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VOLUME 101 NO. 13 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT April 1, 1989/$3.95 (U.S.), $5 (CAN.), £3.50 (U.K.) Retailers, labels Ready Will Paramount Home Vid Lead The Way Again? To Test 5 -Inch CD Singles Suppliers Weigh $14.95 Vid Prices merchandisers, including Dallas - through specialists -as a means of peting suppliers note that the compa- BY GEOFF MAYFIELD BY AL STEWART based Sound Warehouse and Dur- grabbing greater space on mass mer- ny has traditionally been the first ma- NEW YORK Can a 5 -inch CD single ham, N.C. -based The Record Bar, say NEW YORK As video sell-through chant shelves. jor to break new sell-through ground. succeed where the 3 -inch CD has not? they are willing to jump on the band- continues to fly, prices will continue While no major has yet embraced Suppliers also cite Paramount's deep Retailers and record companies are wagon, but others are clearly skepti- to fall -perhaps to as low as $14.95 the $14.95 price, it is widely expected catalog of notable films and say they far from united on the issue, but at cal of whether a 5 -inch model an- for repriced front -line titles. that Paramount Home Video will be would not be surprised to see popular least two labels are ready to test the swers the CD -3's shortcomings. Major suppliers are looking at the the first to use that price point on a Paramount sell- through titles concept. Equally divided are suppliers, who low price point- already proven via- regular basis. Paramount officials dropped to $14.95 as early as this fall. What is agreed in most quarters is (Continued on page 84) ble by several independent sell- won't confirm such a plan, but cotn- Titles most commonly mentioned are that sales to date for the still -young "Airplane," "Crocodile Dundee," and CD-3 have been disappointing. "Raiders Of The Lost Ark." At least two key accounts -West "Whether it's us or someone else, I Sacramento, Calif.-based Tower Rec- think we'll see someone experiment ords and Roslyn, N.Y. -based Record Performancefee Row Cited In Suit with lower prices," says Alan Perper, World -used last month's National music -publishing- performance in- come from recordings or arrange- VP BY IRV LICHTMAN of marketing for Paramount Assn. of Recording Merchandisers come on songs they have recaptured. ments made prior to the termination. Home Video. "Keep in mind that convention as a soapbox to instigate NEW YORK A test case, reminis- The action hopes to legally counter The action, filed in U.S. district $19.95 is still a very viable price point. the launch of a 5 -inch CD single. cent of the famed "Who's Sorry music publishers' claims that, even court here March 14, concerns perfor- I could see $14.95 become another The topic was discussed at the Now ?" litigation that was finally de- though they can lose rights to a song mance royalties that have accumulat- revenue window for manufacturers New Orleans meeting of the NARM cided by the U.S. Supreme Court, is during a 19 -year extension period ed since 1980 on the standard "I Love sometime after they release [the vid- Retailers Advisory Committee. Some seeking to establish that authors or granted by the 1976 Copyright Act, My Baby (My Baby Loves Me)." The (Continued on page 79) their estates are entitled to receive all they can still collect performance in- (Continued on page 83) Hardware Firms, ADVERTISEMENTS TERRI LYNE Alternative Radio CARRINGTON Labels Closer To REAL LIFE STORY Sees Resurgence Accord On DAT Of Guitar Rock
BY SHIG FUJITA This story was prepared by Sean Ross in New York and Dave Di- TOKYO The long -running conflict Martino in Los Angeles. between the hardware and software industries over the digital audiotape AMBITIOUS LOVERS BOY GEORGE NEW YORK Commercial alterna- system is a step nearer resolution, NENEH CHETRY INNER CITY PI tive rock stations -thought as re- following a Japanese -European con- lIGGY MARIEY AND THE MELOOfi MAKERS cently as a year ago to be the prov- sumer electronics round -table discus- LES RITA M ISOUKO IGGY POP MAXI PRIEST ince of synthesizer -dance music - sion here. are back in the jangling -guitar According to Sutezo Hata, senior business, judging from Billboard's executive managing director of Hita- Modern Rock Tracks charts of re- chi Ltd., the round -table group cent weeks. agreed to convene a meeting of a "Even six months ago, it was joint working committee represent- hard to find a good alternative gui- ing hardware and software manufac- The drummer from the Arsenio Hall show in her 'real life" debut SLAVES OF NEW YORK is the ultimate soundtrack tar band," says Todd "Mad Max" turers in Amsterdam in April to album -a con- recording! Real Life Story (837 697) -with Patrice Rushen, street smart and dizzyingly entertaining score of the hippest Tolkoff, PD of WFNX Boston. sider technical devices to prevent Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, and other special guests. Debuts music around -including "BUFFALO STANCE" by NENEH "There was a lot of weird Europe- home taping. this week at #16 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. On CHERRY and "GOOD LIFE" by INNER CITY, among others. On an dance music, or mediocre do- Hata co- chaired a round -table Verve Forecast from PolyGram. VIRGIN compact discs, cassettes and records. mestic dance music, or what have (Continued on page 83) (Continued on page 12)
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In a spectacular early debut March 17, Los Angeles' KQLZ "Pirate Ra- has made some progress, but much fying writers] are leaving credits off Nevertheless, he says, "Our goal is to dio" takes to the airwaves with Scott Shannon at the helm. The new out- more needs to be done, say creator some records. There's no uniform give the consumer as much informa- groups. code." tion as possible let crests a wave of new "rock 40" format stations. Radio editor Sean within the album The WEA labels, A &M, RCA, Aris- The worst offender, according to specifications, and obviously song - Ross has details in Vox Jox. Page 10 ta, and Chrysalis say they give song- Odegard, is CBS Records. Citing that writing and publishing information is writer credits on all configurations as company's aggressiveness in lower- included in that." Surveillance Session A Steal a matter of policy, although compos- ing songwriters' royalty rates below Space limitations play a role in In continued NARM coverage, Billboard's Bruce Haring reports on a re- er organizations note some record- statutory levels, he contends that CBS' decision about whether to in- tail security panel, where dealers mulled the merits of various store -sur- clude these credits. "You're not talk- veillance systems. Page 39 ing about as much space in the cas- sette or CD configurations," notes GREENPEACE 'RAINBOW' REACHES U.S. the spokesman. "We're trying to give the consumer lyrics and photos and An all -star Greenpeace MIV Mulls Merits Of benefit album, "Rainbow Warriors," will be re- everything." On jazz albums and his- leased here by Geffen Records May 23, just 10 weeks after the double torical reissues, he adds, liner notes set was issued in the Soviet Union. Talent editor Thom Duffy has the Clip-Director Credits are frequently long, leaving "limited story. Page 86 space for everything else." appear. This would make MTV the A PolyGram representative says, BY STEVEN DUPLER Hitchcock Crowns 'Queen Elvis' only existing national music video "We do include [songwriter credits] NEW YORK Although their cre- outlet to list director credits. (The on all CDs. We have a problem with Alternative music maven Robyn Hitchcock and his band the Egyptians ations are seen on television daily now -defunct "Night Flight" show tapes. When we have a lyric reprint create a mix of "two unreal elements" on their second A &M album, by millions, most music video direc- on the U.S.A. cable web was the with cassettes, we always include "Queen Elvis." Though the English singer /songwriter /guitarist has de- tors are hardly household names. first program to do so in the early songwriter credits. veloped a cult following, Hitchcock denies that the new album panders But that situation could change as '80s.) "We don't always have space to to more popular tastes. Talent contributor Evelyn McDonnell talks with early as this summer if MTV adopts Label video executives, however, put them on cassettes. It's just a la a plan, now under consideration, the artist. Page 58 to are mixed in their reactions to the gistical problem." include director credits at the end of proposal. Some feel an on-air credit According to a Capitol -EMI FEATURES each clip it airs. could be a valuable "perk" to offer spokeswoman, "We have every inten- According to MTV, discussions sought -after directors, while others tion of putting that information on 72 Album & Singles Reviews 64 Jazz /Blue Notes are under way with major labels to argue that videos exist to help sell [all configurations], but we have no 58 The Beat 63 Latin Notas determine whether the channel records, and anything distracting consistent policy of putting it on all ti- 6 Chartbeat 78 Lifelines should include the director credits from the name of the artist and tles. It has been on some items and as part of the chyron graphic at the song video 65 Classical /Keeping Score 78 Market Action at the end of a isn't nec- not on others." end of each clip, when the song and essarily a good thing. Such credits The big problem, she notes, is that 24 Dance Trax 32 Nashville Scene album titles and label designation (Continued on page 85) songwriter and publisher credits are 4 Executive Turntable 70 Newsmakers (Continued on page 84) 64 Gospel Lectern 18 Power Playlists 41 Grass Route 40 Retail Track 76 Hot 100 Singles Spotlight 21 The Rhythm & the Blues 86 Inside Track 81 Rossi's Rhythm Section Ingram Video Buys Metro Distrib Branches 10 Vox Jox Wholesaler Gains National Stature With Purchase SECTIONS Metro' just so our customers don't books and periodicals to BY EARL PAIGE CDs and cas- 21 Black 47 Music Video hang up." settes. LOS 27 Canada 48 Pro Audio /Video ANGELES Ending weeks of Arthur Morowitz, founder of Met- Ingram Video augmented its na- speculation in the home video com- ro along with his partner, 56 Classified Actionmart 10 Radio Howard tional status two years ago when it munity, Ingram Video has purchased Farber, was also not available for acquired what was then Home Enter- 9 Commentary 39 Retailing four out of six branches of Metro comment. tainment Video Distributors from 32 Country 58 Talent Video Distributors, catapulting the Ingram Video is an affiliate of In- Lieberman Enterprises. HEVD had 49 Home Video 78 Update Nashville-based wholesaler into the gram Distribution Corp., a multifac- branches in Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas 26 International 42 Video Retailing front ranks of such nationwide webs eted firm generating $1.5 billion in City, Mo., Portland, Ore., and Minne- as Commtron Corp., Baker & Taylor, revenues annually. IDC has 26 apolis. At the time, Ingram had MUSIC CHARTS and Video Trend. branches and services 47,000 ac- branches in Baltimore (Jessup, Md.), The New Jersey, San Diego, Los counts in the U.S. and Canada, dis- Fort Top Albums Wayne, Ind., and in Los An- Hot Singles Angeles, and Miami Metro operations tributing products ranging from (Continued on page 79) 23 Black 16 Adult Contemporary are all included in the purchase; the 65 Classical 80 Black Minneapolis office is being phased 40 Compact Disks 81 Black Singles Action out; and the Puerto Rico operation will function as an 33 Country 34 Country adjunct to the Mi- ami branch. 31 Hits of the World 35 Country Singles Action One insider, noting that Ingram KYC Video Eyes Major 64 Jazz 77 Crossover 30 now has 12 branches, says, "You're 16 Modern Rock Tracks 24 Dance going to see Ingram change and be- 66 Pop 31 Hits of the World come much more aggressive. They're Deal With Virgin Vision 15 Rock Tracks 63 Hot Latin going from basically centralized dis- For Indianapolis -based KVC tribution out of Nashville to BY JIM McCULLAUGH 74 Hot 100 branch Video, say observers, a Virgin service. Also, now that the Metro LOS ANGELES KVC Video, Vision acquisition would only 76 Hot 100 Singles Action not deal is final, they're going after an- which recently acquired Atlantic give it immediate access to theat- other distributor." Entertainment, is apparently rically distributed films but VIDEO CHARTS Officials at privately held and his- close to a deal with Virgin Vision, would also ensure immediate ac- 55 Hobbies And Crafts 49 Music Videocassettes torically low -key Ingram Video were possibly for an acquisition or cess to Virgin Vision's wholesale 42 Kid Video 46 Videocassette Rentals not available for comment at press some form of partnership. distribution network, including time. A March 17 release from In- KVC 55 Recreational Sports 50 Videocassette Sales Neither nor Virgin Vision Commtron, Ingram, Baker & gram described the deal as a pur- executives would comment to Taylor, and others. In turn, a chase of "certain assets" ©Copyright 1989 by Billboard Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Affiliated Publications Inc. BILLBOARD and as an Billboard on any proposed trans- KVC /Atlantic /Virgin company MAGAZINE (ISSN 0006 -2510) is published weekly (except for the first week in January) by Billboard agreement in principle. (No price was action, although a Virgin Vision Publications becomes an instant player in buy- Inc., One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Subscription rate: annual mentioned.) But by March 20, Metro spokesperson does say rate, Continental U.S. $178.00. Continental Europe L165. Billboard, Quadrant Subscription Service Ltd., the com- ing independently made fea- Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. 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BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 3 www.americanradiohistory.com Releases Due From Marx, Cole, Lisa Lisa, Petty April Acts: Let's Do It Again group, Animotion, will follow up his leases this month include Great BY MELINDA NEWMAN self -titled debut April 26 with "Re- White, whose "Twice Shy," the fol- NEW YORK Multiplatinum artist peat Offender" on EMI. Produced by lowup to "Once Bitten," is due April Richard Marx leads an April shower Marx and David Cole, the album's 18 on Capitol, and Reprise act The of releases from acts trying to repeat first single is "Satisfied." Cult, whose "Sonic Temple" is slated the gold or platinum success of their Like Marx, Kingdom Come will try for an April 11 release. last effort. Other stars with new to avoid a sophomore slump with "In Columbia will be pushing Lisa Lisa product include Atlantic Starr, Nata- Your Face," the April 17 followup to & Cult Jam's latest, "Straight To The lie Cole, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Tom its gold debut on Polydor. The group Sky." Due April 25, the album comes Petty, and the Stray Cats. will begin a tour in May to support exactly two years after the release of Marx, who has been busy produc- the album and first single, "Do You the group's platinum effort, "Spanish ing Vixen and wife Cynthia Rhodes' Like It." Other metal mavens with re- Fly." Full Force, which produced the previous album, handles this title as well. The first single is called "Little Jackie Wants To Be A Star." lead a cad- Atlantic Starr and Cole I.R.S. Agents. I.R.S. Records signs two distribution agreements with EMI Music re of black acts hoping for hot April Growing SxSW Conference Worldwide: EMI Music gains exclusive licensing rights for I.R.S. product in all action. Atlantic Starr follows up its European territories (excluding the U.K.), and EMI Records U.K. acquires a long- gold "All In The Name Of Love" with term pressing, distribution, and sales contract with I.R.S. for the U.K. and "We're Movin' Up" April 25 on Thrives In Texas Town Ireland. Pictured, from left, are Jim Fifield; president and chief operating officer, Warner Bros. Cole hopes to continue EMI Music Worldwide; Miles Copeland, chairman, I.R.S.; and Jay Boberg, Be for music-related' businesses, 17 her comeback with "Good To president, I.R.S. BY BRUCE HARING panels, and 21 workshops composed Back," the successor to her gold al- AUSTIN, Texas A record 1,550 the formal agenda for the confer- bum, "Everlasting." The first single delegates and a 325 -band showcase ence-, which attracted a healthy bal- on the EMI project is "Miss You Like marked the third annual South by ance of major -label and independent Crazy." Southwest Music and Media Con- representatives. Following the release of her spiri- EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE ference, held here March 16-19 at "The daytime events ran the tual project, "One Lord, One Faith, i the Marriott hotel. smoothest ever," said Louis J. Mey- One Baptism," Aretha Franklin re- The four -day event was high- ers, a co-director of South by South- turns to the pop flock April 27 with BILLBOARD. Thom Duffy is named talent editor for Billboard in New York. He lighted by the seventh annual Aus- west, in his conference post -mor- "Through The Storm" on Arista. The was a pop music writer /columnist for the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel. tin Music Awards, dominated this tem. "The nighttime events had a title track, á duet with Elton John, is year by guitar slinger Joe Ely. Win- couple of problems with production, already receiving airplay. The album RECORD COMPANIES. Dave Glew is named president of Epic /Portrait/CBS As- ners were determined through bal- but 80% went very well." also contains duets with Whitney sociated Labels in New York. He was senior VP /GM for the label. loting in conjunction with the Aus- Meyers said the festival's contin- Houston, James Brown, and the Four WEA International in New York appoints Peter E. Andry senior VP of tin Chronicle, a weekly alternative ued growth will be determined in Tops, as well as a new version of classical repertoire. He was a member of the EMI Music Worldwide executive newspaper. The Chronicle and BMI part by the availability of hotel "Think." board. were co-hosts for the conference. space in Austin. Next year, the con- Though Michael's nowhere in Debbie Morgan is named VP of marketing and sales for PolyGram Classics Frenzied showcasing, a 42 -booth ference will move to the Hyatt Ho- sight, virtually every other member in New York. She was director of marketing for the label. trade show, a citywide open house (Continued on page 79) of the Jackson clan makes an appear- Columbia House Division of CBS Records Inc. in New York makes the fol- (Continued on page 85) lowing promotions: Harry A. Elias to VP, CBS video library; Richard A. Ca- possela to director of video club marketing; and Despina Gurlides to director U.S. Pushes `Moral Rights' For Composers In Switch, Register Takes Strong Protection Stand agreed to support Berne adher- staffer in Oman's office who draft- BY BILL HOLLAND ence only because they were as- ed the report says he "saw the WASHINGTON The Copyright sured that such moral rights were need to at least have the Congress Office, in a recent report to Con- already implicit in existing U.S. consider the issue." DUFFY GLEW ANDRY MORGAN gress, is supporting greater protec- case law and needed no strength- Much of the concern centers tion against "material alteration" ening. Record companies and mov- around the manner in which corn- of video sales and programming. Elias was VP of video marketing; Capossela for composers of movie sound- ie studios were concerned that so- posers gain protection for their was director of video advertising; and Gurlides was director of marketing plan- tracks in what industry observers called "nuisance lawsuits" from work. ning and analysis, all for the division. say is a turnabout from the "mini- artists could result otherwise. "Directors have argued," Oman Arista Records in New York appoints Lawrence Marzano director of office malist" moral rights stance adopt- Oman did not detail his observa- writes, "that these authors [of pre- services /personnel and Dante Nappi as payroll manager. They were, respec- ed by the office and Congress to en- tions about composers in the re- existing works] should have to tively, office manager /payroll supervisor for Chrysalis Records and an ac- able the U.S. to join the internation- port but makes clear the office's rely on contractual protections for count service representative for Automatic Data Processing. al Berne Copyright Convention. point of view on the matter. A (Continued on page 84) Christopher Roberts is named product manager, international promotion, Ralph Oman, the register of for PolyGram Records in New York. He was VP of international artists and copyrights, says in his report - activities for the music firm L.A. Entertainment Group. submitted to the House Subcom- Relativity Records in Los Angeles promotes Jennifer Carr to West Coast mittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, press and publicity, and appoints Laurie Bissell manager, legal affairs /inter- and the Administration of Jus- WEA Int'l Acquires Italian national. They were, respectively, international and advertising manager for tice-that protection of motion pic- the label and with Valley One-Stop. tures from such material alter- PUBLISHING. Fox is appointed VP of creative services for MCA Music ation as colorization, time corn - Group Noel pression, and panning /scanning label From Sugar Publishing in Nashville. He was GM for Silverline- Goldline Music. should extend and "at least be con- founder Ladislao Sugar. Warner /Chappell Music in Los Angeles names Jack Rosner VP of special sidered" by Congress to reach be- BY VITTORIO CASTELLI WEA International chairman projects. He was VP of business affairs for EMI Music. yond the rights of studios, direc- MILAN, Italy WEA Internation- Ramon Lopez says: "This agree- Lisa Wells is promoted to director of creative services for Geffen Music in tors, editors, and cinematogra- al and the Sugar Group of Compa- ment reached with Piero Sugar Los Angeles. She was professional manager for the company. phers to the "authors of nies have reached agreement for enables us to count proudly as Malaco Music Group in Nashville appoints Bill Isaacs professional manag- preexisting works," such as "nov- WEA's acquisition of Compagnia our own CGD's prestigious cata- er. He was director of special projects for Tree Publishing. elists, short -story writers, compos- Generale del Disco, the record arm log and artist roster, which are ers, and others whose existing of the Sugar Group. No price has of major significance in the his- DISTRIBUTION /RETAILING. Mary Margolis is named VP of business affairs and works are later incorporated in yet been disclosed for the deal. tory of the Italian music indus- sales administration for JCI in Los Angeles. He was national credit manager/ motion pictures." CGD, a major label here, is a try. director of marketing accounting for Motown Records. Hilary Rosen, a spokesperson fully owned subsidiary of the Sug- "I am certain that this acquisi- Camelot Enterprises Inc. in N. Canton, Ohio, promotes Jerry Dolan to di- Recording Industry Assn. ar organization. It was launched in tion will give rise to further oppor- rector of retail operations. He was retail systems supervisor for the company. for the agency of America, says Oman's support 1956 and its roster has included tunities for collaboration with the Bill Bryant is named advertising manager of in -house advertising for further protection of compos- such top Italian stars as Betty Sugar Group of Companies." AdVentures for Record Bar in Durham, N.C. He was regional sales manager ers "opens a whole new area of Curtis, Johnny Dorelli, Gigliola This is WEA's second overseas for International Video Entertainment. that could become one Cinquetti, Massimo Ramieri, and purchase in recent weeks. It was controversy Gary Day U.S. the most debated areas in copy- Caterina Caselli, now married to announced last week that WEA RELATED FIELDS. Bond Television in Sydney, Australia, appoints of Australia, based in Los Angeles. He reform in this Congress." Piero Sugar, president of the Sug- had bought out Pioneer's share in chief executive for The Nine Network right for New South Wales and a former Bill- Many lawmakers and copyright ar Group and son of Group (Continued on page 71) was state government commissioner community industry leaders board sales account executive.
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www.americanradiohistory.com U.S.S.R. Set To Stage PPV Concert Bon Jovi, Motley Crue Booked For Event ald's. terms of his probation for a drug - BY BRUCE HARING The Moscow date, timed to coincide smuggling conviction. NEW YORK The first pay-per -view with the 20th anniversary of the Abbey Konowitch, VP of program- music event televised from the Soviet Woodstock festival, will conclude a ming for MTV, says advertising will Union is expected to hit the airwaves European stadium swing by Bon Jovi be a part of the PPV event, but he Aug. 12, featuring a daylong concert and Motley Crue, both managed by was not sure to what extent the cor- by Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Doc McGhee of McGhee Entertain- porate sponsors would be involved. and one other act yet to be booked. ment in New York. Profits from the He confirms that MTV's VJs will The PPV show, which various co- Moscow show are expected to be do- host the program. sponsors confirmed but declined to nated to drug and alcohol rehabilita- Formal details of the show will be provide details about, apparently will tion organizations in the Soviet announced within the month, accord- be a joint venture presented by Via- Union; the European tour monies will ing to a spokeswoman for McGhee com, MTV, and Westwood One En- be donated to the Make A Difference Entertainment. Bands reportedly un- tertainment, with corporate sponsor- Foundation, a nonprofit anti-drug or- der consideration for the final slot at ship from Pepsi -Cola and McDon- ganization McGhee established under the Moscow show include Megadeth, Skid Row, and the Scorpions, the last two managed by McGhee. Shades Of Greatness. ASCAP honors songwriting team Jimmy Jam & Terry Although various show spokesmen Lewis as black- music -writer -of- the -year, for their total of five top 10 songs on would not comment on specifics, they Big Profits, /using Expenses the 1988 black music charts. Pictured, from left, are Jam; Irwin Robinson, board did confirm that the initial plans for member, ASCAP; and Lewis. Mark Trans Word's Year (Continued on page 79) million. BY KEN TERRY Albany, N.Y. -based Trans World NEW YORK Trans World Music operates 437 music /video retail Bangles Light 'Eternal Flame' At No. 1; Corp. reported record earnings and stores in the eastern U.S. under more sales for the fiscal year that ended than 20 names, including Record Jan. 28, yet Wall Street seems unim- Town, Tape World, Coconuts, Great Strong A Decade After Disco Hit pressed with the rosy numbers. American Music, and Good Vibra- Stewart Net income for the year increased tions. It gained 137 outlets during its to $13.5 million, or $1.50 per share, 1988 fiscal year but plans to add only THE BANGLES land their second No. 1 pop hit as week, the longest that a teen star has ever topped from $10.8 million, or $1.20 per share, 60-80 new stores this year, which it "Eternal Flame" climbs into the top spot on the Hot that survey. Stevie Wonder's "Little Stevie Won- in the previous year. Sales zoomed terms "a more moderate store open- 100. The quartet first topped the chart two years der /The 12 Year Old Genius" had one week on top; 46.4% to $268.3 million from $183.3 ing schedule." ago with "Walk Like An Egyptian." Only two other Ricky Nelson's "Ricky" and "Tiffany" each spent million, with a 4.8% revenue boost for Despite Trans World's big profit all- female groups have landed two or more No. 1 sin- two weeks there. Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" comparable stores. increase, analysts note that the com- gles. The Supremes lead the pack with 12 top - logged six weeks on top, but only three of them For the fourth quarter, net income pany's selling, general, and adminis- charted hits; the Shirelles also landed two. were before his 20th birthday. rose to $8.2 million from $6.4 million trative expenses have been rising Susanna Hoffs, the group's lead singer, co -wrote The Boys (and the revamped Motown label) land for the prior -year quarter. Revenues more rapidly than its revenues, lead - "Eternal Flame" with Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly, their second straight No. 1 hit on the Hot Black Sin- jumped to $103.4 million from $72.5 (Continued on page 83) who have now written or co- written a No. 1 hit every gles chart with "Lucky Charm." The group topped year for five straight the black chart in De- years. They topped the cember with "Dial My Win Case chart in 1985 with Ma- Heart." Both of these RIAA, Labels Parallel-Import donna's "Like A Vir- hits were produced by gin," in 1986 with Cyndi L.A. Reid & Babyface, Lauper's "True Colors," CHART who are easily the hot- N.J. Wholesaler, Web Fined in 1987 with Heart's test producers in the NEW YORK A New Jersey -based All- Titles was also enjoined from im- "Alone," and last year business. The team has record wholesaler and an affiliated porting, selling, and distributing LPs, with Whitney Houston's amassed eight No. 1 retail chain have agreed to pay seven tapes, and CDs in the U.S. without "So Emotional." This is 11141 black hits in less than record companies a total of $125,000 the copyright holders' permission. the longest winning two years; six in the past after the labels sued them for paral- While there have been some small- streak for a songwriter nine months alone. The lel importing. According to the Re- er cases brought over Hispanic paral- since Lionel Richie byy Paul Grein two Boys hits were pre- cording Industry Assn. of America, lel imports, notes RIAA attorney wrote or co -wrote a No. 1 hit for nine straight years, ceded by two smashes by Karyn White and one each this is the largest settlement the Neal Edelson, not much has been from 1978 -86. (Curiously, all five of Steinberg & Kel- by the Whispers, Pebbles, Bobby Brown, and the RIAA has ever obtained in the paral- done to restrain parallel imports of ly's chart toppers have been by female artists.) Mac Band. Here's the best part: Six of these eight lel -import field. domestic product, except for the no- The success of "Eternal Flame" has revived the No. 1 black hits have reached the top 15 on the Hot Metuchen, N.J. -based All- Titles torious Tower Records case of a few Bangles' "Everything" album, which jumps to No. 100. Compact Disk Inc. and Compact Disk years ago. 22 on the Top Pop Albums chart. The album original- Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True" vaults World, a four -store, CD -only chain, Although the RIAA has sent paral- ly peaked at No. 33 in January and slipped as low as from No. 74 to No. 32 in its second week on the pop were sued Oct. 28 in a federal court in lel importers many cease-and-desist No. 49 before rallying on the strength of this second albums chart. The title track jumps to No. 2 on the Newark by Warner Bros., A &M, letters, he notes, they are often inef- single. Hot 100, having already topped the Hot Crossover BMG, Geffen, Elektra /Asylum, At- fective. In the wake of this relatively 30 and Hot Dance Music 12 -Inch Sales charts. The lantic, and Sire Records. The court large monetary settlement, he hopes ROD STEWART'S "My Heart Can't Tell You No" album's success- together with that of Paula Abd- approved the settlement March 6. this will change. "I think it's going to jumps to No. 4 on the Hot 100, becoming his biggest ul's "Forever Your Girl " -is a reminder that cross- Besides agreeing to pay damages, (Continued on page 79) hit since "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" topped the chart a over pop /dance /black singles can trigger massive decade ago. That disco smash -which hit just as the album sales. "disco sucks" backlash was gathering steam- Vanessa Williams' "Dreamin' " jumps to No. 9 on didn't do much for Stewart's rock'n'roll credibility, the Hot 100, becoming the first top 10 hit by a for- but the singer has battled back with a string of more mer Miss America. The single, which topped the Cadence Records Founder pop and rock -centered releases. black chart two months ago, is the first top 10 pop In addition, Stewart's "Out Of Order" album hit for PolyGram- distributed Wing Records. jumps to No. 20 in its 44th week on the pop albums Archie Bleyer Dead At 79 chart -the highest position it has attained to date. WE GET LETTERS: David Neukuckatz of Bartlett, NEW YORK Archie Bleyer, introduced into the marketplace. The album initially peaked at No. 30 in July when Ill., notes that Def Leppard's "Hysteria" is the first founder of Cadence Records, an inde- After forming Cadence in 1954, the first single, "Lost In You," was in release; it album by a group to yield six top 40 singles. It breaks pendent label that had great success Bleyer quickly developed a reputa- climbed as high as No. 21 in October when the sec- the old mark of five top 40 hits set in 1984 by Huey with MOR and rock hits starting in tion for releasing singles on a selec- ond single, "Forever Young," was riding high. Lewis & the News' "Sports" and later matched by the mid -'50s, died March 20 in a rest tive basis rather than flooding the their "Fore!" and the Cars' "Heartbeat City." home in Sheboygan, Wis., after a market with four or five a week. FAST FACTS: Madonna's "Like A Prayer" leaps to John Farkas of Cleveland notes that Metallica's long illness. He was 79. Known to put sessions on the shelf No. 11 in its third week on the Hot 100, becoming her "One" is the longest song to crack the Hot 100 in the Bleyer's death came five days after when he felt they didn't meet his mu- fastest-climbing hit to date. It easily beats the pace '80s. The single clocks in at 7:24, the longest timing of the death of Al Bennett, who formed sical standards, Bleyer had a remark- set by her previous fastest- breaking hit, "True any charted hit since Meat Loafs "Paradise By The Liberty Records, another major inde- able track record on singles he Blue," which was No. 20 in its third week. Look for Dashboard Light" a decade ago, which ran 7:55. On pendent that earned its stripes in the deemed worthy of his instincts. Madonna's new album to make a sensational debut the same theme, Farkas notes that Guns N' Roses' '50s (Billboard, March 25). Bleyer formed Cadence shortly af- next week. "Paradise City" is the longest song (6 :46) to crack the The Chordettes, the Everly Broth- ter leaving the Arthur Godfrey TV Debbie Gibson's "Electric Youth" holds at No. 1 top five in recent years. It beat by 24 seconds the mark The World." ers, and Andy Williams were among show as musical director. He married on the pop albums chart for the fourth straight set in 1984 by USA For Africa's "We Are the performers Cadence successfully (Continued on page 83)
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TABLE is the first chronicle formance for Queen Elizabeth, www.americanradiohistory.com MMENTARY Billboard® 6-By -12 Box Is Costly, Bulky, Wasteful Publishing Director: SAM HOLDSWORTH Group Publisher: JOHN BABCOCK JR. Associate Publisher /Director of Marketing & Sales: A MODEST PROPOSAL ON CD PACKAGING GENE SMITH Managing Editor: aging is irresponsible. What makes tunity to recoup the above expense. tralized warehouse, this is not an in- KEN SCHLAGER BY ROBERT SIMONDS it worse is the fact even our Starting Jan. 1, 1990, all CDs could significant way to save money. Associate Publisher /Research & Development: that THOMAS NOONAN The compact disk is an extraordi- cardboard 6- by -12s have a thin, then be shipped exclusively in This proposal also leaves open the International Editorial Director: nary success story. We should all be glossy coating of plastic on them, shrink- wrapped jewel boxes, and all option of labels still using a 6-by -12 MIKE HENNESSEY General Manager /Nashville: pleased that the many advantages rendering them virtually as nonbio- labels could commit to a wholesale package when they feel that the GERRY WOOD of this technological wonder have degradable as all- plastic blister price cut of at least 50 cents for all graphics are particularly vital, or if EDITORIAL been met with enthusiasm by the packs. CDs, with the proviso that retailers they have a multi -disk set in a "dou- Deputy Editor. IRV LICHTMAN consumer at a pace far better than So what can we do? Most label ex- pass the savings along to consum- ble jewel box" that may not fit in re- Senior News Editor: Ken Terry Special Issues: anyone had originally anticipated. ecutives throw up their hands, ers. tailers' frames. While some in the Ed Ochs (LA.) Robyn Wells (N.Y.) As the CD develops into the domi- blame it on retailers, and say it's too Now, the only problem with this packaging industry argue that the Bureau Chiefs: Dave DiMartino (LA.), Bill Holland (Washington) nant music format of the '90s, how- late to change things. Well, it's nev- plan is that it would place an addi- key advantage of the 6 -by -12 box is Senior Editors: ever, the industry needs to address its bigger graphics, any browse Steven Dupler, Technology /Music Video (N.Y.) an Geoff Mayfield, Retailing (N.Y.) unfortunate and wasteful by- through a record store will reveal Art Director. Jeff Nisbet product of its merchandising: 6-by- that more than 60% of the available Senior Copy Editor. Janine Coveney McAdams 12 -inch packaging. CD titles in 6- by -12s use only the top Copy Editor. Marilyn Gillen 'Most label execs Editors: While one cannot deny the need 5 square inches to reproduce the Radio: Sean Ross (N.Y.) for retailers to have a secure and cover of the booklet for graphics. Home Entertainment: Jim McCullaugh (LA.) blame it on the Home Video: AI Stewart (N.Y.) appropriate means of selling the CD The rest of the package uses a ge- Marketing: Earl Paige (L.A.) in their current fixtures, the disad- retailers and say neric label design, since it is far too Black Music: Nelson George (N.Y.) Dance Music /Singles Reviews: Bill Coleman (N.Y.) vantages of this standard of pack- expensive to completely design a International News: Peter Jones (London) aging are many: it is too late' new 6 -by -12 package for every re- Associate Editors: Ed Morris (Nashville), The 6 -by -12 packages expen- lease. Melinda Newman (N.Y.), Chris Morris (L.A.) are Reporter: Bruce Haring (N.Y.) sive. While CD manufacturing The cost of CDs is still very rele- Music Research/Analysis: Paul Grein (LA.) prices have decreased significantly vant to continued growth the con- Editorial Assistants: Debbie Holley (Nashville), Robert Simonds is chieffinancial officer of of Drew Wheeler (N.Y.), Deborah Russell (LA.) over the past few years, packaging Rykodisc Inc. figuration. Eliminating the 6 -by-12 Contributors: costs have gradually increased. would enable labels to drop their Jim Bessman (N.Y.), Bob Darden (Gospel), Is Horowitz (Classical), Kirk LaPointe (Canada), Making, assembling, and labeling a CD prices by 5 %-10% or more. This Jeff Levenson (Jazz), Peter Ludwig (Radio), 6 -by-12 box can cost a record compa- would be very meaningful to the Moira McCormick (Chicago) ny from 20 cents to 50 cents per er too late. I would like to put forth tional burden on retailers in labor consumer and would undoubtedly CHARTS & RESEARCH Dir. of Charts/Mgr., Hot 100, AC: MICHAEL ELLIS unit. At retail, this translates into a proposal that answers the prob- costs for inserting and removing enable us all to increase volume and Chart Managers: from 75 cents to $1.50 extra for lems of the 6- by -12, at least giving the disks from the plastic frames. keep the growth curve steep. Carlos Agudelo (Latin), Ron Cerrito (Rock), Ed Coakley (Classical), Anthony Colombo (New Age), something the consumer throws labels an option while providing re- My response is that many retailers I It has been shown on more than Marie Ratliff (Country), away. tailers with a comparable means of have talked to complain that the one occasion in surveys published in Terri Rossi (Black, Jazz, Rap, and Crossover), The Sharon Russell (Dance), Marc Zubatkin (Video) big boxes are bulky. Even merchandising. current 6-by -12 cardboard box poses these pages that the slowdown of Manager of Retail Research: Bob Benjamin assuming a retailer desires some If all of the record labels were to significant security problems. They CD hardware penetration is a result Systems Manager: JoDean Adams bulk on the shelves (and many do get together and contribute 20 and disk of consumer to Asst. Systems Manager James Richliano cents are easily slashed the then resistance software Research (N.Y.): Ron Cerrito (radio supervisor), not), back stock, warehousing, and for every CD sold during the last six removed, or the entire package is pricing. And, while much has been Harry Michel (retail supervisor), Michael Cusson, shipping expenses are all signifi- months of 1988, we could buy all of folded in half and put in a shoplift- made of the decline of CD manufac- Roger Fitton, Eleanor Greenberg, Mark Marone (archives), Rosemary Perez, David Runco cantly increased when a CD is in the record retailers in the country er's pocket. In this case, the addi- turing prices over the past few MARKETING & SALES this larger package. reusable 6 -by -12 plastic frames to tional labor cost of putting the disks years, more money would be saved Advertising Director, Special Issues: Ron Willman The 6- by -12s are wasteful. This merchandise all of the CDs they in a more secure merchandiser by the labels with the elimination of Advertising Director, Video /Pro: Dave Nelson Advertising Director, Music: Jim Beloff is the first time our industry has currently stock, plus 50% more for would be recouped in no time at all 6- by -12s than we have seen in all of Promotion Manager: Sumya Ojakli marketed a music format with any future inventory growth and re- by the decrease in pilfered merchan- the CD manufacturing price cuts Advertising Services Mgr.: Karen O'Callaghan N.Y.: Norm Berkowitz, Ken Karp, Melissa Subatch, significant degree of disposable placements. There would probably dise. over the past 18 months. Peggy Dold, Bev Rold, Jeff Serrette (classified) packaging. Yet it comes at a time even be money left over for a siz- The industry should also remem- I am trying as best as I can to LA.: Christine Matuchek, Arty Simon, Anne Rehman, Mary Fisher, Emily Vaughn when we are all becoming more able contribution to an appropriate ber that one can store and ship more have this make sense economically Nashville: Lynda Emon, Carole Edwards aware of environmental issues, environmental organization. than twice as many CDs in jewel for everyone involved. It should be London: Tony Evans partly Tokyo: Bill Hersey, Tsukasa Shiga because our landfills are Then, during the last six months boxes as in 6 -by -12 packages in the clear that, ultimately, eliminating Amsterdam: Ron Betist, 011- 31 -20- 662 -8483 quickly reaching capacity. In light of 1989, we could phase out prepack- same amount of space. In either a the extra expense of this packaging Milan: Lidia Bonguardo, 011.39.2- 612 -2582 of stranded floating barges of gar- aged CDs, selling what is left in our retail where will be good I am also Sydney: Mike Lewis, 011 -61 -2- 417 -7577 environment square for everyone. PRODUCTION bage, this kind of disposable pack- inventories and giving us the oppor- footage is at a premium, or in a cen- (Continued on page 78) Director MARIE R. GOMBERT Advertising Production Mgr.: John Wallace Advtg. Production Coordinator. Michael D. Small Systems Manager: James B. Dellert Edit. Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders quipped, "Oh, it's just an off week," becoming the first -ever No. 1 rap sin- gles by black Asst. Edit. Production Mgr.: Renate L. Foster artists. Similarly, a Directories Production Mgr.: Len Durham even though black pop hits were in gle. It has been No. 1 on the sales small number of reporting sta- ADMINISTRATION abundance everywhere else on the charts for weeks, and in the minds of tions rarely, if ever, play heavy V.P. & Executive Editorial Director. Lee Zhito panel. But every week since then, up many music fans, it was a No. 1 sin- rock Divisional Controller. Peter Philipps metal singles, while other sta- Directories Publisher. Ron Willman to last week's issue, there has not gle. tions never play adult contempo- Director of Database Services: Raymond H. Heitzman been one black artist listed by this Billboard, I suggest you take a rary songs that are doing well on Director of Circulation: Thomas Kraemer Distribution Director: Edward Skiba RADIO PANEL CRITERIA station. closer look at the panel that indicates the Hot 100 chart. Circulation Manager: Eileen Bell This letter questions your selectivity I argue that this is not coincidence, the "most reliable" source of pop None of these groups of stations Dealer Copy Sales: Brad Lee Dir. of Licensing /Special Projects: Georgina Challis criteria with regard to the radio sta- especially for a station whose audi- chartology and at the new slogan is pure top 40, but the definition of Credit: Nick Caligiuri tions that report weekly to the Hot ence is pulled from one of the biggest that appears every week on the Hot top 40 radio has become more and Asst. to the Group Publisher Nadine Reis 100 panel. A few years back, it was cities in the U.S. I find it hard to be- 100 chart page: "When you play it, more the few BILLBOARD PUBLICATIONS INC. blurred in last years President 8 Chief Executive Officer stated that a station was considered a lieve that even rock -edged cuts like say it." Maybe you should add the as stations seek a more specific GERALD S.HOBBS pop /top 40 station and was eligible to "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson phrase: "If it sells, play it." niche markets. The Executive Vice President: Sam Holdsworth in their music Senior Vice Presidents: Ann Haire, Paul Curran report to the radio panel as long as it were left out, while urban -leaning Based on sales of recent black hits, policies of these top 40 hybrid sta- Vice Presidents: Rosalee Lovett played and reported airplay for the singles by George Michaels raced up it seems fans Martin R. Feely, Lee Zhito, John Babcock Jr., that the have crossed tions tend to cancel each other out Glenn Heffernan, Howard Lander, Robert J. Dowling songs that were hot sellers in its and down that survey. This clearly in- the racial barriers that were once and generally do not affect the Managing Director, Billboard Ltd.: Mike Hennessey Publisher, Billboard Operations Europe: Theo Roos area, regardless of their sound or dicates that racial prejudice and dis- characteristic. It's time you follow overall Hot 100 chart. Chairman Emeritus: W.D. Littletord type (soul, AOR, metal, adult contem- crimination has reared its ugly head suit as we head toward the '90s. You Nevertheless, we are carefully BILLBOARD OFFICES: porary, rap, or even elevator music). even in the weekly charts of Bill- may find your panel should be cut by re-evaluating the difficult issue of New York Los Angeles 1515 Broadway 9107 Wilshire Blvd. Billboard volunteered that if it was board, which has allowed this station at least 10 stations, but the results what constitutes a top 40 station N.Y., N.Y. 10036 Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210 found that a radio station was not re- to be one of the key reporters for the will be a more accurate and less dis- and in the near future we hope to 212 -764 -7300 213- 273 -7040 telex 710- 581 -6279 telex 66 -4969 porting airplay accurately, or inten- past several years. The racial injus- criminatory chart. develop better guidelines for clas- fax 212 -827 -0152 fax 213 -859 -5302 tionally not playing a certain type of tices served by "All Hits" (laugh!) Darrell J. Roberts sifying stations by format. Nashville Washington, D.C. music that was indeed selling in its KEGL, or "the Eagle" -along with Blacksburg, Va. 49 Music Square W. 806 15th St. N.W. Nash., Tenn. 37203 Wash., D.C. 20005 region, that station could be removed other stations like it -have obviously 615 -321 -4290 202-783-3282 from the panel. prevented such artists as Tone Loc Michael Ellis, Billboard's director Articles and letters appearing on fax 615- 327 -1575 fax 202- 737 -3833 That very week, I studied the air- from reaching the true chart posi- replies: London Tokyo of charts, this page serve as a forum for the 71 Beak St. Hersey -Shiga International play lists of the 20 or so stations that tions they deserve. Loc's "Wild The writer brings up an impor- expression of views of general in- WIR 3LF Izumi Mansion, Suite 802 Billboard publishes weekly and no- Thing" is the biggest-selling single tant point. Billboard is aware that terest. Contributions should be London 1.44.1 Tomigaya ticed that one of the stations, KEGL since "We 011-441 -439 -9411 Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 Are The World" four a handful of reporting stations - submitted to Ken Terry, Commen- telex 262100 011-81-3-460-8874 97.1 Dallas, did not have one single years ago, and yet it managed to pe- about half a dozen out of a panel tary Editor, Billboard, 1515 fax 011 -44 -1- 437 -0029 fax 011 -81 -3- -5822 / 581 hit by a black artist on its list. I ter out at No. 2, preventing it from of 242- rarely, if ever, plays sin- Broadway, New York, N.Y 10086. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 9 www.americanradiohistory.com 1DIO B/D&A Rocks Out At Orlando Meet Low Attendance Ups Client Interaction plained by the convention's sched- on the radio." BY DAVE DiMARTINO ule-it opened on a Tuesday night, Representatives from Sony were ORLANDO, Fla. Considerably few- and, in Gillispie's words, some client on hand March 15 to accept the 4th er album rock stations than usual at- stations were "in the middle of big Annual Lee Michaels Award, which tended the annual meeting of consul- promotions right now because of St. they received for contributing the tant firm Burkhart /Douglas & Asso- Patrick's Day," which fell one day af- compact disk configuration to the ciates, held at the Peabody Hotel ter the convention ended. music industry. here March 14-16. As they have been at this year's Programmers like WLAV's Lange The gathering, which in past years other album rock consultancy con- noted a certain similarity between has drawn more than 70 client sta- ventions, the two major topics at Fly this year's meet and the very earliest tions, instead brought representa- In -Rock Out were the phenomenon such gatherings, when a notably tives from an estimated 23 to partici- of album rockers being attacked by smaller group of stations were at- pate in the consultancy's first sum- classic rock stations and the new tending. mit since the departure of founding "rock 40" outlets, as well as recent "There's a lot to compare it to," figure Lee Abrams. changes in Arbitron methodology. Lange said. "There's a lot of history, Consultancy officials were putting WLAV Grand Rapids, Mich., PD with the way it was built when Lee a positive face on the lower atten- Dave Lange was among those at the [Abrams] was here. He was a central dance at Fly In -Rock Out '89, say- meet complaining about the ratings force in it, and he left. I thought I Raised On Robbery Units. In an unusual event, at least by the standards of ing it allowed stations and label exec- company's reduced audience sam- was going to miss him here -his what normally appears on radio picture pages, WKGL "92- Rock -7" Middletown, utives greater opportunity to rub el- pling. "We're finding that as they do style and his presence and everything N.Y., morning man Gary Manheim and Ed McCarthy of local band the Go were bows and preview upcoming product, that the first cell that seems to fall else. But you know really -I didn't recently honored by the New York Police Department's Senior Citizen's Robbery as well as affording station reps out is 18-24 men. They aren't repre- I think Dwight and Greg did a ... Unit for a video presentation the two had done on the unit's behalf. Seen, from more individualized attention at the sented as well, and neither are 25-34 really good job in keeping the meet- left, are Manheim, the NYPD's Irwin Silverman, and McCarthy. convention's many meetings. men -which is the core of our for- ings going." "In the past, it's been such an mat" event, and there's been so many peo- The gathering's central theme, ple drawn to the event-with the par- highlighted in B /D &A president ty and the atmosphere and all that- Dwight Douglas' keynote address, that some time is taken away from was "Go Crazy-Get Lucky," a call the learning and the interaction," for stations to keep creativity at the 'Pirate' KQLZ: Less Tofu, More Def said B /D&A's Greg Gillispie. "Now center of their overall station pack- Lep; we've got a smaller group, and we age. "We can never forget that this is don't want to be the biggest any- entertainment," said B /D &A's Gilli- more. We just want to be the best" spie, "and that you've got to keep AntiMellow Forces Storm 94Q, WHIG Too B /D &A currently works with 45 that crazy edge, that creative, top-of- stations; Gillispie said the absence of mind awareness -not only with the JUST AS BILLBOARD DOESN'T RUN many stories rocked pretty hard when it signed on in 1983, although it the remaining 22 was generally ex- music you play, but the way you do it headlined, "We're eating more tofu," USA Today moved to the center pretty quickly. KEZY, in suburban doesn't cover many radio format changes. So it says Orange County, has tried the format several times. Per- something about the magnitude of AC KIQQ Los Ange- haps the most infamous example of the format was "Po- BBM Takes Pulse Of Canadian Markets les' change to KQLZ "Pirate Radio" under Scott Shan- sition 93," John Sebastian's short-lived attempt at a top non that the story was played on the front page of the tracks station on KW circa 1978. national newspaper's entertainment section. Most of the aforementioned stations were more im- AC Prevails, But Shares Slip As hinted here two weeks ago, KQLZ debuted on St. portant to air-check collectors than they were to area lis- Patrick's Day-two weeks before its announced start teners. So can a hard -rocking top 40 be No. 1 in Southern CHFI -which was also down. date. By the following Monday, much of the industry California, a market currently led by crossover KPWR? BY KIRK LaPOINTE CFRB's full- service -AC format had obtained air checks of the sta- Kabrich promises that after sign- OTTAWA AC formats continued to continued to lead the market, but its tion. If you haven't, Westwood ing on and "establishing what we rule the roost in Canada's biggest 12.4 share was also down from 12.7 One has set up a listen line -for $1 are," KQLZ will "evolve from market, Toronto, but their audience in the fall and 13.0 a year ago. a minute-at 900 -990 -8000. there. [Westwood One head] Norm share totals generally stagnated or Adult- oriented gainers included If that's out of your price range, Pattiz didn't spend $56 million to declined, according to the recently easy CJEZ -which reworked its mu- and if you haven't procured air beat [album rock leader] KLOS." released winter ratings from the sic mix during the winter to the ex- checks of KQLZ yet, the easiest At this writing, KQLZ is still in a Bureau Of Broadcast Measure- tent that it better resembles soft way to describe it is as a cross be- liners and drop -ins phase, with its ment. AC in some dayparts than easy lis- tween KHYI "Y95" Dallas' cur- jock staff set to officially debut in In Toronto, AC CHUM -FM re- tening-which was up 3.8 -4.9; oldies rent "rock 40" music mix and its several weeks. Rounding out its mained Canada's most -listened-to CKEY, up 3.0 -3.9; and country old "Gladiator Radio" positioning. lineup will be Jimmy Page (KCAQ radio station with a weekly cume of CFGM, which changed frequency, One production piece tells listen- "Q105" Oxnard, Calif.) in late 1,051,600 -down from 1,139,300 in added 130,000 listeners, and nearly ers, "Don't be a dickhead "; another by Sean Ross nights and Bubba the Love the last book and 1,125,400 a year doubled its share, from 2.3 -4.4. declares that "When you're on the air in Southern Cali- Sponge (apparently not the one at KTFM San Antonio, ago. In seven -plus share, CHUM - Two stations lost share points but fornia, you've got to be loud to cut through the crap." Texas) in overnights. Afternoon jock Shadow P. Ste- FM was down 9.6 -8.5, good enough gained cume. Album rock CILQ KQLZ's music mix, although it includes both Milli Van- vens will be known as Shadow Steele. for second place, but only three - "Q107" was down 7.8 -6.7, but saw illi and Madonna on one side and Elvis Costello and the tenths of a share ahead of rival (Continued on page 14) Replacements on the other, rocks pretty hard with lots PROGRAMMING: Easy KJOI Los Angeles has named of Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Washington, D.C., radio veteran John Dowling PD/ and the like. middays, replacing acting PD Dick Heatherton ... Cliff This is what a 45-minute stretch of KQLZ's music Blake is out as PD of classic rock WZLX Boston ... Jim sounded like on its first day: Synch, "Where Are You Pruett, previously PD of KZFM Corpus Christi, Texas, Now "; Ratt, "Way Cool Jr. "; Eddie Money, "Endless is now PD of crossover KHQT "Hot 97.7" San Jose, Nights "; Def Leppard, "Love Bites "; Joan Jett, "I Hate Calif.... Myself For Loving You"; Madonna, "Like A Prayer"; At press time, former AC KOY Phoenix PD Denny Aerosmith, "Angel "; Bon Jovi, "Born To Be My Baby "; Nugent was being lined up for his first PD job in coun- Bangles, "Eternal Flame "; Fixx, "One Thing Leads To try or on FM at WGAR Cleveland ... Another"; Duran Duran, "I Don't Want Your Love "; Following an ownership change, Kevin Gardner is and Guns N' Roses, "Sweet Child O' Mine." the new PD /MD /p.m. driver at urban KDKO "Power The commitment of major figures like Shannon, 1510" Denver, replacing Danny Harris. Gardner, previ- Westwood One, and Randy Kabrich gives a shot of ex- ously APD at urban WWPD Florence, S.C., ushers in a tra credibility to the handful of new "rock 40" stations new lineup, including Art Crenshaw (mornings, from that have popped up in recent months. But it's not the WKDA Nashville), Jackie Ward (middays), owner /GM first time the format has been tried in Southern Califor- Jim Walker (late afternoons), Dennis Scott (evenings, nia. You can trace it back to the old KBLA-one of the ex -WTLC Indianapolis), and Joel Somers (ex -WILD outlets used in a KQLZ montage promo featuring clas- Boston, overnights). sic L.A. radio stations well as Bob Wilson's KDAY John Wetherbee, who programmed AC /oldies Sam The Record Woman. A &M artist Sam Brown visited top 40 CKOI "197" -as and Shadoe Stevens' KRLA in the late '60s /early '70s. WFYR Chicago for two years, has resurfaced as the Montreal to thank the station for helping her album go platinum in Canada. KIIS -FM went to an album /top 40 hybrid for a year new PD of WAGQ Atlanta, the Athens, Ga.-based sta- Seen, from left, are CKOI's Martine Doucet, Jules Amyot, and Michel Saulnier; before it went disco in the late '70s. KKHR (now KODJ) (Continued on page 15) Brown; A &M's Richard LaFrance; and CKOI MD Guy Brouillard. 10 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com * : fL..E.NIIILE L A X / A HOW TO AVOID ENDLESS CIRCLING DUE TO AIRPORT CONGESTION. The scenario goes Each of our flights, JFK to LAX something like this: 10:15am daily/7:OOpm daily except Sat. you see, transports a After remark- LAX to JFK mere thirty -three pas- another 9:00am daily /3:30pm daily except Sat. ably unremarkable sengers. You'll enjoy first class flight, you plod along serpen- the convenience of your own gate and tine tunnels until at last you gain sight baggage claim area at JFK. And your of it: The Great Equalizer. 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But we also put out Karel On this week's Modern Rock Colour's `Cult Of Personality' that radio were acts signed several Most of the PDs contacted for Fialka's 'Hey Matthew,' which is Tracks chart, however, only one it was back." years ago in the wake of R.E.M.'s this article claim that the sudden more synth -pop oriented, and synth -dance act -Fine Young Can - KJQN Salt Lake City PD Mike breakthrough. These bands are preponderance of guitar rock couldn't even crack the top 100 of nibals-is in the top 10. Surround- Summers notes that, while Era- now releasing second or third al- doesn't mean that there has been a CMJ's chart. I've only had three ing them is a mix of newer acts - sure is still his station's most suc- backlash against synth bands or records in as many years that Guadalcanal Diary, Easterhouse, cessful act, "we see acts like the against the resurgence of synth - couldn't do that." and Throwing Muses among Replacements becoming more pop- 'We were gearing dance at top 40 that became notice- It is also worth noting that a them -and such format veterans ular. People can take only so many able last fall. "The 16- year -olds in number of synth- driven acts that as Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, the Vi- hooks; after a while, they need up to hear guitar bands who ultimately determine still show up on some modern rock olent Femmes, XTC, and the Re- something different," he says. played again. It what we play aren't picking up stations are doing better on Bill- placements (who were No. 1 on It is a sign of the format's guitars because [top 40 rival] board's Dance Music Club Play last week's Album Rock Tracks changing climate that two of the hit me while KIIS -FM is playing Erasure," says charts than they are on the Mod- chart). stations most associated with KROQ's Johnson. ern Rock Tracks chart. Figures On The handful of outlets that synth- driven material are also re- listening to Living Instead, they say they're just A Beach -whose "No Stars" was make up the commercial segment tooling their lists. "There's cer- seeking balance. "The goal of the thought of as an alternative record of alternative radio are now closer tainly a resurgence of young Colour -it's back' format is still to listen to every- two years ago-is top 10 in dance to their college counterparts than bands," says KROQ Los Angeles thing that comes in," says with its version of "You Ain't Seen they have been in some time. Con- PD Van Johnson. "I'm not going to WFNX's Tolkoff. "We've got to Nothin' Yet," but not on the mod- tributing to that are a recent slew deny them airplay if it's great mu- bums. Not surprisingly, Steve get our current stuff from some- ern charts. of new albums from the format's sic ... Things do turn around; we Tipp, Warner Bros. national alter- where, whether it's New Order or Similarly, Was (Not Was), When superstars; the resurgence of folk - can't sit there and say we've got to native promotion manager, dis- the Replacements, Scruffy The In Rome, That Petrol Emotion, oriented acts; the coming of age of keep playing the synth stuff." misses much of what is happening Cat or Danielle Dax." Tolkoff says Skinny Puppy, A Split Second, and many of the guitar bands that "We're getting substantially today as "absolutely a second- or that if there was an anti -synth Sigue Sigue Sputnik -all acts with were signed in the wake of more requests for the Feelies or third -generation R.E.M. thing; backlash, it happened in 1984 -85 an alternative image-were doing R.E.M.'s success; and, although the Throwing Muses; I don't know we're experiencing bands that are when he was PD of XETRA -FM better on the dance charts than on few PDs want to say so, a seeming if that would have happened two third -generation R.E.M. clones." "91X" San Diego -one of the first the modern rock list, although a backlash against synth -dance ma- years ago on the commercial lev- But WHFS Washington, D.C., modern rockers to emphasize gui- few of them had already run their terial-especially that which has el," says WDRE Long Island, PD David Einstein traces the tar rock -and that the message course in the latter format. Fine crossed to top 40. N.Y., PD Denis McNamara. In re- changes back even further to a de- may only be "filtering down" to Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me The simplest explanation, how- cent months, WDRE has played cidedly nonalternative influence. other outlets now. Crazy" stalled at No. 6 last week, ever, may be that alternative PDs such bands as Scruffy The Cat and "I really started to notice a differ- Still, with the exception of a nov- but was still No. 1 on the club play are embracing to guitar bands for Guadalcanal Diary, which it avoid- ence a couple of years ago when elty like Enya's "Orinoco Flow," chart. the reason they go to any music - ed 12 -14 months ago. McNamara Bruce Springsteen went through most of the synth- oriented acts on Does the acceptance of guitar because it represents a change. "I feels that many of those acts the ceiling. That's when having the the current Modern Rock Tracks bands at commercial alternative don't think [the guitar bands are] "have evolved and are making rec- garage- mechanic image began to chart, including New Order, Midge radio (and further, in the cases of just coincidence," says Peggy Ap- ords that sound better. We're also sell a lot of records ... Even En- Ure, Erasure, and Fine Young the Replacements, XTC, Easter - ple, PD at WEQX Albany, N.Y. getting more acclimated to what glish bands like Easterhouse are Cannibals, have been around for a house, and others) mean that col- "We've been gearing up to hear they do and more accepting of it." putting away the synthesizers and few years. WB's Tipp "doesn't lege radio is moving on to some- the guitar played again. It first hit Many, though certainly not all, moving back toward guitar -orient- think the doors are closed" on thing else? Not just yet, say most synth bands, but he does talk PDs. "We're all still drawing from about "handfuls" of alternative the same pool, although some of stations that decide not to play De- the bands' college radio plays may peche Mode, Erasure, or even still be rougher," says WFNX's R.E.M. with each new release. Tolkoff. Lori Blumenthal, I.R.S. Records' Says 91X PD Trip Reeb: "I don't LAST HALLO WEF alternative marketing /promotion see college radio breaking any new director, has noticed the change ground, because this one isn't while trying to break two new acts tapped out. It's not so mass -appeal HE WAS at the same time. "Christmas, who yet that college radio has forsaken are really guitar- oriented, sort of this whole group of people." NUMBER ONE psychedelic pop, are doing beauti- AT 11E BOX OFFICE PDs Predict Next Wave FOR TWO Hard Pop, Industrial, Folk Cited NEW YORK So what's next? noise music like Tackhead or Minis- CONSECUTIVE While most of those contacted try." WDRE Long Island, N.Y.'s about the rise of guitar rock at com- Denis McNamara also cites the in- mercial alternative radio agree that dustrial dance product coming out WEEKS. college radio has not yet moved on of Chicago's Wax Trax label and its en masse to something else, all of ilk as "slowly building a healthy them have ideas about where the base. Eventually we're going to new cutting edge will eventually de- have to deal with that." velop. And most of them have dif- Trip Reeb, PD of XETRA -FM ferent expectations. "91X" San Diego, mentions rap as Both WHFS Washington, D.C., something that college alternative PD David Einstein and Linda Ryan, outlets are more comfortable with program coordinator of noncom- than he is. Indeed, both rap and mercial KUSF San Francisco, antic- country acts seem to do better on ipate what Ryan terms "a return to those alternative charts with a postpunk power pop." Einstein cites higher percentage of college sta- such Buzzcocks/Ramones -like acts tions- although they don't do spec- HALLOWEEN Z- as the Wonder Stuff, new Ruby/ tacularly there. Slash acts Field Trip and Sweet Reeb and KUSF's Einstein both THt KE.1 URN 01: Mit;ALL ;IVIYEKS Baby, and acts like Gaye Bikers On also cite the growing importance of Acid or Pop Will Eat Itself. the new folk /acoustic movement AKKAD PRESENTS DONALD PLEASENCE - MOUSTAPHA CBS Records director of college several of those surveyed men- PRODUCTION IN "HALLOWEEN 4- TRANCAS INTERNATIONAL FILMS, INC. marketing Tom Simonson says that tioned the Indigo Girls, for exam- PROTOORAP LYONS COLLISTER Mo A ALAN HOWARTH ""¡Z .Tr; JOHN CARPENTER áúóó°dá M. SANOUSI , PETER STORY if there were to be any backlash ple-already present to an extent ANO MCELROY RY DHANI LIPSIUS & LARRY RATTNER & BENJAMIN RUFFNER ALAN B. PFULJCEG W.,STW, UIRECTEf. against the glut of guitar rock, "it on commercial radio in the form of SCREENPLAY Rr DWIGHT H. 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YUPPIE'S cassette (9901 -4), compact disc 9901 -2), LP LAST AMERICAN HERO / ( (9901 -1) SENATOR PAPERMAN SOLUTION TO POLLUTION All songs conceited and inspired by Morton Downey, Jr. and written by David Lloyd All songs published by Shank Music (ASCAP) Executive producer: Les Garland Produced by Paul Whitehead, Joseph Porrello Management: Les Garland, (203) 226 -9915 Contact Shelly Rudin at (201) 344 -4214, FAX # (201) 344 -0465 Distributed and marketed by PPI, 88 St. Francis Street, Newark, NJ 07105 www.americanradiohistory.com DIO CANADA'S AC STATIONS STILL TOPS, THOUGH SLIDING (Continued from page 10) its audience leap more than 7% to vice AM CJAD lost one share in the CFGO Ottawa was down 11.6 -9.2, 869,200. Modern rock CFNY (which English -language measurements bringing it back roughly to where it can now be heard playing Poison but still ruled with a 24.4 share. was six months ago. Similarly, and Bobby Brown) was down 5.2- In Vancouver, British Columbia, CKOC Hamilton, Ontario, has gone 4.6, but increased in cume from meanwhile, full- service AC CKNW 6.9- 9.3 -7.8 over the last three books. 550,100 -649,500. fortified its already- impressive lead CFCN "AM106" Calgary, Alberta, In Montreal, album rock CHOM slightly, rising 18.2 -18.5 -11 shares was off 11.1 -9.9, a few tenths ahead was off 9.5 -9.0 in the fall. French - ahead of its nearest rival, album of where it was a year ago. Across language top 40 CKOI "I97" was CFOX. The station that made the province, CHED Edmonton held back in its normal share range, re- CKNW's rise possible by switching steady (and second in the market), bounding 4.6 -5.7, but still behind ri- to classic rock several books ago, moving 11.6 -11.5. val CKMF, which was virtually un- CHRX, was up nicely in its first full Full figures for Toronto, Montre- changed, moving 7.0 -7.1. Oldies /AC book in the format, 4.4-5.1. al, and Vancouver will follow. Lead- CKGM fell to a one -share in its last Results for AM top 40 stations ers in Canada's other major mar- book before becoming top 40 CHTX across the country-some of which kets were full- service AMs CJOB "980 Hits." had impressive gains in the fall - Winnipeg, Manitoba (24.7 -18.4), In the BBM's separate measure- were largely down. CFTR Toronto CJCA Edmonton (15.0- 14.1), and ment of French- and English -lan- was off 6.5 -5.8. CKLG "LG73" Van- CHQR Calgary (8.2- 13.1); easy guage audiences, market leader couver was down 5.5 -4.6; rival CFMO Ottawa (13.5- 11.1); and coun- CKAC posted a two -share gain CKXY was up, but far from try CHAM Hamilton, Ontario (12.4- Burch Intervals. Mercury's Burch Sisters prepared for spring by donning among Francophone listeners to healthy, 2.2 -2.7. 13.4). baseball caps on a visit to country WTSO Madison, Wis. Flanking MD Pat Martin command that market, going 15.2- are Cathy, Charlene, and Cindy Burch. 17.6. (It had only a .5 among En- glish- speaking listeners.) Full -ser- WINTER '89 BBMS Sp Su Fa W Sp Su Fa W Billboard Spotlights r Call Format '88 '88 '88 '89 Call Format '88 '88 '88 '89 TORONTO CJFM AC 5.4 5.8 5.1 5.3 NAB '89/BROADCAST EQUIPMENT: CFRB AC 12.3 12.2 12.7 12.4 CBF French /CBC 4.8 3.2 3.7 4.7 CHUM -FM AC 9.0 8.2 9.6 8.5 CIEL French /AC 2.7 2.5 3.3 3.5 AUDIO AND VIDEO FOR RADIO CHFI AC 8.6 7.9 9.1 8.2 CKVL French/ n/t 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.1 CILQ album 6.9 7.4 7.8 6.7 CFCF adult std 2.0 2.3 2.4 24 CBL CBC 4.4 5.6 5.4 5.8 CBM CBC 2.0 1.7 2.2 2.3 The Sound of American Radio is a combination of audio technology CFTR top 40 7.5 6.6 6.5 5.8 CBF -FM French /CBC 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.9 and positioning statements reinforced through I.D. jingles and CJCL adult std 8.3 7.7 6.7 5.2 CBM -FM CBC 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 television ad campaigns for radio. CJEZ easy 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.9 CKGM oldies 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.0 CFNY modern 4.7 5.4 5.2 4.6 CKFM AC 5.0 4.1 4.6 44:46 VANCOUVER, B.C. In conjunction with NAB '89, Billboard spotlights ON -AIR and CFGM country 2.4 3.3 2.3 CKNW AC 12.6 12.5 18.2 18.5 production room equipment going through a Digital revolution. CKEY oldies 2.5 3.7 3.0 3.9 CFOX album 7.2 8.4 8.4 7.5 CBL -FM CBC 3.2 2.2 3.3 3.8 CBU CBC 7.7 6.3 7.0 7.4 CHUM AC 5.4 3.2 3.9 3.6 CFMI AC 8.4 6.4 5.8 6.1 Hear what Chief Engineers from the nation's Top Radio chains CKO n/t 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 CFUN AC 6.5 5.8 6.2 6.1 are purchasing to bring radio into the 90's. Let them see your ad CJRT classical 1.2 1.3 .7 1.0 CHQM -FM easy 5.3 5.7 6.7 6.1 before they complete their shopping list! CKWX country 6.4 7.5 8.3 6.1 MONTREAL CHRX cls rock 4.7 5.1 4.4 5.1 CKAC Fr/adult std 10.3 10.9 11.4 13.2 CKLG top 40 7.0 5.8 5.5 4.6 Radio station Superstar Profile on JAM CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS CFGL French /AC 9.3 9.5 9.1 10.0 CKKS AC 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.5 and FILMHOUSE - two leaders in creating radio station image through CHOM album 7.7 9.8 9.5 9.0 CHQM adult std 4.5 5.9 4.2 4.2 sound and sight. CKMF French /top 40 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.1 CISL oldies 4.3 4.3 3.0 4.0 CJAD AC 7.8 7.8 7.7 6.7 CAR country 2.7 3.3 2.7 3.2 CJMS French /AC 7.8 5.8 7.9 6.7 CBU -FM CBC 3.5 4.0 2.1 29 YOUR CLIENTS ARE THE CHIEF ENGINEERS AND BILLBOARD'S CK01 French /top 40 5.1 5.8 4.6 5.7 CKO n/t 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.7 GOT THEM TOGETHER FOR THIS TIMELY FORUM. CITE French /AC 6.9 7.0 7.1 5.6 CKXY top 40 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.7 CFQR easy 4.7 4.9 5.7 5.5 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NAB '89 ISSUE. ISSUE DATE: May 6 / AD DEADLINE: April 11 (5 column format) newsline... BONUS DISTRIBUTION AT NAB'89 Las Vegas, April 29 - May 6 BRUCE WALTON is expected to return to KIFM San Diego as president /GM when his KIFM Ltd. company takes over the station from interim licens- ee AFC Broadcasting Saturday (1). Walton, who was GM of the station from 1981 -86, replaces Lee Mirabal, who will market KIFM's "Lights For Ad Details Contact: Out" program nationally. KIFM Ltd. settled with 16 other applicants at a Los Angeles reported cost of $10 million-$11 million for KIFM's long- contested license. Arty Simon (213) 859 -5369 or 49 SIMON T is named VP /GM of KQLZ Los Angeles. (See Vox Jox, page 10). New York His replacement as VP /GM of KCBQ San Diego is VP /OM Jeff Apregan. Norm Berkowitz IVAN BRAIKER, former head of Olympia Broadcasting, announces the for- (212) 536 -5016 mation of Braiker Radio Services. That company plans to launch two sat- Ken Karp ellite programming networks in the near future and another two by (212) 536 -5017 year's end, with more to follow. Consultant Rick Sklar is VP of program- Dave Nelson ming. Larry Shipp will be director of sales. (212) 536 -5275 AT WAES/WROQ CHARLOTTE, N.C., new owner Frank Tenore becomes GM, re- Nashville placing Doug Berle. Lynda Emon (615) 321 -4240 GIL ROZZO has resigned as GM of KLUV Dallas; no replacement has been Carole Edwards named. (615) 321 -4294 MILKS- SCHWARTZ buys Capitol's WNVZ Norfolk, Va., for $7.47 million. 14 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, 1:4 DIO photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written CD PIONEER' permission of the publisher. PRESENTS 'VOX JOX (Continued from page 10) ALBUM ROCK TR"KsT tion set to move to town in the near Patrick, ex -WXLK "K92" Roanoke, z Compiled from national album rock future ... WLTI Detroit production Va., joins for middays. Madison radio airplay reports. ARTIST director Art Morrison is the new Chase from WMJJ "Magic 96" Bir- áw 3o TITLE= ; cv LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL OM /morning man at country WBVE mingham, Ala., handles nights. 1 Cincinnati. He's been the voice of the AC KIOI "K101" San Francisco No. 1 * * * * it in 1987. names Sandy Chin MD. She was PD I'LL BE YOU THE REPLACEMENTS station since went country 1 1 4 9 SIRE 7.229922 /REPRISE 2 weeks at No. One MD Dianne Palmer will now assume Larry Berger's programming assis- SECOND CHANCE THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 95" New York O 4 7 more programming duties. tant at WPLJ "Power 2 8 A &M 1273 Because of its proximity to Day- ... Gene "D.C." Phillips moves from WORKING ON IT CHRIS REA 3 2 1 11 GEFFEN 7 -27535 ton, Ohio, WBVE has been doing dou- swing to late nights at crossover NOW YOU'RE IN HEAVEN JULIAN LENNON ble duty as that market's country WPGC Washington, trading places 4 14 32 3 ATLANTIC 7.88925 FM; now it has competition. After with Sir Charles Dixon. Across ROCKET DEF LEPPARD (ex is do- 5 5 9 6 MERCURY 872 614 -7 /POLYGRAM flipping WWBA Tampa, Fla., to AC town, Bree Taylor -WDJY) SIMILAR FEATURES ETHERIDGE WWRM last year, Cox Broadcasting ing p.m. drive on urban /AC WMMJ 11 16 7 © /ATLANTIC has changed its last easy listening . Chuck Buell, most recently with I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU BON JOVI FM, WHIO -FM, to country WHKO KHTR St. Louis (now KLOU), and 7 9 5 10 MERCURY 8725647 /POLYGRAM "K99.1" under PD Chuck Browning. Roberta Gales, from WPOW Miami, GOD PART II U2 8 12 15 15 ISLAND LP CUT /ATLANTIC That station also gets a new air staff, are the new morning team at top 40 SHAKE IT UP BAD COMPANY including Jim Manley (mornings), WBSB "B104" Baltimore, replacing 9 10 11 8 ATLANTIC 7.88939 Darryl Johnson ( middays), Chuck Don O'Brian. DEAR GOD MIDGE URE 10 8 6 11 CHRYSALIS 43319 Gillespie (afternoons; he was previ- Pittsburgh legend Porky Ched- END OF THE LINE TRAVELING WILBURYS ously PD of local country AM wick, best known for his work with 11 3 2 9 WILBURY 7.27637, WARNER BROS. WONE), Cristy Leigh (evenings), WAMO, has filed for bankruptcy. PATIENCE GUNS N' ROSES nights). According to local press reports, 12 7 12 15 GEFFEN LP CUT and John Steele (late WEZC Charlotte, N.C., becomes Chedwick was claiming $20,900 in VOICES OF6BAoBYLON THE OUTFIELD 0 29 - 2 WMXC "Mix 104.7" but stays AC ... debits against 65 cents in assets. He CONFIDENTIAL THE RADIATORS OD Raymond Meza is out at Span - blames his participation in a now -de- I4 16 21 5 ish/AC KAMA /KAMZ El Paso, Tex- funct business venture ... Patty DRIVEN OUT THE FIXX 15 6 3 11 RCA 8837 as; John Alan Weitz is interim PD Murray, MD at album WGTR Miami, VERONICA ELVIS COSTELLO for the FM ... WFBL Syracuse, was killed March 18 in a car crash. At 16 15 18 9 WARNER BROS. LP CUT N.Y., now simulcasting album press time, the station had planned a HEAVENS TRAIL TESLA will go in fund -raiser to benefit her family, as 17 13 13 10 GEFFEN LP CUT WKFM, adult standards Former KDKB well as a Patty Murray Foundation. WHERE WERE YOU LITTLE AMERICA the near future ... 18 19 23 7 GEFFEN LP CUT Phoenix PD Cynde Slater has Roy Fox, a driving force behind ALL IS FORGIVEN SIREN launched an announcer -training ser- the "tea -bag" listener campaign 19 20 24 7 / POLYGRAM MERCURY LP CUT vice, Talent Developers, and can be against the congressional pay raise, READY FOR LOVE GARY MOORE ® 21 29 5 VIRGIN LP CUT reached at 602- 998 -8631. is out of mornings at n/t WXYT De- O MAYOR OF SIMPLETON XTC Steve "Dallas" Lovig is the new troit ... Larry King takes the 1989 21 23 31 6 GEFFEN LP CUT PD at country WMMN Fairmont, International Radio & Television So- COME OUT FIGHTING EASTERHOUSE 17 22 now ciety broadcaster -of -the -year award, 22 8 COLUMBIA 38 -68552 W.Va., replacing Ken King, at )m1 cross -town AC WFGM ... Easy reclaiming it for radio from 1988's re- DOLUMBNW BOYS WARRANT O 24 27 6 CO IA LP CUT WPAG Ann Arbor, Mich., is now AC cipient, Oprah Winfrey. TURN YOU INSIDE -OUT R.E.M. New York, 24 31 37 4 WAMX "Mix 107" ... New Bedford, At country WYNY Joe 0, Mass., finally gets a top 40 outlet- Marino (aka Joe Davis) joins for DIRTY BLVD. LOU REED s'3°P4t 25 18 20 10 in- SIRE LP CUT /WARNER BROS. WFHN "Fun 107" -under PD Wes overnights; his previous air work ,F "Z100" 1" THAT GIRL CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG McShay. cludes cross -town WHTZ ... A 26 26 25 10 ATLANTIC LP CUT st, AC WAXY Miami moves Rob Sidney y O THING CALLED LOVE BONNIE RAITT is 34 39 3 to news Demory eS,`01/4 27 CAPITOL LP CUT PEOPLE: Former WHYI "Y100" morning ... Sean J Miami morning driver Fox the new p.m. driver at top 40 WAPW 4.:`r * * * POWER TRACK*** Sonny HEARTS ON FIRE STEVE WINWOOD has filed a $300,000 suit against the "Power 99" Atlanta, which also 28 39 5 ®6.46:00 - VIRGIN 799234 top 40 station and its parent, Metro- needs a nighttime replacement for r YOUTH GONE WILD SKID ROW Fox claims his Domino; send T &R quickly. 29 33 36 6 ATLANTIC LP CUT plex Communications. departure from Y100 last year was + THE OF MONEY BULLETBOYS 30 32 33 FOR8 LOVE "wrongful, willful, malicious and ... EVENTS: Oldies KRLA Los Ange- YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON for the sole purpose of hiring a less - les plans to celebrate April Fool's (Ds cP, 31 22 14 11 VIRGIN 799245 expensive replacement." Neither Fox Day by repeating last year's re -cre- O y+4 .ktr SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME ROY ORBISON O 36 43 4 C fr 32 VIRGIN LP CUT will but ation of legendary local radio sta- 4`+r g nor Y100 discuss the case, 1 sit 4, A. 64 43, MISSION RUSH Fox's agent, Saul Foos, is also trying tions. KRLA's Dave Hull and Hum- 33 35 38 4 MERCURY LP CUT / POLYGRAM 9 a ble Hary will handle KRLA circa Yy to get him out of noncompete 4 4% * * * FLASHMAKER * * * agreement with the station. 1964 and KHJ circa 1969, respective- r° ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY GREAT WHITE . 111; 1 will hour of ® NEW CAPITOL LP CUT After six years as a nightly pro- ly. Bill Ballance do an oi gram, top 40 WQXI -FM "94Q" At- KFWB circa 1959 ... The first Air O RUN TO PARADISE CHOIRBOYS `4n,4 9r 35 41 48 3 WTG 31-68564 lanta's "Jazz Flavors" program is Talent Programming Conference, C° g 1s '4, SEND ME SOMEBODY JON BUTCHER of a held March 16 -18, in Atlanta drew 36 25 10 11 CITOL 44334 moving to weekends only as part 44A. ` larger staff realignment. Midday 250 -300 attendees and will be repeat- 4a Q HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL SARAYA 37 I LOVE O NEW POLYDOR LP CUT / POLYGRAM jock Craig Ashwood becomes APD/ ed next year. BRING IT BACK AGAIN STRAY CATS MD and morning show producer. r 47 2 °4, - EMI UT tt, ® Ken Cooper goes from afternoons to Assistance provided by W.T. Koltek, . YOU'RE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH 39 45 - 2 COLUMBIA LP CUT mornings on WQXI -AM. Jon -David Peter Ludwig, Craig Rosen, Terry ¡IC Y DRIVE MY CAR DAVID CROSBY Wells moves to afternoons. Kirk Wood, and David Wykoff 40 27 7 9 0 A&M LP CUT h' ONE CLEAR MOMENT LITTLE FEAT ."A.% Cyse-K 41 30 17 11 WARNER BROS. 727684 OF PERSONALITY LIVING COLOUR 42 40 CUL36O 35 16 EPIC ®:7g r+q.4 4i, SHE DID IT GLAMOUR CAMP 43 44 47 3 Q CITY GUNS N' ROSES ® r` 44 37 30 11 PARADISE COMING HOME CINDERELLA 45 NEW I n MERCURY LP CUT/POLYGRAM JEFF THE LIVING YEARS MIKE + THE MECHANICS 144 46 28 19 11 ATLANTIC 7 -88964 $t, se R.E.M. :#6 47 38 28 18 WATRNN BROS 727688 2 TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY TANITA TIKARAM "FERNANDO" 48 49 - REPRISE 7 22995 CIRCLE EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS 49 NEW 1 GEFFEN7 -27580 FM JAPAN COWBOY JUNKIES ® NEW 1 RWáE7TJANE BECK 81.3 FM OT acks with the greatest airplay gains this week. The Flashmaker is the highest- debuting track of the week. The Power Track is the track on the chart that shows the largest increase in airplay over the week before. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 15 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, DIO photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. JPBP, Emerald Following Parallel Paths AM CONTEMPORARY. Top 30 Country Countdown, House Shows Overlap z Compiled from a national sample of radio playlists. NEW YORK James Paul Brown NW ó,W Yo viá TITLE ARTIST but Moore is optimistic. "First, pro- r3 3 Na 3Ú LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Productions and Emerald Entertain- jections showed the numbers looked ment have been direct competitors good, with Saturday actually being * * No.1 * * since the two introduced live country better than Friday night. And second- YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON 1 1 2 10 VIRGIN 7 -99245 2 weeks at No. One call -in shows within a month of each ly, Gerry has been pulling in listeners ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES other in late 1987. Emerald's "Nash- from other formats at WSIX and I 2 7 7 8 COLUMBIA 38 -68533 ville Live" and JPBP's "Countryline think he can do that nationally as VANESSA WILLIAMS 6 6 11 U.S.A." are both reported to be in well." O DRNC áMIN'- 7 /POLYGRAM good shape; now, new developments As for "Waylon & Co.," Moore TTHAE LIVING YEARS MIKE + THE MECHANICS by Peter Ludwig 4 2 1 11 are going to pull the two companies says, "After all, it's a tried and tested LOST YOUR DEBBIE GIBSON into an even tighter circle. idea with a country legend as a host. 5 3 3 10 j NTIIN To begin with, Emerald is develop- Dana Miller and Emerald chairman/ He also started out in radio, was a DJ ÉUSTRBEÇAUSE ANITA BAKER 6 4 4 12 ing a top 30 country countdown and executive producer Dale Moore are for a number of years, and did the WE'VE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST KENNY G JPBP is said to be doing the same. cordial about the parallel develop- narration for 'The Dukes Of Hazard.' 7 5 5 9 ARISTA 19785 Emerald will have Waylon Jennings ments at their companies. Moore "We've been talking to a number DON'T TELL ME LIES BREATHE 8 8 8 11 A&M 17 as host of the weekly three -hour says, "It makes a new move in the di- of companies to be an anchor sponsor "Waylon & Co.," which features a rection we've been planning on. We and I think this kind of show is a nat- 9 ROPU'RE NOS ALONE CHICAGO O 9 14 guest artist as co-host for one of its didn't get into syndication as an ex- ural for that. The right sponsor will aOWIND BENEATH MY WINGS 12 18 7 BETTE MIDLER hours. Little is known about JPBP's periment. We mean to be successful understand that it would make sense ATLANTIC 7 -88972 countdown. Both shows are expected in this business and we've established to sponsor Waylon's tour. It would be AGOATIIT MADE CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG II 11 15 9 to be available by summer. ourselves with 'Nashville Live.' We a natural tie-in and provide a great HEAVEN HELP ME DEON Emerald is also currently devel- want affiliates to look to us to deliver tie-in for affiliates." 12 17 26 4 ESTUS MIKA 871 538- 7 /POLYGRAM oping "Saturday Night House Par- hot weekends for them." JPBP -which has introduced three 13 7 SECOND CHANCE THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL ty" as a live satellite- delivered show An expensively produced 0 17 weekend fully sponsored weekly longform pro- with WSIX -AM -FM Nashville morn- evening syndication in the country grams in the past 30 AFTER ALL CHER & PETER months -has 14 15 25 4 CETERA GEFFEN 7 -27529 ing man Gerry House as host. Plans format leaves little room for error, (Continued on next page) MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO ROD STEWART call for House's support team, the 15 10 9 16 WARNER BROS. 7 -27729 WSIX House Foundation, to be in- LIKE A PRAY MADONNA FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 24 36 3 volved in 0 ERER BROS. the show. Interestingly enough, House SHOE WONT TAALK TO ME LUTHER VANDROSS already hosts two 0 21 19 8 programs for JPBP: "Countryline" LET Á HE RIVER RUN CARLY SIMON and "America's # 1." The House IS 22 22 8 TM"cKs° Foundation is in on "America's MODERN ROCK WHEN I'M YOU 19 14 WITH SHERIFF z Compiled from Commercial and 10 15 CAPITOL 44302 #1"-which is taped at Emerald's College Radio Airplay Reports. TITLE ARTIST Ers ONLYYLOVE SIMPLY RED studios -as well. W 3o v$ 23 24 6 áW --x LABEL ® Because of his expanded work I-3 <3 N¢ 3 L) & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL ACROSS THE MILES SURVIVOR 21 16 16 9 load, House is expected to drop one SCOTTI BROS. 4- 68526/E.P.A. * * No.1 * * DON'T RUSH ME TAYLOR DAYNE JPBP show -probably the live one - THE MAYOR OF SIMPLETON XTC 22 18 13 17 1 2 2 6 ARISTA 1-9722 hour "Countryline." Radio & Records 1 week at No. VERONICAEROR ELVIS COSTELLO LIVINGSTON TAYLOR country editor Lon Helton hosts Em- 1 1 8 26 32 7 CRITIQuLIGHTSS LP CUT /ATLANTIC erald's "Nashville Live," and began SUPERWOMAN KARYN WHITE I' BEYBE OUPRISE THE REPLACEMENTS 24 29 38 4 hosting Westwood One's new "Listen 3 3 3 9 DIRTY BLVD. LOU REED SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME RICK ASTLEY In With ... " in January. 4 4 4 11 25 20 12 15 E Both JPBP executive director SIRE LP CUT /WARNER BROS. MADONNA OF THE WASPS ROBYN HITCHCOCK 5 13 21 /EGYPTIANS ** *POWER PICK * ** 3 A &M LP CUTS I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD PETER NOONE 26 33 42 3 CYPRESS 0019 /A &M 9 NIGHTMARES VIOLENT FEMMES 6 5 5 BROS. THIS TIME NEIL DIAMOND 27 19 11 13 COLUMBIA 38 -08514 THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTER'L PLAYBOYS MORRISSEY PDs Are Giving 7 9 13 3 SIRE LP CUT /REPRISE END OF THE LINE TRAVELING WILBURYS 31 33 6 WILBURY SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG C) 727637 /WARNER BIOS. 8 6 6 CANNIBALS 10 I.R.S. 53483 /MCA BRING DOWN THE MOON BOY MEETS GIRL 29 28 31 9 High Marks To RCA 8807 THROWING MUSES 9 8 10 7 SSIIRE CUT /WARNER BROS. O'/n HAPPY EVER AFTER JULIA FORDHAM .711 38 43 4 VIRGIN ALWAYS SATURDAY 7 -99294 11 16 4 GUADALCANAL DIARY 10 ELEKTRA LP CUT ROMANCE (FROM "SING ") PAUL CARRACK & TERRI NUNN Education 31 37 48 3 & ROUNDBS NEW COLUMBIA 38 -6 580 11 16 22 3 ROUND ORDER HOLDING ON STEVE WINWOOD 32 25 21 18 VIRGIN 7-99261 BY PETER LUDWIG MEIOUT6FIGHTING EASTERHOUSE 12 7 7 Co8 TWO HEARTS 27 PHIL COLLINS NEW YORK With the crisis of 33 20 20 ATLANTIC 7 -88980 DEAR GOD MIDGE URE the U.S. educational system being 13 15 9 11 ALL THIS TIME TIFFANY 34 30 23 17 MCA AA&NGEL VISIT THRASHING DOVES 53371 prominently featured in two re- 14 14 14 5 H RT SON FIRE STEVE WINWOOD cent movies, some radio promotion 49 - 2 SWEET JANE COWBOY JUNKIES 15 10 0 directors say that station -spon- 8 16 RCA 88797 'OC ORINOCO FLOW (SAIL AWAY) ENYA .7V 42 49 4 GEFFEN 7 -27633 sored scholarship programs are DRIVEN OUT THE FIXX 16 12 11 10 RCA 8837 SILHOUETTE KENNY G getting a tad more local media at- 37 35 29 25 ARISTA 1-9751 GIVE,GIVE,GIVE ME MORE,MORE,MORE THE WONDER STUFF tention. While community- oriented 17 26 30 5 POLYDOR LP CUT /POLYGRAM BASIA 48 promotions rarely generate the YOU INSIDE -OUT R.E.M. ® - 2 EEPIICO34- 68608/E.PA. coverage that outrageous stunts 18 21 20 TURN3 THE LONELIEST HEART BOYS CLUB 39 44 3 YEAH AYEAH YEAH YEAH THE POGUES MCA 53507 do, some hope the new concern 19 17 18 7 YEAH over education will help bolster the * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT*** THE GOOD LIFE FIRE TOWN 20 22 27 3 IFÉ ÇAN6JUÓ5 GET THROUGH THE NIGHT PHOEBE SNOW scholarship's reputation further. ATLANTIC LP CUT NEW 1 ® I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) THE PROCLAIMERS Scholarship promotions are 21 23 29 3 AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW FLEETWOOD MAC 41 39 30 19 WARNER BROS. 7.27644 strong at news /talk stations and EVERLASTING LOVE HOWARD JONES 22 NEW 1 AESRLONG78 SWE GOT EACH OTHER STEVE DORFF/FRIENDS all but mandatory for high- visibili- ELEKTRA 7 -69308 42 32 27 15 ty urban stations. Even top 40 MANDA ELA DAY SIMPLE MINDS 23 NEW ' 1 &M LP CUT THE LOVER IN ME SHEENA EASTON 43 47 45 5 MCA 53416 WYHY "Y107" Nashville is tem- GOOD THING FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS pering its "outrageous" promotion 24 29 2 HALLELUIAH MAN LOVE AND MONEY - I.R.S. LP CUT /MCA 44 , 1 ONEW MERCURY 8705967 / POLYGRAM reputation by awarding scholar- MOTORCYCLE LOVE AND ROCKETS 25 20 24 6 BEGGARS BANQUET LP CUT /RCA ALL I WANT IS FOREVER J.TAYLOR /R.BELLE ships through area churches for 45 34 35 6 EPIC 34. 68540 /E.P.A. the second year in a row. R.E.M. 26 19 17 17 WARANIERDBROS. 7 I REMEMBER HOLDING YOU BOYS CLUB -27688 46 41 39 22 MCA 53430 KYW N/T Philadelphia has also ERASURE 27 RE -ENTRY 4 SSOUL SEARCHIN' GLENN FREY been offering an in- station educa- STOLPCUT /REPRISE 47 36 34 18 tional program along with its TWIST ;112MY SOBRIETY TANITA TIKARAM TA LK IT OVER GRAYSON HUGH 28 NEW 1 REPRISE -995 O 1 NEW ' RCA 8802 scholarships for the past 23 years. IF A TREE FALLS BRUCE COCKBURN 29 25 23 SURRENDER TO ME ANN WILSON & ROBIN ZANDER Now, new n/t outlet KORG Ana- 8 GOLD CASTLE LP CUT 49 44 46 8 CAPITOL heim, Calif., is also offering an FINE TIME NEW ORDER 30 18 15 13 /WARNER GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT ANITA BAKER QWEST LP CUT BROS. 50 50 47 27 educational station tour as it de- ELEKTRA 7 -69371 velops its scholarship program. Billboa d, copy ight 1989. o Products with the greatest airplay gains this week. Videoclip availability. (Continued on page 19) 16 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com YesterHits © Hits From Billboard 10 and R,o 20 Years Ago This Week NETWORKS AND SYNDICATIONS POP SINGLES -lo Years Ago (Continued from preceding page) It began as 1. Tragedy, Bee Gees, Rso 2. I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor, also been concentrating on promo- a restaurant sc POLYDOR tional tie -ins for its shows, including a 3. What A Fool Believes, Doobie giveaway of a new , people Brothers, WARNER BROS "Countryline" 4. Heaven Knows, Donna Summer & truck with $5,000 in the glove com- Brooklyn Dreams, CASABLANCA partment. JPBP is also readying a wanted to stay 5. Shake Your Groove Thing, Peaches new top 40 daily shortform to utilize & Herb, POLYDOR 6. Sultans Of Swing, Dire Straits, the interview library it has built up all night. Now WARNER BROS. during two years of "Hitline U.S.A." 7. Do You Think I'm Sexy, Rod "Rockin' News" is set to debut July 4 Stewart, WARNER BROS. it's a hotel. Ma 8. Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart, as a 21/2-minute music news /inter- ARIOLA view feature. 9. What You Won't Do For Love, Maison Sofitel. Bobby Caldwell, CLOUD 10. Don't Cry Out Loud, Melissa HONEST HAMS R UP ONTYTN TEA Manchester, ARISTA After almost a year's delay caused by a fire at Transtar Radio Network's TOP SINGLES -20 Years Age Los Angeles facilities, the pioneering 1. Dizzy, Tommy Roe, ABC adult standards format Music Of 2. Traces, Classics IV, IMPERIAL Your Life was scheduled to go up on 3. Time Of The Season, Zombies, DATE satellite 25. 4. Aquarius /Let The Sunshine In, March Industry veteran Fifth Dimension, soul CITY Al Ham is producing the live 24-hour- 5. Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater a-day service with Fairwest Satellite Revival, FANTASY Programming Inc. Transtar is dis- 6. Run Away Child, Running Wild, Temptations, GORDY tributing it and Joe Waldman is the 7. Indian Giver, 1910 Fruitgum Co., format's PD. BUDDAH Don Gordon, formerly heard on 8. Galveston, Glen Campbell, CAPITOL Transtar's AM Only format, will do 9. My Whole World Ended (The Red Specs Take The Cake. ABC Moment You Left Me), David mornings for MOYL. Fairwest direc- Radio Networks helps Sally Jesse Ruffin, MOTOWN tor of special projects David Wolfe Raphael celebrate her first 10. Only The Strong Survive, Jerry says the service will concentrate on Butler, MERCURY anniversary with the network with a "getting as many stars as possible cake bearing her trademark, red TOP ALBUMS -10 Years Ago into the studio for the morning show glasses. From left are ABC VP of talk on a daily basis. This is a fully up- 1. Spirits Having Flown, Bee Gees, RSO ... programs Maurice Tunick, Raphael, 2. Minute By Minute, Doobie dated format made viable for the '90s and ABC president Aaron Daniels. Brothers, WARNER BROS. and the morning show is going to re- 3. Dire Straits, Dire Straits, WARNER BROS. flect that." MOYL is still available 4. Love Tracks, Gloria Gaynor, from Fairwest as a tape service. POLYDOR 5. Blondes Have More Fun, Rod coming network and syndicated Stewart, WARNER BROS. AROUND THE INDUSTRY music specials. Shows with multi- 6. 2 -Hot, Peaches & Herb, POLYDOR Denny Somach Productions' "Ticket ple dates indicate that local sta- 7. Cruisin', Village People, CASABLANCA To Ride" will be a book -the first tions have option of broadcast time 8. 52nd Street, Billy Joel, COLUMBIA Beatles 9. Briefcase Full Of Blues, Blues -related volume William Mor- and dates. Brothers, ATLANTIC row & Co. has published since their 10. Livin' Inside Your Love, George Albert Goldman biography of John March 31 -April 1, Will To Power, On The Radio, Benson, WARNER BROS Lennon. Written by Somach and wife On The Radio Broadcasting, one hour. TOP ALBUMS -20 rears Ago Kathy, "Ticket To Ride" has an intro- March 31 -April 2, Rush, Metalshop, MJI Broad- duction by "Ticket" host / W N E W -FM casting, one hour. 1. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears, COLUMBIA New York p.m. driver, Scott Muni and March 31 -April 2, Chaka Khan, Star Beat, Mil 2. Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell, a publication date of Nov. 1. Broadcasting, one hour. CAPITOL Somach says the book takes ex- March 31 -April 2, The Mike + The Mechanics 3. Goodbye, Cream, ATCO 4. Ball, Iron Butterfly, Arco cerpts from the interviews and Story, Hot Rocks, United Stations, 90 minutes. 5. The Beatles, the Beatles, APPLE themes that "Ticket" has used over April 1-2, Marvin Gaye's Double Anniversary/ 6. ln-A- Gadda- Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly, its past four years to paint a literary Frankie Gaye /Ashford & Simpson, RadioScope, ATCO Lee 7. Greatest Hits, Donovan, EPIC portrait of the Beatles' influence on Bailey Communications, one hour. 8. Greatest Hits Vol. 1, the newer rock artists. Somach also pro- April 2, Julian Lennon /C,S,N & Y /Roy Orbison, Association, WARNER BROS. duces the daily shortform "Beatle Powercuts, Global Satellite Network, two hours. 9. Help Yourself, Tom Jones, PARROT Breaks," for Global Satellite Net- April 3 -10, R.E.M., Up Close, MediaAmerica Ra- 10. T.C.B., Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations, MOTOWN work, which debuts on Saturday (1). dio, 90 minutes. DIR Broadcasting and Westwood April 3 -9, The Genesis Chronicles, King Biscuit COUNTRY SINGLES -10 Years Age One have each dropped relatively Flower Hour, DIR Broadcasting, one hour. 1. I Just Fall In Love Again, Anne new programs in the past month. April 3 -9, Tone Loc, Rick Dees On The Line, DIR Murray, CAPITOL DIR had launched "Music Weekend" Broadcasting, one hour. 2. It's A Cheating Situation, Moe for AC World April 3 Bandy, COLUMBIA and "The Of Rock" for -9, Baillie & the Boys, Listen In With Lon 3. (It Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't album rock last fall as two four-hour Helton, Westwood One Radio Networks, one hour. Want To Be Right, Barbara "full airshift" offerings. AC contin- April 3-9, Kenny G, The Jazz Show with David Mandrel!, ABC ues to be a tough clear for syndica- Sanborn, Westwood One Radio Networks, two 4. All I Ever Need Is You, Kenny Rogers & Dottie West, UNITED ARTISTS tors, and DIR has dropped "Week- hours. 5. Golden Tears, Dave & Sugar, RCA end" while trimming two hours off April 3 -9, Moody Blues, Part 2, Legends of 6. Sweet Memories, Willie Nelson, RCA the Scott Muni -hosted "Rock." Rock, Westwood One Radio Networks, one hour. 7. Send Me Down To Tucson/ WW1 launched "Fantasy Palace" April 3-9, Chris Rea /Melissa Etheridge, In Con- Charlie's Angels, Mel Tillis, MCA Westwood 8. Where Do I Put Her Memory, at the beginning of the year to capi- cert, One Radio Networks, 90 minutes. Charley Pride, RCA talize on its enormous library of live April 3 -9, Robert Plant, High Voltage, 9. I Had A Lovely Time, the Kendalls, Westwood Radio OVATION concert tape. But like DIR's similar One Networks, two hours. 10. They Call It Making Love, Tammy attempt last year to recycle some of April 3 -9, Fleetwood Mac /Steely Dan /Rascals, Wynette, EPIC its library, the weekly one -hour "Pal- Classic Cuts, M11 Broadcasting, one hour. ace" has been canceled a few months April 3 -9, Bad Company, Rock Today, Mil SOUL SINGLES -10 Years Ago into its run. Broadcasting, one hour. 1. He's The Greatest Dancer, Sister Lee Bailey Communications is April 3 -9, Bellamy Brothers, Country Today, Sledge, COTILLION clearing a special two-hour Mil Broadcasting, one hour. 2. I Got My Mind Made Up, Instant docudra- Funk, SALSOUL ma on Marvin Gaye this weekend April 3 -9, Keith Richards, Off The Record with 3. Shake Your Body, Jacksons, EPIC (April 1 -2). "Marvin: We Miss You" Mary Turner, Westwood One Radio Networks, one 4. Bustin' Loose, Chuck Brown & the commemorates the fifth anniversary hour. Soul Searchers, SOURCE of 3 5. Disco Nights, C.Q., ARISTA Gaye's death and what would have April -9, Razzy Bailey, Live From Gilley's, 6. Do You Think I'm Sexy, Rod been his 50th birthday. In other Bai- Westwood One Radio Networks, one hour. Stewart, WARNER BROS. ley news, Armed Forces radio has April 3 -9, Terence Trent D'Arby, Night Scene, 7. I Want Your Love, Chic, ATLANTIC picked up "RadioScope" and "Inside Westwood One Radio Networks, one hour. /jíetf,:fSofitel 8. Oh Honey, Delegation, SHAOYBROON Gospel." 3-9, 9. Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart, April The Lost Lennon Tapes, Westwood ARIOLA One Radio Networks Special Series, one hour. In LA, on l (II Ii I I -':' I I- I'''?13-978 1 1 1 10. Love Ballad, George Benson, WARNER BROS. CALENDAR April 3 -17, Grateful Dead, Rock Stars Monthly Below is a weekly calendar of up- Special, Radio Today Entertainment, 90 minutes. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 17 www.americanradiohistory.com PLATINUM-Stations with a weekly cume audience of more than 1 million. Billboard. GOLD-Stations with a weekly cum* audience between 500,000 and 1 million. FOR WEEK ENDING SILVER-Stations with a weekly cum APRIL 1, 1989 POWER PLAYLISTS. audience between 250,000 and 500,000. CURRENT PLAYLISTS OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL TOP 40 RADIO STATIONS 25 Def Leopard, Rocket EX EX Donny Osmond Soldier 01 Love 4 1 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On PLATINUM 26 Anita Baket, Just Because EX EX Chris Rea, Working On It 5 6 Guns N' Rosh Paradise City Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 27 Living Colour, Cult Of Personality EX EX Kristin Baie, Don't Turn Your Back On 6 7 Ann Wilson 8 Robin Zander, Surrender Michael Damian, Rock On 28 Madonna Like A Prayer EX EX Easter House, Come Out Fighting 7 8 R.E.M., Stand Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You 29 Guns N' Roses Patience EX EX Peter Schilling, The Different Story 8 9 Chicago, You're Not Alone [rya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 30 Donny Osmond, Soldier Of Love EX EX Boy George, Don't Take My Mind On a T 9 12 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' Lmng Colour, Cult Of Personality A Sweet Sensation Romeo J.D.), Si 10 11 Bobby Brown Roni Bobby Brown, Every Little Step A Michael Damian, Rock 11 15 Milli Vanilli, dirt You Know It's Tru Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth A Jody Watley, Real Love 12 17 Bangles, Eternal Flame Detroit P.D.: Chuck Beck Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' A Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 13 14 Anita Baker, Just Because Tiffany, Radio Romance 14 18 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 1 4 Jimmy Harnen With Synch, Where Are Yo New York 0.M.: Steve Kingston 15 20 Rosette, The Look 2 3 R.E.M. Stand 3 6 Gum N' Roses, Patience 1 3 Milli VaniC, Girl You Know Its Tru 16 16 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 4 5 Seventeen 2 4 Bang's, Eternal Flame 17 19 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance Winger, 5 1 Bangles Eternal Flame 3 1 Guns N' Roses, Paradise City r 18 22 Madonna, Like A Prayer G Lost In Your Eyes 4 5 Karyn White, Superwoman Boston P.D.: Tom Jeffries 19 21 Tone Lac Funky Cold Medina 6 2 Debbie 102.7 7 B Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina 5 6 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year Mi 20 23 Martika, More Than You Know 8 9 Del Leopard Rocket 6 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 1 1 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 21 24 Def Leopard Rocket 9 10 Ann Wilson Rabin Zander, Surrender 7 19 Madonna, Like A Prayer 2 3 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 22 25 Bon Jon, I'll Be There For You k 10 12 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 8 12 Stevie B, I Wanna Be The One 3 4 Chicago, You're Not Alone Z3 26 Luther Vaadross, She Won't Talk To Me A Prayer Minneapolis P.D.: Gregg Swedberg 9 20 Bon lovi, I'll Be There For You Los Angeles P.D.: Steve Rivers 4 6 Netlike, More Than You Know 24 27 Jody Watley Real Love 11 13 Madonna, Like 12 14 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 1 The 10 15 Tone La Funky Cold Medina I 1 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 5 8 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' 25 28 Mimotion, Room To Move Rosette, Look 13 15 Rosette, The Look 11 13 Rosette, The Look 2 2 Mi1i Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 6 9 Anda Baker, Just Because 26 29 Michael Damian, Rock On 2 Bangla, Eternal Flame 11 17 Lita Ford (Duet With Ozzy Osbourn) 12 14 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 3 1 Bane's, Eternal Flame 7 7 R.E.M., Stand 27 30 Karyn White, Superwoman 3 Ma ka, More Than You Know 15 7 Guns N' Roses, Paradise City 13 16 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo J.D.), Si 4 8 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 8 12 Rosette, The Look A28 - Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance 4 Chicago, You're Not Alone 16 11 Bon Jovi, Living In Sin 14 6 Paula Abdul Straight Up 5 3 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 9 10 Roy Orbison, You Got It 5 Mili Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 17 20 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 15 21 Fn Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 6 10 Karyn WhHe, Superwoman 10 2 Bangles, Eternal Flame 6 1 DEM., Stand 18 21 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 16 17 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 7 II Ton Lou Funky Cold Medina 11 13 Sa- ire Thinking Of You 7 1 Thirty Eight Special Second Chance 19 19 Deon Estus, Heaven Help Me Me C 17 18 The Belle Stan, Iko Iko (From "Rain 8 5 Gum N' Roses, Paradise City 12 14 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 9 1 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives 20 25 Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 18 7 Anita Baker Just Because 9 13 Rosette, The Look 13 15 Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance Mean, Cryin' 21 EX Michael Damian, Rock On 10 Mike The Mecha ' The Living Year 19 9 Kon Kan I Beg Your Pardon 10 6 Anita Baker, Just Because 14 17 Karyn White, Superwoman + mn, 22 23 Eddie Money, The Love In Your Eyes 20 24 Sa -Fin, Thinking Of You 11 14 Dino, 24/7 15 28 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 11 1 Bon lad I'll Be There For You 23 24 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 21 11 Sheens Easton, The Lover In Me 12 15 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 16 20 Figures On A Beech, You Ain't Seen No 12 1 Karyn Write, Superwoman A24 Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth (Love 22 10 Ton La, Wild Thing 13 7 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th 17 30 Madonna Like A Prayer - Cher 8 Peter Cetera Aller All A25 Bon Jovi I'll Be There For You 14 20 Poison, Your Mama bolt Dance A23 - Debbie Gibson Electric Youth 14 17 Sa -Fin, Thinking Of You 18 22 Tiffany, Radio Romance - Washington P.D.: Program Director A Howard }ones, Everlasting Love A To Cry On 24 27 1 Walley Real Love 15 9 Martika More Than You Know 19 EX Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C - Tommy Page, Shoulder Year 16 Ì6 Was (Not Was) Walk The Dinosaur A25 - Del Laard,pp Rocket 16 19 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo ID.), Si 20 25 Bon lovi, I'll Be There For You 1 3 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Williams, 2 4 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 17 18 W41 To Power, Fading Away - Vanessa Dreamin' 17 20 Stevie B, I Wanna Be The One 21 23 Cary Simon, Let The River Run (Theme A2627 22 The Boys, Dial My Heart 22 24 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 3 7 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 18 n New Order Mr. Disco 18 21 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' 26 23 Bobby Brain, Roni 19 22 Madonna, Like A Prayer 23 26 Del Leopard, Rocket 4 1 New Kids On The Block, You Gat It (Th 19 30 Madera,n Like A Prayer A29 The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) 20 12 Bobby Brown, Roni 24 27 Johnny Kemp Birthday Suit (From "Sin 5 6 R.E.M., Stand 20 26 Animation, Room To Move 30 26 Bon lea, Born To Be My Baby 21 24 [rya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 25 EX Dun Estas, (leaven Help Me 6 2 Paula Abdul, Straight Up Def Leopard, Rocket n 23 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 26 29 Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 7 II Bangles, Eternal Flame )` 3 Breathe, Don't Tell Me Lies A To Cry On 34 Bette Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings 8 9 Vanessa Williams, reamin' (powtc, 223 12 Gum N' Roses, Paradise City 23 25 Tommy Page Shoulder V 24 27 R.E.M., Stand 28 31 The Pasadenas Tribute (Right On) 9 16 Tone La, Funky bold Medina Dino, 24/7 25 28 Jody Watley, Real Love 29 32 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 10 10 Karyn White Superwoman P.D.: Rick 25 14 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes Detroit Gillette Tell 26 29 Deon Esteuss,, Heaven Help Me 30 33 Animation, Room To Move 11 15 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 25 8 Kenny Lo gins, Her 1 2 Milli Venda, Girl You Know It's Tru 27 30 Thirty Eight Special Second Chance 31 EX Cher 8 Peter Cetera, After All (Love 12 13 Rosette, The Look 27 32 Jody WatleyReal Love 2 3 Bangles, Eternal Flame Radio Romance 21 31 Howard 1lo es, Everlasting Love 32 EX Steve Winwood, Hearts On Fire 13 14 Anita Baker, Just Because 20 29 Tiffany, 3 1 Anita Baker, Just Because A29 - Roy Orbison, You Got It A33 - Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.0.), Si 14 5 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 29 33 The Replacements, I'll Be You e 5 Tone La Funky Cold Medina 30 32 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 34 EX Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 15 20 Madonna, Like A Prayer 30 36 Tone La, Funky Cold Medina 5 6 Vanessa baWilliams, Dreamin' New York P.D.: Gary Bryan A - Bobby Brown, Every Little Step 35 EX The Belle Stars, Iko Iko (From' Rain 16 B Bobby Brown Roni 31 17 Bobby Brown, Roni 6 12 Madonna, Like A Prayer A Donny Osmod Soldier Of Love EX EX Robbie Neal, Somebody Like You 17 19 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 32 38 Howard Jones, Everlasting Love 1 Mike The Mechanics, The Living Year - + 7 4 Karyn White, Superwoman 33 25 Anita Baker, lust Because A New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving A - Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 18 21 Samantha Fos, I Only Wanna Be With Yo 2 Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie 8 7 Debby Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 34 39 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl EX EX Bon lovi, I'll Be There For You A - The Escape Club, Walking Through Wall 19 25 Jody Watley Real Love Guns N' Roses, Paradise City 9 1 Bobby Brown, Roni Thinking Of You EX EX The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) A Chris Rea, Working On 11 20 22 The Belk Stan, Iko Iko (From "Rain 35 Sa -Fire, I - 4 1 Kon Kan, Beg Your Pardon New Edition, Can You Stand The Rain A - Edle Bricked Circle 21 23 Dino,24/7 10 9 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th 5 1 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru New Kids The Block, You Got It (Th A - New Kids On The Block I'll Be Loving 22 27 Bon Joel, I'll Be There For You 11 11 On One 2 Many, Downtown 1 Bangles Eternal Flame 6 15 Rosette, The Look I GOLD A - The Outfield, Voices Of Babylon 23 26 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.0.), Si 12 38 EX Samantha Fos, Only Wanna Be With Yo 7 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 13 13 She Won't Talk To Me EX EX Winger, Seventeen 24 12 Gum N' Roses,Roses Paradise City Luther Vandross, 39 EX Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 25 28 Cher 8 Peter After All (Love 14 23 Jody Walley,Walley Real Love 40 40 Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit (From "Sin 9 StevJoel,, I Wanna Be TheBOne Fine Young She Drives Me C 26 29 Thirty Eight Special Second Chance 15 19 A - Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth 10 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th 16 10 Temptation Eyes 27 30 Sa -Fin Thinking Of You Erica Smith A - Hinah Cherry, Buffalo Stance 11 Bobby Brown, Roni Good 26 EX Michael Damian, Rock On 17 17 Inner City, Life A - Michael Damian, Rock On 12 Information Society, Walking Away Me liftdefig A29 - Roy Orbison, You Gat It 18 24 Deon Fstas, Heaven Help Enya Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 13 Rick Astley, She Wants To Dance With /CFM 19 20 The Belle Stars, Iko Iko (From "Rain My Heart Can't Tell You 96T A30 - Living Colour, Cult 01 Personality EX Ex Rod Stewart, 14 Aorta Baker, Just Because A - Def Leopard, Rocket 20 21 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 15 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance A - Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth 21 22 Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit (From "Sin 16 Sweet Sensation (With Rama 1.D.), Si 22 16 Gina Go-Go I Can't Face The Fact Hartford P.D.: Dave Shakes A - Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) When I'm You B94M 17 With The Dinosaur allh Sheriff, 23 18 Was (Not Was), Walk 18 Rosette, The Look I 1 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru Pittsburgh P.D.: Bill Cahill 24 EX Surface, Closer Than Friends 19 Madonna, Like A Prayer 2 3 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 25 EX The Boys, Lucky Charm 1 3 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 20 Sheen Easton, The Lover In Me 6 Rosette, The Look A Bobby Brown, Every Little Step 3 2 4 Rosette, The Look - 21 The Belle Stan, Iko Iko (From "Rain 4 4 Roy Orbison, You Gat It A New )(ids On The Block I'll Be Loving 3 6 Bangles, Eternal Flame - 22 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 5 5 Sa -Fire Thinking Of You A - Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth / 7 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 23 Ban Jai, I'll Be There For You 6 7 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.D.), Si A Glen Medeiros, Never Get Enough Of Yo 5 1 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year - Dallas P.D.: Joel Folger 24 Tan Lac, Wild Thing 7 B, I Wanna Be The One EX EX Tiffany, Radio Romance 9 Stevie 6 B Chicago You're Not Alone 25 Dean Estes, Heaven Help Me EX EX The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) II 8 Vanessa Williams Dreamin' 7 2 New Kids On The Block You Got It (Th 1 I Rosette, The Look 26 Karyn White, Superwoman Eternal Fame Stand 9 10 Bangles, 6 11 Bon Joe I'll Be There For You EX EX R.E.M., 2 3 Rod Stewart My Heart Can't Tell You A27 Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You 12 Tampa 0.M.: Mason Dixon EX EX Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 10 Dino, 21/7 9 10 Kann Wilde, Superwoman 3 6 Fine loom Cannibals, She Drives Me C A28 Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth 11 Anita Just Because ll Baker, 10 15 R.E.M. Stand 1 2 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 4 5 R.E.M., Stand A29 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C White, 12 14 Karyn Superwoman 11 13 Eddie Mon', The Love In Your Eyes 2 3 Bangles, Eternal Flame 5 7 Living Colour, Cult Of Personality A30 Tae Lac, Funky Gold Medina 13 2 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year For You 12 5 Bobby Brown Roni 3 1 Gum N' Roses, Paradise City 6 2 Ban Jod, I'll Be There A Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur Iko "Rain 14 20 The Belle Stars, Iko (From 13 14 Deon Estus, Heaven Help Me 4 7 Rosette, The Look 7 4 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year A R.E.M., Stand Lac, Funky Medina 15 25 Tone Cold 14 17 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' 5 12 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 6 8 Del Leopard, Rocket A Prayer 16 21 Madonna, Like 15 21 Roy Orbison, You Got It 6 6 Anita Baker, Just Because 9 10 Thirty [Qht Special Second Chance In Your Eyes 17 13 Debbie Gibson Lost 16 19 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 7 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th 10 11 Lita Ford (Duet With 0rzy Osbourn), Rod Tell You 16 23 Stewart, fdy Heart Can't 17 28 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 8 13 Karyn White Superwoman 11 9 Van Halen, Feels So Good 19 24 Simply Red, It's Only Love OOOo9 al& 12 13 Roy Orbison, You Got It Ib 29 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 9 17 Madonna LikeA Prayer 20 22 Poison, Your Marna Dori t Dance Jones, Love 19 20 Thirty Eight Special Second Chance 10 5 SheeSheens Easton, The Lover In Me Rich Piombino 13 16 Howard Everlasting The Cleveland 0.M.: It 21 15 Was Not Wu) Walk Dinosaur 20 23 Def rd, Rocket u lé Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 14 15 Chns Rea, Working On Tell Me 1 1 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You Are Yo 22 11 B Don't Lies 21 22 Cher 8 eter Caten, After All (Love 12 Bobby Brown, Roni 15 16 Jimmy Harnen With Synch, Where R.E.M., Stand 23 36 Bette Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings 22 24 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 13 18 Vanessa Williams Dreamin 2 3 16 17 Madonna Like A Prayer Drives Me C 24 28 Animation, Room To Move 23 25 Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl 14 14 Mike + The Mectrurrics The Living Year 3 B Fine Young Cannibals She 17 19 Michael Damian, Rock On Real 4 2 Van Helen, Feels So Good Chicago P.D.: Buddy Scott 25 29 Jody Watley, Love 24 30 Madonna, Like A Prayer 15 Breathe Don't Tell Me Lies 16 20 Winger, Seventeen Electric Youth 5 5 Roy Orbison, You Gat It 0,26 - Debbie Gibson, 25 EX Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina 16 21 Belle Stan, Iko Iko (From "Rain 19 12 Sheriff, When I'm With You 1 1 Mike The Mechanics, The Living Year You're Not Alone + 27 30 Tiffany, Radio Romance The Boys, Dial My Heart 17 TheRoy Orbison, You Got It 6 7 Chicago, 20 14 Eddie Moray, The Love In Your Eyes 26 16 2 3 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru Heaven 7 10 Bosetta The Look 21 31 Dean Estus, Help Me 27 EX Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 19 Deon Estas, Heaven Help Me EX EX The Outfield Voices 01 Babylon 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes Second Chance 3 29 32 Johnny Kemp Birthday Suit (From "Sin 28 12 Guns N' Roses, Paradise City 19 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 8 13 Thirty Eight Special, EX EX Animation Room To Move e 1 Paula Abdul, Straight Up Forever Your 9 12 Enya, Flow (Sail Away) 30 33 Paula Abdul, Girl 29 26 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 20 20 Chicago, You're Not Alone Orinoco EX EX Peter Schilling, The Different Story 5 5 Bangles Eternal Flame Bobby Brown, Every Little Step 10 11 Kean A, Moonlight on water A31 - 30 EX Steve Winwoed Hearts On Fire 21 25 Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 6 6 Karyn White, Superwoman The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) 11 14 The Fixa, Driven Out 32 34 A - New Kids On The Block I'll Be Loving Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 7 7 Vanessa Williams, reamin 33 35 Bon Jai I'll Be There For You 12 20 Ban Jeri, I'll Be There For You A - Jody Watley, Real Love 23 ä The Fixa, Driven Out 8 12 Fine Young Cannials, She Drives Me C 37 8 Peter After All (Love 13 6 Breathe, Don't Tell Me Lies 34 Cher Cetera A - Donny Osnrand, Soldier Of Love 24 11 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 9 8 Kon Kan, I Beg Your Pardon Flow (Sail Away) 14 17 Def Leopard, Rocket 35 38 Enya, Orinoco A - Michael Damian, Rock On A25 - R.E.M., Stand 10 9 Anita Baker Just Because Rock 15 4 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 36 39 Michael Damian, On A26 - Thiry Eight Special, Second Chance 11 13 Inner City, Good Life 37 40 Donny Osmond Soldier Of Love 27 EX Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 16 16 Midge Ure, Dear God 12 15 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.0), Si 17 15 Rosas, Paradise City A31 - Bananarama, Nathan Jones A - New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving Gum N' Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You Personality 13 16 39 EX One 2 Many, Downtown A - Cllr 8 Peter Cetera, After All (Love 18 22 Living Colour, Cult Of 14 14 Martika, More Than You Know A45 - Howard Janes, Everlasting Love EX EX Jody Watley, Real Love 19 9 Vixen, Cryin' 15 20 Madonna, Like A Prayer Hearts On Fire Dallas P.D.: Buzz Bennett A - Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance EX Ex Tiffany Radio Romance 20 24 Steve Winwood, 16 17 Tone La Funky Cod Medina Wonder, Baby Baby 21 29 The Outfield, Voices Of Babylon A - Eighth EX EX Pau' Abdul, Forever Your Girl 1 Tone Lx, Funky Cold Medina The Look 17 18 Rosette EX EX Se -Fire, Thinking Of You 22 26 Was (Not Was) Walk The Dinosaur 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 18 19 Bobby Grown, Every Little Step 23 11 Eddie Money, The Love In Your Eyes 3 Gum N' Roses, Paradise City 19 11 Bobby Brown, Roni 24 25 Chris Rea, Working On It 4 Bangles Eternal Flame 20 22 Johnny Kemp Birthday Suit (From "Sin Philadelphia P.D.: Charlie Quinn 25 EX Howard Jones Everlasting Love 5 R.E. Stand 21 23 Rick Astley, diving Up On Love Ivan Neville Falling Out Of Love I 4 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 26 21 6 Gum N' Roses, Patience 22 24 Samantha Fos I Only Wanna Be With Yo A27 Edie Brickelt, Circle Be There For You 2 5 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur - 7 Bon lovi, I'll 23 25 Jody Watley,Watley Real Love A26 U2, When Love Comes To Town Tell You 3 3 LE., Stand - e Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't 24 26 Stevie B, I Be The One 29 23 Bon Joel, Born To Be My Baby 4 6 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru Michael Damian, Rock On 25 27 Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl FM A30 Animation, Room To Move 108 5 8 Bangles, Eternal Flame - 10 Winger, Seventeen 26 30 Animation, Room To Move A Winger, Seventeen Page, A To 6 7 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' - 11 Tommy Shoulder Cry On 27 21 Sheena Easton, The Lover In Me Boston P.D.: Sunny Joe White A Lita Ford (Duet With fizzy Osboume), 7 2 Mita Baker, lust Because - 12 Howard Jones, Everlasting Love 21 10 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 1 Bangles, Eternal Flame Detroit atrick A The Replacements, I'll Be You 13 Jimmy Heinen With Synch, Where Are Yo 8 1 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes ® - A29 Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You 2 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru A Figures On A Beach You Ain't Seen No Madonna Like A Prayer - 9 13 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 1 2 Bangles, Eternal Flame - 14 A30 Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth Womack 8 Womack, Teardrops EX EX Choirboys, Run To Paradise - 3 10 12 Karyn White, Superwoman 2 6 Rad Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 15 Living Cotiaur, Cult Of Personality A31 Howard lees, Everlasting Love 4 Anita Baker, lust Because EX EX Easter Rouse, Come Out Fighting The Look - 11 15 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.D.), Si 3 1 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 16 Rosette, A32 Nenah Cherry Buffalo Stance You It EX EX Charlie Sexton, Don't Look Back - 5 Roy Orbison, Got 12 18 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 4 11 Rosette, The Look Choirboys, Run To Paradise A33 Ten City, That's The Way Love Is More Than You Know EX EX Melissa Etheridge, Similar Features Hearts On Fire - 6 Martika, 13 20 Rosette, The Look 5 4 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 1Á Steve Winwood, A34 New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving Me C - 7 1 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives 14 19 Del Leopard Rocket 6 3 Bobby Brown, Roni 19 Dean Estus, Heaven Help Me A35 Natalie Cole, Miss You Like Crazy - 8 Karyn While. Superwoman 15 21 Bon Jon, I'll Be There For You 7 b Anita Baker, Just Because 20 EX Easter House, Come Out Fighting 1 Rosette, The Look 16 16 Chicago, You're Not Aton 8 9 Martika, More Than You Know A New Kids On The Block I'll Be Loving 10 1 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' 17 22 Animation, Room To Move 9 23 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C A Tanita Tikaram, Twist Of My Sobriety A Prayer 11 30 Madonna, Like 16 24 Tone La, Funky Cold Medina 10 12 Chicago You're Not Alone A Ed' Brickell, Circle (Not 12 12 Was Was), Walk The Dinosaur 19 25 Madonna, Like A Prayer 11 New Rids On The Block, You Got It (Th EX Ex The Outfield, Voices Of Babylon 13 23 Toe Lac, Funky Cod Medina 20 23 Deon Estes, Heaven Help Me Vanessa Williams, Dreamin EX EX Jon Butcher, Send Me Somebody 11 Mimotion, Room To Move EX EX Melissa Etheridge, Similar Features 20 21 26 Samantha Fox, I Only Wanna Be With Yo 13 Madonna, Like A Prayer 15 Sam Brown, Stop n 27 Jody Watley Real Love 14 7 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 16 18 R.E.M. Stand 23 29 Tiffany, Radio Romance 15 21 Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's Tru P.D.: Brian Philips Run Minneapolis 17 19 Cary Simon, Let The River (Theme 24 28 Sa -fire Thinking 01 You 16 18 Was (Not Was) Walk The Dinosaur Red, It's Only Love 1 Jimmy Harnen With Synch, Where Are Yo P.D.: Brian Kelly 18 Simply 25 EX Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 17 10 Breath, Don't Tell Me Lies Chicago Thinking You 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 19 22 Sa -ire Of 26 EX Bobby Brown, Every Little Step 18 20 Roy Orbison, You Got It 1 3 + The Mechanics, The Living Year Fire 3 Rosette, The Look Mike A20 Steve Winwaed, Hearts On 27 EX The Pasadens Tribute (Right On) 19 22 Doon Estas, Heaven Help Me 2 1 Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes A No 1 Banales, Eternal Flame Debbie 25 Figures On Beech, You Ain't Seen 28 30 Martika, More Than You Know 20 Rick ostler, She Wants To Dance With Flame Me Madonna, Like A Prayer 3 1 Bangles, Eternal 22 27 Dean Estes, Heaven Help 29 EX Michael Damian, Rock On 21 25 Cher & Peter Cetera, After All (Love 4 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 6 1 Paula Straight Up 2 23 24 The Fiu, Driven Out 30 EX The Belle Stan Iko Iko (From "Rain 22 27 R.E.M. Stand Cannibals, She Drives Me C 7 Rod Stewart, Can't Tell You 5 5 Fine Young 26 The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) A Nenah Cherry, Buffalo Stance 23 14 Mn Wilson 8 Robin Zander, Surrender - Know Tru Houston P.D.: Randy Brown Girl You It's Tru 8 Milli Vanilli, Girl You It's 6 11 Milk Vanilk, Know 25 21 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo J.D.), Si A Howard Jones, Everlasting Love 24 m Jimmy Harnen With Synch, Where Are Yo - C 7 6 Non Kan, I Beg Your Pardon 34 Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings 9 1 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me I Rosen, The Look M Bette A - Donne Osmond Soldier GI Love 25 Kon Kan I Beg Your Pardon The Dinosaur 10 Guns N' Roses Paradise City Flame 8 8 Was (Not Was), Walk 32 Robbie Nevi!, Somebody Like You A New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving 26 24 Kayo Wkie, Superwoman 2 Bangles, Eternal - The Year "Sin 11 Mike + The Mechanics, Living 3 Fine-Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 9 13 Karyn White, upenvoman 28 Johnny Kemp Birthday Suit (From EX EX Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance 27 EX Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance Roses, 12 1 Anita Baker, Just Because 4 Va You Know It's Tru 10 9 Gum N' Paradise City 29 i% Jody Watley, Real Love EX EX Duran Duran, Do You Believe In Shame? 28 EX Anmotion, Room To Move Milli Girl 1 New Kids The Block, You Got It (Th 11 15 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 30 33 Tommy Pais, A Shoulder To Cry On 29 EX Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 13 On 5 Marc Almond, Tears Run Rings You Know 12 18 Rosette, The Look 31 EX Bon Jai, Ill Be There For You 30 EX Carry Simon, Let The River Run (Theme 14 1 Martika, More Than 6 Bobby Brown, Roni Medina 13 7 R.E.M., Stand 32 EX Duran Duran, Do You Believe In Shame? A Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 15 22 Tone lac Funky Cold 7 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 14 16 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 33 35 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance A Howard Joas Everlasting Love R.E.M., Stand 6 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 17 8011 Joui, I'll Be There For You 1 My Heart Tell You I 2Ì 9 Rod Stewart, Can't 15 10 Bobby Brown, Roni EX Stevie B Wanna Be The One A 1 Watley, Real Love 18 20 Estes, Heaven Help Me Funky Medina 16 17 Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina 35 EX Cher I Peter Cetera, After All (Love A Bette Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings Dion ID 1 Ton Lac, Cold (Love 17 12 The Belle Stan, Iko Iko (From "Rain A The Belle Stan Iko Iko (From Rain A Steve Winwood, Hearts On Fire 19 26 Cher 8 Peter Cetera, After All 11 1 Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 18 24 Breathe, Don't Tell Me Lies A New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving 20 30 Def Leopard, Rocket 12 I Karyn White Superwoman 19 14 Tom La Wild Thing A Information Sa'y, Repetition 21 21 Karyn White, Superwoman 13 22 Madonna,do Like A Prayer The Dinosaur 20 20 Chicago, You're Not Alone A Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth Was (Not Was), Walk 14 15 Bon Jul, I'll Be There For You Patagi 29 Thirty Eight Special, Chance Your Mama Don't Dance 21 28 Bon Jon, I'll Be There For You A Natalie Cole, Miss You Like Crazy Washingtonagy P.D.: Lorrin ï3 aSecand 15 16 Poison When I'm With You 24 28 16 7 Guns N' Roses, Paradise City 22 21 Sheriff, EX -EX LeVert, Just Conlin 1 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 25 EX Desiop OOsmondy , Soldier Of Love 17 18 Martika More Than You Know 23 25 Ministry, Every Day Is halloween EX EX Choirboys, Run To Paradise 2 3 Mike + The Mechanics The Living Year Know 26 27 Arrimotion, Room To Move 16 19 R.E.M., Stand 24 26 Martika, More Than You EX EX Etta James Featuring David A. Stewart, 3 5 Br uthe, Dont Tell Me Lies 18 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com I &MO BA IN JUNE PROMOTIONS (Continued from page 16) KYW promotion director Lauren Kates says her Newstudies pro- I PROMOTIONS gram "is for high school seniors as they're getting ready to make im- portant decisions about their ca- their listening habits, and to find reers. The idea is to show them the out where the radios are in their rudiments of broadcast journal- homes and what stations their par- ism." The program brings 300 high ents' car radios are set on. She school seniors into the station for says, "Each tour now takes about three hours on Saturdays for a six - an hour an a half -I've got it down JAZZY week workshop on all the elements to a science." of news radio. Vallandigham is in the process Sessions begin with an hour- of setting up the station's first long presentation from a station scholarship program and hopes to division head and then students secure a long -term sponsor by the break down into classroom -size end of the school year. She says, D. groups to work on news stories. "The scholarship will aid any high June 2 David Sanborn June 9 Wynton Marsalis For the third week of the seminar, school or college who Ruben Blades student Not Only Make Believe. Ella Dianne Reeves the station sets up a real press con- wants to pursue any aspect of the Fitzgerald, center, is Jonathan Butler Diane Schuur ference and the students interview broadcasting industry. will officially inducted It be into the WNEW -AM New June 3 Bob James June 10 George Benson that day's top news maker. based on scholastic achievement York's Make Believe Ballroom Hall Of Fame to Lee Ritenour Najee In addition to its in -house pro- and an essay, and we're hoping to celebrate the show's 54th continuous gram, KYW had been awarding 15 do two $1,000 scholarships a Wilfrido Vargas June 11 José Feliciano year." year on the station. Making $100 U.S. Savings Bonds a year for the June 4 Johnny Pacheco Wilkins presentation backstage after a recent use in furthering broadcast jour- WKLH'S BIG COMPACT PROMOTION Celia Cruz Fitzgerald performance at Radio City nalism careers. When one of To draw attention to its 1,000 -CD Music Hall are Tony Bennett, Veft, and Very soon the cooling tradewinds of Aruba will be KYW's former Newstudies schol- library, classic rock WKLH Mil- Make Believe Ballroom host Les filled with some very cool jazz and fiery Latin tunes. The arship students, Richard Monetti, waukee recently gave a duplicate Davis. 1989 Aruba Jazz and Latin Music Festival is the perfect was killed on Pan Am flight 103 in CD library to a listener. Promo- excuse to leave your troubles behind, relax on a flawless December, the station established tions director Brad Wallace says, seven -mile beach, bask in the Caribbean sun, play all an annual $500 scholarship in his "We spent an awful lot of time im- night long, meet some happy people and fill name, in addition to 10 other $100 aging [around] our library; a give- your ears with awards. away like this hammers home the some outstanding music. KORG's Radio In Education pro- point. Since we receive no service DON'T FORGET! For tickets call 1- 800 -5 -DE -PALM. gram is just getting started. Un- from record reps, it's a huge chunk T.J. Martell Roast For travel reservations and special der the guidance of Anaheim of the budget, but it's worth it." Jazz Packages see your travel agent or Broadcasting's corporate promo- The library giveaway was Friday, April 14, call the Aruba Tourism Authority at LATIN MUSIC tion director Lori Vallandigham, WKLH's main winter -book promo- in New York City. 1- 800 -TO-ARUBA (NY, 212- 246 -3030. "` FESTIVAL L` the program is centered on an ex- tion and the station supported it Call 212- 536 -5002. panded tour of the studios at with a busboards- and -TV cam- ARUBA. ONE HAPPY ISLAND. KORG and sister top 40 KEZY. paign. The busboards claimed, Vallandigham modeled the pro- "Our CD library is anything but gram after similar ones she compact," and a humorous syndi- worked with in the newspaper in- cated spot from Robert Michelson dustry. showed an intern racing through BILLBOARD'S 1989 COUNTRY MUSIC RIE makes in -class presenta- an enormous record library using SOURCEBOOK AIM'S YOUR AD MESSAGE tions available to schools through everything from trampolines to a speakers bureau that is also skateboards to emphasize the AT A TARGET AUDIENCE available to address community or- depth of WKLH's on -air library. FOR PROFIT AND RESULTS ganizations. It also offers tours of Listeners qualified by properly the KORG /KEZY studios every identifying five songs in a row; Reach radio programmers, Tuesday and Thursday, including they then received CD players and booking agents, retailers, a workshop session where groups CD catalogs from classic rock art- create real 30- second public ser- ists of their choice. To get as large promoters talent buyers, vice announcements that air the a discount as possible, Wallace publishers and the entire world following week. waited until the contest was over of key "Although it wasn't my initial to order all 20 classic artist cata- country executives and intention, a lot of the parents are logs and the 1,000 -CD library. He artists. tuning in the station to hear the estimates the total retail value to Listed is information about spots," says Vallandigham. "It's be $15,000 -$20,000; with discounts, really working out better than I Wallace hopes to keep the cost less Country Music artists' birthdays, expected." Vallandigham also than $10,000. major awards, music and video asks students to keep a diary of business contacts. The Sourcebook scores a bulls -eye for you everyday. COUNTRY MUSIC'S MOST IMPORTANT ANNUAL PUBLICATION DATE: REFERENCE GUIDE! JUNE 1989 RESERVATION DEADLINE: FOR THE PROGRAMMER MAY 1, 1989 AND CONCERT PROMOTER FOR AD DETAILS CONTACT: NASHVILLE WORLDWIDE A MAJOR Lynda Emon (615) 321 -4240 SOURCE OF Carole Edwards (615) 321- 4294 INFORMATION NEW YORK AND FACTS. Ronald E. Willman (212) 536 -5025 Publisher, Billboard Directories Norm Berkowitz (21) 536 -5016 Ken Karp (212) 536 -5017 Peggy Dold (212) 536 -5088 Special Projects Sales Manager LOS ANGELES They Seem To Hang Out. Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson dropped by KKDA- Christine Matuchek FM "K104" Dallas to promote their new album, "Love Or Physical." The pair are Arty Simon (213) 273 -7040 seen here flanking K104 PD Michael Spears. OR ANY BILLBOARD SALES OFFICE BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 19 www.americanradiohistory.com 19 20 Dion Estes, Heaven Help Me A - Jody Watley, Real Love A23 - Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance 20 21 Def Leopard, Rocket A - New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving 24 14 Shenff, When I'm With You It 21 23 Dino 24/7 A - Samantha fox, I Only Wanna Be With Yo 25 18 New Kids On The Block You Got (Th 22 24 Liti Ford (Duet With Ozzy Osbourn.), A - Donny Osmond, Soldier Of Love 26 23 Tiffarry, All This Time 23 26 Mimotion, Room To Move A - Figures On A Beach, You Ain't Seen No 27 24 Mn Wilson 8 Robin Zander, Surrender 24 25 Tiffany, Radio Romance A - Glen Medeiros, Never Get Enough Of Yo 28 25 Sheens Easton, The Lover In Me 25 27 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.D.), Si EX EX The Fiun, Driven Out 29 26 Bobby Brown, My Prerogative 26 29 Howard Jones, Everlasting Love IX IX Etta James Featuring David A. Stewart, 30 27 Def Leppard, Armageddon It 27 31 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On EX EX Winger Seventeen 28 28 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' EX EX Steve hWinwood Hearts On Fire 29 32 Luther Vandross, She Won't Talk To Me EX EX Easter House, dome Out Fighting 30 33 The Escape Club, Walking Through Wall IX IX Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 31 34 Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl EX EX Michael Daman, Rock On s4wicri 32 35 Vixen, Cryin EX EX Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 33 EX Tea, Stand Up For Your Love Rights 34 EX Jimmy Haman With Synch, Where Are Yo FM 35 EX One 2 Many, Downtown A - Donny Osman', Of Love Milwaukee P.D.: Todd Fisher A - Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth A - Michael Damian, Rock On 1 1 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year A - The Outfield, Voiles Of Babylon r 2 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes A - Peter Schilling, The Different Story 3 3 Jimmy Harnen With Synch, Where Are Yo EX EX Jody Watley, Real Love 4 4 Bangles, Eternal Flame EX EX Samantha Fos I Only Wanna Be With Yo 5 8 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You Baltimore P.D.: Chuck Morgan 6 Ex EX Roy Orbiwn, You Gat It 5 Roxette, The Look EX EX Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 1 6 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 7 7 New Kids On The Block You Got It (Th EX EX Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit (From "Sin 2 1 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 8 6 Guns N' Roses, Paradise City 3 3 Guns N' Roses, Paradise City 9 9 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 4 4 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th IO 10 R.EM., Stand 5 7 R.EM., Stand 11 13 Poison Your Mama Don't Dance 6 10 Milli VaniM, Girl You Know It's Tru 12 14 Roy Osbison, You Got It 7 8 Karyn White, Superwoman 13 16 Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina 8 13 Bangles, Eternal Flame 14 23 Madonna, Like A Prayer 9 9 Kon Nan, I Beg Your Pardon 15 11 Duran Duran, All She Wants Is 10 12 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 16 19 Cher 6 Peter Cetera, After All (Lone r,/ 11 17 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 17 12 Samantha Fox, I Wanna Have Some Fun 12 14 Anita Baker, Just Because 18 21 Bon Jon I'll Be Thereere For You Houston P.D.: Adam Cook 13 15 Chicago, You're Not Alone 19 EX The Belk Stars, Iko lko (From "Rain 1 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 14 16 Crack The Sky, Lost In America 20 18 Sheriff, When I'm With You 2 Rexette, The Look 15 19 Tone Lac Funky Cold Medina 21 22 Bobby Brown, Roni 3 Fme Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 16 18 Roxette, the Look n IX Donny Osmond, Soldier Of Love 4 Milli VanilF Girl You Know It's Tru 17 22 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 23 IX Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 5 Tone Lac, Funky Cold Medina 18 20 The Belle Stars, Iko Iko (From "Rain 24 25 Tiffany Radio Romance 6 R.EM., Stand 19 21 Deon Estes, Heaven Help Mn 25 EX Thirty tight Special Second Chance A Thinking "SOMETIMES I FEEL I'm nothing but had consulted KSCS six months before 7 Bans, Eternal Flame 20 24 Madonna, Like A Prayer - Sa -Fire Of You Be There For You A Michael Damian, Rock On 8 1 Lita7ad (Duet With Ozzy Osbourn.), 21 25 Bon Joni, Ill - 16 -month offered me a job. For me to return to Leppard Rocket EX Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl crisis control," says Ted Stecker, they 9 1 Karyn White, Superwoman 22 23 Der - 10 Red Flog Russian Radio 23 26 Mn Wilson h Robin Zander, Surrender EX IX Deon Estes, Heaven Help Me operations manager for country combo the day -to-day operations, I had to believe 11 Mike +The' Mechanics, The Living Year 24 29 Roy Orbison, You Got It Your Mama Dance 12 1 Dit Leopard, Rocket 25 V Poison, Don't WBAP /KSCS Dallas. "But both my sta- in the station and my abilities." 13 1 Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 26 28 Samantha Fox, I Only Wanna Be With Yo Williams, Dreamin' 14 1 Potter Schilling, The Different Story A27 - Vanessa tions are pretty defined, which makes my It is significant that KSCS beat not only 15 1 Martika, More Than You N n Thhny , Radio Romance 16 1 BoonDeon Estess,, Heaven eeF Me n Thirty EightC SpacialSpecial, Second Chance job a lot easier." KPLX, but also urban KKDA-FM "K104," 17 1 Bon Joni, Ill Be There For You 030 - living Colour, Cult Personality WNC! 919 18 2 Mimotion, Room To Move A - Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth KSCS was up 6.2 -7.4 12 -plus overall in the station that has shared the top two 19 23 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl A - Sa -Fire Thinking Of You A Prayer A Enya, drinoco Flow (Sail Away) '88 second only to KVIL- spots with KVIL for the last several years. 20 n Madonna, Like - Columbus P.D.: Dave Robbins the fall Arbitrons, 21 29 Howard Jones, Everlasting Love A - Donny Osmond, Soldier Of Love 22 25 Sa -Fire Thinking Of You EX EX lady Watley Real Love I 3 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru AM-FM (which went 6.9 -8.3) and ahead of What does a country station being within 23 26 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo J.D.), Si EX EX Animation, Room To Move 2 4 Chicago You're Not Alone 6.7- 6.5) No. 1 in Dallas say about 24 24 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 3 5 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance format rival KPLX (which was off earshot of again 25 21 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 1 6 Bangles Eternal Flame for the first time in nearly four years. the format's strength? 26 30 Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit (From "Sin 5 7 Guns N Paradise City Z7 31 Robbie Mend, Somebody Like You 6 8 Was (Not Was , Walk The Dinosaur WBAP was fifth overall, down 6.4 -6.2. "I don't sit around and think about the 28 35 Jody Watley, Real Love 7 11 Deems Soldier Of Love A29 - Jimmy Haman With Synch, Where Are Yo 8 9 Roxette, The Look "I really don't have a magic; I just came future of country music, but I do know the A30 - Debbie Gibson Electric Youth 9 10 Breathe, Don't Tell Me Lies Heart Tell You 31 IX One 2 Many, downtown 10 16 Rod Stewart, My Can't on and several things clicked into place," format has been around a long time," says 32 EX Donny Osmond, Soldier Of Love 11 12 Bobby Brown, Rom 12 17 Tone Lac Funky Cold Medina 33 33 Dino, 21/7 P.D.: Rick Stac says Stecker. "We began an aggressive Stecker. "Musically, Nashville is producing Atlanta y 1 The Year 34 EX Samantha Fox, I Only Wanna Be With Yo 13 Mike +'flee Mechanics, Living 14 Than Know 35 EX Yazz, Stand Up For Your Love Rights 1 I Rosette, The Look 18 Martika, More You and highly visible ad campaign last the best artists ever. They're stronger and A - Michael Damian, Rock On 2 3 Bangles, Eternal Flame 15 2 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' Seen No 3 11 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 16 23 Roy Orbison, You Got It have revitalized the format. I have no con- A - Figures On A Beach, You Ain't spring-with both TV and billboards - A - Tb. Outfield, Voices Of Babylon 4 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 17 19 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo J.D.), Si 5 6 R.E.M., Stand 13 21 R.EM., Stand which was the first time KSCS had done trol over what music is available; the only 6 7 Rod Stewart, MY Heart Can't Tell You 19 25 Madonna, Like A Prayer 7 10 Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's Tru 20 15 Eddie Money, The Love In Your Eyes one." key is to make sure my shares are higher R 8 4 New Kids do The Block, You Got It (Th 21 24 Mita Baker, Just Because 9 B Roy Orbiwn, You Got It 22 27 Michael Damian, Rock But Stecker agrees with most local radio than the other guy's." 5 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 23 26 Mimotion, Roam To Move was KSCS' music mix is roughly 60% gold, Il 13 Bette Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings ( 21 35 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C people that the key hiring morning 12 12 Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina 25 29 Dean Estes, Heaven Help Me away from KPLX last 40% currents. Although its notoriously 13 26 Madonna, Like A Prayer 26 28 Karyn White, Superwoman man Terry Dorsey 14 14 Deon Estes, Heaven Help Me 17 30 Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance summer following Dorsey's widely publi- tight music policy became somewhat more Seattle IS 16 Anita Baker, lust Because n 31 Tommy a e, A Shoulder To Cry On 16 17 Peter After All (Love 29 33 Cher 8 Poter Cetera, After All (Love 1 3 Bangles, Eternal Flame Cher 8 Cetera, cized contract dispute with that station. aggressive last year, Stecker still says, "I 2 5 Roxette, The Look 17 20 Kw Kan, I Beg Your Pardon 30 32 Steve Winwood, Hearts On Fire Let The River Run (Theme 3 4 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 18 21 The Belle Stars, Iko Iko (From "Rain 31 34 Carly Simon, "We needed Dorsey to round off an al- don't add anything until I'm confident the 4 8 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 19 22 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl A32 Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth 5 6 Chicago, You're Not Alone 20 23 Nenah Cherry Buffalo Stance ready full -blown, living and breathing sta- song is a hit record with the audience. We 6 7 Fine Young Cannöak, She Drives Me C 21 24 Figures On AQBeach, You Ain't Seen No 25 Peter Schilling, Difterent Story tion. He just personified what we were try- don't play games with records. If our re- 8 10 Warms(Not Wfn), WalBecausehe Dinosaur 23 Bon Toni, Be There You In Eyes 9 Sheens Easton, The Lover In Me ing do. KSCS is no longer the station it search shows audience acceptance, then we 9 1 Debby Gibson, Lost Your 21 to 10 2 Mike + The Mechanics, The truing Year 26 EX Watley Real Love IMP five ago. play it." 11 n R.EM., Stand 26 n Robins Somebody Like You was years 12 13 Martika, More Than You Know n IX living Colour, Cult Of Personality KSCS is very much like any suc- Stecker says KSCS' music is tight, so he 13 16 Roy Orbison, You Got It n EX Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) "Today, 14 17 Dion Estos, Heaven Help Me 29 EX Carly Simon, Let The River Run (Theme Phoenix P.D.: Bob Case 9 can appeal to listeners of 15 15 Luther Vaedross, She Wont Talk To Me 30 IX Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You cessful station, after 16 18 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' A - Karyn White, Superwoman 1 1 MiNi Vanilli, Girt You Know It's Tru all formats, not just 2 Flame a.m. To a degree, it's a 17 19 Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You A - Winger, Seventeen 3 Bangles, Eternal 18 22 Madonna, Like A Prayer A - Michael Damian, Rock On 3 5 Sa- Fire, Thinking Of You music machine 'I country partisans. "Our Young She Drives Me C -but feel 4 [like] 19 21 The Belie Stars, Iko Iko (From "Rain A - Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 6 Fine Cannibes, 20 23 Poison Your Mama Don't Dance A - Animation, Room To Move 5 13 Madonna, Like A Prayer with high -personality an- competitors are not just 21 24 Karr White, Superwoman 6 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 22 25 Bon lovi, Ill Be There For You 7 7 Martika, More Than You Know nouncers who sell the crisis c ontrol' in our format. With our 23 26 lit Eight SoetiY Second Chance 'k 6 10 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' 24 n Def Leowrd, Rocke{ I r_' I I 9 11 Bobby Brown, Every Little Step station," says Stecker. older listeners, we share 28 Bette ffidler, Wind Beneath My Wings ( 7 < 10 11 New E anion, Can Youou Stand The Rain 26 29 Ariimotion, Room To Move 11 12 Tone Lac Funky Cold Medina "Before 9 a.m., Dorsey with ACs. With the youn- 27 30 [rye, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) 7 12 8 Mike + the Mechanics, The Living Year mn MAC RATION we with album rock. n IX Donny Dimond Soldier Of Love err 13 15 Donny Dimond, Soldier Of Love has a very highly regarded, high profile ger spectrum, share 14 17 Roxette, The Look 29 EX Living Colour, Cult Of Personality Miami P.D.: Steve Peron to keep 30 IX Lila lord (Duel With Ozzy Osboume), 15 16 Jimmy Hansen With Synch, Where Are Yo morning show. The country format has I'm not sure you can do anything IX EX Dino, 21/7 1 7 Bans Eternal Flame 16 18 Dino, 24/7 evolved to be like any other suc- all your listeners all the time since the sec- IX EX Tiffany, Radio Romance 2 1 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 17 19 Rod Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You grown and 4 You It's Tru 18 20 R.EM., Stand IX EX Gina Go-Go, I Can't Face The Fact 3 Milli Vanilli, Girl Know format." ond choice is usually out of your format. I cessful IX EX Glen Mideiros, Never Get Enough Of Yo 4 16 Madonna, Like A Prayer 19 21 Stevie B, Wanna Be The One Forever Your Girl EX EX Carty Simon Let The River Run (Theme S 6 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th 20 22 Paula Abdul, As the one -time showplace of the Burns - "We really have to watch oldies stations; IX IX Robbie Nevì(, Somebody Like You 6 10 Mite Baker, Just Because 21 27 Jody Watley, eal Love In Your 23 Bon Jai, Ill Be There For You IX IX Duran Duran, Do You Believe In Shame? 7 3 Debbie Gibson, Lost Eyes n Somerset format that fused country music country took a hit when oldies came about. IX EX Sweet Sensation (With Romeo J.D.), Si 8 9 Ann Wilson A Robin Zanier Surrender 23 24 Deon Estes, Heaven Help Me IX EX Michael Damian, Rock On 9 12 Rad Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You 24 26 The Belle Stars, Iko Iko (From "Rain with easy listening formatics, KSCS has We just have to follow the same game plan IX EX Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit (From "Sin 10 2 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 25 25 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.D.), Si IX IX Information Society Repetition 11 14 Vanessa Williams Dreamin' 26 30 Karyn White, Superwoman also grown and evolved; Stecker now dis- as other successful stations and that's A - Samantha Fox, Only Wanna Be With Yo 12 13 Tone Lac, Funky Cold Medina 27 29 Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance Room To Move A - Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 13 5 Samantha Fox, I Wanna Have Some Fun n n Mimotion, misses KSCS' old "continuous country" what we do. A - Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On 14 11 Bobby Brown, Roni A29 - New Kids On The Block I'll Be Loving I Michael Damian, Rock do on AM A - Cher 6 Peter Cetera, After All (Love 15 19 Stevie B, Wanna Be The One A30 - format as something "country stations "We got more aggressive the 16 IS Guns N' Roses, Paradise City A - Nenah Cherry, Buffalo Stance Youth he "We it a lot 17 24 Nw Edition, Can You Stand The Rain A - Dabble Gibson, Electric haven't subscribed to for years." band, too," says. promoted SILVER 18 23 The Belk Stars Iko Iko (From "Rain A - Peter Schilling The Different Story and did some contesting wasn't done in n Sweet Seminal (With Romeo 1.D.), Si A - Living Colour, Cult Of Personality "The continuous format was successful that 20 21 Se -Flee, Thinking Of You EX IX Enya, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) We also zeroed in on 21 26 Fine Yang Cannibals, She Drives Me C EX EX Carly Simon, Let The River Run (Theme for a long time; it gave country stations a much in the past. the 22 25 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance EX EX Cher A Peter Cetera, After All (Lae style, format, and identification. In many personalities and positioned WBAP as a 23 8 Non Kan, I Beg Your Pardon EX EX Tiffany, Radio Romance PROf ill 24 EX Bon Joni, lb Be There For You IX EX Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On in '70s to early '80s, full- service station offering the usual Eny+, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) EX IX Buster Poind.xter/Banshms Of Blue, markets, the late the 10 NITS IN A ROW! 25 29 1P2 Mama n 30 Inner City, Good Life IX IX Poison, Your Don't Dance the country stations' competition was AM news, weather, and a sports show. We Providence P.D.: Mike Osborne 27 28 Roxette The Look IX EX Doi Leopard, Rocket n 17 Karyn White, Superwoman IX HardHoward Jonas, Everlasting love stations. The Burns -Somerset format was hired Bill Mack out of retirement for the 1 1 Bangles, Eternal flame A29 Dean Eatus, Heaven Help Me 2 2 Rad Stewart, My Heart Can't Tell You A30 - Danny Osmond, Soldier Of Love successful wiping those out. But I saw it late -night truckers' show." 3 3 Roy Orbw You Got It - at A - Jody Watley, Real Love 4 5 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' die as a consultant." Stecker says with the two stations being 5 12 Karyn White, Superwoman 6 6 Martika, More Than You Know For a country programmer, Stecker had as clearly defined audiencewise as they 7 9 Chicago You're Not Alone B B Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance come to the format from an unusual place, are, he really does not have a difficult time 9 10 R.EM., Stand 10 13 Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's Tru urban KHYS Port Arthur, Texas; he'd juggling his duties. He credits his air staff 11 L) Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur WIOG 12 14 Rosette, The Look been working with n/t WOAI San Antonio, for the programming ease. 13 15 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C [Dorsey] gave KSCS the element 14 16 5e -Fire, Thinking Of You Saginaw P.D.: Rick Belcher Texas, and was transferred to KHYS and "Terry 15 n Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina 1 5 Breathe, Don't Tell Me Lies to make it No. 1. He's one of the best guys 16 19 Flow dayil Away) their n/t AM. When he was hired as the 2 6 Man Heiser, Fees So Good 17 19 Johany Kamp, Birthday Suit (From "Sin 3 4 Chicago, You're Not Alone "KX Country" I've ever worked with. On the AM side, I've 19 26 Tiffany, Rader Romance first PD of WPKX /WVKX 4 1 Mike + The Mechanics, The Living Year 29 24 Madonna, A Prayer Hal 5 7 R.EM., Stand Washington, D.C., says, people as- got morning and afternoon team Jay 24 Leopard, Rocket Stecker 6 9 Poison, Your Mama Don't Dance 21 Animation, oom To Mae institutions in 7 10 Roxette, The Look sumed the station would go urban because and Dick Siegel, who are Carty Simon Let The River Run (Theme n n 8 2 Gum N' Roses, Paradise City n 31 Bon Jon, I'll Be There Foe You Dallas. Now we go neck and neck with 9 3 Debbie Gibson Lost In Your Eyes of his background. 24 ID The Pasadena, Tribute (Right On) 10 8 Eddie Money, the Lae In Your Eyes 25 27 Dino, 24/7 KVIL. For me to get up Heart Can't Tell You Stecker went from KX Country to [Ron] Chapman at 26 30 Wornack & op 12 17 Def LLepperd,, Rocket 27 33 Thirty Eight Special, Second Chance WKHX Atlanta. Afterward, he says, "I fig- in the morning and have two great morn- 13 11 Paula Abdul, Straight Up 28 34 The Belle Stars, Iko Iko (From "Rain 14 19 Winger, Seventeen 29 35 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.D), Si ured two of the same formats for two jobs ing shows working under one roof makes 15 12 Bon Jens, Born To Be My Baby 30 EX Bette Miller, Wind Beneath MY Wings ( 16 21 Guns N' Roses, Patience my lot than it seems." 31 EX Living Colour, Cult Of Personality made me an expert, so I became a consul- job a whole easier 17 20 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 32 EX Deon Esto, Heaven Help Me 18 13 Cinderella, The Last Mile full- CHARLENE ORR 33 EX Robbie Newt, Somebody Like You tant." He spent five years doing that 19 Living Colour, Cult Of Personality 34 EX Cher B Peter Cetera, After All (Lae n A20 Bon Jai, Ill Be There For You to daily PD duties. "I 35 EX Sam Brown, Stop - time before returning Bangles, Eternal Flame Youth A21 - A Debbie Gibson, Electric - An - Vixen, Cryin' APRIL 1, 1989 20 BILLBOARD www.americanradiohistory.com LACK Def Jam's Slick Rick Rides High Raps By 'Ruler' Rock, Shock, & Amuse And in a world where image is as mugged, caught with a best BY JANINE C. McADAMS important as music, Rick repre- friend's girl, being jailed for rob- NEW YORK The rap world has sents the far end of the conspicu- bery, and being sexually assaulted recently been taken unawaresby ous- consumption scale, sporting while there. the release of "The Adventures Of rings on every finger, a crown logo But Rick has drawn criticism for Slick Rick" on Columbia- distribut- (his regal nickname is "The Rul- his less- than -gallant attitude to- ed Def Jam. Drawing plenty of re- er"), fur coats, and a diamond -en- ward women ( "Treat her like a action on radio (airplay of the first crusted gold tooth. prostitute /Don't treat no girly single's B side, "Treat Her Like A Claiming he isn't surprised by well until you're sure of the scoop" Prostitute," has caused controver- his album's success, Rick says his is a mild example of his philoso- sy) and on the street, rapper Slick style is unique: "Nature built my phy), and despite his admonish- Rick's album is in Billboard's black accent. Everybody's raps are the ments to the young to go to school, albums top 10. same, but I try to match every- respect their elders, and say no to Though meant as a warning, the thing accurately. I don't make mis- drugs and crime ( "Children's Sto- album's cautionary sticker, "Sev- takes. I make sure every word is ry," "Hey Young World "), his eral tracks include explicit lyrics, clickin', I make sure every word is rhymes often contain accounts of parental advisory," has actually clear." less- than -law- abiding behavior. vaulted the album from retail Indeed, "Adventures" shows off But Rick isn't worried about racks. The former Doug E. Fresh Rick's ability to create razor -sharp (Continued on page 82) Soul Mates. Singer /dancer Paula Abdul and comedian Sinbad presented the side man, who was born Ricky rhymes about urban realities. In nominees for the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles recently. The Walters 23 years ago in England, "Children's Story," Rick spins a show will be broadcast live April 12 from the Shrine Auditorium. Shown at the boasts a rap style that blends ra- cops- and -robbers bedtime tale Due to scheduling problems press conference, from left, are Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" executive producer; pidfire rhymes and an English -ac- about gun- toting kids, dope deal- caused by the Good Friday cented -B -boy Abdul; Sinbad; Chuck Morrison, VP of black and hispanic marketing for Coca- delivery with a wick- ers, car thefts, kidnapping, and po- holiday, the Hot Black Singles Cola USA; and Michael Steele, director of black and Hispanic consumer ed sense of humor that derives lice brutality. "The Moment I charts appear on pages 80 and marketing for Coca-Cola USA Michael Steele. from the raw comic tradition of Feared" is a litany of worst -case 82 in this issue. Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor. scenarios, including getting Sure!, Martinelli Caught In Negative Publicity Machine Media Hype Is Still The Price Of Stardom JAN FEW BUSINESSES CULTIVATE and exploit pub- pected to be released in about a year. lic curiosity more than the record industry. Labels, Had Sure! and Martinelli been shoe salesmen or "FERNANDO" artists, managers, and underappreciated publicists bureaucrats, their lives would have been of minor in- spend long hours generating a People magazine pro- terest. The curse of unwelcome coverage is, unfor- file or "Entertainment Tonight" spot that will turn a tunately, the price of prospering in a business that mere singer into a celebrity. Press doesn't necessar- celebrates its own hype. HAMMER ily sell records. What it does is elevate the profile of a performer, increasing possibilities of endorse- SHORT STUFF: The black -owned Terrie Williams ments, Las Vegas -type engagements, and television Agency is becoming a major force in the public rela- gigs. tions field. The recent signing of Anita Baker adds But that lust for press the Elektra star to a ros- has a flip side. Once con- ter that already includes firmed as a public fig- Eddie Murphy, Miles RELK.E989NG ure, a performer's life The Davis, and Take 6.1n an Billboard POWER MI.'S TS FOA slides under a micro- era when black super- Sample Playlists of the Nation's Largest Black Radioio St ations scope. By seeking star- Rhythm stars rarely use black dom, a performer-and To Stay vendors, Williams' small Áot- Robert Brookis, Don't Tea eM those associated with Love Is and A54 Are the but impressive client list - Cantina,alyA52 You Lonely Tonight that performer -en- is a major accomplish- courage a public curios- ment Blues ... BeBe & CeCe Los Angeles P.D : Pam Wells ity can 1 2 l that be as infuri- Winans' crossover gos- James "1.T." Taylor 6 Regina Belk, A I want ating as it is silly. 2 5 The Boys, Lucky Charm pel success should con- 3 6 The Bar -Kays, Struck By You 0000. That inquiring minds by Nello n George 4 9 4 U y tinue with "Hold 5 10 Today', Girl I Got My Eyes On You Up The Baltimore P.D.: Roy might want to know is often a byproduct of a suc- 6 19 Ashford 6 Simpson, it'll Be There For You Samson Light," which 7 Affair 1 features a guest vocal appearance by II Cherrele, 6 Today, Girl I Got My Eyes On You 8 13 El DeBarge, Real Love 2 1 cessful media campaign. It goes with James "J.T." Taylor 6 Regina Bele, All I Want the terrain, Whitney Houston. Speaking of Houston, the Arista 9 12 Jonathan Butler, More Than Friends 3 4 Ashord 6 Simpson, I'II Be There For You but it isn't always fair. For example, one hopes 10 14 Dino, 24/7 4 5 Trade Spencer, Imagine that star is beginning work on her next album and plan- 11 15 ChristooMr Max, More Than Physical 5 8 Jonathan Butler, More Than Friends Al B. Sure!'s being cleared of a rape charge in Los ning for her film future. 12 18 Kenny G We've Saved The Best For Last 6 72 Bobby Brown, Every Little Step Those reports that she's 13 16 Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit (From "Sing") 7 12 Vesta, 4 U Angeles last week will get the same play in the me- talking with Eddie Murphy about collaborating 14 23 Kam White, Love Saw It 8 14 Ten That's The Way Love Is on a 15 20 Loose Ends, Ufe 9 16 Kid 'N Rollin' With Kd 'N Play dia as the charge itself did. But unfortunately for film are true ... Stevie Wonder produced two 16 I Surface, Closer Than Friends 10 11 Cherrele, Affair 17 3 Mili Vanili Girl You Know It's True 11 13 Christopher Max, More Than Physical Al, 18 it probably won't. Although the media worked tracks on Grady Harrell's RCA release, "Come Play I Levert Feat Heavy 0, Just Coolin' 12 19 Boy Geerggee, Don't Take Mr Mind On A Trip 19 21 The St The Violence Movement, Self- Destructio 13 24 Alyson Williams, Sleep Talk during , the last year to build the 20- year -old vocalist With Me." The single is "Sticks And Bones." Harrell 20 25 Trade Imagine 14 21 New Edition, Crucial into a sex symbol, it's 21 32 Simply ed, its Only Love 15 20 Dino, 24,7 not surprising that it loved the had a previous album on MCA ... Producer /writer n 37 Alysnn Williams, Sleep Talk 16 18 El DeBarUe, Real Love idea of connecting him to sex 23 33 Bobby Brown Every Little Step 17 17 Gerald Anton, You Laid Your Love On Me scandal. That the story Raymond Jones has just completed work on two 24 35 Chaka Klan, Bab Me 18 25 Karyn White, Love Saw It proved groundless, unfortunately, isn't as sexy. 25 31 George Duke, Guilty 19 26 Jody Watley, Real Love songs with Perri for Spike Lee's upcoming film, 26 34 Sheena Easton, Days Like This 20 28 Guy, I Like Another drawback to involvement in 27 39 Z'Looke, Lovesick 21 23 Wendy And Lisa, Are You My Baby this business "Do The Right Thing." The soundtrack to the Uni- 28 40 Jeffrey Osborne, All Because Of You n 31 LU., Buck Wild is that any transgression, no matter when commit- a so Tone Lou, unky Cold Medina 23 27 Skye, Start Of A Romance versal feature is on Motown ... Stetsasonic's Dad- 30 41 Gerald Alston You Laid Your Love On Me 24 30 Chi- Khan, Baby Me ted, can become grist for the media mill. Several pa- 31 42 Boy George, don't Take My Mind On A Trip 25 29 Z'Laoke, Lovesick dy-0 and D.B.C. produced "Born This Way" for the 32 54 New Edition, Crucial 26 39 Boon Estes, Heaven Help Me pers picked up the story of the recent drug-traffick- U.K. rap duo on PolyGram. 33 57 Kid 'N Play, Rollin' With Kid 'N Play 27 45 Tone Lac, Funky Cold Medina Cookie Crew Fab Five 34 36 lies, True Obsession 28 32 Blue Magic, Romeo And Juliet ing conviction of Philadelphia record producer Nick Freddy handled the video ... The Gyrlz, best known 35 44 The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) 29 40 AI B. Sure!, If I'm Not Your Lover 36 43 Wendy And Lisa, Are You My Baby 30 41 Meese Simmons, I Want It Martinelli. Martinelli, currently incarcerated, ad- for backing up Al B. Sure! on the Heartbreak Tour, 37 45 R Moore Never Say Goodbye To Love 31 42 Sheena Easton, Days Like This 38 46 Skyy, Start 0f A Romance 32 43 Amy Keys Lover's Intuition (From "Tap ") mitted to 39 48 Real being involved with drugs through the ear- have a cooking little single called "Jam Jam (If You Jody Watley Love 33 44 The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) 40 49 Gerald Albright In The Mood 34 36 Jackie Jackson. Stay ly '80s. Since 41 47 that time, he has turned his life Can)" on Capitol. The hyperactive remix was by D.J. Al B. Sun!, If I'm Not Your Lover 35 38 Anne G., If She Knew around, not only evolving into 42 53 Guy, I Like 36 37 Lateasha, Move On You a fine producer but a Eddie F. & Neville ... KRS -One, leader of Boogie 43 51 Atemion, Let Me Push It To Ya A37 - Madonna, Like A Prayer 44 52 Madonna, Like A Prayer A38 - Al Jarreau, All Or Nothing At All respected member of the Philadelphia community. 45 Down Productions, is producing Sly & Robbie's 55 Al Jarnau, All Or Nothing At All A39 - Charlie Singleton, The Good Bad & Ugly At his sentencing, many musicians and industry folk 46 56 Cameo In The Night MO - Grady Harrell, Sticks And Stones next Island album, which is due for release this sum- M7 - Deon Estes, Heaven Help Me Ml - Natalie Cole, Miss You Like Crazy spoke on his behalf, which affected his sentence. mer. In addition, A48 - Charlie Singleton, The Good, Bad & Ugly A42 - Atlantic Stan My First Love KRS -One is completing work on A43 Never Love Martinelli, producer of hits by Stephanie Mills, B.D.P.'s next Jive album. It will be called "Ghetto ASO - atilieuCalee, Miss You Like Crazy - Joyycc Irby 3 Doug E. 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FRESH THE 80 44 DOUG & GET FRESH CREW THE WORLD'S 27 25 23 28 KIARA ARISTA 8533 (8.98) (CD) TO CHANGE AND /OR MAKE A DIFFERENCE 80 81 REALITY /DANYA 9658 /FANTASY (8.98) (CD) GREATEST ENTERTAINER 28 27 27 22 CAMEO ATLANTA ARTISTS 886 002 / POLYGRAM (CD) MACHISMO 81 NEW O. 1 DINO 4TH &B'WAY40I1 /ISLAND(8.98) (CD) 24/7 29 29 30 12 BEBE & CECE WINANS CAPITOL 90959 (8.98) (CD) HEAVEN H2 RE -ENTRY 2 STEVIE B LAIR 5531 (8.98) (CD) IN MY EYES ® 64 - 2 MILLI VANILLI ARISTA 8592 (8.98) (CD) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE ® 91 77 19 ANGELA BOFILL CAPITOL 48335 (8.98) (CD) INTUITION 31 33 33 17 DONNA ALLEN OCEANA 91028/ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) HEAVEN ON EARTH 84 75 92 41 BOBBY MCFERRIN EMI 48059 (9.98) (CD) SIMPLE PLEASURES 32 26 22 11 CASH MONEY & MARVELOUS SLEEPING BAG 42016 (8.98) (CD) WHERE'S THE PARTY AT? 85 77 60 15 GEORGIO MOTOWN 6263 (8.98) (CD) GEORGIO 0 32 39 5 K -9 POSSE ARISTA 8569 (8.98) (CD) K -9 POSSE ® 94 84 18 RENE MOORE POLYDOR 837 556 /POLYGRAM (CD) DESTINATION LOVE 34 31 34 18 RODNEY-0 JOE COOLEY EGYPTIAN EMPIRE 00777 /WEST COAST (8.98) ME AND JOE 87 93 91 4 SOUNDTRACK EPIC 45084/E.P.A. (CD) TAP 35 37 36 13 GUCCI CREW II GUCCI 3309 /HOT PRODUCTIONS (8.98) WHAT TIME IS IT ® NEW 1 ALYSON WILLIAMS DEF JAM FC 45015 /COLUMBIA (CD) RAW 36 36 38 7 THE BAR -KAYS MERCURY 422836- 774-1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) (CD) ANIMAL 89 89 93 35 TRACIE SPENCER CAPITOL 48186 (8.98) (CD) TRACIE SPENCER 37 40 37 16 CHAKA KHAN WARNER BROS. 25707 (9.98) (CO) C.K. 90 84 78 38 NAJEE EMI 90096 (998) (CD) DAY BY DAY 38 35 32 67 KEITH SWEAT AT VINTERTAINMENT 60763 /ELEKTRA (8.98) (CD) MAKE IT LAST FOREVER 91 90 64 16 SAMANTHA FOX JIVE 1150 /RCA (9.98) (CD) I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN 39 34 29 23 MIDNIGHT STAR SOLAR 72564 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) MIDNIGHT STAR 92 86 - 12 SHINEHEAD ELEKTRA 60802 (9.98) (CD) UNITY 40 38 35 46 AL B. SURE! WARNER BROS. 25662 (8.98) (CD) IN EFFECT MODE 93 83 74 11 LITTLE MILTON MALACO 7448 (8.98) (CD) BACK TO BACK 41 43 47 13 Z'LOOKE ORPHEUS 75600/EMI (8.98) (CD) TAKE U BACK TO MY PLACE 94 76 83 39 TRACY CHAPMAN AT ELEKTRA 60774 (9.98) (CD) TRACY CHAPMAN 42 39 41 47 TONY! TONI! TONE! WING 835 549 /POLYGRAM (CD) WHO? 95 82 62 11 SOUNDTRACK ARISTA 8574 (8.98) (CD) I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA VARIOUS ARTSARTISTS 62 68 3 ASHFORD & SIMPSON CAPITOL 46946 (9.98) (CD) LOVE OR PHYSICAL 96 72 72 11 GOTTA HAVE HOUSE -BEST OF HOUSE MUSIC ® PROFILE S A IST (CD) VOLUME 2 44 42 40 15 KING TEE CAPITOL 90544 (8.98) (CD) ACT A FOOL 97 80 79 38 BIG DADDY KANE COLD CHILLIN' 25731 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) LONG LIVE THE KANE 45 44 44 18 ANQUETTE LUKE SKYYWALKER 103 (8.98) (CO) RESPECT 98 99 71 44 SADE EPIC 44210 /E.P.A. (CD) STRONGER THAN PRIDE 46 51 46 21 VESTA A &M 5223 (8.98) (CD) VESTA 4 U 99 85 73 39 TROOP ATLANTIC 81851 (8.98) (CD) TROOP 47 49 54 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS PANDISC 8802 (8.98) (CD) MIAMI BASS WARS 100 92 70 11 RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN EMI 9003719.98) (co) MOOD FOR LOVIN' 48 45 50 22 SWEET OBSESSION EPIC 44419/E.P.A. (CD) SWEET OBSESSION OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with each 49 56 85 3 EL DEBARGE MorowN 6264 (8.98) (CD) GEMINI additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. *CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 23 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any Billboard. form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, HOT DANCE MUSIC.. or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0 LL, w u CLUB PLAY a Z 12 -INCH SINGLES SALES L' 3 6 a retail and one -stop sales reports. Compiled from a national sample of dance club playlists. cg Compiled from national sample of store r TITLE ARTIST TITLE ARTIST 4 1- = Ñ 5 N a. U LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL I / r, 3:O LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL * * No.1 * * * * NO. 1 * * THIS IS ACID GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE 2 4 6 MAURICE 1 1 2 10 MILLI VANILLI O VENDETTA VE 7016 1 week at No. One ARISTA AD -9780 2 weeks at No. One THIS IS ACID 4 6 7 CHANELLE 4 10 5 MAURICE O PPROOFFIILE4PRROO---7241 0 VENDETTA VE-7016 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS 3 1 1 9 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 6 6 9 TEN CITY I.R.S. 23926 /MCA O ATLANTIC 0 -86464 LOVE HANGOVER '89 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY 5 11 6 DIANA ROSS 5 8 7 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS ® MOTOWN MOT -4632 ® I.R.S. 23926 /MCA IT'S TOO LATE FADING AWAY 5 6 9 8 NAYOBE 5 2 3 9 WILL TO POWER WTG 41 08182 EPIC 49 08 I 83 /E.P.A. SLEEP TALK I BEG YOUR PARDON 10 16 5 ALYSON WILLIAMS KON KAN © DEF JAM 44 68193 /COLUMBIA 6 3 1 11 ATLANTIC 0 -86467 YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING YET SELF DESTRUCTION 7 7 8 FIGURES ON A BEACH 7 9 THE STOP THE VIOLENCE MOVEMENT SIRE 0-21131/WARNER BROS. 8 8 JIVE 1178 -1 -JD /RCA HOW FAR CAN WE GO? JUST COOLIN' 8 9 13 7 THE GROOVE ROBBERS 7 LEVERT FEATURING HEAVY D TVT 4058 8 10 12 ATLANTIC 0 -86459 GIRL YOU KNOW ITS TRUE STRAIGHT UP 9 3 3 10 MILLI VANILLI 7 4 PAULA ABDUL ARISTA ADI -9780 9 11 VIRGIN 0 -96594 OPEN UP YOUR HEART HEAVEN KNOWS 13 19 5 RAIANA PAIGE 7 WHEN IN ROME i() SLEEPING BAG SLX -40140 10 12 16 VIRGIN 0 -96589 IN HOUSE VOL.1 (EP) TURN YOUR BACK ON LOVE O7 21 35 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS DONT KRISTIN BAIO 11 JIVE 1185.1.10 /RCA LL 15 22 5 VENDETTA VE-7011 GROOVE CHECK I WANNA BE THE ONE Oaf 17 20 5 THAT PETROL EMOTION STEVIE B 12 VIRGIN 096580 12 14 17 5 LMR 4003 THE MONSTER JAM (LP) GIRL I GOT MY EYES ON YOU 14 17 AMBASSADORS OF FUNK TODAY 13 6 NEXT PLATEAU P11014 13 16 23 5 MOTOWN MOT -4627 LIKE A PRAYER FINE TIME 47 2 MADONNA 14 5 12 NEW ORDER I4 - SIRE 0. 21170/ WARNER BROS. 9 BROS. INTROSPECTIVE (LP) OPEN UP YOUR HEART 15 16 23 5 PET SHOP BOYS 4 RAIANA PAIGE EMI 90868 15 22 31 SLEEPING BAG SLX -40140 REAL LOVE YOU (THE RIGHT STUFF) 28 JODY WATLEY NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Ló - 2 MCA 23928 16 17 19 8 MBI44T MUSIC LOVER REAL LOVE 29 2 S- EXPRESS 2 JODY WATLEY L% - CAPITOL V-15454 L] 32 - CA WALK DDNNOSAUR NO SE' 18 11 12 10 WAS (NOT WAS) 21 25 6 YO PAJAMA PARTY LTH 4332 ió 23 WEST 0-86478 /ATLANTIC GOOD LIFE 19 20 22 5 LEVERT FEATURING HEAVY D 13 11 INNER CITY JUSñTCOOLIN' 19 15 VIRGIN 0 -96591 BUFFALO STANCE TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP 30 - 2 NENEH CHERRY 26 49 3 BOY GEORGE ® VIRGIN 0 -96573 ® VIRGIN SINCERELY YOURS 11 7 11 SWEET SENSATION (WITH ROMEO J.D.) * * * POWER PICK * * * 21 ATCO 0- 96586 /ATLANTIC STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS YAZZ 2Z 32 - 2 ELEKTRA 0-66711 SAFETIN THE IAARMS OF LOVE ® 23 29 6 SHOOTING PARTY TESTURE 22 19 21 6 SKINNY PUPPY CAPITOL V.15439 * ** POWER PICK * ** THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS 23 8 2 12 TEN CITY 29 30 5 THE BOYS ATLANTIC 0 -86464 O MOTOWN MOT-4625 TURN BACK ON LOVE LULLABYE 18 KRISTIN BAIO 28 28 4 BOOK OF LOVE 24 18 6 VENDETTA 24 SIRE 0- 21101 /WARNER BROS. MISMATCH YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING YET 25 22 28 5 APOLLONIA 38 4 FIGURES ON A BEACH O SIRE 0-21131/WARNER BROS. THE LOVE I LOST SEVENTH AVENUE GIVE ME BACK MY HEART CORINA 26 27 31 4 ATLANTIC 0 -86476 26 25 27 6 CUTTING CR-223 O7 REAL LOVE SLEEP TALK 37 3 EL DEBARGE 38 2 ALYSON WILLIAMS 2/ 4 MOTOWN MOT -4618 T7 - DEF JAM 44 68193 /COLUMBIA : BABY BABY ROLLIN' WITH KID 'N PLAY 33 45 3 EIGHTH WONDER 28 35 35 4 KID 'N PLAY 9 WTG 41 68214 SELECT 62335 GIRL I GOT MY EYES ON YOU TODAY 19 14 17 TONE LOC 29 31 42 3 MOTOWN MOT -4627 29 DELICIOUSDV1002 /ISLAND 2 WE CALL IT ACIEED/TRANCE DANCE JACK OF SPADES ® D.MOB 15 11 BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS 30 20 FFRR 886 51 7.1 / POLYGRAM JIVE 1169 -1-JD /RCA SUIT 24/7 /NIGHTIME LOVEKIND 41 2 BIRTHDAY JOHNNY KEMP 31 33 37 4 DINO 31 - COLUMBIA 44 68207 4TH & B'WAY 471 /ISLAND CAT -HOUSE /COLD SWEAT 45 2 DANIELLE DAX 32 18 13 Il SEDUCTION 3Z - SIRE 0-21128 /WARNER BROS. VENDETTA VEN14E-7014 GIVE ME BACK MY HEART THE LOOK 26 CORINA 47 2 ROXETTE 33 26 8 CUTTING CR -223 1® - EMI V -56133 MAKE THE HOUSE SHAKE 49 2 JOY AND PAIN 38 41 3 THE ALMIGHTY EL -CEE DONNA ALLAN 34 EPIC 49 68194/E.P.A. ® OCEANA 0- 96575 /ATLANTIC O 2 AFFAIR CHERRELLE IT'S TOO LATE NAYOBE 40 46 4 TABU 4Z9 68199/E.P.A. 35 WTG 4108182 EXCUSES THE DINOSAUR 7 PAULA BRION 39 5 WALK WAS (NOT WAS) 36 15 15 TOMMY BOY TB -925 36 36 CHRYSALIS 4V9 43332 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH HIGH ROLLERS THE POGUES 37 41 3 ICE -T 37 36 40 3 ISLAND 0 -96578 37 SIRE 0- 21149 /WARNER BROS SUCCESS 41 2 SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT * * * ® - EMI V -56130 JUST GOT BACK FROM HEAVEN SPARKS NEW ' 1 RHINORNTW 70412 ® * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT * * * 39 2 (WHAT CAN I SAY) TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME EVERY LITTLE STEP ALEXANDER O'NEAL , 1 BOBBY BROWN 44 TABU PROMO /EPA. 39 NEW MCA 23933 HAUNTED HOUSE I LIKE 40 12 5 9 DADA NADA NEW I GUY ONE VOICE ML070647 ® UPTOWN 23927 !MCA YO NO SE' PAJAMA PARTY O TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) THE PASADENAS , 1 41 34 38 5 23 WEST 0- 86478 /ATLANTIC 41 NEW COLUMBIA 44 68203 AGENT DOUBLE 0 SOUL FUNKY COLD MEDINA 4Z NEW ] THE UNTOUCHABLES NEW 1 TONE LOC RESTLESS 7 72341 -0 0 DELICIOUS VINYL DV1004 /ISLAND FUNKY COLD MEDINA RUSSIAN RADIO 1 TONE LOC 43 27 24 13 RED FLAG ® NEW DELICIOUS VINYL DV 1004 /ISLAND SYNTHICIDE 71310-0 GRAZING IN THE GRASS C.C. DIVA O REAL LOVE EL DEBARGE 40 43 I 44 3 EMI V -56129 44 NEW MOTOWN MOT -4618 NIGHTS I WANNA BE THE ONE STEVIE B 10 , ENDLESS CYNTHIA 44 45 39 3 LMR 4003 45 NEW i MICMAC 510 PUMP IT UP LOVE'S ILLUSION XCLU'SIVE 46 42 6 M.C. HAMMER 46 35 37 - CAPITOL V -15428 4 RTR 820 24/7 LOVEKIND MAKE MY BODY ROCK 46 /NIGHTIME DINO 47 39 36 10 JOMANDA 47 43 3 4TH & B'WAY 471 /ISLAND BIG BEAT BB -0004 ON) A LITTLE RESPECT O' TRIBUTE (RIGHT THE PASADENAS 48 30 20 15 ERASURE 4$ NEW 1 COLUMBIA 4468203 SIRE 0- 21059 /WARNER BROS. MY ON A TRIP TURN UP THE BASS DONT TAKE MIND BOY GEORGE 49 46 2 TYRES NEW 1 VIRGIN - D.J. INTERNATIONAL DJ970 49 0 -96577 TURN THIS MUTHA OUT ROLLIN' WITH KID' N PLAY KID 'N PLAY NEW ' I M.C. HAMMER 50 49 - 2 SELECT62335 ® CAPITOL V -15437 1. STOP ERASURE SIRE BREAKOUTS 1. CRUCIAL NEW EDITION MCA BREAKOUTS 2. SOMEBODY LIKE YOU ROBBIE NEVIL EMI 2. MUSIC LOVER S- EXPRESS CAPITOL VIRGIN 3. ME, MYSELF & I DE LA SOUL ToMMY BOY 3. BUFFALO STANCE NENEH CHERRY 4. NEVER STOP FRONT 242 WAX TRAX 4. STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS YAZZ ELEKTRA America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. Records listed under Club Play are 12 -inch OTitles with the greatest sales or club play increase this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Assn. Of week. unless indicated otherwise. Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential based on club play or sales reported this APRIL 1, 1989 24 BILLBOARD www.americanradiohistory.com Summer Simmers On Return To This Place & Time ONCE UPON A TIME: We've never technomeisters Yello and Xymox are On A Roll" and Information Soci- Kon Kan ... The Beloved's "I Love received as many inquiries and phone sure to keep it hot. The always inno- ety's "Something In The Air." You More" has been remixed by calls about any other project than we vative Yello lays a very tribal thread DANCE Cynthia Cherry (formerly of Jump Daniel Abraham for WEA U.K. Ex- have over the last four months about over a percolating bed of percussion Street and Select) now resides in the pect a domestic release from the act "Another Place And Time" (WEA and sound on "Tied Up" (Mercury). U.K. and is in the process of putting soon on Atlantic. Also for the label, U.K.) by Donna Summer. The album There are plenty of variations to together a dance compilation album Justin Strauss is handling the mix was produced by none other than choose from. Our favorites include overseas. If you think you have some for "Bring Me Edelweiss" by Edel- Stock, Aitken & Waterman and is the band's own "In Life" mix and Ju- by Bill Coleman hot material, send it to Cynthia at: 23 weiss. one of Summer's most satisfying and nior Vasquez's "In Africa" interpre- Rose Bank Ave., Sudbury Hill, Wem- The 13th Annual 1989 National consistent in a very long time. tation. "Obsession" (Wing) from Xy- well. For more information contact: bley, Middlesex, England HAO2TL Dance Music Awards will take place At times we would have hoped that mox immediately brings to mind the 201 -670 -4507 ... Ice -T's company . Rumor has it that there will be a April 26 at Citi Nightclub in Boston. the production /songwriting team spacious technodance ambiance of Rhyme Syndicate recently secured a film centering around the new-jack- A seminar and exhibition is planned had been more adventurous in its pro- the Danse Society's major-label de- label deal with Epic ... Omar San- swing sound starring Teddy Riley with the awards banquet and show. duction approach with Summer, but but. Its enchanting melody is quite tana has been working on remixes . . "Harry Houdini" is the next Contact Tad Bonvie at 617 -325-7178 the delicious dance /pop numbers do pleasing, and the song lures with for the Real Roxanne's "Roxanne's wacked -out record from Canada's for additional information. serve as nice vehicles for the song- ease. Don't miss the pumping flip, stress' vocal charm. "Hitchiker's Dance Guide" ... Dal- The arresting first single, "This las' very own MC 900 Ft. Jesus With Chicago Trio Mixes Philly, Rock, & Funk Time I Know It's For Real," has al- D.J. Zero is one of the more interest- ready blazed a trail to the top of the ing releases we've received this year. U.K. pop chart with many more can- The act marries the urgency of a didates likely. Our faves are the Eu- West Coast rap with a Ministry -like Ten City Solidifies House's `Foundation' ropean dance /pop "When Love delivery on "Too Bad" (Gonga, 214- Among the elements that have to mix because splicing the edit on Takes Over You," "Sentimental," 823-2611). The flip utilizes a fierce B- BY STEPHANIE SHEPHERD made Ten City stand out is its use of our stuff is never right on the beat. "Breakaway," "Whatever Your boy groove to its fullest by promi- NEW YORK Ten City's Atlantic de- real instruments. The band contract- We have imperfections -it's more Heart Desires," and the very disco nently featuring the X -rated ranting but, "Foundation," has met with lav- ed Earl Young of the Trammps to natural. They didn't have sequencers (with shades of "Enough Is of a delirious woman on "Born With ish praise as critics project that this play drums on the album. Live 10 years ago; the band had to actually Enough ") "Love's About To Change Monkey Asses." If this is a taste of may be the record that legitimizes strings were supplied by a contingent play it." My Heart." what's coming, bring it on up ... Sa- house music in the mainstream mar- of classically trained high school stu- As Ten City struggles to maintain The SAW Kylie Minogue & Rick rah McLachlan (whom we originally ketplace. dents. its individuality, the end result seems Astley familiarities are quite preva- spoke of in November) debuts state- Ironically, lead vocalist Byron Stin- One of the band's long-awaited to be working. The current single, lent, but Summer's vocal elevates the side with new remixes of the brilliant gily says, "After our first hit, 'Devo- dreams is to do a live tour. The dream "That's The Way Love Is," peaked at material and soars way above their and enchanting pop of "Vox" . (Aris- tion,' we just wanted to do an album comes true this month, when they hit No. 1 on the Club Play chart, has traditional fodder. She sounds very ta), lifted from the forthcoming do- of dance music, and people told us we the road with a lineup including Earl climbed to the top 20 on the black sin- comfortable with the material and all mestic release of the album "Touch." had to sound like Keith Sweat if we Young on drums, and Peter Black gles chart, and the album is bulleted of the tracks are easily program- If you're not already familiar with wanted to get big." and Grant on keyboards. at No. 63 on the black albums chart. mable for clubs and radio. Geffen has the 21- year-old multi- instrumentalist The Chicago-based group, compris- Another way Ten City puts The group's name evolved from reportedly dropped Summer here in and her captivating voice, don't hesi- ing Stingily, Byron Burke on key- warmth and humanity in its music the word "intensity" and the band's the States after commissioning this tate .. The highly anticipated remix boards, and Herb Lawson on guitar, lies in the threesome's approach to concept of utopia, a place where ev- project and the album is now being of "Bamboleo" (Elektra) from Gipsy has its roots firmly planted in the '70s the studio. "We might lay our bass eryone comes to let go, to be them- shopped for a stateside label deal. If Kings is finally out. The song is al- concept of musicianship, as the mem- line down on disc at home so we selves, whoever they are. As Burke the enthusiastic European response ready a favorite album track and now bers began playing in bands as teen- won't have to waste time in the stu- says, "At clubs in Chicago, every- is any indication, then '89 will un- with extended mixes by Arthur Bak- agers. dio. But all the engineers ask how body puts on their clothes like a fash- doubtedly be the place and time for er and a clubbier, light R &B version Each of the three brings a differ- come you didn't quantize it," Burke ion show. With our music, we hope to Summer-again. by Francis Milano & Karl Siegel, its ent source of inspiration to the group. explains. "Quantizing means the tear down all those ego-type things popularity is set to endure through- Burke, who grew up on Teddy Pen- computer plays your instrument ex- and just let people be themselves." GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS: out the spring. dergrass, MFSB, and the Philadel- actly on the beat. It's harder for them New Order is keeping it strong with phia International classics, played as the release of "Round & Round" BEATS & PIECES: EMI has phased a club DJ in Chicago; Lawson's inspi- (Qwest /WB). The ominous hook, cou- out its dance music and video promo- rations included Jimi Hendrix's "Pur- pled with the act's customary lazy tion departments, so former employ- ple Haze," Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, NATIONAL BPM SOURCE! guitar licks and a throbbing rhythm, ees Howard Holben & Rusty Gar- and other rock groups with hot gui- cooks. Mixes were handled by Kevin ner are reopening their Endless Mu- tarists; and Stingily cites Bootsy's '87 & '88 Year Books Available! Saunderson, Stephen Hague, and sic independent promotion company, Rubber Band, Funkadelic, and Slave Ben Grosse. Also note the flip, "Best which will be handling 12 -inch and as major influences. Plus * Dance Beats: 1982 -Current And Marsh" ... PolyGram is quite video promotion. Endless Music will Ten City functions as a team, with * Dance Classics: 1973 -1981 hap'nin lately and new releases from also be available for remix projects as all members contributing to the writ- Oldie Beats: 1955 -1972 ing, playing, and production. Before * he met producer Marshall Jefferson, Call or write for FREE brochure today! 1- 800 -255 -5284 Stingily had almost quit the music business. "I decided to get out of NEW ON THE CHARTS bands after we started wearing pais- ley and spandex pants. The group's Disco Beats Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry's bands from the early '80s punk and whole goal was to make it to Minne- daughter Neneh has stormed onto new wave era that had cult follow- apolis and meet Prince. We made it as 17 Old Route 146, Clifton Park, New York 12065 Billboard's Club Play chart with her ings. When she was 16 she joined far as Iowa," he quips. U.K. smash, "Buffalo Stance," the eccentric U.K.-based outfit Rip How does Ten City categorize its which is a featured selection on the Rig & Panic, which later evolved music? "We say it's just soul music," We have a complete selection of "Slaves Of New York" soundtrack. into Float Up CR Cherry has sung Burke replies. "Deep house is an- DANCE /DISCO 12' all US major & independent label just (WHOLESALE FOR STORES) 12" and selected imports The Stockholm, Sweden -born, backups for cult fave the Slits, and other word for soulful. When house U.S.A. MAJOR & INDEPENDENT LABELS New York -bred singer, who now re- prior to "Buffalo Stance" contribut- first started, people were taking bass AND SELECTED IMPORTS Call us at our new 800 number sides in London, is no stranger to ed vocals to The The's "Slow Train lines from old records and putting LATEST 12" RELEASES CALL OUR TOLL FREE recording. The 25-year -old Cherry To Dawn."' 'jack jack jack' on it. What we try to B00 NUMBER lOursioE NEW .OP- STATE, was involved with a number of "Buffalo Let It Roll --Doug Lazy Stance" snatched the do is capture the essence or spirit of 800 -992-9011 RU Ready -Knight Action No. 3 spot on the British pop charts what was happening back then [in , CALL ww FOR LAMS, 4' Something (Remix)-Inf. society Sex 4 Daze -Lake Eerie RELEASE MIOPNINS. and was certified silver, selling the '70s]. Clap Your Hands -The Situation Betrayal-Spirit Matter Oh No- Michael Brown more than 200,000 copies. 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Phone (516) 294 -5900 (01) FAX (516) 741 -3584 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 25 www.americanradiohistory.com NTERN/!T/4NA L NVPI Meet Dutch Vid Rentals Losing Impact Crowded House Tops ARIA Awards Parliament To Impose Tape Levy Aussies As More Popular Abroad? AMSTERDAM A decision is ex- $85 million, compared with $100 mil- Seen pected from the Dutch Parliament lion in 1987. tion of 6 million global sales of the ing album ( "Age Of Reason "), while BY GLENN A. BAKER before the end of April on the intro- The Dutch video rental market "Kick" album, with a special achieve- Ross Fraser and Doug Brady, respec- duction in the Netherlands of a levy has been losing impact since the SYDNEY, Australia While it was ment award. Surprisingly absent tively, took producer of the year and on blank audio- and videotapes. second quarter of 1988. Although not quite a clean sweep, Australian from the awards list, despite a num- engineer of the year for the same LP. Loek Hermans, media spokesman VCR penetration in the Nether- rock trio Crowded House and its cre- ber of nominations, was Midnight Oil. Farnham's mantle of best- Austra- for the governing VVD coalition lands rose by 2% to 39% in 1988, ative pivot, Neil Finn, had most to John Farnham, after dominating lian- male -artist passed on to primal party, revealed this at a symposium only 20% of VCR owners are rent- smile about at the 1988 ARIA the ARIAs for two years, took a low- rager Jimmy Barnes, while the best- organized by the NVPI, the trade ing videotapes on a regular basis. Awards, presented here on March 6 er profile, winning only highest-sell- (Continued on page 28) association for the audio and video The main reason for this waning by the Australian Record Industry industries in Holland. interest in rental is attributed to the Assn. The symposium, held recently at growing number of good feature Results in the 25 award categories The Hague, was titled "Listening movies now being screened on seemed to reflect more the standing And Viewing In 2000," and cen- Dutch and foreign television pro- of Australian talent internationally U.K. Plans To Drop 15% VAT tered on the future of audio and vid- grams. than at home. eo carriers in Europe in general and Most Dutch households have ac- Crowded House took four statues: On Many Future Fund- Raisers the Netherlands in particular. The cess to as many as 15 different best Australian album, best Austra- event was attended by Dutch and channels, comprising three Dutch lian contemporary record, best cover LONDON The U.K. government is to give relief from value-added tax, foreign audio-video industry lead- national networks, programs from artwork (all for "Temple Of Low previously levied at 15%, on many fund-raising events in the future, the ers. Belgium, West Germany, the U.K., Men "), and song of the year, "Better Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, has announced. A spokes- It was disclosed that the 1988 France, Luxembourg, and Italy, Be Home Soon." person for Band Aid, which raised millions from pop /rock -linked events, gross for rental of prerecorded vid- and a variety of Pan- European pro- INXS was honored as best Austra- says: "It's a major boost to charities and would obviously have saved us a eotapes in Holland dipped by 12% to grams. lian group, for best Australian video lot of headaches when we were fund -raising." Pressure to cut the tax was ( "Never Tear Us Apart," directed by first mounted in 1984 when it was revealed that the tax man gained 18 Richard Lowenstein) and, in recogni- pence from every sale at 1.35 pounds of "Do They Know It's Christmas," Britain's biggest-selling single, while the composers, artists, and produc- ers gave their services free. PETER JONES INTERNATIONAL EDITOR NVPI Announces '88 Dutch Genpan Academy Names New Director PETER JONES, Billboard, 71 Beak St., London 49, WIR 3LF. 01-439 9411. HAMBURG, West Germany Werner Hay, previously press and Were Up 12% PR man at PolyGram in Hamburg, has been named managing director INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS Music Sales of the Germany Phono-Academy. The organization was set up 15 years Australia -GLENN A. BAKER, P.O. Box 261, Holland is also weak in the music - ago by the German record industry to support the interests of the in- BY WILLEM Baulkham Hills, 2153 New South Wales. HOOS cassette sector, unlike several of its dustry in artist and cultural policies, support talent in all areas of musi- Austria -MANFRED SCHREIBER, 1180 Wien, AMSTERDAM Dutch record and neighbors. The gross last year was cal activity, and maintaining links with other cultural groups. Karl XVII, Kreuzgasse 27.0222 48 -2882. prerecorded-tape sales last year down 13 %, to $35.7 million, to give Faust is the academy chairman. WOLFGANG SPAHR Belgium -MARC MAES, Kapelstraat 41, 2040 9% of the market, Antwerpen. 03- 5688082. topped the 800 -million- guilder mark prerecorded tape With a final total of despite a major "buy tape" campaign Canada -KIRK LaPOINTE, 83 Hamilton Ave. N., for the first time. Hitachi Taps Quincy Jones For Ads Ottawa, Ontario KIY 1BB. 613-238-4142. 805 million guilders (some $383 mil- set up nationwide last summer. Czechoslovakia-PETER BELOHLAVEK, Biskup- lion), revenue was up 12% on the pre- In unit terms, Dutch CD sales (in- TOKYO Hitachi is using Quincy Jones -composer, musician, and Mi- cova 15, 1300 Praha 3. vious year, according to figures re- cluding singles) totaled 17.8 million chael Jackson producer-in television commercials and print media ad- Denmark -KNUD ORSTED, 22 Tjoernevej, DK- cently released by NVPI, the Nether- last year, compared with 8.8 million in vertisements here to promote sales of its audio /visual equipment, par- 3070 Snekkersten. 02-22-26-72. television sets and high definition Super -VHS- Finland -KART HELOPALTIO, SF -01860 Perttula lands IFPI branch. 1987. The number sold has more than ticularly large -screen 27-18-36. Rob Edwards, the trade group's doubled each year since the silver type VCRs. The nationwide campaign starts this month. SHIG FUJITA France- PHILIPPE CROCQ, 4 bis rue Mizon, managing director, attributes the disk was introduced here in March 75015 Paris. 01 -4327 6309. gross upturn to CD sales action, up 1983. Satellite Plans Will Up U.K. Channels Greece -JOHN CARR, Kaisarias 26 -28, Athens 59% to $250 million from $157 million Last year, 8.4 million LPs were 610. compared LONDON Plans to bring another 32 satellite television channels to Holland -WILLEM HOOS, Bilderdijklaan 28, Hil- in 1987, taking an exchange rate of sold in the Netherlands, versum. 035 -43137. 2.10 guilders to the U.S. dollar. with 12.3 million in 1987. Sales of 7- the U.K. in the next few years have been unveiled by the government. Hong Kong -HANS EBERT, TNS 17/F1, Citicorp Last year the CD format had a 65% inch singles totaled 7 million and 12- A second Astra satellite, bringing in another 16 channels, will be Centre, 18 Whitfield Rd., Causeway Bay. 05 share of total consumer sales, com- inch singles 1.4 million. NVPI says launched by the end of next year, and a third will follow in 1992, assum- 787618. pared with 46% in 1987. Sales of 1 mil- the role of the 12-inch single will soon ing the financial success of the second. The first Astra satellite, which Hungary--PAUL GYONGY, Orloutca 3/b, 1026 lion CD singles (worth some $7.1 mil- be taken over by the CD single. carries Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television and other channels, was Budapest 11. Tel: 167 -456. will be for owners to re- India -JERRY D'SOUZA, c/o F.M. Pinto, 136 lion) are included in these statistics. The IFPI branch points out that launched in February. Technically it possible Lady Jamshedji Rd., Mahim, Bombay 400 016. Vinyl LPs made another sharp dip the decline of domestic pop came to a ceive a total of 48 channels. PETER JONES Ireland -KEN STEWART, 56 Rathgar Rd, Dublin last year, from a value of $106.5 mil- stop in 1988, with a sales gross of 6. 97- 14 -72. lion in 1987 to $71.4 million in 1988, $53.8 million, compared with $48 mil- P.O. Box 7750, Sony Set For Italian Cassette Operation Israel -BENNY DUDKEVITCH, the configuration's share of the lion the previous year, or 14% of the 92 428 Jerusalem. Italy opens its first plant in Italy this month. Based in Italy -VITTORIO CASTELLI, Via Vigoni 7, 20122 sound -carrier market falling from total market. MILAN, Sony Milan. 02-33 13 034. 31% to 19%. Since 1979, the 12 -inch LP Last year, international pop reper- the Trento region, it will manufacture up to 48 million cassettes annu- Jamaica -MAUREEN SHERIDAN, 43F Turtle has lost two-thirds of its marketplace toire earned a 60% share of the mar- ally when it becomes fully operational in a year's time. The plant, cost- Beach Towers, Ocho Rios. impact. In that year, turnover was ket, with a value of $230 million. Clas- ing $21.5 million, complements the Sony plant in France that produces Japan -SHIG FUJITA, Utsunomiya Bldg., 19 -16 $214 million and the LP had a 76% sical product accounted for a $41.9 60 million cassettes annually. About 80% of the Italian plant output -ku, Tokyo 150. Jingumae 6- Chome, Shibuya million gross. will go for export mainly to Europe, but it will also export specially 03- 4984641. market share. VITTORIO CASTELLI Malaysia -CHRISTIE LEO, 29 -G, Gilstead Road, The Dutch year-end figures show The 1988 value growth of the designed "Made In Italy" tapes to Japan. Singapore 1130. 7 -inch and 12 -inch singles also in poor Dutch sound -carrier industry was un- Poland -ROMAN WASCHKO, Magiera 9m 37, shape, down 30% from 1987 ($37.6 veiled at a seminar called "Listening PolyGram France Gains Distríb Rights 01 -873 Warszawa. 34- 36-04. million in value) to last year's $26.1 & Viewing In 2000," organized by -FERNANDO TENENTE, R Sta Helena Portugal million. Vinyl singles now have just a NVPI at the Europa Hotel in The PARIS PolyGram France has acquired distribution rights of more 122 R/c, Oporto. films from UGC, including Madonna's "Shanghai Sur- Romania -OCTAVIAN URSULESCU, Str. Rado 7% share of total sound -carrier ac- Hague, March 15. NVPI represents than 200 feature de la La Afumati nr, 57 -B, Sector 2, Bucharest tion. 90% of the Dutch record industry. prise," Charles Bronson's "Death Wish," and the James Bond film 0.P.9. 13- 46 -10. 16.20 -80. "Never Say Never." They will be released monthly in batches of 10 South Africa -JOHN MILLER, P.O. Box 16585, titles, selling at $23- $28.50, with some in CD video format. Already a Doornfontein 2028. leader in the music video market here with 90 titles available and sales Spain -FERNANDO SALAVERRI, PIz Emilion Ji- Pickwick Posts $5 Mil In Pretax Profits of $3.18 million last year, PolyGram is the only company in France mar- menez Millas, 2D, 28008, Madrid. 24242 93. 150 listed. PHILIPPE CROCQ Sweden -JOHAN LANGER, Brunkulle Grand 15, LONDON The Pickwick Group, dis- which accounted for 61% of turnover, keting CDV and has about titles 16245 Vallingby. tributors of CDs, cassettes, and vid- compared with 50% the previous Switzerland- PIERRE HAESLER, Hasenweld 8, eos, posted pretax profits of $5.6 mil- year. Finnish Fest Fingers Top Intl Talent CH-4600 Olten. 062- 215909. lion (3.3 million pounds) in the year He says the series of higher inter- U.S.S.R.-VADIM YURCHENKOV, 6 Aprelskaya 31, up 10% on the previ- est rates in the U.K. resulted in retail- HELSINKI, Finland "Provinssirock," to be staged June 3-4 in Seina- Str., Block 2, Apt. 16, 195268 Leningrad, K- ending Dec. in joki, up the Finnish open -air pop /rock festival season this year. 268. 225 -35-88. ous year. Sales grossed $71.3 million, ers keeping stocks to a minimum opens West Germany- WOLFGANG SPAHR, Postbox up 31% on 1987. December, normally the busiest trad- International acts booked include Lou Reed, R.E.M., Sugarcubes, 1150, Keltingstrasse 18, 2360 Bad Segeberg. According to Ivor Schlosberg, the ing period. Transvision Vamp, and Suzanne Vega; all are guaranteed local and na- 04551- 81428. company's chief executive, the Pickwick last year spent $6.8 mil- tional radio and television exposure. The event is now rated No. 1 and Yugoslavia -MITJA VOLCIC, Dragomer, Rozna growth came through a substantial lion of its own resources on new prod - attracted 20,000 fans daily last year. KARI HELOPALTIO 6, 61351, Brezovica, Ljubljana 23 -522. increase in sales of video products, (Continued on page 30) 26 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com FRANCIS RUDOLF KLAUS HERMANN MATTHIAS STILL LOVING YOU SCORPS DIETER OLAF BOB HEINZ -GERD AFTER 5 MILLION ALBUMS: YOU'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH ...AND DON'T STOP AT THE TOP EMI ELECTROLA VORSPRUNG DURCH MUSIK www.americanradiohistory.com INTERNATIONAL NADA Australia's Albert Breaks CanCon Rocks The Record Confab With EMI, Joins CBS Broadcasters, Others Say It's A Burden albums by Stevie Wright, TMC, John was not also addressed -there was problems that will hurt protected BY GLENN A. BAKER Paul Young, the Angeles, Rose Tat- BY KIRK LaPOINTE a pull with no push, he said. AM stations. SYDNEY, Australia One of the too, Flash & the Pan, and, of course, TORONTO Canadian content: Now, with government funding "AM radio will not die," predicted longest -running associations in the AC /DC. So streamlined was the suc- Broadcasters can't live without it and programs to upgrade produc- McCoy. Without new rules, howev- Australian music business has come cess that it seemed as if the union and hate living with it. tion and management, there is a er, all broadcasters can expect de- to an end with the severing of Albert was unvialable. At a panel session March 11 in To- better system in place. clining listenership. Already, Cana- Productions' distribution deal with The decision to split from EMI and ronto, at the sixth annual confer- Still, Slaight defended the Canadi- dians tune to radio 35% less often EMI Records. move over to 1988 market /chart lead- ence organized by The Record, Can- an content rules, saying they have than Americans do, a situation Mc- Since it first produced hits by Billy er CBS was made by label GM Peter ada's leading trade publication, helped build an industry and given Coy said is due to the fact that "ra- Thorpe & the Aztecs for the Par lo- Dawkins, whose career has included three broadcasters, a leading con- domestic music a foothold at home dio cannot address the public inter- phone label back in 1964, Albert has 13 years as house producer with EMI sultant, a key regulatory official, to allow it to flourish international- est." been closely aligned with Australia's in New Zealand and Australia and six and an academic rehashed the age - ly. Roman, an ardent advocate of Ca- first major record company. years as director of A &R for CBS old debate on so-called "CanCon." nadian music but not of regulation Indeed, the two concerns staged Australia. The result: Complaints in some itself, said that what is needed is elaborate "Albert 25" celebrations to- "It wasn't really that we were ter- quarters, surprising praise from `If the aim was to "cultural projectionism, not protec- ward the end of 1988, with a double ribly unhappy with EMI," he ex- others, a call for optimism from one tionism." compilation album and video marking plains. "It's just that the association broadcaster, and a call for dissolu- increase int'l hits, Canadians need to feel proud of the quarter -century mark. had come to a natural end. It's been a tion of the rules from the professor. their music and to work aggressive- When Albert hit its stride in 1965 great 25 years, but familiarity can Guided by Vancouver, British Co- it hasn't happened' ly to get it a wider audience, while with machine -gun -hit act the Easy - breed complacency on both sides and lumbia, lawyer John Festinger, the broadcasters need to highlight such beats (eight consecutive top 10 hits in I felt Albert needed new ways of sell- six panelists seemed to agree that FM broadcasters complain that music and quit carping that it's a less than 18 months), it established ing its catalog. We have a lot of new the rules remain a burden and that they are hamstrung by a rule that burden, he indicated. He says the in- the vital role of the independent label acts and new plans, including a Lon- it is difficult to assess either their prevents them from playing more dustry must treat CanCon as a "ho- in the uncovering of Australian mu- don office, and a change seemed nec- intent or impact. than 49% hits, while AM broadcast- listic" challenge for retailers and sic. essary." AM radio must play 30% Canadi- ers complain that FM does not have others. This role was observed and to some CBS was reportedly "astonished" an content, while FM licensees play to play nearly as much Canadian One audience member suggested degree imitated by such indies as by the viability of Albert's back cata- between 7% and 30%, depending on content. The rules were devised that all labels operating in Canada Sunshine and Mushroom, which at- log. As Dawkins says: "We have 13 their formats. Broadcasters feel the when AM listenership far out- be forced to release a certain per- tached themselves to the "other" ma- AC /DC albums, some of which tick rules have handicapped their com- weighed the FM audience, but now centage of Canadian music. Broad- jor label concerned with Australian over 2,000 copies a month." petitive drive over the years and led the tide has turned and a review is casters liked that idea; it would music, Festival Records. And the internationally admired them to program either inferior mu- in order, broadcasters say. make record firms feel the way they In the early -to- mid -'70s, the Al- Vanda & Young team, virtually dor- sic or old music in the absence of Fleming told the seminar that FM do. bert/EMI machine was truly formi- mant for the past three years, is now good, new material. regulations will likely be reviewed A problem, Slaight said later, is dable, turning out hits and platinum (Continued on page 30) Don Shafer, VP of programming in the not-too -distant future. that broadcasters cannot agree on with the Westcom radio chain and Some broadcasters believe that how to fix the rules. Without indus- GM of CILQ Toronto and CFGM To- opening the FM regulations to re- try consensus, there is little likeli- CROWDED HOUSE TOPS ARIAS ronto, called the regulations a "ton- view is a releasing Pandora's box of hood of change. (Continued from page 26) nage requirement on a creative me- dium." Australian- female crown landed on really into all of that 'Australian mu- But he and Duff Roman, VP of in- sultry Kate Ceberano, who accepted sic comes of age' chest -beating stuff. dustry affairs for CHUM Ltd., said MAPLE it by delivering an a cappella version This is an evolutionary process for us the supply of Canadian music is of- group, Family Brown, will be of "Amazing Grace" at the podium. and for the moment it feels right to ten so good that it would be possible BRIEFS spending a fair amount of time this Ceberano was one of the two fea- do it without television. some weeks to exceed the current year touring, of all places, the tured singers on "You've Always Got "It was our night, an occasion playing levels even if the quota Netherlands. Minitours are sched- The Blues," the album derived from when everybody in the industry was were not there. AN ANONYMOUS commentary uled there for August and Novem- the ABGTV series "Stringer," which everybody else's friend, at least for a Those comments drew a sharp re- in the Montreal -based music maga- ber. won best original soundtrack. night." sponse from Gary Slaight, president zine Upfront says U.S. booking Newcomer 1927 picked up two While a beaming Kylie Minogue of Standard Broadcasting's radio di- agents are jacking up their prices OUT ON VIDEO March 29 is awards, best Australian debut single and three members of INXS were on vision and GM and PD of CKFM To- for hip -hop acts to repel fly-by - "Raffi In Concert With The Rise & ( "That's When I Think Of You ") and hand to keep photographers happy, a ronto. night promoters, who are deluging Shine Band," a 50- minute concert best Australian debut album ("... significant number of major artists "They wouldn't do it," he says. them with calls. There are also ac- video, filmed last year in Toronto. Ish "). For the latter, they tied with were unable to be present. John Broadcasters take advantage of cusations of sabotaged shows It will retail with a suggested list the Rockmelons and "Tales Of The Farnham was in Moscow launching a CanCon by playing the music at odd caused by promoter rivalry in the of $19.95. The release keeps the City," an album that entered the Syd- Greenpeace album, Crowded House hours, he said. area. major children's artist in the lime- ney charts at No. 1 during 1988. The was on tour in Canada, Jimmy Peter Fleming, director general light while he is on a yearlong cre- best -Australian- new- talent award Barnes was vacationing in Thailand, of radio for the Canadian Radio - CANADA'S preeminent country ative sabbatical. went to Johnny Diesel & the Injec- and the Church was recording. television and Telecommunications tors, a direct Chrysalis signing which The event included two inductions Commission, agreed that there is was at the center of a spectacular la- into the ARIA Hall of Fame: the late "pretty far" to go before CanCon bel bidding war last year. opera singer Dame Nellie Melba and works smoothly. The five major awards were pre- veteran rocker Ross Wilson. Since He said the playlisting of Canadi- &IIYBARI P6BIIGIIOXS, INC. sented at the Darling Harbour Con- 1965, Wilson has led the bands the an material in the off -peak hours of vention Centre by legendary produc- Pink Pinks, Sons Of A Vegetal Moth- 10 p.m. to midnight is "significant" er George Martin. Also helping the er, Party Machine, Daddy Cool, and said a lot of stations fulfill pro- presentations was fellow U.K. pro- Mighty Kong and Mondo Rock. He gramming requirements at 3 a.m. or ducer Jonathan King; BPI chairman even beats John Farnham for the 4 a.m. on the "If the aim was to increase the RETAILERS Peter Jamieson, who observed: "You honor of being continually have to come to Australia to see how charts longer than any other Austra- number of Canadian international awards are done properly "; local lian performer -24 years so far. hits, that hasn't happened," consul- singer Jenny Morris; and the comedy Other awards, all for Australian tant Chuck McCoy told the panel team Johno & Danno. The ceremony product: best single, "Under The William Watson, an assistant pro- Sell Billboard and was hosted by Mental As Anything Milky Way," the Church; jazz, "Origi- fessor of economics at Montreal's lead singer Andrew "Greedy" Smith. nal Soundtrack," Wizards Of Oz; McGill Univ., said the regulations MUSICIAN Magazine Once again, ARIA chose to reject highest -selling single, "I Should Be are industrial instead of cultural telecasting overtures and maintain So Lucky," Kylie Minogue; children's protectionism. There is nothing dis- in your stores. the event as a virtually private "in- record, "Newspaper Mama," Peter tinctly Canadian about Canadian - dustry- only" night. David Watts, Combe; country, "Boomerang Cafe," made music and Canada should not ARIA executive, says: "We're not John Williamson; indigenous record, be afraid to admit that it simply is "Roaring Days," by Weddings Par- not a world -class contender in the ties Anything; classical, "Fleder- music field, he said. "Maybe it's not FOR MORE I \FORVATIO \CALL BRAT LEE man," by Flederman; independent re- what we do best," Watson noted. More International lease, "Apathy," by This Is Serious Fleming acknowledged that the news follows Mum; comedy, "The Comedy Compa- approach of the government on 11800199919988 page 71 ny Album," the Comedy Company. CanCon was flawed because the in- ... see frastructure of the music industry 28 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com IM&MC THE VITAL LINK BETWEEN MUSIC, MEDIA & MARKETING THE CONFERENCE TOPICS Presented in the historic Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the IM &MC conference will bring exciting panels, workshops, keynote addresses and roundtables on: Marketing Music In The Global Village; Broadcasting Without Frontiers; ils Airplay Fair Play; - Radio In The 90's; Who Needs Needletime; Perestroika - The 64000 Rouble Question ; Is The Future In Sponsorship? - The Pacemakers - The Entrepeneurs In Artist Management;I Marketing The Music - How Will The Public Buy Music Entertainment? _ Music T.V. In The 90's; _ The Indications Of Syndication; Sponsorship, Product & Artist: Who Promotes Whom? - The Artists Panel; . 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MUSIC KLM Official Carrier MEDIA Billboard IM! 111AC www.americanradiohistory.com INTERNATIONAL Soviets Launch Film Festival Music Figures In 10% Of Entries "Yehudi Menuhin In The Soviet BY VADIM YURCHENKOV Union," a 52- minute documentary SINq OUI LENINGRAD A documentary directed for Erato Films by Bruno movie festival was held here re- Monsaingeon, showed the 1987 So- cently, organized by the City Sovi- viet performances by the famous et and the local documentary film classical violinist, and "Sharing A studio, supported by the U.S.S.R. New Song" is a tribute to the new Union of Cinemaworkers and the spirit of friendship and goodwill U.S.S.R. Committee for Cinema- between the Soviet and American tography (Goskino). peoples. About 100 films were submitted Les Blank, president of the Cali- fornia -based Les Blank Flower About 100 films Films & Videos, proposed the idea IñEI11.\:D of a special music movie and video section for the next Leningrad were submitted to Non -Feature Film Festival to at- AND BE HEARD tract more international producers the festival board to the event and to found a special- ist music film -and -video market in AROUND TIE WORLD to the festival board for consider- the U.S.S.R. The suggestion is be- ation, 10 of them music related. Of ing considered by Mikhail Litvia- those 10, "No Applause, Just kov, the festival director general. In Billboard's Throw Money," a 28- minute mon- If adopted, it should help to tage featuring American sidewalk evolve a music market in Russia. buskers directed by Karen Good- The festival also served as a mar- Spotlight on Ireland man and distributed by the New keting exercise, and the first Rus- York -based Simon & Goodman Pic- sian music video material was on Special Features: ture Co., won the Sterling Centau- offer. Ruben Muradian, director Irish Music - Traditional & rus trophy. and producer from the Videofilm Ireland - One Of The Most Musically Influential Other music entries included Corp., screened a two -part series In Recent Years. "Fan," written and directed by featuring Russia's top rock and Countres Wojciech Maciejewski and reveal- pop acts for Robert Richter, a Top Artists, Studios, Venue =_. ing the impact of rock music on board member of the American Why Ireland Inspires So Many Leading] Musicians. Polish youth, and "From Russia Assn. of Independent Film and With Rock," a survey of the Soviet Video Makers, and some interna- rock scene directed by Finland's tional film distributors. Marjaana Mykkanen. ISSUE DATE: FOR AD DETAILS CONTACT: Tony Evans May 20 71 Beak Street AUSTRALIAN ALBERT LEAVES EMI AD DEADLINE: WIR 3LF (Continued from page 28) London, England extremely active again. "George fortunes with that label have been April 25 44-1-439-9411 Young has real fire in his belly at the spectacular and it looks for similar moment," says Dawkins about the success with the Albert group. man who has co- written songs for Says CBS managing director Denis David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Grace Handlin: "Albert has such terrific Jones, and many more. The team is credibility, commanding great re- currently in the studio with big - spect all over the world, and with an voiced New Zealand singer Mark Wil- image of total professionalism. liams, for whom Dawkins produced a "We're very selective about the No. 1 hit in 1970 (coincidentally, a deals we enter into, but in this case Vanda & Young composition). the chemistry was so right. We rec- For CBS here, the acquisition is the ognize Albert's role as a pioneer in second at the expense of EMI. Two the development of Australian music years ago it was able to snap up Mi- and Peter Dawkins has, from his own chael Gudinski's lucrative Liberation experience, a healthy respect for our imprint at contract renewal time. Its marketing skills." PICKWICK POSTS '88 PROFITS (Continued from page 26) uct lines and capital expenditure. we've consolidated our investments These included building a new mech- of last year, we can expand into new anized video warehouse; setting up a and complementary areas of busi- video production and sound studio ness. complex and a new mail -order ware- "Business has been very strong in house; introducing new computer the first weeks of this year." hardware and software programs to Pickwick has finalized an exclusive provide faster response times to or- licensing deal with PolyGram U.K. to ders; and integrating the newly pur- issue for the first time PolyGram rep- chased Old Gold label operation into ertoire on low -priced CDs. Pickwick. The pact covers product by a wide Schlosberg says there was a build- range of artists, including Tom up of competition for retailers' shelf Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Rog- space that had affected sales of chil- er Whittaker, and Dusty Springfield, dren's books and cassettes in the sec- as well as classical material from ond half of 1988. As a counter move, Decca, DGG, and Philips. Pickwick has launched a Video Play- The same deal includes a renewal pack series, which includes a video, of Pickwick's exclusive agreement book, and cassette, and "has pro- for low -priced records and cassettes. duced an encouraging response." Says Schlosberg: "We'll continue to Mary black: Says Schlosberg: "We had to bite exploit all repertoire from the origi- Irish Female the bullet and invest in new infra- nal Musical Rendezvous deal includ- of the Year structure. We've moved from a small ing new pop and classical releases yp 19:7 and 1988 to a medium -size company. Once from the PolyGram group." 30 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com CANADA (Courtesy The Record) As of 3/27/89 PAN-EUROPEAN CHARTS 3/20/89 SINGLES 1 3 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL VIRGIN /A&M HOT 100 SINGLES 2 1 YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON VIRGIN /A&M 1 1 SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART MARC ALMOND FEATURING GENE PITNEY EMI 3 2 SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME RICK ASTLEY RCA /BMG 2 3 BELFAST CHILD SIMPLE MINDS VIRGIN 4 4 WILD THING TONE LOC ISLAND /MCA 3 NEW LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA SIRE 5 5 LOST IN YOUR EYES DEBBIE GIBSON ATLANTIC/WEA 4 4 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS LONDON 6 7 THE LIVING YEARS MIKE +THE MECHANICS ATLANTIC /WEA 5 5 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS JASON DONOVAN PWL 7 6 WHAT I AM EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS GEFFEN /WEA ` POUR TREMA 6 6 TOI ARMENIE CHARLES AZNAVOUR 8 10 WHEN THE CHILDREN CRY WHITE LION ATLANTIC /WEA 7 2 THE FIRST TIME ROBIN BECK MERCURY 9 17 STOP! SAM BROWN A &M /A &M 8 NEW STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL VIRGIN 10 16 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS I.R.S. /MCA 9 10 HELP BANANARAMA /LES 0 LONDONL 11 8 WILD WORLD MAXI PRIEST VIRGIN /A &M 10 12 LA FETE AU VILLAGE LES MUSCLES A-B/POLYI O 7 12 11 BORN TO BE MY BABY BON JOVI MERCURY / POLYGRAM 11 15 LOVE TRAIN HOLLY JOHNSON MCA _ RLD13 9 TWO HEARTS PHIL COLLINS ATLANTIC /WEA 4 12 9 BUFFALO STANCE NENEH CHERRY CIRCA 12 MY PREROGATIVE BOBBY BROWN MCA /MCA 14 13 7 STOP! SAM BROWN A&M 15 20 ORINOCO FLOW ENYA WEA /WEA 14 NEW THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL DONNA SUMMER WARNER BROS. 16 NEW THE LOOK ROXETTE EMI /CAPITOL 15 11 LA VIE LA NUIT DEBUT DE SOIREE CBS 17 13 EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN POISON ENIGMA/CAPITOL 16 14 IN THE AIR TONIGHT ('88 REMIX) PHIL COLLINS VIRGIN 18 NEW ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES COLUMBIA /CBS 17 13 LEAVE ME ALONE MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 19 NEW WHEN I'M WITH YOU SHERIFF CAPITOL /CAPITOL 18 16 DU RHUM, DES FEMMES SOLDAT LOUIS CBS 20 15 UNDER YOUR SPELL CANDI I.R.S. /MCA 19 17 YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON VIRGIN ALBUMS 20 NEW THE LOCOMOTION KYLIE MINOGUE PWL ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication 1 2 ROY ORBISON MYSTERY GIRL VIRGIN /A &M HOT 100 ALBUMS 1 1 WILBURY /WEA may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any 2 TRAVELING WILBURYS TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL. 1 1 SIMPLY RED A NEW FLAME WEA form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, 3 3 RICK ASTLEY HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS RCA /BMG 2 2 TANITA TIKARAM ANCIENT HEART WEA or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 4 5 ENYA WATERMARK WEA /WEA 3 3 DIRE STRAITS MONEY FOR NOTHING VERTIGO 5 11 THE RAW AND THE COOKED FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS I.R.S. /MCA 4 4 ROY ORBISON MYSTERY GIRL VIRGIN 6 9 PAULA ABDUL FOREVER YOUR GIRL VIRGIN /A&M 5 5 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS THE RAW AND THE COOKED LONDON BRITAIN (Courtesy Music Week /Gallup) As of 3/25/89 7 6 EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS SHOOTING RUBBERBANDS AT 6 6 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN ELEKTRA THE STARS GEFFEN /WEA 7 7 GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE ANYTHING FOR YOU This Last 8 4 DEBBIE GIBSON ELECTRIC YOUTH ATLANTIC /WEA EPIC Week Week SINGLES 8 8 SOUNDTRACK COCKTAIL ELEKTRA 1 2 LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA SIRE 9 8 GUNS N' ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GEFFEN /WEA 7 DEF VERTIGO 9 14 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 2 1 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS JASON DONOVAN PWL 10 LEPPARD HYSTERIA /POLYGRAM TRAVELING TRAVELING VOL. 1 WILBURY 11 10 BOBBY BROWN DON'T BE CRUEL MCA /MCA 10 16 WILBURYS WILBURYS 3 4 THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL DONNA SUMMER WARNER BROS. RECORD CO. 12 12 STEVE EARLE COPPERHEAD ROAD UNI 4 6 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL SIREN /MCA 11 9 GARY MOORE AFTER THE WAR VIRGIN II 13 14 POISON OPEN UP AND AHH! ENIGMA/CAPITOL 5 15 KEEP ON MOVIN' SOUL SOUL FEATURING CARON WHEELER SAY ... 12 12 SAM BROWN STOP! A &M 10 /VIRGIN 14 18 MELISSA ETHERIDGE MELISSA ETHERIDGE ISLAND /MCA 13 10 RICK ASTLEY HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS RCA /BMG 6 3 HELP! BANANARAMA /LANANEENEENOONOO LONDON 15 15 NEW ORDER TECHNIQUE FACTORY/ POLYGRAM 14 13 PATRICIA KAAS MADEMOISELLE CHANTE POLYDOR 7 7 CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND 16 16 BRUCE COCKBURN BIG CIRCUMSTANCE TRUE NORTH /CBS EMI MACHINE EPIC 15 11 PINK FLOYD DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER 17 13 ROD STEWART OUT OF ORDER WARNER BROS. /WEA 8 21 PARADISE CITY GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 16 19 LOU REED NEW YORK SIRE 18 17 BON JOVI NEW JERSEY MERCURY /POLYGRAM ISLAND 9 5 STOP! SAM BROWN A &M 17 17 U2 RATTLE AND HUM TONE LOC AFTER ISLAND /MCA 10 12 I'D RATHER JACK REYNOLDS GIRLS PWL 19 20 LOC -ED DARK 18 20 MYLENE FARMER AINSI SOIT -JE POLYDOR 11 8 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING MICHAEL BALL REALLY 20 NEW CANDI CANDI I.R.S. /MCA 19 15 ENYA WATERMARK WEA USEFUL /POLYDOR 20 NEW THE STYLE COUNCIL THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF ... POLYDOR 12 9 HEY MUSIC LOVER S'XPRESS RHYTHM KING/MUTE 13 23 INTERNATIONAL RESCUE WE'VE GOT A FUZZBOX ... WEA WEST GERMANY (Courtesy Der Musikmarkt) As of 3/20/89 AUSTRALIA (Courtesy Australian Record Industry Assn.) 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MACKENZIE CAPITOL 39 2 2 SIMPLY RED A NEW FLAME WEA 3 NEW JOHNNY DIESEL & THE INJECTORS JOHNNY DIESEL & THE 40 NEW MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVING ON UP) PAUL SIMFSON FEATURING 3 3 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS THE RAW AND THE COOKED LONDON INJECTORS FESTIVAL ADEVA COOLTEMPO /CHRYSALIS ALBUMS 4 6 ROY ORBISON MYSTERY GIRL VIRGIN 4 3 MELISSA ETHERIDGE MELISSA ETHERIDGE FESTIVAL 5 4 DIE AERZTE DIE AERZTE FRUEHER VIELKLANG 5 5 THE PROCLAIMERS SUNSHINE ON LEITH FESTIVAL 1 2 GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE ANYTHING FOR YOU EPIC 6 5 GARY MOORE AFTER THE WAR VIRGIN 6 4 ROBERT PALMER HEAVY NOVA EMI 2 1 SIMPLY RED A NEW FLAME ELEKTRA 7 7 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN ELEKTRA 7 8 1927 ... ISH WEA 3 NEW TEXAS SOUTHSIDE MERCURY / PHONOGRAM 8 8 SOUNDTRACK COCKTAIL ELEKTRA 8 7 SOUNDTRACK YOUNG EINSTEIN FES 4 3 STYLE COUNCIL THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF THE STYLE 9 9 MARC ALMOND THE STARS WE ARE EMI 9 9 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN WEA COUNCIL POLYDOR 10 16 TRAVELING WILBURYS TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL. 1 WILBURY /WEA 10 6 SOUNDTRACK COCKTAIL WEA 5 NEW DEPECHE MODE 101 MUTE 11 10 RICK ASTLEY HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS RCA 11 10 ENYA WATERMARK WEA 6 4 SAM BROWN STOP. A &M 12 13 ORIGINAL NAABTAL DUO PATRONA BAVARIAE ARIOLA 12 11 FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS WEA 7 5 TANITA TIKARAM ANCIENT HEART WEA 13 12 CHRIS DE BURGH FLYING COLOURS A&M /DGG 13 14 TONI CHILDS UNION FESTIVAL 8 6 BOBBY BROWN DON'T BE CRUEL MCA 9 7 BANANARAMA THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION LONDON 14 11 DORO FORCE MAJEURE VERTIGO- PHONOGRAM 14 15 SIMPLY RED A NEW FLAME WEA 10 11 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 15 15 DIE TOTEN HOSEN EIN KLEINES BISCHEN HORRORSCHAU VIRGIN 15 13 GUNS N' ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION WEA 11 15 ROY ORBISON MYSTERY GIRL VIRGIN 16 18 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 16 12 WOMACK & WOMACK CONSCIENCE FESTIVAL 12 10 DEF LEPPARD HYSTERIA BLUDGEON RIFFOLA/PHONO 17 14 DIE ARTZE NACH UNS DIE SINTFLUT -LIVE CBS 17 16 DEF LEPPARD HYSTERIA POL 13 8 BUDDY HOLLY TRUE LOVE WAYS TELSTAR 18 19 SANDRA INTO A SECRET LAND VIRGIN 18 18 TRANSVISION VAMP POP ART WEA 14 9 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS THE RAW AND THE COOKED LONDON 19 20 LOU REED NEW YORK SIRE 19 19 DIRE STRAITS MONEY FOR NOTHING POLYGRAM 15 12 ELVIS COSTELLO SPIKE WARNER BROS. 20 17 DIRE STRAITS MONEY FOR NOTHING POLYSTAR 20 NEW UB40 GREATEST HITS VOL. 1 VIRGIN /EMI 16 NEW DOGS D'AMOUR A GRAVEYARD OF EMPTY BOTTLES CHINA /POLYDOR 17 NEW DONNA SUMMER ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME WARNER BROS. /WEA FRANCE (Courtesy of Europe 1) As of 3/20/89 ITALY (Courtesy Musica & Dischi) As of 3/20/89 18 25 TRAVELING WILBURYS TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL. 1 WILBURY'WARNER BROS. SINGLES SINGLES 19 18 KYLIE MINOGUE KYLIE PWL 1 1 POUR TOI ARMENIE CHARLES AZNAVOUR TREMA 1 NEW ESATTO FRANCESCO SALVI FIVE 20 13 YAZZ WANTED BIG LIFE 2 3 LA FETE AU VILLAGE LES MUSCLES POL 2 NEW VASCO JOVANOTTI IBIZA 21 ERASURE THE INNOCENTS MUTE 19 3 4 DU RHUM, DES FEMMES SOLDAT LOUIS CBS 3 1 051/22.25.25 FABIO CONCATO POLYGRAM 22 27 DEACON BLUE RAINTOWN CBS 4 2 LA VIE LA NUIT DEBUT DE SOIREE CBS 4 NEW TI LASCERO ANNE OXE & FAUSTO LEOLI CBS 23 17 ROY ORBISON THE LEGENDARY ROY ORBISON TELSTAR 5 7 THE LOCOMOTION KYLIE MINOGUE CBS 5 2 BELFAST CHILD SIMPLE MINDS VIRGIN 24 16 THEN JERICO THE BIG AREA LONDON 6 6 THE SOUND OF CONFETTI CONFETTI CBS 6 9 IT'S ONLY LOVE SIMPLY RED WEA 25 NEW GUNS N' ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GEFFEN 7 5 HIGH DAVID HALLYDAY PHONOGRAM 7 3 C'E DA SPOSTARE UNA MACCHINA FRANCESCO SALVI FIVE 26 14 HUE & CRY REMOTE CIRCA /VIRGIN RECORDS 8 10 ONE MOMENT IN TIME WHITNEY HOUSTON BMG 27 21 NEW ORDER TECHNIQUE FACTORY 8 NEW LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA SIRE ROACHFORD 9 16 THE FIRST TIME ROBIN BECK POLYGRAM 28 40 ROACHFORD CBS 9 NEW COSA RESTERA DEGLI ANNI'80 RAF CGD 29 KIM WILDE CLOSE MCA 10 17 LE MAL DE TOI FRANCOIS FELDMAN POLYGRAM 34 10 NEW ALMENO TU NELL'UNIVERSO MIA MARTINI FONIT CETRA 30 22 ENYA WATERMARK WEA 11 11 DIS MOI BIOMAN BERNARD MINET POLYGRAM 11 8 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE PHIL COLLINS VIRGIN /WEA 31 26 WOMACK & WOMACK CONSCIENCE 4TH & WY/AY/ISLAND M 12 NEW MEGAMIX BONEY BMG 12 NEW BAMBINI PAOLA TURCI IT 32 35 DIRE STRAITS MONEY FOR NOTHING VERTIGO /PHONOGRAM 13 9 TEARDROPS WOMACK & WOMACK BMG 13 4 SEX; NO DRUGS; ROCK & ROLL JOVANOTTI YO PRODUCTIONS /IBIZA 333 NEW DE LA SOUL 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING BIG LIFE /TOMMY BOY 14 8 JOUR DE NEIGE ELSA ARIOLA/BMG 14 NEW CANZONI MIETTE FONIT CETRE 34 23 POISON OPEN UP AND SAY ...AHH! CAPITOL 15 12 SMOOTH CRIMINAL MICHAEL JACKSON CBS 15 NEW SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS LONDON 35 20 JULIA FORDHAM JULIA FORDHAM CIRCA /VIRGIN 16 NEW ORINOCO FLOW ENYA WEA 36 30 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN ELEKTRA 16 5 LA NOTTE VOLA LOTELLE FUCCACINI POLYGRAM 37 37 INXS KICK MERCURY /PHONOGRAM 17 NEW N'A DES DONS JEANNE MAS EMI 17 7 EMILIO LATEDAZINE DE EMILIO CGD 38 24 RICK ASTLEY HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS RCA 18 NEW ET JE DANSE LOVA MOOR EMI 18 17 TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART RICK ASTLEY RCA /BMG 39 33 CHRIS REA NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS WEA 19 NEW J'AURAIS VOULU TE DIRE CAROLINE LEGRAND POL 19 NEW LOVE TRAIN HOLLY JOHNSON MCA 40 28 FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION THE FIRST OF A MILLION KISSES RCA 20 NEW BABY DON'T FORGET MY NUMBER MILLI VANILLI CAR 20 6 ONE MOMENT IN TIME WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA /BMG BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 31 www.americanradiohistory.com Programmers Worry About Talent Glu4 Image Confab Considers Canadian Country The panel of four programmers, new artists among the established. BY KIRK LaPOINTE which Charles moderated, also told A problem, he and Tomkins noted, is TORONTO Country radio, "soul an industry gathering at The Rec- that country radio is defensive music for white people," is the na- ord's sixth annual conference that about itself and often insulates its tion's hottest format right now, country radio has long since shed its audience: "We're afraid to say who says Canadian consultant Dave hillbilly traits but has not shaken its Dan Seals is," and that he was once Charles. hillbilly image with nonlisteners. a pop artist, James said. But a panel of programmers told But while ratings have risen and "We're defending our format be- an industry conference March 12 that listener loyalties have solidified, the cause everyone laughs," Tomkins there are growing pains and general country radio programmer faces agreed. discomfort in the Canadian country challenges every day, the panelists The audience was told that FM radio scene. Some said there are too concluded. stations are handicapped by regula- many new artists for radio to handle; Country radio "is not a fad this tions that limit the number of hits Outta The Box. Capitol artist Tanya Tucker is helped from a box where she some criticized FM radio regulations time, it's a trend," according to they can play and that such rules was searching for some of her past favorites to combine for an upcoming for hindering Canadian talent; and Keith James, hurt emerging "Greatest Hits" collection. Pictured pulling her from the predicament are, from most agreed that Canadian country general manag- acts as well as left rear, drummer Lame Londin; keyboardist Mitch Humphries; Jerry Crutchfield, radio is insecure about its place in the er and VP of stars. Tucker's producer; guitarist Brent Rowan; and, in front, bassist Bob Wray. music business. CHAM Hamil- `We've almost For example, ton, Ontario. new Canadian "It's the most reached the limit artist George obvious direc- of new acts radio Fox can get wide All The News We'd Like To See tion [to go] now exposure of his for making mon- material. Be- ey on AM," he and the audience cause FM sta- said. A new will accept' tions must play a No Fooling, Alabama's Now New Jersey form of country certain percent- album rock has age of Canadian AND NOW THE NEWS: Randy Travis, having veiled a new chart featuring 100 songs -all No. 1 emerged in content- usual- reached as high as he can go in such a short period of with a bullet ... James Brown and Johnny Paycheck which stations are taking the lead in ly 20 %-and because there aren't time, has decided to retire. He and manager Lib plan to record a duet of Paycheck's new song, "Take choosing cuts to play, James added. huge numbers of top -notch Canadi- Hatcher will move to the Treasure Island Resort on This Jail And Shove It." The Shooters will sing back- Still, the range of music available an acts, Fox easily gets playlisted Grand Cayman, where Central South /Sound Shop/ up. Session time has been booked for May-1996 ... to country stations has not always and usually gets charted. But once Treasure Island mogul Randy Davidson has set them The Judds are breaking up as Wynonna and Naomi been a blessing, some noted. one of his songs cracks the top 20 up with the wind -surfing concession on Seven Mile pursue solo careers, both calling themselves the Judd "We've almost reached the limit nationally on the country charts, it Beach ... Elvis Presley was spotted at Maude's ... Skip Ewing is reportedly still undecided on wheth- of new acts that radio and the audi- is designated a hit and radio sta- Courtyard restaurant, dining with Ronnie McDowell er to change his last name to Towne or School ... ence will accept," said Tom Tom - tions will often back off it. This is and Lee Stoller. Elvis had to pick up the tab ... Ala- Southern Pacific is retiring from show business to kins, new program director at because the stations can play only a bama, trying to stretch become a railroad, Shen- CFGM Toronto. "There are almost certain number of hits and prefer to musically, demographi- andoah is retiring to be- too many of them now." concentrate on the superstars, pri- cally, and geographical- come a mountain, and Audience loyalty won't continue, marily from the U.S. ly, plans to change its Mason Dixon has quit to he insisted, if there is too much new Bob Banfield, program director at name to New Jersey .. . become a line. And that's blood on radio. "We're going to see CKIX St. John's, Newfoundland, MCA's Tony Brown re- Nashville the Nashville Scene news a lot fewer new acts being broken," said a lot of his station's energies ports that Lyle Lovett report for Billboard's agreed Vic Folliott, operations man- have gone into convincing business has a crew cut and is April 1 issue. Happy ager at CKGL Kitchener, Ontario. groups and organizations that coun- three feet shorter than ScÑ April Fools' Day. Two record industry executives in try music can be sophisticated. Ban- Brenda Lee ... In ef- the audience muttered disapproval field's station organizes regular forts to minimize confu- DREAMMAKERS, at this assessement. "Disgusting," luncheons for groups and shows sion over their names, scheme makers: Congrat- one responded. them how the station can be upscale k.d. lang and K.T. Oslin byb Gerry Wood ulations to DreamMakers James later took issue with the and modern. "We go in and say, have agreed to swap lower and upper cases. It'll now for its successful Celebrity Waiters Luncheon held "overcrowding" conclusion, assert- 'Take a look.' " be K.D. Lang and k.t. oslin. Meanwhile, two other March 15 at Nashville's Stouffer Hotel. Among the ce- ing that there is ample room for stars plan a Van swap: It'll be Ricky Shelton and lebs hawking their photos, autographs, aprons, and Ricky Van Skaggs. And, in a sex swap, it'll now be Goo-Goo bars for charity were Grandpa Jones, Ran- the Bellamy Sisters and the Forester Brothers .. . dy Owens, Stella Parton, Helen Cornelius, Jim Ed The Liquid Waste Management Seminar, meeting si- Brown, Donna Meade, Charlie Daniels, Brenda Lee, multaneously with the Country Radio Seminar at the Canyon, Jim & Jon Hager, Barbara Fairchild, Jean- Opryland Hotel, took advantage of the coincidence by nie C. Riley, Robin Lee, Dottie & Shelley West, the naming Jimmy Bowen and Nick Hunter co-winners Girls Next Door, Joe Stampley, Tom Grant, Ronnie of their man -of- the -year award. Oliver North accept- Stoneman, Restless Heart, Jan Howard, Lane ed on their behalf ... A package tour sponsored by Brody, Coyote McCloud, Ruth Ann Leach, and Tish Possum Sardines stars the Oak Ridge Boys, Restless & Kenneth Schermerhorn. Volunteers helping stage Heart, the Statler Brothers, the Charlie Daniels the event included Billboard's Debbie Holley and Ma- Band, Shenandoah, the Desert Rose Band, Asleep rie Ratliff. All proceeds go to fund the dreams -Dis- At The Wheel, Canyon, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, ney World, professional ball games, visits with celeb- and Highway 101. To save on exorbitant road costs, rities, etc. -of children with potentially life- threaten- they'll all travel in the same bus. Before boarding the ing illnesses. bus, Paulette Carlson purchased travel insurance and a suit of armor ... Dwight Yoakam and Buck NEWS NOTES: Charley Pride's chart single, "White Owens deny they plan to marry -each other . . . Houses," was produced by 16th Avenue Records pres- George Strait has won the Connie B. Gay award ... ident Jerry Bradley. Pride is the label's first artist to In an amazing technological breakthrough, Hank have product released on both LP and CD ... Tammy Williams Jr. plans to record a duet with a son who Wynette has been honored in Washington with an hasn't been conceived yet ... A Nashville Scene ex- award from the President's Council on a Drug Free clusive reveals that John Conlee, Earl Thomas Con- America ... Congrats to promo (and self -promo) whiz ley, and Con Hunley are all the same person ... Mi- Little Richie Johnson, celebrating 30 years in the chael Martin Murphey has been spotted walking country music industry come June ... When Bon Jovi across Old Hickory Lake with Emmylou Harris ... stopped in Tennessee on the Brotherhood tour, Jon President Bush appointed Roy Clark as ambassador Bon Jovi sought out fellow New Jerseyan Richard A Dealy Disney Day. Michael D. Eisner, chairman and chief executive officer of to Russia, Lee Greenwood as ambassador to Las Ve- Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys for a backstage chat the Walt Disney Co.; Mickey Mouse; and Dick Clark, chairman and CEO of Dick gas, and George Jones as ambassador to Tammy ... WhiteHeart's Gordon Kennedy signed an en- Clark Productions, chat following a recent press conference, held at the Walt Co., con- Wynette . .. Patty Loveless plans to open a chain of dorsement agreement with the Gibson Guitar Disney Studios, announcing a five -year agreement between the two companies motels named after her ... In continuing efforts to tinuing a tradition that started with his guitarist/pro- to stage the "Academy Of Country Music Awards" television special. Disney will improve the charts and make everyone happy, Bill- ducer father, Jerry, more than 20 years ago. provide venues and production facilities, while Clark's company will continue to board country chart director Marie Ratliff has un- produce the annual event as it has for some 10 years. 32 BILLBOARD APRIL 1. 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com Viewers' Choice GMC Truck Joins Country Showdown TNN Telecast Set NASHVILLE GMC Truck has in a series of joint and cross pro- ers will display vehicles at Show- are Mickey Gilley, John Conlee, NASHVILLE Randy Travis, Al- agreed to join True Value Hard- motions to spotlight the Country down contest sites and at True and Ronnie McDowell. The six re- abama, K.T. Oslin, the Judds, and ware Stores as co- sponsor of the Showdown. True Value is offering Value stores. Participating radio gional face -offs will be headlined Ronnie Milsap will perform at the 1989 Country Showdown talent a 50 -50 co -op advertising contribu- stations will offer listeners a spe- by Tammy Wynette. The national second annual TNN Viewers' contest. The event will again be or- tion to radio stations on behalf of cial Showdown sweepstakes that finals will be televised for airing in Choice Awards telecast. The ganized and produced by Special has a 1990 Sierra pickup as the ma- January 1990. event will be held April 25 at the Promotions Inc. here. jor prize. Grand Ole Opry House. According to Special Promotions Acts to get more During the course of the con- Voting for nominees in the president Dean Unkefer, more test -which progresses from local poll's eight categories began than 100,000 performers enter the than $ 150,000 to state to regional to national The 20th Country March 7 and ends April 4. Viewers contest each year, recruited by competitions- country acts will be Radio Seminar in vote via a 900 telephone number. more than 375 participating radio 14 separate manufacturers. awarded more than $150,000, in- Nashville a After the show will be a recep- stations. This is the eighth year for For its part, Unkefer adds, GMC cluding a grand prize of $50,000 was hit! tion for celebrities, industry lead- the project. Truck has set up a market support and a new pickup truck. See all the action ers, and guests. Unkefer says that GMC Truck plan to encourage local dealer in- Among the acts that have signed ... page 37 dealers will work with True Value volvement in the event. The deal- to host the 48 state -level contests FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. TM No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. I- I- a Compiled from a national sample of retail store aC and C) 2 w o o one -stop sales reports. Y Y w a w Z W a 2 3 3 cn o 3 3 ,, O ; ARTIST TITLE 10 L. ; ARTIST TITLE á N ,- - 3 LABEL 8 NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE)* r _, ry 3 LABEL 8 NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE)* ** No.1 ** 39 34 34 45 SKIP EWING MCA 42128 (8.98) (CD) THE COAST OF COLORADO 2 6 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 5 GREATEST HITS Ill 40 41 50 85 PATSY CLINE MCA 12 (8.98) GREATEST HITS 0 WARNER/CORB 25834/WARNER BROS (8.98) (CD) 1 week at No. One 2 1 1 6 RCA -1 ALABAMA 8587 (8.98) (CD) SOUTHERN STAR 41 29 27 53 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 421 14 (8.98) (CD) IF YOU AIN'T LOVIN' YOU AIN'T LIVIN' 3 3 4 5 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42266 (8.98) (CD) BEYOND THE BLUE NEON 42 44 33 79 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42035 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 4 5 3 24 RICKY VAN COLUMBIA 44221/CBS SHELTON (CD) LOVING PROOF 43 40 45 42 ALABAMA RCA 6825 -R (9.98) (co) ALABAMA LIVE 5 4 2 35 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 25738 (8.98) (CD) OLD 8 X 10 44 45 42 7 GENE WATSON WARNER BROS. 1- 25832(8.98) (CO) BACK IN THE FIRE 6 6 5 28 K.T. RCA 8369 (8.98) OSLIN (co) THIS WOMAN 45 43 43 28 THE DESERT ROSE BAND MCA /CURB 42169/MCA (8.98) (CD) RUNNING 7 7 8 46 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 42134 (8.98) (CD) REBA 46 38 31 38 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 25725 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) WILD STREAK DWIGHT YOAKAM 8 8 7 32 BUENAS NOCHES FROM A LONELY ROOM 47 REPRISE 25749/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) 47 49 24 ANNE MURRAY CAPITOL 48764 (8.98) (CD) AS I AM 9 9 9 32 THE JUDOS RCA /CURB 8318 -1 /RCA (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 48 42 38 45 SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO COLUMBIA 40614 /CBS (CD) ONE TIME, ONE NIGHT 10 10 11 7 LYLE LOVETT MCA /CURB 42263/MCA (8.98) (CD) LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND 49 47 48 23 SAWYER BROWN CAPITOL /CURB 90417 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) WIDE OPEN 11 11 10 19 STEVE EARLE UNI 7 /MCA (8.98) (CD) COPPERHEAD ROAD 50 39 36 88 ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA 40777 /CBS (CD) KING'S RECORD SHOP 12 12 12 97 RANDY TRAVIS A3 WARNER BROS. 25568 -1 (8.98) (CD) ALWAYS & FOREVER 51 46 44 99 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5979 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 13 13 14 35 DAN SEALS CAPITOL 46976 (8.98) (CD) RAGE ON HANK WILLIAMS, JR. A2 52 56 57 229 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME I WARNER /CURB 60193 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) 14 14 13 31 TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL 48865 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (898) (CD) STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND 53 50 51 9 MORE GREAT DIRT: THE BEST OF (VOL. II) WARNER BROS. 25830 (8.98) 15 15 15 9 EMMYLOU HARRIS WARNER BROS. 25776 (8.98) BLUEBIRD ® NEW 1 TAMMY WYNETTE EP C 44498/CBS (CD) NEXT TO YOU 16 20 48 RODNEY CROWELL COLUMBIA 44076 /CBS (CD) DIAMONDS & DIRT 0 55 61 62 3 LARRY BOONE MERCURY 836 710 I ( CO) SWINGIN' DOORS, SAWDUST FLOORS )t] 27 37 3 ROY ORBISON VIRGIN 9015B (9.98) (cm) MYSTERY GIRL 56 58 61 57 LYLE LOVETT MCA /CURB 42028 /MCA (CD) PONTIAC 21 26 25 PATTY LOVELESS MCA 42223 (8.98) (CD) 0 HONKY TONK ANGEL 57 52 52 46 K.D. LANG SIRE 25724 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) SHADOWLAND 19 18 22 60 VERN GOSDIN COLUMBIA 40982 /CBS (CD) CHISELED IN STONE ® NEW 1 CHARLEY PRIDE 16TH AVENUE 70554 (8.98) (CD) MOODY WOMAN 20 20 21 108 RICKY VAN SHELTON COLUMBIA 40602/CBS (CD) WILD EYED DREAM 59 59 56 88 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 25593 -1 íWARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) BORN TO BOOGIE 21 17 17 32 RESTLESS HEART RCA 83171 (8.98) (CD) BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL TOWN 60 54 55 16 JOHNNY CASH MERCURY 834 778.1 (CD) WATER FROM THE WELLS OF HOME 25 25 29 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS MCA 42205 (898) (CD) MONONGAHELA ® 61 53 54 68 MERLE HAGGARD EPIC 40986/CBS (CD) CHILL FACTOR 30 39 4 BILLY JOE ROYAL ATLANTIC AMERICA 91064 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) TELL IS 0 IT LIKE IT 62 57 59 19 MICKEY GILLEY AIRBORNE 0103 (898) (CD) CHASING RAINBOWS 24 64 2 ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA 45054 /CBS (CD) - HITS 1979 - 1989 63 60 49 18 NANCI GRIFFITH MCA 42255 (198) (CD) ONE FAIR SUMMER EVENING 25 19 16 71 KATHY MATTEA MERCURY 832 793 -1 (CD) UNTASTED HONEY 64 48 46 24 EARL THOMAS CONLEY RCA 6824.1 (898) (CD) THE HEART OF IT ALL 26 26 24 41 KEITH WHITLEY RCA 6494-1 (8.9B) (CD) DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES 65 55 53 102 THE JUDDS RCA /CURB 5916 -I /RCA (8.98) (CD) HEARTLAND 27 24 23 87 K.T. OSLIN RCA 5924.1 (8.98) (CD) 80'S LADIES 66 66 67 51 RICKY SKAGGS EPIC 40623 /CBS (CD) COMIN' HOME TO STAY 28 22 18 31 HIGHWAY 101 WARNER BROS. (CD) 25742 (8.98) 101 2 67 63 63 30 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL EPIC 44213/CBS (CD) WESTERN STANDARD TIME 51 2 RONNIE MILSAP RCA 9587 98) (CD) STRANGER THINGS - (8 HAVE HAPPENED 68 65 - 55 DAN SEALS CAPITOL 48308 (8.98) (CD) THE BEST 35 40 6 BAILLIE AND THE BOYS RCA 8454 (8.98) (CD) TURN THE TIDE ® 69 71 69 74 BILLY JOE ROYAL ATLANTIC AMERICA 90658-1 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (co) THE ROYAL TREATMENT 31 31 29 145 RANDY TRAVIS A2 WARNER BROS. 1.25435 (8.98) (CD) STORMS OF LIFE 0 RE -ENTRY 4 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 535; WARNER BROS. THE PRESSURE IS ON 32 67 2 GEORGE JONES EPIC 44078 /CBS (CD) ONE WOMAN MAN 71 - 68 73 39 CANYON 16TH AVENUE 70552 (8.98) I GUESS I JUST MISSED YOU 33 23 19 24 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 44331 /CBS (CD) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 0 RE -ENTRY 107 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 1- 25538 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) HANK "LIVE" 34 28 32 6 SHENANDOAH COLUMBIA 44468 /CBS (CD) THE ROAD NOT TAKEN 73 69 65 178 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5567 (8.98) (CD) GEORGE STRAIT'S GREATEST HITS 35 37 41 5 LACY J. DALTON UNIVERSAL 42264/MCA (8.98) (CD) SURVIVOR 74 74 64 91 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5913 (8.98) (CD) OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY 36 36 35 162 ALABAMA RCA AHL1.7170 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 75 73 71 174 ALABAMA A2 RCA AHLI -4939 (898) (CD) ROLL ON 37 33 28 24 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND EPIC 44324 /CBS (CD) HOMESICK HEROES OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA 1 38 32 30 22 THE STATLER BROTHERS MERCURY 834 626 (CD) THE STATLERS GREATEST HITS certification for sales of million units, with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. 'CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 33 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. SINGLESTM No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Billboard® in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written HOT COUNTRY permission of the publisher. z z CompiledP from a national sampleP of radio playlists.la lists. N OCC Y Y N oI- Y Y (n W W 3 TITLE ARTIST w N REBA MCENTIRE SAWS 44 R BROWN 9 1 2 15 OLD PAIR OF SHOES BOWENLEATA BOLGARDARME S, S.STEPHEN) 53473 59 50 53 6 CAPITOL A TEAR IN MY BEER HANK WILLIAMS, JR. THERE'S I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT J.C. CROWLEY 10 12 14 9 (H.WILLIAMS) WARNER /CURB 7.27584/WARNER EROS. H WILLIAMS,JR. .8. BECKETT,J.E.NORMAN ® 80 - 2 J.LEO.L.M.LEE (J.0 CROWLEY. J.SILBAR) RCA 88227 TELL IT LIKE IT IS BILLY JOE ROYAL 17 I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT RUSSELL SMITH 11 14 9 N.LARKIN (G.DAVIS. L.DIAMOND) ATLANTIC AMERICA 7- 99242 /ATLANTIC 72 85 3 ól S.BUCKINGHAM (G.NICHOLSON. J JARRARD) EPIC 34 68615 /CBS DOWN TTHAT ROAD TONIGHT NITTY GRITTY DIRT 7BAN D DON'T QUIT ME NOW JAMES HOUSE 12 6 9 15 76 2 62 - T.BROWN(.HOUSE, W WALDMAN) MCA 53510 HEY BOBBY K.T. OSLIN YOU WYNETTE 13 16 20 8 H.SHEDD (K.T OSLIN) RCA 8665-7 7 NEXT TO TAMMY 63 51 55 N. WILSON (B ESTES. C HILL) EPIC 34- 68570/CBS GEORGE JONES I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN BUT YOU MURRAY 14 5 6 16 B.SHERRILL (T. FRANKS. !.NORTON) EPIC 34.08509/CBS 2 WHO ® 86 - K.LEHNING (BLACK. BOURRE, OSLIN)N) CAPITOL 44341 FAIR SHAKE FOSTER AND LLOYD 17 19 10 BRIDGES AND WALLS THE OAK RIDGE BOYS 15 B.LLOYD,R.FOSTER.R.WILL (G.CLARK, R.FOSTER, B.LLOYD) RCA 8795-7 64 50 18 65 J BOWEN (R.MURRAH. R VANWARMER) MCA 53460 ROY ORBISON YOU GOT IT DOUG 16 18 21 9 !.LYNNE (J. LYNNE. R.ORBISON. T.PETTY) VIRGIN 7 -99245 BOOGIE OUENND ® 74 81 4 GREEN) KER HAW I'LL BE LOVIN' YOU LEE GREENWOOD 19 22 10 J.BOWEN.L.GREENWOOD (D.SCHLITZ, POVERSTREET) MCA 53475 TRAINWRECK OF EMOTION LORRIE MORGAN 0 67 53 39 17 (J.VEZNER. A.RHODY) RCA 8638.7 B.BECKE77 THE HEART LACY J. DALTON 20 23 10 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ió J BOWEN.J.STROUDL. J.DALTON (K.KRISTOFFERSON) UNIVERSAL 53487 /MCA BEYOND THOSE YEARS NEW 1 ® J BOWEN (T.SEALS. ESETSER) MCA 53625 DOWN Ñ BOSSLUS)AWAY PATTY LOVELESS 19 22 24 9 53477 KEEP THE FAITH HEARTLAND 69 79 86 3 D.JOHNSON,M.CARMAN (K.STEGALL. !.SALES) TRA-STAR 1223 (M HIGHWAY 275101 23 25 THE ROSE ® 8 P WÓLÉNGSME KNOPFLER) WARNER BROS. I STILL BELIEVE IN DESERT BAMD 70 48 33 19 YOUwLU YOUNG LOVE THE JUDDS 21 24 28 6 B MAHER (PKENNERLEY. K.ROBBINS) CURB, RCA 88208 /RCA IT'S A NATURAL THING JONATHAN EDWARDS %1 83 97 3 W.WALDMAN,J. EDWARDS (M.MCANALLY, T.BRASFIELD) MCA /CURB 53613/MCA SHE DNESERVES BAILLIE AND THE BOYS ® 25 27 9 M.BONAGURA. D.SCHLITZ) 8796.7 MUCH TOO YOUNG (TO FEEL THIS DAMN OLD) GARTH BROOKS 94 2 2 - A. REYNOLDS (R. TAYLOR, G.B OOKS) CAPITOL 44342 TRAVIS 28 34 4 K.LEHNING (KKBOVERENLEY) WARNERBROS -27 1 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME CHRIS AUSTIN O 73 NEW 1 WARNER BROS. G. BROWN (A.DELMORE, R.DELMORE, W.RANEY, H.GLOVER) 7.27531 BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL TOWN RESTLESS HEART 24 26 31 6 T.DUBOIS.S. HENDRICKS,RESTLESS HEART ( D.ROBBINS. V.STEPHENSON. T.OUBOIS) RCA 8816 -7 COWBOY HAT IN DALLAS THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 74 54 36 11 J.STROUD (C.DANIELS. T.DIGREGORIO. T.CRAIN. C.HAYWARD, J.GAVIN) EPIC 34- 68542/CBS AFTER ALL THIS TIME RODNEY CROWELL 25 27 32 6 T BROWN,R CROWELL (R.CROWELL) COLUMBIA 38- 68585/CBS BIG WHEELSDIIN THE MOONLIGHT DAN 75 66 47 21 CAPITOL FROM A JACK TO A KING RICKY VAN SHELTON 26 8 1 13 S.BUCKINGHAM (N.MILLER) COLUMBIA 36- 08529/CBS YOU STILL DO T.G. SHEPPARD 76 58 46 19 B.MONTGOMERY (L. WILSON. C. KELLY) COLUMBIA 38- 08119CBS IF I HAD YOU ALABAMA 2% 29 37 4 (K.CHATER, D MAYO) RCA 8817 -7 GARY STEWART B.BECKETT.ALABAMA 92 3 RAININ', RAININ', RAININ' 77 84 RDEA (G.STEWAR7, M.LSTEWART. D.SMITH) HIGHTONE 509 MY TRAIN OF BARBARA MANDRELL Zó 30 35 9 WHEN SHE HOLDS ME LARRY GATLIN /GATLIN BROTHERS 78 57 54 6 C.YOUNG IL.GA7LIN) UNIVERSAL 53501 THE FORESTER SISTERS 7 LOVE WILL 31 38 BROS. 7 -27575 ® J. STROUD.B.BECKETT (D.PFRIMMER. B.GALLIMORE) WARNER THREADS OF GOLD THE MARCY BROS. 8 79 63 52 R.HAFFKINE (D.RING. J A SHAMBLIN) WARNER BROS. 727573 DON TYYOUBEVER GET TIRED (OF HURTIG ME) RONNIE MIILS4AP 30 15 4 15 THAT NEW SONG (THEY'RE PLAYIN') JEFF GOLDEN 80 81 95 3 M.BORCHETTA (J.L.GOLD N) SOUNDWAVES 4816 DID I GO WRONG STEVE WARINER 31 34 41 5 WHERE J.BOW EN,S. WARINER (S. WARINER) MCA 53504 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ROY CLARK 81 13 75 4 B.BURWELLS.RIPLEY (G. D.WEISS. B.THIELE) HALLMARK 0001 MAN CLINT BLACK 42 7 BETTER 32 35 M. W RIGHT,J.STROUD (C.BLACK, H.NICHOLAS) RCA 8781 -7 HOW LYNN ANDERSON 70 4 MANY HEARTS 82 69 N.LARKIN (P WÖLFE. B BORCHERS. N.LARKIN) MERCURY 872 6027 COME AS YOU WERE T. GRAHAM TBROWN 33 21 8 17 44273 OLD FLAME, NEW FIRE BURCH SISTERS NEW 1 ® D JOHNSON (B.MCDILL P.HARRISON) MERCURY 872 7307 I GOT YOU DWIGHT YOAKAM 38 45 5 (D.YOAKAM) REPRISE 7. 27567. WARNER BROS. P® ANDERSON OPEN EFOR SUGGESTIONS PERRYLLAPODIINT03 ® 87 - 2 LIKE FATHER LIKE SON LIONEL CARTWRIGHT 44 7 35 39 T.BROWN,S.SMITH (P.OVERSTREET. D.SCHLITZ) MCA 53498 LIFE AS WE KNEW IT KATHY MATTER 85 68 60 21 A.REYNOLDS (W.CARTER. F.ROLLER) MERCURY 872 082 -7 EXCEPTION TO THE RULE MASON DIXON 40 43 8 B.LOGAN (JONES. WATERS, SHAPIRO) CAPITOL 44331 ® I WAY DO I GO (NOW THAT I'M GONE) WAYLON JENNINGS 70 59 WHICH 86 1,- J. BOWEN.W. JENNINGS (J.MAC AE. S.CLARK) MCA 53476 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE SKIP EWING 37 43 51 5 J.BOWEN.S.EWING (S.EWING. D.SAMPSON) MCA 53481 SEA OF HEARTBREAK RONNIE MCDOWELL CI NEW i R.MCDOWELL.I.MEADOR (H.DAVID, P.HAMPTON) CURB 10525 GOODBYE LONESOME, HELLO BABY DOLL THE LONESOME STRANGERS ® 42 48 g B.BROMBERG.W.REESE (L.EMERSON) HIGHTONE 508 YATES 96 PROMISES, PROMISES LORI ® 2 S. BUCKINGHAM (M. BERG. L.YATES) COLUMBIA 38 -68596 LOVE OUT LOUD EARL THOMAS CONLEY 39 49 62 3 RCA E.GORDY.JR..6 L SCRUGGS (T.SCHUYLER), 8824.7 MORE THAN ENOUGH GLEN CAMPBELL 89 78 74 11 J.BOWEN,G CAMPBELL (J WE88) MCA 53493 * * * POWER PICK /AIRPLAY * * * BAND THE CHANCE YOU TAKE ROSS LEWIS SHE DON'T LOVE NOBODY THE DESERT ROSE NEW I ® 52 68 3 P WORLEY,E.SEAY (J.HIATT) MCA /CURB 53616 /MCA ® D MORGAN (F MYERS. R GILES. G.HARRISON) WOLF DOG 21 -6 THE SHOOTERS I DON'T MISS YOU LIKE I USED TO STELLA PARTON IF I EVER GO CRAZY 1 41 47 58 5 W.ALDRIDGE (W.ALDRIDGE, S.ALDRIDGE) EPIC 34- 68587: CBS 91 NEW F.JONES,S.PARTON,S.MESSER (C.STONE. J. BUCKINGHAM) AIRBORNE 10015 DON'T WASTE MANYEDMANSIONSM.D.SANDERS. 92 17 64 21 42 46 56 6 C.AETHERIDGE) MDCURB 1105D24 BROWN WARNERBROYsA 3SD9 DCAOSNH.T I EPARTY COLUMBIA SADNG DI 7DWIGH 2 93 71 57 21 REPRISE S. 61 NSNPOON, 38bá99 I DIYOAKAM) ñROAK ® - C (TJ.OLE óM DA oSa A I JUST CALLED TO SAY GOODBYE AGAIN LARRY BOONE 3 THEY RAGE ON 94 75 73 20 ® 56 80 K.LEHNING (B.MCDILL. D.SEALS) áS R.BAKER (P NELSON, B.MCGUIRE) MERCURY 872 046 -7 RENO BROTHERS WISH I WAS STILLRIN YOUR JDREAMS CONWAYTWITTé LLOVEIWI THE SAME 45 33 26 19 I 95 NEW 1 L NEVE BE MOONDPR EETTY MOON THE STATLER BROTHERS WHAT I'D SAY EARL THOMAS CONLEY 46 36 40 7 96 92 72 21 EGORDY.JR..R.LSCRUGGS (R.BYRNE, W.ROBINSON) RCA 87177 SOUTHERN SONG OF THE SOUTH ALABAMA BHONEYERN DARE NORMAN 19 47 32 18 17 (COOK, JENKINS. GIBBON, KARP. MCFEE) WARNER BROS. 77-276911 97 88 63 ALABAMA. J. LEO (B.MCDILL) RCA 8744 -7 BACK IN THE FIRE GENE WATSON LONG SHOTHUrz. BAILLIE AND THE BOYS 78 3 7-27532 98 93 89 27 8631-7 ® 62 P WORLEY.E.SEAV.G.BROWN (R. M.BOURKE, M.REID) WARNER BROS. K LEHNING G ScRUCCS) HOUSES CHARLEY PRIDE WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE FARM THE BAMA BAND WHITE 87 3 7 49 55 61 6 J. BRADLEY (J CUNNINGHAM) 16TH AVENUE 70425 99 90 B.JOHNSTON.A.JOHNSTON (C WATERS, M.GARVIN, T.SHAPIRO) MERCURY 872 650 I NEED A WIFE JONI HARMS SINCERELY THE FORESTER SISTERS 4 100 99 98 22 BROS. 727686 ® 60 67 1.BOWEN.J STROUD (J. HARMS. D.TYLER) UNIVERSAL 53492 1.E.NORMAN (H.F000A. A.FREED) WARNER units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. OProducts with the greatest airplay this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 34 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com COUNTRY C*IBËB ..he.r voice sparkles like crystal water, by Marie Ratliff and she ain't all that bad looking boys and "BEYOND THOSE YEARS" (MCA) is a perfect showcase for the diver- girls she's only one of the best" sity of the Oak Ridge Boys, says MD Wayne Elliott, KEEY Minneapolis - St. Paul. "I was afraid the Oaks had gotten locked into the up -tempo novel- CHET ATKINS, CGP ty sound of songs like 'Elvira,' but this one shows how versatile the four- some really is," he says. PD Bob Scott, WQBE Charleston, W.Va., is optimistic about this song's hit potential: "[Richard] Sterban's deep bass lines bring back some of the Oaks' magic and give it a great sound. It's a little long but I don't think that will hurt it at all." The Oak Ridge Boys debut at No. 68. Scott projects hit status, too, for Skip Ewing's "Gospel According To Luke" (MCA), as does MD Jim Howie, WPCM Burlington, N.C. "Ewing delivers a real strong message here," says Howie, "but you might have to listen two or three times to really appreciate the song, and I hope music people are not too slow adding the song because of that. It's a great change of pace for him and has the potential to be a very big hit." Ewing is charted at No. 3'7. PD Joe Jackson, WXCL Peoria, Ill., reports early action on Larry Boone's "Wine Me Up" (Mercury), charted this week at No. 51. "We're already getting a lot of phones for it and we've only had it on about a week." "Boone is coming on real strong down here with this one," adds PD Da- vid Perkins, WMSI Jackson, Miss., "I think he's on the way to being a big hit artist." "Wine Me Up" was a high charter for the first time 20 years ago, when it peaked at No. 2 in the summer of 1969 for Faron Young. Perkins goes on to cite strong feedback on the Lonesome Strangers' first chart single, "Goodbye Lonesome Hello Baby Doll" (Hightone), which charted at No. 38. "We're going to move it into heavier rotation, it's doing very well for us," he says. NEW FACES: "Clint Black will be the talent of 1989," says APD Dale Mitchell, WTQR Winston -Salem, N.C. "I'm really high on 'Better Man' (RCA). It took awhile for me to get into it, but now I'm a believer." Black is charted at No. 32. Favorite son Garth Brooks is stirring up excitement in Oklahoma City with his first Capitol single, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)." "I've never seen this much talent in a local artist before," says MD Joe McIntosh, WKY. "It's just great and is already getting a lot of response." Brooks is charted at No. 72. "I jumped on this one before anybody even called me about it," says MD From Academy Of Country Brian Schimmel, WDZQ Decatur, Ill., of Heartland's "Keep The Faith" (Tra- Star). "It's the best- produced independent record I've ever heard in my Music Nominee for Top New life." Heartland is at No. 69. Female Vocalist comes one of J.C. Crowley, whose second RCA single, "Paint The Town And Hang The Moon Tonight," cracked the top 15 on the Hot Country Singles chart, is the best sounding Courtry getting instant response to the follow -up, "I Know What I've Got." "It's got a Beatles -sounding guitar lick that a lot of old rock'n'rollers now listen- albums of the year. ing to country music can relate to," says PD Dave Wright, WPCV Lake- land, Fla. "I think it will go far." Crowley is charted at No. 60. HOT 100 SINGLES ACTION RADIO MOST ADDED the debut album ani first single from PLATINUM/ BRONZE/ Country Music's new voice. GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON 31 REPORTERS 65 REPORTERS 63 REPORTERS 159 REPORTERS I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL... ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA 10 23 24 57 104 SHE DON'T LOVE NOBODY DESERT ROSE BAND MCA /CURB 5 27 12 44 113 THEY RAGE ON DAN SEALS CAPITOL 6 19 14 39 98 CALL ON ME TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL 4 14 19 37 45 BEYOND THOSE YEARS THE OAK RIDGE BOYS MCA 3 8 20 31 32 I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT J.C. CROWLEY RCA 1 9 18 28 50 LOVE OUT LOUD EARL THOMAS CONLEY RCA 5 14 8 27 112 WINE ME UP LARRY BOONE MERCURY 2 6 19 27 72 BACK IN THE FIRE GENE WATSON WARNER BROS. 4 12 10 26 80 DON'T QUIT ME NOW JAMES HOUSE MCA 0 11 13 24 49 Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists Produced by Wendy Waldman of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- cally as changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. CAM CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 35 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 Billboard Sample Playlists of the Nation's Largest Billboard. POWER PLAYLISTS Country Radio Stations 23 26 Alabama, If I Had You 13 20 Don Williams Old Coyote Town 23 25 Restless Heart, Big Dreams In A Small Town 14 10 Southern Pacific, Honey I Dare You 24 13 Conway Twitty, IgWish Was Still In Your Dream 15 16 Hank Williams Jr., There's A Tear In My Beer M1SOC Young 16 21 Billy It Is 29 26 Bailneu And She Deserves You 17 22 The Beleamy Brotehers, B ge Love 27 28 Rodney Crowell, After All This Time 18 14 Dan Seals Big Wheels In The Moonlight 28 30 Clint Black, Better Man 19 24 Emmylou Barns,dams Heartbreak MI Charlotte 1P.D.: Paul Johnson A29 - Dwight Yoakam, I Got You 20 15 Lome Morgan, Of Emotion A30 Barbara Mardrell, My Train Of Thought 21 17 Conway Twdty, I Wish I Was Still In Your Dream 1 2 George Strati, Baby's Gotten Good Al Goodbye - n 26 Baillie And The Boys She Deserves You 2 5 Keith Whitley I'm No Stranger To The Rain ISSUES 23 28 Lee Greenwood, I'll Be Lovin' You SPECIAL 3 3 Vera Gosdin, Who You Gonna Blame It On This Tim 21 29 Shenandoah, The Church On Cumberland Road 4 4 Jones, Man 25 30 Foster And Loyd, Fair Shake 4 6 The Bellamy Brothers,I'm One oman 26 31 Highway 101, Setting Me Up 6 7 Billy Joe Royal Tell It Like It Is ISSUE IN THIS AD DEADLINE 27 31 Randy Travis, Is It Still Over SPOTLIGHT SECTION 7 8 Lee Greenwood, I'll Be Lovin' You 8 9 Michael Martin Murphey, From The Word Go 1.a4aj 29 5 Roy JOrbis n You Got It 9 12 Roy n, You Got It 30 36 K.T. Orlin, Hey Bobby 10 20 Don Williams,Wyyillia Old Coyote Town St. Paul P.D.: David Malmberg 31 37 Restless Heart, Big Dreams In A Small Town 11 11 32 38 Alabama, If I Had You 12 13 Hank Williams, eJr.., There'sYATear In My Beer 1 4 George Strait, Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye 2 2 Reba Fool An Old 13 14 Highwayy 101 Setting Me UDVe Whitley, New Game 39 33 Patty LL Croweh, After All This Timé Apr 29 Comedy Apr 4 You 3 5 Keith Stranger THE '89 35 EX Clint Black, Better Man 15 16 PattttywLoveless, Dó To UssAway 4 6 Mhael Martin) Murrphey, Frm The Word Go t s 36 EX Lacy J. Dalton, The Heart 16 17 The Forester Sisters, Love Will 5 7 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Down That Road Tonight WORLD OF Records A37 Dwight Yoakam, I Got You 17 26 Emmylou Harris, Heartbreak Hill 6 9 The Bellamy Brothers, Big Love - ß3B Steve Wanner, Where Did I Go Wrong 18 25 Shenandoah, The Church On Cumberland Road 7 14 Vern Gosdin Who You Gonna Blame It On This Tim - COMEDY Video A39 Barbara Mandrel), My Train 01 Thought 10 - 19 21 Susan Ledford, Permanently Lonely 8 K.T. Ostia Hey Bobby BW The Forester Sisters, Love Will 20 18 Nifty Gritty Dirt Band, Down That Road Tonight 9 12 George Jones, I'm A One Woman Man - ENTERTAINMENT Talent 21 19 The Stater Brothers Moon Pretty Moon 10 1 Ricky Van Shelton, From A Jack To A King 22 23 Restless Heart, Big dreams In A Small Town 11 15 Don Williams, Old Coyote Town NASHVILLE.- Venues 24 24 The Judds, Young Love 12 16 Soy hrsPa,You Got It 24 28 Randy Travis, Is dt Still Over 13 3 Southern Pacific Honey I Dare You 25 29 Alabama, If Had You 14 17 Lacy J. Dalton The Heart (.1) , -_ 26 30 Earl Thomas Cooley, Love Out Loud 15 18 Shenandoah The Church On Cumberland Road 27 31 Gene Watson, Back In The Fire 16 19 Baillie And the Boys, She Deserves You O HARD May 6 Hardline '89 Apr 11 Of A Jk 28 32 Rodney Crowell, After All This Time 17 20 Johnny Cash, Ballad Teenage Queen r ll 29 33 The Desert Rose Band, She Don't Love Nobody 18 21 Mason Dixon, Exception To The Rule Nashville P.D.: Bruce Sherman ROCK & Labels 30 34 Skip Ewing The Gospel According To Luke 19 22 Restless Heart, Big Dreams In A Small Town 31 EX K.T. Ostia hey Bobby 20 23 The ludds, Young Love 1 2 Ronnie Milsap, Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hur HEAVY Video 32 EX Lacy J. Dalton, The Heart 21 24 Foster And Loyd, Fair Shake 2 3 George Jones,ones, m A One Woman Man 33 EX Clint Black, Better Man 22 25 Alabama, If I Had You 3 4 T. Graham Brown, Come As You Were METAL Radio A - Barbara Mandrel!, My Train Of Thought 23 26 Skip Ewing, The Gospel According To Luke 4 5 Reba McEntire, New Fool At An Old Game A - Anne Murray Who But You 24 28 Rodney Crowell Alter All This Time 5 6 Earl Thomas Conley, What I'd Say I 7 You International A - Rosanne Cash,I Don't Want To Spoil The Party 25 27 Steve Wanner, Where Did Go Wrong 6 Eddy Raven, 'Td Cry They Rage 7 8 Joe Royal, Tell It Like It Is A - Steve Wanner, Where Did I Go Wrong 26 30 Dan Seals, On Billy 27 29 The Desert Rose Band She Don't Love Nobody 8 9 George Strad, Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye 28 EX Highway 101, Setting Me Up 9 11 Conway Twitty, I Wish I Was Still In Your Dream Q Q A29 - Randy iraniiyo, Is It Still Over 10 13 Lee Greenwood, I'll Be Lovin' You EX Billy Joe AUDIO May 6 NAB Overview Apr 11 A - Oak Ridge Beoys, Beykond Those Years 12 16 Yew Gosdin, Who You Gonna Blame It On This Tim ° ° A - Rosanne Cash, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party 13 17 Don Williams, Old Coyote Town & VIDEO Top Stations EX EX The Lonesome Strangers, Goodbye Lonesome, Hello 14 15 Gene Watson, Don't Waste It On The Blues 70-/a -a-Row Goortry The Road EX EX The Shooters, If Ever Go Crazy 15 21 Shenandoah Church On Cumberland FOR RADIO New Equipment EX EX Hank Williams, Jr., There s A Tear In My Beer 16 19 The Oak Ridge Boys, Bridges And Walls Chicago P.D.: J.D.Spangler 17 1 Kathy Mattea, Life As We Knew It CD 18 20 Keith Whitley, I'm No Stranger To The Rain NAB '89 On -Air I 2 Reba McEntire, New Fool At An Old Game 19 23 Barbara Mandrel), My Train Of Thought 2 5 George Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye , s Strait, 20 25 Charley Pride, White Houses Broadcast Services 3 3 Ronnie Milsap, Don't You Ever Get Tired (01 Hur 21 27 Patty Loveless, Don't Toss Us Away 4 1 George Jones, I'm A One Woman Man I 21 26 Hank Williams Jr, There's A Tear In My Beer 5 9 Emmylou Harris,Hams Heartbreak Hill 23 28 Rodney Crowell, After All This Time 6 11 Hank Whitley, r. No Stranger To The Rain 24 30 The )udds, Young Love 7 2 Williams, There's Tear In Beer 25 19 J. Dalton, The Heart FOLK May 13 Revival '89 Apr 18 8 12 Michael Martin Murphey,Murplev, From The WordWoMyrd Go Little Rock P.D.: Ray Randall 26 EX Alabama, If I Had You 9 4 Ricky Van Shelton, From A Jack To A King 27 EX Randy Travis, Is It Still Over BLUES Labels 10 15 Vern Gosdin, Who You Gonna Blame It On This Tim 1 1 George Strait, Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye & 28 EX Highway 101, Setting Me Up 2 2 Reba New Fool Old Game 11 6 Southern Pacific, Honey I Dare You McEntire, Al 29 EX The Bellamy Brothers, Big Love Graham Were tger NAIRD '89 Talent 30 EX Raillie And The Bogys, She Deserves You 13 16 Don Williams, Old Coyote ATown 1 Ricky Van Shelton, Frrom'A Jack To AeKinggn 4 EX EX Restless Heart, Big Town 14 17 K.T. Ostia Hey Bobbty 5 3 Ronnie Milsap, Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hur Venues Rose Band,rams In AtSmall bndy George sOf ROnWoman - A Clint Better Man Feel Finene - 16 Patty Loveless, sDon't Toss Us Away 7 6 Sweethearts Distribution 8 EmmylouyyBlack, Heartbreak Foster And Lloyd Fair Shake 8 13 Michael Martin Murphey From The Word On 17 19 A - Harms, eHLlke Son 18 10 Eddy Raven, 'Td You Cry 9 7 Tanya Tucker Highway Robbery 19 21 Shenandoah, The Church On Cumberland Road 10 12 Vern Gosdin, Who You Gonna Blame It On This Tim 20 24 Highway 101, Setting Me Up 11 18 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Down That Road Tonight 21 23 Billy Joe Royal, Tell It Like It Is 12 8 T. Graham Brown, Come As You Were WHY THEY ARE SPECIAL: COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT takes a serious look at the widen- ing, wacky world of comedy audio and video, the business be- COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC hind the talent, the live circuit, and the unique marketing as- TV and movies are virtual TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org_) Sheet Music Dist. ASCAP/Terrace, ASCAP) HL /CPP ASCAP /Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) pects of this favorite genre. Comedy 47 HONEY I DARE YOU (Midget's Fist, ASCAP /Bob -A- 83 OLD FLAME, NEW FIRE (PolyGram International, fountains of sales and rental profits, spilling more and more 25 AFTER ALL THIS TIME (Granite, ASCAP /Coolwell, Lew, ASCAP /Maypop, BMI /Long Tooth, BMI) WBM ASCAP /Ranger Bob, ASCAP /Unichappell, BMI) ASCAP) 82 HOW MANY HEARTS (Ensign, BMI /Blue Moon, 59 OLD PAIR OF SHOES (Zoo Crew, ASCAP) records and tapes into the marketplace, while labels conjure 84 OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS (Door Knob, BMI( 1 BABY'S GOTTEN GOOD AT GOODBYE (Co -Heart, ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP) up original video to develop their own catalog pipelines. BMI /Muy Bueno, BMI( 91 1 DON'T MISS YOU LIKE I USED TO (Lorimar Bee, 88 PROMISES, PROMISES (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Laly, 48 BACK IN THE FIRE (PolyGram International, BMI /Baby Duck, BMI) BMI) HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL continue to thrive in hostile ASCAP /Songs De Burgo, ASCAP /Lodge Hall, ASCAP) 43 I DONT WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY (SBK 77 RAININ', RAININ', RAININ' (Blue Day, BMI( 54 BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN (Bob Webster, BMI) Blackwood, BMI) 87 SEA OF HEARTBREAK (David Casa, ASCAP /Shapiro times and climes, as major and indie labels push the pedal to 32 BETTER MAN (Howlin'Hits, ASCAP) 55 I FEEL FINE (SBK Blackwood, BMI /ATV, BMI) HL Bernstein & Co., ASCAP) the metal to meet teen America's seemingly insatiable appe- 68 BEYOND THOSE YEARS (WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, 34 I GOT YOU (Coal Dust West, BMI( 20 SETTING ME UP (Almo, ASCAP) CPP This spotlight is the industry's ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI( 94 I JUST CALLED TO SAY GOODBYE AGAIN (SBK April, 22 SHE DESERVES YOU (Colgems -EMI, ASCAP/Don tite for power rock. annual 24 BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL TOWN (WB, ASCAP /Uncle ASCAP /Butler's Bandits, ASCAP /SBK Blackwood, Schlitz, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) HL /CPP most comprehensive barometer of the business behind the Beave, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Bunch Of BMI /Larry Butler, BMI( HL 40 SHE DON'T LOVE NOBODY (Lilly Billy, BMI /Bug, boom, tracking the growth of music video and the spread of Guys, BMI) WBM 60 I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT (Crowman, ASCAP/Warner- BMI) 5 BIG LOVE (Bellamy Bros., ASCAP) Elektra-Asylum, BMI / Silbar Songs, ASCAP /Lorimar, 100 SINCERELY (American League, BMI /Irving, metal on radio, while chronicling the marketing magic that has 75 BIG WHEELS IN THE MOONLIGHT (PolyGram BMI) BMI /Liason Two, BMI) HL /CPP made the hard stuff the right stuff at retail and on the charts. International, ASCAP /Ranger Bob, ASCAP /Pink Pig, 50 I NEED A WIFE (Back Nine, ASCAP /Mota, ASCAP) 56 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN (Tree, BMI) HL 97 OF International, BMI( HL 93 I SANG DIXIE (Coal Dust West, BMI) WBM SONG THE SOUTH (PolyGram AUDIO & VIDEO FOR RADIO tunes into NAB '89 in Las Vegas 73 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME (PolyGram 70 I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU (Bar None, BMI /Bug, BMI) ASCAP) HL International, ASCAP /Lionel Delmore, BMI/Vidor HL 11 TELL IT LIKE IT IS (Conrad, BMI /Olrap, BMI) HL with an up -to- the -minute survey on how analog and digital Trax, Publications, BMI /Fort Knox, BMI/Trio, BMI( 45 I WISH I WAS STILL IN YOUR DREAMS (Tree, 80 THAT NEW SONG (THEY'RE PLAYIN') (Country equipment are coexisting on -air and in production 66 BOOGIE QUEEN (Jenebek, BMI /Bill Green, BMI( BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL ASCAP /Go- Betta, ASCAP) broadcast 10 A TEAR IN MY BEER -Rose, CPP 65 BRIDGES AND WALLS (Tom Collins, BMI /Song 61 I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT (Cross THERE'S (Acuff BMI) rooms at America's top stations. Technology is fast revolution- Pantry, ASCAP/VanWarmer, ASCAP) CPP Keys, ASCAP/Tree, BMI /Alabama Band, ASCAP) 44 THEY RAGE ON (PolyGram International, izing engineers' shopping lists for broadcast -quality analog 58 CALL ON ME (Irving, BMI) 41 IF I EVER GO CRAZY (Rick Hall, ASCAP) ASCAP /Ranger Bob, ASCAP /Pink Pig, BMI( HL 79 ASCAP) 90 THE CHANCE YOU TAKE (Morganactive, ASCAP/You 27 IF I HAD YOU (Acuff -Rose, BMI/Tioaga Street, THREADS OF GOLD (Loose Ends, and digital electronics, while pro -CD players are changing the & I, ASCAP /Dejamus, ASCAP /Nashion, BMI) BMI /Hear No Evil, BMI( 57 TIL YOU CRY (Chappell & Co., ASCAP /EEG, ASCAP) way radio hears itself. 7 THE CHURCH ON CUMBERLAND ROAD (Little Big 17 I'LL BE LOVIN' YOU (MCA, ASCAP/Don Schlitz, HL Town, BMI /American Made, BMI/Wee B, ASCAP) ASCAP /Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI) 67 TRAINWRECK OF EMOTION (Wrensong, FOLK & BLUES never went away, but with the pop break- WBM HL /CPP ASCAP /Headless Horseman, BMI( 33 COME AS YOU WERE (Dropkick, BMI/SBK Blackwood, 14 I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN (Cedarwood, BMI( WBM 52 WAITING FOR YOU (Silverline, BMI /Sweet Bird, BMI) throughs of major -label contenders Suzanne Vega, Tracy BMI) HL 2 I'M NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN (Tree, BMI( HL 81 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (Valando, ASCAP) HL Chapman and Robert Cray, more attention is being paid to in- 74 COWBOY HAT IN DALLAS (Miss Hazel, BMI) 23 IS IT STILL OVER (Ensign, BMI/Larry Henley, BMI) 96 WHAT I'D SAY (Rick Hall, ASCAP /Alabama Band, 62 DONT QUIT ME NOW (Texascity, BMI /Ah Rollins, 71 ITS A NATURAL THING (Beginner, ASCAP/Milene, ASCAP) WBM die labels that have always specialized in folk & blues as well BMI /Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Moon & Stars, BMI) ASCAP) 78 WHEN SHE HOLDS ME (Kristoshua, BMI) as those improved and emerging labels reblazing the trail with 19 DONT TOSS US AWAY (Lionrich Music) 69 KEEP THE FAITH (Songs Of PolyGram, BMI /SBK April, 99 WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE FARM (Tree, 92 DON'T WASTE IT ON THE BLUES (Wrensong, ASCAP /Keith Stegall, ASCAP) HL BMI /O'Lyric, BMI) HL new visions and voices. ASCAP /Miller's Daughter, ASCAP /love This Town, 85 LIFE AS WE KNEW IT (Silverline, BMI /Lucrative, 31 WHERE DID I GO WRONG (Steve Wanner, BMI /Irving, ASCAP) HL/WBM BMI /Bug, BMI( WBM BMI) CPP COMING ATTRACTIONS: MUSIC PUBLISHING, JAPAN, CES. 30 DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED... (Tree, BMI( HL 35 LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (Scarlett Moon, BMI /Don 86 WHICH WAY DO I GO... (Intersong, ASCAP /Hide -A- 12 DOWN THAT ROAD TONIGHT (Jeffwho, Schlitz, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) CPP Bone, ASCAP) HL ASCAP /Lockhill- Selma, ASCAP /Bughouse, ASCAP /Mopage, BMI/Warner- 98 LONG SHOT (Don Schlitz, ASCAP /Irving, BMI /Almo, 49 WHITE HOUSES (Rocksmith, FOR AD DETAILS CONTACT YOUR BILLBOARD SALES Elektra-Asylum, BMI /Moon & Stars, BMI /Screen ASCAP) HL/CPP ASCAP) & Co., ASCAP /Serenity ANY BILLBOARD OFFICE WORLDWIDE. Gems -EMI, BMI) WBM 39 LOVE OUT LOUD (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Bethlehem, 64 WHO BUT YOU (Chappell REPRESENTATIVE or CALL Manor, ASCAP/Tri- Chappell, SESAC) 36 EXCEPTION TO THE RULE (Cross Keys, BMI) YORK: Ron Willman, Norm Berkowitz, ASCAP/Terrace, ASCAP) HL /CPP 29 LOVE WILL (PolyGram, ASCAP /GID Music, ASCAP) HL 4 WHO YOU GONNA BLAME IT ON THIS TIME (Tree, NEW Gene Smith, BMI /Hookem, ASCAP) HL /CPP 15 FAIR SHAKE (SBK April, ASCAP /Uncle Artie, 95 LOVE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME (Bucksnort, Ken Karp, Jim Beloff, David Nelson. (212) 764 -7300 or (212) -Rose, ASCAP /Lawyer's Daughter, BMI( HL /CPP BMI/Wayne Carson, BMI( 51 WINE ME UP (Acuff BMI) 16 YOU GOT IT (SBK April, ASCAP/Gone Gator, -5004. 26 FROM A JACK TO A KING (Dandelion, BMI) 42 MANY MANSIONS (Mid- Summer, ASCAP /AMR, 536 ASCAP) ASCAP /Orbisongs, ASCAP) HL 3 FROM THE WORD GO (Tree, BMI( HL ASCAP /EEG, ASCAP/Whiteheath, LOS ANGELES: Christine Matuchek, Arty Simon, Anne Rehman, 76 YOU STILL DO (Zomba, ASCAP/Makin' Songs, ASCAP) 38 GOODBYE LONESOME, HELLO BABY DOLL (Opryland, 46 MOON PRETTY MOON (Statler Brothers, BMI) CPP YOUNG LOVE (Irving, BMI/Colter Bay, BMI) CPP Mary Fisher, Emily Vaughn. (213) 273 -7040. BMI) CPP 89 MORE THAN ENOUGH (White Oak, ASCAP) 21 37 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (Acuff -Rose, 72 MUCH TOO YOUNG... (Major Bob, ASCAP) NASHVILLE: Lynda Emon, Carole Edwards. (615) 321 -4290. BMI /Golden Reed, ASCAP) CPP 28 MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT (Termite, ASCAP /Bughouse, LONDON: Tony Evans 439 -9411. 18 THE HEART (SBK Blackwood, BMI /Resaca, BMI( HL ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP) CPP /EEG, 8 HEARTBREAK HILL (Sorghum, ASCAP /Irving, BMI) 9 NEW FOOL AT AN OLD GAME (Chappell, ASCAP CPP ASCAP) HL * * * * * * * ** *RESERVE SPACE TODAY!! * * * * * * * * ** Frit, ASCAP) 13 HEY BOBBY (Wooden Wonder, SESAC) HL 63 NEXT TO YOU (Guy, BMI /Uncle BMI 53 HIGHWAY ROBBERY (Cross Keys, ASCAP/Tree, 6 OLD COYOTE TOWN (Warner -Tamerlane, /Believes BMI /PolyGram International, ASCAP /Mc Bec, Or Not, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /Make Believus, BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 36 www.americanradiohistory.com --COUNTRY Gauntry Radio Seminar: March 1 -4, Nashville Charlie Douglas, president of the Country Radio Seminar, and Frank Mull, executive director of the Country Radio Seminar, receive honorary plaques from ASCAP for their 20th anriversary and the success of the seminar, during the ASCAP-hosted luncheon for seminar panelists and attendees. Pictured, from left, are Merlin Littlefield, associate director, ASCAP; Douglas; Connie Bradley, executive director, ASCAP; and Mull. Charlie Daniels, center, is shown with, from rear left, Roy Wunsch, senior VP of Nashville operations, CBS Records; Mike Martinovich, VP of marketing, CBS/ Nashville; Jack Lameier, director of promotion, Columbia Records, Seminar attendees chat at an MCA /Nashville -hosted luncheon for Patty CBS /Nashville; Bob Montgomery, VP of A&R, CBS /Nashville; Joe Casey, VP of Loveless, where she personally thanked radio programmers for their support promotion, CBS/Nashville; and Rich Schwan, director of promotion, Epic during the past year. Shown, from left, are Bruce Hinten, president of MCA Records, CBS /Nashville. Records, Nashville; Greg Cole, music director at WPOC Baltimore; Pat Surnegie, director of regional promotion, Northeast, MCA /Nashville; Loveless; and Shelia Shipley, VP of promotion, MCA /Nashville. C.W. Metcalf, president of a Colorado - based training firm is pictured in the seminars most enjoyable session, "Humor, Risk, And Change." Wolfman Jack, front, and Larry Gatlin dance with two of the three McCarter PolyGram's Kathy Mattes snags a couple of hugs from Ty Cooper, KMNS Sioux Sisters during swarming activity at the 20th annual Country Radio Seminar. City, Iowa, left; and Dale Eichor, KWMT Fort Dodge, Iowa, during the seminar's artist /DJ reception. Tom McEntee, founder of the Country Radio Seminar, left, is presented with a Capitol /Curb artist Marie Osmond visits with Dick Whitehouse, president of the Clint B ack lakes a bow during RCA's commendation of excellence for his contributions to country music by BMI VP country division at Curb Records, and label mate Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown show on the General Jackson Roger Sovine, right. On hand for the presentation and a featured performer at during the festivities. showboat. BMI's annual CRS luncheon was Eddie Rabbitt, center. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 37 www.americanradiohistory.com ISSUE DATE: May 27 / AD DEADLINE: May 2 (3 Column Format) Special Features: Legislative Overview - Domestic & International Top Songwriter's Chart Print Overview - Role of MIDI Books in Success Country Publishing Roundup Pop Standards Entering Public Domain by Year 2000 For Ad Details Contact: New York Norm Berkowitz (212) 536 -5016 Ken Karp (212) 536 -5017 Jim Beloff (212) 536.5026 Los Angeles Christine Matuchek (213) 859 -5344 Arty Simon (213) 859 -5369 or 49 Nashville Lynda Emon (615) 321 -4240 Carole Edwards (615) 321 -4294 United Kingdom, pain, Benelux, Scandinavia Tony Evans 44 -1-439 -9411 Europe Ron Betist 31 -20- 662 -8483 www.americanradiohistory.com ETA/LING Surveillance Systems Steal Spotlight At Seminar offset a shrinkage of $100; loss of mittee, revealed that the music -and- The chain also stresses strong shortage mentality" partially bases BY BRUCE HARING one CD requires $283 in sales to off- video industry now has the highest awareness among employees. "Un- management reviews on shrinkage NEW ORLEANS The simmering set the loss. shrinkage rate of surveyed retail in- til associates see someone take 15 control. Turtles' goal is to provide dispute over the width between The question regarding installa- dustries, edging out apparel for the CDs out of the rack, they don't be- good customer service, abort thefts electronic article surveillance poles tion of an electronic- article- surveil- first time. Wanke cautioned retail- lieve it." Trans World advises a non - before they happen, get thieves out was the key issue emerging at a lance system was divided along mall confrontational approach to sus- of the stores, and take advantage of store security seminar held at the chain vs. small retailers lines. The pected boosters, relying on appre- the criminal trespass laws that exist National Assn. of Recording Mer- question centered on the proposal, Overall, retailers hension as the last resort, according in many states. chandisers' now on NARM's back burner, to de- to May. Wanke also revealed that the March 3-7 conven- velop an industrywide standard for last year suffered Larry Marsh, director of loss NARM Loss Prevention Committee tion in New Or- a security tag. Current technology prevention at Los Angeles -based is mulling creation of an instruction- HARM leans. does not accommodate the plan be- $35 bil in losses Wherehouse Entertainment, says al video about internal theft. The Chaired by Lar- cause there is not yet a tag that can Wherehouse targets the everyday, committee has already produced a ry Mundorf, se- be read by both a wide set or narrow ers that two to three points lost to casual shoplifter, believing employ- tape on how to thwart professional REPORT nior VP of retail set of electronic posts. shrinkage may eliminate any profit ees won't see the pros. Wherehouse shoplifters, which has been ordered operations for Mall stores, which favor inviting margin. also emphasizes employee aware- by more than 2,000 NARM- member Camelot Music, the seminar panel open spaces at the front of the Dale May, director of loss preven- ness, calling the vigilance "good stores. pointed out that "no one is immune stores, desire a standard 12 -foot tion at Albany, N.Y. -based Trans customer service." Closed- circuit to theft," according to Mundorf. opening; smaller outlets contend World Music Corp., says his organi- monitors and keeper boxes are key Overall, retailers last year suffered they would be happy with a 3 -foot zation suffers the majority of its pieces of the Wherehouse shrinkage Servicing the Midwest $35 billion in losses, with $150 -$200 spacing between the posts. losses from pro boosters, and uses campaign, which stresses a "zero overnight since 1975 million of that in record losses. In other security business, Keith security boxes, electronic surveil- tolerance" for theft. Still, Marsh ad- `rü4 I or .1 ¡. Mundorf pointed out that stores op- Wanke, Musicland managing direc- lance, highly visible layouts, and mits, "no one device or protection .rA - 104_ erating at a 6% profit margin before tor of loss prevention and chairman tight inventory records to control can cover the store." is- ` . taxes need $1,666 in extra sales to of the NARM Loss Prevention Corn- the problem. Bob Deevy, director of security at ... the Atlanta-based Turtle's Records & Tapes, says his chain works a 365 - r_ r Musicland Multiple Winners day anti -theft program, "not only RTI In Store/Rack Cmpetition after inventory." Turtle's "zero- Lieberman Locks Up 3 Advertising Awards VINyE House Records & Tapes won the won the small- retailers radio 'ENDOI S BY GEOFF MAYFIELD small -retailers TV award for its award for its "Golden Oldies" NEW ORLEANS Lieberman En- "The Source" spot. Washington, spot. RTI also won the one -stop "Best in the Midwest" terprises led all National Assn. of D.C., web Waxie Maxie's earned newspaper nod for its "Golden GEMINI Music Videos LP's Cassettes Recording Merchandisers member an honorable mention for its 50th Oldies" spot. Singles CD's TDK Maxell companies with three advertising Anniversary Minneapolis -based Navarre DISTRIBUTING Denon Sony Caselogic awards, presented March 6 at a Thank You Proj- Corp. picked up the one -stop spe- INDEPENDENT Fixtures & Accessories private reception during the trade ect, the yearlong cial -media prize for its Now You Full Service One Stop Rack Jobber group's annual convention at the NAHM drive that bene- Have This Many Gift Ideas cam- DISTRIBUTOR & Box lot prices Try our New Orleans Marriott. fited four differ- paign. There were no one -stop FULL LINE MAJOR Weekly specials special orders Retail chain The Musicland ent charities. winners in the radio and TV cate- Volume discounts fully computerized Group and Omaha -based one-stop REPORT One of RTI's gories. LABEL ONE STOP Over 15,000 CD titles in stock RTI were the only other NARM awards was actu- The NARM awards are judged Same day shipping catalogs available members to win multiple awards in ally in the retail division. The com- by an independent panel of ad in- 6299 McDonough Drive VINYL VENDORS, INC. the ad competition. pany's affiliated Homer's stores dustry executives. 7870 Sprinkle Road Kalamazoo, Mich. 49002 Norcross, GA 30093 In Mich. toll tree (800) 632-0870 Minneapolis -based Lieberman, Atlanta (404) 441 -1868 Midwest toll free (800) 446-0006 one 10 NARM re- All others call collect (616) 323 -0131 of firms that Miami (305) 253 -9495 Fax (616) 323 -9517 ceived ad awards, took the top rack prize in the newspaper, radio, and television categories with, re- Record Retailers Urged To spectively, a WEA ad for Federat- ed Group; a multilabel, three -artist spot for Elder Beerman; and an- Belly Up To The Bar Code other three -act, multilabel com- "The larger the bar code, the fur- mercial for ShopKo. BY MELINDA NEWMAN ther away you're able to scan it The other rack award, in the spe- NEW ORLEANS Any record from," Sortor says. "That's impor- cial media category, was won by store, no matter how small, can tant in terms of warehousing. A Troy., Mich. -based The Handleman benefit from tracking inventory by bar code can be up to 91/2 inches Co. for a Truckload Of Savings reading bar codes, according to high." sale at ShopKo stores. Randy Sortor of Gentry Asso- Sortor also went through the Minneapolis -based Musicland, ciates, Orlando, Fla. different kinds of printing on the industry's largest web, took That was the codes. Laser etching is already be- two of four awards in the retail di- message during ing used in some cases and has vision. Both winning ads were pro- a lightly attend- proven to be a nearly permanent duced for Sam Goody stores: a ra- NARM ed session here method. dio spot for its Goody 500 cam- March 5 during As the method becomes more so- paign and a holiday TV spot that the National phisticated, more uses are found. incorporates footage from the film REPORT Assn. of Record- Some bar -code sheets have two "It's A Wonderful Life." ing Merchandis- separate bar codes on them, one Philadelphia -based Wee Three ers convention. According to a re- for the warehouse and one for re- Records, now owned by U.K. retail cent study, if trained operators are tail, thereby increasing the flexi- giant W.H. Smith, took home the used to input catalog numbers, a bility. Sortor cautioned against us- retail newspaper award for a mul- mistake is made every 250 charac- ing colored sheets because often tiproduct ad themed "Full." ters. With bar coding, there is a the laser can't read the coding un- There were two special media mistake made once in every 3.5 less there is high contrast. winners in the retail division. million characters. Sortor stressed how important it Trans World Music Corp., based in "It's a phenomenally reliable is for users to do spot checks. "Be- Albany, N.Y., won a large- retail- method," Sortor said. "It will give cause of grease, coffee, sunlight ers prize for its Title Wave cam- a no -read rather than misread a ... you can get fading on bar codes paign, while the Disc Jockey chain, code." and it's important to catch that be- operated by Owensboro, Ky. -based Bar coding is nothing more than fore the material is sold." WaxWorks, pulled in the small -re- "a graphic representation of a Of course, bar codes are of little tailers honor for a holiday cam- number system," Sortor said. All use without scanning devices. Ac- 1- 800 -826.0079 paign themed "On Dasher, On bar codes are made up of bars and cording to Sortor, all scanning de- NY 212 -517 -3737 CT 203 -798 -6590 Prancer, On Vixen." spaces and different densities are vices have a blind spot called spec - LA 213 -388 -9834 FAX 203 -798 -8852 203 -798 -2661 Troy, Mich. -based Harmony used for different applications. (Continued on page 41) BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 39 www.americanradiohistory.com E.AILING FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Billboard in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. panies to deal with the devaluation issue this time, it's possible the case stated in New Orleans may lead to some sort of creative price protection scheme the next TOP COMPACT DISKS.. time distributors have reason to hike their penalties. I- á O Y Y Ú POPTM SAVING GRACE: The CBS grace period during w a ''a oz Compiled from a national sample of retail sales reports. which deleted LPs can be returned without penalty N , Ñ T3 ARTIST LABEL 8 NUMBER,DISTRIBUTING LABEL shows that the giant distributor is sensitive to the is- I- -1 r 3 TITLE by Geoff Mayfield sue of devaluation. Unlike the other majors, which try to remove the sting of return charges by issuing pur- * * No. 1 * * TRAVELING WILBURYS WILBURY 2- 25796 /WARNER BROS. CLARIFICATION: Before we go any further, Retail chase credits, CBS has resisted issuing buy -in bonus- 1 1 2 21 Track needs to set the record (pun intended) straight es, saying that such credits would require it to make TRAVELING WILBURYS FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS I Rs D-6273; MCA about circumstances regarding the LP returns dilem- up the difference with higher wholesale prices. 2 3 6 4 THE RAW & THE COOKED ma that was reported in the March 25 issue of Bill- The penalty waiver also took into account that CBS, ROY ORBISON VIRGIN 2 -91058 board. Certain details were misstated in Retail Track more than any other distributor, has really trimmed 3 2 1 7 MYSTERY GIRL but were correctly stated in a page one story in that its LP offerings. In the new catalog, LPs for 840 titles ELVIS COSTELLO WARNER BROS 2 -25848 issue. The same author wrote both. have been deleted, while another 350 titles have been 4 5 4 5 SPIKE What gives? It's a matter of "What A Difference A cut from all three configurations. If you're keeping MIKE + THE MECHANICS ATLANTIC 2-81923 sells 710 5 9 13 4 Day Makes," as the old song goes. The column closes score, that means CBS now LPs, compared to LIVING YEARS on Monday, page one closes on Wednesday. the 1,900 offered before this pruning began. XTC GEFFEN 2 -24218 6 11 20 3 Early in the week, your humble columnist -like Paul Smith, the distributor's senior VP /GM of ORANGES AND LEMONS some officers within the major distribution compa- sales and marketing, says the grace period will be a COWBOY JUNKIES RCA 8568 -2 -R 7 15 10 8 nies -was laboring under the impression that some "one -time occurrence" because it's unlikely that CBS, THE TRINITY SESSION record companies had been able to make product dele- which has been cleaning out anywhere from 100 -150 EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS GEFFEN 2-24192 8 4 3 20 tions stick without offering customary price- protec- albums a month for the last six or eight months, will SHOOTING RUBBERBANDS AT THE STARS tion mechanisms. "I've got to find out what's going on have anywhere near this amount of deletions for some DEBBIE GIBSON ATLANTIC 2 -81932 9 6 5 8 because we might be leaving some money on the ta- time, says Smith. ELECTRIC YOUTH To Smith, the 700 -plus LPs that remain are solid ble," said one distribution chief. 10 7 8 9 ENYA GEFFEN 2 -24233 Last week's column implied that MCA and some of sellers with sales histories that have already been WATERMARK rivals had not provided protection on deleted goods. scrutinized and that are expected to sell over a period its LIVING COLOUR EPIC EK 44099/E.P.A 11 12 11 8 In fact, as was stated in that issue's CBS returns sto- of time. VIVID to see is re- ry, MCA offered close to six months' grace for LPs What will be interesting how accounts TONE LOC DELICIOUS VINYL CCO 3000/ISLAND 12 10 12 6 eliminated in its February purge. Apologies for any act to the grace -period deadline of Sept. 29. Some will LOC -ED AFTER DARK confusion or misunderstanding that might have been use that period to sell off, or process returns for, the PAULA ABDUL VIRGIN 2 -90943 13 8 7 7 caused by the mix -up. affected titles. Others will see the glass as half empty, FOREVER YOUR GIRL rather than half full, and in a panic may well use these R.E.M. WARNER BROS 2-25795 14 13 9 19 ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS about LP terms that next six months to join the ranks of chains that have GREEN was heard at the March 3 -7 National Assn. Of Re- virtually eliminated LPs from their product mix. If ri- LOU REED SIRE 2-25829/WARNER BROS. 15 18 22 10 cording Merchandisers meet in New Orleans has still vals of CBS sense an avalanche of vinyl rolling back NEW YORK not been addressed: the devaluation that accounts suf- their way, then look for another wave of policy revi- BOBBY BROWN MCA MCAD 42185 16 14 14 25 fer when distributors hike their return charges. sions. DON'T BE CRUEL For example, let's say that fictional account Flop- For whatever it's worth, I believe CBS when they ANITA BAKER ELEKTRA 260827 17 17 16 22 house Music buys LPs from supplier X, receiving a say they want to stay in the LP game. As one chain GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT off the top the purchase price. Be- VP observes: "Even if LPs only make up 10 %, or even KENNY G ARISTA ARCD 8457 purchase bonus of 18 19 18 24 fore that inventory turns, X has doubled both its pur- less, of their business, you have to realize that in a SILHOUETTE size CBS, about a lot of SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 2-81933 chase credit and its return bonus. Thus, an LP that company the of you're talking 19 26 26 5 was bought with an implied return value of invoice money. I have to believe that they're not in a hurry to BEACHES GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 2 -24148 price less 5% is now worth invoice less 10 %-a 5% hit. give up that business." 20 16 17 56 Distributors have argued that raising the purchase APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION credit addresses this issue, but merchandisers point THREE FUNERALS: To Harold "What A Guy" MELISSA ETHERIDGE ISLAND 2 -90875 ATLANTIC 21 25 - 2 out that units bought under previous terms had the Guilfoil, head buyer for Owensboro, Ky. -based Wax - MELISSA ETHERIDGE NARM to THE REPLACEMENTS SIRE 2-25831/REPRISE lower credit yet are still susceptible to the higher pen- Works, the mood at the meet seemed signal 22 23 19 6 alty in the event of return. "the death of three configurations: LPs, by natural DON'T TELL A SOUL NEW ORDER QWEST 2- 25845 /WARNER BROS Record companies heard this complaint over and causes; [7 -inch] singles, because it's a foregone conclu- 23 20 25 8 over at NARM. "In the first few meetings we had, the sion, and it looks like the "3 -inch CDs" are finished." TECHNIQUE BON JOVI MERCURY 836345- 2, POLYGRAM argument startled them," said the president of one Guilfoil is also willing to go out on a limb and pre- 24 24 24 26 major chain. "By the end of NARM, they nodded their dict a timetable for the demise of LPs and 45s. "I don't NEW JERSEY TRACY CHAPMAN ELEKTRA 2-60774 heads because they'd been hearing it from accounts think there'll be much vinyl past Christmas," he says. 25 21 15 45 all weekend." I might agree with Guilfoil on singles, but count this TRACY CHAPMAN THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE RYKODISC RACD-0078 Do the accounts raise a valid issue? Probably. What columnist among those who say the LP will be more 26 22 23 19 RADIO ONE will happen? Probably little or nothing. Arguing with stubborn than many expect it to be. If I had a well - BOB DYLAN & THE GRATEFUL DEAD COLUMBIA CK 45056 your distributor over a policy change is kind of like a capitalized independent label, I'd be out there trying 27 28 21 7 baseball manager arguing a call with the umpire -it's to sign a mess of licensing agreements with the ma- DYLAN & THE DEAD SIMPLY RED ELEKTRA 2-60828 will his call, but you jors to press some of the LP titles that have been de- 28 NEW 1 highly unlikely the ump reverse A NEW FLAME argue anyway so he'll think of your point of view the leted. The LP could end up being a premium -priced DEPECHE MODE SIRE 2 -25853 /WARNER BROS 29 NEW I next time you run into a similar play. product line for a dedicated core of consumers. 101 while it would be highly unusual for record corn- (Continued on next page) So, U2 ISLAND 2 91003 /ATLANTIC 30 RE -ENTRY 21 RATTLE AND HUM WE MAINTAIN A CURRENT ARTIST LIST CD'S, CDV'S, TAPES, WITH OVER 1300 NAMES. 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MIAMI, FLORIDA 33169 FAX 0 (305) 621 -0465 40 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com RETA IL IN G Boxer Enters Music Management Ring West Coast Record Execs Scope Out Dallas Talent Music in a Los Angeles recording BY BRUCE HARING studio. Company founder Peter Baumann is producing the album, i9TI1 I M i GOLDEN BOY: Canadian boxer scheduled for release this summer Donny Lalonde is branching out of IL4 Íl1i%y;11,11,1j1 IliI\I ... Ohio's Bobby Speed & the boxing into the music management Amenders made their first record a business. His Donny Lalonde En- collector's item, issuing a rectangu- Heart Foundation, which is dedi- lar- shaped picture disk featuring cated to lending financial aid to chil- the band's logo. Five hundred copies Donny Lalonde dren in need of heart transplant op- of the first pressing are auto- erations. The monies go directly to graphed by the band. The record is is known in boxing the charity. Ryder's "Angel Arrive" distributed by Important in the album has a track featured in U.S. and Azra International else- as `Golden Boy' MTV's Museum of unNatural His- where. More information is avail- tory, which just started a five - able from Sherri Douglas at 614- terprises has opened an office in month tour of the country. 885 -4500. New York to handle business af- Dreamy. Narada pianist David Lanz, center, promotes his "Cristofori's Dream" fairs for former CBS artist Chris SEEDS AND SPROUTS: Nona Assistance in this col- preparing album with an appearance at St. Louis store Music Vision. Flanking Lanz are Burke -Gaffney and Michael Tate, Hendryx, formerly of LaBelle, is umn was by provided Charlene Mike Smith, left, St. Louis branch manager for Narada distributor MCA, and the latter having penned a song for working on her debut for Private Orr in Dallas. Larry Desemone, MCA salesman. the film "Thunderground." "I have quite a few friends in the music industry, and I have a deep- rooted interest in music and market- ing," Lalonde says, adding, "A lot ALBUM of boxing is marketing." BILLY COBHAM a CD Higher Octave NGHCD 332/NA LP ITI Dl 72974/NA Dubbed "Golden Boy" for his RELEASES Billy's Best Hits CA NGHC 332/NA CA D4 72974/NA shocking locks, Lalonde unsuccess- a LP GRP GR- 9575/NA KARUNESH LEE RITENOUR fully challenged Sugar Ray Leon- CA GRC- 9575/NA Colours Of Light Festival CRAIG T. COOPER ard last year in a two -title bout. He The following configuration ab- a CD Higher Octave NGHCD 308 /NA a LP GRP GR- 9570/NA Love Dues CA NGHC 308 /NA says his new company "will stick to breviations are used: LP- album; CA GRC- 9570/NA Valley Vue KARUNESH the kind of music I feel right about, a LP Dl 72947/NA DIANE SCHUUR EP- extended play; CA- cassette; CA D4 72947/NA Sounds Of The Heart Talkin' 'Bout You which mainly is rock'n'roll." More NA -price not available. Multiple MARK EGAN a CD Higher Octave NGHCD 307 /NA a LP GRP GR- 9567/NA information on the new company is records and /or tapes in a set ap- Touch Of Light CA NGHC 307 /NA CA GRC- 9567/NA available 212- 619 -6598. at pear within parentheses follow- a LP GRP GR- 9572/NA STEVE LACY TOM SCOTT ing the manufacturer number. CA GRC- 9572/NA The Door Flashpoint HERB ELLIS & RED MITCHELL DEEP IN THE HEART Of Texas: 46= Simultaneous release on CD. a LP Novus 3049 -I /NA a LP GRP GR-9571 NA Doggin' Around CA 3049 -4 /NA Some 18 West Coast execs from CA GRC-9571/NA JAll /NEW AGE Virgin, Island, Capitol, Epic, and a LP Concord 372/NA ERIC MARIENTHAL GEORGE SHEARING & HANK JONES Columbia records descended on the ANUGAMA CA 372 -C /NA Voices Of The Heart The Spirit Of 176 Morning Breeze DAVE GRUSIN Deep Ellum section of Dallas at the a LP GRP GR- 9563/NA a LP Concord 371 NA The Collection CA GRC-9563 /NA -C N end of February for a three -night a CD Higher Octave NGHCD 310 /NA CA371 CA NGHC 310/NA LP GRP GR- MARKETPLACE showcase local a 9579/NA SPECIAL EFX of artists. The Deep BOB BERG CA GRC- 9579/NA Marketplace Confidential Ellum scene is one of the country's Cycles DEBORAH HENSON -CONANT LP IN Dl 72977/NA LP GRP GR-9581: NA hottest, with Edie Brickell & New On The Rise CA D4 72977/NA a CD Denon CY- 72745/NA CA GRC-958I/NA Bohemians its most famous alum- GARY BURTON a LP GRP GR- 9578/NA SUSANNAH McCORKLE DARRYL STUERMER ni. Among the showcase highlights Times Like These CA GRC- 9578/NA No More Blues Steppin' Out by folk FREDDIE HUBBARD LP Concord 370 /NA were sets artist Sara Hick- LP GRP GR- 9569/NA a a LP GRP GR-9573/NA a Hub -Tones CA 370 -C /NA man, the Rev. Horton Heat & Kill - CA GRC- 9569/NA CA GRC-9573/NA billy, Brave Combo, Ten Hands, JEANNIE & JIMMY CHEATHAM a CD Blue Note 62-84115/NA HANK MOBLEY DAVE VALENTIN Straight No Filter About Nine Times, End Over End, Back To The Neighborhood KAMAL Dave Valentin Live At The Blue Note Silhouette a CD Blue Note 132.84435/NA The Trees, Three On A Hill, Shal- a LP Concord 373/NA a LP GRP GR-9568/NA CA GRC-9568INA low Reign, and Loco Gringos. No CA 373 -C/NA LEE MORGAN The Sidewinder contracts have been tendered, but To get your company's new releases listed, a CD Blue Note B2-84157/NA the execs left with bags full of cas- send release sheets or type the settes. PRABODHI information in the above format on your Heaven On Earth letterhead. Please include suggested list price whenever possible. Send to a CD Higher Octave NGHCD 3I5 /NA New Releases, Billboard, 1 515 THE SWEETHEART OF Phi Kap- CA NGHC 315 /NA Broadway, pa Tau: New York, N.Y. 10036. Invasion /Profile's Kym JEFF RICHMAN Ryder has taken to the road with an People Like Us innovative tour, performing 40 con- certs in conjunction with the Phi Kappa Tau national fraternity. Ry- der's shows, which are set up on various campuses by the fraternity, RETAIL TRACK are benefits for the Children's (Continued front preceding page) At any rate, Retail Track would ployment, or if the conduct has the like to hear your predictions re- purpose or effect of substantially garding the fate of the LP and the interfering with the person's BAR CODE 45. work. The two most prevalent (Continued from page 39) kinds of sexual harassment are the NOT SO SEXY: At the NARM creation of a hostile environment, ular reflection. Because of that, a convention, Raymond Ivey, direc- which usually occurs between co- light pen scanner should be used at tor of training and development workers and includes lewd com- an angle. Though it is one of sim- for CBS Records, led a small ments and suggestions repeated plest methods and the least costly, group through the participatory over a period of time, and quid pro it doesn't always meet every retail- seminar on sexual harassment, a quo, when a boss implicitly or ex- er's needs, Sortor said. program used by the three major plicitly asks for sexual favors. If a Laser scanning devices use a television networks. He described company ignores a complaint and parallel light and will read bar the different kinds of harassment court action is taken, the company codes that light pens cannot. Laser and detailed how companies can be can be held liable, said Ivey. diodes are becoming popular be- held liable for an employee's ac- cause they use much less space tions. Prine Time. Veteran singer /songwriter John Prine signs his autograph a When you want to reach Retail and the electronics in on are the han- fan's guitar An action can be considered sex- Track, call Geoff Mayfield at 212- dle. High -speed lasers are usually during an appearance at Rose Records' Ashland store in Chicago. The performer was on the stump for his ual harassment if submission or 536-5240, or send your items via mounted and are for industrial us- Grammy- nominated concert album on Oh Boy Records, titled 'John Prine Live." rejection to the conduct is made an our new fax machine by dialing age, such as on conveyor booths. implicit or explicit condition of em- 212 -536-5358. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 41 www.americanradiohistory.com VIDEO RETAILING Flap With TV Philbins Fuels Artec Plans Oscars Bash In Boston Erol's Moves Fest From Home To Hilton Better Blockbuster Service NEW YORK The Oscar Awards being thrown by Erol's is the was "overwhelming" response - said Joy Philbin. She then traveled are gaining favor as a vehicle for McLean Hilton Hotel in McLean, at least 200 guests are expected to BY RICHARD T. RYAN to the store, but when she got home video promotions. Va. The original ploy was to hold join such celebrities as Gloria De- NEW YORK Image- minded there, all the copies were out. Spot- Shelburne, Vt. -based distributor the party at the home of a family Haven, June Allyson, Donald Blockbuster Video, the chain that ting one on the return counter, she Artec is planning its second annual O'Connor, and "Star Trek" star most actively seeks a national repu- asked if she could rent it. Initially, Academy Awards gala in Cam- James Doohan at the party - tation and presence, found its quiet she was told that she couldn't but bridge, Mass., for Wednesday (29), Gala relocates Erol's sent out a mailgram on invasion of the New York market her persistence paid off. She was al- the night of the awards telecast. March 13 announcing that the figuring prominently on a national- lowed to rent the tape, but only af- Meanwhile, the guest list for the as RSVPs pour in event had been moved to the near- ly syndicated daily television pro- ter she became a member. Night At The Oscars that Spring- by Hilton. gram. But in the end, the Fort Lau- Philbin said, "I went to the desk, field, Va. -based Erol's had planned named Oscar, in this case, the The Erol's party is tied to a derdale, Fla. -based web was able to filled out forms, waited, gave them for that same night at the home of aforementioned Erol's customers chainwide contest designed to turn the negative attention it re- my credit cards, and finally re- area residents Ken and Barbara Ken and Barbara Oscar (Billboard, stimulate the rental of past Oscar- ceived from the March 8th "Live- ceived my membership card. When Oscar has grown so much, the Feb. 18). winning titles. GEOFF MAYFIELD Regis And Kathie Lee" to its favor. I was finished, I saw that my chain had to find a new home for Due to what the chain claims Blockbuster has opened four daughter had the tape, and I its party. Gotham -area units since October thought we were home free." Video dealers from throughout FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 (Billboard, March 18). Until the Unfortunately, when they ar- the greater Boston area will be in- ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this March 8 edition of Regis Philbin's rived home and Philbin's daughter vited to the Artec soiree, which is publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or talk show, its New York invasion slipped the cassette into their VCR, being co- sponsored by CBS /Fox Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, its ef- of "Wanda," they were Video, Touchstone Home Video, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written had been less publicized than instead permission of the publisher. forts to open up other markets. treated to National Geographic's and Warner Home Video. The for- It all began when Joy Philbin, "Secrets Of The Snow Leopard." mal affair will be staged at the wife of the television host, wanted a Philbin called the Blockbuster out- Grand Hyatt Regency. VIDEOMSALES copy of CBS -Fox's "A Fish Called let and asked if the store could send Guests at the Artec party will TOP KID Wanda" for her daughter, who was over a copy of the right tape, but see a live satellite feed from the having a slumber party. When her she was shuffled from employee to Oscars ceremony on a large- screen it Compiled from a national sample of regular video store couldn't provide employee. "At that point, I just lost TV. The night will also include pre- store sales reports. w retail1 w the program, Philbin contacted the it, and when they told me I could views of upcoming CBS /Fox, w o Ñ á ú have a day's free rental [of the Warner, and Touchstone titles. Ñ e local Blockbuster. i TITLE m m« I called to ask if they had the "Snow Leopard" program], I was Top prize for the night's Oscar ,= J Copyright Owner, Manufacturer, Catalog Number i á ,, tape, and they told me they had lots really upset," Philbin told Billboard. contest will be a wine -and -dine ** NO.1 ** of them. Then I asked if they deliv- The next day, on the "Live" weekend for two at the Charles CINDERELLA 1 24 1950 26.99 ered, and they said they didn't," (Continued on next page) Hotel in Cambridge. 1 Walt Disney Home Video 410 The new site for the Oscars bash LADY AND THE TRAMP 2 76 1955 29.95 2 Walt Disney Home Video 582 DUMBO A 3 3 183 1941 29.95 Walt Disney Home Video 24 SLEEPING BEAUTY 4 5 127 1959 29.95 Walt Disney Home Video 476 jump into Nintendo rental. "There are so many third- ALICE IN WONDERLAND 5 4 146 1951 29.95 party software suppliers, and so many titles coming Walt Disney Home Video 36 STORE out that no one is familiar with. Now you have a lag TEEN MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: HEROES ... 9 22 1988 14.95 time, you wait until a game is written up in one of the 6 Family Home Entertainment 23978 magazines or when enough kids have rented it, and a TEEN MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: HOT RODDING ... 6 7 1989 14.95 buzz develops. Then the shortage comes." 7 Family Home Entertainment 23980 MONITOR A number of Video Software Dealers Assn. chap- MICKEY COMMEMORATIVE EDITION 8 7 41 1988 14.95 ters are featuring panels on game rental and exhibits. Walt Disney Home Video 690 by Earl Paige The Los Angeles VSDA chapter boasts an appearance RAFFI IN CONCERT WITH THE RISE & SHINE BAND 0 9 13 21 1988 19.98 by Randy Scott, representing Admiral Distributors. Troubadour Records Ltd./A &M Video VC6179 SELL- THROUGH FRONT: Waldenbooks is promot- Several dealers say distributor exhibits at chapter THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO 10 10 146 WINNIE 1974 14.95 ing the Shirley MacLaine video like a book, with spe- events they've attended lately are swamped with re- Walt Disney Home Video 64 cial tables in the front of stores. The big campaign quests and questions. AN AMERICAN TAIL 0 8 80 1986 29.95 marks a first for the giant book web. Many store operators just entering rental assume 11 Amblin Entertainment /MCA Home Video 80536 all the activity must indicate Nintendo has changed its THE JETSONS MEET THE FLINTSTONES 12 16 14 1987 29.95 CONVENIENCE STORY: Video operations servic- stance and now condones rental. "That's not true," Hanna -Barbera Prod. Inc. /Worldvision Home Video 1119 ing convenience stores continue to find that market says Martin DeRoy, director of advertising at 89 -out- THE POOH AND THE HONEY TREE 13 15 132 WINNIE 1965 14.95 changing. Reports have CEVAXS Corp., the Vancou- let Applause Video, Omaha, Neb. DeRoy and others Walt Disney Home Video 49 convenience-store racker, do note that some dealers are working out arrange- 12 8 ver, British Columbia-based 14 TEEN STEAM 1988 19.95 trimming staff and branches. As one source notes, ments with certain mass merchandisers, getting J2 Communications J20029 "There's a transition phase. Once, it was installing around those frantic situations where all of a store's THE POOH AND THE BLUSTERY DAY 15 18 142 WINNIE 1968 14.95 8,000 locations. Now those are up and running and it's employees converge on a Target or a Toys R Us to Walt Disney Home Video 63 maintenance." Meanwhile, Stars To Go in Los Ange- load up on games. THE SWORD IN THE STONE 16 24 125 1963 29.95 les, another once high -flying convenience store suppli- Walt Disney Home Video 229 er, is very quiet. The firm does show up in the most DISTRIBUTOR GRAPEVINE: Are there any more THE THREE CABALLEROS 17 17 23 1945 29.95 recent issue of California Business, albeit ignomini- wholesale operations being shopped around now Walt Disney Home Video 411 ously. It ranks No. 2 in a list of 20 disappointing that rumors surrounding Metro Video Distributors DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: HEIGH -HO! 18 11 95 1987 14.95 stocks. Authors note, however, that a second look is and VPD have run their course? One principal says, Walt Disney Home Video 531 warranted and that opportunities abound. Some indus- "When you look at the consolidation in retail, and in SING -ALONG. DANCE- ALONG, DO -ALONG 19 21 19 1988 14.95 tryites think both CEVAXS and Stars expanded too production, why not expect more of the same in Warner Home Video 572 the convenience -store video picture is wholesale ?" ... Jim Schwartz, head of the long -es- DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS quickly, but that 20 14 8 1988 14.95 still promising. tablished Schwartz Brothers operation, notes that Twin Tower Video newer labels "are appointing fewer distributors. We CHARLOTTE'S WEB 21 19 60 1973 19.95 NINTENDO, NINTENDO: "I get calls all day long saw this pattern in [prerecorded] audio years ago, Hanna -Barbera Prod. Inc. /Paramount Home Video 8099 me Nintendo games for rental usually one distributor will not have a certain line, another DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: YOU CAN FLY! wanting to sell 22 20 39 1988 14.95 $10 -$12 higher than what I pay at the various discount will. It all works out eventually" ... Marty Gold, Walt Disney Home Video 662 owner of 5- year-old Don's president of six -branch Artec Distributing, says the BUGS AND DAFFY WARTIME CARTOONS stores," says Don Jamison, 23 NEW 1989 19.95 Goodtime Video in Spokane, Wash. "There are dis- idea of putting on an in -house public relations staff- MGM /UA Home Video M201494 the shortage er "is a step in helping us communicate better, with BUGS BUNNY IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT tributors all over the country exploiting 24 NEW ' 1977 14.95 and problems of getting popular titles." Jamison also accounts, our sources, and the trades." Ron Red- Warner Bros. Inc. /Warner Home Video 11850 action trend: computer soft- mond is Artec's new director of PR. MICKEY AND THE BEANSTALK echoes the next rental 25 22 41 1988 14.95 ware. "We have stores here doing that now." Walt Disney Home Video 691 around the a of $9 million at retail for The games rental market is changing dramatically, LEGISLATIVE FRONT: VSDA chapters ITA gold certification for a minimum sale of 125,000 units or dollar volume $1 million at suggested retail for of 11 chain Home U.S. are on special alert for bills relating to a sweep- theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or says Herb Wiener, co-owner -store a sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume (Continued on page 44) nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for minimum Video Plus Music, Austin, Texas, one of the first to 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. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 42 www.americanradiohistory.com IDEO RETAILING BLOCKBUSTER (Continued front preceding page) show, where she was filling in for the vacationing Kathie Lee Gifford, Phil - bin repeated the tale of her travails at the video store for the benefit of the show's national audience. Says Tom Gruber, senior VP and chief marketing officer for Block- buster: "I heard of the situation and F/L[EDDAY subsequently heard an audiotape of A MUM the show. It was really an amusing WITH AMERICA'S fA VOR/ TF COMEDIAN! piece knocking video stores in gener- al. Unfortunately, her experience oc- curred at Blockbuster, and we were "You can't help getting older, mentioned on the air." Gruber immediately called Philbin but you don't have to get old." at home to apologize and subsequent- ly wrote her a note. In his letter he -George Burns asked for permission to show his tape of "Live" to Blockbuster's manage- ment trainees "as a real -life example The wit and wisdom of America's favorite of what can happen." Although the 93 year old sex symbol sparks an all new, tape may not become a textbook ex- original home video. Rich with warmhearted ample of the dangers inherent in poor on sex, exercise, diet, customer service, chances are pretty humor ... insights good that it will become required Gracie and show biz ... all from the unique viewing at Blockbuster Univ., the point of view of the man who says, "I had to firm's training facility. play myself. There's no one old enough to Following Gruber's call, Philbin play me." went back on the air during the show's March 9 telecast and upgrad- ed her appraisal of Blockbuster's ser- A video this good comes along once every vice, telling viewers about Gruber's 93 years. It's George Burns' first and only effort to soothe her dissatisfaction. video and it's sure to be an instant hit! Fortunately, all this has a happy ending. Philbin admitted, "I probably will go back to Blockbuster." Thus, in Produced exclusively for home video addition to a new customer, the chain has also gained a new weapon to Consumer advertising campaign, to demonstrate to its employees that include TV, radio and print "the customer is always right." After all, one never knows just who may be Extensive national P.R. campaign looking for that tape -it might be Mrs. Johnny Carson, or Pat Sajak's Price guarantee through 1989 cousin, or Morton Downey Jr.'s next- door neighbor. You get the idea. Co -op advertising funds available One year holdback -all TV (free, pay or cable) Everyone's A Critic Big P.O.P. Program -posters, floor At Blockbuster standee, counter display Movie Promotion NASHVILLE Blockbuster Video Invites You To Be A Movie Crit- MinslColor Approx 45 ic -that was the hook of a joint Cat #7160. floor standee with promotion among the three Block- qualifying order buster video outlets here, Viacom Cablevision, AMC Theatres, and local radio station WMIX. counter display with The March 11 -15 campaign in- P.O.P Hotline: 1- 800 -843 -1994 6 -pack order Cat vited moviegoers to join critic Hotline Hours: 9 AM -6 PM Eastern Time #7167 Robert Osborne, of the Movie Channel and the Hollywood Re- porter, at a sneak preview of "Le- Pre -Order Date: APRIL 10 viathan" and then to match their ratings of the film with Os- National Release Date: MAY 1 borne's. A winner, picked from $2998 those whose critiques paralleled Osborne's, was awarded free Via- U.S. Suggested Retail. Also available in Canada. com cable services for a year and a free one -year pass to AMC The- atres. Free passes to the sneak pre - view -800 of them -were distrib- yÈ:\ VidAmerica uted through the Blockbuster VrOAmenca s a(20emmk W V,UAmerKa. InC. stores, and a Blockbuster banner 231 East 55th Street. New York. New York 10022 was displayed at the movie house Telephone: 212- 355 -1600 ext. 335 Fax Number: 212. 355 -4363 on the evening of the preview. The package was put together by Janet Gibbons, WMIX's pro- motions director, at Viacom's re- quest. It was advertised through the station, as well as in a weekly shopper. EDWARD MORRIS BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 43 www.americanradiohistory.com r VDEO RETAILING STORE MONITOR (Continued from page 42) ing cross- section of products most often one way or another linked to obscenity and violence. In Texas, Dawn Wiener, head of the Central Texas chapter, says that group has a report on seven different bills. Among them, H.B. 328, which defines as a Class A misdemeanor the rental or sale of a video record- ing that is "graphically violent." Finally! COMBO CONNECTION: Rich- A movie package that ard Scholnick, franchisee of Ap- plause Video in Madison, Conn., is puts women in their place - among those store operators add- ing not just CD but audiocassettes, in the spotlight! a steady but still spotty trend. SWAPPING SWAP IDEAS: Many VSDA chapters are discov- ering that tape swaps draw atten- dance. Some are now holding their first event, as is the Spokane Area group in Washington state. "So many dealers have never been to a swap," reports Don Jamison, VP. He and chapter head Tom Daugh- FIRSI erty, owner of North Of Holly- wood Home Video, Hayden Lake, Idaho, have drawn up guidelines: no money exchanged, limit of 10 -30 1/11)111 tapes to trade, all trades between individuals, VSDA takes no re- sponsibility, and no damaged goods. "We checked other chap- ters holding swaps," says Ja- f1111 mison. "The main problem is deal- 01 ers bring in stuff they've over- bought on. So does everyone else. Today's Most Exciting And Respected Also, many forget that foreign, Leading Ladies In Their Most Powerful adult, Beta, black and white, cut boxes, and other types of stock of- Performances - ten move out quickly. It's kind of From award- winning portrayals like a garage sale." by Meryl Streep and Sally Field to the MORE CHAPTER NEWS: After outrageous antics of Whoopi Goldberg a newly formatted leadership con- ference in San Diego in January, and Goldie Hawn, from the steamy RR WINGER chapters all over the country are sexiness of Kathleen Turner and Kim vigorously promoting attendance M and participation. At least one Basinger to the romantic comedy of group, Central Texas, holds a Holly Hunter and Diane Keaton, this monthly board meeting, according to Wiener, president and co -owner thoroughly contemporary package with her husband of Home Video has everything anyone could want in JANE LILY Plus Music. FONDA DOLLY VSDA regional activity was a woman! TOMLIN PARTON slow in getting off the ground in And that's only a little better than Texas, where there is still no chap- ter in Dallas (one was organized half the story -there are plenty of today's briefly). Wiener says the idea of a hottest male stars in this package, too, chapter drawing from several cit- ies is paying off. like Nicolas Cage, Kurt Russell, and The Southern Ontario VSDA Sam Shepard! chapter elected directors Jan. 26 and will pick officers April 11 at its All -Star Titles! next meeting. Board members, all All -Star Casts! from Ontario; are Bill Miller, di- All at a new unbeatable price -just rector of Central Canada, Video One, Toronto; Ted Pierrepoint, di- rector of sales and marketing, Agincourt Productions, Missis- sauga; and store operators Brian Parton, Video Station, Niagara $1998 Falls; Rick Walker, Video Sta- tion, Orangeville; Bob Wing, Na- Dealer Order Cut -Off: tional Home Video, Bowmanville; 4/4/89 John Miller, JKM Video, Harrow; Ernest Janzen, Circus Video, St. Street Date: Catherines; James Head, Head's 4/20/89 Video Corner, Napanee; and Ar- nold Broeders, Video Terminal, Chatham. Parton, incumbent pres- ident, says the chapter has finally taken off after resolution of a con- cern about dual membership in a Canadian trade group and VSDA affiliation. (Continued on next page) BILLBOARD APRIL 1. 1989 44 www.americanradiohistory.com DEO RETAILING Piracy Problem Is `Rampant' In Germany HAMBURG, West Germany The German Federation Against Copyright Theft (GVU) estimates that more than 20,000 households in West Germany are engaged in the rental and sale of illegal videotapes at an annual cost to legitimate copy- right holders of more than $54 million. The GVU has legal proceed- ings pending against 1,500 al- leged domestic pirates, who face penalties of up to five years in jail if found guilty but can average a monthly profit of nearly $3,000 through illicit ac- tivities. kind is ram- il.l1r - i itr ILI t i "This of crime pant in Germany's living (AT It Bk),111.1) rooms," says GVU managing director Gerhard Schulze. A particularly distasteful and disturbing aspect of the prob- lem is the nature of much of the specially filmed pornography, which concentrates on brutal and sadistic themes. These are produced by small companies that then liquidate themselves soon afterward to avoid detection and penalties. GVU chief investigator Jochen Tielke describes them as "a nonculture which is terrifying." The domestic pirates are busily ripping off popular mov- ies by renting them from legiti- mate video stores and then du- plicating them in large numbers for their regular clientele. The GVU's efforts are paying off to the extent that last year 408 criminal cases were opened, 465 were instituted, and 404 were successfully concluded, resulting in prison terms or fines or both. During 1988 the GVU assist- ed the police in 392 raids on sus- pected premises and in the con- fiscation of 48,268 pirated vid- eotapes. STORE MONITOR (Continued from preceding page) The New Mexico VSDA chapter again held a successful convention and exhibit with 20 vendors. Among the speakers were Michale Fortino, president, Priority Man- agement, and Holly Rosum, VSDA's enforcement program- ming assistant. The new directors and officers, all but one operators of New Mexico stores, are Lynn nso Landers, Video Plus, Albuquer- meernntaaEwxaa que, president; Sue Baylor, sales Kline Peter MacNlcoi EE row', NeqlObeel' Kevin P49NLEE.BXkfiXnAIYA Choice "aXetn Bann itv0uclan rep, Baker & Taylor, Albuquer- aOeNNP^aaaaar.awakuay'alMawr, : Mak1./IIs LEY .., Nestor fel0li(8 4 "BWBSwRE +^a+r:rwl¡e,uq,w.r""`a'0"4Makoeoew, L:.GMM.MIIOar IMMRnt Mamnsiarperasc que, VP; Jim Costa, Pussycat Vid- aC UBEt 111 "":MM1fIM1YwnMrblEY°iu:âanJ Paula f -,,,,WBfINPaa851kNE eo, Albuquerque, secretary; Ray IJXE Q °Ñ °'Z ti-. ' vn_ Carillo, Home Movies II, Albu- VIDEO querque, treasurer; John More - 3, 1989 CBS/FOX Company All rights reserved. Except In Canada. CBS is a trademark of CBS Inc Used under kcense In Canada. CBS'- is a lock, Family Home Video, Albu- trademark of CBS Recertia Canada Ltd used under kcense FOX ' Is a tradernark of Twenllelh Cenluty Fos F.Im Corporation used under beense querque; Roy Streit, Hollywood At Home, Rio Rancho; Albert Moore, Smith Center Video, Es- panola; John Bocock, Edgewood Video, Edgewood; and Freda Mar- tinez, Movietime!, Bloomfield. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 45 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any VpEO retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, RETAILING BiIIboardo recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. TOP VIDEOCASSETTESTMRENTALS ,$ 11:1 (Jill C;i1 F- 0 Afill Compiled from a national sample of retail store rental reports. 2 ,e Y w W U 3 ó 6 A WEEKLY PREVIEW OF UPCOMING VIDEO RELEASES* co vi TITLE Copyright Owner, Principal v áÑ 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers á c TITLE (MPAA RATING) PREBOOK BOX OFFICE P-O -P STARS CUTOFF IN MILLIONS AVAIL - * * NO. 1 * * STUDIO /LIST PRICE (STREET DATE) (# OF SCRIMS) ABILITY Bruce Willis 1 1 7 DIE HARD CBS -Fox Video 1666 1988 R Bonnie Bedelia AFTER SCHOOL (R) 4/6/89 NA Poster, Sam John Cleese Bottoms, Dick Cavett (4/27/89) (NA) Flier 2 3 3 A FISH CALLED WANDA CBS -Fox Video 4752 1988 R Academy /$79.95 Jamie Lee Curtis Orion Pictures Kevin Costner 3 2 7 BULL DURHAM 1988 R BLUEBERRY HILL (R) 4/4/89 $0.0316 Poster Orion Home Video 8722 Susan Sarandon Carrie Snodgress (4/20/89) (182) Orion Pictures Michelle Pfeiffer CBS /Fox/$79.95 4 6 3 MARRIED TO THE MOB R Orion Home Video 8726 Matthew Modine 1988 CHILD'S PLAY (R) Standee, 4/6/89 $27.1 Universal City Studios Robert De Niro 5 7 3 MIDNIGHT RUN R Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon (4/25/89) (1490) Poster MCA Home Video 80810 Charles Grodin 1988 MGM /UA/$89.95 Warner Bros. Inc. 6 4 8 THE DEAD POOL Clint Eastwood 1988 R LAST RITES (R) 4/4/89 $0.2922 Poster Warner Home Video 11810 Tom Berenger, Daphne Zuniga (4/20/89) (58) Touchstone Pictures Bette Midler 7 9 3 BIG BUSINESS PG CBS /Fox/$89.98 Touchstone Home Video 605 Lily Tomlin 1988 MEMORIES OF ME (PG -13) 4/4/89 $3.9 Poster Paramount Pictures Sean Connery 8 5 7 THE PRESIDIO 19W R Billy Crystal, Alan King (4/20/89) (723) Paramount Home Video 31978 Mark Harmon CBS /Fox/$89.98 Morgan Creek Productions Emilio Estevez 9 8 10 YOUNG GUNS Vestron Video 5267 1988 R MURPHY'S FAULT (PG -13) 4/4/89 NA Flier, Kiefer Sutherland Patrick Dollaghan (4/19/89) (NA) Poster, A. Schwarzenegger to 10 11 RED HEAT IVE 66057 1988 R Vidmark /$89.95 Standee James Belushi Universal City Studios Dan Aykroyd INFORMATION FURNISHED BY VIDEO FORECASTER. 11 11 9 THE GREAT OUTDOORS 1988 PG MCA Home Video 80811 John Candy Touchstone Pictures Tom Selleck 12 13 18 THREE MEN AND A BABY PG OTHER TITLES Touchstone Home Video 658 Steve Guttenberg 1987 Touchstone Pictures 13 12 5 THE GOOD MOTHER Diane Keaton 1988 R BACH & BROCCOLI SGT. PRESTON OF THE YUKON: Touchstone Home Video 610 Children REBELLION IN THE NORTH FHE /$14.95 Richard Simmons Warner Bros. Inc. Jackie Mason 14 16 5 CADDYSHACK II 1988 PG Prebook cutoff: 3/29/89; Street: 4/20/89 Rhino /$19.95 Warner Home Video 11791 Chevy Chase Prebook cutoff: 3/17/89; Street: 3/31/89 Tom Skerritt THE BEST OF GUMBY 15 14 4 POLTERGEIST III MGM /UA Home Video M800940 1988 PG -13 Animated THE SHADOW KILLERS Nancy Allen FHE /$14.95 Barbara Watson, Dorothy Yip Cannon Films Inc. Chuck Norris 16 18 3 HERO AND THE TERROR 1988 R Prebook cutoff: 3/29/89; Street: 4/20/89 TWE/$59.95 Media Home Entertainment MO12020 Steve James Prebook cutoff: 3/15/89; Street: 3/29/89 I MARRIED A CENTERFOLD THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF Orion Pictures Daniel Day -Lewis 17 15 11 1988 R Kevin Coates, Teri Copley SON OF FRANKENSTEIN BEING Orion Home Video 8721 Juliette Binoche Sony /$79.95 Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Prebook cutoff: 3/30/89; Street: 4/28/89 Lugosi 18 NEW Or. IRON EAGLE II IVE 63258 Louis Gossett Jr. 1988 PG MCA/$29.95 DANCE OF THE DAMNED Prebook cutoff: 3/17/89; Street: 4/13/89 New World Entertainment 19 19 5 ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK Elvira 1988 PG -13 Starr Andreeff, Cyril O'Reilly New World Video A88002 Virgin Vision /$79.95 STRONG KIDS, SAFE KIDS Prebook cutoff: 3/30/89; Street: 4/19/89 Instructional Warner Bros. Inc. Rebecca DeMornay 20 32 2 FEDS 1988 PG -13 Paramount /$24.95 Warner Home Video 11828 Mary Gross GUMBY'S SUPPORTING CAST Prebook cutoff: 3/31/89; Street: 4/19/89 Vestron Pictures Inc. Zach Galligan Animated 21 17 6 WAXWORK Vestron Video 5290 Deborah Foreman 1988 NR FHE /$14.95 T -MEN Prebook cutoff: 3/29/89; Street: 4/20/89 Dennis O'Keefe, June Lockhart, Alfred Tri -Star Pictures Fisher Stevens 22 20 13 SHORT CIRCUIT 2 PG Ryder RCA /Columbia Home Video 6 -27008 Michael McKean I, MOBSTER King Bee /$29.95 Steve Cochran, Robert Strauss Prebook cutoff: 3/29/89; Street: 4/20/89 Sho Kosugi 23 NEW, BLACK EAGLE Imperial Entertainment 1802 1988 R King Bee/$29.95 Jean Claude Van Damme Prebook cutoff: 3/29/89; Street: 4/20/89 TEEN WOLF: ALL -AMERICAN Cannon Films Inc. WEREWOLF 24 NEW MESSENGER OF DEATH Charles Bronson 1988 R THE LIFETAKER Animated Media Home Entertainment MO12022 Terence Morgan, Peter Duncan FHE /$39.95 Warner Bros. Inc. John Lennon 25 NEW II. IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON 1988 R Sony /$79.95 Prebook cutoff: 3/29/89; Street: 4/20/89 Warner Home Video 11819 Yoko Ono Prebook cutoff: 3/30/89; Street: 4/28/89 WHEN MOM AND DAD BREAK UP Warner Bros. Inc. 26 24 22 BEETLEJUICE Michael Keaton 1988 PG NECROMANCER: SATAN'S SERVANT Instructional Warner Home Video 11785 Russ Tamblyn, Elizabeth Cotton Paramount /$24.95 Forum /$79.98 Prebook cutoff: 3/31/89; Street: 4/19/89 27 36 8 THE THIN BLUE LINE HBO Video 0177 Not Listed 1988 NR Prebook cutoff: 3/31/89; Street: 4/17/89 WHEN YOUR LOVER LEAVES Paramount Pictures 28 NEW U2 RATTLE AND HUM 1988 PG Valerie Perrine II. Paramount Home Video 32228 U2 -13 New World /$59.95 Prebook cutoff: 3/ 17/89; Street: 4/4/89 Cannon Films Inc. 29 21 12 BLOODSPORT Jean Claude Van Damme 1988 R Warner Home Video 37062 Warner Bros. Inc. Chevy Chase To get your company's new video releases listed, send the following information -title, performers, dis- 30 23 16 FUNNY FARM Warner Home Video 11809 Madolyn PG tributor /manufacturer, format(s), prebook cutoff, ship date, box -office gross, and suggested list price (if Smith available) -to Video Releases. Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 1 00 36. LucasFilm Ltd. Val Kilmer 31 25 16 WILLOW 1988 RCA /Columbia Home Video 6 -20936 Joanne Whalley PG Ultimate Production 32 29 7 MOONWALKER Michael Jackson 1988 NR CBS Music Video Enterprises 49009 Warner Bros. Inc. Edward James Olmos 33 31 17 STAND AND DELIVER 1988 PG Warner Home Video 11805 Lou Diamond Phillips United Artists Pictures, Inc. Corey Haim 34 27 13 LICENSE TO DRIVE 1988 PG -13 240 VIDEO TITLES in just 2 SQ. FT.! CBS -Fox Video 4753 Corey Feldman Continental Film Group, Ltd. 35 28 5 TIGER WARSAW Patrick Swayze 1988 R Browse movies like Sony Video Software K0681 in a Orion Pictures Jason Beghe record store. 11 MONKEY SHINES 1988 R 36 22 Orion Home Video 2766 John Pankow Perfect for counter Orion Pictures Robert Duvall 37 26 17 COLORS 1988 R or wall display. Orion Home Video 8720 Sean Penn Call or write today Warner Bros. Inc. Bob Goldthwait 3$ 35 8 HOT TO TROT 1988 PG for FREE sample. Warner Home Video 11788 Dabney Coleman Regency Productions Scott Glenn 39 MAN ON FIRE 1987 R NEW Vestron Video 6018 Brooke Adams Warner Bros. Inc. Browser® Video boxes fit 19 Steven Seagal 1988 R 40 33 ABOVE THE LAW DISPLAY SYSTEMS Warner Home Video 1 1786 flat in Browser Pak - CHICAGO ONE STOP, INC. one size fits all. ITA gold certification for a minimum sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, 401 West Superior Chicago, IL 60610 or $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of Phone: 312 -822/0822 Tolllree: 800 -822/4410 or of at least 25,000 units 0 250,000 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. 46 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com World Music Yid Awards Go Global Show To Be Seen In 50+ Countries via the Gostelradio network. for the most innovative video (se- BY PIPPA COLLINS Opening live from Toronto's CN lected by the International Federa- LONDON Winners of the second Tower, the show will feature live tion of Music Television Channels), World Music Video Awards will be music from international acts who the Artists' Circle Award for best revealed April 14 during a two - have yet to be announced, and ap- video, and the Directors' Circle hour satellite broadcast originat- pearances by artists who are fea- Award for best video. by Steven Dupler ing simultaneously from London, tured in award -winning videos. The New York segment of the New York, Toronto, Moscow, and World Music Video Awards, pro- ON A ROLL: The A.C. Nielsen re- course), as well as clips from vid- Munich, West Germany. duced by Fox, will originate from search organization's most recent eos, and interviews with fans and The show is sponsored by Pepsi Four awards will Fulton Ferry Park, with live per- update on cable television statis- critics. Emily Goldberg wrote and International and Philips Interna- formances staged on a boat tics indicates that cable penetra- produced the special. tional, while MuchMusic /Musique- be presented moored in the river. tion in the U.S. continues to climb Plus of Canada are responsible for Sky TV, responsible for the U.K. slowly but steadily. As of Febru- LIVE DEAD: The Grateful Dead show format and Sky Television Four awards will be presented, section of the show, will broadcast ary 1989, almost 55% of the coun- are back on pay -per -view televi- (U.K.) for satellite link -ups. including one for the most popular live from Leicester Square in Lon- try was wired to receive cable TV, sion in June (their last outing was Carried by television stations in music video, which will be decided don's West End, while the show compared with 51% the year be- a New Year's Eve concert back in more than 50 countries in Europe, based on results of a worldwide will also go out on ITV here early fore. (To put this into better per- 1987), as Showtime Event Televi- North and South America, South - vote that has been going on for the April 16. spective, keep in mind that in Feb- sion presents the Dead's Summer est Asia, Australia, and the East- past three months. The 10 best mu- West Germany's Tele 5 will ruary 1980, a mere 19.4% of the Solstice '89 concert June 18 at the ern Bloc, the World Music Video sic videos will be featured in a top transmit from a castle in Neusch- U.S. was receiving cable signals!) Shoreline Ampitheatre in Moun- Awards will reach an estimated 10 countdown. wanstein. In Moscow, the show Other interesting facts culled tain View, Calif. Showtime's PPV 750 million viewers and will be The three other awards to be will include a live party for 1,600 from the Nielsen report: Of the arm reports it has already sold the broadcast live in the Soviet Union presented are the Philips Award Soviets at the Olympic Stadium. top 20 markets in the U.S. (ranked event to the Cable Video Store, by the total number of TV house- Viewer's Choice, and Request holds they contain) New York has Television PPV networks. I VIDEO TRACK by far the greatest number of ca- Orpheus Records. The director cap- Nancy Wilson was at the Holly- ble TV households (3.4 million), HOT STUFF: Julia Fordham's tured a moody, dreamscape feel by wood Center Studios shooting "All but is somewhat below the nation- new one, for "The Comfort Of LOS ANGELES combining natural sunlight with For Love," the video from her new al penetration figure, with 49.3% Strangers," also directed by Pau- jazzy neon flashes. Liz Silver and release on WTG Records. Nick Mor- of the market receiving cable. The la Grief, once again shows off this BILL PARKER OF RENGE Films Luke Thornton produced for N. Lee ris directed for MGMM and Fiona same goes for second -place Los outstanding Virgin Records artist reunited with A &M artist Vesta for Lacy /Associates Ltd. Catherine Mahoney and Karen Bellone pro- Angeles, with 2.2 million cable to the best possible effect. Re- their second collaboration, "Vesta 4 Chambaret was art director. duced. households, but only 46.5% pene- ports have it that her debut album U." Parker shot the "video within a Virgin Records' Roxx Gang have tration. Tiny Pittsburgh, on the has moved about 150,000 units in video" at one of the label's Holly- wrapped "No Easy Way Out," the NEW YORK other hand, with only 810,000 ca- the U.K. and a respectable 120,000 wood soundstages. In it, he mixes first video from their debut album, ble households, boasts a whopping in the U.S. -no thanks to radio, Kodak film stocks and switches from "Things You've Never Done Before." SANBORN & PERILLO'S Keith 68.8% cable -penetration rate-the which has continued to pay little black- and-white to color to separate The performance clip was shot at Browne produced the eclectic con- highest in the country. attention to what we feel is a top- the behind- the -scenes look from the SIR Stages with Nigel Dick directing cept video, "Middle Of The Riddle," Other markets with penetration notch release. look of the music video being shot. and Lisa Hollingshead producing for for Atlantic Records' Alphaville. far above the national statistics in- Also check out three other hot Karolyn Ali produced. The Foundry. Dick shot the band John Sanborn directed. clude Boston (64.8 %), Seattle-Taco- ones: Roachford's "Cuddly Toy" Victor Ginsburg recently complet- against a white background with a Select rap act Whistle descended ma, Wash. (60.5 %), and Philadel- from Epic; "Circle" from Geffen's ed filming the video for Alex Bug - blue screen for special effects. He on a North Shore estate in Long Is- phia (59.7 %). Edie Brickell & New Bohemians; non's instrumental cover of Brenda used Fries and Arriflex cameras with land to shoot the fantasy /romance Interestingly, cable penetration and a splendid Russell Mulcahy - Russell's "Piano In The Dark" for 16mm and 35mm film. piece "Right Next To Me," from its is actually much greater in the directed clip for Phoebe Snow's "Transformation" album. The clip, secondary and tertiary television new Elektra single, "If I Can Just which is a radical departure for the markets in the U.S. For example, Get Through The Night" (first re- band, was directed by Simeon Soffer there are seven smaller areas in corded by Dion in the mid- '70s). NEW VIDEOCLIPS and produced by Julie Pantelich for the country that boast better than Mulcahy's visuals seem to stylisti- i Soffer /Pantelich Productions. Da- 80% penetration, a staggering cally echo Zbig Rybczynski's vid Waterston was cinematographer. figure in light of the situation in high- definition video for John This weekly listing of new video - London /FFRR the rest of the U.S. These include Lennon's "Imagine," but the clip Mehdi Norowzian /Pankino Productions clips generally available for pro- Marer Budzynski OTHER CITIES Palm Springs (86 %), San Angelo still retains a great deal of origi- (83.9 %), and Barbara (83.9 %) nality. gramming and /or promotional FREDDIE JACKSON Santa was in in purposes includes artist, title, You And I Got A Thang AWGO'S GREG MASUAK California. album (where applicable), label, Don't Let Love Slip Away /Capitol London recently, shooting two vid- Incidentally, there are now AS FAMED FUNKETEER Luke Thornton. Liz Silver. Michael Owen /N. Lee Lacy /Asso- producer/production house, and ciates Ltd. eos with cameraman Tom Grubbs roughly 90 million television George Clinton once said, "Give director. Please send informa- Michael Oblowitz for the European chart toppers households (broadcast and cable - the people what they want when tion to Billboard, New Video - CAROLE KING Freiheit. Masuak directed "Kissed capable) in the U.S. they want it, and they want it all clips, 1515 Broadway, New York, City Streets You In The Rain," the band's next the time." MTV seems to be tak- City Streets /Capitol N.Y. 10036. Luke Thornton. Liz Silver, Michael Owen /N. Lee Lacy /Asso- European single, as well as their FUNKY TOWN: In the upcoming ing Dr. Funkenstein's dictum to ciates Ltd. Michael Oblowitz first U.S. release, "Keeping The PBS documentary, "The Minne- heart: The channel says response AGNOSTIC FRONT Dream Alive." Fellow Awgo direc- apolis Sound," artist Alexander has been so strong to its weekly Anthem LIVING COLOUR Live At CBGB/InEffect A tor Carol Fletcher also was in Lon- O'Neal hypothesizes that one rea- rap show, "Yo! MTV Raps," that 3GTV Open Letter (To Landlord) Vivid George Seminara /Epic don directing CBS act Darlin Buds. son the city has turned out such a it has now spun the series off into Luke Thornton, Alan Kelman /N. Lee Lacy /Associates Ltd. 30- ALEX BUGNON Drew Carolan Steve Chivers was director of pho- vast amount of hot talent may be a daily minute rap program ti- Piano In The Dark RAIANA PAIGE tography on the band's clip, and its excruciating winters. "It's so tled "Yo! MTV Raps Today." The Love Season /Orpheus Your Heart Phil Barnes and Phillips Braith- cold in the winter here, you spend new program, hosted by Doctor Luke Thornton, Liz Silver /N. Lee Lacy /Associates Ltd. Open Up Open Your Heart/Sleeping Bag Victor Ginsburg Up waite produced. a lot of time indoors creating mu- Dré and Ed Lover, augments but Lenny Grodin, Grodin Productions Associates COOKIE CREW Norval Johnson Director Tony Vanden Ende, of sic." Well, could be. To find out does not replace the weekly show. Born This Way CHARLEY PRIDE Vivid Productions' London office, other possible reasons for the suc- The daily show began airing Born This Way;FFRR has wrapped Don't for Uni cess Minneapolis musi- March 20, and is seen Mondays - Anne Mullen /Calhoun Productions White Houses "I Care" of -based Moody Woman/ 16th Avenue Fab 5 Freddy Records' Vamp. In cians, the Fridays 4:30 p.m. EST. Chardon Inc. Transvision check out program at D'MOB Steve Moss keeping with the band's "Pop Art" when it airs April 12 from 10 p.m.- Heavy metal, another genre We Call It Acieed TNT theme, the clip was shot against a 11 p.m. on most PBS stations (in that does extremely well viewer - Tonight I'm Falling white background, highlighted only New York, it will be seen April 16, wise on MTV, is also being Intuition /Mercury Mike Riffle by an oversized portrait of Elvis from midnight -1 a.m.). brought to the after- school time Rebecca Blake Presley. Roger Hunt produced. Featured artists include Prince, slot with the debut, also on March Due to holiday THE WILD CARDS Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Mor- 20, of "Hard 30: MTV's Head - deadlines, the Latin Thang Production companies and post - ris Day, O'Neal, Husker Du, the banger's Half- Hour." This new Cool Never Cold /Dali Clip List will Jessica Cooper /Century City Artists production facilities are welcome Replacements, the Jets, Ipso Fac- show -airing at 5 p.m. Mondays - run in C.D. Taylor to submit information on current to, and the Wallets. Included will Fridays, augments the existing not this THE WILD CARDS projects. Please send material to be interviews with many of these "Headbanger's Ball" late -night issue. It will Too Much Too Soon Deborah Russell, Video Track, players (excluding Prince, of show on the channel. Cool Never Cold /Dali return next week. Jessica Cooper /Century City Artists Billboard, 9107 Wilshire Blvd., C.D. Taylor Beverly Hills, Calif 90210. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 47 www.americanradiohistory.com r RO AUDIO/VIDEO Electronic Music Programs Are Core Of Dispute Beatles Sue U.S. Apple Computer $200 million. Apple Computer sales by California -based Apple Com- BY PETER JONES in 1988 were in excess of $4 billion. puter, though some of the compa- LONDON The three surviving The Beatles claim that Apple ny's lines date back to 1984. Beatles and the estate of the late Computer agreed in 1981, when it Included in the products in- John Lennon are suing Apple Com- started operating in the music volved is the Apple MIDI inter- puter in the U.S. over use of the computing business, that it would face, used by musicians to elec- name Apple on computer equip- use the symbol of an orange, not tronically program instruments ment made for electronic musi- an apple, on music -related prod- for performances, as well as the cians. ucts. The apple trademark was the the Apple 11GS and 11E personal Apple Corps, which still trades idea of John Lennon in 1967 when computers. in London, opened the case by Apple Corps was registered. A spokesman for Apple Comput- serving a writ in the High Court Nicholas Valner, a partner in er here says: "We do not believe here last week, seeking a ban on Frere Cholmeley, the law firm rep- we have violated the 1981 agree- Hip To Be Squares. The Washington Squares are shown in Giant Sound after Apple - if Computer's use of the half resenting Apple Corps, says that ment between the two companies. wrapping up their new Gold Castle Records album, "Fair And Square," which music - Apple is eaten apple trademark on the action succeeds, Com- We believe this suit entirely was released at the end of February. related products and also damages puter would have to "drop its Ap- without merit." for alleged breach of contract. The ple name and trademarks entirely, case is being "strongly contested" or retool them to take out the al- by Apple Computer. leged music synthesizing capabili- I AUDIO TRACK The full case is unlikely to be re- ties, or cease production of the rel- Clyburn's "On A Mission" (Poly - the projects. solved for about a year, but Apple evant products." Gram). At Foz Sound, Barry Fasman and Computer has indicated it will When the writ was issued here, NEW YORK De La Soul worked on remixes for Dana Walden produced tracks on make an initial response to the Apple Corps lawyers stated that a new Tommy Boy album at Calli- the rock group Random Access. Un- writ in the High Court here at the the Beatles were aware only last RECENT ALBUM ACTIVITY at ope. Shane Faber engineered. Drive, der the supervision of Budd Carr, the end of March. The suit seeks dam- year that the trademark was used Home Base Sound (formerly Secret She Said, featuring Mark Mangold production team completed compos- ages of between $50 million and on several products manufactured Sound) included Ruben Blades' and Al Fritsch, completed a debut al- ing of the score for the movie "Whis- "Nothing But The Truth" (Elektra); bum for the CBS Associated label. pers," a Distant Horizon /Anant Violent Femmes' "3" (Warner Chris Julian was at the faders. And Singh production, and for the movie Bros.); Mercy Seat (Slash); The the Jungle Brothers put down tracks "The Immortalizer," a Michael Lon- NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES Church for Westwood One Radio; for a second album with Faber at the don production. Dennis Nelson, Michelle Hendrix (Muse); Peggy desk. Greg Nicoloff, and Walden were in Lee for Harbinger Productions; The production team, L.A. Posse, composing and producing a dance re- BIGGER SHARE: Sunkyong FMC1 is one rack -space high and in- Patty Day (Starway); Arlene Sim- was in at Chung King producing mix of "Sounds Of Silence" for the Magnetic, which has been among cludes an onboard master clock, mons for Hush Productions; Virgie tracks on some new rap groups: group Slick Moon. the most aggressive manufacturers switchable to either 44.1 kilohertz or Williams, Kotton Kandy, & Rita Breeze & Wise Guys (Atlantic); Mer- vying for a bigger piece of the U.S. 48 kHz. The suggested retail price is Lane (Pretty Pearl); Maria Ven- cedes Ladies; and Dynasty & Mimi. NASHVILLE audio -duplicating pie, reports that $595. For information, contact 714- chura (Jive /RCA); King Sun (Pro- Also, a number of New York -based in 1988, while the industry as a 522 -9011. file); Grandmaster Flash's "On The rock'n'roll /hardcore groups worked BRUCE VAN DYKE WAS in at whole increased in revenue by 15 %, Strength" (Elektra); and "Lou Reed on album projects. The bands include Aria Music Group's studio working Sunkyong's business was up more WITH LONGER LENGTH audio Live." American Standard, Judge, the Go- on "It's All In The Touch," the first than 40%. pancakes being used more common- Power Station played host to pro- rilla Biscuits, the Functional Idiots, national record release from the new According to S.W. Park, U.S. GM ly, Agfa- Gevaert's technical sup- ducer Brian Holland, who was in and the Montalbans. Chuck Valle Aria label. Jim Allison and Dan for Sunkyong Magnetic, a primary port services division has issued the mixing three songs on Cassandra's and Kevin Reynolds were at the Chauvin engineered and co-produced reason for this success was the "High Speed Audio Duplication currently untitled debut album for board. the project. Other recent studio activ- firm's decision to expand its plant in Guide," which contains specific sug- HDH Records (distributed by Fanta- ity included projects for Bobby Lee Korea in anticipation of a jump in gestions for dealing with super - sy Inc.). LOS ANGELES Springfield, Del & Kari Reeves, Susi the U.S. market. "We were able to length pancake material. A copy of Prime Cuts' recent editing activity Beatty, Buck Moore, Tony Stam- deliver product to our customers the guide is available free of charge included Tuto Aquino editing Sarah MICHAEL MASSER PUT finish- pley, and Norro Wilson. where some other companies who from Agfa. Contact 201 -440 -2500. McLachlan's "Trust," and ing touches on Natalie Cole's first Marie Osmond was in at the Mu- had not predicted the increase were Strength's "Breaking Hearts." Glen single, titled "Miss You Like Crazy," sic Mill working on tracks for her unable to meet the new demands." COMPOSING BY NUMBER: Not- Barrapp edited Kenny G's "We've from her upcoming EMI -Manhattan new Capitol album with producer Park says Sunkyong remains ed film composer James Horner Saved The Best For Last." Shep Pet- album at Oceanway Studios. Cal Jerry Crutchfield. Jim Cotton and "very bullish" on the audiocassette, ( "Willow," "48 Hours," "Star Trek tibone and Junior Vasquez edited Harris was at the board with second Paul Goldberg engineered. Also, noting that the company believes it III," and "Star Trek IV ") has taken Madonna's recent single "Like A engineers Steve James and Joe Danielle Alexander was in working will be the dominant recording me- delivery of a new WaveFrame Au- Prayer" (Sire), Bruce Forest worked Schiff. The album is scheduled for re- on album tracks for PolyGram with dium for at least the balance of the dioFrame digital audio workstation on "New Groove" by the Rock Mel- lease in April. Basic tracks on the Harold Shedd producing. Cotton, 20th century. To back up this posi- to be used both for composing origi- ons (Atlantic), and Shayne Sealy project were recorded at the Mo- Joe Scaife, and George Clinton engi- tion, Sunkyong is expanding once nal music for film and for augment- and Terrence Smith edited Leotis town-owned studio Hitsville. neered. again, to give its plant an additional ing a live orchestra on scoring ses- Producer /songwriter Gary 30% growth in capacity. sions. For information on the Audio - McLaughlin was in at D.M.O. Pro- OTHER CITIES Frame, and the WaveFrame Digital ductions with Capitol artist Gavin SOUNDS OF THE STARS: En- Audio Bus, a 64- channel digital NEW PRODUCTS Christopher writing and producing THE SCHEME, A Detroit -based soniq's new Signature Sound Se- patch bay allowing the user to plug tracks for Christopher's upcoming duo featuring Bryan Barhill and Al- ries is a line of custom -designed in a variety of modules that perform project. vin C., began work on album tracks sounds for the company's EPS sam- sampling, recording and editing, Tom Lord -Alge was in at Larra- at Proving Ground studios, Detroit. pler created exclusively for six in- signal processing, and mixing tasks, bee mixing "Motivator," a new song Cuts include "Passionate," "Let Me fluential music artists, producers, contact the company at 303 -447- by Spandau Ballet for CBS Interna- Give You My Love Tonight," and and engineers, now made available 1572. tional. Sylvia Massy assisted. Ange- "Wrong Number." Greg Dokes pro- to the public. The line includes sam- la Winbush, Ron Isley, and Jeff Lor- duced with the Scheme co-producing. ples used by Nile Rodgers, Claude SHOW TIME: Solid State Logic enzen were in working on the new Is- Peabo Bryson completed his al- Gaudette, Craig Anderton, David displayed a number of innovative ley Brothers' tune "If You Ever bum, titled "All My Love" (Capitol), Hentschel, Paul Jackson Jr., and products at the recent Audio Engi- Need Somebody" for Angela Win - at Cheshire Sound, Atlanta. Bry- John Robinson. For pricing and neering Show in Hamburg, West bush Productions. Massy assisted. son, Dean Gant, and Dwight Wat- more information, contact Ensoniq Germany, March 7 -10. On the stand And, Keith Cohen was in mixing the kins produced with Thom Kidd at at 215-647 -3930. was ScreenSound, a digital audio 7- and 12-inch singles of Paula Abd- the board. Tom Pee assisted. Also, editing, mixing, and recording sys- ul's "Forever Your Girl" (follow -up Drama Club was in with producer FORMAT SWITCHER: Yamaha's tem for film and video postproduc- to "Straight Up ") for Virgin. Keni Burke working on a debut new FMC1 digital format converter tion and audio -for -video applica- Toni Childs was in at Genetic Mu- project for PolyGram. Kidd is a stereo digital audio format con- tions. ScreenSound is also available sic mixing tracks on her new song, manned the faders with Pee assist- verter used to transform the Ya- in a different configuration as Har- "Many Rivers To Cross," for her up- ing. coming world tour. Composer Willie maha proprietary digital format to rySound, designed to interface with JBL Professional uses new hi -tech Etra recorded the score for the Nick- All material for the Audio Track the three commonly used digital SSL sister company Quantel's Har- materials to make the new 2450J Con- elodeon channel's pilot "On The Tele- column should be sent to Debbie protocols: unbalanced SDIF -2, via ry digital video editing system. compression driver a lightweight yet vision." And, Jim Ervin recorded his Holley, Billboard, Fifth Floor, three BNC converters; CD /DAT, tact SSL at 212 -315 -1111. very powerful professional speaker 49 score for the new film, "Pandora's Music Square W, Nashville, Tenn. via an RCA -type pin jack; and AES/ Edited by STEVEN DUPLER component. EBU, via an XLR connector. The Lair." Richard Rosing engineered on 37203. 48 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com Sell -Thru Settles In To Vid Scene Slate Of Promos Signals Active Quarter LOS ANGELES Sell- through con- quarter activity: of "Yankee Doodle Dandy," tinues to gain a foothold as a bona Warner Home Video is looking "White Heat," "The Philadelphia fide year -round business as more to make a splash with The Wave, a Story," and "Arsenic And Old and more suppliers now regularly new ongoing sell- through program Lace" at $19.95. The April promo- drop in low -price catalog cam- starting May 17 that is the studio's tion will also feature six Jeanette paigns on standout theatrical most ambitious sell- through MacDonald and Nelson Eddy musi- product during each quarter. stance to date. Ten titles are inti- cals at $29.95 each: "Bitter For the most part, the sell - tially featured at $19.98: "Full Sweet," "The Girl Of The Golden through promos are still built Metal Jacket," "The Witches Of West," "Sweethearts," "I Married around big -title rental releases, Eastwick," "The Lost Boys," An Angel," "The Chocolate Sol- but sell- through release activity "Nuts," "Action Jackson," "Disor- dier," and "The Merry Widow." In appears to be at an all -time high. derlies," "Masters Of The Uni- May, the studio plans a slate of ac- Also, although the majority of sell - verse," "Moving," "Police Acade- tion /adventure films, including through titles are primarily priced my 5: Assignment Miami Beach," "American Ninja," "Breakheart no lower than $19.95, there is con- and "Surrender." These titles, Pass," "The Defiant Ones," "A tinuing speculation that studios says the studio, join more than 200 Few Dollars More," "Forced Ven- are eyeing even lower price points sell- through -priced WHV Best Of geance," "Pat Garrett And Billy for standout catalog product, part- The Lot titles. Warner will also The Kid," "Shaft," and "Telefon," ly as a result of pressure exerted prime the pump, it says, with local at $19.95 each. The May schedule by mass merchants and racks for co -op advertising funds available also includes such $29.95 offerings low video pricing. Even lower pric- as 8," "I Could Go On through participating distributors. "Butterfield Yol Smothers Brothers! Dick and Tom Smothers sign autographs for on which ing older hits -in the $15 MGM /UA Home Video, Singing," "I'll Cry Tomorrow," showgoers at the recent Toy Fair in New York. The comedy team was on hand a range -could come from the major enjoyed fourth quarter that saw "Pat And Mike," "The Postman to Brothers YO -YO Man Instructional Video." The 30- studios high promote "The Smothers as early as summer or fall, sell- through hit an all -time Always Rings Twice" (original minute how -to tape is currently available from Kodak Video Programs for say some observers. for the company, is offering both version), and "Random Harvest" $11.95. Here's a sampling of second- color and black- and -white versions (Continued on page 51) FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any RCA/Col Mails Best retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, -Of Billboard® recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Tape To 20,000 Dealers LOS ANGELES In an effort to company. Dealers not receiving TOP MUSIC VIDEOCASSETTES. reinvigorate its catalog -and in- it are encouraged to contact the dicative of the newer industry studio at 1- 800 -RCA -CPHV. I-- á Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. strategies being developed for Mass video dealer mailings O Ú y the marketing of older titles and have been catching on lately as a z Y 3 'n ó öx o= other -than -mega -A films -RCA/ newer marketing wrinkle (Bill- Vn r vi TITLE Copyright Owner, Principal 9 rd Columbia Pictures Home Video is board, March 4), particularly by ,N Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers atcc . m, shipping a 110- minute retrospec- smaller independent companies. * * No. 1 * * tive trailer to more than 20,000 In August, for example, Virgin Ultimate Production 1 1 9 MOONWALKER Michael Jackson 1988 LF 24.98 U.S. video dealers. Vision sent full -length screening CBS Music Video Enterprises 49009 Dealers will not be charged for copies of "Lady In White" and BRUCE PRINGSTEEN ANTHOLOGY: 2 2 CBS Music Video Enterprises 49010 Bruce Springsteen 1989 LF 24.98 this "Best Of RCA /Columbia more recently "Mr. North" to 7 1978 19S88 Pictures Home Video." The stu- more than 20,000 software deal- Bludgeon Riffola, LTD. 3 3 35 DEF LEPPARD: HISTORIA Def Leppard 1988 LF 24.95 dio wants to encourage dealers to ers. Forum is the latest vendor to PolyGram Music Video 080359 -3 play it in -store as a sales- incen- announce a 20,000 -plus dealer tive tool. The tape was slated to mailing of full- length screeners 4 4 29 FAITH CBS Music Video Enterprises 49000 George Michael 1988 SF 15.98 be shipped March 20, says the of "The Chocolate War." 5 7 3 A SHOW OF HANDS PolyGram Music Video 041760 -3 Rush 1989 LF 24.95 Elektra Records 6 5 65 ;19.98 HOME VID CLIFF'EM ALL! Metallica 1987 C 19.98 Elektra Entertainment 40106 -3 Atlantic Records Inc. 7 9 27 OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson 1988 SF 16.98 Atlantic Video 50123 -3 8 6 23 ROY ORBISON AND FRIENDS HBO Video 0073 Roy Orbison 1987 C 19.99 Polygram Records Inc. 10 63 SLIPPERY WHEN WET Jovi 1987 LF 19.98 9 Polygram Video 440 -041521 -3 Bon 10 NEW TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE PolyGram Music Video 041771 -3 Scorpions 1988 C 19.95 Island Records Inc. 15 141 U2 LIVE AT RED ROCKS U2 1984 C 19.95 11 MusicVision 6 -20613 Elektra /Asylum Records 8 93 MOTLEY CRUE UNCENSORED A2 Motley Crue 1986 LF 19.98 12 Elektra Entertainment 40104 -3 JANE'S ADDICTION: THE FAN'S Warner Bros. Records 20 3 Jane's Addiction 1989 SF 9.98 13 VIDEO Warner Reprise Video 38151 MADONNA CIAO ITALIA: LIVE FROM Sire Records 16 41 Madonna 1988 C 29.98 14 ITALY Warner Reprise Video 38141 -3 15 12 11 WICKED VIDEOS CBS Music Video Enterprises 49008 Ozzy Osbourne 1988 SF 14.98 Atlantic Records Inc. 11 15 GENESIS-VIDEOS VOLUME ONE Genesis 1988 LF 16.98 16 Atlantic Video 50129 -3 Megafarce Worldwide 17 14 3 LIVE ... +4 Frehleÿ s Comet 1988 SF 19.98 Atlantic Video 50131 -3 18 17 25 AEROSMITH'S 3 X 5 Geffen Home Video 38146 Aerosmith 1988 SF 15.98 19 13 23 12 WASTED YEARS MPI Home Video MP1613 Iron Maiden 1988 D 24.95 The Way They Were. A unique retrospective of Michael Jackson's career will be available from Vestron Video beginning May 3 for a list price of 20 NEW II. ONE MORE REASON PolyGram Music Video 041772 -3 L.A. Guns 1988 SF 12.95 $15.98. "Michael Jackson ... The Legend Continues" is highlighted by 25 RIAA gold certification for theatrical films. sales of 75.000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 or $1.2 million fo nontheatrical made - songs, including the music of the Jackson 5. Pictured here in a publicity shot for- home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of 150,000 units or suggested from the early '70s are, from left, Jermaine, Tito, Michael, Marlon, and Jackie. list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made -for -home -video product; 50,000 units or a value of $2 million for music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 49 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, VIDEO Billboard® recording, rSOME or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Chief Known For TOP VI D EOCASS ETTESSAL ES Changes 1- Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. a - U yy W w z o Raises Questions At MCA 3 3 o á fn TITLE re w Copyright Owner, Principal ' ó ç ÿ_ I- -1 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers » w ROB BLATTNER is just settling In Blattner, that is exactly what in at his new digs over at Universal they got. A conservative guy who ** No.1 ** Ultimate Production City, 1 1 10 MOONWALKER Michael Jackson 1988 NR 24.98 Calif., so it's a little early to dresses like a banker and speaks in CBS Music Video Enterprises 49009 start pestering him with questions careful, measured phrases, Paramount Pictures 2 2 4 U2 RATTLE AND HUM about what changes he'll make as Blattner will never be caught bad- Paramount Home Video 32228 U2 1988 PG -13 24.95 president of MCA Home Video. It's mouthing the competition or 3 4 9 JANE FONDA'S COMPLETE Lorimar/LightYear Ent. hard to believe that Blattner will spreading rumors. He is a bit shy WORKOUT Warner Home Video 650 Jane Fonda 1989 NR 29.98 embrace the status quo, though. As around the press and seems uptight SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S 25TH 4 5 5 president of RCA /Columbia Pic- during interviews, but the people ANNIVERSARY SWIMSUIT VIDEO HBO Video 0234 Various Artists 1989 NR 19.98 tures Home Video, Blattner engi- who have worked with him give him BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ANTHOLOGY: neered a highly controversial policy high marks for integrity and loyalty 5 3 7 1978 -1988 CBS Music Video Enterprises 49010 Bruce Springsteen 1989 NR 24.98 aimed at streamlining the compa- to his staff. Amblin Entertainment Henry Thomas 6 6 21 E.T. THE EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL 1982 PG 24.95 ny's distribution network. With Not surprisingly, the rank and MCA Home Video 77012 Dee Wallace Blattner at the helm, RCA /Colum- file at MCA say the jury is still out. Vestron Pictures Inc. Patrick Swayze 7 8 62 DIRTY DANCING 1987 PG -13 bia attempted to eliminate overlap- "I have spoken to him more in two Vestron Video 6013 Jennifer Grey 24.98 ping distribution territories and cut weeks than I spoke to Giaquinto in 8 7 24 CINDERELLA all but 10 distributors. two years," says one MCA staffer, Walt Disney Home Video 410 Animated 1950 G 26.99 The move toward fewer distribu- who asked not to be identified. Callan Productions Corp. 9 9 115 CALLANETICS 0 Callan tors infuriated a great many video "Most people seem to have a good MCA Home Video 80429 Pinckney 1986 NR 24.95 retailers. Dealers can now buy their impression but a lot of people seem Paramount Pictures Michael Douglas 10 11 21 FATAL ATTRACTION 1987 R 19.89 RCA /Columbia product only from nervous. Everyone is wondering Paramount Home Video 1 762 Glenn Close an authorized distributor, so if a re- what changes he'll make. Who is JANE FONDA'S LOW IMPACT Lorimar /LightYear Ent. 11 18 128 Jane Fonda 1986 NR tailer's regular distributor isn't in going to stay, who is going to go? AEROBIC WORKOUT Warner Home Video 070 29.98 the fold, he is The feeling is KATHY SMITH'S FAT BURNING forced to go there will be 12 12 19 WORKOUT Fox Hills Video FH1059 Kathy Smith 1988 NR 19.95 somewhere plenty of inter- Bludgeon Riffola, LTD. 13 10 35 DEF LEPPARD: HISTORIA pef Leppard 1988 NR else for RCA/ nal changes PolyGram Music Video 080359 -3 24.95 Columbia ti- but it's just 14 17 16 PLAYMATE tles. Of too early to VIDEO CALENDAR 1989 HBO Video 0510 Various Artists 1988 NR 19.99 course, this tell just what THE ALL NEW NOT -SO -GREAT 15 16 13 HBO Video 0025 Tim McCarver 1988 NR 14.99 prevents re- they'll be." MOMENTS IN SPORTS tailers from 16 32 2 RUSH: A SHOW OF HANDS PolyGram Music Video 041760 -3 Rush 1989 NR 24.95 bargain hunt- I TA DATA: ing and many now must use one dis- Just got back from my annual trek 17 20 76 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 Animated 1955 G tributor just for RCA /Columbia to the International Tape /Disc 29.95 product. And chances are that dis- Assn. meeting. I don't know wheth- 18 MICHAEL JORDAN: COME FLY WITH 19 5 CBS -Fox Video 2173 Michael Jordan 1989 NR 19.98 tributor is not going to give them er it is those fascinating slide shows the service and sales terms they on tape calibration or the lively pan- Paramount Pictures 19 23 22 BEVERLY HILLS COP II Eddie Murphy 1987 R 19.89 routinely get from their regular dis- el discussions on high -speed video Paramount Home Video 1 860 tributor. duplication, but for some reason 20 15 10 RAQUEL: LOSE 1OLBS. IN 3 WEEKS HBO Video 9892 Raquel Welch 1988 NR 19.99 Go to any gathering of video more and more home video big dealers and their hostility toward shots are making ITA. the scene at 21 14 67 PINK FLOYD THE WALL MGM /UA Home Video 400268 Bob Geldof 1982 R 19.95 the RCA /Columbia system quickly (You don't think it's the prospect of boils to in the surface. Some even say a few days the Florida sun, do 22 13 28 GEORGE MICHAEL -FAITH CBS Music Video Enterprises 49000 George Michael 1988 NR 15.98 they are boycotting the company's you ?) And it was nice to see Reg titles and are dealers Paramount Pictures Kevin Costner urging other Childs and Rand Bleimeister, of 23 22 19 THE UNTOUCHABLES 1987 R 19.89 to do likewise. Sure MCA, along Nelson Entertainment, all smiles. It Paramount Home Video 1886 Sean Connery Julie Andrews with Vestron and HBO, have cut seems they gambled on "Bill And 24 29 191 THE SOUND OF MUSIC CBS -Fox Video 1 051 1965 G 29.98 some distributors. But the RCA/ Ted's Excellent Adventure," a com- Christopher Plummer ANGELA LANSBURY: POSITIVE Columbia cuts were accompanied edy film that just about everyone 27 9 Wood Knapp Video 25 MOVES WK1016 Angela Lansbury 1988 NR 29.95 by a heavy- handed policy designed else passed on. Childs said the com- Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise to keep one distributor from selling pany, which now distributes its ti- 30 106 TOP GUN 26 Paramount Home Video 1629 Kelly McGillis 1986 PG 26.95 to another. tles through Orion, paid $1 million Lorimar /LightYear Ent. The big question: Will Blattner for the film, re-edited it, and came 21 173 JANE FONDA'S NEW WORKOUT Jane Fonda 1985 NR 29.98 27 Warner Home Video 069 initiate the same policy at his new up with a winner ... Also making Touchstone Pictures company? If he does, it will touch the scene was MCA Home Video's 28 38 33 GOOD MORNING VIETNAM Robin Williams 1987 R 29.95 Touchstone Home Video 660 off an even greater furor among re- senior VP Phil Pictaggi, who asked tailers as well as the distributors about the picture quality of Super - 29 26 124 SLEEPING BEAUTY Walt Disney Home Video 476 Animated 1959 G 29.95 who are left out in the cold. If he VHS videos recorded in the extend- Callan Productions Corp. how can he legitimize 30 28 23 SUPER CALLANETICS Callan Pinckney 1988 NR 24.95 doesn't, his ed play mode (a good question, but MCA Home Video 80809 decision to enforce regional distri- no one seemed to have an answer) JANE'S ADDICTION: THE FAN'S Warner Bros. Records 31 35 3 Jane's Addiction 1989 NR 9.98 bution at RCA /Columbia? And how ... Meanwhile, Media Entertain- VIDEO Warner Reprise Video 38151 will he address the thorny issue of ment president Peter Pirner re- price breaks for rackjobbers? laxed at pool side and wondered 32 NEW P. PLAYBOY'S SEXY LINGERIE HBO Video 0156 Various Artists 1989 NR 19.99 Keep in mind that the last thing why all the ITA events were over at Judy Garland 33 25 104 THE WIZARD OF OZ MGM /UA Home Video 60001 1939 G 29.95 MCA Home Video needs is more 1 p.m. "It would look better if they Ray Bolger bad press. Yes, they set the indus- had stuff all day. It would look Lorimar /LightYear Ent. 34 33 54 START UP WITH JANE FONDA Fonda try on its ear with "E.T. The Extra - more like work." Warner Home Video 077 Jane 1988 NR 19.95 Terrestrial," but the price breaks Paramount Pictures Marlon Brando 39 113 THE GODFATHER 1972 R 29.95 they gave rackjobbers didn't sit TWO SAD NOTES: Billboard 35 Paramount Home Video 8049 Al Pacino well with distributors. (At one sends its condolences to Sony exec- Warner Bros. Inc. Mel Gibson 36 39 LETHAL WEAPON 1987 R point, the National Assn. of Video utive VP J. Phillip Stack and fam- 36 Warner Home Video 11709 Danny Glover 19.98 Distributors asked ily. 15- -old that the compa- His year son, Matthew Omar Sharif 37 24 25 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO MGM /UA Home Video 900003 1965 PG 29.95 ny resign its membership.) Then died of unknown causes March 17. Julie Christie came word that company president The elder Stack, who gave the open- Gene Giaquinto would step down ing remarks at the ITA meet, asks 38 31 48 KATHY SMITH'S STARTING OUT Fox Hills Video FH1027 Kathy Smith 1987 NR 19.95 following allegations that he has that memorials be offered to the VIDEO CENTERFOLD -35TH 39 37 16 HBO Video 0511 Fawna MacLaren 1988 NR 19.99 ties to organized crime. Upper Saddle River N.J. Ambu- ANNIVERSARY PLAYMATE In hiring a replacement for Gia- lance Corps. Also, get -well wishes Julie Andrews 40 40 146 MARY POPPINS Walt Disney Home Video 23 1964 G 29.95 quinto, the top brass at the studio to Jane Ayer. The head of publicity Dick Van Dyke obviously wanted a highly recogniz- for MCA Home Video has been ITA gold certification for a minimum sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released prog ams, able figure with a squeaky-clean stricken with pneumonia. or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. 0 ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of image. 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. 50 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com HOME VIDEO SELL -THRU SETTLES IN (Continued from page 49) CBS /Fox Video, in an effort to augment a second -quarter promo- tion that features "Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers," "Alien Nation," and "Cocoon: The Return," has two May promotions set. The first is a Betty Grable col- lection at $19.98 each, featuring ti- tles such as "Pin Up Girl" and "The Farmer Takes A Wife." The dealer cutoff date is May 9; the street date is May 25. The second promotion, dubbed Hollywood Goes To War, features "The De- sert Fox," "Tora! Tora! Tora!," "The Longest Day," "Twelve O'Clock High," "The Sand Peb- bles," "Von Ryan's Express," and others at $19.98 each. The dealer cutoff date is May 9; the street date is May 25. For April, the com- pany will feature a First Ladies Of Film campaign -a 12 -title selec- tion at $19.98 each, including "Baby Boom," "Raising Arizona," "Black Widow," "Peggy Sue Got Warner, MGM /UA, LEGE N s CBS /Fox, HBO, MOTOWN New World, and PRODUCf1ONS°i (i PRODUCTIONS° P.e.,t, Republic all have Presents 2nd quarter campaigns set t Married," and others that boast highly recognizable leading ladies. the The street date is April 20. April Temptations also sees an 11 -title Charlie Chap- lin collection at $19.98 each, which includes such venerables as "Mod- ern Times," "The Great Dictator," and "City Lights." HBO Video will have a Spring Fling beginning April 19 that high- Four lights special- interest, music - based, and theatrical titles, rang- Tops ing from $14.99 -$19.99. In the mix are 10 $19.95 science -fiction horror titles: "Dreamscape," "Highland- er," "Final Mission," "The Phila- delphia Experiment," "Near Dark," "The Evil Dead," "Link," "The Believers," "The Manhattan Tops Project," and "The Terminator." *New World is repricing "The Hosted By Killing Time" at $19.95 in June. In SMOKEY ROBINSON Spec Guest Stars Hosted By Stevie Wonder addition, the company is offering NIC ,,99SHFOP.O "No Retreat, No Surrender," & MENU SIMPSON Sr.! I.,,. Nu tnlHe Franklin "Knights Of The City," and "Mak- Akao ing Contact" at $14.95, and "Wild CATALOG NO 95600 CATALOG NO. 95610 About Hammer" and "All Shook APPROX. RUNNING TIME 60 MINS. APPROX. RUNNIIIG TIME. 60 MINS. COLOR /SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES /SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES Up" at $9.95. COLOR *Republic is releasing six clas- sics April 19 at $19.95 each. These include "The Pawnbroker," "The Never before has there been two videos packed with so much explosive excitement. With legendary hosts Stevie Court -Martial of Billy Mitchell," Wonder and Smokey Robinson to give intimate looks at THE TEMPTATIONS and FOUR TOPS and MARVIN GAYE, $19.95 SLGGESTED LIST PRICE "Flying Tigers," "The Fighting these videos are perfect for collectors, fans -old and new, as gifts or to just watch and listen to over and over again. Seabees," "Julius Caesar," and "Copacabana." In HI -Fl stereo, at the low price of $19.95 each, and with special guests Aretha Franklin, Nick Ashford and Valerie Indicative of the considerable Simpson, these two video cassettes are perfect for everyone who has listened to the MOTOWN LEGENDS. activity going on at the smaller -in- dependent- suppliers level is Vid- mark's Price Chisel /Summer May ORDER DATE: APRIL 11, 1989 promotion that features "The Un- FRIES HOME VIDEO STREET DATE: APRIL 25, 1989 MOTOWN PRODUCTIONS® o HOME VIDEO A Mason of writ Grand Emertainment nameable," "Stagecoach," and subsidiary Fries Entertainment Inc. A a of Motown Roductons Presentation Froduced by MSS, Inc 1986 MSS. Inc. "Adios Amigo" at $24.95, and "Banzai Runner" and "Nightmare In Badham County" at $19.95. The titles can be bought in a five -pack at $99.95. The preorder date is May 13 with a street date set for May 31. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 51 www.americanradiohistory.com ¡lOME VIDEO Intl Harmony To Unleash 1st `Metal Monthly' NEW YORK The first volume of a new "uncensored" monthly The Scandal that Rocked a Nation. videocassette magazine that promises to capture "the raw energy, humor, and bone- crush- ing perversity of heavy metal and rock'n'roll music" is slated for release in May. Produced by Stuart S. Sha- piro, the producer of the USA Network series "Night Flight" and the cult film "Mondo New York," "The Metal Monthly" will feature concert footage, in- terviews with stars, cartoons from Japan, and even cooking classes from metal and rock artists. "For the first time, this scene will be presented in all its manic authenticity," says Shapiro, president of International Har- mony, the Los Angeles -based firm that plans to launch the "videozine." "Because of the groundbreaking nature of vid- eocassette magazine releases, as a bonus, I am offering record companies the chance to have free advertising for their latest releases at the end of each edi- tion in exchange for their sup- port." The company says it has set a tentative list price of $14.95 for each monthly cassette. VIDEO REVIEWS This column offers a critical look at recent nontheatrical video re- leases. Suppliers interested in see- ing their cassettes reviewed in this column should send VHS cassettes EIGHfMENOUT to Al Stewart, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y 10036'. Please include the running time and suggested retail price. It was 1919, a year eight men, for $80,000, would break all the rules... "Anthrax, N.F.V." Island Records, 75 minutes, $19.95 and the hearts of every kid in America. Anthrax distinguishes itself from the speed metal pack through a Starring box -office favorites Charlie Sheen ( "Platoon" "Wall Street ") sense of humor, a hardcore punk in- fluence, and a tight, fiercely ener- D. B. Sweeney ( "Gardens of Stone") and Christopher Lloyd ( "Taxi;' "Back To The Future ") getic stage show; the latter is well - highlighted in this concert vid filmed at London's Hammersmith PRODUCTION "EIGHT MEN OUT" JOHN CUSACK CLIFTON JAMES A SANFORDIPILLSBURY Odeon in 1987. The live sequences MICHAEL LERNER CHRISTOPHER LLOYD CHARLIE SHEEN DAVID STRATHAIRN D. B. SWEENEY include Anthrax's classics, "Mad- house" and "Indians," and are inter- MUSIC MASON DARING EDITOR JOHN TINTORI PR DES C ION NORA CHAVOOSHIAN PH IOTOGRAPHY ROBERT RICHARDSON spersed with the customary back- ENECLT1YE PRODUCED stage footage. PRODUCERS BARBARA BOYLE AND JERRY OFFSAY CO -PRODUCER PEGGY RADSKI SARAH PILLSBURY AND MIDGE SANFORD With two gold records under a BASED ON WRITTENEORTHESCREEN their belt (the The Man" EP 1 GPARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED y "I'm E THEBOOKBY ELIOT ASINOF AND DIRECTEDBY JOHN A An 1PICTURES Release SOME MAMMAL MAY r SUITABLE FOR and the "State of Eupho- HOME VIDEO .' Aron Rome A" Rgms current ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON VARESE SARABANDE RECORDS CASSETTES AND COMPACT DISCS "AA RAW'. ria"), the New York -based thrash- Prints By Deluxe. I READ THE BOOK FROM HENRY HOLT & COMPANY í ers are on the Metallica -paved path to commercial success. "N.F.V." ORDER CUT OFF DATE: APRIL 11 STREET DATE: APRIL 27 will no doubt be snapped up by many of the metalheads who made Metallica's "Cliff Em' All" compi- lation a platinum seller. DAINA DARZIN "Sports Illustrated's Boxing's (Continued on next page) 52 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com HOME VIDEO VIDEO REVIEWS (Continued from preceding page) Best: Grudge Fights," HBO Video, 60 minutes, $19.99. Anyone who loves professional boxing will delight in this wonder- ful retrospective that profiles a number of legendary contests. In- cluded in this survey are the con- troversial "long count" bout be- STEVE MARTIN MICHAEL CAINE tween Dempsey and Tunney, the Louis -Schmeling fight complete with all the political furor that sur- rounded it, and the Ali- Frazier "thriller in Manila." However, the 2C7,73 best feature of this program is that it does not restrict itself to the heavyweights. As a result, view- "...They're mean, they're nasty, ers are treated to the Graziano- Zale wars, Willy Pep vs. Sandy they're no good, and Saddler, and Sugar Ray Robinson fighting Gene Fullmer and Car- they're awfully funny... Those men Basilio. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Although the in- studio commen- tary by Barry Tompkins and Larry conned me. I loved every Merchant adds little to the program, minute of things do pick up a bit when Mu- it." hammad Ali and "Smokin "' Joe Fra- Joel Siegel, ABC-TV zier appear on the scene. From the opening bell right through the last punch, this tape is a knockout and should post championship sell - through numbers. RICHARD T. RYAN "Journey Through Fairyland," Ce- lebrity Home Entertainment, 95 minutes, $39.95. Easily the best portion of this pro- gram is the soundtrack consisting of more than 20 classical composi- tions. Included are such selections as Tchaikovsky's "Waltz Of The Flowers" and Rimsky -Korsakov's "Flight Of The Bumblebee," as well as excerpts from Beethoven's Sym- phony No. 5. Unfortunately, the sto- ry line about a young boy who uses the power of music to save Flowerland from certain destruc- tion is hardly up to the score. In fact, the video seems more like an NATIONAL TELEVISION (Continued on next page) ADVERTISING 4obc 2 -Free Offer NBC Makes Splash YIISIC TELEVISION VIDEO HITS ONE For Southgate BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER STREET DATE. LOS ANGELES Buy one, get two free. That's the new-and unique -initial marketing wrin- "RASCALLY HANDSOME" kle from newly formed South- FULL SIZE STANDEE gate Entertainment. Contact your distributor for details According to Southgate pres- about this special promotional item. ident Yoram Pelman, former head of Trans World Entertain- ment, retailers who buy one copy of "Offerings" and /or ORDER CUT-OFF DATE: JUNE 6TH. STREET DATE: JUNE 22ND. "Violent Zone," both with $89.95 suggested lists, will re- A FRANK OZ FILM STEVE MARTIN MICHAEL CAINE ceive two free copies. Both "DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS" movies will be offered in three - stararg w, GLENNE HEADLY ANTON RODGERS ans BARBARA HARRIS Music By MILES GOODMAN packs with a prebook date of EddedBy STEPHEN A. ROTTER and WILLIAM SCHARF Rod ucfionDesgneeBy ROY WALKER a rector ofPfarograpny MICHAEL BALLHAUS A.SC. May 8 and a street -date release ExeculiseROaucers DALE LAUNER and CHARLES HIRSCHHORN WrBlenBy DALE und of May 26. LAUNER STANLEY SHAPIRO & PAUL HENNING PGI PDAENTu MOM SUGGESTED anon byDEluxe m Produces By BERNARD WILLIAMS DireceaB, FRANK OZ PICTI/n(S Rebase Pelman says he opted for this SOME WTENUE Wx No.! r,T..0 folL o.nli.I O ON approach to kick off his new company instead of spending a © 1989 Orion Home Video. All Rights Reserved. p Closed Captioned. In VHS and Beta. Hi -Fi- Stereo. Q Closed Captioned by NCI. Used with Permission. substantial amount of money on advertising to herald the Southgate arrival. The three - for -one deal will be available on Southgate's first two titles and will not be an ongoing policy. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 53 www.americanradiohistory.com HOME VIDEO M.R.S. Touts Horseplay In Equestrian Vid The outrageous comedy about the world's greatest detective LOS ANGELES M.R.S. Enter- prises here has released an and his bumbling partner... Sherlock Holmes. equestrian special- interest tape, "Stefanie Powers- Intro- duction To Horseback Riding And Horse Care," at a $39.95 suggested list price. MICHAEL CAINE & BEN KINGSLEY Produced by Mickey Shapiro and directed by Martin Pitts, the title focuses on the funda- mentals of horseback riding, in- cluding grooming, tack, sad- dling and mounting, washing, feeding, and safety. Actress Powers is an accomplished horsewoman. WITfiOUTA In addition to independent U.S. distribution and targeted distribution through equestrian industry specialty stores, distri- bution is set for outside the U.S. in both broadcast and home video formats, according to M.R.S. head Shapiro, a noted entertainment producer /attor- ney. The Powers video is the sec- ond in a planned series of spe- cial- interest titles from M.R.S., the first being the recent "Duck Hunting With David Cory And Jerry West." The company has also pro- duced a number of one -hour music specials featuring artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, and Exile, as well as "Jamboree In The Hills," a 75- minute compila- tion featuring a number of art- ists, including the Oak Ridge Boys, the Judds, the Nitty Grit- ty Dirt Band, and others. VIDEO REVIEWS (Continued from preceding page) excuse for the music than anything else. Although there are moments young people might enjoy, they are too few and far between. Given the rather obscure plot and the exces- sive length, it is difficult to imagine youngsters taking all of this in at one sitting. R.T.R. "Karate Breakers," Parade Video, 30 minutes, $9.95. Don't be deceived by the title or the packaging. In this tedious pro- gram, viewers are treated to close - ups of martial arts students shatter- ORDER GUT -OFF DATE: MAY 9th STREET DATE: MAY 2 5th ing a variety of objects, including boards, bricks, and baseball bats. However, all those stunts are mere- NINGSLEV IIC ENIERIAINMENI GI P Presems MICHAEL CAINE BEN " WIIHOOI A LLOE" JEfIREV JONES LVSEIIE ANIHONVd d PAUL FREEMAN ly a prelude to the dramatic finale in which Bob Fabrey shatters 1,000 P -= tsil HEM MANCINI won o GARV MORPHV & ARRV SJ A W1HER 1[od14byMARC S11RNAN1 ;=ITCWp pounds of clear ice with a single blow from his hand. Punis by OetuKe'° t31 I"' Y7Ctsed Caliooed by NCI Used web Permissioo- Q °mo Unfortunately, none of this is Orion light<, Reserved. Nights Reserved. An V VI l PICTURES Pe/ease ©1989 Nome Video. Ai olfeCled WIN EBER E AR 01 HtEBiAINMEN16muD. All HOME V! D :E O half as exciting as it sounds, and at least one third of the tape is devoted to the stacking of the ice blocks -in an obvious attempt to build sus- pense. Despite the enormous popu- larity of karate and other such disci- plines in the U.S., it is difficult to imagine this listless program shat- tering any kind of sell- through rec- ord. R.T.R. 54 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, Bi1Iboardm recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ¡lOME VIDEO TOP SPECIAL INTEREST Hi -Tech 01 The '90s VIDEOCASSETTES. snLes Explored At ITA Meet 1- ç Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. O = U Y In West Palm Beach Q 3 uÌ o p t. ,) Y vi TITLE Copyright Owner, Remarks d Some 400 representatives from firms I Ñ Manufacturer, Catalog Number 3 in involved in all facets of magnetic media traveled to West Palm Beach, Fla., March 8 -11 for the 19th annual TM RECREATIONAL SPORTS International Tape/Disc Assn. seminar. The meeting, dubbed New * * NO. 1 * * Technologies: Leading The Industry Video Reel Bob Mann's methods increase players' 1 1 117 AUTOMATIC GOLF O 14.95 Simitar Entertainment, Inc. VA 39 drive by 30 to 80 yards. Into The '90s, featured an itinerary that explored such cutting -edge topics as SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S 25TH Behind- the -scenes footage of the making 5 5 HBO Video 0234 2 ANNIVERSARY SWIMSUIT VIDEO of the famous swimsuit issue. recordable discs for audio and video, -VHS, high -speed video NOT SO GREAT MOMENTS IN Tim McCarver hosts this compilation of Super and 3 6 61 HBO Video 0024 14.95 SPORTS sports' most memorable goofs. duplication. Opening remarks were NFL Films Video Jonathan Winters hosts this newest given by J. Phillip Stack, executive VP 4 7 25 NFL TV FOLLIES 1995 Fox Hills Video football follies program. of Sony Corp. of America, pictured at THE ALL NEW NOT -SO -GREAT Tim McCarver hosts more compilations left, who discussed his company's 5 4 17 HBO Video 0025 14 99 MOMENTS IN SPORTS of sports' most memorable goofs. plans for the new 8mm high -band Tim Conway displays the fun -damentals camcorders. 6 3 89 DORF ON GOLF J2 Communications J2 -0009 29.95 of golf in this spoof of how-to's. 7 THE BEST OF THE FOOTBALL NFL Films Video NFL's best and fynniest football 2 95 1995 FOLLIES Fox Hills Video bloopers fill this compilation. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED -GET THE NFL Films Video Highlights from the greatest moments in 8 13 8 FEELING POWER HBO Video 0092 sports accentuating power. 14.99 Highlights from the World's Heavyweight 9 13 23 MIKE TYSON'S GREATEST HITS HBO Video 0088 19.99 champ's best matches. NFL Films Video Sarcasm, slapstick and action set to to 16 3 FOOTBALL FOLLIES 19.95 Fox Hills Video music highlight this blooper video. Easy -to- follow guide for the beginning 11 10 117 GOLF MY WAY WITH JACK NICKLAUS Worldvision Home Video 2001 84.95 golfer. WARREN MILLER'S LEARN TO SKI Lorimar Home Video 9 67 A definitive guide to the art of skiing. 24.95 12 BETTER Warner Home Video 103 LITTLE LEAGUE'S OFFICIAL HOW -TO Basic instructions for any aspiring young 13 11 59 Mastervision 19.95 PLAY BASEBALL BY VIDEO ballplayer. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED -GET THE NFL Films Video Highlights of some of the fastest The and future of Super -VHS is by five 14 19 19 14.99 current status potential discussed FEELING: SPEED HBO Video 0091 moments in sport's history. industry executives. Pictured, from left, are Harry Elias, senior VP of JVC of THE OFFICIAL 1988 WORLD SERIES Includes all the excitement of the America; Yuhas, VP /video Panasonic Industrial; 15 14 11 CBS -Fox Video 2199 19.98 Steve of audio group VIDEO showdown between L.A. & Oakland. Michael Capko, president of Video Marketing Services; Hugh C. Coppen, LEE TREVINO'S PRICELESS GOLF Pro Lee Trevino reveals the golfing 16 15 47 Paramount Home Video 12623 1995 president of VTR Productions Ltd., a duplicator; and Hamilton Bryan, TIPS VOLUME 1 techniques that made him famous. president of Super Source Video. ARNOLD PALMER: PLAY GREAT GOLF Mastering the Fundamentals focuses on 17 17 89 Vestron Video 2038 39 98 VOLUME 1 the basic mechanics of golf. BASKETBALL WITH LARRY Ball handling skills taught by Celtic great 18 43 WINNING Kodak Video Programs 19.95 18 BIRD 8118770 Larry Bird and others. 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All sales are final. .i.03° ---"''''...---<:- BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 57 www.americanradiohistory.com MENT Hitchcock Puts Twist On Legends `Queen Elvis' Is New Jewel In His Crown tarist's second recording for a ma- Bob Dylan and John Lennon. BY EVELYN McDONNELL jor U.S. label, his fourth studio al- Unlikely subject matter contin- NEW YORK " `Queen Elvis' is a bum with his band the Egyptians ued to prevail in his work with the mixture of two unreal elements," (Andy Metcalfe and Morris Wind- Egyptians, with whom he teamed says Robyn Hitchcock, explaining sor), and his 10th album since he in 1986. By that time, however, he the title of his latest album on had cultivated a dedicated core of A &M Records. "The Queen and El- followers, fertilized by the alterna- vis are both known and unknown The Queen isn't as tive press and college radio. In quantities. There are pictures of 1988, "Globe Of Frogs," his A &M them, but nobody knows anything sexy as Elvis, but debut, sold 125,000 copies -an ex- about them. ceptionally strong showing for a "We've got the Queen over in she's British' "cult" artist. England, and you've got Elvis, "We haven't really changed Four Hearts. "Two Hearts" writers Lamont Dozier, right, and Phil Collins, who's pretty much the national formed the Soft Boys in 1976. very much what we do," Hitchcock second from left, join Atlantic Records chairman Ahmet Ertegun, left, Teddy icon here," Hitchcock adds, be- Queen Elvis (the concept) is a explains, pushing aside any sellout and Kennedy Jr. in New York to tween gulps of a pink borsch he suitable metaphor for the dilem- charges. "The philosophy behind it announce the naming of the tune as the official theme song of the International Very Special Arts Festival to be held in June in dubs "Michael Stipe's blood" mas the idiosyncratic performer is hasn't changed. It's simply a mat - Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chuck Pulin) (named in honor of the lead singer grappling with. How long can an (Continued on next page) for R.E.M., for which Hitchcock artist survive in the alternative has been serving as an opening market? How does a cult figure act). adapt to fame? And why is a Brit- "The Queen isn't as sexy as El- ish artist worshipped in the States vis, but the Queen is British and in- and scorned in the U.K.? Annual scrutable, and Elvis is flamboyant Hitchcock's career has been a 3rd SxSW Confab: The Sounds, and groovy and dead. And between series of seeming impossibilities. them, that sort of sums up Anglo- The Soft Boys' experimental psy- American relations as far as I'm chedelia sounded curious amid the The Sports, The Soul Of Austin concerned. Or stick 'em together fallout of punk. As a solo perform- and you've got a perfect Anglo- er, Hitchcock weaved parables out This week's Beat was written by associate editor ing quick sorties an easy proposition. Tens of thousands American hybrid." of kaleidoscopic imagery; Captain Chris Morris in Austin, Texas. crammed the bars and clubs there that evening, creating "Queen Elvis" (the album) is the Beefheart and the Incredible a high-energy conga line that clogged the sidewalks. English singer /songwriter /gui- String Band were as influential as LONE STAR BEAT: Any music biz convention that The night's itinerary of club stops began with the kicks off with an invocation by Mojo Nixon and con- Steamboat, where country rocker Rosie Flores held cludes with a softball- game-cum-barbecue featuring live forth; next was two-storied Club Cairo, for a quick taste Chapman, Aerosmith Among Nominees gospel music is a little bit different. And that's precisely of Minneapolis folkie Paul Metsa; then Santi's Live, for what the third annual South By Southwest Music & Me- a few welcome numbers by the fiery -picking Evan dia Conference, better known as SxSW, proved to be. Johns & the H- Bombs; and finally the Black Cat, where Boston Sets Music Awards The Beat traveled to Austin, Texas, for SxSW, held this columnist chatted briefly with his favorite L.A.- March 17 -19, to moderate a press based Texas transplants, the award nominations. Aerosmith, panel, participate in a critics' members of the hard -charging BY DAVID WYKOFF Brown, Chapman, New Edition, workshop moderated by Gil blues -rock group Red River. BOSTON Bobby Brown, Tracy and New Kids On The Block go Asakawa of Denver's While a number of outstand- Chapman, Treat Her Right, Aero- head -to -head for the high -profile Westword, and check out the ing acts were also performing in smith, and 'Til Tuesday were an- "act of the year" award. The "ris- city's still- electrifying local mu- TN the Sixth Street region -among nounced as the leading nominees ing star" award, a recognition of sic scene. Some 1,500 registrants them Austin's Jimmie Dale Gil- for the third annual Boston Music up- and -comers, offers the choices participated in SxSW III, which more at the Driskill Ballroom Awards, to be held at the 4,200 - of Extreme, Figures On A Beach, actually kicked off March 16 and, Atlanta's Michelle Malone seat Wang Center on April 25. Throwing Muses, Treat Her Right, with a business open house and the Austin Music & Drag The River, the Rev. Mojo Nixon, and Skid Rop- In all, 143 nominees in 39 catego- and the Zulus. Awards, which were justly swept by Joe Ely. The event er at Liberty Lunch -the Beat wound up fleeing the ries (cutting across the genres of With more than 20 area acts was co-sponsored by the city's excellent, music- oriented area to hit the closely packed confines of the Hole In The rock, R &B, jazz, folk, reggae, hard cracking the national charts over paper the Austin Chronicle, BMI, and 16 other publica- Wall on Guadalupe. rock, and rap) were named at the the past six months, it has been a tions from around the country. There three unsigned acts of considerable talent per- March 9 press conference here. banner year for Boston -area talent. Many thanks to SxSW execs Roland Swenson, Louis formed: Austin's David Halley and Alejandro Esco- The nominees were culled from a "I think that people are being re- Black, Nick Barbaro, and Louis Jay Meyers for throw- vedo (the latter the former leader of Austin's late, la- vote made by local music profes- minded once again that Boston's ing the most enlightening and entertaining industry con- mented True Believers, now playing a semi -acoustic set) sionals. music scene is one of the country's vention the Beat has ever attended. and Madison, Wis.' Rousers, a tight blues -rock unit led Brown led the way with eight biggest and most important," says by the Beat's old friend Frank Furillo. nominations; Chapman scored six, awards co-director Candace Avery. MAKING THE ROUNDS: The most attractive ele- Not satiated and still ambulatory, the Beat settled in Treat Her Right five, and Aero- The awards will be decided by a ment of SxSW is its evenings of talent showcases, which at the close of the night at Antone's again, where Doug smith and 'Til Tuesday four. Other vote split 50-50 between public ballots this year were held nightly in the city's 21 music venues. Sahm played a predictably rough'n'tumble set that fea- notable nominees include New (available in the Boston Herald and at Some 250 bands from all over the country played, mak- tured guest Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunder- Kids On The Block, Brown's for- Strawberries Records and Tapes out- ing pub-crawling a delectable (and somewhat hazard- birds. It was the climax of the most singularly exhaust- mer band New Edition, Al B. lets between March 19-30) and an in- ous) chore for the registrants. The shows were also open ing and exhilarating night of live-date-going this corre- Sure!, Pat Metheny, Carly Simon, dustry vote of agents, club owners, to the public; nonregistrants who paid $10 could make spondent has ever indulged in. Chick Corea, and Maurice Starr. music critics, DJs, and record label the scene as well. In testimony to the diversity of personnel. Arriving late on March 17, the Beat opted for a trip to PLAY BALL: Talent fared less well on the baseball dia- area talent, no one musical clique Though performers and awards Clifford Antone's spacious club on Guadalupe Street, mond the following day, when both band teams fielded or genre dominated the major (Continued on page 62) which was crowded with a combination of SxSW troops in the SxSW softball tournament were eliminated in the and St. Patrick's Day celebrants. Antone's is also the first round. This no doubt chagrined Loud Bands team home of a growing independent record label that just re- captain Mike Hall of Austin's great (and unsigned!) leased Sir Doug Sahm's album, "Juke Box Music," a Wild Seeds, who sounded vaguely like Tommy Lasorda must-have item for any Texas -rock aficionado. in the early stages of the afternoon. At Antone's that first night, the Beat was treated to The press, informally known as "the Scribes," was an outstanding set by the incredibly underrated blues - captained by the Chronicle's Nick Barbaro and included rock vocalist Marcia Ball and an outing by local legend such resolute players and good colleagues as Don MARIANNE and nonpareil blues singer Lou Ann Barton. McLeese of the Chicago Sun-Times and John Voland of the Houston Post. Although the team's starting batt- SIXTH STREET INSANITY: The big music damage tery, Corcoran and the Beat, were both nursing debili- took place March 18, when the Beat prowled Sixth tating hangovers, the Scribes nonetheless trounced ra- "FERNANDO " Street with Michael "Corky" Corcoran, a longtime dio and record label teams. (The live music of the Gospel Austin music writer who recently relocated to Chicago. Echoes may have beveled a few rough edges). Sixth Street might be favorably compared to New Or- Ultimately, however, the print media sportsmen lost leans' Bourbon Street, or New York's 52nd Street dur- the finals to a team of local club managers and talent FAITHFUL ing the heyday of bebop. Seemingly every other store- buyers, proving that the pen may be mightier than the front on this college-town main drag is a nightclub, mak- sword, but is no match for the beer tap. 58 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com TLENT PUBLICITY PRINTS ARTIST Lithographed on Meaty Gloss Stock launch the album in the U.S. Show Of Hands performed the LuAnn Olson are now preparing BLACK & WHITE 8x10's ahead of the U.K. is explained as SRO Chinese shows as opening for a March -April tour. The road DEVELOPMENTS - 1000 - $90.00 a "throw of the gauntlet" at a act for a relatively unknown swing, which will see the group 500 $65.00 British music industry and press country act and a cover band. headlining clubs and working as COLOR 'REDBIRD' LAUNCH founded more on egos and fashion "None of [the acts] was known at an opener in larger venues, will 1000 - $396.00 Andy Perry, the revolutionary than on progressive politics. all in China, but people still show take them up the West Coast and Above Prices Include Typesetting a Freight 8x10 Photo - Check or M.O. mainstay of Easterhouse, says "You're either in the game or up to see them," Hickey says. as far east as Colorado. Send that the technopop sheen of the not," says Perry. "We're taking With a David Kershenbaum- "We're looking forward to Full Color & B/W Posters British group's current Columbia the new career approach because produced debut album for I.R.S. doing record stores, radio Composites - Cards - Other Sizes album, "Waiting For The Red- we have a real fight for survival under their belts, Hickey and stations, and whatever else comes +a+ Send For Catalog & Samples bird," is no commercial capitula- on our hands." JIM BESSMAN partners Randell Kirsch and along," Hickey says. "We'd like tion. to be able to play any sort of PICTURES "It's not a sellout, but a better SHOW ON THE ROAD situation." Now Show Of Hands has 1861 E. Florida, Dept. 88 packaging of revolution," says that Is the band up to the challenge? Springfield, MO 65803 Perry, who shucked the band conquered the People's Republic TALENT "We warmed up in China," Hickey (417) 869-9433 or 869 -3456 mates heard on the 1986 album of China, the group is getting (Continued on page 62) debut "Contenders" after initial ready to take its show to IN ACTION success proved distracting. America. Calling his group's current Last October, the Los Angeles - 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 stance "a more American ap- based, acoustic -oriented trio proach to the music business," performed nine shows in NEIL DIAMOND Perry adds, "We know there's a Shanghai, playing to sold -out Brendan Byrne Arena musical gap between us and what crowds of 13,000- before the East Rutherford, N.J. people want to listen to, so our band even had an American "900" Reasons to Call ideas are now more concise, disci- album in release. YOU COULD TELL this wasn't the plined, and 'hard sell.' " "An organization called China typical concert crowd with one Indeed, songs like the first sin- Amusement and Leisure in Santa glance at the Byrne Arena parking gle "Come Out Fighting" and the Monica [Calif.] set it up," explains lot. Gone were the usual Firebirds guitarist /vocalist Chris Hickey. title track ( "redbird" is slang for and Camaros. Instead, the lot was a a Russian nuclear weapon) show "They're a private company that showroom for four -door sedans They - no softening of Perry's political brings shows to China. the better to carry the thirty - stance. Even the decision to made it happen." somethings, fortysomethings, and fiftysomethings to Neil Diamond's ACI show here Feb. 17. AUDIO On the second of three sold-out COMMUNICATIONS nights, Diamond didn't disappoint, pushing all the right buttons during INCORPORATED his 21/2-hour show. Although the newer material from his Columbia 702- 251 -7732 album, "The Best Years Of Our Lives," caused the quietest reaction of the evening, there was no deny- ing the power of his back catalog, which jolted several standing ova- 900 Hotlines Provide tions out of the crowd. On the road since December, Dia- mond was in rather hoarse voice, losing the upper end several times. ^ Promotion For YOUR client. But -piece cov- - his seven band neatly ered the gaps, as did backup singer ONE 2 MANY: Dag Kolsrud, Camilla Griehsel, and Jan Gisle Ytterdal. Fun For YOUR fans. Linda Press, who drew strong ap- - clients' plause for her duet with Diamond on "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." ^ Dollars - For EVERYONE! THE Dressed in bolero blouse and NEW ON CHARTS black pants, Diamond kept the pace Norwegian group One 2 Many makes its debut on Billboard's Hot brisk in order to cover his miles of 100 with "Downtown," a single from its A &M album, "Mirror." The hits. Reaching as far back as 1966's trio consists of keyboardist Dag Kolsrud, vocalist Camilla Griehsel, "Cherry Cherry," the 48- year -old Call ACI Today! If you represent and guitarist Jan Gisle Ytterdal. performer's set spanned such nug- Kolsrud decided to form his own group in 1987, after working as mu- gets as "Desiree," "Forever In Blue or manage a music talent, sical director for fellow Norwegian band a -Ha's 1986-87 world tour. Jeans," "Hello Again," and "Heart - Griehsel, a native of Sweden, began singing in church choirs and light." The star yielded the spot- and you're looking for a unique earned a living performing in a Swiss piano bar. She met Kolsrud light only for a brief instrumental through a mutual friend and sent him a demo tape; after enlisting Yt- by his band. promotional "push" for YOUR terdal, Kolsrud invited her to complete the trio. The predictable encore was One 2 Many has enjoyed major success in its native country: "Down- "America," Diamond's anthemic client, we have your number for town" spent nine weeks at No. 1 there, and "Mirror" received gold cer- tribute to immigration, highlighted tification. The album was produced by Kolsrud and John Hudson, best by an American flag dropping down success. It's a "900" telephone known for his work with Tina Turner. JIM RICHLIANO behind the stage. BRUCE HARING (Continued on next page) number! Call ACI, AT&T's largest Dial -it 900 provider. HITCHCOCK PUTS NEW TWIST ON LEGENDS (Continued from preceding page) ter of getting into an expansionist trendy for about 10 minutes, when Hitchcock and A &M hope to OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T KNOCK mode that we weren't in before. we were on the same label as Elvis heat things further with "Queen But I think that's just because we Costello," Hitchcock says. But Elvis." "We see this as an opportu- ANYMORE, IT RINGS!!! were in a strange, isolated posi- eventually he realized that most of nity to develop an artist who al- tion. We evolved in a vacuum, real- his records were selling as imports ready sold over six figures," says ly" in the U.S. Tom Corson, the label's executive In England, he still operates in a "It's this whole difference be- director of product development. vacuum. Despite a tour and his tween heating up a wash basin and "We've got the alternative mar- Contact: Charles DeNatale own promotional efforts, "Globe heating up a swimming pool," he ket, and we'd like to expand on Of Frogs" sold a scant 3,000 copies explains. "England heats up very that, to sell 300,000 just on that. 702-251-7732 in his native land. While this frus- fast and cools down very fast. Then we'd like to get more [album trates Hitchcock, he regards it as a America takes longer, despite the rock and top 40] radio." The label product of England's trend -chas- miracle of hype, to get things go- is aiming for a gold record, Corson ing. ing, and it takes longer for them to says. "Ten or 11 years ago, we were cool off." 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 59 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard Spotlights Z'LENT FOLK & TALENT IN ACTION (Continued from preceding page) BLUES CHEAP TRICK L.A. GUNS Universal Amphitheatre Universal City, Calif. SOME THINGS NEVER change, including shows by Cheap Trick. The Rockford, Ill. -based hard rock/ pop act kept a sold -out crowd on its feet all night March 3 with a highly familiar but nonetheless exhilarat- ing set. To longtime fans like this observ- er, who remembers the Tricksters when they were a barnstorming club band in mid - Midwestern the Surprise Visit. Virgin artist Colin '70s, there were few new tricks to James, left, gets a little help from Ace be seen. Frehley during his show at New York's It's a bigger show nowadays. Gui- Cat Club. (Photo: Chuck Pulin) tarist Rick Nielsen and bassist Tom Petersson have huge banks of amps looming behind them, the show is tarted up with computerized light- ing and a backlit logo backdrop, and The Amphitheatre lobby filled up the band is augmented at one junc- quickly during L.A. Guns' opening ture by four curvaceous "backup set. The local bad boys clearly bored singers" (who actually mime to pre- most of the young crowd with a ser- recorded tapes). But the group's viceable but undistinguished set of show and style have altered scarce- up -to -date hard rock. CHRIS MORRIS ly an iota in the past 15 years. So, who cares? Nielsen still cuts a POISON zany figure on stage, showering the TESLA audience with handfuls of guitar Brendan Byrne Arena picks and leaping like an electrified East Rutherford, N.J. loon. He matches his showmanship with ear -cauterizing blasts of thun- Although the delivery was as gener- derous, high- impact solo work. Rob- ic as it gets at a rock show, Poison in Zander remains rock's Dorian gave the nearly sold -out house what Gray, with tough vocal chops to it came for, loading up the set with match his still- boyish good looks. the candy -sweet pop metal that has And the reunited original rhythm driven them to two platinum albums section of Petersson and drummer in three years. Bun E. Carlos can pound with the Poison's core audience was out in best of them. force for the Valentine's Day show. Cheap Trick's recent hit, "The Prepubescent and teenage girls Flame," from last year's platinum filled the seats, with a smattering of album, "Lap Of Luxury," won the boyfriends and parents completing expected roars at the Universal, but the picture. They screamed at the it was the oldies that really tore appropriate moments for lead vocal- things up. The band's ancient cov- ist Bret Michaels and guitarist C.C. ers of Fats Domino's "Ain't That A DeVille, and whistled during an Shame" and the Move's "California overly long drum solo from Rikki Man" and popular originals like "I Rockett. Bassist Bobby Dall carried Want You To Want Me" and "Sur- his spear with grace and dignity. render" brought down the house. Special effects, consisting of a Yes, some things never change- few flashpots and the usual comput- thank goodness. erized lights, didn't break the bud- get. But the focus was on the music, as the show touched every base a Poison fan could want, from the opening "Look What The Cat Dragged In" through the closing "Talk Dirty To Me." The hits from "Open Up And Say Ahh!" were the show's high- lights, as the band used "Fallen An- gel" and "Nothin' But A Good Time" to pump up the set. And, of course, every lighter was raised during "Every Rose Has Its In the 5/13 issue, Billboard takes a look Issue Date : 5/13 AD Deadline: 4/18 Thorn," which predictably followed at the new interest in music's roots - Bonus Distribution at NAIAD 5/10 5/14,Philadelphia Rockett's drum solo. Folk and Blues. As part of an overall issue that Despite owning an album that Contact will be distributed at the NAIRD (National many in the audience probably were New York Association of Independent Record Distributors) unfamiliar with, opening act Tesla Jim Belot, drew an enthusiastic response from Convention 5/10 - 5/14, Advertising Director /Music (212) 536 -5026 the half -full house, churning up a this Spotlight will concentrate on: National Ken Karp (212) 536 -5017 quick and tasty set culled from Norm Berkowitz (212) 536 -5016 "The Great Radio Controversy. "B.H. Labels - A - Z survey of most Nashville active Folk & Blues Indies. Lynda Enron (615) 321 -4240 Overview - State of Folk & Blues. Due to holiday Carole Edwards (615) 321 -4294 Tallent - Now and Then. Los Angeles deadlines, Boxscore Venues - Top Clubs, Festivals, Halls, Christine Matuchek (213) 859 -5344 Sajak & Spence. Atlantic recording will not run College Clubs & Concerts. United Kingdom, Spain, Benelux, Scandinavia artist Judson Spence, right, pals with in this issue Distribution - Survey of Indie Distributors: Tony Evans 44-1- 439 -9411 Pat Sajak after appearing on Sajak's It will return Europe late -night show. Spence performed his If Folk and Blues is your business - new single, "Hot & Sweaty." next week. Ron Betist 31- 20-662-8483 this is your chance to strum it. Don't let it slide. 60 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com He has a cocaine problem. And he's never even tried it. If cocaine aFects someone you love, it c`so effects yoJ. And wha- redly hcrts is that there doesn't seem to be a w-lole lot you can co about it. At least. not on your ,-_-,wn. Sc why net to to somebody whc ccr he p you help? The so-Dner you get help, the soon er- you can offer it. Call 1- 800 -6ó2 -HELP Cocaine. The Big tie. A public service of he Ala bnal Institute on Drug Abuse and The Offít -car Substalce 0 Abuse Pre,,enrion. 61a www.americanradiohistory.com MENT ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS (Continued from page 59) answers, with a laugh. CHRIS MORRIS GRUSHECKY GETS REAL "I feel like things have come full circle with this album," says Joe Grushecky of his new Round- er release, "Rock And Real." "It's right from the kitchen table to the recording studio." During the late '70s and early '80s, Grushecky fronted the Iron City Houserockers, a ferocious sextet out of Pittsburgh's steel mills that released four critically praised but largely ignored al- bums for MCA before breaking up in 1984. Since then, Grushecky and Houserockers bassist Art Nardini put together a couple of bands and released a pair of singles (one in conjunction with the United Steelworkers of America) before settling on their current quartet, "the leanest and meanest of the bunch," according to Grushecky. Joe Grushecky & the House - crackers will begin touring the East Coast in April. Like the Houserockers albums, "Rock And Real" takes on the blue -collar life with an uncompro- mising honesty. "The songs are about real life and real emotions, and that can't help but come through in the music," says Gru- shecky. For its part, Rounder is gearing up to break the album at rock ra- dio. "This is a commercial rock'n'- roll record, and we're looking to do with this what we did with George Thorogood in the early '80s," says Rounder national pro- motion director Brad Paul. "We've hired an initial group of four inde- pendent promoters to work ra- dio." DAVID WYKOFF BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS (Continued from page 58) presenters for the show were not named, Avery plans nine live perfor- mances, including one or more of the major nominees. Also up in the air is the number of acts that will be on hand to accept awards. Aerosmith is one of the few confirmed nonattendees (the band will be recording in Vancouver), though, like many others, the group will send a taped video to the awards. Says Avery, "I think that, as in the past, we'll have most everybody here." Barry Nolan and Sarah Edwards of WBZ-TV's "Evening Magazine" will serve as hosts, as they did in 1988. SKC Audiotape is the main sponsor of the event, and co-sponsors include the Boston Herald, the Wang Center, Strawberries, K.I. Staff As- sociates, and ASCAP. In a departure from previous years, no single radio station will be affiliated with the awards; last year, WBCN, the official radio sponsor, pulled out at the last minute due to a disagreement over the number of presenters from the station. This year, the ceremony will feature across -the -board participation from TO THE INDUSTRY WBCN, KISS -108, WZLX, WILD, PUT MUSCLE IN YOUR MESSAGE WAAF, and WZOU, as well as a number of college stations. 62 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. the Palladium been that full. The Kings did it again with their incredibly dynamic music, which sounds TRACKSIM better every time they play. Under the musical guid- H T LATIN ance of Tonino Balliardo and with the vocals of Nico- las Reyes, the group sounded even more innovative Compiled from national Latin o V'= radio airplay reports. and aggressive. ARTIST TITLE u W á W 3 o by Carlos Agudelo 3 3 w< 3U LABEL THIS STRING OF CONCERTS goes to show how ac- * * NO. 1 * * LATIN CONCERT FEVER hits the Big Apple: Ha- tive the Latin scene, of which New York is only a part, .AIOSE JOSE ciendo Historia, the inauguration of WSKQ -FM, the has become. Those who were at the Tejano Music O 1 1 8 3 weeks at o. One 1RSABEL PANTOJA ASI FUE first Spanish -language FM radio station in New York, Awards held March 17 in San Antonio, Texas, know 2 2 3 19 17 was held March at Madison Square Garden. The this is true. These awards honored a type of music 'BSRI HOMBRES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE CELOS performances by 13 artists were well received by the that has achieved true originality as a crossover of Q 3 2 13 VIBKKI CARR MALA SUERTE delirious sellout crowd of more than 22,000. Among Mexican -originated genres plus touches of country/ 4 4 4 11 the performers present were Las Chicas Del Can, ROCIO DURCAL QUE ESPERABAS DE MI Millie Y Los Vecinos, Jose Luis Rodriguez, El Gran 5 5 5 9 Combo, Wilfrido Vargas, Yolandita Monge, Ednita New York, Texas vibrate LUIS MIGUEL UN HOMBRE BUSCA UNA MUJER Nazario, Ricardo Montaner, Jose Velez, Franco, Ro- 6 8 8 11 WEA LATINA with exciting music events ANA GABRIEL ES EL AMOR QUE LLEGA berto Torres, Willie Chirino, and Manolo Escobar. 7 7 7 13 The show, produced by the station, was sponsored in BBSAULIO UN TIEMPO PARA NOSOTROS part by Coca-Cola, Downy fabric softener, and Ju- western music, occasional hillbilly sounds, gospel, and 8 6 6 17 MARISELA YA NO PUEDO VOLVER CONTIGO venia watches. more. Not only was an enthusiastic crowd on hand for 9 9 26 2 Another big event was pulled off by producer the event, but the sizeable number and diversity of the LA GIPSRYAKINGS BAMBOLEO Ralph Mercado March 18 at Avery Fisher Hall. This performers and their music points to Texas as a huge 10 11 10 15 time Celia Cruz and Angela Carrasco teamed up be- market with its own homegrown music. ROCIO DURCAL COMO TU MUJER 11 12 9 Y5 fore a near -full house. Both artists delivered vintage The Tejano Music Awards also demonstrated the ARIOIA CCHAYANNE TU PIRATA SOY YO performances for the enthusiastic crowd, according to importance that corporate America is giving Latin 12 13 11 18 BS a witness, particularly Cruz, who had a new, slimmer music events as a way to reach the Spanish- speaking EDNITA NASARIO APRENDERÉ look (approved enthusiastically by the audience) and market. Both Coca-Cola, which has chosen longtime 13 10 12 15 RICARDO MONTANER SOLO CON UN BESO as much or perhaps more energy than ever. The per- Tejano musician Little Joe as its spokesperson, and 14 14 14 8 formance ended with a tandem performance of sever- Pepsi -Cola were present at the event. Pepsi launched a YONICS TU PRESA FACIL al of both singers' hits, including the tune "La Cande- Tex -Mex promotional album featuring all the major 15 15 13 19 LOS la," which they recorded together on Carrasco's al- CBS Tejano acts, of a package includes an EMMIIJARES UNO ENTRE MIL part that 16 17 17 15 bum of the same name. album of tropical music and another of pop /ballads. HANSEL Y RAUL ELLA The wildest of this weekend's events was another By the way, CBS Mexico has signed singer Lucia 17 19 15 5 Ralph Mercado /S.O.B.'s event at the Palladium March Mendez, previously with RCA /BMG, and at press CARLOS TRISTES MOMENTOS 18 16 16 7 ROBERTO 18. This time it was the Gipsy Kings who packed the time an agreement with singer /composer Luis Angel CBS OLIVENCIA DOCE ROSAS place completely, up to the very top levels. Seldom has seemed imminent. 4 TOMMY 19 21 33 rn- ROOVE N ***POWER PICK * * * LUCE RITO VETE CON ELLA O2(1 31 29 3 MELODY YOLANDITA MONJE DEBIL Univision -Billboard Trophies Will Be Handed Out In May 21 22 18 9 VICENTE FERNANDEZ MUJERES DIVINAS 22 18 27 5 EDDIE ANTIDOTO Y VENENO 25 y Latin Music Awards Nominees Named O - VEN EltURA FLORES PARA VIVIR FELIZ The following is a list of the nomi- Categoria Musica Regional Mejor Interprete Masculino 24 20 37 7 nees for the Univision- Billboard Lo Mexicans -(Best Male Artist Of The Year) NO ME HABLEN DE EL 25 23 19 23 LERITO Nuestro Latin Music Awards to be (Regional Mexican Music) Eddie Santiago; Frankie Ruiz; Lalo MUCELODY held May 31 at the James L. Knight Rodriguez; Luis Enrique. uu RICARDO MONTANER TAN ENAMORADOS GV 28 28 -ROOVEN auditorium in Miami. 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JAZZ BLUE MORE: Marsalis has been playing with expatriate drummer Ed Thigpen, former member of pianist Os- F NOTES car Peterson's famed trio in the '60s, who recently re- < Compiled from a national sample of retail store turned to the States from his home in Denmark. x o and one -stop sales reports. i z They're recording an album for the Japanese label '3''' <(n o by Jeff Levenson Alfa. Joining the session are trumpeter Terence Blan- 3 ,i ARTIST TITLE chard, pianist Roland Hanna, bassist Rufus Reid, F LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL N ; SAXOPHONIST BRANFORD MARSALIS' appear- and percussionist Bobby Thomas ... Marsalis also * * No. 1 * * ance the evening of March 12 on "Michelob Presents shows up on "Bottoms Up," Victor Bailey's debut re- MICHEL CAMILO PORTRAIT OR 44482/E.P.A (CD) 5 weeks at No. One 1 1 15 MICHEL CAMILO Sunday Night" was a particularly rewarding example cord for Atlantic, slated for April release. The former of what jazz on television can be when someone thinks Weather Report bassist uses an impressive cast of CASSANDRA WILSON JMT 834 419 /POLYGRAM (CD) 2 19 O BLUE SKIES enough of the music. The program (owned by NBC players, including saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Mi- VERVE POLYGRAM (CD) and distributed nationally by Fox /Lorber Associates) chael Brecker, and Najee; guitarist Kevin Eubanks, 21 CHARLIE PARKER 837 176 / 3 3 BIRD --THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS OF CHARLIE PARKER has always emphasized quality sounds and perfor- and "Sunday Night" players Miller and Hakim ... In a ® 9 5 MARCUS ROBERTS NOVUS 3051 /RCA (CD) mance- musical director Marcus Miller and co -host reciprocal gesture, Bailey plays a supporting role on THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN HERE David Sanborn have had much to do with that. "The Searcher," Eubanks' latest for GRP ... It is no DIANE SCHUUR GRP 9567 (CD) 5 4 27 Marsalis' brief turn, however, took the show's level surprise really that the versatile Duke made a strong TALKIN' 'BOUT YOU of play up a notch. It was a four-minute segment that COLUMBIA FC 44369 (CD) 7 HARRY CONNICK, JR. 6 6 20 resonated with intensity and authority -power rarely heard on the small screen showcased the eldest Branford Marsalis summons 7 7 37 BETTY CARTER VERVE 835 661 /POLYGRAM (CD) -and LOOK WHAT I GOT of the Marsalis progeny as a commanding instrumen- Coltrane's ghost on TV GRP (CD) talist who says what he has to without wasting notes. NEW o CHICK COREA AKOUSTIC BAND 9582 ® CHICK COREA AKOUSTIC BAND (One surmises that his recent tours with Sting, in LENA HORNE THREE CHERRIES 44411 (CD) with Marsalis on "Sunday Night." The fact 9 5 13 which he crafted lean, pithy solos and then skimmed showing THE MEN IN MY LIFE them across bass -groove surfaces, helped him develop is, he knows how to handle the stylistic demands of VARIOUS ARTISTS POLYDOR 837 785 /POLYGRAM (CD) IU 15 3 skills in this department.) the music of every guests on the program. "Night Af- TORCH SONG TRILOGY Here, three of the program's house musicians -pia- ter Night" is his new release on Elektra ... Hakim COLUMBIA C5X (CD) 9 MILES DAVIS 45000 11 10 THE COLUMBIA YEARS 1955 -1985 nist George Duke, drummer Omar Hakim, and bass- says that "Rhythm Deep," his inaugural effort on ist support. The GRP, reveals sides of him few people have seen. CHARLIE PARKER SAVOY JAll 1208 (CD) Tom Varney -lent empathic featured that 12 8 15 ORIGINAL BIRD: THE BEST OF BIRD ON SAVOY number was (waggishly) titled "Let Freedom Ring," Word is it features soulful vocals and an urban con- MILESTONE M- /FANTASY (CD) on a vamp served temporary sound well suited for radio play Inter- 9 JIMMY MCGRIFF 9163 and it was based left -hand that as ... 13 14 BLUE TO THE BONE kindling for Marsalis' modal burn. At its hottest, the esting that another jazz drummer, Terri Lyne Car- ETTA JONES MUSE 5351 (CD) 14 11 9 music summoned the ghost of John Coltrane. When rington, flirts with similar ideas on "Real Life Direc- I'LL BE SEEING YOU the final note was sounded, all knew they had cap- tions," her first for PolyGram. MCCOY TYNER BLUE NOTE 91651 /CAPITOL (CD) a special moment. I5 NEW* REVELATIONS tured Arguably, Marsalis is the tenorist of his generation. WE ALWAYS KNEW YOU WAS A RAPPER: Ar- The debate will likely continue after his scheduled gotmeister Elliot Horne, who for years confined his TOPCONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUMSTM showdown May 19 at New York's Carnegie Hall. It's rapping to jazz writers (and Omette Coleman), has fi- the battle of the titans, and Marsalis goes up against nally waxed poetic (sort of) by teaming with Keithy E. * * No. 1 * * (gulp!) the saxophone colossus himself, Sonny Rol- of the rap group Gang Star and authoring the history AL JARREAU REPRISE 25778 /WARNER BROS. (CD) 11 weeks at No. One 1 1 17 HEART'S HORIZON lins. (Incidentally, the last time Rollins played along- of jazz in rap form. The track is available on the side a Marsalis, it was Branford's younger brother group's Wild Pitch album, "No More Mr. Nice Guy." KENNY G A ARISTA 8457 (CD) 2 2 23 SILHOUETTE DAVE GRUSIN GRP 9579 (CD) 3 3 7 DAVE GRUSIN COLLECTION ® 8 7 KIM PENSYL OPTIMISM 3210 (CD) PENSYL SKETCHES # 1 GIPSY KINGS ELEKTRA 60845 (CD) 5 4 11 GIPSY KINGS STEPS AHEAD INTUITION 91354 /CAPITOL (CD) 10 5 © N.Y.C. The Pankratz brothers grew up in Siberia, where their BOBBY MCFERRIN EMI 48059 (co) exiled beliefs. Nikolai 7 6 49 parents were for their Christian SIMPLE PLEASURES says that as children they were frequently ridiculed and TAKE 6 REPRISE 25670 /WARNER BROS. (CD) LECTERN beaten by students and teachers for their faith. The ® 12 13 TAKE 6 family eventually moved to Estonia, where they heard ONEW HIROSHIMA EPIC OE 45022/E.P.A. (CD) their first American music on shortwave radio. EAST by Bob Darden "When I was 16, I built my own electric guitar," he HEAD FIRST 723.1/K -TEL (CD) 9 GARY HERBIG says. "Russians play a seven -string guitar and there 0 11 GARY HERBIG This is the first part of an interview with Nikolai were no electric guitars in any store ... Somehow I got BOBBY LYLE ATLANTIC 81938 (CD) 20 3 and Peter Pankratz. The Russian brothers are cur- hold of a brochure in English on how to build an electric CD IVORY DREAM rently touring the U.S. with their group Ruscha in guitar. A friend translated it and I worked on it for an LEE RITENOUR GRP 9570 (CD) 12 5 23 support of their debut album, "Come Alive." entire year. Believe it or not, it actually worked." FESTIVAL The brothers began performing at various under- JIVE 1136 /RCA (CD) 7 JONATHAN BUTLER CI 14 IN AN ERA OF GLASNOST, a couple of Russian ground churches. More than once they were caught by MORE THAN FRIENDS brothers only a few years removed from Siberian work the KGB and thrown off trains for trying to smuggle DAVID SANBORN REPRISE 25715 /WARNER BROS. (CD) 14 7 37 like a CLOSE -UP camps have piqued the interest of audiences few instruments to performances. After a concert at secret other acts in the past year. Their debut album, "Come Christian wedding, the Pankratz brothers were soon in BASIA EPIC FE 40767/E.P.A. (CD) 15 13 59 TIME AND TIDE Alive," on the tiny Pan -Trax label has done surprisingly great demand in the Christian community. well. For Nikolai & Peter Pankratz, who are currently TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON VERVE FORECAST 837 697 -1 / POLYGRAM (CD) NEW with their group Ruscha, 0 REAL LIFE STORY crisscrossing the U.S. getting there definitely was not half the fun. The duo began playing in FREE FLIGHT CBS MK 44515/E.P.A. (CD) 23 3 ll SLICE OF LIFE "Come Alive" showed significant strength in the in- spirational charts despite sometimes spotty distribution, underground churches NEW SPECIAL EFX GRP 9581 (CD) a CONFIDENTIAL mostly because of Ruscha's tireless touring schedule national magazine and newspaper articles. "From the beginning, our songs were Christian- relat- BIRELI LAGRENE BLUE NOTE 90967 /CAPITOL (CD) and a host of 21 5 CI FOREIGN AFFAIRS But more than just another novelty record, "Come ed, set to music like we'd heard from the Beatles and BRIAN MELVIN'S NIGHTFOOD GLOBAL PACIFIC 40733 /COLUMBIA (CD) Alive" is first -rate contemporary Christian pop music Creedence," Nikolai says. "We write many of our own 20 18 5 NIGHTFOOD featuring some of Nashville's top session players. songs and some are written by friends who are still in "We're just scratching the surface, I can't even tell Soviet prisons for their beliefs. ZI NEW P KEIKO MATSUI MCA 6274 (CD) UNDER NORTHERN LIGHTS you all of the things that are happening," Nikolai says, "We also write and perform songs in Russian for CHI PROJAZZ 677 (CD) happily. Despite only eight years in the U.S., both broth- broadcast on the shortwave radios that beam into Rus- 22 22 5 PACIFIC RIM ers have all but mastered colloquial English. "We've sia. These are styled for Russian listeners ... It's still a ORPHEUS (CD) been approached by a lot of people, done some videos, contemporary rock sound, it's just nothing we'd release NEW) ALEX BUGNON 75602/EMI 0 LOVE SEASON even a Fourth of July concert on the old PTL Network over here. Because the Russian people have had so TOM SCOTT GRP 9571 (CD) that was replayed a dozen times. We recently signed dis- many heartaches, many of the songs are in minor key 24 9 19 FLASHPOINT tribution agreements in England and Australia. And and are about their hurts and needs." GERALD ALBRIGHT ATLANTIC 81919 (CD) we've begun work on our next album, which should be The brothers are recording a Russian -language album 25 19 15 BERMUDA NIGHTS out in August. We've even opened for people like Petra concurrently with their follow -up to "Come Alive." Pan - well. Albums with he greatest sales gains during the last two weeks. (CD) Compact disk available. and White Heart before thousands of young people. " Trax hopes to release it next summer as Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. 64 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard. transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, 0141444/ photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. knowledgeable in both fields" might suffer. But this KEEPING would be a small trade-off "compared to the grave ineq- TOP ALBUMS. uities inherent" in current procedures. CLASSICAL I- MUSICAL CHAIRS: The abrupt termination of Mi- Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. SCORE çcr chael Emmerson as president of BMG Classics, to be o Ú W < Z replaced April 1 by Guenter Hensler, president of Poly - o by Is Horowitz Gram Classics, is just the latest in a series of top execu- 3 TITLE ARTIST tive moves at labels jockeying for position in the increas- N '. a LABEL 6 NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL THE DEBATE CONTINUES: Brown Meggs, presi- ingly competitive classical market. * * No. 1 * * in the a few months ago Gunther Breest caught his col- VERDI & PUCCINI: ARIAS CBS MK -37298 i week at No. One dent of Angel Records, pulls no punches blasting Just 1 2 49 Grammy classical awards. In a letter to Michael leagues at Deutsche Grammophon by surprise when he KIRI TE KANAWA Greene, president of the National Academy of Record- resigned to take,on the top international classical post at THE MOVIES GO TO THE OPERA ANGEL CDM -69596 2 1 41 VARIOUS ARTISTS ing Arts & Sciences, Meggs calls for a complete over- CBS /Sony. His new bosses surely expect him to help de- haul of the academy's nominating and voting proce- liver a larger market share. PAVAROTTI AT CARNEGIE HALL LONDON 421 -526 3 3 21 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI dures to correct what he charges has become a "national And with Warner Communications newly committed to a major classical effort, informed rumor has it that WAGNER: THE "RING" WITHOUT WORDS TELARC CD -80154 scandal." 4 4 39 BERLIN PHILHARMONIC (MAAZEL) Interestingly, the letter was sent to Greene even as BARBER /BRITTEN: CELLO CONCERTO CBS MK -44900 NARAS had scheduled a meeting in New York to probe 5 17 3 YO -YO MA some of the criticisms of the classical Grammy catego- NARAS sets New York meet VERDI: REQUIEM TELARC CD-80152 43 ries and awards procedures. 6 18 DUNN, CURRY, HADLEY, PLISHKA (SHAW) in or bemused by the to mull Grammy voting Like others the industry shocked PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 RCA 7982 -RC 9 RACHMANINOFF: capture of five Grammys (out of 11) by Atlanta Sympho- 7 11 EVGENY KISSIN many a chief executive at Ange- ny-related recordings, Meggs believes block voting is Peter Andry, for years LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT CBS MK -44816 largely to blame. l/EMI, is about to take over WCI's top classical post. 8 16 21 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Another factor he points to in his letter is voting by Such an acquisition could provide instant credibility to BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 1 & 6 ANGEL CDC -49746 9 6 25 academy members who lack the knowledge to make in- the corporation's classical aspirations. LONDON CLASSICAL PLAYERS (NORRINGTON) formed classical judgments. These persons, whose ex- As for BMG, it remains to be seen how much Hensler HOROWITZ PLAYS MOZART DG 423 -287 10 9 69 pertise is centered in the pop area, are likely to give their will retune programs set in high gear by Emmerson over VLADIMIR HOROWITZ votes to artists "with instant recognition value," writes the past year or so. There's the major commitment to BACH: SONATAS & PARTITAS ANGEL CDCB -49483 11 7 11 Meggs in his letter to Greene. Some may not even have Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony, a large ITZHAK PERLMAN more recording in Europe, SCHUBERT: LIEDER DG 419237 heard the recordings they vote for. Others may be un- program with Soviet artists, 12 8 15 qualified to assess excellence. Still, current Grammy and a reshaping of the repertoire structure of BMG Clas- KATHLEEN BATTLE rules give them equal voting power. sics, all well under way as Emmerson leaves the scene. PORTRAIT OF WYNTON MARSALIS CBS MK -44726 13 5 25 WYNTON MARSALIS Meggs offers a number of suggestions. For one, let WAS HARD NONESUCH 79181 to PASSING NOTES: Angel Records steals a march on 21 WINTER members and record companies continue participate 14 14 THE KRONOS QUARTET in the eligibility phase, but place the actual nominations the competition with a first recording of the much - PUCCINI: HEROINES CBS MK -39097 She was 15 9 in the hands of a committee of record reviewers and crit- talked -about young soprano Alexandra Marc. 15 KIRI TE KANAWA ics "who listen to classical recordings for a living." due to be taped live in concert March 27 at Ambassador MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 2 MCA MCAD2 11011 16 10 17 More provocatively, the Angel prexy proposes that in College in Pasadena, Calif., with Stephen Eldredge at LONDON SYMPHONY (KAPLAN) the final balloting NARAS members be allowed to vote the piano ... The recording of Mahler's Second Sympho- HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW DG 419-499 "either on pop or classical nominations, but not on both." ny led by Gilbert Kaplan and released here by MCA has 17 12 125 VLADIMIR HOROWITZ No. 1 on London Times classical chart. Meggs concedes that "some few individuals genuinely hit the BAROQUE MUSIC FOR TRUMPETS CBS MK -42478 18 13 55 WYNTON MARSALIS GLASS: 1000 AIRPLANES ON THE ROOF VIRGIN 91065 ADVERTISEMENT 19 NEW VARIOUS ARTISTS SCHUMANN /GRIEG: PIANO CONCERTOS CBS MK -44899 20 NEW ' CBS MASTERWORKS MURRAY PERAHIA PART: PASSIO ECM 837 -109 LOVE AT TOP 10 21 20 17 TiE MOVES HILLIARD ENSEMBLE BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 NIMBUS NI -5134 22 19 17 HANOVER BAND Including Music Immured In: w MASTERWORKS PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY DG 423 -567 MOONSTRUCK 23 21 5 FRENI, CARRERAS, BERGANZA, PONS (SINOPOLI) DIVA AT THE MOVIES HANNAH AND HER SISTERS 2 THE BAROQUE GUITAR MCA MCAD -42070 24 25 15 FATAL ATTRACTION ARTIST ANDRES SEGOVIA A ROOM WITH A VIEW ~ TITLE ANDO tilt AI' BRAHMS /FRANCK: SONATAS ANGEL CDC -49410 25 22 11 NADJA SALERNO- SONNENBERG MDK 44993 LOVE AT THE MOVIES "Moonstruck;' 1 Featuring music from JUST a few weeks ago, Dustin Hoffman was "Hannah & Her Sisters;" "A Room With A View" seen looking for it -to no avail -on Wilshire MDK 44993 VARIOUS ARTISTS TOP CROSSOVER ALBUMS TM Boulevard. And, on the eve of Academy JARRE BY JARRE Award night, millions of Americans will be Film themes of Maurice Jarre including * * NO. 1 * * 2 "Lawrence Of Arabia," "A Passage To India" UTE LEMPER SINGS KURT WEILL LONDON 425-204 1 week at No. One I 2 5 joining Hoffman in his search for...love. MK 42307 ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA /JARRE UTE LEMPER Love At The Movies, that is. SHOW BOAT ANGEL A2 49108 MANDY PATINKIN 2 1 25 A 70- minute -plus compendium of some of The Solo Debut Album VON STADE, HADLEY, STRATAS (MCGLINN) 3 MANDY PATINKIN the most sought -after love themes from MK44943 BIG BAND HIT PARADE TELARC CD-80177 3 4 17 CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) movies like Moonstruck, A Room With A SOUTH PACIFIC MK 42205 JAMES GALWAY'S GREATEST HITS RCA 7778 -RC View, Manhattan and Crossing Delancey 4 3 35 4 CARRERAS, SARAH VAUGHAN, MANDY PATINKIN GALWAY (one of this year's Oscar nominees), KIRI TE KANAWA, JOSÉ JAMES MANCINI'S GREATEST HITS TELARC CD -80183 MANHATTAN 5 7 3 Original Soundtrack from the Woody Allen film CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS MK 36020 DIGITAL JUKEBOX PHILIPS 422 -064 6 5 25 Oscar Falls In Love: POPS (WILLIAMS) KRAMER VS. KRAMER BOSTON Masterworks Breaks Baroque favorites featured in the Film THE SOUND OF MUSIC TELARC CD-80162 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 6 29 Box Office Records With MK 35873 VON STADE, CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) VERDI & PUCCINI ARIAS RAMIREZ: MISA CRIOLLA PHILIPS 420 -955 8 8 9 Love At The Movies 7 Includes arias featured in "A Room With A View" JOSE CARRERAS MK 37298 KIRI TE KANAWA ROMANZAS DE ZARZUELAS ANGEL CDC -49148 9 9 19 STRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS PLACIDO DOMINGO Year Living Dangerously" Love At The Movies rates a front row seat 8 Includes music featured in The Of ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION ANGEL CDM -69375 10 12 7 20TH in the retail theater this Oscar season. The MK35140 KIRI TE KANAWA THE KING'S SINGERS release is featured in a full -page ad & ROMANTIC FAVORITES IN IRELAND RCA 5798 RC currently BARBER'S ADAGIO OTHER 11 RE -ENTRY in Premiere Magazine, and as a feature 9 Includes music featured in "Platoon" JAMES GALWAY & THE CHIEFTAINS MYK 38484 NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC /BERNSTEIN SOUSA: MARCHES NIMBUS NI-5129 attraction in stores, with retail displays 12 11 23 nationwide. THE BERNSTEIN SONGBOOK THE WALLACE COLLECTION Music from "West Side Story," "On The Town" BERNSTEIN /GERSHWIN /THOMAS TELARC Co-80159 o 13 13 7 True movie romantics, however, will want MK 4476() LEONARD BERNSTEIN THE EMPIRE BRASS even more. Which is why Oscar season is BY REQUEST ...THE BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMS PHILIPS 420.178 14 14 71 also a great time to feature some of these BOSTON POPS (WILLIAMS) other albums that have scored a screen On CBS Masterworks Cassettes and Compact Discs. THE BERNSTEIN SONGBOOK CBS MK 44760 15 10 33 romance. VARIOUS ARTISTS Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA "CBS, "Masterworks;' c are trademarks of CBS Inc 1989 CBS 12,3 ords Inc. certification for sales of 1 million units. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 65 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications, Inc. Billboard. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, A`BUMS recording, or otherwise, without the prior written TOP POP TM permission of the publisher. I- ce I- Compiled from a national sample of retail store, * * NO. 1 * * 55 60 60 6 TOO SHORT JIVE 1149 -1-J /RCA (8.98) (CD) LIFE IS ... TOO SHORT 1 1 1 8 DEBBIE GIBSON ATLANTIC 81932 (9.98) (CD) 4 weeks at No. One ELECTRIC YOUTH A7 56 43 38 72 GEORGE MICHAEL COLUMBIA OC 40867 (CD) FAITH 2 2 2 37 BOBBY BROWN A3 MCA 42185 (8.98) (CD) DON'T BE CRUEL 57 57 74 4 SIMPLY RED ELEKTRA 60828 (9.981 (CD) A NEW FLAME 3 5 4 21 TRAVELING WILBURYS A2 WILBURY 25796/WARNER BROS. (9.98) (CD) TRAVELING WILBURYS 58 58 66 11 SLICK RICK DEE JAM FC 40513/COLUMBIA (CD) THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICK 4 4 5 37 PAULA ABDUL VIRGIN 90943 (898) (CD) FOREVER YOUR GIRL 59 59 65 16 GIPSY KINGS MUSICIAN 60845 /ELEKTRA (9.98) (CD) GIPSY KINGS A7 5 3 3 84 GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN GHS 24148 (8.98) (CD) APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION ® 72 90 5 WARRANT COLUMBIA FC 44383 (CD) DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH 6 6 7 ROY ORBISON VIRGIN © 91058 (9.98) (CD) MYSTERY GIRL 69 84 4 ól SOUNDTRACK CAPITOL C1 -91866 (9.98) (CD) RAIN MAN O7 9 7 TONE LOC DELICIOUS VINYL DV 3000 /ISLAND (8.98) (CD) LOC -ED AFTER DARK 62 64 59 44 BREATHE A &M SP 5163 (8.98) (CD) ALL THAT JAZZ 10 14 NEW ® 32 KIDS ON THE BLOCK COLUMBIA FC 40985 (CD) HANGIN' TOUGH 63 52 47 19 SAMANTHA FOX JIVE 1150.1- J /RCA(9.98) (CD) I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN 9 9 12 31 LIVING COLOUR EPIC BFE 44099/E.P.A. (CD) VIVID 64 66 79 6 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER/CURB 25834 /WARNER BROS. (9.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS III 10 16 32 4 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS I.R.S. 6273/MCA (9.98) (CD) THE RAW & THE COOKED 65 61 57 7 THE REPLACEMENTS SIRE 25831 /REPRISE (9.98) (CD) DON'T TELL A SOUL A2 11 11 8 16 GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN GHS 24198 (8.98) (CD) G N' R LIES ® 70 89 4 SOUNDTRACK ARISTA AL 8593 (9.98) (CD) WORKING GIRL EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS 12 8 7 28 SHOOTING RUBBERBANDS AT THE STARS GEFFEN GHS 24192 (8.98) (CD) 0 77 77 7 LYLE LOVETT MCA /CURB 42263/MCA (8.98) (CD) LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND 13 14 13 26 BON JOVI A4 MERCURY 836 345 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) NEW JERSEY ® 75 78 18 M.C. HAMMER CAPITOL C1 -90924 (8.98) (Co) LET'S GET IT STARTED 14 12 10 85 DEF LEPPARD A9 MERCURY 830 675 I /POLYGRAM (CD) HYSTERIA 69 63 51 62 TAYLOR DAYNE ARISTA AL 8529 (9.98) (co) TELL IT TO MY HEART 15 13 11 22 ANITA BAKER A3 ELEKTRA 60827 (9.98) (CD) GIVING YOU THE I BEST THAT GOT 70 67 61 21 STEVE EARLE UNI 7 /MCA (B.98) (co) COPPERHEAD ROAD ió 17 19 20 MIKE + THE MECHANICS ATLANTIC 81923 (9.98) (co) LIVING YEARS 71 62 62 7 ALABAMA RCA 8587 -1 -R (9.98) (CD) SOUTHERN STAR 17 15 15 19 R.E.M. WARNER BROS. 25795 (9.98) (CD) GREEN 0 80 83 8 THE FIXX RCA 8566 -1 -R (8.98) (CD) CALM ANIMALS 1$ 18 18 11 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 81933 (9.98) (CD) BEACHES 73 68 53 17 FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS. 25801 (9.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 19 19 17 24 KENNY G A2 ARISTA AL 8457 (9.98) (CD) SILHOUETTE 74 73 70 26 ROB BASE & D.J. E -Z ROCK PROFILE 1267 (8.98) (CD) IT TAKES TWO 20 23 23 44 ROD STEWART WARNER BROS. 25684 (9.98) (CD) OF ORDER OUT 75 54 46 7 BOB DYLAN & THE GRATEFUL DEAD COLUMBIA oc 45056 (CD) DYLAN & THE DEAD 21 22 21 25 KARYN WHITE WARNER BROS. 25637 (8.98) (CD) KARYN WHITE CI 82 71 59 BASIA EPIC BFE 40767/E.P.A. (CD) TIME AND TIDE 28 33 22 BANGLES COLUMBIA OC 44056 (co) EVERYTHING ® O 88 94 8 TANITA TIKARAM REPRISE 25839 (8.98) (CD) ANCIENT HEART 23 21 16 46 POISON 114 ENIGMA C1- 48493 /CAPITOL (9.98) (CD) OPEN UP AND SAY ... 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AND JUSTICE FOR ALL A3 0 82 79 76 42 VAN HALEN WARNER BROS. 25732 (9.98) (CD) OU812 28 25 24 29 WINGER ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) 81867 WINGER ® 93 100 4 STEVIE B LMR 5531 (8.98) (co) IN MY EYES 29 26 28 9 ENYA GEFFEN 24233 (9.98) (CD) WATERMARK 84 86 82 25 KIX ATLANTIC 81877 (9.98) (CD) BLOW MY FUSE 30 31 26 17 TIFFANY MCA 6267 (9.98) (CD) HOLD AN OLD FRIEND'S HAND 85 87 93 19 LEVERT ATLANTIC 81926 (9.98) (CD) JUST COOLIN' 31 24 22 49 TRACY CHAPMAN 12 ELEKTRA 60774 (9.98) (CD) TRACY CHAPMAN 866 84 72 42 ERASURE SIRE 25730 /REPRISE (8.98) (CD) THE INNOCENTS 32 74 2 MILLI VANILLI ARISTA AL 8592 (9.98) (CD) - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE 1 DEPECHE MODE SIRE 25853 /WARNER BROS. (15.98) (CD) 0 NEW' 101 O35 40 6 ELVIS COSTELLO WARNER BROS. 25848 (CD) (9.98) SPIKE 88 81 69 19 JOE SATRIANI RELATIVITY 8265/IMPORTANT (6.98) (CD) DREAMING # 11 37 44 42 MELISSA ETHERIDGE ISLAND 90875 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) MELISSA ETHERIDGE ® 89 78 68 18 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG ATLANTIC 81888 (9.98) (CD) AMERICAN DREAM 35 32 25 10 RICK ASTLEY RCA 8589.1 -R (9.981 (CD) HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS 90 95 91 17 THE WATERBOYS CHRYSALIS 41589 (CD) FISHERMAN'S BLUES 36 33 29 23 U2 A3 ISLAND 91003 /ATLANTIC (14.98) (CD) RATTLE AND HUM 91 99 106 8 MIDGE URE CHRYSALIS FV 41649 (CD) ANSWERS TO NOTHING 37 34 27 18 JOURNEY A.QOLUMBIA 44493 (CD) oc JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS 92 97 81 22 DURAN DURAN CAPITOL C1 -90958 (9.98) (CD) BIG THING 38 36 35 39 NEW EDITION MCA 42207 (8.98) (CD) HEART BREAK ® 105 132 4 TAKE 6 REPRISE 25670 (8.98) (CD) TAKE 6 39 38 37 8 NEW ORDER QWEST /WARNER BROS. 25845 (9.98) (CD) TECHNIQUE 94 90 85 73 INXS a3 ATLANTIC 81796 (9.98) (CD) KICK 48 54 39 VANESSA WILLIAMS WING 694 1/POLYGRAM (CD) ® 835 THE RIGHT STUFF 95 113 126 6 EXODUS COMBAT 2001 /IMPORTANT (8.98) (CD) FABULOUS DISASTER 47 , 52 5 N.W.A. RUTHLESS 57102/PRIORITY (8.98) (CD) 41 STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON 96 94 87 39 STEVE WINWOOD A2 VIRGIN 90946 (9.98) (CD) ROLL WITH IT 42 45 49 10 LOU REED SIRE 25829 /WARNER BROS. (9.98) (CD) NEW YORK 97 100 95 20 HOUSE OF LORDS RCA /SIMMONS 8530.1 -R/RCA (8.98) (CD) HOUSE OF LORDS 43 42 42 23 BULLETBOYS WARNER BROS. (CD) 25782 (8.98) BULLETBOYS 98 85 73 50 BOBBY MCFERRIN EMI El 48059 (9.98) (CD) SIMPLE PLEASURES A2 44 41 43 37 CINDERELLA MERCURY 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) 834 612 LONG COLD WINTER ® 135 178 8 SWEET SENSATION ATCO 90917 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (co) TAKE IT WHILE IT'S HOT 45 44 45 18 SHEENA EASTON MCA 42249 (8.98) (CD) THE LOVER IN ME 100 98 98 24 BOY MEETS GIRL RCA 8414 -1 -R (8.98) (CD) REEL LIFE 50 50 36 GUY UPTOWN 42176/MCA (8.98) (CD) GUY ® 101 92 92 5 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42266 (8.98) (CD) BEYOND THE BLUE NEON 47 40 39 19 THE BOYS MOTOWN 6260 (8.98) (CD) MESSAGES FROM THE BOYS 102 89 80 80 MICHAEL JACKSON A6 EPIC OE 40600 /E.P.A. (CD) BAD 53 58 25 WAS (NOT WAS) CHRYSALIS 41664 (CD) WHAT ® UP, DOG? an 112 113 29 MICHELLE SHOCKED MERCURY 834 9241 / POLYGRAM (CD) SHORT SHARP SHOCKED CI 51 55 27 VIXEN EMI 46991 (9.98) (CD) VIXEN 104 111 116 9 MARTIKA COLUMBIA FC 44290 (co) MARTIKA 56 63 24 LUTHER VANDROSS EPIC OE 44308/E.PA (co) ANY LOVE ® 105 106 117 26 SA -FIRE CUTTING /MERCURY 834 922 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) SA -FIRE 51 49 56 17 EAZY -E RUTHLESS SL 57100 /PRIORITY (8.98) (CD) EAZY- DUZ -IT ® 122 170 3 THE PASADENAS COLUMBIA FC 45065 (co) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN 52 55 115 3 XTC GEFFEN GHS 24218 (9.98) (CD) ORANGES AND LEMONS 129 145 5 CHRIS REA GEFFEN GHS 24232 (9.98) (CD) NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS 53 46 41 34 SOUNDTRACK A4 ELEKTRA 60806 (9.98) (CD) COCKTAIL 108 103 111 12 TODAY MOTOWN 6261 (898) (CD) TODAY 54 39 36 80 WHITE LION ATLANTIC 81768 (8.98) (CD) PRIDE 109 107 112 28 K.T. OSLIN 0 RCA 8369-1 -R (8.98) (CD) THIS WOMAN OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. 'CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product. 66 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com 8 OUT OF 10 GO A LI LE CRAZY WHEN Y HEAR IT ON B F CHROME. Emotional impac:. That's Ma musio is impressive sales. Because when you release tc co wild If you wait to make the- sigh. clear sound all about. Anc vnat BASF Chrome is all abcu.t. on BASF Chrome, there's less tape hiss, Cal us at 1- 800 - 25.4350 (east cr south), or The crystal In a nationally representative sanie of tl-e U.S. greater music clarity, greater overall sound 1- 300-225 -3326 -ce-'t-al or west) We'll show of BASF Chrome. 8 out of 10 listeners heard more responded quaity- greater emotional imoact! All of yoc what a difte-Eny 3ASF Chrcrie can make more, were mord more by prerecorded music which adds up tc. a tape that gives crEater it the studio, in tl-e store and on :he deck. on BASF Chrome than on ordirarj cassette consumer satis action. Call _is tc'dai. tape. 8 out o' 1i) l' you want hem to go crazy. If ,icu Ater all, f 8 ou: of 10 people =refer it on An impressive fig toe that can mean wart to make -hem cry. If you want tiEm BAj= Chrome, shouldn't you be Is :ening? rd BASF www.americanradiohistory.com This April 14, you can make the future sunny for thousands of children. Join an all-star group of radio and music stars at The Columns for the Second, Annual Radio Roast to support the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and Aids Research. A Hot Time is Guaranteed For All!!! The Honoree: The Roasters: For tickets please contact: SUNNY JOE WHITE RICK DEES KID LEO of WXKS Boston from KIIS Los Angeles Columbia Records and DIR's "Weekly Top 40" (212)- 975 -6632 The Host: KID LEO RICHARD BALSBAUGH GENE SMITH of Columbia Recolfús CEO Pyramid Broadcasting Billboard Magazine (212)- 536 -5001 Friday, April 14 JELLYBEAN (The night before tie Piroducer Extraordina =re DENNIS LAVINTHAL Martell Dinner) Hits Magazine OEDIPUS (213)- 501 -7900 Cocktails: 6:30 PINT Program Director Buffet Dinner and Roast: WBCN, Boston TOMMY NOONAN 7:30 PM Billboard Magazine and more to come (213)- 859 -5316 Place: THE COLUMNS T.ckets:. CAROL STRAUSS 584 Broadway $ 150 Dollar Donation KLENFNER (south of Houstor) DIR New York City Make your tax deductible (212)- 371 -6850 check payable to: The T.J. Martell Foundation and send to: Muriel Max 6 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 1989 Elektra /Asylum Records, o Division of Warner Communications Inc., O' www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 Billboard® TOP POP. ALBUMSTM continued z z Ui 01- TITLE ARTIST TITLE áw 30 ARTIST =0 áw 30 o 7 BUTCHER CAPITOL C 1 -90238 (CD) PICTURES FROM THE FRONT 11) 125 139 5 K -9 POSSE ARISTA AL 8569 (8.98) (CD) K -9 POSSE 156 144 121 JON (9.98) D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE A2 HE'S THE D.J., I'M THE RAPPER 88 REPRISE 25714 (9.98) (CD) 19 157 140 133 50 111 96 39 CHICAGO JIVE 1091 -1 -J /RCA (8.98) (CD) 1 'N' THE EGYPTIANS A &M 5241 (8.98) (CD) QUEEN ELVIS 112 119 123 81 SOUNDTRACK A10 RCA 6408 -1 -R (9.98) (CD) DIRTY DANCING ® NEW ROBYN HITCHCOCK MR. JORDAN 113 91 75 17 PINK FLOYD A COLUMBIA PC2 44484 (CD) DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER NEW 1 JULIAN LENNON ATLANTIC 81928 (9.98) (CD) IN DREAMS 114 118 109 16 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS CHRYSALIS BFV 41675 (CD) LOVE JUNK 160 132 144 13 ROY ORBISON VIRGIN 90604 (12.98) (CD) SPELL 115 109 102 15 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS BAR /NONE 72600 /RESTLESS (8.98) (CD) LINCOLN © NEW 1 DEON ESTUS MIKA 835 713 -1 /POLYDOR (CD) ANIMOTION 116 101 110 41 TONI CHILDS A &M SP 5175 (8.98) (CD) UNION © 174 - 2 ANIMOTION POLYDOR 837 314 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) FOOL 117 117 134 24 SIR MIX -A -LOT NASTYMIX 70123 (8.98) (CD) SWASS 163 158 146 11 KING TEE CAPITOL C1 -90544 (8.98) (CD) ACT A SHERIFF a 127 128 16 KID 'N PLAY SELECT 21628 (8.98) (CD) 2 HYPE 164 137 108 13 SHERIFF CAPITOL C1 -91216 (6.98) (CD) I HAT 119 110 104 7 DAVID CROSBY A &M SP 5232 (8.98) (CD) OH YES CAN ® 193 - 2 BOY GEORGE VIRGIN 91022 (9.98) (CD) HIGH 148 159 24 THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL A &M SP 5218 (8.98) (Co) ROCK & ROLL STRATEGY 166 166 179 4 SOUNDTRACK EPIC 45084,CP.A. (9.98) (CD) TAP -1 (CD) INTUITION FEET HIGH AND RISING 121 126 135 3 TNT MERCURY 836- 777 /POLYGRAM © NEW 1 DE LA SOUL TOMMY BOY 1019 (8.98) (CD) 3 122 102 86 21 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 40880 (CD) TILL I LOVED YOU 168 152 149 13 ROY ORBISON RHINO 71493 (1498) (co) FOR THE LONELY: AN ANTHOLOGY, 1 956-1 965 INFORMATION SOCIETY 123 116 99 33 INFORMATION SOCIETY 169 155 151 27 ICE -T SIRE 25765/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) POWER TOMMY BOY TBLP 25691 /REPRISE (8.98) (CD) Ca 145 152 6 DAVE GRUSIN GRP GR 9579 (9.98) (CD) DAVE GRUSIN COLLECTION 170 157 161 21 IVAN NEVILLE POLYDOR 834 896 1,POLYGRAM (CD) IF MY ANCESTORS COULD SEE ME NOW 125 108 107 32 THE ESCAPE CLUB ATLANTIC 81871 (8.98) (CD) WILD, WILD WEST 171 156 147 45 TONY! TONI! TONE! WING 835 549 1/POLYGRAM (CD) WHO? 126 133 124 29 JANE'S ADDICTION WARNER BROS. 25727 (8.98) (CD) NOTHING'S SHOCKING 172 150 141 65 KEITH SWEAT A2 VINTERTAINMENT 60763 /ELEKTRA (8.98) (CD) MAKE IT LAST FOREVER 127 138 129 38 ROBERT PALMER EMI 48057 (9.98) (Co) HEAVY NOVA c 176 176 11 SOUNDTRACK Wro SP 45036/E.P.A. (CD) TWINS 128 114 114 18 AL JARREAU REPRISE 25778 (9.98) (CD) HEART'S HORIZON 174 169 169 6 SWEET TEE PROFILE 1269 (8.98) (CO) IT'S TEE TIME CHARLIE SEXTON 129 104 105 7 CHARLIE SEXTON MCA 6280 (9.98) (CD) ®] 181 186 18 ROBBIE NEVIL EMI 48359 (9.98) (CD) A PLACE LIKE THIS 163 4 SURFACE COLUMBIA FC 44284 (CD) 2ND WAVE LEAVE SCARS ® - (13 NEW 1 DARK ANGEL COMBAT 8264/IMPORTANT (8.98) (CD) EMI (CD) OPERATION: MINDCRIME c 170 196 25 QUEENSRYCHE 4864o (9.98) 177 160 153 23 RICKY VAN SHELTON COLUMBIA FC 44221 (CD) LOVING PROOF COLUMBIA OC 44302 NOTHING TO LOSE 132 123 101 24 EDDIE MONEY (CD) 178 179 148 44 SADE EPIC OE 44210 /E.PA. (CD) STRONGER THAN PRIDE 133 120 103 13 NEIL DIAMOND COLUMBIA OC 45025 (CO) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (13 NEW 1 THE RADIATORS EPIC FE 44343/E.P.A. (CD) ZIGZAGGING THROUGH GHOSTLAND RCA -1 -R (8.98) GREATEST HITS 134 124 127 32 THE JUDOS /CURB 8318 /RCA (co) 180 161 165 29 BAD COMPANY ATLANTIC 81884 (9.98) (CD) DANGEROUS AGE X 135 134 118 36 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 25738 (8.98) (Co) OLD 8 10 181 147 140 24 OZZY OSBOURNE CBSASSOCIATEDOZ 44245/E.P.A. (CD) NO REST FOR THE WICKED IN EFFECT MODE 136 121 120 47 AL B. SURE! WARNER BROS. 25662 (8.98) (CD) 182 165 182 155 ANITA BAKER A4 ELEKTRA 60444 (8.98) (CD) RAPTURE 167 2 GARY MOORE VIRGIN 91066 (CD) AFTER THE WAR YNE TOU&PS ZYDECAJUN CB - (9.98) an 194 195 3 WA BLAST FROM THE BAYOU MERCURY 836 518 -1 / POLYGRAM (CD) THE LIGHT ENEMY 138 142 136 26 THE JEFF HEALEY BAND ARISTA AL 8553 (8.98) (CD) SEE 184 184 151 37 PUBLIC IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK DEF JAM BSW 44303 /COLUMBIA (CD) HEAVEN ROBERT CRAY 153 164 5 BEBE & CECE WINANS CAPITOL 90959 (8.98) (CD) 185 189 154 32 THE BAND DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK HIGHTONE /MERCURY 834 9231 / POLYGRAM (CD) 2 DINO 4TH &B'WAYBWAY401I /ISLAND(8.98) (CO) 24/7 ® 149 - 186 151 142 37 BRITNY FOX COLUMBIA BFC 44140 (CD) BRITNY FOX JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 141 115 97 45 UP YOUR ALLEY WARNER BROS. (CD) ALWAYS & FOREVER CBS ASSOCIATED FZ 44146/E.P.A. (CD) 187 186 156 97 RANDY TRAVIS A3 25568 (8.98) ATLANTIC (CD) OF THE BLUE 142 141 138 83 DEBBIE GIBSON A3 81780 (8.98) OUT 188 171 160 69 ORIGINAL LONDON CAST POLYDOR 831 273.1 /POLYGRAM (CD) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 143 139 130 94 ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE A2 EPIC OE 40769/E.P.A. (CD) LET IT LOOSE GLORIA 189 191 187 32 HOTHOUSE FLOWERS LONDON 828 101 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) PEOPLE 190 3 ASHFORD & SIMPSON CAPITOL 01.46946 (9.98) (CD) LOVE OR PHYSICAL ® 159 ® 198 193 22 JONATHAN BUTLER JIVE 11361 -J /RCA (8.98) (CD) MORE THAN FRIENDS 145 143 122 12 CAMOUFLAGE ATLANTIC 81886 (8.98) (CD) VOICES & IMAGES (CD) HITS 1979 -1989 la NEW 1 ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA OC 45056 146 146 155 14 THE DEAD MILKMEN FEVER 73351 /ENIGMA (8.98) (CD) BEELZEBUBBA OF 192 192 - 2 LOVE AND MONEY MERCURY 836 498 1 /POLYGRAM (CD) STRANGE KIND LOVE 177 2 GUADALCANAL DIARY ELEKTRA 60848 (CD) FLIP FLOP ® - (9.98) 9® NEW i ALEX BUGNON ORPHEUS 75602 /EMI (8.98) (CD) LOVE SEASON 164 184 26 ANTHRAX MEGAFORCE /ISLAND 91004 /ATLANTIC (9.98) (CD) STATE OF EUPHORIA ® 194 178 172 18 DREAMS SO REAL ARISTA AL 8555 (8.98) (CD) ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO 154 174 18 JULIA FORDHAM VIRGIN 90955 (8.98) (CD) JULIA FORDHAM ® 195 168 177 11 FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION RCA 8596 -1 -R (8.98) (CD) THE FIRST OF A MILLION KISSES 150 131 125 72 JOE SATRIANI RELATIVITY 8193 /IMPORTANT (8.98) (CD) SURFING WITH THE ALIEN AGENT SOUL ® NEW 1 THE UNTOUCHABLES RESTLESS 72342 (8.98) (CD) 00 151 136 131 11 CAPITOL CI. 91185(9.98) (CD) TEQUILA SUNRISE SOUNDTRACK 197 175 143 22 PET SHOP BOYS EMI 90868 (9.98) (CD) INTROSPECTIVE 162 4 M.O.D. MEGAFORCE MC 1360 /CAROLINE (8.98) (CD) GROSS MISCONDUCT c162 198 172 167 10 MARC ALMOND CAPITOL C1 -91042 (8.98) (CD) THE STARS WE ARE 130 119 FEMMES SLASH 25819 /WARNER BROS. (9.98) 3 153 9 VIOLENT (CD) 199 182 200 6 BRUCE COCKBURN GOLD CASTLE 71320 (8.98) (CD) BIG CIRCUMSTANCE 154 128 137 A &M SP 5206 (8.98) (CD) SLOW TURNING 28 JOHN HIATT 200 188 173 33 LITTLE FEAT WARNER BROS. 25750 (9.98) (CD) LET IT ROLL ® 173 - 2 HIROSHIMA EPIC OE 45022/E.P.A. (CD) EAST TOP POP ALBUMS A -Z (LISTED BY ARTISTS) Paula Abdul 4 Tracy Chapman 31 Eazy -E 51 Hothouse Flowers 189 Martika 104 The Pursuit Of Happiness 114 Tap 166 Randy Travis 187, 135 McFerrin 98 Tequila Sunrise 151 Alabama 71 Chicago 111 Enya 29 House Of Lords 97 Bobby Queensryche 131 U2 36 Marc Almond 198 Toni Childs 116 Erasure 86 Metallica 27 Twins 173 Ice -T 169 The Untouchables 196 Animotion 162 Cinderella 44 The Escape Club 125 Metal Church 78 R.E.M. 17 Working Girl 66 Information Society 123 Midge Ure 91 Anthrax Bruce Cockburn 199 Gloria Estefan /MSM 143 George Michael 56 The Radiators 179 Stevie B 83 148 INXS 94 Ashford & Simpson 144 Elvis Costello 33 Melissa Etheridge 34 Mike r The Mechanics 16 Ratt 79 Rod Stewart 20 Van Halen 82 Rick Astley 35 Cowboy Junkies 26 Exodus 95 Michael Jackson 102 Milli Vanilli 32 Chris Rea 107 George Strait 101 Luther Vandross 50 The Robert Cray Band 185 Jane's Addiction 126 Eddie Money 132 Lou Reed 42 Barbra Streisand 122 Violent Femmes 153 Bad Company 180 Fairground Attraction 195 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 89 Al Jarreau 128 Gary Moore 137 The Replacements 65 AI B. Sure! 136 Vixen 49 Anita Baker 15, 182 Fine Young Cannibals 10 David Crosby 119 Joan Jett/Blackhearts 141 Rush 81 Surface 130 The Fixx 72 N.W.A. 41 Warrant 60 Bangles 22 Journey 37 Keith Sweat 172 Rob Base D.J. E -Z Rock 74 D.J. Jazzy Jeff /Fresh Prince 157 Fleetwood Mac 73 Ivan Neville 170 Sa-Fire 105 Was (Not Was) 48 & The Judds 134 Sweet Tee 174 Robbie Nevil 175 Sade 178 The Waterboys 90 Basia 76 Dark Angel 176 Julia Fordham 149 Sweet Sensation 99 Bon Jovi 13 Taylor Dayne 69 Samantha Fox 63 K -9 Posse 110 New Edition 38 Joe Satriani 88, 150 Karyn White 21 Boy Meets Girl 100 De La Soul 167 Kid 'N Play 118 New Kids On The Block 8 Charlie Sexton 129 TNT 121 White Lion 54 Kenny G 19 Boy George 165 The Dead Milkmen 146 King Tee 163 New Order 39 Ricky Van Shelton 177 Take 6 93 Hank Williams, Jr. 64 Debbie Gibson 1, 142 The Boys 47 Def Leppard 14 Kiss 80 Sheriff 164 Tesla 25 Vanessa Williams 40 Gipsy Kings 59 Roy Orbison 168, 160, 6 Breathe 62 Deon Estus 161 Kix 84 Michelle Shocked 103 They Might Be Giants 115 BeBe & CeCe Winans 139 Dave Grusin 124 Original London Cast 188 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians 12 Depeche Mode 87 Simply Red 57 Thirty Eight Special 120 Winger 28 Guadalcanal Diary 147 Julian Lennon 159 Ozzy Osbourne 181 Britny Fox 186 Neil Diamond 133 Sir Mix -A -Lot 117 Tiffany 30 Steve Winwood 96 Guns N' Roses 5, 11 LeVert 85 K.T. Oslin 109 Bobby Brown 2 Dino 140 Skid Row 24 Tanita Tikaram 77 Guy 46 Little Feat 200 XTC 52 Alex Bugnon 193 Dreams So Real 194 Robert Palmer 127 Slick Rick 58 Today 108 Living Colour 9 43 Duran Duran 92 M.C. Hammer 68 The Pasadenas 106 SOUNDTRACKS Tone Loc 7 Bulletboys Love And Money 192 Jon Butcher 156 Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead 75 The Jeff Healey Band 138 Pet Shop Boys 197 Beaches 18 Tony) Toni! Tone! 171 Lyle Lovett 67 Jonathan Butler 190 John Hiatt 154 Pink Floyd 113 Cocktail 53 Too Short 55 Steve Earle 70 Hiroshima 155 M.O.D. 152 Poison 23 Dirty Dancing 112 Wayne Toups & Zydecajun 183 Camouflage 145 Sheens Easton 45 Robyn Hitchcock /Egyptians 158 Public Enemy 184 Rain Man 61 Traveling Wilburys 3 Rosanne Cash 191 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 69 www.americanradiohistory.com ILWSMAKERS Paulo's Pals. Saxophonist Michael Paulo celebrates the completion 01 his MCA album, "One Passion," with guest vocalists AI Jarreau and Freddie Washington. Pictured, from left, are Robert Kraft, producer Paulo; Jarreau; and Washington. Let It Rain. Epic artists Rain People visit label staffers in New York. Pictured, from left, are Chris Hensley, manager; Dave Glew, senior VP /GM, Epic /Portrait/ CBS Associated Labels; Rain People's Matthew Sigmon, Julie Anderson, and David Howie; Andy Fuhrmann, director of A&R, Epic /Portrait; and Rich Gold, manager. Hull Is For Heroes. Jeff Hull, producer and co- writer of Brenda Russell's "Piano In The Dark," an signs exclusive worldwide co- publishing agreement with Flipping Out. Elektra group Guadalcanal Diary meets the staff of the Album EMI Music Publishing. Shown, from left, are Ira Jaffe, president, EMI Music Network while promoting its new album, "Flip Flop." Shown, from left, are Del Publishing, North America; Gary Gilbert, Hull's attorney; Hull; Linda Blum - Williams, regional promotion marketing manager, top 40 /album rock, Elektra; Huntington, VP, professional activities, EMI Music Publishing, North America; Guadalcanal Diary's Murray Attaway and Jeff Walls; Vanessa Rocki, Yvette Zir, Joyce Lapinsky, professional manager, EMI Music Publishing, North America; and Rick Sherman of the Album Network; John Poe and Rhett Crowe, and David Landau, director, motion picture and television music, EMI Music Guadalcanal Diary; and Diane Tameecha, Mark Cope, and Robert England, Publishing, North America. Album Network. Leahy And The Hamp. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D -Vt., briefs BMI composers and Home Culture. Jazz authority Elliott A Record Signing. Tom DeLuca signs a worldwide co- publishing deal with MCA executives on the music industry and copyright issues before Congress. Shown, Home, left, teams up with rapper Music Publishing. Shown, from left, are Carol Ware, director, creative services; Rick from left, are Lionel Hampton, BMI composer; Leahy; and Frances Preston, Keithy E of Gang Starr for the "Jazz Shoemaker, senior VP, Elizabeth Anthony, manager, creative services; DeLuca; president and CEO, BMI. Music" rap on Wild Pitch Records. and Leeds Levy, president. 70 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com 'NTEßNA7/ONAL Dutch Case WEA Int'l To Push Japan's Acts Abroad cause both partners came to the more talent around, and the indus- emerge from their own countries Sets Piracy BY SHIG FUJITA conclusion that the joint venture try could afford to invest more and sell in other countries." TOKYO Following its recent had really run its natural course, money to develop more talent for He added, "The Pacific area is Precedent buyout of Pioneer's share in that we had reached a time when the long term. developing into a very exciting rec- Warner- Pioneer -a major Japa- both parties felt it would be in our Lopez said that WEA is "ag- ord market. It is going to be in- nese label -WEA International joint interest to go in different di- gressively pursuing the develop- credible, very prosperous, very ac- BY WILLEM HOOS plans to become more aggressive rections. ment of local talent" in Southeast tive, very exciting, and very re- AMSTERDAM A significant in marketing Japanese artists "As you well know," he contin- Asia, and "this has already gener- warding, not just financially but precedent has been created by a overseas. ued, "joint ventures are imperfect ated international superstars in also in an artistic sense." judgment passed by the Supreme In an interview here, WEA In- animals in the long run. They are the area who are beginning to Court of the Netherlands. ternational chairman Ramon Lo- very good vehicles to achieve cer- Industry observers regard the pez remarked, "The Japanese ar- tain objectives in a short or medi- decision as an anticipation of the tistic community is interacting um term, but you reach a point WEA ACQUIRES ITALIAN LABEL accession of the Netherlands to more with international artists and where each partner wants to do (Continued from page 4) the Convention of Rome. This their product is becoming more ac- things his own way. 1961 treaty has already been ceptable in the international mar- "We own 100% of all of our oper- Warner- Pioneer, a major Japanese bution deal with Clan Celentano, the signed a by most European coun- ket. That trend will clearly contin- ations everywhere in the world but label (see story, above). label of top Italian star Adrian Ce- tries except the Netherlands and ue. in Japan. It was our view that to As a WEA company, CGD will lentano. CGD has often topped the Belgium. "We want to bring our interna- develop our presence in Japan retain its commercial and market- market in Italy, with a majority of The judgment finally resolves tional experience both in the Japa- fully, it was necessary to have ing independence and its name. the top 10 on frequent occasions. the dispute between BMG Ariola nese market and in exporting Jap- 100% control of our destiny." Under the direction of new GM Ro- Lately it has undergone some re- Benelux and Boogaard Trading, a anese artists outside of Japan with Lopez said that WEA's market berto Magrini, its objectives are structuring and has experienced Dutch wholesale firm, which be- a sense of reality. We're not going share in the U.S. at the moment is enhanced competitiveness and a some financial problems, although gan in the summer of 1987 when to be promoting internationally between 35% and 40% and that 20% larger share of the Italian market. its gross for 1988 was about $30 mil- BMG brought an action against simply because the artists are on of the Japanese market is "a good CGD's past achievements in- lion. Boogaard alleging breach of copy- the Warner- Pioneer roster. They intermediate target" clude international licensing of The Sugar Group continues sole right regarding Elvis Presley rep- have to have the potential, the While pointing out that the product with MGM, which broke ownership of its electronic hard- ertoire imported from Denmark quality, and the determination to world demand for music has never Connie Francis singing Italian ver- ware, music instruments, and video- by Boogaard and released in LP, become international stars." been higher, he said that if the sions of her hits, and with Reprise, tapes division, the Messaggerie Mu- cassette, and CD compilation Concerning Warner's buyout of governments of the world help Warner Bros., and A &M. From sicali chain of music stores, and the form. Warner- Pioneer, Lopez said, fight record rental, piracy, and 1967 -77, CGD was allied with CBS Suvini & Zermoni publishing enter- The Presley product was on "Clearly, the reason why this home taping, the industry will be in the CBS Sugar joint venture. prise. sale in many parts of Holland. The transaction took place was be- much healthier, there will be much In 1973, the company set a distri- LPs, issued on the Platinum label, had been manufactured in West Germany; the CDs, produced in South Korea, were released on Austrian License System Sparks Dispute the Flash and Scans labels, and Deep Purple the cassettes had been duplicated Rights Groups Decry Foreign Satellite Rule by Sonortape for release on the Intl A Hit In Japan Astan label. laws is without precedent in the inter- Parliament to consider the following BY MIKE HENNESSEY national legal context." questions: Boogaard and Sonortape had BY SHIG FUJITA not requested permission from VIENNA, Austria The decision of The three organizations have al- 1) On what internationally accepted BMG Ariola Benelux, official the Austrian government to intro- ways opposed the compulsory license basis are Austrian cable operators to TOKYO Sales of the Deep Pur- copyright holders of the Presley duce a compulsory license system for concept and claim that any extension be uniquely privileged to use foreign ple CD collection of 10 titles here repertoire in the Netherlands, to foreign satellite transmissions re- of the existing compulsory license satellite programs by means of a have far surpassed Warner-Pio- produce and market the product ceived in the state has provoked a re- would represent "a further intoler- cheap compulsory license? neer launch projections. Selling because the two companies re- action of condemnation from bodies able diminution of the basic rights of 2) Would such a law be compatible at the Forever Young Series spe- garded their compilations as new representing the international record authors and producers of creative with Austria's commitments to the cial price of $15.30, a total of repertoire outside BMG control. industry, the film industry, and au- works." Berne Convention and the Brussels 150,000 units were sold in the A lawsuit brought by BMG in thors, composers, and publishers. The statement continues: "It is Satellite Convention? first 10 days of release. the Court of Utrecht June 13, At a press conference here March only a few weeks since the Austrian 3) Would such legislation, mainly af- Eight of the 10 titles were list- 1987, resulted in a ruling that the 15, the rights owners' organiza- Supreme Court ruled that foreign fecting European Economic Commu- ed in the Top 40 of the Japanese activities of Boogaard Trading tions -the International Federation satellite transmissions do not fall un- nity rights owners, be compatible international repertoire chart, and Sonortape were "unfair com- of Phonogram and Videogram Pro- der the existing legal license in Aus- with the Austrian government's in- with two, "Live In Japan" and petition." The two companies ap- ducers (IFPI), the Association de tria and that, consequently, separate tention to align the country more "Machine Head" in the Top 10. pealed to the Amsterdam Court, Gestion Internationale Collective des payments have to be made for these closely with the EEC, which favors Now Keiichi Toyama, of the and in December 1987 this court Oeuvres Audiovisuelles, and the Con- rights." contractual solutions for the licens- Warner- Pioneer A &R division, overruled the Utrecht decision on federation Internationale des So- If the new proposed law comes into ing of satellite programs? says the aim is to top the 300,000 the grounds that the Presley com- cietes d'Auteurs et Compositeurs- force, the statement says, the Su- 4) Would such legislation be compati- sales mark. pilations were not infringing copy- issued a joint statement charging preme Court decision would, in ef- ble with the legal framework for pan - The biggest seller of the batch right. that "the attempt by Austrian cable fect, be totally reversed, and its re- European satellite programs current- thus far is "Live In Japan," BMG Ariola Benelux then ap- operators to commandeer foreign percussions would certainly extend ly under discussion in the Council of which sold 27,000 in 10 days. Oth- pealed to the Supreme Court, satellite programs by simply chang- far beyond the frontiers of Austria. Europe, according to which legal li- er titles include "Shades Of Deep whose important ruling for BMG ing the existing Austrian copyright The statement urges the Austrian censes should be expressly excluded Purple," "The Book Of Talie- was made public Feb. 28. from this type of transmission? syn," and "Deep Purple In The NVPI, the Dutch branch of 5) Would such legislation be compati- Rock." the IFPI, wrote to all sectors of ble with the invitation of the Austrian Two other titles, "Deep Purple the Dutch music industry soon af- Up government to have the audio-visual III" and "Deep Purple With The ter the Supreme Court judgment Finnish Record Biz register, in Vienna, envisaged by the Royal Philharmonic," were not warning them to beware of "sus- of these shipments at the whole- World Intellectual Property Organi- included in the CD release batch picious quantities" of LPs, CDs, BY KARI HELOPALTIO sale level and without tax came to zation, when those mainly interested because of poor analog sales and cassettes. If importers, HELSINKI, Finland Though de- some $52 million, up 10% on the in such a register -the audio-visual here. Due to customer demand, wholesalers, or retailers detect tailed statistics are not yet being previous year. producers -would be the most ad- Warner- Pioneer has planned a such stock, the NVPI advises released, it appears that 1988 was It appears that sales of compact versely affected by a compulsory li- late -June CD release for them. them to destroy it or return it to a very good trading year for the disks nearly doubled, but with lit- cense covering their works? The sales success is largely the suppliers if possible. Finnish record industry in both tle sales damage to traditional vi- Calling on the Austrian Parliament due to the special pricing for the The Dutch Government has unit volume and monetary value. nyl or cassette sales. to reject the proposed compulsory li- series. Regular price for a CD in prepared a bill to facilitate the According to inside sources, And it is believed here that De- cense bill, the declaration points out Japan is in the $23- $24.50 range, signing of the Convention of about 13 million units worth some cember of last year was the hot- that there is no need for legislation to but record companies have been Rome. It now awaits the opinion $130 million at retail value, includ- test sales month in Finnish record ensure unhindered reception of for- selling some titles at $19.25. of an advisory committee before ing tax, were handled by the indus- industry history. eign satellite programs. Toyama says that five Prince, being introduced in the Dutch try as a whole. "Contractual arrangements be- three Van Halen, and four Sam- Parliament, a process which The Finnish group of IFPI com- tween rights owners and satellite my Hagar titles will soon be re- might take two years. panies, which has about 20 record More International companies have, for years, secured leased at the new low price, fol- company members, shipped rough- coverage, transfrontier reception of more than lowed by five a -Ha and two ly 6.5 million units, up about 6.5% see page 28 20 satellite programs," the statement Chaka Khan titles. from from the 1987 figure. Value says. 71 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com IBM REVIEWS It" and "Ordinary Girl." His dance new fans for Summers' solo fare, but POP THE UNTOUCHABLES rhythms are tantalizing enough, but those who enjoyed his earlier Agent 00 Soul SPOTLIGHT material runs thin as quest for including PRODUCER: Arthur Barrow projects- those recorded RECOMMENDED Restless 72342 consistency of quality goes on. with Robert Fripp -will be delighted. L.A.'s long-lived twin -tone unit steps GRADY HARRELL PHOEBE SNOW even further away from ska and Come Play With Me! Something Real toward traditional '60s -style soul on PRODUCERS: Various PRODUCERS: Rob Fraboni & Ricky Fataar, Russ new endeavor. Title cover of the RCA 8341 Titelman, Phil Ramone COUNTRY Ekiktra 60852 Edwin Starr oldie is exemplary of the Darryl Ross- produced "Sticks And group's current style, which might Long- inactive singer makes a welcome Stones" is chugging up the charts on RECOMMENDED find favor with modern rock jocks and very handsome return to form. strength of its Sam Cooke- meets- working out of a neo-R &B bag. Motown tribute to '60s rock'n'soul. No stylistic surprises here-merely SUZY BOGGUSS the usual introspective songs, Chameleon -voiced Harrell sifts styles OUR BOYS STEEL ORCHESTRA Somewhere Between launched by Snow's - from Dobie Gray to Michael Jackson, PRODUCER: Wendy Waldman throaty and ever Pan Night And Day flashing brilliance while never really Capitol 90237 warm vocal style, which remains oft - PRODUCER: Andy Narell imitated but never duplicated. Good Mango /Island 9822 landing on a branch of his own. "You In her covers of such old hits as "I And AC possibilities in title track, "Touch Irresistible oddity features an Me," written and produced by Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" Stevie Wonder, could Your Soul," and a multitude enormous Trinidadian band working fly after "Put and the title cut, Bogguss shows a real This On Your Mind." of other vibrantly sung cuts. out heartily on tuned steel drums. MADONNA feel for projecting the direct and pared - Produced by Narell (whose own "The Like A Prayer down emotions of traditional country. MARC MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES Hammer" tracked similar terrain) with PRODUCERS: Madonna with Patrick Leonard, V. But she is equally convincing in the Stephen Bray, Prince Too True Gladsome, Humour & Blue Sire newer and more ironic mode uncommon zest, this is one of the most 25844 PRODUCERS: Various of PRODUCERS: Paul Samwell- Smith; David Brewis "Handyman's Dream" Capitol 91751 invigorating sets of the year so far. Built- for-radio title track and Ekiktra 60811 and "Guilty As Sweetly percussive music is a tonic They Come." This two-record set is a combination of subsiding brouhaha over the video is Young singer makes a nice impression ready to be the Daintees' previous releases, sampled by adventurous giving Madonna's first all -new studio with light, somewhat jazz -tinged programmers and consumers. "Gladsome, Humour & Blue" and set in three years a high -profile send- contemporary R &B on label bow. "Boat To Bolivia," available for the off. At initial listen, the album is less Solid helping hand is provided by STATUS QUO first time in the U.S. accessible than previous efforts, but large supporting cast of players that CLASSICAL Stephenson often PRODUCERS: Various sounds like a hoarse Art Garfunkel PolyGram 836651 is ultimately her most satisfying, includes Hugh Masekela and the lyrically and musically. Though much - System. "Let Them Stare" could be a drenched in acoustic guitars and gentle Venerable British outfit makes bid for RECOMMENDED ballyhooed duet with Prince probably solid opening salvo to make listeners drums. The songs cover an stardom for the umpteenth time on won't turn many heads, there's plenty aware of V.'s smooth soulfulness. astonishingly wide range of styles, U.S. shores. Sound is dated, yet here that's radio-ready, including BARBER: SYMPHONY NO. 2; OVERTURE TO THE from the Celtic "The Wait," to the endearing nonetheless. Best cuts are "Express Yourself," "Cherish," and RUBY TURNER SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL FIRST ESSAY; ADAGIO breezy "I Can See," to the dreamy "I the Dave Edmunds-produced "Rollin' FOR STRINGS Pray," to the jangly country rock of "Keep It Together." The Motown Songbook Home" and "Ain't Complaining." PRODUCERS: Loris Holland, Roy Hay, Jolyon New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Schenck "Running Water." Evocative lyrics and Skinner, Jon Astrop Stradivari 8012 Jive /RCA 1177 strong melodies throughout should SWAMP DOGG This CD returns the second symphony broaden its appeal to college and album I Called For A Rope And They Threw He A Rock NEW AND British singer serves up a collection of to currency, a project the composer rock radio. PRODUCERS: Swamp Dogg, Yvonne Williams Motown standards, many of them S.D.E.G. 4003 may very well have objected to, were turned techno -soul. The problem isn't he still alive. Barber himself made the THE CONNELLS Only this doggedly individualistic Turner's voice, which is by turns first recording decades ago, but later Fun & Games veteran could create a set of absorbing NOTEWORTHY soothing and sassy; it's in messing with withdrew it from circulation and tore PRODUCERS: Gary Smith and others R&B tunes that's even more perfection-virtually none of TvT Records 2550 BIG BAM BOO these up the parts. Now his estate has entertaining than his acerbic, take-no- tunes is the better for Fun, Faith, & Fairplay the addition of authorized this revival. The piece is North Carolina quintet's third album prisoners liner notes. "I'd Lie To You PRODUCER: Richard Manwaring drum programming and synthesizers. accessible (second for TVT) is its best yet, For and well-crafted and will Your Love" is full of mendacious Uni Records /MCA 8 Best efforts (read: least techno) are attract interest. Heavy although a few of the songs sound a fun and "Myocardial Infarction publicity will British duo, Shark and Simon Tedd, "Baby I Need Your Lovin "' and "Just direct much attention its way. little too much like those on last (Heartbreak)" doesn't miss a beat, makes a big noise stateside with their My Imagination (Running Away From Performance and recording are year's college /alternative fave while the irrepressible good -time Me)." "Boylan guitar- based, harmony -filled debut. excellent, and the accompanying Heights." Smith does an originals "Happy Dog Day" and "1958" The songs excellent job of harnessing the band's are distinctive enough to Barber pieces flesh out the album even manage to exceed his toe- tapping strike on college and radio, talents and giving the album a live, alternative attractively. cover of "Let The Good Times Roll." but accessible enough to make in on yet professionally polished sound. Contact: 404-926 -3377 top 40. Best bets A OFFENBACH: GAITE PARISIENNE Lead vocalists Doug MacMillan and are "Fell Off JAZZ / GOUNOD: Mountain," "Shooting From My FAUST BALLET MUSIC /CHABRIER: ESPANA/ George Huntley trade off songs to TONY MATHEWS Heart," and the quirky "What's THOMAS: MIGNON OVERTURE give the band a depth and wonderful Alien In My Own Home Bigger Than PICKS Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ozawa PRODUCER: Swamp Dogg Life ?" versatility only hinted at previously. Deutsche Grammophon 423698 Contact: 212-929-0570. S.O.E.G. 4004 Ace Oklahoma guitarist steps into the SHERRY WINSTON A bouquet of French pleasers, tuneful Love Madness and bright and directed with an BERNIE SHANAHAN spotlight with a set of infectious R&B/ PRODUCER: Sherry Winston and Kent Schuyler PRODUCER: Brian McGee expert hand. Is this DG's response to blues tunes -some self- penned, others Ekrktra 60854 Headfirst 729 Atlantic 81934 by his ubiquitous label chief /producer/ sister label Philips's Boston Pops Echoes of various English gloomsters Flutist is a promising young fusionist Straight -ahead power pop from New collaborator. Highlights of a solid set series? In any case, a long and active are heard in this mysterious new U.K. who has already earned a warm York singer /songwriter who comes include a distinctive remake of Sam shelf life can be safely predicted. entry, produced to bizarre perfection reception from radio. Her mostly light across as a cross between Bryan Cooke's "You Send Me" as well as by former Buzzcocks and Joy Division and bright album is supported nicely BERNSTEIN: SYMPHONIC DANCES Adams and Survivor with, strangely clever, livin'-the -blues epics "My Life /GERSHWIN: ringmaster Hannett. Skewed, slightly with cameos by experienced players THREE PRELUDES/BARTÒK: SONATA FOR TWO enough, an occasional nod to Lou Reed. Ain't Nothing But A Blues Song," "Too psychedelicized tracks may strike a like Eric Gale, Patrice Rushen, and PIANOS & PERCUSSION A vibrant, live feel pervades entire Many People In My Bed," and "One chord in Mark Soskin. GUIw & 5Mw Psldnel, pianos album, especially on the instantly Hour Ago." alternative programmers who go Teidec 243719 likeable "Hard Luck & Heroes" and for the darker side of things. The Bernstein, in a special "The Night Is Never Long Enough." IQ arrangement for the two-piano Are You Sitting Comfortably? team, may win the most immediate reaction, JING PRODUCER: Terry Brown NEW AGE Squawk /Mercury 836429 but the in PRODUCER: Bradshaw Leigh Jing, Carter Cathcart BLACK Bartók, this sparkling Three Cherries Records 33332 British synth-oriented quintet makes a performance, rhythmically hip and PICKS Jing is reminiscent of Elvis Costello Duranish stab at heavily produced FM technically impressive, should garner and Graham Parker without ever pop in the Starship mold. Best from ncKS OMNI most plaudits long -term. Good sound, sounding derivative. Group leader this by- the-numbers effort are the DON HARRISS particularly in the Bartók. Arthur Jing has been around for more bright tones of "Drive On" and "Sold MARCUS LEWIS Vanishing Point PRODUCER: Don Harriss a decade, is Sing Me A Song than but this definitely the On You," which are exceeded by the Sonic Abnoapheres 80023 effort that could catapult him to the big catchy strains of "Falling Apart At The PRODUCER Dan Serafini Aegis /CBS 45055 Somebody get this guy time. Best cuts are "In My Heart," Seams." a soundtrack "Happy Endings," and "Something's Strong percolating dance tunes deal. Although album is best defined as new age, keyboardist/composer Wrong." College and alternative TINY LIGHTS interspersed with gentle midtempo Harriss offers a wider variety programmers will certainly find this Hazel's Wreath tunes make this album a pleasure. First of tempos and textures than are generally worth taking a chance on. Contact 212- PRODUCERS: John Hamilton, Tiny Lights single, "The Club," did well on the SPOTLIGHT: Predicted to hit top 10 on Bill- Gala 9005 in 889 -3110. dance club play chart, and new tune, found the genre. New age stations board's Top Pop Albums chart or to earn plati- Eclectic, engaging debut from this "Searchin' For A Good Time," should have jumped on board, and given even num certification. NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and fIREHOSE Hoboken, New Jersey, acoustic five - do equally well on the black charts. broader exposure, he'll appeal to a piece wider audience than that of the BMW developing acts worthy of attention and other "fROMOHIO" brings pop, folk, jazz, and other releases of special interest. PRODUCERS: Mike Watt & Ed Crawford idioms into its omnivorous embrace. and hot -tub persuasion. PICKS: Releases predicted to hit the top half SST 235 Highlights from a delightfully out-of- RECOMMENDED of the chart in the format listed. On third album, remodeled Minutemen the-ordinary set include subtle, ANDY SUMMERS RECOMMENDED: Other releases predicted show off their chops with another graceful melodies "Green Instead" The Golden Wire to chart in the respective format; also, other al- PRODUCERS: bums of superior quality. package of short- but -sweet, and "Grown -Up Fish," and sharp, PAUL LAURENCE Andy Summers and David Hentschel Private Music 2048 All albums commercially available in the rhythmically skewed rockers. Guitarist/ hook -laden tunes "Around It Goes Underexposed PRODUCER: Paul Laurence Police guitarist, with a surprisingly U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Melinda vocalist/songwriter Crawford continues Around" and "The Capricious Newman, Billboard, Capitol 48304 urban assist from multitalented reed 1515 Broadway, New to evolve out of the shadow of the late Yearnings Of King Edward." York, N.Y. 10036, and Chris Morris, Billboard, Producer /keyboardist/singer Laurence man Paul McCandless, weaves D. 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Hot 100m SALES & AIRPLAYTM A ranking of the top 40 singles by sales and airplay, respectively, with reference to each title's composite position on the main Hot I 00 Singles chart. NOT100 6 AIRPLAY 84 Y Y SALES Y g TITLE ARTIST '`k' ?¡ g; TITLE ARTIST gg SRCFFS SPOÏUII1 1 2 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI 2 1 2 ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES 1 2 3 ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES 1 2 5 THE LOOK ROXETTE 3 3 4 THE LOOK ROXETTE 3 3 4 MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO ROD STEWART 4 by Michael Ellis 4 1 THE LIVING YEARS MIKE + THE MECHANICS 5 4 6 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI 2 "ETERNAL FLAME" by the Bangles (Columbia) rides its large air- 5 5 MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO ROD STEWART 4 5 7 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 6 6 7 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 6 6 1 THE LIVING YEARS MIKE + THE MECHANICS 5 play lead to top. "Girl You Know True" by Milli (Arista) the It's Vanilli 7 6 WALK THE DINOSAUR WAS (NOT WAS) 7 7 3 LOST IN YOUR EYES DEBBIE GIBSON 10 moves up to No. 2 with a bullet, but is No. 1 in sales by a solid margin; it 8 9 DREAMIN' VANESSA WILLIAMS 9 8 12 STAND R.E.M. 8 now has been certified gold. "The Look" by Roxette (EMI) is No. 3 with 9 14 STAND R.E.M. 8 9 8 YOU'RE NOT ALONE CHICAGO 15 a bullet and is gaining in points so strongly that it may jump over both of 10 12 YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON 12 10 13 WALK THE DINOSAUR WAS (NOT WAS) 7 the songs mentioned above to gain the top spot next week. After "The 11 19 SUPERWOMAN KARYN WHITE 13 11 17 LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA 11 Look," look out for the unstoppable Madonna, whose "Like A Prayer" 12 - LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA 11 12 15 DREAMIN' VANESSA WILLIAMS 9 (Sire) makes by far the largest point gain of any record on the chart, 13 21 YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE POISON 16 13 11 JUST BECAUSE ANITA BAKER 14 with a huge jump from No. 25 to No. 11. 14 17 JUST BECAUSE ANITA BAKER 14 14 16 SUPERWOMAN KARYN WHITE 13 15 8 LOST IN YOUR EYES DEBBIE GIBSON 10 15 20 FUNKY COLD MEDINA TONE LOC 17 16 18 CRYIN' VIXEN 29 16 22 YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE POISON 16 THE BIGGEST GAINER IN sales points below the top 20, and thus the 17 22 MORE THAN YOU KNOW MARTIKA 18 17 25 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU BON JOVI 20 Power Pick /Sales winner, is "After All" by Cher & Peter Cetera (Gef- 18 13 YOU'RE NOT ALONE CHICAGO 15 18 19 YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON 12 fen). top 10 It is also strong on the radio side, with an early report from 19 - FUNKY COLD MEDINA TONE LOC 17 19 23 HEAVEN HELP ME DEON ESTUS 19 KF95 Boise, Idaho (14 -9). On the airplay side, the winner is "Real Love" 20 26 HEAVEN HELP ME DEON ESTUS 19 20 18 MORE THAN YOU KNOW MARTIKA 18 by Jody Watley (MCA); although the record is still only No. 37, it has an 21 23 ONE METALLICA 38 21 27 SECOND CHANCE THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 24 89% chance of reaching the top five. Impressive radio jumps for "Real" 22 27 SINCERELY YOURS SWEET SENSATION (WITH ROMEO J.D.) 30 22 9 DON'T TELL ME LIES BREATHE 22 include 23 -14 at Power 96 Detroit and 34 -19 at WKBQ St. Louis. 23 11 PARADISE CITY GUNS N' ROSES 21 23 28 ROCKET DEF LEPPARD 27 24 10 RONI BOBBY BROWN 23 24 14 PARADISE CITY GUNS N' ROSES 21 AS TONE LOC'S "Funky Cold Medina" (Delicious Vinyl) drives up the 25 16 I BEG YOUR PARDON KON KAN 33 25 29 ROOM TO MOVE ANIMOTION 25 26 34 RADIO ROMANCE TIFFANY 35 26 10 RONI BOBBY BROWN 23 chart toward the top, leaping nine places to No. 17 this week, the contro- 27 20 YOU GOT IT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 28 27 31 THINKING OF YOU SA -FIRE 26 versy in the Loc's previous As read- press over single continues. steady 28 39 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU BON JOVI 20 28 21 YOU GOT IT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 28 ers of this column know, the Hot 100 is a sales and airplay chart, combin- 29 15 DON'T TELL ME LIES BREATHE 22 29 40 FOREVER YOUR GIRL PAULA ABDUL 36 ing radio airplay with record store sales to compute total record popular- 30 32 THINKING OF YOU SA -FIRE 26 30 36 ORINOCO FLOW (SAIL AWAY) ENYA 31 ity. The criticism directed toward the Hot 100 over the fact that "Wild 31 35 ROOM TO MOVE ANIMOTION 25 31 39 AFTER ALL CHER & PETER CETERA 34 Thing" peaked at No. 2 ignores the 30-year history of the Hot 100 as a 32 30 SECOND CHANCE THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 24 32 38 SINCERELY YOURS SWEET SENSATION (WITH ROMEO J.D.) 30 sales -plus -airplay chart. The Hot 100 is not, and has never been, just a 33 29 ORINOCO FLOW (SAIL AWAY) ENYA 31 33 - REAL LOVE JODY WATLEY 37 sales chart. There is a sales -only chart and an airplay -only chart, on this 34 24 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 32 34 24 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 32 page this week, each with 40 positions. "Wild Thing" was unquestion- 35 40 ROCKET DEF LEPPARD 27 35 - CULT OF PERSONALITY LIVING COLOUR 39 36 25 WILD THING TONE LOC 48 36 BIRTHDAY SUIT (FROM "SING ") JOHNNY KEMP 44 ably No. 1 on that sales chart, but it peaked at No. 3 in airplay. Overall, it - 37 38 I WANNA BE THE ONE STEVIE B 41 37 26 I BEG YOUR PARDON KON KAN 33 peaked No. 2. Those who believe the Hot 100 should be a sales -only at 38 AFTER ALL CHER & PETER CETERA 34 38 EVERLASTING LOVE HOWARD JONES 46 chart, since sales represent the final votes of the consumers, should re- - - 39 - IKO IKO (FROM "RAIN MAN") THE BELLE STARS 40 39 - 24/7 DINO 42 100 all member that the Hot has never been sales. 40 - 24/7 DINO 42 40 - IKO IKO (FROM "RAIN MAN ") THE BELLE STARS 40 ©Copydgh 1989. Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. tored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical, photocopying, QUICK CUTS: There is a chart jam in the 50s this week. As a result, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. "Where Are You Now ?" by Jimmy Harnen With Synch (WTG) moves up only three places to No. 56, despite 18 adds. Also, "Let The River HOT 100 A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC Run" by Carly Simon (Arista) holds at No. 60 despite gaining points, ASCAP) HL 45 SHE WON'T TALK TO ME (SBK April, ASCAP/Uncle especially on the sales side. "River" jumps 7 -1 at 95XIL Parkersburg, W. TITLE (Publisher Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 33 I BEG YOUR PARDON (Beun Music /Lowery, BMI) CPP Ronnie's, ASCAP/SBK Blackwood, BMI /Huemar, BMI) Va. Also caught in the jam are "Driven Out" by the Fixx (RCA) and "It's 42 24/7 (Onid, BMI) CPP 78 I CAN'T FACE THE FACT (GG Loves Music, BMI /Music HL Only Love" by Simply Red (Elektra), both of which gain in points but 34 AFTER ALL (LOVE THEME FROM "CHANCES ARE') Corp. Of America, BMI) HL 50 A SHOULDER TO CRY ON (Page Three, BMI/Warner- slip on the chart The seven new entries include two artists making (Snow Songs, BMI /Pitchford, BMI/Triple Star, BMI) 64 I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU (Chappell, ASCAP) HL Tamerlane, BMI /Doraflo, BMI) WBM ... CPP 41 I WANNA BE THE ONE (Saja, BMI /Mya -T, BMI) 30 SINCERELY YOURS (Shaman Drum, BMI) their chart bows: Neneh Cherry debuts at No. 83 with her top five Brit- 93 BABY BABY (Eighth Wonder, BMI /Forte, 72 I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, 54 SOLDIER OF LOVE (Bajun Beat /MCA, ASCAP) HL ish hit "Buffalo Stance" (Virgin) (see New On The Charts, page 25). Ear- BMI /Domingo, ASCAP) BMI) 66 SOMEBODY LIKE YOU (MCA, ASCAP/Dresden China, 44 BIRTHDAY SUIT (FROM "SING ") (TSP, ASCAP/Triple 40 IKO IKO (FROM "RAIN MAN ") (Trio, BMI/Melder, ASCAP /Dal Coure, BMI /Orca, ASCAP) HL/CPP ly activity comes from Atlanta (23 -20 on Power 99) and Sacramento, Star, BMI) CPP BMI) HL/WBM 8 STAND (Night Garden, BMI /Unichappell, BMI) HL Calif. (No. 20 at FM102). U.K. band Easterhouse enters at No. 91 with 77 BORN TO BE MY BABY (Bon Jovi, ASCAP/New Jersey 68 I'LL BE LOVING YOU (FOREVER) (SBK April, ASCAP) 32 STRAIGHT UP (Virgin, ASCAP/Woltt, ASCAP) CPP "Come Out Fighting" (Columbia) For those who enjoy the recent res- Underground, ASCAP/PolyGram, ASCAP /Desmobile, 20 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU (Bon Jovi, ASCAP /New 13 SUPERWOMAN (Kear, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI /Green Skirt, ... ASCAP /SBK April, ASCAP) HL/WBM Jersey Underground, ASCAP /PolyGram, ASCAP) WBM BMI) CPP toration of color to the Hot 100: Early deadlines this week prevent using 69 BRING DOWN THE MOON (Irving, BMI /Boy Meets 59 ITS ONLY LOVE (Mayplace, BMI) HL 47 SURRENDER TO ME (FROM "TEQUILA SUNRISE") any color on the chart, but the red highlights will be back next week. Girl, BMI) CPP 14 JUST BECAUSE (O'Hara, BMI/Texascity, BMI /Avid (Rockwood, BMI /Security Hogg, ASCAP /United 83 BUFFALO STANCE (Virgin Music /SBK Songs) One, ASCAP /L'il Mama, BMI/Music Corp. Of America, Artists, ASCAP /SBK April, ASCAP /United Lion, 70 CAN YOU STAND THE RAIN (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) BMI) HL BMI /SBK Blackwood, BMI) HL/CLM WBM 60 LET THE RIVER RUN (THEME FROM "WORKING 26 THINKING OF YOU (Cutting, ASCAP) 57 CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER (Lisabella, ASCAP/Virgin, GIRL ") (TCF, ASCAP /C'est, ASCAP) CPP/WBM 53 TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) (CRGI, BMI) ASCAP /SBK April, ASCAP) CLM /CPP 11 LIKE A PRAYER (Webo Girl, ASCAP/WB, 71 VOICES OF BABYLON (John Spinks, PRS /BMI) 91 COME OUT FIGHTING (Publisher Pending) ASCAP/Johnny Yuma, BMI) WBM 7 WALK THE DINOSAUR (MCA, ASCAP/Semper Fi 29 CRYIN' (Trippland, BMI /Leibraphone Musikverlag, 92 A LITTLE RESPECT (Soot, PRS /Emile, ASCAP) MSC Music & Monkeys ASCAP) HL ASCAP / PolyGram Songs, BMI) WBM 95 LIVIN' RIGHT (Red Cloud, ASCAP /Night River, ASCAP) 100 WALKING AWAY (T-Boy, ASCAP /INSOC, ASCAP) HOT 100 SINGLES ACTION 39 CULT OF PERSONALITY (Dare To Dream, WBM WBM ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) CPP 5 THE LIVING YEARS (Michael Rutherford, BMI /R&BA, 86 WALKING THROUGH WALLS (EMI, ASCAP) WBM RADIO MOST ADDED 96 DEAR GOD (Mood, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM BMI /Hidden Pun, BMI /Hit And Run, ASCAP) WBM 99 THE WAY YOU LOVE ME (Kear, BMI/Hip Trip, PLATINUM/ BRONZE/ 74 DIAL MY HEART (Kear, BMI/Hip Trip, BMI) CPP 3 THE LOOK (Jimmy Fun, BMI) BMI /Green Skirt, BMI) CPP THE (WORLD LUST AND 10 LOST IN YOUR ASCAP /Deborah GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL 82 DIFFERENT STORY OF EYES (Creative Bloc, 88 WE'VE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST (Pardini, ASCAP /Marisma, ASCAP) Ann's, ASCAP) HL ASCAP /Geffen, ASCAP /Matkosky ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON CRIME) (Paradise GMBH, Music/Chappell & 24 REPORTERS 51 REPORTERS 166 REPORTERS 241 REPORTERS 79 DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME? (Skintrade, 49 THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES (Ardavan, ASCAP /AG, Co., ASCAP /French Stuff Music) HL/WBM ELECTRIC YOUTH ASCAP /Colgems -EMI, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP /Chappell, ASCAP /Dubin, ASCAP /Full Keel 85 WHAT I AM (Geffen, ASCAP/Strangemind Productions, 22 DON'T TELL ME LIES (Virgin, ASCAP) CPP Music) HL/WBM ASCAP /Enlightened Kitty, ASCAP/Winthrow, DEBBIE GIBSON ATLANTIC 12 17 70 99 105 76 DOWNTOWN (Irving, BMI/Dejamus Ltd., PRS) 51 THE LOVER IN ME (Hip Trip, BMI/Kear, BMI /Green ASCAP /Edie Brickell, ASCAP) WBM I'LL BE LOVING YOU HL/CPP Skirt, BMI) CPP 65 WHEN I'M WITH YOU (Bananaree, BMI) HL NEW KIDS... COLUMBIA 9 10 44 63 69 9 DREAMIN' (Jobete, ASCAP /Depom, ASCAP) CPP 18 MORE THAN YOU KNOW (Famous, ASCAP/Tika 89 WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN (U2, ASCAP /Chappell DRIVEN (EMI, ASCAP) WBM Tunes, ASCAP/Marvin Morrow /Ensign, BMI) CPP & Co., ASCAP) SOLDIER OF LOVE 58 OUT 62 ELECTRIC YOUTH (Creative Bloc, ASCAP /Deborah 4 MY HEART CANT TELL YOU NO (Rare Blue, 84 WHEN THE CHILDREN CRY (Vavoom, ASCAP) WBM DONNY OSMOND CAPITOL 4 13 45 62 117 Ann's, ASCAP) ASCAP /Little Shop Of Morgansongs, BMI) CLM /CPP 56 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? (Harnen, BMI /Congdon, ROCK ON 90 END OF THE LINE (Zero Productions, BMI /SBK April, 97 MY PREROGATIVE (Cal -Gene, BMI /Bobby Brown, BMI /Empire, ASCAP /Jakota, ASCAP) MICHAEL DAMIAN CYPRESS 5 12 40 57 127 ASCAP /Special Rider, ASCAP /Gone Gator, ASCAP / Unicity, ASCAP/Virgin Songs, BMI) HL /CPP 48 WILD THING ( Varry White, ASCAP) HL/CPP 38 ONE (Creeping Death, ASCAP) CLM 55 WINO BENEATH MY WINGS (FROM "BEACHES") (WB REAL LOVE ASCAP/Ganga, BMI) ETERNAL FLAME (SBK Blackwood, BMI /Bangophile, 31 ORINOCO FLOW (SAIL AWAY) (SBK Songs /SBK Gold, ASCAP/Warner House of Music, BMI) WBM MCA 3 7 42 52 168 JODY WATLEY BMI /Billy Steinberg, ASCAP /Denise Barry, ASCAP) Blackwood, BMI) HL 81 WORKING ON IT (Magnet, ASCAP /Intersong -USA, VOICES OF BABYLON HL/WBM 21 PARADISE CITY (Guns N' Roses, ASCAP) CLM ASCAP) HL THE OUTFIELD COLUMBIA 3 8 31 42 75 46 EVERLASTING LOVE (Rojo, BMI) 35 RADIO ROMANCE (George Tobin, BMI) HL 12 YOU GOT IT (SBK April, ASCAP /Orbisongs, EVERY LITTLE (Near, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) CPP 37 REAL LOVE (SBK April, ASCAP /Ultrawave, ASCAP /Gone Gator, ASCAP) HL/CPP EVERLASTING LOVE 67 STEP 87 FADING AWAY (SBK Blackwood, BMI /Bob Rosenberg, ASCAP /Rightsong, BMI) HL 28 YOU GOT IT (THE RIGHT STUFF) (Maurice Starr, ELEKTRA 5 5 27 37 156 HOWARD JONES BMI) HL 94 REPETITION (T -Boy, ASCAP /INSOC, ASCAP) ASCAP /SBK April, ASCAP) HL THINKING OF YOU 61 FEELS SO GOOD (Yessup, ASCAP) CLM 52 ROCK ON (St.Cecilia, BMI) 16 YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE (Jasperilla, ASCAP /MCA, SA -FIRE CUTTING 3 5 24 32 170 36 FOREVER YOUR GIRL (Virgin, ASCAP /Oliver Leiber, 27 ROCKET (Bludgeon Riffola, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP) HL ASCAP) CPP ASCAP) CPP 23 RONI (Kear, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) CPP 15 YOU'RE NOT ALONE (Virgin, ASCAP/Trinifold, ASCAP) CULT OF PERSONALITY 17 FUNKY COLD MEDINA (Varry White, ASCAP) 25 ROOM TO MOVE (Rare Blue, ASCAP/Almo, CPP EPIC 2 7 16 25 147 LIVING COLOUR 2 GIRL YOU KNOW ITS TRUE (MCA, ASCAP/Two ASCAP /Little Shop Of Morgansongs, BMI) CLM /CPP WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN Pieters, BMI) HL 80 RUN TO PARADISE (Australian Mushroom, ASCAP) U2 ISLAND 1 2 22 25 33 73 GOOD LIFE (Virgin Songs, BMI /Drive On, BMI) CPP 24 SECOND CHANCE (Rocknocker, ASCAP /SBK 98 HALLELUIAH MAN (SBK Songs/SBK Blackwood, BMI) Blackwood, BMI /Cal Curtis, BMI/Too Tall, BMI) HL Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists HL 43 SEVENTEEN (Varseau, BMI /Small Hope, BMI /Dinner full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The 63 HEARTS ON FIRE (F.S.Limited, PRS /Freedom, Mints, BMI) CPP a to: cally as changes are made, or is available by sending self -addressed stamped envelope BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) WBM 6 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY (Virgin, ASCAP) CPP New York, N.Y. 10036. Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, 19 HEAVEN HELP ME (Estes, BMI /Rok-Mil, 81111 /58K 75 SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME (All Boys USA, Blackwood, BMI /Morrison Leahy, ASCAP /Chappell, BMI) CPP 76 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com States And Their Agencies Cannot Be Sued -EMI Music Bows Supreme Court Lets Copyright Ruling Stand Capitol WASHINGTON The Supreme laws. eign immunity" protection to A Court, for the second time this In the March 20 decision, the states in such cases, as provided New Latin Division year, has refused to review the rul- court allowed to stand a 9th Circuit by the 11th Amendment. LOS ANGELES Capitol -EMI Mu- tance of the Latin market in the ings of lower courts that states Court of Appeals ruling that the Several members of the U.S. sic has established a new Capitol/ U.S., we felt we could maximize our and their agencies cannot be sued U.S Copyright Act does not explic- copyright community, including EMI Latin music division, CEMA sales efforts by employing the for violating federal copyright itly remove or abrogate "sover- the Motion Picture Assn. of Ameri- president Russ Bach announced strength of CEMA," Capitol-EMI ca, had filed briefs asking for a Su- March 21. Jose Behar, former VP of Music president /CEO Joe Smith preme Court review. A &R and West Coast operations said in a formal statement. "This KVC, VIRGIN VISION TO SET DEAL In effect, the court, in letting for CBS International U.S., will move will allow us to become a (Continued from page 3) the lower court decision stand, has head up the newly created division, more significant and aggressive made it the business of Congress force in the marketplace to further tributors and retailers with a deal That deal gave KVC access to A to clarify or amend the copyright exploit EMI Music's Latin reper- like this, but [the deal] will also en- product for a proposed Atlantic law so that states are liable. Division reflects toire." able the company to broaden its Video rental -oriented label as well Both the Senate and the House As of Saturday (1), Capitol /EMI product base," says one source as catalog for sell- through. have recently introduced bills to market expansion Latin will manufacture, distribute, close to the situation. Since then, KVC has been ag- make clear what lawmakers now market, and promote EMI Music's Another source says financial gressively attacking the $14.95 say was the intention of Congress and will report directly to Bach. Latin product in the U.S. The L.A.- considerations in the U.K. may sell-through market with Atlantic when the copyright law was over- EMI Music's Latin product was based division will also handle A &R have stimulated the Virgin Group catalog. hauled in 1976 -that copyright previously licensed to BMG for the activities for U.S.-based Latin art- to sell off assets, including Virgin At the January Consumer Elec- owners have a legal remedy U.S. and Puerto Rico. The creation ists, as well as the marketing and Vision in the U.S., which has "only tronics Show, KVC also announced against states when they illegally of a Latin division reflects both U.S. distribution of EMI Anglo product been marginally profitable." U.K. - that it signed Shari Lewis for chil- copy or distribute copyrighted retail chains' deepening expansion in Puerto Rico. It will have its own based Virgin Vision Ltd. recently dren's video product and also works (Billboard, March 18). in Latin music marketing, particu- sales and promotion staff. went from public to private, repur- promised a major celebrity fitness The copyright coalition seeking larly in the western and southwest- The company's Latin American chasing its stock. tape, believed to feature Cher, al- the legislation includes the Re- ern regions of the country (Bill- headquarters, based in Miami, will Another factor, say observers, though that deal has yet to be cording Industry Assn. of Ameri- board, Feb. 18), and a desire on CE- coordinate Capitol /EMI Latin's is that the independent home video sealed. At that time, Saffron also ca, the National Music Publishers MA's part to more effectively fill A &R and marketing activities in company ranks are again changing indicated he was looking to make Assn., computer and software the stateside Latin pipeline. tandem with Behar. as the market for B movies, art further acquisitions. trade groups, and the MPAA. "Recognizing the growing impor- films, and films not receiving wide BILL HOLLAND theatrical exposure continues to soften. Recently, Virgin Vision, a pres- FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 FORAPWREL K'NNOING ence in the U.S. for the past 18 Billboard POWER PLAYLISTS months, has been the subject of Sample Playlists of the Nation's Largest Crossover Radio Stations numerous acquisition, merger, and Hor distribution rumors. Virgin Vision CROSSOVER 30TM president Steven Bickell has ac- vi se.. Based on Airplay Reports from Stations Combining r knowledged that his company was TITLE Top 40, Dance and Urban Music. ARTIST W áw Soo T= 97 having discussions with major stu- 3 -3 r.,¢ 30 LABEL & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL Milffak dios about distribution. His latest New York P.D.: Steve Ellis San Francisco P.D.: Keith Naftaly * * NO. 1 * * I I Sweet Sensation (With Romeo J.D.), Si 1 2 Stevie B, I Wanna Be The One public statement, however, indi- GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI 2 4 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know Its Tru 2 5 Tom Lac. Funky Cold Medina 1 1 1 12 3 5 Stevie B, I Wanna Be The One 3 7 Bangles, Eternal Flame ARISTA 1 9781 5 weeks at No. One cated the company would maintain 4 2 Debbie Gibson, Lost In Your Eyes 4 1 Dino, 24/7 FUNKY COLD MEDINA TONE LOC 5 7 Erasure A Little Respect 5 8 Tm Short, Life Is Too Short a status quo. 6 10 Karyn White, Superwoman 6 3 Inner City Good Life 2 5 10 5 DELICIOUS VINYL 104 /ISLAND 7 11 Sanden, Notice Me 7 10 Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You Since its arrival in the U.S., Vir- 8 13 JUST BECAUSE ANITA BAKER 8 8 Anita Baker Just Because New Kids On The black I'll Be Loving 3 2 2 11 9 9 Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur 9 9 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' gin Vision has inked a number of 10 12 Carina Give Me Back My Heart 10 11 Tommy Page, A Shoulder To Cry On VANESSA WILLIAMS 11 14 Dino, 4/7 11 12 Nenah Cluny,Cherry Buffalo Stance output and acquisition deals with DREAMIN' 12 15 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C 12 18 Levert, lust 4 4 4 11 WING 871 078 -7 /POLYGRAM various production entities. The 13 3 Kon Kan, I Beg Your Pardon 13 4 Milli VamIli, Girl You Know It's Tru DINO 14 16 Inner City, Good Life 14 17 Jody Watley, Real Love 24/7 15 18 Kristin Baie, Don't Turn Your Back On 15 15 The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) deals represent a financial commit- 5 6 7 ß 4TH A B'WAY 7471 /ISLAND 16 19 Sa -Fire, Thinking Of You 16 16 Fine Young Cannibals, She Drives Me C ment of some $100 million. YOURS (WITH ROMEO 17 22 Tone Lac, Funky Cold Medina 17 19 Eighth Wonder, Baby Baby SINCERELY SWEET SENSATION J.D.) 18 6 Bobby Brown, Roni 18 21 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 6 7 6 9 ATCO 7-99246 One business affairs executive 19 21 Samantha Fox, I Only Wanna Be With Yo 19 22 Surface, Closer Than Friends 20 23 Debbie Gibson Electric Youth 20 24 Madonna, Like A Prayer I BE THE ONE STEVIE B from a major studio says WANNA 21 26 Jody Watley, Real Love 21 23 Frances Surrender Your Love Virgin Cl 9 12 6 LMR 74003 22 30 M na, Like A Prayer 22 26 Raiana Paige Open Up Your Heart Vision has been one of the most 23 24 Johnny Kemp, Birthday Suit 23 6 Sweet Semaúon (With Romeo J.D.), Si LOST IN YOUR EYES DEBBIE GIBSON 24 27 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin 24 27 The Boys Lucky Charm 8 3 3 10 ATLANTIC aggressive acquirers of packages 7-88970 25 25 Raiana Paißa, Open Up Your Heart 25 EX Cynthia, Endless Night 26 31 Ten City, That's The Way Love Is 26 28 Deon Estus, Heaven Help Me in the past year, often outbidding SUPERWOMAN KARYN WHITE 27 29 Shooting Party, Safe In The Arms Of L 27 30 Shy, Start Of A Romance 9 8 5 15 WARNER BROS. 727783 28 13 New Kids On The Black, You Got It (Th 28 EX Al B. Sure!, If I'm Not Your Lover other companies for deals. The 29 33 Pajama Party, Yo No Se 29 20 Anita Baker, Just Because LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA I To M 10 14 25 3 30 35 Cynthia, Endless Night 30 EX Alexander O'Neal What Can Say company has output deals with the SIRE 7- 27539' WARNER BROS. 31 17 WiR To Power, Fading Away EX EX Rexene, The Look Samuel Goldwyn Co., HandMade 32 34 Eighth Wader, Baby Baby EX EX Peter Schilling, The Different Story SHESD 83VESAME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS Paula Abdul, Forever Your I Like II 11 17 6 33 36 Girl EX EX Guy, Films, Cinecom Entertainment, 34 39 Noel, Change EX - Boy George, Don't Take My Mind On A T 35 38 Bobby Brown Every Little Step EX EX Womack 1 Womack, Teardrops LUCKY CHARM THE BOYS and others. 12 10 16 6 36 40 been Estus, Heaven Help Me EX EX Latin Rascals, It Must Be You MOTOWN 1952 37 37 Latin Rascals, It Must Be You EX EX Maurice This Is Acid Virgin recently announced an 38 EX The Pasadenas, Tribute (Right On) A - Milk Bacilli, Baby Don't Forget My N LOVE JODY WATLEY A39 Nemh Cherry, Buffalo Stance A Debbie Gibson, Electric Youth 13 16 26 3 - updated 1989 -90 slate of titles, in- OREALMCA 53 484 40 28 Tone La, Wild Thing A - Bobby Brown Every Little Step A - Madonna, Express Yourself A - Natalie Cok, Missing You Like Crazy cluding two of its biggest acquisi- EVERY LITTLE STEP BOBBY BROWN O14 22 3 tions to date -"The Fourth War" 30 MCA 53 618 THINKING OF YOU SA -FIRE 15 1 and "Communion." Those films 13 14 CUTTING 872 502 -7 /POLYGRAM and several others represent a ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES WPGC O 3 e 16 20 23 COLUMBIA 38-68533 F commitment in excess of $12 mil- Washington P.D.: Bob Mitchell HEAVEN HELP ME Los Angeles P.D.: Jeff Wyatt lion. DEON ESTUS 1 2 Vanessa Williams, Dreamin' 17 17 21 3 MIKA 871 538 -7 /POLYGRAM 1 4 Milli Vanilli, Girl You Know It's Tru 2 4 Anita Baker, lust Because 3 Girl You Know Tru KVC Video dates back to the 2 1 Bobby Brown, Roni 5 Milli Vanilli, It's GOOD LIFE INNER CITY 4 I Kura (Duet With Shanice Wilson), Thi 18 21 19 5 3 2 Debbie Gibson Lost In Your Eyes VIRGIN 7 -99236 fall, when Indianapolis -based 4 5 Karyn White, Superwoman 5 3 Pauk Abdul, Straight Up 5 3 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.0.), Si 6 6 Tracie Spencer Imagine Video FOREVER YOUR GIRL PAULA ABDUL 7 12 Bobby Brown, Every Little Step Kartes Communications, 2 6 7 Anita Baker, Just Because I9 25 7 VIRGIN 7 9 Dino 24/7 8 Il lire Boys, Lucky Charm one special- inter- 9 9 , Coolin' of the pioneering 8 13 Stevie B, I Wanna Be The One Levert lust THE LOOK ROXETTE I 10 17 Tom La, Funky Cold Medina TO 27 2 9 10 Gina Go-Go, Can't Face The Fact est home video firms that was also - EMI 50190 10 6 11 13 James 13." Taylor 8 Regina Belk, A Cynthia, Change On Me among the first to explore alterna- II B Sheena Easton, The Lover In Me 12 8 New Ecitìon, Can You Stand The Rain CLOSER THAN FRIENDS SURFACE 12 11 Martika, More Than You Know 13 16 Dino, 24/7 21 NEW 1 tive distribution, was purchased COLUMBIA 38 -08537 13 16 Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me C 14 15 Sweet Sensation (With Romeo 1.D.), Si 15 19 E.U. Wild 14 14 Marc Almond, Tears RunRR Rings Buck 16 WALK THE DINOSAUR WAS (NOT WAS) 15 12 Kon Kan, I Beg Your Pardon 23 Madonna, Like A Prayer by an investor group headed by 22 23 24 7 CHRYSALIS 43331 16 18 Kristin Bak, Don't Turn Your Back On 17 18 Inmr Good Life Australian businessman Alan Saf- 17 19 Will To Power Fading Away 18 20 Sa -Fire hinking Of You RONI BOBBY BROWN 18 15 Erasure, A Little Respect 19 21 Sheena Easton, Days Like This 23 15 8 16 fron. MCA 53463 19 24 Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl 20 24 Jody Watley, Real Love 20 20 Rob Base 1 DJ. E -Z Rock, Get On The 21 10 New Kids On The Block, You Got It (Th In ALL I WANT IS FOREVER J.TAYLOR /R.BELLE 21 25 Sandee, Notice Me 22 22 Simply Red, It's Only Love December, KVC agreed to 24 26 27 4 EPIC 34- 68540/E.P.A. 22 31 Tom La, Funky Cold Medina 23 28 Surface, Closer Than Friends buy 100% of Atlantic Releasing, a 23 21 Information Society, Walking Away 24 26 The Pasaderas, Tribute On) STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 24 27 Inner City, Good [stirs, Help Me 25 12 9 17 Lie privately held independent U.S. VIRGIN 7-99256 25 28 Death Wonder,H Baby Baby 25 225 Stevie Wanna Be elo MeOne 26 29 Door Eater, Heaven Help Me 27 EX Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl film company that had home video IBEG YOURPPARDON KON KAN 29 30 Alexander O'Neal, What Can I Say To M 26 19 11 12 27 32 Jody Watley, Real Love 28 30 Vanessa Wdlkms, Dreamin' 29 EX Ten City, That's he Way Love Is output deals with other studios 29 34 Madonna Like A Prayer 30 EX Def Jet Give It To Me JUST COOLIN' LEVERT 30 35 Roxette, the Look - The Belk Stars, Iko Iko and home video independents. 27 30 22 4 ATLANTIC 7-88959 31 33 Sheena Easton, Days Like This - Eighth Wonder,Baby Baby 32 36 The Boys Lucky Charm - New Kds On The k, I II Be Loving TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) THE PASADENAS 33 26 Z'Laoke, Lan U Read My Lips Natalie Cale. Missing You Like Crazy NEW 1 - ó COLUMBIA f Kid N' Play, Rollin With Kid N' Play 38.68575 34 37 Sa -Fee You - 35 38 Brown, Every Little Step - The Invasions, Wikka Wrap II BIRTHDAY SUIT (FROM "SING ") JOHNNY KEMP A - The Belle Stars, Iko Iko E EX Mannpuin, I Wanna Ride 29 NEW 1 COLUMBIA 38 -68569 A - Samantha Fox, I Only Wanna Be With Yo The Top Pop Albums A Nemh Cherry, Buffalo Stance FADING AWAY WILL TO POWER - 30 28 18 chart appears this 9 EPIC 34- 685431E.PA. week on pages 66 -69 OProducts with the greatest airplay gains this week. Billboard, copyright 1989. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 77 www.americanradiohistory.com LIFELINES Teresa Tyler, March 6 in Boston. writer administration, BMI. She is He is lead singer of the rock group with the Mary Williams music clear- BIRTHS Aerosmith. inghouse. Boy, Evan Edward, to Stanley and Sue Schneider, Feb. 10 in New Girl, Ani, to Stuart Dill and Maral MARRIAGES York. He is an entertainment attor- Missirian -Dill, March 6 in Nash- David Grove to Sandy Briner, ney and former general attorney at ville. He is director of SHD Manage- April 8 in Indianapolis. He is senior CBS Records. She is president of ment. computer operator at BMG Music Events! Events! Inc. Data Center there. Boy, Samuel David, to Nick and Girl, Grace Elizabeth, to Jim and Margie Hunter, March 8 in Nash- DEATHS Jan Cahalan, Feb. 16 in Palo Alto, ville. He is senior VP of promotion Archie Bleyer, 79, of a long illness, Calif. He is VP of operations at and marketing at Warner Bros. March 20 in Sheboygan, Wis. In the Windham Hill Productions. Records there. mid -'50s, Bleyer founded Cadence Records, which became a major in- Girl, Anika Irene, to Michael and Boy, John Patrick, to Tim and Peg- dependent with hits by the Chor- Joyce Ostin, Feb. 21 in Los Ange- gy Moore, March 10 in Ellsworth, dettes, Andy Williams, and the les. He is senior VP of A &R at Maine. He is program director and Everly Brothers, among others. See Warner Bros. Records, Burbank, morning personality for WKSQ story, page 6. Ellsworth. meets Virgin Paula Calif. Sensation Recreation. Atco group Sweet Sensation artist Send information to Lifelines, Abdul during a visit to Los Angeles' KPWR "Power 106." Shown seated, from Girl, Carly Glenn, to Jack Slom- Boy, Eric Richard, to Rick and Kel- Billboard, P.O. Box 24970, Nash- left, are Jay Thomas, KPWR; Sweet Sensation's Betty D., Sheila, and Margie; Al and Rosenbloom, ly Schwanke, March 14 in Tarzana, ville, Tenn. 37202. Tavera, music director, KPWR; and Abdul. Shown standing, from left, are Tod nicki Shelley March 5 in Spring, Md. She is Calif. He is associate director of KPWR; Paul Sansone, promotion Silver Parker, KPWR; Jeff Wyatt, program director, director of advertising for Waxie director, KPWR; Craig Lambert, VP, national promotion, Atco; Jeff Neben, West Maxie's 30 -store record chain. 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Shorewood Packaging 17 17 Sound Warehouse 24'/ 24%, 215-961-01580. April 29 -May 2, National Assn. Of Broadcasters more Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44134; Specs Music 9'/ 9'/ 216 -749 -2132. April 5, epm report seminar. The Telephone In 67th Annual Convention And Intl Exposition; 43rd Starstream Communications Group, Inc. 2'/, 2'/ Entertainment Promotion And Marketing, New Annual Broadcast Engineering Conference, Las Trans World Music 25'/ 261/4 +'/, Video Jukebox Network 3% 3V, MIS Entertainment, formed by Mi- York Hilton, New York. Riva Bennett, 718 -469- Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Diane Goff, Wall To Wall Sound And Video 3'/, 3V, chael Schweiger. Company will focus 9330. 202-429-5433. Westwood One 9 9 on management, development, and April 5 -9, National Assn. Of Black Owned April 30 -May 4, Fourth Annual International Close Company 3/131 3/17 Change Broadcast Man- Music & Media Conference, Amsterdam, Holland. promotion of artists. Activities also Broadcasters 13th Annual Spring LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE (In Pence) include international concert and club agement Conference, Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa, Peggy Dold or Jolene Oldham, 212 -536 -5088. Chrysalis 146 165 +19 Pickwick 218 217 -1 Fla. Ava Sanders, 202 -463 -8970. MAY promotion. First clients include Mic- Really Useful Group 607 600 -7 May 1, Songwriters Guild Of America 16th An- Thorn EMI 729 710 -19 nual Aggie Awards, Westwood Playhouse, Los An- A MODEST PROPOSAL ON CD PACKAGING geles. B. Aaron Meza, 213 -462 -1108. (Continued from page 9) May 6 -7, Bay Area Musical Equipment Expo, BII18aNU PUeuCAnoNS,INC. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. Loni trying to equitably spread responsi- us in this industry need to take a Specter, 818 -344 -3441. Sell Billboard and MUSICIAN bility and any sacrifice needed to good hard look at the consequences May 10 -14, 1989 NAIRD Convention, Wynd- make this work. From the increas- of what hundreds of millions of dis- ham- Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia. 609 -547- Magazine in your stores. ing number of letters I am getting posed packages every year means 3331. from consumers complaining about to the planet. It is evident that the May 18 -20, T.J. Martell Foundation Charity the waste of our current CD pack- time has come for all of us to take Weekend, Los Angeles. Jon Scott, 818-883 -7625. FOR VARE I \FORVATIO\ CALL BRAD LEE aging, we may be eventually forced more responsibility in reducing May 20, Los Angeles Vocal Registry and Na- into dealing with this issue one way waste and to stop abusing the envi- tional Singers Network Vocal Faire '89, Pasadena or another. ronment. I believe this is a fair and Holiday Inn Conference Center, Pasadena, Calif. 11800199919988 Ultimately, though, I think all of equitable proposal toward this end. Owen Pahl Greene, 213- 969 -1652. 78 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com RNYfHM stt SECTION WHO DO VOODOO: Last week two records were inadvertently switched she Hot Black Singles chart. "Don't Take My Mind On A Trip" by Boy Ge. -e (Virgin) moves up this week from No. 28. It gains strong points at radio d continues to develop an outstanding sales base. "Another Week- SIMPLY REI "Its Only Love' end" Five Star (RCA) slips down the chart from No. 26. frost the .-4 NEW FLAME album. JACP 'THE RAPPER" GIBSON, one of black radio's on-air pioneers, makr , his music video debut. Gibson is featured in "Mr. D. J.," a video for Mo' ,wn's Joyce "Fenderella" Irby, formerly of Klymaxx, along with the r "' orld's Greatest Entertainer," Reality's Doug E. Fresh. daARLOUR GAMES: This week we introduce the Rossi Poll, which pre- sents questions frequently asked by music industry professionals. A ran- dom sample of respondents was selected (the sampling procedure was for- mulated according to who would come to the phone), and were asked: "What kinds of questions would you really like to ask about how this busi- ness really works ?" Credit is not given to the contributors in order to pro- tect their jobs and professional relationships. If you wish to respond to the following questions, send in your comments on a postcard. Include your age, sex, whether you are employed in any fac- MARC V (pronounced VEE: last album you pur- et of the music industry, and the artist and title of the "Let Them Stare" chased. Here are the questions: from the TOO TRUE album. Why do black radio stations have white consultants when top 40 radio does not employ blacks to program their stations? Has any black person you know ever received an Arbitron diary? Has any black person you know ever voted for the American Music Awards? If so, what is the criteria for voting, since no one in the industry seems to know? IS FRANKIE CROCKER returning to New York radio, and will this sig- nal a return to personality radio for black stations? How many strong songs in a row can you really tolerate, and does this result in an equal num- ber of strong commercials in a row? How do A &R people get their jobs? Why do most black divisions at major record companies only have responsi- bility for radio promotion and not marketing or sales? Where are the black female rock'n'rollers? Why is there so little local /national news on black radio stations? Where do listeners of black radio stations get their news? If the names of Billboard's black charts were changed, what should they be? GEORGE DUKE -Guilty" frcm the HOW MANY TEDDY RILEY records does it take to program a radio sta- NIGHT AFTER NIGHT a. bum. tion? And does the same production style have a negative effect on record sales? Why can't black radio play the single that record companies select, instead of always looking for that great album cut? Why is it that the same record executives and radio programmers rotate in and out of the great jobs and young talent is not developed? Have you noticed that new -style rappers are no longer wearing monster cables and dukey ropes, but instead have opted for leather African medallions? We all know what record busi- ness "hype" means, did you know that to rappers it means exciting or stu- pendous? How the results of this survey will be used is totally at the discretion of this columnist. TIMI JENKINS HOT BLACK SINGLES ACTION "Telling You How It Is" frcm the RADIO MOST ADDED forthcoming album of PLATINUM/ BRONZE/ ULTIMATE jazz street funk, GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL TOMI ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON 11 REPORTERS 32 REPORTERS 52 REPORTERS 98 REPORTERS MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY NATALIE COLE EMI 6 22 31 59 64 MY FIRST LOVE 04112Y ATLANTIC STARR WARNER BROS. 4 15 12 31 34 11:1r. MADE TO BE TOGETHER DEJA VIRGIN 2 10 17 29 30 %7-4..° MR. D.J. , JOYCE IRBY Motown 7 8 14 29 30 CHILDREN'S STORY . z SLICK RICK DEF JAM 3 12 12 27 3 I Immis DON'T TEASE ME ROBERT BROOKINS MCA 5 5 16 26 48 z FUNKY COLD MEDINA TONE LOC DELICIOUS VINYL 2 4 16 22 61 JOY & PAIN rill ROB BASE /D.J. EZ ROCK PROFILE 3 8 10 21 2 5 Up For Your Love Rights" THE GOOD, BAD & UGLY "Stand CHARLIE SINGLETON EPIC 5 2 13 20 53 from the WANTED album. I'LL BE LOVING YOU Jane Activity: coming off #1. NEW KIDS... COLUMBIA 1 10 8 19 19 Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- cally as changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: On Elektra cassettes, compact discs and records. Broadway, New York, N.Y. Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 10036. ELEI(TRA 01989 Elektra/Asylum Records, o Division of Worn, Comrunicotions Inc., ®' BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 81 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1989 B,«K Billboard. Hot Black Singles SALES & AIRPLAYTM A ranking of the top 40 black singles by sales and airplay, respectively, with reference to each title's composite position on the main Hot Black Singles chart. Y Y SALES mE, Y Y AIRPLAY mE, TITLE ARTIST gg 3 TITLE ARTIST gg I 3 LUCKY CHARM THE BOYS I 1 2 ALL I WANT IS FOREVER (FROM "TAP ") J.TAYLOR /R.BELLE 2 2 1 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI 11 2 5 GIRL I GOT MY EYES ON YOU TODAY 3 3 5 JOY AND PAIN DONNA ALLEN 9 3 8 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU ASHFORD & SIMPSON 5 4 g36 MORE THAN FRIENDS JONATHAN BUTLER 4 4 4 LUCKY CHARM 1 g3THE BOYS 5 2 CLOSER THAN FRIENDS SURFACE 7 5 7 MORE THAN FRIENDS JONATHAN BUTLER 4 6 8 YOU AND I GOT A THANG FREDDIE JACKSON 6 6 10 EVERY LITTLE STEP BOBBY BROWN 8 7 7 GIRL I GOT MY EYES ON YOU TODAY 3 7 9 AFFAIR CHERRELLE 14 8 10 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU ASHFORD & SIMPSON 5 8 13 LOVE SAW IT KARYN WHITE 10 9 9 ALL I WANT IS FOREVER (FROM "TAP ") J.TAYLOR /R.BELLE 2 9 11 REAL LOVE EL DEBARGE 13 10 4 JUST COOLIN' LEVERT FEAT. HEAVY D 15 10 12 4 U VESTA 12 11 14 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS TEN CITY 17 11 3 YOU AND I GOT A THANG FREDDIE JACKSON 6 12 19 LOVE SAW IT KARYN WHITE 10 12 17 CRUCIAL NEW EDITION 18 13 27 EVERY LITTLE STEP BOBBY BROWN 8 13 19 24/7 DINO 20 14 16 4 U VESTA 12 14 1 CLOSER THAN FRIENDS SURFACE 7 Epic Meeting. Marcus Lewis, signed to Epic -distributed Aegis Records, recently 15 17 REAL LOVE EL DEBARGE 13 15 21 REAL LOVE JODY WATLEY 21 visited the offices of "Coast To Coast Top 20" in Atlanta. At the show's studios, 16 13 STRUCK BY YOU THE BAR -KAYS 26 16 18 SLEEP TALK ALYSON WILLIAMS 16 from left, were Travis Head, "Coast To Coast Top 20" marketing director; 17 22 SLEEP TALK ALYSON WILLIAMS 16 17 26 I LIKE GUY 25 Randy Broadus, Epic promotion manager; Lewis; Andy Williams, "Coast To 18 24 ROLLIN' WITH KID 'N PLAY KID 'N PLAY 19 18 23 START OF A ROMANCE SKYY 23 Coast Top 20" assistant producer; Doug Steele, "Coast To Coast" host; and 19 12 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 31 19 24 ROLLIN' WITH KID 'N PLAY KID 'N PLAY 19 Larry Davis, Epic director of national promotion. 20 - SELF -DESTRUCTION THE STOP THE VIOLENCE MOVEMENT 30 20 22 MORE THAN PHYSICAL CHRISTOPHER MAX 24 21 25 AFFAIR CHERRELLE 14 21 28 DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP BOY GEORGE 22 22 29 DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP BOY GEORGE 22 22 25 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS TEN CITY 17 23 21 WE'VE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST KENNY G 29 23 37 IF I'M NOT YOUR LOVER AL B. SURE! 35 SLICK RICK RIDES HIGH 24 11 BEING IN LOVE AIN'T EASY SWEET OBSESSION 42 24 6 JOY AND PAIN DONNA ALLEN 9 25 38 START OF A ROMANCE SKYY 23 25 31 LOVESICK Z'LOOKE 27 (Continued from page 21) 26 - CRUCIAL NEW EDITION 18 26 38 BABY ME CHAKA KHAN 38 sending out mixed messages. "I'm like 27 18 JUST BECAUSE ANITA BAKER 46 27 34 NEVER SAY GOODBYE TO LOVE RENE MOORE 32 they say, humor is good for 28 34 being for real. Yeah, other the soul." 24/7 DINO 20 28 - TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) THE PASADENAS 34 that 29 15 WILD THING TONE LOC 54 29 36 ARE YOU MY BABY WENDY AND LISA 39 world is the wrong world, and Production on the album was 30 26 DREAMIN' VANESSA WILLIAMS 53 30 39 DAYS LIKE THIS SHEENA EASTON 40 we're not supposed to smoke mari- handled by Hank Shocklee & Eric 31 37 MORE THAN PHYSICAL CHRISTOPHER MAX 24 31 33 BIRTHDAY SUIT (FROM "SING ") JOHNNY KEMP 28 juana or drink beer or cut school, Sadler, Jason Mizell (Jam Master 32 - REAL LOVE JODY WATLEY 21 32 35 YOU LAID YOUR LOVE ON ME GERALD ALSTON 41 but we do it. If you listen [to "The Jay of Run- D.M.C.), and Rick him- 33 39 BIRTHDAY SUIT (FROM "SING ") JOHNNY KEMP 28 33 14 JUST COOLIN' LEVERT FEAT. HEAVY D 15 Moment I Feared "], at the end I self, and was recorded in Rick's 34 33 LIFE LOOSE ENDS 45 34 32 MOVE ON YOU LATEASHA 33 land in jail, so I show the conse- basement studio in the Bronx, 35 LOVESICK - Z'LOOKE 27 35 - HEAVEN HELP ME DEON ESTUS 44 quences of my actions." New York. A concert tour is being 36 40 LIFE IS...TOO SHORT TOO SHORT 48 36 16 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI 11 Rick is also matter -of -fact about planned for April or May as an 37 - FUNKY COLD MEDINA TONE LOC 37 37 27 IMAGINE TRACIE SPENCER 36 38 36 the album's raw material and lan- opener for L.L. Cool J. Rick would IMAGINE TRACIE SPENCER 36 38 - FUNKY COLD MEDINA TONE LOC 37 39 IT guage. - GIVE HERE DEF JEF 59 39 - BUCK WILD E.U. 47 "People talk regular - like to return to the studio by the 40 32 SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD ON ME RADIANT 55 40 - STAY JACKIE JACKSON 51 we're adults," he says. "I can't end of the year, saying that he's ©Copyright 1989, Billboard Publications. Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. tored in any retrieval system, or transmitted. in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying play 'Sesame Street.' This is real ready for the notoriety of his first recording. or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher. life. I don't worry about the stiff outing to die down. Says Rick: necks, I care about what will really "I'm waiting for the album to go BLACK SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC make people laugh. Eddie Murphy platinum. Then I'll really look at is making a career out of it, and it." TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 60 IF SHE KNEW (2560, ASCAP) ASCAP /SBK April, ASCAP /Science Lab, ASCAP) 5 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU (Nick -O -Val, ASCAP) CLM 23 START OF A ROMANCE (Alligator, ASCAP) 20 24/7 (Onid, BMI) CPP 36 IMAGINE (SBK Blackwood, BMI /Lenono, BMI) 51 STAY (Sac-Boy, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Do, ASCAP/WB, 12 4 U (Captain Z, ASCAP /Black Lion, ASCAP) 95 IN THE MOOD (Kear, BMI /Hiptrip, BMI /Chic, BMI) ASCAP /Siggy, BMI) 14 AFFAIR (Flyle Tyme, ASCAP/Tunesmith, BMI/Avant 50 ITS ONLY LOVE (Mayplace, BMI) 49 STICKS AND STONES (Rossway, BMI /Juby Laws, RHYTHM AND BLUES Garde, ASCAP) 9 JOY AND PAIN (Amazement, BMI) ASCAP/Tuff Cookie, BMI) (Continued from page 21) 58 ALL BECAUSE OF YOU (March 9, ASCAP /Almo, 89 JOY AND PAIN (Protoons, ASCAP /Hikim, ASCAP) 31 STRAIGHT UP (Virgin, ASCAP/Wolff, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP /Sac -Boy, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Unicity, 46 JUST BECAUSE (O'Hara, BMI/Texascity, BMI /L'il 26 STRUCK BY YOU (Deronde Jay, BMI /Gale Warnings, Music: The Blue Print Of Hip Hop" Blues: The Life And Times ASCAP) CPP Mama, BMI /Music.Corp. DI America, BMI/Avid One, BMI /Slam City, BMI) Of Char- 2 ALL I WANT IS FOREVER (FROM 'TAP') (Realsongs, ASCAP) 70 SUPERWOMAN (Near, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI/Green Skirt, and will have a sure-to-be-controver- lie Patton" by Steven Calt & Gail ASCAP) 15 JUST COOLIN' (Trycep, BMI /Ferncliff, BMI/Willesden, BMI) CPP sial cover ... Motown has hired Mike Wardlow. Patton was a seminal fig- 67 AU. OR NOTHING AT ALL (Sin- Drome, BMI /SBK BMI/SBK April, ASCAP /Across 110th Street, 82 TEDDY'S JAM (Cal -Gene, BMI/Virgin Songs, Mitchell as national publicity direc- in Blackwood, BMI /Matkosky, ASCAP /Geffen, ASCAP) ASCAP/Way To Go, ASCAP) BMI /Zomba, ASCAP) CPP ure the Mississippi Delta blues 65 ANOTHER WEEKEND (SCS, BMI) 93 LE RESTAURANT (Rutland Road, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) 69 TEENAGE LOVE (Def American, BMI) tor ... Delicious Vinyl's Body & style during the '20s and '30s. To or- 66 ARE YOU LONELY TONIGHT (Lucas, BMI /Desert Girl, 61 LET ME PUSH IT TO YA (Harrindur, BMI /Noisneta, 81 TEMPORARY LOVER (Honey Look, ASCAP /Basamp, Soul, a female rap duo, are working der a copy, write Shanachie at P.O. ASCAP) BMI) ASCAP) with Trouble on a 39 ARE YOU MY BABY (Girl Brothers, ASCAP) 45 LIFE (Virgin, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Brampton, ASCAP) 17 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS (SBK April, ASCAP /Law Funk track called Box 810, Newton, N.J. 07860. The 38 BABY ME (Billy Steinberg, ASCAP /Makiki, CPP Man, ASCAP /SBK Blackwood, BMI /Rude Tymz, "Dance To the Drummer's Beat" ... book's price is $14.95 . - - Ex- IUymaxx ASCAP /Knighty- Knight, ASCAP) 48 LIFE IS.. J00 SHORT (Willesden, BMI) BMI/Been Stung, BMI) The Third World music label, Shana- lead singer Joyce Irby has gone solo 42 BEING IN LOVE AIN'T EASY (Bush Burnin', ASCAP /La 62 LIKE A PRAYER (Webo Girl, ASCAP/WB, 74 THIS TIME (Almo, ASCAP/Wun Tun, ASCAP) CPP Love Lane, ASCAP) ASCAP /Johnny Yuma, BMI) 34 TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) (CRGI, BMI) chie, has entered book publishing. with Motown. Her introduction to the 28 BIRTHDAY SUIT (FROM "SING ") (TSP, ASCAP/Triple 10 LOVE SAW IT (Kear, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI /Green Skirt, 56 TRUE OBSESSION (Two Tuff -Enuff, BMI /Kash, The tome is "King Of The Delta marketplace is called "Mr. D.J." Star, BMI) CPP BMI) CPP ASCAP/Virgin, ASCAP) CPP 47 BUCK WILD (JO House/Syce 'M' Up, ASCAP) 76 LOVER'S INTUITION (FROM 'TAP') (Garlic Gulch, 52 TURN THIS MUTHA OUT (Bust -It, BMI) 71 CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT? (Henstone, ASCAP /Chuba, ASCAP /Bug, BMI/The Sea Songs, 68 UH -UH OOH -OOH LOOK OUT (HERE IT COMES) BMI/Musicworks, BMI) ASCAP/Jonathan Apple, ASCAP) (Nick -O -Val, ASCAP) 96 CAN YOU STAND THE RAIN ( Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) 27 LOVESICK (Pure Delite, BMI /Bright Light, BMI) 99 WE WANT EAZY (Mash-A -Mug, BMI /Island, BMI) 80 CHILDREN'S STORY (Def American, BMI) 1 LUCKY CHARM (Hip Trip, BMI /Kear, BMI /Gregorian 29 WE'VE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST (Pardini, 7 CLOSER THAN FRIENDS (Colgems -EMI, ASCAP) Chance Music /PSO Ltd., ASCAP) CPP ASCAP /Geffen, ASCAP / Matkosky Music /Chappell 8 18 CRUCIAL ( Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) 87 MADE TO BE TOGETHER (Virgin Songs, BMI/Cal -Gene, Co., ASCAP /French Stuff Music) 40 DAYS LIKE THIS (Kear, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) CPP BMI) 75 (WHAT CAN I SAY) TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME (Flyte 22 DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP (Cal-Gene, 77 MAKE MY BABY HAPPY (Bush Burnin, ASCAP) Tyme, ASCAP /Avant Garde, ASCAP) BMI/Virgin Songs, BMI) CPP 83 ME MYSELF AND I (Tee Girl, BMI /Bridgeport, BMI) 54 WILD THING (Varry White, ASCAP) 73 DON'T TEASE ME (Two Tuff-Enuff, BMI/Tom & Den, 98 ME, MYSELF AND I (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI) 97 WITH EACH BEAT OF MY HEART (Jobete, ASCAP) 63 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY (Prince Street, ASCAP /Lauren ASCAP /Black Bull, ASCAP) CPP 53 DREAMIN' (Jobete, ASCAP /Depom, ASCAP) CPP Wesley, BMI/Screen Gems, ASCAP /Irving, BMI /Gemia, 6 YOU AND I GOT A THANG (Amirful, ASCAP/l'orin, 8 EVERY LITTLE STEP (Near, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) BMI) ASCAP) 57 FLOAT ON (Duchess, BMI) 4 MORE THAN FRIENDS (Zomba, ASCAP) 92 YOU AND ME (Eye Of Medley, ASCAP /Carolyn White, 37 FUNKY COLD MEDINA ( Varry White, ASCAP) 24 MORE THAN PHYSICAL (Mike Chapman, ASCAP) ASCAP/Keecho, ASCAP/Virginia G, ASCAP /Darwall, 91 GANGSTA GANGSTA (Ruthless Attack, ASCAP) 33 MOVE ON YOU (Rawsome, ASCAP /Cayman, BMI /Little Buzz, BMI) 3 GIRL I GOT MY EYES ON YOU (Cal -Gene, BMI/Virgin ASCAP /Beatseekers, ASCAP) 100 YOU DECIDED TO GO (Island, BMI/Stanton's Gold, Songs, BMI) CPP 86 MR. DJ. (Diva I, ASCAP /Spectrum VII, ASCAP) BMI /April Joy, BMI) 11 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE (MCA, ASCAP/Two 79 MY FIRST LOVE (Jodaway, ASCAP) 41 YOU LAID YOUR LOVE ON ME (SMB, BMI /Island, Pieters, BMI) 94 MY ONE TEMPTATION (Chappell, PRS /Abacus, BMI /Stanton's Gold, BMI /April Joy, BMI) 59 GIVE IT HERE (Varry White, ASCAP/Word Life, PRS /Chappell & Co., ASCAP) ASCAP /Longitude, BMI) 32 NEVER SAY GOODBYE TO LOVE (Rene Moore, ASCAP) 64 THE GOOD, BAD 8 UGLY (Wuntun, ASCAP /Almo, 13 REAL LOVE (Jobete, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP) 21 REAL LOVE (SBK April, ASCAP /Ultrawave, 85 HEARTBREAKER (Houston Gold, BMI /Radidio, ASCAP/Rightsong, BMI) BMI /Mark Bynum, BMI) 19 ROLLIN' WITH KID 'N PLAY (Hittage/Turnout Bros, 88 HEAVEN (Yellow Elephant, ASCAP /Edward Grant, ASCAP) ASCAP/Benny's Music, BMI) 43 ROMEO ANO JULIET (Def Jam, ASCAP /Add More, 44 HEAVEN HELP ME (Estes, BMI /Rok -Mil, BMI /SBK ASCAP) Blackwood, BMI /Morrison Leahy, ASCAP /Chappell, 30 SELF -DESTRUCTION (Zomba, ASCAP/Willesden, BMI) ASCAP) 78 SKIN I'M IN (All Seeing Eye, ASCAP /PolyGram, 25 I LIKE (Cal-Gene, BMI/Virgin Songs, BMI) ASCAP) Tune Pluggers. ASCAP's black music celebration in New York attracted a n I WANT IT (Donesha, ASCAP/Bush Burnin', ASCAP) 16 SLEEP TALK (Def Jam, ASCAP /Slam City, BMI /Rush M I WANT YOUR LOVE (Jay King IV, BMI) Groove, ASCAP) distinguished gathering of music makers. At the party, from left, were ASCAP's 35 IF I'M NOT YOUR LOVER (SBK April, ASCAP /Across 90 SO GOOD (Chappell, ASCAP /Abacus, Debra Cain, Terry Lewis, Teddy Riley, Siedah Garrett, Jimmy Jam, and ASCAP 110th Street, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Donril, ASCAP /Intersong -USA, ASCAP /Palancar, ASCAP) staffers Jerry Davis and Leotis Clyburn. ASCAP /Cal -Gene, BMI) 55 SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD ON ME (Catch The Glow. 82 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com Judge Considers Damages Award In Peaches Suit feet space required in Peaches' royal- figuration and design of Peaches on the store interiors and exteriors. man's Washington state web "in our BY GEOFF MAYFIELD ty -free license agreement. Trans stores" and thus harmed and injured Regarding the loss of the Peaches opinion, is using the name illegally NEW YORK A New York district World was served two notices by the "the image and value of the Peaches logo, Trans World VP of finance Jim unless they execute a proper licens- judge is weighing whether Hialeah plaintiff, one in June 1986 and the name." Williamson says, "We view it as an ing agreement." Gardens, Fla.-based Peaches Enter- other in September 1987, warning Aside from size, use of Peaches' inconvenience. It gives us an opportu- Peaches Entertainment Corp. is tainment Corp. is entitled to damages that the two stores in question "bear logo requires a supermarket atmo- nity to be more consistent through- one of four parties that bought a por- from Albany, N.Y. -based Trans no relationship to the distinctive con- sphere as well as liberal use of wood out the chain. We operate under a va- tion of the bankrupt Nehi chain in World Music Corp. over Trans riety of different names, so this gives 1981. Dallas-based Sound Warehouse World's misuse of the Peaches name. us a chance to lessen the name count converted its stores to its own logo. Former Nehi officers David Nestie Meanwhile, attorneys for Peaches TRANS WORLD REPORTS BIG PROFITS, EXPENSES by one. "It's our belief that our existing and Vince Mauch originally owned Entertainment say they are begin- (Continued from page 6) ning to investigate whether the two customer base knows where the the three -state package that Trans Peaches stores being operated in the ing investors to expect smaller earn- "We'd been led to expect earnings of stores are at, and we'll retain and en- World later bought. Hyman's two Seattle area by Neil Hyman (a survi- ings increases in the future. In Trans $1.50-$1.55, so it's within the range. hance that customer base with the stores represent the fourth party in vor from Nehi, the original Peaches World's latest fiscal year, SG &A ex- Now it's a question of how much publicity that's generated by virtue the chain's reorganization. parent) are in violation of the Florida penses shot up 56 %; during the they'll be able to clamp down on of any kind of a name change," Wil- In its prime, Peaches' network of company's right to the trademark. fourth quarter, they rose 54 %. SG &A's. My guess is they'll slow liamson adds. "We look at it as a mar- full- catalog stores were the darling U.S. District Judge John E. Sprizzo The company blames the growth in growth to try to work on the mar - keting opportunity." of the record industry. The company, location in At- enjoined Trans World Dec. 1 from SG &A primarily on store -opening Williamson's carefree words aside, which opened its first use of the Peaches name (Billboard, costs and increased advertising costs Even without higher margins, Bar- industry watchers note that Trans lanta in 1975, eventually opened 42 March 25). The chain had held a li- for its licensed operations at New num predicts Trans World stock will World invested heavily in its fight to stores -including some in major mar- censing agreement with Peaches En- York chains Crazy Eddie and TSS. be up to $1.85 within a year. keep the name. The defendants re- kets -before its fast expansion led it tertainment, which allowed Trans But industry observers also point to Bibb is downbeat about Trans tained Daniel L. Carroll of the highly to file for bankruptcy in 1981. World to use the Peaches mark in Illi- the decentralization of Trans World's World's video performance. While ad- regarded New York firm Shea & nois, Indiana, and Ohio. Trans World, management and the problems it has mitting that many of the web's out- Gould for representation in the bat- Assistance in preparing this story which holds at least 21 logos besides had in motivating district and store lets are in malls, where video rental is tle, which has lasted several years. was provided by Bruce Haring in Peaches, used the Florida chain's managers to keep down costs. not an option, he claims, "The broad Meanwhile, David Gerstein, Chur- New York and Earl Paige in Los name at 28 locations. Says Craig Bibb, an analyst with video sell- through market in the chill's partner, contends that Hy- Angeles. Sprizzo's ruling was upheld by the Prudential Bache, "The company malls is there for the taking, and Court of Appeals Feb. 22. Trans seems to be losing control of its you'd think Trans World should be World was given 30 days to remove SG &A. Each quarter is worse com- doing better in sell -through video." its Peaches signs. pared with the prior-year period." In Trans World notes that its 1988 in- PERFORMANCE FEE ROW CITED IN SUIT According to Robert S. Churchill of the fourth quarter, he notes, Trans teresecosts as a percentage of sales (Continued from page 1) New York firm Gerstein & Churchill, World's operating margin declined to were "slightly higher" than those of who argued the case for Peaches En- 13.7% from 15.7% for the prior-year the previous year; but Bibb does not sum involved, $3,722, is quite modest. decided. tertainment, the Appeals Court period. regard that as a major factor, since But the suit also addresses itself to The new legal action, supported by "unanimously upheld Judge Spriz- But another analyst, Parker Bar- the company's interest expense of more than $600,000 in performance the Songwriters Guild of America, zo's [December] order, substantially num of Wood Gundy, notes that just under $1 million represents only royalties now being held in escrow by centers on a 1925 Harry Warren /Bud for the reasons Judge Sprizzo used." Trans World told the investment 5% of its operating profit. "They're ASCAP. Green song, "I Love My Baby (My The judge did not attach damages community upfront that its fourth - not highly leveraged," he points out. In the years ahead, as more song- Baby Loves Me)." Before his death to his original December ruling in or- quarter margin would be down. writers or their estates exercise late in 1981, Warren served notice of der to avoid having the decision sub- rights to recapture their songs from his intentions to retrieve his writer's ject to two appeals. Churchill says publishers, millions of dollars could portion of the song from its original Shapiro-Bernstein, a de- the Trademark Act allows the judge ARCHIE BLEYER DEAD AT 78 be at stake. publisher, even all songs that fendant in the new action. His estate to reward the plaintiff with court (Continued from page 6) Also, though costs and legal fees, damages based have been retrieved so far involve in 1983 assigned the copyright to on the defendant's profits, or dam- Janet Ertel, a member of Chordettes, series of top 10 hits on songs mostly ASCAP- cleared songs, copyrights plaintiff Four Jays Music, which is ages based on a "percentage of gross who sang on the show and who penned by Boudleaux & Felice Bry- cleared by BMI, formed 24 years af- administered by Warner Bros. Music. revenue on the theory that if [trans would become one of Cadence's best- ant. They included "Bye Bye Love," ter ASCAP, begin to come into play At issue, from the songwriter's World was] not using the mark in selling acts. Their hits included "Mr. "All I Have To Do Is Dream," "Wake starting in the mid -'90s. point of view, is whether a publisher that territory" that Peaches could Sandman" and "Lollipop." Up Little Susie," and "When Will I This is because the 1976 Copyright can claim as a "derivative work" a have opened its own stores or li- Another early winner for Cadence Be Loved." Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 1978, published or "stock" arrangement of censed the name to another party for was Julius LaRosa, a singer on the Andy Williams, a singer represent- extended the life of extant copyrights a song created prior to termination. use in those three states. Churchill Godfrey show who is remembered in ing a prerock vocal sensibility, was from a total of 56 years under the old If it is a derivative work -which, un- says that in determining damages, the annals of TV history as the per- also signed in 1956 and quickly estab- 1909 act with an additional 19 years, der the copyright law, is defined as a the judge can elect to use "all three, former whom Godfrey fired on the lished a hitmaking pattern with such for a total life span of 75 years. The musical arrangement or other origi- one, or none" of the act's criteria. air. His big hit for the label was recordings as "Canadian Sunset," new law also gave authors or their nal composition based on the pre-ex- Peaches Entertainment owns 17 "Anywhere I Wander," the Frank "Butterfly," and "Are You Sincere." estates the right to recapture their isting piece-the publisher would be stores in the southeastern U.S. and, Loesser song from the film "Hans Williams left Cadence in the early songs from their publishers for that entitled to continued performance according to Churchill, holds rights to Christian Andersen." '60s for a similarly successful career 19 -year period. Since BMI will be 56 royalties. that trademark throughout all 50 In addition to the Chordettes and at Columbia Records. years old in 1996, its repertoire, too, The plaintiff, however, holds that states. LaRosa, Cadence signed the Everly Another successful new act on the will begin to be subject to a 19 -year an arrangement made by the publish- Key to Sprizzo's decision were two Brothers in 1956, giving the label an label was Johnny Tillotson, best re- extension period. er does not carry rights enabling the downtown Chicago Peaches stores early entry in the rock'n'roll sweep- membered for "Poetry In Motion" Looking even further into the fu- publisher to continue to receive royal- that were 2,000 square feet in size - stakes. Before being signed away by and "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'." ture, the year 2013 is significant be- ties on a performance of a song it no much smaller than the 6,000 -square- Warner Bros. in 1960, the duo had a Cadence's most unusual best -sell- cause the new law allows the recap- longer publishes. er -its all -time best-seller, in fact- ture, 35 years later, of songs written In a prepared statement, George was the Vaughn Meader comedy al- on or after Jan. 1, 1978. David Weiss, president of the 5,000- bum, "The First Family," a satire on The current action is a perfor- member Songwriters Guild of Ameri- 1987 federal court deci- DAT HARDWARE, SOFTWARE FRIMS MEET IN JAPAN President Kennedy, his family, and mance -fee counterpart to the "Who's ca, points to a in his The Sorry Now ?" case of the early '80s, sion here rejecting a claim by Bourne (Continued from page 1) associates administration. album sold 5 million copies after its which concerned itself solely with the Music that its sheet -music arrange- meeting last November, when the lumbia, in December 1986. release in 1962, and was followed by issue of mechanical royalties from ment on the song "Cecilia" was a de- formation of a small, joint, working The software-hardware impasse a second volume only months before the manufacture of recordings. It rivative work and thus entitled to party on DAT was announced. The has severely impeded the worldwide Kennedy's assassination in 1963. was settled in 1984 by the U.S. Su- copyright protection. In that case, the other co- chairman of that conference sales of DAT recorders and players Both albums were pulled from the preme Court in a 5-4 vote. The deci- court ruled that a "broad reading" of was Nesuhi Ertegun, chairman of the (Billboard, Nov. 26), which are now market when Kennedy was mortally sion established that the defendant, the copyright statute could not be International Federation of Phono- universally seen as hardware whose wounded in Dallas on Nov. 22 of that Mills Music, could continue to earn supported. gram & Videogram Producers sales must be driven by prerecorded year. mechanical royalties on recordings of The naming of ASCAP as a defen- (IFPI). software. Among other performers on Ca- the song made before its publishing dant is considered a technicality be- According to a statement issued af- Participating in the Amsterdam dence were the Barry Sisters, who rights to the song reverted to authors cause the performing -right society is ter that meeting, the participants meeting will be 12 Japanese DAT specialized in Yiddish folk songs, and or their estates. holding performance dollars earned agreed that "any recommendation manufacturers, including Hitachi, Don Shirley, the jazz pianist. The Supreme Court's majority by "I Love My Baby." ASCAP claims should take full account of copyright Matsushita Electric, Toshiba, and Bleyer left the record scene in 1964 opinion reversed an appeals court de- that in monitoring for performance issues and the interests of all those Sony, and manufacturers from Eu- and the label's masters were ac- cision that gave all mechanical royal- royalties, it is unable to separate one affected" (Billboard, Dec. 10). rope, including Philips and Grundig. quired by Andy Williams for his Bar - ties generated by the song to the es- arrangement from another. In the The Japanese hardware manufac- The software side will be repre- naby Records. tate of Ted Snyder, one of the au- "Who's Sorry Now ?" case, the Harry turers' position has clearly softened sented by members of the board and Bleyer's wife died last November. thors. In the Mills case, the Harry Fox Agency was similarly named as during the more than two years that secretariat of IFPI and representa- He is survived by a stepdaughter, Fox Agency, which collects mechani- a defendant. have elapsed since the abortive and tives of the Recording Industry Assn. Jacquelyn Everly, who is married to cal royalties for distribution to copy- A spokesman for Shapiro -Bern- acrimonious meeting between the of America. Phil Everly, and a grandson. right holders, also held monies in es- stein had no comment on the legal ini- two sides in Vancouver, British Co- IRV LICHTMAN crow on the song before the case was tiative. BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 83 www.americanradiohistory.com RETAILERS, LABELS READY TO TEST 5 -INCH CD SINGLES (Continued from page 1) appear no closer than their custom- line from their already crowded with it, that's not to say that some velopment of the Walkman," says sleeve. ers to forming a consensus on the stores but are not certain that the years from now it won't be a hot tick- Bach, who, like other industryites, Urie says PolyGram is still examin- question. larger size will make a CD single any et." wonders if the 5-inch disk is perceived ing the economics of the 5 -inch CD At least two vendors -PolyGram more appetizing or salesworthy in a Russ Bach, president of CEMA, by consumers as being too large to be single but says the concept is attrac- and A &M-say they are willing to marketplace where the most optimis- who was point man for the CD-3 at a portable medium. tive because the company already give the 5 -inch CD a spin, although tic estimate for CD hardware pene- WEA when he worked there, worries PolyGram has been a proponent of presses 5 -inch promos for radio and the latter test will be conducted on a tration in U.S. households is said to that the larger -sized CD single over- a 5 -inch CD single for two years. Jim club play. Making such CD singles small scale. It has been rumored that be 15 %. looks one of the smaller disk's advan- Urie, senior VP of marketing, says available commercially not only pro Elektra also wants to test the con- Harold Guilfoil, head buyer for tages: "If we give up on the CD-3, we the distributor is now willing to back vides profit potential, says Urie, bu cept, although that could not be con- Owensboro, Ky.-based WaxWorks give up the portability of the 3 -inch its contention with a product launch. also allows the supplier a chance t firmed at press time. and its Disc Jockey web, says his [disk] player," he says. Within "a month or two," Urie ex- amortize production of the prom Meanwhile, CBS and WEA still ap- firm would be "a little bit standoff- "What was the catalyst for the in- pects PolyGram to release 5- inchers, tional disks. pear to be committed to the CD -3 ish" about buying 5 -inch CD singles crease of the cassette? It was the de- probably in a disk -sized cardboard A &M's plan is more modest lm; is camp; the two large distributors are if they are brought to market. structured similarly. Jayne Simo di- orchestrating a campaign that will "I just don't know if the CD is a rector of national singles sales, ,ys place a $25 CD -3 fixture in 2,500 singles configuration," says Joe the label will simply offer a m est stores (Billboard, March 18). Other Bressi, senior VP at North Canton, amount of 5-inch copies of the ¿me record company executives wonder if Ohio-based Camelot Music. That res- Indie Plans 5 -Inch CD EPs songs that it now services to r Io at the CD market is still too young and ervation aside, the chain would likely "three or four Tower and ' tere- too small to foster a single of any be willing to test a 5 -inch version if Bainbridge Schedules Releases house stores in Southern and orth- size. several labels seemed to be making a ern California" at no cost tc ae ac- Jim Cawley, VP of sales for Arista, serious effort to establish such a line, NEW YORK Bainbridge Records box. counts. "We just want to : . what was initially intrigued by the idea of a according to Camelot VP of purchas- is going the 5 -inch route, choosing The first two 20 /Something re- the consumer says and wha le mar- 5-inch CD single when it was talked ing Lew Garrett. this format for its less- than -album- leases are a recording of Hinde- ket will bear pricewise." up at NARM but now says, "In the Garrett says Camelot regards the sized CD programming. mith's "Mathis Der Maler" by the Simon says A&M plans w sell the consumer world, I just don't feel it labels as "our partners in name and The series, which Harlene Mar- San Jose Symphony under George disks in thin jewel boxes. right now. I can't say that I'm into spirit" and-citing the large number shall, president of the Van Nuys, Clive's direction, and an album by Tower's Solomon compares this it." of CD -3s that Camelot has bought Calif.-based company, solicited at the Turk Murphy Band called "A product's evolution to that of the vi- Predictably, Cawley's concern is since that product's launch -says the the recent convention of the Nation- Natural High." nyl 12-inch single. "They started the that attempts to develop a CD single chain would be amenable to trying 5- al Assn. Of Record Merchandisers, Overall, 10 more releases are ex- 12 -inch single as radio station and in the current marketplace might im- inch CD singles if it looked like the in- is called 20 /Something, with whole- pected by year's end. Three due club promos, and they became a via- pede progress of his pet project, the dustry was ready to give the line a se- sale pricing designed to give it a soon are "The Four Seasons Of Na- ble business," he says. He and Urie 1'/2- year-old cassette single. rious push. $6.98 list. ture's Mystic Moods," tenor saxo- also think that selling 5-inch CD sin- "Right now, we've got the biggest At the same time, Garrett is not "We're not a singles company," phonist J.R. Montrose's "In Ac- gles without the long box allows deal- opportunity for singles sales that yet ready to throw dirt on the CD-3's says Marshall, in explaining one tion," and "Sleeper," a relaxation ers to merchandise the product in sin- we've had in a decade with the cas- grave. He notes that the audiocas- key reason why Bainbridge decided aid by Michael Lee Thomas. Thom- gles sections, while the CD-3's 12 -inch sette single," says Cawley. He cites a sette -now the market's dominant on a 5-inch rather than a 3 -inch for- as, a jazz /new wave artist, is to be box requires that product to be recent Street Pulse Group survey configuration -was a slow seller mat. She further notes that the 5- featured in a full -length album, placed in CD sections. that estimates that 37% of consumers when it was first launched in the mid- inch format allows up to 30 minutes "Fresh Out Of Nowhere." are aware of the cassette single and '60s. "I don't know if we should close of playback, requires no adapters, IRV LICHTMAN Assistance in preparing this story adds: "That's great improvement the door so quickly on the [CD -3]. and is housed in the familiar jewel was provided by Ken Terry. over the 18% who were aware last While we've had very little success year, but it disturbs me a little bit that the industry's acting like all the work has been done on the cassette SONGWRITERS SEEK TO CORRECT ID WRONGS single. There's another 63% of the (Continued from page .f) market that we've got to get to." Cawley opines that the "5-inch not always supplied to the Capitol or West Coast, for ASCAP; Mike chosen to follow up with any other la- 100% happy yet, but we're happy might sell more than the CD-3 right EMI production departments in a Greene, president of NARAS; and bels. with the progress we've made," he now," but, considering the still -small timely fashion. "We try to include the MCA Music president Leeds Levy, The SGA's Weiss, who persuaded says. size of the CD hardware base, he information, but we don't always who will represent the NMPA. the RIAA to send out its letter, says, Odegard feels song creators would adds the sales potential for any sort have it at the time the label copy is Label heads will also be invited, "A &M seems to be the one label that have more clout with the labels if his of CD single "just seems to me to be prepared," she says. and Odegard is hoping one of them has really committed itself publicly West Coast -based group were to peanuts." While the Capitol representative will co-host the discussion. [to featuring credits]. Others say merge with the New York -based Those who favor the 5 -inch CD sin- says she is not sure who is responsi- Odegard says he is disappointed by they're doing it as they can." SGA. Referring to Weiss, he says, gle, including Record World presi- ble for gathering the credits, a source the lukewarm response of the Re- Weiss points out that, as cassettes "He's got all the old ASCAP catalogs dent Roy Imber and Sound Ware- at another label claims that record cording Industry Assn. of America to and CDs took over the industry, the and [songwriters'] estates under his house president Terry Worrell, be- companies are not solely to blame for the songwriters' initiative. However, dropping of credits "was starting to control, and we've got all the hot lieve using the dimension of album - leaving them out: Publishers, he he concedes the RIAA did send out a happen a little more often, and that young songwriters. So it makes length CDs would make it easier for says, should provide correct and com- letter more than a year ago, urging was worrisome. But I don't think it sense to put these things together." consumers to identify the CD single plete information when an artist all of its member labels to include had ever been a habitual practice at Weiss notes that "feelers have as a CD product. They, and other hands in a master tape, rather than songwriter credits in its prerecorded any label." been put to us three or four times in chain officers, also think the larger relying on labels to fill in the gaps. music packages. He believes that the RIAA's letter the past several years" regarding a disk creates better opportunities for The National Academy of Song- The RIAA publicized A &M's deci- to the labels "helped tremendously" merger. But he says they have fallen graphics and for display at retail. writers hopes to increase label com- sion to credit songwriters on all pre- in this regard, and he sees a rising through because of unreasonable de- Tower president Russ Solomon, pliance with the creators' wishes by recorded music and video configura- consciousness in the industry about mands made by NAS. one of the more avid cheerleaders for co-sponsoring an industry breakfast tions, but the organization has not the songwriters' plight. "We're not development of a 5 -inch CD single, discussion group May 4 in Los Ange- says it is important for song- driven les. Other co-sponsors, says Odegard, consumers to have a CD product include the Songwriters Guild of U.S. PUSHES 'MORAL RIGHTS' FOR COMPOSERS available to them at prices lower than America, the Society of Composers (Continued from page 4) those charged for album -length and Lyricists, NARAS, ASCAP, disks. He also thinks the 20- minute BMI, the L.A. Songwriters' Show- material alterations to their works France and Italy, assimilate au- Ed Murphy, president of the Na- time limit hampers the CD-3's appeal case, and the National Music Publish- in motion pictures. thors of preexisting works as co- tional Music Publishers Assn., and argues that the longer playing ers' Assn. "This position is fundamentally authors of the motion picture." says he has not seen the full report time on the 5 -inch allows labels more Confirmed participants, he says, in- at odds with the directors' argu- Upcoming congressional hear- but adds that it was NMPA's feel- programming flexibility. clude George David Weiss, president ment that they should not have to ings on new federal moral rights in ing that Oman had made it clear to Other merchandisers agree that of SGA; Bruce Broughton, president rely on contractual protections in the motion picture industry will Congress that current protection the CD-3 has been a sluggish seller. of SCL; Rick Riccobono, VP, West their dealings with producers," he certainly be enlivened now that laws are sufficient. Many are eager to clear the product Coast, for BMI; Todd Brabec, VP, adds. "The assertion that the mo- copies of Oman's report have been "I will certainly be calling Mr. tion picture represents a different more closely scanned by music in- Oman's office if that is no longer medium misses the whole point of dustry officials, who say they are the case," he says. moral rights: all artists should surprised by the report's sugges- Currently, composers are paid Billboard /Halsey Company Present have the right to protect the integ- tions to Congress. for music used as movie sound- rity of their works. We fail to see "The issue is not the protection tracks through a mechanical li- CAREERS IN ENTERTAINMENT SEMINARS how a material alteration in a dif- of composers or whether they get cense by a publisher or a record ferent medium that injures the au- paid," says the RIAA's Rosen, company /publisher. "If publishers May 13, Vancouver, British Columbia May 21, Denver thor's reputation is any less wor- "but whether publishers and rec- are to be limited in how they can May 14, Calgary, Alberta June 3, Tucson, Ariz. thy of protection." ord labels [will continue to] have promote the work," says Rosen, May 20, Salt Lake City June 4, Scottsdale, Ariz. Oman also states in the report the ability to commercialize the "then the return will be less all that "we find support for this work they've licensed as they see around." For information contact: Ron Baird, 615-244-7900 proposition in the way many Berne fit and to control manipulation in member countries, including synchronized soundtracks." 84 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com ACTS TRY FOR 2 -IN -A -ROW HITS WITH APRIL RELEASES (Continued from page 4) DISC MAKERS ance on "2300 Jackson St.," out April 25 on Epic. Contributing siblings in- DOES IT ALL... clude Rebbie, Marlon, Janet, Tito, Hot Album Releases Jermaine, and Jackie. The first sin- April Let us make Cassette, Record, gle, produced by the hotter-than -hot Thirteen albums are slated for release in April by artists who hit gold or platinum with their last and Compact Disc L.A. & Babyface, is "Nothin' That studio album. manufacturing easy for you. Compares 2 U." Artists on the comeback trail in- ARTIST TITLE LABEL DATE PRODUCER clude the Stray Cats and Carole APRIL 25 DAVID LEWIS, WAYNE LEWIS Phan- ATLANTIC STARR WERE MOVIN' UP WARNER BROS. King. Brian Setzer, "Slim" Jim tivG <`vg tom, and Lee Rocker reunite for their NATALIE COLE GOOD TO BE BACK EMI APRIL 26 VARIOUS Go first album in four years. Called LP's, REPRISE APRIL 11 808 ROCK "Blast Off" and due April 15, the title THE CULT SONIC TEMPLE tAaP$ ERASURE CD's, and is a priority for EMI. The first single ERASURE CRACKERS INTERNATIONAL SIRE APRIL 25 from the Dave Edmunds -produced ALAN RIVEN effort is appropriately titled "Bring GREAT WHITE TWICE SHY CAPITOL APRIL 18 MICHAEL LARDIE, Cassettes in It Back Again." KINGDOM COME IN YOUR FACE POLYDOR APRIL 17 LENNY WOLF, KEITH OLSON Edmunds also produced Rock and Convenient, Roll Hall of Famer Dion's latest ef- LISA LISA & CULT JAM STRAIGHT TO THE SKY COLUMBIA APRIL 21 FULL FORCE Money - due April 27 on fort, "Yo Frankie," RICHARD MARX. DAVID COLE Arista. The album features Lou RICHARD MARX REPEAT OFFENDER EMI APRIL 26 Saving Reed, Paul Simon, and Chuck Lea - ROY ORBISON THE CLASSIC ROY ORBISON 1965 -68 RHINO APRIL 28 VARIOUS vell. Packages TOM PETTY FULL MOON FEVER MCA APRIL 24 JEFF LYNNE, TOM PETTY, MIKE King springs forth April 4 with her CAMPBELL first album in five years, "City Streets," on Capitol. The release, pro- NEAL SCHON LATE NITE COLUMBIA APRIL II BOB MARLETTE duced by King and Rudy Guess, has STRAY CATS BLAST OFF EMI APRIL 5 DAVE EDMUNDS a rock edge and features Eric Clap - IKE TURNER ton on guitar. IKE A TINA TURNER GREATEST HITS VOLUMES I-III SAJA APRIL 24 On the verge of a miraculous come- back is Donny Osmond. His epony- mous album, a hit in the U.K. for Vir- gin, has been picked up by Capitol elude "Killin' Time," the debut album with "Late Nite," out April 11 on Co- marks the U.S. premiere of the Lon- stateside and will be released April by RCA artist Clint Black (whose lumbia. Former Husker Du guitarist don -based FFRR dance label, distrib- 18. The first single, "Soldier Of first single, "A Better Man," is climb- Bob Mould produced and wrote all uted by PolyGram. Love," debuted on the Hot 100 Sin- ing the country charts), and the the songs on his Virgin solo debut, Another British artist who has al- gles chart at No. 73. Shooters' new album, due April 11 on scheduled for release April 24. ready created a buzz here is Mica Though Donny's sister Marie CBS. Another interesting April debut is Paris. A special remix of her hit Brit- Packages Include all doesn't have a new release, fellow Several artists are striking out on "So Strong" by Labi Siffre. David ish debut album, "So Good," is being necessary steps. This country crooner Kathy Mattea fol- their own this month. Though the Kerschenbaum, noted for his work released April 10 on Island. means ell FILM WORK, all lows up her award -winning "Untast- Heartbreakers are still beating, MCA with Tracy Chapman, produced the Several artists are represented by PRINTING, as well as all -hits collections this month. ed Honey" with "Willow In The releases the debut solo effort by their album, due April 17 on China /Poly- greatest MANUFACTURING. You get 3 fearless leader, Petty, on April 24. dor. The title track was a top five hit Both Ike & Tina Turner and Barry Wind" April on Mercury. Produced the finished product. by Allen Reynolds, the first single is "Full Moon Fever" was produced by in the U.K. and will be the first single Manilow will have repackaged best - "Come From The Heart." Petty, Heartbreaker Mike Campbell, here. of efforts. Arista is releasing three Reynolds also produced Garth and fellow Traveling Wilbury Jeff Also debuting from foreign shores volumes of "Barry Manilow's Great- Brooks' new Capitol album, due in Lynne. is Cookie Crew, two female rappers est Hits," on April 4. "Volume II" stores April 12..Other country pick- Neal Schon, former guitarist for from South London. Their debut, and "Volume III" each contain a pre- ings are rather slim, but offerings in- Journey, follows Steve Perry's lead "Born This Way," due April 17, also viously unreleased track. Though Manilow's efforts are available on all three configurations, Ike & Turner and MTV MULLS CLIP -DIRECTOR CREDITS collections by Tina Procol Harem won't be available on (Continued from page d) LP. Chrysalis is releasing "Procol would "clutter" the artist and album "There are quite a few directors to see it go. Also, there's a lot of glo- Harem-The Chrysalis Years 1973- information, they say, and could even who are DGA members who routine- ry hogging going on within certain 1977" on CD only, though most of the create a dangerous "star syndrome" ly use pseudonyms when working on production companies, where you see band's notable hits came prior to among certain video makers, causing videoclips," says one label executive the owners listed as 'executive pro- 1973. The Ike & Tina Turner collec- their rates to increase. who requests anonymity. "If a DGA ducer' on everything. Where do you tions, to be issued on CD and cassette According to Abbey Konowitch, member did use nonunion staff on a draw the line ?" April 24, are three -album sets on VP of programming for MTV, the shoot and then put his real name on Mick Kleber, director of music vid- Saja, distributed by Atlantic. The col- channel sees the inclusion of director the credits, he could really be eo at Capitol Records, disagrees. "I'd lection includes 37 cuts. credits as "rewarding the creative el- burned." be very happy to see it happen. Another Roy Orbison compilation ement." He says MTV has had dis- Representatives of the DGA did There's no reason why these people enters the market April 28 as Rhino cussions for some time -both inter- not return Billboard's phone calls at shouldn't get credit for their work, releases "The Classic Roy Orbison COMPLETE nally and with labels and production press time. like any other artists," he says. 1965- 1968." The set includes such GRAPHIC DESIGN companies -about including the in- On the label side, Jeff Gold, VP of Kleber says he thinks that the idea cuts as "Claudette," "Ride Away," DEPARTMENT formation as part of the standard creative service at A &M Records, that viewers will be "distracted" by and several of Orbison's old MGM AVAILABLE for your postclip credits. says he has not yet been contacted by additional credit listings is "irrele- tunes. art design and layout Should the channel do so, MTV about the idea, but says he is vant." And as for potential director Konowitch sees a payoff for MTV as ambivalent about listing additional ego problems: "There's always been Assistance on this story was pro- well in terms of better quality clips: credits at the end of each clip. a cult of personality around certain vided by Lee Lambert, Jim Rich - New York "We feel certain that the quality of "I don't have a real problem if they top quality directors, and that won't liano, and Deborah Russell. Philadelphia the clips we receive will improve by want to go ahead and do it, but I'm change." at least 10%-20% immediately once not going to be pounding on their Peter Baron, director of video pro- Chicago we start telling viewers who has door about it," says Gold. "I don't duction at Geffen Records, says he You asked for it we got it Puerto Rico made the clips they are seeing," he really know if it's necessary to list di- thinks crediting directors is "a nice says. rector credit every time a video is thing to do," but says it's unlikely CAL_ TODAY FOR YOUR Since the early days of music video, shown-maybe it could be done once that MTV viewers would care one COMPLETE PRICE KIT, OR one hindrance to listing clip director a week during the top 20 count- way or the other. Far more important credits on most shows has been the down," he adds, noting that one po- to him, he says, is that MTV viewers AN MMEDIATE PHONE fact that some directors who are tential problem is such listings may know the title of the album from 4;444 QUOTE: members of the Directors Guild of "clutter up the credits and make it which the video they're watching is America often employ nonunion more difficult for the viewer to see culled, rather than the name of the 144 44* 1- 800 -468 -9353 staffers to save money while work- the artist and label credits quickly. person who directed the clip. r& ing under generally tight budgetary The industry cares about that kind of "At the end of the day these kids disc Mak ers constrictions. stuff, but I don't know if people don't even know what label half the tYVle dolt ale? really do." stuff they're seeing is on," says Bar- # r Because these directors often use watching NEW YORK on set pseudonyms when working on clips Another potential problem direc- on. "They just want to turn the -.Myles ,Associates. inc. 1E50 Broadway. Suite 1010 under these conditions, they might tor- credit listings may create, says and see Guns N' Roses or Poison. I 160 East 56th Street. Dept 8 -wee New York. NY 10019 not wish to have any credits listed on Gold, is "the cult of personality. I mean, they don't even know who di- NYC, NY 10022 Tel 758 -3232 the videos; identification could get think the star -director phenomenon rected 'Citizen Kane.' " (212) 265 -6662 them in trouble with the DGA. has gone about as far as I would like Serving the graphic needs 01 Roe music industry since 1952 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 85 www.americanradiohistory.com Thorn-EMI Buys Interest In Chrysalis For $79 Mil operation last year, which has had an BY NIGEL HUNTER adverse effect upon the company's THE BIG BUILD -UP: As part óf plans to expand its LONDON Weeks of rumor and whole profile, Wright admits. public relations activities, Island Records has snagged speculation ended March 22 with the "The losses in America were per- Tom Cording as head of PR. Cording, based in New announcement that Thorn-EMI and haps overpublicized," he remarks. York, arrives at Island after a stint on the West Coast as the Chrysalis Group have reached an "They were causing concern about Edited by Iry Lichtman director of PR for Enigma Records/Enigma Enter- agreement in principle for Thorn- the long-term health and viability of tainment Group. EMI to acquire a 50% interest in the the company and impacting upon our THE ELEVATION OF Dave Glew to president of Chrysalis record companies, part of ability to trade in the marketplace by Epic /Portrait & Associated Labels (see Executive LOTS OF HEART: Singer Kym Ryder's current college the Chrysalis Group. creating uncertainty." Turntable, page 4) is but the first round of new presiden- tour, which ends May 7, will benefit The Children's The acquisition has an initial price Wright says no layoffs are contem- tial slots at parent CBS Records. Don Ienner of Arista Heart Foundation, established to help children obtain tag of $79.1 million in cash, payable plated as a result of the deal with is a shoo-in, as expected, to be named president of Co- heart transplants. The tour has been set up in conjunc- upon completion, and an additional Thorn-EMI. He discloses that inter- lumbia Records, perhaps coming aboard as soon as Sat- tion with Phi Kappa Tau, which has chosen the charity amount up to $25 million, dependent est in Chrysalis had been expressed urday (1). Next in line for president of a CBS unit is Paul as its national philanthropy. Ryder's current album on upon profit and volume growth over by all the major record companies. Smith, with his responsibilities centering, as they do the Profile- distributed Invasion label is "Angel Ar- the next four years. A joint board, to BMG had been widely rumored to be now, on marketing and branch distribution. rive." be composed of four EMI Music close to a deal with Chrysalis before Worldwide executives and four news of the EMI pact leaked out. ROULETTE SPINS TO CAPITOL /RHINO? A part- RECORDABLE DISK: A $98,000 recordable compact Chrysalis Group members, will be es- Wright anticipates no opposition nership between Rhino Records and Capitol Records, disk system about the size of an office copier was un- tablished for periodic meetings on from Chrysalis stock holders with re- Rhino's U.S. distributor, is likely to lead to a purchase of veiled by Meridian Data Inc. at a private showing in policy and financial matters. gard to ratification of the pact. He Morris Levy's Roulette label for an estimated cash pay- New York last week. The system-obviously not intend- The deal excludes the music pub- holds a 43% stake in the ordinary ment of $4 million -$5 million. Sources say the deal, if fi- ed for consumer use -utilizes a compact laser recorder lishing, recording studios, and rec- share capital of the Chrysalis Group. nalized, would give Rhino U.S. rights to the label, while developed jointly by Philips NV and Yamaha, as well as ord /video export divisions of the Under the terms of the agreement, Capitol would market product overseas. Last fall, a pur- blank CDs developed by Fuji PhotoFilm USA. In keep- Chrysalis Group. Chrysalis chairman EMI Music Worldwide will enter into chase of Roulette by a New York -based sports /enter- ing with the price of the hardware, the disks are also up and co-founder Chris Wright and his arrangements to manufacture and tainment company was announced but never finalized. there -$100 apiece, if ordered in quantity. The Meridian management team will retain full cre- distribute Chrysalis products system is intended for the rapidly growing CD -ROM in- ative independence in their operation throughout the world in perpetuity A8CAP ELECTIONS: ASCAP's biannual board elec- dustry. It allows CD -ROM publishers to make small of the label. as and when their existing licensing tions, with a March 17 deadline, have produced little runs of the computer data optical disks in- house. Merid- Thorn-EMI will have the option to agreements expire. The current dis- change on the 12 -member writer and publisher boards, ian also says that a version of the recordable CD system acquire the Chrysalis Group's 50% in- tribution deal Chrysalis has in the although the writer elections were reported to be among will soon be offered to professional audio recording stu- terest in the label after March 1999. U.S. with CBS has 18 months left and the most intense in recent years (Billboard, March 18). dios, enabling artists and producers to leave the studio In certain unspecified circumstances, will run to term, according to Wright. The only writer change was the election of Johnny with a finished CD instead of a tape master. Chrysalis could require Thorn-EMI to Chrysalis Records will function in- Mandel, who replaces incumbent Johnny Green. New purchase its interest after March dependently in both the U.K. and the publisher member is Dean Kay of PolyGram Interna- FOR YOUR INFORMATION: Nimbus Records Inc. 1996. The price in each case would be U.S., and its European subsidiaries, tional, who replaces another veteran board member, has opened a new facility at its Charlottesville, Va., based on a multiple of profits. including its newly formed German Mike Stewart. plant to house its CD-ROM division, Nimbus Informa- The 20-year-old Chrysalis label, one company, will remain in operation. tional Systems. Also, expansion of the existing manu- of the world's major independent rec- Chrysalis plans to open its own office FIVE TO REPLACE BACH: No less than five WEA facturing facility continues on schedule, with a further ord companies, boasts an artist roster in Australia later this year. Corp. executives are dividing the duties of former exec- 35% of on -line capacity available by the end of 1989's sec- that includes Jethro Tull, Billy Idol, Jim Fifield, EMI Music Worldwide utive VP of marketing development Russ Bach, who ond quarter, including an additional laser -mastering Huey Lewis & the News, Pat Bena- president, stresses that Chrysalis will left WEA to become president of CEMA. Rather than suite and replication and packaging equipment. tar, Midge Ure, Milli Vanilli, Was retain its independence in the cre- placing someone in Bach's job, WEA president Henry (Not Was), Sinead O'Connor, the Wa- ative and talent acquisition spheres. Droz has decided to spread his duties among top execs TO HI -DEF TV: Japan continues to flex its technologi- terboys, and Icehouse. He sees the deal as a useful expan- Jack O'Connell, Larry Weiss, Paul Newnham, Fran cal muscle in the high -definition television field. Next The company's current annual sion of EMI's international presence Aliberte, and George Rossi, according to reliable month, the country will begin the first regular daily gross exceeds $100 million, but it sus- and another part of the group's ag- sources. HDTV broadcasts in the world. Although the high -defi- tained heavy losses through its U.S. gressive acquisition policy. nition programming will only be shown for one hour per ERATO DISQUES, the French classical label, has sued day and is only receivable on a special HDTV monitor BMG Music, its worldwide distributor, in U.S. district (current cost about $60,000), the demonstrations serve court in New York, asking for nearly $1 million plus in- to illustrate just how far ahead of the rest of the world Greenpeace Album Set terest on a variety of claims, plus a declaratory judg- Japan is in terms of getting HDTV to market. In the ment that BMG has waived its right to exercise its distri- U.S., for example, an official HDTV standard has yet to Geffen To Release Benefit Record bution option in Switzerland. BMG had sued Erato in even be adopted. February for $2 million over its loss of Swiss distribu- bum released by the label. "I just tion. Erato is expected to switch distribution BY THOM DUFFY to WEA ANOTHER EROL'S EXIT: Vans Stevenson, the direc- went after it," says Gersh. "I sometime in 1990. tor of public relations for the large, family-owned Erol's NEW YORK An all -star Green - thought it was a very classy collec- video chain, handed in his resignation March 17. No offi- peace benefit album will be released tion." THE FIRST SENTENCE handed out under Califor- cial word on why, but Track hears that following the de- here by Geffen Records May 23, just An earlier compilation album to nia's tough new anti- piracy law was surprisingly lenient: parture last month of Ron Castell, VP for marketing 10 weeks after the double set was is- benefit Greenpeace was released by Miguel Penaloza Rios of Pacoima, Calif., was sen- and management, the Onaran family asked Stevenson sued in the Soviet Union. A &M in 1985 but was distributed tenced to one year in prison, three years' probation, and to resign, apparently because Castel] had brought him The album, titled "Rainbow War- only in the West. a fine of $5,000 for distribution of pirated cassettes. on board and there were questions over loyalty. Steven- riors" in the U.S., will feature previ- Greenpeace will receive a share of Rios, who was caught with 30,000 illegal tapes, could son initially refused to hand in his resignation, but final- ously released tracks from such acts recording and publishing royalties, as have received as much as five years in prison and a ly tossed in the towel. Stevenson is the latest in a series as U2, Dire Straits, INXS, Sting, well as distribution and manufactur- $250,000 fine. of surprise exits from the Springfield, Va.-based firm, John Cougar Mellencamp, and the ing proceeds. Profits from the Soviet including publicity staffer Michelle Abballe, who will Grateful Dead. It will be promoted release will be divided equally be- IN REPORTING improved sales and earnings for the leave Erol's shortly to pursue a career in commercial ra- gratis on VH -1 and the Westwood tween Greenpeace and the Interna- second fiscal quarter and six months ended Feb. 28, dio promotion. One Radio Networks. tional Foundation for the Survival Gary Rockhold, president/CEO of Commtron, the big- In the Soviet Union, where the al- and Development of Humanity, an gest prerecorded cassette distributor in the business, MUSIC MERRY -GO- ROUND: BMG Music is set to ac- bum is titled "Breakthrough," it was East -West think tank established in says home video sales for the quarter increased 19% due quire both the former MTM Music catalogs (Lawyer's released March 6 on the state -run the Soviet Union in 1988 to address primarily to an improved new release schedule. The Daughter, Uncle Artie, and Blu -Pal) now owned by Melodia,label and is expected to sell a the environmental crisis. company also distributes consumer and business elec- Stark Entertainment, and the Act III catalogs once record 4 million copies, according to Other artists contributing their tronics goods. owned by Multimedia. The purchases will also include Geffen. performances include the Pretend- some writers' contracts. The idea for a Greenpeace benefit ers, the Eurythmics, Peter Gabriel, THEY MET: CBS Records held a manufacturing and recording for East-West release was Bryan Ferry, Simple Minds, Bruce planning meet last week in Scottsdale, Ariz., while EMI CLARK STOPS "HOPPIN' ": After 33 years as the conceived in mid -1987 by the environ- Hornsby & the Range, Basia, Belinda Records brought in promo and sales staffers to West- host of "American Bandstand," Dick Clark has an- mental advocacy group's chairman, Carlisle, the Waterboys, Bryan Ad- chester, N.Y., for talks March 22 -24. nounced that he'll turn the reins over to 26-year-old Da- David McTaggart, and Ian Flooks of ams, Aswad, World Party, the vid Hirsch when "Bandstand" moves to the cable USA the London -based Wasted Talent Art- Thompson Twins, John Farnham, NASHVILLE NEWCOMERS: Malaco Records, the in- Network on April 8. Hirsch was one of the producers on ists' Agency, which represents sever- Sade, Terence Trent D'Arby, Huey die blues and gospel label run by Tom Couch in Jack- Clark /USA Net's prior collaboration, the "USA Camp al of the artists involved. Flooks, a Lewis & the News, Sting, Talking son, Miss., has set up a Nashville office under Bill Midnite" talk show. Before its move to the cable net- longtime Greenpeace supporter, be- Heads, R.E.M., and Martin Stephen- Isaacs, former director of special projects for Tree In- work -which claims 46 million households- "Band- gan discussions last summer with son & the Daintees. ternational. Isaacs will be scouting R &B, blues, gospel, stand" had been in syndication for the last year-and -a- Geffen A&R executive Gary Gersh, a The CD version of the album will and country acts for sale through the label and Malaco half. United Stations' Ed Salamon says Clark's TV Greenpeace member since his teens, also contain tracks from Little Ste- Telemarketing. The Nashville address is 47 Music changes will have "no effect whatsoever" on the three who became personally committed to ven, the Silencers, Hothouse Flow- Square Fast; the phone is 615-321-4294. radio programs he hosts for the radio network. the album. It is the first benefit al- ers, and Robbie Robertson. 86 BILLBOARD APRIL 1, 1989 www.americanradiohistory.com ANDREAS VOLLEN BEIDER L "DAN C LION" OC 45154 Grammy- winner Andreas Vollenweider's over 40 musicians from around the world. first album in three years spans the musical The long- awaited new album that daringly spectrum from jazz to rock, classical to coun- redefines the distinctive sound of a unique try and Indian to Oriental -with a band of musical pioneer. A BOLD STEP fOR NARD NEW. ON COLUMBIA (ASSEi1ES, (OMPA(1 DISCS AND RECORDS, (1 Produced by Andreas Vollenweider. Co- Produced by Eric Merz and Darryl Pitt. Executive Producers: Hanswalter Huggler and Hugo Faas "Columbia;", are trademarks of CBS Inc. ©1989 CBS Record Inc. www.americanradiohistory.com oward Jones cross that line Cross Thirl tine, the new album front !Iowan" parses, featur!ng be single and video "Ever±asting lore," On Flektra crass s, compact discsiAni-rercrds. , aihylum/Noneso