APR. 18 1960 No. 672 THE NATIONAL WEEKLY OF RECORDED MUSIC 254- vioNTI ler unruly DOING THE MADISON are (left to right) Amy Records Sales - manager Walter Blumberg, Cookie Brown, Dance Instructress Renee, Al Brown and Buddy Smith, A&R chief for the new label, organized only three months ago and already riding high on the charts with its first hit, "The Madison." 'CU:dVci :3 11.!1: ^:1 N7413!I 01.731 :.11'1311 UGH ES 2DIV AmericanRadioHistory.Com MUM There's Life In The OldGirl Yet VENDOR The way some people talk, you would think the burning bright! THE NATIONAL WEEKLY record business was on the verge of total collapse. OF RECORDED MUSIC All because of a bureaucratic interpretation ofa 13th YEAR OF codicil in the Federal Communications Act which "THE OLD LAMPLI TER" PUBLICATION might cost radio stations some ten or fifteen dollars D. M. STEINBERG, Publisher to audition most of the new releases in a single THE BROWNS,.. week, if they had to pay for each reocrd auditioned ALICE KOSNER, Asst. Lighting up the album charts: The Browns' in that time. Advertising and Promotion "Town and Country " Manager To save that ten or fifteen bucks, we are expected M. GILMAN e)tic N it I( )U (et) LES FLEISCHER, asst. to believe that radio is going to lay down dead, Business Manager and that the record business, like some ancient JOHN BACKUS Hindu bride, is going to cast itself into the grave Circulation out of sheer compassion, misery and helplessness. LORETTA PERRY But the picture is not quite as dark as it is pro- West Coast Representative DEE HILL jected. It is only the screen that is blurred. After 6087 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood 28, Calif. all, there is still a good deal of bounce and romance H011ywood 9-7176 in an industry where Elvis Presley's first release in Chicago Representative two years( despite the FCC interpretation )has HAL TATE 192 N. Clark St. already passed the one million mark. And Capitol Chicago,Ill. ANdover3-6520 Records informs us that not since Tennessee Ernie's Research and Survey Sixteen Tons has the label had such an initial reac- FLORENCE FORMAN JAY AMDUR LEO LEVIN tion to a record as to Jeanne Black's He'll Have To ALTON CHELETTE Stay. Old Town takes paid space in the trade press Art Production to inquire if business is bad, and answers: "Not HAL HOCHVERT here!" Editorial & Advertising Offices: And where else in modern American business can 157 West 57th St. New York 19, N.Y. a few people get together to form a little record PLaza 7-1323 company-and with its first outing beat one of the Subscription & Business giants in the industry all the way up the charts. Offices: 100 Astor SI., Newark 2, N.J. This actually happened to The Madison on Amy Bigelow 3-0222 vs. The MadisonTimeon Columbia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $10per year intheUnitedStatesor Canada. $19 per year includes With so much zest and life and opportunity in First Class or Air Mail Delivery of the weekly MUSIC VENDOR what is still a very much open industry-open for BULLET. $20 per year foreign. RECORD RATING CHARTS, pub- talent and imagination and business acumen-things lishedin MUSIC VENDOR, are based on surveysof record cannot be so bad, after all. PERFORMANCE and salescon- ducted by Music Guild of America. Allrights in these As Archy's Mehitabel used to say, toujours gai, listingsare reserved. The OFFICIAL HIT PARADE is there's life in the old girl yet. published EXCLUSIVELY in MU- SIC VENDOR. Second Class MoilPrivileges MUSIC VENDOR - April18, 1960 No. 672 AmericanRadioHistory.ComAuthorised al Newark, N. .1 Rated***on the performance and sales survey authenticated by Music on theVII Guild of America. For complete Pro- SUREBETS gramming Charts see pages19.22. fliciiitieWillbe 7 POP, 4 CM, 3 FMB, 3 LP'S (Mono) Added to This Week's Charts heGreategof 11- *** POPULAR *** COUNTRY & WESTERN CATHY'S CLOWN YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Acuff -Rose, BMI) Wilburn Bros-De-3I062 Everly Bros-WB-5 I 51 *** Sentenced To Die Always It's You TEEN -EX The Browns-RCA-Vi-7700 BURNING BRIDGES (***Mar. 14 on 'The Old Lamplighter') (Sage & Sand, SESAC) WRONG COMPANY THE iFORGIVEN Jack Scott-Top Rank -2041 W. Stewart-J.Howard-Chall-59071 qthelmotion picture "The Unforgiven" Oh Little One We'll Never Love Again THE WAY OF A CLOWN SMILING BILL McCALL (Aldon Music, BMI) Johnny Cash-Col-41618 *** Seasons Of My Heart Teddy Randazzo-ABC-Par-I0088 Cherie *** RHYTHM & BLUES LOVE YOU SO HITHER & THITHER & YON (Maraville, BMI) Brook Benton-Merc-7 I 566 Ron Holden-Donna-1315 (*** AprilII onPopular) My Babe FOR LOVE Lloyd Price-ABC-Par-10102 LONELY WEEKENDS (*** April 18 onPopular) (Knox Music, BMI) BARBARA Charlie Rich-Phillips-3552 Temptations-Goldisc-3001 the Everything I Do Is Wrong (*** April 11 onPopular) McGuire FOR LOVE (Pri-Gan, BMI) *** LP'S (MONAURAL) Sisters Lloyd Price-ABC-Par-I0102 ALWAYS No Ifs, No Ands Roger Williams-Kapp-KL-I 172 REJOICE DEAR HEARTS HE'LL HAVE TO STAY Brother Dave Gardner-RCA-Vi- (Central Songs, BMI) LPM-2083 Jeanne Black-Cap-4368 SOLD OUT Under Your Spell Again Kingston Trio-Cap-T-I352 4 MUSIC VENDOR - April 18, 1960 MUSIC VENDOR - April 18, 1960 AmericanRadioHistory.Com Reserve MUSitVENDOR DEMAVAQ! Your `GOING UP' LIST Space The following hits jumped 10 or more places in thisweek's TODAY MUSIC VENDORSurvey. TitleandArtist This Last For Week Week The Big STUCK ON YOU-E. Presley-RCA-Vi 8 18 LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCE- B. Bland-Old Town 17 27 MOA STEP BY STEP-Crests-Coed 19 29 issue CRADLE OF LOVE-J. Preston-Merc 22 32 THE MADISON-Tunetoppers-Amy 32 50 of STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-M. Sedaka-RCA-Vi 34 57 WHAT AM I LIVING FOR-C. Twitty-MGM 36 62 MUSIC APPLE GREEN-J. Valli-Merc 38 48 MOUNTAIN OF LOVE-H. Dorman-Rita 41 52 VENDOR FAME AND FORTUNE-E. Presley-RCA-Vi 48 E8 SINGLE RECORD HITHER & THITHER & YON-B. Benton-Merc 51 61 T V-10209 x 45 (Closing date CHERRY PIE-Skip & Flip-Brent 58 73 PAPER ROSES-A. Bryant-Carl 59 74 all copy and art BARBARA-Temptations-Go'disc 60 70 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO- - May 3) E. Fields-Rend 61 77 CATHY'S CLOWN-Everly Bros.-WB 63 DO BESAME MUCHO-Coasters-Atco 64 75 BURNING BRIDGES-J. Scott-Top Rank 68 (-) Captured LIVE-just as it happened Reach LOVE YOU SO-R. Holden-Donna 72 86 in concert at Deutschlandhallen, Berlin... Ella ad-libs a hit into the su'ingin'est, LONELY WEEKENDS-C. Rich-Phillips 73 83 funniest, most memorable recorded moments Every FOR LOVE-L. Price-ABC-Par 74 in the history of Show Business! Op. HE'LL HAVE TO STAY-J. Black-Cap 75 GOOD TIMIN'-J. Jone-Cub 77 96 Currently enjoying in the country TIL TOMORROW-J. Harper-Cap 79 91 A STAR IS BORN-M. Dinning-MGM 80 100 record -shattering, at the lowest THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND-P. Clayton-Mon 86 97 round- the -clock space rate EARTH ANGEL-J. Tillotson-Cad 94 MACK THE KNIFE-E. Fitzgerald-Verve 95 (-) DeeJay airtime of any Trade PINK CHIFFON-M. Torok-Guyden 96 Publication SKATER'S WALTZ-B. Vaughn-Dot 97 coast to coast! in the field! DOGGIN' AROUND-J. Wilson-Bruns 98 1-) ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT- J. Clanton-Ace Call Collect: 99 (-) DUTCHMAN'S GOLD-W. Brennan-Dot 100 (-) NEW YORK obversely: PL 7-1323 THE TOP 200 LORE LE 1.. CHICAGO AN 3-6520 See pages 11.20. 21. 22 - for the indus- try's fastest, most accurate and complete HOLLYWOOD TR 7-4459 Programming and Buying Guides.. THE TOP 200 RECORDS 6 MUSIC VENDOR - April18, 1960 MUSIC VENDOR - April 18, 1960 AmericanRadioHistory.Com Another Sleepless N ight - ilinny Clanton 10 SIDES ENTER MV -ACE Dutchman's Gold-Walter Brennan-DOT And still ANOTHER TOP 100 THIS WEEK Ten new std....10.1,1 MUSIC VEN- FCC Ruling Suspended 2 -SIDED SMASH .DOR's Top 100 chartsi hiweek in the sur- 1111 As predicted last week in Music Vendor, vey authenticated by thr Music Guild of the FCC's interpretation of Section 317 of America. the Federal Communications Act has been to KEEP 'em Simultaneously qualifying as Sure Bets rescinded until further notice. were: The FCC's announcement that the ruling Cathy's Clown-Everly Bros.-WARNER is temporarily lifted now leaves the inter- BROS. pretation of the section solely in the hands of the radio stations. Burning Bridges-Jack Scott-TOP RANK PRICE-CONSCIOUS Section 317 stipulatesthat "all matter For Love - Lloyd Price - ABC -PARA- broadcast by any station for which service MOUNT or money .. is directly or indirectly prom- He'll Have To Stay-Jeanne Black -CAP- ised. shall at the time of the broadcast (LLOYD,of course!) ITOL be announced as paid for or furnished." Other new sides were: Since the Federal Communications Act Earth Angel - Johnny Tillotson - CA- was passed in 1934, stations have interpret- DENCE ed this section broadly. Pink Chiffon-Mitchell Torok-GUYDEN Smash! Sensational! Skater's Waltz-Billy Vaughan-DOT Jack Schwartz Joins Doggin' Around-Jackie Wilson-BRUNS- WICK Music Vendor Staff Jack Schwartz has left the Long Island NO IFS FOR Press to join the staff of Music Vendor as news editor. This is in keeping with Music Dear Vendor's policy of sound news coverage as -NO a corrective to so much of the puff stuff LOVE Music Vendor... that invariably finds its way into many of thetradepublications.Schwartz,who ANDS served as a regional reporter for the Press, ABC -10101 formerly was on the public relations staff iarsuperior FROM areso of Grossingers.