International News Reports EMI, Decca Take Top Honors In UK Quarterly Disk Survey LONDON - EMI took the lion's share of van (Pye) and Engelbert Humperdinck. disk business during the first 1967 quarter. The Petula Clark (Pye) triumphed in the female group notched 33.1 per cent of album sales and single analysis, with Sandy Posey (MGM) sec- 34.7 per cent of single trade in the quarterly ond and Nancy Sinatra (Reprise) third. Best- survey published by Record Retailer. selling group was the Beach Boys (Capitol). The group notched 33.1 per cent of album Decca's Rolling Stones were second, and the sales and 34.7 per cent of single trade in the Four Tops (Tamla Motown) third. quarterly survey published by Record Retailer. An innovation in this Record Retailer quarterly Decca was second with 29.3 per cent of LP round -up was an EP survey. The EP has been sales and 29.6 per cent of the single market. poised indeterminately between singles and al- Pye came third on albums with 16.5 per cent, bums for years, but is scoring sufficient sales to and Philips made third place on singles, ahead of warrant its inclusion in the analysis. Pye with 11.4 per cent. Decca took top honors in Top label for EP's was Columbia, with two the leading label results on singles with 14.2 per heavy sellers by the Seekers, "Hits From the cent, followed by EMI's Columbia with 13.5 per Seekers" and "Morningtown Ride." Second was cent. and RCA Victor with 9 per cent. Architects Capitol with "Beach Boy Hits," and third Tamla of Decca's success mainly were Tom Jones with Motown with "Four Tops" and "Four Tops Hits." HANK SNOW AND HIS Rainbow Ranchboys are accompanied on the Beach Boys, fol- guitar and harmonica by members of a Yokohama, Japan, blind "Green Green Grass of Home" and "Detroit Best EP sellers were the visit to the institution. City," and Engelbert Humperdinck with "Release lowed by the Seekers and the Four Tops. children's school. It was the group's second The children were presented with a guitar in 1964. During the two Me." Independent operator Mickie Most headed the learned to play Snow's "I'm Movin' On," and "Vaya of his years, the children Top singles seller was, "I'm a Believer" by the list of singles producers by dint studio Con Dios," and are learning to play songs from his new album "The Monkees (RCA): second was "Green Green work with Herman's Hermits, Donovan and Jeff Hank Snow Story." Grass," and "Release Me" was third. RCA Victor, Beck. Tom Jones producer Peter Sullivan came distributed by Decca, was first label in LP sales second, and Tamla's team of Holland and Dozier due to the phenomenal "Sound of Music" sound- won third place. The Carlin Music Group scored track, the Monkees' first LP and "Distant Drums" the biggst success among the publishers with a From The by the late Jim Reeves. The RCA percentage string of hits on Tamla Motown, plus successes was 15.7, followed by Decca with 13.4 and by the Small Faces, Elvis Presley, Sonny and Tamla Motown with 8.4. Cher, and local boy Clinton Ford. Music Capitals Jim Reeves topped the male album sellers, Screen Gems was next with the rich harvest with Geno Washington (Piccadilly) second and of Monkee hits, and Decca publishing house, of the World Val Doonican (Decca) third. Tom Jones was Burlington Music, made third position with Tom first in the male single stakes, followed by Dono- Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck. well into 1968. He'll do a guest CHICAGO performance with the Cincinnati Symphony May 13, and a concert ntII IIIIl II IIiI IIIIIII II 1111 1111111111 ;IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III IIIIIIII II ;III 1111 Cal Tjader, whose current al- Salle Pleyel, Paris, May 25. bum "El Sonido Nuevo" is out on at the . Jazz percussionist Willie Bobo Verve, is at the Plugged Nickel in will make his Las Vegas debut Town. . . . Sinatra Jr. CZECH 'FRANK' Old Frank Sands Hotel Celeb- makes his stage debut at Pheasant April 26, in the rity Theatre... Big Tiny Little, DISK Run June 20 in "The Paisley Con- ON BONN vertible." For the Sinatra appear- who opened at the Stardust Hotel April 14, recently com- HAMBURG -Polydor claims ance the name of the play has lounge been changd to "Early To Bed." album for Decca. a coup with the release of a He has been with the record com- . Returning to the Opera House since 1960. The Mike German recording of Lara s May 22 is the Metropolitan Opera pany four Jarrett Trio recently recorded live Theme from the film "Dr. National Company, bringing record productions new to the repertoire at Caesars Palace. The post Zhivago" by Karel Gott, the idol date work has just been completed this season. company of Czechoslovak youth. It is the WBBM Radio's "Music 'Til so as of yet no record Dawn," under continuous sponsor- has heard the final product. The first time a singer from an East- first live re- ship by Airlines, has engineering for the re- American at the Palace was donc by ern European country has been on the air 14 years, and host ording who recently moved corded for a German label, and of the all- night, classical -semi clas- Billy Porter, to Las Vegas from Nashville and Polydor is posting heavy sales sical music show from the begin- purchased United Recorders. . ning has been Jay Andres. . the fact. Karel Eartha Kitt, currently playing mileage from James Brown is booked for the Gott is known to his fans in at Caesars Palace, has been of- Regal Theater on the South Side telling Czechoslovakia as the "Eastern for a week beginning Friday (5). fered the lead in a movie the life story of Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra." The Czech . Tiny Hill, in semi -retirement at his 1956, "A Lady Sings the Blues." She singer has a big following all dairy in Colorado since from Chaton is back in town and back in the received the offer through Eastern Europe, espe- Productions in New York. cially in the Soviet Union. business. Says Tiny, "I began to the read the trade papers and talk Jackie Gayle, Anita O'Day and to people who had stayed in Page Cavanaugh Seven opened in IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIBIIIIIIIIIItl11811111111111111IItllAlllllllllllllllllllllllllll the Tropicana Hotel Blue Room the music business and I finally de- . of cided that it was time for me to April 21. Screen Gems tested the Hi- try to get the people to put on Hollywood has Hats, now appearing with Sue left, Rifi Record their dancing shoes again." . . . ATLANTIC PRESIDENT Nesuhi Ertegun, and managing director Irish Stevens in the Persian Room of the Giovanbattista Ansoldi at the signing of a new three -year pact for Chicago's Lou Rawls has cut I0 has Dunes Hotel, for the roles of Atlantic Records distribution in Italy. albums for Capitol and Hardy. Breaks i n UK grossed $5,000,000 for the label. Laurel and The Kingsmen will be in DON DIGILIO DUBLIN - The Dubliners' Milwaukee May 5 at Marquette DCC to Promote Sales debut disk for Phil Solomon's University for a concert and will LONDON Major Minor label, "Seven hop over to East Lansing, Mich., for another on Drunken Nights," is racing for at Michigan State The launching of the "Tarzan" of International Disks May 6... The Serendipity Sing- series on commercial TV here has 1 and doing the No. spot here ers will fill a prom date at Elk HAMBURG Deutsche The "international assortment," in bought a spate of singles featur- - spectacular business Britain. Grove High School in suburban The Marketts Grammophon this year will give which will feature an especially the biggest Irish ing the theme tune. In fact, it's Chicago May 8. . The Robert (Warners Bros.) and AI Hirt special sales promotion to inter- large number of new recordings, breakthrough in years. Shaw Chorale and .Orchestra made (RCA) are competing against ver- national labels, mainly U. S. offers beat and dance music, Strangely enough, the Dub- its annual appearance at Orchestra sions by Marty Manning (CBS) and it is and swing, modern jazz, Hall April 30. . WSDM -FM Grammophon said that blues liners' smash is their first major the Magicians ( Decca). . . . Due went to all -night jazz April 17, creating a new "international and folklore and pop. single hit in Ireland. Like the in at month's end for talks with assortment," embracing all for- Bert Kaempfert and his or- six nights a week, with female Pye and EMI brass is Phil Rose, Clancy Brothers and Tommy disk jockey Nice 'N Easy han- eign labels including MGM, chestra is being given a big albums used to manager of Warner Bros.- Reprise Makem, their dling the show. . April 20 was United Artists, and Verve. build -up in this international as- international department.. . Hot outsell their singles. "WCFL Radio night at the Chee- vocal group Manfred Mann is ex- sortment. success of "Seven tah," where appeared personalities perimenting with an instrumental Grammophon is offering four The has brought Jerry G. Bishop, Joel Sebastian, single release in May featuring Whitcup to Make sales classical Drunken Nights" other assortments: their LP's on Dick Williamson, Jim Stagg Ron Tommy Roe's former U. S. vocal Musik or E- Musik); sales action for Britain, Barney Pip and Larry European Trip (Ernste Transatlantic, their previous la- hit "Sweet Pea" EMI has Lujack. . The Joey Bushkin with instrumental concerts, recently issued dropped its Capitol label series operas, religious music, sym- bel. And a Trio opens May 8 at the Lon- "Discotheque '67" to concentrate NEW YORK - Leonard EP, "More of the Dubliners," phonies, famous orchestra works don House for two weeks. on its "Supply" series, which will Whitcup, managing director of is doing brisk business. Woody Allen and Jack Holmes MusicMusicMusic Inc., publish- and chamber music; classical cover all EMI labels. The series, Major Minor will issue two come in to the newly opened Mr. with its own added label identifi- ers, will go to Europe in June special selection consisting of Kelly's May 28, to stay for three sellers with albums by the Dubliners in cation, is used to boost selected to sign publisher affiliates and classical best- strong weeks. RAY BRACK singles, particularly in the r &b scout new talent and compos- accent on old. music; a com- the near future. Nights" en- field. ers. bined pop and light classical "Seven Drunken LAS VEGAS First releases in the expanded Whitcup will make calls in selection: containing for the most tered the charts a week after series next month will be the London, Paris and Amsterdam part successful Polydor record- release, thanks to valuable TV Erroll Garner finished a suc- Raelets' "One Hurt Deserves An- and visit representatives Francis, ings with cabaret, dance, hit exposure on "The Eamonn An- cessful Tropicana Blue Room other" on HMV acquired from Day and Hunter, Peter Mau- tunes and operettas and mu- drews Show," and sold 40,000 stand April 20, has been offered Tangerine EMI's ABC pact; (Continued on page 49) rice, and Madame de Reaux. sicals; pop music in general. copies in a week. many bids that should book him 48 MAY 6, 1967, BILLBOARD

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