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'OCTOBER 5, 1990 -H-N `tqs t 0001 U- EXPR -r :4 1912 gISSON II TODD RECORDS CBS PARK 1801 CENTURY 90067 LOS ANGELES BERG .1/- '.1 BER GOES INTERNATI ,1° ; ..`..;. www.americanradiohistory.com -in Its fIRSt TOUR songs, GRaffiti BRidge coveRS moRe musical wateRfRont than some bands do in an entiRe caReeR...a touR de foRce that Reclaims PRincés RaRe statuRe as a pop Picasso..:' 4 ialen,- Refitl_a_Ridge is funked out:. ling... sensui and s *iR1tU -_,t rime The New YORk rimes At Omost step,pa_. t .ch th_? Los Angeles rimes the New single: PRoduced, ARRang omposed fQRmed by PRI FROM the album GRafflti midge PRInce Is a Reglsteaed taademaRk of PRN Music coRpoaatIon I '.114 I k 19,0 wosnes epos se .o ds ec. ti11,1n P1ü1.LP www.americanradiohistory.com the GAVIN REPORT 7111IIN AT A GLANCE TOP 40 ROAN MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED L.L. COOL J WILSON PHILLIPS TEVIN CAMPBELL "Illegal, Around" (Def Jam /Columbia) Impulsive (SBK) Round And Round (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.) POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS JON BON JOVI TONY! TONI! TONE'! "Holy Intellect" (Profile) Miracle (Mercury) It Never Rains (In Southern California) (Wing /PolyGram) ISIS "Rebel Soul, Face" DONNY OSMOND *AFTER 7 (4th & Broadway /Island) My Love Is A Fire (Capitol) My Only Woman (Virgin) *LEVERT Rope A Dope Style (Atlantic) RECORD TO TO WATCH NWA WATCH RECORD RETAIL BILLY JOEL TERRY STEELE "100 Miles And Running" (Priority) And So It Goes (Columbia) Prisoner Of Love (SBK) RADIO BLACK FLAMES CONCRETE BLONDE Dance With Me TOO SHORT Joey (IRS) (OBR/Columbia) "The Ghetto" (Jive /RCA) V - a A C COUNTRY JAL. MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED BETTE MIDLER ALAN JACKSON LEO GANDELMAN From A Distance (Atlantic) Chasin' That Neon Rainbow (Arista) Solar (Verve Forecast/PolyGram) WILSON PHILLIPS AARON TIPPIN BETTY CARTER Impulsive (SBK) You've Got To Stand For Something (RCA) Droppin' Things (Verve/PolyGram) BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE DWIGHT YOAKAM FATTBURGER Lost Soul (RCA) Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose (Reprise) Come & Get It (Intima) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH PETER ALLEN CANYON BETTY CARTER Tonight You Made My Day (RCA) Dam These Tears (16th Ave.) Droppin' Things (Verve /PolyGram) Olt CARLY SIMON SHENANDOAH GEORGE BENSON Better Not Tell Her Ghost In This House Big Boss Band (Arista) (Columbia) (Warner Bros. ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM ALTERNATIVE MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED FATTBURGER PAUL SIMON RUBAIYAT Come & Get It (Intima) "The Obvious Child" (Warner Bros.) Elektra's 40th Anniversary (Elektra) BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN DEEP PURPLE INDIGO GIRLS (Reprise) "King Of Dreams" (RCA) Nomads Indians Saints (Epic) MARK !SHAM BLACK CROWES PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED (Virgin) "Hard To Handle (Def America/Geffen) Greatest Hits So Far (Virgin) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH ANGELO BADALAMENTI RUBAIYAT ALICE IN CHAINS Twin Peaks Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) Elektra's 40th Anniversary (Elektra) Facelift (Columbia) *Jr TOM COSTER BLACK CROWES REPLACEMENTS From Me To You "Hard To Handle All Shook Down (Headfirst/K -tel) (Def America/Geffen) (Sire /Reprise) www.americanradiohistory.com the GAVIN REPORT KEVIN WELCH As Real As They Come A/C SHOTS Page 33 Page 39 L FLORIDA RETAILER GUILTY IN 2 LIVE CASE On Wednesday, October 3, it took an all -white Ft. Lauderdale jury less than three hours to con- vict Charles Freeman guilty of a misdemeanor obscenity charge for selling 2 Live Crew's contro- versial Rap album, Nasty As TIzei Wanna Be. If the conviction stands Freeman faces a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. As he left the courthouse, the r irate Freeman shouted "It's un- iF ta Lr ,(, fair!" í Sentencing is set for Novem- This is a classic shot. Left to right, recording artists Michael Martin Murphey nad Randy Travis, Warner ber 2. Freeman's attorney Bruce Bros. /Nashville VP Bob Saporiti and "The King Of The Cowboys" himself, Roy Rogers, are pictured on a cattle Rogow, vows to appeal, saying drive outside of Red Lodge,Montnnn. The Nashville Network was filming the action for October 17's Rmrdy Travis he was "stunned" by the deci- Special. sion. MCA Expands to Japan HAMMOND MARKETS CAPITOL The MCA Music Entertain- throughout Japan, and sign and Jeremy Hammond, who was CBS in Australia, and since ment Group and the Victor develop Japanese artists. As of Capitol Records' first Director of then he's covered ground from Company of Japan, Limited 1991, when MCA and Geffen 's Artist Development, has been London to Los Angeles, (J VC) have announced that they international licenses with Warner promoted to Vice President, working for EMI and Capitol will forma new record company Music International lapse, the Marketing at the label. He was Most recently he developed the in Japan. Plans call for the joint operations will begin. upped from his position Vice overseas career of Capitol company to be equally owned MCA will release further in- President, International Artist chartbuster M.C. Hammer. by both parties, and it will formation after final papers are Development. "Not only has Jeremy helped market and promoted all MCA, signed. Hammond's 12 -year, three build strong foundations for Geffen and GRP product continent career began in 1978 at cont. on page 4 NEWS - Beverly Mire 1hLLG lG lQl.lGL.lS' FORMATS COVER STORY FEATURES 8 TOP 40 24 KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS 16 ON RATINGS & RESEARCH by Than Hiber by Lisa Smith 18 RAP 32 HEAR & THERE by Sheila Rene 21 URBAN 32 P.D. NOTEBOOK by Eric Norberg 26 A/C 34 BIOFEEDBACK by Ron Fell 36 COUNTRY 39 KEVIN WELCH by Cyndi Hoelzle 42 JAll 57 CLASSIFIEDS by Natalie Duitsman 44 ADULT ALTERNATIVE 48 ALBUM 50 ALTERNATIVE the GAVIN REPORT /October 5. 1990 www.americanradiohistory.com s www.americanradiohistory.com NEWS the GAVIN REPORT cont. from page 4 endary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. During the formerly with KNRJ -Houston. Also in from Oct. 2 ceremony Jackson donated funds to BIRTHDAYS Houston is Kim Diamond who'll be doing Mother Hale's Home For Children...The RIAA Compiled by Diane Ruer weekends...Immediately after reports so far in 1990 changing that the recording indus- Our Best Wishes and HAPPY BIRTHDAY To: ownership from Emmis to Bedford, X -100 in try has shipped 10.77% more than the 382.86 John Cougar Mellencamp, Kevin Godley (Godley & San Francisco turned into this year's model: million units shipped during the first half of Creme) 10/7 Adult Top 40...It's official, Jim Pemberton is 1989. CDs rose 36.35% and cassette singles Kieran Kane PD at WRIF -Detroit jumped 39.30 %, but good old vinyl albums (O'Kanes) 10/7 slipped to the tune of 67.92% and vinyl singles Verna Green, WJLB -Detroit, MI 10/8 dropped 34.67 %. And check this out -a 77.01% Mark Cohen, Arista Records 10/8 ROTATIONS increase in music video shipments and 44.44% Michael Sylvia, DGC Records 10/8 Sony gave four high -ranking execs five - increase in the list value for music video Sir Harry Bowens (Was Not Was), Robert "Kool" Bell year contracts. Looks like CBS Records products added big dollars to the increases. 10/8 Divison Pres TommyMottola, Columbia Pres Seewhat a little of Tipper Sticker can do ?...And Nikki Stewart, WHHY /FM- Montgomery, AL 10/9 Don Ienner, Epic Pres Dave Glew and CBS let us never forget: Dr. Winston O'Boogie Dan Dalton, WAOA -Melbourne, FL 10/9 Exec VP Mel Ilberman will be running the would have been 50 on October 9. We miss you Nona Hendryx, Jackson Browne, company for awhile...Nancy Richmond is John. Greg Jennings Manager Secondary Promotion, Columbia (Restless Heart) 10/9 Records /Nashville, up from Promotion Tina Macuha, Traffic Control 10/10 Coordinator...The North Carolina -based Ac- Mitch Adams, WNMB -No. Myrtle Beach, SC 10/10 tion Video chain has opened the doors of Tom Baldrica, WCDK -Duluth, MN 10 /10 Boom /Power Play Records. Their address is Tanya Tucker, David Lee Roth, John Prine 10/10 200 Regent Drive, Winston -Salem, NC Rod Hollars 10/11 27103....Geffen's Christina Anthony hops John Wilson, KZXY -Victorville, CA 10/11 over to Hollywood Records in their Video - Mike Roberts, V103- A/C Promotion Dept...At EMI, Kim Akhtar Atlanta, GA 10/11 is upped to Sr. Director, National Publicity Cathy Burke, Atlantic Records 10/11 from Director, Publicity, West Coast...Lauren Dottie West, Gene Watson, Daryl Hall 10/11 Zelisko has been promoted to East Coast Rick Austin, KAER -Sacramento, CA 10/12 Director of Publicity at A &M Records. She John Amone 10/13 was East Coast Publicist. Zelisko will con- Rita Taggert, WFMX-Statesville, NC 10/13 tinue to specialize in Hard Rock /Metal and Dave Shaw, WFKX - Jackson, TN 10/13 Rap...New Staff Writer in MCA Records Jay Smith, WSGM -Staunton, VA 10/13 Publicity is Dave Zimmer, who was the Los Diarmuid Quinn has joined MCA Records Marie Osmond, Lacy J. Dalton 10/13 Angeles Editor for BAM: The California Music as Vice President, Marketing. Quinn was Director Paul Simon, Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac) 10/13 Maga= ine...Million- selling Capitol recording of Product Marketing at Epic Records, and has artist Freddie Jackson is the first artist to lit- worked with hit acts such as Living Colour, Bad erally leave his footprints in front of the leg- English and Cheap Trick. BIRTHS Our CONGRATULATIONS to DEAN McMARTIN, Sports Director at KWYO-Sheridan, WY, and his wife, KIM, on the birth of their son, LOGAN DREW. Born September 30th. ...CONGRATULATIONS to BRUCE GILBERT, Program Director of WVAF- Charleston, WV, and his wife, PAM, on the birth of their daughter, AMBER DANAE.