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Shake A Tail Feather

Hughes Music's Turquin Gotch celebhated his birthday t'ecertfy at a post-concert reception following a Once -upon -a- Temptations Eddie Kendrick ;tJ and David Ruffin (r) sie performance by Capitol recording artists Flesh For Lulu. Seen on the scene backstage at the Universal seen gettin' ready to demonstrate a few of their old dance routines to i -r) Amphitheatre in are (fron) Gotch, (back row, -none director John Hughes, Capitol's Di- Mayor Eugene Sawyer. Currently working as a duo, t ?e rector A &R Promotion Ritch Bloom. V?.A &R Tom Whalley. VP Marketing Ron McCarrell. and band soulful singers were in the Windy City recently to promote their latest members Derek Greening and Nick Marsh. Flesh For Lulu's song '1 Go Crazy" was featured on the RCA album, aptly titled "Ruffin & Kendrick. soundtrack to Ht.ohes's movie Some Kind Of Wonderful.'

Gibson Tames Lions They've Got Too Much Soul!

Industry insiders gathered at Cyril's Restaurant in Los Angeles recently to present the nominations for the Second Annual Music Awards, which were handed out during a televised program Wed- Singer songwriter Debbie Gibson is surounded by a trio of lors nesday (3/30). Shown at the reception are (l -r) Nicholas Caldwell and Walter Scott of Solar Records but in this case the animals are all members of the band White Lia group , Central City Productions President Don Jackson, Wing /PolyGram recording artist The beauty and the beasts (all Atlantic -ecording artists! were cap_ and former Miss America Vanessa Williams, the television show's co- executive producer Don Cornelius, Lured at a recent party hosted by the WI:A group of labels. Pict Jr '. the Whispers' Wallace "Scotty" Scott, VP,Coca -Cola USA Chuck Morrison, and A &M recording artist are (l -r) White Lion's Mike Tramp and Ames Lomenzo. Gibson, a Barry White. the group's Greg DAngelo.

Nashville Receives Chinese Royalt Students Study Washington

Columbia recording artist Grover Washington Jr signs on the dotted tine for high school students alter serving as the guest speaker a' a 'practice- press conference. The event was held during the 23rd an- A &M recording artists the Royal Court Of China recently joined the Nashville Symphony Players at a nual broadcast Journalism seminar taught by the management and press conference promoting a campaign to raise money for the city's out -of -work orchestra musicians. staff of News-formatted KY Philadelphia. The "Newstudies '&t* Shown at the recent gathering are (e-r) Chris Mekow and Drew Cornutt of the Royal Court Of China, David program - the only one of its kind in the nation - enables students to Davidson, Bill Wiggins, and Randy Ford of the Player's Assembly, RCOC's manager Grace Reinbold, and learn firsthand the workings of a major market radio station- Stor 's RCOC's Joe Blanton and Josh Weinberg. written and recorded by the participants will air on KYW in the spring

22 R&R April 1, 1988