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NO W WE KN O W WHY THEY CALL HIM PEE-WEE August 5, 1991 Volume 5 Issue 253 RYTHM SYNDICATE 4 111111111 Mme. FLASHMAKERS CRO à0VERS EAR PICKS 'BREAKOUTS WILDCARD R.E.M. W B AARON NEVILLE A&M MARTIKA Columbia C. ME BADD Giant BONNIE RAITT Cap NATALIE COLE Elektra 3RD BASS D Jam/Col N SELECTION E-W SQUEEZE Reprise See Page 12 MARKY MARK Inter/E-W LA'S Got LorVPLG H. LEE SUM MER Epic RIZ Giant HUEY LEWIS EMI LUTHER VANDROSS Epic VAN HALEN WB MARKY MARK Inter E-W HOT Nne S. EASTON A. FRANKLIN Next JINNYR NP50 5rIC MURPHYRELEASES PHIL PERRY SALT-N -PEPA VANITY KILLS To Anyone Everyday People Keep Wa et( Give Me Just A... Amazing Love Let's Talk About Sex Holiday Of Passion MCA 54199 Ansta 2239 EW 4-98749 Capitol 44708 Next P NP50157 H wood HR64863 EX-GIRLFRIEND L. GORDON LL COOL J PC OUEST RTZ D. SUMMER KARYN WHITE Why Can't You... Gonna Catch You Minutes Of-. After The... Face The Music When Love Cries Romantic Repnse 19327 SBK 05406 Def J/Col 38T-73821 RCA RDJ-62051 Giant 4-19273 Atlantic 4-87624 WE 19319 BONNIE RAITT IS A TOP 40 HIT RECORD, A MULTI-FORMAT, MULTI-DEMO HET! WILDCARD! 4 A S9METHING T9 TALK AB9UT The first single and video from the new Capitol Compact Disc, Cassette and Record Luck Of The Draw. 3 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBU MS! 11*-6* NAC! DEBUT 44 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 13* A;C! TOP 10 ALBU M ROCK! HOT SALES AT: #1 Sound Warehouse/Dallas 38*-2.8* P2 CHART! #1 Kemp Mill/Washington DC DEBUT 40* P3 CHART! #1 Lechmere/Boston #1 Pro One-Stop/Tempe #1 Down In The Valley/Mpls #1 Havard Coop/Boston #1 Tower/Seattle #2 Lieberman/Natl #2 Tower/Natl #2 Tower/Atlanta #2 Title Wave/Mpls #2 Richmond Bros/New Jersey Produced by #2 Newbury Comics/Boston Dcn Was and Bcr.rue Rain Manage -a:fit AVERAGE AGGRESSWES Lp SALES Danny Goldbe:g, Ron Store ¡ad Jeffrey !-ench MOVE (4 or more) (1 to 10) 3.39 44 10 for GoLdM..untain Eatertainment. Cadedee Cap tol Pex -crts. I lc August 5, 1991 Volume 5 Issue 253 $6.00 DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher SIN GLES Preppie Love LENNY BEER Bryan Adams is still #1 by a mile. Make that a mile Editor In Chief and a half. (Ed note: A&M's Jim Guerinot has killer 4 TONI PROFERA Executive Editor Clipper ducats and is looking for female com- panionship.) DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Managing Editor MIKE MURPHY Senior Broadcast Editor ROY TRAKIN DIAL O G UE Senior Editor WRVQ Richmond MD Lisa McKay is at home in ANITA WEBB sweet Virginia, far from the lecherous advances of 33 Operations Manager HITS' resident palm reader, Danny "G spot" Ostrow. KAREN GLAUBER Post Modern Editor GRAHAM ARMSTRONG Natalie Cole's duet with her late dad Nat King is OK, so Tom Freston looks more Jams Editor truly "Unforgettable," while HITS' Sr. Editor Oy 34 at home on the links in his Ralph DANNY OSTROW Vaykin has a hard time just remembering his name. Lauren polo shirt than he does Broadcast Editor hanging with the likes of LL. TODD HENSLEY DARRYL LINDSEY Cool J or Pauly Shore, but the CONNIE BREEZE POST MO DE R N savvy MTV Networks CEO has Research Editors It's still R.E.M. Don't these people buy anyone else? presided over the most MARK PEARSON 45 explosive period of growth in the Research Coordinator TERRY MOSER channel's history. This week, the NICK BULL JA MS revolutionary video music Mercury's Vanessa Williams is "Running Back to ANGELA GARCIA institution marked its tenth KANDACE TAYLOR You" and as far as she can get from JAMS Editor 55 anniversary with the LLOYD STARK Graham "You Can Call Me Mr." Armstrong. RUSTY STAGGERS announcement that by 1993, BETSY ALTOMARE there will be three separate MTV Research Assistants channels coming into our homes ALB U MS via fiber optic cables. And, of FRANCIS LAMBERT It's Natalie Cole, pulling away from the field and MICHAEL ALLEN course, its never too early to Computer Operations making Chairman Krasnow smile. 78 start sucking up for tickets to the KEITH MACLEOD video awards on September 5... Art Director Requests 27 Earpicks 38 HEATHER LOSE Editorial Design Marky Mark is exploding. Martika & Natural Selection. BRIAN LINDSEY ELLIE LEACOCK Flashmakers 28 Top Tens 73 VAN ARNO R.E.M. goes for two in a row. Natalie "King" Cole. Art & Design DANNY FIELDS Crossovers 32 Breakouts 76 NEIL HARRIS Aaron Neville's no fool. Color Me Badd explodes. Contributing Editors On The Cover MICHAEL FLYNN Rythm Syndicate have made a Facility Manager Front Page 9 New Artists 70 big Impact with the #2 single, COLOR WEST Near Truths 20 Rerap 72 "P.A.S.S.I.O.N.," even if they Lithography Far Truths 23 Beat's Me 75 can't spell their own name — which means they're right at 14958 Ventura Blvd. Mini-Mugs 75 Post Toasted 45 home on the cover of this Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (818) 501-7900 Wheels & Deals 70 Wavelength 82 "wealdy" reader. H I TS TOP _FIF T Y SIINTG-T U S 2 L T Bryan Adams continues to hold the #1 spot for the third phone activity The highest debut of the week goes to Whit- A H consecutive week and the soundtrack is Top 5. The Cathy ney Houston at #40 as Bonnie Raitt comes on at #44 with w S I Dennis cut makes big gains at radio, moving from #26 to Wildcard honors. Other debuts include Huey Lewis at #43 K T S S #17. Marky Mark takes an 11-point jump to #29 with lots of and Aaron Neville at #50. W W A E E A R TIS T TIT L E L A B E L C O M M E N T S G E E K K p v (EVERYTHING I DO) A&M/M. Creek 1567 From #5 Lp 1 11 RYAN ADA El El RYTHM SYNDICATE PASSIO N. Impact 54046 Hot seller 1 6 1 J JEFF & F PRINCE SUMMERTIME Jive 1465 Gigantic seller 8 4 LENNY KRAVITZ IT AIN'T OVER... Virgin 98795 Smash 9 7 u CORINA TEMPTATION Atco 98775 Selling strongly 1 31 6 JESUS JONES RIGHT HERE. RIGHT.. SBK 7345 Top 25 Lp ¡loi 8 AMY GRANT EVERY HEARTBEAT A&M 1557-4 Selling Albums 17 BOYZ ll MEN MOTOVVNPHILLY Motown 2090 From Top 10 1p 9 ROXETTE FADING LIKE A FLO WER EMI 50355 Smash 10 ESCAPE CLUB I'LL BE THERE Atlantic 4-87683 Hot seller 21 14 PAULA ABDUL THE PROMISE... Capt/Virgin 4-98752 Selling now 25 THE KLF 3 AM ETERNAL Arista 2231 Selling Lps now HI-FIVE CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER.. Jive/RCA 1445 Solid growth 2 EMF UNBELIEVABLE EMI 50350 Peaked C & C MUSIC FACTORY THINGS THAT MAKE... Columbia 62008-1 From Top 10 Lp 23 17 SCORPIONS WIND OF CHANGE Mercury 868-180 Hot ballad CATHY DENNIS TOO MANY WALLS Poly/PLG 867134-4 Starting to sell 27 SEA CRAZY Sire/NB 19298 Lp debuts at #44 19 MICHAEL BOLTON TIME. LOVE... Columbia 73889 Tons of Top 40 21 20 BLACK CRO WES HARD TO HANDLE Def American 19245 Steady 24 CHER LOVE AND... Geffen 19023 Developing 26 ROD STEWART THE MOTO WN SONG Warner Bros 19322 From platinum Lp NATALIE COLE UNFORGETTABLE Elektra 8374-2 From the #1 Lp 9 24 PAULA ABDUL RUSH RUSH CaptNirgin 98829 Over MICHAEL W SMITH PLACE... Rev/Geffen 19019 Peaked (Based on a co mbination of sales and airplay) HITS August 5. 1991 "I know you don't love me. I know why you're here. But I ain't sayin' nothin'." Round after round, L.L. keeps hittin'. This time it's the sultry, sexy seduction of 6 Minutes Of Pleasure. From his nearly - Double Platinum album, "Mama Said Knock You Out." 46888 6 MINUT olureei. Don't miss L.L:s performance on the MTV " video music awards, airing September 5, and the five-page fashion spread in the Septenber Rolling Stone. L. L. CO On Del Jam/Columbia. Produced by Marley Marl for Marley Marl Productions Inc. Co-Produced by L.L. Cool J Lyrics 1991 Marley Marl Music/L L Cool J Publishing Inc /Del Jam Music Inc All Rights Reserved Columbia Reg U S Pal L Tm OIl //area Registrada / 1991 Sony Mum Enlerlenment Inc 1:1111 ‘1111% H I TS TOP FIF T Y SIINTG_n H S 2 L T A H W S I K T S S W W A E E G E E ARTIST TITLE LABEL C O M MENTS O K K 34 30 26 HEAVY D 8( THE BOYZ NOW THAT WE FOUND Uptown/MCA 54088 Strong seller 32 29 FIREHOUSE LOVE OF A LIFETIME Epic 73771 From gold Lp 42 33 111 COLOR ME BADD I ADORE MI AMOR Giant 4-19204 Lp debuts at #22 51:1 40 ED MARKY MARK GOOD VIBRATIONS Inter'E-W 98764 Huge phones 38 32 30 GUNS N' ROSES YOU COULD BE MINE Geffen 19039 Terminator 2 {37 t341 NELSON ONLY TIME WILL TELL DGC 19014 Steady increases 7 11 Ea TARA KEMP PIECE OF MY HEART Giant 4-19364 Peaked 12 28 UB40 HERE I AM Virgin 4-99141 Falling 47 39 3RD BASS POP GOES THE WEASEL DJ/Col 73728 Sales 44 38 JOMANDA GOT A LOVE FOR YOU Big Beat/Atl 5031 Steady gains 39 37 DESMOND CHILD LOVE ON A ROOFTOP Elektra 64883 Active phone record [a-41 Ezi REM SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE Warner Bros 19242 Breaking fast 31 31 38 LISA LISA LET THE BEAT.