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NEXT WEEK: ISSUE 2000! THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO APRIL 8 1994 This Week

Rhino is the label you love to love; the label whose entire cata- log any music -lover would want to own. That's because the peo- ple who work at the company are passionate about music to traitorous levels. In talking to

people for our cover story, Managing Editor Ben Fong - Torres heard about Rhino employees who'd turn chapffing researchers onto competing product if they felt the rivals' stuff surpassed their own; about staffers who'd spend off -hours leafing through liner notes and books at FOleiyal home to extract a nugget of musi- cal information to help with somebody's research. Into That's dedication, and that also explains why Rhino, which e releases new material as well as their prized reissues, is ambiva- lent about radio and its tightly - corseted ways. Still, the label, founded by RichardFOOSand Harold Bronson, aka 'The Rhino Brothers' (Top), fights the good fight, in the twin -interests of doing business and of getting act the best music out and heard...In News, Howard Stern's run for Governor of New York gets seri- Rhino Records, the ous; George Michael's law- suit against Gold Mine of Music, Sony gets a setback, and Tonya Harding Reaches Out to Radio does a few spins on radio. (above, right) With a New Repertoire is out with his first album in six years. Campaign of the Week details how Virgin plans to mar- ket it. And on the GO Charts, Rosco Martinez, Heart, and SherylCPOW(above) have something to CPOW about. The followup single to the smash "Dreams"

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0P TOP 40 TOP 40 ALL -4 -ONE "" (Blitzz/Atlantic) "Leaving Las Vegas" (A&M) In 20 years in the business, RAP they've had exactly one Number One record. But KING JUST "We Wait And We Wonder" (Atlantic) "Warrior's Drum" b/w "Move On 'Em Stomp" Rhino is among the most RAP (Black Fist) respected and beloved URBAN labels in the biz. Here's "D. Original" (Payday/FFRR) why. KIRA 40 Small Market Success "Worker Man" (Epic) , INCORPORATED ADULT CONTEMPORARY "Born To Roll/The B -Side" (Delicious Vinyl/east- west) FORMATS 11 Top 40 URBAN 13 Go Chart ARENA FRANKLIN 14 Urban "Willing To Forgive" (Arista) 16 Rap ADULT CONTEMPORARY 22 Country TONI BRAXTON TONI BRAXTON 28 Adult Contemporary "You Mean The World To Me" (LaFace/Arista) "You Mean The World To Me" (LaFace/Arista) 32 Chart Connections RAP 34 A2 Adult Alternative & DEBRA BYRD 36 Jazz "Let Me Be Your Wings" (SBK/ERG) JERU THE DAMAJA 38 Gavin Rocks COUNTRY "D. Original" (Payday/FFRR) 39 Gavin Rock Profiles THE CRANBERRIES URBAN 44 A' Album Adult Alternative "Dreams" (Island/PLG) "Whenever You Come Around" (MCA) SWV 46 Alternative COUNTRY "Anything" (RCA) ALABAMA ADULT CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT ALABAMA "The Cheap Seats" (RCA) "The Cheap Seats" (RCA) 32 P.D. Notebook A2 MADONNA A3 "I'll Remember" (/Sire/Warner Bros.) BOZ SCAGGS NEXT WEEK COUNTRY MOD FRUVOUS (Virgin) Borgainville (Atlantic) REBA McENTIRE JAZZ JIMMY HOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK "Why Haven't IHeard From You" (MCA) (Atlas/PLG) DANILO PEREZ 2000/2000 The Journey (Novus/RCA) JAZZ PETER HIMMELMAN ADULT ALTERNATIVE WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET Skin (550 Music/Epic) In This House, On This Morning (Columbia) INCOGNITO JAZZ VISION Positivity (Verve Forecast/PolyGram) DANILO PEREZ KENNY BARRON GAVIN observes its 2000th ALTERNATIVE The Journey (Novus/RCA) Other Places (Verve/PolyGram) issue by looking ahead to the year 2000. We are noth- XTC ADULT ALTERNATIVE ADULT ALTERNATIVE ing if not clever. But we "Cherry In Your Tree" (BMG/loom Express) TOMMY EMMANUEL digress. The question is: Is GAVIN ROCKS The Journey (550/Epic) the future all it's cracked up MIKE GEALER to be? Only time-and the In The Park (Positive Music) next issue-will tell. ALTERNATIVE ROLLINS BAND Weight (Imago) lorGAFounded by Rill Gavin -1958 PAUL HARDCASTLE HOLE Hardcastle (JVC) GAVIN is published 50 weeks a year on Friday of Live Through This (DGC) each week. Subscription Rates $295 for 50 issues ALTERNATIVE or $165 for 25 issues. Subscription and circulation GAVIN ROCKS inquiries: (415) 495-1990. All rights to any or all of MADDER ROSE the contents of this publication are reserved. ROLLINS BAND Materials may not be reproduced in any form Panic On (Seed/Atlantic) "Liar" (Imago) without the publisher's permission. ©1994 GAVIN, 140 Second Street, GAVIN ROCKS San Francisco, CA 94105 ROLLINS BAND INCH SUGAR TOOTH 1M A UNITED NEWSPAPERS PUBLICATION Stresser (Seed/Atlantic) Weight (Imago) Sold My Fortune (Geffen)

GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 "It's fun putting radio people on TV, because they're so quick." -Jim (Poorman) Trenton Willi See page 7 FCC, New York TimesMichael and Sony Weigh InonStem RunHeadFOPD -Day opinions from politicosa real wild card, and withIt's gotten down to thewent into recess, the judge Br BEN FONG-TORRES lawyers. asked why Michael didn't about Stern's chances. Timepolitics being SO Hey, this Howard -Stern -for -magazine, the paper said,unhinged...who knowswhat George Michael's restraintchallenge the 1984 contract Governor stuff is gettinghad already speculated thatcan happen." of trade suit against Sonyhe signed as a part of Wham! serious. current Governor Mario The Times also addressedMusic in ground toinstead of the deal he signed The FCC has weighed inCuomo might bene- the equal -time dilem-a halt last week as thewith Sony in 1988."How with a warning about equal - ma. British High Court took acan the effect of the 1988 time requirements. Under FCC rules,break for Easter and to giveagreement have been to take An even bigger SternasGovernor? broadcast facilitiesMichael's counsel, Mark(Michael) off the market if- sign of the credibility 1-loward the1-lumorproviding time forCran, time to amend hisand it's a big if-he was Fail toSee case.According to GAVIN'S already taken off by the 1984 of Stern's candidacy Some -- one candidate is for the New York syTolos.ruitould required to pro-U.K. sources, the feeling inagreement?" he said.Sony governorship, which vide an equal amount ofthe courtroom is that thecounsel Gordon Pollock also he announced on 111,, fitfromthetime for all opponents. Sincecase may beswingingwants the issue cleared up. morning show March Stern run, which could splitStern's show, in the Newtoward Sony, as Michael lost"The case could collapse at 25, is a front page story inthe pro -death penalty voteYork state area alone, airsout on several complicatedthis point," he said."We the New York Times Sunday,with the Republicans. Otheron four stations and runsprocedural points. would like to go to the Court April 3, which treated hisspeculation involved Sternbetween four and five hours Michael is seeking to beof Appeal before the case campaign as a serious mat-as a factor if "thefive days a week, Infinityreleased from his contractgoes any further." ter, with a headline reading: Republicans andBroadcasting and New Yorkwith Sony, which runs until A decision is not expected Conservatives end theircarriers would have to give 2003.Just before the courtuntil May. SomeFailtoSeetheinternal squabbling and putsitting Gov. Mario Cuomo Humor." up astrongcandidateand others a prohibitive The Times summarizedagainst Mr. Cuomo." "Mostamount of equal time. Mancow Has No Beef Stern'sthreecampaignexperts," the paper said, "Idon't know what s promises (GAVIN, March 22),"believe (Stern) would peelgoing to happen," said Torn including a fourth-that hesupport from the right." Chiusano, general managerWith '\ew Sister Station would give up his office the "He's much more seriousat WXRK/FM-New York,Mancow, the Wild 107a fine and doing 100 hours moment the three pledgesthan at least nine of the tenStern's home base. He said(KSOL)-San Francisco morn-of community service. Since had been fulfilled; a discus-Republicancandidates,"he did not expect to receiveing personality who wasthen, Wild 107's ratings sion of the Libertarian Party'sHank Morris, a Democratican exemption of the rulepilloried throughout the Bayhave tied with top Top 40 interest in him, and soberconsultant was quoted. "It isfrom the FCC, which hasArea less than a year ago, is KMEL. piled on some $1.67 millionhaving the last laugh. As part of the new deal, infinesagainstStern, His station's parent com-Crescent City also acquired Infinity, and various affiliat-pany, Crescent Communica-KSRY-San Francisco, which Harding Fools Around at KKRZ ed stations, charging themtions, has acquired Star FMhad simulcast as Star FM, with violating FCC indecen-(KSRI)-San Jose, and thewith a bright A/C sound. It was April Fool's Day, but revealed next to nothing cy laws. stations began simulcastingCredible sources say veter- that was Tonya Harding,about her roleinthe The Times noted thaton Thursday (March 31) , an programmer Larry Berger the disgraced figure skater, Kerrigan attack. "When my because Stern is not runningputting Wild 107 on the air(WPLJ-New York/K-101-San on the air on KKRZ/FM-movie comes out, or my in a primary, it was possiblefrom as far north as SonomaFrancisco) has been hired Portland, sharing the micbook or my documentary, that the equal -time ruleand as far south as Carmeland the station will switch with the station's "Morning then people will know the might not take effect until Valley. to Urban A/C. Berger Zoo" crew. whole story," she said. early October, when he "The popularity of Wilddeclined to comment. Wild Harding, who plea-bar- By no means was she would, following a success- 107has definitely spilled107 general manager Scott gained her way out of crim- about to spill her guts on fulconventionoftheover into the South Bay,"Fey told GAVIN: "The acqui- inal charges in connectionKKRZ, which had earlier Libertarian Party, qualify forMancow says. "Unfortunate-sitions were strategic. Wild with the January attack onoffered her $10,000 for a the ballot. ly, lots of our fans down107's across-the-board rival skater Nancy Kerrigan, whole month of on -air Said the paper: "By thatthere had trouble gettingappeal and high ratings showed up at KKRZ in herappearances. She rejected point, some of his support-our signal.All that willmade the simulcast decision hometown and proceededthatproposition,but ers suggest, Mr. Stern maychange..." a natural.We've got excit- to try a string a crank calls, agreed to show up forbe so hot that his bosses Last May, Mancow's side-ing changes in store for to challenge DavidApril Fool's Day. PD Ken might let him take a month'skicks blocked rush hourKSRY/FM as well." Letterman, Dan Rather, andBenson declined to say sabbatical to campaign." traffic on the Bay Bridge for And what about those Andy Rooney to wrestlewhat thestationpaid And why not? What's aover two hours while onerush hour stunts?"I don't her. She scored zero. Harding, who expressed an month when you've got agot a haircut. The stunt cre-think we're going to be Instead, she answeredinterest in finding a job in chance to have a governorated a media uproar, andanywhere near a bridge for calls from listeners, butbroadcasting. for your morning jock? Mancow wound up payingthe rest our lives," Fey says.

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THE ATLANTIC GROUP ©1994 ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP. A TIME/WARNER COMPANY NEWS Reno A' Foldsas`Red Hot+ Country' Adds News Takes OverCash+ Gill + Mays + More Red Hot + Country, the all- "In doing that," Mattea more involved, trying to fig- It sounded good, and itnity rallied and changed star compilation album told GAVIN, "we have this ure out what I could do," was selling advertising.management's minds. In being produced to benefit very wide-ranging record says Mattea. The complexi- But these days in radio, recent books, KTHX was AIDS organizations, has got- ties of the project may that's often not enough,doing well in its target ten even hotter. cause a delay in the sched- especially in the face ofdemo (25-54 adults), rank- OrganizedbyKathy uled release date of July. new ownership. ing fifth in a 23 -station Mattea, the project has Among issues producers And so itis that KTHX/ market. Revenues were added Johnny Cash,Willie had to work out was a deci- FM -Reno, an A' success "fairly steady," Van Dyke Nelson, Vince Gill, Nanci sion not to go with catalog story whose saga included told GAVIN, admitting that Griffith,Jimmie Dale songs, which had fueled the being saved once beforethe owners lost money last Gilmore, Sammy Kershaw, other Red Hot . by listeners and the localyear. "But we were combo PattyLoveless, Ricky "At one point," Mattea press (GAVIN, Februarywith a big news/talk sta- Skaggs, Randy Scruggs, Earl says, "Yoko Ono came up 18), is going the way oftion. If we were a stand- Scruggs, CarlPerkins, and said, 'You can use John manual slot machines. alone FM, we could get Duane Eddy, Doc Watson, Lennon's catalog.' We were Station owners, Olympicexpenses down." and the Mavericks to the like, 'Well, that's really won- Broadcasting of "A station is needed to lineup. derful, but that's not going Sacramento, sold "The X" take its format in this They join Mattea, Mary - that really makes quite a to work for .- to Sunbelt Broadcasting ofarea," said Tim Schaefer, Chapin Carpenter, Dolly statement about where Mattea herself will per- Las Vegas, which expectsownerof Soundwave Parton, Marty Stuart, Brooks modern country music has form a Jackson Browne to take over May 1 andCD's, which advertises on and Dunn, Billy Ray Cyrus, come from." song, "Rock Me on the switch to an all -news for-KTHX. "There's a demand , Radney Mercury Nashville is pro- Water." "There's this whole mat, combining resourcesforit.Itcanmake Foster, and Tammy Wynette ducing the album for theside of what I grew up with Sunbelt's TV property money." and Jerry Sullivan in theRed HotOrganization, playing and that I've in Reno, KRNV. Van Dyke says he's album. which raises AIDS funds never really had a chance to The decisionleavessolicited and received "We have fringe people and awareness through explore," she explains. "Part KTHX staffers and listen-numerous letters of sup- and mainstream people," popular culture, with such of that is the singer -song- ers hoping to find anotherport, which he will use as says Mattea, "older artists releases as Red Hot + Blue writer tradition of the '70s. I position on the dial forhe searches for a new sta- and baby artists." All will and Red Hot + Dancejust went through some "The X's" eclectic format. tion. "There are a couple pay tribute to an individual accounting for some $5 mil- songs and felt like 'Rock Me "It's our annual crisis,"of frequencies fraught who has influenced their lion to fight AIDS and fund On the Water' went with said program directorwith problems. We can music, and in some cases, research and relief. the subject matter." Bruce Van Dyke. make a great argument for the honorees will be on the "I had lost some friends - REPORTING BY The station adopted thehaving The X on there. recording. and was looking to get CYNDI HOELZLE format in late 1990. When I'm guardedly optimistic. owners shut it down nineWith so much support, months later, claiming low something will break." ratings, the local commu- -BEN FONG-TORRES Madonna P d Off Eagles -Mania At That Dave Well, Dave, it looks likehave suggested, angry atdropping Madonna from At Box Offices you and Madonna won't beLetterman for his jokestheir playlists, it's too early The Eagles, the brilliant but volatile country -rock band that sharing the same, ah, stu-about her alleged sexualto say whether the appear- broke up in the late '70s, after a long run of hit albums and dio for awhile. promiscuity, or she wasance will harm her career. singles, appear to be flying higher than ever. Last week, in what hasbeing her usual, media -Itcertainly didn't hurt In a year dominated by news about instant sellouts for been characterized as a manipulative self, Madonna Letterman, who countered Barbra Streisand shows, the reunited Eagles have soared desperate attempt to makewas trashed by the press. herobscenities with past Streisand at several box offices. headlines, Madonna played "Madonna sounded zingers, and whose ratings In the Bay Area, Bill Graham Presents reports, in the same a 30 -minute long Stupidforced talking dirty, like athat night were the 10th amount of time-less than 30 minutes-it took to sell 23,000 Human Trick. low -IQ Howard Stem, with besthisprogram has Streisand tickets (at the San Jose Arena), the promoter sold If you haven't heard,none of the obscene grace received on CBS. some 40,000 Eagles tickets priced at $35 and $75. Streisand's MadonnatookDave'sof ," said San So what are the chances feat, however, was extraordinary in its own right, as fans cigar, gave him a pair ofFrancisco Examiner colum-of Madonna, whose head- formed lines two days before box offices opened for the panties, talked about bas- nist Rob Morse."She's fast line -grabbing stint came on chance to buy tickets priced at $50, $125 and $350. ketball players' anatomy,becoming irrelevant andthe eve of her newest sin- Since the initial Eagles sellout, three more shows were urination, nose -picking, craved attention," said tele-gle, "I'll Remember" (the added-and are very nearly sold out. Meantime, Streisand and let loose a string ofvisioncolumnist Johntheme from With Honors), tickets are being scalped for $1,500 and more for each of profanities that melted Carman. "But she overesti- returning to the Late Shou. her 18 scheduled concerts next month. In Detroit, brokers down censors' scissors andmated her own wit and "I'd be willing to talk are circumventing laws against ticket -scalping by, for exam- had some audience mem-probably underestimatedabout that," said the show's ple, selling a pen to a buyer for the agreed -upon price of bers in obvious shock. public taste." co -executiveproducer the ticket, and then throwing in the ticket. One concert pro- Whether she was being Although a few radio sta- Robert Morton. moter called the scalpers "nothing but parasites." herself and was, as sometions have said they were -BEVERLY MIRE

6 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 NEWS Why 'Poorman' Is Putting Radio on TV So with Fox TV's blessing, him.I think he really is a Guide To Gourmet Dining. BY BEVERLY MIRE Trenton looks at his sus- pension pragmatically."I'd Trenton has brought to tele- breath of fresh air on theNeither career appealed to It was an unusual wake-up reached my peak with vision what he does best- program, away from theTrenton, and when it was call for former ERG promo- radio," he says.I had a hot, radio. Or, more specifically, cosmetic stuffiness we'resuggested law would be a tion executive Jeff Laufer. hot radio show-it was simulcasting his pranks on used to seeing. Most news - good profession to fall back Instead of an alarm clock, it people wouldn't do whaton, he said, "I never want was an unsigned band rip- he does for fear of ruining to go into law!" ping him out of his sleep. their manicures or their For the record, Trenton's And who would orches- hair." suing KROQ and its parent trate such a stunt?Surely a And you could definitely company, Infinity morning personality from a ruin your manicure gorging Broadcasting, alleging rock station. on hotcakes-an eventbreach of contract, copy- Wrong. The waker-upper Trenton staged with KRLA's right infringement and slan- was Jim (Poorman) Trenton, Mucho Morales. "We had a der.He has said he wants longtime KROQ air person- hotcake eating contest-eat to establish ownership of ality whose last radio gig as many hotcakes as you Loveline, which went on the was dispensing advice on canin 111 seconds," air in 1983. thestation's popular Trenton says."We picked But while that drama Loveline show. the contestants.I picked plays out, Trenton will con- "I knew I could do it to Dennis Hopper, Poorman, Peter Fonda out the fattest guy and tinue finding people who Jeff because he's a zany Mucho picked outthe wave at cars wearing box- guy," Trenton told GAVIN number one.I accom-local radio.So far, he's thinnest woman. She won." ing gloves and shark divers, about the prank. "He loved plished what I wanted to." orchestrated spoofs withHe laughs. "We'll be and putting them on radio. it because he got on cam- At the time of his suspen- morning personalities on accepting our Emmy for"This reminds me of the era.But," he continued sion, Trenton was already a fourdifferentstations, that one." early days," he said."We thoughtfully, "I wouldn't try reporter for KTTV/TV-Los KRLA, KPWR, KKBT and Trenton steered awaydo tons of behind the it with David Geffen..." Angeles' Good Day L.A., and KNAC."It's fun putting fromquestionsabout scenes stuff.I'm doing this Pranks are what Trenton when he left radio, he radio people on TV," says KROQ, which he joined in for the love of it. My excelled in-and a stunt is decided to bring that medi- Trenton, "because they're so 1981 when Rick Carroll, the heart's in it." the official reason the popu- um to television. quick.They're used tolate programmer who is Oh, yeah-what ever lar former disc jockey isn't "It (the idea) came to me being live, soit works credited with bringing mod- happened to the band that on KROQ anymore.After when Power (KPWR) did well." "Having been a radio ern rock to the mainstream, woke Jeff Laufer? he gathered up a group oftheir annual turkey drop," guy, he understands howput him on the air.He "They're still unsigned," listeners who ended up he says."Good Day cov- the imagination works,"stumbled into radio after laughs Trenton."Will you outside one of the station's ered it and I was a reporter. says Kim Paul Friedman, graduating law school and mention their name?" personalities' houses in the I began to think about how Good Day L.A. 's executive had a brief career as the Sure. Mercury wee hours of the morning, so many amazing things are producer."What Poorman author of The Poor Man's Stoneswitch. Trenton was suspended done on radio that nobodyadds is that he's every- indefinitely. ever sees." man...people can relate to CAMPAIGN OF THE WEEK Boz Scaggs Some Change

Elvis Biographer Albert Goldman ce Boz Scaggs put his smooth stylings to was, and Virgin Dies; Few Mourn His Passing is taking advantage of his In Rock and Roll Heaven, or In Elvis, published in"Character Assassination: enduring popularity with wherever rockers go in the 1981, Goldman depicted theInside Goldman's Sleazy some unique marketing afterlife, here's a sure bet:king of rock and roll as a Attack on John Lennon." tools.It's Sea '' first Don'tinvite newcomerperverted, drug -addled per- As Phil Rosenthal of the albu Albert Goldman and any offormer of questionable tal- Daily News Virgin Records the musicians to the sameent. The book inspired thenoted,after Goldman's Title track has been released as a single. A special party. late comedian, Andydeath: "(His) modus operan- six -song sampler CD complete with four color artwork high- Goldman, who wroteKaufman, to savage it in the direliedheavilyon lights some of the standout tracks and contains special scathing biographies of Elvis middle of a Saturday Nightunnamed or biased sources edits of the title track. Stations have been serviced with a Presley and John Lennon,Live sketch. Goldman's The and sometimes suggested four -page, four-color biography featuring background mater- infuriating thousands ofLives of John Lennon, pub- more than it could support." ial, a Q&A and discography. Also being sent out are publici- fans, died of a heart attacklished in 1988, portrayed Goldman was a native of ty stills, a special CDPRO with remixes, and the full CD. March 28, while he wasthe most articulate and Dormont, Penn., who wrote In a first for the veteran performer, Scaggs will be perform- enroute from Miami topolitical of as afor Life magazine in the ing live at selected radio stations in over a dozen markets. London. He was 66. drug -addicted, anorexic, early '70s before venturing He will be available for on -air interviews. The writer received hisbisexual, near -psychoticinto books. At the time of A full slate of retail and press receptions have first acclaim in 1974 with hisman who may-just may-his death, he was working been set up. biography of the comedianhave committed a murder in on a biography of yet Appeared on David Letterman's The Late Lenny Bruce, which earned his youth, and "whom suc-another deceased rock star, I 7 and is scheduled to appear on The Tonigh him the enmity of the Brucecess had puffed up into aJimMorrison.Or,as Show on Monday, April 18. family. But it was his post- fat clown." That book drewRosenthal put it: "He was Will perform at the New Orleans Jaz mortemdissectionsofa major counter-attack frompicking over Jim Morrison's Herftage festival on April 23. Presley and Lennon thanRolling Stone magazine,bonesforyetanother Planned for this summer. drew the wrath of critics. which ran a report calledbook." BY BEVERLY MIRE

GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 7 ACCORDINGTo 111AH gOIN DAVE SHOLIN

SHO-BITZ CBS Radio, Charles promotion. Rumors were flying last week about the impending departure of sev- Osgood will succeed He's (left) eral longtime B100 -San Diego staffers, but it seems they were the The Alice Cooper will play Charles Kuralt as anchor of been with last to know. Indeed, KFMB AM/FM director of operations Tracy disc jockey at 103.5 The the networks' "Sunday the label Johnson made it official that morning co -host Jools Brandt, Blaze (WWBZ/FM)-Chicago Morning.?" Kuralt is retiring five years, middayer and former PD/MD Gene Knight, PM driver Gary Kelly mornings starting Monday on May 1 after 37 years with and was (April 11) for two weeks. CBS News. Also at CBS, local pro- and nighttime personality Danny Romero had left the building. In Alice's Attic will be delivered Radio Division director, motion a release Johnson noted that, "Some changes have to be made to via satellite from Z -Rock, communications Helene manager for the New put 8100 back in a competitive position and the 'skills' of those let ABC/SMN's rock format out Blieberg has been promot- England and New York state go 'don't fit into our plans."' Permanent replacements are expected of Dallas...Dave Cowan ed to vice president, com- markets...New and notewor- to be announced soon. shifts to operations manager munications... thy: Kathy Monahan has at KMMS/FM-Bozeman, ROTATIONS:Now joined Noteworthy What? Halloween in April? It seems Michael Jackson, in New Mont. and Colter Langan under the Records as vice president of York working on his new Greatest Hits package, wanted to check out takes over as PD. 7 p.m. - umbrella, Relativity promotion and marketing. NKOTB. Taking great pains to slip in unnoticed, he showed up in Midnight personality Kim Entertainment (R.E.D.) She was head of national an elaborate disguise that included a mustache, old worn out over- Rossi is now music director. and Relativity Records is media promotion at coat and other trappings. He did in fact fool most folks until he was Call hours for music are restructuring. R.E.D. presi- Miramar Recordings... so' -4 . i i 30 mines into the show and then quickly vanished. forthcoming...1-95 (KCPI)- dent Sal Licata will remain Mike Rittberg joins A&M as Albert Lea, Minn. will have a president and the company national director, rock pro- of the best known name yew personality as will retain its autonomy. motion. He segues from ocker, has resigned at WBLS. supposedly as a of May 2, when WDEK- Relativity Records will Metal Blade Records where BnceswithCP L.. IJeff Clifton. DeKalb, Ill. overnighter Vito become a TriStar Music he was VP of promotion and Gee gets to town...Coast Group label headed by cur- marketing...Trading radio for Atlantic/Nashville recording artist Tracy Lawrence was arrest- 102.9 (WIVY/FM)- rent company president Bobrecords: KRQ-Tucson per- ed Sunday, April 3 after an incident in Nashville. Lawrence claims Jacksonville, Fla. has restruc-Buziak. Relativity's execu- sonality Toby Hood has teenagers shot at him on the highway. He and his brother then fol- tured its marketing and pro- tive vice president/general joined MCA Records as lowed them home and fired shots into the air. Lawrence was motions department. manager Harry Palmer will national manager, college charged with two counts of aggravated assault and for carrying a Jeanne L Cook is market- oversee day-to-day opera- promotion. Also at MCA, prohibited weapon, as well as for criminal impersonation of a police ing director of Rick Everett tions and report to Buziak, former Elektra is promotions director. and TriStar Music VP sales Entertainment West Coast officer-for a badge and ID card reading, "Capt. Tracy Lawrence," Cook was account executive and marketing Howard coordinator, publicity that he had in his possession. He has been released on bail. and Everett joins from Gabriel is now vice presi- Kymm Britton has been Meanwhile, his latest single, "(I'm Gonna Live Forever) If The Good crosstown WAPE where he dent and general appointed director of West Die Young," was #1 on our Country chart last week. Please...no #1 held a similar position... manager...Last week JimmyCoast publicity.. John with a bullet jokes. Terri Trotter exits the pro- Bowen started up Patriot Mazzacco has moved from motion director position at Records of which he will bevice president, artist devel- If you're among those expecting changes to come down soon at WM/FM-Indianapolis to president and CEO. The opment to vice president WTIC-Hartford, don't hold your breath. take the same mantle at debut act is writer/artist marketing at Mercury 101.3 KDWB-Minneapolis... Bryan Austin...Dale Records. Also at Mercury, Westwood One's latest pro-Turner has been promoted Wayne Edwards has joined gram is Out Of Order, the to vice president, national as senior director, media & anti -countdown of alterna- country promotion at artist relations, R&B. He tive hits. Host Jed The FishRCA/Nashville. In a relat- most recently headed up the of Los Angeles rocker ed move, Mike Wilson has music division of the Lee KROQ/FM will play the been promoted to senior Solters Co...Upped to week's top 15 new rock hits director, national country senior director, A&R at in no particular order...At promotion...More Nashville Polydor is Leotis Clyburn News: Arista/Nashville haswho previously was one of WHO AM I? restructured its A&R depar- the label's A&R directors.... Although I'm the best-sell- ment with Steve Williams .Producer/singer Dan Since baseball season has arrived, it seems only right to celebrate a ing artist on the Capitol moving from Phoenix to Hartman died on March 22 "power hit." That's just what happened in New York recently when Records roster it took me Music City as manager, after a long illness. execs from Epic and Sony's 550 Music got together to present 17 years to have an album A&R...Chris Stacy joins Hartman will be remem- Celine Dion platinum awards for her homerun album, The Colour sell a million copies. Mercury Nashville as vice bered for his work with Of My Love. Left to right: Dave Glew, chairman Epic Records Artists I recently recorded president of promotion after Edgar Winter, his dance Group; John McL. Doelp, senior VP, marketing, Epic; the lovely with include , working at Players hits and the song "I Can Celine herself; Polly Anthony, general manager, Sony 550 Music; Richard Thompson. and Riverboat Casino as pro- Dream About You" from the Rene Angell!, Celine's manager and fiance; and Vito Luprano, Charlie Musselwhite. motions manager.. John film Streets Of Fire. He co-head of A&R, Sony Music/Canada. on the Rhythm and Ettinger is midwest regional recently helped produce Foundation's board of promotion manager for records for Tina Turner, As expected, there were plenty of April Fool gags around the coun- directors, and I'm married Mercury Records ...At Joe Cocker, Bonnie try last week with stations playing tricks on listeners by switching to an actor who appears Columbia,GAVINAward - Tyler and Paul Young. talent to other dayparts or telling bogus but believable tales. But few winner Charlie Walk steps At memorial service will regularly onRoseanne. could top KROQ-Los Angeles for inventiveness. PD Kevin Who am I? See page10 for into the newly -created posi- be held in Weatherly and his crew brought Pirate Radio back to the the answer. tion associate director, pop later this month. ti GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 THAT'S SHO-BIZ Southland for one glorious day. There was lots of behind the SHO-TALK track for Spike Lee's new scenes scrambling to get actual logs from the one-time "Rock 40" movie Crooklyn. It takes phenomenon. Pirate Radio mastermind Scott Shannon, now at Ian Hunter, , place in the '70s and will riends WPU-, sent along sweepers, production pieces from the sign on, , John feature vintage Sly and the Mellencamp Family Stone, Chi-Lites and did the morning show via tracks. Pirate Radio's afternoon and Chrissie Hynde are among the and the Delfonics. Walden entertainer, Shadow Steele (a/k/a B97 -New Orleans PD Scott artists who were working has contributed the only f Radio Wright) cut tracks for PM drive with KROQ's morning personalities with what would have beennew track, a hip -hop Kevin & Bean, going live midday and afternoon talent Jed The 's first solo remake of the Stylistics' Fish, doing a brief nighttime stint. According to Weatherly, listen- album in 19 years, Heaven "People Make The World er reaction was mixed, but it sure didn't go by unnoticed! Go Round."... and Hull. The brilliant gui- Vice President, Bits & Pieces:At the tarist/producer died of can- Public Alternative titles enter the Hip- Hop mix at WHJX under new PD R.I.P. Magazine party in Los cer last year but the disc Relations/ Keith Clark. Among the ADDs at the Jacksonville Top 40 are Angeles in March White will be released on Epic otporate Nirvana, Counting Crows, Smashing Pumpkins and Sheryl Zombie announced that Records on April 29. ommunic- Crow. they're looking for a new Heaven And Hull will be tions, EMI drummer. No one seems to the centerpiece of a star- Records' up North No official word yet, but it looks like GAVIN Award winner (and studded memorial at know the real reason drum- KRST-Albuquerque MD) Greg Stevens is about to enter the Labatt's Apollo in mer Philo Buerstatte is record biz. Will he have a certain airport's initials on his business Hammersmith, London. being replaced...Bonnie Hometown: card? Elliott, Hunter, Roger Raitt begins a year -long Hian' Park Taylor of Queen, Bill European tour in May. ersey What was indie promoter Howie Rosen doing lunching with LA. Bruce Hornsby will be Wyman, The Clash's Mick What radio stations did Kings superstar Wayne Gretzky and team owner Bruce opening the American leg Jones, Glen Matlock and you listen to growing McNair the Spiders from Mars of the tour...Michael Stipe up? rhythm section are among ofR.E.M.and Oliver Stone Is KMXV-Kansas City planning a homecoming for former KBEQ those who have agreed to are planning to co -produce PD and morning personality Karen Barber? perform. Proceeds will be a movie entitled Who were your favori divided among several char-Desperation Angels. It's an disc jockeys? Going, Going, Gone. Cook Inlet's final radio outlet, KBXX "The ities and a theater bearing American road movie about Box" -Houston goes to Clear Channel, owner of crosstown A/C Ronson's name to be built the wreckage and turmoil KHYS. in his hometown of Hull... during the Reagan/Bush The Living End is a 24 - years with the production o noteworthy achievements from so song collection of music going through Stipe's com- What radio stations do Reba McEntire's Greatest Hits album reac es e o mi ion recorded byHusker Du pany, C-00...Comedian you listen to now? sales mark, making her the first woman in Country music to receiv "live" during one of the Sandra Bernhard is work- I have re y e -ranging five multi -platinum albums. On the opposite end of the musical group's final tours in ing on her second album of tastes and listen to some spectrum, Salt-N-Pepa go double platinum with Very Necessary, October 1987 and it's music. It'll be released on very different stations: 46.418 them the fir scheduled for release by 550/Epic Records in KCRW, KZLA KGFK and WarnerBros. Records in June...Little Feat and Dr. KROQ. Evergreen Media's takeover of K -101 -San Francisco is mid -April. Produced by John are planning a sum- What was the first two weeks away and it seems VP/GM Gary Taylor won't be there Husker Du and their sound -mer tour withB.B.King . when the dust settles. Expect Evergreen COO Jimmy DeCastro man Lou Giordano and called "Blues Music Festival My parents bought me all oversee things during a transitionary period, after which he'll put with extensive liner notes 1994." The show will fea- ture a six -piece band per- of the Beatles' early soon -to -be sister station KMEL VP/GM Dick Kelley in charge of by Music EditorDavid Fricke,the forming a tribute to Muddy records. The first single I both facilities. album features live versionsWaters and is scheduled to bought with my own money was Afternoon driver Jim Miller gets promoted to MD at WHFB- of essential originals from run from August through October...The new Boston Aretha Fra Benton Harbor/South Bend, Mich. every album and phase of the band's career... album has an official date What was your first KBOZ-Bozeman, Mont. APD Sky Thomas will be returning to The Allman Brothers of release. Walk On will go usic industry job? Duluth, Minn. under his old name, Tommy Bishop. Effective in will release their first studio out on May 24... The promotional -only CD, early May, he'll take over the programming at WAKX, which is cur- album in three years on the age of 11 and started May 3. Their tour kicked offreleased in conjunction with rently playing classic hits. Bishop was vague as to a format change, playing in nightclubs on March 28 in Boston and Babble'sdebut Reprise when I was 17. My first but he did tell me his hat size just in case I wanted to send a pre- will keep them on the road Records release, The Stone, sent. He's looking to staff the station, so send along T&Rs to him at full-time industry job through the summer. All feature the three -dimension came when I startedplay- 1105 E. Superior St. Duluth, MN 55802. Tommy would love to hear eight shows at New York's sound -encoding technology ing pedal steel in from those with Top 40, Hot A/C or Country experience. Beacon Theater in early called Virtual Audio. The Freddy Fender's band in April sold out the day they processing system not only Chad Brueske exits WLAN-Lancaster, Penn. No word on a went on sale. Tom Dowd enhances fidelity, but cre- replacement. produced their album at ates the illusion that the lis- If I owned a radio Burt Reynold's Ranch tener is an actual partici- tion, I would... Is former XHRM-San Diego PD Ron Cadet headed north as new Studios in Florida where pant. The group has taken a Try toe more receptive to PD for KBLX-San Francisco? they just set up and played giant step into tomorrow new forms of music and through their new songs with a special edition of not underestimate the lis- New lineup at KLZR-Lawerence, Kan. Here's the way morning talent with no overdubs... Warner Bros. Records' teners' openness to emerg- Jay Charles poetically phrases it:He "tiptoes from evenings to ,long running music -and - ing genres and sounds. I wakeups. PD Tim Barrett sashays from mornings to middays, who has been a big interview series, Words & would establish shows that Trace Taul pirouettes from middays to afternoons and MD Bob Grammy winner throughoutMusic. The promotional CD were dedicated to playing Osburn moonwalks from afternoons to nights." the years with his work opens with an audio evoca- only new artists to provide with and tion of a lush rain forest, a platform for listeners to Heard the bad news? They haven't been able to find Whitney Houston, is fin- complete with buzzing be exposed to all different Daryl Strawberry. Heard the good news? They ishing up the new sound- insects and chirping birds. It forms of music. haven't been able to find Daryl Strawberry.

GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 'a THAT'SSHO-BIZ segues into a segment in SHO-PIECES B ARBRA which Babble founder STREISAND Sho-Dates Alannah Currie explains B RUCE On Sunday, March 27, tick- SPRINGSTEEN the group's creation from ets for Barbra Streisand's 18 Our Best Wishes and Bruce Springsteen's first shows in five -cities concert elements of the Thompson HAPPY BIRTHDAY To: Twins, the groundbreaking contract with Columbia tour went on sale and in Records, signed in 1972, two hours more than $36 Clark Novak KKOS-Carlsbad, CA 4/10 band first formed by Currie Julia Figueras WEVO-Concord, NH and Tom Bailey. Bailey is reportedly called for a million worth of tickets had $25,000 advance and a 4/10 also on hand to describe been purchased. Jonas Cash AIR 4/10 the music of their album, I, recording budget of $40,000 HAMMER CHRIS REA Brian Setzer, 4/10 for each of ten albums. several cuts of which are Stanley Kirk Burrell got the In 1973, Chris Rea got his Kevin Gore 4/11 featured on the CD... WHITNEY HOUSTON nickname Hammer when he break in show business Larry Weir Weir Brothers Music 4/11 Ozzy Osbourne is still There are reports circulating was an employee of the when he became the gui- Jeri Mitchell 4/11 working on his new album, around Hollywood that Oakland Athletics. Players tarist for an English group Stacie Seifrit KROQ-Los Angeles, CA X. Ray that's now scheduled Whitney Houston will co- thought he looked like a called Magdelene. He 4/11 Ric Lippincott Zoo Entertainment 4/11 for release around star with Laurence young Hank Aaron, whose replaced David Coverdale Bill Shedd KJZZ-Phoenix, AZ 4/11 Christmas of 1994. Although Fishbume and Denzel own nickname was who left to join Deep Washington in a remake of Purple. Stewart Adamson (Big Country), he's using some old band - "Hammerin"' Hank Aaron. Chris Difford (Squeeze), The Bishop's Wife. The origi- mates on the recording he's B ABBLE DWIGHT YOAKAIVI Sheri Swanson (The Telling) 4/11 looking for a whole new nal version, starring Loretta Former Thompson Twin As a member of the Buzzin' Rrian Sampson Mercury Records group-guitarist, bassist and Young, Cary Grant and Alannah Currie, now with Cousins, drummer. Any interested David Niven, was released the group Babble, is an can be seen in John Leslie Marquez 4/12 parties should send demos in 1947. honorary cultural ambas- Mellencamp's 1992 film Aaron Foreman Ren Management and photos to Ozzy sador for her native New Falling From Grace. 4/12 Pat Travers, Herbie Osbourne, 9044 Melrose Zealand. YANNI Anyone who thinks instru- Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Ave., Third Floor, Los CAROLE KING David Cassidy, Vince Gill, mentalists have limited sales Angeles, CA 90069. The Carole King wrote her first Ray Mitchell (Was Not Was) 4/12 deadline for submissions is #1 hit single, "Will You appeal should known that Lisa Smith GAVIN 4/13 April 30, 1994... Love Me Tomorrow," with Yanni's catalogue has tallied Marlene Augustine Columbia The debut album Member Gerry Goffin in 1961. The more than 5 million in units Records 4/13 Of No Tribe from The next #1 for the duo was The sold. His Reflections Of Sharon White DGC Records 4/13 Fenwicks will be released Drifters' "Up On The Roof," Passion is nearing the 2 mil- Barry Williams NIBLG/FM-Bowling April 12 on Guitar two years later. lion mark. Green, KY 4/13 Acoustics/Argus Records VINCE GILL BARRY MANILOW Al Green, Peabo Bryson, Wayne Lewis (Atlantic Starr) 4/13 (R.E.D.). They're a six - In 1991, of The SBK/ERG soundtrack to B OZ SCAGGS Don Bluth's animated film Ken Boesen, KIZN-Boise, ID 4/14 piece ska-funk-punk group Dire Straits asked Vince Gill Tom Peace AIYHY-Nashville, TN 4/14 formed in 1989. Not one In 1977 Boz Scaggs' to become the lead vocalist Thumbelina will include Dave Johnson WVMX-Burlington, VT

but two release parties are "Lowdown" won a Grammy for the band. Although Gill seven songs written by 4/14 planned-one on April 8 in for Best Rhythm & Blues passed on the opportunity, Barry Manilow with lyricists Marc Summers WKMK-Brunswick, New York City at CBGB's Song. he did contribute vocals to Jack Feldman and Bruce GA 4/14 and at Club 5 in HEART some tracks for the album, Sussman. Loretta Lynn, Roy Clark, Jacksonville, Florida on Ten years ago this summer, On Every Street. CYPRESS HILL Ritchie Blackmore, Barret April 14. From there, the Ann Wilson of Heart's duet BILLY JOEL Despite their well-inten- Martin (Screaming Trees) 4/14 Betty Hollers GAVIN4/15 Fenwicks have scheduled a with Loverboy's Mike Reno, Asked where he keeps his tioned $10,000 donation to Susan Levin Coast To Coast 4/15 four -month tour through the "Almost Paradise," from the the New York City Goods Grammy awards, Billy Joel Sue Bass 0106 -San Diego, CA 4/15 east coast... film Footloose, was top ten says, "In a closet. I'd rather For Guns exchange pro- Susan Benson WKKX-St Louis, MO

Ted Nugent will become inGAVIN. have art on the walls. My gram earlier this year, the 4/15 a syndicated radio show closet is chockablock full of band's B -Real says he's Dave Edmunds, Rosco host beginning May 2, Last December thieves neatly stacked awards. keeping his two registered Martinez, Samantha Fox, doing a morning show for broke into a display of When I want to look at hand guns, a .38 O'Brian (Radiohead) 4/15 ABC's Z -Rock stations. music memorabilia at the them I go into my closet." and a Glock .45. Kent Zimmerman 4/16 Then Nugent plans to finish Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta ARETHA FRANKLIN KARLA BONOFF Keith Zimmerman 4/16 his own album and get out Back in 1988 Karla Bonoff Bobby Vinton, Herbie and the only thing they Aretha Franklin's father, the Mann, Dusty Springfield, on the road for a summer stole was the outfit Travis released an album on Gold Reverend C.L. Franklin, pas- Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) 4/16 tour. He's working with Tritt wears on the cover of tor of New Bethel Church in Castle called New World.

vocalist Derek St. Holmes his current album, Detroit, was a nationally That album included two BIRTHS and drummer Denny T.R.O.UB.L.E.. known gospel preacher. songs eventually recorded Our CONGRATULATIONS r JILL GREEN air Carmassi, who's been MADONNA Billed as "The Million Dollar by Linda Ronstadt, "All My talent/sales at KOTM-Otiumwa, IA., and I hus- Voice," the Rev. Franklin Life" and "Goodbye My band, TONY, on the birth of their son,AUSTIN with Heart for years and Madonna's first hit single COLE.Born April 3 at 3:27 p.m., weighing 6 lbs. most recently worked on from a film soundtrack was earned as much as $4,000 a Friend." It also has the orig- oz and 19 inches in length. the Coverdale/Page pro- "Crazy For You" from the sermon in the '50s and '60s. inal version of Wynonna's ...CONORATINATIONS to BILL SHERD, music ject. On July 2 the Nuge 1985 Matthew Modine 1993 hit "Tell Me Why." director at KJZZ-Mesz, AZ, and his wife, will host the "First Annual movie Vision Quest. KAMEN, on the birth of their daughter, RACHEL AIRE.Born March26, weighing 8 lbs. Ted Nugent Hunter's Bash," LITTLE FEAT This week marks the 20th 7 oz. and 21 inches in length. at the Jackson County The new lead vocalist for anniversary of Elton John's ...CONGRATIRATINIS toERGrecording artist Fairgounds in Michigan. In Little Feat, replacing Craig #1 inGAVINfor "Bennie & PAT 1ENATAR and her husband,NEIL GIRAL other news from Nugent, Fuller, is a woman, Shaun The Jets." DOon the birth of their daughter,NANA JULIANA.Born March 12, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. The Damn Yankees pro- Murphy. ject is for all general pur- KEITH SWEAT Sho-Bitz: Beverly Mire WEDDINGS poses finished. Tommy Keith Sweat performed Sho-Talk: Sheila Rene OurWEDDING BELLSrang on April 9 for EMI Shaw and Jack Blades are under the name Keith Who Am I: David Beran Record Group VP of Adult Contemporary Friends Of Radio #45: PromotionLAURA KUNTZand her fiance NIP "Sabu" Crier when he still working together as a Beverly Mire ST01.17. duo and plan to record an played bass and sang for Sho-Pieces: Ron Fell OurCONGRATULATIONSand best wishes!!! album. the group G.Q. WHO AM I?: Sho-Dates: Diane Rufer

10 EDITOR:DAVE SHOLIN GAVIN RP 40 ASSOCIATE EDITOR:ANNETTE M.LAI

5 3 1 COUNTING CROWS - Mr. Jones (DGC) 10 201 3 132 45 13 950/0

3 2 2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets Of Philadelphia (Columbia) 11 194 1 122 38 26 96%

6 5 3 BIG MOUNTAIN - Baby I Love Your Way (RCA) 9 207 3 89 55 49 93%

1 1 4 MARIAH CAREY - Without You (Columbia) 14 174 0 110 50 11 98%

9 8 5 PRINCE - (NPG/Bellmark) 7 194 1 42 73 63 92%

8 7 6 CRASH -TEST DUMMIES - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Arista) 9 184 3 67 44 48 86% SHERYL CROW(77) 2 4 7 ACE OF BASE - The Sign (Arista) 15 148 0 95 47 5 99%

4 6 8 ALL -4 -ONE - So Much In Love (Blitzz/Atlantic) 15 149 1 88 37 17 95% PHIL COLLINS(52)

17 12 9 BONNIE RAITT - Love Sneakin' Up On You (Capitol) 6 178 9 11 47 88 82% COLOR ME BADD(27)

7 172 1 17 51 69 80% 14 11 10 MICHAEL BOLTON - Completely (Columbia) BREEDERS(28) - 20 11 MADONNA -fll Remember (Theme From With Honors) (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 3 218 7 1 16 89 49% TAYLOR DAYNE(25) 27 17 12 ENIGMA - Return To Innocence (Virgin) 7 184 13 11 22 65 530/0 GABRIELLE(25) 19 15 13 TEVIN CAMPBELL - I'm Ready (Owest/Warner Bros.) 8 167 4 8 22 88 71%

15 14 14 BABYFACE - And Our Feelings (Epic) 8 150 2 11 39 65 77% LISETTE MELENDEZ(25)

141 1 32 54 34 85% 10 10 15 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - Come To My Window (Island/PLG) 13 Top New Entry 25 18 16 ROSCO MARTINEZ - Neon Moonlight (Zoo) 7 177 6 3 22 75 56% JOSHUA 7 9 17 RICHARD MARX - Now & Forever (Capitol) 14 118 0 41 63 11 97%

26 19 18 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams (Island/PLG) 7 156 5 4 11 68 53% KADISON "Beautiful - 32 19 TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 4 183 22 1 3 30 19% In My 28 22 8 125 5 15 18 45 62% 20 BECK - Loser (DGC) Eyes" 33 27 21 JULIET ROBERTS -I Want You (Reprise) 6 147 13 1 6 51 39% (SBK/ERG)

37 28 22 THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - Dream On Dreamer (eastwesVDelicious Vinyl) 6 157 18 1 4 36 26%

34 29 23 ALICE IN CHAINS - No Excuses (Columbia) 8 148 12 5 6 29 27%

31 26 24 R.KELLY - Bump N' Grind (Jive) 12 82 9 24 10 18 63%

13 13 25 SALT-N-PEPA Featuring EN VOGUE - Whatta Man (Next Plateau/London/PLG) 13 94 1 45 33 10 94%

11 16 26 JANET JACKSON - Because Of Love (Virgin) 13 61 0 21 29 9 970/0

- 36 27 GENERAL PUBLIC -I'll Take You There (Epic) 4 137 15 0 1 15 12% Hot 21 21 28 ZHANE - Groove Thang (Illtown/Motown) 13 66 0 9 17 25 770/0 TONI BRAXTON

16 23 29 US 3 - Cantaloop (Capitol) 19 49 1 15 21 9 92°/0 "You Mean The World To Me" (LaFace/Arista) 20 25 30 CELINE DION - The Power Of Love (550 Music/Epic) 21 47 1 21 16 6 91% 30 30 31 BILLY JOEL - Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Columbia) 7 80 2 3 2 34 49% Top Tip NE 32 JOSHUA KADISON - Beautiful In My Eyes (SBK/ERG) 5 121 14 0 0 15 12% GABRIELLE 3 10 130/0 - 40 33 - The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get (Sire/Reprise) 4 103 17 0 "I Wish 12 24 34 MEAT LOAF - Rock 'N Roll Dreams Come Through (MCA) 14 33 0 9 13 9 0 94% (London/PLG) NEW 35 BREEDERS - Divine Hammer (4-AD/Elektra) 3 123 26 0 0 2 70 2%

22 33 36 NIRVANA - All Apologies (DGC) 10 50 0 2 12 17 5 62%

NEW 37 HEART - The Woman In Me (Capitol) 3 98 9 0 0 8 42 80/0 Crossover Action

- 38 38 BJORK - Big Time Sensuality (Elektra) 7 73 0 0 3 15 25 25% URBAN/DANCE DAWN PENN - "You Don't Love Me (No No No)" 18 31 39 & THE HEARTBREAKERS - Mary Jane's Last Dance (MCA) 17 37 0 12 13 8 0 89% (Big BeaVAtlantic) 23 34 40 ETERNAL - Stay (EMI/ERG) 13 20 0 1 11 6 0 90% JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ - "I've Been Thinking About

You" (Classified) Hit .3hartbound Reports Adds On ChartFactor RECORD TO WATCH KEITH SWEAT - "How Do You Like It?" (Elektra) ROBIN S -"I Want To Thank You" (Big Beat/Atlantic)

SHERYL CROW -Leaving Las Vegas" (A&M) 93 77 8 8 3°/a ALL -4 -ONE I TO I- "The Right Time" (Next Plateau/PLG) "I Swear" WARREN G. and NATE DOGG - "Regulate" TAYLOR DAYNE - "I'll Wait" (Arista) 74 25 35 14 11% (B1itzz/Atlantic) Pow/Interscope) LISETTE MELENDEZ - "Will You Ever Save Me" (Fever/RAL/Chaos) 70 25 23 22 10% A11 -4 -One R. KELLY"Your Body's Calling" (Jive) is about to make it Born To Rol' two in -a -row. (Delicious Vinyl/eastwest) ALTERNATIVE Total Reports This Week 247 Last Week 247 CRACKER - "Low" (Virgin)

Hit Factor is a percentage of stations playing a record which also have it 'lop 20. le: THE KNACK - "My Sharona" (RCA)

100 stations playing the record - (Ai stations have itin their Top - Ilit Factor = 60% LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES - "Stay

Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30,un - apru (I Missed You)" (RCA)

Station Reporting Phone: (II') a95-1990 Gavin Fax: (115) 195-2',8) PRIMAL SCREAM - 'Rocks" (Warner Bros.)

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Reports Adds On Chart Inside Top 40 52 1 19 32 CANDLEBOX - You (Maverick) 11,isMike Joseph been talking to lls.1 -teen-marketing ," will 52 27 15 10 COLOR ME BADD - Let's Start With Forever (Giant/Reprise) the folks atBusiness1Vivk magazine? spend $89 billion in 1994. But more 52 52 - - * PHIL COLLINS - We Wait And We Wonder (Atlantic) !\ little over a month after "Mr. ilot importantly they will, as KKR() GM I his- did e \ erything but get on his Don Nordine pointed out last week, 50 25 12 13 GABRIELLE -I Wish (London/PLG) knees to plead with Top 40 program- influence somewhere in the neigh- 49 20 26 3 BABBLE - Take Me Away (Reprise) mers at the GAvi \ Seminar not to borhood of $200 billion in purchases. 46 3 10 33 A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN - Hey D.J. (Mercury) tum their backs on teen listeners, Something else to make note of comes LI tiC\ Co\i'l story in while reading tireBusiness Week 45 14 14 17 KEITH SWEAT - How Do You Like It? (Elektra)

Business Iteek.c April 1 ledition story are the products now being 43 2 27 14 TEARS FOR FEARS - Elemental (Mercury) -Thevre Rack! Teens. marketed to teens. Sure the soft 41 2 6 33 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Disarm (Virgin) The article supports Joseph's con- drinks. fast foods and jeans are there tention that there are millions of dol- but so are credit cards. contact lenses 41 13 21 7 NKOTB - Never Let You Go (Columbia) lars in ad revenue being directed and phone services like 40 16 19 5 USA LOEB & NINE STORIES - Stay (I Missed You) (RCA) toward other media -a lot of dollars MCI's 1 -800 -COLLECT, which is tar- 38 11 17 10 CRACKER - Low (Virgin) that used to be and still should be geting teens in a big way. budgeted f(n. Top 40 radio. But. as All this should be good news for 37 2 23 12 LAURA BRANIGAN - It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You (Atlantic) Mike keeps reminding us, "What Top to radio. But sadly, nowhere 37 10 22 5 COLLECTIVE SOUL - Shine (Atlantic) many Top 10 stations told teens was. among the the seven full pages of

36 8 12 16 OVIS - Regular Thong (Restless) Go away, e don't want you.' :Ind text in theBusiness It eekstory is that's exactly what they did. there one mention of 35 3 13 19 I TO I - The Right Time (Next Plateau/PLG) But so much \ radio. Television yes, 31 4 7 20 GIN BLOSSOMS - Until I Fall Away (A&M) kg the past. This print yes, but radio

30 1 14 15 BIG HEAD TODD - It's Alright (Giant/Reprise) report sheds light is invisible. Not that on the future and many years ago, it 29 2 12 15 THE KNACK - My Sharona (RCA) the numbers are, would have been 27 8 9 10 DAWN PENN - You Don't Love Me (Big Beat/Atlantic) to put it mildly, impossible to do a

27 10 9 8 VINCE GILL & GLADYS KNIGHT - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (MCA) .istonishing. feature such as this According to U.S. and leave radio 24 1 9 14 SCORPIONS - Under The Same Sun (Mercury) Census Bureau out. Again in the 24 3 12 9 ROBIN S -I Want To Thank You (Big Beat/Atlantic) stars, "Teen popula- words of Mike

23 1 13 9 DANZIG - Mother (Del American/Reprise) tion should hit near- Joseph: "Teens ly 25 million this and Top 40 once 23 20 3 THE FOG - Been A Long Time (Columbia) - year- and -will grow went hand in 22 5 14 3 SINEAD O'CONNOR - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart (Island/PLG) at close to twice the hand and we let

20 1 6 13 - For Whom The Bell Tolls (Polydor/PLG) rate of the overall them get away." population- during Even some sta- 19 4 15 MASTA ACE INCORPORATED - Born To Roll (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic) - the next decade. tions who are 18 1 2 15 EXPOSE - In Walked Love (Arista) What we're talking rated Number One in teens

18 3 10 5 AL B. SURE! - I'm Still In Love With You (Interscope/Atiantic) about here is a demographic bubble downplay that ranking, choosing that doesn t simply echo the baby instead to spotlight their adult num- 18 18 - - *BROTHER CANE - Hard Act To Follow (Virgin) fx.Kg11 explosion our parents heard in bers. 17 4 2 11 12 GAUGE - Dunkie Butt (Street Life/Scoffi Bros.) the '60s and -0s. hut packs more of Are attitudes changing as advertis- 17 - 9 8 MOTLEY CRUE - Hooligan's Holiday (Elektra) a punch in actual number.. ers learn more about the teen con- I IOW about this? Lull year sumer of the .90s and beyond? No 17 6 3 8 CELINE DION - Misled (550 Music/Epic) between now and 21110 will see one really knows yet. But when a 16 8 3 5 * WARREN G. & NATE DOGG - Regulate (Death Row/Interscope) more and more kids turn into magazine likeBusiness Week,hardly

15 4 1 10 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Got Me Waiting (Uptown/MCA) teenagers, something be witness- one that can be considered as radical ing I irsMand. as my oldest will be 13 or alternative, devotes this kind of 14 4 3 7 * DOMINO - Sweet Potato Pie (Outburst/RAL/Chaos) in 1996, It only snakes sense. The space to a segment of the buying 13 3 - 10 JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ - I've Been Thinking About Youliassified) decline in the teen population was public. it will most likely get the simply due to baby boomers waiting 13 - 2 11 DEEP FOREST - Sweet Lullaby (550 Music/Epic) attention of those who run our longer to start their families. Look fig biggest corporations. If they're inter- 13 6 2 5 *SWV - Anything (RCA) 2111)()1( ) he the peak year. the Vear ested, maybe some decision -makers 13 2 8 3 FUNKY POETS - Lessons Learned (550 Music/Epic) 111,11 Census Bureau demographer in radio might start to believe in the 12 2 - 10 CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS - Fonky Expedition (Scarface/Priority) Jennifer Cheeseman Day tells value of programming to teens once /Justness It eck readers the -teen again. 12 1 2 9 MITCH MALLOY - Tumbling Down (RCA) will crest at 30.8 million.- By Quoting the final two sentences of 12 4 4 4 * H -TOWN - Parttime Lover (Death Rovv/Interscope) comparison. that's 900,000 more than the article offers food for thought.

12 2 9 1 MIKE POST - Theme From NYPD Blue (American Gramaphone) :it the peak year of 1976. -Right now. were looking out from So much for numbers. What about the vantage point of Year Three of 11 2 9 - Feenin' (Uptown/MCA) - spending power? Disposable income? this 19 -year cleinwraplaic wave. 11 3 - 8* ACE OF BASE - Don't Turn Around (Arista) W here's the part you may Want Considering the impact of the last * NTC 11 8 2 1 - The Jounley(A Quest For Love) (DCT) underline fig your CN1 or owner. teen boom. we're in for another hell Teens, says Peter Zollo who BW of a ride." 11 3 7 1 ' LE SUCHAN - Something I Said (United)

10 2 1 7 * MARIAH CAREY - Never For_get You (Columbia "I'll Take You There" is an indicator. 10 4 3 3 *OUTKAST - Player's Ball (LaFace/Arista) Airplay Analysis It kicked in strong at WSBG/FM- Dropped: #35-CeCe Peniston, #37 -Little Texas. #39 -Mr. Big, Buffalo Tom. Alanarsons., Bocteans. Mint Will the soundtrack toThreesomebe Stroudsburg, Penn., where 39 spins Condition, Possum Dixon, , , Ice Cube. Sudden Change the next to shower Top 40 with hit takes it 29-22 with Top Ten 'Indicates Debut MIL ..: singles? It will if General Public's requests. PD Steve McKay reports

12 GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 TOP 40 Go Chart Most Added SHERYL CROW (46) BECK PHIL COLLINS (40) GAVIN GO CHART BABBLE (20) ,M1111111

2 1 1 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets Of Philadelphia (Columbia) 2 KTFM and KWIN.

3 3 2 COUNTING CROWS - Mr. Jones (DGC) 1 Another week, another 74 plays for Ovis' "Regular Thong" at KHKS- 6 4 3 BIG MOUNTAIN - Baby I Love Your Way (RCA) 3 Dallas! Early believers KLYV- 4 1 2 4 MARIAH CAREY - Without You (Columbia) Dubuque and KKXX-Bakersfield

9 5 5 MICHAEL BOLTON - Completely (Columbia) 1.4 both move it to Number One. ADDed at: WTBX, WABB, WQMZ, 12 9 6 BONNIE RAITT I Q. --akin' Up On You (Capitol) 9 KKCK, KCCQ, KTFM, WIFX and 11 8 7 CRASH -TEST DUMMIES - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Arista) V100. FULL NAME: Beck Hansen 15 12 8 PRINCE - The Most Beautiful Girl (NPG/Bellmark) 5 Top Ten calls and some signifi-

14 13 9 ROSCO MARTINEZ - Neon Moonlight (Zoo) 11 cant retail action for Collective itiOMETOWN: Los Angeles Soul's "Shine," as reported by John 7 7 10 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - Come To My Window (Island/PLG) 15 Norton at KYYY-Bismarck, N.D. LABEL: DGC 33 18 11 MADONNA - I'll Remember (Theme From With Honors) (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 11 John says adult women are calling NATIONAL DIRECTOR C H R 16 14 12 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams (Island/PLG) 2 for it and he's getting "a lot of PROMOTION: Steve Leavitt 4 6 13 ACE OF BASE - The Sign (Arista) 7 curiosity calls." New on: KROQ, WJMX, KLYK, V100, KQIZ, KTRS, ALL -4 -ONE - So Much In Love (Blitzz/Atlantic) 8 CURRENT SINGLE: "Loser" 8 11 14 WWKF, KBUS and KQIX/FM. 19 16 15 TEVIN CAMPBELL - I'm Ready (Owest/Warner Bros.) 92Q -Baltimore ups Dawn Penn DEBUT ALBUM: Mellow Gold 1715 16 BABYFACE - And Our Feelings (Epic) 14 24-21, giving her 35 plays. "You Don't Love Me (No No No)" hangs MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Blues 30 19 17 ENIGMA - Return To Innocence (Virgin) 12 in the Top Ten at WPGC- and folk music, including Woody 5 10 18 RICHARD MARX - Now & Forever (Capitol) 17 Washington, D.C. and HOT 97 -New Guthrie, Blind Willie Johnson, 29 20 19 ALICE IN CHAINS - No Excuses (Columbia) 23 York with eight ADDs including: Mississippi John Hurt, the 39 24 20 TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 19 KBUS, KDLK, WAVT, KTUF, KRRG, Z90, KTDR and ISLE 95. Carter Family and Jimmie 38 25 21 THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - Dream On Dreamer (eastwest/Delicious Vinyl) 22 The most often heard comment Rodgers. 26 23 22 BECK - Loser (DGC) 20 about the new All -4 -One is "I FIRST RECORDING? 35 26 23 JULIET ROBERTS -I Want You (Reprise) 21 haven't heard it yet, but I've heard

18 17 24 BILLY JOEL - Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Columbia) 31 about it." Copies of "I Swear" Want To Smoke should be on your desk by the time 32 Crack," released on Flipside - 30 25 JOSHUA KADISON - Beautiful In My Eyes (SBK/ERG) you read this. The song was a Records in January, 1993. - 32 26 HEART - The Woman In Me (Capitol) 37 Number One Country hit earlier this - 33 27 BREEDERS - Divine Hammer (4-AD/Elektra) 35 year for John Michael ON LIFE A YEAR AGO:"A year Montgomery and this version - 39 28 MORRISSEY - The More You Ignore Me The Closer IGet (Sire/Reprise) 33 ago I wasliving in a shed behind should do the same at Top 40. 36 29 29 P. 'nQv - P'T 'nsuality (Elektra) 38 Already on B95 -Fresno, with ADDs a house with a bunch of rats, - 40 30 GENERAL PUBLIC -f II Take You There (Epic) 27 at: KISS 108 -Boston, KUBE-Seattle, next to an alley downtown. I 21 27 31 SALT-N-PEPA Featuring EN VOGUE - Whatta Man (Next Plateau/London/PLG) 25 HOT 102 -Milwaukee, Q96 -Imperial had zero money and zero Valley, Calif. and KMXZ-Salinas, 13 22 32 JANET JACKSON - Because Of Love (Virgin) 26 possibilities. I was working in a Calif. 2028 33 NIRVANA -All Apologies (DGC) 36 STAR 94 -Atlanta is the first to video store doing things like 34 SHERYL CROW - Leaving Las Vegas (A&M) CB chart the next Ace Of Base track, alphabetizing the pornography "Don't Turn Around,' in the Top 10 21 35 MEAT LOAF - Rock 'N Roll Dreams Come Through (MCA) 34 section for minimumwage." Ten. Hot at KDWB, 104 KRBE, NEW 36 CANDLEBOX - You (Maverick) U&C WWKF, X193 and WIZM/FM. -RollingStone, April 21, 1994 CB NEW 37 TAYLOR DAYNE - I'll Wait (Arista) ADDed at: KHKS-Dallas, KAGO- ICS SAID: "At the surface, it 3234 38 ALAN PARSONS - Oh Life (There Must Be More) (Arista) Klamath Falls, Ore. and KIXY/FM- San Angelo, Texas. Expect lots more seems like Beck's songs are NEW 39 GIN BLOSSOMS - Until IFall Away (A&M) U&C of believers to follow in the next strings of silly, ironic non NEW 40 LISETTE MELENDEZ - Will You Ever Save Me (Fever/RAL/Chaos) CB few weeks. sequiturs, but digalittle deeper Jimmy Harnen, who scored a and there's a twisted poignancy 18-34 appeal. Phone action is good ADDs on: WZJM, WRCK, XL106.7, bighitwith "Where Are You Now?" lurking beneath the jokes." at WBBQ-Augusta too, with PD WIFC, KQCR/FM, KTFM, KLUC, a few years back, is creating a buzz Bruce Stevens taking it Top 30 on KKXX, KGOT, WQPW, WQGN, in several markets with a new tune -Jac Zinder, L.A. Weekly, the strength of 15 plays. Ten -point TOWER 98, etc. called, "Straight From The Heart." September 23, 1993. jumps at 98PXY, WHZR and B97. It took awhile for programmers to Dave Robbins at WNCI-Columbus An impressive growth pattern for finally believe in Gabrielle's reports it "Top 15 in callout and get- iT'S SAID: "...he's seen by Lisette Melendez's "Will You Ever "Dreams," but once it happened, ting tremendous response from some as the hottest and most Save Me," which enters the Top 20 they couldn't stop playing it. Her women 20-29." Dave says he's step- intriguing newfigure toemerge at WKSE-Buffalo with 19 plays. Also latest, "I Wish," is taking off slightly ping up the rotation. Melissa Ann, from the Los Angeles rock charting Top 20 at POWER PIG, quicker and is already Top 30 for PD at KTDR-Del Rio, Texas, put it KZZT, KLYV, B95, Z90 and more. B96, KISS 108, WZPL, WIOQ, KJYK, on Smash or Trash and got all posi- scene since AxI Rose and Perry tives. No word on an official Farrell in the mid -'80s." release, but Jimmy will be happy to GO STATION PANEL: The GO Chart is based on reports by 138 GAVIN -Steve Hochman, L.A. Times, correspondents who are not part of Radio & Record's or Billboard's panels. send off a copy. Call him at (717) Underlines indicate upward movement, while blue entries highlight 779-4973. February 20, 1994 a stronger performance than on the main Top 40 chart. GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 13 Most Added

EDITOR: BILL SPEED ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CHIN URBAN JOHN MARTINUCCI 2W LW TW HIT FACTOR

4 1 1 TEVIN CAMPBELL - I'm Ready (Qwest/Warner Bros.) 7 54 3 49 2 3 94%

6 3 2 JODECI - Feenin' (Uptown/MCA) 6 52 0 45 6 1 98%

1 2 3 BABYFACE - And Our Feelings (Epic) 8 52 1 43 7 2 96%

12 5 4 - Treat U Rite (Elektra) 8 49 1 33 12 4 92%

15 8 5 PRINCE - The Most Beautiful Girl (NPG/Bellmark) 8 48 3 30 11 7 85%

13 10 6 AFTER 7 - Gonna Love You Right (Fox/Beacon) 9 43 1 29 12 2 950/0

20 11 7 KEITH SWEAT - How Do You Like It? (Elektra) 5 46 1 16 25 5 89%

18 12 8 THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - Dream On Dreamer (eastwest/Delicious Vinyl) 6 48 2 15 24 9 81%

3 4 9 MARIAH CAREY - Never Forget You (Columbia) 11 41 1 29 8 4 90%

10 9 10 INTRO - Ribbon In The Sky (Atlantic) 10 37 1 33 3 1 97%

38 20 11 TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 6 48 8 6 27 15 69% ARETHA FRANKLIN 16 15 12 GUESSS - Tell Me Where It Hurts (Warner Bros.) 10 41 1 19 16 6 85% "Willing To Forgive" 17 13 13 ALL -4 -ONE - So Much In Love (Blitzz/Atlantic) 11 38 0 24 10 4 89% (Arista) 1414 14 ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO - If That's Your Boyfriend... (Maverick/Sire/Reprise) 8 36 2 22 12 2 94% H -TOWN 5 7 15 R.KELLY - Bump N' Grind (Jive) 12 36 1 27 8 1 97% -Part Time Lover" 27 18 16 GLENN JONES - Round And Round (Atlantic) 6 44 4 5 25 14 68% (Death Row/lnterscope) 32 23 17 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Got Me Waiting (Uptown/MCA) 4 43 6 6 20 17 60% SWV 24 19 18 QUEEN LATIFAH - Just Another Day (Motown) 8 36 1 9 19 8 78% "Anything" 23 22 (RCA) 19 DIANA KING - Stir It Up (Chaos) 9 33 1 8 23 2 94% 2 6 20 ZHANE - Groove Thang (Illtown/Motown) 14 31 0 21 7 3 90% Top New Entry 30 24 21 FOR REAL - You Don't Wanna Miss (A&M) 6 33 1 7 21 5 85% HAMMER 34 32 22 JOE - All Or Nothing (Mercury) 6 36 6 4 18 14 61% "Pumps And A Bump" 29 26 23 SUDDEN CHANGE - Comin' On Strong (eastwest) 9 31 2 9 17 5 84% (Giant)

- 39 24 SWV - Anything (RCA) 2 41 13 3 10 28 32%

9 16 Hot 25 ETERNAL - Stay (EMI/ERG) 11 27 1 16 10 1 96%

26 - 35 MAZE Featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY - What Goes Up (Warner Bros.) 3 39 5 1 14 24 38% swv 36 30 "Anything" 27 TANYA BLOUNT - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Polydor/PLG) 5 36 6 1 19 16 56% (RCA) 31 31 28 PORTRAIT - Be Thankful For What You Got (Atlas/PLG) 8 29 3 8 14 7 76%

37 33 29 RALPH TRESVANT - When I Need Somebody (MCA) 5 32 3 2 17 13 59% Top Tip 26 25 30 FREDDIE JACKSON - Was It Something (RCA) 8 26 1 8 15 3 88% H -TOWN NEW 31 HAMMER - Pumps And A Bump (Giant/Reprise) 2 30 6 2 11 17 43% "Part Time Lover"

8 17 32 CE CE PENISTON - I'm In The Mood (A&M/Perspective) 14 24 1 11 9 4 83% (Death Row/lnterscope)

NEW 33 SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS - I Believe (Perspective/A&M) 2 33 9 0 7 26 21% RECORD TO WATCH NEW 34 PHILIP BAILEY - Here With Me (Zoo) 6 24 3 3 16 5 79%

AJFIA, 35 XSCAPE - Love On My Mind (So So Def/Columbia) 2 32 10 0 7 25 22% PATRA "Worker Man" - 37 36 7669 - Joy (Motown) 4 28 3 0 11 17 39% (Epic) 37 - 38 ICE CUBE - You Know How We Do It (Priority) 5 22 1 3 12 7 68%

11 27 38 TEDDY PENDERGRASS - Believe In Love (Elektra) 13 19 0 8 11 0 100%

39 AL B. SURE! - I'm Still In Love With You (Interscope/Atlantic) 3 25 4 0 11 14 440/0

7 21 40 JANET JACKSON - Because Of Love (Virgin) 13 20 1 8 7 5 7 50/0 Inside Urban

Chartbound Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks Last week I talked about my day in New York. After a pleasant train ride

DAMION HALL with CHANTE MOORE - 'Satisfy You" (Silas/MCA) 26 1 6 19 23% 3 to D.C., John Austin and I arrived at Washington's Union Station. Typical of a D.C. spring day, it was Album Cuts a warm, sunny day that bordered on Total Reports: being hot. Our cabbie had WHUR This Week 54 Last Week 54 XSCAPE - Tonite on his radio and when the music Hit Factor is a percentage of BABYFACE - Rock Bottom stopped we heard the voice of after- stations which will have it in noon drive personality Olivia Foxx Heavy or Medium rotation. ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO - Outside Your Door whose on -air deliverery was as Reports accepted: R. KELLY - 12 Play/Sadie bright and easy as the afternoon Monday at 8am through 3pm Tuesday sun. When the cab reached the CECE PENISTON - I'm Not Over You Sheraton Hotel the lobby was busy Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 with NABOB members from all over Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580 COLOR ME BADD - Wildflower

14 GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 URBAN SUDDEN CHANGE BP Up & Coming IN SCHOOL t

Reports Adds 23 3 MARY J. BLIGE - My Love (Uptown/MCA) CHANTAY 23 2 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Electric Relaxation (Jive) SAVAGE 22 13 *H -TOWN - Parttime Lover (Death Row/Interscope)

22 7 *PATRA - Worker Man (Epic)

21 4 *WILL DOWNING - Break Up To Make Up (Mercury)

20 8 *COLOR ME BAUD - The Bells (Giant/Reprise)

19 2 *DAWN PENN - You Don't Love Me (Big Beat/Atlantic)

19 - EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Two Heads (Reprise)

18 4 *DEBELAH - Take It Easy (Atlantic) East West recording artist Sudden Change joined with NFL great Al Dixon, of the San Dropped: #23-Shaquille O'Neal, #29 -Mint Condition, #34 -Jody Watley. /36 -Salt -N- BIRTHDATE: July 16 Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets recently spoke to the student body at CURRENT RESIDENCE: the Black communications world. house. The hit writing/producing Jefferson House Middle school in Chicago,M. One of the first people I spoke with team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Elizabeth, N.J. about the importance of CURRENT SINGLE: "Give It To was Ray Allen of AURN (American Lewis were honored as Pioneers in staying in school. Pictured during recess Urban Radio Network) who was Music. Whitney Houston was also are kr: Jessie and Katia of Sudden Change Ya" talking to Michael Carter of KPRS- given an Lifetime achievement and Al Dixon center. CURRENT ALBUM: Here We Kansas City. After we spoke, award but did not appear because michael introduced me to his of illness. The evening's program New ReleasPR Go... Grandmother, Mrs. Mildred Carter, was hosted by MTV's Bill Bellamy... LABEL: RCA founder of KPRS. she told me KPRS In other urban news, Eddie Pugh R. KELLY was one of the country's first black - has exited his post at Columbia "Your Body's Calling (Jive) MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Sara With positive response, radio pro- owned radio stations, and in the records, Pugh was with the label for Vaughn, , Stevie future I'll be interviewing her, talk- eight years...Since many of you will grammers have been jammin' their Wonder and Patti LaBelle ing about the early days of being a be attending the Super Summit VIII airwaves with "Your Body's Calling" black owner. After checking into our conference in Atlantic City, April 21- for the past several weeks as an LAST ALBUM/CD BOUGHT: 23 be sure to attend the MCA album cut. With consistency being rooms, I was anxious to get back to R. Kelly's 12 Play the lobby to see the who's who of awards luncheon where Jackie Paul key, R. Kelly's seductive perfor- Black Broadcasting. It was full of of Impact will be presenting a mance doesn't miss as he calls up FAVORITE RECORD: Zhane's another hit from his album, 12 Play. people kicking it, and some of the scholarship award on behalf of "For A Reason" people I saw and chatted with Melvin KEITH WASHINGTON included Hal Jackson and Percy Wallace (left) "Trippin' "(QwesVWarner Bros.) FAVORITE PASTIME: Sutton of Inner city broadcasting. who was Keith Washington sets aside his Spending time just kicking it I saw and spoke with Doug Daniels murdered last soul -stirring passionate vocals for a with friends and family. of Arista; Sharon Heyward, Shiela year. You sassy groove produced by Gerald Coates, and Don Eason of may remem- Levert and Edwin Nicholas. "Trippin' FAVORITE FOOD: Anything ber Wallace Perspective Records; Buddy Dee " shows another dimension to Italian. of and had a brief as the manag- Keith's musical style and the single conversation with Leon Huff of 1 er of Voices offers several variations, but I gravi- WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY Gamble -Huff fame. Since I lived Of Theory on Ruffhouse/ tate toward the "Album Edit." AND WHY: "I heard a beautiful and worked in the Washington area Columbia... On april 6 BETTY WRIGHT song that reminded me of during my tenure with B.E.T. it was celebrated its 50th anniversary with "For Love Alone" (Ms. B) someone." great to see many of the faces who a huge concert at New York's Female soloists or groups with makes that market a great place to . The festivities were female leads hold abcut half of the work- people like George Wilson, hosted by Herbie Hancock and PROUDEST Urban chart this week, keeping toe ACCOMPLISHMENT: My album, who now works for the U.S. Senate Vanessa Williams. The evening to toe with their male counterparts. and David "Oggie" Ogburn who will be rebroadcast on May 18 on Ironically Betty Wrigh:'s first single, Here We Go... photographs all the big events in thePBS...Singer Bobby Womack, had a recorded 26 years ago was titled, IFI WASN'T A RECORDING area. Zeke Zanders formerly of real scare recently while performing "Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do." RCA was also in attendance. At the at the Beacon Street Theater. He This tender ballad is co -produced by ARTIST: I'd be a producer or a NABOB dinner, entertainment was apparently lost his voice and could Nick Martinelli and Wight not only psychiatrist. provided by Patti Austin and The not finish the show. Womack imme- sang on this track but she co -wrote CURRENT OR UPCOMING Sounds Of Blackness. Stevie diately flew back to Los Angeles and co -produced it with Angelo Wonder, who owns (KJLH-Los where he was hospitalized and was Morris. Nice. TOUR DETAILS:I may be at first diagnosed with cancer, but Angeles) was given the Lifetime touring with Freddie Jackson. Achievement award. Don after more tests the problem turned H -TOWN Cornelius was given the Pioneer in out to be non -carcinogenic polyps, "Part Time Lover" SH4)S: "Always be true Broadcasting award and NABOB's which require corrective surgery (Death Row/Interscope) to God and yourself, then you'll Mickey Leland Public Service Award (whew!) Womack has a new album Looking to top last year's hit, nevergo wrong." for Outstanding leadership in to be released in June on a label "Knockin' Da Boots," H -Town Government award went to former owned by Ron Wood of the comes with a track from the sound- WEBB-Baltimore broadcaster and Rolling Stones. the album will fea- track to Above The Rim. The trio's "I plan to produce more songs now Chairman of the Congressional ture rapper May May Ali, Gerald sexy, mid tempo grind is the result Black Caucus representative, Kwesi Albright, , Brian of Jodeci's DeVante Swing who on my next album. I'm also Mfume, who in his speech said that May of Queen and Michael incorporates his influential flava with interested inactingin movies. if a former actor can become presi- Compton of Journey. It should be help from co-writer/producer Darryl I have several plans for the dent perhaps some day a radio multi -formatted. Pearson. Watch this ones chart future." broadcaster will be in the white - -PEACE, BILL action.

GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 15 Professional athletes and hip -hop Most Added artists are scheduled to be heavily JERU THE DAMAJA involved all weekend.Jay Baileyof EDITOR: BILL SPEED D. Original No So Entertainment has coordi- ASSOCIATE EDITOR: nated events with NFL and NBA (Payday/FFRR) G015 11,11) THEMBISA MSHAKA players in effect, Shaquille O'Neal MASTA ACE, INCORPORATED and New York Giant Rodney Born To Roll/The B -Side Hampton among them. Death Row $ 1 1 VIVANG CLAN - C.R.EAM. (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA) (Delicious Vinyl) and Interscope are throwin' down 2 2 GANG STARR - Mass Appeal (Chrysalis/ERG) an Above The Rim party on April 24. $ 3 3 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Electric Relaxation (Jive) Top lip On the live performance tip, Akinyele, Duice, and King Just are $ 4 4 NAS -It Ain't Hard To Tell (Columbia) SMIF & WESSUN just a sample of who'll be in the 5 5 DAS EFX - Baknaffek (Atlantic) BUCKTOWN U.S.A. - house. Contact Jay or EMO at (404) (Nervous) - 9 6 - I Got Cha Opin (Nervous) 609-5177.. James Lewis over at - 7 SOULS OF MISCHIEF - Never No More (Jive) RECORD TO WATCH WTCC is developing a conference - 10 8 DOWN SOUTH - Southern Comfort (Big Beat/Atlantic) for women in radio communica- tions. If you have any suggestions - 8 9 CASUAL -I Didn't Mean To (Jive) KING JUST Warrior's Drum b/w Move for the programme call him at 413- $ 6 ICE CUBE - You Know How We Do It (Priority) On 'Em Stomp 781-6628. Martin Moor atRound - 11 ED 0.G & DA BULLDOGS - Love Comes and Goes/As Long As You Know (Chemistry/Mercury) (Black Fist) The Globegave me the scoop on a great contest. They're putting on a $ 16 OUTKAST - Player's Ball (LaFace/Arista) In the Shaolin fashion, King Just commands attention with remix contest in conjunction with - 13 DEL THEFUNKYHOMOSAPIEN - Wrongplace/Undisputed Champs (Elektra) a power-packed debut. 22 the release of M.O.P.'s crushing - 12 DA KING & I- Tears (Rowdy) adds in its first week! debut To The Death. Here's how it $ 14 SHYHEIM - On And On (Virgin) FONKY EXPEDITION!

- 36 JERU THE DAMAJA - D. Original (Payday/FFRR) at WNYE with Mr. Magic and at - 19 DRED SCOTT - Back In The Day / Can't Hold It Back (Tuff Break/A&M) KISS withC00000000lDJ Red - 15 INTELLIGENT HOODLUM - Street Life (Tuff Break/A&M) Alert. Red Alert keeps the wheels of

$ 17 DFC - Caps Get Peeled (Big Beat/Assault/Atlantic) steel hot with his debutEpic release, DJ RED ALERT'S PROPMAS- - 18 DADDY -0 - Flowin In File (Brooktown/Island/PLG) 7ER DANCEHALL SHOW. Says Red, - 20 TERMINATOR X - It All Comes Down To The Money (RAL/Columbia) "I wanted to make a compilation

$ 23 QUEEN LATIFAH - Just Another Day (Motown) album that sounded like a radio show, incorporating promos just like $ 22 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - Gin and Juice (Death Row/Interscope) a show..." This radio show on wax - 32 GRANDDADDY I.U. - Represent/We Got Da Oats (Cold Chillin'/Reprise) featuresShabba Ranks, Patra, Red Oakland meets New York as The NELA' - The Shit Is Real (Relativity) Fox, Screechie Dan,and Shaggy. Conscious Daughters chill at the - 28 NOW BORN CLICK - Mad Sick/Now Born Soldiers (PHAT WAX) Red's secret weapon is Vicious, a Palladium with Nikki Dee (left) and new dancehall prince whose single NEW ANOTHA LEVEL - What's That Cha Say? (Priority) Queen Latifah (center). "The Glock" is wicked. The NEW KMD - Whatta Niggy Know? (Elektra) Propmasterpiece dropped March 29. goes: any DJ or producer who - 29 PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS - Who Am I? (Virgin) WJPC is instituting April as Hip - hooks up the phattest remix to any

- 21 VOLUME 10 - Pistolgrip-Pump (Immortal) Hop History Month! In addition to cut on the album will find his or her their standard 24 -hour rap program- work on the next single. Martin also $ 24 KRS-ONE - Sound Of Da Police (Jive) ming, the station will be airing needs a part-time assistant in college 31 THE LEGION - Jingle Jangle (One Love/Mercury) soundbites from 20 years of rap radio promotion. Get the details on

$ 35 CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS - Somethin' To Ride To (Fonky Expedition) (Scarface/Priority) knowledge and history, including a the contest and the position from trivia contest for all the true school- Martin at (212) 947-5575. - 25 KURIOUS - Uptown Hit (Hoppoh/Columbia) ers. Contact coordinator Vinnie Independent labels are on the rise - 34 QUINTON - Quinton's Here (Fat House/Tommy Boy) Freshmix at (708) 895-1400. In the like never before. Two of the latest - 38 MYSTERME - Unsolved Mysterme (Gee Street Independent) same spirit of preservation, April 25 examples are Black Fist - 37 MAESTRO FRESHWES - Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn (LMR Street) marks an historic event in our indus- Entertainment andPallas try. The first annual Source Records.Black Fist promotions rep - 39 MAD FLAVA - Bump Ya Head (Priority) Awards will take place at the Rene McLean is stompin' with King - 26 - Ego Trippin' Part Two (Tommy Boy) Paramount Theatre in New York Just and the Shaolin Soldiers, who $ 27 JERU THE DAMAJA - Come Clean (Payday/FFRR) City to pay hip -hop music its due are makin' noise across the country. respect (at last!). Our hosts will be Jerome Sydenham, former A&R Chartbound Dr. Dre and Ed Lover ofYofMTV rep with eastwest has established Raps and the HOT 97 morning Pallas Records. Joe -El, formerly of Like MO show. The categories are truly repre-Flavor Unit is heading up promotion RAW FUSION - Freaky Note (Hollywood/Basic) sentative of the many facets of the of rap and R&B acts. Bushwackass, WHAT'S HATNIN'?.. The hip -hop art form across music, tele- a rap group out of Flatbush, and DOMINO - Sweet Potatoe Pie (Outburst/RAL) Conscious Daughters are, for sure. vision and film. The Source also has ERULE,a hip-hop/jazz artist are the They recently completed their video categories for Best Dancehall and first releases. Joe -El's digits are (212) NTYCE - Hush Hush Tip (Wild Pitch) for "We Roll Deep," the slammin' Best R&B artists of the year. Given 387-7549...Here's the last word: The follow-up to their debut smash the connection both styles have to GAVINRap Special hits your desk YAGGFU FRONT - Left Field (Mercury) "Somethin' To Ride To." Their week- hip -hop, those categories are crucial. April 29. Itwill be full of informa- long promo tour of New York was a It promises to be star-studded and tion from the art form's new genera- - So Tough (Flavor Unit/Epic) "Fonky Expedition" of NYC's under- spectacular, so call Mike Elliot at tion of performers and businesspeo- ground scene, including radio stops The Source for more info (212) 274- ple. Don't be the only one who 0464...The weekend prior to the didn't represent. CallGAVINmarket- Reports accepted: Thursday Only 9am - 4pm Source Awards is Freaknic time, ing rep John Austin at (215) 424- Atlanta's spring blowout. 6571 right now...like that. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

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This one's the first... slam the phone on imitators! Pick up for "DA original BOOTY CALL" Produced by Khalid K. & Brian 0. for KS Productions. Management: Kitson Walker & Keith Lawson for Walk? Enteitainmert Mlaiagement RAP New Releases ARTIST PROFILE RAP RETA C -SWING Killin' Ya Softly (Peace) SINGLES "Kiffin' Ya Softly" flows along at 2W LW TW mid -tempo. Mo' Bounce has drenched the track in a thick 1 1 1 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - Gin And Juice (Death Row/lnterscope) bassline augmented by mild key- 3 2 2 OUTKAST - Player's Ball (LaFace/Arista) board strains and treated voice sam-

2 3 3 SALT-N-PEPA Featuring EN VOGUE - Whatta Man (Next Plateau/London/PLG) ples. Rapper Madhatter provides ample support on the lyrical front. 5 4 4 GANG STARR - Mass Appeal (Chrysalis/ERG) For the instrumental version, the 4 16 5 HAMMER - It's All Good (Giant/Reprise) crew drops the rhymes, but keeps 6 6 6 ICE CUBE - You Know How We Do It (Priority) the chanted chorus of "You don't

11 7 7 WU-TANG CLAN - C.R.EA.M. (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA) have to worry baby, I'm killin' ya softly." The AA side flips the 9 8 8 12 GAUGE - Dunkie Butt (Street Life/Scotti Bros.) "Ignorant Remix" of "Kan Ya 9 9 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - I'm Outstanding (Jive) Softly." An R&B styled female chorus 13 10 10 DFC - Caps Get Peeled (Big Beat/Assault/Atlantic) is mixed with the much over -used TRINITY

8 11 11 JERU THE DAMAJA - Come Clean (Payday/FFRR) Lou Donaldson riff "Ode To Billy Joe". I-ight, but nuttin' special. On GARDEN 12 12 12 QUEEN LATIFAH - Just Another Day (Motown) the other hand, the AA bonus track, 22 13 13 MASTA ACE INCORPORATED - Slaughtahouse (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic) -Nappy Hedz Anthem," slams! CARTEL 14 14 14 US 3 - Cantaloop (Capitol) Packed full of juicy rhythm guitar, a THE CARTEL Is:Lit' D, 23 15 15 CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS - Fonky Expedition (Scarface/Priority) fuzznunkafied bass groove, massive bass drum kicks and some wailing Gangsta G, and Herb Man 4 16 16 HAMMER -Its All Good (Giant/Reprise) horns, it's a modified instrumental STRAIGHT OUTTA: Houston 18 17 17 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Electric Relaxation (Jive) consisting of mumbled vocal chatter

18 18 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Got Me Waiting (Uptown/MCA) and a shouted vocal chorus of WHAT'S BEHIND THE NAME: "Heeey! The Nappy hedz." Sweet. 19 19 19 SHYHEIM - On And On (Virgin) Trinity Garden is the Get into the C -Swing of things by unforgiving ghetto they claim. 21 20 20 NAS - It Ain't Hard To Tell (Chaos) calling Ivan at Peace Records, (212) CARTEL lets all children of the 7 21 21 DOMINO - Getto Jam (Outburst/RAL/Chaos) 229-9416. -SPENCEDOOKEY

17 22 22 KRS-ONE - Sound Of Da Police (Jive) ghetto know that Caring And

24 23 23 TERMINATOR X - It All Comes Down To The Money (P.R.O. Division/RM./Columbia) Realizing Togetherness Equals Love. - 24 24 2 PAC - 25 25 SIMPLE E - Play My Funk (Fox) THEY SAY: "When we were younger we got caught up in ALBUMS the hustling thing, but we 2W LW TW realized that wasn't the way

1 1 1 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - Doggystyle (Death Row/Interscope) for us. After seeing so much AFRO -PLANE 2 2 2 ICE CUBE - Lethal Injection (Priority) death and destruction in our Shine (Kaper/RCA) 3 3 3 WU-TANG CLAN - Enter The Wu -Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA) seriously folks, this is on a different neighborhood we felt the need 4 4 4 SALT-N-PEPA - Very Necessary (Next Plateau/London/PLG) level. These brothers are utilizing to do something to influence 5 5 5 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Midnight Marauders (Jive) live instrumentation, hypnotic har- kids in a positive way." monies and powerful lyrics to the 9 6 6 5TH WARD BOYZ - Gangsta Funk (Rap-A-Lot/Priority) fullest. The maxi presents "Shine" in CURRENT SINGLE: "Don't 13 7 7 GANG STARR Hard 2 Earn (Chrysalis/ERG) five gleaming manifestations. The Blame It On Da Music" 6 8 8 QUEEN LATIFAH - Black Reign (Motown) radio edit centers around a swelling CURRENT ALBUM: Don't 7 9 9 2LOW - Funky Lil Brother (Rap-A-Lot/Priority) bassline introduced by the a capella chant. The African Mix is true to its Blame It On Da Music 8 10 10 DOMINO - Domino (Outburst/RAL/Chaos) name, propelled by drums and a 11 11 11 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - Shaq Diesel (Jive) melodic bassline dotted with barely - PRODUCER: 12 12 12 EAZY-E -It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (Ruthless/Relativity) there sounds that help put the Mike "Lil' Funky" Banks

14 13 13 BLACK MOON - Enta Da Stage (Nervous) "Vietnam" in remixer Eric Sadler's name. Sadler and Chris "GLH" LABEL: Cartel/Rap-A-Lot 15 14 14 HAMMER - Hammer The Funky Head Hunter (Giant) Champion blessed that one. For a PUBLICITY CONTACT: 10 15 15 - Get In Where You Fit In (Dangerous Music/Jive) psychedelic offering like the promo Akwanza Gleaves 18 16 16 TOP AUTHORITY - Somethin' To Blaze To (BLANK LABEL) 10" RCA put out, check the "European Mix," a collage of melan- 20 17 17 LUKE FEATURING THE 2 LIVE CREW - Back At Your Ass 4 Da '94 (Luke/Atlantic) PROMOTION CONTACTS: choly horns and winding acoustic Shirlene Head, Art Smith 17 18 18 ED 0.G & DA BULLDOGS - Roxbury 02119 (Chemistry/Mercury) bass. Then, for the nitty gritty 16 19 19 KRS-ONE - Return Of Da Boom Bap (Jive) mixshow shot, peep the "What The T GC ON THE SINGLE: "We Funk? Mix," complete with cuts from - 20 20 ABOVE THE RIM SOUNDTRACK - Above The Rim (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI) feel that people need to Roy Ayers' "Sunshine" and a kickin' 19 21 21 ODD SQUAD - Fadanuf Fa Erybody (Rap-A-Lot/Priority) open snare. Did "Mama tell you to govern themselves and stop 22 22 22 CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS - Ear To The Street (Scarface/Priority) shine your light?" Well, don't front. trying to use rap as a 21 23 23 SCARFACE - The World Is Yours (Rap-A-Lot/Priority) Take yourself to an Afro -plane for a scapegoat. It's not the music taste of that "do your own thang" - 24 24 DFC - "THINGS IN THA HOOD" (Big Beat/Assault/Atlantic) or the lyrical content that flava. Contact Terry Ferguson at RCA 23 25 25 DAS EFX - Straight Up Sewaside (eastwest/atlantic group) (212) 930-4565 -THEMBISA S. MSHAKA causes crime."

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here is a cartoonish quality to Rhino Records. To begin with, there is the name of the company, which co-founder and president WHY RADIO LOVES Richard Foos explains by saying: "I always liked the image of a rhino charging through things." Visit one of their record stores- which is how Rhino got started, in the early '70s-or the company's cool new RHINO RECORDS, AND offices in Westwood-and you're likely to see a rhino charging through a wall. There's the company mascot, Rocky the Rhino. There's Rhino's penchant for offbeat, risky, and sometimes downright goofy choices in the area for which it's famous-reissues: Golden Throats, featuring Jack Webb reciting "Try a Little WHY RHINO'S NE SO Tenderness" and Leonard Nimoy dispatching "Proud Mary;" Best of Louie Louie, with everyone from the Sandpipers to Ike and Tina Turner doing the Richard Berry classic; and Have a Nice Day: Super Hits of the '70s, a 15 -volume collec- tion of some of the cheesiest music ever foisted on human ears. SURE AB0111 RADIO "This," says Rhino's national press and editorial man- ager, John Hagelston, sitting in a lobby decorated in '50s mod pastels, with overhead TV monitors playing a video BY BEN FONG-TORRES tape loop of a Monkees documentary, "is not a normal place to work." But perhaps the most unreal thing about Rhino is its founding and lasting principle. It goes something like this: Rhino is populated with passionate, knowledgeable devourers of music. Holly George -Warren, editor of Gary Stewart Rolling Stone Press, has called on Rhino for help with various reference books, and marvels not only at the music, but at the people 11111111111w' behind it. "I've never met anyone at any label with more enthusiasm about music in general," she says. "They're all walking encyclopedias of music, and they put their heart and soul into everything they do." When Rhino does a reissue, it's never simply a matter of licensing an artist's greatest hits, slapping them togeth- er and shipping them out. They make some acquisitions and do some packages for amusement-Bummed Out Christmas and the beer -spilling Frat Rock series come to mind-or to satisfy a personal musical mission. But all choices are informed. Too many artists-say, the Coasters, Lou Christie, Dusty Springfield, or Graham Parker-cut far more interesting tracks than became hits. Jim Neill If Rhino finds them deserving, they'll be issued, in grand style, for other music lovers to find.

20 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 Here's how Gary Stewart, head of the seven -person A&R staff, puts it: "I'm entire format on CD; they went on the air with our very excited by the records we put out by people like the Turtles, the Four stuff. We did some tradeout for some advertising, Seasons and the Neville Brothers, but to me, what really makes it click are the and we have a banner in record stores with our logo records that maybe didn't make money but really did justice to an artist-if we next to Arrow's." think it's something of extreme artistic Other stations switching to '70s -intensive formats merit, then it deserves to come out." may not have enough time to bargain. In San Stewart's personal fave project at Rhino Francisco, KABL/FM became "Big 98.1," zeroing in is the nine -volume DIY anthology of on music of the '70s, and its program director raided the worldwide punk music scene of the the local Tower for a stack of Rhino records to get '70s. "It wouldn't have come out that the station on the air. (See GAVIN'S YELLOW PAGES way on any other label," he says, "or OF RADIO for the Big 98.1 story.) contained a lot of artists that didn't dent Neill sees both good and bad in the Arrow format. the charts and maybe didn't even prick "For hard core music fans it's just about the lowest com- Foos & Bronson: 'The Rhino Brothers' the highest levels of Alternative music mon denominator," he says. "It's like what Top 40 was in consciousnessness back then." the early '70s." When this reporter expressed gratitude that Rhino had resurrected some of So what's the good news? "It'll really help the core of Dusty Springfield's finest work, Stewart smiled. "As long as I can get away with Rhino's catalog stay alive on the radio," says Neill. 'But it, I don't care if Dusty Springfield sells one copy or 100,000. A Brand New Me the trouble there is, the songs are ingrained in is an amazing piece of music, and it should come out." people's minds; it might not occur to them that Jim Neill, Rhino Records' National Director of Promotion, uses radio as a way Rhino has them out. So it's our job to make sure to define what Rhino does. "Radio," that if there is an ongoing nostalgia trip for this he says, "offers a jukebox service. stuff and that when people go into the stores, the You won't hear anything that's notNEI you had no Rhino stuff is well positioned enough that we're familiar to you. And in a sense, associated it automatically." that's what Rhino is in the business Before Arrow, Classic Rock stations often of doing-providing people with NIplace to go but hooked up with Rhino. repackaged memories, in a way, but "We do a lot of promotions with Classic Rock repackaged lovingly and with more stations," says Neill. "We have a Burton Cummings insight than maybe was originally put Rhino, you wouldn't best -of album coming out, and with KLSX here in into it." LA we're going to do a living room concert. We'll Neill used the word "business," give Burton Cummings away to a listener. he'll go be that bad off... and, whatever its mission statement, their house and perform." that's what Rhino is. Last year, its For the recent Let There Be Drums series, com- business surpassed $55 million, and, toIt's like the hip piled by Max Weinberg (ex- of Bruce Springsteen's accomodate its growing staff of more than 100, it moved from a crowded O'Brien) and featuring drum -driven rock classics, SEn=132111=11 Santa Monica office/warehouse into library of Congress." Weinberg did numerous morning -show interviews new, 33,000 square -foot offices, with a on Album and Classic Rock stations. separate warehouse in Pennsylvania. Rhino appears to be less actively involved with For all its success, Rhino appears to-Jim Neill Oldies stations that range between the birth of rock look at its bottom line in a way no and roll and the mid -'60s. Some of those stations, major could. "Large volumes for us is a completley different figure than other Neill says pointedly, "do a disservice to their listen- companies," says Neill. A top seller for Rhino rounds out at about 300,000 units; ers. They're just as tight as Top 40. We're always half that amount is cause for celebration. "We sometimes do projects that we encouraging stations and giving them product to go know at best will break even," says Neill, "because we're in love with them and deeper, if only on weekend specialty shows. But a lot of we have to feel good about what we do during the day." those programmers might as well be doing anything So. A label that chooses product the way the old free -form FM stations used to other than music." program shows; a label that markets nostalgia-albeit with a twist or three. Where Neill, who adds that smaller stations tend to have does that leave it in relationship with contemporary radio? programmers with more open ears, says he fears that Given radio's own fixation on Oldies-from '50s R&B chestnuts to Classic "oldies radio may be a stagnant format for locating Rock of the '60s and '70s to the more recently fragmented takes on music of the potential customers." Business is fine, he says, but it '70s-Hello, Arrow-Rhino is working with radio, if not exactly charging may have less to do with radio than with Rhino's through its walls. efforts at building a label identity. "We have a "Our relationship with radio," says Jim Neill, "is complicated, in that people do core fan base that keeps us in business," he says. tend to perceive us as a reissue label." But he wants more. "I dream of turning a lot of Oh, yes. Through the years, Rhino has made attempts at recording new albums, people onto the label. If you had no place to go with both established and new artists. (Its one and only Number One hit, Billy but Rhino, you wouldn't be that bad off. There're Vera's 1987 smash, "At This Moment," had been sitting around five years when it a lot of holes, but it's so thorough in many ways got its moment of glory.) Now, Rhino has a label called Forward, issuing albums that it's like the hip Library of Congress." by NRBQ (Message for the Mess Age), Richie Havens (Cuts to the Chase), Willy Where radio is more vital to Rhino is in its DeVille (Back Streets of Desire), Poindexter, and others-"artists," Neill releases of new product on the Forward label. says, "who still have something to say but may not be in a situation to be a good "We pursue artists," says Gary Stewart, "who risk for a major label." Rhino also has a children's division (Kid Rhino), a fun - don't really belong on a major label. They're not filled video catalog, and is about to launch a film catalog. going for platinum, but they want to sell more than a While radio may not know much about Forward and the video and film divi- handful of records. They have a base. There's a mid- sions, programmers and DJs are well aware of Rhino's rich archives, and make dle ground, there's a way to reach it, and to be prof- requests, Neill says with some chagrin, "for 200 albums at a time." itable. And that's what we've decided to focus on for "We can also be perceived as a radio service," he continues. "Like the Arrow the time being." station that went on the air in Dallas; we pretty much provided them with their -CONTINUED ON PAGE 26

GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 21 Most Added VINCE GILL (135) EDITOR:CYNDI HOELZLE ALABAMA (81) GAVIN COUNTRY CONSULTING EDITOR:LISA SMITH 117 BLACKHAWK (70) FACTOR COLLIN RAPE (63) 6 3 1 SAMMY KERSHAW -I Can't Reach Her Anymore (Mercury) 14 198 0 188 9 99%

1 REBA MCENTIRE (53) 10 5 2 WYNONNA - Rock Bottom (Curb/MCA) 9 198 175 22 99%

2 2 3 LEE ROY PARNELL - I'm Holding My Own (Arista) 14 194 1 185 9 100%

11 194 0 185 7 990/0 Top Requests 3 1 4 TRACY LAWRENCE - If The Good Die Young (Atlantic)

13 10 5 FAITH HILL - Piece Of My Heart (Warner Bros.) 10 197 1 164 30 98% TIM MCGRAW 98% 8 6 6 - We Don't Have To Do This (Liberty) 13 194 0 159 31 TRACY LAWRENCE

1 134 57 98°/a 12 11 7 BILLY RAY CYRUS - Words By Heart (Mercury) 12 194 WYNONNA 15 12 8 SHENANDOAH -If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) (RCA) 10 198 0 122 73 980/0 FAITH HILL 16 14 9 DOUG STONE - Addicted To A Dollar (Epic) 9 198 0 106 89 98% LITTLE TEXAS 18 16 10 CLINT BLACK - A Good Run Of Bad Luck (RCA) 8 196 1 94 99 98%

11 197 0 90 98 950/0 14 13 11 - Better Your Heart Than Mine (MCA) RECORD TO WATCH 17 15 12 JOHN BERRY - Your Love Amazes Me (Liberty) 11 197 0 84 108 97%

22 95% 5 4 13 MARTINA McBRIDE - Life #9 (RCA) 14 167 0 137 ALABAMA 95% The Cheap Seats 9 8 14 DIM McGRAW - Indian Outlaw (Curb) 12 171 0 121 41 (RCA) 8 197 3 26 155 92% 22 21 15 CLAY WALKER - Where Do IFit In The Picture (Giant) The timing couldn't be better. 23 20 16 RANDY TRAVIS - Before You Kill Us All (Warner Bros.) 6 194 0 28 155 94% Opening day fever hit 102 sta-

1918 17 MARTY STUART - Kiss Me I'm Gone (MCA) 13 193 0 46 119 85% tions, who all put Alabama in the lineup. 26 23 18 GEORGE STRAIT - Lovebug (MCA) 5 198 3 22 156 90%

21 19 19 DWIGHT YOAKAM - Try Not To Look So Pretty (Reprise) 8 192 0 28 151 93%

28 24 20 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - Rope The Moon (Atlantic) 5 198 2 17 162 90% 88% 20 22 21 DOUG SUPERNAW - Red & The Rio Grande (BNA Entertainment) 11 181 0 28 131 Inside Country 30 29 22 TOBY KEITH -I Wish I Didn't Know (Mercury) 7 190 6 8 137 76% AROUND TOWN... 8 190 0 4 145 78% 27 25 23 JOE DIFFIE - In My Own Backyard (Epic) Sam Cerami has been tapped to 29 28 24 RICK TREVINO - Honky Tonk Crowd (Columbia) 10 185 0 29 88 63% head the promotion department at

5 65% 33 31 25 - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye (Epic) 5 191 10 119 Patriot. Cerami will move from his Liberty VP/National Promotion slot 32 30 26 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind (Atlantic) 6 187 5 0 120 64% to the VP/Promotion chair at the new 76% 25 26 27 SAWYER BROWN - Outskirts Of Town (Curb) 9 166 0 19 107 sister label. Expect Liberty West Coast 4 4 51% 36 33 28 PAM TILLIS - Spilled Perfume (Arista) 5 189 93 legend John Curb to follow Cerami.

39 35 29 KATHY MATTEA - Walking Away A Winner (Mercury) 5 185 10 1 80 44% Their first artist. Bryan Austin, will make his debut on the nextGAVIN 8 171 1 3 93 56% 31 32 30 LINDA DAVIS - Company Time (Arista) Video Magazine... Congratulations to NEW 31 BROOKS AND DUNN - That Ain't No Way To Go (Arista) 3 187 39 3 55 31°/0 Larry Hughes,whohas been named 35 36 32 LORRIE MORGAN - My Night To Howl (BNA Entertainment) 6 167 5 0 80 48% Director of National Promotion for 87% MCA and will relocate to Nashville. A 4 7 33 LITTLE TEXAS - My Love (Warner Bros.) 14 119 0 75 29 new West Coast rep is expected to be 3 170 19 3 61 38% - 39 34 MARK CHESNUTT - Woman, Sensuous Woman (MCA) announced next week... More promo- NEW 35 REBA McENTIRE - Why Haven't I Heard From You (MCA) 2 175 53 2 37 22% tions at Mercury Nashville: We NEW 36 BOY HOWDY - They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore (Curb) 4 165 21 1 38 24% already told you about Kevin Herring,whohas been upped to 4038 37 DAVID LEE MURPHY - Just Once (MCA) 7 141 2 1 62 45% Senior Director of National - 40 38 GEORGE JONES & SAMMY KERSHAW - Never Bit A Bullet Like That Before (MCA) 6 139 2 1 57 42% Promotion, and the addition of John NEW 39 COLLIN RAYE - Little Rock (Epic) 2 162 63 1 21 14% Ettinger to the regional staff. Chris

24 27 40 THE MAVERICKS - What A Crying Shame (MCA) 20 117 3 13 64 66% Stacey also comes on board as Southwest Regional Promotion Manager... Arista's Steve Williams' Chartbounc Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks title is finally official: the former West Coast rep andGAVINAward winner is STEVE WARINER -It Won't Be Over You (Atlantic) 136 17 20 116 15% 3 now Manager of A&R... Charlie * VINCE GILL - Whenever You Come Around (MCA) 135 135 3 17 115 15% 1 Monk has announced that Brian BROTHER PHELPS - Eagle Over Angel (Asylum) 123 5 1 28 94 24% 5 Baughn has been named Creative RODNEY CROWELL- Let The Picture Paint Itself (MCA) 120 2 22 98 18% 4 Director of Monk Family Music Group, whose catalog includes songs by Aaron Tippin. Victoria Shaw Album Cuts and Brent Mason... Jamie O'Hara, Total Reports: 8 SECONDS SOUNDTRACK - Ride 'Em High, Ride 'Em Low This Week 198 Last Week 198 (Brooks & Dunn)/ Texas Is Bigger Than It Used To Be Bobbie Cryner and new artist Greg Hit Factor is a percentage of (M.Chesnutt)/When Will I Be Loved (V.Gill)/If I Had Only Rowles have signed with Buddy Lee stations which will have the song Known (Reba) Attractions... The Nashville in Heavy or Medium rotation. GARTH BROOKS - Callin' Baton Rouge Entertainment Association (NEA) Reports accepted: JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - Kick It Up/Be My Baby Tonight Mondays - Sam through 5pm will hold its fourth annual Music City Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 BENNY WILSON - Honky Tonk Holler Music, a showcase for unsigned Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580 TIM McGRAW - Don't Take The Girl 22 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 BOB WOODRUFF BAYOU GIRL The new single from Bob's debut Dreams & Saturday Nights You'll dance 'til the gators come home. ADD DATE APRIL 11 Produced by Steve Fishell for Jackalope Productions Management: Bobby Roberts & Jim Della Croce

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0 On Asylum compact discs andd gam®cassettes. urn © 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. A Time Warner Company. COUNTRY ART"I PROFILE #1 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY REBA McENTIRE & VINCE GILL ReportsAdds Weeks The Heart Won't Lie 102 81 1 * ALABAMA - The Cheap Seats (RCA) #1 FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY 93 13 4 KEN MELLONS - Lookin' In The Same Direction (Epic) THE JUDDS - Young Love 85 19 3 LAM WHITE - That's My Baby (RCA) #1 TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

81 70 1 * BUCKRAM!! - Every Once In A While (Arista) BARBARA MANDRELL Happy Birthday Dear Heartache 70 14 3 DON COX - All Over Town (Step One) 69 6 4 KIM HILL - Janie's Gone Fishin' (BNA Entertainment) taping at Nashville's Javelina Studios. 63 31 2 DARON NORWOOD - Cowboys Don't Cry (Giant) Tritt debuted some of his upcoming

57 20 2 DAVIS DANIEL -I Miss Her Missing Me (Mercury) album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof... Speaking of bullet-proof, check out 51 2 4 PIRATES OF THE MISSISSIPPI - Save The Wild Life (Liberty) Sho-Biz for the low-down onTracy LORRIE 39 11 2 DAVID BALL - Thinkin' Problem (Warner Bros.) Lawrence's recent arrest.

37 33 1 * CHARLIE FLOYD - Man Behind The Wheel (Liberty) MORGAN New Releases 34 1 3 CIMMARON - Almost (Alpine) FROM: Nashville, Tennessee VINCE GILL 28 26 1 * HAL KETCHUM - (Tonight We Just Might) Fall In Love Again (Curb) "Whenever You Come Around" LABEL: BNA Entertainment 28 9 1 * TURNER NICHOLS - Come Saturday Night (BNA Entertainment) incc ,angelic voice is front and PROMOTION VP: 26 6 1 * IAN TYSON - Alcohol In The Bloodstream (Vanguard) center on this first single from his . Chuck Thagard Dropped: #9 -Garth Brooks, #17 -Ricky Van Shelton, #34 -Alan Jackson, #37 -Billy Dean, upcoming album, When Love Finds jallikly Childs, Rillige,gg, Sam Moore and Conway Twitty. * Indi You CURRENT SINGLE: ALABAMA "My Night To Howl" Top Ten Videos "The Cheap Seats" (RCA) This is pretty easy call, wouldn't you istOt,v' Daughter of the late, 1. TIM McGRAW - Indian Outlaw (Curb) say? With baseball season just getting great Country star George 2. TRACY LAWRENCE - If The Good Die Young (Atlantic) underway, the timing for this one Morgan, Lorrie has a 13 year -old couldn't be better. 3. BILLY RAY CYRUS - Words By Heart (Mercury) daughter, Morgan Whitley, and a 4. FAITH HILL - Piece Of My Heart (Warner Bros.) HAL KETCHUM "(Tonight We Just Might) Fall In six -year -old son, Jesse Whitley. 5. RICKY VAN SHELTON - Where Was I (Columbia) Love Again" (Curb) MUSICAL BEGINNINGS: She 6. SHENANDOAH - If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) (RCA) la I wrotthis sw inging song with first appeared on the Grand Ole 7. LEE ROY PARNELL - I'm Holding My Own (Arista) (former guitar slinger) Al Opry at age 13 and toured with 8. LITTLE TEXAS - My Love (Warner Bros.) Anderson. You can hear Anderson's her father until his death in 9. DOUG STONE - Addicted To A Dollar (Epic) rockin' influence throughout this sure-fire hit. 1975. 10. TRAVIS TRITT - Take It Easy (Giant) BLACKHAWK CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Courtesy of Country Music Television :0 ,V) "Every Once In A While" (Arista) How can you deny a band with Becoming a member of the country artists, July 6 & 7. Contact the evenings and picks up assistant material this good and a sound this Grand Ole Opry in 1985, and NEA at (615) 327-4308 for more info... music director duties. PD/MDLinda strong? Their first single had amazing winning the CMA's Vocal Event Craig Ferguson,the man behind the staying power, and it sounds like this Stoneremains in mid -days and will of the Year award with her late legendary Telluride Bluegrass Festival, now take music call Tuesdays - one will also. has announced the formation ofBlue Thursdays from 3-4 p.m...Ray CHARLIE FLOYD husband, Keith Whitley, in 1990. .The label's first Webb,former morning man at "Man Behind The Wheel" PET PROJECTS: While on tour, release will be a two -CD set entitled WFMB-Springfield is the new (Liberty) Planet Bluegrass: The 1992 Telluride PD/morning man at WCOW-Sparta Lorrie takes part in softball Charlie does a 180 -degree turn from Bluegrass Festival, Incredibly Live, fea- as StevePetersonmoves to after- games with local personalities his debut song, "I've Fallen In Love turingMary -Chapin Carpenter, noon drive/promotions...Dave at each stop, with the proceeds , Bela Fleck and WKDW And I Can't Get Up." Charlie's strong McCormickhas exited going to drug and alcohol abuse the Flecktones, Shawn Colvin, (B93/FM) and is looking for his next vocals give this compelling story just the right touch of emotion. Kevin Welch, Ralph Stanleyand opportunity. Give him a call at (703) centers. others. TURNER NICHOLS 885-4722... And, finally, who is the SHE SAYS: (About her Grand RADIO NEWS... luckiest programmer in Country "Come Saturday Night" (BNA Ole Opry debut) "My little 13 - FormerKNCIandWXTUprogram- radio? We always thought it was Tim Entertainment) merBob Younghas taken over the Murphy,who seems to win every Zack Turner and Tim Nichols have year -old knees were absolutely reins at The Big Dog in Denver, contest that comes his way, but lately once again written a relatable song knocking, but I saw Dad standing KZDG,asJon Holidayexits... WGTY'sJohn Pellegrinihas taken that should appeal to anyone who there just bawling, and those Stormin' Normanhas stepped the crown. Not only did he win the has been heartbroken on a Saturday people gave me a standing down from programmingWHVK- GAVINCountry Video Magazine sum- night. Huntsville to concentrate on his mer contest this year, but he recently IAN TYSON ovation. I thought, 'This is what morning show. He will continue to Kathy Matteacatalog at the won the "Alcohol In The Bloodstream" I'm doing the rest of my life." serve as APD and do the music. CRS ASCAP luncheon and aBrooks Mike Carter,who comes over from & Dunnautographed electric Martin (Vanguard) kT'S SAID: "She has a smoky, WHMA-Anniston, sits in the pro- guitar from MTh Tyson (writer of "Someday Soon") is torrid vocal quality that seems grammer's seat... KGKL-San Angelo ARTIST NEWS... considered a national treasure in his to work equally well on pop - has some new folks on board. They Is KevinWelchreally calling his native Canada. This album was pro- stole two from crosstown ACK-LITE: new band theRough Sextet?... duced by Jim Rooney (Hal Ketchum, tinged ballads and gut -bucket Morning manRoyCox and after- Travis Tritt's Unistarspecial Nanci Griffith) and features a lot of honky-tonk blues." Hayes. Jeremy Nashville pickers, including a guest noon guy Steve Acoustic Country will air May 8th. -The Nashville Tennessean Gibsonmoves from weekends to WSIX invited listeners to attend the appearance by fan Suzy Bogguss.

24 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 WIN A CLASSIC 711.unc41ircil 11

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"ADDITIONAL DETAILS CONCERNING DEADLINES, CAR DELIVERY, ETC. ARE INCLUDED WITH VIDEO DELIVERY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 As a small wing, issuing no more than one or two projects at a time, Forward can offer full attention to a new release. Rhino's radio staff numbers four, says Country Programmers! Neill (the same number as its team of attorneys who work out licensing for reis- sues). "We try to figure out what the stronger radio project are. NRBQ is our Look for the monthly GAVIN Country Video Number One priority at radio, and it's doing well in A'. We're also setting up our Magazine #14 in next week's issue. new Buster Poindexter album (Buster's Happy Hour), a traditional jump blues record. It goes along with a VH1 talk -variety show he has coming up. We're tak- ing it to A3 and some album stations that are a little more open minded. "Our job," says Neill, "is to find the places for these things to go. We have to search and destroy on our own. We niche -market. Our radio database is broken down into so many categories To include your that we can pull up a list like `Soul shows on AOR stations.'" hey're all For all its interest in specialty artist on the reel or shows, Rhino considers A' to be their "start format." It's the walking ency- reality of a small label. "To cross suggest a co -host things over into the arena where the majors play and are competing clopedias of music, for airplay becomes a bloody bat- for the next Top tle," Neill acknowledges. "A' is great news for singer - and they put their , but also for labels that 40 Video maga- have grown frustrated with trying heart and soul into to get their music heard on radio," zine call Rick Galliani at Neill continues. "It still has flexi- bility; it's open to trying out new everything they do." artists. It's not set in its ways (415)0459-3703 and say enough to have done a whole lot of research." Holly George -Warren But, Neill added, "I predict it'll "I Want My GTV" be corrupted within the next five years." He pointed to a new chart at a major Illillentinomisonmitsuomm--- trade publication, a tight variant on A', and called it "the beginning of the end" for the loosest format since free -form. "Radio is real estate," says Neill. "Most radio is not music right now. But we find the one percent that is musical, and beyond that we talk to select stores-and not just record stores-and nightclubs and make sure they have our music in their jukeboxes. With only four people it's difficult to get a whole lot done, but we're fighting the fight." Rhino must also contend with major record companies who've stepped up their c 60 MUSIC SQUAREcA EAST own reissue activity. While one company-Atlantic, which distributes Rhino- NASHVILLE, TN 37203 has entrusted the smaller company with handling all its archival releases, the oth- 615/244-8944 ers make up new competition. "It was sort of like your best friend asking you to 615/880-7475 (FAX) take care of their kids," says the label's co-founder and managing director, Harold Bronson. "They knew we wouldn't let them down." SHELIA SHIPLEY BIDDY JOHN LYTLE "I'm very much a fan of some of the work of the catalog divisions at other Sr. Vice President/ Director of Regional Promotion labels," says Stewart. Not that the A&R head's competitive side can be totally General Manager Southwest contained. While he withheld comment about one major new would-be competi- 1501LBJFreeway, Suite 550 tor-"We live with the good graces of the monoliths," he rationalizes-he sees a MARK WRIGHT Dallas, TX 75234 common trait among the majors: "They're a bit crazy. They think everything is Sr. \ice President/I-lead of A&R 214/484-3001 worth coming out. They think it's a gold mine, but it's more like a coal mine. You 214/484-0026 (FAX) can get something out of it, but you have to work your butt off. It's not a sure LORI EVANS thing. Just because you own something doesn't mean it doesn't cost money to Executive Assistant/ BUCK STEVENS produce and market it." Promotion Manager Director of Regional Promotion While, with such projects as Forward and their video and film divisions, Rhino Midwest/Northeast won't get stuck in the past, it sees no end to the nostalgia market that first fueled FRANK LIDDELL 975 Hawthorne Drive it. I hrector of A&R Itasca, IL 60143 "I don't think the pipeline will ever dry up," says Neill. "Time is still passing." 708/285-1700 He quotes the late saying the period of time between an event and 708/285-1720 (FAX) the time you become nostalgic for it becoming shorter and shorter. "He says even- tually you'll be nostalgic for a step you've just taken, and time will cease. ROSEY FITCHPATRICK DICK WATSON "I don't think that moment's coming any time real soon." Director of Regional Promotion Director of Regional Promotion And even if it did, it would be unlikely to stop the hard -charging Rhino. 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26 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 Live

From Lincoln Center

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Reception and

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EDITOR:RONFELL BARRY MANILOW & DEBRA GAVIN AlC ASSOCIATEEDITOR:DIANE RUFER HIT BYRD (30) FACTOR MADONNA (29) 21 98% 1 1 1 MARIAH CAREY - Without You (Columbia) 12 215 0 190 HEART (29) 4 2 2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets Of Philadelphia (Columbia) 13 214 0 176 33 98% 95% 8 3 3 MICHAEL BOLTON - Completely (Columbia) 7 214 2 164 40 CELINE DION (23)

5 BONNIE RAITT - Love Sneakin' Up On You (Capitol) 6 208 3 150 47 95% 9 4 Top Tip 6 4 5 BILLY JOEL - Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Columbia) 9 196 1 136 47 93% CRASH TEST DUMMIES 5 6 6 EXPOSE - In Walked Love (Arista) 11 173 0 111 51 94% "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' 14 177 0 118 45 92% 3 7 7 RICHARD MARX - Now & Forever (Capitol) (Arista) 25 15 8 BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN With PAUL CARRACK - In The Time It Takes (Reprise) 5 169 9 59 81 83%

30 19 9 JOSHUA KADISON - Beautiful In My Eyes (SBK/ERG) 5 179 19 52 84 76% RECORD TO WATCH

13 11 10 ACE OF BASE - The Sign (Arista) 15 157 11 96 40 87% THE CRANBERRIES 154 71 60 85% 14 12 11 MITCH MALLOY - Tumbling Down (RCA) 10 9 "Dreams"

7 9 12 LINDA RONSTADT - Oh No, Not My Baby (Elektra) 12 153 1 77 56 87% (IsIand/PLG)

2 8 13 RICK ASTLEY - The Ones You Love (RCA) 14 154 0 76 59 88%

- 30 14 MADONNA -I'll Remember (Theme From With Honors) (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 3 184 29 23 92 63%

21 18 15 - San Francisco Days (Reprise) 6 144 7 53 63 81% 77% 2017 16 BIG MOUNTAIN - Baby I Love Your Way (RCA) 9 148 14 54 60 Inside A/C

10 10 17 JACKSON BROWNE - My Problem Is You (Elektra) 10 135 0 65 57 90% Please note A/C's new reporting

2320 18 KARLA BONOFF - Standing Right Next To Me (MCA) 11 120 6 37 62 83°/0 deadline is now 2 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesdays, That's an hour earlier 12 14 19 PHIL COLLINS - Everyday (Atlantic) 16 116 1 64 35 85% than has been the case for the past 117 1 43 84% 11 13 20 BEE GEES - For Whom The Bell Tolls (Polydor/PLG) 13 55 five years. Phoned or faxed reports 79% 28 23 21 THE STORY - When Two And Two Are Five (Elektra) 9 117 9 28 65 received after deadline cannot be GAVIN 16 16 22 MEAT LOAF - Rock 'N Roll Dreams Come Through (MCA) 13 117 3 33 61 80% used in that week's research. continues to accept faxes as early as 9 110 5 11 74 77% 31 28 23 k.d. lang - Hush Sweet Lover (Sire/Warner Bros.) Friday mornings and phoned -in 39 83% 18 21 24 CELINE DION - The Power Of Love (550 Music/Epic) 21 89 0 35 playlists as early as 8 a.m. on 40 36 25 TEVIN CAMPBELL - I'm Ready (Qwest/Warner Bros.) 6 99 13 12 57 70% Mondays.

NEW26 TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 3 129 34 5 44 38% Last week's gap of 34 HEAVY NEW27 HEART - The Woman In Me (Capitol) 3 124 29 3 51 44% reports betweenMariahandBruce has been narrowed to a beatable 14 CHERYL WHEELER - Almost (Rounder) 10 91 8 12 53 71% 35 32 28 this week. Look for The Boss to ring - 39 29 BOBBY CALDWELL - Never Take A Chance (Sin-Drome) 4 104 20 5 49 52% the Liberty Bell with "Streets of 29 27 30 ALAN PARSONS - Oh Life (There Must Be More) (Arista) 9 87 0 10 52 71% Philadelphia" a week from now.

1 55% As predicted last week,Beth - 38 31 ELEANOR McEVOY - Finding Myself Lost Again (Geffen) 6 95 9 51 NielsenChapman and Paul 75% 19 26 32 AARON NEVILLE -I Owe You One (A&M) 14 80 0 15 45 Carrack's duet leaped into the top 37 37 33 - Your Smiling Face (Columbia) 10 82 8 7 48 67% ten at #8 with a 16% increase in HIT 34 LISA KEITH - Love Is Alive And Well (Perspective/A&M) 4 95 13 38 41% FACTOR to 83%. Right on their heels is the equally hot Joshua Kadison. - 40 35 LORI RUSO - Only Through A Storm (Major) 9 86 15 10 35 52% whose "Beautiful In My Eyes," 41 75% 17 24 36 ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Having A Party (Warner Bros.) 16 76 0 16 increases its HIT FACTOR by 15% 26 31 37 DAN HILL With RIQUE FRANKS - In Your Eyes (Spontaneous) 14 75 3 14 42 75% and is only seven reports shy of

15 22 38 STING - Shape Of My Heart (A&M) 10 72 0 17 35 72% BC&PC's 59 HEAVYs. HO ITEST track in the format is 11 70 0 14 41 79% 24 25 39 LAURA BRANIGAN - It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You (Atlantic) that wacky thespian, chanteuse and 27 35 40 TONI BRAXTON - Breathe Again (LaFace/Arista) 27 58 0 25 27 90% talkshow guest, Madonna with "I'll Remember (theme from With Honors)." She leads all tracks in HIT Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks Chartbound FACTOR increase (29%) and climbs CRASH TEST DUMMIES - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (Arista) 74 9 8 19 39 36% 5 from CHARTBOUND to #14 in the

WARREN HILL Our First Dance" (RCA) 70 11 1 26 32 38% 6 past two weeks. Only five singles

KENNY LOGGINS - "Leap Of Faith" (Columbia) 67 8 2 332 25 50% 5 have more stations than her 184 commitments. 65 12 11 22 20 50% 6 ALL -4 -ONE - So Much In Love" (Blitu/Atlantic) Toni Braxton's newest, "You 21 45% 5 BABYFACE - 'And Our Feelings" (Epic) 59 12 7 19 Mean The World To Me," is the for- JOHN HIATT - "Buffalo River Home" (A&M) 57 19 3 9 26 21% 3 mat's highest debut at #26 and it's Total Reports: the format's MOST ADDED with 34 This Week 234 Last Week 233 Gavin A/C #1 Hits From: new players like CKFM, KOSI, Hit Factor is a percentage of 4/16/93 RESTLESS HEART & WARREN HILL - "Tell Me What You KXYQ, WLMX, WJLK, WAHR and stations which will have it in Heavy or Medium rotation. Dream" KRNO. Reports accepted: 4/10/92 RICHARD MARX - "Hazard" Heart's "The Woman In Me" ties Monday at 8am through 3pm Tuesday 4/12/91 RICK ASTLEY - "Cry For Help" for third MOST ADDED with 29 new Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580 4/7/89CHER & - "After All" and it debuts smartly at #27. Among 28 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 "When it comes to matters of the heart, there is nothing a fool won't get used to." You know it's true. Because you've never forgotten . michael mcdonald's matters of theheart::.....

aduet wince gill

Michael McDonald's new album, BLINK OF AN EYE (4/2-45293) has everybody talking...

"Michael has truly outdone himself with thisone. From start to finish this is an absolutely brilliant piece of work." Bonnie Raitt Produced by Russ Titelman and Michael McDonald Representation: Craig Fruin/HK Management

(,1994 Reprise Records Vince Gill appears courtesy of MCA Record,. Inc. A/C .gr Up 8E Comine New Releases .81 CELINE DION ReportsAdds 54 13 ANTHONY CRAWFORD - Fit In (Little Dog) "Misled" (550Music/Epic) TEVIN Another of those velvet hammer hits 47 12 CAROLE KING - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (King's X/Rhythm Safari) that Celine sings so well. It's power- CAMPBELL 42 2 MARC JORDAN - Back Street Boy (Sin-Drome) ful and yet completely within our 42 4 PATTY LARKIN - Who Holds Your Hand (High Street) format as she works out for produc-

42 3 MEUSSA ETHERIDGE - Come To My Window (Island/PLG) er Ric Wake, the guy who's made so many of Taylor Dayne's muscular 40 20 WILLIAMS BROTHERS - Where Would I Be (Warner Bros.) hits. Take this to the bank! 40 7 TAYLOR DAYNE - I'll Wait (Arista)

38 3 PRINCE - The Most Beautiful Girl (NPG/Bellmark)

37 5 MICHAEL NYMAN/THE PIANO - The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (Virgin)

34 11 * MELANIE - Silence Is King (Lonestar)

32 10 MIKE POST - Theme From NYPD Blue (American Gramaphone)

30 30 * BARRY MANILOW & DEBRA BYRD - Let Me Be Your Wings (EMI/ERG) LABEL: Qwest/Warner Bros.

29 4 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - He Thinks He'll Keep Her (Columbia) PROMOTION CONTACT: Irene 28 14 * THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams (Island/PLG) Vargas 27 23 * CELINE DION - Misled (550 Music/Epic) CURRENT SINGLE: "I'm 22 2 LEONARD COHEN - Closing Time (Columbia) PHIL COLLINS Ready" 20 16 * ART GARFUNKEL - Why Worry (Columbia) "Can't Turn Back The Years" 20 12 * LE MAN - Something I Said (United Records) BIRTHRATE & PLACE: (Atlantic) November 12, 1976 - Dallas, Dropped: Kiki Ebsen, Robert Plant, Lea Salonga, Michael Stanley & The Ghost Poets. *Indicates Debut ' While Top 40 runs with the kinetic track "We Wait And We Wonder," Texas A/C picks up on this meditative CURRENT RESIDENCE: Los Plus Factor LW T piece that puts the past in its place. It's a moody declaration from a Angeles, Calif. MADONNA - I'll Remember (Theme From With Honors) (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros) 34 63 29% hopeless romantic with more memo- MUSICAL INFLUENCES: - Leap Of Faith (Columbia) 26 51 ries than real hope. Aretha Franklin TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 14 38 240/0 MICHAEL MCDONALD MARC JORDAN - Back Street Boy (Sin-Drome) 15 36 21% duet w/VINCE GILL FAVORITE RECORD BY "Matters Of The Heart" HEART - The Woman In Me (Capitol) 24 44 20% ANOTHER MUSICIAN: Amazing (Reprise) BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN With PAUL CARRACK - In The Time It Takes (Reprise) 67 83 16% Grace by Aretha If you don't remember this as a duet TEVIN CAMPBELL - I'm Ready (Qwest/Warner Bros.) 54 70 16% from McDonald's 1993 Blink of An LIKES: "Hanging out in the 36 52 16% BOBBY CALDWELL - Never Take A Chance (Sin-Drome) Eye album don't be too hard on mall." JOSHUA KADISON - Beautiful In My Eyes (SBK/ERG) 61 76 15% yourself. The album version "fea- tured" Vince in only a background DISLIKES: "To be bothered by ELEANOR McEVOY - Finding Myself Lost Again (Geffen) 40 55 15% vocalist role. he's been re -mixed stupid people." LISA KEITH - Love Is Alive And Well (Perspective/A&M) 26 41 15% with great results on this instant air- MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - He Thinks He'll Keep Her (Columbia) 38 52 14% play winner. FAVORITE PASTIME:

ANTHONY CRAWFORD - Fit In (Lithe Dog) 17 30 130/0 REPERCUSSIONS and "Singing." CURTIS MAYFIELD k.d. lang - Hush Sweet Lover (Sire/Warner Bros.) 65 77 12% FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: "Let's Do It Again" Records which receive the greatest increase in Hit Factor Los Angeles Lakers (Warner Bros.) the ADDing stations are WTSX, WCKQ, WFRO, KSXY, WHAT, WTSX This special moment from the PET: B.J.-adOg KBOL, WKSQ, WHSB, KFYR, KKIQ, and KOKO. Warner Bros. all-star tribute to Curtis KFMO and KMGW. This issue's RECORD TO WATCH, Mayfield actually features the man IFI WEREN'T A RECORDING Bobby Caldwell's"Never Take A The Cranberries'"Dreams" is himself re-creating his 1975 Staples ARTIST, I'D BE: "Working at Chance" is another big mover this already in UP & COMING with 28 Singers classic. As nostalgic as it is McDonalds." week as it goes from #39 to #29 stations out -of -the -box including newsworthy. Check it out. with a score of ADDs from the likes KVIC, KISQ, K99, CKFM, KMGW, KENNY G MOST TREASURED MATERIAL of KVIL, KRNO, KELI, WLDR, WSTU, KOKO and KBMG. w/AARON NEVILLE POSSESSION: "My truck." KFQD and WSUL. Quality rotations "Even If My Heart Would Break" are already in from KVYN, LAST CD YOU PURCHASED: K99, WQTU, KLSY, WCSO, KMGN (Arista) 36 Chambers by Wu Tang Clan and WAHR, etc. People get ready for yet another hit Lisa Keith(right) debuts at #34 single from Kenny's historic and LAST TIME YOU CRIED AND with her new single "Love Is Alive award -winning album, Breathless. WHY: "Last night, I missed my And Well." A 40% HIT FACTOR This one features the unmistakeable helps and among the stations with voice of Aaron Neville in soulful tes- girlfriend." rotation commitments are WYFR, timony. AMBITIONS YOU STILL HAVE WFRO, WAHR, KCRE, WEIM, WMJQ BETTY WRIGHT To FULFILL: "To record a love and Q93. "For Love Alone" (Ms. B) Last week's RECORD TO WATCH, The Cleanup Woman is back with an gospel album." John Hiatt's"Buffalo River Home," industrial -strength ballad produced BEST ADVICE YOU'VE EVER is now CHARTBOUND with 57 sta- in a fabulous arrangement by Nick RECEIVED' "To remain calm." tions and 19 ADDS. Now on board Martinelli. This is as strong a female are KSDN, KDEC, KLOG, WGMT, ballad as we've heard in months.

30 GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 IT'S ALREADY A CLASSIC TO OVER 17 MILLION PEOPLE

KENNY G and AARON NEVILLE

WOULD BREAK" It's the only sons on both the #1 and #2 albums of' the year! The new ins -le from his Grammy-winnins- PLATINUM album BREATHLESS d the 11X PLATINUM, Grammy- nins "Best Album of the Year," E BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK.

Official Airplay Date: APRIL 'nth Aaron Neville's Managem Bill Graham Management smann Music Group Company mill! P.O. NOTEBOOK B ER NoRB GAVIN CONNECTIONS TOP40 A/C URBAN UNEMPLOY\AENT

2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets Of Philadelphia (Columbia) 2 CAN BE BEARABLE 3 T BIG MOUNTAIN - Baby I Love Your Way (RCA) 16T

4 MARIAH CAREY - Without You (Columbia)

5T PRINCE Most Beautiful Girl (NPG/Bellmark) 5T ecently I received a it will also lessen the blow.

7 ACE OF BASE - The Sign (Arista) 10T thoughtful letter from And even after the axe falls, a programmer who they could have access to 13 8 ALL -4 -ONE - So Much In Love (Blitzz/Atlantic) was recently let go in the facility to duplicate 9 T BONNIE RAITT - Love Sneakin' Up On You (Capitol) 4T Ra corporate downsiz- tapes and read the trades; if 10T MICHAEL BOLTON - Completely (Columbia) 3 ing effort, and who there's a part time air shift

11 T MADONNA - I'll Remember (Theme From With Honors) (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 14T would like to remain anony- open, why not let them mous. Here's what they have it so they can keep 25 T 1 13 T TEVIN CAMPBELL f ei Ready (Qwest/Warner Bros.) had to say: their air work polished and 14 BABYFACE - And Our Feelings (Epic) 3 "Welcome to the have a current aircheck.

17 RICHARD MARX - Now & Forever (Capitol) 7 `90s...guess who got budget "Some would argue that it cut... My position was elim- is bad for morale to keep 19 T TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 26 T 111' inated and the corporate someone around when they 22 T THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - Dream On Dreamer (eastwest/Delicious Vinyl) 81' procedure for handling all have taken such a big step 24T R.KELLY - Bump NI Gond (Jive) 15 terminated employees, down... But which is worse:

26 JANET JACKSON - Because Of Love (Virgin) 40 whether they were let go for To show employees that budgetary reasons or for your organization will try to Groove Thang (Illtown/Motown) 20 28 ZHANE committing major infrac- support someone who did 30 CELINE DION - The Power Of Love (550 Music/Epic) 24 tions, was the same: Turn in good work but had to be 31 BILLY JOEL - Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Columbia) 5 your keys and never darken cut-or to show them that

321' JOSHUA KADISON - Beautiful In My Eyes (SBK/ERG) 9/' our door again. Which no matter how hard they brings up an issue: Are the work or how good they are, 34 MEAT LOAF - Rock 'N Roll Dreams Come Through (MCA) 22 traditional methods for han- they will end up being treat- 37 T HEART - The Woman In Me (Capitol) 271' dling terminated employees ed the same way as some- 40 ETERNAL - Stay (EMI/ERG) 25 in radio viable anymore? one who was totally incom- With duopolies leading to petent.If a laid -off person budget cuts and "continuous does a 'behavioral reverse" measurement," where your and starts behaving in a way Inside Connections numbers can rollercoaster that undermines morale, it This week'sGAVIN discrepancy is Counting so inconsistently that you can be nipped in the bud Connections chart is com- Crows' (below) "Mr. Jones" couldn't latch on to any by asking them to leave the posed from the playlists of which is currently capping programming related rea- building then; but in most 234 A/C stations, 247 Top 40 the Top 40 chart with 210 sons for highs and lows if cases I think those let go for stations and 54 Urban sta- players and has a 95% HIT you tried, but your station business reasons recognize tions. FACTOR, but it's tapping suffers big swings in that things are different only 17 A/C stations out of a income, people are being now-and people are possible 234. let go for reasons that have beginning to adapt.It's no Congratulations to Rosco nothing to do with perfor- fun, but it's life." Martinez on his GO chart mance. Thanks to the writer for top ten for "Neon Moon- "Two points: One, some provocative and valu- light." Other GO chart nobody who wants to say in able thoughts. I've handled standouts include Heart's the business can afford to layoffs, as the person "Woman In Me" at #26, a do anything unprofessional, required to make the cuts, understated this week as full 11 ranks ahead of its because it is increasingly and have done so in the only the new Sheryl Crow, #37 on the main and the likely that you will end up matter suggested in the let- (above) "Leaving Las aforementioned Sheryl Crow working with the same peo- ter. And indeed it does pre- Vegas," has anything resem- single which is already ple-or people who know serve staff morale in a way bling a blow-out week with debuting at #34 on the GO. them-in the future. the "here's the check, 77 ADDs in Top 40. Phil RON FELL. "And two: Othei business- there's the door": approach Babyface's (above) new Collins' 52 first -week ADDs es have begun to facilitate cannot. As I write this, I single, "And Our Feelings," at Top 40 and Toni outplacement resources for know of a station about to is likely to join Tevin Braxton's 64 ADDs good people they have to automate which has given Campbell's "I'm Ready" and from all three for- let go. Why not radio? If notice to all but three air Toni Braxton's "You Mean mats combined someone has been with a personalities. All the others The World To Me" as a lead the also-rans. company for a decent were given notice, but are triple -format chart item. It might be worth amount of time, their super- still on the air, and are What makes it so special is noting that as much visor can probably predict being treated like human that two, (Babyface and as A/C and Top 40 who is going to react vin- beings. Nothing negative Braxton) are products of the may have in com- dictively to a layoff And has happened on the air, LaFace music machine out mon these days, who isn't. These things are and even those on their way of Atlanta. including most of rarely abrupt; why not give out understand the reasons. The three formats' MOST their top ten sin- them some advance notice It certainly is the way to do ADDED stats are rather gles. One glaring so they can get organized. it.

32 GAVIN APRIL 8 1994 "MISLED"

SHE TOOK THE COUNTRY'S BREATH AWAY WITH HER #1 (FOR 4 WEEKS!) PLATINUM SINGLE "THE POWER OF LOVE" FROM HER DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM "THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE." SHE BROUGHT AUDIENCES TO THEIR FEET DURING HER NATIONAL SOLD -OUT TOUR.

NOW, CELINE DION BRINGS YOU "MISLED," THE FOLLOW-UP THAT WON'T STEER YOU WRONG.

DON'T MISS CELINE ON TOUR WITH MICHAEL BOLTON STARTING JUNE 8TH.

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INCOGNITO ADULT ALTERNATIVE Positivity EDITORS:KENT/KEITH (Verve Forecast) ZIMMERMAN GAVIN A' Alongside Hardcastle, Solsonics, Brand New Heavies and Groove 2 2 THE BENOIT/FREEMAN PROJECT - The Benoit/Freeman Project (GRP) Collective, Incognito is 13 9 BOB JAMES - Restless 0/Varner Bros.) "fjnk-i-fying" the urban(e)

1 1 - Reed My Lips (GRP) A sound.

3 3 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Long Night Out (Bluemoon)

7 4 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Smooth (Atlantic) W./E. 5 RICHARD SMITH - From My Window (BrainChild) MK DEALER osrtive Music) 4 6 TORCUATO MARIANO - Paradise Station (Windham Hill) INCOGNITO (Verve Forecast) 6 7 MANN BROTHERS - Mann To Mann (DMP) BONNE RAITT 'Capitol) 8 8 NELSON RANGELL - Yes, Then Yes (GRP) THOMAS KAGERMAN (INAK/P.P.I.) 9 10 DONALD HARRISON - The Power Of Cool (CTI) TOMMY EMMANUEL (11) LORE ENA McKENNITT (Warner Bros.) 11 12 KEVYN LETTAU - Another Season (JVC) MIKE GEALER (9) CEP° (Universal Wave) 10 11 SHADOWFAX - Magic Theater (EarthBeati/W.B.) CHIP DAVIS/SUNDAY THE f OLSONICS (Chrysalis/ERG) 17 13 MARK JOHNSON - Mark Johnson (JVC) TOMMY EMMANUEL 550/Epic) 16 15 KEVIN TONEY - Lovescape (Ichiban) MORNING COFFEE II (9) Gi BF IELLE GOODMAN (Verve) 30 17 MARION MEADOWS - Forbidden Fruit (Novus/RCA) INCOGNITO (8) BI.L 3UNLIFFE (Discovery) 14 14 ERLEND KRAUSER - Flight Of The Phoenix (Higher Octave) MIKE GARSON (8) CI,R( I. ALBERT (IC/DA) 33 19 FAREED NAME - Sacred Addiction (Blue Note) STEFAN DICKERSON (7) SlERIN DICKERSON (Heads Up) NEW PAUL HARDCASTLE - Hardcastle (JVC) ' CHIP DAVIS/SUNDAY MORNING COFEE II 23 16 DOTSERO - Out Of Hand (Fahrenheit) lop op ;niEricAn Gramapnonei 26 22 MICHAEL PAULO - Save The Children (Noteworthy) PAUL HARDCASTLE M LION NASCIMENTO (Warner Bros.) 21 20 YELLOWJACKETS - Run For Your Life (GRP) Hardcastle (JVC) Cropped: #42 Bob Thompson, #44 Alvin Davis, #45 Big time debut at #18 puts Paul 44 27 VAL GARDENA - River Of Stone (Mercury) Can( y Wright, #46 Gary Lamb, #49 Jazz For All Hardcastle immediately into the A' 40 35 WINDOWS - Apples And Oranges (Blue Orchid) Etamre., Enigma. stratosphere. 35 33 NANDO LAURIA - Points Of View (Narada)

22 18 PHILADELPHIA SOUNDTRACK - Peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls (Epic)

42 34 STANLEY JORDAN - Bolero (Arista) 18 23 BOBBY CALDWELL - Where Is Love (Sin-Drome) MICHAEL 29 25 HUGH MASEKELA - Hope (Triloka)

20 24 CHRIS SPHEERIS - Culture (Essence)

19 21 RONNY JORDAN - The Quiet Revolution (4th & Broadway/Island) Gettel 45 39 PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO - Close To The Heart (Mesa) THE KEY NEW ROAD MUSIC - Driving Beverly Hills (Hands On)

34 32 VANCE GILBERT - Edgewise (Rounder)

12 26 - Don't Say It's Over (Warner Bros.) 31 30 DAVID WILCOX - Big Horizon (A&M) The fourth - 43 TERRA SUL - Terra Sul (MoJazz/Motown) Narada release 49 41 DIANNE REEVES - Art + Survival (EMI/ERG) from this truly - 48 NOA - Noa (Geffen) gifted composer. 38 38 - Rekooperation (Music Masters) The follow-up to NEW JOHN TESH PROJECT - Sax By The Fire (GTS) last year's popular 15 31 GIPSY KINGS - Love & Liberle (Elektra/Musician) SKYWATC I -II NG

28 40 JEANNE NEWHALL - Zebra (Marzipan) album.

27 29 RAIN -BO TRIBE - What They Don't Tell You (Positive Music) 24 36 ARTIE TRAUM - Letters From Joubee (Shanachie) Contact 25 28 WARREN BERNHARDT - Family Album (DMP) Dave Jonasen - 50 YANNI - Live At The Acropolis (Private Music) 414-961-8350

31 37 SARA K. - Play On Words (Chesky)

- 47 PETER KATER - Pursuit Of Happiness (Silver Wave) NEW BRYAN SAVAGE - Saxafaction (Elation) NEW THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - Dream On (eastwest) NARADA Photo by Francis Ford © 1994 Narada Productions, Inc. Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pm Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

34 GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 JAZZ/ADULT ALTERNATIVE

NEW ON uPSTICK. RECORDS -

2W LW TW

5 4 1 MODERN JAll QUARTET - In Celebration (Atlantic) LEN( STERN LIKE ONE

3 3 2 McCOY TYNER BIG BAND - Journey (Verve/PolyGram) I 72 1 1 3 CYRUS CHESTNUT - Revelation (Atlantic) L P

4 2 4 BILLY TAYLOR - It's A Matter Of Pride (GRP) (nit's/la-ABLE

2 5 5 THE CONTEMPORARY PIANO ENSEMBLE - The Key Players (DIW/Columbia) LENT STERN LENT STERN. 10 9 6 BOB MINTZER BIG BAND - Only In New York (DMP) R_ETAJRNS VVITH 18 8 7 DONALD BROWN - Send One Your Love (Muse) %No N LIKE ONE. 6 6 8 JAll AT LINCOLN CENTER - The Fire Of The Fundamentals (Columbia) t NCLvDES 7 7 9 ERNIE WATTS - Reaching Up (JVC) COVERS OF THE - 24 10 RALPH MOORE - Who It Is You Are (Savoy/Denon)

17 11 11 DAVE BRUBECK - Late Night (Telarc) PouCe WASH- 24 16 12 TANAREID - Blue Motion (Evidence) Hur "EVERy 27 18 13 RANDY JOHNSTON - Jubilation (Muse) BREATH -1 \Mk/ 13 13 14 RODNEY KENDRICK - The Secrets Of (Verve/PolyGram) TAKE" AND Jonit 25 21 15 CARL ALLEN - The Pursuer (Atlantic) mITTHELCS 14 12 16 YELLOWJACKETS - Run For Your Life (GRP) "CouR_T AND 19 15 17 SZAKCSI - Straight Ahead (GRP)

28 19 18 ROY HARGROVE & ANTONIO HART - The Tokyo Sessions (Novus/RCA) SPARS:

23 20 19 PAUL MOUSAVI - Sound Mind (Global Pacific) - 25 20 JOE LOVANO - Tenor Legacy (Blue Note) GRAF-(771 GOOD GROOVE - 30 21 BILL CUNLIFFE - A Rare Connection (Discovery) 12 22 22 LAKATOS, FOSTER, LIGHTSEY, ELEKES - Recycling (Jazzline) L P e 2 0 20 23 23 BRUCE WILLIAMSON - Big City Magic (Timeless) GRAFITT1 JOINS 21 26 24 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Fujitsu/Concord 25th Jazz Festival (Concord Jazz) 0 NEW 25 KENNY BARRON - Other Places (Verve/PolyGram) Od F-ORfg TO 9 10 26 KITTY MARGOLIS - Evolution (Mad Kat) O CREATE NEW 27 GABRIELLE GOODMAN - Travelin' Light (Verve/PolyGram) 30 29 28 CINDY BLACKMAN - Telepathic (Muse) F-vNK/Pkisioni 15 17 29 BILL WARFIELD BIG BAND - The City Never Sleeps (Sea Breeze) AT (TS BEM 8 14 30 SEBASTIAN WHITTAKER - One For Bu (Justice) FEATURING DENNIS CHAMBERS NAAS-MR_ CONtivtrY CIA HAAKON GRAF -,. DR.vmNAER., 2W LW TW GARY GRAINGER DENN(S 2 1 1 TOM SCOTT - Reed My Lips (GRP)

11 2 2 BOB JAMES - Restless (Warner Bros.) ULF WAKENIUS CHAMBERS.

3 3 3 THE BENOIT/FREEMAN PROJECT - The Benoit/Freeman Project (GRP)

5 4 4 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Long Night Out (Bluemoon) 8 5 5 RICHARD SMITH - From My Window (BrainChild) GAR.YMEEK Gotty meek 7 7 6 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Smooth (Atlantic) 9 8 7 DONALD HARRISON - The Power Of Cool (CTI) L IP e g 0 3 6 6 8 RONNY JORDAN - The Quiet Revolution (4th & Broadway/Island) }1T -IN FLAVORED 10 10 9 KEVIN TONEY - Lovescape (Ichiban) .1-,;;;1;41( NEW 10 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Hardcastle (JVC) r-1 ;Id AZZ, 13 11 11 MARK JOHNSON - Mark Johnson (JVC) "=IWN/t 4 9 12 BOBBY CALDWELL - Where Is Love (Sin-Drome) AX0PH0Ntri 17 12 13 TORCUATO MARIANO - Paradise Station (Windham Hill)

15 14 14 MARION MEADOWS - Forbidden Fruit (Novus/RCA) 44AR_Y MEEK. FrAT. 15 ROAD MUSIC - Driving Beverly Hills (Hands On) - 18 14 15 16 WARREN BERNHARDT - Family Album (DMP) FLORA PURIM IfsliTH JEFF 1 13 17 RANDY CRAWFORD - Don't Say It's Over (Warner Bros.)

19 16 18 NELSON RANGELL - Yes, Then Yes (GRP) STEVE BACH LORBER, FLORA MICHAEL SHAD 0 21 19 19 ERLEND KRAUSER - Flight Of The Phoenix (Higher Octave) BOB HARRIS buRim, 26 20 20 MICHAEL PAULO - Save The Children (Noteworthy) BRAD DUTZ AIR_To AnOluelzA 25 21 21 STANLEY JORDAN - Bolero (Arista) BUZZ FEITEN 23 22 22 MANN BROTHERS - Mann To Mann (DMP) JERRY WATTS /Ft, AND OTHERS.

29 23 23 VAL GARDENA - River Of Stone (Mercury) - 26 24 CHARD - Guitar Passion (Universal Wave) 27 25 25 KEVYN LETTAU - Another Season (JVC) RECORDS - 27 26 YANNI - Live At The Acropolis (Private Music) ALEX MERCK MUSIC INC., 156, 5TH AVENUE, SUIT 408, NEW YORK, NY 10010 NEW 27 BONNIE RAITT - (Capitol) 18 17 28 GIPSY KINGS - Love & Liberte (Elektra/Musician) MARKETED BY : HIRED GUN MARKETING

P.O. BOX 3 0 5 LAFAYETTE HILL,PA 19444 12 29 29 ARTIE TRAUM - Letters From Joubee (Shanachie) 16 2430 BOB THOMPSON - The Magic In Your Heart (Ichiban) A MEMBER OF NAIRD Post -Bop compiled by a sample of Jazz Intensive reports Commercial Adult compiled by a sample of Adult Intensive reports GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 35 Most Added

JAZZ EDITORS: TOM SCOTT KENT/KEITH GAVIN JAN ZIMMERMAN

5 2 1 MODERN JAll QUARTET - In Celebration (Atlantic)

4 3 2 McCOY TYNER BIG BAND - Journey (Verve/PolyGram)

1 1 3 CYRUS CHESTNUT - Revelation (Atlantic) 2 4 4 THE CONTEMPORARY PIANO ENSEMBLE - The Key Players (DIW/Columbia) WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET 6 5 5 BILLY TAYLOR - It's A Matter Of Pride (GRP) (57) 25 12 6 TANAREID - Blue Motion (Evidence) DANILO PEREZ (32) 12 8 7 BOB MINTZER BIG BAND - Only In New York (DMP)

7 7 8 JAll AT LINCOLN CENTER - The Fire Of The Fundamentals (Columbia) CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET

17 9 9 DAVE BRUBECK - Late Night (Telarc) WEST (22) FROM:Los Angeles 16 10 10 PAUL MOUSAVI - Sound Mind (Global Pacific) AIRTO MOREIRA (19) 27 16 11 DONALD BROWN - Send One Your Love (Muse) LATEST RELEASE:Reed My VINCENT HERRING (18) 3 6 12 ERNIE WATTS - Reaching Up (JVC) Lips A TRIBUTE TO MILES (15) 11 11 13 RODNEY KENDRICK - The Secrets Of (Verve/PolyGram) LABEL:GRP 20 14 14 ROY HARGROVE & ANTONIO HART - The Tokyo Sessions (Novus/RCA) MARIO BAUZA (15) TOM'S NUMBER #1 A2 15 1515 YELLOWJACKETS - Run For Your Life (GRP) Top Tip RECORD:"It's hard to try to 38 2516 CARL ALLEN - The Pursuer (Atlantic) ELLIS MARSALIS examine an album from a 19 1717 SZAKCSI - Straight Ahead (GRP) Whistle Stop listener's point of view. This 40 2618 JOE LOVANO - Tenor Legacy (Blue Note) (Columbia) one seems to be very radio - 26 19 19 GABRIELLE GOODMAN - Travelin' Light (Verve/PolyGram) friendly and it flowed from 37 2920 RANDY JOHNSTON - Jubilation (Muse) Mystery Lady track to track. I'm not sure 44 33 21 BILL CUNLIFFE - A Rare Connection (Discovery) (Private Music) what's different about it, 31 23 22 CINDY BLACKMAN - Telepathic (Muse) Ellis Marsalis kicks in at with high debut honors with 76 stations, while except that it's very melodic. I - 36 23 KENNY BARRON - Other Places (Verve/PolyGram) Etta James hits a jazz milestone with got some outside influences 48 34 24 RALPH MOORE - Who It Is You Are (Savoy/Denon) 56 reports and a top 40 debut. going and co -wrote with quite a 35 27 25 JACK WALRATH AND THE MASTERS OF SUSPENSE - Serious Hang (Muse) RECORD TO WATCH few people." 8 1326 LAKATOS, FOSTER, LIGHTSEY, ELEKES - Recycling (Jazzline)

18 2027 BRUCE WILLIAMSON - Big City Magic (Timeless) CHASING THE MUSE:"This DANILO PEREZ 33 3228 CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO - Charlie Hunter Trio (Prawn Song/Mammoth) The Journey is solo album number 22 and

14 2429 SEBASTIAN WHITTAKER - One For Bu (Justice) (Novus/RCA) there are times when I think to Thirty-two first week adds for 28 31 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Fujitsu/Concord 25th Jazz Festival (Concord Jazz) myself there isn't anything I pianist Danilo Perez's ambi- 22 30 31 HUGH MASEKELA - Hope (Triloka) tious second solo project. could possibly say that I - 43 32 ABBEY LINCOLN/HANK JONES - When There Is Love (Verve/PolyGram) haven't said on one of those 9 22 33 BOBBY MILITELLO - ...Easy To Love (Positive Music) Chartbot other 22. Yet music has such a 10 1834 STEVE MASAKOWSKI - What It Was (Blue Note) wide palette of colors, sounds * WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET (Columbia) 13 21 35 KITTY MARGOLIS - Evolution (Mad Kat) and textures available, there's A TRIBUTE TO MILES (Warner Bros.) NEW 36 ELLIS MARSALIS - Whistle Stop (Columbia) always an endless number of LYNNE ARRIALE TRIO (DMP) 21 28 37 BILL WARFIELD BIG BAND - The City Never Sleeps (Sea Breeze) possibilities. After that things * MARIA SCHNEIDER JAll ORCHESTRA Thia) 41 38 38 MITCHEL FORMAN - Now And Then A Tribute To Bill Evans (Novus/RCA) tend to flow pretty well. What BYRON FEBBS (Lakeshore) NEW 39 ETTA JAMES - Mystery Lady Songs Of Billie Holiday (Private Music) the heck! I enjoy my work." * GROOVE COLLECTIVE (Reprise) 40 THE ORCHESTRA - Trying To Make My Blues Turn Green (Concord Jazz) - 47 TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET (Windham FUTURE PLANS:"I'm - 44 41 FAREED HAQUE - Sacred Addiction (Blue Note) working on a for a - 49 42 MASABUMI "POO" KIKUCHI - Tethered Moon (Evidence) BOB JAMES (Warner Bros.) TV movie, Deconstructing 23 35 43 CAROLA GREY - Noisy Mama (Jazzline) DIANNE REEVES (EMI/ERG) Sarah, for the USA cable NEW 44 VINCENT HERRING - Live At The Village Vanguard (Music Masters) DANILO PEREZ(Novus/RCA) network. It's a psychological NEW 45 CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST - Always Say Goodbye (Verve/PolyGram) * MIKE STERN (Atlantic) drama. I've got concerts all NEW 46 - This Is Always (Muse) SANDY STEWART (Cabaret) over the place-Atlanta, MILTON NASCIMENTO (Warner Bros.) NEW 47 ANDY SHEPPARD - Rhythm Method (Blue Note) Houston, Ft. Worth, Tokyo-and BENOIT/FREEMAN ,GP) 29 37 48 CHARLES BROWN - Just A Lucky So And So (Bullseye/Rounder) we just mixed and handed in a * TITO PUENTE'S GOLDEN LATIN JAll ALL- 30 39 49 MARC COPLAND & DIETER ILG - Two Way Street (Jazzline) GRP All -Stars Play The Blues STARS (Tropijazz/Sony) NEW 50 MATT KENDRICK UNIT - Composite (Ichiban) studio album. Plus I'm scoping * KEVYN LETTAU (JVC) out material for my next Dropped: Stefan Karlsson, #41 Roseanna Vitro, #42 Milo Howard, #45 Gary Burton & Rebecca Parris, album." Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pm #46 Al Kooper, #48 Mann Brothers, #50 Herb Ellis. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

36 GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 JAZZ/ADULT ALTERNATIVE LONDON, NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN JAZZ/A2 GROOVE COLLECTIVE and mixed with a warm tightness GAVIN EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO (REPRISE) rather than an expansive cold roomy reverb. Instead of using a While radio argues the merit of var- ANNIVERSARY ious Jazz/street permutations, the lot of modern synths, the songs are VERVE RECORDS ON THEIR 50TH freedom train is alright up and left, broken up by horn solos and fumy chugging through international basslines. All the songs here are up whistle stops. First stop is Giant front and personal! WE SALUTE Step, a niteclub/state of mind in THE SOLSONICS 'TINE Manhattan that's home to Jazz, rap- JAll IN THE PRESENT TENSE pers anc rhythmists of like and (CHRYSALIS/ERG) RICHARD SEIDEL unlike minds who joyfully mix Jazz Dateline: Los Angeles. "Tracked" n genres cf the '40s, '70s and '90s. As RACHEL LEWIS L.A., The Solsonics open their spec- demonstrated at their appearance tacular album with the title track this year's Gavin Seminar (where GUY ECKSTINE featuring Norman Brown doing tLe industry hardcores actually "guitar/scat." Jazz In The Present DEBBIE SCHORE danced!!), Groove Collective make Tense is just that, an example of a living at being all-inclusive rather how enriched (or torn, depending than demographically exclusive. It's on your outlook) by the forces of unfair to call this rap music. Rather, urban life jazz music has become it's an ensemble of ten musicians Like Us3, the Solsonics surf close b from various jazz backgrounds who pop's fringe with a bassy catchines fuse rhythm, air and electricity in that could snare young listeners. an indescribable way. To me, espe- "Keep The Rhythm Strong" is an cially in light of all the interest in example of pop repetition mixed the wonderful 70's Blue Note reis- with a dangerous groove line. sues, there isn't a reason in the Listen and you'll hear bits of jazz, world this music shouldn't be sea- funk and Afro-Cuban roots inno- soning jazz radio. Start with a track cently dumped into the same pot like "Rentstrike," "Nerd," "Balimka" or "El Golpe Avisa" and see where BRAND NEW HEAVIES it takes you. BROTHER SISTER (DELICIOUS INCOGNITO VINYL/EASTWEST AMERICA) POSITIVIST (VERVE FORECAST) What an Alternative station may In England, Jazz radio nit \es jazz call progressive could just be in - with elements of soul, blues, the -pocket for a vocal - dance, even reggae and world beat. driven A' radio or '70s retro to a The same thing happens in club deejay. Brother Sister is And The Entire Very America. except different elements London's Brand New Heavies' thi-d surface in different cities-Chicago, album, and like Incognito, the Team As They Drum Up New Yo: -k, San Francisco, Los music is tight -knit, tight -mixed and Angeles, Dallas and elsewhere, all funky; a possible reference being Another Half -Century Of mixing different ingredients with AWB in their prime. The playing different philosophies. Still, we can vicious and the singing is sweet as Great Music! hear Incognito working at a lot of Brand New Heavies float like a btu- A' influential American markets. terfly and sting like a bee. If you Vocal pieces like "Step Into My can stand still during "Ten Ton Life" fit right into the vocal mix Take," you're more stoic than I. haps the most stimulating big band along with a couple of standards happening in the multi-kulti urban Other tracks include "Have A Good quest in recent memory. (like "Stella By Starlight") thrown centers. The music is pocket -driven Time" and "Dream On Dreamer." Evanescence-named for her asso- in. Cunliffe is a studied traditional ciation with mentor/teacher Gil jazz pianist who likes to drop in the Evans-documents Schneider's mas- odd contemporary influences into Jazz/Adult Alternative terful light and shade nuances of the bop mold. "Jamaican Lounge big band composing and arranging. Lizards" features some stalwart New Releases Each instrument is miked individual-soloing from Bob Sheppard on sax ly and digitally, and starting with as Bill and the rhythm section feast MARIA SCHNEIDER the monstrous "Wyrgly," Schneider's on an upbeat reggae -charged LAST TANGO IN BIG BAND JAll ORCHESTRA MARIA SCHNEIDER arrangements burn like crazy. tempo. As heard on "Cityscape's" JAZZ ORCHESTRA .1\11MCDU "Green Piece" and "Lament" are the brisk horn arrangements, trumpet set's most conventional melodic player Clay Jenkins and trombonist EVANESCENCE (ENJA) pieces, but overall, Evanescence It's true. Sometimes big band Bruce Paulson adopt the tandem surpasses mere intellect as she recordings sound dry and dull. role of a horn section as opposed unveils a sense of drama and agility Some even feel that it was in the to being the third- or fourth -string to an otherwise lumbering genre. early '50s, with the rise of Stan soloists. All ten songs were cut in a Kenton and the decline of Swing, BILL CUNLIFFE single session. Sheppard stands out that the genre lost its dance -ability ally/ revolutionized big band in th2 A RARE CONNECTION (DISCOVERY) on sax, as does the drumming of and . Then there were the '70s and '80s, while Joe Roccisano Pianist Bill Cunliffe surprised many Peter Erskine. A Rare Connection economic factors that made big delivered some fresh combinations of us by quickly jumping on the expresses a well -constructed jazz bands more of a studio entity. With last year with The Shape I'm In. heels of his Paul Simon Songbook ensemble side ("The Big Slide"), as their leftist chord progressions, Well, enough history. Maria with A Rare Connection, a more well as a '90s sensitivity with the Carla Bley and Charlie Haden (liter - Schneider has surfaced with per - straightforward set of original tunes, tuneful, sentimental title cut.

GAVI \ APRIL8, 1994 37 Most Added Rock Releases THE CROW SOUNDTRACK ASSOCIATE EDITOR: ROB FIEND Various Artists (Atlantic) GAVIN ROM This week's highest debut is the soundtrack from upcoming movie

1 1 1 SOUNDGARDEN - Spoonman, Black Hole, Limo Wreck (A&M) The Crowand deservedly so, since it offers a variety of tunes that covers 2 2 2 ALICE IN CHAINS - No Excuses, Rotten Apple (Columbia) the alternative, rock and metal for- 3 3 3 MOTLEY CRUE - Hooligans Holiday (Elektra) mats. There are 14 different artists 8 4 4 PANTERA - I'm Broken (eastwest/Atlantic Group) featured, each of whom offer an

6 6 5 PRONG - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck (Epic) unreleased track. TwentyGAVIN Rocks stations are already on it, with 5 5 6 ZZ TOP - Pincushion (RCA) ROLLINS BAND more following next week.Album 7 7 7 PEARL JAM - Go, Daughter, Rearview Mirror, Rats (Epic) radio is giving the Stone Temple 16 11 8 NINE INCH NAILS - March, Closer, Heresy (Nthng/TVT/Interscope/ARG) INCH Pilots' "Big Empty" and Helmet's 34 19 9 THE POOR - More Wine Waiter Please (550 Music/Epic) STUTTERING JOHN "Milktoast" plenty of spins. The latter will appeal to hard rock metal radio 9 9 10 DIO - Evilution, Fire Head (Reprise) CELL as will Pantera's "The Badge," 4 8 11 RUSH - Stick.., Coldfire, Animate (Atlantic) Rollins Band "Ghostrider," Rage SURGERY - 38 12 SUGARTOOTH - Sold My Fortune (Geffen) Against The Machine's "Darkness," INFECTIOUS GROOVES and For Love Not Lisa's "Slip Slide 13 13 13 MUTHA'S DAY OUT - Locked (Chrysalis/ERG) Melting." If you're looking for some- 18 14 14 MUCKY PUP ENTOMBED - Wolverine Blues (Earache/Columbia) thing with an industrial edge check 11 12 15 TOOL - Sober, Undertow, Prison Sex (Zoo) Top lip out My Life With The Thrill Kill 26 22 16 MCA - Unconscience (Zoo) Kult's "After The Flesh" and Nine Inch Nails' rendition of Joy 14 15 17 THERAPY? - Nowhere, Femtex, Isolation, Stop It (A&M) Division's "Dead Souls." Also includ- 15 16 18 - Cross Purposes (IRS) ed are songs by , The 24 24 19 CANDLEBOX - Change,You, Far Behind (Maverick) Cure, Medicine, ,

NEW 20 THE CROW SNDTRK - Helmet, Pantera, STP (Atlantic) Machines Of Loving Grace and The Jesus Mary Chain. 19 21 21 KINGS X - Dogman (Atlantic) DEEP SIX 10 10 22 BLUE MURDER - We All Fall Down (Geffen) Various Artists (A&M) 28 23 23 CARCASS - Buried Dreams (Earache/Colubmia) This 36 33 24NAILBOMB - Wasting Away (Roadrunner) THE CROW SOUNDTRACK compi-

22 18 25 ELEVEN - Let Down (Left Out, Laughed At) (Third Rail/Hollywood) Various lation is (Atlantic) a melt- 12 26 26 BEAVIS AND BUTT -HEAD - White Zombie, Megadeth (Geffen) With 14 bands to choose from it's no ing pot NEW 27 INFECTIOUS GROOVES - Violent & Funky (BHG/550/Epic) surprise that The Crow soundtrack is of 30 30 28 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Disarm, Today, Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Geek USA (Virgin) this week's highest debuting album. bands Catching air at KSFC, WVCR, KDUR, who 25 27 29 SEPULTURA - Territory (Roadrunner/Epic) WKLL, WCWP and WEOS who are now 21 25 30 NIRVANA - All Apologies, Heart Shaped, Rape Me, Serve (DGC) spinning this 15 to 28 times a week. make up what is referred to as "The NEW 31 ROLLINS BAND - Liar (Imago) Seattle Sound." Before grunge NEW 32 - Longview, Basket, She, Come Around (Reprise) RECORD TO WATCH became a household word and flan- nel shirts were selling for hundreds 17 17 33 GRETA - Is It What You Wanted? (Mercury) ROLLINS BAND of dollars in department stores, there - 42 34 CROWBAR - Numb Sensitive (Pavement) Weight was a handful of bands in the 42 39 35 THE OBSESSED - Streetside (Columbia) (Imago) Northwest who were writing songs, 29 29 36 COURSE OF EMPIRE - Infested (Zoo) Capturing the most added exchanging ideas and members, and postion with 18 adds The looking for that big break. They 23 20 37 FIGHT - Immortal Sin, Little Crazy (Epic) Rollins Band's brutal sound weren't exposed to a lot of new 38 37 38 MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE - Get On With It (D -Tribe) will be intimidating listeners music because during the early '80s 27 28 39 THE ORGANIZATION - Bottom Dog, Free Burning (Metal Blade/Modern) for months to come. Already big bands didn't consider Seattle a major stop. Being neglected by the 46 45 40 TAD - Leafy Incline (Giant/Mechanic) spinning the hell out of this are KSFC(28), WVCR(21), touring circuit was probably the best 41 44 41 LIFE OF AGONY - This Time, River Runs Red (Roadrunner) KDUR(21), WKLL(16), thing to happen to the Seattle bands, 33 34 42 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Wicked Garden, Creep (Atlantic) WCWP(16) and WEOS(15). because this caused the local musi- 49 43 43 I MOTHER EARTH - Levitate, Not Quite Sonic (Capitol) 'VT cians to form a community amongst themselves in which they created 32 36 44 SCORPIONS - Wrong, Under The Same Sun (Mercury) what is now the most sought after 35 31 45 TYPE 0 NEGATIVE - Christian Woman, Black, Set Me On Fire, Bloody Kisses (Roadrunner) C ha rt.kas.a u La sound, and it's so popular that it's 43 41 46 PITCH SHIFTER - Ephemerol (Earache/Mosh) Wildhearts "Sucker Punch' (eastwest) almost cliché. Included on this CD are the first tracks recorded (except - 48 47 MANTISSA - Mary Mary (PLG) Demented Ted "Psychopathology" (Pavement) U -Men), by Soundgarden, Skin Yard, NEW 48 GWAR - Jack The World (Metal Blade) * Stabbing Westward "Nothing" (Columbia) Malfunkshun, Melvins and the signif- 48 49 49 WHITE ZOMBIE - Thunderkiss '65 (Geffen) Godspeed "Houston St." (Atlantic) icant Green River (above), who - 46 50 ',VARGASM - One Man Army (Massacre) * Surgery Trim" (Amphetamine Reptile) spawned such bands as Mudhoney, Pear Jam, Monkey -wrench, and Love " Sphinx "Underground" (Heart&Soul) Battery. For original grunge and Dropped: ;ii32 Sammy Hagar, 135 Guns N' Roses, Seattle's true rock 'n' roll sound, Reports accepted Monday 9am - 5pm and Tuesday 9am - 3pm 40 Danzig, 147 Jawbox, #50 Dig. check out Deep Six. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

38 GAVIN APRIL 8,1994 Hard Rock Releases

PROFILE EDITOR: GAVIN ROM SHEILA RENE ARTIST PROFILES

PRODUCER/FRIEND KELLY CANDLEBOX GRAY: "We were really lucky. It LINEUP: Kevin Martin, vocals; took a month and a half to record. Peter Klett, ; Bardi Martin, We figured we could just go in and ROLLINS BAND track in the scene from Apocalypse bass; Scott Mercado, drums. rip it on out. I've known Kelly Weight Now where Colonel Kurts confronts personally for several years, his demons. The Rollins Band's lat- HOMETOWN: Seattle (Imago) cleaned houses with him and we est not only rocks, but includes If there's any serenity in your LABEL Maverick messages that carry some weight. talked about music a lot. Our playlist, it'll be violently interrupted ALBUM. Candlebox drummer Scotty has known Kelly when you add the latest from the GWAR A& R: Guy Oseary since high school. His greatest Rollins Band, Weight which is This Toilet Earth contribution was allowing us to appropriately titled since the album (Metal Blade) SINGLES: "You," "Change" and record an album that we were is saturated with viciously heavy Lock the doors, hide "Far Behind" gratified with, helping us get what guitars thrashing, bass thumps, the kids, and get out PRODUCER: Kelly Grey we needed and wanted out of the drum atrocities and, of course, those old paint smocks, Henry's crushing vocals. The sin- Gwar is back with This PETER KLETT TALKS ABOUT' record. Not to mention he's easy to work with." gle, Liar, which was last week's Toilet Earth. If you don't THE RUSH TOUR"Wewereall focus track, contains a soft jazzy have a sense of humor influenced by Rush, so we were RADIO SUCCESS: "We were really rhythm that explodes into raging or the stomach for acid rock's really nervous, but it's matured us pleased at how responsive radio guitar riffs and overwhelming vocal careening sound, stick with romper quite a bit because we're playing has been. We were confident that snarls, giving listeners a taste of room and don't listen to this. Here's bigger venues. The audience, being the songs would be strong enough what's to come. Produced by Theo a band that's so twisted that aliens Van Rock, Weight comes across a Rush crowd, has really accepted to get airplay. The fact that it wouldn't think of abducting them; like the aftermath of a swift upper- besides, the band would go with us. We do a 35 minute set. We hit actually happened is a real treat." cut to the nose: gushing twisted them willingly. From 'em with the strong stuff and then BAND'S NAME: "The song is guitar chords laying strewn around "Saddam A Go -Go," leave. We're back with them now for Midnight Oil's 'Ten Minds And Ten slightly funky melodies and pierc- (this jazzy tid bit another leg of their tour. We'll do Legs.' The actual line is 'boxed in ing lyrics that would make anyone pokes fun at that the first, third and fourth leg with like candles.' We just changed it think twice before challenging Mr. lovable leader in them." around. I was never a fan although Rollins to a debate on morality. the Mideast), to Several thumbs up to guitarist Chris ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC MIXES: Kevin is a big fan of Peter Garrett." "Bad Bad Men," Haskett, who grinds through sever- which has a hint of "That's 'Cover Me.' Live I can't GUITAR INFLUENCES: "I've been al different styles of guitar mania, spaghetti western really do that song, but I can playing for 13 years and I like the metal, thrash and funk, without guitar riffs, to "The Obliteration Of simulate it pretty well. 'Rain' was a old '70s rock, Pink Floyd and the missing a beat. So smooth are the Flab Quary 7," Gwar takes funk, jam we had going that we wrote into Doors. I saw a lot of heavy metal transitions that it sounds like sever- metal, hard rock and thrash mixes it a song. 'Cover Me' has a really great bands. It's more a feeling than it is al guitars instead of just one. in a power blender, rapes it, then acoustic opening too." Joining Rollins and Haskett are technology. I play with more vomits a burly array of disconfig- bassist Melvin Gibbs (new addition ured rock 'n' roll. "The Insidious SIGNING WITH MAVERICK: "It emotion than technical skill." to the band) and skin basher Sim Soliloquy Of Skulhedface" is pure was definitely our lucky break. SURPRISES; "The Rush tour and Ca ins who combine their special- circus rock with a ringleader -like There were several labels looking at how fast it's happened for us was a ized talents to help create the opening mono- us, but the fact that Maverick was a surprise; however. I was pretty Rollins Band's storm. 's logue that new label and needed to stablize confident." theme, like most of Henry's pro- starts the jazz, the company was a big factor in our jects is life is what you make it and classical, and decision. They're really pushing us E FUTURE "We're working on if your life sucks, don't ruin mine. just plain weird in order to make the label making the album platinum. We're "Step Back" rocks hard around rock rhythms successful. That's a good point in half way there now. We've been lyrics about Henry confronting a that circulate our favor." really blessed." typically screwed up person. He through this dizzy- screams, "Do you really want to ing track. It's defi- confront me? Do you really want to nitely not some- 11111111 SSW deal with me?" It's safe to say this thing you'd want to listen to repeat- ellerORM offer won't have any takers unless edly if you were on a bad trip. of course the person is totally Looking for fast tunes? Check This insane. "Shine" tells us that even Toilet Earth and you'll find that though we think there's plenty of "B.D.F.," "Eat Steel," "Fight," "Filthy time to do all the things we Flow," and the focus track "jack The planned, we'd better start sooner World" contain heavy doses of spas- than later because time is running tic energy. Revel in the out. Other hard tracks include ._,_clinsane and give "Disconnect," "Divine," "Object Of your listeners a taste Itt Hatred," "Fool," "Icon" and of the truly twisted "Civilized." "Tired," with its eerie brought to you guitar swirls and whispering g- by Gwar, the vocals, could have been the sound- 1. misfits of rock. BY ROB FIEND

GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 ,3 9 11111111_ SMALL MARKET SUCCESS

elcome to our bi-weekly fea- Communicating topics that are top - local retail (four stores). We get record, we give it our total support. ture "Small Market Success." of -mind, getting involved with local weekly sales information from them We keep you informed of its perfor- In the spotlight this week is charities or groups or creating inter- and if something is hot for us, we mance and we sell it! Burlington, Iowa's most pow- est in topics that will keep our audi- call them to let them know. That Who do you network with and why? erful radio station, KGRS- ence listening all day.It may be way, it gets stocked and we help sellSteve McKay, program director at 100,000 watts strong. Did you knowsomething fun or some records. WSBG-Stroudsburg, Penn., Mark Burlington was it could be _L How about station goals? Reid, assistant program director at IoCo-iumous MERCER r the hometown informa- ,ton I LOUISA Jc. a Staying on top isthe KQKY-Keamey, Neb. and Alex Tear, Ale do of actor William tional. Brignton 1 Wapello 0 oston oviola` hardest. And always formerly of WKHQ-Charlevoix, Waylarido 0l Morning Sun making something Mich., who's currently looking for a Frawley, who Keithsburp Winfield _0 out of nothing. new gig. These are people in mar- endeared him- - -r-Are;IS7 FairfieldI HENRY self to us with 0 I WARREN We also go after kets that are similar to mine and i1,1114,a "'Metha his portrayal of via Mounteasant I Monmouth t that major mar- they share similar programming quawka ket sound, not philosophies.I suggest finding Fred Mertz on I 4hamo ISalcfmondon 1,,r"TsoKirkwood i BUREN R, Ab"because of our some stations in your own region, Love Lucy? Gt.,fpor Mr,r1,3 Providing us with some insight on Keosauqua LEE Burlingtonr Stronghorst competition, maybe around a major market, and VestWest P KGRSIS PROGRAM DIRECTOR COSMO Bonaparteo - FIEND SONIRos:villeAvon.o but because share some ideas with each other. Donnilsoo o tom ,n Farmington I LEONE. IFUT'we want to You don't have to give away any Fort Masot alias tYMcDONOUGH I 75PraIricater to the secrets, but share what works for CLARK .Montrose HANCOCK arpel 061adinsville What do you feel is unique about Bushrregion. you. Macomb' Kahoka Carthage Colchester a Tell us about Any final comments? KGRS? 5I K kuk 0 I Creativity. We need to be creative 10Wyaconda There are a lot of great opportunities Aiexandri LLINO r' making "some- Warsaw Industry o thing out of noth- in small markets. Some people use because of the size of our market. I Plymouthoi_ like to say that we get Rolls Royce After\ U I SCIIIYTEIT -ing"? them as a stepping stone, but others s- Bowen°_9Augusta ratings on a K -Mart budget. But a while, 'Wins About a month ago we of us can make it a career. Just Goldeni RI'" with our creativity and budget (or even if you anion Mendon had one of our last major because we are in small markets ° 17-- lack of) we continue to be the are not 1° Camp Pointe snowfalls. We got seven inches doesn't mean that we have a small Number One station in our demo-a involved with a specific of snow.I asked myself what we market mentality.It just happens to 33 -share, both male and female. community topic, your listeners could do with seven inches of snow.be where we choose to live our What is it about your market that think youare. Perception is reality. We challenged our listeners to build lives. makes you concentrate so much on How about the record industry? the tallest snowman that featured EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE BY creativity? They have been very responsive to our call letters. The winner would ANNETTE M. LAI Not only do we have competition us. We keep them up-to-date on receive over $400 in music give- within our market from other sig- our playlist and what we're doing in aways. Our night guy, K.C. Fleming, PAUL E. SWANSON IS DIRECTOR OF nals, but we also have Top 40 com- the market. Any time I have solicit- was out judging snowmen all day. SECONDARIES, JEFF MCCLUSKY & petition right up the road in Ft. ed the record companies for assis- He ended up judging over 120 ASSOCIATES Madison, and we have major market tance on a promotion, they have snowmen! We received local media competition from Davenport and the come through for me. If it's a good coverage, both newspaper and tele- Quad cities. We need to continue toidea and it benefits all, they love it. vision, just because of a little snow. KGRS SAMPLE HOUR give our listening audience some- But it also means keeping that flow That's what we define as "something of communication and information out of nothing." thing they will not be able to get The anywhere else. We need to serve going with the record companies. What would you like to see in the UCE SP EN - "Streets Of our market. Remember, it is a two-way street. industry's future? iladeiphia" Can you give us some examples? How about local retail? On the radio side, we need to back Staying involved in the community. We have a good relationship with up our talk about training the per- A KEITH - "Better Than You" sonalities of tomorrow. We may get in a tape that we feel could use Patrol/omq/:- - "Make It Happen" KGRS-Burlington, Iowa some improvement, but we never RIAd CAREY EL 42 "Something About You" 1411 North Roosevelt respond or give them any assistance. You don't need to put the person on NI BRAXTON - "Breathe Again" Burlington, IA 52601 the air, but a few pointers may make (319) 752-2701 their on -air presentation a little bet- ***stopset at :25/weather/jingle*** Owner: Jim Livengood and John Weir ter. We need to give them some- -019E- "So Much Trabire General manager: Jim Livengood thing to grow on. On the record 01 Believes" Program director: Cosmo Leone (8 years, has been with the station for 13) side, I'd like to see a more open -*sports/stop Music director: None mind in regard to what we, as small testimonial*** Consultant: None markets, can do for artist develop- S - "Linger" Positioning statement: "Number One in music and fun." ment and record sales. We can be a EAGLES - "Desperado" (KGRS' Classic) Frequency: 107.3 FM good gauge regarding a record's performance. NN FREY - "Part Of You" Watts: 100,000 RAW - "Lowe Sileakio' Up On You" Target demo: 18-34 adults What can you give back to the indus- try? ***stopset at :54/news headlines and Population: 1,500,000 (34 counties) I can give integrity to the music we weather*** Major industries: Agriculture and manufacturing play. When KGRS commits to a BY PAUL E. SWANSON GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 ALBUM ADULT ALTERNATIVE

ARTI E A3 New Releases RORY BLOCK BOZ SCAGGS Angel of Mercy Some Change (Virgin) Boz's homecoming is already big news at A', briskly debuting a few RORY BLOCK cuts deep at #26 without breaking a sweat. Stitched together on various television soundstages around our "Angel Of Mercy" town, Boz Scaggs collaborated with drummer , the same guy "If you like music steeped in tradition and genuine feeling.this is who pops a mean snare with your woman." - David Hiltbrand, People Magazine Bonnie Raitt. Some Change is a wel- come switch back to Boz the musi- WRNX WBOS WMVY WVAY WKZE cian/guitarist as opposed to silky WFUV WYEP WNCW WNKU KERA JOHN TRUDE! frontman. Tempo -wise the album KFAN WCBE WDET KTCZ KCSU starts out stark and bouncy, saving KVNF KUWR KZJH KRCL KTAO FROM:Omaha, Nebraska the for later down the KIOT KTHX KKOS KPIG KRSH line. The up stuff is "You Got My KECH KRVM KMTT LATEST RELEASE:Johnny Letter" and "Some Change," the first Damas And Me two trax. "Fly Like A Bird" is a nice On tour now: pop zydeco. "Sierra" and "Illusion" 4/2Cactus Cafe Austin, TX LABEL:Ryko 4/4Rockerfellers Houston, TX will add some of that signature 4/7Club Ciainte Santa Fe, NM THE PRDCESS:"A continuation aggs velvet suave to your sound. 4/8El Rey Theater Albuquerque, NM OTIS RUSH 4/10Rhythm Room Phoenix. AZ as opposed to a duplication." 4/12Palms Playhouse Davis, CA Ain't Enough Comin' In (Mercury) 4/13Great American Music HallSan Francisco, CA "Everyone knows a Prediction 4/15Melody Ballroom Portland, OR Johnny Damas, or else he's a time. Otis 4/16The Backstage Seattle. WA Rush's lat- 4/19The Met Spokane, WA descendant of Nostradamus." 4/21Salt Lake City University Salt Lake City. UT est gem 4/22Paradise Theater Paonia, CO ON THE SONG "SEE THE will be 4/23Fox Theater Boulder, CO WOMAN:":"I got the title from one of 4/24Herman's Hideaway Denver, CO 1994's 4/26Little Bear Evergreen, CO a police call to a domestic best 4/29Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN 4/30Pres House Madison, WI disturba ice. 'See the woman' records. was what they told the police to Not to do. I turned it into a tribal voice take any- thing song about women in general. I away from Mr. Cray, but Otis Rush, see women as an essential part like Buddy Guy, is the latest and of life, oppressed by concepts of greatest to bring blues into rock I I respectability thanks to English pro male god dominator religion." ducer John Porter. An erratic "Short Fuse" ON GUITARIST MARK SHARK: recorder, Otis Rush releases a mas- Makes A Loud Bang "We've been working together terpiece every other decade or so. His seminal sides on Cobra Records since 1986 when (the late are what charged a young Eric "One band that stirred up talk (at SXSW '94) was the Blazers, guitarist) Jesse (Ed Davis) put Clapton to play blues. An aborted and East Los Angeles group that came across as Los Lobos' together the first band. Mark was '70s effort on Capitol (later reissued rockier couisins."- John Pareles, NY Times on Bulldog and Hightone) is defi- the rhythm guitarist before Jesse "If you want to be experienced in the shotgun seat, they'll pick nitely one to seek out. But if you're died. Before that, at some point, only as good as your last one, Otis you up. Get ready. Let's go." - Cesar Rosas, Los Lobos Jesse showed Mark something is in fine shape. Start with "...the Blazers manage to meld diverse strains of Hispanic music, that made it possible for him to "Homework" and proceed to "She's vintage rock 'n' roll, country, and R&B into a seamless, distinc- A Good 'Un" or better yet, the title tive sound." - Chris Morris, Billboard step in as lead guitarist." track with it's smokin' "Billie Jean" bassline. Don't take our word for it. RANI '1A H &1? 0 L L . "To KCRW KCSU KFAN KPIG KRCL Ask the pros. Last time I saw Otis, combine music and poetry, the KTAO KUWR KVNF WCBE WDET Santana was at the front table, math of the music has to be weeping. The consensus is that Otis WERU WFUV WNCW WYEP altered. If you're writing lyrics, Rush is right up there with Buddy On tour now: they immediately fit the math of and B. an amazing hlues warrior. 4/7The Hop City Of Industry, CA FRANCIS DUNNERY 4/15La Zona Rosa Austin. TX the music. With poems, you write 4/16Fiesta - Oyster Bake San Antonio, TX (Atlantic) Fiesta - Market Square San Antonio, TX what you want to say to your 4/17 Get three to a Dunnery and crank 4/19Fiesta - Market Square San Antonio, TX own rhythm. Western music is so this one. It's the birth of a new A' 4/203rd Floor Cantina Bryan, TX True Star True Wizard. Francis 4/22Satellite Lounge Houston, TX fascist. Rock 'n' roll came from 4/23Nowlin' Wolf New Orleans. LA black people altering the math of Dunnery is a mischievous guitar 5/4-5Green Parrot Key West, FL technician who has tread the boards 5/6Tropical Heatwave Festival Tampa. FL the music. The melody isn't in with Robert Plant's band. On his 5/7Junkyard Orlando. FL (-6) the singing because there is no own, this British player is non-domi- ROUNDER singing. The intention is spoken national and a -national. It's hard to decide what's more clever, the guitar For A3 Radio Promotion contact: word." Brad Paul, Rounder Records (617)354-0700 x0

GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 Most Added RECORD TO WATCH BOZ SCAGGS (26) EDITORS: MOXY FRUVOUS KENT/KEITH JIMMY HOLLYWOOD Bargainville GAVIN A3 ZIMMERMAN (Atlantic) SOUNDTRACK (14) A A A AI's public radio mafia- TED HAVJKINS (12) WNKU, KUWR, KERA, WCBE, playing or the song premises. The WNCW-are banging this one opening single, "American Life In Top Tip PINK FLOYD (11) silly. Check it outl The Summertime," is a brilliant satire DR. J01111(10) of our business with playful soul licks and the story of Johnny the song thief and Suzi the company slave. The moral of the story is not "getting your back snapped" and ending up the company clone. flf AIN'T DRUNK! HE'S JUST DRINKIN'! Maybe that's why Dunnery eludes an easy classification. The music featuring the first rocks, it's soulful, sometimes it reg- single and video gaes, it's a bit S. Dannish, but mainly BOZ SCAGGS it's witty and, so far, radio homeless. Some Change (Virgin) Breakin' Up The House A' might wanna grab this one fast Boz Scaggs chooses A' to make a before Album Radio wakes up. powerful re-entry at #26. Adds 4/11 um:it:mum Watch for Buster's Happy Hour STORYVILLE November) coming soon to YI1-1. * TED HAWKINS (Geffen)

LOWEN & NAVARRO (Parachute/Mercury) >I RHINO 71680 * SYN (ClearView)

TRIBUTE TO OTIS BLACKWELL (Shanachie)

* JIMMY HOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK DENZIL (Atlas/PolyGram) "Useless" (Play/Giant) * MORRISSEY (Sire/Reprise) NRBQ Here at G:\\ I N. the Zimmermen and THE GRAYS (Epic) The new single Linda Ryan fight over who is the THE PROCLAIMERS (Chrysalis/ERG) Over Your Head bigger Denzil fan. "Useless" fared JOHN TRUDELL () CD Pro with groovy impressively at the February KCRW studio tracks GRIDdle panel, and little wonder. PAT McLAUGHLIN (dos/Antones) It's a jaunty, mid-tempoed cruiser * CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE (Alligator) Adds 4/18 BILLY FALCON (Mercury) that takes a little from Alternative Message For The and a little from A3, giving both for- * SMITHEREENS (RCA) Mess Age tour: mats a modern adult luster. Denzil April through June. Dropped: s29 E, #36 Jackson Browne, #42 Don sings a tad like a young Justin RHINO Hayward with a rocky acoustic base. Covey, #44 BoDeans, #46 John Hiatt, #48 Alice In 71427 Chains, Oyster Band, The Charlatans, Latin Playboy; Dig it.

"'Love On My Side' is a refresh- WITS - Bloomington, IN ing sprintime breath of fresh air." WCBE - Columbus, OH "r177, -91P --41r$116(- CHRIS MAY/KMTT WCLZ - Portland, ME - WVAY - West Dover, VT "We were singularly impressed. WKVT - Brattleboro, VT This one has the potential to go all KCWY - Gillette, WY KOTR - Cambria, CA the way." KTAO - Taos, NM ' - BRUCE STEBBINS/WRNX World Cafe - WVBR - Ithaca KKRV - Wenatchee, WA WZEW - Mobil WKVT - Brattleboro, VT KISM - Bellingh KFMU - Steamboat, CO WERU - Blue Hil KGWY - Gillette, WY KBCO - Boulde KOPN - Columbia, MO KSPN - Aspen, KOTR - Cambria, CA SWC - Sony Wa KRVM - Eugene, OR KRCC - Colorado S KUT - Austin, TX WCBR - Chicago, 0 KVNF - Paonia, CO KUM - Cedar Falls, WMKY - Morehead, KY KSKE - Vail, CO WMNF - Tampa, FL KECH - Ketchum, ID WRNX - Amherst, MA DC - Boulder, CO KMTT - Seattle, SA KMMS - Bozeman, MT alterOf Time" KUWR - Laramie, WY KRSH - Santa Rosa, CA WZEW - Mobile, AL WMVY - Martha's Vineyard, MA Available now on CLEAR VIEW CDs and cassettes.

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"Black and blue songs, sleepy songs, real songs. Slow and gorgeous." Gavin Boomer Grid Debut -43* -The Village Voice The New Album, featuring "Tiger Lily" OnProduced tour now. Management.- by Victor Renee Lehman/Oasis Van Vugt Productions with Luna On Elektra compact discs and cassettes. 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a Division of Warner Communications Inc. A Time Warner Company. 'bum -dult Alternative ALBUM ADULT ALTERNATIVE KENT/KEITH ZIMMERMAN EDITORS: GAVIN A3 BOOYER GRID cyr, k&, -%c 4zk, 3 2W LW 2 1 TW Artist - Title (Label) BONNIE RAITT (Capitol) ct- 3 0 -0 144 44 '.r c< (4,..° ,t$, (-).: ;r0 oac:' C_,c° IZ:s) 4,- 21 3 1 32 ELVISBRUCE COSTELLO COCKBURN & THE (Columbia) ATTRACTIONS (Warner Bros.) A A A 0 3 .3 3. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .,) - s & , 4 t ,, 4- ''-:i 1 6 6 4 --) 33 ) SUBDUDES (High Street) AAAAAAAAA AA A A*A A A A A A AAA A AAAAAAAAAAAASAAAA 4 4 5 RICHARD THOMPSON (Capitol) A A 5 5 6 ASAAASAAA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ) A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A TORI AMOS (Atlantic) 1214 910 87 SAM PHILLIPS (Virgin) AASAAAAAAA )A A AAASSSASAAASASAAAAAA 7 NNE, Hno) A )A A A A A A -7 A A )AA A A A A A A 9 9 3 ARAh McLACHLAN (NettwerfOrista) A A ) A A )AA A )A A A A AA A )1 A A A AASAASSAAAAA )011A ) 7 8 10 BILLY PILGRIM (Atlantic) 3 A ) ) A AA ASASSAAAS )A A A A 11 11 A A A 10 ASSSA )A )AAA DAVID WILCOX (A&M) A A A A A A ) 11 12 12 (Capitol) A ) ) A A A AA A A A )A A A A A A A A )1 AOA 17 14 13 ) A A A A A )A A AA A A ,. )A A CHRIS REA (atco/eastwest/atlantic group) ) A A ) ) A A A A A A.)A A A ) ) ) 15 15 14 CRASH -TEST DUMMIES (Arista) * A ) A A A%AA A A ) A AA A A A A A A A A A 0 16 13 15 BEN HARPER (Virgin) ) A A A A ASSAS A A A A A ) A A ) A A ) A A ) 22 19 16 RHYTHM COUNTRY AND BLUES (MCA) A A A 38 27 17 PHISH (EleKha) ) ) ) ) .' ) A ) A ) A A AIDAA - - 45 18 A A A A A ) A A A A A PETER HIMMELMAN (550 Music/Epic) ) A A 0 A ) 00A )A A )A A A A ) A ) 18 21 19 COUNTING CROWS (DGC) ) )A A ) :- A A A A A 8 16 20 COWBOY JUNKIES (RCA) A )'' ) )A A*A A A A A A A ) )A 21 18 21 ROB WASSERMAN (MCA/GRP) ) ) A A A A A A A A A )A A )0 A 19 17 22 FREDDY JONES BAND (Capricorn) ) )

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PRODUCED BY BOL SCAGuS AND RICK.' f AI AAR. REPRESENTAION: CRAIG fROIN/HK MANAGEMENT. 01994 VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA_ t,C. Ii Top Requests 9 INCH NAILS EDITOR: LINDA RYAN PAVEMENT GAVIN IMAM ASSOCIATE ED: SEANA BARUTH GREEN DAY SOUNDGARDEN 1 1 1 PAVEMENT - Cut Your Hair, Range, Plane, Breathin' (Matador)

2 2 2 ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS -13 Steps Lead Down, You Tripped (Warner Bros.) Most Added MORRISSEY

3 3 3 NINE INCH NAILS - March, Closer, Heresy (Nthng/TVT/Interscope/ARG)

5 4 4 SOUNDGARDEN - Spoonman, Black Hole, Limo Wreck (A&M)

8 5 5 MORRISSEY - The More You Ignore Me (Sire/Reprise)

10 9 6 THE CHARLATANS - Can't Get, Jesus Hairdo, Up To Our Hips (Beggars Banquet/Atlantic)

4 6 7 GREEN DAY - Longview, Basket, She, Come Around (Reprise)

7 7 8 ENIGMA - Return To Innocence (Virgin) 16 10 9 LUNA - Tiger Lily, California (Elektra) Chartbound

6 8 10 TORI AMOS - God, Cornflake Girl, Past The Mission (Atlantic) SUPERCHUNK - The First Pad (Merge) 21 13 11 FRENTE! - Labour Of Love, Bizarre Love Triangle (Mammoth) STABBING WESTWARD - Ungod (Epic) 11 12 12 BECK - Loser, Pay No Mind, Corvette Bummer (DGC) WHALE - "Hobo Humpin'..." (eastwest) 9 11 13 MEAT PUPPETS - Backwater (London/PLG) ROLLINS BAND (40) PHISH - Hoist (Elektra) 27 14 14 MATERIAL ISSUE - Kim The Waitress (Mercury) HOLE (20) Dropped: #38 Lucy's Fur Coat, #41 In The Name 50 32 15 LIVE - Selling The Drama (Radioactive) CROW SOUNDTRACK (19) Of The Father, #43 Possum Dixon. 14 16 16 ALICE IN CHAINS - No Excuses, Rotten Apple (Columbia) INCH (15) 15 15 17 SARAH McLACHLAN - Possession, Hold On (Nettwerk/Arista) RECORD TO WATCH 45 26 18 PRIMAL SCREAM - Rocks (Sire/Warner Bros.) WHALE (13)

17 17 19 CROWDED HOUSE - Locked Out, In My Command, Distant Sun (Capitol) Top Tip XTC - 42 20 MADDER ROSE - Panic On (Seed) "Cherry In Your Tree"

18 20 21 CRASH -TEST DUMMIES - Mmm Mmm Mmm (Arista) ROLLINS BAND (BMG/Zoom Express) Weight You'll find this one on Carmen 24 22 22 COUNTING CROWS - 'Round Here, Mr. Jones (DGC) (Imago) Sandiego's Out Of This World 23 23 23 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Disarm, Today, Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Geek USA (Virgin) This week's Most Added makes an album. 26 24 24 PEARL JAM - Go, Daughter, Rearview Mirror, Rats (Epic) early debut at #44.

25 25 25 EUGENIUS - Blue Above The Rooftops (Atlantic)

34 30 26 TH' FAITH HEALERS - Heart, See -saw, Curly Lips (Too Pure/Elektra)

49 40 27 INSPIRAL CARPETS - Saturn 5 (Elektra/Mute)

39 28 28 REALITY BITES - Big Mountain, Lenny Kravitz (RCA)

43 35 29 THE GRAYS - The Very Best Years, Both Belong (Epic)

13 18 30 JAWBOX - Savory (Atlantic)

42 31 31 GENERAL PUBLIC - I'll Take You There (Epic)

19 19 32 SHERYL CROW - Leaving Las Vegas (A&M)

33 33 33 AFGHAN WHIGS - Gentlemen, Debonair, Sweet, Jail (Elektra)

- 50 34 HOLE - Miss World (DGC)

47 39 35 SAM PHILLIPS -I Need Love, Fighting Fire (Virgin)

36 36 36 EVE'S PLUM -I Want It All (550 Music/Epic)

41 37 37 DIED PRETTY - Harness Up (Columbia)

12 27 38 KRISTEN HERSH - Your Ghost, Cuckoo (Sire/Reprise)

20 21 39 FURY IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Every Generation, Won't Forget, Radio Orchid (RCA)

- 44 40 BACKBEAT - Money, C'mon Everybody (Virgin)

- 48 41 MILLA - The Gentleman Who Fell, It's Your Life (SBK/ERG)

31 34 42 JAMES - Laid. Sometimes, Say Something, No No (Fontana/Mercury)

48 47 43 ALISON MOYET - Whispering Your Name (Columbia)

NEW 44 ROLLINS BAND - Liar (Imago)

32 45 45 SLOWDIVE - Alison (SBK/ERG)

29 29 46 THERAPY? - Nowhere, Femtex, Isolation, Stop It (A&M)

NEW 47 THE CROW SNOTRK - Stone Temple Pilots, The Cure (Atlantic)

46 46 48 HECTOR ZAZOU - ill Strangle You (TriStar Music) "I See You" - 49 49 RED RED MEAT - Flank, Comes, Cella Manga () NEW 50 SMITHEREENS - Miles From Nowhere (RCA) "Never Enough"

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4 1 1 ENIGMA - Return To Innocence (Virgin) Many of my Hole impressions were

2 2 2 MORRISSEY - The More You Ignore Me (Sire/Reprise) tainted by press hype and holemics that seemed to take precedence over 7 7 3 ALICE IN CHAINS - No Excuses, Rotten Apple (Columbia) the music. Guitarist Eric Erlanderson 1 4 4 TORI AMOS - God, Cornflake Girl, Past The Mission (Atlantic) calls Live Through This a pop 15 15 5 NINE INCH NAILS - March, Closer, Heresy (Nthng/TVT/Interscope/ARG) record, and if it is, every band 6 6 6 SHERYL CROW - Leaving Las Vegas (A&M) should make one. Producer Scott Litt 8 8 7 THE CHARLATANS - Can't Get, Jesus Hairdo, Up To Our Hips (Beggars Banquet/Atlantic) put Nirvana's In Utero over the top, PRIMAL 5 5 8 CRASH -TEST DUMMIES - Mmm Mmm Mmm (Arista) and he deserves credit for Live's 12 9 9 SOUNDGARDEN - Spoonman, Black Hole, Limo Wreck (A&M) accessible throb. All I kept thinking SCREAM 24 10 10 COUNTING CROWS - 'Round Here, Mr. Jones (DGC) as "Violet" bloomed through my rRom: Scotlaid 11 11 11 CROWDED HOUSE - Locked Out, In My Command, Distant Sun (Capitol) speakers was how did this band get 19 12 12 SARAH McLACHLAN - Possession, Hold On (Nettwerk/Arista) so good? A guitar begins innocently, "NT RESIDENCE: 22 17 13 PAVEMENT - Cut Your Hair, Range, Plane, Breathin' (Matador) then launches into a distorted fist of England 21 21 14 MEAT PUPPETS - Backwater (London/PLG) rage as Courtney snarls, "Go on, NEW 15 LUNA - Tiger Lily, California (Elektra) take everything, take everything, I LABEL:Sire/Warner Bros. - 25 16 PRIMAL SCREAM - Rocks (Sire/Warner Bros.) want you to." First single "Miss CURRENT SINGLE: 3 3 17 ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - 13 Steps Lead Down, You Tripped (Warner Bros.) World" chugs with both acoustic

26 18 18URGE OVERKILL- Positive Bleeding (Geffen) and distorted guitar and cymbal - "Rocks" pocked drums, and "Plump" plunges - 26 19 FRENTE! - Labour Of Love, Bizarre Love Triangle (Mammoth) into a riotous din of gargantuan gui- CURRENT ALBUM:Give 20 20 20 PEARL JAM - Go, Daughter, Rearview Mirror, Rats (Epic) tar. Love explores fetishism on the Out But Don't Give Up 25 22 21 GREEN DAY - Longview, Basket, She, Come Around (Reprise) meditative "Doll Parts," and "Credit 14 14 22 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Disarm, Today, Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Geek USA (Virgin) In The Straight World" whirls with a THEY ARE:Bobby 23 23 23 COCTEAU TWINS - Evangeline, Summerhead, Bluebeard (Capitol) ripe bass line. Check out "She Gillespie, Andrew Innes, 10 16 24 BECK - Loser, Pay No Mind, Corvette Bummer (DGC) Walk's On Me's" obliterating Martin Duffy, Throbert NEW 25 MATERIAL ISSUE - Kim The Waitress (Mercury) Cobainy vocals and hardcore feel, Young and Denise Johnson. NEW 26 MILLA - The Gentleman Who Fell, It's Your Life (SBK/ERG) and soak in "Rock Star's" cynical 27 27 27 EVES PLUM -I Want It All (550 Music/Epic) thrash. Those who underestimated "We use 13 13 28 AFGHAN WHIGS - Gentlemen, Debonair, Sweet, Jail (Elektra) Hole's musical depth will be pleas- producers as part of the NEW 29 GENERAL PUBLIC - I'll Take You There (Epic) antly surprised. -DAVID BERAN band. If you look at music 17 19 30 CRACKER - Get Off This, Low, Movie Star, Nostalgia (Virgin) DENZIL "Useless" (Giant) history it was always like Denzil's "Useless" gets the Nice that until, after punk, you Surprise Of The Week award, as it started getting people came out of nowhere and complete- thinking they could produce 2W LW TW ly took over my CD player. And themselves. We couldn't 1 1 1 PAVEMENT - Cut Your Hair, Range, Plane, Breathin' (Matador) why not? This acoustic -based pop 3 2 2 LUNA - Tiger Lily, California (Elektra) song is a warm and inviting, and produce ourselves." - 10 3 3 TH' FAITH HEALERS - Heart, See -saw, Curly Lips (Too Pure/Elektra) guaranteed to pull on your heart- Bobby Gillespie 7 5 4 BECK - Loser, Pay No Mind, Corvette Bummer (DGC) strings.I mean, who hasn't felt "all r/N THE DEFENSIVE: 13 9 5 ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - 13 Steps Lead Down, You Tripped (Warner Bros.) fingers and thumbs" around the per- "The

4 4 6 NINE INCH NAILS - March, Closer, Heresy (Nthng/TVT/Interscope/ARG) son they have a monster crush on? only thing I don't want is to Hard to resist this one, so why try? 15 7 7 SOUNDGARDEN - Spoonman, Black Hole, Limo Wreck (A&M) be nailed down as some -II\ DA RYAN 12 8 8 EUGENIUS - Blue Above The Rooftops (Atlantic) motherfuckin' curators of - 21 9 MADDER ROSE - Panic On (Seed) WHALE some rock 'n' roll fuckin' - 16 10 MORRISSEY - The More You Ignore Me (Sire/Reprise) "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" museum. We love all sorts 11 11 11 SLOWDIVE - Alison (SBK/ERG) (eastwest) 2 6 12 JAWBOX - Savory (Atlantic) I'm sure by now you know the story of music, and I'm glad to 19 13 13 RED RED MEAT - Flank, Comes, Cella Manga (Sub Pop) behind this one: KROQ-Los Angeles turn people on to sounds 5 12 14 KRISTEN HERSH - Your Ghost, Cuckoo (Sire/Reprise) banged "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" that they've never heard. 9 15 15 GREEN DAY - Longview, Basket, She, Come Around (Reprise) incessantly as an import, and the -Bobby Gillespie 8 10 16 ENIGMA - Return To Innocence (Virgin) rest is history. Or something like 21 17 17 SAM PHILLIPS -I Need Love, Fighting Fire (Virgin) that. Whale hail from Sweden and "While not 6 14 18 TORI AMOS - God, Cornflake Girl, Past The Mission (Atlantic) have a sound that's a bit like The Sugarcubes meet the Red Hot Chili quite as grittily authentic - 19 19 FLUF - Sticky, Twister, Nirvana (Cargo) Peppers-unusual female vocals, as Gillespie would hope, 20 20 20 BEN HARPER - Welcome (Virgin) solid beats and heavy on the funk. it's superb, artful 25 25 21 THE CHARLATANS - Can't Get, Jesus Hairdo, Up To Our Hips (Beggars Banquet/Atlantic) Among this week's Most Added, simulation of the past 22 22 22 SUNDIAL - Going Down, Watch, Hold On (Beggars Banquet) thanks to stations like Q-101, KNDD, NEW 23 COMBUSTIBLE EDISON - Millionaire's, Tiki, Cry (Sub Pop) KRZQ, WHFS, KEDG and WZRH. that's even better than the - 24 24 MATERIAL ISSUE - Kim The Waitress (Mercury) THE VELDT real thing." -Select NEW 25 INSPIRAL CARPETS - Saturn 5 (Elektra/Mute) "Soul In A Jar" (Mercury) IT'S ALSO SAID:"The 26 26 26 THE ORB - Little Fluffy Clouds, Blue Room, Plateau (Island Red Label) An amalgamation of many musical 28 27 27 SUPERCHUNK - The First Part (Merge) styles, The Veldt enjoy confusing Scream have always been - 28 28 THE MEICES - Daddy's, All Time, Lettuce (London/PLG) people almost as much as they rock 'n' roll." -Alan 17 29 29 SARAH McLACHLAN - Possession, Hold On (Nettwerk/Arista) enjoy entertaining them. Needless McGee NEW 30 FRENTE! - Labour Of Love, Bizarre Love Triangle (Mammoth) to say, The Veldt don't fit neatly into any pigeonhole you might like to

48 GAVIN APRIL8, 1994 ALTERNATIVE put them in, which suits the band SWELL just fine. Their latest, "Soul In A 41 (American/Psycho-sPecific) Jar," continues to meld alternative The Bay Area's Swell returns with rock and hip hop beats, and man, is another helping of oft -acoustic hyp- port Indio this one solid. According to the notism. The band, who has always band, "Soul In A Jar" was written had more of a European profile than Merritt's music relies heavily on after seeing the movie Angelheart, a domestic one, might be a victim synth toys and programmed rhythm and explores "the relationship (Stateside) of their own wonderful tracks, and much of Holiday seems between God and man." Sounds flair for understatement. Rollicking to bleep from the tinny throat of a heavy, but sonically, it's a good melodies, boxy drums and subtle Casio keyboard. However, Merritt time. Listen and enjoy. moods, when paired with modesty immediately squashes the threat of -LINDA RYAN and quiet entrepreneurial dedication cheesiness with his incredibly don't, unfortunately, attract the atten- warm vocals (Susan who?), tion of the hype -hungry American unabashedly homoerotic romanti- media. My point is this: Don't let this cism and brilliant, lyrical senti- lovely disc slip through the cracks at ments. A sample: "In Las Vegas your station just because there's no where the electric bills are stagger- attendant hoopla. Give a thorough ing/The decor Hog Wild and the listen to 41-it speaks for itself. Start MAGNETIC FIELDS entertainment saccharin/What a with "Forget About Jesus" and "Here Fohday (FEEL GOOD ALL Golden Age, what a time of right It Is," then move to "Song Seven." and reason/ The consumer's king INER, P.O. MX 148428, CHICAGO, IL -SEANA BARUTH and unhappiness is treason." That's 611614) from the pop treat and personal Magnetic Fields are inspiring a bit fave "Strange Powers." Also recom- 1. PAVEMENT - CUT YOUR HAIR cf confusirn these days with two mended: "Deep Sea Diving Suit," current releases, ore on Chapel the cello and harpsichord of "Sad fill's MeT2 imprirt, and this one, Little Moon" and "Sugar World," 3. PRIMAL SCREAM - ROCKS Holiday, fr 3m Chicago's Feel Good which bears a certain resemblance Al_ Over. Both recordings reflect to 's "Just 5. MORRISSEY - THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME... vocalist Susan Anway's departure Like Honey." Radio folks beware 'HE CHAR f-om Magn2tic Fields; she has left of a brief intro snippet that throws 7. CRACKER - GET OFF THIS aephin Merritt on ais lonesome to the CD's tracking off by one and become an auteur in the fashion of keep an ear out for Holiday and f i1 Callahan (Smog) or Mark the Merge offering, The Charm Of 9. SARAH McLACHLAN - POSSESSION Fc-wards (My Dad Is Dead/MDID). The Highway Strip. -SEANA BARUTH By Seana Baruth VANILN T RAI NVVRECK

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GAVIN APRIL 8, 1994 49 Albums ALL -4 -ONE All -4 -One (Blita/Atlantic) GU PICKS The Southern California based All -4 -One's debut sin- gle "So Much In Love," has execeptional, mid -tempo been reaping Top Five Euro-pop production. action on Top 40 charts and Singles ALISON MOYET it's currently #13 on the Whispering Your Name Urban radio chart. All -4 - XSCAPE (Columbia) One's self -titled debut show- Love On My Mind cases sweet harmonies One of the most intriguing AII-4-Otte YAGGFU FRONT (So So Def/Columbia) vocal talents to come along fused with doo-wop, R&B, seem to be countless influ- Action Packed Adventure When this foursome during the `80s, Alison has pop and jazz. Members ences at work here (the showed up in our confer- had the biggest success in Jamie Jones and Delious (Mercury) Doors, Stranglers, Talking ence room last year and her native England. Unlike Kennedy wrote several Imagine renting Shaft of Heads), but ultimately this gave us a mini -a capella anything else out there songs on the album. An Black Caesar on video and outfit ends up sounding performance, it erased right now, this track will R&B version of John instead of watching the more like themselves than doubts anyone may have put her over the top in the Michael Montgomery's screen, you close your eyes derivative retreaders. had about their vocal tal- U.S. country hit, "I Swear" (CD and just listen to dialogue ent. They just keep kickin' GABRIELLE bonus) is one of the many -DAVID BERAN and music. That's the feel TERENCE that Yaggfu Front have cap- it with one mass appeal I Wish (London/PLG) highlights on the group's BLANCHARD groove after another. Could album. -JOHN MARTINUCCI tured on their debut. Action A major buzz has devel- The Billie Holiday be their biggest winner yet. oped on this track while Packed Adventure is the CELINE DION INSPIRAL CARPETS Songbook (Columbia) neo-soundtrack to a "soon to programmers were waiting Devil Hopping Misled (550 Music/Epic) for "Dreams" to burn. In It's the year of Lady Day. be released," twisted, under- Mention the name Celine many spots it still hasn't, (Mute/Elektra) Counting Mild Howard and ground blaxploitation flick. Dion and a lot of people but that won't stop this fol- Now that the '80s are tail Etta James, Terence The album starts off with Blanchard's is the third jazz "Fanfare and Previews," a are inclined to think of her low-up. Bet on this one lights, few bands can get salute to Billie Holiday in multi -leveled song beginning hit ballads. To be sure, this taking off a lot faster. away with keyboards that French-Canadian songstress BABBLE sound good, and the Carpets three months. In addition to with the voice of a female are one of them. This fourth his quartet, Blanchard usher who leads you into has had some of the Take Me Away (Reprise) employs a full orchestra and the aural theatre of Yaggfu. biggest of the decade. But It's anyone's guess how feature-lengther starts off with a burst of wistful ener- guest singer Jeanie Bryson, "Trooper" incorporates a she's just as comfortable former Thompson Twins gy. The radio friendly "I whose even-handed reso- bugged interpretation of the picking up the tempo, Alannah Currie and Tom Want You" combines deter- nance serves primarily as a classic tongue twister "How which she does with ease Bailey came up with the mined drums with a churn- vocal point of reference. It's Much Wood Would A on this bright and tight Ric name Babble, but while the ing guitar, and Tom Hingley Blanchard who captures Woodchuck Chuck" into the Wake production. name has changed, the sings as if his life depended Holiday's telltale inflections rhyme scheme before get- WARREN G. & sound is intact and very on it. Hingley's deep, dis- in his trumpet solos. ting lost in swirling piano, NATE DOGG ready for the '90s. Regulate (Death INDONESIA tinctive vocals have always Songbook is a symphonic bass and strange echoing been this band's ace in the chronicle, as opposed to a animal noises. "Black Liquid" Row/lnterscope) Do Thangz (Riot/ERG) hole, and they carry the strict bebop presentation. is an eerie comic book - Gravitate is more like it, San Francisco is home to weight of "Uniform." Clint -KEITH ZIMMERMAN inspired ditty augmented by and that's exactly what pro- this hip -hop trio who seem Boon's forlorn keyboards THE GRAYS blaring trumpet. "Slappin' grammers did once they to know just how to work punctuate the story of a son Ro Sham Bo (Epic) Suckas Silly" revolves got their hands on the it right. The plan, according leaving for war. "Saturn 5" The little record that could around a melancholy, Above The Rim soundtrack. to lead singer Tina Hicks, is features bouncy keyboards, certainly does. It's a current Shaolin-styled piano loop Retailers preparing for a to blend hip with R&B. It party time percussion and Zimmermen fave with hip and rapid cuts provided by run on this release haven't works! Beach Boyish backing D'ranged&Damaged. been disappointed, and this ME shakes like "Very Best vocals. Dig the groovy bass "Frontline" begins with a song is one big reason Years" and the Badfinger- Thump (RCA) line in "Half Way There" that esque "Friend Of Mine." The spoken lounge club intro why. There's nothing like seeing and drops into a smooth combines perfectly with a Grays didn't exactly fall off a pick from almost one chirping guitar and intimate the rock n roll turnip truck. Roy Ayers groove comple- Always (Mute/Elektra) year ago, May 28, 1993 to Hingley vocals. "Cobra" is an Two out of the three writers mented by Spin 4th's If the job requires writing be exact, resurface on a unabashed rocker with happen to be former turntable technique. In short, infectious, melodic hooks, major label. An original Strangler -like keyboards and Jellyfisher Jason Falkner and Yaggfu Front have created a call on Vince Clark and concept that weaves vari- a memorable chorus, and "I Jon Brion, who brilliantly record filled with innovative Andy Bell. The duo have ous musical influences Don't Want To Go Blind" produced and performed on samples, live instrumenta- been quiet for too long and should cause quick reac- closes things out with Aimee Mann's fine solo pro- tion, and bizarre but have returned with this tion. bongo -like drums and a gui- ject. Fave is "Both Belong." extremely diverse lyrical By Dave Sholin tar iced in distortion. There -KENT ZIMMERMAN delivery. -SPENCEDOOKEY

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