JANUARY 2, 1965 SEVENTIETH YEAR 50 CENTS Mercury Names Scott in Spoken Word Expansion CHICAGO -Mercury Rec- posure for this type material ords is launching a full -scale would be FM and college radio push into the spoken word field stations. and has named Joe Scott, New He credited much of the inter- York playwright and writer, its est in the spoken word field director of dramatic plays. to the younger generations Scott will head a department which were becoming more ex- Bulbo that will produyce material on posed to literature. with The International Music -Record Newsweekly the Mercury label but "With the growing college and packag- special promotion population, there is a greater by his Radio-TV Programming PhonoTap Merchandising Coln Machine Operating ing. He'll be assisted interest in preserving ideas ex- brother Bob Scott, well -known panded in dramatic plays be- musician, composer and ar- yond the limited attendance of ranger. the plays themselves," Steinberg In making the announcement said, Billboard, Irwin Steinberg, to He noted that records would Rodgers Stages Runaway Mercury executive vice- presi- be used to capture significant dent, noted that the firm wished dramatic works by specific ar- to expand its entry foothold in a tists just as records have been field in which it already recorded In Groove on All Fronts Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," used to do this in the field of music for many years. being done in New York's Lin- By MIKE GROSS Lieberson said to me the other stein on "West Side Story" and coln Repertory Center. Joe Scott was most recently day: 'How Is Richard Rodgers' with Jule Styne on "Gypsy." He Mercury is also negotiating associated with "Sunday," which NEW YORK - Richard score for his new show ?' 'Simply worked alone on the scores for for "Incident at Vichy." another is to go on Broadway, and to- Rodgers will be dominating the marvelous,' I answered. 'Have "A Funny Thing Happened on Miller production. gether with his brother Bob. within next record business the you heard it ?' asked my friend. the Way to the Forum" and Record and Buy Masters wrote the opera "Amaranths." veteran few months. The corn - 'No,' said I. 'But then .. ,; said "Anyone Can Whistle." Scott will not only record orig- Bob wrote the music for "Taste have go- poser will productions he. I was not being facetious, "Do I Hear a Waltz" is sched- inal material but will purchase of Honey" and has been arrang- ing for him on the Broadway I was simply expressing some- uled to open on Broadway in existing masters. Steinberg noted ing for Bobby Darin. Sarah and stage, motion pictures TV, thing which I know to be truc March. The musical stars Eliza- that the principle medium of ex- Vaughan and Harry Belafonte. and a flock of record companies -that if Richard Rodgers writes beth Allen and RCA Victor's at to tie in are already work a score, it is inconceivable that Sergio Franchi. with this unprecedented show it will not contain two, three, The "Cinderella" album will business spread. four or more beautiful songs. he released in conjunction with record corn - Leading off the His is an extraordinary gift. For the CBS-TV airing in February. Issue Caster pany activity will be Vic- to RCA example. who else could have The production stars Ginger RCA tor and Columbia Records. Vic- opened a musical, as he did 'No Rogers. Celeste Holm, Walter tor has the soundtrack of The Strings," with a ballad, com- Pigeon and Leslie Warren. Sound of Music" and Colum- pelling, ingratiating and lyrical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Of Flora, Red Menace bia has the original Broadway when most shows are lucky if "Cinderella" was originally tele- album of "Do I a cast Hear they can get started with a 30- vised by CBS in 1957 with NEW YORK - RCA Victor starting March 29, The musical Waltz," as well as the original piece orchestra pushing along Julie Andrews in the title role. will release the original Broad- will be directed by George cast version of the TV special. solo singers, a chorus. assorted Columbia also issued a cast al- way cast album of "Flora, the Abbott. For the "Cinderella." rhythmic hand -clapping, danc- bum of the production. Red Menace." the musical The score for the show will Not to be shut out of this production, ers. hoof -beats, marching ele- new "Cinderella" which will mark the Broadway be published by Tommy Va- Rodgers runaway, many other wrote the words and phants, and whatever else can Rodgers debut of Liza Minnelli, Judy lando, who, incidentally, pub- labels already have plans in the the music to several new songs. he used to hopefully get Garland's daughter. lishes the "Fiddler on the Roof"' works to cover the scores of The RCA Victor album of the show off the ground ?" Miss Minnelli, who is a Capi- score written by Jerry Bock and "The Sound of Music" and "Do soundtrack is scheduled for re- (The original Broadway cast tol Records artist, will be given Sheldon Harnick. I Hear a Waltz" with their own before the album of "No Strings," inciden- lease in March, just an okay to record the cast pack- and single disk versions. that album was film's world premiere. At age for Victor. She's currently Never before has one composer advertising, ords.) time. an extensive scoring for the Capitol label so much current product cam- had promotion and publicity with an album entitled "Liza! as Rodgers with the Rodgers' new show, "Do I Vic- Newport Fest's available paign will be launched by Liza!" upcoming releases on these two Hear a Waltz," marks a depar- tor to support the album. "Flora" is being produced by productions. ture for him in that it is his The a 20th Century-Fox film, Prince and marks The record company drives first collaborative effort with Todd -AO De Luxe Color ver- Harold S. Victor's second tie of the season R.I. Site on Rodgers, who first clicked in Stephen Sondheim. Rodgers did sion of the Broadway hit, stars New Lorenz the score for "No Strings" alone with a Prince musical. The collaboration with Hart Julie Andrews and Christopher The Newport and collaborated with the late other is the top -selling original BOSTON - with "The Garrick Gaieties" Plummer. Co - starring are cast album Jazz Festival and Folk Festival 40 years ago, is best explained Oscar Hammerstein 2d on "The Parker, Richard Hadn Broadway of "Fid- Eleanor Roof." will operate in the 1965 edition by Goddard Lieberson, Colum- Sound of Music" and "Cinder- Peggy Wood, dler on the and in Rhode Island although the bia Records president. In an ex- ella." Sondheim previously col- the acquisition was In announcing The new musical, which will be changed, accord- clusive statement to Billboard. laborated with Leonard Bern- John (music) locale (Continued im page 8) written by Kander ing to George Wein, who Ebb (lyrics) with a and Fredd dropped in at his home town Robert Russell, is book by this week. A city license has scheduled to open on Broadway mimed on page 8) NewTeamupShows EMI: Empire on May 1 after a tryout tour Its CONNIE FRANCIS sings her newest hit single. "Whose Heart Are You Breaking Las Spreading Tonight ?" (K- 13303), in her current engagement at the Sahara Hotel, London recorded by Results for never before Vegas. Also part of her night club act are songs NEW YORK -The team -up London's product diversity Connie, now in her latest LP, "A New Kind of Connie" (E /SE 4153). of Herb Goldfarh and Walt was demonstrated to its fullest World Image (Advertisement) Maguire in the operational extent late last month when the structure of London Records company was working on the By ANDRE De VEKEY Electrical Mu- last year is paying off for the Rolling Stones and Sir Winston LONDON - deciding to company. With Goldfarb as na- Churchill. Both are hitting a sical Industries, in tional sales manager, and Ma- hot sales score for the company. enhance its international image on jackets, guire as manager of pop artists The Rolling Stones with its by using a new logo and ad- and repertoire and sales. London singles and album releases and promotion material all spells out once again has just come off one of its Sir Winston with a $100 pack- vertising, profitable age of his Goldfarh the "one world" concept of the most years and is speeches. Millions will looking to 1965 as one of ex- reported that more than 1,000 record business. pansion in all areas. Churchill albums already have see the design which brings to- from one The expansion program been sold. gether the labels is fountainhead: HMV. Angel, Co- wide - ranged, covering pop For 1965, Goldfarb and Ma- lumbia, Capitol, Pathe, Odeon, product from England and the guire will continue to stress Parlophone. LP and EP cover Memphis, a build -up of classical artists who've for been scoring designs are usually the same imports for its Da Alte Werk Among them in the past year. wherever an EMI record is is- series, an expansion of its re- them are Mantovani, the Bache- finished sleeves, cently formed domestic record sued (either lors. the Zombies, the Nashville fronts or color separates are tie, Coliseum Records, which Teens. the Combo, Bill Black shipped for local product). but debuted last month with Tutti Willy Mitchell and Gene Sim- as it is not possible to use label Camarata's "Tutus Trombones," mons. Black, Mitchell and Sim- well trade -marks in every country as as embarking on an ex- mons.