Labor Dept. 5 LP's From H -B Shows Will Beat Set September Release Pace By El JOT 'l'IEGEL by Bessie Smith." She records fo his label. Sues Record LOS ANGELES - Five al- Tavern Singers, Larry Butler The female- jazz singer is going From Chicago, Cadet's a&r di bums from forthcoming Hanna - and Laurie Johnson Orchestra. the way of the big hands. Accord- rector corn Barbera TV shows set for CBS - According to general man- ing to Jack Tracy, veteran jazz mented that "as far as commercia be among the label's TV will ager Don Bohanan, a 15 per producer, few hands are left to success is concerned, the day o Rack September release. Fifteen car- provide the young singer with ex- the unadulterated jazz singer seem Service cent discount and 30 -60 day toon albums comprises the dating will be offered during perience. Tracy labels Canaan to have passed . . . if indeed i LOS ANGELES -The U. S. release aimed for the National MacRae as the most promising ever was. When a jazz- oriented vo the program which begins with Department of Labor has girl jazz performer to emerge in calist does come up with a fai filed Association of RecordMerchan- the NARM midyear meeting. suit against. Record Service in Sep- the last IO years and he adds that commercial success, it is invariably Rack disers convention early The pop product carries a $3.98 for alleged violations of the Fair in "I can't think of any great new of pop -directed material and re tember Chicago. tag, the cartoon series a $1.98 jazz singer who can he put in the cently the vocalists have been fol Labor Standards Act of 1938. The TV albums are from price. same league with Ella Fitzgerald lowing the pattern of jazz mu Labor Secretary W. Willard "The Impossibles." "Space Kid - and Billie Holiday." sicians and recording material di Wirtz charged that the rack dettes, "Space Ghost," "Dino - What's happening is that the rectly from the bags of the Pop jobber failed to properly pay Boy" and "Frankenstein Junior" d11111111111111111111111111111111BII111111111111111111111111I1111111111111111111111!I and r &h artists." Edwards points evergreen vocalises like Ella Fitz- its employes for overtime pe- shows. the company to Jean DuShon and Betty Moorer In addition, gerald and Sarah Vaughan are re. riods while failing to maintain will offer its largest pop album cording, but their sales are not as two vocalists with the potential records of hours worked and release including packages by overly impressive. Miss Vaughan to bridge the jazz and pop fields. Miss DuShon's first LP with the rates of pay on its employes. artists previously released on Billboard has of late been interpreting top Published Weakly by 40 tunes and doing an excellent Trio has jazz over- The governmeht asked the singles. These include Earl job, but these cannot be labeled tones and she has been associated U. S. District Court for a per- Gaines, the Dynatones, Abby The Billboard Publishing Company with jazz players and composers 2160 Patterson St.. Cincinnati, O. 45214 jazz projects. Nina Simone does manent injunction and restrain- Tel.. Arm Code 513, 381 -6450 well m her live performances but on two subsequent packages. She ing order preventing the corn - the singles is not a mass merchandiser. The will shortly be cut for pany from violating sections of Publisher So Miss Moore, three cool school chicks -Anita market. too will the act plus the recovery of Hal 8. Cook . New York Office O'Day, Chris Connor and June whose debut LP is in preparation. RCA's Brad McCuen echoed back wages found by the court. Christy are out there somewhere Record Rack Service, main- Editorial Office but have long faded from the rec- "extreme confidence in jazz and in its future.... I believe we are tained by Ed Mason and Sam 165 W. 46th St., New York N. Y. 10036 ord scene. Area Code 212, PL -2800 just approaching a period of re- Ricklin, is said to have an an- i Is it possible that the public Cable: BILLBOARD NEWYORK newed interest in jazz by the mass nual sales gross of more than will never again support a new crop Editor -in -Chief Lee Zhito market and the jazz singers-quite $I million, and is engaged in of girl jazz- oriented singers. Editors Paul Ackerman, probably new names-will again the goods World Pacific's Dick Bock be- production of for Aaron Stemfield command great attention during commerce. lieves the new crop of female vo- next five the years." Department Editors, New York calists leans toward an excitement thinks Sheila Jordan The government charges the McCuen Editor . Paul Ackerman revolving around the pop scene. has potential and cites "economics" company with failure to prop- Associate Editor Mike Gross Female jazz singers' LP's die, he as stimying the growth of jazz erly pay its employes during Chief Copy Editor Robert Sobel says- because there doesn't seem larks today. three time periods. The suit fur- Radid.TV Programming Claude R. Hall to be any market support. The "While instrumental jazz con- ther states the company has Department Editors Petal's Clarke of today reign. tinues to change and evolve, the failed to keep and preserve rec- Audio, Coin Machina Editor .. . .. Nancy Wilson and Dionne War- Ray Brack, Chlcega vocal side has progressed little ords breaking down employees' wick are two -oriented per- vocalese past Ella and Sarah's hip work and pay conditions as pre- U. S. Editorial Offices formers who now reach the broad or scatting." RCA. has no girl jazz Cincinnati, Exec. News Edilor..Was. J. Sachs bass market and this appears to scribed by regulations. A repre- Chicago, Midwest Editor Ray Brack singers. MORT NASATIR, president of Hall in sentative from the Labor De- Washington Bureau Chief ....Mildred be one area which vocalists are Perhaps the situation is best MGM Records, is the recipient of Hollywood, W. Coast News ....Eliot Siegel developing. summed up by Tracy, who noted partment visited the firm and a special award from Capt. Jane Special Projects Division Atlantic's Nesuhl Ertegun con- that a girl jazz vocalist were queried employes about work- of the Army Nurses if Carson Manager Andrew.Don siders Esther Phillips "in the great brought to his attention today, ing and pay conditions prior to Corps. The accolade honors Director, vs and Charts Oren jazz-blues tradition that was started he'd probably pass her up. the filing of the suit. Nasatir for his "Unselfish con- Manager, Record Market to the efforts of the Research Andy Sondra tribution Manager, Charts Laurie Schenker U. S. Army Nurses Recruiting Supervisor, Print Servies ....119 Courtney Program." MGM Records is cur- rently participating in the drive Production Department, New York Liberty Adds Art Director Virgil Arnett Name Policy for army nurses and Is publiciz T -Bird Back to ing the campaign through a spe- General Advertising Office, N. Y. big policy Facilities on cial song recorded by Connie Director of Sala . Denis Nyland By DON DIGILIO eliminated the -name Francis titled, "A Nurse in the Promolion Director Geraldine Platt followed by all other Strip ho- Midwest Music Isles Erhard Wilson U. S. Army." The record, pressed Coast Mgr. gill Wardlow Thun- tels. Instead, the T -bird booked West Gen. LAS VEGAS -Hotel Three Fronts on the MGM label,. has been Nashville Gen. Mgr. Mark -Clark Bales derbird, famous for its flexible in a French revue called "C'est shipped to 2,500 radio stations Machine Adv., Chicago proved who are Coin entertainment policy, has re- La Femme." The show LOS ANGELES-Liberty is throughout the country, Coln Machine Ad. Mgr. ....Richard Wilson turned to the policy of present- to be successful, a spokesman spending $175,000 on construc- playing the record on their public service programs. Classified Ads, Chicago ing name stars in its showroom. for the hotel said, but now tion of new offices, warehous- Clarlilled Ad Mgr. John O'Neil About a year ago, the hotel name artists will return. ing and recording . studio facili- Circulation Sales, New York The Thunderbird operated ties at three locations. Already Circulation Manager Milton Gerbulaw completed are a $50,000, 8,000 - under a similar policy last sum- Subscription Fulfillment mer with such artists as Judy square -foot warehouse adjacent VSP Releases Sand Form 3579 to Garland, Robert Goulet, Jack to the company's manufacturing CIMlnmcllosseeph 5214 Wood Marries Fulfilment,ant lMannager., Benny and Andy Williams. Prior plant at l0I I North Fuller Ave - Seven Albums Jane Cauvet to that, the hotel had such nue,. and a $100,000 expansion U. S. Branch Offices Broadway show productions as of the World Pacific studios now Chicago, ARDSLEY, N. Y. - Herb "Ziegfeld Follies," "Flower called Liberty Recorders at In September Code 3IÍ2, CE 69818nddph Los An In, SC^IÑf. 890069, Wood, Billboard editorial staff- Drum Song" and "South Pa- 8715 West Third Street, Beverly Kt, er, married Jane Cauvet of Ard- cific." Hills. NEW YORK-VSP, the jazz Code 213, 273.1555 Set completion within 30 Nashville, Tenn. 37219, 226 Capital Blvd sley on Saturday (3) at the Zany Kaye Ballard reifttro- for subsidiary of , at the com- Aren Code 615, 244 -1836 duces the name policy on Sept. days are IO offices has released seven albums for Ardsley Methodist Church. The pany's main Sunset Washington, D, C. 20005, with a four -week engage- Boulevard 733 15th St. N.W. honeymoon in Ten- 6 September. Included in the couple will She's her first operations. The cost here is Woodward Bldg. Rm. 533 ment. making budget line package are LP's Area Code 202, tí93.2580 nessee. Wood is in charge of Las Vegas appearance in eight $25.000. by Johnny Hodges, Herbie expand corporate ex- New York's coin machine de- years. To the Mann, Dizzy Gillespie and Roy International Office pansion into tape CARtridge and partment and record reviews. Miss Ballard will be followed Eldridge, Woody Herman, How- European office ...Andre de Vekey, Str the budget field, Liberty is Don Wedge by Mamie Van Doren on Oct. 5. ard Roberts and two others European Editor moving its Sunset Boulevard 15 Hanover Square, London W.1 It will be Miss Van Doren's featuring all -starr jazz line-ups. HYde Park 3659 shipping department to the new first Vegas date since starring Woody Herman's LP, "Live Cable: Billboard London warehouse and this vacated space in the T- Bird's "Ziegfeld" pro- at Carnegie Hall," features his SALES INTERNATIONAL will become six offices. Four duction 18 months ago. two groups, the Woodchoppers additional offices are being built Canada and the First Herd in early con- Kit Morgan, 12 Tlchelter Rd., Apl. 107. behind the main building. Toronto 10 certs at the famed Hall. Hodges' The press of recording activi- Italy alto sax is spotlighted on his Germano Knee l% Padova 134 ties at the World Pacific studios I. "Alto Blues," as is Herbie mecessitated the addition of Sam'] Slelnmazr0S.an, Pl Anaelmo I. Starday Host Mann's clarinet, backed by a Rome, Italy equipment and personnel, with large ensemble, in his "Big Band Japan in machinery now in- KanSt surukt'Jao n. Trede service, Ltd., $100,000 Mann" album, while Dizzy Gil- stalled. cnomTokyóaka. Bunkro ku. To Tradesters lespie and Roy Eldridge join Subscription ate' ln advance. NASHVILLE -Starday Rec- musical forces in their "Soul One year. all In U. S. A. lea pt Main. IIImIIIIIIl1111111I11111I1Ir111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Mates" waxing. =In.:* ords played host to some 300 Ns by airdrnaIl. Rto or and All six albums, repackaged countries artists, writers, publishers equesting ch: ñ ordires situld give other tradesters at the com- SHAW REPORTS (choice) material from Verve rie w lI as new address. Published pany's Five Coves Farm and masters, are top bargains at the New ods, N. Y.. nd/atl additional mall here Sunday (21). budget level. Movie Ranch 'UP' 6 MONTHS BillboardPablehI g Com1986. Tb é me. It was the label's Fourth An- Pang , Amuseeruient Business.High Fidel. nual Bar B -Q NEW YORK -Shaw Artists Icy. American Artist, Modem Photo.. A Correction Postmaster plea'. send Form Picnic. Corp. reported a 19.5 per cent 357hr.0 lo alllboard, 21t0 HERB ALPERT is presented with rise in gross business and a 45) st.. Cincinnati. atm.. Entertainment was provided LOS ANGELES -Stan Fre- only 4aa.. his second Gold Cartridge Award by Pete Drake's Mavericks, Ray 182.5 per cent increase in net berg lost a hefty chunk of his his Cream and Vol. 78 No. 37 for "Whipped earnings for the first six months annual income in last week's Other Delights" tape cartridges, King, Boots Randolph, Hank of 1966. During the period, the the of by -ITCC president Larry Finley. Cochran, Jeannie Seely, the issue due to dropping Johnson Sisters, Norrie Wilson, r &b booking agency added TV, one key zero in a story about TtY award is given to artists-sell- college concerts, cocktail and kmR ITCC cartridges. Darrell Glenn, Jack Clement, his advertising activities. His ing $250,000 of departments. Alper bad previously received Mery Shiner and Larry King- publicity correct income is $500,000, not rAB

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