WEEKLY June $3.00 $2.80 pius .20 GST Volume 55 No. 21 May 23,1992 No.1 HIT STEEL BARS YOU ..WON'T SEE ME CRY -Michael Bo lton Wilson Phillips JUST ANOTHER DAY · MY LOVlt-r' (N~v'e; G~n'n~ G~t'li)' : Jon Secada · ...... ~~ ."?~~~ ....... WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP IN THE CLOSET Riff No.1 ALBUM Michael Jackson · ......... ... ..... .. I DROVE ALL NIGHT · ..... '00 IT TC)M'E' ......• Roy Orbison Lionel Richie · .............. '" ... HOLD ME NOW · ...................Dan Hill . ONE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN U2 Eddie Money Island · .. " .............. · ....... , .......... ... I WANT TO BELIEVE · • • SOMEDAY? : Sass Jordan '. .' • Concrete Blonde : . · ...... ...... ......... YOU'VE GOT A WAY '. : AMERICA • Kathy Troccoli .~ ·• ...........Kim Mitchell. .... .... QUEEN SMELLS LIKE NIRVANA KRISS KROSS Classic Queen Weird AI Yankovic Totally• Krossed Out Hollywood - CD-61311-P SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE I SAW THE LIGHT !:::~ NNIE LENNOX· ..... Jamie Dakota leI( Diva · ...... ~y.n?~~~ ...... ~~-~~~~~ · . .. TOUCH THE HAND SPICE OF LIFE THE CURE George Fox Wish • ...... · ................... ..... ..... ......... ~r'y?~ ~?~~~ ..... · : LIVE & LEARN WHERE FOREVER BEGINS SLAUGHTER Neal McCoy ·• ....................Joe Public . · .... ......... ... ... · . .....The........ Wild Life ..... FOR YOUR BABIES lYDECO PEARL JAM • Simply Red Bobby Lalonde Ten · ... , ............... : ..... , . BRAVADO' ...... : KEEPIN' UP WITH THE JONES' SIMON &GARFUNKEL Rush • larry Mercey The Definitive Collection · ......... , ......... · .. ................ SEPARATE TABLES LIST OF BROKEN HEARTS CONCRETE BLONDE Diane Raeside ..... ..... Walking In london · ~h.ri~ .~e.B~~g.h . .................... THE WILD LIFE MASON DIXIE LINE WEIRD AL YANKO VIC Slaughter Dan Seals Off The Deep End · ................... , · .................... SOMETH ING IN RED AMY GRANT Lorrie Morgan Heart In Motion OllY OSBOURNE No More Tears HIT PICK ALBUM PICK BIG HOUSE .....................Big House .. TRACY CHAPMAN Matters Of The Heart ~ BEASTIE BOYS Check Your Head Dan Gallagher talks ' about his: WHEN LOVERS BECOME CHRIS DEBURGH THE BLACK CROWES . • past, his present, his future and: The Southern Harmony and STRANGERS - Cher Power OfTen the impact of music videos in: Musical Companion Geffen A&M - CD-828397188-2-Q Canada - Page 7: 2 - RPM - May 23, 1992 Mac's and Mike's deal with Sam's for product new releases. Product will be stored at Roblan Distributors and delivered overnight to Mac's Sam the Record Man has reached an agreement prime mar~et targets. "stores by Purolator Courier to allow for with Silcorp Limited that will see Sam's Mac's decided to branch out to partially maximum flexibility. supplying pre-recorded music product to replace declining revenues through tobacco Sam Sniderman, president of Sam the Mac's Convenience Stores and Mike's Mart sales. The chain also wants to differentiate Record Man, says his company has never chains across Canada. itself from its competition and to position distributed product to other chains before, but Beginning June 4 in North Bay, Mac's itself as a credible entertainment vendor with he has high hopes for the new deal. "The major and Mike's stores (which are owned by Silcorp) strong brand identification. thing about it is that it's going to open up a new will devote prime retail space to a Through the deal, Sam's is hoping to vista for us as far as supplying. Maybe from merchandising unit featuring a Top 30 Hit engrain its name inpeople's minds, reconvert Mac's we'll go to supplying other chains." Parade comprised of cassettes and compact lapsed music buyers, and capture sales faster discs. Each week, 10-20 new stores will be in outlying markets where there are no music Bob Wiseman's "snaps" added. It's hoped that 450 stores in Ontario stores. will be serviced by mid-fall and that product "In a lot of cases, we're going to be the have public showing will be available natiomilly in 900 convenience only game in town," says Ron Morris, Sam the Bob Wiseman, former keyboardist with Blue stores through 1993. Record Man's director of purchasing. He Rodeo, launched a showing of his personal Demographic studies have shown that figures that, even by conservative estimates, photographs at the Gallery Diodati on May 22 per cent of Mac' s customers are teens, and stores should sell $500 of product per week. 14. The show will run through to May 31. The 40 per cent of customers are males aged 18- The Top 30 charts will be based on retail gallery is located in downtown Toronto at457 35. These figures almost mirror that of Sam's information gathered in Sam's stores and three Richmond Street West. or four different charts will be available- The majority of the exhibited Eddie Schwartz signs depending on the location (both regionally photographs were shot by Wiseman while exclusive deal with TMP and within towns and cities) of the store. touring the U.S. and Canada. The showing While all product within each store will be consists of both black and white and colour Frank Davies, president ofTMP - The Music priced the same, there may be small price portraits, abstracts and candids. Publishers, has announced the signing of an differences according to region. The retail Wiseman is currently promoting exclusive co-publishing deal with Eddie racks will only contain graphics in empty Presented By Lake Michigan Soda, his debut Schwartz. TMP operates the joint venture cases, while the actual CDs and tapes will be solo album. He is also producing the new Edie with MCA Music Publishing worldwide. Schwartz has become internationally­ kept behind the sales counter to prevent theft. Brickell album, playing dates across North The chart will be changed once a month, America and, in his spare time, composing known through several hit songs he has written though allowances will be made for major movie scores. Lane & The Disciples celebrate unique reunion Robbie Lane & The Disciples were one of into roots rock and roll and R&B. And that's Canada's biggest acts in the 1960s and '70s what we do. The majority of our material is before they broke up in 1976. The group made up of cover material from that era, and reformed in June, 1982 and are now celebrating we do do some of the stuff that we orig inally what Lane calls, "the 10th anniversary of our recorded then as welL" second time around." The group isn't seeking to record new In 1963, the group replaced The Hawks material but Fannie Mae was released on as Ronnie Hawkins' band. They then went on volume one of the 'Early Years' collection, their own to record such hits as Fannie Mae, partofBMG MusicCanada's 'Made in Canada' Ain't Love A Funny Thing, and What Am I series. WhatAm I Going To Do? is scheduled Gonna Do, which was produced by RPM's to be included on the second volume. Stan Klees. From 1966-70, Lane hosted and "We know that whatwe're doing certainly the band starred on CTV's It's Happening, appeals to a segmen t of the market, but I don't Seen at Eddie SchwartzlTMP Signing (I to r) which featured many ofthe top Canadian pop think it's marketable in terms of a new act Frank Davies, Skinny/William Tenn, Michelle and rock acts of the time. After the show was Nagel and Vicki Walters with Schwartz (seated). - II d h . d d recording," Lane says. ._ __cance e ,t e group contmue to recor on "We play music like some people play over the years. Included are Don't Shed A I Capitol. golf. It's agreat, great hobby and we're having Tear by Paul Carrack, The Doctor by the Since reforming, the group has played the best possible time doing it." Doobie Brothers, and Hit Me With Your Best 50-60 nigh ts a year -- and Lane sees no end to Shot by Pat Benatar. His material has been thatpace. Theyplay95percentoftheirshows covered by recording artists from around the in the Toronto area, including a lot of one- world including Canadian bands Honeymoon nighters and cor-porate dates for such Suite and April Wine, as well as Joe Cocker, companies as Honda, Johnson & Johnson, and DonnaSummer,Philip Bailey, America, Carly Northern Telecom. To celebrate the Simon, The Pointer Sisters, and Joe Piscopo. anniversary, the group will perform a free He has also gained international recognition two-night engagement on May 21 and 22 at as a producer, having produced sessions for Smoky Rose in Scarborough, Ont. Rita Coolidge, The Doobie Brothers, Paul Carrack, Gowan, and Elisa Fiorillo. Along with Lane on vocals, the eight­ For the past six years, Schwartz has been piece group features two other original personally managed by Frank Davies. Under Disciples: Terry Bush on guitar and Gene this new publishing agreement with TMP, Track on bass. Lane, who recently became the Davies will continue his management of publicist for Ontario Place, says he tries to get Toronto's 0107 receives special award Schwartz's EMI Music Publishing and ATV a good blend between the original members commemorating sales of more than $1 million and younger musicians in order to keep a high for Roiling Stones At The Max at Toronto's Music Puhlishing catalogues. Clnesphere Imax Theatre. (I to r) 0107's PO Prior to their management association, energy level in the music. Gary Aube, president/general manager Don Shafer, CPI marketing manager Peter Vitals, Davies published Schwartz's songs since 1982 "We're having a great time. Our audience O's marketing director Perry Goldberg and while president ofATVMusicGroup, Canada. is 19 to 59, because a lot of young people are Assistant PD/MD Joey Vendetta. RPM - May 23, 1992 - 3 Cousins fighting to keep coasters radio show afloat did send me an application. In her concluding comment, she said '. J me, 'Mr.