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INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL DATELINE (continued from page C-36) TK awarded a gold record to its act the streets by February ... Pat Travers, in Chebere, in the city of Cordoba. The group town to open for the Outlaws, says his next has already recorded three albums for the effort will likely be a live album. label; the latest is tagged "Rompamos el Chilliwack and Gerry Doucette are go- Contrato." ing to have an exceptionally busy New Italian chantress Raffaella Carra is ex- Year's Eve. They'll both be playing two pected to return to Buenos Aires next shows in separate cities (believe it or not). February, due to the success of her recent Brimstone Productions of Calgary has tour of this country. CBS has been running chartered an airplane, in order that the two Sunday evening reruns of her video acts can play both Edmonton and Calgary recordings in Spain and Italy, on Channel (no mere stone's throw apart). The bands 11, with good results. miguel smirnoff will fly to Calgary immediately (and I mean immediately) after the Edmonton date. Stay Australia tuned for the results. kirk lapointe SYDNEY - The Kevin Borich Express, which has just returned from a successful American concert tour, has released a Argentina new single in Australia. Mercury Records, BUENOS AIRES - Roberto Lopez, for- Borich's new label, has released "No Turn- merly manager of EMI in Chile, was recently ing Back" and "Can't Wait." Both songs are appointed in the Mexican branch of the Borich RCA ITALY'S ZERO VISITS NEW YORK Renato Zero, a top rock artist for RCA originals, and were recorded at - company. Lopez has been replaced in Records, Italy, was in New York recently for meetings with RCA Records International ex- San- Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles by Jim tiago by David Stockley. ecutives and to experience the Big Apple for the first time. Pictured (l-r) are: Jorge Pino, Taylor and Ross Salomone. Two Brazilian manager, international product development; Susan Duncan -Smith, artist promotion artists have had successful Reactions to the Borich tour up on the dates in Buenos Aires, Bauen manager, international marketing, Italy; Arthur Martinez, division vice president, inter- at the Hotel group's return was encouraging. Encores and the Coliseo Theater: Gal national; Zero; Kelli Ross, division vice president, international creative affairs; and RCA chantress were called in Detroit and Kansas City, and Records president Robert Summer. Costa, who returned to this city for her the band received three encores at its first second series of performances in a few headline gig on the Kalamazoo campus. weeks, and Gilberto Gil, one of the biggest The band has just signed with Karma Van Egmond Seeks More "Tropicalia music" names in Brazil. Costa's Records for Germany and its "The Lonely U.S. shows had Brazilian Phonogram topper One" LP will be released there in March. Coelho Ribeiro and local general manager Borich and group will tour there as part of a Awareness Of Aussie Market John Lear in the audience, while 1979 world tour. Sicamericana, who represents WEA in (continued from page C-34) this Rose Tatto is expected to be off the road Brisbane that's not a hit in Sydney. Nor- market, released an album by Gil at the for several weeks following singer Angry mond noted that musical between tastes mally, it's on a national basis. Thus, a Montreux Jazz Festival as part of the promo Anderson's mild heart attack. Anderson, each city in Australia are also similar. There recording attraction which is popular in one campaign. who complained of severe chest pains after is usually only one rock station in each city, Australian city will usually be popular in RCA is working hard on the Barbara & a concert, was ordered to stop work. and all of these stations generally follow suit every city. Dick recording of "Me to Dijo Una Gaviota," Festival Records has released a special in what they play. "The main outlet for exposing acts in which looks like a potential hit in this album of Richard Clapton hits. The album, "The rock are Australia is a nationally stations basically televised program market. The local duet is traveling this week "Past Hits and Previews," contains such programmed by the same people, so they called 'Countdown,' which is in Melbourne. to Spain for radio and TV appearances in hits as "Girls on the Avenue," "Deep Water" all use formats," Van the same stated Eg- Every Sunday night at 6:00 there are about Madrid and other cities. and "Goodbye Tiger." peter blunden mond. "Very seldom do you get a hit in 150 stations which air the program, which is watched by three -and -a -half million people each week. That program is so important for an artist that acts on tour in Australia of- ten book their tours around that show." Overseas Awareness Improving Although Van Egmond had earlier stated that he and the other Australian promoters still have to make American managers more aware of his country's concert market potential, he acknowledged that the situa- tion has improved considerably in recent years, and he expects for it to continue to improve. P.R.O. CANADA HITS 10,000 - The Mon- "It used to be very difficult to get acts to treal branch of the Performing Rights tour Australia, but it has gotten easier," said Organization of Canada Limited recently Van Egmond. "Many bands will now tour LRB RECEIVES AUSTRALIAN PLATINUM - Little River Band was recently presented signed Michael Fira (I) of Lachine, Quebec, Australia after its tour of Japan. Still, we with double platinum awards in Adelaide, Australia after the first of its three concerts with as an affiliated songwriter. Fira's name remain in the process of making (the U.S. the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The group's concert was attended by South Australian brought to 10,000 the number of Canadian music industry) more aware of the Premier Don Dunstan, who congratulated LRB after the show. Pictured in the foreground writers, composers and music publishers profitable Australian concert market. The (l-r) are: LRB members Graham Goble and Derek Pellicci; Dunstan; Stephen Shrimpton, who have chosen affiliation with Canada's more we continue to do so, the greater the managing director of EMI Records, Australia; and Rupert Perry, vice president of A&R for largest performing rights organization. benefits for both the Australian concert Capitol Records, USA. In the back row (1-r) are: Don Zimmermann, president and Chief Also pictured is Diane Pinet of P.R.O.'s scene and the overseas artists who play operating officer, Capitol Records, USA; and LRB members George McArdle, Beeb Bir- Montreal office. there." tles, Glenn Shorrock and David Briggs. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERS Australia Canada Brazil TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s 1 You Don't Bring Me Flowers N. Diamond & B. Streisand 1 Rasputin Boney M Atlantic - - - - CBS 1 Sou Rebelde - Lilian - RCA 2 Kiss You All Over Exile RAK 2 Pertinho De - - 2 MacArthur Park Donna Voce - Elizangela - RCA 3 You Needed - Summer - Polygram Me Anne Murray Capitol 3 Automatic Lover D. - - 3 Le Freak Chic WEA - Dee Jackson - RGE/Fermata 4 Three Times A Lady Commodores Motown - - 4 Wuthering - - 4 Too Much Heaven Bee Gees Polygram Heights - Kate Bush - Odeon 5 I Was Made For Dancin' - - Leif Garrett Scotti Brothers 5 Three Times A Lady - - 5 Y.M.C.A. Village People Polygram - Commodores - Top Tape 6 Suntans Of Swing Dire Straits Vertigo - - 6 Sossego - - 6 Boogie Oogle Oogle Taste Of Honey Capitol - Tim Maia - WEA 7 Dreadlock Holiday 10cc Mercury -A - 7 Get Off Foxy - - 7 My Life Billy Joel CBS - - CBS 8 Y.M.C.A. - Village People - RCA - - 8 Sun Is Here Sun Odeon 8 I Love The Night Life Alicia Bridges Polygram - - 9 MacArthur Park - Donna Summer - Casablanca - - 9 Macho Man Village People RCA 8 In - 10 How You Hot Child The City - Nick Gilder - Capitol - Gonna See Me Now Alice Cooper Warner Bros. 10 The I - - 10 Kiss You All Over - Exile - WEA Closer Get To You - Roberta Flack - WEA TOP TEN LPs TOP TEN LPs TOP TEN LPs 1 Dire Straits Dire Straits Polygram 1 Grease - - - Soundtrack - Polygram 1 Roberto Carlos - Roberto Carlos - CBS 2 Grease - Soundtrack - Polygram 2 Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - CBS 2 Calice - Chico Buarque - Polygram 3 52nd Street - Billy Joel - CBS 3 52nd Street - Billy Joel - CBS 3 Dancln' Days - Various - Som Livre 4 Bloody Tourists - 10cc - Polygram 4 Jazz - Queen - WEA 4 Grease - Soundtrack - Polygram 5 It's A Long Way There - Little River Band - EMI 5 Wild & Crazy Guy - Steve Martin - WEA 5 Alerta Geral - Alcione - Polygram 6 The War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne - CBS 6 Live & More - Donna Summer - Polygram 6 De Pe No Chao - Beth Carvalho - RCA 7 Living In The U.S.A. - Linda Ronstadt - WEA 7 Greatest Hits - Wings - Capitol 7 Disco Baby (Vol. 2) - As Melindrosas - Copacabana 8 Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart - WEA 8 Greatest Hits (Vol. 2) - Barbra Streisand - CBS 8 16 Temas Romanticos De Novelas - Various -K -Tel 9 Inner Secrets - Santana - CBS 9 Some Girls - Rolling Stones 9 Excelsior A Maquina Do Som (Vol. 7) - Various - Som Livre 10 Comes A Time - Neil Young - WEA 10 The Cars - Cars - WEA 10 Todo Menino E Um Rel - Roberto Ribeiro - ODEON - Kent Music Report CRIA -38 Cash Box/December 30, 1978 www.americanradiohistory.com.