LEPPARDS LEAP See Page 9 WINNERS FLAS H M a KERS LL COOL (DJ/COL)J

LEPPARDS LEAP See Page 9 WINNERS FLAS H M A KERS LL COOL (DJ/COL)J

EUROPE (EPIC) LISA LISA (COL) JC MELLENCAMP (POLY)

CR OSS OVERS HEART (CAPITOL)

ALEXANDER O'NEAL(TABU) LEVERT (ATLANTIC) ATLANTIC STARR (WB) EARPIC KS Elvis JC MELLENCAMP (POLY) II's been over HEART (CAPITOL) three decades EXPOSE (ARISTA) since Elvis SWING OUT SISTER (POLY) Presizy first arst upon (lie BRE A K O UTS scent with a WHO'S THAT GIRL (SIRE/WB) I3ok tie suuad LA BAMBA (SLASH/WB) that took DIO (WB) America by ALEXANDER O'NEAL (TABU) storm. With a new batch of WILDCAR D rtmastered Elv MICHAEL BOLTON (COL) prod ici. RCA is prov ng

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MICHAEL BOLTON "LOVE" Col 38-07322 POISON "FORGET YOU" Enigm. -J:.:ap 44038 DEF LEPPARD "WOMEN" PDly 888 757-7 PATRICE RUSHEN "ANYTHING 2.AN" Ais tet 9604 LOVERBOY "NOTORIOUS" Col 38-07324 DONNA SUMMER "GERSH WIN' Geffen 7-28,418 NANCY MARTINEZ "CRAZY LOVE" Atlantic 7-89227 TIFFANY 'ALONE NOW" MCA 5167 MR MISTER 'SOMETHING REAL" RCA 5273-7 VIENNA -TALKING" WB 7-28258 NOEL "SILENT MORNING" 4TH & Bwayils17439 PETE WYLIE "SINFUL" Virgin 7-;4946C From the Airwaves To The Streets... •

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"Bigger and Deffer" ?C90793 FLASHMAKERS WINNER! 1111 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! FLASHMAKERS WINNER! 4111118 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! WR95 add VVCA 38-33 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! U add WB LI add KBE Q add 9-4 897 7-5 KK BQ add KWO D add KIIS add Y100 17-7 HOT103 34-13 PWR106 add Z93 15-9 WH YT add y95 deb 12 FIVI102 28-21 Z95 add KCP\N 29-1 0 Q107 add KCPVV deb 21 KCAQ 35-25 20-1 4 WGC1 add WTIC Z93 add Z100 deb 29 WTIC 37-27 B104 add W NVZ deb 29 WUSL add QKWOD1 (35 25-1 8 0102 add vit on 35-1 9 PW R99 add KK RZ deb 30 KHIT add 26-2 2 KATD add W XKS deb 33 37-2 5 AVERA GE AGRESSIVES TC P TOP REQUESTS Lp SALES WKSS add Z100WCZY

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...Columbia Delivers The Hits! Columbia

LO ver1;po y OUR DES(. THIS WEEK! Notoriou-c". Ç. 1987. CBS Inc Volume 2 Issue 52 August 10, 1987 $5.00

Headquarters:

15477 Ventura Blvd. Suite 300 4 SINGLES The Warner Bros. invasion is officially upon us. George Michael's Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 three week stranglehold on the #1 position has come to an abrupt end as the soundtrack twins, Madonna's "Who's That Girl" and (818) 501-7900 Los Lobos' "La Bamba" explode into the es I & 2 positions nationally. We expect them to switch shortly. And, by the way, the Michael Jackson single is growing quickly. 30 DIALOGUE What do Madonna's "Like A Virgin," Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and Heart's #1 smash, "Alone," have in common? They were all penned by the red-hot songwriting team of Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg. Hits' own resident tunesmith, Mark Pearson, finds out how the duo continues to crank out the hits. 42 SPOTLIGHT Charles Koppelman's SBK Entertainment World is one of the largest communications companies anywhere, with interests in publishing, management, television and films. Hits' Drew Wheeler gets the bottom line on who and what makes SBK run in this exclusive report. 50 ALBUMS Vince Farad, Sr. VP of Whitney Houston is still I, but Whitesnake is closing the gap, and the La Bamba soundtrack is exploding everywhere, and quickly. Promotion, Atlantic Records, is Looming closely on the horizon is the long-awaited Def Leppard on a quest to cross-over contender, about to explode at presstime. Levert's #1 Black single,

"Casanova," to the upper FLASHMAKERS 20 CROSSOVERS 24 REQUESTS 28 regions of the Top 40. And, Columbia's LL and Lisa are hot. Heart makes its "Run". Los Lobos and LL can't be stopped. guess what folks? The guy is

more than surviving, he's flourishing. The adds on the EARPICKS 35 BREAKOUTS 44 record are piling up, which Mellencamp and Heart. The Warner Bros. soundtracks lead. means Faraci's mission is

about to be accomplished.

Nice work, Vince...we're alert FRONT PAGE 8 LETTERS 15 MOVIE SCORES 54 to Levert!! NEAR TRUTHS 14 RE RAP 42 WAVE LENGTH 50 FAR TRUTHS 15 921 r TOP FIFTY SINGLES Warner Bros. has taken control as Madonna slides into the #1 radio acceptance. Its up to #I6 from #37 in only its second slot and Los Lobos soar to #2. It's a great battle at the top as week of availability. John Cougar Mellencamp makes the neither has come close to reaching its peak. The new highest weekly debut with his debut cut limn his new album. Michael Jackson single is exploding at retail. following instant

THIS LW WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL COUNTS

2 1 MADONNA WHO'S THAT GIRL Sire/WB 7-28341 Soundtrack hot

LOS LOBOS LA BAMBA WB 7-28336 Will go one

GEORGE MICHAEL I WANT YOUR SEX Col 38-07164 Falling slightly

SUZANNE VEGA LUKA A&M 2937 Former Wildcard

U2 STILL HAVEN'T FOUND Island 7-99430 Slipping

10 DEBBIE GIBSON ONLY IN MY DREAMS Atlantic 7-89322 Gigantic sales

T'PAU HEART & SOUL Virgin 7-99466 Huge single sales

WHISPERS ROCK STEADY Solar B-70006 Steady sales

JETS CROSS MY BROKEN MCA 53123 B.H. Cop 2

RICHARD MARX DON'T MEAN NOTHIN EMI/Manhattan 50079 Good sell through

BOB SEGER SHAKEDO WN MCA 53094 Slipping

MIAMI SOUND MACHINE RHYTHM IS GONNA Epic 34-07059 Steady

HEART ALONE Capitol 44002 New 45 breaking

DAN HILL CAN'T WE TRY Columbia 38-07050 Duet with Vonda Shepard

ROBBIE NEVIL WOT'S IT TO YA EMI Manhattan 50075 Steady sales

411 37 16 MICHAEL JACKSON IJUST CAN'T STOP Epic 34-07253 Huge sales

20 WHITNEY HOUSTON DIDN'T WE ALMOST Arista 9616 Follow up smash

WHITNEY HOUSTON I WANNA DANCE Arista 9598 New single breaking

STARSHIP ITS NOT OVER RCA 5225-7-6 Selling through

20 STEVE WIN WOOD BACK IN THE HIGHLIFE WB 7-28472 Steady

ABC WHEN SMOKEY SINGS PolyGram 888 604-7 Good single sales

LIVING IN A BOX LIVING IN A BOX Chrysalis 43132 Former Wildcard!

WARWICK OSBORNE LOVE POWER Arista 9567 Good sell through

WHITESNAKE HERE I GO AGAIN Geffen 7-28339 Exploding

HUEY LEWIS DOING IT ALL FOR Chrysalis 43143 Steady gains

(Based on a combination of sales and airplay)

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THIS LW WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS

E3 JONATHAN BUTLER LIES RCA 1038-7-J Good increases E FREDDIE JACKSON JAM TONIGH — Capitol 44037 Single selling E DANNY WILSON MARY'S PRAYER Virgin 7-99465 Steady increases 30 E OUTFIELD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN Columbia 38-07170 Steady

30 SAMMY HAGAR GIVE TO LIVE Geffen 7-28314 Steady sales on single

Ell JELLYBEAN WHO FOUND WHO Chrysalis 43120 Single selling

FAT BOYS WIPEOUT TP App/PG 885 960-7 Strong sell through

E LL COOL J I NEED LOVE Def Jam/Col 38-07350 Radio way out in front

GRATEFUL DEAD TOUCH OF GREY Arista 9606 Single strong at retail

BANANARAMA I HEARD A RUMOR London/PG 886 165-7 Early sales on 45

LISA LISA LOST IN EMOTION Col 38-07267 Former Wildcard

EUROPE CARRIE Epic 34-07282 Sweeping radio

SMOKEY ROBINSON ONE HEARTBEAT Motown 1897 Good increases

ALEXANDER O'NEAL FAKE Tabu ZS4-07100 Hot crossover [11211313E112101:1130 [11211313E112101:1130

40 40 WILL TO POWER DREAMIN* Epic 34-07199 Steady

NATALIE COLE JUMP START EMI/Manhattan 50073 Strong increases

CURE WHY CAN'T I BE YOU Elektra 7-69474 Steady

KIM WILDE SAY YOU REALLY WANT MCA 53128 Second single

FLEETWOOD MAC SEVEN WONDERS WB 7-28317 Falling

45 JANET JACKSON PLEASURE PRINCIPLE A&M 2927 Slipping

-- 46 J.C. MELLENCAMP PAPER IN FIRE PolyGram 888 763-7 Nice debut

KLYMAXX I'D STILL SAY YES MCA 53028 Falling now

THE SYSTEM DON'T DISTURB Atlantic 7-89320 Peaked

PRINCE U GOT THE LOOK P.ParIVWB 7-28289 Second single

50 LEVERT CASANOVA Atlantic 7-89217 Hot urban

ATLANTIC STARR (WB) NEXT UP .38 SPECIAL (A&M) DAVID BOWIE (EMI/Manhattan) HERB ALPERT (A&M) REGINA BELLE (Columbia) HEART (Capitol)

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MICH AEL BOLTO N THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT

The first single* from his forthcoming La "The Hunan! '"

'Produced by Keith Diamond. **Produced by Keith Diamond and Jonathan Cain. Direction: Louis Levin for Contemporary Communications Corp. Colum ba. 1.) are trademarks of CBS Inc 1987 CBS Inc. rts

Our Pic Of The Week DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher Favorite LENNY BEER Editor In Chief Reader TONI PROFERA Senior Editor This stunning young Hits reader is none other than DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Managing Editor Maxie Samantha Rose Sol- FRANCIS LAMBERT ters,Pur month old daughter Director of Computer Operations of MCA Sr Vice President of PETER WALBERG Artist Development Larry Art Director Solters and his wife Debra. RICHARD MARITZER Associate Art Director We've had many inquiries JEFF BELL about the intellectual Athentsing Design capacity of our readership, and we'd like to take this op- compared to our average tha Rose Sobers is a nuclear ANITA WEBB Operations Manager portunity to point out that readers, young Maxie Saman- physicist. DANNY OSTRO W JON LESHAY Associate Research Editors MARK PEARSON Changes At E/P/A New Retail STACY WALLEN Section CARLEEN NELSON Things are changing at for E/P/A. CHRISTIE OGLESBY Debuts LISA KOS Black Rock. Ray Anderson, Sr. VP of STACEY LANGSETH On Thursday 7/30, VP of Marketing E/P/A told Hits, "I In an effort to better serve TERRY MOSER Promotion Walter Winnick am very happy to have Larry the needs of the industry, and Research Assistants stepped down from his posi- available to assume com- to increase our coverage of MIKE MURPHY tion citing a mutual agree- mand while I explore Marketing Manager the all-important retail sales ment between himself and replacement possibilities. ROY TRAKIN arena, Hits (your #1 source Features Editor senior executives at the label. Larry's experience and back- for further usurping the paper IAIN BLAIR West Coast VP of Marketing ground, which includes over supply of America) is proud DANNY FIELDS Larry Douglas, has tem- 20 years in the record busi- to announce the debut of our JOHN SUTTON-SMITH porarily moved to New York ness, will add stability to the new retail feature we call PETER HOLDEN and assumed the interim promotion department during simply —Top Tens. This fea- SHARON LIVE TON promotion reins and will be this transition period." Expect ture will highlight 22 key ANDY SCH WARTZ the acting head of promotion further developments in the Contributing Editors retail accounts each week on very near future. DOUG BRO WN a rotating basis and will Creative Direction W I L D detail their Top Ten reported Radio Advisory Board records (based on a combina- SCOTT SHANNON tion of sales of CDs, Casset- Chairman C A R D tes and LPs). In addition, GARY BERKOWITZ ALAN BURNS each week one account will MASON DIXON COLUMBIA be highlighted in detail; list- JOHN LANDER How many times does a ing their location, number of DAN VALLIE rocker struggle for years stores, the breaking hits, etc. COLOR WEST before writing and perform- Lithography ing the perfect career We'll also feature the mug of Eorrottiott.. APAIERTISINe, AND at SINESS 15471 Ventura Bouk,ard. Sulk ve. Canton,. a featured retailer of the week SIA M Phone (MOD 50I-PPOI POSTAL INFORMAT1l" making ballad? The song is Maganne pelt. 4 weekly. wt. SO mums publetted per year h, HO lu. a Callfonna porpormon REPRINTS AND the thing here, and Colum- (and if their pic isn't avail- liEPRODIICIlf /NS Cotonoto 1.17 lo HP,. In, sil nett, 'nerved Repnolunon or phottoopsing M matte', appear, in bia's current hot streak 1111, \humor o ',holden onnoto omen pennouon Repnno able, we'll use a shot of Dick mn. SO cockle,' Iron, 1,477 Ventura Flotekoard Stow WO. Slur should aid the quick nun 1/alo. CA u1441 , Sl 1,/110 or Van Dyke.) 4,1,1no, %tit-outrun o5ueo, to Illt, \\quote IS,' Ventura Houle,ard Sulk NO Sturman thl, 15 u1410 Souk ,op, development of this ob- 5, Sunononon 'woe 121111110 per ,car ,u1o:no So, turn to Page 45 and get tom, moahle in I lu., onl, Deuce. . 2 to 4 foe nest vious sounding hit. Radio othungtoon, tt,sta til- Al/i/RESS Pkau alit., 2 to 4 net, tot Lunge ol sUlres, lo We 01.1 IND1NIASTER wants adult females, and your highlight pens ready. kotl .11pue ot 4Mo,, to Ito, Mapanne 1,411 \noun, Iltule,ord \tine 410 Sherman Oak, CA toot, this one will deliver them. Larry Douglas — He's in.... The retail "Top Tens" are for now born.

8 HITS August 10, 1987 FRONT PAGE

C o v e r S t o r y Def Leppard Leaps Again

It has been three years street, hysteria seems to be While the folks at Poly- best, and they hope that it since Def Leppard sold six the proper description for Gram were cautious about will be accepted." million Lopes of consumer reaction. flooding the market, they also Initial reports indicate that "Pyromania" in the U.S. "The record is exploding," knew they had a smash on Top 40 will begin adding the alone (only "Thriller" kept it said Camelot's Lew Garrett their hands. According to single, "Women" next week. out of the #1 position). In that "Immediate reorders, and we PolyGram VP of Sales and time a lot has happened to the spread the product very ag- Branch Distribution Jim band, including personal gressively. I guess four years Une: "We started out with in- tragedies (drummer Richard is not too long to wait if the itial orders of 737,000 units, Allen lost an arm in a car ac- product is right." and we're up to 860,000 al- cident) and an ill-fated at- "After one day of sales, we ready. Harry Anger (Sr. VP tempt at a follow-up album. are sold out of our initial or- of Marketing) and I had It took some time for the der with tons of calls for many meetings regarding the band to regroup, and buoyed more," said Wherehouse's marketing strategy and we by Richard Allen's mir- Rich Lockwood. "It's mass feel we've hit the ground aculous recovery — he has hysteria," remarked Record running." since learned to drum with Bar's Paul Fussell. "It will The band's manager, Cliff one arm and foot pedals — be Top 10 next week." Burnsteln took a humble ap- the band has released a "The customers are hys- proach to the situation. "We powerful new Mercury terical over 1-lysteria'," said are too close to it, to be really project, "Hysteria." Jeff Cohen of Strawberries. objective," he said. "The Def Leppard The boys are In its first week out on the "One-day sales put it at #7." band feels that they did their

Shannon: "I'd Do It Again!" All You Need Is Cash CBS has filed a civil law- charges Z100 with "the A Boston prosecutor al- the purchases made by three suit against Malrite Televi- premature broadcast" of the leges that a variety of men who have just been in- sion and Radio Inc because it tune. Beatles memorabilia, includ- dicted by a grand jury for seems Malrites's Z100, New "I did it and I'll do it ing a piano owned by John selling 55 tons of marijuana. York helmed by Scott "Just again," said Shannon, the Lennon, were bought at an Federal drug agents have Call Me 011ie" Shannon new Oliver North of radio. "I auction with proceeds from seized the goods and will jumped the gun on playing hope CBS puts me in jail. drug sales. The items, picked auction them off at a later the new Michael Jackson just broadcast from my cell." up in London, were among date. single last week. In a related move, Shanron The action, filed in the Su- has hired Fawn Hall as his perior Court of New Jersey, personal secretary. Goin' North Brooklyn civil servant sed/Tell us 011ie, how did Otto von Ruggins has been you resist?/Were you too inspired by the good Colonel busy planning victory North to compose a trio of parades/Or were you afraid tunes, "The Oliver Twist," you might contract AIDS?" "011ie's Follies" and "In On Otto, in his spare time away It." The S.F.-based R-Radical from his day-gig at the U.S. Records is negotiating to Postal Service, fronts the release the three-song EP, long-time New York club fix- which contains the following ture Kongress, best-known inspirational verse: "To think for its dalliances with Aleister Scott & 011ie — Is this a new morning team? you and Fawn Hall never kis- Crowley and black magic.

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Capitol Makes It Official

As we reported in detail A rundown of executives on the move. last week, Capitol Records has restructured its executive ranks. David Berman is officially appointed President of Capitol Records, while Don Zimmermann will move to London and assume the post of President, International Gmeiner Smith Starks Marketing, EMI Music Worldwide. Joe Smith as- At Elektra. Ray Gmeiner has hi, ,ince 1983 Amy sumes the new title of Presi- been promoted to the position Strauss is appointed As- dent and Chief Executive of of National Director of Al- sociate Director, Product Capitol Industries - EMI Inc. bum Promotion. Ray Marketing, East Coast for He reports to Bhaskar David Berman previously served as the Columbia Records. She has Menon, Chairman & Chief label's West Coast Regional been Product Marketing Executive Officer, EMI Album Promotion. He's been Manager at the label since Music Worldwide. with the label since July, 1983 Peter Cornish has In addition, Colin 1980. In addition, Roger been appointed Managing Hodgson, Vice President, Smith is named National Director, United Kingdom Finance, EMI Music Director of Top 40 Radio and European Operations, Worldwide, will assume addi- Promotion, Smith most Lorimar Music. He will form tional responsibilities as Ex- recently held the post of the British subsidiary of the ecutive Vice President, Promotion Marketing Man- Lorimar Music Group At Capitol Industries - EMI Inc., ager for Southern Califor- Arista, Michele Block has reporting to Joe Smith. Con- nia/Arizona/Nevada. Both been named Manager, Na- currently, Richard Burkett, report to Senior Vice Pre.i- tional Album Promotion. She Managing Director, Manufac- dent of Promotion David will be based in New York. turing and Operations, EMI Urso Jimi Starks has She was most recently Music Europe & Interna- been appointed Vice Presi- Manager, National College tional, will become Chairman dent, Sales, Black Music, Marketing for CBS of Capitol Magnetic Products CBS Records. He will be Records Jose Guzman is Don Zimmermann Division. responsible for all Black named Director of Branch Music Sales on both Colum- Support at WEA bia and E/P/A Steve Headquarters Louise Lo- Azoff/S mith Rivals Lakers/Celtics Berkowitz has been ap- Castro-Kaufman has been pointed Associate Director, named Production Manager, MCA's Irving Azoff and the punch? "The Lakers came Product Marketing, East Merchandising, CBS Capitol's Joe Smith are both to me because they know I'm Coast, Columbia Records. He Records. She's been with the Laker season ticket holders a real fan," said the Capitol has headed Serious Business company since 1979. and record company moguls. chief. "Irving still thinks While the former may have Jerry West is the name of a center Kareem Abdul-Jab- country band We're both bar's Cranberry jazz label on just high-paid Lakers his roster, the latter has just groupies who want to help nabbed the Laker captain for the team Neither of us the team's anti-drug rap would ever make a record single, "Just Say No," with with the hated Boston Cel- profits earmarked for charity. tics." How did Smith heat Azoff to Berkowitz Strauss Block

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On Records LyBeer LL Is Huge The singles marketplace is that is happening with sales. Kudos to Arista for creating The big question of the week Afterthoughts getting interesting these days seems to be: "Who will fill and is well worth discussing. this positive image and Jay Lasker's shoes at The LL Cool J rap ballad 45, capitalizing on the open- Motown?" While label "I Need Love," is proving to ing PolyGram has so Founder and Chairman Berry be one of the biggest reaction many hot records now that Gordy is currently running singles ever. Last week, B97 they almost seem to be fight- the day to day operation over in New Orleans reported that ing themselves for radio on Sunset, we understand the cut had generated more slots. ABC, Bananarama and there will be a new President requests in a one week period the Fat Boys are all charting soon. Inside sources are than any record in the history strongly. New artists Swing saying the appointment will of the station. And, it is by no Out Sister, Curiosity Killed come from within with such means an isolated case. The The Cat, Vello and Pepsi & names as Lee Young Jr., record is a runaway giant Shirlie all have developed Skip Miller and Michael everywhere. When it comes immediate "buzzes," while Roshkind leading the con- to rap, LL is considered the superstars John Cougar Mel- tenders. And what role will Gary Hart — Two months "real thing." Now, his hit lencamp and Def Leppard Suzanne DePasse play in later, we still can't believe single is appealing to an adult are moving automatically the selection? Stay tuned that he and Donna were "just audience as well as the ex- onto the air. It's quite an im- friends." Rumors of a big shake-up of pected active teens and pressive showing for the label the Capitol Distribution sys- spreading the demographics now in the 2nd year of its hot tem and/or a possible merger hard work has made an im- for the genre more so than streak.... Finally, the new with RCA Distribution seem pact on the powers that be on did either Run-DMC's "Walk single by the Other Ones on to be unfounded. Insiders say 52nd Street Chrysalis is This Way" or the Beastie Virgin has been slow in it's status quo for now releasing the much requested Boys "Fight For Your Right spreading, however the And what's going on at The dance mix of Billy Idol's (To Party)." His should be the feedback from radio is that William Morris Agency? We "Mony, Mony." Expect ac- first rap single to make it all this is a major hit record. It is understand a big shake-up tion on that one Look for the way to #1 And how an instant success with the has gone down The team MCA Records' Sr. VP of Ar- about the Grateful Dead? It active audience, which is of Larry Fitzgerald and Mark tist Development Larry Sal- is a startling revelation that pulling great request activity Hartley have won the ters to be promoted to a posi- "Touch Of Grey" is the most at nearly every station cur- management derby for hot tion within the MCA Music successful single the band has rently airing "Holiday." Look Columbia act Cock Robin. Group Also look for forever had. It is no more mass for the momentum to pick up The pair won out over heavy mer EMI America VP of appeal sounding than their in the following weeks as the competition Look for Promotion Tony Smith to re- classic "Truckin'," yet that word spreads. some major streamlining at emerge in the music com- cut peaked at #64 nationally. EMI-Manhattan under the munity Burt Stein of Why the change? Our guess new Sal Licata led team. Gold Mountain and David is that their core audience has Seems Sal is holding true to Malloy are about to enter into now grown up, and more than his reputation as a bottom a P&D deal for a new label ever the band's appeal is line pragmatist and he's look- with a major West Coast adult. Further, the national ing to trim a number of areas record company CD media blitz that has accom- including promotion In royalties, Nike commercials panied this project has added the wake of Walter Winnick's and an entire new generation a "mass appeal" concept to departure from ER/A, of Beatles fans. We ask you, the project. Also, Top 40 sources at Black Rock are did Michael Jackson choose radio has evolved to the point predicting a greater role for the right time to own the where it is the most liberal of Director of National Promo- former ATV catalog? And all current formats, and will Other Ones — Exploding on tion Dan DeNigris. Dan's the beat goes on. quickly embrace any project the phones.

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In Your Hands Now 1, mt krkre rt from her upcoming album "ILL SYSTEMS GO available on Geffen Records, Cassettes and compact disc GEFFEN Produced by Richard Perry, Associate Producer: Brenda Russell REC O R D % NEAR TRUTHS MUG SHOTS

by Ruth Ro bins o n, L.A

VIVA LAS VEGAS: Kudos to able to float like a butterfly and Don King for his ability to sting like a bee these days, but ac- manufacture excitement, pomp & cording to long-time pal, Bundini circumstances for the HBO Brown, "he is just not as bad as Television Tyson vs. 'Ricker fight everybody says he is." Eddie Sadly, certain of the circumstances Murphy was typical as he made were foul-ups. Racing to the res- the post-fight presentation cue of those shut-out by in- Being paged in the casino: Steven efficiency was Tom Willer, enter- Machat. Finis Henderson and tainment director of the Las Vegas Dennis Farina (Crime SP Ir- Hilton — who has always been a ving Awff and Joel Katz. smart cookie. Ringside and party- FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS: side was wild and woolly as Trying to beat their way through CAPITOL FEEDS MTV ON PLATINUM PLATTERS - Tune to put boxing matches are wont to be. On the crowd at the Dim Sum Bar at away the stIventwz , ark! .st iii twung, ,giumble u, bunth l IX'a111111g,VIILVL (arcs le they accqu platinum albums firms Capitol ell. 1,1c o dun( í%• Ocean Club Restawant fir M7 Vs hand weir Dennis Hopper, the Wiltem Theatre kick-off party mie in Narking label acts Poison alkl Crowded House On hand to pnwe )u am smile Heather Thomas. Melba Moore, for Mcnietime was a bevy of and haw .spur supper too. an, (standing). firm, left to right: Sam Kaiser. the Pirsidetu, Corbin Bemsen (LA. Law), publicists, a few faces and the new Pmmotion. WV.. John Carman, Din-i tor Aille Relations. MTV; John Fagot. Vice Roger E. Moseley (Magnum Pi.), service's on-camera personnel, in- President. Prrimotion. Capitol Records: and Bill Burkes. Vice President, Product Des'ektp- Ernest Thomas and Gladys and cluding veteran Richard Blade nti'iii. C,piuni Reconls. Seated wr, Jim kfi to right: Michelle Peacock Dime»; Nat/weal Bubba Knight rushing in to see Best wishes to the service, let's l'ideoPn ,monie,Capitol Renords; Tom Freston. mrsi‘ AftV Nentesits. hr.; and Ron the tight before their sold-out show hope it looks better on the air than McCamell. litrPirsident.Marketing,Capitol Recur's. in the hotel's gigantic showroom. it did in the demo tapes on the Wil- In the manager's not-so-neutral tem's monitors. Perhaps silliness comer sat Kenny Roberts. the worked for the VJ's on MTV in ageless and w ondertfil Bullet the beginning, but that was a few Durgorn, Forest Hamilton and years back, audiences have grown the legend as far as managers go up since then. Beating a hasty — Colonel Tom Parker. retreat from the Wiltern, spouses in Scrunched in all that heat and ex- hand, were Quay Hays and Cas- citement, Fox's Detroit-bom sandra "Elvira" Peterson. on Michael Binkow fell to his knees their way to the palace to see Todd to take requests to sing "any old Rundgren. Quay runs the palace Motown song you can name." well, it remains the tastiest place to Mary Wilson, who'll play the hang out at nights. Accompanied ET, TU BRUNO? — Where's Maddie? IV star Bruce Willis does a little moonlight- Roxy this month, thought his an- on stage by only his computers. ing in Austin, IX jirr the 12th (minim-wry celebration ty' le,genckuy blues (lub Antone's as alter tics all too amutising. The man Todd pondered the imponderable ego. "Bruno Randal', if' The week-long ./tun session »twat such stallions iU Buddy Guy, with the most applause of the question, an these silicon chips Jimmy Rogers. Pinetop Perkins. Lazy Lester. James Cotton. evening — still the champion, kick ass?" Nodding in the affirma- "Fathead" Newman illidTed Harvey. where. ae. does Bluno fit in? (misled Muhammad Ali, who may not be tive were past and present Satur- at the lab tutu Ilk tIti urd and iuusg old backstage sutil 0117ser Clifford Antone persuaded day Night Live cast and crew Jon him to grap a hatp and get on-mage silt), one (flu:‘ idols. guitarbt Jinuny Rogers, when' they Chips Ahoy Lovilz, Phil Hartman (they am womptly him lied into "Drift/n' and Driftin. - A fine time was had by alt Enarny nominees) Lamine New- man, musical director Hal VVIIner and writer Ann Beans, who e. doing the Cosby spin-off with Lisa Bonet Those cheering with a ves- ted interest — the Rhino Records guys Harold Bronson, Dave Dams and Amie Orleans. Rhino is releasing all the old Todd-Utopia catalogue on CD. Everybody continued the party at Eric and Janis Gardner's super-spitl house including Cannon's Jeff Wells and ONE FOR THE THUMB Al Tavera (micklle). Mteli• Director A.'s Power Fowl Jim Signorelli who is directing T ,

14 HITS August 10, 1987 LETTERS TO FAR TRUTHS

THE EDITOR by Danny Fields., New York Elvis Lives! Stephanie Mills came to town a Ms. Wiz few days before her seven sold-out Lenny, Dear Ruth: nights at the Apollo (where she These are three wonderful Congratulations on becom- first appeared at the age of eleven, slides of ELVIS!! ing a Hits contributing editor. winning the legendary amateur I'll check and see if he will I'm looking forward to reading night contest six weeks in a row), be available for interviews. your additions to the "Near and what a whirl it was. MCA's Call me after you receive this. Truths" column each and every Fast Coast Director of Publicity Love me tender, issue. Your sexual advice is and Artist Development, the Butch Waugh always welcome. I've added fabulous Juanita Stephens. met RCA Records your name to our press list, and Stephanie at the airport and whis- you should begin' receiving ked her straight to "Live At Five." Lenny replies: Can't wait for press releases and news items Following a quiet evening at her the Elvis dialogue. We have it on our artists in the very near hotel, Steph was up at 4arn to do scheduled to run after our ex- future. All the best and I look 'Today" with Maña Shriver, then clusive interview with rock forward to working with you there was a photo session for In- stars who died in plane Stephanie Mills — Whirling soon. terview magazine, a meeting with aroiuiI crashes or eating ham Warm regards, the CNN crowd, then lunch at the sandwiches. You know where VP Bill Berger Atlantic heavy- Ida S. Langsam extremely beloved B. Smith in we can lay our hands on some weights by the thousands conver- Public I Publicity Services, what is euphemistically referred to Jim Croce color transparen- ged on the cavernous Lone Star Inc. as the Theater District. Cassandra Club in Greenwich Village for a cies? Only asking New York, N. Y. Mills, the star's manager (and sis- performance by Atlantic country ar- ter-in-law) was in the luncheon tiste (there ain't too many of those, Dear Denny, Lenny and Toni Ruth replies: In order for a party, as was MCA's regional (sounds kinda like Huey, and the ones there are are very more fulfilling emotional life. promo manager Michael Halley, Dewey and Louie!!): special!) Billy Joe Royal. On hand Ida, we suggest you give up on and an entire crew from "Enter- We just wanted to thank you to clap and stomp and congratulate the dog collars and studs of tainment Tonight," who followed Royal on his number one single for the sincere hospitality you that Heavy Metal music and Steph everywhere. An in-store at 'Old Bridges Burn Slow." were showed us when we visited get into some New Age relaxa- the Wiz in Harlem had to be can- Lou Sicurezza. Joe lanello. David your offices last week. (Al- tion by the pool of, say, a Wil- celled, to Ms. Mills chagrin, but Fleischman. Diane Gilmour. Bob though you were out of Pepsi liam Morris agent or a record her spirits were lifted by a visit Kauf. Domenique Leomporra at the time). We would love to company president like 1 do. from representatives of the Black i.uki Yves Beauvalis. °titer 1ctr ity send Dave some pictures of Actually, I think you've got me Fashion Institute, who presented at Atlantic last week centered on our "party to end all parties," mixed up with Doctor Ruth her with the very dress that she White Lion, a heavy metal outfit but since he lost our Cinderella Westheimer. I am a Doctor, too, wore in the (Broadway) "Wiz" that has pundits pushing predictions picture, we are afraid to. but I've got my Ph.D. through some years ago A&M held a of popularity Paula Amato of the Thanks again for a jammin' the grapevine, which means I listening party for Maria Vidal's PR department escorted a press time. can't prescribe drugs for you, self-titled debut album at Catch A contingent to L'Amour's in XXX000, condition. But do keep me on Rising Star, and radio, retail and Brooklyn to see the band, who are Cindy Smith your mailing list, gal, I've got press powers timed out in great already the darlings of Kenung Julie Devereux a job to do. numbers for the event. Vidal is a magazine and you know what that Sound Warehouse former member of Rouge. as in means in the yeasty world of metal Dallas, TX Hey!; Desmond Child and her LP is ex- megabucks Also conveiging More free stuff from your ccufi\e-preduœd by Jimmy were the Capitol toppers, who Huey, Dewey and Louie reply: favorite National-Singles-Pro- Iovine. Manager Tim Fields was headed out to exotic Jones Beach We three fowl creatures resent motion-Director-at-a-labe - there, of course, as were A&M'ers for the only area appearance of being compared to the ruling with-a-butterfly logo. Michael Leon, Richie Gallo, Rick Heart A lightning-filled night sky triumvirate of Hits magazine. Regards, Stone, and Bise °leaky provided a dramatic backdrop to a It's almost as much of an em- Charlie D'Atri Leather clad even in the midst of great show, and just before the barrassment as our cousin's Chrysalis Records the worst heat wave in living group was skedded to perform their multi-million dollar flop, memory, Julian Cope was in number one song, "Alone." The "Howard the Duck." We Hey! replies: These Venus But- town for interviews and photo ses- show ended at that hazardous point, feathered bi-peds are still tee.), French ticklers sure will sions prior to going on the road and a little disappointed. Ira paying through the bill for that come in handy, Charlie, but with Siouxsie & the Banshees. Derfler. Dave Morrell. Arthur one. Call us Donald, call us what are they promoting? A He choppixl in to the Island Field and Vivian Piazza made for Daffy, call us Soup, but please, new Holly Knight LP? Recorcl offices in the booming their cars and found a ray of sun- don't liken us to the quacks Lower Broadway region to say shine in the fact that the song was that run this ' zine, OK? hello to best buddies Lou Maglia, playing on the big Top 40 outlet at Island president, and Marketing that moment.

HITS August 10, 1987 15 SWING OUT SISTER Breakout

EARPICKS WINNER! FLASHMAKER!

HOT103 add WPST add WNVZ deb 30 BREAKING AT: WXKS add OK100 add KMEL deb 34 KKRZ Z93 add KDON add WTLQ deb 38 KCPX WOUE add WJMX add PWR106 deb 39 KIYS WGH-FM add KKMG add KITY add WWHT add KITS 26-23 WBBQ add KATD 35-25

Wipeout G ee 36-32 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! e e,Qe? 14 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! DEBUT 35* R&R CHR! FQ0e KZOU 1-1 Z93 13-6 Z102 16-11 ets, KROY 3-2 KKBO 18-9 WBBQ 27-17 Y106 5-2 B94 12-9 PWR99 29-21 FM102 8-3 0105 13-9 PWR106 29-24 PWR96 7-6 KTFM 12-9 WAVA 30-27 Y107 13-9 WGH-FM 35-28 TOP TOP REQUESTS Lp SALES 45 SALES B97 13-10 KS103 34-30 ARTIST 10 5 (1 to 10) (1 to 10) (1 to 10) FAT BOYS 21 10 9 9

Oh Yeah

HOT PHONES!

KKBQ add KKRD add Z104 20-13 BREAKING AT: BJ105 add FM96 add Z95 23-20 WAVA KCAQ add WSPT add KRBE 27-24 KZZP KEZB add KBIU add Y106 39-29 WNNK Z102 add WABB add KCPX deb 24 AVERAGE REQUESTS ARTIST KKXL add KWOD deb 34 MOVE (1 to 10) VELLO KYNO add 3.60 8

M a HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! BANANARAMA DEBUT 34* R&R CHR! I Heard A Rumour AVERAGE AGRESSIVES REQUESTS 45 SALES MOVE (4 or more) (1 10 10) (1 to 10) semeeresepe. 3.57 29 7 8 TIN PAN APPL EPOLYDOR Paper In Fire

#1 MOST ADDED! FLASHMAKERS WINNER! DEBUTIMHITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES!

FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM,

"THE LONESOME JUBILEE" 832 465 1 0 '

Misfit FLASHMAKER! FORMER MTV HIP CLIP!

KIIS add 95XXX add KMEL 20-7 BREAKING AT: PWR106 add KJQ add KITS 11-9 WXKS KHIT add KHYT add Y100 28-22 KRBE KWSS add KCPX 33-30 WMMS Y108 add Y95 deb 11 KXYQ 35-32 KZZP WKSI add KATD deb 34 KKRZ KZZU deb 39 WGH-FM KXX106

Heartache

CROSSOVER! 11* BB 12" SALES! e G ee 4* BB DANCE SINGLES! c‘-`e toe WBLI add 0104 add PWR99 deb 35 BREAKING AT: PWR96 add Y97 add PWR106 KROY add KQIX add HOT103 7-5 WAVA B93 add WCKN add KMEL 15-12 WEAG Y106 add KFQX add

26-21 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! ABC 29*-22* R&R CHR! >91' AVERAGE AGRESSIVES 45 SALES When Smokey Sings gOVE (4 or more) I (1 to 10) 4.35 56 8 PolyGram RecorC STATSHEET

AVERAGE AGRESSIVES TOP TOP REQUESTS Lp SALES 45 SALES ARTIST MOVE (4 or more) 10 5 (1 to 10) (I to 10) (1 to 10) MICHAEL JACKSON 7.60 1 84 7 1 10 - 10 WHITNEY HOUSTON 6.07 81 1 0 9 di 10 7 WHITESNAKE 5:31 53 18 3 10 10 8 LL COOL J 5.24 36 24 8 10 10 3 EUROPE 5.24 34 0 0 10 7 3 LISA LISA 4.90 13 1 1 8 9 3 LEVERT 4.71 2 4 2 5 4 5 HUEY LEWIS 4.55 7 0 3 1 ABC 4.35 7 3 6 - GRATEFUL DEAD 3.96 23 2 0 6 DIONNE WAR WICK 3.77 50 1 0 3 - ANITA BAKER 3.67 1 1 1 2 1 VELLO 3.60 3 0 0 - 1 NOEL 3.60 2 2 1 - 2 BANANARAMA 3.57 29 0 0 - 1 111 JELLYBEAN 3.36 33 2 0 3 3 REO 3.29 6 4 1 2 2 PRINCE 3.13 16 0 0 4 JONATHAN BUTLER 3.11 22 4 1 5 6 DAN HILL 3.04 33 22 2 NATALIE COLE 2.85 23 4 2 3 3 6 RICHARD MARX 2.84 35 5 CURIOSITY KILLED 2.82 3 2 0 5 - 1 LIVING IN A BOX 2.80 25 8 0 - ALEXANDER O'NEAL 2.64 11 5 3 5 DANNY WILSON 2.55 23 6 0 3 3 6 SMOKEY ROBINSON 2.52 19 3 2 3 2 4 FAT BOYS 2.50 16 21 8 HOOTERS 2.50 6 0 0 4 3 GO WEST 2.46 4 0 0 3 - 2 SAMMY HAGAR 2.35 14 8 5 5 SWING OUT SISTER 2.33 1 0 0 5 - 1 HERB ALPERT 2.30 12 1 0 4 3 6 OUTFIELD 2.20 17 10 1 3 7 , 6 STARSHIP 2.15 22 12 5 2 8

Average Move: The average upward radio playlist movement of the single. Aggressive Moves: The number of key reporters moving the single up four or more positions on their playlist. Top 10ITop 5: The number of reporting playlists showing Top 10 and Top 5 positioning. Requests: Based on hot phone mentions from our reporters, listed on a 1-10 scale, 10 being strongest. Lp Sales: Piece count reports from leading merchandisers on a 1-10 scale. 45 Sales: Based on reports from key retailers and one-stops. Info is on a 1-10 scale.

18 HITS August 10, 1987 Have A Little Faith In Me

Bring the Family (SP 5158) is already the most successful record of John Hiatt's long and distinguished career.

L861 L861 And we're just getting started.

Features the new single u1 , "Have a Little Faith in Me" (AM 2970) NV NV

Produced by John Chelew

On A&M Records, Compact Discs, and BASF Chrome Tape Management: Praxis International JENNIFER RUSII

Her new single:

Heart

Over

Mind

from the LP, Heart Over Mind ezre HASHMAKERS

Singles that have experienced a tremendous initial response at radio and/or retail

LL Cool J's album remains in the Top 5 and this single is phones, former Wildcard Lisa Lisa is back with another single headed right toward the top with giant sales and requests na- that continues to pick up major market action each week and tionally. Europe has once again exploded only this time with John C Mellencamp comes flying out of the box with his debut a ballad that is making huge gains and already pulling big single from his forthcoming album.

Average Move: 5.24 Aggressives: 36 Average Move: 3.11 Aggressives: 22 Strong week with new airplay at WLS, KPLZ, KWOD, Y108, KX104, Head right to the top with huge sales, requests and new support this week from KIIS, PWR106, Z95, WGCI, WUSL, KHIT, 0102, WKDD, WSKZ and KCAQ. Jumps at 98PXY 15-10, WBBQ 13-8, WKSS, WKSE, WDJX, WOKI, WRQN, Z104 and more. Hot jumps at WXKS 25-19, WCZY 26-21, KNIT 36-32, KS103 28-24. WGH-FM WEAG KIMN 25-21, MJQ102 KKDA 20-8, WPGC 17-8, WAVA 9-7, Y100 9-4, PWR96 5-4. Z93 17- 40-33, 92X 28-22, 17-12, 22-18, FM100 34-23, WKSI 25-15, WGTZ 30-21, WBCY 27-20 and WDJX 7, KS103 13-7, KCPW 15-9, B97 11-6. KROY 9-5, FM102 7-'1. WTIC 29-25. Lots of video airplay. 29-10, KITY 8-7, WRVO 12-8, Y106 13-10, KCAQ 16-10, KMGX 15- 9, KZOU 8-2, Z100 26-22, KKBQ 35-19, WCZY 37-25, Z94 34-23, KRBE 39-33, 0107 19-14 and PWR99.7 15-11. Going all the way. Average Move: 3.96 Aggressives: 23 Group's first hit single ever picks up new adds at Y95, 0107, KUBE, KPLZ, 8104, KIMN, K98, MJQ102, WDJX, WKSI, KCAQ and WXLK. Hot moves include 17-9 WMms, WROQ, 34-26 Z95. Average Move: 5.24 Aggressives: 34 24-14 WCAU, 35-30 294, 40-34 KHIT, 38-26 wi_01_, 35-30 0102. First ballad from their debut album is making giant gains at Top 27-22 WKTI, 24-18 WEAG, 33-25 WFLY and 38-32 KCPX. Debuts 40 with new action this week at Z100, WAVA, 0107, Z94, KHTR, for WXKS, KHTR, Z93, KATD and PRO-Fm PWR99, KS103, B97, B104, KKRZ, Y108, 92X, KTFM, K98, 98PXY, 0100, WBCY, WLRS, G105, KOKO and many more. Early jumps 4l1 MOKEY ROBINSON ONE MOTO WN include 34-20 KKBQ, 36-32 KRBE, 23-17 Y100, 32-20 WLOL. 34- Average Move: 2.52 Aggressives: 19 16 KATD, 29-23 PRO-FM, 26-22 0105, 33-26 KXYQ, 28-20 WGH- Closing steadily with major market action each week. Adds at FM. 25-21 WEAG and 32-22 BJ105. Strong debuts for Y95. KPLZ, KHTR, KWK, 0105, KIMN, WGTZ, WDJX, KCAQ, WNYZ, Y93, WKLQ, B94. KWK, WMMS, KBEQ, WRNO and KZZP. KRNQ, KFRX, WIKZ and WKFX. Jumps at KSOL 5-3, INOUE 7-6, B96 30-25, KKDA 30-24, wcAu 34-30, WCZY 34-28, 294 26-22, KMEL 22-18, B97 25-19, KS103 32-28, KWSS 31-27. KITY 34-30 and MJQ102 38-34. Debuts for KRBE, KPLZ, WBCY, FM100 and KRQ. Average Move: 4.90 Aggressives: 13 Former Wildcard and follow-up to #1 smash is picking up speed and going right on the air this week at PWR95, WBLI, WHYT, 0107, TA KKBQ, Z93, PWR99, KATD, B104, KITY, KSAQ, KJ103, WGTZ, WRVQ, Average Move: 2.85 Aggressives: 23 WDJX, WFLY, G105, KOKO, KRQ, KTUX, KZOU, WNNK, WOKI, Big crossover record is closing at Top 40 with new action this WPST, WSKZ, WXLK and many others. Hot moves at B97 7-5, week at KKBQ, Y100, KPLZ, KCPW, KWOD, WKSS, WBCY, WTLO, HOT103 34-13, FM102 28-21, WTIC 37-27, B93 27-23 and Y107 Y107, WKZL, WERZ and Z102. Jumps at KKDA 10-5, KSOL 7-5, 24 -18. Debuting for Z100, WXKS, WLOL, KCPW and KKRZ. KIIS 33-27, PWR106 33-29, B96 34-30, wcAu 36-31, WXKS 32- 28, WLOL 35-25, KMEL 32-27 and FM102 30-26. Debuts for WCZY, KDWB, 293, KROY, PRO-FM, KS103 and KITY. TA n irterallire 4 Solid rock cut explodes out of the box with adds at Y95, WCAU, Average Move: 2.46 Aggressives: 4 WEGX, WXKS, KRBE, WAVA, 99DTX, WCZY, KKBQ, KHIT, Z93, First cut from their new album is picking up momentum with WMMS, KHTR, WLOL, KWK, PRO-FM, 0105, KATD, WRNO, WKTI, adds this week at KNIT, KMEL, WLOL, KKRZ, WKSS, WBCY, WFLY. KKRZ, KXYQ, Y108, WGH-FM, KITY, WEAG, K98, WAPI, 98PXY, WGFM, KCAO, KTUX. KZZU, WLRW, WZLD, WKLQ, WSSX, WDBR, KCPX, KJ103 and many, many more. Already beginning to pull KKLS, K106, KTRS. KYNO and 1-94. Jumps 38-33 Wmms. 38-34 requests aided by heavy MTV rotation. WTIC, 36-26 MJQ102 and 37-33 WKDD.

HITS August 10, 1987 21 ffer's HASHMAKERS

Singles that have experienced a tremendous initial response at radio and/or retail

ri a titi" M r7- \MEIN Average Move: 3.13 Aggressives: 16 Second single is pulling big requests where played and getting Hot video is aiding the growth of this 3rd cut from the "Sign 0 new airplay this week at WLOL, WPST, OK100, VVZLD, VVWHT and The Times" 1p. Adds at WCAU, KWK, WOUE, KKDA, WGFM, WKSI, KKLS. Jumps at WMMS 30-24, KCPX 36-31, KMEL Deb 31, KATD Y107, KRQ, KTUX, KZZU, WSKZ, Z104, WCIL, KKLS, KNIN, KZOZ, Deb 35 and Z104 Deb 37. WSPT, WINK and WIGY. Strong moves include WPGC 35-23, WCZY 39-33, Z93 37-30, WLOL 33-29, WTIC 32-26 and KITY 25- ri 20. Debuting at WXKS. WMMS. FM102. PRO-FM. and WKSS Average Move: 2.33 Aggressives: I International smash is now gaining momentum in the states. L LAV.I L3O WIE NEVER LET EMI MANHATTA , Adds at HOT103, WXKS, Z93, WQUE, WGH-FM, KITY, WBBQ, WPST, Third cut from his current album is going right on the air with OK100, WWFIT, KDON, WJMX and KKMG. Moves 35 -25 KATD, Deb second week adds at WEGX, KUBE, WMMS. KWK, WRNO, 92X, 39 PWR106, Deb 34 KMEL, Deb 30 WNVZ and Deb 38 WTLQ. WKSS, WKSE, WKDD, BJ105, WTLQ, VVKRZ, KCAQ, WBBQ, WNNK, Pulling phones and starting to sell albtnn. WRQN and others. Jumps 40-35 WCAU and debuts for 99DTX. KPLZ, WLOL, KKRZ, WTIC, KSAQ and MJQ102. Average Move: 2.82 Aggressives: 3 Los Angeles makes its move this week with both KIIS and Average Move: 2.30 Aggressives: 12 PWR106. Also new at KHIT, KWSS, Y108 and KHYT. Hot jumps in- New support this week at KIIS, WCAU, PRO-FM, 0100, WKDD, clude 20-7 KMEL, 11 -9 KITS and 28-22 Y100 and Deb 11 Y95. WKSI, KEZB, KZOU, WXLK, WOID and KKXL. Moves 11-10 KMEL. 30-24 Y100, 33-24 KSOL, 35-31 KWOD, 35-26 WKSS, 36-30 WTIC and 33-23 MJQ102. Debuts for WAVA, KROY, KKRZ and WGH-FM. Third single picks up adds this week at KHIT, KROY, WRNO, 0100, KTUX, WGFM, KDON, K106, KWTO, KFMY, KQIZ and KEYJ. Debuts 32 KPLZ. New video in rotation. 'Revenge of the Nerds Part II" theme song is making its way at Top 40 with adds at KWK, KKRZ, WAPI, WKZL, WLAN, KFQX, KRNQ, KFMW, WKPE and KOIZ. Hot moves at KJ103 10-8, WMMS Average Move: 3.29 Aggressives: 6 32-26, WKTI 19-15, WKDD 30-24 and KIKX 40-34. Breaking at Picking up the momentum with the help of strong phone action KDWB. Z93. WLOL. WRNO and WGH-FM Deb 38. wherever played. New believers include PRO-FM, KKRZ, Z104, KFMW and KKXL. Jumps at WLOL 18-9, KDWB 16-10, KCPX 6-3, kejle E,AKFA T CLUB KISS KZ011 19-10, WMMS 33-28, WFLY 35-27 and WKDD 29-23. Second single from new act picks up adds at KDWB, MJQ102, WKDD, WDJX, WRQN, KKAZ, KYNO, WC:MT and B98 lumps 33-28 PRO-FM, 21-16 KCPX. Deb 35 KS103 and Deb 38 KMGX. Strong week for soundtrack single from forthcoming movie. Adds at KROQ, WXKS, KRBE, 0107, 99DTX, 0100, KKAZ, KZFN, WKPE, WYKS and KKXL. Fourth single from the BH Cop II soundtrack picks up speed this week with action at WEGX, WXKS, KRBE, WHYT, KUBE, KMEL, PRO-FM, KKRZ, KTFM, KITY, 0100, VVGTZ, WFLY and KIYS. Moves Average Move: 3.60 Aggressives: 3 at Y107 29-21, WKDD 35-30, WCAU Deb 36 and WLOL Deb 33. Hot cut from two soundtracks pulls immediate requests. New at KKK', BJ105, KCAQ, KEZB, Z102, FM96, KYNO, WSPT, VVABB, KBIU, KKXL and KKRD. Jumps at Y106 39-29. Z104 21) I;. KVVOD Hot trio is exploding in the clubs, getting heavy rotation on their Deb 34 and KCPX Deb 24. new video and picking up major market support this week at including PWR106, HOT103, KTKS, WUSL, WXKS, KKBQ, KRBE, :1114141Li WPGC, B97, 92X, WTIC, KCPX, WRCK, OK100, WCGQ, KDON, 95XIL, Rock-a-pella act is back with their second remake from their WQCM, Y97, WKPE, WKQB, KFIV, KLUC and PWR92. Strong debuts current album. Adds at WCZY, KIKX. Z104. WLAN, WSSX. SLY96, for KMEL and WQUE. WDBR, Y97, KKAZ, KTRS, WGRD. WBWB. KHYT. WSPT and Q104.

22 HITS August 10, 1987 1' 1' 1 ( Y (I t

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!I I mlire CROSSOVERS

Records that Top 40 radio should he considering based upon significant airplay & sales success in other formats.

Once again, Heart explodes out of the box and looks like Black/Dance base while Atlantic Starr picks up momentum they're on their way to the top again. Alexander O'Neal and this week with the follow-up to their #1 smash. Levert are both making moves at Top 40 from a strong

ALEXANDER O'NEAL FAKE EPIC NOEL SILENT RCA Average Move: 2.64 Aggressives: 11 Average Move: 3.60 Aggressives: 2 Formerly #1 on the Black/Dance charts and pulling phones Instant phone reaction record is ready to make its move at Top 40. where played at Top 40. Adds at KKK), KMEL, KZZU, WOCM and Adds at Y100 and WQUE. Jumps 5-2 HOT103 and 14-7 PWR96. WBAM. Moves at KSOL 2-1, WOUE 5-4, KMGX 12 - I 0. WCAU 35- Debuting at 27 for WBLI. 27, WXKS 21-17, KDWB 35-28, PWR99 40-34 and wi_oL 36-31. Album sales are breaking out nationally.

LEVERT CASANOVA ATLANTIC Average Move: 4.71 Aggressives: 2 Dominating the Black/Dance charts and ready to make its move HEART WHO WILL CAPITOL Average Move: 3.00 Aggressives: 3 at Top 40. Early action at Y95, KRBE, WCzY, WHYT, KHIT, KMEL, Second single and follow-up to #1 giant gets out of the box action KS103, KWSS, WT1C, B93, WKSI, WTLQ, Y107, Y106, KGGI, KITE, WCAU. WEGX, WXKS, KK K), WCZY, Z94, KUBE, KPLZ, B94, KFOX, WTNZ, WOCM, KC101 and KBIU. Moves 4-1 KKDA. 15 o) KHTR, WLOL, 94Q, Z93, KWK, KS103, PRO-FM, KWSS, B97, KCPW, KSOL and 40-20 WPGC. Solid album sales. KATD, KWOD, WRNO, KKRZ, KSAQ, WGH-FM, WTIC, WEAG, KCPX, 0100. WBCY, WFLY and many more. Early jumps at WROQ 30-23, ATLANTIC STARR ONE LOVER W B WLRS Y95 Follow-up to #1 smash is crossing steadily with adds at WPGC, 29-25 and Deb 23. KDWB, KMEL, Z93, KCPW, BJ105, Y93, KDON, WSSX, WB WB and I- HOOTERS JOHNNY B COLUMBIA 94. Hot moves include 31-26 KITY and 20-14 Y107. Average Move: 2.50 Aggressives: 6 The album is selling well and spreading. New believers include PEPSI & SHIRLIE HEARTACHE POLYGRAM WGFM, WNYZ, KCHX, WCGO, SLY96, KKMG, VVYKS and KSMB. Hot new duo picks up support this week at WBLI, PWR96, KROY, Moving at WCAU 33-21. WMMS 26-19, WKDD 32-25, WROQ 34- B93, Y106, M X, KFQX, Y97 and 0104. Jumping at HOT103 7-5 30, WRON 30-23 and Kzzu 28-23. Big album sales nationally and and debuting for PWR 99.7 in Atlanta. video in heavy rotation.

REGINA BELLE SHO W ME COLU MBIA Adult appeal crossover record picks up new support at WXKS, GREAT WHITE ROCK CAPITOL Z94, WC:MT and KCIIZ. KHYT and KKRD. Moving 24-18 WTIC, 21-17 KfTY, 32-25 Solid rock single picks up new support at Jumps 32-27 WROQ and Deb 31 KPLZ. Album sales are building. M,10102 and 39-34 WFLY.

ANITA BAKER NO ONE ELEKTRA COCK ROBIN CORNER COLUMBIA Average Move: 3.67 Aggressives: I Average Move: 3.00 Aggressives: Fourth single from her multi-platinum album picks up new ac- Debut single is breaking big at Album/Radio and picking up adds this week at WMMS, KATD, KCPX, WKDD, WFLY, KIKX, KOIX, WJAD tion at WCZY, Y100, KMGX, KOIX, KTRS and PWR92. and 95XIL. GEORGIO TINA CHERRY WB Second single from his current album is making gains at Top 40 SILENCERS PAINTED M OON RCA Hot new video in rotation is helping this one at Top 40. Adds at with new airplay at WCAU, WHYT, KMEL, KSOL, KTUX, WCGQ UIO.H.FLI wKno INRCIO wr L o_ weno and wDBR. and wK09. Already moves 36-27 at HOT103.

AUTOGRAPH SHE NEVER RCA ALISHA SECRET RCA Average Move: 2.22 Aggressives: 2 Adds this week at WCAU, KKRZ, WROQ and FM96. Dance club hit goes on the air this week at PRO-FM WRCK and I- 94. Moves at KRBE 33-22 and KKBQ Deb 32.

24 HITS August 10, 1987 'SERT

CASANOVA

" OSSOVERS WINNER!

KRBE add WTLQ add WCZY add WHYT add YY110076 add add Y95 add KC101 add KKDA 4_1 KMEL add KITEadd KSOL 15-9 KS103 add KGG1 add WQUE 14-11 KHIT add KFQX WPGC 40-20 KWSS add KBIU WTIC add WQCM add BREAKING AT: B93 add WTNZ add KXX106 AVERAGE ARTIST MOVE WKSI add WRCK LE VERT 4.71

'IWY MARTE: CRAZY LOVE REQUESTS

Whitesnake has now become a Top 40 favorite and continues up the charts with huge sales and request action nationally to pull giant requests nationally. Los Lobos. with their first of while the Fat Boys/Beach Boys continue to pull big phones many possible smashes from the hot new soundtrack and with their cut from their net' album, "Crushin'." movie, are also burning up the phones, LL Cool J is soaring

WHITESNAKE HERE GEFFEN e rVIICHAEL JACKSON I JUST CANT EPIC

Gigantic single sales nationally and already a giant on the phones Solid rock cut has dominated this section this week as it soars up the Hots include KMEL, 930, 98PXY, FM96, KITY, KJQ, KKAZ, KKLS, charts with continued huge sales and hot phones this week at B97, KKRZ, PWR95, WANS, WAPE, WBLI, WBWB, WCIL, WCKN 930, 95XIL, 99DTX, KATD, KEGL, KFMW, KKRZ, KKXX, KLUC, WGFM, WKRZ. WKSS, WTLQ, WTNZ, WXKS and Y93. KNIN, KNOE, WCKN, WDBR, WGLF, WGRD, WKFX, WKLQ, WKPE, WKQB, WKRZ, WMGZ, WNOK, WNYZ, WOMP, WPST, e MADONNA ul HI_ SIRE WB WQUT, WSPT, WSSX, WTIC, WYKS, VVZLD, Y93, Y97 and many Hot new video in heavy rotation with the movie due out next week more. Huge phone action this week at WXKS. 930, 98PXY, 99DTX, B97, KATD, KCMQ, KJO, KKAZ, PWR 106, WBLI, WDBR, WGRD LOS LOBOS LA BAMBA SLASH WB WKLQ, WKQB, WKSS, WLAN, WMEE, WNVZ, WTIC and Y100. WHITNEY HOUSTON DIDN' T WE ARISTA Headed right to the top with continued hot request action at KKRZ, 930, 95XXX, 98PXY, 99DTX, B97, B98, I 94, KATD, KBIU, KCAQ, Second cut is continuing to bum up the phones with hot reports this KJ103, KKXL, KLUC, KW, KTRS, KVVTO, KXYQ, P106, PWR96, week from KKRZ, 98PXY, B97, KC101, KKLS, KLUC, KTUX, WBLI, WBWB, WCIL, WKQB, WKSS, WLAN, WLRW, WMEE, WCGO, WCIL. WERZ, WGLF, WIGY, WIKZ, WJAD, WKSS, WNVZ, WNYZ, WPST, WTIC, WTLQ and Y100. WLRW, WNYZ, VVTLQ, WXKS, WYKS and many others. DAN HILL CAN'T WE TRY COLUMBIA

LL COOL J LOVE DJ COL Approaching the top of the charts and the requests keep coming. Big action at KIIS, 930, 98PXY, 1-94, KCMQ, KFMW, KJQ, KKRZ, Absolutely the hottest breaking record in the street with giant re- KTRS, KTUX, KVVTO, WIKZ, WLAN, WLRW, WMEE, WOMP and quests reported at KMEL, 98PXY, 897, B98. FM96, KATD, KBIU, WSPT. KC101, KCAO, KCMQ, KDON, KFMW. KFQX. KITE, KITY, KIXS, PRINCE U GOT WB KKRZ, KTFM, KTUX, KZOZ, PWR96, WBAM. WBLI. WCGQ, WCKN, WKSS, WMGZ, WPST. WRVQ. WTIC. WTNZ. WWHT, Hot duet with Sheena Easton is picking up momentum. Video is WXKS, WYKS. WZLD and Y100 helping. Hots include WXKS, K106, KCAQ, KFQX, KIXS, KKAZ, SLY96, WAPE, WBWB, WCGQ, WCKN, WIGY and VVZLD.

THE OTHER ONES HOLIDAY VIRGIN FAT BOYS/B BOYS WIPEOUT TIN PAN AG Second cut is getting big requests each week including this week's Heavy request action continues nationally including hot reports this reports: KATD, 95XIL, KHYT, KIIK, KJCI, KKXL, KLUC, KNOE, week at B97, B98, FM96, K106, KATD KKRZ, KLUC, KNIN, KOKZ, KQIX, KZFN, Y93, Y97 and others. KRNO, KTFM, KTUX, PWR96, SLY96, WBAM, WBLI, WCGQ, LISA LISA LOST EPIC WCIL, WCKN, WRVQ, WSSX, VVT1C, WTNZ, VVWHT, VVZLD, Y100, Y97 and more. Follow-up to #1 smash is making its way through the system and pulling big phones this week at KMEL, 930, 194, KC101, KCAO, EUROPE CARRIE EPIC KKRZ, KNIN. «HZ, KZOZ, WANS, WTNZ, WXKS, Y97 and more.

ALSO GAINING REQUEST MOMENTUM: Hot new ballad is a monster on the phones everywhere. Hot requests BANANARAMA RUMOUR TIN PAN PG this week include Y100, KATD, KITY, KTFM, KTRS, KTUX, KXYQ, GRATEFUL DEAD GREY ARISTA WGFM, WGLF, WIGY, WKLQ, WKRZ, WLRW, WMGZ, WNYZ, ABC SMOKEY POLYGRAM WPST, WSPT, WWFX, WYKS, Y93 and more. ATLANTIC STARR ONE LOVER WB LIVING IN A BOX LIVING CHRYSALIS

26 HITS August 10, 1987 PRODUCED BY GECFGE E. TOBIN FROM THE LP "TIFFANY' MANAGEMENT: BRAD SC:-.MIDT & GEORGE TOBIN NEW ARTISTS

THE LATEST ON UP AND COMING BANDS by Joh n Sutto n- S mith A lot of good young bands made good cases for themselves in showcases at the recent New Music Seminar One of the hands to emerge snrresfully from an appearance there was Les Rita Mitsouko, a French band with a new album on VIRGIN called 'Ibe No Comprendo." They have a bright energetic rhythmic quality and a touch of Chrissie Hynde goes African. They played on the opening night with the Mighty Lemon Drops and were very impressive. Appealing album tracks could liven up radio Another highlight was a triple country-flavored bill with Steve Earle who Great White Swing Out Sister played an excellent albeit lengthy set leaving Dave Alvin. whose debut solo effort "Every Night About This lime" is due shortly on EPIC. to go on Title Title about 3 am, and K.D. Lang, who made an excellent rase for herself "Once Bitten" Its Better To Travel" amongst the cross-over crowd and proved to be too good a singer to fall Label Label between the cracks of countn nid pop formats And on the final night Capitol PolyGram was POLYGRAM's That Petrol Emotion, another Irish band (including PolyGram continues its British former members of the Undertones with Feargal Sharkey). with a great These Southern California hard rockers return with their invasion with this engaging new album, available aim:IL in stores and staffing to bum on Album second project for the label, project from this U.K. trio. A Radio, called "Babble" Other bands to acquit themselves well were the and a new found accessibility strong street awareness Saints, as always; Vernon Reid's Living Color who despite a short set that that should help them cross preceded the release of both many of us missed still seems destined for a major label and a promising from Album Radio where the album and the single, future; the Chills: and, of course, the Cult who seem to demand opinions "Breakout," and it's paid off wherever they go and get them, ranging from Godhead to laughable My they' re currently heavy handsomely with first week out personal highlight of the week, however, was the release of the new 10,000 favorites. "Rock Me" is the single — a melodic combina- of the box adds at Top 40 — Maniacs album "In My Tribe" on ELEKTRA which fulfills all the pie- relea se hoopla. Produced by Peter Asher and including a cover of the Cat tion of gentle ballad and hard including KPWR and flot 103. The single is a raucous dan- Stevens nugget "Peace Train," not nearly the strongest cut on the record, driving anthem. Already on ce/pop combo that fits Top 40 this second major label outing by the New York-based five-piece has a WMMS and K-PLUS and pulling Top 5 requests at WRNO. like a glove. From the look of polished and refined flavor that may deter early loyalists but reflects a It appears that Great White things, Top 40's going to be notable step forward in the band's career. The opening track "What's the wearing that glove for the rest Matter Here?" is a powerful social statement reflecting a similarly striking has arrived. of the winuner. comment on children as Suzanne Vega's recent "Luka" shed on women. Suggested Cuts Tough stuff, and thank goodness irop music is once again addressing real "Rock Me" is pertect Top 40 Suggested Cuts issues The new Echo & the Bunnymen album is proving to be a fare. If you want to dive "Breakout - is the single with breaktluough on Album Radio and deservedly so Swing Out Sister on deeper, try "Lady Red Light." the buzz around it, but expect POLYGRAM also looks strong and that label is also e cited. and under- "Save Your Love" and action on "Surrender" standably so about the upcoming John Cougar Mellencarnp album "M i streate r.". "Lonesome Jubilee," fium which the first single "Paper and Fire" has just reached radio. We'll be hearing this one for the rest of the Summer Label Comments: Label Comments: Thomas Dolby has been playing some low-key club dates on both coasts, "There was a lot of success PolyGram hit the video outlets having become the first new signing to the recently need EMI/MAN- with the first project at Album with the "Breakout" clip 3 to 4 HATTAN label Scritti Politti member Fred Maher has joined fortes Radio," said Capitol's Vice weeks before the single and with an unlikely partner. Marlon Jackson who is the latest of the tribe to President of Pop Promotion, album were released, and ser- leave the Jacksons band. Maher co-wrote a tune on Marion's upcoming Tom Gorman. "This record is viced the clubs with a promo solo iebut as well as taking on co-production chores Wang Chung is the band's most commercial only mix. The result: A word openarg up the soon-coming Tina Turner tour to predictable comments attempt, and it's starting to of mouth record with a pre- from the Chung camp that it was an honor to go out with "the hottest pair cross." Gorman and staff are release buzz. "There was defi- of legs in show business" LA. band, X has bounced back from last working off a very solid Al- nitely an awareness of the year's "Ain't Love Grand" with a resounding album of soaring, powerful bum Radio base and pointing record on the street before it tracks that prove X to remain one of the best in all of rock. Called "Sec out the phone reaction to was released," said Poly- How We Are" on ELEK1'RA, the album shows off John Doe and Exene "Rock Me." "It's a very active Gram's National Director of Cervenka's haunting weft s in glorious harmony. Former member, the call-in record," he remarked. Promotion David Leach. above-mentioned Dave Alvin, also contributed to the record with both hi "With the success of bands "Now we have some great guitarwork and the first single "4th of July," a perfect summer anthem. Al- like Whitesnake and Poison, early adds at Top 40 and we're vin's own version of the song is in more of a country vein and both release this seems to be a rock & roll expecting many, many more to ntnve sliwi 'radio tracks. summer." come."

28 HITS August 10 1987 N o -A-T-A- J-U-M-P S-T-A-R-T

KKBQ add WHYT deb 24 KCAQ 29-21 KIKX 37-33 Y100 add KROY deb 27 WLOL 35-25 MJQ102 39-35 KPLZ add PRO-FM deb 31 FM102 30-26 98PXY 39-35 KCPW add KS103 deb 33 KIIS 33-27 BREAKING AT: KWOD add KDWB deb 35 KMEL 32-27 HOT103 WKSS add Z93 deb 35 KOKO 31-27 KRBE WBCY add WGH-FM deb 36 WXKS 32-28 Z94 WKZL add 0100 deb 36 PWR106 33-29 K98 WTLQ add KTUX deb 37 B96 34-30 KATD Y107 add WBBQ deb 39 WCAU 36-31 KCPX WERZ add WCZY deb 40 WKSE 37-33 KKRZ Z102 add FLASHMAKER! AVERAGE MOVE Oil • ' 0 SINGLES!

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KING A WMMS add 99 DIX deb 29 WXKS WEGX add KPLZ deb 33 KRBE KUBE add WCAU deb 35 WCZY KWK add WTIC deb 35 KDWB WRNO add KKRZ deb 36 PRO-FM 92X add WLOL deb 39 KATD WKSS add KSAO deb 40 KXYQ WKDD add MJ0102 deb 40 WGH-FM WKSE add KITS 25-22 WPST BJ105 add WCAU 40-35 WRCK WKRZ add KCPX 39-36 WTLO add FLASHMAKER! KCAO add WBBQ add a 'e U.S. TOUR! WNNK add MOST ADDED! WRQN add elzre DIALOGUE

by Mark Pearson

I was escorted from the front door through the house. Persian rugs in every room. Queen Ann furniture. And finally a beauti- fully appointed 24-track studio with multi-paned French doors overlooking the pool in the back yard. Here is where I got to speak with Tom Kelly, 38, (whose home it was) and Billy Steinberg, 37. Everyone is acquainted with the fruits of their labors, Le. songs like Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors," Madonna's "Like A Virgin," and most recently Heart's #1 single "Alone." But very few people know what they do, how they do it, or even who they are for that matter. Anyone in the business can tell you that a great voice, killer musicians and the best producer on earth are all worthless unless you have a great song to work with. You start with the song and everything else comes after. Billy Steinberg (just in from Palm Springs where he grew up and still keeps his primary home and office complete with recep- tionist) was seated with an acoustic guitar that he strummed thoughout the interview. Tom Kelly, who was raised in the mid- west and moved to IA in the mid-seventies, sat in the chair facing the console as I got a chance to ask these two soft-spoken and very articulate gentlemen how they create the vehicles for the brash and more visible breed called stars.

Billy: Get the dog out of here. Tom: We always do that, the they weren't very good. But write best when we don't have Tom: The dog stays. (to the two of us. But sometimes now it's been a while since to. dog) Come here, Mel. when we co-write with some- we've written a "clam." one else, we end up in a situa- Hits: Do you always write Hits: Does one of you write tion where some of the music Hits: Is it easier to write with with "hit" in mind? mostly lyrics and the other comes before the lyrics. But someone in mind to sing it? Tom: Billy's shaking his head music? that's not what we're best at. no, but we automatically write Billy: We don't like to write And it always drives Billy with hit in mind without even Tom: Billy's the lyrical man. that way. And we usually crazy if it comes out that way thinking about it. He writes most of the lyrics don't. We just try to write as because it's just not the way he and I write most of the music Billy: We both love two-and- does it. freely as possible as if we but I dabble in his lyrics and were the artists ourselves. And a-half-minute pop hit songs. I he definitely contributes mean I think our favorite Hits: How prolific are you? if we happen to write a song melodies and so on, but he's that sounds like it might be songwriters are probably Len- better at lyrics and I'm better Billy. At this point we great for Chaka Khan, or Pat non & McCartney, Smokey at music so we usually throw probably write about 20 songs Benatar, well then we send it Robinson, Holland-Dozier- our trust in each other's direc- a year. It seems that the better off to them. But we rarely start Holland, Roy Orbison tion. we get at songwriting the off the day by saying "Let's that's what we like. fewer songs we write a year. write a song for so and so." Tom: I grew up loving Top 40 Hits: And the lyrics come But with a better batting Tom: I mean obviously you radio. I didn't hear any blues fi rst? average. get a phone call from someone or R&B except for the stuff Billy: That I think is a signifi- Tom: The first year we wrote saying Cyndi Lauper needs a that was on the radio. cant difference from alot of together, I think we wrote song, you don't say "We don't Billy: When we wrote "Like A writers. We like to start with maybe 40 songs but we only want to hear it." We have writ- Virgin" we really felt proud the lyric and not just the title. demoed about 25 of them and ten that way, but I think we and sort of amused. We

30 HITS August 10, 1987 "They Write The Son I N

An Exclusive interview with hit tunesmiths Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly

thought we had succesfully the first line of the chorus. And follow through on a project? Billy: Style-wise, but we written a Motown-type hit that one change really im- Tom, I know you sang on never steal a melody or a with perhaps a little more proved the song. "Alone" but did you spend any lryic.We've never done any- provocative lyric. Tom: It's amazing what one time working with the thing so blatant as well, line can do. It makes the verse producer in the studio? there's a #1 hit song "Head to Hits: Had you submitted it to sound better. It makes the Toe" by Lisa Lisa. To me the anyone else before Madonna? chorus sound better. It makes TOM: Not really. We know meat of that song, the verse of Tom: Yeah. For two years all the lyrics seem more Ron Nevison and could have that, is identical to "Back In before she heard it, no one serious more legitimate. said something, but we heard My Arms Again" by the wanted to touch it. The demo had no guitars on the song at various early Supremes. stages, and all along we were Billy: The people in the in- it. I mean, once again, if you Tom: Sometimes we get stuck just blown away, we thought it dustry that heard that song said give somebody something and Billy will say "Well what just sounded great. it was too provocative and that's too overblown The would Roy Orbison do?" or thought it was a novelty song. best philosophy is to give it to Billy: The other side of the "What would Holland-Dozier- Holland do?" and we'll do a We knew better. somebody and have the song coin is "Like A Virgin," which parody for just a minute and Tom: It was frustrating. I sometimes it will open the mean, two years of shopping it "The people in the industry that door up and all of a sudden around and nobody wanted it. heard Mike A Virgile] said it you'll find something that But still everytime we played works. it we knew it was a killer song. was too provocative and it was a Hits: "Alone" was already on novelty song. We knew better." Hits: Do you write much with an album the two of you cut third parties? for Epic Records titled "I-10." come screaming through but was produced by Nile Rodgers Tom: It's hard to avoid. We've Billy: What happened there to keep the arrangement in New York. And we had ab- gone through a transition. All was we got a call saying that simple enough that they go solutely nothing to say about of a sudden after you've writ- Heart was looking for a "Just think what it will sound it. Much to our delight they ten a couple of number one "power ballad" and so as we like when we add guitars and followed the demo very songs and you've got a log of usually do, Tom and I sort of more background vocals." closely, used it as a guideline hit records a lot of people want looked at each other and said Billy: I was just really impres- and improved upon it. Neither to write with you. But we "what do we have?" sed by Ann's vocal on it. It's one of us has even met really like to write best just the Tom: And I said "What about really a case where their ver- Madonna or Nile Rodgers. two of us. And we get 'Alone'?" sion beat ours by a mile. A lot Tom: But that's unusual. frustrated that we don't get Billy: I said I didn't want to of times we feel after one of We've met everybody else and more time to do that But, you submit the song unless we re- our songs has been recorded worked with just about know, someone like Susannah demoed it because I never that they haven't touched the everybody else we've written [Hoffs] calls up, whom we liked the "I-10" version. So we demo. But in this case, the for. adore, and we've become did a "quick" one-day demo Heart version of "Alone" took good friends with she calls instead of our usual more our demo and went some- Hits: Do you two ever find and we'll drop everything to elaborate ones. And the thing where way beyond it. yourselves writing in a how write a song with her that day. that occurred in re-demoing can I put this "derivative" the song was that we re-wrote Hits: How much do you get to mode? Hits: Do the two of you have

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the itch to be famous in your had done with a group in the an attitude I liked. seves afloat? own right? late seventies called "Fool's Being in the studio, I was Gold." So I would see Keith rubbing elbows with a lot of Billy: Back in the late Tom: Billy more than me. Be- all the time. And Keith was a real heady musicians and it seventies, I was writing songs cause I've had my face out Billy Steinberg fan. He knew hurt me. My roots were not obsessively. I was living out in there. Not on my own, but I about Billy's other songs from really there. It turns out that the desert. And it was a long was on the road for ten years other projects. And he invited my roots are much more like trek for me to come out here. I with bands like Toto and Dan all of his people to a Sunday Billy's. And Billy got my feet had a full-time job at the time, Fogelberg. And though I never housewarming and Billy and I back on the ground writing and I would make an appoint- became a name people would happened to be on the same real honest music again. He ment with a publisher. Then I necessarily recognize I did get guest list. reminded me of where I came would spend weeks looking the chance to go on stage in forward to this meeting that I Billy: It was about the time from. front of ten thousand people had with some publisher. And that I realized that the group Billy: Yeah. Would you rather and get some of this [he I had maybe four or five songs "Billy Thermal" was over. I have written "Wake Up Little reaches his arms up as though with me as demos. So I'd sit grabbing at the stage from the down in the publisher's office front row]. And the hotel life "Sometimes we get stuck and Billy and he'd slip the cassette in and all of that decadent life the deck and he'd play twenty style [he laughs]. So I kind of will say, 'Well what would Roy Or- seconds of the first song enjoy being anonymous. fast forward to the second Billy: I used to want it more bison do?' or 'What would Hol- song listen to twenty than I do now. I had a band of land-Dozier-Holland do?" seconds of it fast forward to my own in the late seventies the third then maybe not called "Billy Thermal." And to even listen at all to the fourth this day I'm very proud of the really wanted to try some co- Susie" or "Saturday In The or fifth. And he'd say "Well, LP we recorded even though it writing but didn't know Park"? [by Chicagalaughter] good luck" or "I just don't was never released. I still like anyone. I called Keith, whom I TOM: So we got together a hear it" and that includes every one of the ten songs on had never met, introduced couple of days later and wrote publishers who listened to it, one of which was "How Do myself and he invited me to our first song. It was called "How Do I Make You" and I Make You," later recorded by this party. "Just One Kiss" and it stuff like that. So by the time Linda Ronstadt. sounded like an old Everly that "How Do I Make You" Tom: So Billy shows up with Brothers song. We placed it was a Top 10 hit, I hated Hits: Billy, how did you and an acoustic guitar under his with Rick Springfield. publishers. Now, I don't hate arm; when I met him I thought Tom meet? them any more. But I do have he was the weirdest little guy. Hits: Do you have your own a tremendous amount of satis- Billy: In a gay bar. [everybody [laughs] He's got the guitar publishing? faction and gratification know- laughs] and he was saying "Come ing that I'm not having to Tom: We have separate Tom: I'm glad this isn't the here I want to play you this share my money with them af- publishing companies that we [LA Times] Calender. But song." But I just thought he ter so many of them turned me own. We have foreign publish- seriously We both had was a total weirdo until I down. I finally reached the ing deals, which you have to songs on Pat Benatar's "Pre- found out that he had written point where I feel that if I like have, because we're not there cious Time" album. In fact "How Do I Make You." And it or Tom likes it that's all to collect the royalties. "Precious Time" was one of my reaction was, that's a great that really matters to me. I Billy's songs. And I co-wrote song. I want to write with this Hits: Were you ever tempted don't care if Joe Blow at "Fire And Ice." Keith Olson guy. The song showed earlier in you career to sign Blankity Blank Publishing produced that record and had qualities that I missed in my with one of the large publish- likes it. Now I value our also produced another album I own writing. Clever lyrics and ing houses just to keep your- opinion more than his.

32 HITS August 10, 1987 Crowded r HITS TOP 50 ALBUMS! HOT MTV VIDEO House WMMS KPLZ Z94 KITS World Where KUBE KHIT KKRZ KROY KXYQ WRNO You Live KCPX

KIIS deb 33 WHYT 3-3 BREAKING AT: KHTR deb 34 MJQ102 10-9 KMEL Freddie KRBE deb 39 KCPW 14-12 KS103 B96 16-15 Y100 WCZY 19-16 940 Jacksol KKRZ 19-16 KPLZ WXKS 23-18 KUBE KWSS 22-19 KHIT e Jam Tonight KTKS 24-19 WQUE JAM ON IT! PRO-FM 24-19 Y108 - HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! PWR106 28-25 Z93 31-27 STRONG ADULT FEMALE RESPONSE!

-- Great 13*-11* R&R AOR TRACKS! TOP 5 AOR PHONES!

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Current favorites as chosen kv members of all segments of the music industry

John Cougar Mellencamp beat out Heart in a battue of The Cat and Levert (with the nation's #1 black single) are heavyweight gunslingers this week. However, the action is build- building strong followings. Just below the Top Ten, the new ing quickly on some strong developing acts as Swing Out Sis- Nylons. Company B and Vello cuts are scoring well. ter, Wendy & Lisa (those ex-Prince damsels), Curiosity Killed

WINNERS

JC MELLENCAMP PAPER (PolyGram) 6 WENDY & LISA WATERFALL (Columbia) HEART WHO WILL (Capitol) u LISA LISA LOST (Columbia) EXPOSE LET ME (Arista) u DAVID BOWIE NEVER LET (EMI) SWING OUT SISTER BREAKFAST (PolyGram) CURIOSITY KILLED MISFIT (PolyGram) CROWDED HOUSE WORLD (Capitol) 10 LEVERT CASANOVA (Atlantic)

JEFF ALLEN/ ACCENT ON/ RICHMOND B. BRENT/ WALL TO WA/ PHILLY CATHY CRUISE/ WNVZ/ NORFOLK Wendy & L_sa/ Prince/ M Jackson/ LL Cool J Prince/ A O'Neal! Heart/ L Branigan L Lisa! S Out Sister/ Expose/ JC Mellencamp

DAVE BRYANT/ KISR/ FT SMITH RICK ANDRADE/ ZIPS/ TUCSON TONY CRUZ/ TELEPROGRA/ LA D Mason/10,000 Maniacs/Mellencamp/Silen- Heart/Mellencamp/Houston/M Jackson Siouxsie/ C House/ Cruzados/ W Zevon cers

RICK ANDRE WS/ WNYZ,/ UTICA CHET BUCHANAN/ KKRZ/ PORTLAND TOM CUNNINGHA M! WPST/ TRENTON JC Mellencamp/ Hooters/ Noel/ S Out Sisters P Echo/ Heart/ JC Mellencamp G Burtnick

DON ANTHONY! TALENTMAST/ All BRIAN BURNS/ DRAKE-CHEN/ LA DAVE CURTIS/ LECHMERE/ WOBURN Mellencamp/D Bowie/S Out Sister/Heart S Out Sister/ Heart/ JC Mellencamp/ C House Wendy & L/A O'Neal/M Jackson/Echo & B LORI CAMPBELL/ B94/ PITTSBURGH R. ARMIJO/ RECORD BAR/ COR CHR Heart/ JC Mellencamp/ A Starr TIM DAILEY/ KQIX/ GRAND M Jackson/ W Houston/ L Lobos/ Yello JUNCTION KEVIN CARTER/ KMGX/ FRESNO D Bowie/ S Out Sister/ Force MD's/ C Hay JIM ATKINSON/ KWK/ ST LOUIS Georgio/ Yello/ Levert/ Alisha C Rea/ G Rollie/ Heart/ JC Mellencamp KEVIN DAVENPORT/ B93/ AUSTIN G CASSINGHA M/ METRONOME/ ATL Pointer Sisters/ Expose! Jellybean CY BARNES! SOUND OF/ PHILLY W Zevon/ D Bowie/ LL Cool J/ PW Herman Sinitta/ A O'Neal/ Hooters/ Go West BILL CATCHER/ WKZL/ SALEM HARLEY DAVIDSON! KROY/ SAC JC Mellencamp/ W Zevon/ Expose Heart/ Force MD's/ Expose/ Bananarama L. BATCHECK/ RECORD & T/ COL A Baker/ Yello/ S Out Sister/ C House MARC CHASE/ Y107/ NASHVILLE LEO DAVIS! Q104/ GADSEN Levert/ P & Shirley! B Jovi JC Mellencamp/ C Robin/ D Leppard/ B Jovi SANDY BEAN/ HARMONY HO/ DET STEVE CHICK/ WGFM/ SCHENECTADY M Jackson/ Nylons/ Heart Noel/ Silencers/ Co B ALBIE DEE/ WPGC/ WASH DC Fire On Blonde/Co B/Sylvester/Madame X CHUCK BECK/ Y95/ DALLAS MIKE CLARIQ CML ONE-ST/ ST LOUIS C Killed The Cat/ Heart/ Levert JC Mellencamp/ Heart/ P Echo ROGER DENNIS! SHO W INDUS/ LA G Dead/ L Lobos/ P Metheny/ L Carlton KEVIN BELCASTRO/ MJQ102/ BUFF MATT CLENOTT/ WORD! GR RAP Nylons/ B Adams/ C Rea/ JC Mellencamp S Out Sister/ L Lisa/ D Bowie DEBBIE DODD/ PEACHES/ SEATTLE YF Fellows/ R Cray/ L Lobos/ J Hiatt MARTY BERGER/ WINK/ FT MYERS KAREN COSTELLO/ WQUE/ N.O. G Jones/ BB & CC Wynan/ Lakeside D Mason/ D Summer/ Nylons/ Heart ELLEN DOLGINS/ Z94/ BOSTON Heart/ C House/ C Killed The Cat JAY BRADY! WERZ/ EXETER MIKE CRO WDER/ KARMA/ INDY Marillion/ 2L Crew/ G Dead/ N Young F Ghost/ C House/ C Killed The Cat GARY DUNES/ 93Q/ SYRACUSE Expose/ C House/ Co B/ LL Cool J

34 HITS August 10, 1987 WXKS add KMEL 18-15 BREAKING Al: KHYT add KITY 21-17 KKBQ PRO-FM KKRD add WTIC 24-18 KRBE KROY Y102 add FM102 25-22 Y100 KWOD 0101 add MJQ102 32-25 KS103 29-26 WHYT deb 25 WFLY 39-34

HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! 6*-4* R&R AOR TRACKS!

WMMS add SLY96 add WCGQ add WKRZ 19-16 KATD add KSMB add KQIX add WEGX 20-17 KCPX add KKMG add KHTZ add WMMS 26-19 WKDD add WYKS add KISR add WCAU 33-21 WFLY add WGFM add WFLY deb 40 WRON 30-23 WNYZ add KZOU deb 40 KZZU 28-23

From the Columbia Lp: "After Here Through Midland" BFC.0735

KIKX add KNAN add KITS 27-24 95XIL add KBIM add WJAD add KCIIX add

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V. ELLIOT/ VINYL VEND/ KAL ESA KATAJA MAKI/ NAVARRE/ MPLS KEITH NAFTALY/ KMEL/ SF M Jackson/ L Lisa/ D Leppard/ W Houston Nylons/ Wendy & Lisa/ JC Mellencamp Col Abrams/ Expose/ J Farnham

STEVE ELLIS/ HOT103/ NY KEVIN KING/ WANS/ GREENVILLE B. NORDSTRO M! MUSICLAND/ MPLS Expose/ S Out Sister/ Co B JC Mellencamp/ Expose/ D Bowie A Baker/ Nylons

LESLIE FRAM/ WABB/ MOBILE LENNY LEON/ PAC COAST/ CHATS NATHAN NORRIS/ WCKN/ GREEN Yello/ Co B/ Heart/ Levert Mellencamp/ A Baker/ Heart/ Wendy & L S Out Sister/ JC Mellencamp/ L Lisa/ N Cole

ALAN FREED/ NO.LIGHTS/ MPLS NANCY LEWIS! MUSIC PEOP/ OAK GYNNY O'HARA/ KIIK/ DAVENPORT àLJaz/ Pebbles/ Hanson & Davis! G Kane L Lobos/ M Jackson/ W Houston/ G Dead C House/ L Lisa/ JC Mellencamp

PAUL FUSSELL/ RECORD BAR/ DUR SCOTT LIEF! WIGY/ BATH DARRYL OHRT/ CD ONE-STO/ BETHEL W Zevon/HeartaC Mellencamp/Wendy & L Wendy & Lisa/ Europe/ C House/ G Rollie D Leppard/ X/ Jellybean/ LL Cool J

KELLY GEIDT/ TOWER/ SHERM OAKS DOUG MACIVER/ FACE THE M/ ROCH VICKI OLIVERA/ SEA PORT/ PORT Faster P-cat/G & Roses/L Lobos/Mellencamp Yello/C Killed The Cat/M Jackson/D Leppard A Baker/ Nylons/ Heart/ JC Mellencamp

JOEY GIOVINGO/ B97/ NEW ORLEANS MARSHA MACRO/ CAVAGES/ BUFF JIM PAYNE/ WRVQ/ RICHMOND Heart/ S Out Sister/ Levert A Baker/ JC Mellencamp/ P Echo Mellencamp/Heart/Levert/C Killed The Cat

KEN GRAHA M/ WESTERN ME/ AMA S. MALFORA/ WEGX/ PHILLY TOM PEACE/ KXI04/ NASHVILLE Wendy & L/ N Pikes/ M Like Us/ Silencers JC Mellencamp/ Heart/ S Out Sister A Baker

H. GUILFOIL/ WAX WORKS/ OWENS MIKE MANDZIA/ BUZZARD'S/ COL MARSHA PLATZER/ ZI00/ NY Europe/ Peter Willy/ L Lisa/ M Jackson Yello/ C House/ S Out Sister/ L Lisa Europe/ L Lisa/ Expose

TODD HACKETT/ SHO W INDUS/ LA MIKE MASKA/ SAM GOODY/ EDISON JIM PRIMERANO/ TRANSCONTI/ BUFF Mellencamp/C Killed The C/Ruffner/Orbison A Baker/Heart/Mellencamp/Wendy & Lisa A Baker/ Co B

S. HAR MON/ RTI ONE-ST/ OMAHA LEE MCCORD/ WCGQ/ COLUMBUS DAVE REITH/ B&D/ PA M Jackson/ D Gibson/ D Warwick JC Mellencamp/Expose/P Sisters/Levert Madonna/ Boston/ R Marx/ Whitesnake

DOMINICA HARRELL/ WKQB/ CHAR JERRY MCKENNA/ WXKS/ BOSTON JJ RICE/ 98PXY/ ROCHESTER A Baker/ Heart/ JC Mellencamp Expose/ Wendy & Lisa/ C Killed The Cat Heroes/ P Echo/ W Zevon/ Co B

NEIL HARRISON! K106/ BEAUMONT STEVE MC VIE! WKPE/ CAPE COD R. RICHARDSON/ SOUTHWEST/ HOUS Go West/ D Bowie/ Europe/ Expose D Hallyday/ A Starr/ D Mode/ L Lisa D Leppard/ J Waite/ B McDonald/ T World

K. HENDRICKSON/ KKXL/ G FORKS TED MELLENCA MP/ POLYG./ HOUS KATHIE ROMERO/ KSAQ/ SAN ANT S Out Sister/ Silencers/ Autograph/ G White Hooters/ P Smyth/ D Bowie/ W Zevon B Adams/Mellencamp/Process/Chris Rea

TOM JACKSON/ ROSE RECOR/ CHI MARC MERCURIO/ RECORD & T/ COL SHANA ROSE/ WTHT/ PORTLAND N Order/ D Summer/ Call/ B Some Wendy & Lisa/ IC Mellencamp/ Co B/ Heart Wendy & Lisa/ C House/ L Lisa! A Starr

MARK JACKSON/ WHYT/ DETROIT RAYMOND MEZA/ KAMZ/ EL PASO DAVE ROY/ TRANS WORLD! ALBANY Bassix/ S Out Sister/ Klymaxx (DIVA) Expose Mellencamp/C Robin/B Farmers/Wency & L

RANDY JAY/ KIMN/ DENVER BRENDA MONTGO MERY/ WGCl/ CHI JD RYAN/ KEGL/ DALLAS D Bowie/ Go West/ JC Mellencamp Madame X/ H Alpert/ N Edition/ J Hallyday C House/ JC Mellencamp/ Hooters

PAUL JOHNSON/ PRO ONE-ST/ TEMPE LARRY MORGAN/ FM102/ SACRA RON SALPIETRO/ JR'S/ SCHAUMBERG P Metheny/ Cure/ N Young/ XTC C House/ Wynans/ P Poison JC Mellencamp/ M Jackson/ D Bowie/ Silen- cers HO WARD JOHNSON/ KIVA/ALBUQ CHRIS MURRAY! WLAN/ LANCASTER Mellencamp/A O'Neal/C Killed/S Out Sis Heart/ JC Mellencamp/ D Bowie/ Nylons BOB SAY/ MOBY DISC/ LA L Lobos/ C House/ Wendy & Lisa/ LL Cool J

(Current favorites as chosen by members of all segments of the music industry) 36 HITS August 10, 1987 ARISTA IS ON A ROLL

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TONY SBRIGLIA/TRANSCONTI/ BUFF STU SMOKE/ KQIZ/ AMARILLO TONY WAITEKUS/ WCIL/ CARBON S Out Sister/ Heart/ G Medeiros PJanz/ P Echo/ C Rea LL Cool J/ S Out Sister/ Levert/ Europe

CHRIS SCHUBERT/ KTFM/ SAN ANT R. ST CHARLES/ ACM MARKET/ LA N. WALLACE! GEMINI ONE/ CLEV A Baker/ P Echo/ Heart/ JC Mellencamp Silencers/ C Alomar/ K Wilde/ Martha Davis Wendy & Lisa/ D Leppard/ P Echo/ Heart

BARBARA SELTZER/ ATCO/ NY DARRYL ST JAMES/ KKXX/ BAKE KEVIN WEATHERLY/ KMEL/ SF D Mode/ B Face Heart/ JC Mellencamp/ P Smyth C Killed The Cat/ A Starr/ 0 Ones/ P Poison DAVE SHAKES/ KSND/ EUGENE KATHY STAM M/ RADIO DOCT/ MILW T. WEBER/ KTUX/ SHREVEPORT B Setzer/ Nylons/ Heart A Baker/S Robinson/M Jackson/Mellencamp A O'Neal! Go West/ Europe/ N Cole STEVE SHANNON/ KZFN/ MOSCO W JENNIFER STARR/ WKRZ/ WILKES-B C Rea/ S Out Sister/ JC Mellencamp Fat Boys/ Go West/ L Lisa/ Expose G. WEINSTEIN/ KATD/ SAN JOSE S Out Sister/ D Bowie/ 0 Ones VICKI SHARP/ KRNQ/ DES MOINES ROBIN STEELY/ CENTRAL SO/ NASH S Out Sister/ C Killed The Cat/ Alisha/ Heart Dio/ A Jarreau/ D Leppard/ D Bowie MIKE WEST/ WTIC/ HARTFORD Heart/ Monkees/ Levert/ JC Mellencamp MISSY SHORE/ BIG TIME/ L.A. PHIL STEPHENS/ FM96/ VALDOSTA C House/ P Kelly/ Bolshoi/ Icicle Works Heart/ Yello/ Covergirls/ Go West STEVE WILKINS/ OK100/ ITHACA Expose/ JC Mellencamp/ Europe GINA SHURTS/ KFMY/ PROVO ROB TAYLOR/ LIEBERMAN/ CHICAGO Heart/ C House/ C Killed The Cat D Leppard/Expose/Mellencamp/Wendy & L LARRY WILLIAMS! WRCK/ UTICA JC Mellencamp! Expose/ Heart/ Levert JACK SILVER/ KIIS-FM/ LA AL TEVERA/ PWR106/ LA Madonna/ C Killed The Cat/ Levert/ Expose Expose/ Pebbles/ L Lisa GREG WILLIAMS! KCAQ/ OXNARD KIM SIM MONS! HOUSE OF G/ ROCH JOE TIRONI/ WKSS/ HARTFORD Heart/ JC Mellencamp A Summer/ N Young/ L Lobos/ D Eddie Expose/ N Cole/ N Martinez/ C Killed DEENA YASNEIV 95XXX/ BURL DOUG SMITH/ NAT REC MA/ PITTS RUTH TOLSON/ WBLI/ NY Heart/ Expose/ D Bowie/ JC Mellencamp Heart/ JC Mellencamp/ P Smyth/ Nylons L Lisa C. ZETYE/ TOWER/ SHERM OAKS BEN SMITH/ WTLQ/ WILKES-BARRE M. TUCKER/ HARVARD CO/ CAMB C House/ X/ Williams Bros/ S Out Sister Expose/ Silencers/ Go West/ Levert 10,000 Maniacs/T Berlaine/D Leppard/DB's

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FLASHMAKER! Y ALBUMS! WBBQ 13-8 TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 98PXY 15-10 9*-33* R&R CHR! WEAG 17-12 WKZL 16-13 WLS add KWTO add 896 17-14 KPLZ add KKLS add WKSI 25-15 KWOD add KKRC add M.10102 22-18 Y108 add F:WES add WXKS 25-19 WKDD add KYYA add KKRZ 23-20 KX104 add KKRD add WBCY 27-20 KCAQ add KYYY add WCZY 26-21 WSKZ add KOKZ add WGTZ 30-21 0106 add F:FrAY add KZOU 27-21 AVERAGE AGRESSI KRNO add 92X 28-22 ARTIST MOVE or ‘A'IXX add ‘VEGX deb 25 FM100 34-23 JONATHAN BUTLER 311 2 KQIZ add KRQ deb 29 WERZ 38-26 Y102 add PRO-FM deb 32 KIKX 39-30 WLAN ad Wil k d e L r: SILENCERS PSEUDO ECHO

CROSSOVER! FOLLO W UP TO TOP FIVE SMASH!

WERZ 34-30 KCPX add KiKX add 14-FM add KZZU add M AD add WKDD add BREAKING AT: KQIZ add M MX add WROQ add KROQ KATD KNAN add KFBG add WTLO add KRBE KIKX KOKZ add \NGAN add WDBR add WMMS KSND WZYP add 04(95 add WCGQ add KUBE KTUX WKSF add KITS KZZU KBIM RZ WNYZ

14 e 7 - 7 1.•11— r I I AUTOGRAP • e es KED THAT GOOD TO ME CROSSOVER! irk • - r.-r T ACTION! PRO-FM add KRBE 33-22 WRCK add HOT103 27-24 WCAJ add BREAKING AT: 1-94 add KKRZ add KEGL BREAKING AT: WROD add KRBE KKBQ deb 32 FM102 KITY Y106 add YQ WKSS KXX106 KSA0 KTUX K98 KMGX i@6'tPaconls Cosset« Camper, Descl KZZU OTHER ACTION A survey of hot tracks at Video and Album Radio

The Grateful Dead ,irc being pressed by the Hooters at Album Corm/down show. Prince leads the pack at Night Tracks while Networ, as George Michael leaps over Motley Crüe in MTV Janet Jackson still rules at HVUSA. Top debuts include Debbie Requests and Bob Seger tops Crowded House on the network's Gibson at Night Tracks and Stryper at HVUSA.

Album Network The Top 20 Power Cuts at album radio

1. GRATEFUL DEAD - Touch of Grey - Arista 11. GREAT WHITE- Rock Me - Capitol 2. HOOTERS - Johnny B - Columbia 12. LOS LOBOS - La Bamba - Sire WB 3. CRUZADOS - Bed of Lies - Arista 13. JON ASTLEY - Jane's Getting Serious - Atlantic 4. HEART - Who Will You Run To - Capitol 14. TOM PETTY - All Mixed Up - MCA 5. INXS BARNES - Good Times - Atlantic 15. SAMMY HAGAR - Boys Night Out - Geffen 6. WHITESNAKE - Here I Go Again - Geffen 16. ROGER WATERS - Sunset Strip - Columbia 7. .38 SPECIAL - Paradise - A&M 17. FLEETWOOD MAC - Isn't It Midnight - WB 8. JOHN MELLENCAMP - Paper In Fire - Mercury'PolyGram 18. JOE WALSH - In My Car - Full Moon,WB 9. DEF LEPPARD - Women - Mercury PolyGram 19. BEAT FARMERS - Dark Light - MCA 10. GRATEFUL DEAD - Hell in a Bucket -Arista 20. OUTFIELD - Since You've Been Gone - Columbia

MTV The Top 10 Video Requests The Top 10 Countdown Show Hip Clip: None

MUSe THEVIS1011* 1. GEORGE MICHAEL - I Want Your Sex - Columbia 1. BOB SEGER - Shakedown - MCA 2. MOTLEY CRUE - Girls, Girls. Girls - Elektra 2. U2 - I Still Haven't Found... - Island 3. JANET JACKSON - Pleasure Principle - A&M 3. CRO WDED HOUSE - Something So Strong - Capitol 4. MADONNA - Who's That Girl - Sire/WB 4. STEVE WIN WOOD - Back In The High Life - Island 5. WHITESNAKE - Here I Go Again - Geffen 5. WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Wanna Dance... - Arista 6. POISON - I Want Action - Enigma/Capitol 6. JANET JACKSON - Pleasure Principle - A&M 7. EUROPE - Carrie Epic 7. BRYAN ADAMS - Hearts on Fire - A & M 8. PRINCE - U Got The Look - Paisley Park'VVB 8. MADONNA - Who's That Girl - Sire WB 9. AYKROYD HANKS - City of Crime - MCA 9. GEORGE MICHAEL - I Want Your Sex - Columbia 10. WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Wanna Dance... - Arista 10. RICHARD MARX - Don't Mean Nothin' - EMI-Manhattan

Night Tracks The Top 10 most requested tracks

PRINCE - U Got The Look Paisley Park/WB 6. ROBBIE NEVIL - Wot's It To Ya - EMI-Manhattan 2 LOS LOBOS - La Bamba - Slash WB 7. MADONNA - Who's That Girl - Sire WB 3 DEBBIE GIBSON - Only In My Dreams - Atlantic 8. THE JETS - Cross My Broken Heart - MCA 4 JANET JACKSON - Pleasure Principle - A&M 9. T'PAU - Heart and Soul - Virgin 5 LIVING IN A BOX - Living In A Box Chrysalis 10. WHITESNAKE - Here I Go Again - Geffen

Hit Video USA Ile 'Top III most requested videos

1. JANET JACKSON - Pleasure Principle - A&M 6. DEBBIE GIBSON - Only In My Dreams - Atlantic 2. WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Wanna Dance... - Arista 7. GLORIA ESTEFAN - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Epic 3. STRYPER - Honestly - Enigma Capitol 8. SUZANNE VEGA - Luka - A&M 4. MADONNA - Who's That Girl -Sire.WB 9. T'PAU - Heart and Soul - Virgin 5 LOS LOBOS - La Bamba - Slash/WB 10. EXPOSE - Let Me Be The One - Arista

40 HITS August 10, 1987 TWO SURE BETS!

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"This is the largest independently owned the Entertainment Music Company, which prospects of such a purchase. Whatever the music publishing company in the world," became a part of SBK. outcome, Koppelman agrees that the mas- says Charles Koppelman, President of (and Into this scene enters Stephen C. Swid, sive publishing resources of SBK are the the "K" in) SBK Entertainment World Inc. co-chairman of General Felt Industries, financial engine that keeps the rest of the Indeed, last year's multi-million dollar sale whose consolidated revenues are valued at company operating at full steam. of CBS Songs to Charles Koppelman and approximately $2 billion. Swid knew the Some of those songs now represented by associates brought SBK into the land of the newly-appointed head of CBS, Lawrence SBK include CBS mainstay artists like Billy publishing giants, ranking alongside Chap- Tisch, who was looking to divest himself of Joel, Earth Wind and Fire, Bruce pell Intersong and Warner Bros. Music. CBS Songs. The financial clout of Swid was Springsteen (in North and South America SBK now owns copyrights of hits by all SBK needed. only), Dan Fogelberg and Fats Domino. everybody from Fats Domino to Julio The alliance of Swid, Bandier and Kop- Among the artists included in non-CBS as- Iglesias — from the Bangles to the Pink pelman purchased CBS Songs (and its sets are the latter-day songs of John Lennon Panther soundtrack. But SBK's widest- 80,000 active titles) for $125 million in and Yoko Ono, standards past and present known and most controversial move to date November of 1986, and thenceforth added like "Blue Moon," "New York, New York" has been the licensing of the Beatles' "Entertainment World" to their name. as well as the soundtracks to Dr Zhivago, "Revolution" for use by Nike to introduce a Among SBK's new assets were April Music Rocky, Hair, and the James Bond films. new sneaker line. A publishing empire with Inc. (ASCAP), Blackwood Music Inc. The licensing of classic songs for use in its interests spreading in a multiplicity of (BMI), Music Theatre International, CBS films has been a new source of income for directions, SBK is fast becoming a company SBK. Universal Pictures paid $100,000 for to reckon with. "A publishing empire with the use of "Singin' In The Rain" in the At the start, and at the heart, of SBK is Robert Redford film Legal Eagles. In a Charles Koppelman, who worked its interests spreading in a similar arrangement, United Airlines paid previously as Vice President and General multiplicity of directions, $500,000 for the advertising usage of "Over Manager of Music Publishing for the CBS the Rainbow." SBK already handles all Records Group. In 1975, Koppelman, along SBK is fast becoming a com- music licensing for Columbia, Orion and with partners Martin Bandier and Sam pany to reckon with." MGM/UA Pictures. Lefrak, started the Entertainment Company. Although these new uses for old songs (Martin Bandier had been general counsel are a rock-solid money-making proposition, for the Lefrak organization and became an Songs International and the CBS Catalogue Koppelman maintains that "the bulk of our Executive Vice President there in 1972.) At Partnership. (This final publishing group income is derived from old-fashioned record the Entertainment Company, Koppelman contains the old MGM/UA catalogues — sales." But the one asset of SBK that has served as executive producer for Barbra 200,000 copyrights that CBS paid $69 mil- aroused the most passionate debate is the Streisand, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, lion for in 1982.) Michael Jackson-purchased ATV Beatles' Diana Ross and Cher. With estimated gross revenues for 1986 catalogue. And with equal amounts of con- In 1984, Koppelman and Bandier ended set at about $60 million, SBK has a fair bit gratulations and condemnations, "Revolu- their partnership with Lefrak and together of change with which to expand. And so it tion" was designated for use in a commer- formed the Entertainment Music Company has: into the areas of record production, cial for a new Nike athletic shoe, which the and the Entertainment Television Company. management, video, stage and film produc- surviving members of the Fab Four have The EMC was the power behind Michael tion. (The first SBK Films project is already recently sued to stop. Jabara/the Weather Girls' "It's Raining underway with the optioning of the book Koppelman explains: "The head of our Men," as well as Eddie Murphy's comedy "Women's Music.") West Coast office, Pat Lucas, initiated and and vocal albums. In 1986, the EMC pur- There also exists a persistent rumor that negotiated and worked with Yoko and Mc- chased the catalogue of Combine Music, SBK is looking to buy Chappell Intersong, Cartney's people and Michael Jackson and which includes such pop classics as "Rainy which is asking around $200 million. Kop- the Nike people." Night in Georgia" and "Me and Bobby pelman says that SBK is "most definitely" Pat Lucas, Director of West Coast McGee." Charles Koppelman is still interested in owning Chappell, but refrained Operations for SBK Songs began at ATV Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of from commenting any further on the and then moved to CBS Songs. When CBS

42 HITS August 10, 1987 WITH SBK ENTERTAINMENT

by Drew Wheeler

Songs bbeeccaammee part of SBK, so did she. tising, publicity, artist development, video ing forces behind the success of the Charlie About handling the administration rights for and merchandising.) Daniels Band. the Beatles catalogue, Lucas enthuses, "It's Among Andon's clients at SBK Today, artists with SBK Record Produc- one of my favorite parts of the job We Management are Gregory Abbott, most tion include G-Force, who recorded for At- make all the decisions regarding the recently remembered for the Platinum-win- lantic, David Palmer, (ex-Steely Dan catalogue. We basically protect and exploit ning "Shake You Down," as well as the sideman and co-writer of Carole King's the songs." "Exploit" is a word commonly Bums Sisters, who are presently working "Jazzman") for Modem Records and Ron- used in music publishing jargon, but it car- on their second Columbia LP. Andon also nie Spector's new solo album for Columbia ries an emotional wallop for those who co-manages (with partner Alan White) a Records. Also part of SBK is rock critic-tur- believe the deal should never have been Canadian band called 8 Seconds who are ned-songwriter Davitt Sigersen, now work- made. signed to PolyGram. His sole non-musical ing with Olivia Newton-John after his suc- Not only was Lucas instrumental in the client is actor David Wilson, currently ap- cess with David + David. Lesser-known NiketRevolution" deal, but "I'm proud of pearing in NBC's The Bronx Zoo. SBK artists include the as-yet-unsigned it," she says, then adds with a laugh, "I've "SBK has twenty-one offices all over the Time For The Bane and Scottish rockers been kicked around enough for this one." world," Andon says, explaining the global Shine, who'll be recording for RCA. (More For those who think that Nike's "Revolu- resources available to SBK artists. And re- Scottish imports are expected to come to the tion" will start a mad rush for Beatles' stating what has become increasingly ob- U.S. via SBK.) songs in commercials, Lucas reminds, Keeping an ear to the ground for new pop "There's always been a mad rush for these "With estimated 1986 of talent is a hallmark of SBK, "I think songs on the buyer's side " And regarding $60 million, SBK has a fair everybody in the company has an A&R actual licensing prospects for the future, responsibility," observes Arma Andon. she's reassuring: "What we'll probably do bit of change to expand Aside from "the star quality" that sets his is get even more selective than we did, into the areas of record artists apart, Don Rubin says he looks for which is pretty selective Almost make it "artists who are self-contained in that they like an art competition It revitalizes the production, management, write their own material. Of course, as songs for a lot of people." video, stage and film music publishing, we're very keen on sign- From the publisher's viewpoint, Pat ing acts that write great songs." He cites Lucas sees SBK's various assets and areas production." both the Bums Sisters and Gregory Abbott of interest as a fresh opportunity: "The most vious, Andon adds, "SBK's an aggressive as artists who can ably write for themselves. exciting thing about the company is the company." Firmly set in its financial foundation as way they're expanding and I think Don Rubin is responsible for the record- one of the three biggest publishing com- publishers have always been the non- ing end of SBK, as Vice President of SBK panies in existence, SBK Entertainment glamorous end of the business. We deal Record Production. Rubin's long career in World is stretching outward toward the literally in nickels as opposed to millions of the music industry began with his associa- diverse areas of management, record dollars at a time." She sees production, tion with the Ivy Three, a vocal group production and other aspects of the enter- management, and other vital aspects of the which had a Top 5 record in 1959. He was tainment industry. music business as all within SBK's grasp. subsequently signed by Don Kirliner as an Record Production VP Don Rubin "We start the whole process with great artist, writer and producer. doesn't believe that the biggest can't be the songs," Lucas concludes with satisfaction. In 1965, Rubin teamed up for the first shrewdest as well. "We try to think we're The comparatively newer SBK time with Charles Koppelman to form Kop- setting some trends as opposed to following Management was founded concurrently pelman Rubin Associates. Their first produc- trends. We almost look to go against the with the hiring of Arma Andon as President, tion was the Lovin' Spoonful, followed soon grain than try to follow it. By the time you who was with Columbia Records as Vice thereafter by the Turtles' stream of hits and look for an artist, sign the artist and record President in Charge of Artist Development. about 100 charting records. After the end of the artist it's a year before that record comes (In the years between 1971 and 1986, An- Koppelman Rubin in 1972, his next com- out. So you have to be looking ahead. We don was responsible for Columbia's adver- pany, Radadara Music, was one of the driv- try to predict what music has in store."

HITS August 10, 1987 43 Be There

WXKS add 0100 add WLOL deb 33 KRBE add KTUX add WCAU deb 36 WHYT add WGTZ add Y107 29-21 WEGX add WFLY add WKDD 35-30 KUBE add KIYS add KMEL add 0100 add PRO-FM add KTUX add KKRZ add KTFM add KITY add

BREAKING AT: B96 KQKQ KXX106 FRO M THE "BEVERLY HILLS WMMS KRQ Y106 COP II" SOUNDTRACK! KDWB WBBQ KIKX WTIC WRCK KMGX

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS All Mixed Up PRODUCED BY TOM PETTY AND MIKE CAMPBELL ALBUM RADIO SMASH IS READY TO CROSS! 21*-14* R&R AOR TRACKS! #14 ALBUM NETWORK TOP 20 POWER CUTS!

WROQ add WMMS 39-36 JAM RICORDS TOP TENS

LEW/ GARRETT: CAMELOT CA MELOT The 197 store chain based in Canton, Ohio is our first spotlighted LEW GARRETT retailer. Gunslinging VP of Purchasing, Lew Garrett reports that 1. WHITESNAKE Whitesnake dominates sales for the fifth straight week. Further- 2. LL COOL J more, he is optimistic about the growth and development of 3. WHITNEY HOUSTON Capitol's Great White. The album is currently in his Top 30, 4. FAT BOYS heading toward the Top 15 with the Midwestern stores leading. 5. KENNY G 6. SAM MY HAGAR Garrett is also high on the progress of various "street records" on 7. HEART indie labels, which are helping his bottom line. He specifically 8. U2 mentions Salt & Pepe. Shan M.C.. Scott LA Rock & Blast Mas- 9. MOTLEY CRUE ter and (of course) the nationally breal.iit Eric B & Rakim 10. RANDY TRAVIS

1.11.111113•11,111M,

CENTRAL SOUTH CAVAGES TARGET ROBIN STEELY JOHN GRANDONI DOUG HARVEY 1. WHITESNAKE 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 2. LL COOL J 2. GRATEFUL DEAD 2. WHITESNAKE 3. FAT BOYS 3. LA BAMBA 3. MOTLEY CRUE 4. HANK WILLIAMS JR 4. U2 4. RANDY TRAVIS 5. MOTLEY CRUE 5. WHITESNAKE 5. HEART 6. WHISPERS 6. MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 6. BON JOVI 7. WHITNEY HOUSTON 7. HEART 7. U2 8. DIO 8. SUZANNE VEGA 8. POISON 9. BEV HILLS COP ll 9. LL COOL J 9. BEASTIE BOYS 10. HEART 10. MOTLEY CRUE 10. PAUL SIMON

TRANSCONTINENT SOUND WAREHOUSE RECORD WORLD JIM PRIMERA NO TRACY DONIHOO DEAN FINE 1 WHISPERS 1. LA BAMBA 1. WHITESNAKE 2. LL COOL J 2. LL COOL J 2. HEART 3. STEPHANIE MILLS 3. WHITNEY HOUSTON 3. WHITNEY HOUSTON 4. LA BAMBA 4. WHITESNAKE 4. LL COOL J 5. U2 5. KENNY G 5. GRATEFUL DEAD 6. WHITESNAKE 6. STEPHANIE MILLS 6. LA BAMBA 7. HEART 7. SUZANNE VEGA 7. EXPOSE 8. FLEETWOOD MAC 8. SHALAMAR 8. SUZANNE VEGA 9. MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 9. WHISPERS 9. HOOTERS 10. MOTLEY CRUE 10. GROVER WASHINGTON 10. U2

STRA WBERRIES STREETSIDE HAR MONY HOUSE JEFF COHEN GREG MARSHALL SANDY BEAN 1. GRATEFUL DEAD 1. GRATEFUL DEAD 1. LL COOL J 2. LL COOL J 2. WHITNEY HOUSTON 2. HEART 3. WHITESNAKE 3. LL COOL J 3. WHITNEY HOUSTON 4. WHITNEY HOUSTON 4. ICE-T 4. KENNY G 5. WHO'S THAT GIRL 5. KENNY G 5. SUZANNE VEGA 6. LA BAMBA 6. SUZANNE VEGA 6. MOTLEY CRUE 7. DEF LEPPARD 7. PAT METHENY 7. WHITESNAKE 8. ANITA BAKER 8. MICHAEL FRANKS 8. BEV HILLS COP II 9. HEART 9. U2 9. FAT BOYS 10. WHISPERS 10. LA BAMBA 10. CURE

(Based on sales of albums, tapes and CD'S from the nation's leading record merchandisers)

HITS August 10, 1987 45 TOP TENS

RECORD BAR TO WER NATIONAL TRANS WORLD PAUL FUSSELL STAN GOMAN DAVE ROY 1. WHITESNAKE 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 1. WHITESNAKE 2. LL COOL J 2. WHITNEY HOUSTON 3. WHITNEY HOUSTON 3.2. GRATEFULU2 DEAD ' 3. LA BAMBA 4. HANK WILLIAMS JR I4. WHO'S THAT GIRL 14. MOTLEY CRUE 5. MOTLEY CRUE 5. LA BAMBA 5. U2 6. KENNY G 6. SUZANNE VEGA 6. HEART 7. GRATEFUL DEAD 7. HEART 7. LL COOL J 8. FAT BOYS 8. LL COOL J 8. KENNY G 9. U2 9. KENNY G 9. WHO'S THAT GIRL 10. SUZANNE VEGA 10. CURE 10. BON JOVI

WESTERN MERCHANDISERS ROUND UP NATIONAL RECORD MA RT KEN GRAHAM LAURA AVERY DOUG SMITH 1. WHITESNAKE 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 1. WHITESNAKE 2. LL COOL J 2. WfilTESNAKE 2. WHITNEY HOUSTON 3. KENNY G 3. HEART w3. MOTLEY CRUE 4. SAMMY HAGAR 4. RANDY TRAVIS 4. FAT BOYS 5. WHITNEY HOUSTON 5. MOTLEY CRUE lam 5. HEART 6. HEART 6. KENNY G 6. LL COOL J 7. RANDY TRAVIS 7. U2 7. SAMMY HAGAR 8. FAT BOYS 8. SAMMY HAGAR 8. NYLONS 9. MOTLEY CRUE 9. BON JOVI 9. WHO'S THAT GIRL 10. BEV HILLS COP II 10. LA BAMBA 10. KENNY G

LIEBER MAN CHICAGO SA M GOODY M USICLA ND ROB TAYLOR MIKE MASKA DICK ODETTE 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 2. MOTLEY CRUE 2. WHO'S THAT GIRL 2. LA BAMBA 3. WHITESNAKE 3. LL COOL J 3. WHITESNAKE 4. POISON 4. LA BAMBA 4. WHO'S THAT GIRL 5. BON JOVI 5. WHITESNAKE 5. LL COOL J 6. HEART 6. HEART 6. BEV HILLS COP II 7. BEV HILLS COP II 7. U2 7. U2 8. LISA LISA 8. BEV HILLS COP II 8. HEART 9. RANDY TRAVIS 9. GRATEFUL DEAD 9. GRATEFUL DEAD 10. U2 u. r ui O U T J 10. MOTLEY CRUE

LECHMERE SHO W INDUSTRIES THE WIZ DAVE CURTIS LORY SHAW WALTER MICHALSKI 1. WHITNEY HOUSTON 1. LA BAMBA 1. STEPHANIE MILLS 2. U2 2. LL COOL J 2. WHITNEY HOUSTON 3. FLEETWOOD MAC 3. WHITNEY HOUSTON 3. LL COOL J 4. ELTON JOHN 4. TWO LIVE CREW 4. KENNY G 5. GRATEFUL DEAD 5. WHISPERS 5. WHISPERS 6. CARLY SIMON 6. GREAT WHITE 6. ERIC B 7. HEART 7. GRATEFUL DEAD 7. ATLANTIC STARR 8. SUZANNE VEGA 8. U2 8. U2 9. BARBRA STREISAND 9. HEART 9. ISLEY BROS 10. BRUCE HORNSBY 10. LISA LISA 10. MADONNA

(Based on sales of albums, tapes and CD'S from the nation's leading record merchandisers)

HITS August 10, 1987 46 The Nylons

The new single ttHappylbgether7 Produced by Val Garay

The title track from their hit album Produced by Bill Henderson and Val Garay

I 1 c 1987 Windham Hill Productions Inc. Open Air Records and Windham Hill are registered OPEN AIR RECORDS ,iiwàdid trademarks of Windham Hill Productions Inc. Distributed by A & M Records, Inc. i9({Z BREAKOUTS

The hot streak in Burbank continues as Warner Bros. captures produced by the Jam and Lewis hit factory. Also keep an eye on the top three slots in this week's competition. The Madonna Levert (Atlantic), whose 45 is about to cross big and Eric B (4th movie soundtrack leads the way, followed closely by La Bamba & Broadway) with more hot selling rap. and Dio. Debuting strongly is the new Alexander O'Neal 'et

WINNERS

El W HO'S THAT GIRL (Sire 25E11-1) 46% HOOTERS (Columbia 38-07241) 19% o LA BAMBA (Slash VVB 9 25605-1) 44% u T'PAU (Virgin 0-96779) 18% El DIO (WB 25612-1) 37% o ECHO & BUNNYMEN (Sire 25597-1) 17% ALEX O'NEAL (Epic/Tabu FZ-40320) 25% LEVERT (Atlantic 81773-1) 16% DEF LEPPARD (PolyGram 830 675-1 Q-1) 21% 10 ERIC B & RAKIM (4th & Broadway 4005) 15%

ACCENT ON MUSIC/JEFF CENTRAL SOUTH/ROBIN HARMONY HOUSE/SANDY LECH MERE/DAVE ALLEN/RICHMOND STEELY/NASHVILLE BEAN/DETROIT CURTIS/WOBURN Swing Out Sister Grateful Dead Def Leppard La Bamba Alexander O'Neal La Bamba Elton John Who's That Girl Levert T'Fau Hooters Elton John Dio Outfield Dio Little Feat CD's Who's That Girl Europe Moonlighting Hooters Force MD's Jellybean T'Pau Living In A Box CML ONE-STOP/MIKE CLARK/ST. LOUIS HOUSE OF GUITARS/KIM LIEBERMAN/ROB BUZZARD'S NEST/MIKE La 3amba SIMMONS/ROCHESTER TAYLOR/CHICAGO MANDZIA/COLUMBUS Dio Who's That Girl Dio Loudness T'Pau Loudness Who's That Girl Helloween Hooters Dio Great White Davey D Charlie Daniels Hooters Alexander O'Neal Pat Metheny Twisted Sister DANJAY/MIKE BOYLE/SEATTLE JR'S/RON LIEBERMAN/MIKE Richard Marx SALPIETRO/SCHAUMBERG BRIGANDI/MT. LAUREL CAMELOT/LEW GARRETT/ Jonathan Butler Who's That Girl Pseudo Echo CANTON Sur'ace La Bamba Moonlighting Covergirls T'Pau Def Leppard Stephanie Mills Dio Hooters Dio Fat Boys Great White La Bamba Hooters La Bamba Who's That Girl Moonlighting La Bamba FACE THE MUSIC/DOUG METRONOME/GUY MACIVER/ROCHESTER, MN KARMA/MIKE CRO WDER/INDY CASS1NGHAM/ATLANTA CAVAGES/JOHN GRANDONI/ Swing Out Sister La Bamba Swing Out Sister BUFFALO La Bamba Def Leppard Marshall Crenshaw Moonlighting Def Leppard Grim Reaper Paul Kelly Michael Franks Echo & Bunnymen King Diamond 10,000 Maniacs Echo & Bunnymen Who's That Girl Beat Farmers Who's That Girl GEMINI ONE-STOP/NANCY Tom Verlaine Dio WALLACE/CLEVELAND KEMP MILL/HOWARD Warren Zevon Leven APPLBAUM/BELTSVILLE CD ONE-STOP/DARRYL T'Pau Def Leppard MOBY DISC/BOB SAY/L.A. OHRT/BETHEL UTFO Guns & Roses Petrol Emotion La Bamba Eric B & Rakim Swing Out Sister Echo & Bunnymen Doors Jellybean Hiroshima Faster Pussycat Elton John Pat Metheny Guns & Roses Pat Metheny Eric B & Rakim Dio

(Hot new or resurging albums as reported by the nation's leading record merchandisers) 48 HITS August 10, 1987 wire BREAKOUTS

MUSIC PEOPLE/NANCY LE R/ PRO111 E0- P/PAUL SAM GOODY/MIKE TOWER/NATL./STAN OAKLAND JOHNSON/TEMPE MASKA/EDISON GOMAN/SACRAMENTO Alexander O'Neal La Bamba Eric B & Rakim Who's That Girl UTFO T'Pau Dio Dio Levert Grim Reaper Who's That Girl Hooters Back To The Beach Whispers Def Leppard Echo & Bunnymen Dio MS Machine Carly Simon Pat Metheny Peter Tosh Pat Metheny MUSICLAND/DICK ODEITE/ Grover Washington TRACKS/DONNA AGRESTO/ MINNEAPOLIS NORFOLK RADIO DOCTORS/KATHY SHO W INDUSTRIES/LORY Y&T STAMM/MILWAUKEE Alexander O'Neal SHAW/LOS ANGELES Eric B & Rakim Levert La Bamba Back To The Beach Echo & Bunnymen UTFO Alexander O'Neal Dio Leven John Hiatt Def Leppard Eric B & Rakim Lost Boys Whitesnake Paul King TRANSCONTINENT/RECORD Suzanne Vega Swing Out Sister THEATER/JIM PRIMERANO/ NATIONAL RECORD Heart Petrol Emotion BUFFALO MART/DOUG SMITH/ Who's That Girl PITTSBURGH RECORD & TAPE OUTLET/ Eric B & Rakim La Bamba LYNN BATCHECK/OHIO SOUND OF/CY BARNES/ Who's That Girl Nylons La Bamba PHILADELPHIA 10,000 Maniacs Moonlight ing Anita Baker Who's That Girl O'Jays Carly Simon Grover Washington Alison Moyet UTFO Jonathan Butler Force MD's Baby Face Alexander O'Neal Alexander O'Neal La Bamba NAVARRE/ESA KATAJAMAKI/ SOUND WAREHOUSE/TRACY TRANSWORLD/DAVE ROY/ MINNEAPOLIS RECORD BAR/PAUL DONIHOO/DALLAS ALBANY Ice-T FUSSELL/DURHAM Grover Washington Who's That Girl Guns & Roses Hoodoo Gurus La Bamba Dio Alexander O'Neal Who's That Girl Who's That Girl Great White Pat Metheny Dio Ice-I T'Pau Hank Williams Jr La Bamba Great White Hooters Levert Steve Warren Eric B & Rakim SOUTH WEST WHOLESALE/ Moonlighting Davey D ROBERT RICHARDSON/ NORTHERN LIGHTS/ALAN Echo & Bunnymen HOUSTON VINYL VENDORS/VALERIE FREED/MPLS Alexander O'Neal ELLIOTT/KALAMAZOO Alexander O'Neal RECORD WORLD/DEAN FINE/ Guns & Roses Guns & Roses Echo & Bunnymen NEW YORK La Bamba Hiroshima Leven Hiroshima Levert Alexander O'Neal UTFO La Bamba Deele Grover Washington Who's That Girl Echo & Bunnymen Def Leppard Cure Living In A Box STRAWBERRIES/JEFF Deele COHEN/BOSTON WAX WORKS/HAROLD ROSE RECORDS/TOM JACOB- Eric B & Rakim GUILFOIL/OWENSBORO PACIFIC COAST ONE- SON/CHICAGO Great White Alexander O'Neal STOP/LENNY LEON/ La Bamba Natalie Cole Def Leppard CHATS WORTH Natalie Cole Levert Dio Cruzados Outfield Dan Fogelberg Who's That Girl T'Pau Elton John X Pat Metheny Danny Wilson WESTERN MERCHANDISERS/ Def Leppard ROUNDUP/LAURA AVERY/ STREETSIDE/GREG KEN GRAHAM/AMARILLO Who's That Girl SEATTLE MARSHALL/ST. LOUIS Dio Dio Hooters Great White PEACHES MUSIC & VIDEO/ John Waite Grover Washington La Bamba DEBBIE DODD/SEATTLE Lost Boys Eric B & Rakim Who's That Girl Grateful Dead Moonlighting THE WIZ/WALTER Echo & Bunnymen Fab T-Birds MICHALSKI/NEW YORK ZIPS/RICK ANDRADE/TUCSON Who's That Girl Elton John Eric B & Rakim Who's That Girl Michael Tomlinson Baby Face Pretty Maids Tawatha Natalie Cole Hooters

(Hot new or resurging albums as reported by the nation's leading record merchandisers) HITS August 10. 1987 49 TOP FIFTY ALBUMS The big news on the album chart is the soundtrack explosion That Girl. jumps #28-#I2 in its second week in the streets. happening at Warner Bros. La Bamba explodes to #5, up from Highest debut goes to Carly Simon, whose album is receiving a #17. This with many Eastern markets reporting stock problems major second life thanks to her HBO Special. The public has not this week. The West Coast leads on this project. Also, Who's seen Carly in years, and it is definitely helping.

THIS POWER LW WEEK ARTIST LABEL COMMENTS INDEX

1 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY Arista 8405 ot new single

1E1 El WHITESNAKE WHITESNAKE Geffen 24099 45 is hot 82.8 LL COOL J • BIGGER & DEFFER Def Jam/Col 40793 Single is exploding 65.0

HEART BAD ANIMALS Capitol 12546 New 45 is hot 56.6

LA BAMBA SOUNDTRACK Slash/WB 25605 Exploding 53.3

U2 THE JOSHUA TREE Island 7-90581-1 Top five single 51.9

MOTLEY CRUE GIRLS. GIRLS. GIRLS Elektra 9-60725-1 Solid sales 46.1

GRATEFUL DEAD IN THE DARK Arista 8452 Hot single here 45.7

KENNY G DUOTONES Arista 8427 Still big 43.8

10 BEVERLY HILLS II SOUNDTRACK MCA 6207 Many hits here 35.9

113 BON JOVI SLIPPERY WHEN WET PolyGram 830264 Won't die 35.3

28 12 WHO'S THAT GIRL SOUNDTRACK SireNVB 25611 Hot 45 leads 34.4

SUZANNE VEGA SOLITUDE STANDING A&M 5136 Great new artist 32.5

FAT BOYS CRUSHIN' PolyGram 831948-1 Single breaking 25.0

SAMMY HAGAR SAMMY HAGAR Geffen 24144 Give to Live leads 23.6

LISA LISA SPANISH FLY Columbia 40477 Emotion is hot 23.1

20 WHISPERS JUST GETS BETTER Solar ST-72554 (Cap) Hot tour 21.8

POISON LOOK WHAT THE CAT Enigma 12523 (Cap) Still strong 21.8

STEVE WINWOOD BACK IN THE HIGHLIFE Island 25448 Lots of hits 21.0 EIB EEIR R EI R EEIR EI EIB

20 STARSHIP NO PROTECTION RCA 6413-1-G Steady week 19.7

FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WB 9-25471-1 Strong comeback 17.1

PAUL SIMON GRACELAND WB 25477-1 Great longevity 16.6

RANDY TRAVIS ALWAYS AND FOREVER WB 1-25568 Country star 16.5

MIAMI SOUND MACHINE LET IT LOOSE Epic OE 40769 Hit single leads 15.3

EXPOSE EXPOSURE Arista AL-8441 New 45 is hot 0E1E1E1E1E1E1E1 0E1E1E1E1E1E1E1 14.8

(Based on sales of albums, tapes and CDS from the nation's leading record merchandisers)

50 HITS August 10, 1987 REACTI ON RECO RDS

Al Tavera MD PWR1(66 L.A. Greg Swedberg PD WLOL Mpls "Immediate response. top 5 requests since week one! Top 5 12 "Anyone with a pair of ears can hear this is a smash! Huge adult sales in all stores. A n-ega monster!" female phones. #2 call out record!"

J.D. Ryan MD KEGL Dallas Kevin Weatherly MD KMEL San Francisco "After one week of play, super female phones and callouts!" "Summer's hottest dance record! Active at both retail and on the phones!" Randy Robbins PD KZZU Spokane "This is the type of record that REO hits are made of. Requests Robin Silva MD KWS5 San Jose are kicking in!" "Debuts at #2 this we2k in 12" sales. Top lo requests."

LASHMAKE ITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! WMMS 33-28 7*-4* BB 12" SALES! KKRZ add WCAU 32-29 18* BB DANCE! Z104 add BREAKING AT: PWR106 1-1 WC:WE 25-19 KCPX 6-3 KEGL KMEL 5-4 Y106 31-27 WLOL 18-9 KRBE BJ105 7-7 KWSS 34-30 KDWB 16-10 99DTX KMGX 16-11 BREAKING AT: KZOU 19-10 WRNO KS103 16-12 Z100 WPGC WKDD 29-23 KCAO 18-13 HOT103 KZZP WFLY 35-27 KATD 18-14 B96 KIIS Z102 21-15 KCPX KROY

a ll alb + Mk.

THE FIRST SINGLE FROM DAVID HALLYDAY THE HOT MOVIE "HE'S MY GIRL", STARRING DAVID HALLYDAY!

He's My Girl WXKS 0107 0100 KIYS KRBE 99DTX KSAO KTUX Z95 KROQ WFLY KZZU rr3t TOP FIFTY ALBUMS

THIS POWER LW WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS INDEX

OUTFIELD BANGIN . Columbia 40619 Solid seller 12.2

STEPHANIE MILLS IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN MCA 5996 Hot black 11.8

CURE KISS ME. KISS ME Elektra 60737 Double album 11.7

30 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. BORN TO BOOGIE WB 25593 More country 11.4

-- 30 CARLY SIMON COMING AROUND AGAIN Arista 8443 HBO Special 10.9

39 HOOTERS ONE WAY HOME Columbia 0C-40659 Great video 9.9

MADONNA TRUE BLUE Sire 25442 (WB) Tour in progress 9.6

E T'PAU HEART & SOUL Virgin 0-96779 Hot 45 leads 9.5

ANITA BAKER RAPTURE Elektra 60444 Steady seller 8.5

EUROPE THE FINAL COUNTDO WN Epic 40241 New 45 is hot 8.5

BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL Def Jam/Col 40238 Steady week 8.0

ATLANTIC STARR ALL IN THE NAME WB 25560-1 New 45 out 7.5

E BARBRA STREISAND ONE VOICE Columbia 40788 HBO Special 6.8

RONNIE JAMES DIO DREAM EVIL WB 25612 Rock 6.3

40 BRYAN ADAMS INTO THE FIRE A&M 3907 Steady week 5.6

GENESIS INVISIBLE TOUCH Atlantic 81641 Many hits here 5.3

JONATHAN BUTLER JONATHAN BUTLER RCA 1032-1-J Hot new artist 5.0

CRO WDED HOUSE CRO WDED HOUSE Capitol 12485 New 45 is out 4.9

ROGER WATERS RADIO KAOS Columbia 40795 Former Floyd great 4.8

OZZY OSBOURNE TRIBUTE CBS Assoc. 40714 Heavy Metal tribute 4.5

40 BENSON KLUGH COLLABORATION WB 25580-1 Jazz greats 4.4

FABULOUS T-BIRDS HOT NUMBER CBS Assoc40818 Good increases 4.3

RICHARD MARX RICHARD MARX Manhattan 53049 Hot new artist 4.1

ALEXANDER O'NEAL HERESAY Tabu FZ 40320 (CBS) Huge single leads 4.1

50 ERIC B & RAKIM PAID IN FULL 4th & Broadway 4005 Hot rap 4.1

NEXT UP GREAT WHITE (Capitol) ICE-T (Sire) GROVER WASHINGTON (WB) MOONLIGHTING (MCA) PAT METHENY (Geffen) PSEUDO ECHO (RCA)

(Based on sales of albums. tapes and CDS from the nation's leading record merchandiser ,

52 HITS August 10, 1987 FLASHMAKER! DEBUTIIIHITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! WCAU add KCAQ 26-15 KWK add KITY 25-20 WQUE add WPGC 35-23 WGFM add WRCK 31-25 WKSI add WTIC 32-26 Y107 add WLOL 33-29 KRQ add WGTZ 36-29 KTUX add WDJX 35-29

KZZU add Z93 37-30 WSKZ add WFLY 37-31 Z104 add WCZY 39-33 WCIL add KZOU 40-33 KKLS add KNIN add BREAKING AT: KZOZ add B96 MJQ102 WSPT add Z95 PWR99 WINK add PWR106 KMGX WIGY add KITS KSAQ KRBE KXX106 WXKS deb 25 WHYT 01 FM102 deb 27 Z94 WT WGH-FM deb 34 WEGX v1 PRO-FM deb 35 KPLZ KIY WKSS deb 35 KUBE KS KJ103 deb 37 KDWB WNNÏe \ BJ105 deb 39 KHTR WPST WMMS deb 40 92X WNYZ 0100

AVERAGE AGRESSIVES REQUESTS 45 SALES MOVE (4 or more) 11 lo 10) 11 3.13 16 8

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WEEKEND PER SCREEN TOTAL SOUNDTRACK GROSS AVERAGE GROSS INFO .41111• 41. 1 LIVING DAYLIGHTS 11.0m 6395 11.0m Soundtrack and A-ha 45 on Warner Bros.

2 LOST BOYS 5.2m 5099 5.2m Soundtrack and 1NXS 45 on Atlantic.

3 LA BAMBA 5.2m 4153 14.4m Soundtrack and title cut 45 on WB.

4 ROBOCOP 4.7m 2966 26.9m Soundtrack on Varese Sarabande.

5 SUM MER SCHOOL 4.6m 3383 I 6.5m Soundtrack and E.G. Daily 45 on Chrysalis.

6 SNO W WHITE 3.6m 2149 27.1m Soundtrack on Disney.

7 SUPERMAN IV 2.9m 1913 11.2m

8 FULL METAL JACKET 2.7m 2809 31.5m

9 DRAGNET 2.2m 2147 47.8m Soundtrack on MCA. Art Of Noise 45 on Chrysalis.

10 ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING 1.9m 2050 25.7m

Film Information Courtesy of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

WAVELENGTH

by Lenny Beer & Mike Murphy

PWR99.7 is still the #1 gossip FM102 Sacramento. This ex- Dene Hallam is still searching this week. Also being discussed area, with the update being the plains the rumors of the poten- for the right MD and also needs is the move of a Tampa morn- beginning of actual in-person in- tial format change, however the an overnight (11-4) talent. And, ing man to WEAG.... Scott terviews. As for the John station will remain Top 40 Is as an aside, we are hearing "Scooter" Seagraves has ex- Young status, we hear that WBMX's Lee Michaels about to some rumblings about West ited KSMB in Lafayette. MD money differences have put it be involved as a consultant in Coast interest in his talents and Asst. PD Steve Small has on hold Things in Nashville Detroit? The new MD at Speaking of K.C., KBEQ's moved in as acting PD Still remain quiet at KX104. with lo- VVZPL Indianapolis is Scott morning zoo cut their own no replacement for the WAPI cal rumors also buzzing about Wheeler, who moves over from comedy record, the "011ie Birmingham morning open- WSIX changing formats Sue WENS Former KEGL and Shuffle", which PD Steve ing Congrats to FM100 O'Connell is departing her MD Y95 Dallas air talent Andrea Perun added this week at Memphis' Tom Prestigiacomo position at VVXKS in Boston to Lively is joining Gary Dickson #22 Jay West called to tell us and wife Suzy on the birth of pursue a label position. We ex- for mornings at VVWSW in Pit- about his intra-city move from son, Joey 1\nd finally. KMAI pect Jerry McKenna to be up- tsburgh New WPST Trenton KIVA to KKSS in Albuquer- Honolulu's Mike Schaefer will ped to the position John MD is Trish Merelo KCPW que WEAG in Indianapolis be teaching a night course at McVay is the new consultant for Kansas City PD and gunslinger changes format to Classic Hits UCLA Extension class.

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