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record Dedicated To Serving The Needs Of The Music & Record 0 Industry Vol. 21, No. 1045 June 11, 1961 In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK WHO wwsHEnwsHoxE IN THE A Lo.,.i, I.iae lo mrne IWVHe/Hexerl THE P-A1 FEELS WORLD Peaches and Herb continue "Don't Go Out Into the Rain The Platters will get plenty A little bolero sound and to do right by those oldies. (You're Going to Melt)" is of spins with "Washed a haunting lyric make This time it's "For Your a bright and shiny new Ashore (On a Lonely Island "White Rabbit" by the Jef- Love" and it's for sales tune from Herman's Her- in the Sea," a swingy bal- ferson Airplane stand out ;Date 2-1563). mits (MGM 13761). lad (Musicor 1251). (RCA Victor 47-9248). SLEEPERS OF THE WEEK pISC IOCKEY WNF'SISY Nxq-01 o SS LWAT STEPHEN MONAHAN The Flying Machine, dis- Stephen Monahan gets hard "Why'd You Go Away" by "I'll Do It for You" by covered by Chip Taylor and rock into the grooves on Prince Harold is an ex- Toussaint McCall is already Al Gorgoni for their new this introspective ditty. tremely soulful tune and being talked about in many Rainy Day Label, make in- Stone -Greene found the lad the fellow tells it like it markets. Teens will be fectious bow on "Night (Kapp 835). is for sales (Verve 10530). clamoring (Ronn 9). New Rainy Day Label Owl" (8001). Owners Al Gorgoni & Chip Taylor (At Left ALBUMS OF THE WEEK And Right) Are Shown Signing Distribution WEsztn NP l. ,.t I rrnc Contract with Jay -Gee Records' VP Mickey Eichner. Story Pg. 4. Moby Grape is the name "The Happiest Millionaire" The Five Americans reprise Currently one of the hot- of a worthy San Francisco is the new Walt Disney their own "Western Union" test male record sellers, group making a lot of musical movie with lilting and "Sound of Love" on Ed Ames tags this new nifty noise. They are also tunes by the Oscar -winning this package of folkish- package of romantic bal- the recipient of a phe- Sherman Brothers. Fred rockish ditties (Abnak ABLP lads after his "Time, Time" nomenal promo push (Co- MacMurray, Tommy Steele 1967; ABST 2067). single (RCA Victor LPM/ lumbia CL 2698; CS 9498). (BV 5001). LSP 3834). www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com 1BNA,tileEreirmiiK® Presents RPRIAGreat Album byA Great Group .SEALITY- oLl.. A SY 1 COULD stotp32IS' st P gp,ZtY-ÌLO VESSËAW"Atd E YNt stop E P pºS WIVES' SEVERYWOEF O VE xt3`E AIp1 p-OS£AV sto ' ¡ BYEES RD wTS-atop SOM RECO ESTER21 E SSAGE' s p13 =top-C,lM , MANY -THANK LOA. 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DALLAS, 825 OLIVE RI 2-6111 TEXAS 75201 MUSIC ENTERPRISES, INC. / CALL COLLECT DALLAS, TEXAS 75201 A PRODUCT OF ABNAK MUSIC ENTERF RISES INC DALLAS, TEXAS PRODUCED BY DALE HAWKINS "Foreien licensees con -act Publishers' Licensing Corporation, 40 West 55th Street, New York 10019, (212) 581-7970." www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Taylor and Gorgoni BMI Prexy Charges: Bow Rainy Day Label 4 Composers Nominated But Unmentioned at TV Awards Jubilee Distributes Just what activities, beyond the Flying Machine single, Following the omission of award winner either during the `Something Unique' might be, shapes up now as a mention at the recent Emmy dinner, on television, or in sub- list of "can't mentions" be- Awards dinner -telecast of nom- sequent .publicity material, cause, characteristically, the By DAVE FINKLE inated tunesmiths Aaron Cope- strikes us at BMI as very shab- duo is cautious about tooting land, Pete Rugolo, Earl Hagen by treatment indeed of a body NEW YORK-The latest in horns prematurely. Both would and Lalo Schifrin, BMI Presi- of people who add immeasur- the line of successful inde- say that they intend to develop dent Robert B. Sour sent the ably to television. pendent producers establishing at least one new producer to following letter to Royal E. "This neglect, whether inad- their own labels are Chip Tay- supplement their own produc- Blakeman, President of the Na- vertent or calculated, strikes us lor and Al Gorgoni, who, it was ing projects. tional Academy of Television announced as unworthy of the Academy last week by Jay- The lads will continue to rec- Arts and Sciences: and its stated aims. Gee veep Mickey Eichner, have ord Evie Sands and the Hardly `BMI believes that the origi- formed the Rainy Day diskery Worthit Players for "Certainly some explanation Cameo/ nal music which is being created is due, not only to the four men to be distributed by Jubilee. Parkway and the Just Us for for television transcends the were Kapp. The Just are, whose accomplishments Gorgoni and Taylor, who have Us typically tube to become a major factor ignored, but to the many tal- been producing and writing again, the self-effacing duo as in the music of our time. performing artists. ented people whose creativity out of the April/Blackwood "The creation of music for is so much a part of the indus- pubbery office for the past They will also continue to claim to serve." publish all their material television, which began as a try and art you couple of years, and who could under craft, has become an art. have continued to do only the A/B banner. Right now the 'III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!11111111!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII that "Original music, which so quite successfully, told Record two have their "Step Out of is World week Your Mind" ditty on the charts thoughtfully integrated into last that they virtually every aspect of tele- record decided to go ahead with their in The New Breed version on Acta. vision, is the product of men of world own waxery because they feel talent, skill and taste. !JU¡ they have something unique to It's most likely that Rainy "We felt the Academy 200 offer. Day will produce pennies from that W. 57th St., New York, N. Y. 10019 shared our belief when it set up Area Code (212) 765-5020 And this statement should be heaven. a category recognizing individ- Publisher enough to make the trade sit ual Achievement in Music, up and take note, since both Stogel Hosts (specifically) Composition. Both BOB AUSTIN Taylor and Gorgoni ex- are publicity material released Editor -in -Chief tremely modest about their Heroic Party prior to the dinner and the offi- SID PARNES work and only say something NEW YORK-Leonard Sogel cial program listed the names when they mean it-and even Doug McClelland Editor and Associates, Ltd., hosted a of four men who, out of many, Dave Finkle then reluctantly. had been nominated for awards Associate Editor cocktail reception for 300 mem- R&B Editor Perhaps one of the reasons bers of the music industry and in this category. Ted Williams Taylor and Gorgoni forged Chart Editor press at the Gaslight Club in "The failure of the Academy Del Shields Jazz ahead with Rainy Day is that Editor New York on June 5. The pur- to mention this category or Tomas Fundora Latin American they have found a group they pose was to launch Heroic Age Editor are enthusiastic about. It's the Publicity, Inc., the company Kal Rudman Contributing Editor Flying Machine, discovered at which was set up for the ex- Mort Hillman Advertising Manager, New York's Night Owl and clusive press representation of 9 RCA Plants Eastern Division their first release, coincident- Stogel's acts. Brenda Ballard Circulation ally called "Night Owl" backed On Strike West Coast with "Brighten Your Night Jack Devaney With My Day," was released WASHINGTON - Some 32,- West Coast Manager last week and picked immedi- 000 electrical workers struck Biff Collie Country Report ately-on the strength of a test nine Radio Corporation of 6290 Sunset Blvd. pressing-for WMCA-New York America plants in six states Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) 465-6179 programming. last week after rejecting a con- The group boasts a song - tract offer that did not have Nashville writing lead singer James the recommendation of union John Sturdivant Taylor, whom the T -G team ad- leaders. Paul Perry Nashville Report mire greatly and everything 806 16th Ave. So. "We are in touch with both Nashville, Tenn. 37203 between artists and manage- sides, trying to establish a ba- ment sounds highly copacetic. Phone: (615) 244-1820 Bob Austin, Howard Fisher, Leon- sis for resuming negotiations," said a spokesman for the Fed- England Quantity Not Objective ard Stogel and Mort Hillman. Fraser White eral Mediation and Conciliation 9 Denmark St., London, W.C. 2 Taylor and Gorgoni aim to Sam the Sham, Tommy James, Service. Phone: 01-240-0196 have at least three artists on Keith and the Royal Guardsmen But Lawson Wimberly, chief Germany the label-maybe five-but not turned up at the party and negotiator for the Internation- Paul Siegel more, because quantity is not for the benefit of those present, al Brotherhood of Electrical Tauentzienstrasse 16 their objective.