of special debut here. The set has much avent garde composers, is represented here MOZART: 3 HARPSICHORD album to itol ST 368 (S) CONCERTI, K. offer, showing the this by some of his most important works. 107 -Galling Stuttgart Solisten. Turn- consideration at both the versatility of unit, WALLACE COLLECTION -Capitol ST 350 (S) which should have underground appeal, Friedrich Cerha admirably conducts three about TV 34312 (S) dealer and radio level. singers and seven::instrumentalists in "Aven- JAKE THACKRAY-Jake's Progress. Philips especially such cuts as the title number, Nouvelles Aventures." The flip side PHS 600 -318 (S) COUPERIN / CORRETTE / BOISMORTIER / "Shilly, Shelly," "Wedding of the Hun- tures- FOUR STARS dred Brides," and the instrumental "Slow belongs to the remarkable organist Gerd MARC HANNIBAL -Philips PHS 600 -310 (S) DEVIENNE- Zukerman / Various Artists / Motion," Zacher, whose performance of the original WILLIAM R. STRICKLAND IS ONLY THE Wuerttemberg Chamber Orch. (Faerber). * * * *Albums with sales potential version of "Volumnia" is a contemporary NAME -Deram DES 18031 (S) Turnabout TV 34304 (S) within their category of CHARLIE McCOY -The Real McCoy. Monu- classic. ment SLP 18121 (S) BRUCE CLOUD- California Soul. Capitol ST MOZART: VIOLIN CONCERTO No. 3 music and possible chart Charlie McCoy picks up his harmonica and 343 (S) CHAUSSON: POEME FOR VIOLIN Thi- items. CAVALLI: L'ERISMENA - Various Artists/ - lets loose on with a REV. FREDERICK baud / Lamoureaux Orch. (Paray/Bigot). this latest album Oakland Symphony (Curtis). Vox SVBX 5213 DOUGLASS KIRKPATRICK dozen pop -country flavored tunes that A THE HEARTS -Square Dance with Soul. Turnabout TV 4257 (M) (S) should quickly be familiar to all. His Asch AHS 823 (S) The current revival of interest in Gicomo VANHAL: VIOLA CONCERTO / BENDA: rousing "Orange Blossom Special" opens Cavalli, 17th century Venetian composer, HARPSICHORD CONCERTO -E. Wallfisch/ the program, but is just an indication of should draw interest to this fine three - COUNTRY * * ** L. Wallfisch / Wuerttemberg Chamber RELIGIOUS * * ** the powerful sounds to follow. McCoy LP box, the latest of first recordings of Orch., Heilbronn (Faerber). Turnabout TV treats with "Build Me Up, Buttercup," Cavalli's operas. Alan Curtis admirably con- CONNIE EATON -I've Got Life To Live. Chart TEDD SMITH -Smash & Grab 34305 (S) World. Word "Games People Play" and smooth, easy ducts from the harpsichord. His excellent CHS 1020 (S) WST 8479 -LP (S) "Look of Love." Should prove a much force includes the strings and trumpets of ORIGINAL DRIFTING COWBOYS -We Remem- ELECTRONIC MUSIC, Vol. IV- Dartmouth THE VARSITY -Mark MRS 2157 (5) programmed item, and find much favor the Oakland Symphony and a sterling group ber Hank Williams. MGM SE 4626 (S) College Competition, 1968. Turnabout TV with his many fans. 34301 (S) of soloists. MENONITE HOUR SINGERS -Hymns for a LOW PRICE Crowded World. Word WST 8501 -LP (S) COUNTRY JAZZ * *** * * ** COUNTRY LOW PRICE CLASSICAL ERNEST TUBB -Great Country. Vocalion VL SUN RA & HIS ASTRO INFINITY ARKESTRA- LOW PRICE 73877 (S) Holiday for Soul Dance. El Saturn ESR RELIGIOUS 508 (S) * * ** CONWAY TWITTY -You Can't Take the SCHOENBERG: PIERROT LUNAIRE -Escribano CLASSICAL SUN RA A HIS ARKESTRA-Super -Sonic BACH: CANTATAS Nos. 56 & 82- Harrell Country Out of Conway. MGM SE 4650 (S) * * ** erod /Various Artists ( Cerha). Turnabout TV RCA Orch. (Shaw). RCA Victoria VICS Conway Twitty gives a world of dramatic R. Jazz. El Saturn LP 0216 (M) STRAUSS: LE BOURGEOIS GENTIL - 1468 (S) effect and sincerity to some great country 34315 (S) HOMME Schoenberg's Lunaire," a milestone / WOLF: ITALIAN SERENADE - SUN RA & HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA- standards in this package. Fans will get "Pierrot in music, is given an ex- Philadelphia Chamber Symphony (Brusi- We Travel the Space Ways. El Saturn a kick out of his performances of "Walk 20th century low). RCA Red LSC ceptional performance in this genuine Seal 3087 (S) ESR 5445 (S) SPOKEN WORD * * On By," "City Lights," "You Win Again" ** a HAYDN: SYMPHONY No. 60 CHERUBINI: and others in the great tradition. Chalk up bargain. Marie Therese Escribano is / SUN RA Monorails and SYMPHONY IN D- Philadelphia Chamber - Satellites. El KAGEKIYO: NOH PLAY / SHIDOHOGAKU: another one for producer Jim Vienneau. tower of strength as the speaker. The Saturn SR 509 (5) group of instrumentalists is ably directed Symphony (Brusilow). RCA Red Seal LSC KYOGEN PLAY -Various Artists. Asch AH by Friedrich 3088 (S) 957 (M) JUNIOR SAMPLES- That's a Hee Haw. Chart Cerha. RAVEL / IBERT / FRANCAIX- Philadelphia COMEDY * * ** CHS 1021 (S) Chamber Symphony (Brusilow). RCA Red Junior Samples' "down- home" brand of Seal LSC 3089 (S) BEA BEA BENSON -Let It All Hang Out. CHILDREN'S * *** humor is getting tremendous TV exposure Laff A 138 (5) via the "Hee -Haw" show, and this hilarious BLUES BRAHMS: THE PIANO 3 QUARTETS -East- CHILDE ROWLAND AND OTHER BRITISH LP, featuring many of his winning narra- man Quartet. Vox SVBX 592 (S) FAIRY TALES- Claire Bloom. Caedmon tions and stories, should prove a boon to FROTELE Various Artists (Monterosso). FOLK TC 1278 (S) his many fans. are - * * ** Included such clever VARIOUS ARTISTS -Memphis Swamp Jam. Candide CE 31017 (S) items as "Ole Rover," "The Insurance SHIRL MILETE Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (S) -Poppy PYS 40,005 (S) Man," "Junior and the Doctor," and, of There are some great country and early INTERNATIONAL * * ** course, "That's a Hee- Haw." blues men represented on this album. In- COSPEL cluded are (Bukka) White, Piano * * ** CHARLES AZNAVOUR -Canta en Espanol, GRANDPAW JONES SINGS HITS FROM "HEE- Booker More Red, Nathan Beauregard, Sleepy John Estes, Album Vol. I. Monument SLP 18122 (S) HAW"- Monument SLP 18131 (S) SUPREME ANGELS -If I'm Too High. Nash - Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods, Furry boro 7072 (S) CARLOS BAROCELA -Tu Nombre en la Grandpa Jones does some of his most Reviews on noted items here, including "Old Rattler," Lewis, R. L. Watson and Josiah Jones. Blue BROOKLYN ALL STARS -Sing Arena. Columbia EX 5248 (M); ES 1948 Unto the Lord. "Eight More Miles to Louisville," "Old Thumb has recorded them well and pack- Nashboro 7073 (S) (S) For collectors. pages 70 & 72 Blue" and many more. His banjo and vocal aged the sides attractively. VARIOUS ARTISTS -Gospel Explosion, Vol. EWE +MUSIC OF GHANA -Various Artists. style are as buoyant and enthusiastic as 1. Creed 3011 (S) Asch AHM 4222 (M) ever. (Continued on page 72) OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 71 Action SPECIAL MERIT PICKS Continued from page 71 novsky have another superb collaboration here as they read 18 "classical" Russian poems, the former, in Russian and the latter in English translation. This two -LP SPOKEN WORD set is filled with high points, including Records Lermontov's "A Thought" and "A Soldier's BIG DEAL? Testament," Mayakovsky's "A Cloud in MOLIERE: THE MISANTHROPE -APA Rep- Trousers," and Pushkin's "To Chaadayev." ertory Company. Caedmon TRS 337 (S) The three short selections of Yessein and The excellent iambic pentameter English Tzvetaeva's "Longing for .motherland -a Singles version of Moliere's masterpiece by Richard fraud" also are memorable: Wilbur combines with the sterling per- BREAKOUTS formances of members of the APA Repertory * NATIONAL Company for a memorable '"The Misanth- INTERNATIONAL rope." Among the many exceptional por- Easton as SOMETHING . . . trayals are those of Richard Alceste, Christine Pickles as Celimene, and Beatles, Apple 2654 (Harrisongs, BMI) ORIGINAL CAST Hombre de la Mancha. Ellis Rabb, the company's artistic director, -El Decca DL 79171 (S) as Acaste. The play takes two LP's. - COME TOGETHER . . . This Mexican -cast version of the award winning "Man of La Mancha" should draw Beatles, Apple 2654 (Maclen, BMI) GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES, Vol. 2- from the large Latin - Begley /Grizzard /Marshall. Caedmon TC 2031 considerable attention American market, featuring, as it does, BACKFIELD IN MOTION . . the powerful performances of Nati Mistral This second volume of "Great American 107 Miss rich Mel & Tim, Bamboo (Cachand/ Speeches" has an admirable set of read- as Aldonza (Dulcinea). Mistral's Patcheal, BMI ings with many standouts, such as Theo- voice transcends language barriers. Claudio Roosevelt's "The Man With the Muck Brook also is outstanding in the title role dore Quijote). by Ed Begley, Robert LaFollette on as Cervantes (Don AND WHEN I DIE . . . Rake" "Soldier's Pay," read by George Grizzard, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Columbia GORME Vez. RCA Victor LSP and Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points," EYDIE -Otra 4237 (S) 4 -45008 (Tuna Fish, BMI) by E. G. Marshall. This two -LP package has put together a collage of also has Begley reading William Jennings Eydie Gorme pretty little Spanish vignettes in this new . Grizzard brilliantly reading Albert TAKE A LETTER MARIA Bryan, all in Spanish, are Jeremian Beveridge, and Marshall as Mark album. The tunes, R. B. Greaves, Atco 6714 (Four Star poignant; and Miss Twain and Clarence Darrow. moving, romantic, Television, BMI) Gorme in her splendid exciting style of to them. RUSSIAN POETRY -Yevtushenko singing, more than does justice CLASSICAL addition to any collector's Carnovsky. Caedmon TCP 2036 (S) A worthwhile whether or not you dig the lingo. * REGIONAL BREAKOUTS Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Morris Car- library

WHITE BIRD . Its A Beautiful Day, Columbia 4-44928 (Davlin, ASCAP) (San Francisco) Yesteryear's Hits BABY, YOU COME ROLLIN' CROSS MY MIND . featuring the disks Change -of -pace programming from your librarian's shelves, John Beland, Ranwood 863 (Brasrahan, this week. the hottest in the land 5 years -ago and 10 years ago BMI) (Miami) that were Here's how they ranked in Billboard's charts at that time. Ago POP SINGLES -5 Years Ago POP SINGLES -10 Years

Albums 1. Lonely Boy -Paul Anka 1. Rag Doll -4 Seasons (Philips) (ABC- Paramount) -Beatles * NATIONAL BREAKOUTS 2. A Hard Day's Night 2. The Battle of New Orleans - (Capitol) Johnny Horton (Columbia) THE BAND ... 3. Tiger- Fabian (Chancellor) 3. I Get Around-Beach Boys (Capitol) Capitol STAO 132 4. Waterloo -Stonewall Jackson 4. Memphis- Johnny Rivers (Imperial) (Columbia) From Ipanema- of Love LP's 5. The Girl 5. A Big Hunk - * NEW ACTION Getz /Gilberto (Verve) Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) Is an Open Book SOUNDTRACK... 6. The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) 6. My Heart - Carl Dobkins Jr. (Decca) Me, Natalie, Columbia OS 3350 -Jan & Dean (Liberty) 7. There Goes My Baby- Drifters 7. Can't You See That She's Mine - (Atlantic) SOUNDTRACK... Dave Clark Five (Epic) Learning Tree, Warner Brothers -Seven 8. Lipstick on Your Collar - 8. Dang Me -Roger Miller (Smash) Arts WS 1812 Connie Francis (M -G -M) 9. Wishin' and Hopin'- 9. Forty Miles of Bad Road - JOHN DAVIDSON . . Dusty Springfield (Philips) Duane Eddy (Jamie) My Cherie Amour, Columbia CS 9859 10. Keep on Pushing- Impressions 10. Personality -Lloyd Price (ABC- Paramount) (ABC -Paramount) SOUNDTRACK... More, Tower ST 5169

SOUNDTRACK... R & B SINGLES -10 Years Ago POP LP's -5 Years Ago Paint Your Wagon, Paramount PMS 1001 1. There Goes My Baby -Drifters 1. The Beatles -A Hard Day's Night (Atlantic) (United Artists) MICHAEL ALLEN .. . 2. Personality -Lloyd Price For the Love of Mike, London PS 564 2. Hello Dolly- Original Cast (ABC- Paramount) (RCA Victor) Fine (Unart) EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS . . . 3. You're So -Falcons Hagers, or referred to He's a Friend of Mine, Pavilion BPS 4. What'd I Say -Ray Charles 3. Hello Dolly -Louis Armstrong The commonly 10002 (Atlantic) (Kapp) 5. What a Difference a Day Makes - 4. Funny Girl- Original Cast (Capitol) sing country NEW YORK ROCK & ROLL Dinah Washington (Mercury) as "those twins that 5. Getz /Gilberto -(Verve) ENSEMBLE . . 6. There Is Something on Your Mind ST 294 Five -(Epic) Faithful Friends, Capitol -Johnny Horton (Columbia) 6. The Dave Clark Return music," have a new record. (BIG 7. I Only Have Eyes for You - 7. Cotton Candy -Al Hirt (RCA Victor) VARIOUS ARTISTS . . Flamingoes (End) Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West, 8. -The Third Album 8. Lonely Boy -Paul Anka -(Columbia) DEAL) Its called "I Gotta Get to Columbia CS 9893 (ABC- Paramount) 9. The Second Album 9. I'll Be Satisfied -Jackie Wilson Beatles- - ELECTRIC CONCEPT ORCHESTRA . . (Brunswick) (Capitol) California's Gettiri Moog Groove, Limelight LS 86070 Oklahoma cause 10. The Battle of New Orleans - 10. Honey in the Horn -Al Hirt Horton (Columbia) (RCA Victor) BILLY VAUGHN . Johnny ( You've seen The True Grit, Dot DLP 25949 to Me." BIG DEAL)

TYRANASAURUS REX . . . Hagers on Hee -Haw, the Buck Unicorn, Blue Thumb BTS 7 Yesteryear's Country Hits DOUG KERSHAW . . . Joey Bishop Show, Mu- Cajun Way, Warner Brothers -Seven Change -of -pace programming from your librarian's shelves, featuring the disk Owens Show, Arts WS 1820 that were the hottest in the Country field 5 years ago and 10 years ago this week Here's how they ranked in Billboard's chart at that time. sic Scene and a couple of others. With COUNTRY SINGLES - COUNTRY SINGLES - 3 -for -2 Split 5 Years Ago 10 Years Ago only one single on the market that

1. Dang Me -Roger Miller (Smash) 1. Waterloo -Stonewall Jackson At Certron (Columbia) could be called a (BIG DEAL). But 2. My Heart Skips a Beat - 2. The Battle of New Orleans LOS Buck Owens (Capitol) - ANGELES - Certron, Johnny Horton (Columbia) 3. The Cowboy in the Continental Suit another, and you blank tape manufacturer, has 3. Heartaches by the Number - now they've got declared a 3 -for -2 stock split. -Marty Robbins (Columbia) Ray Price (Columbia) The stock distribution will be 4. Memory #1 -Webb Pierce (Decca) 4. Big Midnight Special -Wilma Lee know what? That's a (BIG DEAL). payable Nov. 12, 1969, to share- 5. Wine, Women and Song - & Stoney Cooper (Hickory) holders of record Oct. 3, 1969. Loretta Lynn (Decca) 5. Tennessee Stud -Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) The 1,803,340 shares of corn - 6. Together Again -Buck Owens "I'VE GOTTA GET TO OKLAHOMA (Capitol) 6. Somebody's Back in Town - mon stock outstanding will be Wilburn Brothers (Decca) 7. Burning Memories -Ray Price increased to 2,705,010 shares. 7. Chasin' a Rainbow - CAUSE CALIFORNIA'S (Columbia) GETTIN The company reported record (RCA Victor) sales and earnings for the nine 8. I Don't Love You Anymore - 8. Black Land Farmer-Frankie Miller TO ME" months ended July 31, 1969. Charlie Louvin (Capitol) (Starday) Sales were $10,863,000, com- 9. Looking for More in '64- 9. Long Black Veil -Lefty Frizzell pared with $3,273,000 for the Jim Nesbitt (Chart) (Columbia) Capitol previous nine month period. Net 10. Circumstances -Billy Walker 10. Who Shot Sam ?- income amounted to $895,000, (Columbia) (Mercury) ilagers No.2647 or 56 cents per share, compared The with $337,000 or 28 cents per when answering ads . . . share for the same period the previous year. Say You Saw It in Billboard 72 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD Country Music

Company to Make Film With Sluckey, RCA, True Country Music Feeling Nashville Scene NASHVILLE - The Nash- festivities of this week. Continued from page 68 obtained an injunction from a ville Co., a newly formed cor- Director -photographer for the Motor Co. Deal San Antonio woman from "utter- poration established to produce film will be Robert Elfstrom, Loretta Lynn and is set to cut ing or writing false or derogatory re- a film with the "true feeling" who served in this capacity for NASHVILLE - Country the Wilburn Brothers. Harry Sil- statements" about Jones and Miss verstein is doing Decca sessions of country music, will do most the Cash film. Others are Ed- cording artist, Nat Stuckey, Wynette. The woman also was pro- with the Osborne Brothers. . . . representing herself of its shooting during the 44th win Wilson, an independent RCA Records and the Harley hibited from Davidson Motor Co. have an- The first annual Mid -South Coun- as president of the San Antonio Birthday Celebration of the Broadway and film producer, try Music Fest at Clarksville, George Jones Fan Club. "Grand Ole Opry." Amram Nowak, president of nounced a joint, nine-country promotional campaign to be Tenn., was held Saturday (11) Mike Hight, vice president of Working in cooperation with the company, and David Hoff- at the Municipal Stadium. The L&O Talent Productions, Inc., an- the Country Music Association, man, vice president. launched this month. According show headlined Jeannie C. Riley, nounced the addition to the roster to the American Federation of Mu- The film is scheduled Dick Heard, Stuckey's per- Chase Webster, Billy Grammar, of Marion Worth, Decca artist and to be has sicians and others, the film will shown in theaters across the sonal manager, RCA sched- Linda Martell, Jamey Ryan, Jackie "Opry" member. Miss Worth's per- be produced through Amram nation well uled a new Nat Stuckey LP Burns, David Wilkins, Ronnie sonal appearance schedules will be as as under special Prophet, Alice Roger Soving, Nowak Associates of New York arrangements for universities for release in late October. The Joy, handled exclusively through the teen and country -oriented cover Connie Eaton, Ray Pennington, agency, which is owned jointly City. and schools. Wiland said the film Bill Goodwin, Jeffrey Clay and {Continued on page 74) Harry Wiland, director, was seeks to capture not only features Stuckey, his lead gui- the tarist, Dale Weaver, and several others. Lee Dorman handled all the organizer and associate highlights of the events of the details for the program. . In- producer of the Johnny Cash week, but to capture the deep friends riding Harley Davidson cluded in the estate of the late documentary film shown na- feeling motorcycles. country singer- composer Leen of country music. The Motor tionally on the Educational Tele- artists will be filmed in actual The Harley Davidson Payne were song royalties valued ATributeToThe 1970 model vision Network. That film, by performances, in backstage and Co. provided the at $40,000. Probate value of the the way, will be premiered at backroom hikes for the cover photos and estate was listed at $58,000. . . . conversations, and George Jones & Tammy Wynette Songs a downtown theater during the mingling with the public. will display album cover slicks Greatest on the counters and in the windows of its nationwide dealer networks throughout the U.S. &Their Writers The company also plans addi- Miss WENO tional use of Stuckey's name and picture in its advertising and promotion programs. Is Selected RCA will release the album NASHVILLE - Jo Amalong in the U.S. and nine other was recently elected Miss countries this month, and will WENO of 1969 in a contest coordinate the release with a held at the WENO ranch, Madi- European tour this month and son. She will represent the sta- in November starring Chet At- tion at various functions through- kins, Connie Smith, Nat Stuckey, out this area for one year. , George Hamilton Jo is employed by General IV, and . Shoe Co. of Nashville, and has served as a hostess for the Mu- sic City Golf Tournament. Her when answering ads . . . first official duties as Miss WENO will be to represent Say You Saw It in WENO radio during the Opry DJ COPIESr P.O. BOX 372 PICTURED ABOVE is the architects drawing of the Mercury recording Billboard birthday celebration and the FORT COLLINS, COLORADO studio to be located on Hawkins street in the heart of music row. Music City Golf Classic. (303) 482 -3348

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their bubblegum product. Promo- No. 30, Tony Martin's "Begin the JOHANNESBURG tions of this kind are uncommon Beguine." From The South African singer and organ- in South Africa but the company Michel Maxwell, manager for izer of the annual Durban Song has been successful with this one. the Cleveland Symphony Orches- Festival, Virginia Lee, flew to Eu- A single and an album, "Bubble - tra, arrived in Japan in September Music Capitals rope to visit Germany, Spain, gum Party With Tommy Tiger's to prepare for a visit by the or- France and the U.K. She will Bubblegum Boys" (Parlophone), chestra to the Orient in May of of the make television appearances to pro- have been released. ...EMI (South next year. Pierre Boulez will World mote the festival.... Tommy Roe Africa) with Lions International conduct the orchestra at Expo '70 have promoted five pop concerts in Osaka and there are also plans Continued from page 76 spite the offbeat time. is set for a South African tour, starting here Dec. 29. Supporting in the eastern province area of for Tokyo concerts as well as in Recent Maple Leaf System se- met with Hooker booked at bill includes P.J. Proby and local South Africa with Dickie Loader, Seoul, Korea. Maxwell the Colonial be- lections are "Riverboat" by S Man Rory Blackwell, Calder's Collec- Tatsu Nozake, general manager of ginning Nov. 3. . artists Sounds of Brass and Ne- Columbia Electrical Band, "If There Ever tion and Denny Lee on the bill. international section at CBS /Sony planning a special reception at Was a Time" by Lighthouse ville Whitmill. . . Johannesburg and group the Bassman have recorded "Tears in My Eyes" by to discuss further promotion of re- Sutton Place to greet Johnny "Most Peculiar Girl" by Larry & leases between now and the time Cash when he in the title song for the Killarney Tidal Wave on the Storm label comes for a Linda. . Engelbert Humper- the arrives in Maple Leaf Gardens concert, Nov. Film Studios production of "The has been released in the U.K. by orchestra Japan. dinck a sellout during a week's Decca. CLIVE CALDER Nozake said 28 Cleveland Orches- 10. Company working closely with appearance at O'Keefe Centre Eleventh Day," set for screening in January. Music for the film is tra LP's will be released between dealers to extensively promote the early in the summer, returns to October and May of next year.... by Colin Campbell. . Increase show and the singer's disks. . the city with a Maple Leaf Gar- BUENOS AIRES John Alan Cameron's "Minstrel in sales of "Cry to Me" by the The Brothers Four played to pack dens date firmed for Nov. 28... . houses for the group's 20 concerts of Cranberry Lane" LP a big hit "Melanie" and Alice Cooper's Staccatos (which was a hit a year European singers Gianni Mor- the ago) demonstrates the importance in the Orient and finished up the on East Coast. Apex single "Pretties for You" strong sellers andi of Italy and Massiel of Spain tour by taping a one -hour color of same name to be released in at city's big record shops on of films in singles promotion. The (both of RCA) will appear on the song is featured in "Katrina" film. TV show for NHK -TV. . . New the U.S. by Kapp. . Ray Yonge Street: A &A, Sam the Rec- channel 13 television network in The 1969 SARI (South African CBS /Sony releases for October in- Hutchinson to record on the Moose ord Man and Record Villa. the next few weeks. . Ben Record Industry) Awards held on clude Paul Winter's "Sound of label for Modern Tape Cartridge RITCHIE YORKE Molar, music producer for chil- Ipanema," Thelonious Monk's Corporation. Singer opened at the Oct. 8 at the Wanderers Club, group, Trillizas De Oro Johannesburg. Springbok Radio dren's "Monk's Dream," Miles Davis' "In Savarin, Sept. 29. . . . Bobbie (Fermata) is preparing the first will present live broadcasts dur- a Silent Way," The Brothers Gentry's television special, "The LONDON film for the group, an Argentine - Four's "The Big Folk Hits," Sound and the ing the Awards presentation. . . . Scene," to be tele- Spanish co- production . . Adam first EMI (South Africa) have released Pete Seeger's "Greatest Hits," Don cast on the CTV network Oct. The U.K. releases on the A. Campbell is new general man- Ellis' "Electric Bath," and The 27. Two other shows featuring jointly owned Pye -GRT label, a single "Lace Covered Window" ager of Industrias Electricas y will out from a deleted Mike Sammes Sing- Chambers Bros.' "The Time Has the singer will be taped shortly Janus go on sale in the Musicales Odeon, replacing Ed- Come." ... The Victor Company at CFTO. . RCA folk singer U.S. at the end of the month. ers album, following consumer de- ward Insley. . . Local singer of Japan moved its offices to the Lenny Breau firmed at the Janus has already issued some U.S. mand for the title. . . .A single Onion Susana Rinaldi, who specializes New Tokyo Hotel in Akasaka. coffeehouse Nov. 12 -16 and 19 -23. product and the U.K. launch will produced by U.K. producer John in singing tangos, signed with The hotel was completed Sept. 18. - consist of middle of the road, Schroeder during his South African "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" Trova Records. The label is launch- new country music com- by Birkin - blues and progressive pop. Among visit, "A Time for Us" by singer The Jane and Serge Gains ing several new local and foreign pany Green City opened its bourg, a big hit in Europe and the initial albums are LP's by Bernie Brown, has been released groups. ...Singer Donald is tour- doors in September.... Reserva- the U.K., has taken off here. Con- Long John Baldry, Jefferson and a by Arm Records. . . "Je T'Aime ing Mexico and will visit Los troversial Fontana recording taken from David Frost's Moi Non Plus" by Jane Birkin tions are selling briskly for the single received Angeles, New York, Montreal and Frank Sinatra show at Expo '70 instant reaction after an airing at series, "The Frost Report." . . and Serge Gainsbourg has been London. He represented Argentina Chalpin, who banned in South Africa. Radio in June, reports the Japan Travel CKFH. Over 50 listeners were U.S. producer Ed in the 1969 Festival of Popular ELSON E. IRWIN asked to comment on the disk. first recorded Jimi Hendrix, has stations, however, are playing the Bureau. instrumental version, "Love At Song in Rio de Janeiro. His single . . . Jacques Loussier Trio to ap- signed a three part deal with RCA "Tiritando" (Shivering), sung in pear at Guelph University, Oct. during his recent trip through First Sight" by Sounds Nice. . . Portuguese, was first released in MANILA 29. Group is featured on Lon- Europe. Chalpin, head of the New David Pinnell, managing director Brazil and then in the U.S., the of Davenport & Meyer (commer- Luis Lee, Playtex executive, an- don soundtrack LP, "You Only York -based PPX Enterprises com- U.K. and Australia. It will soon nounced that "Love Is for the . . has pitched his top two cial managers of LM Radio) visited Love Once." David Brodeur, pany, be released in Italy. Two of Us" by Rene and Rene Quality's Quebec promotion man- talents, Curtis Knight (former New York to attend the Radio Advertising Bureau management CBS artists, the Argentinian is the company's top -selling single ager, reports that Germain Lacour- partner of Hendrix) and Anthony Sandro and Brazilian Roberto among its releases by foreign art- ciere, A & M's first Swete to RCA. He is also in the conference. He will also visit South Canadian Carlos are taking part in the First ists. It is the third single of the was process of forming his own America and Europe. . . . Briga- representative, in Montreal to pub- International Song Festival of Hua - duo in the Philippines. It has sur- familiarize himself with Quebec's lishing outlet in the U.K. through diers, South African record com- Min cachina, Peru. Sandro will also passed the sales mark of the duo's sales territory. Label's Canadian RCA's Sunbury Music offshoot. pany releasing Ge Korsten, tour the U.S., and visit Puerto the Shaw, Lance James and Group "Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero." Rene operation to work out of Toronto Orange Music part of Rico, Santa Domingo, Mexico, and and Rene records are released here beginning in November.... Poly - Orange recording and musical in- Two, is celebrating its 10th anni- Venezuela. He has a local hit with on D'Swan International label... . dor out with "Rare, Precious and strument supplier headed by Cliff versary. . EMI (South Africa) (Life Weight" by the "La Vida Continua" Goes Sound, Inc. has acquired distribu- Beautiful," the Bee Gees' triple Cooper has set a deal with Pye's has reissued "The On). On his return here he will Wolbeck to Band. An EMI spokesman said that tion of Zel Records from Alpha disk LP. It is reported that the Music represent him start his third film, "Gitano" System. Sound has also album will not be released in the worldwide. although the single was first re- Recording . . . Jorge C. Esperon, leased a year ago, they considered (Gypsy). been named licensee of Olga, a U S RCA English recording Philips is planning to release a general manager of Prodisa SRL, Scandinavian label. Initial release group, Harmony finished a series of albums on its low price the local market for this type of Grass, is on a business trip to Los Angeles will be "Isralites" by the SSSSSSS. successful cross- country university Four Front series on the Fontana product now... U.K. singer now and New York. will start resident in South Africa, Denny Prodisa The coined -edge in singles is tour. . . . "Magic Carpet Ride" label of spoken word albums re- a sales campaign shortly to push the Philippines by Steppenwolf (formerly called corded in association with the Na- Lee has "Someone In This World" being introduced in on Little Giant as her first single. their cassette labels (ABC, Grand this month by Sound, Inc. in all Sparrow, of Toronto) headed a tional Portrait Gallery. The initial Award, 20th Century Fox, Project Artists, Zel, Olga recent weekend popularity contest release consists of six albums on It was written by EMI musical its labels- Allied director Robin Netscher, and pub- 3 and Monument). Dimension and MG Mitten. at CKFH. Over 300 records were Charles The First, Samuel Pepys Three French orchestra leaders OSKAR SALAZAR played. Two Beatles songs, "Ser- and Jane Austen. . On his lished by Ardmore and Beechwood. South African booker Ronnie have simultaneous albums re- geant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club recent trip to the U.S. Dick James leased: Franck Pourcel (Odeon), Band" and "Get Back," placed sec- secured publishing rights to the Quibell visited the U.K., booking Paul Mauriat (Philips) and Ray- acts for South Africa. . . . Local ond and third. . Ronnie Haw- Motherlode group from Kelly mond Lefevre (Disc Jockey). All Pathe- Marconi Offer kins' LP for Modern Tape set for Ross. . Agent Mervyn Conn group the Bats have started re- cording the soundtrack for their three albums contain the recent Continued from page 77 a November release. . . Gordon has married singer- dancer Laura European hit, "Un Dia, Un Nino" Lightfoot's "Sunday Concert" LP Symonds, who has appeared regu- first film, "Belfry." It will be screened early next year, with the (One Day, One Boy). . "Rosa varying from light operetta, had its world premiere on CKFM larly on British television. Another Rosa" (Rose Rose) and "Por Que Rachmaninov symphonies, Mon- at midnight, Sept. 29. Station wedding last week was Michele group playing feature roles. . . . The Gallo entertainment group Yo To Amo" (Why I Love You), teverdi vespers and a Chopin saluted the album for one hour Lewis, daughter of Pickwick Inter- Argentine compositions by singer and received heavy listener re- national managing director Monty has built three studios in Johannes- recital by Gyorgy Cziffra, are burg to television shows Sandro, have just been recorded in sponse for the special program de- Lewis. produce the U.K. by Tom Jones. slightly cheaper. in anticipation of the introduction RUBEN MACHADO The firm is also bringing out of TV to South Africa. . EMI two composite budget LP's at (South Africa) released the new Entitled Musical Pace Up of New Labels Formed Beatles' album "Abbey Road" at $4 each. the same time as the U.K. re- TOKYO Initiation, they feature a wide lease.... Singer John Rowles will number of better known com- tour with U.K. comic Norman The Far East Network, the mili- posers and an international list In U.K. as 3 More Enter Race tary station in Japan, conducted Wisdom in Beech - of EMI group performers. December.... a month -long survey to determine Continued frone page 78 Banquet" album. With the Roll- Nut Lifesavers, Ltd., is sponsoring ing Stones contract now close and promoting local pop group, the Top 200 records of all time Tiger's Bubblegum Boys to commemorate their 24th anni- cording activities of the new to being renegotiated, the ex- Tommy as 'Pig and Whistle' as an advertising medium to launch versary. The top recording de- label. ample of Threshold could well termined from the thousands of But what Decca describes as be a decisive factor in persuad- ballots mailed was "Satisfaction" Continued from page 76 a which "guarantees ing the group to continue to by the Rolling Stones. The station contract includes: Victoria Me- a great deal on both sides," in channel its future product and EMI -Italiana's Push played the 200 songs over a two - schedule day period. The remainder of the morial Arena, Victoria B.C., fact refers to the collateral pro- possibly their label through the Continued from page 77 vided by the Moody Blues, one company. all time Top 20 were: "Down- Saturday (11); Queen Elizabeth major venture in co -part- Italy's 4,000 record retail shops, town," by Petula Clark; "I Want Theatre, Vancouver, B.C., Sun- of the company's album This first to Hold Your Hand," The Beatles; sellers, in the shape of their nership, which gives Decca the on the basis of past sales per- day- Monday (12 -13); Edmonton "Under the Boardwalk," The Drift- Gardens, Edmonton, Wednesday- record royalties for the term of worldwide distribution rights, formance in the classical field. ers; "You Keep Me Hanging On," the contract. will orbit with the Moody Blues Thursday (15 -16); Stampede "Only those shops specializ- Vanilla Fudge; "Barbara Ann," Monday In any event, Decca has agreed new album, "Dedicated to Our ing in classical music records Beach Boys; "Cherie," Four Sea- Corral, Calgary, Friday- to give the group total artistic Children's Children's Children" and staffed with personnel sin- sons; "Hey Jude," The Beatles; (17 -20); Old Winnipeg Audito- (23). freedom in developing a label which will be released next cerely interested in classical mu- "When a Man Loves a Woman," rium, Winnipeg, Thursday on which "creative people can month. To follow will be albums sic were selected" Grand said. Percy Sledge; "String of Pearls," work together on their own by Timon, a Liverpool Glenn Miller; "Two ó Clock singer, The series, presented "in Jump," Harry James; "In the Year Magazine Acquired terms with the support -but not and Trapeze, a combo from block" to the retailers, will be 2525," Zager and Evans; "In the the control -of a major com- Wolverhampton. promoted by the use of special Mood," Glenn Miller; "Don't Be Continued from page 79 pany." Policy will be to work on display and advertising posters, That Way," Benny Goodman; This gesture could well be only a few acts at a time, with plus special promotional visits "Ebb Tide," Righteous Brothers; tribution of his product in the noted by the Rolling Stones as a maximum of six, and to dup- by the album artists, Grand "I Left My Heart in San Fran- U.S. evidence of a softening of the licate Decca's promotion activi- said. cisco," Tony Bennett; "Moonlight Meanwhile, Cooper last week hardline attitude taken by ties in Britain, but particularly The first of special promo- Serenade," Glenn Miller; "Star- a deal with Pye for dust," Warren Covington; "Chi- completed Decca in the past, which reached in the U.S., where for the time tions is scehduled during the ap- his Orange label. First release a peak over the good cago," Tommy Dorsey; "Light My -taste being the label has an agree- pearance of pianist Alexis Weis - Fire," Doors. Rock tunes were will be "I Gotta Live," by new- battle involving the lavatory- ment with Frank Zappa's Bi- senberg with the La Scala or- scattered throughout comer John Harrington -Ure wall the Top 200 sleeve of their "Beggar's zarre and Straight labels. chestra in Milan Oct. 2, 3 and 4. but oldies also appeared such as which will be issued on Oct. 24. 80 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD SHITS OF THE WORLD

31 26 SOUL DEEP-Box Tops ARGENTINA HOLLAND II 13 HOSHIZORA NO ROMANCE 7 8 BAD MOON RISING - (Bell) -Cyril Shane (Coghill/ -*Pinky & Killers (King)- Creedence Clearwater This Last Norman) (Courtesy Radio Veronica All Staff Revival (Liberty) -Palace Week Week 32 - PENNY ARCADE -Roy and Platennieuws) 12 12 MOGOKORO- *Moriyama 8 7 LA OSS LEVE FOR 1 I LA VIDA CONTINUA/ Orbison (London)-Milene *Denotes local origin Ryoko (Philips) -Shinko HVE'RANDRE- *Gluntan ELISA- *Sandro (CBS) (Wesley Rose) - This 13 II (Odeon) -EMI Norsk Ansa Last KINJIRARETA KOI- 33 16 JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS Week Week *Moriyama Ryoko (Philips) 9 10 HER KOMMER PIPPI 2 2 TIRITANDO-*Donald (RCA) -Jane Birkin & Serge -Shinko L ANG STRU M P- *Anne -Relay Gainsbourg (Fontana) 1 2 BLOODY MARY- *Tom & - Dick (Philips) 14 14 AQUARIUS /LET THE Meete (Trials) 3 Shapiro- Bernstein (Jack -Dayglow 3 AVE MARIA -Raphael Baverstock) Music SUNSHINE IN -Fifth 10 9 BALLAD OF JOHN AND (Hispavox) Dimension (Liberty) -Taiyo YOKO -Beatles (Apple) 34 40 HUNT-*Barry Ryan (Polydor) 2 I DON'T FORGET TO - 4 4 PROUD MARY -Creedence REMEMBER t5 16 FRANCINE NO BAAI- Sonora Clearwater -Ryan (Bill Landis) -Bee Gees Revival (EMI); ( Polydor)- Dayglow Music *Shintani Noriko (Denon) Tommy Roe (Prodisa); 35 23 BIRTH- Peddlars (CBS) A.M.P. - Formacion 20(10 (Odeon) Lillian/Carlin-Cyril Smith 3 9 JE T'AIME MOI NON PHILIPPINES 16 IS NAGASAKI WA KYO MO 36 42 PLUS (Fontana)-Dayglow *Denotes origin 5 5 ROSA ROSA -*Sandro (CBS) MILES -Edwin Starr Music AME DATTA- local -Ansa (Tamla Motown)- Johete- *Uchiyamada Hiroshi & Cool This Last Carlin /Mecolico /BI EM 4 3 SCARLET RIBBONS-*Cats 6 7 LA EXTRANA DE LAS (Imperial) Five (RCA) -Watanabe Week Week BOTAS (Fuqua Bristol) -Mills / Basart ROSAS -*La Joven 17 18 GIN -IRO NO AME- *Ogawa I 1 EVERYDAY PEOPLE-Sly & Guardia (RCA) -Relay 37 50 RETURN OF DJANGO/ 5 4 -Zager The Family Stone (Epic) & Evans (RCA) -Essex Tomoko (Toshiba) -Toshiba - 7 CUENTAME- *Fedra & DOLLAR IN THE TEETH Mareco - -Upsetters (US 301) Holland /Basart 18 17 BALLADE OF JOHN AND Maximiliano (CBS) - YOKO -Beatles (Apple) 2 4 SUGAR. SUGAR -Archies 6 8 MY Melograf 38 24 MAKE ME AN ISLAND SPECIAL PRAYER - Toshiba - (RCA Victor) -Filipinas Percy Sledge (Atlantic) 3 6 2525 8 6 *Joe Dolan (Pye) - IN THE YEAR -Zager SUGAR SUGAR -Archies 19 Shaftesbury 7 Al NO KASEKI- *Asaoka & Evans (RCA Victor) (RCA) -Relay (Geoffrey 5 BABY 1 LOVE YOU -Andy - - Everett) Kim (Dot) -Belinda Ruriko (Teichiku)- Ishihara Filipinas 9 9 SOLAMENTE AMIGOS - 39 39 20 MAYONAKA NO GUITAR 4 3 LOVE THEME FROM DELTA LADY -Joe Cocker 8 NATURAL BORN - *Palito Ortega (RCA) - BUGIE- *Chiga Kaoru (Columbia) - ROMEO AND JULIET Clanort - (Regal Zonophone) -Writers Humble Pie (Immediate) - - Workshop (Denny Amano Geino Henry Mancini and His Cordell) 9 6 SAVED BY THE BELL 1(1 - YO EN MI CASA, ELLA EN - Orchestra (RCA Victor) - EL BAR -*Los Naufragos 40 38 EARLY IN THE MORNING Robin Gibb (Polydor)- Filipinas -Vanity Fare (Page One) (CBS)-Melograf Dayglow Music 5 7 YESTERDAY I HEARD THE -Lowery (Steve Barri) 10 10 NIGHTINGALE- George MALAYSIA RAIN- Dionne Warwick 41 37 MARRAKESH EXPRESS- Cash (Philips) -Dayglow (Courtesy Radio Malaysia) (Scepter) -Mareco Crosby, Stills and Nash 6 2 DELIVERY -1910 BRITAIN Music This Last SPECIAL (Atlantic)-Copyright Week Week Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)- (Courtesy Record Retailer) Control (Crosby, Stills and Mareco Nash) 1 3 DON'T FORGET TO 7 5 SPINNING *Denotes local origin WHEEL -Blood 42 - EVERYBODY'S TALKING ITALY REMEMBER -Bee Gees Sweat & Tears (CBS) - This Last Nilsson (RCA) -Coconut - (Poly) Mareco Week Week (Courtesy Musica e Dischi, Milan) 8 Grove /Third Story (Rick 2 I IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager 8 BABY LET'S WAIT -Rascals I 3 JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS Garrard) *Denotes local origin & Evans (RCA) (Atlantic) -Mareco *Jane Birkin /Serge This Last 9 9 YOU'VE MADE ME SO 43 - SUGAR SUGAR -Archies 3 4 SAVED BY THE BELL - VERY HAPPY-Blood, Gainsbourg (Major Minor) - (RCA) -Welbeck (Jeff Barry) Week Week Robin Gibb (Poly) Shapiro- Bernstein (Jack Sweat & Tears (CBS) 1 LO STRANIERO- - Baverstock) 44 47 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE- - Moustaki 4 8 THIS GIRL IS A WOMAN Mareco Dorothy Squirespt 267 (Polydor)- Alfiere NOW -Gary Puckett & The IO I DO LOVE YOU -*Eddie 2 2 I'LL NEVER - FALL IN (Jubete /Carlin) -N icky 2 2 IL PRIMO GIORNO DI Union Gap (CBS) Peregrina (D'Swan) -D'Swan LOVE AGAIN- Bobbie Welsh PRIMAVERA Gentry (Capitol) -Blue Seas/ -*Dik Dik 5 2 CONVERSATIONS -Cilia 45 35 MY WAY -Frank Sinatra (Ricordi)-Pegaso Numero Black (Part) Jac (Kelso llertson) Uno (Reprise)- Shapiro- 6 6 BORN TO BORN TO PUERTO RICO 3 1 BAD MOON LIVE RISING Bernstein (Don Costa) 3 SOME VELVET Creedence Clearwater- - MORNING- DIE -Foundations (Pye) (Courtesy WKAQ -EL Mundo) 46 41 -Vanilla Fudge (Atlantic) Revival (Liberty) TEARS DON'T WASH - 7 EASY TO BE HARD -Three *Denotes local origin - AWAY MY HEARTACHES RCA - Burlington (John Fogerty) Dog Night (Stateside) This Last -Ken Dodd (Columbia) 4 3 ROSE ROSSE -*Massimo 4 - 8 4 BOY NAMED SUE -Johnny Southern (John Burgess) Ranieri (CGD) -Apollo - SOMETHING IN THE AIR - Week Week Cash (CBS)-Evil Eye (Bob Thunderclap Newman (Poly) 1 6 EL VICIOSO Munoz 47 45 TEARS IN THE WIND 5 1 PENSIERO D'AMORE -Jose Johnston) - -*Mal 9 *Chicken Shack (Blue (RCA) -Senza Fine 5 TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE- (Musart) 5 9 LAY LADY LAY -Bob Dylan Horizon) -immediate (Mike Bobbie Gentry (Capitol) 2 3 SUGAR SUGAR -Archies (CBS) -Big Sky (Bob 6 - QUANTO TI AMO -Johnny (Calendar) Vernon) Hallyday 10 - VIVA BOBBY JOE-Equals Johnston) (Philips)- Alfiere 3 4 LA PRIMERA NOVIA 48 46 CURLY -Move (Regal (Stateside) - 6 6 GOOD MORNING 7 4 ACQUA DI MARE- *Romina Chucho Avellanet (UAL) Zonophone)-Essex (Mike Power (Parlophone) 2 STARSHINE- =Oliver (CBS) Hurst) -VdP 4 AZUCAR -Nelly y Tony (Hit -United Artist (Bob Crewe) 8 6 SOLI SI MUORE Parade Disc Jockey) 49 29 -*Patrick CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MEXICO 5 1 TAN BONITA COMO TU- 7 5 DON'T FORGET TO Samson (Carosello) -Curci BACK YARD -Elvis Presley This Last Julio Angel (Hit Parade) REMEMBER -Bee Gees (RCA) -Carlin (Mark 9 5 NON CREDERE-*Mina (Polydor) -Abigail (PDU) Week Week 6 - RAIN-Jose Feliciano (RCA) Lipskin) -Fono Film /PDU 7 7 Harlow (Stigwood /Bee Gees) EL MALECON -Orq. 50 36 WHEN THE WORLDS 10 23 .DH LADY MARY -David 1 I TE VI LLORANDO -Marco (Fania) 8 8 Antonio Vazquez THROW DOWN A LINE - COLLIDE -Jim Reeves Alexandre Winter (Fleche)- (Peerless) 8 8 OJOS MALVADOS- Santos *Cliff and Hank (Columbia) (RCA) -Tree (Chet Atkins) SIF 2 2 ME QUIERO CASAR Colon (Fania) -Shadows (Norrie Paramor) 11 7 LISA DAGLY OCCHI BLU - CONTIGO- Roberto Carlos 9 - PERDONAME LA LETRA - 9 7 IT'S GETTING BETTER- *Mario Tessuto (CGD) - (CBS) Tito Rodriguez (UAL) Mamma 10 Lebron Brothers (Cotique) Cass (Stateside) - Tiber 3 7 AZUCAR AZUCAR (Sugar, - FE- Screen Gems (Steve Barri) DENMARK 12 8 POMERIGGIO ORE SEI - Sugar) -Archies (RCA) I(1 14 NOBODY'S CHILD- *Karen (Courtesy Danish Group of 1FP1) *Equipe 84 (Ricordi) - 4 5 HERIDO (I've Been Hurt) - SOUTH AFRICA Young (Major Minor) This Last Semza Fine Bill Deal and The Rhondells - (Courtesy Southern ,V'rican Record Acuff/Rose (Tommy Scott) Week Week 13 12 (Polydor) PERDONA BAMBINA - Manufacturers' & 11 17 Distributors I'M GONNA MAKE YOU I *Maurizio Vandelli (Ricordi) I JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS 5 3 AMOR DE ESTUDIANTE- Association) MINE -Lou Christie Jane Birkin & Serge -Fono Film Roberto Jordan (RCA) I I BY THE BELL (Buddah) -Kama Sutra (Lou (Fontana) 14 9 SAVED - Christie) Gainsbourg - STORIA D'AMORE -*Adriano 6 6 EL MODESTO -Los Polivoces Robin Gibb (Polydor)- Transatlantiques Celentano (Clan) --Clan (Orfeon) 12 12 HARE Robin Gibb -Saharep KRISHNA MANTRA 2 3 DON'T FORGET TO 15 NON E' UNA -*Radha Krishna Tefnple - FESTA -*Little 7 4 IN A GADA DA VIDA -Iron (Trutone) REMEMBER -Bee Gees Tony (Durium) -Mimo Butterfly (Atto) 2 7 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN (Apple) -Apple (George (Polydor) -Dacapo Harrison) 16 11 BALLAD OF JOHN AND 8 8 ORGULLOSA MARIA YOUR HEART -Jackie De 3 2 SAVED BY THE BELL YOKO -Beatles (Apple) (Proud Shannon (Imperial)- 13 20 SPACE ODDITY -David - - Mary) -Creedence Robin Gibb (Polydor)- Ritmi e Canzoni Clearwater (Liberty) ). DeShannon /J. Holiday - Bowie (BF 1801)-(Essex) Dacapo United Artists /Laetrec (Teal) 17 IS TI AMO ED 10 DI PlU 9 Gus Dudgeon ... - TU CAMINO Y EL MIO- 3 4 MAKE ME AN ISLAND 4 4 IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager -*Giorgio Albertazzi & Vicente Fernandez (CBS) -Joe 14 34 OH WELL- Fleetwood Mac & Evans (RCA) -Zerlad M. Anna Proclemer Dolan (Pye) -Plymouth (Reprise) -Fleetwood 10 9 ESTOY LOCA POR TI- (Teal) (Fleetwood Mac) 5 6 HAIR -Cowsills (MGM) 18 10 TI VOGLIO TANTO BENE Elizabeth (Raff) 4 2 SUGAR SUGAR -Archies - *Rossano (Variety) - 15 25 PUT YOURSELF IN MY United Art. - (RCA) -Laetrec (Teal) Leonardi 5 3 BABY MAKE SOON PLACE -Isley Brothers 6 IT - - SCHEIDEN TUT SO WEH- 19 OH LADY Marmalade (CBS) (Tamla/Motown)- Heintje (Philips)- lmudico - MARY -Dalida -Mike Jobeta/Carlin (RCA) -SIF NEW ZEALAND Smith -La et r ec / Sch roe d e r 7 5 BAD 20 (Courtesy New Zealand Broadcasting) (G.R.C.) 16 32 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MOON RISING - 16 RAGAZZINA RAGAZZINA - 6 5 BAD MOON RISING MY BROTHER- *Hollies Creedence Clearwater !Giuliano e i Notturni (Ri This Last - Revival (Liberty) -Palace M. Fi)- Alfiere Week Week Creedence Clearwater Etc. (Parlophone) -Cyril Shane (Liberty) -John Fogarty 21 - (Ron Richards) 14 8 7 DIZZY -Tommy Roe UNA RAGIONE DI PIU- 1 1 SAINT PAUL -Shane Jon Dora (Teal) *Ornella Vanoni 17 II NATURAL BORN BUGIE- (Stateside) -Sweden M. (Ariston)- 2 5 SAVED BY THE BELL 7 8 CONVERSATIONS-Cilla Humble Pie (Immediate IM La Bussola - Black (WRC)-- 9 8 HONKY TONK Robin Gibb George 082) WOMEN - 22 21 HONKY TONK WOMEN Rolling Stones (Decca) - 3 3 IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager Martin- Cookeway (Teal) - Rolling Stones 8 18 10 IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager Essex M. (Decca)- and Evans - TURN AROUND -Ken J. and Evans (RCA Victor) Aromando Larken (Polydor) -Donna - 4 4 CONVERSATIONS Zelad (Zager 10 10 STOP SORGEN 1 EN 23 19 -Cilla Music -Billy Forest and Evans) RAGAZZINA RAGAZZINA - Black 19 27 DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO GAMMEL SAEK-Bjoern *Nuovi Angeli (Durium)- (Trutone) -Four Tops (Tamla & Okay ( Polydor)- Dacapo Alfiere 5 2 HONKY TONIC WOMEN - 9 9 TIME IS TIGHT-Booker T The Rolling Stones & The MG's (Stax) -B.T. Motown) -Carlin (Four 24 13 PENSANDO A TE -*AI Tops) Bano (VdP) -VdP 6 6 RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR Jones-Famous Chappell LOVE TO TOWN (Gallo) 20 31 CLOUD NINE -Temptations 25 17 -Kenny GERMANY PROUD MARY -Creedence Rodgers and The First 10 - SING A RAINBOW /LOVE (Tamla/Motown)-Jobete/ Clearwater Revival (America) Edition IS BLUE -Dells (Chess) Carlin- Norman Whitfield This Last -Palace E.H. Morris (Teal) - Week Week 7 9 21 15 TOO BUSY THINKING MICHAEL & THE SLIPPER TREE -The Simple Image ABOUT MY BABY-Marvin I I IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager Gaye (Tamla /Motown)- and Evans (RCA Victor)- 8 7 SOMETHING IN THE AIR - SPAIN Jobete /Carlin (Norman Exordium and Terminus JAPAN Thunderclap Newman (Courtesy El Gran Musical) Whitfield) (Gerig) (Courtesy Original Confidence Co., Ltd.) 9 - FROZEN ORANGE JUICE - *Denotes local origin 22 19 LOVE Peter Sarstedt This Last AT FIRST SIGHT 2 *Denotes local origin *Sounds Nice (Parlophone)- 3 HONKY TONK WOMEN- Week Week Rolling Stones (Decca) This Last 10 - WAIT FOR ME MARY - -Shapiro- Bernstein (Gus - ANNE -The Dedikation 1 I MARIA ISABEL -Los Payos Dudgeon) Gerig) Week Week (Hispavox)-Ediciones I 1 IKEPUKRO NO Musicales Hispavox 23 13 VIVA BOBBY JOE -Equals 3 7 SAVED BY THE BELL - YORU -*Ace (President) -Grant (Ed Robin Gibb (Polydor)- Mina (Victor)- Victor 2 4 IN THE GHETTO -Elvis Kassner) Slezak) 2 2 IIJA NAINO SHIAWASA NORWAY Presley (RCA) NARABA- *Sagara Naomi (Courtesy Verdens 3 3 LA CHARANGA-Juan Pardo 24 31 I SECOND THAT EMOTION 4 2 IN THE GHETTO -Elvis Gang) (Zafiro) -Ediciones -Diana Ross (Victor) -All Staff and Supremes Presley (RCA Victor) - *Denotes local origin Musicales Universal y Zafiro (TMG 709)-(Jobete /Carlin) (Intro) 3 7 NINGYO NO 1E- *Hirota This Last 4 2 THE BALLAD OF JOHN Frank Wilson Mieko (Columbia) - Week Week AND YOKO -Beatles 5 4 JE . . 25 22 SAVED BY THE BELL T'AIME MOI NON Watanabe (Odeon)- Ediciones - PLUS Birkin and 1 1 IN THE YEAR 2525 *Robip Gibb (Polydor)- -Jane 4 5 IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager Serge Gainsbourg (Fontana) -Zager & Evans (RCA Victor) Gramofono Odeon Saha Rel (Robin & - 5 Gihh) -M arbor Evans (RCA) -Shinko Essex 5 BUSCA UN AMOR -Formula 26 44 LOVE'S BEEN 5 4 KANASHIMI (Fonogram) -Ediciones GOOD TO WA 2 6 JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS ME -Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 6 5 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - KAKEASHI DE YATTE Musicales Universal y Zafiro -Ambassador (Sonny Burke) Plastic Ono Band (Electrola/ KURU -*Anne Mariko -Jane Birkin & Serge 6 9 SUGAR, SUGAR -Archies Apple) -(Budde) Gainsbourg (Fontana) - (RCA) -(Non published) 27 21 MY CHERIE AMOUR -Stevie (Victor) -World Music Stockholm Musikproduktion 7 8 IN THE YEAR 2525 -Zager Wonder (Tamla /Motown) 7 GEH NICHT VORBEI- 6 3 KOI NO DOREI-*Okumura - Chiyo (Toshiba)-Watanabe 3 3 DON'T FORGET TO & Evans (RCA) -Ediciones 28 30 HONKY TONK WOMEN - Christian Anders (Columbia) REMEMBER -Bee Gees Essex Espanola *Rolling Stones (Decca)- -(Intro) 7 10 SHOWA BLUES-*Bluebell ( Polydor)- Sonora 8 6 NO PUEDO QUITAR MIS Mirage (Jimmy Miller) Singers (Polydor)- OJOS DE T1 -Matt Monro 8 IO MENDOCINO- Michael Holm 4 4 SAVED BY THE BELL - 29 28 I'M A BETTER MAN - (Ariola -Hansa) -(Global) Shogakukan Robin Gibb (Polydor)- (Odeon)-Canciones del Engelbert Humperdinck 8 6 ONNA- *Mori Shin-ichi Sonora Mundo (Decca) -Blue Seas, Jac 9 8 MENDOCINO -Sir Douglas (Victor) -Watanabe 9 - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE- Music (l'eter Quintet (Mercury) -D. Sahm 5 2 IN THE GHETTO -Elvis Plastic Ono Band (Odeon) Sullivan for 9 8 NYO KARA ANATA TO- Presley (RCA Victor) - Gordon Mills Productions) (Global) *Ishida Ayumi (Columbia) - (Non published) - Belinda 10 7 OH, HAPPY DAY -Edwin 30 33 WET DREAM -Max Romeo I0 9 DON'T FORGET TO Nichion (Unity)-Beverly 6 5 HONKY TONK WOMEN- Hawkins Singers (Fonogram) (H. REMEMBER -Bee Gees 10 9 SMILE FOR Tigers Robinson) ME- Rolling Stones (Decca) - -Ediciones Musicales (Polydor)-Slezak) (Polydor) -Aberback Tokyo Essex Hispavox OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD 81 FOR WEEK ENDING OCT. 18, 1969

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Compiled from National Retail Stores by the Music Popularity Chart Department and the Record Market Research Department of Billboard. Imperial Records Jackie is fe' Et.- oe. r oto w 71 De Shannon one of the Tr-rr 'wooer, Crw porta to, ladies of song to record a million sell- ing single.Thaes something special. Now, Jackie has a new album. "Pt IT A LITTLE LOVE IN VIA TR HEART" LP-12442. From this by filled album comes [ICI' newest single: "LOVE WILL FIND THE WAY" 466419 Avery special album-a very special new single from a verv special lady

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(C JeZ01 ;k] 21.1 ;LC 1 I Eel I CC JeZMI Spotlights Predicted to reach the top 20 of the HOT 100 Chart COUNTRY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - *JACKIE DeSHANNON -LOVE WILL FIND A WAY (Prod. VME) (Writers: DeShannon- Holiday- Myers) (Unart, BMI)- Following Spotlights Predicted to reach the top 20 of the FORTUNATE SON /DOWN ON THE CORNER up her million seller "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," the top stylist - (Prod. John Fogerty) (Writer: Fogerty) ( Jondora, BMI) -With their "Green composer has another sure-fire winner in this piece of original material HOT COUNTRY SINGLES Chart River" smash still riding high on the "Hot 100" charts, the powerful group with a potent lyric line. Flip: "I Let Go Completely" ( Unart, BMI). makes still another bid for top honors. Two equally potent sides; the Imperial 66419 FARON YOUNG -YOUR TIME'S COMIN' while the flip first with the feel and flavor of the recent winner, (Prod. Jerry Kennedy) (Writers: Kristofferson- Silverstein) (Combine, BMI) - has an infectious calypso beat. Fantasy 634 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND - His "Wine Me Up" took him right up there to the top and this clever DELLS I'M IN YOUR ARMS rhythm item offers the same sales and chart potency. Flip: (No Information -WHEN OF SHELLY'S BLUES Available). Mercury 72983 (Prod. Bobby Miller) (Writer: Miller) (Chevis, BMI) -Hot off their smash SOME (Prod. Gamble -Huff) (Writers: Gamble- Huff -Bell) (Assorted /Parabut, BMI) - revival of "Oh, What a Night," the Dells have an equally powerful sales & HOWARD Nesmith material will prove a top chart item for BILL ANDERSON JAN - entry in this hard driving blues ballad with a funky beat in strong The clever rocking Mike winner, this one will support. Flip: "On the Dock of the Bay" (East/Time /Redwal, BMI). the "Buy For You the Rain" group. A discotheque IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU (Pamco, BMI). Liberty 56134 Cadet 5658 move up there fast. Flip: "Yukon Railroad" (Writer: Anderson) (Moss Rose, BMI) -The winning duo has another hot item in this strong rhythm ballad penned by Anderson. Will spiral right up there. Flip: "I Thank God For You" (Stallion, BMI). Decca 32511 GEORGE HAMILTON IV- CAROLINA IN MY MIND ;Prod. Bob Ferguson) (Writer: Taylor) (Apple, ASCAP) -The fine stylist tackles James Taylor's material and gives it all it needs to carry it right to the top of the country chart, and spill over to pop as well. Flip: "I'm Gonna Be a Country Boy Again" (Gypsy Boy /T.M., BMI). RCA 74-0256 4.1 ;LC I [el I WYNN STEWART & THE TOURISTS - YOURS FOREVER reach the top 60 of the HOT 100 Chart Spotlights Predicted to (Prod. Ken Nelson) (Writer: Simpson) (Central, BMI) -His "World Wide Travelling Man" took him high on the chart and this compelling Red Simpson ballad with a top performance will quickly surpass that success. JERRY BUTLER-A BRAND NEW ME *LULU - Flip: "Goin' Steady" (Central, BMI). Capitol 2657 (Prod. Gamble -Huff) (Writers: Gamble- Huff -Bell) (Assorted/Parabut, BMI) - OH ME OH MY (I'm a Fool for You Baby) Up," Butter comes up with WEBB PIERCE - On the heels of "What's the Use of Breaking (Prod. Jerry Wexler, & Arif Mardin) (Writer: Doris) (Nootrac, of the sales potency of the former hit. a smooth rhythm ballad with much ASCAP) -Cut in Muscle Shoals, Ala., Lulu's debut on the label is a LOVE AIN'T NEVER GONNA BE NO BETTER Mercury 72960 Flip: (No Information Available). powerful one with this strong ballad material that builds into an emo- (Writers: Null- Adams) (Cedarwood, BMI) -More clever rhythm material from tional frenzy. Will prove a big one. Flip: "Sweep Around Your Own Pierce to follow up his recent "This Thing" hit. A certain chart topper. *BOB DYLAN - Back Door" (Cotillion, BMI). Atco 6722 Flip: "Thc Other Side of You" (Wandering Acres, SESAC). Decca 32577 TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU *B. J. THOMAS - FRANK IFIE -LD -IT'S MY TIME -- - Lady Lay" (Prod. Bob Johnston) (Writer: Dylan) (Big Sky, ASCAP) -His "Lay KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD (Prod. Wesley Rose) (Writer: Loudermilk) (Acuff -Rose, BMI) -One of the most took him high on the "Hot 100" and this strong original rhythm item, RAINDROPS infectous and potent commercial entries for the week. Watch out for this Hal (Writers: Bacharach- David) (Blue from his "Nashville Skyline" LP, offers much of the same sales (Prod. Burt Bacharach & David) John D. Loudermilk winner, it's going right to the top. (field at his best culled -David rhythm potential. Flip: (No Information Available). Columbia 4 -45004 Seas /Jac /20th Century, ASCAP) -The delightful Bacharach with pop appeal as well. Flip: "I Love You Because" (Rose, BMI). ballad on the soundtrack of the Paul Newman film "Butch Cassidy and Hickory 1550 the Sundance Kid" by Thomas is a winner that will spiral him right up JR. WALKER & ALL STARS - the "Hot 100" and Easy Listening charts. Top performance. Flip: (No CONNIE SMITH -YOU AND YOUR SWEET LOVE I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO WIN MARIA BACK Information Available). Scepter 12265 (Prod. Bob Ferguson) (Writer: Anderson) (Stallion, BMI) -Her duet with exceptional Bill Anderson (Prod. Johnny Bristol) (Writer: Bristol) (Jobete, BMI)- Following up "What BIRD Nat Stuckey took her high on the chart and this *IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY -WHITE as big as her "Ribbon of Does It Take," Jr. Walker offers a funky beat swinger with much of the ballad, beautifully performed, will prove (Prod. David LaFlamme) (Writers: LaFlamme- LaFlamme) (Davlin, ASCAP) - Lonely" (Glad, sales and chart potency of the last smash. Flip: "These Eyes" (Dunbar, Darkness." Flip: "I Can't Get Used to Being BMI). Culled from their big chart LP, this compelling folk rhythm ballad is BMI). Soul 35067 RCA 74-0258 loaded with commercial appeal that should put it high on the singles chart. Flip: (No Information Available). Columbia 4-44928 CLAUDE KING- FRIEND, LOVER, WOMAN, WIFE GLADYS KNIGHT & PIPS -FRIENDSHIP TRAIN (Prod. George Richey) (Writer: Davis) (BnB, ASCAP) -With all the com- (Prod. Norman Whitfield) (Writers: Whitfield- Strong) (Jobete, BMI) -From *ANDY WILLIAMS -A WOMAN'S WAY mercial appeal of his chart giant, "All for the Love of a Girl," King the "Nitty Gritty" to this driving rocker with a potent lyric spells top ;Prod. Dick Glasser) (Writer: Riberds) (Pequod, ASCAP) -A strong com- gives his all to the pop hit and will put him right up the country sales and chart action for the swinging group. Strong entry. Flip: mercial entry for Williams right in today's selling bag. Lyric line is a in short order. Flip: "The House of the Rising Sun" (Gallico, 100" chart "Cloud Nine" (Jobete, BMI). Soul 35068 femme winner and should prove a hot chart item for him. "Hot BMI). Columbia 4 -45015 Listening. Flip: "What Am I Living For" (Progressive/Tide- and Easy FIELDS *LOU RAWLS -I CAN'T MAKE IT ALONE land, BMI). Columbia 4-45003 DALLAS FRAZIER -CALIFORNIA COTTON (Prod. Ronny Light & Chet Atkins) (Writers: Frazier -Montgomery) (Blue (Prod. David Axelrod) (Writers: Goffin -King) (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)- on Life) NEWBEATS -GROOVIN' (Out Crest /Glad, BMI) - Frazier's move to the label proves a winner in this up "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," Rawls comes on strong group makes a Following (Prod. Don Gant) (Writer: Charles) (Grand Teton, BMI) -The infectious rhythm item with a strong lyric line. Loaded with sales and a high spot on the charts. . . both pop and soul. Flip: has and headed for strong bid for a disk comeback with this strong easy rocker that all potency, he'll have no trouble riding to the top. Flip: "Sweetheart, ballad material penned by Goggin and King chart with more driving blues the ingredients to hit the "Hot 100" with sales impact. Flip: "Bread and (Blue Crest, BMI). RCA 74-0259 (Pamper, BMI). Capitol 2668 Don't Throw Yourself Away" "Make the World Go Away" Butter" (Acuff -Rose, BMI). Hickory 1552 *NILSSON- POPPY FAMILY Featuring SUSAN JACKS - Spotlights Predicted to reach the BILLY? CHART HOT COUNTRY SINGLES Chart I GUESS THE LORD MUST BE IN NEW YORK CITY WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' Nilsson) (Dunbar, BMI) -Nilsson went right (Prod. T. Jacks) (Writer: Jacks) (Gone Fishin', BMI) -A smash in Canada, (Nilsson House Prod.) (Writer: here CARL BUTLER AND PEARL -Sundown in Nashville (Silver Sand, Cheer- and now has a winner this delightful folk -flavored item should prove a big chart winner up there with Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," leader, Mernee, ASCAP). COLUMBIA 4-44999 his LP. Strong reading of the as well. Strong performance and material. Flip: "Endless Sleep" (John- with his own material culled from "Harry" KENNY PRICE -Atlanta Georgia Stray (Rustland, BMI). RCA 74-0260 (Dunbar, BMI). RCA 74.0261 stone- Montei /Lizabeth, BMI). London 129 much recorded rhythm ballad. Flip: "Maybe" BILLY EDD WHEELER -The Bow of Love (United Artists, ASCAP). UNITED ARTISTS 50583 BEN PETERS -For My Woman's Love (Ben Peters, BMI). LIBERTY 56139 RAY CORBIN -The Wild One (Return, BMI). COLUMBIA 4-44943 DAVfD INGLES- Johnny Let the Sunshine In (Topline, BMI). CAPITOL 2648 THE PICKERING BROS. -Going Down to the River (Window, BMI). STOP 347 SUZI JANE HOKOM -Same Old Songs (Happiedayle /Guitar, BMI). LHI 19 DENNY SAEGER -Stumblin' Thru the Rain (Central, BMI). CAPITOL 2658 THE McCORMICK BROTHERS -Bad Moon Rising (Jondora, BMI). METRO - Et1 4:4 MEDIA 144 1.1:i 01 i I [el: I WAYNE BERRY -Tennessee on My Mind (Captain Milk Music, BMI). CAPITOL 2630 Spotlighting new singles deserving special attention of programmers and dealers. BILL MONROE- Fireball Mail (Milen, ASCAP). DECCA 32574 JIM FOSTER -Kiss Yourself for Me (Amusement, BMI). COUNTRY ARTIST 1023 FORD Handy's Dandy Candy (Prod. Jim Ford) (Writer: Ford) WANDA CONKLIN -Hush (John Sands, BMI). NORM 1 BOBBY WOMACK -How I Miss You Baby (Prod. Chips Moman) (Writers: JIM -Dr. rocker loaded with disco- That Really Where It's At (Window, BMI). STOP 327 Womack- Carter) (Tracebob /Unart, BMI) -Funky beat rhythm swinger (Handsome /Ford /Ishmael, BMI) -Pile- driving SORRELLS PICKARD -Is Whale and could prove a left loaded with sales appeal for both pop and soul charts. Minit 32081 theque appeal is handled by White field biggie. Sundown 114 8, IMPERIALS -Ten Commandments of Love (Prod. Bob LITTLE ANTHONY BOBBY DIMPLE- American Moon (Writer: Crewe) (Saturday, BMI) -The "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" Skaff) (Writer: Paul) (Arc, BMI) -Their novelty of the week is this hilarious item that must be heard to be now this updating of the recent brought them back to the charts and appreciated! Nutty entry that could easily go all the way. Crewe 336 Peaches & Herb hit will prove more potent chart material for them. (Writers: Drury -Cook- United Artists 50598 MYRTH -Gotta Find a Way (Prod. John Florez) Cork) (Gallico, BMI)- Strong, easy beat rock item loaded with Top 40 O'JAYS- Branded Bad (Writers: Doxier- Lewis) (Assorted, BMI) -Label han- appeal and sales to follow. Potent group. RCA 74-0255 Cs] ;KO up a winning O'Jay item in this pulsating dled by Chess comes with STUDENT BODY -When a Woman Has A Baby (Prod. Arnold Capitanelli line for pop and soul charts. Neptune 18 swinger with strong lyric & Robert O'Connor) (Writers: Capitanelli- O'Connor -Ryan) (Arnold, ASCAP) ballad, well per- BALLAD OF EASY RIDER -(Writer: McGuinn) (Pation, BMI) -BYRDS (Prod. -A moving lyric set to a Fine folk flavored rhythm sound. Terry Melcher) Columbia 4-44990 / ODETTA (Prod. Lee Young) Dun- formed by a good new group with a strong commercial SOUL hill 4213 -Two equally strong commercial treatments of the film Intrepid 75013 title tune. The Byrds is a potent rocker while Odetta's debut on Dun- *JAYE P. MORGAN -Love of a Gentle Man (Prod. Ron Kramer) (Writer: Spotlights Predicted to reach the hill is a soulful folk reading of the good material. Harvey) (United Artists, ASCAP) -Back on the disk scene once again, the stylist makes a strong bid for chart activity, easy listening SELLING SOUL SINGLES Chart AMERICAN BREED -Cool It (Prod. Bill Traut) (Writers: English -Young) TOP 20 of the TOP and Hot 100, with this infectious rhythm ballad with a good lyric (Helios /Yuggoth, BMI) -The Coca -Cola commercial proves a potent teen line. Good sound and strong performance. Beverly Hills 9337 rocker and should do much to bring the group back to the Hot 100 NO SOUL SPOTLIGHTS THIS WEEK in short order. Acta 837 FRAGILE ROCK VALLEY -Be My Baby (Prod. Jim Calvert & Norman Marano) (Writers: Spector- Greenwich- Barry) (Mother- Bertha /Trio, BMI) - to reach the IRISH ROVERS -Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod (Prod. Charles Bud Dant) The Spector -Greenwich -Barry oldie, originally a hit for the Ronettes, Spotlights Predicted Sinom- Fields) (Ryerson, BMI) -Those "Unicorn" guys come (Writers: gets a strong going over by a swinging new group that should put CHART SOUL SINGLES Chart up with more compelling material in this revival of the familiar and it back on the Hot 100. Earth 102 catchy folk number. Strong MOR item. Decca 732575 Up Over You (Modern, BMI). KENT 4513 SOUND FOUNDATION- Morning Dew (Prod. Barry Kane & Steve Douglas) B. B. KING -I'm Cracking VIVIAN REED -Unbelievable (Al Gallico, BMI). EPIC 5-10533 NINO TEMPO A APRIL STEVENS -Sea of Love /The Dock of the Bay (Writers: Dobson -Rose) (Nina, BMI) -New label handled by Buddah, BILL BLACK'S COMBO -Creepin' Around (Jec, BMI). HI 2168 (Prod. Nino Tempo) (Writers: Khoury -Baptiste /Cropper- Redding) ( Redwal/ comes on strong with a hot contender for the charts in this raucous TONY MIDDLETON -Harlem Lady (Prancer /Kama Sutra, BMI). ABM 1123 East /Time /Memphis /Kamar, BMI) -Well -done medley of the two hits rock item, well performed. Smobro 401 SYL JOHNSON -Is It Because I'm Black (Nuddato Syl -Zel Hightone, comes off a winner for the duet and should prove an important sales in This World (Prod. Arnold Capitanelli & SILKY A SAGE -There's Nothing BMI). TWINIGHT 125 and chart item. Bell 823 O'Connor) (Jay, ASCAP)- Smooth, Robert O'Connor) (Writers: Capitanelli- THE MAIN INGREDIENT -Brotherly Love (Dunbar BMI). RCA 74 -0252 a new group sound that offers easy beat rhythm ballad with strong KIM TOLLIVER- You're Trying to Cop My Stuff (Streetcar, BMI). ROJAC 128 'LEE MARVIN -Wand'rin' Star (Prod. Alan Jay Lerner) (Writers: Lerner- action. Date 2-1656 much commercial appeal for chart REID -Along Came a Woman (Streetcar, BMI). TAY -STER 6022 Loewe) (Chappell, ASCAP) -The Lerner -Loewe material from the forth- CLARENCE *LYN ROMAN-Some Hearts (Prod. Gerry Granahan) (Writers: Cahn -Butler) Thang (Another /McLaughlin, BMI). KAREN 1547 coming film "Paint Your Wagon," performed by the star, offers much MARVIN SIMS -Sweet (Almo, ASCAP) -The Sammy Cahn -Artie Butler ballad serves as strong Inside (Special Agent, BMI). IMPERIAL 66413 for top programming and sales to follow. Compelling reading and MAMIE GALORE -Beautiful in this driving arrangement with much corn - Tunes, SHOUT 243 material. Paramount 0010 material for. the stylist THE DREAMS -(They Call Me) Jessie James (Proud BMI). merciai appeal. Dot 17313 THE CHEERS -I've Made Up My Mind (Pookey -Nu, BMI). OKEH 4-7331 LEN BARRY -Keem -O -Sabe (Prod. John Madara) (Writers: Borisoff -Bin- *JOE HARNELL- Midnight Cowboy (Prod. Wade Marcus) (Writer: Barry) JOSEPHINE TAYLOR - I've Made Up My Mind (Midday -Glegay, BMI). nick) (Young Ideas /United Artists /Binn, ASCAP)-Barry produced the (Unart /Barwin, BMI) -The much recorded film theme is given a top, TWINIGHT 122 Long instrumental hit by the Electric Indian, and now tackles a lyric commercial treatment by Harnell, in this, his first for the label. MANUAL B. HOLCOLM -I Stayed Away Too (Steve- Dot /Syderia, BMI). reading of the song and it comes on as an infectious, commercial The musical director of the Mike Douglas TV show performs it DIAMOND JIM 8798 entry. Scepter 12263 beautifully. Motown 1154 THE EBONYS -Can't Get Enough (Lenoir, SMI /Metric, BMI). SOUL CHICK 108 86 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD FNTHE BOOKER T AND THE M.as

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Artist and/ or Selection featured on The Music Scene" this week, ABC -TV Network. Those in black were featured on past programs. * STAR PERFORMER -Sides registering greatest proportionate sales progress this week. Record Industry Association of America seal of certification as million selling single. 31 33 41 IN A MOMENT 12 O 50 51 51 WE GOTTA ALL GET TOGETHER 7 wL 34 Intrigues (Martin 8 Bell), Yew 1001 66 Paul Revere 8 the Raiders (Mark Lindsay), °ú Columbia 44970 TITLE Artist (Producer), label 8 Number ;e 35 36 54 MAKE BELIEVE 7 89 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS, ... 2 35 Wind (BO Gentry), Life 200 Glen Campbell (Al De Lory), Capitol 2659 39 45 70 JESUS IS A SOUL MAN 5 73 83 91 TIME MACHINE 4 * Lawrence Reynolds (Don Davis), I 68 4 5 6 CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU. . 10 Warner Bros. -Seven Arts 7322 Grand Funk Railroad (Terry Knight), Capitol 2567 Temptations (Norman Whitfield), Gordy 7093 38 39 39 BY THE TIME I GET 80 85 92 MIND, BODY 8 SOUL 4 5 9 9 HOT FUN IN THE SUMMER- ttr 37 TO PHOENIX 8 Flaming Embers (R. Dunbar), Hot Wax 6902 TIME 10 Isaac Hayes (Al Bell, Marvell Thomas, Allen 61 61 80 Sly 8 the Family Stone (Sly Steno), Epic 5.10497 Jones), Enterprise 9003 O SON OF A LOVIN' MAN 5 Buchanan Brothers (Cashman. Pistilli 8 West), 1 1 1 SUGAR, Event 3305 SUGAR 13 ier53 66 SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME 3 Archies (Jeff Barry), Calendar 63.1008 O The Flying Machine (Tony MacAuley), Congress 6000 71 76 90 SINCE I MET YOU BABY 5 11 Sonny lames (Kelso Herston), Capitol 2595 2 2 7 JEAN 10 37 38 43 HERE I GO AGAIN 9 st O Oliver (Bob Crewe), Crewe 334 +e; 39 Smokey Robinson 8 the Miracles 84 93 95 KOOL AND THE GANG 6 (W Moore 8 T. Johnson), Tamla 54183 3 5 LITTLE WOMAN 9 * Keel and the Gang (Redd Coach Prod.), De -Lite 519 7 Bobby Sherman (Jackie Mills), Metromedia 121 26 27 32 CARRY ME BACK 77 . aI Rascals (Rascals with Arif Mardin), Atlantic 2664 - GROOVY GRUBWORM 2 Harlow Wilcox (Shelby Singleton., Plantation 28 it 11 14 19 SUSPICIOUS MINDS 6 41 44 44 DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANT Elvis Presley, RCA 47 -9764 41 74 77 79 GET OFF MY BACK . TO GO HOME 9 74 WOMAN 8. 12 15 15 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS... 9 Joe South 8 the Believers (Joe South), B. B. King (Bill Szymczyk), Bluesway 61026 Marvin Whitfield), Capitol 2592 it Gaye (Norman Tamla 54185 85 94 I'LL BET YOU 3 52 82 BALL OF FIRE 3 75 - Funkadelic (Clinton; Baines /Lindsey), Westbound 130 25 35 67 WEDDING BELL BLUES ...... 4 Tommy James 8 the Shondel is (Tommy James), 5th Dimension (Bones Howe), Soul City 779 Roulette 7060 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM 7 4 4 EASY TO BE HARD 11 44 37 37 WORLD, Part 1 6 ihr GOODBYE 1 O (James Brown), King 6258 James Brown Steam (Paul Fontana gJal Three Dog Night (Gabriel Mekler), Dunhill 4203 Leka), 1667 87 COLOR OF MY LOVE 5 6 58 78 85 ECHO PARK 4 - 119 29 49 TRACY * Jefferson (John Schroeder), Dacca 32501 Keith Barbour (Austin 8 Flemming), Epic 5.10486 1I Cuff Links ( -lee Packriss), Bence 32533 13 20 26 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE 9 49 52 55 AND THAT REMINDS ME UNDUN Guess Who (Jack Richardson), RCA 74 -0195 11 Lou Christie (Stan Vincent 8 Mike Duckman), (My Heart Reminds Me) 6 Buddah 116 Four Seasons (Crewe- Gaudio), Crewe 333 TURN ON A DREAM 11 S IS 9 12 THIS GIRL A WOMAN NOW 9 Box Tops (Tommy Cog bill), Ma la 12042 Puckett 8 the Union Gap (Dick Glasser), 56 67 82 SO GOOD TOGETHER...... 4 t Columbia 4-44967 Andy Kim (Jeff Barry), Steed 720 MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF

MUSIC 1 15 24 50 BABY IT'S YOU 7 47 59 61 SAD GIRL 8 13 Smith (Joel Sill 8 Steve Barri), Dunhill 4206 Mama Cass Elliot (Steve Barri), Dunhill 4214 Intruders (Gamble- Huff), Gamble 235 4 8 6 3 HONKY TONK WOMEN 14 Ter 94 96 97 JULIA BACKFIELD IN MOTION 1 14 Rolling Stones (Jimmy Miller), London 910 Ramsey Lewis (C. Stepney), Cadet 5640 Mel 8 Tim (Karl Tarleton), Bamboo 107 6 8 17 EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' .... 10 82 91 97 99 GOOD CLEAN FUN 5 40 40 45 YOU GOT YOURS AND I'LL The Monkees Nilsson (Rick Jarrard), RCA 74 -0161 (Michael Nesmith), Colgems 66 -5005 CS CET MINE .. 10 8 Bell Prod.), Philly Groove 157 92 92 93 WAS IT GOOD TO YOU 4 _t 16 14 10 10 OH, WHAT A NIGHT 10 Detfonics (Stan 83 (Bobby Miller), Cadet 5649 Isley Brothers (R. O. 8 R. Islay), T -Neck 908 i AND WHEN I DIE 1 Blood, Sweat 8 Tears (James William 86 SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN *33 50 76 IS THAT ALL THERE IS 4 4 Guercio), Columbia -45008 84 NEEDLES 2 iY Peggy Lee (Lieber/Stoller), Capitol 2602 51 56 62 SOMETHING IN THE AIR 7 Cowsills (Bob Waschtel), MGM 14084 17 12 8 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE Thunderclap Newman (Peter Townshend), Track 2656 E - - PROUD MARY 1 AGAIN 13 ' * Checkmates, Ltd., featuring Sonny Charles Tom Jones (Peter Sullivan), Parrot 40018 59 70 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE 3 (Phil Spector), ARM 1127 Brooklyn Bridge (Wes Farrell), Buddah 139 10 7 2 GREEN RIVER 12 97 100 ETERNITY 3 19 (J. C. Crondence Clearwater Revival Fogerty), 12 86 Vikki Carr (Bob Crewe), Liberty 56132 Fantasy 625 54 58 64 JACK AND JILL Tommy Roe (Steve Barri), ABC 11229 1 DON'T WASTE MY TIME 2 lb SOMETHING 87 90 Beatles (George Martin), Apple 2654 55 57 59 LOVE OF THE COMMON John Mayall (John Mayall), Palydor 14004 46 48 60 JEALOUS KIND OF FELLOW 6 PEOPLE 5 HOLD ME 2 The Winstons (Don Carroll), Metromedia 142 Garland Greene (Giant Enterprises Prod.), UNI 55143 88 88 Baskerville Hounds * YOU WANT A(James bossy sea), 62 62 72 ANY WAY THAT 24 25 33 SUGAR ON SUNDAY 8 96 I CAN'T BE ALL BAD 2 MEE1 0 22 Clique (Gary Zekley), White Whale 323 8 Johnny Adams (Shelby S. Singleton Jr.), ie Sands (Chip Taylor-Al Sorgoni), ALM 1090 SSS International 780 COME TOGETHER RUBEN JAMES 4 IT'S HARD TO GET ALONG . - Apple 2654 66 89 100 Beatles (George Martin), fit lit Kenny Rogers 8 First Edition Post), Joe Simon (Jahn R.), Sound Stage 7 2641 20 22 22 WHAT'S THE USE OF (Mike t 99 LOVE IN THE 2 24 BREAKING UP 8 57 69 69 TRAIN 8 - - CITY...... Turtles (Ray Davis), White Whale 326 Jerry Butler (Gamble- Huff), Mercury 72960 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Kasenetz -Kayz Assoc.), Buddah 130 27 28 30 YOU, I 9 SHANGRI -LA 1 BE De 25 Rugbys (Steve McNicol), Amazon 1 64 65 66 LET A WOMAN A WOMAN Lettermen (AI Lory), Capitol 2643 LET A MAN BE A MAN 5 93 95 96 WE'LL CRY TOGETHER 4 18 19 21 WHEN I DIE 11 Dyke and the Blazers (Laboe /Barrette), Maxine Brown ( Koppelman 8 Rubin, Finiz), 26 Ross 8 Doug Riley), Buddah 131 Original Sound 89 93 Motherlode (Mort Commonwealth United 3001 4 41 42 IN CIRCLES 10 68 77 77 DOIN' OUR THING YESTER-ME, YESTER -YOU, í1k.32 GOING Hall), Atlantic 2660 Friends of Distinction (John Fiore:), RCA 74.0204 Clarence Carter (Rick y( * YESTERDAY 1 6 Stevie Wonder (Fuqua 8 Bristol), Tamla 54188 28 16 13 13 GET TOGETHER 17 69 71 81 CHAINS OF LOVE 60 (Andre Williams), Duke 449 Toungbloods (Felix Pappalardl), RCA 47 -9752 Bobby Bland 98 98 DELTA LADY 3 95 Joe Cocker (Denny Cordell), ABM 1112 21 18 14 HURT SO BAD 21 TAKE A LETTER MARIA...... 1 29 Lettermen (Al Delory), Capitol 2482 R. 8. Grooves (), Atco 6714 SAY YOU LOVE ME 1 96 Impressions (Curtis Mayfield), Curfom 1946 36 53 57 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' 82 THE SWEETER HE IS 2 FEELING 5 Soul Children (Hayes /Porter), Stax ? ? ?? OFF THE TABLE 1 Dionne Warwick (Chips Moman 8 Dionne Warwick), CRUMBS * 91 Invictus 9071 Scepter 12262 Glass House (Holland -Dozier -Holland), 83 99 CHERRY HILL PARK 3 30 23 19 YOUR GOOD THING 4 -44902 Billy Joe Royal (Buddy Buie), Columbia WE MUST BE IN LOVE 1 31 w (Is About to End) 14 98 Five Stairsfeps 8 Cubic (Curtis Mayfield), Lou Rawls (David Axelrod), Capitol 2550 ttli 72 86 SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES 3 Curfom 1945 Crosby /Stills /Nash (Stephen Stills, David Crosby 48 49 63 WALK ON BY 8 0 8 Graham Nash), Atlantic 2676 100 SHE BELONGS TO ME 2 Isaac Hayes (Al Bell- Marvell Thomas -Allen Jones), - 99 Rick Nelson (Rick Nelson), Decca 732550 * Enterprise 9003 et 78 LET A MAN COME IN AND DO lit 67 79 86 BABY, I'M FOR REAL 4 THE POPCORN (PART 1) 2 JUST A LITTLE LOVE 1 Originals (Richard Morris), Soul 35066 4. James Brown (James Brown), King 6255 B. B. King (Bill S:ymczyk), BluesWay 61029 HOT 100 -A TO Z -(Publisher- Licensee) BUBBLING UNDER THE HOT 100 And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) I'll Bet You (lobeen, BMI) 75 Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Central (Symphony House, ASCAP) 45 I'll Never Fa!) in Love Again (TRO- Hollis, BMI) 18 -Songs, BMI) 84 101. WONDERFUL Blackwell, Astral 1000 Since I Met You Baby (Manson, BMI) 71 Sunshine, Intrepid 75012 And When I Die (Tuna Fish, BMI) 50 I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Pocketful 102. DON'T SHUT ME OUT Underground Any Way That You Want Me (Blackwood, BMI) 55 of Tunes, BMI) 11 Smile a Little Smile for Me (January, BMI) 38 103. LOVE AND LET LOVE.. Hardy Boys, RCA 74 -0228 So Good Together (Unart/Joachim, BMI) 46 Flowers 8 the Flowershop, ALM 1122 Baby, I'm For Real (Jobete, BMI) 33 In a Moment (Odeom 8 Nieburg, BMI) 34 104. LIKE A Phil Something (Harrisongs, BMI) 20 Little Milton, Checker 1221 Baby It's You (Dolfi-Mary Jane, ASCAP) 13 Is That All There Is (Trio, BMI) 17 105. POOR MAN Something in the Air (Track, BMI) .. 51 John 8 Ann Ryder, Decca 73256 Backfield in Motion (Caohand /Patcheal, BMI) 48 It's Hard to Get Along (Cape Ann, BMI) 90 106. I STILL BELIEVE IN TOMORROW Son of a Louie' Man (Blendingwell, ASCAP) 70 Aretha Franklin, Columbia 4 -44951 Ball of Fire (Big Seven, BMI) 42 Jack and Jill (Law -Twi, BMI) 53 107. TODAY I SING THE BLUES Sugar on Sunday (Big Seven, BMI) 22 DREAMIN' TIL THEN Joe Jeffrey Group, Wand 11207 B y Me Time I Get to Phoenix (Johnny Rivers, BMI) 37 Jealous Kind of Fellow (Colfam, BMI) 21 108. Sugar, Sugar (Kirshner, BMI) 3 Jean (Twentieth Century, ASCAP) 4 109. COMMENT Carry Me Back (Slacsar, ASCAP) 40 Suspicious Minds (Press, BMI) 6 ..Charles Wright/Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Warner Bros. -7 Arts 7338 BMI) 60 Jesus Is a Soul Man (Wilderness, BMI) 36 Chains of Love (Progressive, Sweeter He Is, The (Birdees, ASCAP) 62 110. MR TURNKEY Zager 8 Evans, RCA 74 -0246 Cherry Park (Low -Sal, BMI) 63 Judy Blue Eyes (Gold Hill, BMI) 64 Hill Take a Letter Maria (Four Star Television, BMI) 61 111. SHE'S GOT LOVE Thomas 8 Richard Frost, Imperial 66405 Color of My Love (Ramraz, BMI) 77 Julia (Maslen, BMI) 81 That's the Way Love Is (Jobete, BMI) 7 112. THE SEPTEMBER SONG Roy Clark, Dot 17299 Together 23 lust a Little Love (Sounds of Lucille- Pamco, BMI). 100 Come (Maslen, BMI) This Girl Is a Woman Now (Three Bridges, ASCAP) 12 113. ALL GOD'S CHILDREN GOT SOUL Dorothy Morrison, Elektra 45671 Table (Gold Forever, BMI) 97 Kool the Gang (Stephayne, BMI) 72 Crumbs Off the and Time Machine (Storybrook, BMI) 68 114. OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE Merle Haggard 8 the Strangers, Capitol 26_2.6 Delta Lady (Skyhill, BMI) 95 Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (Part 1) Tracy (Vanlee /Emily, ASCAP) 10 115. HOW DOES 17 FEEL Hlusion Steed /21 D ein' Our Thing (Fame, BMI) 59 (Dynatone, BMI) 65 Train (Kaskat, BMI) 57 116. MIDNIGHT COWBOY John Barry, Columbia 4 -44891 Don't It Make You Want to Go Home Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man Try a Little Kindness (Airfield /Glen 117. SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN Ray Stevens, Monument 1163 (Lowery, BMI) 41 (Drive-In/Westward, Campbell, ASCAP) 67 118. I CAN'T HELP BUT DECEIVE YOU LITTLE GIRL Iron Butterfly, Aka 6712 Don't Waste My Time (5t. George, BMI) 87 Little Woman y (Greend BMI) 5 5 Turn On a Dream (Press, BMI) 79 119. CUPID Johnny Nash, LAD 220 Easy to Be Hard (United Artists, ASCAP) 9 Love in the City (Ishmael Music /Blimp, BMI) . 91 Undue (Friends of Mine, Ltd., Dunbar/Cirrus, BMI) 78 120. CURLY Jimmy Clanton, Laurie 3508 Echo Park (Hastings, BMI) 44 Love of the Common People (Tree, BMI) 54 Walk On By (lac /Seas, ASCAP) 32 121. ALWAYS DAVID Ruby Winters Diamond 265 Eternity (Saturday, BMI) 86 Mah- Na.Mah -Na (E. B. Marks, BMI) 60 Was It Good to You (Triple 3, BMI) 83 122. WHITE BIRD It's a Beautiful Day, Columbia 4.44928 Everybody's Talkin' (Coconut Grove /Story, BMI) 15 Make Believe (Love /Peanut Butter, BMI) 35 We Gotta All Get Together (Equinox, BMI) 66 123. IT AIN'T SANITARY Joe Tex, Dial 4094 We Must Be in Love (Gamed, BMI) 98 124. ROOSEVELT 8 IRA LEE Tony Joe White, Monument 1169 Get Off My Back Woman (Sounds of Lucille - Make Your Own Kind of Music (Screen Gems - Original Caste, T.A. 186 Pampco, BMI) 74 Columbia, BMI) 80 Wedding Be') Blues (Tuna Fish, BMI) 8 125. ONE TIN SOLDIER We'll Cry Together (McCoy /Chevis, BMI) 93 Get Together (S.F.O., BMI) 28 Mind, Body 8 Soul (Gold Forever, BMI) 69 126. I KNOW Ike B Tina Turner, Blue Thumb 104 What's the Use of Breaking Up (Assorted/ Going in Circles (Porpete, BMI) 27 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Byrds, Columbia 4-44990 Parabut, BMI) 24 127. BALLAD OF EASY RIDER Good Clean Fun (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) 82 (MRC/Little Heather, BMI) 76 Rivers, 66418 When I Die (Mode, BMI) 26 128. ONE WOMAN Johnny Imperial Green Rim ( Jondora, BM!) 19 Oh What a Night (Conrad, BMI) 16 Groovy Grobworm (Little River, BMI) 73 World, Part 1 (Golo, BMI) 43 129. LEAVING ON A JET PLANE. Peter, Paul 8 Mary, Warner Bros. -7 Arts 7340 Proud Mary (Jondora, 85 Yester -Me, Yester -You, Yesterday (Stein/ BMI) 130. STONE FREE Jimi Hendrix Experience, Reprise 0853 Here I Go Again (Jobete, BMI) 39 Van Stock, ASCOT) 94 Ruben James ( Unart, BMI) 56 H old Me (Robbins, ASCAP) 88 You Got Yours and I'll Get Mine (Nickel Shoe, BMI) 49 131. RIVER DEEP -MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike 8 Tina Turner, ALM 1118 Honky Tonk Women (Gideon, BMI) 14 Sad Girl (IPC, BMI) 47 You, I (Singleton, BMI) 25 132. WE GOT LATIN SOUL Mango Santamaria, Columbia 4 -44998 Hot Fun in the Summertime (Stone Flower, BMI) 2 Say You Love Me ( Curtom, BMI) 96 Tour Good Thing (Is About to End) (East, BMI) 31 Hurt So 133. GET IT FROM THE BOTTOM Stealers, Date 2 -1642 Bad (Vogue, BMI) 29 Shangri -La (Robbins, ASCAP) 92 You'll Never Walk Alone (Williamson, ASCAP) 52 I Can't Be All Bad (Singleton, BMI) 89 She Belongs to Me (Warner Bros. -Seven Arts, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Screen Gems 134. SOME OF SHELLEY'S BLUES Nifty Gritty Dirt Band, Liberty 56134 I Can't Get Next to You (Jobete, BMI) 1 ASCAP( 99 Columbia, BMI) 30 135. UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK Band, Capitol 2635 Compiled from national retail sales and radio station airplay by the Music Popularity Dept. of Record Market Research, Billboard. of the best ...

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Verve /Forecast Records .s a division or Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer Inc. From The Executive Turntable Music Capitals Continuèd from page 4 the Service Inc. He was previously vice president of the Philadelphia - of World based firm. Mrs. Beryl Burd, controller for Chips for the past DUBLIN lead singer of a new showband, six years, has been promoted to treasurer. the Gamblers, who will debut here * * * The Royal Blues, now managed Oct. 10.... Billy Fury was in for Fred Munao named director of Big Seven Music. He was by their former trombonist, Vin- dates at the Television Club, Dub- formerly at Big Seven as professional manager and now replaces cent Gill, are currently on a lin, and the Stardust in Cork.... month's tour of the usual Irish Another new country music band, Neil Galligan. Before joining Big Seven, Munao was general circuit in the U.S. On their return the Ranchers, will take to the manager with Real Good Productions. A NEW BELL RECORDS logo was they plan to issue an album of road Friday (17). The resurgence * * * unveiled last week by Larry Uttal, country material. . . . Edinburgh - of interest in country applies more Dick Moreland joins Together Records as vice president, president of the Columbia born Lorne Gibson, who had sev- to Irish ballroom circuit than to Pictures Industries Record Di- eral hits in England his trio, record sales.... Eleanor Nodwell general manager. He was formerly with KRLA in Pasadena... . with vision. has settled in Dublin to become and the Michael. O'Callaghan Jack Leonard has been appointed West Coast professional man- Showband's "Cuando Sali de ager of Paramount music publishing companies. . . . Dr. C. J. Cuba," which was withdrawn ear- Savant Jr. has been elected chairman of the board and chief lier this year because of an un- Walden to Bow Capricorn, authorized English translation, has executive officer of MCA Technology, a company formed been reissued on Honey with the through the merger of Gauss Electrophysics and Saki Magnetics. permission of the publishers, Rob- Wally Peters, Paramount /Dot tape director, has resigned. Rock Label; AtI Distributor bins Music.... Jack Walsh, man- He formerly was product development manager with Liberty aging director of the Demesne MACON, Ga. - Phil Wal- Alden -the Capricorn Record- Record Co., has bought a 49 per- Stereo Tapes.... William M. Morse joins Capitol as its eastern den, partner of the late Otis ing Studio. Jim Hawkins and cent interest in Dublin's Trend publicity man. He was formerly' with Humble Oil & Refining Redding, will launch Capricorn Johnny Wyker are the engi- Studios. KEN STEWART Co.... Charles P. Fitzgerald joins Capitol as director of finance Records in the next three weeks. neers and the studio has a staff planning.... John H. Reese named Capitol's Seattle distribution Atlantic Records will distribute band. Producing for the label STOCKHOLM center manager. He had been administrative coordinator for na- the label which will concentrate will be Johnny Sandlin and tional distribution.... Donald R. Johnson joins Capitol as na- initially on progressive rock mu- Jackie Avery, as well as out- Marmalade (CBS) toured Swe- tional credit manager. sic. The first album will feature side producers. But Walden also den Oct. 1 -5, brought by Thomas * * * the Allman Bros. Band revolv- pointed out that the facility will Johansson of EM A. "Je T'Aime . Moi Non Plus" by Dean Flygstad has been named vice president of engineering ing around guitarist Duane All- be available to other producers; man. Allman has performed on for example, Dave Crawford, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourgh for the Telex communications division. He succeeds John Boyers many hit records, including (Fontana) became an even bigger new Atlantic records producer, seller than expected since airplay who resigned. Aretha Franklin is * * * and Wilson coming in to produce an ban on record by Radio Sweden. Pickett sessions. Johnny Jenkins, Arthur Conley session. Philips- Sonora sold over Jim Stevens has been promoted to midwest district sales one of the members of Otis record before was Walden's booking agency - 37,000 copies of the manager for the Chess Producing Corp. Stevens, who previ- Redding's band, will also be on Walden Artists and Promotions withdrawing it.... CBS is heavily ously in charge of inventory control and assistant to the com- an album. Livingston Taylor is -continues to expand. Allen promoting new Bill Black album pany's production department, will be responsible for sales in another Capricorn artist. Walden, "Over and Over" since Swedish head of the operation, the singer's Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, Pitts- Frank Fenter, formerly head recently signed Candy Staton, TV started screening of Atlantic Records' European BBC programs. . . . Foundations burgh, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans and St. Louis. . . Tony Joe White, Eddie Floyd, and Philips operations, will be (Pye) tour Scandanavia William Carpenter has been named product manager for the general man- Garland Greene, Ruby Andrews to do promotion on group's new Ampex and industrial products di- ager of the new label. Roger Aaron Neville, Gloria Taylor, album, "Digging the Foundations." Corporation educational Cowles has been brought in Dale and the Wallace Brothers, . . . Soeren Erlandsson of Metro- vision. In the company's consumer equipment division, from England to handle pub- launched strong press Anzio has been appointed eastern regional sales manager; Mi- among others. The firm has long nome has licity. represented such performers as campaign for Barclay and Elektra. chael Rego has been named key accounts manager for the Los The new label goes hand -in Arthur Conley, Clarence Car- Atlantic promoted Wilson Angeles area; and Fred Seger has been appointed zone sales Pickett releases here to coincide hand with a new 8 -track record- ter, Percy Sledge, and Johnny singer's TV manager in the San Francisco Bay area. ing with screening of the . studio just completed by Taylor. show Oct. 1.... EMI Sweden has published catalog of cartridge product, claimed by EMI sales Hikes manager F.W. Bennet to be big- Chess Mail Order GRT Cassette Prices gest of its kind in Europe. Karussell is promoting new Continued from page 1 Atlanta and Washington, D. C. budget series "Top of the Pops" Marshall Chess describes the In Keeping With 8- Tracks on Tip label, and new Fat Mat- special college book store dis- intense effort in a special leath- Continued from page 1 licensees a higher royalty, dis- tress album (Polydor). . . GP tribution system. Additionally, er -bound volume, he said. The tributors a better profit margin, Records has signed with Claes Chess' parent firm General Re- emphasis on the college market related to the production and and unscrambles a confusion Lennart Club. . EMI notching good sales from Creedance Clear- corded Tapes, is planning a full may find Chess establishing an manufacturing of music are go- price issue at the retail level." water Revival album "Green River" tape promotion of the series. educational department to fur- ing up, and industry trends point Retailers have complained of (Fantasy). . Elektra promoting Chess distributors, however, nish music instructors with a full to a $6.98 tape standard for a variety of prices as related new album by Zager and Evans will be fully involved and plans background on blues. both 8 -track and cassette. to 8 -track and cassette tapes. (RCA), Elvis Presley's single - Yard" call for development of a self "The whole blues field has Besides RCA, Columbia and "It's difficult to explain to a "Clean Up Your Own Back merchandising pre -pack, com- reached a kind of peak," he tape buyer why there is a price (RCA) and "She's a Woman" Capitol already at a $6.98 level, (RCA) by Jose Feliciano. plete point -of- purchase promo- said. "It won't drop off. The several other major record com- difference between 8 -track and tion material and follow through always been cassette," said a spokesman at Philips- Sonora has released sound- market has there. panies also have announced a track of "Sweet Charity," which by Chess' recently strengthened Blues music has found a niche. $6.98 cassette price, including Wallichs Music City, a giant re- Rob- tail "Why premiered in Stockholm.... promotion force, now servicing The pressure has been so heavy Liberty, A &M, Paramount, operation. not one ban Broberg (Columbia) back each major market. Chess is at lately that we have not been Decca, Kapp, among others. price ?" after a year with new album, the same time, naming three able to develop an approach "Our marketing research "Tjejjer." regional sales representatives until now. Finally, we just de- Warner Bros. has three cas- shows an increase in cassette Former album sleeve designer who will work under Arnie Or- cided to drop everything and sette prices: $5.95 for its X price has no appreciable affect Yngve Schlberg to launch Zoom leans, new sales manager. The launch the series." series; $6.95 for its M series and on sales," said Bonetti. "We ex- label. First signing is Suzie, for- first of these is Jim Stevens, $9.95 for its double album J pect a significant number of merly with Sonet.... Georg Wad - The initial releases in the se- series. enius, guitarist with Made in Swe- who will handle the Midwest. ries feature Muddy Waters, companies in the industry, both working on chil- men based independent pro- den (Sonet), is Promotion are now Howlin' Wolf, Albert King and Bonetti believes the price in- major record dren's album for Metronome, pro- in San Francisco, Buffalo, St. crease will have a beneficial ducers and tape duplicators, to Otis Rush, Elmore James and duced by Anders Burman. . "I Louis, Chicago, Charlotte, N. C., John Brim, Sonny Boy William- effect on the industry. "It gives follow suit." Am Curious- Yellow" star Lena son and Little Walter. The se- Nyman working for new Swedish channel TV2. . Siw Eriksson ries was compiled and edited by Blues Fes- wife, brought American Folk ATribute To The Torn Swan, whose Cathy, tival-'69 to Sweden for concerts in was involved in organizing the NEW DOORS SWING OPEN Stockholm, Lund and Gothenburg. graphics. Festival includes Juke Boy Bonner, Greatest Songs Other unusual aspects of dhe "Whistling" Alex Moore, Clifton series, Swan explained, include RESTAURANT' Chenier, John Jackson, Earl ON 'ALICE'S Sam Maghett. a track where Leonard Chess Hooker and Magic &Their Writers NEW YORK Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" is continu- . . . 71, re- played bass drum (Leonard and -Arlo Torgny Westerstroem, ing to spread out of its original disk format. Now that the film version cently celebrated 50 years with Phil Chess founded the label). Lunkvist, Sweden's old- a ver- Abraham Some tracks include talking se- is on release, Doubleday is negotiating to publish paperback est independent publishing com- quences ( "These are not suit- sion of the screenplay written by Arthur Penn and Venable Herndon. pany. able for air play," Swan said. In addition, Random House has published the "Alice's Restaurant Michael Perlstein of Roulette In one, Sonny Boy Williamson Records in New York visited by Brock, and negotiations are underway to is arguing with Mr. Chess about Cook Book" Alice Sonet's Dag Haeggqvist and Lars - of a song that has nothing to do franchise a chain of Alice's Restaurants. olof Helen Oct. 2 with details forthcoming Roulette product... . "P*-(.iY, with the title "). The release of the film has also sparked sales for the Reprise Dag Haeggqvist and Gunnar Berg- The series is on compatable album of the same name. It recently was awarded a gold disk for stroem of Sonet in London and records, Chess explained. "We racking up $1 million sales_ The United Artists Records release of 'Paris auditioning new acts. . . Tijuana Brass have, in the past, released what the soundtrack album is also riding high. Herb Alpert & is called `re- (A &M) in Stockholm on Nov. 13 channeled stereo,' disk was the cartoon book version of but I think this is hypocritical. Another extension of the for a concert. Two days earlier, gives con- The sound is improved, how- "Alice's Restaurant" published by Grove Press. Buck Owens (Capitol) . . Forthcoming which is being by United Artists, was co- cert in the city. ever, because we're using all The film, distributed Sonet releases include new Dono- the latest equipment, but we produced by Harold Leventhal, Guthrie's manager. Fred Hellerman van album, "Revolution, Evolution, did not remix and made every was musical supervisor on the film and artists & repertoire super - Change" (Palette) by Jesse James attempt to maintain the honesty to Cry" DJ COPIES: P.O. BOX 372 -visor for the soundtrack album. and "Every Day I Have FORT COLLINS, COLORADO of the material." The albums (Sonet) by local group New Gen- (303) 482 -3348 will be priced at $4.98. eration. 90 OCTOBER 18, 1969, BILLBOARD The Switch is to Bell!

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