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CD Plants Face Uncertainty Labels Cite Gains Of 20 % -40% As Supply Exceeds Demand Airplay Lifts New Age Sales the CD manufacturer's short-term BY KEN TERRY profit performance (see story below). since the format began to take hold that elusive, high- income baby -boom BY KIM FREEMAN NEW YORK With compact disk According to other players in the nationally, and retailers say the new demographic -a group whose hearts supplies exceeding demand and low field, the sale of LaserVideo's fac- NEW YORK Broadcasters are not breed of radio is bringing a new programmers, labels, and record prices threatening profitability, the tories is not an anomaly; it's a precur- the only people raving about the breed of consumers into stores. stores all seek with equal enthusi- CD manufacturing sector is entering sor of things to come. Discovery Sys- boom in new age-oriented radio sta- By any name-"the Wave," "the asm. a period of transformation. The over- tems of Dublin, Ohio, for instance, is tions. Label executives estimate that Breeze," "hip AC," "the Key" or "the Labels have become more aggres- capacity situation is already restrain- widely believed to be having financial sales on contemporary jazz product Oasis" -the mixes of jazz, new age, sive in making these outlets a bigger ing expansion plans and will probably (Continued on page 70) have risen between 20% and 40% and "lite" pop tunes have captured part of their marketing plans, and re- result in a consolidation of pressing tailers are actively seeking creative facilities in North America over the co-promotions. Simultaneously, new next year. age stations appear to have made sig- Signs of change are already in the Take To CDs nificant improvements in identifying air. This week, an Australian manu- Slowly, Black Buyers the product they're playing, a pro- facturer named Disctronics agreed to a survey of black industry figures. acts, say executives. It is also clear gramming element that the first buy LaserVideo, which has two U.S. BY NELSON GEORGE Growth is expected within the next that there is a difference between Wave stations omitted for fear that CD plants; the current owner of La- NEW YORK With compact disks two years as CD hardware prices CD sales of crossover and noncross- listeners would view it as an intru- serVideo, the Quixote Corp., decided accounting for about 10% of unit fall and black radio begins to play over black artists. sion. to sell because it was disappointed in sales for noncrossover black artists, more CD promotion singles. For example, notes CBS Records (Continued on page 72) the configuration is just starting to Audience expectation and demo- VP of sales Jimi Starks, Alexander become a major factor in the mar- graphics play a part in deciding O'Neal's noncrossover album LaserVideo keting of black music, according to when CDs are released on black (Continued on page 63) Lorimar, MCA ADVERTISEMENTS ! Is Sold To Top Winners Disctronics At Vid Confab NEW YORK Disctronics, an Aus- LOS ANGELES Lorimar Home tralian company that owns compact - Video and MCA Home Video disk manufacturing plants in Mel- earned top honors at the first bourne and Southwater, England, American Video Conference agreed on Nov. 21 to buy LaserVi- Awards, collecting five of the 21 deo Inc. from the Chicago -based awards presented. Quixote Corp. for approximately The awards $55.5 million. LaserVideo operates gala Nov. 21 at two U.S. CD factories. the Hollywood According to LaserVideo chair- AVC Roosevelt Hotel man and CEO Jim DeVries, the here capped the company's facility in Anaheim, REPORT first American Calif., has a capacity of 3 million Video Confer- units a year and the newer Hunts- ence, a joint ef- ville, Ala., factory, which went on- fort of the American Film Insti- line about a year ago, currently has tute and Billboard. The event drew more than 300 attendees. an annual capacity of 15 million "Pop Goes The World" (888 859 -7), the first single from Men JUST A REMINDER ... units. Based on the rated capacity Without Hats sensational LP Pop Goes The World (832 730 -1) McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP IS MSG. The awards were presented side of the Huntsville plant's equipment, is pop dynamite, EXPLODING at radio & retail! On Mercury McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP IS MSG. by side with the ninth annual Bill- however, Disctronics estimates its Compact discs, Cassettes & Records. Management: Paul King McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP IS NñG. board video music awards (see sto- potential output at 25 million CDs for Outlaw Management. Produced by Zeus B. Held and Men McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP IS MSG. ry, page 3). Without Hats. GOT IT? GOOD! on page 69) (Continued on page 73) ON CAPITOL CLT 46985 (Continued

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www.americanradiohistory.com _ _I__ __I_I____I_ ___ - _I______-It______I_ _ Nesmith Calls for Video Creativity -E. ---&j - --am_ - - ---_--_ - - - Keynoter Sees Unrealized Potential - - symbols and icons in film and video only cater to the local market." - - - BY STEVEN DUPLER - - -- - say something meaningful. Video is The international market is espe- LOS ANGELES "We have entered its own art form with its own lan- cially open to picture makers, he VOLUME 99 NO. 49 December 5, 1987 the age of the articulate picture," guage, and it has potential power said, because "video exists beyond declared Michael Nesmith, presi- like nothing before." the tyranny of plot. It doesn't need ABC BECOMES SOLE AD SALES REP FOR SMN dent of Pacific Arts Video, in his elo- While calling on video makers to narrative to send a message, and it The ABC Radio Network has become the exclusive advertising sales rep quent keynote address to nearly 500 be aware of the power of their art, can communicate across language for the Satellite Music Network. And in a separate transaction, ABC's attendees of the first American Vid- Nesmith urged that the internation- and cultural barriers." eo al nature of the industry be better As is true in any industry, Nes- parent company, Capital Cities, will purchase Conference, a one -year warrant from which took place recognized. mith said, attention to producing a SMN entitling it a in -a to 10% holding the 24- hour -day satellite service. Nov. 19 -21 at the "This is an expanding and global quality product is essential to build- For details, see Featured Programming. Page 12 AVC Hollywood Roo- market," he said. "We must try to ing the market. "Integrity of de- sevelt Hotel here. develop worldwide product and not (Continued on page 70) Sting Riding High, Solo The AVC, a REPORT Ex- Police man Sting, who has a new album and a new single racing up joint effort be- the charts, has returned to the road for a marathon world tour. In an in- tween Billboard and the American Film Institute, interview with talent editor Steve Gett, Sting talks about a potpourri of sub- cluded the ninth Billboard Video Top jects, including songwriting, his tour, his solo career, and his 10 -year stint Music Conference and Awards as Genesis Takes Prize with the Police. Page 19 well as a series of panels and awards dealing with the burgeoning TOWER PLANS MAIL -ORDER EXPANSION field of special -interest video. In Video Music Awards Tower Records plans to computerize, streamline, and expand its mail - The event was climaxed by a LOS ANGELES Genesis won the Atlantic supergroup Genesis, order efforts. Marketing editor Earl Paige tells the story in Retail Track. packed -house awards gala hosted best -video award, but the night be- nominated in eight categories, by Martin Mull and featuring a longed to Paul Simon and ex-Gene- was honored for its "Land Of Con- Page 36 number of celebrity presenters (see sis member Peter Gabriel, who fusion" video. The clip features stories, pages 1 and 3; additional each took three prizes Nov. 21 at Claymation figures created by Orion Launches $3 Mil Promo For "RoboCop" coverage is on pages 42, 46, and 70). the ninth annual Billboard Video Spitting Images. Orion Home Video is going all out for the January release of "RoboCop "; Nesmith-an original member of Music Awards Geffen and Warner Bros. were the company's $3 million promo calls for heavy advertising and a sweep- the Monkees and a pioneer in televi- here. the evening's most -honored labels stakes that offers winning retailers and distributors a chance to appear in sion, home video, film, and music The winners with four awards each. In addition a major motion picture. Page 45 video -spoke of the power inherent AVC were announced to Simon's three awards, Warner in the new "universal picture lan- during the first Bros. star Madonna was honored guage" video has created and ex- American Video for her "Open Your Heart" clip. In FEATURES horted the audience to regard the REPORT Conference at a the event's biggest surprise, XTC 66 Album & Singles Reviews 56 Jazz /Blue Notes videoclip as "more than just a com- closing -night joined fellow Geffen artist Paul Si- 19 The Beat 54 La Radio Latina mercial for a record." gala that also included a separate mon in the winner's circle with its 21 Boxscore 53 Latin Notas "We've been handed something slate of awards to recognize out- clip for the controversial "Dear of power here. The question - 6 Chartbeat 69 Lifelines great standing achievement in special God." now is, What do we do with it ?" interest video (details, page 1). (Continued on page 69) 55 Classical /Keeping Score 28 Nashville Scene Nesmith said. "We must make the 43 Clip List 10 Out Of The Box 27 Dance Trax 17 Power Playlists 4 Executive Turntable 36 Retail Track `We Will Polarize This Business,' Says Exec 56 Gospel Lectern 22 The Rhythm & the Blues 34 Grass Route 15 Vox Jox 74 Inside Track U.K. Majors' Video Promo Stirs Indie Row starting in January 1988. Each 25% to 30%, equivalent to $105 mil- SECTIONS BY NICK ROBERTSHAW month will see generic press adver- lion annually in extra rental busi- 22 Black 44 Pro Audio /Video LONDON Plans for a $1.2 million tisements promoting one release ness. 58 Canada 10 Radio U.K. generic advertising campaign from each of the five. While welcoming the push as like- by five. Hollywood video majors The first titles featured will be ly to expand the overall U.K. mar- 51 Classified Actionmart 33 Retailing have sparked a furious row here, "Platoon," "Walk Like A Man," ketplace, nonparticipating distribu- 9 Commentary 19 Talent with independent distributors in- "Lethal Weapon," "Gung Ho," and tors have been dismayed by the 28 Country 69 Update censed at remarks made by the "Space Camp." The outcome of comments of Warner managing di- 61 Financial 42 Video Music heads of two companies involved, some five years of on- and -off dis- rector David Rozalla, who said at 45 Home Video 37 Video Retailing Warner Home Video and CIC Video. cussions, the campaign is the first the launch: "We have a strategy to 57 International Together with MGM /UA, RCA/ of its kind ever staged here and squeeze the independents. We are Columbia, and CBS /Fox, they are to aims to boost the proportion of reg- raising the ante necessary to play in MUSIC launch a yearlong consumer push ularly renting VCR owners from this game. I suspect the indepen- CHARTS dents do not have the ability or mon- Top Albums Hot Singles ey to compete at this level." Taking 23 Black 16 Adult Contemporary a similar line, CIC managing direc- 55 Classical 24 Black tor John Bickley said: "We will po- 34 Compact Disks 22 Black Singles Action `Platoon' Vid Delay Extended larize this business." A group of independent distribu- 32 Country 30 Country tors including Virgin, Vestron, and 60 Hits of the World 28 Country Singles Action HBO Blamed For Own Losses Palace responded with a statement 56 Jazz 16 Crossover 30 the holiday season and promises to deploring the implied threat to their 15 Rock Tracks 26 Dance BY AL STEWART stall release of the tape well into own futures. They stressed the im- 68 Pop 60 Hits of the World NEW YORK A federal court in 1988. In extending the preliminary portant role of the indies in the U.K. 62 Hot 100 California has granted a Vestron injunction, Judge David V. Ken- video business and warned dealers motion to keep "Platoon" off the yon noted that HBO is mindful of that without them, healthy competi- 63 Hot 100 Singles Action home video market, saying that Vestron's claim to the title but opt- tion would be jeopardized. 54 Latin 50 HBO Video has only itself to ed to purchase video rights never- And in an open letter to the Holly- blame for the money it is losing theless. wood majors, Screen Entertain- VIDEO CHARTS because of the ongoing scrap. "Any financial hardship inflict- ment's Carey Budnick welcomed 50 Hobbies And Crafts 50 Recreational Sports Meanwhile, Hemdale Film ed upon HBO is largely its own do- the proposed campaign, adding: 37 Kid Video 38 Videocassette Rentals Corp., the producer of the movie, ing," said Kenyon. "Vestron "That money is certainly better has to should not have to suffer the con- spent supporting our industry than 45 Music Videocassettes 46 Videocassette Sales asked the court preside over a nonbinding settlement con- sequences of HBO's calculated de- being shipped back to your Ameri- while @Copyright 1987 by Billboard Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Affiliated Publications Inc. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Trans World Lands Great American 16 -Unit Web Goes For Undisclosed Price This story was prepared by Linda According to Heilicher, the re- licher has quietly had the web on Moleski and Geoff Mayfield. maining two GAMCO stores will ei- the selling block since at least late ther be sold to another party or September. It appears that other NEW YORK Yet another regional closed. Says Williamson, "We were chains were given an opportunity to chain has been erased from the rec- not particularly interested in those land GAMCO before Trans World ord industry map, as the fast-grow- locations." entered the picture. Billboard has ing Trans World Music Corp. lands Williamson adds, "We've been learned that another multistate re- 14 of the 16 stores operated by Min- looking at it for a short period of tailer was examining the possibilty neapolis -based Great American Mu- time -it's been weeks rather than of buying the package's four mall sic Co.. months." He says Trans World stores before the Trans World deal Albany, N.Y. -based Trans World, learned of the opportunity to buy was sealed. which operates more than 270 the stores through a third party. "The deal was done relatively logos Hei- page 73) stores under various retail - Industry sources say that (Continued on Jimi's Dad: Al Hendrix, father of Jimi Hendrix, holds a gold CD presented to including Record Town, Tape him by Ryko Records to commemorate sales of 100,000 by Jimi Hendrix's "Live in World, Music World, and, some At Winterland" album. Shown, left to right, are producer Alan Douglas, Ryko VP markets, Peaches -announced on of sales and distribution Robert Simonds, Ryko president Don Rose, Al Hendrix, Nov. 20 an agreement to buy the co- producer Chip Branton, label VP of business affairs Arthur Mann, and Twin Cities stores, including some Grammys international VP Doug Lexa. that operate under the name Wax Telarc Targets Museum. Jim Williamson, Trans World's vice president of finance, says his In Print Campaign company hopes to close the deal in CHICAGO In an effort to boost peared in Billboard's Nov. 14 spe- EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE January. GAMCO president Ira Hei- visibility for its Grammy Award - cial section on classical music. licher says, "The intended schedule nominated product, Telarc Rec- The regional publications in the for stores to be turned over is the ords has launched a campaign campaign are Creative Loafing RECORD COMPANIES. Columbia Records in New York names Sherry Winston first week of January." His compa- aimed at voting members of the (Atlanta), Screen magazine (Chica- director of national jazz promotion. She was head of her own independent ny will continue to operate the web National Academy of Recording go), Music Connection (Los Ange- promotion firm, Sherry Winston Enterprises. through the holiday selling season. Arts and Sciences, which hands les), and Music Row (Nashville/ CBS Records /Nashville appoints Steve Massie manager of regional Neither Heilicher nor Williamson out the awards. Memphis). country marketing, Midwest, based in Chicago. He was head of his own in- will divulge the selling price or the According to Pat Papesh, vice The ads list the 16 recordings dependent promotion firm, Team One Promotions. volume of the purchased stores. president of sales and marketing, Telarc is submitting for classical Marc Reiter is promoted to manager of college marketing for CBS Rec- With the acquisition of the the print drive is using Billboard Grammy nominations. The record- ords in New York. He was an account service representative. GAMCO package and the impend- and four regional periodicals. The ings will be available on compact Disneyland /Vista Records in Burbank, Calif., makes the following pro- ing arrival of Trans World outlets ads hit as the Grammy nomination disk at the discounted price of motions: Bill Word, national sales director; Ron Kidd, creative director of already under construction, the 28- ballots were being mailed in late $8.99 to voting members who fill product development; and Tom Corell, finance director for records and mu- state web is in a position to have November and will continue out a form provided in the ad or sic. Word was national sales manager. Kidd was product development man- more than 300 stores in its system through the first two weeks that who call the toll -free number list- ager. Corell was senior finance manager. by the close of the company's cur- voting members have ballots in ed. Specially emphasized is "Liza Tim Hyde is appointed college promotion manager for PolyGram Rec- rent fiscal year on Jan. 30, says Wil- their possession. The initial ad ap- (Continued on page 69) ords, based in San Francisco. He was program coordinator at KUSF. liamson. Rykodisc USA in Salem, Mass., names Carrie Anne Svingen director of

N.J. Facility Set To Begin Commercial Shipments Soon CBS CD Plant Unaffected By Sale To Sony NEW YORK CBS Records says its spokesman. growth of the CD market. We're not Pitman, N.J., compact disk plant Pitman has a potential capacity of going to ignore the demands of the will not be affected by the compa- 30 million to 40 million CDs a year marketplace as they settle down or WINSTON MASSIE ABRAMSON GRAVES ny's sale to Sony Corp., although and will employ between 200 and expand." Sony owns a rival CD plant in Indi- 300 people when it is fully on line, Currently, the majority of CBS' publicity. She held marketing -director posts at Rose Displays Ltd. and the ana through its Digital Audio Disc the spokesman says. He adds that CDs for domestic consumption are Harvard Common Press. Corp. subsidiary. the CD facility was originally manufactured at the DADC plant in HighTone Records in Alameda, Calif., appoints Bonnie Simmons nation- The Pitman plant, which used to planned to have an annual capacity Terre Haute, Ind. When the Pitman al promotions director. She was a DJ at KFOG -FM. produce vinyl LPs, is conducting of 20 million units. facility begins commercial opera- test runs of its new CD manufactur- The rate at which the plant's cations, the CBS spokesman says, DISTRIBUTION /RETAILING. WEA's Atlanta branch appoints Lewis LaGrant ing equipment and is expected to be- pacity will be raised, however, is "We will have a balance between sales representative for the Carolinas. He was with Camelot. gin commercial shipments by the currently uncertain. Projected ex- using CDs that are custom pressed Technidisc Inc. in Troy, Mich., names Robert Richstone West Coast CD end of this year or the beginning of pansion of the factory, the label for us along with operating our own sales director. He was vice president of sales for Matrix Associates Inc. Ad- next, according to a CBS Records source notes, "is based on the factory." ditionally, George Giankulis is promoted to Midwest CD sales representa- Although outside suppliers are tive. now offering bargain rates for custom pressing, CBS developed the HOME VIDEO. Academy Entertainment in New York appoints Jules Abram- Pitman plant to guarantee quick son vice president of sales. He was Eastern regional manager for Media turnaround on certain releases. Home Entertainment. Pro Arte Promo Pops Up Nevertheless, one of DADC's RKO Warner Theatres Video Inc. in New York names Michael Pollack NEW YORK Pro Arte's Ameri- pick up with national print ads competitors, Jim DeVries, chairman senior vice president. He was president of Metro Video Distributors. Also, ca's Pops series of compact disks starting in February. Of 40 new of Laservideo, contends that DADC Kenneth Molnar is promoted to vice president and director of operations and cassettes will be the focus of releases planned by Pro Arte in could provide that kind of turn- and administration. He was director of computer operations. a nationwide merchandising push 1988, 15 will be part of the Ameri- around for CBS, but he adds that it from its parent, Intersound Inc. ca's Pops series. would be at the expense of its inde- PRO AUDIO /VIDEO. Discwasher, the Schiller Park, Ill. -based audio /video acces- Mike Kelley, marketing man- In another move in support of pendent customers. sories company, promotes Edward T. Maty to vice president of sales. ager, reports that the campaign the campaign, Intersound has "Once Sony buys CBS, DADC's Soundesign Corp. in Jersey City, N.J., names Robert Nuzie to vice presi- gets under way in December completed a six -minute video value as an independent producer dent of sales. He was executive account manager for the company. with television spots in New that will premiere this January will decline because everyone Caleb Weissberg joins the postproduction team of Editel in New York. York, Chicago, and Minneapolis. at MIDEM in Cannes, France. knows CBS will come first [at He is a computer animation /Alias artist. The spots, which tag key retail- The program tells the "Inter - DADC]," says DeVries. ers in each market, feature two sound story" while spotlighting On the other hand, another indus- TRADE GROUPS. J. Philip Stack is elected chairman of the board of the Inter- of the 12 releases in the series, the America's Pops line. try observer argues that DADC's national Tape /Disc Assn. in New York. He is executive vice president of "Pop Go The Beatles" and Kelley says the video, with long -range planning is predicated Sony Corp. of America. "America Swings," both con- quarterly updates, will be used to on having Pitman supply a portion ducted by Newton Wayland. showcase Pro Arte product to re- of CBS' CDs. If CD demand rises RELATED FIELDS. The Nelson Entertainment Group Inc. in Los Angeles names A 22- selection sampler, "Amer- tailers, with presentations at the 50% next year or 100% in the next Peter D. Graves to the newly created post of senior vice president. He was ica's Pops," which can retail for annual National Assn. of Record two years, he says, DADC might vice president of the MGM /UA Communications Co. $5.99 or less, is now being Merchandisers meet and at not be able to handle CBS' needs Monterey Artists in Nashville appoints Donna English office manager. shipped to support the campaign. chain- sponsored gatherings. without dropping its custom press- She was administrator of recording and administrative services at RCA Kelley says the campaign will IRV LICHTMAN ing business, which it doesn't want Records Nashville. to do. KEN TERRY

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www.americanradiohistory.com Eurythmics, Prince (7) Are The Proud And Few Winter Chill On Album Releases Exceptions to the rule are the keting move, the album's first sin- BY JEAN ROSENBLUTH Eurythmics' "Savage" and an un- gle and video differ: "I Need A NEW YORK In a holiday tradi- titled, uncredited release on Pais- Man" is the leadoff 7 -inch, while a tion as time honored as tree trim- ley Park, nicknamed "The Black clip for "Beethoven (I Love To Lis- ming, the major labels have sched- Album" and widely rumored to be ten To)," the premier single in Eu- uled few album releases for De- the work of Prince. rope, has been serviced as an ex- cember; those that are due to hit "Savage," due Dec. 8 on RCA, clusive to MTV. A video for "I store shelves during the month was produced by the duo's David Need A Man" will follow. are, for the most part, compila- A. Stewart and recorded in a cha- "The Black Album," which hits tions or soundtracks. teau in France. In an unusual mar- the street Dec. 15, earned that ap- pellation because of its cover art and content. Like a reverse image of "The Beatles," aka "The White Brothers In Arms. During an East Coast promo trek in support of their latest Album," the Prince project sports Warner Bros. album, "E.S.P.," the Bee Gees paid a visit to Billboard's New York Wherehouse Reacts To a -black (scuttlebutt has it jet cover offices. Pictured, from left, are group manager Gary Borman; Michael Ellis, Billboard back of the album will list that the assistant director of charts /Hot 100 manager, Robin Gibb; Steve Gett, Billboard in the song titles hot -pink letter- talent editor; Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; and Valarie Goodman, Warner Bros. local Hostile Bid By Shamrock ing). promotion /New York. (Photo: Chuck Pulin) change on Nov. 18, 1987." (Continued on page 72) BY CHRIS MORRIS Wherehouse's stock closed at 81/z LOS ANGELES As anticipated, on Nov. 18, but bounced up to 10.375 Shamrock Holdings Inc. is making a the following day. second attempt to acquire the 202 - Shamrock says that Wells Fargo store, Torrance, Calif.-based retail Bank is "committed to provide ... Dokken Launches Attack On Album Chart; chain, Wherehouse Entertainment. up to $110 million of the required fi- The latest bid indicates that Sham- nancing for the offer." rock is ready to play hardball. The current bid, filed with the Se- 1 Wherehouse has responded to curities and Exchange Commission Carlisle Is In Heaven Over No. Single this latest, presumably unwelcome this week, is $2.25 per share less overture by Shamrock, which cur- than Shamrock's initial offer of NEED ANY MORE proof that heavy metal is hot? on the pop album chart, while the first single, "We'll rently holds approximately 10.2% of $14.25 per share, proffered on Oct. Check out this week's Top Pop Albums chart, where Be Together," jumps one notch to No. 7 on the Hot Wherehouse's 8.53 million shares, 12 and rejected by the Wherehouse Dokken's "Back For The Attack" debuts at a rock- 100. Including his work with the Police, this is Sting's by adopting a new shareholder board on Oct. 15 (Billboard, Oct. 24 solid No. 23. That's higher than the band's last al- sixth consecutive top 10 album. And except for the tri- rights plan -a revised version of its and Oct. 31). bum, "Under Lock And Key," peaked. That 1985 re- o's 1986 greatest -hits set, all of those albums have "poison pill" defense against hostile "We recognize that our offer is lease reached No. 32 in February 1986 and went on generated at least one top 10 single. takeovers, first announced last De- lower than the proposal we made in to log more than nine months in the top 100. The Pretenders' "The Singles" hits the pop album cember. our Oct. 12 letter," Shamrock presi- Each of the Los Angeles -based band's four al- chart at No. 94. It's at least the fourth chart- making On Nov. 18, Shamrock, a diversi- dent Stanley Gold says in his offer- bums has debuted -and peaked- higher on the greatest-hits album with some variation of that title, fied private company based in Bur- ing letter to the Wherehouse board. charts than the one before it. "Breaking The following the Carpenters' "The Singles 1969 -1973," bank and owned by the Roy E. Dis- "Since that time, worldwide securi- Chains" debuted at No. Abba's "The Singles (The ney family, announced its plans to ties markets have suffered signifi- 195 in 1983 (and peaked First Ten Years)," and make a tender offer to purchase all cant declines." at No. 136); "Tooth And the Police's "Every Wherehouse shares at $12 per share Yet, while many entertainment Nail" debuted at No. 116 Breath You Take /The in cash -a price that Shamrock says stocks remain depressed in the af- the following year Singles." is "41% over the reported closing termath of the record market col- (peaking at No. 71). CHART sale price for [Wherehouse's] lapse of Oct. 19, Wherehouse's "Under Lock And Key" WE GET LETTERS: shares on the American Stock Ex- (Continued on page 73) debuted at No. 71. Robin Scott -Durkee of Dokken's new al- Eau Claire, Wis., notes bum -which includes BEtT that Billy Idol's "Mony the single "Dream War- Mony" is the eighth live riors" from the movie single in the rock era to Atk!nsons Are Indicted "Nightmare On Elm by Paul Grein reach No. 1, following SEC, which filed a civil suit in U.S. Street, Part 3 " -is poised to join three other metal Joey Dee & the Starlighters' "Peppermint Twist," BY EARL PAIGE District Court here in September albums in the top 15: "Whitesnake," Def Leppard's Little Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips," Chuck Berry's LOS ANGELES George Atkinson, (Billboard, Oct. 10). "Hysteria," and Aerosmith's "Permanent Vaca- "My Ding-A- Ling," John Denver's "Thank God I'm A regarded as one of the pioneers in In that separate SEC suit, both tion." (Dokken is currently opening for Aerosmith Country Boy," Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up," home video, has been indicted along Atkinson brothers are charged with on tour.) Paul McCartney's "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)," with his brother, Edward, by a fed- securities violations along with Dokken is Elektra's second metal band this year and Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment." eral grand jury here on charges of Keith Bjelajac, chief financial offi- to make an eye -popping album chart debut. Motley John Farkas of Cleveland adds that "Mony Mony" securities fraud, conspiracy, and cer at Video Station from June 1982 Crue muscled in at No. 5 in June with "Girls, Girls, is the third single to reach No. 1 with a title consisting perjury. to March 1983. Girls." of one word repeated twice. It follows "Monday, Mon- The 11 -count indictment, handed Bjelajac was not accused in the day" by the Mamas & the Papas and "Sugar, Sugar" down Nov. 17, additionally charges federal indictment. FAST FACTS: Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place by the Archies. Edward Atkinson with fraudulent In the separate civil action, Bjela- On Earth" jumps to No. 1 on the Hot 100, giving Car- Alan Bayne of St. Louis notes that the success of insider selling in 1983 of stock in jac consented to a permanent in- lisle the top- charted hit she narrowly missed out on Steve Winwood's "Valerie"-which jumps to No. 14 publically owned franchise retail junction without admitting to the when the Go -Go's' "We Got The Beat" peaked at No. on the Hot 100 -restores the viability of "self -re- chain Video Station, founded here in SEC allegations. 2 in April 1982. This is MCA Records' fourth No. 1 hit makes" in which an artist rerecords an old song from 1977 by George Atkinson. George At one time, Video Station boast- in the past six months, following Kim Wilde's "You one of his own earlier albums. The phenomenon Atkinson was president, and Ed- ed 550 stores. Video Station and its Keep Me Hangin' On," Bob Seger's "Shakedown," seemed to be played out a year ago when Chicago's hi- ward Atkinson acted as secretary/ distribution subsidiary, Coast Vid- and Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now." Only one tech remake of "25 Or 6 To 4" and the Police's re- treasurer. eo, declared bankruptcy in Decem- other record company -Warner Bros. -has amassed tooled "Don't Stand So Close To Me" fell short of the Also named in the indictment and ber 1984, subsequent to the depar- four No. 1 hits in this period-and WB needed help top 40. Bayne suggests that Winwood's record is a hit charged with one count of perjury is ture of the three top officers. from affiliates Sire, Slash, and Geffen. because-unlike the Chicago and Police cases -the Alden MacNeil Jr., a former em- The present status of Video Sta- Randy Travis' "Always And Forever" logs its 22nd original version never really found its audience: It ployee. The case involved Securities tion and Coast Video is described in week at No. 1 on the Hot Country Albums chart. It's peaked at No. 70 in 1982. and Exchange Commission filings court documents as operating under the first album to spend that many weeks on top since George Delshad of Los Angeles notes that this was from September 1982 to February "a plan of reorganization." None of Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" five years ago. the third year in a row that a male -female duet has 1983. Arraignment for the three de- the former officers or directors If it hangs on for another week, it will become the lon- been No. 1 during Thanksgiving week. Bill Medley & fendants before a federal magis- named in the suits are now involved gest -lived No. 1 country album since Alabama's Jennifer Warnes' "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" trate is set for Monday (30). in its operation, according to the "Mountain Music" had 28 weeks on top earlier in 1982. was No. 1 during Thanksgiving week this year, while Maximum sentences and fines documents. George Michael's "Faith" leaps seven notches to Peter Cetera & Amy Grant's "The Next Time I Fall" upon conviction are 45 years and George Atkinson, unemployed as No. 8 in its third week on the Top Pop Albums chart. gobbled up chart honors last year, and Phil Collins & $330,000 in fines for Edward Atkin- of Sept. 1, according to court rec- This solo debut album is off to a much faster start Marilyn Martin's "Separate Lives" got the drumstick son; 20 years and $280,000 for ords, has remained a visible figure than either of Michael's two top 10 albums with in 1985. George Atkinson; and five years in home video. He became president Wham! The duo's 1985 breakthrough album, "Make It Gerald Bence of Glendora, Calif., has two additions and $250,000 for MacNeil. in September 1983 of Program Big," took 12 weeks to reach the top 10, and the 1986 to Rob Tannenbaum's item on recent song titles that Perjury charges against MacNeil Hunters Inc., which later became follow -up, "Music From The Edge Of Heaven," took contain the names of musicians: Donna Summer's and both Atkinsons relate to testi- World Video Pictures Inc. and then six weeks. "Dinner With Gershwin" and Mojo Nixon & Skid mony from July 1984 to February merged with World Video Inc. Sting's "... Nothing Like The Sun" holds at No. 9 Roper's "Elvis Is Everywhere." 1986 during an investigation by the

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New York Los Angeles oMMENTARY 1515 Broadway 9107 Wilshire Blvd. N.Y. 10036 Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210 212 -764 -7300 213- 273-7040 telex 710 581 -6279 telex 66 -4969 Editorial NeshrBle Washington, D.C. 49 Music Square W. 733 15th St. N.W. Tenn. 37203 D.C. 20005 615. 321 -4290 202-783 -3282 Sony Says `Yes' To Record Business Future London Tokyo 71 Beak St. 19 -16 Jingumae 6 -Chome BY ACQUIRING CBS Records for times this year's expected cash flow Yet, despite this excellent financial jewels. But, while it's sad to see a WIR 3LF Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 01-439 -9411 03-498-4641 $2 billion, Sony Corp. has not only for CBS Records-historically on the track record, CBS decided to sell its great institution dismantled in such a telex 262100 telex 125735 made a great financial deal, but has high side for a record company, but record division at the height of its fashion, at least CBS Records has re-

Publisher & Editor -In- Chief: signalled its belief in the long-term rather low compared to multiples for success. Ironically, the chief instiga- tained its proven management team SAM HOLDSWORTH promise of the music business. In recently sold broadcasting and other tor of the sale, Larry Tisch, is the and will now be operated by a strong, Associate Publisher /Director of Research: contrast to CBS Inc. CEO Laurence media properties--it really got a "white knight" embraced by CBS creative company with a long-term MARTY FEELY Associate Publisher /Director of Marketing & Sales: Tisch, who regards the record compa- good deal from the standpoint of when it was in danger of a takeover outlook. The two companies make an GENE SMITH ny as an unreliable investment in a long-term value. (Short -term value by Ted Turner. Not surprisingly, af- excellent fit, and as CBS Records General Manager /Directories Publisher: cyclical industry, Sony clearly views was enhanced, too, by the favorable ter being unable to dragoon the CBS Group president Walter Yetnikoff re- JOHN BABCOCK JR. International Editorial Director: the world's leading record label as a yen-dollar exchange rate.) Not only board into selling the record compa- marked in a memo to label staffers, MIKE HENNESSEY well-run enterprise in a field with an does CBS have a vast, diversified mu- ny, which some directors viewed as a "It is nice to be wanted again." General Manager /Nashville: exciting future. sic catalog and a powerful distribu- "core business," Tisch rammed his Throughout its history, CBS has GERRY WOOD While digital audiotape is part of tion apparatus, but its current roster point home after Black Monday, helped set the pace and the tone for Editorial its long -range plan, Sony has empha- includes many of the world's premier when a public spinoff of the label ap- the record industry. From the inven- Managing Editor: KEN SCHLAGER sized that it will not force that new recording artists, from Bruce Spring- peared impractical. Sony, with its $2 tion of the LP to the brilliant label Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman technology on the record industry steen and Michael Jackson to Cyndi billion offer, must have looked like signings of John Hammond to its nu- Senior News Editor: Ken Terry News Editor: Jean Rosenbluth through its purchase of CBS. Sony Lauper and Barbra Streisand. another white knight riding to the merous marketing innovations, CBS Technology Editor: Steven Dupler has given every indication of wanting Moreover, CBS Records has not rescue. Records has consistently been a lead- Art Director: Jeff Nistet Copy Editor: David Bushman to be a good citizen of the music busi- lost money in any single year during In fact, this short-term fix -like er. We hope that, under its new own- Special Issues: ness, and we welcome it to the indus- the past two decades; at its low point the recent sales of CBS' music, maga- er, CBS will continue to chart new . Editor: Ed Ochs (Los Angeles) Assistant Editor: Robyn Wells (N.Y.) try fold. in 1982, during the last recession, the zine and book publishing divisions- paths for our industry. Bureau Chiefs: Although Sony paid around 10 label still made $22 million. amounted to selling off the family Dave DiMartino (Los Angeles) Bill Holland (Washington) Editors: Radio: Kim Freeman (N.Y.), Yvonne Olson (LA.) Talent: Steve Gett (N.Y.), Linda Moleski (N.Y.) Black Music: Nelson George (N.Y.) Dance Music: Bill Coleman (N.Y.) Programming Prejudice Retailing: Earl Paige (LA.), Geoff Mayfield (N.Y.), Ed Morris (Nashville), Chris Morris (LA.) Home Entertainment: Jim McCullaugh (LA) Home Video: Al Stewart (N.Y.) Music Video: Steven Dopler (N.Y.) GIVE HISTORY A CHANCE TO REPEAT ITSELF Pro Audio/Video: Steven Dupler (N.Y.) International: Peter Jones (London) tainted forever. Their moment was ested in adult female numbers? Many of these artists have been Music Research /Analysis: Paul Grein (LA.) BY LOU SIMON Album Reviews: Jean Rosenbluth (N.Y.), over. Based on this mentality, could it smart enough to take some time Chris Mortis (LA.), Ed Morris (Nashville) A Singles Reviews: Bill Coleman (N.Y.) phenomenon is upon us. Some of Arista recently re- signed Barry be that Arista is setting up Whit- off and do other projects- movies Administrative Assistants: Debbie Holley (Nashville), the radio listeners of the mid -'70s Manilow. But they are not even ney Houston for a frustrating and record production, for in- Valerie Bisharat (LA.), Drew Wheeler (N.Y.) are now the radio programmers of coming to top 40 stations. They are backlash in 1992? let things cool off. Contributors: Bob Darden (Gospel), stance-to Peter Keepnews (Jazz),Is Horowitz (Classical), the late -'80s. going for AC play, and that's that. When Geffen shipped the first Then, they come back to closed Kirk LaPointe (Canada), Peter Ludwig (Radio), They were listening to top 40 ra- How could Manilow sell as many Donna Summer single in a long ears. The shame of it is that it is Moira McCormick (Chicago), Mark Mehler (Financial), dio during the '70s. Now, in their records as he did from 1974 to '79 time, was it prepared for the nu- not the public that shuns them. It's Charts & Research late 20s or early 30s, they've been and be as important and automatic merous programmers who would the radio programmers who decide Associate Publisher /Director of Charts: put into positions of power at key an add if he were a negative artist? be saying that despite the fact that the records won't work today. THOMAS NOONAN radio stations across the country The man has just taken a vacation the song was fine, the artist was The fact is that many of these Asst. Dir. of Charts /Mgr., Hot 100: Michael Ellis Manager, Country Charts: Marie Ratliff and are carrying prejudices with from the charts. projecting the wrong image? seasoned performers attract the Manager, Black /Jazz/Crossover Charts: Terri Rossi them that they developed 10 or 15 RCA worked him as an AC artist Donna has one of the finest finest session players. They take Manager, Dance Charts: Sharon Russell Manager, Latin Charts: Carlos Agudelo years ago as listeners. the time to linger over every nu- Manager, Video Charts: Marc Zubatkin In many cases, this is keeping ance in order to make their records Systems Manager: JoDean Adams Research Manager: Jim Canosa valuable records off the air and right. They are studio smart and New York: Harry Michel (retail supervisor), hurting the careers of artists who `I've seen legends know what radio wants. They Ron Cerrito (radio supervisor), Marisol Camacho, are attempting to regain their know works. They toured the Ed Coakley, Anthony Colombo, Angie Gonzalez, what Eleanor Greenberg, Cathy Kaslow, Rosemary Perez once -reigning status on the charts. humble themselves, world. They helped radio stations Recently, Warner Bros. Records get and keep listeners. Marketing & Sales signed the Bee Gees and released a almost apologizing Why, then, do these people fade Director of Sales, Video /Sound: Ron Willman single of theirs midcharted. into Promotion Director: Phylis Goldberg that obscurity when they are still Radio/Singles Mgr.: Margaret Lo Cicero The song, when played in fair rota- for their past vital and working? Why won't ra- N.Y.: Norm Berkowitz, Ken Karp, Amy Laurie, Karen tion, performed admirably. dio give them a shot, utilizing their O'Callaghan, Peggy Dold, Jeff Serrette (classified) LA.: Christine Matuchek, Colette In some markets, including my enormous success' heritage of hit making to the sta- Kreins, Mary Fisher, Emily Vaughn own, that Bee. Gees record contin- tions' advantage? Nashville: John McCartney London: Tony Evans ues to test with low burn and Lou Simon is program director of KCPX The built -in agreeability factor Tokyo: Hugh Nishikawa across -the -board acceptance as a Salt Lake City. of these artists is overwhelming. Amsterdam: Ron Betist, 0- 20- 628483 Milan: Germano Ruscitto, 28-29-158 bona fide hit. It sells. It gets re- Once they know what it's like to be Sydney-. Mike Lewis, 612412.1626 quests. It has the markings of a out of vogue for a time they are Production record that attracts and holds au- because top 40 didn't want to deal voices and demeanors in the busi- generally the nicest people in the diences. Yet in most cities it wasn't with him. But how many of those ness. It was radio that overex- world to work with. I've seen leg- Director: MARIE BERT Advertising Production Mgr.: John Wallace even given a fair shot. damning programmers actually posed her as the "Queen of Disco." ends humble themselves, almost Advtg. Production Coordinator: Michael D. Small Most radio listeners do not even tested the idea of playing Barry Why should she be persecuted for apologizing for their enormous Atex System Manager: Raymond H. Heitzman know Bee back to- it? Edit. Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders the Gees are during this period? Didn't most past successes. Asst. Edit. Production Mgr.: Renate L Foster gether and that they are vital and simply blow him off as past tense The same syndrome has plagued Let's give history a chance to re- Directories Production Mgr.: Len Durham sounding very " '80s." But the pro- . yesterday's news ... wrong for other artists in the past. Olivia peat itself. These artists have left Administration grammers decided in their offices the format? Newton -John was once top of the, 1975 behind. Why can't the pro-

V.P. & Executive Editorial Director: Lee Zhito that the satin shirts and gold Wasn't Barry perfect for the heap. What would she have to do grammers? Divisional Controller: Peter Philipps chains of 1977 were the end of the format a few years earlier? today to get programmers' atten- Distribution Manager: Edward Skiba Bee Gees and their image was Weren't those programmers inter- tions? Circulation Manager: Eileen Bell that Dealer Copy Sales: Brad Lee License & Permissions Mgr: Georgina Challis Directories Editor: Leslie Shaver Credit Manager: Jerry Mannion Lette Asst. to Publisher & Gen. Mgr.: Cary Fagan ty of others without the obligation mechanical licensing organizations best "Diet" money can buy. Billboard Publications Inc. to the of paying royalties. to act aggressively on behalf of Al Brockman There are other illustrations that their clients suggests that there Plandome, N.Y. President & Chief Executive Officer: GERALD S. HOBBS Edito may be cited. One is the practice of might be "sweetheart" understand- Executive Vice President: Sam Holdsworth importers there of buying from U.S. ings between the users of music and Articles and letters appearing on Senior Vice President: Ann Haire Vice Presidents: Paul Curran, Resolve Lovett, CUTTING COPYRIGHT CORNERS sources rather than through legiti- licensing agents. this page serve as a forum for the Martin R. Feely, Lee Zhito, Robert Summer's piece "Japanese mate domestic channels. They thus Japanese industrialists, like their expression of views of general in- John Babcock Jr., Glenn Heffernan Managing Director, Billboard Ltd.: Copyright Law: Free For All" (Com- avoid the obligation to pay mechani- counterparts in other countries, en- terest. Contributions should be R. Michael Hennessey mentary, Nov. 7) clearly demon- cal royalties in the country of sale, joy the protection of legislators to submitted to Is Horowitz, Com- Publisher, Billboard Operations Europe: Theo Roos Chairman Emeritus: W.D. Littleford strates the license Japanese record the normal practice worldwide. whom political support and honorar- mentary Editor, Billboard, 1515 companies take to pirate the proper- The reluctance of the Japanese iums are allocated. They enjoy the Broadway, New York, N.Y. 16.

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 9 www.americanradiohistory.com DIO Young Black Programmers Meet In Houston first, and then black. In dealing tener- positive. everyone to work together honest- different universities. The amount BY YVONNE OLSON with racism, they advised attend- Regarding incentive programs, ly and to create a positive working is currently $1,500 per student, but HOUSTON "It's glamorous, it's ees not to take rebuttals personal- one general manager described a cycle. the coalition is working to provide fun, but it is a business," were the ly and to compile their own statis- system developed for on -air per- The YBPC was founded 12 years more money in this area. To words Young Black Programmers tics proving that blacks spend sonalities that seemed too good to ago by concerned radio program- achieve this, increased member- Coalition president Patrick Manuel money like everyone else. be true: For every rating- percent- mers in an effort to unite the black ship is sought in order to form ad- used to describe the music indus- Other subjects lightly touched age increase per quarter, the per- sector of the business. It currently ditional chapters. try in his opening remarks at the on were incentive programs for sonality would receive the same consists of three chapters that The YBPC garnered its largest 10th Annual YBPC meeting Nov. percentage increase in salary -a meet on a monthly basis and a na- conference turnout ever this year, 20 -22 here. The theme of this good suggestion to keep smaller- tional chapter that puts together a with nearly 500 registrants rang- year's meet was "The How -Tos," `Many black market jocks happy. yearly conference. ing from GMs to college students. with two workshops outlining the At the record company work- Besides the regular program- In addition to the workshops, at- operational intricacies of radio sta- programmers note shop, attendees were given an op- ming meetings, one of the main ac- tendees were treated to artist tions and record companies. erational flow chart, where panel tivities for the YBPC is fund -rais- showcases, cocktail parties, and an At the radio workshop, the bulk an imbalance members from marketing, promo- ing. Scholarship money is awarded awards banquet. of conversation concerned sales, tion, a &r, artist relations, product annually to five students at five as black programmers noted a between ad dollars management, and creative service gross imbalance between ad dol- and station departments described the various lars gained and station rating facets of a company. achievements. Urban radio is a ratings points' Perhaps the most important leading format in nearly every ma- question raised was that of chart jor market, but revenue figures sit credibility. Because of record com- ©COD low in comparison to other genres sales departments and on -air per- panies' insistent pushing to keep :$ of radio, they said. sonalities, back -selling records, records moving up a chart, certain OUTA' The five-member panel, led by and the question of just how long a programmers advance records too WBMX Chicago PD Lee Michaels, stop set should be. On the latter is- quickly, moving them up and out concurred that the problem could sue, programmers related their ef- before a song has a chance to sell. be blamed on salesmanship more forts to make commercials more Panel members noted that de- THE BOX than anything else. They advised entertaining, noting that by creat- spite the number of acts broken on broadcasters to learn how to pre- ing good commercials a listener - black radio, black record sales are sent their product-to be salesmen negative could be turned into a lis- lower than ever. They encouraged Programmers reveal why they have jumped on certain new releases. NAB Hails Victory But Fears Senators May Try Again TOP 40 "With just a few plays, it's already challenging her last single for the No. 1 slot in phones," says Frankie Blue, WHTZ "Z-100" New York License- Transfer Tax Blocked For Now MD, of Tiffany's new record, "Could Have Been" (MCA). "Tiffany's second No. 1 is on the way," he adds. Blue also notes that the Con- there is still a chance that propo- Reagan will be unable to veto. tours' "Do You Love Me" (RCA) from the "Dirty Dancing" sound- BY BILL HOLLAND nents of the provision might try to The tax proposal, put forward by track is "pulling huge phones and has been for several weeks. It's a WASHINGTON The National attach the measure to some other Sen :Ernest Hollings, D -S.C., would definite mass -appeal record." Another big request for Z-100 is Def Lep- Assn. of Broadcasters, through a legislation. have placed at least a 2% fee on the pard's "Animal" (PolyGram). "The image of Def Leppard combined massive lobbying effort, has appar- NAB officials say they will con- license transfers- higher if a sta- with a title like ' Animal' gives the wrong perception," explains Blue. ently defeated an effort by federal tinue keeping vigil until Congress' tion was sold within three years or "Programmers should give it a good listen because it sounds good on legislators to attach a section to the December recess. Some legislators if the station ignored fairness doc- the air, it nails teens, and pulls in male adults." Budget Reconciliation Bill that also say they will continue to at- trine rules. Hollings has also au- would have slapped a 2%-5% tax on tempt to codify the fairness doc- thored a proposal to codify the fair- BLACK /URBAN license transfers that take place trine -which the Federal Communi- ness doctrine. Broadcasters now With WGCI -AM -FM Chicago PD Sonny Taylor featured as this when a station is sold. cations Commission attempted to do feel they have nearly 50 senators on week's PD of the week (see page 18), we turn here to one of his best The NAB, which considers the this year before it was rebuffed by their side, but they would like to weapons: MD Barbara Prieto. Dana Dane's "This Be The Death victory a major one, continues to be President Reagan -by attaching have 60 in order to prevent the pro- Beat" (Profile) is a stronger track than Dane's last single, says Prieto. cautious, however, saying that such legislation to another bill that posal from being brought up again She has a unique advantage in that WGCI -AM is deluged with Junior through parliamentary maneuvers. Achiever high -school radio apprentices every Saturday. "I tested this Part of the NAB's success is at- on them, and they gave it unanimous approval as a great rap record," tributed to a counterplan that would Prieto says. Also bettering past tracks, in the MD's estimation, is bring the same revenue -producing Joyce Sims with "Come. Into My Life" (Fresh /Sleeping Bag). The mid - results without singling out broad- tempo groove should appeal to all demos, says Prieto, comparing the casters for the tax. The group sent a dance target Simms hit with her two previous hits. Boy George's "Live newsliIle... white paper on the subject to the My Life" (Virgin) "is going to be a very strong club and radio record," Senate Commerce Committee last predicts Prieto, adds, "With all the problems he's had in the public eye, COMMUNITY SERVICE BROADCASTING Inc. controller Alex Klein recently an- month offering three alternatives it seems he's trying to get a message across that he's living his life." nounced the sale of his Bakersfield, Calif. FM, KLYD, to the newly (Billboard, Nov. 21) to the license- formed Clayton Communications. Clayton principals Rick Dames and transfer tax. ALBUM ROCK Steve Bunyard made the purchase for $975,000. The first was to tax all radios, KRXQ "93 Rock" Sacramento, Calif., PD Ron Garrett has a long list televisions, and videocasette record- of picks, but all are tied together by a "back- to-basics" theme that cov- ALLEN HOTLEN is appointed VP /GM of Sacramento, Calif.'s newest sta- ers sold in the country; the NAB ers rock groups old and new-with an up -front beat and a low-hype, tion, KKSA. He brings 22 years of experience to the outlet, most re- says a 1.5% tax could bring in about straightforward style. Garrett says the Alarm's "Rain In The Sum- cently working at WCLY and WPGC Washington. $264 million a year. Option two was mertime" (I.R.S.) ought to get a boost from U2's mass-appeal success. to authorize the FCC to auction off The groups' music is "similar in texture, but the Alarm's got the driv- WNBC NEW YORK promotes GSM Peg Kelly to VP /GM. The six-year sta- unused spectrum space (with ex- ing beat," Garrett says. Bryan Ferry's "The Right Stuff" (Reprise) tion veteran replaces John Hayes, who is now at KIOI San Francisco. emptions for public safety, radio, "leans toward female appeal and upper demos in general," the PD TV, cellular services, and amateur says, "and it's a good mood -breaker to play between the more predict- INNER CITY Broadcasting has sold WKSG-FM Detroit to Ragan Henry radio services). Such a sale, the able stuff that's out." Holding their own on 93 Rock's list during these National Radio Associates, pending Federal Communications Commis- NAB said, could raise $800 million. superstar- studded days are newcomers the Insiders, the Silencers, and sion approval. The 50,000 -watt outlet was purchased for $6.7 million. Option three was to charge an appli- the Brandos. The Insiders' "Love Like Candy" (Epic); the Silencers' "I cation fee for the lottery used to See Red" (RCA); and the Brandos' "Honor Among Thieves" (Relativ- BRIAN KRYSZ exits WKLC Charleston, S.C., to become Devine Communi- grant amateur radio services li- ity) are all second tracks from debut groups that Garrett says will be cations' VP /programming at album -rock -formatted WBYR Buffalo, censes in 438 smaller markets, contributing to the rock front for a long time. On the local level, Gar- N.Y. which would bring in as much as rett raves about Bourgeois Tagg. He's already moved into the track $43.8 million, according to the NAB. following the band's budding top 40 /AC hit "I Don't Mind At All" by WKSJ -AM -FM Mobile, Ala., OM Wayne Gardner is upped to GM, as for- While victory seems assured on jumping on "In The Best Of All Possible Worlds" and giving a serious mer manager Jay Childress segues to a sales position at WGFX Nash- the Senate side, broadcasters will ear to album track "Pencil & Paper" (Island). Of hometown boys Tes- ville. have to wait until after the Thanks- la, Garrett says, "Their [Geffen] album has been out a year, and we're giving weekend to know the fate of still pulling singles off it." Back to the superstars, Garrett raves about BOB LIMA is named VP /GM at WPMO -AM -FM Gulfport/Biloxi /Pasca- the NAB's lobbying efforts in the everything new by Joe Cocker (Capitol) and John Cougar Mellencamp goula, Miss. He was previously OM at WVMI and WQID Biloxi. House, where a proposal to codify (PolyGram). the fairness doctrine was postponed until after the holiday.

10 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com YesterHits © DIO Hits From Billboard 10 and 20 Years Ago This Week PUBLICITY POP SINGLES -10 Years Ago 1. You Light Up My Life, Debby Stations Get Warner Bros.' Xmas Album PRINTS Boone, WARNER /CURB umographed On seaw Gloss Stock 2. How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees, BLACK & WHITE 8x10's RSO 23 Artists Share Holiday Spirit on `Yulesville' 3. Blue Bayou, Linda Ronstadt, ASYLUM 500 - $60.00 1000 - 85.00 4. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes LOS ANGELES "Yulesville" is the What's unique about this record is er Lonely Christmas," the Ramones' COLOR Blue, Crystal Gayle, UNITED ARTISTS title of a special, radio -only album that it really is radio only. Produced "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To 1000 - $388.00 5. It's So Easy, Linda Ronstadt, ASYLUM from Warner Bros. being shipped to by WB's Greg Lee and Kevin Laf- Fight Tonight)," Randy Travis' 6. Back In Love Again, L.T.D., A &M Above PrIces Include Typesetting S Freight all active-music stations Tuesday (1). fey, "Yulesville" contains additional "White Christmas Makes Me Blue," 7. We're All Alone, Rita Coolidge, A &M Send 8x10 Photo - Check or M.O. 8. Baby Come Back, Player, Rso Pressed in red vinyl, the album con- Christmas sound effects to help sta- the Winans' "Real Meaning Of * * * 9. You Make Lovin' Fen, Fleetwood tains a variety of Christmas songs tions produce their own IDs and has Christmas" and many more. Full Color F. B/W Posters Mac, Warner Bros. and holiday IDs by 23 of the label's song in and out cues printed on the Says WB's promotion VP George Composites - Cards - Other Sizes 10. Here You Come Again, Dolly artists, including George Harrison, album jacket. Gerrity, "Merry Christmas, every- a+ Parton, RCA Send For Catalog & Samples Madonna, the Force M.D.'s, Prince, Celebrity messages range from one. And thanks for a great year." POP SINGLES -20 Years Ago and even Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, season's greetings to safety remind- YVONNE OLSON PICT[1RES 1. Daydream Believer, Monkees, who recorded the title track in 1959. ers. Songs include Prince's "Anoth- 1867 E. Florida, Dept. 88 COLGEMS Springfleltl. MO 65803 2. The Rain, The Park & Other 14171 869-9433 or 869-3456 Things, Cowsills, MGM 3. Incense And Peppermints, Strawberry Alarm Clock, UNI 4. I Say A Little Prayer, Dionne Warwick, SCEPTER 5. I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Gladys Knight & the Pips, sou 6. To Sir, With Love, Lulu, EPIC 7. I Second That Emotion, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, TAMLA Nit-tau-nil-all To- tigress of the 8. Hello Goodbye, Beatles, CAPITOL 1utteb fates of (America 9. In And Out Of Love, Diana Ross & the Supremes, MorowN 10. An Open Letter To My Teenage AT THE SECOND SESSION Son, Victor Lundberg, LIBERTY

TOP ALBUMS -10 Years Ago 1. Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt, Begun and held at the City of ASYLUM Washington on Tuesday, the twenty-first day of January, 2. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac, WARNER one thousand BROS. nine hundred and eight-six 3. Live, Commodores, MOTOWN 4. Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Rod Stewart, WARNER BROS. 5. Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MCA 6. All 'N' All, Earth, Wind & Fire, COLUMBIA 7. You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone WARNER/CURB M 8. Out Of The Blue, Electric Light To Orchestra, JET award a special gold medal to the family of Harry Chapin. 9. Aja, Steely Dan, ABC 10. Moonflower, Santana, COLUMBIA. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in TOP ALBUMS -20 Tears Ago Congress assembled, That (a) the President is authorized to present, on behalf of the 1. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd., Monkees, COLGEMS Congress, to the family of Harry Chapin, a gold medal of appropriate design, in 2. Diana Ross & the Supremes Greatest Hits, Diana Ross & the recognition of Harry Chapin's efforts to address issues of hunger around the world. Supremes, MorowN 3. Strange Days, Doors, ELEKTRA 4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles, CAPITOL * RECIPIENTS 5. Farewell To The First Golden Era, * OF THE SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL * * Mamas & Papas, DUNHILL 6. The Doors, ELEKTRA George 7. Vanilla Fudge, ATCO Washington, 1776 Bob Hope, 1963 8. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You John Paul Jones, 1787 Douglas MacArthur, 1963 Experienced, REPRISE Andrew Jackson, 1815 Walt Disney, 1968 9. Dr. Zhivago, Soundtrack, MGM Zachary Taylor, 1847 10. The Bee Gee's First, Bee Gees, Winston Churchill, 1969 ATCO Ulysses S. Grant, 1863 Roberto Clemente, 1973 Wilbur and Wright, 1909 COUNTRY SINGLES -10 Years Ago Orville Marian Anderson, 1978 Charles Lindbergh, 1930 1. Here You Come Again, Dolly Robert E Kennedy, 1978 Parton, RCA Thomas Edison, 1928 Hubert H. Humphrey, 1979 2. I'm Knee Deep In Loving You, Dave John Pershing, 1946 Simon Wiesenthal, 1980 & Sugar, RCA Billy Mitchell, 1948 1980 3. Georgia Keeps Pulling On My John Wayne, Ring, Conway Twitty, RCA Irving Berlin, 1954 Joe Louis, 1984 4. Take This Job And Shove lt, Jonas Salk, 1955 Elie Wiesel, 1985 Johnny Paycheck, EPIC Hyman Rickover, 1958 5. You Light Up My Life, Debby George and Ira Gershwin, 1985 Boone, WARNER /CURB Robert Frost, 1962 Anatoly Shcharansky, 1986 6. Don't Let Me Touch You, Marty Robbins, COLUMBIA 7. Come A Little Bit Closer, Johnny Duncan (With Janie Fricke), COLUMBIA 8. My Way, Elvis Presley, RCA 9. Sweet Music Man, Kenny Rogers, UNITED ARTISTS 10. Chains Of Love, Mickey Gilley, PLAYBOY SOUL SINGLES -10 Years Ago Harry Chapin, 1987 1. Serpentine Fire, EartF, Wind & Fire, COLUMBIA 2. You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On), High Inergy,GORDY 3. FFUN, Con Funk Shun, MERCURY 4. Reach For It, George Duke, EPIC 5. Back In Love Again, L.T.D., A &M 6. Native New Yorker, Odyssey, RCA 7. Doh Boy, Rose Royce, WHITFIELD 8. Somebody's Gotta Win, A TRIBUTE TO COMMEMORATE THIS HONOR TO BE HELD Somebody's Gotta Lose, Controllers, JUANA AT CARNEGIE HALL ON DECEMBER 7th, 8 PM. 9. If You're Not Back In Love By Monday, Millie Jackson, SPRING 10. Our Love, Natalie Cole. CAPITOL

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FEATURED Stations and Transtar announced a SMN and the AM band if young PROGRAMMING similar agreement (Billboard, Oct. male listeners can be persuaded to 31). switch to AM. ABC RADIO NETWORK, New The Oct. 13 agreement between York, has reached an agreement US and Transtar gives United Sta- FORMER CHTZ "Hits -FM" Toron- with Satellite Music Network, Dal- tions the advertising sales responsi- to "Breakfast Flakes" Tim las, that makes ABC SMN's exclu- bility for Transtar's inventory and a McLarty & Tony Micaleff got such sive advertising sales representa- 20% holding in the company. Both a good response to their "Pee -wee tive for the 24- hour -a -day satellite US and Transtar are privately held, Headroom" parody earlier this year service's yearly inventory of 26,000 however, while Cap Cities /ABC and that they decided to open the kitch- 30- second spots. SMN are publicly held companies. en doors to Uncle Willy's Comedy In a separate transaction, ABC Tyler says the agreement comes Shack & Burger Emporium and parent Capital Cities Communica- partly as a result of the current cook up preproduced comedy pieces tions will purchase a one -year war- trend toward consolidation in the in- on a regular basis. The weekly com- rant from SMN entitling Cap Cities dustry and partly from SMN's de- edy service of 10 -15 pieces has been to purchase 1 million shares of corn - sire to become aligned with a strong available for cash since mid- Septem- mon stock at $4 per share, which network. ber. amounts to a 10% holding in SMN. Daniels says 24- hour -a-day satel- The partners had formed Uncle That second agreement also al- lite servicing is one of the fastest- Willy's Ad Shack, the precursor to lows Cap Cities to acquire up to 20% growing segments of the industry, the Comedy Shack, to create and of SMN through purchase of stock and as a result it was being looked produce bits for Toronto ad agen- on the open market. It also names at by the network prior to the agree- cies. After the success of the "Pee- Off The Hook And Off The Wall. "Comedy Hour" host Mark McEwen, right, decided ABC Radio Network president Aar- ment. With the agreement, he says, wee" piece, they to use the finds the line tongue -tied up as he screens a call for Monty Python member in on Daniels to a newly created sev- ABC will be able to gain expertise in work they'd put for their morning Graham Chapman on the MJI speakerphone. Chapman was on hand as special enth seat on the SMN board of di- the area by observing the satellite show to develop the comedy service. guest for the Monty Python edition of MJI Broadcasting's "Comedy Hour." Seen Ad rectors. service's programming from the in- With a separate staff, the Shack hanging on the line is "Comedy Hour" producer Len Belzer. SMN president John Tyler says side. (Continued on next page) the agreement has been in the SMN will continue producing its works for a number of months and eight current formats and has no was under way even before United immediate plans for any program- ing changes. SMN will release most of its sales staff, however. Retained will be Barbara Crooks, the newly PDs Urged To appointed VP /advertising sales; a longtime assistant VP /research; THE CHRISTMAS HIT Play and some members of the clerical Chapin staff. The 6- year -old SMN's bread -and- OF THE DECADE LOS ANGELES Programmers are butter offerings are "Adult Con- being encouraged to participate in a temporary" and "That's Country." Dec. 7 simulcast of a P reviouslY unre- Botho are ppicked upu byb more than 230 .v ...... :iSi*:..n.v.v..v..,:<:::;::.`:.. nv. leased single by Harry Chapin, titled affiliates. The most recent format "Remember The Hungry." A congres- addition is "the Wave," which has sional gold medal will be posthumous- picked up six affiliates since it ly awarded to the singer /songwriter bowed Sept. 24. Two of those have on this date, which would have been come from SMN's head -banger "Z- his 45th birthday. Transtar Radio Net- Rock" format, which is now down work, is handling the technicalities; to two affiliates. Pattie Lundy at Dunhill Classics is SMN is currently targeting AM handling distribution of the single. radio with "Z- Rock." The strategy She can be reached at 818 - 993 -8822. could pay off handsomely for both

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produces a weekly package of song, coming network and syndicated America With Cousin Brucie, CBS RadioRadio, cuts, Global Satellite /ABC Radio Networks, two light Special, Westwood One Special, one hour. movie, and commercial parodies and music specials. Shows with multi- three hours. hours. Dec. 7 -13, Billy Joel, Classic Cuts, Mil Broad- fake -celebrity phoners. ple dates indicate that local sta- Dec. 4 -6, Sting, Hot Rocks, United Stations, Dec. 6, Eurythmics, Hitline U.S.A., James casting, one hour. McLarty says that one of the ser- tions have option of broadcast 90 minutes. Paul Brown Entertainment, one hour. Dec. 7 -13, Mick Jagger, Rock Today, Mil vice's strengths is the depth of his time and dates. Dec. 4 -6, Mick Jagger, Rock Watch, United Dec. 6, John Schneider/Tom Wopat, Country- Broadcasting, one hour. list of celebrity impersonators. He Stations, three hours. line U.S.A., James Paul Brown Entertainment, Dec. 7 -13, Whitesnake, Off The Record With has culled what he feels is the best Dec. 4 -5, Starship, On The Radio, On The Ra- Dec. 5, Waylon Jennings, Part 1, Country one hour. Mary Turner, Westwood One, one hour. impersonations by Toronto comedi- dio Broadcasting, one hour. Close -Up, ProMedia, one hour. Dec. 6, Rosanne Cash, Nashville Live, MCA Dec. 7 -13, Ed Bruce, Live From Gilleÿ s, Mu- ans, so each "celebrity" bit is truly Dec. 4 -6, John Lennon Remembered, Dec. 5 -6, Full Force /Kashif /Chad, Radio - Radio Network, 90 minutes. tual Broadcasting, one hour. recognizable. Westwood One Special, three hours. Scope, Lee Bailey Communications, one hour. Dec. 6, Jean -Luc Ponty, The Jazz Show With Dec. 7 -13, Dionne Warwick, Star Trak Pro- The service will differentiate its Dec. 4 -6, Full Force, Star Beat, Mil Broad- Dec. 5 -6, Marilyn McCoo, The Rock Files, Cre- David Sanborn, NBC Radio Entertainment, two files, Westwood One, one hour. weekly bits by format to give sta- casting, one hour. ative Radio Network, one hour. hours. Dec. 7 -13, Ray Parker Jr., Special Edition, tions a maximum of usable materi- Dec. 4 -6, Triumph, Metalshop, Mil Broad- Dec. 6, Gregg Allman, King Biscuit Flower Dec. 7, The Doors, Part 1, Legends Of Rock, Westwood One, one hour. al. Two different reels will be of- casting, one hour. Hour, DIR Broadcasting, one hour. NBC Radio Entertainment, one hour. Dec. 7 -13, Ray Stevens, Country Music's Top fered: a youth- oriented one for al- Dec. 4 -6, Rosanne Cash, Country Today, MJI Dec. 6, John Martyn, Rock Over London, Ra- Dec. 7, Eurythmics, Rockline, Global Satel- 10, James Paul Brown Entertainment, one hour. bum rock /top 40 stations and a Broadcasting, one hour. dio International, one hour. lite /ABC Radio Networks, 90 minutes. second one for AC /MOR. Although Dec. 4 -6, Bo Diddley/David Gates, Cruisin' Dec. 6, Bodeans /Robbie Robertson, Power- Dec. 7 -14, Levert /Atlantic Starr, In The Spot- some of the bits may be essentially the same on both reels, the tone, edit, and /or music beds will be different. Uncle Willy's can be contact- I PROMOTIONS I ed in Toronto at 416 -531 -9734. can broadcast from virtually any lo- The city planned a race through the ROCK" Atlanta proved the point re- cation in Los Angeles and still re- tunnel, so ZETA livened things up cently when it gave its listeners a QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Al- HELPING HANDS main in contact with the Sheriff's by adding a costume contest to the chance to elevate a common chore t ough it sounds more like bad boy The Gannett Foundation, New Emergency Center and the station's mix and staging a Fun Run to coin- to exalted heights with Blowfest Howard Stern, it's actually Donald York, has continued in the spirit traffic helicopter. Complete with cide with the race. The station pro- '87. The promotion was a three - Regan, former White House chief that had Gannett's KIIS -FM Los cooking facilities and food storage, vided prizes to the winners and run- event competition that armed listen- of staff and secretary of the trea- Angeles abandoning its regular pro- the studio sleeps four and is de- ners-up in four costume categories. ers with leaf blowers in a fierce bat- sury, commenting on his new, daily, gramming during the Oct. 1 earth- signed to be able to run indepen- After the run, ZETA moved its ac- tle for the Blowmaster crown. 90- second feature, "The Donald Re- quake to keep listeners informed of dently for four days. tivities to a nearby park, where WKLS's sense of fair play was in gan Report," on Westwood One's quake developements. The founda- Moore, station air personalities, and evidence when the station imported NBC Radio Network: "I'm looking tion presented a donation of TUNNEL VISIONS representatives from sponsor leaves from all over the Atlanta forward to expressing my views, $100,000 to the Rio Hondo Chapter WZTA "ZETA" Fort Lauderdale, AT &T judged the Fun Run cos- area so that all competitors would contrary as they may be to those of the American Red Cross in Whit- Fla., added a little masquerade mad- tumes. To keep things swinging, the have "an equal opportunity" in the generally accepted." tier, Calif., on Nov. 13. Whittier is ness as it tied into what must have station provided two stages with lo- three -event promotion of team field PETER J. LUDWIG the area that was hardest hit by the been the largest Halloween decora- cal bands. hockey (scoring points by blowing a quake. tion in the country. The city of Fort tennis ball into a goal), beat -the- KIIS also exhibited its new, fully Lauderdale decided to throw a Hal- BLONIOTION clock bagging (filling a trash bag contained remote studio at the cere- loween festival and had local artist Sometimes a good promotion idea is with leaves in the fastest time), and mony. In the event of a disaster like Don Moore fully decorate the mile - no farther away than your own beach ball relay races using the Below is a weekly calendar of up- a major earthquake, the mobile unit long Kinney Tunnel for the evening. backyard. WKLS -FM /AM "96 blowers. PETER J. LUDWIG

1 BLUE CHRISTMAS by Billy Hayes 4 2 and Jay Johnson BRAZILIAN DING -A -LING SLEIGHBELLS THE DON'T FORGET 3 by Percy Faith CHRISTMAS BELL THE ELVIS CLASSIC!! CHRISTMAS IS 5 by Jerry Foster by Percy Faith MELE KALIKIMAKA and Bill Rice and Spence Maxwell (MERRY CHRISTMAS in HAWAIIAN) 5 GREAT CHRISTMAS STANDARDS by Alex Anderson CHOICE PROGRAMMING

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BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 13 www.americanradiohistory.com DIO Complete List Of 97 Reporting Stations Billboard Revises Hot Black Singles Panel NEW YORK Effective with this GOLD WOWI -AM Norfolk, Va. issue, Billboard has revised the WPEG -FM Charlotte, N.C. Hot Black Singles radio panel. KACE-FM Los Angeles, Calif.* WPLZ -FM St. Petersburg, Fla. There are now 97 reporting sta- KDAY -AM Los Angeles, Calif. WQMG -FM Greensboro, N.C. tions. KKDA-FM Dallas, Texas WRAP -AM Norfolk, Va. The panel is revised twice a year KJLH -FM Los Angeles, Calif. WTLC -FM Indianapolis, Ind. after Arbitron ratings periods by WDAS -FM Philadelphia, Pa. WWDM -FM Sumter, S.C. Black Singles chart manager Terri WDJY -FM Washington, D.C. WXOK -AM Baton Rouge, La. Rossi. The revisions are made to WHRK -FM Memphis, Tenn. WYLD -FM New Orleans, La. adjust station weights to reflect WHUR-FM Washington, D.C. WZFX -FM Fayetteville, N.C. changes in audience size and to WVEE -FM Atlanta, Ga. XHRM -FM San Diego, Calif. True Squares. WHTZ "Z -100" New York VP /programming and "Z- Morning add or delete stations. WXYV -FM Baltimore, Md. Zoo" leader Scott Shannon, right, poses with Brian Bloom, a veteran of CBS - Stations reporting to the Hot WZAK -FM Cleveland, Ohio BRONZE TV's Black Singles chart are divided "As The World Turns," after taping an episode of TV's "The New Hollywood Squares." During the taping, Shannon shared a box with KITS Los into five weighted categories ac- KCOH-AM SILVER Houston, Texas Angeles' Shadow Stevens. Earlier that week, Shannon had given Bloom's cording to each station's weekly KDKS-FM Shreveport, La. budding recording career a break by interviewing the soap star and spinning his cumulative audience as measured KATZ -FM St. Louis, Mo. KHYS -FM Port Arthur, Texas self- produced single, "All I Warma Know," during the "Zoo.° by Arbitron. KDIA -AM Oakland, Calif. KKFX -AM Seattle, Wash. The categories are weighted as KDLZ -FM Fort Worth, Texas KOKY -AM Little Rock, Ark. follows: platinum, stations with a KMJM -FM St. Louis, Mo. KQXL -FM Baton Rouge, La. weekly cume of at least 500,000; KPRS -FM Kansas City, Mo. WATV -AM Birmingham, Ala. gold, 250,000 to 499,999; silver, KRNB -FM Memphis, Tenn. WBLK -FM Buffalo, N.Y. 100,000 to 249,999; bronze, 50,000 WBLX -FM Mobile, Ala. WCKX -FM Columbus, Ohio to 99,999; and secondary, 25,000 to WBLZ -FM Cincinnati, Ohio WDKS -FM Fayetteville, N.C. 49,999. WDIA -AM Memphis, Tenn. WDZZ -FM Flint, Mich. In the following list, a new re- WEBB -AM Baltimore, Md. WDKX -FM Rochester, N.Y. porter is indicated by an asterisk: WEDR -FM Miami, Fla. WEAS -AM Savannah, Ga. WEKS -FM Atlanta, Ga. WFXA -FM Augusta, Ga. PLATINUM WENN -FM Birmingham, Ala. WGOK -AM Mobile, Ala. WFXC -FM Durham, N.C. WHYZ -AM Greenville, S.C. KMJQ -FM Houston, Texas WGPR -FM Detroit, Mich. WIZF -FM Erlanger, Ky.* KSOL -FM San Francisco, Calif. WIKS -FM New Bern, N.C. WJIZ -FM Albany, Ga. WBMX-FM Chicago, Ill. WILD -AM Boston, Mass. WJMO -AM Cleveland, Ohio WGCI -FM Chicago, Ill. WJMI -FM Jackson, Miss. WJYL -FM Louisville, Ky. WJLB -FM Detroit, Mich. WLUM -FM Milwaukee, Wis. WKXI -AM Jackson, Miss. WUSL -FM Philadelphia, Pa. WNJR -AM Newark, N.J. WLOU -AM Louisville, Ky. WORL -AM Orlando, Fla. WPDQ -FM Jacksonville, Fla. Live 105 -ing It Up. KITS "Live 105" Sari Francisco PD Richard Sands and MD WQIM -FM Montgomery, Ala. Steve Masters live it up with some of the several artists who turned out to Nashville, Tenn. WQQK -FM perform at the station's free "Modern Rock" concert, which drew close to 5,000 -AM Fort Lauderdale, Fla. te-PC-PCw CtáCCPCtáWWWWW.VVVVVC12 WRBD listeners and a roster including Martha Davis, Paul Kelly & the Messengers, WTMP-AM Tampa, Fla. Timbuk 3, and Living In A Box. Standing, from left, are Sands; Capitol artist JOHNNY MARKS CLASSICS WWWZ -FM S.C. Charleston, Belouis Some; Masters; CBS artist Nathalie Archangel; and Gerry Gerard, stage -FM WZZT Columbus, Ohio manager of the event. RUDOLPH SECONDARY

THE RED -NOSED REINDEER KPRW -AM Oklahoma City, Okla. 150, 000, 000 Record Seller -Over 500 Versions KROZ -FM Tyler, Texas KXZZ -AM Lake Charles, La. BRENDA LEE WAAA -AM Winston -Salem, N.C. WANM -AM Tallahassee, Fla. WDAO -AM Dayton, Ohio ROCKIN' AROUND THE WIBB -AM Macon, Ga. WJTT -FM Chattanooga, Tenn. CHRISTMAS TREE WKND -AM Hartford, Conn. WKIE -AM Richmond, Va. WMGL -FM Charleston, S.C.* FRANK SINATRA BING CROSBY WNHC -AM New Haven, Conn. Rain On Me. PolyGram's Rainmakers pay a visit to their hometown while paying WNOO -FM Chattanooga, Tenn. PLACIDO DOMINGO their respects to local rocker KYYS Kansas City. Raining on each other's WOIC -AM West Columbia, S.C. parade, from left, are the group's Rich Ruth, KYYS MD Skid Roadie, WPAL -AM Charleston, S.C. Rainmakers Steve Phillips and Pat Tomek, KYYS PD Scott Jameson, and the I HEARD THE BELLS ON Miss. WQFX -FM Gulfport, group's Bob Waikenhorst. WRXB -AM St. Petersburg, Fla. CHRISTMAS DAY WWWS -FM Saginaw, Mich. WZAZ -AM Jacksonville, Fla. Eddy Arnold. Harry Belafonte. Kate Smith. Ed Ames Ray Price. Burl Ives, Chet Atkins. Fred Waring. Bert Kaempfert. Living Voices. Lawrence Welk. Living Strings etc TOUCH That DIAL! BURL IVES Get fast results with ACTION - MART, the Billboard Classi- A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS fied OOO TV SPECIAL O RUDOLPH THE RED -NOSED REINDEER Burl Ives (Sound Track MCA) CBS, Dec. 15th O O O 24th Showing-Longest Running Special in T.V. History In Good Company. Several rather successful programmers return to their roots Call our Hotline at (800) 223 -7524. at WUSL "Power 99" Philadelphia to celebrate the urban outlet's fifth ST. NICHOLAS MUSIC, INC. and tell Jeff you want to see some anniversary. Shown, from left, are Power 99 PD Dave Allan; alumnus Fred Action! Buggs (now MD at WBLS New York); Power 99 president /GM Bruce Holberg; 1619 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 alumnus Jeff Wyatt (now PD at KPWR "Power 106" Los Angeles); alumnus (212) 582 -0970 Tony Gray (now PD at WRKS "Kiss" New York); and alumnus Bee) "In The Morning" Steele, now morning man al Kiss.

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New A.M. Team Arrives At 'Q -107' D.C.; ALBUM ROCK TRACKS TM z Compiled from national album rock cA radio airplay reports. PD Texas =w i- 3 cc TITLE ARTIST Bob Perry Changes Stations In LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL -4 5 n1¢ 35 * * NO. 1 * * MARK ROSS & the New Q -crew, formerly of top 40 WUBE. And to completely flood the market, easy -for- TUNNEL OF LOVE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "I -100" Daytona Beach, Fla., make up the new morning matted WCVG kicked into country gear Nov. 9. 1 1 1 8 COLUMBIA LP CUT 3 weeks at No. One PD is RHYTHM OF LOVE YES team at top 40 "Q -107" Washington, D.C. Newsman Billboard- award -winning top 40 Gary Moss 2 4 6 9 ATCO LP CUT /ATLANTIC Q- 100,000-watt AC outlet Rick Jewell and producer Bill Luby are the other moving to WPEZ Macon, Ga., a SHOWDOWN AT BIG SKY ROBBIE ROBERTSON members, who will say hello to the D.C. area Dec. 15. where he'll have "lots of room to grow," he says ... The 3 2 3 8 GEFFEN 7-28175 Meanwhile, Chris Jagger & Mad Mike are back on the world's northernmost rock outpost, KSUA Fairbanks, GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON 4 6 4 7 DARK HORSE 7- 28178 /WARNER BROS. station for the 6-10 p.m. slot. Alaska, is desperately in need of record service ranging ONE SLIP PINK FLOYD KAPT Austin, Texas, PD Bob Perry will leave the from the mainstream to the progressive. Address 'em to 5 5 5 11 COLUMBIA LP CUT AC outlet soon to program a new Don Kelly affiliate, PD Rich Waugh. RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME THE ALARM 8 12 6 KPRR "Power 102" El Paso, Texas. "I wanted to get Thirteen -year WNJR Newark, N.J., veteran Henry © I.R.S. 53219 /MCA /MCA FARM ON THE FREEWAY JETHRO TULL back to an ethnic mar- Singleton got the PD 7 7 8 9 CHRYSALIS LP CUT nod week. At the ur- ket," explains Perry. last I DONT MIND AT ALL BOURGEOIS TAGG "Plus, the chance to work ban outlet, Singleton ® 9 10 8 ISLAND 799409 /ATLANTIC with Don Kelly was an op- succeeds Fred Mills, CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 9 3 2 14 MERCURY 888 934 -7 /POLYGRAM portunity I couldn't turn who jumped the fence to DONT SHED A TEAR PAUL CARRACK 10 14 20 7 down." KPRR, formerly vox join PolyGram ... Adult- CHRYSALIS 43164 country-formatted KLOZ, formatted WRKA Louis- UNCHAIN MY HEART JOE COCKER 11 12 17 was purchased in early ville, Ky., steals PD 8 CAPITOL 44072 DEVIL'S RADIO GEORGE HARRISON 1986 by Transcontinental John Robertson from 12 19 25 4 DARK HORSE LP CUT /WARNER BROS Broadcasting and has top 40 WGTZ Dayton, NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS been on the air for 10 efin Ohio ... Drake -Chenault 13 13 21 7 ATLANTIC 7.89188 months. Perry has had loses national- program- CRAZY ICEHOUSE 14 10 11 11 CHRYSALIS 43156 great success with ethnic by Kim Freeman ming consultant Brian OON TPUCRUNING AWAY PINK FLOYD markets, having worked previously at top 40 /talk out- Burns, who leaves to program AC KLTY Kansas 23 29 11 LUTH lets WJBO and WFMF Baton Rouge, La., and having City, Mo. ... WLTF Cleveland MD Sue Wilson gets LITTLE WING STING 16 11 14 7 A &M LP CUT taken top 40 KRGV Weslaco, Texas, from a 5 share to a the boost to PD at cross -town AC rival WDOK .. . HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD 13.6 in just six months. It's widely rumored that he will Production director Jon Town is upped to PD at adult 17 21 22 12 MERCURY LP CUT / POLYGRAM take some of KAPT's staff with him when he goes, but KAMJ -AM -FM Phoenix, Ariz ... Glen Martin is still ONLY LOVE BODEANS Perry declined to comment. looking for a morning team at WFYR Chicago. You 18 1& 18 10 SLASH 7- 28139 /REPRISE can send tapes and résumés to 130 E. Randolph -Pru- SWEET FIRE OF LOVE ROBBIE ROBERTSON 19 26 26 5 GEFFEN LP CUT POWER TO BE IN RICHMOND: WCDX Richmond, dential Plaza, Chicago, Ill. 60601 TK Communica- ... VALERIE STEVE WINWOOD 20 16 15 Va., will be turning up the wattage as 'Power 93" very tions ups KBUC -AM -FM San Antonio, Texas, PD Art 9 ISLAND 7 -28231 /WARNER BROS. soon, with Mitch Faulkner in the PD chair. WCDX is Roberts to OM of both KLUV Dallas and the San An- TIME STAND STILL RUSH 21 15 7 12 MERCURY 888 B91-7ï POLYGRAM currently "Lazer 93 ", with a format that falls between tonio outlets. Roberts will program KLUV. Named RAG DOLL AEROSMITH hot hits and oldies. Faulkner says Power 93 will go PD at KBUC is Don Moore, who arrives from WSSL 22 17 13 13 GEFFEN LP CUT crossover to attack market-leading urban WPLZ and Greenville /Spartanburg, S.C. HAVE MERCY RICHARD MARX 28 33 4 granddaddy hit outlet WRVQ "Q -94." At press time, EMI -MANHATTAN LP CUT Faulkner was lining up his air team, and you can expect JUST WHAT NEW YORK NEEDED: The pie of * * *POWER TRACK*** MP JURY AEROSMITH one well -known voice from Q -94 to take the power high -profile morning personalities here will soon have 34 40 4 GHENG LCN plunge. We can tell you now that the PD will be han- one more fork digging into it. Crossover outlet WQHT OC BURNING LIKE A FLAME DOKKEN 25 30 34 5 dling afternoons. "Hot 103" is now looking for an AM drive talent or ELEKTRA 7 -69435 Faulkner was last in the national eye as PD of Zapis team to contend with the likes of WHTZ "Z- 100's" "Z- SOMETHING IN THE HEART DAVE MASON 26 24 24 5 MCA LP CUT Communications' WEKS -AM -FM Atlanta, which came Morning Zoo" and WXRK "K- Rock's" Howard Stern, THERE'S THE GIRL HEART on big guns a year ago but has since lost some ground. not to mention the John Gamblings on WOR and oth- 21 33 42 3 CAPITOL 44089 Several months ago, Faulkner stepped down to the pro- er music personalities with softer -shoe styles. "We've LOVE WILL FIND A WAY YES 28 10 duction director /afternoon man chair at WEKS, then built up our afternoon and evening dayparts with per- 20 9 ATCO 7- 99449 /ATLANTIC THE USUAL BOB DYLAN & ERIC CLAPTON moved to Kansas City, Mo., where a new urban outlet sonalities," says Hot 103 GM Stuart Layne. "Now it's 29 25 27 5 COLUMBIA LP CUT

was supposed to have gone on the air by now. "I'm a time to enter the morning fray." THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. radio addict, and I was going into withdrawal," says The developmental sequence is similar to the way 30 22 16 14 IR.S. 53171 /MCA Faulkner. He calls Power 93 a "ripe opportunity" and Hot 103's sister outlet KPWR "Power 106" Los Ange- LIKE DREAMERS DO THE RADIATORS 31 27 23 8 EPIC LP CUT predicts that the station can put a major dent in WPLZ's les let the music do the talking for close to a year be- LONG TIME GONE TRIUMPH share after three books. The station manager at Power fore plugging Jay Thomas into mornings. 32 31 35 5 MCA LP CUT 93, by the way, is Ben Miles, a legend in the market. New York promo reps won't have to trek out to * * * FLASHMAKER * * * to plug their wares at Hot 103. The IN GOD'S COUNTRY U2 Queens anymore RE -ENTRY VETERAN PROGRAMMER Bobby Cole has re- station will be moving into Manhattan studios early O ISLAND 7 -99385 ]A turned to California's Bay area as PD at adult "K- 101." next year. Its sister AM station, all- sports WFAN, will 34 ATCO LP CUT /ATLANTIC "As the most powerful FM station in the West, K -101 take over Hot 103's current space in the Kaufman -As- OC WHEN WE WAS FAB GEORGE HARRISON 35 36 37 4 has been a sleeping giant," he says. "It will soon be the toria Studios. DARN HORSE LP CUT /WARNER BROS. dominant AC, the most high -profile personality radio SAY YOU WI FOREIGNER 3Ó NEW 1 ATLANTIC 7 -891LL69 station in town." Cole brings with him a wealth of San FROM A WATER SHORTAGE in SUFFERING GIVE ME LL YOUR LOVE TONIGHT WHITESNAKE 37 38 2 Francisco programming experience, having worked at your town? Perhaps you'd be interested in "Brown - GEFFENN LP CAUT KMEL from 1977 to 1984 and KSAN and KYA -FM in Dry Lawn" by the Waterheads, a local Seattle group IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT R.E.M. 38 35 50 3 prior years. He replaces Russ Morley. featuring classic -rockin' KZOK jocks Chris Russell I.R.S. LP CUT /MCA SAY YOU WILL MICK JAGGER On the subject of returns, Mark Christian comes and Mark Edwards. Written to the tune of Van Morri- 39 NEW 1 COLUMBIA LP CUT back to Memphis, Tenn., in the enviable position of pro- son's "Brown-Eyed Girl," the song is a tribute to all O' SNAKEDANCE THE RAINMAKERS 40 39 43 4 gramming market leader WHRK. He also assumes dust -covered victims of the city's water restrictions. MERCURY LP CUT / POLYGRAM morning drive for the outlet. He replaces Pam Wells, For more information, call 206 -281 -5600. SPARE PARTS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 41 32 28 8 COLUMBIA LP CUT who moved to KACE Los Angeles a few weeks back. Variety stronghold WGN Chicago took the mystery DOUBLE TROUBLE THE CARS 42 44 2 Christian was most recently at KSD -FM St. Louis and broadcast concept to new distances last week with - ELEKTRA LP CUT prior worked Milwaukee, Roy the 9:30 a.m. -noon man. The Mystery GIMME YOUR LOVE MSG to that at WAWA /WLUM Leonard, 43 43 45 7 WJPC Chicago, and WDIA Memphis. Remote had Leonard broadcasting from an undis- CAPITOL LP CUT 50 REASON TO LIVE KISS no ® 2 closed site, while listeners fired yes or questions - MERCURY 8700227 / POLYGRAM SCOTT JOHNSON moves into the PD post at country aimed at determining where he was. It took them 20 THROWAWAY MICK JAGGER outlet WKSJ Mobile, Ala., from the assistant PD posi- minutes to figure out that it was Boston, and the win- 45 29 19 11 COLUMBIA 38 -07653 was AC THROWING STONES (ASHES ASHES) GRATEFUL DEAD tion at Capitol sister station WLVK Charlotte, N.C. ner took home all manner of prizes. Response so YO NEW, 1 ARISTA AS] 9643 Also promoted WKSJ is now director WGN wants to Mystery Remotes ev- at John Barlett, strong that stage IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 47 40 15 of marketing and promotion ... John St. John moves ery month ... Also in the Windy City, David McKay is 31 GEFFEN 7-28233 AC He comes HAZY SHADE OF WINTER BANGLES from assistant PD to acting PD at KFKF Kansas City, the new afternoon guy at outlet WCLR. ® 49 2 DEF JAM 38- 07630 /COLUMBIA Mo., after four years with the country outlet. St. John from WLTI and WNIC Detroit and replaces Peter NO NEW TALE TO TELL LOVE AND ROCKETS also handles 9 a.m.-noon ... The Cincinnati country bat- Dean, who is now director /creative services at WCLR. 49 NEW 1 BIG TIME LP CUT /RCA is tle now set for action, with Stan Campbell taking O, EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC NEW 1 WARNER over the PD reins at WBVE "the Beaver," which signed Assistance on preparing this column was provided ® BROS. 728143 on a year ago to take its shot at longtime format leader by Yvonne Olson in Los Angeles. OTracks with the greatest airplay gains this week. The Flashmaker is the highest -debuting track of the week. The Power Track is the track on the chart that shows the largest increase in airplay over the week before.

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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this /taDIO publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard. transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written New Panel Upped To 96 Stations After Summer Arbitrons permission of the publisher. Adult Contemporary Chart Adds Reporters RDULTCONTEMPORARY.. z Compiled from a national NEW YORK Effective this issue, PLATINUM WENS -FM Indianapolis, Ind. sample of radio playlists. Billboard has revised the panel of WHAS -AM Louisville, Ky. =w Qw 3o TITLE ARTIST r 3 3 cv ¢ 3 U LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL stations reporting to its Hot Adult KOST-FM Los Angeles, Calif. WHTX -FM Pittsburgh, Pa.

Contemporary chart. The panel is WCCO -AM Minneapolis, Minn. WLTF -FM Cleveland, Ohio ** NO.1 ** - updated after each Arbitron -AM THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES rat- WGN Chicago, Ill. WLTT -FM Washington, D.C. 1 1 1 11 RCA 5224 weeks ings period. There are now 96 sta- WNSR -FM New York, N.Y. WLVE -FM Miami, Fla. 3 at No. One VALERIE 2 2 3 STEVE WINWOOD tions reporting to the radio -only WNIC -FM Detroit, Mich. $ ISLAND 7-28231/WARNER BROS. chart. GOLD LOVE IS WOMC -FM Detroit, Mich. 3 4 7 12 THAT'S WHAT ALL ABOUT MICHAEL BOLTON Stations are divided into five WMJI -FM Cleveland, Ohio WRAL -FM Raleigh, N.C. COLUMBIA 38-7322 O YY SEW 9 12 MIND ON GEORGE HARRISON weighted categories based on WPIX -FM New York, N.Y. WSB -FM Atlanta, Ga. ® 6 DARK HORSE 7-28178/WARNER weekly cumulative audience each WSNI -FM Philadelphia, Pa. WVBF -FM Boston, Mass. BRILLIANT 5 5 5 10 DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN day from 6 a.m.- midnight in the COLUMBIA 38 -07595 CAN53DLE IN Arbitron total survey area. 6 THE WIND ELTON JOHN SILVER BRONZE 3 2 10 MCA 196 The categories are as follows: KFMB -FM San Diego, Calif. KEYI -FM Austin, Texas SPECIAL 7 10 11 9 KOOL & THE GANG platinum, 1 million -plus weekly KFMB -AM San Diego, Calif. KHOW -AM Denver, Colo. WAL 7J /POLYGRAM cume; gold, 500,000- 999,999 weekly KKHT -FM Houston, Texas NEVER THOUGHT I KHYL -FM Sacramento, Calif. 13 14 (THAT COULD LOVE) DAN HILL 8 6 COLUMBIA 38 -07618 cume; silver' 250,000- 499,999 week- KMGC -FM Dallas, Texas KIMN -AM Denver, Colo. g 7 9 9 RESERVATIONS FOR TWO DIONNE & KASHIF ly cume; bronze, 100,000- 249,999; KMJI -FM Denver, Colo. KJR -AM Seattle, Wash. ARISTA I .96 secondary, 25,000- 99,999 weekly KSL -AM Salt Lake City, Utah KKLT -FM Phoenix, Ariz. SO D 15 EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON cume. Asterisks indicate new re- KSTP -FM Minneapolis, Minn. *KKOB -FM Albuquerque, N.M. 16 6 ARISTA 1-9642 BREAKOUT porters. KYKY -FM St. Louis, Mo. 11 6 4 SWING OUT SISTER KLSI -FM Kansas City, Mo. 13 MERCURY 888 016-7/POLYGRAM -FM Dallas, KVIL Texas KLTE -FM Oklahoma City, Okla. I'VE BEEN 12 IN LOVE BEFORE CUTTING CREW WALK -FM Long Island, N.Y. *KLCY -FM Salt Lake City, Utah 8 6 14 VIRGIN 799425 KOAQ -FM Denver, Colo. IOON MIND AT ALL BOURGEOIS TAGG 0 14 15 7 FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 KOY -AM Phoenix, Ariz. HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this KRAV -FM Tulsa, Okla. 14 17 19 5 53181 publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or KRLB -FM Lubbock, Texas LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC Billboard® in any 15 12 10 14 transmitted, form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, WARNER BROS-7 -28291 photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written KWFM -FM Tucson, Ariz. FAITH permission of the publisher. O 21 GEORGE MICHAEL KZBS -FM Oklahoma City, Okla. 16 32 5 COLUMBIA 38 -07623 WEZC -FM N.C. Charlotte, BROOKLYN BLUES 17 18 24 4 BARRY MANILOW WEZS-FM Richmond, Va. ARISTA LP CUT WGY -AM Op DAWNING ON A NEW DAY Albany /Schenectady, NY IS 22 26 6 MICHAEL TOMLINSON ""CROSSOVER 30T. WHBC -AM Canton, Ohio CYPRESS 666 122 -7 FOR YOUoR4LOVE WHNN -FM Mich. 20 29 NATALIE COLE z Compiled from national Saginaw, 19 5 I LIVE r.6 radio airplay reports. WHVE -FM Sarasota, Fla. DONT MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE KENNY G. 01 n O TITLE ARTIST 20 11 8 14 w á WIVY -FM Jacksonville, Fla. ARISTA 1 -9625 X 3 3 e4 ó a Ú LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL POWER OF LOVE LAURA WIZD -FM Mobile, Ala. 21 19 25 7 BRANIGAN ATLANTIC 7 -89191 * * WKRC -AM Cincinnati, Ohio * * No.1 WHAT'S TOO MUCH 22 O23 35 4 SMOKEY ROBINSON SHAKE YOUR LOVE DEBBIE GIBSON WLAC -FM Nashville, Tenn. MOTOWN 1911 O 2 4 7 WLEV -FM Allentown NEW YORK (HOLD HER TIGHT) RESTLESS /Bethlehem, O 28 5 HEART CATCH ME6(I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 23 33 5 2 3 2 13 Pa. RCA 2 80 I DREAMED A DREAM NEIL DIAMOND TELL IT TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 24 16 13 8 3 5 5 8 WLHT -FM Grand Rapids, Mich. COLUMBIA 38 -07614 ARISTA 1 -9612 WLLT -FM Cincinnati, Ohio BELIE VE IN ME PAUL JANZ DONT YOU WANT ME JODY WATLEY 25 26 28 7 A &M 2978 4 4 3 13 MCA 53162 WLTS -FM New Orleans, La. SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER RICHARD MARX WMJJ -FM Birmingham, Ala. O26 34 43 5 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON EMI -MANHATTAN 50083 O 7 7 5 WMYU -FM Knoxville, Tenn. SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER ** *POWER PICK * ** 6 6 7 WMYX Wis. 6 MOTOWN 1907 -FM Milwaukee, IS YOU 27 41 2 CARLY SIMON WNLT -FM Tampa, Fla. - ARISTAE. WANT I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY ALI 7 1 1 11 MCA 53167 Opp WRKA -FM Louisville, Ky. LO 45 SEEING YOU AGAIN DAN FOGELBERG 32 3 FULL MOON /EPIC 34- 07640 /E.P.A. SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE *WRMF -FM West Palm Beach, Fla. 8 8 12 5 COLUMBIA 38 -07608 5 MOTORTOWN THE KANE GANG WRRM -FM Cincinnati, Ohio ® 30 40 CAPITOL 44062 I WANT T28229O BE YOUR MAN ROGER 9 10 19 4 REPRISE 7 WRVA -AM Richmond, Va. EVERCHANGING TIMES 30 31 6 SIEDAH GARRETT 37 QWEST 7- 28163 /WARNER BROS. FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL WRVR -FM Memphis, Tenn. 10 13 21 4 LU MB 38 COIA -07623 HRCAUNG5315 RY EYES ERIC CARMEN WSBA -FM York, Pa. 31 NEW O 1 HCAEAV5318EN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE Il 14 5 *WSLQ -FM Roanoke, Va. CI M 1 IN MY DREAMS 32 27 17 17 REO SPEEDWAGON WSNY -FM Columbus, Ohio EPIC 34- 07255/E. P.A. THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES 12 12 10 6 RCA 5224 WTFM -FM Kingsport, Tenn. 0 40 46 4 CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP MERCURY 888 934-7/POLYGRAM I DO YOU 13 THE JETS WTPI -FM Indianapolis, Ind. 9 11 7 MCA 53193 WTVN -AM Columbus, Ohio ® * 2 CPAN aSTAYEAWAY FROM YOU G.ESTEFAN /MIAMI SOUND THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL 21 2 MICHAEL JACKSON 0 - EPIC 34- 07645 /E.P.A. WWDE -FM Norfolk, Va. LONELY IN LOVE DAN FOGELBERG 21 35 24 20 FULL MOON /EPIC 34-07275/E.P.A. OFRYYOU WYYY -FM Syracuse, N.Y. 15 2 BECAUSE THE COVER GIRLS 18 - SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES RICHARD *WZNY -FM Augusta, Ga. 36 25 20 10 CARPENTER WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING 16 19 20 5 A &M 2983 EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC 37 1 NEW ' WARNERBROS. 7 -28143 PARTY YOUR BODY STEVIE B SECONDARY 0 17 16 23 4 LMR 74000 KBOI -AM Boise, Idaho Op I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW THE TEMPTATIONS 38 45 48 3 HARD DAY GEORGE MICHAEL MOTOWN 1908 18 20 27 3 COLUMBIA 44 -07466 KELT -FM McAllen /Brownsville, O, ANOTHER DAY GONE BRYDGE Texas 39 NEW 1 AVATAR CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL 6038 19 24 30 3 TABU 407600/E PA KEZR -FM San Jose, Calif. I THINK WE'RE 40 48 47 6 ALONE NOW TIFFANY LOVER' SLANE GEORGIO KMGQ -FM Santa Barbara, Calif. MCA 53167 26 - 2 ® SINCE II FELL FOR YOU AL JARREAU KTYL -FM Tyler, Texas 41 33 18 12 PUSH I -N -PEPA 28 2 SALT - NEXT PLATTEAU 315 KVUU -FM Colorado Springs, Colo. ONE HNEARTBEAT SMOKEY ROBINSON 42 36 31 20 LET ME B THE ONE EXPOSE KWAV -FM Monterey, Calif. 22 14 9 15 ARISTA I WHY KZII -FM Lubbock, Texas 43 DOES IT HAVE TO BE RESTLESS HEART 38 34 16 RC A 5132 SEASONS CHANGE EXPOSE NEW 1 ARISTA WAEB -AM Allentown, Pa. 19640 TICHE WAY YOEU !DI AKE ME FEEL MICHAEL JACKSON O44 NEW , 1 WAEV -FM Savannah, Ga. EP 34- 07645 / ..P 2 WHAT'S TOO MUCH SMOKEY ROBINSON ® 29 - MOTOWN 1911 WBGM -FM Tallahassee, Fla. WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN CARRIE MCDOWELL 45 SO 49 5 WFMK -FM Lansing, Mich. MOTOWN 1910 25 27 2 SHE'S oF4Y7 TONY TERRY - EPA THE ST19U619FF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF CARLY SIMON WJBC -AM Bloomington, Ill. 46 39 30 16 ARIST A 1 LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE NATALIE COLE NEW 1 EMI -MANHATTAN 50094 WKYE -FM Johnstown, Pa. WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 47 29 23 17 MERCURY 888604- 7 /POLYGRAM (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE SHANICE WILSON WMGB -FM Lexington, Ky. 27 22 16 6 &M 2939 NO ON N THE WORLD ANITA BAKER WQHQ -FM Ocean City, Md. 48 37 36 20 4 TRUE FAITH NEW ORDER WTRX -FM Flint, Mich. NEW 1 YOU A R 69THE GIRL THE CARS ® QWEST 728271 /WARNER BROS. WWMJ -FM Bangor, Maine 49 35 22 12 p, SOMEONE ó 0 LOVE ME FOR ME LISA LISA & CULT JAM NEW 1 WWWM -FM Toledo, Ohio O/ HOUR GLASS SQUEEZE ® JV NEW I A &M 2967 WXTC -FM Charleston, S.C. MY EVER LOVE LEVERT NEW 1 ® ATL ANTIC FOR7 -89182

OProducts with the greatest airplay gains this week. OProducts with the greatest airplay gains this week. Videoclip availability.

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audience of more than 1 million. Billboard. GOLD --Stations with a 'Meekly cume audience between 500,000 and 1 million. FOR WEEK ENDING SILVER -Stations with a weekly cume DECEMBER 5, 1987 POWER PLAYLIS audience between 250,000 and 500,000. CURRENT PLAYLISTS OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL TOP 40 RADIO STATIONS

PLATINUM z5 n Elton JohnJohn, Candle In The Wind 23 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 7 9 Whitesnake, Is This Love 10 10 Sting, We'll Be Together Expose, Seasons Change 26 17 Madonna A Commotion 24 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Belon 8 lI Whitney Houston, So Emotional 11 15 Whitney Houston So Emotional A2Ó 28 Motley Crue All I Need Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 25 Taylor Dayne Tell It To My Heart 9 12 The Jets I Do You 12 13 INXS, Need You tonight A25 Tiffany, Could've Been

28 32 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y M R.E.M., The dne I Love 10 13 Aerosmióh, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 13 9 Prince, U Got The Look 27 Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter A29 Salt -n -Papa, Push It 27 Expose, Seasons Change 11 2 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Wanes (I've 14 19 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 17 31 Dut Uppard, Animal 30 33 Steve Winwood, Valerie 28 Swing Out Sister, Breakout 15 Glenn Jones, We'veW ve Only lust begun (T 15 16 Geor a Harrson, Got My Mind Sot On Y 30 Squeeze, Hourglass

31 Exposa, Seasons Change 29 Los Lobos, Come On, Let's Go 13 16 R.E.M., The One I Love 16 17 Del rd, Animal A29 Sett -n -Papa, Push It 32 35 Natalie Cale I Live For Your Love 30 Eric Carmen Hungry Eyes 11 21 Dionne 8 Kashif, Reservations For Two 17 21 Pretty 'son,son Catch Me (I'm Falling) A30 - Banunarama, I Can't Help It F/17 33 EX Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me A Fleetwood Mac, Everywhere 15 3 Tiffany, I Think Wé re Alone Now 18 23 Jody Watley, You Want Me Icehouse, Crazy lu/ITI 34 EX Icehouse, Crazy A Tiffany, Could've Been 16 k 19 20 Aetosmith, dude (Looks Like A Lady) 32 John Cougar Mellow /me, Cherry Bomb New York 0.M.: Steve Kingston A35 Bangles, Hazy Shade 01 Winter A Foreigner, Say You Will 17 20 Eric Carmeyyn,rHungrrryy Eyes 20 18 Michael Jackson, Bad 33 EX Mon John, Candle In The Wind A Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes A Berce Springsteen, Tunnel Of Love DI 23 leGag, Me 21 22 The Jets, I Do You 434 Prince I Could Never Take The Place 1 1 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Wames (I've A Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 19 22 Theme Kane Motortown 22 24 Whitesnake, Is This Love 35 EX Cher, I Found Someone Heaven Is A Place Belinda Carlisle, 0 EX EX Temptations, I Wonder Who She's Satin 20 24 Laura Branigan, Power 01 Love 23 28 Strryyppeerr, Honestly A - Datum, Burning Like A Flame Tiffany, I Think Were Alone Now EX EX Glenn Jones, We've Only Just Begun (T 21 25 John Cougar MNlencamp, Cherry Bomb 24 26 Icehouse Crazy Bruce pringstoen, Tunnel Of Love George Michael, Faith EX EX John Cougar Mellencamp, Cherry Bomb 22 26 Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me 25 30 Tiffany, Could've Been EX EX Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes

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In Windy City, No. 1 WGCI Has `Sonny' Disposition rector, I'm concerned that where re- time as an r &b vice president/promo- BY MOIRA McCORMICK search is showing people are into ur- tion at Polydor before being hired by TAYLOR GIVES a large share of banism, it doesn't seem to be trans- Barry Mayo as PD of top -rated the credit for WGCI's success to MD AS PROGRAM DIRECTOR of lating [to the business at large]," WRKS New York in 1982. Barbara Prieto, a seven -year veteran WGCI -AM -FM Chicago, Sonny Tay- Taylor says. At WGCI, Taylor faces competition of the station who Taylor says "keeps lor has the distinction of piloting Chi- not only from WBMX, but also from me on my toes." He also gives credit cago's No. 1 music station -a title IN ANY CASE, WGCI is the undis- top 40 WBBM-FM "B -96," which re- to the account executives, engineers, the FM has held consistently since puted leader of the Windy City's in- cently began programming a signifi- and support staff, saying, "It's a the winter 1986 Arbitrons. In fact, tense music battle. It pulled an 8.2, cantly higher percentage of urban combination of efforts.-we're lucky WGCI had domi- 12-plus overall share in the latest Ar- music -and boosted its ratings by do- to have the right elements." nated Chicago mu- bitrons. WGCI is No. 1 with listeners ing so. Most of WGCI's promotions trade sic radio almost who are 18-34 and 25-54 years old and Taylor, incidentally, prefers not to on the station's "Power 107" slogan. PD exclusively for a second with teens to top 40 WYTZ "Z- refer to WBMX as competition. "We Current promos include the Power OF THE year prior to that, 95." Its morning drive show, "Doug both dominate," he says. "Chicago is Tone, a sound played during a com- beaten only peri- Banks & Company," is the No. 1 blessed with two great urban sta- mercial break, after which a caller WEEK odically by urban morning drive show among music-in- tions." who reaches the station can win up to rival WBMX-FM. tensive stations- topping even As for B -96, Taylor says its influ- $1,000. As a recycler, WGCI uses the Yet Taylor says he feels that WLUP's Jonathan Brandmeier's ence is felt primarily among WGCI's Power Song, in which listeners are WGCI and urban radio in general are show. 12- 24-year-old listeners because B -96 asked to identify a record and can rise is "playing the best of [our] music win such prizes as fur coats and vaca- not regarded on a par with other top WGCI had already been on the Sonny Taylor. Program director of - so you rely on your strong personal- tions. In Count 'Em For Cash, listen- formats by industry personnel. under then -PD Lee Michaels when WGCI- AM -FM, Chicago's leading 1985. ities and move straight forward." ers vie for cash and prizes by trying "Look at the time spent on urban ra- Taylor arrived in December At music -intensive station, and 12-plus. In addition to morning man Doug dio and the amount of money gener- the time, the station had a 7.7 Billboard's PD of the week. ated by listeners and how many ur- As Taylor diplomatically puts it, "Lee Banks -who took over in November ban stations are in the top three in Michaels made it easy for me to take 1986 from top -rated AM drive jock `Urban is treated major markets, and yet it's still treat- it to even bigger heights." Taylor Bob Wall when Wall was charged as a stepchild' ed as a stepchild," he says. "We're came over from rival WBMX, where lyn, N.Y. He attended New York's with the sexual abuse of a minor- not given the same props, the re- he'd been hired by Michaels in May of School of Broadcasting and Announc- the WGCI air staff includes Yvonne spect, recognition, and courtesies that year. (Michaels has since as- ing and broke into radio in 1965. Tay- Daniels in the midday; Tom Joyner to identify a set of songs in the prop- [that are given to other formats]." sumed the programming chair at lor put in time working as a DJ on (who commutes from KKDA Dallas, er sequence. The difference in treatment can be WBMX.) such AM pop stations as WINZ Mi- where he does the morning show) in In each promotion, listeners who subtle but pervasive, Taylor says. "If Before that, Taylor's Chicago radio ami; WNHC New Haven, Conn.; the afternoon; Marco Spoon (who at possess a WGCI Power Card -dis - a promo man gets a record added to a tenure included serving as PD and WGLI Long Island, N.Y. (where he this time two years ago was Taylor's tributed at retail outlets -are able to 50,000-watt pop AM, they break out morning personality at urban outlet also served as MD); WNJR Newark, PD at WBMX) in the evening; and increase the value of their prizes. the champagne. When an urban WJPGAM from November 1984 to NJ.; and AM urban outlet KXLW St. Chille Chiles, whose quiet storm Taylor, who notes that he still fills promo man gets three adds on an ur- April 1985. Louis. show airs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and in on the air to "keep up my voice," ban station, it's business as usual." Taylor's first PD job was, interest- is No. 1 in its time period. WGCI's says extensive on-air experience has Taylor also says urban stations are I USED TO WALK around with ingly enough, at WJPC from 1972-75. lineup is rounded out by Irene Mojica, made him especially sensitive to the slighted when they are prevented for [legendary New York outlets] After that, he became PD at WWRL who works from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., and needs of WGCI's personalities. "I'm a period of time from playing new WABC and WWRL planted in my New York, fulfilling a longtime ambi- weekender Herb Kent. Taylor says always on the side of the DJs," he product from a crossover artist ear," recalls Taylor, who was born in tion to work there. He stayed at the all stand out because "they sound says. "They come first." whom they broke. "As a program di- the Bronx, N.Y., and bred in Brook- station until 1978. Taylor also put in like they're having fun."

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www.americanradiohistory.com LEN T Z Sting: Nothing Like Total Control Over Solo Career Clearly, Sting does not miss work- Sting. "I think records will probably it's something I'm really trying to American tour, Sting went into a Man- BY STEVE GEIT ing with just two players -as he did get longer," he says. "But it actually avoid. I don't think you can success- hattan studio to record Spanish ver- NEW YORK Sting's solo career has during his days with the Police. "I makes it harder in a way. If you've fully label this record, which is my in- sions of some of the songs from the surged ahead with the recent release like having a larger band," he says. got to keep people's attention for an tention. The whole labeling thing new album. "I'm basically doing half of his second A &M album, " ... Noth- "I think it's just more colors in the hour or more, then you've got to real- isn't true to the reality of music. Mu- the album in Spanish," he says. "This ing Like The Sun." The new album palette to work with. I'm experienced ly think about it. I think it'll make rec- sic isn't labels; it's just one thing. came from the Latin department has raced into the upper reaches of enough now to be a band leader, to ords less homogeneous. A lot of rock "I'm not interested in jazz at all; [staff] at A &M, who really loved the the Top Pop Albums chart, and its know what's needed in arrange- records start off with this guitar I'm really not. I like to use bits of it, album and said, `There's a couple of leadoff single, 'We'll Be Together," ments, and how to cope with person- sound, and it just goes all the way or at least assemble something -a songs that are really sort of Latin-in- is riding high on the Hot 100 Singles alities and unmitigated energy and through- that's it. It's like one song, sensitivity, if you like -but I want to fluenced; why don't you sing them in chart. The album and single are also creativity. What I'm doing at the mo- really." create something else. I can listen to Spanish?'. Some guy translated the making significant moves up the Top ment is just trying to sort out all of Is Sting a prolific songwriter? all kinds of music and appreciate it. songs, and I sing them phonetically. I Black Albums and Top Black Singles this energy. This band has such bril- "No, I write prolifically in certain And I don't want to be stuck in a hope I'm singing good lyrics!" charts, respectively. liant musicians, but I don't want periods, but I don't write at all in oth- box." Sting has also found time to form Coinciding with the emergence of them being brilliant all the time. It's ers. I can't write on tour; it's impossi- Sting and his band kicked off a his own record label, Pangaea. Chris- his latest album, Sting has returned like overpowering. Each gig I'm go- ble because there's just no time. South American tour Nov. 19 in Bra- tine Reed, a seven -year veteran of to the road for a marathon world ing to have to say, 'OK, this is your What there is time to do is to jot zil. "We spend three weeks in South CBS Masterworks whom Sting met tour, launched with two sellout con- bit, and now we'll go on to someone down notes, either musical ones or America and then a week at [Lon- through Marsalis, will help run the certs Nov. 15-16 at New York's Ritz else.' Otherwise, it becomes such a lyrics that turn up. When I put all don's] Wembley Arena before Christ- company, which will be distributed club (Billboard, Nov. 28). mess." those little ideas together, I have to mas," says Sting. "We start the here by MCA and internationally by Once again, Sting has recruited a Judging by the recent Ritz dates, do that in relative peace and quiet." [U.S.] tour in Tampa [Fla.] in Janu- CBS. formidable array of musicians to Sting is not adverse to sharing the How does he look back on "Dream "Basically, the idea behind Pan- back him on the road. The group in- spotlight with the members of his Of The Blue Turtles "? What kind of venues will Sting be gaea goes back to what I was saying cludes Tracy Wormworth (bass), band. He allows them a good deal of "I like it a lot. I think there's a playing in the U.S.? earlier about music without labels," Kenny Kirkland and Delmar Brown space to stetch out. "I've got nothing great sort of nervous energy about it. "Well, I'm not sure that the music says Sting. "What I wanted to do was (keyboards), Jeff Campbell (guitar), to prove up there," he says. "My I think the new album is much warm- is particularly tailored to arena rock. set up a company that will draw from Smitty Smith (drums), Mino Cinelu name sells the tickets and probably er -it's more controlled and it's I'd prefer to stick to venues that suit a wide spectrum of music -be it clas- (drums), and Steve Coleman (saxo- the records, but on stage I'm quite calmer. But there was a spontaneity the music, where it's more intimate sical, country, jazz, or whatever- phone). Kirkland is the only surviving prepared to sit back and enjoy the about that first one that I really love. and warmer. In New York, I think that's totally fresh. It'll be multifac- member of the band that accompa- band myself. I sing hard and do a lot Of course, people now are saying we'll play Madison Square Garden. eted." nied Sting on the 1985 tour to proof work, but if someone's there play- they love this album and that the last I'm confident I can make that inti- Plans call for the first Pangaea remote his first solo album, "The ing their guts out, I want to enjoy it. one was a failure, but then that's mate, and the same goes for the Fo- leases to bow in February. "I'll have Dream Of The Blue Turtles." I've no fear about being upstaged at journalistic twaddle." rum in L.A. But in between, a lot of quite a lot to do with the music on the "After being in a band that was all, because I don't think I am." The media have often tagged the large venues are like gigantic cat- label," says Sting. "It has to please fixed for 10 years -the same peo- Sting's latest show revolves mainly Sting's solo career as an excursion tle sheds. So I don't know. But I can me or Christine. And because it'll be ple-I'm very loathe to go back to around material from " ... Nothing into the jazz world, but he says, play in a small club if I want to." fairly small, I'll be able to get in- that situation," says Sting. "It's nice Like The Sun." In addition to the new "That's just a labeling process -and Prior to embarking on the South volved in the different projects." to have a sort of floating population songs, he is playing a couple of tunes of musicians who can play your stuff from his first album and a smorgas- and then go off and do what they bord of revamped Police tunes. No- want, and then they'll come back. ticeably absent from the Police mate- Like, Branford Marsalis played with rial are "Roxanne" and "Message In us at the second Ritz show, but he A Bottle." `Inside Information' On Foreigner -Fete doesn't join the tour until January. "Well, I've been singing `Roxanne' "Having a pool of musicians is real- for 10 years now, and I think you BACK ON TRACK: The members of Foreigner were the following afternoon produced a surprise visit from ly great. My band on the last tour had should put songs in the field to lie fal- joined by Atlantic chief Ahmet Ertegun, label presi- Raquel Welch, who was promoting her new Columbia such a reputation that everybody low for a while and bring up other dent Doug Morris, and key execs- including Dave dance single, "This Girl's Back In Town." The stun- wanted to play with it. So it's a good ones," says Sting. "I don't think you Glew, Vince Farad, and Perry Cooper -during a pri- ning Welch told The Beat that she is a big fan of Peter position to be in. I don't want to have should forget about songs you've vate listening party Nov. 18 at New York's Right Gabriel, Sting, and Prince. to be rigidly attached to a group of in- written in the past, though. I just like Track studio to celebrate the release of the band's lat- dividuals, ever." to bring them out of the box, blow the est album, "Inside Information." STAR PICKS: As the year rapidly draws to a close, dust off, and blow life into them and The Beat was on hand for the event and was most The Beat has been busy finding out which albums see what happens, and then maybe impressed by the album. The leadoff single, "Say You some of the stars were listening to in 1987. Jon Bon bring a song back. Will," is more contagious than a winter cold, and the Jovi's choice picks include the latest albums from "I think I'm going to have a long rest of the album offers an Aerosmith and the Cult; those career, and I'll come back to [Police] abundance of top-quality com- bad, bad Beastie Boys relaxed songs constantly. A lot of my life is mercial rock fare. It's the first to the sounds of acts likes bound up in those songs. But I time that Mick Jones and his Metallica and Public Enemy; wouldn't reform the Police to re-cre- crew have made a record in less the Bee Gees banged their ate part of my life." than a year, but this is probably heads to Whitesnake and Def Sting recorded some 20 songs for a key reason why Foreigner Leppard; and Whitesnake's "... Nothing Like The Sun," from has come up with a winner. The David Coverdale wooed fiancé which he selected the final 12 cuts. "I material boasts a definite sense Tawny Kitaen to the strains of just couldn't see how to reduce it fur- of spontaneity, and overall, "Inside Information" is Smokey Robinson's "One Heartbeat." A complete ther to make it a 40- minute album," much better focused than 1985's "Agent Provoca- rundown of what these and many more stars listened he says. "The whole thing had a bal- teur." to will be featured in Billboard's upcoming double, ance, and I didn't want to edit any Incidentally, also in attendance at the party was year-end issue Dec. 26. further." Mick Jones' buddy John McEnroe and his wife, Ta- The album is available on single tum O'Neal. The tennis ace was not involved in any SHORT TAKES II: Poison's second album, tenta- cassette and compact disk formats, arguments and seemed to be having quite a fun time, tively titled "Swallow This," should be out sometime but in view of its running time, A &M munching away on pizza and playing air guitar! in the first quarter of 1988. Tom Werman is at the decided to market the LP version as a production helm ... Arista will be holding its annual two-record set. "I told A &M I didn't SHORT TAKES I: New PolyGram act Kingdom label gathering in early December in Maui, Hawaii. want to outprice this thing," says Come has been mixing its debut album at Manhat- After this year's run of successes, Clive Davis should Sting. "They said, 'Well, we'll work tan's Electric Lady studio. Look for a H-O -T release in have no problem picking up the tab ... Word has it out the economics,' and the next day early 1988 . .. Ray "Pablo" Falconer, UB40's sound that former Columbia a &r staffer Steve Ralbovsky they came back and said it would cost engineer and co- producer, was recently killed in an has finally exited the "Black Rock" headquarters to a dollar more than an ordinary al- auto accident in England. Falconer was one of the pas- move to A &M ... George Michael has been in New bum. I thought that sounded pretty sengers in a car driven by his brother Earl, UB40's York auditioning musicians for his upcoming solo tour reasonable for an extra 20 minutes, bassist ... David Simone, head of the soon -to-be reac- ... Robert Plant has reportedly delivered his latest so we went ahead. Also, for vinyl tivated UNI label, was in the Big Apple last week. solo offering, to Atlantic. Insiders say the disk has Solo Start. Sting performs on stage buyers, if you have a double album Look for Simone to be making some key hirings for smash potential . .. Nowhere, the downtown Manhat- 15 during a Nov. 15 concert at New with minutes a side, you have au- the MCA-distributed logo in the next month or so. tan vegetarian restaurant owned by Howard Jones York's Ritz, the first of two shows at diophile quality." and his manager, David Stopps, has been forced to the club that marked the start of his The emergence of compact disks, FAMOUS FACES: The Bee Gees visited Billboard's close until January following a Nov. 8 fire in the bar 1987 -88 world tour. (Photo: Chuck with the potential for 70- minute play- New York offices Nov. 17 during a brief East Coast area that caused extensive damage. Pulin) ing times, could lead to more artists promo trek. Barry White showed up the next day, and making longer albums, according to

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 19 www.americanradiohistory.com wLENT C ARTIST When the song emerged as the Christmas. Faith No More is then U2 Winds Down U.S. Tour; band's first -ever single in Austra- scheduled to head over to the U.K. DEVELOPMENTS lia, "it screamed up the charts for a series of dates. there," says John Doelp, product "The strategy is to get them out Paul HOLIDAY PROMO CHEER manager at Epic. "Before they as much as we can because we Simon Skeds Benefit It's Yulesville, babe, so dig the knew it they had a top 10 hit." Af- want exposure to as many people ter that, says Doelp, Wa Wa Nee as possible," says manager War- holiday spirit! BY LINDA MOLESKI That's what we'll be hearing released four singles Down Un- ren Entner, whose roster also in- THRASH BASH: Following a from radio once it gets its hands on der-three of which went the same cludes Faster Pussycat, number of West Coast warm -up Warner Bros.' new radio -only top 10 route, with two hitting the Black'n'Blue, and Quiet Riot. WINDING DOWN: U2 will be dates, Megadeth will head over to promo album, "Yulesville." Issued No. 1 position. "Through touring you can really wrapping the U.S. leg of its me- London, where it will headline on red vinyl, the album contains U.S. rep nse to the band's first create a ground swell. By the time gasuccessful world tour with two the Leeds Music Festival Dec. 13. music and IDs by such Warner single here, "Sugar Free," was so they come off the road, they will outdoor concerts, Dec. -19 and 20 The package, affectionately Bros. and Reprise artists as strong that the group was invited have done about 110 dates." at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tem- known as Thrash Metal Day, will George Harrison, Fleetwood Mac, to appear on four different TV "We'll finish up touring in Eu- pe, Ariz. Tickets for the event are conclude a three -day rock festi- Aztec Camera, Prince, Los Lobos, shows during a recent visit to Los rope, and then we'll start recording deliberately low- priced at $5 val dubbed the Christmas On the Bee Gees, the Pretenders, Ma- Angeles: "American Bandstand," the next album in April or May," each. Word has it that the shows Earth tour. donna, and more. "Solid Gold," "The Late Show," says guitarist Jim Martin. will be filmed and recorded for Included on the bill are fellow How did it happen? Kevin Laf- and "Top Of The. Pops." Slash has serviced radio with use in the band's upcoming movie Frontier Booking acts Overkill, fey of the label's West Coast a&r Because the band's album has two 12 -inch singles, "We Care A and for a much -rumored double Nuclear Assault, the Cro-Mags, department says, "[National sales been available in Australia for Lot" and "Chinese Arithmetic," live album. Kreator, and VoiVod as well as manager] Charlie Springer, [na- about a year, Doelp says Epic had which met with mixed response. Meanwhile, lead vocalist Bono Laaz Rocket and Virus. The con- tional director of promotion] Greg several Australian videos to choose "We got some top 40 and album found himself in a bit of legal cert is being promoted by John Lee, and I are into Christmas rec- from to promote the band. Instead, rock radio play, and college [radio] trouble recently when he spray - Curd of Camouflage Produc- ords. Charlie puts out a tape every the label opted to make completely was good to us," says Martin. painted a fountain with the tions. year -he sends out Christmas new clips. "It's an additional com- Faith No More's music has been words "Rock'n'Roll Stop The Upon completion of the U.K. songs to a list of about 300 people. mitment, basically," says Doelp. described as a blend of punk, Traffic" during a surprise con- shows, Megadeth will join the I'd been threatening to put out a "For this market we really feel we thrash, and new age. "The band cert in San Francisco. The free U.S. leg of Dio's tour, which com- Warner Bros. rock'n'roll Christmas have to make a certain statement- bridges a lot of gaps and appeals performance, announced publicy mences Jan. 14 in Charlotte, N.C. record for a long time, and Lee has and it really has to be carved a lit- to a diverse crowd," says Entner. only two hours Included on that really been into both ideas. It's tle bit differently." "It's hard to get acceptance at ra- before it started, bill is Savatage, really his brainchild, to just do a dio because they don't know what reportedly drew which is booked promotional record for radio." IN BRIEF to do with them. I like to think the thousands of through Feb. 25. Why just radio? "I think it's just Columbia is promoting the title aim is a college audience, but fans. a matter of keeping it fun," says track from Bruce Springsteen's they're not solely that type of Local authori- SHORT TAKES: Laffey. "A lot of the stuff is liter- "Tunnel Of Love" as the album's band. Any kid who likes Metallica ties did not press Will George Har- ally taken from cassettes on the second single ... "Call It Love" is or even the Clash will like this charges, however, after the graf- rison be hitting the worldwide road. Christine McVie recorded a the latest single by Mercury/Poly- band." fiti was cleaned and the singer concert trail in support of his little message in a shower stall in a Gram act Yello, which scored a hit Faith No More's career develop- apologized. Later, in a letter new Dark Horse /Warner Bros. motel on a walkman, for example, with "Oh Yeah" ... Second single ment will be a slow building pro- made public, Bono wrote, "I album, "Cloud Nine "? "I love so a lot of these things aren't real- from Ray Parker Jr.'s latest Gef- cess, according to Entner. "The would hope that the real street playing on stage, but I'm not ly high -quality enough." fen album, "After Dark," is a duet way to break an act has gotten so artists of San Francisco will not sure I'll be touring this time Don't get the idea that the al- with Natalie Cole, "Over You" ... sophisticated and so expensive, but suffer because of a scrawler like around," says Harrison. "On the bum is filled with just IDs, howev- Capitol has issued the Stewart Le- this reminds me of the way the mu- me." last tour I'd get up in front of all er. Full- fledged Christmas tracks vine- produced "No Conversation" sic industry used to be," he says. these people, and after a while it can be found by Prince, Aztec as the leadoff single from View "If you like something, you stick SAVING GRACE: As tipped in was obvious that half of them Camera, 54.40, the Pretenders, the From The Hill's debut U.S. album, with it and watch it develop into last week's Beat column, Paul Si- were there to see me and the oth- Winans, the New Monkees, Randy "In Time" ... Geffen is working something. Faith No More is start- mon and his Graceland tour player half because it was what was Travis, Los Lobos, and others -in- "Show Down At Big Sky "- featuring from scratch; the band has no ers are scheduled to lead a host happening in town that night. I cluding the "Yulesville" title track, ing the BoDeans on backing vo- reputation or hype to live up to." of artists through a benefit con- wasn't sure I even really liked all cals-as a single from the Robbie cert at Manhattan's Madison these people. I'd rather play for recorded in 1959 by no less than GREAT ECLECTICS Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. Robertson album. Square Garden Dec. 13 to help 20 friends who really care than a Tom Bradshaw, owner of the aid the Mobile Medical Units of stadium full of yobbos." Yobbos? FROM DOWN UNDER HAVE FAITH Great American Music Hall in San the New York Children's Health . Jesus & Mary Chain is play- If the pattern set in its homeland Faith No More is promoting its Francisco, has this to say about his Project. The organization pro- ing a series of club dates that are is replicated in the U.S., Australian debut Slash /Warner Bros. album, new record label's approach to tal- vides free medical care for the ar- scheduled to run through Satur- band Wa Wa Nee is about to take "Introduce Yourself," as the open- ent signing: "It's going to be termi- ea's homeless children. day (5), with SST act Opal serv- is off in a big way with "Stimula- ing act for the Red Hot Chili Pep- nally eclectic, I'm afraid." Among those confirmed on the ing as the opener. The band tion," the second U.S. single from pers on a nationwide club tour that Bradshaw's label, Great Ameri- bill are Laurie Anderson, Ruben touring behind its new Warner its eponymous debut album. started Oct. 22 and runs through can Music Hall Records, is distrib- Blades, Dion, Grand Master Bros. album, "Darklands" .. . uted by Fantasy -"practically a Flash, the Jazzy Jumpers, Chaka I.R.S. act Timbuk 3 will be open- major," he says, "and certainly Khan, Ladysmith Black Mam- ing for Sting during his Dec. 15- about the biggest of the indepen- bazo, Lou Reed, Nile Rodgers, 19 stint at London's Wembley dents." The idea for the linkup James Taylor, and the Paul Arena ... Aussie act Wa Wa Nee came about through conversations Shaffer Band. has been signed to the contempo- with Orrin Keepnews, he adds, the rary music division of the Wil- distinguished record producer AMBITIOUS TREK: Tommy liam Morris Agency ... Pink whose own Landmark label is also Shaw will hook up with Rush for Floyd will conclude the first leg distributed by Fantasy. a series of East Coast dates in of its world tour Dec. 10 in Van- Eclectic? Try a talent roster that support of his debut Atlantic al- couver, British Columbia. The encompasses jazz, a cappella, and bum, "Ambition "; the shows veteran rockers are then slated '50s -style rock'n'roll-on new re- start Dec. 6 at New Jersey's to perform a series of Australian leases by pianist Art Lande, a cap- Meadowlands Arena. and New Zealand dates before pella group the Bobs, and Flash The former Styx vocalist re- heading over to Japan on March Cadillac. Bradshaw says the best places the McAuley Schenker 2. Sources say the group will be indicator of the types of artists Group, which is scheduled to back in the U.S. for a number of he'll be recording is the type of tal- head overseas in mid -December stadium dates ... Says Faith No ent he's been booking at the hall: to warm up a number of U.K. More guitarist Jim Martin of the some 60% jazz, "and the rest a mix- shows for hot rockers White - group's current tour as opener ture of folk, blues, some ethnic snake. The MSG /Whitesnake for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, things, comedy, and some rock'n- outings will conclude with a Dec. "We like to get a lot of kids at 'roll. "- 30 concert at London's Wembley our shows because they're more Look for more, "equally eclectic" Stadium. The performance ties in lively than older people." 11 the Berkeley Community Documented Jam. During his Nov. show at releases on the new label by early with a special MSG MTV contest, Theatre in California, Virgin artist Warren Zevon was joined on stage by next year, says Bradshaw. in which the winner will receive a Send information to On The members of R.E.M., who jammed on the encore numbers "Junko Partner," guitar -along with a lesson from Road, c/o Billboard, 1515 Broad- after the concert, "Mannish Boy," and "Raspberry Beret." Pictured backstage Artist Developments is edited by group member Michael way, New York, N.Y. 10036. guitarist Peter Buck; from left, are: R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry; Zevon; R.E.M. Steve Gett. Reporters: Linda Schenker- before heading out to Zevon's manager; and Jordan Harris, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills; Andy Slater, Moleski (New York) and Dave the show. Virgin co- managing director. DiMartino (Los Angeles).

20 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com TOP CO NCERT 114 oBOXSCORE GROSSES For fast action, use AMUSEMENT BUSINESS 19,200 Gross Attendance 11111 ACTIONMART ARTISTS) Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter

U2 Los Angeles Coliseum Nov. 17 -18 $2,590497 132,925 Avalon Attractions the Billboard PRETENDERS (17 -18) Los Angeles, Calif. $19.50 142,000 STEVE JONES (17) ' Classified. SEATS THE BODEANS (1 8) 1 U2 Stadium, Oakland-Alameda Co. Nov. 14 -15 $2,013,570 103,260 Bill Graham Presents Call Jeff Serette toll THE PRETENDERS Coliseum $19.50 119,000 THE BODEANS Oakland, Calif. sellout free at (800) 223-

Arena, Nov. -MIN THE GRATEFUL DEAD Long Beach Convention 8 13 -15 $679,586 14,000 Bill Graham Presents Entertainment Center $16.50415.50 sellout 7524 (NY residents Long Beach, Calif. ra dial 764 -7388). reunion arena PINK FLOYD Rupp Arena, Lexington Center Nov. 7 -8 $576,738 31,175 Electric Factory Concerts Lexington, Ky. $18.50 sellout _ 777 Sports Street PINK FLOYD St. Louis Arena Nov. 15-16 5548,460 27,954 Contemporary Prods. Dallas, Texas 75207 St. Louis, Mo. $20 sellout (214) 658-7070 KENNY ROGERS Fox Theatre Nov. 13 -15 $456,470 21,077 Fox Concerts EXILE St. Louis, Mo. $29.90/$24.90/$18.90 / 27,990 $12.90 sellout

AEROSMITH Meadowlands Arena Nov. 13 5315,288 19,436 Monarch Entertainment Bureau DOKKEN East Rutherford, N.J. $17.50/$16.50 20,528 John Scher Presents

AEROSMITH Capital Centre Nov. 19 $261,046 16,255 Cellar Door Prods. DOKKEN Landover, Md. $16.50 18,700 TELARC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION DEF LEPPARD Los Angeles Sports Arena Nov. 22 1256,655 15,405 Avalon Attractions 23307 Commerce Park Road Cleveland, Ohio 44122 U.S.A. TESLA Los Angeles, Calif. $17.50

DEF LEPPARD San Diego Sports Arena Nov. 20 $230,160 13,555 Avalon Attractions TESLA San Diego, Calif. $17.50 14,199 To The Voting Members of NARAS *: JETHRO TULL Meadowlands Arena Nov. 22 $229,855 14,151 Monarch Entertainment Bureau FAIRPORT CONVENTION East Rutherford, N.J. $16.50/$1550 sellout John Scher Presents Quality has been our only clout since our first digital release in 1978 DEF LEPPARD Phoenix Veterans Memorial Nov. 19 $227,640 13,796 Fey Concert Co. . which 6 14 nomina- TESLA Coliseum $17.50/$16.50 sellout .. quality won us GRAMMYS* and GRAMMY* Phoenix, Ariz. tions in a single year. WHITNEY HOUSTON Coliseum Nov. 14 5224,174 14,060 in -house JONATHAN BUTLER West Virginia Univ. $16.50 /$14.50 sellout Cellar Door Concerts This year, TELARC has submitted an especially dynamic roster of Morgantown, W.Va. recordings for your consideration during the GRAMMY* nominating JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Montreal Forum Nov. 17 1215,549 12,521 Perryscope Concert Prods. Montreal, Quebec ($281,723 Canadian) 15,327 period of December 1- December 22. $22.50 We are particularly excited about our first foray into popular music WHITNEY HOUSTON Stokley Athletic Center Nov. 20 $207,553 13,478 Mid -South Concerts JONATHAN BUTLER Univ. of Tennessee--I(naxville 116.50/913.50 sellout . the critically -acclaimed LIZA MINNELLI AT CARNEGIE HALL! To Knoxville Tenn. quote one reviewer, it is "a magnificent recording full of Minnelli's WHITNEY HOUSTON Kemper Arena, American Royal Oct. 29 $206,316 12,799 Contemporary Prods. Center $16.50 13,105 New West on -stage magic." Kansas City Mo. Dimensions Unlimited Also for your consideration: FLEETWOOD MAC The Summit Nov. 12 $198,433 11,339 PACE Concerts CRUZADOS Houston, Texas $17.50 14,000 CATALOG NO. TfnLEGRAMMY' NOMINATIONS CATEGORIES CATALOG NO. TITLE/GRAMMY' NOMINATIONS CATEGORIES WHITESNAKE Omaha Civic Auditorium Nov. 15 $192,000 12,189 Contemporary Presentations 85502 LIZA MINNELL] at Carnage Hall 90117 COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait/Old Amencan Fotksorgs GREAT WHITE Omaha, Neb. $16 sellout Artist: LOa Mirnelli ANSI. KuuehCincmneoMephum. Minas E Best Pop Wal Performance, Female Best Spoken NUN or Non- Musical Recording ANITA BAKER Fox Theatre Nov. 17-18 $185,599 9,330 Fox Concerts E Best Instrumental Arrangement = Best Classical Album RHONDA HANSOME St. Louis, Mo. $21.50 /119.50 sellout Accompanying ` ksl 80135 FAURE: ReguenDURUFLE: Requiem Best Atum Padrage ANSI. ShawrA0antaBlegervMomsClens EDDIE MONEY Thomas A Mack Center Nov. 14 $179,620 10,000 Al Hayman Prods. = Best Engineered Recordirg (NOnLlasucal) = BBS1ClasscalAllxlm PAUL MOONEY Univ. of Nevada -Las Vegas $17.50 sellout 84401 Teo Gentlemen Folk = Best Choral Penonnarnce (other man Opera) Las Vegas, Nev. Artur. Ben Luzon & Bill CrOut& Friends 71 Best Engineered Recording. C$asscal Best Contemporary Folk Recording JETHRO TULL Nassau Veterans Memorial Nov. 13 $171,929 10,860 Monarch Entertainment Bureau ] 80138 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: SymphonyNo 2 80143 PRGKOREV: Alexander Nevsky & Lt KC London &arkAscendirg FAIRPORT CONVENTION Coliseum $16.50/91550 12,948 John Scher Presents Artist Pros utusAngeles Phipumxxxc/Ctgns Anss: PrcvkvROyal Philhamlpnc Uniondale, N.Y. Larry Vaughn Presents ] Best Classical Atum Best Classical Album DEF LEPPARD Arena, Kansas City Convention Nov. 11 $169815 11,545 Contemporary Prods. ] Best Choral Performance (other than Opera) Best Orchestral Recording Best Engineered Recording. Classical = Best Engineered Recording, TESLA Center $15 11,545 ] Classical 80146 Star lacke 9: Star Trek Movies. Bads to Future& More 80139 MOZART: Symphonies No 40 & 41 Kansas City, Mo. sellout Artist: KUnzeiCincinnati Pops Artist : MacrerrauPrague Chamber Orchestra MOTLEY CRUE Carolina Coliseum Nov. 14 $169,389 10,266 C 8 C Entertainment Best Orchestral Recording C Best Classical Album 80141 Round -Up: Favnnte Westernflames E Best Orchestral Recording GUNS N' ROSES Univ. of South Carolina $16.50 11,000 Ave: KuaeSCinclnnae PopsPrankie Lame 80149 FALLA: Three-Cornered Hau Columbia, S.C. Best Orchestral Recording Interlude & Spanish DarxwHanenaies ._ AEROSMITH Springfield Civic Center Nov. 2 $165,000 10,227 Cross Country Concerts Acv Album Package Artist Lopez-C000s .ndrnab Sympprny DOKKEN Springfield, Mass. $16.50 sellout = Best Album Notes E Best Orchestral Recording 80142 MENDELSSOHN: Cutlet & Octet Best Engineered Recording. Classcal AEROSMITH New Haven Veterans Memorial Nov. 3 $162,701 10,165 Cross Country Concerts Area Cleveland Quartet vat Mellon Quartet 80145 BEETHOVEN: Symplrey No e Pasorav-r DOKKEN Coliseum 116.50 sellout E Best Chamber Music Performance Leonore Overture No 3 New Haven, Conn. 80086 GROPE: Grand Carryon Suite Alle. DOnnany4CleveWd GERSHWIN: Catfish Roe = Best Orchestral Recording EDDIE MURPHY Memorial Coliseum Complex Nov. 16 8,899 Chip Wilson 9157,287 Paso KrnzetCncinnati Pops 80132 HINDEMITH: When Lilacs Last m the Dooryanf Bbanv Portland, Ore. $18.50 9,600 - Best Atom Padtage Ars' Sha iAtlanai$obsrs/Chpus 80130 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6/Polonaise Best Choral Performance than Opera) MOTLEY CRUE Knoxville Civic Nov. 17 $152,710 9,759 Sunshine Promotions - (other ANS. DohnarytClavdand - Best Classical Vocal Sobel Performance GUNS N' ROSES Auditorium /Coliseum $16.50/115.50 10,000 BestAbxn Package 80137 TCHAIKOVSKY: Nuara0OrBallet Knoxville, Tenn. E Best ClanskahObum Ards: Mackeras&mdm Symphony Best On.hu sal Recording Recording. R.E.M. Oakland -Almeda Co. Coliseum Nov. 13 $148,540 8,488 Bill Graham Presents ] Best Engineered Classes) ROBERTS WOODS: Producer of Me Year THE DB'S Oakland, Calif. $17.50 9,000 ] Hindemith FLEETWOOD MAC Charles M. Murphy Athletic Nov. 17 $133,823 7,703 C F. C Entertainment 7 Round-Up CRUZADOS Center 017.50/116.50 10,000 = FausDurufle ]. Star Tracks 11 Middle Tennessee State Univ. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

TOM WAITS Wiltern Theatre Nov. 7 -9 $128,427 6,600 Bill Graham Presents Although these releases are available through the NARAS* AWARDS Los Angeles, Calif. $19.50 sellout GUIDE, we want to make sure you have every chance to review them. AEROSMITH Hampton Coliseum Nov. 16 $128,377 8,730 Cellar Dear Prods. DOKKEN Hampton, Va. $15.50 13,800 Just fill in the form below, or call (800) 321 -7152 and we will send DEF LEPPARD Arena, Frank Erwin Center Nov. 15 1125,250 7,973 in -house them at our $8.99 /compact disc accommodation price. This includes TESLA Univ. of Texas -Austin $16.50/$14.50 8,606 Stone City Attractions Austin, Texas special pricing for the double -disc LIZA MINNELLI set. (NOTE: Please THE SUPERCONSCIOUS WORLD Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Nov. 6 -18 $123,437 12,446 Al Johnson be prepared to give the expiration date on your NARAS* Active (Vot- OF REVEEN Delhousie Univ. ($160,653 Canadian) 12,974 Halifax, Nova Scotia $13.50/611.50 ing) Member card.) ROGER WATERS Copps Coliseum Nov. 10 1121,826 8,768 Donald K. Donald Prods. Thank you for your consideration. Hamilton, Ontario ($159,592 Canadian) 10,800

$19.50 Name: DEF LEPPARD Uoyd Noble Center Nov. 12 $119,808 7,991 Contemporary Presentations TESLA Univ. of Oklahoma $16 sellout Address: Business _ Hume Norman, Okla.

AEROSMITH Hersheypark Arena Nov. 17 $116,704 7374 Electric Factory Concerts City /State /Zip: DOKKEN Hershey, Pa. $16.50 8,064 TELARC ( ) DEF LEPPARD Arena, Tucson Community Center Nov. 18 7,824 Evening Star Prods. IIII I Phone: $114,993 ill11111111111 II TESLA Tucson, Ariz. $15.50/514.50 9,753 I II 11 I!I11I RAS* Active (Voting) Membership Dates. JETHRO TULL Providence Civic Center Nov. 17 $112,623 7,651 Frank J. Russo FAIRPORT CONVENTION Providence, R.I. $15.50 Telarc Catalog Numbers: FLEETWOOD MAC Tallahassee -Leon Co. Civic Center Nov. 4 $112,421 6,613 C 8 C Entertainment CRUZADOS Tallahassee, Fla. $17 10,000 Note: Please include S &H charge of: 52.75 /under S25, S3.75/S25 -S50. Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, A Billboard Publications, Inc. publication. Boxscores are compiled every Tuesday and 54.50/S50 -S100 should be submitted to Kathy Vandercook in Nashville at 615 -321 -4275; Ray Waddell in Los Angeles at 2 1 3-859-5338; Louise Zepp in Chicago at 312 -236 -2085; or Melinda Newman in New York at 212 -764 -7314. For research information contact Karen Oertley in Nashville at *GRAMMY. NARAS. and Recording Academy are registered trademarks of the National Academy 615- 321 -4250. of Recording Arts & Sciences.

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 21 www.americanradiohistory.com LACK Craig Rice: Man Behind The Scenes Manager Helps Shape Clients' Careers The St. Paul, Minn., native performed splitting with the singer. Currently, BY NELSON GEORGE in bands as a teenager, but, he says, his Rice Management handles the ca- NEW YORK For Alexander "no black bands were making it out reers of O'Neal, ex -Prince bassist and O'Neal, 1987 has been a year of im- of the area in the '70s. The most current record producer Brown mense growth. His second Jimmy prominent black musician to come Mark, and Paisley Park signee Jam and Terry Lewis- produced al- out of the Twin Cities at that time Mazarati. bum, "Hearsay," has sold more than was the jazz bassist Oscar Pettiford. Rice began managing O'Neal's ca- 700,000 copies and has already gener- So I entered the [Univ. of Southern reer in September 1986 at the sugges- ated one No. 1 black single, "Fake." California] film school." tion of Jam and Lewis. O'Neal had By contrast, his Tabu debut album Upon graduation, Rice worked as a been through several managers in his didn't even sell 500,000 copies. In ad- director and producer at Los Ange- brief solo career, and his producers dition, O'Neal's image is more fo- les' KABC -TV. He went on to serve felt he needed a stabilizing influence. cused, and his videos are quite cre- as assistant director on several films It was Rice who supervised the Marlon Visits. Marlon Jackson recently visited WBLS New York to promote his ative. with black themes -the action film change in O'Neal's image, putting Go." Shown at the station's office, from left, are current Capitol single, "Don't Behind the development of "Penitentiary II "; John Sayles' sci- the singer in "traditional suits and national promotion director, Keith Frye; Jackson; Innercity Capitol's career is Craig Rice, a ence- fiction movie, "The Brother ties, but suits he's not afraid to sweat Hal Capitol's national promotion O'Neal's Broadcasting group chairman Jackson; and young manager with a long list of From Another Planet "; and the in." The idea for O'Neal's striking director, Rod Butler. credentials -not in music but in film. breakthrough film for Prince and the "Fake" video was Rice's as well. Time, "Purple Rain." "Alexander's attitude has been It was "Purple Rain" that brought positive," says Rice. "The distribut- Rice back to music. Because of his ing company, Epic, sees that Alexan- ability to work with people, including der wants it. He's been very accessi- Motown Hitmakers Lauded For Songwriting Achievement Prince, he was offered the job of road ble to interviewers and record-compa- manager for the Time -which he de- ny personnel." O'Neal has just ended cided to turn down. Instead, Rice a European tour. While there he shot Awards for Holland- Dozier-Holland Team wound up working on Prince's "Pur- the video for his next single, "Never ple Rain" tour. Knew Love Like This," a duet with LAST WEEK Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and critically acclaimed, as were his U.S. tours ... Through ex -Time members Jam Cherrelle that hits the streets Eddie Holland were given lifetime achievement Donny Hathaway's daughter Lalah makes her de- and Lewis, Rice was introduced to Wednesday (2). awards by the National academy of Songwriters. but with "Inside The Beat," a 12 -inch single on Alle- O'Neal and landed the job of produc- According to the Academy's press release, the three giance Records. It was produced by Lonnie Reaves er for O'Neal's video for "Innocent." "have never before received a major industry with Hazel Payne Buckley and Hardy Eason Jr. He went on to produce the videos for award," though it should be noted that these pro- serving as associate producers ... Charlie Single- O'Neal's "A Broken Heart Can ducer/writers, often referred to as "Holland-Dozier- ton's first album on Epic is "Nothing Ventured, Mend" and Cherrelle's "You Look Holland," won a slew of BMI awards in the mid -'60s. Nothing Gained," which is also the name of the Good To Me," both for Tabu. New ß&ß However, the point made by the academy is well charted single. Singleton, long a collaborator with Rice became interested in manage- taken. The Holland- Dozier -Holland team has never Cameo's Larry Blackmon, made his solo debut a ment because, he says, "it is a very been given the public few years ago with his creative business. You work with a recognition it deserves well regarded "Modern recording artist as a producer works for Motown's un- Man" album on Arista. with a film. You have to see the artist matched success in the The His new album contains as a whole." He worked for a time '60s. Of course, a big '80s- styled covers of with Motown act Georgio before ONGS reason for that lack of Rhythm Marvin Gaye's "Too exposure is that these Busy Thinking About gents stayed very much and the My Baby" and Sly For fresh, new Derrick -Walker lends songs for your in the background dur- Stone's "Thank You advice next recording ing their glory years. In- Blues (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf black artists project call terviews with them Again)." The Atlanta - ... see story, page 61 (901) 276 -8520. were rare. So were pic- based artist has recently 1503 Madison Ave. Memphis, TN 38104 tures of them at work. by Nelso n George produced tracks for In the early '70s, when Dozier aggressively pur- Peabo Bryson, who sings on Singleton's album, and sued a singing career on ABC and Warner Bros., ex- Culture Club member Mikey Craig ... New RCA FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 more attention was paid to them. Dozier did a lot of act Chad has signed an exclusive agency contract ()Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this interviews, shedding light on how the team worked. with the William Morris Agency. His debut album is publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or always maintained a titled "Fast Music, Love And Promises" ... Capitol inboard- transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, Both Holland brothers have photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written low profile, spending most of their time working at recording artist and actress Melba Moore plays a permission of the publisher. their Hollywood offices on a variety of production schoolteacher in the "ABC Afterschool Special" ti- projects. tled "Seasonal Differences," airing Wednesday (2) One of the best things about Holland- Dozier -Hol- ... Track Record Company of Seattle, a new inde- HOT BLACK SINGLES ACTION land receiving songwriting awards is that it high- pendent label, is introducing itself to the market RADIO MOST ADDED lights aspects of their career that sometimes get with the signing of two veteran bands, the Ohio PLATINUM/ BRONZE/ overshadowed by the idea of "the Motown sound." Players and the Average White Band. First out of GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL Track are the Players (Chet Willis, Billy ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON While Berry Gordy's swinging little company defi- the box for 17 REPORTERS 31 REPORTERS 49 REPORTERS 97 REPORTERS nitely had a trademark sound, Holland- Dozier -Hol- Beck, "Sugar" Bonner, "Diamond" Williams, Dar- OVER YOU land worked in and out of its contours. win Dortch), with an album due in 1988. Track Rec- RAY PARKER, JR. /N.COLE GEFFEN 6 6 18 30 47 "Stop! In the Name of Love" by the Supremes ord is located at 315 Terry Ave. N., Seattle, Wash. SUPERBAD (1965) and "It's The Same Old Song" by the Four 98109, (206) 223 -0839 . .. Keith Sweat's "Make It CHRIS JASPER EPIC 3 11 12 26 31 Tops (1965) were straight -ahead Motown sound hits. Last Forever" on Elektra is a most impressive de- WANNA MAKE LOVE But other songs from the same period, such as but. The single "I Want Her" is an East Coast, black LILLO THOMAS CAPITOL - 5 9 10 24 68 "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" by Marvin club hit and, like the rest of the album, is given a LET'S TRY AGAIN 7 10 22 58 Gaye (1965) and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's sharp, urban sound due, in large part, to Teddy Ril- SURFACE COLUMBIA 5 Over)" by the Four Tops (1966), suggest in lyric and ey, an exciting young producer who collaborated GET LUCKY WELL RED VIRGIN 7 3 10 20 52 song structure that there was diversity within the with Sweat on production of four songs. Riley, best of LET ME TOUCH YOU production line. known for his production work on a number rap 5 9 5 19 47 move into the THE O'JAYS P.I.R. Because they were performers, Smokey Robin- records, shows that he's ready to IN THE MOOD son and Stevie Wonder have gotten more acclaim, mainstream with his work here. Sweat, the possess- THE WHISPERS SOLAR 3 8 6 17 53 but the works of Holland- Dozier -Holland will en- or of a light but very expressive tenor, wrote or co- THIS BE THE DEF BEAT dure as grand examples of the songwriting craft. wrote all the material except for a cover of the Dra- DANA DANE PROFILE 3 6 8 17 46 matic's "In The Rain." Sweat is managed by Vin- HOT THING SHORT STUFF: King Sunny Adé is back in the cent Davis, a hip -hop graduate (he produced Joe -ski's PRINCE PAISLEY PARK 3 10 4 17 17 U.S. with a new CD, "Return Of The JuJu King," on "The Pee-Wee Herman ") who has his own label, Vin- BABY I'M FOR-REAL 1 15 35 Mercury that includes music from three records- tertainment, distributed by Elektra ... Promotion SHERRICK WARNER BROS. 5 9 "Sweet Banana," "My Dear," and "Let Them vet Stan Price is ill and would love to hear from Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists in 1986. His first two al- friends in the business. Price is at Room 301 -B, Jer- of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- Say " -released in Nigeria cally as changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: bums, "JuJu Music" and "Synchrosystem," were sey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, N.J. 17754. Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.

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i BLACK SINGLES o ac mg es TM r A ranking of the top 40 black singles by sales and airplay, respectively, with reference to each title's composite position on the main Hot Black Singles chart. oz U Z BY LABEL wO wO A ranking of distributing labels SALES o3 AIRPLAY m,_ by the number of titles they have F3 á3 TITLE ARTIST °á 3 á3 TITLE ARTIST óá on the Hot Black Singles chart. LABEL NO. OF TITLES 1 1 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 1 1 1 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 1 ON CHART 2 3 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE 2 2 2 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL EARTH. WIND & FIRE 2

3 6 I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW THE TEMPTATIONS 7 3 3 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN ROGER 3 COLUMBIA (10) 11 Def Jam (1) 4 5 (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE SHANICE WILSON 11 4 5 CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL 4 WARNER BROS. (4) 10 5 9 CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL 4 5 7 MY FOREVER LOVE LEVERT 6 Geffen (2) 6 10 LET'S START LOVE OVER MILES JAYE 5 6 9 LET'S START LOVE OVER MILES JAYE 5 Paisley Park (2) 7 8 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN ROGER 3 7 10 SHE'S FLY TONY TERRY 14 Qwest (1)

8 4 ANGEL ANGELA WINBUSH 9 8 11 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE NATALIE COLE 8 Tommy Boy (1)

9 13 MY FOREVER LOVE LEVERT 6 9 18 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 10 RCA (5) 9 Jive (4) 10 2 DON'T GO MARLON JACKSON 26 10 25 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MICHAEL JACKSON 20 E.P.A. 7 11 11 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 13 11 8 GAMES SHALAMAR 12 Epic (4) 12 24 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 10 12 13 WHAT'S TOO MUCH SMOKEY ROBINSON 18 Tabu (2) 13 21 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE NATALIE COLE 8 13 16 IF YOU CAN DO IT: I CAN TOO!! MELI'SA MORGAN 17 CBS Associated (1)

14 23 HARD DAY GEORGE MICHAEL 25 14 15 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT DAVID RUFFIN & EDDIE KENDRICK 16 MCA 7

15 17 GAMES SHALAMAR 12 15 28 LOVE OVERBOARD GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 23 MOTOWN 6 16 20 LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS (LIKE ME AND YOU) FULL FORCE 15 16 17 LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS (LIKE ME AND YOU) FULL FORCE 15 ARISTA 5

17 22 I DO YOU THE JETS 19 17 30 LOVE CHANGES KASHIF AND MELI'SA MORGAN 24 CAPITOL 5

18 18 SHO' YOU RIGHT BARRY WHITE 32 18 22 RESERVATIONS FOR TWO DIONNE & KASHIF 21 POLYGRAM 5 Mercury (2) 19 16 IF YOU LET ME STAY TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 34 19 29 BABY, BE MINE MIKI HOWARD 29 London (1) 20 28 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT DAVID RUFFIN & EDDIE KENDRICK 16 20 23 I DO YOU THE JETS 19 Polydor (1) 21 27 SHE'S FLY TONY TERRY 14 21 27 (I WANNA GET) CLOSE TO YOU VANEESE THOMAS 27 Wing (1) 22 25 TOUCH AND GO FORCE M.D.'S 22 22 26 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 13 ATLANTIC (3) 4 Island 23 31 IF YOU CAN DO IT: I CAN TOO!! MELI'SA MORGAN 17 23 21 HARD DAY GEORGE MICHAEL 25 (1) (2) 4 24 14 LUV'S PASSION AND YOU CHAD 30 24 32 SOMEONE TO LOVE ME FOR ME LISA LISA & CULT JAM 31 EMI -MANHATTAN P.I.R. (2) 25 33 WHAT'S TOO MUCH SMOKEY ROBINSON 18 25 19 LOVER'S LANE GEORGIO 28 SOLAR 4 26 7 YOU AND ME TONIGHT DEJA 42 26 33 NOTHING VENTURED - NOTHING GAINED CHARLIE SINGLETON 36 A &M 3 27 26 SHOW A LITTLE LOVE MISSION 33 27 31 TOUCH AND GO FORCE M.D.'S 22 VIRGIN 3 28 12 CERTIFIED TRUE THE BAR -KAYS 41 28 4 I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW THE TEMPTATIONS 7 ELEKTRA (1) 2 29 32 RESERVATIONS FOR TWO DIONNE & KASHIF 21 29 39 SECRET LADY STEPHANIE MILLS 37 Vintertainment (1) 30 19 LOVIN' YOU THE O'JAYS 43 30 6 ANGEL ANGELA WINBUSH 9 PROFILE 2 31 29 LOVER'S LANE GEORGIO 28 TO PROVE MICHAEL COOPER 40 31 - MY LOVE 2000 AD 1 32 40 LOVE CHANGES KASHIF AND MELI'SA MORGAN 24 32 PEBBLES 39 - GIRLFRIEND 4TH & B'WAY 1 33 - THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MICHAEL JACKSON 20 33 - I WANT HER KEITH SWEAT 38 CHRYSALIS 1 34 37 (I WANNA GET) CLOSE TO YOU VANEESE THOMAS 27 34 38 RICH MAN ST. PAUL 35 COLD CHILLIN' 1 35 RICH 35 - MAN ST. PAUL 35 14 LUV'S PASSION AND YOU CHAD 30 EDGE 1 36 - LOVE OVERBOARD GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 23 36 - TWO OCCASIONS THE DEELE 45 LMR 1 37 15 SO MANY TEARS REGINA BELLE 48 37 35 OVERNIGHT SUCCESS ANITA POINTER 46 NEXT PLATEAU 1 38 - BABY, BE MINE MIKI HOWARD 29 38 - WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING 44 P.I.R. 1 39 - SOMEONE TO LOVE ME FOR ME LISA LISA & CULT JAM 31 39 40 SHOW A LITTLE LOVE MISSION 33 Gamble & Huff (1) 40 35 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN GLENN JONES 76 40 - SO AMAZING GERALD ALBRIGHT 47 REPRISE 1 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, SELECT 1 photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. SLEEPING BAG 1

SUTRA 1 Fever (1) BLACK SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC WARLOCK 1 TITLE Ligosa (1) (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist.

51 ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE 78 I AIN'T NO JOKE 93 LOOK AROUND (Saja, BMI /Mya -T, BMI) 45 TWO OCCASIONS (Irving, BMI /Lijesrika, BMI) CPP /ALM (Robert Hill, BMI) (Bush Burnin', ASCAP /Mr. Campbell's, ASCAP) 67 (THE PERFECT) 10 (Hip Trip, BMI /Hip Chic, BMI /Mister Johnson's Jams,

9 ANGEL 68 I CAN'T LIVE WITH OR WITHOUT YOU 24 LOVE CHANGES (Parisongs, ASCAP) BMI/Peer- Southern, ASCAP/Tammi, BMI) CPP (Angel Notes, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) (Dad Richfield Kat, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, (Alexscar, BMI) % THE REAL THING 52 WANNA MAKE LOVE (ALL NIGHT LONG) 29 BABY, BE MINE BMI /Advansus, BMI /Songs Can Sing, ASCAP) 59 LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS (Jobete, ASCAP /House Of Fun, BMI) CPP (Bush Burnin', ASCAP)

(BMC, UK) 16 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT (Ow, ASCAP) 21 RESERVATIONS FOR TWO 20 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL 65 BABY I'M FOR REAL (Tight Squeeze, BMI) 15 LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS (LIKE ME AND YOU) (Catdaddy, ASCAP /New East, ASCAP /Little Tanya, (Mijac, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI)

(lobate, ASCAP) 19 I DO YOU (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI) ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) 44 WE'LL BE TOGETHER 11 (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE (Meow Baby, ASCAP /Rick Kelly, BMI) 23 LOVE OVERBOARD 74 RESPECT YOURSELF (Magnetic, BMI /Regatta, BMI /Illegal, BMI /Atlantic,

(Wiz Kid, BMI /Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM 8 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE (Calloco, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) CPP (Irving, BMI /Klondike, BUI) BMI) 58 BECAUSE OF YOU (O'Lyric, BMI/Tuneworks, BMI/Vandorf, 28 LOVER'S LANE 35 RICH MAN 76 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN (THE ROMANCE IS NOT (Amber /Disco Fever, ASCAP /Red Instructional, ASCAP /Reswick- Werfel, ASCAP/Beseme West, (Georgio's, BMI /Stone Diamond, BMI) CPP (Petersong, ASCAP/Oliver Leiber, ASCAP) OVER) ASCAP) ASCAP/Nelana, BMI /Arista, ASCAP /Careers, ASCAP) 43 LOVIN' YOU 37 SECRET LADY (Willesden, BMI /Johnnie Mae, BMI /Lu Ella, 13 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) CPP (Downstairs, BMI/Piano, BMI /Mighty Three, BMI) (Stephanie Mills' Starlight, ASCAP /Firebolt, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) (Genetic, ASCAP) 27 (I WANNA GET) CLOSE TO YOU 30 LUV'S PASSION AND YOU ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) 18 WHAT'S TOO MUCH 41 CERTIFIED TRUE (Bush Burnin', ASCAP /KMA, ASCAP /Screen Gems, (l'Mo Owe U A Tune, ASCAP /Bush Burnin', ASCAP) 14 SHE'S FLY (Tai Mahal, ASCAP /53rd State, ASCAP /Lonnie -K, (Bar -Kays, BMI/Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Arrival, BMI) ASCAP) 92 MAKE YOU MINE TONIGHT (Shaman Drum, BMI /King Henry I, ASCAP) ASCAP) 88 COME BACK TO ME 38 I WANT HER (Def Jam, ASCAP) 32 SHO'YOU RIGHT 97 YA COLD WANNA BE WITH ME (Polo Grounds, BMI /Ebbetts Field, ASCAP) (Vintertainment, ASCAP /Keith Sweat, ASCAP /Donril, 82 MARY MACK (Seven Songs, BMI /Ba -Dake, BMI) (ADRA, BMI /Kadoc /Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI) 56 COME INTO MY LIFE ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP) (Hip Trip, BMI /Hip Chic, BMI) 33 SHOW A LITTLE LOVE 42 YOU AND ME TONIGHT

(Beach House, ASCAP/Tawanne Lamont, ASCAP) 3 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN 71 MISUNDERSTOOD (Per Mission, ASCAP) (Virgin- Nymph, BMI/Attractive, BMI /Stm, BUI) CPP

4 CRITICIZE (Troutman's, BMI /Saja, BAI) (Mashamug, BUI) 1 SKELETONS 80 YOU BRING OUT THE BEST IN ME

(Flyte Tyme, ASCAP/Avant Garde, ASCAP) 64 I WISH YOU BELONGED TO ME 6 MY FOREVER LOVE (Jobete, ASCAP /Black Bull, ASCAP) CPP (Zomba, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP)

95 DID 1 DREAM YOU (Downstairs, BMI/Piano, BMI) (Try-Cap, BMI /Ferncliff, BMI) 47 SO AMAZING

(Mtume, BMI /Number 9, ASCAP) 7 I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW 98 MY LOVE IS DEEP (April, ASCAP /Uncle Ronnie:s, ASCAP) 26 DON'T GO (Geffen, ASCAP /Lucky- Break, ASCAP /Pardini, ASCAP) (Glasshouse, BMI /Irving, BMI /Harrindur, BMI /Ensign, 10 SO EMOTIONAL

(Vabritmar, BMI) 17 IF YOU CAN DO IT: I CAN T001! BMI) CPP /ALM (Billy Steinberg, ASCAP /Denise Barry, ASCAP) 75 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE (Bush Burnin', ASCAP) 99 MY LOVE IS GUARANTEED 48 SO MANY TEARS (Bellboy, BMI /Gratitude Sky, ASCAP) CPP 34 IF YOU LET ME STAY (Next Plateau, ASCAP /Godsend, ASCAP / Bratton 8 (On The Move, BMI /Zenox, ASCAP) 79 DONT PUT THE BLAME ON ME (Virgin- Nymph, BMI/Young Terence, BMI) CPP White, ASCAP) 31 SOMEONE TO LOVE ME FOR ME (Mozelle, BMI /Deeply Sliced, BMI) 90 I'M SO HAPPY 60 MY NIGHT FOR LOVE (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI /My! My!, BMI) 49 EVERCHANGING TIMES (Harrindur, BMI /Julorae, BMI) (Little Tanya, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) 89 STEPPIN' OUT (United Artists, ASCAP /April, ASCAP /Carole Bayer 54 IN THE MOOD 66 MYSTERIOUS (Interior, BMI) Sager, BMI /United Lion, BMI /Blackwood, BMI /New (Hip Trip, BMI /Hip Chic, BMI) (Zomba, ASCAP) 83 SUPERBAD Hidden Valley, ASCAP) CPP /B -3 84 I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU 77 NAMELESS (Jasper Stone, ASCAP) 91 FEELS GOOD TO FEEL GOOD (Mazarati, ASCAP) (MCA, ASCAP /Unicity, ASCAP /Moonwalk, ASCAP) 86 SWEET MEMORIES (WB, ASCAP/Silver Sun, ASCAP /DQ, ASCAP) 81 KISS 72 NEVER MY LOVE (Jay King IV, BMI) SHEET MUSIC AGENTS 12 GAMES (Ackee, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) 53 SWEETER THAN CANDY (FROM "PENITENTIARY Ill ") are listed for piano /vocal sheet music copies (Hip Trip, BMI/Hip Chic, BMI /Mister Johnson's Jams, 85 LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON 100 NO ONE IN THE WORLD (New World, ASCAP) and may not represent mixed folio rights. BMI/Tammi, BMI /Peer -Southern, ASCAP) CPP (Hot Winter, ASCAP/Tosha, ASCAP / Barbosa, (ATV, BMI/Welbeck, ASCAP) 2 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL 61 GET LUCKY ASCAP Hold, ASCAP) - (Sputnik Adventure, ASCAP /Maurice White, ASCAP) /Hit 8 36 NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED ABP April Blackwood CPP Columbia Pictures (Virgin, ASCAP) 87 LEFT ME LONELY (Almo, ASCAP/Wun Tun, ASCAP) CPP /ALM 62 THIS BE THE DEF BEAT ALM Almo HAN Hansen 39 GIRLFRIEND (Flake, ASCAP /Marley Marl, ASCAP) 73 OH GIRL (Protoons, ASCAP/Turn Out Brothers, ASCAP) B -M Belwin Mills HL Hal Leonard (Kermy, BMI /Hip Trip, BM!) CPP 57 LET ME TOUCH YOU (Unichappell, BAI) 40 TO PROVE MY LOVE 25 HARD DAY (Assorted, BMI/WE, BMI/Try-Cap, BMI /Mighty Three, 63 OVER YOU (Jay King IV, BMI) B -3 Big Three IMM Ivan Mogull (Chappell, ASCAP/Morrison Leahy, ASCAP) BMI) (Raydiola, ASCAP/New Hidden Valley, ASCAP/Carole 22 TOUCH AND GO BP Bradley MCA MCA 94 HELLO ROCHELLE 5 LET'S START LOVE OVER Bayer Sager, BMI) (Tee Girl, BMI/Vic's Slic, BMI/T -Boy, ASCAP /Buppie, CHA Chappell PSP Peer Southern (Promuse, BMI /Enjo, BMI) (Blackwood, BMI /Huemar, BMI) 46 OVERNIGHT SUCCESS ASCAP) CLM Cherry Lane PLY Plymouth 50 HOW YA LIKE ME LET'S (Mibren, ASCAP /Lauren ASCAP) 70 TURN THE MOON NOW 55 TRY AGAIN Loo, ON CPI Cimino WBM Warner Bros. (Zomba, ASCAP/Willesden, BMI) (Colgems -EMI, ASCAP) 69 PARTY YOUR BODY (2000 AD, BMI)

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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, Bi"bciard® HOT DANCE MUSIC.. or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

w W o Z CLUB PLAY w W Z 12 -INCH SINGLES SALES 3 of 6 F- o Compiled a national sample of dance club playlists. a from ARTIST 3 Compiled from national sample of retail store sales reports. 3 = TITLE á 3 i TITLE ARTIST I- - N 3O LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL H - Lv 3 O LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL r * * No. 1 * * ** NO.1 ** SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL (REMIX) SHAKE YOUR LOVE (REMIX) 1 1 1 7 EARTH, WIND & FIRE ID 2 4 8 DEBBIE GIBSON COLUMBIA 44 07475 3 weeks at No. One g7LANTIC 0 -86651 1 week at No. One \ r UJ 2 3 r 9 LOVER'S LANE (REMIX) MOTOWN 4592MG GEORGIO 7 10 5 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 07475 EARTH, WIND & FIRE O 4 11 9 PUMP UP THE VOLUME 4TH & away 452 M /A /R /R /S O 4 6 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART ARISTA AD1 -9611 TAYLOR DAYNE

4 3 4 7 THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE MERCURY 888 B64 -1 /POLYGRAM ABC 4 1 1 7 BAD (REMIX) EPIC 49 07462/E.P.A. MICHAEL JACKSON 0 11 20 4 SO EMOTIONAL (REMIX) ARISTA ADI -9641 WHITNEY HOUSTON O 6 8 9 LOVER'S LANE (REMIX) MOTOWN 4592MG GEORGIO 6 6 7 8 SHAKE YOUR LOVE (REMIX) ATLANTIC o -86651 DEBBIE GIBSON © 10 15 4 SKELETONS MOTOWN 4593MG STEVIE WONDER CI 14 38 3 I'M BEGGIN' YOU (REMIX) A &MSP.12254 SUPERTRAMP O 9 11 10 DEVOTION ATLANTIC 0 -86652 TEN CITY ® 9 12 6 AFTERGLOW (REMIX) CAPITOL V -15349 TINA TURNER 8 3 3 13 DONI YOU WANT ME (REMIX) MCA 23785 JODY WATLEY 9 8 9 7 NEVER BE THE SAME MCA 23797 THE BREAKFAST CLUB 9 11 12 7 HARD DAY (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 -07466 GEORGE MICHAEL

0 12 13 6 JOIN IN THE CHANT (REMIX) GEFFEN 0 20786/WARNER BROS. NITZER EBB 10 8 7 11 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW (REMIX) MCA 23793 TIFFANY THE REAL THING (REMIX) 11 15 26 5 LET'S GO SLEEPING BAG SLX -29 NOCERA 11 5 2 12 JELLYBEAN FEATURING STEVEN DANTE CHRYSALIS 4V9 43171 NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN /PLEASURE LITTLE TREASURE 12 13 14 6 DEPECHE MODE 12 14 23 4 LET'S GO SLEEPING BAG SLX -29 NOCERA SIRE 0- 20783 /WARNER BROS_ 13 7 6 8 ANIMAL MAGIC (REMIX) CAPITOL V-15334 BELOUIS SOME CI 20 37 3 SO EMOTIONAL (REMIX) ARISTAADI -9641 WHITNEY HOUSTON 0 24 36 4 I CAN'T HELP IT (REMIX) /MR.SLEAZE LONDON 8B6 2121 /POLYGRAM BANANARAMA 14 18 32 3 CRITICIZE (REMIX) TABU 4Z9 07469 /E.R.A. ALEXANDER O'NEAL 15 21 33 4 MOVE CRIMINAL CRI2 015 JOHN ROCCA C:',1 15 25 8 PUMP UP THE VOLUME 4TH & B'WAY 452 M /A /R /R /S

16 5 5 8 HARD DAY (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 07466 GEORGE MICHAEL O 21 20 6 BECAUSE OF YOU FEVER SF 819 /SUTRA THE COVER GIRLS

17 17 25 6 NO NO LOVE PROFILE PRO-7166 RHONDA PARRIS 177 12 9 12 MY LOVE IS GUARANTEED (REMIX) NEXT PLATEAU NP 50067 SYBIL

ió 36 - 2 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (REMIX) RCA 6784-1 -RD RICK ASTLEY 18 30 - 2 I WANT HER VINTERTAINMENT 80- 66788/ELEKTRA KEITH SWEAT

19 22 27 5 I CAN'T LET GO DICE TGR 1017 CELI BEE 19 13 5 10 CAUSING A COMMOTION (REMIX) SIRE 0- 20762/WARNER BROS. MADONNA

® 32 42 3 NEED YOU TONIGHT ATLANTIC o -86645 INXS ® 47 - 2 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (REMIX) RCA 6784 -1 RD RICK ASTLEY

21 25 31 5 CRITICIZE (REMIX) TABU 4Z9 07469/E.P.A. ALEXANDER O'NEAL 21 16 22 6 SUGAR FREE EPIC 49 06864/E.P.A. WA WA NEE

22 16 16 8 BECAUSE OF YOU FEVER SF 819 /SUTRA THE COVER GIRLS ® 22 26 5 EASIER SAID THAN DONE (REMIX) Arco 0- 96746 /ATLANTIC VANILLA MIX 23 26 30 5 IF YOU SHOULD NEED A FRIEND QUARK 006 BLAZE 0 31 35 3 NEED YOU TONIGHT ATLANTIC 0-86645 INXS 24 30 43 4 BREAKFAST IN BED (REMIX) MCA 23796 BRENDA K. STARR 24 41 - 2 FAITH COLUMBIA 44 07478 GEORGE MICHAEL

25 19 18 7 TRAMP /PUSH IT NEXT PLATEAU NP 50063 SALT -N-PEPA 25 NEW 1 YOU KEEP ME COMING BACK BEST HAL 1241 /HOT CHARLOTTE MCKINNON

26 27 35 5 SKELETONS MOTOWN 4593MG STEVIE WONDER CI 46 - 2 AFTERGLOW (REMIX) CAPITOL V -15349 TINA TURNER

27 29 29 5 POP GOES THE WORLD MERCURY 888 859.1/POLYGRAM MEN WITHOUT HATS 27 26 29 5 IF YOU LET ME STAY COLUMBIA 44 07450 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY DISORDERLY CONDUCT /ARABIAN KNIGHTS 41 2 ANDY (REMIX) VIRGIN 0- 96734 /ATLANTIC LES RITA MITSOUKO 28 25 24 8 LATIN RASCALS ® 1 - TIN PAN APPLE /POLYGRAM 885- 981-

29 34 41 4 WE'LL BE TOGETHER (REMIX) A &M SP.12251 STING 29 24 18 18 CATCH ME I'M FALLING (REMIX) VIRGIN 0- 96752/ATLANTIC PRETTY POISON NEW01, LOVE OVERBOARD (REMIX) 30 31 34 9 LOVE IT BIG TIME 60681 -BD /RCA SOCIETY 1 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ® MCA 23803

31 37 45 3 THE GUN JCI & ASSOCIATED LABELS JCO -9003 D.A.F. 31 34 49 3 POP GOES THE WORLD MERCURY 888 859 -1 /POLYGRAM MEN WITHOUT HATS

32 18 15 7 TURN IT UP SIRE 0 -20671 /WARNER BROS. MICHAEL DAVIDSON 32 50 - 2 I CAN'T HELP IT (REMIX) /MR. SLEAZE LONDON 886 121- 1 /POLYGRAM BANANARAMA 2 LOVE OVERBOARD (REMIX) 50 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 36 44 3 THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE MERCURY 888 864- 1 /POLYGRAM ABC 0 MCA 23803 43 2 HOT HOT HD OT o, HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH (REMIX) ® BUSTER POINDEXTER & HIS BANSHEES OF BLUE NEW 1 BELINDA CARLISLE RCA 6737 -1 - R ® MCA 23808

35 10 2 8 BAD (REMIX) EPIC 49 07462/E.PA. MICHAEL JACKSON 35 40 43 3 MILITARY DRUMS CURB 7172 /MCA HUBERT KAH

® 40 47 3 LOVE CHILD (REMIX) CAPITOL V -15348 JAMIE DEAN 0 NEW 1 MANDOLAY (REMIX) SEATHRU 91935 LA FLAVOUR o, HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN /PLEASURE LITTLE TREASURE 37 NEW 1 WHAT PET SHOP BOYS 37 29 31 5 DEPECHE MODE EMI -MANHATTAN V -56080 SIRE 0- 20783 /WARNER BROS.

38 28 17 9 DEVOTION ATLANTIC 0.86652 TEN CITY 38 17 13 9 NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW JIVE 1071.1 -JD /RCA SAMANTHA FOX

39 NEW 1 WELCOME TO THE CLUB (LP CUTS) JUMP STREET JS LP 1001 VARIOUS ARTISTS 39 45 42 3 BREAKFAST IN BED (REMIX) MCA 23796 BRENDA K. STARR

® NEW 1 THIS CORROSION ELEKTRA o -66790 SISTERS OF MERCY ® NEW 1 MOVE CRIMINAL CR12 -015 JOHN ROCCA 41 48 48 5 MISUNDERSTOOD COLUMBIA 44 06936 MICO WAVE 0 NEW 1 COME INTO MY LIFE SLEEPING BAG SLX-28 JOYCE SIMS 0 NEW 1 FEMALES (GET ON UP) Tyr TVT 4009 THE COOKIE CREW 42 44 45 5 YOU AND ME TONIGHT VIRGIN 0.96755 /ATLANTIC DEJA ® NEW Ill. 1 PROVE IT 4TH & B WAY 449 /ISLAND DOUBLE DESTINY 43 33 30 7 ROADBLOCK A &M SP -12250 STOCK, AITKEN, WATERMAN ® 47 50 3 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY NEW YORK GROOVE NvG tool LYDIA LOVE 44 35 33 6 BE YOURSELF JIVE 1131-9628/ARISTA WHODINI

45 23 8 14 MY LOVE IS GUARANTEED (REMIX) NEXT PLATEAU NP 50067 SYBIL 45 39 50 4 I DO YOU MCA 23798 THE JETS

46 33 23 11 HERE TO GO/DON'T ARGUE EMI.MANHATTAN V.56067 CABARET VOLTAIRE 46 27 17 10 LET ME BE THE ONE (REMIX) ARISTA ADI.9618 EXPOSE IF YOU LET ME STAY (REMIX) 47 NEW 1 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 47 42 47 4 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY NEW YORK GROOVE NYG 1001 LYDIA LOVE COLUMBIA 44 07450

48 20 10 10 MILITARY DRUMS CURB 7172 /MCA HUBERT KAH 48 37 48 3 NEVER BE THE SAME MCA 23797 THE BREAKFAST CLUB

49 NEW 1 COME INTO MY ARMS PROFILE PRO 7165 JUDY TORRES 49 32 21 15 POUR IT ON (REMIX) ELEKTRA 0.66795 MASON PARTY (REMIX) NEW 1 PRIVATE WALLY JUMP JUNIOR & THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT 50 38 41 4 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN REPRISE 0-20771 /WARNER BROS. ROGER ® CRIMINAL CR12 -016 1. JACK LE FREAK CHIC ATLANTIC 1. HOT HOT HOT BUSTER POINDEXTER & HIS BANSHEES OF BLUE RCA N U) 2. KISS TOTAL CONTRAST LONDON 2. PRIVATE PARTY (REMIX) WALLY JUMP JUNIOR /CRIMINAL ELEMENT CRIMINAL F Titles with future lim Titles with future M chart potential, 3. DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) AEROSMITH GEFFEN 0 chart potential, 3. THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL (REMIX) MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC based on club play 4. CO ME INT O M Y LIFE JOYCE SIMS SLEEPING BAG O based on sales 4. IF YOU CAN DO IT: I CAN TOO!! MELI'SA MORGAN CAPITOL 0 this week. 5. TWILIGHT WORLD (REMIX) SWING OUT SISTER MERCURY reported this week. 5. JACK LE FREAK CHIC ATLANTIC 6. AND SO IT GOES EX- SAMPLE WIDE ANGLE Q 7. (I CAN) GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED EROTIC EXOTIC SUTRA Q :v 8. THIS GIRL'S BACK IN TOWN RAQUEL WELCH COLUMBIA W Cr 9. HYPNOTIZE TASTE -T -LIPS SIZZLE INTERNATIONAL 1g DI 10. SHE'S FLY TONY TERRY EPIC m

oTitles with the greatest sales or club play increase this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 1 million units. RIAA certification for sales of 2 million units. Records listed under Club Play are 12 -inch unless indicated otherwise.

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NEW: The Communards have re- irresistible rhythm hook that's "I Got Da Feelin' " (Profile) from cin' Insanity" (Nightwave, 213- surfaced with what is potentially a fleshed out in alternate mixes femme fatale Sweet Tee incorpo- 650 -3131) ... "Hypnotize" (Sizzle, No. 1 hit: Their remake of "Never from Jhon Fair and Nelson Diaz WINCE rates a killer soul groove as its 212 -245 -5700) from Taste -T -Lips is Can Say Goodbye" (MCA) abso- ... Teen -club queen Alisha offers base; it's coupled with "It's Like a creditable Miami -influenced lutely shines. With postproduction six versions on one 12 -inch of the MAX That Y'All" ... Busy producer of mumber from Martinez's produc- and a lengthy remix by Shep Petti- appealing technotrack "Let Your the latest releases by Cash Money, tion team . .. Also recommended bone, this passionate and energet- Heart Make Up Your Mind" Sweet Tee, Dana Dane, and many on Vision is Michael Moret's ic track is one of the act's best cov- (RCA); three are from Trailblazers by Bill Coleman others, Hurby Luv Bug doesn't "Want Me" ... "Stay" (JCI, 818- ers; the break is awesome ... Also (Steve Rimland & Kenna Keating) half-step with his own new project, 889 -9022) from Lili & Sussie is, in jumping back is Dhar Braxton three are from Aldo Marin & Scott (Big Time /RCA) has been altered "I Got An Attitude" (Sound Check, its domestic remix, a relaxed hi- with the infectious "Illusions" Blackwell, and each set is quite completely in its domestic release; 212 -541 -7640) by Hurby's Machine NRG cut ... A youthful Lisa Lisa- (Sleeping Bag), which unfolds an different ... Society's "Love It" the semihip -hop and house remixes Featuring Antoinette ... Schoolly sounding Latin hip -hop track is are complete reconstructions, D keeps the beat and rhyme raw "Let Me Hold You" (Posse, 212- courtesy of David Morales & Mi- with "Housing The Joint" (Jive), 581 -5398) by Isis. chael Hacker; the flip includes the which is backed with "Magoomba DISCO & DANCE 12" We have a complete selection of all original as well as the great Cold - Mix," a scratched collage of D's U.S. releases and all import disco U.S.A. & IMPORTS cut version ... A bit late out of the hits. F.Y.I.: "Monkey" from George records. We specialize in U.S. small (WHOLESALE FOR STORES) label product, call box is the extended mix of Belinda Michael's "Faith" album is a note- USACANADAE NGLANDGE PM ANY us for best service ITALYFRANCEHOLLAND and information. Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place On worthy midtempo club selection. Earth" (MCA), also handled by ENERGY TO SPARE: The other Brick has returned with an al- Females- Cookie Crew Mot GMs -Sabrina -Remi` Pettibone has re- "Cupid" ternate hip -hop version of "Dazz" US & CANADIAN 12' Rock The Flouse -Hotline Saving MFseli-Remi -Fria Fadai ... Columbia just boy toy, Tia, unleashes Broken Healed --De Boise So Close To Heavert-Chi, chip leased Mick Jagger's "Throw- (RCA), a quick -paced and quite ap- (Magic City, 205 -326 -0689) as inter- Hit Trax -House Gang Torch -Lo Don't Stop--Power Machine Trash 8 Ready-Soul Dimension Power Mixer #2 Standing In the Rain -Marcelo away"; remixed by Steve Thomp- pealing dance number that has preted through a noteworthy Lat- Feel My Love --Last Generabon Love Somebody -Rene x-B Must C.C. Catch -New ip You son and Michael Barbiero, this been remixed by Justin Strauss & in Rascals remix and edit ... "Say Payed Me -Desde Destruction JDC Mixer Vol 7 Glasses Man-Ken Lasl w IM Coming 01 Hicing-P Stanley Special Love -Sisley Fono 8 Attack rockin' number is one of the finer Murray Elias ... Seventeen -year- The Word" (Klub, 212 -645 -5256) itsTrassnH Express Dope Side-Thee D Battle Cry -1azer Dance Lost In selections from the "Primitive old Ashley Paul belies her age with from Sofonda C. is a busy, quick- Groove-Hercules Ins Alright-Sterling void Perfect Love --linda Jo Rizzo Join Halls- Twavhonty On Step-Double Trouble Cool" album ... Madame X brings a strong performance on "When tempoed synth track. Lets Get Bloy - M. Jefferson My Hearts On Fire- Patrick Myles Illusions --ohs Braxton Daum Dum Cry-- Masters At Work Call Or Write For its lustful lyricism and funky Boys Cry" (Dice, 513 -299 -3881) ... 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BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5. 1987 27 www.americanradiohistory.com Yule Releases Are Few But Notable Labels Turn To 7'V For Promotions special for TNN will be shot on the Gayle. BY EDWARD MORRIS General Jackson riverboat and will The two-sided promos include Ran- NASHVILLE For most labels on feature performances by Mel Tillis, dy Travis' "White Christmas Makes Music Row here, the Christmas sales Kathy Mattea, Butch Baker, Donna Me Blue" and the Mark O'Connor in- push ranges from restrained to non- Fargo, Lynn Anderson, David Lynn strumental "Sleigh Ride "; Highway existent, coming as it does so closely Jones, and the Cannons. The hour- 101's "It Came Upon A Midnight on the heels of October's Country long program is set for broadcasts on Clear" and Emmylou Harris' "Light Music Month activity. Dec. 19 and Christmas Day. In The Stable "; the Nitty Gritty Dirt There is little new Christmas-orient- RCA has a promo in progress on Band's "Colorado Christmas" and Mi- ed product, and most of the holiday TNN that asks viewers to guess chael Martin Murphey's "A Cow- promotion of regular product is via which of the label's acts is the "secret boy's Christmas Ball "; and Pinkard & cable and syndicated television. Santa." Acts involved are Ronnie Mil - Bowden's "A Christmas Gift" and Among the new albums released are sap, Juice Newton, Alabama, Earl "Noel Bon Temps Roulle." the Judds' "Christmas Time" on Thomas Conley, Michael Johnson, MCA's promotional singles include RCA; Reba McEntire's "Merry Restless Heart, Vince Gill, Keith George Strait's "When It's Christ- Christmas To You," MCA; and the Whitley, Eddie Rabbitt, K.T. Oslin, mas Time In Texas" and "For Forester Sisters' "A Christmas and the Judds. The event runs Christ's Sake It's Christmas"; Reba Card" and "Warner Bros. Presents A through Dec. 20. McEntire's "Oh Holy Night" and Christmas Tradition" on Warner The Forester Sisters are using "The Christmas Song"; and a 7 -inch Bros. TNN's "New Country" series to de- EP with Nanci Griffith's "From A Warner Bros. has reissued last but the songs from their new Warner Distance" and the Oak Ridge Boys' year's Crystal Gayle album "A Crys- Bros. Christmas album. The label has "There's A New Kid In Town." L tal Christmas" in new packaging. also released a series of Christmas All of RCA's new and rereleased Gayle will be drawing attention to singles, only three of which are for singles are commercially available. wedding to announce Mattea Nailed. Songstress Kathy Mattea donned attire the album through a syndicated TV sale. The remainder are promotional They include the Judds' "Silver her Valentine's Day wedding during a recent appearance on The Nashville special shot in Sweden. copies for radio use. Bells" and "Away In A Manger "; Network's "Nashville Now" show. Following her performance of "Goin' Gone," Mercury /PolyGram, Warner The commercial singles are "Santa Johnson's "This Time Of Year" and Emery presents her with a giant hammer made of plastic show host Ralph Bros., and RCA are all involved with Claus Is Back In Town," Dwight "There's A New Kid In Town "; Mil - the show, when foam -a reference to one of Mattea's previous appearances on Christmas programming or promo- Yoakam; "The First Noel," the For- sap's "Christmas Medley" and "I'll her fiancé's talents as a handyman. Also pictured is Larry she talked about tion on The Nashville Network. ester Sisters; and "Oh Holy Night," (Continued on page 32) Gatlin. Mercury's "Riverboat Christmas" Studio Adds Hi-tech Dish 1 Cable Music Channel To Switch To Galaxy Satellite NASHVILLE Emerald Sound Stu- MCA -syndicated call -in radio pro- dio recently became the first sound gram, built around interviews with studio in this city equipped to trans- recording artists is produced and CMT Plans To Boost National Audience mit live or recorded events and pro- beamed live from the studio to more grams to nearly anywhere in the than 100 stations across the country WHILE MANY CABLE -TV EYES focus on the re- Heavy- rotation videos include Ricky Van Shelton, world. The studio incorporated a 1.8- at 9:30 p.m. EST on Sundays. markable success of The Nashville Network, anoth- "Somebody Lied "; David Lynn Jones, "Bonnie Jean meter Ku -Band satellite earth station Emerald's new satellite earth sta- er country- oriented programmer prepares to make a (Little Sister) "; Sawyer Brown, "Somewhere In The into the studio facility with help from tion allows radio producers and syn- quantum viewership leap Dec. 15. Country Music Night "; Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou IDB Communications Group Inc., a dicators to broadcast live remotes Television switches its signal to the popular Galaxy Harris, "Those Memories Of You "; Tanya Tucker, specialist in worldwide audio trans- from Music Row. Additionally, art- audio 1 satellite (home of such services as TNN, WGN, "Love Me Like You Used To "; Alabama, "Tar Top "; mission technology. ists and producers can transmit CNN, ESPN, and WTBS), making it available for the the Statlers, "Maple Street Memories "; Reba McEn- MCA Radio Network was the first material -analog or digital -be- first time in all 50 states. tire, "The Last One To Know "; Asleep At The to take advantage of the studio/ - tween Emerald and other studios "This is all we needed to make this channel take Wheel, "Boogie Back To Texas "; Charlie Daniels broadcasting facility's new capabili- with down -link capabilities. off," says Rene Ray, director of affiliate relations Band, "Bottom Line "; and Rosanne Cash, "Tennes- ties. "Nashville Live," a 90-minute, DEBBIE HOLLEY see Flat Top Box." for CMT. "This will give FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 us an opportunity to go Acts on CMT medium 41 rotation are SKB, John ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this into all million cable publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or homes." The 4- year -old Cougar Mellencamp, To- Billboard transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, service currently pene- pel & Ware, Rosie Flo- photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written trates 6.7 million homes Nashville res, Rosanne Cash, John permission of the publisher. with an additional 1.7 Hiatt, Foster & Lloyd, viewers available Billy Joe Walker Jr., HOT COUNTRY SINGLES ACTION - Hank Williams Jr., through late -night, low Saxe ADDED power TV and an esti- Steve Earle, Restless RADIO MOST 1.5 million satel- Heart, Randy Travis, BRONZE/ mated GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL lite dish owners. Steve Wariner, Steve ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON CMT reports that an- by Ger ry Wood Winwood, Michael 27 REPORTERS 57 REPORTERS 64 REPORTERS 1e8 REPORTERS other half -million in cable -home commitments came Johnson, John Jarvis, Joe Kenyon, and Moe Bandy. THIS MISSIN' YOU HEART... SAWYER BROWN CAPITOL /CURB 3 21 47 71 71 in during a three -day period after the word about Light- rotation videos run the gamut from Jerry FACE TO FACE the satellite switch hit the uplink /downlike grape- Jeff Walker ( "Little Bird ") to Michael Martin Mur- ALABAMA RCA 1 1 24 33 68 68 off the phey ( Line Of Love ") to Lyle Lovett ( "God vine. Adds Ray, "My phone has been ringing "Long I'M GONNA MISS YOU, GIRL hook from cable operators across the country who Will," "Cowboy Man ") and to torch -and -twang MICHAEL M. MURPHEY w.s. 2 12 16 30 80 k.d. ( Me Round "). want to put us on." queen lang "Turn I WON'T TAKE LESS... What can viewers expect from this relatively As the CMT viewership expands, major labels are TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL 6 10 12 28 105 young cable kid on the block? Country music videos expected to increase their support. Contest promo- TALKIN' TO MYSELF AGAIN programmed a la MTV, in heavy, medium, and light tions with labels have drawn solid response from the TAMMY WYNETTE EPIC 2 9 15 26 33 rotations. Also interviews, concerts, and contests. U.S. and Canada. The CMT switch to Galaxy 1 is SOMEWHERE BETWEEN... Stan Hitchcock, the former country music singing great news for the resurging country music indus- JOHN ANDERSON MCA 1 6 18 25 39 star who is now senior vice president and head of try. Talks are under way to expand internationally, LIVING LIKE THERE'S... Nashville operations for CMT, looks forward to ex- with Ireland, Germany, and England the first over- JOHN CONLEE COLUMBIA O 4 19 23 56 panding the programming dimensions of the cable seas countries likely to join this global communica- TELL ME TRUE JUICE NEWTON RCA 4 7 11 22 93 system. "All of a sudden, this opens the door to com- tions community. Congratulations to Hitchcock, and owner for OH WHAT A LOVE pete on a national level," he explains. "This stimu- Ray, and CMT chairman Jim Guercio NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND w 4 10 7 21 113 lates us to improve our programming even more." securing a better bird in the sky. Now that these TWINKLE LUCKY STAR The latest CMT playlist shows three "world pre- CMT leaders have their Galaxy, they're aiming for MERLE HAGGARD EPIC 2 7 11 20 107 miere" videos: Exile with "I Can't Get Close the heavens. Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists Enough" (CBS); Moe Bandy's "You Haven't Heard of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- The Last Of Me" (MCA); and "Loving You" by Hugh cally as changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: Moffatt (Rounder /Philo). Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.

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GOIN' GONE KATHY MATTER 71 3 SHURFIRE 22 26 8 83 MR..DDANIELDKNIGHT (P.NELSON, LBOONE) AIR /COMPLEAT CI A.REYNOLDS (P.ALGER, B.DALE, F.KOLLER) MERCURY 888 874 -7 /POLYGRAM ® 180 / POLYGRAM

GIVE MY HEART /CLYLL COVE TALKIN' TO MYSELF AGAIN TAMMY WYNETTE 19 20 24 10 69 NEW 1 MCA s S.BUCKINGHAM (J.O'HARA) EPIC 34 -07635

YKOENNEHDVHAVEN'T THE LAST OF ME BI AN STILL WITHIN THEYSOUND OF MY VOICE GLEN CAMPBELL 70 60 51 19 ® 21 25 10 MCA/CURB s 32/MCA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN TIME IN THE OAK RIDGE BOYS 16 2 I'LL BUTCH BAKER 21 23 9 (R.MURRAH, - N.PUTNAM (A.ROBERTS, T.CERNEY) MERCURY 888 926- 7 /POLYGRAM 27 J.BOWEN R.ALVES, J.D.HICKS) MCA 53175 MICHAEL JOHNSON SURE FEELS BARBI- MBAMMAADRó102 24 28 8 72 NEWS 1 ® B.MAHER (M.JOHHNSON, D.SCHLITZ, B.MAHER) RCA 5279-7 DF.KNIGHT) RAIN JOHN WESLEY RYLES O27 31 8 73 1 LOUISIANA K.KANE,J.O'HARA .O'HARA, K.KANE) COTMBIAO 38-0 7r61s1 NEW P B.BECKETT R- ALYES, R.MURRAH) WARNER BROS 7 -28228 RESTLESS HEART 80 THIS OLE HOUSE RAZORBACK 24 26 33 6 WHEELS 0 2 T.DUBOISS.HENDRICKS,RESTLESS HEART (D.L000INS) RCA 5280 -7 P.SULLIVAN (D.MORGAN, FJ.MYERS, IN CONCERT /COMPLEAT 184 / POLYGRAM

UN+LOR (B C. WA IT'S SUCH A HEARTACHE RIDE THE RIVER 28 7 EME.OWO) 75 57 62 ® AN JOPAN ARSTALLGARNERA. 09 6 M.LLOYD (E.STEVENS, HAUNTER) ADVANTAGE /COriPLEAT 182 / POLYGRAM I'LL PIN A NOTE ON YOUR PILLOW BILLY JOE ROYAL BOY 29 35 8 83 2 WALK oN OGDEN HARLESS ® N.LARKIN (C.BERZAS, D.GOODMAN, N.LARKIN) ATLANTIC AMERICA 7- 99404 /ATLANTIC 0) - E.WINFREY (C.F.WEATHERS) DOOR KNOB 87 -287 I'M TIRED RICKY SKAGGS CRYING 27 30 36 8 NEW ROY ORBISON & K.D. LANG R.SKAGGS (M.TILLIS, A.R.PEDOY. R.PRICE) EPIC 34- 07416 /E.P.A. 0 1 P.ANDERSON,D.WAS,D.WAS (R.ORB1SON, J.MLLSON) VIRGIN 7 -99388 ® 7 I WOULDN'T BE A MAN DON WILLIAMS NEVER MIND NANCI GRIFFITH NEW 1 D.WILLIAMS,G.FUNDIS (R.M.BOURKE, M.REID) CAPITOL 44066 a T.BROWN,N.GRIFFTNH (H.HOWARD) MCA 53184 (FAY IF YOUO) DON'T LOVE ME ** *POWER PICK /AIRPLAY * ** 79 81 2 PATSY DD - JDOACN'TTPSi 1E EETEP ILLMAANWeR I UN THE DESERT 36 41 6 ® Y W1LDES) UROOS3253201/MCA I WANT TO KNOW YOU BEFORE WE LOVE 80 70 66 22 MAKE CONWAY TWITTY FORESTREEROSSISTERS J. BOWEN,C.TWITTY,D.HENRY (C.PARTON, B.HOBBS) MCA 53134 40 LYIN' IN HIS ARMS AGAIN THE ® 35 6 E. J.LWALLACE) CAUFORNIA DANNY SHIRLEY 1 $1 NEW sS.MDACNLELLLAAN(R.BULa000KS, T) 52002 43 TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX ROSANNE CASH 31 37 4 R.CROWELL (J.CASH) COLUMBIA 38 -07624 LLROGE RADIO (ANDERSON, 82 NEW Olio 1 oo. D.LENZINI) RPAN BONNIE (( SISTER) CH 1001 11 32 10 16 M.RONNSON,D.L.JONES (D.. ONES) MERCURY 33N/POLOYGRAM NO MORE ONE MORE TIME JUDY BYRAM NEW I 1 K ARN ® R.BAKER (T.SEALS, D.l(IRBY) F&L 554 WON NEED MOUE MMORE (ALWAYS AND FOREVER) TRAVIS 33 16 1 15 'c WARRRBRIGS' IF YOU ONLY KNEW KIM GRAYSON NEW1111. 1 SURE THING FOSTER ANR ALLOYD ® &HENSON (J.MARIASH, D.RAE) SOIN DWAVES 4795 40 5 ® Y.OTER (R.FOSTER, B.LLOYD) 5281-7 85 68 60 20 EDDY RAVEN PLEASE PLEASE BABY D GIANTE,E.RAVENI(B.MCCGUIREE,K.BELL) 43 48 4 DWIGHT YOAKAM 35 P.ANDERSON (D.YOAKAM) REPRISE 7- 28174 /WARNER BROS. TAR TOP ALABAMA 86 62 44 16 GOSDIN H.SHED,ALABAMA (R.OWEN) RCA 5222-7 41 46 36 5 BM NTOM RY (VGOSOIN M D..BARNES) COLUMN READ BETWEENEN LINES 87 56 38 12 SWEET STEVE RZ (D.SCHLITZ, K.BAILLIE) MERCURY8888 8399-N/ áAM 37 39 42 8 R BENNETT (S.EARLE) FISHIN' IN THE 88 72 DARK NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND TWINKLE LUCKY STAR MERLE HAGGARD 85 22 J.LEO (W.WALDMAN, J.PHOTOGLO) WARNER 7 45 56 3 TWINKLE, BROS. -28311 ® K.SUESOV,M.HAGGARD (M.HAGGARD) EPIC 34-07631/E.P.A. 86 I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT RODMAN I WANT A LOVE LIKE THAT JUDY RODMAN 89 81 25 MTMJUDY 39 44 45 6 T.WEST (T.SCHUYLER, J.IAN) MTM 72092/CAPITOL WOULD ARMS R LANEC)OUR WAY KEITH OH A LOVE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 90 89 88 15 ® 46 r 4 WHAT RCA 5237 7 M. MORGAN,P.WORLEV (J.IBBOTSON) WARNER BROS. 7 -28173 RISE AND SHINE RONNIE 91 73 73 5 DOVE I WON'T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE TANYA TUCKER WITH P. DAVIS & P. OVERSTREET J.STROUD (P.OVERSTREET, T.SCHUYLER) DIAMOND 379 41 50 65 3 J.CRUTCHFIELD (P.OVERSTREET, D.SCHLITZ) CAPITOL 44100 IT ANYONE BUT pODU JOHN SCHNEIDER MAPLE STREET MEM'RIES THE STATLER BROTHERS 92 78 59 5 IF Tr 48 50 6 MCA 3199 42 J.KENNEDY (D.REID) MERCURY 888 920- 7 /POLYGRAM TELL ME TRUE JUICE NEWTON 93 84 75 17 ® 4 TROUD (T.SCHHUYL RSJ.F.KNOBLOCH, D.SCHLITZ) MTM 72090 /CAPITOL 53 58 R.LANDIS (B.MAHER, P.KENNERLEY) RCA 5283 -7 BOUJSTROUD THE FOR R ROSISTERS BABY'S GOT THE BLUES 94 79 79 24 (D.SCHLITZ.P.OVERSTREET) 7-28368 44 31 17 16 MMAHBRROOFAUR RCA /cuTH5255-7/RCA 2 TAMMY IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE LEE GREENWOOD 95 72 52 19 S.BBUCKRINGHAM (T.R000O, B.FOSTER) EC 3407226/EE-Pw 45 25 9 15 1.BOWEN,LGREENWOD (M.NOBLE. C.M.SPRIGGS, T.COLTON) MCA 53156 IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THAT'S MY JOB CONWAY TWITTY 96 69 67 LIES ROSEMARY SHARP 6 B.BARTON (D.ATION, LWHINNERY) CANYON CREEK 87 -0908 ® 52 57 4 J.80WEN (G.BURR) MCA 53200 YOU SAVED ME PATTY LOVELESS THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE GLEN CAMPBELL 97 94 92 28 1.BGWEN.G.CANPBELL (THARRIS) 4 51 55 6 E.GORDY,JR.,T.BROWN (C.WRIGHT) MCA 53179 MCA 53108 CRAZY FROM THE HEART THE BELLAMY BROTHERS TENDER TIME LOUISE MA 2LL 98 74 82 3 H.SHED,M.WRIGHT ROGERS) 48 32 16 17 E.GORDY,JR. (D.BELLAMY, D.SCHLITZ) MCA/CURB 53154 /MCA R- OUR LOVE IS LIKE THE SOUTH A.J.MASTERS YOU, GIRL MICHAEL MARRNERBRROS.S.RP8168 99 77 84 3 49 59 77 3 S.GINNNOMÁAN H.SAROYAN (B.BORCHERS D.G000MAN, A.J.MASTERS) BERMUDA DUPES 117 MAMA'S ROCKIN' CHAIR 100 87 85 21 JOHN CONLEE ** *HOT SHOT DEBUT * ** B.LOGAN (T.MENZIES, J.MACRAE) COLUMBIA 38-07203 NEW TO FBAAME(R.OWEN) ARLAB3M -A ® 1 tHiSHEDD,A

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Billboard. HOT COUNTRY SINGLESTM COUNTRY SINGLES COUNTIIT A ranking of the top 30 country singles by sales with reference to each title's position on the main Hot Country Singles chart. BY LABEL ,o A ranking of distributing labels SALES up'Z by the number of titles they have á; TITLE ARTIST on the Hot Country Singles chart. 13 o CÓBÑËB LABEL NO. OF TITLES 1 2 SOMEBODY LIED RICKY VAN SHELTON 1 ON CHART

2 3 LYNDA STEVE WARINER 15 by Marie Ratliff MCA (1 5) 19 3 4 THE LAST ONE TO KNOW REBA MCENTIRE 2 MCA /Curb (4) RCA (1 7) 18 OF 1987'S BEST SUCCESS STORIES is of Ricky 4 ' 7 DO YA' K.T. OSLIN 5 ONE the emergence RCA /Curb (1) Van Shelton as a consistent audience pleaser. A virtual unknown when 5 5 ONE FOR THE MONEY T.G. SHEPPARD 3 CAPITOL (7) 15 his first record hit the charts in January, Shelton sports his first No. 1 MTM (5) this week. "Somebody Lied" is the third single from his debut album, 6 6 SHE COULDN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE T. GRAHAM BROWN 4 Capitol /Curb (1) "Wild Eyed Dream "(Columbia), and has spurred sales of the package EMI -America (1) - 7 1 ONLY WHEN I LOVE HOLLY DUNN 14 placing it among the label's current best sellers, resting at No. 6 on the TNP (1) Top Country Albums Chart. 8 9 I'LL PIN A NOTE ON YOUR PILLOW BILLY JOE ROYAL 26 WARNER BROS. (10) 12 Reprise (1) Cited by many programmers as this week's second hottest selling and 9 10 TONIGHT HIGHWAY 101 7 SOMEWHERE Warner /Curb (1) most requested record after the Shelton disk is K. T. Oslin's "Do Ya" (RCA). MD Ron Ellis, WQIK Jacksonville, Fla., calls it "a sleeper, our 10 12 HEAVEN CAN'T BE FOUND HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 11 COLUMBIA 8 POLYGRAM 8 fastest mover." MD Edd Robinson, WSOC Charlotte, N.C., says, "It 11 14 THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU PARTON, RONSTADT, HARRIS 6 Mercury (5) draws requests from all demographics -male, female, 15 -year -olds and 12 11 GOTTA GET AWAY SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 10 Advantage /Compleat (1) 45 -year -olds. They all love it." Oslin is enjoying her second top 10 single Air /Compleat (1) from her first RCA album, "80's Ladies," which is currently listed at No. 13 13 I CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH EXILE 12 In Concert/Compleat (1) 7 on the Top Country Albums Chart. EPIC 5 14 8 I WON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE RANDY TRAVIS 33 ft AMOR 1 15 17 ONE FRIEND DAN SEALS 13 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT," says MD Terry Mathews, WKKW Clarks- ATLANTIC 1

burg, W.Va., referring to the landslide of cards and letters that have 16 15 BONNIE JEAN (LITTLE SISTER) DAVID LYNN JONES 32 Atlantic America (1) been pouring into the station requesting Vern Gosdin's "Do You Be- BERMUDA DUNES 1 17 20 I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT KENNY ROGERS 9 lieve Me Now" (Columbia). "We normally get eight to 10 mail requests a CANYON CREEK 1 week, but we got a hundred pieces in one day praising that record," 18 21 ROUGH AND ROWDY DAYS WAYLON JENNINGS 8 DIAMOND 1

Mathews says. One was from a couple in Ontario who had been visiting KNOB 1 19 18 LOVE ME LIKE YOU USE TO TANYA TUCKER 60 DOOR the Clarksburg area on the weekend the Gosdin record was first fea- EMI- MANHATTAN 1 tured. "I've never before seen anything like this totally unsolicited re- 20 24 JUST LOVIN' YOU THE O'KANES 23 EPIC 1 sponse," he adds. 21 26 I'M TIRED RICKY SKAGGS 27 EVERGREEN 1

F &L 1 DAN SEALS continues to draw raves with his "One Friend" (Capitol). 22 22 IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE LEE GREENWOOD 45 PANACHE 1 "A tremendous song, just great," says PD Mike Oakes, WIRK West 23 16 MAYBE YOUR BABY'S GOT THE BLUES THE JUDDS 44 Palm Beach, Fla. Ditto from PD Bob Hooper, WESC Greenville, S.C. SHOWTIME 1 Hooper also cites an enormous amount of request action on "Maple 24 29 WHERE DO THE NIGHTS GO RONNIE MILSAP 17 SOUNDWAVES 1 STEP ONE 1 Street Memories" by the Statler Brothers (Mercury), as does MD Rudy 25 27 LET'S DO SOMETHING VINCE GILL 16 Fernandez, KEAN Abilene, Texas. "It's doing exceptionally well with VIRGIN 1 our older demos," he says. 26 19 CRAZY FROM THE HEART THE BELLAMY BROTHERS 48 ff 27 - GOIN' GONE KATHY MATTEA 18 URE MAGIC." That's how MD Jim Patrick, KSO Des Moines, 28 30 GIVE BACK MY HEART LYLE LOVETT 19 Iowa, describes Glen Campbell's "Still Within The Sound Of My Voice" (MCA). "When Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell get together on a song, 29 23 AM I BLUE GEORGE STRAIT 62

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COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC (Bill Monroe, BMI) CPP 21 TIME IN TITLE (Tom Collins, BMI /Collins Court, ASCAP) CPP (Publisher - Licensing Org.) 38 TWINKLE, TWINKLE LUCKY STAR Sheet Music Dist. 80 I WANT TO KNOW YOU BEFORE WE MAKE LOVE 67 LOVIN' THE BLUE 68 ROLL THE DICE (Inorbit, BMI) CPP (Irving, BMI /Beckaroo, BMI) CPP /ALM (Tri- Spectra, ASCAP) (Screen Gems, ASCAP /Uncle Artie, ASCAP) CPP 76 WALK ON BOY 62 AM I BLUE 33 I WON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE (ALWAYS AND 30 LYIN' IN HIS ARMS AGAIN 8 ROUGH AND ROWDY DAYS (Door Knob, BMI) (Milene -Opryland, ASCAP) CPP FOREVER) (Hall -Clement, BMI) HL (Waylon Jennings, BMI/Tom Collins, BMI) CPP 59 WE'RE STAYING TOGETHER 32 BONNIE JEAN (LITTLE SISTER) (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Face The Music, ASCAP /Blue 15 LYNDA 4 SHE COULDN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE (Writer's Group, BMI /Bethlehem, BMI) (Mighty Nice, BMI /Hat Band, BMI) Lake, BMI) CPP (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) (Rick Hall, ASCAP/Fame, BMI) 24 WHEELS 61 COME ON JOE 41 I WON'T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE 100 MAMA'S ROCKIN' CHAIR 85 SHINE, SHINE, SHINE (MCA, ASCAP/Patchwork, ASCAP) HL (Lawyer's Daughter, BMI/Wherefore, BMI) (MCA, ASCAP/Don ASCAP/Writer's (Music City, ASCAP /Intersong, ASCAP /Dig -A -Bone, (April, ASCAP /Butler's Bandits, ASCAP /Next -O -Ken, 17 WHERE DO THE NIGHTS GO 48 CRAZY FROM THE HEART Schlitz, Group. BMI /Scarlet Moon, HL ASCAP) HL BMI /Ensign, BMI) CPP /HL (Lodge Hall, ASCAP/Chappell, ASCAP /R.M.B., ASCAP) (Bellamy Bros., ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Don Schlitz, BMI) 28 I WOULDN'T BE A MAN 42 MAPLE STREET MEM'RIES 51 SOME OLD SIDE ROAD CPP /HL ASCAP) HL (Jack & Bill, ASCAP/Songs De Burgo, ASCAP/Lodge (Statler Brothers, BMI) CPP (Uncle Artie, ASCAP) CPP 90 WOULD THESE ARMS BE IN YOUR WAY 77 CRYING Hall, ASCAP) CPP/HL 44 MAYBE YOUR BABY'S GOT THE BLUES 1 SOMEBODY LIED (Tree, BMI Hookem, ASCAP) HL (Acuff -Rose, BMI) / 92 IF IT WAS ANYONE BUT YOU (WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, ASCAP /Good Single, (Galleon, ASCAP) CPP 94 YOU AGAIN 22 CRYING SHAME (MCA, ASCAP /Don ASCAP /Music Corp. Of BMI /Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM 63 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RAGGED AND RIGHT (MCA, ASCAP/Don Schlitz, ASCAP/Writer's Group, (Tonka, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP /April, ASCAP/Welbeck, Schlitz, America, BMI) HL 78 NEVER MIND ( Waylon Jennings, BMI/Tom Collins, BMI) BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI) CPP /HL ASCAP /Blue Quill, ASCAP) HL 45 IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE (Tree, BMI) 7 SOMEWHERE TONIGHT 55 YOU CAN'T BLAME THE TRAIN 5 DO YA' (WB, ASCAP /Bob Montgomery, ASCAP/Warner- 93 NO EASY HORSES (Tree, BMI /Granite, ASCAP /Coolwell, ASCAP) HL (Bocephus, BMI /Paradise Cove, BMI) CPP (Wooden Wonder, SESAC) Tamerlane, BMI/Writers House, BMI) (Writer's Group, BMI /Bethlehem, BMI /Lawyer's 20 STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE 70 YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME 36 DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW 84 IF YOU ONLY KNEW Daughter, BMI /A Little More Music , ASCAP /Uncle (White Oak, ASCAP) (Snow, ASCAP/April, ASCAP /Kaz, ASCAP) HL (Hookem, ASCAP /Blue Lake, BMI) CPP (Cavesson, ASCAP/Tapadero, BMI /Merit, ASCAP) Artie, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) CPP /HL 72 SURE FEELS GOOD 47 YOU SAVED ME 79 DON'T STAY IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME 96 IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME LIES 83 NO MORE ONE MORE TIME (Tom Collins, BMI) (Above Angel, ASCAP) (Eddie Pleasant Productions, BMI) (Doug And Larry, BMI) (WB, ASCAP /Cross Keys, ASCAP) 34 SURE THING 95 YOUR LOVE 50 FACE TO FACE I'LL YOUR BABY TONIGHT 64 NOW YOU'RE TALKIN' (Uncle Artie, ASCAP /Lawyer's Daughter, BMI) CPP (Bibo, ASCAP /Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) HL (Maypop, BMI) 89 BE (Dwarf, ASCAP) (Vogue, BMI /Partner, BMI) 58 SUSANNAH 88 FISHIN' IN THE DARK 71 I'LL FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 40 OH WHAT A LOVE (April, ASCAP / Swallowfork, ASCAP) HL (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Moon & Stars, BMI /Burger (Let There Be Music, ASCAP) (Unami, ASCAP) 37 SWEET LITTLE '66 Bits, ASCAP) 26 I'LL PIN A NOTE ON YOUR PILLOW 3 ONE FOR THE MONEY (Goldline, ASCAP) 19 GIVE BACK MY HEART (White Wing, BMI /Ensign, BMI /Famous, ASCAP /Blue (Tapadero, BMI/Cavesson, ASCAP) CPP 69 TALKIN' TO MYSELF AGAIN (Michael H. Goldsen, ASCAP /Lyle Lovett, ASCAP) Moon, ASCAP) CPP 13 ONE FRIEND (Cross Keys, ASCAP/Tree, BMI) 18 GOIN' GONE 49 I'M GONNA MISS YOU, GIRL (Pink Pig, BMI) 86 TAR TOP (Bait And Beer, ASCAP/Forerunner, ASCAP /Little (Fourth Floor, ASCAP /Hot Kitchen, ASCAP) 29 ONE STEP FORWARD ( Maypop, BMI) Laurel, BMI /Foreshadow, BMI /Lucrative, BMI /Bug, TIRED (Bar None, BMI/Bug, BMI) 54 TELL IT TO YOUR TEDDY BEAR BMI) 27 I'M (Cedarwood, BMI) HL 25 ONLY LOVE CAN SAVE ME NOW (Rick Hall, ASCAP/Song On Hold, SESAC) 81 GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA ITS (Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL 43 TELL ME TRUE (Shamlin, BMI) 75 SUCH A HEARTACHE (DebDave, BMI/Tender Vittles, BMI) CPP 14 ONLY WHEN I LOVE (April, ASCAP /Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM /HL 56 GOOD GOD, I HAD IT GOOD 52 JUST ENOUGH LOVE (Lawyer's Daughter, BMI/Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, 98 TENDER TIME (Blackwood, BMI /Land Of Music, BMI /Englishtown, (Lyn Pen, BMI /Cavesson, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP) CPP /HL (Sister John, BMI /New Haven, BMI) BMI) HL 23 JUST LOVIN' YOU 99 OUR LOVE IS LIKE THE SOUTH 31 TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX 10 GOTTA GET AWAY (Cross Keys, ASCAP/Tree, BMI /Kieran Kane, ASCAP) (Ensign, BMI/Tuggy, BMI) CPP (Rightsong, BMI) HL SHEET MUSIC AGENTS (MCA, ASCAP) HL HL 35 PLEASE PLEASE BABY 46 THAT'S MY JOB are listed for piano /vocal sheet music copies 97 THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE 2 THE LAST ONE TO KNOW (Coal Dust West, BMI) (Terrace, ASCAP /Garwin, ASCAP) CPP and may not represent mixed folio rights. (Contention, SESAC) ( Tapadero, BMI /Cavesson, ASCAP) CPP 82 THE RADIO SONG 53 THIS MISSIN' YOU HEART OF MINE 11 HEAVEN CAN'T BE FOUND ABP April Blackwood CPP Columbia Pictures 16 LET'S 00 SOMETHING (Vogue, BMI /Partner, BMI) (Acuff -Rose, BMI /Milene -Opryland, ASCAP) (Bocephus, BMI) CPP (Benefit, BMI /Englishtown, BMI) 87 READ BETWEEN THE LINES 65 THIS OLD HOUSE ALM Almo HAN Hansen 12 I CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH 57 LIVING LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW (MCA, ASCAP/Don Schlitz, ASCAP /Colgems -EMI, (Writer's Group, BMI /Bethlehem, BMI /Screen Gems - B -M Belwin Mills HL Hal Leonard (Tree, BMI /Pacific Island, BMI) CPP /HL (April, ASCAP /Blackwood, BMI /Shobi, BMI) ASCAP) HL EMI, BMI /Lawyer's Daughter, BMI/Colgems -EMI, B -3 Big Three IMM Ivan Mogull 9 I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT 73 LOUISIANA RAIN 66 RIGHT FROM THE START ASCAP) (Riverstone, ASCAP /Blackwood, BMI /Land Of Music, BP Bradley MCA MCA ( Shobi, BMI /Swallowfork, ASCAP) (Ensign, BMI /Red Ribbon, BMI) CPP 74 THIS OLE HOUSE BMI) HL CHA Chappell PSP Peer Southern 60 LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO 91 RISE AND SHINE (Little Shop Of Morgansongs, BMI /Morganactive, 39 I WANT A LOVE LIKE THAT CLM Cherry Lane PLY Plymouth (Web IV, BMI /Paul A Jonathan, BMI/Rightsong, (Writer's Group, BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI /Bethlehem, ASCAP/Ysu & I, ASCAP/Jack & Bill, ASCAP) (Writer's Group, BMI/Bethlehem, BMI /MCA, CPI Cimino WBM Warner Bros. BMI /Attadoo, BMI) HL BMI) 6 THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU ASCAP /Doubletime, ASCAP) HL

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YULE RELEASES (Continued from 28) 90- Minute Program Will Feature Diverse Elements page Be Home For Christmas "; and Kenny holiday benefit with Camelot record Rogers & Dolly Parton's "I Believe stores in the Charlotte, N.C., and Hungry Ear To Tape Holiday Radio Special In Santa Claus" and "Christmas Charleston, S.C. areas. Called the Without You." Greatest Hits, Greatest Gifts pack- NASHVILLE Hungry Ear Pro- Cafe" productions, will be a com- the public. It will take place at Also included are Milsap's "It's age, the promotion offers album dis- ductions Inc. has received a bination of jazz, comedy, story- the Sarratt Student Center Cine- Christmas" and "We Are Here To counts to customers who bring food grant from National Public Ra- telling, drama, poetry, and song. ma, Vanderbilt Univ., beginning Love "; Parton's "Winter Wonder- items to store collection centers. dio to produce "Christmas Goose - These elements are reminiscent at 8 p.m. land /Sleigh Ride" backed with Rog- feathers," a 90- minute radio spe- of old radio broadcasts in which Tickets are $6 and may be pur- ers' "The Christmas Song "; Ala- cial. The taping will take place live audiences interact with the chased through the student -cen- bama's "Joseph And Mary's Boy" here Dec. 10 and will be broad- show through directors and ter box office or all area Ticket - and "Santa Claus I Still Believe In í11;T111SMART cast throughout the country lat- stage technicians providing cues. master outlets by calling 615 -741- You "; Elvis Presley's "Merry Christ- The results are fast. The er in the month. Produced by Sprigg Ebbert 2787. DEBBIE HOLLEY mas, Baby" and "Santa Claus Is reach is vast. And the call is The show, fifth in a series of and directed and hosted by Dan- Back In Town"; and the Judds' "Who free! To place a Billboard "Live From The iel is Hungry Ear Butler, the taping open to Is This Babe" and "Light Of The Sta- Classified ad, call Jeff Serette ble." at (800) 223 -7524. Warner Bros. is participating in a

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* * NO. 1 * * 39 36 29 14 RONNIE MILSAP RCA 62451 (8.98) (CD) HEART AND SOUL

O 1 2 28 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 25568.1 (8.98) (CO) 22 weeks at No. One ALWAYS & FOREVER 40 38 38 6 FOSTER AND LLOYD RCA 63721 (8.98) (CD) FOSTER & LLOYD DWIGHT YOAKAM 2 2 1 7 ALABAMA RCA 6495 -1 (8.98) (CD) JUST US 44 36 86 GUITARS, CADILLACS, ETC., ETC. 0 REPRISE 25372 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD)

3 4 4 10 MCA ( REBA MCENTIRE 42030 &.98) (co) THE LAST ONE TO KNOW 42 39 35 26 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES MCA 5998 (8.98) (CD) EXIT 0

4 3 3 10 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42035 (8.98) (co) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 43 41 42 54 THE O'KANES COLUMBIA BL 40459 (CD) THE O'KANES

5 5 5 19 WARNER /CURB HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 255931 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) BORN TO BOOGIE 44 46 43 31 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND WARNER BROS. 1- 25573 (8.98) (CD) HOLD ON

6 8 RICKY COLUMBIA (CD) © 39 VAN SHELTON 40602 WILD EYED DREAM 45 47 44 13 GLEN CAMPBELL MCA 42009 (8.98) STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE 8 9 18 K.T. OSLIN RCA 5924.1 (8.98) (CD) LADIES O 80'S 46 42 40 14 KENNY ROGERS RCA 6484.1 (8.98) (CD) I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT

8 7 7 41 RCA /CURB 5916 -1 /RCA (8.98) (CD) THE JUDDS HEART LAND 47 45 49 16 BARBARA MANDRELL EMI -AMERICA 46956 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) SURE FEELS GOOD

9 9 6 30 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 25567 -1 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) DELUXE HANK WILLIAMS, JR. HILLBILLY 48 52 52 160 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME I WARNER /CURB 60193 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) MERLE HAGGARD & WILLIE NELSON 10 11 10 30 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5979 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 49 40 39 8 SEASHORES OF OLD MEXICO EPIC 40293/E.P.A. 11 13 12 20 HIGHWAY 101 WARNER BROS. 25608-1 (8.98) (CD) HIGHWAY 101 50 48 47 37 JUDY RODMAN MTM 71060/CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) A PLACE CALLED LOVE DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS 12 14 14 37 TRIO 51 48 28 WARNER BROS. 1.25491 (9.98) (CD) 50 CHARLEY PRIDE 16TH AVENUE 70550/CAPITOL (8.98) AFTER ALL THIS TIME

13 15 16 16 TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL 46870 (8.98) (CD) LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO 52 51 54 8 T.G. SHEPPARD COLUMBIA 40796 ONE FOR THE MONEY

14 12 11 43 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5913 (8.98) (CD) OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY 53 55 50 141 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5567 (8.98) (CD) GEORGE STRAIT'S GREATEST HITS

15 10 13 52 RESTLESS HEART RCA (CD) 5648 (8.98) WHEELS ® 59 46 159 THE JUDDS RCA /CURB AHL1.5319 /RCA (8.98) (CD) WHY NOT ME 16 17 15 76 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 1 -25435 (8.98) (CD) STORMS OF LIFE 55 54 45 25 THE DESERT ROSE BAND MCA /CURB 5991/MCA (8.98) (co) DESERT ROSE BAND

17 18 19 11 SAWYER BROWN CAPITOL/CUR8 46923/CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT 56 56 - 2 THE BELLAMY BROTHERS MCA /CURB 42039 /MCA (8.98) (CD) CRAZY FROM THE HEART 0 21 20 7 EXILE EPIC 40901 /E.P.A. SHELTER FROM THE NIGHT 57 53 53 19 VINCE GILL RCA 5923 -1(8.98) THE WAY BACK HOME

19 16 18 16 THE MERCURY 404 -1 /POLYGRAM (CD) STATLER BROTHERS 832 MAPLE STREET MEMORIES 58 58 56 59 ALABAMA RCA 5649-1 -R (8.98) (CD) THE TOUCH

20 19 17 19 ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA 40777 (CD) KING'S RECORD SHOP 59 61 57 28 CONWAY TWITTY MCA 5969 (8.98) (CD) BORDERLINE

21 20 21 8 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS MCA 42036 (8.98) (co) HEARTBEAT ® RE -ENTRY EXILE EPIC EE 4040I/E.PA (CD) GREATEST HITS 22 23 8 JOHN MCA 42033 (CD) HANK WILLIAMS, JR. SCHNEIDER (8.98) GREATEST HITS 61 67 65 92 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME II ® WARNER/CURB 25328 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) 23 23 24 93 ALABAMA RCA AHLla v0 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 62 57 59 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS K.TEL 2080 (6.98) COUNTRY NOW

24 24 28 7 GARY MORRIS WARNER BROS. (25581(8.9B) CDTS 63 62 60 7 S-K -B MTM 71064 /CAPITOL (8.98) NO EASY HORSES

O49 2 DAN SEALS CAPITOL 48308 (8.98) (CD) THE BEST 64 63 - 68 5 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP MERCURY 832 465 1 /POLYGRAM THE LONESOME JUBILEE 18 CRYSTAL GAYLE AND GARY MORRIS 26 25 25 8 STEVE WARINER MCA 42032 (8.98) (co) GREATEST HITS 65 66 58 WHAT IF WE FALL IN LOVE WARNER BROS. 25507 -1 (8.98) (CD) 27 29 41 5 ATLANTIC BILLY JOE ROYAL AMERICA 90658.1 /ATLANTIC (8.98) THE ROYAL TREATMENT 66 69 62 20 TAMMY WYNETTE EPIC 40832/E.P.A. (CD) HIGHER GROUND

28 28 31 9 DAVID LYNN JONES MERCURY 832 518-1/POLYGRAM HARD TIMES ON EASY STREET 67 60 51 36 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL EPIC 40681 /E.P.A. (CD) ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

37 55 3 WAYLON MCA 42038 ® JENNINGS (8.98) (co) A MAN CALLED ROSS 68 73 75 103 RONNIE MILSAP RCA AHL1 -5425 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS VOL. 2

30 27 7 33 BAILLIE AND THE BOYS RCA 62721 (8.98) (CD) BAILLIE & THE BOYS 69 75 70 10 CRYSTAL GAYLE WARNER BROS. 25622-1 (8.98) (CD) THE BEST OF CRYSTAL GAYLE

31 32 37 68 OF THE COLUMBIA 40406 (co) SWEETHEARTS RODEO SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO D NEW 1 ROSIE FLORES REPRISE 25626-1(8.98) ROSIE FLORES

32 30 34 24 T. GRAHAM BROWN CAPITOL 12552 (8.98) (CD) BRILLIANT CONVERSATIONALIST 71 71 66 49 PATSY CLINE MCA 12 (8.98) GREATEST HITS

33 34 32 24 HOLLY DUNN MTM 71063 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) CORNERSTONE 72 64 64 39 MOE BANDY MCA /CURB 5914 /MCA (8.98) YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME

34 35 33 107 THE JUDDS A RCA /CURB AHL I .7042/RCA (8.98) (CD) ROCKIN' WITH THE RHYTHM 73 65 63 55 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40413 /E.P.A (CD) WINE COLORED ROSES

35 31 30 43 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 125538 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) HANK "LIVE' 74 72 67 22 LEE GREENWOOD MCA 5999 (8.98) (CD) IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE

36 26 26 8 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40776 /E.P.A. SUPER HITS 75 74 73 50 DOLLY PARTON RCA 4422 GREATEST HITS

37 27 22 16 THE FORESTER SISTERS WARNER BROS. 25571 (8.98) (CD) YOU AGAIN OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional million indicated by a ® 43 - 2 KATHY MATTEA MERCURY 832 793- 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) UNTASTED HONEY numeral following the symbol. CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product.

32 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com ETi4/L/NG CBS First To Adopt NARM's Four Standards SAM GOODY WELCOMES labels Move On Automated Trading product movement at the point of RCA /A &M /Arista already has BY GEOFF MAYFIELD sale, while the development of in- order and returns systems in place NEW YORK CBS Records has be- dustry standards for shipping la- and plans to have invoicing keyed in come the first music distributor to bels and contents labels makes it during the first half of next year. use a full menu of computer-to-com- easier to check in inventory when it The distributor has also come closer puter transmissions for transac- arrives at an account's warehouse. to complying with NARM standards tions with retail and wholesale cus- PolyGram-which had been lag- for contents labels than any of its tomers, and PolyGram is in position ging in the telecommunications competitors. to do the same. game at the start of this year -has MCA stands out as the only ven- That progress report comes from played a fast game of catch-up, says dor to adopt all of NARM's require- the Operations Committee of the Operations Committeee chairman ments for a standard shipping label National Assn. of Recording Mer- Jim Nermyr, vice president of infor- and is on the heels of RCA /A &M/ chandisers, which has been working mation systems and treasurer of Arista in the development of its con- with the Data Processing Commit- the 598 -store Musicland Group. tents label. MCA plans to imple- tee of the Recording Industry Assn. At the committee's January meet- ment orders, invoices, and returns of America since 1980 to develop ing in New Orleans, members had programs during the first half of automated systems to facilitate complained that the Netherlands - 1988. trading between distributors and based distributor was behind its CEMA is the only distributor that their accounts. competitors in the implementation has not yet announced a schedule Standards have been developed of the U.S. 10 -digit standard for for, or started using, telecommuni- Ninety, And Counting. Veteran crooner Tony Bennett, left, makes a stop at for four transaction considerations: UPC codes. The delay was caused cation procedures. Nermyr, howev- Sam Goody's Rockefeller Plaza store in New York City to sign copies of his purchase orders, invoices, return- by the fact that much of Poly - er, is optimistic that Capitol's distri- "Bennett /Berlin" album, his 90th Columbia release. Seated with Bennett is Jane authorization requests, and return Gram's stock comes from Europe, bution network appears to be mak- Berk, associate director of product marketing for Columbia. Standing, from left, authorizations. CBS is now using where a 13 -digit UPC is employed. ing progress. are Danny Yarbrough, the label's vice president of sales; Danny Bennett, the each of these applications with vari- Now, in less than 11 months, the The Operations Committee con- singer's son and manager; Mike Maska, East Coast advertising director for ous automated accounts, and Poly - company has not only closed the sists of Peter Blei, vice president Musicland /Sam Goody; and John Murphy, New York sales manager, CBS. Gram promises to have the four sys- technological gap, it has also moved and chief financial officer of Miami- (Photo: Chuck Pulin) tems in place during the first quar- to the front of the field. based Spec's Music; Bill Hartill, di- ter of 1988. "PolyGram moving that quickly rector of management information Amarillo, Texas -based retail and kind of sends a message that these systems for Long Island, N.Y. - wholesale operation Western Mer- are not real complex formats," says based Record World; Bud Jacks, as- chandisers and three retail chains - Nermyr. "If you expend the time sistant vice president of operations Minneapolis -based Musicland and expend the effort, these goals planning for Detroit -based rack Smash's Jackie Elgas Plans Group; Durham, N.C.-based Record can be easily obtained." Handelman Co.; Larry Johnson, Bar; and Los Angeles -based Where- Nermyr reports that WEA, which branch operations manager for Min- house Entertainment -are among was behind the pack in UPC applica- neapolis-based rack Lieberman En- To Quit After 20 -Plus Years the customers who have telecom - tion a little more than a year ago, terprises; Robert Schneider, execu- municated orders or returns. has also made great strides. The dis- tive vice president for Western Mer- Already used in other retail indus- tributor is in the process of putting chandisers; Jesse Stancarone, At Helm Of Ariz. One -stop tries, automated trading functions its orders program on line during Wherehouse vice president of man- Nowadays, she continues, DJs are speed the ordering and credits pro- this quarter, with invoice and re- agement informations systems; and BY EDWARD MORRIS common features at high school cesses for both buyer and seller turns applications scheduled to be- Nermyr. NASHVILLE After more than 20 dances and even weddings. while reducing errors that occur in gin next quarter. Nermyr says it ap- The next NARM Operations Con- years at the helm of the Smash "We buy 'The Wedding March' manual systems. pears WEA might even beat that ference, open to data processing Records one -stop in Phoenix, Ariz., by the hundreds at a time," she re- Further, the NARM committee's schedule. specialists and operations execu- Jackie Elgas is selling the opera- ports. standards have facilitated meeting WEA, however, is behind the am- tives from all NARM member or as- tion to longtime assistant Char- Smash is a heavily personalized, the needs of the growing number of bitious schedule that it planned to sociate member companies, is lotte Harrington. But she says she computer -free operation, accord- rackjobbers, one -stops, and retail- implement during 1987. The compa- scheduled for Jan 14 -15 at the Omni will be working with the new owning to Elgas. Locations that do not ers that use automated systems. ny had hoped to have orders and re- Europa in Chapel Hill, N.C. The er for the next several months to keep abreast of what's hot on the The application of UPC bar codes on turns in place during the first quar- agenda will include a tour of Record ensure a seamless transition, charts need simply specify to El- prerecorded music, for example, enter of 1987 and invoicing on line dur- Bar's operation in nearby Durham. which will occur officially Jan. 1. gas the kind of music they want, ables home offices to capture actual ing the second quarter. Elgas says that 98% of her sales and she will send them a selection are to jukebox operators in Arizo- of records chosen from their speci- na and the surrounding states. The fications. She says she charges remaining 2% go to dance DJs and nothing extra for the program- Voyager Line Dominates Lebo Sales small radio stations not serviced ming service. by the labels. She estimates that 14 or 15 of Lebo introduced its Voyager cas- which specializes in portable cases "We carry all coun- BY JIM BESSMAN the current the locations use Spanish records sette- carrying cases, the nine -piece and home -storage units for audio try, pop, r &b, and Spanish rec- and that she needs at least two NEW YORK Accessories manu- line has emerged as the company's and video products, says the Voyag- new Spanish titles a week. And, facturer Lebo makes a case for in- major seller. er series accounts for 70% of its she says, they're getting harder to novation. In the 18 months since Bloomfield, N.J. -based Lebo, sales. Though 65, Elgas come by. "Two years ago, we were a fol- At 65, Elgas says, she still gets lower," says Lebo president Pat says she still feels excited "like Christmas" when she Mastronardo. At that time, he re- opens new packages of records. calls, the firm's cassette cases were likes it's Christmas She says she gets most excited the same as those produced by al- every time she when she finds favorite, reissued most every other company -basic oldies in the package, such as the boxes with glued -in vacuformed opens a package recent finds of "Maria Elena" cassette trays. from Los Indios Tabajaras and the "Then we came up with a radical of records Ames Brothers' "The Naughty departure," Mastronardo says. "In- Lady Of Shady Lane." stead of the glued -in tray, we put in Retiring or not, Elgas frets a removable, injection -molded one ords," Elgas reports. Smash also about keeping the customers hap- with large accessory pockets, which stocks about 15,000 oldies. Elgas py. "They're so spoiled," she says. allowed the units to be used for all says it troubles her that the ma- "They're like family." kinds of personal effects, like jors are cutting so many titles books, Walkmans, and even lunch." from their catalog offerings. She Admittedly borrowing from the cites, as examples, Capitol's recent move to a fabric shell spearheaded deletions of songs by the Letter- by its chief competitor, Case Logic, men, Dean Martin, and Nat King Lebo went A records exporter Accessories manufacturer Lebo promises to bolster its marketing efforts. A recent with industry standard Cole. 420 blasts CBS Canada example was a giveaway of Voyager cassette cases on WPW "Power 95" New -denier nylon for its Voyager se- "Oldies sell by the carload," she ries. wood, vi- York; Lebo estimates the promotion was heard by 4 million listeners. Shown above Other lines retained says, noting that many clubs have for raising prices nyl, and plastic casings. forsaken live is Howard the Cab Driver, a character on Jim Ken's morning show. bands in favor of DJs ... see page 58 (Continued on page 36) who spin all kinds of dance music.

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year-stocks 25,000 titles and is going beyond traditional mail order into television shopping services, tie - ins with bank cards and magazine subscription ser- America's Largest vices, and other avenues, Hurley says. NEW NAME, SAME GAME: Word is that 50-year -old National Record Mart is getting ready to unveil a CD Distributor new name for its well -known logo. The new moniker by Earl Paige will be simply NRM. It is reported, however, that the new logo for Pittsburgh -area stores, where the web is HERE'S WHY: IT'S IN THE MAIL: Tower Records president Russ based, will continue to incorporate the chain's original PRICE -Low everyday prices, incredible weekly sales. Solomon confirms recent reports that the chain aims name in small type under the NRM banner. The name to expand its mail -order efforts. At present, advertise- change will not affect freestanding Oasis stores, dis- FILL -Best fill in the industry. ments run regularly in Tower's consumer magazine, count- oriented Surplus Sounds, or new hi -tech Waves Pulse, identifying the service, which is now available shops, all of which are operated by NRM. SERVICE-100% computerized inventory. The order you from the chain's huge store in downtown New York. place is the order you get. No disappointments!! "We have Paul Ramey heading this up," says Solo- PEACHES INVADES CAROLINAS: Although the No surprises!! mon. "We're going to streamline it, computerize it, low -key, 17 -store Peaches Entertainment Corp. is re- and devote larger office space to the fulfillment area. garded as basically a Florida chain -it's headquar- DELIVERY -guaranteed 1 -2 day delivery anywhere We're sitting on possibly the most comprehensive in- tered in the Miami surburb of Hialeah Gardens -the in the U.S. at no extra charge to you. ventory of product available for direct marketing." web has just opened its first store in Charlotte, N.C., As it is, Tower will be going head -to -head with di- measuring 8,000 square feet. The company already CALL NOW for our spectacular catalog of rect marketers such as Express Music, also based in boasts North Carolina outlets in Greensboro, Colum- THOUSANDS of CD's ACTUALLY IN STOCK!! New York, which claims the mail -order music busi- bus, and, as of mid-1986, Winston -Salem. Not always ness amounts to $500 million annually. "Direct -re- included on lists of publicly owned chains, Peaches re- New York Los Angeles sponse selling is the business of the '80s," says Ex- ports revenues for its latest fiscal year of (212) 517 -3737 (213) 388 -9834 press Music president Robert Hurley, who estimates $27,186,700 -up 17% from last year's $23,178,599. Toll Free that currently, the direct-response market "is $70 bil- Connecticut (800) 826 -0079 FAX lion a year and growing twice as fast as traditional re- FIXING FACTS: We apologize to Jim Urie, vice pres- (203) 798 -6590 DEALERS ONLY (203) 798 -8852 tail." Express-boasting it will gross $5 million this (Continued on page 40)

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By DANIELE CAROLI

Spagna, meaning "Spain" in Italian, is the surname of a young girl singer who has styl- ishly achieved a level of international success previously unknown to Italian artists in her category. Though not exactly a newcomer, having been a member of a group which recorded a couple of domestic pop hits, Spagna, aided by a family team including a brother and her boyfriend, suddenly became an international star last year through the catchy disco tune "Easy Lady," selling 1.5 million copies over Europe. The girl from Verona has proved to be no one - hit wonder, since this year "Call Me," a rather more thoughtful kind of song, has become the outstanding Italian international record of the year, topping the charts in Italy, Spain and Fin- land, reaching No. 2 in the U.K. and Greece, No. 3 in Eire and No. 4 in France and the Netherlands. It also broke into the Top 20 in other countries, including Sweden, Belgium, Portugal, West Germa- ny and Denmark. By the end of August this year, "Call Me" had sold 1.4 million units worldwide and went on to surpass sales of her breakthrough disco production. And her debut album "Dedicated To The Moon," has been successfuly released in most Eu- ropean territories, along with the U.S., Canada, Ja- pan, and Australia. In Italy, artists like CBS signing Spagna, who sing in the English language and address their vocal efforts to disco audiences, are generally viewed with suspicion by the media. In the 1980s, however, lucrative local and foreign markets have opened up for their dance products. Gianna Nannini (Ricordi) While artists from the first generation, like Den with Sting Harrow (Baby) and Gazebo (Carosello), continue to reap acceptance and rewards, both in Italy and abroad, a new wave has gathered strength and energy within disk jockey and TV personality Claudio Cecchetto's Marton Corp. This group has launched local and international A New hits by Sandy Marton, Tracy Spencer and Taffy, is- (Th sued either on its own Ibiza label or by CBS. New - (Continued on page 1-4) Cecroto Billboard of Taut '1: Ce crc zonell di aen Zucchero Fornaciara (PolyGram) www.americanradiohistory.com SHE'S

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By VITTORIO CASTELLI & PETER JONES and -coming acts, though it does nothing to damage the really big names. The Italian music market remains as erratic, mer- The Italian home entertainment industry in 1987 curial, complex and unpredictable as ever. But, exudes energy and determination that the future will say a majority of the wisest pundits, just around the make up in new prosperity for what have been many corner is a new stability and growth which promises years hamstrung by national recession and economic much in the way of profitability and creative achieve- restraints. A check around the key executives reveals ment. persistent optimism -but also a realistic appreciation Several of the majors claim that the first half of that many problems still remain. 1987 has been the best trading semester in years, in According to Gianfranco Rebulla, managing direc- revenue terms even if not in unit results. And that tor of PolyGram Italy, this has been one of the best even though the CD market is not developing as fast years ever for the company. He believes the final bot- in Italy as in virtually all other European territories. tom line reckoning will show a gross up some 25 %- There has been a series of major breakthroughs in 30% over 1976, with a market share of 18 % -20 %. the internationalization of Italian talent, with a new At national level the revenue "take "will be up, though wave of singers and groups coming through with a to- unit figures still dip. day style of music which is providing a commercial al- PolyGram's classical share in Italy is 70% (through ternative to the traditional old Italian singer- songwrit- PolyGram, DG, Philips and Decca), and the major has Promoter David Zard of Promoter Claudio Tratta er approach to pop ballads. some 18% of the international pop action and 8% of Zard Iniziative Certainly the chaos which has choked the Italian ra- the domestic pop sector. Says Rebulla: "That last sta- dio/TV industry, with its hundreds -even thou - tistic may not look all that exciting, but we're particu- sands-of small and independent stations nationwide larly proud of 8% on local acts. In 1985 we had a seems likely to be regulated. Small- screen and on -air mere 2% and we've doubled up annually since." overkill, say record executives, doesn't help the up- The enormous success of Zucchero's album Italian Tour Circuit "Blues" was PolyGram's biggest yet, with more than Franco Reali, MD, Lucio Salvani, MD, 600,000 units sold. Rebulla: "That proves that an Attracts the World's BMG Ariola Nuova Fonit Cetra Italian record company, despite all the criticism about the multinationals' hit -and run tactics, can't do with- Superstars out Italian repertoire. And to exploit that homegrown talent doesn't mean just producing records for the local market. It means selling abroad,too. My foreign The concert promotion scene in Italy is alive, PolyGram colleagues tell me that their markets are alert to every little nuance of audience demand hungry for Italian talent, providing it is produced up to and very successful in terms of revenue and artistry. international standards." The country could do with some more major venues, He says that PolyGram's current status meant es- and there are the occasional hassles over how much caping from the crisis state of the late '70s by pulling an international name is worth in Italy -but 1987 has out of its pressing plant and recording studio involve- been a landmark year with more live -show action than ment and getting down to its "true role" of marketing ever before. musical creativity. The results, he adds, have come In the past 12 months, David Zard has promoted not just through Zucchero but a whole new generation some of the most talked -about pop /rock events in of artists, such as Teresa de Sio, Fabio Concato, this country. He brought in Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Garbo, Rossana Casale, De Novo and others. Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, U2 and -top of them The PolyGram chief notes that while U.K. product all, Madonna. Though Madonna got the most spectac- continues to be popular in Italy, there's increased lo- ular reception nationally, thanks to remarkable sup- cal awareness of U.S. material, with huge corporate port from the public and media, Zard insists that eval- (Continued on page 1-8) uation should be on what kind of concerts were played. Guido Rignano, AFI Presi- Giuseppe Benedetti, MD, He says: "Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet had dent /MD, Ricordi Group CGD -Messaggerie Musicali concerts all over the country, including small towns in

the south, and they did well. But I took a few knocks Roberto Citterio, MD, for this, with critics saying such and such a show was EMI Italiana a flop because it pulled an audience of just 10,000 people. But the knockers seem to forget that 10,000 people in a small town like Grosseto is roughly equivalent to the 30,000 that Prince pulled in Milan. ' .ir'411.,/4:,t.''` .--' ' ,.e'k*v "After all, Madonna attracted 130,000 people in ì two concerts in Italy. But had she played 14 concerts 1M , i,;. like Spandau Ballet, she probably wouldn't have pulled 65,000 people each time. "I understand that the Madonna concert telecast 'c attracted some 30 million to 35 million viewers in Ita- ly alone- statistics show there were around 14 million television sets switched on when she performed. In fact, it was just like the World Cup in football all over again, with people organizing viewing evenings with friends and relatives." Zard says Madonna audiences were big all the way through Europe, "bigger even than in the States, I'm told, but the Italy leg was special for her, because she so much wanted to meet the Italian side of her family. She really was emotionally moved by the way she was received here. It was no public image performance." Franco Crepax, MD, Gianfranco Rebulla, MD, However, Zard asserts that Madonna was not the Panarecord PolyGram Dischi (Continued on page 1-6)

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 1 -3 www.americanradiohistory.com artist Franco Battiato, a leading progressive rock art- DANCE MUSIC ist in the 1970s and a record -setting chart-topper in (Continued from page I-1) the first half of the 1980s. comer Sabrina (Five), who has done well in West Ger- More recently he's directed his energies to the con- many, is the latest addition to the lineup. temporary classical composition area of music, re- But it is not essential to sing in English in order to leasing in June a three -record oratorium "Genesi" via appeal to young audiences, even if initial efforts must Fonit -Cetra. But his charming songs have been enthu- necessarily be targeted to the local market. siastically picked up in Spain, where he has so far col- This fact is firmly underlined by the Zucchero suc- lected two platinum albums. cess story. Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari, signed by Without necessarily leaning on rock influences, PolyGram four years ago following a teenage career some young Italian singer -songwriters are developing as a vocalist with ballroom bands and some unfortu- fresh and innovative ways of handling the convention- nate attempts to get established in the conventional al Italian song format. By far the most successful, Italian pop song area, was allowed to work at his per- Eros Ramazzotti (DDD) has been promoting his latest sonal ambition, conceived over a matter of years, of LP, "In Certi Momenti," through major television ap- creating a formula of mixing Italian lyrics with sharp pearances in Italy and other European territories, his z r &b sounds. tour taking in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Italy ó. Recognition came gradually until his third album, will start on Jan. 27, 1988. "Blues," featuring musicians such as David Sancious, Ramazzotti's previous album "Nuovi Eroi," out in .0 Clarence Clemons and Wayne Jackson, set him up as 1986, sold 650 000 units in Italy and 700,000 a national star this year. That LP, well past the more abroad, doing specially well in West Germany m 700,000 unit sales mark by the end of September, (gold), Austria (double platinum), Spain (gold), < seems set for the million milestone by year's end. As a Sergio De Gennaro, France and Sweden and it also made the charts in package, it links brilliant musical contents with out- Panarecord President & Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. spoken lyrics addressed pointedly to the young. President of Univideo, Less dramatically, but nonetheless positively, Man- And that's in the same realm as that of the highly the Italian association go (Fonit -Ceztra) has also become an example of how popular Vasco Rossi who, however, is a bit more rock - of video producers & to rejuvenate the traditional Italian song structures. oriented. Established as a very successful stage per- dealers His commercial appeal has consistently grown former, and a chart- topper in Italy over the past five through his last three LPs, "Australia," "Odissea" and years, Rossi topped the 700,000 sales mark with his "Adesso," the last -named having topped the last LP for Carosello, "C'e Chi Dice No." He's now with 200,000 unit sales mark in Italy by October and EMI and 1988 will, say company executives and sun- building potential chart fires in a pan- European sense, dry other pop pundits, see him established on the full released by Ariola. Another Fonit -Cetra artist Zarrillo, international scene. launched via the the 1987 San Remo Song Festival, is Zucchero's achievements are encouraging the Ri- Franco Battiato (EMI) looking for international acceptance for his debut al- cordi company to gamble on Aida, one of Italy's most bum, which will be ready by January. appreciated back -up singers -she took part in Zuc- At BMG Ariola, they're very happy with the kind of chero's recordings, too. She's been completing a acceptance Luca Carboni is getting for his third LP, rock -blues album, using Italian lyrics. Ricordi sees her named after him, notwithstanding the subtle, tender as a worthy investment for eventual international star- approach with jazz undertones which obviously dom. doesn't depend on immediate impact so much as The Milan -based company also has high hopes for more thoughtful contemplation. the debut LP of Cristiano De Andre, son of noted sing- Tracy Spencer (CBS) This year has seen the return to the charts of im- er- songwriter Fabrizio De Andre. The father has not pressive veteran singer Fausto Leali, first duetting yet followed up his acclaimed 1984 folk -slanted with the long- popular girl singer Mina on the single "Creuza de Ma" album; the son is said to be updating "Via Di Qua" (PDU), then on his own following an op- the conventional Italian singer -songwriter approach portune appearance at the San Remo Festival. His "lo by feeding in rock influences. Amo E Altri Successi" CBS LP has been widely ap- But Ricordi's strongest asset is Gianna Nannini, proved. now established on a full pan- European level, notably Umberto Tozzi (CGD) also made a comeback in West Germany, where she increased her status by Fabio Concato singing a San Remo hit "Si Puo' Dare Di Piu," to- playing a Kurt Weill concert together with Sting and (PolyGram) gether with Gianni Morandi and Enrico Ruggeri, and one -time Cream bassist Jack Bruce. Nannini has just then joining with Raf for the "Gente Di Mare" brought out a "Greatest Hits" album, while a new stu- single, successful in foreign markets too (No. 1 in dio package is planned for release in May, 1988, Belgium, chart entry in Germany, Austria, Switzer- aimed at furthering her international progress. land and Sweden). Tozzi's new album came out in A female singer around whom a well- coordinated November. promotion campaign by WEA has created great inter- A famous group of the 1970s, PFM, also re-ap- est is Grazia Di Michele, whose "Le Ragazze Di Gau- Fausto Leali (CBS) peared with a Ricordi LP and a tour. Paolo Conte guin" LP provides refined, though not instantly acces- (CGD), a veteran composer who matured into an out- sible, musical ideas. And sheer class is the trademark standing performer, after breaking such markets as of the well -known Matia Bazar group, featuring the ex- the Netherlands, France and Canada, has just had his perienced and worldly vocals of Antonella Ruggiero. new double album, "Aguaplano," issued cross Eu- The band's first CGD album, "Melo," was produced rope. by the versatile Celso Valli. Still very lively these days, the Naples music scene A favorite with the knowledgeable pop followers is has not yielded important new names recently. But Ivano Fossati, a singer -guitarist and highly -praised Riccardo Cocciante with the "OK Italia" LP, his first for Virgin, Edoardo composer, who has developed a very personal way in (Virgin) Bennato has grabbed star status in this territory all dealing with rock patterns. His next CBS LP is being over again. He is an acclaimed live act, as is Pino Dan - specially tailored to feed his talents through to a glob- iele (EMI), who has done well domestically with his lat- al audience. est "Bonne Soiree" album. And Teresa De Sio (Poly - Garbo (PolyGram) is also seeking wider recognition Gram) has just completed an LP which sounds set for with his new album, which is livelier and-it should be sales outside the domestic market. said -less David Bowie -influenced than usual. These three are all established artists who offer dif- Now completing an LP, Scialpi (BMG Ariola) has to Garbo (PolyGram) ferent versions of what's known as "Mediterranean choose between his previous teenage idol image and Rock." But punk /new wave is these days represented a more mature approach to his music. in Italy by groups who at least are slowly gaining na- The flow of talent in Italy really does continue un- tional recognition. abated. It is reflecting the widest possible variety of PolyGram distributes two Florence -based labels, musical styles and personality. One of the highlights I.R.A. and Kindergarten, and is building interest in of next year will certainly be a new album from EMI groups like Denov, Litfiba and Moba, while Virgin has (Continued on page I-11)

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biggest success of the year in Italy. David Bowie did even better, for after three sold -out concerts in Rome, Florence and Milan (with 67,000 in the last -named city), he managed to attract 35,000 people in a RECORDS smaller town like Turin, near Milan.

Zard says: "I'm proud that I got him to Italy for the

first time. But then I'm also happy that I got Bob Dylan «The back in Italy again for what was a huge success. Like bite with the beat» everybody of my generation, I'm especially fond of him and his music is full of memories for me." He adds that other very important concerts to bolster further the burgeoning Italian live -show scene, though not promoted by his company, were those of Paul Simon and Prince. "I particularly enjoyed the Prince show, sifting there in the front row, with no or- ganizational worries." Another top event was the Sting /Gil Evans collaboration in Perugia last July, part of the Umbria Jazz

Festival but, says Zard: 'Personally I don't favor the

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cert tours. But I recognize 1987 as a peak year for me and now I'm working on a very ambitious project. "I'm talking to local administrators, to all kinds of NUTS CH 001 BIG FAT MAMA CR. 002 HIGH TIDE CR. 003 sponsors, trying to persuade them to support the cre- The ups and downs of Good men feeliri bad Interesting times ation of 20 open -air arenas and 40 theaters for 10,000 -15 -,000 capacities. They should be, I think, a nice little bugger A REUNION ALBUM more or less similar and prefabricated. I've enlisted a GUITAR ORIENTED ROCK ALBUM ROCK BLUES noted architect to work on this project. "Obviously building 40 theaters of this kind works

out less expensive than just one. I believe that each one would cost no more than the money spent each SLEEVES year by those towns who build temporary buildings ,40010010 just for the summer season audiences. "I see these theaters as being half- spheres with i seats on one side and standing room at the back. These halls should have attractive areas nearby with .4voF shops, libraries and so on. If done properly, each theater could become the cultural center of its particular _ {rs town. And I'd like to see the first of the 40 ready for - the coming summer season." Another of Italy's Big Three promoters is Claudio Trotta, general manager of Barley Arts Productions, who says his company is "the one which organizes NUTS CR. 004 THE SLEEVES CR. 005 CR ITALIAN more concerts a year than anyone else. We work con- Lookiri for Cockaigne Five days to hell EXTRAVAGANZA sistently on different kinds of artists." POWERFUL PSYCHO SOUL ROOTS AND ACID SOUND Carta One of his specialities is heavy metal. "To look after that interest, we set up a division called Warning Pro- LOOKIN'FOR SOMETHIN'NEW motion, and we find it is an unusual experience. First, we can cousnt on very dedicated musicians, most of whom -strangely enough -are Italians, and very professional. The HM public is large, enthusiastic, loyal and knowledgeable. The kids like to see their idols in person and buy ticket in advance." DISTRIBUTED BY CIPO CIPO RECORDS sas The Barley Arts group also handles "cult" acts like 19100 LA SPEZIA (Italy) - Corso Cavour, 372 - Randy Newman, Los Lobos and Tom Verlaine- "They Tel. 0187/32163 - P.O. BOX 27 don't get very large audiences, but do have a solid specialist following." This year the company organized special events as a kind of Italian "Monsters Of Rock" event, featuring local talent along with Dio and Halloween. And in Mi- lan it put on a blues concert so successful in August that it will be repeated next year. eGualaStampi Another success story for Barley Arts Productions was the concert series labelled "Black Nights," featuring acts like Ben E. King, Robert Cray and Jimmy Cliff. On the more "orthodox" side, says Trotta, the company put on tours by Style Council, Level 42, Kid Creole design and construction mould for & the Coconuts and Peter Gabriel (co- promoted with Fran Tomasi Music). MUSICASSETTE - LIBRARY BOX Trotta is adamant: "Italy is a very good territory for tours and I believe stars like Spandau Ballet, Duran COMPACT DISC BOX (Continued on page 1 -10)

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SUCCESSI DI... DIE GRÖSSTEN ERFOLGE ... TOUS SES SLCCES... 0 MELHOR DE... TOUR CIRCUIT 11C Tá KCIÁUICI)O rnc ... 1 (Continued from page l -6) 1 HE BEST OF... LO MEJOR DE... IiET BESTE VAN... Camme .Ily4III f1eCHN... Duran and David Bowie get more enthusiastic public support here than anywhere in Eu- rope." The third super -promoter in Italy is Intalent, with Franco Ma- moni as managing director. He goes along with the belief that the big problem in setting up tours is availability of venue. "Local administrations are un- l predictable and you can never be sure to get the right place to hold a concert. And anyway the price gets higher each time." But Italian people are very receptive, he says, and 1987's peak audience statistics proved that point. It's been the busiest year ever in the touring business, he asserts. The range of show is wide, not just a matter of providing fodder for kids who want to see the rock stars. "Concert tours can be good record sellers, but you have to use them correctly," he says. "The greater the career and reputation of the artist, the bigger his image as a legend, the more he should draw from his past repertoire. That is why tours should help revive back catalog material, with not so much emphasis on promotion for the newest album.

"But I know full well that there are artists with current hits who just don't have the musical status to be able to cope properly with public performances. It could be argued that concerts, no matter how well staged, could be dangerous to their image and their future." Roberto de Luca, head of the Bonnechance concert agency, organized highly successful tours this year by such acts as Simply Red, Boy George and Carmel, though he also turned over very big business through promotions with local talent. His view is that all kinds of music -rock, pop, "even jazz," -can be slotted into the Italian market, "provided the artists are real performers and not just studio -created acts." Top Italian centers in terms of public reponse to concert promotions are Milan, Rome, Flor- ence, and Turin. Says de Luca, "The Italian public is healthy, hearty and full -blooded and it is very important for them to see in the flesh those acts they first hear on records. They want to see those heroes up there and sweating on stage. But the public is also very selective in choice p"or of concerts. The real successes come for the first -choice artists only." M 1\ 4cE111:\ DIRECTION: PETER ZCM51'F:f

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 I-10 www.americanradiohistory.com INDUSTRY CHIEFS made the Italian charts with three of our local artists, product. CD makes up 90% of its catalog, the re- (Continued from page 1 -9) Amedeoi Minghi, Fiordaliso and a hits compilation of mainder going to highly specialized LP labels like Fiorella Mannoia. We've built a strong promotion GRP, private music and some audiophile releases. tant step this year was the entry into the market with presence, particularly on television. The CD market, says Rho, was two million units in Ita- mid -price CDs -"the first time anywhere that such a "We see it as merely the beginning. When the new ly in 1986 and is expected to have doubled by year's policy was carried out as a whole series, not just a U.S. Durium company becomes operational in Los An- end. "Our share is also doubling, to give us 8 % -9% one -off effort. Competitors followed but at higher geles, we'll expand further. We want to produce rec- of the market. We started out as a very small enter- prices. And for the second release we dropped the ords in the States, providing the necessary high quali- prise but I'm looking for a CD turnover of around 7 original cardboard sleeve we'd used to keep packag- ty and also keep costs lower. American Durium will million units in 1988. ing costs down in favor of a return to the orthodox take care of all our products, including video and "Though the Italian CD market is behind most other jewel box." movies, and also market our Italian product in North countries, it's still a good one. Classical is taking what The company has released 40 CDs this year (28 America." we see as its `natural' share of the action, around classical) and looks for a catalog of 80 -90 by the end Durium's home video catalog has already more 40 %. Its original 80% of the sales was an unreal su- of 1988. than 900 titles -and the company sold more than periority. But jazz is in a strange situation. The hard - Another key development, says Salvini, was setting 20,000 videocassettes during the SIM hi f /video core jazz collectors at first refused CD, but suddenly in up the home video business, with RAI -TV (which show in September. Rinaldi: "Our home video policy changed their mind and the format sells well in classic owns Fonit Cetra) as prime repertoire source. But on is to go for sale rather than rental. It's better in terms jazz and fusion styles. the audio side, the company has done well with Man- of profitability." "Our main promotional tool is our catalog book, a ó go ... "and Italian music is showing great liveliness Nowo, with Marco Rho as sole administrator, is a very costly publication. We print around 200,000 everywhere, S here and abroad. It looks a consistent company specializing in marketing compact disk copies, but we find it a very worthwhile enterprise." trend. Vasco Rossi (Carosello), á Zucchero (PolyGram) CA and our Mango have together sold about 1.5 million o albums this year." ö Sergio De Gennaro is president of Panarecord (and also president of Univideo, the Italian trade associa- NEW VHS REEL SPRING tion of video producers and dealers), with Franco Cre- pax as his managing director. Says Crepax: "People say 1987 is a good year for recorded music in Italy. I don't believe it. As SIAE [Italian society of publishers and authors] data shows, all areas of the music business, including publishing, live shows and soundtracks are growing in a financial sense, but not prerecorded music. "Advanced technology gives our customers too many chances of getting music without actually paying for it. Why should people bother to pay? Home taping is the real villain of the piece. Let's forget out - and -out piracy. We know that about 15 million legal prerecorded cassettes are sold in Italy each year, while sales of blank tapes are around the 40 million mark. Only a tiny percentage are used for non -musical recording. The rest adds up to a horrendous loss for our industry. "On top of all that, the average kid has at his dis- posal such refined `tools' he can make very high quality cassettes, better than those from the industry itself. He can also make his own compilations, often more attractive than the industry could afford to put out." ECONOMICAL ADVANTAGES Luca Rinaldi, Durium managing director in Milan, - saving of material by reducing arrived at the company some 18 months ago when it width was a very old (55 years) record company which had - less weight, less volume. not been doing particularly wel in recent years. "Something had to be done. Now we have new offices FUNCTIONAL ADVANTAGES a and new business, split into three divisions, record- - no more concentrated and outwards ed music, home video and movie production. This over cover stresses, means major investment and a tough financial situa- but apportioned alternated tion. and opposed ones; - spring force on the reels "But I known we'll reap what we sow. ASSEMBLING ADVANTAGES We've already in full compliance with international standard - reel spring free height reduced almost to a half; specifications (IEC -774). DANCE MUSIC - simple and rational packing for automatic feeding. (Continued from page 1 -4) released an album by CCCP, who certainly combine powerhouse music content with an innovative and impact -laden stage show. Most other groups of this genre (some using En- TRADITIONAL NEW glish lyrics) record for independent labels, among them Contempo, Electric Eye, Materiali Sonori, Sup - porti Fonografici, which cannot depend on national distribution. 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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any National Video opened its first superstore Oct. 31 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, Billboard recording, or otherwise, man behind the counter wearing a tie is Bill Holland, the store's managing without the prior written permission of the publisher. partner. TOP KID VIDEOESALES Grocery Web Selling Tapes Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. 125 ShopRites lc 5 Get Vid Sections tW 5 0 h i TITLE Copyright Owner, $ IV" as specific hot titles. g Manufacturer, Catalog Number la BY JIM BESSMAN All of the advertised sale tapes al NEW YORK The New Jersey - are racked in prominent store fix- * * No. 1 * *

based 1 7 ShopRite grocery store co- tures bearing ShopRite's logo. 1 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 1955 29.95 op chain has initiated an extensive, These displays, says Shafter, are centrally 2 Amblin Entertainment directed video sales com- stationed in various locations, de- 2 11 AN AMERICAN TAIL 1986 29.95 mitment as an adjunct to existing pending on where individual store MCA Home Video 80536 rental programs 7 operated indepen- owners have placed them. Shafter 3 26 HERE'S MICKEY! Walt Disney Home Video 526 1987 14.95 dently throughout the 180 -store suggests that the owners place group. 4 them near video rental centers or 4 26 HERE'S DONALD! Walt Disney Home Video 527 1987 14.95 ShopRite video departments customer -assistance counters. were installed in 6 October in ap- ShopRite's video -sales operation 5 26 DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: HEIGH -HO! Watt Disney Home Video 531 1987 14.95 proximately 125 of the stores, lo- differs from its other nonfood re- cated throughout New York, 3 New tail businesses, according to Shaf- 6 58 SLEEPING BEAUTY Walt Disney Home Video 476 1959 29.95 Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylva- ter. Products like magazines and nia, Delaware, and Massachusetts. prerecorded audio are sold by man- 7 8 5 MICKEY & MINNIE Walt Disney Home Video 576 1987 14.95 This follows a move into video ufacturers directly to individual rental by 90 stores in 8 RE -ENTRY the last cou- stores or brought in through MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL Wan Disney Home Video 225 1983 14.95 ple of years, though rentals are in- racks, but sell- through video is dis- dependent of sales. tributed through the main ware- 9 15 25 HERE'S GOOFY! Watt Disney Home Video 529 1987 14.95 "Everybody does their own house. "This way I can facilitate thing in 13 4 rentals," says Howie ordering for 125 stores and help 10 DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: THE BARE NECESSITIES Walt Disney Home Video 581 1987 14.95 Shafter, video buyer for Wakefern coordinate sales," says Shafter. Food Corp., the wholesale and 17 26 dis- Shafter says ShopRite was en- 11 WINNIE THE POOH AND A DAY FOR EEYORE Watt Disney Home Video 65 1983 14.95 tribution arm for the ShopRite couraged to sell video by vendors stores. According to indi- 5 114 Shafter, and by ShopRite owners who have 12 DUMBO Walt Disney Home Video 24 1941 29.95 vidual ShopRite owners obtain video -retail experience. "We also rental tapes on their own 24 26 through read and watch and know that 13 THE RELUCTANT DRAGON Walt Disney Home Video 533 1941 14.95 video -rental rackjobbers and carry there's a market in video for su-

anywhere from 200 to 2,000 1110. titles, permarkets," he adds, noting that 14 NEW RAFFI-A YOUNG CHILDREN'S CONCERT A &M Video 6 -21707 1986 19.98 depending on the whims of the his top competitor, the Pathmark ShopRite owner and the dictates of chain, is already "doing a big job" 15 23 37 THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE Family Home Entertainment 26561 1986 14.95 his location. in video. Shafter masterminds ShopRite's 77 "Our basic philosophy is that 16 9 ALICE IN WONDERLAND Watt Disney Home Video 36 1951 29.95 new tape -sales program from since we have customers coming Wakefern's main office /ware- into the stores twice a week who 17 25 4 CHIP 'N' DALE Walt Disney Home Video 579 1987 14.95 house facility in Elizabeth, N.J. He will buy the right item at the right says that a Nov. 1 "major in lo- ad" price, why should they go else- 18 22 3 CAPTAIN POWER: SHATTERED PAST Hi -Tops Video 00633 1987 14.95 cal newspapers formally launched where for video ?" says Shafter. the fourth -quarter program, which He adds that ShopRite will now ad- 19 16 56 DISNEY'S SING -ALONG SONGS Walt Disney Home Video 480 1986 14.95 he predicts will bring in between vertise videos weekly in local pa- $1.1 million and $1.2 19 3 million in pers and will highlight titles in its 20 DONALD & DAISY Walt Disney Home Video 578 1987 14.95 sales through January. regular circulars. "We're looking 11 to appeal to a As for the future of video at 21 114 PINOCCHIO Watt Disney Home Video 239 1940 29.95 wide audience with a wide range of ShopRite, Shafter says "decent product at the proper price point," and fast results" indicate that the 22 21 3 BARBIE AND THE ROCKERS: OUT OF THIS WORLD Hi -Tops Video 00623 1987 14.95 says Shafter, noting that ShopRite Christmas season will solidify the video -sale titles will include ap- position of the in -store video de- 23 10 109 ROBIN HOOD Walt Disney Home Video 228 1973 29.95 proximately 25 hot-movie and how - partments. to titles obtained through promo- "It's too early to say, but I'll 24 12 86 THE SWORD IN THE STONE Walt Disney Home Video 229 1963 29.95 tional deals allowing retail prices jump the gun and say, 'Yeah, su- to generally remain 14 77 below $30. He permarket customers are good vid- 25 WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO Watt Disney Home Video 64 1974 14.95 says Walt Disney, "Star Trek," eo customers,' " says Shafter. Recording ndustry and Jane Fonda tapes are the lead- Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 o $1.2 million for nontheat ical made -for-home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of ing attractions in the sale buy -ins, 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made -for-home -video product; 50,000 units or a va ue of and he singles out "Crocodile Dun- $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, dee," "Top Gun," and "Star Trek or of at least 25,000 units or $ 1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 37 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, !LEO RETAILING Billboard e recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. VIDEOCASSETTES RENTALS TOPr a Compiled from a national sample of retail store rental reports. W W Ú Lij 31 O Ó q ._C v, 1- vi TITLE Copyright Owner, Principal Ä d F j Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers > á * * NO. 'I * * Bros. Inc. Mel Gibson Warner 1987 R 1 1 3 LETHAL WEAPON Warner Home Video 11709 Danny Glover Touchstone Films Danny DeVito 1987 R 2 4 3 TIN MEN Touchstone Home Video 571 Richard Dreyfuss Mickey Rourke IVE 1987 NR 3 3 8 ANGEL HEART 60460 Lisa Bonet

Paramount Pictures William Shatner 2 7 STAR TREK IV -THE VOYAGE HOME 1986 PG 4 Paramount Home Video 1 797 Leonard Nimoy

1987 PG 5 11 3 PROJECT X CBS -Fox Video 1592 Matthew Broderick

Hemdale Film Corp. Dennis Hopper 1987 R 6 10 3 RIVER'S EDGE Nelson Home Entertainment 7690 Crispin Glover Andrew McCarthy M920 1987 PG 7 1 9 MANNEQUIN Media Home Entertainment Kim Cattrall

1955 G 8 5 6 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 Animated

Nicholas Cage Dressed To KIII. In an effort to pump up sales and rentals of "Predator," due 1987 PG -13 9 8 8 RAISING ARIZONA CBS -Fox Video 5191 Holly Hunter out in January, CBS /Fox Video has announced a licensing agreement with Amblin Entertainment Movie Tees, a novelty- clothing supplier that has produced several video -related HENDERSONS John Lithgow 1987 PG 10 NEW HARRY AND THE MCA Home Video 80677 T -shirts and sweat shirts. Movie Tees will offer two "Predator" designs for sale Tri -Star Pictures Kim Basinger at video stores, one featuring the film's star, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Displaying 1987 PG -13 11 6 9 BLIND DATE RCA /Columbia Home Video 6.20822 Bruce Willis one of the shirts, from left, are Bob DeLellis, senior vice president of sales and Warner Bros. Inc. Whoopi Goldberg marketing, CBS /Fox; Len Rapoport, president, Movie Tees; James Fifield, 1987 R 12 9 9 BURGLAR Warner Home Video 11705 Bob Goldthwait president and CEO, CBS /Fox; Sam Puleo, group vice president sales, CBS /Fox; Orion Pictures Gene Hackman and Peter Balner, president of New Jersey -based video retail franchiser Palmer 1986 PG 13 12 10 HOOSIERS HBO Video 0041 Dennis Hopper Video. Nick 1987 R 14 NEW EXTREME PREJUDICE IVE 62178 Po ere Boothe Paramount Pictures Paul Hogan 1986 PG -13 Outlet Specializes In Gallic Titles 15 14 15 CROCODILE DUNDEE Paramount Home Video 32029 Amblin Entertainment Animated 1986 G 16 13 11 AN AMERICAN TAIL MCA Home Video 80536

Malkovich 1987 PG In L.A., Viva La Videofrance 17 30 3 MAKING MR. RIGHT HBO Video 0016 John

re- DEG Inc. Steve Guttenberg Movies run the gamut from 1987 R BY CHRIS MORRIS cent French hits and classics -an 18 22 15 THE BEDROOM WINDOW Vestron Video 5209 Isabelle Huppert company Fer- Warner Bros. Inc. Madonna LOS ANGELES Aimez -vous les emphasis of the -to THAT GIRL 1987 PG 19 NEW WHO'S 1 Griffin Dunne videos français? In West Los An- nandel comedies and French ani- Warner Home Video 1758 Orion Pictures Burt Reynolds geles, the answer to this question mated cartoons starring such Gal- 1987 R 20 19 3 MALONE Orion Home Video 8706 Lauren Hutton ( "Do you like French videos ? ") is a lic favorites as Asterix. The store DEG Inc. Judd Nelson resounding "Mais oui!" even rents familiar Walt Disney 1986 PG 21 17 11 FROM THE HIP Home Video 473 Elizabeth Perkins Videofrance, a small West Side animated features dubbed in Lorimar Lois Chiles French. New World Entertainment 1987 R 22 15 4 CREEPSHOW 2 "A producer friend of mine from New World Video A87003 George Kennedy Paramount Pictures Eric Stoltz `It's like walking France came into the store, and he 1987 PG -13 23 18 9 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL said, 'It's like walking into Car- Paramount Home Video 31979 Mary Stuart Masterson Russ into Cartier' tier,' " Decaillet says. Video 1986 R 24 20 16 BLACK WIDOW CBS -Fox 5033 Theresa Russell Rentals are $3 a day, with a two - 4: CITIZENS ON Warner Bros. Inc. Steve Guttenberg is giving new meaning to for -one special on Wednesdays and POLICE ACADEMY 1987 PG outlet, 25 21 8 Warner Home Video 20025 Bubba Smith the term "specialty retailer." The Thursdays. There is no charge for PATROL Touchstone Films located in a tapes that are out on Sundays, Jim Varney 1987 PG 900 -square -foot shop, 26 25 8 ERNEST GOES TO CAMP Touchstone Home Video 593 converted one -bedroom apartment when the store is closed. Cannon Films Inc. near the Memberships are $30 per year. Michael Moriarty 1987 R on Westwood Boulevard 27 16 6 THE HANOI HILTON Warner Home Video 37068 West Side Pavilion, deals primarily Decaillet claims to have about 500 New Century Entertainment his list of regular cus- Burt Reynolds 1987 R in French -language videos. members; 28 33 9 HEAT Paramount Home Video 12584 According to owner Bernard De- tomers has grown to the extent New World Entertainment is finally computer- Fred Dryer 1986 R caillet, Videofrance began infor- that the store 29 26 7 DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR New World Video A86260 mally in 1980 as an outgrowth of izing its inventory. Julian Sand 1987 R Decaillet's still- active theatrical Aside from its specialized inven- 30 28 4 GOTHIC Vestron Video 5215 distribution company, Videofor- tory, mail membership is another Cannon Films Inc. busi- Christopher Reeve 1987 R mat. unique facet of Videofrance's 31 23 5 STREET SMART Media Home Entertainment M930 "I wanted to have some French ness. "It goes 11n and down, but at 1987 PG -13 movies for myself, and on one of the peak we may have 100" cus- 32 NEW THREE FOR THE ROAD Vista Home Video 0023 A anrlRuckeen to I talked to some tomers who rent by mail, Decaillet my trips France Inc. Whoopi Goldberg Warner Bros. 1985 PG -13 producers, and I started bringing says. 33 27 19 THE COLOR PURPLE Warner Home Video 11534 Oprah Winfrey Videofrance ships films around them in," he says. Robert De Niro Warner Bros. Inc. 1986 PG Decaillet began retail operations the country by United Parcel Ser- 34 31 13 THE MISSION Warner Home Video 11639 Jeremy Irons in 1984. was doing it vice and accepts insured returns in earnest "I 3: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Media Home Entertainment M900 Robert Englund 1987 R from my office on Westwood Bou- via UPS and regular mail. The 35 32 15 DREAM WARRIORS of mail -mem- levard," he says. "It became a lit- store offers a variety Michael J. Fox Taft/garish Entertainment 1987 PG-13 tle too small. Nobody could work." bership plans, from a $25 annual 36 29 11 LIGHT OF DAY Vestron Video 5200 Joan Jett As a result, Decaillet moved his membership that allows the cus- Films Shelley Long Touchstone 1987 R retail business into his small West tomer four movies, which are 37 NEW OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Touchstone Home Video 569 Bette Midler L.A. storefront last fall. shipped two at a time and may be Bruce Campbell Rosebud Releasing Corp. 1987 NR Videofrance stocks approxi- kept out for a month, to an higher - 38 24 7 EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN Vestron Video 5212 Sarah Berry 1,200 titles all of cost unlimited- access program. Pictures Home Video 6- Anne Bancroft mately -almost RCA /Columbia 1986 PG them in French, with a handful of "It works very well for schools," 39 35 5 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD 20815 Anthony Hopkins and Swedish releases. Ap- says Decaillet, who adds that both Cannon Films Inc. Italian Sylvester Stallone 1987 PG proximately 40% have subtitles high schools and universities par- 40 34 13 OVER THE TOP Warner Home Video 11713 in ticipate in the mail- member pro- list price income of $3 million (30 000 or $1.2 and 1% are dubbed; the rest are Recording ndust y Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested for theatrical films, sales of French only, While most of the grams. million for nontheat ical made -for- home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification million nontheatrical made -for -home -video product; 50,000 units or a value of stock 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 for store's stock runs heavily toward Videofrance acquires its Tape Disc Assn. certification for $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) International Beta from a variety of different ave- released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at VHS, Videofrance also stocks a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically copies. (Continued on next page) suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary.

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VIDEOFRANCE THRIVING (Continued from preceding page) nues, according to Decaillet. He says, "We carry our own [self -distributed] titles. The others we get any way we can. A lot come from Canada. "A lot of these films are not Here's one thriller your customers will love sinking their teeth into. available anymore," he continues. In this latest JAWS adventure the Brody family once again comes face "In Canada, the French -speaking -to -face people prefer to see American with an all- too -familiar killer shark who stalks its prey movies dubbed in French." In in the crystal blue waters of the Bahamas. many cases, Decaillet is forced to So get your customers ready for one of this year's top buy from Canadian used -tape bro- thrillers and make yourself a killing, too. kers and video stores. Decaillet also deals with U.S. Contact your MCA distributor today. rights holders of French -language films, sometimes licensing the /0 Univel sal Ldy 4'ló /d home video rights to titles and COMING SOON ON LASER VIDEODISC Un versal City. CA 91608 making the film -to -tape transfers HiFi Stereo Surround Closed Capt ones Videocassette #80723 STREET DATE_ February 4, 1988 so that he can stock hard -to -find Digitally Recorded iPÇ-tsj $89.95 Suggested Retail Price Spanish Versin#80784 1987 Universal Cit- Studios, Inc. features. He markets 30 such ti- '. :. 1988 MCA Home 'ideo, Inc. All Rights Rese tles. Decaillet has found a healthy market for his French videos in Los Angeles; his clients, who come "from all over," are a mixture of French expatriates, cinephiles (film buffs), and students.

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com ILEO RETAILING Blockbusters Busting Out All Over In Midwest board, Nov. 28); one West Rogers ner of Blockbuster Midwest. Seven set up shop here. But for the mo- or Sensormatic security systems, BY MOIRA McCORMICK Park store in suburban Chicago, of the new Chicago -area Block- ment, Beck says, he considers new locations are opening solely CHICAGO Blockbuster Midwest which opened Nov. 2; one South- buster Videos, he notes, were con- Blockbuster's main Chicagoland with Sensormatic. has raised its already high profile field, Mich., store, which opened verted from Movies To Go, which competition to be "smaller store Each new store is being feted with the recent openings of six Nov. 9; and one Garden City, Blockbuster acquired in June. operators and chains." with grand opening events featur- new Blockbuster Video stores. An- Mich., store, which opened Mon- (Billboard, July 4). New Blockbuster units vary in ing numerous promotions and ce- other six are scheduled to bow by day (30). While Blockbuster Midwest is size from 5,000 to 10,000 square lebrity guest shots. At the grand the first week of January. In addition, Blockbuster super- the most prominent of Blockbuster feet, and all feature the gold, yel- opening of the West Rogers Park Blockbuster Midwest, the larg- stores are scheduled to open Dec. 7 Entertainment's franchises, Beck low, and cream interior design and store, festivities included appearances by football player Gary Fen- est of the 14 franchisees of Dallas - in Atlanta; Dec. 14 in Schaumburg, notes that the parent company - front -faced live flooring that are based Blockbuster Entertainment Ill.; Dec. 21 in Homewood, Ill.; and run by chief executive officer H. Blockbuster trademarks. cik of the Chicago Bears and live Corp., says it will be operating 31 Jan. 4 in Burnsville, Ill. Wayne Huizenga, one of the "We're continually making im- versions of several Looney Toons video stores in Chicago, Detroit, By the end of January, Block- founders of the Chicago-based dis- provements in the stores," says cartoon characters. Promotions in- Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Milwau- buster Midwest will be operating posal firm Waste Management Beck, "but the consumer looks at cluded such giveaways as free kee by the end of 1987. 11 stores in the Chicago area, eight Inc. -is "aggressively bringing in it as the same." Beck adds that rentals for a year and a home en- All of the newest units are ei- in both metropolitan Atlanta and new franchises." The combined to- while Blockbuster Video units tertainment center with a 41 -inch, ther freestanding or located in Detroit, three in Minneapolis, and tal of Blockbuster stores- compa- have been using either Checkpoint giant- screen television set. strip malls. They include super- one in Milwaukee. ny-owned and franchised -stands stores in Livonia, Mich., and Har- "We're expecting to open 40 -55 at 105 units. wood Heights, Ill., both of which stores next year in these markets, Blockbuster is not the Windy RETAIL TRACK bowed Sept. 21. Also included are and we'll be going into the Ham- City's only major video chain: (Continued from page 36) three Atlanta stores, which opened mond /Gary, Ind., area as well," Erol's, West Coast Video, and com- Oct. 12, Oct. 19, and Nov. 23, (Bill- says Scott Beck, managing part- bo web Sound Warehouse all have ident of sales and branch distribu- Denver (Billboard, Nov. 28). In Los tion at PolyGram, for garbled com- Angeles, CD was stocked temporar- munication and hereby clarify his ily but is not stocked at present, remarks, which appeared in the pending further evaluation, accord- Nov. 21 Retail Track. In its re- ing to branch manager Bear Ra- vamped LP returns policy, Poly - coff.

_ instead of _ . _ _. . Gram raised the penalty A BIL" áHT cutting the purchase bonus. And ONE WAY? NO WAY: David the break -even percentages for Schlang, 42, president of 6-year -old wholesalers' returns is actually 15% One Way Records Inc., Albany, on LPs, 21% on cassettes. N.Y., admits that with all the HAVE YOU changes in the surplus field, partic- VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS LIKE ularly for One Way, the company CD: The handful of video wholesal- name has come up for reconsider- ers who have branched into compact ation recently. "It used to be you disk distribution apparently like the bought 'em and you owned 'em," THOUGHT marketing synergy that leads to says Schlang. "We were in the list new accounts -and added business. business. We circulated lists of cut- A prime example is six- branch Ar- outs to stores. But the reputa -tion tec Distributors in Shelburne, Vt. of the company, the strength of the AHEAD? Artec is cautious and stocks only at name, is such that we have stuck the headquarters plant, maintaining with it." the top 100 at other branches, plus Son of industry legend Charlie BONUS display materials. Schlang, David says One Way start- IT'S A key factor for video wholesal- ed changing in 1983. "Today we DISTRIBUTION ers is recognizing the expertise re- function a lot like rackjobbers, but quired, says Marty Gold, Artec within the close -out, overstock, and AT president. "It was an easy transi- deletions field. We offer 100% right tion for us, because we were in au- of return- stores don't have to wor- WINTER 1970. We were only exclu- ry 24 hours about returns; that's my CES dio since sively in video for a year and a worry. Product is preticketed, we half." Prime accounts for Artec are have a set gross established, and in often in college markets -usually six to nine months we will be going C E video retailers with two to five into computerization. We won't use stores -or, in sharp contrast, a [Universal Product Code], but it will huge chain such as West Coast Vid- be barcoded with an in-house num- eo. ber to facilitate replenishment." T Another heretofore exclusive dis- The younger Schlang not only tributor involved in CD is Ingram grew up in the record business, he Involved for a year and a has hardly ever been out of it. DATE Video. ISSUE half, Ingram maintains its CD oper- "When I came out of the Army in JAN.9 ation at its Nashville headquarters. 1969, I went to work for Transconti- Ingram is now in six more markets nental Music Corp. The president at of the time was Lou Kwiker [now AD CLOSING: following the recent acquisition SPOTLIGHT Enterprises distri- chairman of Wherehouse Entertain- DEC. 15 the Lieberman bution arm, Home Entertainment. ment]. At the same time, my father ISSUE AD CLOSING: The newest major distributor to sold Mersha to Transcon." DEC. 24 jump in is 16- branch Commtron, No one is happier about the One with CDs stocked right now only in Way success than the senior the New York branch, says John Schlang, 73, now head of Geronimo FOR AD DETAILS CALL: sales manager. Farr Records, a distributor and rack com- NEW YORK Farr, national in L.A., who Associate Publisher says Chicago and Denver are sched- pany says, "I never Gene Smith, He (212) 764 -7356 uled next, "and we'll see how it really got out of the business." Ron Willman, Director of Sales: Video /Sound goes. We've had only moderate suc- has a daughter, Barbara Brenner, (212) 764-7350 cess in New York." Commtron of- who serves as legal counsel for One Ken Karp (212) 764 -7352 fers prepacks of 500, 1,000, and Way. Of his son in Albany, father 1,500 titles. "Remember, the aver- says, "He's as big as I was once LOS ANGELES age video store has no experience in when we sold out to Transcon." Colette Kreins (213) 859-5349 [prerecorded] audio, and they are Matuchek (213) 859 -5344 Christine not sell- through oriented." Assistance in preparing this col- NASHVILLE Yet another video distributor eye- umn was provided by Geoff May- John McCartney (615) 321 -4293 ing CD more seriously is 13- branch field. To reach Retail Track, con- Carole Edwards (615) 321 -4294 Baker & Taylor, which has re- tact marketing editor Earl Paige mained full -line audio at the head- at 213 -273-7040. quarters operation in suburban Chi- cago and has just added audio in

40 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com 17/ MUSIC TELEVISION DECEMBER 5, 1987 VOLUME 1 NO. 1

AI;IE IIIJ oz Dew Rotation Meets "Swoop Industry Request: 3 Volt* hit, kfe"s I>ti arYileetini Al 1rABMSá `5u1T Bard; are like socks. Some go We're not sure what the end result inte. your underwear drawer in Ever will be yet, but so far we're ex- since MTV- Europe started Introducing Biz Buzz! The "mag- imr-cdiate heavy rotation. You Usually, research repots sit cited about the series of informal up, our staff Over There has been azine'. of industry news edited to know right away you'll wear arou -ì( for weeks before anyone meetings we've been having with calling to gloat every time they our advantage by your friends at them every day. Other socks (and gets _Hound to reading them, but video producers and directors get advance knowledge of inter- MTV: Music Television. This is bans) get lighter rotation. Sun- these latest Nielsen and Arbitron about creativity esting music coming soon to our the page where you, the movers day socks. Socks for special in music videos. numbers caught our attention. The fireworks have shores. And just to rub it in, they and shakers of the entertainment occasions. Athletic socks. Then been flying, 1987 was one of our best years for to say least call collect. Because YOU are business, can turn to be alerted, there are new socks: the Hip the -if you've at- growth: in an average week, tended, you know what we some _af our favorite people, we'll informed, and amused. While the Clips of sockdom. You can't wait mean. MTV now rea`hes mo-e people If not, we promise pass cn the latest, free- members presentation may be tongue -in- to wear them. They're not your to stage some nationally thin all the #1 radio follow -ups. We'd tell you more, of a new Scottish pop -soul band check, or even silly, the stories favorite socks yet, but you know Wet I&'( WI are stations in the top 50 markets but right now we're rushing into a reportedly the you'll read here are true. Inci- the<, will be. What's left? The odd nxlst ileccnt teen -idols to come combined. And comparing 3rd meeting '86 to dentally, if you know of any hot - socs. They don't match. They're along. w th two Top Ten singles quarter 3rd quarter '87 show, ' yr added 18,000 breaking rumors that belong here, great, wild, but don't fit in. They and an Lr that debuted at #2; Pop new drop us a line at Biz Buzz, MTV, languish at the back of the drawer singer Rid:.' sticv has a giant households per day. That's a lot of new 1775 Broadway, NYC 10019. never to see the light of day. Until voice :Inc a hit just as huge with recruits to our way of life... now. Now there is Buzz Bin. The "Never Gon-ia Give You Up "; plat-2 for socks, or rather bands, and ThetrJerrcho is "big guitar" Thanks for reading. We'll buzz that are special, great and visually rock is the U2 realm. We'll have you again soon. alive. They deserve to be seen. to wad- and -see what the video&.. Sources: Arbilren summer '86; A.C. Nielson, 3rd And ;cen a lot. It's a new kind of look Ike. but our interest is u quarter '8$ rd quer er '87. heavy rotation on MTV designed along with our phone bills, to give up to five bands a week an opportunity to break. And push the limits Of video to new artistic heights. or to at least mid -calf.

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www.americanradiohistory.com VEO MUSIC Synch licensing: Give -& -Take here. to use videos in perpetuity, the way BY STEVEN DUPLER Perhaps the most fascinating view things work in reality it becomes a LOS ANGELES How various music to emanate from the panel-which in- matter of give- and -take between the video legal rights pertain to the end cluded lawyers as well as a major la- artist and the label. If they are ada- user and how the restriction of those bel representative, an artist manag- mant that something no longer be rights affects the er, and a major publisher -was that used, we work with them." end user were the it is more often artists and managers Michael Reinert, director of video focal points of rather than labels who place tight re- operations for Rowe International, AVC "That Synching strictions on rights to video product. wore two hats on the panel. On the Feeling," a panel In a discussion about controlling one hand he is an attorney who repre- REPORT on synchroniza- exposure of clips and making sure sents a number of artists, but at the tion rights, licens- that older material not be allowed to same time he arranges all licensing ing, and other mu- air indiscriminately on video outlets, for Rowe's video jukebox business. Richie Havens takes a break on the set of Havens On Earth. RBI Records artist sic video legal issues at the first Sherman Halsey, a manager who Reinert said his biggest gripe is his first video clip, "I Don't Wanna Know." Havens, center, is shown discussing the American Video Conference Nov. 19- represents Dwight Yoakam and a that "there are tons of material out shoot with producer Tony Harding, left, and director Ed Libionati. 21 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel number of country acts, noted, "We there I would love to license, but it's always try to retain as much control often like pulling teeth to get the as possible. clearances." Also, he noted, there are "I'm concerned about giving away often too many people involved in the rights to a label that will look at a vid- rights clearances, which ends up eo as simply a piece of catalog and making the process far more difficult use it as such. It's important to me to than it needs to be. able to protect my artist's image, and Other panelists included Jonathan a video that represents work that is 4 Haft of Almo-Irving Publishing and the New Music Seminar directors, expanded the con- or 5 years old can do more harm than Jodie Graham, an attorney with Man - tent of the conference, and tightened the awards pro- good by being shown." hatta, Phelps, Rothenberg. cedures. Larry Kenswil, MCA Records' The result was a successful gathering, due mostly head of business affairs, noted that American Video Conference cov- to the high level of support not only from the labels, while "the normal contract allows us erage will continue next week. by Steven Dupler but from national and local television programmers as well. Judging from what the Eye heard in the bar, in GETTING TOGETHER: Like many of you, the Eye is the suites, and on the return flight, the good buzz has still digging out from under after the recent luau in returned. Los Angeles, also known as the American Video Con- Representatives of virtually every major record ference. company and several indie labels were on hand, al- Video Jukebox Expands Panels and parties aside, a number of interesting though Epic and Columbia were conspicuous by their events occurred at the AVC, not the least of which absence. Net Lets Viewers Choose Fare was the decision on the part of label video staffers and Programmers arrived from places as diverse as To- video music programmers to band together and form ronto; Alabama; Akron, Ohio; and Oakland, Calif. In NEW YORK Video Jukebox Net- Federal Communications Commis- an industry association. many cases, it was their first opportunity to meet the work Inc., operator of an automat- sion approval -which is expected in OK, OK -we know this has been said before. In label people with whom they deal by phone every day. ed, computerized audience- interac- about 90 days -Video Jukebox has fact, virtually every one of the eight previous Bill- Although some questioned the logic of melding spe- tive music television station in Mi- at the same time entered into an af- board Video Music Conferences has ended with the cial- interest, nontheatrical videos with music video at ami, is expanding. The firm filiation agreement with the cur- cry for the formation of such a trade group. But each one conference, many attendees felt the juxtaposition recently revealed it has entered rent owners of Channel 10, which year, when the heat of the moment faded, all the good was useful. into a purchase agreement to buy will allow Video Jukebox to air its intentions and gung -ho solidarity evaporated in the "It's funny," said MCA's Doug Cerrone. "On the Jacksonville, Fla., low -power sta- programming on the station while face of returning to the daily workload. one hand, you have the craziness and irreverence of tion W10AX Channel 10 for approval of the sale is pending. This time, things may be different. At the instiga- the music video industry, and on the other you have $100,000 in cash. According to VJN's John Rob - tion of organizer Mike Ousley of Tracks & Facts in the businesslike professionalism of the home video in- While the contract is subject to (Continued on next page) Birmingham, Ala., 35-40 people gathered in a hotel bar dustry. But these special -interest guys are actually a and immediately agreed that their first purpose would lot like us in that they exist at the fringe of their in- be to organize in support of a charitable group or dustry, just like we do. They're fighting to build re- event. spect for what they do in the home video industry, just Names were taken and two attorneys volunteered as we've been doing in the music industry, and they NEW to serve as legal counsel: Rowe International's Mike have some interesting perspectives." London Hai, Hai, Hai /A &M Reinert and Campus Network's Scott Gordon. VIDEOCLIPS Colleen McLean. Roger Hunt /VIVID Productions According to Reinert, the next step comes in about LET'S MAKE A DEAL: Hit Video USA, the 24 -hour- Tony Vanden Ende three weeks -two meetings, one on each coast, the a-day national based in Houston, is looking to syndi- THE HOOTERS the cate its weekly, hourlong "New Music Review" show. This weekly listing of new video - Satellite New York meeting to be hosted by Reinert and One Way Home /Columbia Los Angeles meeting by Vis- Ability president Celia Also up for syndication is a Christmas seasonal spe- clips generally available for pro- Daniel Stewart /Limelight Productions Hirschman. At those meetings, a board of directors cial now in production, "The Top 87 of '87." The two - gramming and /or promotional David Hogan will Video's top clips for 1987 purposes includes artist, title, al- JETHRO TULL will be elected and a charitable cause selected. hour show feature Hit Steel Monkey "The only thing we're concerning ourselves with and becomes available in mid- December. According to bum (where applicable), label, pro- Crest Of A Knave/Chrysalis house, and di- Danny Nissim /Chrysalis U.K. right now is setting up a not- for-profit group to raise Hit Video, both shows are available on a cash /barter ducer /production Jeff Baynes funds for a charity," says Reinert. "If it expands from basis. rector. Please send information to LISA LISA & CULT JAM FEATURING FULL that, fine. But we're not looking to hold a convention Billboard, New Videoclips, 1515 FORCE or conference." GOOD TIMING: MTV Networks took advantage of Broadway, New York, N.Y 10036. Someone To Love Me For Me to schedule a series of Spanish Fly /Columbia If you were not among those present at the L.A. the American Video Conference BEE GEES Robert Lombard /GLO Productions Duncan Gibbins meeting and wish to get involved in the still-unnamed West Coast label meetings last week. Both MTV and E.S.P. video association, contact Reinert at 212 -230- VH -1 programming plans were discussed, and up- ESP /Warner Bros. MADHOUSE music Tim Clawson /Limelight Productions were given on subscriber households and demo- Steve Barron 3195 or Hirschman at 213 -658 -8766. dates 1 /Warner Bros. graphics. Most labels say the meetings were friendly TONY BENNETT Vicki Niles /Limelight Productions YOU TALKED, WE LISTENED: Last year, the Bill- and productive. One item they were pleased to hear White Christmas Steve Purcell Bennett/Berlin/Columbia Q5 board conference ended amid much confusion and dis- about was the soon -to -debut MTV "Breakthrough Sharon Oreck /O Pictures Geoffrey Edwards Livin' On The Borderline couragement, with many attendees wondering if the Video," a designation which awards increased airplay When The Mirror Cracks /Squawk PAUL CARRACK could continue supporting such a meeting. to a clip that is "extremely visually creative," with the Barry Stern industry Don't Shed A Tear Barry Stern The street buzz on the show was not good, and it was music taking secondary importance. One Good Reason /Chrysalis to continue, it was nec- Victoria Golden /Limelight Productions ROBBIE ROBERTSON obvious that for the conference Peter Care Fallen Angel life. GOING SHOPPING: American Telemedia Network, Robbie Robertson /Geffen essary to inject it with new PAUL DI'ANNIO'S BATTLEZONE to rebuild in- a shopping mall point-of- purchase advertising compa- Boris Malden, Amanda Pirie /Limelight Productions This year's conference was intended I Don't Wanna Know David Hogan dustry confidence, restate our commitment to music ny, is looking to deal with record labels in acquiring Children Of Madness /Shatter /Profile Productions ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sammy Jackson /Kingfisher video coverage, and, of course, provide useful and in- current top 40 music videos for use as part of a "high Bryan Elsom Showdown At Big Sky interest programming plan to attract the attention of Robbie Robertson /Geffen telligent panels. FORCE M.D.'S Boris Malden, Amanda Pirie /Limelight Productions In response to suggestions made last November, we shoppers in the mall environment." If you think your Touch And Go David Hogan you Touch And Go /Tommy Boy CARLOS SANTANA formed East Coast and West Coast video music advi- clips could benefit from this type of exposure, Jon Small /Picture Vision to contact Steve Landeen at 801 -226 -7422 Jon Small Bella sory boards to help formulate the panels. We then might want Blues For Salvador /Columbia joined forces with the American Film Institute and to see what he needs. ROGER HODGSON Pam Tarr Paula Walker

42 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, some of this week's playlists are repeated from the previous issue.

N TIONAL OF PMUSICTS AT NATIONAL VIDEO MUSIC OUTLETS. BiIIbooeJ®THE Lists do not include videos in I(LEO MUSIC recurrent or oldies rotation. LIST M VIDEO JUKEBOX NETWORK 1 Medley /Warnes, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life St. Paul, Rich Man (Continued from preceding page) /// George Michael, Faith John Cougar Mellencamp, Cherry Bomb

-4- i HEAVY HEAVY son, the deal represents the first request a video. The requests are VHF sign -on in 27 Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All Sting, We'll Be Together Jacksonville in logged on a computer and played Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes Squeeze, Hourglass years. It is also, he says, the first in the order in which they arrive. Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love Cruzados, Small Town Love Continuous programming sign-on of any broadcast in The calls cost $1 1775 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love station each, and VJN re- Expose, Seasons Change Billy Idol, Mony Mony that city in the past six years. ceives 88 cents per call. ADDS Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love Bruce Springstoen, Brilliant Disguise Whitney Houston, So Emotional George Michael, Faith Robson says the station's signal Robson says the price structure The Dig, Foreign Girl Elton John, Candle In The Wind Richard Marx, Should've Known Better is expected to cover about 200,000 of calls to the Jacksonville station Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Whitesnake, Is This Love Jacksonville -area homes, with a to- will $2 REM The One I Love be per request, or $5 to se- SNEAK PREVIEW MEDIUM Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth tal audience of about 700,000. lect 3 videos with a single call. Tiffany, I 1n't re ulWa Now Bananarama, I Can't Help It Taylor Dane, Tell It To My Heart Spey WooedWatley, Don't Want Me The firm's Miami station, oper- Following a public offering sev- Europe, Cherokee Martha Davis, Don't Tell The Time Stevie Wonder, SkYoueletons Eurythmics, Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) Gloria Estafan The Miami ating on Tele- Communications eral months ago, VJN is a publicly & Sound Machine, Can't Swing Out Sister, BreakoutI've Hadt Dead, Throwing Stones Stay Away From You Meding Crew, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life Inc.'s Miami TCI cable system, is traded over -the -counter stock. The Whitney Houston, So Emotional Siedah Garrett, Everchanging Times Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before the first of its kind. Reaching an company has a copyright on and a Loverboy, Love Will Rise Again The Jets, I Do You Georg Poison, Catch Me Falling) John Cougar Mellencamp, Cherry Bomb Kane Gang, Motortown George Harrison, GotGet My Mind Set On You audience of about 25,000 homes, patent pending on the proprietary Robbie Robertson, Showdown Al Big Sky Barry Manilow, Brooklyn Blues Steve Winwood, Valerie Roy Orbison & K.D. Lang, Crying the show allows viewers to call in computer hardware and software HEAVY Carly Simon, All I Want Is You on a special Southern Bell 976 - used to operate the programs. Swing Out Sister,der, Twilighteletons World The Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter Stine Wonder, Dial-It number 24 hours a day to STEVEN DUPLER Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth 1, i a - Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before ' Ur s VA ` Def Leppard, Animal - Inxs, Need You Tonight Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel Continuous programming Billy Joel, Back In The U.S.S.R. 1000 Louisiana Ave., Houston, TX 77002 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You George Michael, Faith BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION Pink Floyd, Learning To Fly ADDS I VIDEO TRACK Prince, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 14 hours daily All That Jan, Run! Hide! turned from New York, where it R.E.M., The One I Love 4217 Wheeler Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304 Richard Marx, Have Mercy created a video for "Someone To Bruce Springstoen, Brilliant Disguise M /A /R /R /S, Pump The Volume Up NEW YORK Squeeze, Hourglass ADDS Great White, Save Your Love Love Me For Me" with Columbia Sting, We'll Be Together Joe Cocker, Unchain My Heart Madhouse, 10 artists Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam fea- Whitesnake, Is This Love Roger Troutman, I Want To Be Your Man Stela Winwood, Valerie Expose, Seasons Change Atlantic artist Gerald Albright's turing Full Force. GLO was also Peter Gabriel, Biko Yes, Love Will Find A Way POWER The Winans, Love Has No Color video for "So Amazing" was responsible for Wendy & Lisa's ACTIVE Steve Winwood, Valerie The Jets, I Do You filmed in upstate New York, mak- latest clip for "Side Show." Tim Carlos Santana, Bella George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You ing use of the picturesque autumn Bodeen, It's Only Love Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel Pope directed. Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All George Michael, Faith Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before setting. Simon Soffer directed. Ju- Paul Carrack, Don't Shed A Tear Keiko Matsui, A Drop Of Water Medley /Warnes, (I've Had) The Time My Of Life lie Pantelich produced for Soffer- OTHER CITIES Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me Stay M /A /R /R /S, Pump Up The Volume R.E.M., The One I Love Icehouse, Crazy Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Pantelich. Postproduction work Mick Jagger, Throwaway HEAVY Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) was New Order, True Faith Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love performed at National Video CHAMPAGNE PICTURES of To- Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Buster Poindexter, Hot, Hot, Hot Squeeze, Hourglass Center /Recording Studios, with ronto was Earth, Wind, & Fire, System Of Survival behind the scenes for Timothyr B. Schmit, BoysY Nightg Out Stevie Wonder, Skeletons The Temptations, I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now Bruce Springstsen, Brilliant Disguise Chris Hengeveld serving as on -line Haywire's video for "Black & Alexander O'Neal, Criticize BUZZ BIN Icehouse, Crazy editor. Blue," second single from Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance the the

The Cure, Just Like Heaven Roger Troutman, I Want To Be Your Man Also at National Video Center, group's HEAVY new album, "Don't Just Depeche Mode, Never Let Me Down Prince, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man the Ramones recently completed Stand There," on Love And Rockets, No New Tale To Tell Miles Jaye, Let's Start Love Over Alexander O'Neal, Criticize Attic Records Public Image Limited, Seattle Regina Bell, So Many Tears Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance their new video for "I Wanna Ltd. The performance piece was The Smiths, Girlfriend In A Coma LeVert, My Forever Love Buster Poindexter, Hot, Hot, Hot Live." Lensed in black -and -white lensed a Shalamar, Games Kane Gang, Motortown at gravel pit near Stouff- MEDIUM Taylor Dane, Tell It To My Heart film, the clip is said to be a parody ville and integrates footage about MEDIUM Paul Carrack, Don't Shed A Tear The Alarm, Rain In The Summertime of such life -on- the -road pieces as relationships between men and Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All Cher, I Found Someone Barry White, Shó You Right Cruzados, Small Town Love Bon Jovi's video for "Wanted women. Kari Skogland directed. Peter Gabriel, Biko Marlon Jackson, Don't Go Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love Chad, Love's Passion And You (Dead Or Alive)." New Order, True Faith Performance Philip Mellows produced. Wendy Sammy Hagar, Hands And Knees Michael Jackson, The Way Feel You Make Me Steve Winwood, Valerie footage was shot at Manhattan's Vincent edited. Melvin James, Loving You Is Strange Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love The Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter Jethro Tull, Steel Monkey Full Force, Love Is For Suckers Ritz club. Preacher Ewing direct- Irish rockers Elton John, Candle In The Wind Mama's Boys just Elton John, Candle In The Wind Audrey Wheeler, Irresistable Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is All About ed. Jeffrey Beer Productions pro- wrapped a video for "Waiting For Richard Marx, Have Mercy Taja Seville, Love Is Contagious Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World Vaneese Thomas, I Want To Get Close To You duced. Postproduction work was A Miracle," directed by Tony Van- Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) St. Paul, Rich Man r performed by Claude Borenzweig, den Ende. The clip was shot at Radiators, Like Dreamers Do Dionne Warwick & Kashif, Reservations For Two ~ f

I i Tiffany, Think We're Alone Now Siedah Garrett, Everchanging Times 114*, Hugh Fitzpatrick, and Glenn Laz- London nightspot Town & Country Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Force M.D.'s, Touch & Go 1.o.; ev,o,n' zaro. Club. Luc Roeg produced for Vivid

BREAKOUTS r_r _'I=, VCA Teletronics teamed up with Productions. The clip supports the Bee Gees, ESP Paladin Productions to produce leadoff track from the group's Breakfast Club, Never Be The Same Five 1/2 -hour shows weekly "Situation Normal All Fouled Up," new Joe Cocker, Unchain My Heart 1000 Laurel Oak, Voorhee, NJ 08043 album, "Growing Up The Martha Davis, Don't Tell The Time a 60- minute comedy show hosted Hard Way," on Jive /RCA. Bryan Ferry, The Right Stuff TNN CURRENT by longtime television personality Gene Loves Jezebel, Motion Of Love THE NASHVILLE NETWORK Dan Hill (Duet With Vonda Shepard), Can't We Try Great White, Save Your Steve Allen. The program is to Love Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes said Production companies and post - Guadalcanal Diary, Litany (Life Goes On) Five 1/2-hour shows weekly Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel document some of the world's Hurrah!, If Love Could Kill production facilities are welcome 2806 Opryland Dr., Nashville, TN 37214 Expose, Let Me Be The One It's Immaterial, Driving Away From Home greatest blunders. It is to Swing Out Sister, Twilight World currently submit information on current Kane Gang, Motortown CURRENT Robbie Robertson, Showdown At Big Sky in syndication and is slated for projects. MSG, Gimme Your Love Please send material to The Jets, I Do You Mr. Mister, The Border Roy Orbison & K.D. Lang,an Crying home video release soon. Richard r g' Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth Linda Moleski, Video Track, Bill- 10,000 Maniacs, Don't Talk Alabama, Tar Top Simple Minds, Promise You A Miracle Saperstein served as executive board, 1515 The Outfield, No Surrender Jennifer Warnes, First We Take Manhattan Broadway, New York, Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine, Can't Platinum Blond, Southern Pacific, Killbilly Hill producer. Contact Stay Away From You VCA's Hal Rein was cre- N.Y. 10036. Rainmakers, Snakedance Ernie Cash, Show Me The Way Brenda K. Starr, Breakfast In Bed ative director. Michael Pelech was Saga, Only Time Will Tell Ray Stevens, Santa Claus Is Watchingg You y Pink Floyd, Learning To Fly director of photography. Kool Moe Dee, How Do You Like Me Now' Stryper, Honestly Scott Wesley Brown, Kingdom Of Love Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Ex- Police man Sting Supertramp, I'm Lee Greenwood, God Bless The U.S.A. Begging You George Michael, Faith The Truth, It's Hidden Holly Dunn, Daddy's Hands LOS ANGELES talks about 2nd solo Silencers, I See Red White Lion, Wait Steve Earle, Guitar Town Sheila Walsh, Big Boy Now The Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter tour ... see page 19 Tanya Tucker, Love Me Like You Used To New Order, True Faith GLO PRODUCTIONS recently re- ' Dwight Yoakam, Little Sister Heaven Billy Joe Royal, I'll Pin A Note On Your Pillow Inn, Need You Tonight Asleep At The Wheel, Boogie Back To Texas Flesh For Lulu, Like a Twist Sawyer Brown, Betty's Bein' Bad Jonathan Butler, Lies Jonathann ' Ogden Hurlais, Walk On Boy Butler, Holding8 On sitsofafS ONE- Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Those 1Continuous w New Yor Van Of You 1775 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Ricky Van Shelton, Somebody Lied MUSIC VIDEO ADDS

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BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 43 www.americanradiohistory.com 11) AUDIO/VIDEO Mobile Fidelity Issues !Otb-Anniversaiy Gold CDs phile software market's varying it. So our thrust now is to use the sive, while aluminum isn't. "We've thing left on the disk is a thumb- BY DAVE DiMARTINO fortunes during the past decade. gold CD as the Original Master Re- tested CDs in a whole variety of print -sized area of aluminum. The LOS ANGELES Audiophile label The firm began in 1978 with five cording JVC disk was used 10 environments," he says, "and they rest of it is oxide." Mobile Fidelity has proven that the people and grew to employ 42 peo- years ago." oxidize. What happens is, if you Belkin says he sees continued compact disk medium has by no ple during its 1981 peak period. So far, six Ultradiscs have been subject them to enough heat and growth for Mobile Fidelity's audio- means killed off interest in the Then came the compact disk. issued: a jazz sampler, a classical humidity the aluminum becomes phile approach. As the CD format specialized high -end audio market, Now, says label president and sampler, Joe Jackson's "Will Pow- aluminum oxide. And it's there. grows, says Belkin, and as major despite predictions to the contrary. founder Herb Belkin, there are er," Supertramp's "Crime Of The It's as clear as a window." labels and pressing plants cut as Celebrating its 10th anniversary just 24 employees on the Mobile Fi- Century," and the Special Olym- Because of gold's expense, Mo- many corners as possible to de- with a series of both new and com- delity payroll -but the company is pics benefit album "A Very Special bile Fidelity's Ultradiscs now re- crease expenses, the market will memorative releases, the Petalu- growing again. Christmas." The latter three have tail between $25 and $30; Belkin become more mid and low end. ma, Calif. -based company is in the "We were not prepared for the already been issued as "standard" says the company is investigating Thus, he says, just as one seg- growth mode once again, follow- explosion of compact disk and aluminum CDs by A &M. other, less expensive types of ment of the marketplace bought ing a drop -off in interest in its what it would do to our analog Belkin says further plans are "bonded" CDs, including alumi- $99 turntables and regular LPs original line of audiophile vinyl business," says Belkin. "And we under way to issue product by the num with silver, copper, and even while the audiophile segment opt- product. almost didn't make it. If you look Police as well as two titles on titanium. ed for $1,000 turntables and spe- Mobile Fidelity has developed around today, we're really the only A &M's Horizon label by David How can the aluminum in CDs cialized pressings, the new audio - the Ultradisc -a CD incorporating high -quality audiophile company Grisman and Dave Brubeck. oxidize when it's sealed in plastic? phile-if accepting the CD format a 24 karat gold surface in place of left. The other guys didn't make it, Belkin cites two reasons for go- "They aren't completely sealed," at all -will go for the high -end CD the format's normal aluminum - or they're under rocks and places. ing with the gold CDs. says Belkin. "That's the biggest player and specially pressed CDs. and has released six audiophile Telarc made the transition - First, he says, gold provides a bunch of baloney you've ever Belkin notices, however, a gen- CDs so far; its regular CD issues they're really just another very much smoother reflective surface heard. They're not edge coated and eral improvement in LP and cas- include titles from the U.S.S.R.'s good classical company today. And than does aluminum, thus creating they're not back coated. CDs are sette manufacturing of late - Melodiya label (with Soviet jazz Sheffield puts out a record a year; fewer "sonic gaps" that cause only coated on the read side." spurred, he thinks, by the CD and product planned for next January) I don't think that you're in busi- players to synthesize data during Belkin is especially wary of cur- a consumer base newly sensitized and a BBC Jazz Classics series; fi- ness when you do that." error correction. "We're working rent automobile CD players that to high -quality sound. This pleases nally, its concluding audiophile In many ways, says Belkin, the with something that's under 5% package disks and changer for the him. "The better the quality of the Beatle LP reissue, "Yellow Sub- company is staking its future on block -error ratio," he says, "so trunk. "People are going to be industry at large," he says, "the marine," was just released. its Ultradisc series. "For the mo- that you have more of the real in- very disappointed," he says. "I better opportunity there is for me In light of its anniversary, the ment, it's still difficult to rational- formation passing to your ear." could show you [a CD] subjected to to keep growing as well, because company views its release of Su- ize our aluminum disks vs. the con- Secondly -and most important- 90% humidity and 135 degree tem- people's sonic awareness is height- pertramp's "Crime Of The Centu- ventional aluminum disks," says ly, says Belkin -gold is noncorro- perature for 130 hours: the only ened." ry" in the Ultradisc format as es- Belkin. "The aluminum disks pecially significant. Ten years ago, we're making are a little different the album was the first Mobile Fi- and probably a little better physi- delity LP to be issued. cally, because we're doing some I AUDIO MACK Charting Mobile Fidelity's per- things that the majors really have songs for his album scheduled for Baby'O Recorders for their album sonnel changes since its inception no cause to do. release in Japan on Epic /Sony. "Welcome Home" on Waterwheel is a good barometer of the audio- "But that isn't enough to justify NEW YORK Kondo produced, and tracks were Records. Oren Waters produced engineered by Eric Aalvit and as- with Fil Brown engineering. Also, CARLTON SMITH was in with en- sistant Ken Steiger. Also there, George Calandrelli completed the gineer Larry DeCarmine to mix Marcus Miller worked on the soundtrack for NBC's miniseries "Drive Me Wild," his forthcoming soundtrack for Spike Lee's new "Billionaire's Boys' Club." Bruce dance /club release for Beggars film, "School Daze." Titled "Da Sugar was at the controls with Banquet Records. Michael O'Con- Butt," it was remixed by Miller for Mark Stebbeds and Tom Nellen as- nor assisted. a 12-inch release on Manhattan. sisting. And producers John Avnet BILLBOARD John Luongo popped in at and Jordon Kerner were in to work Unique Studios to produce tracks LOS ANGELES on the soundtrack for "Less Than for artist Patty Day. Phil Ashley Zero." John Vigran ran the board. and Gary Hellman worked with THE WATERS mixed tracks at SPOTLIGHTS Luongo on the tracks. Sutra artists Little Suzy and Nayobee worked at Counterpoint * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * with producers Andy Panda and the Latin Rascals. Programming * DON'T MISS IT !!! THE HOTTEST ISSUE D E C E M B E R and engineering were done by Da- * vid Darlington. Additionally, CBS * OF THE YEAR artist Claudja Barry worked on PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD IN overdubs for her upcoming album. Jurgen Korduletch produced, and * BILLBOARD'S YEAR -END ISSUE FRANCE Arty Skye ran the board. Also, producer Paul Simpson mixed tracks * EXPANDED EDITORIAL COVERAGE YEAR -END DOUBLE - on Virgin artists Hindsight and OVERVIEW YEAR'S TOP STORIES SPECIAL FEATURES: WEEK ISSUE: Black Britain. Jimmy "Bonzai" * TRENDS OF THE YEAR REVIEWS OF 1987 PREVIEWS OF 19880 Lyon ran the controls. LISTINGS /PHOTOS #1 AWARDS OF 1987 At Frankford /Wayne Mastering 80 YEAR -END CHARTS AND # 1 AWARDS COMEDY Powers mas- * Labs, Herb "Pump" Most complete chart wrap -up in the world ... ranking top artists in music, tered the Biz Markie album for video and home entertainment! Prism /Cold Chillin'. He also * worked on "Touch & Go" by the * INCREASED NEWSSTAND J A N U A R Y Force M.D.'s for Tommy Boy and * CIRCULATION: 94% ... over regular weekly circulation. This issue Anita Baker's recent single "No enjoys a two -week newsstand life. One In The World." Also there was * WORLDWIDE READERSHIP 250,000 decision -makers in over 100 coun- WINTER CES engineer Tom Coyne, cutting Level 42's latest single for PolyGram, * tries around the globe ... from Antigua to the U.S.S.R. PRO /AUDIO/VIDEO "Running In The Family." ISSUE DATE: December 26th PUBLISHING & LICENSING The M &M Production team, December 14th MIDEM John Morales and Sergio Munzi- * AD DEADLINE: bai, were in at Quad to work on two CALL TODAY!! DON'T DELAY!!! CANADA 12 * projects. The first was the -inch 1 (800) 223 -7524 AUSTRALIA'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY "Love Has No Color" by the Win- (Out of NYS) ans (featuring Michael McDonald) or for Warner Bros. Percussion over- (212) 764 -7388 dubs were done by Bashiri John- * (Local) B I L L B O A R D C O V E R S I T A L L! Ask for Jeff Serrette son and keyboard overdubs by Billy * Classified Ad Rep. Cobin. Morales and Peter Sturge engineered. 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44 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com NOME VIDEO Orion Drive To Include Sweepstakes Prizes, Ads $3 Mil Promo To Bolster 'RoboCop' transportation and hotel accommo- short history of Orion Home Vid- BY AL STEWART dations for each winner and his eo. The title, which reportedly NEW YORK A $3 million promo- spouse. grossed $51.5 million during its tional campaign that will offer re- The sweepstakes will also offer theatrical run, will be up against tailers and distributors an oppor- retailers an opportunity to win one some stiff competition when it is tunity to appear in a major motion of 60 other prizes, including a 20- released in video stores. Four oth- picture is being launched in con- inch color television valued at $500 er hit titles -"Predator" junction with the Orion Home Vid- and a stereo /VCR priced at $700. (CBS /Fox Home Video), "Drag- eo release of "RoboCop." Also, 1,000 other winning cards net" (MCA Home Video), "Dirty According to Len White, presi- shipped with the video will offer a Dancing" (Vestron Video) and "La dent and chief operating officer, Disc Washer video head cleaner. Bamba" (RCA /Columbia Pictures the company will invest heavily in Retailers who send nonwinning Home Video)-are scheduled for television and print advertise- RoboCop Rub -out cards to Orion release in January [Billboard Nov. ments touting the action /adven- will be eligible to win any un- 28]. ture title. In addition, a RoboCop claimed prizes. White says the ambitious slate Rub -out sweepstakes card will be "This will show what Orion for January releases did not influ- packaged with each cassette. Home Video is all about," says ence the company's decision to in- Three retailers who scratch White. "The days of releasing a vest $3 million promoting the title. away boxes on the card to reveal huge title without some form of "It was put to bed before the other the word "RoboCop" will be of- promotional campaign are over." companies released their plans," Signature Inks Deal. Harry E. fered an opportunity to appear in White says he anticipates unit he says. Gould Jr., chairman and CEO of newly formed an upcoming Orion feature. The sales of between 250,000 and Still, White says independent movie maker Signature Communications Ltd., signs an agreement that retailers with International distributors who sell the cassettes 300,000 for "RoboCop." who must choose between of Video Entertainment Inc. The multipicture deal enables IVE to "one distribute Signature's that include the winning sweep- Priced at $89.98 and slated for these and one of those" are likely product on videocassette. Also on hand for the signing is José E. Menendez, chairman of the board and CEO IVE. stakes cards will also appear in an release Jan. 28, "RoboCop" is only to opt for "RoboCop" as a result of of Orion film. Orion will pay for the second theatrical release in the the promotion.

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Comedy Tonight For Orion ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, LOS ANGELES Orion Home Video erating officer of Orion Home Video, Billboard. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. will increase its involvement in non - says that the company remains firm- theatrical programming as the result ly committed to theatrical program- of an acquisition pact with Orange ming but will evaluate nontheatrical Entertainment TOP MUSIC VIDEOCASSETTES_ Co. opportunities on a case -by -e se basis. Under the terms of the deal, an- "I don't know if anyone has found cc < Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. nounced at a press conference here, the secret to addressing the nonthe- U w a0 v Orange will provide Orion with at atrical market place," White. "I w o says 3 ui z 'Ali° least 12 comedy titles over the next think we'll 0 TITLE 5i find the nontheatrical 3 Copyright Owner, Principal Iii g three years. Titles currently in the market growing more and more since N 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers ire Ñ j works and scheduled for release in video is the only industry that can ** NO.1 ** 1988 include "Father Guido Sarduc- take 50 film years of making and go THE MAKING OF THE 'TOUCH OF 1 11 ci's Ninja Summercamp" and "Dr. through it in two years." White says 1 GREY' VIDEO AND MORE 6 West Home Video SW -5700 Grateful Dead 1987 D 12.95 Dub's Mangled Movies, Vol. 1: Croco- the - company's involvement in non A &M Records Inc. 2 NEW STING: THE VIDEOS PART 1 Sting 1987 SF dile Gandhi." theatrical programming will "proba- A &M Video VC61103 12.98 Though no specific pricing re- or bly be no more than 20%." A &M Records Inc. 3 2 11 CONTROL -THE VIDEOS, PART II Janet Jackson 1987 SF 12.98 lease plans have been announced by In making the announcement, Le- A &M Video 6 -21102 Orion, company officials say the ti- land Noland, chairman of Orange, I.R.S. Records 4 6 23 R.E.M. "SUCCUMBS" tles will be priced for the rental mar- waxed comical: "We are extremely A &M Video 61710 R.E.M. 1987 LF 19.98 ket will and not be aired on cable tele- pleased to be associated with Orion, CBS Video Music Enterprises 5 13 3 AEROSMITH'S VIDEO SCRAPBOOK Aerosmith 1987 D vision for at least six months after not only because of their excellent CBS -Fox Music Video 5229 19.98 their video debut. Most nontheatrical reputation for quality and their mar- GRACELAND: THE AFRICAN 3 11 Warner comedy programming released on vi- keting prowess but also because the 6 CONCERT Reprise Video 38136 Paul Simon 1987 C 29.98 deocassette appears on cable stations names of both companies start with THE DOORS: LIVE AT THE The Doors Video Company 7 4 17 The Doors 1987 C 24.95 well before the video rollout. an O. " AI Stewart HOLLYWOOD BOWL MCA Home Video 80592 Len White, president and chief op- Elektra Records 8 5 11 ONE NIGHT Anita 1987 Elektra Entertainment 40105 Baker C 24.95

Polygram Records Inc. 9 9 25 KISS EXPOSED Kiss 1986 LF Polygram Video 440 -041 -489 -3 29.95

CDV Catches NEW SLIPPERY WHEN WET Polygram Records Inc. On-- Slowly 10 Bon Jovi 1987 LF 19.98 Polygram Video 440-041521-3 Elektra /Asylum Records Dealers Weigh Marketability 11 8 51 MOTLEY CRUE UNCENSORED Motley Crue 1986 LF 19.98 Elektra Entertainment 40104 -3 A biweekly column focusing on their enthusiasm indicates that sup- A &M Records Inc. 12 7 53 CONTROL -THE VIDEOS Janet Jackson 1986 SF 12.95 products, trends, and develop- port for the stalled format could be A &M Video 6 -21021 ments in the hardware industry. growing. Island Records Inc. 13 11 105 U2 LIVE AT RED ROCKS U2 1984 C Among their ranks are Sansui, MusicVision 6 -20613 19.95 Kenwood, NEC, and Teac. Another Polygram MuspcVideo -11.$. MARK 14 10 45 BON JOVI- BREAKOUT Bon Jovi 1985 SF 14.95 HARRINGTON company that has expressed inter- Sony Video Software 95W50030 est is Onkyo, which recently polled 15 NEW SO FAR 6 West Home Video SW -5701 Grateful Dead 1987 LF 29.95 IF COMPACT DISK video hasn't its dealers to see if they felt the won acceptance from all the big is SQUEEZE PLAY: THE VIDEO 1978- A &M Records Inc. product marketable. Currently, 16 NEW Squeeze 1987 LF 19.98 hardware companies, it neverthe- the only two companies shipping 1987 A &M Video VC61716 less appears to Chrysalis Records, Inc. be CDV players in the U.S. are Pioneer 17 12 19 VITAL IDOL Billy Idol 1987 LF 19.98 catching on with and Yamaha, themselves mainly au- Vestron Music Video 1204 Polygram Records Inc. some midsize audio companies. A third piece from 18 14 9 NIGHT SONGS-THE VIDEOS Cinderella 1987 Polygram Video 041522 SF 14.95 HARDWARE dio suppliers, who N.A.P.'s Magnavox is due out in -3 Windham Hill /Dreamvideo, Inc. see it as an out- late November. 19 15 5 WINDHAM HILL-CHINA Various Artists 1987 LF 29.95 growth of their Still, industry heavies Matsu Paramount Home Video 12558 WATCH CD business and shita, Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba, 20 NEW, U2: THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE Blue Mountain Music COLLECTION MusicVision 6 -20536 U2 1984 D 19.95 a way to prove all of which participated in CDV dis- their technological prowess. plays at the June Consumer Elec- Recording Industry Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 mil ion (30,000 o $1.2 A number of audio companies tronics Show, haven't committed million for nontheatrical made -for- home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of 150,000 units or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made -for -home-video product; 50,000 units or a va ue of have shown CDV players at trade themselves to U.S. shipments, and $2 million for music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for shows from Berlin to Tokyo and (Continued on next page) a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 45 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, HOME VIDEO Billboard ® recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Distribution Lines Debated TOP VI DEOCASSETTESTMSALES I- < Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. At 1st American Video Conference w o ÓY Z Y u w 3 0 The panel also was marked by a Principal E.: c má v_> V; TITLE Copyright Owner, Ä v e0 BY KEN SCHLAGER exchange between Si- á Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers ¡ =; heated verbal I- 3 } s° LOS ANGELES In what was per- porin and Willenson, who ended up * * * haps the most eagerly awaited ses- walking out of the session. No.1 * 1955 G 29.95 sion at the first American Video Siporin, an independent producer 1 1 7 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 Animated Conference Nov. 19 -21 here, would - for five years, opened the session Pictures William Shatner Paramount PG 29.95 a pan- with a discourse on his successful 2 2 7 STAR TREK IV -THE VOYAGE HOME 1986 be video producers listened to Paramount Home Video 1 797 Leonard Nimoy el of experts describe a variety of line of "high-concept videos." Two Amblin Entertainment TAIL Animated 1986 G 29.95 methods of distri- of his $19.95 titles, "Video Fire- 3 3 12 AN AMERICAN MCA Home Video 80536 bution for special - place" and "Video Aquarium," have Ent. JANE FONDA'S LOW IMPACT Lorimar/LightYear NR 39.95 4 7 59 Jane Fonda 1986 interest product. sold around 20,000 copies each and AEROBIC WORKOUT Lorimar Home Video 070 are fixtures on Billboard's Special AVC The panel, Paramount Pictures Paul Hogan 1986 PG -13 29.95 "Distribution Interest Videocassette Sales charts. 5 4 15 CROCODILE DUNDEE Paramount Home Video 32029 For The Video Naturals products Strategies Callan Productions Corp. REPORT Callan Pinckney 1986 NR 24.95 The Independent have found numerous distribution 6 6 46 CALLANETICS MCA Home Video 80429 Among the Producer," fea- routes, said Siporin. Paramount Pictures Marlon Brando 1972 R 29.95 tured Pat Leonard, president and channels he listed was Videotakes 7 5 53 THE GODFATHER Paramount Home Video 8049 Al Pacino CEO of S.I. Video, a direct- market- Inc. of Red Bank, N.J., which he de ing firm in San Fernando, Calif.; scribed as "the foremost special -in- 8 9 57 SLEEPING BEAUTY Walt Disney Home Video 476 Animated 1959 G 29.95 consultant Lee Mendell of Lee Men- terest distributor in the country." Apple Films and United Artists NR 29.95 8 4 YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles 1968 dell and Associates; Michael Oli- Siporin also markets his tapes 9 MGM /UA Home Video M301 170 vieri, president of Forum Home Vid- through the Ark Group, a book- Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise 10 10 37 TOP GUN 1986 PG 26.95 eo; Steve Siporin, founder of the store- products distributor based in Paramount Home Video 1 629 Kelly McGillis Video Naturals Co.; and Seth Wil- San Francisco, and direct to such Warner Bros. Inc. Mel Gibson 12 4 LETHAL WEAPON 1987 R 89.95 lenson, vice president of video ac- large retailers as Tower Video. 11 Warner Home Video 11709 Danny Glover quisitions, development, and special Newer outlets include depart- STAR TREK Ill -THE SEARCH FOR Paramount Pictures William Shatner 12 13 107 1984 PG 19.95 projects at Paramount Pictures. ment stores, which Siporin said SPOCK Paramount Home Video 1 621 DeForest Kelley The moderator was Mark Engle of have only recently shown a willing- Lorimar /LightYear Ent. Jane Fonda 1985 NR 39.95 the National Assn. of Video Distrib- ness "to take the risk" on selected 13 11 109 JANE FONDA'S NEW WORKOUT Lorimar Home Video 069 utors. videos. He claimed his newest tape, PLAYMATE VIDEO PLAYBOY 1988 Lorimar Home Video 524 Various Artists 1987 NR 24.95 The panelists agreed that the key "Your Christmas Yule Log Fire- 14 15 9 CALENDAR to marketing a special -interest vid- place," is "the first video Blooming - Julie Andrews OF MUSIC CBS -Fox Video 1051 1965 G 29.98 eo was targeting a market first, dale's has ever sold." 15 18 122 THE SOUND Christopher Plummer then finding the correct avenues to More new distribution comes JCI Video Inc. 28 76 KATHY SMITH'S BODY BASICS Kathy Smith 1985 NR 29.95 reach that market. They disagreed, through consumer magazines - 16 JCI Video 8111 however, on what the appropriate sometimes called "magalogs" -that Paramount Pictures Marlon Brando 17 14 30 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979 R 29.95 price point is for a nontheatrical ti- take ads for videos and then share Paramount Home Video 2306 Martin Sheen in the sales. Universal City Studios tle. Al Pacino 1983 R 24.95 (Continued on page 50) 18 19 55 SCARFACE MCA Home Video 80047 Lorimar /LightYear Ent. JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT WITH Jane Fonda 1987 NR 39.95 19 21 7 WEIGHTS Lorimar Home Video 076

HARDWARE WATCH 20 NEW111. GRATEFUL DEAD -SO FAR 6 West Home Video SW -5701 Grateful Dead 1987 NR 29.95 (Continued from preceding page) STAR TREK II-THE WRATH OF Paramount Pictures William Shatner 21 24 165 1982 PG 19.95 there's no indication they will until and retailers," he says. "One thing KHAN Paramount Home Video 1 180 Leonard Nimoy Paramount Pictures William Shatner software is available and hardware dealers are faced with is higher pen- STAR TREK: THE MOTION 1980 G 19.95 22 26 84 Home Video 8858 Leonard Nimoy sales are a possibility. Some have etration of VCRs, and they're find- PICTURE Paramount disks as ing the laserdisks can provide a NR 12.95 criticized the hardware and 23 22 13 PLAYBOY VIDEO CENTERFOLD #6 Lorimar Home Video 526 Lynne Austin 1987 being too high priced for the young profitable alternative." He adds, -video "Laserdisks have a high level of rel- DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: THE Walt 1987 NR 14.95 audience to which its music 24 40 4 Disney Home Video 581 Animated format is expected to appeal. Com- evance right now because of CD." BARE NECESSITIES

5-, 8 -, Fidler says the 2,000 12 -inch laser- 1951 G 29.95 bination units, which can play 25 RE-ENTRY ALICE IN WONDERLAND Walt Disney Home Video 36 Animated and 12 -inch disks, are selling for disks as well as the 12,000 CDs cur- are software 1940 G 29.95 $800- $1,000. Five -inch CDV disks, rently on the market 26 25 118 PINOCCHIO Walt Disney Home Video 239 Animated with 20 minutes of digital audio and enough for the configuration and Touchstone Films Danny DeVito five of video, are expected to sell for notes that 5 -inch CDVs are only 1987 R 89.95 27 23 3 TIN MEN Touchstone Home Video 571 Richard Dreyfuss about $8 each. part of the market. KATHY SMITH'S ULTIMATE VIDEO JCI Video Inc. Because of those qualms, all eyes Fidler says that the high number 103 Kathy Smith 1984 NR 29.95 28 32 WORKOUT JCI Video 8100 will be on the Yamaha and Magna- of 5 -inch CDV titles on sale in Japan Amblin Entertainment Michael J. Fox through the holi- has led hardware makers there to 1985 PG 29.95 vox CDV players 29 33 45 BACK TO THE FUTURE MCA Home Video 80196 Christopher Lloyd day season (Pioneer had been mar- believe that the market is viable. Touchstone Films Shelley Long he numerous 1987 R 89.95 keting LaserVision players without He says expects 30 NEW OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Touchstone Home Video 569 Bette Midler CDV capability for several years). consumer electronics companies to Julie Andrews Disney Home Video 23 1964 G 29.95 Some larger companies indicate show CDV product this winter and 31 17 77 MARY POPPINS Walt Dick Van Dyke that if consumers appear receptive ship it by the spring. to those players their own plans Perhaps the reason some audio 32 27 8 KATHY SMITH'S WINNING WORKOUT Fox Hills Video FH 1 01 2 Kathy Smith 1987 NR 29.95 may change. But there are other companies appear eager to give INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford CDV a shot is the low -risk nature of 44 1984 PG 19.95 problems. OF DOOM Paramount Home Video 1643 Kate Capshaw from the software side the venture. Support Paramount Pictures Bing Crosby 1954 NR 19.95 has been mostly vocal. The 250 titles Meanwhile, without ever actually 34 RE-ENTRY WHITE CHRISTMAS Paramount Home Video 6104 Danny Kaye promised or the format's June de- being afforded an official launch, but have dwindled to an expected CDV players are already into their 35 NEW PROJECT X CBS -Fox Video 1592 Matthew Broderick 1987 PG 89.98 50-100 for the new January launch second generation. Pioneer plans to date. There are said to be problems show a six -disk CDV clip -player/ 36 16 25 HERE'S MICKEY! Walt Disney Home Video 526 Animated 1987 NR 14.95 with a in the mastering and replicating changer this winter along Mickey Rourke MGM Home Video 800973 1986 R 24.95 processes. step -up combi player that accommo- 37 38 8 9 1/2 WEEKS /UA Kim Basinger Mike Fidler, vice president of dates new 3 -inch CDV singles. Marilyn Monroe CBS -Fox Video 1019 1953 NR 19.98 marketing home audio at Pioneer Fidler says the added presence of 38 37 10 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES Jane Russell plus an infu- Electronics USA (itself a midsize, the audio companies CBS Video Music Enterprises VIDEO SCRAPBOOK Aerosmith 1987 NR 19.98 mainly audio company), says the sion of software in January will 39 31 2 AEROSMITH'S CBS -Fox Music Video 5229 $800 combination player he's been help the category up on its feet next Polygram Records Inc. 1987 NR 19.98 40 36 2 BON JOVI- SLIPPERY WHEN WET Bon Jovi marketing since June has cultivated year. Polygram Video 440-041 52 1 -3 been too much in terms (30,000 o $1.2 interest in the laserdisk format and "There's Recording ndust y Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million of has increased sales of the Pioneer's of resources and capital put into million for nontheat ical made-for -home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales -home -video product; 50,000 units or a va ue of 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical ruade- for laserdisk machine. this for it not to hit full strength ion for $2 million for music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certifica he says. at least 25,000 units or $1 million at "Certainly we have seen in- next year," a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of creased awareness from consumers suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. 1987 AA BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, www.americanradiohistory.com HOME VIDEO

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This column offers a critical look at recent nontheatrical video releases. Suppliers interested in seeing their cassettes reviewed in this column should send VHS cassettes to Al Stewart, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y 10036. Please include the running time IT'S NEW! and suggested retail price. "Murder Mystery Home Video IT'S HOT! Game," J2 Communications, 60 minutes, $29.95. Up to a dozen players can participate in this party game, becoming one or more of the murder suspects. Clues are provided by information cards; by the video itself, in which the host /detective visits the crime scene and talks to suspects; and by ques- The newest and coolest tioning other players during two addition to morning car- breaks in the tape. TO #Mort -.1, rave This slick, well -produced tape is no toons is now available on snap to play; participants have to pay Catalog #454 home video. Four outra- close attention and do some thinking. 40 minutes geous shows, each distinct And it makes for a pleasant evening, and original, please but just one -and that's the fatal will flaw. There's no point in playing the all of your customers. game after you know whodunit. So Get ready for adventure with the the question becomes, Is $29.95 too TigerSharks! This courageous group much to spend for an evening of en- of superheroes transform themselves tertainment? If all your friends are into fish -like beings who are capable murder -mystery freaks, it probably of working and fighting under water. KARATE KAT isn't. LEE BLACK They are out to do battle above and below the sea. And be sure to catch Catalog #455 ,, - "Sting-The Videos, Part I," A &M the hot new TigerSharks toy line, 30 minutes Video, 20 minutes, $12.98. licensed by LJN Toys. Sting is a rock star for adults, with more intelligence than flash. His ar- you tistic, thoughtful videoclips are pre- if love kung fu action and sented here in a straightforward, comedy, catch Karate Kat! He's a low-key manner with stark black -and- black -belt karate master. He's fast white panels announcing the titles. and furious. He's mean! He's also the This is Sting's third video compila- THE STREET FROGS misfit of martial arts and the klutz tion; the material includes "If You of karate. But somehow, he always Catalog #456 0.0 Love Somebody Set Them Free," gets his cat. "Fortress Around Your Heart," and 30 minutes "Bring On The Night." The antiwar "Russians" is arguably the ex- Police man's best song and certainly the They're the most "street -wise" kids on tape's most compelling clip. This col- the block. Hip -hop is their style, lection is a must for Sting fans. breakdance is the way they move, L. B. and rap is their beat. Their dream? To get a rap band together and THE MINI -MONSTERS "Video From Hell," Honker Home really make it big. Video /MPI, 60 minutes, $29.95. Catalog #457 Frank Zappa has been making 30 minutes movies for years, but only two of his films -"200 Motels" and "Baby Snakes" -have been released in theaters. Now that home video has re- Sherman and Melissa are packed off moved many obstacles for filmmak- to summer camp when their parents ers, Zappa's new label, Honker Home get fed up with their mischief. ...And Video, is poised to release a steady on their first day at Camp Mini -Mon, stream of product. "Video From thunder crashes and wolves howl. Hell," a Zappafied montage of future This is no ordinary summer camp! Honker releases, consists of surreal videoclips, concert footage, and char- LORJMAR" acteristically bizarre interviews with H O M E V I D E O Zappa and others. Archival footage of Zappa in the late considered '60s- THE COMIC STRIP and THE COMIC STRIP characters are trademarks by many to be his most creative peri- of Lorimar Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 01987 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Artwork 01987 Lorimar Home ONLY od-will delight Mothers Of Inven- Video, Inc. All Rights Reserved. $14.95 EMPI! tion fans. Still, the vidclips his from Exclusively diso-lbuted by Lorimar Home Video, A Lorimar Telepictures recent "Jazz From Hell" album prove Company, 1 7942 Cowan, Irvine, CA 92714. POP Hotline 1- 800/624 -2694. Inside California Coll 714/474 -0355. Lorimar Home Video Canada, Ltd., PRE -ORDER DATE: 12/17 that "F.Z." still has a few composi- 2526 Spears Rd , Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6L -5K9. P.O.P Hotline in Canada 1 800/387 -7104. tional tricks up his sleeve. The tape STREET DATE: 1/13 concludes with excerpts from Zap- prices slightly higher in Canada pa's pointed testimony before the Maryland Legislature, before which he challenged proposed rock- censor- ship legislation. "Video From Hell" will amuse Zappa fans, but it isn't likely to change the minds of those who dislike or disagree with him. DREW WHEELER

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www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical. photocopying, HOME VIDEO Billboard recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. TOP SPECIAL INTEREST natmli pß VIDEOCASSETTESTMSALES A LIMITED BUYBACK program has been announced by HBO Video for who buy a five -pack of "The Believers." One specially r dealers Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. marked cassette in the five -pack can be returned to HBO 90 days < C7 o o Y after the Dec. 22 street date. In exchange for the video, which has a Q « u list price of $89.95, retailers will receive $20 from HBO. To be eligi- Owner, Remarks in r c. TITLE Copyright mÑ Number ble, cassettes must be mailed to HBO Video, P.O. Box 3964, P.M.S.I. y 3 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Ñ- Station, Milford, Conn. 06401 -0397 and be postmarked after March 22 and before April 22. "The program should encourage retailers to stock this title deeper, making more units available to meet up-front RECREATIONAL SPORTS TM consumer demand," says Eric Kessler, vice president, marketing, new-release feature films. * * No.1 * * Easy -to- follow guide for the beginning Enterprises Inc. 2001 84.95 1 2 49 GOLF MY WAY WITH JACK NICKLAUS Worldvision golfer. RCA /COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME VIDEO has hit the fast -forward button for NFL's best and funniest football the release of "La Bamba" and "The Buddy Holly Story." Both ti- THE BEST OF THE FOOTBALL 1995 2 27 NFL Films Video bloopers fill this compilation. tles, which originally had a Jan. 28 release date, will now be avail- FOLLIES Bob Mann's methods increase players' able at retail beginning Jan. 21. VA 14.95 3 6 49 AUTOMATIC GOLF Video Reel 39 drive by 30 to 80 yards. Tim Conway displays the fun -damentals PUERTO RICO has become the latest target of a worldwide effort by the J2 29.95 4 3 21 DORF ON GOLF J2 Communications -0009 of golf in this spoof of how -to's. Motion Picture Assn. of America to stamp out the illegal duplication seized a total of 141 cassettes from WARREN MILLER'S LEARN TO SKI A definitive guide to the art of skiing. 24.95 of videocassettes. U.S. marshals 5 4 41 Lorimar Home Video 103 two San Juan stores on Nov. 11. It was the first time pirated cas- BETTER This program on soccer includes in Rico. The MPAA estimates that the lev- 1 29.95 settes were seized Puerto 6 15 13 SOCCER FOR EVERYONE: VOLUME Sports World juggling, heading, dribbling & trapping. el of video piracy may be as high as 50% in Puerto Rico, compared Profiles of football greats plus the NFL's MPAA vice president and 19.95 with 5 % -10% in the U.S. Says William Nix, 7 12 29 NFL CRUNCH COURSE NFL Films Video greatest hits. worldwide antipiracy director, "These two seizures are only the be- Red Auerbach & an NBA all -star line -up will not be 29.95 ginning of many to follow in the near future. Video piracy 8 16 11 RED ON ROUNDBALL Best Film & Video Corp. 8102 show the strategies behind their plays. tolerated in Puerto Rico anymore than it is here in the United Proven for finding and taking SUCCESSFUL WHITETAIL DEER 3M /Sportsman's Video strategies 69.95 States." 9 8 37 HUNTING Leisure Time Video the big buck. the Fundamentals focuses on ARNOLD PALMER: PLAY GREAT GOLF Mastering 39.98 IF YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE "BARBECUE BIMBOS" you'll just have to wait -it 11 21 Vestron Video 2038 of golf. 10 VOLUME 1 the basic mechanics be in video stores until March '7, 1989, according to one of the won't guide to skiing, designed to Beginner's 19.95 longest-term release schedules ever unveiled by a video supplier. Ur- 11 5 31 SKI MAGAZINE'S LEARN TO SKI Lorimar Home Video 098 teach basic techniques. Video, a newly formed division of Empire Entertainment, ban Classics Features the fight in its entirety plus rare on what the THE SUPERFIGHT -HAGLER VS. QMI Video 19.95 has announced a 15 -month release schedule that centers 12 19 27 LEONARD Forum Home Video QMI -1 interview footage. concept pictures in the $1- million- and -under company calls "fantasy- Coach Bob Knight explains the 19.95 range." Officials from the Los Angeles -based company say they rely 13 20 3 A KNIGHT OF BASKETBALL Karies Video fundamentals of offense and defense. "exclusively on original product from young, new filmmakers." Titles Selluloid /Adam R. Bronfman Golf's Grand Master demonstrates and SNEAD 49.95 listed on Urban Classic's ambitious schedule include "Galactic Gigolo," 14 7 39 GOLF LESSONS FROM SAM Star Video Productions explains every aspect of the game. In The Slammer." 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AL STEWART 18 13 25 PLAY BASEBALL BY VIDEO ballplayer.

ARNOLD PALMER: PLAY GREAT GOLF 39.98 15 Vestron Video 2039 More great tips from the master of golf. 19 18 VOLUME 2 Bill Walton, Walt Hazzard, and Greg Lee Best Films & Video Corp. 19.95 DISTRIBUTION DEBATED AT VIDEO CONFERENCE 20 NEW SPORTS CLINIC: BASKETBALL teach the basics of solid basketball. (Continued from page 46) Siporin uses traditional catalog vest." By researching the market- HOBBIES AND CRAFTSTM listings but warned against paying place, the independent producer can * * N0.1 * * are enough cata- avoid creating a product that's for them: "There CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME'S Unique techniques are revealed in this 49 J2 Communications 19.95 logs out there that will take my bound to lose money. I LOUISIANA KITCHEN, VOL. 1 video on Cajun cooking. product free," he said. Mendell further urged the pro- The tricks, and techniques of tips, 29.95 S.I. Video's Leonard defended ducers to "get to know the retail- 2 4 21 CAKE DECORATING Learn By Video decorating are at your fingertips. He advised them to attend in- pay listings in catalogs and ques- ers." PRUDHOMME'S How to prepare Cajun and Creole CHEF PAUL J2 Communications 19.95 tioned whether magalogs have any dustry activities to learn from re- 3 8 49 LOUISIANA KITCHEN, VOL. 2 classics from scratch. value. Her company's newly pub- tailers what the consumer is For fish lover whose time or bad luck the 19.95 lished catalog lists 532 titles and demanding -and at what price. 4 3 27 VIDEO AQUARIUM The Video Naturals Co. makes owning live fish impossible. much de- promises a circulation of 1.5 million Pricing was a source of NEW YORK Preparation and presentation of over 20 CRAIG CLAIBORNE'S Warner Home Video 34025 29.95 copies. She said the average order bate among the panelists. Accord- 5 5 35 TIMES VIDEO COOKBOOK of his favorite recipes. calls for seven tapes. A listing costs ing to Leonard, "$39.95 tapes don't This volume is designed to save Lorimar Home Video 073 14.95 $2,500. do any less [business] than $19.95." 6 9 21 MADE EASY -ELECTRICAL homeowners money on simple repairs. he considered $19.95 "a Forum Home Video's Olivieri de- Siporin said TRAVEL TIPS - Visits to Oahu, Maui, Diamond Head, and LAURA MCKENZIE'S Republic Pictures Corp. H- 7352 -I 24.95 scribed the flip side of the niche fair price" for a special -interest pro- 7 11 35 HAWAII Waikiki. marketing common to special- inter- gram. And Olivieri concluded that if SALADS, AND Making French bread, tossed salads, and JULIA CHILD: SOUPS, Random House Home Video 29.95 est videos. "We're trying to be as a product is well targeted, "there's 8 10 31 BREAD light and hearty soups. broad as we can," said Olivieri. His no reason you can't get $59.95." JCI Video Inc. Common -sense guide to the basics of YES YOU CAN MICROWAVE 29.95 company has marketed a number of Mendell warned that "perceived 9 2 27 JCI Video 8200 microwave cooking. produced mass -market value" could be the key. He said vid- Relax in the glow of a flickering fire -right rapidly FIREPLACE The Video Naturals Co. 19.95 tapes, including $19.95 programs eo has a problem because the con- 10 6 15 VIDEO on the T.V. screen! - sumer cannot understand the vari- Visit beautiful Hawaii and enjoy an in- documenting the Marvin Hagler THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF International Travel Network 39.95 Sugar Ray Leonard "superfight" ous price points for what ostensibly 11 7 3 HAWAII depth look at the 4 main islands. Sewing, fabrics, and pattern choices are and the Iran- Contra hearings. looks like similar product. 29.95 15 5 LEARNING TO SEW Learn By Video Such tapes "move through mass Indeed, Olivieri said the $19.95 12 demonstrated for the beginner. video specialty stores, sell- through pricing of Paramount's T.V. gardener Ed Hume shows how to merchants, NEW BLUE RIBBON VEGGIES Morris Video 602 19.95 and the various catalogs," said Oli- theatrical hit "Top Gun" has put 13 plan, plant, and harvest your own veggies. to be viable "extra marketplace pressure" on HUGH JOHNSON'S -HOW TO ENJOY Simon & Schuster Video A definitive look at wine from cooking to vieri. For the tapes 35 29.95 through mass -market channels, he nontheatrical titles. 14 14 WINE Paramount Home Video decanting and buying must be "affordable, re- SPAGO: COOKING WITH WOLFGANG Wolfgang Puck, Inc. Over 15 Spago recipes including said, they 12 3 29.98 peatable, and star or event driven." American Video Conference cov- 15 PUCK Warner Home Video 35048 Wolfgang Puck's famed pizzas & pastas. Consultant Mendell's advice to all erage will continue next week. a sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of you in- Inte national Tape Disc Assn. certification for minimum was to "investigate before at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. Nest week: Health And Fitness; Business And Education.

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The 1 * * * * No. -AM Red- first edition of El Encuentro De Los Grandes (The JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ Y TU TAMBIEN LLORARAS THE PROGRAMMER'S VOICE: KCAL O 1 2 5 MERCURY weeks at No. ne lands, Calif., programmed by Alfredo Nájera, is em- Meeting Of The Greats) is being organized by JULIO IGLESIAS QUE NO SE ROMPA LA NOCHE calls "modern rhythmic WIOA -FM "Estereotempo 99" Santurce, Puerto 2 2 1 15 phasizing what Nájera the ballad," a term he uses to describe the fast rhythmic Rico. Among those participating in the event are BEATRIZ ADRIANA LA LUNA SERA LA LUNA 3 3 3 10 PROFONO patterns of songs coming out of record factories to- reknowned artists Basilio, Yolandita Monge, Raul CRBOSBERTO CARLOS NEGRA day. Vale, Braulio, Chucho Avellanet, Lourdes Robles, 7 6 4 4 The station, which covers San Bernardino, Ontar- Ismael Miranda, Bonny Cepeda, and Conjunto JOSE FELICIANO PONTE A CANTAR the sta- O 6 10 6 io, and Riverside in addition to Redlands, adds 20% Quisqueya. According to Alberto Pantoja, a meeting is already being consid- LOS TONICS PETALO Y ESPINAS rancheras and 15% tropical music to its predominant tion's PD, second 12 19 5 CBS pop contemporary format. Currently, according to ered for February. If the event is successful, the LA BAMBA Luis Rodriguez, station plans to make it a yearly happening . .. Da- 7 7 4 17 LOS LOBOS Nájera, Braulio, Julio Iglesias, José and Gabriel are the top male singers, while the vid Gleason, PD for WSRA -FM Rio Piedras, Puerto WILKINS MARGARITA Juan 8 9 5 9 WEA LATINA top female singers are Lolita, Lucia Méndez, Pan- Rico, says pop albums are considered a hit in Puerto LUIS MIGUEL AHORA TE PUEDES MARCHAR dora, Estela Nuñez, Daniela Romo, and Rodo Dur- Rico if they sell 10,000 or more copies. "The audi- 9 5 6 23 WEA L ATINA cal. ence of 'Sonorama 107' surpasses 100,000 listeners, ENELSON NED ME PASE DE LA CUENTA 10 8 14 19 Among Nájera's favorite tunes are Rodriguez's and there are other stations programming this mu- AMADA MIA "Y Tu También Llorarás," Iglesias' "Todo El Amor sic with as many or more listeners," he says. "Most 7 JOSE LUIS PERALES 11 10 12 BS Que Te Hace Falta," Lolita's "Te Estoy Hablando of those liking this genre really don't buy records. DANNY RIVERA AMAR 0 MORIR Te Therefore, radio programming cannot be based only 12 13 8 9 DNA En Serio," and Miguel Gallardo's "Decir by sing- on sales figures. The record is bought as an alterna- SOY ASI Quiero." He is also impressed Puerto Rican 2 JOSE JOSE 13 22 - ARIOL A er Brenda K. Starr's "Desayuno En La Cama," PALOMA SAN BASILIO LUNA DE MIEL which was released as a single by MCA, with an En- I4 20 21 8 glish- language version of the same song on the flip Who's hot and who's not, MIJARES NO SE MURIO EL AMOR 15 14 9 17 side. according to KCAL's Nájera ASNA GABRIEL AY AMOR Nájera says his station's relationships with record 16 18 35 3 companies are, in general, excellent. However, he EROFOND UNA ROSA Y UNA ESPINA 8 LIO ROCA with tive to tuning into a station, not as a substitute." I7 21 23 P adds that KCAL is not on especially good terms is PANDORA MI HOMBRE Fonovisa -Profono, which not sending promotional 18 15 16 13 I copies of records to the station. IN THE NOV. 14 ISSUE of Billboard, this column SE COMO DUELE WADO- 2 KARINA Nájera is critical of Latin radio announcers, say- reported that Frank Saldana was leaving 27 - RODVEN 0 ing there is too much talk on music- oriented sta- AM New York after 10 years as program director. FANDANGO AUTOS, MODA Y ROCK AND ROLL 20 11 13 11 EMI tions. He says the announcers suffer from "micro- Saldana was in fact news director. He is being replaced in capacity by Wilda Rodriguez. Luis Fe- PICK * phone hunger." He also laments the lack of bilin- that ***POWER * * remains music director of the station, which, 2 JOSMELE JAVIER SOLIS ME ESTOY VOLVIENDO LOCO gual announcers. liciano Tl 41 - ODY according to senior vice president Hery Levin, is un- ROCIO DURCAL INFIDELIDAD 22 O28 39 4 ARIOLA A NEW SPANISH -BROADCASTING station was dergoing important structural adjustments. In an its coverage of local and other LOS BUKIS TU CARCEL born at 2 a.m. Nov. 19 in San Antonio, Texas. KRIA- attempt to improve 41 23 16 15 LASER AM, which belongs to Omni Broadcasting, is being news, the station has subscribed to the United Press RMMANUEL NO TE QUITES LA ROPA by Ricardo Salazar, previously PD International Spanish news service. WADO has also 24 19 25 18 CA programmed with KXEW -AM and KXMG -FM in Tucson, signed up with services that provide traffic and VICENTE FERNANDEZ QUE NO TE EXTRANE stations 0 34 36 3 Ariz. The station's format concentrates on contem- weather reports. Plus, the station has signed licens- RCIOO BANQUELLS /LUIS MIGUEL NO ME PUEDO ECAPAR pop ballads Both of the aforementioned ing agreements with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and Zó 48 2 porary ... - WEA LATI NA Tucson stations are now being programmed by Mi- Asembla. These moves are expected to allow the sta- JULIO IGLESIAS TODO EL AMOR QUE TE HACE FALTA 27 23 20 17 guel Angel Delgado. No big format changes are ex- tion to broadcast a wider variety of music. Levin fla- Op FRANCO MURIENDO AQUI pected at the outlets, although some adjustments says the music will have a more contemporary 28 31 24 9 PEERLESSBS will be made at the FM station to better reflect the vor, but he adds that WADO will not completely TTHOMMY OLIVENCIA NO TIRES LA PRIMERA PIEDRA 29 25 18 8 public's preferences ... Pepe Garcia has been offi- abandon oldies. WADO will also carry soccer games to Félix Bonnet Jr., PD from Colombia on Sundays and has hired Virginia FLANS CORRE CORRE cially appointed assistant O/¡ 4 `w MELODY for WOYE -FM "Cosmos 94" Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Rabal to fill the slot left by Gilda Miros. "What we YOLANDITA MONGE LABERINTO Jiménez is the new music di- want to do is improve our product, not change it," 31 24 38 4 José Luis González CBS rector for KGST -AM Fresno, Calif. He replaces Car- says Levin of the 25- year -old station. AL BANO Y ROMINA POWER SIEMPRE SIEMPRE 32 17 11 14 WEA LATINA

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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard. transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, done more than any other label to photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written advance the cause permission of the publisher. of C.P.E. Bach on CD, has another four disks by the lesser-known Bach due out in the spring. Unlike the earlier eight disks (all instrumental), the new C.P.E. TOP ALBUMS,. Bach titles will be devoted to cantatas and other vocal CLASSICAL works, says Capriccio I- Jerome Stine, marketing chief. Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. Kathleen Battle continues her hectic recording á Y G7O Ú pace. Most recently (late November) she was in Bos- w < z by Is Horowitz a ui o ton to record the Poulenc "Gloria" and "Stabat Ma- TITLE ARTIST ter" for Deutsche Grammophon with Seiji Ozawa & iI.- c"l a LABEL A NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL NEW MIDLINE AND budget compact disks contin- the Boston Symphony. She was then scheduled to ue to proliferate, some through special licensing deals leave * * NO. 1 * * for Germany, where she was to participate in a BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 CBS M -42330 4 weeks at No. One 1 1 14 that provide proprietary label identity to the sponsor- new recording of Haydn's "Creation" with James Le- MURRAY PERAHIA ing marketers. Such is the case with Intercon, the vine & the Berlin Philharmonic. Other soloists in the 2 NEW HOROWITZ PLAYS MOZART DG 423 -287 (CD) West New York, N.J. -based distributor. oratorio are Goesta Winbergh and Kurt Möhl. Mean- VLADIMIR HOROWITZ One line just introduced by the outlet is Concerto, while, live DG sessions to capture Leonard Bern - HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW DG 419 -499 (CD) 3 2 58 an all- digital series produced by Kern Enterprises, run stein's performance of the Mahler Third Symphony VLADIMIR HOROWITZ by Jeffrey Kaufman and Ettore Strata. This series with the New York Philharmonic BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 ANGEL DS-49221 (CD) were due to begin 4 13 4 consists mostly of standard works by European or- Wednesday (25). LONDON CLASSICAL PLAYERS (NORRINGTON) chestras. A few of the titles are reissues on CD of 4 BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 4 & 5 L'OISEAU LYRE 417 -615 (CD) Volume of the Bridge Records series "Mew Music 5 5 16 product available some years back on the now -defunct For Guitar," featuring David Starobin, is being read- ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (HOGWOOD) Tioch POPS IN LOVE PHILIPS 416 -361 (CD) label. 6 4 28 There are 12 titles on the initial Concerto release, BOSTON POPS (WILLIAMS) MAN SLEEPS NONESUCH 79163 (CD) with six more due early next year. The base dealer From Intercon, a potpourri 7 3 20 WHITE price is $8, says Intercon's John Matarazzo. THE KRONOS QUARTET CARNAVAL CBS IM 42137 (CD) Another line at the same price point is Quicksilva, of midline and budget CDs 8 6 38 WYNTON MARSALIS brought in by Intercon from ASV in the U.K. Among this line's artists are conductors 9 9 6 BACH: CHACONNE /PARTITA /CELLO SUITE MCA MCAD -42068 (CD) Enrique Bátiz, Sir ied for release, says the label's managing director, ANDRES SEGOVIA Charles Mackerras, and John Lubbock and pianist Becky Starobin. Other projects in preparation include 10 7 PLEASURES OF THEIR COMPANY ANGEL DS-37351 (CD) 90 Tamás Vásáry. a set of Elliott Carter vocal works with baritone Pat- KATHLEEN BATTLE, CHRISTOPHER PARKENING Intercon is marketing Recital, a CD line licensed rick and Mason tenor Jon Garrison and a disk cou- BRAHMS: PIANO QUARTET NO. 1 CBS M -42361 (CD) 11 14 8 from Kern, at budget price. The dealer price is $6.40. pling horn trios by Brahms and Ligeti. The latter has MURRAY PERAHIA, AMADEUS QUARTET Five titles are currently out, with five more due in Jan- already been recorded. The hornist is William Purvis. ADAMS: THE CHAIRMAN DANCES NONESUCH 79144 (CD) 12 11 26 uary and another five in March. John Williams, currently on tour in Japan with the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (DE WAART) Intercon is also bringing in for distribution a num- Boston Pops Orchestra, has just completed the score GROFE: GRAND CANYON SUITE TELARC 80086 (CD) 13 8 24 ber of Italian CD lines that specialize in "historic" ma- for director Steven Spielberg's upcoming film, "Em- CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) terial. Suite sells to $7.40, CBS M3 (CD) dealers for Foyer for $10, pire Of The Sun." ... Come April, it will be 10 years 14 NEW GLASS: AKHNATEN 42457 and Moviemento Musica for $9. Laudis, a more select since Telarc produced its first digital recording (on STUTTGART STATE OPERA (DAVIES) line of historic material, will RODRIGO /PONCE/TORROBA MCA MCAD -42067 (CD) be offered to the trade at LP), a program of symphonic band music conducted 15 19 6 $12. It includes a complete "Ring" cycle conducted by by Frederick Fennell. Telarc-claims it was the first ANDRES SEGOVIA GREATEST OVERTURES PRO ARTE CDD -813 (CD) Clemens Krauss in 1953, says Matarazzo. digital classical recording ever released. The firm will 16 16 12 WORLD'S celebrate the anniversary with appropriate fanfare, VARIOUS ARTISTS STRAUSS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS DG 419 -225 (CD) PASSING NOTES: Capriccio Records, which has says Telarc chairman Jack Renner. 17 10 10 TOMOWA- SINTOW, BATTLE, BALTSA (LEVINE)

MOZART: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO ANGEL DSC -47978 (CD) 18 12 12 ALLEN, BATTLE, PRICE (MUTI)

LOHENGRIN LONDON 421 -053 (CD) 19 20 4 WAGNER: DOMINGO, NORMAN (SOLTI)

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 LONDON 417800 (CD) 20 23 6 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SOLTI)

HOLST: THE PLANETS LONDON 417553 (CD) 21 15 30 MONTREAL SYMPHONY (DUTOIT)

BUTTERWORTH /PARRY /BRIDGE NIMBUS NI -5068 22 18 20 (CO) ENGLISH STRING ORCHESTRA (BOUGHTON)

HOROWITZ: THE STUDIO RECORDINGS DG 419 (CD) 23 25 68 -217 VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 2 & 8 ANGEL OS -47698 (CD) 24 22 10 LONDON CLASSICAL PLAYERS (NORRINGTON)

KATHLEEN BATTLE SINGS MOZART ANGEL DS -38297 (CD) 25 21 70 KATHLEEN BATTLE

TOP CROSSOVER ALBUMS TM * * NO. 1 * * KIRI SINGS GERSHWIN ANGEL DS 47454 (CD) 14 weeks at No. One Heartthrob. Maureen McGovern, who has just signed an exclusive contract with CBS, records her 1 1 16 upcoming album, KIRI TE KANAWA "State Of The Heart." Ettore Strata conducts. MY FAIR LADY LONDON 421200 (CD) 2 2 10 KIRI TE KANAWA, JEREMY IRONS

CAROUSEL MCA 6209 (CD) 3 3 8 BARBARA COOK, SAMUEL RAMEY

VOLARE LONDON 421 4 7 4 -052 (CD) LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (MANCINI)

BACH ON ABBEY ROAD PRO ARTE CDD -346 of 5 4 10 (CD) vest JOHN BAYLESS the STAR TRACKS II TELARC 80146 (CD) 6 5 12 CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) 7 NEW GERSHWIN: OF THEE I SING /LET 'EM EAT CAKE CBS S2M -42522 (CO) ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S (THOMAS)

BY REQUEST ...THE BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMS PHILIPS 420 8 13 4 178 (CD) BOSTON POPS (WILLIAMS)

9 6 STRIKE UP THE BAND RCA 6490 -RC (CD) 9 CANADIAN BRASS

GERSHWIN: OVERTURES ANGEL DS 47977 (CD) 10 6 14 NEW PRINCESS THEATER ORCHESTRA (MCGLINN)

TRADITION ANGEL DS 47904 (CD) 11 8 36 CDP 703 Symphonic Dreams ITZHAK PERLMAN BASIN STREET CBS FM 42367 (CD) Jazz Legend Gerry Mulligan's first 12 10 28 orchestral CANADIAN BRASS

recording! Teamed with pops BOLLING: SUITE FOR FLUTE & JAZZ NO. 2 CBS FM -42018 (CD) master 13 11 38 Erich Kunzel. JEAN -PIERRE RAMPAL, CLAUDE BOLLING IN IRELAND RCA 5798 RC (CD) 14 14 40 #10 ON TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHART JAMES GALWAY & THE CHIEFTAINS SWITCHED ON CLASSICS PRO ARTE CDD -338 15 12 8 (CD) Intersound, Inc. 14025 23rd Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55441 (612) 559 -4166 WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN In Canada Audio Market Sales 633 Main Street East Milton, Ontario L9T 3J2 (416) 878 -8803 (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units.

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< Compiled from a national sample of retail store and one -stop sales reports. oo I time in nightclubs- showed up to check Johnson w < z vi O by Peter Keepnews out. N '4 ARTIST TITLE In case you were wondering, the veteran trombon- -, w LABEL & NUMBER %DISTRIBUTING LABEL HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF as "your friendly ist sounds as good as ever, and the group he has as- * * No. 1 * * vintage bebop trombonist" -and while that descrip- sembled is up to his very high standards. Although DIANE SCHURR - COUNT BASIE GRP 1039 (co) 5 weeks at No. One film was lucrative, he ap- 1 9 tion was accurate enough, it hardly sufficed to con- his work as a composer O DIANE SCHURR - COUNT BASIE vey the significance of J.J. Johnson's recent appear- pears to be back on the jazz scene full time: He's WYNTON MARSALIS COLUMBIA FC 40461 (CD) 2 2 11 STANDARD TIME ance at New York's Village Vanguard. moving back to his native Indianapolis, he's putting who flocked to the Vanguard together a touring schedule that includes work in MICHAEL BRECKER MCA /IMPULSE 5980 /MCA (CD) As the cognoscenti 3 3 29 MICHAEL BRECKER knew, Johnson is not just another bebop trombonist. Europe and Japan, and he should be signing with a trombon- label in the very near future. ® 4 5 JOE WILLIAMS VERVE 883 236.1/POLYGRAM (CD) He might even be considered the bebop EVERY NIGHT ist-he was, after all, the first to show that modern BRANFORD MARSALIS COLUMBIA FC 40711 (CD) harmonies and complex, JOHNSON IS NOT the only big -name jazz musi- 6 5 jazz, with its sophisticated O RENAISSANCE flowing lines, could be played on that instrument. cian making a welcome return to the front lines. CBS MASTERWORKS FM 42519 (CD) 9 SARAH VAUGHAN in 6 5 BRAZILIAN ROMANCE He also might be considered the best trombonist jazz. And he hadn't performed in a New York night- 9 7 ELIANE ELIAS BLUE NOTE 46994 . DENON CY -1569 (CD) return for O ILLUSIONS club since the early '60s. A triumphant -the -scenes THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA GRP 1038 (CD) Johnson has primarily been a behind 8 8 23 DIGITAL DUKE force on the Hollywood studio scene for close to two a legendary trombonist HENRY BUTLER MCA /IMPULSE 2.8023/MCA (CD) decades, composing and arranging music for movies O 13 3 THE VILLAGE and television and bringing out his trombone for Trumpeter Donald Byrd, another veteran of the bop PATRICK WILLIAMS' NEW YORK BAND SOUNDWINGS SW 2103 (CD) sporadically. But he and hard -bop wars, is also back. His upcoming 10 7 25 gigs or recording sessions only 10TH AVENUE recently got the urge to hit the road again and did so Landmark album, "Harlem Blues" (with Kenny SHIRLEY HORN VERVE 833 235 -1 /POLYGRAM (CD) 111 12 3 with an excellent quintet consisting of Cedar Wal- Garrett on alto saxophone, Mulgrew Miller on piano, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU ton on piano, Rufus Reid on bass, Victor Lewis on Marvin "Smitty" Smith on drums, and the busy Ru- GERRY MULLIGAN PROJAZZ CDP 703 /INTERSOUND (CD) 12 10 3 SYMPHONIC DREAMS drums, and newcomer Tom Gullion on saxophones fus Reid on bass), marks Byrd's return both to re- on a cording and to acoustic, unhyphenated jazz. DEXTER GORDON BLUE NOTE BT -85135 /EMI -MANHATTAN (CD) and flute. The Vanguard was the final stop 13 11 41 THE OTHER SIDE OF ROUND MIDNIGHT four -week, seven -city tour that marked Johnson's It's been a while since Byrd has had a new album AHMAD JAMAL ATLANTIC 81793 (CD) triumphant return to active jazz duty. of any kind on the market, let alone a straight -ahead 0 NEW CRYSTAL Among those who showed up during Johnson's jazz session. He was, of course, in the forefront of DONALD HARRISON & TERRANCE BLANCHARD COLUMBIA 40830 (CD) the crossover movement in the '70s with "Black IS 15 3 six -night stand were 26 of his fellow trombonists, CRAFC STAIR who presented him with a scroll opening night wel- Byrd" and other blockbuster albums that earned a coming him back to New York. Proof that this en- large and devoted following (and the enmity of the ALBUMSTM purists). In recent years Byrd, TOP CONTEMPORARY JAZZ gagement really was an event was the fact that both more zealous jazz festival impresario George Wein and record produc- who is on the faculty of Oberlin College in Ohio, has * * No.1 * * er Teo Macero -two men who don't spend much been concentrating on teaching rather than playing. HIROSHIMA EPIC FE 40679/E.P.A. (CD) 1 week at No. One 0 2 15 GO SPYRO GYRA MCA 42046 (CD) 2 1 13 STORIES WITHOUT WORDS

PAT METHENY GROUP GEFFEN GHS 24145 (CD) 3 4 17 STILL LIFE (TALKING) LARRY CARLTON MCA 42003 (CD) 4 3 19 A DISCOVERY of the popular "Glory And Praise" hymnal. second revision of "Glory And Praise" aimed at Protestant O 7 7 FATTBURGER INTIMA 73287 /ENIGMA (CD) GOOD NEWS churches should be available any day now. "Also new this year are our first compact disks," GEORGE BENSON /EARL KLUGH WARNER BROS. 25580 (CD) 6 5 21 COLLABORATION Hardy says. "We've released 'Canticle,' 'Promise,' and by on CDs. JEAN -LUC PONTY COLUMBIA FC 40983 (CD) 'Mystery' Rory Cooney 13 3 O THE GIFT OF TIME "We have another project by a composer of chil- I we'll be GROVER WASHINGTON,JR. COLUMBIA FC 40510 (co) dren's music, Carey Landry, that suspect 15 8 6 STRAWBERRY MOON by Bob Darden releasing on CD soon. He recently made an instrumen- LEE RITENOUR GRP GR-1042 (CD) tal album of his greatest hits, and it sounds really 11 5 O PORTRAIT DECEMBER IS ALWAYS a good time for an update lush -Mantovani played by the Disney Orchestra. I KENNY G. A2 ARISTA AL8 8427 (CD) on better known in Roman expect it to do well." 10 9 41 Epoch International, DUOTONES Catholic circles as North American Liturgy Re- Hardy says that in the months ahead, Epoch will be DIANNE REEVES BLUE NOTE BLJ 46906 (CD) Despite the fact that it has more than 2,000 "pretty much getting out of the LP business." The la- II 12 5 sources. DIANNE REEVES copyright songs available in over 1,000 publications bel's last several collections have only been available BIRDS OF A FEATHER DSP /OPTIMISM DSP 7002 (CD) on CD and except for "Canticle." 12 10 9 and on as many recordings, chances are you've never cassette, BIRDS OF A FEATHER heard them outside of Mass. Epoch /NALR dominates the Catholic contemporary YELLOWJACKETS MCA 5994 (CD) few companies 13 8 27 Ricky Hardy, marketing director for Epoch Inter- liturgical market, partly because other FOUR CORNERS national, says the company concentrates on music for even release recorded liturgical music; most prefer to AL DIMEOLA EMI -MANHATTAN MLT 46995 (CD) 22 3 contemporary Catholic worship by artists like Daniel 0 TIRAMI SU Consigilio, Michael Joncas, the Saint Louis Jesuits, TIM HEINTZ TBA 228 /PALO ALTO (CD) Epoch Intl label moves 16 11 to music I5 QUIET TIME the Dameans, and others. That's not say the doesn't cross over on occasion. JOE TAYLOR PROJAll CD.) 635 (CD) ahead with new artists, CDs 16 15 15 MYSTERY WALK "Last year we introduced Tom Kendzia's 'Canticle,' and it got picked up by Spring Arbor Distributors," STEVE KINDLER & TEJA BELL GLOBAL PACIFIC OW 40719 /COLUMBIA (CD) 18 7 end of things. Hardy credits 0 DOLPHIN SMILES Hardy says. "It did fairly well for them, too. 'Canticle' stick to the publishing even got some airplay in St. Petersburg, Fla., and up Epoch president Ray Bruno for the label's current KEITH JARRETT ECM 1344/45 /POLYGRAM (CD) 18 17 3 BOOK OF WAYS in Minnesota -and that's all new to us. market position. we out a new artist "Ray had the vision early and moved a little into it, MAX BENNETT & FREEWAY TBA 227 /PALO ALTO (CD) "Also in the past year brought 19 14 7 INTERCHANGE who did so well it kind of surprised us. It was an al- making better- quality recorded music," Hardy says. by Paul Hillebrand. Paul's a "He insisted from the beginning that we do a first- DAVID SANBORN WARNER BROS. 1 -25479 (CD) bum titled 'Promise' 24 41 0 A CHANGE OF HEART composer and performer who works full time in the rate job on the records. Consequently, as Catholic musical have grown up, so has Catholic liturgical NAJEE EMI- MANHATTAN ST -17241 (CD) Catholic parish in Scottsdale, Ariz. His music has a tastes 21 20 41 NAJEE'S THEME broad appeal. It's a collection Catholics can call their music. What we're getting is a good quality music, listening experience. TOM SCOTT GRP GR 1044 (CD) own: The words are right and the sound is right." something that is an appealing 22 NEW STREAMLINES As you might expect of a company whose product is "And that means the musicians are growing up as well. They are a lot more sophisticated musically. No . PAUL RUSSO TBA 229 /PALO ALTO (CD) aimed strictly at Catholic churches, Epoch doesn't 23 19 7 MORNING BREEZE have the big sales swings that have dogged other reli- longer is it just six -string acoustic guitars. Around full -time BILLY COBHAM GRPGR.1040 (CD) gious record labels. Hardy says 1986 -87 was another some churches here in Phoenix we're finding 24 NEW PICTURE THIS fairly steady year. combos, and of course we're behind that. Finding in way is HIRAM BULLOCK ATLANTIC 81790.1 (CD) "We've been for some time on a straight line point- Catholic churches getting into it a dignified 25 23 3 GIVE IT WHAT U GOT ed slightly upward," he says with a laugh. really, really nice. I think what we do here is reflect- In 1988, Epoch /NALR will release a revised version ing that." oAlbums with he greatest sales gains during the last two weeks. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. DECEMBER 5, 1987 56 BILLBOARD www.americanradiohistory.com NTERNATIONAL Aussie Gov't Buoys Hopes For Tape -Royalty Plan They also stemmed the bickering that such a fund will need to be tection under Australian law, re- made by the Copyright Tribunal, BY GLENN A. BAKER over fine points that has muddied part of the legislation if it is to be gardless of the domestic legisla- the lobbying committee is swiftly SYDNEY, Australia The recent the issue for some time. politically aceptable." To this end, tive position in the country of ori- finalizing its own administrative announcement by the federal at- The main lobbying committee, the lobbying committee has let it gin. But the Australian details so as to take advantage of torney general here, Lionel Bow- manned by representatives from be known that it would be pre- government has yet to be swayed the impending decision as effi- en, that he would like to see a suit- the Australian Record Industry pared to allocate 10% of the gross by this argument, favoring instead ciently as it can. able tape-royalty plan "up and run- Assn., the Australasian Mechani- royalties to a cultural development a so- called reciprocal treatment, In the government's eyes, pri- ning" because "it is now time the cal Copyright Owners' Society, fund. whereby works from the U.S., vate -home tapers who purchase matter be brought to a satisfac- and other concerned groups, has U.K., and most other nations royalty-paid blank tapes would no tory conclusion" has buoyed Aus- attempted to dissuade the govern- would not be eligible for protection longer be seen to have broken any tralian publishing and record in- ment from diverting a portion of `It is now time the and compensation unless home - law by duplicating copyright mate- dustry hopes at a time when the the collected royalty to a cultural taping legislation was enacted to rial. The royalty would be deemed boost was sorely needed. Both in- development fund to encourage lo- matter be brought protect Australian copyrights. full reimbursement for the loss of dustries' spirits had been sagging cal music development. a While the final decision of the traditional earnings from legiti- as a result of U.K. setbacks in the The committee claims such a to satisfactory royalty amount, calculated on the mate disk and tape sales. fight for home -taping compensa- move would constitute a "super- basis of tape duration, will be tion. tax" on those whose works and re- conclusion' Bowen's remarks, delivered dur- cordings are being copied. ing an address to the World Intel- However, this extract from a re- A second area of contention is lectual Property Organization/ - cently circulated AMCOS memo- proving harder to solve. AMCOS Australian Copyright Program for randum indicates that a compro- and the Australasian Performing Thai Gov't Fights Piracy Asia and the Pacific, have fueled mise is now believed necessary to Rights Assn. favor a national speculatión that a royalty may be ensure the implementation of a treatment that embraces all works in place by the end of the year. meaningful levy: "The reality is currently enjoying copyright pro- U.S. Pressure Prompts Move ences. Last year, Thailand export- BY CHRISTIE LEO ed to the U.S. more than twice as W. Germany Steps Up Battle Against $140 Million Piracy Biz BANGKOK, Thailand Despite do- much as it imported, leaving a mestic opposition, Thailand's gov- trade surplus of about $1 billion. ernment is confident of pushing The broad aim of the bill is to Officials Uncover Illegal Video through controversial new legisla- tighten protection for foreign Libraries tion to curb music and video pira- trademarks, which are regularly like mushrooms after rain if we re- whose members a cy. BY WOLFGANG SPAHR are offered infringed upon by Thai producers lax our efforts." stock examination service to weed A new bill, aimed at preempting making fake Rolex watches, imita- HAMBURG The German Federa- In the first eight months of 1987 out illegal product. It also works possible U.S. protectionist trade tion designer clothes, and other tion Against Copyright Theft, or the GVU seized some 30,350 cas- closely with antipiracy groups in measures, has been approved by counterfeit products. GVU, is stepping up its battle to settes in 184 raids. Some 352 crimi- neighboring countries, including the Thai cabinet but delayed in Government spokesman Mechai control video piracy, which is now nal cases have been filed, and a to- Austria, Switzerland, and Holland. Parliament. Viravaidhya says Thailand will believed to account for up to a tal of 1,363 are pending. The feder- Illegal videocassette distribu- The country's present Copyright also consider drafting a trademark quarter of all videotape sale or ation has a six- member- tion in West Germany is swift and Act (1978) protects books and bill, while stronger measures rental transactions, generating investigations team supported by highly organized. Within days of works of art but excludes music, against the illegal production, about $140 million annually. a computer file of suspected of- the theft of a movie copy from a films, and computer software. The sale, and export of counterfeit Says GVU managing director fenders. cinema, U -matic copies are in the government's current softened at- goods are planned. Gerhard Schulze, "Fighting copy- Another register lists 21,000 hands of key pirates in major cities titude reflects strong pressure However, Thai students have right theft is difficult because movie titles with details of license who duplicate additional copies on from U.S. companies, which have protested against the govern- there is no public register of cases ownership and contract validity. standard VCRs. Within a week, urged Washington to revoke ment's effort to crack down on pi- in West Germany. Action can be Technical facilities are available to the pirated movie is on sale, and up Bangkok's right to export certain racy, which they see as a blow to taken against single delinquents detect illicit product; nearly 16,000 to 10,000 copies may be sold at goods to the U.S. duty free under local industries and a concession to at the fringe, but it leaves un- cassettes were examined last year. about $75 each, posing a signifi- the Generalized System of Prefer- multinational corporations. touched the criminal networks in- Discussions with the MPAA and cant threat to the survival of legiti- volved." national video and cinema associa- mate suppliers. The police have no detailed tions have produced a number of Sometimes video recordings are knowledge of the structure of the suggestions for improved security made during public movie screen- legitimate video industry, Schulze which the GVU plans to imple- ings using hidden camcorder New Indonesian Copyright adds, and are therefore unable to ment. Among them are nonremov- equipment. Pirates have even been form a complete picture of the re- able labels for cassette bodies, known to use Italian or other for- lationship between legal and ille- tamper -proof hologram stickers, eign originals with nonsynchron- Law Has Stiffer Penalties gal operations. "It became evident embossed logos, different -colored ized German soundtracks added. DJAKARTA After waging a pro- ing voiced about the likely effective- that the national antipiracy orga- reels, one -way screws, and special But the GVU reports one major tracted campaign against piracy of ness of enforcement. "To their credit, nizations must take the position of tape codings. success. Says Schulze: "We have intellectual property over several though," says one Western business- a central registration and coordi- The federation issues public -in- virtually eliminated 35mm piracy. years, Indonesia has finally passed man, "the Justice Department has nation authority in order to mount formation literature on its activi- There are no signs that new copyright legislation that the govern- done quite a bit of work to ensure an effective campaign," notes the ties and aims, participates in po- groups have been formed or that ment hopes will stifle the pirates once [the legislation's] smooth implemen- GVU chief. lice- training seminars, and main- pirates are ready to invest in and for all. tation." Among the most difficult of- tains constant contact with equipment for the production of Foreign businessmen are especial- The Indonesian Parliament recent- fenders to trace are the locally German dealer association IVD, videos from feature films." ly relieved, although concerns are be- ly approved a new law that raises the based pirates whose illegal copies maximum jail sentence for copyright are made and stored in apartments pirates from three to seven years and and attics, then offered to friends implements fines of up to $60,000. and local residents through photo- CBS Fire Vexes The law provides for automatic copied lists. One such library, with Australia's Record Biz court proceedings against the piracy 3,000 cassettes, was uncovered in SYDNEY, Australia A severe fire could have been catastrophic. Sydney, as do a few small indepen- of music, videos, books, computer an auto factory, and GVU esti- at CBS Australia's Sydney pressing "Fortunately, the presses and most dent operators such as Sheards, but software, paintings, cultural perfor- mates there may be more than facility Nov. 21, caused by an igniting of the main building were spared," it is not possible to have records pro- mances, architectural designs, and 1,000 illegal libraries in all, most of gas cylinder, has prompted serious says Moss. "Most of the damage fessionally manufactured in Mel- other materials. The new bill was for- them in industrial regions like concerns within the Australian rec- seems to have been centered around bourne or any other Australian city. mally endorsed by the republic's Dusseldorf, Dortmund, and Frank- ord industry as it moves into the prof- the maintenance building out at the The near -disaster at CBS under- President Suharto. furt. itable Christmas sales period. back, which burned to the ground, lines the precarious manufacturing Almost all Indonesian songs are pi- While the names of the pirates in The blaze, battled by three fire en- and the quality-control office. We've situation that exists. Had the CBS rated, and approximately 2 million top distribution and manufactur- gines for almost an hour, could not suffered considerable water damage fire been worse, the three majors cassettes are sold in the country each ing positions remain the same, have occurred "at a worse time," ac- and lost some archival masters, but that rely on it would have found it al- month, according to the chairman of their methods are constantly cording to Chris Moss, national mar- nothing that can't be replaced. We're most impossible to buy sufficient the Assn. of Indonesian Recording changing, Schulze says. "The keting manager for CBS Australia. back into production." pressing time at any other plants, all Industry. crooks are getting to be as good as With Michael Jackson currently on With the recent collapse of Pow - of whom are handling capacity loads Foreign countries, notably the they are fast, and we have to tour and the plant fully tooled for its derworks Records, Australia's press- because of the impending holiday U.S., have been pressing Indonesia watch the development of the legal own Christmas production as well as ing capacity has gone from barely ad- season. for the legislation. Washington au- and illegal markets closely to find that of WEA, PolyGram, and such te- equate to inadequate. Three of the thorities had even threatened to dis- the right balance of measures to levision /budget operators as J &B, six major record companies-CBS, continue Indonesia's preferential fight piracy. Piracy will shoot up Concept, and Rainbow, the setback EMI, and Festival -operate plants in trade status.

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 57 www.americanradiohistory.com NADA Study Reveals Causes Of Ailing Record Industry continue to accrue to foreign -confirms offer distribution and oppor- Foreign control makes it difficult The study says that capital cost BY KIRK LaPOINTE trolled companies." tunities for Canadian artists. In for Canadian distribution to be es- allowance should be applied to mas- OTTAWA A new study on cultural The study, which also looks at the 1984, the most recent year for which tablished, the study concludes. Be- ter tapes, a move that would allow a industries concludes that the Cana- film sector, outlines a lengthy list of figures are available, $15 million cause no large investment is expect- write -off on investment. The cost of dian -owned element of the record- ailments plaguing the record indus- was spent on Canadian artists. On ed, it will be difficult for Canadian such a scheme could be up to $19.7 ing industry is severely undercapi- try and concludes that investor - the other hand, the Canadian indus- firms ever to attain "the size, stabil- million. For the impoverished talized and urges strong consider- based incentives might improve the try overall is losing its competitive- ity, and financial strength required French- language industry, a super - ation of measures to compel expansion of Canadian production. ness because profits are being ex- to venture into large international capital cost allowance scheme retailers to promote Canadian music Among the problems cited are the ported, impeding the capital accu- markets." should be developed, the report ad- more aggressively. following: mulation needed to maintain viable Although the retail sector is Ca- vises. Conducted in August for the Fed- Increased production costs. nadian- dominated, "foreign product The study also finds that a flow - eral Communications Department Shifts in listening habits to FM still tends to dominate shelf space, through tax system might not bene- by the DPA Group, an Ottawa - radio, where Canadian music -con- `Foreign control point -of- purchase advertising, and fit the industry because more than based consulting firm, the study tent regulations are lower, and in- other promotional activities." The half of 116 Canadian -controlled says foreign -owned companies are creased home taping. is good and bad' study singles out the Sam The Rec- companies lost money in 1984, mak- capturing a growing share of the Increased music -video produc- ord Man retail chain as being active- ing it impossible for them to take Canadian market and indicates that tion costs. operations over the long term. ly supportive of Canadian music. advantage of the full range of tax current measures to help the do- Inability of Canadian firms to fi- The study says investment is Overall, however, "Canadian own- breaks. mestic sector simply aren't enough. nance operations from retained scant in the business because banks ership of retail outlets ... has mini- An evaluation of the possibility of "As long as Canadian firms re- earnings. shy away from the "intangible val- mal influence on the total sound in- a tax incentive based on Canadian- main undercapitalized, they will not Reliance on foreign distributors ue of the product," and it notes that dustry." content sales reveals a variety of be able to accumulate the funds nec- in Canada and their diminishing the Canadian market of 25 million The study also paints a bleak pic- concerns in the industry. Small in- essary to develop artists, retain big - numbers. people "is generally too small to ture for nationalists who one day dies worry that larger firms would name domestic stars, and success- The study says foreign domina- support profitable production." One hope to run foreign companies out take advantage of the incentive and fully promote local talent," says the tion of the Canadian music industry in 10 foreign -made records earns a of Canada: "The probability of re- that they couldn't- again, because study. "These activities -and the is both good and bad. On the one profit; only one in 25 Canadian- moving this domination is low. The they aren't profitable in the first profits from these activities-will hand, the seven major recording made records does so. hope is that in the short run, Canadi- place. ans can produce a quality product The study summarizes the sound - that will be distributed and exhibit- recording industry as being in need Threaten Economy ed by foreign companies, and in the of tax treatment equitable to that of ETS Buses Fans Exporter: Increases long run can develop the infrastruc- other cultural industries. It says ture to distribute internationally." that tax reform could meet many of The consulting firm suggests the problems faced by the business, To Concerts CBS Price Hi kes Blasted myriad measures to stimulate the but if it doesn't, "consideration OTTAWA As Rick Koning sees it, OTTAWA Saying that CBS Rec- Pindoff, a Canadian immigrant, film and sound-recording business- should be given to extending the the Events Transportation System is ords Canada's price increases run says that since the CBS price in- es, many of them similar in nature. CCA [capital cost allowance] to rec- just the trick for "hassle -free concert "contrary to the interests of Cana- creases, he has encountered un- It is unclear, however, whether the ord- master production and to other the rec- investor -based incentives." going." da," the president of Pindoff Rec- precedented problems exporting government will ever act on The Canadian -owned busing ser- ord Sales vows to continue export- goods. CBS jacked up the price of ommendations. vice -which has offices in Toronto; ing product (Billboard, Nov. 21). all configurations (including com- Vancouver, British Columbia; Los Kroum Pindoff, head of one of pact disks, even though competitor Angeles; and Dallas -will carry the country's top rackjobber and MCA Records has cut CD prices) about 20,000 fans to and from shows subdistributor operations, says to cut back on exports of its prod- SuperCorp's Sydney Kessler in Canada this year. CBS' across -the -board price in- ucts to Europe, Japan, and the With fewer and fewer full-fledged U.S. tours, increasing public awareness of "I will continue to export with or Reigns Over Music Empire the dangers of drinking and driving, 'I will export without CBS product because it is and the parking crunch at many ven- good for Canada and my company, OTTAWA When the Labatt Brew- ous holdings include the country's ues, ETS has carved out a strong rep- with or without which gives employment to well - ing Co. Ltd. and Kessler Music largest jingle business, a sizeable utation in the music industry as a paid individuals," Pindoff says: Corp. recently announced they had Toronto recording studio, and the way to get fans to the shows. CBS product' CBS will not allow accounts that joined forces to form SuperCorp En- country's biggest commercial and Begun in 1982 in Vancouver by export product to use those ex- tertainment, the largest and likely animation film house. Now he'll run Trailways Northwest executive Don creases fly in the face of Canadian ports as part of discounts or adver- the strongest single force in the Ca- an empire that will include a major McVie, the company has gained an economic needs to acquire foreign tising- allowance programs. nadian music industry was created new independent label, Change Rec- endorsement from the band U2, and currency. But Pindoff argues that he has in an instant. ords. He is also nearing completion ETS now serves about 300 centers In a statement, Pindoff says the support of the federal govern- The deal, involving a range of ac- of a deal that would give him a near U2 shows on the group's cur- Canada "needs foreign currency to ment and of Canadian embassies. tivities from recording to producing share of Concert Productions Inter- rent North American tour. ETS also reduce our deficit and prevent a re- "I suggest that CBS Canada to concert promoting, sent shock national, the country's largest con- is the official line of Concert Produc- cession." Canada maintains a siz- start to look after the interests of waves through the business. But; as cert promoter. tions International, Canada's largest able trade balance with other coun- Canada and let other countries details slowly emerge, concerns are Labatt president Sidney Oland concert promoter, and serves the Ca- tries, particularly the U.S., a situa- look after their own interests," he being quelled about the scope of the says the company's concert opera- nadian National Exhibition shows in tion that most economists agree says. new firm, and curiosity is being tion, Blue Live Entertainment, will Toronto. keeps the Canadian dollar compa- CBS refuses to comment on Pin - piqued about how it will operate. be refocused because of the Super - For an average of $49.95, including rably low but stable and prevents doff's remarks. KIRK LaPOINTE The president of the new compa- Corp deal. Also part of SuperCorp a ticket for the show, EIS buses will a flood of imports of all products. ny is Sydney Kessler, whose previ- will be a graphics -design company, pick up passengers, drop them at the a talent- management firm, a print concert between one and two hours publishing company, and a sound - before the show, and bring them stage. back an hour after it's finished. A Big Hit For Afta Moda Kessler has been quoted as say- Koning, who is based at the ETS Debut Album ing that his label won't be run the offices in Toronto, disputes sugges- band's rhythmic rock will be her winning act the Parachute Club, Alta same way that others are run by KIRK LaPOINTE tions that the trips are merely for BY mainstay. If initial Canadian reaction Moda used federal funds to make its "the criminal record industry." party animals. OTTAWA Alta Moda bears all the to the band's self -titled CBS debut al- first album, leased to CBS by Rather, he says, he will rely on "The buses segregate rather nice- trappings of a next-big -thing type of bum is any indication, she'll be busy Young's Current Entertainment op- "heavy research," testing his acqui- ly," he says. "With big shows -and act: Wooed extensively, coddled artis- with the band for some time to come. erations. sitions at every phase of the mar- most of our business is with big tically, and marketed reverentially, Produced by Colin Thurston "We were prepared for the worst ketplace, he says, adding that he ex- become the shows -it becomes quite clear when the band records for a major label (Duran Duran, David Bowie), the with a big label, but they have been pects the label to soon you're ready to board the buses and has a big -league producer record has yielded a strong first sin- great," says Johnson. She is already largest indie in Canada. which ones are party buses and abroad. gle, "Julian," a product of Johnson's talking about a live jazz album, and "We'll use research as a molding he re- which ones aren't. We offer lots of All of this has Molly Johnson, the environment, the Cameron, a tavern/ Johnson and partner Norman Oren - aid for images and music," people who just want to see band's multitalented vocalist, just a haven /dorm for artists in Toronto. stein also want to expand into pro- cently told the Toronto Star. room for of the show and nothing else." touch anxious. "I really feel that There, musicians, painters, play- duction. He also predicts the closure there is an expectation," she says. wrights, actors, and dancers mingle One sign of CBS' confidence in U.S. -owned major record firms as a Alta Moda has never been John- with the street crowd. Slowly but Alta Moda is the label's late -year re- result of the free -trade deal be- son's sole passion. She is an accom- surely, it is becoming the source of lease in Canada of the band's album tween Canada and the U.S., and he plished dancer, an acclaimed jazz and some of Canada's finest works. (CBS will release it in the U.S. in Feb- says he expects his -label to be the blues interpreter, a writer, a painter, Under the wing of manager Gerry ruary). Radio has lapped it up, mak- largest indie in the country by the and an artisan. Now, however, the Young, who helped launch the Juno- ing "Julian" a major chart crossover. time that happens. KIRK LaPOINTE

58 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com INTERNATIONAL BILLBOARD SPOTLIGHTS Radio And N Ads May Soon Be Legalized In Denmark broadcast spokesman himself BY KNUD ORSTED bought advertising time on local COPENHAGEN, Denmark Den- stations during his campaign for mark, one of the few countries election. where radio and television adver- Some MPs are campaigning to tising are still banned, may soon make advertising on private TV fall into line with more commer- stations legal. Currently, only TV- cially minded states. Culture and South, which broadcasts a few Communication Minister H.P. hours of local news weekly on a Clausen has reportedly secured a Denmarks Radio -TV transmitter, parliamentary majority for new has authority to carry commer- legislation permitting private ra- cials. The state -owned Denmarks dio stations here to sell air time to Radio -TV, the country's major na- advertisers. tional broadcaster, derives its rev- The law, which could be en- enues from license fees. forced by the holiday season, will However, a second TV channel, give official sanction to a practice Channel 2, is due to start transmis- that is already widespread. Most sions in the fall of 1988 and will be of Denmark's private radio sta- funded by license fees and adver- tions are in financial difficulty and tising income. Any moves to per- have been airing advertising for mit TV advertising will be particu- beer, clothing, and shops in defi- larly welcome to pan- European ance of the ban. satellite broadcasters, including The hypocrisy extends to the MTV Europe, Sky Channel, and politicians. Although Labor mem- Superchannel, all of which depend bers of Parliament are opposed to entirely on broadcasting. radio advertising, the party's

CD Compilation Features Local Acts WELL Singapore Samples co SINGAPORE WEA here has re- growth potential. New marketing leased its first -ever compact disk fea- strategies have to be constantly test- turing local signings. Titled "Made In ed as we are in a highly competitive Singapore," the 14 -track compilation industry." showcases new and established WEA Wee is confident that the release, acts and includes four previously un- which sells at a lower price than in- released tracks. ternational CD product, will prove The English-language sampler in- successful. He says, "Both our earli- cludes songs by Urazea, Ginger- er compilations, 'Class Acts' and 'Stu- bread, Zircon Lounge, Angeline, and dio Line,' averaged 25,000 units in Tokyo Square. sales, which proves there is scope for CD sales now account for some local talent. The concept was intend- 30% of the overall market in Singa- ed to introduce WEA's new local pore. Says WEA general manager signings, but they have become such Jimmy Wee, "We believe the CD for- popular acts that we have extended mat is significant and has further the concept to CDs."

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Australian Music Report) As of 11/23/87 14 20 SHO' YOU RIGHT BARRY WHITE BREAKOUT WEST GERMANY (Courtesy Der Musikmarkt) As of 11/16/87 AUSTRALIA (Courtesy 15 7 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WARNER BROS SINGLES SINGLES 16 13 LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE BANANARAMA LONDON BARNES MUSHROOM 1 1 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WARNER BROS 1 3 TOO MUCH AIN'T ENOUGH LOVE JIMMY 17 10 BARCELONA FREDDIE MERCURY & MONTSERRAT CABALLE 2 4 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA POLYDOR 2 3 WONDERFUL LIFE BLACK A &M THE VOLUME M /A /R /R /S ROUGH TRADE 3 1 ELECTRIC BLUE ICEHOUSE REGULAR /FESTIVAL 18 26 TO BE REBORN BOY GEORGE VIRGIN 3 2 PUMP UP 4 5 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS. 4 2 LA SAMBA LOS LOBOS LONDON /POLYGRAM 19 30 BUILD THE HOUSEMARTINS G . Discs RICK ASTLEY RCA 5 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS WEA 20 16 PAID IN FULL ERIC B & RAKIM FOURTH & BROADWAY 5 4 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP 5 J DEF JAM TO PARADISE CHOIRBOYS MUSHROOM 21 12 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC 6 7 I NEED LOVE L.L. COOL 6 10 RUN 22 15 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROTHERS 7 8 JOHNNY B HOOTERS CBS 7 8 HOLD ME NOW JOHNNY LOGAN EPIC /CBS 23 NEW ONCE UPON A LONG AGO PAUL MCCARTNEY PARLOPHONE 8 6 SOME PEOPLE CLIFF RICHARD EMI 8 6 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC /CBS GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC EPIC 24 33 I WANT TO BE YOUR PROPERTY BLUE MERCEDES MCA 9 15 FAITH 9 NEW FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL TRADE 10 12 FULL METAL JACKET ABIGAIL MEAD & NIGEL GOULDING WARNER BEE GEES WARNER BROS. 25 23 I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T ... THE SMITHS ROUGH 10 11 YOU WIN AGAIN BROS. 26 NEW THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE SHAGGIN' TAMS VIRGIN 11 7 CAUSING A COMMOTION MADONNA SIRE 11 NEW RENT PET SHOP BOYS PARLOPHONE 27 NEW WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR SHAKIN' 12 9 HAMMERHEAD JAMES REYNE CAPITOL /EMI 12 11 EVERLASTING LOVE SANDRA VIRGIN /BMG ARIOLA STEVENS EPIC 13 17 BEETHOVEN (I LOVE TO LISTEN TO) EURYTHMICS RCA 13 9 BOYS SABRINA CHIC 28 NEW SATELLITE HOOTERS CBS 14 NEW MONY MONY BILLY IDOL CHRYSALIS JELLYBEAN /ELIZA FIORELLA CHRYSALIS 14 13 CASANOVA LEVERT ATLANTIC 29 NEW WHO FOUND WHO YOU MACHINATIONS WHITE LABEL /FESTIVAL GREAT CAMOUFLAGE METRONOME 15 19 DO TO BEFORE CUTTING CREW SIREN 15 14 THE COMMANDMENT 30 NEW I'VE BEEN IN LOVE ROLL SEGER CAPITOL LITTLE SARAH BLUE SYSTEM HANSA 16 14 OLD TIME ROCK AND BOB HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD BLUDGEON RIFFOLA 16 NEW SORRY 31 NEW 13 KYLIE MINOGUE MUSHROOM /FESTIVAL 17 10 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 17 LOCOMOTION 19 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL CHRYSALIS 32 OIL CBS 18 NEW KUESS' DIUE HAND M SCHOENE FRAU EAV 18 16 BEDS ARE BURNING MIDNIGHT 33 39 SO AMAZING LUTHER VANDROSS EPIC 19 19 BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART WAX RCA 19 20 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS 34 NEW I WON'T CRY GLEN GOLDSMITH RCA 18 COME BACK AND STAY BAD BOYS BLUE COCONUT 20 NEW WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING A &M 35 NEW TURN BACK THE CLOCK JOHNNY HATES JAZZ VIRGIN 20 PAISLEY ALBUMS ALBUMS 36 NEW I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN PRINCE /FESTIVAL PARK 1 1 BEE GEES ESP WARNER BROS 1 1 ICEHOUSE MAN OF COLOURS REGULAR 37 22 CROCKETT'S THEME JAN HAMMER MCA 2 4 JOE COCKER UNCHAIN MY HEART CAPITOL 2 2 INXS KICK WEA 38 21 WALK THE DINOSAUR WAS NOT WAS FONTANA /PHONOGRAM 3 6 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER BROS 3 3 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK LA BAMBA LONDON /POLYGRAM 39 28 NO MEMORY SCARLET FANSTASTIC ARISTA 4 3 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 4 5 JAMES REYNE CAPITOL /EMI 40 NEW REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE PUBLIC ENEMY DEE JAM /CBS 5 2 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 5 4 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON CBS ALBUMS 6 7 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 6 6 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC /CBS ACCORDING TO CBS 1 NEW RICK ASTLEY WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY RCA 7 8 MIDNIGHT OIL DIESEL AND DUST CBS 7 8 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY PARLOPHONE /EMI 2 1 T'PAU BRIDGE OF SPIES SIREN 8 7 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS MAGNET /POLYGRAM 8 5 STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN A &M /DG 3 3 UB40 THE VERY BEST OF UB40 VOL 1 VIRGIN 9 10 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER /WEA BEST! PARLOPHONE 9 12 CLIFF RICHARD ALWAYS GUARANTEED EMI 4 2 PAUL MCCARTNEY ALL THE 10 9 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP LONESOME JUBILEE MERCURY MADONNA YOU CAN DANCE SIRE 10 14 BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE A &M /DG 5 NEW 11 NEW GEORGE MICHAEL FAITH EPIC FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER BROS. 11 10 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON EMI 6 4 12 11 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 7 6 PRETENDERS THE SINGLES WEA 12 9 DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES MUTE 13 12 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE ISLAND 8 5 GEORGE MICHAEL FAITH EPIC 13 13 MIKE OLOFIELD ISLANDS VIRGIN 14 14 BILLY JOEL KOHUEPT CBS 9 NEW SISTERS OF MERCY FLOODLAND MERCIFUL RELEASE 14 11 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS MAGNET/MG 15 15 JOHN FARNHAM WHISPERING JACK WHEATLEY/RCA 10 8 PAT BENATAR BEST SHOTS CHRYSALIS 15 15 HOWARD CARPENDALE CARPENDALE EMI 16 16 KEVIN BLOODY WILSON BORN AGAIN PISS AGAIN BOTH BARRELS 11 9 VARIOUS FROM MOTOWN WITH LOVE K -TEL 16 17 JAN HAMMER ESCAPE FROM TELEVISION MCA 17 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS HIT CITY 1987 FESTIVAL 12 24 VARIOUS THE GREATEST HITS OF 1987 TELSTAR 17 16 PETER HOFMANN ROCK CLASSICS 2 CBS 18 18 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 13 7 EURYTHMICS SAVAGE RCA 18 NEW THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION MERCURY /PHONOGRAM ACCORDING TO CBS MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 14 15 MOTOWN NEW SANDRA TENON ONE (THE SINGLES) VIRGIN 19 20 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK THE BIG CHILL 15 19 MICHAEL JACKSON & DIANA ROSS LOVE SONGS TELSTAR 19 NEW HOOTERS ONE WAY HOME CBS 20 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS '87 HOTS UP POLYGRAM 16 16 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY PARLOPONE 20 17 12 THE SHADOWS SIMPLY POLYDOR (Courtesy( Courtes Stichting Nederlandse Top 40) As of 11 / 16/87 (Courtesy Germano Ruscitto) As of 11/13/87 18 23 WHITNEY HOUSTON WINEYWHITNEY ARISTA NETHERLANDS g ITALY 19 11 GEORGE HARRISON CLOUD NINE DARKHORSE /WEA SINGLES ALBUMS POLYDOR EROS IN CERTI MOMENTI DDD 20 20 ERIC CLAPTON /CREAM THE CREAM OF ERIC CLAPTON 1 1 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL CBS 1 NEW RAMAZZOTTI 21 17 FOSTER & ALLEN REFLECTIONS STYLUS 2 2 PUMP UP THE VOLUME M /A /R /R /S MEGADISC 2 2 ZUCCHERO BLUE'S POLYGRAM 22 14 BEE GEES ESP WARNER BROS. 3 5 MAYBE TOMORROW UB40 VIRGIN 3 NEW POOH IL COLORE DEI PENSIERI CGDMM 23 18 VARIOUS HIT FACTORY STYLUS 4 9 DANCE LITTLE SISTER TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY CBS 4 3 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD CBS 24 13 LEVEL 42 RUNNING IN THE FAMILY POLYDOR 5 6 HERE I GO AGAIN WHITESNAKE EMI BOVEMA 5 NEW STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN POLYGRAM 25 NEW CLIFF RICHARD ALWAYS GUARANTEED EMI 6 NEW WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY RICK ASTLEY RCA 6 9 ADRIANO CELENTANO LA PUBBLICA OTTUSITA' CGDMM 26 32 ALEXANDER O'NEAL HEARSAY TABU 7 NEW HOW CAN WE HANG ON TO A DREAM TIM HARDIN POLYDOR 7 NEW MINA RANE SUPREME POU /EMI 27 25 THE COMMUNARDS RED LONDON 8 3 I NEED LOVE L.L. COOL J CBS 8 7 LUCA CARBONI LUCA CARBONI RCA VARIOUS NEW FULL METAL JACKET ABIGAIL MEAD WEA RECORDS 28 NEW VARIOUS SIXTIES MIX 9 9 1 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS STYLUS GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA 29 NEW VARIOUS HIT MIX HITS OF THE YEAR 10 4 NEVER 10 4 MADONNA WHO'S THAT GIRL WEA 30 29 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK DIRTY DANCING RCA ALBUMS 11 NEW PAOLO CONTE AGUAPLANO ccoAM NEW GEORGE MICHAEL FAITH CBS 31 28 ERASURE THE CIRCUS MUTE 1 12 NEW RENATO ZERO ZERO RCA HOLD YOUR FIRE VERTIGO /PHONOGRAM 2 1 JAMES LAST JAMES LAST IN HOLLAND POLYDOR 32 10 RUSH 13 5 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON EMI MOTOWN 3 2 BZN VISIONS PHONOGRAM 33 NEW STEVIE WONDER CHARACTERS 14 13 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 34 21 JANET JACKSON CONTROL - THE REMIXES BREAKOUT /A &M 4 5 TERENCE ACCORDING TO CBS ACCORDING TO CBS 35 26 STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN A &M 15 NEW JOE COCKER UNCHAIN MY HEART EMI 5 3 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD CBS 36 27 RANDY CRAWFORD THE LOVE SONGS TELSTAR 16 NEW LUCIANO PAVAROTTI VOLARE POLYGRAM 6 4 STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN POLYDOR 37 NEW INXS KICK MERCURY 17 6 DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES RICORDI 7 9 HERMAN VAN VEEN IN VOGELVLUCHT POLYDOR NOIRE VIRGIN 38 22 BRYAN FERRY BETE 18 17 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY EMI NEW UB40 THE BEST OF UB40 VOLUME 1 VIRGIN HITS CHRYSALIS 8 39 NEW VARIOUS THE CHART SHOW -DANCE 1987 TREE RICORDI NEW THE NITS IN THE DUTCH MOUNTAINS CBS 19 19 U2 THE JOSHUA 40 33 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING 9 LOVE CBS 20 15 CRISTINA D'AVENA TENERAMENTE LICIA FIVE RECORDS /CGDMM TO TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY CBS 10 6 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF

RII I RñGRfl r1FC.FKARFR 5 1QH7 www.americanradiohistory.com INCREASED CD SALES PREDICTED FOR BLACK MARKET HOT 100 (Continued from page 1) "Hearsay" on the Epic -distributed son. new act gets a CD "depends on the Tabu label has sold approximately Like most others surveyed, An- direction of the artist and the mar- SINGLES SPOTLIGHT 700,000 units to date. "Of that num- derson thinks the key to CD sales ket. Crossover would have some- ber, 73,000, or about 10 %, have been among black Americans is the price thing to do with it because you're in the CD configuration," says of the hardware. "As the price goes going into a different financial de- A weekly look behind the Hot 100 with Michael Ellis. Starks. down, we'll see black CD sales go mographic." But even then, a CD re- Primus Robinson, Elektra's vice up," he says. "[While] it seems to lease depends on the title's sales BECAUSE OF EARLY HOLIDAY deadlines, this column is being pre- president of black music marketing have leveled off in the pop market, performance on LP and cassette, pared in advance of the Hot 100 chart, so there will be no analysis of it. and promotion, concurs with the there is definitely room to grow in says London. Instead, we will tackle a subject that is frequently misunderstood: the 10% figure, noting that CDs com- the black area. Right now you see Bill Stephney, Def Jam vice presi- bullet. Much effort goes into promoting records to radio stations, to pose 8 % -10% of the 750,000 units the CD sales linked to that of the dent of promotion, says that CDs con- record stores, and even to Billboard directly in order to obtain good sold of Shirley Murdock's self- titled cassette and album. If the album stitute "a small, nominal" part of the chart positioning, but the greatest efforts are reserved for attempting debut. Robinson contrasts that with takes off, CD sales reflect it," says rap /hip -hop market. As evidence, he the sales pattern of Anita Baker's Anderson. 30,000 2.3 mil- to get and keep bullets. Billboard has a record of integrity in awarding reports that only of the "Rapture," a major crossover hit. Richard Smith, vice president of lion copies sold of L.L. Cool J's "Big- bullets only to those records that "deserve" them, but how is de- that CDs account for 300,000 out of the black music promotion at RCA, is a ger And Deffer" are on CD. termined and what does it mean when a record loses its bullet? Finally, 3.4 million units sold of that title. big CD fan, but feels "only in the "Only the Beastie Boys and Run - what is the reason for having bullets on charts? This seems to correspond to the 10% last year and a half has the industry D.M.C., because they have white figure, but Robinson points out really moved to exploit the black rock'n'roll fans, seem to sell CDs of LET'S ANSWER THOSE questions. First, losing a bullet does not that, in the wake of Baker's pop suc- market. There is a lot of black cata- all the major rap acts," Stephney mean that the record in question is not a hit, since every record loses its cess, 70% of retail reorders are for log, significant music made in the says. "This is not an audiophile au- bullet eventually. It also does not necessarily mean that a record has CDs, "which shows that the record last few years that hasn't yet been dience. We're talking a cassette peaked in popularity, because most records continue to gain points for has penetrated that upscale, CD- made available on CD. There is an marketplace. They buy a high -bias at least one week after losing a bullet. And some records even regain player-owning market." audience for that music, and it can cassette, put it on their box, and their bullet after losing it, so losing a bullet does not always mean that Robinson says sales of CD hard- be tapped into. CD players are not they're straight. This audience likes a record is "over." ware will be stimulated by the air- as expensive as some believe. If to make its own tapes or record mu- ing of more CD material on black/ - someone can afford an elaborate sic from rap shows. You can't A RECORD LOSES ITS bullet if its total point gain for the week is urban radio. Starting in 1988, pro- portable cassette player or VCR, scratch a CD." below the criteria established by Billboard for its relative position on motional CD singles will be sent to then a CD player is well within their Producer/manager Lionel Job is the chart, and that's all it means. A record may still be gaining points in radio on all black Elektra artists ex- grasp. I just don't think the hard- one of the few in the industry to ar- radio airplay or sales -or both -but not in sufficient quantity for its cept for its new acts. "The distribu- ware industry has yet reached out gue that the CD will be slow to in- area of the chart to retain the bullet. Many records continue to gain tion of these promo CDs will be si- to them. As that happens, the per- crease in black sales. The manager points for several weeks after losing their bullet, but the gains are at a multaneous with the release of the centage of black CD sales will in- of Elektra's Starpoint, Capitol's Au- slower pace than those records with bullets. The sole function of bullets record in the marketplace," says crease, probably at the expense of drey Wheeler, and others says, on the chart is to show which records have significant total point gains. Robinson. [vinyl LPs]." "When I travel down South to the Tony vice Motown I The bullets are not designed to show which records are hits, since every Anderson, Arista's has aggressively exploit- heartland of this music, still see president of r &b promotion, also ed its catalog of classic records in radio playing 45s and 45s selling in record starts with a bullet in its entry week no matter how low it debuts foresees more use of promotional the CD marketplace. There are record stores. The majority of black and every record eventually loses its bullet. Records do that not have CDs on black radio. On Kashif's cur- more than 200 CDs in the Motown radio isn't set up for CD play. As bullets in a given week in are often big hits many markets, but the over- rent single, "Love Changes," Arista catalog, including two-on -one and record executives and producers in all point gain that week is below the requirement for a bullet. distributed a promo -only CD with budget CDs. The entire Stevie Won- the industry, we get caught up in an instrumental version on the B der catalog is on CD as well as titles the technology, but what a listener THE BULLETS EXIST TO give additional information-beyond sim- side to black radio. "For artists like by Motown stars of the '60s and ear- really wants to know is 'Do I like ple chart positioning-to readers. For example, a record may stall in Kashif, who as a producer and art- ly '70s. the singer? Do I like the song ?' " chart rank temporarily despite large point gains (and thus would have a ist is associated with state- of -the- With regard to current product, bullet), while another might take a large chart jump with only small art sound, the CD format is a natu- Motown vice president of marketing Assistance in preparing this story point gains (and would not have a bullet). The chart moves alone could ral promotional item," says Ander- Miller London says that whether a provided by Ken Terry. be misleading in these cases, but the bullets provide a fuller explana- tion. The bullets are based on established criteria for each area of the chart, while chart positions only show how each record is doing against HOME VIDEO COS. PLAN U.K. AD PUSH that week's competition. These are two distinctly different measure- (Continued from page 3) ments, and together they provide a fuller, more complete picture than either one alone could give. jor; and Sony, the Japanese major, ported it with popular campaigns. "I however, that Warner saw itself as seem to have been locked out." meant that I wished to squeeze out being in competition with everyone After listing the many pioneering distributors who operate on the pe- else and would take as large a mar- initiatives taken over the years by riphery of the business and bring ket share as it could get. video independents in every area nothing to the table," he said, adding, from packaging to sell -through, Bud- FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5, 1987 nick wrote: "You obviously feel the T market would be safer without any ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or more uncontrollable innovators." illboaid transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. Budnick asked why the majors had photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written NAS Throws A Bash For permission of the publisher. chosen to take a swipe at the independents. "Is it because you feel guilty about HOT 100 SINGLES ACTION using our ideas and calling them your Holland, Dozier, Holland RADIO MOST ADDED own? Or is the real reason your se- LOS ANGELES Two dozen song- Veteran songwriting teams like cret plan, developed monthly PLATINUM/ BRONZE/ at car- writers and songwriting teams joined Richard and Robert Sherman plus GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL tel-like meetings, to raise the dealer together Nov. 21 at the Wiltern The- Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON price of tapes to over $175 within 18 atre here for a four-hour celebration reached 40 20 REPORTERS 58 REPORTERS 159 REPORTERS 237 REPORTERS back more than years to TUNNEL OF LOVE months ?" of their craft at the National Acade- reacquaint the audience of 2,300 with BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 10 17 83 110 114 In a separate reaction, Palace man- my of Songwriters' third annual Sa- some benchmarks of early pop music. SAY YOU WILL aging director Robert Jones ex- lute to the American Songwriter. An intriguing revelation occurred FOREIGNER ATLANTIC 5 23 78 106 106 pressed surprise that the remarks The prolific songwriting trio of Bri- when writers George Merrill and COULD'VE BEEN had been made at a time when the an Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Ed- Shannon Rubicam performed their TIFFANY MCA 7 26 69 102 122 British Videogram Assn. was work- die Holland was presented with the original rendering of "I Want To SEASONS CHANGE ing hard to unify the whole industry. NAS Lifetime Achievement Award Dance With Somebody" in the form EXPOSE ARISTA 6 13 42 61 162 CBS /Fox managing director Stew- by chairman John Bettis for its influ- of a ballad. Though Whitney Hous- EVERYWHERE art Till, who is also chairman of the ence in shaping the Motown sound of ton achieved a top 10 hit by retooling FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS 3 12 35 50 113 BVA, moved swiftly to repair the the '60s and notching more than the song as a dance single, Merrill IN GOD'S COUNTRY damage, saying CBS /Fox had "no three dozen top 20 hits (see The and Rubicam's U2 ISLAND 2 4 33 39 42 performance suggest- philosophy for penalizing And The Blues, 22). HAZY SHADE OF WINTER any seg- Rhythm page ed the song shows hit potential at the ment of the abso- BANGLES DEr JAM 1 10 24 35 173 business." It was Dozier, who remains active as a slower tempo. HOT IN THE CITY lutely vital, he added, that the indus- writer today (he has two co-composi- Martin Page and Dennis Lambert, BILLY IDOL CHRYSALIS 2 28 31 32 try unite rather than fragment, and tions on the latest Simply Red al- who penned "We Built This City On I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN any company with sufficient product bum), performed an engaging nine- Rock'N'Roll," admitted they were ROGER REPRISE 4 5 20 29 105 and financial resources would be wel- song medley of Holland- Dozier -Hol- less than enthused when members of HUNGRY EYES come to join the generic campaign. land classics. Songs ranged from Starship began tinkering with their ERIC CARMEN RCA 3 8 14 25 130 Warner's Rozalla also clarified his "You Keep Me Hangin' On" to original arrangement. "Then it made p A§ M *11SJweekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists position. saying he did not mean by "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'." it to the top 10," Lambert recalled. of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- "independents" those reputable com- It was just one of several high- "and then I said, `Good job.' " cally as changes are made, or Is available by sending a self -addressed stamped envelope to: Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. panies with their own sales forces lights of the evening. TERRY WOOD that released good product and sup-

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 63 www.americanradiohistory.com School Logo Hits Majors With THREE GENERATIONS OF TV MEMORIES Student Signing BY MOIRA McCORMICK CHICAGO The student -run record label set up here four years ago by Columbia College's Arts, Entertainment, and Music Man- agement Program has achieved a longstanding goal: to sign one of its artists to a major recording Volume I, deal. The not -for -profit AEMMP Rec- Volume II ords has worked with one artist a year since the program's inception. Students in the program and NOW spend the first semester selecting and signing talent. The second se- Volume Ill, 70's & 80's. mester is spent marketing recorded product, usually a 12 -inch single. Until last year, AEMMP's signings had not received significant exposure outside of the Chica- go area. That changed with the label's winter 1987 signing, Chicago - based group ATM, whose dance single "Try Me" b/w "I Don't Al- 11evìsos ways" was released and worked by the students in March, under the direction of then- student-presi- CREATES I dent John Lochen. The track aired on urban outlet WGCI, Chicago's top- ranked music station, and received club play via record pools. On the strength of that showing, 1111S says ATM's manager, Paul Kelly, voiumev AEMMP co- supervisor Irwin Steinberg (formerly president of Mercury Records and chairman of 1eevìsWs the board of PolyGram and now president of Compleat Records) presented the group to Atlantic affiliate Omni Records. ATM was officially signed to Omni in late Oc- G REATES T tober. According to Kelly, who is also an instructor at Columbia College, ATM's Omni deal includes a four - "A landmark in the history of recording': year contract with a two -point roy- STEREO REVIEW NItS alty override going to the AEMMP program. The signing demon- "The definitive collection of our true national anthems" strates that the AEMMP students PFOPLE i I "have good ears, can pick current contemporary material, and have a "A celebration of this littlest art delightful in and a treasure trove for the true trivia buffsi certain amount of expertise the HIGH FIDELITY mechanics of the record business," he says. ATM, which was scheduled to celebrate its record contract Mon- day (30) at Chicago's Limelight club, is a trio consisting of Ardie Rowe (a former student of Kel- ly's), Trina Lykes, and Marion I TVT Hits Volume Il TVT Television's Greatest Hits Volum TVT 1300 Television's Greatest Hits Volume 1100 Television's Greatest 1200 Harris. It was signed last summer to Kelly's management company, Glenwood Entertainment Corp. of Wheaton, Ill., which also handles performing artists King James Version, Security, and the Dorsey Brothers. Dallas Marcus Welby, M.D. Love Boat Magnum Pl Starsky and Hutch Kelly says the AEMMP Records Sesame Street Kolar Chaliés Angels Miami Vice Streets of San Francisco student staffers, who are super- Simon and Simon Mr. Magno The Rookies Jefferseos Fractured Fairy Tales by The Waltons The Archies Fac is of Life Dastardly and Muttley St. Elsewhere vised Steinberg and former Cheers Maude Entertainment Tonight American Bandstand Starsky and Hutch Downbeat magazine editor Chuck Josie and the Pussycats Inspector Gadget Girnne A Break M`A`S`H Little House on the Prairie Suber, are currently in their a &r Barnaby Jones All in the Family Sold Gold The Alvin Show Welcome Back Kotler Happy Days The Muppet Show Speed Racer Knots Landing Quincy phase, seeking their next signable L.A. Law Wonder Woman Rockford Files -Dynasty Laverne & Shirley talent. Room 222 Good Times NBC's Saturday Night Live SWAT Taxi The Smurfs Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids Greatest American Hero Baretta Bob Newhart Show Scooby Doo Sanford and Son Hil Street Blues Hart to Hart Three's Company '77 The Name of the Game The A -Team WKRP Cincinnati The Young Black Call and order from TeeVee Toons sales office. (212) 929 -0570 Programmers Available on LP, Cassette and CD. at bettet record stores everywhere. Coalition recently held its 10th annual meet in Houston ... see page 10

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i TM HOT 100 SINGLES r A ranking of the top 40 singles by sales and airplay, respectively, with reference to each title's composite position on the main Hot 100 Singles chart. BY LABEL SALES ó AIRPLAY ó A ranking of distributing labels by the number of titles they have á3 TITLE ARTIST TITLE ARTIST on the Hot 100 chart. 3 i° --3 f.ow =á

1 2 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE 1 1 2 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE 1 LABEL NO. OF TITLES ON CHART 2 1 (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES 2 2 1 (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES 2

3 7 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL 3 3 4 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL 3 COLUMBIA (9) 10

4 4 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER RICHARD MARX 4 4 5 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER RICHARD MARX 4 Def Jam (1) 9 5 6 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. 9 5 7 IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 5 ATLANTIC (5) Island (3) 6 9 WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING 7 6 9 YOUR LOVE 6 SHAKE DEBBIE GIBSON Atco (1) 7 10 SHAKE YOUR LOVE DEBBIE GIBSON 6 7 13 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 8 E.P.A. 9 8 16 IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 5 8 11 WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING 7 Epic (8) 9 17 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 8 9 12 DON'T YOU WANT ME JODY WATLEY 10 Tabu (1)

10 14 DONT YOU WANT ME JODY WATLEY 10 10 14 VALERIE STEVE WINWOOD 14 MCA (7) 9 I.R.S. (1) 11 15 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 19 11 16 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 12 QMI (1) 12 20 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON 11 12 20 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON 11 WARNER BROS. (2) 9 13 19 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 12 13 3 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL 13 Paisley Park (2) 14 3 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL 13 14 6 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY 16 Dark Horse (1) Island (1) 15 11 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE CUTTING CREW 17 15 18 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. 9 Qwest (1) 16 18 HOURGLASS SQUEEZE 15 16 19 HOURGLASS SQUEEZE 15 Sire (1) 17 21 DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) AEROSMITH 18 17 21 THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT MICHAEL BOLTON 24 Slash (1) 18 12 I WON'T FORGET YOU POISON 22 18 24 DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) AEROSMITH 18 POLYGRAM 7 19 23 I DO YOU THE JETS 23 19 23 TELL IT TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 21 Mercury (6) London (1) 20 27 CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 20 20 26 CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 20 ARISTA 6 21 25 VALERIE STEVE WINWOOD 14 21 8 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE CUTTING CREW 17 CAPITOL (4) 5 22 13 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY 16 22 27 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 25 Enigma (1) 23 5 BRILLIANT DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 26 23 29 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MICHAEL JACKSON 29 GEFFEN 5 24 26 TELL IT TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 21 24 28 CANDLE IN THE WIND ELTON JOHN 27 CHRYSALIS 4 25 29 THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT MICHAEL BOLTON 24 25 25 I DO YOU THE JETS 23 ELEKTRA 4 26 8 BREAKOUT SWING OUT SISTER 30 26 15 I WON'T FORGET POISON 22 YOU VIRGIN 4 27 28 ANIMAL DEF LEPPARD 28 27 10 BRILLIANT DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 26 A&M 3 28 32 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 25 28 33 THERE'S THE GIRL HEART 31 EMI -MANHATTAN 3 29 38 CANDLE IN THE WIND ELTON JOHN 27 29 34 ANIMAL DEF LEPPARD 28 MOTOWN 3 30 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MICHAEL 29 30 - JACKSON 17 BREAKOUT SWING OUT SISTER 30 RCA (2) 3 31 40 THERE'S THE GIRL HEART 31 31 39 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER BANGLES 33 Jive (1) 32 35 POWER OF LOVE LAURA BRANIGAN 34 32 32 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 19 4TH & B'WAY 2

33 30 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY YES 36 33 40 I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN PRINCE 37 AMHERST 1

34 24 IT'S A SIN PET SHOP BOYS 46 34 22 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC 32 ENIGMA 1 35 22 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC 32 35 - SEASONS CHANGE EXPOSE 39 NEXT PLATEAU 1 36 - CRAZY ICEHOUSE 35 36 37 CRAZY ICEHOUSE 35 REPRISE 1 37 - I DON'T MIND AT ALL BOURGEOIS TAGG 38 37 - HUNGRY EYES ERIC CARMEN 43 SUTRA 1 Fever (1) 38 37 U GOT THE LOOK PRINCE 58 38 - TRUE FAITH NEW ORDER 40 39 - POP GOES THE WORLD MEN WITHOUT HATS 48 39 - POWER OF LOVE LAURA BRANIGAN 34 40 - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER BANGLES 33 40 - I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN ROGER 41 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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fruit salad. popularized bossa nova in the early A prime example of the label's new POP '60s is in superb form on this concert JAZZ midline CD opera series, this VARIOUS ARTISTS recording. He applies his cool vocals production reminds us again of the Television's Greatest Hits 70's & 80's (in Portuguese) and subtle guitar to a artistic riches tucked away in the PRODUCER: Bob Mintzer samba repertoire that includes "Girl RCA vaults. Almost as impressive is TVT 1300 From Ipanema," previously an the full sound recaptured from the LINDA RONSTADT Though third volume's more recent international hit for Gilberto, his ex- MOSE ALLISON early stereo tapes. Price, packaging Canciones De MI Padre themes are not likely to invoke the wife, Astrud, and Stan Getz. Ever Since The World Ended (full libretto), an all -star cast, and PRODUCERS. Peter Asher, Ruben Fuentes wave of nostalgia brought on by PRODUCER: Ben Sidran a Elektra 60765 Blue Note 48015 musical content provide potent earlier packages, many customer - MERCYFUL FATE commercial mix. From album's opening couplet, it's Offbeat but ultimately winning tour enticing chart hits are included: The Beginning de force finds Ronstadt crooning "Miami Vice," "Welcome Back PRODUCERS: Various trademark Allison: nonlinear humor, TCHAIKOVSKY: ARIAS Roadracer RR 9603 Mexican corridos, rancheras, and Kotter," and "Rockford Files" among sung in total deadpan. Beyond the Ghena Dimitrova, Hungarian State Orchestra, ballads en Espanol, accompanied by a them. About one -third of the cuts are Collection of tracks taken from chuckles, Allison is nifty on acoustic Pesko large cast of traditional players (and, re-creations; detailed liners add to the group's early recordings is sure to piano, complemented by such guests CBS MK 42174 on a couple of numbers, by her father fun. please fans of the genre. Project's as Arthur Blythe and Kenny Burrell. Soprano arias from seven and brother). This obviously personal raw production is appealing; album CD holds two bonus tracks. Tchaikovsky operas make for an work may perplex fans of her pop ROY BUCHANAN contains a never -before -released unhackneyed program that ranges trilogy with Nelson Riddle but will Hot Wires bonus cut, adding to its novelty. from the familiar "Letter Scene," win media attention, helping sales. PRODUCERS: Roy Buchanan, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Contact: 212 -219-0077. Shurman, Justin Niebank from "Eugen Onegin," to selections Alligator AL 4756 from such operas as "Oprichnik," "The Maid of Orleans," and "The Venerable guitar whiz cranks out GIL EVANS & THE MONDAY NIGHT ORCHESTRA another whizz -bang collection of Live At Sweet Basil, Vol. 2 Enchantress," known to few other instrumentals and vocal tracks, some BLACK PRODUCERS: Shigeyuki Kawashima, Horst Liepolt than specialists. Idiomatic, full- voiced Gramavision /PolyGram 18-8708 performances. ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK self-sung and others handled by Made In Heaven Windy City blues belters. The tautly Evans once again pushes big -band HASSE: CLEOFIDE PRODUCERS: Various strung "High Wire" has hit potential, conventions to the edge. There are Kirkby, Mellon, Ragin, Cappella Coloniensis, Elektra 9 60729 rare for an instrumental, and get - rough edges on this two-record live Kelly McGillis /Tim Hutton film has down- and -boogie version of Edwin MELISA MORGAN date -some tracks come in late or Christie Capriccio 10 193/96 drawn mixed reviews, but soundtrack Starr's "25 Miles" also deserves radio Good Love fade out early, and ensemble play is PRODUCERS: Various A true rarity, this Italian opera by the should get raves all the way. Included play. Capitol CLT -46943 fuzzy on certain passages -but lack previously unreleased of polish is compensated for by now neglected Baroque German are several Sophomore set from high -profile BONFIRE gumption. composer should attract a fair number cuts: an R.E.M. tune, "Romance "; singer got two singles climbing Don't Touch The Light -she's of collectors. The story of conquest, Martha Davis' commercial -to-the -max the black chart, the "Love Changes" take on Neil Young's "We've Never PRODUCER: Dave Hutchins CEDAR WALTON love, jealousy, and loyalty revolving RCA 6233 -R duet with Kashif and her solo paean Danced"; and contributions from Cedar Walton Plays around a victory by Alexander the to feminism, "If You Can Do It: I Can Luther Vandross, the Nylons, and Ric Highly polished effort from German - PRODUCERS: John Eargle, Lupe DeLeon Great over an Indian prince is told in Too!!" -shows off her husky vocals Delos D /CD 4008 Ocasek. based rock group makes for an tedious recitativo detail, but the many effective but sterile debut. Lengthy, on a wide range of material. Other Able pianist /composer's first CD tuneful arias are more than highlights: "Think It Over," "I'll Love reunites him with frequent mates Ron EXODUS melodic cuts are reminiscent of the compensatory. Emma Kirkby in the No More." A Pleasures Of The Flesh Scorpions and are best suited to Carter and Billy Higgins. solid title role will draw attention. PRODUCERS: Exodus, Marc Senasac album rock radio formats. showcase, but the horn line that Excellent production. Combat/Important 88561 -8169 augments some tunes doesn't meet Long -lived thrash metal outfit that ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING the caliber of this peerless rhythm spawned Metallicá s Kirk Hammett is Straight To Hell section nor that of previous Walton often credited with being the first PRODUCERS: Various horn units. Enigma SJE-73308 WALTER BEASLEY GOSPEL speed -metal band. Second album, PRODUCERS: Lionel Job, Walter Beasley from Alex ( "Sid And Nancy ") already a chart entry, finds the combo Music Polydor 833 866 HARRY CONNICK JR. work Cox's ill- received film is almost as PRODUCER: Delfeayo Marsalis tearing it up; bare -fanged guitar Multitalented Beasley deserves Columbia 40702 and typically bloodthirsty lyrics will loony as the movie itself. The Pogues weigh in with five tunes (including a consideration from both urban and Label literature cites Thelonius pull in a legion of headbangers. FRANKLIN cover of Ennio Morricone's "The jazz outlets. His vocals recall the Monk -bigger shoes than you'd ask ARETHA Duke's One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Good, The Bad And The Ugly"); Joe smooth assurance of George this 19-year-old to fill, although he ALAN PARSONS PROJECT pop works; his reed work PRODUCER: Aretha Franklin Strummer and Elvis Costello (under - does play a mean "I Mean You." Arista AL -8497 The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 particularly on sax reminiscent of PRODUCER: Alan Parsons the moniker "The MacManus Gang ") -is Pianist shines on showcase laden with Ronnie Laws' hotter tunes. Specially priced two-record set is Arista 8486 also contribute. well -interpreted standards; his Franklin's first gospel outing since It's been almost four years since originals merit attention, too. Ron "Amazing which climbed to WELL RED Grace," volume one, time enough for the JOHN WEIDER Carter guests. Motion No. 7 on the pop chart in 1972. Intervals In Sunlight smooth pop act to accumulate the PRODUCERS: Various Recorded live with the New Bethel Weider tracks on this compilation, rounded PRODUCER John Virgin 90673 POWER TOOLS Gold Castle / PolyGram 171 006 Baptist Church choir and such guests out by legitimate leftovers that didn't Biracial U.K. duo debuts on album Strange Meeting as the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Mavis Journeyman rock guitarist best PRODUCER: David Breskin make it the first time around. Sales in Staples, album gives new meaning to known for his late -'60s work with Eric after glancing the dance charts '85 Antilles /New Directions 90627 caveat for most greatest -hits titles of moniker. Burdon quiets down here, offering a with "Limit Of Your Loving." Funky Recorded live in the studio and Franklin's "Queen Soul" applies here, though the first moved Label plans to release a single has ruminative solo work of classically first single, "Get Lucky," remixed by unedited, record teams eclectic but well on CD at some accounts. yet to choose it; mellifluous "Oh styled originals that would not sound George Clinton, is a clever invocation guitarist Bill Frisell with Melvin of the Sly spirit. Happy Day" might fare well. MEAT PUPPETS out of place in new age formats. Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson. Huevos" Frisell's effect -laden style is often " VIEW FROM THE HILL RENEE GARCIA PRODUCERS: Meat Puppets, Steven Escallier BOBBY SHORT frenzied -but in some moments, quite In lime Living In The Vertical SST 150 Guess Who's In Town melodic. PRODUCERS: Various PRODUCER: Chris Eaton from prolific Arizona trio won't PRODUCERS: Bobby Short, Phil Moore Capitol CLX-46703 Reunion 7010027129 Latest Atlantic 81778 do much to break group out of the RICHIE COLE to the masses' attention In the '50s, the late Maxine Sullivan U.K. trio had a hit there with the Garcia came college circuit but should solidify its sublimely soulful "No Conversation," Popbop during Amy Grant's recent tour, paid album tribute to the lyricist PRODUCERS: Ben Sidran, Joe Ellis base there even further. Another during which she sang backup and whose standards include written and sung by Patrick Milestone M -9152 excellent, genre- defying collection; a solo. She is as talented "Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain't Patterson. Though female lead Title neatly summarizes the eclectic had featured "Fruit" is tasty for its sweet pop a vocalist as gospel music has Misbehavin'," and "A Porter's Love Angela Wynter's voice is pleasant nature of this album, the altoist's first sensibility. British - Song." It's always time for another enough, it is also somewhat for Milestone. Cole applies his produced, and the smooth, pedestrian. Patterson's contributions influenced pop material here is the FAIRPORT CONVENTION tribute, and the cabaret star is up to lustrous tone to a brace of originals the rhythmic exuberance of the stand out; witness "Boys In Blue" and and covers, the latter ranging from perfect vehicle to make her shine, In Real lime "I'm No Rebel." shine, shine. PRODUCER: Dave Mattacks evergreens and rarer Razaf "La Bamba" (done up Mexicali style) Island 90678 collaborations. Melodists include Fats to "When You Wish Upon A Star." This crisply recorded live set, Waller, Eubie Blake, and J.C. Manhattan Transfer's Tim Hauser performed by one of the veteran Johnson. guests on the jivey "L. Dorado British groups keeping traditional COUNTRY Kaddy." roots alive in popular music, should CRIS WILLIAMSON keep the quintet's fans happy-and Wolf Moon win some new ones. Several cuts, PRODUCERS: Cris Williamson, Tret Fure SPOTLIGHT: Predicted to hit top 10 on Bill- Olivia LF 951 board's Top Pop Albums chart or to earn plati- including two penned by ex-member num certification. Feminist folksinger matches synth - MERLE HAGGARD CLASSICAL Richard Thompson, are especially NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and live, guaranteed to work flavored pop with ecologically Chill Factor developing acts worthy of attention and other infectious Haggard sensitive lyrics and lupine references PRODUCERS: Ken Suesov, Merle RGVYlleIEalPLD ... releases of special interest. their way in and stay awhile. Epic 40986 to fellow folkie Kate Wolf and even PICKS: Releases predicted to hit the top half Haggard continues to chew over the of the chart in the format listed. THE CALIFORNIA RAISINS Virginia Woolf. Highlights include an PUCCINI: LA BOHÈME Del Vikings' ravages of middle age and the RECOMMENDED: Other releases predicted PRODUCER: Ross Vannelli animated cover of the Moffo, Costa, Tucker, Merrill, Tozzi to chart in the respective format: also, other al- Priority /Capitol SL 9706 peculiarites of relationships during "Come Go With Me" and the serene, RCA 3969 -RG bums of superior quality. collection of mostly Who knew these little wrinkled fellas engaging melodies of "Pieces Of that period in this All albums commercially available in the could rock? Stars of the raisin Pangea" and "Stiletto." self -written tunes. Unfortunately, U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Jean growers' TV spot (actually Buddy there is a consistent lack of the spirit, Rosenbluth, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036, and Chris Morris, Billboard, JOAO GILBERTO vigor, and lyrical precision that Miles and studio friends) take on "I 9107 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. In Montreux characterized his early work. Heard It Through The Grapevine" Live 90210. Send country and gospel albums to PRODUCER: Joao Gilberto Ed Morris, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., and other familiar tunes. Music isn't Elektra Musician 60760 earthshaking, but novelty appeal Nashville, Tenn. 37203. The Brazilian singer /guitarist who could move a few units of this sonic

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PRODUCER: Bob Parr POP PRINCE Hot Thing (3:40) DANCE WRITERS: Bob Parr, Michael Moret PRODUCER: Prince NEW AND PUBLISHERS: Meribec /On Parr /Ttonk, ASCAP WRITER: Prince Vision VR -1201 (12 -inch single) PICKS PUBLISHER: Controversy, ASCAP Frantic hi -NRG. Contact: 305 -893 -9191. Paisley Park 7 -28288 (c /o Warner Bros.) PMKS Raw, stripped is NOTEWORTHY -down funk actually LA LA I Got A Thing For You (6:30) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Tunnel Of Love (5:10) COMMUNARDS Never Can Say Goodbye (7:50) the flip to the current pop hit "I Could PRODUCERS: New Music Group, John Morales, PRODUCERS: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, VIEW FROM THE HILL PRODUCER: Stephen Hague Chuck Plotkin Never Take The Place Of Your Man." Sergio Munzibai No Conversation (4:08) WRITER: Clifton Davis WRITERS: La La, Kashif WRITER: B. Springsteen PRODUCER: Stewart Levine PUBLISHER: Jobete, ASCAP PUBLISHERS: Little Tanya /MCA, PUBLISHER: Bruce Springsteen, ASCAP MCA 23812 (12 -inch single) Columbia 38-07663 LACE Since You Came Over Me (4:51) WRITER: Patrick Patterson ASCAP /Kashif /Music Corp. Of America, BMI PRODUCERS: Lionel Job, Preston Glass PUBLISHER: K.L.S. Nothing less than brilliant remake Arista AD1.9647 (12 -inch single: 7 -inch reviewed Title selection from his album is WRITERS: Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden, Capitol B -44095 Nov. 21) latest from the U.K. act; pulsating track engaging, up- tempo, and quite Jeffrey Cohen PUBLISHERS: Glasshouse /Irving/Gratitude Trio has earned plaudits in its native widely benefits from an impressive FRONT 242 Masterhit (7:06) danceable. Sky /When Words Ccllide, BMI /ASCAP U.K. and has worked individually with Shep Pettibone treatment. PRODUCER: not listed Wing 887 248-7 (c.'o PolyGram) (12 -inch version & also available, Wing 887 248.1) the likes of Kool the Gang, Bob WRITER: not listed TIFFANY Could've Been (3:31) PUBLISHER: not listed Marley, and Al Green; on its stateside DHAR BRAXTON Illusions (7:40) PRODUCER: George E. Tobin Sprightly, midtempo r &b number. Wax Trax 036 (12 -inch single) WRITER: Lois Blaisch debut, band offers a sampling of its PRODUCER: Jhon Fair PUBLISHER: George Tobin, BMI sweet, swirling melodies on this WRITERS: J. Fair, Chocolette Aggressive technodance item in three MCA 53231 WHODINI Life Is Like A Dance (4:50) PUBLISHERS: Y.A.M. /Munich Madness, BMI mixes; like a rough -edged Depeche PRODUCER: Larry Smith inspired pop release. Saxman Sleeping Bag 51I-30 (12 -inch single) Plaintive ballad follows the teen's No. WRITERS: D. Carter, J. Hutchins, L. Smith extraordinaire Courtney Pine guests, Mode. Contact: 312-528 -8753. If it's Braxton & Fair it's got to be 1 smash, "I Think We're Alone Now "; PUBLISHER: Zomba, ASCAP and producer Levine (Simply Red) Jive JS1 -9661 (c/o Arista) (12 -inch version also good; track is an irresistible solid performance. LENNY Do You Like American Girls (6:10) available, adds his gentle touch. syncopated groove, lyrically Jive JD1 -9660) tight and PRODUCERS: L. Williams, B. Turner mixed well. Contact: 212-724-1440. WRITERS: Lenny Williams, Jeff Katz BILLY IDOL Hot In The City (3:40) Coming off the top 20 "Be Yourself," PUBLISHER: Poo & The Bear, ASCAP PRODUCER: Keith Forsey one of PUBLISHER: Tee Girl, BMI Pelican PEL -001 (12 -inch single) WRITER: B. Idol rap's foremost acts keeps Tommy Boy TB 899 (12 -inch single) ALISHA The Minneapolis is PUBLISHERS: Boneidol /Rare Blue, ASCAP coming on strong; 12 -inch includes a Let Your Heart Make Up Your Mind (6:40) sound the basis for Chrysalis VS4.43203 (c /o CBS) Downbeat antiapartheid rhyme remix of last year's "I'm A Ho." PRODUCER: Mark S. Berry this Philadelphia native's forthright Originally released in 1982, rockin' features the speeches of Jackson and WRITERS: Alexandra Forbes, Eric Beall delivery. Contact: 215-922 -7999. track still sounds good. the drumming of Olatunji. Contact PUBLISHERS: Baby Raquel /Platinum Plateau/ 212 -722-2211. Get Uppa, ASCAP RECOMMENDED RCA 6821.1RD (12 -inch single) DOLLY PARTON The River Unbroken (3:56) Six remixes grace this energetic PRODUCER: Steve "Golde" Goldstein WINDJAMMER Winter Love (3:35) PRODUCER: Kevin McLin pop /dance release. WRITERS: D. Batteau, D. Brown FIVE STAR Strong As Steel (4:28) AC PUBLISHERS: David Batteau /Grey Ink, ASCAP WRITERS: Carl Dennis, Chris Severin PRODUCER: Dennis Lambert Columbia 38-07665 PUBLISHERS: Vogue /Cottontail /Chrisan TIA Cupid (6:58) WRITER: D. Warren Sutra SUD-068 (12 -inch single) Label debut and refined image should PUBLISHER: Realsongs, ASCAP PRODUCERS: Roy Be, Jim "Chopper" Cohn Men help this country darling regain her RCA 5365-7 Slow and romantic melody from the WRITER: R. Tarbox New Orleans act. Contact: 212-582- PUBLISHERS: Arista /Roby B /Chop -A -Cone, ASCAP pop stature with this rootsy, rock- First single from "Between The RCA 6654-1-RD (12 -inch single) BEN E. KING Save The Last Dance For Me 6900. (3:49) flavored ballad. Lines" failed to hit the top; perhaps No, it's not the Sam Cooke oldie this technobalad is key. PRODUCER: Mick Jones the redone '80s style, but it is an WRITERS: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman SWEET COOKIE Do You Wanna Dante'(4:35) BEE GEES E.S.P (4:17) PUBLISHER: Rightsong, BMI PRODUCER: Irvin Lee appealing technotrack that is very PRODUCERS: Arif Mardin, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, WATERS When You Love Somebody (4:10) Manhattan B -50078 (c /o Capitol) WRITER: Irvin Lee fast; nice hook. Maurice Gibb PRODUCERS: 0. Waters, H. Powell PUBLISHERS: Danica/Irvin Lee, BMI Faithful rendition of the 1960 Drifters WRITERS: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb WRITERS: O. Waters, C. Miles, T. Miles Denys F -984 (12 -inch version also available, Denys PUBLISHERS: Gibb Brothers/Unichappell, BMI PUBLISHER: Waters Wheel, ASCAP 4290) SOCIETY Love It (6:43) classic, on which he sang lead; Warner Bros. 7-28139 Water Wheal WV/P-7001 (12 -inch version also PRODUCER: Society produced by Foreigner's Jones. The album's been an international hit available, "Mind Your Business" was a minor WRITER: Society Water Wheel WWP- 12001) PUBLISHERS: Summersongs /Virgin everywhere but in the States; hit for this female rhymer, who Family of stellar background vocalists Big Time 6068.1 -B0 (c /o RCA) (12 -inch single) hastened synthtrack may be the one returns with an r &b /dance follow -up. handles its own charming up -tempo After a brief stint on import, this to do the trick. Contact: 415-947-1622. release with finesse. Contact: 213 -734- track has been completely altered in a CHRISTMAS 5050 LALAH HATHAWAY Inside The Beat (4:45) variety of recommended versions; PRODUCERS: Lonnie Reeves, Courtney Branch, group was formerly known as the Tracy Kendrick PICKS RECOMMENDED BAR -KAYS Don't Hang Up (4:09) Danse Society. WRITERS: Hazel Payne Buckley, Hardy Eason Jr., PRODUCERS: Allen Jones, R.J. "The Wiz" Lonnie Reeves WRITERS: L. Dodson, H. Henderson, W. Stewart, PUBLISHERS: Hilljay /Gaggle Gaggle/joy Love, BMI The following is a list of all new or PAUL SIMON & LINDA RONSTADT A. Jones Allegiance B-75701 (c /o Capitol) (12 -inch version reissued Christmas singles received Under African Skies (3:34) PUBLISHERS: Bar.Kays /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI also available, RECOMMENDED Mercury 870 018-7 (c /o PolyGram) PRODUCER: Paul Simon Allegiance V- 75300) this week. Because of the music's (12 -inch version also available, Mercury 870 018.1) WRITER: Paul Simon seasonal nature, the records PUBLISHER: Paul Simon, BMI Funky r&b groove from the late Aggressive r&b from the venerable MADAME X I Want Your Body (6:45) are not rated as to chart potential. Warner Bros. 7-28221 Donny Hathaway's daughter. funk act. PRODUCER: Bernadette Cooper ' WRITER: Bernadette Cooper Favorite selection from "Graceland" MICHAEL DAMIEN Christmas Time Without You FELTON PILATE Cleopatra (4:15) PUBLISHERS: Slap Me One/Spectrum VII, ASCAP is simple and easy paced. FINESSE A Sign Of Love (3:54) Weir Brothers W8R -413. Contact: 818- 992 -1743. PRODUCERS: F.L. Pittman, Felton Pilate Atlantic 086631 (12 -inch single: PRODUCERS: Mark Asher, Nathan Wang 7 -inch reviewed Nov. WRITERS: F.L. Pittman, C. Grace, F. Pilate 28) WRITERS: Mark Asher, Nathan Wang RICHIE HAVENS I Don't Wanna Know (3:33) PUBLISHERS: Idync -Derf/Felstar /Parker, BMI MICHAEL JACKSON Up On The Housetop PUBLISHER: Oh-The -Mark, BMI PRODUCERS: Jim Tullio, Richie Volt D -289 (12 -inch single) Motown 1914 -MF. Havens RPM 101 (I2 -inch single) EX- SAMPLE And So It Goes (8:53) WRITER: John Marlyn PRODUCERS: Walter McLean, Doug Suiter PUBLISHERS: Warlock /Island, BMI You could just about sing the lyrics to R &B dance selection is nicely WRITERS: Walter Mclean, Jerome Sylvers CHOCOLATE WILLIAMS Put The Merry Back In RBI RBSS 002 "Casanova" over this very similarly PUBLISHER: Little Dexter, produced and arranged and features a BMI Christmas styled tune. Contact 800- 227 -0466. Wide Angle TTW 87133 (12 -inch single) Havens' vocal is perfect for this gem spirited female lead. Contact: 213 -477- Casino ATP 225. Contact: 702 -457 -3875. from Martyn's catalog; much more 9424. Chicago-influenced technonumber of accessible than the first single lifted samples is a breakout this week. WINANS The Real Meaning Of Christmas Qwest 0-20606 (c /o Warner Bros.) (12 -inch single). from "Simple Things." Contact: 212- CA$H MONEY & MARVELOUS Play It Kool Contact: 212 -627-0981. 243 -4800. (3:39) COUNTRY PRODUCER: Hurley "Love Bug" Azor ASHLEY PAUL When Boys Cry (7:12) DWIGHT YOAKAM Santa Claus Is Back In Town WRITERS: J. Hewlett, M. Berryman Reprise 7 -28156 (c /o Warner Bros.). PRODUCER: Joel Diamond SMITHS PUBLISHER: Beach House, ASCAP WRITERS: Peggy Stanziale, Victoria Shaw Stop Me You Think You've Sleeping Bag SLX -31 (12 -inch single) PICKS If Heard This One PUBLISHERS: Purple Traffic /Charlie Monk, ASCAP Before (3:32) Exceptional rap duo from Philly Dix TOR -1019 (12 -Inch single) PRODUCERS: Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Stephen ALABAMA Face To Face (3:01) Street utilizes (with terrific results) an old Seventeen -year-old actress /singer PRODUCERS: Harold Shedd, Alabama WRITERS: Morrissey, Marr "West Side Story" riff; style is similar WRITER: Randy Owen handles one of the label's finest dance PUBLISHERS: Morrissey /Marr, PRS/ to that of Jazzy Jeff and Fresh PUBLISHER: Maypop (div. Wildcountry), BMI Warner -Tamerlane, BMI releases with a mature vocal styling; RCA 5328 -7-R Sire 7 -28136 (c /o Warner Bros.) Prince. Note "Ugly People Be Quiet" Paul was a regular on television's Delicious pop from the band's on the flip. Contact: 212 -724-1440. Band follows the autobiographical "Another World" and "Last Word." fabulous and last album together. "Tar Top" with a graphic and tender SWEET TEE I Got Da Feelin' (4:12) love ballad; Randy Owen's voice oozes ISIS Let Me Hold You (5:50) PRODUCERS Hurby Luv Bug, Steevee -0 intimacy. PRODUCER: Todd Terry HOOTERS Karla With A K (3:50) WRITERS: T. Jackson, Finger Prints WRITERS: Todd Terry, Isis PRODUCER: Rick Chertoff PUBLISHERS Protoons /Turn Out Brothers, ASCAP PUBLISHERS: Gaucho /New York Style, BMI WRITER: Hooters Profile PRO -7169 (12 -inch single) JUICE NEWTON Tell Me True (2:52) Posse POS 1224 (12 -Inch single) PUBLISHERS: Dub Notes /Human Boy, ASCAP Tee's PRODUCER: Richard Landis Columbia 38 -07666 cold rockin' the crowd with a WRITERS: Brent Maher, Paul Kennerley Latin hip -hop with a young -sounding Traditionally inspired pop tune. new rhyme and an old soul groove; PUBLISHERS: April, ASCAP/Irving, BMI female lead. Contact: 212- 581 -5398. coupled with the equally notable "It's RCA 5283-7 Like That Y'All." Contact: 212-529- In this sassy yet sweetly upbeat MICK JAGGER Throwaway (6:55) 2600. number, Newton promises her PRODUCERS: Mick Jagger, David A. Stewart WRITER: M. Jagger undying love and pleads for PUBLISHER: Promopub B.V., PRS BLACK TAWATHA Are You Serious (3:50) reciprocation. Columbia 44-07492 (12 -inch single: PICKS: New releases with the greatest chart PRODUCERS: Ed "Tree" Moore, James Mtume 7 -inch reviewed Nov. 14) potential. WRITERS: E. "Tree" Moore, J. Batton PUBLISHER: Mtume, BMI RECOMMENDED: Records with potential for PICKS NANCY MARTINEZ Epic 34-07662 Can't Wait (6:45) significant chart action. RECOMMENDED PRODUCER: Teneen Ali NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and Third release from WRITERS: T. Bentivegna, G. D'Orazio ISLEY BROTHERS "Welcome To My developing acts worthy of attention. I Wish (4:52) PUBLISHER: Kish Kish, CAPAC PRODUCERS: Isley Brothers, Angela L. Winbush Dream." Records equally appropriate for more than ISSAC PAYTON SWEAT Family Atlantic 0-86626 (12 -inch sings) WRITER: Raymond Reeder (2:34) one format are reviewed in the category with PUBLISHERS: Angel Notes /USA Exotic, ASCAP PRODUCER: I. P. Sweat Miami-ish dance number from the STETSASOMIC FEATURING THE REV. JESSE WRITER: Whites the broadest audience. All singles commercial- Warner Bros. 7 -28129 (12 -inch single also vocalist who ly available in the U.S. are eligible for review. available, JACKSON PUBLISHER: Beau -Tex, BMI brought you "For Send copies to Bill Coleman, Billboard, Warner Bros. 420827) AND OLATUNJI A.F.R.I.CA. (4:11) Tex -Lou TLR-101 Tonight." 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. PRODUCERS: Stetsasonic, Chris Irwin, 10036. Country Strong ballad single selection An account of a family that stays singles should be sent to Billboard, 49 Music News Dissector 'or the A.F.R.I.C.A. Project MICHAEL MORET Want Me (6:40) deserves to fare better than the ill- WRITERS: G. Baton, A. Hamilton together, set to a Cajun sound. Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. fated "Come My Way." Contact: 713-776-9219.

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CI 18 18 7 BELINDA CARLISLE MCA 4208o (8.98) (CO) HEAVEN ON EARTH 0 NEW 1 STEVIE WONDER MoTOWN 6248 ML (8.98) (CD) CHARACTERS

20 17 15 8 YES ATCO 90522/ATLANTIC (9.98) (CD) BIG GENERATOR 75 71 74 18 NATALIE COLE EMI -MANHATTAN ST 53051 (B.98) (co) EVERLASTING

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24 21 17 66 KENNY G. A2 ARISTA AL 8 -8427 (8.98) (CD) DUOTONES 79 75 72 13 ERIC B. & RAKIM 4TH & B'WAY 4005/ (8.98) (CD) PAID IN FULL

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1 million indicated by a numeral OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500.000 units. RIAA certification for sales of million units. with each additional following the symbol. 'CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product.

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SPECIAL -INTEREST VIDEO AWARDS (Continued from page 1) Ir CALENDAR Comedian Martin Mull hosted the Fox Hills Video's "Cycling For Suc- AVC Awards banquet and was as- cess," in the sports- instruction cate- A weekly listing of trade shows, sisted by celebrity presenters, in- gory. conventions, award shows, semi- cluding entertainers Shari Lewis, Here are the rest of the winners: nars, and other notable events. Rich Hall, and Edie McClurg; re- Documentary: "Mother There- Send information to Calendar, cording artists Julie Brown and sa," distributed by Today Home En- Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New Martha Davis; choreographer Paula tertainment. York, N.Y 10036. Abdul; and special guest David Lei- Education: "Touring Civil War sure (Isuzu's "lying man "). Battlefields," distributed by Travel - DECEMBER The AVC Awards are designed to Network Inc. Dec. 4, 19th Annual AMC Cancer Research Cen- honor special achievement in vari- Travel and adventure: "The ter Humanitarian Award Dinner, Roseland Ball- ous programming segments of the San Diego Zoo -It's A Wild Life," room, New York. Gail Obenrador, 212 -757 -6460. expanding special- interest home distributed by VideoTours. Dec. 5 -6, MIDI Expo, New York Hilton, New video market. More than 400 video- Music and dance instruction: York. 203 -259 -5734. tapes, each judged for its creativity "Steve Smith, Part One," distribut- Dec. 7 -11, Video Expo Orlando, Buena Vista and originality, were entered in the ed by DCI Music Video. Palace Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 800 -248- competition. Drama: "Gertrude Stein And A 5474. Lorimar's by Tapes- Dec. 10, BMI Music Seminar, Paramount The- three winners were Companion," distributed Masterwork Artwork. Michael Tilson Thomas shows off the original Joan Fonda's Workout With try International. atre, Austin, Texas. 615 -259 -3625. "Jane Landis oil painting used for the cover of his CBS Masterworks album of Aaron Weights" in the exercise and fitness Dec. 17, International Radio And Television So- Fine arts, music, and dance: Copland's "Old American Songs." The painting was a gift commemorating ciety Christmas Benefit, Waldorf- Astoria, New category; "Larry Hagman's Stop "Reflections: The Story Of The Ex- Thomas' re- signing with the label. Shown, from left, are Thomas; Joseph Dash, Smoking For Life" for health; and hibition Britain," York. 212 -867 -6650. Houses Of distrib- senior vice president and general manager, CBS Masterworks; Judie Janowski, "How To Your Really Start Own uted by the National Gallery Of Art. Columbia Artists Management Inc.; and Irwin Katz, vice president, a&r, CBS in JANUARY Business Inc. Magazine" careers, Crafts, hobbies, and home arts: Masterworks. investment, and personal finance. "Furniture Repairing With Bob Jan. 7- 10,1988 International Winter Consumer MCA's two winners were Mull's Flexner," distributed by the Taun- Electronics Show, Las Vegas Convention Center, "The History Of White People In ton Press. Las Vegas. 202-457 -8700. America, Volume Two" for comedy Home improvement: "Ceramic LIFELINES Jan. 26-29, Ninth Annual Box Office Manage- and "Ocean Symphony" for science Tile Walls," distributed by Do It ment International Conference And Exhibition: and nature. Yourself Inc. "Tickets And The Law," Caesar's Palace, las Ve- Other award -winning programs Games and magic: "Shari Lew- BIRTHS 24 in Glendale, Calif. He is director gas. 212- 570 -2166. from mainstream distributors in- is Presents 101 Things For Kids To Girl, Dorothy Nadia, to Gregory of national quality control /custom cluded Hi -Tops' "Babysongs," best Do," distributed by Random House and Sue Vovsi, Oct. 25 in Sunrise, marketing for Capitol Records. FEBRUARY children's entertainment; J2 Com- Home Video. Fla. They are owners of Hits Mu- She is production coordinator for Feb. 11 -13, 19th Annual Country Radio Semi- munications' "Chef Paul Pru- Sports history: "That Ball's sic. Capitol Recording Studios. nar, Opryland Hotel, Nashville. 615- 327 -4488 or dhomme's Louisiana Kitchen, Vol- Outta Here! The Mike Schmidt Sto- 615 -329 -4487. ume 1," in the cooking, food, and ry," distributed by Rainbow Home Boy, Dustin Alan, to Greg and Allan Cooper to Robin Hyman, Feb. 12 -14, South Carolina Coin Operators wine category; Sony Video Soft- Video. Laura Snyder, Nov. 2 in Golden Nov. 21 in Alpine, N.J. He is an Assn. Convention, Radisson Hotel, Columbia, S.C. ware's "Celebrating Bird: The Tri- Children's instruction: "Hey, Valley, Minn. She is advertising agent with the William Morris Helen Sikes, 803 -254 -4444. umph Of Charlie Parker," best vid- What About Me? (A Video Guide assistant for Recordshop. Agency. She is head of production eo music longform; Pacific Arts' For Brothers And Sisters Of New for Pair Records & The Special "Media: Zbig Rybczynski, A Collec- Babies)," distributed by KIDVIDZ. Girl, Jessica Rose, to Malcolm and Music Co. tion," in the video art category; and Cassandra Webb Wiseman, Nov. 2 NEW in Santa Monica, Calif. He is an en- DEATHS tertainment attorney with Silver- Kevin Staydohar, 27, of heart fail- COMPANIES VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS berg, Rosen, Leon & Behr. She is ure, Oct. 12 in Sacramento, Calif. (Continued from page d an actress. He was bassist in the group True West and a former member of Thin Debbie Dean & Associates, a pub- Other multiple winners, with two Screen. Boy, Matthew Robert, to Mike and White Rope. lic relations agency, formed by awards each, were Island's U2 and Best male video: "You Can Call Maureen Johnston, Nov. 11 in Debbie Dean. Company specializes PolyGram's Bon Jovi. Me Al," Paul Simon. Shreveport, La. He is an air per- David Kantor, 79, Oct. 27 at John in country music /entertainment. Capitol act Crowded House, nomi- Best female video: "Open Your sonality at KNCB Vivian, La. F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 44 Music Square E., Nashville, nated six times, won the prestigious Heart," Madonna. Philadelphia. The former orches- Tenn. 37203; 615- 255 -2175. best-new -artist video award. A &M's Best group video: "Where The Boy, Shawn Anthony, to Tony and tra leader played tenor saxophone Janet Jackson, who had four nomi- Streets Have No Name," U2. Teresa Godwin, Nov. 12 in Nash- and clarinet and performed at Phil- From Hell Productions, formed by nations, was tops in choreography. Best concept video: "Dear ville. He is RCA and A &M buyer adelphia -area clubs for more than Joseph C. Spatafora. An audio /vid- The following is a complete list of God," XTC; story by Nicholas for Central South Music Sales. She 30 years. His wife, Edith, acted as eo production and promotion com- Video Music Awards winners: Brandt and Philip Ridley. is also with Central South. his vocalist. In addition to his wife, pany that promotes Chicago's Best stage performance: "Li- he is survived by four daughters, a dance /rock group Shock Radio. GENERAL AWARDS vin' On A Prayer," Bon Jovi. MARRIAGES sister, and 10 grandchildren. First release is the 12 -inch "Jack Best overall performance: "Li- Rick Shoemaker to Denise Abbott, Your Mony, Mony." Box 503, 1140 Best video: "Land Of Confu- vin' On A Prayer," Bon Jovi. Oct. 10 in Encino, Calif. He is vice Send information to Lifelines, N. LaSalle, Chicago, Ill. 60610; 312- sion," Genesis; directed by John Best new artist's video: "Don't president of MCA Music. She is a Billboard, R O. Box 24970, Nash- 664 -4440, ext. 503. Lloyd and Jim Yukich; produced by Dream It's Over," Crowded House. free -lance journalist. ville, Tenn. 37202. John Lloyd and Jim Yukich for Split Whitewater Recording, a studio TECHNICAL AWARDS Paul West to Susan Fridgen, Oct. specializing in audio for television /video productions, formed by TELARC AD CAMPAIGN Best direction "Big Time," Pe- Adam Greenberg. Company pro- (Continued from page 4) ter Gabriel; directed by Stephen R. duces demo and promo tapes as Johnson. well as recordings. 20 Battery Minnelli At Carnegie Hall," which Best editing: "Big Time," Peter D.C. Show Earns $100K Park Ave., Asheville, N.C. 28801. has also been submitted in the best - Gabriel; edited by Joe Castallano. female-pop -vocal-performance cate- Best choreography: "Pleasure NASHVILLE More than boro Country Music for raising David Rambaldi & Co., a public re- gory. Principle," Janet Jackson; choreo- $100,000 was raised by the Marl- the funds needed to inscribe the lations firm, formed by David "No one, to our knowledge, has graphed by Barry Lather. boro Country Music benefit con- new names on the Memorial," Rambaldi. First clients include done anything like this before," Best special effects: "Boy In cert, held Nov. 10 at Washington's says Jan Scruggs, president and Blue Rock Records, Bullhead Re- says Papesh. "We checked with the The Bubble," Paul Simon; special Constitution Hall (Billboard, Nov. founder of the Vietnam Veterans cords, Teeci Clark, and Big Sam NARAS voting committee to make effects by Jim Blashfield, Don 28). Memorial Fund. Frazier. Suite 209, 15723 Vanowen sure there was no problem with it, Merkt, Matt Wuerker, Laura DiTra- Proceeds from the event, which Adds Frank Resnik, president St., Van Nuys, Calif. 91406; 818- and they said there was none. pani, and Michael Quinn. starred Alabama, the Judds, and and CEO of Philip Morris U.S.A., 892 -8877. "Unlike other years, there's so Best cinematography: "Where Bob Hope, are being used to cover "Philip Morris is extremely proud much product -it would be tough The Streets Have No Name," U2; the costs of inscribing the names of to have been part of such a worthy Lippsync Inc., a music video pro- for voting members to be cognizant Fred Elm, cinematographer. 24 additional veterans onto the fund -raising effort. We're thrilled duction company, formed by video of everything they're receiving. Most experimental: "Boy In Vietnam Veterans Memorial and with the amount of money we director Peter Lippman. 6879 Cam - "Even if the members don't take The Bubble," Paul Simon. hosting families of those veterans raised from the concert, and we rose, Los Angeles, Calif. 90068; us up on our offer to buy the record- Best art direction: "Big Time," while in Washington for the con- hope to continue our relationship 213 -850-6845. ings, we hope they'll at least be Peter Gabriel; Wayne White, art di- cert and Veterans Day ceremonies. with the Vietnam Veterans Memo- Send information to New Compa- aware of the titles we have." rector. "We're deeply grateful to Marl- rial Fund." nies, Billboard, P.O. Box 24970, MOIRA MCCORMICK Nashville, Tenn. 37202.

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 69 www.americanradiohistory.com NESMITH URGES `MEANINGFUL' ART (Continued from page 3) sign, skill in detail, usefulness, prac- "Video is both an art form and a the people from the outlets I nor- ticality -all these things go into business," Nesmith concluded. "We mally only talk to on the phone," making a worthy product," he said. must not shrink from this notion of said one label staffer. Nesmith offered this est -like one - greatness." Overall, members of the music liner on how to succeed in business: Attendance at the AVC was near- video side felt their industry is "Success is nothing more than an ly double that of last year's Bill- healthy; clip -production levels are orderly sequence of right ideas." board Video Music Conference. The up from last year, and several Speaking on music video, Nes- 15 special -interest and nontheatrical megahit music longform videocas- mith vehemently attacked what he video panels and five music video settes- including the recently re- sees as inherent racism and sexism programming and promotion panels leased Bon Jovi tape "Slippery in the way many clips are produced were mostly well attended, and re- When Wet: The Videos" -have and programmed. action from both the music video proved that at least some titles can "Why do we have a `black' or and home video camps was positive. do big numbers. `soul' video category?" he asked. "It In past years, label video promo- Said Mark Ghuneim, national di- is racism. Racism has destroyed tion executives had complained that rector of press and video for Beg- mighty societies, and it will destroy not enough programmers turned up gars Banquet, a promotional video our industry if we let it. Sexism is at the Billboard conference. service that supplies clips to various video clips still akin to it. These things must be rec- This year, representatives were outlets, "Music are Cross My Heart. David Leisure, Isuzu's "lying man," shows off the two AVC ognized and nullified." on hand from most national and building their own media -the American Video Conference Awards he earned for his producing and directing in - As one of the leaders the devel- many local shows as well as closed conference lends credibility to efforts on the special- interest title, "Learning Brain Surgery In Your Spare opment of specialized, nontheatrical circuit and video -pool operators. that." Time." We're lying. Leisure was on hand as a special guest presenter at the first On special -interest side, the home video product, Nesmith of- Among the programmers repre- the AVC awards gala Nov. 21 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. fered encouragement to other pro- sented were Rockamerica; MTV; conference appeared to be a wel- AVC coverage begins on pages 1 and 3. (Photo: Richard Aaron) ducers of such titles. VH -1; Night Tracks; The Nashville come first for a segment of the "Even though used movies have Network; Vusic Express; Campus home video industry that is fre- the largest market share in the Network; Star Touch; Black Enter- quently ignored by other trade home video business right now, that tainment Television; TV -23 in Ak- gatherings. Says Jim Jimirro, presi- turing process. very upbeat," says Jimirro. will change," he said. "After all, ron, Ohio; California Music Channel dent of J2 Communications, a sup- "The business is getting tougher years ago, it was porno videos that of Oakland, Calif.; KLSR in Eu- plier of nontheatrical titles: "We than it was two or three years ago, Assistance in preparing this story had the biggest share. As creators gene, Ore.; and Tracks & Facts of heard a lot of people [at the confer- but not because people are incompe- was provided by Al Stewart in New and producers of alternative and Birmingham, Ala. ence] say they were discouraged tent. The business is maturing and York. Additional AVC coverage specialized product, you are all the "The most important thing was about the nontheatrical market, but now requires a more aggressive will appear next week. leading edge of the business." being able to meet face to face with I think what we're seeing is a ma- marketing approach. We're still

CD PLANTS FACE CLIMATE OF UNCERTAINTY (Continued from page 1) problems. Its president, Jeffrey Wil- reining in their expansion plans. not rule out adding more capacity very little next year, according to its when it does, PDO will be ready to kins, claims the company's CD plant The companies with the least inter- next year, however, if market condi- chairman and CEO, Jim DeVries, al- take up the slack. is making money, but he admits that est in rapid expansion are labels that tions warrant it. though that may change after its sale Memory-Tech in Plano, Texas, the it laid off 30 employees recently and own pressing plants. Capitol's Jack- While neither Capitol nor WEA to Disctronics is completed. DeVries newest CD manufacturer surveyed that it's turning out CDs at an an- sonville, Ill., plant, for example, grew will divulge the current annual capac- says the capacity of LaserVideo's An- by Billboard, has a similar long-range nualized rate of 7 million units, far faster than expected this year, says ities of their pressing plants, industry aheim, Calif., plant may be raised plan. Owned jointly by Mitsubishi below its capacity of 12 million units. Lee Simpson, vice president of manu- observers have estimated that Capi- from 3 million to 4 million units, and and Electrosound, the plant has been Overall, he says Discovery is "satis- facturing and distribution for the la- tol's is 6 million units and WEA's is the capacity at its Huntsville, Ala., fa- shipping CDs only since Oct. 1 and is fied" with its CD operation, "but we bel, and "we're not putting any more 12 million (Billboard, Sept. 26). cility could grow from 15 million to 20 currently capable of turning out 1 1 wish there wasn't so much [industry- equipment in." CBS Records' CD plant in Pitman, million units a year. Although he million units annually. Despite its wide] capacity, because it could be The company is reserving judg- N.J., is scheduled to begin shipments says LaserVideo's business has been late entry into the field, however, better." ment on future expansion, he notes, by the beginning of next year (see increasing 10% a month since June, Memory-Tech is forging ahead to- From Canada, meanwhile, comes "because there is excess capacity out story, page 4). Although it can be ex- he admits the factories are now pro- ward its goal of being able to turn the news that heavy losses continue there, and it would be foolish for us pected to expand fairly quickly at ducing at only 75% of capacity. out 20 million disks a year by the end to be absorbed by two publicly traded to put in more [equipment]." He adds first, the rate of growth will be deter- West Chester, Pa. -based Tech - of 1988. CD manufacturers. Praxis Technolo- that Capitol is currently using all of mined by market requirements, ac- netronics is installing several new Shinobu Toyoda, second in com- gies posted a $1.2 million loss in the its capacity and farming out the spill- cording to a CBS spokesman. "monoline" presses that will double mand at Memory-Tech, admits it's three months ended Sept. 30, while over to other suppliers. Because of Part of the reluctance of the labels its annual capacity from 6 million to difficult to break into the market at Cinram's losses approached $1 mil- the pressing glut, he says, the plant to expand their pressing facilities is 12 million units by Jan. 1. "We won't this point but says that the poor qual- lion for the same period. These firms' would not be able to attract outside related to the steep decline in outside expand beyond that until the market ity of CDs pressed by some other woes are believed to stem from the business even if it had the capacity to pressing prices, which can be as little warrants it," says spokesman Dave manufacturers opens the door to fact that major Canadian labels order handle it. as $1 per unit without packaging. McQuade. those who make a higher -quality most of their CDs from foreign A WEA Manufacturing spokes- "The few majors that haven't started Shape Optimedia, based in San- product. He also points out that plants owned by or contractually tied man, likewise, says, "We feel we their own plants are thrilled with the ford, Maine, currently has a capacity Memory- Tech's owners are willing to to their international parents. have sufficient capacity for our own decision not to do it," comments one of 15 million units and plans to ex- lose money on the plant for a year or While pressures on the financially needs. We are a large facility and do informed source. "Those who did pand to 20 million by February or two in the hope of being rewarded in weaker CD pressers are expected to most of our pressing inside." The start CD plants are kicking them- March, according to vice president of the future not only from CDs, but intensify in the coming months, even main expansion planned at the site in selves because they didn't realize marketing Dennis Hannon. "We will also from CD -ROMs and the upcom- manufacturers with guaranteed busi- Olyphant, Pa., he notes, is the addi- how low prices would go through in- survey the market at that time. We ing CD videos. ness and /or powerful backing are tion of some warehouses. He does dependent manufacturers." have no current plan of going beyond Toyoda denies that Memory-Tech Because of low prices and industry 20 million," he says. is up for sale, though he says he has overcapacity, however, manufactur- With the Christmas selling season heard that some plants owned by `PLATOON' VID DISPUTE CONTINUES ers not owned by labels are also ap- in full swing, Hannon notes, Shape is smaller companies may be having hope I'll cash -flow problems. (Continued froma page 3) prehensive about what the coming working at full capacity. "I year holds. Most say they're going to be able to say that in two weeks," he PDO's Kiernan goes a step fur- dale's request for a settlement. time. Now that the courts have fi- either stay at their current level of adds. ther, declaring, "Any [CD pressing] "Essentially, we feel frustra- nally enjoined HBO's wrongful con- production or simply carry out earlier Jack Kiernan, senior vice president company that's not tied into a record tion," says Alan Levy, a spokeman duct, we are hopeful that a quick expansion plans by setting up equip- of marketing for Philips Dupont Opti- company is in serious trouble. You for HBO Video's parent company, resolution will follow." ment that has already been ordered. cal, states that annual capacity at the have to have a [guaranteed] base, be- HBO Inc. "The court's decision pre- HBO's pay -television service has Digital Audio Disc Corp., the coun- firm's plant in Kings Mountain, N.C., cause the [manufacturing] prices are serves the status quo of the injunc- the exclusive broadcast rights to try's largest CD plant, is now produc- is now 18 million units and is expect- ridiculous." With prices as low as $1 tion that has been with us for five or the movie, an arrangement that has ing up to its annualized capacity of 60 ed to rise to 30 million units by early per unit for a "raw disk," he notes, six weeks. Video retailers are still no bearing on the current battle million units, but executive vice presi- next year. The company is continuing and 70% of overhead fixed, "you have unable to sell or rent one of the hot- over the North American home vid- dent Jim Frische says he does not to expand its capacity, he explains, a big nut" to crack if you're a CD test video titles." eo rights. know if that will continue after Jan. for two reasons: It has guaranteed manufacturer. Levy stresses that the popularity While HBO could begin showing 1. "We anticipate there will be a business from PolyGram, which is Technetronics' McQuade agrees of the title is likely to wane the long- "Platoon" as early as January, the slackening of demand after the first owned by Philips, and it anticipates a that an "industry shakeout is inevita- er the dispute continues. "Motion HBO spokeman says the company is of the year," he states. major shakeout in the CD manufac- ble." His company, which began ship- pictures are a perishable commod- not likely to "bite off its nose to As the factory puts the last of its turing business next year. ping product in May, expects to show ity -all of the parties [in the dis- spite its face" by broadcasting the equipment into place, Frische notes, "I don't know how many of these a profit for this quarter, but he as- pute] recognize that." movie before the home video re- its yearly capacity will rise to be- [manufacturing] companies will be serts that continued prosperity for In a statement released Nov. 23, lease. "HBO Video is a major play- tween 72 million and 78 million units. able to withstand economic condi- Technectronics -and for other indie Vestron chairman Austin O. Furst er. It would not be in HBO Video's At that point, he says, DADC will tions in the industry," he comments. pressers - depends on the patronage Jr. stated, "We have been fighting interest to alienate the home video "level out." Eventually, however, demand will of a few major labels. to distribute [`Platoon] for a long industry," the spokesman says. LaserVideo also plans to expand again surpass supply, he says, and (Continued on page 73)

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10, 000 Maniacs 197 The California Raisins 162 Echo And The 3unnymen 101 Roger Hodgson 189 Love & Rockets 90 Emmylou Harris 96 Hiding Out 184 Suzanne Vega 167 2 Live Crew 186 Belinda Carlisle 19 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Hooters 161 Loverboy 82 Pet Shop Boys 32 La Bamba 30 W.A.S.P. 134 38 Special 192 Paul Carrack 116 Machine 93 Whitney Houston 10, 138 Lynyrd Skynyrd 92 Pink Floyd 165, 4 Less Than Zero 142 Wa Wa Nee 135 The Cars 59 Europe 48 Poison 28 Lost Boys 118 ABC 121 INXS 17 M.O.D. 153 Dionne Warwick 114 Cher 131 Excdus 149 The Pretenders 94 Top Gun 168 Aerosmith 11 Ice-T 128 MSG 107 Grover Washington, Jr. 191 Joe Cocker 97 Expose 27 Prince 65 Soundtrack- Madonna 69 Alabama 60 Icehouse 100 Madonna 146,87 Jody Watley 39 Natalie Cole 75 Bruce Springsteen 5 The Alarm 77 Faster Pussycat 144 Billy Idol 13 The Manhattan Transfer 190 R.E.M. 16 Wendy And Lisa 154 Ry Cooder 183 Squeeze 36 Dave Alvin 182 The Fat Boys 176, 42 Richard Marx 21 REO Speedwagon 103 The Whispers 113 Alice Cooper 109 Janet Jackson 155 Starship 151 Anthrax 200 Bryan Ferry 67 Reba McEntire 198, 119 Robbie Robertson 47 White Lion 98 The Cover Girls 173 Michael Jackson 2 Sting 9 Armored Saint 163 Fleetwood Mac 15 John Cougar Mellencamp 6 The Rainmakers 136 Barry White 159 Crowded House 169 Marlon Jackson 175 George Strait 86 The Art Of Noise 196 Ful Force 1 72 Men Without Hats 112 Eric B. & Rakim 79 Whitesnake Cruzados 164 Mick Jagger 68 Stryper 84 143.3 Metallica 71 The Red Hot Chili Peppers 160 Whodini 34 Anita Baker 26 The Cure 73 Kenny G. 24 Jethro Tull 37 Supertramp 115 George Michael 8 Smokey Robinson 62 Hank Williams, Jr. 81 Bananarama 76 Curiosity Killed The Cat 130 Gene Loves Jezebel 132 The Jets 53 Swing Out Sister 43 Stephanie Mills 117 Roger 72 Shanice Wilson 179 The Bar -Kays 110 Cutting Crew 91 Genesis 177 Billy Joel 38 Liza Minnelli 156 Rush 29 The Temptations 120 The Winans 194 Beastie Boys 126 Georgio 133 Elton John 124, 64 Terence Trent D'Arby 63 Van Morrison 125 Tesla 157 Angela Winbush 83 The Beatles 123, 185 Debbie Gibson 44 Glenn Jones 99 Salt -N -Peps 89 Dana Dane 52 Motley Crue 41 Tiffany 14 Steve Winwood 111, 31 Bee Gees 174 Grateful Dead 55 Joe Satriani 140 Jimmy Davis & Junction 122 The Kane Gang 148 Mr. Mister 139 Randy Travis 61, 150 Stevie Wonder 74 George Benson /Earl Klugh 129 Great White 35 Savatage 170 Martha Davis 127 Kashit 145 Triumph 85 Bodeans 102 Grim Reaper 141 Najee 166 Timothy B. Schmit 178 Yes The dB's 171 Kiss 25 20 Michael Bolton 106 Guns & Roses 56 New Order 51 Carly Simon 54 U2 12 Def Leppard 7 Kool Moe Dee 137 Buckwheat Zydeco 187 Bon Jovi 50 Paul Simon 105 UTFO 78 Deja 193 Sammy Hagar 180 The O'Jays 66 Bourgeois Tagg 88 L.A. Dream Team 195 The Smiths 80 Depeche Mode 45 George Harris,n 18 Alexander O'Neal 57 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Brandos 147 L.L. Cool J 49 SOUNDTRACKS Neil Diamond 70 Heert 22 Piledriver -- The Wrestling Album Laura Branigan 104 LeVert 58 Ray Parker Jr. 199 Beverly Hills Cop II 181 Dokken 23 Heavy D. & The Boyz 95 II 188 Jonathan Butler 152 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 46 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, The Big Easy 158 Hiroshima 1 )8 A Very Special Christmas 33 Earth, Wind & Fire 40 Dirty Dancing 1

BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 71 www.americanradiohistory.com AS NEW AGE SOARS, RADIO, RETAILERS, AND LABELS REAP THE BENEFITS (Continued from page 1) Harold Childs, president of effectiveness of quiet storm -type audience going into retail that GRP Records, new age has been a Hedges record ?" she quips. Qwest /Warners Jazz, estimates programs and jazz blocks dayparted didn't used to frequent record real blessing. The New York label Approaches to record identifica- that sales on the label's jazz and infor high night and weekend ratings stores," Rodriguez notes. has greatly expanded its roster of tions vary widely in the format. strumental product have increased on urban, AC, and rock outlets for KKSF San Francisco PD Steve late, so label partner Larry Rosen KKSF debuted with a policy of by 30% to 40% since the new age for- years. Having full-time Wave -type Feinstein concurs. "Our audience is says it's impossible to gauge what back -announcing all records until mat became a force to reckon with. stations in several major markets, anything but passive, nonbuying impact new age radio has had on listeners had become familiar with "We're in the process of revising however, has taken the exposure of couch potatoes," he says, citing the sales. He does note that label sales the product, and PD Feinstein now our whole approach to this market- this eclectic genre to an entirely results of a recent promotion staged in Los Angeles -where KTWV "the claims great success with liners pro- place," Childs says. new level. with Windham Hill Records. The Wave" gave new age its first major moting the outlet as "the only sta- Referring to a recent in -store pro- "I look at this format as a great pioneer new age label issued a four - market shot in February-far ex- tion that tells you the names and motion with WNUA Chicago of the opportunity to cross our artists into track, customized sampler cassette. ceed those in the New York area, artists of all the songs we play." George Benson /Earl Klugh album, the mainstream, simply because it Outlets had the option of requesting whose only new age -type outlet is Initially, KTWV Los Angeles- Childs says, "It's very exciting to introduces them to a much broader in -store displays for the freebies or WBGO Newark, N.J., a public sta- which doesn't use live announcers- see a station that's been on the air audience," says Sherry Winston, di- trusting that listeners would ask tion that emphasizes traditional broadcast an 800 number that lis- just a few months draw so many rector of jazz promotion for Colum- for them at retail counters after jazz. teners could call to find out the people out, especially the demo- bia. hearing sampler plugs on the air. Until the Wave hit, contemporary names of songs. Now, KTWV and graphics. They were black and Ruben Rodriguez, Columbia's KKSF opted for the latter, and jazz had a very limited shot on com- its Wave satellite siblings around white; 60% of them were women, VP /black and jazz promotion, esti- Feinstein says 900 samplers blew mercial radio. "Our marketing the country identify about 50% to most between 20 and 40 in age." mates that new age radio has out of the six participating Bay -area plans were essentially keyed to in 60% of the records played in a typi- The success of the new age for- helped spur label jazz sales by 20 %. Tower outlets in 48 hours. store and press," says Rosen, cal hour, says assistant PD Chris mat was certainly presaged by the "Now, you see a lot of the yuppie For one independent jazz label, whose label has jumped on the Brodie. chance to arrange creative promo- Motivated by an average of 2,000 tions with various new age outlets. product inquiries a week on the 800 meth- DECEMBER ALBUM RELEASES "When we were relegated strictly line, the Wave now uses two to jazz radio, the mix was too eclec- ods of tagging product: recorded (Continued from page 6) tic," he says. "Some people hate promos from the artists themselves The album's musical fare is report- remixes of previously released ma- The music for another sound- contemporary jazz and love the tra- and liners from listeners requesting edly just as dark, full of raw funk terial. It arrives the same day on track, "Siesta," was composed by ditional. This new format concen- the upcoming title. and X -rated munch. Sire. Marcus Miller and performed by trates on contemporary and appeals In WNUA's first two months on MCA will issue the Kinks' "The Leading the soundtrack pack is Miles Davis; the film's all-star cast to many people who never consid- the air in Chicago, 90% of the sta- Road" Dec. 28. Though primarily a Columbia's "Nuts," due out Dec. 14. includes Jodie Foster, the ubiqui- ered themselves jazz fans." tion's 3,000 listener calls concerned live album recorded during the Composed by Barbra Streisand, tous Ellen Barkin, Martin Sheen, Differing opinions on the proper better product identifications, says group's recent tour, the record does who stars in the film, the sound- and Grace Jones. The Warner Bros. amount of product identification ap- the station's PD, Bob O'Connor. contain a studio track, "The Road," track is an all -instrumental affair. soundtrack is slated for a Dec. 1 re- pear to be the only thorn in the bed "We now back -announce all our pro- its first single. In addition, "It," "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" lease. of roses new age radio currently gramming to answer that listener which was captured live, appears is the second release on Hughes Mu- At press time, the following la- shares with labels and retailers, but demand," says O'Connor. WNUA here for the first time in any form. sic, director John Hughes' MCA -dis- bels had no album releases sched- that seems to be improving. will soon be moving from six-song Collections are due from Paul tributed label. The soundtrack to uled for December: A &M, Arista, Rona Hoffberg, VP /marketing to three -song sweeps to give more McCartney and Erasure. Capitol's the movie, which stars Steve Martin Atlantic, Chrysalis, Elektra, EMI - for Chicago's Rose Records retail record information on each back an- "All The Best," scheduled for Dec. and John Candy, features new ma- Manhattan, Enigma, Epic, Geffen, chain, notes that back- announce- nouncement. 1, is a two -LP /one -CD set of terial from Dave Edmunds, Emmy- I.R.S., Island, Jive, London, Mercu- ments are crucial in this genre be- Rose Records' Hoffberg predicts McCartney's greatest hits. Era- lou Harris, Dream Academy, and ry, Motown, Polydor, Reprise, Rhi- cause it's generally a hard one for that some labels may use time buys sure's "The Two Ring Circus," also Steve Earle, among others; it ar- no, and Virgin. consumers to describe. "How do "as a leverage point" to ask for bet- a double package, consists of dance rives in stores Dec. 28. you hum a lick from a Michael (Continued on next page)

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72 BILLBOARD DECEMBER 5, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com LASERVIDEO IS SOLD TO DISCTRONICS WHEREHOUSE REACTS TO HOSTILE BID BY SHAMROCK (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 6) annually. er it wants to remain in the CD -man- factories and offices. He also says stock has climbed back to approxi- Wherehouse's disarming of its "poi- When this capacity is added to the ufacturing business. Quixote execu- that Disctronics will be "the major mately the same level it was trading son pill" provision and invalidation maximum output of Disctronics' tive VP of finance Myron Shain independent presser in the world at prior to the 508 -point Wall Street of the company's "golden -para- Australian and U.K. facilities, the adds, "We like the idea of being able among CD manufacturers." nose dive. On Oct. 12, the date of the chute" plan for departing corporate acquisition of LaserVideo will bring to [become an equity partner] ... Although LaserVideo does work first Shamrock offer, Wherehouse executives. Shamrock has stated the company's total production ca- We're looking not at the note, but at for major labels, it has specialized stock closed at 103/4i it closed at that it will file a lawsuit in Califor- pability to 65 million units per year. the [stock] option as the real value from the outset in pressing for 10'/8 on Nov. 23. nia state court to seek injunctive re- Dan Gorey, controller of the Qui- in the transaction." small indies. Currently, it claims to According to Shamrock, the pro- lief on these measures. xote Corp., says the sale of LaserVi- Meanwhile, Quixote -a diversi- have several hundred clients. posed merger would forestall the Wherehouse responded to the lat- deo is expected to close on Dec. 15, fied company with no other music LaserVideo's Huntsville plant redemption of Wherehouse's con- est Shamrock bid on Nov. 23 by an- subject to government approval. business interests -will use the went into operation in October 1986. vertible debentures at 106.25% of nouncing the redemption of its pre- Asked why Quixote decided to cash from Disctronics to pay off a The Anaheim facility, which began face value. Shamrock says that the vious shareholder rights plan -and sell, Gorey replies, "Our board was $21 million bank loan used to con- doing specialized -CD runs several bonds, which are redeemable at the the institution of a new poison -pill disappointed with the results struct the Huntsville plant. years ago, started large -scale man- high level in the event of a hostile plan. they've been seeing [from LaserVi- DeVries will remain with the com- ufacturing in January 1986. It now takeover attempt, are currently Under the new plan, stockholders deo] in the short term." pany as a board director of Disc - manufactures videodisks, CD- trading "at approximately 50% of are entitled to purchase one -hun- While he could not say whether tronics Ltd. LaserVideo president ROMs, and mastering equipment their face value." dredth of a share of Wherehouse's LaserVideo is in the black, it is con- Ram Reddy Nomula will become and plans to begin producing video Gold's strongly worded letter to Series A participating preferred sidered highly unusual for a CD president of Disctronics Manufac- CDs in January. Wherehouse leaves no doubt that if stock at $30 per share. The par val- plant to make money in its first turing Ltd. Disctronics began construction of the present offer is rejected, Sham- ue of the stock is $50 per share. year, and the company's Huntsville Roger Richmond -Smith, CEO of its Australian plant just 18 months rock will continue to pursue acquisi- Concerning the new plan, enter- facility has been operating for only Disctronics, emphasizes that the ac- ago. It was established by Quatro tion of the company aggressively, tainment industry analyst Keith 13 months. quisition of LaserVideo completes Group, an Australian media firm. and at an even lower cost per Benjamin of Silberberg, Rosenthal The agreement for LaserVideo's the "global network" of Disctronics KEN TERRY share -a move that could direct the & Co. in New York says that stock sale calls for Disctronics to pay Qui- wrath of stockholders at a Where- arbitrageurs "have confirmed that xote $29 million in cash and a $26.5 house board thus far demonstrably it is not clear what legal position million note. The note can be repaid disinclined to even discuss a possi- Wherehouse has." in one of two ways: Quixote can ei- ble acquisition. Benjamin offers four possible ther call it in one to three years af- UNCERTAIN TIMES FOR CD PLANTS "If the [Wherehouse board] is un- end-game scenarios on the current ter the closing, or it can convert the (Continued from page 70) willing to enter into a merger agree- Shamrock-Wherehouse standoff: debt to equity by participating in ment with Shamrock, Shamrock in- An acquisition mutually negoti- Disctronics' initial public offering, Shape Optimedia's Hannon, in con- ter positioned to survive the crunch tends nevertheless to proceed with ated by the two companies. ( "It expected to hit the Australian stock trast, says his company is heavily ori- than many other CD manufactur- the offer," the Gold letter states. would make sense for them to try market sometime in 1988. In the lat- ented toward indie labels, "and that ers," he says. "There's no doubt that "However, under such circum- and negotiate," Benjamin says.) ter case, says Gorey, Quixote would plan is working." Although Shape 1988 is going to be very difficult for stances, our offer will be reduced to A successful fending -off of the have a period of three years in does some pressing for majors, he de- any nonlabel- aligned CD plant" $10 per share to reflect our view of Shamrock takeover by Wherehouse. which to buy the stock at its initial clares, "The plan we have for Opti- the diminished value of shareholder ( "The fact that [Wherehouse presi- price, even if its value had risen dur- media's success [with CDs] doesn't Assistance in preparing this story equity resulting from the possible dent /CEO Louis Kwiker] has ing the interim. rely on major labels." was provided by Kirk LaPointe in exercise of the 106.25 redemption changed poison pills indicates he Gorey notes that Quixote will Hannon says he is glad that Shape Ottawa and Mark Mehler in New right." wants to put up a strong legal keep close tabs on the progress of is a diversified firm that does not de- York. Among other conditions Sham- front," Benjamin says.) Disctronics before it decides wheth- pend on CD operations. "We are bet- rock has attached to the offer are A successful takeover by Sham- rock. The intervention of a third party TRANS WORLD PURCHASES 14 GREAT AMERICAN OUTLETS friendly to Wherehouse -a so-called (Continued from page 4) white knight -that will acquire Wherehouse in its own right and F says Heilicher. "I perceive that all will be absorbed into the new [pub- The deal gives Trans World a In his own right, Heilicher has preserve the company's current the personnel on the retail store lev- lishing company] management or cluster of stores in the backyard of also made a mark on the music deal- management structure. el will be retained." terminated," Heilicher says. Musicland Group's headquarters. ers' scene. His chain was voted 1985 Heilicher plans to attend to sever- Kenn Wolfe, the chain's vice pres- With 598 locations, Musicland is the merchandiser of the year in the al other family businesses; his top ident of advertising, is one of the only U.S. music chain with a higher small -retailer category by the Man- priority will be the publishing divi- staffers who will be leaving. store count than Trans World. ufacturers Advisory Committee of sion of GAMCO, which is not includ- One of the GAMCO stores in the The sale of 10 -year -old Great the National Assn. of Recording ed in the Trans World package. The deal is in Omaha, Neb.; the other 13 American Music signals the exit of Merchandisers. The GAMCO presi- division publishes the in -store tab- are all in the Twin Cities. The pur- yet another regional web. More dent was a long -standing member loid Buzz. chase gives Trans World a total of than that, it also marks a departure of the NARM Retail Advisory Com- We Buy In addition to GAMCO stores, 14 locations in that market. It land- from record retailing of the Hei- mittee award and acted as this Dallas -based Sound Warehouse dis- ed a first Minneapolis -area store lichers, a family with deep roots in year's chairman. In September, he Writer's Rights & tributes a customized edition of during the summer through its pur- music selling. led the committee's annual meeting Buzz exclusively through stores in chase of Warwick, R.I.-based Mid- Heilicher's father, Amos Hei- with manufacturers in San Francis- Artist's Royalty its markets. Beginning in February, land Records (Billboard, Aug. 1). licher, was principal officer of Hei- co. He was being considered as a Long Island, N.Y. -based Record "We had been looking at that licher Bros., a leading distributor candidate for NARM's board of di- Rights World will pick up the paper. area for some time," says William- that diversified into rackjobbing. rectors. From Estates, Trustees, Heilicher and Nat Wolk, who was son. "They're one of the dominant The firm moved into retailing by "Basically, I sat down with my Bankruptcy executive vice president of retailers in that important Minne - opening the first Musicland stores. dad, who's '70, and decided it was GAMCO, will head the newly inde- apolis-St. Paul area. In the late '60s, Heilicher Bros. time to pass the baton in the family Administrators, Etc., pendent publishing operation. Hei- "Our plans are to retain the name merged with Pickwick. The com- business, and I want to attend to Income Producing licher says there are "other publish- of the Great American Music bined enterprise was regarded as family matters," says Heilicher, ex- ing projects that we're working on, stores," he adds. "We'll conduct an the music industry's largest rack, plaining his decision to sell. Send offers to: not only in the music industry." evaluation to determine the level of distributor, Additional- and retailer. Family holdings include one of Billboard Box *975 While Heilicher speculates that goodwill, which we feel is very high ly, under Pickwick's logo, it was the Minneapolis market's larger 1515 Broadway sales staffers, store managers, and in that market." known as the biggest supplier of coin operators, which owns several field supervisors will be retained by The two Wax Museum stores in budget-line albums. In 1977, Pick- arcades, and interest in various real New York, N.Y. 10036 the chain's new owner, the future of the package will also continue un- wick and Musicland were sold to estate concerns. other personnel is less certain. "The der that name, says Williamson, and Musicland's parent, Prime America, central staff, over a period of time, will also be subject to evaluation. then known as American Can. NEW YORK BASED RECORD CO.

AS NEW AGE SOARS, RADIO, RETAILERS, AND LABELS REAP THE BENEFITS IS SEEKING (Continued from preceding page)

ter back -announcements. Innovative promotions are play- spots and carried in 144 Chicago re- Similarly, Qwest's Childs says, ing a bigger role in this budding tail outlets. "It's great for all of VP. INTERNATIONAL "Our spots may simply serve to an- friendship between new age radio, us," says O'Connor. SALARY NEGOTIABLE nounce our records" on some sta- labels, and retailers. WNUA and KTWV Los Angeles has inked a tions. GRP Records, for example, have deal with the Tower chain's South- Contact ALAYNE SPERTELL (212) 370 -5400 "The format has created a lot of teamed to produce a compilation ern California outlets to install excitement because it's new," compact disk of songs by GRP art- Wave sections, a move that saves Childs says, "but they will have to ists handpicked by WNUA's pro- Wave listeners from searching start identifying the product better gramming staff. The specially through jazz, new age, and pop bins SMITH PERSONNEL to help keep that excitement go- priced $9.98 package will be backed when looking for favorites heard on 41 EAST 42nd ST. NEW YORK, NY 10017 ing." by in -store posters and WNUA the Wave.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Preliminary View Is Positive Feds Weigh CBS Label Sale INSIDE a member of the hall of fame's board. share. "The higher the percentage, HELPING HAND: The Musicians Assistance Pro- BY BILL HOLLAND the more we'd be interested," he gram of Local 802 counseling service gets a benefit WASHINGTON The pending sale says. boost Dec. '7 with a Music For Musicians concert at New of CBS Records to Sony Corp. has Haynes says the Justice Depart- York's Ritz. The event will be held in association with upon first ment also looks at the "vertical-merg- TRItI John Scher, WNEW -FM, and Casio. Acts set to ap- not raised any eyebrows glance by the Justice Department or er effects." An example of a vertical pear-with backing by an "all- star" band of top New the Federal Trade Commission, both merger is a movie company purchas- Edited by Iry Lichtman York -area musicians -are Michael Bolton, Garland of which must examine the deal for ing a chain of theaters in which to Jeffreys, Richard Lloyd, Ian McDonald, Gerard potential antitrust or vertical-mono- show its movies. "So Sony, a maker VCR VIEWING: Households with VCRs use their re- McMann, Jules Shear, Phoebe Snow, and Patty poly problems. of record players, is acquiring CBS, corders 73 minutes a day on average, indicates a study Smyth. Tickets are $20 ... Richard Broderick, the in- Both Sony and CBS will have to file which makes records," he says. "Is by Nielsen Media Research. Based on household size, dustry vet who established the New York Univ. music merger /acquisition papers with the there any control there? Could they it's 92 minutes a day for four members, 68 minutes for and technology program, addresses the monthly meet- Justice Department and the FTC be- prevent people from buying any re- three members, 62 minutes for two members, and 52 ing of the music and performing arts unit of B'nai fore the $2 billion deal can go cord they wanted, that sort of thing? minutes for one member. B'rith Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Sutton Place Synagogue through. And while representatives I don't think that could happen. in Manhattan. Broderick's topic is "Education In The from both agencies say they cannot "We'd be concerned if a barrier is NEW TIES: McGraw -Hill Home Video, seeking to Music Business: A Partnership For Growth." comment on the sale, they say they erected against entry into the indus- expand the exposure of its line of specialty videos, has are more interested in cases that pose try," he says. "Would a new company made a distribution deal in the U.S. and Canada with MISSION POSSIBLE ?: Bill Gallagher, president of vertical -monopoly problems -such as have to enter on two levels? Would a United Entertainment of Tulsa, Okla. Formed 18 MGM /UA Home Video, reacting to the pending Sony one record company merging with company have to be a manufacturer months ago by the huge book company, the unit has re- acquisition of CBS Records, a label with which he spent another. of audio equipment to become a released six titles so far, among them "Steve Allen's How many years in major slots, says the most startling indus- "Since Sony manufactures and dis- cord company ?" To Make A Speech," "Auto Repair For Dummies," and try news is yet to come. Gallagher believes the summit trbutes audio equipment but not re- Susan Ticknor, an FTC representa- "Cooking With Chocolate." ... Pair Records and The with President Reagan is not the only reason Soviet cords and tapes and CBS sells re- tive, says her agency will look first at Special Music Co. have made a deal to market masters leader Mikhail Gorbachev is visiting the U.S. starting cords and tapes but does not manu- the overall revenues of the two com- from the Buddah catalog. Pair will offer two-record, Dec. 7. "I hear Gorbachev will meet with Steve Ross to facture or distribute audio panies to determine their market - double -play cassettes and compact disks, while Special make an offer to buy the WEA labels from Warner equipment, I'm not so sure our pa- share percentage. "Then we would Music Co. will market selections as rameters would apply," says Fred examine the holdings in the same in- budget cassettes and CDs. "Reprinted Courte sy of Newsday" Haynes, a spokesman for the Justice dustry to see if they overlap. Then we Department's antitrust division. look at the merger or acquisition as if READ ALL ABOUT IT: For a free- "We first look to see if the merging it had already happened, to see how it bie, Tower Records' Pulse maga- companies are horizontal competitors would affect the industry. zine is hard to beat. Its Christmas is- and if the merger would substantial- "From this examination, we deter- sue is 185 pages in length, including ly concentrate the market," Haynes mine whether the merger or acquisi- a 32 -page, four-color classical music says. "Then we find out if the merg- tion will unreasonably restrain com- insert, and "it weighs a pound," ac- ing company is a potential entrant petition among existing competitors cording to Pulse editor /publisher into the market of the acquiring corn - in any market or will adversely affect Mike Farrace. A highlight of the the case of entry into one or more tome is a parody of Norman Rock- The department then calculates the markets." well's Thanksgiving dinner portrait, new company's potential market with CDs replacing the turkey. While this is the nearly 5- year-old Pulse's biggest ad revenue generator, says Farrace, it is second in size Talent Team Up to the July indie-label issue. Some U.S., Soviet 175,000 copies of the Christmas number have been printed and are being Cypress To Issue Glasnost Single shipped to Tower's 45 U.S. and six N etas IT em: SONY aCQUIReS CBS Reco & s. LOS ANGELES On Dec. 7 -the day anz cut the backing tracks for the Japanese stores. Tower's pair of Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev song here, but the Soviet band's de- London stores don't get Pulse, but will begin offering a Communications." Speaking of the CBS /Sony deal, at arrives in Washington for summit parture left the work unfinished. Brit-written counterpart called TOP in May. least one newspaper -Newsday, in its Nov. 22 edition - talks- Cypress Records will issue a In June, Pomeranz and Schless has made editorial comment (in cartoon fashion) on the unique glasnost-styled single featur- flew to Moscow to add vocals to the BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, Nashville -based deal (see illustration). ing talent from both the U.S. and the song, Stas Namin, the leader of the management company Praxis International will have U.S.S.R. band that bears his name, arranged inked a development deal with A &M Records under THE KING OF MARCH: Bob Stern's Premier label, The song, "Far Away Lands," a for the use of the state-owned Melo- which the firm will scout out talent in the Southeast and based in New York, plans a novel album for release in "We Are The World" -like anthem diya Studios, the only recording stu- present it to the label. Praxis represents singer /song- late winter. Stern has obtained 38 mostly "trunk" songs with themes of peace and mutual un- dio in Moscow. Pomeranz and Ma- writer John Hiatt, who already records for A &M, and written by march king John Philip Sousa, many of derstanding, features U.S. singer/ linin completed the vocals there in Jason & the Scorchers, who just signed with the label. which he'll record with singers Maryanne Telese and songwriter David Pomeranz and the one five -hour session; later, guitar Other artists on its roster include Steve Forbert-cur Stephen Lusmann, with piano accompaniment by Jim Soviet Union's Sasha Malinin, former and string overdubs were added to rently in the studio with the E Street Band's Gary Tal- Coleman. Stern says he was given the material- includ- lead singer for rock band Stas Namin the song in Los Angeles. lent -the Sluggers, and the Questionnaires. ing songs from a Broadway musical Sousa wrote -by and current leader of the group Met- Pomeranz says that "Far Away Sousa's grandson, John Philip Sousa III. Sousa's mu- ronome. Lands" is dedicated "to the spirit of BACKSTAGE at the National Academy of Songwrit- sic is currently being heard on Broadway in `Teddy & The single, recorded in Moscow the summit and to all the youth and ers salute Nov. 21 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Ange- Alice," and efforts are under way in Washington to de- and Los Angeles, will contain En- cultural -exchange programs that are les, Stephen Stills confirmed that Crosby, Stills & clare "The Stars & Stripes Forever" as our national glish- and Russian -language versions helping to create brotherhood and un- Nash will start recording with Neil Young as part of march. of the song. derstanding between our two na- the team. Pomeranz was inspired to write the tions." A DAY IN COURT LOOMS: Within the next three song with band mate Peter Schless Cypress will also issue the song on TIMELY READING: Caedmon Records, the spoken- weeks, a Superior Court date in Los Angeles is expected after seeing Stas Namin perform in a a label sampler album, "Critic's word label, has just recorded a reading by "Amadeus" for the longstanding suit by Creed Taylor Inc. against Los Angeles club during a tour by Choice," scheduled for release Jan. Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham of the classic Warner Bros. Records. The suit revolves around a le- the Soviet band in late 1986. Pomer- 19. CHRIS MORRIS "Phantom Of The Opera," the hit U.K. musical version gal wrangle over guitarist George Benson, who was of which opens on Broadway Jan. 26. That fact isn't lost produced by Taylor during his tenure at A &M and re- on Caedmon, which plans to have a two-cassette release corded five LPs for CTI between 1971 -75. After Benson available then. The package will carry a list of $14.95 un- signed with Warners in 1975, CPI, which claimed it still til May 1, when the price will go up $1. The label is drop- held the artist under contract, lodged a complaint with BM/ Retreats On Bonuses ping LP versions of its new releases, other than product Warners; a three-party agreement was subsequently NASHVILLE Pending the outcome from ASCAP, succeeded in getting geared for children. hammered out, under which Benson, recording nonex- of arbitration on the issue, BMI has the matter referred to arbitration, clusively for both labels, would deliver 1' /2 albums owed elected to pay its regular bonus for where it still rests (Billboard, Sept. 5). LABEL SCORES AGAIN: Cinedisc, the film /televi- under his old contract and record two new LPs for CTI. record- the first quarter of 1987 to songwrit- The Nov. 3 letter, signed by BMI sion track logo of Intersound, is releasing the score of The suit claims that Benson failed to deliver any hit ers who have left the organization. president Frances Preston, adds a "Hello Again," the Disney /Touchstone Pictures re- ings to CTI after December 1975 but recorded three is The announcement came in a cover cautionary note: "If, following the lease starring Shelley Long. William Goldstein, who records for Warners during 1976 -77. Benson not asks for $20 million in actual letter dated Nov. 3 that accompanied resolution of these legal issues, BMI scored the film, also appears on Intersound's Pro Arte named in the action, which awards. CTI, which the quarterly statements of earnings. fully implements the provisions of its label with "Switched On Classics" ... Anna Sosenko, damages and $30 million in punitive an injunction to prevent BMI had announced that it would revised payment schedule, the bonus who has produced a number of Broadway tributes in rein 1977 unsuccessfully sought filed for Chapter discontinue bonus payments as of payments in this distribution will be cent years, is staging the 19th annual Songwriters Hall Benson from recording for Warners, York's 11 bankruptcy in 1978. Jan. 1, 1987, to writers who had left debited to your account and will be of Fame induction ceremonies April 18 at New to join other performing rights societ- recouped from any future distribu- Marriott Marquis Hotel. Sosenko will share production ies. Songwriters protesting this tion to which you may be entitled." responsibilities with Ervin Drake, who, like Sosenko, is move, backed with legal assistance EDWARD MORRIS

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