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Dedicated to the Needs of the Music ''Record Industry SINGLES .M, 7'Y DONNA SUMMER, " _ IRLS" (proY'_3;iy '.,ï t ,t, SOUTH WIND d STEWA#et'- 40Y FIRE/DISCO Moroder-Bella, (wr ters Se)ma*t (writer. Livgren) In A Ele prtitf: by . Leng) (writers: Sudano-Hoken -Esposito) (Star.rsi2 '. hr , f ,` Od. BM!) (3:40):'' £-cgors 14. 11aß,') (ATV. BMI) (3:55). { tw_ Earborne. Swg, Summer Ni(gbt. BMf) io à =, Kock on. tar prL'N4 iäs. sing e, 'Knock On Wood," (3:55). Hot on'tfe heels of -her top 5 h ' 'ttisf óeI: ,oit 'The (0- :. 's it _fwd this would go higher if r. Hot Stuff single comes this tite-cut. -Steatlÿ: vere it could der sexy vocal is stripped from The top 10 Ip. Donna's scl-ry basé 'from bare or he intro and then throbs reading is perfect for the threateni-g ds .,nd ma- into a frill blown disco affair. Horns, street theme. Two in a row for Donna. áté 'launcr s:rings and per:uss on help build the Casablanca 988. 44'fshrn ir ,3-m '7s CBS): tensior..Ariola 7753. PETER FRAMPTON, 'I CAN'T STAND IT NO "WÍGSN D"';(Prod..by B. Esty) ART GAR-gUNKEL, "SINCE I DON'T HAVE MORE" (prod. by Frampton -Kinsey) (W -i' .rs: Alle-ESty) (kTick's,. BMI) YOU" ,pr d. tyrii L. Shelton) (writers: (writer: Frampton) (Arno, Frampton' ( 50) A oorcaF`follow-up statement Eeaumcnr-Vogel -Lester-Verscharen- From -Dee. ASCAP) (3:40). Frampton's to her ':-<er ',Me Home" hit, ti'.ris (\ Taylor - Flock -Martin) (Bonnyview, rock roots are evident on this release d=_co-pap tune features Cher's quiv- ASCAP) 13:38). A top 20 hit for the from the forthcoming Ip. "Where I , voce Is A churning rhythm pow- Skyliners in 1957. 'his cover should Should Be." The hook is delivered by dewed -Witil peek-a-boo background go even higher. Richard Tee's velvety his characteristic schoolboy vccall. \joval' -take this an appealing pack - electric p ano and Michael Brecker's Looks like a solid AOR-pop success. aga t-ra: should equal her last suc- weeping sax _nderline Garfunkel's A&IM 2148. cess. Casab'anca 987. beautiful ,'ovals. Columbia 10999. NICK GILDER, "(YOU REALLY) ROCK ME" DIANA ROSS, -7HE BOSS" (prod. by Ashford GEORGE HARRISON, "'LCVE COMES TO (prod. by Coleman) (writers: G !die -- d Sirrps_'n) (writers Ashford -Simp- EVERYONE" (p -od. by Harrison -Titel - McCulloch) (Beachwood, BMI) g2:L2). son) (h ck-O-Val, ASCAP) (3:34). Add man) (writer: I-arrison) (Ganga, BMI) Gi der follows "Hot Child in The City" Morves, another to 'Ross' long string of hits. (3:35). A cool Clayton intro sets the with an even hotter non-stop rocker There <_ sarong crossover potential on stage for this relaxed Harrison effort. from his upcoming ' Frequency' Ip. th s ciste pop -a c gem. Ross' seduc- His vocals are stronger than ever as While a phase -shifter guitar blays tive v,ccals are always at home sing- is his latentsd -luid guitar line. power chords, the rhythm section ing avoua_ her man, and here they're Strong support frcm the Newmark - jumps all over and into definite AO -- g ven zig band horn treatment to add Weeks hry'hm sect on will help drive top 40 adds. Chrysalis 2332. to the _cun y rhythm. Motown 1462. his to toe top. Dark Horse 8844 (WB). VILLAGE PEOPLE, "GO WEST" (prod oy BETTE MIDLER, "MARRIED MEN" (prod. by KISS, "I WAS MACE FOR LOVIN' YOU" (prod. Morali) (writers: Morali-Belolo-lil isl A. Mbrdin) (writers: Bugatti-Musker) by Porncia) writers: Stanley-Pon- (Can't Stop, BMI) (3:33). Village Peo- Pendufuvní Unichappell, BMI) (3:28). cia-Chiidr (Ma: Vincent, BMI) (3:57). ple continue their relentless bar.¿gge Energy, and excitement abound on Don't be fooled by :he raunchy guitar. of hit music with this title track fr:m Midler's initial foray into disco pop poundlic rhyt-m and falsetto vocal their top 5 Ip. The disco -pop hock. is Its Ng-. fast and fun with a resound- opening, this isn t e typical Kiss rock- surrounded by a resounding ha-mo'y rrg vocal chorus upstaged only by er. but t s ancher Kiss hit with huge chorus accentuated by full-bod ed Midler's Lacey vocals and strong per- crossowe- potential. A great refrain production. A hit no matter where cassion work. Atlantic 3582. further enlivens the disco beat here. you're going. Casablanca 984. Casab'anic.a 983. www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com THE ELO SINGLE Z.53-5057 (DX( r141t_ i;Gui wundel110#1.." .110=mmole="11i="1110#"="=".11 From The Forthcoming Album On Records & Tapes "Discovery" JET FZ 35769 PRODUCED BY JEFF LYNNE www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Reimorci MAY 26, 1979 West Germany Mulls Retailers Protest Record Executives Are Confident Blank -Tape Royalty 12 -Inch Price Hike By JIM SAMPSON By SOPHIA MIDAS Sales Can Withstand Fuel Shortage MUNICH - The West German NEW YORK-Last week's noti- By SAM SUTHERLAND government has taken the first fication by three record manu- LOS ANGELES-With govern- shortfall in crude petroleum sup- step toward instituting a license facturers that 12 -inch singles ment and business leaders still plies. And while pondering the royalty on blank tape. would escalate to a list price of studying the extent of current prospect of revised market strate- a hearing in Bonn At earlier $4.98 trigged a wave of retail pro- petroleum shortages and their gies in support of product, as well this month (10), officials of the tests throughout the country. eventual impact on the U.S. econ- as raw material shortages caused Federal Ministry of Justice heard Others Follow Suit omy, record and tape marketing by the crunch, most said record opposing arguments by repre- Having received a letter from executives are likewise mulling and tape marketers face a less sentatives of the music industry Capitol, United Artists and the possible effects of the crunch. forbidding array of market scena- and tape manufacturers. A law EMI -America stating that the While most label chiefs await rios than most other U.S. com- will now be drafted by the price hike would become effec- more conclusive projections of modities. ministry for further political con- tive May 14th, retailers also re- the problem's ramifications be- The lessons learned by the in- sideration. The music lobby ported to RW that Casablanca fore contemplating formal policy dustry during the mid -'70s pe- thinks a law providing a 50 cent and Atlantic Records appear to changes, an RW survey under- troleum crunch proved a con- royalty on each blank cassette has be following suit with the pend- scores growing concern for short- stant theme throughout. Said a good chance for passage, ing $4.98 12 -inch releases by term market problems as well as A&M Records president Gil Frie- though a final vote is not ex- Cher, Kiss, Donna Summer, the comparative confidence in the sen, "I'm not alarmed [by the pected before 1981. Village People and Bette Midler. trade's ability to sustain its mar- crunch], because it's not a sur- The six -hour Bonn hearing at- Those manufacturers had no ket. prise; it started in '73 or '74, and tracted over 40 participants, in- comment on the increases. we got past that, but it was never cluding representatives of the In particular, executives polled Because the 12 -inch single has are stressing possible as my feeling that the problem had peformance right societies GEMA benefits disappeared. There's a shortage (composers, authors, publishers) (Continued on page 53) well as hurdles posed by the of energy, and whether it's a and GVL (artists and record question of bungling in Washing- companies), the tape manufac- New PolyGram Distribution ton, or of the petroleum industry turers, unions, consumer groups, System attempting to increase its profits, (Continued on page 59) Ignites Controversy On East Coast we have to face it." Friesen noted that recent soft By DAVID McGEE WOL-AM Considers sales quarters have offset any im- NEW YORK-A new system of has resulted in numerous de- mediate raw material shortages 'Distress Sale' as order processing implemented layed shipments and, conse- within the manufacturing sector February 13 by PolyGram Distri- quently, a drop in catalogue because of the reduced demand FCC Hearing Looms bution as a means of improving sales. for product. The addition of the By BILL HOLLAND efficiency and thereby reducing Details of the new system were petroleum issue to other chal- WASHINGTON - The Sonder- costs has caused controversy set forth in a letter dated May 2 lenges facing the industry, is, he ling Broadcasting Corporation, among several' prominent east and signed by PolyGram's vice observed, only one aspect of nu- licensee of Washington radio coast retailers whose stores are president of operations Bertram merous shifts he anticipates in station WOL-AM, faced with pos- serviced by PolyGram's Edison, Franzblau. The letter states that U.S. business in general. "I be- sible damaging renewal hearings New Jersey warehouse. Accord- all product in the Edison ware - lieve, in a sense, that we've been concerning the station's alleged ing to the retailers, the labyrin- (Continued on page 68) (Continued on page 65) past payola dealings, is seriously thine system, under which prod- considering selling the station to uct is broken down into four cat- minority owners under the FCC egories and picked, packed and CMA Honors President Carter "distress sale" policy. shipped independent of each A spokesman for the broad - other without regard to the se- (Continued on page 53) quence of the customer's order, Record World swim inefax Cy Albums '78 Singles 260.0- '79 240.0 220.0- 200.0 - 180.0 - 160.0 - 140.0 - 8.7 1 20.0 100.0 80.0-t 4/14 4121 4/28 515 5112 5/19 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 Representatives of the Country Music Association last week gave President Jimmy The Record World Sales Index is based on a broad cross-section of quantitative sales data reported Carter the CMA's first "special award" for Carter's continuing support of country to Record World from retailers, rack jobbers and one -stops across the country.