14 General News Top Acts Raiding Jobete Catalog On Unprecedented Scale By ADAM WHITE NEW YORK -Contemporary enough good new songs around, lin (1971) and Tony Orlando & recording acts of almost every corn- particularly for rock acts, and that's Dawn (1975). plexion-pop, rock, soul and coun- where we're getting a lot of our ac- Jobete will reactivate specific titles try -are this year raiding Motown's tivity. from time to time, pitching for up- Jobete Music catalog on an unprece- "The r &b /pop flavor of the Jo- dates. After a four-year ,low profile dented scale. bete catalog lends itself to good rock for "For Once In My Life "- Jobete's There are covers in release or up- 'n' roll," he continues. "Further- most recorded copyright -Griffin coming by the Rolling Stones, Ringo more, artists are virtually guaran- says he is working anew on the Ron Starr, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, teed airplay with one of our titles, Miller tune. Johnny -Mathis and Deniece Wil- because people are familiar with the "I'm starting to show 'I Heard It liams, Bonnie Tyler, Eddie Money, music." Through The Grapevine' again as Marie Osmond, Samantha Sang, Griffin also emphasises the effi- well. It's only a matter of time before Kate Taylor, Melissa Manchester, ciency of Jobete's songplugging we get fresh covers on that." Gloria Gaynor, Manhattan Trans- teams on both coasts. The company Jobete's latest promotion album, PARTY TIME -Screen Gems -EMI Music /Colgems -EMI Music's open house fer, Bob Weir and more than a zeroes in on producers and a &r staf- its ninth, features Pam Sawyer and is attended by industry leaders in Los Angeles including from the left: Lester dozen others. fers- especially the former, he says, Marilyn McLeod, authors of Diana Sill, company president; Don Grierson, vice president a &r, EMI America Rec- The trend is outstripping the cata- because they generally have song Ross' "" and High ords and Paul Tannen, vice president of the publishing firm's Nashville office. log's previous popularity peak of and sound concepts in mind for the Inergy's "You Can't Turn Me Off." 1975, when the Stones, Gaynor, artist, and more influence over what Entitled "Pure Magic," the sam- Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, the is actually recorded. pler disk carries 32 one -minute ex- Doobie Brothers and Dawn were Every new contact is serviced with cerpts of their work, and includes Grateful Dead, Others Seek among those who successfully re- Jobete's "The Songs Of ... ' series of "Love Don't Come No Stronger," worked Motown tunes. promotion albums, its "Top Ten just recorded by Martha Reeves as Old UA Royalties In Court Carl Griffin, director of East Story In Sound" package and the her first 45 for Fantasy. Coast operations for Jobete, predicts 100 -title songbook, "The Motown Griffin also points to an impor- LOS ANGELES -Grateful Dead, from the defendant, who controlled that the publishing house will have Era." tant pair of developing areas for Jo- Round Records, Ice Nine Publish- the partnership's books. at least five covers on the charts si- "We make sure they're always bete covers: country and new wave. ing Music want and Good Grazin' Plaintiffs allege UA understated multaneously at some point this conscious of our catalog," declares A key reworking in the former Superior Court here to rule that record royalties $290,000 and owed year. Griffin. "We believe that there's no field, he observes, has been Barry United Artist Music and Records them $50,000 in unreimbursed ad- Several copyrights have attracted song in the Jobete vaults which can- Kaye's MCA outing, "Easy." The Group must account to the plaintiffs vertising and overhead costs under twin updates: "It's The Same Old not be updated." disk, a 1977 hit for Motown's Com- for their joint venture period from terms of the June 1975 amended Song" is currently starred on Bill- With this -in vietv, the publishing modores, reached Billboard's coun- June 1975 through December 1976. contract. board's pop and soul charts for K.C. arm uses the new in -house studio at try charts earlier this year. The plaintiffs contend that the de- Publishing royalties were under- & the Sunshine Band (TK), while Motown's Los Angeles headquarters "We're cutting country demos of fendant owes them record and pub- stated $180,000 and net profits were also in release on Wild Cherry's "I to cut demo disks which showcase various copyrights, and distributing lishing royalties and net profits dur- understated $407,000, the suit Love My Music" album (Sweet different treatments of songs, often them to producers and others," men- ing that time when they had a charges. In addition, the pleading City /Epic). more contemporary than the origi- tions Griffin. financing and distribution deal. asks $5 million in punitive damages. "Where Did Our Love Go" is fea- nal Motown recording. Motown's own country label, MC, The labels firms and publishing The plaintiffs claim that UA told tured on Ringo Starr's new Portrait Another reason for Jobete's 1978 developed in association with Mike allege they never got a straight count (Continued on page 19) LP, "Bad Boy," and was a recent 45 bonanza, continues the New York - Curb, is lending its weight to the for Manhattan Transfer on Atlantic. based executive, is less tangible but trend. Latest Jobete update is E.D. "Stubborn Kinda Fellow" is no less important. Wofford's "Baby I Need Your Frankie Miller's latest Chrysalis "The majority of today's produc- Lovin'." single, and the song figures in a ver- ers and artists grew up in the '60s, New wave progress, made I mostly '~ sion on Kate Taylor's just shipped living and loving the music of Mo- in Britain, is linked to Jobete covers Columbia LP. town. This is obviously influencing by Graham Parker and the Jam. "You're All I Need To Get By" their thinking and creativity." "We're not overlooking possibilities appears on Gloria Gaynor's current The fact that certain songs may in that market, ". comments Griffin. UES Polydor album, and is due on the have been recorded not just once be- Folio sales for Jobete material are upcoming Johnny Mathis /Deniece fore, but on several occasions, is consistently strong, he adds, but Universal Entertainment & Services Williams duet set -which will also apparently no deterrent. bound to benefit further from the include Jobete's "Your Precious "Some musicians, singers and current crop of covers. ALL $6.98 LP & TAPES $3.80 Love" and "Until You Come Back producers have their favorite Mo- "When Rita Coolidge cut `The To Me." town songs, and will look for the op- Way You Do The Things You Do' ALL $7.98 LP & TAPES $4.39 Griffin CALL COLLECT TO ORDER DEPARTMENT cites several factors for the portunity to cut them again, no mat- and Peter Frampton did `Signed, upsurge. "I believe there are not ter what." Sealed, Delivered,' our sheet music 317/966-0160 The Gloria Gaynor and imminent sales soared, and activated perform- ASLEEP Johnny Mathis /Deniece Williams ances. It's like the stock market." AT THE WHEEL Collision Course versions of "You're All I Need To In addition to those already men- Get By" are the latest of many covers tioned, acts covering Jobete titles RIM of the Valerie Simpson /Nickolas this year include Claudja Barry, Eric Ashford tune, he instances. Carmen, Thelma Jones, the Soul Apart from the original 1968 hit Children, Dara Sedaka, Genya Ra- by and Tammi Terrell, van, Franklin Micare and Formerly Certified it has charted pop for Aretha Frank- of the Harlettes. CAP 11726 CAP 11781 CAP 11698 $4.09 $4.09 $4.09 CHARLES JACKSON -- Passionate Breezes _Records Singles Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing" on RSO. Disk is his third gold single.

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