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5 B8044GREENLYMON100 NEWSPAPER E MONTY GREENLY M/tR86 -v 3740 E.LM 03 )0 LONG BEACH UCY CA SOR 07 VIII I A Billboard Publication The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment Mar. 17, 1984 $3 (U.S.) FTC Seeks To Bar Warner/Poly Merger This story prepared by Bill Hol- action to block the merger in the U.S. joint venture in the U.S. in which ment of the Warner -PolyGram plan merger concept. Loch stresses that land in Washington and Is Horowitz Despite statements by Warner and Warner would hold an 80% interest last June, a favorable response has "this is a worldwide plan, and we in New York. and PolyGram 20 %. Another joint PolyGram here that they would vig- come from government agencies in can't go ahead until we have resolved WASHINGTON -The proposed orously contest the FTC move, rising venture, covering the rest of the the national problems." joint ventures merging the U.K., Canada and France. the recording speculation was reported within top world, would be owned equally by The West German Cartel Office is interests of Warner Communications councils of the two companies abroad the two entertainment conglom- A statement by Siegfried Loch, yet to be heard from, having most re- WEA vice Inc. and PolyGram were dealt a se- that the mergers might have to be erates. president of European op- cently delayed its decision until at vere blow last week when the Federal rethought. The FTC asked a federal court erations, defends the legality of the (Continued on page 68) Trade Commission initiated a court The original plan was to create a Thursday (8) for a temporary re- straining order and a preliminary in- ALL -TIME BEST -SELLER Economics junction to bar implementation of the Brighter For merger while it sought to probe its le- gality through administrative pro- `Thriller' Breaks `Fever' `How -To' Video Software ceedings (separate story, page 68). By PAUL GREIN In its complaint, This is the last in a five -part series years," he says, "but the market size filed in the U.S. LOS ANGELES -Records are made to be broken, but one record that District Court for the examining the current and future pro- is just coming to the point that it's Central Dis- seemed likely to stand forever was "Saturday Night Fever's" claim as the best- trict of California, gramming components of the home economically feasible. Now we can the government selling album of all time. It was released in late 1977, at the record business' charges that video marketplace. produce programs for those special- the merger would con- peak, and quickly racked up sales in excess of 25 million. centrate a 26% share LOS ANGELES -The expansion ized interests. Still, the problem ex- of the domestic But that heady sales total is now only good enough for second place. CBS market in the of the home video universe has en- ists -how do you find those little joint company, sub- Records reports that as of Monday (5), worldwide sales of Michael Jackson's stantially reducing abled video manufacturers to create pockets of demand to serve ?" competition and "Thriller" reached 30.9 million. At the same time, U.S. sales hit 19.4 million programming for more specialized Increasingly, video software com- raising the likelihood of monopoly. (graphic, page 3). interests. And the creation of this panies are taking their programs to The filing notes that the merger This latest and greatest achievement caps a year in which "Thriller" has bro- more specialized software is requir- specific stores, salons and clinics fre- was scheduled to be consummated af- ken a wide variety of records. The album is now in its 33rd week at No. 1, the ing them to engage in more targeted quented by potential customers, in- ter March 12. It is known that longest run by any pop or rock album. In fact, "Thriller's" total is topped by marketing. stead of expecting those customers to Warner and PolyGram had an opera- only two of any type -the "South Pacific" original cast album and the Bob Cook, vice president of mar- seek out the programming in home tional blueprint prepared and ready "West Side Story" soundtrack (which, as it happens, were also CBS releases). keting and sales at Embassy Home video shops. for implementation had the FTC rul- And "Thriller" has produced a staggering seven top 10 singles, three more Entertainment, says his company is "Toys are best sold in toy stores," ing been favorable. than the nearest runners -up: Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours," Jackson's "Off The says much more involved in "directed" Embassy's Cook. "You're going The action of the FTC is the first Wall" and the soundtracks to "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease." programming. "We've been talking to find us, Vestron and Disney -the in any world market to officially op- Jackson's record -setting isn't confined to records. Vestron Video's "Making about that prospect for the last six (Continued on page 68) pose the merger. Since the announce- (Continued on page 61) A N A - Inside Billboard - THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE OUTLOOK for 1984 was the key topic at Billboard's second annual Computer Software & Video Game Conference, which began last Wednesday in San Francisco. Keynote speaker Dave Ruckert of Atari called for an end to price wars and urged the software industry to "lis- ten to consumers." Page 3. .. THE COUNTRY RADIO SEMINAR drew its largest registration to date, '" established a working relationship with the Country Music Assn. and succeeded in selling its New Faces Show for television syndication. The March 1 -3 Nash- ville gathering attracted 751 attendees. Page 3. TOWER RECORDS has drastically altered the New York market in the e0 eight months since its Greenwich Village superstore opened. Both competitors es* and suppliers say the California -based chain's presence in the market has height- o ' t ened competition and created a new sales environment. Page 4. '4 i' ' ;. .'« e WXTU PHILADELPHIA has gone country, confirming months of rumors # «4 4 e '" ' . ' ''. '' but raising once again the question of whether that format can work in that t##a S t . has ' market. Larry Coates been named PD of the station, which will use the + t t 4 t''. ® ' ' 4 "Continuous Country" approach. Radio, page 12. e ' 'e's t ' t ' ' ' ' M.S. DISTRIBUTING has officially opened its national distribution wing. The veteran Chicago-based distributorship has formed Creative Union Enter- Jan Schaffer s rock Ip /fusion "BLUE BRIDGES AND RED tainment Co., which will manufacture LPs, cassettes and singles for its label THE EARONS are Hear On Earth. First single (7" & 12 ") titled is in a class by itself and is it WAVES" proving by pulling crossover clients and support them with a total marketing program. Page 3. "Land Of Hunger" crosses all formats. A reggae -flavored R &B/ airplay natiowide pleasing and urban /dance format programmers FOCUS GROUPS, long established as a marketing research tool, are being Pop song. Shipping 3/19 on Island Records. (Advertisement) alike. Now available on SWS records and tapes uslp -9 -1110 national dis- used by the San Francisco -based Record Factory chain. With four sessions com- tribution by ALPHA DISTRIBUTING/New York. (Advertisement) pleted since early January, the chain is already making some changes based on the findings. Retailing, page 20.

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THRILLER: TOP 10 MARKETS WORLDWIDE AT BILLBOARD CONFERENCE Conflicting Views On RRA%lI. 41111,I)I111 ,II..I('O .;,0.000 StRiI I l '84 Software Outlook ALL OTHERS 500,01111 2.2 MILLION By JACK McDONOUGH

SAN FRANCISCO -Amid con- $100, they perceive that the comput- HOLLAND flicting discussion on the pitfalls that er is an inferior machine of poor 560.000 Total: 30.9 million could make 1984 as treacherous as quality. The industry doesn't need 1983, as well as the opportunities in that kind of image. When the auto- 19.4 MILLION delivering to consumers the products matic ship -anything days end, busi- they want and need, Billboard's sec- ness planning begins." JAPAN As high as one million ond annual Computer Software & Ruckert substantiated his case by 700.000 albums every four days Video Game Conference got under- noting that while 3.8 million home way Wednesday (7) at the Westin St. computers were bought in Francis Hotel here. in 1983, fewer than two million of GERMANY CANADA In welcoming the conferees, Bill- them sold for over the $200 level, 800,000 2.2 MILLION board editor Adam White noted that while 40% of games cartridge sales this second conference "has been since September have been for under U.K. broadened to include computer soft- $10. (Continued on page 68) 2 MILLION ware, a more stable and wider indus- FRANCF just video games." I.8 MILI 10\ try than Conference coordinator Kris Sof- ley pegged the number of registrants Suit By Diamond at 150, roughly the same as last year, CBS Records reports that as of last Monday (5), sales of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album on Epic reached 30.9 mil- although she noted that last year's lion. The unaudited figure makes the album the biggest selling recording of any kind in history, surpassing the "Satur- . Says CBS Won't 60/40 split in favor of games regis- day Night Fever" soundtrack double album and the "White Christmas" single, both listed at approximate- trants was now reversed in favor of ly 25 million by the Guinness Book of World Records. "Thriller" total includes LPs, cassettes and picture disks (U.S. those from the software sector, in- Release His Album only). (Design: Doublespace) cluding representatives from compa- NEW YORK -Neil Diamond has nies as well as creating educational taken CBS Records to court in an ef- entertainment. fort to force release of an album he of registrants Record $$ Eyed For Jacksons A high percentage says the company is withholding. once again was drawn from nearby A complaint filed March 1 by the Promoter King Sees $100 Mil Gross For U.S. Tour Santa Clara County's Silicon Valley, superstar with the Superior Court of referred to by keynoter Dave Ruck- the State of California, County of Los By PAUL GREIN people will see the Jacksons' show, capital by geometric progression." ert as "fantasy valley, where there are Angeles, alleges that CBS has refused with ven- LOS ANGELES -Including an- compared to the estimated 20 million In addition to this closed- circuit 100,000 ideas, all of them to release Diamond's next album be- D Americans but damned few cillary income as well as ticket sales, who have purchased Mi- concept, King is toying with the idea ture capitalization, cause the album is "not commercial ñ the Jacksons' forthcoming U.S. tour chael Jackson's album "Thriller." of one master pay -per -view show of which are consumer ideas that will enough." Diamond claims that ac- is likely to be the largest grossing in "No matter how many dates Mi- which could go worldwide. He says sell." cording to a contract with CBS, the history of the concert business. chael did, it wouldn't be enough," he wants to do something on the or- Following his introduction by Bill- signed in October, 1981, he maintains der of a transmission from the Statue board computer software editor Faye Promoter Don King estimates it says King. "There's bound to be a lot (Continued on page 61) could gross as much as $100 million, of disappointed fans, and disappoint- of Liberty on July 4 or at the close of Zuckerman, Ruckert, executive vice in Los Angeles. A president for marketing at Atari, counting in such ancillary areas as ment and heartbreak could turn into the Olympics co home video, merchandising, pay -per- hostility. So I'm suggesting that in worldwide pay -per -view, King esti- drew a laugh by noting that "this i- business. r view, an HBO special and a concert cities where we play arenas, we also mates, could net as much as $60 year marks my 25th year in In This Issue rA were O movie. scramble a signal to several other million. Twenty -three and a half of them BLACK 41 The tour is expected to run from halls in that region. This would give Joe Jackson, who is co- promoting normal." A former Bristol Myers ex- CANADA 54 z June to September, and to include 40 other towns an opportunity to see the the tour with his wife Katherine and ecutive, Ruckert joined Atari 18 CLASSICAL 50 performances. Roughly one million group and at the same time generate King, confirms that these proposals months ago. Working for Atari, he CLASSIFIED MART 52, 53 are now being weighed by the group. said, "is like getting up in the morn- COMMENTARY 10 Jackson also dismisses criticism that ing and going to an amusement park COUNTRY 44 has been levelled against boxing vet- to ride the bumper cars for 12 GOSPEL 51 M.S. National Distrib Wing INTERNATIONAL 9,54 eran King that he has no specific con- hours." JAll 50 cert promotion background. Ruckert went on to cite chapter LATIN 51 Officially Opens Its Doors as says "As far I'm concerned," and verse on an array of failed prod- PRO EQUIPMENT & SERVICES 34 Jackson, "whether it's music or ucts, failed companies, failed expec- RADIO 12 LOS ANGELES -M.S. Distribut- Faber. Both albums carry a suggest- fights, it comes down to putting peo- tations and failed inventory which RETAILING 20 ing has officially opened its national ed list of $8.98. Singles with a sug- ple in the seats and getting the mon- led in 1983 to the crucial problem of TALENT & VENUES 37 distribution wing (Billboard, Feb. 4). gested list of $1.99 will soon be re- ey. It's not a big deal like everybody's wholesale dumping and pricing VIDEO 28 Tony Dalesandro and John Sal- leased from both. trying to make it. Besides, local pro- "savagery." stone of the Mt. Prospect, III., indie Independent production rep Dick moters are going to be involved; we'll "The price wars," implored Ruck- label distributorship have formed FEATURES Hutter is overseeing product manu- be hiring people who know how to ert, "must end, for everyone's sake. Creative Union Entertainment Co. Boxscore 40 facture for CUE, working primarily promote their cities." When consumers look at a sophisti- (CUE). Veteran indie promo rep Executive Turntable 4 with PRC cross- country. (Continued on page 62) cated computer that sells for under Mike Scheid is director of national Industry Events 59 sales and promotion, assisted by 751 AT COUNTRY RADIO MEET Inside Track 70 longtime Midwest marketing rep Lifelines 59 Abbe Frank. Most Added Records 15 Nashville Scene 44 CUE will be responsible for pro- Now Playing 25 duction of album jackets and manu- Seminar Tack/es Problems Quotations 59 Legal Stock Market facture of LPs, cassettes and singles, The Rhythm & The Blues 41 By EDWARD MORRIS interest with radio at the manage- use of focus groups, personnel man- along with administration of ac- Video Music Programming 27 ment level instead of relying on its agement, co -op advertising, small counts receivable from its distribu- Vox fox 12 NASHVILLE -Despite the level- traditional link with country DJs. market profits and FCC rulings and tion network nationally, with label Yesterhits 16 ing off of national attention toward The New Faces Show, which relationships. clients receiving a monthly account- country music, this year's Country showcased 10 fledgling acts, encoun- The image -making session (sepa- ing and payment. A total marketing Radio Seminar, March 1 -3, drew its tered some staging and time difficul- rate story, page 46) posed situations CHARTS program from sales through promo- largest registration, established a ties as it was being taped by Jim Ow- in which country stations are no Hot 100 64 tion and publicity supports the working relationship with the Coun- ens Entertainment for television longer fighting among themselves but Top LPs & Tape 67, 69 concept. try Music Assn. and succeeded in syndication. The show was sweet- with other formats for listeners. Con- Black Singles, LPs 42, 41 The more than 40- year -old Chica- Computer Software 25 selling its famed New Faces Show for ened for sale by the addition of three sultant E. Alvin Davis and WLW with in Country Singles, LPs 44, 48 go distributorship, branches television syndication. veteran performers: Eddie Rabbitt, Cincinnati program director Randy and has appointed Rock Albums/Top Tracks 18 Atlanta Miami, Jeff Walker, treasurer of Country Janie Fricke and T.G. Sheppard. Michaels urged station managers to the following affiliate distributors in Adult Contemporary Singles 17 Radio Broadcasters, which sponsors New acts were Lane Brody, Dan create images for their outlets that Spiritual 50 other regions: Alpha, New York; the seminar, says that 751 people reg- Seals, Kathy Mattea, Jim Glaser, Ex- promise tangible benefits. Bubbling Under 59 Schwartz Bros., Baltimore; Lakeside, istered for this year's event, com- ile, Bandana, Gus Hardin, Atlanta, A panel on problem -solving asked Hits of The World 56 Big State, Dallas; Western Cleveland; pared to 638 last year. Jan Gray and Rick & Janis Carnes. participants to consider what they Videocassette Rentals, Sales 30, 31 Associated, Merchandisers, Denver; Attendance was heavy at the six Educational and motivational pan- would do-as part of the station's Dance/Disco 39 and Jem, Los Angeles. Videodisk 28 Phoenix; Music Industry Professional Seminar els discussed such radio -related top- management team -when dealing Video Games 22 First national distribution product sessions, sponsored by the Country ics as agribusiness, the contribution with such issues as a popular person- Latin LPs 51 from M.S. includes a Chicago group, engineers, image - ality offering obscenities and ethnic Music Assn. and held concurrently and potential of Puerto Rico 51 the Kind, which has released its sec- with the other events. These sessions making for stations, anticipating and slurs on the air, political candidates ond album on 360 Records, and covered aspects of the music business solving routine operational problems, who insist on their right to denounce Sound Image Records of Los Ange- not normally addressed in the radio outside programming, structuring minorities as part of their paid ads, REVIEWS Album Reviews 58 les, headed by Marty Eberhardt, panels. The CMA's participation in- rate cards, station promotions, rec- promotions that go awry and the fir - Singles Reviews 63 whose first album is by George dicated the organization's growing ord promoting, press relations, the (Continued on page 62) www.americanradiohistory.com 4 News Tower Alters New York Market Major Impact Seen For Superstore After Eight Months By FRED GOODMAN can to retaliate with. Others have Tower's second New York outlet, gotten into more aggressive market- slated for a spring opening, will be NEW YORK -Tower Records ing of cutouts, developed better in- the only non -mom- and -pop record has drastically altered the New York ventory systems and are concentrat- outlet on Manhattan's burgeoning market. After just eight months, the ing on improving their floor help." Upper West Side. While one estab- West Coast -based chain's 32,000 While the chain's initial entrance lished New York chain admits it nev- square foot superstore in Greenwich into the New York market shifted er moved there because of high rents Village is being credited by both some sales from existing retailers to and procrastination, others opine competitors and suppliers with Tower, the majority of Tower's cur- that only Tower has the resources heightening competition, creating a rent sales appears to be supplemen- and style to trailblaze the new sales environment, forcing other tary rather than transplanted. neighborhood. stores to change their product mix "I think when they first came to "The need for a store on the Upper and expand their hours, and boosting New York they probably took a little West Side has been felt by the record sales for all types of music, especially of the business away from the exist- companies for a long time," says classical, jazz and specialized catalog ing retailers," says Bob Rifici, direc- Chuck Weigel, New York classical BERRY'S BABY -Top brass appear in force to celebrate the launching of titles. tor of commercial sales, Eastern re- manager for PolyGram Records. Motown's pop /rock label Morocco in Los Angeles. Shown from left are "They know exactly what they're gion, for RCA, A &M & Associated "No one has attempted to capture Motown's chairman Berry Gordy and president Jay Lasker; MCA president doing," says Nick Sentis, owner of Labels. "But it has become a place to that market, and Tower is capable of Irving Azoff; and Skip Miller, Motown's senior vice president. the downtown Soho Music Gallery. go and emphasized the market. Peo- creating its ownmttarket in that area." And while Sentis reports that his own ple call it a record store, but I think Adds retailer Ben Karol of mid- business is down 50% since Tower it's a record department store. The town's King Karol: "I've seen a lot of opened, he described the newcomer scary thing is that they have every- little guys open up on the Upper as "great, clean competitors. thing and you're compelled to buy West Side and fold. The Tower Execulive Tunloble "It's not pricing or even their ad- more than one record." downtown is the most exciting record vertising," he adds. "It's their inven- While Tower has hurt some exist- store I've ever seen, and they can Record Companies tory and the fact that they've become ing area stores, like Soho Music Gal - make a success by creating a place to hang out." Sentis, who spe- lery, others with specific product mix visibility." In a restructuring of its marketing and promotion department, Capitol Rec- cialized in jazz, new music and im- say they have profited. But despite the pressure and ords, , ups Walter Lee to senior vice president of the division. He was port titles before the advent of Tow- "I find them to be more of an asset changes Tower is bringing to bear on marketing vice president. And Bill Burks is promoted to divisional vice presi- er, is now concentrating on used than a hurt," says Charlie Grappone, the New York market, Karol says it's dent of creative services and merchandising. He was director of creative ser- records. who operates four Vinyl Mania stores too soon to predict the outfit's ulti- vices, advertising and merchandising. Bruce Wendell, ending a 12 -year associa- While other area retailers don't re- in the West Village and emphasizes mate impact on the area's other tion with the label, resigns from his post of the last eight years as promotion vice port that drastic a change in product dance and r &b records. "Tower has retailers. president. mix, distributors and labels are notic- brought a lot of people to the Village, "New York City is a very, very Jeffrey Liebenson is appointed counsel for RCA's law department in New ing changes across the board. and they've even sent customers large city," he says. "There was a York. He joins the label from the law firm of Colton, Weissberg, Hartnick, Ya- "The presence of Tower has down here when they don't have time when Sam Goody was No. I, min & Sheresky ... Bill Lozeau joins the Acme Music Corp., New York, as caused other stores to tighten up something. and there was a time when Korvettes promotion manager. He is a recent college graduate and former account execu- their act in terms of how and what "All they did was enhance things," was No. 1. I've been in the heart of tive with the Boston Phoenix ... Mark Costello is elevated to executive vice they order and how they pay their he adds. "I've always felt Greenwich the city for 35 years, and the only president of Meca Records and moves to the label's studio and office in Miami. bills," says Dave Nives, New York Village is the record capital of the other store that's been right here He has worked for the label's founder, Richard Osias, in various capacities for sales manager for Rounder Distribut- world. I can name 20 stores in a two - through it all is Colony. So we're the last eight years. ing. "It's also affected their attitude mile radius, and everybody has their really going to have to wait a few Sine Qua Non Records recruits Mark Dellaferra as vice president of market- towards advertising, because every- forte. And their move uptown makes years in order to see what happens ing and sales, based in the label's Providence, R.I., headquarters ... In Los An- one wants to get every penny they me think of going up there, too." with Tower." geles, Enigma Records adds Sandra Gustchen as Southern /Midwestern regional director of the radio and retail promotion department. She was with Integrity GRANZ SEVERS TIES WITH RCA Entertainment. Publishing Tina Makris is appointed publishing assistant for Chrysalis Music in New Pablo Records Goes Independent York. She was international coordinator at Intersong ... Frank Military picks up new duties as head of Warner Bros. Publications' New York staff. He contin- NEW YORK -Norman Granz's of Arista and A &M as RCA- distrib- tribution as creating a breach into ues his role as executive vice president and general manager of the company. Pablo Records returns to indepen- uted labels was severely limiting be- which Pablo can step. "The other dent distribution this month with six cause "an RCA salesman wouldn't side is how quickly indies have be- Marketing new releases and a as a la- come desperate for he complete conver- devote much time to catalog catalog," says. In reorganizing its Los Angeles office, MCA Distributing appoints three vice sion of its 300-title catalog. The jazz bel like Pablo." As a label dependent upon steady presidents: Crawford for branch distributing, Bob Schneiders for national label had been associated with RCA A spokesman for RCA declined to catalog sales, Pablo elected to go ex- accounts and Harold Sulman for sales. Crawford was a national sales manager since shortly after its inception in comment specifically, offering only clusively with distributors who al- at Warner Bros. Records. Schneiders was vice president, West Coast marketing 1975. that Granz had initiated the move ready handle the like- minded Fanta- and administration for MCA's Nashville division. Sulman was sales vice presi- Describing the move to indie dis- from RCA, and that the company sy group of labels. "I think the dent for MCA Records ... Minneapolis -based Target Records & Tapes pro- tribution as "typical of what is hap- had been "delighted to have him." clientele is the samé," says Granz. motes Lynn Shockley to record specialist in the firm's Little Rock, Ark., facili- pening in the entire record industry," Granz sees the defection of Arista, "They're really a catalog label, and ty. She had held a similiar post at Target's Indianapolis plant, a spot now filled Granz claims he found the presence Motown and Chrysalis to branch dis their distributors must by definition by Kathy Schaffer, who moves up from a sales rep. Schaffer is replaced by new be inventory takers. That's the oppo- recruit Kim Ireland. New Edition Pact site of what a company like RCA is." New York -based promotion and marketing firm Musico names Belinda Kem- MCA's rep with the Frostfine Art Aside from pushing catalog, Pablo pen director of retail marketing. She was a sales -based Licorice Pizza makes several staff changes. Lee is looking to the independents for Co.... Glendale, Calif Battle is to vice president of human resources and marketing. He was Spurs Bitter Court help in introducing a CD line. With Cohen promoted vice Former store director Dennis Wingett is promoted By LEO SACKS 10 CD titles already available in Ja- president of marketing. to senior director of store operations. Joanne Petrowich moves to store director NEW YORK -Are the services of members of the group, mothers Pa- pan, the label expects to be in the American of the Northern district from manager of the chain's North Hollywood location. Ralph Tresvant, Ronald DeVoe, tricia Tresvant, Florence DeVoe, CD market by mid- summer. Ruth Sims is upped to controller for the company. She was assistant controller, Robert Brown, Ricardo Bell and Mi- Carol Brown, Dorothy Bell and Shir- a post now filled by Ron Geiger, who was manager of the chain's Torrance chael Bivins a "front" for a black ley Bivins, and former co- manager The only change in Pablo's price location. bubblegum "concept" known as New Travis Gresham, who has filed a structure sees the reduction of two- Edition? Or are the youngsters from cross -claim against New Edition's record catalog titles from a $17.98 Video /Pro Equipment Roxbury, Mass., free to disaffirm TWM Management Services for con - list to $11.98. Single albums remain Laurence Rebich is upped to vice president, marketing and sales promotion, their contract with Streetwise Re- tractual interference. $9.98. There will be no change in for The Nashville Network. He was director of consumer and trade advertising and sign with the MCA label as packaging or label logo, as RCA dis- cords The band notified Streetwise of its .... Viacom makes several appointments in New York. Dave Dreilinger is legitimate holders of the New tributed catalog still on the street vice vice the intention to disaffirm its pact with car- named president of the Viacom Entertainment Group. He was presi- Edition trademark? ries no RCA mark or logo. "We did Viacom the label on Nov. 15, 1983, according dent, general counsel and secretary of International. Sara Levinson is the crux of a hotly contest- all our own manufacturing and sold That's to Streetwise attorney Michael appointed director, corporate development, for Viacom International. She was shape in Boston, to RCA as they were ed struggle taking Walsh, on the grounds that the mem- an indepen- marketing vice president for The Nashville Network. And Ronald Lightstone where Streetwise, the members of dent distributor with 18 branches," bers of the group were minors when becomes senior vice president, corporate and legal affairs, for Viacom Interna- New Edition, their mothers, the says Granz. they signed with the company in No- tional, and a member of the company's operations committee. He was Viacom's group's former co- manager and their vice president of corporate affairs. vember, 1982, and that, as minors, Distributors for Pablo are: Mal - management company are new they are entitled to disaffirm the verne, New York and New ; (Continued on page 59) locked into a legal battle over the agreement under Massachusetts state Schwartz Bros, Philadelphia, Wash- to the New Edition name. rights law. ington and the Carolinas; Action A U.S. magistrate in Boston will Billboard (ISSN 0006 -2510) Vol. 96 No. 11 is published weekly (except for the last week in Streetwise subsequently brought Music, upstate New York, Pitts- hear arguments Monday (12) on a burgh and Ohio; M.S., Northern December) by Billboard Publications, Inc., One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York, Streetwise motion for a preliminary its breach of contract suit on Dec. 14, N.Y. 10036. Subscription rate: annual rate, Continental U.S. $135.00. Second class postage Midwest, Atlanta and Miami; Big the 1983, and its Federal trademark ac- paid at New York, N.Y. and at additional mailing office. Current and back copies of Bill- injunction that would prevent State, Colorado, Utah and Texas; group from using the New Edition tion the following week before Judge board are available on microfilm from KTO Microform, Rte 100, Millwood, N.Y. 10546 or and California Record Distributors Ann Mich. 48106. Postmaster, name. The label has also filed a Rya Zobell of Boston Federal Court, Xerox University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Arbor, Inc., Pacific Coast states. please send changes of address to Billboard, P.O. Box 1413, Riverton, NJ. 08077, (609) breach of contract suit in Suffolk who referred all pre -trial proceedings 786 -1669. (Mass.) Superior Court against the to a U.S. magistrate there. FRED GOODMAN www.americanradiohistory.com BMI affiliates win7of the 9 Grammy writing and arranging awards!

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Alabama Herbie Hancock The New South George Benson Lamelle Harris Charlie Parker Chuck Berry Bobby Jones Sandi Patti Clifton Chenier B.B. King The Police (PRS) Al Green Los Lobos Heitor Villa -Lobos (UBC) Lee Greenwood Barbara Mandrell Phil Woods Pat Metheny And a bravo to BMI affiliate Michael Jackson for eight record -breaking awards.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 6 News ANNUAL GOSPEL AWARDS Patti, Woffe Top Dove Winners

By DON CUSIC bum during the Dove eligibility sumer for its growth potential. Now period. both artists and labels appear content NASHVILLE -Sandi Patti and to concentrate on enlarging the in- Lenny Wolfe were the big winners at Parts of the awards ceremony were dustry through the church audience. the 15th annual Dove Awards cere- like a repeat of the recent Grammy Both Patti and Wolfe appeal di- monies, held at the Tennessee Per- show. Russ Taff, Sandra Crouch and rectly to the church audience, solicit- forming Arts Center here Wednesday Bobby Jones -all 1984 Grammy ing little if any secular acceptance of (7). Patti carried off the artist of the winners-picked up Doves for male or interest in their careers. Wolfe's year, female vocalist and inspiration- vocalist, traditional black album and Dove -winning song was "More Than al album prizes, while Wolfe took the contemporary black album, Wonderful." song of the year and songwriter respectively. Albums cited via the awards pre- honors. Other winners were the Imperials, sented to their artists and producers were: "Side By Side," the Imperials, For the first time, the Dove show contemporary album; the Rex Nelon Singers, David contemporary; "More Than Wonder- was televised live, and though there traditional album; ful," Sandi Patti, inspirational; "We were some problems with the cue Clydesdale, worship and praise al- Shall Behold The King," the Rex Ne- cards, most of the audience seemed bum; Cam Maria, musical; Fletch Ion Singers, traditional; "Come To- enthusiastic about the show and its Wiley, Tony Salerno and Rob music; Debby gether," Bobby Jones & New Life, arrival on television. Hosted by Glen Kreuger, children's a secular art- contemporary black; "We Sing Campbell, the two -hour show was Boone, gospel album by Praises," Sandra Crouch, traditional carried on the Christian Broadcast- ist; and Phil Driscoll, gospel album SOUTHERN GENEROSITY - MDJ /MCA group Atlanta donates proceeds black; "Celebrate The Joy," David T. ing Network and taped for possible by an instrumental artist. from their concert with Tammy Wynette to a foundation dedicated to com- Clydesdale, worship and praise; syndication. Hovie Lister was inducted into the batting the disease spina bifada at Atlanta nightclub Thursday's. Standing "Dreamer," Cam Foria, musical; Gospel Music Hall of Fame, as was from left are group member Allan David, MDJ president Larry McBride, the "Music Machine II," Wiley, Salerno, Amy Grant, who swept last year's late songwriter, the Rev. Clevant group's Jeff Baker, ex- Atlanta Brave Phil Niekro, group members Tony In- the Kreuger, children's music; and "Sur- Dove Awards, was acknowledged Derricks. The Garretts, from New gram, Brad Griffis, Allen Colley and John Holder, club manager Brian Rou- only through the one for best album render," Debby Boone, album by sec- lea and Atlanta's Dick Stevens. Kneeling are Bill Davidson, left, and Bill Zealand, were cited as the Gospel ular artist. cover design this year. The award it- Music Assn.'s international award Packard of the group. self went to photographers Bill Far- winner. rell and Michael Borum and art di- The awards seemed to reflect the rector Dennis Hill for "A Christmas Album." domination of the church in the gos- 43 Songs Vie For NMPA Nod pel music industry and an acceptance Grant set the gospel music indus- of the Christian culture and the try on its ear this year with her gold church world as the base for gospel Jackson, Richie Among Nominees For Songwriting "Age To Age" album and her sold- music activity. In the past, the indus- out `Straight Ahead" tour. However, try has flirted with secular accep- NEW YORK -Forty -three songs "The Way He Makes Me Feel," Mi- rie, Famous Music/Ensign Music; she released only the Christmas al- tance, looking at the pop music con- have been selected for the final ballot chel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn and "The Way He Makes Me Feel." of the fifth annual National Music Bergman, Ennes Prod. /Emanuel Nominated pop songs are: "Afri- IN 10 MARKETS Publishers' Assn. Song Awards. Music/Threesome Music; and "The ca," David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, Winners will be announced at the Woman In You," Barry, Robin and Hudmar Publishing/Cowbella Mu- Awards ceremony, slated for March Maurice Gibb, Gibb Bros. Music. sic; "Billie Jean," Michael Jackson, 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Competing in the MiJac Music/Warner- Tamerlane; Miller Sponsoring Club Jocks Beverly Hills, Calif. category are: "Every Breath You "Gloria," Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Songwriters with multiple nomina- Take," Gordon Sumner, Magnetic Bigazzi and Trevor Veitch, Music LOS ANGELES -Miller Brewing markets. The label would provide us tions in the eight categories and for Ltd./Reggatta and Illegal Songs Inc.; Corp. of America /Sugar Song Publi- Co. is augmenting its sponsorship of with a music track, which would en- song of the year include Michael "One On One," Daryl Hall, Hot -Cha cations; "Puttin' On The Ritz," Ir- regional rock bands with a national able the act to work in local clubs Jackson, Lionel Richie, Alan and Music/Unichappell; "Truly," Lionel ving Berlin, Music; club disk jockey sponsorship where our Dis appear." Marilyn Bergman, , Richie, Brockman Music; "Up "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," Jim program. In return for displaying a banner and Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. Where We Belong," Jack Nitzsche, Steinman, E.B. Marks Music /Lost Through Gary Reynolds & Asso- which reads "The Miller High Life Nominated in the movie category Will Jennings and Bully Sainte -Ma- (Continued on page 58) ciates, Milwaukee, 22 of 25 DJs in 10 Team," together with the name of the are: "Flashdance ... What A Feel- metro market clubs have been guar- DJ, Miller and Reynolds are produc- ing," written by Giorgio Moroder, anteed one -year promotional and ing full -color posters of each individ- and Keith Forsey, co- merchandising buttressing. ual spinner emblazoned with his published by Famous Music Corp./ "Miller wishes to remain visible in name and radio affiliation. In addi- Giorgio Moroder Music Publishing; May U.S. Debut Planned the music scene," Reynolds states. tion, each DJ will be provided with "Maniac," Michael Sembello and "We're currently trying to enlist la- giveaway promotional material, such Dennis Matkosky, Famous Music/ For JVC's VHS Hi -Fi bels that are into 12 -inch dance sin- as jackets, T- shirts, buttons and Intersong-USA/WB Music Corp.; By STEVE DUPLER gles to work with us in a continuing bumper stickers, all carrying his "Nights Are Forever," Jerry Gold- campaign to break new acts. name. Such materials would be given smith and John Bettis, WB Music/ NEW YORK -JVC Co. of Amer- recording system. "For example, we would coordi- away at each of the jocks' 16 to 20 Warner -Tamerlane; "The Perfect ica plans to bring its long -awaited True VCR hi -fi was first intro- nate with the label in making possible club appearances monthly. One," David Foster and Boz Scaggs, VHS hi -fi videocassette recorder to duced in the U.S. about a year ago by live appearances in 10 or more major JOHN SIPPEL Foster Frees Music /MEAC Music; the American market sometime this Sony in the Beta format, and many in May. The new unit, HR- D725U, will the industry were uncertain as to the Zaire's Tabu Ley Attracting be among the first of its kind avail- ability of the VHS format to achieve CONGO MUSIC able to U.S. consumers. Hitachi, Pan- hi -fi sound until the development of Capacity Crowds On US. Tour asonic and JVC have all been market- the new "deep layer" recording tech- By LEO SACKS weeks ago. there. The show, Trautman says, was ing VHS hi-fi machines in Japan nology. Forthcoming VHS hi -fi units NEW YORK- Tabu Ley, the "The lack of a record hurt tremen- a sellout, and a second concert was since late last fall. from Panasonic and Hitachi also in- popular African performer who has dously," says Trautman, who coordi- added. corporate this same "deep layer" re- nated last year's ground -breaking Trautman vividly recalls how The HR -D725U uses a new "deep cording approach, guaranteeing soft- been making influential albums in his layer" recording technology that Zaire for more than a decade, tours by Nigeria's King Sunny Ade & some U.S. promoters laughed at him ware compatability between all three native JVC terms Depth Multiplex in order has been drawing capacity crowds on His African Beats. "We couldn't play when he approached them about manufacturers' product lines. to achieve what the company claims his first U.S. tour -despite a month- many of the same venues we booked showcasing Ade, whose jaunty, gui- In addition to the two channels of is "theatre quality" sound reproduc- long delay in the release of his debut for Ade since promoters still need the tar -based dance sound is known as hi -fi stereo sound, the HR -D725U tion. Technical specs presented for domestic recording. reinforcement of a record in the "juju music." Ley, however, draws also features two channels of longitu- the hi -fi audio channels would seem Feb. 9 at stores." on an Afro -Cuban sound popularly dinal audio tracks with switchable The tour, which started to bear this out: Frequency response the Wax Museum in Washington, called "congo" music, and Trautman Dolby' B. Via selectable audio moni- Shanachie, the North American li- is a full 20Hz to 20Khz, dynamic D.C., and scored its first sellout at censee for Ley's says that he consciously chose a style toring, hi -fi audio tracks, longitudi- own Genidia Label range is a healthy 80dB, with more the Savoy here the next night, has that contrasts with Ade's. nal tracks, or all four tracks mixed in Zaire, received the "Tabu Ley" than 60dB channel separation. been averaging about 1,000 fans per master tapes one week before the "If Ade is an apple, then we delib- together can be chosen. This feature show, according to independent start of the tour. "It's been a race," erately picked an orange," he notes. With the Depth Multiplex record- becomes particularly useful when lis- booking agent Paul Trautman. Tick- acknowledges Randall Grass of "There's a market for African music ing system, the audio and video sig- tening to hi -fi stereo programs with ets have been priced at $10 and $15. Shanachie, based in Ho- Ho -Kus, here, and the way you kill it is to pro- nals are recorded separately on dif- dubbed narration. Ley, who performs as Le Seigner N.J. He attributes the mix -up to mote a 'Son of Juju' or 'Juju Returns' ferent layers of the videotape's Other features of the HR -D725U Rochereau, is travelling with L'Or- "communication and transit prob- tour." When Ade returns to the U.S. magnetic coating. The two channels include a slim, low -profile design (4 - chestre Afrisa International, a 28- lems" between Zaire, New York and in June, the Mango Records artist of hi -fi audio are recorded first, im- 9/18 inches high), multiple LED peak piece troupe that features the singer Paris, where Ley's records are mar- will be handled by Frontier Booking bedded deep in the magnetic coating. level indicators for right and left hi -fi M'bilia Bel. The success of the tour, keted by Sono -disc. Inc. Next, the video signal is recorded on channel monitoring, the ability to re- which has made stops in Boston, Trautman, who used many of the Ley, who returned to Washington top of the audio in a shallower layer. cord FM simulcast TV programs New Haven, Dallas, Austin, San Die- same promoters which handled the last weekend for a two -night stand at During playback, the FM audio sig- through use of an FM receiver, two go, Los Angeles, Portland, Vancou- Ade tours, notes that at least one im- Kilamajaro there, will record a new nals on the deep layer of the tape are pairs of line audio outputs, 14-day, ver, Seattle, Minneapolis, Madison, presario, Peter McCullough, import- album (with an American engineer) read through the video information eight -event programmable timer, and Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and Ot- ed Ley's records from Paris and dis- for the Genidia label before the tour on the surface layer. This indepen- a full- function infrared remote con- tawa, is particularly impressive be- tributed them to selected stores in concludes March 24 at the Savoy dent recording process ensures that trol unit, among others. JVC expects cause Shanachie Records released Vancouver to reinforce his Feb. 25 here. The show will be videotaped for the video signal spectrum is exactly the new VCR to retail for about Ley's new self-titled LP only two booking at the Commodore Ballroom telecast in Zaire. the same as that of the standard VHS $1,400. www.americanradiohistory.com PSON TWINS. i 1 HE R TIME NOW!

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www.americanradiohistory.com 9 News / Inlernalionol British Levy Drive Progressing But Some Still Question Need For Blank Tape Royalty

By PETER JONES tee, is already asking BPI to find an use of blank tape, a levy would have alternative solution, though he is to bring up the price of blank soft- -A further step for- firmly linked with the all -party dele- ware to that of LPs and prerecorded ward in the music industry's fight to gation. Says Jessel: "I'm fully sympa- cassettes. "But we're not seeking to win a levy on blank audio tape here thetic to the plight of the music in- ban blank tapes, merely to seek re- to help compensate copyright owners dustry. Music is vital to the British muneration for losses," he insists. for financial loss through the effects export market and it has to have a He adds that the one penny per of home taping is being taken Mon- strong home base. I'm also well minute that BPI is suggesting as a day (12) by an all -party delegation of aware of BPI's estimate of losses at- levy would raise around $100 million members of Parliament. tributable to home taping. to $115 million a year, whereas the But as the group prepared to meet "But we've been handed a problem losses attributable to home taping are with Alex Fletcher, junior trade and without an adequate solution. I estimated at some $300 million industry minister, a problem doubt, first, that a levy on blank tape annually. emerged for British Phonographic will actually deter those who illegally "But that compensation would be Industry (BPI), which is orchestrat- record, so increasing the sales of re- better than nothing," Deacon says. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL!- During a concert tour of Australia, CBS bal- ing the campaign. Some politicians, cords and prerecorded tapes. And I "The collection and distribution sys- ladeer Johnny Mathis receives an original Australian painting from CBS ex- while aware of the plundering of doubt, second, that the income from tem would be identical to that operat- ecutives to commemorate career sales exceeding $7 million in that coun- copyrights and anxious to right that a levy will adequately compensate for ed by the German record industry, try. Pictured from left are CBS production manager Andy Yavasis; publicity wrong, are far from convinced that a lost sales. where the collection unit is made up and international relations manager Vivienne Hudson; Mary Waldron, pro- royalty, levy or tax on blank software "Further," Jessel continues, "it of representatives of the rights own- motions assistant in the company's South Wales branch; national sales is necessarily the answer. would be inconceivable to impose a ers and members of the government manager Chris Moss; Mathis, and Roger Wedd, New South Wales branch Toby Jessel, chairman of the Con- levy and allow the record industry it- or patents office." manager. servative Arts & Heritage Commit- self to distribute it. Parliament is asked to change the law to allow for TWO LEADING RETAILERS LOCK HORNS this, but if, in the future, the system gave rise to criticism, then Parlia- ment would be blamed for allowing it." Price War Rocks German Trade His view is shared by others on the By WOLFGANG SPAHR as Mike Oldfield, Lionel Richie, De- the grounds that the supermarket's committee, notably Bob Key, MP, a peche Mode, the Scorpions, Chicago, trading policy threatens the more former singer with the Academy of COLOGNE -A price-cutting war Genesis and Culture Club, being sold than 60 other record dealers in Co- St. Martin -in- the -Fields. Key says it between two of Germany's biggest re- at the Deutsch Mark equivalent of logne with possible bankruptcy. would be "unparliamentary" to raise cord retail outlets has alarmed record $1.80, compared to the normal price Schlembach has limited time to ap- a tax for this purpose. "The future of INTERNATIONAL companies and competing retailers tag of $6 for new albums. Top 10 sin- peal against the prohibition. those who depend on recorded music MUSIC INDUSTRY alike and has been described as "ru- gles are being sold at the equivalent Dr. Hans -Henning Wittgen, man- for their living must be protected, but inous" and "idiotic." of 90 U.S. cents. aging director of the trade group, we need a more precise lead in find- CONFERENCE Involved in the battle for sales su- These special offers have been pro- says: "It's absolutely idiotic to wage ing a solution," he says. May 13 -17, 1984 premacy are Saturn, a specialist out- moted extensively in newspaper and this ruinous price-cutting war on the BPI director general John Deacon Killarney, Ireland fit which has an annual music turn- magazine advertisements, and each backs of the small retail shops. The says he acknowledges that to stop the over of some $25 million, and the new offer has prompting an even low- way things are shaping up, the other supermarket Schlembach, with a re- er price from the other competitor. dealers might just as well throw their cord trade turnover of around $4 mil- But now first efforts are being offi- stocks into the trash can." lion a year. The main battleground is cially made to halt the cut -price He adds that retailers more than Cologne, where both are based, strategy. The trade organization of 200 miles away from Cologne have though Schlembach has an outlet in German music retailers, GDM (Ge- been feeling the pinch through de- Duesseldorf that is also involved. samtverband Deutscher Musikfach- creased sales because potential cus- At the root of the price war are genshaefte), has won an initial pro- tomers are getting low -price product current albums by such name artists hibitory order against Schlembach on from friends in Cologne. Peter Zombik, director of the Ger- man Phonographic Assn., says the Difficulties Forecast For Saturn- Schlembach conflict creates big problems for the major record Music Publishers companies because "they really have German no legal redress against this kind of FRANKFURT -West German former years. activity. The fear is that more and music publishers earned around $50 Higher print and paper costs more retail outlets will stop taking million from sheet music sales last would mean price rises this year, but their product because it is an unprof- year, 3% up on the 1982 figure, ac- hopefully of only 3 %-4 %, Wittgen itable line." cording to Hans Henning Wittgen, forecast. One bright spot, he said, is He adds: "Normal record distribu- manging director of the Music Pub- the increase in sheet music exports, tion in all areas of Germany is threat- lishers' Assn. here. notably to Japan, where business ened unless the injunction brings an Speaking at the Frankfurt Music contacts have been built up through end to this ridiculous style of trad- Fair, Wittgen described his organiza- the series of Tokyo trade fairs. ing." tion's members as "generally satis- As far as royalty income is con- fied" with business over the past 12 cerned, he said, publishers look for- months. But he went on to list many ward to increasing music usage on 14 Countries Main world patents of the difficulties publishers currently new media, including cable and satel- face. lite, and also to the full impact of In Europe Set Government financial restrictions, Compact Disc sales, which have to he said, had meant a decline in public date not affected overall disk/tape For Music TV performance royalties from new volumes in the music business. France, stage productions, since theatres are A parallel report at the Frankfurt LONDON -Belgium, giving established repertory longer Music Fair from music dealers' Germany and Luxembourg are runs rather than bring in fresh group GDM also took a line of set to receive non -stop music pro- presentations. guarded optimism, saying that the gramming on television in a ser- The spread of photocopying is hit- first signs of recovery were visible but vice transmitted by all the tv Radio ting sheet music business hard, af- that no dramatic boom comparable channels controlled by fecting both publishers and authors, to those of the '60s and '70s was Tele- Luxembourg (RTL). the U.K., he added. All types of music are now likely. Disk jockeys from involved, and some catalogs have suf- In terms of operating efficiency, France and Germany are joining fered sales drops of as much as 60 %, musical instrument and record shops forces for "The Clip Connection," 35 hours of according to Wittgen. were thought to have achieved a mar- which will provide Stagnation of the prerecorded mu- ginal improvement in 1983, but re- music programming weekly as of 26. The package is sched- sic market hit sheet music, too, Witt - ductions in staffing and stock levels March every night of the gen noted. "The result is that we pro- were chiefly responsible. Record out- uled to go out duce fewer copies, which are lets also fare less well in terms of week and on weekday afternoons. available at higher prices, and be- market development than instrument Video clips "from all over the cause of that illegal photocopying in- outlets, with electronic synthesizers, world" will be the basic program creases further." organs and keyboards the most buoy- diet. RTL executives admit the new Cutbacks in record company re- ant product group. service was prompted by the suc- lease schedules also had an impact. In an effort to stimulate trade, the cess of MTV in the U.S. A state- In 1983, only around 6,000 new pro- GDM is proposing a joint indus- ment adds: pinpointing ductions were put out, whereas try/retail sector initiative this year to "We're our belief that music program- 8,000- 10,000 was a typical release tal- promote music -making and music as ming builds big audiences." ly for the West German market in a leisure activity. www.americanradiohistory.com 10 Billboard® Commentary Founded 1894 EDITORIAL The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment urm °Copyright 1984 by Billboard Publications, Inc. Offices: New York -1515 Broadway, N.Y. 10036 (telephone 212 764 -7300; telex 710 581-6279; cable Billboy NY); Los Angeles -9107 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, The New Calif. All -Time 90210 (telephone 213 273 -7040; telex 66-4969; cable Billboy LA); Nash - Champion ville-14 Music Circle E., Tenn. 37203 (telephone 615 748- 8100); Washington, The album, the video clips, the "Motown 25" appearance. The ing new talent is happening today than at any other time in the D.C. -733 15th St. N.W., D.C. 20005 (telephone 202 783- 3282); London -7 Car - naby St., W1V 1PG (telephone 01 439-9411); Tokyo -Utsunomiya Bldg., 19 -16 Jin- seven top 10 singles, the home video release, the American Mu- recent past. gumae 6- Chome, Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 (telephone 03 498-4641). sic Awards. The Pepsi sponsorship, the Pepsi commercial, the Even though the music business is currently undergoing that Group Publisher: Jerry Hobbs (N.Y.) Grammys. The tour .. . regeneration, you wouldn't know it from reading The Wall The show biz phenomenon that is Michael Jackson is generat- Editor: Adam White (N.Y.) Street Journal. ing the '80s equivalent of what the Beatles wrought exactly 20 In a remarkably condescending and empty editorial, the news- Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman (N.Y.) years ago. Now it's confirmed: is the new -time "Thriller" all paper last week came to the conclusion that Michael Jackson is Executive Editor: Is Horowitz (N.Y.) champion, the biggest selling recording in the history of the mu- "the Liberace of the 1980s." Referring to the artist's Grammy sic business. On which subject, a couple of observations: Executive Editorial Director: Lee Zhito (LA) Awards and, inexplicably, those of Henry Mancini years before, It appears that those industry veterans who have been exas- it asked: "A hundred years from now, which song will they be Associate Publisher/Director of Research: Marty Feely (N.Y.) perating the rest of us for years with comments like "what this playing in the world's cocktail lounges: 'Beat It' or 'Moon Director of Charts /Associate Publisher: Thomas Noonan (L.A.) business needs is another Beatles" were right. River' ?" Bureau Chiefs: Sam Sutherland (LA.) Kip Kirby (Nashville); Times have irreversibly changed since the Fab Four, but a all this time, does the Journal still feel the need to insu- Bill Holland (Washington) modern-day megastar like Jackson apparently yields the same After results: a cross -cultural popularity which transcends the music late its readers from the effects of rock'n'roll? Must those readers Senior Editor /Production: Howard Levitt (N.Y.) still man the ramparts, business while at the same time galvanizing it to new heights. (excepting CBS shareholders, of course) Editors: Retailing/Earl Paige (LA.) This uplift extends beyond sales of the particular performer's lest harm come to their daughters? Black Music /Nelson George (N.Y.) Associate /Fred Goodman (N.Y.) products, be they records, tapes, videos, concert tickets, dolls or On the other hand, perhaps the day The Journal understands Classical/Is Horowitz (N.Y.) Radio /Rollye Bornstein (LA.) whatever. It generates regenerates public appetite for rock's significance will be the day when the music business Country/Kip Kirby (Nashville) Associate /Leo Sacks (N.Y.) -or -the should up and call it quits. Commentary/Is Horowitz (N.Y.) Record Reviews: popular music and popular music makers. pack Computer Software & Video Games/ Singles /Nancy Erlich (N.Y.) The magic dust is sprinkled far and wide, and it's no coinci- Fortunately for everyone, including Michael Jackson, that's a Faye Zuckerman (LA.) Albums /Sam Sutherland (LA.) dence that more excitement, more good music and more promis- lone way off. Marketing/John Sippel (L.A.) Video Music Research /Paul Grein (L.A.) Associate /Faye Zuckerman (L.A.) Pro Equipment /Steve Dupler (N.Y.) Editorial Assistant /Kim Freeman (N.Y.) Copy Editor: Peter Keepnews (N.Y.) Mass Appeal Vs. Narrowcast Contributing Editors: Moira McCormick (Chicago); Brian Chin (N.Y.); Enrique Fernandez (N.Y.) By ROBERT B. MEYROWITZ and PETER L. KAUFF

Special Issues: Ed Ochs, Editor (L.A.); Robyn Wells, Assistant Editor (N.Y.); Leslie It is a little shocking to wake up and find yourself what this changed. There's no question that AOR went a little stale over Shaver, Directory Services Manager (Nashville). magazine likes to call an "industry veteran." One day, it seems, the years. Some of the excitement wore off those original super- International Editorial Director: Mike Hennessey (London) you're struggling to keep the wolves away, and the next you're stars, and a lot of stations seemed to reach a point where they International Editor: Peter Jones (London) counting your plaques and sitting on daises and giving didn't want to hear new artists even if they did fit the format. interviews. And as falling ratings in city after city have demonstrated, those Intl Correspondents: Austria -Manfred Schreiber, 1180 Wien, XVII, Kreuzgasse 27. 0222 48- We like to think we're still somewhere in between, and yet stations paid the price. 28-82; Australia -Glen Baker, P.O. Box 261, Baulkham Hills, 2153 New South Wales; Bel - gium -Juul Anthonissen, 27A Oude Godstraat, 3100 Heist op den Berg. 015- 241953; Canada- D.I.R. Broadcasting, the company we founded in 1972, has corn - But the real culprit behind AOR's troubles-and the record Kirk LaPointe, 43 Sweetland Ave., Ottawa, Ontario KIN 717. 613 238 -4142; Czechoslovakia - pleted the 500th installment of the "King Biscuit Flower Hour." industry troubles that went with them -wasn't conservative Dr. Lubomir Dourzka, 14 Zeleny Pruh, 147 00 Praha 4 Branik. 26- 16 -08; Denmark -Knud Orst- We have become something like the doyens of radio concert pro- playlists. It was fragmenting ed, 22 Tjoernevej, DK -3070 Snekkersten. 02- 22- 26 -72; Finland -Kari Helopaltio, SF -01860 Pert- audiences. tula. 27- 18 -36; France -Phillip Hill, 24 rue de Roi de Sicile, 75004 Paris, Tel: 887.0417; ducers and syndicators, and we find we have some things to say As Lee Abrams has been saying for years, the rock audience Greece-John Carr, Kaisarias 26 -28, Athens 610; Holland- Willem Hoos, Bilderdijhlaan 28, Hil- about the current state of the medium that has sustained us began to splinter in the middle '60s, and nothing has happened to versum. 035 -43137; Hong Kong -Hans Ebert, TNS, 17 /F, Wah Kwong Bldg., 48 -62 Hennessey - Rd., Tel: (5) 276021; Hungary-Paul Gyongy, Orloutca 3/b, 1026 Budapest 11. Tel: 167 -456; through the years. Industry veterans? So it seems. reverse the trend. The closest thing today to the giant, "mass Ireland -Ken Stewart, 56 Rathgar Road, Dublin 6, Ireland. 97- 14 -72; Israel-Benny Dudke- A lot of veterans would use this kind of forum to mourn the appeal" artists of the '60s and early '70s is Michael Jackson, and vitch, P.O. Box 7750, 92 428 Jerusalem; Italy- Vittorio Castelli, Via Ramazzotti 20, 21047 Sar- passing of "the good old days" in their chosen fields. We're here it's no coincidence that "Thriller" and the new "mass- appeal" onna (Milan). 02 -960 1274; Japan -Shig Fujita, Utsunomiya Bldg., 19 -16 Jingumae 6-Chome, Shibuya -ku Tokyo 150. 03 4984641; Kenya -Ron Andrews, P.O. Box 41152, Nairobi. 24725; to question whether, in the rock radio business, those days ever radio format -contemporary hits-got hot at the same time. New Zealand- AnnLouise Martin, 239 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland 9. 496-062; Philip- existed. Take a look at hit radio's numbers, though, and it's clear we're pines -Ces Rodriguez, 11 Tomas Benitez, Quezon City 3008. Poland -Roman Waschko, Ma- not seeing a new batch of WABC's and WLS's. "Mass appeal" giera 9m 37, 01 -873 Warszawa. 34- 36-04; Portugal- Fernando Tenente, R Sta Helena 122 R /c, Oporto; Romania-Octavian Ursulescu, Str. Radu de la La Afumati nr, 57 -B Sector 2, Bucharest has become just one more form of narrowcasting. In New York, O.P. 9. 13-46-10. 16- 20 -80; Singapore -Anita Evans, 164 Mount Pleasant Rd., 1129. 2560551; for example, the top -rated station at present, WHTZ, pulls in all South Africa -John Miller, c/o The Rand Daily Mail, 171 Main St., Johannesburg. 710 -9111. of 6% of the total audience -and lined up right behind WHTZ South Korea -Byung -Hoo Suh, Joong -Ang Weely, 58 -9 Sosomun -Dong, Seoul. 28 -8219; Spain-Ed Owen, Planta 6 -3D, Espronceda 32, Madrid 3. 442 -9446. Sweden -Leif Schulman, are more than a dozen stations playing some segment of what we Brantingsgatan 49, 4 tr. 115 35 Stockholm. 08-629-873; Switzerland- Pierre Haesler, Hasen- used to call rock'n'roll. weld 8, CH -4600 Olten, 062 -215909; U.S.S.R.-Vadim D. Yurchenkov, 6 Aprelskaya Str., Block The hit radio audience -people who want to hear a fairly 2, Apt. 16, 195268 Leningrad, K-268. 225-35-88; West Germany -Wolfgang Spahr (Chief Corre- spondent), 236 Bad Segeberg, An der Trave 67 b, Postfach 1150. 04551- 81428. Jim Sampson broad spectrum of current hits-is in fact just one more frag- (News Editor), Liebherrstr. 19, 8000 Munchen 22. 089-227746. Yugoslavia -Mitja Volcíc, Dra - ment. So, for that matter, is the AOR audience-white males, gomer, Rozna 6, 61 351, Brezovica, Ljubljana 23-522. mostly, under 25, who don't want a broad spectrum of music, want a radio format that plays Quiet Riot and Black Director of Marketing á Sales: Miles T. Killoch (N.Y.). who still Sabbath. Director of Marketing R. Communications: Charles Buckwalter, Jr. (N.Y.). Meyrowitz, left, and Kauff: "The progressives were not as Is it AOR's fault that those listeners have narrow tastes? Can wide open as nostalgia would have us believe." we really blame AOR for identifying that audience and going af- Director of Sales, Video /Sound Business: Ron Willman (N.Y.); Director of Sales, It has become fashionable to knock AOR radio (and MTV, ter it? Last we heard, that's what good radio was supposed to be International Buyer's Guide: Ron Carpenter (N.Y.); Home Entertainment Manager. AOR's large offspring) for not playing certain records: new re- about. Diane Daou (LA.); Production Manager. John Wallace (N.Y.); Promotion Coordina- cords, black records, "our" records. In particular, it has become If anything, the music industry owes AOR a vote of thanks for tor: Nanette Varian (N.Y.); Production /Sales Coordinators: Lucy Bellamy (LA.), fashionable to mourn the good old "progressive" days teaching radio how to use research to target an audience that Debra Millburn (Nashville), Grace Kolins (N.Y.). of FM Account Executives: New York -Norm Berkowitz, Don Frost (212 -164 -1356); Los rock, when stations would take a chance on anything. Or so the isn't mass. The programming strategies of the top 40 giants of Angeles- Christine Matuchek (213- 859 -5316); Nashville -John McCartney, story goes. yesteryear won't work anymore, but in their place we have a Southern Manager (615 -748- 8145); Classified Advertising Manager -Jeff Serrette We remember progressive rock radio. We remember it with much wider range of music being played by stations that are so- (N.Y.) (212-764-7388). affection, because in 1972 FM progressives gave us a chance to phisticated enough to see beyond vague categories like "rock" or International Sales: Australia -Geoff Waller & Assoc., 102 Glover St., Cremore, try out a good, simple idea. Radio concerts by all those new rock "black" or "adult contemporary." Sydney, NSW 2090, 011 -909 -188, Telex: AA27905; Canada: Frank Daller, 632 Ade- laide Street West, Toronto M6J1A9, 416-365 -0724; France: Ann -Marie Hounsfield, superstars, we thought, would add an exciting dimension to rock For a record company, the new formats mean AOR airplay is 5 Rue du Commandant, Pilot 92522 Neuilly, Cedex 1-738-4178; Italy: Germano Rus - formats, but the cost of producing such shows was too high for no longer the only way to sell records. For a company like citto, Pizzale Loreto 9, Milan, 28 -29 -158; Japan: Hugh Nishikawa, Utsunomiya any one station to handle week after week. With our own ad hoc D.I.R., which is in the business not just of concerts but of nation- Bldg., 19 -16 Jingumae, 6- Chome, Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 03- 498 -4641 Telex: 781- "network," D.I.R. would serve as the middleman. As 500 shows al long -form radio programs, this new diversity means we can 25735; Mexico and Latin America: call New York office, (212) 764 -7356; New Zea- and a raft of imitators demonstrate, the idea worked. feature artists from all corners of pop music, along with comedy land: Mike Bailey, F.J. Associates, P.O. Box 1367, Wellington, 723745; Spain: Ra- fael Revert, General Manager, c/o Radio Madrid 232 -8000, 231 -8319; : Patrick Campbell, European Advertising Sales Manager, 7 Carnaby St., London W1V1PG 439-9411 Telex: 851- 262100; West Germany Hans -Moritz v. Fran- `For a record company, the new formats mean kenberg, Muller & Von Frankenberg, Uberseering 25, 2000 Hamburg 60, 040/631 4299 -63137 71; Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Holland, Luxemborg, Norway, AOR airplay is no longer the only way to sell records' Portugal, So. Africa, Sweden: contact, Patrick Campbell, London office; Austria, contact West German office. Switzerland: But even in their heyday, the progressives were not as wide programs and interview programs and whatever else catches the Divisional Controller. Don O'Dell (N.Y.); Circulation Manager. Donna De Witt open as nostalgia would have us believe. Even before an FM li- public's attention. (N.Y.); Conference Coordinator. Kris Sofley (LA.); Managing Director /Internation- cense was worth millions of dollars, progressive rock was not a We can also continue our long and happy relationship with al Operations: Mike Hennessey (London); License & Permissions Manager. Geor- playground for hippies. Those people in jeans and T -shirts were AOR, which has lately been showing an encouraging interest in gina Ellen Challis (N.Y.). for the most part radio professionals who had a very clear idea of new talent. Don't send the wreath just yet. BILLBOARD PUBLICATIONS, INC. what audience they were trying to reach, and who chose their We like radio. We like the radio people we have worked for, Chairman And President W.D. Littleford. Executive Vice Presidents: Gerald S. records accordingly. and with, since 1972. That's why, as two "industry veterans" lift- Hobbs, Jules Perel, Patrick Keleher, James E. Hackett. Vice Presidents: William H. In 1972, a number of our stations wouldn't air a "King Bis- ing our glasses in a toast to all the stations who have supported Evans Jr., Treasurer; Lee Zhito, Billboard Operations; John B. Babcock, Product cuit" concert starring a new band called Black Sabbath; doesn't us through 12 years and 500 shows, we'd like to remember all the Development; Mary C. McGol- fit the format, they said. In 1983, some of those same stations good things that AOR has done for radio. Narrowcasting ought Personnel; Ann Haire, - drick, very world for all of us. Circulation; Secretary: Ernest SUBSCRIBER SERVICE grown-up, research- oriented AORs by now -wouldn't go for an- to be a rewarding Lorch. Corporate Managers: Billboard, P.O. Box 1413 other new band called Quiet Riot, which has gone on to sell four Riverton, NJ. 08077 Robert Meyrowitz and Peter Kauff, respectively, are president Marie R. Gombert, Corporate million albums to AOR audiences. (609) 786-1669 D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp., based Production. We argued in 1972; we argued in 1983. What good old days? and executive vice president of in New York. This is not to say that progressive rock /AOR radio hasn't MPA RED 51,-ABP TAG Articles and letters appearing on this page serve as a forum for the expression of views of general interest. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 12 Radio LARRY COATES NAMED PD Philly's WXTU Goes Country PHILADELPHIA -In many cir- of an oldies approach. Again, coun- programmed Chattanooga's WUSY, cles, "Philadelphia" and "country try disappeared from the market. will most likely do mornings. His music" are mutually exclusive con- But last week Beasley Broadcast- country programming and personal- cepts. Prejudices aside, the ratings ing's WXTU took the plunge. Ru- ity background includes WCAO Bal- seem to bear this out. mors about its switch had been circu- timore, WPLO Atlanta, WWOK Mi- Back in country's earlier days, lating for several months, so the ami, WVOV Huntsville, WYDE when the word was automatically fol- actual change came as no surprise. Birmingham and WKDA Nashville. lowed by "and western," WRCP- But the question on everybody's Several staffers from WXTU's ur- AM-FM valiantly tried a traditional mind seems to be, "Can this work ?" ban approach will also remain. Ac- format. But Ernest Tubb couldn't According to operations manager cording to Welldon, the largest nega- hold a candle to the Orlons, and so it Doug Welldon, who has been with tive to overcome is not a country is that 'RCP today is WSNI. Beasley for several years and came misconception but the inconsistent More recently, longtime top 40 from the chain's recently sold WSGF image the station has had. "92.5 has legend WFIL tried a more main- Savannah, the answer is yes. "Our been nothing but change. My job is to stream approach. On its FM, WUSL, station traditionally has had signal convince people we're serious. EAST MEETS WEST- Representatives from recent Arbitron top- raters the Burns -Somerset "Continuous problems downtown," says Welldon. "We've been urban, new wave, top KITS Los Angeles and WHTZ New York meet each other at United Stations' Country" was utilized, while the AM "But we blanket the metro suburban 40 when we were WIFI, hard rock, party in Manhattan honoring "Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40" program. Shown struggled with a local presentation. areas, and that's where the country , you name it. But this is a from left are WHTZ air personality Ross Britain, program director Scott Together, at one point the stations listeners are. It's not a guess. We commitment." Shannon and general manager Dean Thacker; United Stations president managed a 4 share, and so it was that checked it out by zip code, and coun- ROLLYE BORNSTEIN Nick Verbitsky; KITS president and general manager Wally Clark, and Dees. management decided to stop compet- try plays to our strengths. ing with itself and switched away "Obviously the town can't support from "Continuous Country" on FM, two country stations, but it can sup- moving to urban, while the FM had a port one, if the one station has the Jox go at the country audience FM advantage. Trying to bring a new Vox exclusively. format into a market like this on AM It didn't work. WUSL's country didn't and won't work, but it can on Sebastian Signs WTTR Baltimore audience scattered to the AC and FM," he continues. "Actually, there easy listening outlets. Consequently, is more of a country influence here By ROLLYE BORNSTEIN Channel 7 and Channel 2 newsman This week's management moves WFIL, too, dropped country in favor now than at any other time. When Mike MacDonald. include the appointment of Michael WUSL dropped the format, some of Rumor has turned into reality with Up in Milwaukee, Dave Dworkin Craven as VP /GM of WMMR Phila- the AC's started playing more of it. delphia, replacing Hal Smith at the the word that John Sebastian has in- returns to KQRS, doing mornings, "Another point is, we believe in it. Metromedia outlet (Smith, you'll re- New Officers deed signed a Baltimore station to be from KDWB there, while KQDS Our sales staff believes in it. The de- member, switched to the AM side of his second FOR client (Vox Jox, Duluth's Dan Culhane joins KQRS Elected By mographics in country are 25 -54, and the operation as VP /GM of WIP). March 3). Leaving its call letters be- as research and promotion director. that's very saleable. We'll promote it; Craven spent 15 years at the town's hind, along with its easy listening for- CRB Board we're working on a custom -produced * * * legend, WFIL, and its FM, WUSL, mat, will be Shamrock's WTTR. Li- television campaign right now. We'll After successfully trouncing Indy's before becoming vice president of NASHVILLE -The Country censed to Westminster, 'TTR becomes do billboards. On the air, it will be WNAP from his post as PD of Sportsplex Marketing. Radio Braodcasters elected Al WGRX under Sebastian's direction. 'Continuous Country,' straightfor- WZPL there, Gary Hoffmann will Greenfield of KYSR El Paso Programmed locally by VP /GM Upped to VP /GM of Bonneville's ward and succinct." try to repeat that success as PD of president for the coming year at Ken Stevens, who also serves as VP/ WRFM New York is Mark Bench. Relying on the success of the one -time market leader WNAP. Pro- the organization's board of direc- programming for the chain, and PD The former vice président of sales re- Burns -Somerset format, Welldon grammed in its heyday by Chris Con- tors meeting here March 4. Alan Lawson, the station has an air - places John Moler ... Meanwhile, at the key is in a pre- ner, the station's been without pro- Also chosen were Bob says contemporary staff including Bill Slater from Port- The Loop (WLUP Chicago), John stress contempo- gramming leadership since Bob English, Broadcast Program- sentation. "We'll land's late KQFM doing mornings, Coulter adds "station manager" to rary presentation. I think country Christy left last fall. No word on ming International, Bellevue, Lawson 10 -noon, production director his business cards. image here be- who'll get the coveted "Indy's Ap- Wash., vice president; Gerri Mc- has had a negative Bob Payne from Charleston's WKLC * * * cause people perceived it as Ernest ple" job, but Ken Wolt's looking. Dowell, Capitol /EMI /Liberty noon -4, music director Jim Robinson Maybe something Tubb or 'Hee Haw'." Now that Chuck Brown's in Den- there's to the Records, Dallas, secretary, and (who formerly programmed Seattle's notion that the most valuable asset a Assisting Welldon, whose back- ver (Vox Jox, Mar. 10), the new PD Jeff Walker, Aristo Music Asso- KZOK doing afternoons with WMJQ Southern California licensee has is ground is primarly top 40, will be at Sacramento's KZAP is former ciates, Nashville, treasurer. Rochester's Kevin Malvey) on nights, real estate. At least would longtime country programmer Larry ZAPper Chris Miller, who left in that ex- Heading the agenda com- and WMET Chicago's Paul Nelson 1980 to program Houston's KLOL plain the sale of San Bernardino's mittee for next year's Country Coates. Coates, who most recently handling overnights. Also joining the . .. After 12 years with WCOL/ KCKC and Long Beach's KNAC to Radio Seminar will be Bever - eclectic station is GSM Bill Hopkin- WXGT Columbus, operations man- separate real estate developers. Des Moines. WIYY, news lee Bleisch of KJJY New LP & son from crosstown and ager Harry Valentine trots across Buying KCKC, an AM country It will be held in Nashville next Jim Reigner from his after- Tape Releases, director town to Nationwide's WNCI, replac- outlet at 1350, is Jerry Maltz. For- While March 7 -9. p. 21 noon news slot at WYST ... ing Tom Watson as program mer owner Jack Siegal retains On- Baltimore, we're on the subject of director. tario's KNTF, programmed by TM. WNIN -AM -FM promotion director And KNAC, "The Knack," a long - Keith Newman is upped to PD/MD suffering AOR class A outlet at FCC Accuses WHYI Of stations, while former of the urban Viacom To Buy 105.5, has been purchased by Fred PD Curtis Anderson continues in his Sands, one of the area's larger real - afternoon slot on the FM. `Lack Of Candor' On EEO WEAM Washington tors. Former KIFM /XHZ San Die - By BILL HOLLAND go/Tijuana consultant Jeff Peck Those of you who have been taking comes in as GM. He says the only WASHINGTON -The FCC, in Shook, "and more importantly, why notes will remember that WBLS New For $1.2 Million major change will be a signal what an official admits "is certainly the inaccuracies exist in the first York personality Sergio Dean was improvement. not an everyday action," has desig- place." slated to go to Detroit as PD of NEW YORK -Viacom, as expect- Back in San Diez l. Mike Button nated for hearing the license renewal The inaccuracies came to light in WLBS last year, but remained in ed, has signed a contract to purchase leaves KS 103 (KSDO-FM), where application of WHYI (Y -100) Mi- followup responses to staff inquiries Gotham doing the morning show in- WEAM Washington for $1.2 million he was music director, to join Pro- ami/Ft. Lauderdale, Metroplex about initial EEO information filings. stead. Well, this time it looks like his (Billboard, March 10). gramming Plus there ... Over in Communication of Florida Inc.'s 100 "They aren't the same," Shook ex- ticket is punched, as he's coming in Norm Feuer, president of Viacom, Cleveland, Mike McVay's consul- kw top 40 FM station, charging "lack plains. "Now, they very well may to WLBS, replacing Al Roberts as says that he will explore a number of tancy is growing nicely with the word of candor" in its equal employment have the answers, but the purpose of PD/MD of the contemporary outlet options while he waits for approval that he's locked up Robinson's opportunity reports and "inaccura- the hearing is to look into the inaccu- consulted by Lee Abrams. from the FCC. "We're 60 -90 days KWK -AM -FM St. Louis and Dallas' cies" and "inconsistencies" in the li- racies and resolve why they exist." Still on the subject of Inner City, away from deciding what to do," he KMGC. censee's submissions to the The licensee, the FCC says, has al- the word is that ABC is working up a says. "All options are open." One Across town at United's WRQC, Commission. ready been "admonished" for its press release on Frankie Crocker. possibility is to change the format of Kris Earl Phillips is upped to PD at In addition, the Commission has EEO performance in 1979. The sta- Draw your own conclusions ... On the big band station. the Cleveland station. charged that Y -100 has violated the tion filed its initial renewal applica- to another substantial rumor, this "It's premature to discuss for- Operations manager Scott Howitt had been han- EEO rules with respect to women tion in September, 1981, but there one from Chicago: WCLR GM Chet mats," he says, noting that the mar- dling those chores since Tim Spencer and blacks. was a petition to deny filed a month Redpath is said to have made a deci- ket is "too competitive" for him to made the big time on SMN's RockA- Metroplex officials deny the later. The latest replies were filed by sion on a new PD, and should be an- address the subject. The prospect of merica a few months back. charges. In a statement, they say that Metroplex last June. nouncing it by the time you read this. selling the station in combo with co- the company is "disappointed" in the In the classification of female em- Official this week is the Z95 owned WMZQ "is also fair." Down in Tallahassee, WCSN PD FCC action, adding that "our com- ployees part of the case, the FCC says (WZUU Milwaukee) morning team Feurer, who says that he waited Robert Conrad walks across town to pany has always been scrupulous in the licensee's initial responses to an of Buck & O'Conner. That's Buck "some time" after Jake Eisenstein fill that post at FM 99 (WBGM). He our dealings with the Commission." informal objection filed by Linda Sil- McWilliams and Chris O'Conner, withdrew his bid for the purchase of replaces Al Brock, who left for The statement says that Metroplex verstein, a former employee, "were who had been on Toledo's the outlet from Thorns Radio TV En- KMGK Des Moines ... If you're "will vigorously defend our long and not consistent" with responses subse- WRQN ... Over in Chicago, Connie terprises, believes he paid a reason- among the growing number of for- exemplary broadcast record before quently filed. Szerszen vacates her WUSN evening able price for WEAM. "It beats the mer WEBC Duluth employees, con- the Commission ...." The Commission plans to set the slot to do weekends on the country hell out of $3.5," he says, referring to tact the old homestead. They're plan- "We're not certain about the accu- hearing date "this spring," unless the FM, while morning news anchor Ni- the multi -million -dollar figure re- ning their 60th anniversary and racy of the information provided us," administrative law judges' case load cole Courtney takes over the 6 -10 portedly paid recently for WRC would like your involvement. says FCC EEO attorney James is backed up. p.m. slot. She's replaced by former Washington. LEO SACKS (Continued on page 16) www.americanradiohistory.com 13 Radio Woshinglon Roundup Taft Buying Plough's WSUN By BILL HOLLAND * * * that even though all five showed poor CHICAGO -Plough Broadcasting has agreed to sell its 10,000 -watt equal employment re- Tampa AM, WSUN (620), to Taft Broadcasting, retaining its ownership Classical Radio Inc. of New York opportunity In the ignorance of the lawyer is no or no fulltime positions of WZNE, its FM in that market. In addition, Plough is currently negoti- got a break last week from the FCC cords -few excuse department: Winston-Salem, for blacks stations had showed ating the sale of its Chicago properties WJJD/WJEZ (1160/104.3), with after the review board reinstated its -the N.C.'s WSEZ has been fined by the good faith in seeking out minority job Infinity Broadcasting rumored to be the likely buyer. application for a new FM station in FCC $20,000 for "repeated viola- Country- formatted WSUN is to be paired with Taft's WYNF, accord- New York that could replace WNCN, applicants. tions" that included several equip- * * * ing to Carl Wagner, Taft's VP /radio properties, who says that current owned by GAF Broadcasting. ment test permit foulups and operat- AM sister WDAE (1250), a 5 kw nostalgia station and the flagship of Last August, the FCC granted the ing with its sister station, WAIR, It's spring cleaning time at the Taft's "Primetime" syndication service, will go on the sale block. The fate license renewal to GAF after the with increased power without sub- FCC. Mass media bureau chief Jim of "Primetime," heard on more than 27 stations, is undecided. Wagner is president of Classical abruptly left mitting tests. McKinney says that he's trying to quoted by a company spokesman as saying, "The country format is very the witness stand during questioning WSEZ's owner, Triad Broadcast- finish up business with 161 outstand- viable in that market." on Classical's financial exhibit. The ing Co. Inc., admitted the violations ing rulemakings before taking on new At Plough's Chicago outlets, WJJD/WJEZ GM George Dubinetz ad- judge adjourned the meeting. but sought a reduction of the fine by issues, and action is expected on mits that Infinity is a "top contender" as a buyer, adding that station The next day, Classical attorneys saying it had been "unwitting victim" some -broadcast ownership issues brass would be pleased were Infinity to purchase the country/nostalgia explained that he was under treat- of "bad advice" from its attorney /en- among them -within a month's time. outlets, but that "nothing is confirmed at the moment." He says he ex- ment for ulcer problems and was First to be moved will be the so- gineer. The FCC was unmoved. pects a final decision this week. MOIRA McCORMICK physically unable to testify at that called attribution rule governing the time. The judge ruled that Classical * * * percentage of ownership FCC allows "had failed to prosecute its applica- The license renewals of five Ohio before a broadcaster's name is listed tion diligently" and dismissed Classi- and Michigan radio stations were as part owner. McKinney says it cal's application. granted by the FCC last week, but could come by next month. Also slat- KOB -FM's Steve Hadley However, the review board found the Commission has imposed report- ed is a proposal loosening up the 7 -7- that the judge's decision was "inap- ing conditions on one of them, Sham- 7 national multiple ownership rule as propriate" and has reinstated the ap- rock's WWWW Detroit. well as the regional concentration Killed In Cycle Accident plication. Now the FCC will once In dismissing the petition from the rule. Broadcast groups and most re- ALBUQUERQUE -"He was ab- collided with a car last week and was again continue further proceedings National Black Media Coalition cently the Reagan administration's solutely at the top," says KSTF Min- killed almost instantly. dealing with Classical's finances. (NBMC), the Commission found National Telecommunications & In- neapolis station manager Chuck Ironically, it was automobiles that formation Administration (NTIA) Knapp of Steve Hadley, program di- first led Hadley to radio. Growing up are in favor of repealing or relaxing rector of Hubbard's KOB-FM here. in Duncan, Okla., he listened to the rules. "In the 1I years I had known him I'd Chuck Dan (today Chuck Riley) on Most Added Records] never seen him happier. KOMA Oklahoma City and worked Speaking of the former WHO Des "He and his wife Linda were ex- at the local service station while The week's five most added singles at Moines sportscaster, President Rea- pecting their first child within weeks. dreaming of becoming a jock. Billboard's reporting stations in each of four formats gan will address the closing general Under his leadership the station Like a fairy tale, the owner turned # of Billboard's # of Billboard's assembly at the annual NAB conven- rocketed from a 3.5 share to a 13.8. I out to be Riley's father, who encour- stations stations tion in Las Vegas May 1 -via satel- saw him three weeks ago at Hub - aged Hadley to pursue a career that adding record now reporting lite feed from Washington. He will bard's sales convention in Las Vegas. took him to KSTP in 1973. From Title, Artist, Label this week record also respond to questions from the He had just bought a motercycle." It there it was WIBG Philadelphia, audience. was on that cycle that Hadley, 37, where he met his wife Linda. HOT 100 After a stint a Memphis' WHBQ (184 Stations) Hadley returned to Hubbard and was Christal's Duffy Mulling appointed PD /operations manager 1 "," "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rock and morning drive talent at KOB- 'N' Roll 72 117 FM. His "Stevie & the Bean" morn- 2 "Love Somebody," Rick Springfield, Three Takeover Offers ing show was one of the highest rated RCA 58 134 in the town's history. Currently mid- NEW YORK -Christal company Duffy says that he probably day man Peter Benson is filling in on 3 "Don't Answer Me," the Alan chairman Bob Duffy says he is enter- wouldn't entertain the thought of the air while T.J. Lambert acts as Parsons Project, Arista 54 114 taining three "exceptional" offers, selling the rep firm if he weren't PD, as Knapp tries to locate a and one in particular, for the sale of executive officer 4 "You Might Think," the Cars, chairman and chief the rep firm here. logical replacement. Elektra 53 111 of Duffy Broadcasting. "It's It's "a mucho biggo," says Duffy, for people to expect me to sell it," he ROLLYE BORNSTEIN 5 "Head Over Heels," The Go -Go's, who is reviewing a proposed outline acknowledges, noting that Cox IRS 51 51 for the takeover of the country's Broadcasting owned the firm from Sandusky Chief fourth -ranked rep firm. The execu- 1973 -78, after which Duffy entered BLACK tive, whose company represents cli- into a five -year partnership with Cox Brooks Moves (94 Stations) ents in 91 markets, declines to reveal that terminated in December -leav- Into Denver 1 "Lady You Are," One Way, MCA 21 24 who made the offer but notes that ing Duffy as Christal's sole owner. Slot two of the three prospective purchas- "It's like a house that gets better By LEO SACKS 2 "Hello," Lionel Richie, Motown 20 65 ers are also rep firms. looking." NEW YORK -Sandusky Radio 3 "Stop What You're Doia'," the Chi- "There's lots of guessing going president Toney Brooks, conceding Lites, Private I 20 48 around that Bob Duffy is getting out Duffy adds that under no circum- that the chain "blew it" when its of the rep business," he states. "It's stances would Christal be merged, 4 "Shake Down," Evelyn "Ch ampagne" KBPI Denver property lost morning just not true." Parties interested in and that if a deal were to fall King, RCA 20 47 team Steven B. and The Hawk to acquiring the firm have asked him to through, he still has an interest in ac- crosstown rival KPKE, plans to re- 5 "Superstar/Until You Come Back To stay on should a sale occur, he notes, quiring a rep firm of his own. His $7 evaluate the station's programming Me," Luther Vandross, Epic 18 58 "because this is a personal service million bid for Torbet Radio was $3 as the new general manager of the al- business, and Christal right now is a million shy of the eventual purchase bum rock outlet. COUNTRY jewel of a company." price last year. LEO SACKS (Continued on page 62) (125 Stations)

1 "I Got Mexico," Eddy Raven, RCA 44 44 2 "Just A Little Love," Reba McEntire, MCA 43 44 3 "As Long As I'm Rockin' With You," John Conlee, MCA 39 90 4 "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson, Columbia 33 98 5 "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," David Allan Coe, Columbia 33 49

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1 "Hello," Lionel Richie, Motown 20 58 2 "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson, Columbia 19 43 3 "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)," Phil Collins, Atlantic 17 43 4 "Unfaithfully Yours (Our Love)," Stephen Bishop, Warner Bros. 12 49 5 "Don't Answer Me," the Alan Parsons Project, Arista 12 28 www.americanradiohistory.com 14 Billboard. Sin9Ies AggdÌO Action.

KLEER -Next Time Its For Real deter- **KEY ADD -ONS -the two key records added at the stations listed as Based on station playlists through Tuesday (3/6/84) WKZQ -FM- Myrtle Beach MIDNIGHT STAR -No Parking On The Dance Floor (Chris Williams-P.O.) GEORGE CLINTON -last Dance mined by station personnel. SHALAMAR-Dancing In The Sheets JEFFREY OSBORNE-We're Going All The Way by station *ADD-ONS -All records added at the stations listed as determined RICK SPRINGFIELD -love Somebody NEWCLEUS -Jam On It TOP ADD ONS - NATIONAL DAD BAND -Joystick MARILYN SCOTT-I0 X 10 WEST PHILLIPS A) Sucker Fcr A Pretty JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song -)I'm lust Face WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) WSFL -FM -New Bern SHANNON-Give Me Tonight THE CARS-You Might Think (Scott Kerr-P.D.) THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (I.R.S.) PAMPKIN-King Of the Beat BERLIN -No More Words THE CARS -You Might Think Northeast Region HALL AND JOHN OATES -Adult Education RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (RCA) TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day DARYL WMJQ -FM- Rochester RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody TOP ADD ONS JOHNNY MATHIS ANO DENIECE WIWAMS -Love WGCL -Cleveland (Jay Stevens) Won't Let He Wait RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (Bob Travis-P.D.) BERLIN -No More Words (Geffen) -Club Michelle YES -Leave It B -94 (WBZZ)- Pittsburgh 94 -Q (WQXI -FM)-Atlanta RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (RCA) Z -104 (WNVZ -FM)- Norfolk MISSING PERSONS-Give (Steve Kingston -P.D.) (Jim Morrison-P.D.) BERUN-No More Words Authority (Steve Kelly -P.D.) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The WGFM- Schenectady YES -Leave It THE PRETENDERS -Show Me MADONNA -Borderline WANG CHUNG -Don't let Go Song (Riva /Mercury) (Mike Neft -P.D.) THE CARS -You Might Think BERLIN -No More Words CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind THE CARS-You Might Think THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) 92X -FM (WXGT -FM)-Columbus THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels SHALAMAR- Dancing In The Sheets V -103 (WVEE) -Atlanta Ceek BON JOVI- Runaway WBJW -FM-Orlando (Adam -P.D.) AI Parks- -P.D.) (Gary Mitchell -P.D.) THE CARS-You Might Think HIT RADIO 96 (WHTX)- KENNY ROGERS -This Woman It THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now K.C. -Cive Up ROCK -107 (WRCK -FM) -Utica JAMES INGRAM -There's No Easy THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million Pittsburgh UB 40 -Red, Red Wine DAVID SANBORN-I Told U So TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day Rome (Todd Chase -P.D.) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song Y- 101 Bangor HOT BOX -Do You Wanna Lover -FM (WGUY -FM)- PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me (Jim Rfeta-D.O.) PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me WOMACK i WOMACK -Love Wars (Jim Randall-P.D.) Now) WNCI « JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song Now) THE CHI- LITES-Stop What You're Doiú -FM- Columbus JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song LIONEL RICHIE-Hello THE PRETENDERS -Show Me THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me ALFIE SILAS-Be Yourself (Tea Watson -P.D.) GO GO'S -Head Over Heels THE Heels WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It THE GO CO'S -Head Over Heels THE GO GO'S -Head Over RE -FLEX -The Politics Of Dancing LIONEL RICHIK-Hello YES -Leave It BERUN-Sto More Words DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS -I Want A New Drug CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind THE CARS -You Might Think ENDGAMES-Love Cares Q (WRVQ Richmond PHIL COLLINS-Against All Odds(Take A look At Me RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody -94 -FM)- Now) ENDGAMES-Love Cares WPST- Trenton Z (Bob Lewis -P.D.) -93 (WZGC) -Atlanta KENNY Footloose -Come Back And Slay LOGGINS- WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Tam Taylor -P.D.) (Chris Thomas-P.D.) PHIL GOWNS-Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me THOMAS DOLBY- Hyperactive THE PRETENDERS -Show Me BERUN-No More Words GO Now) 96 -WHYT (WHYT Detroit ANDY FRASER-Do You Love Me Mid-Atlantic Region THE GO'S -Head Over Heels THE PRETENDERS -Show Me -FM)- Song RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody JON ST. JAMES -Oogity Boogity JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight TOP ADD ONS GENESIS -Illegal Alien JEFFREY OSBORNE-We're Going All The Way RICKaSPRI SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody Y -106 (WIGY -FM) -Bath MADONNA -Borderline LIONEL RICHIE-Hello - You're Looking Hot Tonight (WAEV Savannah WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Satt Rebbiss -P.D.) Q Augusta WAVE -97 -FM)- THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (I.R.S.) -104 (WBBQ -FM)- NIGHT RANGER -Sister Christian THE PRETENDERS-Show Me (J.O. North -P.D.) YES -Leave It (Atco) (Harley Drew-P.D.) THE CARS -You Might Think WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It Q -107 (WRQX) -Washington MADONNA -Borderline JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-The Authority Song BON JOVI- Runaway MADONNA -Borderline THE PRETENDERS-Show Me (Sire) (Allen Berns-P.D.) DAVID BOWIE -Criminal World THE PRETENDERS-Show Me TONY CARET -A Fine Fine Day Know RE- FLEX -The Politics Of Dancing NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian THE CARS -You Might Think (Elektra) TRACY ULLMAN -They Don't BERUN-No More Words THE CARS-You Might Think QUEEN -Radio Ga-Ga ENDGAMES-Love Cares THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels MR. MISTER - Hunters 01 The Night WCZY -FM- Detroit WHIT -FM- Boston WASH -FM- Washington D.C. JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song (Lee Douglas -P.D.) 95 -SX (WSSX- FM)-Charleston THE PRETENDERS -Show Me THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me (Rick Peters -P.D.) (Bill Tanner-P.D.) (Bill Martin -P.D.) QUEEN -Radio Ga -Ga WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It SHALAMAR- Dancing In The Sheets THE PRETENDERS -Show Me Z -102 (WZAT Savannah LIONEL RICHIE -Hello THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels WFBG -Altoona TRACY ULLMAN -They Don't Know -FM)- RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody TONY CAREY-A Fine Fine Day RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (Tony Beeth -P.O.) THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now (Ray WIlllams -P.D.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody BERUN-No More Words THE CARS-You Might Think JAMES INGRAM -There's No Easy MADONNA -Borderline QUEEN -Radio Ga-Ga THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me GENESIS -Illegal Alien TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody WAVA -FM-Washington D.C. THE CARS-You Might Think WDRQ -Detroit BARRY MANILOW-You're Looking Hot Tonight GENESIS -Illegal Alien (Telly Bray -P.O.) WXKS -FM- Boston (Randy Kabricb -P.O.) WBCY -Charlotte THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels THE TEMPTATIONS -Sail Away (Seery Jae White -P.D.) TRACY ULMAN -They Don't Know (Bob Kagban -P.D.) GOLDEN EARRING -When The Lady Smiles Q105 (WRBQ) -Tampa CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind -Walking In My Sleep TES -Leave It -Show Me NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian THE PRETENDERS ONE WAY-Lady You Are THE GO GO'S-Head Over Heels CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind (Mason Disen-P.D.) Me THE CARS-You Might Think TYRONE BRUNSON -Fresh THE PRETENDERS-Show «JULIO A -To All The "TYSTICK" MIDNIGHT STAR-No Parking On The Dance Floor WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It IGLESIAS WIWE NELSON TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day PATTI LABELS -Love, Need And Want You -Let's Hear It For The Boy Girls I've Loved Before BERUM -No More Words DENIECE WILLIAMS THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels Out For A Hero RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody WJLK -FM -Asbury Park BONNIE TYLER-Holding WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It WVIC -FM- Lansing EDDIE MONEY-Club Michelle (Dennis O'Mara -P.D.) 100 (WOMP -FM)- Wheeling CK101 (WCKS) -Cocoa Beach JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-The Authority Song THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels BILLY IDOL-Rebel Yell (BM Martin-P.O (Dwayne Bends-P.D.) THE PRETENDERS -Show Me (Bobby Knight -P.O.) THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now THE POINTER TERS-Automatic JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-The Authority Song THE RACKETEERS -A Night In RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody ELBOW BONES AND CULTURE CLUB-Miss Me Blind And The Rain WBEN -FM- Buffalo MADNESS -The Sun New York BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero Z ADAM ANT -Strip (Bob Weed -P.O.) BERUN-No More Words -93 (WSEZ -FM)- Winston -Salem WANG CHUNG -Dorit Let Go RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody « BERUN-No More Words BON JOVl- Runaway (Belo Maheney -P.D.) 104.7 (WNOK -FM)-Columbia THE CARS -You Might Think WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It TONY CARET -A Fine Fine Day WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -fat It THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me B -104 (WBSB) -Baltimore MADONNA -Borderline EURYTHMICS -Here Comes The Rain Again Against All A Look At Me THE CARS-You Might Think (Jan Jeferies-P.D.) BARRY MANILOW-You're Looking Hot Tonight PHILJCOLLINS- Odds(Take CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind Z -104 (WZEE -FM)- Madison Now) THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me THOMAS DOLBY -Hyperactive (Jheath " Little-M.D.) PAUL YOUNG-Come Back And Stay MIDNIGHT STAR -Ho Parking On The Dance Floor RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody RICK SPRINGFIELD -love Somebody Out For A Hero YES -Leave It ROGER DALTREY -Walking In My Sleep BONNIE TYLER-Holding 30 SPECIAL -Back Where You Belong WKBW -Buffalo PROJECT Answer Me THE PRETENDERS-Show Me THE ALAN PARSONS -Don't JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song (Sandy Beach-P.D.) K.C. -Give It Up North Central Region PAUL YOUNG-Corne Back And Stay AM -98 (WILK -AM)- Wilkes Barre THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me WMAR -FM- Baltimore (Joe Montieno -P.D.) KZ93 (WKZW)- Peoria 1 TOP ADD ONS JULIO IGLESIAS A WILLIE NELSON-To All The -100 (WNFI -FM)- Daytona NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian (Gary Freakier-P.D.) (Mart MaIslay -P.D.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It Girls I've Loved Before Beach THOMPSON TWINS-Hold Me Now SHALAMAR-Dancing In The Sheets BONNIE TYLER-Holding Out For A Hero WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) WNYS -FM- Buffalo (Brian Douglas -P.O.) LIONEL RICHIE -Belk THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me YES -Leave It RICHIE -Hello (Motown) (BIN Ted-P.O.) PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me LIONEL RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody JEFFREY OSBORNE -We're Going All The Way BILLY IDOL -Rebel Yell LIONEL RICHIE-Hello Now) RICK -Love Somebody (RCA) THE CARS -You Might Think SHALAMAR -Dancing In The Sheets SPRINGFIELD THE CARS -You Might Think BRYAN ADAMS -Heaven WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It THE PRETENDERS-Show Me TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day (MCA) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-The Authority Sang WVSR -FM- Charleston CON FUNK SHUN-Don't Let Our Love Grow Cold WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Chris Bailey -P.D.) G -105 (WDCG -FM)- HIT RADIO 1007 (WRKR -FM)- BERLIN -No More Words THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels MISSING PERSONS-Give WKRZ -Wilkes -Barre Durham /Raleigh Racine More Words (Jim Rising -P.D.) WERZ- Exeter BERUN -No (Rid Freeman-P.D.) (Pat Martin -P.D.) LAID BACK -White Horse NIGHT RANGER- Sister Christian LIONEL RICHIE-Ilello (Jack O'Brien -P.D.) WKDD -FM -Akron KOOL AND THE GANG- Tonight BON JOVI- Runaway MR. MISTER -Hunters Of The Night RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody WEIRD AL YANKOWC -Sal It -P.D.) BON JOVI- Runaway NIGHT RANGER- Sister Christian DAVID BOWIE -Without You Know (Matt Pattrick TRACY ULLMAN -They Don't Red Wine ENDGAMES -Love Cares Fine Fine Day UB 40-Red, LIONEL RICHIE -Hells It TONY CAREY -A WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat Go THE PRETENDERS-Show Me JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song WANG CHUNG -Dot Let WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody Z -104.7 (WZYQ -FM)- Frederick -When The Lady Smiles THE PRETENDERS-Show Me NIGHT RANGER- Sister Christian GOLDEN EARRING JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-The Authority Song (Kemosabi Joe-P.D.) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song MADNESS -The Sun And The Rain WZOK- Rockford THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me (WTIC Hartford THE CARS -You Might Think WFLB -Fayetteville (Jeff Davis -P.D.) 96- TIC -FM -FM)- MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND- Runner YES-leave It 98 -YCR (WYCR -FM) -York (Larry Canon-P.O.) (Mike West -P.D.) WBWB -Bloomington PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A At Me ADAM ANT -Strip A.J. Randolph -P.D.) J. BLACKFOOT -Taxi look TES -Leave It (Joke Heimann-P.D.) Now) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-The Authority Song CRYSTAL GATLE Don't Wanna Lose Your Love Me -I THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels THE PRETENDERS -Show Me SHALAMAR-Dancing In The Sheets RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody WPU -FM-New York JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song THE GO GO'S-Head Over Heels TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day MADONNA -Borderline (Larry Berger -P.D.) -Sister Christian WSPT- Stevens Point WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It MISSING PERSONS-Give NIGHT RANGER BERUN-No More Words THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now Beaky- -P.D.) BERLIN -No More Words GENESIS -Illegal Alien MADONNA-Borderline (Jay JEFFREY OSBORNE-Plane Love Looking Hot Tonight THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels OZZY OSBOURNE -So Tired NIGHT RANGER -Sister Christian BARRY MANILOW-You're 13 -FEA (WFEA -AM)- Manchester THE PRETENDERS-Show Me LIONEL RICHIE -Hello RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (Risk Ryder-P.O.) Z -100 (WHTZ) -New York Q -106 (WQXA-FM)--York WFOX -FM- Gainesville WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It « HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS -I Want A New Drug (Scott Shannon -P.O.) WCIL- Carbondale (Dan Steele -P.O.) Alan DuPriest -P.D.) THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian SHANNON-Give Me Tonight (Tony Waitekes -P.0.) PHIL COLUNS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels The Smiles Comes The Rain Again BERUN -No More Words GOLDEN EARRING -When Lady EURYTHMICS -Here YES -Leave It Now) DEBARGE -In A Special Way ENDGAMES -Love Cares PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me MATTHEW WILDER -The Kid's American CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind THE CARS -You Might Think ANDY FRASER-Do You Love Me Now) MONEY -Club Michelle 30 SPECIAL -Back Where You Belong THE PRETENDERS Me EDDIE A Hero -Show MISSING PERSONS-Give BONNIE TYLER-Holding Out For RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It MADONNA- Borderline COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song JEFFREY OSBORNE -Were Going All The Way JOHN HERBIE HANCOCK-Rockit KC -101 (WKCI -FM) -New Haven 92 -KTU (WKTU -FM) -New York EDDIE MONEY-Club Michelle Midwest Region (Stet Rybak -P.D.) City THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me (Cades DeJesus-P.O.) B -96 (WBBM -FM)- Chicago TOP ADD ONS KOOL AND THE GANG- Tonight Southeast Region WRQK -Greensboro NENA -99 Luftballons (Dave Robbins-M.D.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It « (Pam Conrad -P.D.) 3 MC'S -Fresh THE POINTER SISTERS -Automatic THE CARS -You Might Think (Elektra) ADD JULIO IGLESIAS A WILLIE NELSON-To All The Girls TOP ONS HOWARD JONES -New Song DEBARGE-In A Special Way I've Loved Belore RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody (RCA) WJBQ-FM- Portland THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind (Brian Pheenia-P.D.) THE PRETENDERS -Show Me (Sire) THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer JOHNNY MATHIS AND DENIECE WILLIAMS-Love STEPHEN BISHOP -Unfaithfully Yours (Our Love) MADONNA -Borderline Wont Let Me Wait PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me WGCI -FM- Chicago Me (Arista) THE PRETENDERS -Show Me DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES-Adult Education Me Now) (Atlantic) (Gram Armstrong -P.D.) TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day (MCA) ENDGAMES -Love Cares PETER BROWN -They Only Come Out At Night JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) 100 -KHI (WKHI -FM) -Ocean City WOKI- Knoxville JEFFREY OSBORNE-We're Going All The Way THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me -No More Words (Geffen) BERUN (Joe Fidley -P.D.) YARBROUGH ANN PEOPLE -Don't Waste Your Time GOLDEN EARRING -When The Lady Smiles (Jack Gillen -P.D.) RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song OMNI -Let Me Run It THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels Might Think THE GO GO'S-Head Over Heels ONE WAY -Lady You Are THE SPINNERS -Right Of Wrong THE CARS-You BERUN -No More Words SHALAMAR- Dancing In The Sheets DAVID SANBORN-I Told U So KFYR- Bismarck BERUN -No More Words ART OF TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day NOISE -Beat Box (Sid Hardy -P.O.) K -104 (WSPK)- Poughkeepsie Sun And The Ram THE PRETENDERS -Show Me MADNESS -The BILLY JOEL -For The Longest Time FM -107 (WANS ROGER -Walking In My Sleep (Chris Leih -P.D.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It -FM)- DALTREY JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels ENDGAMES -Love Cares WLS- FM- Chicago Anderson /Greenville TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day JEFFREY OSBORNE -We're Going All The Way 2 WIN U BACK -The Jones Girls (Steve Casey-P.D.) POWER 99 (WUSL) -Philadelphia THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels Hunters The Night (Bill McCown -P.D.) GOLDEN EARRING -When The Lady Smiles WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It MR. MISTER- Of WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Jeff Wyatt-P.D.) THE CARS-You Might Think MADONNA -Borderline THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now QUEEN -Radio Ga -Ga You BERLIN-No More Words DAVID BOWIE -Without WLS -AM- Chicago MADONNA -Borderline THE PRETENDERS -Show Me 1 -95 (WINZ -FM) -Miami THE CARS -You Might Think (Steve Caney-P.O.) EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING -Shake Down JEFFREY OSBORNE-We're Going All The Way (Keith Isley-P.D.) PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me o Copyright 1984, Billboard Publica- THE DELLS -You lust Can't Walk Away THOMAS DOLBY-Hyperactive PHIL COLUNS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me 92-PRO (WPRO -FM)- Providence Now) MIDNIGHT STAR-No Parking On The Dance Floor Now) tions, Inc. No part of this publication WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It BIG WISE (WISE Asheville CAMEO-She's A Stranger may be reproduced, stored in a re- RICKSPR NG ELD-Love Somebody -AM)- WCAU -FM-Philadelphia WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It trieval system, or transmitted, in BON JOVI- Runaway (John Stevens -P.D.) (Scott Walker -P.0.1 SCORPIONS -Rock You Like A Hurricane Q102 (WKRQ)- Cincinnati NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian MISSING PERSONS-Give any form or by any means, electron- w GENESIS -Illegal Alien (Tony Gallone -P.D.) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song GOLDEN EARRING-When The Lady Smiles ic, mechanical, photocopying, re- ROGER DALTREY- Walking In My Sleep THE PRETENDERS -Show Me CHRISTINE MoVIE-Got A Hold On Me Y -100 (WHYI -FM) NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian MR, MISTER-Hunters Of The Night -Miami BRYAN ADAMS -Heaven cording, or otherwise, without the W. Walker -PA.) 98 -PXY (WPXY -FM)- Rochester JEFFREY OSBORNE-We're Going All The Way THE GO GO'S-Head Over Heels (Robed prior written permission of the RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me (Tu Mitchell-P.D.) NIGHT RANGER -Sister Christian FM -108 (WDMT -FM)- Cleveland publisher. LESLIE -A Letter To Michael BILLY RANKIN -Baby Come Back Now) LIONEL RICHIE-Hello (Jeffrey B. Kelly -P.O.)

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Ploylist Top Add Ons Billboard R Singles RaclkoAction Based on station playlists through Tuesday (3/6/84)

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (Joe Collins -P.D.) THE PRETENDERS -Show Me MATTHEW WILDER -The Kid's American KILE 14 -AM (KILE -AM)- MATTHEW WILDER -The Kid's American LIONEL RICHIE -Hello . STEREO 98 (KFMZ -FM)- TONY CAREY Fine Fine Day RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody MADONNA -Borderline RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody -A Columbia Galveston JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song THE CARS -You Might Think MR. MISTER -Hinters 01 The Night IGLESIAS 8 WILLIE NELSON -To All The Girls EDDIE MONEY -Club Michelle THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (Kevin Young-P.D.) V -100 (KDVV -FM)- Topeka (Scott Taylor -P.D.) JULIO MADONNA -Borderline BON JOVI- Runaway THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody I've Loved Before (Tony Stewart -P.D.) BERLIN-No More Words RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million THE PRETENDERS -Show Me THE PRETENDERS -Show Me GOLDEN EARRING -When The Lady Smiles THE CARS-You Might Think KIM RADIO (KIMN -AM)- Denver 95 -COZY (KOZE -FM)- Lewiston THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels GENESIS -Illegal Alien TONY CAREY-A Fine Fine Day (Doug Erickson-P.D.) (Jay McCall -P.D.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat l' THE PRETENDERS -Show Me RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody KIST -Santa Barbara JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song KIIK -FM- Davenport THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me (Dick Williams -P.0.) TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day AL YANKOVIC -Eat II THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels MR. MISTER -Hinters Of The Night (Jim O'Hara -P.04 FM -96 (KRAV -FM) -Tulsa 93FM (KKBQ -FM)- Houston WEIRD DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES -Adult Education THE ROMANTICS-Ow In A Million THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (Rick Allan West -P.O.) (John Lander -P.D.) RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody GENESIS -Illegal Alien NENA -99 Luftballons PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me Q -103 FM (KOAQ -FM)- Denver THE CARS -You Might Think THE PRETENDERS-Show Me THE CARS -You Might Think Now) w. TRACY ULLMAN -They Don't Know (Jack Regan-P.D.) BILLY IDOL-Rebel Yell BERLIN -No More Words SHALAMAR- Dancing In The Sheets COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song JOHN MADNESS -The Sun And The Rain THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me Fine Fine Day K -107 (KAYI -FM) -Tulsa TONY CAREY -A THE PRETENDERS -Show Me KHOP- Modesto MAGIC 93 (KMGK -FM) -Des BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero -Walking In My Sleep (Phil Williams -P.D.) ROGER DALTREY (David Allyn Knoham -P.D.) JEFFREY OSBORNE-Were Going All The Way Moines BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero WEIRD AL YAYKOVIC -Eat It -Give It Up 13- KHYT -AM- Tucson THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels K.C. THE CARS -You Might Think (AI Brock -P.D.) 94 -TYX (WTYX)- Jackson (Sherman Cohen-P.D.) JEFFREY OSBORNE-We're Going All The Way THE CARS-You Might Think BON JOVI- Runaway (Jim Chick -P.D.) MR. MISTER -Hunters Of The Night GENESIS -Illegal Alien JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song BERLIN -No More Words JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song KLUC -FM -Las Vegas Me THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels DEBARGE -In A Special Way THE ROLLING STONES -She Was Hot THE PRETENDERS -Show DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls COOL AND THE GANG -Tonight GENESIS -Illegal Alien JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song NIGHT RANGER- Sister Christian THE CARS -You Might Think AILL, YRANKINN -Baaby Come Back BERLIN More Words UB 40-Red. Red Wine -No BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero BON JOVI- Runaway YES -leave It CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind ENDGAMES-Love Cares JEFFREY OSBORNE-Were Going All The Way THE GO GO'S-Head Over Heels BERLIN -No More Words BILLY RANKIN -Baby Corne Back BARRY MANILOW- You're Looking Hot Tonight KFMW- Waterloo WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It KOSO -FM- Modesto (Kipper MaGee-P.D.) THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels 56 (WEBC -AM)- Duluth KKYK -FM- Little Rock (Stan Maine -P.D.) Runaway THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me BON JOVI- All The (Dick Johnson -P.D.) (Ron White -P.04 KRQ -94 FM (KRQQ Tucson JULIO IGLESISS 8 WILLIE NELSON-To THE PRETENDERS -Show Me THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million -FM)- YES -Leave It WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eal It Girls I've Lovec Before JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Authority Song THE CARS -You Might Think (Guy Zapolean -P.04 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me -The THE ALAN PESONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day BRYAN ADAMS -Heaven KEYN -FM-Wichita K -EARTH 101 (KRTH -FM) -Los MADONNA -Borderline KQWB -Fargo 104 (KBFM)- BERLIN -No More Words Taylor -P.0.) (Craig Roberts-P.D.) (Ron Eric Angeles GENESIS -Illegal Alien THOMPSON TWINS -Hold He Now UB 40 -Red, Red Wine McAllen /Brownsville MISSING PERSONS-Give (Bob Hamilton -P.D.) Portland N.C. -Give It Up KMJK- TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day (Bob Mitchell-P.D.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song -Don't Answer Me (Jan Barry-PA.) THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT THE CARS-You Might Thick GENESIS -Illegal Alien THE GO GO'S-lead Over Heels THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me THE CARS -You Might Think KTKT -AM- Tucson THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million GENESIS -Illegal Alien XL-93 (KKXL -AM) -Grand Forks JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song (Bobby Rivers -P.D.) TINA TURNER-Let's Stay Together WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It (Don Nordin-P.D.) DAll BAND -Joystick THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me THE CARS-You Might Think Southwest Region MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND -Runner JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody WJDQ -FM- Meridian KISS -FM (KIIS -FM) -Los Angeles OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN -Livid In Desperate Times THE PRETENDERS-Show Me TRACY ULLMAN-They Don't Know TOP ADD ONS (Tom Kelly-P.D.) (Gerry DeFrancesco-P.D.) UB 40-Red, Red Wine GENESIS -Illegal Alien PAUL YOUNG-Come Back And Stay BALLET-Communication UB 40-Red, Red Wine TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day SPANDAU MADONNA- Bordmtine THE GO GO'S-Head Over Heels lab) KRNA -Iowa City THE CARS -You Might Think (Elektra) ADAM ANT -Strip -Love Somebody (Bart Goynshor-P.D,) RICK SPRINGFIELD KSFM Sacramento THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer MATTHEW WILDER -The Ed's American -FM- BON JOVI- Runaway MADNESS -The Sun And The Rain (Rick Gillette -P.D.) Me (Arista) THE PRETENDERS -Show Me KKHR -FM -Los Angeles THE AUN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) THE (Ed Scarborough -P.D.) Pacific Northwest Region BERLIN -No More Words THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels WHHY -FM- Montgomery GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (I.R.S.) BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody (Mark St.John -P.04 RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody MIDNIGHT STAR -No Parking On The Dance Floor ^.AMP -The Authority Song TOP ADD ONS Q104 (KBEQ)- Kansas City JOHN COUGAR MELLEN WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It THE PRETENDERS -Show Me (Pat McKay -P.D.) KOPA Phoenix DENIECE WIL-IAMS -Let's Hear It For The Boy THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels -FM- JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND- Runner (ReggIo Blackwell-P.O.) MADONNA -Borderline Song (Riva /Mercury) QUEEN -Radio Ga -Ga LIONEL RICHIE-Hello KWOD -FM- Sacramento THE PRETENDERS-Show Me KHFI -FM-Austin PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) (Tem China -P.D.) THE CARS-You Might Think KX -104 (WWKX -FM)- Nashville (Roger Garrett-P.D.) Now) THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (I.R.S.) LIONEL RICHE -Hello DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls (Michael St. John -P.O.) THE CARS -You Might Think WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat lt WEIRD AL YEKOVIC -Eat It DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight (De -Lite) RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody BILLY IDOL-Rebel Yell BONNIE TYLER-Holding Out For A Hero KDWB -AM- Minneapolis BON JOVI- Runaway THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels BERLIN -No More Words KZZP-FM- Phoenix THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song (Lorrin Palagl-P.D.) (Charlie Quinn -P.O.) CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind B-97 (WEZB -FM) -New Orleans RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody LIONEL RICHIE -Hello KXX -106 (WKXX -FM)- HOWARD JONES -New Song CASCADE 105 (KSKD -FM)- 01 (Nick -P.D.) RE- FLEX -The Politics Dancing Baaoo THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Dont Answer Me Y Billings Answer Me PROJECT-Don't Answer Me -93 (KYYA-FM)- Salem THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Birmingham THE ALAN PARSONS THE CARS -You Might Think (Jack DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls (Kevin McCarthy-P.D.) THE GO GO'S -Head Over feels Bell-P.D.) (Len Mitchell -P.D.) YANKOVIC -Eat It DON FELDER-Who Tonight RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody ADAM ANT -Strip WEIRD AL THE PRETENDERS-Show Me K -FM) -Provo «JULIO IGLESIAS 8 WILLIE NELSON -To All The MATTHEW WILDER -The Kids American THE CARS -You Might Think SHEENA EASTON -Almost Over You -96 (KFMY THE CARS-'ou Might Think (Scott Gentry-ND.) Girls I've Loved Before THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels Me KTFM -FM -San Antonio KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight THE AUN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song WIOL-Minneapolis KITE-Corpus Christi LIONEL RICHIE -Hello JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song (Tac Hammer -P.D.) (Ron Chase -PA.) (Phil Thorman -P.D.) BARRY MANILOW-You're Looking Hot Tonight HOT HIT (KITS -FM) -San RICK SPRINGFIELD -love Somebody THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels KENNY LOGGING- Footloose KBBK -FM-Boise THE CARS-You Might Think THE PRETENDERS -Show Me THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million KDZA Evans -P.D.) Francisco TONY CAREY-A Fine Fine Day THOMAS DOLBY-Hyperactive BARRY MANILOW -You're Looking Hot Tonight -Pueblo (Tem TINA TURNER-Let's Stay Together (Jeff Hurler-P.0.) THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song MR. MISTER- Hunters Of The Night (Nip Avila -P.D.) UID BACK -White Horse NIGHT RANGER-Sister Christian THOMAS DOLBY -Hyperactive THE CARS -You Might Think -Don't Answer Me OUVIA NEWTON -JOHN -Livid In Desperate Times KJ -103 (KJYO- FM)- Oklahoma JOHN LENNON-I'm Steppin' Out BON JOVI- Runaway THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT KCDQ -FM- Bozeman THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels QUEEN -Radio Ga-Ga GOLDEN EARRING -When The Lady Smiles MISSING PERSONS -Give (Chad Parrish -P.D.) GENESIS -Illegal Alien DWIGHT TW LUT -Girls City KOOL AND THE GANG-Tonight RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody JULIO IGLESIAS 8 WILUE NELSON -To All The Girls PATTI AUSTIN-It's Gonna Be Special (Dan Wilson -P.D.) THE CARS -You Might Think -Show Me 92 1/2 (KAFM -FM)- Dallas THE PRETENDERS It It I've Loved Before WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat THE 00 GO'S -Head Over Heels WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat THE GO 60'5-Head Over Heels (John Shomby-P.D.) ADAM ANT-Strip COOL AND THE GANG -Tonight MR. MISTER -Hunters Of The Night 38 SPECIAL -Back Where You Belong WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It e WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It DAVID BOWIE- Without You TONY CAREY-A Fine Fine Day ENDGAMES -Love Cares KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song HIT RADIO 94 (KROK -FM)- KFRC-AM -San Francisco THE CARS-You Might Think TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day GENESIS -Illegal Alien (Gary Cagle-P.D.) DENIECE WILLIAMS -Let's Hear It For The Boy MR. MISTER -Hunters Of The Night KTRS -FM- Casper JON ST. JAMES-Oogity Boogity Shreveport DAN FOGELBERG -The Language Of Love BILLY RANKIN -Baby Come Back (8111 Corry -P.O.) (Peter Stewart-PA: PHIL COLUNS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me TRACY OLLMAN -They Doll Know 93 -Z (KAMZ- FM) -EI Paso THE CARS-You Might Think Now) SWEET -98 (KQKQ- FM) -0maha BARRY MANILOW-You're looking Hot Tonight (Bob West-P.D.) YES -Leave It KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight (Jerry Dean -P.O.) THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels JULIO IGLESIAS 8 WILUE NELSON -To All The CHERYL LYNN -Encore ROCK -103 (KRSP -FM) -Salt Lake EDDIE MONEY-Club Michelle THOMPSON TWINS-Hold Me Now Girls I've Loved Before THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me YES-leave It City KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight BERLIN -No More Words KMGX-FM- Fresno THE CARS -You Might Think (Steve Carlson -P.D.) KPLZ -FM- Seattle CRYSTAL GAYLE -I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love GOLDEN EARRING -Whey The Lady Smiles (Jahn Berry-P.D.) BERLIN -No More Words RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (Jeff Klrrg -P.D.) THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me DEBARGE -In A Special Way WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me KOOL AND "HE GANG -Tonight (tab) BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day 94 (KKLS -FM) -Rapid City MOTLEY CRUE-Looks That Kill KSET -95 (KSET- FM) -EI Paso JOHN COUTAIR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song (Randy SKerwye -P.D.) ENDGAMES -love Cares (Cal Simon -PA.) THE GO 001 -Head Over Heels THE CARS-You Might Think 690-AM (XTRA -AM) -San Diego . MR. MISTER -Hunters Of The Night SCORPIONS-Rock You Like A Hurricane RICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody (Ain Richards -P.D.) THE CARS-You Might Think Pacific Southwest Region KYNO -FM- Fresno MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND -Runner MATTHEW WILDER -The Kid's American THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels MISSING PERSONS-Give (John Lee Walker -P.D.) BON JOVI- Runaway THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't Answer Me THE ROMANTICS-One In A Million TOP ADD ONS - Footloose Seattle KOOL AND THE GANG -Tonight THOMAS DOLBY- Hyperactive KUBE 93 (KUBE -FM)- BERLIN -No More Words WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It BERLN-Ho More Words (Bob Case-P.11.) DEBARGE -In A Special Way CULTURE CLUB -Miss Me Blind RICK SPRINGFIELD-Loue Somebody (RCA) YES -Leave It RICK SPRINGFIELD -love Somebody 93 (KKRC-FM) -Sioux Falls BONNIE TYLER -Holding Out For A Hero TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day o. MATTHEW WILDER -The Kid's American Kiley-P.D.) THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels (I.R.S.) MIDNIGHT STAR -No Parking On The Dance Floor (Dan PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me MATTHEW WILDER -The Kid's American KISR -Fort Smith MOTLEY CRUE -Looks That Kill THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Now) YES -Leave It (Rick Hayes -P.D.) KS103 (KSDO -FM) -San Diego ENDGAMES -Love Cares Heels Me (Arista) LIONEL RICHIE -Hello WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It . THE GO GO'S -Head Over (Mike Preston -P.D.) DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls NELSON -To All The Girls MADONNA -Borderline WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It (Rock 'N' Roll) JULIO IGLESIAS 8 WILUE PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me It It KWSS -FM- Gilroy WEIRD AL fANKOVIC -Eat I've Loved Before WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat Now) (Dave Van Stone -P.D.) BON JOVI- Runaway THE PRETENDERS -Show Me JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song Gadsden RICK SPRINGFIELD-Love Somebody KNBQ- Tacoma Q104 (WQEN)- GENESIS -Illegal Alien THE AUN PARSONS PROJECT -Don't Answer Me (Sean Lynch-P.D.) HIT RADIO (KHTR- FM) -St. (Roger Gaither -P.D.( ADAM ANT -Strip Answer Me GENESIS -Illegal Alien NICK SPRINGFIELD -Love Somebody THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Don't WEIRD AL YANKOVIC-Eat It THE CARS -You Might Think Louis THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels KKXX- Bakersfield TONY CAREY-A Fine Fine Day (Bob Tarrett-P.D.) SHALAMAR-Dancing In The Sheets (Rave Kamper -P.D. SLY -96 (KSLY -FM) -San Luis KGHO-FM-Hoquaim JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -The Authority Song WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It BON JOVI-Runaway THE CABS -You Might Think Steve LdrsotFP.D.I 13b LIONEL RICHIE -Hello TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day GENESIS -Illegal Alien Obispo

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www.americanradiohistory.com 16 Rodio L Vox lox LYeserHis] holding the flight map on our No word yet on a replacement. doing mornings, KMEL San Francis- Continued from page 12 while lap, as we strained to keep the radio Over at WGSP, Charlotte's oldies co's Paul Vincent in middays, PD When we weren't at the Country pressed against the window while and beach music station, Bill Connell Rick Stacy (who hails from Fresno's HITS FROM BILLBOARD 10 AND 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Radio Seminar last week we were trying to figure out what the heck we comes on board doing middays and KYNO) in afternoons, MD Jim driving around Nashville listening to were listening to. If you've been won- serving as assistant PD. He had been Steal from AOR- formatted WDIZ WMAK -FM, which we remember as dering where all the records go when at Myrtle Beach's "Tiger Radio," across town in nights and fellow Hendersonville's oldies station 92Q list and are WTGR, which is WKZQ's AM. WDIZer Greg Wells handling they're off the recurrent POP SINGLES-10 Years Ago (WBYQ). Surprisingly, we didn't waiting to be re- entered as oldies, fly Also joining WGSP is former WIST overnights. mind the loss of oldies, because we PD Lauderdale, Kiss 1. Seasons In The Sun, Terry Jacks, Bell over Nebraska. Tom Miller. Downstate in Ft. 2. Boogie Down, Eddie Kendricks, Tamla found one of the better- sounding ur- Winston Miami Dol- * * * -Salem's WKZL drops its 99.9 (WKQS) has hired 3. Dark Lady, Cher, MCA ban stations we've heard in a while. "North Carolina's Best Rock" slo- phin Glen Blackwood as sports direc- 4. Sunshine On My Shoulder, John Denver, Moving up to operations director Everything from "Big Fun" to Mi- gan, and replaces it with "The New tor In addition to Philly's RCA at CBS's WBBM -FM Chicago is traf- ... chael Franks kept us entertained as FM 107.5," as this AOR outlet also WXTU, the Burns/Somerset "Con- 5. The Way We Were, , fic coordinator Diane Jacklyn ... At Columbia we cruised by Randy's Record Shop moves toward the mainstream. And tinuous Country" format has also the chain's KKHR Los Angeles, 6. Mockingbird, Carly Simon & James Taylor, in Gallatin on our way up to Louis- changing its identity but not its music locked up Cleveland's, WKSW and Todd Parker comes back after less Elektra ville to experience WAKY. is WRQK -FM. Due to digital tuners, San Diego's KCBQ -FM Moving 7. Boogie, Kool & The Gang, De-Lite than a week's absence, doing week- ... Jungle WAKY is an experience. It's kind "K99" is now 98.7, with a promo up to director of research for the ra- 8. Rock On, David Essex, Columbia ends. He replaces Jim Conlee ... At of like going over to Bob Moody's that says "We've always been here. dio division of Greater Media is Col- 9. Spiders And Snakes, Jim Stafford, MGM CBS's WHIT Boston, they're cele- house to hear his record collection. We're just making it simple for you leen Cool. 10. Jet, Paul McCartney & Wings, Apple brating the station's first anniversary When's the last time you heard to find us." Over at the market's big- Alaska -based Bob Bingham adds and have started "Hot Hit Video," a "Groovy Grubworm ?" In the three gest success story, WMAG, "PM to his fold, buying KBRO /KWWA 90- minute video countdown of POP SINGLES -20 Years Ago hours we listened, we heard that Har- Magazine" host Rod Davis filled in Bremerton, Wash. for $3.3 million. WHTT's top 20 co- produced by I To Hold Your Hand, Beatles, low Wilcox instrumental twice. for the vacationing Bill Flynn on With some technical improvements, 1. Want Channel 7, WNEV TV. Capitol Granted, they were going into news, the FM should blanket the Seattle It looks like Roy Fox will be exit- mornings last week. 2. She Loves You, Beatles, Swan but they played the whole thing. * * * Leaving Montgomery's Please Please Me, Beatles, VeeJay ing his KDKA Pittsburgh evening market ... 3. (One hour they had a unique version Former WKHK New York morn- WHHY to return to WGLF Talla- 4. Dawn, 4 Seasons, Philips slot, which he's occupied for the past of "I Will Follow Him," which man- ing man Joel Sebastian has found a hassee, this time as PD, is Bill Tho- 5. Java, Al Hirt, RCA Victor seven years. His contract is up in 6. Navy Blue, Diane Renay, 20th Century- aged to combine the sound of the weekend home at WHN there, where mas . June, and since he won't be renewing, Fox Hollyridge Strings with the Ven- he'll do Saturday mornings ... Mov- the station has promised a major tal- 7. Fun, Fun, Fun, Beach Boys. Capitol tures.) Strange cuts aside, it was nir- ing to mornings on CKLG-AM Van- Signed to Sherwood Hannes' fold Rivieras, Riviera ent scan. However, they're confining 8. California Sun, vana. After "Five O'Clock World," B.C., is Terry David Mulli- are Greensboro's WCOG, Moline's 9. See The Funny Little Clown, it to area code 412. couver, "Laurie" and "What Becomes Of which leaves his former morning WMRZ and Fargo's superstation Goldsboro, United Artists AOR fixture Maxanne Sartori re- gan The Brokenhearted," we were ready slot on CFOX -FM open. The station KKFM ... Coming on board as 10. I Love You More And More Every Day, turns to the radio, doing weekends on Al Martino, Capitol to elect Moody as mayor. Even the is celebrity jocks to fill in (Bry- WASHington's promotion director is New York's WNEW -FM as Carol using Bubblegum tunes sounded good, and others) while a tal- Kathi Ann Kolodin ... Moving up to Miller moves to full -time. The sta- an Adams, among it never once occured to us that we ent search is underway. operations manager at Michigan tion has just produced a 10- second TOP LPs -10 Years Ago may have been the only listener mes- senior vice president City, Ind.'s WIMS is Stew McDon- spot regarding Carol's new shift, Moving up to merized by the bottom 40 of days of Harte -Hanks is KKBQ -AM -FM nell. It figures he'll know the adult 1. The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand, done by the voice ofJ.C. Penney him- Columbia rz gone by. Houston GM Peter M. Schulte easy rock format "featuring hits of a self, WNEW -FM's Scott Muni. And 2. Court And Spark, Joni Mitchell, Asylum More amazing than the music is . GSM at Norfolk's the past 30 years," since McDonnell making his soap opera debut on Upped to 3. Planet Waves, Bob Dylan, Asylum m the nighttime signal. We listened WTAR/WLTY is Dan Maxwell, will continue in morning drive, a 4. Greatest Hits, John Denver, RCA "Guiding Light" is WNEW-FM's halfway to Cincinnati which is a mi- while Thurman Worthington be- shift he's been doing since 1947. 5. Hotcakes, Carly Simon, Elektra Mark McEwen. (He played a non - m nor feat for an AM on 790. At that comes Peninsula sales manager Best wishes go out to Bobby Eller- 6. Tales From Topographic Oceans, Yes, talkative guy at the bar.) Atlantic 4. point we checked out Dusty Rhodes . WICC Bridgeport sales manager bee who, home in Atlanta after a * * * 7. Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield, Atlantic c. on WLW in time to hear the Angels Jefferson Ketcham becomes GSM stint at San Francisco's KFRC, was 8. Band On The Run, Paul McCartney & close out the show with "Thank You Randy Miller exits his WROQ at WEDE 108, Westport, Conn. attacked by his appendix. Once re- Wings, Apple N. And Goodnight," but infinitely more Charlotte morning show after less .... Lila Saindon is promoted to covered he'll be looking for airwork, 9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John, interesting was the disclaimer that than a year. He's replaced by Larry GSM of Portland, Me.'s WGAN- preferably in a top 10 market. If MCA I ran just prior to the paid religious of- Sprinkle, who in addition to serving national sales nothing else, give him a get -well- 10. You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Jim m AM-FM ... Upped to Croce, ABC < ferings, which started out with the as the station's operations director manager at WWWW Detroit is John quick call at (404) 867 -2063 ... Also opening from the Hombres' "Let It was half of the former morning show Thompson. looking for work is former WLS Chi- Out," one of the better sermons on along with Jack Daniels. Word is the Dick Haefner gets the nod as co- cago personality "The Slim One" TOP LPs-20 Years Ago disk. AOR station is moving in a more anchor on WXYZ Detroit's morning who can be reached at (312) 777- 1. Meet The Beatles, Capitol The following morning we heard mainstream direction. On the AM news block ... Joining the morning 6054. 2. Introducing The Beatles, VeeJay "What Becomes Of The Broken- side of the operation, Morton Dow- news team at KJZZ /KLSY Seattle is A couple of conferences you may 3. Honey In The Horn, Al Hirt, RCA Victor hearted" once more, this time at ney Jr. (yes, friends, Doc Downey KPLZ news anchor David Sloan want to know about: The seventh an- 4. Yesterday's Love Songs- Today's 31,000 feet flying over Indiana listen- was in Charlotte) exits his nighttime nual Great Lakes Radio Conference Blues, Nancy Wilson, Capitol ... Upped to news manager at Wash- 5. Hello, Dolly!, Original Cast, RCA Victor on is ing to Chuck Underwood talk show and replaced by NBC's ington's WRC is Evelyn Starnes April 14 at Central Michigan Univ. 6. The Singing Nun, Philips WOWO. We also heard 97DJ, KS94, Talknet. Meanwhile, over at WBT, ... Lisa Barry leaves Lansing's It's sponsored by AERho, and you 7. Charade, Henry Mancini, RCA Victor Z -95, FM 106, ZZ 99, Sweet 98, 96 Johnny Jacobs, local market fixture WVIC-AM -FM, where she was news can get info at (517) 774 -3852. A bit 8. Barbra Streisand-The Third Album, Rock and 99 FM, all of which had us and sales manager of the 50,000 -watt director, to do morning news at longer is the 300-hour learning pro- Columbia balancing the SRDS on one knee powerhouse, has vacated that post. gram sponsored by the Center For 9. In The Wind, Peter, Paul & Mary, Warner WCLS (the latest incarnation of Bros. WABX) in Detroit. The Media Arts in New York. 10. There! I've Said It Again, Bobby Vinton, WHN's Stan Martin is serving as ad- Epic Orlando's WHLY -FM segues visor, and enrollment is limited to 12. from AC to top 40, with Bill Cross For more info phone (212) 807 -6670. COUNTRY SINGLES -10 Years Ago Come home 1. There Won't Be Anymore, Charlie Rich, CRS Speakers Offer Tips RCA 2. There's A Honky Tonk Angel, Conway from the studio. Twitty, MCA How To Magnolia Blossom, Billy "Crash" On Build An Image 3. Sweet Come home to a Manhattan hotel that is really like your Craddock, ABC own apartment on Central Park. Around the corner from NASHVILLE-"When brand vis added. It should state a tangible 4. Would You Lay With Me, Tanya Tucker, Lincoln Center and.minutes to the things that are impor- parity exists, image wins," asserted benefit for the listener-such as "We Columbia tant to you in New York City. And, while we recently have radio consultant E. Alvin Davis in play three -in -a- row "-rather than 5. Midnight, Me & The Blues, Mel Titis, lavished millions on our guestrooms and suites, we urging managers to create distinct simply being an undirected slogan, MGM and strong identities for their sta- such as "I Love My Country" or 6. I Love You, I Love You, David Houston & pride ourselves most on our traditions: personal ser- Barbara Mandrell, Epic vice; prompt and courteous attention; gracious hospi- tions. Davis and Randy Michaels, "Out In The Country." 7. Daddy, What If, Bobby Bare, RCA tality;and good value. The Mayflower Hotel, 61st St. & program director for WLW Cincin- Michaels concurred with Davis on 8. Wrong Ideas, Brenda Lee, MCA Central Park West, New York 10023. See your travel nati, were the featured speakers on the need for stations to offer tangible 9. Baby Doll, Barbara Fairchild, Columbia 10. Another Lonely Song, Tammy Wynette, agent or call toll -free 800 -223 -4164 or 212 -265 -0060. the Country Radio Seminar panel benefits. "Today, people are looking "The Days Of 'Country Vs. Country' for two things, price or quality, and Epic May Be Over ... Stand By For they don't care if the product is Country Against The World." American or Yugoslavian," he said. SOUL SINGLES -10 Years Ago The Mayflower Hotel Davis said image-making Radio may capitalize on this out- that 1. Lookin' For A Love, Bobby Womack, right on Central Park must not be done in isolation but, look, he explained, by offering high United Artists rather, in relation to a station's com- quality programming with "great 2. Mighty Love, Part One, Spinners, petition, its market segment and the personalities" or by "pumping out" a Atlantic age, gender and socio-economic level lot of music. He chided air personal- 3. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, of the station's intended listeners. He ities who address the entire audience Gladys Knight & The Pips, Buddah 4. Homely Girl, Chi -Lites, Brunswick listed the sequence of image -creation ( "all you out there ") instead of striv- 5. Boogie Down, Eddie Kendricks, Tamla as unawareness, awareness, station ing for the one-on -one feel at which, 6. l'lI Be The Other Woman, Soul Children, preference and station insistent (the he said, Paul Harvey excels. Stax last being so steadfast, he said, that Michaels also urged stations to es- 7. We're Getting Careless With Our Love, people "listen to you through tablish firm format images: "I really Johnnie Taylor, Stax 8. Jungle Boogie, Kool & The Gang, De -Lite static "). hope you're not a country station try- 9. Outside Woman, Bloodstone, London A station's positioning statement ing to be something else. 10. That's The Sound That Lonely Makes, must be strong and unequivocal, Da- EDWARD MORRIS Tavares, Capitol www.americanradiohistory.com 17 Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 Billboard R

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Gary Owens promises to "flog two -hour music profile of Daryl Hall Below is a weekly calendar of up- memories you never thought possi- & John Oates in support of "Hotel coming network and syndicated music ontemporac ble" when his program, "Gary Ow- ," the Orion Pictures specials. Shows with multiple dates in- ens' Supertracks," syndicated by the release based on the John Irving nov- dicate local stations have option of These are best selling middle -of- the -road singles compiled from Creative Radio Network of Van el. Hosted by Phil Harvey, the bar- broadcast time and dates. ó radio station air play listed in rank order. Nuys, Calif., bows the weekend of tered show, which features music and May 19 -20. The three -hour show, conversation with the Dynamic Duo, March 11 -17, Wang Chung, Rock Over 3 which ships one week after the final airs March 23 -25 and precedes the London, London Wavelength, one hour. TITLE, Artist, Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) broadcast of "Soundtrack Of The film's opening in early April. March 12, Heart, Innerview, Innerview 1 7 GOT A HOLD ON ME WEEKS Network, one hour. AT a I Sixties," which Owens hosted for Draper & Hampton was asked by Christine McVie, Warner Bros. 7 -29372 (Alimony, BMI 1 2 ABC, will feature "significant songs" Orion to develop a show for hit radio March 12 -18, Midnight Star, Budweiser Cement Chicken, ASCAP) from the late '50s and include "a Concert Hour, Westwood One, one hour. stations that would reach the film's THIS WOMAN March 12 -18, Patti Labelle, Special Edi- 2 few" select chart hits from the '80s, target 12 -34 demographic, says Bill Kenny Rogers, RCA 13710 (Gibb Brothers/Unichappell, BMI) tion, Westwood One, one hour. according to CRN president Darwin Barnett, who's syndicating the pro- 3 SO BAD ASCAP) Lamm. gram for Barnett- Robbins Enter- March 1248, , Paul Weston, Paul McCartney, Columbia 38 -04296 (MPL Communications, Music Makers, Narwood Productions, one 4 ALMOST OVER YOU Lamm, who launched "The Bill Sheena Easton, EMI -America 8186 (Michael H. Goldsen /Carload Of prises in Encino, Calif. While Hall & hour. Balance Show" with Dick Clark in Us /Sweet Angel /Atlantic, ASCAP /BMI) Oates have no specific connection to March 12 -18, John Conlee, Country Clo- 1971, hopes to capture the majority 5 HELLO the film, Barnett reports that Orion, seup, Norwood Productions, one hour. Lionel Richie, Motown 1722 (Brockman, ASCAP) of the stations that now carry 6 YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE LOVE TO ME as the sponsor of the radio special, March 12 -18, St. Patrick's Day with U2, "Soundtrack" so that listeners "don't Peabo Bryson /Roberta Flack, Capitol 5307 (All Seasons /Corbett Music liked the group's contemporary hit BBC Rock Hour, London Wavelength, one Plus /Hearts Delight, ASCAP) miss a he says, is target- beat." CRN, appeal and picked them over Kenny hour. 7 AN INNOCENT MAN ing 420 in the U.S., Canada Billy Joel, Columbia 38 -04259 (Joel, BMI) outlets Loggins, John Cougar and the Po- March 12 -18, Christine McVie, Off The Re- 14 5 I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU and other foreign markets, and the One, one hour. lice, who were also recommended. cord Special, Westwood Linda Ronstadt, Asylum 7 -69752 (Elektra) (New World, ASCAP) company is working on a barter deal March 12 -18, Ronnie James Dio, In Con- 9 8 14 THAT'S ALL with several sponsors. Lamm adds * * * cert, Westwood One, 90 minutes. Genesis, Atlantic 7 -89724 (Pun /Warner Bros., ASCAP) (1o) 26 4 UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (ONE LOVE) that if the barter deals don't come March 12 -18, Neil Sedaka, Star Trak Pro- M.J.I. Broadcasting in Gotham Stephen Bishop, Warner Bros. 7 -29345 (Stephen Bishop,BMI) through "immediately," the compa- has readied a new trivia show for ur- file, Westwood One, one hour. 11 11 8 NOBODY TOLD ME ny will try to lock up stations on a March 12 -18, Billy "Crash" Craddock, John Lennon, Polydor 817254-7 (Polygram) (Ono, BMI) ban and black stations called "Star YOUR BABY DOESN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE he can conclude a Live From Gilley's, Westwod One, one hour. 12 12 6 cash basis until Quiz." Aired twice each day for 60 Carpenters, A &M 2620 (Music Corp. Of America, BMI) Mac, Captured barter arrangement. seconds, the show will be written, March 16 -18, Fleetwood 13 16 7 THAT'S NOT THE WAY (IT'S S'POSED TO BE) Radioshows, one hour. , Capitol 53 (Nonpareil /Kazzoom, ASCAP) "We're promoting a heavy music produced and hosted by WLIB New Live, RKO show," Lamm says, noting that he March 16 -17, .38 Special, The Hot Ones, 14 20 6 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN York's Gary Byrd. Billed simulta- Eurythmics, RCA 13725 (Blue Network, ASCAP) fully an RKO Radioshows, one hour. expects to carry inventory of neously as a program and a promo- 15 17 6 BROWN EYED GIRL March 16 -18, Christine McVie, Van Halen, Jimmy Buffett, MCA 52333 (Web IV, BMI) at least 15 songs per hour. "Then we like M.J.I.'s tion, "Star Quiz," "Rock Rock Album Countdown, Westwood One, two 16 9 18 JOANNA have the added ingredient of Gary's Kool And The Gang, De -Lite 829 (Delightful, BMI) Quiz" and "Country Quiz," will hours. wit, humor and charm." award prizes including records, mag- 17 31 3 AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW) March 16 -18, Bobby Womack, Patti Aus- Phil Collins, Atlantic 7 -89700 (Golden Torch, ASCAP /Hit And Run, PRS) * * * azine subscriptions and stereo equip- to Elvis as tin, The Countdown, Westwood One, two 18 18 6 THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE "Our research points Moon /Epic -04314 (Hickory Grove /April, ASCAP) ment to listeners who correctly re- hours. Dan Fogelberg, Full 34 the listeners' favorite performer," 19 7 14 THINK OF LAURA spond to the questions of the day. March 16 -18, U2, The Source, NBC, 90 says Ed Salamon, whom we caught Christopher Cross, Warner Bros. 7 -29658 (Another Page, ASCAP) bopping to Los Lobos the other night * * * minutes. 20 19 8 LOVE HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN March 16 -18, 10th Anniversary Of Streak- , Mercury 814922 -7 (Polygram) (Sweet Summer at the Lone Star Cafe in New York. Night /Sudano Songs /See This House, ASCAP /BMI) WMCA New York, whose "Wom- ing, Dr. Demento, Westwood One, two hours. Accordingly, the vice president of 21 DONNA en Behind Bars" series has won a Ra- March 16 -18, Psychedelic Groups, Don & Cliff Richard, EMI -America 8193 (Beechwood, BMI) programming for The United Sta- dio & Television Commendation Deanna On Bleecker Street, Continuum 22 YAH MO B THERE has added a new feature, "Solid James Ingram With Michael McDonald, Qwest 7 -29394 (Warner Bros.) tions Award, has formed "Radio Rescue Broadcasting, one hour. Gold Country." Each episode now (Eiseman /Hen -Al /Kings Road, BMI /Genevieve /Rodsongs PRS/Yellow Brick Inc.," an on -air project set up to aid March 16 -18, Seals & Crofts, Dick Clark's Road, ASCAP) features a three -song Presley Rock Roll & Remember, United Stations, four 23 TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE families of uniformed officers injured (April /Casa David, "theme" set, in addition to the sort of hours. Julio Iglesias And Willie Nelson, Columbia 38 -04217 or slain in the line of duty ... Blair ASCAP) tidbits about "The King" Salamon March 16 Easton, Rick Dees' Radio has picked up WLAC -AM- -18, Sheena 24 24 THRILLER knows you live without. Weekly Top 40, United Stations, four hours. Michael Jackson, Epic 34 -04364 (Rodsongs, PRS /Almo, ASCAP) can't FM Nashville. And Hillier, New- * * * March 16 -18, Billy "Crash" Craddock, Sol- 25 28 HOLD ME NOW mark, Wechsler & Howard has as- Thompson Twins, Arista 1 -9164 (Zomba) id Gold Country, United Stations, three The creative team of Ken Draper sumed national representation for (28) 29 PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW hours. (Ennes /Emanuel/Threesome,ASCAP) and Jim Hampton have produced a WRXT Buffalo. LEO SACKS Barbra Streisand, Columbia 38 -04357 March 16 -18, Joe Stampley, Weekly Coun- 27 13 WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER Songs, BMI) try Countdown, United Stations, three hours. The Police, A &M 2614 (Magnetic /Regatta /Illegal 28 15 KARMA CHAMELEON March 16 -18, Lawrence Welk, The Great Culture Club, Virgin /Epic 34 -04221 (Virgin /Pendulum, BMI) Sounds, United Stations, four hours. 29 35 MISS ME BLIND ASCAP) March 16 -18, Black Roots Of White Rock, Culture Club, Virgin /Epic 34 -04388 (Virgin, 30 21 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT Westwood One, one hour. Rock Chronicles, Lionel Richie, Motown 1710 (Brockman, ASCAP /Dyad, BMI) March 17, The Greats Of Goffin & King, 31 25 TALK Solid Gold Saturday Night, RKO Radioshows, Michael Sembello, Warner Bros. 7 -29381 (WB /Gravity Raincoat /On Backstreet /No Pain No Gain, ASCAP) five hours. (\32 39 DON'T ASK ME Eagle, ABC March 17, Gary Morris, Silver The Alan Parsons Project, Arista 1 -9160 (Wóolfsongs /Careers, BMI) Entertainment Network, 90 minutes. (3 3) 37 3 WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY March 17, Fleetwood Mac, Captured Live, Jeffrey Osborne, A &M 2618 (Dyad) 34 38 3 I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE P.G. Inc., one hour. Productions Crystal Gayle, Warner Bros. 7 -29356 (Sixty -Ninth Street, BMI) March 17 -18 David Pack of Ambrosia, Mu- 35 33 20 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES sic & Memories, Strand Broadcast Services, Elton John, Geffen 7 -29460 (Warner Bros./Warner- Tamerlane,BMI,lntersong, ASCAP) three hours. 36 I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU March 17 -18, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Ray Parker, Jr., Arista 1 -9116 (Raydiola, ASCAP) Brothers Band, Crystal Gayle, Mickey Gilley, 37 THEY DON'T KNOW Tracey Ullman, MCA 52347 (Stiff, PRS) Ray Price, Dottie West, Lee Arnold On A 38 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME 1Ìi WMC IONIF Country Road, Mutual Broadcasting, one Dolly Parton, RCA 13703 (Rightsong, BMI) RADIO TOKYO -KKBO Houston air personality C.C. McCartney makes one hoar. 39 YOU'RE LOOKING HOT TONIGHT Barry Manilow, Arista AS1 -9185 (Townsway, BMI) March 17 -18, Dick Clark's National Music of several personal appearances in Japan, where his top 40 program 40 JUST MY IMAGINATION "American Showcase" is broadcast to millions of listeners. Survey, Top 30 Countdown, Mutual Broad- Modern Romance, Atlantic 7 -89711 (Jobete, ASCAP) casting, one hour. 41 SEND IN THE CLOWNS Lani Hall, A &M 2616 (Revelation /Rilting, ASCAP) March 18, Greg Kihn, Band, King Biscuit 42 99 LUFTBALLONS r Flower Hour, ABC Rock Radio Network, one Nena, Epic 34 -04108 (April, ASCAP) Joel Whitburn's hour. 43 I'M NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rhodes, RSO 815882 -7 (Polygram) (Stigwood March 18, The Rolling Stones, Spotlight Frank Stallone /Cynthia books #1 International /Famous /Robert Stigwood /Ensign, ASCAP /BMI) are Special, ABC Network, 90 Contemporary 44 MAKE MY DAY minutes. T. G. Sheppard With Clint Eastwood, Warner /Curb 7 -29343 TOP POP March 18, Black & Blue, Rolling Stone's (Peso /Wallet,BMI) 1955 -1912 45 A NIGHT IN NEW YORK Continuous History Of Rock & Roll, ABC Elbow Bones And The Racketeers, EMI 8184 (Bar Twenty Songs /Perennial Rock Radio Network, one hour. August, BMI) March 18, Mick Fleetood, Live From The 46 BOGGIE MAN George Fishoff, Reward 4 -04354 (CBS) (George Fishoff /Reward, ASCAP) Record Plant, RKO Radioshows, one hour. 47 AUTOMATIC POP ANNUAL March 18 -24, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Pointer Sisters, Planet 13730 (RCA) (Music Corp. of RECORD RESEARCH, INC. 1855-1982 Rock Over London, London Wavelength, one America /Fleedleedle /MCA, BMI /ASCAP) P.O. Box 200 Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 hour. 48 TAKE A CHANCE Order one or both of these Olivia Newton -John And John Travolta, MCA 52284 (Foster March 19, ZZ Top, Innerview, Innerview Record Research books... Frees /Rehtakul /Zargon, B M I /ASCAP) Network, one hour. Satin Jackets Sweatshirts TOP POP, The Only Complete, Artist -by -Artist 49 YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE Dara Sedaka, MCA /Curb 52307 (Jobete, ASCAP) History of Billboard's "Hot 100" Charts! $50 March 19 -25, Dire Straits, BBC Rock Neil Sedaka With T -Shirts - 50 READ 'EM AND WEEP POP ANNUAL, a Hour, London Wavelength, one hour. Fascinating, Year -by -Year Barry Manilow, Arista AS1 -9101 (Edward B. Marks /Neverland /Peg, BMI) Unique custom made jackets Rundown of Every Record and Artist To Ever March 19 -23, John Cougar Mellencamp, for the Rock 'N' Roll trade. Make The "Hot 100"! S50 Joe Strummer, Cyndi Lauper, Inside Track, Bullets are awarded to those products demonstrating the greatest airplay gains this week (Prime Movers . Name DIR Broadcasting Network, 90 minutes. 126 St. New York, N.Y.10011 Recording Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 1,000,000 units (seal indicated by dot). Recording West 22 Address March 19 -25, Johnny Lee, Live From Gil - Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 2,000,000 units (seal indicated by triangle). (212) 206 -0490 City /State Zp J I. ley's, Westwood One, one hour. www.americanradiohistory.com 18 Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 Billboard Radio Rock & Trocks Albums lop Pro - Motions c Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted: in any form or by any means, electronic. mechanical, Station: CFOX Vancouver, B.C. shoes? Seat companies don't give photocopying recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher (contemporary) them away." According to Bob, Contact: Elaine Chick/Marlene that's tractor humor. Rock Albums Top Tracks Palmer Concept: Bark At The Moon Station: KYAK Anchorage Execution: In conjunction with Ozzy ;óf, ARTIST- Title, Label ARTIST-Title, Label (country) ; Osbourne's upcoming concert ap- Contact: Bruce Peterson WEEKS pearance in Vancouver and his "Bark WEEKS CHRISTINE McVIE -Got A Hold On Me, Concept: The American Dream 10 VAN HALEN -1984, Warner Bros. AT R1 AT x l At The Moon" album, CFOX is in- z Warner Bros. o Execution: While some stations have viting listeners to call in and bark or homes in the past, the o SOUNDTRACK -Footloose, Columbia given away 2 3 7 SOUNDTRACK -Footloose, Columbia howl on the air, to their hearts' con- procedure was usually lengthy and MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND -Runner, 3 2 20 YES -90125, Atco tent. They will be judged on the qual- Arista taxing on the listener. In what may 5 16 MANFRED MANN -Somewhere In Afrika, ity (heart and soul) of the bark, and be a first, KYAK is giving away a 1 10 VAN HALEN-Jump, Warner Bros. Arista finalists will compete in a "Bark -Off' home (single family, valued at 7 DWIGHT TWILLEY -Jungle, EMI /America 17 3 SCORPIONSRock You Like A Hurricane, later this month with the winners re- $150,000 including surrounding Harvest 6 4 14 THE PRETENDERS -Learning to Crawl, Sire ceiving a Sanyo Sportster (third land) to a listener for identifying a 14 7 THE PRETENDERS-Time, The Avenger, Sire place), an Ozzy Osbourne cassette li- 8 CHRISTINE McVIE -Christine McVie, Warner designated song. Bros. 7 10 6 YES-Leave It, Atco brary (second) and the grand prize, a Each day the station will designate to the DAN FOGELBERG- Windows and Walls, Full 8 16 4 DAN FOGELBERG-The Language Of Love, Full wolfskin leather jacket handed a particular song. The first listeners Moon /Epic Moon /Epic lucky barker by Ozzy himself. to call in after it is played is eligible. 9 17 4 SOUNDTRACK- Against All Odds, Atlantic 9 12 7 VAN HALEN-l'll Wait, Warner Bros. * * * At the end of the contest period, all 10 9 19 38 SPECIAL -Tour De Force, A &M 10 18 4 PHIL COLLINS- Against All Odds, Atlantic Station: KNBQ Tacoma (contem- daily winners will come down to the homesite and draw a door key. The 11 =1:1* THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Ammonia 11 26 2 THE CARS-You Might Think, Elektra porary) Avenue, Arista key that opens the lock wins its hold- 12 9 9 VAN HALEN- Panama, Warner Bros. Contact: Sean Lynch, PD 12 24 2 THE CARS-Heartbreak City, Elektra Concept: Jackson non -concert er the home. 13 11 8 SOUNDTRACK-Heaven, MCA 13 23 3 SCORPIONS-Love At First Sting, Mercury Execution: Hoping to have the Jack - 14 15 6 DWIGHT TWILLEY -Girls, EMI -America for the Seat- 14 10 5 QUEEN -The Works, Capitol sons clear a concert date Station: WGCY Gibson City, IB. 15 27 6 BON JOVI- Runaway, Mercury 15 22 4 DAVID GILMOUR -About Face, Columbia tle- Tacoma market, Sean Lynch (contemporary) 16 5 14 38 SPECIAL -Back Where You Belong, A &M an on -air campaign, similar to 16 13 26 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS-Sports, started Contact: Dan Jones, assistant PD Chrysalis 17 8 9 EURYTHMICS -Here Comes The Rain Again, WGRQ's successful ploy at arrang- Concept: National Disk Jockey Day 17 19 5 ROGER DALTRY- Parting Should Be Painless, RCA ing a Police concert. The plea drew Execution: To spoof National Secre- Atlantic 40,000 letters, but alas, the Jacksons 18 48 3 ROGER DALTREY -Walking In My Sleep, taries' Week, Dan Jones last year Atlantic were not able to make it. The stir, 18 15 7 BON JOVI -Bon Jovi, Mercury designated a "National Disk Jockey however, caused the city to proclaim 19 12 22 GENESIS-Genesis, Atlantic 19 28 22 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS-I Want A New Day." The joke was on him when the Drug, Chrysalis a "Jacksons Day" in Tacoma as the 20 16 8 EURYTHMICS -Touch, RCA day rolled around, and the station, station staged a video party in the Ta- 21 29 6 WANG CHUNG -Points On A Curve, Geffen 20 7 13 THE PRETENDERS -Middle Of The Road, Sire including listeners and advertisers, coma Dome. Demonstrating the WINE -Animal Grace, Capitol 21 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS-Heart Of Rock began bestowing gifts and honors on 22 14 6 APRIL =PO of the Jacksons, or perhaps & Roll, Chrysalis power him during his "day." When the 23 18 9 JUDAS PRIEST -Defenders Of The Faith, KNBQ, 15,000 fans showed up to a Columbia 22 13 9 DURAN DURAN -New Moon On Monday, mayor of Gibson City proclaimed the Capitol concert with no artist, and spent an 4 THOMPSON TWINS -Into The Gap, Arista day "National Disk Jockey Day," it 24 36 afternoon entertained by video clips 23 23 DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES-Adult made local tv and 11 area stations got 25 30 5 GOLDEN EARRING- N.E.W.S., 21 Records and the appearance of Latoya (Polydor) Education, RCA involved. Through Jones' efforts, the Jackson. 24 37 2 THOMPSON TWINS -Hold Me Now, Arista day is now official. Listed in Chase's 26 34 3 TONY CAREY -Some Tough City, MCA * * * 27 28 5 DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES -Rock 'N' 25 6 9 JOHN LENNON,- Nobody Told Me, Polydor Calendar of Events, National Disk Soul, Part I RCA 26 34 8 NENA -99 Luftballons, Epic Station: KLOH, Pipestone, Minn. Jockey Day this year falls on April 11 9 JOHN LENNON -Milk & Honey, Polydor (contemporary) 27. _ 28 27 47 5 THE PRETENDERS-Show Me, Sire U Night In Heaven, A &M Contact: Bob Allan, music director 29 21 8 SOUNDTRACK-A Atco 28 19 17 YES -Changes, Concept: Dr. Bob's search for a truly 30 39 5 JOHN BUTCHER AXIS -Stare At The Sun, NOTES: We've 2 29 30 4 QUEEN -Radio Ga -Ga, Capitol clean but funny joke got to admit "Bowl- Polydor ing For 21 14 MOTLEY CRUE -If Looks Could Kill, Elektra Quaaludes" was not Jon- 31 27 22 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP -Uh -Huh, 30 Execution: Dr. Bob Allan, KLOH's athon Brandmeier's title for his bowl - Riva /Mercury 31 22 9 CYNDI LAUPER -Girls Just Want To Have Fun, night jock, fed up with the usual fare ing-by- hypnosis morning program on 25 22 MOTLEY CRUE -Shout At The Devil, Elektra Portrait of dirty jokes, decided to find a clean 32 Chicago's WLUP a few weeks ago. 32 24 APRIL WINE -This Could Be The Right One, one. Clean by Dr. Bob's standards 33 32 20 NIGHT RANGER -Midnight Madness, MCA We took Capitol means: no sexual inuendos, no reli- the name from a morning 34 26 20 DURAN DURAN -Seven And The Ragged Tiger, team in Miami who used it as a joke, Capitol 33 25 4 GENESIS -Illegal Alien, Atlantic gious slurs, no ethnic slurs, no gross without realizing the Loop has been 35 33 4 BILLY RANKIN -Growin' Up Too Fast, A &M 34 38 2 TONY CAREY -A Fine Fine Day, MCA or sick situations and it has to be funny. trying to shed its AOR image and the 36 43 19 BILLY IDOL -Rebel Yell, Chrysalis DAVID GILMOUR -All Lovers Are Deranged, 35 Opening up the phone lines each inherent negatives. So make note, 37 40 26 THE ROMANTICS -In Heat, Nemperor Columbia afternoon between 5 and 6 p.m., Dr. Brandmeier is not Bowling For 38 42 6 HOWARD JONES- Humans Lib, Elektra 36 44 2 JON BUTCHER AXIS-Don't Say Goodnight, Bob listener input, with the Quaaludes, and we have it on good Polydor solicits 39 31 7 TED NUGENT- Penetrator, Atlantic winner of the day receiving an album, authority he isn't taking them either 4 ACCEPT -Balls To The Wall, Portrait 40 45 2 THOMAS DOLBY-The Flat Earth, Capitol 37 29 various trade items on hand and an ... While we're on the subject of the 41 35 8 UTOPIA -Oblivion, Passport 38 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -Eat It, Rock 'N' Roll "Attempted Humor Certificate." Windy City, WLS -FM's morning 42 41 8 ACCEPT -Balls To The Wall, Portrait 39 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS -Walking On A (All participants receive the certifi- team of Steve Dahl and Garry Meier Thin Line, Chrysalis were surprised last week 43 48 3 THE ALARM- Declaration, IRS cate). What kind of humor wins? when, 40 33 18 THE ROLLING STONES -She Was Hot, Rolling broadcasting poolside from a Maui 44 46 2 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -In 3 -D, Rock & Roll Well, when you get right down to it, Stones the following technically vi- hotel, they saw several bathers sport- 45 SOUNDTRACK -Hard To Hold, RCA example 41 20 16 YES-It Can Happen To You, Atco olates the third rule above, but Dr. ing competing WMET T- shirts. 46 38 5 NENA -99 Luftballoons, Epic 42 31 4 ROCKWELL- Somebody's Watching Me, Bob finds most jokes in compliance Seems the Care package from the 47 44 14 CYNDI LAUPER -She's So Unusual, Portrait Motown with rules one through four grossly Doubleday station arrived earlier 48 PAUL YOUNG -No Parlez, Columbia than the WLS 43 YES -Hold On, Atco violate rule five. That winning entry: crew. 49 MISSING PERSONS-Rhyme And Reason, "Why do farmers never wear ROLLYE BORNSTEIN Capitol 44 54 3 UTOPIA -Cry Baby, Passport tennis 45 24 GENESIS -It's Gonna Get Better, Atlantic 50 =11:1* JASON AND THE SCORCHERS-Fervor, EMI - 45 America 46 46 19 YES -Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Atco 47 51 18 NIGHT RANGER -(You Can Still) Rock In Top Adds America, Capitol 48 52 16 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-You Don't Believe, Arista 1 SOUNTRACK-Against All Odds, Atlantic 49 56 6 QUIET RIOT-Don't Wanna Let You Go, Pasha 2 THE GO GO'S -Head Over Heels, I.R.S. (45) 50 57 4 GENESIS -Taking It All Too Hard, Atlantic 51 58 2 PAUL YOUNG -Come Back And Stay, Columbia 3 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC -In 3 -D, Rock & Roll (45) 52 WANG CHUNG-Dance All Day, Geffen 4 SLADE Oh My, CBS Associated (12 Inch) 53 60 2 RAINBOW- Desperate Heart, Mercury 5 HOWARD JONES- Humans Lib, Elektra 54 42 2 THOMAS DOLBY- Hyperactive, Capitol 55 MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP -Rock My MISSING PERSONS -Rhyme And Reason, Capitol 6 Nights Away, Chrysalis 7 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT- Ammonia Avenue, Arista 56 35 4 NIGHT RANGER -Rumour In The Air, MCA 57 32 4 SLADE-My, Oh My, RCA 8 TONY CAREY Some Tough City, MCA 58 49 2 WANG CHUNG -Don't Let Go, Geffen Madness, MCA 9 NIGHT RANGER-Midnight 59 55 3 JUDAS PRIEST-Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Columbia 10 WANG CHUNG- Points On A Curve, Geffen RUNNING THE STATION -Profile rappers Run -D.M.C. relax after an Inter- 60 36 6 JOHN LENNON l'm Steppin' Out, Polydor view with Charlie Berger at New York's WRKS. Shown from left are D.M.C. of Run -D.M.C., Berger, the label's national promotioin director Manny Bel- A compilation of Rock Radio Airplay as indicated by the nation's leading Album oriented and Top Track stations. la, air personality Mary Thomas, Jam Master Jay and an unidentified friend. www.americanradiohistory.com i

www.americanradiohistory.com 20 Retailing Record Factory Tries New Focus New Products i Chain Using Groups To Help Plan Marketing Strategy

By EARL PAIGE chase it. We thought it had peaked. he says. Tolifson points out that focus Now I'm advertising it in the pink group participants may often exag- Long established as a marketing re- section (of the San Francisco Exam- gerate in trying to be totally honest. search tool, and used increasingly by iner & Chronicle) and we're paying "We are paying them for their opin- radio stations, the focus group may for the ad totally. I asked for co -op ions," he notes. now be more accessible to retailers. and could not get it." Focus group participants do not The management at Record Factory Agreeing that the Michael Jackson know which store is funding the ses- is now using the concept and discusses title could be benefitting from the sion and are given a $25 gift certifi- it in a series of articles. Grammy excitement, Tolifson never- cate afterwards. They are also served theless suggests that in many in- refreshments during the sessions, SAN FRANCISCO- Record Fac- stances the consumer interest in usually held in regional shopping tory here is among the first record/ product extends beyond the period of centers or malls. tape chains turning to focus groups as time commonly believed. "I wonder Next: Elements of organizing a fo- an element in developing marketing if CBS is doing enough focus cus group research project. strategy, according to vice president groups," he says. Bob Tolifson. With four sessions Record Factory may be making complete since the project's early other modifications that Tolifson de- January launch, the 32 -unit chain is clines to reveal. But the next phase The Kedge Grip is the latest offering from Nyloncraft Inc. of Mishawaka, already making some modifications for the program is to sift through the New Ind. Designed to make home video game joysticks more stable, the Kedge based on the research. assumptions and quantify them. He Grip can be snapped on to standard tv tray legs or left on any flat surface. However, focus group input is such says that a decision to utilize focus Made for the Atari 2600 joystick, the product is adjustable to most models that users should not rush into a lot group research requires considerable and retails for $15.95. of changes, warns Tolifson: "Focus commitment by management. LP/Tope groups produce assumptions. Then Right now, another element in the you have to see if these assumptions second phase consists of editing vid- are valid." eotapes of the two -hour sessions and With one or two more sessions to walking middle management through LReleoses All sessions were viewed live go on records and tapes, and several them. -M separate sessions likely on video rent- from behind a mirror by chain presi- This listing of new LP /Tape releases is designed al, Record Factory principals must dent Sterling Lanier and vice presi- to enable retailers and radio programmers to be l,I new product. The Tous- up-to-the minute on available ,111 now take the raw data and do what dents Barbara Hardman, Dan following configuration abbreviations are used: Tolifson describes as "quantitative saint and Tolifson. "We will be LP- album; EP- extended play; CD- Compact -.' I analysis." This means investigating putting our store managers through Disc; CA -cassette; 8T -8 -track cartridge; NA -price not available. Multiple records and/ issues in the another edited version once all ses- certain which surfaced or tapes in a set appear within parentheses fol- k., focus sessions through creation of sions are complete," Tolifson reports. lowing the manufacturer number. much larger consumer samples. Illustrating again why he feels Describing early observations in a managers should not go directly from 4 phone interview from the firm's Bris- a focus session and immediately im- POPULAR ARTISTS bane base, Tolifson says one modifi- plement changes, Tolifson mentions cation made had already been consid- the apparent turnoff people attach to ered by management: going back to how store personnel greet them. AMUZEMENT PARK BAND product category classification sign- "What we hear in the focus group is All Points Bulletin LP Atlantic 80126 -1 (WEA) $8.98 ing. "We had gone to a color coded that they are bugged if someone CA 80126 -4 $8.98 signing -blue for rock, that type of comes up and says, 'Can we help AUSTIN, PATTI idea. But the focus group people kept you ?' We have trained our people to Patti Austin Forss Union of Anderstorp, Sweden, introduces the FORS -RACK system LP Qwest 1 -23974 (WEA) $8.98 for safely merchandising Compact Discs and audio cassettes in retail out- telling us that clearly labelled brows- greet customers. We can't rush out CA 4 -23974 $8.98 lets. The displays offer front and back viewing and are available in carou- er sections are more useful." and make changes with 300 clerks THE BAR KAYS Another modification is more dra- who already turn over 60% annually, Dangerous sel and wallframe models. matic: "In one focus group, the mod- nor do we believe the greeting is that LP Mercury 818 478 -1 (PolyGram) $8.98 CA 818 478 -4 $8.98 erator polled the 12 people about who critical. it us, perhaps, and THE DICE had 'Thriller.' Five had it and one "What does tell The Dice Miami's Q Records Using had taped it from a friend's copy. what we will try to quantify, is how LP Mercury 818 508 -1 (PolyGram) $8.98 However, what stunned us was that we can modify store greetings so they CA 818 508 -4 $8.98 Radio To Help Boost the other six were planning to pur- are less rehearsed and more subtle," THE HUMAN BODY CDs Make You Shake It with three the availability of product soon LP Bearsville 1 -23995 (WEA) $8.98 TAMPA-Working CA 4 -23955 $8.98 Miami radio stations (with two more enough for their commitment to go JUMP 'N THE SADDLE BAND to be added soon) and one here, Q with a selection." Berndt was inter- Jump 'n The Saddle Records & Tapes is finding radio ex- viewed by phone while in Tampa to LP Atlantic 80141 -1 (WEA) $8.98 line RECO' D I CA 80141 -4 $8.98 posure a key element in launching up, for the single store in North- THE MAINES BROTHERS the Compact Disc. According to Ned ern Florida, WYNF, an AOR. "Sta- High Rollin' Berndt, president of the three -store tions have a difficult time getting CD LP Mercury 814 -985 -1 (PolyGram). .88.98 so we work out supplying CA 814 -985-4 $8.98 Miami -based retailer, the distinct de- them for DO 1T JU; trade -out MATTEA, KATHY mographics of CD buyers requires a spots and mentions," he Kathy Mattea $8.98 spread of stations. says. LP Mercury 818 560 -1 (PolyGram) 88.98 In addition to its radio tie -ins, Q The one demographic most likely REtORDS Y CA 818 560 -4 $8.98 also co- promotes with the to go with CD, the traditional audio- MIGHTY FLYERS Records Too Young To Have Fun 11 -unit Sound Advice audio hard- phile, may be last to turn on, Berndt LP Takoma TAK 7108 (Allegiance). .86.98 ware chain in Miami. Promotions (Continued on page 22) CA TAK 7108 96.98 have included a 10% discount on PINKARD AND BOWDEN for buyers of CD Writers In Disguise regular CD prices Write for your LP Warner Bros. 1 -25057 (WEA) $8.98 hardware at Sound Advice. Soon, free complete CA 4 -25057 $8.98 adds Berndt, that discount will be catalog. P.J. AND THE TERRORISTS 20 %. Terrorists EP Scab Records & Tapes SRT 000285.98 Since entering CD, Q Records is RUSH able to identify three demographic Grace Under Pressure groups, Berndt says. "One is the 'new LP Mercury 818 476 -1 (PolyGram) $8.98 CA 818 476 -4 $8.98 kid on the block' type, the lawyer or BUTTONS doctor who was first to have a VCR. STEWART, SANDY Cat Dancer The next is the serious music lover to LP Modern 90133 -1 (Atlantic) $8.98 whom program content is more im- CA 90133 -4 $8.89 Leading Wholesaler of portant than sound. A third, and we All Brands of Audio/ SPINAL TAP see this clearly in our Lauderdale Spinal Tap Video Tape, Computer are the people here for the win- LP Polydor 817 846 -1 (PolyGram) 89.98 unit, Diskettes, Recorder/ CA 817 846 -4 $9.98 ter who have up to 5,000 vinyl disks Computer Care & WALLETS STANLEY, JAMES LEE in their collection and tell us they're Racing The Moon $200- Accessories LP Takoma TAK 71 10 (Allegiance) $6.98 converting to CD. Purchases of CA TAK 7110 $6.98 $1,000 are fairly common. They *Monthly Specials VERITY don't even bat an eye." *Complete FREE Interrupted Journey All these demographic groups tM:0Y LP Compleat CPLI 1 1007 Wholesale California Posters (PolyGram) $8.98 make station promotion selection Catalog Available BUMPER STICKERS 6601 Elvas Avenue CA CPL4 1007 $8.98 critical. In Miami, Q has AOR outlet Sacramento, California 95819 WOOFERS AND TWEETERS WCKO-(Kí02); WWWL (Love 94), CALL TOLL FREE HIGH QUALITY MERCHANDISE Call toll free 1-800-852-3087 ENSEMBLE what Berndt de- In'Califomia 1-800 -852 -8871 Beatle Barkers an AC station; and 1-800-334 -2484 F,tJLLY LICENSED LP Passport PB 6032 (Jam) 88.98 scribes as a "contemporary classical" In NC, 1-800- 672 -2802 CA PBC 6032 $8.98 Raleigh /Cary, 919-467 -3302 FULL COLOR outlet, WTMI. "We're looking at P.O. Box 884 Dept. BB Cary, NC 27511 (Continued on page 28) two hit stations. The problem there is www.americanradiohistory.com 21 Recoiling Single- Minded Dealer Finds Success As Racker Of 45s costly Volat says he has no plans to open By JOHN SIPPEL the white inner sleeve. The computer one of the 22 retail stores now being is replaced. This eliminates supplies him with title and number racked, the clerk keeps the white phone reordering and the need to another all- singles store. But he says numbers the number of stores he racks could LOS ANGELES -When Wayne labels for the white sleeve. When a sleeve, mailing it back via UPS or the write down replenishment 45 in Pie, where it register, Volat points out. soon hit three figures. Volai contemplated a retail store sell- customer buys a Volat- supplied mail to American from at the ing only 45 r.p.m. singles in early 1981, he admits he never foresaw a companion wholesale operation in the same 900 square feet serving 22. U.S. retailers. Yet that is what has, happened at American Pie on the west side here. "After just three years, my exclu- sively singles business grossed 95 %_ of its volume from my racking those, 22 stores, while 5% stems from my_ original store idea," explains the one -, time executive vice president of reap estate for the now defunct Tommy, Heiman Peaches stores. Volat left Peaches after 15 years) with Heiman's Nehi wholesale opera- tion and later Peaches. He developed his encyclopedic memory for singles numbers as gereral manager of Nei hi's one -stop. As real estate boss for the national retail chain, Volat spentt 25 to 30 weeks a year on the road_ overseeing leasing and store con -. struction and renovation. When he left Peaches in July,' 1980, before that empire had gone. Chapter XI, he got his real estate li- cense. Commercial real estate, he. found, was not his bag. In six . months, he had scouted a small shop, near Centinella on Jefferson Blvd. here, which he felt was "totally ac -. cessible." Volat wanted to be near a post office, one block away, and near the freeways. He reckoned rightly. Customers, his American Pie store come from a radius of 50 miles. Advertising in alternative periodicals like the L.A. Weekly and The Reader started the snowball. His catchline, "Every sin- gle single in print," captures it all. Several months ago, Volat started a single 60- second spot done by Wolf- man Jack on KRLA, the local oldies station, which he believes has perked his retail business. A singles freak visiting American Pie can choose from an inventory of 4,000 in -print 45s or a separete stock of 1,500 to 2,000 out -of-print ones. All are packed into a yellow manila outer sleeve, into which is put a white protective inner sleeve. The inner sleeve for the out -of -prints carries an inked price. They run from $2.50 to $20. The in -prints are carried in regular 45 browser bins, with artists listed al- The odds are six to one you'll sell phabetically by divider cards. All in- print singles sell for $1.89. Both the in- prints and the out -of- prints are re- plenished immediately from backup more videotape with JVC's new six pack'. stock. American Pie has a backup inven- We bet when lots of your customers come in to TAKE HOME A SIX PACK tory of from 20,000 to 30,000 rare oldies, which Volat acquires by buy- buy a NC VHS videocassette, they won't walk out with a o/mk ing people's collections. In three one. They'll take home a six pack.© That's because t"ranu years, he has bought "collections" you JVC's it's sell TAKE HOME A StVK ranging from three to 7,000 singles. when stock new six pack, easier to re- six tapes at once. Which means it's easier to make six When an oldies enthusiast wants a CASSETTES cord he can't find in the out -of- times more profit. JVC prints, he informs a store clerk, who searches the rare oldies inventory for JVC's six pack gives your customers six times as the particular number. Rare oldies much to look forward to. And to listen to. They can't are stocked in shelves alphabetically, find a Package deal that offers a better Standard Grade _ book store style. , .--: The 4,000 in -print 45s are on com- videotape than JVC's. puter, which enables Volat to control So make sure your customers don't miss his inventory and add and delete by this sales innovation. It'll look good from movement. He is the buyer, ordering NC in -print titles from many sources. any angle, in your windows and on display. It Much of his stock comes from City even stacks well. One -Stop here. O After he developed his computer- So why gamble? Get JVC's six pack ized current singles concept, Volat, a and be a winner every time. JVC former rack salesman for Heiman, .NC COMPANY OF AMERICA, Magnetic Tape Division, 41 Slater Drive, Elmwood Park, N.J. 07407 applied his selling technique to fellow JVC CANADA TD., Scarborough, Ont. retailers. He offers the same in -print procedure he uses in American Pie. He packages his singles for stores in the yellow outer manila sleeve and www.americanradiohistory.com 22 Retailing Chains Report Jump In Sales After Grammy Telecast This story prepared by Fred Good- weekend was "probably our best, mys did more for them than for any- Sir Georg Solti's "Mahler: Sympho- featured in the front, and our individ- man in New York and Earl Paige in barring Christmas." body else. Their sales were up pretty ny No. 9 in D Major" was strong on ual managers are doing signing." Los Angeles. While sales gains at other chains much across the board, and have early computer readouts. "The Mah- Fogelman of Music Plus also feels were less spectacular, the boom for been especially noticeable in markets ler stands out but other Solti albums that Los Angeles retailers didn't pro- NEW YORK-Victories and per- Hancock and Marsalis is being seen where they haven't been particularly are strong," he adds. mote as hard as last year. "We were formances on this year's Grammy almost everywhere. A resurgence of strong like Maine and New The across -the -board success of lucky to put together a Valentine's Awards telecast have fueled greater product by the two artists is reported Hampshire." Grammy sales seems to owe little to Day promotion," he says. "The ad- sales by artists already dominating by nearly all chains surveyed, includ- Reports from chain buyers noted how heavily chains promoted the vertising allowances just aren't the retail scene, and re- invigorated ti- ing Harmony House in Detroit, strong sales for both Marsalis' classi- event, with commitments varying there." His chain focused on in -store tles thought to have had their run. Western Merchandisers in Amarillo, cal and jazz recordings. "We saw a widely. The normally aggressive promotion. In the wake of the Feb. 28 pro- Music Plus in Los Angeles, Record lot of people coming in and going for Camelot "didn't do as much in- Conversely, Harmony Hut mer- gram, retailers across the country re- Factory in San Francisco, Record the classical album and saying that house as in the past," according to chandised aggressively. Although port a significant rise in sales, with Shop in Edina, Minn., The Listening they didn't realize he does classical," Mayfield, and Brian Poehner, buyer still awaiting hard figures, Lloyd Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsa- Booth in Philadelphia, Waxie Maxie says Lloyd Welch, merchandising for the 23 -unit Turtles chain in At- Welch, merchandise manager for the lis the biggest surprises. "We're sell- in Washington, D.C., Camelot in manager for the 16 -unit Harmony lanta, terms Grammy stickers "a to- Detroit chain, says he saw an up- ing perhaps 10 times the number of Ohio and Record Town in Albany, House. tal waste of time." swing in sales. "We know Grammy Herbie Hancock records we were be- N.Y. Despite preparation for promoting Randy Gerston of the 43 -store Lic- merchandise did better this year," he fore the show," says Howard Apple- "The rest of the world finally no- behind the Grammys, some retailers orice Pizza chain says he didn't think says. baum, vice president of the 24 -store ticed them," says David Roy, album felt they were not ready for the Los angeles area retailers pushed the Noting that Harmony House pro- Maryland -based Kemp Mill chain. and tape buyer for the 56 -store Re- response. Grammys as much as in previous moted Grammys heavily even before He adds that the post- Grammy cord Town chain. "I think the Gram- "It was crazy that the Grammy years. "It didn't seem as if NARM NARM's program started three people didn't brief the record indus- had as much material this year," he years ago, Welch says that all promo- try in advance that Marsalis and says. "We have all Grammy winners tion was in -house this year. Grammy Gripe: NARM Cutback Hancock would perform on the show," says Bob Tolifson of the 32- LOS ANGELES the optimism over increased sales for Gram- store Record Factory. "Our buyers Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 -Amid Billboard R my product, several record /tape chains lament the reduction in merchan- were caught unaware. This was lost dising collateral items this year, despite a record amount reportedly sent sales." Tolifson says that the chain out by the National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers (NARM). showed increases of as much as 20% NARM's Mickey Granberg says the only item not repeated from 1983 in sales volume. was a product sticker. "We opted not to repeat this because so many At the 149 -unit Camelot, chain lop25 stores failed to make use of them. Maybe the ones that did are the ones spokesman Geoff Mayfield terms complaining. We're glad for this feedback. We can evaluate our program sales by Hancock and Marsalis "a and change it," she says. nice surprise," and attributes Han - Mentioning an apparent decrease in NARM materials were Licorice cock's boom to viewers being "visual- ly his Video by Games. Pizza here and Western Merchandisers in Amarillo, where merchandis- startled" performance of ing coordinator Bebe Edmondson adds that adapting header cards for "Rockit" on the show. Business for cassette displays also caused problems. Camelot was up 15% after the "We will probably become more sensitive to cassettes," Granberg says. Grammys, despite the 18 inches of snow fell in home re- "One problem is the lack of packaging uniformity. I think by next year that the chain's ó r These are the best selling home video games ó . °o o we'll be able to offer something more sensible." gion of Northeastern Ohio. - " compiled from retail outlets by the Billboard ' ó In Southern California, Lou Fogel- w d research department Ñ .,, man, president of the 24 -store Music , . d TITLE Plus chain, his outfit á á ° C reports that 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number "definitely felt" the surge by Han- cock and Marsalis, and adds that 1 31 Q- BERT Parker Brothers 5360 ATE =i _,ATir "our Wednesday (Feb. 29) was up o 27 nicely, more than 10%." Other titles receiving a boost from 2 2 31 POLE POSITION Atari CX 2694 VEKINEr the awards included the Broadway cast recordings of "Cats" (a Grammy 3 6 17 JOUST Atari CX2691 winnner) and "La Cage Aux Folles," as well as albums by Eurythmics, Big 4 3 55 MS. PAC -MAN Atari CX 2675 Country and Linda Ronstadt. Steady sellers like Michael Jackson and Cul- 5 12 9 CONGO BONGO Sega 006 -01 ture Club also received a push, al- though retailers found it harder to 6 4 19 DIG DUG Atari CX 2677 Distributors and Exporters substantiate sales gains. Aside from pop product, Western 7 5 19 POPEYEParker Brothers 5370 220 West 19th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011 Merchandisers is also experiencing a (212) 675-0800 Grammy -related surge in classical ti- 8 9 13 SPACE SHUTTLE Activision AX 033 TOLL FREE: 800 -221 -7938, 7939 TELEX: 237891 tles. Buyer Dan Stebbins reports that 9 17 3 FRONTLINE Coleco 2650 Q Using Radio 10 16 51 CENTIPEDEAtari CX 2676 To Boost CDs 13,-NiEp pNNNERsPaN 11 8 79 FROGGER Parker Brothers 5300 Continued from page 20 says. "These people with $20,000 in 12 13 61 RIVER RAID Activision AX -018 components still get a superior sound TOPSEUING LPS STAPES out of black vinyl. They come in and 13 10 77 PITFALL Activision AX -108 I talk to them because I want to know where my CD business is 14 19 3 MARIO BROTHERSAtari CX2697 going. ALL .05 "They into get transient response, 15 7 25 MR. DO! Coleco 2622 4I5.:#1 sample rate, how the high end isn't real yet -I think we are still a long 16 15 37 BURGER TIME Intellivision 4549 ALL 12" USCA6 -Zas way off in CD in terms of really broad appeal. Maybe five years." 17 18 35 JUNGLE HUNT Atari C -2688 Taking the long view, Berndt notes that inventory space for CDs is a con- 18 14 29 DECATHLON Activision AZ 030 ALL gis usT #S.zs cern, even though Q Records has 5,000 square foot stores. CDs, he 19 20 5 MOON PATROL Atari CX 2692 says, "would disperse as much water as an LP if you dunked them - 20 24 13 DONKEY KONG Coleco 2451 LIST. X595 they're 6 -by -12 but twice as thick." AÚ.9.98 Q Records is on the verge of add- 21 22 7 BUMP 'N' JUMP Intellivision 7045 ing video rental, and Berndt also wants to get into computer software. 22 23 29 KANGAROO Atari CX 2689 ALL QUAI1T[T'/ Q does 1% of.its current volume in LABELS-ANY gifts. 23 ME* FRENZY Coleco 2613 CDs are displayed in regular LP step -up bins with a wall display in the 24 11 41 ENDURO Activision AX -026 PRICES ARE C.O.D. ONLY. NO EXCEPTIONS back. All stock is open to inspection. MINIMUM ORDER $50.00 WE SHIP SAME DAY SERVICE SALE The only product tagged for Sensor- 25 25 9 SUPER ACTION BASEBALL WITH ENDS MARCH 31, 1984. matic, Berndt says, are packages that CONTROLERS Coleco 2491 do not come clam- shelled. EARL PAIGE *Denotes onndge **abaft for play an hardware mnfigurmon. www.americanradiohistory.com 23 Retailing__ Cherry Lane, CASSETTES ONLY Singles Score Music Sales In Hardware Outlet Deletes LPs For Toledo's New Distrib Tie WHITEVILLE, N.C. -Tim Black- peaked in 1979, he says, he found it S ee l'igmanlaman B ros. mon has deleted LPs from the album difficult to employ a full -timer to forcing him into NEW YORK -Cherry Lane Mu- inventory of his CB Electronics store handle software, TOLEDO -Singles are still a big double duty. sic says it will offer wholesalers and here in a continuing battle to alleviate item for the Seligman Bros. Record Unable to concentrate on records retailers a "full sales progíam for all a mounting software returns prob- Bar store here. Pop singles are the and tapes, he found his returns in- markets" as a result of its deal with lem. best sellers, reports manager Phil Se- creased to a point where his profit ta- Music Sales Corp. to handle MSC's The 40-year -old store owner wants ligman, followed by country and pered off precariously. Hardware, in Omnibus Press catalog of music and to specialize in cassettes. Over the oldies. contrast, improves a bit every year, entertainment books. last eight years he's found software a "The 45s are our big things," says good traffic builder and profit center he finds. Seligman. "We carry them when oth- The agreement, effective April 1, for his 1,800 -square foot location, In addition to demonstrating and them g0 er stores drop them -we carry iì de covers distribution by Cherry Lane which emphasizes Radio Shack selling home electronics, Blackmon along for another 90 days or more." MEMOfYe[X to the book, music and record trade, wares and varied hardware, especial- also does some repair of audio equip- He adds that his store has few black mail order, schools, libraries, institu- ly auto stereo installations. ment. He says finding parts for some shoppers. tions and special sales. According to Blackmon finds that car owners, stereo rig and car installations is be- In spite of his brisk oldies business, Lauren Keiser, president of Cherry who primarily replace and /or up- coming so difficult that he often Seligman says he does not deal in Lane, the company is now positioned grade sound systems, prefer a store sends the defective unit to the manu- used records. All singles are tagged at Memorex is preparing its spring as the largest distributor and publish- where they can also purchase prere- facturer's regional or national head- $1.69. Add 'n Stac promotion, which fea- er of entertainment titles in the U.S. corded tapes. After records and tapes quarters. "We buy from all the manufactur- tures a three -pack of dB series 90- ers directly and from the one -stop minute audio cassettes and an when necessary," he notes. eight -slot stackable tape storage In addition to a full line of new al- unit. Suggested retail price for the New LP/Tape Releases bums and singles, the store carries a package is $6.99. large stock of cutouts, "mostly show Continued from page 20 tunes, country and big bands." The To get your company's new album and store does not go in for promotions, MISCELLANEOUS tape releases listed, either send release but it does advertise in the local daily CLASSICAL sheets or else type the information in the above format on your letterhead. and on a local pop station. BLAKE, JOHN Please include suggested list price Seligman operates the 60- by 32- Maiden Dance whenever possible. 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1 i 9 FLIGHT SIMULATOR II Sublogic Simulation Package Distributors in action: Nashville - based Ingram Software has intro- 2 2 24 LODE RUNNER Broderbund Arcade -Style Game duced a best -seller poster of its "Top 100." The list, the company says, will 3 3 24 ZORK I Infocom Text Adventure Game be compiled from sales and demand statistics via its dealer network, and 5 -HEAD Access Strategy Arcade Game 4 8 BEACH will be sent out free to customers. Additionally, Ingram has updated 5 4 24 BLUE MAX Synapse Diagonal Scrolling Arcade Game * * its weekly microfiche service to in- JULIUS ERVING AND LARRY clude quantity listings as well as 6 /0 10 Electronic Arts Arcade Style Sports Game BIRD GO ONE -ON -ONE prices. The microfiche is listed by ti- tle, publisher, category and machine. 7 9 24 PINBALL CONSTRUCTION SET Electronic Arts Educational Arcade Game Ingram is offering a free 90 -day trial 8 e 24 WIZARDRY Sir -Tech Fantasy Role- Playing Game subscription. Meanwhile, Softsel, one of the 9 8 19 ARCHON Electronic Arts Strategy Arcade Game largest software distributors, will of- fer direct -access order via computer. 10 7 23 EXODUS:ULTIMA Ill Origins Systems Inc. Fantasy Role -Playing Game It will be implemented during 1984's second quarter. 11 11 9 DEADLINE Infocom Text Adventure Game * * * 12 12 20 CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN Muse Arcade Adventure Game More floppies: Apple's new intro- 13 13 15 O'BERT Parker Bros. Arcade -Style Game duction, Macintosh, uses a new flop- py disk size: 3.5 inches. Popularized 14 14 17 FLIGHT SIMULATOR Microsoft Simulation Package by Sony Corp., the new disk format is poised to become a high- demand 15 18 2 SARGON III Hayden Chess Game item if "Mac" sells big, according to a spokesman for Sony. Broderbund Arcade -Style Game 16 19 24 CHOPLIFTER According to Myles L. Tintle Jr., vice president of sales and marketing 17 20 7 DONKEY KONG Atari Arcade Style Game 2 for Sony Component Products, Sony had already shipped several hundred 18 16 7 ENCHANTER Infocom Text Adventure Game thousand 3.5 -inch disk drives as of January. The company expects to be- 19 17 24 JUMPMAN Epyx Action Strategy Game * * Á gin to see demand for its line of 3.5- - 20 15 12 POLE POSITION Atari Arcade -Style Game inch blank media, which costs $5 each at retail. r- The 3.5 -inch disks, a result of C EDUCATION TOP 10 Sony's history of product miniatur- Educational program that teaches touch typing to ization, are encased in a a 1 1 24 MASTERTYPE Scarborough ages 7 to adult in an exciting video game format in hard car- 18 different lessons. tridge while today's 5.25 - and 8 -inch Interactive music composition and learning tool enables disks are housed in soft outer jackets. 2 2 6 MUSIC CONSTRUCTION SET Electronic Arts user to work with a library of music or compose own. Notes Tintle, "The main advan-

Collection of 6 fun learning games designed to prepare tage to 3.5 -inch floppies is that they 3 3 24 KINDERCOMP Spinnaker young children age 3-8 to read, spell & count while reduce size and weight -important also familiarmng them with the keyboard. considerations for portable computer No adult supervision & friendly interactive package products." 4 4 24 EARLY GAMES Counterpoint Software, Inc. composed of 9 educational, entertaining games * * * designed for children age 21/2 to 6. Fuji, another maker of floppy

3 part learning game designed to teach very young disks, has also displayed 3.5 -inch me- 5 6 24 FACEMAKER Spinnaker children (age 4-12) the computer keyboard & memory dia, but has not started merchandis- skills by asking them to work with a human face. ing them. "It's been under consider- Learning adventure that encourages problem -solving IN SEARCH OF THE MOST ation for a while," says a spokesman Spinnaker & sharpens the mind of the player (age 10 to adult) 6 5 24 AMAZING THING who searches for the most amazing thing. for the company. Educational program designed to prepare high In the meantime, Fuji, based in 7 7 16 COMPUTER SAT Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich school students and adults for the SAT (Scholastic New York, will be offering customers Aptitude Test). a free 50 -disk file box for each pur- Learning Adventure that teaches ages 10 to adult an chase of five boxes of its 5.25- and fl- 8 8 15 SNOOPER TROOPS I Spinnaker organizational approach to deductive reasoning by role -playing as a detective to solve the mystery. inch floppy disks. The company also Contains over 600 problems in addition, subtraction, has planned 8- by 11 -inch selling 9 9 11 MATH BLASTER! Davidson & Associates multiplication, division, fractions and decimals for sheets and four -color posters. The students age 6 -12, with game at the end. promotion ends April 13. Learning game teaches ages 6 to adult visual 10 imis. SPELLICOPTER DesignWare memory and spelling skills by acting as a game pilot avoiding aerial obstacles while retrieving letters.

HOME MANAGEMENT TOP 10 Software promotion: First Star give those retailers who 1 1 24 THE HOME ACCOUNTANT Continental Home & Small Business'=inancial Management Program Software will buy six of the company's "Boulder Dash" a free copy of "Astro Chase," 2 2 13 THE TAX ADVANTAGE Continental Tax Preparation Program "Flip Flop" or `Bristles." "Boulder Dash" works on Atari home 3 4 24 PFS:FILE Software Publishing Information Management System computers. The New York company designed 24 BANK STREET WRITER Broderbund Word Processing Package 4 3 this promotion in an attempt to get retailers familiar with its products. 5 5 16 DOLLARS AND SENSE Monogram Home Financial Package First Star's company partnered with Warner Publishing Inc. The offer ex- 6 e 14 HOMEWORD Sierra On -Line Word Processing Package pires April 15. And on PCjr: Continental Soft- Processing Package 7 7 22 PFS:WRITE Software Publishing Word ware has announced "The Home Ac- countant Jr.," suggested retail 8 8 15 MULTIPLAN HesWare Electronic Spreadsheet $74.95, and "The Tax Advantage Jr." for $69.95. Austin -based BPI 9 9 17 PFS:REPORT Software Publishing Information Management System Systems Inc. has rolled out $99 PCjr software titles: "BPI Personal Ac- 10 10 2 COMPLETE PERSONAL counting," "Personal Investing" and ACCOUNTANT Futurehouse Financial Management Program * * * * "Speed Reading."

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Richard Messier, General Manager t SANTA BARBARA, CA -There has been much Gamestar's Star Bowl Football and Baja Buggies excitement in the Gamestar camp since their have also moved into the majors, according to award -winning Star League Baseball game (for Messier and his stellar teammates, "the exposure Commodore 64 and Atari) began to score on generated by the Billboard Computer Software Chart Billboard's Computer Software Chart. "I've never has lead to increased sales for both games ". seen products sell through so fast" says General Manager Richard J. Messier. "BILLBALL" the Only Way to Play Gamestar's primary goals are to "Continue providing consumers with the most sophisticated sports games on the market and providing dealers with a sales/ profit stability unique to high quality sports games." Messier believes that Billboard has helped on both counts by "creating a buzz around Gamestar as the premier sports software company ". He adds that Billboard's Computer Software Chart is "by far the best for maximum exposure':

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I videos information, Buzz This report does not include those in recurrent or oldie rotation. For further contact RADIO #4 Brindle, director of music /programming, MTV (212) 944-5399. PROGRAMMING ' \\ . j NEW VIDEOS ADDED: CONVENTION i\svA Heavy Pettin', "In And Out Of Love," Polydor July 5 -8, 1984 Jump 'n the Saddle, "The Curly Shuffle" Atlantic i L' Enfant Plaza IHTEAINTT Language, "Touch The Radio Dance," A &M AID6TRB OP MEMO VnEO LCPES IKCE55o511E Washington, D.C. Madness, The Sun And The Rain," Geffen Mr. Mister, "Hunter Of The Night," RCA Ratt, "Round And Round," Atlantic Rick Springfield, "Love Somebody," RCA % FREE CATALOG : Matthew Wilder, "The Kid's American," Private I /CBS 300 PAGE AUDIO/VIDEO/ COAIPIITER, ELECTRONICS CATALOG HEAVY ROTATION (maximum 4 plays a day): Duran Duran, "New Moon On Monday," Capitol BIG APPLE III WE OFFER OUR Eurythmics, "Here Comes The Rain Again," RCA ENTERTAINMENT, CUSTOMERS THE a leading distributor Genesis, All," Atlantic of home FOLLOWING SERVICES: "That's entertainment products. serving Daily Specials Product Infor- Daryl Hall & John Oates, "Adult Education," RCA dealers from coast to coast. mation by Phone Export Divi- Billy Idol, "Rebel Yell," Chrysalis sion One Stop Distribution Want To Have Monthly Newsletter on Our Cyndi Lauper, "Girls Just Fun," Portrait u OVER TEN MILLION Specials John Lennon, "Nobody Told Me," Polydor DOLLARS IN INVEN- Huey Lewis, "I Want A New Drug," Chrysalis TORY AT ALL TIMES. We sell Major Brands only: LARGE SELECTION AND Loggins, - Kenny "Footloose," Columbia Panasonic JVC Atari EXTRA PROFITS. Take a Christine McVie, "Got A Hold On Me," Warner Bros. Toshiba Jensen Sony bite of the Apple and call Manfred Mann, "The Runner," Arista Sanyo Timex Epson *Clarion (1 -800) 221-3191 Audio Technica Ploneer John Cougar Mellencamp, "Pink Houses," Riva /PolyGram Activision RCA M- Network , "Beast Of Burden," Atlantic Mattel Colecovislon Nena, "99 Luftballons," Epic Commodore Teac. Robert Plant, "In The Mood," Atlantic Police, Around Your Finger," A &M SEND TODAY FOR YOUR FREE 300 PAGE "Wrapped BIG APPLE CATALOG OR CALL TOLL FREE Pretenders, "Middle Of The Road," Sire Scorpions, "Rock You Like A Hurricane," Mercury 1. 1800 -221 -3191 .38 Special, "Back Where You Belong," A &M IN NEW YORK CALL: Dwight Twilley, "Girls," EMI America (212) 233 -0747 Van Halen, "Jump," Warner Bros.

MEDIUM ROTATION (maximum 3 plays a day): BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENT Adam Ant, "Strip," Epic 15 PARK ROW, Pat Benatar, "Lipstick Lips," Chrysalis NEW YORK CITY Phil Collins, "Against All Odds," Atlantic NEW YORK, 10038 Bon Jovi, "Runaway," Mercury Roger Daltrey, "Walking In My Sleep," Atlantic Thomas Dolby, "Hyperactive," Capitol DEPT. BB Dan Fogelberg, "The Language Of Love," Full Moon /Epic Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Relax," ZTT/Island Genesis, "Illegal Alien," Atlantic Golden Earring, "When The Lady Smiles," 21 /PolyGram Howard Jones, "New Song," Elektra Judas Priest, "Free Wheel Burnin'," Columbia John Lennon, "I'm Steppin' Out," Polydor John Cougar Mellencamp, "Authority Song," Riva/PolyGram Ted Nugent, "Tied Up In Love," Atlantic Alan Parsons, "Don't Answer Me," Arista Queen, "Radio GaGa," Capitol l Billy Rankin, "Baby Come Back," A &M Corporate giving. Rockwell, "Somebody's Watching Me," Motown Grace Slick, "All The Machines," RCA Thompson Twins, "Hold Me Now," Arista Tracey Ullman, "They Don't Know," MCA Without it, a lot of important things Utopia, "Cry Baby," Passport/Jem "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Eat It," Rock 'N Roll /CBS might go out of business. LIGHT ROTATION (maximum 2 plays a day): Alarm, "68 Guns," IRS Alcatrazz, "Hiroshima," Rocshire April Wine, "This Could Be The Right One," Capitol Toni Basil, "Over My Head," Chrysalis Blue Oyster Cult, "Take Me Away," Columbia A lot of organizations Boys Brigade, "Melody," Capitol Broken Edge, "Time For A Change," Polydor in a lot of different Jacqui Brooks, "Lost Without Your Love," MCA fields could Tony Carey, "A Fine Fine Day," Rocshire barely Christine, "Ticket To The Tropics," Mercury exist without help Dead Or Alive, "I Do Anything," Epic Din, "Reptile," Rocshire from corporations. EBN/OZN, "Bag Lady," Elektra To credit, a Exotic Birds, "No Communications," Saturn their Expression, "With Closed Eyes," Oz/A &M great many companies Great White, "Stick It," EMI America John Hiatt, "She Loves The Jerk," Geffen realize this. Jason & the Scorchers, "Absolutely Sweet Marie," EMI America Kiss, "All Hell's Breakin' Loose," Mercury Every year for the Mi Sex, "Only Thinking," Epic past ten years, corpo- Modern English, "Hands Across The Sea," Sire Q -Feel, "Heroes Never Die," JWE/Elektra rate giving has gone ways a corporation nizations it supports. Randy Andy, "People Living In The USA," A &M Riot, "Born In America," Quality up. And that's some- can give. So many And everyone profits. Baxter Robinson, "Silver Strand," RCA thing the entire cor- ways to lend a hand. Rolling Stones, "She Was Hot," Rolling Stones Romantics, "One In A Million," Nemperor porate community can The fact is, when Saxon, "Just Let Me Rock," Carrere /CBS Michael Schenker, "Captain Nemo, " Chrysalis take pride in. corporate giving Simple Minds, "Waterfront," A &M There are so many thrives, so do the orga- I . " C I I I Spandau Ballet, "Communications," Chrysalis Spinal Tap, "Hell Hole," Polydor Sandy Stewart, "Saddest Victory," Modern A Public Service of This Publication. Stray Cats, "Look At That Cadillac," EMI America ©1984 The Advertising Council, Inc. INCEPENIDENI Streets, "Everything Is Changing, "Atlantic ulll K 1 Talk Talk, "It's My Life," EMI America XTC, "Wonderland," Virgin /Geffen Paul Young, "Come Back And Stay," Columbia www.americanradiohistory.com 28 Video Gallagher Sees Explosive Growth Especially Overseas, Says New MGM/UA Executive VP

By TONY SEIDEMAN and heightened the firm's overseas says. When it was first created the LP presence. was intended as a vehicle for carrying NEW YORK -The U.S. home His record industry experience has long music passages. "Five years lat- video marketplace should be close to helped him in creating for and selling er it became the popular art form. Af- the $4 billion mark by 1985, with to the home video marketplace, he ter 30 years, the LP is not what it was VCRs in at least 40% of America's says. But at the same time he insists invented for," Gallagher notes, and households, says MGM /UA Home that "home video is an art form," the same thing is likely to happen to Video's new executive vice president unique and independent though still the videocassette. and general manager Bill Gallagher. interconnected with other media. But even while made -for -video ti- But while Gallagher sees U.S. vol- As the industry expands, the medi- tles play an increasingly important ume and dollars rising by 20% this um can only gain in strength and vi- role, feature films will continue to be year, he predicts that the real explo- tality, Gallagher says. Home video a major factor in the business, says sion will take place overseas, with will develop more and more of its Gallagher. He rejects the cries of worldwide sales leaping by 100% or own product, he says, and the busi- those he labels as "doomsayers" who more. ness will have to be careful to avoid point to the fact that the home video Gallagher officially assumes "relegating itself to motion pictures." industry is running out of library Home Video's top posi- MGM/UA titles. tion Thursday (15), when Micky Hy- MGM/UA Home Video has sever- al ongoing home video production Given the pace of the growth of the man, the current president, departs PRIVATE PASS-Gene Giaquinto, left, president of MCA Home Video, pre- , including a six -title VCR base, with penetration rising by for Cannon Films. Gallagher has sents Ben Efraim with an RIAA Gold Video award for "Private Lessons," deal with "The Compleat Beatles" 10% a year, a whole new market- been with MGM /UA since its incep- which & place is being created by the passing Efraim produced for Barry Enright Productions. tion; before that he was in both the creator Delilah Communications and of time, says Gallagher. So while de- domestic and international record a contract with Don Kirshner. mand for "The Wizard Of Oz" may industries. While Delilah's "rockumentaries" have been saturated among current WB Music's Morgenstern: After starting his career at CBS rec- have been strong successes for VCR owners, he says, the flood of ords, where he rose to the position of MGM/UA, Gallagher says there are new consumers will keep catalog ti- vice president and general manager. too many ideas floating around right No Plans For Production tles moving. Gallagher signed on as president of now for him to predict what the Helping keep volume moving at an By IRV LICHTMAN MCA's newly formed music division. home video medium will end up increasing rapid pace is the ongoing There he oversaw the consolidation looking like. The prerecorded video- NEW YORK -Current modest Morgenstern notes, however, that of the Decca, Kapp and Uni labels cassette is "similar to the LP," he (Continued on page 32) economic gains to music publishers Warner Bros. Music has had some who have licensed usage of their hand in funding video presentations, copyrights in video software inhibit mostly clips involving foreign artists. their involvement in the production Since they are produced abroad, the of music video programming. cost factor there is acceptable to the Billboard This is the view of Jay Morgen- company, he explains. stern, executive vice president and In a more consumer -directed in- general manager of Warner Bros. volvement, Warner Bros. has had a Music, one of the world's largest hand in arcade/home game musical lop publishers. themes. Atari's "Dig Dug," with a sk While often fund audio Billboard Publ cations, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, 20 publishers theme by Gary Wright and Paul opyright 1984. l% o î mecham- = -ti r storedin a retrieval system, or transmitted, form or by any means, electronic, Vy Ji: g 8.1 masters as an outgrowth of the era of Gordon, was spurred by Warner. In cal, photocopying, recording. or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. . the singer /songwriter, making it addition, Wright has cut a single for record- C L more difficult to obtain cover Atlantic on the theme. Y s r_, ings, the home video software busi- As for the licensing on Warner G, - C ness is not yet economically viable for copyrights on home video releases V, O Ñ oG ry - .= - Copyright Owner, Ä d E this undertaking on a major scale vis- which Morgenstern terms a "video- jE TITLE Distributor, Catalog Number Principal Performers > oc cc ,° ä a -vis home video, Morgenstern says. gram licensing fee" -the veteran mu- "When there are sufficient 'num- sic publisher says six cents per song is Dustin Hoffman to generate our own creative ef- 1 1982 PG CEC 29 95 bers' the average going rate negotiated by 1 5 TOOTSIE Jessica Lange forts in video programming," ex- the company. Without specifying fig- MAKING MICHAEL CED 29.95 plains Morgenstern, "we'll come ures, he says that current top money- 2 5 10 Vestron 1000 Michael Jackson 1983 NR JACKSON'S THRILLER (ITA)A Laser 29.95 forward with packages of, for exam- earners on Warner -connected re- ple, 'American Graffiti' -type original leases are Michael Jackson's 3 2 12 RAIDERS OF THE Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford CED 1981 PG 29.95 home video releases. Music publish- "Thriller," "Chariots Of Fire" and RCA Video 1376 Karen Allen LOST ARK Disc Laser ing has always been an idea business, "Arthur." MGM /UA Home Video Matthew Broderick CED 19.98 but can publishers today afford the For the future, Morgenstern says 4 3 14 WAR GAMES 1983 PG CBS -Fox Video 4714 Dabney Coleman Laser 34.98 kind of investment needed to produce that, while his company is "investi- Paramount Pictures John Travolta CED 19.95 software they can sell to distribu- gating all the potential of video, until S 4 3 STAYING ALIVE 1983 PG Paramount Home Video 1303 Cynthia Rhodes Laser 29.95 tors?" Morgenstern thinks not, in there's an alternative to MTV, mov- view of his estimate that the average ies and some educational concepts," The Geffen Company Tom Cruise CED 6 7 12 RISKY BUSINESS 1983 R 34.98 Warner Home Video DC11323 Rebecca de Mornay Laser home video title sells between 10,000 it's not about to take a major stab at and 20,000 copies. funding home video projects. Dan Monahan CED 19.98 7 12 3 PORKY'S II: THE NEXT DAY CBS -Fox Video 1294 1983 R Tony Ganios Laser 34.98

CEO 19.98 8 6 19 BLUE THUNDER RCA Video Disc 13052 Roy Scheider 1983 R Laser 29.95 Fast Forward_ Roger Moore CEO 39.98 9 11 OCTOPUSSY CBS -Fox Video 4715 1983 PG 9 Maud Adams Laser 34.98

Sunn Classic Pictures /Warner Bros. Dee Wallace CEO 8mm For Music Distribution 1 O 8 6 CUJO 1983 R 34.98 Inc., Warner Home Video 11331 Daniel Hugh -Kelly Laser By KEN WINSLOW Jacqueline Bisset 11 16 3 CLASS Vestron 5026 1983 R Laser 34.95 Cliff Robertson Eight -millimeter video will offer VHS tape and LV /CED disk have Warner Brothers Pictures Sean Cannery CED the music industry unprecedented so far shown no signs of being able to 12 NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN 1983 PG 39.98 Warner Home Video DC 11337 Barbara Camera Laser opportunities to expand its video dis- produce. ZONE- Warner Bros. Pictures John Lithgow CED tribution, provided the battling pho- In due time, the fixed head C -60 13 10 12 TWILIGHT 1983 PG 34.98 THE MOVIE Warner Home Video DC11314 Kevin McCarthy Laser tographic and tv manufacturers don't audio -only- cassette transports now hurt each other, and the rest of us, in found in boom boxes will turn into Warner Bros. Pictures Christopher Reeve CEO 14 13 12 SUPERMAN III 1983 PG 39.98 the process of bringing the hardware 8mm video rotary head broad band Warner Home Video DC 11320 Laser to market. If we can survive the hi -fi audio and /or hi -fi audio -plus- Michael Keaton deadly crossfire this year and next, a video transports and bring with it a .. , 15 , , .- .. MR. MOM Vestron 5025 1983 PG CEO 29.95 Teri Gar path to a really mass music video vociferous software appetite. Paramount Pictures CED 29.98 market lies ahead through 8mm Although Kodak has announced 16 14 22 FLASHDANCE Jennifer Beals 1983 R RCA Video Disc 11362 Laser 29.95 video. its suggested retail list prices for its Our prediction of last May that Kodavision 8mm video hardware, it Warner Bros. Pictures Chevy Chase CEO 34.98 17 11 15 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION 1983 R Warner Home Video DC11315 Christie Brinkley Laser 34.98 Kodak "will pick up the 8mm video has not yet said what its retail will be ball and run like hell" (Billboard, for its MP (metal -particle) and ME CED 16.98 15 4 TWIST OF FATE MCA Home Video 40066 Olivia Newton-John 1983 NR May 21, 1983) has come true. But it's (metal- oxide) line of 60- and 90 -min- 18 Laser 19.98 not too early to start thinking about ute blank 8mm cassettes. Before the its prospects as a software format. end of this year, we expect to see sev- 19 17 2 EASY MONEY Vestron 5029 1983 R Laser 34.95 Highly compact 8mm video is po- eral 8 mm tape suppliers, with Ko- Paramount Pictures Nick Nolte CEO 29.98 industry 20 19 23 48 HRS. 1983 R sitioned to offer the music dak's OEM supplier TDK being one. RCA Video Disc 13612 Laser 29.95 its best opportunity yet to reach the A key cost factor in both short- mobile 14- to 24 -year -old music vid- and long -form prerecorded half-inch Recording ndustry Of America seal for sales and /or rentals of 25.000 units plus ($1,000.000 after returns) (Seal indicated by dot). Recording Industry 0 returns) indicated by triangle). (ITA) International Tape'Disc Assn. seal for net sales and /or rentals eo market with the kind of portable America seal for sales of 50.000 units plus ($2,000,000 after (Seal on page 32) of at least $1,000.000 at wholesale. (Seal indicated by ITA seal). players and programming that Beta/ (Continued

www.americanradiohistory.com 29 Video Jackson (Who Else?) Leads Clip Awards Nominations LOS ANGELES -Michael Jack- night" and "3/4 Time" competing Jean" and "Every Breath You Take" gory went to Jim Shoppe for "Say Little Richard, Juice Newton, son's visual music productions take for the award in that category. by the Police, Robert Paynter for Say Say," Stuart Barter for "Beat It," Grace Slick, Martha Davis, Ozzy Os- center stage among nominations for In best lighting, a new category, "Thriller" and Nick Knowland for Kim Colefax for "Billie Jean," bourne, Toni Basil and Frank Stal- the American Video Assn.'s annual nominees were Dan Quinn for "Beat "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." Nomi- Charles Hughes for "Thriller" and lone are slated to appear on the Music Video Awards show. Jackson It," Daniel Pearl for both "Billie nations in the best art direction cate- Godley and Creme for "Rockit." awards show. garnered nominations in eight of the 11 categories, with his "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" named in seven categories, including best soul and pop video. The show will be filmed April 5 and is scheduled for airing April 14. Casey Kasem will host the event, produced through Scotti Bros. /Syd Vinnedge Television. Golden West Television will dis- tribute the show nationally. The company says that 125 stations cov- ering the nation's major markets have signed on to air the show. In the category of best director, the nominations were: Bob Giraldi for "Beat It," Steve Barron for "Billie Jean," John Landis for "Thriller," Tim Newman for "I Love L.A." and Kevin Godley and Lol Creme for "Rockit." Michael Peters received recogni- tion in the choreography category for his work on "Beat It" and "Thriller." Jackson secured choreography nomi- nations for "Billie Jean" and "Thrill- er." Additional choreography honors went to Arlene Phillips for "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John and Susan Scanlon for Lionel Richie's "All Night Long." In the category of best perfor- mance-female, the Video Music Assn. nominated Pat Benatar's "Love Is A Battlefield," "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper, "Sweet Dreams" by Euryth- mics' Annie Lennox, Donna Sum- mer's "She Works Hard For The Money" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." Nominations for best performance by a male went to Michael Jackson for "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller," Billy Joel for "Tell Her About It" and David Bowie for "Let's Dance." Nominations in the category of best performance -group were given to Madness, Men At Work, the Police, Stray Cats and Talking Heads. In the editing category, the follow- A, ing were cited: Larry Bridges and to HOME VIDEO PRESENTS Pablo Ferrow for "Beat It," Kerry Bennell for "Billie Jean," Warren Lynch for Elton John's "I'm Still Standing," Lenny Friedman and Ar- den Rynew for "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman, and Roo Aiken, ®* Kevin Goldley and Lol Creme for Herbie Hancock's "Rockit." Jackson's "Beat It," "Billie Jean," "Thriller" and "Say Say Say," which also stars Paul McCartney, joined "I Love L.A." in the best pop video cat- egory. "She Works Hard For The Money" was nominated for best soul video, along with "Rockit," "All Night Long," "Beat It" and "Billie Jean." Country music videos received rec- AMERICAN CINEMA and EDIE & ELY LANDAU in association with DAVID KREBS & STEVEN LEBER ognition this year with Anne Mur - present BEATLEMANIA ' sl-,r:1^g MITCH WEISSMAN. RALPH CASTELLI. DAVID LEON and TOM TEELEY ray's "A Little Good News," Merle Produced by EDIE & ELY LANDAU +nth STEVEN LEBER & DAVID KREBS Directed by JOSEPH MANDUKE Haggard & Willie Nelson's "Pancho Conceived and Designed by ROBERT RABINOWITZ Supervising Creative Producer JULES FISHER Cinematography KING BAGGOT

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11 MAKING MICHAEL VHS 1 Vestron 1000 Michael Jackson 1983 NR 29.95 J. JACKSON'S THRILLER (ITA) Beta Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford VHS 2 2 13 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981 PG 39.95 Paramount Home Video 1376 Karen Allen Beta

VHS 3 3 96 JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT (ITA) Jane Fonda 1982 NR 59.95 KarCl Vdeo Corporation 042 ROCKING STEADY -Men At Work's Colin Hay, left, gets lead guitarist Ron Paramount Pictures John Travolta VHS 4 4 4 STAYING ALIVE 1983 PG 39.95 Paramount Home Video 1302 Cynthia Rhodes Beta Strykert's riffs on film during the taping of the Australian group's concert at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif., which ran recently on HBO. Paramount Pictures VHS 5 5 25 FLASHDANCE Jennifer Beals 1983 R 39.95 Paramount Home Video 1454 Beta

RCA /Columbia Pictures Dustin Hoffman VHS 6 6 6 TOOTSIE 1982 PG 79.95 Home Video 10535 Jessica Lange Beta Prism's First Four Titles The Geffen Company Tom Cruise VHS 7 7 12 RISKY BUSINESS 1983 R 39.98 Warner Home Video 11323 Rebecca de Mornay Beta Indicative Of Planned Mix Warner Brothers Pictures Sean Connery VHS 8 8 2 NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN 1983 PG 79,95 Warner Home Video 11337 Barbara Carrera Beta By ETHLIE ANN VARE Michael Keaton VHS No 9 16 3 MR. MOM Vestron 5025 1983 PG Teri Garr Beta listing LOS ANGELES -Prism Enter- Fonda, and "Dominique," starring Raymax Prod. P. Brownstein Prod. VHS tainment has announced its first four Cliff Robertson. 10 10 5 DO IT DEBBIE'S WAY Debbie Reynolds 1983 NR 39.95 Video Assoc. 1008 Beta home video releases, set for release "This is indicative of our catalog April 1. The new firm expects to VHS mix," says Prism co- founder Barry 11 12 34 DURAN DURAN Thorn /EMI TVD 1646 Duran Duran 1983 NR market 60 titles this year. Collier. "We expect 25% to be music The which will all a Matthew Broderick VHS titles, carry titles, 25% children's and 50% fea- 12 WAR GAMES CBS -Fox Video 4714 1983 PG 79.98 Dabney Coleman Beta $49.95 retail price, are: "Crystal ture films or television mini -series." Gayle In Concert," the animated THE CARE BEARS IN THE Family Home Entertainment Animated VHS 29.95 Prism was organized by Collier, 13 14 4 1983 G "Freedom LAND WITHOUT FEELINGS MGM /UA Home Video F357 Beta children's program former managing director of Ronco, Force," and the theatrical features VHS and Paul Levinson, former president 14 13 4 TWIST OF FATE MCA Home Video 80066 Olivia Newton -John 1983 NR 19.95 "A Doll's House," starring Jane t of Videoform Pictures Ltd. Collier Paramount Pictures Nick Nolte VHS will be based in Century City and Le- 15 9 38 48 HRS. 1983 R 39.95 Paramount Home Video 1139 Eddie Murphy Beta vinson in London; the U.S. and U.K. Natalie Wood VHS Two Top U.K. will be the areas of distribution for 16 19 7 BRAINSTORM MGM /UA Home Video 800314 1983 PG 79 95 Christopher Walken Beta Prism titles, although the firm will li- Chains Mulling cense product worldwide. 17 18 15 PINK FLOYD THE WALL MGM /UA Home Video MV- 400268 Pink Floyd 1979 R Beta 39.95 Market Entry "We think the home video market V HS No 18 EASY MONEY Vestron 5029 Rodney Dangerfield 1983 R is still very rental- oriented," says Beta lotted LONDON -Boots and Wool- Collier. "Our prices, none over AN OFFICER AND A Paramount Pictures Richard Gere VHS 39.95 19 11 56 1982 R worth, two of the biggest multiple re- $49.95 retail, are meant to appeal to GENTLEMAN (ITA) Paramount Home Video 1467 Debra Winger Beta 29.95 tail chains in Britain, have confirmed retailers and distributors, who will BILLY JOEL: VHS 20 4 CBS -Fox Video 6297 Billy Joel 1983 NR 29.98 widespread rumors that they're plan- require fewer rental turns to recoup 20 LIVE FROM LONG ISLAND Beta ning to move into the prerecorded their investment." Warner Brothers Pictures Christopher Reeve VHS videocassette market. Prism, which claims a $5 million 21 17 12 SUPERMAN III 1983 PG 69.95 Warner Home Video 11320 Richard Pryor Beta line of credit with which license Both are apparently interested in to Sunn Classic Pictures /Warner Bros. Inc. Dee Wallace VHS rights, expects music programming 37 8 CUJO 1983 R 69.95 of music videos, 22 Warner Home Video 11331 Daniel Hugh -Kelly Beta the sales potential rather than rental. The widespread to be an important part of its catalog. RCA /Columbia Pictures Roy Scheider VHS It already has concerts by Sheena 23 27 18 BLUE THUNDER 1983 R 79'95 nationwide interest in "Making Mi- Home Video 10026 Malcolm McDowell Beta Easton, Johnny Mathis and the Four chael Jackson's `Thriller "' here is a Seasons in development, and plans to 24 38 15 EDDIE MURPHY -DELIRIOUS Paramount Home Video 2323 Eddie Murphy 1983 R Beta 59.95 further lure. co- produce original material in coop- Jacqueline Bisset VHS No Woolworth was in video software eration with artists, record compa- 25 33 6 CLASS Vestron 5026 1983 I R Cliff Robertson Beta listing previously, but abandoned its own nies and cable outlets. Warner Brothers Pictures John Lithgow VHS rental system some two years ago. "When market go sales - 26 31 12 TWILIGHT ZONE -THE MOVIE 1983 PG 69.95 the does Warner Home Video 11314 Kevin McCarthy Beta Neither chain is prepared to say that oriented," says Collier, "music video Warner Brothers Pictures Chevy Chase VHS video involvement is a matter of hard will play in 21 2 DEAL OF THE CENTURY 1983 PG 69.95 a major part the transi- 27 Warner Home Video 11339 Sigourney Weaver Beta point that fact as yet, but discussions tion. I expect music programming to Walter Shenson, VHS way. in 15 11 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT The Beatles 1964 G 69.95 take 30% of the gross the next 28 Maljack Productions, Inc. 1064 Beta Two other potentially strong -sell- three or four years. That's why we're Dan Monahan VHS 23 4 PORKY'S II: THE NEXT DAY CBS-Fox Video 1294 1983 R 79.98 here looking at co- production. We will 29 Tony Ganios Beta ing music videos will be released in the next week or so: Culture Club's own the rights in perpetuity." Michael Douglas VHS STAR CHAMBER CBS-Fox Video 1295 1983 R 59.98 "A Kiss Across The Ocean" and Da- Prism will initially manufacture 30 Hal Holbrook Beta vid Bowie's "Serious Moonlight product in VHS and Beta formats, Tour." with disk applications to begin later. 29 3 CROSS CREEK Thorn /EMI Home Video 2184 1983 R 79.95 31 Rip Torneenburgen Beta

Embassy Pictures Tom Berenger VHS 30 6 EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS 1983 PG 79.95 32 Embassy Home Entertainment 2066 Michael Paré Beta NATIONAL LAMPOON'S Warner Brothers Pictures Chevy Chase VHS Alternative To Clips On Cable 26 15 1983 R 69.95 33 VACATION Warner Home Video 11315 Christie Brinkley Beta

Richard Farnsworth VHS NEW YORK -Year -old Back Hammond says the broadcast will be 34 28 11 THE GREY FOX Media Home Entertainment M258 1983 PG 69.95 Jackie Burroughs Beta Beat Productions hopes to break new a vehicle to expose artists on the VHS ground in the video medium with its Back Beat roster. 35 39 16 THE DARK CRYSTAL Thorn /EMI 1966 Jen, Kira 1982 PG 79'95 Beta first project, "The Jon Hammond Hammond says he's close to secur- Dawn Associates David Emge VHS Show." Currently airing on Manhat- ing slots on public access channels in 36 40 11 DAWN OF THE DEAD 1978 R 69.95 Thorn /EMI Video 1977 Gaylen Ross Beta tan Cable's Channel 3 and San Fran- New Orleans, Baltimore, Chicago, VHS cisco's public access Channel 25, the Los Angeles and Boston and plans to 37 22 18 DUMBO Walt Disney Home Video 24 Animated 1947 G 39.95 Beta program is a half hour of computer - recoup investments by syndicating show if Warner Bros. Pictures Judy Garland VHS generated graphics synchronized the to national networks and 35 5 A STAR IS BORN 1954 PG 69.95 38 Warner Home Video 11335 James Mason Beta with original jazz- fusion and rock when it gains an audience. music. Hammond's voice and his tap- His partner in the venture is for- Warner Brothers Pictures David Soul VHS 24 2 SALEM'S LOT: THE MOVIE 1979 NR 59.95 39 Warner Home Video 11336 James Mason Beta ping boot are the only human intru- mer Crusaders guitarist Barry Fin- sions during the show. nerty, who wrote the music for the 40 32 2 THE EVIL DEAD Thorn /EMI Home Video 1979 Bruce Campbell 1979 R Bela 69.95 "It's an alternative to the concep- first program. All songs on the "Jon tual and concert footage videos. Hammond Show" feature Back Recording Industry Of America seal for sales and or rentals of 25,000 units plus ($1,000,000 after returns) (Seal indicated by do ). A Recording Industry Of We're delivering an art form," says Beat's studio band of Finnerty, key - net and or rentals America seal for sales of 50,000 units plus ($2,000,000 after returns) (Seal indicated by triangle). (ITA) International Tape Disc Assn. sea for sales the show's host, Back Beat co- boardist Hammond, drummer Steve of at least $1,000,000 at wholesale. (Seal indicated by ITA seal). founder Jon Hammond. The compa- Ferrone and saxophonist Todd An- ny also functions as a label, and derson. KIM FREEMAN

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Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 Video Billboard German VCR Penetration videocossefte Top C Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this pubbcabon may be reproduced. mechanical, Seen Peeking By Mid -'90s stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic photocopying. recording, a otherwise. without the moo( wirer perrussron of the publisher By WOLFGANG SPAHR HAMBURG-West Germany teletext systems and cable and satel- RENTALS VCR penetration will reach satura- lite reception, will reach some $5 bil- tion point at about 80% of house- lion by 1990, rising to $8 billion in retail reports by the Billboard Chart Re- _..F'' These are the most rented videocassettes compiled from holds by the middle of the '90s, ac- 1995, the report predicts. Of these to- ó Both Beta and VHS formats are included. : r= search Department. cording to a new report from market tals, $3.4 billion and $4.4 billion re- d 3 Ó 5t . Ä survey organization Prognos Insti- spectively will go to audio/visual me- Copyright Owner, A N a d d E`o tuts Medias (PIM) here. dia, with video taking by far the a . 3 TITLE Distributor, Catalog Number Principal Performers >- the likely at 82 %. The report says that with largest proportion VHS RCA /Columbia Pictures Dustin Holtman ,?82 PG expansion of small screen program- No explosion of demand for either ' 1 6 TOOTSIE Home Video 10535 J. c.,ea Lange ming available towards the end of the video cameras or videodisk hardware VHS Michael Keaton 1983 PG '80s, as cable and satellite systems be- /software is expected. PIM says that 2 6 3 MR. MOM Vestron 5025 Teri Garr Beta come established, demand for video by 1995 only 20% of VCR -owning Tom Cruise VHS will experience a sharp up- about 15% of the to- The Geffen Company 1983 R recorders households, or 3 2 13 RISKY BUSINESS Warner Home Video 11323 Rebecca de Mornay Beta turn. By 1990, there should be tal, will also have video cameras, de- Harrison Ford VHS in do- and im- Paramount Pictures 1981 PG around 16 million machines spite a likely fall in prices 4 3 14 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Paramount Home Video 1376 Karen Allen Beta mestic use in Germany. provements in compactness, porta- Travolta VHS to Paramount Pictures John 1983 PG Each household is expected bility and other factors. 5 4 4 STAYING ALIVE Paramount Home Video 1302 Cynthia Rhodes Beta have around 24 blank videocassettes, The report does not hold out a Connery VHS but the demand for prerecorded soft- very optimistic forecast for videodisk NEVER SAY NEVER Warner Brothers Pictures Sean 1983 PG 6 17 2 Beta ware may decrease, with sales assum- manufacturers. Market saturation AGAIN Warner Home Video 11337 Barbara Carrera ing more importance than rental. may occur at a penetration as low as VHS MAKING MICHAEL Vestron 1000 Michael Jackson 1983 NR Total consumer spending on new 3% of households, it says, though 7 5 12 JACKSON'S THRILLER A (ITA) Beta media, including home computers, sales could well increase after 1990. VHS Natalie Wood 1983 PG 8 7 6 BRAINSTORM MGM /UA Home Video 800314 Christopher Walken Beta VHS Sunn Classic Picúues /Warner Bros Inc.Dee Wallace 1983 R 9 11 B CUJO Warner Home Video 11331 Daniel Hugh -Kelly Beta VHS Music Monitor Paramount Pictures Jennifer Beals 1983 R 1 O 9 25 FLASHDANCE Paramount Home Video 1454 Beta Making Lemonade: Aldo Nova will be a panel titled "The Making & Monahan VHS video of PORKY'S II: Dan 1983 R was about to shoot the Breaking of Rock Video," featuring 11 10 4 CBS -Fox Video 1294 Tony Ganios Beta "Hold Back The Night" when he was producer Juanita Diana, director Joe THE NEXT DAY VHS involved in a jet ski accident in Ha- Des, cinematographer Joe Murray 12 m=g1 EASY MONEY Vestron 5029 Rodney Dangerfield 1983 R Beta waii, injuring his eye. Director Rich- and others. There will also be a dance LAMPOON'S Warner Brothers Pictures Chevy Chase VHS ard Casey of Casey Movies salvaged with KQAK's Oz as DJ. Admission 1 g NATIONAL 1983 R 13 8 VACATION Warner Home Video 11315 Christie Brinkley Beta the situation by putting a black eye- is $6. VHS patch on his star and shifting his con- EDDIE AND THE Embassy Pictures Tom Berenger PG Tomorrow The World: Mel 14 6 1983 cept to a futuristic sci -fi thriller a la 14 CRUISERS Embassy Home Entertainment 2066 Michael Paré Beta Brooks tries his knees at breakdanc- VHS Kurt Russell in "Escape From New Jaqueline Bisset R Not 13 6 Vestron 5026 1983 York." ing in the new video "To Be Or 15 CLASS Cliff Robertson Beta To Be Hitler Rap," produced -The Roy Scheider VHS RCA /Columbia Pictures 1983 R All Aboard: 415 /Columbia artists by Simon Fields for Limelight Films. 16 16 19 BLUE THUNDER (ITA) Home Video 10026 Malcolm McDowell Beta Wire Train have completed the sec- The song, not included in the sound- VHS Matthew Broderick 1983 PG ond video from their album "In A track for the film of the same name, 17 WAR GAMES CBS -Fox Video 4714 Dabney Coleman Beta 12 Chamber." "I'll Do You" was direct- is being released as a -inch single VHS Warner Brothers Pictures John Lithgow 1983 PG ed by Juliano Waldman, whose prior by Antilles, a division of Island. The 18 12 13 TWILIGHT ZONE-THE MOVIE Warner Home Video 11314 Kevin McCarthy Beta credits include Pat Benatar and video, which boasts "risque choreog- VHS Warner Brothers Pictures Christopher Reeve 1983 PG Zebra. raphy by scantily clad dancers," was 19 15 13 SUPERMAN III Warner Home Video 11320 Richard Pryor Beta directed and choreographed by Alan VHS Video Benefit: The Film Arts Warner Brothers Pictures Chevy Chase 1983 PG Johnson. ETHLIE ANN VARE 20 DEAL OF THE CENTURY Sigourney Weaver Bete Foundation is throwing a video event =21 Warner Home Video 11339 VHS at The Stone in San Francisco on Robert Duvall PG 21 22 23 TENDER MERCIES Thorn /EMI 1640 1983 Beta Sunday (18), with proceeds going to Betty Buckley match the Foundation's $65,000 Jump In Japan Paramount Pictures Nick Nolte VHS 22 18 38 48 HRS. 1983 R Beta grant from the National Endowment VCR Production Paramount Home Video 1139 Eddie Murphy for the Arts. Included in the evening VHS THE CARE BEARS IN THE Family Home Entertainment 1983 G 23 23 2 Animated Beta TOKYO-Production of VCRs in LAND WITHOUT FEELINGS MGM /UA Home Video F357 Japan in January totalled 1.51 mil- Mary Steenburgen VHS 24 CROSS CREEK Thorn /EMI Home Video 2184 1983 R Beta U1.ÓÁ STOCK lion units, up 55.6% from the first Rip Tom RCA /Columbia Pictures VHS month of 1983. However, VCR ex- 1 25 19 22 GANDHI (ITA) Kingsley9 y 982 PG Bei VIDE BOXES ports increased by only 38.9 %, to Home Video 10237 VHS c Richard Farnsworth VHS 1.03 million units, while stockpiles 1983 PG 26 21 9 THE GREY FOX Media Home Entertainment M258 Beta CAS inquabltities here went up 6.6% to 738,000 units. Jackie Burroughs m. low as VHS LIfE0 as Of the exports, 471,000 units went KVC-RCA NR 27 20 46 JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT Jane Fonda 1982 Beta 10 to the U.S., up by 138% on last Janu- Kari Video Corporation 042 Also available VHS with ary's figure, while hardware going to 28 30 16 EDDIE MURPHY-DELIRIOUS Paramount Home Video 2323 Eddie Murphy 1983 R Your(1090 Beta imprint. the European Economic Community VHS name, countries totalled just 185,000 units, PG 29 25 17 THE DARK CRYSTAL Thorn /EMI 1966 Jen, Kira 1982 Beta address) down 36.9% from the same period Charles Bronson VHS last year. That drop was mainly the MV- 1983 30 28 14 10 TO MIDNIGHT MGM /UA Home Video 800282 Eilbacher R Beta result of recently instituted export Lisa Emge VHS /import controls. Dawn Associates David 1978 R 31 32 10 DAWN OF THE DEAD /EMI Video 1977 Gaylen Ross Beta Color television set production Thorn VHS 922,000 R here in January totalled 32 24 15 BREATHLESS (ITA) Vestron V5017 Richard Gere 1983 Beta units, up 16.3% on the previous year. Xce lfytes Ass oc -,7nc- Matthau VHS Exports were up by 23% to 318,058 RCA /Columbia Pictures Walter 1983 R 160 East 561h Sheet, Dept.V 33 31 15 THE SURVIVORS Home Video 10521 Beta \ NYC. N.Y. 100:2 Tel 758 -3232 units, of which 72,000 went to the Bowie VHS 0 David R / U.S. (up 191.4 %). Home Video MV- 800281 1983 MGM /UA LRlyiq M walk ridi ells wok irutry Narr 1Rii 34 29 15 THE HUNGER Catherine Deneuve Beta VHS 1979 R 35 33 15 PINK FLOYD THE WALL MGM /UA Home Video MV- 400268 Pink Floyd Beta VHS Kirk Douglas 1982 PG PROMOTIONAL 36 27 26 THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER CBS -Fox Video 1233 Tom Burlington Beta VHS Universal City Studios Christina Raines 1983 PG 37 26 2 NIGHTMARES MCA Distributing Corp. 80037 Moon Zappa Beta THE YEAR OF LIVING Mel Gibson VHS 38 34 23 MGM /UA Home Video 800243 1983 PG MUSIC VIDEO DANGEROUSLY Sigourney Weaver Beta VHS Available on 1 Hour Tape Compilations to colleges, nite clubs, and Jason Robards PG 39 37 18 MAX DUGAN RETURNS CBS -Fox Video 1236 1983 other public venues throughout America. Marsha Mason Beta AN OFFICER AND A Paramount Pictures Richard Gere VHS Releases if 56 1982 R We provide: Newest Call us today to see you 40 36 GENTLEMAN (ITA) Paramount Home Video 1467 Debra Winger Beta Quick Service qualify to receive promotional Highest Quality videos on a monthly basis. Low Cost Out of State (201) 667 -4026 industry Of L1aLar snaz 2f2TLSf1 Recording Industry 0f America seal for sales and,/or rentals of 25,000 units plus ($1,000,000 after returns) (Seal indicated by dot). Recording In N.Y. (212) 460 -0035 America seal for sales of 50,000 units plus ($2,000,000 atter returns) (Seal indicated by triangle). (ITA) International Tape /Disc Assn. seal for net sales and/or rentals #1 way of staying on top of video music of at least $1,000,000 at wholesale. (Seal indicated by ITA seal). www.americanradiohistory.com 32 Video Fast Forward 25 TITLES DUE IN APRIL Continued from page 28 half -inch Beta/VHS shells. physical length of 8mm tape corn - RCA /Col Sets Japan Bow Beta/VHS music videos, which to- It's too early to even try to dig out pared to half-inch metal -oxide (MO) day begin at $16.95 retail, is the cas- or estimate the nature of the 8 mm tape will start out being more costly, TOKYO -RCA/Columbia Pic- way with a "major record label" sette shell. Except for the special situ- (one- third -inch) shell cost savings, because tape manufacturers are still tures International Video will release which, it was hoped, would be the ation of the miniature T20 shell except to note that there is every rea- gearing up to make the new MP and its first product in the Japanese soft- source of between- 15 and 20 music developed for VHS -C, no matter how son to believe that they will be much ME formulations. ware marketplace this spring. The programs annually. short the actual length of tape re- closer to the cost of an audio C -60 Early projections reported in Bill- company's initial batch of 25 movie Likely dealer price of the RCA quired to carry the two- to four -song (one -eighth -inch) than they will be to board are that the lower consump- titles is due out April 21 under a sale /Columbia product will be around videos such as are now retailed as Beta/VHS (half-inch). tion rate and the more expensive for- /rental scheme dubbed "The Free- $85. Under the "Freedom System," Sony 45s, the cost of the required Another key 8mm video software mulations may wash each other out dom System," with further batches of dealers won't be required to put up standard size Beta/VHS shell exacts cost marketing factor has to do with for 8mm, thereby producing similar- 25 titles to follow in June and guarantee money above a minimum a disproportionate cost. the amount and type of tape con- ly priced blanks to half -inch for the September. order of 25 tapes at any one time. The smaller 8mm shell not only tained within the cassette shell. We same running times. 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By SAM SUTHERLAND quality recording as a practical capa- which we rented. We had a good se- bility for home setups. But Corea's lection of condenser microphones LOS ANGELES -Originally de- operation reflects how a musician's that Chick was using on the road, as veloped as a home recording lab for natural involvement with audio can well as various signal processors, and pianist Chick Corea, Mad Hatter Re- evolve into a separate business. Mark Levinson preamps, also from cording has emerged as a competitive "Most of the equipment we have the stage setup. facility attracting a broadening clien- started out in Chick's house," ac- "I didn't go through a recording tele. Since relocating to larger quar- knowledges Ron Moss, Corea's man- console at that point, though. I went ters near Corea's Los Feliz district agerial foil, who recently took over right through the Levinson preamps home, technical modifications and a studio management as part of an into the machine." That first project, swing toward outside bookings have overall thrust to formally market the a Warner Bros. album by Gayle carried the room beyond its owner's operation to potential clients. Moran, also employed a single EMT jazz and fusion keyboard work to at- That original configuration was 240 reverb unit, also taken from Cor- tract pop, rock and, more recently, hardly a conventional one, however. ea's touring equipment, and Klipsch commercial dates. Notes Bernie Kirsh, chief engineer at speakers for playback monitoring. Artist -owned studios aren't new to Mad Hatter, "In 1978 or early '79, Because there was no separate, isolat- the pro audio industry, nor are home we decided to do an album project at ed control room, Stax headphones recording facilities for established Chick's house. We had everything we were also needed for monitoring. audio en- acts, who increasingly view master- needed except a 24-track machine, Mad Hatter itself reflects more ART MEETS SCIENCE -Frank Zappa talks shop with Sony digital the execu- than just a name change since that gineers Dr. Toshi Doi, left, and Curtis Chan. Zappa hosted Sony first incarnation for Corea's record- tives at his Los Angeles studio, a completely digital setup which includes a ing complex. In 1981, the veteran Sony PCM -3324 multi -track digital recorder and PCM -1610 two -track digital End Of A Recording Era: musician moved his own production mastering unit for the preparation of CD master tapes. and management operations to a new Gold Star Studios Shuttered site in the former March of Dimes national headquarters on Griffith LOS ANGELES -One of Califor- estimates scuttled the plan. Park Blvd. The structure's upper Studio Track nia's most influential recording stu- The same one -story facility, locat- floor was chosen for the studio. posing four tracks for the Broadway show dios is now just a memory, following ed at the corner of Santa Monica "It was a huge renovation," recalls NEW YORK Chaka Khan is finishing vocals on her next "Willie" with lyricist Nelle Adams . .. Per- the March 2 closing of Gold Star Re- Blvd. and Vine St., also hosted ca- Kirsh. "We didn't float the room, but Records has two German artists in at cording Studios. reer- making sessions for the Beach we poured six separate concrete slabs Warner Bros. album at Planet Sound with sonal Tapes. Stephan Eicher is working on Owners Stan Ross and Dave Gold Boys, Eddie Cochran, Richie Valens and then covered that with plywood producer Arif Mardin and engineer Lew Blank EP with The Magnificent Kordak produc- were expecting a wrecker's ball to be- and Herb Alpert, among other West and oak." The 1,300 square foot Hahn. The Ramones are also there working an ing and Bob Blank engineering. Kordak is co- gin leveling the historic Hollywood Coast talents. Between its opening in main room was finished with an on their next Sire album ... Columbia group Furs finishing their fourth al- producing the group Boytronic with their pro- facility as soon as this week, in antici- 1950, when Gold and Ross became arched 18 foot ceiling, divided into Psychadelic are produc- Herbert Boehme, for another EP. pation of new commercial building the youngest studio operators in the thirds by truss beams, while a sepa- bum at Electric Lady with the help of ducer er Keith Forsey and engineer Dave Witt- Local pop combo the Baxters recording on that lot. Demolition of the three - country, and the last day of sessions, rate 500 square foot control room is four songs at Media Sound with staff produc- studio complex will thus include the Gold Star was the site of countless and a producers lounge were also man. The one -time Jimi Hendrix studio also virtual destruction of the original hits. constructed. the site of the Rockats' debut album for MCA. er Doug Epstein. LOS ANGELES "Wall Of Sound," or at least its tech- Final project to be tracked there The acoustic goals were influenced Pete Soley is producing this project, with Hal nical cornerstones. was a solo album by Maurice Gibb of by Corea's own background. Notes Handsford at the boards and assistant Gary Romeo has checked into the Record Plant That sobriquet, applied to Phil the , who was in cutting Kirsh, "The idea was to ask, 'What's Hellman. Also there, Michael Bolton is for an Allied Artist album with producer Kim overdubbing tracks on his second Columbia Spector's archetypal '60s recordings, during the studio's final week. Fol- it like when you're sitting on a con- Richards . .. At Producers Workshop, is with Neil was shaped in part by the cavernous lowing completion of those sessions, cert stage ?' There's usually reverb go- release. The artist co- producing Social Fact is working on an album for Fun natural echo designed by Gold, the Gold Star staff began dismantling ing out into the hall, but actually not Kernon and assistant engineer Bruce Stuff Records with producers Mark Eisen- which provided Spector with a key equipment for dispersion to various that much on the stage itself. Typi- Buchhalter. stein and Paul Anderson, engineer Russ element in his production style, and a purchasers. cally, the sound will decay fast with- In Douglaston, three projects are underway Castillo and former Cheap Trick member Tom sonic trait emulated by scores of oth- The two founding partners haven't out being absorbed too completely." at Yorkshoppe. MCA act the Fixx is in with Peterson assisting. Also there, Capitol artist er performers and producers. The announced firm plans, although they Thus, Mad Hatter balances its re- producer Rupert Hine and engineer Rob Beau Williams is cutting tracks with Alan two partners reportedly explored the indicate a possible new studio ven- flective materials, size and shape to Bengston, Mink DeVille guitarist Rick Bor- Abrahams producing, Rick Hart at the board practicality of moving the acoustic ture is being mulled. achieve "a live room with hardly any gia is laying tracks for a solo effort with engi- and Joe Peralta assisting. 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Clientele Grows Video effects at low cost, on the run, are offered by Comprehensive Vid- Continued from page 34 eo's new "mini video production systems," which combine two- camera With your apex printer switchers and plug -in cartridge technology to afford over 20 different vid- decay -it's nice and bright in charac- eo production effects. Shown here is the MS -2000 deluxe switcher, with ter, and while it's fairly extensively you'll print label copy built -in quick -cut, dissolve, horizontal, vertical and corner wipe effects; ex- trapped, it still has a live feeling." If -ender units allow up to nine additional effects modules to be plugged in the dimensions prevent longer decay right on your cassette. or ready access. The unit is priced at less than $2,000, while the basic MS- times, the room is still large enough 1000 carries a suggested price of less than $1,000. Print up to 5,000 units per hour. to fit "a Mozart -sized orchestra, or a Save time, money, trouble, space. big band with room to spare." Eliminate inventory problems, costly label overruns. As for the control room, Kirsh and Save 40 or more per cassette. Corea brought in Tom Hidley, who provided them with a Sierra Design 4 models to choose from: room which they, in turn, modified. Two one -color table top models. Built with a sloping ceiling that rises Taking Reservations. Two high production multi -color consoles, toward the front of the room, the that print up to three colors in one pass. plan has been personalized by instal- lation of a ceiling slightly higher than dictated by Hidley's blueprints. Monitors, too, reflected special needs, according to Kirsh, who says a prime goal was to find an approach that would be equally suitable for both amplified and acoustic music. Mad Hatter chose the ACD system developed by John Meyer. Electronics were also modified, altatakHel with the heart of the system, a Tri- dent Series 80 console, altered by Bud Wyatt. The 40 input desk feeds Mad Hatter's Studer 24 -track and two -track machines -again, specially modified, with custom electronics be- neath the Studer transports. Kirsh We invite you COr notes that Mad Hatter's two two - to experience the future of audio track machines, which offer both quarter- and half-inch head stacks, excellence: Our new custom -crafted 68- have Mark Levinson circuitry. (channel digital logic- controlled console. Ne 'c/ - EC.ANlc Corea himself christened the new automation. Designed and built by Sunset Industries. Distributed in the U.S. configuration with an acoustic pro- and worldwide by ject, his "Three Quartets" album for Toddy at Sunset Sound. ECM. In subsequent months, notes 1RSVI' 469 -1186 10 Craig Húblcr, studio manager. UDIOMi,C tORORi3OR Moss, the studio accepted some out- side business but didn't pursue cli- 400 Madison Avenue ents. Over the past year, however, he New York, New York 10017 -6888 says the room has been almost entire- Sound Telephone: (212)308 Sunset Telex: 12 -6419 ly booked by outside producers and artists, following a lengthy period during which Mad Hatter's owner was too involved with touring to Sunset Sound 6630 Sunset Blvd.. Hollywood. CA 90028 tackle new studio projects.

www.americanradiohistory.com 3 TaIenI &Venues NEW PROJECTS FOR COOLEY, CONLON Marlboro Country Tour Set For Second Year Atlanta Promoters Branching Out presented By RUSSELL SHAW combines music business and politi- three or four promoters By KIP KIRBY cal experience. rock shows here on at least a semi - Promo- regular basis; now that number has NASHVILLE -Based on the suc- ing to Tom Keim, director of market- ATLANTA -Concert One of the major anchors of the Southern Promotions more than doubled. Cooley, though, cess of its first major venture into ing communications for Philip tions Inc. and Cooley rebound has been a profit- the most recognizable pro- corporate sponsorships of music Morris. Inc., a combined full- service opera- able, ongoing relationship with Willie remains tion headed by longtime concert pro- The latest evidence of the motion name in the city, and he and packages last year, Philip Morris is Keim says the tobacco manufac- Nelson. moter Alex Cooley and business part- -Cooley ties is a just- conclud- Conlon have by no means ignored underwriting the second annual turer was pleased by its initial success Nelson ner Peter Conlon, has set several new ed series of eight successful South- their Atlanta base while concentrat- Marlboro Country Music Tour. This in music sponsorships last year. "At touring and venue relationships. ing on operational expansion. year's edition will visit 10 cities in first, we were skeptical," Keim notes. eastern dates. The firms, based here, have en- points One of the most identifiable as- May and June, with 10 fall dates to "This company had been approached The Nelson tour acquisition tered into an agreement with Six in concert promo- pects of the Cooley- Conlon opera- be announced later. often about sponsoring music events, up another trend Flags Over Georgia, the area amuse- a concentration on tions has been an ongoing series of but we were never certain we could tion: more of Milsap, Merle Haggard ment park, to procure national talent variety rather outdoor concerts at Chastain Park Ronnie meet our own criteria as well as make tours and geographical and Ricky Skaggs will headline Marl- for its ongoing series of spring and two or three markets. Amphitheatre, a 7,000 -seat facility a lasting and important contri- than on just in Omaha, Wichita, summer shows. In addition, Cooley says located in a municipal park here. boro's concerts bution." Cooley recognizes this trend and Minneapolis, Milwaukee, San Anto- and Conlon are becoming more in- he operates differently than he did in "Chastain Park is unique," Cooley Fans' reaction to last year's debut nio, Lakeland and Jacksonville. In volved with the college market. the past. observes. "It's special in several however, convinced Philip Baltimore and Norfolk, Milsap and tour, Both Cooley and Conlon are talent "We're working more with acts ways -the way it was built; its lay- Morris that country music hit its de- Skaggs will be joined by Eddie Bab- industry veterans. A majority of the rather than just relying on the mar- out, complete with picnic tables, and mographic and offered a way to satis- bitt. And in Houston, Milsap and memorable shows promoted in this kets themselves," he observes. "It especially its closeness to the city. fy its image requirements. Haggard will perform with T.G. area over the last decade have had a used to be that most promoters The venues that are similar to Chas- Sheppard and Louise Mandrell. Packaging and production for the Cooley tie -in. After some financial stayed in just a few geographic lo- tain seem to be located 40 or 50 min- entire 1984 tour will again be han- reversals around 1980, Cooley resur- cales. At one time, if you went into a utes from a city." The multi -million -dollar sponsor- dled by Regis Boff and the Entertain- faced a year later. He soon combined town that another promoter was try- Besides Chastain, many of Coo- ship investment by Philip Morris in- ment Services Group in New York. forces with Conlon, whose resume ing to control, you couldn't get any ley's and Conlon's presentations take cludes an elaborate staging package kind of radio deal, newspapers place at the Moonshadow Saloon, a featuring triple 12- by 14 -foot video wouldn't give you any kind of ad- 750 -seat concert club in northeast screens and mobile camera crews; vance publicity and the hall manager Atlanta. "There are acts who still state -of-the -art sound equipment; may have been a little hostile. But need to tour at a certain level," Coo- massive sliding stage sets, and a full now there's not the 'territorial imper- ley notes, "and the Moonshadow is a wraparound proscenium curtain for ative' that there once was. good listening room." theatrical effect. "Basically, for me," Cooley con- Despite his active relationship with Tied into each tour date is a local tinues, "it's 'have gun, will travel.' the Moonshadow, there's one thing talent competition offering promising This has been made possible by the Cooley does not want to do: own and area entertainers cash prizes and the fact that it costs a tremendous operate a club. While he readily ac- chance to open the show in their amount of money to control a territo- knowledges that many of his longest - market. Local nightclubs will spon- ry. Because of political ramifications, lasting affiliations with bands were < sor the contests as part of the Marl- you have to do a lot of shows you'd forged at former properties, includ- boro Country Music Talent Round- rather not do. Now as a promoter I ing Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom c up, with each winning act receiving can be more selective. I don't have to and the Capri Ballroom, he denies $5,000 and the opening slot in its take a dog act because their manager any interest in venue acquisition. city. Second and third place winners or agent works with another artist This doesn't dampen Cooley's pos- in each market will win $1,000 and that I want. There's less of that at- itive feelings about market conditions á $500 respectively. tempt to control a market, especially in Atlanta, or in the Southeast as a ! in the bigger towns." whole. "There's money out there in ! Tickets for every date on the tour The Atlanta area seems to bear out the market," he says, "but you have are $12 and $10. Philip Morris will this observation. At one time, only to realize that it's changing real fast." provide concertgoers with special _ color posters and four -color program a C books. Advertising for the event will SOUL TIME- Motown's DeBarge performs its hit Time Will Reveal" for a PUBLICITY be through newspapers only, accord- recent segment of tv's "Soul Train." Seeking professional sing- ers, lyricists, composers PRINTS Starship's Amazing Grace Tries and arrangers for top 40 Lithographed On Heavy Gloss Stock SLICK MOVE To Update Her Hippie -Era Image commercial sound. Will BLACK & WHITE 8x10's pay top dollars for your 500 - $55.00 1000 - 80.00 By JEFF TAMARKIN that this pro -technology stance and the music video area. "Most people's song plus royalties. Have COLOR is 30 minutes," the computer terminology of the al- attention span about major financial backing. 1000 - $376.00 bum's title go against her image she says, "where it used to be an hour 8 Freight NEW YORK -From the title and as Send material attn: Above Prices include Typesetting cover art of her new RCA solo al- the San Francisco -based ex- hippie. and a half. I don't think that's neces- Send 8x10 Photo - Check or M.O. bum, "Software," to the title of her "I like machines just fine," says sarily good or bad, but I'm part of * ** Full & B/W Posters current single and video, "All The Slick with a defiant chuckle. "I'm that -I don't like many two -hour Nickolas Pascarella Color Composites - Cards - Other Sizes Machines," it is apparent that Grace perfectly at home with a lot of tech- movies, maybe one a year. Slick is doing her best to lose the im- nology. Even in the '60s I never went "So I like the MTV thing of little AWARD TV PROD. CORP. Send For Catalog & Samples age as a symbol of the '60s that she's for all those things like natural child- three- or four -minute stories. That's 10 Passaic St. carried around since those heady birth and natural bread and hairy my favorite form of expression right Wood- Ridge, NJ 07095 PICTURES days of peace, love and flowers. The armpits. When I had my daughter now. I'd love to do a video for every 1867 E. Florida, Dept. BB Springfield, MO 65803 40- year -old singer is no longer the China I wanted to be in a hospital song on my album. And everyone (4171 869 -9433 or 869 -3456 "Acid Queen," and she wants the with all kinds of gadgets around in else's albums, too." world to know it. case anything went wrong. I wasn't "If a musician or entertainer interested in having a midwife. chooses to remain in 1968," she says, That's my idea of hell. "he or she will have a following of "I'm also perfectly at home in a people who also choose to remain city. I wear lots of plastic makeup, I there. I don't choose to remain there, talk to cars and I eat at but unfortunately I'm still associated McDonald's." with that era because of the notoriety RCA's promotional strategy also that we (the Jefferson Airplane, concentrates on developing a modern which metamorphosed into the pres- image for Slick, who is already back ent -day Jefferson Starship, with in the studio with the Starship while which Slick still sings) had at that debating whether to tour as a solo particular point in music. I don't act. She recently finished a promo- mind singing 'White Rabbit' (the tional tour of the U.S., appearing on Airplane's 1967 top 10 hit), but I numerous AOR radio stations to dis- don't like being relegated to just cuss the album, as well as on several that." television talk shows and award Slick's new album is a contempo- presentations. rary- sounding affair, heavy on syn- "We were presented with an album thesizers, played by Austrian musi- by Grace which is experimental and cian Peter Wolf (not the ex -J. Geils progressive," says Alan Wolmark, Band singer), who also co -wrote RCA's director of national album most of the material with Slick. "All promotion, "and the promotional The Machines," the video of which tour was designed to present her in was already in medium rotation on more of an album rock light. What MTV by the time of the album's re- we prepared was an AOR strategy lease, celebrates the dominance of and a video strategy." machines in the '80s. Slick is aware Slick plans to delve more fully into www.americanradiohistory.com 38 Talent &Venues Thinking Talent In Action Cougar Small On DIANA ROSS nocent and energetic "You Can't Hurry Love" controlled and bloodless. Grant and company' `Uh -Huh' Headlining Tour Westbury Music Fair, Long Island took the audience back to the Motown era. clapped, swayed, hopped about, turned their Tickets: $25 And Ross demonstrated her versatility with the backs to the audience and executed all those LOS ANGELES -John Cougar for years. You can be sure I'm not go- Mellencamp is in the midst of his ing to make the same mistake." jazzy " 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do," the other tiresome rock gestures that are meant to Despite the negative press following last first bluesy "Good Morning Heartache" and the say, "Look how we're into our music!" But the headlining tour since the albums The tour is Cougar's first since he summer's Central Park benefit concert, Diana "American whisper -soft "Do You Know Where You're Go- effect was more mechanical than passionate. Fool" and "Uh -Huh" opened an arena tour for Heart more Ross appears as determined as ever to be- made ing To ?" him a platinum artist. But he than a year ago. He is backed on the friend the masses. During her Feb. 27 show Worse still was the antiseptic quality of the isn't playing the Forum, the Spec- dates by a four -piece band and two here, the 21 -year veteran walked a fine line be- Noticeably missing was material from her lat- songs and patter. In the rarefied world Grant trum or Madison Square Garden. In- backup singers. His opening act is tween superstar entertainer and good will est album, "Ross," while a speedy version of presented on stage, there were no wars, no so- stead he's concentrating on halls, Dan Ross & the Brunettes, an un- missionary. Michael Jackson's "Beat It," with appropriate cial injustices, no hungry people, no intellectual mostly 3,000 seats or less, in towns signed band from his hometown of gyrations, provided the night's best joke: "Did I uncertainties -just an avuncular Almost every song was interrupted by Ross' God, a steady like Dothan, Ala., Danville, Ill. and teach the kid how to dance, or what ?" beat and good lighting. Bloomington, Ind. sentimental journeys into the crowd, predict- Davenport, Iowa. The closest Cougar will come to able one -liners and guest appearances by vari- With One expects gospel concerts to be infused The tour, which began March 5 in the help of a talented male backup vo- is ous members of the audience. This needless with gospel themes, but one also has the right Florence, Bloomington on his current tour calist, Ross ended the 90- minute set on a quiet Ala., isn't just confined to hit bottom Indianapolis, on Friday (16). That string of Las Vegas -like sidesteps note with "Endless Love." This to expect from gospel music (as from all art) secondary markets. It also includes was one of the is with a parade of flabby men flexing their biceps proportion date also the only one on the tour show's musically magical moments, which un- and believability. There was pre- stops in such major cities as Atlanta, - on stage during "Muscles." No one need pay cious little of to take place in a big hall, the 20,000 fortunately were few and far between. Last either as Grant floated from a Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and seat Market Square Arena. The next - $25 to see that. summer's trickle of earthly specifics onto a flood of celes- Washington. But even in these cities, benefit concert was all well and biggest venues are the 6,700 -seat down to business, she tial insights. If dogmatizing is to be a part of the Cougar is sticking to small and medi- When Ross did get good, but the audience paid for this one; they Hulman Civic Center in Terre Haute need to fall back on these music, it ought to be as well done as the music. um -sized halls. proved she doesn't paid to see Ross do what she does best -sing. and the 5,900 -seat Radio City Music theatrics. Her voice and appearance proved And there On this night, it wasn't. EDWARD MORRIS Cougar's explanation for this tour? should have been more of that. Hall in New York. ageless as she ran through songs highlighting KIM FREEMAN "I want to be able to look the people I'm singing I her careers with the Supremes and on her ROSEMARY CLOONEY to in the eye. don't Another unique aspect of Cougar's agree when people own. Fontainebleau Hotel tell me there are tour is that he has only two nights off AMY GRANT places I shouldn't play because no- until it concludes April 8 in Cleve- in- Miami Beach, Fla. Introduced as "that Phil Collins tune," an Tennessee Performing Arts Center, body plays them. People Dinner show: $42 told me I land. The tour was booked by ATI in Nashville was too unimportant to bother with New York. Unsurpassed in Quality Tickets.- $10, $9 In her one -hour show in the newly decorated LaRonde Room, Clooney delighted a packed Triumphant from her second straight Gram- house with her style, experience and self -as- Bammies Good To The News 24'/2C my win (for female gospel vocal), Amy Grant GLOSSY suredness. Clooney's voice has dropped a few EACH IN charmed a sold -out house here March 1. Un- Civic Auditorium tones over the past 30 years and has become SAN FRANCISCO -Huey Lewis the San Francisco 1000 LOTS fortunately, Grant's singing was interspersed & the News were in and were broadcast live on radio sta- more full- bodied. She can still croon a tune as the big winners with mini -testimonials which, to the non -elect, the seventh Bay Area tion KMEL. The show was hosted by PHOTOS softly, smoothly and silkily as she ever did, or annual Music seemed both heavy- handed and naive. - Nash, Kihn, Fee Way- 1000 POSTCARDS $ 165.00 belt out a song with the best of them. Awards, better known as the Barn Graham Greg Technically, though, Grant and her six-mem- mies. The Chrysalis act was cited as bill and Grace Slick, who was named 100 8x10 $32.95 Part of Clooney's timeless appeal lies in her ber soft-rock band couldn't be faulted, as they best group, while its platinum album best female vocalist. The master of selection of equally timeless classics from CUSTOM $98 played out their 27 -song set before a backdrop "Sports" was declared best album. ceremonies was Dick Bright, who re- such greats as Cole Porter, , COLOR PRINTS per 100 that featured the graphics from Grant's current And group leader Huey Lewis was ceived the Board of Directors award. Harold Arlen and the Gershwins. Clooney also best male vocalist winners include Angela Bo- COLOR LITHO $425 album, "Straight Ahead." A skilled and dra- named and Bay Other showed she could sing more recent songs, per 1000 matic singer, Grant was ably supported by a fe- Area musician of the year. fill for outstanding black contempo- with poignant interpretations of "Come In From male backup trio. The Tubes' "She's A Beauty" was rary artist, John Lee Hooker for out- COLOR $240 The Rain" and "The Way We Were." During judged best song, while that group's standing blues or ethnic artist and POSTCARDS per 3000 Band members Michael W. Smith and Gary the latter song, a slide show projected images Prairie Prince was voted best drum- Lacy J. Dalton for outstanding folk/ Chapman and backup vocalist Donna McElroy MOUNTED 20 "X30" 30 "X40" of the Clooney Sisters' early performances, mer /percussionist. The country or acoustic artist. were also spotlighted in solo performances. ENLARGEMENTS $25.00 $40 Clooney's own career and familiar faces from Band was judged best Bay Area club Also: Steve Smith's "Vital Infor- Smith, a versatile keyboardist and writer, was show business and politics. band, while its Elektra album "Suck- mation" for best jazz album, Hush's more than a little overbearing as he bopped in Clooney was generous in heaping praise on er For A Pretty Face" was cited as "Hot Tonight" for best independent and out among the monitors, admonishing the her musicians, and they were most deserving best debut album. Two members of label album, Eddie & the Tide's crowd to "help me out" as if he just been of it. She was backed by a swinging big band Journey also won instrumentalist "Maybe I'll Get Lucky" for best in- named recruiting sergeant for the Army of the comprised of top local musicians and students awards: bassist Ross Valory and key - dependent label single or EP and Lord. from the Univ. of Miami. boardist /synthesist Jonathan Cain. Brad Giliis of Night Ranger for best In spite of all the talent, the concert seemed SARA LANE The awards were held March 2 at guitarist.

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Back on the airwaves, back on the charts...and issue Date: April 14 back in Billboard for an April 14 Spotlight. If you are in any way connected with or sell to the Ad Deadline: March 23 Heavy Metal market, your message should be part For advertising details, contact Christine of this Spotlight. Matuchek in Los Angeles at (2131 859 -5344, or Put the power of Billboard behind you -pro- call any Billboard Sales Office around the world. grammers, retailers, distributors and other key executives in 100 countries will be reading Billboard's special report to learn more about 1515 BROADWAY Heavy Metal's current impact and future potential. *Billboard N.Y., N.Y 10036 www.americanradiohistory.com a ToIen &Venues Here Come Eurythmics Again: North American Tour LOS ANGELES -Eurythmics are Other key halls include New with its single "Here Comes The Dance Trax due to begin a North American tour York's Ritz, Philadelphia's Tower Rain Again," is also represented on front with March 20 at the Warner Theatre in Theatre and Los Angeles' Wilshire the home entertainment By BRIAN CHIN Washington D.C. The tour will con- Theatre, where the group is booked an RCA video album, "Sweet reigns in this week's crop of new releases: Taking clude May 5 at the Paramount The- for three nights in April. Dreams -The Video Album," avail- Carefully engineered chaos and "Beat Box," atre in Seattle. The group, which is in the top 10 able on cassette and disk. a cue, perhaps, from heavy -duty beat material like "Rockit" many of the best records this week are extended percussion breaks. "Unique" is the only word for Akabu's "Watch Yourself," a British produc- week Boy's Body Rock subsidiary. Mixing rather Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 tion shipping this on Tommy unpleasant lyrical material (an edit is certainly called for) with powerful drum- Billboard. ming, the cut meanders from a near -jazz /funk opening into some fabulous roller- coaster edits by Double Dee and Steinski ... Die Zwei's "gRAPsch" (Personal) also ships this week, and is another one of those German records we're so taken with. This one, though, has its American allusions down pat, and Donce/ Discolop SO jams "on- the -radio" vocalizing and some very scary switched -up beats into a truly adventurous result. Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc No pa t of th s publication may be reproduced. Two other notable hip -hop fusions are imports, as of this writing: "I Want It mechanical, stored In a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, To Be Real," by Freeez vocalist John Rocca, reprises the emulator hook of photocopying, recording. or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher "I.O.U.," with an even more hectic setting, and a good melodic touch. It's Weeks Weeks for release within a week or so on Streetwise ... Tony Cook & Party This Last scheduled This Last Chn Chart TITLE(S), Artist, Label Weer Weer art TITLE(S), Artist, Label Week Week People's "On The Floor (Rock -It)" is on a U.K. Half Moon label as an import, record WEEKS `4 1 59 3 BAG LADY- Ebn /Ozn- although the company is a U.S. independent that's released at least one 7 LET'S STAY TOGETHER-Tina Turner AT it Elektra 66974 here. It reminds us mainly of the solid rhythmic groove of "Odyssey," updated Capitol 8579 2 42 68 2 FOR YOUR LOVE -The S.O.S. Band-Tabu in high -tech fashion and with enough variety to support a nine -minute mix (by Promo AS 1817 U.S. release was in sight as of press O2 12 7 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN -Cyndi Timmy Regisford and Boyd Jarvis). No Cutting Lauper- Portrait /CBS 4R 904121 43 45 6 ALMAAFIYSH/THE SOUL -Hashim- time. Edge (12 Inch) SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME- Rockwell- * * * Motown 4515 -MG 44 24 9 CRUISIN'-Tom Browne -Arista (7 Inch) ADP various radio and dance formats: Talk Talk 13 4 GIVE ME TONIGHT- Shannon -Emergency/ 9140 More in the mainstreams of O Mirage EMDS 6542 (12 Inch) 45 34 8 BREAK MY STRIDE -Matthew Wilder- Private makes a quick chart appearance with "It's My Life" (EMI America). The cut is

I 429 -04312 debut 18 4 I WANT A NEW DRUG -Huey Lewis and The /Epic (12 Inch) smooth and amazingly accessible, compared to the group's eponymous U 1818 (Promo 12 Inch) News -Chrysalis 46 48 4 OVER THE LEDGE -Taboo-Acme AMC 8304 single; mixer Steve Thompson achieves a Spectorish depth and openness of 6 7 8 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN- Eurythmics- (12 Inch) sound ... Warp 9's "No Man Is An Island" (Prism) filters Richie -style island RCA (12 Inch) P0-13711 47 55 4 DON'T KEEP ME WAITING -Tia Monae -First funk through a Roland drum and comes up with a wonderfully bright pop Inch) O 11 8 PLANE LOVE- Jeffrey Osborne -A &M (12 Take FTR 415 charmer. John Morales and Sergio Munzibai mixed. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 New On Billboard The Charts_ Black Chart Boxscore Research Packages The following are among the top concert grosses nationwide reported through the survey week. Included are act(s), gross, attendance, capacity of facility, ticket prices, promoter, facility, city, number of shows, number of sellouts and dates(s). The definitive lists of the top singles and al- bums, year by year, covering the entire history Among the top concert grosses through Feb. 28 of the Black (R &B) charts.

YES -$209,263, 15,501, $13.50, Brass Ring Productions, Joe Louis Are- Based on the authoritative statistical research na, Detroit, sellout, March 4. of the music industry's foremost trade pub- CAMILO SESTO- $182,290, 7,735 (11,692), $25 & $20, in- house, Ra- lication. dio City Music Hall, N.Y., two shows, March 3 -4. LUTHER VANDROSS, DEBARGE, DEELE -$159,700, 11,131 (19,000), TITLES AVAILABLE: $15 & $12.50, American Amusement Corp., Reunion Arena, Dallas, March BILLY RANKIN 4. Number One Black Singles, 1948 through DURAN DURAN- $123,941, 9,704 (12,500), $12.75, DiCesare -Engler Riding on the success of Sheena 1983. ($50.00) Prods., Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Feb. 28. Easton and Big Country, Scotland HEART, EDDIE MONEY- $99,580, 8,253, $12.50 & $11.50, Pace Con- sends its latest offering for the U.S. Number One Black Albums, 1965 through certs, Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin, Pace Concerts, sellout, pop charts in the form of Billy Ran- 1983. ($25.00) March 4. kin, who moves up the Hot 100 to 80 Listings include Billboard issue date, title, .38 SPECIAL, HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS-$97,212, 8,265, $11.75, Di- with his A &M solo debut "Baby artist and label of the number one record of Cesare- Engler Prods., Pittsburgh Civic Arena, sellout, Feb. 17. Come Back." HEART, EDDIE MONEY- $81,000, 6,000, $13.50, Pace Concerts /Randy A native of Glasgow, Rankin be- each week. Shelton's Stardate, Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, sellout, gan as a guitarist for the group ZAL March 5. Top Ten Black Singles, 1948 through 1983. when he was 17. He played with a TAMMY WYNETTE -$61,200, 7,625 (9,138), $8, in- house, Mississippi number of other bands before landing ($50.00) Coliseum, Jackson, Feb. 24. a spot with Nazareth, who had a top Top Ten Black Albums, 1965 through 10 single in 1976 with "," KISS, ACCEPT-$50,623, 4,402 (12,200), $11.50, Cellar Door Prods., 1983. ($25.00) also for A &M. While he toured and Baltimore (Md.) Civic Center, Feb. 28. Listings include title, label of HEART, EDDIE MONEY- $50,232, 4,466 (7,850), $11.50, Pace Con- recorded with that group for sev- artist and every certs /Randy Shelton's Stardate, Amarillo (Texas) Coliseum, March 1. eral years, the label had other plans record that reached number 10 or higher on the for the singer /songwriter /guitarist. CONWAY TWITTY, RONNIE Billboard Black Singles or Black LPs chart. MCDOWELL- $48,560, 4,856 (5,265), $10, Upon hearing his demos, A &M Jayson Promotions, Kellogg Center, Battle Creek, Mich., house attendance signed Rankin as a solo last Titles are listed alphabetically within each record, Feb. 17. artist year. year. #1 records are indicated. ADAM ANT, THE ROMANTICS -$47,374, 3,849 (4,700), $12.50 & The single is taken from "Growin' $10.50, Cross Country Concerts, Milford (Conn.) Jai Alai, March 3. Up Too Fast," on which Rankin's Top Black Singles Of The Year, 1946 AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH, GARY CHAPMAN -$46,699, 4,880, metallic riffs settle digestibly into a through 1983. ($50.00) $10 & $9, Greenwood Concerts, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nash- clean pop framework. Top Black Albums Of The Year, 1966 ville, two sellouts, Feb. 29 -March 1. Rankin is managed by Jim White through 1983. ($25.00) CONWAY TWITTY, RONNIE MCDOWELL- $46,070, 4,607 (7,358), $10, for I -Rate Management, 35a High Jayson Promotions, Deluth (Minn.) Arena, Feb. 19. Street, Chrislehurst, Kent, BR7 5AE, The annual charts of the top records of the year CONWAY TWITTY, RONNIE MCDOWELL- $43,700, 3,496 (6,120), England. $12.50, Jayson Promotions, MECCA Auditorium, Milwaukee, Feb. 18. in rank order, as published in Billboard's CITISPEAK year -end special issues. Listings include title, AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH, GARY CHAPMAN -$42,397, 4,821 (5,005), $9.50 & $8.50, Greenwood Concerts, Boutwell Auditorium, Bir- The increasing success of the street artist and label for each entry. mingham, Ala., March 2. sound has brought much success to New York -based Streetwise AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH, GARY CHAPMAN -$42,320, 4,600, Records. Individual yearly lists may also be purchased $9.50 & $8.50, Greenwood Concerts, Atlanta Civic Center, sellout, March The company's newest hit is Citi- separately; see coupon below ($5.00 per list.) 3. speak's "I Don't Need Your Hand- outs"- released on the Party Time AEROSMITH, ANVIL -$39,082, 3,002, $13.50, Concert Prods. Intl. /Don- subsidiary label -which advances to ald K. Donald /Harvey Corky, Mid -Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., sellout, Feb. 16. 72 in its second week on the Black Billboard Chart Research Singles chart. AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH, GARY CHAPMAN -$38,252, 4,114 Citispeak represents Party Time's Attn: Barbara DeMaria (4,313), $9.50 & $8.50, Morning Star, Cook Convention Center, Mem- dedication to rap, break music and 1515 Broadway phis, Feb. 28. electro funk with a cohesive and ac- New York, NY 10036 KISS -$37,652, 3,270 (3,500), $11.75, DiCesare -Engler Prods., Stanley cessible blend of all three elements. Theater, Pittsburgh, March 4. Taking their name from a term Please send me the following Billboard Chart ADAM ANT, THE ROMATICS -$37,500, 3,000, $12.50, Concert Prods. used in the film "Blade Runner" to Intl. /Donald K. Donald /Harvey & Corky, Mid -Hudson Civic Center, Pough- denote street language, Citispeak Research Packages: hails from Baltimore, keepsie, N.Y., sellout, Feb. 18. where they've E -1 Number One Black Singles @ $50.00 been working for the last six years. JOHN ANDERSON, EARL THOMAS CONLEY- $32,580, 2,896 (3,400), The quartet consists of guitarist Je- E -2 $11.25, Brass Ring Prods. /Joe Gehl Corp., Royal Oak (Mich.) Music The- Top Ten Black Singles @ $50.00 rome Montague, keyboardist Leon ater, two shows, March 3. E -3 Top Black Singles Of The Year HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS -$29,400, 2,800, $10.50, East Coast Enter- Askew, bassist Alan Mitchell and tainment, 200 Club, Richmond, Va., two sellouts, Feb. 28. one -time gospel singer Jeanne Harris. @ $50.00 Last year the group charted on the AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH, GARY CHAPMAN -$28,716, 2,896 F -1 Number One Black Albums @ $25.00 (3,000), $11, Dance /Disco chart with their Party $10 & $9, Brallier Prods., The Township, Columbia, S.C., March 4. Time debut, "Rock To Rock." F -2 Top Ten Black Albums @ $25.00 Streetwise is located at 25 W. 43rd G.B.H., YOUTH BRIGADE -$23,350, 2,900 (3,000), $8.50 & $7.50, St., New York, N.Y 10036; (212) F -3 Top Black Albums Of The Year Golden Voice Presents, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, March 2. 382 -1476 @ $25.00 FEAR, CIRCLE JERKS-$20,900, 2,400 (3,000), $8.50 & $7.50, Golden Voice Presents, Individual yearly lists from Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, Feb. 24. MASS PRODUCED HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS, THE BONGOS- $19,530, 3,000, $7 & $6, in- (please list book code number) for house /Monarch PHOTOS Entertaiment Bureau, College Ave. Gymnasium, New Bruns- (please list year(s) desired.) wick, N.Y., sellout, Feb. 27. Genuine Glossy SPECIMEN, EINSTRUZENDE NEUBAUTEN- $16,327, 1,894, $9.50 & Photographs Check or money order is enclosed in the $8.50, Golden Voice Presents, Perkins Palace, Pasadena, Calif., sellout, March 2. from your original amount of: SHA NA NA, TOM CHAPIN- $16,017, 1,471 (3,500), $10.75 & $9.75, photo or DiCesare -Engler Prods., Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, Feb. 18. negative NIGHT RANGER, RICHIE CALLISON- $15,910, 1,591 (2,000), $10, (Sorry, no C.O.D. or billing.) Contemporary Presentations, Col Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 23. BLUE OYSTER CULT, GIRLS SCHOOL -$12,350, 1,100 (3,500), Name: $11.75, DiCesare -Engler Prods., Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, Feb. 26.

THE BLUES PROJECT, BOB BROZMAN -$11,067, 1,000, $11.50 & Company - $10.50, Michael Koppy, Victoria Theater, San Francisco, two sellouts, March 3. Brochure d Samples Address - from plant nearest you MASS PHOTO CO. City, State, Zip. Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business. a Billboard Publications, Inc. Publi- 1315 -B Waugh Houston. TX 77019 cation. Boxscores are compiled every Tuesday. If you wish to file your concert report. Overseas air mail rates upon please call Melinda Newman in Nashville at 615/748.8132; Ancil Davis in New York at 1439 -B Mayson. N.E available rei test. 212'764 -7314: or Linda Deckard in Los Angeles at 213/859 -5338. Atlanta. GA 30324

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15 ELIZABETH -Stauen Brothers (Jerry Kennedy) WEEKS 32 16 16 I NEVER QUITE GOT BACK (FROM LOVING YOU) - 77 2 SWEET ROSANNA -Rex Allen, Jr. (A. DiMartino) Jimmy Fortune; American Cowboy Music BMI: AT 41 Sylvia (T. Coffins) A. L. Owens, B. Moore; Tapadero, BMI; Moonshine 3022 Mercury -7 1 2 814.881 D. Pfrimmer, M. Rei; Collins Court/Lodge Hall, ASCAP; RCA 13689 66 NE w JUST A LITTLE LOVE-Reba McEntire (N. Wilson) 33 37 4 MAN OF STEEL -Hank Williams Jr. (J. Bowen, H. Williams Jr.) D. Morgan, S. Davis, Tom Collins /Dick James, BMI, MCA 52349 ROLL ON (EIGHTEEN WHEELER) -Alabama (H. Shedd, H. Williams Jr.; Bocephus, BMI; Warner/Curb 7 -29382 Alabama) 67 71 3 ADVENTURES IN PARODIES-_ Pinkard 8 Bowden (Pinkard, D. Loggins; Leeds /MCA /Patchwork, ASCAP; RCA 13716 34 40 5 CANDY MAN- Mickey Gilley & Chaffy McClain (N. Wilson) Bowden, J. E. Norman) B. Ross, F. Neil; Unichappell, BMI; Epic 34 -04368 Not listed; Various, BMI /ASCAP; Warner Bros. 7 -29370 5 13 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME -Dolly Parton (V. Garay) 35 20 16 THERE AIN'T NO FUTURE IN THIS -Reba McEntire (J. 0 D. Pomus, M. Shuman; Trio Music Co.,Inc./Rightsong, BMI; RCA 13703 68 57 7 BUILDING BRIDGES-Larry Willoughby (R. Crowell) Kennedy) H. DeVito, L. Willoughby; Granite /Goldline, ASCAP/Drunk Monkey, BMI; (4) 9 12 YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ONE ME- Mickey Gilley (1.E. B. Rice, M. S. Rice; Swallowfork /April, ASCAP; Mercury 814 -629 -7 Atlantic America 7 -99797 Norman) W. Robinson; Jobete, BMI; Epic 34 -04269 36 43 4 I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUR LOVE-Crystal Gayle (J. 69 47 18 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES -Mere Haggard (M. Haggard, Bowen) R. Baker) Fricke (B. TJ 10 10 LET'S STOP TALKIN' ABOUT IT-Janie J. Carbone; Sixty -Ninth Street, BMI; Warner Bros. 7 -29356 S. D. Shafer, L. Frizzell; Acuff -Rose, BMI; Epic 34 -04226 l Montgomery) 41 BROWN EYED (J. R. Bourke, R. Van Hoy, D. Allen; Unichappell/Van Hoy /Posey, 37 6 GIRL-Joe Stampley Stampley, Lobo) 70 81 2 THAT IT'S ALL OVER FEELING (ALL OVER AGAIN) - BMI /Chappell, ASCAP, Columbia 38 -04317 V. Morrison; Web IV, BMI; Epic 34 -04366 Steve Clark (J. Kennedy) 38 26 14 GIVE ME BACK THAT OLD FAMILIAR FEELING S. Clark, J. MacRae; Music City, ASCAP; Mercury 818 -058 -7 © 13 10 BURIED TREASURE-Kenny Rogers (B. Gibb, K. Richardson, A. -The Galuten) Whites (R. Skaggs) 71 53 15 TILL YOUR MEMORY'S GONE -Bill Medley (Jerry Crutchfield) B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb; Gibb Bros. /admin. by Unichappell, BMI; RCA B.C. Graham; Allenwood, BMI; Warner /Curb 7 -29411 Bill Rice, Mary Sharon Rice; Swallowfork Music, Inc., April Music, Inc./ 13710 ASCAP; RCA PB 13692 39 29 12 DANCIN' WITH THE DEVIL -Stephanie Winslow (R. Ruff) 7 8 13 THREE TIMES A LADY-Conway Twitty (C. Twitty, J. Bowen) S. Winslow; Checkmate, BMI; MCA /Curb 52327 72 73 3 I'M A COUNTRY SONG -David Rogers (H. Wayne) L Richie; Jobete /Libren, ASCAP; Warner Bros. 7-29395 J. Stone; Movieville, BMI; Hal Kat Country 2083 CI 54 2 TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE -Julio Iglesias & CIO 14 10 DON'T MAKE IT EASY FOR ME -Earl Thomas Conley (N. Willie Nelson (R. Perry) 73 61 9 WHERE DOES AN ANGEL GO WHEN SHE CRIES -The Larkin, E.T. Conley) A. Hammond, H. David; April /Casa David, ASCAP; Columbia 38 -04217 Osmond Brothers (J.E. Norman) E.T. Corny, R. Scruggs; Blue Moon /April, ASCAP /Full Armor, BMI; RCA T. Rocco, K. Chater, Bibo, ASCAP/Vogue,BMI (Welk Group); 41 45 6 MOST OF ALL-Mac Davis (G. Fondis) 13702 Warner /Curb 7 -29387 M. Davis; Songpainter, Tree, BMI; Casablanca 818 -168 -7 12 13 YOU'RE WELCOME TO TONIGHT -Lynn Anderson & Gary 74 78 2 CAN YOU FOOL- Paulette Carlson (H. DeVito) Morris (M. Clark) 42) 48 4 IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR -Razzy Bailey (N. Wilson, T. Brown) 0 M. Smotherman; Royal Oak, ASCAP; RCA 13745 W. J. Hurt, L. Henley, G. Boatwright; Warner House Of Music, BMI; S. Cropper, Pickett; Irving /Cotillion, BMI; RCA 13718 Permian 82003 (MCA) 43 49 5 IT TOOK A LOT OF DRINKIN' (TO GET THAT WOMAN 75 IN REAL LIFE -Ed Hunnicutt (D. Burgess) K. Robbins, Hall- Clement, BMI, MCA 52353 10 1 14 GOING GOING GONE -Lee Greenwood (J. Crutchfield) OVER ME) -Moe Bandy (B. Mevis) J. Crutchfield; Unichappell /Jan Crutchfield, BMI; MCA 52322 B. Gallimore, B. Mevis, B. Shore; Dejamus /G.I.D., ASCAP /Royalhaven, 76 55 12 MIDNIGHT BLUE -Billie Jo Spears (G. Richey) BMI; Columbia 38 -04353 R. Gillinson; Tapage, ASCAP; Parliament 1801 (NSD) 11 4 15 LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS -Steve Wanner (Nora Wilson, Tony Brown) 44) 52 4 I DREAM OF WOMEN LIKE YOU- Ronnie McDowell (B. 77 86 2 YOU LAY SO EASY ON MY MIND-Narvel Felts (J. Morris) Freddy Weller, Spooner Oldham; Young World Music, BMI; RCA Killen) B. Rice, Fields, Riis; Americus, ASCAP; Evergreen 1017 (NSD) PB 13691 (A) T. Seals; W. B./Two Sons, ASCAP; Epic 34 -04367 78 65 8 ALMOST SATURDAY NIGHT-The Burrito Brothers (B. Maher) 12 18 10 THANK GOD FOR THE RADIO -The Kendalls (B. Mevis) 45) 50 4 GOD MUST BE A COWBOY -Dan Seals (K. Lehning) J. C. Fogerty; Greasy King, ASCAP; Warner /Curb 52329 M.D. Barnes /R.1. Jones; Blue Lake, BMI; Mercury 818 -056 -7 D. Seals; Pink Pig, BMI; Liberty 1515 79 DEDICATE- Kieran Kane (J.E. Norman) 13 15 15 I'VE BEEN RAINED ON TOO -Tom Jones (Gordon Mills, Steve 51 6 VICTIM OF LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES-Vince Gill (E. Gordy, Kieran Kane, Keiran Kane /Litom; ASCAP, Warner Brothers 7 -29336 Popovich) Jr.) John Philibert; Pulleybone Co. Love Music/ ASCAP -PRS Polygram /I D. McClinton; Music Corp. Of America, BMI; RCA 13731 80 66 9 BAD NIGHT FOR GOOD GIRLS -Jan Gray (R. Childs) 814-8207 M. Johnson, H. Shannon; Welbeck/King Cole, ASCAP; Jamey 45 -012 47) 59 3 I MUY BE USED (BUT BABY I AIN'T USED UP)- 14 19 10 LET ELSE DRIVE-John Anderson (J. Anderson, SOMEBODY L Waylon Jennings (W. Jennings) 81 NEW ENTRE ONE SIDED LOVE AFFAIR -Mike Campbell (A. Reynolds) Bradley) B. McDill; Hall- Clement (Welk Group), BMI; RCA 13729 E. Babbitt, E. Stevens, Deb -Dave /Briarpatch, BMI, Columbia 38 -04387 M. Vickery, M. Kilgore; Tree /John Anderson, BMI; Warner Brothers 7 -29385 48 36 17 TWO CAR GARAGE-B. J. Thomas (P. Drake) 82 ANYTHING FOR YOUR LOVE- Brentwood (R. Alves) J. D. Martin, G. Harrison; Music Corp. of America /Dick James, BMI; R. Murrah, S. Harris, Shobi /Blackwood, BMI; Hot Schatz 0052 Martin Murphey 15 21 8 WILL IT BE LOVE BY MORNING -Michael Cleveland International 38 -04237 (CBS) (J.E. Norman) 83 64 20 SENTIMENTAL OL' YOU- Chaffy McClain (Chucko II) L. Anderson, F. Koller, Old Friends, BMI; Liberty 1514 49 56 4 BOYS LIKE YOU -Gail Davies (G. Davies) P. McManus, B. Dipiero; Combine, BMI /Music City, ASCAP; Epic G. Davies, W. Igleheart; Little Chickadee, BMI /Black Note, ASCAP; M-04172 16 8 I'VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE -Deborah Allen (R. Van Hoy) 22 Warner Bros. 7 -29374 D. Allen, R. Van Hoy, D. Cook; Posey/Van Hoy/Unichappell,BMI/Cross 84 NEW E NTNr BRANDED MAN -Sierra (N. Larkin, S. Scruggs) Keys (Tree Group), ASCAP; RCA 13694 50 31 16 STAY YOUNG -Don Williams (D. Williams, G. Fundis) B. A S. Palmer (AKA James) Welbeck, ASCAP; Awesome 101 B. Gallagher, G. Lyle; Rondor, PRS /Irving, BMI; MCA 52310 17 23 7 THE YELLOW ROSE-Johnny Lee with Lane Brody (J. Bowen) ss DEEP IN THE ARMS OF TEXAS -Con Henley (L. Morton) J. G. WB, ASCAP Wilder /K. Welch, Nickholson; /Elektra- Asylum, 51 63 2 AS LONG AS I'M ROCK IN' WITH YOU -John Conlee (B. K. Bach, Me & Sam, ASCAP; Prairie Dust 8411n BMI /Cross Keys (Tree Group), ASCAP; Full Moon/Warner Bros. 7 -29375 Logan) K. Kane, B. Channel; Crosskeys (Tree Group)/Old Friends, ASCAP /BMI; 86 DON'T GO CHANGING- Lorrie Morgan (R. Gant, J. Vienneau) 18 24 6 RIGHT OR WRONG-George Strait (R. Baker) MCA 52351 C. Kelly, L. Anderson, Golden Bridge /Big Heart/Satsuma, ASCAP, MCA A. Sizemore, H. Gillespie, P. Biese; Edwin H. Morris, ASCAP; MCA 52337 52 46 7 THAT'S NOT THE WAY (IT'S S'POSED TO BE) -Anne 19 6 14 WE DIDN'T SEE A THING -Ray Charles & George Jones (B. Murray (J.E. Norman) 87 84 20 I CALL IT LOVE -Mel McDaniel (M. McDaniel) Sherrill) A. Goldmark, P. Galdston; Nonpareil /Kazzboom, ASCAP; Capitol 5305 B. McDill; Hall-Clement (Welk Group), BMI; Capitol 5298 G. Gentry; Algee, BMI; Columbia 38 -04297 58 4 LADY IN WAITING -David Wills (B. Mavis) 88 68 19 AFTER ALL -Ed Bruce (T. West) 20 25 8 IF I COULD ONLY DANCE WITH YOU -Jim Glaser (D. Tolle) (53) D. Wills, B. Shore; G.I.D.,ASCAP RCA 13737 E. Bruce, P. Bruce; ASCAP; MCA 52295 P. McManus; Music City, ASCAP; Noble Vision 104 /Royalhaven, BMI; Gingham,

21 17 14 HAD A DREAM (FOR THE HEART) -The Judds (B. Maher) 54 38 16 DON'T CHEAT IN OUR HOMETOWN -Ricky Skaggs (R. 89 85 3 WE BELONG TOGETHER-Tony Joe White (R. Reynolds) D. Linde; Combine, BMI; RCA /Curb 13673 Skaggs) T. J. White; Swamp Fox, ASCAP; Columbia 38-04356 R. Pennington, R. Marcum; Ft. Knox, BMI; Sugar Hill /Epic 34 -04245 22 30 5 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HEARTACHE -Barbara Mandrel) 90 76 7 LITTLE BITS & PIECES -Jim Stafford (B. Montgomery) (T. Collins) (5 5) 60 4 SOMEONE IS FALLING IN LOVE -Kathy Mattea (R. Peoples, J. Hadley; Tree, BMI; Columbia 38 -04339 M. David, A-P. Jordon; Collins Court, ASCAP; MCA 52340 B. Hill) P. Sebert, L Domann; Atlantic /Boguillas Canyon,BMI /Criterion /Space 91 70 19 SHOW HER -Ronnie Milsap (R. Milsap, T. Collins) 23 27 7 I COULD 'A HAD YOU -Leon Everette (B. Mevis) Case, ASCAP; Mercury 818 -289 -7 M. Reid; Lodge Hall, ASCAP; RCA PB 13658 B &M Rice; April /Swallow Fork, ASCAP; RCA 13717 56 42 14 NOTHING LIKE FALLING IN LOVE-Eddie Babbitt (D. Malloy) 92 75 6 MY DAD-Ray Stevens (J. Kennedy, R. Stevens) 24 28 8 TOO LATE TO GO HOME-Johnny Rodriguez (R. Albright) J.A. Schnaars, T. Schuyler; Deb Dave/ Briarpatch, D. Gonyea; Red Tennies, BMI; Mercury 818 -057 -7 L Chera; Music City, ASCAP; Epic 34 -04336 BMI /Mallven /Cottonpatch, ASCAP; Warner Bros. 7 -29431 93 87 21 THE SOUND OF GOODBYE -crystal Gayle (J. Bowen) 25 7 16 WOKE UP IN LOVE-Exile (B. Killen) 57) 62 I BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT I'D GO THIS FAR-Micki H. Prentwood Parquet /Lawyers Daughter BMI Warner Bros. 7 -29452 J. P. Pennington; Pacific Island, BMI; Epic 34 -04247 Furhman (J. Gillespie) 94 82 7 SKI BUMPUS /BANJO FANTASY Wickline Band (D. J. Gillespie, S. Webb; Somebody's (Welk Group), SESAC; MCA 52321 II- 26 32 5 SWEET COUNTRY MUSIC -Atlanta (M. Bogdan, L. McBride) Maddux, S. Gavin, B. Wickline) D. Rowe, T. Dotson, J. Stevens, A. P. Carter, Texas Tunes/Hat 58 44 17 WHY LADY WHY -Gary Morris (B. Montgomery) S. Gavin, W. Shields; Cascade Mtn., ASCAP; Cascade Mountain 4045 Band /Dwain RosePeer, BMI; MCA 52336 G. Morris, E. Setser; WB /Gary Morris, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI; 95 13 Coe (B. Warner Bros. 7 -29450 94 RIDE 'EM COWBOY -David Allan Sherrill) 27 33 5 MAKE MY DAY -T. G. Sheppard with Clint Eastwood (1-E. Norman) P. Davis; Web IV, BMI; Kat Family 4 -04258 D. Blackwell; Peso , Wallet, BMI; Warner /Curb 7 -29343 59 69 3 REPEAT AFTER ME-Family Brown (N. Wilson) B. Brown; Terrace, ASCAP; RCA 13734 96 80 23 YOU MADE A WANTED MAN OF ME- Ronnie McDowell (B. 28 11 13 WITHOUT A SONG- Willie Nelson (B.T. Jones) Killen) W. Rose, E. Eliscu, V. Youmans; Miller /Intersong, ASCAP; Columbia 60 NEW ENTNE MONA LISA LOST HER SMILE -David Allan Coe (B. Sherrill) J. Crossan; Tree, BM1; Epic 34 -04167 38 -04263 J. Cunningham; Rocksmith /Lockhill-Selma, ASCAP, Columbia 38 -04396 97 83 9 IF I CAN JUST GET THROUGH THE NIGHT -sissy Spacek 29 34 8 LEFT SIDE OF THE BED -Mark Gray (B. Mopntgomery, S. 72 2 WHERE'D THAT WOMAN GO -Mel McDaniel (M. McDaniel) (R. Crowell) Buckingham) H. Howard, A. Harvey; Tree /Big Chip, BMI; Capitol 5333 P. Anders; Home Grown, BMI; Atlantic America 7 -99801 M. Gray, B. Woods, S. Lemaire; Warner -Tamerlane /Daticabo/Tree (Tree Group), BMI; Columbia 38 -04324 62 67 4 BREAK MY HEART- victoria Shaw (J. Hobbs) 98 88 23 IN MY EYES -John Coulee (B. Logan) H. Tipton, A. Kesel; Irving, BMI; MPB 1006 B. Wyrick; Intersong -USA, ASCAP; MCA 52282 30 35 7 SILENT PARTNERS -David Frizzell & Shelly West (S. Garrett, S. Dorff) I GOT MEXICO-Eddie Raven (E. Raven, P. Worley) 99 74 17 DRINKIN' MY WAY BACK HOME -Gene Watson & His T. Rocco, K. Chater, A. Roberts; Vogue, BMI /Bibo (Welk E. Raven, F. J. Myers; Michael H. Goldsen /Raven Song, ASCAP, RCA Farewell Party Band (G. Watson, R. Reeder) Group) /Chriswald /Hopi /MCA, ASCAP; Viva 7 -29404 13746 D. Scaife, R. Scaife, P. Thomas; Vogue /Partner (Welk Group), BMI; MCA 52309 31 39 4 I GUESS IT NEVER HURTS TO HURT SOMETIMES -The 79 2 NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO CHEAT -Shelley west (S. Garrett, Oak Ridge Boys (R. Chancey) S. 100 89 12 THE BEST OF FAMILIES -Big Al Downing (R. Baker) R. Terra Form Floor, ASCAP; VanWarmer; /Fourth MCA 52342 A. Roberts; Chriwald/MCA /Hopi /Senor/Cibie, ASCAP; Viva 7 -29353 J. Jarrard, W. Bomar; Honeytree /Green Hills, ASCAP; Team 1007

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www.americanradiohistory.com I6 Country Ad Executives Tell CRS Session: Look At Lifestyles Of Listeners By EDWARD MORRIS two sets of responses one from crowave ovens, a product once country music listeners, one from thought too "upscale" for country NASHVILLE -Inaccurate per- "others "-to a series of statements buyers. ceptions of the average country mu- on how to arrive at conclusions about On such traditionally -perceived sic listener represent a major hin- lifestyle and outlook. Among the re- upscale products as yogurt and im- drance to increased radio advertising sponses garnered during the study ported wines, country music fans did sales by major agencies. And the life- were: not fall significantly behind the oth- styles of country listeners can be "Police should use force to main- ers: 32% to 39% and 25% to 32 %, more crucial for radio sales reps than tain law and order" (66% country, respectively. pure demographics in securing new 57% other). Ron Kaatz, senior vice president accounts. "Everything is changing too of J. Walter Thompson, Los Angeles, These were among the findings dis- fast" (67% country, 57% other). and Larry Spiegel, senior vice presi- cussed by a panel of advertising and "I think the women's liberation dent of Tracy -Locke/BBDO, Dallas, media executives during the Country movement is a good thing" (47% agreed that agency perception of Radio Seminar March 1. Entitled country, 51% other). country music fans is one of the larg- "16th & Madison Avenues: A Major "I have somewhat old- fashioned est hindrances to increasing radio ad- STARS AT SEMINAR -Visiting at the Jim Halsey suite during opening night Intersection," the session dealt with tastes and habits" (88% country, vertising sales. Spiegel charged that festivities for the Country Radio Seminar are, from left, William Lee Golden the growing role of country music 44% other). New York ad agencies, in particular, of the Oak Ridge Boys, RCA's Marie Osmond, MCA's Lee Greenwood, At- and its artists in advertising. "I would rather live in or near a are inhibited in the use of country ra- lantic /America's Larry Willoughby and the Oaks' Richard Sterban. Michael White, senior vice presi- small town than a large city" (76% dio because of the "Hee Haw factor," dent at the Needham, Harper & country, 61% other). which he defines as the belief that Steers advertising agency, invoked a "The father should be the head people who listen to country music study showing the average country of the house" (64% country, 54% are a cross between the "Beverly Nashville Scene music fan to be cautious about social other). Hillbillies" and the cast of "Hee changes, endowed with "traditional "A woman's place is in the Haw." values," voracious home" (39% country, 33% other). American and a Panelist George Rogers, head of TV Messes With New Faces In a section on relative consumer of home -related products. use of media resources for D'Arcy White home -related products, the By KIP KIRBY suggested radio sales reps con- study McManus Masius, Bloomfield Hills, concluded that music listen- centrate more on the country listen- country Mich., addressed the audience at the What price television exposure? country special. The decision was ob- lifestyle ers are more ardent users er's and less on pure demo- of such seminar via a remote hookup. He ad- And when do television's disadvan- viously a financial one: Sale of a New products as potato chips graphics in pitching accounts. (91% coun- vised the radio advertising sales staff- tages outweigh its advantages? Faces special could help offset the White's try, 85% other), layer -cake mix agency was recently chosen ers, "Don't just call on the buyers; These questions were running costs of staging the production and to represent Nashville (89 %, 83 %), barbecue sauce (82 the Network, %, call on the planners and the account through the minds of some 700 radio raise more money for the various 75 %) and microwave the cable service built almost entirely ovens (71 %, people. Tell them your story." executives at the recent New Faces scholarships given away each year by around country music. 64 %). White noted that Quasar is This panel was one of six Music In- Show, when television invaded their the Organization of Country Radio Commissioned by Needham, now using country- flavored radio dustry Professional Seminar (MIPS) convention for the first time. They Broadcasters. Not to mention, of Harper & Steers, the study gathered commercials to boost sales of its mi- sessions sponsored by the Country are questions that the board of the course, the exposure it offers the 10 Music Assn. and held concurrently Country Radio Seminar will have to "new faces" appearing on the show. with the regular Country Radio Sem- grapple with in On paper, the idea probably looked inar panels. coming weeks, as great. In reality, it turned the night feedback from the into a debacle, as hour after hour, the New Faces Show taping dragged on, victim of televi- Raven Tops Bill continues to pour sion's endless stops and starts and re- in. And the feed- takes. There was no possibility of cre- At NMA Spotlight back will most cer- ating any ambience in a room soaked tainly be vociferous, with harsh white television NASHVILLE -Eddy Raven, for there's no ques- spotlights. Jessica Boucher and J.D. Martin tion that tv's intrusive presence at Repeatedly the attendees -who headline the first 1984 Nashville this year's show created havoc with had paid for the banquet tickets Music Assn. Spotlight Thursday what has always been a very special through their registration fees-had (15). The event begins at 7:30 event. to applaud with forced enthusiasm in p.m. at the Tennessee Performing The arrival of television equipment their new, unaccustomed role of cap- Arts Center. marked a first for the seminar. Radio tive tv audience. Halfway through This will be the first time that is not what you'd call close friends the interminably long evening, the the NMA has used a major label with television; there is a natural general mood begun to sour percepti- act for one of its talent spotlights. competitiveness between the two me- bly. By the time Gus Hardin came The NMA hopes that Raven's ap- diums. Most of the registrants and at- onstage at 12:15 -and she wasn't the pearance will increase attendance tendees, in fact, looked surprised at last act, either -the crowd had and showcase the two unsigned the sight of tv lights, cameras and turned restive and hostile to the in- t acts on the bill. crew in the ballroom. trusive cameras and crew. During Tickets are $5 and may be This was the first time the seminar one delay, someone in the audience WHAT, NO BANDANAS ? -Bandana members Lon Wilson and Tim Menzies bought at TPAC or through the has arranged for the New Faces yelled out, "What's television doing sing their new Warner Bros. single, "Better Our Hearts Should Bend Than NMA. Show to be taped and packaged for here, anyway ?" People started leav- Break," produced by Jim Ed Norman, at the New Faces Show in Nashville. future syndication as a prime time (Continued on page 48) ACM Unveils Finalists For 19th Annual `Hat' A wards LOS ANGELES -Finalists for Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, and Haggard and Willie Nelson, pro- Morris, written by Larry Henley and Hank Williams Jr. Story)," and the Academy of Country Music's T.G. Sheppard & Karen Brooks. duced by Chips Moman, Willie Nel- Jeff Silbar, and published by Warner "Tender Mercies," starring Robert 19th annual "Hat" Awards have son and In a surprising entry, gospel artist Merle Haggard, on Epic; and House of Music/Warner Bros. Gold. Duvall. Of these, only "Tender Mer- been selected. Winners will be an- "Swingin'," by John Anderson, pro- Amy Grant is up for top new female Album of the year honors are pre- cies" was a theatrical release; the oth- nounced during the live two -hour duced by vocalist, along with Lane Brody, Gus Frank Jones and John An- sented to artist, producer and record ers were television films. NBC telecast, May 14. derson, on Warner Bros. company. Finalists in this category Hardin, Kathy Mattea and Lorrie Final Song of the year "Hat" awards are are Merle Haggard's "Going Where nominations in the nine in- Vying for top honors in the enter- Morgan. And two artists who have strumentalist/band will be presented by the Academy to the art- The Lonely Go," produced by Lewis categories tainer of the year category are Ala- only recently broken onto the announced within next ist, composer and publisher. Nomi- Talley and Ray Baker, on Epic; the two bama, Barbara Mandrell, Willie Nel- charts-Darrell Clanton and Craig weeks. These nees in this year's event are "I.O.U." "Highways And Heartaches," per- awards are voted on by son, the Oak Ridge Boys and Hank Dillingham join nominees Jim Gla- ACM members in sung by Lee Greenwood, written by formed and produced by Ricky the musician/ Williams Jr. ser, Mark Gray and Wayne Massey bandleader /instrumentalist Kerry Chater and Austin Roberts, Skaggs, on Epic; "Pancho And category for top new male vocalist honors. and the artist Janie Fricke, Crystal Gayle, Bar- published by Vogue /Ohriswald/ Lefty," sung by Merle Haggard and /entertainer category. Other awards be bara Mandrell, Reba McEntire and The Academy of Country Music Hopi Sound/MCA Music; "I Always Willie Nelson, produced by Chips to presented include radio station, disk jockey Sylvia are up for top female vocalist. presents its trophies for single record Get Lucky With You," by George Moman, Willie Nelson and Merle and coun- try nightclub of the year, In the male vocalist category, com- of the year to the artist, producer and Jones, written by Tex Whitson, Haggard, on Epic; "The Closer You determined by a poll of music industry trade pub- petitors are John Anderson, Earl record label. This year's nominees in Freddy Powers and George Church, Get," by Alabama, produced by Har- lications covering country music and Thomas Conley, Lee Greenwood, the category are "A Little Good published by Shade Tree; "Lady old Shedd and Alabama, on RCA; by country promotional personnel at Merle Haggard and Ricky Skaggs. News," by Anne Murray, produced Down On Love," performed by Ala- and "Wild And Blue," by John An- record labels. Named in the top vocal group divi- by Jim Ed Norman, on Capitol; "Is- bama, written by Randy Owen, pub- derson, produced by Frank Jones and sion are Alabama, Exile, Larry Gat- lands In The Stream," by Kenny lished by Maypop/Buzzherb; "Swin- John Anderson, on Warner Bros. During the live telecast from the lin & the Gatlin Brothers Band, the Rogers and Dolly Parton, produced gin'," sung by John Anderson, Up for the Academy's annual Tex Hollywood Palladium, the organiza- Oak Ridge Boys and the Whites. In by Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson and written by Lionel A. Delmore and Ritter Award for country motion pic- tion will also present its Pioneer the top vocal duet grouping, nomi- Albhy Galuten, on RCA; "Jose John D. Anderson, published by Lio- ture of the year are "Hank Williams: Award, voted by the Academy's nees include the Bellamy Brothers, Cuervo," by Shelly West, produced nel Delmore/Hall- Clement/John An- The Show He Never Gave," "Kenny board of directors, recognizing out- Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson, by Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff, on derson Music; and "The Wind Be'. Rogers as The Gambler: The Adven- standing and unprecedented achieve- Charly McClain & Mickey Gilley, Viva; "Pancho And Lefty," by Merle neath My Wings," sung by Gary ture Continues," "Living Proof (The ment in the field. www.americanradiohistory.com 4 Mike Reid

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By IS HOROWITZ There will be 15 albums in the first juez," featuring guitar music by release, scheduled for delivery to the Rodrigo and other Spanish compos- Deutsche Grammophon makes a trade on April 12. New albums will ers. Among the artists represented in strong bid for the larger market of be added every other month, and 60 Musikfest are Herbert von Karajan, budget classics next week when it be- titles in all are promised by the end of Rafael Kubelik, Se(ji Ozawa, Svia- gins soliciting orders on a new prod- the year. toslav Richter and Lorin Maazel. uct line of imported LPs and cas- the line settes bearing a suggested list price of DG has named "Musik- * * * fest," and has no intention of allow- $3.98. It is the first time the label has Pro Arte says it is still trying to get sought to compete at this price point. ing its introduction to go unheralded. the Schwann Record & Tape catalog TALENT BONANZA recent party run by the Assn. for in The project, which exhibits more It claims it is mounting its biggest to remove the $7.98 price listing it -A Classical Music New York to honor Grammy nominees brought together an than a trace of "greatest hits" geneal- merchandising campaign yet to sup- gives for the firm's all- digital Sinfo- unprecedent- ed number of record personalities. A sharp eye will pick artists as ogy, differs in detail from most other port the product. nia series. Although company prac- out such Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, Ruth Laredo, Richard budget wings of major labels. For Dealer aids include bin divider tice is not to specify list price, Sinfo- Stoltzman, Anahid Ajemian, Aaron Rosand, David Bar -Illan and Ted Joselson; composers one, each album is programmed con- cards, cassette dump bins, streamers, nia, at a price to dealers of $3.75 to Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Morton Gould and ; and pro- ceptually out of catalog product seg- decals and bag stuffer brochures, in- $4, is normally retailed at $5.99 to ducers Tom Shepard, Tom Frost, Tom Mowrey, ments, rather than being stepped forms Grace Patti, DG marketing $6.99, which would place it squarely Jay David Saks, Steve Ep- stein, Andrew Kazdin, and the team of Marc Aubort and down in price from earlier packages, executive. In selected areas, Musik- in the midprice digital camp. Joanna Nickrenz. (Photo: Jody an approach that has hitherto largely fest beer fests will be held to float the Pro Arte's Steve Vining says 20 Caravaglia) been limited to cassette -only product. introduction. Radio and print adver- new Sinfonia titles are being pro- despite a playing time of more than the second concerto. This will be the Additionally, while the earlier re- tising is also being planned, says cessed for release in July to comple- 65 minutes. first time this instrument, a small cordings of top label artists are Patti. ment the 25 albums already in the Sinfonia's series with the Bach field horn, is used in a recording of among those from which product is Among the album titles in the first catalog of the line, which was intro- Collegium Musicum will be contin- the piece, according to Vining, al- assembled, in none but a few cases release are `Bolero: Images Of duced just a bit more than a year ago. ued with the release of "Art of though historical precedents exist. are performers identified on the al- Spain," with works by Ravel, Chabri- The Beethoven symphony cycle Fugue" and the "Musical Offering." * * * bum covers. These are designed to er, Falla, and others; "Fireworks under the direction of Herbert Kegel There is also a new set of the "Bran- convey the programming mood in Festival," containing pieces by Han- will be completed with the release of denburg Concertos" being readied Items for consideration should be ways that will attract buyers beyond del, Bach and other Baroque com- he Fourth and Ninth Symphonies, with trumpet virtuoso Ludwig sent to Is Horowitz, Billboard, 1515 the classical core. posers; and "Springtime In Aran- the latter to be issued on a single LP Guttler playing a corno di caccia in Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

Survey For Week Ending 3.17 84 = Billboard rR " =Blue Notes Best Selling piritual LPs Symphonic Fusion In Concert Halls By SAM SUTHERLAND and PETER KEEPNEWS c Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc CC No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted. in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, It's not likely that the lines between jazz and symphon- sioning project which will give jazz, gospel and concert O photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher ic music will ever be completely obliterated, but they do composers the opportunity to have their works performed ln seem to be blurring. A dramatic example was presented at by major symphony orchestras. The project is being ad- -JJ the recent Grammy Awards by the remarkable trumpter ministered by Meet The Composer Inc., and this year's m 4-) Y v m ÿ Wynton Marsalis, who performed a Hummel concerto compositions are dedicated to Duke Ellington. Ct d d ó ó 3 3 3 3 with an orchestra and an original composition with his N N This year's works -including a jazz piece by the re- IT Ñ d Title, H d Title, L quintet back-to-back-and went on to win awards in both doubtable Horace Silver being premiered this Artist, Label & Number I- J 3 Artist, Label & Number -are the classical and jazz categories. Other examples -less Thursday (15) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music by the 18 18 74 YOU BROUGHT THE dramatic, but equally significant- abound. Brooklyn Philharmonic, with Lukas Foss conducting, WEEKSsl E 3 25 WE SING PRAISES AT SUNSHINE For example, pianist /composer Billy Taylor recently and the program will be given again the following night at ) 1 The Clark Sisters, Sound Of Sandra Crouch Light premiered his "Peaceful Warrior," dedicated to Cooper Union in Manhattan. In addition to the three new ¢ LS -5825 Gospel SOG 132 the mem- 19 15 9 HUMBLE ory of Martin Luther King, Jr., with the Atlanta Sympho- works, the program' will also include excerpts from El- Lonnie McBride, J &B 0047 ny. The work was commissioned by the symphony as part lingtoñ s unfinished opera "Queenie Pie," arranged by his 2 2 17 THIS TOO WILL PASS of its American Music son Mercer, and a new composition in honor of Ellington James Cleveland And The 20 20 25 HE GAVE US ALL HE Project, designed to familiarize At- Charles Fold Choir, Savoy HAD lanta audiences with American composers. The piece fea- by Omette Coleman. 7072 The Sunset Jubilaires tured the orchestra, a chorus and Taylor's trio, which in- Coleman, along with Taylor and Grover Washington Atlanta International 10067 3 1 41 ROUGH SIDE OF THE cludes Victor Gaskin on bass and Keith Copeland on Jr., selected Silver to compose the jazz work. The concert MOUNTAIN 21 22 21 YOU ARE MY MIRACLE drums. work is by 011y Wilson, and the gospel by Myrna Summers Savoy composition Rev. F.C. Barnes and Sister And the ASCAP Foundation has launched a commis- Howard McCreary. Brown, Atlanta International SL 14616 * * AIR 10059 22 21 5 GOSPEL (SOUNDTRACK) Various Artists, Savoy SL Next to the arrival of W -2 forms, 4 4 37 PEACE BE STILL Ground Hog Day and 14753 Vanessa Bell Armstrong, the first running of the maple sap, one of the surest har- Onyx R3831 23 25 104 TOUCH OF CLASS bingers of spring remains the unofficial kickoff of the jazz Jackson Southernaires, 5 6 45 JESUS, I LOVE CALLING festival season, as press releases, posters, telexes and tele- Mataco MAL 4375 YOUR NAME phones begin outlining key festival lineups from Monterey Shirley Caesar, Myrrh MSB 24 23 56 I FEEL LIKE GOING ON to Montreux and beyond. 6721 Keith Pringle, Hope Song 2001 For those whose vacation plans will revolve around 6 7 28 I'LL RISE AGAIN which of these summits seem most promising, New Al Green, Myrrh MSB 6747 25 24 49 THE FANTASTIC VIOLINAIRES York's Jazz World Society is now readying its third Jazz 7 8 5 MAKE ME AN The Violinaires, Mataco 4382 Festivals International Directory (formerly the World INSTRUMENT Candi Staton, Beracah 26 27 70 THE RICHARD Jazz Calendar of Festivals and Events) for publication. BRI.1001 SMALLWOOD SINGERS The 1984 -85 edition, covering dates from this April The Richard Smallwood 8 5 28 FEEL THE SPIRIT Singers, Onyx /Benson R3803 through December, '85, is being wrapped now, but pro- The Williams Brothers, moters and festival organizers who wish to submit listings Myrrh MSB 6745 27 26 33 FINALLY Andre Crouch, Light LS 5784 may contact P.O. Box 777, New York, N.Y. 10108. List- 9 9 9 TESTIFY ings are added without any required fee. Deadline is this 28 32 25 EDWIN HAWKIN'S Timothy Wright, GosPearl Thursday (15). 16017 MUSIC AND ART SEMINAR MASS CHOIR * * * 10 10 9 SING AND SHOUT Lection 810 639 -1 Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Myrrh This Saturday (17), an impressive lineup of top players 29 29 41 PRAYER AND FAITH is 11 11 21 LONG TIME COMING Keith Pringle and The slated to converge on New York's Beacon Theatre for The Winans Light 5826 Pentecostal Community Jazztime '84, a special performance event being video- Choir Savoy 14719 12 12 28 DETERMINED taped by National Video Productions. A 20 -piece band is Tramaine Hawkins, Light 30 28 37 MAMA being assembled, with Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Mar- LS521 Dixie Hummingbirds, Atlanta vin Stamm, Nick Brignola, Gerry Niewood, Dick Oates, Intl 10061 13 13 45 LEAD ME Tom Varney, Kenny Asher and bandleader Doug Sertl Jackson Southernaires, 31 30 79 UNCLOUDY DAY among the cast. Chaka Khan will be featured as guest vo- Malaco MAL 4383 Myrna Summers, Savoy 14594 calist, and the show is scheduled to include tap and break 14 14 83 LORD, YOU KEEP ON HEAR MY VOICE dancing segments choreographed by Wayne Cilento. PROVING YOURSELF TO 32 34 33 The Rance Allen Group, The concert's producers, headed by Rod Rucker of the ME Myrrh MSB 6736 Florida Mass Choir, Savoy THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY -KKGO Los Angeles San Francisco-based National Video Productions, are SGL 7078 31 9 PRAYER a 33 is in the midst of a year -long celebration of its 25th promising "Copacabana -type atmosphere," and are urg- Brown Brothers, Abundant ing patrons to "come in 1920s, '30s, '40s and '50s dress." 15 19 5 TAKE IT TO THE LORD Life anniversary as an all -jazz station. As part of the cele- IN PRAYER bration, KKGO personality Jim Gossa helps pick the Tickets are $12 from Ticketron, Chargit and the Beacon The Truthettes, Malaco 4386 34 33 66 WHEN IT RAINS, IT boxoffice. POURS winners of a recent contest co- sponsored by the FM 16 17 21 WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS Rev. F.C. Barnes and Sister station, WEA, the Licorice Pizza chain and Finnair. * * * Nicholas Message 1002 Brown, Atlanta Intl 10041 The two top winners got all- expenses -paid round Items for consideration should be sent to either Peter 17 16 9 YES WE CAN 35 35 17 JESUS IS USING ME trips to Finland; other prizes included Warner Home Keepnews, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y Georgia Mass Choir, Savoy Julia Mae Price Williams Video titles SGL -7082 GosPearl 16015 and Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic 10036, or Sam Sutherland, Billboard, 9107 Wilshire Blvd., albums. Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210.

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A" "Notas Billboard® Hot Special Survey Latin LPs Discos CBS Growing Via Profono Link C, Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. means, electronic. mechanical. * * * stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any By ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ Feliciano, on the Motown Latino photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written 'permission of the publisher label. The buzz is: Who are Los Lobos? round in the battle be- Until the young supergroup's sign- The latest The Grammy winners in the Mexi- NEW YORK CALIFORNIA tween CBS and RCA for the Latin ing with RCA, Profono had been can /American category are virtually o ARTIST -Title, Label & ARTIST -Title, Label & market has Discos CBS signing a Ii- known in the market for Menudo. Number (Distributing Label) Number (Distributing Label) unknown in the Latin market, CC CC censing agreement with the West The CBS agreement will give the ma- though their music, in the fine tradi- 1 ANTONIO DE Coast -based Profono, a move that jor access to Profono's Menudo 1 WILFRIDO tion of chicano rock, has a large fol- JESUS major claims will give them 50% catalog. VARGAS 1 the lowing among rockeros of all back- """'""'''''N market in California and Tex- Chaimowitz estimates that Discos of the grounds. More than one major is NL_.i as. The agreement, under which Dis- CBS' Mexican product, which in- -- looking for them, but word from 2 7 MENUDO 2 4 CAMILO SESTO cos CBS will manufacture, market cluded ranchera superstar Vicente Reaching Out, RCA 4993 Amanecer 84, Ariola 6009 Slash Records is that they're not wor- and distribute Profono product, with Fernandez, accounted for 35% of the 3 0 MENUDO ried. In fact, Slash plans to get into 3 2 JOSE JOSE the Mexican- oriented label handling label's record sales. It's expected that Secretos, Ariola 6000 Reaching out, RCA 4993 the Latin market with their laureates. its own promotion and artist rela- the Profono license will increase this 4 3 ANTONIO DE JESUS 4 15 ANGELA CARRASCO A 37005 Unidos, Ariola 6007 tions, is effective in April. proportion considerably. * * * &M 5 14 PIMPINELA The Profono license has prompted The label's next move? "We're cur- 5 8 MENUDO should be A todo rock, RCA 7241 CBS 11317 Discos CBS to open a warehouse on rently looking for repertoire sources Items for consideration 5 LOS BUKIS says Chaimowitz. sent to Enrique Fernandez, Billboard, 6 13 PIMPINELA 6 the West Coast, which the label ex- in merengue," Mi fantasia, Profono 3122 York, N.Y. CBS 11317 be operating by April 1. "We "Our Dominican company, which 1515 Broadway, New pects to 7 15 CAMILO SESTO 7 10 ROCIO JURADO on will now have a strong physical pres- opened last year, is working it." 10036. Amanecer 84, Ariola 6009 Por que me habras besado, RCA 7243 ence in the West," affirms Discos 8 4 JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ CBS head Ron Chaimowitz. Ven, CBS 30305 8 11 PIMPINELA Hermanos, CBS 11320 The arrangement, which is similar 9 9 ROCIO JURADO 0 VARIOS ARTISTAS to the distribution agreements RCA Por que me habras besado, 9 RCA 7243 Lo mejor del ano, CBS 10341 International holds with Latin prod- 10 0 CONJUNTO LIBRE 10 3 JOSE JOSE uct from Ariola and A &M, was made Ritmo sonido y estilo, Montuno Secretos, Ariola 6000 by Nacho Morales, Alejandro Quin- 522 11 7 LA REVOLUCION DE tero and David Quintero from Mexi- 11 5 EL GRAN COMBO EMILIANO ZAPATA co, Guillermo Santiso from Los An- La universidad de la salsa, La fuerza de tu amor. Profana Combo 2034 3126 geles, and Chaimowitz, who is based 12 0 JOSE FELICIANO LUIS PERALES in Miami. Profono product includes 12 9 JOSE Me enamore, Profono 1002 15 grandes exitos, CBS 80375 the label's own Mexican -American 13 0 WILKINS 13 2 ROCIO DURCAL and U.S. -based Mexican talent, plus Aventura, Masa 010 Entre tu y yo, Ariola 6004 artists from the Mexican labels Melo- 14 10 JULIO IGLESIAS 14 0 YOLANDITA MONGE dy and Cisne Raff. Momentos, CBS 50329 Suenos, CBS 10345 The Profono roster includes Los 15 0 PIMPINELA 15 0 JULIO IGLESIAS Bukis, Los Tigres del Norte, Los Hu- Hermanos, CBS 11320 En concierto, CBS 50334 mildes, Los Freddys, Los Potros, the FLORIDA TEXAS salsa band Costa Brava, Ednita Na- SPECIAL ADDRESS-Willie Colon announces his recent signing to RCA In- ARTIST- Title, Label & ARTIST -Title, Label & zario, Dulce and Los Bondadosos. In ternational via a taped message to label executives attending RCA's Latin - fE Number (Distributing Label) ; . a Number (Distributing Label) addition, Profono holds the license America /Spain regional convention. Snown from left are the label's man- 3 , z for rhic year's Grammy- winner, José ager of video productions Richard Carey; RCA division vice president, Lat- ANTONIO DE in music U.S., Mario DeLaHiguera, and Colon. 1 JOSE JOSE JESUS 1 Secretos, Ariola 6000 A &M 37005 Survey for Week Ending 3/17/84 2 13 ROCIO DURCAL 2 2 MENUDO Entre tu y yo, Ariola 6004 A todo rock, RCA 7241 3 7 JOSE FELICIANO 3 5 ROCIO DURCAL Me enamore, Protons 1002 Entre tu y yo, Ariola 6004 Puerto G" FE`Lectern 4 9 HANSEL Y RAUL 4 1 JUAN GABRIEL TH 2271 Todo, Ariola 6001 5 3 WILFRIDO VARGAS 5 4 JOSE JOSE Secretos, Ariola 6000 Glad Doing Their `Thing' El africana, Karen 75 8 GRUPO MAll Rico 6 12 ANTONIO DE JESUS 6 It's bad, Cara 054 A &M 37005 By BOB DARDEN 7 15 JULIO IGLESIAS 7 2 ROCIO JURADO Top Julio, CBS 50333 LPs Por que me habras besado, If you're interested in hearing the The title, incidentally, came out of RCA 7243 8 0 DANIELA ROMO Celos, CBS 80371 c Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, entire history of contemporary Chris- repeated requests before their con- 8 5 PIMPINELA Inc. No part of this publication may be re- 7 LOS TIGRES DEL tian music in one song, check out certs for "that hymn thing." In fact, Hermanos, CBS 11320 9 produced, stored in a retrieval system, or NORTE transmitted. in any form or by any means. "That Hymn Thing" on Glad's "No Ed says they've been doing it so long 9 8 WILLIE CHRINO Internacionalmente nortenos, electronic, mechanical. photocopying, re- Less Than All" album for Benson's that they've had to completely re -do Subiendo, TH 2268 Profono 3124 cording. or otherwise, without the prior label. 10 4 MENUDO LA MAFIA written permission of the publisher. Greentree It's lots more fun their original version at the end. Six 10 6 Reaching Out, RCA 4993 Cara 053 a lesson and nearly as years it's date. Mafiamania, ARTIST -Tite, Label & than history later, already out of 11 0 LOS FELINOS z Number (Distributing Label) revealing. Glad will perform "That Hymn 11 0 CHARYTIN Guitarras y violines, Kim 18,500 veces, Musart 10926 Thing" and a number of tunes from a Glad has been together for 11 Records 744 12 0 PIMPINELA repertoire that includes such stand- JOSE JOSE years, first with Word's Myrrh label, 12 15 MENUDO CBS 11317 Secretos, Ariola 6000 outs as A Shar- now with Greentree. Their sound is "Take Stand," "Iron A todo rock, RCA 7241 13 0 RAMON AYALA pens Viajando con los Bravos, Iron," "Be Ye Glad" and "All 13 6 SESTO built on lush vocal harmonies with CAMILO Freddie 1275 brothers Ed and Don Nalle and long- Things" in a live Easter concert to be Amanecer 84, Ariola 6009 1 JOSE FELICIANO 14 0 RAMON AYALA 2 Ill recorded at the Kennedy Center in 14 0 JULIO IGLESIAS 1280 Me enamore, Profono 1002 time keyboardist Bob Kauflin over Corridos vol. 2, Freddie En concierto, CBS 50335 - Washington next month. 3 4 ANTONIO DE JESUS sometimes complex, synthesizer 15 0 MERCEDES CASTRO 15 11 MILLIE Y LOS VECINOS que me buscas, Musart A &M 37005 dominated pop tunes. Ed says that * * * Avantgarde, Algar 39 1092 4 7 PIMPINELA "That Hymn Thing" grew out of the Hermanos, CBS 11320 band's frustration with people who One of contemporary Christian 5 0 WILKINS denied that Christian lyrics could be En vivo, Masa 011 music's few bona fide geniuses, Mi- set to contemporary music. 6 12 VARIOS ARTISTAS chael Omartian (producer and ar- Lo mejor del ano, CBS 10341 "So about six years ago, we put our ranger for the likes of Donna Sum- 7 6 ROCIO JURADO heads together and our different mer, Christopher Cross and the que me habras besado, Por styles of music and built a number of Imperials' greatest albums), has RCA 7243 variations around the hymn 'We agreed to produce the next Rod 8 5 CHARYTIN Guitarras y violines, TeleRecord Praise Thee O God, Our Redeemer.' Stewart album, according to Warner 001 We even talked to musicians from the Bros. Records ... 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www.americanradiohistory.com 54 Canada News / InEernationol CRTC Renews CKOI's License '83 Figures Show Dip In But New Hearing Is Called To Resolve CHOM Issue Portuguese Record Sales By FERNANDO TENENTE By KIRK LaPOINTE Futura Ltd. for CKOI. That coin- The Commission almost never re- cides with the expiration date of oth- yokes a license, especially one be- LISBON- Though specific figures (100,000), the duo of Romeu & Ju- MONTREAL -The Canadian er Quebec FM stations. The Corn- longing to a financially viable are hard to pin down, total record lieta (100,000), Marco Paulo Radio- Television & Telecommunica- mission noted that the station has broadcaster. sales last year in Portugal, including (85,000), Mario Gil (50,000), Herois tions Commission has solved half of unique status as a French -language Simply put, the two stations' trou- singles, albums and prerecorded cas- do Mar (50,000) and Rao Kyao its longterm feud with two FM sta- progressive rock station and said it bles stem from CKOI's desire to play settes, were around seven million (30,000). tions here over their programming. had demonstrated "effort and good more English music and CHOM's units, pushing the industry bottom Last year's three platinum awards It's granted a license renewal to will" in trying to comply with its wish to speak more French. They line back to the darker economic went to Brazilian singer Roberto CKOI -FM, noting that the French- promise -of- performance. But it de- have both argued repeatedly that a days of 1980. Carlos for the album "O Amor e a language progressive station had cided to hold another hearing for the unilingual service doesn't reflect the The two years produced virtually Moda," Simon & Garfunkel for the done much to upgrade its adherence CHOM license held by Radio Mai- Montreal market and that there is the same return. The total went up to "Concert In Central Park" double al- to its promise -of- performance. sonneuve Ltd. to further survey the room for both of them to be more nine million units in 1981 and was bum, and Romeu & Julieta for the But the Commission's battles with station's recent performance. bilingual. eight million in 1982. single "Quando O Coracao Chora." CHOM -FM, the dominant English The Commission said its staff anal- CKOI last year won a concession The overview here, then, is that, Seventeen of the year's gold FM rock station, are far from over. ysis of CHOM programming last when its mandate to program despite some high hopes, 1983 repre- awards went to international artists, Yet another public hearing has been year didn't jibe with statements made French -language vocals was reduced sented a continuation of the near -cri- including Carlos, Iglesias, Simon & called in July to try to reach an I lth- by CHOM general manager Geoff to 55% from 65 %. Following hear - sis situation that affilicted the indus- Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Italy's Raf- hour solution in the station's resis- Stirling at a CRTC hearing last De- ings Dec. 13, at which CHOM was try in 1982. faella Carra, Supertramp, France's tance to Commission demands for in- cember. For that reason, it has decid- also under scrutiny, CKOI gave evi- Last year, the national IFPI Jean -Michel Jarre, Sweden's Abba, creased commitments to talent ed to reconvene the hearing in July, dence that it had upgraded its corn - branch GPPFV handed out three Italy's Toto Cotugno and the support, foreground programming two months before the station's li- mitment to financing Canadian con - platinum, 24 gold and 48 silver disks "Fame" soundtrack from the U.S. and a reduced level of French spoken cense expires. If CHOM doesn't con- certs and recordings and had in- for sales achievements. The 1982 tal- Roughly 75% of the silver awards on the station. elusively show it has adhered to its creased its foreground programming. ly was 38 gold and 70 silver. Portu- went to international artists, with In separate decisions Feb. 23, the promise -of- performance, then it will But, while CHOM's Stirling as- guese unit standards for awards are: Carlos earning six of them. Commission renewed until Septem- have to "provide good reasons as to serted that the station was complying 60,000 LPs or 100,000 singles for There are no official sales charts in ber, 1985, the license held by Radio why its license should be renewed." with its promise -of- performance, -the platinum, 30,000 LPs or 50,000 sin- Portugal. But according to the music Commission concluded that the sta- gles for gold and 15,000 LPs or magazine Musica & Som, CBS was tion had not provided sufficient evi- 25,000 singles for silver. the top album label last year, fol- NET SALES RISE dence to back its contention. The International best- sellers here last lowed by Warner Bros. and Virgin, CRTC will further analyze station year were CBS acts Roberto Carlos with EMI first in the singles sector, programming before the July (160,000 units), Julio Iglesias followed by Virgin and CBS. '83 Statistics: Good News hearing. (105,000) and Simon & Garfunkel New president of GPPFV, which OTTAWA-Production and shipment figures for 1983 have been tal- In its analysis, the Commission (60,000). Supertramp was just behind handles the industry statistics, is Car- lied for the recording industry by Statistics Canada, and they bear out the found that CHOM broadcast only with a total of 55,000. Leading do- los Pinto, director general of CBS recently disclosed increases in certifications by the Canadian Recording 8.4% foreground last January, de- mestic sellers were Jose Cid Portugal. Industry Assn. (Billboard, Feb. 4). spite a 20% commitment promise. It The government's compilation agency reports net sales totals of $272.5 also found no French -language mu- million for the business, up 13% from the 1982 total of $240.6 million. sic, despite a station pledge to play Ariola's Lueftner Hopeful CRIA last month said retail sales totalled $560 million. 10 %. And it found "a number" of Leading the way was cassette production, up 90% in 1983. Cassettes station identifications and comments Despite Downturn In '83 were also up 46% in net sales, to $109.2 million. by announcers in French, something By WOLFGANG SPAHR Net shipments were up 12% for seven -inch singles, up 2% for 12 -inch the station is not allowed to do. singles and up 48% for cassettes. Eight- tracks shipments fell by 48 %. Stirling told the hearing that, not- GUETERSLOH-Ariola music large existing repertoire and set up Production was down slightly for both seven- and 12 -inch singles, withstanding the analysis, CHOM group turnover in the financial year new production divisions in impor- down substantially for eight- tracks and up 48% for cassettes, according had been adhering to its license corn - ending June 30, 1983, was 25.4% tant markets. Accompanying this 12 months, to Statistics Canada. mitments "for months." But the down on the previous process will be further pooling of pro- Reflecting the more cautious approach to shipment and production Commission said it could not deter- company president Egmont Lueftner duction, warehousing and distribu- that prevailed last year, Statistics Canada said December production of mine "the accuracy of this assertion" has revealed here. tion services among industry part- The music, film television disks declined to 4,615,892 from 4,900,482 in 1982. But cassette produc- and, in particular, how much CHOM and ac- ners as a means of containing costs tivities of the parent Bertelsmann and using facilities to the full. 1 tion increased to 2,357,086 from 1,271,172 a year earlier. will spend on talent support and fore- ground in the future. group earned around $200 million in According to Lueftner, Ariola the year, representing some 8% of Germany's continuing strength in the the multimedia giant's overall turn- marketplace has been due to its quick DE- CERTIFICATIONS LOOM over. In 1981 -82, this figure was reaction to changing market condi- 11.1 %. tions. A restructured repertoire de- Lueftner, who is a member of the partment, and the setting up of small Harsh Vidclip Guidelines Bertelsmann board, says that the re- production and marketing teams, Unveiled cession -fed weakness of key interna- will increase the efficiency of artist tional music markets has had a severe launches, he predicts. Ariola's license HULL, Quebec- Unexpected and director and production facility corn - rage in the industry, because not impact on trading, though an upturn deal with Virgin has become a distri- harsh guidelines unveiled March 2 by ponent in the latter-and said videos enough Canadian music was being in some territories has been under the federal broadcast regulator ap- must meet two of the audio and at produced. bution deal. way since last March. Because its television- merchan- pear to rule out many music video least three of the combined audio and Time will tell whether the new However, Lueftner sees grounds dised albums last year didn't reach programs now receiving certification video component criteria by April 15. guidelines, and the impending licens- for optimism in U.S. developments. the sales levels anticipated, Ariola as Canadian content for broadcasting Additionally, beginning in 1986, ing of the Canadian equivalent of MTV has shown that music video Germany was not able to achieve all purposes. videos must meet one of the two vid- MTV, will spark the necessary can break new acts and generate ex- its targets and Ariola Benelux sus- The Canadian Radio -Television eo criteria, meaning they must have a production. tra business, he says, and this positive tained a trading loss. However, says & Telecommunications Commission Canadian director or be filmed in a Still, the finest among existing pro- trend should spread to Europe with Lueftner, there were good results has set new criteria for music video Canadian facility in order to be grams will face de- certification as Ca- beneficial results. In his view, the from France, Switzerland, Austria clips and programming beginning deemed Canadian. nadian content beginning next music industry shows on the one and the U.K., and he was also April 15. Among them are provisions The proposals were released with month, including CITY -TV Toron- hand a concentration of resources pleased with the progress of Arista that all existing and new music video little fanfare. The music video provi- to's "The New Music." CITY is among the major international com- U.S., in which RCA has a 49% stake. programming must contain at least sions were not expected. Last Au- owned by CHUM Ltd., considered panies and on the other an upsurge in The association between the two 30% Canadian clips and all- Canadi- gust, the rest of the guidelines were among the front -runners for the spe- the numbers and influence of small companies had also led to an an non -music segments. released for comment. By compari- cialty license. independent production companies. RCA /Ariola European manufactur- Few if any current shows do that, son, the music video guidelines are KIRK LaPOINTE Ariola's own strategy will be to en- ing agreement. largely due to the scarcity of broad- being rushed through, with their im- cast- quality clips. In many cases, plementation date only six weeks fol- such shows were launched by broad- lowing unveiling. casters as a relatively inexpensive They may very well undermine New Officers For U.K. Union Rebuffed On Merger way to fulfill their Canadian content current programming. The paucity of LONDON -A trade union demand for government intervention in requirements in their conditions of good Canadian video clips was a cen- Publishers Assn. the proposed PolyGram /Warner Communications merger as it affects license. tral theme in January at CRTC hear- the U.K. scene has been rejected by Norman Tebbit, trade and industry ings into the proposed music TORONTO -The Canadian Mu- minister. The criteria, part of guidelines for sic Publishers Assn. (CMPA) has re- all Canadian televison programming, channel. The plea was made by the General Municipal & Boilermakers Union elected Brian Chater as president for because of the threat of heavy redundancies and unemployment as a re- do not affect the proposed new Cana- A &M Records of Canada execu- a second one -year term and elected a dian music video channel pay -tv tive Doug Chapell says that fewer sult of the projected move (Billboard, March 10). But Tebbit, having con- new board of directors. sidered the lengthy appeal, has decided that a ruling by the director gen- service. than 75 high -quality Canadian videos Jerry Renewych of Chappel Music exist, and only one or two a month eral of fair trading here not to refer the merger proposals to the Along with existing broadcasters, will be the association's vice presi- Monopolies Commission should stand. however, the new specialty are now being produced. - service dent. Greg Hambleton of the Peer Union official Tony Lusby has pointed out that in West Germany and would have to adhere to proposed The guidelines bring music video Southern Organization will serve as the U.S. the merger plans have been referred to national watchdog com- criteria for what constitutes a Cana- programming into line with AM mu- treasurer. And John Bird of the Gor- mittees. Now, he says, the union intends to force both Warner and Poly - dian video clip. The commission out- sic programming. 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26 18 QUICK STEP A SIDE KICK, 2 3 RADIO GA GA, Queen, EMI ALBUMS 13 NEW COME SI CAMBIA, Fiore IIa BRITAIN Thompson Twins, Arista 3 10 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE Mannola, Ariston (Courtesy of Music & Video Week) 27 17 SEVEN AND THE RAGGED FUN, Cyndi Lauper, Portrait 14 NEW REGALAMI UN SORRISO, Drupl, As 1 2 THRILLER, Michael Jackson, of 3/10/84 TIGER, Duran Duran, EMI 4 11 JUMP, Van Halen, Warner Bros. Epic -Sony WEA 28 32 LEARNING TO CRAWL, 5 2 COME SAID THE BOY, Mondo 15 5 SAY SAY SAY, Paul McCartney SINGLES 2 1 KOKIN HUU, Hiroko Pretenders, Real Rock, WEA A Michael Jackson, EMI This Last Yakushimaru, Toshiba-EMI 29 21 SERENADE, Juan Martin A 6 9 BREAK MY STRIDE, Matthew 16 NEW NINA, Mario Castelnuovo, RCA Week Week 3 4 TIMELY, And, For Life Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilder, Epic 17 6 COSA SEI, Ricchi A Poveri, 1 1 99 RED BALLOONS, Nena, Epic 4 6 1984, Van Halen, Warner - K -tel 7 8 THRILLER, Michael Jackson, Baby 2 3 JOANNA, Kool & Gang, De -Lite Pioneer 30 29 STAGES, Elaine Paige, K -tel Epic 18 4 GRAZIE PERCHE, Gianni 3 2 RELAX, Frankie Goes To 5 3 HOYO, Shinji Tanimura, Polystar 31 36 HAUNTING MELODIES, Electric 8 5 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, Morandl /Amai Stewart, RCA Hollywood, ZTT 6 7 AFTER SERVICE, Yellow Magic Wind Ensemble, Nouveau Kenny Rogers A Dolly Parton, 19 NEW HAPPY CHILDREN, P. Lion, 4 4 WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD, Nik Orchestra, Alfa 32 25 LABOUR OF LOVE, UB40, DEP RCA Disco Magic Kershaw, MCA 7 5 THE BORDER, Elkichi Yazawa, International 9 16 RELAX, Frankie Goes To 20 NEW REGGAE NIGHT, Jimmy Cliff, 5 11 STREET DANCE, Break Machine, Warner- Pioneer 33 19 PIPES OF PEACE, Paul Hollywood, Island CBS Record Shack 8 8 DANCING M, Miki Asakura, King McCartney, Parlophone 10 18 CALLING YOUR NAME, Marilyn, 6 6 SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME, 9 NEW ?(FRAGEZEICHEN) Nena, Epic - 34 26 THE FLAT EARTH, Thomas Mercury Rockwell, Motown Sony Dolby, Parlophone 11 7 ORIGINAL SIN, Inxs, WEA 7 10 RUN RUNAWAY, Slade, RCA 10 9 DISTURB YOU, Morio Kazama, 35 NEW TEXAS FEVER, Orange Juice, 12 6 THE LOVE CATS, Cure, Sire 8 8 AN INNOCENT MAN, Billy Joel, Nippon Columbia Polydor 13 4 VICTIMS, Culture Club, Virgin CBS 11 11 LOVE ME, Jackie Chan, Warner - NETHERLANDS 36 NEW SLIDE IT IN, Whitesnake, Liberty 14 15 STICKY MUSIC, Sandia A (Courtesy Stichting Nederiandse Top 40) 9 5 DOCTOR] DOCTOR], Thompson Pioneer 37 NEW YOU BROKE MY HEART IN 17 Sunsetz, Sire Twins, Arista 12 13 HITOUCH -HITECH, Epo, RVC As of 3/10/84 PLACES, Tracey Ullman, Stiff 15 19 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP, 10 20 JUMP, Van Halen, Warner Bros. 13 NEW PASADENA PARK, HI -FI Set, 38 NEW ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Yentl, Romantics, Epic SINGLES 11 26 THE MUSIC OF TORVILL A CBS -Sony Barbra Streisand, CBS 16 13 MESSAGE TO MY GIRL, Split This Last DEAN, Richard Hartley A 14 NEW RECESS, You Hayami, Taurus 39 NEW SYNCHRONICITY, Police, A&M Enz, Mushroom Week Week Michael Reed Orch., Safari 15 NEW PARACHUTE GA OCHITA 40 NEW 18 GREATEST HITS, Michael 17 NEW CATCH ME I'M FALLING, Real 1 1 WHEN THE LAD SMILES, 12 14 HIDE AND SEEK, Howard Jones, NATSU, Koji Yoshikawa, SMS Jackson Plus Jackson 5, Life, Wheatly Earring, 21 Records WEA 16 12 VOYAGER, Yumi Matsutoya, Golden Telstar 18 12 NOBODY TOLD ME, John 2 3 LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD, Pat 13 19 I GAVE YOU MY HEART, Hot Toshiba-EMI Lennon, Polydor Benatar, Chocolate, Rak 17 NEW BEST, Chiemi 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?(FRAGEZEICHEN), Nena, CBS 13 17 AN INNOCENT MAN, Billy Joel, A his Orchestra, Warner Bros. 13 16 ZU NAH AM FEUER, Durium 7 7 THRILLER, Michael Jackson, Stefan CBS Fiordaliso, 30 21 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT Waggershausen A Alice, Arcola 10 2 ALL NIGHT LONG, Lionel Richle, Epic 14 14 1984, Van Halen, Warner Bros. MAKE ?, Smiths, Rough Trade 14 10 JENSEITS VON EDEN, Nino de Ricordi 8 5 THE LOVE ALBUM, Dolly 15 12 MILK AND HONEY, John 31 39 TO BE OR NOT TO BE, Mel Angelo, Polydor /DGG 11 16 PINOCCHIO CHIO, Pippo Parton, RCA Lennon A Yoko Ono, Polydor Brooks, Island 15 18 LET THE MUSIC PLAY, Franco, Lupus /Ricordi 9 6 WORKING WITH FIRE AND 16 15 TRACK RECORD, Joan 32 NEW MY GUY, Tracey Ullman, Stiff STEEL, China Crisis, Virgin Shannon, Bellaphon Armatrading, A&M 12 NEW JUST FOR TONIGHT, Gilbert 33 37 FRAGGLE ROCK THEME, 16 14 HAPPY STATION, Fun Fun, Montagne, Baby 10 9 BELIEVER, Chic, Atlantic 17 16 PHALANX, Australian Crawl, EMI Fraggles, RCA Teldec 18 13 CONFLICTING EMOTIONS, Split 34 NEW DANCE HALL DAYS, Wang HERE THE RAIN AGAIN, 17 20 COMES Enz, Mushroom Chung, Geffen Eurythmics, RCA 19 18 THE MOODY BLUES GREATEST `RELAX' CALLED TOO SEXY 35 31 CRY AND BE FREE, Marilyn, 18 17 GUARDIAN ANGEL, HITS, Threshold Love Masquerade, Metronome 20 20 LEARNING TO CRAWL, 36 NEW IT'S RAINING MEN, Weather 19 13 25 YEARS, Catch, Metronome Pretenders, WEA Girls, CBS 20 19 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART, 37 NEW YOUR LOVE IS KING, Sade, Epic Yes, Atco /WEA No. 1 Single Banned By BBC 38 NEW ROBERT DE NIROS WAITING, Bananarama, London By PETER JONES 39 NEW RENEGADES OF THE FUNK, Britain. Afrika Bambaataa A Soulsonic ALBUMS JAPAN LONDON -The BBC, both radio unit sales mark in Force, Tommy Boy (Courtesy Music Labo) and television, has banned the recent The last time a No. 1 single was 40 NEW HELP, Tina Turner, Capitol 1 2 CARAMBOLAGE, Peter Maffay, As of 3/12/84 No. 1 single here, by the banned from the powerful "Top Of Teidec "Relax," was in 1969, when the 2 1 ?(FRAGEZEICHEN), Nena, CBS SINGLES five -piece Liverpool group Frankie The Pops" 3 9 HELLO AGAIN, Howard This Last Goes To Hollywood, because of its producer refused screen time for "Je ALBUMS Carpendale, EMI Week Week "sexually explicit" lyrics. T'Aime" by Jane Birkin and Serge 4 NEW AMMONIA AVENUE, Alan 1 NEW ICHIBAN YARO, Masahiko But on occasion an 1 1 INTO THE GAP, Thompson Parsons Project, Arista/Arcola Kondo, RVC /Johnny's The ZTT /Island record was for- Gainsbourg. that Twins, Arista 5 7 JENSEITS VON EDEN, Nino de 2 2 WINE RED NO KOKORO, Anzen mally banned from the long- running instrumental version, minus the orig- 2 NEW THE WORKS, Queen, EMI Angelo, Polydor /DGG Chitai, Kitty /Kitty "Top Of The Pops" series on BBC - inal "heavy breathing," was available 3 3 AN INNOCENT MAN, Billy Joel, 6 NEW INTO THE GAP, Thompson 3 1 ROCK'N ROUGE, Seiko Matsuda, CBS Twins, Arista / Ariosa CBS -Sony /Sun TV in the week it took over the top to give the chart -topper a television 4 5 THRILLER, Michael Jackson, 7 6 LOVE AT FIRST STING, 4 4 MOSHIMO ASHITAGA, Warabe, chart spot from fellow Liverpudlian presence. Epic Scorpions, Harvest/EMI For Ute /TV Asahi -Asai Paul McCartney's "Pipes Of Peace." 5 2 THE SMITHS, Rough Trade 8 5 NO PARLEZ, Paul Young, CBS 5 3 HOSHIZORA NO DISTANCE, 6 4 TOUCH, Eurythmics, RCA 9 12 TOUCH, Eurythmics, RCA Alfee, Canyon /Nichion-Tanabe It had been featured on "Top Of Russians Get 7 6 KEEP MOVIN', Madness, Stiff 10 3 GOETTERHAEMMERUNG, Udo 6 NEW TREMOLO, Yoshie Kashiwabara, The Pops" two weeks previously and Lindenberg A Panikorchester, Nippon Phonogram /Dream 8 10 CAN'T SLOW DOWN, Uonel played some 80 times in the previous First Walkman Richle, Motown Polydor /DGG 7 NEW SOYOKAZENO MELODY, Nippon 9 7 SPARKLE IN THE RAIN, Simple 11 13 THRILLER, Michael Jackson, Columbia /Gele) two months. The band's view is that MOSCOW -The Russian elec- Minds, Virgin Epic /CBS 8 11 NAMIDA NO REQUEST, it took BBC authorities a long time to 10 NEW HUMAN RACING, Nik Kershaw, 12 NEW THE WORKS, Queen, EMI /EMI Checkers, Canyon /Yamaha tronics industry has finally produced MCA Electrola 9 12 NIMAN YONSENMANNO Hitomi unearth objections to the lyrics, its own version of the Walkman cas- 13 4 90125, Yes, Atco /WEA 11 9 THE CROSSING, Big Country, Go, CBS -Sony /Burning which they call "harmless." sette player. It's called the Electron - Mercury 14 19 SPARKLE IN THE RAIN, Simple 10 6 CHARLESTON NIWA MADA But a BBC statement says: "This 12 8 NO PARLEZ], Paul Young, CBS Minds, Virgin /Arcola HAVAI, Toshihiko Tahara, ica-Microconcert and incorporates 13 14 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH, 15 8 LOVE FROM EARTH, Pat Canyon /Johnny's single won't be played again on 'Top all the key attributes of the foreign- Various, Ronco Benatar, Chrysalls/Ariola 11 5 KITA WING, Akina Nakamori, Of The Pops.' In common with Ra- made lines. 16 18 LOW DOWN, Lionel Richie, W arner- Pioneer /Nachion -NTV 14 13 THE VERY BEST OF MOTOWN dio 1, BBC television believes the lyr- LOVE SONGS, Various, Telstar Motown /RCA 12 8 OHISASHIBURINE, Rumlko The unit, weighing 500 grams, has 15 12 U2 LIVE "UNDER A BLOOD RED 17 10 WENN SCHON NICHT FUER Koyanagi, SMS /Nichion- ics to be sexually explicit and not an output facility for two pairs of SKY ", Island IMMER, DANN WENIGSTENS Watanabe suitable for a show with a family au- headphones and a built -in micro- FUER EWIG, Ulla Meinecke, CBS 18 11 NOW, THATS WHAT I CALL 13 NEW SHUTO, Kiyotaka Mitsukl, - dience." And in the usual end-of -pro- MUSIC, Various, EMI RCA Sony /Nichlon phone. Linked with an amplifier, it 17 22 1984, Van Halen, Warner Bros. 18 11 GENESIS, Vertigo /Phonogram 14 9 KANASHIMIGA TOMARANAI, gram rundown of the charts in can be used as a conventional play- 18 16 COLOUR BY NUMBERS, Culture 19 16 1984, Van Halen, Warner And, For Life /JCP-PMP "TOTP," only the name of the group back unit with two external speakers. Club, Virgin Bros. /WEA 15 7 MEZAME, Hidemi Ishikawa, was mentioned. 19 NEW OFF THE WALL, Michael 20 NEW CRISES, Mike Oldfield, Virgin RVC /GEIEI /TV Asahi The Electronica firm now has Jackson, Epic 16 13 KOINO KNOWHOW, lyo Radio 1 disk jockey Mike Read fu- plans to develop the unit to incorpo- 20 15 DECLARATION, Alarm, I.R.S. Matsumoto, Victor /Nichion- eled the controversy when he decreed rate a recording facility late this year. 21 23 GENESIS, Charisma Bond the lyrics "overtly obscene," though 22 NEW STREET SOUNDS EDITION 8, AUSTRALIA 17 19 SHONEN KENYA, Noriko In 1985, the aim is to have a model Various, Street Sounds (Courtesy Kent Music Report) Watanabe, Nippon colleagues on the channel, notably with an optional FM receiver and 23 20 IN THE HEART, Kool & Gang, As of 3/12/84 Columbia/Variety John Peel and Simon Bates, didn't two external speakers on the Russian De-Ute 18 NEW SOSHUN MEMORY, Iwai Sayuri, with him. 24 28 AMMONIA AVENUE, Alan SINGLES King /Burning -JCM agree market. Parsons Project, Arista This Last 19 15 SHUTO, Dalsuke Hare, The band, with Holly Johnson as Suggested retail price here of the Week Week Discomate/Nichion 25 NEW STREET SOUNDS CRUCIAL lead singer, has a basically gay image. Walkman -type player is around ELECTRO, Various, Street 1 1 LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD, Pat 20 10 22SA1, Shinji Tanimura, Sounds Benatar, Chrysalis Polystar /Noel The single has topped the 500,000- $190. www.americanradiohistory.com 57 Photo News

PEST CONTROL -Newly signed Atlantic group Ratt comes out of the basement to premiere their debut album and video at a party in Los Angeles. Shown from left are group members Juan Croucier and Warren De Martini; Milton Berle, who stars in Ratt's "Round And Round" video; and Ratt's Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy and Bobby Blotzer.

BMI BASH -Industry executives get together at BMI's Songwriters' Showcase In Los Angeles. Shown from left are BMI writer -publisher relations executive Allan McDougall; Len Chandler, co- founder of the event; Arista a &r vice president Neil Portnow; and Mary Mattis, BMI's director of performing rights.

DIAL M FOR DANCE -Cameo's Larry Blackmon, left, makes a point to producer Mark Berry, who's working on a 12 -inch remix of the group's Atlanta Artists /PolyGram single "She's Strange."

HAPPY DAYS -Actress Penny Marshall and Paul Simon, right, visit John "Jellybean" Benitez at New York's Funhouse, where the producer turns DJ each Saturday.

HAZARDOUS FUN -Robert Hazard and Cyndi Lauper perform an acoustic version of Hazard's tune "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," which Lauper has taken to the top five for Portrait. Mean- while, Hazard keeps busy promoting his RCA album "Wing Of Fire."

GATHERING NO MOSS -Rolling Stone Keith Richards, right, keeps things under cover while taping a "Private Reel" segment for "Friday Night Videos" at J.P.'s res- taurant in New York. The show's producer David Benjamin discusses the scene. (Photo: Chuck Pulin)

LADY LUCK -Jerry Jaffe, PolyGram's senior vice president, rock division, welcomes newly signed Toronto trio the Dice to the fold. Shown from left are group members Hayden Vialva and Gary Lima, Dice manager Jeff Laytin, the band's Trevor Russell and Jaffe.

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SPOTLIGHT- Predicted to hit top 10 on Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart or to earn platinum certifica- EARL COLEMAN- There's Something About An Old tion. POP/ BLACK / COUNTRY /JAZZ- FUSION /GOSPEL /CLASSICAL -Picks in these respective cate- Love, Xanadu 175. Producer. Don Schlitten. The veteran gories predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the format listed. RECOMMENDED -Other releases pre- singer, who goes back more than 40 years, presents 10 dicted to chart in the respective format; also, other albums of superior quality. All albums commercially tracks with notable instrumental contributions by Ted Pop available in the U.S. are eligible for review. Reviews are coordinated by Sam Sutherland at Billboard, 9107 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210 (telephone: 213 -273 -7040). Country albums should be sent to: Dunbar, Harris Simon, George Duvivier and Leroy Kip Kirby, Billboard, 14 Music Circle East, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 (telephone: 615 -748- 8100). Williams. PATTI AUSTIN, Qwest 23974 (Warner Bros.). Produc- ers: Various. The supple, sultry Austin vocal stamp is fil- SANDI SHOEMAKE- Slowly, Discovery DS889. Produc- tered through five different production teams in pursuit er: Charlie Shoemake. She is known only in the Los An- of a successor to her slow -building but ultimately multi - geles area, but with this entry Sandi Shoemake may in- formatted label debut hit. If the material is more uneven Spotlight crease her popularity. She sings 11 songs well, and her this time, the set's strongest tracks (notably "It's Gonna f backing by Clare Fischer, Terry Trotter, Tommy Flanagan Be Special ") should combine with career momentum to and husband Charlie Shoemake is impeccable. trigger sales and airplay. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-Ammonia Ave- ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-Against All Odds, Atlantic nue, Arista AL8 -8204. Producer: Alan Parsons. Par- 80152. Producers: Various. Taylor Hackford ( "An Officer sons and partner Eric Woolfson have already bur- Classical And A Gentleman ") enlists Michel Colombier and Larry nished their production style to a point where only Carlton for the atmospheric score to this new thriller, but minor revisions can be detected with each new set: MENDELSSOHN: VIOLIN CONCERTO: SAINT -SALES: VI- it's the pop and rock allies -Peter Gabriel, Big Country, while the cast of vocalists and players may change OLIN CONCERTO NO. 3-Cho-Liang Lin, Philharmonia Kid Creole, Stevie Nicks and Phil Collins, already chart- slightly, the overall style is now fully established. Orch., Tilson Thomas, CBS 1M 39007. A rare coupling of ing with his title theme -that should turn boxoffice into Here, that means new exercises in the stately, soft - familiar works which finds the artist in tip -top form, retail heat. rock vein that has brought widespread pop accep- head and shoulders above most of the other younger vio- tance and platinum sales, including several strong linists bidding for major attention. THOMPSON TWINS -Into The Gap, Arista AL8 -8200. singles contenders, "Prime Time" and "Don't An- Producers: Alex Sadkin, Tom Bailey. The techno -pop trio swer Me" dominant amont them. Add an arresting BRAHMS: SERENADE NO. 1- Berlin Philharmonic, Ab- is already off to a running start, thanks to the dreamy new video (which could supply the punch the non - bado, Deutsche Grammophon 410 654. After years of ne- "Hold Me Now," which leads off this latest slice of evoc- touring act has previously succeeded without), and glect, the Serenade is receiving redemptive recording at- ative pop. Solid production, rich arranging details should familiarity could breed one of their strongest radio tention, with this version, a fine example of digital help clinch the album's reception. and sales sets yet. production, likely to be favored by many.

BACH: VIOLIN CONCERTOS -Simon Standage, English Concert, Pinnock, Archiv 410 646. The team that pro- 4f\\'*flp duced a hit period version of the "Four Seasons" and a strong -selling set of the "Brandenburgs," brings that same interpretive vigor and tonal blend to a standard disk anthology spanning both originals and evocative HARRY "THE HIPSTER" GIBSON- Boogie Woogie In grouping of the two solo concertos and the D Minor Black covers. Blue, Musicraft MVS2003. Producer: Albert L. Marx. "Double." Long forgotten Gibson was the rage in the 1940s with his BOBBY WOMACK-The Poet II, Beverly Glen BG SILLY WIZARD-Kiss The Tears Away, Shanachie zany, humorous piano and vocal performances. Twelve of 10003. Producers: Bobby Womack, Andrew Oldham, SCHUBERT: DANCES Serkin, Pro Arte PAD 79037. Producers: Silly Wizard. Superb modern Scottish those are offered here, including his :'Who Put The Ben- -Peter -171. James E. Gadson. Womack's first musical turn as "The A score or more of German dances and other folk quartet brings a gentle but rich acoustic style to tra- zedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine." delectable Poet" was a commercial and critical success, and this ditional and original material, led by Andy Stewart's trifles. The first of a series of recording by Serkin on a overdue slice of sophisticated yet gutty, adult soul reconstructed Graf fortepiano of ambiguous tonal appeal. warm lead vocals. THE BILL HARRIS MEMORIAL ALBUM -Xanadu 191. should ease into crossover currents with equal impact. Producer: Don Schlitten (Reissue). The most gifted trom- Patti LaBelle, the Womacks and Gadson chip in to invest NEW YORK POPS: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL PLANXTY -Words & Music, Shanachie 79035. Producer: bonist to come out of the '40s is in superb form on eight -Skitch in this labor of love enough feeling and texture to keep Henderson, Sefel SEFD 5026. Lots of Donal Lunny. Evocative traditional instruments including titles which Harris had previously recorded with Woody Irving Berlin and this LP alive a good while. other sweet standards of a generation more Uillean pipes, whistle and bouzouki, edged with synthe- Herman. A lovely package with commendable Bob Davis or ago. Hen- derson, sizer and subtle keyboards enrich latest by this seasoned notes. at the piano or with baton in hand is an ideal Irish quartet. interpreter and the sound is warm and ingratiating.

PETER SPRAGUE -Bird Rage, Xanadu 184. Producer: SOUSA: PEACHES & CREAM-Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel, THE BOTHY BAND -Afterhours, Green Linnet SIF 3016. Don Schlitten. Seven musicians back Sprague's solo gui- Vox Cum Laude D -VCL 9063. A few of the top marches, Producers: The Bothy Band. Irish traditional band's only tar on six cuts, including a 20- minute romp through a such as "Stars & Stripes Forever," but mostly a collec- live set, a 1978 Paris concert played with verve and cap- medley of Chick Corea compositions. A strong contempo- tion of tuneful and little known Sousa dances, among tured with great sonics. Jazz/Fusion rary, commercial entry. them the title foxtrot. Good sound.

WEATHER REPORT- Domino Theory, Columbia 39147. Producer: Zawinul. Zawinul's synthesizer orches- black trations and Wayne Shorter's taut reeds ply another set THE HUMAN BODY -Make You Shake It, Bearsville Richie Among of hewn to more Jackson, originals muscular rhythms for the em- 23995. Producers: Roger Troutman, phatic sense of swing so dominant in recent sets. Here, Billy Beck. The Troutman is the writing does reach beyond mere grooves, however, stamp present throughout, as Dayton vocal trio led by producer /keyboardist /songwriter Beck takes NMPA Award Nominees and guest vocals by Carl Anderson ( "Can It Be Done ") the funky dance route to the charts. prove to be more than a crossover gambit. from page 6 STACYE BRANCHE -Flash, Bouvier BO- 0303 -2. Produc- Continued Finalists for gospel are: "He Set CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON -Lyric Suite For er: J. James Jarrett. Interesting vocalist, with a style Boys Music; and "Flashdance .. . My Life To Music," Rhonda Flem- Sextet, BCM 1260 (Warner Bros. 23797). Producer: (and material) that recalls Deniece Williams. Contact: What A Feeling." ing and Dennis W. Morgan, Tom Manfred Eicher. Corea's latest venture into chamber jazz (213) 842 -7198. Collins Music; "I'm Not Perfect frames his piano and frequent partner Burton's typically Country works in the finals are: luminous vibes Love Lee (Just Forgiven)," Jerry Crutchfield with string quartet settings. If the latter THE BAND AKA -Men Of The Music, Bouvier BO -0102- "A Song," Greenwood, are less involving and the Hemphills, MCA Music/ than the front line interplay between 2. Producer: J. James Jarrett. Contemporary funk, well Music Corp. of America /Sycamore the two jazz Hemphill Music; veterans, the net appeal is still considerable. executed; repertoire occasionally weak. Contact: (213) Valley Music; "Islands In The "In My Heart," Fred 842 -7198. Stream," Barry, Robin and Maurice Carlton, Screen Gems -EMI Gibb, Gibb Bros. Music; "It Aint Music; "Jesus," Shirley Caesar, Shu- Easy Being Easy," Shawna Harring- 'bel Music /Chilly Wind Music; and ton, Mark Gray and Les Taylor, WB "Walk In The Light," Eric Robinson Billboard's jazz/fusion Music /Warner- Tamerlane/Chinni- and Andrew Frank, Jobete Music. chap Publishing /Datacabo Publish- Competing Latin works are: "Amor," Gabriel Ruiz, Ricardo Lo- Recommended LPs KENNY WHEELER -Double, Double You, ECM 1262 ing; "Pancho And Lefty," Townes pez Mendez, (Warner Bros. 25000). Producer: Manfred Eicher. Van Zandt, United Artists Music/ Peer International; "La Calculadora," Sunny Wheeler's bold, mercurial trumpet and flugelhorn in a Columbine Music; "The Rose," Sklar and Os- bracing set, teamed with Mike Brecker, John Taylor, Amanda McBroom, Warner- Tamer- car D'Leon, Peer International; "En- Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. lane; and "The Wind Beneath My amordo Del La Vida," David Reig- beder and Marra Alejandra, Wings," Larry Henley and Jeff Sil - April TERJE RYPDAL /DAVID DARLING -Eos, ECM 1263 bar, Warner House of Music /WB Music-Spain; "No Quiero Mas 511 (Warner Bros. 23799). Producer: Manfred Eicher. Ryp- Amar," Gilberto Lemos and Dania dal's molten, rock -inflected electric guitar orbits Gold Music. Dar- Castilla, Southern Music; "Paso La CLAUDE BOLLING/YO -YO MA- Claude Bolling's ling's brooding cello; original, if eerie, ambiences. In rhythm and blues, the nominees Vida Pensando," Jose Feliciano and Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio, Producer: CBS 39059. Leonardo Shultz, Not Listed. The French pianist /composer's new jazz DAVID FRIESEN-Amber Skies, Palo Alto PA 8043. Pro- are: "All Night Long," Lionel Ri- Jobete /Deedle Dy- suite revolves around the brilliant young cellist's sono- ducer: Lee Townsend. Fluid, melodic originals by the chie, Brockman Music; "Ain't No- tle Music /Fuerte Suert Music; and rous instrument to create another romantic exercise in bassist, fronting a blue -chip crew including Joe Hender- body," David Wolinski, Overdue "Ven," Eduarto Leiva and Jose lyrical, light chamber music. Ma's lavish tone gives the son, Chick Corea, Paul Horn, Airto and Paul Motian. Music /WB Music; "Sexual Heal- Marra Puron, CBS Songs. quartet an orchestral blush, and should help this repeat ing," Marvin Gaye and Odell Brown, The sole nominee in the Broadway Bolling's previous successes in bridging classical, jazz MORAZ /BRUFORD -Music For Piano And Drums, Edi- April Music /Bug Pie Music /Black- category is "Memory" from "Cats," and pop audiences. tions EG EGED 33 (Jem). Producers: Bill Bruford, Patrick wood Music; "She Works Hard For written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Moraz. Vigorous, often lyrical acoustic fusion from drum- The Money," Donna Summer and Trevor Nunn and T.S. Eliot, original- pop mer Bruford and pianist Moraz. Michael Omartian, Sweet Summer ly published by The Really Useful Night Music /See This House Music, Company /Trevor Nunn /Set Copy- ELVIN JONES- Brother John, Palo Alto PA 8039. Pro- rights Music, SYNERGY -Semi -Conductor, Passport PB 11002 (Jem). ducer: Herb Wong. Solid, straight -ahead date with the and "Beat It," Michael Jackson, Mi- /Faber and published in Producers: Larry Fast, Marty Scott. Synthesist Larry veteran drummer and Pat La Barbera on reeds, Kenny Jac Music /Warner -Tamerlane the U.S. by Koppleman -Bandier/ Fast's ambitious electronic rock, summarized in a two- Kirkland on piano and bassist Reggie Workman. Publishing. Deco Music. www.americanradiohistory.com 59 News Industry ExecutiveTurntable Market Quotations As of closing: 2/28/84 Continued from page 4 Annual (Sales High Low NAME P-E High Low Close Change Events_ Today Video, New York, names David Seeger vice president. He was a wnter and programming producer for cable tv .... Laurie Gilbert joins the business 69300 53% 52% 52% -% A weekly calendar of trade shows 6934 48% ABC 9 affairs department at the Disney Channel in Burbank, Calif. She was a contract 55 30% American Can 13 37300 48% 47% 47% -1% conventions, award shows, seminars negotiator and assistant producer /director with LDL Films. 1734 8% Armatron Int'I 10 50200 6535 6435 - - 50200 65% 6435 643í -% and other notable events. Send infor- is named for Warner Software Inc. in 8134 55 CBS 10 Howard Zack director of marketing 11% 3 288200 11 103/4 10% - mation to Industry Events, Billboard, 65 Coleco New York. He was marketing manager of educational software for Random 934 6% Craig Corporation 2 200 6% 6% 6% nuc 1515 Broadway, New York, New York House ... EECO Inc. appoints Eloy Chairez product specialist, video products 8434 47% Disney, Walt 18 83200 5035 50 5035 -3/4 10036. 6% 3% Electrosound Group 1100 5% 5% 5% -% marketing, in Los Angeles. He was a sales rep with Fernseh Inc. in Salt Lake Ci- 33% 16% Gulf + Western 8 195600 29% 28% 29% -% ty ... Gary Conway is named national sales and marketing manager for Pana- 27% 12 Handleman 11 11000 24% 233E 23T/s -% sonic VHS Video Tape marketing in Secaucus, N.J. He was vice president of 12% 43'4 K -Tel - 54% 5 - - 431000 811/2 7935 80 -2% March 11 -13, Ohio Cable Televi- 86% 47% Matsushita Electronics 19 sales for General Sound . VCA Duplicating appoints Stuart McCorkindale 16% 4% Mattel - 113000 814 8% 8% nuc sion Assn.'s, 19th annual convention manager of computer diskette services in New York. He was operations manag- 44% 32% MCA 11 125000 35% 34% 34% -1% and trade show, Hyatt Regency, Co- 90% 72% 3M 13 89000 75% 751/2 75% -1 er for the company . .. Bart Williams joins Sprague Magnetics Inc. as market- lumbus, Ohio. 150 82 Motorola 17 351000 109% 106% 107% -2% ing director in Van Nuys, Calif. He was national sales manager of professional 79% 47 No. American Phillips 9 4100 65% 65 65 -1% March 12, National Music Coun- audio products for the Ampex Corp. 15% 2% Orrox Corporation 1200 4% 4% 4% +% nuc cil of Great Britain seminar on music 32% 18 Pioneer Electronics 900 22% 22 22 Related Fields 38% 13% RCA 14 382700 30% 29% 30 -134 and European Economic Communi- 17 12% Sony 27 300000 15 1434 15 -% ty, Cavendish Centre, London. Elizabeth Granville joins the New York law firm of Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, 37% 25% Storer Broadcasting 1000 314 3% 3% -% Weiner & Hellman. She was vice president and counsel of BMI ... Edward 6% 2% Superscope March 14-21, third Caribbean Mu- Taft Broadcasting 14 9200 53% 52% 5214 -1% in Los Angeles as vice president of sales 59 38 sic Festival, Cartagena, Colombia, Walsh joins Prism Entertainment Corp. 35% 19% Warner Communications - 1 08600 24 23% 23% -116 S.A. and marketing. He was marketing vice president at CBS /Fox Video. 17% 8% Wherehouse Entertain. 12 5600 131 13 13% +14 Kenny Kiper resigns from Nashville's Country Music Television, where he March 15, Black Music Assn.'s public relations, to pursue a career as a video consul- OVER THE Sets Bid Ask OVER THE Sales Bid Ask "Wheeling and Dealing In The Mu- was executive director of tant Robert Stewart is named vice president of marketing and promotion for COUNTER COUNTER sic Business -Five Success Stories," ... Group in Uniondale, N.Y. He was executive vice pres- ABKCO Josephon 35600 1134 12 RCA Studios, Studio A, 110 the Facility Management seminar, Certron Corp. Recoton 1700 8% 8% ident of Sound Seventy Corp. in Nashville . .. The Sands Hotel & Casino, At- West 44th St., New York Data Packaging 6% 7 Schwartz Bros. 234 3% - lantic City, has hired Thomas Cantone as vice president of entertainment and Koss Corp. 1800 3 3% March 18 -21, International Tape/ public relations and Linn Tanzman as director of public relations and entertain- Disc Assn. (ITA) seminar, Hilton ment. Cantone was vice president of marketing and management consultant for Over- the -Counter prices shown may or may not represent actual transactions. Rather, they are a guide to Riviera, Palm Springs, Calif. the range within which these securities could have been sold or bought at the time of compilation. The the Warner Amex Corp. Tanzman was director of East Coast music division for above information contributed to Billboard by Douglas J. Vollmer, Associate Vice President, Los Angeles March 20, 24th annual Interna- Rogers & Cowan public relations firm. Region, Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., 4001 West Alameda Ave., Suite 100, Toluca Lake, Burbank, California tional Broadcasting Awards, Century Lee Stevens has been elected president and chief executive officer of the Wil- 91505, (213) 841 -3761, member of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. liam Morris Agency, a post vacated by Sam Weisbord, who, together with Mor- ris Stoller, will fill the newly created office of chairman. Stevens was chief oper- March 20, National Music Pub- York where he continues to be lishers' Assn. fifth annual Song ating officer of the agency's New office, based . Denny Zeitler is named director of national promotion for the New Awards, Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly .. New Companies York Music He was an independent promotion man. Hills, Calif. Co. Music & Company Ltd., formed Cam -Az Film & Video, a music > March 22 -24, fourth annual Per- by Judy Haines to create and produce production firm, formed by John An- ñ formance Professional Touring Tal- commercial jingles. Composers Joey nunziato, Suni Castrilli and Karin = ent Summit conference, Sheraton Ballin and Phillip Namanworth are Kaufman. First projects are a half - Grand Hotel, Irving, Texas. Lifelines exclusively signed to the firm. 20 W. hour "rockumentary" on the Fixx .- March 23 -27, National Assn. of 20th St., New York, N.Y. 10011. entitled "Stand Or Fall," and the Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Births Marriages * * * "Somebody Lied" video by Gregori R' Diplomat Hotel, Holly- Hunte for Acme Music. 777 Third o0 convention, Boy, Joshua Lawrence, to Mark Burt Goldstein to Jan DeGeer, Small Biggie Burns, a video pro- wood, Fla. Ave., Ground Floor, New York, and Linda Leviton, Feb. 18 in Los 2 in Las Vegas. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 62 News PROMOTER KING SEES $100 MIL TOUR Record $$ Eyed For Jacksons Country Radio Seminar Continued from page 3 According to King, Azoffs entry that," he says. "It looks like other Tackles Legal Problems King also minimizes the differ- wouldn't affect the Jacksons' 85% people are more worried about con- ences between sports promotion and take of the tour's net profits. "Who- cert safety than our own camp. We Continued from page 3 emphasized, if they are meticulously concert promotion, but does ac- ever we take in as consultant or advi- know how to handle the crowds." ing of minority employees. planned. "Most problems arise from sloppy administration," knowledge that the resultant criti- sor or partner would be of no cost to King, however, does acknowledge In virtually all the problems said attorney Michael Bader, cism is what led him to seek to bring the brothers," he says. "It would some dangers. "There's a modicum (which were adapted from real situa- one of the panel's moderators. in MCA corporate vice president Ir- come out of our 15 %"-which is be- of truth there," he says, "so naturally tions), the advice was to consult the ving Azoff as a third co- promoter. ing split evenly by King with Joe and you increase your [security] force in station's attorney before putting sus- Suggestions for improving promo- Notes King: "To quiet all those ac- Katherine Jackson as 50/50 partners. any outside arena. The risk is always pect material on the air or refusing to tions and contests included: having cusations that Don King is not a con- Each date on the tour will utilize a there, but if they're going to be able accept it in the first place. prizes in hand before the contest local the exact cert promoter and that he doesn't promoter, but King categorizes to make any money, they're going to Even with deregulation and a starts; making sure that rules are and know anything about music, I'm this as a show cost. "They're not go- have to play outdoor arenas where greater latitude in what stations can printed, distributed the bringing in an expert in the music ing to get much in this kind of show," they can get larger seating capacities (and can be demanded to) air, the available for public inspection at mail; imposing age field: a person who is highly visible he adds. "They'll get a fee, plus the and crowds." panelists agreed that a station had station and by an and has the knowledge of the busi- privilege of having their name on the King says his overall role in the the right to soften objectionable ma- limit for entrants; involving everyone ness to quiet all the doomsayers." ticket." tour is to expand its money- making terial, including paid political an- at the station in the event from its in- from talk- Azoff sees the situation and his Both King and Jackson take issue potential. He claims that before he nouncements, by attaching disclaim- ception; forbidding jocks own role in a similar light. "Don is with Azoffs statement (Billboard, came into the picture, the Jacksons' ers to them, stating that the ads do ing about the promotion in such a used to being a boxing promoter. His March 10) that Dick Griffey will be representatives were seeking a con- not reflect the station's attitude. Le- way as to confuse the listeners about idea is you put up the ring, sell the involved on the tour "as an overall cert sponsorship deal in the vicinity gal advice can also help station man- rules and prizes; and keeping the rights and walk away. The role is consultant to the black community." of $1 million to $1.5 million. "I took agers be more precise in granting or rules simple and direct enough so more a matchmaker than a promoter. Says King: "Joe and I are both it upon myself to raise it to where I refusing the often capricious de- that a minimum of air time is expend- Rock'n'roll is a hands -dirty business. black, and we don't need Griffey or thought it should be: a minimum of mands for equal time, various panel- ed in explaining them. There's a lot more to do. That's why anyone else to be an overall consul- $5 million with incremental stages ists noted. I think Don envisioned utilizing all tant for us." King adds that Griffey built in which give them a chance to On the matter of dismissing minor- Gibson Readying the MCA departments to do his will likely be involved as the local increase their revenue to $25 mil- ity employees, the advice was to backup." promoter on the selected dates. lion," he says. Move To Nashville make sure the reasons for firing could MCA's involvement, pending the Some observers have suggested That tour sponsorship, with Pepsi - be linked to the station's well -being Jacksons' approval, would indeed be that the Jacksons would be inviting Cola, is an exclusive deal. But King NASHVILLE-The Gibson musical (such as a decline in ratings perhaps broad -based. The Jacksons would, trouble if they played outdoor stadi- says he's also exploring non- conflict- instrument company will close its caused by an ineffectual air personal- for example, be able to use the Uni- ums, because young fans might rush ing tie -ins for air travel, clothing lines Kalamazoo, Mich., manufacturing ity), that the person targeted for dis- versal Amphitheatre on off days to to the stage to get a closer glimpse of and perfumes. plant and move all its operations here missal be given a chance to improve rehearse their show, and Universal Michael Jackson. King also claims that before he by July 1. Nashville is already the his or her performance, and that the Pictures crews would help them Joe Jackson claims not to be con- signed on with the Jacksons, they base for Gibson division headquar- entire matter be documented in case build their stage and sets. cerned. "We're not worried about were considering a merchandising ters and the main manufacturing the is sued. deal for $450,000 in advance, with a station facility. 22% cut. "The guarantee that's now Promotions can be less of a legal or Gibson is a division of Norlin `Thriller' Passes `Fever' on the table is for $2.7 million," he public relations hazard, the speakers Industries. says, "with a 33% cut." As All -Time Best -Seller King seeks to downplay recent re- ports that he's received letters from Sandusky's Brooks To Denver Continued from page 1 Beatles. Michael Jackson instructing him not make moves without Jack- Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' " is now Two of the "Thriller" singles to any Continued from page 13 vice president and general manager son's express authorization. regarded as the best -selling music reached No. 1 on both the pop and Brooks, who will double as general there. Rau was vice president of oper- "I've had several letters sent to video in history and the second big- black charts, as did two of the singles manager of KNUS, his talk station in ations. In other moves, Craig Coch- gest video of any kind, just behind from "Off The Wall." That album, me," he says. "I've had many letters Denver, expects KBPI to make "a ran has been appointed vice president Paramount's "Raiders Of The Lost which set the stage for "Thriller," sent to me by lawyers and advisors fairly quick recovery" under the di- of administration for the chain's the know Ark." rode the top 10 for 29 weeks, from that brothers didn't even rection of Howie Castle, his new PD Denver properties, while Carl Gard- about. With the Jacksons, you've got A year ago, Jackson became the September, 1979 to May, 1980. there. "We should have never lost ner has been named KNUS station six clients. Each client has six or first artist to simultaneously hold "Thriller" entered the top 10 Janu- them," Brooks says of the morning manager. Cochran was the station more advisors. All these advisors in down the No. 1 album and single on ary, 1983. It cracked the top five two team, noting "a set of unfortunate manager of KBPI and business man- 42 Billboard's Dance/Disco chart, and weeks later, where it has remained addition to the clients gives you circumstances, some of which had to ager of KNUS. Gardner was the people to deal with. And each person on the British album and singles for the past 61 consecutive weeks. be my fault," for its departure. KNUS operations director. is trying to justify his existence." charts. Besides its 33 weeks at No. 1, "Thrill- The Sandusky president says that Brooks, who expects to name a Still, King claims not to be un- Jackson was the first artist to col- er" has logged 17 weeks at number he would not "quibble" with the con- permanent KBPI morning host or nerved by the in- fighting. "I deal best lect as many as seven top 10 singles in two, behind, by turns, the "Flash - clusion that the departure of former team by the summer, makes light of a calendar year since the Beatles in dance" soundtrack, the Police's in confusion, so it doesn't really both- KBPI vice president and general his move back to Denver via Dallas 1964. He did the trick with the first "Synchronicity" and Lionel Richie's er me," he says. But he adds: "Box- manager Jim Hardy is not unrelated from Los Angeles, where he relo- six singles from "Thriller" and his "Can't Slow Down." ing is like a Sunday school picnic to the loss of the morning team. Har- cated the company's headquarters duet with Paul McCartney, "Say Say Jackson first hit the Billboard compared to the sophistication of the dy returned to Tucson, overseeing last year. "I thought about acquiring " barracudas in this business." Say charts in November, 1969 as part of the transfer of the chain's KWFM a station there, but I got cold on the These Between his four singles from "Off the Jackson Five, with "I Want You problems notwithstanding, there to broadcaster Dennis Behan. idea," he explains. "I wanted to be in King, 52, he's The Wall" and the seven from Back." He first charted as a solo act says excited about At the time of the transfer, scheduled L.A. -the ultimate radio market -to working with Michael "Thriller," Jackson has reached the in October, 1971 with "Got To Be Jackson. for March 23, Hardy will leave evaluate the price of admission. But top 10 with his last 11 consecutive There." The Jacksons' first single on Sandusky. $15 million isn't the easiest way to Epic releases. That string of consecu- Epic was "Enjoy Yourself' in No- Brooks, who was based in Dallas spend your money." Nevertheless, he tive top 10 hits has been equalled by vember, 1976. And Jackson's first Diamond Takes at Sandusky's KEGL, last week says that his time spent there made only three artists in the rock era: El- solo single on Epic was "You Can't upped the station's Norman Rau to for "a nice interlude." vis Presley, the Beatles and Pat Win" in February, 1979. Surprising- CBS To Court Boone. ly, it wasn't a success, but it was fol- Top Ten at Keystone te, In all, Jackson has amassed 25 top lowed five months later by "Don't Continued from page 3 Scranton, Pa. In spite of the Only ¡st 10 singles -13 on his own, eight with Stop Till You Get Enough," which pessimistic reports as to record ptbst-by"A the Jackson Five, two with the Jack- reached No. 1. all creative control over his work and production, KEYSTONE ¡stoty of sons and two with Paul McCartney. Jackson also recently set a record CBS must release any album he gives PRINTED SPECIALTIES CO., g¡llboatd's The only other artists in the rock era for most Grammys won in a single them within 45 days unless it has INC. has set new records of to match that top 10 total are Pres- year. He took home technical defects. eight prizes, two production. NEW Top Ten "HotEpatts'. 1p0 S5 more previous The work in question was allegedly ley, Diana Ross and the individual than the record. Hits of 1983 include: 1. delivered on Feb. 6, and Diamond's Colored 2. casctnavea complaint says that CBS has failed to label backdrops, Cassette A t-b' sty make the preparations necessary to Insert Cards, 3. 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WEA 8.98 BLP 14 RCA AFLI -4917 RCA 8.98 BLP 54 82 84 43 EURYTHMICS 54 17 Sweet Dreams Are Made Of 12 9 16 YES 47 Labor Of Love This 90125 A &M SP6-4980 RCA 6.98 RCA AFLI -4681 RCA 8.98 Atco 90125 WEA 9.98 48 46 15 OZZY OSBOURNE (83) 100 4 BON JOVI LENNON/YOKO ONO 13 11 6 JOHN Bark At The Moon Bon Jovi Milk And Honey POL CBS Associated QZ 38987 CBS Mercury 814982-1M1 (Polygram) 8.98 Polydor 817160 -1V -1 (Polygram) POL 8.98 49 45 22 DEBARGE 84 83 52 ALABAMA LAUPER 14 16 13 CYNDI In A Special Way The Closer You Get She's So Unusual 8.98 CLP 18 Gordy 6061GL (Motown) MCA 8.98 BLP 10 RCA AHL1d663 RCA Portrait BFR 38930 (Epic) CBS SO 61 5 DWIGHT TWILLEY 85 74 16 DEBORAH ALLEN 15 15 5 DAN FOGELBERG Jungle Cheat The Night And Walls RCA MHLI -8514 RCA 5.98 CLP II Windows EMI -America ST -17107 CAP 8.98 Full Moon /Epic QE 39004 CBS 51 51 29 MADONNA 86 62 17 RAY PARKER JR. 16 12 20 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Madonna Woman Out 6f Control Uh -Huh Arista AL8-8083 RCA 8.98 BLP 31 Sire 1 -23867 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 BLP 40 Riva RVL 7504 (Polygram) POL 8.98 93 5 SIMPLE MINDS 52 50 18 NIGHT RANGER 87 In The Rain 17 14 18 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES Midnight Madness Sparkle Virgin/A &M SP-6-4981 RCA 6.98 Rock 'N' Soul, Part 1 Camel /MCA 5456 MCA 8.98 RCA CPL1 -4858 RCA 9.98 88 91 17 DAVID SANBORN 53 57 26 BIG COUNTRY 18 18 7 JUDAS PRIEST Backstreet The Crossing BLP 34 Of The Faith Warner Bros. 1 -23906 WEA 8.98 Defenders Mercury 812870-1 (Polygram) POL 8.98 Columbia FC39219 CBS 89 113 27 SHEENA EASTON 13 RE -FLEX (54) 59 Best Kept Secret 19 19 23 MOTLEY CRUE The Politics Of Dancing At The Devil EMI -America ST -17101 CAP 8.98 Shout Capitol ST -12314 CAP 8.98 Elektra 60289 WEA 8.98 90 94 15 IRENE CARA 18 EDDIE MURPHY (SS) 72 What A Feelin' 20 20 21 GENESIS Comedian /Network GHS 4021 (Warner Genesis 22 Geffen Columbia FC -39005 CBS BLP Bros.) WEA 9.98 BLP 59 Atlantic 80116 WEA 9.98 56 85 29 HERBIE HANCOCK 16 BARRY MANILOW 21 17 48 ZZ TOP 91 69 Future Shock Hits - Vol. II Eliminator Greatest Columbia FC 38814 CBS BLP 36 Arista AL8 -8102 RCA 8.98 Warner Bros. 123774 WEA 8.98 57 47 31 AIR SUPPLY 22 6 ALABAMA 92 80 53 U2 22 Greatest Hits War Roll On Arista AL 8 -8024 RCA 8.98 Island 90067 (Atco) WEA 8.98 RCA AHLI -4939 RCA 8.98 CLP 1 (i1T1) QUEEN 93 APRIL WINE 23 16 .38 SPECIAL imm, 23 The Works Animal Grace Tour De Force Capitol ST 12322 8.98 Capitol ST 12311 8.98 A &M SP -4971 RCA 8.98 59 56 19 KENNY ROGERS 94 101 4 WANG CHUNG 24 26 6 ROCKWELL Twenty Greatest Hits Points On The Curve Somebody's Watching Me Liberty LV -51152 CAP 9.98 CLP 35 Geffen GHS 4004 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Motown 6052 ML MCA 8.98 BLP 6 60 65 70 PRINCE 95 81 28 GAP BAND 25 27 33 JEFFREY OSBORNE 1999 Gap Band V- Jammin' Stay With Me Tonight Warner Bros. 1.23720 WEA 10.98 BLP 48 Total Experience TE -1 -3004 AO SP 4940 RCA 8.98 BLP 5 (Polygram) POL 8.98 BLP 29 (t_SL1) 95 2 THE ALARM 26 33 5 CHRISTINE McVIE Delcaration 96 mg* THOMAS DOLBY Christine McVie I.RS. SP-70608 (A &M) RCA 8.98 The Flat Earth

Warner Bros. 1 -25059 WEA 8.98 Capitol ST 12309 8.98 (i2) 64 5 TED NUGENT 27 24 22 THE ROMANTICS Penetrator 97 98 51 JULIO IGLESIAS In Heat Atlantic 80125 WEA 8.98 Julio Nemperor B6Z 3880 (Epic) CBS Columbia FC38640 CBS 63 63 74 LIONEL RICHIE 28 28 25 LINDA RONSTADT Lionel Richie 98 THOMPSON TWINS What's New Motown 6007 ML MCA 8.98 BLP 57 Into The Gap Asylum 60260 (Elektra) WEA 8.98 Arista AL 8 -8200 8.98 64 71 95 JANE FONDA (29) 39 47 SOUNDTRACK Jane Fonda's Workout Record 99 87 76 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Flashdance Columbia CX2 -38054 CBS Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Casablanc 8114921 (Polygram) POL 9.98 MCA MCA 5347 MCA 8.98 65 55 18 PAUL McCARTNEY 30 32 34 MIDNIGHT STAR Pipes Of Peace 100 88 34 ROBERT PLANT No Parking On The Dance Floor Columbia QC -39149 CBS BLP 72 The Principle Of Moments Solar 60241 (Elektra) WEA 8.98 BLP 7 Es Paranza 90101 (Atlantic) WEA 8.98 66 52 17 BARBRA STREISAND 31 29 15 KOOL & THE GANG Yentl 101 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT In The Heart Columbia JS 39152 CBS Ammonia Avenue 0e-Lite DSR -8508 (Polygram) POL 8.98 BLP 9 Arista AL 8 -8204 8.98 67 60 11 REAL LIFE 32 31 22 SOUNDTRACK Heart Land 102 92 38 STEVIE NICKS The Big Chill MCA /Curb 5459 MCA 8.98 The Wild Heart Motown 6062ML (MCA) MCA 8.98 BLP 71 Modern 90084 -1 (Atco) WEA 8.98 68 68 45 GEORGE WINSTON 33 25 48 QUIET RIOT December 103 77 23 PAT BENATAR Metal Health Windham All WH -1025 (A &M) RCA 8.98 Live From Earth Chrysalis FV41444 CBS Pasha /CBS BFZ 38443 CBS 69 66 57 JOURNEY 104 105 57 DURAN DURAN 34 30 59 DEF LEPPARD Frontiers Duran Pyromania Columbia QC 38504 CBS Duran Capitol ST -12158 CAP 8.98 Mercury 8103081 (Polygram) POL 8.98 70 70 48 DAVID BOWIE 105 82 18 BOB DYLAN 41 15 U2 Let's Dance 35 Infidels Under A Blood Red Sky EMI -America ST 17093 CAP 8.98 Columbia QC -38819 CBS Island 90127 (Atco) WEA 8.98

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www.americanradiohistory.com 68 News CAN MERGER SURVIVE? Billboard Software Conference Continued from page 3 Gallup and Market Support Services, FTC Blocks Warner/Poly Plans "I believe the trade inventory glut that over the next two years sales of which plagued us in 1983 will contin- game machines will match 1983 lev- Continued from page 1 The complaint also points out to leading outside economic experts ue throughout 1984," said Ruckert, els. He also noted that game ma- least April 15. Further complicating the court that independent distribu- who reviewed this transaction and "and only the hardiest companies chines "outsold computers three to the question of linkage in implement- tion has been sorely weakened by dis- found it to be pro -competitive." He will survive. Computer software can two in 1983, despite the announce- ing the merger plans abroad is a nil- tribution deals which took Arista, added that the government opinion easily double in 1984." He cited a ment of the end of the video games ing awaited from the European Com- Motown, Chrysalis and A &M out of "fails to recognize the basic problems Gallup projection of an increase in market. People who declare the phe- mission of the European Economic the indie market. facing today's record industry, the 1984 of 40% on the current base of nomenon over, as the New York Community, now expected in June. The memorandum emphasized explosive growth and impact of home seven million installed home Times did three times last year, An unknown factor in the complex Section 7 of the Clayton Act, which taping and other home entertainment computers. might note that seven billion was equation facing architects of the pro- prohibits acquisition "where in any media, and the serious economic "Those new owners will be spent in this 'dead industry'." line of commerce in any section problems plaguing hungry. But here again there are posed merger is the effect of the re- of PolyGram's do- The only solution to the industry's the country, the effect such acqui- mestic troublesome signs of the over- prolif- cent spinoff by Siemens of its all but a of operations." problems, declared Ruckert, "is to sition may be substantially lessen At PolyGram headquarters in eration in product similarity and me- small portion of its financial interest to listen to consumers. Developers are competition or to New York, no one would comment diocrity which characterized the vid- in PolyGram to Philips. The compa- tend to create a not using the computer for what it monopoly." It further on Payson's description of its domes- eo game market. The crashes won't ny was formed years ago as an equal- notes the Su- can really do. We've got to make con- preme Court has held 7 tic operations. It has been speculated be as loud as computer hardware or ly owned enterprise by the two elec- that Section sumers say, 'I want a computer be- is concerned with that, should the merger ultimately video games crashes, since the debt tronics giants to handle their the probability of cause it can make my life better and isn't anywhere near as great, but entertainment industry interests. monopoly, not its certainty. fall through, a way would be sought more enjoyable. In the U.S., the FTC vote was 4 to Warner is the second largest dis- to integrate PolyGram's distribution there will be unpleasant noises soon." 1, with Commission chairman James tributor of prerecorded music in this within the WEA structure under Ruckert, however, did cite more Next week's Billboard will carry a C. Miller III dissenting. FTC sources country, the FTC says, and Poly- some less inclusive arrangement. favorable projections, namely from full report on panel discussions. say that since the vote was in a closed Gram the sixth largest. CBS is the meeting, no written dissent will be largest maker and distributor of re- issued. cords and tapes, with 22% of the `How -To' Video Picture Brightens market The Commission action is seen as last year. CBS officials have Continued from page 1 lease three adult videos -'Party Culberg seconds the point about publicly the toughest antitrust vote in almost stated that if the merger companies who have sizable chil- Games For Adults Only,"'Love the need to aggressively seek out the two years, Charles James, an attor- went through, CBS might also seek dren's libraries-going into Toys 'R' Skills: A Guide To The Pleasures Of market for these tapes. "On alterna- its own merger partners. ney in the FTC's bureau of competi- The FTC Us and the major toy merchant Sex' and 'Nudes In Limbo.' The mar- tive product like this, we don't have a would not tion, says that the merger would ef- say whether CBS or any chains rather than hoping the prod- ket segment there is anyone who is theatrical base," he says. "We don't other record fectively eliminate PolyGram as an company had filed com- uct will sell through home video over a certain age, it's not anyone have newspaper and tv ads or radio ments independent competitor, narrowing against the Warner -PolyGram shops. It's best exposed where people who's over a certain age and has an stations and record companies to merger. the dominant firms in record distri- are shopping for things with which to interest in calligraphy." promote it. We have to try to provide Initial reaction from the industries bution to five. entertain kids." Oliver also notes the importance of exposure for our product on our The FTC in its supportive memo- involved was contentious. Warner of- Other companies are employing target marketing. "We want own." randum points out that if PolyGram ficials said they were "surprised and to be the same tactic with their specialized able to use our distribution network Len Levy, vice president of mar- and Warner merge, the loss of these disappointed" by the action, and programs. Karl Video Corp. is di- that's already in place," she says, keting and sales at Family Home En- two companies will not be replaced WCI general counsel Martin Payson recting its tapes "How to Teach Your "but that may not prove to be the tertainment, says his company also cc by "the entry of new competitors into said, "We are convinced that the Baby To Read" and "Jane Fonda's most realistic way to distribute these has two videos among the 10 being o record distribution. The volume nec- courts will sustain our position con- Workout For Pregnancy, Birth & kinds of programs. So we are current- sold through Walden Books: "Straw- essary to break even in national re- cerning the propriety and legality of Recovery" to gynecologists, materni- ly investigating all forms of alterna- berry Shortcake" and "Thin Thighs --1 cord distribution exceeds $125 mil - the proposed transaction." Poly - ty stores and hospital gift shops. tive distribution." In 30 Days." 00 lion annually. Independent labels do Gram said it "deplored the FTC "We're putting the tapes right Levy predicts that the specializa- enough prerecorded mu- decision." MCA has a wide range of educa- co not produce where the mother -to-be is going to tion in the market will continue. The tional and instructional software, 0) sic to allow them to enter distribution Payson statement said the be," says Court Shannon, Karl Vid- "The base is broadening," he says. .4 FTC action from "Belly Dancing: You Can Do at this scale." "ignores the views of eo's vice president of marketing and "As the number of VCRs has in- It" to "How To Watch Pro Foot- sales. "We also have a computer tape creased, so have the possibilities for ball." Oliver prefers to call this non- Legal Battle coming out that's going to all com- different types of programs other Over Merger fiction programming. "We try not to puter stores, and a 'Casino Gam- than movies." the term 'how to' because that al- bling' tape that we'll market in use Richard Fried, marketing director Drag most ensures a bad sale," she quips. Could On For Years casinos." at Disney Home Video, expects to re- WASHINGTON -The series of is a likelihood, he will then order Shannon concurs that the trend in Paul Culberg, vice president of lease a "Mousercize" program in late procedures that the FTC has set into WCI and PolyGram to respond to educational and instructional soft- marketing at Media Home Entertain- summer or early fall. The company motion by its filing in U.S. District the FTC's complaint. From that in- ware is toward specialization. "We ment in L.A., also sees a rise in "di- also plans to release a three -part se- Court in Los Angeles to prevent the formation, the judge will determine started with 'Jane Fonda's Workout,' rected" programming. The company ries dubbed "Walt Disney Presents Warner Communications Inc. -Poly- the sort of hearing to be held (wheth- which is pretty broad," he says. plans to release two programs featur- Ammal Quiz." Gram merger follows prescribed le- er there will be witnesses, supporting "Then her second program was ing diet and exercise expert Nathan "I see us more involved in educa- gal and governmental guidelines, ac- documents and data, for example). 'Pregnancy, Birth & Recovery,' Pritikin. And he says the company tional and instructional video," Fried cording to an FTC attorney. At that hearing, the judge will de- which is obviously a specified seg- has sold almost 20,000 copies of says. "That's really what Disney's Depending on the findings and deci- cide whether the facts warrant a ment of the market. And now her "Muscle Motion," an exercise tape forte is." sions of the judges involved, it could grant of a preliminary injunction newest release is 'Jane Fonda's featuring the men of Chippendales. PAUL GREIN result in a fairly quick approval or a against WCI and PolyGram. The Workout Challenge,' which is an ad- long and involved court case over the preliminary injunction is in essence a vanced workout. So that's also more merger that could take years to re- summary proceeding, a "little trial," specialized." Dutch Publisher Strengholt solve even before it reaches an ap- according to an attorney. Shannon says Karl is actively look- peals court. The FTC has 20 days from the ing to place its video product in Row With PolyGram Here's the legal breakdown: First, time the temporary restraining order bookstores. He notes that "Jane Fon- Settles the FTC has asked the court for a is granted to file an administrative da's Workout" and "Jane Fonda's By WILLEM HOOS temporary restraining order, which complaint, which embodies the for- Workout Challenge" are among the legal dis- In the original court ruling, hand- simply puts on the brakes and pre- mal government charges. 10 video titles being sold in the 851 - AMSTERDAM-The serves the status quo until the judge store Walden Books chain. Walden is pute in which Dutch publishing ed down Feb. 1 and appealed by Po- If the judge, at the end of the hear- can study the facts and determine if being supplied by Nashville -based In- group Strengtholt obtained a court lyGram, it was stated that - ing, grants the preliminary injunc- if Poly there is a likelihood the government gram Books, a national book and vid- injunction to restrain PolyGram Gram continued with its merger and tion, then the administrative com- has a case. eo distributor. from merging its Dutch record inter- sell -off plans it would have plaint becomes the beginning of the to pay a that "One of the major pushes we're ests with those of Warner Communi- fine of the Dutch guilder If the judge determines there administrative litigation phase. That equivalent making is to break the bookstore cations Inc, and from selling off its of $3.15 million, as well is, in essence, the equivalent of a full as some market," says Shannon, "because so publishing division until Jan. 1, 1990, $31,500 a day for each day it trial in federal district court. defied many of our titles have a direct corre- has been "amicably solved." the court order up to a maximum of The litigation, * PUBLISHERS * with various briefs, lation with a book of the same title. A joint press release issued Tues- 30 days. reply briefs, petitions, reply petitions law firm represents major That's true of all of my Fonda and day (6) by the two companies stresses That injunction prohibited Poly - A major and other legal machinery, be a can Richard Simmons projects, as well as that no details of the settlement will Gram from selling off its interest in recording artists and publishers long, drawn -out affair, FTC lawyers currently interested in expanding videos like 'How To Teach Your be disclosed. But it emphasizes that Intersong- Basart, a joint venture re- say. Such procedures sometimes last their copyright catalogs. If you Baby To Read.' " both sides "feel their mutual desire to cently extended to Dec. 31, 1990. for years. have recorded copyrights gener- Lin Oliver, vice president of pro- continue their business without jeop- Strengholt is a key publishing group ating significant income and might The opinion of the administrative grams for MCA Home Video, notes ardizing those of the other has led to in the Netherlands, with interests in be interested in selling these law judge in litigation can then be ap- that while the trend is toward spe- the solution." It's believed here that books, background music, video, copyrights, please send details on pealed to the FTC commissioners, cialization, it's important that it not no further public comment will be sheet music and merchandising. your catalog and its earnings for and then, if necessary, to the U.S. become too specialized. "All non -fic- made on the matter. From the start, PolyGram has in- the past 5 years to the following Court of Appeals. tion programming is specialized," Strengholt formed a joint venture, sisted that Strengholt was "jumping address (all inquiries will be kept If the judge does not side with the she says, "but that doesn't mean 50/50 music publishing company, the gun" by seeking the court in strictest confidence: FTC in the litigation, the Commis- you're targeting at the person who Intersong Basart, with PolyGram in injunction. sion, according to a lawyer, can "pro- collects butterflies in Omaha. We're 1969. The company brought its legal Whether any kind of financial set- PUBLISHING ceed along another route," by "undo- trying to find the broadest audience action (Billboard, Feb. 18) because tlement is part of the "amicable solu- ACQUISITIONS ing the transaction [the merger] by segments within the notion of spe- its management believed that its mu- tion" is not known, but it seems more 2049 Century Park East requiring the parties to divest." WCI cialized programming. sic publishing activities could be ad- likely that the two companies have Suite 2350 and PolyGram can fight the Com- "That's one reason we've been in- versely affected by the merger and by come to a longterm agreement about Los Angeles, California 90067 mission on that front as well. terested in exploring some adult pro- the proposed sale of the Chappell/In- the continuing future of the joint BILL HOLLAND gramming. Later in the year we'll re- tersong publishing empire. venture.

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Compiled from national retail stores Popu- Suggested LPs &TAPE . and one -stops by the Music Suggested of this publication may larity Chart Dept. of Billboard. List c Copyrigt 1984 Billboard Publications. Inc. No part List Y x in any form or byany W Prices be rep ode ed. stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, Prices means, ele ionic mechanical. photocopying, recording. or otherwise war out LP, ARTIST LP, ARTIST Black LP Black LP the prior tten permission of the publisher. rA RIRA Cassettes. Country LP Title RIAA Cassettes, Title Country LP Track Chart Track á Label, No. (Dist. Label) Dist. Co Symbols 8 Suggested Ñ Label, No. (Dist. Label) Dist Co Srnibols 8 Chart List 169 148 58 THE POLICE Prices 137 141 132 VAN HALEN Van Halen Outlandous D'Amour P, RCA 8.98 ARTIST L Brick LP Warner Bros. BSK 3075 WEA 8.98 A &M SP.4753 Title RIAA Cassettes, Country LP 41 MAIDEN 182 3 GEORGE STRAIT Label, No. (Dist. Label) Dist. Co Symbols, 8 Track Chart 138 128 IRON Piece of Mind Right Or Wrong MCA 8.98 CLP 2 Capitol ST 12274 CAP 8.98 MCA 5450 C06) 112 4 PIECES OF A DREAM 139 143 138 THE BEATLES (171) 177 2 THE EVERLY BROTHERS Imagine This Concert 8.98 BLP 28 The Beatles (White Album) Reunion Elektra 60270 -1 WEA IND 8.98 Capitol SWBO -101 CAP 14.98 Passport PB 11001 Uem) 15 ADAM ANT 107 89 176 60 GENESIS Strip 140 129 23 THE MOTELS 172 Abacab Epic FE 39108 CBS Little Robbers Atlantic 19313 WEA 8.98 Capitol ST -12288 CAP 8.98 108 114 94 DURAN DURAN 5 MALCOLM McLAREN Rio 141 123 17 WILLIE NELSON 173 175 D'Ya Like Scratchin' Capitol ST -12211 CAP 8.98 Without A Song Island 90124 (Alcor WEA 8.98 Columbia FC 39110 CBS CLP 3 109 103 18 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT ELVIS PRESLEY The Best Of The Alan Parsons 142 ROGER DALTRY (174) comi First Live Recordings Project Parting Should Be Painless Elvis: The The Music Works PB3601 (temm 6.98 Arista AL8 -8193 RCA 9.98 Atlantic 80128 8.98 110 97 47 RICK SPRINGFIELD 168 18 MODERN ENGLISH 180 2 JASON AND THE SCORCHERS Living In Oz After The Snow Ferver EMI -America SO -19008 CAP 8.98 RCA AFLI -4660 RCA 8.98 Sire 1-23821 (Warner Bros., WEA 8.98 111 102 39 THE TALKING HEADS 144 150 110 THE BEATLES 176 130 38 LOVERBOY Speaking In Tongues Abbey Road Keep It Up QC38703 CBS Sire 1- 238831Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Capitol 50383 CAP 8.98 Columbia 112 96 43 THE FIXX 145 145 4 XTC 177 152 48 EDDIE MURPHY Reach The Beach Mummer Eddie Murphy CBS MCA 5419 MCA 8.98 Geffen GHS 4027 (Warner Bros WEA 8.98 Columbia FC 38180

113 109 10 JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO 165 20 THE BEATLES 178 101 28 STRAY CATS Heartplay 20 Greatest Hits Rant 'N' Rave With The Stray POL 8.98 Polydor 817238 -1Y1 (Polygram) Capitol SV 12245 CAP 9.98 Cats EMFAmerica 50.11102 CAP 8.98 114 116 74 JOHN COUGAR 147 174 2 MENUDO American Fool Reaching Out 190 18 ATLANTIC STARR Riva RVL7501 (Polygram) POL 8.98 RCA AFLI -4993 RCA 8.98 Yours Forever ACM -4948 RCA 8.98 BLP 25 106 ALABAMA SP 115 118 LAURIE ANDERSON Mountain Music Mister Heartbreak 180 154 11 ALCATRAll RCA AFLI -4229 RCA 8.98 CLP 52 No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll Warner Bros. 1 -25017 8.98 MCA 8.98 116 117 32 PEABO BRYSON /ROBERTA Rocshire XR -22016 FLACK 149 DAVID GILMORE About Face 181 188 57 BRYAN ADAMS Born To Love Cuts Like A Knife CAP 8.98 BLP 33 Columbia FC39296 Capitol ST -12284 A &M SP- 6-4919 RCA 8.98 BEAT 150 138 46 MEN AT WORK 117 99 14 THE ENGLISH 182 184 2 LAURA NYRO What Is Beat Cargo Columbia QC 38660 CBS Mother's Spiritual I.R.S. SP -70040 (A &M) RCA 8.98 Columbia FC 39215 CBS 118 106 13 EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING GOLDEN EARRING 3) 189 54 PHIL COLLINS Face To Face N.E.W.S. (18 -1 Records) 8.98 Hello, I Must Be Going RCA AFLI -4725 RCA 8.98 BLP 24 Polygram T1 -9008 (21 Atlantic 80035 WEA 8.98 119 108 11 GEORGE CLINTON 152 144 25 THE ALARM 184 191 511 PINK FLOYD You Shouldn't - Nuf Bit Fish The Alarm 5.98 Dark Side Of The Moon Capitol ST -12308 CAP 8.98 BLP 23 I.R.S. SP-70504 (A &M) RCA Harvest SMAS 1163 (Capitol) CAP 8.98 120 90 29 CHRISTOPHER CROSS 153 134 16 EARTH, WIND, & FIRE Another Page Electric Universe (1-13-5) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC CBS BLP 41 1=111 In 3 -D Warner Bros. 1 -23757 WEA 8.98 Columbia QC 38980 Rock 'N' Roll BFZ -39221 (Scott' 121 107 17 ANGELA BOFILL 154 156 90 MEN AT WORK Bros. /Epic) 8.98 Teaser Business As Usual THE BEATLES Arista AIS -8198 RCA 8.98 BLP 38 Columbia ARC 37978 CBS 186 178 85 Magical Mystery Tour 122 110 29 RUFUS AND CHAKA KHAN 155 160 4 STEVE ARRINGTON'S HALL OF Capitol SMAL -2835 CAP 8.98 Live -Stompin' At The Savoy FAME 120 9 HEADPINS Warner Bros. 1 -23679 WEA 11.98 BLP 47 Positive Power 187 Of Atlantic 80127 WEA 8.98 BLP 42 Line Fire (123) MADNESS Solid Gold/MCA 9031 MCA 8.98 =El Keep Moving 156 158 66 BILLY IDOL Geffen GHS -4022 8.98 Billy Idol 188 126 9 JOAN ARMATRADING Track Record Chrysalis EV 41377 CBS 124 133 31 JACKSON BROWNE A &M SP -4987 RCA 8.98 Lawyers In Love (157) 162 5 WIRE TRAIN WEA 8.98 HAGEN Asylum 60268 (Elektra) In A Chamber 189 151 8 NINA Fearless Columbia BFC 38998 CBS 125 119 101 THE POLICE Columbia BFC 39214 CBS Ghost In The Machine 158 115 14 ABC SP -3730 RCA 8.98 LEPPARD ACM Beauty Stab 190 137 106 DEF High & Dry DENNIS EDWARDS Mercury 814661 -1 (Polygram) POL 8.98 (126) 146 3 Mercury SRM -1 -4021 (Polygram) POL 8.98 Don't Look Any Further 159 161 164 THE BEATLES Gordy 6057GL (Motown) MCA 8.98 BLP 18 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts 191 186 18 SHADOWFAX Shadowdance 156 ALABAMA Club Band 127 121 Windham Hill WH -1029 (A &M) RCA 9.98 Feels So Right Capitol SMAS -2653 CAP 8.98 RCA AHLI -3930 RCA 8.98 CLP 53 192 167 177 KENNY ROGERS 160 111 35 SPANDAU BALLET Greatest Hits 128 122 29 NEW EDITION True Liberty 1001072 CAP 8.98 CLP 72 Candy Girl Chrysalis BOA -41403 CBS Streetwise SWRL 3301 IND &98 BLP 37 193 197 24 JIMMY BUFFETT 161 153 97 THE POLICE Particular Harbour 129 147 145 THE POLICE Regatta De Blanc One MCA 5447 MCA 8.98 CLP 63 Zenyatta Mondatta ACM SP -4792 RCA 8.98 A &M 5P -3720 RCA 8.98 162 135 33 BILLY IDOL 194 155 53 ROBERT PLANT 130 132 53 VAN HALEN Don't Stop Pictures At Eleven Esparanza 8512 (Atlantic) WEA 8.98 Diver Down Chrysalis PV 44000 CES Warner Bros: BSK 3671 WEA 8.98 CAMEO 195 159 137 JOURNEY 131 125 19 RODNEY DANGERFIELD She's Strange Escape TC CBS Rappin' Rodney Polygram 814-984 -1 (Atlanta Artists) 8.98 Columbia 37408 RCA AFLI -4869 RCA 8.98 BARBRA STREISAND 196 163 20 THE DOORS 132 127 17 TEENA MARIE Memories Alive, She Cried WEA 8.98 Robbery Columbia TC 37678 CBS Elektra 60269 Epic FE 38882 CBS BLP 19 JOHNNY MATHIS 197 157 22 JENNIFER HOLLIDAY 133 140 164 THE BEATLES A Special Part Of Me Feel My Soul 8.98 BLP 49 Beatles 67 -70 Columbia FC38718 CBS Geffen GHS 4014 (Warner Bros.) WEA Capitol SKBO-3404 CAP 14.98 LET'S ACTIVE 198 164 18 PAUL SIMON NICKS 134 136 136 STEVIE Afoot Hearts & Bones Bella Donna 1 WEA 8.98 I.R.S. SP -70505 (A &M) RCA 5.98 Warner Bros. -23942 Modern Records MR 38139 (Alto) WEA 6.98 199 181 4 THE CURE 142 7 CON FUNK SHUN Fever Japanese Whispers KC Ten Bros.) WEA 8.98 Mercury 814447 -1 (Polygram) POL 8.98 BLP 30 Sire 1-25076 (Warner Meca 8301 (Alpha) IND 8.98 DREAMBOY 200 183 18 THE CARPENTERS 136 139 160 THE BEATLES Voice Of The Heart Beatles 1962 -66 Dreamboy WFA it 98 A &M SP-4954 RCA 8.98 Capitol SKBO-3403 CAP 14.98 Warner Bros. 1 -23988

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www.americanradiohistory.com 70 News FILM, TV, TOUR, ADS Insidelrock $8 Mil Deal Links Sound Video Unlimited's Noel Gimbel quietly opened senior vice president of marketing Dick Sherman. Harris his seventh video stocking branch in Milpitas, Calif., a is managed by Dee Bratlinger, who left a top executive northeastern Bay Area suburb, and hired industry admin- production post with Pierre Cossette, to open the man- Lionel Richie, Pepsi istrative guru Sol Zamek to buttress his Sun Valley, Calif. agement office with Harris' dad, Bill. Harris is due for a holdings. Zamek is remembered as a force behind Sid Tal- one-man show at Carnegie Hall in about five weeks By LEO SACKS madge's Record Merchandising and Sam Billis' Show In- ... Joe Graves is fronting the new Harry James "ghost" NEW YORK -Lionel Richie is that the chances are "excellent" that dustries. He came out of retirement to handle the assign- orchestra, as Track predicted last fall. Frank "Pee Wee" preparing to make the Pepsi chal- Bob Giraldi will direct the ment. Gimbel vigorously denies the rumor that he and Monte is managing the new aggregation. lenge work in his favor. The Motown commercial. Dave Handleman are talking merger. Handleman did not Churches and temples as venues for musical attractions return calls inquiring singer and the soft drink maker have Pepsi's involvement with Richie about the gossip. got a boost last week when the California Board of Equal- Indie Innovation: Certain 12-inch dance labels have be- joined hands to produce a movie, a and the Jacksons reflects a major ization ruled Rev. Robert Schuler's Crystal Cathedral in gun selling certain key one -stops as house accounts, per- television special, a concert tour and "strategic" direction, according to Orange County must pay about half of the original turbing distributors who normally serve the plum ac- $473,185 levied a series of commercials under the Coleman. "It's more than a means to tax assessment for money -making activi- counts. Labels counter that they require steady cash flow. terms of a two -year pact that could differentiate themselves from their ties including concerts for paying customers. They feel that by spreading accounts receivable over a be worth as much as $8 million, ac- competitors," he says. "It's the belief Football Music: All 18 USFL teams are eyeing the Los larger number of accounts, they can perk cash payments cording to a source close to the that music a lifestyle what's Angeles Express' experiment to combine live concerts -as -is Track found the former Diamonds bass singer Bill negotiations. most important to teens and young ... with their games, Track is tipped by Chuck DeKeado, the Reed, who is managing Bob Wilder's Juke Box Music The deal is "comprehensive and adults." team's marketing major domo. The Expresss drew more pervasive," says Pepsi Cola president One -Stop in Miami . .. Bill Valenzuela of Allegiance than 33,000 for its with Coleman, noting the imminent an- opening encounter a combination Roger Enrico, who describes the pact Records has picked up the budding hit, "Sexy Lady" by of Wayne Newton prior to the game and Broth- nouncement of a tour sponsor for the Gatlin as "a wonderful marriage." While the Numonics on Hodisk Records, a Southern California ers after the game. The second game Rod Stewart, says he is convinced sans entertainment mum on the cost, he quips, "Lionel is diskery. drew about 12,000. DeKeado is lining four that corporations are now "an inte- up more gigs smiling a lot." A Hollywood industry landmark bit the dust when the including a country music melange May 20 in conjunction gral part" of the music business. Ex- The value of the contract is said to venerated Wallichs' Music City building at Sunset and with Tommy Thomas of the Palomino Club. Two dates, cept for Bruce Springsteen, he says surpass the $5 million paid by Pepsi Vine was demolished last week by the wreckers' ball. A April 14 and May 5, are Saturday nights with concerts to he is hard -pressed to think of an art- to the Jacksons for a tour and televi- pioneer retailer in point-of- purchase and self service, it start at 8:30 p.m. For March 25, DeKeado has locked up ist who would turn down a corporate sion tie -in through 1984. The Jack - was operated by the late Glenn Wallichs and managed by a vintage package of Chuck Berry, the Coasters and Fred- sponsor for a tour, although he ac- sons' deal, with "little add -ons," is his brother, Clyde ... Though Cook United will close 41 die Cannon. DeKeado says the Birmingham team kicked knowledges that personal endorse- worth about $5.5 million, according of its 94 Midwestern discount stores, Stu Schaeffer of the off with Alabama as their attraction, but has not followed ments are "another matter entirely." to Jay Coleman, who designed and Handleman Co., which racked the chain, says the racker through with other stars. Five ago, he continues, most does not expect significant returns negotiated both agreements for his years in light of Cook's plan Say Again? A video retailer trade group not opposed to artists perceived of corporate tie-ins to offer clearance sale prices in the outlets it's Rockbill company here. closing and First Sale? Right. But the Video Retailers Assn. of Calif. as a "detriment" to their careers. transfer remaining inventory to remaining locations. Richie's pact with Pepsi calls for is not in favor of the controversial proposed video rental Now, he says, Michael in- Handleman acquired the company to sponsor a three - Jackson's the Cook account last fall, and amendment either. Right now, VRAC prexy Roger Wad- volvement in the making of the Pepsi Schaeffer says the chain paid month concert tour beginning in according to terms. ley, an Auburn, Calif. dealer, is exploring all sides. VRAC commercials demonstrates that a per- SSS International prexy Shelby Singleton and Dave May and a foreign jaunt sometime in is also leading a fight in California to change the sales tax former can pact with a corporation Dudley spending a week in Germany 1985. The soft drink firm also plans and Luxembourg regulations on rental. Coincidentally, there is a bill pend- have "tremendous creative working radio, tv press to fund a network television special and still and on behalf of Dudley's emerg- ing before the California legislature which would omit the input." ing hit, "I Wish I Could Sprechen and a theatrical film for Richie. The Sie Deutsch." Single- sales tax on videocassette rental as it applies to public li- singer will appear in an unspecified ton produced the single especially for Bellaphon, his Ger- The Jacksons' two Pepsi commer- brary rentals in the state . .. Tony Raine of Rock Apple man number of Pepsi commercials, ac- cials, which premiered on the Feb. 28 affiliate. Singleton is also preparing an exclusively Tours, Lexington, Mass., alerts us to his most prestigious cassette release of 20 compilation albums, each cording to Coleman, although he's Grammy Awards telecast, received containing effort yet, a 12-day tour of sites made famous in the Bea- unsure of the timetable for a national $3 million worth of free air time prior 15 songs, from the Sun and Plantation catalogs ... Danny tles' career, ranging from Liverpool to London to Ham- Goldberg, 20th Century-Fox soundtrack rollout because the first spot is still to the show, says Coleman, because consultant, burg. The tour begins Aug. 22 and ends Sept. 2, with inked Epic's Eddy Grant being conceptualized. Coleman adds they were treated "like news stories." to compose and perform the title prices ranging from $986 to $1,136. song from "Romancing The Stone," a Michael Douglas New York State Sen. Roy Goodman's antipiracy bill film due March 30. The single on Epic issues March 20 ... Moms Diamond rapping the soundtrack from "Running has passed the legislature and gone to Gov. Mario Cuomo NARM Confab To Look last June, U.S. dis- Brave," a film based on the career of Olympic runner Bil- for signing. The bill, introduced allows ly Mills starring Robby Benson due in May. Mike Post tributors of foreign -owned recordings to testify against Closely At CD Progress did the music. record pirates. New York State law currently limits testi- mony in piracy cases to owners. A spokesman for Good - RCA joined prior ukases from MCA, WEA and CBS in NEW YORK -The message of groups, and a final session for inde- man's office said the Governor would have to sign or veto announcing last week that albums returned would be Compact Disc will echo through the pendent distributors. the bill by Tuesday (13). credited on the basis of prices and discounts proffered by National Assn. of Recording Mer- Sample CD retailer environments, the firm Expect Motown Records Dave Martin's replacement as program director of chandisers (NARM) convention next together with a selection of promo- ... to announce that "Star Search" male vocalist winner Sam Harris has inked Bonneville's WCLR Chicago has been named. Lee week, with a series of special semi- tional aids, display fixtures and con- a pact. Harris, who won over a 12 -week period on the syn- DeYoung returns to the Windy City, where he once nars and displays scheduled to focus tinuous system demonstration, will dicated show, was brought in the Gordy fold by Bonnie jocked at WBBM -FM, from Grand Rapids, where he was on the new technology. be featured at two poolside suites at Frederics, who left the label recently along with her boss, PD of WCUZ. Emiel Petrone, a senior vice presi- the Diplomat Hotel, scene of the Edited by JOHN SIPPEL dent of PolyGram Records and Florida conclave. chairman of the Compact Disc Record manufacturer executives Group (CDG), will provide attendees who will participate in the presenta- Paramount Dominates with an overview of progress to date tions include Petrone and John Video Shack Awards at the opening plenary business ses- Harper of PolyGram, Jerry Shulman NEW YORK-Paramount Home 'Thriller,' " which hit number 11 de- (Paramount Home Video); "An Offi- of CBS, Alan Perper of WEA, Jack sion, Saturday, March 24. That same Video dominated the prerecorded spite the fact that its release came cer And A Gentleman" (Paramount following Renner of Telarc and Larry Rosen of day and the Sunday will see videocassette category of Video very late in 1983. Home Video); "Flashdance," (Para- GRP Records. John Briesch of Sony, a number of round -robin product Shack's second annual Consumers' Here's the full listing of the Video mount Home Video); "Poltergeist" Harlan Lippincott of NAP (Magna- presentations tailored specially for Choice Awards, with four of the top Shack victors: (MGM /UA Home Video); "48 vox) and Bob Heiblim of Denon will one -stops, rackjobbers and retailers. five cassettes coming from the com- Best selling videocassettes, in or- Hours" (Paramount Home Video); will be among the hardware manufactur- Separate presentations also be in- pany. Paramount also managed to der: "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" "Superman II" (Warner Home Vid- er participants. Representing the tegrated into major label sessions, as rule the top ranges of the CED and (Paramount Home Video); "Jane eo); "First Blood" (RCA Selectavi- merchandising side will be NARM well as indie label meetings. laser videodisk categories, racking up Fonda's Workout" (Karl Video); sion); "Rocky III" (CBS/Fox Vid- The CDG will mount five market- members Sam Ginsberg of Music four of the five top sellers in each of " Flashdance" (Paramount Home eo); "Wargames" (CBS/Fox Video); ing Plus, Harold Okinow of Lieberman presentations, kicking the series these as well. Video); "48 Hours" (Paramount "Blade Runner" (Embassy Home Enterprises, Lee Cohen off with one for one -stops on Sunday, of Licorice Home Video); "Blade Runner" (Em- Entertainment). Pizza and Jon Shulman The Consumers' Choice Awards to be followed the next day by one for of Laury's. bassy Home Entertainment); "Road rackjobbers, two for different retailer IS HOROWITZ measure sales of a title only. They are Best selling laser videodisks, in or- given out by Video Shack, the New Warrior" (Warner Home Video); der: "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" York area's largest home video retail- "Rocky III" (CBS /Fox Video); "Star (Paramount Home Video); "48 RCA Honors Ethel er, and one of the most sale -oriented Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan" (Para- Hours" (Paramount Home Video); Gabriel video operations around. mount Home Video); "First Blood" " Flashdance" (Paramount Home NEW YORK -More in tribute and friends of Gabriel heard Lorene (Thorn EMI Video); "Making Mi- Even while Paramount was taking Video); "Star Wars" (CBS/Fox Vid- than in acknowledgement of her re- Lortie, manager of RCA & A chael Jackson's 'Thriller' " (Vestron &M over the top slots, interesting titles eo); "An Officer And A Gentleman" tirement after 43 years with the corn - scheduling, comment, "Look at the Video); "Gandhi" (RCA/Columbia crept into the middle of the list. Vid- (Paramount Home Video); "Super- pany, RCA Records hosted a party record while we continue to listen to Pictures Home Video); "Singin' In eo Shack measures sales of the 6,980 man II" (Warner Home Video); in its Studio A here Tuesday (6) for the record." The Rain" (MGM/UA Home Vid- titles it offers. Several of the pro- "The Wizard Of Oz" (MGM/UA Ethel Gabriel. That record of achievement in- s Choice" (CBS grams that came up winners this year eo); "Sophie /Fox Home Video); "Apocalypse Now" cludes Gabriel's production of 2,500 Video); "Duran Duran: Girls On Gabriel, regarded as pop music's were on the lists last year as well, (Paramount Home Video); "Blade albums over the years and a 20 Film Like The Wolf' (Sony first woman producer, officially left -year with "Rocky III" (number eight), /Hungry Runner" (Embassy Home Entertain- role as mastermind of RCA's suc- Video 45s); "Star Wars" (CBS/Fox her post as an a &r director at the la- "Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan" ment); "Rocky III" (CBS/Fox cessful economy line, Camden (the Video); "The Boat" (RCA /Colum- bel on Feb. 1, although she will, as an (number nine) and "Star Wars" Video). No. 1 line in 10 out of 12 years in bia Pictures Home Video); "Thun- independent (number 16) making repeat appear- contractor, continue to which the category was active at derball" (CBS/Fox Video); "Creep - Best selling adult videocassettes, in produce ances. recordings for RCA. NARM). In addition, she's won sev- show" (Warner Home Video); order: "The Erotic World Of Angel At the fete, at which her recording eral Grammys, most recently as co- Of the top 20 selling video- "Funny Girl" (RCA /Columbia Pic- Cash" (Video- X -Pix); "Roommates" efforts were played and photos of her producer of the three- volume set, cassettes, only two were made -fors: tures Home Video). (Video-X -Pix); "Taboo II" (VCX); childhood and career displayed, hun- "The Dorsey /Sinatra Sessions." "Jane Fonda's Workout," at number Best selling CED videodisks, in or- "All American Girls" (Cabellero); dreds of RCA Records employees IRV LICHTMAN two, and "Making Michael Jackson's der: "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" "Inside Seka" (Video-X -Pix). www.americanradiohistory.com QUIET RIOT! THE SUCCESS STORY OF 1983 If NOW THE SUCCESS STORYOF 1984! Over five million albums sold to date...with two million of those sales in 1984! The 1983 gold single, "Cum On Feel The Noize "! The 1984 smash, "Bang Your Head (Metal Health) "! Never before have so few, so new, made this much noise! Quiet Riot. "Metal Health" The most successful heavy metal debut album of all time. On Pasha Records and Cassettes. A CBS ASSOCIATED LABEL. rntNERN`ANA stnbuted b CBS Records. 19 = f Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha. Management: Warren Entner Management. Engineered by Duane Baron. www.americanradiohistory.com F,RE To rNRO "

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