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- 3 $ just taped four segments of “Good Morning, America" at ABC in New York, as a guest DJ on WHN for an hour. Mel Tillis & The Statesiders open November Center Stage in Milwaukee for three days. McCall recently completed a song entitled “Sing Silent Night, " tor the annual Fire-

: >a Christmas . Other artists included in this LP are: Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, ierle Haggard, Dinah Shore, Freddy Fender and Donna Fargo. This Christmas album will Weeks Weeks' soon be available at all Firestone stores. On On ‘Modulatin' With McCall" is a four minute, five day a week, NBC network show narrated 11/6 Chart 11/6 Chart by C. W. and sponsored by Midland C.B. Radios. The show’s designed to inform, as well as entertain, the listener, whether he or she owns a C.B. or not. Some of the many subjects to HERE’S SOME LOVE G7) COUNTRY CLASS ©TANYA TUCKER (MCA 2213) 2 19 be covered will be: equipment, FCC rules and regulations and interviews with per- (Mercury SRM 1-1109) sonalities, truckers, four wheelers, etc. Written and produced by Jerry Smithers of Sound DAVE & SUGAR ©(RCA APL 1-1818) 5 11 28 THE BEST OF JOHNNY Recorders for the NBC radio network, the show made its debut October 4th. 3 EL PASO CITY DUNCAN Williams is in Nashville these days wrapping his seventh for Don busy up LP ABC/Dot. MARTY ROBBINS (Col. KC 34303) 3 10 (Columbia KC 34243) 24 17 Fie says it’s all new material and that he wrote half the songs for this first album release set l>9) 4 ALL I CAN DO HOMEMADE LOVE for the new year. Don is also taping television spots in Music City for distribution in Europe, DOLLY PARTON (RCA APL 1-1665) 4 11 TOM BRESH (Farr FL 1000) 35 5 where his popularity has soared since his recent concert tour there. 5 HASTEN DOWN THE WIND 30 ALL THESE THINGS LINDA JOE STAMPLEY (ABC/Dot DOSD 2059) 22 18 Mel Tillis has delegated the job of producing his MCA hits to Jimmy Bowen. The pair RONSTADT (Asylum 7E-1067) 1 10 TEXAS COOKIN’ have just completed studio time on Mel’s second LP for the label, and it will be his first THE TROUBLEMAKER dm ©WILLIE NELSON (Columbia KC 34112) 11 6 GUY CLARK (RCA APL 1-1944) 41 3 release in the new year. 7 PEANUTS AND DIAMONDS 32 SURREAL THING Roy Clark will guest on the Christmas Special for CBS, which taped BILLY ANDERSON (MCA 2222) 8 8 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON November 1-2 in Nashville. (Monument PZ 34252) 13 11 8 CRYSTAL A national Dave & Sugar “Sugar Bowl” promotion has been launched by RCA Records in CRYSTAL GAYLE 33 FOURTEEN GREATEST conjunction with the trio’s latest album, “Dave & Sugar." The sales manager who does the (United Artists UA LA 614G) 6 12 HITS JR. best overall branch promotion will win a trip to New Orleans for three days to see the Sugar 1YOU AND ME (MGM MG 1-5020) 21 12 '“—''TAMMY WYNETTE (Epic KE 34289) 16 5 Bowl game. The promotion is a guessing game for customers — how many sugar cubes 10 DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH £4) HERE I AM DRUNK AGAIN are contained in a display glass jar? — with branch managers setting up window and in- MOE BANDY (Columbia KC 34285) — 1 JESSI COLTER (Capitol ST 11543) 9 13 store displays with their store accounts. RCA Record's Dave and Sugar posters and 11 GOLDEN RING 35 CHARLIE RICH GREATEST mobiles are available, and are being distributed to retail accounts. GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE HITS Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville is in operation with its second Ampex 24-track (Epic KE 34291) 10 12 (Epic PE 34240) 20 20 recorder. Norm Anderson, manager of Columbia Studios, announced the need for this ex- REFLECTING 36 THE BEST OF MEL TILLIS © JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ (MGM 1-5021) 36 15 pansion as necessary to meet the demand for 24-track use in Nashville. Custom business (Mercury SRM 1-1110) 25 3 37 GILLEY’S SMOKIN’ represents close to half of the studios’ recording and mastering business. Better than 30% 13 24 GREATEST HITS (Playboy PB 415) of the current Top 100 country singles were recorded and/or mastered at the Columbia HANK WILLIAMS SR. (MGM SE 4755) 12 9 — 1 Recording Studios in Nashville. Anderson said, “We don’t count them every week, but 14 SPIRIT 38 HARMONY when we do, there are usually 25 to 35 songs on the chart that were recorded or mastered JOHN DENVER (RCA APL 1-1694) 7 9 DON WILLIAMS (ABC/Dot DOSD 2049) 38 28 here in our studios." The artists and their labels include: Buck Owens and Donna Fargo, 15 ARE YOU READY FOR THE g?)THE BEST OF CHARLEY ^ PRIDE VOL. Ill Warner Brothers: Faron Young, Mercury: Billy Mize, Zodiac and Rex Allen Jr., Warner COUNTRY WAYLON JENNINGS (RCA APL 1-1816) CHARLEY PRIDE (RCA APL 1-2023) Brothers: as well as CBS artists including Marty Robbins, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, 15 19 IF YOU’RE EVER IN TEXAS THE WINNER AND OTHER Joe Stampley, Johnny Duncan and Charlie Rich. Half of the chart records were from CBS © ©FREDDY FENDER (ABC/Dot LOSERS in artists and half were from custom business the studios. DOSD 2061) 26 5 BOBBY BARE (RCA APL 1-1786) Manager Stan Plesser of Good Karma Productions in Kansas City is working with A&M 17 MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH (T)tON»TE! AT THE CAPRI executives regarding a series of “dollar concerts” to be held in conjunction with radio sta- TRAINS ^LOUNGE tions across the nation. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils would headline these shows, with MERLE HAGGARD (Columbia MARY KAY PLACE ST 11544) 14 16 (Columbia PC 34353) Joan Armatrading the special guest act. Idea is to introduce these acts in new markets at 18 20-20 VISION 42 AFTERNOON DELIGHT low admission prices. The Daredevils have a hit album out now in “Men From Earth.” RONNIE MILSAP (RCA APL 1-1666) 18 25 JOHNNY CARVER (ABC/Dot A giveaway radio promotion will begin soon which will offer “Super Kicker” toys as prizes SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE DOSD 2042) 27 6 to listeners in many major markets. The promotion, of course, is linked to the success of ©LORETTA LYNN (MCA 2228) 30 4 43 WHEELIN’ AND DEALIN’ Bobby Bare’s current hit single, "Drop Kick Me, Jesus. 20 UNITED TALENT ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (Capitol ST 11546) 34 13 Watch for little yellow cards promoting Vernon Oxford’s single, “Clean Your Own LORETTA LYNN & CONWAY TWITTY (MCA 2209) 19 20 44 LOVIN’ SOMEBODY Tables.” The cards will be shipped to radio stations, one stops, etc. Read the instructions THE MAGNIFICENT MUSIC LA COSTA (Capitol ST 11569) — 1 on the cards very carefully, and follow them . . . then the cards will become sponges. It’s © MACHINE 45 DOIN’ WHAT I FEEL just pure magic. TOM T. HALL (Mercury SRM 1-11111) 29 4 NARVEL FELTS (ABC/Dot DOSD 2065) — 1 Orender’s single, “If You Want To Feel At Home,” was Newcomer DeWayne Make Me 22 TEDDY BEAR 46 EDDY produced by fellow RCAer Danny Davis. RED SOVINE (Starday SD 968X) 17 18 EDDY ARNOLD (RCA APL 1-1817) 40 10 Jim Ed Brown has just completed television spots for the Dollar General Stores. The ALONE AGAIN 47 RIDIN’ HIGH REX ALLEN. JR. (WB BS 2958) 32 9 spots should start to run immediately, with total exposure covering 22 states. ©GEORGE JONES (Epic KE 34290) 31 3 The RCA promotion which ran in many major markets and gave calculators as prizes ^SOLITARY MAN 48 THE OUTLAWS V -/T.G. SHEPPARD (Hitsville H6 40451) 33 3 WAYLON JENNINGS/WILLIE NELSON was one of the best received promotions of the year in most markets where it was aired. JESSI COLTER/TOMPALL GLASER 25 THAT LOOK IN HER EYES Ways to win varied, but some consisted of just being able to say 9,999,999 Tears without (RCA APL 1-1321) 48 42 FREDDIE HART & THE HEARTBEATS

mistakes . . . within seconds. Try it. any and 5 (Capitol ST 11568) 28 6 49 KEEPING IN TOUCH The University of New Mexico brought to its campus for the first time with 26 TURN ON TO TOMMY ANNE MURRAY (Capitol ST 11559) 49 2 the appearances of R.W. and Donna Blackwood, the Blackwood Rhythm Band and Hank OVERSTREET 50 JUST LIKE YOU Williams Jr. These country entertainers appeared there October 30th. (ABC/Dot DOSD 2056) 23 7 LINDA HARGROVE (Capitol ST 11564) 50 2 Barbara Allen and her Lady Luck all-woman band are set for a tour at an men-only series of military bases in Greenland. Kelly Leroux is preparing to send out candy heart lollipops to all the country disk jockeys for her new Scorpion single, “Love And Lollipops.” of After the Roy Clark has been named guitarist the year by Guitar Magazine. taping I Can’t Believe She Gives it AH To Rooster Hill Johnny Cash Christmas Show in Nashville November 1 and 2, Roy headed for Vegas to Me Dave Dudley (UA) headline the Frontier Hotel November 4 through 24. Conway Twitty (MCA) She Taught Me How To Live Again Jimmy Dean is in Los Angeles for the guest lead in Quinn Martin’s “The City,” a 90 Are You Ready For The Country Bobby Goldsboro (UA) minute on-the-air pilot. Waylon Jennings (RCA) She’s My Woman Capitol recording artist Ray Griff will fly to Vancouver November 22 to make his seventh Saying Hello Jim Chestnut (ABC/Hickory) appearance on The New Alan Hamel Show, produced by Craig Tennis. After filming the Brown & Cornelius (RCA) You’re Wondering Why Alan Hamel Show, Ray will start off on an eleven-day tour with The Merle Haggard Show, Come On Home Hank Snow (RCA) which will take him through Washington, Oregon and Canada. Mel Tillis (MGM) Woman Stealer A painting by Capitol recording artist Freddie Hart was presented to the Country Music Bobby G. Rice (GRT) Hall of Fame and Museum recently. The painting, entitled “Daydreams Of Tomorrow," Sing A Sad Song Wynn Stewart (Playboy) At Last Sight depicts the artist as a young boy in Alabama who has taken time out from his daily work of Love Don Everly (ABC/Hickory) chopping wood to sit under a nearby tree and dream of his possible future as a star of the I’m Giving You Denver Labor Of Love Grand Ole Opry. Hart commented, “This painting represents every boy who has tried to Jean Shepard (UA) ” Bob Luman (Epic) reach the Grand Ole Opry. It's every country boy’s dream. The painting was completed in Miles And Miles Of Texas Loving You Is A Habit I Can’t the fall of 1975 after many months of work. Asleep At The Wheel (Capitol) Break Dale Evans was in Nashville recently to record an album for Word Records. The album, Take These Chains From My Con Hunley (Prairie Dust) produced by Buddy Huey of Waco, Texas, was recorded at Ray Stevens’ Sound Lab. Heart Don’t Say Love Arrangements for the album were done by Nashville's Bergen White. Aaron Brown, head Terry Bradshaw (Mercury) Jimmy Payne (TAM) of Word, Inc. -Nashville, indicated that the album was to be “half country and half gospel, Lay Down Wiggle Wiggle with clean country flavoring and some very meaningful gospel.” Dale and husband Roy Charly McClain (Epic) Ronnie Sessions (MCA) in Hall Show during Rogers were back Nashville to tape segments of the Music America Hey Daisy Memory Go Round late October at Opryland. During that visit, they also appeared as special guests on two Tom Bresh (Farr) R.W. Blackwood Singers (Capitol) Hee-Haw tapings. Dale expressed great excitement over using some of the material from Let’s Go For A Ride her new album on the shows. Born To Love Me Troy Seals (Columbia) (Monument) Poco’s Rusty Young has been named America's best steel guitar player in a Guitar In Magazine readers’ poll. He was given a specially designed silver bracelet with an inscrip- Storm Tupelo Souvenirs Diana Williams (Capitol) Colleen Peterson (Capitol) ' on designating the nature of the award.

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