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record Dedicated To Serving The Needs 0/ The Music & Record LJNonigIndustry Vol. 21, No. 1018 December 10, 1966 In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the WHO IN SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK 71111151 THE WORLD u4.41, PROMOTION DEAN 0538 MARTIN NASHVILLE CATS LET THE GOO TIMES IN THE I01,417r100NPUL Dean Martin warbles "Open Up "Nashville Cats" isa tribute to "Papa Was Too" has a hypnotic theDoor(And Letthe Good thecityfrom themarvelous, slowshufflebeat thatwillget TimesIn)" and does justthat nonpareilLavin'Spoonful.The those teens to the counter fast. on thegoodtimediskwith inimitable John Sebastian cleffed JoeTex movesit.groovesit party -goers chimingin.Another it,of course (Kama Sutra 219). (Dial 4051). click (Reprise 0538). SLEEPERS OF THE WEEK III), regiliii_enni 111111 101 1111 nm HER 509 14 'Rs 1 'MOO, VS VHS RS 11RON SOUL SISTER THE v BLACK OLIVES FOUR CENTS MRTM Bad Bra "Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron" by "Soul Sister" is a hand -clapping Organ -paced instrumental "Black the Royal Guardsmen is a instrumental with sax out front. Olives" getsright down tothe humorous disk about the popu- The Four Gents lay down sounds nittygrittyas the Bad Boys larcartoon dogandhisim- good for that skate and booga- playit.Should make important agined exploits asa war pilot loo. A seller (HBR 509). chart dent (Paula 254). (Laurie 5597). ALBUMS OF THE WEEK Senator Dirksen Joined 131111:I\ 101', 'tv1 in Capitol Records' Prexy Alan Livingston ( & Many Political-Show Business Personalities) at Party Bobby Darinrecentlygot with A liveconcertrecordedhere. Teens will feel Smokey Robinson Charles Koppelman and Don TheRolling Stones go through and theMiracles' "Away We A In Washington Last Week Rubin and there'vebeen some a number ofselectionswell Go Go"istheonetheyneed changesmade.Theresulton known to the buying public. The when they discover "(Come thisalbumis a collectionof thrillofthe"in person"elec- 'RoundHere)I'mtheOne You moving, contemporary tunes,in- tricity is a big enticement. Need" isincluded with a bunch For Senator's Cap LP cluding "IfI Were a Carpenter" "Have You Seen Your Mother," of otherjustright numbers and "The Girl That Stood Beside "TimeisOn My Side" (London from the crowd (Tamla 271). And Single, 'Gallant Men.' Me" (Atlantic8135; SD8135). LL 3493; PS 493). Whole Story This Issue. e ri t Alb t at be pl.ed 801ctro t te STENO IPS 779 $0111A OM NM IMMO 100.0 10.110MI0 .01 011600 I0 MOM 110014 MI. 00. OW OM MORI 110011606 Id 0011001 INS MS MEN 0.01. 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Kinley Dirksen introduced - Donald England Thomas Noonan and listenedtofor thefirst To implement these goals, the time in their completed forms label has announced a series of -his new Capitol single and important executive changes in album "The Gallant Men" at an the sales and promotion staffs: exuberant press conference in Donald England has been pro- the Senate office building. motedtoDirector,Columbia Records Sales; Thomas Noonan And did he listen! asDirector, National Promo- The Senator, for whose single tion, will have broadened re- orders of 200,000 have accrued,Record World publisher Bob Aus- sponsibilities;JosephLyons shurhed the cocktail crowd-tin and Senator Dirksen at Wash- has been appointed Director, many flowninby plane-soington cocktail party for Dirksen'sNationalAccounts,Columbia Joseph Lyons Paul Smith that he could impress on themnew Capitol Records single andRecord Sales, and Paul Smith his dedicationtohisproject,LP, "The Gallent Men." See story for further details. has been promoted to Director, which, he had noted, interested Merchandising, Masterwork au-er emphasis on the role of pro- him primarily as a step toward dio Products and Accessories. motion throughout Columbia's re-establishing a spirit of tra-Senator Dirksenmellifluously Field Sales organization. This dition and patriotism he feelssaid that, in effect, he was ac- In announcing the changes,willincreaseColumbia'sef- is lacking in the United Statesquiescing to many of his con- Bill Farr, VP, Marketingficiency in affecting a unified stituents and fans, who overstated: "This executive realign-promotional effort, and in eval- now. ment willgreatly strengthen Cap president Alan Living-the years have asked him to re- uating trendsinthe market- cord some of the nation's mostColumbia'sposition in theplace. ston and Chappell's Arch Lust -important documents. competitivemarketplace,and Lyon's new responsibility to berg, who produced the pack- will enable it to remain alert agewithoriginalmusicby H. Paul Jeffers, a New York Loetz will be to enhance Co- network newswriter and pro-and aggressive in the path oflumbia's positionwith major John Cacavas, introduced the rapidly changing trends." Senator, both calling attentionducer,wrotethecontinuity nationalaccountsandtheir to the importance of the Sena-material for the disk. England, in his new capacity,suppliers. tor'srecording, the Senator's Chappell publishes the musi-willberesponsibletoJack In his new position as Direc- Loetz, VP, Columbia Recordstor,Merchandising, Master- adeptness in the studio and thecal backgrounds. Sales. His duties will include immediatepublicreactionto The Senator's follow-up al- work Audio Products and Ac- the activity. bum is already in the works.directing the sale of Columbiacessories, Smith will be respon- It's to be a series of excerptsLabel record, tape, audio, ac-sible to J. J. Harris, Director, (The single was released last cessory andotherproductMasterworkAudioProducts. week. The album will be offi-from the Bible. through hisdirectionof theHe will provide direction to Co- cially issued Dec. 12, although The Senator will receive 5%FieldSalesorganization andlumbia's Regional Sales Man- a limited advance pressing ofroyalties on the current album.the implementation of Market-agers and Distributors inthe 100 packages was distributed atAsked whether he was donatinging policies and programs. merchandising, advertising and the convene.) the proceeds to charity, he said promotion of the Masterwork his Noonan will now be respon- In elaborating on his reasonsthathe neverdiscusses sible to Loetz for placing great -line. for entering the record world,charities publicly. Schwaid-Lewis ABC Inks Laine BMI Settles Antitrust NEW YORK-The rush sign- ing of singer Frankie Laine at Associates Set ABC Recordslatelast week Suit with Justice Dept. NEW YORE - Bob Schwaidtriggered a furor of activity re- WASHINGTON - The Jus-to broadcasters for performing and LennyLewishavean-sulting in the Dec. 5 of his firsttice Department announced athe music. The originalsuit nounced the formation of theABC single, "Ev'ry Street's aconsent judgment tosettleawould have required the 517 firm called Schwaid-Lewis As-Boulevard" and "I'll Take Carecivil antitrust suit that allegedbroadcasters that own stock in sociates, Inc., which will spe-of Your Cares." that Broadcast Music, Inc., andBMI to divest themselves of it. cialize in the field of personal others combined to monopolize management, record production performance licenses for copy- BMI Satisfied and music publishing. righted popular music. Robert B. Sour, President of Miriam Makeba, Mercury re- ThedepartmentsaidtheBMI, said: "The willingness of cordingartist,and whois judgment, to become final in 30the Department of Justice, af- booked by the Associated Book- days, bars BMI from some seg-ter long investigation, to dis- ing Artists Corporation, under ments of the music field andmiss its lawsuit against BMI the personal supervision of Joe places certain restrictions onon the basis of a consent judg- Glaser, has been signed by the its dealings with its affiliatedment is a source of great satia- company for personal manage- music writers and publishers. tion to BMI. The decree does ment. The suit, brought in Decem-not involve any admission of Also under the firm's direc- ber,1964, charged that BMIwrongdoing by BMI, any tion are Miss Bonji Makeba Frankie Leine & Larry Newton and others tried to monopolizechange in BMI's basic structure and Judi White, known profes- Originallyplannedat a both the acquisition of musicor any diminutionof BMI's sionally as Bonji and Judi, wholeisurely pace by ABC Records'performance rights from com-ability to continue its effective have been signed to Epic Rec-President Larry Newton, theposers, publishers and authorscompetition in the field of per - (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 4) and the granting of licenses (Continued on page 4) RECORD WORLD --December 10, 1966 3 Clive Davis Keynoter BMI Settles Project 3's (Continued from page 3) First Albums At NARM Convention forming rights. "Many of the provisions of NEW YORK - Project 3 - PHILADELPHIA - Clive J. theproposedjudgmentare"The Total Sound"- willre- Davis, Vice President and Gen- identical in substance with pro-lease its first series of albums eral Manager of CBS Records, visions of a consent decree un-thisweek,anouncesEnoch has been named Keynote der which BMI has been op-Light, President and General Speaker for the Ninth Annual erating ever since 1941. Com-Manager of Project 3. Convention of the National As- pliance with other provisions Thealbumsare"Spanish sociation of Record Merchan- of the judgment will not ham-Strings," by Enoch Light and disers Inc. (NARM), to be held per BMI in any way in the ren-the Light Brigade; "The Kiss - March 5through March10, ditionof the services whichin'Cousins Sing" with Lew 1967, at the Century Plaza Ho- have proved so useful to writ-Davies andhisorchestra; tel in Los Angeles.