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ISSUE 1600 APRIL 4, 1986 the GAVIN REPORT SINCE 1958 r A N E X C L U I V E INT RVIEW WITH wITTLE RIC ARD A KI ROLL ONE HALLIDIE PLAZA, SUITE 725, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFONIA 94102 415392.7750 www.americanradiohistory.com H -C 1986 WARNER BROS. RECOR www.americanradiohistory.com the GAVIN REPORT Editor: Dave Sholin TOP 40 Station Reporting Phone (415) 392 -7750 Reports accepted Mondays at 8AM through 11AM Wednesdays ILI 11114 III 1. INXS - What You Need (Atlantic) 2. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (A &M) 3. BANGLES - Manic Monday (Columbia) 4. ROBERT PALMER - Addicted To Love (Island) 5. PRINCE - Kiss (Paisley /Warner Bros.) 6. FORCE MD'S - Tender Love (Tommy Boy /Warner Bros.) 7. PET SHOP BOYS - West End Girls (EMI America) 8. ROLLING STONES - Harlem Shuffle (Rolling Stones) 9. John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The USA (Riva /PolyGram) 10. Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait (Modern /Atco) 11. VAN HALEN - Why Can't This Be Love (Warner Bros.) TI Me Home 28. 19. 12. PHIL COLLINS - Take (Atlantic) 15. 14. 13. DIRE STRAITS - So Far Away (Warner Bros.) 2. 3. 14. Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers (A &M) 21. 18. 15. OUTFIELD - Your Love (Columbia) 18. 16. 16. Jermaine Jackson - I Think It's Love (Arista) 12. 11. 17. Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way (Capitol) 3i. 24. 18. MIAMI SOUND MACHINE - Bad Boy (Epic) 1. These Dreams MADONNA 9. 19. Heart - (Capitol) A 22. 20. 20. Wonder - Overjoyed (Tamla) Live To Tell Stevie 34. 25. 21. BOB SEGER - American Storm (Capitol) (Sire /Warner Bros.) 26. 23. 22. Jackson Browne - For America (Asylum) 190 Adds 36. 28. 23. OMD - If You Leave (Virgin /A &M) 33. 27. 24. LEVEL 42 - Something About You (Polydor /PolyGram) - 29. 25. WHITNEY HOUSTON - The Greatest Love Of All (Arista) JOURNEY -. 39. 30. 26. MIKE & THE MECHANICS - All I Need Is A Miracle (Atlantic) Be Good To Yourself - What Have You Done For Me Lately (A&M) (Columbia) 27. JANET JACKSON 35. 28. MR.MISTER - Is It Love (RCA) 163 Adds 37. 31. 29. JOHN TAYLOR - I Do What I Do (Capitol) 38. 30. ZZ TOP - Rough Boy (Warner Bros.) 7. 15. Elton John CULTURE CLUB 31. - Nikita (Geffen) 16. 21. ELO America (CBS) Move Away 32. - Calling LENNON - Stick Around (Virgin /Epic) - -. 40. 33. JULIAN (Atlantic) 34. SADE - Never As Good As The First Time (Portrait) 86 Adds 13. 22. 35. Loverboy - This Could Be The Night (Columbia" 36. NU SHOOZ - I Can't Wait TOP NEW AIRPLAY (Atlantic) 37. CHERRELLE & ALEXANDER O'NEAL - Saturday Love (Tabu) 40. 39. 38. Little Richard - Great Gosh A' Mighty! (MCA) 39. DEYOUNG - Call Me (A &M) E-I i DENNIS ;1 i 1I7lAfEil 40. HONEYMOON SUITE - Feel It Again (Warner Bros.) THE JETS Crush On You (MCA) CHARTBOUND Number three on this week's Reports Adds On Chart Urban chart! Explosive new Top 40 airplay moves it full +MADONNA 190 190 speed ahead. - Live To Tell (Sire /Warner Bros.) CULTURE CLUB - Move Away (Epic) 187 86 88 13 CERTIFIED STARSHIP- Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight (Grunt/RCA) 163 64 91 8 SADE +JOURNEY - Be Good To Yourself (Columbia) 163 163 Never As Good As The First Time (Portrait) ZZ TOP Rough Boy (Warner Bros.) April 4, 198ó /the GAVIN REPORT 2 www.americanradiohistory.com At the top of the charts, "There'll Be Sad Songs Adds April 7 (Top 40, there's a spot that's reserved (To Make You Cry)." R &B, A/C). Album for Billy Ocean. He's had available April 24. four smashes in a row From Love Zone, The ("Caribbean Queen, Forthcoming Follow - " Loverboy," "Suddenly, "and Up To Billy Ocean's "When The Going Gets On Jive Records, Ca-ccPttes and Double- Platinum Compact Discs. Distributed by Tough, The Tough Get Arista Records, Inc. Going"), and the next one is Album, Suddenly. on its way. 4° ARISTA www.americanradiohistory.com ìOP40 ARTIST & TITLE Reports Adds On Chart BOURGEOIS TAGG - Mutual Surrender (Island) 111 7 78 26 WAX - Right Between The Eyes (RCA) 111 14 82 15 HOOTERS - Where Do The Children Go (Columbia) 103 25 71 7 PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD - On My Own (MCA) 94 23 46 25 SIMPLE MINDS - All The Things She Said (Virgin /A &M) 78 39 39 *TEARS FOR FEARS - Mothers Talk (Mercury /PolyGram) 74 73 1 FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS - Tuff Enuff (CBS) 66 11 48 7 *HOWARD JONES - No One Is To Blame (Elektra) 62 52 8 2 JIMMY BARNES - Working Class Man (Geffen) 61 4 53 4 STARPOINT - Restless (Elektra) 60 5 30 25 SIMPLY RED - Holding Back The Years (Elektra) 53 20 23 10 MENTAL AS ANYTHING - Live It Up (Columbia) 52 4 40 8 OZZY OSBOURNE - Shot In The Dark (CBS) 43 4 30 9 DAVID BOWIE - Absolute Beginners (EMI America) 43 11 31 1 DIONNE WARWICK - Whisper In The Dark (Arista) 41 -- 23 18 *VOICES OF AMERICA - Hands Across America (EMI America) 41 39 2 KATRINA & THE WAVES - Is That It? (Capitol) 40 9 29 2. GREG KIHN - Love And Rock 'n' Roll (EMI America) 38 2 25 11 *BALTIMORA - Living In The Background (EMI America) 36 17 19 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - Johnny (IRS) 35 7 24 4 BONNIE TYLER - If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man) (Col.) 33 12 21 FEARGAL SHARKEY - A Good Heart (Columbia) 28 1 20 7 GRAHAM NASH - Innocent Eyes (Atlantic) 28 9 19 NEW EDITION - A Little Bit Of Love (MCA) 27 2 7 18 ASIA - Wishing (Geffen) 26 4 20 2 *TALKING HEADS - Once In A Lifetime (Warner Bros.) 23 11 12 *JETS - Crush On You (MCA) 22 12 5 5 *VANITY - Under The Influence (Motown) 21 20 1 ANIMOTION - I Engineer (Mercury /PolyGram) 20 1 11 8 *BOYS DON'T CRY - I Wanna Be A Cowboy (Profile) 20 9 5 6 *Debuts This Week... Dropped: #26- Starship, #32- Charlie Sexton, #33 -Opus, #34- Thompson Twins, #36- Simple Minds, #37- Robert Tepper, Jennifer Rush, Smokey Robinson INSIDE TOP 40 WITH DAVE SHOLIN Six debuts on this week's 20 -14 WZON- Bangor, etc. Currently sits at number two on chart points to an awful lot of LEVEL 42 has surfaced with the Urban chart, it's top ten in spring cleaning during the early more than 200 reports, including New York, Boston, Seattle, Hono- stages of the book. ROBERT top ten numbers at KMEL (8), lulu, Bryan, San Francisco, PALMER stands an excellent KOZE (9), KXFM (8), KKBG (2), Stockton, etc. chance of chalking up his first KBBZ (5), KNJY (5), WXIK (9), Record To Watch on February number one record...jumps inside 106X (4), WQCR (5), etc. 28th, CHERRELLE & ALEXANDER the top ten at WTIC- Hartford JANET JACKSON moves out of O'NEAL speed right by Chart - 12 -9, B- 94- Pittsburgh 14 -6, chartbound, easily picking up bound with a 32% Hit Factor. WBCY -Charlotte 27 -10, G105 -Dur- 46 adds and already a confirmed West Coast action is the heaviest ham /Raleigh 23 -10, B -97 -New hit at Z100 -New York 14 -9, WHTT- ... KYNO 11 -7, KGGI 6 -4, FM102 Orleans 18 -9, WKLQ -Grand Boston 15 -11, WKZQ -Myrtle Beach 3 -2, KFIV 10 -7, KIIS /FM (7), Rapids 14 -7, KYYY - Bismarck 14 -6, Q104- Gadsden 17 -7, K D VV plus top ten at KSAQ, B -95, 16 -10, KSYZ -Grand Island 14 -5, Topeka 17 -9, KZZB -Beaumont 23- WHYT, WBBQ, I -95, etc. KKHR -Los Angeles 14 -8, etc. 11, KJOY-Stockton 12 -9, KMJK- LABELLE & MCDONALD shaping PHIL COLLINS and THE STONES Portland 18 -10, etc. up to be the next duet to watch remain number one and two MR. MISTER taking off quickly out for...already #15 at Atlanta's respectively in total number of for many who are debuting it with 94Q, plus moves 31 -25 KZZK, reports with THE STONES con- excellent numbers...KATD (26), 27 -21 KRQK, 27 -22 B -97, 26 -14 verting in Hit Factor from 60% KTAW (29), KAKS (27), KQWK WQTU, 28 -22 WBBQ, 28 -24 B104, etc. to 81 %. (28), WKTI (27), KIZZ (26), That loud roar is THE JETS MIAMI SOUND MACHINE in Y107 (30), B106 (27), WKNE (28), moving into position for a Record high gear set to outperform WAAL (21), etc. Can you believe To Watch designation. Debuts #24 "Conga" on their second go it was way back in September KIVIEL in Los Angeles at KIIS, #27 at round...moves 31 -23 at KUBE- last year when we first told you KSTN- Stockton, #25 FM102- Sacra- Seattle, 17 -12 KS103 -San Diego, about a record having tremendous mento, 23 -21 B -95- Kansas City, 28 -20 KWSS -San Jose, 25 -18 success in the Northwest. Well, plus adds at I -95, Y100, WBLU, KPKE- Denver, 23 -18 KPUR- it's not only home territory that's Z103, KNOE, KRQ, KKYS, KITS, Amarillo, 25 -18 WYTZ- Chicago, proven NU SHOOZ a winner. etc. April II. /986/the GAVIN REPORT q www.americanradiohistory.com TOP 40 HIT FACTOR Research: Keith Zimmerman Lisa Smith Betty Hollars FACTOR Hit Factor is a percentage of stations playing a record which also have it Top 20. le: 100 stations playing the record -60 stations have it in their Top 20 -Hit Factor = 6096. 288 283 Total reports this week Last Week STATIONS CHARTED HIT 11 20 Uncharted FACTOR weeks ARTIST TITLE LABEL Reports Adds 1 -5 6 -10 -20 -30 139 98 18 57% 4 PH IL COLLINS - Take Me Home (Atlantic) 277 3 3 16 81% RC ILLING STONES - Harlem Shuffle( Rolling Stones) 266 2 14 51 153 40 6 5 93% 12 RC (BERT PALMER - Addicted To Love (Island) 265 __ 97 105 47 12 4 110 29 7 83% 11 PE T SHOP BOYS - West End Girls (EMI Amer.) 262 7 30 79 14% 1 32 125 77 3 WI- IITNEY HOUSTON - The Greatest Love..