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Dedicated To Serving The Needs Of The Music & Record Industry Vol. 22, No. 1066 November 11, 1961 In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the *SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK cfsNicro WHO C' EDDY ARNOLD it IN THE "IN AND OUT OF LOVE" HERE COMES HEAVEN Diana Rossandthe Su- The currentchartditty, Eddy Arnold has a compel- WORLD premes are falling "In and "SoulMan,"(East -Pronto, ling new balladin"Here Out of Love" (Jobete, BMI) BMI), gets a niftygoing- Comes Heaven"(Hill & and teens will fallinlove over by Ramsey Lewis and Range, BMI) that will make to stay with the disk (Mo- crowds will want this ver- more friends for the singer town 1116). sion, too (Cadet 5583). (RCA Victor 47-9368). SLEEPER PICKS OF THE WEEK HEY BOY! he 6111,InLore WO You, 2.30 PO 0 HAPP TOO OLD TO GO 'WAY LITTLE GIRL THE EIGHTH DAY tlir SHAME NewPoppy labelshould The Eighth Day are a new PeppinodiCapri and the getoffthegroundfast septet-five boys and two Rockerssing"PiangePi- with "Too Old to Go 'Way girls-with thecontempo- ange Cry" (ASCAP) for From Left, Glenn Sutton, Little Girl" (Dialogue, BMI) rary sound on "HeyBoy! novel effect.It's the oldie with new group, the (TheGirl'sin LoveWitn with Italianlyrics (Regalia Shame, laying downthe You)" (Greenlight, BMI) 1113). Billy Sherrill and Al sounds (Poppy 501). (Kapp 862). Gallico 'Take Five' After Succession of Hit Tunes .11LBUill PICKS OF THE WEEK 04.3,9,13. Written by Sherrill And SAM & DAVE Sutton for Gallico Music. IrreiTP,W511rPkv. The Story of This Hit Triumvirate in This Issue. New blockbuster soundtrack Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Single clicking with "Soul Man," "Camelot" with RichardHarris, Higher" is certainly a great rea- Sam and Dave go on to show Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero sonforthisnew packageof theyare"Soul Men" onthis singingtheLerner -Loewe gems sizzling r/b tunes to sell new album of r/beauties for the (Warner Bros. B/BS 1712). (BrunswickBL 7/54130). crowds (Stax 725; S725). prod. by John Boylan ct of Koppelman-Rubi mfd. and dist. by Capitol Rec IIMMIII41Pldr~dPilPilkiseAMP41W41P4IPAPOOF MOA Convention News Gallagher Resigns Attendance Up at 1600 At Columbia Label But More Exhibit, One Stop Major Announcement Concerning Interest is Needed New Affiliation Forthcoming CHICAGO - The MOA con-that the almost total absence NEW YORK - William P. vention held here at the Pick -of one stops was not conduciveGallagher, Vice President, Co- Congress last week -end(Oct.to meaningful sales talk, sincelumbia Records, A&R and Spe- 27-29) drew a crowd of 1600the one stopis becoming in-cialProducts, announced his operators and record companycreasingly vital to transactionsresignation last week. personnel - about100 morefrom manufacturinglevelto Gallagher will shortly make than last year. the juke box level. Among thean announcement of major sig- Reactiontothe meet wasmany who expressed this senti-nificance concerning his new mixed, with the operators gen-ment was Epic's Len Levy. affiliation. Upon his resignation, erally pleased with the confab May Dwindle Sans One Stop he stated: activity, but record companies "During the past 15 years I slightly less pleased. There was a general feelinghave had the good fortune of The displeasure among wax-among waxeries that participa-being associated with one of ery people was two -fold. Firsttion might dwindle unless thethe fine companies in this in- of all, response at the exhibi-annualget-togetherincludeddustry, Columbia Records. In Bill Gallagher tion booths was slow (possiblyheavier one stop participation.fact,Columbia has been my because, with the exception ofIt was also thought that theonly association in the record Exits After 15 Years a lavish MGM booth, exhibitsregional nature of the one stopindustry which began in Janu- were not extensive). operation might mitigateary of 1952. increasedattendance. Coast A&R offices headed by Secondly, record people feltagainst "I am pleased to have hadJack Gold. (Continued on page12) the opportunity to participate Gallagher was born in Scran- in the tremendous growth ofton, Pa., and attended the Uni- this industry and, particularly,versityofScranton.Before Stigwood ExitsNems ColumbiaRecords.Butthejoining Columbia, he was Sales greatestfulfillment derivedManager for the Nestle Com- from my years of association pany. To Form OwnFirm here has been the opportunity NEW YORK - Robert Stig- to work with the fine people With Col Since '52 wood wasinthe stateslast who make up Columbia Rec- Gallagher has beenassoci- week to announce his imminent ords.I am leaving, too, withated with Columbia since 1952, resignation from Nems Enter- the satisfaction of having per-when label as Dis- prises to become chairman of sonallyparticipated inthetrictSalesManagerinthe his own Robert Stigwood Or- growthanddevelopmentofKansas City, Omaha and Min- ganization, which will handle many of these fine people." neapolisareas.Subsequently, Stigwood groups the Bee Gees, he managed District and Re- the Cream and the Foundations. Gallagher Staff Reporting gional offices in Cleveland, De- Stigwood intends to set up To Davis Temporarily troit and Philadelphia. Galla- international offices as quickly gher came to Columbia's New as possible. He especially feels In a statement issued to the CBS organization,CliveJ.York office as National Sales that the American market can Davis, President of CBS Rec-Training Director, and in 1957, yieldtalentforimportant ords, said:"Itis with muchhe was promoted to National world-wide exploitation shortly. regret that I announce the res-Sales Manager. In May of 1961, Robert Stigwood he was elevated to VP and Di- (Continued on page 8) ignation of Bill Gallagher . I know that I speak for every-rector of Sales; and in July, 1961, he advanced to the posi- Beatles-Nems Status one in our organization in wish- Producers Of ingBillwellinhisfuturetion of VP, Marketing. He was To Be Examined Statesideundertaking ... Thosemembersnamed VP, with the responsi- This Week's of the A&R and Special Prod-bility for the Columbia Label, NEW YORK-Nathan Weiss,ucts staff who have been re-in August, 1965. Front Cover Picks attorney for the Nems-Nemper-porting to Bill will temporarily orEnterprises,statedlastreport directly to me." week-evidently to scotchre- AmongGallagher'saccom- P/S Coast Address Holland, Dozier newed rumors that the Beatlesplishments at Columbia: "In and Out of Love" might leave Nems for other af- The new West Coast Peer/ filiations-that expanded Bea- Architect of the ColumbiaSouthern offices are located at Richard Evans tles activity stateside would bedistributionsystemandse- 9226 Hollywood Boulevard. "Soul Man" examined shortly by British -cured the personnel involved. based Nems personnel Neil As- Participated in the plan- Chet Atkins pinall and Peter Shotton, whoning and execution of the Co- Decca Starts "Here Comes Heaven" are on their way here. lumbia Record Club. Own UK Label In addition, Nemperor is ex- Developed a price stabili- A Dru Harvey Production pected to expand its own U.S.zation program-"The Age of It was reported at press "Too Old to Go 'Way Little Girl" management a n dpublishing time last week that Decca activities, especially those in-Reason" (a phrase coined by Records will start its own A Fireplace Production EricDave Kapp)-that rallied the company owned operation in volving new contractee industry. Prod. by Feldman -Dante -Allan Andersen. England on Jan.1.Final "Hey Boy! (TheGirl'sinLove With Other word around the trade In the past year, Gallagher name of the company has not You)" concerning the Beatles was thatsuccessfully re -negotiated con- yet been decidedsinceof the recurring rumor about Al-tractswithAndyWilliams, course Decca is already in James Nebb len Klein acquiring the groupBarbra Streisand and Bob Dy- use in England. "Piange Piange Cry" for management is unfounded.lan and reorganized the West RECORD WORLD-November 11, 1967 2nd Birthday of RCA Stereo 8 Catskills' Concord Hotel Set For Sees Increasing Acceptance London Records January Convention `It's a Hometridge, Too' Says Horne A giant sales convention atsubject of "Pop Promotion on the Concord Hotel, KiameshaToday's Scene" and the second By DOUG McCLELLAND Horne related that some prod-Lake, New York, will heralddealing with"ClassicalPro- NEW YORK-"It's not onlyuct even sells better on Stereothe opening of London Records'duct, Backbone of the London a cartridge, it's a hometridge,8 than on albums or singles.21st year of business, accordingCatalog." Name guest modera- too," said Elliot Horne, RCA"Jazz sells better in cartridge,"to D. H. Toiler -Bond, President.tors and panelists will be parti- Victor Manager, Recorded Tapehe ventured, "and mood music.The three-day affair will takecipants in each of the seminars. Product Planning, last week asThey're starting to go for theplace Jan. 6 to 8. Herb Goldfarb, national sales the label completed its secondteen -oriented product in a big The gathering of more thanand distribution manager for year as "a Stereo 8 company."way now, too." 150 will include the entire Lon-London, said that 100% distri- The West Coast-"a bustlingdon executive staff headed bybutor participation already Horne, who has charge not Toiler -Bond, London's regionalseems assured, with attendance only of Stereo 8 but also reel-car place"-is still the biggest user of Stereo 8, it was agreed.sales and promotion specialists,expected to include distributors to-reel tape, was talking about executives and key sales per-from such far -away points as the increasing acceptance of"We're a car economy," Horne continued. "That's why they'resonnel fromallLondon andHonolulu, Seattle, Los Angeles Stereo 8 on the music scene. London group distributors andand Miami. "We now have more than 600making portables to take from the car into the home, and from agroupofexecutives from pieces of product," he went on. leading retail accounts around IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII "A lot of the initial trepidationthe home into the car." He saidthat"Peoplearethe country. is gone, and all of the major The conventionwillget labels are represented in Stereostarting to judge distance by record FTA-0 music.Takeacouplegoingunderway Saturday evening (6) 8.