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* 82791 19359 8 ^ VOL. LVill, NO. 27 MARCH 18, 1995 STAFF NUMBER ONES GEORGE ALBERT POP SINGLE President and Publisher KEITH ALBERT Take A Bow Exec. V.PJOeneraS Manager Madonna THE ENTERTAINMENT TRADE MAGAZINE RICH NIECIECKI (Maverick) Managing Editor EDITORIAL Los Angeles R&B SINGLE MICHAEL MARTINEZ JOHN GOFF Baby STEVE BALTIN Brandy RICHARD McVEY, Nashville Edior Cover Story HECTOR RESENDEZ, Latin Edtcr (Atlantic) New York TED WILLIAMS Everything's Bush CHART RESEARCH RAP SINGLE Los Angdes NICK! RAE RONCQ Big Pappa/Warning Trauma/Interscope band Bush, who hail from England, have taken the U.S. BRIAN PARMELLY ZIV The Notorious B.I.G. like wildfire first—an unusual occurrence considering most British groups Nashville (Bad Boy/Arista) are often immensely popular in their homeland before they make a dent on GAIL FRANCESCHI MARKETINO/A OVERTiSINO the Stateside charts, if at all. But Bush’s debut Sixteen Stone has been steadily New York COUNTRY SINGLE rising up the Cash Box Top 100 Album charts (this week at #41) since its STAN LEWS East Coast As Any Foo! Can See U.S. release, which preceded its U.K. bow. Writer Karen Sidlow digs up NOEL ALBERT (800) 580-6948 Tracy Lawrence dirt around Bush’s Nigel Pulsford and Gavin Rossdale. some Los Angeles (Atlantic) —see page 5 GARY YOUNGER Nashville TED RANDALL Latin POP ALBUM Latin EDDIE RODRIGUEZ Greatest Hits (213) 845-9770 Cash Box is proud to provide four Latin charts —Mexican Regional, Conte- Bruce Springsteen CIRCULATION porary Pop, Texan/Tejanos and Tropical —as compiled courtesy of the NINA TREGUB, Manager (Columbia) PASHA SANTOSO Spanish music trade weekly Radio & Musica. PRODUCTION —see pages 16-17 SHARON CHAMBLISS-TRAYLOR R&B ALBUM PUBLICATION OFFICES My Life NEW YORK CONTENTS 345 58th Street Suite 15W Mary J. 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Pop Reviews 7, 9 4-Cbcme, 30-4, Shinbashi Minato-ku TEXAN / TEJANOS R&B Album Reviews 11 Tokyo, Japan 105 La Diferenzia Phone: 03 (5407)2065 13 Fax: 03(5401)2067 Linda Chaparrita Rap Reviews CASH BOX (ISSN 0008 7289) is pub- (Arista) Latin Reviews .17 lished weekly (except Christmas holi- days) by Cash Box, 345 W. 58th Street, Media Reviews 19 Suite ISW, New York, NY 10019 for MEXICAN REGIONAL $!8G first class. Copyright 1995 by Country Single Reviews 24 George Albert. All rights reserved. Que No Me Olivida Copyright tinier Universal Copyright POSTMASTER: Send ad- Bronco Coin Machine News 30 Convention. dress changes to Cash Box, 345 W. 58th (Fonovisa) St., Suite ISW, New York, NY 10019. CASH BOX MARCH 18, 1995 3 NEWS RIAA’S FEBRUARY ORE: The Recording Industry Association of America announced certification of four Gold singles, and 38 Gold, 18 Platinum and 37 ON Pfeifer been Multi-Platinum albums during 1995’s February. Music videos totaled six Gold and Bob has Two Platinum. More than 20 country music titles were certified while gospel artists named president and Rich- THE contributed five titles for Gold or Platinum status. ard Leher executive vice Among the hits were Madonna's “Take A Bow,” marking her 15th Gold president of Hollywood Re- MOVE list 1987 debut Appetite single. Heading the albums are Guns ’N Roses’ For cords. Pfeifer had been ex- Destruction with 13 million; Garth Brooks’ No Fences 13 million and Die Hits , ecutive vice president and collection 5 million; Elton John’s 1974 Greatest Hits, 1 1 million; and R.E.M.’s head of the record label since Automatic For Die People , 4 million. First-time Gold album achievers included February 1994. Leher joined Hollywood as senior vice Dream Theater’s Images And Words , Veruca Salt’s American 77tighs', gospel artists Kirk Franklin & Die Family and Don Moen’s Give Dianks , and rappers Craig president last June. H With their 10th anniversary Mack’s Funk Da World and 69 Boyz Nineteen Ninety Quad. celebration about to begin, Ichiban Records, one of the In the music video category, Bon Jovi got their sixth Gold for Cross Road, and largest independent record labels worldwide, has ap- Madonna’s Die Girlie Show—Live Down Under marked her fifth. pointed Nina Easton president. In 1985, Easton co- ARTISTS’ ROUNDTABLE: Thomas Dolby’s Headspace, House Of Blues founded Ichiban with partner John Abbey. Currently New Media and Apple Computer, Inc. presented the first “Artists’ Roundtable” chairperson of NAIRD (National Association of Inde- March 2, bringing an eclectic range of musicians to the House Of Blues in L A. pendent Record Distributors), Easton was most recently including Walter Becker (Steely Dan), Dan Akyroyd, John Mayall, Toni Childs, AC/DC, Ulf Ekborg of Ace Of Base, Steve Vai, Lady Kier Kirby vice president of Ichiban. I Virgin Records has named (Deeelite), Warren Zevon, Lol Creme, Ray Manzarek of the Doors and Mark Joyce Castagnola senior vice president, sales. Prior to Mothersbaough of Devo. her promotion, Castagnola had served as Virgin’s vice The main topic of interest was how artists can work directly from their home president, sales since 1990. B Sony Music has pro- or studio via the Internet and can put their work directly in the hands of their moted Danny Wynn to vice president, business affairs. audience. The Internet was demonstrated as a tool to reach out to millions of people in such a way that bypasses the normal channels of distribution. Artists can not He had served as vice president, business affairs. East only promote their music online but can also sell their material directly to their Coast since 1991. Also, Chuck Fleckenstein has been fans. promoted to director, A&R administration. He had afternoon event included a demonstration of how content can be The music served as associate director, A&R administration, Sony delivered over the Internet by House Of Blues New Media and IXJMA (Internet Music since 1992. Dave Garbarino. American Underground Music Archives). B Recordings' national sales manager for the past eight HENLEY AT SENATE: Geffen recording artist Don Henley and Jay Berman, months, has been promoted to oversee the label’s entire RIAA chairman/CEO were scheduled to testify March 9 before the full Senate national retail operation. A 19-year veteran of the record Judiciary Committee in support of the “Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995” (S.227). Castagnola business, Garbarino previously enjoyed an eight-year The purpose of the bill is to empower the copyright owners of sound recordings tenure at Geffen Records, most recently as promotion with the right to authorize the digital transmission their works. Such a right of and marketing manager. B Warner Bros. Records has would cover interactive services, as well as transmissions for which subscribers named Chris Jonz senior director of jazz promotion and are charged a fee, such as digital cable audio services, satellite music services, Randall Kennedy senior director, jazz marketing & commercial online music providers and future forms of electronic digital delivery. sales. The recording industry is virtually alone in its absence of this right of public Additionally, Dana Watson has become A&R performance. manager for the department. Jonz began his music business career in the mid-’70s at Motown Records and U.S. MUSIC SUPPORTS CMT IN CANADA: The Recording Industry Association of America submitted comments to the U.S. Trade Representative in joined Warner Bros, in 1989 as national director of jazz support of a complaint lodged by Country Music Television (CMT) against promotion. Kennedy came to Warner Bros, in 1991 from Canada. A&M Records, where he served as marketing director filed a petition with after the Canadian Government refused CMT 301 USTR of jazz & classical music. And prior to his appointment, to allow the U.S. -owned network to broadcast in Canada and replaced it with a Watson worked as A&R coordinator in the Warner Bros, Canadian-owned country music channel with similar programming. jazz department and was previously a professional trum- According to RIAA president/CEO Jay Berman, the RIAA’s comments request that the USTR make it clear to the Canadians that the United States will Steinberg pet player and tour manager.