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CashBox Country Music Report nee,u V,,, M,n Haggard Headlines Del Reeves Day Anderson, Pride Win Success For UA CMA NARM Luncheon "Del Reeves Day", proclaimed on Annual KBBQ Honors December 22nd for their country the winners of the HOLLYWOOD - Merle Haggard singing star by United Artists Rec- BURBANK-KBBQ Radio in Burbank has announced will be the solo entertainer at a spe- fourth annual KBBQ country music awards. For the second consecutive year, ords, turned out to be a huge suc- Of The Year" award, while "Best cial luncheon to be given by the cess. Charley Pride has won the "Male Vocalist Country Music Association at the Female Vocalist" honors went to Lynn Anderson, who broke a three year win For six straight hours Del talked The Year" award went to "For National Association of Record Mer- to D.J.'s and programmers from streak for Tammy Wynette. "Best Song Of chandisers convention at the Century The Goodtimes," written by Kris Kristofferson and performed by Ray Price. nearly one hundred radio stations KBBQ listeners in Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, on Mon- throughout the nation who called to The KBBQ country music awards were determined by day, March 1. the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley areas who phoned in their votes. "Song share Christmas cheer with him. Said by Ray Price; "Too Haggard, winner of CMA's "Enter- Reeves at the conclusion of the gruel- Of The Year" honors went to "For The Goodtimes," tainer of the Year and four other Lonely, Too Long," Mel Tillis; "Sunday Morning Coming Down," Johnny ing day, "Since the true meaning of by Waylon Jennings. awards in 1970, was invited to head- Christmas deals with love of our fel- Cash; "Snowbird," Anne Murray; and "The Taker," line the CMA's first major presenta- Of the five songs chosen, three were written by Kris Kristofferson. low man, and since the world has Cash, and Marty Robbins tion at an annual NARM convention, been so good to me and my family Charley Pride, Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Johnny whose 1500 participants represent 80 were the finalists in the "Male Vocalist Of The Year" category, while Lynn this year, I just gotta' say I hope this and Connie Smith of the record merchandisers in the holiday is as warm and wonderful for Anderson, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, country, 90% of bulk record sales. you and yours as it is for me and won female vocalist honors. Supplementing Haggard's star power mine". Eddy will be a half-hour film presentation During the course of Del's tribute Marty Robbins, Buck Owens, demonstrating how and why country Arnold, Carl Perkins, Mother, May - to "Country America", he was called the Carter Family, The music is the most popular type of upon to perform some unusual chores Cash Show Sets belle and music today. Statler Brothers, Kitty Wells, Webb on the air with the help of the beeper Pearl, Roy Orbison, With thousands of dollars com- telephone. Among them were helping Pierce, Minnie mitted to the C&W luncheon, CMA's Jan. Specials Gordon Lightfoot, plus great Japa- to promote a blood donor drive and nese country artist, Takahiro Saito. Bill Williams, a past CMA president, toys for tots, pleas for Christmas NASHVILLE History of Coun- who co-chairs the program committee -A Set on the same format as the food for the needy, lost dog an- try Music will be the theme of the highly successful Draft Shows, film with Bill Farr, noted that past efforts nouncements, and even sending a hol- Cash Shows to be aired on combining the star sound and sound Johnny clips from WSM's Grand Ole Opry iday greeting from a listener in one ABC-TV Channel 8. January 20 and will also be incorporated in the histo- statistics of the burgeoning country city to a loved one tuned in to anoth- 27. Approximately 40 of country mu- music market have resulted in aver- rical story, showing deceased great er station two thousand miles away. sic's top artists will appear on the masters of the "Nashville Sound," age country music sales rises of 20%. The current single by Del Reeves two-part documentary of country In the most ambitious CMA court- Jim Reeves, Hank Williams, Jimmy on the United Artists label is "Bar music, tracing events and progress Patsy Klein, Lou Childre, ship of assembled record distribu- Room Talk", composed by Jerry from the early days to the giant in- Rodgers, tors, Williams said he hopes to show Chestnut. dustry it is today. Among those and others. that country music is exploding into guesting on the shows will be Chet According to Reba Hancock, sister a popularity it has never had before chaired by Williams and Farr, in- Merle Hag- of Johnny Cash and manager of the Frank Jones, Atkins, Sonny James, and that it will eventually account cludes Jack Geldbart, gard, Homer and Jethro, Conway Cash offices in Hendersonville, Ten- for the biggest share of the record Bill Hudson, Hubert Long, Wade has been taped so Hutch Car- Twitty, Lynn Anderson, Bill Monroe, nessee, "The show market. Pepper, Jim Schwartz, can enjoy it." Membership of the committee co - lock, Jack Loetz and Janet Gavin. Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, that every person iinna,.,.. CashBox Roundup ,,,.,,, NW Country \Tn, AM,/ "ern TV show celebrated the New Year with wed- Music will be handling several de- Cecil Null says, "If your neighbor Wagoner's syndicated including publishing for looks you straight in the eye and Mercury artist Dave Dudley sched- ding bells . Evie and Wally partments -January appearance Cochran, RCA exec, celebrated Wal- Little Richie Johnson in Belen, New strikes you on the right cheek, you've uled for a late a special mes- got a left-handed neighbor ... After on the Midwestern Hayride TV show. ly's birthday December 30 by chris- Mexico Acting as several bouts with hospitals and ill- Dave's new single is "Listen, Betty tening Sara Jane, their four -month - senger for the Country Music Associ- old daughter. Golfing personality ation, Loretta Lynn recently ness, Peggy Little, back in action and (I'm Singing Your Song)." Looks in more vivacious than ever, left on an like another big song for Dave. Frank Rogers and wife Sara are God. presented an award to David Frost extended tour of Hawaii Webb Popular recording artist -song- parents. appreciation for his support of coun- WHOO staff members were thrice try music talent on television. Loret- Pierce, Decca superstar, slated for a writer, Ray "Patches" Griff, re- to appear January 27 appearance on Johnny ports January to be a jumping month honored recently by the Florida ta was the first country act Cash's Country Music Spectacular via for his Shades of Blue Enterprises. Country Music Award Foundation. on the Frost show. Program director Clay Daniels re- The appointment of Glenn Keener ABC-TV. This is Webb's first appear- According to Ray, the RCA organi- Records ance on the Cash TV'er. Selections zation plans to release a new Griff - ceived a certificate of award for pro- as producer for Opryland performed by Pierce include his remi- authorized single performed by the gramming the best in good music Al has been announced by E. W. "Bud" niscent "I Ain't Never," "Wonder- popular duet, Dolly Parton and Por- Dunaway was cited as the most pop- Wendell, manager of the WSM owned ing," and his newest Decca release, ter Wagoner. For Ray it's the first ular disk jockey, and Dorothy Kuhl- record company. In addition to his "Tell Him That You Love Him." time Porter and Dolly have released man received the award of top pro- production duties for the new label, Charlie Louvin, skedded for a Jan- a single penned by Griff. Incidental- moter on the distaff side. Keener will serve as manager of the uary appearance in chilly Anchorage, ly, Ray and his Rays of Sunshine Demetriss Tapp completed an al- WSM publishing companies with Woodland headquarters in the Capitol Building Alaska. It's Charlie's first visit to our have two new singles released this bum for Nasco label at Lee newest state. "Sittin' Bull" is title of month on the Royal American label. Studios last week with Bob Tubert in Nashville . .. The Killer, Jerry Lewis, reportedly fed up with the Charlie's current Capitol release .. The first one, an instrumental enti- producing ... The "Louisiana Man," Dot artist Jack Barlow recently com- tled "Ray's Bar and Grill," features Doug Kershaw has started work on a pressures brought about by over- pleted a series of radio commercials Griff at the piano, backed by his new album for Warner Brothers with work, too much drinking, and topped a leading Southern grocery group, the Rays of Sunshine. The Tree exec Buddy Killen wearing his off with divorce proceedings from his for Myra, has reformed to go back chain. Jack's current Dot release is second release, a vocal duo for the independent producer's hat . The wife, to his church and a new audience "Dayton, Ohio" . Rusty "KoKo the latter part of January, places Griff in Blackwood Brothers Quartet are Clown" Adams begins a week-long a desirably pleasant situation: He's scheduled for twenty-one shows dur- conception. From working twenty personal appearance tour of Ber- one of the few artists to follow up a ing January, each show being in a straight show dates in a row, ac- with not one, but city from Tennessee to Cali- cording to Lewis' manager, Ray muda. Adams, a universally popular hit like "Patches" different only week- clown, also scores big as a dynamic two new releases in the same month.