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INGLE REVIEWS PUBLISHER: Beechwood, BMI Tasty R &B /club offering with house POP A.C. KELLY She's A Slammer (4:15) Capitol 79805 leanings features a fine performance PRODUCERS: Allen George, Fred McFarlane NEW AND Owens splashes this tune, a top -10, B- from Starr. Contact: 212 -529 -2600. WRITERS: A. George, F. McFarlane, A. Morero PUBLISHERS: CBS /Jaman, ASCAP /A /Tron, BMI side record for him in 1965, with MIXERS: Dennis Mitchell, Allen George, Fred spunk and fire. Updated production is SLY & ROBBIE Dance Hall (7:03) McFarlane, Kevin Woodley NOTEWORTHY kept simple but strong. Guitar solo PRODUCER: KRS-One Columia 44 -73108 (12 -inch single) WRITERS: S. Dunbar, R. Shakespeare, W. Broady SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER You're History (4:06) adds fullness. JANE CHILD Welcome To The Real World (4:14) PUBLISHERS: Island /Ixat, BMI /BDP, ASCAP PRODUCER: Jimmy lovine, Shakespear's Sister, Familiar new jack swing with a Teddy MIXER: Murray Elias Richard Feldman PRODUCER: Jane Child Riley /Guy attitude. Island 0-96536 (c /o Atlantic) (12 -inch single) WRITERS: Fahey, Detroit. Feldman, Seymour WRITER: Jane Child PUBLISHER: Warner -Tamerlane /Warner Chappell, PUBLISHER: Radical Dichotomy BMI Great hip -hop dance hall track from Warner Bros. 0-21346 (12 -inch single) BMI /Orca /Make -Z /BMG /Anxious, ASCAP TYLER COLLINS Whatcha Gonna Do? (4:06) the duo's fab new album works in the FFRR 886 694-4 (c /o PolyGram) (cassette single) PRODUCER: Phillip Gordy Canadian classical new mixes but we could have done Refreshing hooks abound on this WRITERS: Phillip Gordy, Tyler Collins musician /composer- turned -rocker PUBLISHERS: TLC Music /Dinger & 011ie JOHN ANDERSON Who's Lovin' My Baby (3:21) without the weathered Rob Base track from the act's "Sacred Heart" Music /Dagwood Music, BMI makes a splashy debut with this PRODUCER: John Anderson Jimmy Bowen. "whoa yeah" sample. Contact: 212- collection. Danceable pop with a RCA 9062 -1 -RD (12 -inch single) yummy slice of dance -oriented rock WRITER: Curtis Wright PUBLISHER: David 'N' Will, ASCAP 995 -7800. distinctive edge has the goods to Sultry new songstress invades Karyn that conjures up images of a more Universal 66020 seduce programmers with its White territory with a jumpy mainstream Sinead O'Connor. Traditional sounding, Anderson lends LONDON BOYS London Nights (8:22) infectious charm. R&B /dance track that could stir up Multiformat attention is imminent, cool country vocal character to this PRODUCER: R.R. Maule some activity on the charts. though adventurous popsters are WRITER: R.R. Maule slow swing number. Production adds PUBLISHER: TELDEC Record Service GmbH DEBORAH HARRY I Want That Man (3:41) certain to stake an early claim of texture to this strongly- penned song. Atlantic 0-86285 (12 -inch single) PRODUCERS: Tom Bailey, Eric "LT." Thorngren KOOL & THE GANG Never Give Up (3:58) discovery. WRITERS: Allanah Currie, Tom Bailey PRODUCER: Nick Martinelli A fluffy, yet appealing bit of hi -NRG PUBLISHER: Point Music America, Inc. ASCAP WRITERS: S. Habeeb, D. Bellochio SHELBY LYNNE Little Bits And Pieces (3:44) Sire /Red Eye /Reprise 7 -22816 (c Warner Bros.) BIG NOISE Name & Number (3:39) flash which pays a fond tip of the hat /o PUBLISHERS: WB /Nehemiah /Island /April Joy, PRODUCER: Billy Sherrill PRODUCER: to compatriots Seventh Avenue and Visions of pogo dancing and wacky ASCAP Elliot Wolff WRITERS: Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran Mercury 876 072-7 (c /o PolyGram) (12 -inch WRITERS: Fenelle, Lucas, Johnson PUBLISHER: Tree, BMI Big Fun. sunglasses come to mind as this cute version also available, Mercury 876 073 -1) PUBLISHERS: Octa /Spiritstop/WB, ASCAP Epic 34 -73032 (c /o CBS) tune reaches back to the ex- Blondie Atco 7 -99168 (c/o Atlantic) One of the better releases from the Lynne attacks this ballad of sadness TOTAL SCIENCE FEATURING FREEDOM diva's new wave glory days. Already British pop export fronted by act in some time. Languid, R &B with full -throated power and passion. Freedom (7:12) proving itself a hit at college radio. Anthony Fennele preview its ballad complete with Martinelli's A stunning foray into scattered PRODUCER: Total Science forthcoming album "Bang!" with a WRITER: Total Science quality production touches charms. dreams and shattered love. PUBLISHERS: Catch -A- Groove /Mystarz /RBG -Dome, EURYTHMICS Don't Ask Me Why (4:21) catchy pop ditty with R&B ASCAP PRODUCER: David A. Stewart, Jimmy lovine underpinnings. Hailing from MIXER: Total Science LEON SYLVERS III Make It Count (4:30) WRITERS: Stewart, Lennox Nu Groove NG-027 (12 -inch single) PUBLISHER: BMG, ASCAP PRODUCER: Leon F. Sylvers III Birmingham the septet deliver this Arista AS1 -9880 WRITERS: Leon F. Sylvers Ill, Kenny Aubrey. Gene easy -paced number with an American Hooky club number with an Dozier verve aided by producer Wolff (Paula DANCE underground feel. Contact: 212 -840- Subdued midtempo number serves as PUBLISHERS: SCS /Sylllen, ASCAP /BMI the duo's first release from its label Motown MOT -1971 (cassette version also available, Abdul) which bodes well for pop 9253. Motown MOTC -1971; 12 -inch version also available. success. debut "We Too Are One." Lennox's Motown MOT-4646) vocal (as always) shines on a track AJAX Mind The Gap (timing not listed) Popular producer unfortunately PRODUCERS: Mark Kamins, Ajax that's not as immediate as prior doesn't quite utilize some of the magic ERASURE Drama! (7:07) WRITERS: Ajax Mitchel, Michael Roy, Michael Homburg releases but could easily be a sleeper. DWIGHT YOAKAM Long White Cadillac (3:30) PRODUCERS: Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders, Erasure he's been so successful with on his PUBLISHER: not listed PRODUCER: Pete Anderson WRITERS: Vince Clarke, Andy Bell new solo project. Danceable R &B Wax Trax 9082 (12 -inch single) BON JOVI Living In Sin (4:36) WRITER: Dave Alvin PUBLISHERS: Sonet, PRS/Emile, ASCAP PUBLISHER: Twin Duck, Sire /Reprise 0-21356 (c /o Warner Bros.) PRODUCER: Bruce Fairbairn track is likable and could do well, but BMI Quirky snatch of NRG -etic acid Reprise 7 -22799 (c /o PolyGram) WRITER: Jon Bon Jovi it sounds like quite a few others. Perky pop confection offers a pumps and swirls with industrial PUBLISHER: not listed Although the rough and raw guitar Mercury 876 070-7 (c /o PolyGram) (cassette promising preview of the U.K. duo's elements. Infectious beyond limits. version also available, Mercury 876 070-4) JAMES "J.T" TAYLOR Sister Rosa (4:30) track occasionally overpowers forthcoming "Wild." Programmers Contact: 312 -528 -8753. PRODUCER: James "J.T." Taylor Yoakam's voice, the Kentucky Jersey boys show nary a sign of should also note the sizzling house - WRITER: James "J.T." Taylor Wonder rescues this deep, and slowing down with yet another single PUBLISHER: Sula, BMI dark, inflected extra cut "Sweet, Sweet DESARAE WILD Give Me The Rhythm (6:32) from their multiplatinum opus. MCA 53730 (cassette version also available, MCA eerily disturbing ballad with a solid Baby." PRODUCER: Louis Caceres C- 53730; 12 -inch version also available, MCA vocal effort. A longer version runs WRITERS: Louis Caceres, Kenny Krytell 23986) PUBLISHERS: Rock N' Solid /Fashionable /Strictly 5:20. Disappointing DEPECHE MODE Personal Jesus (5:43) Rhythm, ASCAP uptempo solo release PRODUCERS: Depeche Mode, Flood MIXERS: Mike Costanzo, Louis Caceres Strictly Rhythm SR-1201 (12 -inch single) from the former Kool & the Gang EARL THOMAS CONLEY You Must Not Be WRITER: M.L. Gore member seems misdirected. PUBLISHER: Emile, ASCAP Drinking Enough (3:55) MIXER: Francois Kevorkian Female sung R &B /club number with PRODUCERS: Emory Gordy Jr., Randy L. Scruggs Sire 0-21328 (c/o Warner Bros.) (12 -inch single) potential. Contact: 212-246-0026. VITAMIN Z Can't Live Without You (3:59) WOMACK & WOMACK Good Man Monologue WRITER: Danny Kortchmar PRODUCERS: Pete Smith, Vitamin Z (3:50) PUBLISHER: Danny Kortchmar, ASCAP Popular outfit opts for a harder, WRITERS: Geoff Barradale, Nick Lockwood PRODUCERS: Chris Blackwell the Gypsy Wave RCA 8973-7 -R PUBLISHERS: Vitamin Z /Virgin, ASCAP & almost early '80s technowave feel on Geffen 7 -22881 (c /o Warner Bros.) Power Co. As amply evident here, ETC could this punchy and energetic track that WRITERS: Dr. Rue & t Gypsy Wave Banner Album rock and pop programmers PUBLISHER: Gypsy Wave Music /Willesden, BMI teach George Jones about misery. precedes a forthcoming album. RAP MIXERS: Fred Lewis, Harry King This is an instant jukebox classic on Witness the flip, "Dangerous." should investigate this sly number Island 99163 (c /o Atlantic) (cassette single; 12- that will remind most of Wang Chung inch version also available, Island 0-96524) the theme that self-examination can be less illuminating than strong drink. before it lost its edge. Gritty, inspired vocals highlight this retro-sounding bit of soul and funk SIR MIX -A -LOT Beepers (4:10) ICEHOUSE Touch The Fire (3:45) MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY Family Tree from the always -reliable duo. (3:49) PRODUCER: Sir Mix -A -Lot PRODUCER: David Lord PRODUCERS: Steve Gibson, Jim Ed Norman WRITER: Sir Mix -A -Lot WRITER: I. Davies JUDY TORRES Love You, Will You Love Me PUBLISHER: Locked Up, BMI PUBLISHER: SBK Aust., ASCAP BERT ROBINSON Occupy My Love (3:55) WRITER: Thom Schuyler (8:21) PUBLISHER: Screen Gems -EMI /Writers Nastymix NMR- 76980-1 (12 -inch single) Chrysalis 4JM -23414 (c /o CEMA) (cassette single) PRODUCERS: Skip Drinkwater, Laythan Armor PRODUCERS: Mickey Garcia, Elvin Molina Group/Bethlehem, BMI WRITERS: L. Armor, T. Haynes WRITERS: M. Garcia, E. Molina West Chugging number from Aussie band's Warner Bros. 7 -22765 Coast -based rapper returns with PUBLISHERS: Leigharm Music /Haynestorm PUBLISHERS: Protoons Inc. /Garcia Music /Molina a new album and single which sports current compilation album should Music /Les Etoiles De La Musique, ASCAP Murphey is in a folky /family mode for Music, ASCAP MIXERS: David Cole, Robert Clivilles MIXERS: Mickey Garcia, Elvin Molina a sly, Prince -ly rhythmic base.