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The International Music -Record 0 Newsweekly Ex -PD's, Mgrs. Buying & Flu Bugs Bite 15 Pubs Slap Jam Airwaves Key Marts at Christmas Pirate Suit on NEW YORK - Christmas Christmas sales at several of mas, "but they look very good. As Consultants season sales around the country New York's leading department Sales Monday came on like 1 Coast Firms were erratic this year. A Bill- and record stores. David Roth- gangbusters, with the Beatles set By CLAUDE HALL board survey of the New York, feld, division merchandising by far and away the best sales By BRUCE WEBER Los Angeles and Chicago mar- manager of the E. J. Korvette item." NEW YORK And he pointed out that - With increas- kets indicated the ups and chain, reported that record sales higher priced product was do- LOS ANGELES - Fifteen ing emphasis in radio being downs of a holiday sales picture were probably going music publishers have filed placed to end up ing extremely well this season, suit by the advertising world in which the Beatles saved New higher than last Christmas in U. S. District Court here on demographics, sea- especially the $5.79 and up there has also York, the Hong Kong flu son's. "And sales of the Beatles album product. against Phoenix Tapes and Hol- been growing importance and knocked out Los Angeles, and set are phenomenal." Gimbels department store lywood Music Programmers for responsibility placed on the pro- prerecorded tapes boosted Chi- Phil alleged violation gramming Mishuck, record buyer was doing very well, according of the Federal consultant. The re- cago. for Alexanders stores, copyright act. wards in said that to Robert Huttner. "Business - both ego and gold- The two -volume album set of it was a little are high, for the too early to tell if picked up a little due to a sales Plaintiffs are Shapiro, Bern- winners, and the Beatles led the field for sales were ahead of last this led to a flurry of program Christ- (Continued on page 4) stein/Co., Sunbeam Music, directors and stations managers Hollis Music, Almo Music, Pa- entering the consulting field. trica Music, Cotillion Music, The latest manager to move Archie Bell (Orellia Music), Decca's 'Grand Design' Fourteenth Hour Music, Rus- into consulting is Harvey Glas - for '69 cock, former general manager By MIKE GROSS sell -Cason Music, Kipper Mu- of WNEW in New York who sic, Summit Music, Vogue Mu- has a long string of successes NEW YORK - Bill Gal- lagher, will be aimed at mak- Artists Records and Scepter - sic, Twentieth Century Music, with various Metromedia -owned lagher, MCA vice-president in ing the setup more flexible Wand, among others. Hastings Music and Leo Feist, stations. Bill. Drake, of course, charge of the Decca Division, and more aggressive so that it Expansion Program Inc. is undoubtedly the fair-haired has mapped out 1969 for an can better meet the demands of The buildup of the manufac- Named as defendants are consultant of the moment, but overhaul of the company's dis- an ever-changing market. Gal- turing and studio operations in- Christopher Hamlin, Richard many of the people involved in tribution system, a buildup of lagher will also go after new cludes an expansion program in Erickson, Patrick Osborn, Ed- (Continued on page 22) its manufacturing and studio lines to bring into the Decca U. S. as well as Canada. First win Bethune and Robert Pas- facilities, and a revitalization of distribution fold to supplement on Gallagher's agenda is the chal, Phoenix Tapes, Hollywood IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII its artists roster. The blueprint the already successful ventures building of a manufacturing Music Programmers, Inc., and for the coming year marks an with London Records and Elek- plant on the West Coast. "Not Real Ames and Tony Prince. LAW DEGREE TO end to the transition period that tra Records. Compo, Decca's being represented on the Coast The defendants are charged began when Gallagher took wholly owned company in Can- with a pressing plant," Gal- with unauthorized duplication W -7'S FRIEDMAN over the direction of the label ada, will also be adding lines lagher said, "makes us sadly of copyright material from 17 10 months ago. It's full speed to its distribution BURBANK, Calif.-Joel M. operation. In lacking in one of the most im- sources: "The Glory of Love," ahead now in all areas. addition to the Decca label. portant distribution markets in by Billy Hill for Shapiro, Bern - Friedman, vice-president in On the distribution charge end, Gal- Compo now handles United (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 14) of marketing at Warner lagher is planning a "total re- Bros. -Seven Arts Records, will construction of Decca's wholly receive his Bachelor of Laws owned branch network." The degree (L.L.B.) this month reshaping of the distribution from the College of Law, Uni- operation, according to Gal - versity of San Fernando Valley. Friedman has been studying law the past four years and will take a brief leave from his Pint Size Is Warner/Reprise post to pre- pare for bar examinations. Sold to TIC IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII By ELIOT TIEGEL Hansen Launches LOS ANGELES-Transcon- tinental Investing Corp. 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Ex -PD's, Mgrs. Buying & Flu Bugs Bite 15 Pubs Slap Jam Airwaves Key Marts at Christmas Pirate Suit on NEW YORK - Christmas Christmas sales at several of mas, "but they look very good. As Consultants season sales around the country New York's leading department Sales Monday came on like 1 Coast were erratic this year. A Bill- and record stores. David Roth- gangbusters, with the Beatles set Firms By CLAUDE HALL board survey of the New York, feld, division merchandising by far and away the best sales By BRUCE WEBER Los Angeles and Chicago mar- manager of the E. J. Korvette item." And he pointed out that NEW YORK With increas- kets indicated the ups and ing emphasis - chain, reported that record sales higher priced product was do- LOS ANGELES Fifteen in radio being downs of a holiday sales picture were probably - placed by the advertising world going to end up ing extremely well this season, music publishers have filed suit in which the Beatles saved New higher than last Christmas sea- especially the $5.79 and up in U. S. District Court here on demographics, there has also York, the Hong been Kong flu son's. "And sales of the Beatles album product. against Phoenix Tapes and Hol- growing importance and knocked out Los Angeles, responsibility placed and set are phenomenal." Gimbels department store lywood Music Programmers for on the pro- prerecorded tapes boosted Chi- Phil Mishuck, gramming consultant. The re- record buyer was doing very well, according alleged violation of the Federal cago. for Alexanders stores, said that to Robert Huttner. "Business copyright act. wards - in both ego and gold- The two -volume are high, for album set of it was a little too early to tell if picked up a little due to a sales Plaintiffs are Shapiro, Bern- the winners, and the Beatles led the field for this led to a flurry of program sales were ahead of last Christ- (Continued on page 4) stein/Co., Sunbeam Music, directors and stations managers Hollis Music, Almo Music, Pa- entering the consulting field. trica Music, Cotillion Music, The latest manager to move "-"A'ichie Bell (Orellia Music), into consulting is Decca's 'Grand Fourteenth Hour Music, Harvey Glas - Design' for '69- Rus- cock, former general manager By MIKE GROSS sell -Cason Music, Kipper Mu- of WNEW in New York who sic, Summit Music, Vogue Mu- NEW YORK Bill has a long string of successes - Gal- lagher, will be aimed at mak- Artists Records and Scepter - sic, Twentieth Century Music, with various Metromedia -owned lagher, MCA vice-president in ing the setup more flexible Wand, among others. Hastings Music and Leo Feist, charge of stations. Bill. Drake, of course, the Decca Division, and more aggressive so that it Expansion Program 1 nc. is undoubtedly the fair-haired has mapped out 1969 for an can better meet the demands of The buildup of the manufac- Named as defendants are consultant of the moment, but overhaul of the company's dis- an ever-changing market. Gal- turing and studio operations in- Christopher Hamlin, Richard many of the people involved in tribution system, a buildup of lagher will also go after new cludes an expansion program in Erickson, Patrick Osborn, Ed- (Continued on page 22) its manufacturing and studio lines to bring into the Decca U, S. as well as Canada. First win Bethune and Robert Pas- facilities, and a revitalization of distribution fold IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII to supplement on Gallagher's agenda is the chal, Phoenix Tapes, Hollywood its artists roster. The blueprint the already successful ventures building of a manufacturing Music Programmers, Inc., and for the coming year marks an with London Records and Elek- plant on the West Coast. "Not Real Ames and Tony Prince. LAW DEGREE TO end to the transition period that tra Records. Compo, Decca's being represented on the Coast The began when defendants are charged Gallagher took wholly owned company in Can- with a pressing plant," Gal- with unauthorized duplication W -7'S FRIEDMAN over the direction of the label ada, will also be adding lines lagher said, "makes us sadly of copyright material from 17 10 months ago. It's full speed to its distribution operation. In lacking in one of the most im- sources: BURBANK, Calif.-Joel M. ahead now "The Glory of Love," Friedman, in all areas. addition to the Decca label, portant distribution markets in by Billy vice-president in On the distribution Hill for Shapiro, Bern - charge of marketing end, Gal- Compo now handles United (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page at Warner lagher is planning 14) Bros. -Seven Arts Records, a "total re- will construction of Decca's wholly receive his Bachelor of Laws owned branch degree (L.L.B.) network." The this month reshaping of the distribution from the College of Law, Uni- operation, according to - versity of San Fernando Valley. Gal Friedman has been studying law the past four years and will take a brief leave from his Pint Size Is Warner/Reprise post to pre- pare for bar examinations. 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Ben Kaufman, whose firm in- "Cinnamon" by Derek on the They will stand forever "on Buddah Records, rhythm smash in England, "This Old Heart of Mine," Motown troduced of course." last week a series of Bang label. The two producers (Advertisement) 1138. Sure to be a chart topper, this single is a mover from 99 -cent books each featuring work with groups released on (Continued on wage 39) (Continued on page 8) start to finish. (Advertisement)

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NOONEO ON A FEELING Tetra Raising LP Price- Para. Films Forms a New Label Cites Prod. & Mfr. Costs Track, LOS ANGELES - Tetra- Virgins," will retail at $5.79, Cost, Project LP's Set grammaton is raising its album as will Bill Cosby's initial al- LOS ANGELES Para- tially release soundtrack, orig- Katharine list prices to $5.79, 'effective bum for his company, - Hepburn in her first Wednesday to be re- mount Pictures has set up a new inal cast and "special project" Broadway musical. The play, (1). leased Feb. 1. Mounting costs in production label, Paramount Records. The albums, so as not to contrast featuring Andre Previn's music. and manufacturing The company's first double name of the new label is the with Dot, the label Paramount Will open in the fall of 1969. are respon- LP, "The sible for the boosts, said Ed Farwell Concert of same as the one originally as- has owned since 1960, which Lerner has also given Para- Barsky, executive vice-president. the Kingston Trio," recorded sociated with jazz in the 1930's is itself undergoing a repertoire mount Records the soundtrack live last Not included in the price in- year at the hungry i, and with pop product on the expansion. LP from his just completed film creases are singles. will list at $11.50. The Kingston ABC -Paramount line in the Arnold Burke, Paramount's musical, "Paint Your Wagon." The price hike, $4.79 package is scheduled for Febru- 1950's. music division. vice-president, will He and Frederick Loewe created to $5.79 ary and $11.50 for a double LP, release. Paramount Records will ini- be in charge of the new label the score for Broadway in 1951. covers the label's 35 albums. while continuing as Dot's presi- For the film starring Lee Mar- The distributor prices will be dent. vin, Lerner and Andre Previn discounted from the new fig- A&M Puts Brasil First Product created five new songs. ures. '66 Into First product set for Para- The increase also will help mount through its domestic offset higher marketing and Am. Airlines Film Orbit World -Wide Distributing Com- pany are two jazz -oriented LP's: promotional expenses, stated LOS ANGELES A&M has American's booking of the Capitol Gets Barsky. Tetra's - the initial collaboration between promotion -mar- submitted its second musical en- Alpert-TJB short was a first for keting budget is higher, he said, Count Basie and Kay Starr and tertainment film to American both parties in that no domestic a follow-up because 90 per cent of the la- carrier had LP of music from Airlines, which previously used foot- "Mission Impossible." bel's artists have never recorded has begun show- age of any musical group. The 'Celebration' ing its first A&M short of Herb The first "Mission Impossible" prior to joining Tetragramma- only filmed entertainment on ton. Alpert and the Tijuana Brass LP of Laio Schifrin's music was during cross-country flights has been released on Dot and Tetra announced the price the holiday period. through in Flight was one Films, a spe- of the label's major hits. Burke policy prior to the release in The second film presents Ser- cial distributorship established to Album Rights January and February of three gio Mendes and Brasil '66 per- emphasizes that this second LP handle full-length motion pic- reflects the special projects na- major albums. forming two songs in settings tures for the aviation industry. NEW YORK - Capitol Rec- ture planned for the new label. The controversial John Len- created on the company's sound - American has ords has acquired the original not yet given There will be no de -emphasis for cast non -Yoko One album, "Two stage and at another studio. A&M any word on the disposi- album rights to the upcom- 11 -year -old Dot Records, Burke ing tion of the Brasil '66 film. Broadway musical "Celebra- said. Rather, Dot will be al- tion." Capitol is already in the A&M's soundstage was origi- lowed to build its image in the Broadway cast album sweep- 3 Coast Studios nally used by Charlie Chaplin to various fields of pop music, from Go 16 -Track create stakes this season with "Zorba," silent movies and by middle of the road to hard rock. which it released last month. CBS -TV to film the "Perry LOS ANGELES - Sixteen - The parent United Recording A number of Dot's executives "Celebration," which has book track recording equipment is be- Corp. will receive its 16 -track Mason" series. and services will be utilized on and lyrics by Tom Jones and ing constructed for both United recording machines in February. the new label, which has been music by Harvey Schmidt, is and Western studios here and The company owns seven 8 - in preparation for over a year. due to open on Broadway Jan. Coast Recorders in San Fran- track recorders, with an eighth Funtown Prod Dot's chief producer, Tom 22. The four principals in the cisco. machine being added. Mack, and the label's graphics cast of 16 are Ted Thurston, Studios A and E at United, The first 16 -track console is department will be utilized. Keith Charles, Michael Glenn - Studio 3 at Western and Studio slated for Western in March, Dot Licensees Smith and Susan Watson. Cheryl A at Coast, will house the new where Studio 3 will receive a Forms label- Paramount product will go Crawford and Richard Chan- equipment. Each console will major face-lifting. through Dot's international in- dler are the producers. have 16 -track capability, 16 to Coast Recorders, the com- dependent licensees. Significance Jones and Schmidt's musical 20 mike or tape mixers, equal- pany's San Francisco studio, will of the new label is the utiliza- credits include "I Do! I Do!" ization on all inputs, echo and be moving to larger quarters in Dee Is Signed tion of the Paramount name on "110 in the Shade" and "The reverberation inputs and a full 1969. Mel Ryan, Coast's gen- a record company for the first Fantasticks." complement of filters and limit- eral manager, was recently given NEW YORK - Funtown time. Paramount Pictures has ers. a new two-year contract. Records has been formed by been in business 55 years and has Jimmy Peterson and Jesse Prin- released films under the Para- cipato, heads of Funtown Pro- mount logo for the last 40. The New Offices 3 Papas ductions. The new label will be logo for Paramount Records dif- Counter Dunhill, located at 1650 Broadway here. fers greatly from that of the Mark Bell's The first Funtown Records film company. ABC With Their Own Suit release will be Kim Tamango's Burke revealed he is in nego- "Can't Wait Until Tomorrow." tiation for the rights to a num- Boom Year LOS ANGELES - Three fourth member of the Mamas ber of Broadway musicals. Al- members of the Mamas Johnny Dee, formerly an inde- and the and the Papas. ready firmed is Paramount's ties NEW YORK-Bell Records, Papas, John and Michelle Phil- pendent producer, has signed an The three members of the exclusive deal with with Alan Jay Lerner for the following a year which saw a lips and Dennis Doherty, have group also Funtown charge that the de- Productions, where his first disk cast LP for his upcoming Broad- 70 per cent increase in sales, filed a cross -complaint in Supe- fendants a formed conspiracy to will be Harry Batchlor and the way musical, "Coco," starring has expanded its offices to oc- rior Court here against Dunhill extend the term of the record- cupy a floor at 1776 Broad- Records, ABC Records and four Mighty Crowns in "Just a Few ing contract without any in- More Minutes" on Roulette. way. Bell president Larry Uttal other parties. crease in compensation. They Yvonne Daniels will have a new said the offices are four times The cross-complaint grew out also claim that the defendants the size of the old facilities. of $200,000 suit filed by Dun- disk on Banner. N.Y., Calif. Cos. persuaded Miss Elliot to breach Besides several hill Records and its music Funtown Productions also is major hits - pub- her partnership with the group 39 chart singles-Bell lishing subsidiary, Wingate Mu- producing Zok, formerly of the Records by refusing to perform in per- Hobbits; the Quotations, added to its distribution roster sic, against the trio. (Billboard, sonal appearances the or on rec- Ascots, King Ernest III, Child- Press such independent labels as Elf Oct. 12, 1968). ords, and induced Miss Elliot 'Virgins' hood's End, and Billy Prince Records, headed by producer - Defendants in the action are to make records and personal LOS ANGELES Monarch writer Dunhill, ABC, Wingate, and Marva Sasso. Publishing - Bobby Russell, and Direc- Bobby appearances only as an individ- Records here and the Best Way tion Records, owned Roberts Enterprises and Bobby arms are Peterson and Princi- by Bobby ual. pato (BMI) and Prince Products in New York will press Darin, who also stars on the Roberts, personal management, John and Michelle Phillips -Peter (ASCAP). Ann Martin is han- the John Lennon -Yoko Ono al- label as an artist. Page One and Jay Lasker, Dunhill vice- and Doherty are seeking $175,- bum, "Two Virgins," for Tetra- president. dling public relations. Records, headed by Britisher 000 from Dunhill, $75,000 from grammaton Records. Larry Page, is also distributed John and Michelle Phillips Wingate and $750,000 plus ex- Capitol Records,which and Doherty claim by Bell, along with the product Dunhill re- emplary and punitive damages waived distribution rights to the of fuses to account for or pay Bill Sachs such independent producers of $1,000,000 from each cross - album in the U. S. and Canada, as Tommy royalties due to them Cogbill, Don Crewes, of $175,- defendant. also waived pressing privileges. Dale Hawkins, 000, and Wingate refuses to pay Bones Howe, In addition, they are seeking Into Pasture This latest move gives Tetra Chips Moman, Dan Penn, royalties due to them of $75,- $750,000 from Roberts and Rob- complete control of the package. 000. CINCINNATI-Bill Sachs, Marshall Sehorn, Don Schroeder erts Enterprises plus exemplary Heretofore, all Beatle product Mike Stoller, Because of Dunhill's alleged executive news editor of Bill- Allen Toussain and and punitive damages of $1 mil- board in Cincinnati, retires from in the U. S. and Canada had Bill Traut. Bell Records also refusal to account for or pay lion for fraudulent representa- his post, effective January I. been pressed, sold and marketed kicked off a drive on the album royalties, the cross -complainants tion. by Capitol. sent notice to Dunhill and Win- after nearly 44 years service on front and established its own the label nationwide. gate to terminate a recording, magazine's editorial staff songwriting and production con- Fischer to Stay here. Sachs joined Billboard in April 1925, and Kasenetz-Katz tract. With Sold Firm was appointed Cowsills Cut First The Dunhill suit against the executive news editor in 1942. Up in Sales trio excludes Cass Elliot, the TIPTON, Mo. - Ewald During his many years with 85% Live LP at College Fischer, president and founder Billboard, Sachs has written and NEW YORK - Kasenetz- of the 20 -year -old Fischer Manu- reported on virtually every facet Katz Associates, a record pro- LOS ANGELES - The Cow - Proffer -Ma rmelzat facturing Co. here, will remain of show business, both the in- duction -publishing - management sills, MGM Records group, re- with the firm in a consultant door and outdoor fields. After firm, reported a 1968 sales in- corded their first live album re- LOS ANGELES - Spencer capacity. Fischer recently sold retirement. Sachs will devote crease of 85 per cent over the cently at the University of Il- Proffer and Jeffrey Marmelzat his company to the A. G. Spald- some time to free-lance writing previous year. The firm's inde- linois. have opened Proffer-Marmel- ing Bros. Inc. sporting goods and is mulling the idea for a pendent production company, The LP consists of original zat Production and Padasha Mu- firm for $4,500,000 c a s h. book on old-time show business. Super K Productions, accounted Cowsill tunes and a medley of sic (BMI). First production Charles Bailey will serve as Sachs resides with his wife for 25 chart singles, including Motown -flavored agreement rhythm and is with US, a rock Fischer's president and general at 3445 Camellia Court, Cincin- six gold records, for gross re- blues songs. The album will be group, and Era Records. manager. nati 45211 tail sales of $25,000,000. released in April.

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Rufkahr will also singing Christmas songs are go- had a problem. They're behind picked up. Albums were con- represent the Grammer Guitar Co. of Nashville ing well, as are rock 'n' roll and in getting things out of their sistent." and the Altec Lansing musical sound products. GRAHAM folk-rock albums." He also re- terminals." Roseland: Down . Dennis Ganim, former independent record ported tape cartridges and cas- Sales at the House of Sight producer, has left his position as national promotion manager of settes were doing well. & Sound in the San Fernando Roseland Music Shop, lo- cated on Chicago's far south Liberty Records. He was with Liberty since May 1967 and Rothfeld said that album Valley were hurt by the flu. before that worked in promotion for MS Distributors, Cleveland. sales had been very strong in Mike Strano, record buyer, re- side, hasn't tabulated its Christ- spite of a late Christmas season ported a considerable decline in mas sales yet, but owner Daniel * * * start due to a late Thanksgiv- business. "We finally broke Winograd thinks sales will be Herman Harper has been added to the Don Light Talent ing start this year. Radio is one through on Sunday (22). Up down: Agency, Nashville, as general manager. He was a of the major handicaps of until then it was like a typical "We expect we'll be down singer with the Oak Ridge Boys for several 5 Christmas sales, he felt. "I wish week. You wouldn't have be- about per cent from last year. years. . . . C. J. (Red) Gentry, former radio there were some way to play lieved it was a few days before I can't attribute this to any- products manager of Motorola, has been named Christmas records earlier. It's Christmas." thing in particular. Singles are product manager, automotive products of the I think impossible to break a novelty or Strano said there were prob- somewhat disappointing. consumer products division of the firm. Gentry Christmas tune on radio be- in there is a lack of a real big lems receiving stock because has been with Motorola 18 years. He'll report to cause stations are not playing of illness at the distributors. He seller. As for tape, it's up 50 Christmas records soon enough. per cent over last year." C. Vernon Phillips, manager, radio and audio estimated the store lost $1,000 HARPER Remember the record 'All I in sales because of the virus. A spokesman for Recco, products.... Jerry Williams Jr. has been signed Want for Christmas Is My Two At the Groove Co., a record which has over 60 stores across as a producer and recording artist for Atlantic Records. He'd Front Teeth' and the Chipmunk shop specializing in rock music, the country, said, "We will make been vice-president and a&r director of Botanic Records and records? Where are they today?" off the Sunset Strip, sales were our figures of last year, although before that a producer, writer, artist with Musicor Records. First Fortunately, co-operative ad- off 10-15 per cent. having a Monday and Tuesday release as artist will be "Shipwreck" on Atlantic's Cotillion label. vertising campaigns have paid preceed Christmas is quite dif- * * * off, Rothfeld said. "More and ferent than having Friday and more, co-operative advertising T.C.T. Wherlock has been appointed assistant plant manager Saturday as the big pre -Christ- Devices' Stamford, Conn., plant. He was plant manager -especially the kind that is Chicago mas selling days." of Audio of RCA Magnetic Tape Division for two years. His new responsi- localized to an area and to a "It's too early to really tell, dealer-helps." National adver- CHICAGO - Christmas sales bilities include process control of all products. The firm, a sub- in this generally but at first indication business tising's effect is area were up, of magnetic tape. dissipated, he with looks good. Tape is excellent," sidiary of Capitol Industries, is a producer felt. A record a prerecorded tape credited company loses said Vic Faraci, vice-president, . A. Bruce Rozet has been elected chairman of the board and lot of the effectiveness of ad- with adding much of the impetus. Retailers were M. S. Distributing and Musical chief executive officer of Commonwealth United Corp. He re- vertising expenditures when it more optimistic Isle, places Theodore R. Sayers, who has resigned. . Louis J. runs than wholesalers, where reports a rack jobbing firm. "There advertising without prices wasn't any spectacular selling sin- Seeburg Corp. president, has been elected a director of of product and when the ad- were mixed. Ricastro, "The gle, however," he said. a Seeburg executive, vertising is not keyed to a store. biggest Christmas ever," Commonwealth, and Richard A. Sarazen, said Merrill Rose, co-owner, "We had a very good year, elected Commonwealth's finance vice-president. Radio spot announcements run over-all, but December was very on radio stations, keyed to local Rose Discount Record Stores. * * * He added, "I'd say we did 20 disappointing," said Paul Glass, for dealers, have also proved ef- president, All State Dis- David J. Keklikian is the new vice-president of marketing fective boosting per cent better than last year. Record in album sales tributing, Inc. "Business in De- Bible Voice, Inc. He'll lead international sales of the four -year - this year, he said. Album sales increased consider- ably, and the latest Beatles al- cember was off at least 25 per old Hollywood firm's three versions of the New Testament on bum has been fantastic. We cent and I credit this to the flu records, CARtridges, cassettes and reel-to-reel. He was director more than doubled our tape epidemic, which must have cut of 16mm film distribution for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. Los Angeles business. This includes 8 -track, into the consumer's pocketbooks. * * * cassette and reel-to-reel. It was Summit: Good Year Harvey Perr joined Capitol's Hollywood press department as LOS ANGELES-Christmas our biggest tape year yet." "We had a very good year," assistant manager of press and public relations.... Mark Ham- sales "flu" away this holiday Max Dolgin, owner of Pear - merman joined Campbell, Silver, Cosby Corp. in talent man- season. Retailers around said Jack White, co-owner, Sum - Los An- son's Music Art Shop in subur- mitt Record Distributing. agement. geles were hard hit as the Hong ban La Grange, reported that "There has been a great in- Kong flu severely affected all business was about the same crease in the sales of 8 -track and businesses. Nearly one-third as last "which of year, is good." cassette product. A lot of con- the city's population was hit by Dolgin: Sold More Tetra to Broaden Promo, the virus. temporary groups are selling According to Dolgin, "We very well and it seems to stem The illness affected distribu- didn't discount records last year, tors which personnel, from the word spread by older Sales in Distrib Plan lost the so really we sold more. The high school and college kids." Staff trucking firms which lost is driv- bulk of our business with "Business was generally down," ers, record shops which lost albums. We feel singles are LOS ANGELES - Tetra- The larger staff also will en- clerks and the according to William Gayles, grammaton will expand its sales able Tetra to cover the second- customers them- dead. As for the rest of the United Record Distributing. "We selves who stayed home in rec- business, tape and accessory lines and promotion staff to maintain ary music and radio markets ord numbers. came into December with two closer ties with its distribution and to put its contacts with were exceptional." very strong singles, Marvin The six -store Music City At Wil Ken, located in a high network. rack jobbers, one -stops and re- Gaye's `I Heard it Through the tail outlets on a person-to -per- chain reported sales off 15 per traffic area in Chicago's Up- Grapevine,' and Wonder's cent over last year because of town district, Mrs. Annabelle Stevie son relationship. the 'For Once in My Life,' but the Dr. to Ed Barsky, Tetra executive flu. Said Vice -President Topper said, "Business was a momentum didn't Goldmark Ethen Castor, "It's also been a little off very sustain." vice-president, said the pro- but not much. "Christmas should have been pretty bad December. We Perhaps the flu or discounting Address NARM gram will start this month by started slowly because the had something closer to a weekend," com- promoting and marketing about to do with it. mented Fred Sipiora, owner, month started on a Sunday. Last Elvis Presley's 'Blue Christmas' PHILADELPHIA - Dr. 25 albums and 15 singles the Singer One Stop. "Over-all, I year the month started a his Peter C. Goldmark, president label will release during the on single and Christmas album guess Friday so we had a good would our business was and director of research for initial months of 1969. week- were the big sellers." 20 per end." In suburban Arlington Heights cent off, although it's CBS Laboratories, will address New responsibilities for the Many Music City employees too soon to really know. A lot the 11th annual NARM conven- increased staff also will include Walter Pressing, owner of Ar- of customers the called in sick. lington Records, reported, "Ev- said pickup tion on March 1. Dr. Goldmark, service to FM radio stations, right before Christmas should a pioneer in the field of elec- colleges and universities, and have happened two or three tronics, is credited with the in- underground newspapers and weeks sooner." , vention of the long-playing rec- radio outlets. ord, and currently, the develop- Iry Trencher, Eastern sales CBS Acquires Chain ment of EVR (Electronic Video representative, and CarI Deane, Recording), a cartridge-operated East Coast promotional direc-. Roulette Push home entertainment unit. tor, will guidé the program Of Discount Stores from Tetra's New York office. On 'Crimson' Barsky will name West Coast NEW YORK-CBS Records Making the announcement, Track Certified sales and promotional directors has acquired the assets of Dis- Clive J. Davis, president of CBS NEW YORK - "Crimson ta work out of the label's Bev- count Record Co. an & the erly Hills headquarters. for undis- said: "This acquisition will pro- Clover," new Tommy Of 'Funny Girl' closed sum. The company, James & the Shondells album Tetra plans to add personnel which has headquarters in vide our company with the op- on Roulette Records, will be NEW YORK - Columbia from its newly inaugurated Scarsdale, N. Y., operates full portunity to test new merchan- the target of a nationwide co- Records' soundtrack recording training program to Barsky's catalog retail shops, principally dizing methods and to collect operative advertising drive be- of "Funny Girl," starring Bar- sales and promotion staff fol- at college campuses in various accurate consumer buying data, tween the label and retail chan- bra Streisand, has been certi- lowing their two -month course States, including Illinois, Cali- nels. The just released LP has for a gold record by the in promotion, publicity, mar- especially from young people fied fornia, Wisconsin, Michigan and at already been named album of RIAA. This marks Miss Strei- keting and personal manage- Ohio State universities. present enrolled at university the month by J. M. Fields' sand's eighth gold record for al- ment. Marvin Saines and George level. With increased under- stores and will be featured in bums that have racked up more First graduate from the Greenberg, two of the three standing of the consumer pro- their 67 outlets. Family Bargain than $1 million in sales. training program to work with owners of Discount Records, file and the problems facing our stores will also place special em- The "Funny Girl" soundtrack Barsky is Rick Roger of New will stay with the CBS Records many retail customers, we will phasis on the LP. The promo- was produced for Columbia un- York. Roger, formally a re- division and continue to direct be in a better position to help tion campaign will include spots der the supervision of Jack Gold, search co-ordinator for the the operations of Discount Rec- find solutions and supply better on radio and ads in college vice-president of artists and rep- "Steve Allen TV Show," will ords. product and service." newspapers. ertoire. cover the New England area. 4 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD

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4 -COL UMI3IA." MARCAS SAG IRINlEO IN 13SA Disney in Latin Program Decca's 'Grand Design' for '69 pressed. Three executives will and LOS ANGELES - Walt Dis- Continued from page l plete charge of the product Uni and Kapp labels. Uni ney Music has set a three-year co-ordinate the Latin program: from its inception to the time Kapp fall under the Universal Phil Sammeth, a Disney execu- U.S. program of recordings for the the world." Investigations for a it's ready to be turned over to Records umbrella in the Latin market. Records will be tive in Burbank; Alberto Gold- Tony Martell, the company's and operate separately from the Car- manufacturing plant site on the dubbed in Mexico City under berg, in Buenos Aires, and under way newly appointed director of Decca division. in Mexico City. Coast are already the supervision of Edmundo los Bustamante, and Gallagher expects that merchandising. In keeping with the com- Santos, who has been dubbing groundwork will definitely be- Working with Wiedenmann pany's efforts for a "new look" for the IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Disney films into Spanish gin sometime this coming year. in New York will be producers in 1969, Gallagher has set up, years. dub- ad- past 25 Additional of expan- Milt Gabler and Harry Meyer- what he calls, an aggressive bings will either be done in COMMAND TO Already in stages merchandising are the Decca plants in son, in the area of vintage and vertising and Buenos Aires, San Paulo or Rio sion that will include Gloversville, N. Y., and Pick- middle-of-the-road music, and program de Janeiro. SHOW PRODUCT Paul Gelbar, stepped -up campaigns in radio Command/ neyville, III. The capacity of both Eddie Simon and Involved will be dubbing exist- NEW YORK - in the category which Gal- time buys and in print. Gal- will make sepa- plants will be increased by 25 ing Disneyland Records into Probe Records lagher likes to refer to as "new lagher has gone to the Mc- new at the forth- per cent this year for the man- Spanish and the creation of rate presentations 50 ears." Bud Dant will continue Manus, John & Adams ad the Latin market. product meeting for ufacturing of records and by help create the com- stories for coming tape duplicating. to produce on the West Coast agency to Under terms of the Latin ex- ABC Records. The meeting will per cent for pany's new image. tape is concerned, in tandem with Decca's recent pansion program, Latin story be at Miami Beach's Eden Roc As far as Gallagher is still bullish about "new ear" addition, Larry "I've delivered a positive booklets 'which accompany 7- Hotel, Sunday -Wednesday (5-8). the all and the plants Banghart. sales forecast for 1969 to ineh and 12 -inch LP's plus LP Command/ Probe is a division configurations will he equipped to handle or- Since Gallagher believes that MCA management," Gallagher jackets will be printed in the of ABC. I expect to deliver." ders for 8 -track, 4 -track, cas- promotion is most vital to dis- said, "and where the records are IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII countries settes and reel-to-reel. tribution, he's planning a total Canada Potential reconstruction of the company's Amaret Lines Up also bullish promotion force "so that it can Gallagher is happening about the manufacturing poten- better handle what's Foreign Distribs CONTENTS of the in the market and with the new tial in Canada because force 40 country's current lack of mod- product." The promotion Amaret AUDIO overhaul will be directed by LOS ANGELES - ern pressing facilities. Compo is Records, Kenny Myers new CLASSICAL 42 and will expand Frank Mancini, national promo- modernizing who now reports company, has set two foreign its record pressing facility by tion director, of CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 41 to Tony Martell. distribution pacts: London 25 per cent by the end of Janu- Canada and Astor of Australia. WORLD 31 too, will be Owen Bradley will continue COIN MACHINE ary. Compo, Decca's country activ- The company's domestic dis- equipped to handle tape dupli- to direct has also been COUNTRY 27 ity which remains a major force tribution network cating for all configurations. set. Joining Myers' staff are 44 in Nashville with its roster of INTERNATIONAL On the studio level, Decca last top -selling veterans and con- Jean Bennett as administrator opened a new recording and Joyce Bauer as office man- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 39 week tinual introduction of important operation in Hollywood, and is new artists. ager. 22 of building promotion director, RADIO now in the process Profit Center Amaret's 18 a $3 million complex in Nash- Ron Granger, has set a series of RHYTHM & BLUES ville which will include a mod- Gallagher also expects an- appearances for vocalist Ginny other profit center to emerge TALENT 10 ern studio facility, and this Tiu on national TV shows. Be- week the company began a ren- this year from the Special Mar- sides the teen-ager and her TAPE CARtridge 14 ovation of its New York studio kets Division headed by Marty group, the label's artist roster facility so that it, too, will be Salkin. Offices for the Special now includes Mrs. Miller and Hits of the World 47 Division are now in FEATURES 30 equipped with 16 -track record- Markets Raintree Minority, a Chicago Hot Country Albums Chi- . 8 in New York, Stock Market Quotations Hot Country Singles 28 ing equipment. operation group. 24 Los Angeles to push Vox Jox Hot 100 50 Decca also is taking an ad- cago and as a custom New Aibum Releases 46 ditional floor at 50 West 57th Decca's prowess CHARTS Top 40 Easy Listening 17 Street, where its recording stu- presser and its ability to handle B. Williams Forms 52 through its LP's 43 Top LP's for the installa- major premium jobs Best -Selling Classical dio is located, To LOS ANGELES Able -Tu Folios 3'7 The virtually untapped catalog. - Best -Selling tion of six editing cubicles. LP's 26 further enhance the Division, Records and Cork Music (BMI) Best -Selling Jazz RECORD REVIEWS editing cubicles will be made Wil- Best -Selling R&B Albums 21 Gallagher has shifted Dick have been formed by Bob Reviews 55 available to producers, who Best -Selling R&B Singles 18 Album Jacobs from his day-to-day a&r liams. Artists on the roster are 48 had to do their re- 16 Single Reviews heretofore, group, Breakout Albums in the sanie chores to the post of producer Horatio, a pop -Western cording and editing projects. a pop group. studio. This, said Gallagher, for Special Markets and Bonford, up more studio re- Salkin will also be broadening will open pressing base to cording time. his custom IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Published Weekly by utilize the facilities of Decca's Billboard Publications Inc. The key to Gallagher's art- 2160 Patterson St., Cincinnati, 0. 45214 will Compo plant in Canada. 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Hank Fox Gallagher and his a&r staff by Ampex Tape Cartridge Editor: ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGER: label in Germany, Italy and Arts Rudy Ford have been reviewing Decca's Warmer Bros.- Seven ART DIRECTOR: Virgil Arnett France during the first quarter will Records recently terminated its CHICAGO entire artists roster and and he expects to have CLASSIFIED ADS, NEW YORK of 1969, 8 -track contract with Ampex to Audio, Coin Machine and Musical open the new year with a in Australia and Editors: Earl Paige & Classified Mgr.: James Flatley MCA going its own marketing and Instrument stable of artists that has been of the year. handle Ron Schlachter Japan by the end distribution. CIRCULATION SALES, NEW YORK considerably pared. U. S. EDITORIAL OFFICES MCA handles the distribution Cincinnati, Exec. News Editor: Circulation Manager: Milton Gorbulew New Artists of Decca overseas as well as the IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Wm. J. 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GRT Wrap -Up Near Market Quotations Sales Record Of Chess Purchase As of Closing Thursday, December 26, 1968 Seen at RCA 1968 Week's Vol. Week's Week's Week's Net LOS ANGELES - General The companies to be ac- NAME High Low in 100's High Low Close Change NEW YORK - Sales for Recorded Tape's acquisition of quired for GRT stock are the Radio Corp. of America the Chess Checker / Cadet Chess, Checker and Cadet Rec- Admiral 251/4 161/2 365 211/2 203/4 20/8 + 1/8 will top $3.1 billion for 1968, group of record corporations ord companies, Heavy Music, American Broadcasting 76/8 433/4 166 69/8 67% 671/2 -/8 the highest in the firm's history, will be completed the week of Inc., and Ill C Tape Corp. Ampex 423/8 261/2 691 393/4 37/8 381/2 -11/4 according to the year-end report 6. Cash transactions were closed Jan. Automatic Radio 263/4 153/4 128 225/e 215/8 221/4 - 3/8 to stockholders of Robert W. The Chess group cor- by Alan J. Sayley, GRT presi- -19 Automatic Retailer Assoc. 125 723/4 181 115 1081/4 1125/, -2% Sarnoff, president and chief ex- porations-will be acquired for dent, Leonard and Phil Chess Avnet 431/2 203/8 1053 341/4 32/8 331/4 - V2 ecutive officer. This marks the $6.5 million cash and 20,000 and Russell Fratco, principals seventh consecutive year of rec- Canteen Corp. 34 201/2 230 32% 311/8 311/, - 1/8 shares of General Recorded of the Chess group. Chess' ord -breaking sales and earnings Capitol Ind. 24 329 33% 30 313/8 -2 Tape common stock. L & P Broadcasting interests 371/2 for RCA. Acquisitions involve several are not included in the acquisi- CBS 603/4 433/4 1206 57/e 533/4 54/e + 5/8 Sarnoff told the company's separate transactions. tion by GRT. Chic. Musical Inst. 38 241/4 85 311/4 301/4 311/4 + 3/4 330,000 shareholders that pre- The cash transaction includes The Chess group's estimated Columbia Pic. 451/4 231/2 369 431/4 40 405/8 -21/2 liminary figures also indicated Chess Producing Corp., Mid - sales for the 12 months ending Commonwealth-United 241/e 63/4 2320 231/4 21 211/2 -1 V8 that profits after taxes will sur- West and Midsouth Record Jan. 31, 1969, are more than $6 Consolidated Elec. 47/e 34 298 71/4 431/2 443/4 -21/4 pass $150 million for the first Pressing companies and Aris- million, with pretax earnings Disney, Walt 931/2 4l/8 137 92 85 851/4 -61/4 time. Earnings will approximate tocrat Records. expected to be more than EMI 81/4 41/4 857 81/4 73/8 73/4 - 1/4 $2.35 a share compared with $850,000. General Electric 1003/8 801/4 987 97/8 95 953/8 -17/8 $2.27 in 1967. Sarnoff explained GRT reported sales of that during the seven-year pe- Gulf & Western 661/s 38/a 1924 531/2 51 51 - V2 Brooks/Sepe $2,292,780 and earnings of riod RCA sales have risen 80 $156,048 for the quarter end- Handleman 443/e 21 475 443/e 42 423/e -15/, per cent and after-tax profits Bow Megaphone ed Sept. 28, 1968. This rep- Harvey Radio 331/2 153/4 85 22 201/2 203/4 - /8 have more than tripled. The fig- resented earnings of 39 cents Kinney Services 893/4 533/4 61 841/4 82 831/4 + 11/4 ures included RCA's most suc- LOS ANGELES - Marty per share on 400,514 average Macke Co. 29/8 16s/a 174 291/e 28% 29 - 1/4 cessful year in consumer prod- Brooks and Tony Sepe have shares outstanding during the MCA 531/4 423/8 782 45 42% 423/4 -3 ucts, including color TV, phono- established Megaphone Rec- quarter. For GRT's fiscal 1968, Metromedia 571/4 341/4 658 543/e 51 511/8 -21/2 graphs and black -and -white TV. cords, with a distribution net- ended June 30, the company MGM 55 353/4 344 471/2 445/e 453/8 -21/4 work in the U.S., Canada and reported sales of $5,760,942 3M 1193/4 81 752 1101/4 1075/4 108% + 1/4 Australia. About 25 distributors and earnings of $401,924 after Motorola 1533/4 97 208 134/8 1281/2 1291/2 -51/4 Conti Vending will handle product in the taxes. U.S., while Quality in Canada The Chess Checker / Cadet Pickwick Int. 45 15 166 45 421/2 421/2 -13/e Ban Renewed and Astor Electronics in Aus- group is based in Chicago, with RCA 55 441/4 1327 47/8 461/e 46s/a - /8 tralia take care of overseas dis- Midsouth Record Pressing, Inc., Seeburg 531/4 191/4 68 461/2 451/e 463/8 + 1/2 WASHINGTON-The Secu- rities and Exchange Commis- tribution. in Nashville. III C Tape Corp. Servmat 591/2 35 281 50 49 491/4 - % sion (SEC) has reversed its de- Initial act on the pop -rock holds tape rights to all Chess Trans Amer. 871/4 43/e 335 793/4 751/4 771/8 -21/4 cision the suspension of Con- label is Dragon Fly, a hard recordings, and licenses Transcontinental Invest. 261/2 133/4 778 251/8 23 24 - 1/2 those tinental Vending trading, and rock group. First album will be rights to prerecorded tape Triangle 46 35 89 371/4 355/s 361/2 - 3/e "Dragon Fly." companies. decided to further extend the 20th Century -Fox 403/4 241/2 1754 363/, 34 34/8 - 3/4 over-the-counter suspension. Vendo 34 231/4 227 34 321/4 321/8 - /8 The SEC said it had learned Viewlex 333/a 141/2 106 313/8 281/2 283/4 -21/2 that some sensitive negotiating W -7's Disk, Music Wings Warner Bros. -7 Arts 493/, 261/4 342 441/2 417/8 433/4 - 1/2 is going on by counsel for Con- Wurlitzer 251/2 185/8 119 213/4 21 211/4 - 3/s tinental's trustee in the current Zenith 651/2 505/e 472 581/4 553/4 563/4 Unchg. court proceedings on claims, Key Aim in NGC's Bid and the outcome is in doubt. As of Closing Thursday, December 26, 1968 Also, the attorney can't reveal LOS ANGELES - National tic Records, acquired by W-7 Week's Week's Week's all the terms to the SEC. Both High Low Close General Corp.'s major aim in in October 1967. OVER THE COUNTER* the Court and the Continental the proposed merger with War- About 33 per cent of W -7's Data Packaging Corp. 441/2 43 441/2 trustee have asked that the ner Bros. -Seven Arts is to ac- $198.3 million total income in Fidelitone 6 51/2 51/2 trading be halted again. quire W -7's record and music fiscal 1968 came from records SEC, therefore renewed its activities. and music. GAC 21 171/2 21 General Recorded Tape 83 79 79 suspension for the 10-day pe- In a petition to the Federal The proposed merger of Na- ITCC 15 151/4 131/4 riod ending Dec. 22, in both District Court in New York, Na- tional General and Warner stock and debentures of Jubilee Ind. 34 34 34 the tional General stated its inter- Bros. -Seven Arts has run into a Continental, and will probably est in the merger was to ac- Justice Department roadblock. Lear Jet 341/2 311/2 34Y2 continue renewing the suspen- quire W -7's sizable records and The Justice Department said it Merco Ent. 11 93/4 11 sions until claim and settlement music activities, including Atlan - would oppose the merger on an- Mills Music 32 31 311/2 matters are finalized. titrust grounds. NMC 13 123/4 123/4 In a concession, National Gen- Omega Equity Corp. eral said it would divest itself of A Newsletter Is Telepro Ind. 23/4 2 21/2 the W-7 film production -distri- Seek Delisting Tenna Corp. 31 29 31 Launched by Atl. bution king if the court would permit the merger. *Over-the-counter prices shown are "bid" (as opposed to "asked"). Neither the Of Seeburg NEW YORK-Atlantic Rec- bid nor the asked prices of unlisted securities represent actual transactions. ords last week introduced a Rather, they are a guide to the range within which these securities could have NEW YORK - The Securi- Exchange Commission monthly newsletter aimed at the Pint Size Is been sold or bought at the time of compilation. ties and progressive rock scene. The will ask to delist Seeburg Corp. For Billboard by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & newsletter aimed at the progres- The above quotations compiled from the New York Exchange sive rock scene. The newsletter, Sold to TIC Smith, Inc., member of the New York Stock Exchange and all principal stock because of the limited distribu- Under the Logo, will be dis- exchanges. tion of its shares. The Exchange that as result of the tributed to more than 500 pro- Continued from page 1 explained gressive rock radio stations, col- tender offer by Commonwealth lege radio stations, the under- Buddah, Bang, Tower, MGM Marks' Oldies & Newies United Corp., only 271,648 See- ground press, and the influential and RCA. burg shares are publicly owned. board reporters and writers on the Involved in the purchase is The Exchange's governing Get Hot Recording Action an scene, according to Bob Rolontz, a management firm and a BMI normally considers delisting when there are fewer than Atlantic's head of advertising an publishing company. Tobin and albums have included issue NEW YORK-Several songs Several in public publicity. The newsletter's first Cymbal have recorded. Gene songs fea- than 400,000 shares in the Edward B. Marks Mu- George M. Cohan hands. issue concerned news about art- Pitney and Al Martino, with tured in the Broadway musical sic Corp. catalog have received Meantime, the New York ists and product, including the Cymbal writing Martino's hit M!" In the classical heavy recent recording activity, "George Stock Exchange will suspend Cream and Wilson Pickett. single "Mary in the Morning." field, Marks Music copyrights including "More," "Yours," and trading in the common of See- They recently recorded Derek's gaining recordings have included "The Breeze and I." New re- burg Corp. after the market's IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII debut LP which follows his "Symphony No. cordings also have appeared on Roger Sessions' close Friday (3). "Cinnamon" single. 3" and "Violin Concerto," and Si "There'll Be Some TIC's first production com- "Say Si," Francis Thorne's "Burlesque NARAS BEGINS pany acquisition occurred in Changes Made," and "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers." Overture" and "Rhapsodic Var- Yarbrough Files June when it bought Mike iations." GRAMMY VOTE Curb's Sidewalk Productions More recent songs enjoying Suit Vs. Everest new disk versions include the NEW YORK First -round and three recording studios Songbook Ready LOS ANGELES Glenn - owned by the 23 -year -old pro- Jacques Brel -Rod McKuen "If - voting for the 1968 Grammy Yarbrough, Warner Bros. -Seven ducer. In November, TIC ac- You Go Away," "But I Was On Iron Butterfly Arts artist, has filed a $100,000 Awards last began week when quired Jim Guercio's Poseidon Cool," and three Rick Shorter LOS ANGELES-Ten East - suit against Everest Enterprises NARAS members received bal- Productions. One month ago, songs in the "Street" album on Cotillion -Itasca Publishing Co. and the Everest Record group lots covering 3,500 nominations TIC formed its entertainment Verve/Forecast. Also receiving will publish the Iron Butterfly in Superior Court here. action are "Rags and Old Iron," in 36 categories. Deadline for wing as the corporation for all songbook "In -a -Gadda -Da -Vida" Yarbrough seeks to enjoin the its record production acquisi- "Original Dixieland One -Stop," this month. returning ballots is Monday (13). label from selling an album, "The tions. Curb was named presi- and "God Bless the Child." The book will contain photos Best of Glenn Yarbrough," which The 1968 Grammy Winners will dent and Bud Fraser executive Among the Latin-American of the Atco Records group, as allegedly contains his name, he announced March 12 at con- vice-president of the wing. songs gaining new recordings well as music and lyrics to all voice and likeness. current awards presentations in Transcontinental Entertain- are "Jungle Drums," "El Ran- songs in the Iron Butterfly's He is asking exemplary dam- the Academy's four chapter cit- ment is TIC's artistic specialty cho Grande," "Marta," "La two released albums, "Heavy" ages of $100,000 and request- company; its Transcontinental Mentira," "Pulpa De Tamarin- and "In -a -Gadda -Da-Vida," and ing an accounting of the gross ies. 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Also available on Reel -to -Reel Tape, 8 -Track Cartridge and Cassette Talent 3 Stars Shine at Fillmore NEW YORK - Three star ended with San Francisco's Semper and Stu Cook respec- acts provided a first-class eve- Creedence Clearwater Revival, tively, also were steady as was ning at Fillmore East in the first featuring John Fogerty, a genu- Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist show on Saturday (21), the ine phenomenon. for Creedence Clearwater Re- third of four weekend perform- But Fogerty, an electric sing- vival. ances. The excitement started er and top notch guitarist, The evening got off on a with the fine James Cotton wasn't the only star in these high level with an instrumental Blues Band, continued with a specialties as the first group by the Cotton unit, but really British group, Deep Purple, had the bluesy sound of Cotton hit its stride as Cotton came its making first U. S. tour, and on vocals and another top out to sing, "Every Day I Have bluesman, Luther Tucker on the Blues," followed by "Knock IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII guitar, and Deep Purple hit on Wood," a familiar number with the strong -voiced Rod in the band's repertoire. Then, FUGS, NICO Evans and an outstanding gui- Cotton went slow and bluesy tarist in Ritchie Blackmore. with "Stormy Monday Blues." AID BENEFIT Fogerty also snared the eve- The band, one of the top con- ning's virtuoso honors with Cot- sistent blues bands around, was NEW YORK - The Fugs, ton on harmonica and Deep in excellent form throughout. Reprise artists, and Elektra's Purple's exceptional organist When Cotton turned to his Nico will appear at a benefit Jon Lord. harmonica, the virtuosity was BILL GALLAGHER, seated center, MCA vice-president in charge of the Decca Division, is flanked by the Irish Rovers, Decca group, during for the New York Free Press, Musically, the evening had staggering, even bringing him an filming of their third guest appearance on the TV series, "The underground weekly, at Fill- still more to offer as all three to his knees at one point. The Virginian." more East on Wednesday (8). groups, despite varied styles, group did "The Mule" from The program also will include displayed tight musicianship. their latest Vanguard album. a jam with Charlie Mingus, All had solid drummers in Cot- They also have recorded for Jeremy Steig, Larry Rivers, and ton's Francis Clay, Deep Verve/ Forecast. Judy Collins Gentle David Amram, a talk by author Purple's Ian Price, and Cree- Deep Purple's unique styling Norman Mailer on "Who Is the dence Clearwater's Doug Clif- came next. This group utilizied Enemy?" and backing by the ford, although only Price had rock, blues and even classical Joshua Light Show. an extended solo. The bass gui- elements in its performance. In And Talented Force addition hit, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII tarists, Bob Anderson, Nicky to their "Hush," NEW YORK-Judy Collins, Joan Baez turned to protest, the Tetragrammaton quintet a gentle but persuasive folk- Miss Collins has since won a The Hit Version of: did a job on top numbers of poet, drifted tenderly through voice of her own in the pop other acts. the song poems of Leonard sweepstakes with her trilogy of The powerful beat of Cree- Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Bobby life and love portraits, painted dence Clearwater Revival fol- Dylan-plus her own chants- with the pastels of melancholy CHITTY lowed, beginning strong with for fans who packed Carnegie in her "In My Life," "Wildflow- "CHITTY "Born in a Bayou." John Fog- Hall Sunday (22) for one show ers" and "Who Knows Where erty, who almost seems to by the Elektra Records artist. the Time Goes" albums for scream a number, received Filling the gap created in Elektra. Her clear, penetrating BANG BANG" (Continued on page 12) the femme folk ranks when (Continued on page 12) For New Writers, B'way Life Is a Cabaret; Kander/Ebb By FRED KIRBY NEW YORK - The climate the cliche about good writers come involved, Ebb noted. for new writers on Broadway and material being unheard. "Critics are anxious to see these has never been better, according "Anyone will read and general- people work. Musical producers to John Kander and Fred Ebb, ly hear new material today," he are very interested in new writ- writers of such stage hits as said. ers." "Cabaret" and "Zorba." The Nothing Taboo Three of the four Kander- duo cited David Merrick and "There are no more taboo Ebb Broadway shows, "Flora, Harold Prince as producers who subjects" he said, citing shows the Red Menace," "Cabaret" are willing to go with new such as "Cabaret," "Man of La and "Zorba," have been pro- talent. Mancha," and "Hair," all suc- duced by Prince. The fourth, Also, critics are most recep- cessful properties. But, he cau- "The Happy Time," was pro- tive to new sources. "It's a very tioned, writing for the theater duced by Merrick. The collab- good time to be a new writer requires dedication. oration began in 1963 after they and in the theater," Ebb com- The rewards for younger were introduced by publisher Is in the Album: mented. Ebb also discounted writers are greater as they be - Tommy Valando. Ebb, the lyricist, and Kander, the composer, work on the me- Ho Brings lodic line and lyrics simultane- CINEMA '69 'Extravaganza' ously. Often, they have specific performers in mind. For exam- Into Honolulu Nitery ple, three of the four principals they envisioned for "Cabaret," LEROY HOLMES HONOLULU-With 14 mu- ents, it's high-powered fuel. Lotte Lenya, Joel Grey and sicians-including strings-and Ho spends some time as a Jack Gilford, appeared in the three back-up gal singers, Don stand-up singer-a relatively show. Likewise Herschel Ber- Unsurpassed in Quality at any Price YOUR HOST: Ho's new show at Duke Kaha- new venture for someone who nardi was pictured as "Zorba." namoku's is top grade. usually operates from behind an Films & TV It's an expansive show that organ, with a glass in one hand. While their first love is GLOSSY taps the talents of faces both Happily, much of the old Ho Broadway, Kander and Ebb fresh and familiar. But minus still lives in the new show. also would like to work in films the Allis, Ho's vocals and television. "Theater of any PHOTOS ,vaf. RESTAURANT lack "Ain't No Big Thing" continues i EACH depth. In place of the vocal to be a classic in Ho business, sort interests," Kander ex- 8v20 8x1010 vibrancy, however, Ho has as- and "I'll Remember You" still plained. 1000 LOTS sembled a group of musicians strikes up a pleasant memory, While their Broadway efforts 100 9k- $12.45 per 163-65 W. 48th St. whose instrumental inventive- despite the sorely missed Allis to date have all been adapta- Post Cards ness show a lot of promise. harmony. tions, they agree there should $49 per 1000 New York, N. Y. 10036 _4( 1,000 245-6138' Lack of rehearsals is the The traditional sing-alongs be more original material on bugaboo. Headed by Bobby exist: "E Lei Ka Lei Lei," "One Broadway and "We'd like to be MOUNTED 4- 8x10 COLOR Enriques, a jazz pianist is ENLARGEMENTS $175.00 The Gourmet's Haven who Paddle, Two Paddle," and, of part of it." "This a marvelous 20"x30" 56.50 3,000 Postcards for Italian Cuisine can tickle the ivories like a real course, "Tiny Bubbles." They're field. . It is far from dead. 30'.'x40" 59.50 $120.00 pro when he wants to, the or- high-spirited and highly vola- Look at 'Your Own Thing' and THIS WEEK WE SALUTE Special Color - chestra churns out a battery of tile. `Hair.' " While the team is look- e( Process sounds. There are two viola "Cycles" is the most refresh- ing forward to its first long SPIRO T. AGNEW players, four violinists, one cel- ing of the new material. vacation after five years of al- GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND list (all on loan from the Hono- On opening night, Capitol most teady production, their AND lulu Symphony Orchestra), a star H. B. Barnum-who pro- enthusiam for their field por- 'RT VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT guitarist, a bass player, a trum- duces some of Ho's recordings tends more musicals in their otocraPherr lk peter, a saxophonist, a drum- -joined in on a rousing, infor- individual style, a style, which mer and a percussionist. mal rendition the Beatles' closely weds song to onstage ac- A Division of JAMES J. KRIEGSMAN Diners' Club of Express This show is a curious mix- "Hey, Jude." It was a display tion, a formula that has re- 165 W. 46th St., N.Y. 36 PL 7-0233 American ture Carte Blanche of classical and pop. When of the hip Ho dispensing soul. sulted in success for the young blended with the right ingredi- WAYNE HARADA songwriters. 10 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD DYNOVOICE DYNOVOICE RECORDS DISTRIBUTED NATIONALLY BY DOT RECORDS A DIVISION OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION twin -side rings the bell an,trip!tlba byrydertl he your loving! Bob Crewe presents: Bob Crewe presents: Mich ryder mítch ryder the Spirit Feel and "baby, i need Your IOVÌAU'nd "ring your bell" Oynovoice 934 "theme for mìtch" Breaking Nationally! Call your local Dot distributor for immediate stock Talent 3 Stars Shine at Fillmore Torme on Target, But LOS ANGELES - Jazz - ("Girl From Ipanema" and Continued from page 10 with stronger instrumental kled. He even made feedback oriented Mel Torme was slight- "Corcovada") and a medley work, especially by John Fog- sound musical. He also is ex- ly off the mark at the Century from "Porgy and Bess." He sang strong support from his fellow erty on guitar. pert at extracting a mandolin - Plaza's Westside Room Thurs- in French, "A Man and a Wom- musicians as he turned to His scream -like style was like sound from his instrument. day (19). an," played the ukulele and "Walk on the Water." perfect for their Fantasy single He also was strong in the When he wasn't bothered by piano and stated his position on Then came two more good of "I Put a Spell on You." The group's encore, "Penthouse Al Pellegrini's too brassy house world affairs with a moving selections from the quartet's set closed with their big hit, Poppa," which will be on the orchestra (Torme should accept anti -war message. "If." first Fantasy album. The unit "Suzie Q.," a powerful ex- unit's second Fantasy album, a the fault here since he ar- In between the bossa-nova. has a sound reminiscent of the tended number in which John fitting climax to a superior ranged the charts), his songs medley and the material from early clays of rock 'n' roll; but Fogerty's guitar virtuosity spar- evening. FRED KIRBY came over in fine fashion. "Porgy and Bess," which Torme The charts were inventive played on the piano, he did well (that's Torme's strong suit), but with "Ridin' High," "That could be toned down to sup- Face," "Didn't We?" and port the singer's subdued style. "Where Is Love" from "Oliver." Highlights of the evening Usually, however, a brassy fin- were Torme's sensitive treat- ish by the orchestra drowned ments of a bossa nova medley out Torme's efforts. Naturally, he sang the Christmas standard, "The Christmas Song," which he and Bob Wells wrote in 1944. Be- Signings cause of a one -third -filled house (reviewed Thursday (19) rather opening night (17), Torme has signed than Ars Nova, rock group, cut his repertoire to 12 songs. with Atco Records and will be re- WEBER corded for the label by Jerry BRUCE Schoenbaum. . . . Dan Hicks and THE His Hot Licks to Epic . . . Mrs. Miller and the Raintree Minority Purcell Sees

to Amaret. . . . Country singer Ray Saunders to Imperial. Gross of $4 Mil. Danny McCulloch, former bassist with the Animals to Capitol with NEW YORK - Gerard W. his debut single, "Wings of a Purcell Associates will book Man." . C and the Shells, for- about 250 concerts in 1969 with merly the Sandpebbles, have an anticipated gross of almost signed with Gate Artist Manage- $4 Gerard W. Purcell. Attractions million. ment and Universal Al Hirt and Eddy for bookings. The group will also president, said Arnold would be booked for at record for Atlantic. . . The Null each. One- to Jed Records.. . Singer Joanie least 50 concerts

Hall joins ABC. . . . Michael nighters also are slated for the Harrison, singer -songwriter, to Supremes, Bill Cosby, Nancy Four Star Music. . . . The Paul Wilson, the Baja Marimba Winter Consort to A&M. Paul Band, Liberace, Phyllis Diller. Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary the Cowsills and Vanilla Fudge. will first LP. produce the group's among others. Purcell's 213 con- . Jazz organist Shirley Scott to Atlantic. certs in 1968 grossed $3,218,- 250. Rawls Bows New Mathis to Open Policy at Hotel A Six -City Tour HONOLULU-Capitol Rec- LOS ANGELES - Johnny ords star Lou Rawls is the first Mathis, Columbia Records art- of a string of big -name stars to ist, opens a six -city concert tour appear in a cabaret and dinner - in Benton Harbor, Mich., Jan. 7, and -show setting at the new before leaving for a tour of Imperial Hawaii Hotel. He Europe. opened Thursday (26). Other January concert dates Gordon E. Boeder, general include Indianapolis (8), manager of the hotel, said Youngstown, Ohio (9), Cleve- guest artists will be booked into land (10), Kent (I I) and Co- ASCAP the Waikiki facility for two- lumbus (12). week intervals, without the tra- In Europe, Mathis will par- ditional "dark night." ticipate in the Bal Pare and Bambi Film Festival in Munich. Among the stars set to ap- pear at the hotel's Crown Room Jim Webb, The Rascals, Bobby Russell, are: Juan Esquivai and his group, performing Jan. 3 8X10 JanisJoplin &Big Brother and through 16; Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band, sched- PICTURES The Holding Company, uled Jan. 17 through 30, and Dusty Springfield (no dates are LITHOGRAPHED set). ON HEAVY KROMEKOTE Isaac Hayes & David Porter, ORDER NOW-Send an original photograph (preferably 8:10) plus and the wording you wish to appear be- Judy Collins, The Band low picture. Judy Collins OR-Send for 8x10 sample print Jimi Hendrix did it in 1968. and order forms-plus prices for Continued from page 10 other size prints. 500 $17.50 readings of contemporary art 1000 27.75 songs have spotted Miss Collins 2000 45.75 The next move is up to you! Additional 1000's - 16.00 Applicants for membership in the American Society of Composers, between the bards and beards lover 2000) Authors & Publishers who meet the following requirements will be accepted as members: where she can be enjoyed for SHIPPED WITHIN TEN DAYS Writers: Any composer or author of a copyrighted musical her role between the poles-a POSTAGE PAID composition who shall have had at least one work of his composition or evangelist (Payment Must Accompany Order) recorded. lone, long-haired writing regularly published or commercially and Any composer or author of a copyrighted musical composition who whose confessions of faith be eligible to membership in the participating class folk poetry have the assurance PICTURES is not found to 317 N. ROBBERSON as an associate member. may be elected of a Sunday serman. SPRINGFIELD, MO. 65806 Publishers: Any person, firm, corporation or partnership actively engaged in the music publishing business whose musical publications Miss Collins rewarded cheers have been used or distributed on a commercial scale, and who assumes the of anticipation with her "Both financial risk involved in the normal publication of musical works. Sides Now" hit and her moody STANLEY ADAMS, President musical journeys through "My There's a Father," "Circle Game," "Some- day Soon" and "Bird on the World 01 Wire." A fine supporting quar- tet of musicians, Steve Stills on Country electric guitar, pianist Michale American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers Sahl, Gene Taylor on bass gui- MUSIC! 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 tar and Susan Evans on drums, 9301 Wilshire Boulevard, Room 408, Beverly Hills, California 90210. dressed up Miss Collins' per- Suite 309, Nashville, Tennessee. 806 -17th Avenue South, formance for a holiday highlight as bright and beautiful as Billboard' Christmas morning. ED OCHS 1969, BILLBOARD 12 JANUARY 4, f,

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Continued from page / Also "Tighten Up" by Archie the Animals" by Leslie Bricusse Bell and Billy Buttier for Cotil- for Hastings, and the theme stein / Co.; "Cabaret," by Fred lion and Archie Bell (Orellia from "Valley of the Dolls" by X399 Ebb and John Kander for Sun- Publishing); "Think" by Aretha Andre and Dory Previn for Leo retail beam Music; "The Unicorn," by Franklin and Ted White for Feist Inc. Shel Silverstein for Hollis Mu- Fourteenth Hour; "Honey," by Max Fink, attorney for the sic; "A Beautiful Friend," by Bobby Russell by Russell - music publishers, has asked Sol Lake, "Panama" by Julius Cason Music; "Light My Fire" that the defendants be enjoined Wechter, "The Robin," by John by Robert Krieger, James Har- and restrained during the ac- Pisano, "Slick" by Herb Alpert rison, James Densmore and tion and permanently from Spar tapes and John Pisano and "She Raymond Manzarek for Kipper infringing on the copyrights Touched Me," by Sol Lake, all Music, and "The End of the by mechanically reproducing 110 TWENTY-FIRST AVENUE, S for Almo Music, and "Mony, World," by Arthur Kent and songs on tape. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203 Hony" by Bobby Bloom, Sylvia Dee for Summit Music. The complaint also asks for PHONE (615) 244.1636 Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry and And "Goin' Out of My Head" an accounting and that royal- Tommy James for Patricia by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby ties be paid plus damages three Music. Weinstein for Vogue; "Talk to times the amount of royalties. 14 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD DESEle-' "SM H &CREAMY." JELLY RLL GUM DEC P'GOOD TO BOP TO:' PRODUCTS OF QUALITY BY CHANNEL Tape CARtridge

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DEEP PURPLE-Book of Taliesyn . Data Packaging Corporation, 205 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tel, (617) 868-6200 TWX 710-320-0840. Tetragrammaton T 107 Livingston Manufacturers of 4- and 8 -track cartridges, standard and FP compact cassettes, and reels and oases GEORGE . 0 for the HARRISON-Wonderwall computer industry. Free EP cassette and brochure. Apple ST 3350 Audio Products Corp. 1275 Bloomfield DAVID PEEL & THE LOWER EAST SIDE- Avenue Fairfield, N. J. 07006 Have a Marijuana . 201-226-8300 Electra EKS 74032 (S) 16 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD i MAIL THIS COUPON TO US TODAY* Listening These are best selling middle-of-the-road singles compiled from national retail sales nd radio station air play listed in rank order. o0o t Mr a á ¡; 'á N - m O1 - . TITLE, Artist, Label & Number 3oc W ,G in Billboard's

1 1 1 WICHITA LINEMAN 10 Glen Campbell, Capitol 2302 (Canape, ASCAP) lNTERNiT10L 2 2 2 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME 10 Bobby Vinton, Epic 10397 (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) 4 4 6 SCARBOROUGH FAIR 8 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, A&M 986 (Charing Cross, BMI) 9 13 14 LO MUCHO QUE TE QUIERO (The More I Love You) 7 Rene & Rene, White Whale 287 (Pecos, BMI) 3 3 4 BOTH SIDES NOW 8 Judy Collins, Elektra 45639 (Siquomb, BMI)

5 6 7 TILL 7 Vogues, Reprise 0788 (Chappell, ASCAP) 13 14 29 SOULFUL STRUT 7 ORY Young -Holt Unlimited, Brunswick 55391 O (Dakar/BRC, BMI) 10 10 13 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN 7 1 Dion, Laurie 3464 (Roznique/Sanphil, BMI)

17 19 24 I'VE GOTTA BE ME 5 Sammy Davis Jr., Reprise 0779 ELIGIBLE CLASSIFICATIONS U (Damila, ASCAP) 6 5 5 CYCLES 12 RECORD MANUFACTURERS (10) Frank Sinatra, Reprise 0764 (Irving, BMI) WITH TAPE PLASTIC CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE & REEL PRODUCT 12 15 23 MY FAVORITE THINGS 5 MANUFACTURERS 11 Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass, A&M 1001 Labels available on tape (please list con- List configuration manufactured and brand (Williamson, ASCAP) figuration(s) in which each is available). name. 12 8 8 10 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER 9 Lettermen, Capitol 2324 (Sparka, BMI) RECORD COMPANIES MANUFACTURING TAPE PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT 11 11 12 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC 11 OR RELEASING THEIR OWN TAPE 13 Andy Williams, Columbia 44650 MANUFACTURERS (Public Domain) PRODUCT List number of models in each configuration. 15 17 17 I CAN'T HELP IT IF I'M STILL IN 14 LOVE WITH YOU 6 CARTRIDGE, Al Martino, Capitol 2355 (Rose, BMI) CASSETTE & OPEN REEL TAPE SERVICES & SUPPLIES 16 16 19 VANCE 6 0 LICENSED DUPLICATOR/MARKETERS DESIGN & ARTWORK Roger Miller, Smash 2197 (Russell List labels -Cason, ASCAP) you are licensed to duplicate. PACKAGING & LABELING 7 7 8 PROMISES, PROMISES 9 16 Dionne Warwick, Scepter 12231 CUSTOM DUPLICATORS PRINTERS & LITHOGRAPHERS (Blue Seas/Jac/Morris, ASCAP) MANUFACTURERS O 21 24 34 A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME 4 OF TAPE DUPLICATING Tom Jones, Parrot 40035 RAW TAPE MANUFACTURERS EQUIPMENT (Anne Rachel Music ASCAP) List brand name. O 22 - - RAIN IN MY HEART 2 List chief product; i.e., mixers, winders, Frank Sinatra, Reprise 0798 degaussers, loaders, etc. (Razzle Dazzle, BMI) BLANK LOADED TAPE 19 20 20 THEY DON'T O MAKE LOVE LIKE THEY List configuration(s). CARTRIDGE PARTS MANUFACTURERS USED TO 7 List chief product. Eddy Arnold, RCA Victor 47-9667 (Tree, BMI) TAPE WHOLESALERS 20 23 - - EARLY MORNING BLUES & GREENS 2 TAPE ACCESSORIES & SUPPLIES Sue Raney, Imperial 66340 DISTRIBUTORS (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) List tape lines handled. CATALOG SERVICES la 9 9 NOT ENOUGH INDIANS 10 RACK JOBBERS BROWSER BOX MANUFACTURERS 21 Dean Martin, Reprise 0780 (Pomona, BMI) ONE STOPS STORAGE CASE MANUFACTURERS 31 31 36 IF I ONLY HAD TIME 6 22 Nick DeCaro, A&M 1000 (Duchess, BMI) IMPORTER/EXPORTERS HEAD CLEANER & DEMAGNETIZER 20 18 18 AMERICAN BOYS 8 List tape lines imported and country of MANUFACTURERS 23 Petula Clark, Warner Bros. -Seven Arts 7244 origin. (Duchess, BMI) DISPLAY RACK MANUFACTURERS 24 26 27 27 ONLY YOU 6 Narro Wilson, Smash 2192 (Wildwood, BMI) 25 36 - FLYIN' HIGH 3 25 Julius Wechter & the Baja Marimba Sand, A&M 1005 (Par -Ed, BMI) 27 30 26 31 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE WORLD 4 Mason Williams, Warner Bros. -Seven Arts 7248 (Irving, BMI) 28 33 - STORMY 3 Classics IV, Imperial 66328 (Low -Sal, BMI) PLEASE AIR -MAIL IMMEDIATELY TO: 24 25 25 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Billboard 28 7 International Tape Directory, 165 W. 46th Street, New York, N. Y. 10036 Paul Mauriat, Philips 40574 (Unart, BMI) Please Use Typewriter If Possible 29 29 28 28 HUSBANDS & WIVES 4 Wayne Newton, MGM 14014 (Tree, BMI) Please attach any additional information: 30 32 30 - L. A. BREAKDOWN (And Let Me In) 3 Jack Jones, RCA 47-9687 (Labra, ASCAP) Business Classification 33 37 - IN A LONG WHITE ROOM 3 31 Nancy Wilson, Capitol 2361 (Morris, ASCAP) Name of Company 32 34 35 POOR PAPA 6 32 Sugar Shoppe, Capitol 2326 (Boume, ASCAP) Street Address City 34 35 39 KNOWING WHEN TO LEAVE 4 33 Michele Lee (Blue Seas/Jac/Morris, ASCAP) Columbia 44698 State Zip Country 37 40 40 STAND BY YOUR MAN 4 Tammy Wynette, Epic 10398 (Gallico, BMI) 35 A FLEA IN HER - - EAR 2 Telephone Number Area Code Cable Address 35 Claudine Longet, A&M 1002 /20th Century, ASCAP) 36 38 - FEELIN' 3 Top Executive: Name 36 Marilyn Wipe, RCA 47-9698 (Gallico, BMI) Title 38 - - KUM BA YAH 2 31 Tommy Leonetti, Decca 32421 (Clinton, ASCAP) Other Information: - GOODNIGHT MY LOVE 1' 38 Paul Anka, RCA 47-9648 (Quintet, BMI)

IF I - ONLY HAD TIME 1 Johnny Mann Singers, Liberty 56083 39 (Duchess, BMi) *IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RETURNED A QUESTIONNAIRE TO US PLEASE DISREGARD ao - - LIFE IS 2 40 Sandler & Young, Capitol 2362 (Sunbeam, BMI)

JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 17 Rh thm & Blues

SOUL BEST SELLING Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/4/69 SAUCE Rhythm BEST NEW RECORD & Blues OF THE WEEK: "Fear of Singles * STAR Performer-LP's registering greatest proportionate upward progress this week. This Last Weeks on This Last Weeks on Losing Week Week Title, Artist, Label, No. & You" Pub. Chart Week Week Title, Artist, Label, No. & Pub. Chart

Billboard 1 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE 6 31 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' 4 Award Marvin Gaye, Tamla PLATTERS 54176 (Jobete, BMI) Bobby Womack, Mint 32055 (Honest John, ASCAP) 2 CLOUD NINE 7 (Musicor) Temptations, Gordy 7081 (Jobete, BMI) 30 NOT ON THE OUTSIDE 6 ftt Moments, Stag 5000 (Gambi, BMI) 3 3 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE 8 By ED Stevie Wonder, Tamla 54174 (Stein & Van - HEY JUDE 1 OCHS Stock, ASCAP) Wilson Pickett, Atlantic 2591 (Maclen, BMI)

SOUL SLICES: 29 15 KEEP ON DANCING Aretha Franklin took top honors in Billboard's 4 5 TOO WEAK TO FIGHT 8 8 Alvin Cash, Toddlin' Town III (Vapac, BMI) annual talent edition, winning the top singles artist title, top female Clarence Carter, Atlantic 2569 (Fame, BMI) artist (over Dionne Warwick) and top r&b singles 30 20 A MAN AND A HALF 7 artist crown (over 5 4 WHO'S MAKING LOVE 12 James Wilson Pickett, Atlantic 2575 (Fame, BMI) Brown). Top new singles artists were Archie Bell and the Drells, Johnny Taylor, Stax 0009 (East, BMI) while James Brown was named top male artist (over Otis Redding) 31 24 SOCK IT TO ME-PART I 8 SOULFUL STRUT 5 and the Temptations copped 6 Deacons, Shama 100 (Colfam, BMI) r&b album honors (over Aretha Frank- Young -Holt Unlimited, Brunswick 55391 lin). The late Wes Montgomery scored as the top jazz artist. Named (Dakar/BRC, BMI) - SOUL SISTER-BROWN SUGAR 1 1-2-3 as top Hot 100 producers were: Gamble -Huff, Norman Sam & Dave, Atlantic 2590 (Walden- Whit- 7 6 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME field and 8 Birdees, ASCAP) Jerry Wexler.... The Rascals have announced a new con- Eddie Floyd, Stax 0012 (Kags, BMI) cert policy, effective 1: Jan. They will not appear in concert any- 33 27 TALKING ABOUT MY BABY 9 35 I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME 4 where unless half the acts on the bill are black. The Rascals recently Gloria Walker, Flaming Arrow 35 Diana Ross & the Supremas with the (Flaming Arrow, BMI) performed at a Martin Luther King Memorial benefit here.... At- Temptations, Motown 1137 (Act Three, BMI) lantic is reservicing deejays with Aretha Franklin's "My Song." . 34 37 RELEASE ME 5 9 10 SEE SAW 6 WNJR is broadcasting from the steps of Newark's Johnny Adams, SSS Intl 750 City Hall to pro- Aretha Franklin, Atlantic 2574 (4 Star Sales, BMI) mote a drive to accumulate clothing and gifts for the needy. Soul (Cotillion/East, BMI) artists contributing their 35 39 BEGINNING OF THE END 4 time include Brenda Jo Harris, makin' 17 MY SONG 5 Unifics, Kapp 957 (Cuydra, BMI) smoke with her Roulette recording of "I Can Remember," produced Aretha Franklin, Atlantic 2574 by Ronnie (Lion of Houston, BMI) Savoy and Suron Productions. . . Philadelphia Phillies' 36 36 HANG 'EM HIGH 7 Richie Allen Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Stax 0013 (Unart, BMI) will take a swing at the record field on the Groovey 14 PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG 5 Grooves label. The baseball Otis Redding, Atco 6636 (Lois/Tocca, BMI) slugger signed a contract last week with 37 40 YOU'VE GOT THE POWER 6 Hamilton Productions, an independent . . . Esquires, Wand 1193 (McLaughlin, BMI) firm. Atlantic-Atco is 12 7 LOVE CHILD 11 covering the Beatles' with soul versions by Diana Ross & the Supremas, Arthur Conley's "Ob -La - Motown 1135 38 23 DON'T BE AFRAID Di" and Wilson Pickett's (Jobete, BMI) (Do as I Say) 8 "Hey Jude." . 1969 will probably find Frankie Karl & the Dreams, D.C. 180 r&b re-souling (Proud Tunes, BMI) more pop hits by the Beatles and other groups-and 13 13 ROCKIN' IN THE SAME OLD BOAT 7 rock acts translating r&b Bobby Bland, Duke 440 (Don, BMI) material for pop mileage.... Producer to 39 32 FROM THE TEACHER TO THE PREACHER 11 watch for '69: Guy Draper, Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin, who brought the Unifies to the 21 ARE Brunswick YOU HAPPY 3 55387 (BRC/Jalynne, BMI) charts to stay. . . . Lou Rawls returns from Honolulu Friday (3) Jerry Butler, Mercury 72876 (World where he will open the Imperial Hawaii Hotel. Rawls is still in the War III/Parabut, BMI) 40 42 EVERYDAY PEOPLE 3 talking stage on a proposed Sly & the Family Stone, Epic 5-10407 TV series. . Producer -writer Ed 38 CAN I CHANGE MY MIND 3 (Dale City, BMI) ("For Your Love") Townsend penned and produced Dee Dee War- Tyrone Davis, Dakar 602 (Dakar, BMI) wick's two-sided disk offer, "Thank God" and "Foolish 41 41 DRESSES TOO SHORT 7 Fool." Chap- 16 16 MALINDA 8 Syl Johnson, Twinight 110 (Midday/ pell Music is publishing the two Townsend originals. Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, Michelle, BMI) Gordy 7079 (Jobete, BMI) 42 43 LOOKING BACK 3 * * * Joe Simon, 17 Sound Stage 7 2622 19 READY OR NOT HERE I COME 3 (Eden/Sweco, BMI) FILETS OF SOUL: Soul Sauce winds up its first year in the soul Delfonics, Philly Groove 154 (Nickle Shoe, BMI) business with a sincere and soulful "Thanks" to the readers and writ- 43 44 FREEDOM TRAIN 4 ers 25 THIS IS MY COUNTRY 5 James Carr, Goldwax 338 who have shaped Soul Sauce into a weekly open house for r&b. Impressions, Curton 1934 (Camad, BMI) (Lyn-Lao/Partner, BMI) Next year hopes to find Soul Sauce with more news, interviews, 44 46 DON'T opinions and the latest disk 19 12 SLOW DRAG 6 PAT BE ON THE BACK AND info-all for the world of soul. Your Intruders, Gamble 221 (Razor Sharp, BMI) CALL ME BROTHER 3 mail will continue to serve as the life line of Soul Sauce, so send us Kasandra, Capitol 2342 (Meaningful Music/ your news and views and keep us wise to your product 20 9 GOODBYE MY LOVE 7 Footboat, BMI) and artists. James Brown, King 6198 (Dvnatone, BM ) Thanks most of all to those who grew with us, from England, France 45 45 1SHS 1T IMMIX TOGETHER 2 O. C. Smith, Columbia 4-44705 (United and Holland to every corner of America. And if you read Soul 21 11 PICKIN' WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES 12 Artists, ASCAP) Sauce write and tell us, so we can say: Aretha Franklin reads Soul Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson, SSS International 748 (Crazy Ca¡un, BMI) 46 28 I'VE GOT LOVE FOR MY BABY 12 Sauce. . Do you? . . The Precisions, formerly on the Drew label, Young Hearts, Minit 32049 (Metric/ have moved over to Atco with "Into My Life," ready for 22 18 ALWAYS TOGETHER 12 Lenoir, BMI) release Dells, Cadet 5621 (Chevis, BMI) this . . . month. Joe Simon's new LP, "Simon Sings," features his 47 47 YOU GOT SOUL 1 "Message From Maria" and flip hit, "Looking Back." Heavy play 34 JUST AIN'T NO LOVE 5 Johnny Nash, JAD 209 (Nash, ASCAP) on "Misty Blue" from Barbara Acklin, Brunswick 55388 the LP will break it as Simon's next single. l (Dakar/BRC, BMI) 48 48 YOU'RE LEAVING ME 4 . At the Hotel Americana's Royal Box: Anthony & the Imperials, 011ie & the Nightingales, Stax 0014 (East, BMI) who co-star with comedian - THERE'S GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN 1 Godfrey Cambridge until Friday (10). tit Archie Bell & Drells, Atlantic 2583 - HANG IT UP 1 . Bob Cole, from the army broadcast center at Fort Meade, Md., (Downstairs/Double Diamond, BMI) ttr Laura Lee, Chess 2062 (Chevis, BMI) dropped into town last week to pick up a few soul records from 25 26 I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER 3 50 50 UNTIE ME 2 labels. Companies interested in servicing the service with soul should William Bell, Sfax 0015 (East/Memphis, BMI) James & Bobby Purify, Bell 751 (Lowery, BMI) mail disks to Cole at: 1st USA Recruiting District, Broadcast Center, Fort Meade 20755. . . . Chris Bartley, Vando artist, recently re- turned from a European trip. CHOPIN-Fourteen Waltzes; (Mercury Wing), Bartley will present the Inner Souls, SRW 18091 a new group, at Dino's Lounge in Middletown, N. Y., and will record PETULA CLARK'S Greatest Hits, Vol. 1; them for Van McCoy's Share Records.... Martha Reeves presented (Warner Bros.), WS 1765 her New Album Releases CHICK COREA-Now He Sings, Now He slickest act yet at the Copacabana. She will undoubtedly be one Sobs; (Solid State), 18039 of Motown's BANDA CORRIDA of Mexico City/Genaro hottest attractions for '69. Doomsday prophets who, a THE ASSOCIATION BOSKOVSKY Greatest Hits; (Warner ENSEMBLE-Dances of Old Nunez-Brave Bulls; (Budget), S 5117 few months ago, were predicting the downfall of Motown should Bros.), WS 1767 Vienna; (London), CS 6570 JAMES COTTON-Cut You Loosel; (Van- glance at last week's charts: five disks out the ARCHIE AND LORENE-Tell It Like It Is; ALFRED BRENDEL-A Mozart Piano Recital; guard), VSD 79283 of top pop 10 belonged (RCA Victor), LSP 4086 (Cardinal), VCS 10043 THE COUNTRY GUITARS-Welcome to Guitar to Motown, with Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grape- ELEANOR ARRECHEA-Untold Millions; (Zon- We're the BANANA SPLITS; (Decca), DL Country; (Mercury); SRW 16373 vine" threatening to become Motown's biggest 'ervan), ZLP 753 75075 The Best of FLOYD CRAMER; (RCA Victor), hit ever-all since the BERNSTEIN CONDUCTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE The Very Remarkable BILL BARRON-His LSP 4091 departure of Holland -Dozier New York Philharmonic (Bernstein); Heart His Soul; (Impact), HWS 1999 -Holland, whose loss soothsayers pre- VIC DAMONE-Why Can't I Walk Away; (Columbia), D3S 785 SHIRLEY BASSEY-This Is My Life; (United (RCA Victor), LSP 3984 dicted would down Motown for good. Any questions? . R&b WENDY BAGWELL & THE SUNLITERS The Artists). UAS 6675 DEEP PURPLE-The Book of Taliesyn; Te- will Gospel return to Fillmore East the weekend beginning Friday (10) when Truth; (RCA Victor), LSP 4056 THE BERNDT SISTERS Sing a New Song; tragrammaton), T 107 THE B. B. King bows at the downtown rock house. Soul debuted BISON GLEE CLUB-Praise; (Word), (Zondervan), ZLP 750 THE DEVIANTS-Ptoofl; (Sire), SES 97001 at Fill- WST 8444 BEST OF THE SOUNDTRACKS; (Tower), ST THE DILLARDS--Wheatstraw Suite; (Elektra), more Dec. 13 with Sam & Dave, whose show will go down in Fill- REV. EDMOND BLAIR-Seeking a Part 5148 74035 more history as a musical event. "Double Dynamite" Time Love; (Atlantic), SD R-020 JAMES BROWN-A Few Nice Things; (King), SAMMY DAVIS JR.-I Gotta Be Me; (Re- are the finest THE BLUE DANUBE - Philadelphia Orch. 1038 prise), 6324 live soul act working today.... CBS -TV will replay a special on the (Ormandy); (Columbia), D3S 789 DONALD BYRD--Slow Drag; (Blue Note), BST DAVE DUDLEY-Oh Lonesome Me; (Mercury blues this THE BLUES PROJECT-Planned Obsolescence; 84292 Wing), SRW 16372 month. The show features Vanguard's Buddy Guy. . . (Verve/Forecast), FTS 3046 ARCHIE CAMPBELL/LORENE- MANN-Archie EASTER BROTHERS AND The Green Valley Shirelles, THE The one of the longest -running female groups on the soul BROTHERHOOD; (RCA Victor), LSP 4092 and Lorene Tell It Like It Is; (RCA Quartet; (Stark), SR 200-1 scene, ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS-Love Is; Victor), LSP 4086 BILLY ECKSTINE-For Love of Ivy; (Motown), have joined Bell Records.... Jean Wells LP debut on Calla (MGM), AW 4591-2 THE CAROLINA GOSPEL SINGERS; (Stark), MS 677 makes her a top talent to eye for '69. Her vocals JERRY BUTLER-The Ice Man Cometh; (Mer. on "Try Me and SR 001 THE EVERLY BROTHERS-Roots; (Warner rury), ST 61198 See" and "After Loving You" are the clear, musical calling cards of rARTER; VARIATIONS FOR ORCH./DOUBLE Bros.), W 1752 JOE BUTLER-Revelation/Revolution '69 the CONCERTO-New Philadelphia Orch./Eng- FOUR another "Lady Soul." in the making.... And thank you for the cards Lovin' Spoonful; (Kama Sutra), KLPS 8073 JACKS AND A JILL-Fables; (RCA lish Chamber Orch. (Prausnitz); Colum- Victor), LSP 4103 and holiday greetings. Soul Sauce extends to you a very happy holi- LARRY BUTLER, HIS PIANO & ORCH.-A bia), MS 7191 Thing CONN E FRANCIS Sings Bacharach and Called Love; (Imperial), 12410 RAY CHARLES day and New Year, hoping, too, that one of your New Year's resolu- --Memories of a Middleaged David; (MGM), SE BUXTEHUDE: 4585 tions is to make your disk diet a little richer with Soul Sauce. ORGAN MUSIC -Walter Kraft; Movie Fan; (Atco) SD 33.263 (Turnabout), TV 34283 The Best of the COWSILLS; (MGM) SE 4597 (Continued on page 46) 18 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD

Rhythm & Blues

Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/4/69 The Ait Version of: BEST SELLING "CHITTY CHITTY Rhythm's Blues BANG BANG"

STAR Performer-LP's registering greatest proportionate upward progress this week.

This Last Weeks on This Last Weeks on Week Week Title, Artist, Label, No. & Pub. Chart Week Week Title, Artist, Label, No. & Pub. Chart

Billboard 1 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES JOIN 31 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES "LIVE" Award THE TEMPTATIONS 5 AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN. .. 14 Motown MS 679 (S) Motown (No Mono); MS 676 (S)

2 2 ARETHA IN PARIS 6 27 28 YESTERDAY'S DREAM 14 Aretha Franklin, Atlantic SD 8207 (S) Four Tops, Motown (No Mono); MS 669 (S)

26 3 3 LOVE CHILD 5 28 27 THE IMMORTAL OTIS REDOING.... (No SD 33 252 (S) Diana Ross & the Supremes, /,tco Mono); Motown MS 670 (S) 29 29 WHEELS OF FIRE 21 4 4 JAMES BROWN LIVE AT THE APOLLO, Cream, Atco (No Mono); SD 33-244 (S) VOL. 2 18 30 34 ARE YOU EXPERIENCED 63 King (No Mono); 1022 (S) Jimi Hendrix Experience, Reprise R 6261 (M); RS 6261 (S) 5 5 MARVIN GAYE IN THE GROOVE ... 12 Tamla TS 285 (S) 31 35 JOHN W. ANDERSON PRESENTS 6 6 FELICIANO! 25 KASANDRA 7 Jose Feliciano, RCA Victor LPM 3957 (M); Capitol ST 2957 (S) LSP 3957 (S) 32 20 TEMPTATIONS WISH IT WOULD RAIN 33 7 7 ARETHA NOW 26 Gordy (No Mono); 927 (S) Is in the Album: Aretha Franklin, Atlantic (No Mono); SD 8186 (S) 33 36 LOOK AROUND 32 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, A&M (No Mono); 8 8 HICKORY HOLLER REVISITED 27 SP 4137 (S) O. C. Smith, Columbia (No Mono); CS 9680 (S) 34 33 THE TIME HAS COME TODAY 19 CINEMA '69 9 9 SPECIAL OCCASION 15 Chambers Brothers, Columbia CL 2722 (M); Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, CS 9522 (5) Tamla TS 290 (S) 35 42 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES 10 10 CHEAP THRILLS 13 GREATEST HITS 50 LEROY HOLMES Big Brother & the Holding Co., Motown M2-663 (M); M2S-663 (S) Columbia KCS 9700 (S) 36 38 MAIDEN VOYAGE 23 11 13 LADY SOUL 46 Ramsey Lewis, Cadet (No Mono); LPS 811 (S) Aretha Franklin, Atlantic 8176 (M); Sr, 8176 (S) 37 17 A DAY IN THE LIFE 63 Wes Montgomery, A&M (No Mono); 16 IN PERSON AT THE WHISKEY A GO GO 5 SP 3001 (S) Otis Redding, Atco SD 33-265 (S) 38 37 TEMPTATIONS GREATEST HITS 108 13 14 TIME PEACE/GREATEST HITS...... 26 Gordy 919 (M); S 919 (S) Rascals, Atlantic (No Mono); SD 8190 (S) 39 23 ELECTRIFYING EDDIE HARRIS 43 22 SOULED 5 Atlantic. 1495 (M); SD 1495 (S) ler Jose Feliciano, RCA Victor LST 4045 (S) - TCB 1 15 11 YOU'RE ALL I NEED 16 Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Tamla TS 284 (S) Temptations, Motown MS 682 (S)

19 FOOL ON THE HILL 5 - LIVE AT THE COPA 1 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Temptations, Gordy GS 938 (S) A&M SPX 4160 (S) 43 ROAD SONG 4 LUNCH DINNER gle 44 PROMISES, PROMISES 2 Wes Montgomery, A&M SP 3012 (S) Dionne Warwick, Scepter SPS 571 (S) COCKTAILS 48 SUPER HITS, VOL. 2 3 D PRIVATE PARTIES 0ßßo D 18 18 ELECTRIC LADYLAND 10 Various Artists, Atlantic SD 8188 (S) Jimi Hendrix Experierce, Reprise (S) 2RS 6207 DANCING - ICE MAN COMETH 1 19 12 THIS IS MY COUNTRY 8 Jerry Butler, Mercury ST 61198. (S) Impressions, Curtom CRS 8001 (S) - SILK 'N SOUL 1 20 15 THERE IS 34 Gladis Night & the Pips, Soul SS 711 (S) Dells, Cadet (No Mono); LP 804 (S) LOV1N - SOULFUL STRUT 1 21 21 200 M.P.H 10 Young Holt Unlimited, Brunswick BL 754144 (5) Bill Cosby, Warner Bros. -7 Arts WS 1757 (S) PERSONAL SERVICE TO ALL MAN 47 47 SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES, JUKEBOX 22 25 SUPER HITS, VOL. 3 2 GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 45 OPERATORS ON YOU R Various Artists, Atlantic SD 8203 (S) Tamla T 280 (M); TS 280 (5) AND RECORD DEALERS r 40 THE WORM 2 48 50 STEVIE WONDER'S GREATEST HITS 36 NAND Jimmy McGriff, Solid State 18045 (S) Tamla (No Mono); TS 282 (S) AVAILABLE A complete line of b/w 24 24 HOLD ME TIGHT 5 49 49 THOSE WERE THE DAYS 2 Johnny Nash, JAD JS 1207 (S) Johnny Mathis, Columbia CS 9705 (S) Pop R&B Spiritual C&W RECONSI DER 25 26 BEST OF THE IMPRESSIONS 11 50 39 I THANK YOU 5 ABC ABCS 654 (S) Sam & Dave, Atlantic SD 8205 (S) Singles & LP's BABY - Plus - B-4067 All Gold Standards Tex WiUU Begin (Oldies But Goodies) FREE TITLE STRIPS Jr. Parker b Foreign Tour All Lines of 8 Track and 4 Track Produced Cartridge Tapes Amigos de Mu SIC a NEW YORK-Soul singer Jo and F -A -S -T ONE Tex will begin the new year DAY SERVICE at with Caribbean, South Ameri- STAN'S RECORD SERVICE can and European tours. A 728 Texas Street, Shreveport, La. new single, Call Collect (318) 422-7182 "That's Your Baby," A Product of on the Atlantic -distributed Dial Mercury label, will be released this Record week. Productions, Tex leaves New York Tues- MI» Inc. day (7) for Trinidad, Nassau, the Bahamas, and 35 East Wacker Drive Venezuela Illinois Surinam. He then flies to Lon- MM" Chicago, 60601 don Jan. 17 for four days of A VO ELIN) major concerts and TV appear- The SIGN 01 great reading Corporation ances, including spots on "Top of the Pops" and "Lulu's Place" variety programs. After three days of person- al appearances in Sweden, Tex when answering ads .. . flies to Germany before going .. s z THE PRECISIONS, formerly on the independent Drew label, sign a Say You Saw It in Billboard to Cannes, where he will be a recording featured performer at contract with Atlantic's vice-president in charge of promotion, MIDEM. Henry Allen, seated left. Bill Craig, the group's manager, signs as the A series of one-nighters com- Precisions look on. Jerry Greenberg, of Atlantic, also attends the pletes the tour, ceremonies.

JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 21 Radio-TV programming Demographics Put Focus On Age of Consultant By CLAUDE HALL Continued from page 1 came a tremendous success lat- age groups rather than at total er with KHJ, Los Angeles, in numbers of listeners. This has consulting do quite well without team with consultant Bill Drake), led to the "day of the consult- making million -dollar deals. One Mort Crowley (now program di- ant" in radio. Glascock, under consultant, for example, works rector of KXOX, St. Louis), the firm name of Harvey Glas - on a $200 -per -day basis. plus dozens of other big name cock Inc., will consult a select The father of the consulting personalities and program direc- list of clients in a full range of business is Mike Joseph, noted tors. radio, including management, for such successes as WABC in Demographics, of course, selling, engineering, music, per- New York, WFIL in Philadel- concerns the pin -pointing of tar- sonalities, and publicity. His phia, and WKNR in Detroit. get audiences. Advertising agen- scope will cover all formats. His Some of the men who've worked cies are seeking definite age greatest triumph, of course, for Joseph -consulted stations in- groups now for their products; came with WNEW in New York clude Frank Ward (now a con- as a result, stations are being which he took from a gross of sultant), Ron Jacobs (who be - forced to program at specific $6.5 million to $8.5 million. He also set the trend before that for Metromedia's WIP in Phila- delphia and before that for KFI Revamping to WHK in Cleveland. He started in Top 40 radio as owner with John Kluge, head of Metrome- Hit 25-49 Bracket dia, of WKDA in Nashville. Frank Ward is a consultant for such stations LOS ANGELES - On Jan. 2 Jay Lawrence (from WGR in as WAAB in KFI will turn into, as program Buffalo), and Mikel Hunter Worcester, Mass., plus stations (who in Detroit and Philadelphia, and director David Moorhead is comes from KLIV in San VAN of WSB, Atlanta, gets his copy of Jose, admits that he can earn as much BOB CAMP, music director stating, "a swinging psyche- Calif.). Bob Arbogast will Bobby Vinton's single, "I Love How You Love Me," direct from Vinton, be doing weekends. consulting as when general man- delic pussycat." Actually, this is All records at left. Standing behind Camp is WSB personality Dave Kirschner. will be slated ager of WWRL in New York. just one of the station's tag for the deejays Vinton manager Pete Bennett is at right. and production will be Top Some of the other name con- lines for promotions; KFI is 40 sultants include in nature. Jingles that KFI will Ted Randle, revamping to a tightly pro- Graham Richards, Jerry duced be using are short and usually middle-of-the-road for- pithy. Graham and Bernie Ruttenberg. mat to aim at the Tones Down 25-49 age One thing for Ruth Meyer was considering con- WNOE adult. Moorhead said the sta- sure: Moor- head is going after a mass au- sulting. Ron Elz, former man- tion would program adult con- ager of KSHE-FM in St. Louis, temporary popular music- dience. "The demographics of Top 40 stations are coming is now a consultant in the pro- To Swinging Middle "the very best records in both gressive rock field. Bob Martin, singles and albums way down. At WOKY in Mil- that comes waukee (his former manager of WKYC in NEW ORLEANS-WNOE, long-established rocker, has out. We're going to make KFI last station), we found it necessary to soften Cleveland, is now a consultant switched to a "swinging middle-of-the-road" format, according to sound like a 50,000 -watt sta- the and working presently with program director Bill Stewart. The change was totally unexpected, tion should sound. tempo in the daytime in It's been a order to compete. WGBS in Miami. Paul Drew, since Stewart is one of the pioneers in the Top 40 format. The reason little old lady too long and In Los An- geles, we feel that the rock after turning around CKLW in given was the "shrinking" Top 40 shares. we're going to lift it out of Detroit, is a consultant in Phila- the 18th century." station can have the kids. We In a November audience rating survey, WTIX and WNOE want the young adults and delphia at WIBG. split 18 p.er cent of the audience, said Stewart, in the morning period. He has selected a variously adults." Not all consultants are suc- "The concept of Top 40 radio was that it appealed to the majority of talented line-up from both Top The biggest .problem he has cessful. Drew at WIBG, for ex- the audience; years ago two or three stations used to split 50 to 60 40 and easy listening stations, had is finding personalities. ample, hasn't been able to turn per cent of the audience. But these shares have been shrinking month including Al Loman Jr. and "There just aren't that many the station around against the by month." Roger Barkley (a deejay competition-WFIL. team good personalities around. 'The In some He felt the majority audience in New obvi- who were most recently cases, that of the Orleans at country has been Drakenized consultants have been ously no longer wanted to listen to r&b-flavored rock 'n' roll records KFWB in Los Angeles), Ron with time brought in to solve the and temperature problems and psychedelic records. There was a possibility, he said, that Top 40 Thompson, Robert L. Collins, deejays." created by a former program- ming consultant. stations had "r&b'd and psychedelic'd themselves to death. Something Joseph, who goes has got to come along or Top 40 radio is in trouble. But I just can't at his labor see much as would a scientist, takes any hope for it today." anywhere from eight weeks to WNOE will go after young adults and adults with a personality nine months to put a station lineup that includes Jim Stewart, Dan Diamond, and Ken Addison, pro9ramming aids back on the right track, depend- plus newcovers Jim Clark from KCMO in Kansas City, Brian Har- ing on the type of format he rigan from WABB in Mobile, and Bill Beal from WBMB in New recommends for it. Orleans. "But it's amazing how many kids are looking for a station Programming guidelines from key pacesetting He also con- radio stations, tracts for a year's retainer. like this. Not all the music we play is Sinatra and Andy Williams." including Best Picks, Best Leftiield Picks, Biggest Happenings, and Biggest Leftfield Happenings. It takes longer to put a sta- Stewart said he spent a lot of time before making the format tion in an all -news or all -talk change listening to WIP in Philadelphia and WTAE in Pittsburgh. format, Joseph said. "When I "But WNOE is different; it doesn't sound like any other station," Marion, S. C.-WATP changed WFIL to a Top 40 for- Stewart said. He said that WNOE production is tight ... personali- mat, I spent five months in Phil- ties talk over the top of the records and off the end, "but not ex- HOT 100 Russ Cotton adelphia before I kicked off the clusively. The major change is in the music. We've eliminated all Music & Program Director new sound ... then stayed on r&b-rock and psychedelic records." WNOE had been very close to another 12 months. When I left, BP: "This Old Heart of Mine," Tammi overcoming WTIX in the ratings battle, Stewart said, "But the share Charlotte, N. C.-WAYS Terrell. BLFP: "Playgirl," Three Proph- (Continued on page 24) of audience we were competing for just wasn't worth it." ets. BH: "Soulful Strut," Young -Holt Jack Gale Unlimited. BLFH: "This Magic Mo- ment," Jay and Americans. Program/Music Director, Personality BP: "An Extra Gas," Sounds Extraordi- WLOF Widens to Country nairy. BLFP: "Restless," Carl Perkins. BH: "Soulful Strut," Young -Holt Un- Phoenix, Ariz. limited. BLFH: "This Magic Moment," -KRUX ORLANDO, Fla. Not satis- of the listening audience us. Jay and - of the ten to It's much in the Americans. fied with all the Top 40 audi- market. same way Top 40 stations lift Rhett Hamilton ence, WLOF here has set out "WLOF has always been a some r&b records." Chattanooga-WFLI Walker to also capture a share of the pioneer station," said Vermil- One of the "cross-over rec- Operations market's country music audi- Mike lion. "For example, we were ords" that WLOF is playing is Scudder Manager ence. WLOF came in for a playing the better of the pro- "Stand by Your Man," by Music Director lion's share BP: "Mama Roux," Dr. John, Atco. of the Top 40 au- gressive rock records as chart Tammy Wynette. WLOF is al- BLFP: "She's dience BP: "No Not Much," Smoke Ring, Not There," The Road, recently when WHOO artists a year and a half ago. ready No. 1 in the market, Buddah. BLFP: "California Kama Sutra. BH: "G.apevine," Marvin Dreamin'," Gaye, Tamla. switched from a Top 40 format Now, as the only Top 40 sta- Vermillion said, "except in the Bobby Womak, Minit. BH: "You Don't to country music. Have to Be Crazy," Bobby Boyd, Scep- Now, Bill tion in the market we can af- morning." ter. BLFH: "Soulful Strut," Young - Vermillion, music director of ford to experiment further. I Vermillion, who got his start Holt Unlimited, Brunswick. Rolla, Mo.-KTTR WLOF, said the station is tak- feel that a lot of people like on KTFI in Twin Falls, Idaho, ing the giant Nick Gary country hits- country music and maybe in 1958, said he was indoctri- Jacksonville, Fla.-WAPE "those records that can go there's a share of audience we nated into Top 40 by the Personality both ways . . . pop and coun- could gain who're listening to "'Lucky Lager Dance Time" Ike Lee BP: "Games People Play," Joe South, try like 'El Paso'-and play- one of the country music sta- show. In 1961, Vermillion went BP: "Will You Be Staying After Sun- Capitol. BLFP: "Since They Fired the ing them." tions because they like some to KXLY in day." Peppermint Rainbow, Decca. Band Director," Linda Manning, Mer- Spokane, where he BLFP: "Can I Change Your Mind," cury. BH: "Electric Stories," 4 Seasons, Orlando now has two coun- country music ... though not split the music directing Tyrone Davis. BH: "Crimson and Clo- Philips. BLFH: "Mama Roux," Dr. try stations and together, ac- all of it. We're trying to give chores with Seam ver," Tommy James and Shondells, Rou- John the Night -Tripper, Atco. O'Callahan. lette. BLFH: "Fox on the Run," Man- cording to Vermillion, they people who like just some After a year, he moved on to fred Mann, Mercury. (Continued on page 24) reach more than 25 per cent country music a reason to lis- (Continued on page 24) 22 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD r...... '......

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Miami Beach-WMBM Donny Gee programming aids Program/Music Director, Personality BP: "Honest to Goodness," Herb Ward, RCA, BLFP: "I'm Making Love," Lit- Vox Jox tle Frankie Lee, Peacock. BH: "Every- Continued from page 22 Kenny Vernon and Lewanda Lindsey, day People," Sly and Family Stone, By CLAUDE HALL Chart. BH: "Hold Me Tight," Johnny Epic; "Showdown," Archie Bell, Atlan- Radio-TV Editor Carver, Imperial. BLFH: "Each Time," tic. BLFH: "Beggar Love," Norfleet Rome, Ga.-WROM Johnny Bush, Stop. Cousins, Gimini Star; "You're Taking Too Long," Bossman, Gamble. Andrew Trapp, with WVIZ for Bill B. Tanner Jr. has been pro- three years, takes over at the moted to station manager of Johnny Kay Cleveland progressive rock station. WKOR, Starkville, Miss., and re- placing him as program director Dee Jay Charlotte, .. Jim Kelly, formerly of WAQI, Ashtabula, Ohio, is now with will be Cramer Haas. I don't know BP: "Games People Play," Joe South, N C.-WWOK . with Capitol. BH: "Crimson and Clover," WNOB-FM, Cleveland. King what station Haas worked Tommy James and Shondells, Roulette. EASY Kirby's teen show on WUAB-TV, last, but he was the morning man BLFH: "Who's Makin' Love," Johnnie Cloyd Bookout Cleveland, each Saturday evening on Armed Forces Radio in Saigon Taylor, Stax. Music Director, has been cut down to a half-hour, back in 1966-'67. Here's the new Personality LISTENING part of the unfortunate, but surely, line-up at the powerhouse station: growing demise of local teen Tanner, Haas, Butch Luke, music BP: "God Is Alive and Well," Stone - director John Robin, and Terry man's, MGM. BLFP: "Girls in Country shows on TV. I hate to see this San Antonio- Music," Bobby Braddock, MGM. BH: sort of thing happen. Surely TV McGrew. . Al Summers has "Love Thy Neighbor," Carl Vaughn, stations can, with a little effort, shifted into the 6-10 a.m. slot at KTSA Monument. BLFH: "Restless," Carl WRIT, Milwaukee, where former - Perkins, find local sponsors who want to Columbia. reach teens. (Continued on page 26) Kahn Hamon Program Director Dallas -Fort Worth-KYAL Atlanta-WSB BP: "Showdown,' Archie Bell, Atlan- tic. BLFP: "Mendocino," Sir Doug, Johnny Dallas Chris Fortson Demographics Put Focus Smash. BH: "I Heard It Through the Program Director Grapevine," Marvin Gaye, Tamla. Music Library BLFH: "Hooked on a Feeling," B. J. BP: "Bring Me Sunshine," Willie Nel- Thomas, Scepter. BP: "Star," Frank Sinatra, Reprise. On Age of Consultant son, RCA. BH: "Keep Me From Cry- BLFP: "So True," Peaches & Herb, ing," Merle Haggard, Capitol. Date. BH: "Dear World," Ray Con- Sarasota, Fla.-WYND niff Singers, Columbia. BLFH: "Long Continued from page 22 many people spoke English, how White Room," Nancy Wilson, Capitol. many spoke Spanish. His re- Ken Kold Flint, Mich. they were already in No. 1 posi- search, a phenomenal feat in it- Program/Music Director, Personality -WKMF tion." self, is just the first step; he also Cadillac, Mich.-WATT He felt that his greatest suc- directs every aspects of the sta- BP: "I'm in Love With You," Super K Jim Harper cess had come with stations al- tion's programming while on the Circus, Buddah. BLFP: "Light in My Dick Conder Window," Smokestack Lightnin', Bell. Program/Music ready at the bottom "because scene. It was Joseph, for ex- Program Director, Personality BH: "Feelin' So Good," Archies, Calen- Director, they've got to go for broke." ample, who hired Jim Hilliard dar. BLFH: "Everyday People," Sly and Family Stone, Epic. Personality BP: "Hurry Home for Christmas," Steve It's easier to convince manage- as program director of WFIL & Eydie, RCA. BLFP: "The Things That ment of the necessity for in Philadelphia. BP: "Restless," Carl Perkins, Columbia. Matter," Van Trevoc, Royal American. BLFP: "I Like to Booze It," Neal Mer- BH: "Lo Muncho Que Te Quiero," Rene changes. But in several cases The reason Joseph got into ritt, Stop. BH: "Livin' on Lovin'," Slim & Rene, White Whale. BLFH: "Vance," he has been brought in to do consulting? He'd just had a tre- Whitman, Imperial. BLFH: "The Wel- Roger Miller, Smash. fare Check," Ken Kennedy, Spar. "touch up" consulting for a sta- mendous chain of successes as Scranton, Pa. tion when they've got the ap- national program director of the -WSCR propriate format and just need Founders stations, which in- Knoxville- Detroit-WJBK some advice to make them bet- cluded KPOA in Honolulu and ter. WSMB in New Jim Drucker WROL John M. Consultant Frank Ward calls Orleans. "I felt this part of his duties "polish- that if I could accomplish in BP: "Ob-La -Di, Ob -La -Da," Arthur Grubbs ing" up the station's sound. ratings and billings what I had Conley, Atco. BLFP: "Bubble Gum Mu- Phil Rainey sic," The R&R D.B.T.C. Co. of Phil- Program/Music Program Manager Joseph's advice is not lightly -and everybody was partaking adelphia 1914, Buddah. BH: "Cloud given; he spends long hours and of the results but me why Nine," Temptations, Gordy. BLFH: Director, BP: "Star," Frank Sinatra, Reprise. - "Gain' Up the Country," Caved Heat, Personality BLFP: "Talk Until Daylight," Joannie days and weeks performing the couldn't I do it for myself." Liberty. Sommers, WB-7. BH:"L. A. Break- most elaborate of market stu- He credited Lew Avery of Av- BP: "Only You," Noro Wilson, Smash. down," Jack Jones, RCA. BLFH: "Stand By Your Man," Tammy Wynette, Epic. dies in both people and records. ery-Knodel with Wichita, Kan.-RÉYN BLFP: "Father of Judy Ann," Red recommending Sovine, Starday. BH: "Kay," John Wes- He takes what he considers as him to several stations; Ben ley Ryles, Columbia. BLFH: "Vance," J. Robert Dark Roger Miller, Smash. "audience flow." This pinpoints Holmes of Petry also holds Jo- just what listener is available and seph in good stead these days. Program/Music Director CUT T-1-10-26-68 Kingston, precisely when from Chamber of In programming, there is sel- BP: "Poor Side of Town," Al Wilson, Commerce studies, agricultural dom anything new, Joseph felt. Soul City. BLFP: "Night Time Music," N. Y.-WBAZ Magic Ship, B. T. Puppy. BH: "Games Lynchburg, studies, student studies, and The tight playlist, a capella jin- People Play," Joe South, Capitol. Va.-WBRG Gary Davis lengthy discussions with manu- gles, tight production - these BLFH: "She's Not There," The Road, Kama Sutra. facturers and businesses. Find- were tools of the trade of Jo- Bob White Music Director, ing out that there were more seph long ago. He also was us- or, Personality Music Director, 11111L.- than 10,100 people working in ing golden oldies as an audi- Personality BP: "This Magic Moment," Jay & the San Juan after midnight Joseph ence builder long before Bill Americans, UA. BLFP: "If I Can PROGRESSIVE BP: "Restless," Carl Perkins, Columbia. Dream," Elvis Presley, RCA. BH: "Are immediately expanded the Drake refined oldies to a sci- BLFP: "Your Sweet Love Lifted Me," You Happy," Jerry Butler, Mercury. broadcast hours of WKAQ ence for his stations. Bobby Barnett, Columbia. BH: "Darlin', BLFH: "Fly With Me," Avant Garde, around the clock (previous to The to You Know I Wouldn't Lie," Conway Columbia. biggest danger any sta- ROCK Twitty, Decca. BLFH: "Oh, What a this, San Juan stations signed off tion is sloppiness. The produc- Woman," Jerry Reed, RCA. at midnight). WKAQ is the lat- tion becomes loose; the deejays Pomona, Calif.-KKAR est achievement of Mike Jo- ramble; it's over -cluttered with seph, a station that combines gimmicks and commercials. And, Gene Bush U. S. hits with Puerto Rican hits perhaps, that is also one of the Worcester, Philadelphia Program Director because Joseph mapped out the reasons for the growing demand Mass.-WORC -W RC P BP: "California Soul," Fifth Dimension, audience to find out just how of programming consultants. Soul City. BLFP: "Talk Until Daylight," Jeff Starr Don Paul Joannie Sommers, WB -7. BH: "Hooked on a Feeling," B. J. Thomas, Scepter. Program/Music Program Director BLFH: "Dizzy," Tommy Roe, ABC. Director WLOF Widens to Country BP: "All of This for Sally," Boyce BP: "A Woman Needs to Be Loved," Hawkins, RCA. BH: "Daddy Sang Bass," Tyrone Davis, Dakar (45). BLFP: "Sat- Johnny Cash, Columbia. BLFH: "Who's San Diego, Calif.-KOGO Continued from page 22 The reason that WLOF gets isfaction Guaranteed," Judy White, Bud- Julie," Mel Tillis, Kapp. dah (45). BH: "The Electric Flag," The such good record service, of Electric Flag, Columbia (entire album). Dick Roberts WLOF, a station owned and course, is that the station is a GLFH: "Live Wire-Blues Power," Al- Phoenix, Ariz.-KRDS Program Director managed by John Rutledge. bert King, Stax (entire LP). "One of the greatest persons good test station for records. BP: "Rain in My Heart," Frank Sinatra, Bob Pond Reprise. BLFP: "Saturday Night at the I've ever met . wears a "Five years ago, WLOF was Program/Music Director, Personality World," Mason Williams, WB -7. BH: Nehru jacket and his hair fifth or sixth in the market. "L. A. Breakdown," Jack Jones, RCA. long." The personality roster In July 1967, we made up our BP: "Song for Jenny," Ed Bruce, Monu- BLFH: "Do You Wanna Dance," Mamas COUNTRY ment. BLFP: "Wild, Wild Call in Me," & Papas, Dunhill. includes Pat O'Day 6-10 p.m., minds to become No. 1. We Lynn Harper, Fabor. BH: "Raining in and John Sutton 6 -midnight. thought we could do it in six My Heart," Ray Pennington, Monument. BLFH: "The Girls in Country Music," Dick (Richard Cammitz) Shane months; it actually took a Albany, N. Y.-WOKO Bobby Braddock, MGM. Spokane, Wash.-KXLY is the all night personality. year." Vermillion said that The station depends on programming consultant Gra- Glenn C. (Turtle) Lewis Gary Giorgi smaller promotions rather than ham Richards was hired. Rich- Program/Music Director, Personality Program Manager big ones; for example, recently ards set up a new music pol- BP: "Restless," Carl Perkins, Columbia. BP: "Edge of Reality," Elvis Presley, WLOF gave away 25 copies of a icy . . . changed the rotation BLFP: "Won't You Come Home," RHYTHM AND RCA. BLFP: "Fig Leaves Are Falling," Don Fardon album on a phone- of the records so the station Wayne Kemp, Decca. BH: "Daddy Sang Allan Sherman, RCA. BH: "Flyin' Bass," Johnny Cash, Columbia. BLFH: High," Baja Marimba Band, A&M. in contest. Vermillion feels this could give more exposure to "Kay," John Wesley Ryles, Columbia. BLUES BLFH: "Why Won't You Come Home type of promotion "creates m ire the very top hits. Hit records, -Part 1," Jo Ann Worley, WB -7. of an immediacy" and tries to the station plays about the top run one every other week. To six every other hour; another Ashland, Ky. Winnipeg, Man.-CFRW losers on the phone calls, WLOF I0-12 records get played every and Denver-KDKO sends out a single; "I got 180 four flours. In this same time, Huntington, . albums and 1,200 singles last the station will expose some of Greg S. Crawford John Murphy W. Va.-WTCR Program Director month from record compa- its strongest new releases. "We BP: "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," nies," Vermillion said, "and believe in exposing new prod- Mike Todd Supremes/Temptations, Motown. BLFP: BP: "Kum Ba Yak," Tommy Lanette. "Keep on Dancing," Alvin Cash Scott Decca. BLFP: "Star Crossed Lovers," many of them were dupes . . uct, so new records get a bet- Program Director Brothers Orch., Toddlin' Town. BH: Neil Sedaka, Atlantic. BH: "This Magic so we just send out a single ter break than those records "Grapevine," Marvin Gaye, Motown. Moment," Jay & the Americans, UA. at random, of like a on the middle of BP: "Won't You Come Home," Wayne BLFH: "The Worm," Jimmy McGriff, BLFH: "Cruel War," Sugar & Spice, sort grab just sitting Kemp, Decca. BLFP: "Eye to Eye," Solid State. 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I guess this is as WNTC, the Potsdam State -Clark- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; A&M SPX 4160 (S) * * * good a chance as any to say that Award Fred son College station. Kiml has joined KRUX, all readers of this column can now * * * 2 ROAD SONG 8 Phoenix, Ariz., and will be doing have free ad space in Radio-TV Wes Montgomery, A&M SP 3012 (S) a noon -3 p.m. show on the Hot 100 Mart. Write your own 40 -word ad. Jim Gallant is the new program 3 3 THE ELECTRIFYING EDDIE HARRIS 44 format station. Kiml, former pro- Enclose a stamped, addressed en- director of WLW, the 50,000 -watt, Atlantic 1495 (M); SD 1495 (S) gram director at velope so I can forward results to easy -listening station in Cincin- 4 4 MERCY, MERCY 8 KDEO, San Di- you ... or you can telephone me nati. Stu Bowers has resigned to Buddy Rich Big Band, World Pacific ST 20133 (S) ego, Calif., most two weeks after your ad has run do production work. He's search- 5 5 MAIDEN VOYAGE 24 recently was to see what the results are. The ing for a position outside of Cin- Ramsey Lewis, Cadet (No Mono); LPS 811 (S) general mana- rates we hád been charging in cinnati-just wants a change. Gal- 6 7 CALIFORNIA SOUL 3 ger of the Anita Radio-TV Mart were just enough lant had been program director Gerald Wilson, World Pacific ST 20135 (S) Kerr Enter- to pay for typesetting, but I'm and production director of KCMO, 7 10 A DAY IN THE LIFE 66 Wes Montgomery, A&M LP 2001 (M); SP (S) prises in Holly- willing to pick up the costs just to Kansas City, Mo. 3001 wood. Da- help everybody. It's now YOUR 8 8 HICKORY HOLLER REVISITED 18 0. C. Smith, Columbia (No Mono); CS 9680 (S) vid P. Fitch, Radio-TV Mart. So, use it if you The line-up at WTCR in Ash- 9 9 DOWN HERE ON THE 35 KIML program direc- wish. land, Ky.: GROUND tor of Program director Mike Wes Montgomery, A&M (No Mono); SP 3006 (S) WHVW, P.O. Box 95, Hyde * * * Todd, Ron Mastin, Park, N. Y. 12538, needs Hot 100 Gregg Elliott, 10 6 LOOK AROUND 42 Wayne Bowman, and Ron Sergio Mendes & '66, records. Guarantees play on the I'm sort of a non-political type, Lowe. Brasil A&M LP 137 (M); SP 4137 (S) but here's something At WMMS-FM, you'll find: 11 14 THE WORM mid -Hudson Valley station. . that struck 2 Program director Pat Jimmy Bobby Nash, now in his third my fancy: Jim Platt, deejay with McCoy, Vic- McGriff, Solid State SS 18045 (S) year tor Roc, Dick D'Amico, Nemo, at WTMA, Charleston, S. C., is KMOR, Salt Lake City, ran for 12 11 PROMISE OF THE FUTURE 28 Billy Bass, and even Hugh also making appearances on "Show the Utah State House of Represen- a taped pro- Masekela, Uni (No Mono); 73028 (S) tatives gram by WNEW-FM, New York's Time" show on WUSN-TV hosted in the recent elections-and 13 - POWERHOUSE 1 Rosko. . . . by Linda Stone. won. His competition: Dude Wil- Program director Jazz Crusaders, Pacific Jazz ST 20136 (S) Mike Malone at WUNI * * * liams of KSOP, Salt Lake City. in Mobile, 14 13 ACCENT ON AFRICA 9 Both are country Ala., is running a 24 -hour mara- Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Capitol ST 2987 (5) Moon Mullins, music director of music stations. Got to thon for the March of Dimes Jan. 15 JOHN W. ANDERSON PRESENTS KASANDRA 1 KCKN, Kansas mention that Pete Wil- - liams, a country 24. Wants all record artists in the Capitol ST 2957 (S) City, Mo., got entertainer, is do- ing a Sunday area to drop by and go on the 16 16 BIGGER & BETTER 16 a plaque (prob- radio show for WOKO, Albany, N. Y. I air to help out. WUNI is a coun- David Newman, Atlantic SD 1505 (S) ably from SSS used to try watch Pete's TV show up there station, rated No. 1 by Pulse 17 18 LIGHTHOUSE '68 28 International in the area. Jazz Records) for years ago. Crusaders, Pacific Jazz ST 20131 (S) * * * 18 19 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME 3 helping break Wes Montgomery, Verve V6-8765 (S) "Harper Valley Jim Donahue, formerly of East Word Adds 19 20 SERENADE TO A SOUL SISTER 7 PTA." Lansing, Mich., is now working Horace Silver Quintet, Blue Note 84279 (5) Bruce Hatha- the board at WIBG, Philadelphia. 20 12 LIVIN' IT MULLINS way, Dennis UP 18 of KTSA, Hudson, WRBC, Jack- To Facilities Jimmy Smith, Verve (No Mono); V6.8750 (S) writes a good column for a section son, Miss., is reported to be head- of The Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/4/69 San Antonio Express, men- ing for WFUN, . . WACO, Tex. Word, Miami. . Here's - Inc., tioning such artists as Sonny and the word on WKYC, Cleveland: the world's largest producer of the Sunliners and Denny Ezba, Specs Howard and Bob Cole will religious recordings, has broken -all local artists. . . . Mark be retained in the morning slot, ground for Thomas facility expansion has been promoted to but Chuck Dunaway (supposed to here. The addition will program and be a double music director of fine music man always un- the office space and increase Harper Joins Don Light WEET, Richmond, Va. He'd been derrated by the station), Bob Shan- a deejay on the station the non and Steve Brand the warehouse area by one- past are out. Fred third. two years. . . . Howard Mandel, Winston had earlier planned to As a General Manager research vice-president for the Na- leave. . The line-up at WYBG, The company's labels include tional Association of Broadcasters, Massena, N. Y.: now reads: Barry Word, Canaan, Sacred, Light NASHVILLE - The appoint- of the Tennesseeans Quartet died of a heart attack a week ago and Sword. Word also at his Tuckahoe, is the ment of Herman Harper as and later the Harvesters Quar- N. Y., home. He IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII parent company was 50. for Sacred general manager of Don Light tet of Charlotte, N. C. More re- Songs, the sheet music and cently he had been employed * * * Talent, Inc., has been an- Eddie songbook publisher. as sales manager of Olan Mills Dillon, former host of VERMILLION: nounced "Pacific Bandstand" at KEYT-TV, The firm also has moved into by Light. in Chattanooga. He now will Santa Barbara, BAN MONAURAL the book publishing field Harper joins the agency make his home here. Calif., had de- through its division, Word after 12 years as bass singer parted TV to ORLANDO, Fla.-Monaural Books, which in three years has for the Oak Ridge Boys. do nightclub records should be done away become one of the largest reli- He work, but is with, believes Bill Vermillion, gious book publishers. also had managed the group now Some of back in music director and air person- its leading authors include Keith for the past three years. broadcasting on ality at WLOF. RADIO-TV K T H O, South The Top 40 ra- Miller, Charlie Shedd, Elisabeth Harper now will be respon- Lake Tahoe, dio station has eliminated any Elliot, Bill Glass, Richard Hal- sible for the day-to-day opera- Calif., in a "sound problem connected vorson and Myron Augsburger. tion of the three -year -old agency, 6 with JOB SHAW a,m.-noon slot. broadcasting stereo rec- In addition to its location the first to represent gospel MART Jerry Hoffmann, announcer ords on AM equipment by mix- here, Word has distributorships acts exclusively. Its clients in- and production man ing on -the at WPTH-FM, -air. The deejay has in Canada, New Zealand and clude the Happy Goodman Fort Wayne, Ind., has been named balance controls and can mix Family, Oak This column is published for people program director, Australia. A subsidiary, Word Ridge Boys, seeking positions as well as station and would like the channels to suit himself as Jimmie Davis, the Singing managers seeking personnel. Rate is to build up record library with (U. K.), Ltd., is located in $5.00 per one half inch (app. 40 the record is played. "Why England. Rambos, Florida Boys, Steve words). A box number will be used more uptempo . records. . . Rick should record to protect the identity of the adver- Shaw has been promoted to man- buyers have to Sanders, Sego Brothers & tiser. Send copy along with payment put up with monaural Naomi, to: ager of WEEK, Easton, Pa. He'd singles KHVH Goes News Thrasher Brothers, and RADIO-TV JOB MART been program director, when they can buy stereo al- Wendy Bagwell and the Sun - Billboard but most HONOLULU KHVH here RADIO-TV JOB MART of the industry will bums. I think all - 165 W. 46th remember him records liters. St. is switching to an all New from WHK, Cleveland, a couple should come in stereo-pe- -news for- York, N. Y. 10036 mat 5:30 a.m.-6 p.m., accord- Harper is a member of the of years ago. riod," Vermillion said. board of * * * ing to president Lawrence S. directors of the Gos- Steve King, 704-253-2167, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Berger. pel Music Association. Noel needs Fox will replace POSITIONS OPEN Top 40 position. Good man. Also Harper with the quartet, and William Golden, a Morning Newsman-Top 40 Format member of the Oak Large Northeast Market Ridge Boys, will assume man- Heavy Weights Only Salary Open agership of the group. Bend Tape, Resume and Photo WTRY, 92 Fourth St. Fox has a long background Troy, N.Y. 12180 MUSIC DIRECTOR in gospel music, as a member

A major FM Stereo Station in a 'Snap Out' Single POSITIONS WANTED major Eastern market is looking Bought by Bell A British ex -commercial radio for a Music Director who can make "Pirate" with a superb commentary NEW YORK - Bell Records from the scene in London is avail- MORE out of MOR. We know that able on tape to U. S. stations. He has has purchased the master of a top quality delivery and narrates "moderate" doesn't have to mean "Snap Out," a single on Haral with a human touch that goes great with middle-of-the-road musical in- Records by the Interpretations, terludes. Either packaged, or in per- "dull." Do you have the experience son. this experienced broadcaster has which is breaking in Philadel- a point of difference to offer with and taste to prove it for us? phia. Record was produced a distinctly pro -American slant. In- by terested? Write Contact/USA, 291 Carl Helm, Philadelphia promo- Se -La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, Send your resume, in confidence, to Calif. tion representative for A&L Dis- 90211. Billboard, Box 19 tributors. Bell president Larry Uttal and Bell vice-president Experienced Announcer 165 GEOFF EDWARDS, KMPC, Los Angeles, teamed up with Capitol Records and Former West 46 St. Program Director . Progressive in a promotion that transported four couples to see Al Martino at the and director of sales Iry Biegel Rock, Underground Personality, New York, N. Y. 10036 Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas. Martino made the master purchase. It looking for Hip Rock Station with a welcomes Mr. and Mrs. Edwards to Future. Available Jan. 1969. Write: his Flamingo show. At left is Don Grierson, Capitol's Los Angeles will be released nationwide on Box 538, Billboard, 165 W. 46th St., promotion manager, who handled the promotion. Bell Records. New York City, N. Y. 10036. 26 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD Country Music Sessions at Peak in Nashville Nashville Scene As Studio Building 'Swings' The end of the year has marked and Oscar on a new label, per- some changes in label, manage- haps a new company he will start NASHVILLE In a year door to Columbia Studios, and past," said Jim Wilson, "and that himself. He has the master for - ment, booking and the like. their last session, a departure for which saw the building of one adjoining the proposed Music was by the choice of the buy- George Morgan is a free agent. new major recording City Building, another multi- er." But he said it became evi- the comedy team, which uses 15 studio, He has heavy bookings ahead in pieces on the session, including the start of another, and the million -dollar structure. Galla- dent early in 1968 that the South Carolina and .Florida, and strings and horns. promise of a third, recording gher said work would begin tastes were changing, and the then does a five-day stint at the sessions again Rose Room in Atlanta.... Lonzo The Four Guys also have made set new marks right after the first of the year. conversion was carried out. a change. Berl Lyons, one of the in this city. Starday spent a good por- Now the entire catalog is in and Oscar have left Nugget along with Bobby Bobo, who was in- original members, has left and It was a year, too, in which tion of the early part of the stereo. Despite the closing will try to make it as a single. an volved in the purchase of the independent studio-Music year converting its studio down of the studio for that label not long after J. Hal Smith He's been replaced by Talmadge City Recorders-began to keep equipment from monaural to spell, Starday still managed bought the Boone Co. from Bobo. Burkett, brother of one of the pace with the majors. This stereo. "Most of our product some 350 sessions during the Bobo now is an independent pro- other members. The group has studio, which did sessions for had been monoaural in the (Continued on page 30) ducer, and will try tò place Lozo had offers to take part in three "everyone but Columbia, Vic- syndicated hows. The Four Guys tor, and Decca," had 1,040 record for Stop. . . . Marion sessions Worth ended the year in good during the year. Many health, a rarity for this frail but of these were new independent Suit Agreement Clears Way lovely lady. . . . Del Wood, who labels, and others the estab- is "between labels," has a week lished firms. This studio has at the Rose Room coming up, just shutdown temporarily for after a New Year's Eve date at an the installation of a new mas- For Release of Williams Jr. air base near Montgomery, Ala. tering system, Ortofon, made ... Don Law, the successful vet- in Denmark, to make sharper NASHVILLE - All involved shows much of the quality of for Hank Williams songs. eran producer, has 17 sessions 45's. parties in a lawsuit tried in his late father in writing the Wesley Rose, whose fore- lined up for January. And, in one Monument, which has been Montgomery, Ala., early in music to the lyrics, and his sight in music has been un- (Continued on page 30) using this studio extensively, 1968, now have signed an father's style is evident in the canny over the years, report- is in a building program of its agreement which allows the singing. edly held the lyrics all these own and expects to have its release of a unique album in Recorded on MGM Records, years in the hopes the late new studios ready within January. the songs are all published by artist's son would inherit his JUST RELEASED weeks. In addition to its own The album will contain Fred Rose Music, a firm father's talents and ' develop product, Monument will do songs written a generation created specifically years ago into a songwriter. considerably custom work. apart by the father -son team "EVERYBODY'S There is ample need for this. of Hank Williams and Hank Virtually every studio in the Williams Jr., and recorded by GOT TROUBLES" area reports having had to the younger Williams on MGM. Peters Writes Disk turn away business during According to attorney Rich- HAL WILLIS 1968. It got to the point, said ard Frank, the final party to on studio manager, that we the suite to sign the agreement Tunes at 60% Clip "BLACK BIRD just couldn't work the engi- was Mrs. Audrey Williams, and neers any longer, and had to the papers then were filed with the court in Montgomery. NASHVILLE - Probably the Wilma Burgess, Faron Young, SONG" is turn people away. It is still The action followed litiga- highest percentage of attain- Pat Boone, Jimmy Dean, Trini necessary to book studios well ment in the music industry Lopez, Archie Campbell, Lorene in tion in which a determination JACK BLANCHARD advance. was reached this year by Mann, Tammy Wynette, Bobby Some was made of material authored song- Problems writer Ben Peters, with 60 per Lewis, George Morgan, Red RCA had some problems, but by the late singer. The court was in cent recorded all the songs he Sovine, Carl and Pearl But- "CANDY" still managed 1,088 sessions ruling favor of the Acuff -Rose publishing com- write. ler, Stan Hitchcock, Teresa during the year. Cal SNYDER Everhart, pany. It Brewer, Marion Worth, Jack JIMMY the studio manager, said that stated, in effect, that Peters, who was hired by lyrics written by Hank Wil- Shelby Singleton as a part- Green, Hank Locklin, Johnny the company's studio "A" had Duncan, June Stearn, Lawanda WAYSIDE RECORDS & THE to be shut down liams and in his possession at time songwriter a little more a few times then time of his death were Lindsey, Bob Lockwood, Bobby to try to isolate sound prob- than two years ago in Atlanta, NEW STEREO ALBUM his property. The agreement this year had 60 cuts of 36 Vinton and Buddy Cagle. lems (and at the turn of the Until two years ago, a full- year also states that royalties paid published songs. In all, he it was about to close by Acuff -Rose the time insurance salesman, Pe- "MEET down to Williams wrote 60 songs during the again). Additionally, all interests were correctly com- ters now has had I10 cuts in the studios were shut down year. His percentage last year puted and properly paid, and was 20 per cent, while the that two-year span. After sign- DARRELL during the WSM "Opry" Birth- that the estate is affiliated ing as a $25 a week part-time day convention in prior year it was only 1 per October, to with Broadcast Music, Inc. cent. songwriter, he came here to McCALL® allow all of the artists, pro- With the signed, run Singleton's publishing papers Peters now plans to cut ducers and engineers to mingle firm, but later relinquished NEEDING COPIES, WRITE Wesley Rose revealed a box songs of his own Dis with the masses. "RCA had to full of lyrics and record, this post to devote his the late singer but keeps giving time to LITTLE RICHIE JOHNSON turn down a lot of custom had written before his death. his material writing. business," Everhart said. to others, thus delaying his BELEN, NEW MEXICO 87002 With Hank Williams Jr., Rose entrance into Much in demand by various "There is still a need for more went through these lyrics, the field. recording companies because studio space." RCA long has which ranged from song ideas Among those who recorded of his ability to write as well been considering- the construc- to tull manuscripts, and the his songs during 1968 were as sing, Peters will announce tion of additional space. Decca second generation of Rose -Wil- Jeannie C. Riley, Eddy Arnold, soon a record affiliation. He this year, under the helm of liams thus re-created a scene Connie Smith, Jerry Lee Lewis, also plans to step up the pace Bill Gallagher, announced its of 20 years ago when the late Stonewall Jackson, Arlene Har- of his writing, hoping the per- move. In October Gallagher Fred Rose and Hank Williams din, Slim Whitman, Ray Pillow, centage ratio will continue. said MCA would construct a reportedly went through a $3 million complex here, includ- cigar box to select for publi- ing studios and administrative cation the songs which Wil- offices. The all-purpose building liams had written. Bart Will Host a Daily will stand on 16th Avenue, next Young Williams reportedly Country TV Program Hall of Farne Attendance NASHVILLE - Teddy Bart, for additional emphasis on leading Acuff -Rose songwriter compactness and style. and staff vocalist for WSM ra- Bart, a native of Johnstown, Soared 40% Over Last Yr. dio and TV, will host his own Pa., has written songs re- country -music TV show, effec- corded by such artists as NASHVILLE-Attendance at the operating agency of the tive today. Brenda Lee and Al Hirt. "Born to Be With You" (Capitol museum, was an annual at- ST 111 (S) ), the latest release the Hall of Fame and Museum Bart replaces Ralph Emery, here was up more than 40 per tendance of 100,000. This was who will by Sonny James, is enjaying a far surpassed in the first full devote full time to cent in 1968 over a compara- radio, both on his all-night Wright's New Talent long life on the record charts and of of the year of operation. show is turning out to be one of Son- ble period operation During on WSM and for Cinevox DALLAS-Bobby Turner, 19, preceding year. the year the museum in New ny's most popular releases ever. also made the transition from York. of Columbus, Ohio, journeyed The structure, which was of- film to videotape for the show- Bart said he planned to to Dallas Dec. 23 for a record- Sonny displays his consistent fically opened to the public ing of its documentary on the make the daily hour-long late ing session under direction of versatility and enthusiasm with April 1, 1967, drew 68,494 history of country music, and afternoon program a "signifi- agent -producer Charles Wright, "Born to Be With You," as he paid admissions for the rest continued to add valuable arti- cant event." who has placed the mod country. does with all his releases. The of that year. During the same facts. Scores of additional The songwriter-singer plans singer with Ebb Tide Records popularity of this record is by no period of 1968 the number of tapes, with the actual voices to utilize three recording art- for early release. Other new tal- means surprising-nor is it sur- paid admissions exceeded 97,- of the artists, were added to ist guests a day, and provide ent recorded by Wright and due prising that Sonny, like so many 000. for _ the research files of the li- a topflight staff band headed releases during January and entertainers, chooses an February top For the over-all year, at- brary section, and additional by BeeGee Cruser. This high - are Bob Miller, Sun- Epiphone Guitar to back him. 110,- personnel were added rated show has been a strong shine Ruby, Dianne Phillips, Ed- tendance was more than to sup- (Advertisement) 000. One of the early goals of plement the capable staff al- showcase for the industry in die Landrum, Chuck Garner and the Country Music Foundation, rady functioning. the area, and Bart's plans call Jerry Mayfield. JANUARY 4. 1969. BILLBOARD 27 ttry Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 1/4/69. You Cunt Cbu9try Singles

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Billboard 19 DADDY SANG BASS 5 49 STRINGS 4 Award Johnny Cash, Columbia 4-44689 Wynne Stewart, Capitol 2341 (Blue Book, BMI) (House of Cash, BMI) 45 YOU TOUCHED MY HEART 8 2 1 WICHITA LINEMAN 10 David Rodgers, Columbia 44668 (Gallico, BMI) With A Glen Campbell, Capitol 2302 (Canopy, ASCAP) 41 24 ANGRY WORDS 15 3 4 I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT I AM. 9 Stonewall Jackson, Columbia 44625 Merle Haggard & the Strangers, Capitol 2289 (Moss -Rose, BMI) (Blue Book, BMI) 42 27 LET THE CHIPS FALL 14 4 3 YOUR SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH 11 Charley Pride, RCA Victor 47-9622 (Jack, BMI) Ga hico Loretta Lynn, Decca 32392 (Sure -Fire, BMI) 43 46 LIVIN' ON LOVIN' 6 13 WHEN THE GRASS GROWS OVER ME.... 7 Slim Whitman, Imperial 55337 (Four Star, BMI) George Jones, Musicor 1333 (Glad, BMI) 44 44 LESS OF ME 7 6 6 SMOKEY THE BAR 11 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell, Capitol 2314 Song Hank Thompson, Dot 17163 (Brazos Valley, BMI) (Beechwood, BMI) 7 7 THE CARROLL COUNTY ACCIDENT 9 50 LONGEST BEER OF THE NIGHT 4 Porter Wagoner, RCA Victor 47-9651 Jim Ed Brown, RCA Victor 47-9677 (Warden, BMI) (Greenwood, BMI)

8 8 BORN TO BE WITH YOU 13 46 37 SHE WEARS MY RING 14 Sonny James, Capitol 2271 (Mayfair, ASCAP) Ray Price, Columbia 44628 (Acuff -Rose, BMI)

9 9 STAND BY YOUR MAN 12 - MY SPECIAL PRAYER 1 THANKS, BILLBOARD, Tammy Wynette, Epic 10398 (Gallico, BMI) Archie Campbell & Lorene Mann, RCA 9691 (Maureen, BMI) 17 YOURS LOVE 8 Waylon Jennings, RCA Victor 47-9642 (S) 58 TO MAKE LOVE SWEETER FOR YOU 2 FOR HONORING Jerry Lee Lewis, Smash 43045 (Gallico, BMI) 11 12 THE BALLAD OF FORTY DOLLARS 8 Tom T. Hall, Mercury 72863 (Newkeys, BMI) 60 GOODTIME CHARLIE 2 Del Reeves, United Artists 50487 AL GALLICO 20 THEY DON'T MAKE LOVE LIKE THEY (Passkey, BMI) USED TO 7 Eddy Arnold, RCA Victor 47-9667 (Tree, BMI) 56 HE'S GOT MORE LOVE IN HIS LITTLE tr? FINGER 6 MUSIC CORPORATION 13 5 I'VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND AGAIN.. 11 Billie Jo Spears, Capitol 2331 (Allroads, BMI) Buck Owens & His Buckaroos, Capitol 2300 (Blue Book, BMI) 51 55 I WISH I WERE YOUR FRIEND 8 Wanda Jackson & Party Times, AS THE NUMBER ONE 14 15 PLEASE LET ME PROVE (My Love for You) 8 Capitol 2315 (Wilderness, BMI) Dave Dudley, Mercury 72856 (Newkeys, BMI) 62 WHO'S JULIE 3 15 2 WHERE LOVE USED TO LIVE 12 Mel Tillis, Kapp 959 (Barton, BMI) COUNTRY MUSIC David Houston, Epic 10394 (Gallico, BMI) 63 EACH AND EVERY PART OF ME 2 16 18 MY SON 7 Bobby Lewis, United Artists 50476 PUBLISHER FOR 1968. Jan Howard, Decca 32407 (Stallion, BMI) (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) 26 THE GIRL MOST LIKELY 5 PLEASE TAKE ME BACK 1 Jeannie C. Riley, Plantation 7 - Jim Glaser, RCA 9696 (Glaser, BMI) itr(Singleton, BMI) 30 FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE 6 - I NEVER GOT OVER YOU 1 MY THANKS ALSO TO Butlers, Columbia 44694 (Blue Book, BMI) Lynn Anderson, Chart 59-1059 (Greenback, BMI)

23 I WANT ONE 8 56 51 FEED ME ONE MORE LIE 7 THE ARTISTS, WRITERS itr Jack Reno, Dot 17169 (Tree, BMI) Mary Taylor, Dot 17168 (Blue Crest, BMI) 28 WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE 6 FADED LOVE AND WINTER ROSES 1 Johnny Darrell, United Artists 50481 - Cal Smith, Columbia 4-44702 (Milene, ASCAP) AND RECORD PRODUCERS (Passkey, BMI) 21 16 THE TOWN THAT BROKE MY HEART. 11 - TOO HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY 1 WHO HELPED MAKE Bobby Bare, RCA Victor 47-9643 (Newkeys, BMI) Mury Shiner, MGM 14007 (Jack, BMI) 52 KAY 5 59 59 IT DONT MEAN A THING TO ME 5 ttr John Wesley Ryles, Columbia 4-44682 Kenny Price, Boone 1081 (Pamper, BMI) US TOPS WITH (Moss Rose, BMI) WALKING MIDNIGHT ROAD 1 23 14 BALLAD OF TWO BROTHERS - 10 June Stearns, Columbia 44695 (Durning, BMI) Autry Inman, Epic 10389 (Tree, BMI)

THEIR RECORDS. 24 21 AGE OF WORRY 10 - I AM THE BOY 1 Billy Walker, Monument 1098 Statler Brothers, Columbia 44608 (Matamoros, BMI) (House of Cash, BMI)

31 VANCE 4 62 65 SINCE THEY FIRED THE BAND DIRECTOR Roger Miller, Smash 2197 (Russell -Cason, ASCAP) (At Murphy High) 2 Linda Manning, Mercury 72875 (Newkeys, BMI) 26 25 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS We (When Wish Times Were Everyone Bad) 8 63 64 EACH TIME 2 Dolly Parton, RCA Victor 47-9657 (Owepar, BMI) Johnny Bush, Stop ST 232 (Pamper, BMI) 43 UNTIL MY DREAMS COME TRUE 4 A Most Happy, Jack Greene, Decca 32423 (Blue Crest, BMI) 64 69 WHO LOVES WHO 5 The Hardens, Arlene & Robbie, Columbia 44675 (Green Grass, BMI) 28 11 LITTLE ARROWS 12 Leapy Lee, Decca 32380 (Duchess, BMI) - YOUR SWEET LOVE LIFTED ME 1 Healthy Bobby Barnett, Columbia 44716 (Gallico, BMI) 35 BRING ME SUNSHINE 3 Willie Nelson, RCA Victor 47-9684 (Bourne, ASCAP) 66 67 TRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON GRAVEL ROAD.. 3 Duane Dee, Capitol 2332 And Prosperous Ititt 34 WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS (With Big (Blue Crest/Hill & Range, BMI) Black Wings) 3 Charlie Louvin Capitol 2350 - LITTLE GREEN APPLES #2 1 Nein Year. (Blue Crest/Hill & Range, BMI) Ben Colder, MGM 14015 (Russell -Cason, ASCAP) 31 32 EVER CHANGIN' MIND 7 - EYE TO EYE 1 Don Gibson, RCA Victor 47-9663 ler Kenny Vernon/Lawanda Lindsay, Chart 59-1063 Gratefully, (Acuff -Rose, BMI) (Yonah, BMI) 32 10 PLASTIC SADDLE 13 - RESTLESS 1 Nat Stuckey, RCA Victor 47-9631 Carl Perkirs, Columbia 4-44723 (Acclaim, BMI) (Cedarwood, BMI)

üt galtico 33 33 DON'T WAKE ME I'M DREAMIN' 7 - SONG FOR JENNY 1 Warner Mack, Decca 32394 (Page Boy, SESAC) Ed Bruce, Monument 1118 (Pamper, BMI)

34 22 HAMMER & NAILS 9 71 71 SUGAR CANE COUNTY 4 Jimmy Dean, RCA Victor 47.9652 (S) Maxine Brown, Chart 59-1061 (Yonah, BMI) (Singleton, BMI) 72 74 BRING LOVE BACK INTO OUR WORLD.. 3 41 HOLD ME TIGHT 5 Stu Phillips, RCA Victor 47-9673 Johnny Carver, Imperial 66341 (Nash, ASCAP) (Acuff -Rose, AL GALLICO MUSIC CORP. BMI) 36 36 I WALK ALONE 14 73 73 IF I'M GONNA SINK Marty 4 Robbins, Columbia 44633 Johnny Paycheck, Little Darlin' 0052. 101 West 55th St. NASHVILLE OFFICE (Adams-Vee & Abbott, BMI) (Mayhew, BMI)

New York, N. Y. 10019 812 Sixteenth Ave., South 75 DARLING YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T LIE 2 - THE BITTER TASTE 1 tt Conway Twitty, Decca 32424 (Tree, BMI) Elton Britt, RCA (212) 582-1368 Nashville, Tenn. 47-9658 (Peer Intl, BMI) 57 NAME OF THE GAME WAS LOVE 2 Norris Wilson, Mgr. lift - TONIGHT WE'RE CALLING IT A DAY 1 Hank Snow, RCA 47.9685 (Delmore, ASCAP) Hugh X. Lewis, Kapp 955 (Wilderness, BMI) 28 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD ..1111.1110.- Ìy _ 1(C-JI/- ¡

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this week. * STAR Performer-LP's registering proportionate upward progress This Last Weeks on Chart Scene Week Week TITLE, Artist, Label & Number Continued from page 27 8 Billboard 1 WICHITA LINEMAN Award Glen Campbell, Capitol ST 103 (S) just conclued, he had Carl Smith Changes Everything," 11 record "Time 3 WALKIN' IN LOVELAND a number produced 30 years ago Eddy Arnold, RCA Victor LSP 4089 (S) by Law for Bob Wills and Tom 8 Brass, 3 2 I WALK ALONE Duncan.... The Nashville Marty Robbins, Columbia CS 9725 (S) the successful venture of RCA will be 13 pro Danny Davis, now 4 4 BOBBIE GENTRY & GLEN CAMPBELL utilized for commercials (Robert Capitol ST 2928 (S) Hall) as well as for the commer- 15 5 6 MAMA TRIED cial sounds of sophisticated coun- 2972 (S) Merle Haggard, Capitol ST try music. . Billy Ed Wheeler Art- 14 has been signed by United 6 5 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. have ists. . . Jim and Jesse, who Jeannie C. Riley, Plantation PIP 1 (S) moved to the Bob Neal agency, MRS. JO WALKER, executive director of the Country Music Association, 30 7 8 JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON have a new release of an old song, presents producers' awards to Bob Johnston, left, and Shelby Single- Columbia (No Mono); CS 9639 (S) "When the Snow Is on the Roses." ton, for their work with "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" (best album) a were announced . . Del Reeves has California PTA" single). The awards MIND 66 and "Harper Valley (best 8 7 GENTLE ON MY a Bishop Show ap- in October. Glen Campbell, Capitol T 2809 (M); ST 2809 (S) tour and Joey during the "Opry" convention pearance coming up. He also will 8 9 10 BORN TO BE WITH YOU be booked by the William Morris Sonny James, Capitol ST 111 (S) Agency for TV and movies, al- Long will con- HITS 27 though Hubert at Peak as 10 11 LORETTA LYNN'S GREATEST all of his per- Sessions Decca (No Mono); DL 75000 (S) tinue to handle sonal apppearances. . . . Ernie Ithr 14 JIM REEVES ON STAGE 9 Ashworth will have both a new Studio Building 'Swings' RCA Victor LSP 4062 (S) single and LP for release in Jan- 16 uary. 27 board plans reported some 12 9 SONGS OF PRIDE ... CHARLEY THAT IS Continued from page Charley Pride, RCA Victor LPM 4041 (M); LSP 4041 (5) The governor's inauguration in time ago. It is known, how- will be strongly country - has been 35 Texas year. "The rate of recording ever, that Columbia 13 12 HONEY Billy Deaton has booked UAL 3642 (M); UAS 6642 (5) oriented. was up over a year making overturns into the Bobby Goldsboro, United Artists including actually in five country acts, ago," Wilson said. He expects Memphis market, seeking to 89 Campbell, Ray Price and 14 16 BEST OF EDDY ARNOLD Glenn new buy a studio complex there. LSP 3565 (S) Payne is this to carry on into the RCA Victor LPM 3565 (M); Jimmy Dean.... Jimmy owner of Amer- going to do a home -coming show year. A good bit of the r&b Chips Moman, OF EDDY ARNOLD 31 de- 15 17 THE ROMANTIC WORLD at Gideon, Mo., his first appear- work formerly done here now ican studios, said he had RCA Victor LPM 4009 (M); LSP 4009 (S) ance in the home town. His whole will be done in Cincinnati, clined an offer from Columbia 23 . 16 15 D -I -V -O -R -C -E band will be along. Mary where the King Studios, ac- to purchase his set-up. Tammy Wynette, Epic (No Mono); BN 26392 (S) Taylor is about to do her first quired by Starday, have 8 - The 5,500 sessions at the LP for Dot. Joe Allison is flying 6 track equipment. This will not major studios here this year 17 13 IT'S ALREADY HEAVEN in from the West Coast to pro- David Houston, Epic (No Mono); BN 26391 (S) the number of sessions 400 the fig- duce it. Along with him will come lessen surpasses by some 54 in Nashville; only allow more ure of a year ago, and would 18 19 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Hank Thompson and Roy Clark Glen Campbell, Capitol T 2851 (M); ST 2851 (S) for sessions which Allison will concentration on the country have shown a far more sub-

. . . Phillips intro- were it not 17 produce. Bill and pop product. stantial increase 19 20 A TIME TO SING duced his new single, "I Only Re- going on Hank Williams Jr., MGM (No Mono); SE 4540 (S) Bradley's Barn also spent for the renovations gret," on the Kitty Wells -Johnny the first part of the year in- at the various studios which 19 Wright family TV show. . . 20 18 BEST OF MERLE HAGGARD stalling a new board, so the curtailed recording activity. Capitol (No Mono); SKAO 2951 (5) Merle Kilgore, after his new al- Is and sessions were slow starting. A good deal of the overlap, 14 bum release, "This Merle 21 22 JUST THE TWO OF US His Song Hits," will go to the Then they picked up and re- however, spilled to the small Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, RCA Victor LPM 4039 (M); end of LSP 4039 (S) Coast to undertake a movie and mained that way. At the independent studios, many TV series with Don Sessions. of the year, Jerry Bradley had which recorded numerous ses- 22 23 SOLID GOLD '68 4 Buddy Lee is lining him up a tour counted 775 sessions there. He sions during the year. Shelby Chet Atkins, RCA Victor LSP 4061 (S) of clubs in California while he is expects that figure to top the Singleton has acquired property The Ellis Brothers have 23 25 SOUTHERN BOUND 4 there.... mark easily in 1969, own studio, a 4 -track stand in 1,000 to build his Kenny Price, Boone BLPS 1214 (5) concluded a nine -week at full ca- another Washington (eight of them were with things going unit, which will add still 24 24 NEXT IN LINE 12 holdover weeks) in a hooking by pacity. The Barn, which was studio of major proportions to Conway Twitty, Decca DL 75062 (S) Aud-Lee, and will pick up their the subject of a pop album the city's still growing industry. is to be is located in 25 21 BLUE RIBBON COUNTRY 14 brother, Fred, who about title this year, Indicative of the growth this Various Artists, Capitol STBB 2969 (S) discharged from the Army. One Wilson County some 20 miles year is the fact that Columbia, of their first assignments will be 30 from Nashville. under the studio management 26 27 ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER DAY playing in Vietnam, an area lee Lewis, Smash (No Mono); SRS 67104 (S) which came ways to Jerry which Fred escaped while in serv- Exit Studios, of Harold Hitt, found into existence in 1967, was exceed last year's capacity ice. . . . Boyce Hawkins' RCA 27 26 HEY LITTLE ONE 41 1968, and Glen Campbell, Capitol T 2878 (M); ST 2878 (S) Victor version of "Sally," which phased out in September use. By utilizing Sundays was recorded by demand follow- only to become something big- holiday, he added a 30 per cent 34 28 28 A NEW PLACE IN THE SUN ing its performance on his TV ger. While it lasted, Exit av- dollar volume to last year's in- (No Mono); ST 2907 (S) Glen Campbell, Capitol show, is so much in demand local eraged seven sessions a week, take. Hitt said the greatest de- 1 stores are sold out of Bill - JEWELS it.... for a total of 210. Then Exit mand came from contemporary er Waylon Jennings, RCA Victor LSP 4085 (S) Owens has had two more songs moved to a new location pop groups coming to Nashville released by top artists, Red Sovine 3 17th Ave- of the 30 31 LOVE TAKES CARE OF ME and Kathy Taylor. Bill also is (Fender Building) on to get the advantage Jack Greene, Decca DL 75053 (S) managing Ralph Loveday, who re- nue, built a track studio (Exit sound, the engineering, the 8 - . had 3 -track), added a and the production. 31 32 UNDO THE RIGHT 13 corded for Circle B. Records... been tracks, Johnny Bush, Stop LPS 0005 (S) Ferlin Husky, after Christmas publishing firm and a produc- with his wife's family in Minneap- 6 tion company, and became 32 33 SUNSHINE AND RAIN olis. rushed to Texas for five dates Connie Smith, RCA Victor LSP 4077 (S) Pro -Sounds, Inc. It hired in five days. "Hoss" Allen to run its r&b 33 34 LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH A WINDSHIELD . 3 division, Dean Mathis to han- Reeves, United Artists UAS 6674 (S) Del dle pop, and Billy Graves to do 34 38 HAPPY STREET 6 Singcord Signs the country. The new studio Slim Whitman, Imperial LP 12411 (5) is expected to be in operation 35 37 SWEET CHILD OF SUNSHINE 2 Miss Tennessee by mid -January, and the own- Jerry Wallace, Liberty LST 7597 (S) ers anticipate a volume of NASHVILLE-Miss Tennes- 36 36 MacARTHUR PARK 2 business far in excess of that Floyd Cramer, RCA Victor LSP 4070 (S) see, Brenda Joan Seal, has signed of a year ago. Spar also got into the studio 37 36 NASHVILLE AIRPLANE 3 a contract with the Singcord (S) in March of 1968. Flatt & Scruggs, Columbia CS 9741 Corp., distributor for Zondervan business Opening in the Baker Building, 38 39 LITTLE ARROWS 2 Publishing House, and will do an averaged two ses- Leapy Lee, Decca DL 75076 (S) Spar has album of the "top 10 sacred sions a day since that time, - COMING ON STRONG 1 songs." for a total of about 370. The 18103 (S) Henson Cargill, Monument SLP Jack Day, Singcord vice- studio, with one to eight 40 41 NASHVILLE BRASS PLAY THE NASHVILLE SOUND 7 president, said the songs were tracks, is doing considerable RCA Victor ISP 4059 (S) custom work as well as han- selected in a non -denominational - LEAVING AGAIN 1 dling Spar's three labels, Spar, NASHVILLE TELEVISION celebrity Johnny Carver, Imperial LP 12412 (S) evangelical poll, and will in- Songs of Faith, and Referee. Ralph Emery (right) is presented certifi- 42 42 NASHVILLE SOUND 2 clude such standards as an honorary membership Jody Miller, Capitol ST 2996 (S) Col. at Capacity cate and a bronze plaque by "Amazing Grace" and "Old Columbia, for the third suc- TSgt. Tommy Kilburn, secretary - FROM HEAVEN TO HEARTACHE 1 Stewart AFB Hermitage Bobby Lewis, United Artists UAS 6673 (S) Rugged Cross." year, used its studios of the cessive the Noncommissioned to the fullest capacity. This Chapter of 44 44 WHITE FENCES AND EVERGREEN TREES 2 Miss Seal, who was one of Officers Association. The pres- Ferlin Husky, Capitol ST 115 (S) the 10 finalists of the Miss meant some 2,000 separate entations were in recognition of still no an- 45 45 THIS IS MY BEAT 6 America Contest, had not pre- sessions again, but the numerous music recordings Jim Ed Brown, RCA Victor ISP 4067 (S) viously recorded, nor had she nouncement concerning expan- Emery has sent to military bases specialized in gospel music. sion other than the drawing throughout the world. 30 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD Coin Machine World Jukeboxes Need Wide Monument Believes Variety of Product By BENN OLLMAN In Stereo Singles The modern one -stop realizes cutting, according to Glassman, By RON SCHLACHTER that jukebox operators require who formed his one -stop in programming HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. will increase our production in information and 1947. Prices must be reasonably year. It product that cuts across every -About a third of all singles the coming will depend competitive, to be sure. But even Rec- on the type of record. For ex- category of recorded music. This more important, he produced by Monument said, are ords here are now stereo, accord- ample, in a country single there's is the view of Stu Glassman, complete inventories, prompt ing to Jack Kirby. not much demand for stereo. general manager, Downtown Ra- shipments and a keen vice-president trend "We introduced stereo singles However, with a Boots Ran- dio Doctors in Milwaukee where (Continued on page 35) the firm's two outlets service about a year ago and are plan- dolph single, that's a different just say we definite- about 200 operators in Wiscon- RECORDING STAR Aki Oguri puts ning to increase our production story. Let's a word Music Operators of sin and Upper Michigan. in for in the coming year," said Kirby. ly hope to expand. America during a visit to Sega is a definite de- "One -Stops no longer think in "This will be for the benefit of "I feel there Rosen Party Enterprises, Tokyo. Her photo- of terms of specialized `juke box both jukebox operators and FM mand for a certain type stereo graph will be used in thousands at the jukebox level. records.' Music operators buy as of stations, because we feel stereo product of jukebox locations part good basically the same records as the Set Jan. 5 Sega's "Meet the Stars" pro- singles increase our airplay. This would be basically retail customer who walks into motion. "I won't say how much we (Continued on page 32) our store off the street. A typ- PHILADELPHIA - David ical order shipped to one of our Rosen, Inc., is ushering in the operators accounts up in North- new year with a Preview Party Trade Groups ern Wisconsin, for example, at the exclusive C.R. Club, 810 MOA Assists Post Mortem: might include the whole spread South Darien Street, Sunday, By EARL PAIGE Jan. 5. Festivities will start at from rock 'n' roll, polkas, coun- CHICAGO-The majority of organization is necessary," Ellis try and western to a Bob Dylan 1 p.m. and continue until 6 p.m. queries received by Music Op- said. number. Rosen, a major Rowe Inter- a veteran organizer of Christmas 45's erators of America (MOA) con- Ellis, "Too many one -stops only at- national, Inc., distributor, ex- and a long-time cern organizing associations, ac- trade groups tempt to stock the latest hit tended the open invitation to of Operated Indus- to president Howard leader Coin numbers: This is where the big, the trade throughout his entire cording Nebraska, suggests that Ellis. Georgia operators are tries of fast turnover is found. Many coverage area of Eastern Penn- "some one person or a few dedi- Out Too Late about to organize, and a new will tell you that if they didn't sylvania, Southern New Jersey, cated people have to take the have to burden their shelves with Delaware, Eastern Maryland, in- group recently formed in Ore- CHARLESTON, W. Va.- recent "Link Let- initiative." the slower -moving merchandise cluding Baltimore and Washing- gon. MOA's Other suggestions: Veteran one -stop owner M. Z. the steps for setting ("Red") a the one -stop business would be ton. In addition to the usual ter" outlines Schedule an organization Elkins offered Christ- great." compliment of food and drink, up trade groups. meeting. Nominate and elect a mas post mortem opinion last Success in cultivating a fol- there will be music and dancing, "More people from all seg- and secre- week: "R e c o n d companies temporary chairman should start releasing Christmas lowing among jukebox operators favors for everybody, door prizes ments of the industry are begin- tary. Present resolutions for singles much earlier in the year which does not hinge on price and guest celebrities. ning to feel that some kind of forming a permanent associa- organization's if they are to receive extensive tion. Adopt the exposure." name and state the purpose. jukebox 'COI N'CIDENTALLY Establish membership eligibility "By the time Christmas sin- and charter membership. Form gles get into distribution in committees to draft bylaws, pre- quantity, it's too late to talk a Is Standard Acts' Switch to sent slate of permanent officers lot of operators into buying and schedule a second meeting them. That takes time," Elkins 'Now' Music Aiding Jukebox? to formally organize the group. said. "There's not enough of Operators may write MOA any Christmas singles to create Among the important record- Surely the most spectacular for the complete "Link Letter" a hit. And here we have a local ing industry developments in instance of this new thing will at 228 N. LaSalle Street, Chi- problem. The stations don't start 1968 that promise to carry over be the new Barbra Streisand LP. cago 60601. (Continued on page 32) into the coming year is the uni- As just announced, Miss Strei- versal adoption of contemporary sand, whose style and material music by standard artists. have become unique, is turning Long-established male and fe- to the new breed of pop -con- male vocalists like Andy Wil- temporary composer for her liams and Patti Page, instrumen- next album's songs. One of the The Bluebook WORLD SERIES, a game intro- talists like Roger Williams and industry's brightest stars, con- duced by Rock -01a in 1934, at- Al Hirt, band leaders like Don sequently, puts her stamp of ap- tracted the attention of Gordon Costa, Percy Faith and Ray Con- proval on the trend. Barbra's Valuation of Used & Marks (left) and Michael Green niff, and a host of standard ar- album should be out early in (right) during a recent visit to the Reconditioned Coin Machines Chicago factory. With the two rangers have adopted the "now" the year. principals of Phonographis Equip- music and message and adapted Putting that album together ment Co. and Ruffler & Walker is it, inevitably, to their individual with Miss Streisand is Columbia Jan. 4, 1969 Dr. David R. Rockola. styles and images. a&r vice-president Jack Gold. He says standard artists are trip- ling their sales by using the new The following average valuations, based on quotations ob- material. It's not the established tained from selected, franchised distributors in key markets What's Playing? artist the public tires of, Gold throughout the U. S., are published only for the purpose of insists, it's those old songs. "The indicating general trends. The averages are unfit for applica- A weekly programming profile of current and oldie selections standard artist must deal in rep- tion to any specific buyer -seller situation. from locations around the country. ertoire that people have heard recently and want to hear now." At 425, Grand Prix, 160 Sel., Buchanan, Mich., Location: Adult (Over 30) -Tavern first consideration, all of 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 500 620 this sounds like good news for Jukeboxes 426, Grand Prix 11, 160 Sel., 33 & 45 RPM, 1965-66 550 710 the jukebox programmer who is Current releases: Rock -Ola (Continued on page 32) "Abraham Martin and John," Dion, hard -put finding good adult pro- FRANK Laurie -3464; gramming singles. But there's a Low High "Both Sides Now," Judy Collins, Elek- 1455, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 No Avg. FABIANO, tra-45639; distressing catch, from the juke- 1458, 120 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 35 100 programmer, 1465, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 40 140 Seeburg Gem "Scarborough Fair," Sergio Mendes G box industry standpoint. The Fa biano Brasil '66, 1468, Tempo 1, 120 Sel., AGM -986. "now" music releases by stand- 45 50 150 Amusement Co. RPM, 1959 Makes Debut Oldies: ard artists are preponderantly 1475, Tempo 1, 200 Sel., albums. Of the few such singles 45 RPM, 1959 60 160 "Release Me," Engelbert Humper- 1478 Tempo 11, 120 Sel., dinck; released, a shockingly low per- 45 RPM, 1960 100 190 In Germany centage have 1485, Tempo 11, 200 Sel., "Then You Can Tell Me Good -Bye," reached the charts 45 RPM, 135 230 Eddy 1960 HAMBURG-The Seeburg Arnold. during 1968. The most success- 1488, Regis, 120 Sel., ful single of the new type was 45 RPM, 1961 145 235 Gem, and its ability to repro- 1495 Regis, 200 Sel., Deadwood, S. D., Location: Adult (Over 30) -Lounge Patti Page's "Gentle on My 45 RPM, 1961 150 275 duce stereo sound, was a high- Mind" from Columbia, with ex- 1493 Princess,100 Sel., light of a recent showing of the Current releases: 45 RPM, 1962 175 285 cellent chart performance in 1496, Empress, 120 Sel., new phonograph at Seevend "Till," Vogues, Reprise -0788; April and May. 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 150 325 here. Making the presentation PATRICIA "My Favorite Things," Herb Alpert & 1497, Empress, 200 Sel., The distress is made more 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 250 360 was George Gilbert, president, Tiluano Brass, AGM -1001 ; BURNS, acute by the fact that selections 408, Rhapsody, 160 Sel., Seeburg International. programmer, "I Love How You Love Me," Bobby 33 & 45 RPM, 1963 290 410 Vinton, Epic -10397. for these albums are made on Black Hills 404, Capri, 100 Sel., Gilbert also pointed out See - the basis of new, homogenious 33 & 45 RPM, 1969 295 420 Novelty Co. 414, Capri 11, 100 Sel., burg's new universal column Oldies: considerations rather than on 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 330 470 speakers, which are auxiliary "Sentimental Me," Bobby the old, individual hit premise. 414S, Capri 11, 100 Sel., units this year, and can be posi- Vinton; 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 330 500 "Release Me," Engelbert Humper- Explains Gold, "The album 418S, Rhapsody, 160 Sel., tioned on walls or in other areas dinck. business has changed so that 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 375 515 to increase the stereo separation 424, Princess Roya1,100 Sel., (Continued on page 32) 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 400 545 of the Gem. JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 31 Coin Machine News Monument Coinmen In The News Christmas 45's The Bluebook Believes in Continued from page 31 PHILADELPHIA ment Co.; Joseph Silverman, execu- tive secretary of the Automatic Stereo Singles 429, Starlet, 100 Sel., Plans Amusement Machines Association 33 & 45 RPM, 1965-66 450 545 for the annual dinner of Out Too Late Continued from page 31 431, Coronado, 100 Sel., the Coin Machine Division were of Philadelphia; Melvyn B. Mason, 1966-67 435 585 completed this week with Wednes- Robert Marvel, Leon Weiner and Continued from page 31 432, GP/160, 160 Sel., music. We received numerous 625 825 day, Jan. 15, set as William Moore Jr. Marvin Stein, 1966-67 the date for comments from operators at the 433, C/P Imperial, 160 Sel., head of Eastern the big industry dinner that will Music Systems playing Christmas music until recent MOA show in Chicago 1966.67 650 850 also kick off the industry's partici- Corp., is vice-chairman of the Al- 434, Concerto, 100 Sel., 1967 475 650 just a few days before Christ- that they wanted more stereo 437, 160 750 pation in the 1969 Allied Jewish lied Jewish Appeal Trade Council. Ultra, Sel., 1968 895 mas." singles. 436, Centura, 100 Sel., 1968 No Avg. Appeal -Israel Emergency Fund. Harry Rosen, executive veepee 45, Princess Deluxe, 100 Sel., Elkins said he'd like to see the more and more Ralph W. Pries, head of Berlo of the Rosen firm, is chair- "As locations 1968 No Avg. record 440, Psychedelic Money Grabber, Vending Co., and Albert M. Rod - companies release Christ- receive stereo equipment, the man of the "Day at the Races" 160 Sel., 1969 No Avg. stein, head of Macke Variety Vend- outing at Garden State Track for mas product in October. stereo single will be a very im- ing Corp., both of whom are serv- the 32 Carat Club, philanthropic The lack of good Christmas portant segment of the industry. ing as associate chairmen for the organization which he serves as a hits creates and annual pre - In years to come, the whole in- Wurlitzer Allied Jewish Appeal Trade Coun- member of the Board. ... William Christmas slump for Elkins. dustry will be stereo, even if it's Low High cil, . met with industry leaders to F. Deal, vice-president and general "There are two weeks before psychedelic." 2100, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 75 140 set up the plans for the dinner. 2104, 104 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 60 140 manager for the area of the Auto- the holiday when business drops As for why some record com- Serving as members of the steering matic Retailers of America Serv- 2150, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 65 150 to nothing," he said. "Operators panies are holding hack with 2200, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 65 180 committee are Harry Stern, presi- ices' Mid -Atlantic Business and In- 104 Sel., 45 RPM, put out their old Christmas rec- 2204, 1958 65 170 dent of the Amusement Machines dustry Regional Office, announced stereo singles, Kirby had this 2250, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 70 190 ords -`White 2300, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1959 95 215 Association of Philadelphia, which that the Freedoms Foundation at Christmas' and explanation: sponsors the dinner; Raymond 'Silver Bells' and buy abso- 2304, 104 Sel., 45 RPM, 1959 80 190 J. Valley Forge presented a George - "One main thing is the addi- 2310, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1959 80 190 Erfle, vice-president of the Lincoln Washington Honor Medal to the lutely nothing for those two tional expense of parts, and 2400, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 110 200 National Bank, who has strong fi- company in recognition of the weeks. I might as well take a maintaining two separate inven- 2404, 104 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 200 235 nancial roots in the industry; Elliot 2410, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 100 195 ARA Historical Foundation's out- vacation. Business picks up the tories on each single." 2500, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1961 155 270 Rosen, executive officer of David 2504, 104 Sel., 45 RPM, 1961 standing contribution to commu- week before Christmas as oper- The Monument executive also 240 265 Rosen, Inc.; James J. Ginsberg, 2510, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1961 140 255 nity programs in the past year. ators start buying to replace 2600, president of Banner Specialty Co.; the realizes that not every location 200 Sel., five or six Christmas singles is -suited 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 230 350 Joseph Ash, head of Active Amuse- (Continued on page 35) well for stereo. 2610, 100 Sel., they'll be taking off after the "Unless the speaker system 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 190 325 holiday." and location lend themselves to 2700, 200 Sel., 33 & 45 RPM, 1963 245 420 According to Elkins, most of stereo, then no distinction can be 2710, 100 Sel., his customers program Christ- made. Worrying about stereo in 33 & 45 RPM, 1963 280 395 2800, 200 Sel., A mas singles for traditional rea- a alley is Healthy, bowling rather 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 400 Happy, ridicu- 520 sons only. "They say they don't lous. However, a fine restaurant 2810, 100 Sel., 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 370 495 get much play," he said. "This is a different story. I'd say 30 2900, 200 Sel., would change if we could get per cent of the locations would 33 & 45 RPM, 1965 495 655 Prosperous 2910, 100 Sel., good Christmas product early be conducive to stereo sound." 33 & 45 RPM, 1965 455 615 enough to sell the operators on 3000, 200 Sel., 1966 560 750 it and get the fresh material out 3010, 100 Sel., 1966 525 675 Nein YQffl, 3100, Americana, 200 Sel., on the boxes." Does 'Switch' 1967 755 885 Elkins 3110, Americana, 100 Sel., reported moderate suc- 1967 575 750 cess with only one Christmas Aid Jukeboxes 3200, Americana 11, Especially f©r You single in 1968, "Christmas Shop Continued from page 31 200 Sel., 1968 No Avg. 3210, Americana II, ping" by Buck Owens. 100 Sel., 1968 No Avg. publishers, writers and even art- 3300, Americana Ill, ists can no longer say to an a&r 200 Sel., 1969 No Avg. Sincerely, AIM gilotta 3310, Americana III, man, `If you can't put the song 100 Sel., 1969 No Avg. out as a single, put it in an See the new album.' An album is like a mo- Seeburg tion picture. Everything has to Low High fit." L100, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 160 250 It would be a mistake to as- KD200, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 80 225 EDELIC sume, of course, that this thesis 201, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 125 250 PISYtH 161, 160 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 120 225 precludes exerpting singles from 101, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 50 150 these albums. Yet the disturb- DH222, 160 Sel., 45 RPM, 1959 170 215 ÁQ100, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 175 305 ing fact remains: producers who AQ160, 160 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 190 330 MONEYGRABBER work with the big -name stand- AY100, 100 Sel., 33 & 45 RPM, 1961 185 310 ard artists are thinking, produc- AY160, 160 Sel., ing, promoting and selling LP's, 33 & 45 RPM, 1961 260 410 from DS100, 100 Sel., while the need for a greater va- 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 275 435 riety of jukebox singles remains DS160, 160 Sel., 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 320 480 serious. LPC-1, 160 Sel., In making record men aware 33 & 45 RPM, 1963-64 460 710 LPC-480, 160 Sel., SOCI '0101101H of this problem, it is recom- 33 & 45 RPM, 1965 480 755 mended that jukebox program- Electra, 160 Sel., 1965-66 645 870 MODEL 440 SS -160, Stereo Showcase, mers write to Jack Gold directly 1966-67 685 885 with the suggestion that one or Phono Jet, 100 Sel., 1968 No Avg. TOP EARNINGS two singles be carved from the Spectra, 160 Sel., 1968 No Avg. Gem, 160 Sel., 1969 No Avg. 160 SELECTIONS new Barbra Streisand album in IN the manner that "My Man," as Rowe Mfg. Columbia says, was "forced Low High from" the "Funny Girl" sound- G-200, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1956 No Avg. EVERY TYPE OF LOCATION track LP. H-120, 120 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 55 150 H-200, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1957 60 165 The address: Mr. Jack Gold; 1-100M, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 60 160 A&R Vice -President; Columbia 1-120X, 120 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 65 175 1-200M, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 85 205 EVERYWHERE Records; 51 West 52nd Street; 1-200E, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1958 90 215 New York, N. Y. 10019. J -200E, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1959 95 230 J-120, 120 Sel., 45 RPM, 1959 85 205 K-120, 120 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 100 205 K-200, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 115 265 Rowe Expands K-100, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1960 100 210 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\.. Continental 1, 200 Sel., 45 RPM, 1961 70 220 I In Canada Lyric, 100 Sel., 45 RPM, 1961 120 215 Continental 2, 100 Sel., TORONTO - Rowe Interna- 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 285 325 Continental 2, 200 Sel., SPECIALS! tional, Inc., is studying the pos- 33 & 45 RPM, 1962 215 350 sibility of producing jukeboxes, Rowe -AMI -JAL, 200 Sel., 0 COMPLETE, AS IS 33 & 45 RPM, 1963 210 365 can venders and other products Rowe-AMI-JEL, 200 Sel., ROWE 137 HOT FOOD COINMASTER $ 75 here, following the purchase of 33 & 45 RPM, 1963 270 400 Rowe -AMI Tropicana JBM, I ROWE 121 Hawker-Siddeley, a PASTRY 75 Ltd. Rowe, 100, 160, 200 Sel., ROWE 147 ALL-PURPOSE (1/4 H.P.) 100 0 subsidiary of Triangle Indus- 33 & 45 RPM, 1964 400 565 tries, Inc., recently opened Rowe-AMI Diplomat, 200 Sel., ROWE 14 AMBASSADOR, COINMASTER, 40c -45c 40 two 33 & 45 RPM, 1965 710 major 545 ROWE 14 AMBASSADOR, Canadian distributorships. Bandstand, 200 Sel., 1965.66 610 795 ALL COIN 70 Music Merchant, 1966-67, ROWE 77 CANDY, COINMASTER 90 200/160/100 Sel. 675 875 0 Cadette, 100 Sel., 1967-68 No Avg. ROWE 77 CANDY, 25c CHANGER 125 More Albums Music Master ROWE SK9 Single Cup COFFEE 475 200, 160, 100 Sel., 2/68 No Avg. From Garwin Cameron d 0 CHICAGO Garwin Sales - Cameron, 70 Sel., 1969 No Avg. Write for complete 1969 Catalog of has added Little LP's from ABC, / } lrArS ,, 0 Pg-r Phonographs, Vending and Games. ROCK -OLA MFG. CO. Coral, Decca, Ranwood and Jupiter i rr Scepter. 401 Established 1934 0 AVENUE ¡n 800 NORTH KEDZIE Artists include Louis Arm- Low High 120 Concord, 80/100/120 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60651 strong, the O'Kaysions, Pete Sel., 1966/67 No Avg. 100 Futura, 100 Sel., 1968 No Avg. COMPANY 0 Fountain, Wilma Burgess, the Cable: ATLAS MUSIC / when answering ads .. . Whoopee John Orchestra, Glen ATMUSIC-Chicago NSM / Say You Saw It in Gray, Billie Holiday, Burl Ives, dom\\ 2122 N. WESTERN AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. 60647. ARmitage 6-5005 Low High the Dukes of Dixieland, Ray Consul 130, 128 Sel., 1967 No Avg. Billboard Anthony. and Dionne Warwick. Prestige 160, 160 Sel., 1969 No Avg. 32 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD Watch for a major breakthrough in music merchandising. Rowe AMI introduces a music miracle in this magazine next week. Bulk Vending News

GUARANTEED Voucher, Payment by Check USED MACHINES Impresses Location Owners New Equipment N.W. Model 49, 10 or Se $12.00 N.W. Deluxe, 10 or 5f Comb. 12.00 N.W. 10 -Col. l0 Tab Gum Mach. 18.00 CLEARWATER, Fla.-Us- income generated when it is Atlas 10 & 50 100 Ct. Ball Gum 12.00 Acorn 8 Lb. Globe 10.50 ing vouchers at collection time. spelled out for them three times. paying commissions by check "Many location owners are MERCHANDISE & SUPPLIES and mailing locations a six- inclined to be careless with an month recap has helped B. L. operator's bulk machines," he CAPSULES Broadwell here gain better co- said. "They won't call in for fill 250 PER BAG with operation from location own- when there has been heavier use ers. The Florida MONEY MAKING DISPLAYS operator claims than usual and often leave the S0 All Ring Mix $4.60 that location owners are more machines out on the driveway 56 Trick & Game MIX 5.00 impressed with the amount of after closing hours 50 Creepy Bugs 5.00 at night with- 50 Northwestern Mix 4.25 out protection. The only way in 50 Latest Assorted Mixes 5.00 which we can get an 100 Jewelry Mix 8.00 owner's TOO Big Dice Mix 8.00 BIG PROFITS co-operation, we have found, is 100 Assortment Mix 7.00 to impress him with the fact 100 Western Mix 8.00 250 V2 Jewelry, 100 per box ...10.00 COME IN SMALL that the bulk vending machines 250 V2 Oogies, 100 per box ....10.00 are paying a good part of his Empty V-V1-V2 CAPSULES PACKAGES operating costs, or adding to Wrapped Gum-Fleers 4M pcs. $14.40 his over-all profits substantially, Wrapped Gum-Pal, 4M pcs. .. 14.00 Northwestern's depending upon how he wants Tootsie Roll, 2M pcs. 7.20 to look at it. Rain-Blo Ball Gum, 2100 per ctn. 7.25 Model 60 Rain-Blo Ball Gum, 1800 printed "With our voucher system the per 7.50 carton location owner is Rain-Blo Ball Gum, 5500 per ctn. 8.75 produces more familarized with the amount involved Rain-Blo Ball Gum, 4300 per ctn. 8.85 per more Rain-Blo Ball Gum, 3550 per ctn. 8.85 profit dollar than once. He sees the figure Maltettes, 2400 per carton 8.40 of investment when he signs the voucher. 15 Cartons minimum prepaid on ail Leaf Brand Rain -810 Ball Gum. Whether it's in a super- again when he receives the Adams Gum, all flavors, 100 ct. .45 market or super service check, and a third time when flavors, 100 Wrigley's Gum, all cí..45 station, the Model 60 is we send him a recap on total Beech-Nut, 100 ct. 45 an Minimum order, 25 Boxes, assorted. operator's profit pack- earnings every six months age. Simple changes of the "If the amounts are substan- CHARMS AND CAPSULES. Write brush housing and mer- tial, and they usually are, be- for complete list. Complete line of chandise wheel Parts, Supplies, Stands, Globes, allow you cause we use six -head stands in Americom-Record Vender Brackets. to dispense all types of Everything for the operator. busy garages and service sta- popular items. The Model Tests being conducted by in One -Third Deposit, Balance C.O.D. tions, the total amount won't be Americom Corp. Seattle have shown that customers, a 1 forgotten. We can count on him by 2 to margin, prefer to buy records from the above NEW VICTOR 77 prototype machine rather than from a counter merchandiser. The to put the machines out where GUM & CAPSULE newly designed machine has a capacity of 75 records in each of the customers can see them most 10 sections. The records, 4 inches in diameter, are 331/3 r.p.m. and VENDORS easily and to keep plenty of retail for 50 cents. Americom has not decided on the distribution change convenient." setup of either the vender or records nor has it established the price A REAL SALES Broadwell recalled one in- of the above unit, pending completion of the test marketing. STIMULATOR stance where he had placed two IN ANY six -head stands in a busy service June 6-Minnesota Automatic LOCATION station and from almost the very Merchandising Association, Mad - den's Resort, Vends 100 count (Continued on page 35) Coming Mille Lacs Lake. gum, V, V.1 and Sept. 5-7-Music Operators of V-2 capsules. America, Music and Amusement Available with Events Machine Exposition, Sherman lc, 5c, IOc, 25c House Hotel, Chicago. or 50c coin BUILT FOR BUSINESS! Oct. 18-21-National Automatic mechanism. Re- MARK -BEAVER May 27-28 - Tennessee Auto- Merchandising Association, annual movable cash matit Merchandising Association, convention and trade exhibit, The box for easy Bulk -Vending Machines Statler Hilton Hotel, Nashville. Rivergate, New Orleans. collecting. Large capacity. Holds 1800 60 has the most foolproof balls (100 count), 575 V capsules, 250 coin mechanism in its field. V-1 capsules and 80 V-2 capsules. Extra -wide chute and inter- Chrome front optional. is changeable globe accom- a If your competition Write for Beautiful Illustrated modates all sizes of location trouble . - - Circular and Prices. products. Model 60's at- giving you tractive, modern design is Folders, Lowest Prices, Write Stamp sure to corner profits for You may find the answer to this problem you-at any location. Wire, MEMBER NATIONAL VENDING by operating the most advanced idea in MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS, Inc. write or phone for complete details. bulk vending - the all new Victor - NORTHWESTERN SALES & SERVICE CORP. 446 W. 36th St., New York N.Y. 10018 CORPORATION 2911 Armstrong St., Morris, III. 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Jukeboxes Need Wide Coinmen Voucher, Payment by Check Variety of Product Impresses Location Owners In The News Continued from page 34 the wall to show his night-time and extra -shift employees where Continued from page 31 leases," Glassman explained. Continued from page 32 "We feel we're far ahead of our first week was plagued with machines are to be spotted when owner indifference. Machines brought out in the morning. spotting awareness of the phono- competition because we also - Cole Tobacco Co., Inc., based graph record business. have our retail operation. This in the same building housing Berlo were splashed with grease and The vendor also makes it a "Operators know that our two gives us the advantage Vending Company and other af- gasoline, shoved into back cor- point to note the wedding an- of being filiated companies, has changed its stores get the quickest and sur immediately able to spot the rec- ners, suffered from cracked glass niversaries and birthdays of his corporate name to Cole Automatic through careless handling of location owners. He sends them est response to all the new re ords that are breaking. Operators Vending, Volen Inc.... Sol set up tools around them, and in sev- a card when these days roll come to us to learn what they shop as Simco Vending Service, should eral instances were left outdoors around. Get and hold be putting on the boxes." headquartered at 11921 Covert Glassman prefers to think of Road in the Far Northeast section at night. the best locations Instead of complaining bit- with himself as a fighter for the juke- of the city.... "Easy" Jones, West box operators. There are two Chester, Pa., operator, is serving terly or picking up the machines, Victor's elements in the industry, how- as chairman of the Conestoga Broadwell sent out the first com- Shrine Club's Blood Bank for the mission check, and inclosed a ever, that he views as divisive Shriners Burns Hospital. BUY! Selectorama I1 and destructive: (1) location note pointing out that if the James Ginsberg, who heads up machines were given the benefit owners who feel they must own Banner Specialty Co., is staging a METAL TYPERS Console and operate their own jukeboxes, heavy holiday campaign to pro- of prominent display, and care- Vending Aluminum 6 DIFFERENT STYLES and (2) operators or distributors mote pool tables.... Ann T. Clark fully maintained, the figure who persist in left her post as test dietician at could be increased substantially. IDENTIFICATION w nk;1ï..'. ., selling equipment -M ,7'.. Automatic Retailers of America "1 never had another minute's directly to locations. DISC "I may be selfish in this view." (ARA) to take a post with Dolly trouble with that location since," Madison Industries. . . . South he explained, "hut I am con- he said. "As it turned out, the Jersey Vending Co., across the location owner had not believed WHY! vinced that the operator alone river in Camden, N. J., partici- that the as 1. LIFE can provide a stable market for pated in the third anniversary cele- machines could earn -TIME INCOME phonograph records. The oper- bration of the new plant for Flee- much in commission as we had 2. TROUBLE -FREE ator is the one who can give con- kop's Midtown Meats at the local promised. When the amount OPERATION tinuous, expert service to the lo- Food Distribution Center. was more, he was completely 3. ONLY 18"x18" cation, seeing to it that juke- Neither rain nor snow could keep gratified. In fact, I learned he boxes are in working order and a couple of thugs from holding up punished a part-time employee STANDARD ARVARD properly programmed." Edward Schwartz, a driver -sales- who was found attempting to man for Stan Harris & Co., vend- METAL TY PER,inc. The one -stop manager must be slug the machines with an as- ing machine operators. He turned 1318 N. WESTERN AVE. able sortment of iron washers." to think like a jukebox over $1,400 in bills and coins to CHICAGO 22, ILL. EV 4-3120 operator, Glassman said. This two men who approached the com- Broadwell regularly photo- calls for a high degree of empa- pany truck parked in the West graphs each of his installations. thy and knowledge of the coin - Philadelphia section of the city. with the machines in what he operated music industry. It'll be a June wedding for considers the idea location, and 111 Louis -- "You can't be of much help Murray Savar and Florence gives a copy of the photograph > Ruth Zelig of Margate, N. J. 75% time. to the jukebox trade as if you The to the location owner. Often a Save 50% to servicing groom is the son of Martin Savar, ItteOUR front door to fill G collect. are only a I location owner will it up on Unlock `cherry picker.' feel head of the Savar Bros., cigarette tack T it is our duty to the operators vending operation. Write-Phone for information to have the whole wide spectrum Martin Savor, head of the of record merchandise in Savar INC. stock Bros. cigarette vending firm, LOGAN DISTRIBUTING, when they want it-oldies, stand- drumming up attendance for the 1852 W. Division St., Chicago, III. 60622 State of Israel Tribute Dinner this All Machines Phone: (312) 486-4870 ards, and the brand new break- ing numbers-along with the hit month for Walter I. Davidson, to- PREVIEW PARTY bacco industry Ready for Location items. Our proudest boast is that leader. George Horowitz, new managing director FOOD & DRINKS we can fill 90 to 100 Seeburg A Y-100 * per cent for Rudd-Melikian, Inc., is co- $345. of each operator's record order." 150 Film and 150 Records FUN & FAVORS chairman for the award dinner.. , . for * VICTOR'S NEW About one -quarter of the Model Vending, Inc., changed its AMI Photoviewer $5 per roll CELEBRITIES operators doing business with corporate name to MVC Industries, (Like new) * GUEST 11 SPECIAL Downtown Radio Doctors and Inc. Legal details being handled Seeburg Electra 795. MUSIC & DANCING by the local law * its sister outlet, Third Street Ra- firm of Blank, Photo Viewer 395. Rudenko, Klaus & Rome.... Paul PRIZES GALORE dio Doctors, have never set AMI -WKA 200 selection * EXTRA CAPACITY foot Mezzy, vice-president of Berlo wallbox in either store. They order via 50f drop 165. Vending Co., was re-elected to the SUN., JAN. 5 TOP... the mails. Most of the major ac- board of directors of the Phila- AMI -Wp 200 wallboxes ...19 55 ea. counts phone in their orders; the delphia Seeburg E-2 Cigaret Variety Club, Tent No. 13. machine 35. 1 to 6 P.M. stores will accept collect phone MAURIE H. ORODENKER calls from operators. Cable: LEW10 C. R. CLUB, PHILA. The operators' need to stay CALIFORNIA Call, Write or Cable abreast of the new hit tunes, is ADVANCE SHOWING OF THE NEW paralleled by their demand for At Wurlitzer service schools in 1969 ROWE PROFIT -MAKERS San Francisco and standards and oldies, Glassman Los Angeles re- Distributing Co. You Are Invited said. cently: Hugh Darnell and Bob Lewillione Shamback, Wurlitzer Co., San Exclusive Wurlitzer Distributor "One of our operators, for ex- Francisco; Exclusive Rowe AMI Distributor John Thomas and Gene 1311 N. Capitol Ave. ample, has a standing order with - Gardner, Empire Music, San Fran- Ea. Po. S. Jersey - Del. Md. D.C. us for any Mitch Miller Sing - cisco; Joe James Sr., Kenneth Indianapolis, Ind. Along records that we can get James and Joe James Jr., Merced Tel.: MElrose 5-1593 for him. There just aren't many Music, Atwater, Calif.; Donald win III mISep inc to be had, however. I have com- Harusin and Ernest Rose, A. B. plained to Columbia Records Music, Vallejo, Calif.; Scott Jenk- Say You Saw It in 855 N. BROAD ST., PHILA., PA. 191I3 ins and Hal Harturck, about this, but it hasn't helped." Automatic Billboard Phone. 215 (Enter 22900' Glassman Merchandising, San Jose, Calif.; jumped on the Lit- Edward Engberg and Jerry Fyfee, tle LP bandwagon at the outset. San Francisco Operators Service; The store features separate dis- Fred Gillman, M. Stanley and play bins for all categories in T. Harder, Tempo Sales, San Jose, Little LP merchandise. Calif. Erwin Neudorfer, Federal Proven Profit Maker! "We handle our Little LP's Vending, and Leonard Hicks, Wur- like all other hit records. This litzer field service representative. has sold countless thousands of A school co -sponsored by Wur- 2 -PLAYER them for us through the jukebox litzer Co. and Paul A. Laymon, channels." Inc., conducted by Leonard Hicks: Bill Cravens, Phil Holds 30 more V-2 Capsules. Cracraft and PLAYTIME Stocking large quantities of Danny Hovel!, Wurlitzer Co.; Los Can be installed on your present oldies and standards that never Angeles; Jim Parenti, Newera 77s, or purchased with your 77 make the singles retail charts. Vending; Jim Eddiman, F.&P. with hut are consistent money makers Amusement Co.; Stephen Meyers, machines. for operators, is a must here. Meyers Musc Co.; Phil Glannone, TOP HAT SCORE Some of the disks ,pulling steady Al Kimmel and Dennis Blue, Paul A. Layman, volume to the operator trade, Inc. FEATURE Only each include: "Sugar Blues Medley," Includes new center rod. by Norman Knuth, on Delta Intermediate; "Let's Have a ating a tremendous need for rec- for information See your distributor Community Sing," by Herb reational facilities catering to the ACTION SCORE or write us direct. Oscar Anderson, on Capitol Rec- public's leisure activities. ords, and the L'il Wally Medley This year marks the 40th an- FEATURE of Lawrence Welk Polkas. niversary of Radio Doctors. It VICTOR Glassman envisions a bright was founded in 1929 by Laz future for the jukebox industry '' Mfrs. VENDING CORP. Glassman, Stu's father, still ac- rß of and the one -stops aware of its tive in the firm's operation. An- PROVEN CHICAGO COIN MACHINE DIV. PROFIT MAKERS 5701-13 West Grand Ave. needs. Its growth, he is con- INC. other brother, Jerry, is at the Y. Since r CHICAGO DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES, Chicago, III. 60639 vinced, is guaranteed by the pop- Third Street Radio Doctors 1931 1725 w DIVERSE', HIND, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS e0614 ulation explosion which is cre- store. JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 35 ow a Wurlitier 160

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Musical Instruments Personality Song Books B. he et Need Cited for Guitar Ntru-sic In Public Education Music of Today-Brimhall By RON SCHLACHTER by: Jude Porter CHICAGO-"Guitar has got instrument. I've heard too many to go into public schools, espe- people massacre the piano. This week's column is dedicated to cially for stage "The band." stigma of the guitar is 1968's great moments of music .. This holding the instrument I comment, from Ben back. the billions of notes, symbols and Kaufman of Charles H. don't think enough people are Hansen, sounds that constitute tomorrow's was one of many made here at aware that it can be used. They the recent Midwest National just think of the twanging standards! Band and Orchestra Clinic con- sound. With music education, This "Honor Roll" of HITS ... sig- cerning the merits of guitar in they're always a day late and a WOODWIND SOUND SYSTEM from Maestro. This new unit allows nifying memorable music ... both music education. dollar short. I would use guitar musicians to perform eight instrument voices, plus fuzz tone and "The cost of instruments (Continued on page 41) contra. The list price is $299.95. you and your customers have enjoyed the past year . . . is often may dictate who can be throughout in music programs and which merely a "springboard" to tomor- instruments can be played," Wide Use Popular row's history -making HITS!! said Kaufman. "No child of Songs Hammond should he denied the opportu- Herewith . . the 1968 SHEET nity of music education, and if Aim of New Hansen Series Modulator MUSIC "HALL OF FAME" . the school can provide low-cost instruments, such as the guitar, Continued from page 1 hooks: trumpets (3); trombones ALLEY CAT then the situation (2); saxophones (5); guitars (3); Introduced will BORN FREE improve." the series, called "5 -Way Han- and single sheets for first alto; Steven Gocel teaches in the senork" books, feature music second tenor; third alto; fourth CHICAGO -A reed sound BOTH SIDES NOW Chicago suburb of that is described as "very func- baritone; lead, rhythm and bass modulator that can authenti- Addison and BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX concerning the guitar, he tional, easy to sight read and guitar; drum; bass; vocal -con- cally duplicate an "unlimited" said: number of musical "In the classroom, with a strong melody line." The ductor, and piano. instruments CLASSICAL GAS the guitar was unveiled here last week by would be a distinct books are designed for dance The book: "Harper Valley advantage bands, stage Innovex, an experimental divi- CYCLES over the piano. A lot of people hands, combos, PTA"; "Over You"; "Girl rock & roll groups and pep Watcher"; "Little sion, Hammond Organ Co. The DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY in general music don't have a Green Ap- bands. unit, which folds into its own HOUSEWIFE serviceable piano available. ples"; "Mission Impossible"; "Fool on the Hill"; "Gentle carrying case, will be shown to The guitar could be learned Shown here for the first time on GENTLE ON MY MIND quite at the Mid -West National My Mind"; "Hey Jude"; "Born music dealers at the May 12-15 easy as an accompaniment Band American Music & Orchestra Clinic, the books' Free"; "The Look of Love"; Dealers Indus- GUANTANAMERA "Alfie," try Exhibit in Las Vegas, ac- originator, Kaufman, said one and "Somethin' Stupid." HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. immediate of "The books have great im- cording to Innovex merchandis- benefit the series ing supervisor will be seen in the nightclub pulse sales appeal and we will Dorn Younger. HE orchestra field. be working with rack jobbers "At this point we're merely and trying to feel out the reaction HEY JUDE "Up until now it has been dealers to make sure they take full to the unit," said Younger, who HONEY very difficult for orchestras to advantage of display techniques and other market- explained that the modulator hire arrangers for popular songs HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN ing advice to offer," Kaufman excited much interest among that the orchestra may only play music instructors said. attending the I LEFT MY HEART IN a limited number of times. Now, Midwest National Band & Or- SAN FRANCISCO an orchestra can have 12 songs chestra Clinic here last week. ready for all members of the No price or distribution policy I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME orchestra for 99 cents. Premier Yearbook has been announced, he said. IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Making the same point, only CHICAGO-Premier Drums An example of the unit's ca- IT MUST BE HIM differently, Chicago band leader is now measuring its tom-toms pablity was demonstrated when Peter Palmer, said, "We had a in inches instead of centimeters. a repeat button and a tenor sax LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH request for 'Harper Valley PTA' This change affects the com- button was depressed to yield (Let It Begin With Me) the other night and had to turn pany's the sound of a banjo. By hum- 8-12 tom-tom, model LITTLE GREEN APPLES it down. We've never put the 442; 16-16, model 446, and ming into a microphone, many tune in our library. Now, we 16-20, model 436. other instruments can be simu- MAC ARTHUR PARK have it in this Hansen book lated. The unit works in con- MICHELLE and for $11 we can have 11 junction with an amplifier and SOW -COBS BASS, suitable for more songs." New Wilking Store speakers. The modulator is also MY SPECIAL ANGEL music students, is now available a public address unit. from St. Louis Music Supply "We haven't been able to pay REVOLUTION Co., we INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. There are 19 push buttons Inc. The unit is manufactured by an arranger $50 for a song The Indianapolis Baliol a times during divisions of for repeat, attack, vibrato, SOMETHIN' STUPID Musical Instruments, New- may only use few the castle, Ltd., Newcastle, the week," Palmer said. Steinway and Sons piano tremolo, dyna mute, fuzz, bass, England, makers, SON -OF -A -PREACHER MAN and is priced to sell at $190. Instruments featured in the Wilking Music Co., has saxophone, tuba, bass, clarinet, opened its first suburban store bassoon, English horn, cello, SPANISH EYES at the Greenwood Shopping Cen- natural amplifier, horn, oboe ter. The manager is Paul Mac- and soprano horn. Eight sliding SUNNY key, a Wilking employee for 15 bars are designed into the top SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE BEST SELLING years. of the unit. THE FOOL ON THE HILL

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Folios AND AWAY UP, UP BEST-SELLING FOLIOS-VOCAL COLLECTIONS Demand for Rock Gadgets WICHITA LINEMAN By GEOFFREY LINK (Alphabetically) WINDY OAKLAND, Calif.-Clyde vices for rock musicians. Most WHITE ROOM Blackwell is an electronics re- of them he doesn't even have a TITLE (Publisher) pairman whose company, Am- name for; a few are just about and plifier Electronic Repair Service, ready to go on the market, like BACHARACH/DAVID SONGBOOK (Cimeno) YESTERDAY has expanded into the creation his tone sustaining device, which BEATLES (Hansen) of devices for rock musicians. will be manufactured by How- PAUL SIMON SONGBOOK-BEST OF SIMON & During the past two years. ard Hunt of Novato, Calif. To begin this brand new year .. . GARFUNKEL (Plymouth) Blackwell has repaired instru- Blackwell has guitar tuners much more musical wave -makers!

Our first two predictions are . . . BOOKENDS-SIMON & GARFUNKEL (Plymouth) ments for 300 bands, he claims. that can be built into or plugged He often checks out bands' into an amplifier; they tune gui- GLEN CAMPBELL DELUXE SONG ALBUM- equipment before and after a tars to match the other instru- THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN T.V. EDITION (Hansen) concert and if anything happens ments in the band. They are cal- (Brooklyn Bridge) (Jim Webb) GLEN CAMPBELL DELUXE SOUVENIR on the road, he is often called in ibrated to a true E for guitar or ALBUM VANCE (Hansen) preference to local repairman. true G for bass. The tuners will His he (Roger Miller) JEFFERSON customers range from presented to factories for AIRPLANE (Music Sales) local club bands to Jefferson outlet, and Blackwell expects MEET THE TURTLES (Big Three) Airplane, the Grateful Dead, them to be available soon. Our New Year's Resolution ... THE FIRST WITH FINE MUSIC TO YOU- DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES GREATEST HITS Quicksilver Messenger Service, Blackwell has contrived a 100 - (Big Three) James Cotton, Conutry Joe and watt power boost, which he uses from S. M. I. the Fish, Blue Cheer, Cream, with Altec TEMPTATIONS four speakers, that GREATEST HITS (Big Three) Seatrain and the Youngbloods. plugs into any external speaker TIME/PEACE-RASCALS GREATEST HITS "It took me almost a year to jack. GOLD MARK ASSOCIATES (Big Three) pick up how the bands like their "Any amp will drive it at a PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH MY LOVE-VOCAL EDITIONS (Big Three) equipment to work," he said. continuous 100 watts," he said. Blackwell has invented an ar- It has been tried out with good New York-Beverly Hills-London ray of electronic gadgetry de- (Continued on page 41) JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 39 Audio Retailing

Nancie Wilson Cashes in Shure Awa its On Personalized Moving Date Service PHOENIX-Shure Electron- ORLANDO, Fla. -A back- On entering a competitive rec- ics of Arizona, Inc., a wholly ground as a social worker might ord market, the young Miss Wil- owned subsidiary of Shure seem an odd one for a success- son resolved that her price -ori- Bros., Inc., has broken ground ful record retailer, but in the ented "big volume" record deal- here for a new assembly plant case of Nancie Wilson, owner erships would simply be more to be located at the intersection of Nancie's Records here, it has personalized, understanding serv- of 21 Avenue and Cheryl Drive. been a real asset. ice, and that's where her previ- The new plant will house a Only 24 years old, Miss Wil- ous social -worker experience has product assembly operation and son operates a full-scale record come in handy. a warehousing facility, which ARIZONA, INC., a wholly owned subsidiary dealership in the Edgewater sub- "I treat record customers like SHURE ELECTRONICS OF the company has maintained in Inc., Ill., is planning to construct a new urb of a adults," of Shure Bros., Evanston, Orlando, and for highly she said, "whether he assembly plant in Phoenix. The plant will be located at the intersection Phoenix for approximately two unusual twist, a leased depart- may be an elementary school of 21st Avenue and Cheryl Drive. years in separate, leased loca- ment in Decor, a psychedelic student who has saved up 200 tions. All of the approximately supply center in the Colonial pennies to buy an album or a 125 persons presently employed Shopping Center on the other young adult who gives me a spe- by Shure in Phoenix will move side of the city. cial order for everything which standing with young customers the school to pick up a record to the new building when it is For the past year, Miss Wil- a particular artist has recorded. and sees to it that they don't bought at noon is thoroughly en- completed early next spring. son's merchandising operations "Teen-agers today have be- carry a record to school, bought thusiastic when Miss Wilson ex- The building will occupy have been slanted at teen-agers come accustomed to being at noon, only to break it with plains why, and isn't backward 63,400 square feet, with ap- and "pre -adults," inasmuch as treated as harbingers of trouble, careless handling. She packages about expressing appreciation. proximately 52,000 square feet both of her locations are located and a source of alarm. When each such record carefully Most of the young Florida devoted to production and close to either major high school they encounter someone who is against breakage or else puts dealer's promotion is in the form 8,000 square feet to personnel or colleges in the Orlando area, sympathetic with their interests, it on the shelf in an envelope of spot announcements during facilities. While the balance of as well as "young married" resi- will sit down and discuss their with the young customer's name, the Top -40 program on a disk- space will be occupied by ad- dential developments. record choices with them, they suggesting that he pick it up jockey show on WLOF. An- ministrative offices, the build- are highly enthused. My idea after school. other valuable source of good- ing site allows for ultimate ex- has been simply to make certain Steps such as these produce a will has been the fact that she pansion of the plant to 170,000 that my young customers like lot of extra goodwill. Quite takes many special orders and square feet. A Questions to make 60,000 square me, and go on from there. I often a parent who has been follows through on each lot will the feet employee parking spend a lot of time with teen - somewhat irked because of hav- sure that the customer gets be provided adjacent to the needle dealers ers and sub-teeners, but I sell a ing to drive several blocks from records he wants. building. lot of records too." The counseling which Miss Wilson extends to her young New Silo Store customers is much appreciated 1968 Consumer Sales r, by parents, particularly when she PHILADELPHIA-The Silo scolds a youngster going with- Discount Center chain has out lunch in order to buy a fa- To Exceed $5 Billion opened a new store here in su- vorite record, which happens burban Bryn Mawr. Silo, which time and time again. Selling now numbers 20 stores through- many 45 singles, and with prob- WASHINGTON - Total sette and cartridge tape equip- consumer electronics sales, in- ment, compact stereo systems out the area only recently ably the local area's largest vol- added hi-fi equipment to its line ume of single -record sales, Miss cluding domestic factory sales and clock radios. and imports, will exceed $5 bil- of console and portable phono- If I can buy cheap needles Wilson is patient and under- lion in 1968, according to the According to the report, mar- graphs. The store handles such Q why should I pay more for Fidelitone? Electronic Industries Associa- ket consumption of tape equip- names as Harman-Kardon, tion (EIA) Consumer Products ment can be expected to exceed Scott, Fisher, Sony, Concord, A. You don't make money by Pilot and Panasonic. buying needles-profits Division. While this represents 5 million units in the 1968 total come from selling them. a 10 per cent increase from market. About 25 per cent will Fidelitone offers you a full 1967, sales by domestic manu- be in open reel units in the line of quality replacement facturers will reach about $4.5 1968 reel-to-reel units and the phonograph needles and we billion. back our dealers with a remainder will be concentrated comprehensive MAKE IT The EIA reports that holiday in the medium and low cost EASY merchandising season sales, which extend into tape records and players. program that insures their the new year, appear strong sales and profits. Phonographs are enjoying a and will be concentrated in the marked increase in 1968, up 5 If I can buy direct from a areas of color television, cas - per cent over 1967, and will competitive factory, why exceed 6 million units. High should I buy through a Fidelitone Distributor? Foreign wattage compact phonographs -Mode are the new trend in sales in A. Your Fidelitone Distributor this category. is a trained specialist who Tubes Available takes the work out and puts Meanwhile, radios, whose to- the profit into handling ALLIED'S HIGH-FIDELITY, FOUR - OWENSBORO, Ky.-Hard- SPEED automatic turntable and tal U. S. market has amounted replacement phonograph to-get tubes for foreign -made to more than 40 million units needles. He provides prompt record changer permits fully stereo systems, radios and tele- automatic, semi -automatic per year over the past three service on fast -selling or vision sets, are now available MARTEL'S NEW UHER 4400 has assortments; manual operation of stereo and years, will match this in 1968, his stock backs from General Electric here. four recording/playback speeds; up your once -in -a -while needs monophonic records. It may be with sales up 5 per cent. Auto multiple power set Over 20 types will be carried. sources, including for special items; he for continuous repeat -play or radios are leading with a 19 flashlight battery, rechargeable provides sales training for automatic The As demands develop, more will shut-off. sug- per cent gain, transistor port- battery, car battery and house- your personnel; he provides gested list is $69.96. be added. an inventory management ables are steady with table and hold electricity; the ability to tape control system; and he clock sets off about 10 per cent records, broadcasts and with microphones, offers a "Magic Touch" over 1967. Portable units con- and the capability to serve as a replay unit, using promotion program to tinue to more than double the accelerate sales. Your amplifiers and speakers other Fidelitone Distributor is a table and clock categories com- than its own when desired. 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DISTRIBUTING SERVICES EMPLOYMENT SECTION BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Leonard Freeman Productions APRA Scroll has winner (for best ATTENTION, purchased the rights to the RECORD OUTLETS: WE FOR story of composition of the year) Dave have the largest selection of 45 rpm SALE: SONGWRITERS AND MU - Hawaiian composer Kui oldies and goodies at 25e each, also sic Publishers Agency. Good money-mak- Lee. Freeman is executive Jordan has recorded 12 of his com- major label LP listings at promotional er for the right party. Reason for selling: pro- prices. Send for free listings. HELP WANTED planning to leave the United States in ducer of the positions All orders a few months. Price reasonable. Write: CBS -TV series, for Kiwi. . . . Local welcome. Apex Rendezvous, Inc., 390 "Hawaii Five Kings Highway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Box 537, Billboard, 165 West 46th St., -O." ... Ricky Landy group the Falcons have finished tfn DISTRIBUTOR -SALESMAN WANTED, New York, N. 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Monaural Albums Score 2 European Cos. Eye Seraphim Sales Success Disk Pacts With Chi HOLLYWOOD-Angel Rec- among our competitors? And Seraphim buyers find the fact CHICAGO -A new era in ing switch. Solti records for ords reports success with its pol- how have we been able to de- that these recordings are in mon- the long recording history of British Decca (London), while icy of releasing pre -stereo re- fend our own policy in commer- aural immaterial; they tell us the Chicago Symphony is about Giulini records for EMI (An- cordings on Seraphim in mon- cial terms? The answer is sim- that only because such record- to begin with the prospect that gel). Recording plans are due aural versions only. Brown ple: sales. Exactly half of our ings are not obscured by psuedo two major European manufac- to be announced shortly. Meggs, vice-president, interna- best-selling titles have been avail- stereo gimmickry are they ac- turers will record the orchestra, RCA also has indicated it tional and classical product Cap- able in monaural only. Our 'all- ceptable documents of these whose exclusive contract with would like to continue making itol and Angel, explained that time' No. 1, the Beecham -De great artists' work. RCA expires Tuesday (31). The some recordings with the orches- Seraphim has been a predom- los Angeles-Bjoerling 'Boheme,' "We have always emphasized signing of Georg Solti to a tra, probably with Seiji Ozawa, inantly stereo line since its in- has headed the list since our on Seraphim back liners (and in three-year contract as the Chi- who recently was appointed mu- ception in September and now first release, and the Beniamino our national advertising) that cago's new music director and sic director of the San Fran- numbered 117 titles. Gigli series of operas have as- monaural recordings sound their Carlo Maria Giulini to a three- cisco Symphony replacing Josef Product comes from deleted tounded us with their consistent best on stereo equipment with year pact as principal guest con- Krips and Morton Gould. The Angel and Capitol product and success. (Continued on page 43) ductor foreshadows the record - Chicago has been without a mu- from EMI and Melodiya mate- "Though they retired from sic director this year with the rial not previously released in active singing careers years ago, expiration of Jean Martinon's the U. S. "But, at the very mo- Lotte Lehmann and Alexander contract five-year contract in ment that monaural counter- Kipnis still have a following who June. Solti and Giulini, who are.. parts of stereo recordings were want their recordings. And among the orchestra's guest con- acknowledged as obsolescent," though we constantly get letters ductors this season, assume their Meggs noted, "we took the risk from Furtwaengler, Toscanini, new duties next September. of issuing on Seraphim new re- Cantelli and Beecham societies, Second Orchestra leases of monaural -only record- we're mainly impressed by the Should British Decca record ings of outstanding and-we lively sales of these deceased the Chicago, it would be the felt-permanent artistic merit. conductors' records." second major U. S. orchestra "Everyone agreed that the In addition to Puccini's "La recorded by that company, greatest performances of Furt- Boheme" with Victoria de los which currently records the Los waengler, Toscanini, Hess, Lip- Angeles, Jussi Bjoerling, Lucine Angeles Philharmonic under atti, Gitili, Flagstad, Lehmann, Amara, Robert Merrill , and Zubin Mehta. Last spring, EMI Tauber and Kipnis ought to be Giorgio Tozzi, Sir Thomas Bee- recorded the five Beethoven available to succeeding genera- cham conducting, Meggs said piano concertos with soloist Emil tions. There was difference of other top monaural titles, based Gilels with the Cleveland Or- opinion in the industry, how- on rate of sale, have been "The chestra under George Szell. This ever, on whether `stereo rechan- Art of Dennis Brain," including project was undertaken by spe- neling' was necessary to make Mozart's "Horn Concerto No. cial agreement with Columbia, these older recordings palatable 2"; Kirsten Flagstad and Wil- which has exclusive recording to our stereo -geared market. helm Furtwangler in excerpts rights to the Cleveland, as well "My own belief has been- from Wagner's "Die Goetter- as the New York Philharmonic. and is-that the artificial addi- daemmerung"; two early record- ED HYNES, left, Columbia's local promotion man in Boston, and Columbia, Columbia salesman however, has lost tion of a 'different channel' in ings by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Al Morse flank employees of the Boston's Harvard the Philadelphia Orchestra to Co -Op during a promotion for the Columbia classics 'subject of Mozart and Bach cantatas; Masterworks "Switched - to critical lis- On Bach" album, which employs the Moog Synthesizer RCA, which is releasing seven tening' is not an enhancement Gigli singing "Canti sacri"; as a musical albums with that orchestra Leoncavallo's instrument. The Co -Op has set up a large in-store display featuring the un- but a handicap. For lighter clas- "I Pagliacci" with LP. der Eugene Ormandy this week. sics and pop music, suck gim- Gigli, Iva Pacetti and Mario RCA also has the Boston Sym- mickry may be fine. But for Basiola, a 1934. La Scala record- phony, whose new conductor the great artists whose vocal ing; Arturo Toscanini's BBC will be William Steinberg next timbre or whose precise instru- Symphony recordings of Bee- season. Steinberg will continue thoven's "Symphonies R. Strauss" Ariadne' mental articulation, was so cru- Nos. 1, 4 as music director of the Pitts- cial to their greatness, that same and 6"; "The Art of Gerald burgh Symphony, which has a gimmickry would be disastrous!" Moore," which includes his ac- contract with Command. Erich Noting that many collectors companiment of 16 top vocalists; Scheduled by Angel Leinsdorf, who is leaving the and colleagues agreed with this and Lotte Lehmann in an op- Boston post after this summer's policy, Meggs recalled that some eratic aria collection. HOLLYWOOD - Angel orchestra in a Schubert sym- Tanglewood season, probably people did not, "including ex- Two newer titles scoring well Records will issue a new re- phonic coupling. Sir Adrian will continue to do some record- tremely important retailers in are a 1930 recording by Vladi- cording of Richard Strauss' Boult continues his Vaughan ing with "Ariadne that orchestra. this country's most sophisticated mir Horowitz of Rachmani- auf Naxos" in Janu- Williams association with a new Among the S. ary. major U. or- market." noff's "Piano Concerto No. 3" The three -LP set with the pressing of the "Symphony No. chestras in the market for mu- Meggs pointed out, "By sheer and a Florence May Festival Dresden State Opera under Ru- 4" with the New Philharmonia sic directors are the Philhar- bull-headedness, our policy package of Donizetti's "Lucia di dolf Kempe features sopranos Orchestra. Boult previously re- monic with Lammermoor" Gundula the retirement of against rechanneling has pre- with Maria Cal- Janowitz and Teresa corded the work in a monaural Leonard Bernstein, the Cincin- vailed, to the approval of virtu- las. More releases are due of Zylis-Gara, tenors James King version. Richard and Peter nati Symphony with the depar- ally every critic and every con- Tauber, Hans Hotter, Schreier, baritone Melodiya/ Angel has an al- ture of Max Rudolf, and the sumer who has written a card Gigli and Furtwaengler. Hermann Prey, and bass Theo Adam. bum of Saint-Saens and Schu- Washington National Symphony or letter to us. At first we were Meggs stressed, "Obviously, mann featuring Grigory with the resignation In other vocal Soko- of Howard not alone. Then for a time it albums, so- lov, who a S. Mitchell. prano Elisabeth begins U. tour in Szell will be principal looked as though Seraphim was Schwarzkopf has (Continued on page 43) (Continued on page 43) the only label that refused to her second "songbook" volume 'rechannel,' after the others cap- Philips' Set and soprano Victoria de los itulated to what seemed an over- Angeles sings selections from CONCERT REVIEW whelming trend. Now we're glad Zarzuelas. In the latter album, to see this trend has been re- Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos con- ducts the Spanish National versed, and other quality low - an Beethoven Or- N.Y. Symphony Impressive price lines with first-rank artists chestra. Daniel have begun issuing monaural - AMSTERDAM - For the Barenboim is conduc- only titles again. bicentenary of the birth of Bee- tor and soloist in a pairing of In Bow With Light Show "What caused this reversal thoven in 1970, Philips is prepar- Mozart piano concertos, while ing a set of the composer's nine Yehudi Menuhin conducts his NEW YORK - The Sym- chronized tasteful presentation. symphonies phony of New York got off to The "Lelio" excerpts also fea- Lobanov performed by the IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII to Join Amsterdam Concertgebouw Or- an auspicious start in its debut tured the "By George Singers" and Shakespearean readings by Ford Foundation chestra under Eugen Jochum. SOCIETY GETS program at Carnegie Hall on The anniversary actors, including Burgess Mere- set will be Dec. 19. In an imaginative con- dith. NEW YORK - Oleg Loba- released in the fall of 1969. nov will join the Ford Founda- NAL SUPPORT cert, the new orchestra, which Another novelty of the eve- During a rehearsal for one of NEW was ably conducted by its mu- tion in July as program officer the YORK - Business ning was the first concert per- recorded performances, the sic director, Joseph Eger, per- on the staff of the Division of support for the New York Or- formance of Varese's "A Dance independent German TV pro- chestral formed a wide and difficult Humanities. Lobanov, who has duction Society, parent group for Burgess," a short avant- company, Windrose -du of the Symphony of New York, range of repertoire and per- garde piece, which included managed the Baltimore Sym- Mont/Time made a special phony since includes North American Lei- formed it well. The program choreography. The orchestra also July 1966, became 35mm color movie of the orches- included light field representative for Colum- sure, with that firm's head, Larry show, dance, and showed considerable skill and tra which will be part of a spe- Finley, among the group's bene- narration. poise in bia Artists Management in 1958. cial Beethoven's "Leonore documentary film on Jo - factors and sponsors as well as The cap for the evening was Overture No. which He managed symphony or- chum. 2," began a member of the Board of a performance of two excerpts the concert, and Riegger's "New chestras in Columbus and Hart- Philips is also scheduling for Trustees. Dance;" ford from 1959 to 1965, from Berlioz's "Lelio" followed which concluded the Loba- release in 1969 a Berlioz cycle The orchestra's Music Ad- without pause by that compos- first half. nov is a member of the board of recordings by Colin Davis. visory of directors Committee consists of er's "Symphonie Fantastique." The orchestra's next Carnegie of the American Davis has already recorded Pablo Casals, Oliver Daniel Both program Symphony Orchestra League. of pieces employed light show Hall on Feb. 4 will In "Romeo and Juliet" with the BMI, Martin Bookspan, and the Joshua Light include a multimedia treatment 1964 and 1965 he was and Show, chair- London Symphony Orchestra honorary members Leonard whose home base is Fillmore of Stravinsky's "Firebird" and a man of the Assocation of Metro- and "The Trojans" with the Bernstein and Duke Ellington. East, heightened the music's ef- specially commissioned rock - politan Orchestra Managers. BBC Symphony. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII fect with a topnotch well -syn- pop symphony. FRED KIRBY 42 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD Classical Music Key Wild's BEST

Brilliance Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY NEW YORK - Earl Wild's For Week Ending 1/4/69 brilliant virtuosity was breath- taking in Scharwenka's "Piano Classical LP' Concerto No. 1" with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Sym- This Last Weeks on This Last Weeks on phony at Philharmonic Hall on Week Week TITLE, Artist, Label & Number Chart Week Week TITLE, Artist, Label & Number Chart Dec. 20. The 19th -century show- Billboard 1 MOZART: CONCERTOS NOS. 17 & 21 (Elvira Madigan).. 48 ART OF 19 piece doesn't have any extended Award 21 21 ALEXANDER KIPNIS Anda/Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum Seraphim 60076 (M); (No Stereo) slow section. (Anda), DGG (No Mono); 138/783 (S) Wild, one of America's fore- 22 23 BERNSTEIN'S GREATEST HITS 81 most virtuoso pianists, was in 2 2 TRANS -ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, INC., New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), Columbia ML 6388 complete control of the fiend- PRESENTS SWITCHED ON BACH 6 (M); MS 6988 (S) ishly difficult music. He was Walter Carlos/Benjamin Foikman, Columbia MS 7194 (S) 23 24 PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST (3 LP's) 5 graceful as well as acrobatic. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Angel SCB 3729 (S) Schawrwenka dedicated this 3 4 ROYAL FAMILY OF OPERA (3 LP's) 15 Various Artists, London (No Mono); RFO-S-1 (S) score to Liszt and is a similarity 24 27 DONIZETTI: LA FILLE DU REGIMEN (2 LP's) 17 Sutherland/Pavarotti/Various Artists/Royal Opera House in the skill required to perform 4 3 HOROWITZ ON TELEVISION 16 Orch. (Bonynge), London (No Mono); OSA 1273 (S) both composers. Wild's recent Vladimir Horowitz, Columbia (No Mono); MS 7106 (S) recordings have appeared on 25 33 R. STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA 4 Vanguard's Cardinal line. 5 6 SOUNDTRACK: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 21 Chicago Symphony (Reiner), Victrola VICS 1265 (S) MGM (No Mono); SIE 13 ST (S) Leinsdorf lead the superb RHEINGOLD 12 Boston Symphony, RCA artists, 26 26 WAGNER: DES 6 5 UP, UP AND AWAY 17 Various Artists/Berlin Philharmonic (Karajan), expertly and the orchestra played Boston Pops (Fiedler), RCA Victor (No Mono); DGG 139 226/38 (S) magnificently. The ensemble LSC 3041 (S) also shone in the opening over- 27 25 R. STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA 24 Chicago Symphony (Reiner), RCA Victor LM 2609 (M); ture to Rossini's "L'Italiana in 7 7 MY FAVORITE CHOPIN 144 LSC 2609 (S) Algeri" and in scenes from Pro- Van Cliburn, RCA Victor LM 2576 (M); LSC 2576 (S) kofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." 28 32 ORFF: CARMINA BURANA 13 Leinsdorf and the Boston have 8 8 BELLINI AND DONIZETTI HEROINES 4 Janowitz/Fischer-Dieskau/Stolze/Schoenberg Children's Beverly Sills/Vienna recorded the latter Volksopera Orch. (Jalas), Chorus/Orch. & Chorus of German Opera Berlin (Jochum), for RCA. Westminster WST 17143 FRED KIRBY DGG (No Mono); 139 362 (S) 9 9 CHOPIN: SONATAS NOS. 2& 3 5 29 17 INTERLUDE 9 Van Cliburn, RCA Red Seal, LSC 3053 (S) Soundtrack, Colgems COSO 5007 (S)

10 14 GLORY OF GABRIELLI 44 30 30 WEST MEETS EAST 78 E. Power Biggs/Various Artists/Columbia (No Mono); Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar, Angel 36148 (M); Classical MS S 36148 (S) 7071 (S)

11 10 R. STRAUSS: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA 23 31 18 MAHLER: DES KNABEN WONDERHORN 5 Philadelphia Orch. (Ormandy), Columbia ML 5947 (M); Schwarzkopf/Fischer-Dieskau/London Symphony (Szell) Notes MS 6547 (S) Angel S 36547 (S) 3 18 Szymon 12 11 ELVIRA MADIGAN (ALL MUSICAL SELECTIONS) 10 32 31 SHOSTAKOVITCH: SYMPHONIES NOS. 2 & Goldberg will be violin Royal Philharmonic (Gould), RCA Victor (No Mono); soloist and guest Angerer Vienna Orch. (Brendel), Turnabout TV 34080 (S) conductor with LSC 3044 (S) the Cleveland Orchestra Thursday 13 12 TCHAIKOVSKY: CONCERTO NO. 1 126 (2), Friday (3) and Saturday (4). Van Cliburn, RCA Victor LM 2252 (M); LSC 2252 (S) 33 29 BERLIOZ: REQUIEM (2 LP's) 14 ... Violinist Erick Friedman will Schrier/Bavarian Radio Orch. & Chorus (Munch), replace violinist Zino Francescatti 14 15 BIZET-SCHEHDRIN: CARMEN 9 DGG 139 264/265 (S) as soloist with William Steinberg Bolshoi Theatre Orch. (Rozhdestvensky), Melodiya/Angel and the Pittsburgh Friday (3) and (No Mono); S-40067 (S) 34 - MAHLER: SYMPHONIES NO. 6 & 9 (3 LP's) 18 Saturday (4). Francescani canceled New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), Columbia 15 13 BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE PIANO CONCERTOS (5 LP's) his U. S. tour because of an acci- 9 M3S 776 (S) Giles/Cleveland Orch. (Szell), Angel SE 3731 (S) dent injury. . . Cellist Zara Nel- sova and pianist 35 - TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 OVERTURE 1 Grant Johannesen 16 16 MOZART: CONCERTOS NOS. 21 & 24 25 New Philharmonic (Buketoff), RCA Red Seal LSC 3051 (S) taped a CBS -TV "Camera Three" Robert Casadesus/Cleveland Orch. (Szell), Columbia (No program with Alfredo Antonini Mono); MS 6695 (S) 36 37 RACHMANINOFF: CONCERTO NO. 13 IN D FOR PIANO 2 and the CBS Orchestra Friday Vladimir Horowitz/London Symphony (Coates), (27) for showing early next year. 17 22 SELECTIONS FROM 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 21 Seraphim 60063 (S) Zubin Mehta conducts the Mont- Philadelphia Orch. (Ormandy)/New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), (No Mono); MS 7176 37 34 MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 6 14 real Symphony Monday (6) in Columbia (S) the New Philharmonic Orch. (Barbirolli), Angel SB 3725 (S) Salle -Wilfrid -Pelletier of Place des 18 36 VERDI: REQUIEM (2 LP's) 2 Arts and on Tuesday (7) at the Various Artists/Vienna Philharmonic (Solti), 38 - HANDEL: MESSIAH (2 LP's) 3 Forum. Pianist Artur Rubinstein London OSA 1275 (S) Addison/Warfield/New York Philharmonic (Bernstein), will be the soloist in Tchaikov- Columbia M2L 242 (M); M2S 603 (S) sky's "Concerto No. 1" at the 19 20 ART OF LAWRENCE TIBBETT 18 RCA Victrola, VIC 1340 VICS (S) 39 38 BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 9 3 latter concert. . Tenor Jan (M); 1340 Peerce has signed with Hawthorn Berlin Philharmonic (Karajan), DGG 139 011 (S) Books for the publication 20 19 BRITTEN: BILLY BUDD (3 LP's) 7 of his Various 40 PLACIDO DOMINGO-OPERATIC RECITAL 2 biography. He will collaborate Artists/London Symphony Orch. (Britten), 40 London OSA 13990 (S) London OS 26080 (S) with Roy Newquist. . Pianist Gina Bachauer will be the soloist with Milton Katims and the Washington National Symphony Tuesday (7) and Wednesday (8). Seraphim Success The program will be repeated in Woodson High School, Fairfax, Two European Firms Eye Disk Pact Continued from page 42 Va. Friday (10) and in New York's Continued from page 42 San Francisco. The Houston's said, "It is true that our contract multiple speakers; now we even Philharmonic Hall Sunday (12). conductor, Andre Previn, how- with the Chicago is ending, but convey that message at the head FRED KIRBY guest conductor of the Philhar- ever, records for RCA with the our relationship with them has monic next season with Bern- London Symphony, where he's been a very active and a warm of our mono covers. We are Angel Schedules stein as conductor emeritus. the new principal conductor. The one.... We would hope that, if constantly being praised for this Continued from page 42 Recording Ties Louisville Orchestra produces its and when we had a project integrity. Consumer response has The Cincinnati Symphony rec- own recordings on the Louisville mutually interesting to us and been encouraging all along the Westerville, Ohio on them . . . we would he able to Jan. 17. ords for Decca. Other major label, a practice discarded by way, and the fact that we read He makes his New York debut American orchestras recording the Seattle Symphony. record.. . with the New York Philhar- at present include the Utah Sym- The Chicago's recording his- Solti had been reported to be and consider all our mail may monic on Jan. 21. The album phony on Vanguard and the tory dates from 1916. Most of a leading candidate under con- be the main reason for our suc- also features the USSR Sym- Buffalo Philharmonic, which has the orchestra's disks were cut sideration by the French Cul- cess. What other record label phony under Neimye Yarvy. released three albums on Elek- for RCA, including perform- ture Ministry to replace the late can boast several thousand a&r Igor Oistrakh performs Charles Munch as musical di- a pro- tra's Nonesuch line. Leopold ances under conductors Fred- men!" gram of short French violin Stokowski and the American erick Stock, Artur Rodzinski, rector of the Orchestre de Paris. pieces with Gonnady Rozhdest- Symphony have recorded for Fritz Reiner and Walter Hendl. Solti has told Chicago Symphony vensky and the Moscow Radio Columbia, RCA, Decca, Van- The orchestra also recorded for officials that a report from Paris Orchestra, also on Melodiya/ guard and CRI under a non- Mercury under Rafael Kubelik that he was accepting that berth duct 16 weeks during the third Angel. exclusive basis. A performance and Antal Dorati, and for Co- for $75,000 was "strictly gos- year. Melodiya/Seraphim has the of that orchestra with the Ras- lumbia under Igor Stravinsky. sip." The musical director's post Giulini, a member of the complete Shostakovich string cals was taped by Atlantic. In Under Giulini here is believed to pay at least conducting staff of the Rome quartets performed by the Boro- the past few years the San An- The orchestra has recorded as much as that offered by the Opera, will open the 1969-1970 din Quartet in two three -LP tonio Symphony has cut an al- under Giulini during its present French. Chicago season in September. packages. Seraphim offers a bum for Mercury while the Dal- RCA contract, which also in- Opera Director He will lead eight weeks here monaural -only aria collection by las Symphony has appeared on cluded albums with Martinon, Solti will continue as musical each season. In addition to Solti, tenor Richard Tauber, and a Vox's Turnabout label. Ozawa, Gould, Stokowski and director of London's Royal other conductors prominently new pressing by the Festival Major U. S. orchestras with Georges Pretre. Soloists have in- Opera House at Covent Garden, mentioned for the Paris post Singers of Toronto under El- recording histories, who do not cluded pianists Artur Rubinstein, a position he had held since are Lorin Maazel, Kubelik, mer Iseler with one side de- have recording ties at present Peter Serkin and Alexis Weisen - 1962, for the first two years of Mehta, Igor Markevitch, Jean voted to Poulenc and the sec- include the Minneapolis Sym- berg; violinist Itzhak Perlman, his Chicago contract. During this Fournet and Pretre. Solti and ond to three Canadian com- phony, Detroit Symphony, St. and clarinetist Benny Goodman. time he will conduct at least 10 Giulini will tour with the Chi - posers: Harry Somers, Welford Louis Symphony, Houston Sym- In August, Roger Hall, a&r of the orchestra's possible 30 cago in addition to their sub - Russell, and John Beckwith. phony, the National and the manager for RCA Red Seal, subscription weeks. He will con- scription concert assignments. JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 43 International News Reports Capitol to Open Pop Festival For Utrecht Plant in Mexico UTRECHT, W. Germany- MEXICO CITY - Capitol Capitol Records USA is a The first International Experi- Records is constructing a record joint owner in a record press- mental Pop Festival opened here pressing plant here, with, the Saturday (28), beginning at 4 formal opening in March. Dis- ing plant in Japan with Toshi- cos Capitol De Mexico, Amer- ba. The local plant will be its p.m. and continuing through 7 ican Capitol's company-owned second jointly owned outside a.m. Sunday morning. label, has been using pressing the States. Booked for the Festival, facilities owned by its competi- Capitol has been studying which was subsidized by the tors for a number of years. marketing conditions in a num- government and the Utrecht The new factory is located ber of countries relevant to municipality and promoted by several miles from the com- the building of factories. A pany's executive offices. Capitol study of Hawaii was recently Bunk Bessels and the Utrecht has moved its record stock into made, with the decision not to Youth Council, were the Jimi the factory location which will invest in a factory there at this Hendrix Experience, the Bonzo serve as a warehouse facility. AT A RECENT POLYDOR press conference in Hamburg, Germany, time. Also under scrutinization where the label's best-selling bandleader, James Last, is presented Dog Band, the Pretty Things, The factory will press singles, has been Rico Puerto because with two gold disks (for sales exceeding 250,000 on his "Trumpet a Beck, the Pink Lloyd, EP's and LP's utilizing equip- of the booming tourist business Jeff ment designed by Capitol's Go Go" and "Hammond a Go Go" albums), Canada was represented own in the Caribbean Islands and a by newly appointed Canadian national promotion director for Polydor, Jethro Tull, the Eire Apparent, engineering department in Scran- liberal corporate tax structure. Lori Bruner and Billboard columnist, Ritchie Yorke, far left). and the Mothers Best. ton. This equipment includes extruder machines which feed the vinyl mix into the presses automatically. One dozen ma- From The chines will comprise the first pressing line, with one oper- HO AND BACK-UP GROUP ator able to work two machines. Music Capitals The building has enough SPLIT; BREAK FRIENDLY space for expansion into tape his the cartridge duplication. HONOLULU-Entertainer Don Ho and back-up group, the of World Ramon Aliis, have split following a contract dispute between Ho and Duke Dosai, general manager of the Kahanamok's Waikiki club where both Ho and the group have been AMSTERDAM gles and albums in Germany... . record company, was responsi- CNR has released the album "Viva ble for hiring Mario performing for nearly 10 years. Wilson as the Phonogram is recording the Mexico" by the Trio Los Alegres, plant manager. Wilson, in the The break up is a friendly one, both Ho and Aliis report. the South American group who re- Ho was involved in the contract dispute in November, and left Dutch production of "Man of La record business eight years, re- Mancha" for release in February. cently appeared on the Sunday af- cently spent several weeks in the club. Meanwhile, the Aliis continued to perform there and when The musical opened in Amster- ternoon program "In and Out." Ho returned to work at Kahanamok, they decided to branch out on BAS HAGEMAN Capitol's Los Angeles factory dam Dec. 23. . To tie in with familiarizing himself with plant their own. NTS-TV's showing of the program operation. A number of Capi- Aliis member and spokesman, Rudy Aquino, said: "We'll go "Horowitz on Television" Dec. 26, VIENNA CBS is releasing the album the tol's U. S. -based will on a brief vacation, then start a new show. We have had several of- of engineers same name, plus the 1965 and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, fly here to help set up the fac- fers to work and we will definitely open at a Waikiki club early in 1969." 1966 two -record Carnegie Hall sets Polydor, is booked for an appear- tory. and the three -record set of the pi- ance in Vienna next month. Mean- Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll anist playing Rachmaninov, Schu- while, Polyphon has declined to mann, Chopin and Debussy. . release the Hendrix "Electric Lady - Altona has acquired Dutch pub- land" LP in its original nude sleeve IFPI MEET Actor Quinn to lishing rights of the songs from and has replaced it with a more the Dick Van Dyke movie "Chitty suitable cover. . . . Advance or- JAN. 16-19 Make Recording Mexico Fest Chitty Bang Bang," which opened ders for the Beatles' latest album in Amsterdam Dec. 16. . The totaled 4,000.... Gitte (Electrola) HELINSKI-The next coun- BUENOS AIRES - Actor board of the Holland Festival is and Richard Anthony (Electrola) cil meeting of the International Anthony Quinn will record an negotiating with Ward Swingle, were in Vienna to appear in the Federation of the Phonographic album of 14 tangos by Argen- Is Bidding for American leader of the Swingle "Gogoscope" TV show.. . Capi- Industry will be held in Hel- tine composers. The recording Singers, for an appearance by the tol is releasing next month an al- group at the 1969 . . . bum of Austrian folk songs by the sinki Jan. 16-19 and presided will take place in Rome, and festival. The Third International Choir Fes- Vienna Boys Choir. . . . Diana over by IFPI chairman Roger Quinn will sing in Spanish, Ital- Lindberg, managing director of tival will be held at Scheveningen Ross and the Supremes scored a ian and English. Foreign Tunes June 23-28, 1969. triumph with their concert appear- Music Fazer. Directing the orchestra is Al- ance in Vienna... CBS Austria MEXICO CITY The Na- Indio released the RCA sound- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII berto di Paulo. - track recording of the film musi- has signed to distribute the Ger- tional Symphonic Orchestra, cal "Oliver!" which was premiered man label Maris Musik in Austria. which opens its spring season in Amsterdam Dec. 19.... Wim Conductor Karl Boehm and sing- in February with the debut of Schipper has left Bovema to join er Birgit Nilsson have been made a cantata by Mexican composer Philips, Baarn, as assistant manager honorary members of the Vienna State Opera. . . . Zagreb Phil- Monument's Plan Blas Galindo, has invited Amer- of the pop music department... . ican and European composers to Radio Veronica, which is produc- harmonic Orchestra conductor Mi- ing a daily two-hour program for lan Horvat has been appointed send material for the 1969 Fes- chief conductor by Austrian Radio tival of Radio Popular de Mallorca, has Contemporary Music. signed to produce similar programs and TV. Horvat has held similar On Simulreleases The government's Fine Arts positions in Dublin and Agram for 12 more stations in Spain. and has been musical director of LONDON-Certain product and France. Weiss was also in- Music director, Miguel Garcia . Philips president Coen Solle - the Dubrovnik Festival since 1964. to be issued by Monument in troducing new Monument LP Mora, also announced that Sym- veld threw a special Christmas par- . . The Vienna Mozart Com- 1969 will have simultaneous and single product to European phonic director Carlos Chavez ty for staff at Breukelen Dec. 20. munity awarded prizes this year to release in Europe as part of the licensees. may have a new chamber or- Gus Stappershoef, former pro- Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, chestra ducer local company's continuing policy of Through the Arthur Hoews composition ready in Au- for VARA -TV, has Columbia and Vox. . . . CBS making its contract more wide- office, Weiss is arranging for a gust for the fall season. been appointed as an instructor in held a press conference to present TV ly known abroad. European tour by Tony Joe The work will bow in the techniques and production at the young pianist Nelson Freire. White, beginning in Germany the newly completed Hilversum Also present was CBS's European In addition, negotiations are U. S. at Lincoln Center in New education center for in m+d-February and continuing radio and classical program director Ernest under way for European tours York, it was announced. The TV staffmen from underdeveloped Fleischmann. into France Spain, Italy, and Department will also by Tony Joe White and Boots continue countries. . . Negram-Delta is to MANFRED SCHREIBER Randolph in February. Scandinavia. In France Barclay its folklore investigation program release the John Lennon -Yoko Ono is planning to record Preliminary arrangements an album and will repeat the International nude cover Apple album, "Two MILAN were by White sung in English but Folklore Contest. Virgins," on Saturday (4). completed by Monument CBS rush -released international vice-president Bob- aimed specifically at the French the Andy Wil- Edette Records has moved from market. liams single "Battle Hymn of the Corso Europa, Milan, to larger of- by Weiss during a swing through Republic," royalties from which Britain, Germany, Switzerland Barclay is also compiling a fices in Cinelandia outside the city. special album of selected Mon- will be given to the Robert Ken- Deutsche -Grammophon mez- Windy Club nedy Memorial ument r&b hit Fund. The single zo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos is ap- singles-a for- has made a big impact on the mula which has enjoyed re- pearing in a four-week season at Nat'l String 4 Dutch market where it has been La Fenice Opera House, Venice. markable success in France with Wins Prize released in the original four-color r&b product from Among the songs submitted other Barclay sleeve. . Singer Raymond Fro - for consideration by the San Remo Completes Tour represented labels. Artists fea- MADRID-"Windy Club," a gait visits Holland early in January pop music radio program spon- Festival Commission was "Zing- tured will include Joe Simon, for a TV appearance.... CNR's ara" written by Gianni Morandi. RIO DE JANEIRO One of sored by Coca-Cola and broad- 12 -year -old singer - the Dynamic Seven, and Ella Heintje, who is . Brazil's leading classical Giusy Romeo (EMI -Italiana), music Washington. cast by Radio Madrid, has too young to appear on stage or a 1966 Castrocaro winner, has re- groups, the Official National To coincide with Boots Ran- been awarded the Premio On- TV in Holland, was presented in corded an Italian version of the Frankfurt with 10 String Quartet, has just com- dolph month in the States, das, one of the most distin- gold disks for Aretha Franklin hit "I Say a Little more than two million sales of sin - pleted a two -month tour of the Weiss is arranging a February guished radio and TV prizes, Prayer"-(I Primi Minuti), backed U. S. and Central America. promotion tour for Randolph in as the best recreational pro- with an Italian version of "Smoke Gets in Your . The group played the works Britain and a number of other gram. Eyes." Odette played concerts in Milan Nov. 28 - of Brazilian composers Heitor European countries. "Windy Club" is broadcast It is presented by pop singer Dec. 1 as part of her first Italian Villa-Lobos, Mozart Camargo During his trip Weiss 11 also each Wednesday at p.m. Micky and produced by Bill- tour. . Guarnera (Ariston) has Guarnieri and Francoise Mig- visited the various European of- throughout the 57 stations of board's Spanish correspondent, recorded the Italian version of the none. fices of Combine Music. La Cadena SER radio network. Rafael Revert. (Continued on page 45) 44 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD International News Reports

the film "Le Cerceau." . Julie D. has recorded for Festival the Michel to Get Int'l From The Baden Powell song from the film Grabuge" in which she stars. Jack Denton, former head Music Capitals of Francis Day and Hunter in Sendoff by Barclay Paris, has been accorded the rare honor for an Englishman of being MARSEILLES La Com- impact in France where his fol- of the World presented with the Silver Medal - of the Ville de Paris.... Festival pagnie Europeenne du Disque lowing has almost a religious Continued front page 44 and Viktor Klimenko, Kirka Bab- has acquired distribution in France (CED), an affiliate of Barclay fervor-a phenomenon encour- itzin and Paivi Paunu from Fin- of the French catalog Typic, pro- Records, is making plans to aged by the fact that Michel Equals' "Baby Come Back" (Non land. KARI HELOPALTIO duced by Editions Garzon. . . . launch 28 -year -old French clari- plays only in churches, using an c'e pace per me). . DET has Marie Laforet (Festival) will tour netist Jean -Christian Michel on organ in his quartet and claims released a new album by Don Canada Feb. 21 through March the international market begin- to be inspired in writing his Backy, "The Tour Seasons of Don PRAGUE 10. MICHAEL WAY Backy," containing 12 new songs, ning with the Common Market music by passages from the The Czechoslovak Beat -Rock Bible. one for each month of the year. countries and Britain. Backy was the composer of "Casa Festival, postponed from Novem- MUNICH A London visit for Michel Michel appeared last month Bianca" and "Canzone" which ber, was held here Dec. 21-23.... this year is' being negotiated for a week at the 13th century respectively second and third Supraphon-Polydor artists Helena Czech singer Karel Gott will came and and he may also appear in Bel- St. Victor Abbey here. Each in the last San Remo Festival. Vondrackova, Marta Kubisova tour West Germany, Jan. 26 to fast, night the 1,000 -seater church Vaclav Neckar left the Rokoko Feb. 5.... Hans Richard Danner, Northern Ireland. . Durium has announced that Algerian -born Michel has, was packed to capacity. Extra Theater to form their own act head of the Deutsche Vogue pub- in it will not renew its contract for with which they are touring the licity department and co-ordinator a relatively short time, made an seats had to be placed around distribution of the Prestige catalog country. . . . The Gustav Brom of German production, is leaving the in Italy. . . . Fonit-Cetra has re- altar. Orchestra was booked to accom- his staff appointment March 13. A bizarre feature of Michel's leased a new album by Sergio En- pany the Supremes and the Ray Danner will continue to work for church concerts is that the au- drigo which includes an Endrigo Conniff Singers on their European Deutsche Vogue as an independ- Hungarian song, "Anch'o ti ricordero" dedi- to dience sit facing away from the tours. . . Jazzman Karel Veleb- ent producer.... Helen Vita will cated to Che Guevara. Gigi ... ny, whose album was released in tour West 1 musicians, who perform in the one- Germany Feb. to 15. Rizzi, Italian playboy and Western Europe by the German including an appearance in West Sing at Met church organ loft. time escort of Brigitte Bardot, has This year Michel is booked company Saba, is out of action for Berlin on Feb. 2. .. . Four Ger- signed an exclusive contract with several months following injury in man record companies and BUDAPEST The Hungar- for church performances in Durium for spoken -word records pro- - Brussels, Genoa and a car accident. ducers have attempted to sign ian soprano Karola Agai is Cologne, to be produced by Giampiero Scus- A new pop music newspaper, Dutch singer Ben Cramer, voted scheduled to arrive in New and in March will make a week sel. The first release, dedicated to to be published biweekly, will be the best singer in the Austrian York Jan. 19 for a season with of appearances in Paris. On this Bardot; will be issued shortly and launched in Prague in January. Coupe d'Europe Musicale. Finally, occasion CED will invite teams may also be recorded in French One hundred thousand copies of Cramer has signed the Metropolitan Opera, during for the French market.... Soprano with Ariola, which she will appear in Doni- from London's BBC and ITV an advance promotional edition through Montana of Munich and to see him Renata Scotto and tenor Carlo were distributed in. Czechoslovakia Ariola is seeking the zetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," perform. Bergonzi recently performed the services of among this month.... The East German Les Reed to produce for Cramer. other operas yet to be love duet from Puccini's "Madam press again criticized. Czechoslo- The Beach Boys decided. Butterfly" the color TV appeared in for cam- vakia for opening its record mar- the live show "Star Parade" on the Miss Agai is expected to be eras from the stage of La Scala. ket to imported pop music from Second German The film, TV channel Dec. accompanied by her husband, Beatles, part of UNICEF's the West. The Czechoslovak 12. During their visit to Germany Jones, Christmas program, is scheduled Laszlo Szendrei-Karper, the Ministry of Culture continues to the group also recorded a spot in leading Hungarian classical for world sales.... "Luglio," by pursue its policy of breaking up two other TV programs, "Music Riccardo Del Turco (CGD) which monopolies in every sphere of the for Young People," and guitarist and a professor at the won the Italian Record for the "Beat music business and creating sev- Club." . The Budapest Music Academy. Aretha Top Summer Contest this year, has Frankfurt music Karola Agai was discovered eral competing companies in each publishing house, April Musikver- been recorded for Columbia in an field. LUBOMIR DORUZKA lag, has in December 1967 by the version signed to represent the cele- English by Herman's Her- Walt Disney music publishing brated mits as "Something Is op- soprano Elisabeth Happening." eration in West Germany and Schwarzkopf when she heard Santo Finish Poll and Johnny have re- OSLO Austria. . Jean-Claude Pascal her performance as Zerbinetta corded Italian versions of the Bea- is to tour West Germany Jan. 6 in Richard Strauss' "Ariadne HELSINKI - Beatles, Tom tles' songs "Hey Jude" and "The Paralleling the new break- to 24 for the first time. Another auf Naxos" at the Budapest Jones and Fool on the Hill" for their latest through for domestic records in French singer, Gilbert Aretha Franklin are Denmark, Becaud, State Opera. In July, Miss Agai the top international Belldisc single. The duo's latest local productions in will make his fourth tour of Ger- artists of album contains Beatle Norway are currently occupying was invited to Milan to audi- 1968 for Finland, according to six songs. many March 19-31. MARILYN TURNER the top three positions in the chart URSULA SCHUEGRAF tion for Rudolf Bing, general the poll results recently pub- for the first time in the 10 -year manager of the Metropolitan. lished by the Finnish music history of the Top 10. RCA Vic- A few weeks later, Miss Agai trade magazine, Stump. HELSINKI tor's singer Inger Lise Andersen SAN JUAN was signed for two seasons with Winners in the main cate- has records in the No. 1 and No. the Met. Miss Agai is only the gories of the poll were: PSO has released a new Top 3 spots and the second place is John Davison (CBS Records) ap- second Hungarian Voice album by Anki which fea- held by the Gluntan Quartet peared at the Caribe Hilton Hotel female sing- International. Top female tures the singer in songs from (Odeon). All three songs are pub- closing Thursday (2). . . . Daniel er to be a member of the singer: Aretha Franklin (At- France, Spain, Brazil, Metropolitan. U. S., Ger- lished by the Swedish companies Riolobos (CBS De Mexico) vocal- The first was lantic); Top male singer: Tom many, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, of Stig Anderson, Sweden Music ist from Argentina Anne Roselle, booked at the some 50 years Jones (Decca); Top group: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Greece, and Palace Music.... Anne Aas's Miramar Hotel and TV Channel ago. The Beatles (Apple); Top musi- Israel, Italy, Bulgaria and the debut single for Nor -Dis 777 Nor- 4. Sophie Hernandez, singer cian: Eric Clapton (Polydor); Soviet Union, all sung in the lan- wegian version of "Les Bicyclettes with the Tito Puente orchestra, Top personality: Arthur Brown guage of the original country.... de Belsize" (Sommeren kommer ig- appears at local clubs and then Mrs. Nina Jansson-Lesch, former (Track); Top single: "Sunshine jen) recorded in Stockholm with goes on a tour of Venezuela... . Ribeyre Quits head of Music Fazer's record im- conductor -arranger Sven -Olof Kubaney Records of Hialeah, Fla., of Your Love," by the Cream port department, died at age 38. (Polydor); Top album: Walldorf.... A German song sung released an instrumental album by "Wheels PSO has signed Vasa Finnish in English recorded by a Los Deplomaticos of Greek Orchestra titled French Decca Fire," by the Cream (Poly- Theater star Jujani Perakorpi, Ra- Trio, Aphrodite's Child, in France "Asi Baila Puerto Rico" (So Dances dor). dio Theater duo Ossi and Ritva, has been released here by Mer- Puerto Rico) slanted at the tourist ARIS-Roger Ribeyre, pro- National. Top female singer: and singer Jaakko Piela, whose cury and is scoring heavily. The trade.... Gema Records (N. Y.) moffion manager with the Anka (Top voice); Top male first single is a Finnish version of song, "Rain and Tears" is sub - recently signed veteran recording "The Is French Decca -RCA group, has singer: Kirka Babitzin (Scan - Carnival Over." ... Music published by Sonora.... Swedish artist Guillermo Portabales from Fazer has signed 18 -year -old left the company. dia); Top group: - singer Lill Lindfors is topping the Cuba and creator of the Guajira Soulset (Scan Markku Aro, for CBS, whose Ribeyre joined Decca -RCA dia); Top personality: Kirka Norwegian album charts with her de Salon style. Portabales appears debut record combines Finnish latest Polydor album, the nightly at three years ago after working Babitzin (Scandia); Top single: title song the Zaragozana Restau- cover versions of "Les Bicyclettes of which, "Korn i min varld," rant in in various press "Lijat" (Scandia); is Old San Juan. He has just and promotion- Top album: de Belsize" and "I Pretend." . a cover of the Paul McCartney returned from a tour of A&C Rec- al fields, including the public- "Danny," by Danny (Scandia). La Bella Negro Soul Band will song, "Step Inside, Love." ords (N. Y.) a new label, brings ity department of the French tour Finland early next year.. . Kirsti Sparboe, Arne Bendiksen out the first album by Los Vio- Sonet Arto diplomatic service. He also had artist Sotavala, who and Oddvar Sanne will star in a lines Magicos de Osvaldo Barletta a show on Radio Monte has recorded a cover of Leapy TV special to be with instrumentals from the new Carlo Lee's Arrows," televised in Janu- at one time. Vargas Opens "Little has been ary. An album will be released Raphael film "El Golfo." signed by the D-Tuotano Agency. by Bendiksen to coincide with the Raphael will play a series of Ribeyre's next move is not The Scaffold's "Lily the Pink" has program. . . . RCA's Inger-Lise concerts in the Grand Ballroom of as yet known. His replacement been covered Theater Site here by Scandia Andersen is set for a silver disk the San Jeronimo Hilton Hotel at Decca-RCA is Micheline artist Simo Salminen.... Finnish during BUENOS AIRES for 25,000 sales of her Norwegian his coming tour from Feb. Brunel. -A con- TV showed a one -hour spectacu- version of "Harper 20-28. Tickets will all be $10. His cert by Mexican lar Valley PTA" singer Pedro by Paul Anka whose "Greatest (Fru Johnsen). The Norwegian lyr- TV appearances will be on WKAQ, Vargas inaugurated a section of Hits" album has been in the Top ic, a direct translation from the Mundo, Channel 2. a huge new ampitheatre, being 10 LP chart for several months. original, was written by Terje Casa Fragoso, Inc., was named DGG Names constructed on the outskirts of . After some months of in- Mosnes, and press reaction to the distributor for J&S Recordings (Mi- the city on ground reclaimed activity, Love Records is back in lyric has helped boost sales of the ami) and is promoting the first Press from the Plate River. production with single releases by record.... Arne Bendiksen was in two albums by this label for the Chief Although being used prima- two new acts, Sinikka Sokka, and Berlin to record singer Benny Borg Puerto Rico market. Albums are rily the Swedish group International for the German market.. Phono- by Fernando Montes, Chilean vo- HAMBURG Dorothee for sports, concerts will be Harvester, formerly known calist, and - held there when the ampithea- as Pars. gram reports that the showing of Lita Saenz, a Peruvian Koehler, for seven years head of son Sound, and an album of former the Bob Dylan documentary, singer. . Two new albums by ter is completed. international exploitation of When finished hits by the now disbanded group. "Don't Look Back" in Oslo has Cotique Records (N. Y.) "Up, Up Deutsche Grammophon reper- it will hold 15,000. Grammophon artist Kim Borg was stimulated sales of Dylan albums. and Away" by Johnny Rivera & toire, has been awarded a First Class Knight ESPEN ERIKSEN the Tequila Brass and "A Taste appointed head medal of the press department in during the celebrations of of Spanish Harlem" by The New the Alpert, Finland's Independence Day, Dec. Swing Sextet. Fania Records company's central office in Mendes 6. . . . Artists taking part in the PARIS (N. Y.) has released The Harvey Hamburg. The appointment Arrive in Brazil "New Year's Eve in North Eu- Averne Dozen and "Hard Hands" takes effect from Jan. 1. rope" show to be presented on the Following the success of Mi- by Ray Barretto. Tcio-Alegre pre- Hans Rutz, who has been RIO DE JANEIRO-Herb Scandinavian Nordvision link on chel Fugain's "Je n'Aurai pas le sents "Latin Percussion with Soul" head of the press department Alpert arrived in Brazil with Tuesday (31) are the Savage Rose, Temps" in Italy, Festival Records by Jack Constanza & Gerry Woo since 1962 and who was pre- native Brazilian, Sergio Mendes. Wandy Tworek, Daimi and Jorn is preparing a new Italian record- and "Hot & Wild" by Pete Rod- Grauengaard's Orchestra from ing by the who riguez & viously head of classical pro- The object of their visit is vaca- singer, will also His Orchestra. Velvet duction Denmark: Nora Brockstedt and record in English and Spanish. Records (Miami) has "Yo Soy la for DGG, has been ap- tioning and searching for some Jens -Book pointed head of produc- Jenssen from Norway; ... Caterina Caselli's "Cento Gi- Buena" by Blanca Rosa Gil. Mu- Archiv new Brazilian songs for record- Anna -Louise Hansson, Carli Torn- orni" is being used by Gerard sart Records "Ay que Amor," by tion. ing. ahave and Sylvia from Sweden, Oury as a background theme for Lucha Villa. JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 45 Canadian News Report Canadian Producers Set Radio Program 'Lobby' By RITCHIE YORKE TORONTO - Canadian This is a fact that cannot be stations must agree to program music producers have long suf- overstated at a time when the not less than 55 per cent Cana- fered from the lack of an effec- government, through the Cana- dian or British commonwealth tive lobbying voice in the gov- dian Radio and Television content. ernment corridors of Ottawa, the Commission, is reported to be This ruling has done much to country's political capital. It is considering legislation of Cana- boost local talent no secret on TV. that record producers, dian radio stations to enforce a The possibility of radio leg- musicians, composers and art- fixed percentage of local con- islation is known ists. to have do not drive Rolls-Royces tent. caused a storm of protest from their earnings in Canada Canada already has such a among members alone. of the Cana- Most, in fact, have a hard ruling where TV is concerned. dian Association of Broadcasters time making ends meet. To hold a license in Canada, TV (CAB). They fear loss of ratings and therefore revenue, if they are forced to play locally produced EDDIE BARCLAY, right, head of Barclay France, is in Marseilles to see record product. Although NewAlbum Releases some a performance by clarinetist Jean -Christian Michel, right, whom Barclay stations do list Canadian rec- plans to launch internationally. Continued from page 18 101 STRINGS-Swing With the Hammond ords, radio stations, in general, Organ; (Budget Sound), S 5116 here play a minimum of domes- ARENA FRANKLIN-Aretha in Paris; (At- 101 STRINGS-Latin Dance Hits; (Budget tic talent. This has lantic), SD 8207 Sound); S 5114 had, as a 101 STRINGS-Hits From Italy; (Budget uals, such as Eastern Studios, RICHARD AND MIMI FARINA-Memories; result, an effect on the Cana- Sound), S 5113 (Vanguard), VSD 79263 dian recording industry. And, Quartet Productions, Hallmark 101 STRINGS-Hits of Today (Budget), S Corn po Bows FERRANTE AND TEICHER-Love in the Gen- 5112 up until now the people con- Studios, Sound Canada, Nim- eration Gap; (United Artists), UAS 6677 RANDY PAIGE Singing Rage; (World), W bus Nine Records. Our commit- LOLA FISHER, RICHARD M. SHERMAN- 3433 nected with the Canadian re- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; (United Artists), THE PIANO ROLLS AND VOICES-All Time cording industry have not often tee consists of Harold Clark, Two Labels SLP 108 Hits of the Past; (RCA Victor), LSP 4050 been heard. Jack Richardson, Stan Klees, FLAT/ AND SCRUGGS WITH THE FOGGY A LILY PONS GALA; (Odyssey), 32 16 0270 Brian Chater and myself. MOUNTAIN BOYS-Foggy Mountain Break- ROSS PRATT-Piano Works of Nicholas However, with the formation NEW YORK - Compo Co., down (Mercury Wing), SRW 16376 Medtner; (York), 27001 recently of the "We are all amazed that PROKOFIEV: PETER AND THE WOLF/ SAINT- Association of Decca Records wholly owned LEIGHTON FORD-Love, Courtship and Mar- is no domestic music pro- SAENS: CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS- Canadian Music Producers they there riage; (Zondervan) ZLP 734 Nohain/Orch. operation in Canada, will intro- PAUL GEREMIA-Just Enough; (Folkways), des Concerts Lamoureux will have a spokesman. ducing industry in Canada. (Etcheverry); (Mercury Wing) FTS 31025 SRW 18092 Most of us are in this to get duce two labels this year. One PROKOFIEV: SONATA NO. 9/BARTOK: SO- Chairman of the standing GRACE-Institutional Church of God in NATA (1926)-Joseph Kalichstein; (Cardi- radio stations to program more Christ; (Atlantic), SD R 021 committee of the ACMP is will be called Apex -French and nal), VCS GREATEST CHRISTMAS HITS-Philadelphia 10048 Canadian records, and there- ROBERT PATTERSON SINGERS-Give Him a Richard Morris, a well-known Orch. (Ormandy); (Columbia), MS 7161 the other, Apex -English. Chance; (Veep Gospel) 16532 fore make it more of a financial GRIFFINI; (ABC), ABCS 663 VPS Canadian composer, whose re- BOBBY PARIS-Let Me Show You the Way; proposition for people to pro- Compo will soon be adding GRAUN/MONTEZUMA: A FESTIVAL OF (Tetragrammaton) T 105 cent soundtrack for the Ontario BAROQUE OPERAS-Sutherland/Lon- producers to its artists and rep- WEBB PIERCE-Saturday Night; (Decca) DL government-sponsored film proj- duce them. don Philharmonic (Bonynge); (London), 75071 ertoire staff to handle product OSA 1270 ect, "A Place to Stand," picked 'Very Worried' POP AND THE WILLS FAMILY-Now I Have ANNE GREEHY for the new labels. Compo will AND DANNY KIERNAN- Everything; (Skylite) LPS 6074 up an Oscar in the 1958 cere- "We're also very worried Dear Old Donegal; (Avoca) 33 ST 163 ELVIS PRESLEY-TV special; (RCA Victor), mony. about the state of the live mu- also be scouting the independent This Is BUDDY GUY! (Vanguard), VSD PLM 4088 production field for additional 79290 RICHARD PRYOR; (Dave) RS 6325 Morris told Billboard: "The sic industry. A lot of musicians GEORGE HAMILTON IV -4th Dimension; RACHMANINOFF: CONCERTO NO. 3/HAYDN: aim of the are depending far too much on material. (RCA Victor), LSP 4066 SONATA NO, 52-Horowitz/London Sym- Association is to FRANCOISE HARDY-Loving; (Reprise), RS phony (Coates); (Seraphim), 60063 encourage the production of money from recording commer- 6318 RAW BLUES-London; (London), PS 543 more music in Canada and we cials, and that is just too slen- DIANE HILDEBRAND-Early Morning Blues & OTIS REDDING in Person at the Whisky A Greens; (Elektra), EKS 74031 GoGo; (Atco), SD 33 265 are obviously very interested in der a thread to hang onto. Any HUGO AND LUIGI CHORUS AND ORCH.- EIVETS REDNOW; (Gordy), GS 932 the record side. We were recession in industry would Samfer Inks Maggie Flynn (RCA Victor), LSP 4083 DEL REEVES-Looking at the World Through CRAIG HUNDLEY TRIO-Arrival of a Young a Windshield; (United Artists), UAS 6674 formed a month ago and the mean an awful lot of people Giant; (World Pacific), WPS 21880 HOWARD ROBERTS CHORALE-Let My People first thing we did was send a below the bread line here in SANDY HURVITZ-Sandy's Album Is Here at Go; (Columbia), MS 7189 Local Artists Last; (Bizarre Verve), V6 -5064-X ROWAN AND MARTIN at Work; (Atco), SD telegram to the Canadian Ra- Canada. HAYDN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 93 and 94- 33-257 dio and Television commission "And we, as music produc- Cleveland Orch. (Szell); (Columbia), MS THE ROYAL HEIRS-Would You Believe; supporting the ACTRA BUENOS AIRES-Samfer In- 7006 (Word) WST 8446 brief, ers, are interdependent on those ternational, which has offices HINDEMITH: SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS PAUL ROBESON-Songs of Free Men/Spiri- which proposed more Canadian musicians. If they leave Canada /JANACEK: SINFONIETTA-Cleveland tuals; (Odyssey), 32 16 in Mexico, New York, Los An- Orch. 0268 programming on domestic radio (Szell); (Columbia), MS 7166 THE REBELS-Songs From the Heart; (Sky - because of no work, there'll be gles, and has recently opened BOBBY HUTCHERSON-Total Eclipse; (Blue lite) 6078 and TV. no way that any sort of music Note), BST CHARLIE RICH-A here, signed its first local art- 84291 Lonely Weekend; (Mer- "Most of our members are can be produced here. IRISH BALLADEERS-The Molly Maguires; cury Wing), SRW 16375 Every- ists who they will represent in (Avoca), 33 -ST -162 JIMMY ROSELLI-Sweet Sounds of Success; companies rather than individ- body's very worried about this. IVES: CONCORD SONATA-John Kirkpatrick; (United Artists), UAS 6686 Mexico. (Columbia), MS 7192 ROSS/SUPREMES/TEMPTATIONS - Original "One of our aims is to inform They are Hugo Del Carrill, NORMA JEAN-Love's a Woman's Job; Sound Track From TCB; (Motown) MS radio stations and the CRTC (RCA Victor), LSP 4060 682 Violeta Riva and Nestor WAYLON JENNINGS-Jewels; (RCA Victor), TOM SCOTT-Rural Still Life; (Impulse), A VARIOUS ARTISTS-Songs of Old Mexico; that Canada has a group of Fabian. The trio will visit Mex- LSP 4085 9171 Folkways), FTS 31304 people who've won many THE JAZZ CRUSADERS-Powerhouse; (World PETE SEEGER-Where Have All the Flowers VARIOUS ARTISTS-Beware of Greeks Bear- ico shortly. Meanwhile, Samfer Pacific ST FTS ing Gifts; (Musicor), MSX awards-not local, but interna- Jazz), 20136 Gone; (Folkways), 31026 3173 is organizing a series of Ar- JEAN & CAROLE-He's Everything to Me; PETE SEEGER-Nativity; (Folkways), FTS LOBBY VINTON- I Love How You Love Me; tional awards-for commercial (Zondervan) ZLP 755 35001 (Epic), BN 26437 Perez productions. We have the tal- gentine concerts for GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS-Silk N' PETE SEEGER-Leadbelly; (Folkways), FTS VARIOUS ARTISTS-The Golden Age of Wind Prado, who arrives in Buenos Soul; (Soul), SS 711 31022 Music; (Cardinal), VCS 10046 ent and it must be given oppor- BOBBY LEWIS-From Heaven to Heartache; RAVI SHANKAR'S Festival From India; VERDI: REQUIEM-Various Artists/Vienna tunities. Aires with his orchestra and (United Artists), UAS 6673 (World Pacific), 26201 Philharmonic (Solti); (London), OSA 1275 three dancers. THE LIMELITERS-The Original Those Were BILL SHEPHERD SINGERS SING BEE GEES VERDI: LA TRAVIATA (Highlights in Ger- "A lot of the trouble is that the Days; (RCA Victor), LSP 4100 HITS-Aurora; (Atco), SD 33-262 man)-Gueden/Wunder) ich/Fischer-Dieskau/ LUKE THE DRIFTER JR.; (MGM), SE 4559 SORCERER'S APPRENTICE-New York Philhar. Various Artists/Bavarian Radio Symphony we don't have, and can't en- LISZT: A FAUST SYMPHONY-Krenn/L'Or- monic (Bernstein); (Columbia), MS 7165 (Bartoletti); (Helidor), HS 25088 courage, the right amount of chestre de la Suisse Romande (Ansermet); SOUNDTRACK-Otley; (RCA Victor), COS 112 VARIOUS ARTISTS-Itzik Listening; (Van- (London), CSA 2221 SOUNDTRACK-Lady in Cement; (20th Cen- guard), VSD 6504 capital. There will never be opments in the copyright bill, GORDON LIGHTFOOT-Back Here On Earth; tury -Fox), S4204 VARIOUS ARTISTS-The Megilla of Itzik an export industry until we and the threat of record com- (United Artists), USA 6672 SPECTACULAR CLEVELAND ORCH.-Cleveland Manger; (Columbia), OS 3270 JOHNNY LYTLE-Be Proud; (United Artists), Orch. (SzelI); (Columbia), M2X 787 VARIOUS ARTISTS-Brotherhood; (RCA Vic- have a home market. You have panies collecting performance SS 18044 SCHOENBERG: PIANO CONCERTO/FIVE PIANO tor) LSP 4092 to get that to establish a fees from radio stations, Morris GREETINGS! WE'RE THE MONITORS; (Soul), PIECES/FANTASY-P. Serkin/Steinhardt/ VARIOUS ARTISTS - Country and Western SS 714 Chicago Symphony (Ozawa); (RCA Victor), Golden Hits; (Mercury Wing) SRW 16368 launching pad for foreign mar- commented: "It wasn't exactly VARIOUS ARTISTS-The JELLY ROLL MORTON-I Thought I Heard LSC 3050 West Coast Scene; kets. in our interests. Anyway, no one (Solid Buddy Bolden Say; (RCA Victor), LPV 559 SHAKESPEARE: PERICLES-Scofield/Various State), SS 18037 it to off. I MENDELSSOHN: SCOTCH AND ITALIAN SYM- Artists; (Shakespeare Recording), SRS 237 VARIOUS ARTISTS-The Night They Raid- "On the legislation issue, our expects come know PHONIES-London Symphony (Abbado); 237 ed Minsky's; (United Artists) USA 5191 members don't all agree on -this the record companies proposed London), CS 6587 SMETANA: MY FATHERLAND-Leipzig Ge- VARTIOUS ARTISTS-Touch; (London) DS to spend a lot of what they got DEAN MARTIN-Gentle On My Mind; (Re- wandhaus Orch. (Neumann); (London), 51004 approach to create an industry. prise), RS 6330 (SA 2222 PORTER WAGONER AND THE BLACKWOOD We're about 75 per cent for it. in on producing records here, SKIP MARTIN (VIDEO ALL STARS)- DAVID STOUGHTON AND FRIENDS-Trans- BROTHERS-In Gospel Country; (RCA but we don't trust them due to Scheherajazz; (Budget), S 5118 former; (Elektra), EKS 74034 Victor), LSP 4034 We all think something has to JIMMY McGRIFF-The Worm; (Solid State), R. STRAUSS: DON QUIXOTE-Brabec/Starr/ WHAT CHILD IS THIS-E. Power Biggs; be done, but the problem is past performances on the Cana- SS 18045 Vienna Philharmonic (Maazel); (London), (Columbia), MS 7164 is THE MASON WILLIAMS how. dian talent scene. Everyone JACKIE McLEAN-'Bout Soul; (Blue Note), CS 6593 Ear Show; (Warner very BST 84284 SUPPE OVERTURES-Detroit Symphony Bros.), WS 1766 "We have plans if it does being short-sighted about THE MENNONITE HOUR MEN-I Feel the (Paray); (Mercury Wing), SRW 18094 PEARL WILLIAMS-You'll Never Remember this issue. Spirit; (Word), WST 8452 THE SAN SEBASTIAN STRINGS-Home to the It. Write It Down I; (Laff), A128 come. We are going' to set up Merry Christmas With THE MERRY MEN; Sea; (Warner Bros.), 1764 PEARL WILLIAMS-Bagels and Lox I; (Leff), distribution offices across the "The future is looking bright- (Edmar) 1070 THE SIEGEL -SCHWALL BAND-Shake I; (Van A127 er for all of us. Pierre Juneau THE MIGHTY GOSPEL GIANTS-It's a Needed guardSI 79289C VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: SYMPHONY NO. 4- country, and in U. S. cities Time; (Veep) VPS 16534 FRANK SINATRA-Cycles; (Reprise), FS 1027 New York Philharmonic (Bernstein); MS where our radio stations over- of the CRTC said the other day JEFF MONN-Reality; (Vanguard), VSD LONNIE SMITH-Think; (Blue Note) BST 7177 he's going to get together with 79291 84290 GERALD WILSON ORCH. - California Soul; lap such as Detroit, where the LEE MORGAN-Caramba; (Blue Note), BST The Best of RAY STEVENS; (Mercury Wing), (World Pacific Jazz); WPJ ST 20135 public will be able to buy the broadcasters in the spring to 84289 SRW 16377 WEBER: CLARINET CONCERTOS NOS. 1 and discuss the quality and content VAN MORRISON-Astral Weeks; (Warner THE SWANEE RIVER BOYS-I'm Building a 2-Goodman/Chicago Symphony (Mar - current Canadian productions. Bros.) WS 1768 Bridge; (Skylite), SLP 6077 tinos); (RCA Victor), LSC 3052 This will enable small indies to of Canadian programming. Weise,- to the World of STEVE MUSTO; TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULARS-London Phil- The Best of JERRY WALLACE; (Mercury (Impact), HWS 1986 harmonic (Bou lt), (Odyssey), 32 -16 0238 Wing) SRW 16374 spring up, and get easy distri- "It really is a matter of time. RANDY NEWMAN; (Reprise), RS 6286 TINY TIM'S 2nd Album; (Reprise), RS 6323 LAWRENCE WELK-Memories; (Ranwood) R bution until they're strong I'll tell" you one thing though. THE NEW MIX; (United Artists), UAS 6678' THOREAU: WALDEN (Selections)-Archibald t044 enough to get is the last THE NEW WORLD SINGERS-We Will An- MacLeish; (Caedmon), TC 1261 DAVE WILKERSON-Why Kids Go Wrong; out and do their This battle to be swer; (Word), WST 8447 THE TANGERINE ZOO-Outside Looking In; (Zondervan), ZLP 745 own. fought out by Canadian talent BOBBY WOMACK-Fly Me to the OLD FASHIONED REVIVAL HOUR QUARTET- (Mainstream), S 6116 Moon; "But no one will be able to on Canadian soil. If they lose Sweeter as the Days Go By; (Word), An Evening at Home With TEEGARDEN AND (''sited Artists) LP 24014 WST 8438 VAN WINKLE; (Atco) 101201 THE YOUNG HOLD UNLIMITED-Soulful say they can't get this or that this, who'll be staying around ORIGINAL CAST-Zorba; (Capitol) 50 118 THE TRAVEL AGENCY; (Viva) V 36017 Strut; (Brunswick), BL 754144 Canadian record." to fight the situation any 101 STRINGS-Million Seller Themes; (Budg- VARIOUS ARTISTS-Original Musical Com- THE YOUNG TRADITION-Galleries; (Van- et Sound), S 5115 edy; (RCA Victor), LPV 560 guard), 79295 Concerning the recent devel- further?" 46 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD SHITS OF THE WORLD

ARGENTINA 32 31 ALL ALONG THE 5 5 SENTIMENTO-*Patty Pravo 2 2 LANGS HVER EN VEI- WATCHTOWER-*Jim i *Gluntan (Odeon)-Palace SOUTH AFRICA (Courtesy Escalera a la Fama) Hendrix Experience (Track) 6 6 INSIEME A TEa1ianaNON CI Music (Courtesy Springbok Radio, EMI) (Jimi Hendrix) *Denotes local origin -Feldmans STO PIU'-*Caterina Caselli 3 3 ROMEO OG JULIE-*Inger 33 27 I'M IN A DIFFERENT (CGD)-Arion This Last This Last Lise Andersen (RCA Week Week WORLD-Four Tops (Tam - 7 3 RAIN AND TEARS- Victor)-Sweden Music Week Week 1 a- M o t o w n)-J ob a to -C a rl i n Aphrodite's Child (Mercury) 1 2 MY LITTLE LADY- 4 7 RAIN AND TEARS- 1 I FUISTE MIA EN VERANO -(Taylor/Holland/Dozier) -Alfiere Tremeloes (CBS)-Mike -*Leonardo Favio (CBS)- 34 38 YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW 8 7 IL GIOCATTOLO-*Gianni Aphrodite's Child Smith, Cyril Shane (Gallo) Melograf -Gene Pitney (Stateside)- Morandi (RCA)-Mimo (Mercury)-Sonora 2 3 JESAMINE-Casuals (Decca) 2 2 LA CHEVECHA-*Palito Or- Screen Gems/Columbia 9 II) UN ANGELO BLU-*Equipe 5 6 MY LITTLE LADY- -David Pardo, Milla Music tega (RCA)-Clanort (Stanley Kahan and O. 84 (Ricordi)-Senza Fine Tremeloes (CBS)-Sweden (Gallo) 3 3 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Pitney) W 9 VORREI CHE FOSSE Music 1 MY SPECIAL PRAYER- -Mary Hopkin (EMI); 35 35 TOY-*Casuals (Decca)- AMORE-*Mina (PDU)- 6 4 THOSE WERE THE DAYS- Percy Sledge (Atlantic)- Sandie Shaw (RCA); Carnaby (David Pardoe) Curci Mary FIopkin (Apple)- Quin Ivy & Marlin Greene, Dalida (DiscJockey); 36 46 PLEASE DON'T GO- I I 11 THOSE WERE THE DAYS- Bendiksen M.P.A. (Teal) Gigliola Cinquetti (CBS)- *Donald Peers (Columbia) Mary Hopkin (Apple)- 4 - ELOISE-Barry Ryan (MGM Donna (Les Reed) Aromando 7 8 REGNETS RYTME-*Ole ESS)-Larry Page, Dick Odeon Ivars (Troll)-Musikk-Huset 4 4 ASI-*Sandro (CBS)-Ansa 37 25 SOS/HEADLINE NEWS- 12 13 FIRE-Crazy World of Arthur James Music (Gallo) 5 . 5 5 HEY JUDE-Beatles (Ode - Edwin Starr (Polydor)- Brown (Polydor)-Aromando 8 WITH A LITTLE HELP 5 7 YOUR TIME HASN'T COME op; Larry Page Orchestra Essex (Golden World 13 14 HEY JUDE-Beatles FROM MY FRIENDS-Joe YET BABY-Elvis Presley (Fermata)-Fermata Records, Inc.) (Parlophone)-Ritmi e Cocker (Polydor)-Edition -Belinda (Teal) 6 7 SEREMOS AMIGOS/LA 38 ' 41 YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO Canzoni Lyche 6 5 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy CHICA DEL PARAGUAS GET BY-Marvin Gaye 14 15 QUELLI ERANO GIORNI- 9 10 AMORS PILER-*Gluntan Lee (Stateside)-Gordon -*Los Gatos (RCA)- (Tamla-Motown)-Jobete Sandie Shaw (RCA)- (Odeon)-Sweden Music Mills, Shaftesbury Music (Motown)-Jobette, BMI Aromando (EMI) Fermata 10 9 HEY JUDE-Beatles 7 10 ELLA, ELLA YA ME (Ashford/Simpson) 15 - L'ATTORE-*Adriano (Parlophone)-Sonora 7 - YOU CAN CRY IF YOU OLVIDO-*Leonardo Favio 39 30 WITH A LITTLE HELP Celentano (Clan) WANT TO-Troggs FROM MY FRIENDS- (Fontana)-Bill Landis, 8 6 TU NOMBRE EN LA *Joe Cooker (Regal Belinda (Gallo) ARENA-*Carlos Barocela Zonophone)-Northern PHILIPPINES 8 6 RED BALLOON-Dave Clark (CBS)-Melograf (Denny Cordell) JAPAN Five (Columbia)-D. Clark. 9 TODO PASARA-Matt 40 48 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy (Original Confidence Co., Ltd.) This Last E. H. Morris (EMI) - Week Week Monro (Odeon, Spanish Lee (MCA)-Shaftesbury *Denotes local origin 9 4 I'VE GOTTA GET A Version); *Hernan Figueroa Music (Gordon Mills) I I SOUNDS OF SILENCE- MESSAGE TO YOU- 41 36 ON MOTHER KELLY'S This Last Simon and (CBS) Bee Gees (Polydor)-R. Reyes (CBS) Week Week Garfunkel 10 8 BABY, COME BACK- DOORSTEP-*Danny La- -Mareco, Inc. Stigwood-Belinda (Gallo) Rue (Page One)-Francis, 1 2 IMA 10 8 Equals (RCA); *Conexion WA SHIAWASEKAI- 2 3 HEY, JUDE-Beatles DAYS-Kinks (PYE)-Ray No. 5 (Vik)-Odeon Day and Hunter (Stephen *Sagawa Mitsuo (Columbia) Davies Belinda (Teal) Komlosy) (Parlophone)-Dyna -J&K Products, Inc. 42 39 LIVE IN THE SKY-*Dave 2 1 KOI NO KISETSU-*Pinky Clark Five (Columbia)- and Killers (King)-All Staff 3 5 MRS. ROBINSON-Simon and Spurs Music (Dave Clark) 3 3 SAYONARA NO ATO DE- Garfunkel (CBS)-Mareco, SPAIN BRITAIN 43 43 LIGHT MY FIRE-Jose *J. Yoshikawa and Blue Inc. (Courtesy of El Gran Musical) Feliciano (RCA)-MCPS . Comets (Columbia)-Ohashi 4 4 TWO FOR THE ROAD- *Denotes local origin (Courtesy Record Retailer) (Rick Jarrard) *Denotes local origin 4 9 NAGASAKI BLUES-*Aoe Henry Mancini and Chorus This Last 44 44 FOX ON THE RUN- Mina (Victor)-Victor (RCA Victor)-Filipinas Week Week This Last *Manfred Mann (Fontana)- 5 4 YUUZUKI-*Mayuzumi Jun Record Corp. Week Week Mann Music (Bron/Mann) (Caito-Ishihara 1 1 THOSE WERE THE DAYS- 45 45 I PRETEND-Des O'Connor 5 2 YOUNG GIRL-Gary Puckett Mary Hopkin (Hispavox)- I 1 LILY THE PINK-*Scaffold 6 6 SHIRISUIGITANONE-*Los and the Union Gap (CBS)- (Parlophone)-Noel (Columbia)-Maurice Indios (Polydor)-Kaminari Ediciones Essex Espanola Gay Mareco, Inc. 2 2 HEY JUDE-Beatles (Odeon) (Norrie Paramour) Patricia (Norman Newell) 7 7 ASA NO KUCHIZUKE-*Ito 46 40 LES BICYCLETTES DE 6 7 OVER YOU-Gary Puckett -Ediciones Gramofono 2 3 BUILD t MEA BUTTERCUP Yukari (King)-Watanabe and the Union Gap Odeon -*Foundations (Pye)- BEL SIZE-*Engelbert 8 AOI TORI-*Tigers (Polydor) (CBS)- Humperdinck (Decca)- - Mareco, Inc. 3 3 HELP YOURSELF-Tom Immediate/Welbeck/ -Watanabe Jones (Columbia Schroeder (Tony Donna (Peter Sullivan) 9 10 TOSHIUE NO 7 8 MY WAY OF LIFE-Frank Espanola) McCauley) 47 ONNA-*Mori Grupo Editorial Armonico 3 2 AINT GOT NO-I GOT 42 SOUL LIMBO-Booker T. Shin-ichi (Victor)-Watanabe Sinatra (Reprise)-Mareco, and the M.G.'s (Stax)-East Inc. 4 4 EL RIO/VUELVO A LIFE/YOU GOTTA DO- 10 15 13 JOURS EN FRANCE- GRANADA-*Miguel Rios Nina Simone (RCA)-U-A (Booker T. Jones) Francis Ray (Saravah)- 8 6 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER 48 BLUEBIRDS OVER THE (Hispavox)-Ediciones Music (Stroud) - Pacific -Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) Musicales Brincos/Ediciones 4 4 ONE, TWO, THREE MOUNTAIN-Beach Boys I1 15 SOUNDS OF SILENCE- -Mareco, Inc. O'LEARY-*Des O'Connor (Capitol)-Northern Beach Simon and Garfunkel (CBS/ Musicales Hispavox (Columbia)-Morris Boys) 9 9 NIKI HOEKY-Aretha 5 6 OH LORD, WHY LORD?- 49 BLACKBERRY WAY-Move - Franklin (Atlantic)-Mareco, *Los Pop Tops (Barclay- (Norman Newell) - 12 13 HITORSony)I SAKAShinkoBA DE-*Mori Inc. Sonoplay) Ediciones 7 SABRE DANCE-*Love (Regal Zonofone)-Essex Shin-ichi (Victor)-Victor 10 Sympathy Sculpture (Parlophone)- (Jimmy Miller) 13 8 HEY JUDE-Beatles (Odeon) IO ALL THE LOVE IN THE 50 49 EENY MEENY-Showstop- WORLD-Connie Francis 6 5 TIEMPO DE AMOR/EN SAN Leeds -Toshiba JUAN-*Juan and Junior 6 5 URBAN SPACEMAN- pers (MGM)-Ardmore- 14 18 AISURUTTE KOWAI-*Jun (MGM)-Mareco, Inc. Beechwood-(Jerry Ross) (Novola)-Ediciones *Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Nene (King)-Watanabe Musicales Zafiro -Universal (Liberty)-Bron (A.C. 15 12 KIRI NI MUSEBU YORU- 7 - LIMON, LIMONERO-Henry Vermouth) *Kuroki Ken (Toshiba) POLAND Stephen (RCA Espanola)- 7 9 OB-LA -DI, OB-LA-DA- DENMARK 16 14 OKAASAN-*Tempters (Non published) *Marmalade (CBS)- hilip17 -Tanabe (Courtesy Polish Pathfinders Station) (Courtesy Danmarks Radio) 8 CREEME-*Los Angeles Northern (Mike Smith) 17 WATASHITTE DAME NA *Denotes local origin - *Denotes local origin (Hispavox)-Ediciones 8 6 THE GOOD, THE BAD, ONNA NE-*Oh ata This Last AND THE UGLY-Hugo This Last Kuniko/Mahina Stars Musicales Hispavox Week Week 9 8 1 SAY A LITTLE PR AYER- Montenegro (RCA)-United Week Week (Toshiba)-Ishihara Aretha Franklin (Hispavox) Artists (Hugo Montenegro) 18 THOSE WERE THE DAYS I I LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy 1 1 DE VIOLER DU PLUKKER - 9 13 ALBATROSS-*Fleetwood -Mary Hopkin (Apple)- Lee (MCA) -*Johnny Reimar (Philips) I(I - PER(NonSANT JOAN/MARTA Mac (Horizon)-Fleetwood/ -Essex Shinko 2 3 HARD TO HANDLE-Otis *Joan Manuel Serrat Immediate (Mike Vernon) 2 2 VI DANSER-*Gitte (HMV) 19 II HAIKYO NO HATO-*Tigers Redding (Atlantic) (Edigsa)-Ediciones 10 8 RACE WITH THE DEVIL- -Imudico (Polydor)-Watanabe 3 9 MY LITTLE LADY- Musicales Zafiro 20 16 *Gun (CBS)-Keen/Pop- 3 3 VI FAAR VEL SOL IGEN- KUSHIRO NO YORU- Tremeloes (CBS) Gun (John Goodison) *Two Danes (CBS)-Dacapo *Mikawa Ken-ichi (Crown) Music 11 15 MAY I HAVE THE NEXT 4 5 LISTEN TO ME-Hollies -Crown DREAM WITH YOU- 4 7 LES BICYCLETTES DE SWEDEN *Malcom Roberts (Major BELSIZE-Engelbert 5 -WIoneTH Ah LITTLE HELP Humperdinck (Decca) (Courtesy Radio Sweden) Minor)-Pedro (Tommy FROM MY FRIENDS- MALAYSIA Scott) Joe Cocker (Polydor)- 5 2 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM This Last 12 II BREAKING DOWN THE (Courtesy Radio Malaysia) OF ME-Mama Cass (RCA.) Week Week WALLS Multitone OF HEARTACHE 6 7 LILLE AMOR-*Bjorn Tid- *Denotes local origin 6 4 HEY, JUDE-Beatles (Apple) 1 I ARRIVEDERCI FRANS- -*Bandwagon (Direction) mend (Odeon)-Sweden 7 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND Ann-Louise Hansson (Screen Gems/Columbia)- This Last - Music Week Week THE UGLY-Hugo n Music Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer 7 4 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy Montenegro (RCA) 2 2 LET'S1iDANCEdeOla 13 a 12 I'M A TIGER-*Lulu Lee (Stateside)-Sweden 1 2 MY LITTLE LADY- 8 5 THOSE WERE THE DAYS- Janglers (Gazell)-E. H. (Columbia)-Valley Music Tremeloes (CBS) Mary Hopkin (Apple) Morris Nordiska AB 8 6 THOSE WERE THE DAYS- 2 4 WITH A LITTLE HELP 9 6 KASIA-*Trubadurzy 3 3 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy 14 16 A( MMickieINUTE OF) YOUR TIME Mary FIopkin (Apple)- FROM MY FRIENDS-Joe 10 - KWIATY WE WLOSACH- Lee (Stateside)-Sweden -*Tom Jones (Decca)- Moerks Cocker (Regal Zonophone) *Czerwone Gitary (Muza) Music Carlin 1 (Peter Sullivan) 9 ONLY ONE WOMAN- 3 STREET FIGHTING MEN- 4 7 THE BEATLES (2 LP's)- 15 21 ELENOR-*Turtles-Carlin - Marbles (Polydor)-Dacapo Rolling Stones (Decca) Beatles (Apple)-Sonora (Turtles) 4 10 8 MY LITTLE 3 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy 16 14 PRIVATE NUMBER-Judy LADY- PUERTO RICO 5 5 AJ AJ AJ Ai AJ-Osten Tremeloes (CBS)-Sweden Lee (MCA) Warnerbring (Karusell)- Clay & William Bell (Stax) Music 5 9 MAGIC CARPET RIDE- (Courtesy of WKAQ, El -East (Booker T. Jones) Mundo) Sonora Steppenwolf (Dunhill) *Denotes local origin 17 17 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.- 6 - OVER YOU-Union Gap 6 4 ROMEO OCH JULIA-Inger- Jeannie C. Riley (Polydor)- (CBS) This Last Lise Andersen (RCA Victor) Keith Prowse (Shelby HOLLAND 7 5 WRECK OF THE Week Week -Sweden Music Singleton) 7 6 THOSE WERE THE (Courtesy Platennieuws and Radio ANTOINETTE-Dave Dee I I LA MAZUCAMBA-*Gran DAYS- 18 18 ELOISE-*Barry Ryan Veronica) and Co. (Fontana) Combo (Gema) Mary Hopkin (Apple)- (MGM)-Carlin (Bill Landis) This Last 8 I'M A TIGER-Lulu 2 6 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS Essex Music 19 10 THIS OLD HEART OF (Columbia) 8 8 WITH A LITTLE HELP Week Week -Grassroots (Dunhill) FROM MINE-Isley Brothers 9 - I'M READY NOW-*Trailers 3 ESA-*Roberto Ledesma MY FRIENDS-Joe 1 1 - (Tamla-Motown)-Jobete, ELOISE-Barry Ryan (MGM) (RCA) (Gema) Cocker (Polydor)-Sonora BMI (Holland Dozier) -Belinda 10 8 HUSH-Shades of Deep 4 3 PORQUE TE AMO-Sandro 9 ELOISE-Barry Ryan (MGM) 20 20 SON OF A PREACHER 2 2 LEA-Cats (Imperial)- Purple (Parlophone) (Columbia -Miami) -Sonora Veronica 10 MAN-Dusty Springfield 5 2 ME GUSTA EL SON- JA DET VAR DA-Anita (Philips)-London Tree 3 3 BATTLE HYMN OF THE Monguito (Fania) Lindblom (CBS)-Essex (Jerry Wexler) REPUBLIC-Andy Williams 6 7 CELESTE-Johnny El Bravo Music 21 19 LOVE CHILD-Supremes (CBS) NEW ZEALAND (Velvet) 4 5 (Tam l a-Motown)-Jobete JERU SHALA'IN-Rika (Courtesy New 7 SABRA Carlin (Clan) Zarai (Philips) Zealand Broadcasting) - OLVIDAR-T.N.T. SWITZERLAND This Last Band (Colique) 22 24 IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I 5 4 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 8 10 HEY JUDE-Beatles (Apple) KNOW NOW-*Val PEACE IN MY HEART- Week Week (Courtesy Radio Basel) 9 - YO TE AMO-Danny Rivera This Last Doonican (Pye)-Cinephonic Golden Earrings (Polydor)- I 5 MY LITTLE LADY- (Velvet) (Bill Dayglow Week Week Rodgers) Tremeloes (CBS) 10 - LA TEQUILA LLEGO- 23 26 2 I ATLANTIS-*Donovan (Pye) 6 HAIR-Zen (Philips) ELENORE-Turtles (White Johnny Rivera (Cotique) I 3 ELOISE-Barry Ryan (MGM) -Mickie Most - Whale) 7 6 RED RED WINE-Peter -Carlin Music Corp. 24 23 THOSE 3 6 1 WERE THE DAYS- Tetteroo (Tee DON'T COME ANY CLOSER 2 MY LITTLE LADY- Mary Hopkin (Apple)- -Set Records) -Allison Durbin (HMV) Tremeloes (CBS)-Cyril Essex (Paul McCartney) 8 7 MY LITTLE LADY- 4 4 ALIVE IS THERE- SINGAPORE Shane 25 22 QUICK Tremeloes (CBS)-Artone JOEY SMALL- Fourmyula (HMV) (Courtesy Radio Singapore) 3 2 WITH A LITTLE HELP Kassenetz-Katz (Buddah)- 9 8 JESAMINE-Casuals (Decca) 5 - LOVE CHILD-Diana Ross FROM MY FRIENDS= Carlin (Katz-Kassenetz- -Milles/Basart and the Supremes amnia) This Last Joe Cocker (Polydor)- Levine-Resnick) 6 DAYS PEARLY Week Week 10 - CHEWY CHEWY-Ohio - OF Northern Songs 26 28 DON'T FORGET TO CATCH Express (Buddah Records) SPENCER-Avengers 1 2 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy 4 4 LITTLE ARROWS-Leapy ME-*Cliff Richard 7 - A DAY WITHOUT LOVE- Lee (MCA) Lee (Hansa)-Shaftesbury (Columbia)-Shadows Music Love Affair 2 1 LES BICYCLETTES DE Music (Norrie Parmor) 8 - LISTEN TO ME-Hollies BELSIZE-Engelbert 5 7 HEIDSCHI BUMBEIDSCHI- 27 32 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE- ITALY (Parlophone) Humperdinck (Decca) Heintje (Ariola)-Edition Stevie Wonder (Tamla- 9 I KNOW WHY-Fourmyula 3 4 WRECK OF THE Maxim Motown)-Jobette/Carlin (Courtesy Musica e Dischi, Milan) - *Denotes local origin (HMV) ANTOINETTE-Dave Dee 6 6 THOSE WERE THE DAYS- (Henry Crosby) 10 9 THE RED BALLOON-Dave and Co. (Fontana) Mary Hopkin (Apple)- 28 33 SOMETHING'S HAPPENING This Last Clark Five (Columbia) 4 8 LISTEN TO ME-Hollies Essex Music, Ltd. Week Week -*Herman's Hermits (Parlophone) 7 8 1 MET HER IN CHURCH- (Columbia)-Cyril Shane 1 I TU CHE M'HAI PRESO IL 5 5 ICE IN THE SUN-Status Box Tops (Bell)-Press Mu- (Mickie Most) CUOR-*Gianni Morandi MYnQ6 sic Co., Inc. 29 29 I SHALL BE RELEASED- (RCA)-Suvini Zerboni NORWAY 3 LITTLE( LADY- 8 9 DU SOLLST NICHT *Tremeloes (CBS)-Feldman 2 4 ZUM ZUM ZUM-Sylvie (Courtesy Verdens Gang) (Tremeloes)-CBS) WEINEN-Heintje (Ariola) (Mike Smith) Vartan (RCA)-Curti *Denotes local origin 7 - THOSE WERE THE DAYS- -Edition Maxim t30 34 OS -LA -DI. OB-LA-DA- Mary Hopkin (Parlophone) 9 HEY JUDE-Beatles 3 2 APPLAUSI-Camaleonti This Last - *Bedrocks (Columbia)- 8 - A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME (Parlophone)-Northern Northern (Norman Smith) (CBS)-April Music Week Week -Tom Jones (Decca) Songs-NCB 31 37 4 8 HELP YOURSELF-Tom UNA CHITARRA CENTO I I FRU JOHNSEN-*Inger Lise 9 7 RED BALLOON-Dave Clark 10 5 ONLY ONE WOMAN- Jones (Decca)-Valley (Pete( ILLUSIONI-*Mino Reitano Andersen (RCA Victor)- Five-(Columbia) Marbles (Polydor)-Abigail Sullivan) (Ariston)-Colosseo Sweden Music 10 9 ELENORE-Turtles (London) Music JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD 47 NUMBER 01 SINGLES REVIEWED

THIS WEEK 89

LAST WEEK Spit i9ht Sin9Ies 172

*This record is predicted to reach the TOP 40 EASY LISTENING Chart Ce JAZ1 :Kaki Je I Jei11111 Spotlights Predicted to reach the top 20 of the HOT 100 Chart :

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL- COUNTRY PROUD MARY

(Prod. John Fogerty) (Writer: Fogerty) (Jondora, BMI)-The "Suzie-Q" group Spotlights Predicted to reach the top 20 of the has another winner to equal the sales of that Top 10 item. A powerhouse HOT COUNTRY SINGLES Chart follow-up to their "I Put a Spell on You," this driving blues item with a strong beat will hard and fast. Flip: "Born on the Bayou" (Jondora, BMI), Fantasy 619 SONNY JAMES, THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN- ONLY THE LONELY

(Prod. Kelso Herston) (Writers: Orbison-Melson) (Acuff -Rose, BMI)-Follow-

ing up his No. 1 smash, "Born to be With You," James has still a sales topper here in the Roy Orbison ballad beauty. Exceptional vocal perform- ance with an arrangement to match. Loaded with pop appeal as well. Flip: "The Journey" (Marson, BMI). Capitol 2370 II. 1Sb] 1e 1 I Y ;le Spotlights Predicted to reach al : I the CHART HOT COUNTRY SINGLES Chart Spotlights Predicted to reach the top 60 of the HOT 100 Chart JAMES C, RILEY-How Can Anything So Right Be So Wrong (Mayhew, BMI). CAPITOL 2378

BONNIE OWENS & STRANGERS-Lead Me On (Shade Tree, BMI). CAPITOL AL WILSON-POOR SIDE OF TOWN MARVELETTES- 2340

(Prod. Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon) (Writers: Rivers -Adler) (Rivers, BMI)- I'M GONNA HOLD ON AS LONG AS I CAN ROGER SOVINE-Love Took My Heart (Four Star Television, BMI). IMPERIAL 66344 The Johnny Rivers hit of the past is brought back in a blockbuster treatment (Prod. Frank Wilson) (Writers: Wilson -Manns) (Jobete, BMI)-This mover that will fast equal the sales of Wilson's "The Snake" hit. The exceptional DON BOWMAN-Joie Blonn (Parody, BMI)-Little Diesel Drivin' Devil should be just the one to put the group back on the Hot 100 with solid Gene Page arrangement lends strong support to the top vocal workout. (Parody, BMI). RCA 47-9706 sales impact. Driving dance beat and top vocal work. Flip: "Don't Make Flip: "The Dolphins" (Coconut Grove, BMI). Soul City 771 Hurting Me a Habit" (Jobete, BMI). Tamla 54177 RED SOVINE-The Father of Judy Ann (Combine, BMI). STARDAY 857 GEORGE KENT-Loving Hands at Home (Shelby Singleton Music, Inc., BMI). PLANTATION 8 JOE TEX-THAT'S YOUR BABY ZOMBIES-TIME OF THE SEASON BOBBY STEPHENSON-The Key That Fits Her Door (Blue Crest, BMI). (Prod. Buddy Killen) (Writer: Tex) (Tree, BMI)-More groovy rhythm mate- KING 6212 (Prod. Rod Argent & Chris White) (Writer: Argent) (Mainstay, BMI)-This rial from Tex with a clever lyric line and swinging dance beat. This one rhythm item should prove a big chart comeback for the group. Infectious can't miss proving a big chart item. Flip: "Sweet, Sweet Woman" (Tree, beat backs a good lyric line. Flip: "Friends of Mine." Date 2-1628 BMI). Dial 4089

LOTHAR & HAND PEOPLE-MACHINES JR. WALKER & ALL STARS-HOME COOKIN' (Prod. Robert Marguleff) (Writer: Shuman) (Hill & Range, BMI)-Taken (Prod. Henry Cosby) (Writers: Moy-Cosby-Willis) (Jobete, BMI)-Powerhouse from their current LP by popular demand, this rhythm novelty has all the entry from Walker that rocks from start to finish and should spiral him up earmarks of proving a left field smash. Infectious dance rhythm loaded the Hot 100 and r&b charts rapidly. Flip: "Mutiny" (Jobete, BMI). Soul with sales appeal. Flip: "Milkweed Love" (Deep Truth, BMI). Capitol 35055 2376 tyz R&B COOK E. JAR-RED BALLOON MADELINE BELL-STEP INSIDE LOVE (Prod. Bob Finiz) (Writer: Hardin) (Faithful Virtue, BMI)-The Tim Hardin Spotlights Predicted (Writers: Lennon -McCartney) (Maclen, BMI)-The gal who had the to reach the original folk rock ballad material serves as a strong debut for a singer with a wild hit on "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" has a sure-fire winner in TOP 20 of the TOP SELLING R&B SINGLES Chart this strong sound that should establish him in short order as a big chart powerful Beatle rhythm ballad material. Should bring her back to the charts performer. Well produced by Bob Finiz for the Koppelman-Rubin outfit. Flip: fast. Flip: "What'm I Supposed to Do" (MRC, BMI). Philips 40582 "Darling, Be Home Soon" (Faithful Virtue, BMI). RCA 47-9708 Spotlights Predicted to reach the CHART R&B SINGLES Chart

FLOYD SMITH-Soul Strut (Dakar, BMI). DAKAR 604

INTERPRETATIONS-Snap-Out (James Boy/Melstan/Aye Bee, BMI). BELL 757

SUPERLATIVES-I Don't Know How (To Say I Love You) (Bridgeport, BMI). WESTBOUND 114

CHI-LITES-Give It Away (Dakar/BRC, BMI). BRUNSWICK 55398

Spotlighting new singles deserving special attention of programmers and dealers.

LEADERS-It's Funny How Fast You Forgot Me (Prod. Paul Leka) (Writers: DUPREES-My Love, My Love (Prod. Jerry Ross) Leka-Rush) (Seven -Sixteen, BMI)-The composer of "Green Tambourine" (Writers: Haymes;Acquaviva) *DEXTER MAITLAND-Take 10 Terrific Girls (But Only 9 Costumes) (Writers: (Travis, BMI)-The Joni James hit of the is comes up with more strong rock material and a strong debut of a new past brought up to date in Strouse-Adams) (United Artists, ASCAP)-From the film soundtrack "The of group this smooth arrangement with a well-done vocal performance. which he produced as well. Good teen sound loaded with dance Heritage Night They Raided Minsky's," this wild, rhythm item with the sound of and sales appeal. Blue 808 1930's Rock 4060 should prove a big programming novelty and could become a left field sales winner. United Artists 50484 *JEFFERSONS-Bring Me Your Love While You May (Prod. Joe Saia) 'FRANKIE LAINE-You Gave Me a Mountain (Prod. Jimmy Bowen) (Writer: (Writers: Wendell -Tompkins) (Parsay, BMI)-The "New Talent" series of Robbins) (Mojave, BMI)-The powerful Marty Robbins production ballad *GRADY TATE-And 1 Love Her (Writers: Lennon -McCartney) (Maclen, BMI); Musicor introduces an exceptional new duo out of Massachusetts, who is given a fine going over by Laine which is certain to garner top Don't Fence Me In (Writer: Porter) (Harms, ASCAP)-Two good, com- this well programming penned -written folk rhythm ballad. Lush arrangement in strong with sales to follow. ABC 11174 mercial entries from the top drummer. First is a strong reading of the support. Disk Sleeve contains clever novelty lines and jokes. Musicor 412 Beatles classic, while the flip is an updated revival of the Cole Porter evergreen done in today's dance beat. Sky 458 'JONNA GAULT & HER SYMPHONOPOP SCENE-Watch Me (Prod. Jonna *NASHVILLE BRASS Featuring DANNY DAVIS-I Saw the Light (Prod. Danny Gault) (Writer: Gault) (Melody Trails, EMI)-Infectious rhythm item Davis) (Writer: Williams) (Rose, BMI)-The Hank Williams country classic loaded with play and sales appeal for both DICK VAN DYKE-You Too (Writers: Sherman -Sherman) (Unart, BMI)-From Top 40 and Easy Listening. gets a spirited pop treatment loaded with programming, the juke box and Should prove a hot left field winner. RCA film soundtrack of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," in which he stars, 47-9704 sales appeal. Happy beat instrumental. RCA 47-9705 Van Dyke has a top Easy Listening programmer here. Good rhythm ballad material from the pen of the Sherman brothers. United Artists 50486 *ARTHUR PRYSOCK-My Special Prayer (Prod. Hy Weiss) (Writer: Scott) BROTHERS SOUL -1 Shall Be Released (Prod. Jackie Mills) (Writer: Dylan) (Maureen, BMI) -A ballad beauty performed in top vocal form by (Dwarf, ASCAP)-The Bob Dylan material is given a blues treatment ALLAN SHATKIN-Tears Won't Run (Prod. David Lee) (Writer: Shatkin) Prysock. Much play and sales appeal here. Verve 10633 with equal potential for the r&b chart as well. Top vocal workout. (Arthur/Marc Prod., ASCAP)-Newcomer in the pop folk bag that could Watch this onel Okeh 4-7322 prove an important disk seller with this RCA debut. Good sound and well -written rhythm material which he composed. RCA 47-9703 MAXINE BROWN-Love in Them There Hills (Prod. Ted Cooper) (Writers: Gamble -Huff -Chambers) (Downstairs/Double Diamond, BMI)-The Vibrations' ASSEMBLY-Walk On Out of My Mind (Prod. Don Carroll) (Writer: Lane) success is given a powerful revival here by the fine, soulful stylist. (Tree, BMI)-Interesting commercial easy -beat rocker with good Pulsating dance beat in strong support. -Epic 5-10424 group All records submitted for review should be ad- sound and strong Don Carroll production work. One to watch --much potential here. Atlantic 2587 RUBEN & THE JETS-Desert (Prod. Frank Zappa) (Writers: Collins -Buff) dressed to Record Review Department, Billboard, (Bizarre/Collins, BMI)-Culled from their current LP, this rocker is HARDWATER-Plate of My Fare (Prod. David Axelrod) (Writers: Fifield- performed in "camp" fashion of the hits of the 1950's. Funny McLerran) idea, (Morris, ASCAP) Pulsating rock item that could break this 165 W. 46th Street, New York, N. Y. 10036. well performed by the Mothers of Invention, has much heart potential. group through for chart honors. Infectious beat and clever arrangement. Verve 10632 Capitol 2373 48 JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD Lightning Strikes Twice

ABC #11170

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RECORDS FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 4, 1969

* STAR PERFORMER -Sides registering greatest proportionate upward progress this week. Record Industry Association of America seal of certification as million selling single.

34 51 51 w2 STAND BY YOUR MAN . . et 94 - - DOES ANYBODY KNOW I'M < v Tammy Wynetfe (Billy Sherrill), Epic 10398 9 á N . ea uÿ HERE 2 ei TITLE Artist (Producer), Label & Number ;8 Dells (Bobby Miller), Cadet ; ; 40 41 41 HANG 'EM HIGH ... 9 5631 Booker T. & M.G.'s (Booker T. & M.G.'s), Stan 0013 68 70 70 JUST AIN'T NO LOVE 8 61 BarbaraBar Acklin (Carl Davis -Eugene Record), itr 49 75 87 (There's Gonna Be a) Brunswick 55388 Billboard 1 1 1 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE SHOWDOWN Award 4 68 73 88 -A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME 3 GRAPEVINE Archie Bell & the Drells (Gamble -Huff) Atlantic 2583 E Tom Jones (Peter Marvin Gaye 7 Sullivan), Parrot 40035 (Norman Whitfield), Tamla 54176 19 15 15 CHEWY CHEWY 12 2 59 62 62 AMERICAN BOYS 3 3 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Ohio Express (Kasenetz-Katz Associates), Buddah 70 ...... 10f'OD 69 Petula Clark (Tony Hatch), 7 Stevie Wonder (Henry Cosby), Tamla 54174 O 72 Warner Bros. -Seven Arts 7244 7 17 20 I'M - TOUCH ME 2 GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE -i Doors 10 65 73 r (Paul A. Rothchild), Elektra 45646 - SEASON OF THE WITCH, Part 1 3 ME 51 1 Vanilla Fudge (Shadow Morton), Atco 6632 * Diana Ross & Supremos & Temptations 53 98 WORST - THAT COULD HAPPEN 3 67 (F. Wilson & N. Ashford), Motown 1137 Brooklyn Bridge (Wes Farrell), Buddah 75 68 88 WHITE HOUSES 7 16 20 24 SOULFUL STRUT Eric Burdon & the Animals (Everyone of Us), 6 48 50 69 BABY LET'S WAIT 8 MGM 14013 Young -Holt Unlimited (Carl Davis .... & Royal Guardsmen (Gernhard-Brumage-Fuller), Eugene Record), Brunswick 55391 72 81 90 Laurie 3461 89 YOU GOT SOUL Johnny Nash (Johnny Nash & Arthur Jenkins) Jed 4 íc1 4 5 7 WICHITA LINEMAN 209 100 41 61 - I STARTED A JOKE 3 Glen Campbell (Al de Lory), Capitol 2302 Bee Gees (Robert Stigwood, The Bee Gees), 84 87 RAINBOW RIDE Atco 6639 - Andy Kim (Jeff Beard), Steed 711 3 10 12 dr 13 CLOUD NINE 33 34 35 BATTLE HYMN Temptations (Norman Whitfield), 8 OF THE © Gordy 7081 97 100- CONDITION RED REPUBLIC 12 1r Goodees (Davis, Briggs), HIP 8005 3 3 2 2 LOVE CHILD 12 Andy Williams with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir (Andy Williams), O Diana Ross & Supremes (Clan), Motown 1135 Columbia 44650 85 - - NOT ON THE OUTSIDE 46 49 * Momcats L. 58 BELLA LINDA (Sylvia & Roberts), Stang 5000 2 O5 6 8 STORMY 1111 Grassroots (Steve Barri), Dunhill 4162 6 Classics IV, (Buddy Buie), Imperial 66328 76 78 83 82 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 713 57 78 78 ARE YOU HAPPY 5 Paul Maurlat, Philips 40574 8 7 5 WHO'S MAKING LOVE 11 Jerry Butler (Gamble -Huff), Mercury 72876 Johnnie Taylor (Don Davis), Sfax 0009 83 ELECTRIC O 11 - - STORIES 2 50 60 66 READY I 4 Seasons (Gaudic-Crewe), Philips 40577 ws 13 22 23 HOOKED ON A FEELING 83 OR NOT HERE COME B. J. Thomas (Can't Hide From Love) (Chips Monean), Scepter 12230 5 88 FEELIN' SO GOOD 2 Delfonics (Stan & Bell Prod.), Philly Groove 154 itr - - Archies (Jeff Barry), Calender 63-1007 9 9 9 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME. .10 22 21 21 11 LITTLE ARROWS 13 Bobby Vinton (Billy Sherrill), Epic 10397 90 THIS MAGIC MOMENT 2 Leapy Lee (Gordon Mills), Deese 32380 itr - - jay & the Americans (Jata Ent.), 12 13 17 CINNAMON 11 United Artists 50475 12 47 47 75 MY FAVORITE THINGS 4 Derek (George Tobin & Johnny Cymbal), Bang 558 Herb Alpert & Tijuana Bras, (Herb Alpert - 80 97 100 VANCE 5 Jerry Moss) A&M 1001 80 23 28 28 TOO WEAK TO FIGHT 9 Roger Miller (Jerry Kennedy), Smash 2197 Clarence Carter (Birk Hall & Staff), Atlantic 2569 74 93 94 I'VE GOTTA BE ME 4 I * FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER 1 Sammy Davis Jr. (Jimmy Bowen) Reprise 0779 - - - 26 30 32 LO MUCHO QUE TE QUIERO William Bell (Booker T. Jones), Sfax 0015 itr (The More I Love You) 7 51 57 67 MALINDA 5 E RAIN IN 1 Rene & Rene, White Whale 287 48 Bobby Taylor & Vancouvurs (Robinson, Johnson, MY HEART Cleveland), Gordy 7079 Frank Sinatra (Don Costa), Reprise 0798 r 20 26 52 GOING UP THE COUNTRY it, Canned Heat (Canned Heat & Skip Taylor), 5 39 53 53 PEOPLE 8 83 96 96 SHOUT, Part 1 3 Liberty 56077 - Tymes (Jimmy "Wiz" Wisner), Columbia 44630 Chambers Brothers (Lucky Young), Vault 945 6 4 4 ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND 16 I BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP 1 JOHN 11 37 37 44 CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE.. 73 .. 50 -- The Foundations (Tony Macaulay), Chambers UNI 55101 Dion (Laurie Prod :Phil Bernhard Prod.), Laurie 3464 Brothers (Tim O'Brien), Columbia 44679 28 39 85 CRIMSON & CLOVER 4 71 85 86 THE BEGINNING OF MY END. - - SWEET CREAM LADIES...... Tommy James & the Shondells (Tommy James) it Box Tops (Chips Moxen/Tommy Coghill), Mala 12035 2 Unifies (Guy Draper), Kapp 957 4 Roulette R-7028 92 TIT FOR TAT 21 24 36 SON -OF -A PREACHER MAN 6IÏ 44 46 46 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY - Dusty Springfield (Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, (Ain't No Taking Back) 3 I I 52 Itr Arif Mardin), Atlantic 2580 SHOULDER 8 James Brown (James Brown), King 6204 Lettermen (Al de Lory), Capitol 2324 17 18 18 KAY 2 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME. . - ...... 19 1 - 12 BABY, BABY DON'T CRY Eddie Floyd (Steve Cropper), Sfax 0012 John Wesley Ryles (George Richey) Smokey Robinson 7 Miracles Columbia 444687 (Smokey, Moore, Johnson) Tamla 54178

14 14 14 SEE SAW OB -LA -DI OB -LA -DA 1 20 71 ... Aretha Franklin (Jerry Wexler), Atlantic 2574 7 69 92 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' 51:11 Arthur Conley (Tom Dowd), Afro 6640 Bobby Womack (Chips Merman), Minit 32055

24 31 33 PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW SHE'S A LADY 1 21 55 56 83 THE GIRL MOST LIKELY 5 BAG 6 John Sebastian (Paul A. Rothchild), Kama Sutra 254 Jeannie C. Riley (Shelby S. Singleton Jr.), Otis Redding, Atco 6636 Plantation 7 YOU SHOWED ME 1 11 8 11 BOTH Turtles (Chip Douglas), White Whale 292 22 SIDES NOW 9 56 52 61 CROSSTOWN Judy Collins (Mark Abramson), Elektra 45639 TRAFFIC Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi Hendrix), Reprise 0792 6 92 - - ELOISE 2 15 11 6 HEY JUDE Barry Ryan (Bill Landis), MGM 14010 23 17 62 72 CALIFORNIA SOUL . 3 Beatles (George Martin), Apple 2276 57 - ..... 5th Dimension (Bones Howe), Soul City 770 IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK. 1 10 10 MAGIC CARPET RIDE Charles & Jimmy Lewis (Tangerine Records), 24 18 ...... 60 64 64 ROCKIN' IN THE SAME OLD ABC 11170 Steppenwolf (Gabriel Mekler), Dunhill 4160 58 BOAT 8 93 YOU'VE GOT THE POWER.... 2 93 - - 38 43 50 THIS IS MY COUNTRY Bobby Bland, Duke 440 Esquires (Bunky Prod.), Wand 1193 Impressions (Curtis Mayfield), Curtom 1934 6 tr 70 81 SOUL SISTER, BROWN SUGAR 3 - LOOKING BACK 3 Sam & Dave (Hayes A Porter), Atlantic 2590 94 - - 30 36 40 IF I a CAN DREAM Joe Simon (IR. Enterprises), Sound Stage 7-2622 Elvis Presley, RCA Victor 47.9670 6 TTiS%ts 64 DADDY . 60 - SANG BASS...... 2 95 99 THOUGHT OF LOVING YOU 3 42 55 72 Johnny Cash (Bob Johnson), Columbia 444689 - EVERYDAY PEOPLE 6 95 Crystal Mansion (Bob Cullen, Dave White, Arthur Sly & Family Stone (Sly Stone), Epic 10407 Kaplan) Capitol 2275 61 67 74 BLUEBIRDS OVER THE 43 90 HEY JUDE 61 MOUNTAIN 4 THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY 2 - ...... 3 96 100-- Wilson Pickett (Rick Hall), Atlantic 2591 Beach Boys (Bruce Johnston -Carl Wilson), New Colony Six, Mercury 72858 Capitol 2360 99 ---- I CAN'T HELP IT IF 66 74 CAN I CHANCE MY MIND 3 - I'M STILL - 29 29 30 SHAME, SHAME 11 Tyrone Davis (Willie Henderson), Dakar 602 62 IN LOVE WITH YOU Magic Lanterns (Steve Rowland), Atlantic 2560 Al Martino, Capitol 2355 2 27 16 16 SCARBOROUGH FAIR For) 30 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (Sergio Mendes), 8 76 98 (I'm Into Lookin' SOMEONE 63 80 ISN'T IT LONELY TOGETHER.. 4 - - 63 A&M 986 0. C. Smith (Jerry Fuller) Columbia 4.44705 TO LOVE ME 2 36 54 55 MY SONG Bobby Yee (Dallas Smith), Liberty 56080 31 6 58 59 59 I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Aretha Franklin (Jerry Wexler), Atlantic 2574 64 Creedence Clearwater Revival (Saul Zaenfz), 9 - - AIN'T GOT NO/I GOT LIFE 1 Fantasy 617 Nina Simone (Stroud), RCA 47.9686 32 35 39 A RAY OF HOPE 5 32 Rascals (Felix Cavaliere & Arif Mardin), ttr 75 84 RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN 3 - -- -- GOODNIGHT MY LOVE 1 Atlantic 2584 Bob Seger (Hideout), Capitol 2297 - Paul Anka (Don Costa), RCA Victor 47-9648

HOT 100-A TO Z -(Publisher-Licensee) BUBBLING UNDER THE HOT 100 A Minute of Your Time (Anne Rachel, ASCAP) ....68 Hang 'Em High (Unart, BMI) 34 Bambini' Gamblin' Man (Gear, ASCAP) 65 Abraham, Martin and John (Roinique/Sanphil, 101. REACH OUT Hey Jude (Maclen, BMI) (Beatles) 23 Rain In My Heart (Razzle Dazzle Music, BMI) 82 Merrilee Rush, AGP 107 Hey Jude (Maclen, BMI) (Wilson Pickett) 28 Rainbow Ride (Unart/Joachim, BMI) 102. TRAGEDY Brian Hyland, Dot 17176 Got 73 Ain't No/I Got Life (Rolls Royce, ASCAP) . 99 Hooked on a Feeling (Press, BMI) 10 Ray of Hope (Slacsar, ASCAP) 32 103. BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU American Boys (Duchess, BMI) 69 First Edition, Reprise 0799 I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) Are You Happy (World 104. THIS OLD HEART OF MINE War Ill/Parabut, BMI) 43 (Rose, BMI) 97 (Nickel Shoe, BMI) 44 Tammi Terrell, Motown 1138 105. THERE'LL I Can't Turn You Loose (East/Time/Redwal, BMI) 50 Rorkin' in the Same Old Boat (Don, BMI) 58 COME A TIME Betty Everett, Uni 55100 Baby, Baby Don't Cry (Jobete, BMI) 53 I Forgot To Be Your Lover (Memphis, BMI) 81 106. L.A. BREAKDOWN (And Let Me In) Baby Let's Wait (Web IV, BMI) 39 Jack Jones, RCA 47.9687 If It Wasn't For Bad Luck (Tangerine Music Season of the Witch, Part 1 (Peer International, Battle Hymn of the 107. LONG LONE RIDER Republic (Public Domain) 41 Corp., BMI) 92 BMI) 70 Bobby Darin, Direction 350 Bella Linda (Vintage, ASCAP) 42 I Heard 108. GROOVIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD It Through the Grapevine (Jobete, BMI) 1 Scarborough Fair (Charing Cross, BMI) 30 Fun & Games, Uni 55098 Beginning of My End, The (Cuydra, BMI) 51 I Love How You Love Me (Screen Gems - See Saw (Cotillion/East, BMI) 20 109. MY BABY SPECIALIZES William Bell & Judy Clay, Bluebirds Over the Mountain (Torpedo, BMI) 61 Stan 0017 Columbia, BMI) 11 Shame, Shame (4 Star, BMI) 62 Both Sides Now (Siquomb, BMI) 22 110. I GOT A LINE ON YOU Spirit, Ode 115 (I'm Into Lookin' For) Someone to Love Me She's a Lady (Faithful Virtue, BMI) 89 Bring It on Home to Me (Kegs, BMI) 19 111. SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE WORLD (Columbia, BMI) 98 Shout, Part 1 (Wemar/Nom, BMI) 83 Build Me Up Buttercup (January Music, BMI) 84 Mason Williams, I Put a Spell on You (Shalimar, BMI) 64 Son -of -a -Preacher Man (Tree, BMI) 18 Warner Bros./Seven Arts 7248 I Started a Soul 112. Can I Change My Mind (Dakar, BMI) 29 Joke (Casserole, BMI) 40 Sister, Brown Sugar (Walden-Birdees, ASCAP) 59 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South, Capitol 2248 California Dreamin' If I Can Dream (Gladys, ASCAP) 26 Soulful Strut (Dakar/RC, BMI) 4 (Honest John, ASCAP) 54 113. BUBBLE GUM MUSIC Rock & California Soul (Jobete, Isn't It Lonely Together (Ahab, BMI) 63 Stand by Your Man (Galileo, BMI) 33 BMI) 57 Roll Double Bubble Trading Card Company of Philadelphia 19141, Buddah 78 Chewy Chewy (Peanut I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Act Three, BMI) 3 Stormy (Low-Sal, BMI) e Butter Kaskat, BMI) 36 114. FOX I've Gotta Be Me (Damila, ASCAP) Sweet Cream Ladies ON THE RUN Manfred Mann, Mercury 72879 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Unart, BMI) 76 47 (Blackwood, BMI) 85 Cinnamon (Pamco, Just 115. HE CALLED ME BABY Ella Washington, Sound BMI) 12 Ain't No Lore (Dakar/BRC, BMI) 67 (There's Gonna Be a) Showdown (Downstairs/ Stage 7 2621 Cloud Nine (Jobete, BMI) 6 116. I WHO HAVE NOTHING Kay (Moss -Rose, BMI) 87 Double Diamond, BMI) 35 Linda Jones, Loma 2105 Crimson & Clover (Big Seven Music, BMI) 17 Little Arrows Things I'd Like to Say (New Colony, BMI) 96 117. IN A LONG WHITE ROOM Nancy Wilson, Condition Red (East Groovesville, BMI) (Duchess, BMI) 45 Capitol 2361 74 Lo This Is My Country (Camad, BMI) 25 Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More 1 Love You) 118. DIZZY Crosstown Traffic (Bella Godive, BMI) 56 This Magic Moment Tommy Roe, ABC 11164 (Pecos, BMI) 14 (Rumbalero/Progressive) . 79 Thought 119. ALMOST PERSUADED Etta James, Cadet Daddy Sang Bass (House of Cash, BMI) Looking Back (Eden/Sweco, BMI) 94 of Loving You (Golden Egg, BMI) 95 5630 60 Tit for 120. RIOT Does Anybody Know I'm Here (Chevis, Love Child (Jobete, BMI) 7 Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) (Dynafone, BMI) 86 Hugh Masekela, Uni 55102 BMI) 66 Touch Me (Nipper, ASCAP) 37 121. MENDOCINO Sir Douglas Electric Stories (Screen Magic Carpet Too Quintet, Smash 2191 Gems-Columbia, BMI) . 77 Ride (Trousdale, BMI) 24 Weak to Fight (Fame, BMI) 13 122. MAY I Eloise (Valley, BMI) 91 Melinda (Jobete, BMI) 48 Bill Deal, Heritage 803 Everyday Vance (Russell -Cason, ASCAP) 123. I'M IN People (Daly City, BMI) 27 My Favorite Things (Williamson, BMI) 46 80 LOVE WITH YOU Kasenetz Katz Super Circus, Buddah 82 My Song (Lion of Houston, BMI) 124. HONEY Feelin' So Good (Kirshner, BMI) 78 31 White Houses (Burdon/Noma, BMI) 71 DO Strangeloves, Sire 4102 For Once in My Life (Stevie Not On the Outside (Gambi, BMI) Who's Making Love (East, BMI) 9 125. RING YOUR BELL Wonder) 75 Wichita Mitch Ryder, Dynavoice 934 (Stein & Van Stock, ASCAP) Lineman (Canopy, ASCAP) 5 126. 2 Ob -La -Di 50 TRUE Peaches 8 Herb, Ob-La -Da (Modem, BMI) 88 Worst That Could Happen (Rivers, BMI) 38 Date 2-1633 Girl Most Likely, The (Singleton, BMI) 127. PLAY IT COOL 55 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Lois, Toga, Freddy King, Cotillion 44015 Going Up the Country (Metric, BMI) BMI) 21 You Got Soul (Johnny Nash, ASCAP) 72 15 People (Chappell, ASCAP) 49 128. Goodnight My Love (Spanka, BMI) 100 You've Got the Power (McLaughlin, BMI) IF I ONLY HAD TIME Nick DeCaro, A&M 1000 Put Your Head on My Shoulder (Spanka/BMI) 93 52 You Showed Me (Tickson, BMI) 90 129. LET'S GO ALL THE WAY Tray Shondell, TRX 5015 Compiled from national retail sales and radio station airplay by the Music Popularity Dept. of Record Market Research, Billboard. é I/ Tom Jones...odifmod

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Hits 25 8 9 IRON BUTTERFLY-In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 67 56 55 Motown (No Mono); MS 2-663 (S) Atco (No Mono); SD 33-250 (S) Zhivago 26 10 10 RASCALS-Time Peace/Greatest Hits 147 59 56 SOUNDTRACK-Dr. MGM 1 SE-6ST (S) Atlantic (No Mono); SD 8190 (S) NA NA 14 58 57 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES-"Live" at 25 7 1.1 JOSE FELICIANO-Feliciano! (4) RCA Victor LPM 3957 (M); LSP 3957 (S) London's Talk of the Town Motown MS 676 (5) 4 27 12 ROLLING STONES-Beggar's Banquet STEVE STILLS- NA NA * London PS 539 (S) 19 55 58 MIKE BLOOMFIELD, AL COOPER, Super Session 7 14 13 ARETHA FRANKLIN-Aretha in Paris Columbia (No Mono); CS 9701 (S) Atlantic SD 8207 (S) 18 54 59 CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN on 44 9 14 GLEN CAMPBELL-Gentle My Mind Track SD 8198 (S) Capitol (No Mono); ST 2809 (S) NA 81 63 60 BEATLES-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 15 15 15 SOUNDTRACK-Funny Girl Capitol MAS 2653 (M); SMAS 2653 (S) Columbia BOS 3220 (S) 28 60 61 JOHNNY RIVERS-Realization 11 17 16 BILL COSBY-200 M.P.H. Imperial (No Mono); LP 12372 (S) Warner Bros: Seven Arts WS 1757 (5) 32 57 62 RAY CONNIFF & THE SINGERS-Honey NA 4 20 17 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES-Love Child * Columbia (No Mono); CS 9661 (S) Motown MS 670 (S) 32 62 63 DEAN MARTIN-Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 26 12 18 CREAM-Wheels of Fire Reprise (No Mono); RS 6301 (S) i Atco (No Mono); SD 2-700 (5) NA NA NA 18 64 64 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-Crown of Creation 30 19 19 0. C. SMITH-Hickory Holler Revisited RCA Victor LSP 3058 (S) Columbia (No Mono); CS 9680 (S) NA NA NA NA * 4 121 65 DIONNE WARWICK-Promises, Promises 10 22 20 GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP-Incredible Scepter SPS 571 (s) Columbia CS 9715 (5) NA NA 17 53 66 MOODY BLUES-In Search of the Lost Chord 13 18 21 BOBBIE GENTRY & GLEN CAMPBELL Deram DES 18107 (S) Capitol ST 2928 (S) 94 66 67 ANITA KERR/ROD McKUEN/SAN SEBASTIAN 37 25 SIMON & GARFUNKEL-Bookends NA 22 STRINGS-The Sea Columbia (No Mono); KCS 9529 (5) Warner Bros. -Seven Arts (No Mono); WS 1670 (5) 12 23 DONOVAN-Hurdy Gurdy Man NA NA NA NA 23 96 67 SIMON & GARFUNKEL-Sounds of Silence NA Epic BN 26420 (S) s) 68 Columbia CL 2469 (M); CS 9269 (S) 72 16 JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE-Are. You Experienced? 24 4 69 BOX TOPS-Super Hits Reprise (No Mono); RS 6261 (S) 69 Bell 6025 (5) * 6 33 25 TRAFFIC NA United Artists UAS 6676 (S) 17 36 70 PETER, PAUL & MARY-Late Again Warner Bros. -Seven Arts WS 1751 (5) 41 26 26 CHAMBERS BROTHERS-The Time Has Come NA Columbia CI 2722 (M); CS 9522 (S) 55 85 71 BEATLES-Magical Mystery Tour Capitol MAL 2835 (M); SMAL 2835 (S) 13 24 27 PROCOL HARUM-Shine On Brightly A&M SP 4151 (S) 26 68 72 SOUNDTRACK -2001: Space Odyssey NA MGM (No Si E 13 ST (S) %. 54 28 28 GLEN CAMPBELL-By the Time I Get to Phoenix Mono); Capitol T 2851 (M); ST 2851 (5) 87 71 73 CREAM-Fresh 8 31 29 RICHARD HARRIS-The Yard Went On Forever Atco 33-206 (M); SD 33-206 (S) Dunhill DS 50042 (S) 18 74 FRANK SINATRA-Greatest Hits 30 35 30 JOHNNY CASH-At Folsom Prison NA 74 (á1 Reprise FS 1025 (5) Columbia (No Mono); CS 9639 (S) (1 43 41 31 SOUNDTRACK-The Graduate NA 7 76 75 GRASSROOTS-Golden Grass Columbia (No Mono); O5 3180 (S) Dunhill DS 50047 (5) 13 34 32 BARBRA STREISAND-A Happening in Central Park NA 17 73 76 JOHN MAYALL'S BLUES BREAKERS-Bare Wires NA NA Columbia CS 9710 (S) London PS 537 (S) NA 31 39 33 ANDY WILLIAMS-Honey 23 72 77 ORIGINAL CAST-Hair NA NA Columbia (No Mono); CS 9662 (S) RCA Victor LOCD 1150 (M); LSO 1150 (S) 18 32 34 JAMES BROWN LIVE AT THE APOLLO, VOL. 2 King 1022 (S) 18 133 78 FRANK SINATRA-Cycles Reprise FS 1027 (S) , * 5 40 35 CANNED HEAT-óö in' the Blues(S) 108 82 79 TEMPTATIONS-Greatest Hits Gordy (No Mono); 919 (S) 20 37 36 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK-Man Without Love Parrot (No Mono); PAS 71022 (S) 46 80 80 ARETHA FRANKLIN-Lady Soul 13 38 37 JEANNIE C. 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8 100 124 WES MONTGOMERY -Road Song 0 O ABM SP 3012 (S) * 140 125 MOTHERS OF INVENTION-Cruising With Ruben & TAPE the Jets PACKAGES Verve V6 -5055X (S) *STAR PERFORMER -JP's en chart 15 weeks AVAILABLE 39 127 126 Out My Head r less registering greatest proportionate LETTERMEN-Goin' of (No Mono); upward progress this week. Capitol ST 2865 (S) NA Not Available 35 132 127 MONKEES-The Birds, the Bees and the Monkees Cclgems COM 1G9 (M); COS 109 (S) N y Ñ Ì * 148 128 JOHNNY MATHIS-Those Were the Days W g ARTIST - Title - Label 6 Number i sS 'aé Columbia CS 9705 (S) 19 109 61 92 89 MAMAS & PAPAS -Farewell to the First Golden Era 129 BOOTS RANDOLPH-Sound of Boots Dunhill (No Mono); DS 50025 (S) Monument (No Mono); SLP 18099 (S) 27 84 90 SOUNDTRACK-Wild in the Streets -R 155 112 130 ORIGINAL CAST -Man of La Mancha Tower (No Mono); 5099 (S) Kapp KL 4505 (M); KS 5505 (S)

25 94 91 VARIOUS ARTISTS -Super Hits, Vol. 2 10 131 131 ARCHIES Atlantic (No Mono); SD 8188 (S) Calendar KES 101 (S) 18 70 92 DEEP PURPLE -Shades of * 3 158 132 MONKEES-Soundtrack: Head Tetragrammaton T 102 (S) Colgems COSO 5008 (S) 3 106 93 ELVIS PRESLEY-Elvis NA NA NA * 40 102 133 BILL COSBY-To Russell, I My RCA Victor LPM 4088 (M); (No Stereo) Brother, Whom Slept With 6 96 94 OTIS REDOING -In Person at the Whiskey A Go Go Warner Bros. -Seven Arts (No Mono); WS 1734 (S) Atco SD 33-265 (S) 18 116 134 PETULA CLARK-Petula 24 95 95 DONOVAN-In Concert Warner Bros. -Seven Arts WS 1743 (S) Epic (No Mono); BN 26386 (S) 39 99 96 EDDIE HARRIS -Electrifying 14 139 135 SOUNDTRACK-Finian's Rainbow Atlantic 1425 (M); SD 1495 (S) Warner Bros. -Seven Arts BS 2550 (5)

31 114 97 JUDY COLLINS-In My Life 122 136 136 SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 16 Elektra EKS 74027 (S) ACM (No Mono); SP 4116 (S) 23 98 98 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 38 126 137 BOBBY GOLDSBORO-Honey Fantasy (No Mono); 8382 (S) United Artists UAL 3642 (M); UAS 6642 (SI 48 77 99 SOUNDTRACK Good, -The the Bad & the Ugly 2 156 138 ASSOCIATION -Greatest Hits United Artists UAL 4172 (M); UAS 5172 IS Warner Bros: Seven Arts WS 1767 (5) 61 97 100 SOUNDTRACK -Camelot b' 84 145 139 BOB DYLAN -Greatest Hits Warner Bros.Seven Arts (No Mono); 85 1712 (S) rolumhia KOL 2663 (M); KOS 9163 (5) 16 75 101 MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL-You're All I Need 82 146 140 ENGELBERT Tamla TS 284 (S) HUMPERDINCK-Release Me Parrot PA 61012 (M); PAS 71012 (5) 18 93 102 DEAN MARTIN -Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 66 149 141 WES MONTGOMERY Reprise RS 6320 (S) -A Day In the Life ABM (No Mono); SP 3001 (S) 46 105 103 CANNED HEAT -Boogie With the 7 143 142 JOHN W. ANDERSON -Presents Liberty (No Mono); LST 7541 (S) Kasandra Capitol ST 2957 (S) 33 83 104 TEMPTATIONS -Wish It Would Rain Gordy (No Mono); 919 (S) 9 128 143 EDDY ARNOLD -Walkin' in Love Land RCA Victor LSP 4089 (5) 22 103 105 BAND -Music From Big Pink NA Capitol (No Mono); SKAO 2955 (S) 4 155 144 LETTERMEN -Put Your Head on My Shoulder Capitol ST 147 (S( 29 107 106 GLEN CAMPBELL -A New Place in the Sun Capitol (No Mono); ST 2907 (S) 39 144 145 NANCY SINATRA & LEE NAZLEWOOD-Nancy & Lee Reprise (No Mono); RS 6273 (S) * 2 135 107 FOUR SEASONS-Edisione D'Oro (Gold Edition) Philips PHS 2-6501 (S) 15 141 146 FOUR TOPS -Yesterday's Dreams Motown 12 115 108 VARIOUS ARTISTS -Rowan & Martin Laugh -In NA NA MS 669 (S) Epic FXS 15118 (S) 15 138 147 BLUE CHEER-Outsideinside 48 104 109 IIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE -Axis: Bold as Love Philips PHS 600.278 (S) Reprise (No Mono); RS 6281 (S) 3 150 148 DION 5 110 110 BEE GEES Precious & -Rare, Beautiful Laurie SLP 2047 (S) Atco SD 33.264 (S) 5 142 149 IMPRESSIONS 36 119 111 MOODY BLUES -This Is My Country -Days of Future Past Curtom CRS 8001 (S) Deram DE 16012 (M); DES 18012 (S) .* 1 - 150 TEMPTATIONS-Live at the Copa 34 108 112 RICHARD HARRIS -A Tramp Shining Gordy GS 928 (S) Dunhill (No Mono); DS 50032 (S) 53 159 151 EDDY ARNOLD -The Best 40 113 113 IRISH ROVERS of -Unicorn RCA Victor LSP 3565 (S) Decca DL 4951 (M); DL 74951 (5) 44 161 152 DIONNE WARWICK 28 91 114 MASON -Valley of the Dolls WILLIAMS- Phonograph Record Scepter SPS 568 (5) Warner Bros. -Seven Arts (No Mono); WS 1729 (S) 30 164 153 EDDY ARNOLD -The Romantic World 67 111 115 FOUR TOPS-Greatest Hits of RCA Victor I.PM 4009 (M); LSP 4009 (S) Motown (No Mono); MS 662 (S) 12 147 154 NAZI 22 117 116 JOAN BAEZ-Baptism SGC SD 5001 (S) Vanguard (No Mono); VSD 79275 (S) 2 157 155 PETULA CLARK 7 122 117 JOHNNY NASH-Hold Me Tight NA -Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 NA NA NA Warner Bros. -Seven JAD JS 1207 (S) Arts WS 1765 (S) 42 160 171 118 118 IRON BUTTERFLY-Heavy 156 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS -Going Places Atco LP 33-227 (M); SD 33-227 (S) AIM SP 4112 (S) 3 30 152 157 123 119 JUDY COLLINS-Who Knows Where the Time Goes BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY Elektra EKS 74033 (S) Mainstream 56099 (M); S/6099 (S) 11 125 120 SOUNDTRACK-Star NA NA 33 151 158 MAMAS & PAPAS 20th -Papas & Mamas Century -Fox DTCS 5102 (S) Dunhill (No Mono); D5 50031 (5) 39 129 121 JOHNNY MATHIS-Low Is Blue NA * 1 - 159 DEANRepriseMARTIN-GentleRS6330(S) on My Mind Columbia )No Mono); CS 9637 (S) 60 120 121 ARLO GUTHRIE-Alice's Restaurant 92 162 Reprise (No Mono); RS 6267 (S) 160 5th DIMENSION-Up, Up & Away Soul City (No Mono); SCS 92000 (5) 2 130 123 RHINOCEROS 193 170 Elektra EKS 71030 (S) 161 SOUNDTRACK-West Side Story Columbia 01 5670 (M); OS 2070 (5)

A -Z (LISTED BY ARTIST) Impressions TOP ..177, 1419 Nass .... 134 Rolling Stones LP's 12 Wild in the St Irish Rovers 11$ eels .. 90 Original Cast Diana Ross it the Herb Alpert a the Iron Butterfly 9, 118 Supremes West Side Story 161 Jerry Butler 170 Exotic Guitars Fiddler on the Roof 178 5, 17, Tijuana Brass 191 SS, 57, 4 Jass Crusaders 114 Hair 77 Steppenwolf .3, 51 39, 156, 196 Glen Campbell Jose Feliciano 11, 43 Jefferson Airplane Man of La Mancha 130 Simon 6 Garfunkel Barbra Streisand 32 Ed Ames 2, 14, 28, 84, 106 64 186, 188 W. C Fields 197 Pentangle 22, 40, 68 John W. Anderson Pre- Canned Heat 35, toe 5th Dimension Anita Kerr/Rod McKeeu/ 192 Temptations 79, 104, ISO 160 Peter, Frank Sinatra 74, 78 Traffic sents Kasandra ..142 Johnny Cash . . 30 Four Seasons San Sebastian Strings 67 Pail 8 Mary 70 2S 107 Nancy Sinatra/Lee Vanilla Archies 131 Chambers Brothers 46, 26 Four Tops Lettermen Elvis Presley 93 Fudge .. 54, 86 146 144, 126 Hazelwood 145 Various Artists Eddy Arnold 151, 153, 143 Petula Clark 155, 134 Ferrante 6 Teiche, 199 Procol Harum Mamas 6 Papas ...89, 158 27 Sly 6 the Family Association 138 Judy Collins 8, 97, 119 Fever Tree Gary Stone 198 Collection of 16 Origi- 167 Dean Martin ..63, 102, 159 Puckett a Union 0. C. Smith . nal Ray Conniff Singers Aretha Franklin ..13, Gap 19 Big Hits, Vol. 9 176 42, 80 Johnny Mathis 128, 121 20, 85 Joan Baez 116 62, 81, 165 Soft Machine 171 An Anthology of John Mayall's Blues Boots Randolph 129 Band 105 Bill Cosby 16, 133 Marvin Gaye a Tammi Soundtracks British Blues .... 200 Breakers 76 Rascals 10 Beatles ... 1, 60, 71 Crazy World of Terrell 101, 88 Barbarella ... 189 Rowan 6 Martin Arthur Jimmy McGriff 164 Otis Redding 94, 166 Laugh -In left Beck 52 Brown 59 Gentry 6 Campbell 21 Camelot 100 108 Cream 18, Terry Reid 194 Super Hits, Vol. 2 91 Bee Gees 83, 110 S0, 73 Bobby Goldsboro 137 Sergio Mendes & Brasil Chitty Chitty Bang Creedence Clearwater Rhinocerous Super Hits, Vol 3 87 Big Brother 6 the Grassroots 75 '66 4, 45, 136 123 Bang 185 Revival 98 Buddy Rich Big Dr. Zhivage Holding Co. ..6, 157 Arlo Guthrie 122, 180 Steve Miller Band 38 56 Bobby Vinton 190 King Curtis 196 Band 193 Finian's Rainbow 135 Mike Bloomfield/AI Monkees 132, 127 Vogues 44 Funny Girl 15 Cooper'Steve Stills 58 Deep Purple 92 Eddie Harris 96 Wes Montgomery Don Rickles 183 141, 124 Good, Bad Dells 182 Richard Harris 29, 112 Jeannie C. Riley 37 a the ugly 90 Dionne Warwick Blue Cheer 147 Moody Blues 66, Ill Graduate Dion Johnny Rivers 31 82, 122, 65 Box Tops 69, 115 148 Jimi Hendrix Mothers of Invention 125 61 Oliver 173 Andy Williams . Donovan 23, 95 Experience 7, 24, 109 Marty Robbins 172 33 James Sound of Music .. 53 Mason Williams 114, 175 Brown 6 His Doors 41, 49, 168 Engelburt Humperdinck Jim Nabors 179, 187 Smokey Robinson the Famous 6 Star 120 Bobby Womack 174 Flames 34 Bob Dylan 139, 162 36, 140, 163 Johnny Nash 117 Miracles 47 2001: Space Odyssey. 72 Tammy Wynette 181

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AVAILABLE Awarded RIAA seal for sales of o 1 Million dollars at manufacturer's iw level. RIAA seal audit available ó É w , and optional to all manufacturers. Y o d u Z 3 a d 22 N OC Ñ W m 4 ed 2 ,,, 3 3 s_- ARTIST - Title - Label & Number Prayer & Other NA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 53 8 181 179 JIM NABORS-Sings the Lord's Sacred Songs Songs-Columbia CS 9716 (5) _ - TAPE 11 172 180 ARLO GUTHRIE-Arlo PACKAGES Reprise RS 6299 (S) AVAILABLE STAR PERFORMER-LP's on chart 15 weeks 6 182 181 TAMMY WYNETTE-D-I-V-O-R-C-E 7K or less registering greatest proportionate W Epic BN 26392 (S) upward progress this week. 176 182 DELLS-There Is NA Not Available 28 ó Cadet LP 804 (5) NA J 27 184 183 DON RICKLES-Hello Dummy Warner Bros. -Seven Arts WS 1745 (S) ARTIST - Title - Label & Number 1 - 184 JAll CRUSADERS-Powerhouse 50 166 162 BOB DYLAN-John WesleyHarding Pacific Jazz ST 20136 (S) ColumbiaCL J2ó NA NA NA 9 185 185 SOUNDTRACK-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 55 168 163 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK-The Last Waltz United Artists UAS 5188 (5) PA 61015 (M); PAS 71015 (S) Parrot Hollywood 3 186 186 ED AMES-Sings the Hits of Broadway & 2 165 164 JIMMY McGRIFF-The Worm RCA Victor LSP 4079 (S) Solid State 18045 (S) NA NA NA NABORS-Kiss Me Goodbye Must Be Him 26 187 187 JIM 39 169 165 RAY CONNIFF-It Columbia (No Mono); CS 9725 (5) Columbia CS 9595 (S) "Who Will Answer" and Other 42 177 166 OTIS REDDING-The Dock of the Bay 46 193 188 ED AMES-Sings Volt 419 (M); S 419 (S) Songs of Our Times RCA Victor LPM 3961 (M); LSP 3961 (S) 2 167 167 FEVER TREE-Another Time, Another Place Uni 73040 (S) 5 183 189 SOUNDTRACK-Barbarella DynoVoice DY 31908 (S) 62 153 168 DOORS-Strange Days Elektra (No Mono); EKS 74014 (S) BOBBY VINTON-I Love How You Love Me 1 - 190 Strut Epic BN 26437 (S) .* 1 - 169 YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED-Soulful Brunswick BL 754144 (S) Were the Days 1 - 191 EXOTIC GUITARS-Those Ranwood R 8040 (S) *. 1 - 170 JERRY BUTLER-The Ice Man Cometh Mercury ST 61198 (S) NA 3 192 192 PENTANGLE Reprise RS 6315 (S) *. 3 197 171 SOFT MACHINE Probe CPLP 4500 (S) 3 190 193 KING CURTIS-Best of Atco SD 33-266 (S) 4 160 172 MARTY ROBBINS-I Walk Alone TERRY Bang You're Terry Reid Columbia CS 9725 (S) 3 189 194 REID-Bang Epic BN 26427 (S) NA NA NA 2 173 173 SOUNDTRACK-Oliver 6 195 195 BUDDY RICH BIG BAND-Mercy, Mercy 5501 (S) Colgems COSD World Pacific ST 20133 (S)

2 174 174 BOBBY WOMACK-Fly Me to the Moon .,, 160 191 196 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS- United Artists LP 24014 (S) South of the Border A&M ST 108 (S) 2 175 175 MASON WILLIAMS-Ear Show Warner Bros. -Seven Arts WS 1766 (S) 1 - 197 W. C. FIELDS-Original Voice Track From His Great Movies 8 178 176 VARIOUS ARTISTS-A Collection of 16 Original Decca DL 79164 (S) Big Hits, Vol. 9 5 198 198 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE-Life Motown MS 668 (S) Epic BN 26397 (S) NA NA NA 11 179 177 IMPRESSIONS-Best of 3 199 199 FERRANTE & TEICHER-Bouquet of Hits ABC ABCS 654 (S) United Artists UAS 6659 (S)

188 180 178 ORIGINAL CAST-Fiddler on the Roof 2 200 200 VARIOUS ARTISTS-An Anthology of British Blues RCA Victor LOC 1093 (M); LSO 1093 (S) Immediate 212 52 014 (5)

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THE KASENETZ-KATZ SUPER CIRCUS- OHIO EXPRESS -- Chewy, SPIRIT -- Take a Message MELANIE Born to Be. Buddah - The Family That Plays Buddah BDS 5028 (S) DON CHERRY - Chewy. Buddah BDS 5026 (S) Together. Ode Z12 44014 (S) to Mary. Monument SLP 18109 BDS 5024 (S) Buddah Records, leader in the bubble gum (S) parade, has built a good pop album focused Here comes the Ohio Express with their The Spirit return for heavy pop action as around its current hit "Quick Joey Small," The voice is that of a very young girl, but second chart -bound album. "Chewy, Chewy" their "I Got a Line On You" disk dashes and it should quickly have the KK Super Quality entertainment. Don Cherry, a king the way she conveys musical thoughts is was a strong follow-up to their first big for the charts with this new Lou Adler - Circus riding high on the LP charts as well. of the golf course, scores virtually a hole - that of one wise beyond her years. Her single "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" and this produced LP close behind. Dressed up with With the combined efforts of the 1910 in -one as he tees into each song. "Take a non -conformist approach to the selections LP featuring the former, has one solid horns and strings, Spirit features the above Fruitgum Co., Ohio Express, Music Explo- Message to Mary" is probably the best on this LP (most of them original) make rock dance number after another. "Let It ground sound of "Darlin' and "She sion, Prof. Morrison's Lollipop and the known, from his recent single, but "Here her a new talent to b reckoned with. Take You," "Nothing If' Sweeter Than My Smiled," as well as the FM -tailored "Silky Shadows of Knight, the KK group offers Comes the Rain" is brilliantly done and Heavy underground exposure of "Close to Baby" and "Little Girl" are among the Sam" and "All the Same," plus their latest other winners such as "Shake," "Down at the throbbing support of excellent drum - It All," "Bo Bo's 'Party" and others should other movin' numbers. single. Lulu's" and "I'm in Love With You." work makes it a winner. result in top sales.

USSACHEVSKY / LUENING: TAPE MUSIC - Oien/Larson/Olso Philharmonic (Sebrebrier). Desto DC 6466 (5) The historic Oct. 28, 1952, concert at New York's Museum of Modern Art, which fea- MERIT PICKS of Vladimir SPECIAL tured electronic tape music Ussachevsky and Otto Luening, is recreated on the first side here and the six selections MAGDA FRANCO-LaRosa Negra. Columbia are indeed "Classics of Electronic Music." Scene" EX 5228 (S) The second side has Luening's "Lyric by POPULAR sound that Justis' expert arranging -pro and "Legend" admirably performed Larsen and ducing brings to the fore. It's a highly flutist Per Pien, oboist Erik Sebrebrier. listenable set all the way around. the Oslo Philharmonic under Jose GEORGE BURNS SINGS-Buddah BDS 5025 (S) to now the Burns song performances VARIOUS ARTISTS-Old 'N Golden. Jamie were laugh getters, but in this Bud¡h SLP 3031 (S) LOW PRICE CLASSICAL disk debut, he plays it straight and dis- This hit -filled 19 -cut collection is filled Wayne Eddy's plays a true understanding and feel for with star material from some of the best in pop tunes. His delivery "Rebel Rouser" to "The Horse," by Cliff of "Mr. -Bojangles" and the Nilsson number Nobles and Co. Add the Fantastic Johnny SCHUBERT: VIOLIN WORKS-Arthur Grumi - of how he over- C's "Boogaloo Down Broadway," "Dry Your aux. Philips World Series PHC 9103 (S) COUNTRY "1941" are examples COUNTRY comes the so-called generation gap. He Eyes," by Brenda and the Tabulations, This bargain Schubert disk offers one of kids with the evergreen "I Kissed Her on Barbara Lynn, Crispian St. Peters, Della today's outstanding artists, violinist Arthur and Humphrey, the Volcanoes, the Kit Kats, Grumiaux, at his best. Included here are JERRY LEE LEWIS - She Still AUTRY INMAN -- Two the Back Porch. The emotion sensitivity Ballad of Tommy McLain, the Showstoppers, Sunny of Opus 137 plus a Comes Around (To Love What's he exudes in Brel's "Old Folks" is superb. the three sonatinas Brothers. Epic BN 26428 (S) and the Sunglows, the James Boys and performance of the "Sonata Left of Me). Smash SRS 67112 (S) Strong support from the Larry Fallon breathtaking arrangements. Helene Smith and you have quite an in A, Op. 162." Pianist Riccardo Castagnone attraction. here. Jerry Lee Lewis can do no wrong in the Based upon his current hit single, "Ballad is Grumiaux' capable associate Jews Blues. Buddah country field with his songs of love and of Two Brothers," Inman has a powerful BARRY GOLDBERG-Two BD wrongdoing. This LP contains his hit "She sales package here. The material is along BDS 5029 (S) CALLIOPE-Steamed. Buddah 523 (5) Still Comes Around Barry Goldberg moves heavily into the Buddah leaves its accustomed bubblegum (To Love What's Left the lines of his hit with moving perform- BLUES of Me)," plus his newest chart single "To ances of the compelling and stimulating urban blues bag, translating Arthur Crud- sound for a harder underground album Love a dedication is a LP by a good Make Sweeter for You." The standards program. "Stand Up for America" is a up's "That's Alright Mama," here. The result good "There Stands the Glass" and "Release Me" prime example, with much food for thought to Jimi Hendrix ("Jimi the Fox") as well new group. Calliope is not afraid to take are here, too, a as several Goldberg originals. Instrumental former hit material and give it the group's for fine entertainment in "Ain't I Right" and the recent Henson THE YOUNG BIG BILL BROONZY 1928-1935- oackage. contributions by Charles Musselwhite, Har- individual stamp. "California Dreaming" Cargill Hit "Skip a Rope." Yazoo L-1011 (S) vey Mandel and Eddie Hinton highlight this and "Hound Dog" get the Calliope treat- An album that spotlights the early work strong blues package capable of scoring ment and are the better for it. "Jimmy of Broonzy, a considerable blues artist and on the charts. Bell" and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling one that (along with the recent Epic re- Stone" are other gems. lease) the balance regarding his THE VOICES IN LOVE CHORUS-Voices in corrects His 1950's recordings (as the sleeve Love. Monument SLP 18108 (S) work. presented him as a country Justis gives "Voices in Love" a top- notes point out) Bill fact his range was far introductory package. The vocal CLASSICAL bluesman, but in 4 flight show. STAR wider as these early 1930's track **** **** group has an easy, warm and ingratiating Highly detailed sleeve notes, a must for blues guitar players, add lustre to this set. DESSAU: IN MEMORIAM BERTOLT BRECHT/ BACH/VARIATIONS - Leipzig Gewandhaus SOUNDTRACK **** TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 4-London NOAH HOWARD AT JUDSON HALL - ESP Orch. (Dessau). Philips PHS 0-208 (S) Symphony (Markevitch). Philips PHS 900- whose best SOUNDTRACK-Joanna. ABC S 4202 (S) 1064 (S) German composer Paul Dessau, 206 (S) SUNRA-Nothing Is. ESP 1045 (S) known work is "The Trial of Lucullus," an DVORAK: "AMERICAN" POPULAR QUARTET/BORODIN: MARION BROWN-Why Not? ESP Disk 1040 opera based on a 'Bertolt Brecht radio **** STRING QUARTET IN D-Quartette Ital- (5) play, pays homage to the writer whose in- ALBUM REVIEWS VIC DAMONE-Why Can't I Walk Away. iano. Philips PHS 900-197 (S) fluence on him through their association Victor LSP (S) 3984 BRAHMS: QUARTET NO. 1/SCHUMANN: was so profound. "In 'Memoriam" is indeed BB SPOTLIGHT HUGO 8 LUIGI CHORUS AND 1 BLUES ORCHESTRA- QUARTET NO. - Quartetto Italiano. **** a profound work. The "Bach Variations" are Maggie Flynn. releases RCA LSP 4083 (S) Philips PHS 900-187 .(S) VARIOUS ARTISTS-East Coast Blues 1926- a more expressed tribute. The composer Best of the album ARMAGEDDON-The Maze. MTA MTS 5012 FLANAN: SONGS AND CYCLES Bogard/ 1935. Yazoo L-1013 Gewandhaus e of the week in all cate- - conducts the famed Leipzig Beattie / Del Tredici / Various Artists. Orchestra in this alm, which could prove gories as picked by the BB THKNIGHTSBRIDGEES) top STRINGS - Marching Desto DC 6468 (S) a sleeper. Review Panel for sales Strings. Monument MAS 13007 (S) GOSPEL **** and chart movement. MARZETTE WATTS-ESP 1044 (S) REV. W. L. JONES-Black and Proud. J. & W. LOW PRICE MOORE: CARRY NATION (3 LP's)-Wolff/ SPECIAL MERIT AFTERGLOW-Afterglow. MTA MTS 5010 (S) Records 2500 (S) Various Artists/ New York City Opera Albums sales potential CLASSICAL **** (Krachmalnick). Desto DC 6463/65 (S) with LOW -PRICE R. STRAUSS: DON JUAN/TILL EULENSPIE that are deserving of special POP **** CHILDREN'S **** In this three -LP set, "Carry Nation" ¡oins THE GEL / ROSENKAVALIER SUITE-Concertge- of consideration at both the WONDERFUL KING FAMILY-Harmony THE DO -RE -MI CHILDRENS CHORUS-Chitty disk versions of Douglas Moore's "Ballad bouw Orch. (Jochum). Philips World Series dealer and radio level. HS 11293 (S) Chitty Bang Bang. Kapp KS 3586 (S) Baby Doe" and "The Devil and Daniel" as PHC 9106 (S) LAWRENCE WELK-Champagne Dance Party. an excellent work of operatic Americana FOUR STARS Harmony HS 11301 (S) VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS-I Musici. by the foremost composer in this field. Philips World Series PHC 9104 (S) INTERNATIONAL **** Smauel Krachmalnick expertly conducts a * * * *Albums with sales potential by within their category of CLASSICAL LOS POPSINGERS-Asi Es El Amor. (Such fine New York City Opera cast headed **** Beverly Wolff in the title role. Ellen Faull, music and possible chart TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 5-London JAZZ **** Is Love). Columbia EX 5227 (S) Voz Que Usted Julian Patrick and Arnold Voketaitis also Items. Symphony (Markevitch). Philips PHS 900- SONNY SIMMONS - More Sonny Simons. VICENTE FERNANDEZ-La EX 5229 (S) shine here. 207 (S) ESP 1043 (S) Esperaba. Columbia JANUARY 4, 1969, BILLBOARD