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THE 86 * THE ART OF WAR BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY RUTHLESS Retail, Record Cos. Scramble To Minimize Impact around the build- 34 BY BRETT ATWOOD shelves." that he has even checked * LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL to STEVIE RAY VAUGHN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE EPIC and SHAWNEE SMITH PGD distributes Mercury and Def Jam. ing to find extra copies of the Despite the contingency plans of record put on shelves. CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN 36 -Retailers, one -stops, distributors like PGD, the strike still has Garrett is confident, however, that the * SHADES OF GRACE BOB CARLISLE DIADEM and labels are scrambling to ensure that a some retailers nervous about the possibil- strike won't continue much longer, as he of product flows to con- ity of being without hit product. does not think the federal government will COUNTRY ß2 steady supply by a big problem for us," says Richard allow interruption of productivity and T * EVERYWHERE TIM MCGRAW CURB sumers, following a nationwide strike "It's the Teamsters union against United Par- Ellis, manager of Aron's Records in Hol- services across the country for too long. O GOSPEL about "People will be laid off, and I 37 cel Service (UPS). lywood, Calif. "We normally average getting P * GOD'S PROPERTY Caught in the crossfire of the strike, 20 UPS -shipped boxes a day, and today we don't think the government is going to GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION B -RITE which began Aug. 4, are several high -pro- got nothing ... Luckily, we have sufficient stand for that," he says. A HEATSEEKERS file new releases that were due in stores back stock on our top sellers." -based retailer George's Music * LILA LILA MCCANN ASYLUM the day after the strike began, including Ellis says that the store is picking up Room has not been affected by the strike 311's "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury, some orders directly from local one -stops, yet, but its owner says he is cautious about B KID AUDIO 55 "Def Jam's How To Be A Player" sound- but that it is most affected by delayed the prospects of an extended strike. U * HERCULES READ -ALONG WALT DISNEY track on Def Jam, and Snoop Doggy shipments from East -based inde- 'We haven't really felt the effects of [the M says owner George Daniels. LATIN Dogg's "Doggumentary" on Death Row/ pendent labels. strike] yet," THE BILLBOARD 50 36 us so S * SENTIMIENTOS CHARLIE ZAA SONOWX Interscope. Many shipments are being made "UPS would probably affect more The strike -related problem of getting through alternative distribution avenues, from our secondary supplier, Valley and first -class [Record Distributors], who is out of Wood- POP CATALOG 55 product into stores in the absence of UPS such as Federal Express * GREASE SOUNDTRACK POLYDOR delivery is likely to result in reduced sales mail, according to Ellis. In some cases, the land [Calif.]. They ship through UPS." The for many hot releases, industry executives retailer is splitting the additional distrib- retailer adds that the Chicago -based R &B 22 say. Retailers, too, worry that if the strike ution cost with the label. Baker & Taylor is his primary supplier. "I * THE ART OF WAR BONE THUGS-N- HARMONY RUTHLESS is an extended one, they may have trouble Lew Garrett, VP of purchasing and mer- can either pick up [the shipments myself] keeping an adequate supply of stock on chandising at Camelot Music, says that the or they messenger them over." 34 their shelves. 315 -store chain is "doing the best it can" While retailers worry about keeping * REGGAE GOLD 1997 VARIOUS ARTISTS VP "We are scurrying," says Henry Droz, to find alternative methods of delivery, shelves stocked, distributors like Valley of Universal Music and Video such as Airborne and other couriers, to get are concerned about stretching the capa- 34 president * MICHAEL FLATLEY'S LORD OF THE DANCE (U.S.). as product out to its stores. bilities of their alternative carriers if the RONAN HARDIMAN PHIUPS Distribution "As far the tonnage of major releases is concerned, that's not "The releases by [311 and `Def Jam's strike persists for a long period of time. THE HOT 100 much of an immediate problem. We can How To Be A Player] are probably the two "It makes you wonder how much further I'LL BE MISSING YOU 84 * in we're the shortest on," he says, admitting (Continued on page 79) PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS (FEATURING 1 12) BAD BOY ship those by truck, which might result an extra day or two for delivery. But what ADULT CONTEMPORARY 70 we have done is reduce the minimum * SUNNY CAME HOME SHAWN COLVIN COLUMBA ordering requirements on our shipments by truck to accommodate this situation. TOP 40 ADULT 70 "The real problem is with smaller ship- * ALL FOR YOU SISTER HAZEL UNIVERSAL ments, and we have no alternatives for those in place yet," Droz adds. "We may be H COUNTRY 30 O * COME CRYIN' TO ME LONESTAR RNA in a position where we have to hold small- er shipments until additional orders come T cost. This is not a do -or -die DANCE / CLUB PLAY 28 to justify the * AROUND THE WORLD DAFT PUNK SOMA situation, but it is a pain." S DANCE / MAXI SINGLES SALES While PolyGram Group Distribution I * MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS 28 (PGD) president /CEO Jim Caparro ac- N THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (FEAT. PUFF DADDY & MASE) BAD Boy knowledges that the strike did create some difficulty for the company's releases -"we G LATIN 35 L * MIENTE ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA were able to realize about 80 % -85% of our total orders [on release day] " -he feels E R &B 24 confident in the company's contingency S * NEVER MAKE A PROMISE DRU HILL ISLAND plans. "Because we have to work our way RAP with * MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS 26 through the transportation system THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (FEAT. PUFF DADDY & MASE) BAD BOY the rest of the country's parcels, we will be shipping out our new releases [with alter- K Makes Choice. Belgian band K's Choice signed a co- publishing agreement with Famous ROCK / TRACKS 69 native carriers] earlier, and more by air, * LISTEN COLLECTIVE SOUL ATLANTIC Music during a break from recording its second single, "A Sound That Only You Can Hear," at to allow more time for delivery by the Los Angeles' A &M studios. Pictured, from left, are Bobby Carlton, senior creative director of he ROCK / MODERN ROCK TRACKS morning of their release date," says. Famous Music; Laura Becker, assistant to the president of Famous Music; Sarah Bettens, 69 trying to figure out how to best fill * FLY SUGAR RAY LAVA "We're band member; Ira Jaffe, president of Famous Music; and Geri Bettens, band member. individual orders to get our product on the TOP VIDEO SALES 58 T * JERRY MAGUIRE COWMBA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO T H I S W E E K I N B I L L B O A R D HEALTH & FITNESS P 60 * THE FIRM: 5 DAY ABS BMG VIDEO A HEAD START ON DVD COMMENTARY 4 MERCHANTS & MARKETING 49 SALES Independent suppliers are ahead of the major studios in releasing Retail Track 52 V 57 ARTISTS & MUSIC 11 I I'M BOUT IT MASTER P PRIORITY VIDEO put Declarations Of Independents 53 * DVD titles, and by year's end their total will exceed the number Executive Turntable 12 D out by the majors. Associate home video editor Eileen Fitzpatrick Child's Play 55 E RECREATIONAL SPORTS The Beat 13 60 has the story. Page 49 Home Video 56 * MICHAEL JORDAN: ABOVE & BEYOND FOXEIDEO Boxscore 14 Shelf Talk 58 GOING TO THE WALL The Reel Thing 18 S RENTALS 57 Camelot Music is in negotiations with the U.K. -based W H Smith Popular Uprisings 19 REVIEWS & PREVIEWS 61 * SCREAM BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO company to absorb Smith's 170 -unit Wall chain. Senior retail edi- R &B 20 67 tor Ed Christman reports in Retail Track. Page 52 Dance Trax 27 PROGRAMMING The Modern Age 69 No. 1 ON THIS WEEK'S UNPUBLISHED CHARTS Country 29 AirWaves 73 Classical /Keeping Score 33 CLASSICAL BPI COMMUNICATIONS Chairman: Gerald S. Hobbs President & CEO: John B. Babcock Jr. Music Video 74 Executive Vice Presidents: Robert J. Dowling, Martin R. Feely, Howard Lander Senior Vice Presi- Jazz; Blue Notes 33 * PLAYS RACHMANINOV DAVID HELFGOTT RCA VICTOR dents: Georgina Challis, Paul Curran, Mark Dacey, Ann Haire, Rosalee Lovett Vice President Glenn Latin Notas 35 Heffernan Chairman Emeritus: W.D. 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We could easily find stage, indeed, the creative exchange is Country Music/Nashville: Deborah Evans Price, Associate Editor The main talking point at last year's ourselves in a situation where we are losing more global and more highly differentiat- Dance Music: Larry Flick, Editor (N.Y.) Pro Audio/Technology: Paul Verna, Editor (N.Y.) PopKomm was a report on those people the commercial advantage to large -scale ed, maybe even more efficient. At the same Merchants & Marketing: Don Jeffrey, Editor (N.Y.) who do not buy music -the so- called customers of European status -even in the time, we understand that many Home Video: Seth Goldstein, Editor (N.Y.), Eileen Fitzpatrick, Associate Ed. (L.A.) Radio: Chuck Taylor, Editor (N.Y.) "sleepers" who have stopped doing so and domestic market. questions, such as copyright and intellec- Music Video/Enter *Active: Brett Atwood, Editor (L.A.) those other non -buyers who never have The music industry needs to adapt just tual property protection, must be Heatseekers Features Editor: Doug Reece (L.A.) clarified Staff Reporter: Shawnee Smith (N.Y.) done so. Many of the alarming facts it con- as radically in its search for new distribu- before we send a single music track, let Editorial Assistant: Gina van der Vliet (L.A.) tained were well known, but seeing them tion channels as it does in to inci- Administrative/Research Assistant: Dylan Siegler (N.Y.) adjusting alone an entire concert, over the Internet. Special Correspondent: Jim Bessman again in black and white, supported by The Internet as a medium shows clearly Contributors: Catherine Applefeld Olson, Fred Bronson, charts and graphs, caused much soul - Lisa Collins, Larry LeBlanc, Jim Macnie, Moira McCormick, that nation -by- nation legislation is no David Nathan, Havelock Nelson, Phyllis Stark, Heidi Waleson searching in the industry and reinforced `Disappearing longer feasible in the present day; for this International Editor in Chief: ADAM WHITE the search for possible solutions via incre- trade barriers reason, we must address all issues and International Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy mental distribution channels in nontradi- International Music Editor: Dominic Pride and a single problems of digital transmission channels International News Editor: Jeff Clark -Meads tional outlets. in a European or global context, as was International Associate Editor: Mark Solomon currency are German Bureau Chief: Wolfgang Spahr The results of the study sparked a long - successfully done at the World Intellectu- Japan Bureau Chief: Steve McClure overdue discussion in the industry. Only a generating new al Property Organization Far East Bureau Chief: Geoff Burpee Conference last Contributing Editor: Paul Sexton few weeks later, the sweeping success of pan- European December in Geneva. CHARTS Andrea Bocelli & RESEARCH and demand chan- The European approach is changing our Director of Charts: GEOFF MAYFIELD proved that "sleepers" really can be sold markets. The development of pan -Euro- Chart Managers: Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rock/New Age/ nels and busi- World Music), Ricardo Companioni (Dance), Datu Faison (Hot R &B records on a large scale. pean A &R and marketing concepts for our Singles/Top R &B Albums/Rap /Gospel /Reggae), Steven Graybow (Adult Con- In this context, it again became clear ness fields' top has a of life temporary//Jazz/Blues/Studio Action), Wade Jessen (Country/ stars been fact for the Contemporary Christian), John Lannert (Latin), Mark Marone (Modern Rock), that the whole of Europe, not only Ger- music Thomas M. Stein is industry for years. Now we find that Geoff Mayfield (Billboard 200 /Heatseekers/Catalog), Theda Sandiford -Waller many, is suffering from non -buyer syn- (Hot 100 Singles), Marc Zubatkin (Video/Classical /Kid Audio) president of Bundesver- disappearing trade barriers, a single cur- Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson drome. As in many other areas of business, band der Phonographis- rency, and the progressive merging of Assistant Chart Production Manager: Alex Vitoulis where globalization is rapidly advancing, chen Wirtschaft, the Archive Research Supervisor: Silvio Pietroluongo political and cultural ties in Europe are Administrative Assistants: Joe Berinato (N.Y.), Jan Marie Perry (L.A.), the music industry will increasingly have German recording generating new pan- European demand Mary DeCroce (Nashville) to look for European solutions to resolve industry association, channels and president of BMG and business fields. SALES the core problems of the future, as it is my Associate Publisher/U.S.: JIM BELOFF Entertainment Interna- At company, BMG, in addition to our New York: Kara DioGuardi, Pat Jennings doing with the non -buyers problem area. tional Germany /Switzer- traditionally close working relationship Nashville: Lee Ann Photoglo If we want to win over via new distribu- land /Austria. L.A.: Jill Carrigan, Dan Dodd, Lezle Stein with the retail trade, we have risen to the Advertising Coordinators: Evelyn Aszodi, Erica Bengtson tion channels the 50% of the German pop- challenge of this new environment by Advertising Assistants: Hollie Adams, Todd Maycher ulation who do not buy we will, in Classified (N.Y.): Jeff Serrette records, recruiting a group of marketing profes- Associate Publisher /Intl.: GENE SMITH our search for additional sales mechanisms, sionals to form the BMG Special Market- Europe: Christine Chinetti, Ian Remmer 44- 171 -323 -6686 come into contact with nontraditional forms sive changes in marketing communica- ing Europe team, whose task it will be to Asia- Pacific: Publicitas, 65- 338 -2774 (); Alex Ho, 852 -2527 -3525 () of supply that have long been established tions. develop well -aimed concepts and supply : Amanda Guest, 613 -9824 -8260 across Europe, and that means that we A medium like the Internet is bound to conduits for nontraditional outlets. Japan: Aki Kaneko, 213-650 -3171 Milan: Lidia Bonguardo, 39 +(0)362 +54.44.24 must devise pan- European concepts. change the record companies' marketing We must all continue to rise to these Paris: Francois Millet, 33 -1-4549 -2933 However, there are disadvantages for the supranationally. Certainly we are still challenges, maintain the stability of a func- Latin America/Miami: Angela Rodriguez, 305 -441 -7976 Mexico/West Coast Latin: Daisy Ducret 213 -525 -2307 music industry, as well as advantages. We not fully aware of all the opportunities the tioning trade sector, and ensure that the Jamaica: Marcia Frith -Kohler 876- 974 -1245 must adjust to growing competition with- Internet will offer as a marketing commu- music, which has always been the most MARKETING in Europe and must face the threat posed nications instrument for our product. It is important mood -maker in our lifestyle, is Director of Marketing: ELISSA TOMASETTI Marketing Manager: Gayle Lashin by the demand of pan- European trade con- not only the finished product that profits accessible to a wide audience. Promotion Coordinator: Phyllis Demo Senior Designer: Melissa Subatch Special Events Director: Maureen Ryan PublicistSpecial Events: Michele Jacangelo Quigley Circulation Director: Jeanne Jamin LETTERS European Circulation Manager: Sue Dowman (London) Tradeshow Manager /Circulation: Adam Waldman Group Sales Manager: Jeff Somerstein Circulation Promotion Account Manager: Trish Daly Louw MATTER OF TRUST Begin Again," Joel proclaims, "All the Circulation Sales Manager: Michael Sisto While I am Billy disappointed with words have been spoken /And the prophe- 98.7 WFMT & The Radio Networks PRODUCTION Joel's decision to abandon his popular cy fulfilled." Director: MARIE R. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Lechmere Closure Will Dim `Batman' Vid To Get Major WB Muscle Electronics Sector's Power Video, Record Units Team For Massive Marketing Campaign BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK Warner will simultaneously release sales experienced with the "Space BY DON JEFFREY York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Alaba- a DVD version of "Batman & Robin" Jam" soundtrack following that film's ma. Cohen points out that the demise LOS ANGELES -For the first time, priced at $24.98 with a $19.95 MAP. home video release was a contributing NEW YORK- Consumer electronics of Lechmere will create opportunities Warner Home Video and sister division Meanwhile, Universal Studios Home factor.. chains, whose low -ball pricing of re- in its core New England markets for Warner Bros. Records will pool their Video is expected on Monday (11) to When "Space Jam" was released on corded music ignited a retail price war, other music retailers. marketing resources for the video announce the sell- through release of video March 29, the album jumped will be fewer in number now that Mont- Judy Gustafson, director of corpo- release of "Batman & Robin." "The Lost World," the summer's top from No. 14 on The Billboard 200 to No. gomery Ward is closing all 44 of its rate communications for Montgomery The first of the summer block- box-office grosser at $223.9 million. 6 and remained in the top 10 until the Lechmere and Electric Avenue & Ward, says she does not know the busters to be announced for video, the The "Jurassic Park" sequel is expect- May 31 issue. More stores. timetable for the closings or the plans title will be released Oct. 21 with a ed to hit stores by mid- November. The album has sold 3.7 million units Chicago-based retailer Montgomery for the disposition of the music and retail price of $22.97 and a $14.95 min- Consumers who purchase both the in the U.S., according to SoundScan. Ward, which filed for Chapter 11 cred- (Continued on page 76) imum advertised price (MAP). "Batman & Robin" video and sound- The video remained in the top five of itor protection July 7, has sought ap- track will receive a $5 rebate from Billboard's Top Video Sales chart from proval from the bankruptcy court to Warner. April 5 to June 14. close its specialty stores, which include The soundtrack has sold 499,000 "We're just learning the upside of 27 Lechmere, six Home Image by Lech- units since its release in June, accord- putting video and music together, mere, and 11 Electric Avenue & More ing to SoundScan. based on `Space Jam,' " says Sanders. outlets (Billboard Bulletin, Aug. 4). Retailers will receive point- of-pur- The soundtrack/video rebate is one About 3,200 people are expected to chase displays housing both the video, of eight promotional offers Warner has lose their jobs at Lechmere and Home and soundtrack, another first -time set up for the title. In total, consumers Image and another 700 at Electric marketing strategy for Warner. can receive up to $32 worth of rebates Avenue. Among those already let go Although Warner has had numerous and discounts. was Larry Cohen, director of music opportunities to cross -promote its Consumers also receive a $5 rebate and video for Lechmere/Montgomery videos with hit soundtracks, VP of sell - from Duracell and Fuji with purchase Ward. through sales Ron Sanders says that of the video and certain products from "I was shocked by that decision [to the fact that both the music and video the packaged -goods companies. close the stores]," says Cohen, "and so division now report to studio heads Bob On Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, Duracell will was everyone I talked to in the Boston Daly and Terry Semel triggered the distribute a free -standing insert into area." Lechmere's stores are located cross -promotion. Sunday newspapers across the coun- throughout New England and in New In addition, he says, the upswing in (Continued on page 76)

Radiohead First. Radiohead began its U.S. tour with a sold -out performance at Tarantino Label the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Shown celebrating backstage, from left, are Steve Rosenblatt, VP of marketing; Joe McFadden, Capitol senior CMT Int'l Seeks Partners VP of sales; Clark Staub, Capitol VP of market planning; band members Jonny To Do Business Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood, and Phil Selway; Gary Gersh, Capitol president/CEO; Perry Watts -Russell, Capitol VP of A &R; Phil Costello, Capitol To Bring It Into The Black senior VP of promotions; band member Ed O'Brien; Bryce Edge of Courtyard With Maverick Management; and Brian MacDonald, Capitol VP of alternative promotions. BY CHET FLIPPO America, and CMT Pacific Rim. Each has a different feed and different BY CRAIG ROSEN NASHVILLE-With operating losses playlist. While not broken down by mounting into the millions, CMT Inter- areas, subscriber figures for CMT LOS ANGELES -A Band Apart Bank Set To Buy Red Ant national is looking for outside partners International show 6.8 million con - Records, the new soundtrack label to maintain the venture. firmed households in 59 countries. formed by filmmaker Quentin Taran- Would A 10% Otherwise, the future of the 5 -year- The main problem, notes Hall, has tino and his producing partner, Alliance Retain Interest old network, which is expected to lose been CMT Europe, which is more ex- Lawrence Bender, may also release NEW YORK- Alliance Entertain- July 24, charging that it breached its about $16 million this year, is unclear. pensive to run and is operating in a compilation and comedy albums, says ment, which filed for Chapter 11 cred- joint- venture agreement (Billboard, In a proxy statement sent to in- harder market to crack than the Latin Bender. itor protection last month, has agreed Aug. 9). vestors in July, parent company Gay- America and Pacific areas. The label will be marketed and dis- to sell its Red Ant label to investment Other bids for Red Ant may surface. lord Entertainment noted that, while "The problem you have on all fronts tributed by Maverick, which is a coup bank Wasserstein Perella & Co. How- Alliance retained investment bank CMT International had not yet oper- in Europe," says Hall, "is that you don't for the company run by co -CEOs ever, other bids for the fledgling label Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette to solic- ated profitably, management felt it have the delivery systems in place in and Freddy DeMann, as it may be considered before the bank- it offers for Red Ant, and under bank- could be improved to the point of doing enough households right now. And will allow Maverick to move into the ruptcy court approves the deal. ruptcy law competing -and higher- so. Otherwise, said the report, man- you've got advertising difficulties in soundtrack business. (The soundtrack Wasserstein Perella provided the bids may be considered by the agement would consider selling all or Europe, where you have to get adver- to Madonna's "Evita" was released on initial funding for the label, which was bankruptcy court by the time of its part of the network or shutting it down. tising that will appeal to audiences Warner Bros., not Maverick.) begun last year by former MCA Music hearing on the Wasserstein Perella bid Gaylord spokesman Alan Hall said across all those cultural boundaries. A Band Apart, which is also the Entertainment chairman Al Teller, Wednesday (13). that, at present, "Gaylord has no plans Then you have political considerations name of Tarantino and Bender's film now chairman /president /CEO of Alliance declines to say whether it to do what's mentioned in the proxy in some countries ... [and] the enor- and commercial companies, is expect- Alliance. has obtained other offers for Red Ant. statement. We are rigorously out there mous cost of renting a transponder in ed to make its bow in December with Sandra Sternberg, a spokeswoman Meanwhile, sources have said that right now trying to find partners to Europe." the release of the soundtrack to Taran- for Alliance, says that Teller will Alliance has considered an offer of $60 make this thing successful. We truly Additionally, Europe remains a hard tino's next film, "Jackie Brown," an remain with Alliance and will have no million for two other labels it owns, believe country music has a bright market for country music. Country adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime personal equity in Red Ant, which will Castle Communications and Concord future internationally." sales in the U.K. accounted for only 2% novel "Rum Punch," which stars Pam be run by its current president, Randy Jazz. The company has no comment on Last year's agreement by Westing- of the album market in 1996, down Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robert Phillips, and his management team. that, nor on speculation that potential house to acquire CMT and TNN from from a peak of 2.5% in 1992. In Eu- De Niro (Billboard Bulletin, Aug. 1). Alliance, however, will retain a 10% purchasers have looked at Alliance's Gaylord for $1.55 billion, which has not rope's biggest market, Germany, coun- The label's deal with Maverick is a stake in the Beverly Hills, Calif. -based Independent National Distributors yet been signed off on, called for Gay- try sales are 0.5 %. blow to the Walt Disney Co. and MCA. label, which has a roster of 20 acts and Inc. (INDI) unit. lord to keep CMT International, which By contrast, country albums are 7% Disney's Miramax Films produced released its first albums this year. (Continued on page 82) consists of CMT Europe, CMT Latin (Continued on page 89) Tarantino and Bender's hits "Pulp Fic- According to the terms of the deal tion" and "Reservoir Dogs" and will approved by Alliance's board of direc- handle "Jackie Brown," while MCA tors, Wasserstein Perella will provide released the soundtracks to "Pulp Fic- $625,000 cash to fund operations of the Rachmaninoff Heirs Sue EMI Over Catalog tion" and "Reservoir Dogs." label until the sale closes. That re- Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth places $625,000 in debtor-in- possession BY BRADLEY BAMBARGER (in an arrangement renegotiated earli- EMI hasn't done its publishing duty recently told Billboard that the compa- financing obtained from Alliance's er this year). The copyrights adminis- because the company's New York sub- ny would like to keep the soundtracks lenders and approved by the bank- NEW YORK -The heirs of Sergei tered by EMI consist of the composer's sidiary does not have a "qualified and from Disney -affiliated films on its ruptcy court. After the deal is Rachmaninoff have filed suit against last works (Opp. 40 -45), which include competent" classical music depart- labels rather than allowing them to go approved by the court, Wasserstein EMI Music Publishing for allegedly such renowned pieces as "Rhapsody ment. The suit goes on to note that to competitors (Billboard, Aug. 2). Perella will provide between $11 mil- failing to properly exploit the Russian On A Theme Of Paganini." copies of popular works like "Rhapsody DeMann, who announced the deal lion and $19 million in funding for the composer's catalog. The suit, filed June The suit's plaintiffs argue that EMI On A Theme Of Paganini" have not with A Band Apart at the WEA mar- label, of which $3 million will be invest- 9 in Paris, will be heard in , is in breach of its obligation to publish been readily available in graphic edi- keting managers' meetings July 31, ed at the closing. where Rachmaninoff's grandson, and exploit the Rachmaninoff works tions (all- important for classical music) says he is pleased to be making the It was unclear whether the deal Alexandre Conus Rachmaninoff, under its control in "a diligent and dig- in such key markets as Paris. move into the soundtrack business. would include Red Ant's stake in Deli- resides. nified manner in accordance with the Another portion of the suit alleges 'We've had success in so many other cious Vinyl; Alliance refused comment. The majority of Rachmaninoff's usual, artistic, and promotional stan- misappropriations by EMI of phono- areas, and we were looking for some- In February, Red Ant acquired 50% of compositions -including the dards of a publisher with regard to a graphic royalties due to the Rach- thing kind of Mavericky, something the hip -hop label, but the deal went Concerto No. 3 popularized by the composer of an eminent classical maninoff family from Japan, as well as cool, something that makes a state - sour with Alliance's financial problems, recent hit film "Shine"-are published stature" (Billboard Bulletin, Aug. 6). account irregularities in other territo- (Continued on page 76) and Delicious Vinyl sued Red Ant on by the British firm Boosey & Hawkes In particular, the suit claims that (Continued on page 79)

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African Political Activist, Patty Larkin Delivers `Perishable Fruit' All Stringed Instruments Used On High Street Set Musician Fela Kuti Dies BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE really intriguing because [we're] at a de -tuned a bass and hit the bass head point now between technology, guitar with a mallet," she says. BY PAUL SEXTON "Upside Down" (London, 1977) and NASHVILLE -When talented musi- styles, and string styles that it kind of "It was very experimental. Some of "Black- President" (Arista, 1981). cians gather in a relaxed atmosphere all met together and it was possible to it worked, and some of it didn't. I LONDON -Fela Anikulapo -Kuti, Kuti died Aug. 2 at his home in to experiment with different sounds, do it." didn't even know that his father had both an outspoken political activist Lagos, Nigeria. He was 58. He had the result can be something unique and Larkin produced been a professor of experimental and one of the reportedly been suffering from an fresh, like "Perishable Fruit," the aptly the project and was music. So he was very much into the best -known musi- AIDS -related illness. titled Aug. 26 release from Patty joined on her musi- idea of playing with sounds and seeing cians in Africa in Few of Kuti's albums achieved Larkin on High Street/Windham Hill. cal adventure by what we could get. We ran things the 1970s and widespread release in the U.S., but Recorded at her home studio on the Ben Wittman and through amplifiers and put delays on '80s, rose to inter- he is nevertheless seen as a pioneer tip of Massachusetts' Cape Cod, "Per- Jennifer Kimball, them, things like that, and taped every- national promi- in the development of the urban West ishable Fruit" was created entirely who've worked with thing we got ... It was a very fun pro- nence with a African musical hybrid that became with stringed instruments. No drums the Story; Marc ject to do." series of albums known as Afrobeat and in the spread were used, but the percussive sounds Shulman, whose Larkin says she had already written highly critical of of African culture to wider shores. Larkin and her musical colleagues LARKIN credits include the songs for the album before she successive mili- KUTI He was born in Nigeria in 1938, were able to coax from a variety of gui- Jewel and Suzanne decided to record it strictly as a string tary regimes in inheriting much of his political moti- tars, basses, and other stringed instru- Vega; and Michael Manring. Bruce project. his native Nigeria. Kuti continued to vation from his schoolteacher moth- ments provide the songs with ear - Cockburn and Jane Siberry make "I would have written something battle the authorities both in and out er Funmilayo, a well -known feminist catching appeal. guest appearances on the project, completely different if I had set out to of the , enduring sev- and labor organizer. At the turn of "I was really attracted to the exper- which was mixed by Ben Wisch. do an album with just stringed instru- eral jail terms while maintaining a the '60s, he went to London to study imentation idea of it," says Larkin. "I "The key element was when Ben ments," she says. "It was actually kind musical profile via such albums as (Continued on page 75) was in preparation ... and the idea Wittman came and spent a couple days of a challenge to take the songs I came up, and I thought that would be here and de -tuned lap steel guitars and (Continued on page 76)

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Classical Piano Great Signature Aims To Help Taylor Win Richter Dies At 82 A Smooth `Ride' To Mainstream BY DOUG REECE singer /songwriters. The label's roster acter studies on her current set. BY BRADLEY BAMBARGER And like Gould, he shunned the spot- also includes Erica Wheeler and Deb "The title of the album is a hint of the light- though in the opposite way. LOS ANGELES-Signature Sounds is Pasternach. thread that runs through it," says Tay- NEW YORK -When Sviatoslav While Gould retired from the concert hopeful that the timing is right for Not one to be pigeonholed, however, lor. "It has to do with all the traveling Richter died Aug. 1, classical music stage at a very young age to devote Louise Taylor's new album, "Ride," to Taylor professes interest in a wide I've done and reflecting that movement lost not only one of the greatest himself to the solace of the recording find a mainstream audience when it array of R &B, pop, country, and folk in the record. There are a lot of char- pianists of the studio, Richter avoided the studio bows Aug. 19. artists. acters on the album that are not myself. postwar era but nearly at the outset. He was dedicat- Jim Olson, president of the Whatley, "I keep an ear It's about traveling and moving, and I one of the last, ed to live performance, and the spo- Mass.-based label, says that the grow- out for great songs hope that it will take people on a sort of legendary figures radic recordings of his concerts ing popularity of such folk- oriented that go across all journey." of a bygone gold- stoked a cult of adoration that grew artists as Jewel and Paula Cole repre- types of music," she Taylor adds that such album cuts as en age. Richter - with the years. sents a noteworthy shift in the tide of says. "I wouldn't "Blue Norther" and "Angelee"-which, "that miracle Richter's repertoire was as vast as public taste that could buoy Taylor's say I'm a folk like all but one track on the album, are Richter," as fel- his physical facility, spanning sonatas latest effort. purist, but I do like published by Louise Taylor/Blue Coy- low keyboard and concertos by Bach and Handel, "There's no doubt that listeners are a certain earthiness ote, BMI -were actually written as sto- wizard Glenn RICHTER Haydn and Mozart, Beethoven and flocking to this kind of music," says TAYLOR in a song. I like a ries and then transformed into songs. Gould once Schubert, Chopin and Liszt, Debussy Olson. "Modern rock runs its course song to be believ- The artist's affinity for the road has dubbed him -passed away of a heart and Ravel. And as well as anyone and continues to become a male, - able." also benefited her from a commercial attack in Moscow at the age of 82. ever, he interpreted the music of the oriented thing. Country doesn't seem Having left home at the age of 16 to perspective. Thanks to repeated tours That Gould was inspired by Russian greats: Tchaikovsky, Mus- to be speaking to the 30 -plus audience, hitchhike across the country, the now in the Midwest and other territories, Richter shouldn't be a surprise, as sorgsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and these types of artists who are pro- thirtysomething artist has mined those Olson says Signature has a database the elder Russian was a genius both Shostakovich, and his close friend, ducing good music with interesting early years, as well as touring experi- several thousand names strong that it idiosyncratic and uncompromising. (Continued on page 79) lyrics are touching a nerve." ences over the last six years, to create will contact with postcards alerting Signature is no stranger to female the series of vivid narratives and char- (Continued on page 88)

Mayfield Catalog Ups Rhino's R &B Status `Thriller' Takes Back Top `Superfly' To Be 1st Release From Curtom Acquisition BY J.R. REYNOLDS interested in selling the catalog, it "Superfly," which features such clas- Spot In July RIAA made perfect sense for us to become sic hits as the title track and "Freddie's Cens LOS ANGELES -Rhino continues to involved." Dead (Theme From ` Superfly')," was BY CHRIS MORRIS barreled milestone: The L.A. hard bolster its position in vintage R &B with The first release from the catalog originally released in 1972 and was No. rock band's "Use Your Illusion I" the purchase of the North American will be Mayfield's seminal soundtrack 1 for four weeks on The Billboard 200. LOS ANGELES-Michael Jackson's and "Use Your Illusion II," released rights to Curtis Mayfield's Curtom recording "Super - The international rights to the Cur - "Thriller" clambered back to the top simultaneously Classics catalog. In a related deal, fly" on Nov. 11 (Bill- tom catalog are currently being nego- of the list of all -time best -selling by Geffen in 1991, Rhino also secured a license from board Bulletin, tiated for by three companies, and Cur - albums in July certifications from the both arrived at Warner Special Products for addition- Aug. 5). tom executives expect to close a deal in Recording Industry Assn. of Ameri- the 7 million al Curtom recordings owned by Warn- Described as the next 60 days. ca (RIAA). mark. er Bros. Records. a two -CD deluxe Rhino's Curtom deal comes on Jackson's 1982 Epic album was July was a big The deals give Rhino access to more reissue, the release the heels of another significant acquisi- certified for sales of 25 million, month for young than 400 tracks, which include record- celebrates the tion, the licensing of R &B icon leapfrogging the Eagles' "Their acts. Jewel's ings from such artists as Mayfield, the soundtrack's 25th Ray Charles' ABC -Paramount, Greatest Hits 1971- 1975," which Atlantic album Impressions, Linda Clifford, Leroy MAYFIELD anniversary. The Tangerine , Crossover, and Colum- moved into the top slot when it JACKSON "Pieces Of You" Hutson, Natural Four, Fred Wesley, "Superfly" rere- bia masters -a move that bolstered reached a certified sales level of 24 notched sales of 5 Ava Cherry, and the Notations. lease will include bonus tracks by May- Rhino's existing Charles catalog from million in March. million; ' Virgin bow "We've always admired Curtis and field, incidental music from the film the Atlantic years 1952-59 and 1977 -80 Jackson's current album, "Blood "Spice" hit 4 million; Deana Carter's regard him as one of the greatest that wasn't included on the original (Billboard, Feb. 15). On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Capitol Nashville debut, "Did I Shave artists and writers in pop music histo- soundtrack, and a demonstration track Mayfield, who was paralyzed from Mix," was also certified gold last My Legs For This ?," attained 3 mil- ry," says Rhino president Richard called "Ghetto Child," which ultimate- the neck down following an onstage month. lion; and Hanson's first lap on Mer- Foos. "When he and his manager [Mar- ly became the soundtrack's "Little accident in 1990, decided to pact with Guns N' Roses achieved a double- (Continued on page 15) vin Heiman] indicated that they were Child Runnin' Wild." (Continued on page 15)

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RECORD COMPANIES. Mark Gorlick is named VP of promotion at Dream- Works Records in Los Angeles. He was senior VP of promotion at MCA. in New York promotes Jonas Nachsin to senior VP/GM. He was VP of marketing. John Carter is appointed senior VP of A &R at Restless Records in GORLICK NACHSIN CARTER WATSON TATE KRISTOFF FETCHKO JACKSON Los Angeles. He will continue to manage the eels and Paula Cole. Donna Fetchko is promoted to finance and administration and coor- and national director of college pro- Group. Warner Bros. Records in New manager of international A &R at dinator of publicity. motion. York promotes Dana Watson to Mercury Records in New York. She MCA Records in Los Angeles pro- A &M Records in promotes PUBLISHING. Brian K. Jackson is director of A &R, jazz. He was man- was assistant to the senior VP of motes Todd Gallopo to art director. Gina Suarez to national director of named VP of creative /A&R at EMI ager of A &R. international A &R. He was graphic designer. rock promotion and Karl Bader to Music Publishing East Coast in New EMI Christian Music Group in in New York ap- A &M Records in Los Angeles pro- local promotion manager. They were, York. He was creative director. Nashville promotes Shawn Tate to points Gary Spivack VP of alterna- motes Charlie Londono to national respectively, local promotion manag- director of gospel sales. He was man- tive promotion. He was senior nation- director of AAA promotion, Scot er and local promotion manager in RELATED FIELDS. Roger Armstrong ager of national accounts. al director of promotion at TAG Finck to national director of CHR Minneapolis. is named attorney at Manatt, Phelps Anne Kristoff is appointed direc- Recordings. promotion, and Jay Hughen to Sparrow Communications Group in & Phillips in Los Angeles. He was a tor of press and artist development in New York pro- national manager of alternative and Nashville names Troy Vest product Loyola Law student. at Elektra Entertainment Group in motes Al Kiczales to senior VP of college promotion. They were, director for Sparrow Records and The Kraft -Benjamin Agency in New York. She was associate direc- finance and administration and respectively, national director of re:think Records. He was field sales Beverly Hills, Calif., appoints Laura tor of press and artist development Thomas Martin to manager of pub- alternative promotion, West Coast; and marketing manager, general Engel agent. She owned Engel at EastWest Records. licity. They were, respectively, VP of senior director of national promotion; markets, at EMI Christian Music Entertainment.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music Refreshments Not `Fizzy' Anymore Mercury Act More Introspective On 2nd Set BY CARRIE BORZILLO spaghetti western came on, and there's this line, `Barkley, give me LOS ANGELES -Best known for the bottle and fresh horses for the their freewheeling, fun, irreverent men.' That's kind of the sentiment ways, Tempe, Ariz.'s pop /rock suc- here," explains Roger Clyne, lead cess story of 1996, the Refresh- singer/guitarist. "It seems symbolic ments, are showing a more mature of how this record felt to us. The first side on their second Mercury album, half-the bottle -is where the "The 'Bottle & Fresh Horses," due Refreshments came from. We got Sept. 16. together over beer, about As clichéd as this may sound, it's Mexico in barrooms. As we've gotten quite an important change for the THE REFRESHMENTS older, we've learned new ways to deal Refreshments and one that will like- with life and have grown up, so the ly make observers take the band robbing -in- Mexico tale of "Banditos." fresh horses is symbolic of the turn Ever -ready Everclear. Everclear front man Art Alexakis takes a break in the stu- more seriously this time around. However, on the Paul Leary -pro- this record takes. It's fresh. It's dio from mixing the band's new Capitol album, "So Much For The Afterglow," "The last album ['Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & duced "The Bottle & Fresh Horses," more introspective, more personal, Records VP of A&R Perry Buzzy'] was more poppy, smart -ass, the band's comic slant takes a back more mature." which will be out Oct. 7. Shown, from left, are Capitol Watts -Russell, Alexakis, and , who engineered the project. self- deprecating humor," says seat to its highly underrated song - The album showcases more of the Refreshments guitarist Brian Blush. writing. (Continued on next page) "That was great, and there's still "We think the industry will take elements of it, but we went through them more seriously, especially when a lot professionally and personally they see them perform," says Bigi last year that made us more mature, Ebbin, manager of product develop- more grown -up, with a more intro- ment at Mercury. "People expected Contemplating The King's Passing; spective sound. I know that sounds another cantina record, but they've cliché, and everyone says it, but it's gone through a lot of things since true." [`Fizzy']." Mariah's Moves; Keeping Up With STP With "Fizzy," the band became The band's evolution is reflected in known mostly for the silly charm of the album's title. "We were sitting in W HERE WERE YOU? It was one of those ager Randy Hoffman, who used to work with Mot - its first single, the frolicking bank- the mixing studio, and an old moments when time stopped. I remember exactly tola in Champion Management, and she's changed where I was when I heard on the radio that Elvis lawyers from Mottola buddy Allen Grubman to Presley had died. It was Aug. 16, 1977 -a Tuesday. Don Passman. Her new manager is Sandy Gallin I was in my bedroom at my parents' house in of Gallin Morey Associates. Look for Carey to make Says Hello To U.S. Raleigh, N.C., whiling away the last few days of a concerted effort to move more into film and tele- summer vacation before starting 11th grade. The vision ... Scott Weiland, of Stone Temple Pilots' radio was tuned to WKIX, an AM pop station that (STP) fame, has signed a management contract With `Goodbye' On Polydor I loved. The announced that Presley had with Stiefel Entertainment. Weiland, who is work- been found dead in Memphis ing on a solo album for Atlantic, BY DOMINIC PRIDE and immediately began playing is looking to expand into film "Burning Love," his biggest hit and TV. Talk Show, the band LONDON-When U.S. audiences get a of the '70s and the only one I formed by the other three mem- taste of the deceptively sweet and pol- ever remember hearing on bers of STP plus Dave Coutts, ished sound of British pop trio Dubstar, WKIX. is managed by Ray Danniels. they may be unaware that its "debut" Oddly, what I remember most However, STP as a group album, "Goodbye," is already some- about the moment is looking remains managed by Steve thing of a "best of" compilation. d'wn at my carpet and seeing Stewart. According to Stewart, The version of "Goodbye" that Poly - this amazing shaft of light corn- STP remains under contract to dor Records U.S. will release Sept. 16 ing through the window, form- by Melinda Newman Atlantic for a number of features the top tracks from the band's ing a rectangle on the floor. I records. 1995 album, "Disgraceful," which was was thinking about how bright not released in the U.S., as well as new it was for that time of day. tunes from a different, international DUBSTAR I felt sadness at the passing of an icon, but Elvis HORNING IN: A settlement has been reached in version of "Goodbye," which will come had no true relevance to my life at all. Unlike many the August 1996 lawsuit filed by the Memphis out in the rest of the world. The first of my peers, I have no memory of crowding around Horns against Al Green for misappropriation of track to go to U.S. radio is the slow, The members of Dubstar say they the TV to watch the "Elvis '68 Comeback Special" the group's name (Billboard, Sept. 28, 1996). In the shimmery "Stars," which hit No. 15 on feel they have no contemporaries in the or of either of my parents being Presley fans. By suit, Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love, better the U.K. singles chart after its re- current music scene, as their lyrics are the time I was cognizant of Presley, he was large- known as the Memphis Horns, charged that Green release in March 1996. "rooted in what we've seen and felt," ly a joke -parading around in his white jumpsuit had publicly represented that the Memphis Horns The band, signed to EMI U.K. joint says Wilkie. "We're all sharp observers and huge, glittering belt buckles. were performing with him when they were not. venture , has already sold of what's going on," adds Blackwood. It wasn't until much later, when I began really According to a consent order filed in U.S. Dis- more than 170,000 copies of "Disgrace- Each song has its own unique atmos- listening and reading about Elvis, that I became trict Court for the Western District of Tennessee, ful" in its home market and another phere, creating vivid scenes and often aware of his potency. Since making a pilgrimage to Green may no longer use the service mark or name 30,000 in Japan. provoking thought and hinting at social Graceland in 1995, my fervor has approached the Memphis Horns if it does not refer directly to Jack- In all markets outside the U.S., EMI comment, although there is no political rabid at times, and now I have a bookshelf filled son and Love. In addition to making a public apol- will release "Goodbye" with all new agenda, the band maintains. with more books about Elvis than I care to admit. ogy to Jackson and Love, he must report to the material, including the first single, "No "People don't want to be challenged I listen to everything I can get my hands on. My court twice a year until June 2000 to certify that More Talk," a July top 20 U.K. hit. The by pop music these days," notes Wilkie. friends' eyes tend to glaze over when I speak of his he is complying with the order. single will be released Sept. 8 in "Even the more lyrical or guitar-based panther -like grace in the '68 special or how "Jail - Europe. bands don't seem to be writing songs house Rock" really is one of the best movies ever The band's trademark sound is lush, about human experiences," adds Hilli- made. But that's all right. I'm secure in my belief THIS AND THAT: David Bowie will launch a six - poppy instrumentation provided by er. that I'm right. week theater and club tour Sept. 6 in North Amer- keyboardist and programmer Steve The lyrics, mostly written by Hillier, As I was doing interviews for Billboard's stories ica ... Legacy will reissue 10 jazz titles first Hillier and guitarist Chris Wilkie drive the songs, says Blackwood. "It's on the 20th anniversary of Presley's death, I kept released by CTI Records between 1970 and 1977 topped off by the pure, natural vocals mainly a lyrical idea that grows and hoping someone I talked to would hint that they Sept. 2. The reissues will coincide with the release of . Yet beneath the suggests the rest of the music, which weren't so sure that Presley is dead. I know he is- of "CTI Records: Birth Of The Groove," a budget - radio-friendly sheen of Steven Hague's grows 'round it." I quit looking for him at Burger King at least 10 priced sampler ... Lava /Atlantic has signed Jon production lie lyrics that often portray Blackwood may wax lyrical about years ago -but sometimes I think about how nice it Brion, formerly with Epic trio the Grays ... Fol- tales of breakups, confused relation- being in awe of , but the would be if he were still here. lowing the dissolution of EMI Records, Jethro Tull ships, or the wistful solitary life, set band's influences lie in '80s alternative has switched to Capitol Records ... Following against urban northern English land- music and electronic pop, from the dates on U2's tour, scapes. The band members met in Cocteau Twins and seminal Factory M AKING CHANGES: Following the announce- starts a headlining tour Saturday (9) with support Newcastle, England's most northerly Records act Durutti Column to the ment of her separation from head from Wu Tang Clan and Atari Teenage Riot. The city, although they now live in different Smiths and Soft Cell. Top that off with Tommy Mottola, Mariah Carey would appear to shed tour runs through late September. parts of the country, meeting up for the producer of the and he cleaning house. She's parted with longtime man- recording, touring, and promo duties. (Continued on page 18)

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 13 www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music Mercury's Brendan Lynch Gets A Boost From Ballard On Debut Set BY JIM BESSMAN wanted to produce him and brought things I didn't necessarily want to style of playing and his more ethere- on the live level to as many people as him to our attention." hear about -and through that I was al style, we came up with different possible and are looking into resi- NEW YORK -In a way, the story of Picking up the plot line, Lynch able to learn about writing songs shades and colors. But we just wrote dency situations, hoping that people how Brendan Lynch signed with notes that Messick was "a film guy rather than just getting away with the songs and recorded them pretty find the in him that we all Mercury Records, which will release and not a music guy -which is why it." much at the same time over the last have." his debut Sept. 16, sounds like a far- we get along so well -and Glen was The title track, about a guy who eight months, whenever Glen could For his part, Lynch is ready. "My fetched movie tale. getting into films. He was in the loses his job and jumps out the win- find the time. We probably could have plan is to get the record out the old - In the summer of 1995, the then - neighborhood that night and came by dow, was a case in point. "I did about finished in a month if we'd concen- fashioned way," he says. "If I have to unsigned L.A.-based artist was in the and we started writing `Fighting four different treatments, beating - trated on it." play door -to -door, I will!" process of recording an album and Gravity' the fol- the shit out of myself trying to make The first radio single from "Fight- Having played in punk bands from seeking a label and distribution deal lowing week." it work, and Glen explained that I ing Gravity" is "Wonderful," which thegge of 13, Lynch, who cites Black when he happened upon Kevin Mes- Ballard and was essentially trying to make a deals with drug addiction and is cur- Flag, X, the Blasters, the Ramones, sick, then head of director/producer Lynch co -wrote horse out of -a cow," says Lynch. rently being worked at modern rock , and Tom Waits among Joel Schumacher's company and now the 11 songs on " `Try to make a record that tells a and college formats. Greenberg says his influences, is especially eager to head of the Hughes Brothers' Under- "Fighting Gravi- story,' he said. So I'm just trying to that it is also being included in vari- get a band together. world Entertainment -as well as ty," which Ballard tell stories, like Jimmy Buffett, and ous trade publication sampler discs, "That will be the strongest ele- Lynch's manager. found time to pro- not turn anything into a sermon." with the intention being to eventual- ment of the whole package," he says. "He'd gotten an advance of the duce in between Lynch, temporarily at least, actu- ly take the tune to top 40. "I tire very quickly of seeing rock - Alanis Morissette album and liked LYNCH his aborted ef- ally scrapped two dozen other songs "Brendan's strength is that he's a 'n'roll shows where a guy just stands it -and saw who produced it," says forts with Aero- he'd written by himself. "I really felt terrific performer, as well as a there and assumes that just playing Steve Greenberg, Mercury's senior smith and . "He's the hard- we hit on something," he says, adding singer/songwriter," adds Greenberg. guitar and being there is enough. I've VP/head of A &R. The producer, of est- working man in show business," that the complementary lyric collab- "So we'll let him be just that and get already bought the record and don't course, was Glen Ballard. continues Lynch, "a musical Zelig. oration extended instrumentally as him out to radio stations to perform need to spend another $15 just to see "So Kevin looked Glen up in the He's an incredibly selfless writer well. acoustically before touring exten- it performed. I want a rock'n'roll phone book, called him, and said, `I've with the rare ability to enable co- "Together we played just about sively, first in the West Coast and show! So we're going to go out and got an artist you'll love who's playing writers to see things inside that everything -guitars,- bass, key- then expanding out into the rest of fulfill our responsibility to the audi- tonight at Luna Park,' and for some they've never seen before. So I boards. We knew each other well the country. We want to expose him ence -and have some fun." reason, Glen went," continues became a different writer than when enough to know who should be play- Greenberg. "He loved Brendan and I started, because he pushed me into ing what, and with my aggressive amusement REFRESHMENTS NOT `FIZZY' ANYMORE BOKSCORE o Í o o (Continued from preceding page) b u n e TOP 10 CONCERT GROSSES Gross Attendance band's emotional side, as evidenced "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and college campuses. Back -to- ARTIST(S) Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter on such love- struck songs as "Good and wrote the theme song to the ani- school promotions and giveaways are 10 -15 key markets, GARTH BROOKS Cooper Stadium, July 25 -30 $1,804,601 95,924 Glenn Smith Year" and "Fonder And Blonder." mated Fox TV show "King Of The being set up in Columbus, Ohio Gross Record six sellouts Presents Still, the band's favorite topic, Mexi- Hill." In addition, two singles, "Ban - including Boulder, Colo.; Austin, $19 co, does rear its head once again on ditos" and "Down Together," hit Texas; Boston; and Tempe, accord- "Wanted," which Clyne describes as home at modern rock and main- ing to Jason Linn, VP of alternative " ` Banditos,' part two." "Good Year," stream rock stations nationwide. marketing and video promotion at GARTH BROOKS Drillers Stadium, July 11 -21 $1,557,173 80,782 Glenn Smith the first single, will be serviced Aug. "Banditos" peaked at No. 14 on Mod- Mercury. Expo Square Gross Record five Presents 18 to modern rock, mainstream rock, ern Rock Tracks and No. 11 on Main- In addition, acoustic and all-ages Tulsa,.0kla. $19.50 sellouts and triple -A radio. stream Rock Tracks, while "Down shows on campuses and at alterna- Last year was indeed a good year Together" reached No. 38 on Modern tive venues, such as taco stands, are for the Refreshments. The band, Rock Tracks. being mapped out. The only dates TINA TURNER Jones Beach Theatre, Aug. 1 -2 $850,400 21,814 Delsener/Slater whiçh also includes bassist Buddy "We've built a nice base," says currently scheduled are two radio CYNDI tAUPER Wantagh, N.Y. $50/$35 two Enterprises Edwards and drummer P H. Naffah, Ebbin. "We had a lot of success last station- sponsored shows: Aug. 3 at sellouts played 200 shows upon the February time with the in -store on the street KNRK Portland and Aug. 17 at 1996 release of "Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & date in Tempe, and the plan is now to KEGE Minneapolis. A full -fledged in Buzzy" as headliners and with such blow that up into other markets. The headlining club tour is also the GARTH BROOKS Myriad Arena July 3 -5 $835,458 43,388 Glenn Smith bands as the Gin Blossoms, Dishwal- week of street date we'll be doing works. Oklahoma City $19.50 three Presents la, and Seven Mary Three. "Fizzy," huge in- stores in Sacramento "They're very charismatic, per- sellouts the band's major -label bow, which [Calif.], Portland [Ore.], Denver, and sonable guys, and we want to make followed its 1994 Epiphany debut, Tempe." sure people re- connect to that

"Wheelie," sold more than 286,000 Says Marty Maidenberg, VP of again," says Linn. "They are such a LILITH FAIR 17: Pine Knob Music July 18 -19 $798,597 30,312 Belkin Prods. units, according to SoundScan, and marketing at Mercury, "Last time we reactive band, we wanted to do more SARAH MCLACHLAN, Theatre $36/$18 two - had on home Now of this this time." FIONA APPLE, Clarkston, Mich. sellouts reached the top spot on the Heat to rely their base. THE CARDIGANS, seekers chart before peaking at No. that's being used as the cream on the Bob Bell, new -release buyer for SHAWN CALVIN, OTHERS 97 on The Billboard 200 in August top of the strategy" the 230 -store Wherehouse Enter-

1996. Mercury's street team is also plan- tainment chain based in Torrance, .9' USAirways Arena, Aug. I $732,855 15,324 Musicentre Prods. - In addition, the band appeared on ning a full -on attack at high school Calif., has high expectations for "The Landover, Md. $75 .'$65/550 sellout BACI Management Bottle & Fresh Horses." "We did extremely well with the last one, starting with the Arizona stores," says Bell. "We had heard JAMES TAYLOR PNC Bank Arts July 22 -23 $693,424 21,538 PACE Concerts they'd need tonnage on the last Center $441$24 two Delsener/ record, and it blew us away. Of Holmdel, N.J. sellouts Slater Enterprises course, initial sales were in Arizona, but that spread to the rest of the chain quickly. I would expect the new ,ß. FleetCenter July 25 $583,030 11,761 BACI Management one to perform similarly. Their music Boston $75/550/035 15,705 10,000 4 Color Post Cards $799.00 is kind of quirky, which makes it 4 Color Post Cards $499.00 more memorable than a lot of your 5000 average guitar bands." 9,550 Delsener/ Clyne says he isn't too concerned q. Jones Beach Theatre July 23 $537,345 Prices include Film, Design, and Printing Wantagh, N.Y $75/$647$45 10.541 Slater Enterprises how the band per- Available, Website Design, Ad Design and anymore about Also forms commercially. "The longer it Promotional Calling Cards. takes, the longer it lasts, right ?" he a LILITH FAIR '97. Blockbuster -Sony July 7 $521,165 21,996 Electric Factory says. "It gives bands chance to SARAH MCLACHLAN, Music Entertainment $40.50/$36.50/ 25,031 Concerts CALL TODAY develop with their own band ... as a TRACY CHAPMAN, Center $20.50 PACE Concerts gradual thing." SUZANNE VEGA. Camden, N.J. Adds Blush, "We stopped worry- PAULA COLE, MARY 6). (818) 755-4634 .f CHAPIN CARPENTER. ing about numbers. It's one of those JEWEL. AND OTHERS Showcase Plus "Keeping The Spotlight On You:' , experiences where at first you're excited about it, but it fades away. Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, a publication of Billboard Music Group. Box - N.) scores should be submitted to: Marie Ratliff, Nashville. Phone: 615 -321-4295, fax: 615 -321- It's certainly nice. It certainly 0878. For research information and pricing, call Marie Ratliff, 615 -321 -4295. exceeded our expectations."

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`THRILLER' TAKES BACK TOP SPOT IN JULY RIAA CERTS (Continued from page 12) Property," B -Rite, its first. her first. cury, "Middle Of Nowhere," went dou- Sade, "Promise," Epic, 4 million. bia, her first. Madonna, "Like A Prayer," Sire, 4 Spice Girls, "Say You'll Be There," ble-platinum. Virgin, their second. Hanson's album simultaneously million. GOLD ALBUMS MULTI- PLATINUM SINGLE Van Morrison, `Best Of Van Morri- Queen, "Greatest Hits Volume I & Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, "I'll Be Michael Bolton (from the "Her- attained platinum and gold status. son," Polydor, 3 million. II," Hollywood, its 16th. Missing You," Bad Boy /Arista, their cules" soundtrack), "Go The Distance," as first - Joining the teen sensations Deana Carter, "Did I Shave My Legs Mary J. Blige, "Share My World," first. Columbia, his second. time million- sellers were hip -hop unit For This ?," Capitol Nashville, 3 million. MCA, her third. Various artists, read -along, "101 Dal- 112 (Bad Boy/Arista), hard rock act Disney. Bush, "Razorblade Suitcase," Trau- George Strait, "Carrying Your Love PLATINUM SINGLES matians," Walt Your Sign (Get (Elektra), country vocalist ma/Interscope, 3 million. With Me," MCA, his 22nd. Monica, "For You I Will," Atlantic, Bill Engvall, "Here's his first. Terri Clark (Mercury Nashville), Hanson, "Middle Of Nowhere," Mer- Heavy D, "Waterbed Hey," Uptown, her third. The Picture)," Warner Bros., alternative group Matchbox 20 cury, 2 million. his first. Changing Faces, "G.H.E.T.T.- Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, "I'll Be You," Bad Boy/Arista, their (Atlantic), Christian collective God's Bob Carlisle, "Butterfly Kisses Yanni, "In The Mirror," Private O.U.T.," Atlantic, its second. Missing first. Property (B- Rite), and singer /song- (Shades Of Grace)," Jive, 2 million. Music, his sixth. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, "I'll Be Hits The Raybon Bros., "Butterfly Kiss- writer Fiona Apple (Work Group/ Babyface, "The Day," Epic, 2 million. Various artists, `Billboard Top Missing You," Bad Boy /Arista, their Moon," es," MCA, their first. Columbia). Neil Young, "Harvest 1983," Rhino. first. Taking their first strides with Han- Reprise, 2 million. Kenny Lattimore, "Kenny Latti- son and God's Property in the gold Various artists, soundtrack, "Wayne's more," Columbia, his first. Assistance in preparing this story World," Reprise, 2 million. Indigo Girls, "Shaming Of The Sun," GOLD SINGLES was provided by Gina van der Vliet. album category were rappers Heavy D Meredith Brooks, "Bitch," Capitol, (Uptown) and KRS -One (Jive), R &B Sheryl Crow, "Sheryl Crow," A &M, Epic, their seventh. vocalist Kenny Lattimore (Columbia), 2 million. Hanson, "Middle Of Nowhere," Mer- cury, its first. alternative singer /songwriter /guitarist Brooks, "Blurring The Meredith Brooks (Capitol), gospel PLATINUM ALBUMS Meredith UPS RHINO'S R &B STATUS Mary J. Blige, "Share My World," Edges," Capitol, her first. MAYFIELD CATALOG vocalist Cece Winans (Sparrow), and page 12) MCA, her third. Various artists, "Pure Moods," Vir- (Continued from country veteran Tom T. Hall (Mercury George Strait, "Carrying Your Love gin. Rhino because of his previous associa- was changed later to the Impressions, Nashville). Cece Winans, "Alone In His Pres- With Me," MCA, his 20th. with label. In 1996, Rhino following which the Chicago-born artist Puff Daddy and Faith Evans' "I'll Serenade," ence," Sparrow, her first. tion the Billy Joel, "Streetlife released "People Get Ready! The Cur- penned a string of hits through the '60s. Be Missing You" (Bad Boy /Arista), the Columbia, his 14th. James Taylor, "Hourglass," Colum- a -CD, 51- "A New World Order," Mayfield's pair's tribute to slain rapper the Noto- Hanson, "Middle Of Nowhere," Mer- bia, his 14th. tis Mayfield Story," three album released by Warner Bros., rious B.I.G., was simultaneously certi- cury, its first. Mark Chesnutt, "Greatest Hits," track anthology of the artist's work last 24 R &B fied gold, platinum, and triple -plat- Various artists, "Pure Moods," Virgin. Decca, his fifth. (Billboard, Jan. 13, 1996). peaked at No. on the Top inum, becoming the year's 112, "112," Bad Boy/Arista, its first. Deep Purple, "Deepest Purple," "In order to make the most of the Albums chart in 1996 and was nomi- highest- certified single. Pantera, "Cowboys From Hell," Warner Bros., its seventh. Curtom catalog, we needed a promo- nated for a Grammy. A complete list of July RIAA certifi- Elektra, its first. Point Of Grace, "Life, Love & Other tion, marketing, and distribution mech- The artist plans to begin production cations follows. Vince Gill, "High Lonesome Sound," Mysteries," Word, its second. anism that we are no longer able to pro- on a new Warner Bros. set later this MCA, his eighth. Michael Jackson, "Blood On The vide, because my energies are focused summer, with an anticipated release Eric Clapton, "Behind The Sun," Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix," mainly on the creative aspects of my sometime during the second quarter of MULTI -PLATINUM ALBUMS Reprise, his ninth. Epic, his sixth. career," says Mayfield, who joined the 1998. As with his last album, Mayfield's Michael Jackson, "Thriller," Epic, 25 Deep Purple, "Deepest Purple," Clay Walker, "Rumor Has It," Giant, Impressions in 1957 before going solo upcoming project will feature an array million. Warner Bros., its fourth. his fourth. knowledge and of producers and, according to Heiman, Guns N' Roses, "Use Your Illusion in 1970. "Rhino has the Selena, soundtrack, "Selena," EMI KRS -One, "I Got Next," Jive, his the machine behind them, and we felt will include a duet between Mayfield I," Geffen, 7 million. Latin, her third. first. Guns N' Roses, "Use Your Illusion they'd do justice to the catalog the and Eric Clapton, who will collaborate Terri Clark, "Terri Clark," Mercury Selena, soundtrack, "Selena," EMI same way they did with the special on the unnamed track. II," Geffen, 7 million. her fifth. Nashville, her first. Latin, package two years ago." Recently, Mayfield wrote "A Child Jimmy Buffett, "Songs You Know Matchbox 20, "Yourself Or Someone Tom T. Hall, "Greatest Hits Volume A self -taught guitarist, Mayfield was With The Blues," an Erykah Badu- By Heart," MCA, 6 million. Like You," Atlantic, its first. II," Mercury Nashville, his first. Butler to join the Roost- performed track slated to appear on Jewel, "Pieces Of You," Atlantic, 5 God's Property (Nu Nation), "God's Changing Faces, "All Day, All invited by Jerry in 1957, a group for whom he wrote MCA Soundtracks' forthcoming million. Property," B -Rite, its fast. Night," Atlantic, its second. ers Spice Girls, "Spice," Virgin, 4 million. Fiona Apple, "Tidal," Work/Colum- God's Property (Nu Nation), "God's and composed music. The act's name "Eve's Bayou."

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www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music C. Delores Tucker Sues Tupac's Estate ...... MUM Rap Critic Charges That His Lyrics Slander Her This story was prepared by Bill- mother fucker, instead of trying to these lyrics affected her sex life." board Bulletin associate editor Car- help a brother you destroy a nigga" Fischbein denounces the legiti- E REEL- SOU NJ DT RACK 8c FILM SCORE\C NEWS olyn Horwitz. and "Got your legs up trying to get macy of the suit as a whole, saying, ...... rich. Keep your head up and your "She's made herself a public figure. NEW YORK -The lyrics of late legs closed dear Ms. DeLores Tuck- If the words that are in the com - EDITED BY CATHERINE APPLEFELD OLSON rapper are once er." plaint are the only words that again the focus of C. DeLores Tuck- The suit claims that such lan- [ Shakur] can be accused of, it's not MUSIC `THEORY': A big- budget Hollywood thriller might not be the er, an outspoken critic and lobbyist guage has "held her up as an object slander at all. It's not even close to kind of movie that immediately comes to mind when thinking about the against lyrics. of scorn to more than 5 million peo- slander." filmography of , who has scored every Coen brothers the- This time, Tucker has taken Tucker's attorney, Richard Angi- atrical release and tends to run with the independent crowd. But Warner things to court, suing the late rap- no, says, "They're doing this Bros.' upcoming "Conspiracy Theory" and its score soundtrack, which hits per's estate. She claims that lyrics `It's time that she because they want to shut her up; retail Tuesday (12) on TVT Soundtrax, is Burwell through and through. on lt ear's this because they Burwell says he was attracted to the film, which stars Mel Gibson and albua We're Julia Roberts and is heavily scored throughout, because what you see on derogatory references to her (Bill- talking about companies that make screen is not necessarily what you get. "It's surprisingly deep," Burwell board Bulletin, Aug. 6). she can Continue' millions of dollars for doing nasty says. "It is ultimately a romance, but the story is very complex. The audi- The suit, filed July 21 in U.S. Dis- things to people." ence can use the help that the music often provides in helping them feel trict Court for the Eastern District Angino says that should Tucker how they are supposed to feel in specific situations. Often there are trag- of Pennsylvania, alleges intention- ple" (the album has sold 3.4 million win the case, she will use the money ic scenes, and the music reminds you to have a sense of humor, or a seem- al infliction of emotional distress, units in the U.S., according to to continue her fight against gang - ingly humorous scene with more under the surface. The music reminds slander, and invasion of privacy. SoundScan). The suit also claims sta rap music. "Greed is what you of aspects of the film you might otherwise tend to forget." Also named as defendants are that she has "suffered defamation of caused all this, and one of the only His desire to treat music as if it were its own protagonist in a film has Interscope Records, Death Row character and reputation," as well ways to get back at people who are kept Burwell away from many of the stereotypical trappings of an enter- Records, Time Warner, Seagram as mental pain, suffering, loss of greedy is to have them give up some tainment industry he believes vastly underestimates the intelligence of Co., Tower Records, and various life's pleasures, fears for her life, of their money ... It's time that she its audience. "The bulk of Hollywood films are straightforward -what individuals associated with the com- and "great humiliation and embar- gets some money so she can contin- you see on the screen is actually what's happening -and that doesn't panies, including Interscope presi- rassment." ue to do what she's been doing ... If interest me at all. I prefer some degree of irony, where expectations are dent Jimmy Iovine. The suit seeks In addition, the suit alleges that this action is successful, we'll be defeated," he says. "I hope if `Conspiracy Theory' does well, it will help damages in excess of $10 million. Tucker's husband, William Tucker, able to continue." show that an audience is willing to put up with a level of confusion in The suit contains references to has suffered "a loss of advice, corn- Fischbein counters, "I guess exchange for a deeper experience." the `" tracks panionship, and consortium." Of this everybody sees open season on the Yet despite his less conventional leanings, Burwell's stamp will be all over "Wonda Why They Call U Bytch" charge, Richard Fischbein, attorney dead rap artist's estate. I don't see two additional mainstream movies. He composed the score to upcoming 20th and "How Do U Want It," citing the for the Shakur estate, says, "I'd be how she's any different from any - Century Fox feature "Picture Perfect" and in the first week of August com- lyrics "C. DeLores Tucker, you're a most interested to find out how body else." pleted the score to Universal Pictures' "Jackyl." "These are definitely in the `what you see is what you get' category, so I can't be as excited about them," he says. "But I tried to add a little more complexity to them." Although no specific promotions are planned for "Conspiracy Theory," DUBSTAR SAYS HELLO TO U.S. WITH `GOODBYE' ON POLYDOR Burwell will give the soundtrack a boost when he returns home to New (Continued frani page 13) York and re -teams with his eponymous band, which does not appear in New Order, and it's clear where EMI in the U.S. passed on the about their lyrics, but they still work the soundtrack, for a few club gigs that will showcase "half film music Dubstar's sound comes from. band's first album in 1995 and was over here. From a timing point of and half other stuff." Yet, as Hillier points out, they are in no position to work the act in view view, by design or by luck, American about writing classic pop songs of the recent closure of its New York alternative radio is in a pop mood." A SOUNDTRACK WITHOUT A FILM? That's exactly the situation in rather than following trends. "If we operations, so Dubstar was free to On Aug. 18, "Stars" goes to alter- the U.S. for the album "Hommage À Noir," due Aug. 26 on Zero Hour Rec- did something that would be suc- sign with Polydor, whose president, native radio. It ships Sept. 8 to top 40. ords. The story of how the Alternative Distribution Alliance -distributed cessful for this year, that's the last Nick Gatfield, knew the band. As At home, first single "No More label came to own the rights to the soundtrack to the black- and -white, thing we'd want. In '95 we'd have head of A &R for EMI U.K. in the Talk" was released July 7 and hit narrationless film about the effects of modernization on selected African done a trip -hop album, a early '90s, he brought Food Records No. 20 on the official U.K. singles cultures is a journey in itself. drum'n'bass record in '96, and some- into the EMI stable. "I liked the chart July 19. Food's Ross says the Several label executives attended a screening of the movie -which had thing like the Spice Girls for '97." record, but I was not aware of what international album contains five or a successful run in several European markets -last year in Los Angeles Dubstar is at the more conven- was going on with EMI," says Gat - six singles that will take the album and were struck by the rich Ralf tional pop end of the Food roster, field, concerning the band's lack of through to April 1998. "You can Hildenbeutel score, which swirls which includes Blur, Shampoo, and a U.S. release. Additional spurs to never have too many strong singles," African with synthe- Jesus Jones. sign Dubstar came from Polydor says Ross. The next single is likely sizer sounds. They then licensed the Food Records managing director A &R exec Mark Chotiner and the to be the reflective song album from German label EyeQ Andy Ross describes Dubstar as band's current manager, Steven "Cathedral Park," scheduled for a Music GmbH, pared down the "folk music for the '90s." Pearce, better known as Stevo of the Sept. 1 U.K. release. "The require- exhaustive list of tracks for a Ross was swayed to sign the act to Some Bizarre label. ments for other countries are dif- smoother flow, and even added sev- a record and publishing deal after The band is now close to settling ferent from here, where they've had eral of the title track. Also hearing a demo of "Elevator Song" a longstanding dispute with its orig- an album which has sold 200,000 new is color cover art that Zero Hour in 1994, when Dubstar was called inal manager and, says Stevo, who copies without getting more than a director of sales and marketing the Jones. "It had a peculiarly tinny made a U.S. deal for the band a top No. 30 chart position." Scott Yeckes says "is more welcom- ring to it, but a minute into it I priority, "there were offers on the Polydor's Gatfield says the band's ing to the American consumer." thought it was good," he recalls. table from Epic and Warner." track record at home "may help The only catch is, there are no The choice of Hague was the Domestic and Japanese success is open some closed minds at radio plans at press time for commercial band's, but, says Ross, "there were encouraging, says Stevo. "If we here, but ultimately they will be release of the film in the States. So Zero Hour is relying solely on the Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr break America, it's a way of stab- judged on how well the song per- album's aural appeal to generate sales. And for his part, Yeckes says he influences, and from the outset they bing into Southeast Asia, Europe, forms at radio." is doing everything in his power to prevent retailers from pigeonholing the were wary of being pigeonholed. and all the other places where they The band will be conducting press album in a section that will hold no real connection to U.S. buyers. "If Steven was expert enough to be able could sell more." interviews Tuesday (12)- (15) this film carne out here, it was in some little art -house festival downtown to distinguish them. The band Gatfield believes the band's in New York, doing an Aug. 17 -18 and was gone within a week," Yeckes says. "We are going to work hard to demonstrated how much scope there chances in the U.S. market are good Japanese promo tour, and, from Oct. make sure the folks at retail don't put this album in the soundtracks sec- is in , especially for several reasons: "It's arguable 1 -12, will undertake a 10 -city promo tion because no one will be looking for it there." Aside from distribution with an almost folky vocalist." that British music is experiencing tour in the U.S. The act's U.K. tour at traditional retail outlets, Zero Hour is brokering deals for the sound- something of a renaissance, what will run Nov. 5 -30. track's inclusion in several catalogs. with Oasis, Blur, and Despite the prospect of nearly a even the Spice Girls. Dubstar has year's worth of marathon promo- PRODUCTION NOTES: Mervyn Warren may not be a member of Take on the band says its 6 anymore, but the songwriter /composer is heavily involved in the film - TERRIBLE HAPPENS already enjoyed import play tional activity, SOMETHING and have friends outside the music industry score universe nowadays. He achieved immediate success lending his WHEN YOU DONT ADVERTISE... alternative stations, they been featured quite heavily on shows will help it to remain grounded in artistic touch to the majority of the songs in "The Preacher's Wife," which NOTHING... devoted to imports." the real world. "When bands start led Quincy Jones to handpick Warren to score "Steel," the soundtrack to The high lyric content and pecu- writing about hotels, they have lost which debuts Tuesday (12) on Qwest Records. Also on Warren's short - CALL BILLBOARD CLASSIFIED liarly English nature of the band's it," concludes Hillier. "If we start list is "The Kiss," which stars Danny DeVito and Queen Latifah and 1.800- 223 -7524 (OUT OF STATE) sound will necessarily be a bar- writing about hotels or record com- whose soundtrack features a new twist for the latter, who croons rendi- 212 -536 -5174 not rier, argues Gatfield. "There's some- panies, then that's it. It's nothing tions of several jazz standards. Stay tuned for details. thing peculiarly Northern English that people can identify with."

18 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com BILLBOARDS H E AT S E E K S R SoALBUM CHART

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SoundScan The Heatseekers chart lists the best- selling titles by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the o SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY "1 top 100 of The Billboard 200 chart. When an album reaches this level, the album and the artist's subsequent albums are immedi- r " are on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is ately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart. All albums available co ¢ AUGUST 16, /BPI Communications. w w x ARTIST 1997 TITLE available. O Albums with the greatest sales gains. © 1997, Billboard s 3 s C LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) * * * NO *1 * * * ® 37 19 CAEDMON'S CALL WARNER ALLIANCE 46463/WARNER BROS. (8.98/13.98) CAEDMON'S CALL 2 7 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62042/EEG (10.98/16.98) LILA O 27 24 5 FLIP 90124 /INTERSCOPE (8.98/12.98) THREE DOLLAR BILL, Y'ALL 5 4 SMASH MOUTH INTERSCOPE 90142 (8.98/12.98) FUSH YU MANG © 28 NEW PHILLIPS, CRAIG AND DEAN STAR SONG 20156/SPARROW (10.98/15.98) WHERE STRENGTH BEGINS 3 1 6 ROBYN RCA 67477 (10.98/16.98) ROBYN IS HERE 29 20 13 ALLURE TRACK MASTERS/CRAVE 67848* /EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) ALLURE 3 23 SNEAKER PIMPS CLEAN UP 425B7NIRGIN (10.98/15.98) BECOMING X ® (30) NEW LUNA ELEKTRA 62055/EEG (10.98/16.98) PUP TENT 5 7 12 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 11585/MCA (10.98/15.98) LEE ANN WOMACK 31 31 5 GHETTO TWIINZ RAP -A- LOT /N00 TRYBE 44438NIRGIN (10.98/15.981 IN THAT WATER 11 3 TRIO CHRONICLES 536205/MERCURY (10.98 E0116.98( DA DA DA ® 32 27 6 ABRA MOORE ARISTA AUSTIN 18839 /ARISTA (10.98/16.98) STRANGEST PLACES 7 4 3 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE 46618/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) MICHAEL PETERSON 33 29 5 MONACO POLYDOR 537629/A&M (10 .98/16.98) MUSIC FOR PLEASURE 8 6 18 K'S CHOICE 550 MUSIC 67720/EPIC (10.98 EO/16.98) PARADISE IN ME 34 15 4 THE COMRADS STREET LIFE 75507* /ALL AMERICAN (10.98/15.98) THE COMRADS (9) NEW KILO ALI ORGANIZED NOIZE 90128* /INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) ORGANIZED BASS 35 32 7 CHRIS RICE ROCKETOWN 1528/WORD (10.98/15.98) DEEP ENOUGH TO DREAM C1) 10 17 DAFT PUNK SOMA 42609 *NIRGIN (10.98/16.98) HOMEWORK 36 25 25 CAPITOL 37235 (6.98/9.98) LOSING STREAK 11 8 3 DJ POOH DA BOMB/ATLANTIC 52752 * /AG (10.98/15.98) BAD NEWZ TRAVELS FAST 37 21 6 THE BEATNUTS RELATIVITY 1508* (10.98/15.98) STONE CRAZY Q 14 9 THE SUPERTONES BEC 17401 (10.98/15.98) SUPERTONES STRIKE BACK 38 30 47 LOCAL H ISLAND 524202 (8.98/14.98) AS GOOD AS DEAD Q 13 5 CLAY CROSSE REUNION 10005/JIVE (10.98/15.98) STAINED GLASS 39 26 7 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE FONOVISA80711 (13.98/18.981 JEFE DE JEFES 14 9 10 BONEY JAMES WARNER BROS. 46548 (10.98/16.98) SWEET THING 40 38 32 SOUL COUGHING SLASH 46175*/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) IRRESISTIBLE BLISS 15 17 52 JACI VELASQUEZ MYRRH/WORD 67823 /EPIC (10.98 EQ/15.98) HEAVENLY PLACE 41 36 25 GRUPO LIMITE POLYGRAM LATINO 533302 (7.98/12.98) PARTIENDOME EL ALMA 16 12 31 BARENAKED LADIES REPRISE 46393/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ROCK SPECTACLE 46 6 JAMES BONAMY EPIC 67878 (10.98 EQ/16.98) ROOTS AND WINGS 17 19 7 BLINK 182 CARGO 11624/MCA (8.98/12.98) DUDE RANCH ® 43 23 3 DAR WILLIAMS RAZOR & TIE 2830 (10.98/16.98) END OF THE SUMMER 08) NEW 98 DEGREES MOTOWN 530796* (6.98/10.98) 98 DEGREES 44 35 3 SHERRIE AUSTIN ARISTA 18843 (10.98/16.98) WORDS a) 28 10 OUR LADY PEACE COLUMBIA 67940 (10.98 EO/16.98) CLUMSY 45 40 7 RICOCHET COLUMBIA 67773 (10.98 E0115.98) BLINK OF AN EYE 20 33 3 CHARLIE ZAA SONOLUX 82136/SONY (8.98 EQ/14.98) SENTIMIENTOS

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THE ROAD LESS TRAV- stops at odd landmarks -such A Breed Apart. "New Breed of the ER 4.0's Savvy/Perspective/ ELED: While record labels as the shoe -shaped house in Of Female," the debut album The act's debut full -length, A &M self-titled debut and continuously battle to differen- Hallam, Pa.; the world's largest from Mo Thugs /Relativity rap- "Happens Twice," bows Tues- Porter's DV8 /A &M album, bow 23. tiate their product from the Swedish coffeepot in Stanton, pers II Tru, bows Sept. 23, pre- day (12). "Untitled," Sept. glut of new titles in the retail Iowa; and the supposed UFO ceded by the first single, The plot was designed to Meanwhile, Zero Hour's Jud world, there is also a logjam of crash site near Roswell, N.M.- "Bailer's Flossin." The act, pic- enhance the act's growing pop- Ehrbar will become a virtual baby acts on the road. will also visit traditional venues tured here with producer Archie ularity in markets like Detroit, one -man band when he tours in One such band making the in its customized bus, nick- Blaine, will play several dates where WHYT began playing support of his eclectic new most of its roadwork is Sonic named "the Cosmic Sled." with Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, the act's first single, "Dia- album, "Pink Machine." The In addition to a completely Dru Hill, and Mary J. Blige mond," several months ago. former Space Needle member, self-contained sound system beginning Aug. 27 in Min- A &M R &B vocalist Billy who recorded the album under and stage, the bus holds a 16- neapolis. Porter and labelmates 4.0 will the moniker Reservoir, will track digital recording studio, also be stirring up things on the sing and play drums, keyboard, which the act will use to record road, as they prepare to em- and guitar, in addition to pro- a forthcoming live single. REGIONAL HEATSEEKERS NO.ls bark on a college and high To promote the school tour this fall. The acts, both of free concerts, the MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST band will be loading Lila McCann, Lila Our Lady Peace, Clumsy which participated in footage and diary music and arts educa- tion programs in their entries onto its EAST NORTH CENTRAL World Wide Web Robyn, Robyn Is Here youth, will be promot- site, located at http:// ing performing -arts www sonicjoyride. curriculums. The Lion King. British act To this end, the 25- com. MIDDLE ATLANTIC Coming To Town. Out- Lionrock is being em- The band makes WEST NORTH CENTRAL The Beatnuts, Stone Crazy year -old Jamal Har- post /Geffen act Whiskey - braced by U.S. mainstream several stops in New Lila McCann, Lila r rison Bryant, nat- town bows this issue at No. press while its single, "Fire Hampshire and l ional youth director 15 on the South Atlantic Up The Shoesaw," from its SOUTH ATLANTIC for the National Assn. Massachusetts in alo ALI, Organized Bass Regional Roundup during two -CD Timebomb set, "An early August. PACIFIC for the Advancement the first week of the release Instinct For Detection," is On the retail tip, Smash Mouth, Push Yu Mang of Colored People for its new album, "Stran- finding a home at such RCA baby act (NAACP), will be a gers Almanac." The criti- modern rock stations as Hoarse has been SOUTH CENTRAL featured speaker at cally praised insurgent Ghetto lwiinz, In That Water KROQ Los Angeles, WHFS hand -delivering a each concert. country quintet recently Washington, D.C., and few thousand free A &M director of added bassist Chris Laney KITS San Francisco. The EPs to Midwestern product development and will play Northeastern band returns to London indie stores while touring this Thornell Jones says that the dates early this month, in- T H E R E G I O N A L R O U N D U P this month to record an al- summer. label will hand out cassette cluding a Tuesday (12) bum slated for release The three -song, self-titled, Rotating top 10 lists of best -selling titles by new and developing artists. samplers as well as stickers stop at the Mercury early next year. and mission statement fliers for live collection, which retailers PACIFIC SOUTH CENTRAL Lounge in New York. offered for $2.99 in countertop 1. Smash Mouth Fush Yu Mang 1. Ghetto Twiinz In That Water the NAACP's Stop the Vio- 2. DJ Pooh Bad Newz Travels Fast 2. Lill Keke Don't Mess Wit Texas displays, was also sold at 3. Sneaker Pimps Becoming X 3. Lila McCann Lila lence/Start the Love campaign. Joyride, who will begin a venues during the tour. 4. Blink 182 Dude Ranch 4. Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack . As a precursor to this tour, gramming the album's various 5. Daft Punk Homework 5. Ghetto Mafia Straight From The Dec rather bizarre tour in support According label representa- 6. Buck -O -Nine Twenty -Eight Teeth 6. Roy D. Mercer How BigA Boy Are Ya? Volume 1 which is expected to last from sonic concoctions. of Aug. 7 on - 7. The Comrads The Comrads 7. Roy D. Mercer How BigA Boy Are Ya? Volume 2 mid- September through mid - Ehrbar begins his tour Aug. `Bazaar" released tives, the 38- store, Detroit 8. 98 Degrees 98 Degrees 8. Michael Peterson Michael Peterson Anomaly Records. based Harmony House alone 9. Los Tigres Del Norte Jefe De Jefes 9. The B.G. It's All On U October, the acts are on an 11- 20 in Providence, R.I. "Pink The act, which will make has sold more than 500 copies 10. Robyn Robyn Is Here 10. Grupo Limite Partiendome El Alma city promotional trek. Machine" bowed July 29.

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www.americanradiohistory.com R &B ARTISTS & MUSIC Organized Konfusion Rises Again Hip -Hop Duo Re- Emerges On Priority

BY HAVELOCK NELSON also have to work hard to market them- selves to sell records." NEW YORK -Long respected in the With its trunkful of witty metaphors hip -hop underground, Organized Kon- and verses of palpable passion, "The fusion is resurfacing after a three -year Equinox" displays evidence that Orga- hiatus with a new concept collection nized Konfusion's brotherly bond is still titled "The Equinox." Following a two- strong and that its creative drive is still album stint with Hollywood BASIC very much active. Poetry credits the Records -which released the critically positive feedback they've received from hailed "Organized Konfusion" (1992) fans and critics over the years for help- and "Stress: The Extinction Agenda" ing them remain and maintain. (1994) -the group's third set, "The "The support of our peers and fans Twin Bills. DV8/A &M artist Billy Porter, right, stands toe to toe with the U.S.' Equinox," will emerge Sept. 23 on Pri- means a lot to us," he says. "And what's chief executive, Bill Clinton, following the vocalist's standing ovation perfor- ority Records. also kept us afloat for three albums is mance at a Democratic National Committee gala honoring the president. The ORGANIZED KONFUSION we Since their last release, crew mem- the fact that don't have a niche. We show took place June 30 in New York's Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom. bers Pharaoh Monch and Prince Poet- (Continued on page 26) ry say they've kept busy regrouping Organized Konfusion's quest for fortifi- and building their camp. "We formed a cation. Monch says, "We decided not to management company, Team Manage- simply point fingers at Hollywood ment, run by a guy named Xtreme, and BASIC. We said, `Let's see what we can a production company, Medicine Men do to make our situation better.' One of Adult Listening Abounds In Lewis, LaSalle, Productions," says Poetry. "So far we the moves was to go to Priority. We represent five producers and one group, knew a lot of the people who work there the Ill Rahlos. We wanted to have a from Hollywood BASIC, and it seemed Dezire Sets; `Keenan,' `Vibe' 1st Impressions stronger team behind us when we came to us that Priority was more capable of back out." effectively promoting groups. But I Switching labels was also part of think that with any label, the artists VETERAN'S DAY: "SoulGasm" is the gritty new album pendent and should appeal to nostalgic adult record buyers. by veteran blues singer Jimmy Lewis, who brought us the Distributed by Gotham Collectibles. bisexual sound sizzler "Bill," which was recorded by Peggy Scott-Adams. Released July 21 on his own Miss Butch FIRST STRIKE: No doubt many TV junkies nearly LaFace Goes Back To School Records, "SoulGasm" offers a meaty taste of blues, thick burned out their remote flipping back and forth between with relationship woes and romantic predicaments. "Vibe" and "The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show," both of Scott-Adams joins the immortal Little Richard with which had something to offer viewers. For Usher's Sophomore Set Lewis on the title track, and the good music just never stops. Both hosts were understandably tight during their Blues fans probably already know that the legendary respective debuts, each show had more than its share of BY SHAWNEE SMITH am as a person and what I've gone Ray Charles recorded more than 50 songs penned by director and production glitches, and on some of the musi- through," says 18- year -old Usher, Lewis. His work has also been cut by such notables as cal numbers it was obvious that artists were trying to do too NEW YORK-With the Sept. 16 re- whose last name is Raymond. "I just Bobby Womack, Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, Tom much. As the shows settle down and establish their respec- lease of Usher's sophomore LaFace took things from my life and wrote Jones, Rita Coolidge, Ry Cooder, and Solomon Burke. tive personalities, audiences will begin settling in on which set, "My Way," label execs are looking about them. It's all my vision, which is Malaco's Denise LaSalle show they prefer. to bring back the teenage fan "mania" why I named [the album] `My Way.' " has a barn- burner in "Smokin' As for me? It's still too close that rarely exists in R &B music. Leaving any childlike references In Bed," her latest sonic offer- to call. "Keenen" has the more "We want those screaming kids," behind, "My Way" establishes Usher ing. The title song sets the The familiar face and engaging says Lisa Cambridge, product manag- as a contender for smooth ballads and tone for this 10 -track blues comedy skits. The set of "Vibe" er for LaFace. midtempo love songs. The set focuses treat. Produced and mostly Rhythm was less distracting than its "When [Usher's mostly on relationships with songs like written by the voluptuous, ultra- modern competitor, as self-titled debut] "You Make Me Wanna"; "Nice And Jackson, Tenn., vocalist, and the was "Vibe" host Chris Spencer's came out [in 1994], Slow," on which he experiments with "Smokin' In Bed" ain't talkin' more sophisticated coat -and -tie he was bigger a melodic- styled rap, à la hip -hop act 'bout lighting cigars in the Blues attire -which contrasted with than his record. Do Or Die; and a remake of Midnight boudoir. The result is a steam- Keenen Ivory Wayans' shiny He was on 'Oprah' Star's "Slow Jam" with fellow teen ing good time for mature audi- by R. Reynolds and slick ebony talk -show uni- and he performed artist Monica. ences interested in knockin' a form. at the American In an attempt to cater to Usher's few back to some serious gui- USHER Music Awards as solid teen fan base, LaFace is co -spon- tar picking. BLUE NOTE: A traffic acci- part of [the all - soring "back to school" campaigns at Although you wouldn't believe it from the saucy lyrics dent July 26 resulted in the death of Chi -Lites manager star recording collective] Black Men high schools and Boys and Girls Clubs she delivers in much of her music, LaSalle, who owns three Connie Thompson, wife of founding group member Mar- United, [which are] opportunities not across the country, with posters, prod- radio stations, celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary in shall Thompson (Lifelines, Billboard, Aug. 9). The act was usually afforded to new artists," she uct, and possible appearances. July, with station CEO/hubbie James "Super" Wolfe. on the road in Pennsylvania, touring in support of its July says. "We're trying to make [his music] Usher will also be performing Aug. Singer/songwriter Brenda Russell is finishing up her 15-released Copper Sun single "Help Wanted." No word equal to his stardom." 24 at the Sisters Expo and Saturday next album. Still untitled, the project is self -produced. Rus- yet on the release of an album. Having sold 231,000 units of his (16) at the Bronner Bros. convention, sell's last album was EMI's "Soul Talking" in 1992. Sean "Puffy" Combs -produced debut both of which are in Atlanta, to expose Earth, Wind & Fire was joined by Larry Graham & HOOP DREAMS: Usher and debut artist Uncle Sam are set, according to SoundScan- spawn- him to a wider audience. Graham Central Station and Teena Marie when they providing the halftime entertainment for Boyz II Men ing the hit single "Think Of You," The label will also be holding a mini - opened Sinbad's Festival Aug. 4 at Boston's Har- vocalist Michael McCary's Celebrity Basketball Challenge which peaked at No. 8 on the Hot R &B poster added -value campaign with the bor Lights. The tour runs through the end of August, after on Saturday (16) at Detroit's Cobo Hall. Singles chart -Usher assumed single at retail. "You Make Me Wanna" which EWF will remain on the road throughout Septem- The benefit supports the McCary Foundation, a non- greater creative control over "My was serviced to retail Aug. 1, and the ber in support of its July 29-released Pyramid set titled profit entity that McCary reports over the last three years Way." The artist, who is managed by clip was sent to BET, the Box, and "In The Name Of Love," with additional dates to be has raised "tens of thousands of dollars" for Camden, N.J.'s Johnetta Patton, co -wrote and co -pro- MTV last month. announced. The Philip Bailey -led ballad "When Love Goes YMCA annual Christmas party. The foundation, which has duced most of the nine -track album His promotional tour is scheduled to Wrong" was to be serviced to R &B stations Monday (11). also benefited Big Brothers and Big Sisters, is mandated with Jermaine Dupri, Teddy Riley, and begin in August, with performances Karousell Records' female trio Dezire turns in a steady to "strengthen communities and provide guidance and Babyface, including the first single, at New York's Harlem Week celebra- performance on "Don't Run Away," which is sure to send assistance as an alternative to drugs and gang leaders that "You Make Me Wanna," which was ser- tion, several nationwide in- stores, older listeners back down memory lane with original tracks have become the support system for too many youth." viced to radio July 14. The track re- radio -sponsored concerts, and fall that bear heavy influences from the '70s in melody, har- Celebrity ballers slated for the event include Brian ceived 1,329 spins at R &B radio for the events at historically black colleges, mony, and instrumentation. The threesome gets a boost on McKnight, Boyz II Men, Keith Washington, and the week beginning July 28, according to where attendees will receive custom selected tracks in the form of collaborations from label - . Broadcast Data Systems. Usher gift bags. mates the Jonses, a male quartet, and M Pir Click, a male The single discusses Usher's attrac- While an international release date duo. Because of its dated sound, the set probably won't in- JACKI PAUL was promoted from managing editor of is an 11 -year tion to a mutual friend of his and his has not been set, a promotional tour terest teens and young adults. Nevertheless, "Don't Run Impact to the weekly's editor in chief. Paul current girlfriend. overseas is scheduled to begin early Away" is a worthy effort for the , N.Y. -based inde- veteran of the publication. "You can definitely pick up on who I next year. 20 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com "THEY SAID I COULDN'T DO IT AGAIN... BUT. I DID!" duRfry

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°Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for shipment of 500,000 album units. RIAA certification for shipment of 1 million units, with multiplatinum titles indicated by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running t'me that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is avalable. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. Ei indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©1997, Billboard /BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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23 5 MILES TO EMPTY (The Night Rainbow, ASCAP/Brown Gid, ASCAP/Mike's Rap, BMI) HL 35 ALL I WANT (FROM GOOD BURGER) (Rharatory, B S Hot R&ß Airplay.. ASCAP/B.Black, ASCAP /lobete, ASCAP) Hot. R& Singles 17 BE THE REALIST (Spec Twelve, ASCAP) Compiled from a national sub-sample of POS (point of sale) equipped key R&B retail stores which report number Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 105 R &B stations 10 BIG BAD MAMMA (FROM DEE JAM'S HOW TO BE A PLAY- of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. hours a 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross - SoundScan® are electronically monitored24 day, ER) (Slam U Well, ASCAP/lil Lulu, BMVJim Edd, BMI/712 referencing with Arbitron listenerdata. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. exact times of airplay Stone Ave, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMI) I'll" 33 BIG DADDY (Dotal BMVWamer- Tamedane, BMVSOUI On Soul, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Riefman, ASCAP) HL/WBM x x Z w 6 Z 6 z w z 85 BOUNCE Morales, BMVSoTy/AN Songs, BMVCon 0 0 w 0 (Mark o Tftani, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMVTIOW Tech, BMVWamer- 3 3 v Ñ Ñ w in 6 TITLE Tamerlane, BMVSecond Decade, BMD o, w TITLE w TITLE TITLE t LABEL) 81 CALL ME (FROM BOOTY CALL) Romba, BMVSrand, n 3 ARTIST IABEUPRDMOTION LABEL) EL n W ARTIST (LABEL/PROMOTION = S 3 ARTIST (ABEUPROMOTION ABEL) 5 3 ARTIST (LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL) BMW ndeas, BMVWamer Chappell, BMVZomba, ASCAP) WBM FAR FROM YOUR STAY ALIVE 28 CAN'T LET GO (Sony/AN Songs, BMVYab Yum, 2 WE TRYING TO 38 MICHELE (PAYDAY/FFRR/1SUWD) 38 31 13 BMVBrowntown Sound, BMI/Mic'L ASCAP/Sailandra, * * NO. 1 * a 1 (RUFFHOUSE) * * * NO. * * WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. REFUGEE ALLSTARS ASCAP /Ammo, ASCAPmamer Chappell, PRS/WB, ASCAP) NEVER MAKE A PROMISE HAVING AN AFFAIR 1 \J I'VE BEEN G.H.E.T,T.O.U.T. WHAT ABOUT US 1 3 Wks 39 1 19 HL/WBM DRU HILL (ISLAND) 2 at N. 1', 42 6 TONYA (J- TOWN /MARCO) 0 CHANGING FACES (BIG BEAT) 9 wks at Na. 1: 39 51 2 TOTAL (LAFACE/ARISTA) 31 CAN WE (FROM BOOTY CALL) (Mass Confusion, ASCAPMrginia Beach, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS 1 STRANGER IN MOSCOW MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS THINKING OF YOU 2 2 3 (MJJ /EPIC) 2Q 3 18 43 22 16 COME ON (OK Lawrence, BMVWamer Chappell, BMV2000 THE NOTORIOUS BIG. (FEAT. PUFF DADDY &WISDIB.AD BOY) d MICHAEL JACKSON THE NOTORIOUS B.IG(FEAT. RIFF DADDY & MASO (BAD BOY) ® TONY TONI TONE (MERCURY) Watts. ASCAP) WBM NOT TONIGHT EVERYTHING YOU WANT STOMP HOPELESS 79 COME WITH ME (Keith Sweat, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/E/A, 3 4 7 41 19 7 3 2 16 41 39 20 LIL' KIM (UNDEAS/TOMMY BOY/ATLANTIC) RAY J (EASTWEST /EEG) GOD'S PROPERTY (B- RITE/INTERSCOPE) DIONNE FARRIS (COLUMBIA) ASCAP/Scottsville, BMVEMI Blackwood, BM)) HL/WBM 57 CRUSH (9 th Town, ASCAPmaugMy, ASCAP/fa Ya, MISSING I CAN LOVE YOU TAKE IT TO THE STREETS 4 3 10 42 34 9 4 4 13 42 41 9 ASCAP/DoWhaltGottaDo, ASCAP) PUFF DADDY F EVA ((FEAT. 112) (BAD BOY) WAARRREEN GJFEAT RONALD ISLET )G -RJNI DEF JAM) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) RAMPAGE FEAT. BILLY LAWRENCE MOLATORüLEKTRA) 26 CUPID (Mr, ASCAP/WB April, ASCAP/Beane Tribe, DA' DIP ASCAP/C Sills, ASCAP/Kevin Wales, ASCAP /Justin Combs, 7 5 UP JUMPS DA 43 42 NNREVERMAKKEAAPROMISE 43 CAN 41 FREAKNASTY (HARD HOOD/POWER/TRIAD) 5Q 9 11 37 25 ASCAP) HL 0 MAGOO AND (BLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC) (WE E) 34 C U WHEN U GET THERE (FROM NOTHING TO LOSE) (Boo SOMEONE NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP WHAT'S Daddy, ASCAP/Du K All, BMVLek Raft, ASCAP/Pookie 6 5 4 51 2 6 8 10 40 8 SWV (FEATURING PUFF DADDY) (RCA) i.) LISA STANSFIELD ( ARISTA) LILL'' KIMO(U)ND AS/TOMMY BOY/ATLANTIC) THE (GLOBAL SOU VVOLCANO) Straighter, ASCAP)

86 DANCEHALL QUEEN (Gunsmoke, ASCAP/Polygram Int'l, I CAN LOVE YOU/LOVE IS ALL WE NEED FOR YOU I WILL THING 66 2 IT'S ALRIGHT 45 40 24 THE SWEETEST ® 7 6 4 MONICA ( ROWDY/WARNER SUNSET/ATLANTIC) 7 7 20 ASCAP/Steven Marsden, BMVSongs Of PolyGram Intl, MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) REFUGEE CAMP AU-STARS FEAT. (COLUMBA) QUEEN LATIFAH (TOMMY BOY) BMVTOny Kelly. BMVMuziklink, ASCAP) 8 5 TAKE IT TO THE STREETS IF I HAD YOU THE RAIN (SUPA DUPA FLY) AS WE LAY 61 DON'T KNOW (All Silver, ASCAP/Beane Tribe, 46 1 10 RAMPAGE FEAT. BILLY AWRENCE MOATORBEKTRA) - FRANKIE (CHUCKLIFE/EPIC) 8 6 10 46 44 ® MISSY "MISDEMEANOR' ELLIOTT (EASTWESTIEEG) DANA HARRIS (TONY MERCEDES/ AFACE/ARISTA) ASCAP/Pebbfone Five -Fifty -Five, BM /Moonstone, ASCAP) (FROM BOOTY CALL) 36 DON'T WANNA BE A PLAYER (Zomba, G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER MEN IN BLACK RETURN OF THE MACK 9 9 16 47 44 4 10 9 47 38 27 ASCAP/Kiely, ASCAP/Conversation Tee, ASCAP/EMI CHANGING FACES (BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC) DIANA KING (WORK/EPIC) 9 (COLUMBIA) MARK MORRISON (ATLANTIC) Blackwood. BMVRodney Jerkins, BMVForay, SESAC/1972, SESAC/Henchmen, BMI) HL/WBM GOTHAM CITY 50 2 DOWN FOR YOURS I'LL BE MISSING YOU BEEN AROUND THE WORLD 10 10 5 4) 10 5 12 54 2 R. KELLY (JIVE) NASTYBOY CLICK FEAT. ROGER TROUTMAN (NASTYBOY) PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS (FEAT. 112) (BAD BOY) ® PUFF DADDY (FEAT. THE NOTORIOUS BIG. & MASE) (BAD BSS 65 DOWN FOR YOURS (Marco Cardenas, ASCAP) 44 DO YOU KNOW (WHAT IT TAKES) (Heavy Rotation, BMVBMG, YOU LIK IF I CHANGE IN MY BED LOOK INTO MY EYES ASCAP) HL 11 11 3 49 36 15 35 49 42 12 ASCAP/Cheirnn, ASCAP/Mega, R RANDEURY!RCA) MOWN (NO UMRA'RIORITY) 11 13 BONE THUGS-N- HARABNY(RUTHLE REtATMPO DRU HILL (ISLAND) 13 00 YOU LIKE THIS (Mike's Rap, BMI) 56 EVERYTHING YOU WANT (Keith Crouch, ASCAP/Chrysalis, THINGS AIN'T THE SAME LIFETIME 58 BEFORE 12 15 9 50 35 9 12 11 21 5 4 ASCAP/Young Legend, ASCAP) WBM On(RIS rTI-BAPll&PPODDRUNKIESKS FEAT. IRTY )BASTARD (LOUD) ERYKAH BADUDARNNIVERSAL) PM D (DEF JAM/MERCURY) 43 FAR FROM YOURS ( Organimz, BMVBMG, ASCAP/Still Diggin , LOOK INTO MY BIG BAD MAMMA KEEP IT COMIN ASCAP/Re(ana, ASCAP/Wamer- Tamerlane, BMVKidada, 13 12 9 16 5 51 46 11 LESSREI,AMm 48 7 IVORYOI Y (L ODmmU) li 10)0' BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL MOLATOWDEF JAM) HEAVY D (UPTOWN /UNIVERSAL) BMVEMI Blackwood, BMVEric B & Rakim, BM)) WBM 48 FEMININITY (India B., BMVT utly Tat, BMVSumi Na Tato, BMI) YOU BRING ME UP Q GIVE IT TO ME I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE) HYPNOTIZE 14 11 - I 25 89 FIRE (Steve Harvey, BMVB. Girt ASCAP/Watsushi, 14 TEDDY PENDERGRASS (WIND- UP/SUREFIRE) 14 12 23 52 50 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (BAD BOY/ARISTA) K -CI & JOJO (MCA) id ROME (GRAND JURY /RCA) ASCAP/Minder, ASCAP) WHAT'S IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS NEED YOUR LOVE 17 FIX (Donril, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Chauncey Black, 15 11 9 53 55 2 IUPBR BL 15 14 15 Q 65 6 OAYS GLLOBALJ OUWOLCANO) B.LG. DEFT TRAMPE:RS:UM( PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY (BAD BOY/ ARISTA) BIG RUB FEAT. QUEEN LATIFAH & HEAVY 0 ()CEDAR) ASCAP/Smokiri Sound, ASCAP/Wu -Tang, BMVBar-Kay. BMVWamer- Tamerlane, BMVSugarhill, BMI) WBM SMILE HYPNOTIZE FOR YOU ON & ON )Realsongs, 16 16 9 54 43 17 48 34 39 FOR YOU I WILL (FROM SPACE JAM) & P(RAPA- LOT/NW TRYBE) THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (BAD BOY /ARISTA) 16 15 24 54 ERYKAH BADU (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) SARFACE FAT. 2PAC JOHNNY KENNY LATTIMORE (COLUMBIA) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM 18 FOR YOU (Colourd, ASCAP/PSO. ASCAP) WBM YOU TALK ABOUT LOVE HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY YOU MAKE ME THINGS TITHESAME 17 22 5 WHEN 55 46 26 21 55 57 7 ASCAP/916, PATTI LABELLE MCA) AZ YET FEAT. PETER CETERA (LAFACE/ARISTA) 11 5 K USTAIN'T 32 (FREAK) AND U KNOW IT (Twa, ASCAP/G -Baby, BMVMobbstar, BMI) MMAARR BHINGMCA) 70 A FRIEND ( Zomba, ASCAPBDP, ASCAP/Soul Clap, ASCAP) 18 21 7 56 45 30 PUFF 26 14 56 47 6 COOLIO (TOMMY BOY) DADDY (FAT. MASE) (BAD BOY/ARISTA) Y LLAAURNEAI(TABOYUM /EPIC) WBM 41 FULL OF SMOKE (Poetry In Motion, BMD I WANT THE WAY THAT YOU TALK SORRY THE PARTY DON'T STOP i ALL Q - i I'LL DO ANYTHING/I'M n_ FAT. DA BRAT & JD SO DEF/COLUMBW 19 18 7 57 64 3 88 FULTON ST. (DAMASTA, ASCAP/Polygram Intl, ASCAP/ltsett, 702 (BIV 10/CAPITOL/MOTOWN) JAGGED EDGE ISO GINUWINE (550 MUSIC/EPIC) MAX FEAT MASTER P AND FOXY BRIYNN(NO UMRAROPoTY) ASCAP/ERMA, ASCAP/Donel, ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP) HL/WBM RETURN OF THE MACK ARE YOU WAITING FOR? UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE MY EYES COULD SEE 49 GET IT TOGETHER (Check Man, ASCAP/Ness, Nitty & Capone, 20 20 25 58 52 8 WHAT 20 19 5 i MARK MORRISON (ATLANTIC) PHA JA (WARNER BROS.) MAGSO AND TIMBALAND (BACKGROUNDIATANTICI BUSTA RHYMES (VIOLATOR/EEG) ASCAP/WB, BMI) WBM BMI) WBM 5 G.H.ET.T.O.U.T. (Zomba, BMVR.Kely, WUE TREANYING TR STAY E(RUFFHOUSE) AFTER 12, BEFORE 6 21 13 5 59 47 10 LI SOMEONE -On, 8 59 60 5 60 GIVE IT TO ME (Sony /AN Songs, BMVTed BMVMr. EN VOGUE STWEST /EEG) 21 17 DADDY) (RCA) SAM SALTER (LAFACE/ARISTA) SWV (FEATURING PUFF Jimmy, ASCAP) 9 GOTHAM CITY (FROM BATMAN & ROBIN) (Zomba, 5 MILES TO EMPTY DANCEHALL QUEEN GOTHAM CITY MISSING YOU 22 18 14 60 59 6 X72 22 9 60 59 7 BROWNSTONE (MJJ/WORK/ EPIC) BEENIE MAN FAT. CHEVELLE FRANKLYN (ISLAND IAMAICPJ R. KELLY (JIVE) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) BMVR.Kely, BM') WBM 62 HAVE A LITTLE MERCY (Fyte Tyne, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) CAN'T LET GO I BELIEVE I CAN FLY THE JLOVE SCENE WANNA BE A PLAYER 11 HIP HOP DRUNKIES (ESP, BMVWamer-Tamerlane, BMI/Wu- 23 25 9 61 58 36 Q 25 5 61 52 21 DON'T RU RNA (TAB YUM/EPIC) R. KELLY (WARNER SUNSET /ATLANTIC/JIVE) Tang, BMVCareers -BMG, BMVMadey Mad, ASCAP/EMI, ASCAP)HUWBM BIG BAD MAMMA LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT LOVE 1 I CARE 'BOUT YOU 62 54 39 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ©_ 24 15 2 DJ COOL (CLR/AMERICAN/WARNER BROS.) 12 97 HOMEBOYZ (No Way, ASCAP) FOXY BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL (MOLATÜLDEFJAM) 24 20 PATTI LABELLE (MCA) MILESTONE (LAFACE/ARISTA) 98 HOW WE COMIN' (Hard, Rugged & Dangerous, BMVZomba, AND U KNOW IT FOR YOU FIX HOW COME, HOW LONG BMVCyphercletf, ASCAP/EMI April. ASCAP) 25 24 4 [FREAK] 63 61 21 25 23 7 63 55 10 ADINA HOWARD (MECCA DOWEASTWEST/EEG) KENNY LATTIMORE (COLUMBIA) BLACKSTREET (INTERSCOPE) BABYFACE (EPIC) 52 HOW YA DO DAT (FROM HOW BOUT IT) (Burrin Ave., ASCAP/0/B/0 ItseR, ASCAP/Big P, ASCAP/Beats By The Pound, FULL OF SMOKE COME ON MY 26 23 23 64 56 19 26 29 14 COL) ASCAP/Bomb Shelter, ASCAP) CHRISTION (ROC-A- FELLNDEF JAM/MERCURY) BILLY LAWRENCE FEAT. MC LYFE (ESIWYSTAEG) &BRING1010 MCA) UP 1 PEOPLE FEAT. HTR11NA & TAMARA M'BI ® 37 HYPNOTIZE (Big Poppa, ASCAP/Justin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Mystery System. BMVAImo, ASCAPBadazz, FIX ICED DOWN MEDALLIONS YOU TONIGHT FOR YOU I WILL 27 27 3 65 49 4 35 9 LOVIN' 65 49 35 BLACKSTREET (INTERSCOPE) ROYAL FLUSH (BLUNT/TVT) Q THE NOTORIOUS BIG. (FAT. R. KELLY) (BAD BOY /ARISTA) MONICA (ROWDY/WARNER SUNSET/ATLANTIC) ASCAP/Danica, BMVEntertaining, BMI) HL/WBM 14 I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE) (Mike's 1 HOW YA DO DAT GET TOGETHER DO YOU KNOW (WHAT IT TAKES) ME Rap, BMI) 28 28 11 P YOUNG BLEED AND CLDC(NO LAMM 28 24 36 66 56 29 ROBYN ( RCA) ©- MASTER FEAT. T rn ) DON'T LEAVE(INTERSCOPE) 6 I CAN LOVE YOU/LOVE IS ALL WE NEED (MCA, ASCAP/Mary J. Blige, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMVRodney Jerkins, INVISIBLE BE INSIDE L 33 3 67 72 27 29 30 26 67 1 BMWndeas, BMVWamer- Tamedane. BMV6 th Of July, 2 98 DEGREES nMONOWN) FOXY BROWN FEAT. JAY-Z MOLATOR/DEF JAM) 112 (()BAD BOY/ARISTA) - R NIÁBRO SSADE(SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) BMVNASHMACK, ASCAP) HI/WBM THAT'S RIGHT EMOTIONS BIG DADDY CAN GET DOWN 82 ICED DOWN MEDALLIONS (M, ASCAP/E2 Opee, 39 21 68 68 11 34 31 68 61 3 WE Q DJ TAZ FAT. RAHEEM THE DRAM (BREAKAWAY/SUCCESS) T VISTA (CREATOR'S WAY/BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC) ® HEAVY D (UPTOWN /UNIVERSAL) MYRON (ISLAND) ASCAP/Suite 1202, ASCAP/Jose Luis Gotcha. ASCAP/Percy Coles, ASCAP/Longitude, DAD WBM I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE) DON'T KNOW HOT LIKE FIRE 1 YOU SHOULD BE MINE 31 26 24 69 66 8 33 4 ®_ 59 IF I COULD CHANGE (FROM I'M BOUT m (Buoin Avenue, ROME JURY/RCA) MARIO WINANS (MOTOWN) 31 AALIYAH (BLACKGROUND /ATLANTIC) BRIAN MCKNIGHT FEAT. MASE (MERCURY) (GRAND LLC, ASCAP/Itself, ASCAP/Big P, ASCAP/Beats By The Pound, IF U STAY READY DO YOU AFFAIR ASCAP/Bomb Shelter, ASCAP) 32 29 25 CUPID 70 53 15 16 63 4 112 (BAD BOY/ARISTA) SVGA FREE ( SHEPPARD ANFNNFADABLE,ISLAND) ® 45 6 TONYABÚETOWN /MAJi.GACO) 46 IF I HAD YOU (Sorry /ATV Cross Keys ASCAP/Nirdh Street E ((GRANDEJURY/RCA) Tunnel, ASCAP/Sony /AN Songs, BMVRed Tears, JUST ANOTHER CASE CRUSH SMILE I JUST LIKE CANDY 37 14 71 63 11 Q BMVColgems -EMI, ASCAP) Q JAM/MERCURY) ZHANE (ILLTOWN/MOTOWNI 33 28 16 CRU FAT. SLICK RICK (VIOATORNEF FEAT. 2PAG LDT/NOOTRA EIGHTBALL & AUG (SUAVE HOUSE/RELATIVITY) SCARFKF &JOHNNYPIRAPA D - 73 IF IT HINT LOVE (FROM SPRUNG) (Seven Eighteen, BMVlroe NO ONE BUT YOU Will. BMD ® I HAVE A LITTLE MERCY 72 51 14 1 HEY READY (Sheppard Lane, BMVSongs Of PolyGram 4.0 (SAV W/PERSPECTIVE/A &M) VERONICA (FEAT. CRAIG MACK) (H.O.LAASLAND) ® MARIAM CAREY (COLUMBIA) I AZ FEARING SWV (EMINIRGIN) 66 IF U STAY Intl, BMVSongs Of Polygram, BMVG-Baby, OF YOU/LET'S GET DOWN FULTON ST. MIDNIGHT LOVE ASCAPBeetykiplay, ASCAP/Polygram Intl. ASCAP/Mobbstar, 30 15 THINKING 73 65 13 35 27 12 WHATEVER 73 69 2 35 TONY TONI TONE (MERCURY) LESCHEA (WARNER BROS.) EN VOGUE (AST W EST /EEG) SNOOP DOGGY roc. , (DEATH ROWANTI RSCOPE) ASCAP) HL 4 I'LL BE MISSING YOU (Magnetic, BM Turtle, BMI/Illegal, /Blue I LOVE ME SOME HIM4 DONT WANT TO 74 MY BABY DADDY 5 MILES TO EMPTY ' LET MEJ3E THE ONE 32 21 64 18 32 18 14 73 3 BMVSeptember Six, ASCAP/Chyna Baby, BMVlanice Combs, 36 TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE/ARISTA) B-ROCK & THE 802 (TONY MERCED6LAFACE 36 BROWNSTONE (MJJ/WORK/EPIC) MINT CONDITION (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) BMVEMI Blackwood, BMI) HL DON'T WANT TO (EMI. DON'T WANNA BE A PLAYER COME WITH ME I LOVE ME SOME HIM 15 67 2 NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP 27 I LOVE ME SOME HUM 16 75 69 10 37 36 46 37 31 (JIVE) KEITH SWEAT (FAT. RONALD ISLET) (ELEKTRNEEGI TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE/ARISTA) LISA STANSFIELD (ARISTA) BMVCesadida, BMVSailandra, ASCAP/Almo, ASCAP/Plaything, JOE BMI/Eoo True, ASCAP/R.Kefly, BM/Zomba, BM)) HL/WBM Records with the greatest sales gains. © 1997 Billboa d/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. Q Records with the greatest airplay gains. © 1997 Bil board/BPI Communications. 15 IN MY BED (Hitco, BMVBrown lace, BMVLorgitiàe, Q BIM/Zomba, BMVStacegoo, BMUWamer- Tamerlane, BMVBoobie -Leo, BM)) WBM TO (Ramp, BMIB.KL, BMVWB, AIRPLAY 55 INVISIBLE MAN (Banana Tunes, BMVStephen A Kipper, 3 NOT TONIGHT (FROM NOTHING TO LOSE) (Second Decade, 11 TAKE IT THE STREETS NOT ROB RECURRENT ASCAP/Careers-BMG, BMVBubalas, SOCAN/Gn Board, BR/Warner-Tamerlane, BMIAYB, ASCAP) WBM BMVSadyah's, BMVA rnacien, BMI/Blue Image, PRO/Keep On, BMVEMI April, ASCAP) HL 68 ONE MORE DAY (Fyte Tyne, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) HL CAPACNnidisc) WBM KIND OF MAN WOULD I BE 4 PAGE LETTER 1 1 9 WHAT 14 12 3 81 TAIJUN' BOUT BANK (Not listed) MINT CONDITION (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) AALIYAH (BLACKGROUND /ATLANTIC) 69 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER (FROM MY BEST FRIEND'S WED- 42 ON & ON (Divine Pimp, ASCAP/Tribes Of Cedar, ASCAPBMG, DING) (New Hidden Valley, ASCAP/Casa David, ASCAP) ASCAPMIcNooter. ASCAP/MCA,tusic Corporation Of America. 22 THINGS JUST AIN'T THE SAME (FROM MONEY TALKS) YOU'RE MAKIN' ME HIGH HLI BM BMVMcNooter, BM)) HL (Mass Ave, ASCAP/Motown Tunes, ASCAP/Polygram Intl, 2 7 21 15 14 28 KEITH SWEAT (ELEKTRNEEG) TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE/ARISTA) 90 I STILL LOVE YOU (FROM SPRUNG) (52 Duz It ASCAP/EMI, 92 ON & POPPIN' (Young Man Moving 7SCAP) ASCAP/Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI) HLNBM ASCAP/Dotat BMVWamer -Tat edane. BMVTom Bomb. BM)) 45 RELAX & PARTY (Stephen Grey, ASCAP/Funkmaster Flex, 29 THINKING OF YOU/LET'S GET DOWN (Polygram Intl, 17 SUMTHIN' SUMTHIN' PONY 16 13 7 ASCAP/Tony Toni Tone, ASCAP/Way 2 Oink, ASCAP/916, BMI) 3 5 (550 MUSIC/EPIC) MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) WBM ASCAP) 83 IT MUST BE LOVE (Spec- o-Ide, ASCAP/Traco, BM)) 25 RETURN OF THE MAGI (Perfect, BMVSPZ, BMVGEMA) HL CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN 38 I'VE BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR (Get -Rich. BMVMalaco, BM)) 100 REVOLUTION (Maurice While, ASCAP/Sony/AN Tunes LLC, 7 UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE (Virginia Beach, ASCAP/Mag/oo. TEARS 17 1 4 17 13 - PUFF DADDY (FEAT. MASS BOY/ ARISTA) THE ISLET BROTHERS IT- NECK/ISLAND) (BAD 96 JAllY BELLE (Organized Noize, BMURitco, BMUChrysalis. ASCAP/Sonnyside -Up. BMVMloplay, ASCAP/A Patient ASCAP/Mass Contusion. ASCAP) ASCAP/Gnat Booty, ASCAP) WBM Shepherds, ASCAP) 63 THE WAY THAT YOU TALK (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, NO DIGGITY I BELIEVE I CAN FLY 5 2 21 18 18 4 54 JUST ANOTHER CASE (Dunbar, BMVGreen Mountain, 47 SHOW ME (Little Tanya, ASCAP/Music Corporation Of America, ASCAP/Them Damn Twins, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP) BLACKSTREET (FEAT. DR. DRE) (INTERSCOPE) R. KELLY (WARNER SUNSET /ATLANTIC/JIVE) BMWnichappe(I, BMVAI(ey, BMVIrio, BMVDetJam, ASCAP) 30 WE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE (Gibb BroULers, BMUCareers- ONE IN A MILLION NOBODY ASCAP/Rhythm Bluntz, ASCAP/Polygram Int'l, ASCAP) HL 19 SMILE (N -The Water, ASCAP/Still N -The Water, BMVJoshuá s BMG. BMVSongs Of PolyGram Intl, BMVMusic Corp. Of 6 11 19 15 15 6 AALIYAH (BLACKGROUND /ATLANTIC) KEITH SWEAT FEAT. ATHENA CAGE (EL KTRAEEG) 24 LOOK INTO MY EYES (FROM BATMAN & ROBIN) (Keen, Dream, BMV1nhKscope Pearl, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane, America, BMVFirst Priority, BMUS0 y /AN Tunes LLC, BMVTAo Thug ASCAP/RuthlessAttack, ASCAP/Dollarz-N- BMVMusic Corporation Of America, BMI) HLANBM ASCAP/Tete San Ko. ASCAP/Copyright Control) HL AASSCYENSION EVER WONDER) TOUCH Blackwood, BMVEMI 7 3 24 (DONE 20 16 38 Sense, BM)) 51 SMOKIN' ME OUT (Bovina, ASCAP/EMI App(, ASCAP/Warren 64 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? (EMI RSBSV (( I1EFM EJAM) AT. BROWN JDIT ASCAP) 80 LOVE IS ALL AROUND (Sway lay. G. ASCAP) HL/WBM Casadida, BMVEMI Denmark BMVMusic Corporation Of 2 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS (Big Poppa. ASCAP/Justin SOMEONE Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Dub's America, BMVO'Hara, BMI( I CAN MAKE IT BETTER GET ME HOME 8 )Justin 8 10 15 21 25 18 April, ASCAP/Steven Jordan, LUTHER VANDROSS (LV /EPIC) R3(YBROMJ FAT. B1A06 TMOLATODEFJM.9 Combs, ASCAP/EMI A Wald, ASCAP/HGL ASCAP/Harve Pierre, BMVRhythm Blunt 20 WHATEVER (Sony /AN Songs, BMVECAF. BMVNo Intro, ASCAP/M. Betha, ASCAPBemard's Other. ASCAP/Sony, ASCAP/Price Is Right, ASCAP/MCA ASCAP) HL AS CAP /E2, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/)(eiande, ASCAP) HL VOGUE ASCAP/fommy Jymi, BM)) HL WHATS STOPPING YOU BMVZomba, BMI) WBM 9 8 10 22 23 48 LADY 61 SOMETIMES (Sorry /AN Tunes LLC, ASCAPBIack Chick, 21 (Divided, (EASSTWESTT /EEG) D'ANGELO (EMI) DADDY Drive, BMVRaw Cast ASCAP/EMI 74 MY BABY (Pepper ASCAP/Songs Of PolyGram Intl, BMVlnrdon, BMI ) HL 12 WHEN YOU TAU ABOUT LOVE (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP/New April, ASCAP/Steel Chest, ASCAP/Heavy Harmony) HL 95 SO REAL, SO RIGHT (Music Corp. Of America, BMVBayjun Perspective, ASCAP/lrving. BMVEMI Agil, ASCAP) HAYBM CRUSH ON YOU 8 HAIL MARY 10 11 4 23 20 84 MY HEART IS CAVING (FROM 114E PREACHER'S WIFE) YOU ARE ( Chrysalis, ASCAP/Ecstasoul, ASCAP/Full LIL' KIM FEAT. LIL' CEASE (UNDEASBIG BEAT) MAKAVELI (DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE) Beat BM)) 53 WHERE (ECAF, BMVSony /AN Songs, BMI) HL 75 SORRY IS (Divided, BMVZomba, BMVRamal, BMVWamer- Keel, ASCAP/Jamey Jaz. ASCAP) WBM Tamerlane, BMIBoobie- EVEYRYCTIMECI CLOSE MY EYES BE 1 NEVER MAKE A PROMISE (Warner- 72 WHO U WIT (Carlos Glover, BMIA.ewis And Smith, BMD 11 4 5 24 6 Tamerlane, BMI) WBM - FOXY BROWN FEAT. JAY-Z (VIOLATOR/DEF JAM) Loo, BMD WBM 50 STRANGER IN MOSCOW (Mijac. BMVWamer- Tamerlane, 58 WHO YOU WIT (FROM SPRUNG) (Lit Lulu. BMVBiggie, 40 NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (Unichappell, BMI) BM(/ Motown, BMI/PolyGram, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMI) HL ON TONIGHT LOUNGIN BMUSavette, BMI) HL 12 1 WHAT'S 25 21 Tamerlane, BMI) 94 YARDCORE (Shine Md Cris, BMVSw nga Singa. BMVMVD - MONTELL JORDAN (DEF JAM/MERCURY) - LL COOL J (DEF JAM/MERCURY) 99 SUMMER TAM (QuadraSaund, BM/Warner- 91 NO ONE BUT YOU (FROM BAPS) (Spanish Ghetto Diamond. WBM Slide, BMI) BMVBIack Marble, BMVJumping Bean LLC., BMI) ONLY YOU Recunents re titles which have appeared on the Hot R &B Singles 78 SUMMERTIME SUMMERTIME (Washinwear, BMVTouk 16 YOU BRING ME UP (EMI April, ASCAP/1BN, ASCAP/Cad 13 9 25 93 NOTHING NO ONE (Success Bound, BMVMarcus Street. 112 FAT. THE NOTORIOUS 8.I. (BAD BOY/ARISTA) chart for more than 20 weeks and have dropped below the top 50. BMVMaroy, BMVZomba, ASCAP) WBM Kayla. ASCAP/Mike's Rap, BMI) HL BMVTonk, BMI)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard® AUGUST 16, 1997 R &B Not Ra p SiDgieS.. ORGANIZED KO_ NFUSION (Continued from page 20) Z COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS p I- COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan® p always come different, and I think that `O w ¢row á TITLE ""U ARTIST not knowing what to expect from us 3 3 N ¢ 3 c=i LABEL & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL ALBUM BOOM: The average number of combined debuts and re- keeps people constantly intrigued. I * * * No. 1 * ** entries in a given week on Top R &B Albums is eight. This issue that mean, we didn't even know what we MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS THE NOTOR)OUS &I.G. (FEAT. PUFF DADDY & MASE) 1 1 2 3 (T) chart has 12. After a week of industry guessing games, Bone Thugs -N- were going to do going into this album." (C) (D) 00 BAD BOY 79100/ARISTA 2 weeks at No. 1

NOT TONIGHT IRON uTHING TO LOSE) of IN Fig DA RAILER EYE MISSY EWOTH AND WE MARINE/ Harmony's "Art Of War (Ruthless/Relativity) answered the first -week Ultimately, Organized Konfusion de- 2 3 3 7 (C) (D) (T) (X) UNDEAS/TOMMY BOY 98019/AG sales riddle, scanning 63,000 units at R &B core stores. That amount is cided to create an aural movie high- I'LL BE MISSING YOU A' PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS (FEAT 112) 3 2 1 10 little more than half of what Puff Daddy scanned at core R &B stores lighting the good- time /bad-time expe- (M) (T) (X) BAD BOY 79097*/ARISTA last week but still enough to land the crew the Hot Shot Debut at No. 1 riences of a "coupla maturing homies," * * * GREATEST GAINER* * * on Top R &B Albums in the same week that it rules The Billboard 200. complete with a gravelly voiced narra- UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE MAGOO AND TIMBALAND 4 5 5 The entry on the latter chart came to the tune of more than 394,000 tor from the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y. ® (C) (D) BLACKGROUND /ATLRNT IC 98018/AG units. This debut marks the fourth -largest debut this year, all of which "The album's concept is its TAKE IT TO THE STREETS RAMPAGE FEAT. BILLY LAWRENCE derived from Q5 5 6 6 were held by rappers. Although "Art Of War" manages to best first- title, which refers to the time of year (C) (D) (M)1`) 1X) VIOLATOR/ELEKTRA 64171 /EEG LOrI( INTO MY EYES (FROM "BATMAN & ROBIN") BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY 6 6 4 10 week sales of Bone Thugs -N- Harmony's last album, "E. 1999 Eternal," when the sun crosses the equator and (C) (D) (T) RUTHLESS 6343/RELATIVITY by more than 85,000 units, the latter album showed stronger support day and night are equal," Monch says. SMILE SCARFACE FEATURING 2PAC & JOHNNY P 1 7 7 10 among R &B consumers, selling 5,000 more units at core stores than the "These people are at the midpoint of (CI (D) RAP- A- LOT/N00 TRYBE 38581NIRGIN C U WHEN U GET THERE (FROM "NOTHING TO LOSE") COOLIO FEAT. 40 THEVZ 8 8 8 7 new title. their lives, when they're in the middle (C) (D) (T) (X) TOMMY BOY 7785

After a wait of four years, Joe's sophomore album, "All That I Am" of a lot of important decisions. They BIG BAD MAMMA FROM "DU JAM'S HOW TO BE A PLAYER ") FOXY FEAT. (DI 28 - 2 BROWN DRU HILL (Jive), makes a loud entry on Top R &B Albums at No. 4. With 67,000 mirror some of our situations and some (T) VIOLATOR/DEF JAM 571441/MERCURY THAT'S RIGHT DJ TAZ FEAT. RAHEEM THE DREAM units at the all- stores panel, Joe enters The Billboard 200 at No. 13, a of the situations we see people go CI 14 15 21 (CI (T) (X) BREAKAWAY/SUCCESS 58641/PRIORITY major success story, considering that the week's total represents more through. And to make the record inter- JUST ANOTHER CASE CRU FEATURING SLICK RICK 11 12 12 16 than two -thirds of what 1993's "Everything" (Mercury) scanned during esting, we jumped ahead 20 years. The (C) (D) (MI (T) 00 VIOLATOR/DEF JAM 573856/MERCURY 11 FAR FROM YOURS O.C. FEATURING WETTE MICHELE the weeks it spent on The Billboard 200. Since the last album, Joe narrator goes back and tells how he got 12 13 39 5 re- established himself in the R &B community with "All The Things to his destination." (C) (D) (T) PAYDAY/FFRR 850916/ISLAND SMOKIN' ME OUT FEAT. RONALD ISLET 13 9 9 9 (Your Man Won't Do)" (Island), a single from the "Don't Be A Menace Although every song on "The IC) (D) (T) G- FUNK/DEF JAM 571024/MERCURY To That song No. 2 on Equinox" DA' South Central ..." soundtrack. peaked at Hot doesn't fit tightly into the 14 15 14 46 DIP FREAKNASTY R &B Singles in March 1996 and spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the R &B story line, Monch says, "Since we're so (C) (T) (X) HARD HOOD/POWER 0112/TRIAD DOWN FOR YOURS NASTYBOY KLICK FEAT. ROGER TROUTMAN 15 20 2 Adult chart in sister publication R&B Airplay Monitor. The success was diverse and versatile, we wanted a way (C) (D) (T) NASTYBOY/GLASSNOTE 574748/MERCURY

followed with "Don't Wanna Be A Player" (Jive), which peaked at No. 5 to kinda gel everything together. I hate IF I COULD CHANGE "I'M BOUT IT") MASTER P FEAT STEADY)WO8R, MIA Y MO B. 16 11 10 15 (FROM DICK & OT)EU in the June 14 issue. His latest radio track, "The Love Scene," has more to sound cliché, but we think this album (C) (D) (T) NO LIMIT 53273/PRIORITY HIP HOP DRUNKIES THA ALKAHOLIKS FEAT. OL' DIRTY BASTARD than 19 million listeners in its fifth week at radio and moves 25 -23 on really brings together the whole 11 10 11 9 Orga- (C) (D) (T) LOUD 64882/RCA Hot R &B Airplay. nized Konfusion thing." BE THE REALIST TRAPP, TUPAC & NOTORIOUS 18 23 2 B.I.G. Neither member has a favorite song (C) DEFF TRAPP 9283ANTERSOUND HYPNOTIZE THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. from the set, but among the contenders 19 16 18 17 (C) (D) BAD BOY 790,32/ARISTA SLY FOX: One -heard from is can are "Confrontations," which is about the often question labels whether they CANT NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN PUFF DADDY (FEAT. MASE) 20 17 16 30 A' sell 12 -inch singles to their DJ- buying audience without actually chart- tension and drama one might experi- IC) (DI (T) (X) BAD BOY 79083/ARISTA ing The is simple: be done. Any commercial hip -hop club, TRYING TO STAY ALIVE WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. REFUGEE ALLSTARS the title. answer It can't ence going to a and "Ques- 21 18 13 11 WE piece of product with a bar code will have its sales compiled and will tions," which focuses on the depressed (M) (T) (X) RUFFHOUSE 78602 */COLUMBIA LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT DJ KOOL 22 22 20 53 thus be 'subject to chart. Case in point: Foxy Brown Featuring Dru state of hip -hop. "Every song displays a (C) (T) 0o CLR/AMERICAN 17441/WARNER BROS. Hill's "Big Bad Mamma" (Def Jam /Mercury), which rockets 22 -10 on specific point," Poetry says. ICED DOWN MEDALLIONS ROYAL FLUSH 23 19 19 4 Hot R &B Singles after street -date violations forced an early debut there "Somehow Someway," the first single, (C) (D) (T) BLUNT 6614/TVT BROWN FEATURING JAY-Z 24 26 22 27 and on Hot Rap Singles. In the case of Foxy Brown, landing a top 10 is a swaggering funker that samples (C) (D) (T) VIOLATOR/DEF JAM 574028/MERCURY rank with just a 12 -inch vinyl out is far from embarrassing. Since the Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Gin & Juice," but EMOTIONS 25 25 23 20 TWISTA song's audience is more than 24.6 million, 2,500 units at core stores are Priority has been priming the market- (C) (D) (M) (T) (X) CREATOR'S WAY /ATLANTIC 98025/AG IF U STAY READY SUGA FREE enough to provide a healthy chart position. "Big Bad Mamma" scoots place for Organized Konfusion long 26 21 17 15 (C) (D) (T) SHEPPARD LANE/UNFADEABLE 854976/ISLAND 75-24 on Hot R &B Singles Sales and 16 -13 on Hot R &B Airplay. before the song ships Sept. 9. MY BABY DADDY B -ROCK THE 21 24 21 19 & BIZZ "What we're trying to do is expand (C) (D) (T) (X) TONY MERCEDES/LAFACE 24221 /ARISTA U WIT AND THE EAST SIDE BOYZ the group, being that it seemed like 28 32 32 4 WHO R. MAGOO: Jumps Da Boogie" (Atlantic) by Magoo & Timba- even in their neck of the woods, New (CI (D) (T) MIRROR IMAGE 410/ICHIBAN M "Up TALKIN' BOUT' BANK THE WHORIDAS 29 30 24 12 land jumps 8 -7 on Hot R &B Singles, thanks to a 48% sales surge. The York, they didn't get a lot of exposure," (C) (D) (T) SOUTHPAW/DELICIOUS VINYL 4007/RED ANT ON & POPPIN' YOUNG MC boost pushes "Up Jumps" 7 -5 on Hot R &B Singles Sales. Two new sta- says 'Priority product manager Mark 30 31 30 4 tions came on board this issue, supplying an additional 1.5 million audi- Brown. "We're trying to get people (C) (D) OVERALL 7001 HOODLUM (FROM "HOODLUM ") MOBB DEEP FEAT. ence impressions. On Hot R&B Airplay, 65 monitored R &B stations sup- familiar with Organized's name, let 31 29 - 2 BIG NOYD & RAKIM (T) LOUD 95013' /INTERSCOPE ply a total audience of 20.5 million listeners. them know they have past stuff, and MARKIE DEE 32 38 - 2 BOUNCE introduce them to the group's new (C) (D) (T) CRAVE 78604/EPIC BORN JAMERICANS joint." 33 33 26 28 YARDCORE (C) (D) (T) DELICIOUS VINYL 4003 /RED ANT The label began its campaign in RENEGADES KILLARMY 42 31 21 WU- March of '96, when it acquired from ® (C) (D) (T) WU -TANG 53267/PRIORITY HOW WE COMIN' RBL POSSE Hollywood BASIC an unreleased Buck - 35 27 29 3 remix On," a (C) (D) (T) BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC 98017/AG wild of "Bring It track LISTEN (FIVE MINUTES) DFC 36 43 44 11 from "Stress." "What we did was press (CI (D) (T) BIG BEAT/PENALTY 7185/TOMMY pOY FRIEND KRS -ONE SINGLES up about 1,500 vinyl pieces of it and give 31 NEW I A UNDER_ (T) JIVE BUBBLING 00 42471' them to all the top DJs," says Brown. W 6 Z JAZZY BELLE w W ag 38 36 25 20 "Also, we featured [the remix] on `The - (C) (T) (X) LAFACE 24224/ARISTA x 3 3 x (D) 2 15 LI TITLE v,v5 W TITLE DA' DIP MC LUSCIOUS FEATURING KINSUI Substitute' motion picture soundtrack. 39 37 33 14 n ARTIST (LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL) 7 3 ARTIST (LABEUPROMOTION LABEL) It made it onto a lot of mix tapes and (C) (D) (T) BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC 98022/AG - WHO YOU WIT (FROM "SPRUNG") JAY -Z HOODLUM SATISFACTION 40 39 42 12 1 1 2 14 1 ( 11088 DEEP FEAT. &G NOYD E RAIOM (LOULNNIEASCOPE) - (SURRENDER performed well on mix shows." Ti QWEST 43883'/WARNER BROS. WISEGUYS /DEF JAM/MERCURY) Then, as Organized Konfusion BACK TO LIVING AGAIN 3 SUMMER JAM QUAD CITY DJ'S 2 2 5 15 16 3 41 35 27 CURTIS MAYFIELD (WARNER BROS.) GORE BENSSONMG ANT STEP/BLUE THUMB/GRP) worked on "The Equinox," the act peri- (C) (D) IT) (X) QUADRASOUND /ATLANTIC 98016/AG 2 MUCH BOOTY (IN DA PANTS) SOUNDMASTER T & IMPALAS odically turned in finished tracks, one 42 RE -ENTRY 18 3 1 'BURBAN 16 18 3 (C) (T) ID/WRAP 414/ICHI BAN - BIG MIKE (RAP- A- LOT/NOO TRYBENIRGIN) SHAGGY ÇVIRG NHEART of which, "Soundman," Priority includ- DO YOU BELIEVE? THE BEATNUTS GUNJA HONORS 43 40 28 13 10 DOWN LOW 17 8 7 ed on "The Gold Sampler," which was (CI (DI (T) VIOLATOR 1606/RELATIVITY 4 4 FREAKNASTY (HARD HOOD /POWER/TRIAD) DEAD RINGAZ (HUSH) DOWN LOW FREAKNASTY initially distributed at the How Can I Be NEW ' 1 WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO PSHOYC CITY B LOCKS ® (C) (T) (X) HARD HOOD/POWER 0122/TRIAD 5 4 3 18 2 RONNIE HENSON (MOTOWN) - THE PSYCHO REALM (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) Down? Hip -Hop Power Summit last HOW DO U WANT IT/ LOVE A' 2PAC (FEAT. KC AND J010) 45 RE -ENTRY 53 - SERENADE October in Miami. (C) (D) (M) (T) (X) DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE 854652/ISLAND 6 5 11 19 1 SHADES (MOTOWN) - NO I.D. RELAT'MTY) I SHOT THE SHERIFF WARREN G Next, in April, the label plucked 46 47 40 23 (C) (D) (T) G- FUNK/DEF JAM 573554/MERCURY BLACK NOSTAUACK (AKA COME ON) 20 7 6 6 19 2 another finished track, "Numbers," and FEAT. RUN AND KID CAPRI (PROFILE) l2GNl(SMFTEAI FFR(MMST(((21)EDIAD5P(M WOIRIAAOT)RAD) STOP THE GUNFIGHT TRAPP FEAT. 2PAC, NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 41 49 36 17 pressed up 1,000 vinyl copies, which (C) DEFF TRAPP 9269/INTERSOUND 8 17 12 21 14 11 were serviced to key DJs nationally. GANGSTAS MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND WESTSIDE CONNECTION ARMBERSIJNSHOWER (GEE STREETN2) NUT N 2 YNITNÓBBINS) 48 45 47 24 In addition, Organized Konfusion (C) (D) (T) LENCH MOB 53264/PRIORITY KG DA TRFEELIN' I T 22 1 WISEGUYS JAY-Z 9 9 15 - JAM/MERCURY) FEELIN' IT DJ WISEGUYS (SURRENDER/DEF 49 46 37 17 performed several live gigs on the East (C) (D) (T) ROC -A-FELLA 53272/PRIORITY FAST LANE SHAKE IT and West coasts. On June 28, the act THE COMRADS 10 7 9 23 15 2 8 HOMEBOYZ MAD DOG CLIQUE (CROSSTOWN) DJ'S (DEEP BLUE/NE(T PLATEAU) 50 RE -ENTRY opened for Wu -Tang Clan at Jones (C) ID) IT) STREET LIFE 78108/ALL AMERICAN CROOKED GREEN PAPERS 11 1 24 10 Beach in Wantagh, N.Y- Last month, it - KINFUSION (BEFORE DAWWTOUCHWOOD) - DA BARNYARD CLICK FEAT. MC MOO (EMI) Q Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Association performed sets for KKBT Los Angeles' of America (RIM) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIM certification for sales of 1 million units. Catalog PEOPLE GET READY THUG NESS 12 12 6 25 13 2 no. is for cassette single. 'Asterisk indicates catalog number is for cassette maxi-single; cassette single unavailable. ZIGS) MARLEY B THE MELODY MAKERS (ELEXTRNEEG) AKINYELE (ZOONOLCANO) "Wake Up Club" anniversary concert, (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single HELP WANTED (HEROES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY) Rock Steady Crew's annual concert in maxi- availability. ID 13 20 2 Bubbling Under lists the top 25 singles under No. 100 availability. (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) CD si9gle 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications, THE CHI -LITES (COPPER SUN) which have not yet charted. New York, and at Unity in L.A. and SoundScan, Inc.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Dance Madonna's `Buenos Aires' Remixes On The Horizon

M ADONNA FANS are an intense Peach, a spiffy U.K. group helmed by and playful performance. She has a gle from his current Rhino set, "Foxy bunch. Not only do they want access European wunderkind Pascal field day with the retro -vibed 000h -la- Lady." Once again, he and radio -savvy to every note she sings, they stead asçe. Gabriel. Now carrying an altered las that underline the chorus. We're producers Richard "Humpty" Vis- fastly def:hand it-and they are either moniker, Peach Union, the act is talking star power to spare. sion and Pete Lorimer serve pop - outraged or irretrievably devastated about to try its luck in the States on While "On My Own" should be soaked hi -NRG along the line of La A when denied. You should've read some with "Audiopeach," an enjoyed in its original form, a handful Bouche, but with a bit more flair. have been included to lure double -pack of remixes by R.H. Fac- of the mail we received several months by Larry Flick album that combines time -sensitive of remixes ago when word got out that Warner Euro -NRG rhythms with classic pop clubheads to the party. The best of the tor and Prince Quick Mix give the Bros. was not planning to issue the melodies and a synth -pop flavor à la bunch are offered by R.H. Factor, song the grit needed to get some long- touted club remixes of "Buenos sition has not been pimped into fodder '80s -era Erasure. who bring a bevy of fresh yet familiar turntable love. If you've passed on Aires" from the soundtrack to for trend slaves. Rather, this package The project is being launched here ideas to the table. Ru's more recent recordings, open "Evita." Yeeesh ... it was more than a illuminates how far ahead of time the with "On My Own," which glistens RuPaul continues to remind folks your mind to "Celebrate." It's actual- tad frightening. act has always functioned. The 1989 with an immediately infectious hook that he's far more than a chat-show ly quite strong ... and a lot of fun, Well, everyone can take a nice deep original version of the song and and Lisa Lamb's wonderfully sweet host with "Celebrate," the third sin- too. breath now that the label has decided Danny Rampling's initial remix still to unleash the Pablo Flores- Javier sound downright experimental. It's Garza reconstructions of the song to interesting to ponder the post -pro- coincide with the home video release duction input of the Global Commu- Island's Howie B. Emerges From `The Dark' of the film. Flores and Garza have nications posse, whose trance -lean- done an excellent job of maintaining ing style was probably influenced by BY PATRICK MAHONEY row, and if you want to do something, to please himself, but also to please lis- the Latin integrity of the song while the Beloved. you have to do it today. If my daughter teners. As a result of such devotion, fattening the groove with enough One project that we'd absolutely NEW YORK -The move- needs her diaper changed, I can't wait commercial stardom is not a consum- muscle to make the grade on main- love to see reissued is "Oh World" by ment is about to reach explosive pro- two hours to change it, it has to be done ing thought. stream dancefloors. Tribal heads will former Frankie Goes To Hollywood portions with the Sept. 16 release of now" Regardless, Andrew Kronfeld, particularly dig the live percussion vocalist Paul Rutherford. Talk about Howie B.'s new Island album, "Turn He credits his daughter with not Island's VP of marketing, views "Turn breakdowns, while everyone else will coming years too soon. Produced by The Dark Off." only a revolution in his production of Off The Dark" as "strong contender" likely cha -cha along with the sweep- the artist with Dave Clayton, Joe The set shows the producer /musi- music, but also in his existence as a for widespread stateside acceptance. ing keyboard lines. It's still puzzling Dworniak, Martin Fry, and Mark cian primed for a mainstream break- whole. "I now find that my days are " `Music For Babies' was not for that this team, which has already White, this 1989 Island collection is through, given the fact that he's earned much fuller," he says. "I am just cram- American audiences, but they're ready proved its considerable talent on sev- sparked with smooth, R &B -laced deep respect for previously putting the ming as much as I can in a day. It's a for this album," he says. Kronfeld eral hit singles by Gloria Estefan house and down'n'dirty classic funk. beats behind such groups as Soul II case of just do -don't sit and think." notes that the label will aim to build the (not to mention La M's sterling "Don't We randomly popped this disc on Soul, Bjork, and U2, to name a few. In These concepts are confirmed in the project up from street level in clubs Cry For Me Argentina "), has not about a week ago, and we have not fact, he was a key player in U2's latest eclectic, ear- pleas- with the single "Switch." It will also already risen to the upper regions of been able to stop listening -and think- album, "Pop," and currently is on the ing "Turn The test the waters at modern rock and col- clubland's production heap. ing about how massive a project it road with the band. Dark Off," which lege radio with the track. Howie may The real joy of `Buenos Aires," how- would be had it been released this The "Pop" album took the greater is full of sporadic do a series of U.S. club appearances, ever, is Madonna's warm, sunlit vocal. year. "Who Said It Was Easy" and the part of a year to produce. After "Pop," sounds that are but not until after the close of the U2 Volumes have been written about her title cut are underlined with the kind he says, "I was really itching to walk not over -mixed, tour. As much as he is enjoying the technical growth. But this track also of soothing spirituality that keeps into the studio and finish something on unlike many re- experience of working with the band, sharply displays her increased com- peak-hour floors busy, while "Deep At the same day." As a result, Howie says, leases by Howie's he prefers to remain a solo act. "I most fort and dexterity as a stylist. Now The Centre" and "Cracked Wide he completed "Turn The Dark Off" in colleagues. enjoy moving between different musi- that she's become a "serious" singer, Open" are goosed with a lip- smacking 18 days. Generally, the HOWIE B. cal scenes. I am like a sponge in one the mind reels with fantasies of what sense of humor. Perhaps someone at "I recorded it in that period of time artist's music is project, and then that may come out in her next album -tentatively slated for Island should give some thought to because I wanted it to sound urgent. narrowly categorized as electronica, a another project. [Ultimately,] I still fall release -will hold. putting this gem back on the street. And the only way I thought I could do trendy association that doesn't seem to want to be on my own and go into the Until then, we'll join Madonna And while we're inextricably stuck on that is if I didn't polish it for months on bother him. However, he says, "as soon studio alone." fanatics in having a festive twitch and this project, does anyone out there end," he says. as someone gives you a tag, you are all Howie B. is not one to slow down. twirl to this jam, which we'll expect to know where the delightful Mr. Ruther- Howie adds that he's extremely sat- of a sudden building walls, and I His agenda also includes heading up hear at tea dances and all over pop ford is these days? In fact, if you're out isfied with the less- refined sound of thought that music was about breaking his own U.K. -based indie label, Pussy- radio within moments. there, young man, give us a call. the set. "If I spent longer on it, I would down walls. It's limiting because if foot Records. Although it's difficult have flattened it out, and I didn't want something new comes along, it gets from the road, he insists on a corn - I SN'T IT FUNNY how everything B OOGIE WONDERLAND: Last that sound at all." quite confusing, and what the music is pletely hands-on method of running old can become shiny -new again? This December, we ranted on about the He reveals that during the brief time is more important." the label. "I always want to know is particularly true during this cur- synth -pop pleasure to be derived from he spent on "Turn The Dark Off" he When speaking of his music, Howie everything that is going on, hear every rent lull between the onslaught of was also in a "really down part in my radiates an electric vibe. It's clear that album that is being released, and know summer and fourth -quarter releases. life. I was really depressed, and I he truly loves making music -not only every artist by first name." What better way to bridge that gap Billboard. Nive thought that that might reflect in my than with a fresh version of an old album. But it came out quite upbeat. It favorite? HOT wasn't giving off any bad vibes, so I Our pal Simon Dunmore at just thought, `Magic!' " AM:PM in the U.K. has bravely Howie's inspiration for the songs on revived CeCe Peniston's classic tiertkint$ "Turn The Dark Off" did not come BYTE RECORDS "Finally" with spanking -hot new AUGUST 16, 1997 from a specific idea or person, differ- THE LABEL FOR INTERNATIONAL CLUB, UNDERGROUND, 13 1995 remixes by Eric Kupper and the ing from his acclaimed debut, AND COMMERCIAL DANCE MUSIC Sharp Boys. Although it's impossible CLUB PLAY "Music For Babies," which was to top David Morales' brilliant origi- 1. SALVA MEA FAITHLESS ARISTA inspired by the birth of his daughter, nal remix (included on this new press- 2. REMEMBER ME BLUE BOY cm Chilli. "This album is a representation 3. WHATEVER EN VOGUE EASTWEST * of me jumping out of darkness," he SASH! CB MILTON ing for good measure), these lads 4. EVERYBODY JAM! SCATMAN JOHN make an admirable attempt, effective- says -hence the album's title. ly bringing new dimension to the song. 5. SO IN LOVE WITH YOU DUKE 4 PLAY Howie says his songs predominantly 2 UNLIMITED ROEF 2 LIPS Wisely, neither producer risks the rely on sensory inspiration. "From the by to drag explosion of vitamin C tablets in your MOVE ON 3 PEARL wrath of clubland trying MAXI -SINGLES SALES the lively tune into a dark under- mouth to a day of trembling nervous- realm. Instead, they opt for 1. WOMEN BEAT THEIR MEN ness," he says. Women also influenced GRAND LARCENY POPPERS ground SUBMISSION VELOCITY suitably bright, handbag- swinging 2. TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE the production of this particular set. "I pop energy. Kupper's versions are BILLY JOEL COLUMBIA was at the end of one relationship and VI NYLVAN DALS THE B RAI N 3. SKY'S THE LIMIT NOI.D. And especially juicy and complementary to (FEAT. DUG INFINITE) RELATIVITY the beginning of another. there SEE YOU AT POPKOMM [STAND A5O] AND AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT! Peniston's vibrant performance. 4. A FRIEND KRS -ONE JIVE are some strange things that can hap- 5. THE WAY THAT YOU TALK pen with your soul. This album also BYTE RECORDS BYTE INTERNATIONAL Meanwhile, EastWest U.K. has JAGGED EDGE FEAT. DA BRAT & JD so so DEF dusted off "The Sun Rising" by the represents that." Jean Paul De Coster IABR and MD] Maria Jiménez [International Manager] Hilversum Holland Beloved, giving it an icy -cool elec- Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential, Being a father has greatly altered Schriekbos 105 2983 Zoersel Belgium Hoge Larenseweg 277 1222 RK T: +32 3 385 3737 F. +32 3 385 3939 T: +31 35 683 7848 F: +31 35 683 7752 based on club play or sales reported this week. Howie's on life. "Chilli has tronic perspective. 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28 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com ARTISTS & MUSIC Epic Pins Singular Hopes On Kinleys Twin Sisters Tour Radio For Debut Album BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE age 19 and spent seven years wait- sic is a reflection of their various in- ressing, writing songs, and perform- fluences, from the Everly Brothers to NASHVILLE -With their blond ing around Music City before catching the Judds. "I think the record will cover -girl good looks and the fact that the attention of Music Mill president appeal to lots of different people," Jen- they are twins, Epic's new duo the Kin- Russ Zavitson, his wife, Debbie, and nifer says, "because growing up, leys could easily be attracting attention songwriter Tony Haselden. (Russ Zav- Heather and I had so many different for reasons other than their musical itson, Haselden, and Peter Greene pro- influences. I feel like every song has a abilities. However, following an exten- duced the duo's debut album.) After different part of us in it ... Even if the sive radio promotion tour, Sony senior the Kinleys began working with Zav- album doesn't sell one copy, I'm just so VP of sales and marketing Mike Kras- itson and Haselden, the search was on proud of it. We poured our heart and album. Harlan Gets His. Legendary Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard was inducted ki says it's the music that's taking cen- to find or write a song that would catch soul into making this It's the Epic high hopes for the of a label. When co- album of my dreams." into the National Academy of Popular Music's Songwriters' Hall of Fame. Cele- ter stage, and has attention they You Me," You And Me" Thus far, the Kinleys have gotten to brating at the Sheraton New York, from left, were Nanci Griffith, Melanie and Har- "Just Between And the Kin- wrote "Just Between leys' 23. Zavitsons, found share their music with much of the lan Howard, BMI president/CEO Frances Preston, National Music Publishers' debut release, due Sept. with the they their radio community via an exten- Assn. president Ed Murphy, Tony Bennett, Judy Collins, and National Academy Far from being an overnight suc- calling card. country The have no sive promo tour. "I've never visited so of Popular Music president Bobby Weinstein. cess, Philadelphia natives Jennifer and twins regrets about the Heather Kinley moved to Nashville at length of time it took them to connect many cities so quickly in my life," says with a label. "I look back and realize I Heather, "but the great thing has been was learning so much as those years being able to see who is playing our went by," Heather says. "When we met music." Russ and Tony three years ago, they According to Rob Dalton, Epic's VP said, `You girls have potential, you just of national promotion, the Kinleys have Billy Ray Cyrus Enjoys Radio Return need the right song.' We couldn't find visited between 155 and 160 stations. it. So we sat down and wrote it." The label held two major showcases, The Kinleys co -wrote five of the 10 one in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the And Gets `Crazy' Down In Brazil songs on their album and say their mu- (Continued on page 31) BILLY RAY'S BACK: After being largely ignored by progress down there. It would be good for a lot of country country radio ever since a backlash to his huge first hit, artists to go down there and see for themselves. It's a huge "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus returns with market, and they're hungry for country music." George Strait, Deana Carter heavy radio airplay on the song "It's All The Same To Me." After playing Sept. 12-13 in Gstaad, Switzerland, Cyrus Cyrus is mystified but grateful that he's back in the fold. will tour England and Scotland the rest of the month. "I'm counting my blessings. I:m not sure why this hap- Lead CMA Award Nominees pened," he tells Nashville Scene while speaking about the O N THE ROW: Trisha Walker- Cunningham, who song, which is No. 22 and climbing on the Hot Country Sin- booked and produced Billy Ray Cyrus' European tour NASHVILLE - Veteran George Strait Male vocalist: Vince Gill, Alan Jack- gles & Tracks chart this issue. "I think it's the song, and dates, also has Kathy Mattea, Paul Brandt, and Emilio and newcomer Deana Carter lead all son, Collin Raye, George Strait, Bryan I think it's Keith Stegall's production. A lot of it's the tim- on the Gstaad dates. Brandt will also share some England artists with five award nominations White. ing. Everything tends to go full circle in this business, and dates with Cyrus. Walker-Cunningham reports that she's each for the 31st annual CMA Awards, Female vocalist: Deana Carter, it came around for me with this song. One thing I'm real- just back from working Brady Seals' second European to be televised live by CBS Sept. 24 at Patty Loveless, LeAnn Rimes, Pam ly proud of is that even though there'was no video for this tour ... Disney has named its new country music label 8 p.m. EDT from the Grand Ole Opry Tiflis, Trisha Yearwood. song, we've made it just on the strength of the song. Lyric Street Records, and label president Randy Good- House here. The awards show is put on Horizon Award: Trace Adkins, "When my little girl, man says artist signings by the Country Music Assn. Deana Carter, Terri Clark, LeAnn Destirry Hope, first heard are imminent (Billboard Artists receiving three nominations Rimes, Lee Ann Womack. a rough cut of it, she said, Bulletin, Aug. 7). The each are Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Tim Vocal group: Alabama, Diamond `That's a hit, Daddy!' She's genesis of the name: Walt McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, and Pam Rio, the Mavericks, Ricochet, Sawyer 4 years old. The first time Disney once lived on Tillis. Brown. we heard it on the radio, we Nashville Lyric Street in Holly- Reflecting the strength of women Vocal duo: Bellamy Brothers, were working out at the wood ... Producer Larry artists in current country music, four Brooks & Dunn, Raybon Brothers, gym, and when it came on, Butler and manager/ of the five nominees for the Horizon Thrasher Shiver, John & Audrey Wig- she started running around, Sééttp agent Tandy Rice Award are women. gins. saying, `There's your hit, dropped off a nice pre- Following is a list of the nominations Album: "Blue," LeAnn Rimes; Daddy!' " TM sent Aug. 2 at the Grand by category: "Carrying Your Love With Me," There's a lesson for him, Ole Opry. It was a check Entertainer of the year: Brooks & George Strait; "Did I Shave My Legs says Cyrus. "You can't by Chet Flippo for $10,000 for the Opry Dunn, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Alan For This ?," Deana Carter; "Everybody take country radio for Trust Fund, which aids Jackson, George Strait. (Continued on page 31) granted. It can be gone country artists in need. just like that. There's a lot of other things people can play. The money represents proceeds from the International It's an honor to be back on country radio." Country Music Expo, an annual event for aspiring per- Cyrus has returned from a week of performances and formers as well as people who want to work in the indus- interviews in Brazil, his first trip there. "The shows were try. Next Expo will be Labor Day weekend at the Opry- all sold out," he says. "We did a television benefit show for land Hotel Convention Center. UNICEF with all of Brazil's biggest stars. It was a live Belmont University music graduates Trisha Yearwood show that was broadcast to 70 million people. That area is and Lee Ann Womack will lead a pack of artists per- a whole new deal for me. When I got there, I went through forming at Belmont's Driven by the Music benefit at 8 p.m. the airport pretty much unnoticed. But when I left, after Sept. 8 at the Grand Ole Opry House. Other performers the shows and TV shows, I signed a lot of autographs and include Kenny Rogers, Gary Chapman, and Donna posed for a lot of pictures." Summer. The event provides scholarship money for Bel - He left with a new nickname and slogan, he says. "They mont's School of Music and its Mike Curb Music Business have a saying down there, eu sou louco -which means `I Program and benefits the National Academy of Record- am crazy'-that they were chanting at me at the concerts. ing Arts and Sciences' MusicCares Foundation ... Alan At the end of the benefit TV show, I held up my fist and Shapiro ankles his GM post at Giant Records Nashville hollered, 'Eu sou louco!' So everybody who stopped me for to be VP of sales for WEA in Los Angeles ... Cledus "T." autographs or pictures would say, 'Eu sou louco! Autograf!' Judd signs with SESAC. I'm not sure if everybody knew who I was, but now I am the crazy man.' " ON THE TUBE: Fan Fair has always been one of my Brazil, he says, "has the potential to be a huge country favorite country music events, yet there's never been a music market. CMT is the ticket to opening up a huge door decent documentary on it. Well, Scene Three Inc. has cre- for country down there (see story, page 6). The people all ated "The Fan Fair Phenomenon," and it airs on TNN speak Portuguese, but they sang along in English the Wednesday (13) 8 at at p.m. EDT. It's an affectionate look at Gold For Paul. Paul Brandt was honored at the Warner /Reprise Fan Fair show concerts knew all the words. That was one of an overwhelming musical -they the dedication that presents an even- with a gold award for his album "Calm Before The Storm." Pictured, from left, are reasons I wanted to go down there: to check out. handed just it It portrayal of this amazing music event. Highly rec- Warner Reprise Nashville senior VP of A &R Paige Levy, Brandt, and went really well. I'll go back for sure; we made so much ommended viewing. Warner /Reprise Nashville president Jim Ed Norman.

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I LEFT SOMETHING TURNED ON AT HOME TRACE ADKINS 2 THANK GOD FOR BELIEVERS MARK CHESNUTT 42 3 2 2 17 42 54 69 3 S.HENDRICKS (B.LAWSON,I.SCHWEERS) (V) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 19579 M.WRIGHT ( R. SPRINGER,M.A.SPRINGER,TJOHNSON) (C) (D) (V) DECCA 72014 HOW A COWGIRL SAYS GOODBYE TRACY LAWRENCE q THE KINLEYS 5 9 12 43 48 68 3 PLEASE 43 ® D.COOK (L.BOONE,P.NELSON,T.LAWRENCE) (C) (D) ATLANTIC 82985 R. ZAVITSON,T.HASELDEN,P.GREENE (T.HASELDEN) EPIC ALBUM CUT

HOW DO I LIVE (FROM "CON AIR ") TRISHA YEARWOOD 5 HOW DO I LIVE LEANN RIMES 6 10 11 10 43 ® T.BROWN,T.YEARWOOD (D.WARREN) (C) (D) (V) MCA 72015 0 44 43 C.HOWARD,W.RIMES,M.CURB (D.WARREN) (C) (D) (V) CURB 73022 8 SHE'S GOT IT ALL KENNY CHESNEY 6 EVERYWHERE TIM MCGRAW © 11 12 45 52 58 7 45 B.CANNON,N.WILSON (D.WOMACK,C.WISEMAN) (C) (D) (V) BNA 64894 B.GALLIMORE,J.STROUD,T.MCGRAW (C.WISEMAN,M.REID) CURB ALBUM CUT DRINK, SWEAR, STEAL & LIE MICHAEL PETERSON THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH PATTY LOVELESS 7 8 14 7 46 41 31 17 15 0 R.E.ORRALL,J.LEO (M.PETERSON,P.CARPENTER) (C) (D) (V) REPRISE 17379 EGORDY,JR. (G.NICHOLSOM EPIC ALBUM CUT ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE GONE PAM TILLIS 4 I'M YOUR MAN JASON SELLERS 47 8 4 5 17 41 56 67 3 B.J.WALKER,JR.,P.TILLIS (D.DILLON,B.MCDILL) (V) ARISTA 13084 C.FARREN (A.CUNNINGHAM,M.D. SANDERS) (C) (V) BNA 64915 . IT'S YOUR LOVE TIM MCGRAW (WITH FAITH HILL) 1 CLAUDETTE DWIGHT YOAKAM 9 9 3 15 CI 41 55 6 47 1. STROUD,B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (S.SMITH) (C) (D) (V) CURB 73019 P.ANDERSON (R.ORBISON) REPRISE ALBUM CUT WERE IN LOVE TOBY KEITH ONE, TWO, I LOVE YOU CLAY WALKER 10 12 13 10 WE 10 49 46 41 17 18 J.STROUD,T.KEITH (C.CANNON,A.SHAMBLIN) (V) MERCURY 574636 J. STROUD,C.WALKER (B.JONES,E.HILL) (V) GIANT 17351 /REPRISE RIDIN' OUT THE HEARTACHE TANYA TUCKER 49 STILL HOLDING ON CLINT BLACK & MARTINA MCBRIDE 11 50 49 56 5 11 11 12 10 G.BROWN (C.MAJESKI,S.RUSS,S.SMITro (V) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 19628 J.STROUD,C.BLACK (C.BLACKM.BERG,M.STUART) (V) RCA 64850 THERE GOES ALAN JACKSON 2 WATCH THIS CLAY WALKER 15 20 6 12 51 61 - 51 CI K.STEGALL (A.JACKSON) (V) ARISTA 13070 J.STROUD.C.WALKER (A.SMITH,A.BARKER,R.) GIANT ALBUM CUT/REPRISE

DANCIN', SHAGGIN' ON THE BOULEVARD ALABAMA THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH SARA EVANS 51 13 14 16 8 13 52 51 57 6 D.COOK,ALABAMA (R.OWEN,T.GENTRY,G.FOWLER) (V) RCA 64849 P.ANDERSON (S.EVANS,R.HARBIN,A.MAYO) (C) (V) RCA 64876 FLUTTER I JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY JACK INGRAM HOW WAS TO KNOW 14 53 55 60 5 53. 14 16 18 10 S. CPETOCZ (B.DALY,W. RAMBEAUX) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT EARLE,R. KENNEDY (C.BOYD) RISING TIDE ALBUM CUT NOWHERE, USA DEAN MILLER 54 60 63 4 54 * * * AIRPOWER * * * G.BROWN (D.MILLER) (CI (D) (V) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 58665 THE SHAKE NEAL MCCOY ANOTHER PERFECT DAY BLAKE & BRIAN 15 21 24 13 15 55 58 61 5 55 K.LEHNING (J. MCELROY,B.CARR) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT C.HOWARD (P.BARNHART,B.TABOR,C.WHITE) (C) (D) (V) CURB 73024 KISSES RAYBON BROS. HOW YOUR LOVE MAKES ME FEEL DIAMOND RIO 56 53 49 12 BUTTERFLY 37 16 1J 22 11 16 D.COOK,T.BROWN (B CARLISLE R THOMASI IC) (D) (V) MCA 72016 M.D.CLUTE,DIAMOND RIO (M.T.BARNES,T.BRUCE) ARISTA ALBUM CUT THE HEART WANTS COLLIN RAYE 17 HOT SHOT DEBUT * 17 19 21 11 WHAT * * * * * J.HOBBS,E.SEAY,P.WORLEY (M.DULANEY) EPIC ALBUM CUT WARNING SIGNS BILL ENGVALL WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 51 1 57 HE LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED RICOCHET NEW WARNER 18 19 16 18 CPETOCZ,D.GRAU (B.ENGVALL,S.ROUSE,R.SCAIFE) BROS. ALBUM CUT a R.CHANCEY,E.SEAY (R.BOWLES,L.BOONE) (C) (D) COLUMBIA 78564 KEEPING THE FAITH MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER THE FOOL LEE ANN WOMACK 58 59 59 5 58 22 25 9 19 J.JENNINGS,M.C.CARPENTER (M.C.CARPENTER) COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT a M WRIGHT (M.CANNON,C.STEFL,G.ELLSWORTHI M DECCA 72009. 20 THE SWING JAMES BONAMY I ONLY GET THIS WAY WITH YOU RICK TREVINO 59 57 51 31 20 10 7 22 7 D.JOHNSON (R.E.ORRALL,B.REGAN) (C) (D) EPIC 78560 S.BUCKINGHAM,D.JOHNSON (D.LOGGINS,A.RAY) COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT FLOWERS BILLY YATES DAY IN, DAY OUT DAVID KERSH 60 50 44 13 36 O21 25 30 12 21 G.FUNDIS, B.YATES (B.YATES,M.CRISWELL) ALMO SOUNDS ALBUM CUT P.MCMAKIN (M.GREEN,T.MCHUGH) CURB ALBUM CUT LOVE TRAVELS KATHY MATTER IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME BILLY RAY CYRUS P2 61 NEW O. 1 61 22 26 29 11 B.WISCH,K.MATTEA (B.HALLIGAN, JR.,L.HALLIGAN) (V) MERCURY 578550 K.STEGALL,J.KELTON (K.K.PHILLIPS,J.LASETER) (V) MERCURY 574638 WICHITA LINEMAN WADE HAYES VINCE 62 71 2 62 YOUDW NDGYOU ALONE 23 - D.COOK (1.WEBW COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT 23 27 33 5 Mcñ ñóió SHE'S GOING HOME WITH ME TRAVIS TRITT P4 64 18 SOMEBODY SLAP ME JOHN ANDERSON 63 64 ALBUM 24 24 26 7 24 D.WAS,T.TRITT (T.TRITT) WARNER BROS. CUT K.STEGALL (B.MCDILL,R.MURRAH) (C) (V) MERCURY 574640 FIT TO BE TIED DOWN SAMMY KERSHAW P9 GO AWAY LORRIE MORGAN 64 65 54 19 25 28 32 7 25 K.STEGALL (W.VARBLE,C.VICTOR) (V) MERCURY 574182 1. STROUD,L.MORGAN (S.SMITH,C.MAJESKI,S.RUSS) (C) (D) (V) BNA 64914 COOL WATER TAMMY GRAHAM 67 75 3 65 I'D RATHER RIDE AROUND WITH YOU REBA MCENTIRE 65 CAREER 13089 26 13 4 19 2 B.BECKETT (B.DIPIERO,W.MOBLEY) (V) R.MCENTIRE,J.GUESS (M.D. SANDERS,T.NICHOLS) (V) MCA 72006 LUCKY ME, LUCKY YOU LEE ROY PARNELL 66 62 50 18 35 DON'T LOVE MAKE A DIAMOND SHINE TRACY BYRD 17 HOT (V) CAREER 13078 21 20 17 14 L.PARNELL,THE LINKS (G.NICHOLSON,L.R.PARNELU (C) T.BROWN (C.WISEMAN,M.DEKLE) (V) MCA 72002 JOHN FOGERTY i SOUTHERN STREAMLINE 67 DOWN CAME A BLACKBIRD LILA MCCANN 67 NEW (J.FOGERTY) WARNER BROS. ALBUM T 32 35 14 28 J.FOGERTY 28 ASYLUM ALBUM CUT M. SPIRO (M.SPIRO,M.SMOTHERMAN) HE 68 NOTHIN' LESS THAN LOVE THE BUFFALO CLUB 29 NEW 1 THEY OERA`ARRIS) (c) (JEv)CURBR ON 29 31 34 11 B.BECKETT(W.TESTER,R.YOUNG) RISING TIDE ALBUM CUT THAT'S THE KINDA LOVE (THAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT) MILA MASON 69 66 62 8 59 CHEATIN' WHO ALAN JACKSON 2 B.MEVIS (L.BAKEY) ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT 30 29 27 19 WHO'S K.STEGALL (J.HAYES) (C) (V) ARISTA 13069 JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE TIM MCGRAW 72 2 70 70 - CURB ALBUM CUT HOW DO I GET THERE DEANA CARTER B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (M.NESLER,T.MARTIN) 31 40 52 3 31 ='. C.FARREN (D.CARTER,C.FARREN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT NAKED TO THE PAIN JAMES BONAMY 71 NEW 1 71 IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY KEVIN SHARP D.JOHNSON (D.PFRIMMER,R.WOLD) EPIC ALBUM CUT 32 36 45 4 32 C.FARREN (C.FARREN,J.STEELE) 143 ALBUM CUT /ASYLUM YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE LEE ROY PARNELL 12 III. 1 72 NEW CAREER ALBUM CUT $ THIS NIGHT WON'T LAST FOREVER SAWYER BROWN O L.PARNELL,THE HOT LINKS (T.ARATA) 33 37 40 33 M.MILLER,M.MCANALLY (B.LABOUNTY,R.FREELAND) (C) (D) (V) CURB 73016 SHE KNOWS ME BY HEART SEMINOLE 73 NEW i 73 LIT UP IN LOVE DAVID LEE MURPHY M.MILLER,M.MCANALLY (B.SHORE,R.WEST,D.MYERS) CURB ALBUM CUT /UNIVERSAL 0, 33 38 7 ALL 33 T.BROWN (D.L.MURPHY) (C) (D) (V) MCA 72008 THE WAY SHE'S LOOKING RAYBON BROS. 14 NEW OP. 1 74 HOLE IN MY HEART BLACKHAWK 35 D.COOK,T.BROWN (D.000K,B.LAWSON) (V) MCA 72017 3 38 39 8 M.BRIGHT ( D.CHILD,D.ROBBINS,V.STEPHENSON) (C) (D) (V) ARISTA 13092 I'D BE WITH YOU KIPPI BRANNON 75 63 53 $ 53 HELPING ME GET OVER YOU TRAVIS TRITT FEATURING LARI WHITE 36 M.BRIGHT ( S.SMITH) (C) (D) (V) CURB 56092/UNIVERSAL 36 39 46 4 D. WAS,T.TRITT (T.TRITT,L.WHITE) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT

LUCKY IN LOVE SHERRIE AUSTIN 34 Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to those records which 37 34 37 13 13083 0 E. SEAY,W.RAMBEAUX (S.AUSTIN,B.DALY,W.RAMBEAUX) (C) (D) (V) ARISTA attain 3200 detections for the first time. Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for cassette single, or vinyl if cassette is unavailable. (C) LOVE IS THE RIGHT PLACE BRYAN WHITE 38 Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single availability. (V) Vinyl single avail- 38 45 65 3 B.J.WALKER,JR.,K.LEHNING (M.HUMMON,T.SIMS) ASYLUM ALBUM CUT ability. (X) CD maxi -single availability. © 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications.

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND ' RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan® Billboard.. Top Country Singles Sales.. AUGUST 16, 1997 z zo J Y oK K N W W N Ñ W O N G W O 4 W 53 N Q 3 V TITLE LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST 53 N Q 3 V TITLE LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST * * *No.1 * ** 14 14 15 4 HOLE IN MY HEART ARISTA 13092 BLACKHAWK 15 13 10 5 PEACE TRAIN FLIP IT 44000 /ARK 21 DOLLY PARTON l+J 2 9 HOW DO I LIVE CURB 73022 2 weeks at No. 1 LEANN RIMES 16 15 14 19 BETTER MAN, BETTER OFF ATLANTIC 83004/AG TRACY LAWRENCE 2 2 14 IT'S YOUR LOVE CURB 73019 TIM MCGRAW (WITH FAITH HILL) 11 16 17 30 A GIRL'S GOTTA DO (WHAT A GIRL'S GOTTA DO)/MAYBE HE'LL NOTICE HER NOW BNA 64757/RCA MINDY MCCREADY 3 4 4 BUTTERFLY KISSES MCA 72016 RAYBON BROS. 18 17 16 22 I'D BE WITH YOU /DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL CURB 56092/UNIVERSAL KIPPI BRANNON 4 3 3 HOW DO I LIVE MCA 72015 TRISHA YEARWOOD 19 19 18 23 I MISS YOU A LITTLE ATLANTIC 84865/AG JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 5 5 5 29 HERE'S YOUR SIGN (GET THE PICTURE) WARNER BROS.17491 BILL ENGVALL WITH SPECIAL GUEST TRAVIS TRITT 20 NEW SOMEBODY SLAP ME MERCURY 574640 JOHN ANDERSON 6 6 6 11 DRINK, SWEAR, STEAL & LIE REPRISE 17379/WARNER BROS. MICHAEL PETERSON 21 NEW SHUT UP AND DRIVE MCA72012 CHELY WRIGHT 7 7 8 HERE'S THE DEAL/BUTTERFLY KISSES CURB 73023 JEFF CARSON 22 21 20 11 COME CRYIN' TO ME BNA64841/RCA LONESTAR 8 8 7 61 THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES/BLUE CURB 76959 LEANN RIMES 23 NEW WE WERE IN LOVE MERCURY 574636 TOBY KEITH 10 9 SHE'S GOT IT ALL BNA 64894/RCA KENNY CHESNEY O MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 24 23 22 5 FRIENDS ATLANTIC 87019/AG JOHN 10 9 11 19 THIS NIGHT WON'T LAST FOREVER/SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD CURB 73016 SAWYER BROWN 25 22 24 HE LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED COLUMBIA 78564/SONY RICOCHET 11 20 GO AWAY BNA64914/RCA LORRIE MORGAN AUSTIN the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. of America certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIM 12 12 13 LUCKY IN LOVE ARISTA 13083 SHERRIE 0 Records with certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion titles indicated by a numeral following the symbol. © 1997, Billboard/BPI TANYA TUCKER 13 11 12 21 LITTLE THINGS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 58630 Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

30 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com Country ARTISTS & MUSIC

EPIC PINS SINGULAR HOPES ON KINLEYS (Continued from page 29) other in Las Vegas, which gave many portant to us that we don't emphasize two more in September in New York radio programmers an opportunity to the fact that they're beautiful 26 -year- and Nashville. see the act. For those unable to attend, old blond twin girls, because then it be- "We've also done a very elaborate the Kinleys visited the stations, but comes something it's really not. It's not advance mailing with the [electronic instead of playing in conference rooms, about being twins. They happen to be press kit] and CD in the same pack- they showed up in a bus and invited the twins and they happen to be lovely age," he says. "They've gone out to vir- radio folks into a living room -type set- women, but that's not what the pack- tually the entire industry." ting with comfy couches and a good age is about. It's about the music, and The video for "Please" is already a by Wade Jessen sound system. it's very natural all the way around. Pick Hit on CMT, and Kraski says the Dalton says there are so many art- The fact that they are twins does have label is in the process of setting up pro- ON THE BACKROADS: Opening at No. 4 with 26,000 units, Clint ists doing radio tours that "we're an impact on the gorgeous harmonies, motions with video outlets. Black's "Nothin' But The Taillights" is stamped with the Hot Shot Debut bumping into each other out there. So but that's only a small portion of what's According to Kraski, the label plans seal on Top Country Albums and bows at No. 46 on The Billboard 200. to take us out of the competition, we going on in this whole package cre- to be very aggressive with consumer This set is Black's eighth, and three of those had bigger opening weeks. decided to pull up in a bus and bring atively. These girls are tremendous advertising and dance club promotions. "The Hard Way" opened with 58,000 units in the Aug. 1, 1992, Billboard, them into our atmosphere ... The idea artists. They've written half the album, It is looking at theater advertising and and "No Time To Kill" entered with more than 55,000 pieces the week of was to expose them to as many people and if you listen to them separately, direct -mail opportunities, including in- July 31, 1993. "Greatest Hits" debuted at No. 2 on the country chart with as we could before we ever walked out they are tremendous singers. It's not serts in back -to- school issues of teen 57,000 scans in the Oct. 12, 1996, issue; this issue it moves more than 5,000 the door with the first single." just about these harmonies that you magazines, since label execs feel the pieces to hold at No. 29. "Still Holding On," the lead single from the new The duo's first single, `Please," is at can't manufacture." Kinleys will have strong appeal for that set, increases by 125 spins and bullets at No. 11 on Hot Country Singles No. 43 on Billboard's Top Country Sin- The Kinleys appreciate the fact that demographic. & Tracks. gles & Tracks chart. "It was the hard- Epic is emphasizing their music. Sony has also set up a Kinleys page Black, who typically collaborates only with Hayden Nicholas, worked est thing," Jennifer says of selecting "We've always shied away from on the label's World Wide Web site and with several other notable Nashville tunesmiths on the new set, includ- the first single. "It was down to 'Just being a cutesy twin act," says Heather. is working on a contest that will occur ing Steve Wariner and Kostas, and tells Country Corner, "Everyone Between You And Me' and `Please,' and "We want the music to come first." around street date. seems to like the songs a lot, so I think we did the right thing." Rob just felt very strong about `Please.' Jennifer agrees and admits that the "On the heels of the album's release, He said it could be like 'What Mattered fact they are twins does draw atten- we'll also do very market-specific pro- PRECIOUS JEWEL: Other than Hank Williams' enduring legacy, the Most' was for Ty Herndon." tion. "I don't think it hurts," she says, motions," Kraski says. "We have brief career of Patsy Cline is easily country music's most prodigious leg- WSIX Nashville PD Dave Kelly is "but it makes me feel great that the already targeted 16 markets." end. Cline returns to Top Country Albums with "Patsy Cline Live At The playing the single. "I love it," he says. label believes in the music and that's At retail, Kraski adds, Epic is al- Cimarron Ballroom," which opens with more than 4,000 units at No. 37. "It's different and very distinctive for a the focus." ready getting strong commitments "in "With Patsy still selling more than a million units a year, the only duo ... They are one of the strongest "The thrust of the marketing plan is terms of positioning and inclusion in [artist] I can think of who compares in the pop world would be Jimi Hen- duos I've heard in some time. They about the great music, not the fact that national circulars. We're going to have drix," says MCA Nashville chairman Bruce Hinton. "Considering that have great harmonies and great the girls are twins," Kraski says. super positioning on the Kinleys from her greatest -hits [album] is well over seven- times -platinum, it's sobering songs." "That would be doing them a disser- the launch through Christmas. We've to think that so many people, especially younger people, insist on adding Dalton is optimistic about the Kin - vice." created a counter display promoting her music to their collections. It makes an amazing statement about how leys' future. "It just feels like the Kraski says a key component of the the in -store date. There's going to be a meaningful and relevant her music still is." biggest thing I've ever been a part of," marketing plan has been exposing the great deal of awareness. "Live At The Cimarron Ballroom" was recorded during a 1961 perfor- he says. "The follow -through with the music to as many people as possible. "I couldn't be more passionate about mance in Tulsa, Okla., less than two years prior to Cline's death. During marketing campaign is strong. We're "We will have showcased this act more a brand -new act," he continues. "These that performance, Cline employed her trademark saltiness, saying, "Any- seeing the entire company swing for than any other by the time this record girls are stars. They are just amazing, body cares to shake a leg, please go ahead. We don't care which one it is." the fence." is released," he says. In addition to the and I'm just proud to be associated Sony's Kraski agrees. "I think the showcases already held, the label plans with them." WING AND A PRAYER: Referring to the underdog hit that launched most important thing in my mind about LeAnn Rimes' career, Asylum co-president Joe Mansfield says that Lila the Kinleys -and obviously from the McCann's "Down Came A Blackbird" is "starting to look like `Blue' all initial reaction at radio, they get it-is CMA AWARD NOMINEES over again." With an increase of more than 1,500 units, "Lila" takes Great- that these girls are important for the (Continued from page 9) est Gainer honors at No. 11 on Top Country Albums and parks at No. 1 on format," he says. "That's not some- Knows," Trisha Yearwood; "Every- "Long Haired Country Boy "; Clint Heatseekers. Despite the sturdy sales, Mansfield says, the lead single thing you just casually say. In the past thing I Love," Alan Jackson. Black and Martina McBride, "Still has been a tough sell at country radio. "We're hoping radio won't kill this two years, I can probably count on two Single: "All The Good Ones Are Holding On "; George Jones and Kathy before it has a chance to be a hit, and it's been a battle from the begin- fingers the acts I think are important Gone," Pam Tillis; "Carried Away," Mattea, "You've Got A Friend In Me "; ning, but we're putting our shoulder to the grindstone and hoping for at to the format, that are important for George Strait; "It's Your Love," Tim Lee Roy Parnell with the Fairfield Four, least a top 10 record." the audience they draw and the fresh- McGraw with Faith Hill; "One Night "John The Revelator "; Tim McGraw "Down Came A Blackbird" increases 253 spins and rises 32 -28 on Hot ness they bring to the format. I think At A Time," George Strait; "Straw- with Faith Hill, "It's Your Love." Country Singles & Tracks, with heavy airplay (more than 35 spins) at these girls do all that. Musically when berry Wine," Deana Carter. Music video: "455 Rocket," Kathy eight of our 161 monitored country stations. you get an album this extraordinary, Song of the year: "All The Good Mattea; "All The Good Ones Are you have to put together an extraordi- Ones Are Gone," Dean Dillon and Bob Gone," Pam Tillis; "Every Light In The SUMMER SIZZLER: It isn't often that a seasonal title encores during nary plan to support it, and thus far McDill; "Blue," Bill Mack; "Butterfly House," Trace Adkins; "It's Your the warm months, but Kenny Rogers' 1996 holiday release, "The Gift," everything we've done has been more Kisses," Bob Carlisle and Randy Love," Tim McGraw with Faith Hill; appears at No. 19 on Top Country Catalog Albums. Colin Stewart, pres- than validated." Thomas; "Strawberry Wine," Matraca "Strawberry Wine," Deana Carter. ident of Magnatone Entertainment, says that the scans came from a one - Kraski says the label began working Berg and Gary Harrison; "Time Musician: Eddie Bayers (drums), day -only "Christmas In July" promotion on the Home Shopping Network on breaking the Kinleys in October'96, Marches On," Bobby Braddock. Paul Franklin (steel guitar), Brent July 20. and throughout the campaign the focus Vocal event: Band Mason (guitar), Matt Hollings (key- has been on the music. "It's very im- with John Berry and Hal Ketchum, boards), Brent Rowan (guitar).

COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z ASCAP) WBM BMI/Bayou Boy, BMI /Kentu:ky Girl, BMI) HL Avenue, BMI/Great Broad, BMI/Longitude, BMI/Wamer- PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC 44 HOW DO I LIVE ( Realsongs, ASCAP) WBM 66 LUCKY ME, LUCKY YOU (Gary Nicholson, Tamerlane, BMI/Marty Party, BMI) WBM 14 HOW WAS I TO KNOW (Reynsong, BMI/Bayou Boy, ASCAP/MRBI, ASCAP /Songs Of PolyGram Int'I, 59 THE SWING (EMI April, ASCAP /JKids, ASCAP /AMR, BMI /Kentucky Girl, BMI) HL ASCAP /Lee Roy Pamell, BM ) HL ASCAP/Sìerra Home, ASCAP) HL/WBM

16 HOW YOUR LOVE , TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. MAKES ME FEEL (Island Bound, 71 NAKED TO THE PAIN (G.I.D ASCAP/Wamer-Tamer- 42 THANK GOD FOR BELIEVERS (EMI Blackwood, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /Pop -A- Wheelie, lane, BMI/Des Chalets, BMII BM//Mark Alan Springer, BMI/Big Giant, BMI) HL 34 ALL LIT UP IN LOVE (Old Desperados, ASCAP/N2 D, ASCAP/Brio Blues, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/Big Tractor, ASCAP) HL/WBM 29 NOTHIN' LESS THAN LOVE (MCA, ASCAP/WB, 69 THAT'S THE KINDA LOVE (THAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT) ASCAP) 64 FIT TO BE TIED DOWN (Starstruck Angel, BMI/Music 75 I'D BE WITH YOU (EMI Blackwood, BMI) WBM ASCAP/Music Cabin, ASCAF/Maverick, ASCAP) (Milsap, ASCAP) 8 ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE GONE (Acuff-Rose, Of Moo, BMI) HL 26 I'D RATHER RIDE AROUND WITH YOU (Starstruck HL/WBM 12 THERE GOES TAS. ASCAP/Yee Haw, ASCAP) WBM BMI/Polygram Int'I, ASCAP/RangerBob, ASCAP) 60 FLOWERS (Music Corp. Of America, BMI/So Bizzy, Writers Group, ASCAP/Mark D., ASCAP/EMI Black- 54 NOWHERE, USA (Sony /ATVTree, BMI( HL 33 THIS NIGHT WON'T LAST FOREVER (Careers -BMG, HL/WBM BMI/Hillbillion, BMI/Hamstein Cumberland, BMI) wood, BMI/Ty Land, BMI) HL 49 ONE, TWO, I LOVE YOU (Scngs Of PolyGram Int'I, BMI) HL 55 ANOTHER PERFECT DAY (Sony /ATV Tree, BMI/Suffer In HL/WBM 32 IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY (Farrenuff, ASCAP/Full BMI/Kidder Hill, BMI/New Haven, BMI/Music Hill, BMI) 52 THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH (Sony /ATV Tree, Silence, BM/Sony/ATV Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL 53 FLUTTER (Irving, BMI/Two Bagger, BMI) WBM Keel, ASCAP /Longitude, BMI /Blue Desert, BM)) WBM HL/WBM BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys, ASCAP/Kim Williams, 56 BUTTERFLY KISSES (Polygram Intl, ASCAP/Diadem, 19 THE FOOL (Major Bob, ASCAP/St. Myma, ASCAP/Cas- 3 I LEFT SOMETHING TURNED ON AT HOME (Catch 43 PLEASE (We've Got The Music, BMVAshwords, ASCAP) HL/WBM SESAC) HLAVBM tle Bound, SESAC/Mountain Thyme, SESAC) WBM The Boat, ASCAP/Castle Street, ASCAP) WBM BMI /Songs Of PolyGram lnt I, BMI) HL 46 THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH (Cross Keys, 2 CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME (Wamer-Tamerlane, 25 GO AWAY (EMI Blackwood, BMI/Starstruck Angel, 47 I'M YOUR MAN (Starstruck Writers Group, 50 RIDIN' OUT THE HEARTACHE (Songs For Debin, ASCAP /Four Sons, ASCAP) HL BMI/Rancho Belita, BMI/Jeff Stevens, BMI) WBM BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys. ASCAP/All Around Town, ASCAP/Mark D., ASCAP/Senior Partner, ASCAP) HL ASCAP/Starstmck Angel, BMI/EMI Blackwood, 57 WARNING SIGNS (Twin Spurs, BMI/Shabloo, 48 CLAUDETTE (Roy Orbison, BMI/Songs Of PolyGram ASCAP) HL/WBM 20 I ONLY GET THIS WAY WITH YOU (MCA, ASCAP) HL BMI/Singles Only, BMI) HL BMI/Songs Of PolyGram Int'I, BMI/Virgin Timber, BMI) Int'I, BMI/Barbara Orbison, BMI) HL 18 HE LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED (Starstruck Angel, 22 IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME (Emdar, ASCAP/Texas 15 THE SHAKE (Log Rhythm, BMI/Millhouse, BMI) 51 WATCH THIS (Notewrite, BMI/Words To Music, BMI /O- 1 COME CRYIN' TO ME (Sony/ATV Tree, BMI/Feed Them BMI/Dead Solid Perfect, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys, Wedge, ASCAP/Don't Tell Mama, ASCAP/John Juan, 73 SHE KNOWS ME BY HEART (Club Zoo, BMI/Katie Tex, BMI/Blind Sparrow, BMI/Sony /ATV Cross Keys, Kids, BMI/Starstruck Angel, ASCAP/Mark D., ASCAP) HL ASCAP) HL BMI) WBM Walker, BMI/Dabi Lu, BMI) ASCAP/Kim Williams, ASCAP) 65 COOL WATER (Little Big Town, BMI/American Made, 36 HELPING ME GET OVER YOU (Post Oak, 9 IT'S YOUR LOVE (EMI Blackwood, BMI) HL 63 SHE'S GOING HOME WITH ME (Post Oak, BMI) HL 74 THE WAY SHE'S LOOKING (Sony/ATV Tree, BMI/Don BMI/Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI) WBM BMI /LaSongs, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) HL/WBM 40 I WILL, IF YOU WILL (Zomba, ASCAP/Inspector Bar- 6 SHE'S GOT IT ALL (Emdar, ASCAP/Texas Wedge, Cook, BMI/Sony /ATV Cross Keys, ASCAP) 13 DANCIN', SHAGGIN' ON THE BOULEVARD (Maypop, 68 HERE'S THE DEAL (Sixteen Stars, BMI /John Juan, low, ASCAP/Mighty Good, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/Womaculate Conceptions, ASCAP /Almo, 10 WE WERE IN LOVE (Wacissa River, BMI /CMI, BMI) WBM BMI) 70 JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE (Music Corp. Of America, ASCAP/Daddy Rabbit, ASCAP) WBM BMIBuilt On Rock, ASCAP /CMI, ASCAP/Song Matters, 21 DAY IN, DAY OUT (Wamer-Tamerlane, BMI/Golden 35 HOLE IN MY HEART (EMI April, ASCAP/Desmobile, BMI/Glitterfish, BMI/Hamstein Cumberland, BMI/Baby 39 SHUT UP AND DRIVE (Blue Water, BMI/Music Corp. Of ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL Wheat, BMI/Kicking Bird, BMI/Thomahawk, BMI) WBM ASCAP /Joe David, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI/Vee Mae, BMI) America, BMI) HL 17 WHAT THE HEART WANTS (Moon Catcher, BMI/Son Of 27 DON'T LOVE MAKE A DIAMOND SHINE (Almo, One, BMI) HL 58 KEEPING THE FAITH (Why Walk, ASCAP) 24 SOMEBODY SLAP ME (Sorgs Of PolyGram Int'I, Gila Monster, BMI) WBM ASCAP/Daddy Rabbit, ASCAP/Wayland, ASCAP) WBM 4 HOW A COWGIRL SAYS GOODBYE (Sony/ATV Cross 38 LOVE IS THE RIGHT PLACE (Careers -BMG, BMI/Ranger Bob, ASCAP/Mirrah, BMI) HL/WBM 30 WHO'S CHEATIN' WHO (Songs Of PolyGram Int'I, 28 DOWN CAME A BLACKBIRD (M. Spiro, BMI/Hidden Keys, ASCAP/SLL, ASCAP/Sony /ATV Tree, BMI/Terilee, BMI/Floyd's Dream, BMI/MCA, ASCAP/Bases Loaded, 41 SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS (Emdar, ASCAP/TexasWedge, BMI/EMI Algee, BM)) HL Words, BMI/Nakomis, ASCAP) BMI) HL ASCAP/EMI Christian, ASCAP) HL ASCAP/Full Keel, ASCAP/Mice Curb, BMI/Ron Williams, 62 WICHITA LINEMAN (Polygram Intl, ASCAP) 7 DRINK, SWEAR, STEAL & LIE (Wamer -Tamerlane, 31 HOW DO I GET THERE (EMI Princeton Street, 61 LOVE TRAVELS (BMG, ASCAP/Wood Monkey, BMI/Diamond Storm, BMI( WBM 23 YOU AND YOU ALONE (Benefit, BMI) WBM BMI /BMG, ASCAP /Above The Rim, ASCAP) HL/WBM ASCAP/Full Keel, ASCAP/Farrenuff, ASCAP) HL/WBM ASCAP /Careers -BMG, BMI/Ellymax, BMI) 67 SOUTHERN STREAMLINE (Cody River, ASCAP) 72 YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE (Little Tybee, 45 EVERYWHERE (Almo, ASCAP/Daddy Rabbit, 5 HOW DO I LIVE (FROM CON AIR) (Realsongs, 37 LUCKY IN LOVE ( Reynsong, BMI /Lucky Lady Bug, 11 STILL HOLDING ON (Blackened, BMI/Wedgewood ASCAP/Forerunner, ASCAP)

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 31 www.americanradiohistory.com COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan Billboard. Top 1111111 AUGUST 16, 1997 C 0 I I I I TRY STM O W O W W W W Cï W W cn cn F- TITLE á ARTIST TITLE 3 ARTIST LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) S N LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT)

AT THE CIMARRON BALLROOM 37 ***No. 1*** 31 NEW 1 PATSY CLINE MCA 11579 (10.98/16.98) PATSY CLINE LIVE

9 TIM MCGRAW CURB 77886 110.98716.98) 9 weeks at No 1 EVERYWHERE 38 35 32 7 LONESTAR BNA 67422/RCA (10.98/16.98) CRAZY NIGHTS 16 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION 15 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 11584 (10.98/16.98) CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME 1 39 33 31 19 SO LONG SO WRONG 4 ROUNDER 0365 (9.98/15.98)

3 3 56 LEANN RIMES CURB 77821 (10.98/15.98) BLUE 1 3 A' 40 32 34 102 COLLIN RAYE EPIC 67033/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) I THINK ABOUT YOU 5 * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT* * * (41) 39 43 62 VINCE GILL MCA 11422 (10.98/16.98) HIGH LONESOME SOUND 3 CLINT BLACK RCA 67515110 98/16 98) NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS 4 TEN THOUSAND ANGELS 5 (D NEW 42 37 36 66 MINDYMCCREADYBNA6,806 /RCA(09, I LEANN RIMES 5 4 4 25 UNCHAINED MELODY/THE EARLY YEARS 1 CURB 77856 (10.98/15.98) * * * PACESETTER* * * 54 49 JAMES BONAMY LI '-, 1/C. 98EOr16.98)® ROOTS AND WINGS 25 DEANA CARTER A' 4 6 5 5 48 DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? 2 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37514 (10.98/15.98)® 1 38 38 67 GEORGE STRAIT EL / (10.98/16.98) BLUE CLEAR SKY

7 7 7 8 NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC 83011 /AG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 7 45 48 56 89 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL NASHVILLE 32080 (10.98/15.98) FRESH HORSES 1

8 6 6 9 PAM TILLIS ARISTA 18836 (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 6 46 40 39 71 BRYAN WHITER ASYLUM 61880 /EEG (10.98/15.98) BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER 7 O9 NEW 1 BLACKHAWK ARISTA 18837 (10.98/16.98) LOVE & GRAVITY 9 TRAVIS TRITT 41 42 47 99 GREATEST HITS - FROM THE BEGINNING 3 WARNER BROS. 46001 (10.98/16.98) 10 8 9 DIAMOND RIO ARISTA 18844 (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 8 48 46 41 49 TRAVIS TRITT WARNER BROS. 46304 (10.98/16.98) THE RESTLESS KIND 7

* * * GREATEST GAINER * * * 49 41 42 3 SHERRIE AUSTIN ARISTA 18843 (10.98/16.98)1M WORDS 41 ( 11) 13 16 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62042/EEG ga LILA 11 50 44 40 7 RICOCHET COLUMBIA 67773/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) I101 BLINK OF AN EYE 24 12 9 8 3 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 46690/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) UNDER THE COVERS 8 51 50 51 56 CLEDUS "T." JUDD RAZOR & TIE 2825 (10.98/16.98) I STOLED THIS RECORD 23

11 11 40 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA 18813 (10.98/16.98) EVERYTHING I LOVE 1 13 52 43 37 58 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 66908/RCA (10.98/15.98) NI ME AND YOU 9 14 12 13 17 ALABAMA RCA 67426 (10.98/16.98) DANCIN' ON THE BOULEVARD 5 AARON TIPPIN 53 47 48 16 GREATEST HITS...AND THEN SOME 17 RCA 67427 (10.98/16.98) 15 10 10 3 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 67498/RCA (10.98/16.98) I WILL STAND 10 54 55 54 98 TIM MCGRAW A2 CURB 77800 (10.98/16.98) ALL I WANT 1 16 15 14 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 534836 (10.98 EQ/16.98) DREAM WALKIN' 8 55 53 53 89 VINCE GILL MCA 11394 (10.98/16.98) SOUVENIRS 3 11 14 12 17 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24674/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) RUMOR HAS IT 4 56 49 44 37 MARK CHESNUTT DECCA 11529 /MCA (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 18 18 20 19 93 ALAN JACKSON A' ARISTA 18801 (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 1 51 45 45 19 TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 36885 (10.98/16.98) COMPLICATED 15 19 17 17 29 BILL ENGVALL WARNER BROS. 46263 (10.98/16.98) RI HERE'S YOUR SIGN 5 ROY D. MERCER 58 58 61 13 HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 1 57 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54781 (9.98/15.98) 20 21 20 12 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 11585/MCA (10.98/15.98) LEE ANN WOMACK 9 59 56 57 101 FAITH HILL A2 WARNER BROS. 45872 (10.98/16.98) IT MATTERS TO ME 4 21 16 15 58 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37222 (10.98/15.98) ® DREAMIN' OUT LOUD 6 60 52 50 51 TY HERNDON EPIC 67564/SONY (10.98 E0/15.98) LIVING IN A MOMENT 6 22 19 18 20 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 82985/AG (10.98/16.98) THE COAST IS CLEAR 4 61 51 52 41 TRACY BYRD MCA 11485 (10.98/16.98) BIG LOVE 12 23 18 21 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE 46618/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ® MICHAEL PETERSON 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS RODEO ALBUM 62 (12) N EW 1 COWBOY UP - THE OFFICIAL PRCA EDEL AMERICA 3699 (10.98/16.98) 24 NEW 1 JOHN ANDERSON MERCURY 536004 (10.98 EQ/16.98) TAKIN' THE COUNTRY BACK 24 63 N EW 1 JOHN DENVER LEGACY 65183/SONY (9.98 EQ/13.98) THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER LIVE 63 25 24 25 16 SAWYER BROWN CURB 77883 (10.98/16.98) SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD 8 64 61 63 6 JEFF CARSON CURB 77859 (10.98/16.9811E BUTTERFLY KISSES 39 26 22 22 39 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 11500 (10.98/16.98) WHAT IF IT'S YOU 65 59 59 99 GEORGE STRAIT A. MCA 11263 (39.98/49.98) STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX 9 68 DUNN ARISTA 18810 (10.98/15.98) BORDERLINE 1 21 23 23 BROOKS & A' ROY D. MERCER 66 67 69 9 HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 2 63 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54782 (9.98/15.98) 28 27 28 45 WHAT I DO THE BEST 5 ATLANTIC 82947/AG (10.98/16.98) 61 72 71 56 ALABAMA RCA 66848 (4.98/9.98) SUPER HITS 47 29 29 27 45 CLINT BLACK RCA 66671 (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS 68 65 65 46 THE BEST OF COUNTRY SING THE BEST OF DISNEY 17 WALT DISNEY 60902 (10.98/16.98) 30 28 33 42 KEVIN SHARP 143 /ASYLUM 61930/EEG (10.98/15.98) MEASURE OF A MAN 4 69 64 68 13 ROY ORBISON COLUMBIA 67297/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 54 31 26 67 KENNY ROGERS MAGNATONE 116 (10 .98/16.98) ACROSS MY HEART 26 70 66 64 47 LORRIE MORGAN BNA 66847/RCA (10.98/16.98) GREATER NEED 8 32 25 24 46 JOHN BERRY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 35464 (10.98/15.98) FACES 9 11 63 62 80 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC 67269/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.981 THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH 10 30 26 CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL NASHVILLE 52775 (10.98/16.98) LIVE 26 33 72 57 46 SONS OF THE DESERT EPIC 67619/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) WHATEVER COMES FIRST 38 30 44 RICK TREVINO COLUMBIA 67452/SONY (10.98 E0/15.98) LEARNING AS YOU GO 17 34 31 73 71 73 49 TRISHA YEARWOOD MCA 11477 (10.98/16.98) EVERYBODY KNOWS 6 BILLY RAY CYRUS 35 34 29 6 THE BEST OF BILLY RAY CYRUS COVER TO COVER 23 60 55 23 MARK WILLS MERCURY 532116 (10.98 EQ/16.98) MARK WILLS 38 MERCURY 534837 (10.98 EQ/16.98) 14 Ií CURB 11409/MCA (10.98/16.98) THE ROAD TO ENSENADA 4 36 36 35 17 WYNONNA CURB 11583 /MCA (10.98/16.98) COLLECTION 9 75 70 60 59 LYLE LOVETT

a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums °Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. R AA certificaton for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent with a running time that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, week. MR indicates past or present Heatseeker title. m 1997, Billboard/BPI prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this Communications, and SoundScan, Inc. COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan® Billboard® Top Country Catalog Albums.. AUGUST 16, 1997 1111111 cc U N uj (n W w TITLE Ñw ARTIST TITLE ó3W ARTIST LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) L LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD)

IN 130 14 13 ALISON KRAUSS A2 ROUNDER 0325* (9.98/15.98)E NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU: A COLLECTION 130 1 1 SHANIA TWAIN A9 MERCURY 522886 (10.98 E0/16.98) IW 20 weeks at No. 1 THE WOMAN ME GREATEST HITS VOL. III 148 2 2 GARTH BROOKS A9 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 29689 (10.98/15.98) 138 15 16 ALABAMA RCA 66410 (10.98/15.98)

3 3 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 64184/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 159 16 15 JOHNNY CASH COLUMBIA 66773/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 35 SUPER HITS 142 4 4 CHARLIE DANIELS EPIC 64182/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) 17 17 REBA MCENTIRE A° ma 10906 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME TWO 201

CURB 77659 (9.98/15.98) NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON 176 5 5 TIM MCGRAW As 18 18 TRACY BYRD A' MCA 10991 (10.98/15.98) NO ORDINARY MAN 165 541 6 6 PATSY CLINE A' MCA 12 (7.98/12.98) 12 GREATEST HITS 19 KENNY ROGERS MAGNATONE 108 (10.98/16.98) THE GIFT 10 1 169 7 1 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. A CURB 77638 (6.98/9.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 20 22 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTERA' COLUMBIA 48881/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98) COME ON COME ON 243 8 8 GEORGE STRAIT As MCA 10651(10.98/15.98) PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 255 21 21 BROOKS & DUNN A' ARISTA 18658 (9.98/15.98) BRAND NEW MAN 311 9 10 VINCE GILL A' MCA 11047(10.98/15.98) WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU 165 22 19 PATSY CLINE MCA 4038 (7.98/12.98) THE PATSY CLINE STORY 158 10 9 GEORGE JONES A EPIC 40776/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 332 23 20 GEORGE STRAIT A' MCA 42035 (7.98/12.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 511 11 12 HANK WILLIAMS MERCURY 823293 (7.98 EQ/11.981 24 OF HANK WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS 154 BEST OF CHRIS LEDOUX 31 OF HITS 406 24 24 CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL NASHVILLE 28458 (10.98/15.98) 12 11 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND A' EPIC 38795/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) A DECADE 25 23 KENNY ROGERS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 46106 (9.98/15.98) TWENTY GREATEST HITS 180 13 14 GARTH BROOKS A° CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9386619.98/13.98) NO FENCES 331 for sales of 500.000 units. RIM certification for sales of 1 mil- Chart Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on Top Country Albums and Top Country Catalog. Recording Industry AssrL Of America (RIM) certification Catalog albums are 2-year-old titles that haw fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total title. labels are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. ad Indicates past Heatseeker lion units, with mul imillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the symbol. 'Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA 01997, BillboarrEBPICommunications and SoundScan, Inc. 32 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music Panasonic Fest Jazzes Up The Village With Variety, Value S TROLLIN': Just when New York- "The Grand Encounter." Further essarily So" and "Summertime," is playing dates on the H.O.R.D.E. ers thought festival season was over tkity info can be found on the festival's respectively. Newcomers Conrad tour, along with Neil Young and comes another impressive amalga- World Wide Web site; the address Herwig (trombone) and Stefon Beck, through Aug. 6. mation of concerts and club dates. for the bash is http://www.village- Harris (vibes) round out the band. Tenor saxophonist Dewey Red- Set for Saturday (16) to Aug. 25, BLUE jazz.com. An Oct. 7 street date is scheduled man has signed with the Palmetto the Panasonic Village Jazz Festival Alums by Verve. Jazz label. In the late '60s and early is poised to overtake downtown New DATA: Ever since Joe Hender- '70s, the Texas -born tenor player HANGES: The much -celebrated was part of Omette Coleman's York. Like the Texaco New York by Jim Macnie son's "Lush Life" blasted him into C Jazz Festival and the JVC Jazz Fes- breakthrough land in 1992, each Medeski, Martin & Wood ensemble; he has also recorded as tival, it's got its own personality. new Henderson project has carried (MM &W), one of the era's brainier a leader for ECM and Impulse!. This year's offering is extraordi- much marketplace anticipation. funk jazz ensembles, has signed Redman was a key part of the band narily well- rounded, including a guard, 55 Bar, Arthur's Tavern, Expect the same for what might be with Blue Note. The trio is unique, that drummer Matt Wilson used to kids' series, a film festival, poetry and the Knitting Factory. This year Henderson's most ambitious and capable of tickling fans of both con- record '96's "As Wave Follows projects, a jazz market, walk- a shuttle bus will help participants commercially enticing move yet, an temporary and mainstream sounds. Wave," also for Palmetto Jazz. The ing tours of historical sites, and get from venue to venue. A full fes- adaptation of Gershwin's "Porgy Its 1996 Gramavision release, label plans to issue "Dewey Red- exhibitions of jazz- oriented art at tival pass allows a weeklong en- And Bess." His associates on the "Shack- Man," sold 52,000 copies, man Live In London," recorded at local galleries. trance to the second sets of all the forthcoming project form quite a according to SoundScan; MM &W Ronnie Scott's club in London and "We're trying for something a lit- clubs for $25. "It's absolutely the talent pool. Tommy Flanagan, had two other Gramavision titles featuring Wilson on drums, in Jan- tle different," explains James most economical way to go," says Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, and an excellent 1992 disc on the uary '98. Browne, the event's producer. Browne. and John Scofield are the core indie Hap -Jones label. The act's "Most festivals mean the biggest - For the third year in a row, the ensemble. Sting and Chaka Kahn Blue Note debut is tentatively Jim Macnie can be reached via E- name artists and the highest ticket festival has also put together a com- will provide vocals on "It Ain't Nec- scheduled for early 1998. The band mail at hapboyM @aol.com. prices. That's not really us. It pilation album of the artists identi- sounds weird in this time of gross, fied with the fest's past or present. gross, and more gross, but we're A dollar from every purchase goes actually content to stay the little to the Dizzy Gillespie Cancer Insti- festival that could. The word is tute and Memorial Fund. The set overused, but we're trying to 'cele- retails for $11.98. "It's available at brate' what goes on in the Village J &R, Tower, and the Wiz," says 365 nights a year. We take 10 days Browne. "We also have a three -for- and not only look into jazz, but jazz's $25 deal available. We just like to impact on many other arts." try little things that are different." Panasonic is unique in that it The Panasonic finale is a free con- temporarily squashes the competi- cert Aug. 25 at Washington Square tion between the participating Park. Sharing the bill will be Warn- ith this stirring tribute to the late Ella clubs. Bonding during the event are er Bros. recording artist Kenny Sweet Basil, Zinno, Visiones, Garrett, whose latest disc is "Song- Fitzgerald, Dee Dee takes her place among Metronome, Knickerbocker, the book," and Blue Note songstress Blue Note, Small's, the Village Van- Dianne Reeves, whose latest is today's premier ja«Z divas. Dear Ella displays Bridgewater's complete vocal PGM Gets Contemporary; artistry, in settings from intimate Darkening Re -Inks With EMI duets and trios to a radiant string orchestra and a powerhouse big BRANCHING OUT: PGM Record- ings, the small, New York -based label band. Featuring Kenny Burrell, that until now has specialized in early music, is widening its focus. KEEPING The company has signed Orpheus, Milt Jackson, Lou Levy, and Ray the renowned 28- member conductor - SCORE less orchestra, to highlight a new Brown, Dear Ella is truly a division, the PGM Ars Nova label. by Waleson Orpheus and Deutsche Grammophon, Heidi labor of love. its label since 1984, will now be work- Craig Zeichner, expects that projects ing on an individual -project basis. will steer clear of the "war horse Julian Fifer, president of Orpheus, repertory they've already covered." sees the PGM relationship as "a way Plans call for six titles a year; the first Jazz to spread our wings and diversify, to will be recorded in the fall, for release MOVE do some `pure Orpheus' projects in early 1998. instead of so much collaborative PGM, which has a dozen record- work." Repertoire is now under dis- ings in its catalog, was launched sev- cussion: PGM's marketing director, eral years ago as part of Quintessen- tial Sound, an audio engineering firm. Its founder, Gabe Wiener, was especially interested in unrecorded Baroque choral music. The label's most successful recordings so far are "The Songs Of Solomon," two vol- umes of Jewish sacred music by 17th - century Italian composer Salamone Rossi, performed by Eric Milnes and the New York Baroque. The first disc, released around Rosh Hashana in 1996, benefited from tar- geted ads in Jewish magazines and on the radio; combined with the sec- ond volume, released in April of this year, the discs have sold approxi- mately 20,000 copies, according to the label. PGM is distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Allegro. u wwwwerveinteractive-corn Wiener died unexpectedly, at age ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 26, in April, but the four -person (Continued on next page)

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w w Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales soundscan® 3 3 óI- reports collected. compiled, and provided by 1 111111 KEEPING SCORE N ,~j, á TITLE (Continued from preceding page) r g 36 LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL ARTIST operation, headed by producer David years, was feted by the label recent- * * NO. 1 * * Oliver, continues. Plans involve ly. The artist, who has made 15 NEW LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALekL STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE putting out 12 early music titles a recordings for the label, renewed his 68163 1 we at No. 1 year, with increases in the future. contract. The folks over at EMI LIE TO ME JONNY LANG I 27 2 A &M 540640 Ina Key artists include harpsichordist/ Classics would also like the world to GREATEST HITS STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE organist Gavin Black and mezzo - know that despite the closing of the 3 2 92 EPIC 66217* soprano Jennifer Lane. PGM's most parent company's pop label, EMI COME ON HOME BOZ SCAGGS recent release features Lane, sopra- Records, the classical division is un- 4 3 17 VIRGIN 42984 no Tamara Matthews, and the New changed, with EMI Classics, Angel SENOR BLUES TAJ MAHAL 4 5 PRIVATE MUSIC 82151 York Baroque performing music from Records, and Virgin Classics contin- LIVE FROM CHICAGO'S HOUSE OF BLUES BLUES BROTHERS AND FRIENDS the court at Dresden, Germany (the uing with "business as usual." 6 6 11 HOUSE OF BLUES 161273 first half of the 18th century), includ- ROAD TO ZEN COREY STEVENS 5 13 EUREKA 77061 /DISCOVERY IN ing the world -premiere recording of KORNGOLD ASCENDANT: Two - 8 7 SWEET POTATO PIE THE ROBERT CRAY BAND Giovanni Alberto Ristori's "Canto recent additions to the Erich Korn 13 MERCURY 534483 Divoti Affetti," a 10 -part sacred work gold revival: a Naxos recording of Duke Robillard 8 HELP YOURSELF PEGGY SCOTT -ADAMS 9 38 for soprano and contralto soloists. "Die Tote Stadt" (1920), the compos- Dangerous Place MISS BUTCH 4003 /MARDI GRAS gig Ars Nova will concentrate on con- er's greatest operatic success, in a "Chock full of honking, squeaking horn lines LEDBETTER HEIGHTS KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD 9 91 and sliding, stinging guitar licks. Duke 10 GIANT 24621/WARNER BROS Ma temporary music. Its first disc, live performance by the Swedish Robillard's Dangerous Place is jump blues at LOVE'S BEEN ROUGH ON ME ETTA JAMES choral compositions by contempo- Opera conducted by Leif Seger - 11 12 14 it's finest. Look for this one - each and every PRIVATE MUSIC 82140 rary American composers per- stam; and from Deutsche Gram - cut is a winner.° DON'T LOOK BACK JOHN LEE HOOKER E -Pulse 12 10 22 POINTBLANK 42771NIRGIN formed by I Cantori, will be mophon, André Previn leads the °Name a style and Robillard plays it Texas - JUST LIKE YOU KEB' MO' released in October. PGM plans London Symphony in the suite of 11 59 single -note epics, West Coast swing, Kansas 13 OKEH 67316/EPIC gig major marketing support for incidental music for "Much Ado City jump blues and aggressive Chicago THE COLOUR OF LOVE RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS around (1920) Korn - bumers...confirm Robillard's status as one of 14 6 Orpheus an active touring About Nothing" and 14 VERVE 537562 the pre-eminent modem blues pu-Wrists." schedule, which will include retail gold's monumental late work, the GOOD LOVE! JOHNNIE TAYLOR OffBeat Magazine 13 62 15 MALACO 7480 promotions, point -of- purchase place- Symphony in F sharp (completed in ment, radio advertising, and coordi- 1952). This is more recorded evi- On tour nation of tour and release reper- dence of the richness of Korngold's August 10 Uncasville CT TOP REGGAE ALBUMS.. toire. output; the composer's years as a 12 Northhampton MA child prodigy and young success in 13 Edgartown MA AGAIN: by 14 Groton CT ** NO. 1 * * SIGNING Guitarist Chris- Vienna are usually overshadowed REGGAE GOLD 1997 VARIOUS ARTISTS topher Parkening, who has been his reputation as a deft composer of 15 Boston MA 1 1 11 VP 1509' 7 v,eeks at Nr 1 16 Stratton VT with EMI Classics for nearly 30 Hollywood scores. GUNS IN THE GHETTO UB40 2 22 Chicago IL 2 5 VIRGIN 44402 September 20 Monterey CA FALLEN IS BABYLON ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS 24 Ottawa 3 3 3 ELEKTRA 62032/EEG 25 Toronto NEW REGGATTA MONDATTA VARIOUS ARTISTS 26 Buffalo NY ® ARK 21 61868 a0 THE BEST OF- VOLUME ONE UB40 27 NY 6 REGGAE MUSIC Cooperstown 5 0 VIRGIN 41009 28 Syracuse NY YARDCORE BORN JAMERICANS 8 29 Mount Vernon NY 6 4 DELICIOUS VINYL 5018 * /RED ANT 82 e(., Same 2a4f Mad, &I Alice FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN 2... REGGAE CELEBRATES ... VARIOUS ARTISTS Call Toll Free To Place Orders Dates local listings 5 7 subject to change; check 7 POW WOW 7466

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COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF AIRPLAY SUPPLIED BY BROADCAST z DATA SYSTEMS' RADIO TRACK SERVICE. 95 LATIN MUSIC STATIONS ARE ELEC- LO O TRONICALLY MONITORED 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK Rock Glut Ends Sony, Alerce Deal i3 w Ñ w S á ARTIST TITLE F=- _ 3 N á 'S v LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) * * * No. 1 * ** SONY CHILE, ALERCE SPLIT: Entertainment has entered into a ENRIQUE IGLESIAS MIENTE Nearly 18 months after inking a joint- venture agreement with Simi - 1 5 3 cD FONOVISA 2 weeks at No. 1 R. PEREZ- BOTIJA ( R.PEREZ- BOTIJA) joint-venture pact, Sony Chile and tar Latino to produce and release LUIS MIGUEL POR DEBAJO DE LA MESA 2 2 3 have regional Mexican and Tejano prod- WEA LATINA L.MIGUEL (A.MANZANERO) top Chilean indie Alerce part- LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA EL TUCANAZO ed ways because the deal failed to uct. 3 3 3 10 EMI LATIN G.FELIX (M.QUINTERO LARA) generate the robust economic Notas K.C. Porter and Robi Rosa are in JORDI DESESPERADAMENTE ENAMORADO 5 10 7 FONOVISA DYANGO (P.MARTINEZ) return expected by both companies. the studio cutting the new album by 8 GLORIA ESTEFAN NO PRETENDO Sony Chile GM José Antônio Sony Latin star singer/actor Ricky 5 4 1 by John Lannert EPIC /SONY E.ESTEFAN JR. K.SANTANDER (G.ESTEFAN K.SANTANDER) Eboli notes that album sales from Martin. Also, Porter is writing the INTOCABLE VIVIR SIN ELLAS © 8 17 5 EMI LATIN J.L.AYALA (DARIAN) acts that formed the basis theme song for the 1998 World Cup THALIA AMOR A LA MEXICANA "as rock acts signed to Alerce, a Santi- soccer championship, which will be O 7 11 7 of the alliance were not moving EMI LATIN K.SANTANDER,B.OSSA (M.PUPPARO) strong as we had hoped. We gradu- ago indie that was looking to broad- held in France. Martin, a suddenly LOS TEMERARIOS ACEPTA MI ERROR 13 13 6 ® FONOVISA A.ANGEL ALBA (G.A.ALVA) ally got the feeling that the market en its profile throughout Chile. The hot number in France with his JUAN GABRIEL TE SIGO AMANDO 9 6 6 11 was not responding, and the project two companies shared attendant smash "María," will sing the tune. ARIOLA/BMG J.GABRIEL ( J.GABRIEL) of and from the Standout saxophonist Carlos MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS MI ULTIMO ADIOS ran out gas." expenses earnings (10) 9 8 7 FONOVISA M.A.SOLIS ( M.A.SOLIS) Alerce's director of artists, accord. Ayerhoff, one of the founders of MOJADO MOTIVOS was prominent Cuban bands Irakere 11 14 15 11 Amaro Labra, says Chilean record Product from nine bands FONOVISA L.LOZANO (EBARRIENTOS,L.LOZANO) consumers were overwhelmed by released, but only one group, Chan - and NG La Banda, has defected to * * *AIRPOWER* * * the myriad rock albums that were cho En Piedra, was able to gener- the U.S. Ayerhoff was appearing as TIGRES DEL NORTE JET El DE JEFES 12 23 LOS released by Chilean record compa- ate a hit. a guest performer with the Juan - ' 2 INC. V nies. Eboli recently pointed out that Pablo Torres Quartet July 24 at a BRONCO TU Y YO 13 15 9 10 FONOVISA BRONCO (!.GUADALUPE ESPARZA) "There was violent competition "for some strange reason, the pro- Miami Beach, Fla., restaurant when LA MAFIA ENAMORADA I 14 10 7 11 from other record labels, and jected boom of Chilean the announcement of Ayerhoff's SONY /SONY M.LICHTENBERGER JR. (J.L.PILOTO) the excessive [by not occur. Perhaps we were defection was made. Torres, a noted MAGUEY - PERO TE AMO believe marketing did 15 18 21 8 BANDA FONOVISA E.SOLANO ( E.SOLANO) all labels] created a negative reac- expecting better results, that maybe Cuban jazz trombonist and Miami LORENZO ANTONIO NO QUIEREN QUE TE QUIERA 16 21 24 5 tion from the public," says Labra. four or five bands from our catalog resident, broke the news to the audi- FONOVISA T.MORRIE (L.ANTONIO) show. VICTOR MANUELLE DILE A ELLA The joint- venture pact was signed with Alerce would break, but we ence attending the 17 12 12 9 SONY TROPICAL/SONY NOT LISTED (G.FRANCISCO) in November 1995 as a means of have not had much success." The Miller Genuine Draft Sólo GRUPO BRYNDIS OLVIDEMOS NUESTRO ORGULLO 18 19 18 9 exploiting and developing Chile's Sony will now concentrate on Con Invitación campaign kicked off DISA/EMI LATIN L.P.CHAVEZ (M.POSADAS) TIGRES DEL NORTE EL MOJADO ACAUDALADO rock talent. Under the terms of the working the rock acts on its affiliate July 31 at the Mayan nightclub in 19 11 4 9 LOS agreement, Sony was to offer mar- label Krater. Alerce will continue to Los Angeles with a performance by BANDA EL RECODO QUE SOLO ESTOY SIN TI 27 28 6 support for work its roster as an independent. BMG Latina rocker Alejandra CI FONOVISA G.LIZARRAGA ( M.A.SOLIS) keting and promotional GRUPO LIMITE SOLO CONTIGO According to Labra, 90% of the Guzmán. On hand for the show 21 20 16 15 POLYGRAM LATINO J.CARRILLO (A.VILLAREAL) 100 million pesos ($240,000) invest- were 600 sweepstakes winners from ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ ES LA MUJER 22 16 14 10 ed in the joint venture by Sony and radio and bar promotions, plus DJs SONY DISCOS/SONY P.RAMIREZ (A.CHAVEZ) JUAN GABRIEL/ROCIO DURCAL LA INCERTIDUMBRE LATIN TRACKS A -Z Alerce has been recovered. Adds from top Spanish radio stations. 23 28 29 4 ARIOLA/BMG J.GABRIEL,E.OKAMURA ( J.GABRIEL) Labra, "With time, we will recoup Sólo Con Invitación, or "by invita- TITLE ( Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. BOYZONE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE 24 17 22 7 8 ACEPTA MI ERROR (Edimonsa, ASCAP) only," is the Latin POLYGRAM LATINO R.PEREZ -BOTIJA (C.GARCIA ALONSO) the rest ... The best thing about tion counterpart LOS MISMOS AMAME 27 AMAME (Famous, ASCAP/Insignia, ASCAP) this deal is that no one went bank- to Miller's Blind Date series, where 25 33 34 3 EMI LATIN LOS MISMOS (R.DAMIAN) 25 AMAME (Vander, ASCAP) rupt." artist and venue are unknown to the GRACIELA BELTRAN LE PEDIRE PERDON 26 22 20 7 - EMI LATIN B.SILVETTI (J.F.RODRIGUEZ) 7 AMOR A LA MEXICANA (Peermusic, BMI) contest winners prior to the con

MILLIE AMAME DE BMI) G ETTING CAUGHT UP: Silva (Continued on next page) 21 29 31 6 36 ANILLO COMPROMISO (Peer Intl., EMI LATIN M.FLORES,K.C.PORTER (M.FLORES) JOSE JAVIER SOLIS FUE SU VOZ 38 CHIQUILLA (De Luna, BMI) 18 NEW 1 M.A.SOLIS (M.MORALES,A.MORALES) FONOVISA 34 DE LA TIERRA AL CIELO (De Luna, BMI( VICTORIA QUISIERA 32 19 3 CI FONOVISA R.LIVI (R.LIVI,J.MARCELO) 39 DESEOS (RONDANDO TU ESQUINA. NUESTRO MDO NO PUEDO OLVIDARME DE TI JURAMENTO) (Copyright Control) 35 40 3 CI SONY LATIN /SONY NOT LISTED (A.JAEN) 4 DESESPERADAMENTE ENAMORADO (Teddy Sound. BANDA EL LIMON QUE,SE TE OLVIDO CI 36 36 5 FONOVISA M.CONTRERAS (RGARZA) SESAC)

JON SECADA LA MAGIA DE TU AMOR 17 DILE A ELLA (Copyright 32 25 33 5 Control) EMI LATIN J.SECADA,M.A.MOREJON,EMILIO (J.SECADA,S.SHAPIRO) GILBERTO SANTA ROSA PELIGRO 37 EL DESTINO (BMG Songs, ASCAP) 38 2 33 - SONY TROPICAUSONY J.LUGO,G.SANTA ROSA (R.MONCLOVA) 19 EL MOJADO ACAUDALADO (TN Ediciones/Bello TIRANOS DEL NORTE DE LA TIERRA AL CIELO 34 24 23 12 Musical) SONY DISCOS/SONY J.MARTINEZ (E.TORRES) FRANKIE NEGRON HOY ME HE VUELTO A ENAMORAR 3 EL TUCANAZO (Flamingo) 37 -- 2 CI WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA LEM (J.L.PILOTO) LA DISTRIBUIDORA MAS 14 ENAMORADA ( Lanfranco, ASCAP) GRUPO TENTACION ANILLO DE COMPROMISO 36 31 35 5 LUNA/FONOVISA A.DE LUNA (C.SANCHEZ) 22 ES LA MUJER (EMI Blackwood, BMI) GRANDE Y MAS COMPLETA EN JUAN GABRIEL/ROCIO DURCAL EL DESTINO 37 26 27 18 40 ESTATUA DE MARFIL (Copyright Control) MUSICA LATINA ARIOLA/BMG J.GABRIEL,E.OKAMURA ( J.GABRIEL) LOS CAMINANTES CHIQUILLA 28 FUE SU VOZ (Copyright Control) 38 NEW EN EL MUNDO I LUNA/FONOVISA A.DE LUNA 35 HOY ME HE VUELTO A ENAMORAR ( Lanfranco, CHARLIE ZAA DESEOS 1 SIN DUDA, 39 NEW SONOLUX/SONY H.GUTIERREZ (C.PEREZ,E.CADICAINA,B.DE JESUS) ASCAP) VICENTE ESTATUA DE MARFIL SIMPLEMENTE LA MEJOR! 40 RE -ENTRY 2 12 JEFE DE JEFES ITS Ediciones Musicales, BMI) i DISCOS/SONYFERNANDEZ ( J 23 LA INCERTIDUMBRE (BMG Songs, ASCAP) Discos Compactos Videolaser Cassettes Accesorios POP TROPICAL/SALSA REGIONAL MEXICAN 32 LA MAGIA DE TU AMOR (BELIEVE) (FIPP, BMI) Y MUCHO MAS! 27 STATIONS 16 STATIONS 57 STATIONS 26 LE PEDIRE PERDON (Copyright Control) LLAMENOS HOY! 1 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- 1 VICTOR MANUELLE SONY 1 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA 1 MIENTE (Fonomusic, SESAC) VISA MIENTE TROPICAUSONY DILE A ELLA EMI LATIN EL TUCANAZO 1 1 2 LUIS MIGUEL WEA LATINA 2 FRANKIE NEGRON 2 INTOCABLE EMI LATIN 10 MI ULTIMO ADIOS (Crisma, SESAC) -800 -780 -77 2 POR DEBAJO DE LA MESA WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA HOY... VIVIR SIN ELLAS 11 MOTIVOS (Fonomusic, SESAC) 6940 S W. 12 Street Miami, FL 33144 Local 1305) 262 -7711 Fax: (305) 261 -6143 3 JORDI FONOVISA DESESPER- 3 LUIS MIGUEL WEA LATINA 3 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- ADAMENTE ENAMORADO POR DEBAJO DE LA MESA VISA MIENTE 24 MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE (EXPERIENCIA RELIGIOSA) 4 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC/SONY 4 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA SONY 4 MOJADO FONOVISA NO PRETENDO TROPICAL/SONY PELIGRO MOTIVOS (Unimusica, ASCAP /Fonomusic, SESAC) 5 MILLIE EMI LATIN 5 OLGA TANON WEA LATINA 5 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA 5 NO PRETENDO (STEAL YOUR HEART) (FIPP, BMI) AMAME PORQUE NO TE ENCONTRE ACEPTA MI ERROR 6 MDO SONY LATIN/SONY NO 6 ADOLESCENTS ORQUESTA SONY 6 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE 30 NO PUEDO OLVIDARME DE TI (Ole Ole, ASCAP) ENDOS A TODAS PARTES DEL MUNDO PUEDO OLVIDARME DE TI TROPICAUSONY PERSONA... FONOVISA JEFE DE JEFES 16 NO QUIEREN QUE TE QUIERA (Striking, BMI) 7 WILL SMITH COLUMBINSONY 7 LOS HERMANOS ROSARIO KARENNOLY- 7 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS Todo en música latina MEN IN BLACK GRAM LATINO ROMPECINTURA FONOVISA MI ULTIMO ADIOS 18 OLVIDEMOS NUESTRO ORGULLO (Edimonsa, 8 CHARLIE ZAA SONOLUX/SONY 8 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- 8 BRONCO FONOVISA Folklore argentino DESEOS VISA MIENTE TU Y YO ASCAP) 9 JON SECADA EMI LATIN 9 JAILENE EMI LATIN 9 BANDA MAGUEY FONOVISA Tango LA MAGIA DE TU AMOR REGRESA A MI PERO TE AMO 33 PELIGRO (Sony Latin, BMI) VICTOR MANUELLE SONY STUART RMM 10 LA MAFIA SONY DISCOS/SONY Blues nacional e internacional 10 10 MICHAEL 15 PERO TE AMO (Ernesto Musical) TROPICAUSONY DILE A ELLA SUENO ENAMORADA Rock e internacional 11 BOYZONE POLYGRAM LATINO 11 MILLY Y LOS VECINOS 11 GRUPO BRYNDIS DISNEMI 2 POR DEBAJO DE LA MESA (Manzamusic) argentino MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE SONY TROPICAUSONY QUIZAS LATIN OLVIDEMOS... 31 QUE SE TE OLVIDO (Unimusica, ASCAP) 900.000 unidades en stock permanente 12 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA SONY 12 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIGSONY 12 THALIA EMI LATIN TROPICAUSONY PELIGRO NO PRETENDO AMOR A LA MEXICANA 20 QUE SOLO ESTOY SIN TI (Mas Latin, SESAC) Ofertas todos los meses 13 DIEGO TORRES RCA/BMG 13 JORDI FONOVISA DESESPER- 13 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE SE QUE HAY ALGO MAS ADAMENTE ENAMORADO FONOVISA EL MOJADO... 29 QUISIERA (2000 Amor) 14 CHAYANNE SONY LATIN/SONY 14 DLG SIR GEORGE/SONY 14 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ SONY 21 SOLO CONTIGO (Huina) TAL VEZ ES AMOR LA QUIERO A MORIR DISCOS/SONY ES LA MUJER Zabala 3941. Teléfonos: (01) 555- 6100/6200 4 Fax: 555 -6400. 15 FEY SONY LATIN/SONY 15 MANNY MANUEL MERENGA- 15 BANDA EL RECODO FONO - 9 TE SIGO AMANDO (BMG Songs, ASCAP) MUEVELO ZO /RMM PARECE MENTIRA VISA QUE SOLO ESTOY... 1427 Capital Federal. Buenos Aires. Argentina. 101 Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart 13 TU Y YO (Vander, ASCAP) E -Mail dbn @sicoar.com or more than 20 weeks will not receive a bullet, even A it registers an increase in detections. Airpower awarded to those records which attain http://wwwdbnmusic.com.ar 700 detections for the first time. If two records are bed in number of ays the record being played on more stations is placed first. Records 6 VIVIR SIN ELLAS (Copyright Control) below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. C 1997 Billboard/BPI Communications, Inc.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 35 www.americanradiohistory.com AUGUST 16, 1997 NOTAS Billboard. AUGUST 16, 1997 THE (Continued from preceding page) Billboard® 5OTNSOUndSC® cert. One constant, however, is that Latin the shows are staged in intimate Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by Top Contemporary Christian.. """I venues. W w vi 5 3 . 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE The next Sólo Con Invitación set 3 F, ARTIST á Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales SoundScan® is 18 in slated for Sept. San Fran- W w reports collected, compiled, and provided by. 1111111 Z * tilt * GREATEST GAINER /NO. 1 * * * cisco. Tito an H ARTIST TITLE 2 7 CHARLIE ZAA SONOLUX82136 /SONY 1 week at No I SENTIMIENTOS Puente Jr., honoree at cD ® r c'' 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Billboard's fourth annual Latin LUNOVISA 2 1 8 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE 80711 ® JEFE DE JEFES Music Awards earlier this year, has ** No. 1 * * 3 3 42 GRUPO LIMITE POLYGRAM LATINO 533302111 PARTIENDOME EL ALMA BOB CARLISLE A? signed with Compose /Tropico, a 1 1 58 DIADEM 1139 /PROVIDENT ® 15 weeks at No. 1 SHADES OF GRACE 4 4 27 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA 0001 VIVIR record subsidiary of Newark, N.J. - Ire based PPI Entertainment. Puente is 2 2 89 DC TALK FOREFRONT 5140 / CHORDANT JESUS FREAK 5 5 14 JUAN GABRIEL/ROCIO DURCAL ARIOLA 47805/BMG ® JUNTOS OTRA VEZ his due in October, cutting debut, 3 47 POINT OF GRACE WORD 9694 LIFE LOVE & OTHER MYSTERIES © 9 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS ARIOLA 46527/BMG TE SIGO AMANDO with producer /songwriter A.B. 3 7 6 15 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA EMI LATIN 56921 ® TUCANES DE ORO Quintanilla. Puente's label pre- 4 5 9 THE SUPERTONES BEC 7401 /CHORDANT ® SUPERTONES STRIKE BACK 8 8 37 JULIO IGLESIAS COLUMBIA 67899/SONY TANGO miere will be released on Compose/ 5 4 5 CLAY CROSSE REUNION 10005/PROVIDENT® STAINED GLASS

9 7 5 - THALIA EMI LATIN 57977 AMOR A LA MEXICANA Tropico subsidiary imprint La Casa. 6 6 63 JACI VELASQUEZ MYRRH 6995/WORD HEAVENLY PLACE 10 10 74 SONY LATIN 81795/SONY gg PIES DESCALZOS MTV Latin America has signed ® an exclusive, panregional consumer - VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 11 7 INTOCABLE EMI LATIN 56694 IV 7 7 40 ® products agency deal with Grupo SPARROW 1562/CHORDANT A WOW -1997: THE YEAR'S 30 TOP CHRISTIAN ARTISTS AND SONGS ( 12) 22 27 FEY SONY LATIN 82059/SONY TIERNA LA NOCHE Losani. Under terms of the pact, ® 9 48 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1554 /CHORDANT SIGNS OF LIFE 13 12 4 VICENTE FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS 82356/SONY ESTATUA DE MARFIL Grupo Losani will operate as MTV "O Latin America's merchandising 12 19 CAEDMON'S CALL WARNER ALLIANCE 46463/WCD MI CAEDMON'S CALL 14 16 22 BRONCO FONOVISA 6063 ® LA ULTIMA HUELLA agent to develop and expand the (DI NEW PHILLIPS, CRAIG AND DEAN STAR SONG/SPARROW 0156/CHORDANT® WHERE STRENGTH BEGINS 15 17 23 SELENA EMI LATIN 19207 EXITOS Y RECUERDOS MTV names via licensing deals in 16 7 DISA 57594/EMI LATIN ASI ES EL AMOR 13 GRUPO BRYNDIS apparel, accessories, stationery, and 11 8 18 CARMAN SPARROW 1565/CHORDANT I SURRENDER ALL -30 CLASSIC 17 19 92 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA 0506® ENRIQUE IGLESIAS gift and novelty lines. 12 10 7 CHRIS RICE ROCKETOWN 1528ANORD ® DEEP ENOUGH TO DREAM 18 18 9 VICTOR MANUELLE SONY TROPICAL 82334/SONY A PESAR DE TODO Ramiro Burr, music reporter for 13 13 76 NEWSBOYS STAR SONG 0075/CHORDANT TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER 19 15 15 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA EMI LATIN 56922 ® TUCANES DE PLATA The San Antonio (Texas) Express- News and a contributor to Billboard, 20 14 9 LA MAFIA SONY DISCOS 82267/SONY ® EN TUS MANOS 14 11 66 KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILYA GOSPO CENTRIC 2127/CHORDANT WHATCHA LOOKIN' 4 has signed a contract with Billboard ALEJANDRO FERNANDI2 Saw DISCOS 82080150NY MUY DENTRO DE MI CORAZON 21 20 32 Books to produce the first reference ci 18 14 KATHY TROCCOLI REUNION 10003/PROVIDENT ® LOVE AND MERCY 22 21 36 PEDRO FERNANDEZ POLYGRAM LATINO 534120 ® DESEOS Y DELIRIOS guide to regional Mexican sounds. 16 15 7 OLETA ADAMS HARMONY 7701 /CHORDANT COME WALK WITH ME 23 24 14 OLGA TANON wEA LATINA 18733 ® LLEVAME CONTIGO Tentatively titled "The Billboard 17 16 23 PETRA WORD 9929 PETRA PRAISE 2 WE NEED JESUS 24 21 11 ILEGALES ARIOLA 47761/BMG REBOTANDO Guide To Tejano, Conjunto, And Regional Mexican Music," the book CI 32 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS BEAST 53172 DJ LATIN MIX '97 18 14 58 REBECCA ST. JAMES FOREFRONT 5141 /CHORDANT ® GOD is due in spring 1999. 26 28 23 LOS ANGELES AZULES DISA 53791/EMI LATIN INOLVIDABLES The soundtrack to the film "Sele- 19 17 76 AUDIO ADRENALINE FOREFRONT 5144/CHORDANT BLOOM 21 26 4 ALABINA ASTOR PLACE 4004 ALABINA na" has received gold and platinum NEW VALUE PAC BEC 7402/CHORDANT JALAPENO 28 23 9 LIBERACION DISA 57261/EMI LATIN UN LOCO ROMANTICO certifications by the Recording 21 36 VARIOUS ARTISTS HOSANNAI1NTEGRITY 10492/WORD REVIVAL AT 29 25 10 DI BLASIO ARIOLA 48018/BMG SOLO Industry Assn. of America. 21 BROWNSVILLE BMG rockers Los Fabulosos CI 46 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS PUTUMAYO 131 LATINO! LATINO! 22 22 74 THIRD DAY REUNION 0117 /PROVIDENT THIRD DAY Cadillacs are slated to perform li 31 50 6 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE FONOVISA wee TOP NORTENO Tuesday (12) at the Latin Laugh 23 23 44 CRYSTAL LEWIS MYRRH 5039/WORD I. BEAUTY FOR ASHES in The festi- 32 29 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS SONY LATIN 82232/SONY LO NUESTRO Y LO MEJOR Festival San Antonio. 24 19 33 VARIOUS ARTISTS HOSANNAVINTEGRITY 8952/WORD SHOUT TO THE LORD hosted Daisy 33 33 24 MICHAEL SALGADO JOEY 8560 RECUERDO ESPECIAL val, by Fuentes and Paul Rodriguez, will air on Show- 25 24 35 DONNIE MCCLURKIN WARNER ALLIANCE46297/WCD DONNIE MCCLURKIN 34 38 50 LUIS MIGUEL wEA LATINA 15947 NADA ES IGUAL.. time later this year. The Cadillacs, 30 8 REALITY CHECK STAR SONG 0158/CHORDANT REALITY CHECK CI 35 2 BANDA EL RECODO FONOVISA 9580 DE PARRANDA CON LA BANDA by the way, are the artist of the a month for August on MTV Latin 21 25 12 VIRTUE VERITY 50032 /PROVIDENT VIRTUE THE GREATEST PART OF ME 36 34 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI LATIN 57391 1997 TEJANO ALL -STARS America. ® NEW PAUL WILBUR HOSANNA! /INTEGRITY 11512/WORD HOLY FIRE 31 49 4 FRANKIE NEGRON WEACARIBE 18730/WFA LATINA CON AMOR SE GANA 29 28 33 MXPX TOOTH & NAIL 1060' /DIAMANTE IN LIFE IN GENERAL 38 31 12 ` KINITO MENDEZ Jan 82304/SONY EL DESCRETO THE BIG SWITCH: Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart is scheduled Ol 42 39 SELENA EMI LATIN 53585 SIEMPRE SELENA 30 27 16 SMALLTOWN POETS FOREFRONT 5163/CHORDANT SMALLTOWN POETS to be converted to an audience 40 39 19 LOS TEMERARIOS FONOVISA 6064 EN CONCIERTO VOL. II chart, beginning with the Sept. 6 31 32 35 OUT OF EDEN GOTEE 3826/WORD ® MORE THAN YOU KNOW 41 40 15 LOS HERMANOS ROSARIO KAREN 0188/POLYGRAM LATINO Y ES FACIL? issue. The songs appearing on the 32 29 41 ANOINTED MYRRH 7006/WORD ® UNDER THE INFLUENCE 42 30 9 LUCERO UNIVERSAL 11630 PIEL DE ANGEL audience chart will be ranked 39 39 RAY BOLTZ WORD 9937 NO GREATER SACRIFICE 43 43 42 BOBBY PULIDO EMI LATIN 38229 ENSENAME according to their individual num- Q ® of listeners. The rankings of 44 47 4 BANDA MAGUEY FONOVISA 5969 EL MUNDO GIRA ber the VARIOUS ARTISTS 34 38 15 titles currently appearing on Hot VINEYARD/STAR SONG 9243/CHORDANT CHANGE MY HEART OH GOD, VOLUME 2 45 48 2 CAIFANES ARIOLA 50111/BMG LA HISTORIA on VARIOUS ARTISTS Latin Tracks are based their 35 31 11 46 37 5 THE NOISE HOUSE OF MUSIC82399/SONY THE BEST GREATEST HITS individual number of detections. HOSANNAI /INTEGRITY 11492/WORD REVIVAL - SONGS OF FIRE FROM ABOVE 47 44 71 GIPSY KINGS NONESUCH 79399/AG TIERRA GITANA Cs RE -ENTRY SUSAN ASHTON SPARROW 1458/CHORDANT ® A DISTANT CALL 48 41 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS ARIOLA 48492/BMG VERANO '97 HART NOTES: Colombian C 37 33 19 ANDRAE CROUCH QWEST/WARNER ALLIANCE 46511/WCD PRAY 49 RE -ENTRY THALIA EMI LATIN 36850 EN EXTASIS singer Charlie Zaa scales The Bill- board Latin 50 this issue for the RE -ENTRY VARIOUS ARTISTS VINEYARD/STAR SONG 9200/CHORDANT CHANGE MY HEART OH GOD 50 RE -ENTRY GRUPO MOJADO rONOVISA 9477 SUENO Y REALIDAD first time with "Sentimientos" a 39 RE -ENTRY PLUMB ESSENTIAL 70008/PROVIDENT PLUMB POP TROPICAL/SALSA REGIONAL MEXICAN (Sonolux /Sony). Zaa's package of tropical covers of Latino standards 40 37 138 BEBE & CECE WINANS SPARROW 7048/CHORDANT GREATEST HITS 1 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONO- 1 CHARLIE ZAA SONOLUx/SONY 1 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE is not only his inaugural chart -top- V SA VIVIR SENTIMIENTOS FONOVISA JEFE DE JEFES Q Records with he greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 VICTOR MANUELLE SONY TROP- 2 GRUPO UNITE POLYGRAM LATI- per, but is also the first No. 1 album for sales of 500,000 units; RIM certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional million indicated AmouvemG TE SIGO AMANDO PESAR DE TODO NO PARTIENDOME EL ALMA IrbNYA by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two hours, LATINA In 3 JULIO IGLESIAS CoLUMBIN 3 OLGA TANON wEA 3 JUAN GABRIEL/ROCIO DURCAL by Colombian imprint Sonolux. the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. All albums available on cassette and CD. *Aster- SONY TANGO LLEVAME CONTIGO ARIOLA/BMG JUNTOS OTRA VEZ addition, Sonolux becomes the first isk indicates vinyl available. indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications. 4 THALIA EMI LATIN 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS PUTO- 4 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA ® AMOR A LA MEXICANA MAYO LATINO! LATINO! EMI LATIN TUCANES DE ORO label not based in the U.S. to reach 5 SHAKIRA SONY LATIN/SONY 5 FRAMOEPG40NVUFACAR8FAWFA 5 INTOCABLE EMI LATIN IV top of The Billboard 50. PIES DESCALZOS Uane,CCNAMORSEGMIA 6 VICENTE FERNANDEZ sow gs the Latin 6 FEY SONY LATIN/SONY 6 KINITO MENDEZ J &N/SONY cOS5ow ESTATUA DE MARFIL Sales of "Sentimientos," which TIERNA LA NOCHE EL DESCRETO 7 BRONCO FONOVISA 7 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FONOVISA 7 LOISHERNYYV06RO66Po0 LA ULTIMA HUELLA surged 21% to 4,500 units, helped ENRIQUE IGLESIAS KARB*CLYGRAM UMW/ ESFPOL7 8 SELENA EMI LATIN offset a southbound Latino retail Visit Billboard (Milne 8 ILEGALES ARIOLA/BMG 8 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC/SONY EXITOS Y RECUERDOS REBOTANDO ABRIENDO PUERTAS 9 GRUPO BRYNDIS DISNEMI market, whose top 50 titles man- 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS BEAST 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS wEA LATINA LATIN ASI ES EL AMOR aged to move only 63,000 units. on the Internet DJ LATIN MIX 97 MERENGON 10 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA 10 ALABINA ASTOR PLACE 10 CUBIWISMp FEAT. JESUS ALE- EMI LATIN TUCANES DE PLATA Zaa finally is scoring at radio, ALABINA MANY HANMBAIjRnmDls;MALEMBE 11 LA MAFIA SONY DISCOS/SONY where his leadoff single, "Deseos," 11 DI BLASIO ARIOLA/BMG 11 MICHAEL STUART RMM EN TUS MANOS http://www.billboard.com SOLO CUENTOS DEL VECINDARIO 12 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ eases onto Hot Latin Tracks at No. 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS saw Law 12 JAILENE EMI LATINAQUI ESTOY SONY DISCOS/SONY MUY DEN- 39. Industry news and announcements updated daily saw LO NUESTRO YLOMEJOR 13 VARIOUS ARTIS S MFFA TRO DE MI CORAZON Weekly Trivia Contest - win prizes 13 LUIS MIGUEL WEA LATINA LATINAMERENMADNIM 13 PEDRO FERNANDEZ POLYGRAM There is very little upside action NADA ES IGUAL... 14 JUAN LUIS GUERRA 440 LATINO DESEOS Y DELIRIOS among the other titles in the upper Billboard Sneak Peek 14 LUCERO UNIVERSAL KAREN/POLYGRAM LATINO 14 LOS ANGELES AZULES DISNEMI - PIEL DE ANGEL GRANDES EXITOS LATIN INOLVIDABLES echelon of The Billboard Latin 50, Weekly Charts with Music Samples 15 CAIFANES ARIOLNBMG 15 OSCAR D'LEON RMM 15 LIBERACION DISNEMI LATIN - Hot Products - updated weekly LA HISTORIA EN NUEVA YORK UN LOCO ROMANTICO save for Fey's "Tierra La Noche" (Sony Latin /Sony), which vaults 22- Questions? Call: 2 12- 536 -1402 /1-800-449-1402 O Albums with the greatest sales gains his week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 12. of CD were sparked by 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the Sales that e -mail: info@billboard- online.com symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two h,Qms, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the shows number of discs and/or tapes. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. indicates past and present Heatseeker the Mexican teen star's three titles. ® 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. Aug. 1 -3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

36 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music AUGUST 16, 1997 To p Gospel Albums.. Iii Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales SoundScan® little harder than what I've been doing," Walker states. 6 6 6 reports collected, compiled, and provided by I I I I I II 3 3 ó "Not to really take away from this album, which is TITLE Ñ ARTIST great. I'm just my worst critic. I've always been kind y. 3 LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL of steady with my focus and keeping my listeners happy, but I think that it's time for us to really reach * * NO. 1 * * GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION out. I'm not going off the deep end or anything like 1 1 11 B -RITE 90093/INTERSCOPE 10 weeks at No. 1 GOD'S PROPERTY SPIRIT that, but I want to flavor it up and stretch out." To that end, his next effort will be a studio release. 2 2 36 SOUNDTRACK ' ARISTA 18951 THE PREACHER'S WIFE "In studio, I believe I'll be able to show more tal- the 3 3 67 KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILY GOSPOCENTRIC 72127 WHATCHA LOOKIN' 4 by Lisa Collins ent and vocal control as opposed to church, where we really depend on that audience interaction to get things 4 5 7 OLETA ADAMS HARMONY 1601 COME WALK WITH ME MILESTONES: After months of unconfirmed reports going," Walker explains. "For the record, I am extreme- THE CANN SPIRITUALS 5 4 3 that Kirk Franklin was being courted by TV execs to ly tired of singing to people who have already gotten VERITY 430TO21 ® LIVING THE DREAM: LIVE IN WASHINGTON D.C. HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR produce and star in a comedy series that would be devel- the message. I believe there's a dying world that's hun- 6 12 6 VERITY 43023 in LIVE IN LONDON AT WEMBLEY oped just for him, it is now official. Universal Television gry for change, and the real ministry of Jesus is to go VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 22 has signed the Grammy Award -winning artist to star out and compel men to come. So now I'm just laying Q CGI 165252 TODAY'S GOSPEL MUSIC COLLECTION in a sitcom that would play heavily to his gospel and back trying to figure out ways to take the church to the FRED HAMMOND & RADICAL FOR CHRIST 8 62 music base. The Gospo Centric recording artist would world." 6 VERITY 43045 cE THE SPIRIT OF DAVID also serve as co- producer and music supervisor on the So what has he come up with? Q 10 40 DONNIE MCCLURKIN WARNER ALLIANCE 46297 DONNIE MCCLURKIN show, which will be developed by Ralph Farquhar "I'm still praying," he counters. "I dare to be differ- VIRTUE ( "Moesha "). Franklin was not available for comment. He ent, but I also want to make sure that I don't offend the Ci 12 12 VIRTUE VERITY43020 is doing guest appearances with God's Property and saints." T.D. JAKES 11 9 25 wrapping up the Tour of Life. Come October, he will be INTEGRITYM'ORU67931 /EPIC T.D. JAKES PRESENTS MUSIC FROM WOMAN, THOU ART LOOSED! featured on the cover of Vibe magazine. BOUND FOR GLORY: All of the gospel industry is 12 11 14 SHIRLEY CAESAR WORD 68003 /EPIC is A MIRACLE IN HARLEM prepping for the Gospel Music Workshop of America, BALANCING MINISTRY WITH MUSIC: Hezekiah which gets under way Saturday (9)- Saturday (16) in 13 13 40 ANOINTED WORD 67804/EPIC® UNDER THE INFLUENCE Walker is feeling more like a juggler than a pastor and Cincinnati. More than 60 workshops will cater to a pro- CARLTON PEARSON 14 18 25 PRECIOUS MEMORIES top gospel recording star. But the 35- year -old founder jected delegation of 20,000, including some of gospel's WARNER ALLIANCE 46354 ® LIVE AT AZUSA 2 of the 1,000- member, Brooklyn, N.Y. -based Love Fel- biggest names for the group's 30th -anniversary meet. 15 15 10 ANDRAE CROUCH' ()WEST 45924/WARNER BROS. PRAY lowship Tabernacle and director of the Love Fellow- Its theme, "Celebrating the dream and the dreamer," 16 17 40 BEBE & CECE WINANS SPARROW 37048/EMI GREATEST HITS ship Crusade, who is on the road promoting his latest pays homage to the late Rev. James Cleveland, who album, "Live In London At Wembley " -No. 6 on the founded the group in 1967. A full slate of activities from 17 16 4 DOTTIE PEOPLES ATLANTA INT'L 10233 TESTIFY Top Gospel Albums chart for week of Aug. 2 -says the Gospel Announcers Guild -which serves as the JAMES HALL & WORSHIP AND PRAISE 1$ 14 3 things are going well. And while he is more than satis- industry track -is set to kick off Sunday (10) with CGI 161278 ...ACCORDING TO JAMES HALL - CHAPT. III fied with his latest effort, which was released in May, Malaco /Savoy's annual showcase (to be followed by a 19 20 20 KURT CARR SINGERS GOSPO CENTRIC 72138 NO ONE ELSE he is already looking to his next album. live recording session and video taping pairing the Rev. "We can always get better, and I'm looking to hit a Timothy Wright with Myrna Summers). a 25 56 YOLANDA ADAMS VERITY 43027 YOLANDA LIVE IN WASHINGTON 21 24 95 CECE WINANS SPARROW 51441 ALONE IN HIS PRESENCE

22 22 6 VICKIE WINANS CGI 161279 LIVE IN DETROIT RICHARD SMALLWOOD WITH VISION 19 66 23 VERITY 43015 ADORATION: LIVE IN ATLANTA

24 23 11 THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS BLACKBERRY 1618/MALACO STILL STANDING CHAPMAN HITS PACKAGE DUE THIS FALL: Steven GRACE AND MERCY Curtis Chapman will celebrate 10 years in Christian music 25 26 12 MARVIN SAPP WORD 68039 /EPIC HIGHER 21. col- The TRIBUTE /DIADEM with his first greatest-hits package, due Oct. a RE -ENTRY VARIOUS ARTISTS 1087 CELEBRATE GOSPEL 3 new songs Home Yet" and lection will feature two -"Not EDWIN HAWKINS "Found In You " -along with new versions of "Lord Of The 27 33 3 HARMONY 1612 DALLAS MUSIC & ARTS SEMINAR MASS CHOIR Dance" and "The Walk," which were recorded live at Abbey THE GMWA GOSPEL ANNOUNCERS GUILD RADIO ANGELS 37 4 GRORif Road Studios in London. A longform video, "The Walk," will ZS ALERO INT'L MUSIC 20155/STARSONG SO YOU WOULD KNOW be released simultaneously. It will feature footage from the 29 30 30 WANDA NERO BUTLER SOUND OF GOSPEL 223 ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD from home in Signs of Life tour, interviews Chapman's MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR by Deborah Evans Price 39 62 Franklin, Tenn., and all of his music videos, as well as CI MALACO 6022 IB I'LL SEE YOU IN THE RAPTURE footage from the sessions at Abbey Road. BAM CRAWFORD'S PURPOSE 31 36 12 GO FISH: When Jesus told his disciples he would make HARMONY 1600 THE KING IS COMING ANY DAY! them fishers of men, those 12 followers probably could never WORD BUYS LCS: Word Entertainment recently pur- 32 38 35 THE GEORGIA MASS CHOIR SAVOY 7123 GREATEST HITS have imagined that in the believers would be using an chased 1,500 copyrights from LCS Music Group, a Dallas - REV. MILTON BRUNSON AND THE THOMPSON COMMUNITY SINGERS 27 12 entirely different kind of Net to spread the gospel. But that's based company owned by Chris Christian. Among the 33 WORD 67939/EPIC HE'S STILL GOOD just what's happening on gofishnet.com. copyrights in the purchase are a 55 -song Amy Grant cat- 34 35 3 SHAWN MCLEMORE AND NEW IMAGE NEW LIFE 43022NERITY WAIT ON HIM Launched earlier this year, the World Wide Web site alog and some of Christian music's most enduring songs, includes partnerships with Word Entertainment, EMI including "Find A Way," "Praise The Lord," "Thy Word," 35 31 13 CANDI STATON CGI 161276 COVER ME Christian Music Group, SubLime Records, Damascus "Heirlooms," and "Where Do You Hide Your Heart ?" 36 RE -ENTRY V.I.P. MUSIC & ARTS SEMINAR MASS CHOIR VERITY 43014 ® STAND! Road, Pamplin Entertainment, and Praise Sound- Besides Grant's early work, the catalog includes songs by tracks, all of which promote their artists on the site using Mark Heard, Dwight Liles, Chris Christian, and White - 37 34 6 CHRISTOPHER BRINSON MALACO 4487 WHAT IF GOD IS UNHAPPY? audio and video. Gofishnet.com also offers sites for more heart's Mark Gersmehl and Billy Smiley. THE WILLIAMS SISTERS 38 21 44 than 25 Christian acts, including Newsboys, Point Of Christian began his publishing company in 1976 and for FIRST LITE 40031aam LIVE ON THE EAST COAST -LET EVERY EAR HEAR The five has been running movie studio out- LUTHER BARNES & THE SUNSET JUBILAIRES Grace, Petra, Reality Check, and Out Of The Grey. the last years a just RE -ENTRY CD ATLANTA HEAVEN ON MY MIND magazine /store hybrid site also features a "News & Links" side Dallas. Though he sold Grant's Christmas songs, he re- INT'L 10219 channel for new acts like Reality Check, Silage, and Iden- tained other Christmas song copyrights, as well as Home ND RE -ENTRY HELEN BAYLOR WORD 67803 /EPIC LOVE BROUGHT ME BACK CD Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification fo tical Strangers, as well as the Fishing Line Newsletter, Sweet Home Records master recordings including music sa es of 500,000 units; RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two hours, the RIAA which updates fans about new sites, new albums, and other from Whiteheart, Marilyn McCoo, and B.T. Thomas. multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. All albums available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates news. The site's largest channel is "Search The Shop," vinyl available. indicates .ast or .resent Heatseeker titles. L 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications. which has music categorized into 19 genres, including pop/ NEWS NOTES: Sandi Patty will perform at 3 and 8 p.m. rock, alternative, kids, R &B/gospel, country, comedy, and CDT Saturday (9) at Opryland's Chevrolet Celebrity The- instrumental /jazz. ater as part of the theme park's summer concert lineup. It's time for a New According to gofishnet.com curator Scott Shuford, the Opryland has featured Southern gospel music prominent- Mass Choir to burst upon company is readying an Amy Grant site that he says is "à ly in the past, and this season it has added contemporary beauty" Another current project is a promotion involving Christian artists to its schedule, with Michael W. Smith the gospel scene. the new self-titled Identical Strangers album on Damascus and Gary Chapman having already performed there this It's time for The Miami Road. The duo, comprising Randy Thomas and Andy Den- summer. "We have been very pleased to add some diversi- ton, has its own Web site at http: //wwwidenticalstrangers. ty to our Nashville on Stage lineup this season," says Chuck Mass Choir... corn, which includes audio clips, album lyrics, artist bios, Buckner, VP of attractions for the Opryland Hospitality ... "It's Praying Time ". and fan club information. The site also features a contest and Attractions Group. "Michael W. Smith played a concert sponsored by ESP Guitars, the group, Damascus Road, and in July, and it was a great success. We are looking forward Now available from gofishnet.com. Contestants can enter via the Web site to to Sandi Patty's concert." win an autographed ESP Viper as well as other prizes, Smalltown Poets have entered into an endorsement deal including a tour jacket, T- shirts, and posters. Winners will with Epiphone Guitars ... Three Crosses member Ed be posted from Nov 24 through Dec. 31. Nicholson has left the Benson band to pursue a solo career.

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NO_ 7 SOING CFt ITS T I T L E W R I T E R P U B L I S H E R Leiber & Stoller On The Move In L.A. THE HOT 100 I'LL BE MISSING YOU Sting, T. Gaither, Faith Evans Magnetic/BMI, Blue Turtle /BMI, Illegal /BMI, September Six'ASCAP, Chyna Baby /BMI, Janice Combs /BMI, EMI Blackwood /BMI Randy Poe, President, Builds Songwriters' Co. HOT COUNTRY SINGLES & TRACKS COME CRYIN' TO ME John Rich, Wally Wilson, Mark D. Sanders Sony /ATV Tree /BMI, Feed Them BY IRV LICHTMAN small firm consisting only of the songs writing." Kids /BMI, Starstruck Angel /ASCAP, Mark D. /ASCAP developed Leiber & written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Another area by HOT R &B SINGLES NEW YORK-"When I first went to Stoller," says Poe, who is a longtime VP Stoller since the move to Los Angeles NEVER MAKE A PROMISE Daryl Simmons Warner -Tamerlane /BMI, Boobie- Loo /BMI is work for Jerry and Mike in 1985, their of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame and catalog administration. The company HOT RAP SINGLES publishing catalogs were split up has associations with many other currently administers music via Bax MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS Christopher Wallace, S. Jordan, M. Betha, B. Edwards, Nile Rodgers between three different administra- industry groups. Music by the late orchestra leader Les Big Poppa /ASCAP, Justin Combs /ASCAP, EMI April /ASCAP, Steven A. Jordan/ASCAP, Bernard's tors," says Randy Poe, "and I was "Although we do publish about 98% Baxter, whose "bachelor pad" work and Other/ASCAP, Sony /ASCAP, M. Betha /ASCAP, Tommy Jymi /BMI essentially a one -man office trying to of their songs, we compositions are represented in a two - HOT LATIN TRACKS familiarize myself with a catalog of lit- actually have a CD set from Capitol Records, his label MIENTE Rafael Perez -Botija Fonomuslc/SESAC erally tens of thousands of songs while very broad catalog for many years. Also, the new Puff simultaneously pointing potential of thousands of Daddy album includes a sample from licensees toward the proper adminis- songs by such the Baxter catalog. trator to contact for whichever specif- writers as Jeff In Los Angeles, Leiber & Stoller Killer Tracks Buys Audio Action; ic song they wanted to use." Barry, Ellie takes advantage of the Hollywood film "Jerry" and "Mike" happen to be Greenwich, Phil scene with the presence on staff of Carlin, Arc Compile CD Packages Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the Spector, John Se- Dennis O'Donnell, whose primary songwriting legends, who put their POE bastian, Billy Edd objective is to get music out to the film publishing operation, now based in Los Wheeler, James and TV community. The company's MAKING MORE MUSIC: Produc- America, with graphics, logo, and Angeles, in the hands of Poe, who has Brown, John Kander and Fred Ebb, licensing person, Helen Mallory, nego- tion music, considered one of BMG package design by Peter Press. assumed the title of president of George David Weiss, George Jones, tiates sync uses with "peóple she actu- Music Publishing's fastest -growing Mark Wilder of Sony Music Studio Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing. and early works by Roger Miller and ally knows personally, as opposed to areas both domestically and interna- is credited with the digital master- Poe began his career with Leiber & Neil Diamond." some disembodied voice on a phone tionally, has been further enlarged by ing. Golden, who can be contacted at Stoller in New York, but because one Poe admits that signing new writers thousands of miles away," Poe says. music production wing Killer Tracks' Carlin America in New York for of the company's administration deals is "something we hadn't done in many Nashville, he says, has emerged as acquisition of Los Angeles -based inquiries on obtaining the package, was going to expire at the end of 1988, years. When the company itself is "the next piece of the organizational Audio Action, a 10- year -old company says it will be available on a world- the songwriters decided to move their owned by two of the greatest song- puzzle in the least expected manner," that offers a large library of music wide basis. business to the West Coast, and with- writers of the second half of the 20th and he's already signing songs from serving mostly the film and TV com- While its packaging runs across in three months of that decision, Poe century, one doesn't feel the [urgency] there. "Alan Jackson's recording of the munities. conventional lines, Arc Music Group says, "we had packed up and moved to to sign up a terribly large stable of George Jones/Roger Miller song `Tall, Rhona Nid Parry, former CEO of is the home of hundreds of wonderful L.A." writing talent," with the exception, he Tall Trees' went to No. l on [Billboard's Audio Action, will join Los Angeles - blues, soul, R &B, and rock'n'roll "As the administration deals adds, of making catalog deals. Hot Country Singles & Tracks], fol- based Killer Tracks, reporting to VP/ songs, 150 of which have been assem- expired," says Poe, "we took a deep Among the company's first individ- lowed by `Blue,' written by Bill Mack GM Gary Gross. Parry also brings bled in a six-CD collection of chart- breath and began to bring the whole ual writer deals is one with Kevin and recorded by LeAnn Rimes. `Blue,' her staffers, account exec Jonathan ed material from 1948 to 1972. The operation in-house. By early 1990, we Bowe, who has had writing success on which sat quietly in the catalog for 30 Fox and sales assistant Yael Nucci, full- length performances are by such had created a full operational publish- albums by Kenny Wayne Shepherd and years or so, has now won just about to Killer Tracks. Along with BMG ageless writer /artists as Howlin' ing company with all the necessary Jonny Lang. "When we signed Bowe, every possible country music award. We Music's recent purchase of Scandi- Wolf, Chuck Berry, John Lee components- licensing, royalties, I was thinking of him strictly as a also had a tune on BR5 -49's latest album navia's big Match Music production Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Little Mil- copyright, creative, business affairs, songwriter. Then we did a showcase at and even a Cledus "T." Judd parody of music house, BMG Music Publishing ton, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, etc." the Ash Grove in Los Angeles, and `Jackson' on his latest. Trisha Yearwood, Worldwide president Nick Firth and Clarence "Frog Man" Henry, Leiber & Stoller Music consists of Jerry, Mike, and I looked at each other Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, the Maver- says his company ranks in the top including covers of Arc Music Group four entities: Jerry Leiber Music, Mike and said, `Oh. He can sing, too.' So he's icks, and many other country artists three in U.S. music production. Killer songs. Stoller Music, Trio Music, and Quartet recently gone into the studio with have been recording songs from our cat- Tracks, bolstered by the Audio The company's Marshall Chess is Music. David Z to cut three sides we'll be alog over the past few years." Action acquisi- the "concept "One of the biggest misconceptions shopping. We'll be sending him to Internationally, Poe says, "we tion, plans to master " /pro- about the company is that we are a Nashville, among other places, to do co- recently overhauled that aspect of the add at least 50- ducer, with company, too. After being with the 60 new album [Words &Musiç Barry Ennis same multinational for 11 years, I releases annu- as the compila- brought Connie Ambrosch on board in ally, according tion producer January 1996 to help put together the to Gross. and Harry best possible team overseas. She and I Waring han- headed to MIDEM, where we began a THE MAS- by Iry Lichtman dling master- yearlong search for the proper sub - TERS: Two ing. Art direc- publishers to represent the company. major indepen- tion is by Craig We finally settled on various indepen- dent publishers with the song goods Braun. Contact Arc Music Group in dents in most territories, while using to show for it have entered the promo New York for information. one major, BMG, in several territories CD catalog: Carlin America and the as well." Arc Music Group. CAMERA ACTION: ASCAP is And on Broadway, of course, the Carlin America, founded and oper- offering a panel and group discus- works of Leiber and Stoller themselves ated by Freddy Bienstock, has sion, in conjunction with the Inde- are represented by the long- running assembled 129 of its most active copy- pendent Music Project, on "Music "Smokey Joe's Cafe," now in its third rights in an eight -CD set housed in For Film" Aug. 19 at the society's year there and'also running in London an impressive wooden cube. Featur- headquarters in New York. The panel and on tour. The Atlantic album won a ing full recordings by top perform- will cover film scoring and song 1995 Grammy for best cast album. ers, the CDs are divided into "Classic placement in movies. The moderator Poe began his career as a DJ in Mus- Rock & Pop" (four CDs), "Standards is Alex Steyermark, music supervi- cle Shoals, Ala.., in the late '70s and & Showtunes" (two CDs), and "Coun- sor for the new October Films entered music publishing in 1980 as try Classics" and "Rhythm & Blues" release "Kicked In The Head." The assistant to the GM of Carl Fischer (one CD each). Among the songwrit- panel starts at 6:30 p.m., to be fol- Music in New York. He is the recipient ers represented are Richard lowed by a reception at 8. Call Lauri of the 1991 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Jim McTurner at 212-621 -6485. Award for his book, "Music Publishing: Steinman, Ernesto Lecuona, John A Songwriter's Guide," and was a Kander and Fred Ebb, Hank Bal- PRINT ON PRINT: The following Grammy nominee in 1994 for his pro- lard, Townes Van Zandt, and are the best -selling folios from Hal duction of the Rhino four -CD boxed set . The Carlin Leonard Corp.: "Songs Of The West." He is a member America catalog includes E.B. Marks 1. "Hercules," vocal selections. of the National Academy of Popular Music,'which was formed more than 2. Counting Crows, "August And Music, the Assn. of Independent Music 100 years ago and is now owned by Everything After." Publishers, and the National Academy Carlin America and the Rodgers and 3. "Rent," vocal selections. Center Of Attention. John Fogerty, right, met recently with ASCAP senior of Recording Arts and Sciences. He is Hammerstein estate. 4. Oasis; "Other Side Of Oasis." /director of membership Todd Brabec before his performances at New York's VP also VP of the California Copyright The project was produced by Bob 5. , "Acoustic." Manhattan Center. Fogerty has been touring in support of his new Warner Bros. Conference and a member of the Sing Golden, VP of marketing at Carlin album, "Blue Moon Swamp," a copy of which is being held by Brabec. Out! magazine advisory board.

38 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com Studio Action ARTISTS & MUSIC Clute Corners Nashville's Growing Hard -Disc Market BY DAN DALEY became increasingly complex. On them, and I found that digital record- the norm in Nashville. Clute used more live and spontaneous." productions for Michelle Wright, ing makes that space very dramatic. tube analog input devices, such as The future of Midtown as a facili- NASHVILLE -This city has opened BlackHawk, and earlier Diamond Rio Where analog smooths things out, Telefunken V72 and V76 and API ty is less certain for Clute. He has six major -league studios at three recordings, Clute used a variety of digital lets them fall together. The mike preamps and an old Gates M39 already decided to build a new studio facilities in less than two years, many digital audio workstation systems to idea of nonlinear digital simply means tube compressor, to warm up the and is in preliminary discussions of them bringing a new level of tech- fix vocal pitches and amend guitar I can get that effect faster. I like edit- sound of drums and guitars before with Tom Hidley regarding a design. nology to the town: Nashville now has solos during overdub sessions. ing and punching off a wave form and going into the Fairlight's Crystal The location of the new facility has five Solid State Logic 9000J consoles "It worked its way into the record- being able to zoom in on a track while A/D converters. not been decided; it could be at and several surround- sound -ready ing process in stages," says Clute. "It doing it like I can on "What was different was the abil- Clute's home or in another location. mixing rooms, and over the summer was a matter of degrees. Starting out the MFX -3. It gives ity to selectively EQ parts of the What he's sure of is that it will be the first 5.1- surround mixes were with the Fairlight CMI system, I'd you a visual refer- basic tracks using the Fairlight's clip declaratively a private studio. The 7- done in Nashville. use it to tweak vocals. Then I started ence for punches. If EQ function, a clip- and -paste -capa- year -old Midtown, which was Nor- But presaging this new round of using a Fairlight for overdubs like you're listening to 15 ble, variable -Q, four -band digital EQ bert Putnam's Digital Recording in a technological rejuvenation are the drum replacements. It was speeding vocals stacked up, that allows any section of any track previous incarnation, may or may not hard disc -based major -label records the process up and at the same time you can go in and or group of tracks to have a specified remain, but if it does, it will be as a done by producer /engineer Mike moving [it] closer to the tracking find that fifth pass if EQ setting kick in for a predeter- completely for -hire facility. What Clute at Midtown Tone & Volume, an stage. Finally, I was using it as an you want to fix or mined period of time," he explains. keeps uncertainty about that in place ostensibly for -hire facility that he auxiliary system to expand the num- raise it up simply by "Instead of getting a compromise is Clute's observations on Nashville's owns off Music Row but one that he ber of tracks on a session. It was just looking at it." EQ for the entire track, as we have expansive studio community. has kept so busy in the last four years a matter of time before I used it for FILE BlackHawk's last to do in a linear situation, I can EQ "We're fixing to see a pretty good that it might as well have been a pri- an entire project." several albums, in- only the parts I need to, down to a shake -up at some point," he says. vate studio. Clute himself is a particularly good cluding its recently released "Love & tom hit." "Studios are compelled to either In late 1995, Clute recorded and candidate for nonlinear recording. Gravity," were also done on Fair - Asked about his last fully tape -for- spend the money and upgrade or else co- produced (with Tim DuBois) Brought up on analog after years as lights; in the case of that record, two matted project, Clute says he honest- find niches for themselves. Some of "Big," Diamond Rio's fourth outing a musician, engineer, and studio 24 -track MFX -3 -plus systems were ly can't recall it after more than five them dig themselves into holes in the on Arista Records, completely on a owner in Fargo, N.D., he eschews the employed, emulating the 48 -track dig- years in a nonlinear world. His first process. That's where the shake -up Fairlight MFX -3 24 -track hard -disc obligatory praise that analog gener- ital format that has become virtually system was a 16 -track Fairlight bor- will come from." recording and editing system-the ally reaps regarding its fat sound by standard in Nashville in recent years. rowed from ZZ Top guitarist Billy However, the new major -league first major -label country artist to saying, "It drives me nuts that [the Clute reported the lock -up time Gibbons, which was used to record rooms of Nashville -three at Ocean have bypassed the tape route com- sound] changes. No matter what you between the two hard-disc systems at parts of both the first Diamond Rio way, two at Starstruck, and Master - pletely. He hasn't looked back to lin- do, the top end of analog always falls less than a half-second, a time span and BlackHawk records. In both fonics' Tracking Room -won't be the ear media since. off after the first two or three play- he expects to decrease further using cases, Clute's co- producers - Diamond primary culprits in any market cor- Hard -drive systems have become backs. It's a matter of physics, the a Sony nine -pin remote control on Rio on its own records and Mark rection, Clute adds. "At first, local more in Nashville of late as curve of where the particles stabilize. future sessions. Bright on BlackHawk -had few studio owners were worried that a means to edit vocals and solos, as I missed the compression of analog The actual recording process for qualms about using the virtual format. they were gonna get wiped out by well as a method of gaining addition- when I first switched to digital. But Clute is remarkably similar to the "The only real issue for anyone them, but I don't believe that they've al tracks as country productions my records have a lot of space in linear digital sessions that are still who's new to it is concern about com- really banged into much of the puters crashing," says Clute. "And Nashville business yet. They've been that's a pretty remote concern, actu- attracting people here who might not ally. When you're starting a record have otherwise come to Nashville to these days, I think you ask yourself record." two questions: Analog or digital, and Still, Clute voices his concern that . PRODUCTI N CREDITS O then, if you choose digital, tape or Nashville may be expanding faster BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (AUGUST 9, 1997) hard disc? To me, if you've decided to than the market may warrant. "If CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY MODERN ROCK MAINSTREAM ROCK go digital, what's the point of using you look at just country, which is TITLE I'LL BE MISSING YOU NEVER MAKE A CARRYING YOUR LOVE FLY LISTEN tape at all? If anything held [hard - pulling back on rosters and budgets Artist/ Puff Daddy & Faith PROMISE WITH ME Sugar Ray/ Collective Soul/ disc recording] back, it's that there right now, then the studios are Producer Evans (Feat. 112) / Dru Hill/ George Strait/ David Kahne Ed Roland have been few systems that have expanding too quickly. But as a music (Label) Sean "Puffy" Combs, Daryl Simmons Tony Brown, George (Lava/Atlantic) (Atlantic) Nashville Stevie J. (Island) Strait adapted to music recording, with center aside from country, (Bad Boy /Arista) (MCA) things like single- screen dedicated still doesn't get the recognition it controllers so you don't have to be deserves. Most people don't realize RECORDING DADDY'S HOUSE SILENT SOUND EMERALD SOUND NRG STUDIOS HOUSE OF BLUES STUDIO(S) (New York, NY) STUDIOS (Nashville, TN) (Studio City, CA) (Memphis, TN) opening windows all the time in a ses- the work that Keith [Thomas] has Engineer(s) Michael Patterson, Axel (Atlanta, GA) Steve Marcantonio David Kahne Greg Archilla sion. Those are things that the done at Bennett House with people Neihaus. Doug Wilson, Thom "TK" Kidd Fairlight MFX -3 system offers, and like Whitney . Nashville Lane Craven, Joe Pererra it makes all the difference in the needs a few things to break on other RECORDING SSL 4000G SSL 4064G SSL 4000 Custom w/ Neve 8068 SSL G Series world for making music. Once you charts that can be identified clearly CONSOLE(S) Ultimation can operate in a real -time way so that with Nashville." the system is transparent to the pro- Clute's production credentials are RECORDER(S) DTR 900 Studer Protools Studer A800 Studer A820/A827 Otarì 827 DA88 ject, then hard -disc clearly becomes sufficient to provide entry to the the way to go." most exclusive Nashville club of all: MASTER TAPE Ampex 499 3M 996 Ampex 467 BASF 900 Ampex 499 While bands best lent themselves country label head. It's an ambition initially to hard -disc recording, Clute readily acknowledges harbor- MIX DOWN DADDY'S HOUSE SILENT SOUND MASTERFONICS SCREAM STUDIOS LARABEE STUDIOS Clute's most recent productions, ing. "Hey, I have the ego and the STUDIO(S) (New York, NY) STUDIOS (Nashville, TN) (Studio City, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Engineer(s) Michael Patterson, Sean (Atlanta, GA) Chuck Ainley David Kahne Greg Archilla including Canadian country artist greed," he jokes. "But seriously, I "Puffy" Combs Jon Gass Dwayne Steele, indicate that the think it's a natural progression that process has become fairly transpar- after you've done a number of CONSOLE(S) SSL 4000G SSL 4064G SSL 4064E w/ G Series SSL 4056G SSL 90001 ent. "It's at the point now where the records, you want to try to apply computer session players on a solo artist's your approach to a larger business. record don't even realize they're You want to say, `Try it this way' in RECORDER(S) Studer A800 Studer A820/A827 Studer D827 Studer A820 Studer A827 recording to hard disc until they hear more than the studio. What I also an edit I assembled played back," think is that you can't separate the says Clute. "One of the bands I creative and technical side from the MASTER TAPE Ampex 499 3M 996 Ampex 467 BASF 900 Ampex 499 worked with actually said to me that business and marketing side, because they didn't feel like they were work- when you move beyond being a pro- - MASTERING POWERS HOUSE OF HIT FACTORY GEORGETOWN PRECISION SOUND PRECISION ing hard enough because of the hard ducer, there are points at which those Engineer SOUND Chris Gehringer MASTERS Stephen Marcussen MASTERING disc recorder -they felt like it was will conflict in ways that never hap- Herb Powers Denny Purcell Stephen Marcussen making it a little too easy. But what pened in the studio. So I've been HIT FACTORY that is is the fact that they're not sit- making a point of educating myself Carlton Batts ting out in the studio hammering on in other aspects of this industry. I over In have integrat- CD /CASSETTE BMG PDO -HTM UNI WEA WEA phrases and over again. ret- think people MANUFACTURER rospect, I think that constant passes ed all those aspects, like Tony Brown, at something, trying to nail it, makes are the ones who are the most suc- © 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications, Hot 100, R &B & Country appear in this feature each time; Mainstream Rock, Modern Rock, Rap, Adult performances sound more stiff; the cessful presidents who are Contemporary, Club Play, and Dance Sales rotate weekly. -label hard -disc recordings, to me, sound also still great producers."

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 39 www.americanradiohistory.com nteT H E L A T E S T N rnatioE W S A N D V I E W S F R O M A R O U N D T naH E W O R L D `Italian Grammys' Show Set GEMA, IFPI Deals Open Inaugural Ceremony To Be Broadcast Live Door To Germany Online BY MARK DEZZANI sake, with a 1,500- strong panel of launched an "official" albums and This story was prepared by Christ- Germany. Italian music -industry profession- singles chart using electronic point - ian Lorenz, music industry and talent A temporary site demonstrating MILAN -The first edition of Italy's als and music journalists voting of-sales technology and has found- editor, Music & Media MCY's facilities - excluding commer- long -awaited "official" music awards for the winners in each category ed the Federation Against Music cial options like downloads and mail ceremony will take place Nov. 28 in from a pre -selected list of nomi- Piracy to combat high sales and dis- BERLIN-Electronic music delivery in order-has been running since July 10. the northwestern city of Turin. nations. tribution of illicit recordings in Italy Germany will enter a new era with the The fully developed site will be pre- Although an official announce- The fact that FIMI has placed the (Billboard, Jan. 26, 1996). Oct. 1 scheduled launch of MCY sented at German broadcast technolo- ment is not expected until mid -Sep- For the past two years, another Mediacity by Berlin -based webeaster gy show IFA '97, which takes place tember, industry sources say that music awards event, PIM (Italian Fritsch & Friends. Aug. 30 -Sept. 8 in Berlin. the event, which is being given the Music Awards), has taken place In a historic move, German authors' Labels involved in the project at its interim title of the Italian Gram - F.I.M.I. each spring. The show is sponsored society GEMA and Fritsch & Friends inaugural stage include independents mys, will be aired live during prime by national Radio have signed a memorandum of under- EAMS, In- Akustik, Blue Flame, and time on RAIUNO, the primary TV Deejay, Musica! magazine (a week- standing that, provided the anticipated Alex Merck Music. Media consultancy network of the country's public ser- event at the beginning of the busiest ly supplement to the daily La agreement between the German group Music Workz is handling the selection vice broadcaster RAI. sales period of the year is an indi- Repubblica newspaper), and MTV's of the International Federation of the of musical genres and core artists for The Italian Grammys are being cation of a wider market strategy Southern Europe channel. Musical Phonographic Industry, GEMA, and MCY, as well as the development of sponsored by Italy's major labels' from the body. "The industry has editor Ernesto Assante, one of Fritsch & Friends is ratified as cooperative deals. body, FIMI, which is seeking wider big expectations that the new PIM's organizers, says he welcomes planned, opens the door for the devel- According to Fritsch & Friends pres- industry support. The event is being awards ceremony will boost sales FIMI's new Italian Grammys. opment of Germany's first music on -line ident Bernhard Fritsch, "offering pre- coordinated in collaboration with even further during the vital pre - "Both events are different in that provider, offering users the chance to listening or full electronic downloads of the organizers of the Salone Della Christmas sales period," says one our awards are voted for by the lis- listen to samples of selected tracks and tracks through MCY is optional to par- Musica, a music fair open to the local label executive. teners, readers, and viewers of the buy the relevant recording via mail ticipating labels. If a company prefers industry and the public, which will The music awards are the latest respective sponsoring media, while order or fast digital downloading. to sell by mail order or just wants to pro- take place for the second time Oct. FIMI- inspired initiative aimed at the awards for FIMI's event will be Under the present agreement, the mote their artists or products via MCY, 16 -21 in Turin. boosting the low per- capita spend- voted for by industry insiders," says site can be accessed from all over the we can offer customized packages." The Italian Grammys will follow ing on recorded music in Italy. In Assante. "Any new initiative to pro- world, but electronic distribution fea- MCY promises German users high - closely the model of its U.S. name- the past two years, FIMI has mote music is welcome." tures are restricted to users residing in (Continued on next page) Dos Or Die Dance Label Links With Epic BY DOMINIC PRIDE DJ Quicksilver to Positiva in the U.K. The Dos or Die deal is similar to one 'ony Music Entertainment Positiva has the rights to the next two Epic struck earlier this year with Pel- German dance indie Dos or Die has DJ Quicksilver albums, says Epic. ham Power Productions (3P), the Australia & New Zealand made a licensing and distribution deal First domestic releases from the imprint owned by Moses Pelham, a with Sony Music Germany's Epic label. label will be "Ayla" by Cosmanova and member of German rap act Roedel- i V ege-O The deal will bring such artists as "Up (LaLaLa)" by La Voix. They are heim Hartreim Projekt (RHP). That tett DJ Quicksilver, La Voix, Cosmanova, due Aug. 18. deal also brought in Sabrina Setlur, and Hypertrophy into the Epic stable. Dos or Die, based in Krefeld, near who has had a top 10 album with "Die DJ Quicksilver has had a Europe -wide Dusseldorf, will retain creative auton- Neue S- Klasse" (The New S- Class) top 10 hit with his Euro -house tune omy under the deal, says Heiko Müller, and a No. 1 single with "Du Liebst "Belissima." dance product coordinator for Epic, Mich Nicht" (You Don't Love Me). roue Effective July 1, the pact replaces and is free to use independent distrib- RHP and Setlur, who was formerly Dos or Die's German mainstream dis- utors for club and DJ shop sales, as known as Schwester S, were signed to tribution deal with Arcade Deutsch- well as independent sales and promo MCA Germany. land. forces such as indie distributor Q Dos or Die has two singles on the is understood some Dos or Music and promoters Public Propa- Deutsche Dance Charts top 50: Hyper- Virgin Territory. The Virgin Group's new has signed an exclusive It that Die will go through Epic com- ganda. trophy's "Just Come Back 2 Me" and licensing and distribution agreement for Australia and New Zealand with Sony output panies internationally, although some Epic Germany has its own dance Gino Y's "Te Quiero Ya!" Music Entertainment. Pictured after concluding the deal, from left, are Denis -existing will still apply. label, Epidrome, but that label's reper- Calls to Dos or Die's founder and Handlin, chairman /CEO of Sony Music Australia, and V2 label manager Greg pre contracts Until now, Dos or Die has licensed indi- toire will be handled separately from managing director, Andreas Schneider, Johnson. vidual records to indie labels, including Dos or Die. were not returned by press time.

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P'Gram Gets Close To Indie Stores BY WOLFGANG SPAHR labels' catalog. Breaker Force marks the commence- newsline... Says Peine, "The Breaker Force is ment of a new era of looking after small- HAMBURG -PolyGram Germany is made up of young people aged between to medium-sized record retailers. He aiming to get closer to its customer 21 and 27 who know their way around notes that PolyGram staff will now be THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND'S SUPREME COURT ruled Aug. 1 that U2's base with a new team of young, well - the scene. They are equipped with visiting the smaller stores that are often PopMart concerts scheduled for Aug. 30 and 31 at Dublin's Lansdowne informed representatives known as the first -class information from the reper- overlooked by label representatives. Road stadium can go ahead. The court overturned an earlier ruling Breaker Force. toire company, giving them high cred- "We want to talk more about music in by the country's High Court, which had banned the gigs following A main feature of the team's role will ibility with retailers. The over -20s can the future," says Peine. complaints by local residents. "I'm pretty sure [the decision] was be in breaking new talent as well as talk about music Over the past few months, the Break- because it was U2 and their hometown," says John Giddings, Euro- maximizing sales from established acts, and trends and er Force has been conducting trial runs pean consultant to PopMart promoter The Next Adventure. Giddings, and a major result of the team's work olyGram show the perspec- and is already claiming success with who says the promoter "has always been aware of the planning re- will be that often -ignored smaller Ip tives which the the emergence of Mercury acts Der quirements," adds that Irish law will need additional clarification to retailers will have face -to -face contact new acts have." Wolf, Cake, Foxy Brown, and Soraya; cover other large outdoor events. KEN STEWART with label staff. The Breaker Force is PolyGram's Polydor's Jonny Lang; Fiddler's Green "We want to discuss product with attempt to steer retailers toward what and Sash!; and Motor's Nana and NEW YORK LABEL VELVEL RECORDS has inked a licensing deal with retailers more intensely and on a the company believes are potentially Khaleda. Germany -based ZYX Music to cover Germany, Austria, Switzerland, longer -term basis again," says Hart - big sellers among the plethora of new Says Peine, "The fact that we are the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Ini- mut Peine, managing director of Poly - product on the market. effectively setting up separate distrib- tial releases will be from Velvel acts Five -Eight, Gram Distribution. "The Breaker Force has enough ution operations for new artists is not Prairie Oyster, and Michelle Malone and artists on He says that more than a dozen patience to see acts through to suc- only being welcomed by retailers but is Velvel- affiliated labels Gypsy Records, the Bottom 4111111> young employees will travel across Ger- cess," claims Peine. "Initially, we will also encouraging producers, managers, Line Record Co., U.K. -based Fire Records, and many visiting stores to present new not be primarily focusing on sales tar- and artists to include PolyGram in their soundtrack label Reelsounds, as well as Razor & acts and new albums from existing gets but on the quality of the product." career strategies to an even greater Tie Entertainment, in which Velvel has a noncontrolling interest. The stars and to represent the PolyGram Peine says he is convinced that the extent." pact springs from the 20 -year friendship of Velvel chairman Walter Yetnikoff and ZYX chairman Bernard Mikulski, who worked togeth- er at CBS. MARK SOLOMONS CMA Builds Country Base In Australia JOHN BROMELL, managing director of Warner/Chappell Music Aus- tralia, is stepping down Sept. 1 due to ill health. A 30 -year veteran of music publishing, former drummer Bromell started his Names Local Rep, In Talks To Televise Awards Show business career at Essex Music in 1968, founded the BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER "If anyone wants to tour," says Smith, who, as far as I'm concerned, are the local arm of Rondor Music in the mid- 1970s, and was "we can provide them with a number of new adult music." founding managing director at Warner /Chappell in Aus- -The Country Music Assn. venues, the promoters, or record sales." Resistance from retail and radio re- tralia in 1988. Among his signings were Midnight Oil, (CMA) is expanding its presence Down In turn, Australian acts will get a mains. But country gained a greater Cold Chisel, and Richard Clapton, and more recently Under, appointing its first local repre- helping hand in the U.S. The CMA and profile after February's switch to an he has worked with country writers Lee Kernaghan, sentative: Trevor Smith, a radio veteran CMAA enjoy a close relationship, with electronic collection of chart data. Gina Jeffries, and Troy Cassar Daley. "I'm not retiring from music," of 30 years who heads radio and TV pro- members of one appearing on the "There certainly are more Australian says Bromell, who explains that he will resurface in "a less stressed duction company Hear & There Com- other's boards. Last summer, the CMA country records showing up," says Max environment." CHRISTIE ELIEZER munications. set up functions when a contingent of Ellis, CEO of the CMAA. Smith reports to Jeff Green, senior Sony and ABC acts -Lee Kernaghan, Department chains such as Kmart U.K. INDIE RECORDS is losing sales manager Simon Morgan, director of international and new busi- Gina Jeffries, Tommy Emmanuel, Mark have become major outlets as a result. who is leaving to set up his own one -stop sales, marketing, and pro- ness development, in CMA's Nashville O'Shea, and Troy Cassar Daley -per- How this has affected consumer sales duction house. Morgan quit China Aug. 1 but will continue to work on headquarters. will not be seen until two major multi - a consultancy basis "at least until the end of the year," according to The CMA is negotiating with TV platinum artists, Kernaghan and Jef- the company. Initial clients for his new venture, Splendid, include networks to air September's CMA freys, release albums early next year. Domino Records, Sanctuary Music Productions, Planet 3 Records, and Awards here and liaise with labels for "They normally debut in the top 10," One World, the latter of which has a roster including Alexander retail point-of -sale campaigns around says Meryl Gross, head of contempo- O'Neal. the event. Also, its CD- sampling CDX rary music of ABC Records, the label of service is being made available to radio. both acts. "It'll be interesting to see if CD MANUFACTURER DISCTRONICS is claiming that it will be the first Smith's brief includes gaining corporate formed at Fan Fair in Nashville. Cassar they have a longer ride in the charts company to make DVDs in the U.K. when new equipment is opera- sponsorship and raising the music's pro- Daley is international guest performer rather than slide out quickly." tional this fall at its Southwater plant, south of London. The compa- file in that corporate sector. He will at this year's industry- oriented SRO The market's buoyancy is indicated ny is to install a DVD mastering system at its plant in Plano, Texas, work with the Australian Recording Awards, held during CMA Week. by new signings in recent months. later this month and has ordered replication equipment for the for- Industry Assn. (ARIA) and the Coun- Smith has a considerable reputation These include singer/songwriter mat for its U.K. plant that is due to arrive in early September. Disc - try Music Assn. of Australia (CMAA) in country circles. As CEO of Kick Felicity to EMI and fiddle player Pixie tronics, which also has a facility in Albi, France, is expanding its pro- to collect statistics on the local market. Media, he introduced an ambitious "cool Jenkins to ABC, while Sony took over duction capacity, with a target of 600,000 discs per day. country rock'n'blues" to the Harvestone label, the home of Bec- Sydney. His weekly magazine -style cy Cole. Larrikin's acquisitions include U.K. PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR held a reception GEMA, IFPI DEALS radio show "The Outback Club," hosted Don Webley, Sydney contemporary July 30 for music stars and executives at his offi- by ABC Records' multi- platinum singer band the Stetsons, and Adelaide blue- cial London home at 10 Downing St. The informal (Continued from preceding page) Kernaghan, is aired nationally on 57 sta- grass act Trevor & Kim Warner. event was to acknowledge the success of the music speed downloads via the o.tel.o data tions to 750,000 -1 million listeners. Locals are also making a dent abroad. industry and other areas of show business. Guests network, backed by utilities companies "To ensure this [cultural exchange] is Capitol artist Keith Urban and Sherri included Noel Gallagher of Oasis, the Pet Shop RWE and VEBACOM. Once a track a two -way street, there has to be a Austin, who recently signed to Arista, Boys, Blur's Damon Albarn, British Phonographic has been selected for download, users policeman at the crossroads," says War- are Australians based in the U.S. Sony's Industry director general John Deacon, and can avoid delays on the Internet by dial- ren Fahey, deputy managing director of Emmanuel is working with Chet Atkins DEACON Creation Records founder Alan McGee. ing direct into the o.tel.o net from with- Festival Records. "Trevor Smith has the in Nashville on his second album. JEFF CLARK-MEADS in the MCY site. The actual download intelligent appreciation of country music Hence, while the welcome mat has is then channeled through o.tel.o. as a cultural expression to do just that." been put out for the CMA's arrival, AMERICAN RADIO PRESENTER CHARLIE WILDE is to return to the U.S. In combination with a two -channel Australia is the third -largest country some people fear that its promotion of from the U.K., where he has been hosting a breakfast show on Lon- ISDN connection, users can download music market behind the U.S. and American artists here would adversely don dance station Kiss FM since last summer. The British Home with 128,000 bits per second, reducing Canada. It accounts for 7% of the $680 affect the growth of local talent. CMAA Office recently refused to renew his work visa and told him to leave average download time for a single million domestic market, according to research finds that 44% of Aussie coun- the country. He hosted his last show on Kiss Aug. 1. track to less than one minute, depend- ARIA. Preliminary CMAA figures esti- try fans were partial to local acts and MIKE McGEEVER ing on song length and terminal hard- mate the sector's worth at $250 million 16% to overseas records (38% had no ware. Australian ($195 million). A survey preference), but the reality is that INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (IMP), the U.K. -based print Music Workz and Fritsch & Friends undertaken by AMR: Quantum Harris American records far outsell local ones. music arm of Warner /Chappell and the continental European sub- are currently processing around 10,000 and issued last October found that 38% Eric Watson, manager of Selection sidiary of Miami -based Warner Bros. Publications, has laid off 11 titles to be included at the commercial in the 18 -25 demographic listened to Records in New South Wales, says, staffers at its London headquarters. Among those leaving is manag- launch of the site in October. Eventual- country, with 15% claiming it as their "Having to deal with cultural imperial- ing director Ron Fry, who spent nine years in the post and a total of ly, MCY plans to cover most commer- favorite style of music. ism, intended or not, has always been a 27 years with Warner. Trevor Callaghan has been appointed acting cially available music genres, including Smith admits that country has an problem for us. Consumers still believe managing director. IMP posted a loss of 1 million pounds ($1.7 million) rock/pop, dance, classical, world music, outdated image Down Under. "The sit- it's better if it comes from America. for the financial year ending November 1996. NIGEL HUNTER and jazz. Fritsch expects "music fans uation is getting better. But audiences That's a worry shared by our artists, to use MCY's facilities extensively in haven't been exposed enough to the managers, and agents, although many the run -up to Christmas." exciting new talent coming through won't necessarily say so in public." f

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CANADA (SoundScan) 08/16/97 NETHERLANDS (Stichting Mega Top 100) 08/09/97 AUSTRALIA (ARIA) 08/10/97 ITALY ( Musica e Dischi/FIMI) 08/04/97 THIS LAST THIS LAST THIS LAST THIS LAST WEEK WEEK SINGLES MEEK MK SINGLES WEEK WEEK SINGLES %%133( KW( SINGLES PUFF DADDY & FAITH 1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU 1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH 1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH 1 4 BAILANDO PARADISIO so IT YOURSELF EVANS (FEAT 112) ARISTA EVANS (FEAT. 112) BMG EVANS (FEAT. 112) BMG 2 5 OH LA LA LA 2 A EDEL 2 2 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) BACKSTREET 2 6 MEN IN BLACK WILL SMITH COLUMBIA 2 2 HANSON MERCURY 3 3 D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN OASIS EPIC BOYS JIVE (ZO DE DJ 3 2 MEISJE LELIJK ALS NACHT) MADMAN 3 3 BITCH MEREDITH BROOKS EMI I 4 UH LA LA LA ALEXIA DWNHIT AND 3 3 D'YOU KNOW WHAT MEAN OASIS COLUMBIA TIP TOP 6 4 4 WHEN DOVES CRY QUINDON TANNER EMI TIC, TAC DE LA PASSION oEP 4 4 TIC, FRUIT 4 3 WERELD ZONDER JOU MARCO BORSATO & TRIJN- 5 1 COMING BACK DJ DADO TIME 5 HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY AZ YET FEATURING 5 15 DO YOU KNOW (WHAT IT TAKES) ROBYN RCA 5 TJE OOSTERHUIS POLYDOR 6 2 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH 6 NEW EVERYBODY ( BACKSTREET'S BACK) BACKSTREET PETER CETERA BMC 5 4 I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE ETERNAL FEATUR- EVANS (FEAT 112) MOVIMENTO/BMG BOYS JIVE 6 9 HOW COME, HOW LONG BABYFACE & STEVIE ING BEBE WINANS EMI 7 8 FREE ULTRA NATE AIRPLANE/ZAC 7 6 HOW DO I LIVE LEANN RIMES CURB WONDER EPIC 6 5 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) BACKSTREET 8 7 IN A DREAM ROCKELL RCA 7 NEW MEN IN BLACK WILL SMITH COLUMBIA 8 7 WANNA B LIKE A MAN SIMONE JAY VIRGIN GET COOLIO FEATURING 40 BOYS JIVE/ ZOMBA 9 5 C U WHEN U THERE 8 7 EVEN WHEN I'M SLEEPING LEONARDO'S BRIDE 9 12 (UN, DOS, TRES) MARIA RICKY MARTIN COLUMBIA 12 SEX ON THE BEACH T -SPOON ALA BIANCA THEVZ TOMMY BOY/WARNER 7 MARTIN COLUMBIA MUSHROOM 10 9 HIDDEN PASSION TI.PI.CAL. NEW MUSIC 10 9 WE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE WYCLEF JEAN FEA- 8 7 (UN, DOS, TRES) MARIA RICKY 9 6 BURN TINA ARENA COLUMBIA 11 13 EL TALISMAN ROSANA UNIVERSAL TURING REFUGEE ALLSTARS COLUMBIA 9 8 YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY SHOLA AMA WARN- 10 10 ALONE BEE GEES POLYDOR 11 10 NOT TONIGHT LID KIM TOMMY BOY/WARNER ER 12 11 AROUND THE WORLD DAFT PUNK VIRGIN 11 YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME JEWEL EASTWEST 12 11 BREATHE PRODIGY XL/KOCH 10 13 C U WHEN U GET THERE COOLIO FEATURING 40 8 13 15 OBSESSION CHASE DEEP BLAZE/A&D GAMES (WITH MY HEART) BACK- THEVZ PIAS 12 17 AROUND THE WORLD DAFT PUNK VIRGIN 13 12 QUIT PLAYING 14 10 SPIELER FROM RIO LAGUNA TIME STREET BOYS JIVE 11 NEW LEVEN NA DE DOOD FREEK DE JONGE EMI 13 11 SONG 2 BLUR EMI 15 NEW SOMETHING'S GOING ON TODD TERRY ZAC 14 14 THE PERFECT DRUG 12 20 GOTHAM CITY R. KELLY ZOMBA 14 13 MAMA/WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE SPICE 16 RE WHAT'S UP DADDY SKUBA NEW W &W NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 13 9 MMMBOP HANSON MERCURY GIRLS VIRGIN 15 8 CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN PUFF DADDY 17 19 LA REGOLA DELL'AMICO 883 FRI /RTI 14 19 U2 LAST NIGHT ON EARTH MERCURY 15 16 FOREVER DAMAGE LIBERATION /SONY (FEAT MASE) ARISTA EPIC RE IT'S A REAL WORLD MOLELLA & PHIL JAY TIME 15 18 HISTORY /GHOSTS MICHAEL JACKSON 16 12 ASHES TO ASHES LONDON 18 LAST ON EARTH U2 POLYGRAM 16 13 NIGHT JONGENS 0 DIE 3 [BAG 16 15 17 15 CEMETERY SILVERCHAIR MURMUR/SONY 19 NEW MR. GORGEOUS SMOKE CITY JIVE/VIRGIN 16 LUNCHBOX MARILYN MANSON NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 17 10 TOEN IK JE ZAG HERO POLYDOR FAITHLESS FESTIVAL 20 16 DISCO CARL FEATURING MUSIC MIND DJ 18 18 GOD BLESS THE CHILD SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY 18 20 INSOMNIA 18 11 HOW COME, HOW LONG BABYFACE & STEVIE 19 NEW INSOMNIA FAITHLESS ARISTA 19 14 BREAK ME, SHAKE ME SAVAGE GARDEN ROAD- MOVEMENT WONDER EPIC 20 RE GET DOWN (YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME) BACK- SHOW 19 14 SAMBA DE JANEIRO BELLINI VIRGIN ALBUMS STREET BOYS JIVE 20 NEW NIGHTMARE BRAINBUG EMI 20 17 ALWAYS ON MY MIND ELVIS PRESLEY BMG 1 1 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA SUGAR ALBUMS ALBUMS ALBUMS 2 2 883 LA DURA LEGGE DEL GOL FRI /RTI 1 1 PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY NO WAY OUT ARISTA 1 5 HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE MERCURY 1 2 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND PIAS 3 4 PINO DANIELE DIMMI COSA SUCCEDE SULLA 2 2 SARAH MCLACHLAN SURFACING ARISTA 1 ROADSHOW VIRGIN 2 SAVAGE GARDEN SAVAGE GARDEN 3 4 SOUNDTRACK MEN IN BLACK COLUMBIA 2 1 SPICE GIRLS SPICE TERRA coo 3 ETERNAL BEFORE THE RAIN EMI 3 3 PAUL KELLY SONGS FROM THE SOUTH WM/SONY 4 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW! 2 WEA 4 4 NEW DA UN PALCO NOT LISTED WEA 4 2 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND DANCEPOOL/SONY 5 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN 4 3 NO MERCY MY PROMISE BMG 5 5 5 LITFIBA VIVA LITFIBA COD 6 NEW SOUNDTRACK SPAWN EPIC 5 5 DAVID BOWIE THE SINGLES COLLECTION EMI 5 6 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN 6 6 NEK LEI GLI AMICI E TUTTO IL RESTO WEA 7 6 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND xl/KOCH 6 NEW PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY NO WAY OUT BMG 6 4 NO MERCY MY PROMISE BMG 8 7 OUR LADY PEACE CLUMSY EPIC 7 7 MARCO BORSATO DE WAARHEID POLYDOR 7 10 JEWEL PIECES OF YOU EASTNEST 7 7 LITFIBA MONDI SOMMERSI EMI 9 8 HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE MERCURY 8 12 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMI 8 9 K.D. LANG DRAG WEA 8 9 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND UDP/RTI COLUMBIA 10 11 SAVAGE GARDEN SAVAGE GARDEN 9 8 SKUNK ANANSIE STOOSH VIRGIN 9 7 BEE GEES STILL WATERS POLYDOR 9 12 JOVANOTTI LORENZO 1997- 12ALBERO MERCURY 11 12 MEREDITH BROOKS BLURRING THE EDGES CAPI- EMI 10 NEW MEREDITH BROOKS BLURRING THE EDGES 10 12 BOB CARLISLE BUTTERFLY KISSES JIVE LIBERATION 10 11 RICCARDO COCCIANTE INNAMORATO COLUMBIA TOL 11 13 JANTJE SMIT IK ZING DIT LIED VOOR JOU ALLEEN 11 8 JOHN FOGERTY BLUE MOON SWAMP wEA 11 10 VASCO ROSSI ROCK RICORDI/BMG 12 15 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE MERCURY 12 14 FAITH NO MORE ALBUM OF THE YEAR LONDON 13 9 TRANSMISSION THE TEA PARTY EMI 12 8 MINA MINANTHOLOGY EMI 12 6 TOTAL TOUCH TOTAL TOUCH VMS OK EMI 14 10 THE TRAGICALLY HIP LIVE BETWEEN US DNIVER- 13 11 RADIOHEAD COMPUTER NEW SOTTOTONO SOTTO EFFETTO STONO WEA 13 10 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB FEATURING RY COOD- 13 SAL 14 13 CELINE DION FALLING INTO YOU EPIC ER BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB MUNICH 14 15 PAOLI TURCI OLTRE LE NUVOLE WEA 15 13 THE WALLFLOWERS BRINGING DOWN THE 15 15 NO DOUBT TRAGIC KINGDOM UNIVERSAL 14 19 SOUNDTRACK MEN IN BLACK COLUMBIA 15 13 CLAUDIO BAGLIONI ANIME IN GIOCO COLUMBIA HORSE INTERSCOPE 16 19 THE TEA PARTY TRANSMISSION EMI 15 14 RUTH JACOTT HARTSLAG DINO MUSIC 16 16 ULTRA MUTE/BMG 16 NEW ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA PHILLIPS POLYGRAM 17 17 THE OFFSPRING IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE COLUM- 16 15 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA POLYDOR AMANDA MARSHALL EPIC 17 NEW C. SIMONETTI XTERROR FILES 2 POLYGRAM 17 17 AMANDA MARSHALL BIA 17 11 HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE MERCURY 18 16 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMI OK COMPUTER EMI THE DAY EPIC 18 19 RADIOHEAD VAN JAAP FISHER EMI 18 RE BABYFACE 19 20 SOUNDTRACK NOTHING TO LOSE TOMMY BOY/WARN- 18 17 JAAP FISHER DE LIEDJES NEW PANTERA OFFICIAL LIVE: 101 PROOF WEA 19 NEW ROSANA LUNAS ROTAS UNIVERSAL ER 19 16 UB40 GUNS IN THE GHETTO VIRGIN 19 20 18 SOUNDTRACK ROMEO + JULIET EMI 20 14 U2 POP POLYGRAM 20 RE LIVE SECRET SAMADHI RADIOACTIVE/UNIVERSAL 20 NEW GUUS MEEUWIS & VAGANT VERBAZING ARCADE

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The two musician/producers behind this quiet rev- 9 6 D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OASIS CREATION 10 RE UH LA LA LA ALEXIA BLANCO Y NEGRO olution are Swiss expatriates Markus Keusen and Marcel Rutschmann of the UNESCO -sup- 10 RE I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE ETERNAL FEATUR- ALBUMS organization Intercambio Musical E Cultural de Mocambique. Armed with min- ING BEBE WINANS 1ST AVENUE/EMI ported cultural 1 1 ANA TORROJA PUNTOS CARDINALES ARIOLA imal recording equipment and a commitment to provide some infrastructure for the city's ALBUMS 2 5 JARABE DE PALO LA FLACA VIRGIN enormous creative talent, Keusen and Rutschmann have produced three albums by local artists 1 1 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND XL 3 2 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/VIRGIN 2 2 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA SUGAR/POLYDOR that capture the diversity of Beira's music. The mule group XS Zouk will shortly release its 4 6 MONICA NARANJO EPIC NOT LISTED 3 5 PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY NO WAY OUT BAD BOY album "Um Sonho" (One Dream) through Energy Records in Portugal. Meanwhile, a nine-track 5 4 ANA BELEN MIRAME ARIOLA 4 3 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN is Swiss company 6 3 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND CAROLINE ESPANA self-titled album by traditional musician David Mazembe set for release by 5 4 HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE MERCURY 7 7 NEK NEK wEA Sound Service. Mazembe, who sings in a combination of Portuguese and various vernaculars 6 6 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER PARLOPHONE AL ARTE BAIANI 7 9 TIC TAC TOE KLAPPE DIE 2TE RCA 8 8 LOS CENTELLAS POR AMOR including Txindua, Txicena, and Chuabo, enjoyed immense popularity in Mozambique during the 8 RE U2 POP ISLAND DISCOGRAFIA late 1970s but has been living in poverty for some time. The third project to be steered by Keusen 9 8 SKUNK ANANSIE STOOSH ONE LITTLE INDIAN 9 9 THE CORRS FORGIVEN, NOT FORGOTTEN DRO and Rutschmann is Djovana, a rap group comprising one girl and three boys who are all between 10 7 JON BON MERCURY 10 RE ELLA BAILA SOLA ELLA BAILA SOLA HISPAVOX JOVI DESTINATION ANYWHERE the ages of 14 and 16. Also signed to Sound Service, Djovana is set to visit Switzerland later this year for a tour organized by Daniel Kueffer's Honeybear Co. "The tour will take in weekend (RIM) 07/29/97 PORTUGAL (Portugal /AFP) 08/05/97 dates at more than 20 cities," Keusen says. "During the week, however, the group will visit schools THIS LAST THIS LAsr and tell Swiss kids, who live in an extremely wealthy country, exactly what it's like to be a teenag- WEn(wm( ALBUMS vow( wax ALBUMS er in one of the poorest places in the world." DIANE COETZER 1 2 911 THE JOURNEY EMI 1 1 PAULO GONZO QUASE TUDO SONY 2 3 DR ALBAN THE VERY BEST OF 1990-1997 BMG 2 2 THE KELLY FAMILY ALMOST HEAVEN EMI U.K.: A number of musical events are helping to raise awareness of sickle cell anemia and aplas- 3 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS MEGAROCK BALLADS EMI 3 9 RIO GRANDE RIO GRANDE EMI tic anemia, two blood disorders that affect mostly black and 4 4 HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE POLYGRAM 4 5 ANTONIO VARIACOES 0 MELHOR DE ANTONIO Asian people. The Saturday (9) Gene Aid Showcase Concert 5 NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS METAL 60'S UFE RECORDS VARIACOES EMI at London's Shepherds Bush Empire, featuring Gabrielle, 6 9 RAIHAN PUJI -PUJIAN WARNER 5 4 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN Keith Washington, and Omar, is aimed at raising funds for 7 6 SITI NURHALIZA AKU CINTA PADAMU SUWAH 6 3 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND MVM the treatment of sickle cell anemia. In June, a five -date tour ENTERPRISE 7 NEW SKUNK ANANSIE STOOSH VIRGIN featuring D- Influence, Kwesi, Attica Blues, Trevor Nel- 8 7 ZIANA ZAIN PUNCAK KASIH BMG 8 10 BEE GEES STILL WATERS POLYGRAM son, and Femi Fem, under the banner Youngbloods Eng- 9 8 XPDC BRUTAL LIFE 9 6 DELFINS SABER A MAR BMG land, encouraged blood donation among black and Asian peo- 10 RE XU MEI JING JING CAI 13 SHOU WHAT'S MUSIC 10 7 U2 POP POLYGRAM ple. Information packs were handed out along with cassette samplers of D- Influence's debut album, "London" (Echo), (GLF) 08/01/97 DENMARK (IFPI /Nielsen Marketing Research) 07/31/97 SWEDEN which is set for an October release. Dirty Devils Produc- THIS LAST THIS LAST tions, which promoted an early June free sickle cell awareness concert in north London fea- WEU WEEK SINGLES WEEK wmc SINGLES turing Shola Ama, Ultimate Kaos, and Public Demand, is planning to repeat the event Aug. 1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH 1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH 25 in Leeds. KWAKU EVANS (FEAT. 112) BMG EVANS (FEAT. 112) BMG 2 3 MMMBOP HANSON POLYGRAM 2 2 BAILANDO PARADISIO SCANDINAVIAN SPAIN: Ana Torroja, former singer of Mecano, the country's most successful pop group ever, 3 6 VAMOS A LA DISCOTECA! PARADISIO CNR 3 3 ECUADOR SASH! SCANDINAVIAN 4 5 MEN IN BLACK WILL SMITH sow 4 6 LONELY NANA POLYGRAM has made a solo comeback after a four -year silence with "Puntos Cardinales" (Cardinal Points) 5 8 ROSES ARE RED AQUA UNIVERSAL 5 10 SUPER HERO DAZE SONY on BMG /Ariola. Backed by a massive media campaign, the album soared to the top of the album 6 7 COMANCHERO ROBIN COOK STOCKHOLM 6 4 MMMBOP HANSON POLYGRAM chart the week of July 7, its first week of release, dethroning Prodigy, which had rocketed to the 7 2 D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OASIS SONY 7 5 NO TENGO DINERO LOS UMBRELLOS EMI top itself with gold (50,000) sales a week earlier. From 1981 -1993, Mecano sold 7 million albums. 8 9 UH LA LA LA ALEXIA K-TEL 8 8 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) BACKSTREET Since Torroja and brothers Jose Maria and Nacho Cano split, the act has sold another million. 9 4 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) BACKSTREET BOYS VIRGIN "Puntos Cardinales" was certified platinum (100,000) by its second week and had sold 125,000 JIVE NEW MEN IN BLACK WILL SMITH sow BOYS 9 units by late July, according to record company sources. Torroja's voice is delicate and the set's 10 RE ECUADOR SASH! SCANDINAVIAN 10 7 D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OASIS SONY recording and production superb, but the 37- year -old singer's first solo effort might have been ALBUMS ALBUMS considered too lightweight if anticipation for the quintessential voice of '80s Spanish pop had not 1 1 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND MNw 1 2 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL been so high. HOWELL LLEWELLYN 2 2 JOHN FOGERTY BLUE MOON SWAMP WARNER 2 3 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA POLYGRAM

3 3 SPICE GIRLS SPICE VIRGIN 3 1 TAESKEHOLDET VI SPARKER ROV UNIVERSAL : 17 Aug. 2), 4 4 ERIC GADD THE RIGHT WAY STRAWBERRY/EDELPITCH 4 9 SOULTANS LOVERR, SWEAT & TEARS BMG With the success of the inaugural Dangdut Awards July (Billboard, the 5 7 HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE POLYGRAM 5 5 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND Mo hybrid Indian /Arab /Malay folk -pop musical style has achieved new prominence. Illustrating the 6 8 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL 6 4 DISKOFIL SASSY SCANDINAVIAN wide range of performers that dangdut embraces are Meggy Zakaria 7 10 SMURFARNA SMURFHITS 2 CNR 7 6 ETERNAL BEFORE THE RAIN EMI and Iis Dhalia, winners of the best male and female performer cate- 8 NEW PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY NO WAY OUT BMG 8 8 CELINE DION D'EUX SONY gories, respectively. Zakaria, 51, has been a dangdut performer since 9 RE NO DOUBT TRAGIC KINGDOM UNIVERSAL 9 7 ERIC GADD THE RIGHT WAY sow 1970, although he had to wait until 1987 for his big break with the song 10 9 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER EMI 10 RE U2 POP POLYGRAM "Sakit Hati" (Heartache). "I just can't believe an old guy like me can still get it," Zakaria said upon hearing that he had won for his song NORWAY (Verdens Gang Norway) 08/05/97 FINLAND (Seura/IFPI Finland) 08/04/97 "Senyum Membawa Luka" (A Smile Brings Pain). The glamorous 25- THIS LAST THIS LAST wm(wm( SINGLES WEEK WEEK SINGLES year -old Dhalia started her career in 1988 singing pop and Mandarin national was 1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU PUFF DADDY & FAITH 1 1 D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OASIS sow tunes as a public stage singer at the park. She spotted EVANS (FEAT. 112) BMG 2 2 MATO APULANTA LEVY and signed by Akurama Records, which persuaded her to change to 2 2 I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE ETERNAL FEATUR- 3 4 BAILANDO PARADISIO K-TEL dangdut. By 1990, her second album, "Tamu Tak Diundang" (Uninvit- ING BEBE WINANS EMI 4 8_ LLL BEMISSING YOU PUFF DADDY- & FAITH - ed Guest), had sold more than 1 million copies, according to record com- 3 3 MEN IN BLACK WILL SMITH SONY EVANS (FEAT. 112) BMG 4 9 C U WHEN I GET THERE COOLIO FEATURING 40 pany sources. At the Dangdut Awards, her song "Kecewa" (Disappointed) also took the award 5 3 ECUADOR SASH! FEAT. RODRIGUEZ K -TEL THEVZ WARNER 6 NEW LAST NIGHT ON EARTH U2 POLYGRAM for best lyrics. "Now, whenever I go on stage, I'll be under pressure to prove I'm worthy of this," 5 5 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU THE REMBRANDTS 7 9 SYNTYNYT KOYHANA TEHOSEKOITIN LEVY she said. DEBE CAMPBELL WARNER 8 5 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) BACKSTREET 6 6 VAMOS A LA DISCOTHECA! PARADISIO ARCADE BOYS EMI 7 4 BAILANDO PARADISIO ARCADE SOUTH AFRICA/U.K.: During much of the 1980s, anti -apartheid protesters kept up a 24 -hour vigil 9 7 RIIDANKYLVAJA DON HUONOT BMG 8 7 MMMBOP HANSON POLYGRAM of on Trafalgar 10 10 BLUE RASMUS WARNER protest the pavement outside the South African embassy facing London's Square. 9 NEW BITCH MEREDITH BROOKS EMI Today it is a strange feeling for many of those same protesters to walk through the embassy 10 10 ECUADOR SASH! SCANDINAVIAN ALBUMS doors to enjoy the joyous township rhythms of Amampondo. On July 31, the 10 -strong percus- ALBUMS 1 1 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND sMo 2 2 ALEXIA FAN CLUB sow sion group led by Dizu Plaatjies closed its European tour with a special concert inside South 1 1 BOB DYLAN THE BEST OF BOB DYLAN Sony 3 5 JOHN FOGERTY BLUE MOON SWAMP WARNER Africa House high The originates from the Xhosa kingdom in 2 3 SMURFENE SMURFEHITS 3 ARCADE hosted by the commissioner. band 3 2 ANDREA BOCELLI ROMANZA POLYGRAM 4 3 PRINCESSA CALLING YOU WARNER South Africa's eastern Cape, where President Nelson Mandela has his own roots. Unsurpris- 5 4 HANSON MIDDLE NOWHERE POLYGRAM 4 5 AQUA AQUARIUM UNIVERSAL OF ingly, this has made the group a special favorite of the president: Last year, he nominated it to 5 4 PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND MD 6 6 SASH! IT'S MY LIFE K -TEL represent South Africa at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The band has 6 6 TROSTE & BAERE GREATEST HITS WIDEN & CO 7 8 SENTENCED STORY SPINEFARM 7 - 9 JOHN FOGERTY BLUE MOON SWAMP WARNER 8 7 PARADISE LOST ONE SECOND SMo been promoting its new album, "Drums For Tomorrow" (Melt 2000), and its vibrant live mix of 8 NEW MEREDITH BROOKS BLURRING THE EDGES EMI 9 9 APULANTA KOLME LEVY percussion, a cappella singing, and dance has received a rapturous reception throughout the tour. 9 7 POSTGIROBYGGET MELIS NORSKEGRAM 10 10 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL FOREVER K- NIGEL WILLIAMSON 10 RE HANSON MIDDLE OF NOWHERE POLYGRAM TEL

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A N I N T E R N A T I O N A L E X P A N D E D S E C T I O N Cologne -Based PopKomm Smells Success Live At Attracting Music -Loving Execs, The Increasingly Cosmopolitan Confab Is Not Just For Germans PopKomm BY JEFF CLARK-MEADS have always kept to this tradition. the expansion,' we have grown even label [FM- Revolver]." We've never, ever employed anyone further." Birch also acknowledges that the More than 300 concerts are It seems fitting that PopKomm, the from a traditional fair organizer. We Plaschke says he saw the seeds of global nature of PopKomm means planned in individual "festivals" German-based music -industry trade employ only people like ourselves." PopKomm's current substantial size extensive international business can during PopKomm in Cologne, fair, should be so like its host city of The effects of such a philosophy from day one. "At the very first Pop- be conducted there. "You meet people Aug. 14 to 17. Here are high- Cologne. were apparent from the earliest days Komm, people were discussing the there you would never meet other- lights, at press time, of some of Cologne has a no- nonsense indus- of PopKomm in Cologne's compara- music and the way the industry wise," he notes. the acts expected to perform. trial base, a strong commercial heart, tively tiny Gurzenich Hall. An early works, and they saw there were many a warm welcome, a talent for honesty memory of the event was of a super- more concerns than they had thought TOURIST ATTRACTION AUGUST14 heated, overcrowded crucible of activ- about. Here, then, is another area in Opening Night Concert: ity where people were talking about "This year, we'll see so many which PopKomm's character meshes Primal Scream, Smoke City POPKOMM music -animatedly, passionately, ex- changes within the industry, and peo- so closely with that of Cologne. The clusively about music. In those days, ple will have so much to talk about. city is at a European railroad cross- MTV & Electric Chair present: ATTENDEES there was not a lawyer or accountant This is a young business, and a lot of roads and, because of its awesome Rockers Hi Fi, Michael Reìnboth to be seen, and the situation is not people have never seen a crisis before. Gothic cathedral and other charms, (DJ), Peter Kruder and Richard 1989 1,256 very different today. They have never even seen stagnation attracts visitors from all over the Dorfmeister (remixers) PopKomm takes its name from Pop [as the German music market is now world; now PopKomm is doing the 2,052 1990 culture and Kommunication, and experiencing]. They have a strong same. AUGUST 15 1991 3,516 Plaschke says, "The intention always need and desire to talk to their col- The city and the congress also Bizarre Festival: was and still is that PopKomm simply leagues about this and discuss what share an agenda when it comes to Beck, , Suede 1992 5,010 brings people together so that they people are going to do about it." having fun. Effectively, half of can communicate. When we started Those colleagues will be people not PopKomm takes place away from the 1993 9,714 off, there was no communication just from Germany but -due to Pop - Messe, in the bars and clubs and con- of 1994 10,871 event within the German industry." Komm's now -cosmopolitan nature - cert halls around the center the The federal nature of Germany executives from across the world who city. Each year, a huge concert pro- 1995 11,914 means the country's record industry now will be able to compare and con- gram is mounted in the city as part of is scattered across a huge area. trast experiences. the PopKomm fair, and Plaschke says 1996 14,107 Though most of the major labels are At first, PopKomm was an exclu- this year's will feature about 300 acts Source: PopKomm website (www.musikkomm.de/popkomm) sively German event, but the sheer over four days. FOO FIGHTERS size of the German record market - "PopKomm has a business theme in and a great ability to enjoy itself. POPKOMM the world's third-largest behind the the widest sense of the word," he Avex Showcase: (With numerous clubs and music U.S. and Japan -made it attractive to states. "A &R is always part of that." Lakiesha Berri venues, 24 breweries, a beautiful EXHIBITORS outside interests eager to get a piece According to Plaschke, a typical act riverside district, professional foot- of the action. Then an extra element playing at the PopKomm shows will AUGUST16 ball and first-class arts, what else 1989 of attraction was added; as Germany have either a first album just MTV Four Music, Yo Mama & would you expect ?) 1990 grew in standing as a source of inter- released on a major or be an emerg- MZEE present: In many ways, Cologne is one of national repertoire, labels increasing- ing indie act. Sens Unik, Freundeskreis, MC the world's best places to sit back, 1991 ly went to PopKomm looking to li- The shows are invariably popular René, Tobi & Bo assess and discuss -as the music cense material. with the executives attending Pop- business does each August at Pop- 1992 "Germans are now more self- Komm and with the Cologne public. Bizarre Festival: of is Faith No More, Bush, Marilyn Komm. The city has a track record 1993 aware," says Plaschke, "and that makes An exciting element the concerts of communication expertise as one other people aware of what they can that 10 or more acts can be playing in Manson, Skunk Anansie, Helmet, of the centers of Germany's media 1994 do." venues on the same street, and a gen- industry; and if there's a finer way to The size of the market and the tle stroll around the gigs (with the 1995 debate and learn than over the pale - depth of the creativity has given Pop- occasional Kolsch) packs a lot of Europe, music into an evening. within -pale heart of a handcrafted 1996 Komm a reputation across Kolsch, while watching the Rhine Japan, Australia, the Pacific Rim and An added attraction is the enthusi- Source: PopKomm website (www.musikkomm.de/popkomm) wandering to the sea, you'd be hard - asm of the local fans. Cologne is not pressed to find it. as glamorous as Cannes, and the PopKomm, which is expected to in Hamburg, BMG is headquartered POPKOMM locals have not suffered glitz fatigue draw more than 14,000 delegates in Munich and EMI in Cologne, mak- through over-exposure to the world's here in its ninth year Aug. 14 to 17, ing opportunities for pan- industry, CONCERTS music and movie stars. Rather, the fits into this environment superbly face -to-face contact a rarity. genuine excitement and overt open - well. Simple, open communication - PopKomm facilitated this communi- 1999 48 mindedness of the Cologne crowd rooted in the base of an industry cation for three years in the Gurzen- 1990 51 means that bands from every sector SKUNK ANANSIE everybody loves and strongly fla- ich before rapidly rising attendance of the imagination can be virtually vored with a sense of fun -is the prin- precipitated the move to Cologne's 1991 161 assured a welcome. , Silverchair, Fettes ciple on which the fair was launched huge congress center, the Messe, in Indeed, a genuine welcome awaits Brot, Das Auge Gottes 1992 190 in 1989. 1992. everybody in the Messe. The huge "To this day, communication re- 1993 280 exhibition halls are tall and airy, and THE FOUNDING FATHERS mains the main attraction," says PopKomm slides into them without Given the nature of PopKomm's Plaschke. "Now people from all over 1994 355] restricting available breathing space. founding fathers -Dieter Gorny, Uli Europe and elsewhere come together. The quantity and quality of bars and Grossmaas and Ralf Plaschke -it We as organizers still concentrate on 1995 395 eating places and the openness, imagination of the would not be possible for PopKomm the concept of communication be- 1996 3861 attractiveness and in any other way. Each of tween people, even though the event stands mean there are always places to develop Source: PopKomm website (www.musikkomm.de /popkomm) these men had a music -industry back- has grown so big." to sit, to talk, to share a coffee or a ground and not one moment's experi- beer with someone you haven't seen ence in the business of professional GROWING AND GROWING... the U.S. for a while. convention organizing before they The move to the Messe has provid- One of the foreign organizations As Plaschke says, PopKomm's or- SILVERCHAIR established their own event. ed PopKomm with unlimited growth with the biggest presence at recent ganizers have always been eager to Further, as Plaschke, deputy man- potential. The Messe site is so huge shows is the British Phonographic facilitate communication. Through Evening: aging director of PopKomm's parent that PopKomm, MIDEM and MIDEM Industry (BPI), which drives a red, the ambience they create and the con- Amon Düíil, Guru Guru organization, Musik Komm, points Asia could all take place at the same double -deck London bus to Cologne ference program they mount, they put out, nobody working within the time without a delegate from one each year and takes it into the Messe the optimum conditions in place. Add Metalla presented by VIVA & PopKomm organization has ever show ever bumping into a delegate to use as its stand. The BPI's involve- 300 or so bands to talk about, an : come from a convention company. from another. Asked about how big ment on this scale was an initiative of industry that requires some urgent Tiamat, Moonspell "The most important fact about PopKomm will grow in this environ- organization board member Paul discussion, and the sustenance of PopKomm is that, right from the very ment, Plaschke says, "We've given up Birch, who says simply, "I think Kolsch and solid German food, and AUGUST 17 first, everybody came from the music making predictions, because every PopKomm's fantastic. The Germans nobody should be short of something Bizarre Festival: world," Plaschke states. "There are prediction we have made in the past have always been important to us. It's to say. Dog Eat Dog, Dinosaur Jr., no people who were organizers of has been wrong. Every time we have the third -biggest market in the Rammstein, Die Fantastischen conventions. I had my own band and got to the point where we thought, world, and they traditionally buy a lot Jeff Clark -Meads, international news Vier, Die Krupps, Yeti Girls, worked for a small independent label `OK, we should not grow much beyond of British product. Also, now I've got editor of Billboard, has attended Pop- Paradise Lost and publisher before coming here. We this point, and we should try to slow two German bands licensed for my Komm since 1990. 44 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com WE ALWAYS HAVE AN p P E N EAR! MEET US AT POPKOMM. : HALL 13.2 STAND NO. M10 / N10

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BY WOLFGANG SPAHR ments of the German music market PopKomm is one of our major buying companies." among the gener- events, next to MIDEM. In addition, The value of PopKomm to small COLOGNE-PopKomm '97 promises al public. "Pop- the fair offers an opportunity for edel and medium-sized companies is to be many things to all music execu- Komm gives us an staff to meet a variety of business echoed by Joachim Neubauer, manag- tives. Billboard asked several leaders opportunity to ex- partners and to make new contacts." ing director of Siegel Musikverlage. of the German music business about press important For Haentjes, PopKomm is irreplace- As a publisher and producer, Neu- their expectations and perspectives of information and able as a music- business event. bauer considers PopKomm extremely this year's event. needs to the re- According to Peter Ende, manag- important. He says that it has devel- In the view of Bernd Dopp, man- sponsible politi- ing director of EMI Publishing, oped into a commercial forum, bring- aging director of WEA Records cians," says Stein. PopKomm has become the leading ing together small companies, large Germany, PopKomm is the most "With the increas- THOMAS STEIN music fair for continental European independents and the majors in a pos- important event for the music indus- ing success of na- repertoire over the past few years. itive atmosphere. "The development try in Germany after the Echo tional artists and music productions However, Ende is critical of the fact of PopKomm has certainly overtaken Awards. "PopKomm is now of great abroad, PopKomm is of greater in- that the original idea now risks being the beginnings of MIDEM in terms of importance worldwide," Dopp says. terest to the international music in- sacrificed to a solely commercial mar- pace," Neubauer says, "And the fact "It is a forum for all creative and dustry and represents the new self - keting of the fair. Says Ende, "Or- that more and more international business -oriented `movers' in the confidence of German music makers ganizers should give top priority to firms want to come to PopKomm music scene and is top priority for far beyond the borders of Germany." ensuring the right balance between speaks for itself. The timing of WEA Records. At the same time, it Stein also sees the value of PopKomm newcomers and established operators. PopKomm [in August] and MIDEM gives the music industry an opportu- reflected in the fact that an increas- Only then will it be possible to main- [in January] is outstandingly well - nity to present itself and its philoso- ing number of exhibitors come from tain PopKomm's innovative image on a coordinated. As PopKomm is address- phy." One criticism leveled by Dopp is abroad. "When the world comes to sustained basis and increasingly nur- ing an increasingly international that some exaggerated and costly Cologne for PopKomm," says Stein, ture the interest of international audi- clientele, it is always a good opportu- presentations by companies at "it can obtain information about the ences." nity to make contacts mid -year, and PopKomm seem questionable in times enormous musical potential of this Gerd Gebhardt, president of these are certainly very useful for the when markets are stagnating, costs country through the extensive pro- Warner Music Central Europe, also fall business." rising and social problems increasing. gram of concerts presented." believes that PopKomm has a major Michael Kudritzki, managing For Helmut Fest, president of Wolf -D. Gramatke, president of impact on the success of national director of Intro in Berlin, sees Pop- EMI GSA, it is difficult to define the PolyGram in Germany, sees a syn- repertoire in Europe, adding that it Komm becoming more valuable and real value of the ergy at work between PopKomm and has become an attractive forum for important year after year, as new acts event. "For me, the international music market. "The domestic productions. According to and songwriters are found there. the big advantage seminars provide the young genera- Gebhardt, PopKomm's international Says Kudritzki, of PopKomm is tion of managers working in the importance is growing with every "Equally impor- that the German European music market with know- passing year. Communication plays a tant are the podi- music market, how," says Gramatke. "On the other key role, as there is sufficient time to um discussions in which is interna- hand, visitors can attend the concerts discuss new trends and meet up with which [music ex- tionally ignored and see and hear international partners. Says Geb- ecutives], espe- and underestima- for themselves hardt, "PopKomm is the second-most- cially the publish- ted anyway, be- HELMUT FEST just how creative important event of the year, after ers, participated comes the focus the German mu- Echo." this [past] year, to of international music activities for a sic market is." Michael Karnstedt, managing give the young MICHAEL KUDRITZKI few days," Fest says. "The original Gramatke also director of peermusic, underlines the generation infor- idea of PopKomm -to be a music - sees possibilities fact that the third -largest music mar- mation on the music business. It is oriented A &R fair -is no longer at for further deep- ket in the world needs PopKomm as a always important to show the signifi- the forefront, but one can meet a lot of ening business trade fair to help attract foreign part- cance of the producing publisher." people." contacts as a re- WOLF -D. GRAMATKE ners. "The status of German produc- Hartwig Masuch, managing Dr. Peter Hanser-Strecker, presi- sult of the in- tions, especially in the dance area, has director of BMG UFA Musikverlage, dent of the German Music Publishers creasing number of participants from increased enormously in recent years, is certain that Cologne, as one of the Association and owner of Inter- European countries at PopKomm. and PopKomm has become an estab- most important cultural centers in nationale Musikverlage Schott in Michael Haentjes, head of Ger- lished center of attraction for the Europe, is an ideal podium for repre- Mainz, says, "Unfortunately, Pop- many's largest independent label, German business," says Karnstedt. senting the German music market at Komm is not considered to be of inter- edel, says, "For us as an independent, "PopKomm is the best contact place a trade fair. That is also why the national importance, in our opinion. PopKomm is primarily a market for for the business on both the national European partners have become reg- Here, MIDEM still leads the way. buying new products. All the major and international level, and with more ular visitors to PopKomm. And this, Nevertheless, PopKomm is turning international labels and production than 14,000 visitors from all over the Masuch says, will continue to grow in into a contact exchange, offering in- companies are now represented at world, it offers good presentation pos- the coming years: "Cologne could formation possibilities on the entire PopKomm, and the result is that sibilities for small and medium -sized become a European musical Mecca." pop market." Joerg Hellwig, managing director of Polydor Germany, has an ambiva- lent relationship to PopKomm. While he is critical of what he calls the "navel-contemplating" nature of some MAN-OLIBTtj WOK ,r.~,. industry discussions and the hectic ambience of the exhibition hall, Hellwig says, "We will try to make constructive use of the fair to present O ourselves as competent partners for

all the relevant music genres. We I rmAmerica hope to be able to make some impor- tant new contacts. The increasing number of participants from abroad shows that PopKomm has achieved a it market value that is taken seriously at IRMA created in Italy, heard all over the World an international level. And this is cer- tainly very good for the third -most- important music market in the world." Thomas Stein, president of BMG GSA, says PopKomm unquestionably

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www.americanradiohistory.com International Canada `Shadows' Brings Music Jason McCoy Taps N'ville Sound Of Matt Molloy To Light Universal Playin' For Keeps' With New Artist BY LARRY LeBLANC prominent racking right up there based songwriters as Carr, Sharon AUGUST IN IRELAND, for The Chieftains, of course, have with the major Nashville acts' prod- Rice, Chris Lindsey, Clay Curtis, flautist Matt Molloy of the Chief- used Ireland's musical traditions TORONTO -Several music industry uct. We also stickered the album with Odie Blackmon, and Craig Wiseman. tains, is a time to hear music dif- as a starting point from which observers here are predicting that the single [information] and likely Additionally, among the Nashville - ferently-in the quiet of the wood- they've explored musical styles 26- year -old singer /songwriter Jason subsequent singles." based musicians featured on the lands near his County Mayo home, from around the world. (As evi- McCoy will be the next Canadian Like the Robbie Robertson- penned album are ex- Stevie Ray Vaughan or fishing aboard his small boat, dence, on this solo project, Molloy artist to break internationally. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie sideman and organist Reese Wynans alone, save for his dog, Max. includes "Chinese Lake Reflec- His Universal Music album "Playin' Down," "Born Again In Dixieland," and Rising Tide Nashville singer Del- Nature, solitude, and time for tions," learned from a Taiwanese For Keeps" was released July 1 here, written by McCoy, Naoise Sheridan, bert McClinton. reflection helped in- musician during the and its lead single, "Born Again In and Denny Carr, taps into Canadians' McCoy emphasizes how important spire "Shadows On Chieftains' tour of Dixieland," is No. 9 on Broadcast longstanding romanticism of the establishing a base within Nashville's Stone," a captivating China in 1983.) Data Systems' Canadian country American South. "So many Canadi- tightly knit music industry is to his solo album by Molloy, II(»I "What I wanted chart for the week ending July 29. ans are enamored of the Civil War," career. recently released by was to expand some of "What we're seeing with Jason is says McCoy. "Canada was born out of "There's so many people [in in AliiABR the themes, without the maturing of a major talent," says passiveness, and here's a war that Nashville] to write with and to exper- the U.S. and Virgin going outside the tra- Doug Pringle, director of program- was so close to us." iment with," says McCoy. "I had a lot Records in Europe. dition," Molloy says. ming for Rawlco Communications, "Born Again In Dixieland" was of writing appointments set up before As a member of the "Some of this music which operates country radio station developed in 1995 while McCoy was I went down. Previously, it was a globe- trotting Chief- $ would never have been CISS Toronto. "In [fel- 21/2 the past year, on a week club tour in Florida and quick [visit] and get out of there. I tains, such reflective recorded before; some low Canadian] Paul Brandt has been Alabama with songwriters Travis took more time this time. I'd go down moments can be rare, are traditional pieces the hottest male newcomer in coun- Henson, Steve Dukes, and Carr. for a couple of months. I got an apart- acknowledges Molloy, I expanded upon. try music, and Jason has the poten- "I had been working in Nashville ment there, so I essentially had a sec- speaking on the Some of the tunes dic- tial to be next." for years, but I'd never been that far ond home." phone from his home, D tate the approach. On Randy Lennox, VP /GM of Univer- south before," McCoy. "We says ran McCoy says there's little collabora- above the pub that one or two of them, sal Music Canada, predicts that around, had boiled peanuts on the tive songwriting in Canadian country bears his name. you fill in all the "Playin' For Keeps" will reach Cana- music, a marked contrast to "We did a festival by Thom Duffy spaces and dot the i's dian gold (50,000 units) by February Nashville. "Co- writing in Canada is on Saturday night in and cross the t's. On 1998, following the release here of hard logistically for many people," he Belgium and then the other side of the three singles. "We would be satisfied `What we're seeing says. "With myself, living in the little flew into Brit- pendulum are the ones where you [if] singles four or five take us to plat- farming community of Minesing tany [France] leave the open space, and allow the inum [100,000 units] level by early ... is the maturing [Ontario], there's no songwriters and had a big tune to breathe, and let the listen- spring [1998]," he says. "We had around me. There's also more night there," he er's imagination go where it will." advance orders of 18,000 units on the of a major talent' singer /songwriter stuff going on in says. "The hec- album." Canada. [Like many other Canadian tic pace that 'FAITH OF OUR FATHERS," a Despite McCoy's self -titled 1995 artists,] I don't write to pitch to other one has when collection of Irish Catholic hymns album being passed over by Nashville side of the road, and people were talk- people, and I don't have a big catalog. touring, when that will be released Sept. 9 in the labels, Lennox says he expects a pos- ing [with accents] like something out You always have a record on your you get back U.S. by Valley Entertainment itive reception to "Playin' For Keeps" of a movie. When I got back home, heels, so you stockpile [songs]. Just home, you just (Billboard, Aug. 9), has become one from executives at Universal's coun- Naoise and I decided to write a song for the limited time I've been in want to unwind of the most unusual and successful try affiliates there -Decca, MCA, about how cool the South is. We made Nashville, my [song] catalog has come and isolate concept albums to emerge from Almo Music, and Rising Tide. How- the female character a metaphor of up so much." yourself. I find Ireland in the past year. ever, no international release plans the South, seducing a Canadian down Growing up in Minesing and later that I'm doing that a little bit more Billboard's Ireland correspon- have been confirmed for the new there." in Camrose, Alberta, McCoy pri- often in recent times, and maybe dent, Ken Stewart, reports that album. "We've done a great deal of The album was produced by Scott marily listened to traditional coun- that's why the tunes relating to the project was launched by two preliminary groundwork at the demo Baggett and recorded at Battery Stu- try music. When he was 8 years old, nature have a special appeal to former insurance executives, John stage of this recording to the key dios and Woodland Digital between he astonished his parents and me." Kearns and Bernard Bennett, Nashville A&R people," he says. "We March and May in Nashville. friends by getting onstage at a local "Shadows On Stone" will appeal who invested more than $120,000 are now going down in late August to " `Born Again In Dixieland' is sen- fair and singing a version of George to listeners who know Molloy as a to record the collection with vocal- present them with the complete sational," says Pringle. "It's one of Jones' "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me key member of the Chieftains or ists Frank Patterson, Regina recording package." the best [country] recordings, Cana- (Her Memory Will)" in front of an two other seminal Irish groups, Nathan, and others, accompanied Supported by such singles as "This dian or Nashville, we've had this year. audience of 100. the Bothy Band and Planxty, in by the Irish National Symphony Used To Be Our Town," "Learning A We jumped on it the moment it McCoy's early favorites were such which he has performed. Molloy Orchestra. The album was turned Lot About Love," "Candle," and "All arrived, and phone reaction was top country stars as Merle Haggard, has recorded songs and sounds on down by several major and inde- the Way" and by his touring Canada instantaneous. The album is as fan- George Jones, Conway Twitty, and this album distinctly of his own pendent labels in Ireland before with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John tastic [as the single]. This album is a Buck Owens & the Buckaroos, as well choosing. "You begin to feel at Brian Molloy of Lunar Records Berry, and Martina McBride, Mc- huge jump forward in songwriting, as lesser -known artists Ed Bruce, times that you're an egg in an realized its potential and released Coy's 1995 MCA Record set has sold performance, and production [from Gary Stewart, Mel Street, and John omelet," he says. "You have this it under the Enigma Music label. 25,000 units in Canada to date, McCoy's previous album]." Conlee. urge every now and then to assert The album went on to become the according to Lennox. Adds Phil Kallsen, music director "I like everything OK, but tradi- yourself musically." best -selling domestic album in "We had a wonderful [sales] run of of country CKRY Calgary, Alberta, tional country music I hold sacred," Molloy does so here, accompa- Ireland in 1996, with sales exceed- 18 months on the last record," says " `Born Again In Dixieland' is an says McCoy. "The Grand Ole Opry is nied by such friends as Christy ing 200,000 units (more than 13 Lennox. awesome song. It's the best thing the deal. If anybody makes fun of it, Moore, Derek Bell of the Chief- times platinum, which is for According to Lennox, the July 1 Jason has ever recorded. It's getting I get ticked off. My parents had a tains, Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh and 15,000 units), and spawned a hit (Canada Day) release date of "Playin' a lot of requests." floor model RCA stereo, and I'd sit Ciaran Tourish of Altan, and video. Yet the album has not been For Keeps" was carefully thought However, at least one Universal for hours with records," he continues. Frankie Gavin of De Dannan. He released outside Ireland. out. "We looked at our competitors' Music Canada executive was hesitant "When Haggard would hit those low draws from such imagery as Peggy Dold, VP of A &R at Val- new [country] releases, and we made about recording the song, which was notes it'd vibrate our speakers. I'd writer Robert Gibbings' descrip- ley Entertainment, says that Enig- sure Jason would have optional tour- a last- minute addition to the album. think if I could sing that low, I'd be tions of the Irish landscape, or the ma Music, from which Valley ing opportunities at this summer's "That track scared me initially great." legends of seal wives and ban- licensed the project for North fairs across Canada. Within the first because of the born -again religious Despite his sizable love of tradi- shees, and delves deeply into the America, has asked Valley to help 60 days of release, he's playing in connotations and the Dixieland tional country music, McCoy's album traditions of Irish music. Some of it secure international deals. She front of tens of thousands of people. theme," says Harris. "Jason played it is also contains a significant amount the songs are originals, such as adds that interested parties may We expect to [release] track No. 2 as to me by telephone, and I asked if he of rock'n'roll and pop music. "If I like "The Wind In The Woods," com- contact her at 505 -992 -4902. we come into the [Canadian Country could change the title. He said, `No, a song, I'll record it," explains posed by Martin O Connor and Music Awards] period in September." [Dixieland's] the theme of the song.' McCoy. "Odie and I went to see Steve arranged by Molloy, guitarist Home & Abroad is a biweekly col- Adds Ed Harris, director of coun- When you cut right to the chase, it's Earle one night, and we then wrote Stephen Cooney, keyboardist Neil umn spotlighting the activity of try marketing at Universal Music just about a guy going down south `Out Of This Town Alive.' That song Martin, and guitarist Arty McG- the international music business Canada, "Right out of the box we and meeting a girl." is not country music, but I like it. It lynn. The majority of the tracks and artists outside their home were aggressive at retail with this Following the release of his previ- says something I felt when I was 16 are new arrangements of tradi- markets. Information may be sent album. Our feeling was, especially ous album, McCoy spent significant years old. On the other hand, [tradi- tional songs, reels, laments, and to Thom Duffy Billboard, 23 Ridg- with the initial response to the single, time in Nashville, writing songs, try- tional country -styled] `Perfect Dis- jigs, all interpreted with a fresh mount St., London, WC1E 7AH, or that the album shouldn't be treated as ing to further his contacts there, and guise' [co- written with Curtis] simplicity. faxed to 44 -171- 323 -2316. [being by] a B -level Canadian act. We honing his skills. sounds like one of those soulful Willie took Jason out with enough distribu- On "Playin' For Keeps," McCoy Nelson records I grew up with." tion to ensure that the album had was co- writer with such Nashville-

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MarketinSALESHOME VIDEOENTER*ACTIVEACCESSORIES RETAILINGDISTRIBUTIONDIRECT NRM Marks 60 Years, Latest Gains Indies Outpace Majors Co. Sees Itself As A `Bright Spot' In Industry In Race To Supply DVD BY ED CHRISTMAN chairman/CEO of the chain, who gave Fleet National Bank. Accounts payable those figures in his closing address at at the year's end was $14.5 million. BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK mar's VP of new market development. National Record the convention. Inventory totaled $37.5 million, up "That means there's a pretty good CHAMPION, Pa.- opportunities for Mart (NRM) employees convened at In the fiscal year ending March 29, from $35.4 million the previous year. LOS ANGELES -Although half of the absorption and the Seven Springs Mountain Resort NRM posted a net loss of $1.1 million The filing noted that advertising and major studios are still sitting on the bundling with hardware as well." 15 indies that has here to celebrate the chain's 60th on sales of $99.4 million, according to promotion expenditures have de- DVD fence, independent suppliers are Miramar is one of has invest- anniversary, prepare for the holiday the company's 10 -K filing, which was creased to $2 million, down from $2.5 jumping headfirst into the format. signed with Simitar, which selling season, and acknowledge the made with the Securities and Ex- million the year before. Anchor Bay, MVP Entertainment, ed more than $1 million in DVD author - chain's accomplishments in the last change Commission in the beginning NRM operates 147 stores in 27 Lumivision, Mira- year. of July. states. During its fiscal 1997, the chain mar, LIVE Home In his opening address at the con- opened eight stores and closed 12. In Video, the Learning vention, held July 22 -25, Larry Mun- the previous year, the company opened Co., UAV Entertain- EEN dorf, president, said the 60 years of 16 outlets and closed six. ment, and Simitar existence that NRM has enjoyed "is a The company operates stores under Entertainment are historical accomplishment and some- the name National Record Mart, NRM among the growing thing to be proud of. Nothing else in Music, Waves Music, Music Oasis, list of indies re- the industry comes close to ... this Vibes Music, Surplus Sounds, One - leasing DVD titles, milestone." Stop Entertainment, Merle's Record which will exceed the He pointed out that NRM achieved According to that document, the Rack, Music for You, and Music X. number released by its 60th anniversary within a troubled company posted an earnings loss of 23 Inventory in the chain's stores the majors by year's industry and said that the Carnegie- cents per share, compared to a $3.9 ranges from 6,000 to 35,000 titles, with end. based chain was one of the "few bright million loss, or 79 cents per share, post- an average of 15,000 titles per store. In addition, Cabin spots" in the industry. ed in the previous fiscal year. Sales that For sales by category, CD albums Fever Entertainment to **** Mundorf noted that other chains are year were $99 million. account for 66.8 %, cassette albums is expected xbmuiab 6.5 %, video 2.3 %, and announce its first re',.dru iiPr...i ., " operating under Chapter 11 bank- In the most recent fiscal year, gross 17.7 %, singles

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Viacom Sees Strong MTV Gains In 2nd Qtr. But Blockbuster Video, Music Show Declines BY DON JEFFREY newsline... flow from the video stores fell 47.4% oco, is putting operational and mar- to $90.1 million. keting initiatives in place that are SONY REPORTS that sales for its music group rose 9.5% in the first fiscal quar- NEW YORK- Viacom reports Revenue from the 453 Blockbuster designed to refocus on the video ter, which ended June 30, to 133.4 billion yen ($1.17 billion) but that the strong gains from MTV in the sec- Music stores fell slightly to $138.9 rental business and grow market increase was primarily due to the decline in value of the yen. ond quarter, but they weren't enough million from $139.7 million a year share." Operating profit for the music unit, which includes Columbia Records, Epic to make up for sluggish results and a ago, when there were 516 stores. Viacom's Paramount Pictures divi- Records, and 550 Music, "decreased due to a difficult retail environment, as big write -off for its Blockbuster unit. Excluding the write -offs, the music sion, meanwhile, had a 10.9% in- well as a decline in operating margins arising from the delayed release of cer- For the three months that ended stores posted a cash -flow loss of $5.7 crease in revenue to $669.4 million in tain major artist recordings," according to the company (Billboard Bulletin, June 30, Viacom says that revenue million, compared with negative $5.3 the quarter, due in part to strong Aug. 1). Sony's new releases during the quarter included Michael Jackson's from MTV Networks -which also million last year. home video results for "Star Trek: "Blood On The Dance Floor- HIStory In The Mix," Savage Garden's self - includes VH1, Nickelodeon, and Nick In a statement, chairman Sumner First Contact," "Mission: Impossi- titled debut album, and the "Men In Black" soundtrack. at Nite -rose 16% to $333.7 million Redstone says, "We have to a large ble," "The Ghost And The Darkness," Revenue from Sony's film group rose 41.2% in the quarter to 150.4 billion as cash flow (earnings before inter- extent identified the issues which and "Beavis & Butt -head Do Ameri- yen ($1.32 billion) on the strength of such hit feature films as "My Best est, taxes, depreciation, and amorti- contributed to [Blockbuster's] unsat- ca." Cash flow fell 10.3% to $94.7 mil- Friend's Wedding," "Anaconda," and "The Fifth Element" and home video zation) climbed 15% to $127.1 mil- isfactory performance. The new lion because of lower profits for films releases like "Jerry Maguire." Operating income from film declined because lion. The New York -based company management team, led by John Anti- released during the quarter. last year there was a significant gain from a long -term licensing deal in Ger- says increased advertising sales and many. affiliate fees offset start-up costs for Overall, entertainment operating income fell 47% to 9.18 billion yen ($80.5 MTV offspring M2 and nostalgia NRM MARKS 60 YEARS, LATEST GAINS million). Sales from Sony's electronics business increased 22.2% to 1.08 tril- television channel TV Land. lion yen ($9.48 (Continued from preceding page) billion). The company notes strong growth of MiniDisc sys- But Viacom's Blockbuster retail tems and PlayStation video game machines. unit continued to be a drag on its Shipments to stores are normally enced a significant increase in shrink- earnings. As anticipated, the compa- made weekly. age during 1997, with that amount ris- NIMBUS CD INTERNATIONAL has been selected by Microsoft to become the ny took a $323 million pretax charge The company has a work force of ing to 1.8% of sales, up from 1% in the authorized replicator for Microsoft's disc products, including CD -ROMs. In in the quarter to cover closings of 1,186 employees. In addition to Teitel- previous fiscal year. a statement, Lyndon J. Faulkner, chairman /CEO of Nimbus, says, "This video stores in international markets baum and Mundorf, senior manage- Mundorf said that shrinkage control agreement opens up the possibility for new, direct, and indirect sales access (Billboard, July 12). Sales for world- ment includes Theresa Carlisle, senior was the first priority of the convention, to major PC manufacturers who bundle Microsoft products, including Win- wide stores open at least a year fell VP /CFO; George Balicky, VP of mar- with the first business session devoted dows, with their systems." Nimbus, which opened its first CD manufacturing 3% in the quarter. keting; Steve Zimmerman, director of to the topic. He declined to elaborate. facility in 1982, is also a DVD replicator. Despite the closings and the poor operations; Mike Stephenson, director Billboard was unable to attend Teit- same -store sales, Blockbuster Video of advertising; and John Grandoni, elbaum's closing address, but a copy RENTRAK says its net income more than doubled in the first fiscal quarter, revenue rose 11.9% to $763.8 million. director of purchasing. of the speech was made available. In which ended June 30, to $1.3 million from $576,000 a year ago on a 29% Excluding the write -off, though, cash The 10 -K noted that NRM experi- that address, Teitelbaum, who bought increase in revenue to $30.6 million from $23.8 million. The company attrib- the chain in 1986, remembered that in utes the gains to an expanded cus- his closing address at the last conven- tomer base and the success of such INDIES OUTPACE MAJORS IN RACE TO SUPPLY DVD tion two years ago he said that music video rental titles as "Ransom," (Continued from preceding page) specialty stores were going to under- "Scream," and "One Fine Day." go fallout and that NRM would ride eENTRAK- Rentrak distributes videocassettes company will have a total of 12 titles on "We were approached by at least a out that storm by "putting up our to retailers at reduced prices and market in the $24.95 to $29.95 price dozen companies that claim to do arms, take body blows, and wait for shares the rental revenue with mer- range. Sales per title range from 4,200 everything," says MVP president the competition to implode. I am here chants. Meanwhile, the company says it is continuing its stock- buyback pro- units to 12,500 units, he says. Phillip Knowles, "with prices ranging to report that during that time, the gram and that the number of shares outstanding has been reduced to 11.6 Lumivision also sold another 60,000 from $2,000 to '.:0,000 or higher." implosion has taken place. In fact, it million. units of the IMAX titles through a Lumivision's White estimates has been a massacre." bundling deal with Samsung's DVD authoring costs about $100 per minute But he says that NRM is almost fin- 91 1 ENTERTAINMENT, an independent music group, has signed an exclusive player. of program. ished sailing in rough waters and that U.S. distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA). San Fran- Simitar, which has had titles out Costs can also rise, depending on port is approaching. The chain is cisco-based 911 Entertainment was launched this spring with three labels: since April, boasts sales of about 7,000 what special features are added, in- readying itself to "become prudently 911 Records, Long Arm Records, and 4DAT Records. The first release units per title on 27 titles available, cluding language tracks, chapter stops, aggressive." through ADA will be country artist Shelly Streeter's self-titled album, due to according to Goetz. theatrical trailers, and production in- In closing, Teitelbaum stated, "We hit stores this month. Like all 911 releases, it is an enhanced CD with links For as many companies interested formation. like the management family we have to the company's World Wide Web site (http://www.rtribe.com). ADA is a sub- in entering the DVD market, there are The typical cost to make a master put together, and we are proud of sidiary of . twice as many deals to author the copy for a video is about $2,000 -$5,000. what we have accomplished. Now, it is product. (Continued on page 60) time to take our energy and thrust CD WAREHOUSE, a publicly owned retail chain of franchised used-CD stores, forward ... To be part of NRM means says it is has signed agreements for 16 new stores to be opened over the next you must be the best, the best with two years. The Other Basswood, a three -store franchisee in southern Flori- integrity and purpose in everything da, plans to open six more stores in its markets, and Iowa franchisee CD E X E C U T I V E T U R N T A B L E you do." Developers LP says it will develop six stores in the St. Louis area and four more in Iowa. Since its initial public offering in January, Oklahoma City -based HOME VIDEO. Blockbuster Entertain- CD Warehouse has opened 20 new stores for a total of 120 franchised and ment Group in Dallas names Jim company -operated outlets in 25 states and in England. Notarnicola executive VP of market- BOOTLEG FINE (Continued from preceding page) ing and administration and promotes VELVEL RECORDS, marketing the first releases from its acquired Fire Records Joe Phillips to executive VP /chief first store in 1978 with an extensive catalog, is distributing CD samplers of Fire tracks exclusively to Tower information officer. They were, respec- collection of used records. Their out- Records stores next month. The samplers, which tively, VP of communications and hu- let was one of the first in the area to carry a list price of $3.49, will be advertised in Tower's man resources at Southland Corp. and sell such merchandise. When charges Pulse magazine, sold through its 800 number and in senior VP of information services. NOTARNICOLA CLAYTON were filed in March, they readily stores, and featured in the chain's national listening Fox Lorber Associates Inc. appoints acknowledged that bootleg albums station program. Called "It's On Fire," the sampler Dan Gurlitz VP of sales, based in New sky to VP of video product. He was were a part of their music mix from includes catalog tracks from Chuck Prophet, the Pas- York, Karen Bell director of sales, assistant product manager. the early days. tels, Television Personalities, Close Lobsters, Blue special markets, based in Philadelphia, According to state police and the Aeroplanes, and Pulp and new tracks from Libido, and Steve Bliss Midwest regional ORGANIZATIONS. The Video Software RIAA, the Traders' history of open- Novocaine NP9, Chuck UK, Salamanda, Thompson, sales manager, based in Chicago. They Dealers Assn. (VSDA) in Encino, ness about carrying bootlegs also and Telstar Ponies. The first six releases from the Fire catalog have a list were, respectively, VP of sales at Win - Calif., promotes Kelly Clayton to resulted in a 1987 raid on four stores, price of $11.98 and include three albums from Pulp and one each from Chuck Star Home Entertainment, director of director of public relations, Tim and bootlegs recovered at that time Prophet, Television Personalities, and the Pastels. Navarre distributes Velv- sales at Wellspring Media, and nation- Barkas to manager of regional chap- led to probation before judgment el product. al accounts manager at Bonneville ters, and Jane Miller to publicist. They after they were charged with selling Worldwide Entertainment. were managing director for VSDA's unauthorized concert recordings. ARISTA NASHVILLE says that country trio BlackHawk celebrated the release Fast Forward to End Hunger cam- (Since the probation period expired of its album "Love & Gravity" last month by performing before more than MUSIC VIDEO. 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MERGER MANIA: On the heels of includes an integrated Wall and press reports that the merchant sees interesting to see how retailers react Trans World's proposed acquisition Camelot chain. Camelot and Musicland as companies to the change, since it eliminates a of Strawberries (see story, page 1), Executives at both chains were un- with which it could potentially merge key profit component for them. Retail Track hears that Camelot available for comment, but W H its Wall chain. Music is involved in negotiations with Smith has made no secret of its But in those reports, he indicated WITH THE DEPARTURE in early W H Smith to absorb the 170 -unit desire to exit the U.S. music retail- that current market valuation does July of Spec's chairman Barry Gib- Wall chain. Camelot, which filed for ing market, and John Hancock, who not make this an optimum time to bons (Billboard Bulletin, July 3) and Chapter 11 last August, hopes to heads up the U.S. operation for the pursue such a strategy. But appar- the late -July exit of COO Jeff submit a reorganization plan that company, has gone so far as to say in ently, he has rethought that stance, Fletcher, president Ann Lieff has because sources say that W H Smith once again assumed total control of is proposing to turn over its stores to the chain's future. Camelot in exchange for an equity "When Barry came in as chair- e-mail us at [email protected] piece in the new company. man, it was on a part -time basis, and If the talks are successful, Cam- it became clear that we need full - Z elot would run a total of 475 -500 time leadership, so I have stepped (D stores out of its into Barry's SUPER North Canton, position of Ohio, distribu- chairman," re- ( tion facility. RETAIL ports Lieff. DISCOUNT (D Camelot's She says that Q creditors, after she is seconded N conducting a TRACii by Don (D by Ed Christman Molta, CD's bidding process who joined the v for the chain, company in Dec- have opted Check Out CD List Our Price F; to ember as CFO. allow it to pursue a stand -alone reor- She says that Molta has a strong Our Everyday $17.97 $11.80 E ganization plan. retail background, which will help Spec's going forward. Low Price on $16.97 $10.87 ÿ RETAIL TRACK hears that Poly - When Gibbons and Fletcher joined Gram Group Distribution (PGD) has Spec's, their mission was to diversi- Major Label $15.97 $10.16 made a bold stand on a key compo- fy the company into new but related NEW! nent of the 99 cents singles game. businesses and to enhance Spec's Deluxe 22 -page songbook The company is said to be marking retail franchise. CD's: $11.97 $ 7.97 with n the free singles so that they cannot Lieff says that the two accom- complete lyrics. be returned. That move is aimed at plished that. Latino Spec's, the Latin Fun and colorfully trying to make sure that free singles label, is doing very well, as is the illustrated artwork. find their way into the hands of con- marketing unit SoBe. In looking at ASK YOUR ONE -STOP sumers, not the hands of the returns retail, the Spec's chain now has a fre- Original songs from n foreman at the PGD warehouse in quent buyers' program, "Payback," the film. Fishers, Ind. she adds, pointing out that database TO MATCH OUR PRICES... It will be interesting to see if the marketing will play an important rt other majors embrace the PGD poli- role in retail in the coming years. cy. Practically every executive in the Spec's has closed its unprofitable Q industry has decried the costly mar- stores and gotten back to basics. As WHEN THEY WON'T, CALL US! keting initiative of free singles, even a result of NQ the company's focus, she as they hailed the strategy as a sees a "light at the end of the tun - TEL (714) 223 -8795 * FAX (714) 724 -5162 strong marketing tool. It will also be (Continued on page 54) Next Stop, Your Stop.

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DNA's James Colson Promoted To GM; ' *COMPACT DISCS Neckbones Dish Up Southern -Fried Punk YETRS AT .No' 1 CASSETTES *VIDEOS COLSON UPPED AT DNA: After a sissippi. pact VINYL MUSIC three-month search for a GM at Dis- hECAIAnOS "Where we live, there's no other *CD SINGLES bands like us," Keith says. "You're not tribution North America (DNA), the *CASSETTE SINGLES Woodland, Calif. -based company has influenced [by anything]. There's no OUR CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS *NF CD elevated James Colson, the distribu- other rock'n'roll bands in Oxford, or AT THE TOP OF OUR CHARTS -ROM tor's former business manager, to the even in Mississippi." *ACCESSORIES IUEPENDENTS.. He adds, "It's such a small place, as post. GREAT SERVICE There had been room at the top at far as musicians. There's a big collec- LOW PRICES DNA since the beginning of the year, by Chris Morris tion of types. Anybody who was Knowledgeable & friendly sales reps ready to into punk rock, you knew who they when Duncan Browne resigned as answer any questions Same day shipping Weekly mailer president of the company (Billboard, Mountain. The first releases under were ... There's basically one bar that Jan. 18). Browne went on to become GM the arrangement will be an album by will pay you anything. It's a big college Inquire about FREE NEXT DAY DELIVERY of Cambridge, Mass. -based Rounder Boy Wonder, a rerelease of Bonham's place for the frat -boy hippie types." Records, which had been a 50/50 part- debut E}r and a new album by Chevy The Neckbones are also an anomaly DIAL 1.800.899.DISC (3472) ner with Woodland's Valley Record Dis- Heston. Roadrunner is distributed on their label: They are the first non- tributors in the distribution company domestically by RED. Outside the U.S., blues signees to Fat Possum, a compa- for your greatest hits until Valley bought out Rounder's inter- CherryDisc's product will be licensed ny that has specialized in the hyper - est late last year (Billboard, Dec. 21, by Roadrunner ... Hard rock- orient- primitive Northern Mississippi blues 1996). Ron Phillips, Valley's VP of pur- ed Pavement Music in Tempe, Ariz., (Continued on next page) chasing, had been running DNA on an has exited Independent National Dis- interim basis. tributors Inc. and pacted for exclusive Valley /DNA CEO Barney Cohen distribution with DNA. The first says, "We did a search, and we con- releases under the deal will include cluded that Jim Colson was the best albums from Autograph, Malevolent candidate." Creation, Murder One, and Crowbar. PACIFIC T Cohen says that Colson had two Former Cema president Dennis major assets: "He knew everybody at White has established a new Los Ange- Pacific Coast One -Stop the company [he has been with Val- les company, the Focus Distribution I ley/DNA for three years] ... and his Group. The firm will be devoted to the background is management, and your distribution and marketing of start -up No. 1 guy needs to be a good manag- indie labels. Focus has struck a pact er." with M.S. Distributing in Hanover Some industry observers have Park, Ill., to handle retail distribution already wondered aloud why an execu- of its labels ... Gadfly Records in tive with a background in finance, and Burlington, Vt., which has been reissu- Find out what not a "record guy," has been put in ing the catalog of the acerbic singer/ place at the top of the company. songwriter Tonio K., will release a Anticipating this point of view, hitherto unreleased "lost" album by the Cohen says, "I didn't worry about him musician, "Olé," on Sept. 23. The set, not being an insider in the music indus- recorded in 1989 -90, features all -star David THE try, because he loves the product, and backing by Paul Westerberg, BUZZ he's been talking to everybody for Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Peter Case, three years." Charlie Sexton, Bruce Thomas of the In another personnel move, Cohen Attractions, Booker T. Jones, and T says that DNA VP of sales Pip Smith Bone Burnett. will be relocating from Minneapolis to To promote its newest compilation, is all about! the dance -oriented world music set Woodland in order to work in closer s:hSSET"i"E S1.NGLES *(. ASSET touch with the company. "Latino! Latino!," Putumayo World T DISCS * CD MAXI-SINGLES CASSETTES Regarding other plans, Colson him- Music will mount a series of dance par- ALBUMS * E & YjI[,.{6`(Ij., LAS self says, "We're looking at expanding ties at more than 24 Borders Books & ES CASSETTEI'E our marketing staff, so there'll be addi- Music outlets in 21 states this month. MIES Ct)RR,( tional managerial staffing there. We're According to the label, the promotion MAX (?VIE also looking at modifications to our will enlist professional dance instruc- "ETTI field sales staff within 90 days." tors, who will teach store customers S(,S DNA has recently been a major ben- dance moves, utilizing the Putumayo I1 eficiary of Alliance Entertainment CD. Sounds like good news for upscale íAI Corp.'s fiscal miseries and has seen a consumers with two left feet. major influx of new labels that have what the departed the Alliance fold. Says Col- FLAG WAVING: Imagine DEOS IIS(.S son, "We're trying to respond to the New York Dolls might have been like increase in volume we're getting." if they had grown up in William * (,! ALI3U Faulkner country, and you have an >R MUSIC CS A(.(, F> QUICK HITS: Asphodel Records has idea of what Fat Possum Records act signed an exclusive U.S. distribution the Neckbones sounds like. T DISCS' (,D MAX -SINGLES SSETTES ;us CASSI`.,`I Distribution The Oxford, Miss., group's debut deal with the Alternative ALBUMS 12{' SINGLES MUSIC VIDEOS . MOVIE & MUSIC LAS Alliance (ADA). The creative New album, "Souls On Fire," is a steaming York -based label has released albums slab of raving punk rock served up by the wacky lounge group Tipsy, Southern -fried. The quartet's manic you for 14 years. drum'n'bass unit WE, and "" sound cooks on a high burner in a live In the business of serving master DJ Spooky (DJ Paul D. Miller, setting: At a showcase during the who is now signed to Outpost). Aspho- National Assn. of Independent Record del moves to ADA from Caroline. The Distributors and Manufacturers Con- first releases under the new deal will vention in May in New Orleans, they include an album by the X-ecutioners bounced around onstage like bowling Great Fill. Great Service. (September) and the compilation "The pins after a strike. Frankenstein Symphony" (October). According to guitarist Tyler Keith Roadrunner Records in New York -who is joined in the band by gui- has announced a pressing and distrib- tarist/bassist /vocalist David Boyer, ution/licensing deal with Boston-based guitarist /bassist Robbie Alexander, CherryDisc. The Beantown label was and drummer Forrest Hewes-dem GREAT PRICES! the spawning ground of such major - 'Bones developed their wild -swinging label acts as Letters To Cleo and sound in a regional vacuum, in a town ; Roadrunner's roster best known as Faulkner's former home includes Type O Negative and Blue and the site of the University of Mis-

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RETAIL TRACK (Continued from page 52) nel." Spec's inventory turns are im- $13.98 CD series, which it uses for While some suggest that the proving, and the chain is benefiting developing- artist projects. In the change was made in response to the from the turmoil being experienced change, the company has lowered the Newbury Comics campaign that by some other music merchants in MAP to $7.88 for the former price minimum -advertised -price policies ST WHOLESALE. He came to your the Florida market. "I am opti- point and $8.88 or $9.98 for the lat- interfere with the marketing of mistic," she states. "Spec's has a ter, depending on whether the title developing artists, BMG insiders store with or1Y good name, and people like to shop at carries the CD -G7 price code or the indicate that RCA sales honcho Dave one thing on his our stores." CD -0 price code, respectively. The Fitch was also advocating such a changes are effective with promo- change. mind. He wanted MAPPING MAP: BMG Distribu- tions that begin after Sept. 1, a CI). He didn't tion has revised its minimum adver- according to a policy letter dated WHEELING AND DEALING: Big tised price (MAP) for its $11.98 and July 31. Deal, the power pop label founded by want to hear Dean Brownrout and David Wolin, "we're out will leave Caroline Distribution to be of exclusively distributed by the the If you had been Alternative Distribution Alliance could've THE A TO Z OF SUCCESSFUL SELLING (ADA). In making the move, Big Deal out, he joins sister labels Mutant Sound Sys- done something tem and Paradigm Records, which are already handled by ADA. Big drastic ... Deal was recently acquired by Par- probably adigm Music Entertainment, and He'd Brownrout and Wolin became co- have gone to presidents of Paradigm Associated Labels (PAL). another store Upcoming releases for Big Deal WORSF, include "Explosion!," an EP from Shonen Knife; "Neverest" from he might have RpcK Cockeyed Ghost; and "Yellow Pills never come back. Vol. 4," which includes songs from the Plimsouls, Material Issue, Richard Barone, the Loud Family, and Jason Falkner. In other PAL news, the company has named Ron Colinear as nation- SOUT WEST al director of sales. He previously WHO ESALE held that position for Caroline. MAKING TRACKS: Keith Ben- son has been named vice chairman/ CFO of the Musicland Group, suc- 6775 Bingle Road ceeding Reid Johnson, who left the Houston, Texas 77092 company to take a job with another, as- yet -unnamed company. Benson, www.neosoft.com/-sww who has been president of the com- pany's mall division for the last three years, was CFO prior to Johnson ... Howard Wulkan, formerly head of sales at Rawkus, has joined Poly - Gram Group Distribution's Indepen- dent Label Sales as national director of sales and marketing ... Music L.- _ buyer Skip Young has left Hastings FOR INDIVIDUAL INNOVATION Steve Brown, formerly senior BAKER & TAYLOR ... Information Entertainment VP of marketing and merchandising and Services IT'S A MEGASTORE FOR TOP at Wherehouse Entertainment, is seeking opportunities; he can be The proud recipïent of the HITS OR A SMALLER STORE SPECIALI- reached at 310-543-2927.

ZING IN DEEP CATALOG, EITHER APPROACH 1996 i1npact INDEPENDENTS (Continued from preceding page) CALLS FOR INNOVATIVE MERCHANDISING One-Stop ` ` `buti n of Junior Kimbrough, T -Model Ford, CONCEPTS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL DESIGN. and our hero, R.L. Burnside. "I know there's plenty of blues fans THAT'S WHAT LIFT OFFERS FOR ALL TYPES who are wondering what we're doing on Fat Possum, but I guess they'll fig- ure it out," Keith says. OF RETAILING STYLES: LARGE OR SMALL, But the 'Bones definitely see a con- nection between the unfettered blues

NEW STORE OR RETRO -FIT. of their labelmates and their own 1996 ONE -STOP DISTRIBUTION AWARD music. I go see PRESENTED TO crazed "When R.L. BAKER A TAYLOR play," says Keith, "I know it's a blues SUPER SUMMIT 01 -APRIL 19, 1997 show, but it's something more. I relate to the energy of it." To find out why, give us a call! The Neckbones have fuel of their

own to burn: Check out tracks like Next "Dead End Kids," "Souls On Fire," and Chicago day delivery Denver the group's hymn to the joys of playing in a touring band, "Love Ya Rock N' 800- 775 -2800 anywhere in the 800 -775 -3300 Roll," for a tasty sampling of their best. Continental U.S.! LIFT DISCPLAY, INC. The foursome is on a tour in support PH: 1- 800 -543 -8269 (TOLL FREE) of "Souls On Fire" that will-take it to 201 -945 -8700 the East Coast and Midwest through SFr, shows Saturday (16). They plan with FAX: 201 -945 -9548 Systems with future. Burnside and Ford on the East Coast and some West Coast dates in October.

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Executive- produced Ed -an air-headed, surfer -speaking BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS A' LEGEND by Karyn Rachtman (the film's co-pro- fast -food counter guy with a head of 3 4 TUFF GONG 846210"/ISLAND (10.98/17.98) 425 ducer and director, and co- creator of Prince Valiantesque A' METALLICA by Moira McCormick 4 5 ELEKTRA 61113*,EEG (10.98/16.98) 312 mini- braids al- "All That ") and Mike Tollin (the film's -had SUBLIME 40 OZ. TO FREEDOM co- producer), "Good Burger" features says "Good Burger" star Kel Mitchell ready guest- rapped 5 3 GASOLINE ALLEY 11474/MCA (7.98/12.98) If 40 a potent mix of R &B, rap, alternative, (who shares top billing with "All That" (as Ed) with Imma- SARAH MCLACHLAN A' FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY NETTWERK 18725/ARISTA (10.98/15.98)E 151 and punk from a diverse array of partner Kenan Thompson), referring ture on the 1996 TV 6 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS JOCK JAMS VOL. 1 artists, including , the to the movie's wide -ranging appeal, show soundtrack 7 8 TOMMY BOY 1137 (10.98/15.98) 106 Presidents Of The United States Of "and we wanted to do that with the "All That The Al- BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 8 10 DEFJAM 527351'MERCURY(7.98' EQ/11.98) 309 America, Spearhead, Warren G, Redd soundtrack." bum" (Loud /RCA). says he JAMES TAYLOR A" GREATEST HITS Kross, George Clinton with Digital The first two singles embody "Good Mitchell 9 7 WARNER BROS. 3113* (7.9841.98) 354 Underground, Trade Spencer, and Burger's" wide -ranging aesthetic. 702's came up with the MITCHELL JIMMY BUFFETTA6 SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART 340 Trullo Disgracias with . "All I Want" is straight R &B, and lethally catchy cho- 10 9 MCA 5633* (7.98/11.98) HITS "In the movie, we touch everybody," "We're All Dudes" is Caribbean-fla- rus to "We're All Dudes" ( "I'm a dude, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND A' GREATEST 11 CAPITOL 30334* (10.98/15.98) 145 he's a dude, she's a dude, we're all dudes 11 BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY A° E. 1999 ETERNAL yeah ") two years ago as something for 12 14 RUTHLESS 5539* /RELATIVITY (10.98/15.98) 106 Ed to sing to himself at the beginning BUSH A' SIXTEEN STONE Billboard, AUGUST 16, 1997 134 of the sketches. 13 12 TRAUMA 92531/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) El 311 A2 311 According to Mitchell, Capitol liked 14 13 CAPRICORN 942041 /MERCURY (11.98 EQ/17.398) 74 his chorus but commissioned various BAND A' UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING 15 15 RCA 66449 (10.98/15.98) 147 TM bands on the label to write a song to go Audio GREATEST HITS TopKid with it. He says the company wasn't TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS A' 16 18 MCA 10813 (10.98/17.98) 185 it a sample of retail store and rack soundscan® happy with any of the results, though, Compiled from national PINK FLOYD " THE WALL sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by IliiiI so it asked him to try writing it himself. 17 16 COLUMBIA 36183* (15.98 EQ/31.98) 449 Mitchell did, in 15 minutes flat, on an EAGLES A6 HELL FREEZES OVER 3 6 ARTIST /SERIES TITLE 18 17 GEFFEN 24725 (12.9 517.98) 143 envelope scrounged from the inside of ` cn LABEL, CATALOG NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SHELF PRICE) WU -TANG CLAN ENTER THE WU -TANG (36 CHAMBERS) 5 his car. "Capitol loved it," he adds. 19 21 LOUD 66336* /RCA (10.9 516.981 54 The song was out the next day, with VAN MORRISONA' THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON * * * No. 1 * * * 20 19 POLYDOR 841970/A &M (10.98/17.98) 348 Less Than Jake providing the high - READ-ALONG HERCULES music. METALLICA A' ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 1 1 l0 energy, horn -punctuated "When 21 20 ELEKTRA 60812/EEG (10.98/16.98) 385 WALT DISNEY 60287 (6.98 Cassette) I wrote it, I was going for a `Don't JIMI HENDRIXA' THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITE SONGS VOLUME 1 worry, be happy' kind of thing that was 22 23 MCA 10829 (10.98/17.981 190 2 2 83 ' WALT DISNEY 60605 (6.98/13.98) really catchy and a lot of fun," says SHANIA TWAIN A' THE WOMAN IN ME 23 24 MERCURY 522886 (10.98 EQ/16.98) 127 VARIOUS ARTISTS A CLASSIC DISNEY VOL. I - 60 YEARS OF MUSICAL MAGIC 3 3 102 Mitchell. JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS WALT DISNEY 60865 (10.98/15.98) JOURNEY' The variety of styles on the "Good 24 22 COLUMBIA 44493 (9.98 EQ/15.98) 413 VARIOUS ARTISTS CLASSIC DISNEY VOL. II - 60 YEARS OF MUSICAL MAGIC MCMXC A.D. 4 4 102 Burger" soundtrack is indicative of ENIGMA' WALT DISNEY 60866 (10.98/15.98) 25 26 CHARISMA 86224NIRGIN (10.98/16.98) 319 Capitol's desire "not to narrowcast," THE WORLD IV - OF MUSICAL MAGIC 2PAC ME AGAINST 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS CLASSIC DISNEY VOL. 60 YEARS 5 9 says label GM Lou Mann. "With the 26 32 INTERSCOPE 50609*/PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) 85 WALT DISNEY 60909 (10.98/15.98) first single, we've been working with GARTH BROOKS A' THE HITS SONGS IN THE KEY OF SPRINGFIELD 27 34 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 29389 (10.98/15.98) 138 6 5 20 Motown Records [where `All I Want' RHINO 72723 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS originated on 702's album `No Doubt] Az VARIOUS ARTISTS 20 SIMPLY SUPER SINGABLE SILLY SONGS 28 27 COLUMBIA 32168 (5.98 E0/9.98) 274 1 7 38 hit urban radio." WALT DISNEY 60819 (9.98/13.98) to make it a giant at BEE GEES A' BEE GEES GREATEST Spencer's ballad "I'll Be There" is 29 25 POLYDOR 800071 /A&M (13.98/22.98) 45 VARIOUS ARTISTS CLASSIC DISNEY VOL. III - 60 YEARS OF MUSICAL MAGIC THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE 8 8 57 being worked at R &B and triple -A sta- CELINE DION A° WALT DISNEY 60907 (10.98/15.98) 30 28 550 MUSIC 57555/EPIC (10.98 EO/16.98) 180 tions, Mann says. The Thompson-direct- VARIOUS ARTISTS Az DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITES VOLUME 2 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL CHRONICLE VOL. 1 9 10 48 FANTASY 2* (12.38/17.98) ' 230 WALT DISNEY 60606 (9.98/13.98) ed video for "We're All Dudes" has been 31 31 airing on Nickelodeon and MTV Capitol METALLICA A' RIDE THE LIGHTNING SING -ALONG HERCULES 60396 /EEG (10.98/16.98) 339 10 6 -10 32 29 MEGAFORCE WALT DISNEY 60925 (10.98 Cassette) has been concentrating on price and QUEEN GREATEST HITS positioning: "The soundtrack's being 33 36 HOLLYWOOD 16:265 (10.9 8/17.98) 240 BARNEY A' BARNEY'S FAVORITES VOLUME 1 11 11 102 BARNEY MUSIC/SBK 27115/EMI (9.98/15.98) placed upfront in mall stores, where FLEETWOOD MAC A' GREATEST HITS moviegoers tend to shop," Mann says. 34 48 WARNER BROS. 25801 (9.98/16.98) 260 SING -ALONG WINNIE THE POOH GREATEST HITS 1974 -78 12 12 80 is STEVE MILLER BANDA' WALT DISNEY 60889 (10.98 Cassette) The soundtrack being promoted 35 30 CAPITOL 46101 (7.98/11.98) 320 THE LION KING with the Simon & Schuster book, with AEROSMITH A' BIG ONES 79 READ -ALONG A2 13 13 GEFFEN 24716 (12.98/17.981 60 WALT DISNEY 60254 (6.98 Cassette) both items displayed together in Target 36 35 METALLICA A' MASTER OF PUPPETS THE ACRE WOOD stores, says a Nickelodeon spokesman. VARIOUS ARTISTS WINNIE THE POOH: TAKE MY HAND SONGS FROM 100 ELEKTRA 60439/EEG (10.98/16.98) 357 14 15 80 37 38 WALT DISNEY 60863 (9.98/16.98) CDs of "Good Burger" were also given ABBAA' VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY'S PRINCESS COLLECTION away via radio stations during a 10 -city 38 37 POLYDOR 517007/A &M (10.98/17.98) 138 15 14 69 WALT DISNEY 60897 (8.98/11.98) pre -release promo tour by Thompson JARS OF CLAY JARS OF CLAY 39 46 ESSENTIAL/SILVERTONE 41580/JIVE (11.98/16.98) 81 KENNY LOGGINS RETURN TO POOH CORNER and Mitchell. Children's satellite net- 16 89 A" GREATEST HITS 16 EQ/13.98) SONY WONDER 57674/COLUMBIA (9.98 work Radio Aahs interviewed Mitchell 40 40 ROCKET 512532/ISLAND (7.98/11.98) 282 ART GARFUNKEL SONGS FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD and Thompson on -air in Atlanta and VARIOUS ARTISTS MASTER P PRESENTS WEST COAST BAD BOYZ VOL.1 11 RE -ENTRY 2 SONY WONDER 67674/COLUMBIA (9.98/13.98) Los Angeles. In its first week of airing, 41 33 NO LIMIT 50695. /PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) KORN KORN CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS ACTION BIBLE SONGS "We're All Dudes" was the 15th most 75 18 18 83 42 42 IMMORTAL 66633/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98)1E BENSON 217 (3.98/6.98) requested song on Radio Aahs, accord- GUNS N' ROSES A" APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION READ -ALONG TOY STORY ing to Gary Landis, executive VP of 43 45 GEFFEN 24148 (7.98/12.98) 329 19 21 85 WALT DISNEY 60265 (6.98 Cassette) programming. SADE A' BEST OF SADE 44 39 EPIC 66686* (10.98 EQ/17.98) 109 VARIOUS ARTISTS TRAVEL SONGS "`Good Burger' is a real fun, feel - 20 17 10 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Az RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE WALT DISNEY 60838 (9.98/13.98) good movie," says Mann, "and I think 45 43 EPIC 52959* (10.98 EQ/16.98) ni 150 VARIOUS ARTISTS MICKEY UNRAPPED the soundtrack reflects that." It's SOUNDTRACK TOP GUN 21 20 33 46 44 COLUMBIA 40323 (7.98' EQ/11.98) 238 WALT DISNEY 60627 (9.98/16.98) almost certainly not the last time you'll VARIOUS ARTISTS A' DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITES VOLUME 1 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS TODDLER TUNES hear Mitchell on record either; the gift- 36 22 19 53 41 - WALT DISNEY 60605 (5.98/9.981 BENSON 056 (3.98/6.98) ed young guy has his own rap group, AC/DCA' BACK IN BLACK READ -ALONG 101 DALMATIANS (LIVE ACTION) 48 49 ATLANTIC 92418/AG (10.98/16.98) 192 23 25 41 MAFT, which has been getting label WALT DISNEY 60272 (6.98 Cassette) he says. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN A' GREATEST HITS interest, 49 41 COLUMBIA 67060* (10.98 EQ/16.98) 54 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS SILLY SONGS 24 24 58 "And I'm still writing love songs for LYNYRD SKYNYRDA SKYNYRD'S INNYRDS/THEIR GREATEST HITS BENSON 220 (3.98/6.98) friends like Immature," says Mitchell. 50 - MCA 42293 (7.98/12.981 136 DISNEY BABIES LULLABY are 2- year-old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of 25 22 4 "I've been writing songs since I was lit- Catalog albums WALT DISNEY 60611 (8.98/13.98) I it was from watching too older albums. Total Chart Wee!

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www.americanradiohistory.com Home Video M E R C H A N T S & M A R K E T I N G Elvis Anniversary Yields New Tapes ELVIS Suppliers Expect Titles To Have Wide Appeal ALCYNE KING'S MEN BY CATHERINE APPLEFELD OLSON product. We expect Elvis is a pretty as his first fiancée. mainstream topic." Brentwood president David Catlin WASHINGTON, D.C. -It's been Later this month, Cabin Fever will says the company first caught wind of nearly 20 years since Elvis officially re- release the newly packaged "Life the story and accompanying film left the building, but no one has With Elvis" at a reduced price of footage by way of Eddie Bellman, who turned off the lights. $9.95. The half -hour cassette, which shot home movies of Elvis and Juani- MGM Home Entertainment has Cabin Fever initially released in 1991, co in Biloxi, Miss. Segments appeared cornered the video market on Elvis contains stories straight from the on the syndicated TV show "Extra." Presley's Hollywood heyday with its mouths of Elvis stepbrother David With its appetite whetted, the 18 -title collector's set (see story, page Stanley and Lamar Fike, a close Brentwood crew traveled to Mem- 81). However, that's only part of the friend from his days at Sun Records. phis and Biloxi to get more on tape story. Several vendors are coming to This time around, the brightly col- and interview Juanico, Bellman, and the table with the next best thing - ored cardboard sleeve sports an otheei s. anecdotes and archival footage from engaging photo of the King. Catlin anticipates that the tape will those who claim to have been nearest "We're not looking to celebrate the sell best in mass -merchant accounts Relive the and dearest to the King. fact that Elvis died 20 years ago, be- such as Best Buy and Kmart and FINALLY! THE INSIDE STORY! super love affair of Elvis fronds, 'The Memphis Matief" Real Entertainment, Cabin Fever cause it is a solemn occasion," says combo chains including Trans World and June Juanico in 1956 As told by his lifelong Entertainment, and Brentwood Home Marylou Bono, Cabin Fever's direc- Entertainment and Musicland. No Video are among the companies that tor of sell- through marketing. "But specific promotions are planned, but "Elvis' Lost Love," from Brentwood are hitting the retail circuit. Their this tape talks about life with Elvis by the program will get an additional Real Entertainment is issuing a five -part Home Video, features 8 mm footage series, "All The King's Men," that fea- tapes reveal various sides of the Elvis two of the people who knew him best, plug this fall via a TV airing in the of Presley's summer romance in 1956. tures intervièw footage of members of story from the viewpoint of relatives, and Elvis fans would want to know U.S. and via Telstar to the U.K. Presley's "Memphis Mafia." friends, and romantic interests. Real some of the things about him that "All Elvis fans are the primary is the quickest off the mark. they didn't get a chance to see or hear audience for this tape," Catlin says. dates, but there should be strong Beginning this month, the Los in the media." "I think the baby boomers and aging interest on the part of the younger Elvis carries through several gener- Angeles -area company plans to have Bono says its insider nature ren- baby boomers are the No. 1 candi- demographic because the mystique of ations." a prominent retail presence for the ders "Life" an even more attractive duration of 1997 with 'All The King's keepsake for devoted fans. "Elvis fans Men," a five -part series to be shipped want to know things about him that British Film, Video Industries Campaign To Get piecemeal over the next five months. are more personal, and that's exactly The package weaves together inter- what this is," she adds. view footage and home movies from The video is rife with anecdotes, The FACTs Out About Piracy, Petition Parliament the so- called "Memphis Mafia," the such as Stanley's reminiscence of BY PETER DEAN director general, Reg Dixon, considers gers of video piracy." inner circle of friends who surround- when his family first came to live at a major achievement. A press junket involving game -show ed Elvis during most of his life and Graceland: Elvis bought out the toy LONDON-The video and film indus- "Where the amnesty exceeded all our host Jenny Powell and star look-alikes have their share of campfire stories store for the 4- year -old. Also on the tries intend to make the purchase of expectations was in the phenomenal TV who were recruited for the campaign to tell. tape are photos that never made it pirated video illegal by the the time the radio, and press coverage it generated," also managed to generate a good deal Each tape carries a suggested list into the newspapers and artwork British Parliament returns from its says Dixon. "It raised both the profile of national press coverage. price of $19.99. All five, plus a sixth from friends' personal collections. summer recess. of FACT's work, the video industry as a FACT estimates that the number of bonus video and an audio -only con- Because the Elvis fan base is so In October, the video and film indus- whole, and achieved its primary goal to press outlets covering the event had the versation between Elvis and Red large, Bono says Cabin Fever has no tries will present a petition to the Par- raise public awareness about the dan- (Continued on next page) West just before Presley's death, go specific promotional plans, but will let liament's home secretary signed by top - for $79.99. For the consummate fan, the product speak for itself. "I'm level executives within the two Real offers "The King Super Set," hearing from our sales accounts that industries. The petition will be delivered Home which includes all the above plus a there's a lot of interest here because with thousands of seized videos and a Vision Finds Its Niche limited- edition scrapbook of photos it's not a movie and it's about Elvis "check" for 200 million pounds ($320 and a T- shirt. It's pegged at $109.99. from a personal point of view," she million), which represents the annual Co. Specializes In Fine Arts Videos Real has more in mind than just notes. "With Elvis, we don't really loss to the video industry. BY ANNE SHERBER miura brand in the marketplace, long reaching Elvis fanatics. The compa- need to do much in terms of market- According to recent industry before it was fashionable," says ny hopes the collection will open ing the video. We are positioning this research, there are more than 23 mil- NEW YORK-In a business that fre- McGuire. doors at mass -merchant accounts, a as a movie about Elvis' life from the lion pirated tapes in British homes. quently chews up and spits out compa- The 11-year -old company has its class of trade it has been unable to point of view of the people who knew The petition rides on a summer pub- nies that don't have a lineup of block- roots in the Janus Film Collection, a crack with reality tapes like "Cops." him the best." licity campaign that alerted consumers buster films, niche market supplier catalog well known to aficionados as a "We would love to have this product Brentwood is perhaps closest to the to the piracy problem. Home Vision has survived by accept- source for hard -to -find films from in the mass -merchant environment," tabloids with its Presley entry, "Elvis' As part of that campaign, the Feder- ing change instead of fighting it. directors such as Kurosawa, Godard, says Real VP of sales Mike Currie. Lost Love." It documents the love ation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) Chicago -based Home Vision, a divi- Bergman, De Sica, Wells, and Fellini. "We were not able to capture that affair that supposedly blossomed dur- recently encouraged consumers to turn sion of Public Media Inc., is one of a In the early days of video, Janus market with `Cops,' and we hope to ing the summer of 1956 between in their pirated video cassettes to local handful of companies that distributes licensed its catalog to a number of dif- have a lot more visibility with this Elvis and June Juanico, referred to video stores. The amnesty campaign fine arts video product. It consists of ferent video companies. It consolidated came on the heels of a similar collection four main divisions: Home Vision Cin- the catalog with Home Vision in 1991. drive for illegal guns and knives. ema, which releases international art Prior to that move, there was no at- FACT produced special retail kits house films; Home Vision Arts, which tempt to market the Janus titles as a containing anti-piracy briefing notes for specializes in nonperformance fine brand line. store staff members, handouts, and in- arts programs; Home Vision Select, Once at Public Media, the Janus store trailers of a new anti- piracy com- which showcases documentary pro- titles were launched under the Home mercial. gramming; and branded program- Vision Cinema label, which has grown The "return" campaign was conduct- ming, including new releases from to include other independent films. ed at 1,200 video outlets, and all of the cable's Military Channel. Currently, the imprint accounts for pirated tapes collected were recycled, In the past year, Home Vision has 60% of Home Vision's business, accord- with the proceeds going to the Nation- dropped its performing arts catalog ing to McGuire. "We've had double - al Children's Home charity. and the Wonderworks Family Movie digit growth with the collection every Although 3,000 pirated tapes were Collection, a children's line. "They just year since we started," he says. collected through the campaign, the didn't fit into our business plan any- Although Home Vision has sold off amount is a mere drop in the ocean. more," says VP of sales and marketing most of its performing arts catalog, its However, it generated a considerable Jeff McGuire. Home Vision Arts division remains of publicity, which FACT's McGuire For Jeff. New York-based Flash Distributors hosted its eighth annual charity bas- amount attributes the company's viable. Under the label, the company ketball game during the Video Software Dealers Assn. Convention last month in success to its niche -marketing exper- releases titles acquired from ongoing tise; its willingness Las Vegas. All proceeds were donated to the Jeff Rabinovitz Scholarship Fund; to get rid of under- relationships with museums, including TO OUR READERS new, Rabinovitz, sales VP for Columbia TriStar, died Oct. 30, 1995. At the tipoff, from performing titles while taking on the Smithsonian Institution and New will in left, are Norm Burrington, New Line Home Video; Steven Scavelli, Flash; Greg Picture This return next more promising projects; and plain old York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. week's issue. Pastor, Hallmark Home Entertainment; and Yoel Goldman, Columbia TriStar. luck. Recently, the label released a biog- "We have always tried to be a pre (Continued on next page)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard. AUGUST 16, 1997 HOME VISION Billboard, AUGUST 16, 1997 (Continued from preceding page) raphy of photographerAnnie Leibovitz To Music Videos.. and has plans to expand its photogra- p phy offerings for the fourth quarter Video Rentals.. Ir and the first quarter of 1998. Other COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES i subjects include Richard Avedon, OF RETAIL STORE RENTAL REPORTS. o BY COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE w w REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED P a1-cc o Henri Cartier -Bresson, and Horst S 3 ; u, W U Horst. Each will have a retail price of w w z v`-i v TITLE, Label Principal ñ Mt 3 3 0 3 Label, Catalog Number Performers T J $29.95. Distributing In Label Principal label in- 1 11 TITLE (Rating) The Home Vision Select 3 Distributing Label, Catalog Number Performers * * NO. 1 * * cludes documentaries acquired I'M BOUT IT Master R LF 19.98 No. 1 * * * 1 9 * * * J. No Limit Video Priority Video 53423 Dimension Home Video Neve Campbell 1 5 SCREAM (R) JAGGED LITTLE PILL, LIVE 1 Home Video Drew Barrymore 2 5 Alanis Morissette LF 19.98 Buena Vista 10499 2 Warner Reprise Video 38476 Clint Eastwood 3 POWER (R) Warner Home Video 2508 TO THE FREAK SHOW 2 2 ABSOLUTE Gene Hackman 3 7 WELCOME dc Talk LF 19.98 3 Forefront Video Chordant Dist. Group 24504 Jack Nicholson (PC Warner Home Video 14480 LES MISERABLES: 10TH ANNIV. CONCERT 3 3 7 MARS ATTACKS! -13) Glenn Close 4 4 44 Various Artists LF 24.95 VCI Columbia TriStar Home Video 88703 Columbia TriStar Home Video Al Pacino 2 DONNIE BRASCO (R1 SELENA REMEMBERED 4 39 82513 Johnny Depp 5 18 Selena LF 19.98 5 EMI Latin Video 77826 Home Entertainment Miramax Billy 40 2 SLING BLADE (R) Bob Thornton THEN NOW? 5 Buena Vista Home Video 10487 6 20 WHO Korn LF 19.98 6 Epic Music Video Sony Music Video 50153 New Line Home Video Geoffrey Rush 10 3 SHINE (PG -13) HISTORY ON FILM: VOLUME II 6 Warner Home Video N4546 Armin Mueller -Stahl 7 7 11 Michael Jackson LF 19.98 Epic Music Video Sony Music Video 50138 Howard Stem 2 PRIVATE PARTS (R) Paramount Home Video 33251 OUR FIRST VIDEO Mary -Kate & 7 38 Robin Quivers '' SF 1235 I1 187 8 Dualstar Video WamerVision Entertainment 53304 Ashley Olsen Touchstone Home Video $ 13 3 METRO (R) Eddie Murphy 9 G3: LIVE IN CONCERT Joe SatrianVEric Buena Vista Home Video 1036 8 LF 19.98 Epic Music Video Sony Music Video 50157 Johnson/ Columba TriStar Home Video Woody Harrelson 9 4 9 THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (R) LIVE IN LONDONON Hezekiah Walker & The Love 82453 10 2 LF 1938 10 Verity Video Fellowship Crusade Choir BMG 43023 Penelope Ann Miller 2 THE RELIC (R) Paramount Home Video 331543 10 15 Tom Sizemore I -LIVE! 9 14 LF 19.98 11 Red Ant Video 17000 THE MIN ..Set MACHINES... EHE MISSIONS John Travolta MICHAEL (PG) Warner Home Video T6303 ENLARGED TO SHOW DETAIL 11 6 8 Andie MacDowell 12 39 311 LF 19.95 12 PolyGram Video 4400439253 Chevy Chase 12 14 4 VEGAS VACATION (PG) Warner Home Video 14906 JOY IN THE CAMP Bill & Gloria Gaither And ¡f Beverly D'Angelo 14 14 19.98 13 Spring Hill Video Chordant Dist. Group 101 Their Homecoming Friends Home Vision's newest line features Tom Cruise 13 5 9 JERRY MAGUIRE (R) Columbia TriStar Home Video 82533 THE COMPLETE WOMAN IN ME Cuba Gooding, Jr. 15 37 Shania Twain LF 9.95 programs from the Military Channel. 14 PolyGram Video 4400450893 "Frontline Pilots" is one of two debut 14 11 4 BEVERLY HILLS NINJA (PG -13) Columbia TriStar Home Video 82503 Chris Farley THE BOB MARLEY STORY Bob Marley 17 145 LF 9.95 titles arriving in stores Sept. 9. 15 Island Video PolyGram Video 4400823733 And The Wailers New Line HHomeome Video 15 7 5 JACKIE CHAN'S FIRST STRIKE (R) Jackie Chan SHIT: BINGE & PURGE A° Warner Vid eo N4456 LIVE Metallica U 89.98 16 18 188 Entertainment 5194 Elektra through a long-standing arrangement Touchstone Home Video Mel Gibson 16 8 11 RANSOM (R) PULSE A' with the BBC as well as other produc- Buena Vista Home Video 8295 Rene Russo 20 112 Pink Floyd LF 24.98 17 Columbia Music Video Sony Music Video 50121 ers. . Columbia TriStar Home Video Alec Baldwin 17 24 3 GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (PG -13) VULGAR VIDEO "When Fox was getting the comedy 95103 James Woods 18 23 80 Pantera LF 16.98 WamerVision Entertainment 50345 -3 and drama from BBC, we picked up Columbia TriStar Home Video Matthew Perry (PC -13) 18 16 3 FOOLS RUSH IN Hayek RUSTED ROOT LIVE the nonfiction programming- nature, 94943 Salma 19 13 6 Rusted Root LF 19.95 PolyGram Video 8006368553 how says McGuire. Lauren Holly -to, cooking," 19 12 5 TURBULENCE (R) HBO Home Video -1997 "There were also gems in the collec- Ray Liotta 20 19 39 WOW Various Artists LF 19.98 Sparrow Video Chordant Dist. Group 1615 Universal Studios Home Video John Clouse tion with Anglophile appeal, like 4 FIERCE CREATURES (PG -13) 20 9 82824 Jamie Lee Curtis LIVE IN EUROPE 1968 and RE -ENTRY The Doors LF 19.98 Prince Charles and Di's wedding 21 Entertainment 50191 WarnerVision Prince Andrew and Fergie's wedding, BEAVIS AND BUTT -HEAD 21 22 7 Paramount Home Video 332503 Animated THE AVALON CONCERT DO AMERICA (PG -13) LF The British 22 22 2 John Tesh 19.95 as well as `Treasures Of PolyGram Video 4400544213 Miramax Home Entertainment Diane Keaton Crown,' " notes McGuire. ROOM (PG 22 17 7 MARVIN'S -13) Meryl AT THE ACROPOLIS Buena Vista Home Video 10496 Streep LIVE 19.98 is a 23 26 178 ' Yanni U This fall, Home Vision releasing Private Music BMG Video 82163 Miramax Home Entertainment Jon Favreau boxed set of the PBS series "Cadillac (R) 23 20 10 SWINGERS Video 10483 Vince Vaughn LIVE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS Stevie Ray Vaughan Buena Vista Home 24 31 92 1938 Desert" under the Select label, priced Epic Music Video Sony Music Video 50130 And Double Trouble Daniel Day -Lewis -volume documen- -13) FoxVideo 0414485 at $99.95. The four 24 21 4 THE CRUCIBLE (PG W¡nona Ryder ELVIS ALOHA FROM HAWAII 34 12 Elvis Presley IF 19.98 tary is the story of the struggle for 25 LightYear Ent. WamerVision Entertainment 5042 Jack Lemmon FELLOW -13) Warner Home Video 14535 (Continued on page 59) 25 18 6 MY (PG James Gamer BACK HOME IN INDIANA 36 5 The Gaither Vocal Band IF 29.98 26 Chapel Music Group 46165 Jason Patr ic Warner Home Video 14482 26 25 18 SLEEPERS (R) Brad Pitt WOMAN, THOU ART LOOSED! BRITISH FILM 27 24 23 T.D. Jakes LF 19.95 Integrity Video 2394 page) THE MIRROR HAS Columbia TriStar Home Video (Continued from preceding 27 26 9 TWO FACES (PG -13) 82523 Jeff Bridges 28 RENDEZVOUS WITH RAGNAROK 30 3 Gwar LF 19.95 Metal Blade Home Video 34010 potential of reaching half the U.K.'s Universal Studios Home Video Sylvester Stallone DAYLIGHT (PG -13) population. 28 19 10 82828 Amy Brenneman FEELIN' AT HOME 25 g Gaither & Friends LF 29.95 2.5 29 Chordant Dist. Group 4956 Part of FACT's message is that Julia Ormond NEW SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW IR) FoxVideo 4180 million pounds (about $4 million) gen- 29 Gabriel Byrne JIMI PLAYS MONTEREY 32 4 LF 14.98 30 Rhino Home Video 2354 erated by video piracy allegedly goes Michelle Pfeiffer 30 23 10 ONE FINE DAY (PG) FoxVideo 4145 directly to Northern Ireland terrorists, George Clooney Ti NO BULL: LIVE AT PLAZA DE TOROS, MEXICO 21 AC/DC U 19.95 31 Elektra Entertainment 40192 with the rest going to organized crime. Although piracy rates have fallen in 31 NEWIll. HAMLET (PG 131 Columbia TriStar Home Video Kenneth Branagh THE COMPLETE VIDEO COLLECTION 21 5 Billy Ray Cyrus LF 14.95 32 PolyGram Video 4400467153 recent years from 25% in 1993 to about New Line Home Video Sandra Bullock 32 30 5 IN LOVE AND WAR PG -11) 15% in 1997, the amount of seized mate- Wamer Home Video N4559 Chris O'Donnell VIDEO HITS: VOLUME 1 28 40 Van Halen LF 19.98 33 Warner Reprise Video 3 -38428 rials indicate that the size of the prob- Patrick Stewart 33 27 10 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (PG -13) Paramount Home Video 32797 substantial. During Jonathan Frakes J.D. SUMNER & THE STAMPS J.D. Sumner & lem continues to be 34 NEW U 2995 Chordant Dist. Group 4925 The Stamps the first quarter of 1997, more than Columbia TriStar Home Video Tony Shalhoub NIGHT (R) 34 28 14 BIG 81013 Stanley Tucci HOME VID CLIFF'EM ALL! 20,000 videos, 100 VCR copiers, 3,500 33 171 $19.98 Metallica U 19.98 35 Elektra Entertainment 40106-3 labels, and 450 laserdiscs have been New Line Home Video 31 5 DANGEROUS GROUND (R) 35 Warner Home Video M4436 Elizabeth Hurley LIFE, LOVE & OTHER MYSTERIES seized, according to FACT. RE -ENTRY Point Of Grace LF 19.95 36 Word Video 2653 Diane Keaton "The petition continues the amnesty Paramount Home Video 326123 36 34 20 THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (PG) Goldie Hawn KEPPEL ROAD theme with the strong message that 16 8 Bee Gees U 19.95 AI¡ 37 PolyGram Video 4400548813 Muhammad there is a continuing demand for pirat- (PG) PolyGram Video 4400458473 37 33 3 WHEN WE WERE KINGS George Foreman LIVE IN AMSTERDAM ed videos," says Dixon. "As we all know, 6. Tina Turner IF 19.98 Video 38 NEW Winstar Video Fox Lorber Video 71032 Dimension Home lobbying Parliament can be a long, time - STORY (R) Jackie Chan 38 32 6 CRIME Buena Vista Home Video 11233 THE ALTERNATE ALOHA CONCERT consuming affair, but we hope the peti- 39 RE -ENTRY Elvis Presley LF 19.95 Michael Douglas LightYear Ent. WarnerVision Entertainment 54077 -3 media THE DARKNESS (R) Paramount Home Video 323503 tion will generate more national 39 29 16 THE GHOST AND Val Kilmer JUSTUS coverage. In turn, it will gain the atten- 40 NEW The Monkees LF 19.98 New Line Home Video Gonna Davis Rhino Home Video 2352 this time, 37 19 THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (R) tion of the public again and, 40 Warner Home Video N4446 Samuel L. Jackson of Parliament," adds Dixon. O RIAA gold cert. for sales of 25,000 units for video singles; RIAA gold cert. for sales of 50,000 units fo a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail SF or LF videos; A RIM platinum cert. for sales of 50,000 units for video singles; RIM platinum cert. FACT's members include Fox, Uni- ITA gold certification for or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for for sales of 100,000 units for SF or LF videos; O RIM gold cert. for 25,000 units for SF or LF videos certi versal, Columbia, Warner Bros., Disney, for theatrically released programs, fled prior to April 1, 1991; RIAA platinum cert. for 50,000 units for SF or LF videos certified prior to nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar April 1, 1991. LF long -form. SF Short-form. VS Video single. ©1997, Billboard /BPI Communications. MGM, Paramount, and Blockbuster volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and Video. $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. ©1997, Billboard/BPI Communications.

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CBS /Fox Imports More VideoTM it COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS. o= w W rat z 13 Brit Humor 'j O 5 With `French' m b vá `n 1- us Label Principal d oó.- g TITLE - 3 Distributing Label, Catalog Number Performers >ix c r'n THE NEXT BRITISH WAVE: the Sci -Fi Channel last year. Cen- Based on the success of "Absolute- tral Park is expected to continue the * * * No. 1 * ** ly Video is relationship, but nothing Tom Cruise Fabulous," CBS/Fox further 1 1 9 JERRY MAGUIRE Columbia TriStar Home Video 82533 1996 R 14.95 importing "French & Saunders," has been scheduled. Cuba Gooding, Jr.

another BBC comedy series from 2 8 2 FUN AND FANCY FREE Walt Disney Home Video 9875 Animated 1947 G 26.99 "Ab Fab" co- creator Jennifer Saun- PROMOS FOR ALL AGES: There New Line Home Video ders. are as many consumer promotions 3 2 4 PINK FLAMINGOS NC Warner Divine 1972 -17 19.98 Unlike the sitcom structure of as there are titles scheduled for Home Video N4043

"Ab Fab," "French & Saunders," release in the fourth quarter. 4 3 6 DAS BOOT-THE DIRECTOR'S CUT Columbia TriStar Home Video 22203 Jurgen Prochnow 1981 R 24.95 starring Dawn French, is a pro- In one of the largest Christmas Mighty Morphin 5 4 4 TURBO -A POWER RANGERS MOVIE FoxVideo 4181 1996 PG 19.98 gram of sketches that aired on the offers ever assembled, Warner Home Power Rangers BBC in the late '80s, before "Ab Video is putting together 29 holiday- Fab." Today it has a regular time themed titles, a mix of live action 6 6 24 LORD OF THE DANCE PolyGram Video 4400431893 Michael Flatley 1997 NR 24.95 and Looney slot on Comedy Central. animation, including VCI 1 9 62 RIVERDANCE -THE SHOW Various Artists 1996 NR 24.95 "We see this as the next breakout Tunes characters, Hanna -Barbara Columbia TriStar Home Video 84060 comedy and titles, Olsen ALANIS MORISSETTE: JAGGED Warner think it has a twins videos, 8 5 4 LITTLE PILL, LIVE Reprise Video 38476 Alanis Morissette 1997 NR 19.98 huge potential and feat u r e - Hollywood Pictures Home Video Sean Connery 9 7 9 THE ROCK 1996 R 19.99 due to its broad- length titles Buena Vista Home Video 8887 Nicolas Cage cast on Come- SHELF such as dy Central," "George Bal- 10 12 9 HAPPY GILMORE Universal Studios Home Video 82820 Adam Sandler 1996 PG -13 14.98 says Fox Home TALK anchine's The No Limit Video 11 11 9 I'M BOUT IT Master P 1991 R 19.98 Entertainment by Eileen Fitzpatrick Nutcracker." Priority Video 53423 executive dir- Retail prices Playboy Home Video 12 13 7 PLAYBOY'S REAL COUPLES II Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 ector of mar- range from Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0809 keting Deborah Mitchell. $9.95 to $14.95. Walt Disney Home Video Glenn Close 13 10 16 101 DALMATIANS 1996 G 26.99 Fox has put together a "best of" At the high end, Warner will Buena Vista Home Video 8996 Jeff Daniels collection of "French & Saunders" include one of four on-pack premi- PLAYBOY'S BIKER BABES -HOT Playboy Home Video 14 21 3 Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 on two tapes, delivered to stores um Christmas ornaments featuring WHEELS & HIGH HEELS Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0815 Aug. 5. Each tape retails for $19.98. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Fred Playboy Home Video 15 14 3 PLAYBOY'S GIRLS IN UNIFORM Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 The videos, along with a new BBC Flintstone, and Scooby Doo. Retail- Universal Music Video Dist. PBVO811 of will a choice of Sam Neill release, "Chef," and the rest the ers receive various 16 17 58 JURASSIC PARK O Universal Studios Home Video 81409 1993 PG -13 9.98 BBC line will be cross -promoted prepack configurations, which come Laura Dern Kyle MacLachlan with Tetley Tea. with a custom header card and an 11 15 19 DUNE Universal Studios Home Video 80161 1984 PG -13 14.98 Consumers can receive different elf's hat. Warner will place an ad Sting Nickelodeon Video levels of rebates based on the pur- about the promotion on each of its 18 20 2 A RUGRATS VACATION Animated 1997 NR 12.95 Paramount Home Video 837793 chase price of the videos when they October, November, and December also buy Tetley products. For videos releases to alert consumers. 19 18 21 SPACE JAM Warner Home Video 16400 Michael Jordan 1996 PG 22.96 priced at $14.99, consumers get a $1 For the Oct. 14 release of the Frances McDormand 20 19 22 FARGO PolyGram Video 8006386933 1996 R 19.95 coupon. Titles up to $19.99 are direct -to -video title "Babes In Toy - William H. Macy worth $2, and those $20 and higher, land," MGM is offering a free plush THUG IMMORTAL -TUPAC SHAKUR 21 22 11 Xenon Entertainment 1085 Tupac Shakur 1997 R 24.95 $3. Rebate coupons are inside some Humpty Dumpty toy. The $19.98 STORY 750,000 specially marked Tetley Tea animated title will also be cross -pro- Playboy Home Video 22 16 16 PLAYBOY'S VOLUPTUOUS VIXENS Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 boxes. The offer is good through moted with a "Babes In Toyland" Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0820 March 31, 1998. CD -ROM. It features the voice tal- Tom Hulce 23 30 81 AMADEUS Republic Pictures Home Video 5805 1984 PG 14.98 Mitchell says the launch strategy ents of Christopher Plummer, F. Murray Abraham will follow a similar to "Ab pattern James Belushi, Bronson Pinchot, John Travolta 24 23 79 GREASE Paramount Home Video 1108 1978 PG 14.95 Fab," with advertising in broad - and Charles Nelson Reilly. Olivia Newton -John based consumer print media. Gift On the live- action front, LIVE THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK: Jamie Williams 25 NEW Columbia TriStar Home Video 49330 1997 PG 14.95 sets will follow when more "French Home Video is offering a $5 rebate MOWGLI & BALOO Roddy McDowell & Saunders" episodes are released with the purchase of "Asteroid." THE OFFICIAL 1996 -97 NBA Foxvideo (CBS/Fox) 26 NEW Various Artists 1997 NR 19.98 next year. The NBC mini -series arrives in CHAMPIONSHIP VIDEO FoxVideo 8452 One which Fox also had Sept. 9, $19.98. problem, stores priced at 2 BEAVIS & BUTT -HEAD: INNOCENCE MTV Music Television 27 31 Animated 1997 NR 14.98 with "Ab Fab," is a paucity of Consumers must also purchase LOST Sony Music Video 49332 episodes. "Even though there are a two other LIVE videos in order to Walt Disney Home Video 28 27 22 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Animated 1996 G 26.99 limited number of episodes, it's still receive the rebate. Other titles in Buena Vista Home Video 7955

á viable product based on its broad- the promotion are "The Arrival," Marlon Brando 1972 29 34 146 THE GODFATHER Paramount Home Video 8049 R 24.95 cast on Comedy Central," says "Stargate," "The Terminator, ". Al Pacino Mitchell. 2: Day," and MGM /UA Home Video Peter Sellers "Terminator Judgment 30 39 3 THE PINK PANTHER 1964 NR 14.95 But don't despair, dahling. Fox is "Total Recall." Warner Home Video 663843 David Niven planning a big "Ab Fab" re- promo- Blake Heron 31 35 5 SHILOH Warner Home Video 36200 1996 PG 19.98 tion for 1998, which will include CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST: Real Michael Moriarty some never -before -seen footage. has picked up dis- Epic Music Video Joe Satriani/ Entertainment 32 25 8 G3: LIVE IN CONCERT 1997 NR 19.98 tribution rights to "A Hollywood Sony Music Video 50157 /Steve Vai 90- Robert De Niro SCI -FI FEST: Central Park Christmas," a minute clip com- 33 24 20 GOODFELLAS Warner Home Video 12039 1990 R 19.98 Media has hooked up with the Sci- pilation of holiday -themed movies. Joe Pesci James Stewart Fi Channel again to showcase more The program is hosted by Jane 34 29 35 VERTIGO Universal Studios Home Video 82940 1958 PG 19.98 Kim Novak Japanese animation titles. It hopes Seymour and produced by Fox - Arnold Schwarzenegger the cable connection will generate Star Productions, an in -house com- 35 26 10 ERASER Warner Home Video 14202 1996 R 14.98 Vanessa Williams sales. pany at 20th Century Fox Televi- Harvey Keitel 36 RE -ENTRY RESERVOIR DOGS Live Home Video 68993 1992 R 14.98 Through Saturday (16), the Sci- sion. Priced at $14.99, the video Tim Roth Fi Channel will air "IRIA: Zeiram will be in stores Nov 4. PLAYBOY: 1997 PLAYMATE Playboy Home Video 31 28 13 Victoria Silstedt 1997 NR 19.98 The Animation," a two -volume set Best known for its "Cops" reality OF THE YEAR Universal Music Video Dist. PBV0807 series, Real has been branching out that is among Central Park's best DISNEY SING -ALONG: THE Walt Disney Home Video 38 NEW Animated 1997 NR 14.99 sellers. "IRIA" began airing Aug. 4- of late. On Saturday (16), the com- MODERN CLASSICS Buena Vista Home Video 4415 5, with repeats scheduled for Sat- pany will release "All The King's BARNEY'S CAMP Barney Home Video 39 32 3 Barney 1997 NR 14.95 urday (9) and Saturday (16). Men," a five -tape documentary WANNARUNNAROUND The Lyons Group 2018 Three of Central Park's Japani- series about Presley's inner circle, Al Pacino 40 33 21 THE GODFATHER PART II Paramount Home Video 8459 1974 R 24.95 mation titles, "Gall Force: Eternal dubbed the "Memphis Mafia." Real Diane Keaton Story," "Roujin 2," and "Lodoss will release a tape every two months War: Volume I," first appeared on until December (see story, page 56). RIAA gold cert. for sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. RIAA platinum cert. for sales of 100,000 units or $2 million in sales at suggested retail. ITA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. ©1997, Billboard/BPI Communications.

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HOME VISION (Continued froin page 57) water in the modern American West. As an added value, each set will con- tain a copy of Paramount Home Video's "Chinatown," Roman Polanski's 1974 film about the battle over water in Los From To Angeles. Nirvana Though McGuire declines to discuss the details of the deal with Paramount, he is optimistic that it could lead to more cross - promotional opportunities. "I hope this will lead to other part- Soundgarden. nerships," says McGuire, "and we're already talking about some other ecinagenzve 50,000,000 Screaming ?'ans Celebrate The Music! // BY FEATURING RARE PERFORMANCES Two thumbs up!"

!. MOON FASTBAEIIS RP -Siskel & Ebert BLOC l5tr ERACIERBASH THE MONO MEN ° ^s MELVINS GASPER 'HE GITS HAM . IOYEBATTERY SIDEMAN SEAM 1 YEAR BROI SOME VELVET M6 I IIYARR THE POSIES Tif YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS 1IPGVN SOUNDGARDEN SUPERSUCI. "Hilarious!" -Railing Stone This fall, Home Vision releases a boxed set of the PBS series "Cadillac Desert," a documentary on the struggle for water in the modern American West. "Full of humor and energy. -Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle "Remarkable" Times

"Loud & Hilarious! -Roberta Myers, ELLE If things with Paramount, but they're just at the idea stage." "BRILLIANTI'1 "Spellbinding... - Jeffrey Wells, LA Times Syndicats The company's newest addition is -Movieline from Channel, !" programs the Military UP which may seem like of a departure for "Two THUMBS - SIM & EBERT the company. The product will be sold under Military Channel Media and will include military news, current affairs, "****I profiles of current and past military PRESENTED IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT. heroes, and behind -the -scenes fea- tures. Arriving in stores Sept. 9, the VHS 6700 /Color /Approx. 84 Min. /Unrated /q The funniest rock film since Spinal Tap." debut titles are "Frontline Pilots" and "Fleet Firepower," priced at $14.95 PRE -ORDER DATE: 8/26/97 -11m Apelo, The Oregonian each. STREET DATE: 9/16/97 McGuire says Home Vision was attracted to the channel based on ris- in ing consumer interest the military. HELVEYIPRAY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS A FILM BY DOUG PRAY PRODUCED BY STEVEN HELVEY In fact, he notes that attendance at mil- itary air shows and military museums CO-PRODUCED BY LISA DUTTON & PETE VOGT NARRATIVE STRUCTURE BRIAN LEVY surpassed 30 million people last year. Consumers also spent more than $1 bil- EDITED BY DOUG PRAY & JOAN ZAPATA SUPERVISING EDITOR EARL GHAFFARI lion on military books and tickets to those attractions. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ROBERT BENNETT DIRECTED BY DOUG PRAY Even though the military is unchart- www.republic -pictures.com DO I DOLBY SURROUNDI ed territory for Home Vision, McGuire Closed Captioned by the insists that the company's experience National Captioning Institute. HYPE! © 1996 Fabulous Sounds Ltd. Partnership. 40 Used with Permission. as a niche marketer makes it uniquely Graphic Design © 1997 Republic Entertainment Inc.® a subsidiary of Spelling Entertainment Group Inc .® qualified for this role. *Suggested Retail Price. Republic Pictures is a registered trademark of Republic Entertainment Inc .® REPUBLIC As the company has grown, its Not available in Canada. Dolby and the DO are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. PICTURES® approach to sales has become more sophisticated, enabling it to handle a variety of genres. Previously, sales (Continued on next page)

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HOME VISION FINDS ITS NICHE ( Continued from preceding page) staff were hired on the basis of their way around the video business and con- accounts. Although many of the classic titles in "The principal ownership of the expertise in specific areas. ducting extensive consumer -research The balance of the business is the Janus collection would seem to be a Janus Collection are part owners of the "Early on, we had a performing arts studies has paid off. McGuire says that diverse. Bookstores and museums good fit for videophiles as they begin to Voyager laserdisc company," says expert and an art expert in sales," says traditional retail accounts now repre- account for about 10% each, and cata- build DVD libraries, he says that the McGuire. McGuire. "We hired people principal- sent about 40% of Home Vision's sales, logs account for about 30 %. company won't release its first titles on The association with Voyager will ly for having strength in content." a significant increase since 10 years As for new consumer technology, DVD until the spring of 1998. But when assist Home Vision in developing con- But McGuire says the video business ago, when the majority of business McGuire says that Home Vision is pro- Home Vision does launch its DVD pro- tent with consumer appeal, and in hav- no longer needs experts in specific came from libraries and specialty ceeding, albeit with some caution. gram, it may have an advantage. ing a leg up on technical aspects as well. fields. "We have tried to find industry veterans to fill the company's seven outside sales positions," says McGuire, INDIES OUTPACE MAJORS IN RACE TO SUPPLY DVD "because it's easier to teach them (Continued from page 50) about the content rather than having MVl: which will put out six titles in compared with launching other prod- market." hurry to get into DVD, but still fields at to teach someone about sales." September, including the $19.98 "Russ- ucts the risk is low. Mansfield says sales of three Grate- least one call a week from companies In addition, the company is con- ian Roulette" and "Mysteria," decided "Getting into DVD is cheaper than ful Dead concert videos have reached $2 wanting to author its titles. stantly looking for new distribution against signing on with a distribution investing $1 million to launch a chil- million, making the series a good DVD Others say the B- titles mainly channels. In 1993, Home Vision set out partner such as Simitar. Knowles says dren's property," she says, "and if a candidate. But authoring costs plus the offered by independents are selling as to match retailers to potential buyers the company will spend about $5,000 kids' property doesn't take off, you lose low penetration of DVD players pre- well as originally expected. in their area. Through a series of ques- per title for DVD authoring. everything." sents too much of a risk at this time. "On non -A-titles, the sales are not as tionnaires sent to consumers, it creat- "Simitar has a great offer, but we're But other independent video compa- "A DVD title today can expect to sell big as expected," says Don Gold, Tri- ed a general profile of the Home Vision a distribution company, and the struc- nies are convinced DVD is the right about 4,000 units, but the question is, If mark Home Video's senior VP of sales customer for each market. ture of their deal conflicted with what business to be in right now. player penetration hits 500,000 a year and marketing. "We laid that profile over every ZIP we're doing," says Knowles. "We deal "The quality of DVD is wonderful, from now, can you re- release the same Gold says the company has received code in the country, and then we com- with retail customers on a direct basis, but the public has not proved to be high title and bump your sales to 20,000 "tons of offers" from DVD authoring pared that map to a map of our retail and it's not in our plan to give that up." on high- tech," says Monterey Movie Co. units ?" asks Mansfield. "Releasing companies, but the company wants to base," explains McGuire. "It gave us a Anchor Bay also decided against co-founder Scott Mansfield. "If quality titles now or later is a tough call, and wait. road map to find new dealers who were teaming up with a distribution partner was so important, we would have sold the wait -and -see attitude is a shame, "Like everyone else, we believe DVD not on board with our titles." because the investment costs were millions of laserdiscs. You can create a but it's prudent." will be a business," he says, "but not for In addition, he says, the research within the company's budget. niche market on quality, but not a mass Mansfield says the company is in no another six to eight months, at least." enables the company to tell dealers In October, the supplier will release Home Vision "Halloween" and "Dawn Of The Dead," that weren't carrying Billboard. AUGUST 16, 1997 product that their retail competitors priced at $24.99 and $29.99, respec- across town were doing well with it. tively. "We took that customer profile to "We know what the sales have been every bookstore, every record store, for similar product," says VP of mar- Top and every library and said, `Look, keting Sandra Weisenauer, "and there's Special Interest Video Sales.. these are your customers, and this is no marketing dollars involved here." Compiled from a national sample of retail Compiled from a national sample of retail o what they like.' 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Despite tired gangsta posturing and rap twosome Sandy Carriello and Luis S P O T L I G H T S P O T L I G H T cliché peddling on several tracks, Deschamps runs through a good -time including single "Not Tonight" (by Lil' set of bravura -laced anecdotes high- Kim et al.), the album has some lighted by "La Fiesta" and "El inspired moments, especially Coolio's Alacrán." AL3..,vs "C U When U Get There." A sampling EIDITEED BY PAUL VERNA of the state of the art in hip -hop. WORLD MUSIC * SALLY NYOLO P O P JAll Tribu * DREW WEAVER BARBARA DENNERLEIN PRODUCERS: Sally Nyolo & Xavier Desandre- Navarre Unfaithful Kind Junkanoo Tinder 42846792 PRODUCER: Michael Kramer PRODUCER. Barbara Dennerlein Former Zap Mama member Sally Nyolo Black Saddle 414 Verve 537 122 has made one of the brightest, most con- Delaware resident Drew Weaver has a Second label release from German jazz sistently enjoyable world music debuts keener eye for a good lyric and a finer ear organist/composer Barbara Dennerlein of the year. Nyolo- raised in Cameroon for a good tune than most songwriters is defined by the swings, stings, and but based in Paris -knows her American with bigger names and fatter bank surges of her classic Hammond B3. pop styles well and can elegantly blend voice with African forms, as on the dra- accounts. Weaver's potent, bluesy MATT MOLLOY Backed by an impressive crew that them -solid featuring matically metronomic "Tamtam." Even a hovers over rock grooves Shadows On Stone includes David Murray, Randy Brecker, reverb -soaked, vibrato-accented guitars Attack Of The Grey Lantern Frank Lacy, Howard traditional theme like the call-and- Draper PRODUCER: Matt Molloy David Sanchez, (courtesy of his band, the Alvarados) and PRODUCER: Paul Thomas Chapin, Mitch response "Ndongo" is adorned with Epic 67935 Caroline 1168 Johnson, - delightfully pop -tuneful choruses. Other the occasional touch of exotica. It's an In the U.K., where singles still serve Master flutist Matt Molloy has been Watkins, and Dennis Chambers, Den sound that works best on -ized set highlights include the light- stepping unpretentious a vital need in the marketplace, rock a fixture of the Celtic music circuit nerlein kicks off a well- organ multitracked vocals on "Shana "; the his brilliantly arranged tunes -such as quartet Mansun garnered so much for years, first as a member of the with enjoyably funky themes "A Cat -Age Stripper," hypnotic, concentric patterns of "Awou "; "Bigger Than Life," "Teen acclaim for its first batch of EPs Bothy Band and Planxty and since Strikes Back" and "Walk On Air." Writ- Isaak -rem- and the rumbling funk lines of "Ovouni." "Love On The Line," the Chris that it won the coveted Brit Award 1979 through his distinguished work ing and performing in musical settings on the vocalism of iniscent "I Couldn't Walk Away," and the for best band even before this with the Chieftains. As a solo artist, that could appeal to traditional and con- Perhaps reflecting title cut-many of which are rife with debut shipped. session player, and ringleader of the temporary jazz fans alike, Dennerlein her previous band, Nyolo composes gor- album -its -had with the sweetly insightful social commentary. An undis- the full -length release "Evenings At Matt Molloy's" series, offers such other standouts as the sub- geous vocal collages Fortunately, and cyber- covered gem. Contact: 302 -322-8410. lives up to its weighty expectations, the Sligo -born musician has upheld tly lyrical "Visions," the seductively breathless "Mamterry" the Irish musical tradition and pro- bluesy "Nightowls," the briskly Brazil - inflected "Meguem." ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST thanks to Mansun mastermind Paul moted it on a worldwide basis. His ianized "Samba And The Drum Stick," Play On! 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He is the Love Song "; the snide, Beatle -esque From Haydn to Beethoven to Bartók, tin, Christy Moore, Paddy Rafferty, * DESORDEN PUBLICO melody man behind all19 songs except "Taxloss "; and lead single "Wide tended to make their Ciaran Tourish. The material Plomo Revienta composers have Billy Strayhorn's "Take The Ä Train." His Open Space," which is making a and statements via the string comprises traditional pieces PRODUCER: K.C. Porter most personal triumphs here, performed with soulful, strong showing on the Modern Rock and contrary to its rap as over- by Molloy, along with Sony Latin/Sony 82302 quartet, swinging elegance by the cast, include "I Tracks chart. A band that melds arranged the medium is the source some newer original compositions Venezuelan bad boys return with anoth- ly intellectual, Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart," "It orchestral music and psychedelic of some of the loveliest, most accessible by Molloy and O'Connor. 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Still, "Shing A Daniel Jones. More inviting than the son, Yvette Cason, Andre De Shields, Foxy Brown, Faith Evans, 112, and Kelly turing Left Eye, Missy Elliott, and Ling Rub A Dub" and "Manuela" could astringent quartets of Jones' English Cheryl Freeman, Lawrence Hamilton, Price put a shine on a record as Angie Martinez), Coolio (featuring the strike a spark at Latino radio with the near- contemporary Robert Simpson Larry Marshall, and Tonya Pinkins. -can't mediocre as this. 40 Thevz), Oran "Juice" Jones, OutKast, proper label push. (which the Delmé have recorded for Hy- Queen Latifah, Dat Nigga Daz of Tha perion), Jones' essays are intricate yet VARIOUS ARTISTS SANDY & PAPO MC full of yearning melody R A P Dogg Pound, Stetsasonic, Quad City warm-hearted, Nothing To Lose -Music From And Inspired By DJ's, and others. It also includes Otra Vez . and involving textures. 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Celtic Sessions ly plagued by the same old specters of PRODUCER: William Coulter The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton enjoyably embellished treatment of "A But the true star here is arranger /con- misanthropy, misogyny, and self- aggran- Gourd Music 126 REISSUE PRODUCER: Michael Cuscuna tex- dizing melodrama. Preening mafioso Sunday Kind Of Love." ductor Gil Evans, whose dramatic, Capitol Jazz 56688 as Guitarist William Coulter has been poses and pseudo -corporate pretensions tured charts make such songs Blue Note's new `Ballads" compilation KENNY BURRELL Night investigating the Celtic vein for years. abound throughout "No Way Out" and its "Lotus Land," "Loie," and "Last the catalogs of Lou Guitar Forms and On this album, he gathers longtime packaging, effectively snuffing any glim- series mines When We Were Young" shimmer Rawls, Ike Quebec, Joe Henderson, ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Creed Taylor in Verve's 20- associates such as Barry and Shelley mer of genuine emotion. The writing is smolder. Other classics Hubbard for gentle REISSUE PRODUCERS: Michael Lang & Ben Young Phillips and adds in a few Celtic heavy- banal at best, and -perhaps worse for a and Freddie title Master Edition include Stan Getz 1958 Kenton Verve 314- 521 -451 weights, including Seamus Egan, Alas - producer's album production itself is grooves, but these Stan and Joao Gilberto's bossa nova icon -the sessions make up the only intact rere- Verve's Master Edition is synonymous dair Fraser, and Martin Hayes. Not tired. Contrary to any claims of homage "Getz/Gilberto," Ella Fitzgerald's lease in The visionary band- with class, and the reissue of this clas- quite as atmospheric as his previous or postmodern pastiche, the over -reliance the series. standard "Sings The Cole Porter leader/arranger creates a warm ambi- sic album epitomizes all that is won- Duke and album, "Celtic Crossing," it neverthe- on huge swathes of undiluted samples is Songbook," and Ellington ence that contrasts his lush, derful about the series: state- of-the- The less explores the quieter side of Celtica, simply clumsy, lazy, and demeaning to the Johnny Hodges' classy "Play charts with his art packaging, sumptuous sound, To less full of slow airs and slowed -down slip sources. (The Police, David Bowie, Rober- Ellingtonian orchestral Blues Back Back." And spare, evocative piano lines -as he exemplary documentation, and astute renowned yet no less timeless are jigs. Coulter's arrangements are subtly ta Flack, and others deserve better, but at notes. Verve has been doing right by wrought, and he avoids the Celtic chest- least they're credited. The great Ameri- does in "Ill Wind" and "Early Lester Young's presidential "With The Autumn." Other highlights of a sweet, some great music, which in the case of nuts; but some of these could become can composer Samuel Barber, whose Oscar Peterson Trio," Getz's experi- soft -focus set include the saxes-and- "Guitar Forms" is dark and lovely. By the genius con- favorites, including "Cití na gCumman" "Agnus Dei" is lifted for the intro of "I'll mental "Focus," and brass dialogue of "How Deep Is The consensus, the record is guitarist and "Drops Of Brandy." Contact: 800 -487- Be Missing You," goes unmentioned.) clave of "Coleman Hawkins Encoun- the sensuously slinky reeds of Kenny Burrell's finest, and his playing 4939. Even the constellation of guest stars -the Ocean," ters Ben Webster."

SPOTLIGHT: Releases deemed by the review editors to deserve special attention on the basis of musical merit and/or Billboard chart potential. VITAL REISSUES: Rereleased album of special artistic, archival, and commercial interest, and outstanding collet- of their musical ALBUMS. tions of works by one or more artists. PICKS (II.): New releases predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. CRITICS CHOICES (* ): New releases, regardless of chart potential, highly recommended because merit.MUSIC TO MY EARS (J)): New releases deemed Picks which were featured in the "Music To My Ears" column as being among the most significant records of the year. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Paul Verna, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Send R&B albums to J.R. Reynolds, Billboard, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Send country albums to Chet Flippo, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, TN 37203.Send Latin albums to John Lannert, 1814 Fern Valley Road, Louisville, KY 40219. Other contributors: Havelock Nelson (rap/N.Y.); Iry Lichtman (Broadway/cabaret/N.Y.); Brad Bambarger (classical/N.Y.); Drew Wheeler (jazz/N.Y.); Deborah Evans Price (contemporary Christian/Nashville); Gordon Ely (gospel); John Diliberto (new age).

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regular spins at national radio, expect would expect. This is an incredibly enjoy- The acoustic -rooted music has a percus- U N T R Y only limited success from the single, as C O able record deserving of lots of attention. sive drive that will play well over the air- "Part I" is clearly the Faces' best effort. . WADE HAYES Wichita Lineman (3:29) waves, while DiFranco's quirky vocal style PRODUCERS: Don Cook, Chick Rains RIVER ROAD Nickajack (2:51) and smart lyrics will wash over playlists Legend Of A Cowgirl (3:44) WRITER: J. Webb PRODUCERS: Scott Hendricks, Gary Nicholson like a cool and refreshing breeze. Also PRODUCER: Michael Manginu S \GLES PUBLISHER: PolyGram International, ASCAP WRITERS: S. Bogard, S. Curnutte, M. Maher boding well for this noteworthy single's EiDITECD BY LARRY FLICI< WRITERS: I. Coppola, M. Mangini, D. Leitch Columbia 78653 Sony) (CD promo) PUBLISHERS: Warner Tamerlane/Rancho Bellita/Yatata, (Up success is her spot on Bob Dylan's tour PUBLISHERS: Ensign/Tsanoddinos/Peer, BMI; Famous/Ash It's hard to BMI remake a classic, and it's this summer. If you've yet to discover this Belle/Gee Street, ASCAP admirable that Hayes has Capitol 12309 (CD promo) taken a shot at super -talented artist, now is the time. P O P Columbia 1736 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) this Glen Campbell chestnut. However, it The latest offering from this five -man Paula Cole may have been Contact: 716- 852 -8020. * CRUSH Luv'd Up (3:29) wondering is even more admirable that he does such band -comprising Steve Grisaffe, Tony PRODUCERS: where all the cowboys have gone, but new- Ardoin, Brian Pugsley, Petrol Station an effective job here. Jimmy Webb's song Charles Ventre, Richard CELLOPHANE Down (2:50) WRITERS: DeMatos, Male, comer Coppola has a clear vision of the Smith is timeless poetry, and it's great to see it Comeaux, and Mike Burch -is a lively, PRODUCER: not listed PUBLISHERS: Careers-BMG, BMI; Sony /ATV Tunes, soul of cowgirls. Talk about being in a revived for a new generation of country uptempo number with tongue- twisting WRITER: not listed ASCAP Western frame of mind. Coppola makes an music listeners. Production by Don Cook lyrics and an energetic performance by PUBLISHER: not listed REMIXERS: the Fitch Brothers, Outta Control intriguing first impression on this skit - and Chick Rains is as lush as the original, lead vocalist Grisaffe. Production by Scott Virgin 12719 (CD promo) Robbins Entertainment 72017 (c/o BMG) (cassette sin- tling pop/rocker, which combines old -fash- and it features tasteful steel guitar touch- Hendricks and Gary Nicholson is crisp All rock fans should check this tune out - gle) ioned fiddling with modern funk drums. es that give it an earthy flavor. Sounds and radio -friendly. This could be the single but beware of easy addiction. "Down" has And you thought "Jellyhead" was the only Quirky and rife with novelty value, "Leg- like a hit all over again. that helps set this new quintet apart. an electric energy that will pierce your good single this female duo had in 'em. end Of A Cowgirl" has considerable multi - mind with a shock wave of rough vocals The candy -sweet "Luv'd Up" is even format appeal, not to mention a chorus BILL ENGVALL WITH JOHN MICHAEL and strong guitars, synthesizing together catchier and more festive than the group's that permanently sticks to brain. 'Twill be MONTGOMERY Warning Signs (2:49) DANCE with ease. Radio stations have already previous hit. This time, the girls dive mighty interesting to hear what else is PRODUCERS: Csaba Petocz, Doug Grau PET SHOP BOYS Somewhere 1136) begun playing this jam, and its wide- headfirst into a sea of classic pop rhythms tucked into her forthcoming debut disc. WRITERS: B. Engvall, S. Rouse, R. Scaife PRODUCER: not listed spread success is highly probable. à la the Ronnettes, swimming through a PUBLISHERS: Twin Spurs/Shabloo/Songs of PolyGram WRITER: not listed YOUNG MC On & Poppin' (no timing listed) splashy hook with infectious glee. You'll be International/Virgin Timber, BMI PUBLISHER: not listed * INDIGO GIRLS Get Out The Map (3:23) PRODUCER: Marvin Young humming it for hours after just one listen. Warner Bros. 8923 (CD promo) REMIXERS: Trouser Enthusiasts, Forthright PRODUCERS: Indigo Girls, David Leonard WRITER: M. Young For those who prefer a more modern beat, Montgomery joins comedian Engvall on Atlantic 2429 (12 -inch single) WRITER: E. Saliers PUBLISHER: Young Man Moving, ASCAP a batch of bright and shiny hi -NRG dance this funny little number about what In a perfect world, this wistful disco cover PUBLISHERS: EMI -Virgin Songs/Godhap, BMI Overall 73019 (CD cut) remixes by the Fitch Brothers and Outta might have happened to result in warn- of the classic song from "West Side Story" Epic 0970 (Uo Sony) (CD promo) The rapper who Control are offered. The result is a scored several years ago ing labels on certain consumer products. would meet with open arms at pop radio. A rock song anchored by a banjo? Why with "Bust A Move" shrewdly conceived single that will sound hits the comeback Engvall's dialogue is funny, and Mont- But, alas, narrow programming minds and not? This second offering from the endur- awesome programmed alongside the likes trail with a bouncy jam that proves that he gomery ably provides the requisite musi- even tighter playlist space will probably ing duo's stellar collection "Shaming Of of Hanson and Robyn. is as lyrically sharp and clever as ever. cal accompaniment. It's a cute record limit this single to the clubs-which is not The Sun" is a percussive strummer that Taken from the solid new album "Return that some stations will no doubt be able necessarily a sad fate. Partners Neil Ten- utilizes the banjo with an aggressive man- * TREY LORENZ Make You Happy 14:o61 Of The One-Hit Wonder," this single is not to utilize. nant and Chris Lowe dress the song in ner similar to an electric guitar. It's a PRODUCERS: Mariah Carey, Cory Rooney for the hardcore hip -hop aficionado. vibrant trance/NRG keyboards and risky move that works extremely well, giv- WRITERS: M. Carey, T. Lorenz, C. Rooney Rather, it should attract the attention of * JOHN FOGERTY Streamline (3:35) plucky beats. A double -pack of remixes ing Emily Saliers' romantic tale of wan- PUBLISHERS: Sony /ATV Songs/Rye Songs/Smitty's Sort/ mainstream pop programmers who prefer PRODUCER: John Fogerty shows Trouser Enthusiasts (our pick for derlust a nice rootsy feel and an effective- Cori Triffan, BMI their rap on the safe and playful side. WRITER: J. Fogerty best remixer name of the season) and ly urgent edge. Triple -A and AC radio Columbia 1682 (Uo Sony) (cassette single) PUBLISHER: Cody River, ASCAP Forthright adding a trendy idea or two. tastemakers will have a field day with this It seems like a lifetime since Lorenz has MAX -A- MILLION Break My Stride (no timing listed) Warner Bros. 8908 (CD promo) Also quite nice is a stately orchestral ver- gem, though targeted rock programmers offered a new single. What better way to PRODUCER: Baby O. One of the rock world's most instantly sion that allows Tennant to be at his melo- may be a bit apprehensive about airing it resurface WRITERS: G. Prestpopino, M. Wilder recognizable and beloved voices serves a than with a tune featured on the dramatic best. at first. But give it a try. Y'all may be PUBLISHERS: No Ears/Streetwise/Buchu, ASCAP song from his new "Blue Moon red -hot soundtrack to "Men In Black "? Swamp" pleasantly surprised at the listener With songwriting and production input REMIXERS: Rudy Gonzalez, Matt Warren, Fernando Gar- collection that's just perfect for country response. After all, the group's fan base is from mentor Mariah Carey, Lorenz shows bary, Music Gamblers radio. You can't get much more down - ROCK Baby O. 1001 (CD single) TRACKS vast and passionate. that he's put his hiatus from public view to home than a train song, and this track's Matthew Wilder's '80s -era hit is once ANI DiFRANCO Fire Door (3:44) good use. He has developed an impressive instrumentation is far more traditional HEADSWIM again a viable radio contender, as Max-A- PRODUCER: not listed Hype (3:52) depth and confidence, as evident by the than many of the AC-leaning offerings PRODUCER: Steve Osborne Million transforms the song into a thump- WRITER: not listed ease with which he soars from full- bodied from other acts currently permeating the WRITER: D. Glending ing club anthem. The aggressive, reggae - PUBLISHER: not listed baritone crooning to falsetto vamping. country radio format. There's a fresh PUBLISHER: not listed spiced beat and the addition of throaty Righteous Babe 20113 (CD single) Place that performance atop a chilled rockabilly energy that makes the song a 550 Music/Epic 0850 (c/o Sony) (CD promo) toasting will rattle fans of the original DiFranco appears to be on the verge of jeep -ballad groove, and you have the mak- toe -tapping delight, and Fogerty's vocal "Bush wannabe" will likely be your first recording. But it could fit comfortably well her first hit single with this fine effort ings of a smash. Can't wait to hear what has all the charisma and charm one impression of this group after the song's into crossover formats. Turntable from her current album, "Living In Clip." else Lorenz has tucked up his musical jocks first few riffs. But the band quickly shows will find the string of hard -edged house sleeve. its own unique colors. Without a doubt, remixes useful for working peak -hour N E W & N O T E W O R T H Y "Hype" has a distinctive tenacity, and it * SAVE FERRIS Come On Eileen (3:36) audiences into a lather. Contact: 708 -387- strays from the overexposed Seattle - 1004. PRODUCERS: Peter Collins, Clive Goddard, Save Ferris GARY BARLOW So Help Me Girl (4:15) pop/dance ditty as if she were Barbie, sounding bandwagon. Given the band's WRITERS: K. Rowland, J. Paterson, K. Adams PRODUCER: David Foster gleefully verbalizing many of the twisted wide range of sounds and ideas, tight for- PUBLISHER: Colgems-EMI, ASCAP WRITERS: H. Perdew, A. Spooner things people secretly do with the doll. mat classification may prove to be tricky. Epic 2375 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) R&B PUBLISHERS: Modar /Songwriters Ink/Longitude,BM); At the same time, she effectively rants However, Headswim assembles a captivat- The Dexy's Midnight Runners evergreen 110. PATTI LaBELLE Shoe Was On The Other Foot Emdar/Texas Wedge/Full Keel, ASCAP about the inherent misogyny of Barbie ing beat that will suit the palate of many is dusted off and covered with a decidedly (3:51) Arista 3360 (e/o BMG) (cassette single) with a subversive hand. Rene Dif is an modern rock listeners. ska- leaning perspective. It works incredi- PRODUCERS: Gerald Levert, Edwin "Tony" Nicholas Former front man Barlow equally playful and biting presence, as bly mostly due to the timeless WRITERS: G. Levert, E. Nicholas THE TEA PARTY (2:36) well- takes his first solo steps here with a he embodies male counterpart Ken with Temptation nature of the song. However, the group PUBLISHER: not listed romantic pop ballad -which was a major PRODUCER: Jeff Martin MCA 4019 (c/o Uni) (cassette single) an amusing leer. Wisely, MCA is sticker- displays a deft way of swerving from jit- country for Diffie WRITERS: The Tea Party hit Joe -that doesn't ing this hitbound single with a message tery guitars to sunny horns. The tempo The second single from "Flame" shows PUBLISHER: not listed stray far from the successful sound of that this is "a social comment and was shifts are also fun party fodder as the Miss Patti in her most comfortable set - REMIXER: Tom Lord -Alge the act's last stateside hit, "Back For not created or approved by the makers verses from a pogo ting-a sweet and soulful ballad. Need- Atlantic 8224 (CD promo) dart breathtaking pace Good." He oozes with a boyish teen -idol of the doll." to the more shoulder- shaking rate of the less to say, she cuts loose with some charm and a flexible tenor vocal range The unrefined sound of "Temptation" mighty fine, glass -shattering belting. But brings Soundgarden to mostly as a chorus. As good as this recording is, we that is warmly reminiscent of George PEACH UNION On My Own (no timing listed) mind- she also reminds listeners she's result of the loud imagine that the band really rips through that Michael's initial post-Wham! hits. Pro- PRODUCERS: Peach Union shrills hailing from the quite adept at pulling back and showing lead vocalist. This group has a definite this song in a live setting. Seek out the ducer David Foster does an excellent job WRITERS: P. Gabriel, P. Stratham, L. Lamb chance to witness that. But until then, off the softer edges of her glorious voice. of building the instrumental track from PUBLISHERS: Wamer/Chappell/WB, ASCAP mastery of instruments and musical equip- Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas' key- ment, but mass appeal is have a blast with this single . .. and use it a soft and subtle acoustic opening to an REMIXERS: R.H. Factor, the Klubheads, Shape Naviga- hard to predict. as a springboard into the album "It Means board- padded groove is wonderfully appropriately thunderous conclusion tor Everything," which is packed with a plush and inviting. The track is also without ever overshadowing Barlow's Epic 1344 (Go Sony) (cassette single) RAP bunch of impressive originals. notably accessible to young and mature performance. An out-of -the -box smash The U.K. -rooted Peach Union rides into audiences alike. that will whet many an appetite for the stateside consciousness on the wave of * GRANDMASTER MELE -MEL & SCORPIO CHANGING FACES G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T., Part II (3:52) -bound full- two popular radio trends -the ongoing Mama (4 27) O. JOE The Love Scene (4:58) star artist's sterling length PRODUCER: R. Kelly debut, "Open Roads," due to hit stores hi-NRG dance craze and the budding PRODUCERS: Grandmaster Mele-Mel, Scorpio, Jeeve WRITER: R. Kelly PRODUCER: not listed '80s- influenced retro movement. "On My WRITERS: M. Glover, E. Morris WRITER: listed in late -September. PUBLISHERS: Zomba Songs/R. Kelly, BMI not Own" will remind many of early Erasure PUBLISHER: not listed Big Beat 8221 Atlantic) (cassette single) PUBLISHER: not listed Str8 Game 1208 (cassette single) (c/o AQUA Barbie Girl (3:16) and ABC during its salad days, though Jive 5630 (Uo BMG) (cassette single) Intent on reaping the full benefits afford- PRODUCERS: Johnny Jam, Soren Rusted, Mele -Mel and Scorpio turn in a poignant Joe continues to make good on the Delgado, the song has enough rhythmic grit to ed by the hugely successful recent hit Claus Noreen keep from sounding like a pure nostalgia tale about a convict and his "mama," giv- promise displayed on previous hits like voice to "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.," Changing Faces turn WRITERS: S. Rested, C. Noreen, R. Dif, L. Nystrom trip. Lisa Lamb is an instantly engaging ing the thousands of incarcerated in "G.H.E.TT.O.U.T., Part II," which "Don't Wanna Be A Player" with a slick PUBLISHER: not listed men who lose their livelihoods, their fami- soul slow jam from his forthcoming Jive vocalist, and she provides much -needed merely expounds upon the ideas set forth REMIXER: Spike warmth to the icy -cool tone of the lies, and sometimes their lives while debut, "All That I Am." "The Love Scene" the first time around. Lacking the origi- MCA 4039 (c/o Uni) (cassette single) of behind bars. While the second verse is free of gimmicks, with primary empha- track's keyboards. A bevy remixes - nal's knockout punch, the track guests the Why didn't someone think of this soon- should ensure exposure at a variety of which portrays some shady street activi- group's producer and musical muse, R. sis placed on Joe's smoldering perfor- er? Leave it to a European act to cook ties -makes it hard to be too sympathetic mance and the song's clever lyrics. But club formats, as well as from crossover Kelly (plus some easily recognized music up such a deliciously over - the-top send - radio. However, none of these interpre- to a convict's woes, the track serves to when you've got the skills of this artist, from Kelly's remix of his own hit "I Can't up of America's most beloved doll. With tations can match sparkle of the remind heads of the rap pioneers' superb there's no need for smoke and mirrors. All the Sleep") -which automatically translates her squeaky, high- pitched delivery, Lene original version, which demands imme- ability to weave viable tales without recy- to mo' money for the duo. But despite its ya need to do is sit back and let him work Grawford Nystrom fronts this giddy cling key phrases from past hits. his magic. diate attention from top 40 tastemakers.

PICKS (O.): New releases with the greatest chart potential. CRITICS CHOICE (* ): New releases, regardless of potential chart action, which the reviewer highly recommends because of their musica merit. NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and SINGLES. developing acts worthy of attention. Cassette, vinyl or CD singles equally appropriate for more than one format are reviewed in the category with the broadest audience. All releases available to radio and /or retail in the U.S. are eligible for review. Send copies to Larry Flick, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Country singles should be sent to Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Contributors: Doug Reece (L.A.), Shawnee Smith (N.Y.)

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video's conclusion, a downright cheesy and a lion that is afraid that his mother segment that attempts to embrace the will cut off his allowance when she sees HEDNAI equally tired trend of dino -mania by NTIR* SIC) how messy and tangled his mane is. In /\UI Dragon," showing a child placing toy dinosaurs on the second tale, "Elmer and the train cars. Contact: 800 -892 -2822. the pair come across an island of canaries VII Di ACTIVE BOOKS that are "dying of curiosity." They want to EEDITEED BY BRETT ATWO01D ROSENBLUM EDITED BY CATHERINE APPLEFELDo OLSON EDITED BY TRUDI MILLER know what's inside a chest of buried trea- SPORTS sure, but are too little to dig it up. Elmer TALES OF MY FATHER S DRAGON SWOOPES ON HOOPS SCRAWL THREE and the dragon dig up the treasure, help MUSIC KulturMW hite Star Video THE MICROSOFT NETWORK By Ruth Stiles Gannett the canaries, and get a reward. In the BADFINGER- LIVE/INTERVIEWS 60 minutes, $14.95 This Pictionary -like online parlor game is Read by Robert Sevra "Dragons Of Blueland," the baby dragon Video Music Inc. A little bit instructional, a little bit docu- likely to be a much -needed breakthrough Listening Library returns home to find his family in danger 86 minutes, $29.95 mentary, this tape starring WNBA ris- hit for the Microsoft Network service. ISBN 0- 8072 -7843.2 from hunters who want to put them in a The patchwork history of rock'n'roll is ing star Sheryl Swoopes provides a ter- While America Online is known for its 2.5 hours (unabridged), $16.98 zoo. The dragon enlists Elmer's help in filled with tattered tales, and the story of rific boost for aspiring athletes. boisterous and often raunchy chat rooms, This utterly delightful children's audio- rescuing them. Robert Sevra is a fine sto- the rise and quick disintegration of Swoopes, the shining center of the Scrawl will attract new users who have book collects three stories about a brave ryteller, giving each animal a distinctive, British pop sensation Badfinger is Houston Comets, provides a complete the desire to interact in a safe and playful young boy named Elmer who rescues a humorous voice. This is an audio that chil- among the most tragic. This tape, which course on competitive court etiquette, online environment. Participants compete baby dragon. In the first tale, "My dren will want to hear again and again. is available in both one -hour and 86- dribbling techniques and passing, and to discover a secret word by drawing pic- Father's Dragon," a cat tells Elmer about minute director's cut versions, is a col- shooting sensibilities. Each one -on -one tures on an online sketch pad. As with a baby dragon that is a prisoner on an THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO HORSES lector's item that should spark cash reg- section is accompanied by ample demon- Pictionary, players score points when island of wild animals. So Elmer sets out By Monty Roberts ister action at retail among dedicated strations so that viewers can rewind and they guess correctly. The game offers sev- on his adventure. In classic fairy -tale Read by the author fans. The program is primarily inter- take notes. Interspersed among the eral topics to choose from, including Arts style, each wild animal he encounters Random House Audiobooks views with surviving band members, who instructional segments are interviews & Entertainment, Sports, Nature, and threatens to eat him, but he cleverly ISBN 0-679 -46044 -6 3 $18 talk about hanging out with the Beatles with the charismatic Swoopes, who Miscellaneous. While there have been tricks each one into letting him go and hours (abridged), Born on a ranch, Monty Roberts quickly during their good old days on Apple details the forces that initially drove her concerns about latency problems for eventually rescues the dragon. The lively grew to love horses. He learned to ride at Records and their first U.S. tour. Then to success and the reasons she keeps online gaming, this game runs without story is full of absurd, comic touches that age 2 and, while still a child, won numer- the bad times roll in with management striving to better herself in her field and any lags or problems on a standard 28.8 children will love, including tigers that ous riding contests and even worked as a troubles and the ultimate suicide of two as a person. kbps modem connection. chew gum, alligators that love lollipops, members. Even better than the stories, stunt double in movies. While watching complete clips of 12 Badfinger songs, wild horses interact, he developed a way including hits "Come And Get It," "No of communicating with horses and get- Matter What," "Baby Blue," and "Day ting them to trust him by using body lan- guage. But Roberts' father, a horse train- After Day" are included, with slide gui- I N P R I N T * er, refused to accept his son's new, gentle tar courtesy of George Harrison. Con- tact: 610- 666 -6080. approach to training, and when young Monty eagerly demonstrated his new LOUIS ARMSTRONG: AN EXTRAVAGANT its broad strokes and ably perceptive cumstances much more intriguing technique, his father became enraged CHILDREN ' S LIFE in its habile nuances. than its headline might suggest. and beat him. Other horse trainers by Bergreen THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK Laurence While no book of this size and fac- As the story stretches out to ridiculed Roberts' new ideas, but in the Broadway Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell Columbia TriStar Home Video tual density could be deemed encompass Mississippi riverboat life; end his results spoke for themselves. Publishing Group 90 minutes, $14.95 in its initial edi- Armstrong's recording sessions as a During his life he became friends with 564 pages, $30 absolutely perfect Mowgli and his pals Baloo the bear and tion, Bergreen has probed more sideman in King Oliver's Creole Jazz James Dean and was invited by the England to demonstrate his Bagheera the panther are back in this deeply than ever before into the tex- Band and Fletcher Henderson's Queen of direct -to -video follow -up to the live - methods. Later, she became his biggest It's a curious custom of our cynical tural milieu of the young Arm- orchestra or as a vocal accompanist fan and supporter. One of his more action Disney movie version of the Rud- Bessie yard Kipling classic. With a new cast of age that books are often reviewed strong's New Orleans and the adult for Alberta Hunter and bizarre experiences involved publishing characters and a new adventure at hand, based on the perceived worthiness of Satchmo's America, producing a well- Smith; his rise as a cornetist and magnate Hastings Harcourt, who hired this time around the jungle boy (no rela- the topics covered rather than their researched inquiry of unprecedented trumpeter in the gangster -beset hey- Roberts to design and run his ranch. tion to George) must avoid the tricky actual content. Thus, there has been power and understanding. day of the Chicago and New York Harcourt suffered from mental illness plot of a bumbling ringmaster who a borderline racist rush in some quar- Whether it's the subtleties of nightelub scenes; and the color line and would be seemingly normal and lucid wants to capture him and make him an ters to dismiss Louis Armstrong the everyday life in the notorious Sto- that Satchmo continually crossed in for months and then would snap sudden- ly. For example, when Roberts had the act in his traveling circus. While not as public musician by overemphasizing ryville red -light district, the com- Hollywood and internationally, as the original ranch running smoothly, Harcourt sud- immediately charming the often eccentric aspects of the pri- plexities of Creole society, voodoo Bergreeh beckons us to experience "Jungle Book," the story does ultimately denly ordered Roberts to kill all the hors- in City, or Armstrong's world on Armstrong's captivate its audience with a mix of vate man as related in this important practices the Crescent the es. Roberts pretended to have done so, action, humor, and old- fashioned senti- study. protocols of numerous local march- terms, so that we grasp the sweep of but secretly sold the horses and was later ment. The generous use of real ani- Be wary of such distortions, how- ing bands and early jazz ensembles a life rather than the mere span of a arrested on a trumped -up theft charge. mals -more are shown here than in the ever, because the fact is that veteran to which Armstrong apprenticed, career. All in all, this is a fascinating and inspir- original feature -also goes far to win biographer Bergreen once again Bergreen seeks out the ordinariness Along the way, the author per- ing autobiographical story of a man who over youngsters. demonstrates a gift for conveying the behind the extraordinary myths, forms valuable services by exploring came up with a better way of doing bone truth about an important figure knowing that realms so exotic the bullying relationships Armstrong things and overcame obstacles to achieve BUDGIE-THE MOVIE success. Roberts tells his story with hon- never a core tender- require no embellishment. suffered with managers Johnny UAV Entertainment while sacrificing esty and emotional sincerity. His struggle 75 minutes, $14.95 ness toward his subject's frailties and Bergreen's extensive research un- Collins and Joe Glaser, as well as the to reconcile with his father is especially Before she signed up to hawk Weight failings. Moreover, he makes us care covers Armstrong's first appearance strong -willed, unbigoted path of poignant and makes this a very worth- Watchers, the Duchess of York, Sarah anew about a misunderstood pioneer. in a newspaper -an item in the thought Armstrong pursued in his while listen. Ferguson, was embracing family values We learn of Armstrong's wretched Times -Picayune in 1913 describing own dealings with people. via the creation of this children's book economic background, including brief his arrest for disturbing the peace by Interviewed on- camera by THREE WISHES series. This animated feature based on By Barbara Delinsky intervals in which his hard -working discharging a revolver at Rampart Edward R. Murrow in the mid- 1950s, books a tale around Read by Amy Brenneman the Duchess' spins But then Armstrong answered the famed CBS the antics of her flagship character, an but desperately poor mother may and Perdido streets. Simon & Schuster Audiobooks ultra-enthusiastic helicopter named have resorted to a discreet form of Bergreen fills in both the rich and News correspondent's question "Now, ISBN 0- 671- 57743 -3 Budgie. In this wintertime adventure, paid promiscuity in order to keep her mundane realities behind the police - what's a `cat' ?" by stating, "Cat? A cat 3 hours (abridged), $18 Budgie learns the true meanings of family alive. Yet much of the press blotter blurb, revealing a set of cir- can be anybody from the guy in the Small -town waitress Bree Miller is hit by a and has an out -of-body experience heroism and friendship as he finds him- about this book ignores the honky - gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest car self in the position of leader among a during surgery. A mysterious voice tells tonk- and bordello- bounded code of man, and the lowest man, but if he's will three wishes. cast of Thomas the Tank Engine -like her she be granted behavior that Armstrong and family in there with a good heart and After to her body, she forms a pals when one of their compatriots is in returning were ultimately able to surmount, enjoyin' the same music together, he's relationship with Tom Gates, who, ironi- trouble. A sweet story with lots of a cat." cally, is the man who hit her. Feeling British accents. To help spread that preferring instead to tout the cruel- ly mistaken assumption that Arm- Thanks to Bergreen, we meet a guilty over the accident, Tom does every- Budgie feeling, a mini coloring book and the two fall who remained to himself thing he can to help her, and soundtrack CD come packaged with the strong's mother, in the words of one man true in love. Tom turns out to be a famous nov- tape. reviewer, simply "earned a living as and his ideals, while making no elist who came to the small town to work a prostitute." attempt to disguise the quirks that through his guilt about turning a cold I LOVE TOY TRAINS 4 And while Bergreen is equally kept him human. Determined to shoulder on his family when he became TM Books & Video famous. Meanwhile, Bree wonders who 30 minutes, $12.95 careful to detail the source and con- remake rather than mirror the dif- of ficult circumstances that confront- her real mother is, since she was raised TM Books & Video is literally riding the textual dimension Armstrong's only by her father. She also wants to have concept of the train hobby video right relative fixations on laxatives, mari- ed him, Armstrong constructed a a child even though doctors have told her into the ground. The format for this tape juana, and extramarital sex, the singular life that, predictably, others she cannot. And then there are those is pretty much the standard fare that untutored could easily conclude from are still struggling to accept. As three wishes she was supposedly granted. categorized the company's previous various notices that this book some- Armstrong proudly asserted in a The various subplots do tie together, but three titles. Here as in past videos, we of performance before Ghanaian not in a satisfying or interesting way. how ballyhoos these aspects Arm- flat and two- dimension- see more footage of cool train sets and Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah Bree and Tom are their full -scale counterparts, plus vari- strong's nature. Those buying the al. The ending is meant to be uplifting ous engines and cars. Although the con- book for such reasons, however, will L A U R E N C E during a 1956 tour of West Africa, and inspirational, but instead comes B E R G R E E N _.....__ ...... _...._._.._ _._. "What Did I Do To Be So Black And Brenneman is an cept might still be able to raise an eye- be disappointed, because Bergreen's ,.....,,,...m,...,.,...,.. across as depressing. brow or two, it is far from new territory. perspective is admirably balanced in Blue ?" TIMOTHY WHITE effective reader but can't improve on the And perhaps most ridiculous is the material.

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www.americanradiohistory.com RADIOPROMOTIONSNETWORKS SYNDICATIONAIRWAVESMUSIC VIDEOVIDEO MONITOR Comedy Central Keeps Radio Active Live Remote Program Offers N.Y. -Style Kicks BY TERRI HORAK edyCentralisnotjustacablechannel, booked their own guests and general- but a premier source for comedy, and ly taken advantage of New York's NEW YORK As if free coffee was- it provides stations with a fresh twist," numerous resources. n't enough, staff from radio stations says Joseph Lyons, manager of radio "Everything happens in New York," that have participated in Comedy Cen- promotions and publicity for the chan- says Brian Shannon, producer of "The tral's live remote program, "RadioAc- nel. Steven, Pruett, And The Boner Morn- tive," say it's a great opportunity to Comedy Central provides an array ing Show" on KLOL Houston. stimulate their morning or afternoon of spirited guests and technical sup- "There's always something exciting drive shows. port, including high -quality ISDN going on, and it's different. It gives us Currently situated at Cafe Comedy transmission lines. Beyond that, sta- the chance to do something besides Central, an office lobby that doubles tions are free to make the most of the day -in, day-out type of show" as a lounge area at the company's New their visit. Some have tied in to events Frank Schofield, producer of the York roughly 40 sta- taking place around the city, as well as (Continued on page 70) As Then, Az Yet. More than 30,000 WBBM (B96) Chicago listeners attended the headquarters, have live since the fifth annual Summer Bash recently held at the World Music Theater. Arista act Az tions broadcast program was inaugurated two years Yet was among the performers. The group is pictured, from left, with B96 PD ago this month. Todd Cavanah, music director Erik Bradley, and Arista Midwest rep Denise Lutz. "This reinforces the idea that Corn- newsilne ... A Buzz FCC NOMINATION. With three Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Charlotte Station Gives Listeners commissioner seats pending empty, President Clinton has at last nominated a candidate to succeed outgoing Rachelle Chong, whose term expired June 30. The Link Keeps In Touch With Digital Phone Promo Michael Powell gets the nod for confirmation. Rumors persist that FCC Gen- eral Counsel William Kennard will be nominated for the chairman post, BY DOUG REECE Beach, S.C., to sunglasses, concert tick- result of conservative views toward though conflicting reports say he may have to battle it out with Ralph Everett, ets, and album packs. homosexual- oriented artwork. former chief of staff for Rep. Ernest Hollings. LOS ANGELES- Combining its posi- The inspiration for the contest dates Technology, because of its ability to tioning efforts with an attention -grab- back to the spring, when WLNK pro- connect people, has also played an inte- CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. According to the Advertising Council, radio bing, high -tech promotion, top 40 motions director Sandra Mann was in gral role in reinforcing the station's stations contributed $542.3 million in free public service announcements (PSA) WLNK-FM (the Link) Charlotte, N.C., the midst of searching for a promotion positioning statement. Before the Sum- in 1996. The figure is up 51% from 1995's $358.9 million. Radio offered more found the perfect way to teach out and that would reinforce the Link's new call mer of Link promotion, the station had PSA time than any other communications media: Cable TV came in a distant touch its listeners this summer. letters and build time spent listening for given away one home computer a day second with $197.3 million. The most often -run PSAs dealt with crime pre- The centerpiece of the contest, called for 107 days, corresponding with the vention, drunk driving, voting, giving and volunteering, and organ and tissue the Summer of Link, is a newly station's 107.9 dial position. donation. designed digital mobile phone that, in PROMOTIONS The Link had already instituted tele- addition to providing clearer reception vision, billboard, and bus -back adver- GO, BOYS. The South's leading syndicated morning show, "John Boy & Billy than cellular phones, features a built-in 8( MARKETING tising but was still looking for a way to Big Show," has renewed its contract with SFX through 2003. The show, which keypad and computer semen that allows drive home its new positioning to lis- originates at WRFX Charlotte, N.C., is now heard in 51 markets in 17 states. its owner to send and receive E -mail teners when Mann hit upon the digital The team has been together 17 years. and faxed messages and access the the fledgling station. phone idea after several failed meetings Internet. "We had been Sunny, then Hits, and with companies that supplied beepers. REVERSE THE CHARGES. Digital Courier International has announced the Pairing with local digital phone com- we just thought those things didn't say Spotting BellSouth at a local tech- availability of its new DCI Collect, a service that allows the 4,500 radio stations, pany BellSouth Mobility DCS, the Link anything to the listener about how we nology expo, Mann discovered an eager labels, and production studios to offer a collect sending feature, thus revers- began giving out three such phones a were supposed to function in their and generous sponsor for the promo- ing charges. DCI's electronic CD- quality distribution allows users to send day in late June during call-in contests. everyday lives," says Mann, "so we tion. and receive commercials, voice tracks, music, and other short -form audio to Increasing the value of the phones named ourselves the Link to underscore The phones cost $400 to manufacture, any DCI subscriber in the U.S. and Canada. exponentially, WLNK also provided a commitment on our end to really stay though BellSouth subsidizes half the other prizes exclusively to the winners in touch with our community." cost to make its product more attractive ALL Z'S MEMORIES. As part of its mission to solidify a return to mainstream of the phones. Throughout the summer, This commitment is evidenced in the to consumers. BellSouth also provided top 40, WHIZ (Z100) New York celebrated its 14th anniversary with the return contest winners holding the phones station's promo liners, which have contest winners with 45 minutes of free of many of the outlet's former station personalities. Among those joining in were randomly contacted and informed addressed everything from congestion phone usage a month, while WLNK the festivities were Scott Shannon (now morning man on crosstown WPLJ), they had won prizes ranging from a resulting from local freeway construc- promoted the contest heavily with hilar- Ross Brittain, Adam Curry, Shadow Stevens, Jack Da Wack, and Kid Kelly. week's stay at a beach house in Myrtle tion to budget cuts in arts funding as a (Continued on page 70)

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KVYA -FM Spanish .3 .4 .6 1.3 1.4 WZRR cls rock 6.8 7.1 7.6 7.1 6.1 WLHT AC 6.6 5.3 5.6 6.5 5.4 -(72) KEZO-FM album 7.2 8.9 8.2 8.6 8.2 KBUQ country - 1.0 1.8 1.5 1.0 WERC N/T 5.8 6.9 6.5 5.7 4.9 TULSA, OKLA. -(61) WKLQ album 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.0 4.3 KKCD cls rock 6.5 4.7 4.8 5.7 8.2 KLVA Spanish .4 .5 .6 .8 1.0 WYSF AC 4.3 4.9 4.6 6.1 4.1 KWEN country 9.4 11.2 9.0 11.9 10.7 WOD1 oldies 4.5 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.0 KGOR oldies 8.0 7.9 6.5 6.5 8.0 WRAX modem 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.5 KRMG N/T 9.8 9.8 10.5 8.3 8.4 WCUZ -FM country 3.5 4.5 4.8 4.7 3.8 GREENSBORO, N.C. -(41) KFAB N/T 8.0 6.5 7.8 6.5 1.8 WAGG religious 4.7 2.7 3.5 3.4 4.4 KMOD album 6.2 6.3 8.4 7.9 1.5 WMJH adult std .4 1.8 2.0 2.3 3.2 WFQR country 11.3 11.5 10.6 12.0 10.7 KXKT country 9.0 10.0 9.3 10.2 1.8 WODL oldies 6.9 5.4 4.8 5.7 3.8 KHTT top 40 3.8 6.0 8.5 7.0 7.1 WYTI AC 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.8 3.2 WJMH R &B 8.6 6.8 6.6 7.9 8.2 KQKQ top 40 8.7 7.3 8.0 1.4 6.4 WOWC country 2.4 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.8 KJSR cls rock 6.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 6.6 WJQK religious 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.9 WKZL AC 6.8 6.2 5.4 4.9 6.2 WOW-FM country 5.8 5.5 7.0 6.8 6.4 WATY R &B oldies 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 KMYZ -FM modern 6.9 7.8 5.9 5.3 6.6 WQFN jazz 2.1 1.4 1.5 1.8 2.2 WMAG AC 6.1 6.7 5.8 6.1 5.9 KEFM AC 6.5 6.0 6.6 6.1 6.1 WDJC -FM religious 3.3 3.8 2.9 3.1 2.7 KBEZ AC 6.6 5.3 4.6 6.3 5.3 WMUS -FM country 2.4 2.4 2.8 1.9 2.1 WKRR cls rock 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.9 5.5 KESY AC 3.1 2.8 4.0 4.2 4.5 W10X sports 2.2 1.4 3.1 2.2 1.1 KRAV AC 2.8 3.0 3.4 4.6 5.0 WFGR classical 1.9 1.9 2.8 2.9 1.7 WMOX oldies 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 KGDE modern 3.9 5.1 3.8 4.6 4.2 WFMH country 1.0 .7 .8 1.4 KEMX/10(OJ -FM religious 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1 4.8 WFUR -FM religious 1.6 2.0 1.4 2.0 1.1 WQMG -FM R &B adult 6.1 5.5 8.2 7.0 5.5 - KKAR N/T 4.7 4.4 6.6 2.9 4.0 WRSA easy 1.7 .9 1.0 .5 1.2 KJMM R &B 2.8 4.0 2.7 4.5 4.8 WGHN -AM -FM jazz .8 .8 .3 .4 1.1 WHSL country 4.4 4.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 KOIL adult std 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 WAPI adult std 1.3 .9 1.6 .8 1.0 KQLL-FM oldies 5.4 5.7 3.9 3.7 4.5 WKWM R &B adult 1.8 1.5 2.0 1.4 1.1 WKSI AC 3.4 3.0 1.9 2.6 4.8 KOSI jazz 3.1 2.5 1.6 4.0 3.0 W1LD religious 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.0 KY00-FM country 4.5 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.3 WS1S N/T 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.7 3.1 KTNP AC 2.4 2.7 4.4 2.5 2.6 KV00-AM country 4.7 3.7 4.0 4.4 3.1 AKRON, OHIO -(67) album 3.5 4.1 2.9 3.7 3.0 WXRA RICHMOND, VA. WQMX country 6.5 1.5 6.9 6.9 7.5 WOW-AM country 2.4 3.3 2.6 4.3 2.5 -(56) KCKI country 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.9 WPCM country WKHK country 13.9 11.1 11.2 10.4 12.9 WM1I oldies 6.9 5.4 8.0 6.4 6.4 KBBX R &B oldies 1.5 3.3 2.6 2.0 1.8 KOAS jazz 4.3 3.9 2.5 2.4 2.8 modem 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.5 1.8 .6 1.4 1.9 .8 1.8 WEND WCDX R &B 10.4 9.7 10.6 9.9 10.1 WONE-FM album 7.1 6.8 6.1 7.0 6.4 KOSR sports KGTO adult std 2.4 3.1 2.9 3.1 2.5 WDCG top 40 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.6 2:2 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.2 WTYR-FM AC 9.1 8.8 8.4 9.7 8.0 WDOK AC 5.3 5.0 6.1 6.0 KOTD-FM adult std KCFM classical 2.9 2.4 2.2 1.4 2.1 5.8 WMFR N/T 1.3 1.0 1.9 .9 1.6 WRYA N/T 8.5 8.6 8.1 9.4 1.6 WKDD AC 5.8 6.0 5.0 6.6 5.4 HARRISBURG, PA. -(73) WQMG -AM religious 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 AC 5.9 4.3 5.0 6.0 6.2 WILKES BARRE, PA. WMXB -(62) WNIR N/T 4.9 6.1 6.3 5.5 4.9 WNNK -FM top 40 12.3 10.5 11.2 11.3 11.1 WWGL religious 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.5 WKRZ/WKRF top 40 12.2 12.7 11.7 11.9 11.8 WRVQ top 40 6.2 6.0 5.3 6.2 5.1 WAKR adult std 3.2 4.9 4.3 4.0 4.5 WHP N/T 8.4 8.4 10.8 8.9 8.0 WFMX country 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 4.9 WGGY country 7.7 10.1 9.3 10.7 10.4 WRXL album 5.1 4.9 4.3 5.2 WNCX cls rock 4.5 3.7 3.7 4.7 4.1 WRKZ country 9.6 7.8 10.4 9.0 8.0 WMGS AC 9.7 8.9 9.3 6.5 1.1 AUSTIN, TEXAS-(51) WPLZ R &B 6.7 4.6 6.3 4.8 4.7 WKNR sports 3.8 3.6 2.5 2.6 3.8 WRVV cls rock 1.1 7.2 6.8 7.7 1.8 WSMJ jazz 6.2 5.8 5.3 3.8 WEZX album 5.4 5.2 6.4 5.1 5.9 KASE country 12.0 13.1 12.8 12.2 11.1 - WRMR adult std 2.3 3.0 3.4 4.0 3.8 WRBT country 3.5 2.8 4.2 4.7 6.6 WVGO oldies 4.2 1.8 2.8 2.9 3.1 WZMT album 2.8 3.6 4.5 4.2 5.4 KHFI top 40 9.9 9.0 9.8 9.5 8.8 WZAK R &B 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.6 WWKL oldies 4.3 6.0 4.5 4.8 5.6 WBZU modern 3.1 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.3 WBAX/WEJL adult std 4.1 4.2 3.2 4.7 3.8 KLBI -FM album 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.1 6.3 WGAR country 4.9 4.6 5.3 4.1 3.3 WOXA -FM modern 3.6 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.9 WKLR -FM cls rock 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.7 3.2 WBHT top 40 4.8 4.8 3.6 4.3 3.7 KKMI AC 7.3 5.9 1.0 8.5 6.2 WMMS album 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.3 WTPA album 5.9 7.1 6.3 5.6 4.8 WS01 R &B adult 2.9 1.8 2.2 2.7 2.8 WILK/WILT/ KVET-FM country 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.7 WQAL AC 3.1 2.3 2.6 2.9 2.9 WROZ AC 3.1 3.9 2.5 3.3 4.4 WTVR -AM adult std 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.9 WGBI/WILP N/T 4.1 4.6 5.2 4.5 3.1 modern 2.6 2.2 1.8 2.5 2.1 KEPI oldies 5.6 4.9 5.3 4.4 5.3 WENZ WHYL -AM adult std 3.8 3.8 2.7 3.2 2.8 religious .9 1.7 .9 .7 1.6 WARM/ KPEZ cls rock 3.7 3.5 4.3 5.0 5.3 WGCV WLTF AC 2.9 3.3 2.1 1.9 2.4 WLAN -FM top 40 .9 1.9 1.4 1.9 2.4 WFTH religious 1.1 1.3 .7 1.3 1.3 NOV AM -FM N/T 3.6 4.6 3.5 3.9 3.5 KAMX AC 4.3 4.6 3.7 3.8 4.8 WTAM N/T 2.6 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.4 WHYL -FM country 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.3 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.4 1.3 WNAK adult std 3.0 3.6 3.4 4.4 3.4 KLBI -AM N/T 5.7 5.7 5.0 4.8 4.1 WXGI country WZJM top 40 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.7 1.7 WEGK cls rock 2.3 2.8 2.0 2.9 2.1 WRNL N/T 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.2 WWFH/WWSH AC 2.4 3.3 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.1 KGSR triple -A 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 WNW jazz 1.7 1.2 1.8 2.0 1.6 WNCE easy 2.1 3.9 3.3 2.6 WQFM oldies 1.7 2.3 1.4 1.5 2.3 KROX/KNNC modem 4.2 4.3 3.2 4.7 3.5 WOXK country 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.5 WTCY R &B adult 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.8 2.0 ALBANY, N.Y. -(57) 2.5 2.0 WDLS/WSGD oldies 4.5 2.8 4.0 WTOU R&B adult 1.9 1.2 1.3 .9 1.5 WLBR N/T 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.6 1.7 KAJZ jazz 3.3 2.4 3.0 2.5 2.4 WGNA -AM -FM country 13.0 11.7 11.0 11.2 10.5 WKAB oldies 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.9 WCLY classical 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.4 WARM -FM AC 1.5 .9 2.3 1.2 1.6 KVET -AM N/T 1.7 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 WFLY top 40 9.5 8.1 9.2 9.5 9.3 WODE oldies 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.8 WDAC religious 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.5 lUCE R &B adult 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.5 2.0 WGY N/T 8.3 9.3 9.6 8.8 9.3 WSBG top 40 2.3 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.8 KNOXVILLE, TENN. -(68) 1.6 WCMB N/T 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.2 KELG Spanish .9 .7 1.1 .9 WYJB AC 6.9 9.0 10.0 10.3 1.8 WIVK -FM country 24.5 21.5 19.8 20.1 24.2 WHLM AC 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.9 1.5 KKLB Spanish 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.6 WQB1/WQBK -FM modem 5.4 5.7 5.3 7.0 1.1 WJX8 AC 8.3 10.0 11.0 11.2 11.1 WMXH adult std .5 1.3 1.5 WILMINGTON, DEL. -(74) 1.7 1.1 1.3 - KJFK N/T 2.4 2.7 WPYX album 7.5 7.4 1.7 7.2 7.0 WIMZ -FM album 9.0 8.9 11.1 10.1 11.2 WRNI -FM country 1.3 1.1 .5 1.3 WJBR -FM AC 11.0 - 9.8 - 10.7 .8 .9 .5 .8 1.1 KSAH Spanish WARY-AM -FM adult std 6.2 6.0 7.2 5.8 6.0 WWST top 40 1.7 8.0 1.5 6.5 8.5 WAIL adult std 9 .7 .6 1.0 1.2 WSTW top 40 7.9 - 10.7 - 7.3 WRVE cls rock 4.7 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.3 8.6 9.2 10.0 6.9 7.3 OKLAHOMA CITY -(52) WILD country 4 .9 .5 1.1 WMYU oldies WYSP album 4.8 - 5.2 - 6.6 WIRY -AM -FM oldies 1.2 1.9 1.0 3.6 4.4 WOKI country 5.4 6.2 4.7 4.5 4.2 I Y -FM country 8.9 10.3 13.9 15.0 12.7 WZZO album 1.4 .9 1.1 1.0 1.1 WUSL R &B 6.5 - 6.3 - 5.7 WKBEIWKLI AC 2.8 3.1 2.3 2.1 3.1 KOMA -AM -FM oldies 9.3 9.0 8.3 11.3 9.9 WOBB -FM adult std 3.8 4.7 3.6 4.9 4.1 WDSD country 4.2 - 4.5 - 5.1 WXCR cls rock 2.7 2.7 1.4 2.0 2.1 McALLEN, TEXAS -(63) IMO top 40 10.3 8.5 7.2 9.4 9.2 WIVK -AM N/T 5.3 4.6 5.5 5.5 3.5 WDAS -FM R &B adult 3.8 - 4.7 - 4.3 WHRL jazz 1.5 1.7 2.3 1.4 1.8 KGBT -AM -FM Spanish 13.7 11.9 9.3 16.8 14.4 KATT album 9.6 7.2 5.7 6.2 8.4 WJBZ religions 2.3 2.5 3.1 3.7 2.5 WILM N/T 2.8 - 3.1 - 3.1 WPTR -FM country 1.4 .8 1.4 1.7 1.5 KBFM top 40 12.2 12.4 12.3 11.6 13.0 1.9 KMGL AC 5.3 7.6 7.6 5.9 7.8 WGAP -AM -FM country 2.3 2.2 1.6 2.2 WOGL oldies 4.6 - 3.7 - 3.5 WROW N/T 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 KIWW Spanish 9.1 11.3 8.5 9.7 9.1 KTOK N/T 6.4 5.8 6.4 5.9 7.1 WNFZ modern 2.1 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.7 WWDB N/T 2.4 - 3.0 - 3.5 WEQX modem 1.5 1.3 1.4 .9 1.2 KYLY AC 7.6 6.8 5.7 6.9 8.5 KIST country 5.5 6.6 6.9 7.1 6.8 WKGN R &B adult 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.2 WPLY modern 3.9 - 2.8 - 3.4 WXLE triple -A 1.9 1.9 1.6 .8 1.2 KKPS Spanish 9.3 7.2 7.1 6.5 1.1 WNOX N/T 2.8 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.2 KVSP R &B 5.1 6.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 WDEL N/T 3.1 - 2.9 - 3.3 WQBK -AM N/T 1.4 1.7 2.0 .7 1.1 KTEX country 7.7 7.3 7.4 5.8 6.3 1.1 KRXO cls rock 6.5 5.7 6.1 6.0 4.8 WRJZ religious 1.2 1.2 .7 1.2 WJJZ jazz 2.2 - 2.1 - 3.3 WBUG -FM country .4 .4 .7 .7 1.0 KTJN/KTJX 1.5 1.1 .7 1.2 1.0 KYIS AC 3.9 3.7 3.0 3.0 4.1 WXST oldies WMMR album 2.0 - 2.3 - 3.3 /KBOR Spanish 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.2 6.1 KNRX modem 5.7 6.4 4.7 4.0 4.0 HONOLULU-(58) EL PASO, TEXAS -(69) WXCY country 3.2 - 3.5 - 3.0 KFRQ album 7.6 7.8 5.3 6.7 5.6 WXTU country 2.8 2.2 2.9 KTNT jazz 2.6 4.8 3.6 3.2 3.4 10.3 11.6 11.0 - AC 10.4 12.1 - KSSK -FM KPRR top 40 /rhythm15.2 14.3 14.8 15.4 15.6 )(AAA easy 2.5 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.2 WIOQ top 40 /rhythm 2.5 2.8 2.4 KXOLIWWLS sports 1.4 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.3 9.9 - - -AM -FM top 40 /rhythm 12.2 11.5 13.1 11.2 KBNA -AM -FM Spanish 13.8 15.8 14.5 18.0 14.7 KURV N/T 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.4 KEBC sports .6 1.0 WMGK cls rock 3.7 - 3.1 - - - - KCCN -FM Hawaiian 7.1 7.8 7.0 7.6 8.1 KLAQ album 11.1 11.6 9.5 9.1 9.1 KSOX -FM oldies 1.2 1.5 2.2 1.9 2.3 WFLN classical 1.5 2.0 2.2 KQCY religious 1.2 .9 1.1 1.1 1.0 - Hawaiian 6.3 5.4 6.1 4.8 1.5 - KINE KSII AC 6.9 5.9 6.3 5.5 1.2 KRGE religious 2.0 2.2 1.4 2.3 1.8 WJBR -AM adult std 2.1 2.6 1.9 KTLV religious 1.0 .6 .6 .4 1.0 - - KULM(RTR AC 8.1 8.0 8.3 9.6 1.2 KTSM -FM AC 7.2 7.5 8.6 7.2 1.0 KIRT Spanish 1.7 1.7 2.4 1.7 1.1 WBEB AC 1.5 - 1.0 - 1.1 KSSK -AM AC 8.2 8.5 8.3 8.8 1.0 KHEY -FM country 5.4 4.5 6.7 5.4 6.4 JACKSONVILLE, FLA. XYTH Spanish 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.1 -(53) WIP sports 1.9 - 1.6 - 1.1 KUMU -FM easy 7.5 6.2 5.7 6.3 5.9 KOFX oldies 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.4 5.9 WFYY-FM album 8.0 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.6 KV1Y N/T .6 .4 .4 .5 1.6 WRY album 1.2 - 1.9 - 1.3 KGMZ oldies .5 1.1 .7 3.2 5.5 KINT Spanish 5.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 WINK country 10.0 9.5 8.5 9.4 8.6 WYXR AC .9 - .8 - 1.3 5.5 7.4 6.8 8.2 8.1 KQMQ -AM -FM top 40 /rhythm 8.4 7.2 6.9 7.5 FRESNO, CALIF. -(64) KTSM -AM N/T 2.5 3.4 4.6 4.1 3.6 WAPE top 40 7.2 WPHI R &B .6 - .3 - 1.2 KPOI modem 2.7 3.7 3.7 3.0 4.3 2.2 3.0 2.2 2.1 WEIZ AC 6.2 8.0 6.6 7.0 1.3 KAU N/T 9.5 9.6 13.3 11.6 8.6 XHH/XJPY Spanish 1.5 KHVH oldies 3.7 2.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 2.2 WROO country 6.3 5.8 5.5 7.0 6.9 KEOS top 40 /rhythm9.8 10.4 8.9 8.2 8.5 KSET country 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.4 TOLEDO, OHI0 -(75) KKLV cls rock 4.4 4.7 4.0 2.4 3.3 AC KVIV Spanish .3 1.2 1.9 .9 1.6 WHET R &B 5.0 5.5 6.8 58 6.4 KVSR 1.2 1.9 4.5 5.6 6.3 WKKO country 14.2 13.1 13.9 15.8 13.1 KUMU adult std 1.4 2.7 2.2 2.0 2.4 WKQL oldies 4.5 4.3 6.4 5.3 6.2 -AM KLBN Spanish 7.4 4.9 5.3 5.2 6.0 KROD sports 1.5 2.4 1.5 1.0 1.4 WVKS top 40 11.5 11.1 9.1 9.5 9.1 KUCD jazz 2.1 3.0 1.5 2.4 2.0 KAMA 1.3 1.1 .4 .7 1.3 WSOL -FM R &B adult 6.1 4.5 4.3 5.7 6.0 KRZR album 4.9 4.9 3.5 5.2 4.8 Spanish WIOT album 6.9 8.0 1.5 5.4 1.2 KHUL R &B adult 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.3 WPLA modem 5.1 3.4 4.0 4.1 5.2 KSKS country 3.5 5.3 4.0 4.9 4.6 XEWR Spanish .5 .3 .3 .7 WRVF AC 7.9 7.5 8.6 7.8 6.3 KAIM -FM religious 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.4 4.4 WIVY AC 5.0 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.6 K1WL adult std 7.5 6.3 5.7 6.1 SYRACUSE, N.Y.-(70) WWWM -FM AC 5.3 4.8 6.3 6.4 6.3 KHNR N/T 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.3 K000-AM-FM Spanish 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.7 4.3 WSPD N/T 6.2 6.2 7.2 6.4 6.2 WFS1 jazz 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.5 WEBS country 7.8 9.6 9.110.8 11.6 KCCN -AM Hawaiian 2.0 1.5 2.6 1.7 1.1 K1FX cls rock 3.4 1.8 2.7 2.6 4.0 WRQN oldies 4.5 5.8 4.6 5.1 5.4 WOKY N/T 4.2 6.3 5.9 4.0 3.5 WSYR N/T 8.4 8.9 9.5 9.1 8.4 KGU N/T 1.0 1.4 1.9 .8 1.0 KNAX country 2.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 4.0 WBUZ album 5.2 5.3 4.6 3.9 3.8 WV/RR cls rock 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.3 2.5 WNTQ top 40 10.9 9.2 10.2 9.2 8.0 KTHT AC 3.8 5.2 3.0 4.5 4.0 WJZE cls rock 1.0 .9 3.5 3.6 3.3 WZAZ religious 1.0 2.4 2.2 2.7 1.9 GREENVILLE, S.C. -(59) WYYY AC 9.7 6.8 7.1 6.9 6.6 KFSO oldies 4.4 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.7 WCWA adult std 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 3.2 WCGL religious .8 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.6 WJMZ R &B 10.7 10.2 10.3 9.2 12.5 WSEN -FM oldies 6.8 7.8 7.3 6.7 6.2 1(101 AC 3.7 4.3 3.6 3.9 3.5 WJUC R &B .4 3.1 WSVE religious 1.5 1.4 .8 .1 1.2 12.3 10.6 11.7 12.1 11.0 WAQX album 6.6 6.5 6.6 5.2 5.8 - - WSSL country - 4.2 3.0 2.6 3.3 3.2 WIR N/T 3.3 3.3 2.4 3.0 2.7 WROQ album 8.9 10.1 7.2 8.4 8.8 KEIL jazz WWHT-FM top 40 2.8 2.5 3.4 4.8 5.2 DAYTON, OHIO -(54) WIMX R &B adult 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.6 WESC -FM country 9.2 8.8 10.1 9.2 8.4 KKD1 Spanish 2.2 2.9 2.5 1.7 3.2 WTKW/WTKV cls rock 5.6 5.1 4.3 4.5 5.0 WHKO country 11.1 14.9 12.1 11.3 12.8 WLQR R &B oldies 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.7 WMYI AC 7.5 6.6 6.2 7.4 7.2 KFRR modem 3.0 3.5 2.8 2.9 2.6 WRDS R &B adult 2.4 4.3 3.0 3.3 4.3 AC 9.3 7.2 7.3 8.6 9.1 WTWR top 40 1.0 1.2 .8 1.2 1.5 WMMX WFBC -FM top 40 6.8 7.6 5.3 5.5 6.5 KFIG Spanish 1.7 1.2 1.7 2.7 1.9 WLTI AC 1.1 1.3 4.2 4.6 3.9 WXKR triple -A 1.7 1.7 1.0 1.5 1.3 WLQT AC 7.3 5.0 4.9 6.7 7.0 WTPT album 1.7 1.6 6.1 4.5 5.1 KZFO Spanish 1.2 .5 .8 1.1 1.8 WKRL modem 4.9 4.8 3.4 3.9 3.6 modern 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 WTUE album 6.7 7.2 6.9 6.3 1.0 WSPA -FM AC 7.2 5.2 6.9 8.0 4.9 KGST Spanish 2.4 1.0 1.8 1.2 1.4 WFBL adult std 3.8 4.4 3.4 2.9 3.3 CIMX R &B 1.6 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 WHIO N/T 5.1 6.8 6.1 6.3 5.8 WYRD/WORD N/T 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.2 KFRE N/T .5 .8 .9 1.2 1.1 WFRG -FM country 1.1 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.9 W1LB

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www.americanradiohistory.com THE MODER -I \T AGE BY BRADLEY BAM BARGER If you write songs for the audience, you might as which appropriately enough kicks off with a string- thing, you know? But with `,' I just well sit in the basement of the Sony building laden homage to James Bond composer . tried to write a lyric that conveyed the feeling of with a computer and some sort of music-writ- After Mansun released a series of EPs prior to the music rather than the other way around -the ing software," avers , front man for the its full -length debut, Draper grew disenchanted words didn't really mean anything. But people latest British pop sensation, Mansun. "I don't write with the idea of necessarily crafting sets of well- started coming up to me and saying, `I really know for anyone, I just do it. Although I know there's a what you're saying in that song,' like it was this sort fine line between entertaining people and disap- of anthem for loners. If anything, what I was trying pearing up your own ass." "What I was trying to say in the song was that I really didn't have any- to say was that I So far, Mansun has been entertaining enough for really didn't have thing to say. the band's Epic debut album to bow at No. 1 on the anything to say." "I've come to realize that most people respond to U.K. chart. And the group hasn't disappeared here, tunes more than lyrics," Draper adds. "And it has HITS! either, as "Wide Open Space" -the first single from disturbed me a bit, really. Some go deeper into the Mansun's "Attack Of The Grey Lantern" set-has songs, but the majority just see music as back- risen to No. 26 on Modern Rock Tracks. The song's wrought lyrics to the band's songs. "I always wrote ground to whatever. Like with that Blur record, amped -up glitter is a fair sampling of the sort of poetry when I was a teenager," he says, "so I natu- "Song 2." People just want to go 'w000 w000' with retro -'80s "big rock" (Draper's words) on the album, rally came to think that songs should `mean' some- the music." IN

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Rock Tracks.. TM TOKIO Mainstream 1997 Modern Rock Tracks Week of July 27, v, ., N T TRACK TITLE ARTIST Y Y TRACK TITLE ARTIST LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL I- 3 3 N 3 3 Ó ALBUM TITLE IF ANY) LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL r 3 3 N 3 3 O ALBUM TITLE IF ANY) t0 MMM Bop / Hanson * * *No.1 * ** * * *No.1 * ** ® Serial Thrilla I Prodigy ® Sunshine Day / Matt Bianco LISTEN 3 weeks at No. 1 COLLECTIVE SOUL FLY 3 weeks at No. SUGAR RAY 1 1 1 a 1 1 13 1 DISCIPLINED BREAKDOWN ATLANTIC 0 LAVA/ATLANTIC O You Are The Universe / IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE TONIC PUSH MATCHBOX 20 The Brand New Heavies 2 2 2 19 2 2 2 .16 POLYDOR/A&M YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU LAVA/ATLANTIC Be Missing You / Puff Daddy And THE DIFFERENCE THE WALLFLOWERS 3 3 3 14 10 TURN LIVE INTERSCOPE 3 3 10 Faith Evans Featuring 112 BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE SECRET SAMADHI RADIOACTIVE/MCA CAROLINA BLUES BLUES TRAVELER Best Days / Juice 4 4 10 ON THE SUN SMASH MOUTH ® Q4 STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING MM 8 12 5 WALKIN' ® FUSH YU MANG INTERSCOPE 0 Whatever /En Vogue TURN MY HEAD LIVE 6 9 6 D' YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OASIS SECRET SAMADHI RADIOACTIVE/MCA ( 4 8 5 ', ® Anymore / Sarah Cracknell 53 BE HERE NOW EPIC BLEEDING ME METALLICA It Must Be Love / Robin S. 8 6 10 WAY SUBLIME ® LOAD ELEKTRNEEG 11 10 10 WRONG SUBLIME GASOLINE ALLEY/MCA ® Bitch Meredith Brooks TRUST © / O 7 7 12 6 UNDERGROUND SNEAKER PIMPS CRYPTIC WRITINGS CAPITOL 7 7 9 17 ® Not Where Its At / Del Amitri X CLEAN UPNIRGIN PUSH MATCHBOX 20 BECOMING 8 5 5 23 © Happy / Laurnea YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU LAVA/ATLANTIC SARAH MCLACHLAN 12 13 7 ® SURFACING ARISTA ® Dryeu Know What I Mean? / Oasis * * * AIRPOWER * * * THE DIFFERENCE THE WALLFLOWERS Midnight In Chelsea / Jon Bon Jovi - 9 9 5 14 ® MARCHING TO MARS SAMMY HAGAR BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE INTERSCOPE O 17 2 3 Little More Time With You / James Taylor MARCHING TO MARS THE TRACK FACTORY/MCA SEMI- CHARMED LIFE THIRD EYE BLIND 10 5 4 21 BATON ROUGE THIRD EYE BLIND ELEKTRA/EEG O I Say A Little Prayer / Diana King 10 9 10 1l THE NIXONS MCA IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE TONIC Melody/ Ram Jam World Featuring Lisa 11 6 6 21 YOU QUEENSRYCHE LEMON PARADE POLYDOR/A&M A Freak Crystal 11 11 13 7 3 Just / Waters HEAR IN THE NOW FRONTIER EMI/VIRGIN IMPRESSION THAT I GET THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES 12 10 7 24 THE Featuring Dennis Rodman GONE AWAY THE OFFSPRING LETS FACE IT BIG RIG/MERCURY 12 10 11 25 IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE COLUMBIA NIGHT ON EARTH U2 ® Talk To Me / Wild Orchid 13 13 11 8 LAST *AIRPOWER* * * POP ISLAND ® Kowalski / Primal Scream * * TRANSISTOR 311 LAZY EYE GOO G00 DOLLS 14 14 14 7 ® One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces / 13 13 20 4 TRANSISTOR CAPRICORN/MERCURY "BATMAN & ROBIN" SOUNDTRACK WARNER SUNSE Y,VARNER BROS. SELL OUT REEL BIG FISH Ben Folds Five 15 19 22 13 * * * AIRPOWER * * * TURN THE RADIO OFF MOJO /UNIVERSAL ® Nobara / Tamio Okuda Heavy Soul / Paul Weller 4 TOUCH, PEEL AND STAND DAYS OF THE NEW ® 14 19 23 * * * AIRPOWER * * * DAYS OF THE NEW OUTPOST /GEFFEN. EVERLONG F00 FIGHTERS Timemachine / Chara 16 24 38 3 LOCKED & LOADED JACKYL THL COLOUR AND THE SHAPE FOSWELL/CAPITOL To 15 16 19 5 ® Lie Me / Jonny Lang CUT THE CRAP EPIC SONG 2 BLUR Shinshia / Tomoyo Harada LAST CUP OF SORROW FAITH NO MORE 17 15 15 19 16 14 17 9 BLUR FOOD/PARLOPHONENIRGIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR SLASH/REPRISE Daijobu / Touko Furuuchi SUPERMAN'S DEAD OUR LADY PEACE LISTEN COLLECTIVE SOUL 21 21 8 18 17 18 12 ® Pacific Oasis / Na Leo 11 CLUMSY COLUMBIA DISCIPLINED BREAKDOWN ATLANTIC SOUL OF LOVE PAUL RODGERS NOT AN ADDICT K'S CHOICE ® Never, Never Gonna Give You Up / 18 20 22 5 19 16 16 21 NOW VELVEL PARADISE IN ME 550 MUSIC Usa Stansfield LIVE THROUGH THIS (FIFTEEN STORIES) MIGHTY JOE PLUM SICK & BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB 26 28 4 20 18 20 8 No Question / Allure featuring LL Cool J 19 THE HAPPIEST DAYS ATLANTIC MELT INTERSCOPE IN A HURRICANE JOHN FOGERTY ® All Kinds Of People / Big Mountain 20 15 15 9 WALKING CRIMINAL FIONA APPLE BROS. 21 29 30 4 BLUE MOON SWAMP WARNER TIDAL CLEAN SLATE/WORK ® Don't Wanna Be A Prayer / Joe HOLE IN MY SOUL AEROSMITH JACK -ASS BECK Love Love Mode Dimitri From Paris 21 12 8 15 22 31 35 3 ® / NINE LIVES COLUMBIA ODELAY DGC/GEFFEN PINK AEROSMITH ® Men In Black / Will Smith 25 26 14 BREATHE PRODIGY CI NINE LIVES COLUMBIA 23 22 28 6 THE FAT OF THE LAND XL MUTE/MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. Love Is The Law / The Seahorses I CHOOSE THE OFFSPRING 28 40 3 LAZY EYE GOO GOO DOLLS Star/ Primal Scream CI IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE COLUMBIA 24 27 34 4 "BATMAN & ROBIN" SOUNDTRACK WARNER SUNSET/WARNER BROS. MONKEY WRENCH F00 FIGHTERS ® Don't Wanna Fall In Love / Elisha La 'Verne 24 18 12 15 DO YOU WANT FROM ME? MONACO THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE ROSWELL/CAPITOL 26 25 6 WHAT CI MUSIC FOR PLEASURE POLYDOR/A&M Driveni Tsuretette / Miki Imai VILLAINS THE VERVE PIPE 25 27 27 4 OPEN SPACE MANSUN S. The End Is The Beginning Is The End I RCA 26 25 27 7 WIDE ATTACK OF THE GREY LANTERN EPIC LAST NIGHT ON EARTH U2 26 22 18 7 POP ISLAND THE RASCAL KING THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES 27 34 - 2 ® Waters Of March / Basia AENEMA TOOL LET'S FACE IT BIG RIG/MERCURY 27 33 36 3 AENIMA ZOO/VOLCANO TRIPPING BILLIES DAVE MATTHEWS BAND ® Buddy/ Kenji Ozawa 28 20 19 12 SUGARCANE CRY OF LOVE CRASH RCA Semi -Charmed Life / Third Eye Blind 28 NEW 1 DIAMONDS & DEBRIS COLUMBIA IT'S NO GOOD DEPECHE MODE 29 23 21 19 ® Waiting For You / The Trampolines LITTLE WHITE LIE SAMMY HAGAR ULTRA. MUTE/REPRISE 29 23 16 15 The Best That I Can / Yeshemabeth MARCHING TO MARS THE TRACK FACTORY/MCA THE END IS THE BEGINNING IS THE END THE SMASHING PUMPKINS ® 30 21 17 11 PLACE YOUR HANDS REEF "BATMAN & ROBIN" SOUNDTRACK WARNER SUNSET/WARNER BROS. C U When U Get There / Coolio 30 36 2 GLOW EPIC SUPERMAN'S DEAD OUR LADY PEACE ® It's Gonna Rain! / Bonnie Pink 31 33 37 3 AFRAID MOTLEY CRUE CLUMSY COLUMBIA 31 24 14 12 I Walk Away Summercamp GENERATION SWINE ELEKTRA/EEG ® Should / I WANT TO BE THERE (WHEN YOU COME) ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN VOLCANO GIRLS VERUCA SALT 32 28 26 9 " ® We Trying To Stay Alive / Wyclef Jean 32 31 32 26 EVERGREEN LONDON/ISLAND EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU MINTY FRESH/OUTPOST/GEFFEN GRADUATE THIRD EYE BLIND Featuring Refugee All Stars TRANSISTOR 311 33 39 2 33 NEW I THIRD EYE BLIND ELEKTRA/EEG TRANSISTOR CAPRICORN/MERCURY ® Next Life Time / Erykah Badu MEREDITH BROOKS FALLING IN LOVE (IS HARD ON THE KNEES) AEROSMITH 34 32 23 19 BITCH ® Star People '97 / George Michael 34 39 - 23 BLURRING THE EDGES CAPITOL NINE LIVES COLUMBIA Selections can be heard on 2 VILLAINS THE VERVE PIPE 9 ONE MORE TIME COREY STEVENS 35 37 - 35 30 25 VILLAINS RCA ROAD TO ZEN EUREKNDISCOVERY "Sapporo Beer Tokio Hot 180" (CANT YOU) TRIP LIKE I DO FILTER ANDiTHE CRYSTAL METHOD SEMI- CHARMED LIFE THIRD EYE BLIND 36 NEW 1 every Sunday 1 PM -5 PM on 36 32 31 12 P IMMORTAUEPIC THIRD EYE BLIND ELEKTRA/EEG "SPAWN" SOUNDTRACK J- WAVE /81.3 FM in TOKYO THE FRESHMEN THE VERVE PIPE 0, NOT IF YOU WERE THE LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH THE DANDY WARHOLS 31 37 33 26 37 NEW I VILLAINS RCA COME DOWN TIM KERR/CAPITOL

D' YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OASIS LET DOWN RADIOHEAD 38 NEW 1 38 NEW 1 BE HERE NOW EPIC OK COMPUTER CAPITOL BRING IT ON LYNYRD SKYNYRD MY TOWN BUCK -O -NINE 111.3 FM J-WAUE 39 NEW 1 39 40 2 TWENTY CMC INTERNATIONAL TWENTY -EIGHT TEETH TVT THE WORLD TONIGHT PAUL MCCARTNEY HELL SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Station information available at: 40 35 I 30 12 40 36 32 19 FLAMING PIE MPL/CAPITOL MAMMOTH HOT http: / /www.infojapan,com /JWAVE/ Compiled from a national sample of airpl y supplied by Broadcast Data Systanó Radio Track service. 103 Mainstream rock stations and 82 modem rock stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. °Tracks showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to those records which attain 800 detections (Mainstream Rock) o 1,100 detections (Modem Rock) forme first tirne. Videoclip availability. ©1997, Billboard/BPI Communications

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COMEDY CENTRAL KEEPS RADIO ACTIVE ll Z TITLE ARTIST (Continued from page 67) N 1 O LABEL & NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL "Late Afternoon Show With Bruce "We had a presence in New York, nect to the cable channel. The net- * * * No. 1 * ** Bond" on WNNK Harrisburg, Pa., and since we're a music -driven station work's radio outreach extends to the So N gY CAME HOME SHAWN COLVIN CI 1 2 11 which has done four "RadioActive" and it was the biggest thing that was medium in a variety of other ways as 2 weeks at GO THE DISTANCE MICHAEL BOLTON 2 1 broadcasts, agrees that giving listen- happening, it sounded big; it was well. 2 13 COLUMBIA 78554 LITTLE MORE TIME WITH YOU TAYLOR ers variety is good. And, he adds, you impressive," Johrtjay says. As for the A key advantage for Comedy Cen- 3 3 lO JAMES COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT never know who you might meet. potential of man-on-the -street bits, he tral is increased promotion, of course, MONICA 4 4 4 15 "One time Janeane Garofalo was points out, "all you have to do is walk but it also provides a chance to infil- ROWDY/WARNERSUNSET 87003/ATLANTIC IN MYcHEART CHICAGO 5 5 5 18 HEERE just walking through, and we had her out the front door to find a bunch of trate markets where the channel is not ALBUM UT on. It was before she made it, so that wackos." available or carried widely on cable YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME JEWEL 6 6 6 27 was really cool," he says. When they weren't "stealing purs- systems. Says Lyons, "We're able to ATLANTIC 87021 DO YOU LOVE ME THAT MUCH PETER CETERA 9 7 13 Stations point out that it's easier to es," Brian and Jolmjay spoke to "the target cities where we need help, let's O RIVER NORTH ALBUM CUT FOR ONCE IN OUR LIVES PAUL CARRACK get well -known guests in New York Iranian guys from [David] Letter- say for a launch or a promotional push, 7 9 man's ® S ARK 21 ALBUM CUT generally, and that the guests booked show and a cabbie who dressed because we don't have the money to HOW DO I LIVE LEANN RIMES ll 17 5 by Comedy Central are almost always like a bunny," among other unique spend on advertising." U CURB 73022 FOR LFIRST 10 10 THE TIME KENNY LOGGINS a success, says Bruce Bond. New York characters, Johnjay says. In addition to the broadcasts from 8 32 COLUMBIA "Here, we do guest after guest, but KLOL's Shannon agrees it was the Comedy Central headquarters, the A SMILE LIKE YOURS NATALIE COLE O11 13 14 6 that's what our show is [usually] like. easy to convey New York's vibe over channel also hosts stations for remotes ELEKTRA ALBUM CUT/EEG I DON'T WANT TO TONI BRAXTON 12 10 8 19 In New York there's a special little the air. The adventures of the sta- at such events as the Toyota Comedy LAFACE 24229/ARISTA I'LL ALWAYS BE RIGHT THERE BRYAN ADAMS buzz in the air, a little extra energy" tion's street reporter included getting Festival in New York and the Montre- 12 12 24 13 A&M ALBUM CUT "Absolutely, there's a pulse here we al Comedy Festival. Other markets HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY AZ YET FEAT. PETER CETERA 14 18 16 7 can't obtain at home," agrees co-host that have or will participate either in- a LAFACE 24223/ARISTA . KELLY 15 17 15 29 Janice Radocha. house or through the comedy festivals I BELIVISUNSET/ATLANTIC FFLYN 42422/JIVE Guests on WNNK's recent broad- include Boston, Dallas, Detroit, San ALONE BEE GEES 16 14 11 16 cast are fairly representative of the Diego, and San Francisco. POLYDOR 571006/A &M range of guests booked by Lyons. Comedy Central's radio -friendly * * * AIRPOWER * * * TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE BILLY JOEL They included Max Weinberg, band- punched for trying to talk to a woman attitude is reinforced with a free CD 23 - 2 leader from "Late Night With Conan in and a visit to the weekly fax that goes out to about UN -BREAK MY HEART TONI BRAXTON 18 15 18 44 O'Brien"; comedians Tom Cotter and soup merchant who inspired the 1,000 stations. Billed as "Radio's LAFACE 24200 /ARISTA CHANGE THE WORLD CLAPTON 19 19 19 61 ERIC Greg Fitzsimmons; Brian Unger, cor- "Soup Nazi" character on "Seinfeld," Comedy Resource Fax," it contains REPRISE 17621 respondent from Comedy Central's he says. He got a ticket to "Late Show quotes from Craig Kilborn, host of AIRPOWER * * * "Daily Show"; and Kenny Kramer, the With David and was "The Daily Show," topical jokes, and * * * Letterman" QUIT2PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART) BACKSTREET BOYS 20 22 29 3 real -life character on which "Sein- included in a pan shot of the audience highlights from the channel's upcom- JIVE 4 feld's" Kramer is based. so listeners were able to watch him ing schedule. Through United Sta- BUTTERFLY KISSES BOB CARLISLE 21 16 13 15 Also, Chris Claro, author of Come- on TV and feel like they are part of tions, the channel syndicates the DIADEM ALBUM CUTIJIVL dy Central's "Essential Guide to Com- something special. "Comedy Central Minute," which * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT* * * FOOLISH GAMES 22 I JEWEL edy," made an affable host for a trivia "We also sent him out to a bunch of includes sound bite "headlines" from NEWS ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT contest in which each member of the hot dog vendors to ask them if they'd Kilborn's monologues, as well as come- I AM NOT HIDING KENNY LOGGINS 23 26 30 3 show's team played on behalf of a lis- warm his weenie. Real highbrow stuff dians from "The A List." COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT UNTIL I FIND YOU AGAIN RICHARD MARX tener back home. but it worked great," Shannon says. Stations provide their own trans- 24 21 21 23 CAPITOL 58633 Demographically, the concept plays Lyons says he had four stations portation and accommodation costs. BARELY BREATHING 25 24 23 22 DUNCAN SHEIK best to 25- to 34- year-olds, Lyons says, coming in that intended to tie in to When possible, they try to offset the ATLANTIC 87027 and has attracted stations from top 40, Garth Brooks' Aug. 7 concert in Cen- expense by doing trade -outs or selling hot AC, modern rock, alternative, tral Park. An Atlanta station, mean- to local sponsors, Lyons says. country, and talk. while, plans to come up when the Since the "RadioActive" broadcasts Adult Top 40 For many, it provides the chance to hometown Braves play the Yankees. take place in a central location in the promote an event. Contests and pro- For Cotter and the other comedians office, that in and of itself can be fod- * * *No.1 * ** ALL FOR YOU SISTER HAZEL motional billboards build excitement who stop by, the medium presents an der for the hosts. It certainly provides Ol 2 2 16 UNIVERSAL 56135 1 week at No 1 and help create a memorable experi- additional chance for exposure. "Radio a kick for Comedy Central staffers SUNNY CAME HOME SHAWN COLVIN 2 1 1 25 ence for the listeners, stations say. is a unique vehicle for comedians to who, one would think by virtue of COLUMBIA 78528 SEMI- CHARMED LIFE THIRD EYE BLIND But even though it's live from Com- promote themselves," Cotter says. where they work, have plenty of 19 4 4 15 edy Central, it doesn't have to be all "They use me, and, God willing, I opportunities for amusement. Never- ELEKTRA 64173/EEG ONE HEADLIGHT THE WALLFLOWERS 4 3 3 26 about laughs, says Ross Brittain, come on and get the job done, but I use theless, a steady stream of personnel INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT morning -show host at WKSS Hart- them as well because, as Madonna has can't help but linger or at least grin as A CHANGE WOULD DO YOU GOOD SHERYL CROW 5 5 13 ford, Conn., who has done four shows taught us, any promotion is good pro- they walk by. A&M ALBUM CUT HOW BIZARRE OMC from Cafe Comedy Central. motion." But with all of the activity and con- 8 8 14 © HUH! ALBUM CUT/MERCURY Brittain likes to tie in with other "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) cast venient possibilities for creating a BARELY BREATHING DUNCAN 7 6 6 42 SHEIK events, such as concerts, movie pre- member Jim Breuer says he tries to great show in New York, stations ATLANTIC 87027 THE FRESHMEN THE VERVE PIPE mieres, or Fashion Week, when top stop by a remote broadcast whenever agree that the basics of the "RadioAc- 8 7 7 16 designers present their new collec- he has time because they're "just plain tive" concept of fun guests, tech- RCA 64734 lots FOOLISH GAMES JEWEL Q9 13 18 5 tions. "It broadens the show tremen- fun." Breuer says he likes the show's nical support, and a helpful staff-are ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT CRASH INTO ME DAVE MATTHEWS BAND dously, and the fun thing is to involve half -hour guest slots because it gives the key to its success. 10 9 10 25 the listener," Brittain says. him a chance to loosen up and take "One cool thing about Comedy Cen- RCA ALBUM CUT MORE THAN THIS 10,000 MANIACS During Fashion Week, for example, chances. "There's no pressure, and tral is the guests," Brittain notes. "I've 11 14 17 7 GEFFEN 19411 the station ran a contest, and the that's when you create. When you go had guys from `Saturday Night Live' YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME JEWEL 12 11 11 39 grand prize was a trip to New York into a studio, they have a mission to that I'd probably never get otherwise. ATLANTIC 87021 HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE? PAULA with an on -air makeover plus a shop- get what they can in five minutes' When you're a New York station that's 13 15 13 29 WHERE COLE ping spree. Brittain's guests that day time. Here, you get to hang, and you one thing, but out -of -town stations IMAGO 17373/WARNER BROS. BITCH MEREDITH BROOKS 14 16 14 17 included soap opera star Susan can have a conversation. That's so don't have the same cachet." CAPITOL 58634

Lucci's hairstylist. much more relaxed." I WANT YOU SAVAGE GARDEN 15 12 12 28 "Our audience is women, and they Breuer and Cotter admit that radio COLUMBIA 78503 BUILDING A MYSTERY SARAH MCLACHLAN can appreciate it. I think it's limiting can be a challenge for physically ori- CI 20 23 6 CHARLOTTE STATION ARISTA ALBUM CUT to go with just the comedy stuff, ented comics, and it lacks the feedback MMMBOP HANSON (Continued from page 67) 11 10 9 19 because you can really tailor it to fit from a live audience that they're used MERCURY 574261 IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE TONIC the personality of the show" to. Still, Breuer says, "I've noticed ious liners. 19 20 7 CI POLYDOR ALBUM CUT/A&M "Brian And Johnjay's Million Dol- with radio you don't have to shove stuff was money well spent, according to It DON'T SPEAK NO DOUBT 19 17 15 42 lar Morning Show" on Cincinnati's down people's throats, whereas on TV Jeanne Swenson, area marketing man- TRAUMA ALBUM CUT/INTERSCOPE SHAME ON YOU INDIGO GIRLS WKRQ (Q102) came to town for the you say, `Hey look at me, I'm a clown.' ager for BellSouth. Calling the response 20 18 16 12 Grammys, and in addition to the On radio you can be funny, but it's in a to the promotion "incredible," she EPIC ALBUM CUT THE DIFFERENCE THE WALLFLOWERS living-room much interest in 21 21 22 5 guests booked through Comedy Cen- atmosphere." attributes consumer INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT Pesci the new product to the Link. tral, the show worked with labels and Breuer, who plays the Joe I DON'T WANT TO WAIT PAULA COLE 22 23 25 4 interviewed a number of performers. character on "SNL," has come up with "We're not doing any print advertis- IMAGO ALBUM CUT/WARNER BROS. MATCHBOX 20 "Some other remotes are set up like a couple of bits that were ultimately ing besides a few ads in some business 23 22 21 6 PUSH LAVA ALBUM CUT /ATLANTIC " cattle calls, but we had the complete used on the TV show, including a publications, and yet our stores have QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART) BACKSTREET BOYS 24 25 29 4 attention of the Comedy Central peo- "Goat Boy" episode great traffic right now," says Swenson. JIVE 42453 in and "Link's whole approach to linking peo- TO THE MOON AND BACK SAVAGE GARDEN ple. It's a hip channel, and it fits an Alanis Morissette takeoff. 25 26 27 5 with our morning-show brand better But the "RadioActive" remotes ple together with technology was such COLUMBIA 78576 Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems Radio Track service. 54 adult contemporary stations and 65 adult top 40 than a Hard Rock Cafe -type of facili- from Comedy Central headquarters a perfect fit. I believe that this could be stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of dela.tiuo. °Tracks shoving an increase In detections over the previous week. wadies of chart movement. Airpmver awarded to sags which attain 400 adult contemporary detections a 700 adult top 40 detections ty," says PD Jimmy Steele. are not the only way stations can con- done in any market." for the first time. ®1997, Billboar8/BPI Communications.

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From Broadway To The Dancefloor, 's Hegwood Hits Deborah Gibson Thrives On Transition No. 1 In D.C., Baltimore

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE: It's budding dance siren. The first sin- ic playlists. "The music scene has 12:30 a.m., and someone is knocking gle, "Only Words," which cracked evolved full circle. There's a lot less AS RADIO ONE BROADCAST- parting its rap until late afternoons. on Deborah Gibson's hotel room Billboard's Hot Dance Music /Club angst- ridden stuff out there, like ING continues to expand its station Here's a recent 4 p.m. hour on door, asking her to keep the volume Play's top 40 earlier this month, the optimism in Jewel's music. holdings, VP of programming Steve WKYS: Mary J. Blige, "I Can Love down. appears on the project in both its Artists like her are making it cool Hegwood is celebrating with a pair You "; Toni Braxton, "I Love Me With an apology, she sprints to an original midtempo version and as a to be optimistic again. It's nice to of No. 1 successes. Some Him "; Lil' Kim, "Ladies unused meeting room, fashionably fashionable, hi -NRG kicker, remixed feel like the climate is right for my Flagship WKYS (Kiss FM) Night "; 702, "Get It Together "; sporting her pajamas, and returns by Junior Vasquez. personality again." Washington, D.C., just edged out God's Property, "Stomp "; Dru Hill, to her admittedly curious vocal And her niche now? "It's hard to longtime market leader WPGC -FM "Never Make A Promise "; Erykah warm -ups. say," Gibson says. "I do in -store and heritage R &B adult outlet Badu, "Next Lifetime "; Puff Daddy Within minutes, a custodian stops appearances and try to analyze the WHUR 5.9-5.8 12-plus. And WERQ & Faith Evans (Featuring 112), "I'll vacuuming in the adjoining room, people who come. I think it's those (92Q) Baltimore, which just saw Be Missing You "; Rome, "I Belong peering through the divider. With a from 20 to 35, those who have longtime rival WXYV To You "; and Mint smirk, Gibson pans a slight wave, grown up with me, those who like (V103) flip to top 40, Condition, "What then offers, "God, I must love what music that's emotional and realis- led the market with a Bill board® Kind Of Man Would I do to be here right now." tic but optimistic. My music dips 10 share. I Be." That is indeed the guiding force into many different styles, for peo- So how did Kiss Hegwood adds for her imminent 2:30 appearance ple who like hearing vocalists. FM ascend to the top BROAD CATER that focusing exclu- this morning at Chicago club Fusion: There's also dancey stuff that's of the market heap? OF THE WEEK sively on the needs of to work the crowd, to showcase by Chuck Taylor still melodic." "I think it comes the demo has been tunes from her Gibson realizes, however, that a from the consistency the hallmark of all new album, and, new release in and of itself may not of the radio station," Radio One outlets. perhaps most im- The high -profile DJ /producer be enough to affect a mind -set that says Hegwood, who "Same thing with Q portant, to show also cast his spell on a liberating has beleaguered her for some also oversees WHTA in Baltimore -they that 10 years '90s -brand reworking of "Only In time -thus, the live sets. "I know, I (Hot 97.5) Atlanta, are 18 -34. [92Q PD] after her baby - My Dreams," an apropos tribute to know, I've heard that people WMMJ (Majic 102.3) Tom Calacocci has faced debut, "Only the beginning of a dream that Gib- wouldn't be caught dead at a Debbie Washington, D.C., done a great job of In My Dreams," son simply sees no reason to dis- Gibson concert," she says. "When WWIN (Majic 95.9) balancing the 18 -24 the girl is a miss. you have a name and you're also Baltimore, and the and 25 -34 demos," he woman now and "At this point, I hope that people rebuilding, you never know what new WPHI (Philly STEVE HEGWOOD says. "Tom is very focused under- GIBSON no worse for the hear the music before my name. If you're walking into, whether a 103.9) Philadelphia. VP of Programming -he no crowd or one where you Kiss FM signed on stands how to play wear. there are expectations, there are screaming Radio One Broadcasting And what a transition she's engi- no prejudices," she says. "People have to prove something. targeting WPGC's the hits, how to neered. First, of course, there's the hear my name and still think 'Elec- "My message is that I'm still half younger end. "Eigh- [tweak] the elements name change to Deborah. Over the tric Youth.' Hey, I'm almost 27 now. who you remember me to be, but teen months ago, we between the songs, last couple of years, the former teen If people can get past their preju- half new and fresh and different," focused Kiss on dominating the 18- and [how to] stay community -ori- with the smiley face drawn through dices, they could really enjoy a good she adds. "When I go onstage, I try 24 demo, and we stuck to that," Heg- ented. They call it the Q- munity,' knee -ripped jeans decided that show." to leave all of that behind and just wood says. and everything is linked to the Q- "Debbie" goes with a persona she Gibson wrote or co -wrote all 15 of perform and enjoy. It's wasted ener- "We hired [assistant PD] Damon munity for them." has since grown out of. And, despite the album's cuts and worked with a gy to bring that baggage onstage Williams [formerly with WPGC's While WERQ has shown surpris- the fact that Gibson hasn't had a number of producers, also looking to with you. I just get into my own now-defunct hip -hop AM] in Novem- ing strength 25-plus, WPHI concen- charted hit since the top 30 "Any- Jellybean Benitez for further guid- zone. If 10 people walk out of that ber '96 to help with the day -to -day trates on "dominating" the 18 -24 thing Is Possible" in 1990, she's kept ance. The DJ /remixer /producer club and say they're going to buy operations in the programming demo. Its proximity to New York her vocal cords in gear strutting a gained stature last decade for his my album, then I've done my job. department, to ensure we had the allows PD Mic Fox to play hip -hop number of times down the Great work remixing Madonna and dance I'm an entertainer, and I'm a good right imaging promos and the right throughout the day, Hegwood says. White Way. versions from the "Flashdance" entertainer." music on the radio station, given the "Mic Fox gets the music vibe, the In fact, before the momentous soundtrack. But even if "Deborah Gibson" formula we'd been given for Kiss to street vibe, the corporate vibe, and fame that came when she shot to No. Gibson's process toward relight- fails to reignite the public's fervor, win with." he understands that we have a game Fox nabbed the 1 on the Hot 100 Singles chart - ing the fire began with the forma- as usual, the artist already has the Further, Hegwood cites the popu- plan," he says. first, with "Foolish Beat" in 1988, tion of Espiritu Records about a next year's plan in tow. Beginning larity of morning man Russ Parr, opportunity to be the official radio then "Lost In Your Eyes" in '89- year ago. "I was tired of so many Sept. 24, she takes on the role of who tempers his show's humor with sponsor of the annual Greek Picnic, and earned triple- and double -plat- chefs when it came to making an Belle in the Broadway production of community- outreach projects, such a longstanding college event. inum albums and an American album," she explains. "For my first "Beauty And The Beast." as a recent 100 -degree day when Hegwood calls WHTA the compa- Music Award, Gibson sowed her two albums, I had no A &R person. "It's a cool message to send out to Parr paid for the first 200 kids below ny's most aggressively programmed entertainment oats in the theater I think that they thought I was a people," Gibson notes. "Being ver- the age of 12 to get to the local station, citing the work of PD Sean from ages 5 to 15. one -hit wonder, then a one -album satile bridges the gap between the swimming pool. "We labeled our- Taylor and music director Chaka "I think that's why I was success- wonder. I was able to just deliver the recording studio and the theater. selves the people's station,' and we Zulu. "They always find the hot new ful so young," Gibson says. "I had a album. Then the label [Atlantic] It's really the perfect match." had to live up to that." records," he says. theater work mentality as opposed started to over -analyze things, and She will also appear in two In addition to co- sponsoring the With Radio One standing as the to an `I want to be a pop star' men- suddenly everything was becoming recently shot independent movie People's Expo with its sister outlets, major black -owned group in com- tality." brain surgery where it was sup- projects, "Wedding Band," which WKYS spent a month during the mercial radio, it could be said that Since her four -year chart heyday, posed to be instinctual." she describes as "Tony N' Tina's spring book running the Continuous beyond the pressure to succeed com- she has rekindled a place in that From a personal perspective, Gib- Wedding" meets "Spinal Tap," and Jams Triple Play of the Day, for mercially, there's a social responsi- spotlight with roles as Eponine in son views those early days as a time "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend," in which the station gave away $1,000 bility to keep the African -American the Broadway production of "Les replete with the intuitive innocence which Gibson plays a wannabe daily. company in peak form. "I love Cathy Misérables" (and in London's West of youth. "When you're that young, urban girl trying to break into Ticket giveaways brought listen- [Hughes, CEO] and Alfred [Liggins, End staging) and as Sandy in the you're fearless. I was just project- paparazzi photography, "but I have ers to the recent Maxwell show as president] for giving me a chance of U.S. touring company of "Grease." ing all positive energy and was such a conscience, so it creates prob- well as the July 12 at a lifetime to oversee these six sta- Last year, she took on Fanny Brice an optimist," she says. "My per- lems." the Showplace Arena, featuring 15 tions," he says, adding that he truly in "Funny Girl." spective changed quite a bit over the In many ways, the '90s have groups for $15, including Lil' Kim, enjoys his team of PDs, which also "From a career standpoint, I years. You come out and have nat- brought more career diversity to Mint Condition, the Lost Boyz, includes WHTA's Taylor, WMMJ's guess it has kept me out there and ural instincts intact, then go Gibson's repertoire than during Craig Màck, Jermaine Dupri, Da Doug Gilmore, and WWIN's Cathy kept me successful in an arena when through this phase of analyzing, those cautiously revered salad days Brat, Changing Faces, Chuck Brown. my music wasn't coinciding with then you get back to yourself. You of the late 1980s. Brown, Montell Jordan, Camp Lo, "I came to work here because I what was going on in pop music," learn how to be a kid again, but "I've seen a lot of things; I've and others. wanted to help this black company Gibson says. "I didn't have to com- you're conscious of it. I still try to learned a lot about people, some Currently, the station is giving grow," says Hegwood, a native of promise myself. It really allowed me hold on as much as possible to that good, some bad," she says. "But the away tickets to the Budweiser Milwaukee. "I feel pressure to suc- to be on top of my game in a differ- raw enthusiasm. That's what makes most important thing I know is it's Superfest. "Our goal is, if it appeals ceed at anything I am in, but the ent area." it enjoyable." most satisfying to be yourself, to the 18 -34 demo of Washington, fact that it is a black -owned compa- But for the songwriter /singer/act- Her decision to make 1997 the accepted or not. I'm doing it the way D.C., then we need to be a part of ny makes the success even more ress /dancer, it's just not enough. year of her return to the record I want to do it." it," Hegwood says. rewarding. I am extremely proud to Last month, she returned with her racks, Gibson says, has to do with Kiss FM is conservative musical- work at a black company that is suc- sixth album, "Deborah Gibson" on the turning tide at top 40 radio, Reach radio editor Chuck Taylor by ly in mbrnings and middays, day- cessful." JANINE COVENEY her own Espiritu label, recast as a which is back to positive and melod- E -mail at ctaylor @billboard.com.

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The Music Video Production Assn. THE WEEK THE CLIP LIST,. ENDING AUGUST 16, 1997. second VHS highlight reel of their (MVPA) held a meeting July 31 in show along with their entry. New York with the goal of building T H E Mr. Serv-On f/Master P, My Best Friend NastyBoy Klick, Down For Yours If your company has not received a more synergy between the East and submission form, contact Michele West Coast production communities. rmc ruviwr Jacangelo at 212-536 -5088 with your The nonprofit organization is also aim- MUSIC TrirVISION je ATI N 01 TELEVISION fax number. ing to expand its membership among TOY CONTROL Continuous programming Continuous programming Five hours weekly music video commissioners at labels 1221 Collins Ave 1111 Lincoln Rd 223 -225 Washington St PROMOTION: VH1 in hip -hop Miami Beach, FL 33139 Continuous programming Miami Beach, FL 33139 Newark, NJ 07102 VH1 RETAIL and the /rap community. In 1515 Broadway and Blockbuster Video are teaming addition, the MVPA is preparing its AMERICA'S NO. 1 VIDEO New York, NY 10036 Hanson, Mmmbop Michael Penn, Try for a nationwide cross -promotion annual ArtFest, which showcases art- El Tri, Virgen Morena Steve Winwood, Spy In The House... The Notorious B.I.G., Mo Money Mo Problems NEW Paula Cole, Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? Todd Terry, Something Goin' On campaign that will include cus- work by music video directors. The The Wallflowers, One Headlight Counting Crows, Daylight Fading BOX TOPS Puller, 6x6 Aerosmith, Hole In My Soul , Miss America tomized VH1 music sections in more bicoastal event is scheduled to run World Party, Call Me Up Santa Sabina, Azul Casi Morado Matchbox 20, Push than 3,000 stores. The Vlll section Nov 14 -17. Mia X, The Party Don't Stop Travis, All I Want To Do Is Rock Savage Garden, I Want You Faith No More, Last Cup Of Sorrow Wu -Tang Clan, Triumph Morrissey, Alma Matters No Doubt, Sunday Morning En Vogue, Whatever contains weekly "Top 20" CD picks, Will Smith, Men In Black Lauren Christy, Breed Aleks Synteks Y La Gente Normal, Sin Ti Cheap Trick, Say Goodbye Lil' Kim, Not Tonight (Hernia) Goo Goo Dolls, Lazy Eye Control Machete, Andamos Armados Radiohead, Paranoid Android Crolio, C U When U Get There Jon Bon Jovi, Midnight In Chelsea Ednaswap, Clown Some Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, I'll Be Missing You Plastilina Mosh, Nino Bomba Will Smith, Men In Black Dru Hill, Never Make A Promise The Chemical Brothers, Block Rackin' Beats Blues Traveler, Carolina Blues PRODUCTION NOTES Immature, I'm Not A Fool Julieta Venegas, De Mis Pasos The Wallflowers, The Difference i Adina Howard, (Freak] And U Know It Moenia, Dejame Entrar Dogma, Cancer

U2, Last Night On Earth Paul Rodgers, All I Want Is You (LIVE) NEW Cafe Tacuba, No Controles Shades, Serenade LOS ANGELES shot by Mark Miremont for Arsenal. Continuous programming Depeche Mode, It's No Good Deborah Cox, Things Just Ain't The Same Mark Lambert Bristol is the eye Troy Smith is the eye behind the All -4 -One, I Turn To You 299 Queen St West Daft Punk, Around The World Rome, Do You Like This Daft Punk, Around The World Toronto, Ontario M5V2Z5 Oasis, D'You Know What I Mean? Blessid Union Of Souls, I Wanna Be There behind Soul Defense Network's Lost Boyz's "Me And My Crazy Filter & The Crystal Method, You Can't) Trip Like I Do "Funky Ajoyah." The clip, which is the World" video. Vicki Mayer produced. Foo Fighters, Everlong Wu -Tang Clan, Triumph Ginuwine, When Doves Cry Chantal Kreviazuk, Wayne first for the Bionic Technologies label, HAL f/Gillian Anderson, Extremis Backstreet Boys, Everybody , Halls Of Illusion Foo Everlong CMC stars actress Fairuza Balk. NEW YORK Fighters, LIGHT MUSIC Mariah Carey, Honey Blue Rodeo, It Could Happen To You CALIFORNIA MUSIC CHANNEL Joe's "Love Scene" video was direct- LaMonte Edwards shot 740 Boyz's The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rascal King Lori Yates, Lost Highway Busy" for Blast! Inc. Al- Paula Cole, I Don't Want To Wait Blues Traveler, Carolina Blues 1/2 -hour show weekly 15 hours weekly ed by Eric Haywood and Rubin "Get Brett SWV Feat. Puff Daddy, Someone Lil' Kim, Not Tonight Signal Hill Dr 10227 E 14th St Whitmore for Tribal Communications. bright directed photography. 10,000 Maniacs, More Than This Jewel, Foolish Games Wall, PA 15148 Oakland, CA 94603 Wild Orchid, Supernatural Meredith Brooks, Bitch Rubin Whitmore produced, while Adriana Evans, Love Is All Around Wallflowers, The Difference dc Talk, Like It, Love It, Need It The Notorious B.I.G., Mo Money Mo Problems Patrick Darrin directed photography. NASHVILLE Common, Reminding Me... Robyn, Do You Know... MxPx, Chick Magnet Wu -Tang Clan, Triumph Dana Harris, As We Lay Will Smith, Men In Black John Cox, Sunny Day Magon Md Timbaland, Up Jumps Da Boogie Marlon Wayans stars in Tracey The clip for Rodney Atkins' "In A Master P, How You Do Dat Third Eye Blind, Semi -Charmed Life Reality Check, Masquerade Foxy Brown, Big Bad Mamma Lee's self- directed clip "Give It Up Heartbeat" was directed by Jeffery Witchdoctor, Holiday Puff Daddy & Faith Evans, I'll Be Missing You Bride, The Worm Missy Elliott, The Rain... Aqua, Barbie Girl Spice Girls, 2 Become 1 Rebecca St. James, Side By Side Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, Look Into My Eyes Baby." Phillips. Coke Sams produced. Mary J. Blige, Everything Sheryl Crow, A Change Would Do You Good Caedmon's Call, Hope To Carry On Somethin' For The People, My Love Is The Shhh! Mark Kohr directed the Mighty Monaco, What Do You Want From Me The Tea Party, Temptation Age Of Faith, Walk In My Shoes Aaliyah, 4 Page Letter Scarface, Mary Jane Prodigy, Breathe The Altered, The Low Changing Faces, G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. Mighty Bosstones' video "The Ras- OTHER CITIES 3rd Party, Love Is Alive Plumb, Unforgivable Will Smith, Men In Black cal King" and Jane Jensen's "Luv Gerald Casale directed Silver - Usher, You Make Me Wanna... Whiteheart, Unchain Ben Folds Five, One Angry Dwarf... Song." chair's "Cemetery" video in San KRS -One, A Friend Lazlo Bane's "Overkill" video was Francisco.

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www.americanradiohistory.com LABELS LOOKING TO TV TO CAPITALIZE ON COMPILATIONS (Continued from page 1) packages for release before year's end. booming, image buyers pump money 1997." Moreover, he says that retail However, when Charles Koppel - dance compilation, which came out Sources also suggest that Elektra into television advertising, and TV has been very supportive of the man was head of the now -defunct in November 1996, is cited by direct is readying compilations. time becomes more expensive, he album. EMI - North marketers as the most successful All of the above titles will be pro- explains. When the economy is head- Arista has sold about 200,000 units America, he used a television mar- package to date from the latest moted through television advertis- ed toward recession, TV time is of "Ultimate Dance Party 1997" keting campaign for the "Luv" col- attempts at television marketing, ing. In most instances, consumers more available and cheaper. through its 800-number effort, sources lections designed to gain album sales mainly due to its strong lineup of will be given the choice to buy the That observation appears to be suggest, while another 1.4 million have solely through retail. songs. album via an 800 number or to go to backed up by television advertising been sold at retail, according to Some retailers wholeheartedly Arista's Bartels doesn't disagree. record stores, where the albums will estimates compiled in the LNA/ sources. SoundScan was unable to pro- supported that effort, but other "Ultimate Dance Party 1997" has be amply stocked. MediaWatch report prepared by vide sales information for the title. The record store chains privately "17 killer tracks," he says. "That is Despite the failure of EMI Music's Competitive Media Reporting. The commercials with the 800 number had ridiculed the promotion, which they what the consumer really looked at; ambitious campaign for its "Luv" report states that despite the influx about a six-week window before the say they supported only after EMI it's what makes this stand apart" compilations during the 1996 holiday of the majors into television mar- album hit stores. Music Distribution (EMD) begged, from other dance compilations. selling season, it is clear that the keting this year, prerecorded audio Virgin executives did not return pleaded, and spent a massive amount But he adds that an Arista team major labels suddenly think they advertising was $25.45 million in the calls seeking comment for this story. of cooperative advertising dollars effort was instrumental in coming up have discovered gold through televi- first quarter of this year, down 0.3% But according to other television with them. with the package and the marketing sion marketing. from the $25.53 million spent in the music marketers, "Pure Moods" had The four compilation albums were plan that first got the shoppers to For decades, such companies as K- same period last year. In 1996, about a four-month window between "Hot Luv," a dance collection; notice the album. tel and Time Life Music have been suc- $112.2 million was spent on TV mar- direct marketing on TV and avail- "Smooth Luv," an R &B collection; Bartels declines to specify the cessfully selling compilations by blan- keting for prerecorded audio, com- ability at retail, selling an estimated "Real Luv," a country collection; and amount the company spent on tele- keting the late -night television pared with $110.8 million in 1995. 200,000 units via the 800 number. In "Movie Luv," a soundtrack collec- vision marketing for the album. airwaves with commercials, but the Statistics about the effectiveness May, the album was released to tion. Despite a two -pronged adver- While Arista and Virgin initially interest in television marketing by the of direct -marketing music commer- retail, and the television commercial tising campaign that cost nearly $5 focused on an 800 -number direct - major record companies appears to cials are unavailable. But, according was amended to give consumers the million and the later repricing of the marketing campaign before rolling have been spurred by the success of to a telephone poll of 10,000 con- choice of calling the 800 number or album from $16.98 to less than $10, out the retail component, Tommy Tommy Boy's "Jock Jams," "Jock sumers by Strategic Record going to stores. To date, retail has the four titles have moved only Boy, and, more recently, PolyMedia Rock," and "MTV Party To Go" com- Research, an average of 23% of sold 819,000 units of the album, 380,000 units to date, according to used an 800 -number effort only after pilation series over the last few years. those who have bought a recording according to SoundScan. SoundScan. EMI Music Distribution focusing on retail. "Jock Jams Volume 1" has sold 1.8 recently were influenced by an In the past, retailers have initially shipped a combined total of In Tommy Boy's case, the compa- million units, according to SoundScan, artist's performance on television, responded harshly when the majors 1.5 million units (Billboard, Dec. 28, ny has garnered great commercial which did not have sales information while an average of 43% were influ- have tried to bypass them via direct- 1996). success by pairing with cable net- for the second volume. Tommy Boy enced by seeing a music video. marketing efforts. For instance, works to promote compilation pack- says its two "Jock Jams" titles have Meanwhile, radio appears to be the when Warner Music Group truncat- 'LUII' THEM NOT ages that are sold at retail. shipped a total of 3.7 million units, most influential vehicle to drive con- ed the first boxed set Label executives interviewed for The two "Jock Jams" volumes are while its two "Jock Rock" titles have sumers to make a purchase; the and advertised it on TV with an 800 this story say the "Luv" collections promoted in coordination with shipped 2.4 million units. medium was cited by 80% of those number, retail complained loudly failed for a number of reasons. For ESPN, which donates air time for SoundScan sales information was surveyed as the most influential fac- that the TV commercials were hawk- instance, they criticize the project commercials, and combined they only available for the first two of the tor in their music purchases. ing an album that wasn't available in for having a weak television com- have sold nearly 4 million units, 10 "MTV Party To Go" titles; those stores. But those commercials stim- mercial; the spot featured a fiction- according to Steve Knutsen, head of two have sold a total of 275,000 units. LONG -TERM TREND? ulated retail sales for the boxed set, al love therapist, Dr. Phil White, who sales at the label. Knutsen says that According to the label, the 10 vol- While major -label executives which sold an additional 400,000 prescribed love songs for whatever individual volumes sell, at the very umes have shipped a combined total appear optimistic that they can be units in stores on top of the nearly 1 problems might ail potential buyers. least, about 475,000 units each. of 7.75 million units. successful via television campaigns million units the title generated in Direct marketers say that the ads, Recently, when the second "Jock Concurrent with the success aimed at extracting sales from both its first burst of commercial avail- which they judged as "lame," didn't Jams" volume had already moved 1.6 enjoyed by Tommy Boy, movie retail and direct campaigns, long- ability, according to former Warner highlight the songs on each collec- million units, Tommy Boy experi- soundtracks have been gaining mar- time direct marketers of music are Music executives. However, the halo tion, which they say is the most mented with an 800 number in com- ket share, showing music industry more cautious in assessing this effect from the direct -marketing important element in appealing to mercials for the title. But they real- executives that the U.S. public is trend. commercial didn't placate music consumers via television marketing. ized little in new sales from that hungry for good compilations. Says one direct marketer, "I am merchants at that time. But even when EMI -Capitol fixed strategy. "The album may have Moreover, in the U.K., the 35 -vol- skeptical [about] whether current Tommy Boy's Silverman insists the commercials to address that already been oversaturated," he ume "Now" compilation series has developments at the majors, using that the current marketing cam- problem, other music executives say says. Nonetheless, the company ruled the charts since its inception. TV marketing, will sustain itself and paigns chasing both direct and retail that the collections themselves just plans to use direct -TV- marketing In the U.K., compilations account for still be around in a year, particular- sales are compatible. "The thing didn't have enough hit power. Ulti- efforts on future compilation albums 29% of album market share; in the ly if they emphasize the [800 num- about direct response is that there is mately, the improved commercials in conjunction with promoting such U.S., compilations, including movie ber] component. It is a minefield. always 10 % -20% of the population and lower pricing for the "Luv" col- titles to retail, because it will "defer soundtracks, total 8% of album mar- You can have a hit, or it can blow up that don't want to go into record lections did little to stimulate the advertising costs," says Knutsen. ket share, according to EMI esti- on you." stores, so direct -marketing sales buying public. On average, Silverman says that mates (Billboard, Oct. 12, 1996). The Another direct marketer agrees, isn't cannibalization," he states. On the other hand, the Arista (Continued on page 79) difference in the market -share totals saying, "Direct- response television Also, he defends the practice by for the two countries suggests to is a game of numbers much more saying that labels still spend coop- industry executives that there is a than the majors realize." The key erative advertising dollars on the FELA ANIKULAPO -KUTI DIES huge opportunity for compilations in component in direct-marketing cam- compilation albums; sell the titles (Continued from page 11) the U.S. paigns, according to that marketer, directly at a much higher price than Torn Silverman, chairman of is the media cost per order. "You retail (usually full list price plus $3 at Trinity College and started to play community an independent state, the Tommy Boy, says television market- have certain fixed costs, assembling for shipping); and the customer has piano, trumpet, and saxophone in jazz, Kalakuta Republic. In 1977, an esti- ing of music is a "brave new fron- the product, answering the phone, to wait anywhere from four to 10 R &B, and rock bands. One of his early mated 1,000 armed soldiers stormed tier." He adds, "It will be great for and shipping the product," he says. days to receive the album. collaborators was Ginger Baker, later the estate, and during a day of fight- retail, the consumer, and the indus- "But within the media cost, there are With the success of "Pure Moods" of Cream. ing, Kuti's mother was thrown from a try."» a lot of variables." and "Ultimate Dance Party 1997," Returning home in the mid -'60s, he second -story window; she died six John Esposito, senior VP of Poly - Such issues such as what percent- retailers seem to be more tolerant of enjoyed sufficient local success to tour months later. The musician himself Media, declined to speak to Billboard age of customers are paying by cash direct -TV- marketing efforts. John abroad. He became exposed to the was badly beaten. for this story. But when PolyMedia on delivery and what percentage are Marmaduke, president of the Amar- writings of Malcolm X during a 1968 The incident only stiffened his was formed earlier this year, the paying with credit card are crucial, illo, Texas -based Hastings Books, visit to America, where he subse- resolve, and in 1979 he formed a politi- company hired a British television he adds. Music & Video chain, says he is "less quently lived for a time. Kuti went back cal party, the Movement for the People, music marketer to launch a similar Both Arista and Virgin started out stressed" by direct -marketing com- to Nigeria in 1970 with heightened but was prevented from running for effort in this country. And on July with 800 -number -only marketing ponents used on TV if the commer- hopes about the musician's role in president by the authorities. Further 22, at the National Record Mart campaigns and then re- edited their cials also promote retail. bringing about social change. beatings and imprisonments followed, Convention, Esposito told the commercials to include promotions Bob Higgins, chairman of Trans He formed Africa 70, which com- and in 1984 he was jailed on charges chain's store managers that during for the albums at music retail. Some World Entertainment Corp., says bined traditional African music with that were later acknowledged as the fall the company will do an aver- direct marketers suggested that the that "the minor use of 800 numbers soul influences and became more than trumped up; he was declared a political age of 20 spots a week on seven two labels added the retail compo- doesn't disturb us if a compilation a mere band: Kuti established a com- prisoner by Amnesty International. cable channels promoting compila- nent because they weren't getting a has a strong commercial that is dri- munity for the 20- strong group and In more recent years, Kuti was a less tions. large enough phone -order response. ving customers to retail." their families near Lagos. A recording incendiary figure, although his differ- "We want to drive people into But Steve Bartels, senior VP of spe- He says that the Albany, N.Y. - studio and hospital were built on site, ences with the Nigerian authorities stores," he said. "Other [labels] will cial markets for Arista Records, based chain has done well with most the latter with the help of Baker, who continued, and he was held by the drug get aggressive in this business. Now says that it initially focused on the packages that have television adver- lived in Nigeria at the time. This base squad earlier this year. He stayed you will see television commercials 800 number to "create awareness" tising campaigns. "The television became a bolt -hole for West Africa's mostly at home in Ikeja, a working - promoting music constantly, not just for when the album would be in- exposure does create a response for leading art radicals, incurring the dis- class area of Lagos, and occasionally on late -night TV." store. "We are interested in selling retail," he says. "But we would like pleasure of Nigeria's military junta, a performed at his club there, the Shrine, Television marketing has tradi- records at retail," he adds. Accord- them to create campaigns that are situation exacerbated by Kuti's openly where he openly smoked marijuana on- tionally "ebbed and flowed" around ing to Bartels, the Arista sales staff designed so that the entire response anti- establishment recordings. stage, a continuing symbol of his rebel- the cost of air time, says one direct and BMG Distribution really is to retail," instead of also high- Such was his disgust with the politi- lious spirit. He is survived by 27 wives marketer. When the economy is "nailed" "Ultimate Dance Party lighting an 800 number. cal status quo that Kuti declared the and three children.

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 75 www.americanradiohistory.com PATTY LARKIN DELIVERS `PERISHABLE FRUIT' (Continued from page 11) already had in my hands and say, writing flowed right into the recording that it's something that needs to be lis- Grace Newman, director of field that's something still being wrestled `Well, how are we going to treat this and into having people come, because tened to right away and that also is marketing at Windham Hill, says the with. "It would be cool to re- create it," song with just stringed instruments ?' it was all done right in the same build- very in the moment. label has high expectations for "Per- she says. "Ben would definitely have to It would have been a different album ing. It also allowed me as a producer to "It describes how I felt doing the ishable Fruit." "She's a pioneer in a come. He loves to play out." had I set about to do the concept first get in early and work on stuff before record; it was this particular amount of genre of music whose time has come, Even without taking the whole con- and then write for it." sessions started." time I spent with my friends on Cape which is basically the female music cept on the road, Newman says, Larkin surmises that she probably The only sessions done outside her Cod in the winter. It was this experi- explosion," Newman says. "Sometimes Larkin's solo dates will whet consumer would have made it more of a guitar home studio involved the cuts featur- ment everyone jumped into full force. timing is everything, so we're really appetites. "The key is for her to be album. "I probably would have stretched ing Cockburn and Siberry. Larkin sang All the musicians were really behind the looking at that as a key part of our plan heard," Newman says. "We have a breaks and whatnot," she says. "I prob- on Cockburn's last album, and he concept. Perishable fruit also describes and the universe working in our favor." great tour set up, the kind we dream ably would have based more of the returned the favor by providing vocals ... that this product has been handled Though the album is expected to of -all the primary and secondary instrumental stuff in my original songs, and acoustic guitar to the song with care. It's not really a warning label, draw a large audience of female con- markets actually happening after and I might have experimented a little "Brazil." Siberry provides background but a `handle with care' label." sumers, some retailers expect it to have street date ... We're really going to do bit more with the acoustic guitar." vocals on "Coming Up For Air." The first single, "The Book I'm Not demographic appeal across the board. a micro -marketing campaign tied into Working in her home studio also Larkin says she chose the title "Per- Reading," will be released Aug. 26 to Dave Iverson, assistant manager at getting her into radio stations, because made this a special album for Larkin. ishable Fruit" because it seemed triple -A radio. Rita Houston, music Allston, Mass.-based Newbury Comics' radio folks just love her getting her on "It was the first step on the road to "quirky and fun. It seemed to fit in with director at WFUV New York, says Washington Mall outlet in Boston, specialty radio shows; and doing a couple Pattywood," she says with a laugh. the idea of doing an entire album based that the triple -A station plans to play notes that Larkin's music appeals to a of store visits here and there. We'll make "Technology is at a point where people on stringed instruments. Somebody the single, and that she's enjoying the diverse range of music buyers. Iverson the most of her going into a market." can set up a home studio ... For me it had some cables stored in an old fruit entire album. "It's beautiful. It has a says Newbury will likely give the Newman says Windham Hill will also really allowed for a very relaxed group box backstage when I was touring, and certain lushness," Houston says. "It's album in -store play, and he expects a utilize its relationship with sister book of sessions, and it seemed like the cre- I just wrote it down as the working title an example of an artist taking a cre- great response. company Bantam Doubleday Dell to do ative process was extended. The song- for the project. And what it tells me is ative leap." "She sells particularly well at this promotions tying into "The Book I'm Newbury Comics location," he says, Not Reading." The label also plans to "because we're located in the financial use fruit baskets as promotional items. MONTGOMERY WARD TO SHUTTER ITS LECHMERE CHAIN district, and there tends to be a busi- A mailing to radio programmers fea- (Continued from page 6) nessperson -type crowd." tured the CD sent along with an apple Windham Hill has a variety of in a box designated "perishable, open video inventory from the closed stores. Montgomery Ward moved music and they sell only budget product. The strategies in the works to market the immediately." Montgomery Ward operates 356 de- video operations from Lechmere's company gives no indication that it in- album, including distributing cassette Windham Hill has hired an outside partment stores under its own name. headquarters in Woburn, Mass., to tends to increase its inventory of mu- samplers of Larkin's music at Lilith marketing firm to target clothing In 1994, the company decided to diver- Chicago, which caused disruptions in sic. Fair concert dates to expose her music stores, spas, gift shops, and other stores sify into specialty retailing and buying and merchandising. At the time In a statement, Montgomery Ward to that targeted female demographic. heavily trafficked by female consumers. acquired Lechmere. The Electric of the Chapter 11 filing, a number of chairman Roger Goddu says its new The label also mailed postcards to the The firm will supply fliers, tent cards, Avenue concept was introduced the music vendors had put the chain on merchandise strategy will "emphasize 15,000 members of Larkin's fan club, sampler cassettes, and signage and will same year. Home Image was an off- hold for supply of product because of providing affordable fashion through- informing them of her fall tour dates promote the album for in -store play. shoot of Lechmere. unpaid bills (Billboard, July 19). out Wards, encompassing a wide range and providing an 800 number they can Windham Hill has also enlisted Cafe Annual music sales for Lechmere Cohen says it is unlikely that some of apparel to include footwear, acces- call to hear two cuts from the album. Music Network to service the music for were estimated at $75 million. other company would step forward to sories and fine jewelry, and home - Larkin is managed by Bette Warner play in cafes and coffee shops. There Lechmere, along with electronics acquire Lechmere, due in part to some related products that include domes- of Lamartine Productions in Welfleet, are also promotions planned for inde- chains Best Buy, Circuit City, and "very expensive leases." Nobody Beats tics, furniture, appliances, and home Mass., and booked by Jeff Laramie at pendent retailers. Nobody Beats the Wiz, began selling the Wiz reportedly took a look at the entertainment." Madison, Wis. -based SRO Artists Inc. Newman says the label is going to CDs several years ago at several dol- chain and passed on it. Cohen believes that "home enter- Larkin says she will perform a solo tour have a video greeting on Larkin's lars below what traditional music re- Montgomery Ward's music -buying tainment" refers to hardware such as of 45 cities this fall, much of which will World Wide Web site and is planning tailers charged and advertised the mu- department purchased new releases TVs and stereos. "No one ever men- be recorded for an upcoming live album. an Internet contest for aspiring song- sic merchandise aggressively. The directly from manufacturers and cata- tioned software there," he says. "It was Larkin admits the experimental writers that will promote "Perishable chains' strategy was to sacrifice some log and refill product from one -stop very low profile." nature of this album makes it difficult Fruit" and Janis Ian's upcoming profit margin in order to lure con- Valley Record Distributors. Lechmere Meanwhile, industry observers give for her to reproduce it onstage, and release, "Hunger." sumers into their stores to buy higher - stocked about 30,000 music titles and the parent company a fighting chance ticket items like computers and TVs. Electric Avenue about 24,000. to emerge from Chapter 11, especially But lower demand for PCs and other More than 50 Montgomery Ward since it has obtained $1 billion in `BATMAN' VID TO GET MAJOR WB MUSCLE appliances created financial distress at stores used to carry a full line of music debtor -in- possession financing from its (Continued f rom page 6) all these chains. racked by Trans World Entertainment 57% owner, GE Capital Services, a unit Before it was acquired by Mont- and Rose Records. But those leased de- of General Electric. The financing try. Wide Web sites, as well as in 3,000 gomery Ward, Lechmere was consid- partments were closed. Although allows privately held Montgomery Numerous instant coupons will be retail stores that sell Apple computers. ered one of the best regional retailers Montgomery Ward stores now stock a Ward to continue normal operations packed inside the video. "We've put together the biggest pro- of music. After the acquisition, though, full line of sell- through video, in music and buy merchandise. Warner will offer a $2 discount off motion in our history for this title," the purchase of "Wild America," due in says VP of marketing Mark Horak. stores Sept. 23, priced at $22.96, or "And combining all the marketing sup- TARANTINO LABEL TO DO BUSINESS WITH MAVERICK "Free Willy 3," due later in the fourth port from our partners, the campaign (Continued from page 6) quarter. approaches or exceeds $35 million." Consumers can also get $3 off Warner will run pre- and post - ment -and you can't make a better They have this new company that they surf music. It'll be another type of instantly when they purchase "Mars street -date consumer advertising, statement than with Quentin Taranti- started, they're cutting -edge, and they music." Attacks!," "Michael," or "My Fellow including the title's DVD availability. no." have a strong point of view about what Bender also promises that "Jackie Americans," each slated for sell - However, the consumer offers do not After discussing the opportunity of they are doing." Brown" will open with a musical block- through in November. Each title will apply with a DVD purchase. landing A Band Apart with partners Bender compares Maverick with buster. "In `Pulp' we used `Miserlou,' be re -priced at $19.98. The promotional partners are sched- Madonna and Guy Oseary, DeMann Miramax Films. 'We felt like it was the and it was really kind of a kick -ass hot Kenner Toys will include a $2 dis- uling additional advertising for Novem- says Maverick `vigorously campaigned" best combination behind us," he says. and steamy number over the credits; count off the purchase of "Batman & ber and December to carry the title for several months to seal the deal. "Maverick is a small company, but it's this will have a really wonderful credit Robin" action figures. through the holidays, Horak says. Bender says he and Tarantino began a strong one, backed by a larger com- sequence, too, but I can't say what it is." Hamburger Helper will also tag 25 Although Warner's massive cam- toying with the idea of starting a pany [Warner Bros. Records]. It's kind Although the soundtracks from million boxes with $1 coupons good paign will create millions of consumer record label following the release of the of like Miramax, which is a small com- Tarantino/Bender films "will be the toward the purchase of "Batman & impressions, it will not make up for the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack on MCA pany, but it's backed by Disney." locomotive that drives" A Band Apart, Robin." Consumers may combine the fact that this "Batman" is the least suc- Records in 1994. That album went on Despite Tarantino and Bender's film Bender says the label may release coupons for up to $10 off the video. cessful of the franchise. to sell more than 2.9 million units, ties to Miramax, Bender says there other product as well. In addition to cash back, consumers Since the "Batman" franchise according to SoundScan, while 1992's was no pressure to keep A Band Apart 'We will put out soundtracks from can receive "Batman & Robin" mer- debuted in 1989, both box-office and "Reservoir Dogs," also released by Records in the Disney family. some of our filmmaker friends, our chandise and register to win a comput- video sales have significantly dropped. MCA, has sold more than 577,000 units. "[Miramax principals] Harvey and peers that are making movies," Bender er through offers from Act II Popcorn, In 1989, "Batman" grossed $251.2 "Quentin has such strong musical Bob [Weinstein] were totally behind us says. "Then there's the possibility of Sunny Delight, Hawaiian Punch, and domestically. "Batman Returns" ideas," Bender says. "He is really the going to Maverick," Bender says. some other compilation records, and Apple Computers. dropped to $162.8 million in 1992, guy that comes up with all the musical "They have a great relationship with we are discussing the possibility of When consumers purchase the video `Batman Forever" rebounded to $183.9 ideas for our soundtracks, so it just Madonna and Freddy, too. They were some comedy records." and a special "Batman & Robin" 12- in 1995, and the current "Batman & made sense that we should have our very supportive of this move." A Band Apart Records will be pack of Act II popcorn, they can mail Robin" has grossed $105.2 million. own label." Although Bender won't reveal any housed at the existing A Band Apart in for a free watch, valued at $10. On the video side, sales have gone as The duo held meetings with several specific song titles or artists that will office space in Hollywood, Calif. Ben- With the purchase of three bottles of high as 13.5 million units for "Batman" labels during breaks in its film produc- be featured on the "Jackie Brown" der says he and Tarantino have no Sunny Delight or Hawaiian Punch plus to 4.6 million units for "Batman tion schedule before deciding to go with soundtrack, he promises it will be "a immediate plans to staff up the label. the title, they may receive a free "Bat- Returns" to approximately 6 million Maverick. kick -ass album" and a "big surprise." 'We plan to keep the overhead low and man & Robin" movie poster. units on "Batman Forever," according "Quentin and I tend to make deci- "It's going to be Quentin's eclectic let it sort of build naturally," he says. Apple is pitching in with a consumer to trade sources. sions from the gut," says Bender. "We tastes of cool sounds of the '70s," he "If we start doing a compilation and we sweepstakes for a chance to win a com- Industry observers say Warner will relate to Freddy and Madonna and says. "It will be a little bit different need to hire someone, we will do that puter. The sweepstakes will be adver- most likely sell about 7 million units of what they have done with Maverick. than `Pulp Fiction.' It's not going to be when it's necessary." tised on Warner's and Apple's World "Batman & Robin."

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www.americanradiohistory.com CD PATENT FEES (Continued from page 1) own the CD patents, the two compa- times the supply line and the capacity an increasingly large percentage of the ing, let's make it equal." Even as the issue of CD patents nies have an arrangement whereby line cross over," says Capers. 'Well, the overall cost of manufacturing. For smaller replicators, the erosion remains unresolved, manufacturing Philips administers the license fees, capacity line is above the demand line "The 7 -to -10 -cent range, when your that results from CD patent fees can executives are bracing for tension according to sources. at the moment. That will change again disc is a buck and a half, is OK, but not mean the difference between profit and over DVD licensing. Although a body Philips executives declined to be in another 12 or 18 months." when it's 45 cents," says an executive. loss, according to observers. For larg- to administer the various DVD interviewed for this story. However, While CD manufacturing executives Furthermore, replicators say Philips er, better capitalized firms, it is simply patents has yet to be established, the company released a written state- polled by Billboard agree that Philips and Sony misled the industry by por- an irritant that they would just as soon insiders say such an organization will ment that defends the practice of and Sony have the legal right to charge traying themselves as fair arbiters of eliminate. likely be a large consortium of soft- cross -licensing. any amount they deem appropriate for their patents, when in reality they have An executive at a large pressing plant ware and hardware developers that "[As] a holder of patents, we their patents -and even to discrimi- played "most- favored nation," in the says, "Do the license fees mean that we will take a substantial amount of exchange licenses under patents with nate among licensees-they contend words of one executive. can't compete? No; we're going pretty change out of the pockets of nonaffil- a third party," reads the statement. that the fees are inflated. "As a matter of law, the owner of a well. But does it grate? Yeah. Especial- iated replicators. "Such agreements are a widespread Philips does not disclose the amount patent can charge whatever he wants," ly when Philips and Sony say it's just OIíe group, MPEG Licensing practice in the electronics industry and of the license fee. However, estimates says a source. "He has no legal obliga- pennies. Well, it's a lot of pennies." Administrator, is already attempting are not directed to any one specific from replication sources range widely, tion to anybody who wants to use the Despite widespread complaints to establish itself as a collection technology in the consumer electron- from 3 cents per disc to 10 cents per patent. That being said, in this case, about Philips' handling of the CD agency for holders of about 80% of ics field, such as CD replication. It is disc. everybody has expected to be charged patent situation, several CD manufac- the MPEG-2 patents needed for DVD inappropriate to bring so-called 'level- "It's the only patent in the world that the same amount by Philips. It is now turing sources say Philips has shown (Billboard, Aug. 9). playing-field' arguments in the context you pay a higher percentage for as the apparent that people are not being signs of progress. As one industry executive puts it: of cross -license agreements and, in volume goes up," says one executive, charged the same amount, and a lot of "Philips [has] now got a formidable "If you think things are heated now, particular, in relation to the royalty referring to the fact that the royalty is people are upset about it." team that is going after these just wait till DVD comes around." payments made by licensees of the CD a flat per-disc fee, not a percentage. As Charlie Kavanagh, executive VP at pirates," says Metcalf. "I think systems patents who have no research prices of CD manufacturing have come Hauppague, N.Y.-based Allied Digital Philips [is] now well aware of the Assistance in preparing this story was and development or any relevant down over the years, the patent license Technologies Corp., adds, "No one need to police their patents," adds pro id.ed by Jeff Clark -Meads inLondon. patents to offer Philips." has remained the same, accounting for likes to pay it, but if we're stuck pay- another executive. Another factor in the dispute over CD patent fees is the fact that Philips and Sony neglected to register their FLEETWOOD MAC BACK WITH ALBUM, VID, TOUR patents in various countries, including (Continued from page 11) the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Israel, and China. Accordingly, manu- than a dozen times its first week out, September. Dates for the trek were a great deal to be gained in terms of Dust Woman" reached after Courtney facturers in those regions are exempt but PD Jonathan Rush says it's too still being confirmed at press time. visibility and opening political doors," Love covered the "Rumours" cut with from paying fees and therefore have a early to determine the ultimate fate of The seeds of the band's reunion were he says. Hole late last year. "She claims to know competitive advantage over the rest of the song. "I think the album will do sowed earlier this year. Fleetwood and "The hardest part was thinking more about me and my music than I the industry. very well, but will the single do well? I Buckingham had been working togeth- about putting down [an album] I'd been can even remember-which is terrify- In the case of Ireland, the absence don't know. It doesn't jump off the ra- er on Buckingham's solo project, so for working on for two years plus and just ing but probably very true," Nicks says of a CD patent appears to have been dio quite like we'd like it to," he says. Fleetwood, the reunion seemed like a leaving it on the back burner," he con- with a laugh. Love will interview Nicks an oversight on the part of Philips. However, Rush believes it was a natural progression. tinues. "[Warner Bros. Records chair - for Spin magazine this fall. The patent was allegedly registered good choice for a first single as a way to "I was really excited," he says. "I felt man/CEO] Russ Thyret called me and Buckingham confesses it's been in Belfast, which is part of the U.K. bridge the gap between the past and we had already met musically some- said, `Are you doing this [reunion] ?' "surprisingly pleasurable" reuniting but independent from the Republic of the present. "I think it's kind of neat how, because I had been working with And I said, `Give me until the first of with his bandmates. "It's been kind of Ireland. that it was an old song that was never Lindsey for over a year, or being there April,' and I just took a chance, and I a trip, because we're getting along real- Attorneys contacted by Billboard on an album, and here's a revised edi- and being supportive. I knew the cre- can't say I'm sorry. I'm a different per- ly well. There's very little of the bag- note that a patent cannot be registered tion recorded by the same party in a ative light was alive. It was not like a son now. It's a great thing for every- gage left that was there when I left in retroactively after its statute of limita- new era." business manager called up and said, body in the group. I mean, I feel like 1987," he says. tions expires. Consequently, Philips Reprise widened the radio scope of `You've been offered $20 billion to I'm giving something to these people Like Buckingham, Fleetwood's and Sony will not be able to take out "The Dance" by issuing a promotional reconvene.' It was not like that." who have contributed to my life." antennae were up, checking for signs CD patents in countries that were ini- CD pressing of `The Chain" Aug. 4. Fleetwood had disbanded the group After Buckingham agreed to the that the reunion might not work. tially overlooked. The attorneys add "We're planning to go several cuts two years ago, only after different per- reunion, the band began rehearsing "I would always be looking; that's that pan- European patents, though deep into this album," Kostich says, not- mutations failed to ignite. "I was a per- immediately on April 1 for the MTV my nature," he says. 'We know each commonplace nowadays, did not exist ing that the label will eventually focus son that very much tried to keep Fleet- taping. 'We thought MTV was Fleet- other so well. You know what to do to in the early '80s, when the CD was on the set's new songs, which hark back wood Mac together at any cost, literal- wood Mac adverse, but they weren't," upset someone, and you know what to introduced. "Today, you can have a to the sound of the band's heyday. ly," he says. "It has been my life, and the says Buckingham. 'We rehearsed for do to make the situation good; that's European patent, but Philips don't, and Since word of the Fleetwood Mac letting go was a decision John [McVie] six or seven weeks, which wasn't quite what I do with anybody. I would be it's too late," says a source. reunion has circulated for months, and I made. Every brick wall, people enough. I think there was a general watching for what anyone would con- The third major element of the patent retailers are anticipating a strong con- would say this is the end, but keeping it view that this thing may disintegrate strue as the danger signal. The reality dispute centers on delinquency among sumer response to "The Dance." going was the only thing I knew. in a week, and I was gonna do my best is that these five people have the capa- a large pool of independent manufac- "We're already getting a strong buzz 'We'd had such a cycle of reinvent- to make sure it wasn't me that made bility of managing themselves, and we turers that have chosen simply to not on this; the word has been out for a ing ourselves as a band. After the that happen. did for years. Basically, we were always pay fees, and Philips has allegedly been long time," says Eric Keil, buyer for [1995] album with Billy [Burnette] and "But, you know, Stevie is in a really very successful, and part of that suc- lax in policing the violators. Asked why Compact Disc World, a New Jersey Bekka [Bramlett], we realized that we good place, and there was something cess was because it was an unusual ani- they figure Philips has not actively per- chain. "People have been asking about weren't going anywhere, and that was good about it. You just have to keep mal, this thing called Fleetwood Mac. secuted violators, sources cite "pure it and when is it coming out, when can a major thing for me to admit, and it watching yourself to make sure that And it came from within." negligence" and a `lack of organization" they get it. took me a little time to absorb that." you don't get petty. I went in and I The live forum of the MTV special on the part of the company. 'We put Fleetwood Mac albums in a For Fleetwood, it was a chance to tried to make nice, and it wasn't hard. created the perfect environment for the Philips responds to those allegations [summer] promotion, and the `Greatest realize that he could survive in a world It's sweet, it's nostalgic; you could cry band to reconvene, because, as Fleet- in its statement, saying, "As a rule, Hits' and `Rumours' flew out of the without Fleetwood Mac. "I truly had over it if you let yourself." wood says, creating a new studio album Philips does not comment on its role as stores. We know there are people out let go, and that was good. I sobered up Nicks says there were actually quite would have been "too stressful. This is a licensor of compact disc patents. How- there who still love this band. This has and changed my life; there was a dif- a few tears shed during the last of the a great way of celebrating who we are ever, it is important to note that it is our the potential to be big, not as big as [the ferent life to be had, and it was a good three shows the band played for the and then reinventing some of the songs clear objective and part of our underly- Eagles] 'Hell Freezes Over,' but it one. I know now that I can function special. "In my heart, I knew that final and just saying, `Shit, we haven't played ing business philosophy to enforce could approach that. That was a mon- without the [band]." show was the one that we would use, for years' and have it be really good. I license conditions to the fullest extent." ster for us." But to Nicks, functioning without and I paced myself emotionally. Some- truly think the band is playing 40% bet- Rusty Capers, executive VP of mar- Television exposure beyond MTV- Fleetwood Mac was never a question. thing clicked as we started to play that ter than it ever has before." keting and sales at Cinram/DMI in which has already begun airing clips of 'We can all go our separate ways for night. The magic was there again, only While there are no announced plans Richmond, Ind., a major independent "Silver Springs" and "The Chain" from periods of time, but we always seem to we weren't mad at each other anymore. other than `The Dance" and a 40-city CD manufacturer, calls the delinquen- the special-will play a vital role in the come back to each other," she says. I looked into Lindsey's eyes during so tour, Buckingham doesn't know if the cy factor "the single largest irritant." marketing of the album. VH1 will air a "There's a connection between each of many of the songs, and the tears came. reunion will end after the last date is He says, `There's a saying that when condensed, 60- minute version of the us that has nothing to do with business. It was uncontrollable. And it was a played. 'Well, if you'd asked me a year it comes to this sort of subject, you're special in September and has desig- When I got the call about doing this, I beautiful night for us and everyone in ago whether I would be doing this, I at the mercy of your stupidest com- nated Fleetwood Mac as the network's took a deep breath, and then I said yes." the audience." would have said 'absolutely not,' but petitor, because they taint the barrel. artist of the month in October. Because Buckingham was recording Buckingham was pleased with the here I am, so I'm not going to discount They don't pay, they try to buy busi- VH1 has also recently featured a new solo album, he was the hardest wide demographics the taping attract- anything." ness, and whatever price they're quot- "Rumours" in a recent episode of its member to convince to come back; ed. `There really was a nice element of Nicks is equally guarded about the ing is being used as leverage against "Classic Albums" series. however, no reunion would have hap- a younger, 20s and 30s crowd, which band's future -but admittedly opti- everyone else, and the price erosion Additionally, various members of the pened without his participation. His was great, because a lot of those peo- mistic. "Fleetwood Mac will never die. continues. I'd love to figure out a way band are tentatively slated for a string decision was based somewhat on the ple learned about us from their par- Whether any of us will Tess up to it or to raise prices." of high-profile stints on shows, includ- clout a reunion would give him when it ents, or from the rekindled interest in not, the spirit of this band will live in Capers adds that flatness in the ing "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," came time to return to his solo work. the band since and a few each of us forever. And that's a good music business has contributed to the "Good Morning America," and "The "A lot of people seem to think that if others have said, 'Fleetwood Mac is not thing. Some people only dream of the competitive climate at the manufactur- Tonight Show With Jay Leno." Most of you make an album every four years the enemy.' " magic we've made -and then we get to ing level. "If you look at a product life these appearances will be made before or so, as I do, there was nothing to be Nicks agrees, noting the previously revisit it and to build upon it. That is cycle curve over a period of years, often- Fleetwood Mac begins its tour in mid- lost in doing the reunion, and possibly untapped young audience that "Gold truly a blessing."

78 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com CLASSICAL PIANO GREAT RICHTER DIES LABELS LOOKING TO TV TO CAPITALIZE ON COMPILATIONS (Continued from page 12) (Continued from page 75) Prokofiev. Richter wasn't only a had one of the most magnificent Tommy Boy spends about $3 million land to buy media and do telemar- labels will allow when licensing music solo virtuoso, either; he played techniques of any pianist I've heard of its own money to promote each keting and fulfillment. to Sony. For example, some labels will chamber music with the likes of the and an unparalleled ability to color compilation and that its cable part- It was then released to retail, and license their superstars for direct-mar- Borodin Quartet and Mstislav Ros- sound. But most important, Richter ners generally step up with another $2 its commercial was amended to drive keting campaigns but cringe at the tropovich, and he accompanied such was always searching for the heart million in advertising so that each pro- shoppers to record stores, where it thought of their superstars appearing singers as Peter Schreier and Diet- of the music. He didn't always find ject has the benefit of $5 million in sold another 400,000 units almost under the Sony logo at retail, he rich Fischer -Dieskau. it, but he found it more often than promotional efforts. immediately, according to Bruce explains. Never allied to any one record most anyone." PolyMedia, meanwhile, still is in the Kirkland, president of EMI -Capitol So if Fein wants to take a direct- company, Richter recorded for EMI, Richter was born on March 20, developmental stages with its televi- Entertainment Properties. To date, marketing title to retail, it means Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and 1915, to musician parents of German sion marketing business and appears that compilation has sold about 1.6 getting the clearances all over again. Teldec, among others, through the lineage. He was mostly self- taught, to be experimenting to fine -tune its million units, Kirkland says. Fein says that this year the compa- years. Four of the labels that fol- working as a piano accompanist at campaigns. When it added an 800 num- "EMI Entertainment Properties ny will do four or five television mar- lowed him the closest honored him the Odessa Opera before attending ber to its TV promotional effort behind will definitely move forward into this keting campaigns. As part of its tele- with sizable editions released in the Moscow Conservatory. He grad- "Pure Soul" about six weeks into its business in a big way," says Kirk- vision campaigns, the company has close succession. Last year, BMG uated in 1942 and three years later campaign, it probably did so to defer land. "We will use direct marketing targeted the Spanish -speaking popu- issued a 10 -CD boxed set of his early won the U.S.S.R. Music Competi- the cost of the advertising, competitors as a strategy that will also sell lation, because other television music Melodiya recordings, and the Czech tion's highest honor. Richter won the suggest. To date, that album has records at retail." marketers, such as Time Life Music label Praga issued a 15 -disc set trac- Stalin Prize in 1949. moved 54,000 units, according to Angel Records, apparently heart- and Westwood, have ignored that ing Richter's concerts in Prague Although Richter toured exten- SoundScan, while PolyMedia's latest ened by the success of the Griffith niche. In addition to a compilation of from the '50s to the '80s. sively from Eastern Europe to compilation, "Urbal Beats," sold 4,500 album, is planning a direct -marketing Latin romance music created for The Olympia label has also issued Siberia in the '50s, he didn't make units in its first week. television campaign for one of its Spanish TV, the company also has pre- a 10 -CD Richter series, a sampler his U.S. debut until 1960. His series Television marketing campaigns recording artists, Vanessa Mae, whose pared a tango compilation and is mar- from which graces BBC Music mag- of five sold -out Carnegie Hall can run from $50,000 to test-market album "China Girl" will be released keting a Julio Iglesias greatest -hits azine's new special issue celebrating recitals that year was acclaimed long a compilation package to as much as Sept. 9. Steve Murphy, president of package. . But the grandest Richter afterward, but because he loathed $5 million for a full -blown campaign, Angel, told the staff of EMD at the Fein declines to discuss campaign homage of all was Philips' 21 -disc both flying and the pressure of big - say television music marketers. company's annual convention that it is costs or sales figures for his pro- "Richter: The Authorized Record- city gigs, he rarely returned. A key ingredient in making TV trying a direct -marketing TV cam- jects. ings," a collection of his later concert Throughout his later career, he pre- marketing less costly is having the paign because "every time [Mae] is on Razor & Tie is happy to stick with tapings (and a great coup since most ferred to perform in provincial ability to sell additional products, TV," her album sales explode. direct -marketing campaigns for its of his albums were produced without towns in Europe with little advance either related music titles or other But Angel also plans to go the eas- compilation packages with broad - his blessing). The astute, affection- notice, as well as at the festival he products like artist T- shirts, to con- ier route by issuing a multi- artist based appeal. The company broke into ate Philips set won Gramophone helped found in Tours, France. sumers who respond to direct -mar- Sept. 16 in the direct marketing in 1989, when televi- magazine's special achievement Even as he followed his own rest- keting commercials, says Craig Bal- form of "Pure Classics," which Mur- sion commercial time was relatively award in '93. less, poetic muse, Richter always sam, co- managing director at New phy said will feature `original mood cheap, thanks to a recession that had Music critic and label entrepre- made a point of venerating the com- York -based indie label Razor & Tie. music." He also said that Angel is advertisers cutting back on their time neur Leslie Gerber has been a long- posers whose work he interpreted. For instance, explains another not above seeing other successful buys, says Cliff Chenfeld, co- manag- time follower of Richter and has just Moody and mercurial as he was, direct marketer, a $17.98 compilation ideas and trying to capitalize on ing director of Razor & Tie. released on his Parnassus imprint though, Richter's performances package, without any additional mer- them. In fact, he called "Pure Clas- "At that point, cable TV wasn't as the first few volumes in a planned caused not only swooning but swear- chandise, can only afford to spend a sics," a classical music compilation, developed as it is now," he says. "We 10 -CD series of previously unissued ing- especially in later years, as his limited amount of dollars on television "pure coattails." began with a fabulous '70s package '50s recordings by the pianist. He tempos grew ever more expansive. marketing. On the other hand, a com- Harold Fein, executive VP /GM at and created the "70s Preservation cherishes memories of seeing But even his waywardness had its pany like Time Life Music specializes Sony Music Special Products, says his Society' to market it." Richter in '65 and '70 on two of his charismatic appeal. As Till in "continuity buys, say, promoting a company is exploring both compila- That package was a success because only three U.S. tours. Janczukowicz observed in an essay 10 -CD series that may have a cost of tions and single -artist packages and "we came into direct marketing with a "Hearing Richter perform was an included in the Philips boxed set, $120 to the shopper," he continues. selling them through various means. different angle, went for a little lower amazing experience," Gerber says. "When Richter makes mistakes, "From experience, Time Life knows In some instances, the company has demographic, and used a much hipper "He created the most intense atmos- when his readings are disconcerting, how many will buy the first CD, how solely used an 800 -number direct -mar- approach to the commercial," he says. phere I've ever felt in a concert hall, we can relax, comforted by the feel- many will buy the second CD, and how keting vehicle; in others it has used Since then, the company has put sucking the entire audience into the ing that the pianist sitting before us many customers will drop off with commercials that promote a combina- together 20 packages, including its lat- experience within seconds. And he is only human after all." each new CD from the series. That tion of retail with an 800 -number est offer, "Viva Las Vegas," which fea- way they can assume that they will option. tures such artists as Wayne Newton, average, say, $120 per customer and Sometimes, Sony says, the 800 Dean Martin, Bobby Darrin, and RACHMANINOFF HEIRS SUE EMI OVER CATALOG spend accordingly to promote their direct -marketing effort serves as a Sammy Davis Jr. each performing one of big hits. (Continued from page 6) package. You can do a lot more with testing ground for whether to take a their $120 than you can with $17.98." project to retail. ries. A similar suit by the Rach- the Rachmaninoff family for years Tommy Boy and PolyMedia aren't In some instances, Fein says, Assistance in preparing this story maninoff family against EMI involv- and would assume that would con- the only companies experimenting whether a title is made available to was provided by Dylan Siegler. ing royalty misappropriation in var- tinue." with their television marketing efforts. retail can depend on what other music ious countries was settled in 1991. Born in 1873, Rachmaninoff immi- Arista tried to duplicate its "Ultimate According to the attorneys for grated to the West in 1917, eventual- Dance Party 1997" success by launch- the Rachmaninoff heirs, James ly settling in New York. He pursued a ing TV campaigns focusing on two of PRODUCT STILL MOVING, DESPITE UPS STRIKE Kendrick and Paul LiCalsi, an audit dual career as composer and unri- its solo artists, Barry Manilow and (Continued front page 31 was requested of EMI's accounts in valed piano virtuoso until his death in Whitney Houston, using an 800 num- '95 that remains to be finished, 1943. He divided his catalog between ber. But those campaigns didn't have these other freight companies can be sal has been able to conduct business although under French law the Editions Russes de Musique, which an impact on sales, say competing stretched," says Valley president Rob as usual, even fulfilling extra orders plaintiffs may be entitled to a court - published his Opp. 1 -39, and Foley television marketers. Bartels, howev- Cain, who has been able to supply his along the way. appointed expert to examine EMI's Publishing, which assumed the er, argues that the campaigns "did well clients with their regular shipments, "Business is up, and everything is records. remainder of his works. Boosey & under a different set of criteria." He thus far with few glitches. extremely normal," Lipsius says. The ultimate aim of the suit is the Hawkes took over the Editions Russ- adds that each television marketing "Maybe their employees can only "We're even getting all the business return of the Opp. 40-45 copyrights es material in 1945. The Foley mate- campaign has to be prepared on a handle putting in the extra time for that we would have been sharing to the family, LiCalsi says. "Rach- rial was transferred to the New York - "case -by -case basis." a week or so, but can't really extend with other clients; and we've been maninoff's music is in vogue as never based Belwin -Mills in 1969. EMI Longtime television marketers say the extra effort much longer than able to get [all the orders] out. before, and that window of opportu- succeeded Belwin -Mills in 1990. that selling individual artists via tele- that," he says. "It just makes you "I think everyone was caught a lit- nity to promote a composer's music The heirs besides Alexandre vision is much more difficult than mar- wonder how much longer [those tle short [by the strike]," he adds, can be fleeting. EMI's incompetence Rachmaninoff include the grand- keting compilations. The latter albums companies] can handle the extra vol- "but since we had relationships with and failure to uphold the heightened children of the composer's eldest have much more star power, which ume." other suppliers, we anticipated duty explicit in its agreement with daughter, Irina: Peter Wanamaker makes them appealing to a wider num- Harold Guilfoil, senior product enough to be able to switch to them." the Rachmaninoff family has in of Chicago; Allison Wanamaker ber of shoppers, according to those manager at Valley, says companies Guilfoil is attributing the indus- effect voided the contract." McDonald of Long Boat Key, Fla.; executives. like Federal Express are being pick- try's ability to deal with the situation Executives for EMI Music Pub- and Nathalie Wanamaker Javier, Nonetheless, there have been suc- ier with the types of shipments they thus far to the fact that the first lishing in continental Europe offered who lives in Costa Rica. cess stories with compilations that will accept, like cash -on- delivery week of the strike was a relatively no comment, and representatives of Beyond SACEM/SDRM, the suit focus on the best songs from an indi- (c.o.d.) orders. "They're carrying so small release week. SACEM/SDRM (the French authors' names as necessary parties in the vidual artist. Among the TV- market- much extra product this week, they "If we were shipping something rights society named as a "necessary affair the American Society of Com- ing success legends are Roger Whit- don't want to take the extra time like Puff Daddy, Bone [Thugs -N- party" in the suit) had not respond- posers, Authors & Publishers taker, Nana Mouskouri, the Statler required for COD packages," he Harmony], or a Garth [Brooks] ed to inquires by press time. (ASCAP); Fuji Pacific; and the Brothers, and Boxcar Willie. says. release, it would have been a bigger Clark Miller, senior VP of legal Japanese Society for Rights of Six months ago, an Andy Griffith On the upside, Frank Lipsius, VP issue," he says. and business affairs for EMI Music Authors, Composers & Publishers gospel album, which was compiled by . at Universal One -Stop in Philadel- UPS and the Teamsters were Publishing in New York, says, "I (JASRAC). EMI Christian Music Group, sold phia, is encouraging retailers short scheduled to resume negotiations have no idea what this is all about. about 400,000 units via a television on product to give him a call. Aug. 7, but at press time there was We haven't been served with any- Assistance in preparing this story direct -marketing campaign. That With the majority of his suppliers no indication that regular UPS serv- thing here yet. But I do know we've was provided by Jeff Clark -Meads in campaign was orchestrated by EMI traditionally working with freight ice would resume in the near future. had a productive relationship with London. Special Markets, which used Heart- companies other than UPS, Univer-

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 79 www.americanradiohistory.com PRESLEY ANNIVERSARY FINDS INDUSTRY KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR (Continued from page 1) "The 20th anniversary is a time that which tens of thousands of fans pass by Hurd says the company will also evokes memories, it makes you go, Presley's grave. focus on "ground zero" for the forth- `Wow, has it been 20 years? Why does On Saturday (16), EPE will stage coming Presley celebration. "Our local it seem like Elvis is more here than "Elvis In Concert" at Memphis' Mid- marketing people in Memphis are ever ?' " says Jack Soden, CEO of Elvis South Coliseum. With a great deal of going to try to put together some pro- Presley Enterprises (EPE), the corpo- help from archival footage, the evening motions there." rate entity that oversees Presley's will attempt to re- create a Presley con- "It's a major event at Best Buy," estate. cert. The Memphis Symphony Orches- says Joe Pagano, merchandise manag- The answer would be that since tra will be joined by a collection of er of music and movies for the 279 - Presley's death on Aug. 16, 1977, his singers and musicians who played with store chain, based in Eden Prairie, popularity has only continued to grow Presley, including original guitarist Minn. "It's a big deal ... It's something due to savvy marketing by EPE and Scotty Moore and drummer D.J. that anybody in the business is going smart packaging of his recordings by Fontana and members of the Jor- to take advantage of." RCA, which owns the rights to Pres- danaires, the Sweet Inspirations, the More than 50 Presley music and ley's music worldwide. Voice, and the Imperials. They will play movie titles are included in Best Buy's "The devil's advocate would argue Presley tunes live, while the King, promotion, according to Pagano. "We that we're killing off the golden goose appearing on a big screen, sings along. have a mass display in the main aisle by [releasing so much], but I don't "It's a one -time thing," says Soden. displaying Elvis' music and movie think we're beginning to see any signs "It's such a unique concept that we're product," he says. of oversaturation, because he hasn't going to take a look at it and give some The West Sacramento, Calif. -based been put out at every level that he thought in the ensuing months to pack- Tower Records is attempting to get needs to be," says Michael Omansky, aging something like it to tour. How- Ronnie McDowell's new Intersound album saluting Elvis, "Elvis: A Tribute To The both consumers and staffers involved VP of strategic marketing for RCA ever, it is highly unlikely that this many King," also features Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, and the Jordanaires, pictured in Elvis madness. The chain is offering Records. people will be together onstage again." with McDowell, center. Moore also has an album and book out. a free trip to Graceland in a contest Aside from endless fascination with Soden notes that the event will be re- open to consumers; entry forms are Presley's personal life, what endures is corded for historical purposes, but that available in all Tower outlets. the unmatched legacy of Presley as a there are no plans to release an audio Employees are also competing performer. "There was something or video version of the show. map for the next several years," Oman- Aug. 5. The collection features Looney among themselves for Elvis honors: about Elvis that was Elvis," says Sam sky says.' When opportunities come up Tunes characters ranging from Bugs National advertising director Terri Phillips, who discovered the singer and ELVIS SPOTTED AT MALLS that can supplement what we can do, Bunny to Foghorn Leghorn warbling Williams says, 'We're having a display signed him to Sun Records in 1954. "He The crown jewel of the album re- I'm open for that and we proactively the King's greatest hits. A Digipak CD- contest among all our stores, where just had it. This guy gave every senti- leases surrounding the anniversary is look for that ... With PPI, those five only version features a special blue -vel- there's a cash prize. Part of the judg- ment from every "Elvis Presley Platinum: A Life In ['Raw Elvis] cuts have been out in dif- vet cover. ing is based on the best theme." emotion from that Music," a four -CD boxed set RCA ferent forms outside of the U.S. In this She says that the stores are being stage when he was issued July 15 (Billboard, May 24). instance, we thought it was good busi- RETAILERS ARE STANDING BY urged to get imaginative with their entertaining you The 100 -song collection, which en- ness for the two companies to work Not surprisingly, retailers are pre- merchandising: "We decided to go the that was ever possi- tered The Billboard 200 at No. 80 the together. This is amiche product-it's paring for the anniversary of Elvis' real kitsch route rather than the tradi- ble. Every song he week ending Aug. 2, features 77 previ- not material we would normally put out death by stocking up heavily on Pres- tional-go for the fun part of Elvis, the sang hit the audi- ously unreleased Presley perfor- ourselves." ley product and mounting promotions, wild part of Elvis ... more along the ence no matter mances. It has sold 22,000 copies in the With Reader's Digest, Omansky many with value-added features. tabloid lines." what song [it was]. U.S., according to SoundScan. notes, "you have a situation where "It's a pretty big event," says Lew Tower's promotion is widespread. OMANSKY I'm wondering if it RCA began setting up the "Plat- they're not competing with us at retail; Garrett, VP of purchasing at the 315 - Williams notes, "Everything Elvis is on will ever be dupli- inum" set at retail in early '97, Oman- it's a way to get consumers who store Camelot Music in North Canton, sale. August is Elvis month at Tower cated. Maybe somebody will come sky says. "Retailers were very posi- wouldn't necessarily go to retail." Ohio. "You'd be foolish, as a mall retail- ... We've got movies, books, and audio along and be huge, and I hope they do. tive," he notes. "Catalog in general has Other 20th -anniversary tie -ins er, not to get involved. You'll have all involved." He was good for the world." had a tough go, but Elvis is going include Ronnie McDowell's new album the boomers in with their kids." The chain has its own exclusive mer- against the tide. Retailers noticed that saluting Presley, "Elvis: A Tribute To Garrett says that Camelot promot- . chandise: The first two volumes of WALKING IN MEMPHIS sales on Elvis were moving upward and The King," on Intersound. Also ed its sale on Presley-audio and video "Elvis' Golden Records" on vinyl, A number of activities planned in were steady." appearing on the 20 -cut album are titles with a newspaper circular in- which RCA will make available to other Memphis during the annual Elvis A number of other releases are corn- Moore, Fontana, and the Jordanaires. serted in Sunday papers July 19; the chains in September, are available dur- Week, Sunday (10) -Aug. 17, are geared ing out in time to capitalize on the 20th This is McDowell's second Elvis trib- piece will also be utilized in stores ing August only at Tower, which has this year around the 20th anniversary. anniversary. RCA released upgrades ute album (the first was 1979's "A Trib- throughout August. The chain is also the discs on sale for $6.99. On Monday (11), RCA/BMG Inter- of five volumes of "Elvis' Golden ute To The King: Elvis In Memory" on creating special ads for the Memphis Tower will be spotlighting its pro- national will unveil a wall of 125 gold Records" July 15. The company digi- Scorpion, also with the Jordanaires). market. motion in daily papers and on VH1. and platinum plaques at Graceland, sig- tally remastertd the album and added Though McDowell never met Pres- 'We've created little shrines in most One retail outlet that will be a bene- nifying Presley's worldwide appeal and six or seven tracks to each set. ley, he has been identified with him of our stores for this," Garrett says. ficiary of particular attention during continued domination. (The wall will be On Saturday (16), Reader's Digest since he wrote and recorded the single The Dallas-based Blockbuster Music the upcoming Elvis commemorative displayed in the converted racketball will release "Elvis! His Greatest Hits," "The King Is Gone" days after Pres- and Video will be pitching Elvis heavi- festivities is Poplar Tunes on Poplar court/gym at Graceland, which already a four -CD boxed set that includes 84 ley's death. His ability to sing, as well ly in its 445 music stores, 3,270 video Avenue in Memphis. houses more than 110 awards.) The tracks, many of them his biggest hits. as talk, in the Presley style, led to his outlets, and 600 franchised locations via "Elvis shopped here, and I believe presentation will be made by Rudi The set, licensed through BMG Special work providing Presley's voice in the a promotion that runs through Sept. 8. we were the first to sell Elvis' product," Gassner, president/CEO of BMG En- Products, is available only via a toll - TV series "Elvis." Norman Hurd, Blockbuster's senior says Kim Conrad, marketing manager tertainment International. free number. (BMG-Special Products "I actually recorded this [new al- merchandiser for rock, says, 'We start- for the seven -store Poplar Tunes chain "Rudi Gassner's presentation corn - works with outside companies on cre- bum] three years ago as a spur- of-the- ed the promotion on July 15, where we in Memphis. "I'm sure you know the memorates Elvis' many achievements ating and manufacturing Presley pro- moment thing when I was working have audio, video, and a couple of other story -Elvis used to stand behind the across three decades and around the jects with RCA's approval.) with Scotty and D.J. on the road and Elvis knickknacks [on sale]." Coke machine in the store and watch world," says Omansky. "The many BMG Special Products has also didn't originally intend it for the 20th Hurd says that 15 Presley audio everybody buy his records." BMG International companies under given its OK to two other 20th-anniver- anniversary," says McDowell. "It was titles and 18 videos have been sale - The store is remarkably unchanged Rudi's leadership came together to cre- sary projects: "Raw Elvis: Early Live going to be on Curb, but that didn't priced as part of the promotion. today from how it looked in its heyday ate this one -of-a -kind presentation." Recording-March 19, 1955" came out work out, and Intersound heard it and In conjunction with RCA, Block- as Elvis' hangout during the '50s: Omansky notes that up to 60% of July 15 on Outwest Records, distrib- loved it." buster has pressed 100,000 units of an Poplar Tunes still stocks hundreds of Presley's record sales come from out- uted by PPI. The set contains five Moore, meanwhile, has an album and exclusive six-track CD, which is priced 45s behind the counter. side of the U.S. (see story, page 1). tunes from a 1955 concert, as well as a book out. The album is "All The King's at $5.99. The set includes three songs 'We've totally redone all the other "This summer, the focus is on Elvis' 16- minute interview with Moore. Men," which he and Fontana recorded from the "Platinum" boxed set -one stores," says Conrad, "but nobody foreign success," says Soden of the in- BMG has also pressed a limited -edi- for Sweetfish Records with such guest from the "Gold" box (which will be wants to touch this store." ternational presentation. "A lot of tion colored -vinyl single (in gold and stars as Keith Richards (Billboard, issued for the first time on CD in Feb- Poplar Tunes' place in Elvis lore is countries have different ways of rec- red) of "King Creole," to be sold with Feb. 1). Moore's no-holds -barred auto- ruary), one from the "Silver" box (which commemorated by a large 1954- vintage ognizing record sales, so it's an imper- the "King Of The Whole Wide World" biography "That's Alright Elvis" will come out on CD in April), and one photograph on the wall of Presley, fect science. Therefore, this presenta- boxed set, sold primarily at Elvis con- (Schirmer Books) graphically spells out from the "Blue Hawaii Collector's Edi- Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips, and the tion is more impactful for what it ventions by Paul Dowling, head of the the contempt he felt for Presley's late tion." The tracks from the "Gold" and outlet's late owner Joe Cuoghi stand- represents and symbolizes than the Sarasota, Fla. -based Worldwide Elvis. manager, Col. Tom Parker. Moore's "Silver" boxes have never been available ing arm -in-arm in the store. precise numbers. It symbolizes that The boxed set, sold in two versions, relationship with Presley was strictly on CD; both boxes were released on During the Elvis celebration in Elvis Presley in his career and since his includes one or both of the vinyl singles, professional, and he still feels pity for vinyl and cassette in the '80s. Memphis, Poplar Tunes will be selling death has sold a tremendous number "Elvis: The Ultimate Album Cover Elvis for what he feels was the singer's Even before spots began airing on T- shirts bearing that photo, with a leg- of records all over the world and in all Book," the rare "Elvis Medley" album, total manipulation by Parker. VH1 in late July highlighting the ex- end on the back reading, "Poplar different cultures [without] ever a wallet calendar, and "The Ultimate Now, says Moore, who quit playing clusive, Blockbuster had sold 8,700 units Tunes -where the King was a cus- recording in other languages ... No Elvis Album Cover Price Guide." guitar for 20 years after his last Pres- by word-of- mouth, according to Hurd. tomer, and the customer is still king." one believes we're anywhere close to For RCA, the key to signing off on a. ley engagement (the "Elvis '68 Come- The promotion also extends to video The store is also giving away bumper saying that we've accounted for every project for another label is that it not back Special ") and never saw him (see story, page 56). stickers bearing the motto. Conrad record sold, but this is a great step in conflict with any existing RCA/BMG again, he's concentrating on the future. The Presley sale will be spotlighted says, 'We had the shirts made for our the right direction." Elvis plans. "Music is fun again," he says. in stores by a promotional cart with 50th anniversary last October, and we On Friday (15), Graceland will hold "If it's straight retail, we're usually On the lighter side, Kid Rhino re- what Hurd describes as an eye- catch- had enough for Elvis month." its annual candlelight vigil, during not interested because we have a road leased "Bugs & Friends Sing Elvis" ing " '50s-style" header sign. (Continued on page 82) 80 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16. 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ARE KEY TO PRESLEY PROMOTION (Continued from page 1) Paddy Forward. And while Presley endures as an wanted everything he did taped." material," says Semon. "As each year promotion manager we are trying to American icon, much of the presenta- Schmalenbach is a member of a four - goes by, it becomes more of a challenge. "As a record company, tion and marketing of his music is man committee set up in 1989 to over- Elvis' greatest hits have been released get the focus back onto his music, seat to being planned by individuals in Lon- see the worldwide exploitation of the many times over the years. Yet it's easy which has taken a bit of a back his iconic status." don, Denmark, and Munich. Presley catalog. It also consists of Dan- to assume that every household owns his lifestyle and Key markets for Elvis have always ish producer Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, an Elvis Presley record. Having con- National BBC Radio 2 will air an been Japan, Germany, the U.K., RCA Records' New York -based VP of ducted research into ownership of Elvis Elvis record every hour starting at France, Australia, and the Nether- strategic marketing Michael Omansky material, the reality is somewhat dif- midnight Friday (15), and throughout famous lands. Yet with Presley the third -most- (who later left, but returned in 1995), ferent-it's surprising how many peo- the day tributes will come from memorable international figure in and catalog expert Roger Semon, Lon- ple don't own any." personalities. A three -part documen- China after Jesus Christ and President don -based executive producer for Elvis Media interest in Elvis has often tary, "The Elvis Presley Story," will be of Nixon, the worldwide appetite for Elvis material for RCA in New York. "Plat- focused on anything other than his broadcast on Radio 2, with the last material is far from satiated, says the inum" was produced and art -directed music, notes Semon. "People take it for the hourlong programs going out Sat- major. by Jorgensen and Semon. granted that he was a talented musi- urday (16). In commemoration of the 20th The global campaign behind the 20th cian," he says. "We need to give people The Official Elvis Presley Fan Club anniversary of Presley's death, the anniversary of Presley's death is being a chance to reappraise the music." of Great Britain is organizing a cele- music of Elvis at label is serving up the four -disc boxed coordinated by this committee and is bration of the life and 1,000 fans set "Elvis Presley Platinum: A Life In being presented worldwide under the LOCALIZED PROMOTIONS the Equinox Ballroom. Some will fly to the celebrations in the U.S., Music," which had a worldwide release banner "Elvis 1977 -97." The promotion Such reappraisal is likely to be stim- Key international markets for Elvis making it the largest overseas contin- July 14. So far it appears to be appeal- will extend well into the next century, ulated by a wide range of regional pro- Presley, pictured during the "Elvis '68 to visit for the commemoration. ing to fans rather than the general pub- says Schmalenbach. "In terms of pric- motions being keyed to the 20th Comeback Special," have always gent lic, according to dealers, but the fact ing, we have put the whole catalog on anniversary of Presley's death, which been Japan, Germany, the U.K., `MEGA' PROMO IN JAPAN that it is selling at a retail price be- an upward scale and tried to avoid the also can be expected to spark global France, Australia, and the Nether- Two years ago, the locally assembled tween $54 and $73 in various markets trend toward budget," he says. "We sales. lands. is a tribute to both the artist's endur- think we are doing it the way Elvis BMG companies are able to access "Mega Elvis" compilation hit the Japan- ing legend and the efforts made by the would be happy with." the whole catalog for "local opportuni- ese national chart at No. 10, a rare stewards of his inheritance. With Elvis' recordings having been ties" or compilations that are suited to track is in the popular consciousness. achievement for an international artist. Some of the tracks on "Platinum" marketed many times before and the the individual markets and that often So far, the compilation has sold 150,000 "We tried to make Elvis appeal to are previously unreleased material that music having long since woven its way tie into ad campaigns. units, according to the label. While the young with this album," explains has been unearthed. "There's always into the fabric of postwar folklore, find- In the U.K., BMG assembled "Platinum" is selling as a fan -only item, BMG Japan international marketing more which turns up if you dig deep- ing a new angle on Elvis for the "Always On My Mind -The Ultimate BMG anticipates renewed interest in it executive Hitoshi Fujisaki, "and thanks er," says Klaus Schmalenbach, anniversary has been a challenge, Love Songs," released in May, to capi- as the anniversary date, Aug. 16, to Tokyo FM program `Yasuhiko Munich -based VP of catalog develop- according to Semon. talize on the anniversary. The title song approaches. Akasaka's Million Nights' and others, ment for BMG International. "There's "There's no doubt that RCA has was used on a TV advertisement for "There's a continuing fascination ïn we were successful in reaching them." a lot of live material, as Elvis always been very aggressive in reissuing Elvis British Telecom, ensuring that the him," explains market development BMG says that more than 150,000 copies of the set have been sold, and the 20th -anniversary edition of "Mega Elvis," featuring 27 hits with a gold - color disc and a special package, will be released Saturday (16) along with Warner Leads Charge Into Elvis' Video Catalog "Platinum," which retails in Japan for IN BY CATHERINE APPLEFELD OLSON promotions like a new launch. Sever- hers of the latter twu tapes. For this While Elvis fans are berg Hooded 8,400 yen ($73). al of the films also are slated to appear month's anniversary, it is piggyback- by audio releases (see story, page 1) Five soundtracks were released in WASHINGTON, D.C. -Elvis sight- on DVD. ing on the MGM in -store promotions and classic kitsch material; galore in June, as well as the live album "An ings in the home video arena are ram- "These tapes had never been effec- in at least one major chain. Kmart conjunction with the 20th anniversary Afternoon In The Garden." pant these days, but they are coming tively marketed to the core Elvis added space for "Aloha," "Comeback," of Presley's death this y_ar, most Music retailers, including Tower primarily at the hand of one distribu- fans," says Corie Tappin, VP of mar- and "One Night" in its corrugated dis- video distributors agree the more Records and Yamano Gakki, will have tor- Warner Home Video. keting, sell -through, at MGM. "The plays for the MGM collector's packs. merchandise the merrier when it Elvis corners set up in stores, and cus- The Warner -distributed MGM packaging was not good, the quality of Lightyear's tapes usually carry a comes to drumming up interest in the tomers buying more than three titles Home Entertainment and Lightyear the masters was not good. We looked $19.98 suggested list price, but as an King. will have a chance to win a Gibson gui- Home Video have cornered the mar- at the music sales, which are through added incentive to retailers it is offer- "The activity RCA is do ng is only tar and an Elvis statuette, wristwatch, ket with Presley's film and concert the roof, and the Elvis stamp and ing them at the reduced list of $14.98 helping us, " Tappin says. "There are a or pen. performances. Retailers also are other licensed merchandising really through August. "We are giving it to Iot of promotions at retail that link the The Elvis Presley Fan Club is orga- assessing a handful of "we knew him selling in the millions, and the videos them at a discount as a way to get re- music with the videos, and a lot of re- nizing an anniversary event, "8.16 Elvis when" titles from the likes of Cabin had had really paltry sales." tailers that focus more on music are Forever," while several TV stations, Fever Entertainment, Brentwood The studio's plan has been to blan- taking in the videos, and vLe versa." including NHK TV, Nippon TV, and Home Video, and Real Entertain- ket the market with network and Even the existence of o:her video Yomiuri TV, will air Elvis specials on ment, which are showcasing tapes cable TV, print, and radio ads that product isn't putting a damper on which famous Japanese artists will sing touting everyone from Presley's would leave no potential buyer Lightyear's plans. `Wé ve _'ound over Elvis songs. TF1F -in -law members of the untapped. Some $3 million -plus in TV the years that no matter what anyone brother to the CONCERT LY}LLEi"t't so- called "Memphis Mafia" (see story, ads aired July 5 -25 and were set to else releases, the average consumer GERMAN RADIO AND TV PUSH page 56). pick up again Aug. 4- Saturday (16) to wants to see Elvis perform," Spielvo- "Elvis- Forever In Love" is the Paramount Home Video, which coincide with the spate of Elvis spe- gel says. "Those documemaries and name of the campaign being launched owns the rights to nearly a dozen cat- cialty programming planned on a vari- other types of programs have never by BMG Ariola Hamburg to honor the alog Presley movies, chose not to ety of outlets. affected us." 20th anniversary of Presley's death. bring its collection back into circula- "We are intending for guaranteed Retailers. too, agree that con- Specially compiled for the Germany/- tion this summer and has no near - sales to an Elvis fan, but we also have sumers are open to a wide range of Switzerland/Austria market and retail- term plans to do so. a broad enough TV and print cam- Elvis material and are tyi_g in with ing for $22, the double CD of that name The Presley titles "are just one part paign to create demand with people a variety of promotions and premi- includes 43 of Elvis' love songs as well of our vast catalog, and this is an who might be on the fence," Tappin LIGHTYEAR TITLES ums. as a short interview. opportunity we simply chose not to says. Joe Pagano, merchandise man- To support the release, BMG in mine at this time," says Paramount tailers to take in a few more pieces," ager of music and movies for the Hamburg will be staging one of the Home Video spokeswoman Dorrit TV SPECIALS. TOO Spielvogel says. Thus far, many 279 -store Best Buy chair- based in largest radio and TV campaigns in its Ragosine of the company's decision to Leaving the silver screen behind, accounts have been taking the bait, Eden Prairie, Minn., sa:rs that to history, beginning Sept. 12. pass on the 20th- anniversary hoopla. Lightyear is singing the merits of sev- particularly the Best Buy chain, he promote MGM Home Video's three - BMG special marketing product "There is a celebration every year of eral of Elvis' best -known televised con- added. packs of Elvis movies, tLe retailer manager Ralf Franke reports that Elvis' birth and death at Graceland; it cert performances. The company owns On the TV front, Lightyear a few has created a free 15- minute "Col- BMG's large retail campaign includes a is a recurring story." the rights to "Aloha From Hawaii," months ago licensed its concert and lector's Edition" prepared phone CD retail display styled along the lines Still, it's hard to walk into a video "Elvis '68 Comeback Special," and rehearsal tapes to VH1 (the titles pre- card, and a 35- minute video, "The of the original Wurlitzer jukebox. store these days without bumping into "One Night With You" -which can be viously were licensed to the Disney Day Elvis Died." The tape, which is BMG Ariola Hamburg will have an the arsenal put forth by longtime purchased separately or as a boxed set. Channel), which has been airing them priced at $4.99, is free with the pur- Elvis look -alike walk through Ham- Presley studio MGM Home Enter- Lightyear also last year released "with some regularity," Spielvogel chase of a three -pack. burg one week before the anniversary. tainment. Whether they are stocked "The Alternate Aloha Concert," which notes. "We have definitely seen a At Blockbuster, purchasers of any On Saturday (16), BMG will hold an solo, in various boxed -set incarnations, documents the dress rehearsal for the spike in sales, and VH1 will be selling of the commemorative videos will "Elvis- Forever In Love" party at the or housed in an elaborate guitar case televised event. It also has the docu- them on -air as part of an Elvis pro- receive a free limited- edition print Graceland American Restaurant in as a deluxe collector's set, MGM has mentary title "Elvis '56 -In The gram in mid- August," he adds. copy of the "Viva Las Vegas" poster, Hamburg in conjunction with Radio positioned its digitally remastered, Beginning." Lightyear also is working with Na- according to Norman Hu_°d, Block- Magic FM and Bild newspaper. sell- through -priced titles to turn Don Spielvogel, Lightyear's VP of tional Entertainment Marketing on a buster's senior merchandiser for rock. Indie retailers are also getting in on heads and open wallets. Although all sales and marketing, says the compa- campaign through which local retail- the act: Elvis albums have been selling 18 of MGM's Presley movies have ny has sold in the neighborhood of ers can give away its boxed set in pro- Assistance in preparing thin story was very well at Music Center Bochnig in been on the market since the early 500,000 units of the three concert motions, as well as a tie -in with a provided by Chris Morris in Los Wuppertal since July. A golden statue '80s, the studio is treating its current tapes and significantly smaller num- major automobile manufacturer. Angeles. of Elvis draped with CDs has been (Continued on next page)

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www.americanradiohistory.com ANNIVERSARY FINDS INDUSTRY KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR (Continued from page 80) Like other retailers, Poplar Tunes is ley catalog - nearly 100 titles. elements," Soden says. "When you mounting a sale. "We do have a special think of postwar America, people think endcap sale," Conrad says. "It's all ELVIS AND BEYOND of an idyllic time when things were Elvis product. We're offering a free col- As Soden notes, the 20th anniver- wonderful. Elvis is perhaps the most lector's poster." The chain is promot- sary of Presley's death "doesn't signi- multifaceted icon of the '50s and '60s ing the sale with full -page ads in the fy the end of anything. If anything, era. ICM has strengths in television, Elvis editions of local magazines Blue - we're growing and prospering and film, and the creation of corporate speak and the Memphis Flyer. have a lot of things planned for next alliances that can be used in the ex- by Theda Sandiford- Waller Long a destination for tourists and year and the year after that." ploitation of Elvis and his times." Presley -philes, Poplar Trines is bracing Included in those plans is expansion More finite are plans for the con- DEBUT: An unusually large number of recurrents paves the way for an itself for a major onslaught of interest. of the Elvis Presley's Memphis restau- struction of a museum on the grounds equally large number of debuts and a couple of chart anomalies on the Hot Says Conrad, "We have triple the rant /nightclub chain. The first one of Graceland's Visitors Plaza (which is 100. Chart watchers may notice that below No. 50 there are several titles amount of tour buses we normally have, opened July 24 in Memphis on the pop- located across the street from Grace- that move up in rank without bullets.Why? When there are a lot of recurrents, and they're from all over the world." ular corner of Beale Street and Second land and is where patrons wait to be the chart loosens up, allowing titles to move up that may have been held back Avenue with an industry party featur- shuttled to the house). "It will tell the by older singles still on the chart. A title becomes recurrent after it spends ON TV AND ONLINE ing Jewel. "All the musical influences broader story of the music that influ- 20 weeks on and falls below the top 50 of the Hot 100. VH1 is celebrating the singer with a that helped shape Elvis Presley were enced Elvis and how Elvis influenced In addition, the high debut of "2 Become 1" by Spice Girls (Virgin), at No. weeklong block of specialty and music acquired in that 10- to 12 -block area - the music," says Soden. 6 on the Hot 100, pushes back Lil' Kim's "Not Tonight" (Undeas/Atlantic/ video programming dedicated to the that's where he encountered the blues, At RCA, plans are already under Tommy Boy) and LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" (Curb), despite gains at King of rock'n'roll, known as "Elvis gospel, and country," says Soden. Sim- way for the next slate of Presley re- both radio and retail. Both titles are still growing on the chart. It is very like- Week II." ilarly, the club will feature various leases. With RCA's blessing, Razor & ly that both will re-bullet next week if they maintain the pace of their growth The original documentary "Elvis kinds of music. Tie will this fall release a Presley and don't slip in rank. From The Waist Up," which is narrated In the future, `ive want to establish Christmas album that will be available I'm not one to kick someone when they are down, but the first-week sales by U2's Bono, will air Monday (11) on the cultural beachheads in foreign coun- only via direct mail. of Michael Jackson's "Stranger In Moscow" (Epic) fell short of the top 75 music channel. The hourlong program tries," says Soden. The next outlet is Also coming this fall, RCA will re- Hot 100 Singles Sales list, scanning a paltry 4,400 units. In contrast, Foxy includes never -before -seen color home planned for London; however, Soden lease "Elvis's Greatest Jukebox Hits," Brown's "Big Bad Mamma" (Violator/Def Jam/Mercury) sold a comparable movies and other vintage clips of Pres- notes that there are also plans for Elvis a collection of Presley tunes that were number of units, and her single is only available on 12 -inch vinyl. "Stranger ley, as well as rare performance footage. Presley's Memphis locations in Ger- jukebox favorites, based upon singles In Moscow" is bubbling under, while "Big Bad Mamma" enters the Hot 100 Other VH1 programming includes many, Spain, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, sales and jukebox historians. at No. 55 because Jackson has little airplay compared with Brown's 12 mil- the "Elvis '68 Comeback Special," the and Toronto. Additionally, there will be Omansky also promises a "huge spe- lion listener impressions. "Big Bad Mamma" is from "Def Jam's How To Be documentary "Elvis In Hollywood," a few more locations in the U.S., includ- cial project" in the near future. "We A Player" soundtrack. At No. 51, 702's "All I Want" (Biv 10/Capitol/Motown), and the 1973 performance special ing one at a proposed Elvis hotel/casi- have a long -term game plan, that's why from the film "Good Burger," is the second soundtrack single to debut this "Aloha From Hawaii." The channel will no in Las Vegas. we've been so successful," he says. "If issue, bringing the total number on the Hot 100 to 15. Speaking of sound- also offer "Platinum" in its on -air shop- In April, EPE signed a deal with we see the road signs changing, we'll tracks, there is a plan in the works to rerelease the film "Love Jones" the- ping program `The Goods." International Creative Management obviously respond, but I think there's a atrically Aug. 8 and on home video Aug. 26. Singles, however, have not been CMT plans to air a 30- minute spe- (ICM) to help exploit the Presley lega- widespread net for Elvis Presley prod- slated as part the renewed retail push for the soundtrack. cial, "CMT Presents: The King's Cov- cy in new ways. As Soden explains, the uct, and I don't think we've filled it yet." ers," on Saturday (16). The program plan goes beyond just Presley's image SWEET: As predicted here last issue, Mariah Carey's "Honey" (Columbia) will feature vintage music videos by and includes projects that capture the Assistance in preparing this story was splashes handsomely on the Hot 100 Airplay list, entering at No. 23. In her Presley, as well as clips by country art- essence of the times in which Presley provided by Brett Atwood in Los Ange- first official week at radio, she picked up 30 million listener impressions from ists performing various Presley tunes. lived and performed. "Elvis is an icono- les and Chet Flippo and Deborah airplay at 98 monitored stations. The airplay leaders include KHOM New Among the videos appearing on the graphic symbol for a whole collage of Evans Price in Nashville. Orleans (69 detections), KZZU Spokane, Wash. (50 detections), KLUC Las show are Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" Vegas (44 detections), and KHKS Dallas (43 detections). and "Blue Suede Shoes," as well as Dwight Yoakam's "Suspicious Minds," PRESLEY'S HERITAGE NEW AND ACTIVE: If "Macarena" got on your nerves last year, get ready Ricky Van Shelton's "Wear My Ring (Continued from preceding page) for this year's infectious novelty number, "Barbie Girl" by the Danish group Mound Your Neck," and the Willie Aqua (MCA). The song already has 10 million listener impressions derived Nelson and Leon Russell duet "Heart- set up in the entry area. Music pur- poster campaign at all of its 16,000 from airplay at 71 monitored stations, including WWZZ Washington, D.C. break Hotel." chaser Achim Goetze says, "Although sales outlets. (58 detections), WIOQ Philadelphia (40 detections), WXXL Orlando, Fla. (34 The special will also feature inter- not many people are around at the mo- The push is already having some detections), and WHTZ New York (25 detections). views with country celebrities dis- ment [due for summer holidays], the effect, says BMG Holland marketing One label exec has aptly described Aqua as "a cartoonish B- 52's." With cussing Presley's impact on country CD has been selling very well." BMG manager Gerard Kostermans. "In no that in mind, lyrics like "Make me walk/Make me talk/I can act like a star/Or music. says it has'already sold 100,000 units of time, the current single, `Always On beg on my knees," or "You can brush my hair/Undress me everywhere/Imag- TNT will host a "Platinum" mar- "Elvis-Forever In Love." My Mind,' sold 10,000 copies here," ination/Life is your creation," are meant to be taken tongue in cheek. Aqua athon, running Presley films for 30 says Kostermans, who expects to sell has already had three consecutive platinum singles in Denmark. "Barbie Girl" hours from Friday (15) to Aug. 17. MEDIA TIE -INS IN HOLLAND some 15,000 copies of the "Platinum" was initially an album cut from "Aquarium," but it was released as a single RCA will tie in a number of cross -pro- Elvis commemorative activities in boxed set, while the "Always Elvis" in April in Denmark. The stateside commercial single arrives at retail Aug. motions with the station. According to the Netherlands are turning the coun- album shipped gold (50,000 units). 19. Aqua will do a TV and press tour next month. Omansky, there will be promotions set try into the 51st state of America. "Elvis is cool again. We'll go beyond the up with 45 cable providers to give away National oldies station Radio 10 Gold fan base." the `Platinum" boxed set. is BMG's business partner in the cam- At V &D department stores, where Not surprisingly, there's activity paign, along with Holland's biggest "Elvis corners" for CDs and videos planned on the Internet. BMG Enter- daily newspaper, De Telegraaf. have been created, the King is ruling tainment is holding "The Ultimate Radio 10 Gold will broadcast 14 Sat- the shops, but not for the first time. HOT 100 Elvis Contest." The quiz, which fea- urday-night Elvis programs up to the Says V &D buyer Karin Brinkhof, tures questions about Presley's musi- "big event," to be followed by a com- "Last year we had an `America' BUBBLING UNDERT. SINGLES cal and film career, is accessible at plete week of broadcasts live from month in which Elvis was prominent- 6 http:/ /www.bmg.com/elvis, as well as Graceland in Memphis. De Telegraaf ly featured with our own Elvis sam- W Z w Z w O O through Tower's World Wide Web site, published a 32 -page, full -color Elvis plers [put together in conjunction T 3 ÿ w TITLE Ñ O TITLE http:/ /www.towerrecords.com. The supplement on Saturday (9), a first for with BMG]. Now with the full -blown _ 3 ARTIST (LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL) 5 3 ARTIST (LABEL/PROMOTION LABEL) winner will receive RCA's entire Pres- the newspaper, which is running a media hype behind it, it will be far STRANGER IN MOSCOW 1 1 14 17 14 ALIVE - MICHAEL JACKSON (MJJ /EPIC) PEARL JAM (EPIC) more spectacular. It will really explode around Aug. 16. So far, we've HERE'S THE DEAUBUTTERFLY KISSES LEMON TREE 2 3 7 15 13 4 JEFF CARSON (CURB) FOOL'S GARDEN (UNIVERSAL) BANK SET TO BUY RED ANT only sold 75 copies of the [`Platinum] HAVE A LITTLE MERCY CRUSH box in our 64 stores. But boxes are 3 1 16 11 11 (Continued from page 6) - 4.0 (SAVVY/PERSPECTIVF/A&M) ZHANE (ILLTOWN /MOTOWN) there for the real freaks. I anticipate FOREVER ALL OVER AGAIN BLOCK BEATS 4 1 11 15 19 Alliance filed for Chapter 11 protec- ing a one -stop empire by acquiring the same thing to happen with the - NIGHT RANGER (LEGACY /COLUMBIA) THE C MICALBOTHBROTHER) )) STRALWEAKSTAROUNE) tion July 14, listing assets of $512.4 Bassin Distributors, CD One Stop, and `Always Elvis' CD, which is compet- IN A DREAM INSIDE YOU 5 6 6 18 1 PUSHIN' ROCKELL (ROBBINS) - SONS OF FUNK (NO LIMIT/PRIORITY) million and liabilities of $536.3 million, Abbey Road. It then branched out into ing with the old '20 Essential Elvis SUMMER JAM KNOW after its cash ran out and extensive independent distribution by purchas- Greats' CD, which so many people 6 5 3 19 16 7 QUAD CITY DJ'S (QUADRASOUNDBIG BEAT/ATLANTIC) MARIO WINAN(MOTOWN) talks with creditors to restructure its ing INDI and Encore Records already have."

AFFAIR THE WORLD'S WORTH WAKING UP FOR) 7 10 3 20 8 12 WAKE ME UP (WHEN heavy debt load proved fruitless (Bill- (renamed Passport Music) and into TONTA I-OWNMALACON KYLE VINCENT (CARPORT/HOLLYWOOD) board, July 26). labels, with Concord, One Way TRACK RECORD IN FRANCE GIVE IT TO ME G 8 1 21 1 - TEDDY PENDERGRASS (WIND- UP/SUREFIRE) - RRIÉMORGAN (ANA/RCA) Some industry sources believe Records, and Castle. Last year, it In France, all bodes well for the coun- Teller's Ant, and he came try's commemoration of Elvis' death, in THE GO ROUND DANEE HALL DAYS Alliance has a fair shot at emerging acquired Red 9 - 4 MAKE WORLD 22 14 6 SANDY B (CHAMPION) from Chapter 11, especially since it has aboard Alliance to run the company that each Elvis compilation released in GOT IT ALL EVEN FLOW $50 in in -pos- with Joe Bianco, now vice chairman. the market has gone gold (100,000 10 18 3 SHE'S 23 20 12 obtained million debtor- KENNY CHESNEY (BNA/RCA) PEARL JAM (EPIC) session financing to keep its operations Red Ant's roster includes such acts units). The latest, "Essential Elvis," FREE IFYOUIHAD 11 1 24 1 RHYTHM) - FRANKIE (CHUCKLIFE/EPIC) going (the $625,000 for Red Ant was as Naked, Militia, and My Life With released early this year, is approaching - ULTRA NATE (STRICTLY part of that package). The Thrill Kill Cult. Its only album to platinum status (300,000 units). TALKIN' BOUT' BANK EMOTIONS 12 5 25 19 17 - THE WHORIDAS (SOUTHPAWBELICIOUS VINY(/RED ANT) TWISTA (CREATOR'S WAY/BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC) Alliance's biggest business is one - crack The Billboard 200 so far has been Anne Michel, head of specialist

THISNIGHTWONTLAST?CIA SIKDAYS ON ROAD stop music wholesaling. In 1990, the Cheap Trick's self -titled Red Ant media for BMG France, is working on 13 9 6 Bubbling Under lists the top 25 singles under No. 100 SAWYER BROWN (CURB) THE which have not yet charted. New York-based company began build- debut. DON JEFFREY (Continued on page 88)

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5 2 3 SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA 18970 (10.98/16.98) SURFACING 2 LEANN RIMES 60 50 52 25 UNCHAINED MELODY/THE EARLY YEARS 1 CURB 77856 (10.98/15.98) NEW 1 SOUNDTRACK IMMORTAL 68494/EPIC (10.98 EQ/17.98) SPAWN - THE ALBUM 1 61 45 31 4 ANT BANKS PRIORITY 50698* (10.98/16.98) BIG THANGS 20 6 5 5 PRODIGY XL MUTE/MAVERICK 46606/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) THE FAT OF THE LAND 1 62 56 54 8 CHANGING FACES BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC 92720 * /AG (10.98/16.98) ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT 21 9 11 22 MATCHBOX 20 A LAVA/ATLANTIC 92721/AG (10.98)15.98) YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU 9 63 59 78 8 K.D. LANG WARNER BROS. 46623 (10.98/16.98) DRAG 29 8 10 77 JEWEL A' ATLANTIC 82700 */AG (10.98/15.98) ME PIECES OF YOU 4 47 DEANA CARTER A' 64 58 62 DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? 10 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37514 (10.98/15.98) 7 3 3 MISSY "MISDEMEANOR" ELLIOTT EASTWEST 62052 * /EEG (10.98/1698) SUPA DUPA FLY 3

NEW 1 RAMPAGE VIOLATOR/ELEKTRA62022 */EEG(10.98/16.981 SCOUTS HONOR... BY WAY OF BLOOD 65 GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION (65) 10 7 10 GOD'S PROPERTY 3 B -RITE 90093 /INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) 66 51 53 7 MEGADETH CAPITOL 38262 (10.98/16.981 CRYPTIC WRITINGS 10

NEW 1 JOE JIVE 41603* (11.98/16.981 ALL THAT I AM 13 61 55 57 47 BLACKSTREET A' INTERSCOPE 90071* (10.98/16.98) ANOTHER LEVEL 3 12 9 57 THE WALLFLOWERS A' INTERSCOPE 90055110.98/16.981M BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE 4 ( 68) 71 76 12 REEL BIG FISH MOJO 53013 /UNIVERSAL (7.98/11.98)M TURN THE RADIO OFF 68 NEW 1 PANTERA EASTWEST 62068* /EEG (10.98/16.98) OFFICIAL LIVE: 101 PROOF 15 69 65 66 24 VARIOUS ARTISTS COLD FRONT 6242/K -TEL (12.98/17.981 CLUB MIX '97 36 11 8 9 TIM MCGRAW CURB 77886 (10.98/16.98) EVERYWHERE 2 70 73 79 11 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL 55832 * /CAPITOL (10.98/16.981 THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE 10 14 14 SOUNDTRACK WORK 68166/EPIC (10.98 60/17.98) MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING 14 11 64 70 6 PATTI LABELLE MCA 11642 (10.98/16.98) FLAME 39 18 15 15 53 SUBLIME GASOLINE ALLEY 11413 /MCA (10.98/16.98) SUBLIME 13 ' 77 86 26 IMAGO 46424/WARNER BROS. (12) PAULA COLE (10.98/15.98) ® THIS FIRE 33 BOB CARLISLE 19 13 18 15 ' BUTTERFLY KISSES (SHADES OF GRACE) 1 DIADEM 41613 /JIVE (10.98/16.98) 13 74 82 8 NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC83011 /AG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 13

16 12 20 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BAD BOY 73011 */ ARISTA (19.98/24.98) LIFE AFTER DEATH 1 20 14 70 69 59 TONI BRAXTON A' LAFACE 26020/ARISTA (10.98/16.98) SECRETS 2

21 18 13 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS VIRGIN 42186 (10.98/16.98) PURE MOODS 10 15 60 47 10 PAUL MCCARTNEY MPL56500* /CAPITOL (10.98/16.98) FLAMING PIE 2

22 17 17 15 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 11584 (10.98/16.98) CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME 1 16 72 65 24 TRU NO LIMIT 50660"/PRIORITY (12.98/18.98) TRU 2 DA GAME 8

19 24 9 WU -TANG CLAN LOUD 66905 * /RCA (19.98/24.981 WU -TANG FOREVER 1 11 68 61 11 JOHN FOGERTY WARNER BROS. 45426 (10.98/16.98) BLUE MOON SWAMP 37

27 27 6 SUGAR RAY LAVA/ATLANTIC 83006/AG (10.98/15.98) FLOORED 24 18 62 72 27 JONNY LANG A &M 540640(10.98/16.98)MM LIE TO ME 44

21 20 15 MARY J. BLIGE MCA 11606` (10.98/16.98) SHARE MY WORLD 79 57 42 4 PRIMUS INTERSCOPE 90126* (10.98/16.98) BROWN ALBUM 21 * * * GREATEST GAINER * * * 80 69 73 9 PAM TILLIS ARISTA 18836 (10.98/16.981 GREATEST HITS 47 31 44 47 FIONA APPLE CLEAN SLATE/WORK 67439/EPIC (10.98 Eß/16.98) I11 TIDAL 26 (81) NEW I D -SHOT SHOT 41602/JIVE (10.98/15.98) SIX FIGURES 81 WYCLEF JEAN FEATURING REFUGEE ALLSTARS 21 22 21 WYCLEF JEAN PRESENTS THE CARNIVAL FEAT. REFUGEE ALLSTARS 16 VARIOUS ARTISTS RUFFHOUSE 67974 * /COLUMBIA (10.98 EQ/16.98) 82 19 71 6 SO SO DEF BASS ALL -STARS VOL. II 71 SO SO DEF 67998 * /COLUMBIA (10.98 EQ/16.98) 28 23 19 8 SOUNDTRACK WARNER SUNSET 46620/WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.981 BATMAN & ROBIN 5 83 66 58 7 K -CI & JOJO MCA 11613* (10.98/16.98) LOVE ALWAYS 24 29 28 26 13 MEREDITH BROOKS CAPITOL 36919 (10.98/15.98) BLURRING THE EDGES 22 84 63 55 7 LOST BOYZ UNIVERSAL 53072* (10.98/16.98) LOVE, PEACE & NAPPINESS 9

30 20 16 5 SOUNDTRACK TOMMY BOY 1169 (11.98/16.98) NOTHING TO LOSE 12 85 NEW 1 BLACKHAWK ARISTA 18837 (10.98/16.98) LOVE & GRAVITY 85

31 24 22 5 BLUES TRAVELER A &M 540750 (10.98/16.98) STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING 11 86 67 49 10 SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 60864 (10.98/16.98) HERCULES 37

32 25 23 56 LEANN RIMES A' CURB 77821 (10.98/15.98) BLUE 3 C'21 93 100 35 DRU HILL ISLAND 524306(10.98/16.98)MM DRU HILL 23

33 26 25 38 SOUNDTRACK A' WARNER SUNSET /ATLANTIC 82961/AG (11.98/17.98) SPACE JAM 2 88 82 77 6 TWISTA CREATOR'S WAY /ATLANTIC 92757 * /AG (10.98/15.98) ® ADRENALINE RUSH 77

RCA 66904 (10.98/16.98) CRASH 2 34 30 33 66 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND A' (89) 91 105 44 TOOL zoo 31087*NOLCANO (10.98/16.98) AENIMA 2

35 33 32 21 THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES BIG RIG 534472/MERCURY (10.98 EQ/16.98) LET'S FACE IT 27 90 83 81 40 SHAWN COLVIN COLUMBIA 67119 (10.98 EQ/16.98) A FEW SMALL REPAIRS 39

36 29 28 18 TONIC POLYDOR 531042/A &M (10.98/16.98)MM LEMON PARADE 28 91 85 74 14 INDIGO GIRLS EPIC 67891 (10.98 EQ/16.98) SHAMING OF THE SUN 7 31 32 37 34 THE VERVE PIPE RCA 66809 (10.98/15.98) NI VILLAINS 24 92 80 64 15 HEAVY D UPTOWN 53033 * /UNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) WATERBED HEV 9 38 39 43 17 THIRD EYE BLIND ELEKTRA 62012/EEG (10.98/16.98) El THIRD EYE BLIND 38 93 88 75 3 THE O'JAYS GLOBAL SOUL 31149 *NOLCANO (10.98/15.98) LOVE YOU TO TEARS 75

39 34 36 73 CELINE DION A' 550 MUSIC 67541 /EPIC (10.98 Eß/17.98) FALLING INTO YOU 1 94 75 96 3 DIAMOND RIO ARISTA 18844 110.98/16.981 GREATEST HITS 75 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE 40 ) NEW LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL 40 95 81 90 112 ALANIS MORISSETTE A5 MAVERICK/REPRISE 45901/WARNER BROS.110.98/16.981160 JAGGED LITTLE PILL 1 EPIC 68163 (10.98 EQ/16.98)

96 78 68 13 BEE GEES POLYDOR 537302/A&M (10.98/16.981 STILL WATERS 11 35 38 20 AEROSMITH COLUMBIA 67547 (10.98 EQ/16.98) NINE LIVES 1 91 84 83 38 VARIOUS ARTISTS ARISTA 18943 (10.98/17.98) ULTIMATE DANCE PARTY 1997 17 41 40 16 ROME GRAND JURY 67441 * /RCA (10.98/15.98) ROME 30

98 86 92 61 METALLICA A' ELEKTRA 61923 * /EEG (10.98/16.981 LOAD 1 44 48 12 OMC HUH! 533435/MERCURY (10.98 E0/16.98) HOW BIZARRE 43 99 96 97 15 CHICAGO REPRISE 46554/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) THE HEART OF CHICAGO 1967 -1997 55 38 35 25 ERYKAH BADU KEDAR 53027*/UNIVERSAL (10.98/15.98) BADUIZM 2 100 99 106 65 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 66434* (10.98 E0/16.98) ® MAXWELL'S URBAN HANG SUITE 37 37 30 MIA X NO LIMIT 50705 * /PRIORITY (10.98/16.981 UNLADY LIKE 21 * PACESETTER (46) NEW CLINT BLACK RCA 67515 (10.98/16.98) NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS 46 * * * * * (101) 138 - 2 SOUNDTRACK CAPITOL 57955 (10.98/16.98) GOOD BURGER 101 41 43 34 11 SOUNDTRACK NO LIMIT 50643*/PRIORITY 110.98/16.981 I'M BOUT IT 4 102 89 99 29 JAMIROQUAI WORK 67903/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) TRAVELING WITHOUT MOVING 43 48 36 29 7 EN VOGUE EASTWEST 62057/EEG (10.98/16.98) EV3 8 103 101 93 38 LIL' KIM UNDEAS/ATLANTIC 92733 * /AG (10.98/16.98) HARD CORE 11 49 42 45 16 SAVAGE GARDEN COLUMBIA 67954 (10.98 EQ/16.98) SAVAGE GARDEN 25 KENNY LOGGINS 104 87 89 19 YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW: THE GREATEST HITS OF KENNY LOGGINS 39 50 40 39 11 JAMES TAYLOR COLUMBIA 67912 (10.98 EQ/17.98) HOURGLASS 9 COLUMBIA 67986 (10.98 EQ/17.981 105) 117 147 4 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62042/EEG (10.98/16.98) CM LILA 105 51 47 63 11 SISTER HAZEL UNIVERSAL 53030 (10.98/15.98)® SOMEWHERE MORE FAMILIAR 47 MAKAVELI 90 88 39 THE DON KILLUMINATI: THE 7 DAY THEORY 1 46 41 5 RADIOHEAD CAPITOL 55229 (10.98/15.98) OK COMPUTER 21 106 ' 52 DEATH ROW 90039 * / INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98)

DGC * (10.98/17.981 RECOVERING THE SATELLITES 1 53 49 51 24 LIVE RADIOACTIVE 11590*/MCA (10.98/16.98) SECRET SAMADHI 1 101 94 98 42 COUNTING CROWS ' 24975 /GEFFEN

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108 143 172 3 SMASH MOUTH INTERSCOPE 90142 (8.98/12.98) ® FUSH YU MANG 108 155 134 161 3 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE 46618/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98)1M MICHAEL PETERSON 134 VARIOUS ARTISTS 109 103 120 59 BECK A DGC 24823* /GEFFEN (10.98/16.98) ODELAY 16 156 137 132 18 BOOTY MIX 2: THE NEXT BOUNCE II 93 INTERSOUND 9510 (10.98/16.98) 110 102 103 9 BOSTON EPIC 67622 (10.98 EQ 17.98) GREATEST HITS 47 157 155 141 7 BEN HARPER VIRGIN 44178 (10.98/16.981 THE WILL TO LIVE 89

113 115 77 2PAC DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE 524204*ISLAND (1898/24.98) ALL EYEZ ON ME 1 IN ME 121 ® A' 158 146 136 13 K'S CHOICE 550 MUSIC 67720/EPIC (10.98 M16.98) 11E1 PARADISE

112 104 112 7 10,000 MANIACS GEFFEN 25009 (10.98/16.98) LOVE AMONG THE RUINS 104 159 150 135 41 WESTSIDE CONNECTION LENCH Moe 50583 * /PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) BOW DOWN 2

113 100 85 21 SOUNDTRACK COLUMBIA 67917 (10.98 E(Ú16.98) LOVE JONES: THE MUSIC 16 160 147 142 16 YANNI PRIVATE MUSIC 82150/WINDHAM HILL (10.98/16.98) IN THE MIRROR 17

114 76 59 6 MOTLEY CRUE ELEKTRA 61901 /EEG (1Q98/16.98) GENERATION SWINE 4 161 160 175 90 TRACY CHAPMAN 1a ELEKTRA 61850/EEG (10.98/16.98) NEW BEGINNING 4

115 92 94 3 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 46690/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) UNDER THE COVERS 92 162 153 154 58 KEITH SWEAT' ELEKTRA 61707 */EEG (10.9816.98) KEITH SWEAT 5

116 97 84 49 112 A BAD BOY 73009 /ARISTA (10.98/15.98) 112 37 163 156 157 46 CAKE A CAPRICORN 532867/MERCURY (10.98 EQ/16.98) ® FASHION NUGGET 36

111 108 123 40 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA 18813 (10.98/16.96) EVERYTHING I LOVE 12 164 145 146 33 SOUNDTRACK EPIC SOUNDTRAX 67910/EPIC (10.98 EQ/17.98) JERRY MAGUIRE 49

107 113 6 ROBYN RCA 67477 (10.98/16.98) WE ROBYN IS HERE 106 118 165 157 150 21 SOUNDTRACK EMI LATIN 55535 (10.98/16.98) SELENA 7

119 98 81 21 SCARFACERAP -A- LOT/NOOTRYBE 42799 *NIRGIN(10.98 /16.98) THE UNTOUCHABLE 1 166 136 121 11 KRS-ONE JIVE 41601. (10.88/16.881 I GOT NEXT 3

116 129 17 ALABAMA RCA 67426 (10.98/16.98) DANCIN' ON THE BOULEVARD 55 120 $ 177 - 15 SOUNDTRACK REVOLUTION 24666/WARNER BROS. (11.98/17.98) MICHAEL 53 121 95 108 3 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 67498/RCA (10.98/16.98) I WILL STAND 95 168 162 162 43 MARILYN MANSON NOTHING 90086/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR 3

122 106 91 6 BROWNSTONE MJJ/WORK 67524/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) STILL CLIMBING 51 169 154 133 23 SOUNDTRACK JIVE 41604E (11.98/16.98) BOOTY CALL 24

123 105 104 37 BUSH 'TRAUMA 90091 * /INTERSCOPE(10.98/16.98) RAZORBLADE SUITCASE 1 170 163 170 5 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND LLAMA RAGS 67548/RCA (9.98 CD) RECENTLY 163

THE DAY 6 124 115 111 40 BABYFACE A' EPIC 67293* (10.98 EQ/16.98) 171 170 192 77 DC TALK A FOREFRONT 25140 (10.98/16.98) JESUS FREAK 16

112 21 ATLANTIC DISCIPLINED BREAKDOWN 16 125 114 COLLECTIVE SOUL 82984/AG (10.98/16.98) 172 166 168 41 VAN HALEN A WARNER BROS. 46332 (11.98/17.981 BEST OF VOLUME 1 1

110 102 21 BLUR FOOD/PARLOPHONE 42876NIRGIN (10.98/16.98) BLUR 61 126 173 NEW I KILO ALI ORGANIZED NOIZE90128 */INTERSCOPE(10.98/16.98) ® ORGANIZED BASS 173

ROMEO + 2 127 114 118 40 SOUNDTRACK A' CAPITOL 37715 (10.98/15.98) JULIET 174 169 159 11 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET COLUMBIA 67862 110.98 E0/16.98I COIL 19

129 137 12 SNEAKER PIMPS CLEAN UP 42587NIRGIN (10.98/15.98)E BECOMING X 128 OF GRACE ® 188 185 39 POINT LIFE LOVE & OTHER MYSTERIES 46 WORD 67698/EPIC (10.98 EQ 15.981 129 111 95 7 CAPONE -N- NOREAGA PENALTY 3041*/FOMMY BOY (10.9815.98) THE WAR REPORT 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS 176 119 110 8 ESPN PRESENTS X GAMES: THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 102 130 121 126 26 THE OFFSPRING COLUMBIA 67810* (10.98 E0/16.98) IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE 9 TOMMY BOY 1202 (11.98/16.98) PETER CETERA 177 158 163 11 YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION: A COLLECTION 134 131 109 109 17 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS ASTRALWERKS618o*/CAROLINE(11.98/16.98) DIG YOUR OWN HOLE 14 RIVER NORTH 161250 (10.98/16.98:

165 173 36 ARISTA 18951 (10.98/16.98) THE PREACHER'S WIFE 3 132 131 148 37 FOXY BROWN VIOLATOR/DEF JAM 533684 */MERCURY (10.98 E0/16.98) ILL NA NA 7 178 SOUNDTRACK A'

1 JOHN ANDERSON MERCURY 536004 (10.98 EQ/16.98) TAKIN' THE COUNTRY BACK 179 133 126 122 49 AALIYAH A' BLACKGROUND 92715/AG (10.98/16.98) ONE IN A MILLION 18 (P)

174 131 6 THE LADY OF RAGE DEATH ROW 90109./INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) NECESSARY ROUGHNESS 32 134 122 130 6 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 534836 (10.98 EQ/16.98) DREAM WALKIN' 107 180

135 120 128 17 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24674/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) RUMOR HAS IT 32 411) 189 - 3 DAFT PUNK SOMA 42609 *NIRGIN (10.98/16.981M HOMEWORK 181

136 123 107 4 KENNY LOGGINS COLUMBIA 67865 (10.98 Eo /17.98) THE UNIMAGINABLE LIFE 107 182 178 197 67 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE EPIC 57523* (10.98 E(Ú16.98) EVIL EMPIRE 1

137 140 158 32 MASTER P NO LIMIT 53978 * /PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) ICE CREAM MAN 26 4E9 NEW 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS EPITAPH 80402 (4.98 CD) GIVE 'EM THE BOOT 183

138 124 117 22 U2 A ISLAND 524334* (11.98/17.98) POP 1 184 175 178 40 AZ YET LAFACE 26034 /ARISTA (10.98/15.98) AZ YET 60

139 132 140 11 SAMMY HAGAR THE TRACK FACTORY 11627/MCA (10.98/16,981 MARCHING TO MARS 18 185 161 116 3 DJ POOH DA BOMB/ATLANTIC 92752 * /AG (10.98/15.98) ® BAD NEWZ TRAVELS FAST 116

BACK 117 140 142 149 44 KENNY G' ARISTA 18935 (10.98/16.98) THE MOMENT 2 ED 200 - 4 THE SUPERTONES BEC 17401 (10.98/15.98) ® SUPERTONES STRIKE

198 188 5 CLAY CROSSE REUNION 10005/.IVE (1088/15 .9811E STAINED GLASS 141 141 141 134 27 KENNY LATTIMORE COLUMBIA 67125 (10.98 E0/16.98)11111 KENNY LATTIMORE 92 ED 188 180 177 29 702 BIV 10 530738*/MOTOWN (8.98/16.98) NO DOUBT 82 142 149 165 93 ALAN JACKSON A' ARISTA 18801 00.98/16.981 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 5 ® 189 183 12 SAWYER BROWN CURB 77883 (10.98/16.981 SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD 73 143 130 156 25 BILL ENGVALL WARNER BROS. 46263 (10.98/168811 HERE'S YOUR SIGN 50 - 190 164 171 10 BONEY JAMES WARNER BROS. 46548 (10.98/16.98) SWEET THING 112 144 151 166 11 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 11585/MCA (10.98/15.98)1E LEE ANN WOMACK 106 ®

DOWN 46 145 135 151 50 VARIOUS ARTISTS TOMMY BOY 1163 (10.98/16.98) JOCK JAMS VOL. 2 10 191 159 125 6 CRAIG MACK STREET LIFE 75521* /ALL AMERICAN (10.98/16.98) OPERATION: GET

IF IT'S YOU 15 146 127 138 44 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37222 (10.98/15.98)® DREAMIN' OUT LOUD 53 192 176 181 39 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 11500(10.98/16.98) WHAT DUNCAN SHEIK 83 147 139 139 21 MARK MORRISON ATLANTIC 82963/AG(10.98/15.98)® RETURN OF THE MACK 76 193 191 196 29 DUNCAN SHEIK ATLANTIC 82879/AG (10.98/15.981M

190 195 45 ELTON JOHN MCA 11481(10.98/16.98) LOVE SONGS 24 148 125 124 7 JON BON JOVI MERCURY 534903 (10.98 EQ/16.98) DESTINATION ANYWHERE 31 194

173 180 17 SOUNDTRACK CAPITOL 55567 (10.98/15.98) ROMEO + JULIET VOLUME 2 27 cED 194 2 TRIO CHRONICLES 536205/MERCURY (10.98 0)/16.9811M DA DA DA 149 195

I WALT DISNEY 60886 (10.98/16.98) GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 196 150 152 153 42 KORN IMMORTAL 67554/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) LIFE IS PEACHY 3 NEW SOUNDTRACK DEF 64 LEPPARD VAULT GREATEST HITS 1980 -1995 15 148 161 19 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 82985/AG (10.98/16.98) THE COAST IS CLEAR 45 191 181 - 151 MERCURY 528718 (10.98 E0/17.98)

152 128 119 16 DEPECHE MODE MUTE/REPRISE 46522/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ULTRA. 5 198 184 183 27 JIM BRICKMAN WINDHAM HILL 11211 (10.98/16.98) PICTURE THIS 30

153 144 145 36 ROD STEWART WARNER BROS. 46452 (11.98/17.98) IF WE FALL IN LOVE TONIGHT 19 199 182 190 68 BROOKS & DUNN A' ARISTA 18810 (10.98/15.981 BORDERLINE 5

154 118 101 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS DEF JAM 534746 * /MERCURY (10.98 E0/16.98) YO! MN RAPS 88 ED NEW 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 162091 (10.98/16.98) SWINGERS 200

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112 116 Toni Braxton 74 Depeche Mode 152 Allstars 27 Maxwell 56, 100 Radiohead 52 Nothing To Lose 30 U2 138 McCann 105 Rage Against The Machine 182 The Preacher's Wife 178 2Pac 111 Jim 'Rickman 198 Diamond Rio 94 Jewel 10 Lila Van Halen 172 Romeo + Juliet 127 10,000 Maniacs 112 Brooks & Dunn 199 Celine Dion 39 Joe 13 Paul McCartney 75 Rampage 65 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reel Big Fish Romeo + Juliet Volume 2 195 702 188 Meredith Brooks 29 DJ Pooh 185 Elton John 194 Neal McCoy 73 68 Booty Mix 2: The Next Bounce II Brownstone 122 Dm Hill 87 Reba McEntire 192 LeAnn Rimes 32,60 Selena 165 Aaliyah 133 K -Ci & Join 83 156 D-Shot 81 Tim McGraw 16 Robyn 118 Space Jam 33 Foxy Brown 132 Keith 134 Club Mix '97 69 Trace Adkins 146 Toby Spawn The Album 7 Bush 123 Sarah McLachlan 6 Rome 42 - X Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott 11 Korn 150 ESPN Presents Games: The Aerosmith 41 Megadeth 66 Swingers 200 En Vogue 48 KRS -One 166 Savage Garden 49 Soundtrack Album 176 Alabama 120 Cake 163 Metallica 98 Spice Girls 4 Kilo Ali 173 Capone -N- Noreaga 129 Bill Engvall 143 K's Choice 158 Sawyer Brown 189 Give 'Em The Boot 183 Mia X 45 Squirrel Nut Zippers 59 John Anderson 179 Bob Carlisle 19 Scarface 119 Jock Jams Vol. 2 145 John Fogerty 77 Patti LaBelle 71 The Mighty MightyBosstones 35 Lisa Stansfield 55 Ant Banks 61 Deana Carter 64 Duncan Sheik 193 Pure Moods 21 Foo Fighters 70 The Lady Of Rage 180 Alanis Morissette 95 Rod Stewart 153 Peter Cetera 177 Sister Hazel 51 So So Def Bass All -Stars Vol. II 82 Fiona Apple 26 Jonny Lang 78 Mark Morrison 147 George Strait 22 Faces 62 Kenny G 140 Smash Mouth 108 Ultimate Dance Party 1997 97 Az Yet 184 Changing k.d. lang 63 Motley Crue 114 Sublime 18 Tracy Chapman 161 Ginuwine 58 Sneaker Pimps 128 Yo! MN Raps 154 Babyface 124 Kenny Lattimore 141 Sugar Ray 24 The Chemical Brothers 131 God's Property From Kirk Franklin's No Doubt 54 SOUNDTRACK Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Erykah Badu 44 Tracy Lawrence 151 The Supertones 186 Kenny Chesney 121 Nu Nation 12 The Notorious B.I.G. 20 Batman & Robin 28 Trouble 40 Beck 109 Lil' Kim 103 Keith Sweat 162 Chicago 99 Booty Call 169 The Verve Pipe 37 Sammy Hagar 139 Live 53 The O'Jays 93 Bee Gees 96 Clay Crosse 187 George Of The Jungle 196 James Taylor 50 Clint Black 46 Hanson 5 Kenny Loggins 104, 136 The Offspring 130 Clay Walker 135 Paula Cole 72 GOOD Burger 101 Third Eye Blind 38 Blackhawk 85 Ben Harper 157 Lost Boyz 84 OMC 43 The Wallflowers 14 Collective Soul 125 Hercules 86 Pam Tillis 80 BLACKstreet 67 Heavy D 92 Westside Connection 159 Shawn Colvin 90 Craig Mack 191 Pantera 15 I'm Bout It 47 Toad The Wet Sprocket 174 Mary Blige 25 Lee Ann Womack 144 J. Counting Crows 107 Indigo Girls 91 Makaveli 106 Michael Peterson 155 Jeny Maguire 164 Tonic 36 Blues Traveler 31 Wu -Tang Clan 23 Sheryl Crow 57 Marilyn Manson 168 Point Of Grace 175 Love Jones: The Music 113 Tool 89 Blur 126 Alan Jackson 117, 142 Master P 137 Primus 79 Men In Black -The Album 3 Trio 149 Yanni 160 Jon Bon Jovi Daft Punk 181 BoneyJames 190 148 Matchbox 20 9 Prodigy 8 Michael 167 Tru 76 Dwight Yoakam 115 Bone Thugs -N- Harmony 1 dc Talk 171 Jamiroquai 102 Dave Matthews Band 34, 170 Puff Daddy & The Family 2 My Best Friend's Wedding 17 Twista 88 Boston 110 Def Leppard 197 Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee

BILLBOARD AUGUST 16. 1997 87 www.americanradiohistory.com TRANS WORLD DOES AN ABOUT -FACE WITH PLANNED STRAWBERRIES ACQUISITION (Continued from page 1) ed, would make Trans World the first mize the potential of those stores be- credit facility, and the five majors with agree to rent concessions. music specialty retailers when, in Jan- U.S.-based music specialty chain to re- cause of the competitive nature of the security are met, it likely will leave only Furthermore, he points out that uary 1995, it announced it would close new its growth drive. Trans World, market and the strain of the LBO." a few million dollars for the unsecured some of the unprofitable stores are lo- about 150 stores. Since beginning that which has 468 stores, will add another Strawberries underwent the lever- creditors to fight over. According to cated near Lechmere outlets and may restructuring process, it has closed 118 stores and $100 million in volume aged buyout in 1993, when Castle Har- sources, in addition to the $21 million enjoy a comeback when that chain clos- more than 200 outlets and had to its base when the deal is completed. lan acquired the chain for $35 million. owed Equitable Capital, other unse- es. Lechmere is owned by Montgomery appeared to return to health by the fall According to a statement, the clos- Of that, $13 million in equity was put cured creditors are owed about $12 mil- Ward, which filed for Chapter 11 pro- of last year. It has since been moving ing, which is targeted for Oct. 1, is sub- up by Castle Harlan, while $21 million lion. tection last month; as part of its reor- to improve operations as well as to refi- ject to the approval of bankruptcy was borrowed from Equitable Capital Trans World will finance the acqui- ganization plan, it announced that it nance debt. court, since the Milford, Mass. -based Partners, and $1 million was drawn sition through drawing down on its re- will shutter the Lechmere chain (see Trans World signaled that it was Strawberries has been operating under down from the chain's revolving cred- volving credit facility. "On our current story, page 6). ready to grow again when it aggres- Chapter 11 protection since Feb. 19. it facility. $100 million revolver, we have $65 mil- Moreover, Nobody Beats the Wiz re- sively pursued an acquisition of The Albany, N.Y. -based chain also But the debt service and the devas- lion available," Higgins reports. cently announced that it is pulling out Camelot Music, which was put up for must complete the due -diligence pro- tating price war that has harried the The fate of the Strawberries distrib- of the New England market. sale as part of the Chapter 11 process. cess before its board of directors can industry since 1994 proved too much ution center has yet to be determined. Trans World was the first chain to After missing out on Camelot, Trans vote on the acquisition. for Strawberries, forcing Castle Har- As to staff, Higgins says,' We feel that publicly acknowledge the toll that the World apparently turned its attention Although terms of the deal were not lan to hire Los Angeles-based Chanin Strawberries has many people that will industrywide price war was taking on toward Strawberries. disclosed, sources say that Trans World & Co. last fall to look for potential buy- fit well in our organization." will pay almost $25 million for Straw- ers. When that search proved unsuc- He adds that he plans to keep the berries' stores, its inventory, and most cessful, Strawberries was left with no Strawberries logo, because the name is other assets (Billboard Bulletin, Aug. 5). option but to make a Chapter 11 filing. strong in the New England area. In Bob Higgins, chairman /CEO of In assessing the deal, sources in the assessing the stores, Higgins says that BETWEEN THE Trans World, says that if the deal clos- financial community say that it is still he plans to keep the profitable Straw- es, Strawberries will be a good fit for too early to tell how the $25 million berries stores open, while closing un- realized for sale of profitable ones, which he estimates to his chain. "It is a good chain, but it the Strawberries BULLETS .. underwent a leveraged buyout [LBO] will be divided among creditors. But be about one -third of the chain. But he at a very difficult time," he says. after the claims of Foothill Capital, notes that many of the unprofitable "Strawberries could never fully maxi- which supplied the chain's revolving stores could stay open if their landlords by Geoff Mayfield

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ARE KEY TO PRESLEY PROMOTION BONING UP: My, how jaded we've become. A double -length album comes with- (Continued from page 82) in a stone's throw of the 400,000 -unit mark in its first week, the fourth-largest week of any set in 1997 and a 28% improvement over the first -week sales of the a compilation of songs by French au- summer prime -time program "Salut "During Elvis' career, he was more act's previous title. Yet, despite the merits of that feat, some industry shakers and thors or composers sung by Elvis. She Les Chouchous." Music cable pro- famous as an idol or an image than a watchers can muster little more than a ho-hum "is that all ?" reaction. already has 12 tracks but is still look- grammer MCM has an "Elvis Day" set singer in Italy," explains Renata Con - Such is the case with Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, which moves an impressive ing for a radio interview that Elvis for Saturday (16). France 2 will be cov- dorelli, catalog promotion and special sum exceeding 394,000 units of its new "The Art Of War." Bone's first -day gave in Paris in 1959 to American ering the anniversary from Memphis projects manager at BMG Italy. "For sales at many chains were in the range of those recently scored by the Noto- Forces Network. during the celebration week. the Italians, his country/blues vocal rious B.I.G., whose posthumous "Life After Death" did 689,500 units in its Rock & Folk, one of the country's Radio will also attend the party; style was a little difficult. Instead we first official sales week; Wu -Tang Clan, which sold 612,000 its first week out; most popular music magazines, is pub- Europei will send a journalist to Mem- had a local artist called Little Tony who and last week's champ, Puff Daddy & the Family, who garnered about lishing an Elvis special in early August phis for a live daily news report. RTL covered Presley's records in English 561,000 units. Thus, several observers -including this columnist-were led and will stage a competition offering 200 has a whole week on Elvis set for Sun- but with a more melodic style." to believe that Bone would enter the chart with a similar sum. prizes (CDs, T- shirts, etc.). Other con- day (10) -Aug. 17 and is sending star host Sebastian Cecere, president of the While the total may have fallen shy of projections, 394,000 units is still a tests are running in television guides TV Georges Lang to Memphis, with a com- 500 -member Elvis Presley Fan Club of heck of a week's work. Since May 1991, when The Billboard 200 adopted Hebdo and TV mag. petition every night to win the `Plat- Italy, confirms Little Tony's local suc- SoundScan numbers, only five other double- length albums have produced larg- Cable TV channel Arte is dedicating inum" boxed set. cess on the back of Presley's hits. "Lit- er first -week sums. a whole evening to Elvis on Sunday In Italy, meanwhile, Elvis Presley is tle Tony is just one of several Italian Sources say that Bone rang up about 50,000 units at the Best Buy chain, (10), and TF1 is airing an Elvis retro- better known now than at any time artists, including Bobby Solo and where a value -added edition packaged with a $10 phone card was deeply dis- spective every Saturday during the when he was alive. Edoardo Bennato, who in the late '50s counted at $14.99, with 33,000 of those sales on the first day. The Musicland and early '60s built their careers in- chain, with the highest U.S. store count, did 70,000 units, while Blockbuster spired by Elvis," says Cecere. "It wasn't Entertainment contributed another 40,000 units. TAYLOR'S SMOOTH `RIDE' TO MAINSTREAM until the late '60s with hits like 'In The (Continued from page 12) Ghetto' and 'Suspicious Minds' that IT TAKES TWO: The back -to -back bows by Puff Daddy and Bone mark only Presley had his own hits here in Italy." the second time in chart history that two hip -hop albums have debuted at No. them to the new album's availability. ciations with well-known music profes- BMG Italy's Condorelli says that 1 on The Billboard 200 in consecutive weeks. It also happened last year, when Meanwhile, Taylor, who is booked by sionals. Windham Hill founder Will although Little Tony recorded with Snoop Doggy Dogg succeeded 2Pac's Makaveli set in the Nov. 30 issue. Cape Cod, Mass. -based Music Works, Ackerman, who also happens to be Tay- RCA, the label will not confuse its Elvis will begin a national tour in September lor's neighbor, was eager to produce anniversary project by rereleasing his INCOMING: Look for Bone Thugs -N- Harmony to experience about a 50% that will carry her "well into 1998," "Ruby Shoes" after hearing some versions of the King's hits. drop next week, typical for big rap albums. Bone and Puffy figure to wrestle according to Olson. rough cuts of songs from the album. "Elvis Presley is probably better for No. 1, while the United Parcel Service strike will soften the chart debuts Signature, which on Aug. 5 shipped For "Ride," Taylor co- produced with known now in Italy, thanks to local made by the new 311 album and the "How To Be A Player" soundtrack, which copies of the album to public, college, Peter Gallway (Suzanne Vega, the rock artist Ligabue's homage by call- were to hit stores Aug. 5. On Tuesday (12), Backstreet Boys look huge; their triple -A, and folk radio, will also employ Roches). ing his last studio album, released in album will be accompanied by SWV, DJ Taz, and Loud's multi -artist "Hood- the help of indie promoters. Nashville - Some of the artists Taylor has 1995, 'Buon Compleanno Elvis' [Happy lum" soundtrack. The Tuesday (12) slate also brings Billy Joel and Fleetwood based Counterpoint Music Group will worked with were introduced to her by Birthday Elvis, on WEM which really Mac. Oasis, Vanessa Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Coolio, an album from attend to the folk promotion, while her husband, Michael Millard, who is created an awareness of Presley." Bruce Springsteen's 1992 MTV "Plugged" special, and yet another Private Philadelphia-based promoter Charter - also the creator of the Froggy Bottom Media exposure for the event has Music/Windham Hill anthology from Yanni are expected at retail Aug. 26. house Marketing has signed on to work guitars on which she does much of her been heavy, including a one -hour TV Divas will rule the year's final third, with Mariah Carey set for Sept. 16, the album at triple -A stations. fretwork. special on RAIUNO by music journalist Janet Jackson pushed back to an Oct. 7 release date, and Celine Dion look- Rita Houston, music director at Olson says that it is this artistic cred- Vincenzo Mollica called "Ciao Elvis," ing at a Nov. 18 arrival. A new Madonna set is also expected, but, at press Fordham University's triple -A station, ibility that the label will focus on with broadcast July 6. There was also a ret- time, no date has been settled. We've also heard talk, but nothing firm, that WFUV New York, says the artist has ads in such publications as Dirty Linen, rospective of all of Elvis' 35 movies at Barbra Streisand will have an album in the mix. already made a strong impression at No Depression, and Acoustic Musician. the first Festival of Music Films June Aside from Carey, September also brings Boyz II Men, Elton John, LeAnn the station. Album cut "Last Days Of Summer" 23 -28 in Sanremo, says Condorelli. Rimes, , Bob Dylan, Busta Rhymes, , LL "She is definitely a cut above the glut will be included on a CD sampler sent The Manifesto newspaper dedicated Cool J, Genesis, Jackson Browne, Suzanne Vega, All -4 -One, Adina of singer /songwriter stuff that we're all to Musician magazine subscribers. its music supplement Suoni Ultrasuoni Howard, Adam Sandler, Immature, Chanté Moore, Master P, Mark Ches- being inundated with, and I also Still, Signature is aware that it will to Elvis July 18. BMG Italy anticipates nutt, Mack 10, the Sundays, Brian McKnight, and Dr. Dre- produced act thought she was pretty compelling as a have to take steps to move beyond the 10,000 sales for the `Platinum" set by the Firm (featuring AZ, Foxy Brown, and ). performer," says Houston. folk core if it wants to build the artist's the end of this year. A crowded October should include Will Smith, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Though her highly praised 1995 following. To that end, Olson says, the The TV and music weekly magazine Bobby Brown, Green Day, Kiss, Aaron Neville, Michael Bolton, John album, "Ruby Shoes," was not a huge label's retail attack will include pur- Sorrisi TV & Canzone will also publish Michael Montgomery, , Quincy Jones, Wynonna, Spice 1, commercial success, Taylor's music has chasing listening- station placement in a booklet in August with the lyrics for Everclear, , and Redman; hits sets from Ozzy Osbourne, the resonated deeply with critics, some of upscale music and book stores. 55 Presley hits in English and Italian, Cure, the Allman Brothers Band, Judy Collins, and Tony Toni Toné; and whom have already expressed a liking 'We found that Louise is better suit- so local fans will finally find out how boxes from AC/DC, the Doors, the Beach Boys, and Cream. for her new work. ed for that sort of audience and, in gen- "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog" Key names expected in November: Metallica, Led Zeppelin, R. Kelly, Contributing to Taylor's accom- eral, appeals to a slightly more mature translates into Italian. Bryan Adams, the Tony Rich Project, Method Man, Lisa Loeb, Michael plished style are such noted players as clientele," he says. "The overall objec- W. Smith, and La Bouche. Also look for a new Pearl Jam set that month, Chris Smither, Kelly Joe Phelps, and tive is to really get the songs to an audi- Assistance in preparing this story was while Yanni's Virgin debut has been pushed back from October to Nov. 11. David Mansfield; the musician credits ence that will appreciate her. She has provided by Kaz Fukatsu in Tokyo, The abbreviated list above doesn't even include the last quarter's thick crop of on "Ride" list 14 contributors other had a slow, steady career build, and Wolfgang Spahr in Hamburg, Robbert new holiday -themed albums, "A Very Special Christmas 3" and titles from than Taylor. we're hoping to bump her up a few TilliinAmsterdam, Cécile Tesseyre in Dwight Yoakam, Jim Brickman, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, among them. The artist has a history of close asso- notches by increasing her profile." Paris, and Mark Dezzani in Milan,

88 BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 www.americanradiohistory.com GERMAN INDIE STORES UNITE TO HELP NEW ACTS (Continued from paye 1) Europe, most notably France and the to use the PopKomm trade fair, to be advertising they buy in local publications. A report presented at last year's direction toward waking up the sleep- U.K., have seen their traditional role held Thursday (14)- Saturday (16) in Though the local press hits only a PopKomm (Billboard, Aug. 31, 1996) ers, as each of these hits had its success of presenting new talent undermined Cologne, Germany, to expand this limited market in each area, Bochnig showed that the business was failing to based in sales to older buyers. by the declining size of the sector. number to as many of GDM's 400 indie notes the cumulative power of having exploit an estimated 11 million older Bochnig argues that labels should But a new grouping of German out- members as possible. a single advertised in 200 towns and buyers in Germany, a market said to be utilize retailers' expertise and willing- lets is showing what can be achieved He argues that AMM has been suc- cities across Germany. worth around $700 million per annum. ness to sell to older people through the through concerted marketing action. cessful so far because of its close col- "Active Music Marketing has given The report's authors, the Institute of AMM organization. The largest indie stores within the laboration with the record companies retailers concentrated market power," Psychology and Social Research and Helmut Knoth, of K + K Musik in membership of the German Assn. of combined with aggressive and uncon- agrees Karsten Kraemer of City -CD the Society for Goods Research, said Witten, contends that indie stores are Record Retailers (GDM) have been ventional marketing. The close coop- Peter Schulz GmbH in Darmstadt. that consumers were increasingly ideally suited to such promotions organized under the banner of Active eration with the labels, he says, means Bochnig says that, in addition to its reluctant to enter record stores as they because of the close daily contact Music Marketing (AMM) to promote that retailers are able to bring their effectiveness in breaking new talent, grew older because they were unable to between their owners and managers new music through in -store promi- huge range and depth of experience to an allied success of the AMM cam- find the German- language product they and the consumers. "That means qual- nence and a broad -based advertising the task of choosing which acts should paigns has been helping to broaden the sought and were generally uncomfort- ified and motivated staff with a strong campaign. In its first three months of be featured in an AMM promotion. record -buying base. able in the retail environment. customer orientation," says Knoth. operation, AMM is already claiming Once chosen, an act benefits from a Joerg Hottas, of Music Corner in Bochnig argues that AMM is help- To bolster AMM's effectiveness and success with Bellini (Orbit), Selig range of local and national activities. Ahrensburg, argues that AMM is par- ing to address this issue, and he cau- broaden its operating base, GDM is (Epic), Discocitizens (Modena), DJ AMM members agree to stock the first ticularly important given the current tions of the dangers of ignoring such now in the process of establishing a Quicksilver (Arcade), OMC ( Polydor), single from each selected act and to difficult market situation in Germany. huge swaths of the market. distribution structure to allow even the Radiohead (EMI), Hammerfall (East - give it prominence within the store. He says the scheme is helpful at a time Noting that only 50% of Germans smallest retail outlets to gain from West), Michael Mittermeier (BMG), The participating outlets also agree to when all retailers are "devising mar- buy records, he argues that the music AMM- generated business. and Paris Red (UCMG). keep the single on display for an keting strategies to strengthen our industry's repertoire policy must not Bochnig feels this is one way of help- AMM, headed by Uwe Imhof, extended period and not to drop it if it market position and stabilize sales." only cater to young buyers but also win ing to stop the erosion of the indie sec- remains part of the retailers' associa- is not an instant success. The whole German record industry over music fans older than 35. tor by the growing prominence in the tion. GDM's chairman, Bodo Bochnig, In addition, each selected act is fea- is acutely conscious of the need to Bochnig says he considers the recent record market of chains and nontradi- says the retailers' group is now keen to tured in the AMM magazine, Musik access the so- called "sleeper" market multimillion -selling records from tenor tional outlets. expand the concept. Aktiv, which is distributed through all of people who have stopped buying Andrea Bocelli (Polydor), Sarah Bright- The battle GDM and AMM are fight- Some 200 outlets are participating participating stores, and the stores fur- music or who have never gotten into man (EastWest), and violinist Andre ing on this front is one in a retail war in AMM, and Bochnig says he wants ther promote the acts and singles in the habit of doing so. Rieu (Polydor) to be a step in the right that is taking place all across Europe. In France, the large supermarkets have used music as a loss leader to REPRISE LOOKS TO DONELLY'S PAST IN TOUTING SOLO DEBUT attract customers to their food and (Continued from page 11) household goods departments. Unable to cope with the price compe- Breeders, and Belly. We're not riding "And I really want to open up my music about rock bands, Donelly nonetheless make special efforts on behalf of its tition, the indie record retail sector has on [that recognition], but that's a pret- to other people -have a variety of peo- augmented these tracks with a quartet favorite daughter. shrunk to the extent that influence in ty good résumé to alert people, and ple play on things and shape the way of songs produced by her manager, "Tanya has a special place in our the market is now concentrated in very we're using that in our advertising, as my songs end up being. Plus, I'm start- Gary Smith, who is also one of the own- hearts at Newbury Comics-she's a for- few hands: According to French labels well as stickering the album. In the ing to wonder what the hell the band ers of Fort Apache. The collaboration mer employee," says Natalie Waleik, body SNEP, in 1996, 2% of outlets first month of exposure, people will concept means anyway, because it's was a natural one: Smith had produced VP of purchasing for the 18-store chain accounted for 30% of all music sales. know that this is this woman who has something that's been invented in the two of Throwing Muses' early records. based in Allston, Mass. "She worked in A similar scenario is being played given you great music from these oth- past 30 years. It's not really a concept "I started to miss a band sound, and what used to be our warehouse .. . out across the English Channel in the er groups. So I think it's really impor- that music calls for. It's just something so four of the songs on the record we We're huge supporters of Tanya, and U.K. According to new statistics from tant to saturate and draw attention to that people assume is the way to do it. did in more of a live -band situation," she's always done well for us." the British Phonographic Industry that foundation that she's built "When bands work out, it's beauti- Donelly says. Waleik was in the audience at a July (BPI), the number of indie stores in throughout the years." ful- R.E.M., God love 'em. But that "Lovesongs For Underdogs" offers 18 showcase Donelly performed at Fort the U.K. has declined from 2,080 in Donelly, who says the usual "musi- kind of chemistry is so rare, and to try a sampling of Donelly's familiar pop - Apache. "They played five or six new 1994 to 1,607 last year. In that time, cal differences" contributed to the to force yourself to have it with people savvy style but also branches out in songs, and they sounded great," she says. the food -and -general -goods super- demise of Belly, came to the conclusion you don't have it with is just lying." unexpected new directions. Donelly's past performance at New- markets have gone from having no rec- that being a band member may not be Donelly says that as she was writing "The songs that I chose and the bury Comics harbingers well for her ognized music outlets in 1994 to a total the life for her. the material for her solo debut, "I knew sequence that I put them in was defi- solo album, Waleik adds: "We sold of 991 last year (Billboard, July 19). "I sort of realized in the past couple at the time that I wanted a whole bunch nitely premeditated," she says, adding thousands of Belly albums, and we hope Label executives regularly express of years that I'm not such a good team of different noises on those songs, which with a laugh, "I did want it to sort of to sell many more thousands of this their concern that the limited, chart - player on a long -term basis," she says. meant a bunch of different people." progress. I wanted to start off the one." based stocking policy of the supermar- For the sessions at Boston's Fort record with stuff that sounded like Reprise has produced a colorful kets means that record companies have Apache Studio, she recruited the cream something I'd done before and then video for "Pretty Deep" that was visu- difficulty in achieving exposure for new CMT INTERNATIONAL of the city's alternative players: multi - move into what I'm thinking is going to ally inspired by Ray Bradbury's story acts. This problem is exacerbated by (Continued from page 6) instrumentalist Rich Gilbert (formerly be my new ... schtick." "The Illustrated Man" and directed by the decline in the indie retail sector, of Human Sexual Response and the Reprise will start "Lovesongs For Paul Andresen, who has helmed clips which has traditionally been a willing of album sales in Australia. "CMT Pa- Zulus); drummers David Narcizo (who Underdogs" at radio with one of the by Meredith Brooks ( "Bitch "), Veruca platform for unproven talent. cific is a good, strong market for us," played with Donelly in Throwing set's most accessible cuts, "Pretty Salt, Girls Against Boys, and Poe. Kos - says Hall. "In Australia, they're rapid- Muses), David Lovering (ex- Pixies), Deep" (which, like the rest of Donelly's tich says the video will be serviced to ly building out the cable systems and and Stacey Jones (formerly with Let- material, is published by Slow Dog MTV and other outlets after the pro- the satellite systems, and we feel good ters To Cleo and now with Veruca Music/PolyGram Music). In late July, ject has been properly set up. YOUR MUSIC about that. Latin America is doing Salt); and her husband, bassist Dean the label shipped the track to alterna- Press efforts for the album will be ON VINYL! very well and expanding." Fisher, who previously played with tive, college, and triple -A outlets. extensive. Publications committed to 12" While CMT International is losing Juliana Hatfield. Kostich says, "Since this is her solo coverage so far include Elle, Raygun, 100 12" singles money, both CMT and TNN have per- "I've known most of the people who debut, we want to develop strong recog- CMJ, Request, GQ, Interview, The for only $749! formed well financially: 1997 second - played on the record for 10 years or nition for her as a solo artist at the for- Boston Phoenix, and online magazine quarter revenue for Gaylord's cable more," Donelly says. "I definitely mats that she's been the most successful Addicted to Noise. division was up 8.6% over a year ago, picked the musicians for each song at and has the relationships with." The international market for to $100.6 million. Ad revenue was up according to what I heard in my head." Donelly will be making several pro- "Lovesongs For Underdogs," which 8.8% for TNN and 19% for CMT from The finished album ended up being motional appearances at modern rock will be simultaneously released in other the second quarter of last year. built in an unusual process by Donelly stations in advance of the album's territories by 4AD, is not being Final agreement on the networks' and co-producer Wally Gagel. release, including Wednesday (13) on ignored. In late July, Donelly spent a sale is expected later this year. Gaylord "Initially, he and I went into the stu- WPLY Philadelphia's "Sonic Ses- week in Europe for press and promo- shareholders will vote on the transac- dio to do what were going to be demos," sions"; Thursday (14) on WNNX (99X) tional appearances, and she will tour tion Friday (15), and an Internal Rev- Donelly says. "First we programmed Atlanta's "Live X "; Aug. 20 on WHFS the Continent from mid -September to enue Service ruling will follow. the drum machines so that I could play Washington, D.C.'s "Just Passing mid -October. Westinghouse had already owned over that for the demos, and I just Through"; and Aug. 31 on WEQX Kostich says, "Through her albums one -third of CMT International ended up putting so many layers over Manchester, Vt. She will appear at a as Belly, she's developed a global fan through its Group W Satellite Com- it that we decided that this was going to college radio showcase Sept. 6 at Irv- base in all these different territories, munications. Gaylord will receive that be the record, and we brought the ing Plaza in New York. and she's maintaining that ... [Reprise one -third after the transaction is drummers in last. It was ass -back- Donelly's strong ties to the Boston and 4AD are] trying to work out both approved. Once Gaylord assumes total wards, but it ended up working out real- area will be exploited at a midnight sale our schedules so that it's going to ben- FREE CATALOG! with complete 12 ", cassette, and ownership of CMT International, notes ly well, because we could keep the drum on the release date at the city's Tower efit the album in both our territories." rI-, CD manufacturing prices Hall, the company will continue to scru- machines in when we wanted them in. Records store. Donelly, who is booked by Frank 1 -800- 468 -9353 tinize the net's operations and will like- It gave us some flexibility, soundwise. "That market loves Tanya Donelly, Riley at Monterey Peninsula Artists, www.discmakers.com ly consider its options in early 1998. "[It was] very bizarre. It could actu- and, at the rate that our promotion per- will begin a tour of U.S. clubs Oct. 16. ally have been disastrous. 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BILLBOARD AUGUST 16, 1997 89 www.americanradiohistory.com _.____,__,.___. A Lot Of Years Behind Joel's `Love' B&Od Music Group THREE CHART VETERANS return to the Hot 100 this 3 BECOME HITS: Spice Girls don't know from low EFRONT issue, as Peter Asher produces Billy Joel's recording of debuts. The quintet's first single, "Wannabe," made news AN UPDATE ON BBMG EVENTS & HAPPENINGS Bob Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love" (Columbia), the when it entered the Hot 100 at No. 11 the week of Jan. 25. third- highest debut of the week, at No. M. At the time, it was the highest debut ever for an act hav- Dylan's Hot 100 career stretches back the furthest. ing its first chart single. When the follow -up, "Say You'll Although his eponymous debut album was released in Be There," entered at No. 5 the week of May 24, it was Fantasy Billboard Update: March 1962, he didn't have an impact on the singles chart the highest debut ever for a U.K. act. Now the five Spices until Peter, Paul & Mary took his "Blowin' In The Wind" enter at No. 6 with their third single, "2 Become 1" (Vir- The Termites Take Two! to No. 2 in August 1963. Two months gin). later, the same trio gave Dylan his It's time to crown another four from the Heatseeker Impact points second top 10 hit as a songwriter 'BLACK' OUT: Britain is the coun- winners of Fantasy Billboard, the earned by OMC and Reel Big Fish. when "Don't Think Twice, It's All try where the Fugees went to No. 1 online chart game presented exclu- The "Hercules" soundtrack was Right" peaked at No. 9. on the singles chart with "Killing Me sively on the Internet by Billboard another strong choice for Tim's Since then, Dylan songs have been CHART Softly" and the Rembrandts peaked Online and Columbia House. Fan- Termites. turned into hits by a great number of at No. 3 with "I'll Be There For You."

tasy Billboard lets players assem- Game 18: Henderson HH Liu artists, including Manfred Mann, BEAT.. Yes, it's even the land where No ble their own record label rosters became our second repeat winner Cher, Rick Nelson, Olivia Newton - Doubt and the Cardigans had top from albums on The Billboard 200 with his Mo' Dypsnoea Records, John, the Turtles, Rod Stewart, and by Fred Bronson five hits with "Don't Speak" and and the Heatseekers Albums chart the new label spun off from his for - the Four Seasons (as the Wonder "Lovefool," respectively. So it's no and compete for prizes against mer No. 1 outfit, 3rd Degree Dysp- Who). Only one act has taken a Dylan song to No. 1: The surprise that "Men In Black" by Will Smith debuts at music fans around the world. Play- noea. Liu, a 21- year -old medical Byrds went all the way with "Mr. Man" in No. 6 on this issue's U.K. singles chart. The rapper/actor ers earn points based on the chart student from Sydney, Australia, 1965. With the debut of Joel's single, Dylan's chart span as is not destined to have a No. 1 single in the U.S., howev- performance of each album; stand- informs us that "dypsnoea" means a songwriter expands to 34 years and five months. er, as the title track from his latest hit film remains inel- ings are posted each week on Bill- shortness of breath. Both of Liu's Asher was on the chart as an artist years before he igible for the Hot 100 because it's not available as a com- fame as a producer. The mercial single. The track does remain on top of the Hot board Online (www.billboard.com). winning rosters have been long on gained John Lennon /Paul McCartney -penned `A World Without Love" was No. 1 in 100 Airplay chart for a second week. Here are our most points from Spice 1964 for Peter & Gordon. Asher's first hits as a producer recent winners: I . Girls and Matchbox were James Taylor's "Fire And Rain" in 1970 and "You've MO PUFF: With "I'll Be Missing You" holding onto the , 20. This time out he Game 16: Jim San- Got A Friend" in 1971. He's also produced for Andrew Gold top spot of the Hot 100 for a 10th week and "Mo Money ches grabbed a share - also gained good num- and Cher, but his main client has been Linda Ronstadt. Mo Problems" sitting at No. 2 for a second week, Sean of the glory with his bers from Third Eye "To Make You Feel My Love" widens Asher's chart span as "Puffy" Combs continues to have the top two singles in JTS Music roster. Sanches, who Blind, Sister Hazel, and Mighty a producer to 26 years and 11 months. the country as an artist and producer. Taking the top says he has been following the Bill- Mighty Bosstones. Compared with Dylan and Asher, Joel is the newcomer two spots as an artist is a claim previously made by the board charts since he was in grade Game 19: Let's hear it for Tim of the triumvirate. He made his first appearance on the Beatles and the Bee Gees. If the Notorious B.I.G. sin- school, is a marketing manager in Clarke, whose Termite Records Hot 100 with "Piano Man" the week of Feb. 23, 1974, giv- gle moves to No. 1, Combs would have produced four out the medical field by day and gnawed its way to the top again! ing him a chart span as an artist of 23 years and six months. of five consecutive chart -toppers. And the most likely attends McGeorge School of Law The Termite team played it safe, This issue's debut marks his first appearance on the Hot No. 1 after that? The Combs -produced "Honey," the lat- in Sacramento, Calif., by night. His sticking with eight of the 10 al- 100 since "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" peaked at No. est single from Mariah Carey, that is new at No. 23 on heavy hitter for JTS Music was bums that gave it a victory in Game 77 in 1994. Hot 100 Airplay. Bob Carlisle, whose `Butterfly 17. The two new additions: The Kisses" album garnered 1,042 soundtrack to "My Best Friend's points in the four -week contest. Wedding," which brought home Other MVP -quality performances 992 points, and "ESPN Presents X lc-ET WATC H,.. MARVIII N were turned in by Matchbox 20 Games: The Soundtrack Album." A E Y NATIONAL MUS C SALES REPORT (784 points) and Meredith Brooks A new four -week Fantasy Bill - FOR WEEK ENDING 8/3/97 (766 points). Sanches' biggest coup board game starts each Thursday came in week 2, when both OMC The game is completely free and YEAR -TO - DATE YEAR -TO - SAT E OVERALL SALES ELY and Reel Big Fish picked up 100 eligible winners get to choose their IJ N SALES ALBUM FORMAT bonus points for earning Heat- prize from among three great T seeker Impact status on The Bill- titles from Billboard Books: "The 1996 1997 1996 1997 board 200. Good call! Billboard Book Of Number One TOTAL 394,839,000 422,699,000 (UP 7.1%) CD 233,015.000 261,914,000 (UP 12.4 %) Game 17: Tim Clarke's Termite Hits" by Fred Bronson; "The Records chewed up the competition Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits" by ALBUMS 326,774,000 344,970,000 (UP 5.6 %) CASSETTE 92,928,000 82,292,000 (DN 11.5 %) with a roster that included Spice Joel Whitburn; or "The Billboard Girls and Sheryl Crow. Like JTS Book Of Number One Albums" by SINGLES 68,065,000 77,729,000 (UP 14.2 %) OTHER 831,000 764,000 (DN 8.1°4 Music, the Termite pack benefitted Craig Rosen.

OVERALIL- ALBUM SIINCs. IL- ES PERS II -111- SALES SALES SALTH I THuS WEEK THS WEEK S WEEK 14,401,000 11,923,000 2,478.000 Jeff Somerstein has been named for Billboard, the Airplay Monitors account manager for the Top 40 and the Billboard Bulletin. Before LAST WEEK LAST WEEK LAST WEEK and Rock Airplay Monitors. joining BPI he was an 14,316,000 11,754,000 2,562.000 He will be based in New York account manager for Corn- and cover accounts east of the petitive Media Reporting. CHANGE CHANGE CH AIL INGE Mississippi. Somerstein received his UP 0.6% UP 1.4% DOWN 3.3% Somerstein has been with bachelor's degree in English BPI Communications' circu- from the State University of T--iuS WEEK THUS1996 WEEK THIS1996 WEEK lation department for the last SOMERSTEIN New York at Oneonta. In his 1996 3 years as group sales man- free time, he plays the drums 13,203,000 10,754,000 2,449.000 ager, where he handled all aspects with various rockabilly and coun- CHANGE of the sale of group subscriptions try bands in the Manhattan area. CHANGE CHANGE UP 9.1% UP 10.9% UP 1.2°a Billboard Music Awards Las Vegas Dec. 8, 1997 For more information, contact Susan Mazo at 212-536 -5173 OUSTNMI IJTORS" MARKET SHARE 1997 Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Seminar X6/30/97- 8/3/97, Orlando Renaissance Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Oct. 16 -18, 1997 WEA IN®IES SOMY PG ED 1E IVI BMG UNIVERSAL 19th Annual Billboard Music Video Conference & Awards TOTAL ALBUMS 19.3% 18.6% 14.1% 12.5% 12.4% 11.8% 11.5% The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, Calif. Nov 20 -22, 1997 CURRENT ALBUMS 18.3% 17.8% 13.4% 10.8% 13.2% 14.3% 12.3% Billboard's 1998 International Latin Music Conference & Awards Biscayne Bay Marriott, Miami, Fla. April 5- 7,1998 TOTAL SINGLES 24.3% 10.7% 6.1% 10.6% 9.7% 30.3% 8.4% For more information, contact Maureen Ryan at 212 -536 -5002. ROUNDED FIGURES Visit our Web site at http: //wwwbillboard.com CO M PILE C FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK ;;;;ani Contact Sam Bell at 212- 536- 1402/1-800 -449 -1402. SALES REPORTS COLLECTED. COMPILED. AND P RON/I DED SY E -mail: sbell @billboard.com

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