Musical Messiahs Are Here (Ed)
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*et ma t`YaR r rr June 24, 1972 L D CaT L D Musical Messiahs Are Here (Ed)... Bogus Record- ing Battle Continues: Fed. Court Victory; New NARM Program; Raid At CES In Chi ...Maple Leaf Junket `Shows' The Way To Canadian Talent ... Belwinl Mills Producer Training ... `Fiddler': B'way's Top Run JIMMY CASTOR: FLIGHT OF 'CAVE MAN' www.americanradiohistory.com Cash Box, Billboard and Record World have decided on "Getting Together.". "Getting Together." The first Silverbird single on Columbia Records. And in its first week, Cash Box, Billboard and Record World have already made it one of their pick hits, with comments like "irresistible sound destined to be Top 10 or better." In case you haven't heard who Silverbird is, they're the Ortiz family. Six American Indians from New Mexico, who've created a Top - 40 sound of incredible melodies and bell !ringing harmonies that have made everyone agree on one thing. "Getting Together" is a hit. On Columbia Records Produced by Paul Leka "COLUMBIA. e, MARCAS REG PRINTED IN U S www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY ,1 \1/ Vol. XXXIV - Number 1/June 24, 1972 Publication Office/119 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019/Telephone: JUdson 6-2640/Cable Address Cash Box, N. Y. GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Vice President and Editorial Director CHRISTIE BARTER West Coast Director ED KELLEHER KENNY KERNER ROBERT ADELS MARK PINES TODD EVERETT RESEARCH MIKE (1ARTUCCI Research Director ANTHONY LANZETTA Assoc. Dir. BOBBY SIEGEL ADVERTISING STAN SOIFER Advertising Manager Account Executives ED ADLUM, New York Musical Messiahs WOODY HARDING Art Director COIN MACHINE & VENDING Are Here ED ADLUM General Manager DON DROSSELL CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. HOLLYWOOD CHRISTIE BARTER-TODD EVERETT Rarely has the music industry had have a complete catalog of an act's 6565 Sunset Blvd, (Suite 525), Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) Hollywood 9-2966 an opportunity to deliver a simulta- performances on disk/tape, "live" NASHVILLE neous one -two -punch in terms of the concert tours are extremely helpful in JUANITA JONES drawing power of two of its perform- filling the gap. 806 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 2442898 ers. Interestingly, the acts, Elvis Pres- But, the main philosophical point CHICAGO ley and David Cassidy, are a genera- we'd like to make is that even without CAMILLE COMPASIO 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 tion apart as far as their introduction the emergence of that once in a life- into the marketplace is concerned. ENGLAND HOLLAND time phenomenon (e.g. Beatles), the DORRIS LAND PAUL ACKET There are, however, striking simi- industry is being told time after time, 3 Cork Street Theresiastraat 59-63 larities when it comes to their hold on London WI The Hague especially via the in -person tour route, Tel. 01-7342374 Tel: 837700 their fans. Elvis, who sold out Madi- that it can (or should) manage well - GERMANY ITALY son Square Garden for four perform- enough without the absolute necessity CHRISTIAN TOERSLEFF GABRIELE G. ABBATE ances two weekends ago, displayed a that a musical Messiah arrive on the 2 Hamburg 56 Viale A. Doria 10 Leuchttrum Weg 30 20124 Milano rather unique ability to draw excite- scene. Don't get us wrong-the blue - Tel: 0411/34 72 486 ment from the youth genera- BELGIUM current moon sensation is important, but his BRAZIL ETIENNE SMET tion and those who comprise his initial lack of emergence cannot be used as PEDRO FRAZAO Postbus 56 following from the mid -50's. Cassidy, DE VASCONCELOS B-2700 Sint-Niklaas a convenient excuse for bad business. Rue Frei Caneca, II, Apt. 13 Tel: (03) 76-54-39 a Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil appearing for single show the same As Elvis has proved over two gen- Tel: 257-15-58 weekend at the new Nassau Coiliseum, AUSTRALIA erations and Cassidy on his first go - ARGENTINA PETER SMITH drew a capacity crowd of youngsters round, music makers can maintain a MIGUEL SMIRNOFF 40 Winters Way who, of course, comprise the artist's Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" Doncaster 3108 level of excitement that no other area Buenos Aires, Argentina Victoria, Australia "first generation" of followers. Tel: 89-6796 of show business is fortunate enough JAPAN Anyone walking away from CANADA either to generate. Whatever the insight into Adv. Mgr. WALT GREALIS event-hopefully, a lot of tradesters SACHIO SAITO why this is so, this is a plain fact. This RPM -surely must have witnessed at first 1560 Bayview Ave. I -II 2-Chome Shinbashi is what the music business should Toronto, 17, Ontario Minato -Ku, 'okyo hand the indisputable power that is Tel: (416) 489-2166 Tel: 504-1651 recognize as it goes about the busi- still commanded by recording acts. To FRANCE ness of recordings. For with more pos- Editorial Mgr. a degree, this flies in the face of in- FRANK LIPSIK FUMIYO TACHIBANA itive thinking about the unique role 5 Rue Alfred Dormeuil I-11 2-Chome Shinbashi dustryites who claim a lack of "excite- 78 Croissy Minato -Ku, Tokyo of music in the lives of people of all Tel: 225-26-31 Tel: 504-1651 ment" to draw recording fans into the the stores. The industry, however, age groups, it can prosper with or SUBSCRIPTION RATES $35 per year anywhere in the U.S.A., Published weekly at 34 N. Crystal St., E. Strouds- should be well aware that it's a short without that one act who may have burg, Pa. by Cash Box, 119 West 57th St., New York, N.T. 10019. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., trip from a "live" concert to a concert been given too much credit for doing U.S.A. and additional offices. Copyright Q 1972 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. on recordings for the many fans of hit so much for the business in the first All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. acts. If by chance many fans do not place. www.americanradiohistory.com Cashlox TOPi 0 o NICE TO BE WITH YOU 35 MORNING HAS BROKEN MEN OF LEARNING Gallery -Sussex 232 (Dist: Buddah) 2 4 Cat Stevens-A&M 1335 32 N1/41.b Vigrass & Osborne -Uni 55334 77 93 Z SONG SUNG BLUE CONQUISTADOR 69 IN THE GHETTO Neil Diamond-Uni 55326 4 8 Frocol Harum-A&M 1347 47 57 Candi Staton-Fame 91000 (Dist: U.A.) 3 CANDY MAN 71 84 37 YOU SAID A BAD WORD HOLD HER TIGHT Sammy Davis Jr. -MGM 14320 3 1 Joe Tex -Dial 1012 (Dist: Mercury) 4 SYLVIA'S MOTHER 40 47 Osmonds-MGM 14405 - - WHERE IS THE LOVE HONKY TON K-PART I Dr. Hook & Medicine Show -Columbia 45562 1 3 Roberta Flack & OUTA SPACE Donny Hathaway -Atlantic 2879 55 74 James Brown Soul Train-Polydor 14129 80 - WE'RE ON OUR WAY 72 BEAUTIFUL Billy Preston-A&M 1320 8 14 Chris Hodge -Apple 1850 46 53 Gordon Lightfoot -Reprise 1088 74 81 6 (Last Night) I DIDN'T GET TO BRANDY 73 HOT IN SLEEP AT ALL FUN THE SUMMERTIME Looking Glass -Epic 10874 65 80 David T. Walker -Ode 66025 (Dist: A&M) 79 86 5th Dimension -Bell 195 6 9 41 SUPERWOMAN (WHERE TROGLODYTE (CAVE MAN) WERE ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) YOU WHEN I Gilbert O'Sullivan -Mom 3619 (Dist: London) 84 Jimmy Castor Bunch -RCA 1029 9 19 NEEDED YOU) LEAN ON ME Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54216 44 46 BROW EYED GIRL El Chicano -Kapp 2173 85 Bill Withers-Sussex 235 (Dist: Buddati) 12 23 42 IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME 9 OH GIRL Carpenters-A&M 1351 35 18 LONG COOL WOMAN, IN A Chi -Lites -Brunswick 55471 5 2 43 LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME BLACK DRESS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Al Green -Hi 2211 (Dist: London) 34 13 Hollies-Epic 10871 89 Cornelius Brother & Sister Rose-U.A. 50910 ,15 36 44 HOT 'N' NASTY 77 HUSHABYE I NEED YOU Humble Pie-A&M 1349 45 45 Robert John -Atlantic 2884 78 87 America -Warner Bros. 7580 13 16 45 POWDER BLUE MERCEDES VAYA CON DIOS AMAZING Dawn 225 GRACE QUEEN -Bell 87 - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards -RCA 0709 17 34 79 VICTIM OF A FOOLISH HEART Raiders -Columbia 45602 48 51 IF LOVING Bettye Swann -Atlantic 2869 YOU IS WRONG SEALED WITH A KISS 82 94 Luther Ingram-KoKo 2111 (Dist: Stax) 30 48 80 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Bobby Vinton -Epic 10861 54 70 14 I SAW THE LIGHT LAYLA Argent-Epic 10852 83 89 Todd Rundgren-Bearsville 0003 (Dist: W.B.) 11 12 81 FRANCENE Derek & Dominoes-Atco 6809 60 65 15 DIARY ZZ HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE Top -London 179 81 88 Bread-Elektra 45784 16 17 BED & BOARD WHOLE USA I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE Barbara Mason-Buddah 296 Donna Fargo -Dot 17409 62 73 Michael Jackson -Motown 1202 27 31 SWEET INSPIRATION/WHERE 49 CAT'S EYE IN THE WINDOW HOW CAN I BE SURE 2 Tommy James-Roulette 7126 51 54 YOU LEAD David Cassidy -Bell 220 26 30 Barbra Streisand -Columbia 45262 DADY DON'T YOU WALK 50 SOMEDAY NEVER COMES Creedence Clearwater Revival -Fantasy 676 29 25 84 TELL ME THIS IS A DREAM SO FAST 51 LIFE & BREATH Delfonics-Phi'lly Groove 172 (Dist: Bell) 88 90 Wayne NewtonChelsea $100 (iDst: RCA) 22 27 Climax -Rocky Road 081 (Dist: Bell) 50 42 WAR SONG TAKE IT EASY Neil Young & BABY LET ME, TAKE YOU Graham Nash -Reprise 1099 'Eagles -Asylum 11005 (Dist: Atlantic) 23 37 Detroit YOU DON'T MESS AROUND 20 ROCKET Emeralds -Westbound 203 (Dist: Janus) 61 72 MAN 53 FUNK FACTORY WITH JIM Elton John -Uni i 55238 21 24 Wilson Pickett -Atlantic 2878 57 60 Jim Croce -ABC 11328 I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG 54 IMMIGRATION MAN 87 A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL Frederick Knight-Stax 0117 24 28 Graham Nash & David Crosby -Atlantic 2873 31 33 Bullet -Big Tree 140 (Dist: Bell) 91 98 LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED 55 RIDE SALLY RIDE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN Cher -Kapp 2171 25 29 Dennis Coffey-Sussex 237 (Dist: Buddah) 59 62 Mel & Tim -Stan 127 23 WALKIN' IN THE RAIN WITH 56 YOU'RE THE MAN 89 SMALL BEGINNINGS THE ONE I LOVE Marvin