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signed to play Woof, one of the leads for her new single, "Abraham, Mart in "Hair." & John." Indie producer Barry C NEW YORK Top session singer, top commercial lander has a hit ... Glad to see Johni singer and hit songwriter. Quite an Tillotson back on the hit track wi King accomplishment for a girl who's just "Tears On My Pillow" ... Catch Ma Cutting The Hopkin on Tonight Show Fri. turning . oops, promised not to give the her age, but she is young. One of a Al Wilson to cut his next LP more Memphis with Chips Moman. Johni You should know by now that Elvis Scene. Townes Van Zandt plays the handful of girls who would be at every recording ses- Rivers will supervise . . . Channel returned to Memphis to cut an album club June 4-8 . . . has one than welcome York (had she but time) presents a two-hour show based on l more weekend at the Au Go Go . sion in New ("Elvis In Memphis," released last to the crest of "1969 New Orleans Jazz Festival'' week by RCA) and that he's riding his The Amboy Dukes and John Braden at Toni Wine is now riding Ungano's for the entire week. Louis success with "Black Pearl," the Son- Sunday (8) at 8:00 pm. Him, He & A third smash single in a row, "In The the St. Regis Maisonette Ghetto." In short, Elvis is hot. Abolafia, Love candidate for Mayor, ny Charles/Checkmates hit which she open at resurgence began Monday (2) . Since the Elvis at the Apollo th with his TV special and the "If I Can Peaches and Herb, ai!i Dream" single, a complimentary phe- Thurs. with án others . . Trini Lopez opens at t nomena has also been happening: Room on June increase in the revival of old Elvis Waldorf's Empire tunes. And not all by straight rock ... Enzo Stuarti into the Persian row, groups or pop singers, but by several on June 4. contemporary artists as well. Dillard Ex-Candymen bass player Bill Ci more has joined the Classics IV to t & Clark's "Don't Be Cruel" is one that comes readily to mind, but we've also in for Wally Eaton, injured in an au seen "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Mean accident recently. Lead singer Denr on disk in recent Yost, also in the accident, is back Woman Blues" work with the group. Eaton is expect months. The Jeff Beck Group has been Billy & Marilyn Delaney & Bonnie using an Elvis medley in their live act Toni Wine to return in six months. and it may crop up on their forthcom- will be campaigning at the club on Sat. co -wrote with Phil Spector and Irwin Stax/Volt prexy Jim Stewart a ing Epic album. To top it off, Albert and Sun. Sea Train, originally skedded Levine. Three years ago on her birth- Detroit PR man Al Abrams receiv E King has cut an entire LP of Elvis to play the club, has had more person- day (June 4) , Toni's "Groovy Kind Of the "Award Of Merit" from the tunes, titled "King Does The King's nel changes and is -back in the wood- Love" (co-authored with Carol Bayer) partment of Labor for their work Thing." shed... hit the top slot on the singles charts. the "Stay In School" Campaign. What's it all mean? We don't know. New Yorker's will be able to see Jose "Black Pearl" hasn't kept to the time- Mike Kelly from Roulette stopped Maybe rock & roll is coming back. Feliciano for the first time in two table, but what's a week or two. If you to tell us that the firm was a beehi NRBQ thinks so. years when he headlines the two-day haven't guessed, Toni is our East of activity, buzzing with "Quick Bros IN SOUNDS: No messing around for Schaefer Latin American Music Fes- Coast Girl of the Week. Fox": a happening instrumental v( Bill Graham. He's rebooked the Who tival at Randalls Island on July 26,27. Songwriter Bob Stone, on the charts sion of "Oh Happy Day" by Billy M for four shows Thurs. and Fri. (Sat. Steve Cropper to cut Janis in Mem- with the current "We Can't Go On This chell Group (Calla) and the new To; will be dark) after their fiery show phis? Looks likely ... Jerry Ragavoy, Way" single by the Unchained Minds my James, "Crystal Blue Perst several weeks ago. and vet pop & R&B producer, cutting new and Betty Everett's "I Can't Say No sion." on Woi Albert King are also on the bill . Paul Butterfield album in New York To You," busy writing the next Shadow Next Peter Sarstedt single You can still catch the Everly Broth- Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis of Mann single. Pacific will be "Frozen Orange Juicc

. . . for a song requires a lot of cc ers at the Bitter End . . Delaney & the 5th Dimension to wed in July Went to a live recording session It's that Bonnie in a two-day gig (2,3) at the Capitol singer/writer Bert Sommer Moms Mabley yesterday and flipped centration. MEMORABLE MELODIE - Our record and instrumentalist is Ironi HOLLYWOOD "West Coast Girl of the Week" is one Board Sam who sings and plays I of the more marketable models in electric ironing board (a self -sty Sorghum And Acid L.A., now branching out as a featured contraption including old auto pa flick performer with a starring role and organ keys) . Record titled "I\ WI For those who suggest that poet - fight drug addiction. His initial LP in A.I.P's "Lisa" which starts shoot- Support" (distributed by Al Ch:.' performer -composer Rod McKuen is which ships next week, deals morbidly ing in August. She'll also be seen in man) is already top 40 at KGFJ. the rock generation's Edgar Guest, and mawkishly with the subjects of Warner Bros. "Run Rabbit" and Nor- Most distressing report of the we we give you Richard Christensen, death and self destruction - with man Jewison's soon to be released is the news that Walt Disney Musi Capitol Record's newest un-covery. teenagers like "Shannon Girl" (who "Gaily Gaily," with music by Hank Larry Graburn will be vacating Next to Christensen, McKuen reads befriended "speed" and "its close Mancini. She goes by the name of post as ad agent for the diskery like Wystan Hugh Auden, Billy Shake- companion - tragedy") or "My Terry Melodie Johnson. Husband is generally pub firm, moving north to Calga speare, Bobby Browning and Tommy Girl ("a crystal drop of dawn dew .. regarded as one of the top three indie Alberta, Canada. He'll be missed. Stearns Eliot. gone away now"). Recited to the tune record producers on the coast - has Reprise' Nancy Sinatra won't A few years back Christensen came of Ravel's "Pavonne," (the orchestra - cut what could be the single record of following in her dad's footsteps, we within 30,000 votes of representing the told. Instead of debuting her nights state of Washington as its next junior act at Caesar's Palace (as previou senator. He also lost out in the sub- announced), she'll be headlining at sequent gubernatorial primary. Since, International Hotel in Vegas, follow he has been involved in the worthy and Elvis Presl effort of teenage drug and narcotic Nancy is set to headline for th rehabilitation. Along with Keith Eich- weeks beginning Aug. 28th. ner, he formed an organization known The Olympics (along with Wolfn as "Teedrunar." Utilizing the "game" Jack) opened the all new Bona; techniques of Synanon, the group be- Hotel on the Vegas Strip on May 2t gan with two members - now num- OVERHEARD - At Chasen's 1 bers seventy. Monday singer -comedian Geo The album was created, according Burns, celebrating Wayne Newtc to an advance press release, with the Richard Christensen Melodie 21st anniversary in show biz, recat thought of giving "quality listening Johnson Ironing Board Sam that many years ago he first he. and entertainment . . . intended to tions by John Tartaglia are, inciden- the year. For more on Bones Howe Newton at the Fremont Hotel in share the young lives that Christen- tally, rather magnificent) we are told read this week's Producer's Profile. gas. "I stood up and announced to sen has known well, with the whole that "My Terry Girl" is planned as a Roy Clark, now in Dot Records' or- audience that someday you would b world." Christensen says, "It's funny, single and will probably be performed bit via "Yesterday When I Was major star in our industry. You we're becoming afraid of ourselves by Christensen on the Ed Sullivan Young," penned by Charles Aznavour member that, don't you, Wayn, and many of us don't even know who show. So quite possibly what is not and Bert Kretzner, has been signed Wayne nodded. 'You're a g - - - that is. Everybody is saying that you our cup of tea may turn out to be one for a quartet of network guestings: liar," gibed George, "I said no Si and I are a Zip, a Social Security, an of the big big cuts and LP's of '69. Hollywood Palace, Jim Nabors thing." Jim Pewter, whose oldies r Area or address, and if you and Code an Christensen undoubtedly is sincere. I two Glen Campbell shows . . . Gene show is heard on Armed Forces don't believe it, just ask . . . a com- Our minority opinion is that the sub- Russell's first for RDL Records is dio, pacted by R.C.A. Victor. First puter ... I sure wish we could bring ject requires a more articulate, less "Summer Will End," a Jim Webb lease titled "Father Kline" b/w "S people back into style again." froshomoric observer. Album is titled comp. New label is headed day Morning Light." . Actor/sin Sugar powdered prose is, at best, "Muve Unlimited." by Rich- For us, it doesn't. ard D. Lopez . . . Most Gra which intriguing new Richard Williams signed to an unwieldy weapon with to And it isn't. (Con't. on Page the format was provided in short talks Pen Co. and produced by Jack Mul- for to be CHICAGO by WLS' the College Inn 6/12-16, general manager Gene Tay- queen! . Jr. is due in lowed by O. C. Smith 6/17-30 . . 1 In the very pleasant surroundings of lor and ABC's Hal Neal Jr., Allen Shaw this week for some p.a. the n the Sheraton Chicago Hotel's Cryst9l work here and Paulsen and Jennifer make up and George Yahraes, co -developers of in Milwaukee with Transamerica's Mister Kelly's bill opening 6/2.., Room, the local trade was given a the LOVE format and Howard Smith, Wayne Juhlin. Artist's Ln'i on LOVE, the new new single is Metro's local promo rep Chuck briefing "progres- assistant publisher of The Village "Here I Am" (UA) from his latest LP with n sive rock programming" concept in- Voice, who ston has been on the move came in from New York "One Step Further" ... Summit's Bud releases "Brown Arms In Houston troduced by ABC -radio, FM special for the affair. Brother John, LOVE's Stebbins tops his plug list with the Orpheus products group. The WLS-FM (Chica- anchor man, was with us via (MGM), The Cowsills' tape. newly released "Totie Fields Live" LP Prophecy, (MGM) and "MY S go) hosted cocktail bash preceding Must add that WLS-FM's Harvey Wit- etc." (Mainstream) , Blue Thumb album timental Friend" by Herman's 11 (and following!) the actual LOVE pre- tenberg was quite the host! Six- "Truckin With Albert Collins", "For mits (MGM) . Thee Proplrr sentation, was without a doubt one of teen year old performer Ginn), Tiu is His Namesake" by The the most successful events of the year celebrating Amboy Dukes who've just completed their first. her tenth year in show (Mainstream) , . attracting just about every promotion business "We" by The Fun & bum for Kapp produced by Carl with two big events - the Games (Uni) and The Bell rep in town not to mention ad agen- release of her new Turtles' latest nafede, Lew Douglas and Dan - single "Billy Sun- "You Don't Have To Walk In The embark tour t cy people, various manufacturers rep- shine" (Amaret) and a TV special, Rain" on a lengthy p.a. (White Whale) . Wayne Coch- single resentatives, etc.! An explanation of June 14, sponsored by the McLennon ran summer. Group's current & The C. C. Riders are scheduled "Some Kind A Wonderful". 20 Cash Box - June 7,1'

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