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KOY add HOT97 deb 38 92X 30'25 "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN" 45065 KISN add WPHR deb 39 WZOU 31-28 Produced by Pete Wingfield

BREAKING AT: Additional production and re-mix by JELLY BEAN for JELLYBEAN PRODUCTIONS, INC HOT SALES AT: KIIS KKRZ KWOD WTIC Tower-Uptown/NYC Record Trader/Melrose/L.A. WXKS 0102 FM102 KITY City One Stop/L.A. Wherehouse-Hollywood/L.A. Columbia WHYT WIOQ KKFR KTFM CD One Stop/Conn Strawberries-Dedham/Boston WPGC KWSS 0106 WZPL Lieberman/N.J. Sams Jams-Ferndale/Detroit KMEL X100 KROY CK01 Wherehouse-Geary/S.F. Tower-Watt Ave/Sacramento Rainbow-Market St/S.F. Music Express-N Star Mall/San Antonio 1909 CBS Records Inc 'Coonb. LIC d//' radernarks ot CBS I, $5.00 March 27, 1989 Volume 3 ssue 133

King David DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher LENNY BEER Editor In Chief TONI PROFERA Senior Editor DAVID ADELSON SINGLES 4 Vice President/Managing Editor MIKE MURPHY Sr. Broadcast Editor Columbia continues its rule at #1 as the Bangles hold DOUG BROWN on for the second week. There are lots of strong con- Creative Director tenders coming, but we're especially impressed by ANITA WEBB the action on Madonna and Tone Loc. Operations Manager DANNY OSTROW JON LESHAY TODD HENSLEY Research Editors DIALOGUE 32 MARK PEARSON Geffen ruler David Geffen is on Research Coordinator President/CEO Dick Asher tries to explain the Poly- the Forbes list of the world's TERRY MOSER Gram perspective to Hits' Jesse Nash, who gets NICK BULL richest men, amulti-media MARCI SCHUSTER caught up trying to spell "perspective." mogul with successes in ANGELA GARCIA KARYN PARKER movies, Broadway and, of Q102 P.D. Mark Driscoll goes off on atangent, with 52 MATI ZACKY course, records, but his biggest Research Assistants Hits' pinhead Jon Leshay in hot pursuit. kick still comes from exposing ROY TRAKIN Features Editor and breaking new talent,

MICHAEL ALLEN something he's been doing with Computer Operations ALBUMS 62 increasing frequency lately, LAURA WILCOX KEITH MACLEOD Debbie Gibson remains #1 but Fine Young Cannibals ushering such acts as Guns N' VAN ARNO and New Kids On The Block continue to be the ex- Roses, Edie Brickell & New BRIAN LINDSEY citing stories. Kudos to Atlantic, MCA and Columbia KEN KAUFMAN Bohemians to the promised land Art & Design for their efforts. of platinum LP's (and don't DANNY FIELDS JOHN SUTTON—SMITH forget Platinum-to-be XTC and Contributing Editors Flashmakers 22 Earpicks 44 En ya). What's next for this MICHAEL FLYNN Living Colour lives and Debbie's back, but still won't mercurial player? Would you Facility Manager visit. breathes. believe butterfly-collecting? COLOR WEST Lithograptw EDITORIAL, ADVERTISING AND BUSINESS OFFICES: Crossovers 26 Post Modern 37 15477 Venom BobIrv.* Stile 30D. Sbernun 041.4. 91403. Phone (81S) 301-7900. POSTAL INFORMATION. Kos XTC is ready to cross. Maw,. peke.. *eddy... 50 mu. Pry Bette Midler heads for the by Iles, Inc.. L C•bracnu corvortoon REPRINTS AND REPRODUCTIONS Copyngh. 1987 by Iles. Ina All nets reserved Rep...bon pleolocopyIng of mum, swam, In Beach. Hes Mapcme sfoet.den recs. ...rubs permisbon Repreas may Le onfertd 1men 15471 Ventura Boulcvs. Suet 300. Sher. myn Os, CA 91403. SUBSCRIPTIONS COI (818)501 7900. Requests 28 Breakouts 60 Le L". Tr,:,12, "er97401.1.MSUglenca'r:; Milli Vanilli strikes again. On The Cover pnce $598 Subscnpuon pece 5200.00 per yew. All subscnp Madonna soars like aprayer. bone payable mUS funds only Please allow 2by 4reels for new subscnpoons to tebsn CHANGE OF Arre,Ess . pkDD glow 2 The pot is simmering and it's to 4 weeks for change of add...bike effect POSTMASTER' Said cIDDD ob .J.D. D Ft. mu.... 15.77 just about feeding time for the Reeky.. Sate 100. Sherman OM., CA 91403 Front Page 9 Horizon 43 Fine Young Cannibals, who are Headquarters: 18 Rerap 54 15477 Ventura Blvd. Near Truths heating up the charts with the Suite 3(X) Contest 18 Mini-Mugs 54 single, "She Drives Me Crazy," Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 from the rapidly-rising LP, (818) 501-7900 Far Truths 19 Movie Scores 66 "The Raw and the Cooked." Letters 19 Wavelength 66 rte z TOP FIFTY SINGLES Based on acombination of sales and airplay

The Bangles stays at #1 continuing the burgeoning Madonna, whose single explodes from #22 to #7 on an Columbia Records hit streak. Next up for Big Red are expressway to the #1 position nationally Not enough for Johnny Kemp, Pasadenas, New Kids On The Block you, then check out Tone Loc, too. (part three) and Outfield. And speaking of hot. howzabout

LAST THIS WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS

El El BANGLES ETERNAL FLAME Columbia 38-68533 Smash u u MILLI VANILLI GIRL YOU KNOW Arista ASI-9781 Leading monster Lp u u ROXETTE THE LOOK EMI PB-50190 Huge u ci F Y CANNIBALS SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY IRS/MCA 53483 Leading smash Lp u ROD STEWART MY HEART CAN'T Warner Bros 7-27729 Solid u u DEBBIE GIBSON LOST IN YOUR EYES Atlantic 7-88970 Lp still #1 MADONNA LIKE A PRAYER W.Bros 27539 Going #1 10 u KARYN WHITE SUPERWOMAN W Bros 27783 Gaining fast u TONE LOC FUNKY D Vinyl/Is' DV104 Lp #2 EU 10 REM STAND W Bros 92788 Steady gains u ANITA BAKER JUST BECAUSE Elektra 7-69327 Falling VANESSA WILLIAMS DREAMIN' Polydor 871078-7 Lp starting to move

WAS NOT WAS WALK THE DINOSAUR Chrysalis 43331 Steady increases

6 MIKE & MECHANICS THE LIVING YEARS Atlantic 7-88964 Needs new single u BOBBY BROWN RONI MCA 53463 New single shipping 16 BREATHE DON'T TELL ME LIES A&M AM 1267 New single soon

BON JOVI I'LL BE THERE FOR Mercury 872564-7 Single selling now

ROY ORBISON YOU GOT IT Virgin 7-99245 Leading smash Lp EL 19 CHICAGO YOU'RE NOT ALONE Reprise 7-027757-A Peaked 20 POISON YOUR MAMA DON'T Enig/Cap B-44293 Remake

19 PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP Virgin 7-99256 New 45 crankin'

DEON ESTUS HEAVEN HELP ME Mika/Poly 871358-7 With George Michael

29 Eig SA-FIRE THINKING OF YOU Mercury 872 503-1 Smash

28 24 SWEET SENSATION SINCERELY YOURS Atco 799246 Closing at top 40

26 ANIMOTION ROOM TO MOVE Polydor 8714187 Steady

4 HITS March 27, 1989 ONE SHAPE FITS ALL FORMATS

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THE NEXT MULTI- FORMAT HIT FROM EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS

FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM SHOOTING RUBBERBANDS ATT HE STARS APPROACHING DOUBLE PLATINUM

ONT OUR W ITH SPECIAL GUEST STEVE FORBERT

EARPICKS WINNER! FLASHMAKER! Es HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! OVER 40 ADDS OUT OF THE BOX! MAJOR ADDS INCLUDE:

WMMS add @27 Y95 add WZOU add KISN add WBCY add WROQ add KSND add KTUX add WBBQ add WPST add KF95 add KYRK add 95XXX add KIXY add KNAN add KTMT add KVVTX add KZIO add OK100 add 0104 add WAZY add

GEFFEN RECORDS ERODUtED AND ENGINEERED BY PAT MORAN THE RIGHT SHAPE. THE RIGHT SOUND. ART6T DIRECTION: MONTE KRAUSE CD 1989 THE DAVID GEFFEN •ÇOIIPANY ; HZ Z11 TOP FIFTY SINGLES Based on acombination of sales and airplay

LAST THIS WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS

26 NEW KIDS ON THE YOU GOT IT Columbia 38-08092 New single breaking

30 ENYA ORINOCO FLOW Geffen 24233 Big Lp sales base

DEF LEPPARD ROCKET Mercury 872614-7 Hot rock

.38 SPECIAL SECOND CHANCE A&M 1273 Hot ballad

30 DINO 247 4th/B'Way 7471 Gaining each week

JODY WATLEY REAL LOVE MCA 53484 Exploding at top 40

GUNS N' ROSES PARADISE CITY Geffen 7-27570-A New single coming

20 MARTIKA MORE THAN YOU KNOW Columbia 38-08103 Falling

CHER/CETERA AFTER ALL Geffen 7-27529 From "Chances Are"

JOHNNY KEMP BIRTHDAY SUIT Col 38-00509 From "Sing"

39 36 PASADENAS TRIBUTE Col 38-68575 Added Z100 this week

40 PAULA ABDUL FOREVER YOUR GIRL Virgin 99230 Taking off

LIVING COLOUR CULT OF PERSONALITY Epic 34-68611 Doing great at top 40

39 HOWARD JONES EVERLASTING LOVE Elektra 7-69308 Gaining quickly at top 40

el 40 DONNY OSMOND SOLDIER OF LOVE Capitol 92354 Smash WINGER SEVENTEEN Atlantic 7-88958 Hot request record

SIMPLY RED IT'S ONLY LOVE Elektra 7-69317 Steady

46 TIFFANY RADIO ROMANCE MCA 53623 Second 45 breaking

BELLE STARS IKO IKO Capitol 44343 From Rain Man

49 TOMMY PAGE A SHOULDER TO CRY Sire/VVB 7-27645-A Steady growth

46 DEBBIE GIBSON ELECTRIC YOUTH Atlantic 7-88919 Title cut blowing out

50 ROBBIE NEVIL SOMEBODY LIKE YOU EMI PB-50176 Growing at top 40

48 MICHAEL DAMIAN ROCK ON Cypress/A&M 0020 From "Dream a Little Dream"

49 BETTE MIDLER WIND BENEATH Atlantic 7088972 From "Beaches"

50 LUTHER VANDROSS SHE WON'T TALK TO Epic 34-08513 Needs new single

NEXT UP OUTFIELD (Columbia) SYNCH (WTG) NEW KIDS (Columbia) SAMANTHA FOX (Jive/RCA) BOBBY BROWN (MCA) STEVE WINWOOD (Virgin)

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EARPICKS WINNER! CROSSOVER! HOT SALES AT: 4 HITS POST MODERN! Tower/Natl #1 ALBUM ROCK TRACK! Wax Works/Natl Harmony House/Detroit #1 ALBUM ROCK ALBUM! Record Exchange/Cleveland Radio Doctors/Milwaukee WMMS add KROQ 1-1 Cavages/Buffalo KXYQ add KITS 3-3 Record Shop/Mpls WROQ add Face The Music/Mpls KSND add WLOL 33-29 Angott One Stop/Detroit KZZU add Tower-Westwood/L.A. KFMW add Tower-Uptown/N.Y. KPAT add CML One Stop/Stiouis KZFN add Tower-Berkeley/S.F. KZIO add OK95 add LRS add From the album DON'T TELL A SOUL KKXL add Produced by Matt Wallace and The Replacements 99KG add KOZE add

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March 27, 1989 Volume 3 Issue 133 $5.00 Living Colour Goes Platinum

COLOUR OF MONEYHey, we hate to say we told you so, but Glew E/P/A It was only a few weeks back when we began to report on massive retail ac- President tivity on Living Colour's Epic project, "Vivid." Dave Glew has been ap- After a deluge of press to pointed the first President in establish the four-piece com- the history of Epic /Portrait bo as critical darlings, MW /CBS Associated labels. joined the party on the single, Glew, who joined CBS in "Cult Of Personality." Sales May of 1988 as Executive soared across the country, Vice President /General and Top 40 picked up the ball Manager, is a27-year veteran that Album Radio ignored of the industry, serving 19 and ran with it. The result is years at Atlantic Records. "Vivid" being certified According to CBS Records Platinum, and there's still no Division President Tommy end in sight. Mottola, "This move "To me, this is the perfect provides an appropriate struc- example of what we mean ture for the growth and in- when we say artist develop- novation that will charac- Debbie Gibson — Deb, you've been naughty. Maybe it's ment at CBS Records," said terize the new era at E/P/A. time for aspanking. CBS Records President At the same time it recog- Tommy Mottola. "The time, nizes Dave's successful track commitment and strategy record and our complete con- used in breaking Living fidence in his ability to propel Colour is now evident. It's the labels to even greater Earth Aid about time the world at large prosperity." decided to break the color Records benefitting Bruce Cockburn, Pink barrier where music is con- Greenpeace and the Rain Floyd and Bonnie Raitt cerned. The best part about it Forest Action Network will recorded "Spirit of the is that it's only the begin- be coming out this spring. Forest," in L.A., to raise ning." U2, Peter Gabriel, Terence funds to help save the "You mean you're actually Trent D'Arby, Sting and Lou Amazon rain forests. The getting my quotes instead of Reed are among the 27 ar- record comes out this June. making them up?" asked a tists (31 on the CD) con- (Ed Note: Need a couple surprised Epic VP of Promo- tributing tracks to "Rainbow more lines to fill out this tion Polly Anthony. "It's Warriors," to be released on space. Is this enough? No — wonderful when all areas in a Geffen on May 23, with howabout this. No — Hey record company unite with proceeds earmarked for Pete Rose, 5 to 1 says this the common goal of breaking Greenpeace. Meanwhile, does it. Thank you.) a new band," Anthony con- Dave Glew — Makes history Mark Knopfler, Tina Turner, continued on page 16 at EIPIA. 9 ffirS z FRONT PAGE

Here is a picture of two women reading two publications. The woman on the right is reading a magazine about her favorite group, The Untouchables e (on Restless). The woman on the left is reading useless pig slop. The woman on the right will go home and quietly make love with her husband (missionary, of course) for 14 minutes and 34 seconds. The woman on the left will go to the pet store, buy 16 gerbils, hire awell endowed Albanian o dwarf named Jake, string herself and the gerbils up to her dining room ceiling while o Jake greases up and sings Mel Torme's greatest hits. Thank you for your time.

Surf's Finally Up Royalty Gathers

According to the LA. Wilson would like to re- Times, the CD version of the record some of the tracks Beach Boys' classic "Pet with new lyrics by Dr. Sounds" album will be Eugene Landy, like released by Capitol Records "Caroline No, Not Until I've this spring — if the members Had My Medicine" and can agree on which songs "Good Vibrations at $1,000 A should be included. Brian Day."

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OK, so here's the story. This record's a giant, from an album that's a giant, but lots of guys still don't get it. So, some facts to convince include an AVERAGE MOVE OF 4.61, and Jumps like 34- 26 WXKS, 37-26 KSAO, 38- 22 KISN, 13-11 P997, 18-13 WI31342, 12-7 WJET, 15-8 K104 and 39-26 WKEE. It pulls instant adult phones, then crosses teens. We think it'll go #1 nationally. Walt at your own risk! eirt FRONT PAGE

Shannon &Co. Prepare To Battle For The Throne Pirate Radio Invades L.A. At 5:03AM on Thursday, March 16, Scott Shannon signed Industry Reacts Radio Reacts on from an old warehouse off the Santa Monica Freeway in beautiful Culver City, California. With Guns N' Roses' "Wel- ED ROSENBLATT, Geffen: STEVE KINGSTON, Z100: "It's like abreath of fresh air. come To The Jungle" blasting over the air at 100.3 on the FM "It'll have minimal impact. We are basically a rock dial, Westwood One's KOLZ — Pirate Radio became areality. All the years I've worked record company and have had with Scott Shannon, I've The much anticipated L.A. radio wars had begun. to fight to get our records on never really seen him make From the outset, it was apparent that Shannon was going to in LA. A case in point is much of an impact in any rock, finding the hole in amarket where the two dominant Top where 'Paradise City' was a market. He obviously had no 40's have danced their way to the top. Top Five track, yet only impact in NY and very little With an initially tight 70 minute power rotation, Pirate Radio KIIS-FM was on it and they impact in Tampa." has bombarded listeners with a hard rocking/Post Modem mix were only playing it once a JEFF WYATT, PWR106: "I'm — from Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Poison, night. I've already heard it on not sure you can feel any im- Winger and Living Colour to the Replacements, Elvis Cos- Scott's station four times and pact in LA in this short time. tello, Cowboy Junkies and XTC. That rotation will stretch to Ididn't listen the whole day." It's a good rock n' roll alter- two hours, and eventually three hours as the cumulative native that sounds a lot like PHIL OUARTARARO, Vir- audience builds. the 1970's. " gin: "Look, record guys "If it sounds good and it fits, then we're going to play it," JHANI KAYE, KOST: aren't that smart and you're "Anytime anew station signs said VP and morning personality Scott Shannon whose station going to get a lot of stupid on, all stations tend to suffer quotes about Pirate Radio. — some more than others. But the bottom line is that it There are some radio stations is traditional, fun pop radio. it will take abigger piece out Shannon didn't become the of than others." best in his field for no reason. BUZZ BENNETT, Y95: "I It was a beautiful set-up. All have a great deal of respect he had to do was say 'I'm for Scott Shannon, but Ithink coming to town,' and the station has along way to everyone started acting like go before it's considered the Three Stooges. Him turn- professional. The station is ON THE AIR — Scott Shannon behind the board. Pirate Radio ing it on was almost anti- bound to do well by default climactic." takes on Los Angeles. — UNLESS we come there." RICHARD PALMESE, MCA: BRIAN PHILIPS, KDWB: "I drop-ins say such things as "It's rough, it's raw, it's unprofes- "They're definitely filling a think you'll have about 2000 sional and that's the way we like it." void. It doesn't sound anyth- radio stations using their "We're fine tuning as we go and reacting to the people in ing like any other station in 'Don't Be A Dickhead' L.A.," said Shannon. "This feels as if it will be as effective as the market. They're going to slogan by the end of the Z100 in New York. It feels like it's going to go." attract listeners from all over week. Everything that Scott Pirate Radio signed on commercial free and, according to the dial. There's enough has ever done has been stolen room in the market for KIIS, Shannon, there's no time frame on when that will end. Though a immediately." Power106 and Pirate Radio." full air talent roster will be implemented, current programming gm" has Shannon and Shadow Steele, who was once Shadow R Stevens, doing pre-recorded drop ins and going live once or twice an hour. According to Steele/Stevens: "In the fine tradi- tion of my hero Bobby Knight, we plan to throw chairs at our opposition and slap around our deejays when they make mistakes." According to Pirate Radio programming czar and current worldwide consultant Randy Kabrich: "Will someone please Shadow Steele —Needs a Randy Kabrich — Would find me aplace to live— anywhere in any city?!" beard badly. you rent aplace to this man? 11 HITS March 27, 1989 WIrLS z FRONT PAGE John Prine Is Good By ON RECORDS Lenny Beer Post Modern Music That Sells

FINE YOUNG CAN- VH-1 has decided to join NIBALS AND MORE:A MTV and add the avant- strong new crop of Post garde video to its playlist. Modern albums are selling This critically-acclaimed well and crossing to the single and album will only mainstream with the help of get bigger The latest al- MTV (and sometimes VH-1) bum to climb to the top of the and Top 40 airplay. The hot- Post Modem chart and gain We love John Prine. We almost love him enough to spare him test is the Fine Young Can- sales credibility is XTC (Gef- from being in this god-forsaken rag. Anyhow, John was in nibals (IRS/MCA). This fen). Video support from Chicago recently, where he made an extremely rare in-store ap- band has developed a strong MTV is helping as the album pearance at Rose Records. Pictured (l-r): John's road base following over the years surges into the Thirties na- manager Les Stasey; Prine's Manager Al Bunetta; John and and now has exploded, tionally, with a 45 on the Burt Goldstein, President of Impact Distributors. Moments thanks to the hit 45, "She way Finally, keep an eye later, John turned, drop-kicked each person in the crotch, jum- Drives Me Crazy" The on two new folk-leaning ped on the table and yelled: "No wonder Idon't do in-stores, I next biggest success story is newcomers. Reprise's Tanita hate all you slimey little mealey-mouthed, low-life, blood-suck- Geffen's Enya. This time the Tikaram is another that was ing weasels. Get the hell out of my face!" (Ed Note: Once crossover momentum was launched by VH-1. The video again, not the least bit entertaining, but it does prevent us from provided by VH-1, which and upcoming 45, "Twist In using that crazy term "gonads." As always, God bless you all.) bridged the gap and helped My Sobriety," is a haunting spread the sales momentum tune guaranteed to catch your on the album, which now attention. And Epic's Indigo rests comfortably in the Top Girls are starting to tum criti- Twenty. cal support and massive Post SO, WHO'S NEXT?: Many Modem airplay into im- FREDDY Pt MD NE MATERIAL GIRL ARE ON 114E RUN ... feel that the pioneer of the mediate major sellthrough. COOL iT GUYS, PEPSI PLANNEP ir whole Post Modern move- Although only in the ment was Elvis Costello marketplace for three weeks NIS WAY.. ilEY AYATOLLAH, ICAtl (WB). His chance for acros- and not yet available on GET YOU AMEETitiG WiTil MO! sover to the mass market is video, the LP is already eee about to come with his cur- receiving major sales reports YO POPE, urn rent album and its single/- out of Atlanta and is starting video, "Veronica." Sales in to spread. PLAY DI VATiCAti LA are exceptionally strong, IF YOU CAN —.le-- thanks to the airplay lead of GUARANTEE THE KROG, and now Scott GROSS... Shannon's new KOLZ. The single, penned by Elvis and Paul McCartney, will be released in the coming weeks and has the chance to bust this project wide-open The Cowboy Junkies (RCA) have been the subject of much speculation in this ... AMP TiPPER,YOU'RE JUST column. Now the album is on JEALOUS QECAUSE YOU'RE the verge of gold record NOT DOiNG iT WiTN LEON! WOW FREDDY- status and the single is begin- WE DiP iTAGAiN! ning to garner Top 40 airplay (once again including KQLZ Elvis Costello — Appears PRAY TillS DOESN'T CONTiNUE...STAY TIMED Los Angeles). Most recently, hitbound with "Veronica."

12 HITS March 27, 1989 WIEN VII MY IT, tli g New Order

The new single from the album Technique.

Direction: Tom Atencio

©1989 Owest Records wre FRONT PAGE Richard's Not So Sure Another Sam Fox Photo No charges will be filed Back against singer Al B. Sure! in the alleged rape of a woman because of insufficent evidence, according to the L.A. district attorney's office. His lawyer, Howard Weitzman, blasted the press for spreading the "fantasy," then ignoring the story when the accusation proved false. (Ed. note: Bury this in the back of the book somewhere.)

EMI's Richard Marx is seen Two Geeks with co-producer David Cole, readying his latest album, "Repeat Offender," due for release next month. Here's yet another picture of Jive/RCA's Samantha Fox. This Richard, who IS NOT trying time, Sam's visiting the folks at KC101. Pictured (l-r): David to toughen up his image this Ross, RCA; KCIO1 PD Stef Ryback; KCIO1's Tom Poleman; time around by calling him- KCIOI Promotions Dir. Gayle Celentano and KC101 MD Jim self Big Dick Marx, will be Cruise. Moments later, the station brought in a 16-ton diesel hitting the road in support of crane, two pulleys, and 11 workmen in hardhats to help Saman- the new project this year. It's tha stand up. (Ed Note: Not the tiniest bit funny, but at least we interesting to note that didn't say such immature, tasteless nightmare things as gon- Richard will be employing zaga's, hooters, ta-ta's, macguffey's, winnebago's, chi-chi's, yah- two buses for the tour. One bow's, porn-porn's, ripers, monster kabobs or bazoomba's. for him, his crew, and his Thank you for your understanding.) equipment. The other for his hair. (Ed Note: Always follow the golden rule in captioning Richard Marx photos— when Allman Again copy is failing badly, use moronic hair joke. Thank The Allman Brothers, Gram Records will com- you.) who broke up in 1982, will memorate the event by releas- mark the 20th anniversary of ing a six-LP Allman an- their birth with a reunion. thology, including an hour of Here's Atlantic's Judson Gregg Allman and Dickie material never released Bowie's Back Spence (r) making a trium- Betts say dead members before, as well as sponsoring Duane Allman and Berry a series of motorcycle races. David Bowie is working phant appearance on "The Oakley will show up because (Ed. note: Don't you wish we on anew album for EMI that Pat Sajak" show with none "after all, it wouldn't be the were dead, so we could let rumour has it will be billed as other than Pat Sajak. For same without 'em." Poly- you rest in peace?) the work of anew band, The those of you who couldn't tell Tin Machine. The Thin Pat from the other 4564 talk White Whatchamacallit is show hosts, please note that also planning a"greatest hits" Pat has no penis. (Ed Note: DeBarge Denied tour for 1990, after which AAAARGH, not the P word — he'll retire to do Connie this caption written by HITS Jonathon (Chico) De- Barge sent the presiding Chung impressions in mime Operations Manager Anita Barge was sentenced to five judge press reports of his for Joe Papp at Central Park. Webb. Hell, every caption in years and eight months in anti-drug campaign at a (Ed. note: Please, put us out this rag written by HITS prison for transporting 2.2 junior high school which of your misery ) Operations Manager Anita pounds of cocaine from took place less than a month Webb. Thank you.) California to Michigan. De- before he was arrested.

14 HITS March 27, 1989 D BEIM GIBSON ELECTRIC YOUTH #1 MOST ADDED! From The Album "Electric Youth"

PRO-FM add FLASHMAKERS WINNER! Z100 add WHYT add WPLJ add KKHT add KDWB add EARPICKS WINNER! B96 add WDFX add B104 add DEBUT 46 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! WXKS add WLOL add B97 add HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! KKBQ add • KMEL add WIOQ add KRBE add KKRZ add KWSS add WAVA add KZZP add X100 add

AVERAGE I AGRESSIVES ITOP TOP REQUESTS Lp SALES MOVE (4 or more) 10 5 (1 to 10) (1 to 10) E 2.51 23 6 2 7 7 WI SI 0 HOT SALES AT: SEVENTEEN Lieberman/Natl From The Album "Winger" i ' Transworld/Natl Musicland/Natl Western Merchandisers/Amarillo ROSà)VERS WI NER! KXYQ deb 27 L Y108 deb 30 Record Bar/Natl 32 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! Turtles/Atlanta 48-41 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! WDFX 5-4 Harmony House/Detroit KXXR 11-8 Kemp Mill/Washington DC Radio Doctors/Milwaukee WMMS add 92X add Y95 11-10 Interstate Group/Baltimore PWR99 add KTFM add WKBQ 14-10 BTT MIDL R WIND BENEATH MY WINGS EXPLODING AT: From The Original Soundtrack Recording "Beaches" 1 Record Shop/Mpls AVERAGE AGRESSIVES TOP REQUESTS Lp SALES I 2Wherehouse/L.A. MOVE (4 or more) 10 (1 to 10) (1 to 101 I CROSSOVERS WINNER! 4 Nat'l Record Mart/Pitts 4.61 38 3 8 10 DEBUT 49 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 4 Strawberries/Boston 10 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! 4 Navarre/Mpls 940 10-6 KUBE 28-25 4 Sam Goody/East Coast WXKS 34-26 5 Sam Goody/West Coast WCZY add WPHR add KISN 38-22 WZOU 34-27 5 Metronome/Atlanta PWR96 add 0106 add VVTIC 36-23 6 Musicland/Natl KPLZ add WKSS add KTFM 27-23 0102 35-31 UPI nàoielkur eq WALKING THROUGH WALLS From The Album "Wild W ld i Y97 deb 29 WQSM 22-18 BREAKING AT:

17 1-ASIMAKEE KCPX deb 31 WROQ 25-20 WZOU OK95 deb 36 KKBQ 33-30 WGH-FM KTUX add KFBQ add 95XIL deb 37 WLRS 33-30 KSAQ KAKS add WZOU add 95XXX deb 38 KZZU 40-36 WERZ KYRK add WYCR add KSND deb 38 K104 À r Q101 add KXXR deb 39 r K106 add WHEN YOU PLAY IT, SAY IT. ATLA NT I C Atz Ins z

A Picture a r Don's Party A rundown of executives on the move. Axl Rose, Edie Brickell, Melissa Etheridge and Bruce Hornsby will make guest appearances on ex- Eagle Don Henley's new solo LP. Henley returned the favors by playing drums with Guns N' Roses at the American Music Awards, Moran Bass Marshall Klein fixing Brickell's leaky faucet, getting free cable TV for Etheridge and helping Any misinformation in this Epic, Jackie Adair is named Hornsby come up with anew William Holden — Doesn't column comes solely from Manager, Marketing Ser- name, "that guy who plays mind being in this magazine the fact that Billboard didn't vices, West Coast. She has accordion." (Ed. note: Don't since he's dead. arrive in our office on time. been with the label since thank us, ignore us.) Thank you At Atlantic, 1981. She is happy (Ed continued from page 9 Linda Moran is promoted to Note: AAAAAAAAAH, KILL, Mom Bears Chimp the post of Senior Vice Presi- KILL, DIE, DIE, HELP Baaah suckers, you saw Living Colour dent. She remains Executive MEEEEEEEE!! Thank the headline and you started tinued. "Everybody on the Assistant to the Vice you.) Lisa Wells has to read this!!! Baaaah, it's Epic teamed pulled together Chairman. She has been with been promoted to Director of only filler, and you fell for it. to make this one of the big- the label since 1970 Billy Creative Services at Geffen You're pretty stupid, aint ya? gest success stories of 1989, Bass is the new Executive Music. She too is happy Thank you. and there's still alot more to Vice President and General Joyce Lythcott is appointed come." Manager of Tabu and Flyte Director, Project Develop- Tyme Records, reporting to ment, Corporate Affairs for owner Clarence Avant. Bass CBS. She is happy HITS 11 1 who was previously at Features Editor Roy Trakin is 1III Chrysalis, was also appointed to absolutely noth- previously at Chrysalis. Prior ing this week. However, it Seven seconds left, UC down by two. Fifield inbounds to Glew who outlets to to that time at Chrysalis, he should be pointed out that Boy George who dishes to Shannon at the high post. Shannon passes to Pattiz was at Chrysalis Basil every insulting piece of gar- on the baseline. He dribble drives, puts it up -heart break. Pattiz pulls down the Marshall has been promoted bage journalism, every put- rebound -out to Adams with aone sec. left. She shoots. (Ed. Note: Airball.) to National Product Director, down, every cheesy joke that Jazz and Contemporary ever appeared in these pages EMI topper becomes Pac Man of the biz. Music, RCA. He has been was written by Roy. Call with the label for 16 years. Roy, write Roy, be Roy (Ed Marshall was replaced as host Note: Maybe you want to hire New E/P/A President! ve of The Hollywood Squares by Roy?). Thank you (Ed kfew Is he really from Cleveland? John Davidson Jon Note: "Feelings, whoa, Klein is the new West Coast whoa, whoa, feelings. Whoa, Roy New Record. New image. Regional Promotion Director whoa, feelings— feelings in Cieorge Stay tuned. for Arista. Klein, who has my heart." Everybody now— been with the label for 10 "Feelings, whoa whoa years, was congratulated by feelings. Whoa, whoa, pirate L.A's newest station providing his father Calvin At feelings "Thank you.) Radio bounty for the mutiny!

or 01 Smart money says Pattiz he'll look like agenius on this one. Is there ashift for "The Burner?"

Shoplifting?! ele's Caught with her pants down again!

Adair Wells Lythcott Trakin

16 HITS March 27, 1989 "

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COMING HOME • (872 982.71 "the third power single froinCinderella'S `1_,ong Cold Winter:' R DATES 1814612 I-2.41 3/21 Sioux City, IA 3/22 Omaha. NE 3/24 St. Louis, Ml 3/25 Little Rock, AK 3/28 Oklahoma, OK 3/29 Tulsa, OK 3/31 Houston, TX 4/1 Dallas, TX 4/2 Jackson, MS 4/4 Huntsville, AL 4/5 Tallahasse, FL Sales soaring to 3Million. 4/7 Miami, FL 4/8 Tampa, FL Watch for Cinderella On Tour! . Mixed by: Steve Thompson and Michael Barbieri Producer: Andy Johns, Tom Keiffer and Ene Bntriagham PdyGram Management: Larry Mazer Associate: Roni Jane Feldman On Mercury Compact Discs. Chrome Cassettes and Records 1111111POLYGNIA111 RE INC NEAR TRUTHS CONTESTS By LB. Bad, Los Angeles

OK, the EMVChrysalis deal is, Chrysalis sale on the entire dis- as we told you last week, done. tribution picture are enormous. DEADLINE PASSES! Here are a couple of the fine The move will certainly points of the agreement EMI strengthen the Russ Bach led WEASELS STILL ALIVE shelled out an initial $79.1 mil- CEMA by giving them four sep- lion for 50% of the worldwide arate centers of Marketing, AS WE FILL SPACE record company, with a further Promotion and A&R (Capitol, amount of up to $25 million EM, SBK and Chrysalis) to WITH ANOTHER "dependent upon volume — a major key to the growth over the next four success of market leader WEA. years." Chrysalis will remain an But what about BMG which was STUPID HITS CONTEST! Independent company with oh-so-close to closing the deal Chris Wrig ht remaining for Chrysalis? With the possible THIS TIME IT'S THE Chairman and CEO. In addition, exit of A&M from their distribu- EMI will have the option to buy tion fold, where do they stand? NAME THE the remaining 50% of the com- Follow so far? Enter Chris pany after March 1999, and "in Blackwell's Island Records certain circumstances" after whose existing deal with WEA NCAA FINAL FOUR 1996, Chrysalis could require (via Atlantic) is about to expire, EMI to purchase the remaining and suddenly becomes a key CONTEST 50%. The action pends player in the balance of power. government and stockholder There's massive action to corne ******** approval — Wright, who owns on that one Final island item 43% of the stock has agreed not has rumors of its impending sale to dispose of his shares in the seemingly unfounded. However, WIN GARBAGE!!! meantime And what about with awhopping $75 mill being Distribution? EMI will dis- shelled out for half of Chrysalis, ******** tribute Chrysalis when existing imagine bow much Blackwell agreements with CBS expire. could fetch for his indie The Well folks, the deadline has passed, but we're going Though there's approximately bucks are flying folks The to keep monitoring the incredibly stupid entires on 18 months remaining on that rumored CPI deal to handle the deal, insiders are looking for an Rolling Stones tour is done our dumb NCAA Tournament Contest. Sure, we early release and Attorney Alan Will Guns N Roses and Living haven't figured out what we're giving away yet, but Grubman, who just returned Colour be sharing the bill? you can be sure it's something we can easily remove from the UK where he was Rush has been signed to Atlan- from a dashboard in a very short amount of time. working out final derails of the tic Huge upheaval in the These folks won't win: Chrysalis sale, to get involved. ranks of the UK A8ÉR Com- Stay tuned on that one folks munity with A&M UK A&R The ramifications of the heavy Alan Cowderoy exiting DENE HALLAM, KCPW, K.C. (the label is sending Howard Final Four—Missouri, Georgetown, UNLV, Florida St. Berman back to the UK to Still The Boss Champion — Georgetown handle the situation). Ls CBS Total Points In Final-158 UK A&R Chief Gordon Chariton in line for the gig? Meanwhile EMI UK's Nick RANDY KABRICH, 0105 or KOLZ Gatfield rumored to be heading Final Four—Missouri, Georgetown, North Carolina, Indiana to MCA UK. Is he taking Clive Champion— Georgetown Black with him? Major domino effect to follow.... Gunslinging Total Points In Final-121 Attorney John Branca to rep red-hot Fine Young Can- JOHN FAGOT, CAPITOL, L.A. nibals...... Names in the rumor Final Four—Duke, Arizona, North Carolina, Illinois mill this week: Jan Teifeld, Sam Kaiser, Tom Gorman, Champion— North Carolina Pere Ubu, Lincoln Elias and Total Points In Final-133 Chris Wright — Remains on Marc Geiger and the beat the throne. goes on. Contest Ends When The NCAA 's End, Or When We Go Out Of Business —Whichever Comes First!

18 HITS March 27, 1989 H ll LETTERS FAR TRUTHS By Danny Fields, New York

Murph (Not Murph) A special event was held in the Very Special Guy! grandiose 8th Floor Conference Dear Mike: Sirs reply: Question: What do Center at 75 Rock last week, It was so nice meeting a you call someone who always when Ahmet Ertegun hosted a representative of Hits magazine. hangs out with musicians? press conference to announce I must say your pleasant Answer: A drummer!! Good that "Two Hearts" was to be the demeanor and affable tem- one, hunh, Corky? Corky? Yo, theme for the Very Special Arts perament caught me by Corky, how much did Leslie Festival, a celebration of the surprise, particularly after what West really weigh? talents of the handicapped, to Ray Carlton had just finished be held in D.C. in June. Giving telling me about you. You must Dave: the event adose of glamor were be the sole proprietor of Say hello to Epic's next suc- the song's writers. Phil Collins reasoned and intelligent thought cess story— Roachford!! and Lamont Dozier, and the at that mad magazine. Now that Enclosed is the video and Chairperson 0( Very Special I think of it— what are you sampler cassette. The video is Arts, Ted Kennedy Jr. Phil, doing hanging around with an MTV "Hip Clip" March ever accomodating, flew over Phil Collins— Accomodating Carlton? 20th. "Cuddly Toy" is the track. on Concorde that morning, and & giving, too. Here is a Simply Red cas- Your pal, returned to England the next Hyde, Richard Gitlin, Karin sette for your auto-enjoyment. Steve Backer day, to be with his wife, about Berg and Michael Hill That Please call if you need anything Epic Records to give birth to their first child. most brilliant of PoMo tunes- from the Reds, The Mission NYC It was Lamont who persuaded miths, Robyn Hitchcock, was U.K. and Will Sexton. him to become involved, and in town to talk about his new LP Dave's Assistant Editor In Ahmet who had all the neces- Very truly yours, "Queen Elvis" and single, Charge of Dispensing With sary arrangements made. Pamela Burton "Madonna of the Wasps," and, Burton Management Inc. Mindless Shill replies: Yo. Preceding the formal an- of course, the A&M pacesetters Steve, do you realize how low nouncement itself was a jolly NYC wanted to whisk him beyond the the "Letters" column has sunk champagne (and finger limits of trendiness, so Robyn, Ed. replies: Don't believe the this week, how desperate we sandwich) reception, which his manager John Lay, Michael must be to print— unedited, no saw agathering of the total At- hype, Pam— that wasn't the Krumper, Lauren Zelisko and less— this unabashed hype? Oh lantic aristocracy, including real Murph, but aMike Murphy friend Turn Sommer of Hugo yeah, HELLO ROACHFORD. Doug Morris, Tunc Erim, Mark humanoid robot, created espe- Largo found themselves dining cially for conventions and other NOW GET THE HELL OUTTA' Schulman, Moreen Woods, at Bernard's, a"natural" French public functions where the ac- HERE!! Suzan Evans, Sheldon Vogel, restaurant on our own Avenue C. tual person might embarrass Perry Cooper, Diane Gilmour, The crowd feasted on pheasant the magazine, as hard as it is to Hey Guys!!: along with Paula Amato and and trout taken from the Western imagine that happening. Just be This magazine of yours is Ellyn Solis of the PR depart- wilderness and transported glad you didn't jump into the slicker than slick, but finally ment, who put it all together straight to Loisaida for their jacuzzi with him. Now that there is something to bring to A few days earlier, another dining pleasure Also on the would've been electrifying!! your attention besides your sick momentous happening occur- downtown griddle was Capitol's and perverted humor. Look to red in those same soaring scorching party to celebrate the the right. Circled is atypo type suites, when Valerie Goodman Dear Sirs: release of an album from Steps err. Please don't let this happen and Craig Smith of Warner Enclosed please find our Ahead (a fusion group created press release on the addition of again. It's mistakes like this that Brothers hosted a radio and by Mike Manieri) on the World Corky Laing to PolyGram's have started many mags to start retail reception for their new ar- Music label, and to launch the A&R department as Director, to dwindle. tiste, Elvis Costello. Presenting LP, which features contributions A&R; also enclosed is aphoto Thanks, akinder and gentler demeanor by such fab artistes as Milton Bill Heltemes than he did in his notorious en- of Mr. Laing. Ihope to see a Nascimento and Eddie Pal- piece on the appointment in an Atlantic Records fant terrible days, the star was mieri. The setting was SOB's, a upcoming issue of Hits. Should Cincinnati, OH most gracious, signing club with a Brazilian motif, you need any further informa- autographs, posing for pix and populated by such Capitol tion, or a quotable quote from Guys reply: There's nothing smiling with delight upon being oligarchs as Bruce Lundvall, sicker, in our humble estima- introduced to each and every Mr. Laing, please don't hesitate Susan Levin, Tim Carr, Gene tion, than ahomeboy who pores PD and rackjobber in the room. to call me. Rumsey, Vivian Piazza, Joan Regards, over Hits magazine looking for So significant was this session Myers and Frank Murray, and, Llyn Adalist typos. That's like reading that the very personnages of Mo of course, World Music prez Mgr., Media Relations Playboy for the articles. Who Ostin, Lenny Waronker and Vera Brandes. PolyGram Records do you think you are anyway, Murray Gitlin were on hand Mike Gormeley (sic)? iroin Burbank, as were NYC supernovae Karen Moss, Mary

19 HITS March 27, 1989 STATSHEET

AVERAGE AGGRESSIVES TOP TOP REQUESTS Lp SALES 45 SALES ARTIST MOVE (4 or more) 10 5 (1 to 10) (I to 10) (1 to 10) MADONNA 29 5 - 10

TONE LOC 5.56 113 10 lo

BON JOVI 5.36 15 3 7

PAULA ABDUL 4.81 88 1 0 5 10 6

BETTE MIDLER 4.61 38 3 0 10

DEON ESTUS 4.21 102 10 1 4

CHER/CETERA 4.2 82 1 0 6 -

DEF LEPPARD 4.08 89 13 5 7

BOBBY BROWN 4.00 18 4 2 3 3

JODY WATLEY 3.86 55 0 0 5 -

DONNY OSMOND 3.81 23 1 0 - -

M.DAMIAN 3.71 35 1 0 - -

.38 SPECIAL 3.70 75 26 5 3 2 5

LIVING COLOUR 3.63 64 4 3 ..

ANIMOTION 3.62 77 9 3 4 -

BELLE STARS 3.47 39 3 1 4 5

HOWARD JONES 3.43 50 0 0 4 - -

SA-FIRE 3.40 58 21 8 3

SYNCH 3.24 18 8 5 7 - 2

POISON 3.17 62 26 7 7

JOHNNY KEMP 2.97 52 1 0 6 - 3

LITA FORD 2.81 26 7 2 6 1 5

NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 2.78 4 3 0 7 -

STEVIE B 2.75 17 18 7 5 -

ENYA 2.73 50 14 7 7

TOMMY PAGE 2.70 25 12 4 5 1 2

SWEET SENSATION 2.51 31 20 11 4 2

WINGER 2.51 23 6 2 7

SURFACE 2.46 4 2 1 4 5 3

ROY ORBISON 2.05 43 49 18 3

Average Move: The average upward radio playlist movement of the single. Aggressive Moves: The number of key reporters moving the single up four or more positions on their playlist. Top 10ITop 5: The number of reporting playlists showing Top 10 and Top 5positioning. Requests: Based on hot phone mentions from our reporters, listed on a 1-10 scale, 10 being strongest. Lp Sales: Piece count reports from leading merchandisers on a1-10 scale. 45 Sales: Based on reports from key retailers and one-stops. Info is on a1-10 scale.

20 HITS March 27, 1989 COLUMBIA RECORDS FLASHMAKERI EARPICKS WINNER î WHITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! MOST ADDED!

KIIS add FM102 add B96 add KKFR add Y95 add KOY add WXKS add KROY add WHYT add KITY add B94 add WGH-FM add WPGC add KTFM add KPLZ add KS104 add KKRZ add KZZP add KMEL 13-8 PRO-FM add HOT977 10-9 0105 add X100 11-10 WEGX add KGGI 21-17 KBEQ add KMGX 34-26 B97 add C3N THE WIOQ add BREAKING AT: KWSS add WZOU KCPW add PWR96 LOCK KWOD add X100 "I'll Be

Taken from the Platinum-Plus Columbia LP: Loving "Hanging' Tough" 40985 Produced by Maurice Starr & Michael Jonzun You" Dick Scott Entertainment c*k** [forever) Columbia

o Mil CIO Numb kw -Pirelli- WES FLASHMAKERS Singles that have experienced atremendous initial response at radio and/or retail.

Well, at least there's a nice variety of people that are making, Michael Damian is pulling big phones and dominating the section this week. Living Colour is a Debbie Gibson has another hit on her hands. Watch stone cold smash, Donny Osmond (who won't be tour- Bette Midler - a major, major hit! - That's all we're ing with them) is closing quickly with his mega hit in the gonna say.

L LIVING COLOUR CULT (;)ADIC. PASAD S TRIBUTE COLUMBIA

Singles: 38* Albums: 12 Avg Move: 3.63 Aggrssv: 64 Singles: 36* Albums: - Album/Rock and MTV giants have quickly become one of Hot new act is closing quickly with lots of new major market Top 40's faves. New this week at WAVA, KDWB, KZZP, KOY, airplay. Adds this week at Z100, WUSL, KXYQ, KOY, KISN, 92X, WKBQ and others. Jumps 7-5 KEGL, 7-6 KXXR, 8-4 WPFM, WKRZ, KZOU, KZIO, WBWB and others. Hot jumps at PRO-FM 25-20 WDFX, 27-19 KPLZ, 40-34 WPHR. 22-18 WMMS, 25-21 28-24, KSAQ 31-24, 92X 30-25, KXX106 35-27, WBCY 33-29, KXYQ, 25-21 Q105, 40-33 KSAQ, 26-22 WGH-FM, 31-27 KCPX, KZOZ 33-27, KWNZ 35-30, HOT97 Deb 38, WEGX Deb 27, 37-32 BJ105, 37-28 KZOU, 32-27 KJ103, 40-31 100KHI, 22-14 WPHR Deb 39. WMJQ Deb 29, KVVTO Deb 30 and B98 Deb 32. KZFN and 35-28 K106 Great artist development story.

Singles: 44* Albums: - Avg Move: 3.47 Aggrssv: 39 The album sales are building quickly now with the help of big Singles: 40* Albums: - Avg Move: 3.81 Aggrssv: 23 support at radio and requests throughout the country. New this This one's adone deal! Let's face it - as hard as it is to ad- week at PWR106, WXKS, WPGC, PWR96, WIOQ, KROY, KWES, mit, the Don-man is astud! New airplay includes KIIS, KKBQ, WJAD, WZKX, KTUX, KZFM, WFLY and WOKI. Jumps at Y108 12- Y100, B94, WEGX, PRO-FM, KROY, 0102, KATD, B104, B97, 7, KZFN 12-7, KKMG 6-5, Y100 23-18, PRO-FM 34-28, 0102 27- KS104, WGH-FM, KTFM, WKSS, K98, KISN, WMJQ, B93, KCPX, 22, 0105 21-16, KS104 21-17, KSAQ 36-28, VVTIC 20-14, B93 WGTZ, WKSI, KZOU, 95XXX, KC101 and others. Jumps 11 -7 40-33, K98 22-17, KISN 16-11 and WBCY 27-22. Breaking big WNCI, 29-23 X100, 20 -14 Y108, 24-16 BJ105, Deb 30 Z95, Deb at wzou. WEGX. WPHR, WKTI, KTFM. KITY and BJ105. 32 KRBE, Deb 28 KUBE, Deb 30 KPLZ, Deb 25 KDWB, Deb 29 KKFR, Deb 29 KBEQ. Deb 22 WKTI, Deb 34 KWSS, Deb 25 WKBQ and Deb 26 WBCY Singles: 45* Albums: - Avg Move: 2.70 Aggrssv: 25 Programmers continue to say, "Instant phones!" Picking up speed this week with adds at KUBE, KJ103, KFBQ, KYYY, KZIO, Singles: 48* Albums: - Avg Move: 3.71 Aggrssv: 35 0K95, WDBR, WHTO, WSPK, WWFX, KZZU, WINK, WNNK, KDWZ Well, apart from hearing Shannon play this one every two and others. Jumps 11-10 KMEL, 14-10 0104, 10-7 KIXY, 12-9 minutes, every other programmer in the country continues to KWNZ, 6-5 KZFN. 5-4 WCIL, 12-8 WAPE, 13-10 WPST, 31-27 rave about it, too. New believers include KROQ, Z95, KKBQ, KKK), 23-15 WLOL. 21-14 KROY and 22-18 KWSS. KRBE, B94, WLOL, PWR99, KBEQ, WKTI, Y108, WGH-FM, WKSS, WKSE, WBCY, FM100, 98PXY, Y107, KZOU, K106 and many more. Jumps at Y95 17-9, KXXR 26-17, B97 28-23, WKBQ 28-22, Singles: 47* Albums: - Avg Move: 2.30 Aggrssv: 27 WNCI 27-22. 95XXX 39-29, KPAT 28-21, WDFX Deb 21, WAVA The video is now in rotation and Top 40 is following with new Deb 28. WEGX Deb 29. KDWB Deb 29. WPHR Deb 32. KOY cnnnnrt frnm WICHT ICTFIA 1A/C.T7 ORY11 kIVU (IVOR WIYY Deb 27, KZZP Deb 30, KATD Deb 23. KWOD Deb 34, KROY WVBS and K104. Already jumping at KRBE 31-27, WXKS 32- Deb 36, KSAQ Deb 37, WROQ Deb 25, B93 Deb 39 and BJ105 27, KROY 38-27, KATD 27-19, HOT97.7 40-36, KISN 40-35, Deb 38. KYRK Deb 34, KOIZ Deb 40. KXX106 30-26, 95XXX 38-28, G98 37-28, KPLZ Deb 32, KOY Deb 30, PRO-FM Deb 33, KSAQ Deb 39 and KCPX Deb 39. DEBBIE GlEiSON_ ELECTRIC ATLANTIC I

Singles: 46* Albums: 1* Avg Move: 2.60 Aggrssv: 2 z Follow -up to her #1 smasheroo is off and running with out of Singles: - Albums: 9* Avg Move: 2.78 Aggrssv: 4 the box action at WPLJ, Z100, B96, KKBO, KKHT, KRBE, WXKS, Follow-up single to their "no-burn factor" smash, "You Got WAVA, WHYT, WDFX, WLOL, KMEL, KDWB, WIOQ, X100, KKRZ, It," scores with a big out of the box week including new KZZP, KCPW, PRO-FM, KWSS, KWOD, KROY, KATD, B104, B97, airplay at KIIS, B96, Y95, WXKS, WHYT, WPGC, KPLZ, 894, Y108, KITY, KSAQ, WNCI, WKBQ, VVTIC and many, many more. WEGX, WIOQ, KKRZ, KKFR, KOY, KZZP, KBEQ, KCPW, PRO-FM, Early gains include WKSS 33-29 and SLY96 24-18. We feel we 0105, KWOD, KROY, FM102, KWSS, B97, KS104, KITY, WGH-FM, give the Deb-chick enough ink throughout this rag that we KSAQ, KTFM, BJ105, KKYK, WAEB and more. Already moves don't have to say much more about this one except for that it 13 -8 KMEL, 11-10 X100, 10-9 HT977, 34-26 KMGX, 21 -17 KGGI just might be another hit! and Deb 30 KZFM.

22 HITS March 27, 1989 "Somebody Like You" From The Album 'A Place Like This" FLASHMAKER! E-HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES!

KKHT add SLY96 deb 27 WDBR deb 37 KATD 27-19 WBNO 35-31 KTFM add KDWZ deb 27 KZIO deb 38 KCMQ 32-25 WAZY 38-33 WGTZ add KOY deb 30 KZOZ deb 38 KXX106 30-26 KTUX 39-33 K104 add KPLZ deb 32 KSAQ deb 39 KRBE 31-27 KYYY 39-34 95XIL add WWFX deb 32 KCPX deb 39 WXKS 32-27 WPFR 39-34 KLYV add WTHT deb 32 WQUT deb 39 KROY 38-27 KFMW 38-34 OK95 add PRO-FM deb 33 WFLY deb 39 95XXX 38-28 KQCR 37-34 WIXX add WJMX deb 35 WJAD deb 40 G98 37-28 KISN 40-35 WVBS add 100KHI deb 37 Z106 deb 40 WPFM 36-29 HOT977 40-36 KAKS 36-29 KPAT 40-36 r!"2 rimprnie,, • "Miss You Like Crazy" From The Album "Good To Be Back" EARPICKS WINNER! FLASH MAKER

B96 add KMEL add KZFM add WHTO add WXKS add WPHR add KKSS add WPFM add WPGC add WMJQ add KYRK add WZKX add PWR96 add

Met '••••••• • Bs . -••••• • • • • -MO,UR CAMP .e "She Did It" From The Album "Glamour Camp"

i ‘vThe Debut Single Going For Adds This Week!

:411 14, E I ... -014 .ftre..., i. Ile‘l•lltel'. _ *.t_ , FLASHMAKERS Singles that have experienced atremendous 1ntia1 response at radio or retail.

ingles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 3.24 Aggrssv: 1 Picking up major mome7ntrn this week with new airplay at ealbum will be released in June and by the looks of this hot 92X, KSAQ, WAPI, WMJQ, WZPL, 95XIL, 95XXX and many more. ngle - it'll be something to look forward to. Adds this week Moving at KYYY 38-32, KZFN 36-30, KRBE Deb 31, KKBQ Deb clude KRBE, KWOD, Y108, WKBQ, WKSE, KZOU, KPAT, KSMB, 35 and WLOL Deb 37. KWTX, WAZY and WBNQ. Hot moves at WDFX 4- I KDWB 2-1, WGH-FM 11-10, BJ105 5-2, weaL 7-6, KLUC 4-3, WPXR 10-9, WCZY 28-24, KS104 30-25 KKBQ Deb 34, KXXR Deb 40, KROY Singles: - Albums: II eb 37 and KISN Deb 40. Nice average move and strong re- Second single and follow-up to her debut hit is off and running uests! with immediate belief from Y95, WMMS, KISN, WBCY, WROQ, 95XXX, KIXY, KNAN, KTMT, KVVTX, KZIO, OK100, 0104, WAZY, ri WHHY, WHTO, WPFM, Z97, WLRS, KSND, KTUX and WBBQ. Remake is spreading quickly with adds this week at PWR106, KKHT, KUBE, PRO-FM, KROY, WBCY, KXX106, BJ105, KZOU, G98,

KFBQ, KZOZ, SLY96, WHHY, WZOK, CKOI, K92, WINK, WTHT and Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 2.87 Aggrssv: 2 many more. Jumps at WEGX 26-21, Y107 30-26, WSPK 38-28, Third single and ballad scores with new airplay at WXKS, 100KHI 39-34, KSND 40-34, KCAQ 38-33, KKSS 32-26, KYRK KROY, BJ105, KJ103, WKRZ, G98. KFBQ, KGOT, KIXY, KTMT, 32-27, KRBE Deb 34, KPLZ Deb 34, WPHR Deb 37, WLOL Deb KVVTX, WHOT, WPFM. KF95 and WTHT 38, KITY Deb 29 and KISN Deb 37. ri New single and upbeat pop diddy is spreading with a strong Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 2.80 Aggrssv: 24 major market base. New this week at WHYT, PRO-FM, KSAQ, New video is in rotation and the single is closing with adds KDON, SLY96, KRQ, KSND, KZFM, KQIZ and more. this week at WCZY, WXKS, KKRZ, 940, KXYQ, 0102, WKRZ, KLYV, KMOK, KWES, KWTO, WLAP. WPFR, WOUT, WVSR, KFBQ, VVVBS, WHOT and more. Jumps 23 -18 Y95, 24-20 wine, 35 -31 Third single is developing with new support coming from B93, 37 -26 WSPK, 40-32 SLY96, 30-22 WLRS, 29-22 OK100, K106, KFBQ, KTUX, KAKS and KYRK. Early moves include 25- 40-34 WDBR, Deb 30 B94, Deb 38 KCPX, Deb 28 Y107, Deb 30 20 WROQ, 22-18 wow, 40-36 KZZU, Deb 39 KXXR, Deb 31 98PXY, Deb 28 WHHY. Deb 30 KZ93 and Deb 30 WPXR. KCPX, Deb 29 Y97. Deb 36 OK95 and Deb 37 95XIL.

TilrelleenitTerMICIMITMIFIrril lirrAnI- 71 Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 2.81 Aggrssv: 26 Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 2.75 Aggrssv: 2 Hot duet is aphone monster for programmers playing and test- Immediate support comes from KRBE, WMMS, KXYQ, PRO-FM, ing it. New this week at WMMS, KSAQ, 95XIL, 0104, WIBW, K104 WZPL, G98, KLUC, 0104, WJMX, WBBQ, WPST, KYRK and others. and others. Check out these major jumps: KEGL 11 -10, KRBE Already jumps in Boston at WXKS 25-21 and VVZOU 20-16. 12-8, WGH-FM 8-6, K106 7-4, KPLz 31-24, WPHR 35-27, KJ103 Generating phones for those testing it. 38-32, KUBE Deb 30, Y107 Deb 25, OK100 Deb 27 and Y97 Deb 27. One to keep your eyes on! nC NATALIE COLE MISS YOU grvjj DURAN nt IRAN RFI IFVF C.APITC)I Strong sounding ballad is making sig-"^ant early moves at Top 40 with out of the box action at B96, WXKS, WPGC, Continuing to make its way through the system with new sup- PWR96, KMEL. WUSL, WPHR. WMJQ, WHTO and more. port from KXYQ, BJ105, CKOI, KMOK, WCGQ and others. Jumps 40-35 KROY, 35 -30 WKSS, 23 -15 Y97, 32-25 KSND. 30-24 KQKQ, Deb 32 WXKS, Deb 38 KSAQ, Deb 30 K98. Deb 26 OK100, Deb 34 OK95, Deb 37 95XXX and Deb 37 KTMT. Great Hot new act is making significant initial gains at Top 40 with phones for this one! out of the box action at KXXR, WGH-FM, KGOT, KYYY, WJMX, z WPFM, WOUT, KYRK and others. Airplay has spread from the South and now the entire country Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 2.45 Aggrssv: 6 is beginning to catch on. New this week at KKBQ, X100, KZZP, B93, SLY96, WCGQ, WOUT, Y97, KZFM, WNNK, KAKS, KKMG and Solid jumps and major marekt support are telling the story for this second single. New this week at WPGC, WTIC, KSAQ, more. Jumps at Y106 9-7, BJ105 39-35, KKQV 19-13, K106 29- 24 and KSMB 16-12. Breaking at 92X Deb 31, KITY Deb 35, WKSS, WCGO, KCAQ and others. Jumps 29-21 KKHT, 28-23 K98 Deb 29 and KDON Deb 30. KDON, 27-23 SLY96, Deb 37 WNOK and Deb 32 KZFM.

24 HITS March 27, 1989 Britain's Hottest New Ban Is About To Become

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MTV HIP CLIP this Week! WATCH FOR IT !! guru CROSSOVERS Records that Top 40 radio should be considering based upon significant airplay &sales success in other formats.

Bette Midler shines this week with the Beaches and the Outfield is back on the radio with the first soundtrack back in the Top 10 and huge female single from their third album. Bobby Brown has phones. Winger continues to grow at Top 40 with a another bonafide smash that programmers have al- high reaction record spreading from big MTV airplay ready begun play.

r It BOBBY BROWN EVERY MCA U2 WHEN LOVE ISLAND Singles: - Albums: 3 Avg Move: 4.00 Aggrssv: 18 Singles: - Albums: 36 Even though it's not offically released as a single, impatient Third single from the soundtrack goes on Top 40 this week with programers just can't wait. New at KIIS, WHYT, KMEL, KDWB, adds at WMMS, WROQ, WAEB, CKOI, KLYV, OK95, WBNQ, WCGQ, KKRZ, FM102, KROY, KWSS, KS104, WKSS, WTIC, K98, WKZL, WKSF, WPFM, WSPK, WVSR, OK100, WLRS, KSND,KZZU, WOKI, KNAN, KZOZ, WBWB, WNOK, KYNO and KMGX. Big early jumps WPST, WSKZ, JET-FM and KIVA. Debuts 37 KXXR. -at WPGC 12-7, WUSL 7-5, Z102 14-8, KGGI 3-2. KKHT 35-24, MELISSA ETHERIDGE SIMILAR ISLAND HOT105 2I -16, KXX106 18-14, BJ105 21-14, Y106 30-25. KLUC Singles: - Albums: 40 40-35, KEZB 37-32. WEGX Deb 26. B97 Deb 25, 0106 Deb 30, Great new artist is building at Top 40 after her Grammy perfor- WKBQ Deb 31, WCKZ Deb 30, KZOU Deb 34 and SLY96 Deb 25. mance. This week breaking at WMMS, Y95, 95XIL, WQUT, KSND, NENAH CHERRY BUFFALO VIRGIN WAPE and WPFM .Jumps at KXXR 31-27 and K104 Deb 29. Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 4.88 Aggrssv: 4 Last week's Wildcard pick has huge support out of the box from the West and South. Adds at PWR106, HOT97, B96, WLOL, WEGX, KZZP, KWOD, KROY, HOT97.7, FM102, 0106, KITY, KTFM, K98, WMJQ, WGTZ, WRVQ, Y106, KIXY, KLUC, KSMB, WHTO, KDON, BETTE MIDLER WIND ATLANTIC KMGX, KRQ, KZFM, KKMG and KKSS. Moving 34-28 KKFR, 28- Singles: 49* Albums: 10* Avg Move: 4.61 Aggrssv: 38 23 KKCIV, Deb 31 KKHT, Deb 23 WI00 and Deb 30 X-100. Huge soundtrack sales, big jumps and instant phones tell the story here. New believers include WCZY, PWR96, KPLZ, WPHR, SURFACE CLOSER COLUMBIA Singles: - Albums: - Avg Move: 2.46 Aggrssv: 4 WKSS, 0106, BJ105, KKYK, KFBQ, WANS, WBWB, WDBR, WQXA, Already #1 at Black radio and crossing with new help from Z103, KMOK and KMGX. Jumps at 940 10-6, K104 15-8, JET-FM HOT97.7, KITY, KDON, KLUC and KNAN. Moving 4-3 WUSL, 16- 12-7, WXKS 34-26, wzOU 34-27, 0102 35-31, VVTIC 36-23, KSAQ 10 WCKZ, 28-23 WPGC, 26-21 FM102, Deb 24 WHYT, Deb 40 37-26, KTFM 27-23, KISN 38-22, KzOu 29-20, WAEB 30-23, KROY, Deb 27 KTFM and Deb 34 KMGX. WKEE 39-26, 95X11 30-20, KBFM 35-27, WNOK 25-17, «TO 24- 18 and too many more to mention. This week's Wildcard! I CARLY SIMON RIVER ARISTA Theme from "Working Girl" continues growth with new adds at KVVTX, WBNQ, WIBW and WNNK. Moves 7-1 95XIL(Wow!), 19-17 WINGER 17 ATLANTIC WXKS, 23-21 WZOU, 23-22 PRO-FM, 34-31 WNCI, 32-31 WBCY, Singles: 41* Albums: 32 Avg Move: 2.51 Aggrssv: 23 30-28 WKZL, 38-35 KZIO, 36-33 0104, 35-32 WCGQ, 37-34 MTV airplay generated big sales for this Heavy Metal act and WPFM, 40-40 WAYS, 26-23 WBBQ, 33-30 KYRK, Deb 30 WCZY, now requests are making Top 40 pay attention. New this week Deb 29 PWR99 and others. at WMMS, PWR99, 92X, KTFM, WAPI, KMPZ, WRVQ, WKZL, WKDD, BASIA PROMISES EPIC KTMT, WBNQ, WCIL, WVSR and WZOK. Moves 1140 Y95, 5-4 Third single from her debut album is spreading with new sup- WDFX, 11-8 KXXR. 14-10 WKBQ, 4-3 WROQ. 7-6 OK95, 28-24 port from WBCY, KJ103, 100KHI, K106, KIXY, KOCR, KTMT, KZFN, 0100, 32-26 95XXX, 40-34 K106, 34-28 WPFM, 32-27 KFBQ, 31- 0104, WCGQ, WDBR, WQSM, WFLY, WNNK, KQMQ and many 27 KYYY, 33-29 WHOT and many others. others. Her performance at NARM has created quite abuzz in OUTFIELD VOICES COLUMBIA the biz! First single from the new album is coming on strong with new adds at KKBQ, KRBE, WPHR, KXYQ, WGH-FM, KCPX, WAPI, WMJQ, KJ103, WKZL, 0100, G98, KCMQ, KOCR, KTMT, KWTO, ST MODE KYYY, KZ93, WHOT, WJAD, WKSF, WPFR, Z97, VVVBS, KQKQ, WINK, WNNK, Z102, Z104, KDWZ and KYRK. Jumps at WMMS 29- EASTERHOUSE COME OUT COLUMBIA 21, KXXR Deb 34, WROQ Deb 29 and more. English rocker is coming from a strong PoMo base and gains GUNS N' ROSES PATIENCE GEFFEN new Top 40 support from 100KHI, 95XXX, CKOI, K106, KWTX, Singles: - Albums: 15 Avg Move: 2.25 Aggrssv: 4 01(100, SLY96, WLRS, WPFR, WPRR, WOUT and KF95. Jumps for With two elpees in the Top 20 it's no wonder programmers are KITS 12-10, WGH-FM 30-27, WROQ 29-27, Y97 28-25, Y95 Deb jumping on what will be the first single from the "Lies" album. 20 and KFMW Deb 40. Anxious programmers include KS104, WGH-FM, KCPX, 95XIL, REPLACEMENTS I'LL BE REPRISE Z103, KZZU and K104. Big jumps at WDFX 6-3, KXXR 8-7, WLRS This great Minneapolis band has already been #1 Post Modem 4-3, WAPE 16-10, WSPK 25-19, WPXR 30-26 and Z102 40-34, and is ready to cross! Out of the box support from WMMS, KXYQ, Y97 Deb 30, G98 Deb 38 and KBFM Deb 38. WROQ, KFMW, KPAT, KZFN, KZIO, 01(95, WLRS, KSND and KZZU. Moves 33-29 WLOL. 26 HITS March 27, 1989 weet ensation

28-24 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! AVERAGE AGRESSIVES TOP TOP MOVE I(4 or more) 10 5 35*-30* R&R! 2.51 31 120 11

Z95 add WMJQ deb 27 Z102 19-15 WXKS 28-25 BREAKING AT: WZOU add KISN deb 38 KYRK 19-15 KKFR 31-25 KKBQ KPLZ add WPLJ 22-16 Y108 30-27 KUBE WPHR add HOT97 1-1 KIIS 19-16 KWOD 31-28 KZZP Y107 add KKHT 2-2 WCGQ 22-17 PRO-FM 35-29 KOY KZOU add WKSS 3-2 Y100 22-19 WPFR 35-29 0106 WNYZ add KITY 4-3 KSAQ 29-19 B93 36-32 WTIC KYNO add WTIC 7-6 KGGI 22-19 KITY G98 add WIOQ 8-7 KXX106 28-20 WNCI KSMB add X100 10-9 KFB0 27-21 KTFM KZIO add KWSS 10-9 WVBS 26-21 WKSE WBAM add KTFM 10-9 KROY 25-22 WLRW add WEGX 15-11 KNAN 28-22 WPFM add B96 15-12 KRBE 26-23 WQXA add Z100 16-13 WAVA 26-23

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Tone Loc leads the way on the request lines this week Jovi continues its hot streak and Living Colour is grow- inching out Madonna whose album hits the streets this ing by leaps and bounds each week. Watch Bette Mid- week. Fine Young Cannibals surge to #6 on the album ler (that's all we're gonna say). chart with huge phones leading the way at radio, Bon

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Like you couldn't guess.... Second single and #2 selling album in Huge album sales, video play, major market support, huge jumps the country is blowing up the phones everywhere and anywhere. (have we covered it all yet?) all lead the way. Big reports come Hots this week include HOT97, JET-FM, K98, KIIS, KISS, KITY, KIXY, from WMMS, WROQ, CILFM, KEYN, KFRX, KISS, KMOK, KPAT, KKYK, KMEL, KMOK, KNOE, KPAT, KWES, KZFN, P997, 0100, 0107, KWES, WBNQ, WKZQ, WLFX and many others. SLY96, WABB, WHHY, WHYT, WIKZ, WJMH, WKLQ, WKQD, WKSE, R.E.M. STAND WB WMGZ, WPGC, WQCM, WTLQ, Y107, Z106 and zillions more.

MADONNA PRAYER SIREMB National tour is underway and with the help of continued video play, this one is heading right for the top. Big phones this week for Well, the video is on about every two minutes on MTV and radio Z95, JET-FM, KISS, KZJO, OK100, WHHY, WLFX, WPFR and Z106. is giving this superstar just about the same support. Requests are Strong sales continue. huge all over the country including KIIS, FM100, JETFM, KEYN, ENYA ORINOCO GEFFEN KF95, KFQX, KISS, KITY, KKYK, KMEL, KZFN, P997, 0100, 0107, SLY96, WABB, WCZY, WKLQ, WKQD, WKSE, WLRW, WNNK, WNVZ, Closing this week with last minute believers and developing re- WPFR, WPGC, VVTLQ, WYKS, Y107, Z106 and many more. Album quests. The video is now in solid rotation on both MTV and VH1. hits the streets this week. Mentions come from WLOL, 97FM, KNAN, KNOE, KPAT, WBWB, F Y CANNIBALS SHE DRIVES I.R.S./MCA WHHY, WIXX, WvMS and others.

WINGER 17 ATLANTIC The album sits at #6 on the chart this week and this debut single looks to be headed for a #1 slot. Big phones continue for KITY, Another artist development story made possible by the help of CILFM, G98, JETFM, KFRX, KIIS, KSJO, KTXY, WCZY, WHHY, WKQD, MTV! Phones continue at WMMS, 10KHI, CILFM, KEYN, KFQX, WKSE, WKZ0, WLFX, WLRW, WNNK, WPFR, WPRR and Y107. Video KWES, WKSF and WKZQ. remains in heavy play. M DAMIAN ROCK ON CYPRESS/A&M &I BON JOVI I'LL MERCURY

Soap stud is making big moves at Top 40 with this reamke from Third single from the current album is building quickly and the "Dream A Little Dream" soundtrack. Hots this week at FM102, generating bigger phones each week. Hot mentions come from KKRZ, KZZP, CILFM, KFQX, KIXY, KPAT, WIXX, WKSF, WNVZ and WMMS, K98, KBIU, KEYN, KISS, KNOE, KTXY, KWES, OK100, WBNO, more. WHHY, WKLQ, WKZQ, WNVZ, WPRR, WQCM, WVMS and more. JOHNNY KEMP BIRTHDAY COLUMBIA POISON MAMA ENIGMA/CAP

Significant increase in request action this week includes reports Remake continues to climb with video and phones leading the from HOT97, JET-FM, KFQX, KISS, KKMG, WMGZ, WPFR, WYKS and way. Hots this week include WROQ, G98, K98, KBIU, KF95, KFRX, others. KISS, KPAT, KWES, WGGZ, WKLQ, WNVZ, WOMP, WPRR and VVVBS. DONNY OSMOND SOLDIER CAPITOL DEF LEPPARD ROCKET MERCURY e The wally is back! The phones are lighting up this week at KITY, Well, looky here.... another hit! Generating big phones this week G98, KF95, KIMN, KKMG, SLY96, WBBQ and others. Wait for the im- for WMMS, KFQX, KWES, WABB, WBWB, WGGZ, WIKZ, WKSE, pact of his fourthcoming video! WLFX, WOMP, VVVMS, WYKS and many more. These guys better make anew record - there are no more cuts left on this album.

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28 HITS March 27, 1989 ON THE GROUND...

ON THE AIR !

PHOEBE SNOW "If ICan Just Get Through The Night" from the SOMETHING REAL album. Video in POWER ROTATION at VH-1. 2week breaker at A/C.

HOWARD JONES PETER SCHILLING SIMPLY RED "Everlasting Love" The Different Story "It's Only Love" from the CROSS THAT LINE album. (World Of Lust And Crime)" from the ANEW FLAME album from the forthcoming album THE DIFFERENT STORY (WORLD OF LUST AND CRIME)

KID CREOLE 8( THE COCONUTS MARC V. (pronounced %fee) YAll ON YOUR DESK NOW... "People Will Talk" "Let Them Stare" "Stand Up For Your Love Rights" GIPSY KINGS from the NEW YORK STORIES from the TOO TRUE album from the WANTED album. "BAMBOLEO" motion picture soundtrack. ...the DANCE RE-MIX from the GIPSY KINGS album When you play it, say it! (over 300,000 sold)!!

DAN QUAYLE COUNTDOWN We're taking off...at Elektra cassettes, compact discs and records. 1398 days to go C 1989 Eleldro/Asylurn Records, oDneeon of Warner Conununicassons Inc., or An exclusive HITS interview with DICK ASHER

1 eing the head of a NMI 1981 to 1983, he added to record company is hard his duties President of CBS'

work. The job requires not U.S. Records Division. Be- only time and dedication PRIIIIPII fore that, Asher served as but the knowledge and 1111111111111111111 the President for CBS ability to understand all Records International Div-

aspects of the music business— from sales to marketing, ision and Managing Director of CBS Records in the U.K

from quality control to A&R. That's what makes Dick So many titles. So much experience. Dick Asher has

Asher so appropriate for the position he holds as Presi- learned every aspect of the business on his road to be-

dent and CEO of PolyGram. He's spent years learning coming a record company ruler What's the one special

and preparing for the role and continues to do so, ac- quality that distinguishes Dick Asher from the rest of

centing the most important qualifications needed to be this prestigious group? He's a master communicator

the head of acorporation. with asharp sense of humor to boot. An inspiring in-

•Prior to joining PolyGram, Asher was Sr VP of the dividual, Dick Asher took time out of his busy schedule

Warner Communications Record Group. In 1984, he. .to meet with Hits (can you believe that?) to further

was apartner in the law firm of Arrow, Edelstein, Gross "communicate" his role as leader of one of the major

and Asher From '79-'84, he was Deputy record companies in America.

President/C00 of the CBS Records Group, and, from INTERVIEW By JESSE RABB

How has the Polydor/Mercury split We're trying to have the promotion achieving its purpose-- to increase hold on and keep going on some- been working? department nearest to the place our capabilities in the Top 40 area. thing you should've just said, "It's We have two completely separate where the artist and the artist's Recently, we had three out of the not going to happen. Nee" promotion departments handling . manager are so that they can tune four most added records at Top 40 Top 40, Album Radio and Urban. into one another on aday-to-day in one week. Idoubt we could have Do you credit David Leach, John Polydor's staff on the west coast is basis as much as possible. It's work- done the same thing with just one Brodey and their respective promo- headed up by John Brodey and the ing well, but Iwould say the differ- promotion department. We've had tion departments with the success Mercury label's promotion ences between the two labels are avery high success rate, which has of many of your new acts? department here in New York is probably as much personality as been achieved by working hard on They play arole. We all play arole. run by David Leach. The strategies anything else. The strategies are every act. We might even be ac- This is ateam. Promotion is ob- for each act are developed between pretty much dictated by the in- cused of working too hard at times. viously avery important part of thei promotion and marketing and even dividual artist What I'm most 'Too hard" may be the wrong team. At times it's avery tough ABA, so that we all have input. pleased about is the fact Ithink it's words to use, but sometimes you thing because when something

30 HITS March 27, 1989 doesn't work the tendency by the music business do you see coming from the way Bob Krasnow or David the world— most significantly, our artist and the public is to blame out of the Time/Warner merger? Geffen does. But they're all existing sales and return situation. What we promotion. But it's ateam effort. At this point in time, WEA is the happily, successfully and har- say we've sold we really haven't actually sold. It's still out there, with We have broken and are breaking a company Iadmire most. I'll moniously in one corporate struc- number of artists without agreat probably get into trouble over this ture, which is really atremendous the potential to come back again. This is not true in other parts of the deal of radio success. Or with the because Idon't want my friends at credit to Steve Ross. Whether this world. When they say it's sold, it's radio success coming late in the the other companies complaining can all happen in the future with game after we've made the progress that Idon't admire them. WEA has Time Inc. in there, well, Ijust don't gone. This does affect agreat deal of what you do. It's important that in oti er areas. been making tremendous strides. know. Just look at their current market the people who are running the show— wherever it be— must have Michelle Shocked is probably a share. We've made considerable How does being owned by aforeign some idea of the differences in the good example of the latter. strides also, but if you had to ask me corporation affect acompany's The Ferfect example. Even Cin- deep down which one of the com- American operation? marketplace in order to properly derella. We achieved gold album panies do Ilook at and watch and Idon't think the location of the do things. Otherwise, 1don't think one's nationality is of any particular status on both before we received admire, I'd have to say it's Warners parent company necessarily makes any radio play. That's over 500,000 importance. Although, Idon't think I'd like the Ayatollah records sold before airplay. Of Khomeini running my record course, we've also had things where company, because he'd probably radio has been very helpful to us. This is ateam. You've got the have us all condemned for murder marketing people, the sales people, the minute something went wrong! Perhaps we can introduce anew the promotion people and, of couse. the A&R people. And we're way of handling promotion people talking to each other constantly. We who don't perform well. Maybe really do work hard in this company give them some Salman Rushdie records to promote. If you don't , at communication. We get together bring in an add on one dour new once week to work out strategies releases, then you've got Rushdie's for all the records. We work on record the following week. That every one of them. It can be apain should scare 'ern!! in the neck, but we do it and Ithink it pays off in the end. Has the new Bon Jovi record lived up to your expectations? Let's tilk Post Modern. How do Absolutely. First of all, the sales are you see alternative radio and retail's there. Second of all, the public ac- impaci: on Top 40? ceptance is there. They've worked We're doing more and more things real hard and Idon't know what in that area. But Michelle Shocked, more Icould ask. Idon't think it's for instance, was also atriumph for fair to ask an artist to sell more each our prns department The press time out The only thing Iask is for really helped on that one. Iwould them to constantly strive to say that it's helped with acts like maintain and improve the quality Hothouse Flowers and the Lilac Time. We've received agreat deal of their product. As long as the quality is there, then you have to of support from college radio for take your chances commercially It's Mission UK and, yes, we like to work that area. We make sure each very short-sighted to focus only on sales from one record to the next release gets the maximum effort. right now. The Time/Warner mer- it more difficult or easier to There are other factors involved. We're into this concept of not sign- ger just makes them stronger be- operate. Idon't really think being Sometimes someone will write a ing everything in sight, not basing a cause it gives them more financial American-owned is the key. Hey, brilliant album that is less commer- huge number of artists, but working " muscle— not that they've ever run I'm an American. America has cial for various reasons. Perhaps it's our ass off on the ones we do sign. out of money. been very successful in the music an album that does not reflect a It has paid off for us, but I'm not business. It's one of the few very happy mood. It's alittle more saying :his approach is for Do you think the merger was a businesses where the balance of everyone. Each label should do direct response to Sony buying CBS? trade has been favorable. That down. There's atendency for down ' things not to sell. That doesn't what works best for it. Idon't know. Maybe these things means there's more taxes coming mean that the album is qualitatively Ithink some of the Post Modern are double-edged swords in the into our treasury from this than artists znd some of their songs are long run. There are advantages and into other country's treasuries. Of less. In terms of quality, Bon Jovi suitable now for Top 40. But Top 40 there are also disadvantages. One course, it's to this country's advan- has continued to develop and im- is evolving at the same time. While of the things that Warner has done tage to the extent that it means four prove and strive for high standards. some of these artists are on the cut- remarkably well is have avery large cents more taxes ayear and, of Icouldn't ask for anything more. ting ede, Ifeel radio will move company which has many free- - course, it affects my pride as aU.S. toward; them as much as their wheeling, idiosyncratic parts to it. citizen. But in other ways, Idon't Any comments on the recent per- sonnel changes at your old com- sound inoves toward Top 40 accep- Mo Ostin runs arecord company perceive amajor change. America tability. very, very differently than Ahmet is abig part of the world market pany, Columbia? Ertegun does. And both of them and it has anumber of differences You're really trying to get me in What leng-terin effects for the are very different in doing business from most of the other markets in trouble now! Keep this up and

HITS March 27, 1989 -you're not going to have anybody the music, the artist and the How about some quick comments sort of, aconglomerate of tastes. to interview because I'll be un- marketplace. Clive is very involved on your fellow chief executives? Joe have alot of respect and admira- employed! Iwould say, and I'll try in this and Itry to stay that way, too. Smith. tion for him. Istarted out as a to be statesman-like about this, un- Lovely. First of all, you're not going lawyer and Ihad to learn all the less acompany is in alot of trouble What makes PolyGrarn different to get too much controversy out of other aspects of the business and' you usually don't make extensive than CBS or Warners or BMG? me because Ilike these guys! I've paid alot of attention and learned changes within avery short period At this point, Idon't think we have always considered myself amoth them so Icould be whatever the of time. If you decide you want to an artist we're fighting with and I among butterflies. Ithink of my hell Iam today. To be asenior ex- go from point A to point B, then don't think we've had amajor fight colleagues as being much more ex- - ecutive, you need to have agreat you go gradually. Every time you with an artist since I've been here. troverted, wittier and glamorous deal of general knowledge about make achange, it has avery disrup- Obviously, we don't always agree, than Iam. Obviously, Ihave some the entire business. Iprobably tive effect. People naturally have a but we seem to be able to resolve abilities because I've been doing • could walk into afactory today, tendency to think of how anything things amicably and quickly and this with some degree of success for work the machines and tell you - affects them— if they have aper- don't let them get blown out of awhile. Ilike them and I'm fas- about marketing and A&R, but I've proportion. We don't have wars. cinated by them. learned these things. I've applied sonal anxiety in terms of their own • situation, then it will influence their myself to it. Ithink Bob has done performance. They have made a the same thing coming from the tremendous number of changes in PHANTOMS OF THE OPERA: Composer ANDREW LLOYD WEB- other end of the spectrum. Ihave a ashort period of time there which BER (left) and PolyGram chief DICK ASHER (right) share a great admiration for him because poignant moment. Seconds later, Asher turned to Webber and as- are, in acompany that Ididn't per- he's done it very well. I'm afan. By ked, "What kind of play is 'Katz?' I used to go to Katz's Deli on the ceive to be in any serious trouble, lower East Side all the time when Iwas a young struggling law stu- the way, I'm also ahuge Mo Ostin very risky. If Iwanted to make all dent..." fan. Ithink Ahmet, when he feels those changes, Iwould've done it like it, when he wants to play record more slowly. They've done some- business, he goes into aphone thing which is quite ambitious and, booth and he comes out with an S if it's successful, great. Ihave no for Superman on his chest. 1mean, reason to believe it won't be. Ijust there's just no one better. He's don't know if Iwould have done it great. I'm also afriend and afan of so quickly. Irving Awff. With each one, there are things that Itry to emulate and In arecent interview Idid with there are things that Idon't think Clive Davis, he told me you're one would fit my way of doing things of the guys he got started in the but might still admire none-the-less. music business. Truth? Yes, no question about it. Clive per- Sum up your plans for PolyGratn suaded me how to have more fun over the next decade. and make less money in the record Ithink we have areally super team •business. As amatter of fact, Ien- here. Ithink we're coming dose to, ded up making just as much money maximizing most of what we're in the record business, so it all tur- "Keep this up and you're not going to doing. We'll keep trying to improve ned out fine. Ilove the record operations from the mail room to business. I've had the privilege of have anybody to interview because I'll A&R to sales to manufacturing to being in the right place at the right quality control. We have agroup of time on most occasions. As well as be unemployed!" people that enjoy working together working for and with some very and as long as we can keep that bright and talented people. Ithink happening, good things will follow. that I've learned from all of them. I'm very happy about that. The Walter Yetinlcoff. Ibelieve the future will take care of In some cases, I've learned what to company is probably the least Ireally can't say anything about itself. do and in some cases, I've learned political record company around Walter that would not be subject to what not to do. Idon't run arecord today. Idon't want that to sound all kinds of interpretation which Above your desk, you have apaint- company exactly like Clive does. like aput-down to my colleagues, would probably be wrong. Iwould ing of abaseball player sliding into But there are alot of things that I but Ifeel it's true. We're not a say this, he's extremely bright and home except it looks hire the player did learn from Clive that affect my shuck and jive company. And by the _I'll leave it at that. is sliding backwards. What's the day-to-day activities. If you wanted way, that's not always good because story behind it? to pick the most important thing there are some people who want to David Geffen. It was apurchase from Warner that Clive taught me, it was, if you be told, "I'm going to make you Very talented. Very bright Very Communications. I'm aserious run arecord company, there are a into astar, baby!" They want to be creative. Ihave real fondness and sports fan.I love the N.Y. Mets. lot of things that can lose you lied to and Ican't help them be- admiration for David for along money or hurt you, but there's only cause we're straight shooters. I'd period of time. We go back along Let's go Mets! one thing that can make you like to think we have areputation ways. He's tough to cross, though.. I'm an old National Leaguer. Root- money and make big success for of being honorable, decent, hard- ing for the Yankees is like rooting you and that's your artists and your working and creative. We're ateam. Bob Krasnow. for the Morgan Trust Company! records. Your music. If you're run- We don't have just one guy who Talented. Agood guy. He runs a I'm also amajor football Giants fan ning abig record company, or even gets all the brilliant ideas. It's not very egocentric company. It reflects as you can see by the painting of asmall one for that matter, just like we've got this genius trapped in his taste. PolyGrarn doesn't neces- the N.Y Giants on my other office make sure you keep your head into acloset somewhere. sarily reflect my taste, it reflects, wall.

32 HITS March 27, 1989 "IN ABIG WAY"

THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM A.1 SA-FI RE

"Thinking of You" 20 HITS TOP FIFTY ALM From the Album "So-Fire" Ell En HITS TOP SINGLES! 29 FM HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 27*-23* R&R!

32*-26* R&R! Z100 add KDWB WKTI add WHHY add KTFM 1-1 B97 16-8 WAVA add B94 940 add WKLQ add KITY 3-2 WKSS 10-8 0105 add PRO -Fea B104 add WKSF add KZZP 5-3 KATD 13-9 KWOD add 0107 WKRZ add WLAP add KOY 5-4 KKHT 13-10 WL01_ WKSI add WQSM add Y108 5-5 KIIS 17-14 Y108 deb 23 KWSS K92 add WQXA add WTIC 5-5 KWSS 23-14 KBEQ deb 27 KPLZ KSND add Z106 add KMEL 10-7 HOT97 19-16 WKSS deb 32 KCPX WSKZ add WXKS 22-19 WZOIJ WNYZ add Z100 24-20 KEGL 8-8 WRCK add KRBE 25-22 WDFX 9-8 KQMQ add HOT977 27-22 KXYQ 11-8 95XXX add WEGX 28-24 WGH-FM 10-8 KIXY add WAVA 30-27 WEGX 19-14 KZFN add KCPW 30-27 WMMS 17-14 OK95 add KISN 39-28 KXXR 21-14 WANS add PWR106 37-34 KOY 22-19 Le-r ri)m

IS! "Rocket" Be There For You" From The Album "Hysteria" From The Album "New Jersey' EMHITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! E Lb HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 30-20 92X 26-23 23*-16* R&R! 23-20 KUBE 27-24 , 24-20 Z95 29-25 WDFX add WMMS 20-12 WZOU 25-20 24-21 WGH-FM 19-14 Z95 28-21 27-21 BREAKING AT: Y108 deb 19 WEGX 21-15 KBEQ 25-21 26-21 KEGL Y100 deb 24 KDWB 24-17 B104 25-21 30-22 KKBQ KITY deb 25 KOY 20-17 WZPL 24-21 25-22 KRBE WXKS deb 31 B97 22-17 WAVA 27-22 26-23 WDFX WKTI 21-18 0107 25-22 KKRZ KXXR 2-1 WKSS 27-19 KUBE 25-22 KZZP WKBQ 10-4 WPLJ 27-23 B104 Y95 8-7 PWR99 27-23 WKBQ B94 11-8 PRO-FM 31-23 WGH-FM Z100 20-9 KCPX 33-25 WKSE KXYQ 13-10 KPLZ 34-27 CK01 WLOL 19-11 KROY 34-29 THE RESULTS ARE IN! "The Mayor" Wins National Airplay in Landslide, As Retail Tallies the Votes!!

1-1 Peaches/Seattle 5-4 CD One-Stop/Conn 13-8 Tower/Sherman Oaks 1-1 Plastic Fantastic/Phila 7-6 Tower National 49-9 Zipsrfuscon 2-2 Navarre/Milwaukee 6-6 Rose Records/Chicago 14-9 Radio Doctor's/Milwaukee 2-2 Kemp Mill/Wash D.C. 9-7 Galaxy One-Stop/Pitt 9 Metronome/Atlanta 12-3 Northern Lights Music/Mpls 7-7 Harvard Coop/Boston 9 Pacific Coast One-Stop/L.A. 12-4 Tower Westwood/L.A. 7 Moby Disc/L.A. 26-10 CML One-Stop/St. Louis

"The Mayor of Simpleton" from the album rOranges & Lemo iI PUirfi/lIDIJT5•111

(Based on acombination of airplay and sales.) LW 1W ARTIST-L ABEL COMMENTS POST TOASTED By Dover Fine Young Cannibals continues to dominate the chart this F Y CANNIBALS -I.R.S./MCA Huge week with giant sales (#8 selling album in the country) and She Drives Me Crazy airplay. However, as expected by everyone and their mother, 4 XTC -Geffen Heading for #1 XTC is coning up quickly with sales on the rise and airplay Mayor of Simpleton that continues to grow each week. Robyn Hitchcock is a ELVIS COSTELLO -WB Still huge! giant at radio and the album is picking up hot reports at many Veronica local and national retail outlets across the country. There are a 4 THE REPLACEMENTS -Sire/Reprise Holding couple of interesting developments on the chart this week: Various The Tanita Tlkaram project on Reprise has PoMo Queen LOU REED -Sire/WB Steady Dirty Boulevard been out for a while now but radio is really showing 10 ROBYN HITCHCOCK -A&M Now selling Madonna Of The Wasps lots of late support for this new artist. Could this be COWBOY JUNKIES -RCA Sales leading Various another video success story in the making? VH1 NEW ORDER -QwesVWB Slipping has had the video in solid Round & Round rotation for months and 16 GUADALCANAL DIARY -Elektra Hot reports now MTV is embracing her Always Saturday debut video with open 14 10 WONDERSTUFF -Polydor Back up arms. Watch for late but Give Me More deserved action on this TFIROVVING MUSES -Sire/WB Airplay leads one! Also, as we've been Dizzy telling you, Indigo Girls EASTERHOUSE -Columbia Steady moves has really kicked in at both Debbie Gibson — owes it Come Out Fighting radio and retail and by the all to Post Modern! MIDGE URE -Chrysalis Steady looks of early response at Dear God both, they've only just begun. Album sales are huge in the VIOLENT FEMMES -SireMB Peaking Southeast and should spread quickly with big airplay and a Nightmares forthcoming video to be shown on Post Modern MTV! PROCLAIMERS -Chrysalis Building Guadalcanal Diary continues to grow at PoMo with tons of I'm On My Way Hot Reports from both radio and retail and Buck Pets debut on the chart due to a significant increase in airplay points. 16 LOVE & ROCKETS -B Banquet/RCA Solid EP Okay, here we go.... Congrats to the ghost of Morrissey (or is that Brett Green of KUNV) on his promotion to Program ENYA -Geffen Sales continue Orinoco Flow Director Eric Daman is the new Music Director at WNDY in Crawfordsville. PD, Simon Bogigian, commented on the 19 LYLE LOVETT -MCA Airplay buildin newly appointed geek and told us, "He's better than no Here IAm/Stand By one." Check out the forthcoming "Lost Angels" 20 19 REIVERS -Capitol Steady growth soundtrack on A&M. It's perfect for all you Wallies out there. Various Featured artsists include Soundqarden, Soul Asylum, Toni 20 INDIGO GIRLS -Epic Huge gains Childs, The Pogues, Happy Mondays and (drum roll, Closer To Fine please) THE CURE! Yes, it's the new single from their TANITA T1KARAM -Reprise Sales/video soon-to-be-released project on Elektra and it's called, "Fas- Twist In My Sobriety cination Street." Maryann Earl of Enigma paid big bucks MORRISSEY -Rough Trade Big airplay this week (actually it was nothing more than astale piece of 12" pizza for lunch) for us to announce the "Second Coming" al- 24 THELONIOUS MONSTER -Relativity Breaking bum by The Dickies. Hey Marianne, for more detailed So What If IDid blurbs, you'll have to come through with at least a damn 24 VELLO -Mercury Solid gains CD! WDST tells us they had The Lilac Time do a great The Race acoustic set on the air. Tim Hyde drove down in awinnebago BUCK PETS -Island Big gains (his parents' car) just so that he could make it in the column Various this week.

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rA HOTS rA ADDS

1. XTC (Geffen) 1. CATERWAUL (I.R.S.) 2. ELVIS COSTELLO (WB) 2. CONNELLS (TVT) 3. ROBYN HITCHCOCK (A&M) 3. INDIGO GIRLS (Epic) 4. MORRISSEY (Sire/WB) 4. HAPPY MONDAYS (Elektra) 5. G. DIARY (Elektra) 5. KEITH LeBLANC (Enigma) 5. F.Y.CANNIBALS (I.R.S./MCA) 6. SIDEWINDERS (RCA)

(Hot reports from the nation's leading radio and retail outlets)

WCDB /JOSH ROSENTHAL/JIM WRBB /HOLLIS WXCI /GREG VEGAS / DAN- WTGP /PETER YOUNG / MCNEIL, /ALBANY CRICHLOW/CHUCK ARNOLD / BURY GREENVILLE Elvis Costello BOSTON Fine Young Cannibals No For Answer De La Soul Epic Rumors Morrissey No Means No XTC Legal Reins Bongwater X-Men Yo La Tango Figures on aBeach Too Much Joy Living Colour Robyn Hitchcock Gang Green De La Soul XTC Buck Pets PLASTIC FANTASTIC /DAVID WUXTRY /CHRIS MILLS / RECORD RACK /BRUCE GOD- CASTLEMAN /ARDMORE, PA. NU MUSIC /SCOTT ANDERSON / DECATUR,GA WIN /HOUSTON XTC BRIDGEPORT Front 242 Alphaville Elvis Costello Proclaimers Dinosaur Jr. Front 242 Robyn Hitchcock Depeche Mode Firehose Box Car Radiators Joy Division Jane's Addiction Camouflage Buck Pets Goverment Issue Firetown Danielle Dax Green on Red TURTLES /THOM DRAM /AT- HARMONY HOUSE /VINCE KUCI /GARY DOWNS /IRVINE LANTA VVBNY /GINA GALLI /BUFFALO DELEON /DETROIT De La Soul Metal Church Proclaimers Fine Young Cannibals Keith LeBlanc Gipsy Kings Dogs D'Amour XTC Flaming Lips Waterboys XTC Morrissey Guadalcanal Diary The Fixx Goo Goo Dolls Robyn Hitchcock Caterwaul Robyn Hitchcock Slanunin' Watusis Elvis Costello Elvis Costello VINYL VENDORS /VALERIE EL- WRAS /KIM SAADE /ATLANTA PLAY IT AGAIN /ALAN KOVAN / LIOT /KALAMAZOO, MI Indigo Girls KUNI /DOREA D'AGOSTINO / DETROIT Enya XTC CEDAR FALLS Space Men 3 Tanna Tikaram Elvis Costello Neville Brothers Firehose Animotion Guadalcanal Diary Robyn Hitchcock Sandee Jane's Addiction New Order Indigo Girls Loop New Order Bel Canto House of Love KUT /CHERYL BATEMAN / Full Fathom 5 WEB OF SOUND /BILL TORMAS AUSTIN WDHA /ANDY DEAN / /LANCASTER, PA Robyn Hitchcock WKHR /JOANN MOLTER / DOVER,NJ Nitzer Ebb Indigo Girls CHAGRIN FALLS, OH, Lou Reed Buck Pets Gipsy Kings Morrissey Elvis Costello Revoting Cocks Reivers Guadalcanal Diary Melissa Etheridge Frontline Assembly Miracle Legion Peter Schilling Easterhouse Social Unres XTC XTC KYMC /GAYLE GALLAGHER / Depeche Mode KUNV /BREIT GREENE / LAS BALLWIN KTCL /JOHN HAYES /FT. COL- VEGAS Howard Jones WOFM /ART WILLIAMSON / LINS Fine Young Cannibals Moev CHESAPEAKE, VA. XTC De la Soul Figures on aBeach Love & Money New Order Thelonius Monster Cormells Thrashing Doves Lou Reed Pogues Ed Hanes XTC Violent Femmes Dickies Christmas REM WFNX /BRUCE MCDONALD / Proclaimers KROQ /VAN JOHNSON / LOS BOSTON KARMA /MATT RAFIREE / FI'. ANGELES Fine Young Cannibals WRVW /WADE TOLLESON / WAYNE Replacements 0 Positive CLEVELAND Depeche Mode XTC New Order Black Sun Voice of the Beehive Simple Minds XTC Robyn Hitchcock Peter Case Morrissey Morrissey Dirty Dozen Brass... Dead Milkmen Karen Angelas

HITS March 27, 1989 FINE. DEBUT 20 POST MODERN!

milmouppindigo girls

the brand new album featuring "closer to fine" and "kid fears"

produced by Scott Litt

HUGE HOTS WINNER! BREAKOUT SALES: BREAKING BIG AT: NEW YORK WFNX WMUR WRAS KTAO DETROIT KCMU WHTG SEATTLE WHFS WMTG WUOG WMDK ALBANY WBNY KUNI DURHAM KFMH KRCK WNDY ...AND MANY, MANY MORE! AUSTIN DAMN FINE! "EPIC" are trademarks of CBS Inc ,c,1989 CBS Records Inc CHRIS BRYANT HOTS: 1. REPLACEMENTS RAINBOW RECORDS SAN MATEO 2. LOU REED 3. ENYA 4. INDIGO GIRLS Finally, aphoto for the PoMo women of the world. Chris asked us to 5. XTC run this pic in hopes of getting adate. We don't usually run this type of 6. MIDGE URE classsified ad but in this guy's case, can you really blame us? Any 7. LIVING COLOUR 8. GRAHAM PARKER female (of any species) interested in adate with Chris, please call him 9. GOO GOO DOLLS directly. We will have nothing to do with it. 10. TIM FINN

WEB OF SOUND /BILL TORMAS WNYU /LISA SARTORI /NEW KJQN /MIKE SUMMERS /SALT EUCLID /TONY MARGHERTTA / /LANCASTER, PA YORK LAKE CITY ST. LOUIS Buck Pets Clock DVA Fine Young Cannibals XTC Lard Bits & Pieces '89 Elvis Costello Robyn Hitchcock No Faith No More Stop the Violence XTC Lucky Peterson Murphy's Law Halo of Flies Kon Kan Lou Reed Dogs D'Amour Spaceman 3 Wonderstuff KTAO /BILL EVANS /TAOS KEDG /JJ JACKSON / LOS AN- VVIICF /CJ /ORLANDO 91X/OZ/ SAN DIEGO Lyle Lovett GELES Thelonious Monster Elvis Costello Chris Rea Elvis Costello Robyn Hitchcock XTC Cowboy Junkies Lou Reed Yello Fine Young Cannibals Tanita Tikaram Cowboy Junkies Wonderstuff Replacements R.E.M. Melissa Etheridge Gregory's Funhouse Midge Um Replacements ZIA RECORDS/JON MILLER / WMDK /MIKE TFIOMAS / KUSF /TIM ZEIGLER /SAN TEMPE WLCV /WALTER JOHNSON / PETERBOROUGH FRANCISCO Guadalcanal Diary LOUISVILLE XTC Tooth & Nail Yo La Tango Fine Young Cannibals Mathew Sweet Full Fathom 5 Rudimentary Perú Cowboy Junkies New Order Sordid Humor Roger Manning Elvis Costello Fine Young Cannibals Elvis Costello M.O.D. XTC Guadalcanal Diary Too Much Joy Waterboys WTSE / DORIS DUNE /TRENTON ZIA RECORDS /BRAD GIBSON / KCPR /SCOTT CARTER /SAN XTC WORT /STEVE GOTCHER / PHOENIX LUIS OBISPO Love & Rockets MADISON XTC Essence Fine Young Cannibals He Said Dogs D'Amour Sand Men Yello Ciccone Youth Thelonious Monster R.Pink Dreams Guadalcanal Diary XTC Giant Sand Robyn Hitchcock Bambi Slam Run Westy Run Wolfgang Press VINYL SOLUTION /MARK Yello PATRICK /TUSCALOOSA SOUND IDEAS /RICH MINCE / RAINBOW /CHRIS BRYANT/ Jane's Addiction RADIO DOCS /KATHY STAMM / PLAINSBORO, NJ. SAN MATEO, CA Fine Young Cannibals MILWAUKEE Enya Lou Reed XTC Glamour Camp Cowboy Junkies XTC Cowboy Junkies Guadalcanal Diary Melissa Etheridge Tanita Tikaram Elvis Costello Dylan & the Dead Gipsy Kings Enya Nitzer Ebb Lyle Lovett Replacements KWCW /CHRIS FETTERS / Ivan Neville Legal Reins WALLA WALLA UNICORN /DREW JOHANSEN / Fall KABL /MARK MILLER /MIN- PORTSMOUTH KCMU /MAGGIE MCCABE / Elvis Costello NEAPOLIS XTC SEATTLE Pussy Galore Run Westy Run Miracle Legion Black Sun Ensemble Pognes XTC Replacements He Said Ciccone Youth Robyn Hitchcock Fine Young Cannibals De La Soul Scrawl Robyn Hitchcock XTC WRRO /GROVER / Black Spot Giant Sand YOUNGSTOWN WDOM /JOHN GAZEFtFt0 / Guadalcanal Diary UNDERGROUND SOUND / PROVIDENCE LIBERTY SOUND /BILL A Bones LAURA FERRARA /NEW OR- Replacements FUENFHAUSEN /SPRINGFIELD, Miracle Legion LEANS Lou Reed MO Graham Parker Sonic Youth/Mudhoney R.E.M. Enya Replacements Firehose Elvis Costello New Order Lydia Lunch & C.Ruin Violent Femmes Charlie Sexton Bevis Frond M.O.D.

HITS March 27, 1989 THE PROCLAIMERS "The song `I'm Gonna Be' has been Top 5phones since the day we added ii. Iwas truly amazed at how well they play live. Iwould walk 500 miles to see them again." *Kerry Gray, WOXY "One of this year's best live performances." •Ann Delisi, WDET "Why aren't you playing the Proclaimers? We've had Top 5 phones since Day One. The Pro- claimers are 'on their way'!" 'Neil Bernstein, WBRU *Platinum LP in UK and Australia. *Performed on DAVID LETTERMAN March 21st. USA TODAY pick as one of college radio's most likely to succeed. the Waterbolis Featuring 'WORLD PARTY" The First Single From the Brand New Album "Witch Doctor."

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by John Sutton-Smith

NEIL REDUX: Last week, we mentioned Nick Cave's powerful variation of Neil Young's "Helpless" in recent performance, only to find that Neil is in favor with groups all across the Post Modem spectrum. The Cowboy Junkies, in their four sold-out, celeb- jammed L.A. shows last week, played atypically slow and sultry version of fellow Canadian Young's "Powder Finger" among the wealth of new material the band are already playing live. Songs like "Cheap Is How IFeel," "Sun Cornes Up, It's Tuesday Morn- ing" and "Fseape is So Simple" absolutely guarantee that this band is no one album wonder Other live visitations recently included Michelle Shocked, who held her own in alarge dance- oriented room with engaging charm and aconversation-stopping Neneh Cherry Tim Finn version of Steve Goodman's "The Ballad of Penny Evans"; also VIRGIN's That Petrol Emotion and POLYGRAM's Voice of Title Title the Beehive, as well as the Thieves, CAPITOL's latest entry in "Buffalo Stance" "11m Finn" the bar-band rock 'n' roll sweepstakes Syd Straw, former Gol- Label den Paiamino collaborator with her own album coming soon on Label Virgin Capitol VIRGIN; ex-X member and talented tunesmith Tony Gilkyson; and Julie Christensen, who has sung with both Chris D. & the From the forthcoming "Slaves Former Split Enz founder and Divine Horsemen and Leonard Cohen, all were on adelightful Of New York" soundtrack brother of Crowded House's Sunday night bill at Club Lingerie introducing aweekly series of comes this rollicking dance!- Neil Finn, embarks on his acoustic shows EPIC's new signing, Burning Tree, are creat- rap number that is sweeping Capitol solo career with astir- ing abuzz around town, due in part to the guitar-playing of Mark like wildfire at Top 40's across ring collection of tunes that Ford, whom we caught sitting in on an impressive, spontaneous the country. Already a star in reflect an artist "who has set with friend and very talented local vet Robert Stoddard Europe, this charismatic achieved a real musical The leading homegrown authentic African group,Zulu Spear, young chanteuse is the step- maturity and is intent on print- played arousing show here last week, assisted by agreat perfor- daughter of jazz great Don ing that reality on record" (At mance from the South African Students Assembly Vocal Cherry and a veteran of such least that's what the hio says). Group on the Soweto road song, "Tshotsholosa" Latest fern- combos as Rip Rig & Panic, Produced by Mitchell Froom, rap sensations, the Wee Papa Girls, are the best example of U.K. , Float Up CP and Bomb The this project will appeal to hip-hop yet, showing some of the reggae and acid house influen- Bass. Now she's stepping with everyone from the hard-core ces in the anglo-sampling mix, and some seriously hot dance a video that making people Post Moderns to the rhythms on "Heat It Up," produced by moonlighting Fine Young stop, watch and listen. Smart mainstream Top 40's. Massive Cannibals, David Steele and Andy Cox under the production money says this one's Top critical acclaim to follow folks. moniker of Two Men and a Drum Machine JOIN THE Ten CLUB: John Cougar Me&encamp is set to come with an Suggested Cuts Suggested Cuts acoustic solo album this spring, while Graham Parker's "Live! "Crescendo" is winning at "Buffalo Stance" is a done Alone in America" surely offers the perfect excuse to release Post Modem. deal. Going, going Parker's heart-breaking classic "You Can't Be Too Strong" as a Label Comments: single Marianne Faithful is due back with a new album for Label Comments: "I'm sick today and not at the ISLAND, "Blazing Away," produced by Hal Winer, including "Forget it — it's done, a new Faithful orginals plus anew song written for her by U2 office which virtually blowout, amonster, asmash," guarantees me of not being Kate Bush has moved from EMI to CBS, who will be releasing said Virgin's Sr VP of Promo- her upcoming new album shortly ROUGH TRADE have two quoted properly," said Capitol tion and Marketing Phil new releases of note with the debut album of Austin duo Two PoMo Promo God Harry Quartararo. "A killer, ahome Nice Girls, who offer yet another fine folky variation on Lou "Don't Call Me Larry Heavy" run, a grand slam, the goods, Reed's "Sweet Jane"; and anew one from rockers the Ophelias, Levy, who never said that be- the hein, the real deal, the ul- "The Big 0" Maverick indie label NATE STARKMAN & cause he was home sick and tima, the zenith — did Isay SON have CD rele-Ises out by two of L.A.'s most promising club we didn't want to call him to smash?" Phil added: "Hey, secrets Shiva Burlesque and Red Temple Spirits LAST BUT make him sicker. Come to wait a minute, I'm really NOT LEAST: The House of Freaks' new album, "Tantilla," is think of it, we wouldn't have saying this. Why'd you guys called him if he was well. now out on RHINO. It's one of those records that makes you bother me for real quotes? I remember why you fell in love with this crazy racket in the first Come to think of it, we've hate you." Place NEVER called him, and we're NEVER going to. Thank you.

HITS March 27, 1989 43 EARPICKS Current favorites as chosen by members of all segments of the music industry

This week's Wildcard, Neneh Cherry takes it clean with Donny Osmond continues to get mentions. New entries strong support at Top 40. New Kids on the Block and include Natalie Cole, Figures on a Beach and the Debbie Gibson follow and look like smashes. Next is the second single from Edie Brickell. Also making a debut first cut from the Replacements, expect big things. this week are newcomers, Big Barn Boo.

WINNERS

1 NENEH CHERRY BUFFALO (Virgin) 6 NATALIE COLE MISS (EMI) 2 NEW KIDS LOVING YOU (Col) 7 FIGURES ON A B YOU (Sire/WB) 3 DEBBIE GIBSON ELECTRIC (AtI) 8 EDIE BRICKELL CIRCLE (Geffen) 4 REPLACEMENTS I'LL BE (Sire/Rep) 9 BIG BAM BOO SHOOTING (Uni/MCA) 5 DONNY OSMOND SOLDIER (Cap) 10 OUTFIELD VOICE (Col)

JABRAMSON/TOWER-SUN/LA M BASHKIN/BAK & TAYLOR/CHIC L CAMPBELL/B94/PITTSBURGH ProclaimersfT Finne Lennon/Cher-Cetera B Barn Boo/E Brickell/Figures..B/D Gibson N Kids/D Osmond

D AGRESTO/TRACKS/NORFOLK M-B/RECORD & TAPE/OHIO B CATCHER/WANS/GREENVILLE Madonna/Easterhouse/WASP/Outfield E Brickell/N Cole/Figures On A B/F Snow D Gibson/N Kids/D Osmond/P Schilling

B ALBRIGHT/SAM GOODY/EDISON BOB BECK/KYYY/BISMARK R CHRISTIAN/WMJQ/BUFFALO SRowfT Loc/B Midler/Stevie B D Gibson/P Schilling/I Society/Outfield Figures..B/N Cherry/D GibsonfT Conwell

FRED ALLEN/WVBS/WILMINGTON MARTY BERGER/WINK/FT MYERS D CLARK/SLY96/SL OBISPO D Gibson/N Kids/N Cole/Replacements Figures On A B/Basia/T Page J Spence/D Osmond/N Cherry

RICK ANDRADE/ZIPS/TUCSON BETH ANN /G105/DURHAM JEFF CLARK/WKDD/AKRON Madonnaa Watley/F & Lloyd/L Colour H Jones/N Cole/I) Osmond/E Brickell Choirboys/G Frey

D ANTHONY/TALENTMSTRS/ATL FRANKIE BLUE/Z100/NY JCOHEN/STRAWBERRIES/BOS C Junkies/N Cherry/Replacements N Cherry/De La Soul B Barn Boo/I Girls/S Phillips/D Osmond

TRACY AUSTIN/B93/AUSTIN JBRACKEEN/TOWER/WESTWOOD D COOKSEY/SAM GOODY/LA D Gibson/I Society/0 2Many B & White/K Raleigh/K White/S Fox E Brickell/B George/N Cole/Replacements

R BAILEY/TOWER/WESTWOOD T BRENNER/ARROW DIST/OHIO D CURTIS/LECHMERE/BOSTON Madonnall Watlev/Kiara/I City D Mode/E Brickell/C Bovs/M Etheridge B Barn Boo/Replarementc/R Wilcnrifr ['hark

C BAILEY/WJMH/GREENSBORO J BROWN/PEACHES/SEATTLE B DANIELS/KKRC/SIOUX FALLS TKA/N Cherry/N Cole T Monster/G Diary/W Squares/M Church Outfield/M Damian/P Abdul/Sa-Fire

G BAIN/Q RECS & VIDEO/MIAMI JON BRYANT/G98/PORTLAND JIM DANN/KC101/NEW HAVEN Basia/B Company/U2/J Watley D Gibson/S Fox Waterfront/M Paris/Stevie B/D Gibson

ROBIN BANKS/JET-FM/ERLE LINDSEY BURDETTE/WIOQ/PHILI F DAVIS/ANGOTT/DETROIT Easterhouse/Outfield/U2 N Cherry/Surface/N Kids N Cherry/C Junkies/J Addiction/S Puppy

M BARNHILL/REC BAR/DURHAM BRIAN BURNS/KXXR/KC B DAVIS/RECORD BAR/C CHRISTI E Brickell/N Cole/B George/Replacements T Conwell/E Money/B Bam Boo PAbdul/T Loc/S Red/Madonna

CINDY BARR/SPECS/MIAMI BILL CAHILL/B94/PITTSBURGH RICK DEAM/HEGEWISCH/CHICAGO C Khan/EU/M Pane' Tikaram N Kids/D Osmond/M Damian Madonna/Metallica/P Abdul/Animotion

44 HITS March 27, 1989 BEL "IKO IKO" • • r•t."-• from the soundtraelfielin Man !-`t • N.. • • y, WILDCARD 2/27! •..., ".e.z. ------• -_--;-- ,. ,-- -:----::- -. : FL A S H M A K E R ! .: t'52';ee'z' --;e7P;'':‘ *•:- '. KK MG -n6-5

47-44 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! Y108 12-7 WAVA — ' -...... ;,---.:'' :' HOT SALES AT: --; --: 4. KZFN 12-7-z-- WHYT -,4„....,,_. - Lieberman/Natl ,e...... -.-, KISN 16-11 - -.. KUBE i..-:, .Musiped/Natl Ze.e.t;. Q105 21.16 :,::::+.•,, KKR .--'-:-;' - Tower/Natl --' 'e -,':"..`,...a KS104 2t-17 ',*,-:,. etP -.:-. 7 '-'Wherehouse/L.A,.-,.- I XT00 23-18 -Xe . KBE0 ..,-.--'• s ..16:., "Sound Warehouse/Dalla --... - PWR106 add R99 21-18 B104 .....z. : -Cavages/Buffalo ---.. WXKS add KTF eb 29 1...i 24-21 •*- KXYQ e:-..::: e Strawberries/Boston WPGC add Y106 deb 29 Qi 02 27-22 ei:', X100 Cee• := Radio Doctors/Milwaukee, PWR96 add WEGX deb 30 KELZ KCPW -. •«.a • e,.;.:•;,.: ' Rose Records/Chicago WIOQ add KITY deb 33 PRO-FM 34- 8 -.,...7e.1, KOY ainbow/S.F. KROY add WZOU deb 34 WZPL 35-32 WGH-FM Tower/Berkeley DONNY OSMON "SOLDIER OF LOVE 95 from the album "Donny Osmond"

t-LASHMAKERS WINNER! EARPICKS "'INNER! DEBUT 110 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! WKTI deb 22 KDWB deb 25 KIIS add WKBO deb 25 KKBQ add KATD add KUBE deb 28 B94 add KROY add KKFR deb 29 Y100 add WGH-FM add KBEQ deb 29 :.*: WNCI 11-7 PRO-FM add KCPX add 0102 add KTFM add Z95 deb 3 -.4;.,-; Y108 20-14 ".1 BREAKING Alf" KPLZ deb 30 :-.---.;. _ BJ105 24-16 :•4-:. .‘ ei‘ WXKS WEGX add KS104 add KRBE deb 32 X100 29 2 -,.e- 8104 add KISN add Z104 deb 32 KITY 34-31 KZZP __••• , 897 add WMJQ add - KWSS deb. 34, , _WTIC 40-37 94Q

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BIE DEE/WPGC/WASH DC STEVE HELLER/KZFN/MOSCOW M MANDZIA/BUZZ'S NEST/COL N Cherry/N Cole/N Kids D Gibson/Replacements/BB Boo/Warrant E Brickell/N Kids/Replacements/N Wilson

B DUMLER/Z99/0KLAHOMA CITY C HOLMSTROM/ROUND UP/WASH SMARS/WZOU/BOSTON PAbdul/D Osmond/Outfield/P Schilling M Damian/N Bros./N Wilson/S Brown N Cole/N Kids/Replacements

SDUNN/METRONOME/ATLANTA D HOUGHTON/UNIVERSAL/PHILI D MATHES/STREETSIDE/ST. LOUIS N Bros./Madonna/firehosea Girls E Costello/M Ure/TNT/Pasadenas C Boys/B Barn Boo/FYC/NM Army

DAVE ELIOT/KCPW/KANSAS CITY L HUGHES/95XIL/PARKERSBURG KEVIN MCCABE/HOT 97/NY D Osmond/Elvis Costello/D Duran M Etheridge/L Ford/Sa-Fire N Cherry/Figures..B/P Schillinga Society

V ELLIOTT/V VENDORS/KALA JAMIE HYATT/KDON/SALINAS JEFF MCHUGH/WNOK/COLUMBIA B Stars/C Junkies/S Row/T Loc N Cherry/Cynthia/N Kids B Brown/Synch/Shock

(EsTEVE ELLIS1H0T97/NY K JAKIELA/GALAXY/PITTSBURG R MEDIN/GALGANO/CHICAGO N Cherry/Noel/Pasadenas ILike/C Junkies/H Jones/N Kids C Rea/Camouflage/E Club

G ESMINO/SEA PORT/PORTLAND TRINA JAMES/WZIOQBILOXI RITA MELOTTI/KFBQ/CHEYENNE Cher-Cetera/T Loc/U2/FY Cannibals N Cole/E Brickell/Aretha-Elton/G N' Reses S Winwood/S Fox/H Jones/i' Page

JAY FINK/CD ONE-STOP/CONN E JERDE/TOWER/SHERMAN OAKS TRISH MERELO/WPST/TRENTON Figures..B/Replacements/E Brickell B Wilson/R Newman/M Shocked/D Yoakam Figures..B/D Osmond/Easterhouse/O 2Many

M FITZGERALD/NORTHEAST/NY D JOHNSON/KZOU/LITTLE ROCK T MITCHELL/98PXY1R0CHESTER Extreme/B Raitt/Pasadenas/S Red N Kids/I) Gibson D Gibson/M Damian/N Cherry

JOEL FOLGER/KEGL/DALLAS PJOHNSON/PRO/TEMPE M NEWMAN/HOT97.7/SAN JOSE B Barn Boo/i' Stone L Colour/XTC/R Hitchcock/Pasadenas TKA/I Society/N Cherry

SFREEMAN/CML/ST. LOUIS T JOHNSON/WAPE/JACKSONVILLE JOHN O'DEA/WVMX/RICHMOND B Barn Boo/D Gibson/Replacements Figures..B/D Gibson/Outfield/D Osmond Synch/P Schilling/C Junkies/Choirboys

JFRESE/CML/ST LOUIS E KATAJAMAKI/NAVARRE/MPLS T OVERBY/DOWN..VALLEY/MPLS LColour/Madonna/C Reaa Addiction E Brickell/N Cherry/Replacements/BB Boo C Gregson/Radiators/N Bros./E Costello

K GEIDT/TOWER/S OAKS B KUHLMANN/PACIFIC/CHATS D PAARMAN/KQCR/C RAPIDS XTC/T Tikaram/L Reeda Girls Madonna/J Healey/C Junkies/Thieves O Nation/B Barn Boo/I) Osmond

K GRAHAM/WEST MERCH/AMAR. D LEMASTER/0K951TRI CITIES PAM PACE/K106/BEAUMONT F. Rrirkell/Renlarementc/R nenrae T.Frirri/RananaramafRenlarementa" Resi Kitic/NI Cherry/I T')

H GURELI/KMEL/SAN FRANCISCO SLEPERE/KITY/SAN ANTONIO L PALAGI/Q107/WASH D.C. Maurice/Roachford/N Cole/N Kids N Cherry/N Cole D Osmond/H Jones

DENE HALLAM/KCPW/KC N LEWIS/M PEOPLE/OAKLAND JD PAYNE/KFQX/AB1LENE M Damian/H Jonesa Watley/D Osmond V Williams/K N' Playa Lennon/C Rea Outfield/D Gibson/E Cluba Society

SHARMON/TOWER/UPTOWN/NYC C LEWIS/SHOW INDUSTRIES/LA T PETTINGTIL/WFLY/ALBANY JFordhama Girls/M Etheridge/XTC Brickell/BB Boo/N Wilson/Replacements N Cole/N Kids/Replacementsa Society

B HANSON/WMMS/CLEVE L'ILIA /KQMQ/HONOLULU BRIAN PHILIPS/KDWB/MPLS Replacements/E Brickell/XTC/Figures..B Basia/N Kids/D Osmond L Colour/I) Osmond/Outfield

N HARRISON/K106/BEAUMONT PLOPEZ/KXX106/13IRMINGHAM JPREWITT/KZFM/C CHRISTI N Cherry/D Gibson/N Kids/U2 N Cherry/N Kids N Cherry/Yazz/P Schilling

46 HITS March 27, 1989 • sam • brown breaks in America!

Non-stop phones!

Jerry McKenna, MD 'VVXKS/Boston: "stop! generated unbelievable requests after limited airplay! Females 18-34 bypassed the request fine and called me directly to find out about stop!"

Casey Keating, PD KPLZ/Seatde: "stop! Don't consider another record until you check out Sam Brown... instant adult phones and now teen requests for this unique and powerful record!" Mark Evans, OM KX106/Birmingham, AL: "Instant recognition from Days Of Our Lives watchers ... it leaps out and grabs listeners by the throat ... after one play, the phones won't stop!"

StOP! (A. (no the single that's Top 10 in nine countries!

Produced by: StOP!(.. 5195) Pete Brown, Sam Brown, Danny Schogger the debut album from sam brown. Management: Lisa Denton

JPRIMERANO/TRANSCON/BUFF T SBRIGLIA/TRANSCON/BUFFALO L SWANSON/ROLLING STONE/CHIC R Marx/P Snow/J Watley/M Damian Replacements/N Cherry/B George/N Wilson Madonna/The Fixx/S Fox

JRAYMOND/KDCY/SAN ANGELO M SCHNEIDER/APPLE TREE/ILL MICHAEL T/WDCX/GREEN BAY D Gibson/N Cherry/B Company/U2 FYC/B Raitt/J Lennon/Sidewinders Replacements/C Junkies

JiM REITZ/WRCK/UTICA B SHAHAN/WVSR/CHARLES'TON JAY TAYLOR/KLUC/LAS VEGAS D Osmond/N Kids/0 2Many Enya/S Winwood/H Jones N Cherry/N Kids/Waterfront/Figures..B

L REYNOLDS/KKMG/C SPRINGS JSHAHINIAN/RECORD EX/CLEVE CAT THOMAS/WPHR/CLEVELAND N Kids/S Easton/H Jones/N Cherry E Brickell/N Cole/Figures..B/N Kids N Cherry/Figures..B/B Midler/L Ford

R RICHARDS()N/SW WHOLE/HOUS D SIBEL/HARVARD CO-OP/BOSTON PTRICKETT/B104/BALTIMORE M Nixon/Warrant/H Jones/N Cherry Zulus/R Hitchcock/I Girls/Wonderstuff Figures..B/M Damian/B Brown/H Jones

K ROBINSON/KOY-FM/PHEONIX LINDA SILVER/K92/ROANOKE GLENN TRENT/WKSF/ASHEVILLE N Cherry/N Kids/D Gibson Figures..B/N Cherry/Outfield/D Osmond B Barn Boo/N Cole/D Gibson

T RIVERS/KKSS/ALBUQUERQUE T SINGER/TITLE WAVE/PLYM T WAITEKUS/WCIL/CARBONDALE Synch/N Cherry/D Gibson/N Kids IGirls/0 2Many/P Snow/The Judds Bananarama/Replacements/D Osmond

G ROLLING/KKYK/LITTLE ROCK G SMITH/INTERSTATE GROUP/RI D WATSON/KARMA/INDIAN N Cole/D Gibson/N Kids/0 Nation E Brickell/N Cole/Replacements G Moore/D Tomato/D Crosby

Mi ROSE/WBCY/CHARLOTTE STU SMOKE/KQIZ/AMARILLO KEVIN WEATHERLY/KIIS/LA Waterfront/Outfield/TV! Damian/E Rrickell Figures R/I) Gibson/Outfield/0 2 Many Fienre‘: R/Rpnlarement,z/N KiricrrIC

M SANTOSUOSSO/KZZP/PHOENIX K STAMM/RADIO DOCS/MILW GREG WILLIAMS/KCAQ/OXNARD S Easton/N Cherry D Gibson/D Osmond/N Kids/U2 N Cherry/I) Gibson/B Barn Boo

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48 HITS March 27, 1989 FLASHMAKER Tommy Page

"A Shoulder To Cry On"

The sensational new single from the debut album Tommy Page

Produced by Arif Mardin and Joe Mardin

E 1989 Sire Records Company

ir- e s ra FLASHMAKER! EARPICKS WINNER!

A Et c II d VVZOU 20-16 NIMS add KYRK add WXKS 25-21 "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" RO-FM add G98 add PWR99 24-21 The new single XYQ add KLUC add WZPL add Q104 BR I .AT: of,01 Produced by Ivan Ivan BBQ add WJAII From the album Figures On A Beach DAVID CROSBY

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"[Q102] drips with hormonal secretion."

Where's want to be compared with anybody. think it would be ahit in the malls, and We're not axerox. Ya know, I'm trying besides that, Idon't think Billy Brill Mark Driscoll been? to keep this light because Iwant would approve. This interview isn't He's been everywhere. You don't care where he's been. people to understand that radio can be really coming out well is it? Oh, who fun and that alot of people need to cares anyway, right? It's acontractual kind of thing. He was previously at a bring their right hemisphere back into station on another planet. He got into radio by starting a activity. What question would you like to new trade magazine. What agreat idea! Only problem Ya know, it's cool for people to ask answer now? these kind of questions, but after 23 I'm getting close. Something is com- was he couldn't write. Hey, he could work here. Instead, years of doing this, Igotta answer ing to mind. Iwant to know how much he got into radio. But let him tell the story. them in ways where I'm not sloganiz- Don Anthony really made on this ing. We don't call production, produc- Talentmaster thing he held in Atlanta. Ilike to keep things light and decided to become aProgram Director tion. We call it cinema here. That's aquestion Iwould like lively. I'm so sick of reading inter- again. answered. views where everyone begins to think Where do you see Top 40 radio that every PD that's out there is really Describe your promotions. headed in the next five years? How do you feel about trade just the same guy. Let's do areal inter- We are listener-driven. We haven't had First of all Iwant to say Ithink Clifton magazine interviews with P.D.'s? view not like those jerks who go, one request for acontest. We have fun. will probably win in all of his markets. They're useful to get to know people. "Well, Iwas fishin' in Lake Hitaka Actually, Elvis Duran has given away Top 40 is going to turn to acid house If lmay speak totally freely, we better once and got inspired by abass " afew stray dogs — that is, if he can radio. We are so driven now to find be very careful as an industry before get aninth caller, but that's arare oc- new forms of expression and our we get so pulverized by the research Why did you leave MIS-FM? casion. The word "air personality" is world is so huge now that Ithink acid community that all we do is sound like Iwasn't fired — how's that for a an understatement. These people are house is really aclassic example of the we took notes at afocus group. reason? Actually, there was just too not personalities. They are people with end of the continuum. Maybe FM much sunshine in Los Angeles and I personalities. Let me sum it up by stereo news talk is the format of the Why do you think people take this wanted to get back to wherever. saying we are the picture on the wall '90's. I'm just happy our company business so seriously? that you can never get straight. We're built atransmitter by accident here and Probably because of the speaker phone Describe Q102 musically. kinda lopsided and we like it that way. not in Mexico. being invented. Before we end this, I'd It's agood radio station that is sexy. Or maybe the wall we're hangin' on is like to say, Ilove my company, Ilove In high-tech terms, it's transparent. It's lopsided as well. If you could see two people on your everyone Iwork with, Ilove my GM, very colorless. It drips with hormonal playlist getting married, who would Mike Martyr, and Ilove Alan Box, the secretion. At Y95 you were heavily into they be? prez of the company and all my disc production. Prince and Terence Trent D'Arby. jockeys are the greatest on this planet Describe your station's personality. Actually, I'm into bolos now. We're Definitely. My goal in life is to have my own It has no personality whatsoever. We into using our imagination. That's the convention that Iwill call the "Power just look human. We're not. We're best way to put it. We don't use tape. Who would you not like to see get Summit" This will take place on my based on the Franklin Word-Master Everything is live. We are what Ilike married? other planet and I'll pay for everyone Thesaurus. Igot it for Christmas and I to call an anti-slogan station. We don't Tone-Loc and Tiffany. Ijust don't to attend. ? ? ? ?

52 HITS March 27, 1989 OuMeld Surface Easierhouse Johnny Kemp "Voices o "Closer Tha "Corne Out Babylon" Friends" Fighting" Rican from the rnbia LP: nLP: motion picture sou "Voices of Babylon" 44449 "Sing" 45085 "2nd Wave" FC 44284 "Waiting for the Redbird" 44467 Produced by David Kahrie, Produced by Rhett Lawrence Produced by David "Pic" Con Produced b Andy Perry Executive Producers: David Townsend Lord-AJge and Bernard Jackson Dean Pitchford and Craig Zsdan CROSSOVERS WINNER! CROSSOVER! CROSSOVE ITS TOP FIFTY EARP1CKS WINNER! ODERN! LES! DDED! R&R ALBUM TRACKS! REAKER 30*-13* HOT977 add BREAKER 35* R&R! KITY add 26* R&R U/C! R&R ALBUM TRACKS! KF95 add KDON add 100KHI add KBQ add KLUC add WBBQ add 95XXX add KRBE add KNAN add KYNO add CK01 add KXYQ add KBFM add K106 add WPHR add WHYT deb 24 KZFN add KWTX add WGH-FM add KTFM deb 27 «IMO add OK100 add KCPX add KMGX deb 34 NLRW add SLY96 add WMJC1 add KROY deb 40 92Q add WLRS add WPFR add

COVER ME: R.E.M. tried to mock their arena surroundings at the Great Western Forum by projecting generic messages on a screen in back of them like, "It's great to be in (name of your city here)!!," but the best part of the show were two personal moments. One was seeing long-time Warner Bros. A&R exec Karin Berg beaming as the band covered Television's "See No Evil," the seminal punk garage outfit she first signed to Elektra off the stage of CBGB twelve years ago. The second was an off- handed but faithful version of the Velvet Underground's "After Hours," with Michael Stipe as Maureen Tucker. Yeah, that li'l ole dance band from Athens, GA, managed to wear their Post Modern influences proudly Hippity Hop OPEN UP AND SAY CHEESE!: Trapped in the catacombs of the while celebrating their Meadowlands trying to make their way backstage without laminates at a recent mainstream success at the Poison show are this quartet of Capitol employees, who quickly nabbed the same time. leanest pastrami and headed out into the swamps of Jersey. From left to right, COVER US:: On the subject and hold the mustard, are Tom Whalley. VP. A&R.; Bruce Lundvall, of mainstream success, thanks E.C. GMIPresident, Blue Note Reconl‘: Billy Squier. who has a new album to the Dean of American coming out in June; and David Be rm an President. Rock Critics hisself, Robert Christgau, who praised this very same piece of refuse you now hold in yer hand as the "best of all the trades" (eat your heart out Hustler and Soldier of Fortune!), and original coiner of the term "Post Modern" in his keynote address at last weekend's De La Soul — Capping their "South By Southwest" confab jimbroskis. in Austin, TX. This annual gathering is quickly becoming a funky, down-home version of the overhyped and out-of-control New Music Seminar. Oh yeah, LIFE AFTER PRINCE: Marking the release ftheir new album. "Fruit At The o the other welcoming remarks were made by Mojo Nixon. Bottom - and the conclusion of their promotional tour for said LP. Wendy & Lisa Sounds like our kinda convention. are feted by the usual gang of glad-handling Columbia executive types padding their expense accounts at N.Y.'s China Club. including (l-r) Sara Melendez, VP, Black COVER LOU: Perhaps Citizen Jann is mellowing. The pudgy Music and Ja:: Mktg.; Mickey Eichner, Sr. VP. A&R: Lisa Coleman; Bob Rolling Stone ruler has had it out for Lou Reed since the Velvets Sherwood, Sr VP, Mktg.; Wendy Melvoin; Ruben Rodriguez, st: VP, trashed his beloved S.F.'s Summer of Love with their sardonic Black Music; and Danny Yarbrough. Sr. VP, Sales & Dist., CBS Records. New York City humor. After seeing Lou deliver the induction speech for Dion at this year's Hall of Fame dinner, Wenner finally relented and agreed to put Reed on the cover of his mag for the first time ever. David Fricke's been sent out on the road to do his second piece on Reed in less than two months. COVER IT: By now you know that Public Enemy swept the recent critic's poll of kneejerk liberals, and how Tone-Loc has sold more singles than any 45 since "We Are The World." Rap is happening and nowhere is there amore cutting edge group in the field than Tommy Boy Records' Long Island hippie-hopsters, De La Soul. This fresh-stoopid trio are like channel-zapping, taking bits and pieces of music, sound and shtick from all over the place, scratching them together in apsychedelic pastiche on their "Three Feet High And Rising" LP that recalls Sly, George Clin- WINGER AND A PRAYER: "As per our phone coversation, here is asnapshot ton, Prince and Firesign Theatre. Of course, they're more in- of Winger leader ant/founder Kip Winger (center) at a recent concert in Pit- terested in B-U-D-D -Y and J-E-N-N-Y than Farrakhan, but they tsburgh. PI. If you can use it for print and send it hack to me. would really approve their social responsibility by urging listeners to practice preciate it!!! Thanks for your help!! Yours in radi‘ ,.Chuck McGee Írighl), MD., safe sex and "cap [their] jimbroskis." Are you listening, Tipper? WOMP, Wheeling. WIA" ;Forget it, guy, you' never see this photo again until you release Mark Fritzges (left), Atlantic Records' local promotion man, from being (The KITS management wants you to know that Roy Trakin's column is Roy TrakIn's column and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of HRS.) held hostage somewhere in the bowels of the Pittsburgh Civic Center

54 HITS March 27. 1989 SAMANTHA FOX IOnly Wanna Be With Vogl

From the album "I Wanna Have Some Fun" FLASHMAKER! PWR106 add KZOU add SLY96 add WAVA 21-18 BREAKING AT: KKHT add K92 add WHHY add WEGX 26-21 HOT97 KWOD KUBE add WINK add WZOK add Y107 30-26 B96 WGH-FM PRO-FM add WTHT add KKSS 32-26 KKBQ KROY add CK01 add KITY deb 29 KYRK 32-27 B104 KXX106 add G98 add KRBE deb 34 WSPK 38-28 410* .1„ BJ105 add KFBQ add KPLZ deb 34 KCAQ 38-33 WBCY add KZOZ add KISN deb 37 100KHI 39-34 ŒU.MT WLOL deb 38 KSND 40-34 Namur

AVERAGE AGRESSIVES TOP TOP REQUESTS MOVE (4 or more) 10 5 (I to 10) LITA FORD 2.81 I 26 7 2 6 Close My Eyes Forever

From the album "Lita" K106 7-4 KWES BREAKING AT: FLASHMAKER! 35-25 WGH-FM 8-6 KMOK 30-25 KEGL WGH-FM WMMS add Y107 deb 25 KRBE 12-8 WPHR 35-27 KKBQ WBBQ KSAQ add WAPE deb 26 KEGL 11-10 KTUX 36-30 KXYQ K104 add KUBE deb 30 WDFX 17-14 WPFR 37-31 WKBQ 95XIL add WJMX 20-14 KTMT 36-31 KITY 0104 add KF95 21-16 WKLQ 35-31 WIBW add 100KHI 29-22 KJ103 38-32 WKFR add KPAT 26-22 KWTX 38-32 KAKS 30-23 WWFX 30-24 DREAMLAN D' KPLZ 31-24 lI u c o a • sl COWBOY JUNKIES Street Jane El HITS POST MODERN! 29 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! From the album "The Trinity Session"

KPAT add HOT SALES AT: Tower/Natl Music Plus/L.A. K106 deb 40 Transworld/Natl Kemp Mill/Washington DC Sound Warehouse/Dallas Turtles/Atlanta BREAKING AT: Wherehouse/L.A. Interstate Group/Baltimore KFMW Strawberries/Boston Harmony House/Detroit KOZE

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The Honoree: The Roasters: For tickets please contact: SUNNY JOE WHITE RICK DEES KID LEO of WXKS Boston from KIIS Los Angeles Columbia Records and DIR's -Weekly Top 4r. (212)-975-6632 The Host: GENE SMITH KID LEO RICHARD BALSBAUGH of Columbia Records CEO Pyramid Broadcasting Billboard Magazine (212)-536-5001 Friday, April 14 JELLYBEAN (The night before the Producer Extraordinaire DENNIS LAVINTHAL Martell Dinner) Hits Magazine OEDIPUS (213)-501-7900 Cocktails: 6:30 PM Program Director Buffet Dinner and Roast: WBCN, Boston TOMMY NOONAN

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(Winners reflect lists included on these two pages only)

DUSTY0 RON PH/LL /PSi g Lieberman Y40'3YRac B kedj/r- N KEVIN HARDT 143 Retail Stores NSaértGooci, q 204 Retail Stores enterprises Accounts (MPL (Durham) (Edison) piitfiningswezecataecord Bar Vlde0 LIEBERMAN NATIONAL RECORD BAR SAM GOODY EAST 1. DEBBIE GIBSON 1. TONE LOC 2. DEF LEPPARD -1. DEBBIE GIBSON 2. DEBBIE GIBSON 2. TONE LDC 3. BOBBY BROWN MO 3. MILLI VANILLI 4. TONE LOC 3. BOBBY BROWN 4. ROY ORBISON 4. BEACHES 5. BON JOVI 5. GUNS N' ROSES 5. TRAVELING WILBURYS 6. RICK ASTLEY 6. LIVING COLOUR 7. GEORGE STRAIT 6. ANITA FAKER 7. TRAVELING WILBURYS 8. POISON 7. BANGLES 8. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 8. BON JOVI 9. PAULA ABDUL 9. BOBBY BROWN 10. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 9. ROY OF BISON 10. GUNS N' ROSES (LIES) 10. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK DAVE ROY .14 ,eta 1etNorNesON Trans World Music Grp, 438 Retail Stores y08 /N S/-1 DOUG SMITH (Albany) erZe.nallatrie (Atlanta) _ 95 Retail Stores 441i (Pittsburgh) NATIONAL RECORD MART

TRANS WORLD TURTLES NAT'L RECORD MART 1. DEBBIE GIBSON 1. TONE LOC 2. PAULA ABDUL 1. TONE LOC 2. TRAVELING WILBURYS 2. DEBBIE GIBSON 3. TONE LOC 3. ROY ORBISON 4. ROY ORBISON 3. BOBBY BROWN 4. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 4. BEACHES 5. GUNS N' ROSES 5. PAULA ABDUL 5. FINE YCUNG CANNIBALS 6. TRAVELING WILBURYS 6. GUY 6. MILLI VANILLI 7. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 7. GUNS N' ROSES 8. BOBBY BROWN 7. ROY ORBISON 8. LIVING COLOUR 8. GUNS N' ROSES (LIES) 9. GUNS N' ROSES (LIES) 9. KENNY G 10. BEACHES 9. TRAVELING WILBURYS 10. LUTHER VANDROSS 10. BANGLES TRACY DON/HOD sounD WAREHOUSE MANNY DRUCKER t JSIC LORI SHAW 110 Retail Stores réaLVINaLL 93 Retail Stores There's no end to the m (Dallas) omusic ,? ius roStore Accounts MOM i mew, (Philadelphia) SANGELES)

SOUND WAREHOUSE WALL TO WALL MUSIC PLUS 1. ENYA 1. TONE LOC 2. TONE LOC 1. TONE LOC 2. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 2. NWA 3. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 3. DEBBIE GIBSON 3. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 4. TRAVELING WILBURYS 4. GUNS N' ROSES (LIES) 5. ROY ORBISON 4. BOBBY BROWN 5. TRAVELING WILBURYS 5. ENYA 6. BEACHES 6. GUNS N' ROSES 7. REM 6. DEI3BIE GIBSON 7. BANGLES 7. BEACHES 8. COWBOY JUNKIES 8. SKID ROW 9. TRACY CHAPMAN 8. COWBOY JUNKIES 9. METALLICA 9. PAULA ABDUL 10. MELISSA ETHERIDGE 10. PAULA ABDUL 10. ROY ORBISON

HITS March 27, 1989 57 wins z TOP TENS Based on sales of albums, tapes and CD'S from the nation's leading record merchandisers

BRIAN BURNS lump Docryms KATHY STAMM RAINBOW RECORDS32 Retail Stores or:Wel P DON JENSEN C 96 Rack Accounts Your Original Music Source 600 Accounts (San Francisco) OleTRIOUTORIB, INC (Seattle) (Milwaukee)

RAINBOW ROUND UP RADIO DOCTOR'S 1. DEBBIE GIBSON 1. TONE LOC 1. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 2. ROY ORBISON 2. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 2. TONE LOC 3. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 3. DEBBIE GIBSON IP 3. TRAVELING WILBURYS 4. EDIE BRICKELL 4. PAULA ABDUL 4. LIVING COLOUR 5. TRAVELING WILBURYS 5. ROY ORBISON 5. ROY ORBISON 6. PAULA ABDUL 6. GUNS N' ROSES 6. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 7. SIMPLY RED 7. TRAVELING WILBURY 7. PAULA ABDUL 8. BOBBY BROWN 8. BOBBY BROWN 8. SKID ROW 9. ENYA 9. DEF LEPPARD 9. XTC 10. BEACHES 10. BEACHES 10. NWA

HAROLD i* Milt am, JAY ROSENBERG PAUL JOHNSON GUILFOIL 7 I Retail Stores Pro One -Stop 200 Accounts libekakeVidectibibe L 85 Stores (New York) (Phoenix) (Owensboro) wary.. Efettaidemt eke

WAX WORKS WIz PRO ONE-STOP 1. DEBBIE GIBSON or 1. BOBBY BROWN 1. DEBBIE GIBSON 2. PAULA ABDUL 2. GUY 2. TESLA 3. TESLA 3. DEBBIE GIBSON 3. LIVING COLOUR 4. BOBBY BROWN 4. ANITA BAKER 4. TONE LOC 5. SKID ROW 5. SLICK RICK 5. PAULA ABDUL 6. GUNS N' ROSES 6. DE LA SOUL 6. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 7. LIVING COLOUR 7. KARYN WHITE 7. BOBBY BROWN 8. ROY ORBISON 8. ASHFORD & SIMPSON 8. GUNS N' ROSES 9. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 9. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 9. REM 10. MIKE & THE MECH 10. TRAVELING WILBURYS 10. METAL CHURCH

ROBIN STEELEY CINDY BARR DAVID SLAN1A 1500 Accounts 44 Retail Stores 16 Retail Stores sounD /HOP (Nashville) 11 (Florida) Top side (Chicago)

SOUND SHOP SPECS FLIPSIDE 1. DEBBIE GIBSON 1. TONE LOC 1. TRAVELING WILBURYS 2. TONE LOC 2. GIPSY KINGS 2. TONE LOC 3. PAULA ABDUL 3. BOBBY BROWN 3. ROY ORBISON 4. BOBBY BROWN 4. TRAVELING WILBURYS 4. GUNS N' ROSES 5. GUNS N' ROSES 5. GUNS N' ROSES 5. LIVING COLOUR 6. ROD STEWART 6. DEBBIE GIBSON 6. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 7. KARYN WHITE 7. PAULA ABDUL 7. GUNS N' ROSES (LIES) 8. NEW KIDS ON THE BLCK 8. ANITA BAKER 8. WINGER 9. EDIE BRICKELL 9. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 9. MELISSA ETHERIDGE 10. SKID ROW in new npRisnN 10. TESLA

DAVE FINK JOHN SHAHINIAN JAMIE BROWN 3000 Accounts 4Retail Stores 2Retail Stores (Connecticut) THE RECORD EXCHANGE (Cleveland) (Seattle)

CD ONE STOP RECORD EXCHANGE PEACHES 1. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 1. DEBBIE GIBSON 1, XTC 2. ELVIS COSTELLO 2. GUNS N' ROSES 2. COWBOY JUNKIES 3. LOU REED 3. PAULA ABDUL 3. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 4. XTC 4. LIVING COLOUR 4. TRAVELING WILBURYS 5. TRAVELING WILBURYS 5. ROY ORBISON 5. LOU REED 6. ROY ORBISON 6. TRAVELING WILBURYS 6. ROY ORBISON 7. LIVING COLOUR 7. DEF LEPPARD 7. MELISSA ETHERIDGE 8. PAULA ABDUL 8. BOBBY BROWN 8. ELVIS COSTELLO 9. COWBOY JUNKIES 9. BON JOVI 9. MICHELLE SHOCKED 10. ENYA 10. TONE LOC 10. WATERBOYS

58 HITS March 27, 1989 VIRGIN POPS (NENAH) CHERRY!! ROY ORBISON 4HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! 1 1-lit; HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! "YOU GOT IT" From the album "Mystery Girl" 94Q 3-2 WZOU 10-9 KUBE 16-13 Added @ WXKS 8-5 KXXR 12-9 B94 21-15 KIIS @ #19 CK01 9-5 KBEQ 16-11 KPLZ 21-16 WAVA! 0102 12-7 KXYQ 16-12 0105 23-17 Approaching 1.5 Million Sold! STEVE WINWOOD "HEARTS ON FIRE" From the album "Roll With It" l'°41PLA Y/7,- e

FLASHMAKER! K92 deb 27 WXKS add 0102 add Y107 deb 28 Y95 23-18 WCZY add 940 add WHHY deb 28 WMMS 24-20 KKRZ add KXYQ add B94 deb 30 Z104 38-33

NENAH CHERRY KTFM add KKSS add K98 add KDON add "BUFFALO STANCE" WGTZ add KIXY add From the soundtrack "Slaves of New York" WMJ0 add KLUC add WILDCARD 3/20! PWR106 add KWOD add WRVQ add KSMB add HOT97 add FM102 add EARPICKS WINNER! Y106 add WHTO add B96 add 0106 add KMGX add CROSSOVER! WLOL add KROY add KRQ add WIOQ deb 23 PWR99 23-20 KZZP add HOT977 add KZFM add X100 deb 30 KKQV 28-23 1st WEEK!! WEGX add KITY add KKMG add KKHT deb 31 KKFri 34-28 BOY GEORGE "DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP From the album "High Hat" 22-18* R&B KDON deb 29 HOT977 deb 30 BREAKING AT: KKHT add KKMG add KKFR deb 33 WXKS FM102 KZFM add WZKX add KKQV deb 38 KMEL KXX106 EXPLODING AT WO RADIO!! WNOK deb 38 WUSL

KKFR 20-12 WPHR 32-26 PAULA ABDUL KITY 22-15 KKHT 40-27 WKBQ 32-17 940 30-27 "FOREVER YOUR GIRL" KATD deb 21 KTFM 21-17 KWOD 34-27 From the album "Forever Your Girl" Y108 deb 22 KMEL 21-18 KKRZ 34-28 Œ-i HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! WEGX deb 25 PWR106 24-19 KKBQ 34-31 n HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! WPGC deb 27 KRBE 23-19 BB LP-4* KDWB deb 28 PWR99 22-19 Z95 add KUBE add KOY deb 29 KWSS 24-19 WCZY add WKSE add KPLZ deb 33 92X 27-24 NEW THIS WEEK!! WZPL add KCPW deb 33 FM102 29-25 BREAKOUTS Hot new or resurging albums as reported by the nation's leading record merchandisers

Milli Vanilli continues to grow and dominate this section. Geffen's latest Pomo crossover band is XTC and the This band looks like its going to be around. Also breaking strong sales pattern continues to spread. Also, keep an quickly are Depeche Mode's live two record set, Julian eye on Tanita Tikaram, it could be big! Lennon's latest, and Columbia's hard rocking Warrant.

WINNERS

1 MILLI VANILLI (Arista 8592) 42% 6 NEVILLE BROS. (A&M FP5240) 19% 2 DEPECHE MODE (Sire/WB 1-25853) 32% 7 WENDY & LISA (Columbia FC44341) 15% 3 JULIAN LENNON (Atlantic 81928) 29% 8 FINE Y CANNIBALS (IRS/MCA 6273) 14% 4 WARRANT (Columbia 44383) 24% 9 TANITA TIKARAM (Reprise 1-25839) 11'/0 5 XTC (Geffen GHS24218) 20% 10 SIMPLY RED (Elektra 60828-1) 10%

ASSOCIATED ONE-STOP / RITA CD ONE-STOP /JAY FINK / HARMONY HOUSE /SANDY LECHMERE /DAVE CURTIS / POWELL /PHOENIX CONN BEAN /DETROIT BOSTON Milli Vanilli Simply Red Julian Lennon Julian Lennon George Strait Milli Vanilli Warrant Neville Bros. Skid Row Neville Bros. John Butcher Depeche Mode Metal Church Gary Moore Gipsy Kings Milli Vanilli Warrant Warrant Rain Man Working Girl Pasadenas Tanita Tikaram CML ONE-STOP /SCOTT' LIEBERMAN-NATL /DUSTY BAKER & TAYLOR /MIKE FREEMAN /ST. LOUIS HARVARD CO-OP /DAVID SIBEL BASHKIN /CHICAGO BOWLING /MPLS Wendy & Lisa /BOSTON Depeche Mode Milli Vanilli Queensryche Zulus XTC Julian Lennon Too Short Depeche Mode Neville Bros. Deon Estus Tanita Tikaram Neville Bros. Warrant Anirnotion Working Girl Sam Phillips Sweet Sensation Dream A Little Dream Julian Lennon Indigo Girls

DOWN IN THE VALLEY /TOM INTERSTATE GROUP /GEORGE BELIEVE IN MUSIC /FRANK METRONOME /SEAN DUNN / OVERBY /MPLS SMITH /RHODE ISLAND JENKS /GRAND RAPIDS ATLANTA XTC Extreme Animotion Wendy & Lisa Replacements XTC Siren Robbie Nevil Cowboy Junkies Milli Vanilli Enya Neville Bros. Lyle Lovett Warrant Milli Vanilli Fine Young Cannibals Bruce Cockbum Pasadenas Lyle Lovett Appollonia Fine Young Cannibals Sam Phillips Vixen Jeff Healey Guadalcanal Diary FACE THE MUSIC /KEN MOBY DISC /BOB SAY/LOS MACIVER /ROCHESTER, MN ANGELES BUZZARD'S NEST /MIKE KARMA /DAVE WATSON /IN- XTC Depeche Mode MANDZIA /COLUMBUS DIANAPOLIS Elvis Costello Goo Goo Dolls Julian Lennon Tesla Fine Young Cannibals Wonderstuff Gary Moore Skid Row Lou Reed Dogs D'Amour Foster-Lloyd Bullet Boys Warrant Siren Living Colour M.O.D. Fine Young Cannibals MUSIC PEOPLE /NANCY LEWIS Indigo Girls /OAKLAND CAMELOT /LEW GARRETT / GALAXY ONE-STOP /KEVIN KEMP MILL /HOWARD AP- Neville Bros. CANTON JAKIELA /PITTSBURG PLEBAUM /WASH DC Wendy & Lisa Milli Vanilli Joe Sample Wendy & Lisa Julian Lennon Kool G Rap Sidewinders Joe Sample EU Skid Row Kool G Rap Reivers 3X Dope Warrant Depeche Mode Sa -Fire Just Ice Julian Lennon Tanita Tikaram Def IV EU Neville Bros. The Roxx Gang

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Hot new or resurging albums as reported by the nation's leading record merchandisers

MUSICLAND /DICK ODETIE _ RECORD BAR /MARY SOUTHWEST WHOLESALE / TRANSCONTINENT/RECORD MINNEAPOLIS BARNHILL /DURHAM ROBERT RICHARDSON / THEATER /JIM PRIMERANO / Dream A Little Dream Indigo Girls HOUSTON BUFFALO 3X Dope Was Not Was Doro Milli Vanilli Neville Bros. Milli Vetnilli SS Sputnick MC Hammer Julian Lennon Bass Wave II EU Warrant Foster & Lloyd Depeche Mode NAVARRE /ESA KATAJAIVIAKI / Rain Man Rail Man Kool G Rap MINNEAPOLIS Sweet Sensation Milli Vanilli De La Soul RECORD EXCHANGE /JOHN SPECS /CINDY BARR /MIAMI Depeche Mode Working Girl SHAHINIAN /CLEVELAND Depeche Mode Robyn Hitchcock Milli Vanilli Julian Lennon TURTLES/ROBIN SHANNON / M.O.D. ATLANTA XTC Surface Aircraft Milli Vanilli Fine Young Cannibals Today Tanita Tikaram Sir Mix-A-Lot Warrant Replacements Metallica Living Colour George Jones Enya Gipsy Kings PACIFIC COAST ONE-STOP / STRAWBERRIES /JEEP COHEN / Emmylou Harris BOB KUHLMANN / RECORD WORLD /DEAN FINE / BOSTON Ronnie Milsap CHATS WORTH NEW YORK Extreme Windham Hill Sampler Julian Lennon Depeche Mode Julian Lennon UNIVERSAL ONE-STOP / Depeche Mode Julian Lennon Neville Bros. DEBBO HOUGHTON / Milli Vanilli Simply Red Wendy & Lisa PHILADELPHIA Metal Church Manchillo Andrew Dice Clay Roy Orbison Paula Abdul XTC Zulus Tone Loc Easterhouse Mike & The Mechanics PEACHES MUSIC & VIDEO / ROUNDUP /LAURA AVERY / Fine Young Cannibals JAMIE BROWN /SEATTLE SEATTLE STREETSIDE /DAVE MASSAS / Tanita Tikaram Milli Vanilli ST LOUIS VINYL VENDORS /VALERIE EL- LIOTT /KALAMAZOO Rain Man NWA & Posse XTC Depeche Mode Gipsy Kings .38 Special Fine Young Cannibals Julian Lennon The Fixx Emmylou Harris Guy Wendy & Lisa Working Girl Milli Vanilli Extreme SAM GOODY-EAST /BRIAN Neville Bros. PRO ONE-STOP /PAUL ALBRIGHT /EDISON TITLE WAVE /TED SINGER / JOHNSON /TEMPE Fine Young Cannibals WALL TO WALL /MANY PLYMOUTH Skid Row Rick Astley DRUCKER /PHILA Wendy & Lisa Rod Stewart Milli Vanilli Milli Vanilli Neville Bros. Rain Man Tesla XTC Joe Sample Ronnie Milsap Simply Red Eazy-E Radiators XTC Depeche Mode Stevie B Scott Cossu Kixx Sinead O'Connor Q RECORDS & VIDEO / Simply Red TOWER/NATL. /WENDY GREEN GERALD BAIN /MIAMI SAM GOODY-WEST /DONNA Sheena Easton Deon Estus /SACRAMENTO COOKSEY/ LOS ANGELES WESTERN MERCHANDISERS / The Fixx Hiroshima Depeche Mode KEN GRAHAM /AMARILW Living Colour Milli Vanilli Slick Rick Depeche Mode Pasadenas Sara Fina Dream A Little Dream Milli Vanilli Replacements Terri Carrington Rosanne Cash Tone Loc Dogs D'Amour Take 6 Eazy-E RADIO DOCTORS /KATHY Jeff Healey Warrant STAMM /MILWAUKEE TOWER/UPTOWN /STEVE Steve Warner Julian Lennon SHOW INDUSTRIES /LORI HARMON /NYC WHEREHOUSE /BOB BELL/LA Depeche Mode SHAW / LOS ANGE! FS Howard Jones Martika Bangles Depeche Mode Julian Lennon TNT Queensryche Julian Lennon XTC Depeche Mode New Kids EU Indigo Girls Andrew Dice Clay 3X Dope Joe Sample Milli Vanilli Neville Bros. TRACKS /DONNA AGRESTO / RECORD BAR /BUDDY DAVIS / Warrant NORFOLK CORPUS CHRISTI Pasadenas SOUND WAREHOUSE /TRACY Warrant Skid Row DONIHOO / DALLAS Cowboy Junkies ZIPS /RICK ANDRADE /TUCSON Too Short K9 Posse Fine Young Cannibals Sheena Easton Milli Vanilli Chris Rea Elvis Costello Wendy & Lisa Lou Reed Indigo Girls Rod Stewart Simply Red Violent Femmes Tanita Tikaram Warrant Lyle Lovett Milli Vanilli Julian Lennon Guadalcanal Diary De La Soul

HITS March 27. 1989 61 wrte z TOP FIFTYALBUMS Based on sales of albums, tapes and CD'S from the nation's leading record merchandisers

It's still Debbie. It's still Debbie. Gosh, why is it always still of the pleasant surprises happening. Spearheaded by Debbie? But keep a close eye on the Fine Young Can- their Top Five smash, the album is up to #22 in only its nibals. now up to #6 and charging behind their smash hit second week in the stores. Special Note: Watch Warrant single. "She Drives Me Crazy". Arista 's Milli Vanilli is one on Columbia. It looks big!

LAST THIS POWER WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS INDEX

jj RI DEBBIE GIBSON ELECTRIC YOUTH Atlantic 81932 7weeks and counting 115.0 u u TONE LOC LOC-ED AFTER DARK Island DV3000 "Funky" exploding 91.6 u u BOBBY BROWN DON'T BE CRUEL MCA 42185 New single soon 74.9 u ROY ORBISON MYSTERY GIRL Virgin 91058 Solid 70.0 u ci TRAVELING WILBURYS HANDLE WITH CARE Warner Bros 1-25796 Up again 68.1 u FINE Y CANNIBALS THE RAW AND THE IRS/MCA 6273 Smash 45, hot video 61.9 u GUNS N' ROSES APPETITE FOR.. Geffen GHS 24148 Slipping 61.6 6 u PAULA ABDUL FOREVER YOUR GIRL Virgin 90943 45 hot 58.3 10 u NEW KIDS ON THE HANG IN' TOUGH Col FC 40985 New single exploding 51.3

10 BEACHES SOUNDTRACK Atlantic 81933 Hot movie, hot 45 49.5

u EDIE BRICKELL AND... SHOOTING RUBBER Geffen 24192 New single starting 43.0

LIVING COLOUR VIVID Epic FE 44099 45 breaking 37.8

ANITA BAKER GIVING YOU Elektra 60827-1 45 top 10 37.6

BON JOVI NEW JERSEY Mercury 836345-1 Hot 45 leads 37.5

16 GUNS N' ROSES LIES Geffen 24198 Single shipping 36.5

16 REM GREEN Warner Bros 25195 Hot 45 leads 35.3

R1 Ela MIKE & THE MECHANICS THE LIVING YEARS Atlantic. R1cM Ailnnctpr elç 'park 32.5

ErJ BANGLES EVERYTHING Columbia 44056 Contains #1 32.2

19 ENYA WATERMARK Geffen 243875-1 Hot single leads 31.6

20 DEF LEPPARD HYSTERIA Mercury 830-675-1 Hot 45 leads 31.6

20 Eu SKID ROW SKID ROW Atlantic 81936 On tour with Bon Jovi 31.2

e MILLI VANILLI GIRL YOU KNOW Arista 8592 Huge single leads 30.7

26 NWA & POSSE STRAIGHT OUT Priority 57102 Up again 28.7

19 El KENNY G SILHOUETTE Arista 8457 Up and down 28.6

METALLICA ...AND JUSTICE Elektra 60812 First time on video 28.1

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LAST THIS POWER WEEK WEEK ARTIST LABEL COMMENTS INDEX

ELVIS COSTELLO SPIKE W. Bros 1-25841 Pomo pioneer 25.9 Ell Eel POISON OPEN UP AND SAY Enig/Cap C 148493 Hot 45 leads 25.4 KARYN WHITE KARYN WHITE Warner Bros 25637-1 Superwoman top 10 25.0

30 29 COWBOY JUNKIES THE TRINITY SESSION RCA 8568-1-R 45 starting 24.1

30 ROD STEWART OUT OF ORDER W.Bros 1-25684 45 top 5 23.9

TESLA THE GREAT RADIO Geffen GHS24224 Metal 22.0

WINGER WINGER Atlantic 81867-1 45 breaking 20.6

RICK ASTLEY HOLD ME IN YOUR RCA 8589-1-R Slipping some 20.1 Ell TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN Elektra 60774 Falling 19.0 GUY GUY MCA 42176 Urban 17.7

36 36 U2 RATTLE AND HUM Island 791003-1 New single with BB King 17.5

EAZY E EAZY-DUZ-IT Ruthless 57100 Rap 17.3

XTC ORANGES... Geffen 24218 Kicking in big 17.3

39 39 TIFFANY HOLD AN OLD FRIEND MCA 6267 New 45 breaking 16.8

40 40 MELISSA ETHERIDGE MELISSA ETHERIDGE Island 790875-1 Solid sales 16.4

TOO SHORT LIFE IS Jive/RCA 1149-1-J Rap with acapital R 15.7

NEW EDITION HEARTBREAK MCA 42207 Steady sales 15.5

CI: LE SIMPLY RED A NEW FLAME Elektra 60828 Breaking 15.0

JOURNEY GREATEST HITS Columbia OC -4493 Falling now 13.4

THE BOYS MESSAGE FROM Motown 6260 Up this week 13.0

46 COCKTAIL SOUNDTRACK Elektra 60806 On the way out 12.5

LOU REED NEW YORK Sire/WB 25829 Pomo action 12.4

49 NEW ORDER TECHNIQUE 0-West 1-25849 Top 10 Pomo 12.3

50 HANK WILLIAMS JR. G. HITS, VOL III W. Bros 25934 Cool video 12.0

GIPSY KINGS GIPSY KINGS Elektra 60845 "Bamboleo" leads 12.0

E_ -I- tir: WARRANT (Columbia) VANESSA WILLIAMS (Wing/Polydor) DEPECHE MODE (Sire/WB) SURFACE (Columbia) RAIN MAN (Capitol) REPLACEMENTS (Sire/Reprise)

64 HITS March 27, 1989 BIT SOCIATI E HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 26*-22* R&R! 0107 28-25 AVERAGE AGRESSIVES TOP TOP KROY 28-25 MOVE (4 or more) 10 5 896 30-26 3.62 77 9 3 KUBE 29-26 KISN 33-27 KRBE 21-18 CK01 34-29 KPLZ 25-18 WZOU 33-30 'Room To More WLOL 26-20 From the album "Anknotion" Y108 29-20 BREAKING AT: 111 PRO-FM 25-21 KEGL WIOQ WMMS add WKQB deb 18 WXKS 20-14 0102 24-21 KKHT WKBQ PWR99 add KBEQ deb 26 KOY 17-14 KWOD 26-22 KZZP 92X KITY add WCZY deb 28 WEGX 22-17 KKBQ 26-23 KDWB WGH-FM KKRZ 21-17 WNCI 26-23 940 KCPX WZPL 20-17 WTIC 28-24 B104 KTFM Deon Estus "Heaven Help Me" From the album "Spell"

Els HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! AVERAGE AGRESSIVES TOP 45 SALES 20*-14* R&R! MOVE (4 or more) 10 (1 to 10) 12*-8* R&R A/C! 4.21 102 110 8

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"Nathan Jones" wins Battle of the Bands 6 nights RANANARAMA in a row and goes on full time rotation at WTIC!! ON TOUR! NATHAN JONES WTIC add "Nathan Jones" Mar. 27 Royal Oak/Detroit WCIL add Mar. 28 Riviera House/Chicago LLIUL From the album "Bananarama/Greatest Hits Collection" Mar. 29 Riverside Theatre/Milwaukee Mar. 30 Guthrie Theatre/Minn. BREAKING AT: April 1 Paramount Theatre/Denver KKSS KZFN April 3 Kingsbury Hall/Salt Lake City KZFM KQIZ LIST EN TO April 5 Luther Burbank/Santa Rosa N! April 6 Warfield Theatre/S.F. NATHA April 7 Universal Amp./L.A. April 8 Cal Theatre/San Diego itu.;1:1‘ VANEssA GoE S GOLD, oTop 10 and #1 A/C! Thanks to Radio and Retail! „ guru MOVIE SCORES

WEEKEND PER SCREEN TOTAL SOUNDTRACK GROSS AVERAGE GROSS INFO 1 FLETCH LIVES 8.0m 5440 8.0m

2 LEVIATHAN 5.0m 3610 5.0m

3 LEAN ON ME 3.6m 3272 15.9m Soundtrack on WB.

4 THE RESCUERS 3.6m 2496 3.6m

5 RAIN MAN 2.9m 1918 130.2m Soundtrack & Belle Stars 45 on Capitol.

6 SKIN DEEP 2.7m 2527 11.2m

7 CHANCES ARE 2.5m 2817 7.2m Cher/Cetera 45 on Geffen.

8 BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADV. 2.5m 1897 25.2m Soundtrack on A&M.

9 POLICE ACADEMY 6 2.4m 1464 7.3m

10 NEW YORK STORIES 1.6m 3152 5.5m

WAVELENGTH by Lenny Beer & Mike Murphy Pirate Radio KQLZ Los An- PD slot at Y100. Perun con- The Block now finds the album G eenville Special note to geles is on the air. Whitney Al- tinues to deny. Stay tuned in the Top Ten and their third those demanding INK from len from 0106 San Diego has You can take KDWB Minny's straight single following suit Mike Murphy at the ATPC — signed for middays, and Brian Philips out of all PD New B104 Baltimore morning Send Money! Blowin' in the Domino from P997 Atlanta has movement rumors. He has in- man is Chuck Buell The wind: Tracy Johnson and signed on for nights. Shadow ked anew contract to remain in Rock formatted Top 40 Dave Robbins And here's Stevens has changed his name the land of 1,000 lakes Once bandwagon is rolling with the Catfish: new city, same name!. to Shadow Steele (the Real again we will tell you not to addition of 94Z (now U93.9) Don Shadow?) and will handle believe the bunk printed in Raleigh. Also, Steve Brill has afternoon drive. Hot Pomo tit- newsprint publications about been named station mgr les in the mix include Elvis Frankie Blue moving to LA. Brett Dumler is the new PD at Costello, Replacements and He's definitely not! Steve FŒBS Oklahoma City XTC. See major story on Page Smith continues to build his Stryder K resigns as PD at 11 for further details Slowly staff at KKHT Houston. Latest KFQX Abilene and is replaced but surely the open PD slots are addition is Paco Lopez from by John David Payne Rob filling. This week Jim KXX106 in Birmingham, who Early from WSTF Orlando fills "Catfish" Prewitt from KZFM will be handling nights the morning slot at WBCY Corpus Christi snags the open Latest arbitrend out of LA has Charlotte Many labels are PD slot at HOT97.7 San Jose PWR106's Jay Thomas over- vying for rights to Donna And, uncomfirmed rumors have taking KIIS-FM's Rick Dees Summer's international smash Steve Perun exiting Y100 12+, 7.3 to 6.8 Congrats to single Rick Simon has been Miami for the opening at WAVA Marc Benesch and the Colum- upped to Asst PD KEWB Red- Washington and Frank bia machine whose 14 month ding CJ Hunters joins Mike Amadeo stepping in to fill the dedication to the New Kids On Benson for mornings at WANS

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