0 82791 19359 8 2 VOL. LVI, NO. 17, DECEMBER 19, 1992 STAFF BOX I GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher FRED L. GOODMAN Editor In Chief CAMILLE COMPASIO Director, Coin Machine Operations LEEJESKE New York Editor RANDY CLARK Los Angeles Editor MARKETING MARK WAGNER Director, Nashville MILTPEnY(LA) JONATHAN PLAHfLA) STAN LEWIS (NY) COVER STORY EDITORIAL MICHAEL MARTINEZ, Assoc. Ed. (LA) Martin Takes The Leap JOHN GOFF, Assoc, Ed. (LA) CORY CHESHIRE, Nashville Editor STEVE GlUFFRIDA (Nashville) LEAP OF FAITH puts the spotlight on gospel music while poking a httle BRAD HOGUE (Nashville) good-natured fun at the fundamentalist revivahsm that it inspires. It is a film GREGORY S. COOPER-Gospel (Nashville) which suggests that, while preachers may twist the truth a little, singers of gospel music sing the real truth. CHART RESEARCH Nightengale, a con artist RAYMOND BALLARD, Chart Leap Of Faith stars Stove Martin as the Reverend Jonas Coo(dinator(LA) and evangelist who sets down his giant revival tent and his gospel choir in JOHN GILLEN (LA) drought-ridden Rustwater, Kansas. His key partner in ministry is Debra Winger JOHN COSSIBOOM (Nash) CHRIS BERKEY (Nash) as Jane Larson, who muddies the Rusty waters when she fails for the local sheriff, Liam Neeson as Will Braverman. Jonas also comes to see new emotional PRODUCTION SAM DURHAM light when he re-aquaints himself with old girlfriend Marva, the cynical waitress/owner of a Rustwater hot spot called the Quick Lunch Cafe (Lolita CIRCULATION Davidovich) and Marva's brother Boyd (Lukas Haas). NINATREGUB, Manager PASHA SANTOSO Waco, TX native Martin draws on fundamentahst past to play the part of Jonas PUBLICATION OFFICES in the film, which was shot in the Baptist hot spot, Plainview, TX. 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The Records has promoted Dr. George Butler to phone number is (212) 245-4224; fax number is senior vice president/executive producer, (212) 245-4226. 1 I jazz /progressive A&R. He has been with the company since 1978. Mike Stradford has joined Qwest Records as vice president of A&R. WHEN HE’S 64: Maybe that's the age at which Paul McCartney will He has served as a program director at KKBT-FM retire to his farm and live off the hundreds of millions of dollars he's in L.A. for two-and-a-half years. Brett Boal made as an artist/songwriter/producer/publisher. However, now in Butler has been named director, special projects for his 50th year on Earth, McCartney has signed an exclusive, worldwide, Sony Music Entertainment. He was a senior long-term contract with Capitol Records and EMI Records (U.K.). The manager in Price Waterhouse's Management new agreement continues McCartney's 30-year association with the Consulting Group. Arista Records has an- company that began with the signing of the Beatles in 1962. nounced several appointments: Joe Tassi has McCartney will release multiple albums under the terms of the been promoted to A&R manager at Arista in agreement, the first being Off The Ground, which is slated for worldwide Nashville. Tassi joined the Nashville staff in 1990 release on Feb. 1, 1993. No dollar figure for the deal was reported. and will now head the department with Terry NARAS HONOREES: Six distinguished artists and three music Stradford Wakefield serving as his assistant. In addition, industry pioneers are the recipients of NARAS' 1992-93 Lifetime Cathryn Swan has been slotted senior director Achievement and Trustees Awards. Chet Atkins, Little Richard, national publicity. She was national director of Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger and Fats Waller will publicity at Atco Records. Also, J im Powers has receive the Lifetime Achievement Awards, while Ahmet Ertegun, been upped to production coordinator. He was W.C. Handy and George Simon will be presented with the Trustees previously an administrative assistant for that Awards. department. Dale Turner will be assuming the The awards, which are decided by vote of the Recording Academy's position of director of national country promo- National Trustees, will be officially acknowledged during the Grammy tion at RCA Records, Nashville. Turner will be Awards telecast on Feb. 24, 1993. Swan replacing former vice president of country M J TO OPEN AMA’S: On Jan. 25, the 20th annual American Music promotion Eddie Mascolo, whose resignation Awards special will open with a live performance by the "King of Pop," was recently announced as a mutually agreed superstar Michael Jackson. The performance will emanate from the decision of Mascolo and RCA Records. Ken Van stage of L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium, site of the three-hour, prime-time Durand, director of national promotion, BNA special which will be telecast on ABC-TV that evening. Entertainment, will rejoin RCA as Turner's re- Currently in the midst of his worldwide Dangerous tour, Jackson will placement in the Northeast region. Rhino return to the States from Japan where his eight-night stand at the Tokyo Records has promoted Faithe Raphael from Dome is sold out. Powers the position of senior product manager to that of Speaking of Mr. Jackson, he and Sony Music have settled a suit director of product management and direct brought against them by The Musical Arts Association on behalf of response marketing. She has been with the com- The Cleveland Orchestra regarding usage of a portion of one of the pany for two-and-a-half years. K-tel Interna- orchestra's recordings on Jackson's Dangerous album and its cor- tional has made a couple of staff changes. Mark responding credit on the packaging. Dixon, formerly vice president, finance, now be- The suit was settled to the satisfaction of all parties. The orchestra's comes chief financial officer. Mary Kuehn, contribution to the Ip will be annotated on all future recordings of the formerly manager, business affairs, takes on the album.