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he GAVIN REPORTISSUE 1938. \AI \Itl 22. I,wa N 512 -0152 U- EXPR -F -N' DAVID FORMAN SONY MUSIC INC. 2100 COLORADO AVENUE SANTA MONICA CA 90404 www.americanradiohistory.com Doni Stop Thinking About Tomorrow. If you wake up and don't want to smile If it takes just a little while Open your eyes, look at the day You'll see things in a different way Don't stop thinkin' about tomorrow Don't stop, it'll soon be here It'll be here, better than before Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone. WPGC HB WICC WPEZ add 32 add 13Q KERN debut add W rPY add 27 WISM CHUM WAPE KROY debut on on add 27 WOSH Q94 KNDE on 39 -35 Q102 debut 28 debut 31 K100 WISE add CKLW HB WNOE 35 -32 on KRSP Z93 add KINT on debut 26 92eadddd KFRC add KAAY add 28 WJBQ add KJR8 WEEO KENO 35 -31 KJR debut 21 debut 24 add 92FM KTLK WGUY on KAFY on add 30 add 29 WTSN on KQDI add KFXD WFEA 30 -27 add 30 The third hit s ingle fro their nearly quadruple u'n R alba,,, on Warner Produced Bros. Records by F/ee,wood Moc, Richard Doshul, Ken Coi/ /o/ i * Mae iSixteen s Later, The w Single. l'r and Dash t and Ken Caillat. Available on 25 YEARS - ÿ1992 Warn, Hr.,. pnmed by Permission. All Right. R<sr. look hack i www.americanradiohistory.com the GAVIN REPORT JIJ 711 GLANCE * Indicates Tie TOP 40 URBAN MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MICK JAGGER R. KELLY AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Sweet Thing (Atlantic) NAUGHTY BY NATURE Dedicated (Jive) PAUL McCARTNEY Hip Hop Hooray (Tommy Boy) WHITNEY HOUSTON REDMAN Hope Of Deliverance (Capitol) I'm Every Woman (Arista) Time 4 Aksion (Def *UGLY KID JOE Sum Jam /RAUChaos) DIAMOND AND THE PSYCHOTIC NEUROTICS Cats In The Cradle (Stardog /Mercury) 'STEELHEART Sally Got A One Track Mind (Chemistry/Mercury) Mama Don't You Cry (MCA) RECORD TO WATCH HEAVY D. AND THE BOYZ RECORD TO WATCH RETAIL VANESSA WILLIAMS Duet With BRIAN MC KNIGHT EDDIE MURPHY Who's The Man? Love Is (Giant/Reprise) I Was A King (Motown) (Uptown /MCA) RADIO DIAMOND AND THE WHITNEY HOUSTO" WHITNEY HOUSTON PSYCHOTIC NEUROTICS I'm Every Woman I'm Every Woman Sally Got A One Track Mind Arista Arista Chemist /Mercu COUNTRY MOST ADDED MOST ADDED PAUL McCARTNEY CLINT BLACK BILLY CHILDS Hope Of Deliverance (Capitol) Portrait Of A Player (Windham Hill Jazz) 'k.d. lang When My Ship Comes In (RCA) MOTOHIKO HINO Miss Chatelaine (Sire/Warner Bros.) MARK COLLIE Sailing Stone (Gramavision) 'WHITNEY HOUSTON Born To Love You (MCA) BOBBY MILITELLO I'm Every Woman (Arista) LITTLE TEXAS I'd Rather Miss You (Warner Bros.) Heart & Soul (Positive Music) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH CHARLES CHRISTOPHER w /JANE EUGENE THE REMINGTONS BILLY CHILDS I'm Gonna Mike You Love Me (Virgin /Charisma/ECCO) Nobody Loves You... (BNA Entertainment) Portr t Of A Player (Windham Hill Jazz) CLINT BLACK PATTY SMYTH When My Ship Comes In CINDY BLACKMAN No Mistakes (MCA) RCA Code Red Muse MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED PRESTON REED MICK JAGGER VANILLA TRAINWRECK Border Towns (Liberty) "Sweet Thing" / "Don't Tear Me Up" (Atlantic) Sounding To Try Like You (Mammoth) PETER GORDON *R.E.M. MICK JAGGER Double Play (Positive Music) "Man In The Moon" (Warner Bros.) "Sweet Thing" (Atlantic) ANGELA BOFILL 'PAUL McCARTNEY BONECLUB I Wanna Love Somebody (Jive) "Hope Of Deliverance" (Capitol) Beautiflu (Imago) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH PRESTON REED TRAGICALLY HIP THE POOH STICKS Border Towns (Liberty) "Courage" (MCA) The World Is Turning On" (Zoo) 10111 RICHARD ELLIOT SHAWN COLVIN dogs Soul Embrace "Round Of Blues" THE THE (Manhattan) (Columbia) "Dogs Of Lust" (Epic) fdis www.americanradiohistory.com the GAVLN REPORT REGISTER FOR THE SEMINAR HOTLINE GAVIN SEMINAR (415) 495-8684 Shadow Over New Orleans Rubin Segues To EMI as A &R VP Well-known programmerand air "I want to thank Dave Glew and This week at EMI Records Group North personality Shadow Steele, some- Polly Anthony at Epic," Wright said. America (ERG), Don Rubin was named Ex- times known as Shadow Stevens, "They've got a great record com- ecutive Vice President of A&R. has been named program director pany here and I'm very proud to A thirty-year industry vet, Rubin worked of EZ Communications station B97 have been a part of their best year with a number of successful luminaries, in- (WEZB/FM) -New Orleans. From ever. I'm excited to be going back to cluding The Lovin' Spoonful, Bobby Darin, 1987 to 1989, Steele, who'll be using B97 and New Orleans, where my Tracy Chapman and Phoebe Snow. He was his real name, Scott Wright, was three young children live. We had a most recently Vice President of A&R for SBK vice president of programming for lot of fun and a lot of success last time Records, which has been absorbed by EMI. He EZ and program director for B97. I was there. It's a great team." has been associated with EMIRG Chairman In between he worked as opera - Wright's credentials also include and Chief Executive Officer Charles tions manager for Pirate Radio and, stints at Z100 (WHTZ) -New York, Koppelman since 1965. most recently as Senior Director, B96- Chicago and, as he said, "in cit- "As A &R head of SBK Records, Don has made a significant contribu- Singles Promotion for Epic Records. ies all over America." tion to the company by helping build a diverse roster that has afforded both commercial and artistic success," said Koppelman. "I'm confident MINTZ TO EPIC AS SENIOR VP he will add tremendous creative value to the EMI Records Group here Megadeth and Faith No More. At in North America." one time, he was a member of the group Translator. "Alan's appointment reflects our DCC vs. MD: SIBLING RIVALRY continuing commitment to artist de- Do you jog with your walkman rounds of portable product. Ini- velopment," said Epic president on? Well, you could soon be wearing tially, DCCs were aiming at the Dave Glew. "His keen understand- a personal stereo that does quite a bit home market and MDs were ex- ing of the creative and commercial of jogging itself. The Digital Com- clusively portable. The new, por- needs of the community will enable pact Cassette (DCC) personal head- table DCC130 plays back analog as us to build on the tremendous gains phone stereo jogs an extensive well as DCCs, and the suggested Music attorney Alan Mintz we made in 1992 while providing memory to provide features normally retail price is $549. Philips Con- joined Epic Records this week in our artists and business associates on associated with CDs and more. Di- sumer Electronics is slated to be- the newly -created position Senior the West Coast with a conduit for rect -track access allows listeners to gin selling the unit in the United Vice President, West Coast. He'll their activities." forward to any track, and an illumi- States in the second half of this oversee the Epic West Coast office's Said Mintz, "Epic Records is com- nated text information display pro- year. day -to-day operations. mitted to real artist development- vides artist's name, album, track title, Sony unveiled plans for the first For the past twelve years, Mintz the development of careers, not hit and track /time information. MD home market unit to be avail- was a partner with Ziffren, songs. I share that commitment, and This is DCC's counterpunch, its able in Japan in early February. Brittenham & Branca, and his cli- look forward tobeinga part of Epic's the ongoing battle with the Mini Disc United States marketing plans for ents included Nirvana, Poison, future success." (MD), which captured the early continued next page NEWS - Beverly Mire TABLE OF CONTENTS FORMATS COVER STORY FEATURES 6 TOP 40 20 3 GAVIN TOP 40 SEMINAR AGENDA 12 RAP I 11 11 11 HEAR & THERE by Sheila Rene 16 URBAN I u 11 P.D. NOTEBOOK by Eric Norberg : 1 22 COUNTRY J L 15 BIOFEEDBACK by Ron Fell 21 ALBUM CLASSIFIEDS by Natalie Duitsman - see back of Blue Book 28 A/C 33 ADULT ALTERNATIVE I 34 JAll 38 ALTERNATIVE the GAVIN REPORT/January 22, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com GAVIN A/41 2nd MOST ADDED! &R IN OST ADDED! New at the f WßEC WHAI WEIM WXPS WEVA WSKY WZLT KWGG KZLT KFOR WFRO WHIZ WHMS KKLD KBMG KBLQ KBOL KMGQ KTID JOY99 KGY // From the album INGENUE, nominated for five Grammys! Over 750,000 Albums Sold! Produced by Greg Penny, Ben Mink and k.d. lang Management: Lam Ma nagas, Bmnstead Productions GOING TO AC 01(191.im ite,.,M.C,,mM,. www.americanradiohistory.com HEWS the GAVIN REPORT 3109. Also at Elektra, former RADI-O-RAMA ROTATIONS Northern California promotion The ink isn't dry on her contract rep Brian Landau has been named LOTS of talk about what's going and Roll," KRQR -San Francisco has yet, but Vicki Leben will be VP/ National Director of Album Pro- on, or what's about to go on at 91X- gone back to the identifier "The Top 40 Promotion at PLG. She was motion and Lisa Frank has been San Diego. Personality Oz Medina Rocker"... John Sculley, chairman/ VP /Promotion at Zoo Entertain- promoted to Senior Director, Art- is definitely on his way to KQLZ- CEO of Apple Computer, Inc will ment.