Oakes RSO Label Burkhimer RCA's ABC Details Promo `Specialization' Pres. Worldwide; HOLLYWOOD - Citing expansion coordinators, Sammy Alfano and Pat Bienstock To Pubs VP On W. Coast into many different types of music McCoy, will have new, reorganized NEW YORK - Don Burkhimer has over the last few years, the ABC staffs. Jerry Goodman, whom ABC NEW YORK-As a result of increased been named RCA Records vice pres- promo staff has recently undergone a brought from Bell Records, will re- activity in the United States in both ident, west coast, reports Ken Glancy, major change toward "specialization" port directly to Alfano as the nation- the record and publishing areas, label president. in its operations. al field singles promo man. Bob Mc- Kensie, necessitating additional manpower, Burkhimer, previously vice pres- Accordig to Dennis Lavinthal, vice who has been promoted from Bill Oakes has been appointed presi- ident of west coast A&R, assumes his president at ABC Records, the reason within the company, will handle the dent of RSO Records and Tapes, new position immediately. In the new- for the change is "to give all our new same singles job while reporting to worldwide, reports Robert Stigwood, ly created position, Burkhimer, re- artists the proper attention for de- Pat McCoy. Bobby Applegate has chairman of the Robert Stigwood porting to Glancy, will serve as veloping their careers. Our promotion been assigned the L.A./Denver areas Group. staff has been expanded and special- while Lenny Luffman has been put in Bienstock, Glancy's personal liaison with all Johnny former president areas of the division's operations on ized to create a greater efficiency in charge of Chicago/Milwaukee/St. of RSO Records and Tapes in the the company." Louis. will the west coast, including A&R, promo, U. S., now move to Stigwood's sales, marketing and merchandising. Mike Burns, the new national al- publishing division, supervising the Changes Detailed bum coordinator, will work out of group's publishing operations here. Grelun Landon, manager of press L.A. with a staff of regional people, Oakes was formerly international and information, west coast, who has Lavinthal detailed the changes for including Scott Jackson in Atlanta; manager of RSO Records operating been acting manager of west coast, the company. The two national promo and Greg Kimmelman in Boston. Also from London. He will now be based now resumes his primary public working in the album promo will be in New York to oversee worldwide affairs activities. Arnie Leeman, who was brought to operation of the international enter- Except for a two-year period when Wendell Promotion ABC from and who tainment company's record and tape he was associated as an exec with will work out of Chicago. division. Famous Music from 1970 to 1972, Prior to joining RSO Records, Burkhimer has been with RCA Rec- Completes Capitol Beefing Up The Secondary Oakes spent two years with Robert ords for the past 19 years. For six Lavinthal also announced the addi- Stigwood Organization in New York years prior to joining Famous, he Promo Dept Shift tions and promotions in the second- and helped with the launching of held various managerial capacities ary promotion staff, which will con- "Jesus Christ Superstar" and was within RCA's A&R Department. It HOLLYWOOD-Al Coury, vice pres- sist of a six man team. The head of heavily involved in Stigwood's U. S. was as vice president of A&R that he ident of promo, press and product the division will be Marvin Deane. activities. Prior to joining the Stig- returned to RCA Records in 1972. management at Capitol Records, has Steve Resnik has been put in charge wood Organization, Oakes began his Before entering the A&R Depart- announced that Bruce Wendell has of national field responsibilities for career as personal assistant to the ment, he was involved in all creative been named his exec assistant, ef- the secondary markets. Sandy Horn is Beatles and moved to New York in phases of the record company's oper- fective immediately. the regional field man in charge of 1970. ations, including key positions work- In addition to his duties as assist- the Western region, working out of ing in advertising, promotion, mer- ant in charge cf special projects, L.A. Jim Francis is the Southeastern chandising and sales. Wendell's responsibilities in the area promo man working out of Atlanta. of national promotion will be ex- Mike Baumaster is in charge of the panded to include coordination with Midwest secondary basing himself out A&R and national sales. of Cincinatti. David Kragskow will According to Coury, Wendell's ap- handle the Midwest working from pointment completes a reorganization Chicago. of Capitol's promo functions begun In outlining the new image of ABC last week with the move of Bob Ed- Records promotion, Lavinthal stated: son, national promo manager, to the "Each record will have a special game, firm's New York offices. plan that will treat it as a separate Wendell will be headquartered at entity. This specialization will enable the Capitol Tower in Hollywood. us to properly cover all types of rec- ords that are released by the compa- ny " Oakes He likened the specialization to a Burkhimer football team organization where each specialized team has a specific Peter function to perform. "Because each Grant Forms man on the promotion staff will have Buttice To a specific duty in a specialized area, U.S. Mgt. Co he will be able to maximize his effici- E/A Promo ency. We want to make it possible for every artist on our label to have the Goldberg Named VP Steve Wax, vice president in charge best type of promotion for hic style of promotion for Elektra/Asylum of music." NEW YORK - Peter Grant, manager Records, has announced the appoint- of and co -manager of ment of Ken Buttice to assistant di- Maggie Bell, has formed Cullderstead rector of national promotion. He will Friedman To Ltd. to look after his management be based in New York. interests in the United States. He has named Danny Goldberg vice president Before joining Elektra/Asylum, Wend ell A&R At London of Cullderstead. Buttice was with Bell Records for three years, where he was in charge NEW YORK-Glenn H. Friedman Goldberg will work out of New of national album promotion. Previ- York and among his initial responsi- has been appointed London Records - bilites will be the direction of Ameri- ous to the time spent at Bell, Buttice Bearsville Appts regional A&R rep. His duties will can publicity and advertising as well worked on local promo for Arc Jay include an extensive search for new as his being a liaison to Atlantic Rec- Kay Record Distributors in Detroit. Nathan Promo Dir. product, mostly West of the Missis- ords for Led Zeppelin and Maggie sippi. He will report directly to Lon- Bell. Maggie Bell is co -managed by NEW YORK-Effective immediately, don vice president Walt Maguire. Grant and . Named as Marc Nathan will assume the post of Prior to joining London, Friedman Goldberg's assistant is Frances national promotion director for Bears - was the assistant to the head of A&R Fiman, who previously worked with ville Records. The appointment was for ABKCO/Apple companies. He was him at Solters, Sabinson and Roskin. made by label chief Paul Fishkin, involved in mastering, (More Hot Goldberg most recently was an ex- here in New York. Nathan has been Rocks-The Rolling Stones, Beatles ecutive in the music department of with Bearsville since February, 1972 1962-1966, Beatles 1966-1970), plus Solters, Sabinson and Roskin Public and was previously in charge of all producing radio commercials and Relations, where he represented Led secondary radio activity for the label. screening new talent. He was album Zeppelin, The Moody , Paul In his new capacity, Nathan will coordinator for Herman's Hermits McCartney, Alice Cooper, Stan Getz, assume more responsibility with the Greatest Hits, the Best of the Ani- Nich Ashford and Valerie Simpson, major market radio and retail outlets. mals. Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Terry Buttice He will also be working closely with Before that he was a staff pro- Knight and Rick Derringer. Goldberg the Warner Brothers local and reg- ducer for Decca Records Ltd., in is also a widely published journalist ional promotion men. A national road England. Friedman started his career who has written for the Village Voice Darnel Exits trip is planned by Nathan in the as coordinator of music projects for and Rolling Stone, is a former Editor near future at which time he hopes Manhattan Advertising. of Circus Magazine, and worked for to achieve the same success in the the WNET-TV Lab. Sunburst Post major areas as he has had with the Goldberg began his music business NEW YORK - Bill Darnel has left secondaries over the past two years: career with the music trade maga- his post as general manager of Sun- "Being able to understand the needs zines, worked for Albert Grossman's burst Records. Darnel said he will of the small market radio stations music publishing companies in 1970, announce his future plans next week. and of the smaller market retail ac- and was director of publicity for Meanwhile, he can be reached at counts has helped us break artists as the Famous Music Corp. labels, Para- (212) 489-6097. Todd Rundgren, Foghat, Paul Butter- mount, Neighborhood, Blue Thumb, field, and Jesse Winchester." et. al. in 1971-72. He joined Solters, Bearsville Records is distributed Sabinson and Roskin in 1973. by Warner Brothers and are current- Maggie Bell's first solo album, Tom Scott (CBS) ly represented on the charts with "Queen of the Night" was produced albums by Todd Rundgren "Some- by and will be released Tom Draper (RCA) thing/Anything?" and Foghat "En- on Atlantic Records on Feb. 20. She ergized". A single from the Foghat will be touring the United States with To Key R&B Posts her new band shortly thereafter. Well LP, "That'll Be The Day," has just known in Europe, the singer is best See R&B News been shipped and a new LP from known for her role as the Mother in Todd Rundgren, entitled "Todd" has the classic "Tommy" LP by Who. been released.

10 Cash Box - February 23, 1974