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41F4lib HITS OF THE WEEK SINGLES ALBUMS EDDIE KENDRICKS, "SON OF SAGITTARIUS" MELANIE, "LOVE TO LOSE AGAIN" (prod. by POCO, "SEVEN." Although this is their (prod. by Frank Wilson & Leonard Peter Scheke-yk) (Neighborhood, first without Richie Furay, and a pre- Caston) (Stone Diamond, BMI). First ASCAP). The power of "Candles in mierco -venturewithproducer Jack Motown sound to invoke the powers the Rain" combines with the catchi- Richardson, of Guess Who fame, Poco's of the 12 Houses in some time. It's ness of "Brand New Key" to create sound remains strong . . . pop -ori- an astrologically and astoundingly her best and most ambitious single ented with a soothing country leaning. perfectproduction. Thissonof to date. African motif gives her a Paul Cotton vocals excel, especially on "Boogie Down" should keep him on junglefulofvocalpossibilities. A the beautifully orchestral "Drivin' his astronomical hot streak. Tamla winner!Neighborhood 4214.(Fa- Wheel" and the commercial "Skatin'." T 54247. (Motown) mous) Epic KE 32895 (5.98).

CARLY SIMON, "HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE LITTLE MILTON, "BEHIND CLOSED DOORS" DEODATO, "WHIRLWINDS." On Deo- PAIN.(prod. by Richard Perry) (prod.by Milton Campbell/Camil dato's debut disc for MCA the grooves (C'est/Maya, ASCAP). Carly follows Prod.)(House of Gold, BMI): This swell with his inimitable brand of com- "Mockingbird"with ahigh-flyin' '73 pop -country giant broke Charlie mercialjazz. Heisably abetted by soloballad,keptaloft by winds Rich wide open.In'74,the song jazzmen extraordinaire. From the com-

ofmelodic,orchestral and tempo willdoitfcrLittleMilton.The mercialviabilityof the Glenn Miller - changes. An emotional peak in her copyright's soul credentials are un- classic,"Moonlight Serenade" to the steady -building career.Here's one mistakable. Turn that knob again funky feel of "DoIt Again" to the when you've only got time for the and walk into a two-time smash. compelling "West 42nd Street," Deo- hits.Elektra 45887. Stax 0210. (Columbia) dato dazzles. MCA -410 (5.98).

DeFRANCO FAMILY featuring TONY De- GOLDEN EARRING, "RADAR LOVE" (prod. by THE SUTHERLAND BROTHERS AND FRANCO, "SAVE THE LAST DANCE Golden Earring/Fred Haayen) (Larry QUIVER, "DREAM KID."Previously FOR ME" (prod. by Walt Meskell/ Shayne, PRS). Electronicdetection garnering much FM airplay as an im- Mike Post Prod.) (Hill & Range/Trio, systems have never been a corner- port,the present accessibility should BMI). Drifters' big '60 song gets a stone of lyrics, but this Dutch band make it a strong sales contender. Rock pop -over from the newest teen sen- makes a strongcaseforthem. with a mellow appeal prevails, with sations.Even more magicalthan Pounding, incessant sound is already the refreshing "You and Me" and the "Abra-Ca-Dabra." Save them a known to the British and Amer can honky-tonk-ish "I Hear Thunder" high- high chart spot for this Latin -tinged rock cognescenti.Ears giveitall lighting. Dream along with these kids! "la -la" -able.20th Century 2088. "ayes." MCA/Track 40202. Island SW -9341 (Capitol) (5.98). TAVARES, "TOO LATE" (prod. by Dennis Lam- DENNY DOHERTY, "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW" KIKI, DEE, "LOVING & FREE." Silver - bert & BrianPotter/HavenProd.) (prod. by John Madara) (Bregman, throated vocals, excellentElton John (ABC/Dunhill/One of a Kind, BMI). Vocco & Conn, ASCAP). Song from co -production, super -professional musi- The label's great black hope comes the fabulous '40s, debuted on film cians (including some of Elton's entour- through with an obvious soul cross- by Alice Faye and on wax by Dick age) and strong song selections com- 00over. Licks from the Isleys' "Summer Haymes gets a new reading from a bine to form an exquisite release. The Breeze" blow into their own torna- former (Mamas &) Papa. Easy pop emotive auras surrounding "Song For do. Tavares' time is now. Don't be soundlauncheslabeland brings Adam,""Amoureuse" andthetitle latemeetingthiswell-appointed Denny back. Paramount -Ember EMA trackmake themdelicatedelights. hit! Capitol 3882. 0286. (Famous) Rocket MCA -395 (MCA) (5.98).

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Retail Sales Figures Find New CredenceCapitol Realigns Top Exec Positions; By GARY COHEN Meggs, Coury, Zimmermann Promoted III NEW YORK - With growing a sale was one from the branch to numbers of recordretailers and the store. Now for the first time,II HOLLYWOOD, CAL. - Chair- operating officer of Capitol Rec- rack jobbers turning to inventory the terminology takes on realisticman, president and chief execu- ords,Inc.,reportingdirectlyto management systems, either com- meaning: a saleis onlyasale tiveofficerofCapitolRecords Menon for all commercial aspects puterized or manual, a subtle butwhen a customer puts down his Inc. BhaskarMenon has an- of Capitol's record business. significant change is taking place money for a record. And until the nounced a series of appointments Former vp of promotion, press inthe recordbusiness.For the customer pays for that merchan- andconsolidation moves taking and product management Al first time, precise, detailed infor- dise, itisnot a sale, but only a immediate effect within the com- Coury is now senior vp of a&r mation is being made movement of inventory,from pany.Commenting onthere- and promotion. Newsavailable to manufac- manufacturer to distributor to re- alignment of executive responsi- Former vp of sales and mer- turers on whatisor tailer. bilities, Menon said: chandising Don Zimmermannis Analysisisn'tselling,and in "The integration of allz..Ser and nowseniorvpofmarketing. what quantity, on the Semantics promotion activities under Al Coury andZimmermannboth retail level. And as more retailers Some in the industry view the Coury-and all domestic and in- continue to report to Meggs. adopt inventory management sys- question of exactly what a sale is ternational marketingfunctions Bob Edsonisnow basedin tems,and moremanufacturers as merely a question of semantics. under Don Zimmermann - New York as director of field pro- avail themselves of that new-found Instead,the RIAA willprobably achieves consolidation and a motion and artists relations. Bruce retail sales information, the changes continue to award gold records directnessof management func- Wendell is the new national pro- in the marketing area of the record onthebasisofmanufacturer's tionsinCapitolRecords. These motion manager. Edson and Wen - business will be hastened. sales, asopposedtoretailer's moves are designed to optimize (Continued on page 11) The most basic change will be a sales,givingrisetospeculation individualstrengths of our dis- redefinition of what constitutes a that some records would have lost tinguished team of managers led Solo Performers "sale." Many years ago a sale was (Continued on page 45) by Brown Meggs." completed when a manufacturer Appointments Make Chart Inroads soldrecords tohis independent Specifically,the new appoint- By ROBERT ADELS distributor. That progressed in re- The firstin a two-part series on the ments shape up as follows: IN NEW YORK-While itisstill centyears,especiallywiththe burgeoningN.Y.discotheque scene Forme- executive vice president true that no single act in '74 oc- begins on p.6. proliferationofbranchdistribu- Brown Meggs is now chief cupies the bright spotlight which tion operations, to the point where the Beatles dissipated with their break-up - andingeneral, no Memphis Awards Set CBS/Records Strong First Quarter clear musical trend has yet evidenced itself on the scene-the II MEMPHIS - The annual Mem- collective power of the solo per- havebeen Proves Group's Profit Milestone phisMusic Awards formerisgaining momentum in scheduled for May 18th at 8 p.m. NEW YORK - Goddard Lieber - filling its "long-term promise" and this alleged vacuum of excitement. in theAuditoriumNorthHall son, president, CBS/Records commented: "In 1974, diversifica- Groups arestill an important here. This year, Mercury record-Group, has announced thatthe tion is expected to make an even force, 'butitis the solo act that ing artist Jerry Lee Lewis adds his first quarter of 1974 was the most larger contribution to earnings per istruly making the most head- name to that of Issac Hayes, Dion- successfulin the Group's history. share." way.A comparisonofRecord ne Warwicke, Al Green and the Lieberson said that the impressive At the same meeting, president World'schartsthisweek with many others who have appearedachievement was a tribute to the ArthurR.Taylor reported: "The those of the same period last year atthe Memphis Music Awards efforts of Irwin Segelstein, presi- domestic Records Divisionisthe gavemanyillustrationsofthe presentation since its inception in dent, CBS Records, and Walter industry leader in virtually every growing importance of the indivi- 1970. Yetnikoff, president, CBS Interna-category of recorded music,in- dual performer indirect opposi- Music industry people desiring tional Division, and their division cludingthe two fastest -growing tion withthe oldchestnut that tickets may contact the Memphis associates both in a&r and in mar-segments of the industry-country groups can and do have an edge Music office at Suite 1116 Execu- keting. All areas of recorded musicand soul music . . . Careful plan- over the soloist-on the airwaves tivePark Plaza, Memphis, Tenn. contributedto the company's ning has helped to control cost and in the retail stores. Mail orders will be accepted up sales growth. increases." (Continued on page 11) toFriday, May 12. The mailing At the CBS Inc. 1974 annual (Continued on page 45) address for these tickets is 128 So. meeting of shareholders heldin Main, Memphis, Tenn. 38103. Atlantalast week (17), chairman CBS International Scores 20th Goes Country Paley cited the recent Golf Tournament William S. NEW YORK-CBS Records in- LOS ANGELES - Atpress Friday, May 17, will mark the international activities and acqui- ternational, a division which has timeRecordWorldlearned third Memphis Music Open golf sitionsoftheRecordsInterna- grown 400 percent inthepast that 20th Century Records will tournament, herald to this year'stional Division as continua:ly ful- four years, enjoyed its most suc- shortly be opening a country in initial Memphis Music Awards.Don cessful quarter the music division with headquar- RecordWorldpublisher Bob Austin months of 1974. High sales vol- Burt, Memphis -based independent tersinNashville.Director of was the keynote speaker at the ESCMI umes in England, Holland, Brazil, promoter isthis year's chairman country music banquet held on Sat- operationsfortheNashville Mexico,Australia,Canadaand of the tournament. The number urday (20) at Kutschers Country Club officewillbe Jim Vienneau. Japan spearheaded this enormous ofplayersislimited and those inMonticello, New Yorkandat- Vinneau was formerlywith tended by over 200 people. Details success. wishing to register should contact next week. MGM Records. the Memphis Music office. (Continued on page 45)

3 Rolontz to WCI Post Klemes Named Polymusic President III NEW YORK - Robert Rolontz NEW YORK-Robert E.Brock- industry in general will help estab- has been appointed directorof way, president of Polygram Cor- lishPolymusic asaviable pro- corporate information for Warner poration, has announcedthat gram in the U.S. market." Communications Inc.,it was an- Leslee S. Klemes has been elected 1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 nounced by WCI vice president president of Polymusic, Inc. Background Area Code (212) 765-5020 James L. Abernathy. Rolontz was Klemes is a native New Yorker, formerly vice president for public Marketing educated at the Perkiomen School PUBLISHER EDITOR IN CHIEF relations and advertising for At- Polymusic, Inc., a wholly owned andCornellUniversity.Profes- BOB AUSTIN SID PARNES lanticRecords,a Warner Com- subsidiary of Polygram Corp., will sionally, he spent ten years with Hisnew VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING munications company. be responsible for all direct mar- CBS, where he was elected mar- BIL KEANE post is effective immediately. keting efforts for Polygram in the ketingvice presidentof the United States, and will form the in1963 Columbia Record Club MIKE SIGMAN/EDITOR base for greater Polygram involve- and then vice president, corpo- LENNY BEER/RESEARCH EDITOR ment in the booming direct mar- rate staff, in 1967. He later joined HOWARD LEVITT/ASSOCIATE EDITOR keting field. the Wunderman, Ricotta & Kline GARY COHEN/NEWS EDITOR Brockwaysaid,"Leslee'sex- Advertising Agency as vice presi- Robert Adels/ Reviews Editor Roberta Skopp/Assistant Editor tensive knowledge of direct mar- dent and account supervisor, and Ira Mayer/Assistant Editor keting, 'promotion, and the record comes toPolygram from Hud- Toni Profera/Assistant Chart Editor sonPharmaceuticalCorporation, Dede Dabney/R&B Editor where he was vice president of Speight Jenkins/Classical Editor Irene Johnson Ware/Gospel Editor Arthur Shimkin Forms thatorganization's mail order Richard Robinson /A -V Editor Sesame Street Label division. Mitchell Kanner/Art Director Brockway stated that Polymusic Walli Nicita/Production II NEW YORK - Arthur Shimkin, willinstigate new direct market- Wes Lucas/Advertising Sales president and owner of Children's ing programs, particularlyin the Records ofAmerica, has an- pop field, drawing on the exten- WEST COAST nounced the formation of Sesame SPENCE BERLAND sivelibrariesof Mercury, MGM VICE PRESIDENT release, Street Records. The first andPolydor andChappellfor WEST COAST MANAGER shippingthis week, features ten totally new "concept" packages, Craig Fisher/News Editor Beverly Magid/Radio Editor Robert Rolontz albums, each of which carries a inaddition to consolidating the suggested list of $2.98. Linda Nelson/Production An experienced journalist and "InternationalFestivalofGreat 6290 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028 public relations executive, Rolontz Among the premier releases on Orchestras" and other currently Phone: (213) 465-6126 joined Atlantic Records in 1965. Sesame Street are solo albums by successfulclassicalprograms. NASHVILLE Earlier he served in several editor- some of Jim Henson's most famil- JOHN STURDIVANT ial posts with Billboard Magazine. iar creations, featured on the CTW VICE PRESIDENT Sesame Street Show. "Bert's Block- SOUTHEASTERN MANAGER Writer Westbrooks to CBS Post Dan Beck/Southeastern Editor busters," "Ernie's Hits," "C Is For Marie Ratliff / Research Rolontz is a prolific writer and Cookie (by the Cookie Monster), NEW YORK-Logan H. West - Bob Anderson /Editorial Assistant has authored many articles for the "Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella" brooks has been appointed to the Red O'Donnell/Nashville Report trade and consumer press includ- grouch) and position of director, special mar- 806 16th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn. 37203 tby Oscar the Phone: (615) 244-1820 ing the forthcoming "The Music"'Grover Sings The Blues" are the kets, CBS RecordsInternational, Revolution." first five of the the Muppet series. marking another strengthening of LATIN AMERICAN OFFICE staff. TOMAS FUNDORA/MANAGER Also included in the release is Bigthe division's executive Carlos Marrero/Assistant Manager Bird's solo debut, simply entitled Westbrooks will be responsible 3140 W. 8th Ave. Taylor Tour Set "BigBirdSings.""Lettersand forconductingmarketresearch Hialeah, Fla. 33012 and evaluating investment oppor- (305) 823-8491 NEW YORK-James Taylor will Numbers," "Sing: The Hit Songs (305) 821-12a0 (night) tunities for CBS Records Interna- embark on a twenty-two city tour from Sesame Street," "Somebody ENGLAND of colleges and medium size con- Come andPlay"and "Sesame tional in the developing countries NOEL GAY ORGANISATION cert halls beginning April 30, an- Street 1," all performed by the va- of the world. 24 Denmark St. nounced manager Peter Asher in members of the Sesame Street cast, London, W.C.2, England Phone: 836-3941 LosAngeles. Taylor commences makeupthebalanceofthe release. JAPAN his tour simultaneously with the ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE release of his latest Warner Bros. Shimkin, with the formation of 4F Tominag Bldg. album "Walking Man," produced Children'sRecordsofAmerica, 5-12-7 Shimbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo in New York by David Spinozza. (Continued on page 22) GERMANY Accompanying Taylorwillbe PAUL SIEGEL EUROPEAN EDITOR David Spinozza and Hugh Mc- Tauentzienstrasse 16, 1 Berlin 30, Germany Cracken on guitars, Rick Marotta ASF Extends Deadline Phone Berlin 2115914 on drums, Andy Muson on bass NEW YORK-A rising tide of FRANCE and Don Grolnick on piano. The entries and mail delivery delays GILLES PETARD 1974 James Taylor touris being have prompted a one month ex- 8, Quai de Stalingrad, Boulogne 92, France represented by the International tensionintheapplicationfor Famous Agency. Phone: 520-79-67 entry deadline of the American CANADA SongFestival. The closing date Logan Westbrooks LARRY LE BLANC for applying to compete has been 22 Walmer Road, Apt. 604 'The Message' Is Gold extended to May 15. Westbrooks, who has worked in Toronto, Canada NEW YORK - Philadelphia In- To speed the entry process, a therecordindustry since 1965, Phone: (416) 967-1104 ternational recording group MFSB nationwidetollfreetelephone beganasa tape specialist with ITALY RCA, and rose to the position of ALEX E. PRUCCHINI (Mother Father Sister Brother) has number has been established. Re- Via Corno Di Cavento N. 21, Milan struck gold for the second timequests for application forms may administrative assistant to the vice now be made by calling(800) presidentofr&bmarketingat SUBSCRIPTIONS: ONE YEAR (52 ISSUES) U.S. in two weeks with their most re- AND CANADA-$45; AIR MAIL-$75; FOREIGN cent album, "LoveIs The Mes- 321-0184 (applicable only to those Capitol.He alsohasservedas -AIR MAIL $80. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, N. Y. AND AT AD- sage." Earlier, the single from the calling from outside the state ofdirector of r&b national promo- DITIONALMAILING OFFICES. DEADLINE: album, "TSOP" (The Sound Of California). Applications for entry tionat Mercury Records. Logan NEGATIVES AND COPY MUST BE IN NEW YORK BY 12 NOON FRIDAY. Philadelphia), was declared gold. may still be obtained by writinghas been with CBS since 1971, The album was certified gold by to American Song Festival, 5900and most recently held the posi- Copyright © 1974 by the RIAA, signifying sales in ex- Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. tion of director, special markets RECORD WORLD PUBLISHING CO., INC. cess of one million dollars. 90036. for CBS Records. VOL. 29, No. 1401

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SD 7300 Produced by William E. Cobham Jr. and Ken Scott for Bil ham Cobly Prod. Inc. WB Ups Olivieri 'Hit Parade' Returns; Three Cheers for Marvin BURBANK, CAL.-Michael Oli-Will Feature Oldies vieri has been named a general LOS ANGELES - "Your Hit Pa- manager for the Warner/Reprise rade," America's longest -running family of labels, announced Don andmostpopularshowuntil Schmitzerle, executive director of 1959, will return to network tele- label management for the com-vision after a fifteen year hiatus. pany. Producer Chuck Barris ("The Dat- ing Game," "The Newlywed Game," "Treasure Hunt") has sold the show to CBS Television, where itwillair on the network as a summer replacement, beginning in late July. Nod to Today "Your Hit Parade," a national Composer Marvin Hamlisch was honored by MCA Records at a special luncheon ar- favorite on radio and television ranged tosalute his winning of three Academy Awards, including one Oscar for for 28 years, made stars of Snooky best scoring of "The Sting," released by the label and currently number one on the RW album chart. The major executive turnout included MCA, Inc. chairman of the Lanson,GiselleMcKenzieand board and chief executive officer Lew Wasserman, himself honored by the Academy Dorothy Collins. Barris will con- this year with itscoveted Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Seen from left are duct a talent search to locate a Rick Frio, MCA Records vice president -marketing; label president J.K. Maitland; Ham- trio of singers, two female and one lisch; Wasserman; Artie Mogul!, MCA Records vicepresident -air; and Lou Cook, MCA Records vice president -administration. male, to be regulars on the weekly Michael Olivieri show. The producers, who purchased the rights from American Queen Tours U.S. As a general manager, Olivieri Colcord Joins UA BrandsCorp.(parentcorp.of NEW YORK-Elektra recording LOSANGELES - Michael will be the prime contact within American Tobacco Company), the company for specificartists group Queen isscheduled for a Stewart, president of United plans the major portion of each ArtistsRecords, and their representatives, and will show to be a nostalgia recreation U.S.tour, beginning April 16 in hasannounced be responsible for the execution Denver and finishing up on June the appointment of Ray Colcord of the hit songs of one week in to the post of director of con- and inceptionofallcampaigns the past, with a short nod to to- 1 in Philadelphia.Theirfirst and efforts by the company as a American tour will coincide with temporary product, a&r. day's music, featuring the same Colcord spent three years on whole, aswellas opening up song and artist who made the cur- the release of their second album, the a&r staffat Columbia Rec- channels of communication be- rent disc hit. "Queen II." tween the artist,hisrepresenta- ords. He recently completed tivesandtheindividual areas European and American tours as within Warners. New York's Discos: A Surfacing Scene keyboardplayerforLouReed, Olivieri will also aid and advise including the recording of Reed's in the acquisition of talent for the By GARY COHEN live RCA "Rock n'Roll Animal" Warnerslabel,and along with (The following is the first of a fortheirmaterial. The deejays' album. Colcord will be headquartered general manager David Herscher, two-part series on the importance hope, though,isthat once their in will report directly to Schmitzerle. ofthediscothequemarketin power is recognized, they will no Los Angeles and willreport directly Before moving to Burbank to breaking new product) longer be required to pay for their to Spencer Proffer,national executive director, a&r. assume his new position, Olivieri NEW YORK-A small but grow- records. was involvedforthelastfour ing number of local promotion Le Jardin years in various areas of promo- men and other industry executives Of the major New York discos, tion for Warners in his native New have discovered the newest Le Jardin, on 43rd Street in the York. Prior to that, he was a pro- 'mediumforbreaking,exposing Diplomat Hotel, is considered the motionmanforEmpireState and selling new records - the"in" place, and the present trend- Distributors. city's burgeoning discotheque setter. Open five nights a week, market. And the disc jockeys at from Wendesday through Sunday, Columbia to Distribute 'these discos, whose knowledge ofthe action begins at 9:00 p.m. and music and programmingability runscontinuallyuntilfourthe Zoo World Magazine would put some of their counter- next morning (three on Saturday). NEW YORK - Bruce Lundvall, parts in radio to shame, are readily Patrons pay sixdollars to enter vicepresident,marketing, CBS taking up the slack in playing new and are entitledto two drinks, Records has announced an agree- product, as radio station playlists they also getnonstop music ment whereby Columbia Records grow tighter and shorter. And for(literally, with one record seguing will distribute Zoo World maga- the deejays themselves, the recog- into another all night long) and a Ray Colcord zine at the retail level. Negotiated nition from the industryis,they light show. Other discosinthe by Tom McGuinness, director offeel, long overdue. city,withsimilarprices,music Thevis Music Group special product sales, CBS Rec- Spending two entireSaturday (Continued on p. 39) ords and Leslie J. Feldman, presi- Expands on Coast nights/Sunday mornings doing re- ATLANTA - Michael dent of Zoo World, the pact al- search on the discotheque market Thevis, presidentof lows the national music magazine with 20th Century representative General Record- to be distributed by the record Billy Smith, acknowledged as the ing Corporation (GRC), has an- company to retail outlets through- first local label rep to service and nounced a major expansion of the out the country.Similaragree- recognize the disco market, we GRC west coast office to include BMI and ASCAP publishing affili- ments have 'previously been began at 11:00 p.m. Saturday and reached between Columbia and concluded at 7:00 the next morn- ates of the Thevis Music Group. Rolling Stone, National Lampoon ing. Since Smith began working The expansion of the offices at 7033 Sunset Blvd., Suite 318, Los and Creem magazines. with discos about a year ago, other The distribution campaign will local promotion men have begun Angeles, includes the addition of take effectin June and will be seven executives suites-a total of servicing the handful of key dee- Inrecognition for hiseffortsin helping supported by Zoo World with a tobreak "Love Theme" by Love Un- 2,500 square feet. The new offices mass merchandising campaign on jaysor "tastemakers,"as Smith limited Orchestra, 20th Century Records feature a music room, complete a national level. The Florida -based calls them. Surprisingly, however, presented a gold record to Bobby (D.J.) with recording equipment and in- most of them still pay for their al- Guttadaroof Le Jardin.20th'sBilly magazine 'has offices in New Smith (right)is seen here presenting the struments, writing room, confer- York, Los Angeles and Chicago as bums and singles, often spending award, in appreciation of Bobby D.J. be- ence room, receptionarea and well as in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. as much as $30 to $40 per week ing the first deejay to play the record. general offices.

6 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 New Musical Express On Tour May 22 Omni, Atlan-a, Ga. May 24 & 25 Winteriand, San Francisco, Ca 1974 Readers' Pot May 30 J.J.'s, San Diego, Ca. (World Section) May 1 Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. May 3 Auditorium, West Palm Beach May 31 Civic Centel, Santa Monica. Ca. Best Sinc le: May 4 Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida June 1 Phoenix, Arizona RADAR LOVE May 5 Sportatorium, Miami, Florida June 3 I.M.A. Audit:rium, Flint, May 7 University of Cincinnati, Ohio June 4 Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio May 8 & 9 Roxy Theatre, Northampton, Pa. June 6 Auditorium, Charleston, South Caro ina New Musical Express May 10 Palace Theatre, Providence, R.I. June 7 Coliseum, Greensboro, Norti Carolina 1974 Readers' Pot= May 11 Schubert Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa. June 8 Civic Center Roanoke, Va. (World Section) May 12 Music Hall, Boston, Mass. June 9 Civic Center Charleston, WNa. Best New Group May 14 Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock, Ark. June 10 Madison S:uare Garden, New Yort City, New York May 15 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Mo. June 14 Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City Okla. May 16 Coliseum, Indianapolis, Ind. June 15 Convention Center, Dallas, Tx. May 17 Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, Tenn. June 16 Coliseum, Denver, Colo. May 18 E. Temple St. Univ., Johnson City, Tenn. (June 16-30) Furthe- dates to incluce: Chicago, .MCA RECORDS May 19 Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, Mich. Cleveland, Seattle and New York City. MCA -396 DIALGUE THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE INDUSTRY Lambert & Potter: New 'Haven' at Capitol By CRAIG FISHER RW: You also have the option to produce artists for Capitol apart NI Next month DennisLambert, from Haven artists don't you? who is 26, and Brian Potter, 34, Brian Potter: Yes, we do. We've done some recording with Tavares will have been working together and we think that would be an exciting relationship to continue. They're for five years, during which time a young and dynamic group and they have a great future. they have become one of the RW: You said you were going to be able to exercise more control. most successful songwriting and Does that mean that there is any publicity or promotion staff here? producing teams in the business. Potter: No. At this point we don't have any other staff than we need The songs they have written have actually to produce records and to bring them to the finished stages for included such hits as "Ain't No release. We like the people who work in the publicity and promotion Woman," "Keeper of the Castle," departments of Capitol. They do their jobs very well and they bring home records ina ratio to releases that any major record company "Don't Pull Your Love," "It'sa Crying Shame," "Two Divided by would be more than proud to have. Love" and "LoveMusic."The Lambert: I don't think personally that having our own promotion artiststhey have produced have staff or our own publicity staff would make a great deal of difference in terms of control. In other words, we can still exercise a great deal ranged fromthe Four Tops to Dennis Lambert (left) and Brian Potter Dusty Springfield, from Gayle Mc- more control over our product than we were able to do as em- Cormack to Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds and the Grass Roots. ployees of ABC through our production company. The very fact that When the pair celebrate their fifth anniversary, however, it will be the records appear on our label gives us the complete right to say as more than just producer -writers. As of last January 1, they are also what we want to release or don't want to release, when we want to label executives, withtheir own record company, Haven Records, releaseit, how we want it packaged and how we see the product distributed by Capitol. In the following Dialogue they talk about what being initially exploited and promoted-which we couldn't do when we were just the producers of the1 -cord. It's our label, and within motivated them to take this step, about the logistics of the move reason they're willing to let us choose the direction we want to take (they were previously affiliated with ABC through their own inde-with each artist and with each project we deliver to them. pendent production company) and about how they view the business And, in fact, we were actually urged not to have our own promotion. today-the business in which Haven has to compete. We assumed that we would at least need that, and perhaps also some- Record World: A lot of people might say that right now is perhaps one who could moonlight in the sales area, to check on record dis- not the most auspicious time to start yet another new label. Whattribution and product availability. But when we discussed that possi- made you decide it was the right time for you? bility with the few key people at Capitol that we dealt with, mainly Dennis Lambert: In effect, the reason why we formed the label was Al Coury and Bhaskar Menon, they asked us not to prejudge their to begin to put together more control over what we do, to have a ability to do the job for us. And they pointed out that although this is certain amount of freedom and authority in making decisions in regard a custom label, the profit for them to work hard on our product is no to the product that we're going to be in the middle of. Before ourless than it would be working on a Helen Reddy record, for example. commitment with ABC ended, we had begun to talk to a number ofThey said that they felt we would be spending fiftyto a hundred people about forming a custom label, if we could get it, because thatthousand dollars a year on a promotion man-his expenses, travel, would give us the ultimate amount of identity and control. Capitol phones and everything-possibly for no reason. So we reserved the was keenly interested, and we felt that for the kind of product that right to make a decision a year from now if we're not satisfied with we do-predominantly-r&b-type product-they would probably be the the kind of job they've done with our records. I think that, in effect, most in need. It seemed to work out well. was all we really needed to hear. It sort of told us in a subtle way how RW: You've said that your contract has a provision that you'll be committed they were. able to do two albums outside of Capitol. Was that specifically so RW: How long does the deal extend? that you could keep on working with the Four Tops? Lambert: Four years. Lambed: Yes. When we went into negotiations we requested that we have that right because we've built a successful relationship with the Four Tops, and we didn't want to walk away fromitin spite of the Potter: "There is no longer... anyclear dividing nice things about the deal we were being offered. And they were willing to allow us that one luxury. line between what is a great r&b record...and RW: Your publishing has also remained with ABC, though, hasn't it? Lambert: Yes. What we did was to sign a brand new writing contract what is a great record period." with ABC with a publishing arrangement between us on a 50-50 basis, which is the way we had contractually been bound to them before, and RW: Do you think that your experience at Talent Associates taught simultaneously with the signing of the new agreement we sold ABC you lessons that will prove valuable to you at Haven? our old publishing company, Soldier Music, which had been formed Lambert: Yes, the year and a half that we spent therewas unques- in 1971 at the start of our relationship and which published everything tionably a formative apprenticeship ina certain sense-although we we had written up to the end of 1973. were by no means youths when we started there in terms of knowl- RW: Hence ABC owns the rights to "Are You Man Enough?" for edge of the record business. But we had to perform nearly all of the example? functions the creative people within a record company structure have to Lambert: Right. Completely.It was an opportunity for us, we felt, perform at one time or another-from publishing administration topro- on the one hand tobenefit immediately from our equityinthe fessional publishing management to production to film writing toar- ownership copyrights. And it was in ABC's interest to buy it because rangements to artist acquisition and even some overseeing of promotion they had the other half and they had the control, which left us some--so in a sense it was like going to an eighteen -month university of the what passive in that relationship. Of course as writers we gave nothing record business. When they opened the doors of TA Records and hired away. But we had 80 or 90 songs published by ABC while we were us it was predominately, Ithink, for what we would be able to deliver with them, and our original publishing affiliation with Talent Associates in terms of record production and, on a slightly secondary basis,song - had produced some 80 or 90 songs which we were instrumental in writing. But we worked with many different kinds of acts there, andwe helping ABC acquire in an outright buy, so we had all of our catalogwere responsible for maintaining relationships with and acquiring im- in one place and we feltit was in our interest to keep it there. Weportant talent, some of which came tolifelater than TA Records were very happy with the job they had done both administratively brought them to life, such as Seals and Crofts. speaking and professionally speaking. (Continued on page 39)

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 MICIIAL 01111ANIAK: FIDDLER ON THE MOVE.

"Urbaniak is a really heavy cat- both literally and musically... Most important he brings what is fcr me a new concept to violin playing. fs as gypsylike as Django's gu tar... Urbaniak's viol n err bodies soul and roman- In Europe,where he ticism in equal quantities." has made triumphant -Valerie Vs Imer, Melody Maker appearances at major festivals. and America, `*****. Jrbanlak is a string where his newalbum isolayer vofth the ab lity to go from receiving heavy FM air-strength to lyricism on very play (as reported in shcrt nciice...The two key- Walrus), Micha I Ur- board players work wonderfully baniak is making his togethe- in forrr ing a backdrcp mark. TV e critics have for the rick rhythms and the noticed, too. improvi-tions. Jrszula Dud- ziak's vcic' is used instrumen- tally thmughout, providing a maglifi:ent foil for Urbaniak's str ng work." -Joe Klee, down beat

32)352 MICHAL IMUNIAK 111111 FDIENDS."FUSION7 01 COLUMBIA RECORDS

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DION-Warner Bros. 7793 GARY & DAVE-London 204 PRATT-McCLAIN-Dunhill D 4387 NEW YORK CITY SONG (prod. by Terry Cashman, I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU SOMETIME (prod. by WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN (prod. by Michael Tommy West/Cashwest Prod.)(CountyLine/ Greg Hambleton/September Prod.) Omartian & Steve Barri) (American Broadcasting, Skinny Zach, ASCAP) (Bluenose, CAPAC) ASCAP) Once again,this production duo brings Canadian duo has a way with a love lyric. Ahoythere,programmin'maties!Here new dynamism to a perennial act. A per- What's more, they write them like they comes asea- and air -worthy hit vessel. sonal and moving song for every city, every mean them. This should further their repu- Duo's maiden voyage should drop anchor format and everybody. An honest hit here. tations as pop artists and scribes. on chart shore.

STEELY DAN-ABC 11439 CROSS COUNTRY-Atco 6932 BILL ROBEY-Epic 5-11114 RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER (prod. by ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC (prod. by Margo -Siegel - HELLO, THIS IS YOUR HEART (prod. by Gary Katz) (American Broadcasting, ASCAP) Margo Prod.) (Arc, BMI) Glen Spreen & Tom Werman) (Combine, BMI) Most inventive self-contained act takes its The new Tokens made their mark last year Pop funk reading of the Dennis Linde first single bite out of their "Pretzel Logic" with a slow drag "In the Midnight Hour." country -rocker.Bill'ssolodebutcould album. Salty Latin-ish sound isin an easy Now with a touch more animation, they transplant itself onto many key playlists. vein. Totally nifty number. do up Chuck Berry's oldieinlike style. From there, the beat is sure to go on.

CLINT HOLMES-Atco 6958 MANDRILL-Polydor 14235 TRAMMPS-Golden Fleece ZS7 3253 GOODBYE MARIA (prod. by Vance/Pockriss) POSITIVE THING (prod. by Mandrill) (Col) (Vanlee/Emily, ASCAP) (I ntersong -U.S.A. / Mandrill, ASCAP) Mariachi feel changes that pace for the WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (prod. by Baker, Long but tight instrumental intro takes us Harris & Young) (Golden Fleece, BMI) "Playground . . ." man. His label debut funkily into Mandrill territory once again. Group that broke r&b with "Zing Went the also bespeaks of lyrical shades of "Brother Tribal feel chants the sound with enough Stringsof My Heart"continuesPhilly- Louie." His "Maria" is a fine hello indeed. positive authority to become a big thing. based with .a strong soul thumper.

NEW VILLAGE STREAKERS-Streak 1 HOT CHOCOLATE-Bell 466 RONN PRICE-Bang 707 STREAKIN' U.S.A. (prod. by Dick Spencer) (Arc, BMI) EMMA (prod. by Mickie Most) (Buddah, ASCAP) (I THINK YOU BETTER) THING ABOUT FORGETTING The Beach Boys took the Chuck Berry song Current UK top 10er for the glory of Emily, ME (prod. by John McCullough) (Web IV, BMI) "Sweet Little 16" and made it a hit in '63 wherever they may find her. Suicidal saga Country -rock rhythmballad isthefirst with a surf theme. This clever parody on of an actress minus her big break could from thistalented new singer -composer. a parody should soon streak itself onto the prove the storyline of the disc which finds CSN&Y-styled multi -vocals really bring out airwaves. its its best features. One to think about.

KATHRYN & DUFFY & THE ENEMIES LIST GARLAND GREENE-Spring 146 CHOCOLATE SYRUP-Brown Dog 9000 -Takoma 45001 (Polydor) (Mainstream) NIXON'S THE ONE (prod. by Kathryn, Duffy & SWEET LOVING WOMAN (prod. by Raeford Gerald/ JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME (no producer listed) Keith Olsen) (Holy Smoke, ASCAP) Guardian Prod.) (Gaucho/Belinda, BMI) (Lifestyle, BMI) Actress and former top 40 PD team up on Sax sound brings back memories of King Group's first effort on the debuting label a most palatable platter of contemporary Curtis.Garland'svocalsaregorgeously is a soul ballad dripping with black appeal. controversy. The one to give "The Amer- gritty.Combination yields a solidr&b Falsetto -voiced male lead seems to be the icans"its musical equal -time counterpart. product that's its own brand of soul sugar. Syrup's center of attraction. A topping act.

KATHI McDONALD-Capitol 3880 DEVILS-People 637 (Polydor) CANDLEWICK GREEN-BASF 19193 BOGART TO BOWIE (prod. by David Briggs) THE X-SORCIST (prod. by James Brown) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? (prod. by (Black Dragon, BMI) (Dynatone/Belinda/Unichappell, BMI) Chas Peate/Belsize Prod.)(Belsize, RRS) Most requested cut from the tough lady's Satan never sleeps, especially with all those Tom-tom percussion track backs a British debut album bewails the unisex universe folks lined up for his film. Vocally oriented pop sound withstrong American over- ofglitter.Pungentlyricsgetthepoint black instrumental shows Lucifer's soulful tones. Song is incredible, the artists aware across smashingly. Kathi's got guts. side. X-actly suited for today. of the hit vehicle they're drivin'.

PAUL WILLIAMS-A&M 1525 INDEPENDENTS-Wand 11273 (Scepter) RAINBOW CANYON-Capitol 3876 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR (prod. by ARISE AND SHINE (LET'S GET IT ON) (prod. by HOT TO HOLD YOU (prod. by Jimmy Fox/ Ken Ascher/Hobbitron Prod.)(Almo, ASCAP) Chuck Johnson & Marvin Yancy/Art Prod.) Belkin-Maduri Prod.) (Glenwood, ASCAP) If every singer had a songwritin' pal like (Butler, ASCAP) Group with picturesque and scenic name Paul, everyone would be on the charts. Group already has one gold record under gets intoa smoldering groove. Grabbin' This ishis best bid yet for a hit for him- their belts for aballad. Now they strut title gets appropriatefollow-through. self. A musical "How to Be Your Own their stuff on a dance disc. Floodlight soul- Rockers pull off the sensuality here on the Best Friend." power brings it all to a hit boil. right side of tastefulness.

BLACK IVORY-Kwanza KWA 7800 SOLOMON BURKE-Dunhill D 4388 LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MCA/Sounds of the (WB) I HAVE A DREAM (prod. by Solomon Burke/ South 40231 JerryStyner/TKIProd./A. WHAT GOES AROUND (COMES AROUND) Mike Curb/Herman DON'T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS (prod. by Rush Prod.) (The Kids, BMI/King Solomon, ASCAP) (prod.byHitFactory/A.B.B.D.T.)(Blockbuster/ Al Kooper/Sounds of the South Prod.) Writers, BMI) Martin Luther King's watchword is the in- (Duchess, BMI) Most promising black contingent moves to spiration for Solomon's ABC debut. He's Grammatical double negative makes for a the label in an up groove. Circular nature still as strong as he was in the early sixties musical double positive. First single culled of the song concept ismet by a round andeven morecontemporary.Dream from the Southern rockers' "Second Help- mound of sound on a tight production. come true. ing" album has no trouble answering yes.

10 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 Capitol Promotions(Continued from page 3) Solo Performers Make Their Mark dell report to Coury as do Mauri new manager of catalog exploita- Lathower, a&r vp and Stu Yahm, tion.DanDavis is thenewly OnaGenerally Trendless Scene general manager of a&r and artist named director of creative serv- development. icesand press.Togetherwith (Continued from page 3) charting for longer periods of time, the growing success of the solo DennisWhite,formerly re- Jerry Thomas, vp of international, Bullets gionalmarketing manager,Chi- allreportto Zimmermann. Ms. act is a large contributing factor. One sign of the strength of the cago, has been named director of PattiWright,nationalpublicity Ingeneral,hitrecordproduct field marketing. John Vana is the manager now reports to Davis. solo act is the percentage of bul- seems to be charting for a greater lets they collectively hold on the number of weeks now than during charts.TheSinglesChartthis the same period last year. At that week shows solo acts with 22 out time, no single had been charted of a total of 35 bulleted positions for 20 weeks or more and only -62 percent of all indications ofone album-Carole King's "Tap- future chart growth. Last year atestry" (Ode)-had been a strong this time, solo acts only accounted seller for more than 30 weeks. for 41 percent of the bullets. At this time, two singles have The jump in the percentage of been charted for more than 20 bullets on The Album Chart for weeks. The longest running of all soloactsisequallyimpressive. isDavid Essex' "Rock On" (Co- While last year at 'this time only lumbia)-stillhanginginat54 22 percent of the bulleted pack- after 24 weeks of action, including ages were from individual artists, a prolonged stayin the top 10. this week shows that figure at 42 Another Columbia solo act, Barbra percent.Thus,solo albumacts Streisand,is holding on with her have almostdoubled in im- titletune from "The Way We portance in this regard. Were," still charted after 22 con- secutiveweeks.Thereareno Top 50 singlesbygroupswhich have Pictured fromleft:Brown Meggs, chief operatingofficerofCapitolRecords,Inc.; Solo acts now hold the majority charted longer than 18 weeks. Al Coury, senior vice president, car and promotion; Don Zimmermann, senior vice of top 50 slots on both charts. president, marketing; and Bhaskar Menon, chairman, president and chief executive While last year the split between Of the six entries on The Album officer,CapitolRecords,Inc. Chart which have appeared for solo and group acts holding positions at the top half of The Singles more than 30 weeks in the na- tionalrankings, eight out of 13 Chartwasexactlyequal,solo Twentieth Taps ThomasStevens to MC are from solo acts: Stevie Wonder artists are now responsible for 29and Jim Croce (who have two MI LOS ANGELES-In a further ex- At Poe Seminar of thetop50. On The Album pansion move throughout the r&b Charts, solo acts currently hold 26 apiece), John Denver, Charlie Rich, Helen Reddy andBarryWhite. department of Twentieth Century WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bobby of the top 50 spots, whilelast Records, Hosea Wilson, the label's Poe of Pop Music Survey has an- year at this time, they only were The longest -running entry on The national r&b promotion director, nouncedthat RayStevens of responsible for 19. Album Chartofthis decade- has added Vernon Thomas to the Barnaby Recordswill be the "Tapestry" - celebrated its 118th staffaseast coast regionalr&b Master of Ceremonies for his up- Longevity appearancelastweek, andthe promotion director. coming Radio / Record Seminar / Another indication of the CaroleKingpackage is still a strong seller at 101 this week. Washington, D.C. Awards banquet on June 6-7-8, at strength of the soloact isthe Reston, Virginia. fact that as product seems to be Thomas will be based in Wash- Multiple Chartings ington,D.C. whilecoordinating Lastyearatthistime,the all r&b promotion activity on the Beatles, Deep Purple and Al Green eastcoast. Thomas enteredthe new yrk central all had two pieces of product on record industry in 1962with The Album Chart while Gladys Quality Music, a retail record out- By IRA MAYER Knight & the Pips was the only let,wherehe functionedin a You could have fooled even the people who were there, who hadact to accomplish a similar feat number of capacitiesuntil 1969 heard it with their own ears. Reports as to whether the Stones movie, on The Singles Chart. when he was tapped by Schwartz "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones," was going to open con- This year, that sign of an act's flicted right up to its scheduled starting time Sunday night (13). Brothers distributorship as a pro- strengthisalso pointing to the motion manager. In November of The City of New York, which had initially issued a permit allowing collective power of the solo artist. 1973 he joined Chess -Janus Rec- for a giant block party/street fair, with such attractions as kung fu and Both acts with two simultaneously sumo exhibitions, live bands and a variety of food vendors, revoked the ords as mid -west promotion man- charted singles this week are solo- permit a few days before the Event. The city offered Central Park as an ager, a position held until ists:Charlie Rich and Barbra accepting 20th's new position. alternative, but Dragon Aire, the firm in charge of the whole thing, said Streisand. And while the multiple that was a physical impossibility. At a press conference Friday afternoon charting album acts were primarily they announced that the entire premiere-including the screening groups last year at this time, now itself-was off,lest thousands of people show up on 54th Street to sixoutofeightaresoloists: mill about in search of Mick and others. This was dutifully reported in the morning papers. JimCroce, JohnDenver, Stevie Barry White,Charlie WNEW-FM, which had given away 600 tickets to the opening, spent Wonder, a good part of Saturday and Sunday telling those without tickets not Rich, and Helen Reddy. to come to the Ziegfeld Theater, since only those with tickets would If there is strength in numbers, get in. facts and figures, then the solo If this all sounds confusing,it did at least succeed in defusing the performers is indeed a focal point of the music scene today. potential mob scene. Patrick Carr's account in last week's Village Voice follows the whole thing day by day. The film, incidentally, is precisely what it purports to be: a concert 'Best Thing' Gold on film. The problem withitisthat you just can't simulate a live NEW YORK-Gladys Knight & concert experience on a screen. It's worth seeing for some great shots the Pips have earned their fourth of the band and for the music-just try to sitin the center of the gold record on the Buddah label theater or else the quad set-up will have audience noise or some other for "Best Thing That Ever Hap- separated sound running through your head for days. pened To Me," certified gold by Vernon Thomas (left) and Hosea Wilson. (Continued on page 43) the RIAA.

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 11 cPALBUM PICKS

QUEEN II STARLESS AND THE BIBLE BLACK Elektra EKS-75082 (5.98) KING CRIMSON-Atlantic SD 7298 (5.98) Hard rock at its height, with elements of Elusive electronic sounds reverberate the best of today's rock groups prevailing, 'round the record from this English en- and yet a strong, unique sound coming tourage,their most commercially viable through. "The Seven Seas of Rhye," al- todate. A spacey structureiseffected, ready a major hit in England, is a rocking without the weightiness that sometimes winner and "TheFairyFeller'sMaster - accompanies that particular style. Although Stroke" is a compellingly rhythmic rouser. mostly instrumentals, the vocal composi- Long live Queen! tion "The Night Watch" highlights.

STRANDED JAB IT IN YORE EYE ROXY MUSIC-Atco SD 7045 (5.98) SHARKS-MCA MCA -415 (5.98) This controversialEnglish entourage will Tight arrangements and especially appeal- undoubtedly amass more fans withthis ing gritty vocals from Snips, who also con- latest,their most commercial venture to tributed a major portion of the penning, date. Bryan Ferry compositions dominate makethis a most excitingeffort.The the disc (all but one of the selections are thumping rhythm of "Just Like A Fever," his), and his dramatic vocals are outstand- the plaintive feelof "Revolution of the ing. "Street Life," "Mother Of Pearl," and Heart" and the rock and rolling "Sophisti- "Sunset" rank high. cation" add dimension.

INTO THE SUN LIVE 'N' KICKING SUNSHIP-Capitol ST -I1295 (5.98) WEST, BRUCE & LAING-Columbia/Windfall A smooth jazz/rock blend, featuring tight KC 32899 (5.98) instrumentation and a full-bodied sound, Although the group has disbanded, the fairly fills the sides offered here. Top notch loud, explosive metal sounds abounding production from Jim Mason, with Jimmy from this dynamic live recording will fare lenner holding the executive production well. Most interesting are their version of reins. Cuts to catch include "Just A Man," the Cream classic, "Politician," and their "Travelers Through Days & Days" and the rockin' rendition of the Stones' "Play With mellow "I Feel Like I Love Her." Fire."

BLUES ON BACH ROSS THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET- RSO SO 878 (Atlantic) (5.981 Atlantic SD 1652 (5.981 A dash of Latin flavoringis added to a Veteran jazzmen team up with composi- progressively pop sound, here, and the tions from an even more veteran music - finished product isa musically cohesive, man, and theresult should score well. commercially oriented platter. Solid selec- The progressive baroque tones are charm- tions include "Help Me Understand," the ing, with "Rise Up In The Morning" and infectious rhythms of "Alright By Me" and "Precious Joy" possessing pleasant punch. the sweet -flowing "You're Looking Down John Lewis and Milt Jackson are superb. A Road." FROM THE FIRE Timmie Rogers SUPER SOUL BROTHER ALIAS STAMPEDERS-Capitol ST5-11288 (5.981 CI .A 3 K DAFI K CLARK DARK Debut label release displays the enormous TIMMIE ROGERS-Partee PBS -2403 (Stax) (5.98) capabilities of this self-contained Canadian Clever funnyman delivers trio. Fluid, gritty harmonies are combined ethnic humor with a dramatic flare and the results are with irresistably titillating style. Several of dynamic. Luxurious listening can be had the selections are backed by tuneful tracks with "Wild Fire," "Child Of the Midnight . . . making ita musical comedy? Con- sistentlywitty humor prevails,whether Sun" andtherecentlyreleasedsingle, "Me And My Stone." dealing with bank notes, Watergate (of course), the ghetto or soul food. ARCH ETYPES AnClit TYPES FRICTION VARIOUS ARTISTS-MGM M3F-4948 thru 4952 T ie Soul Chik ren 01-4/CTION THE SOUL CHILDREN-Stax STS -5507 A brand new MGM series featuring com- 'CI -1E Sultry soul sounds to capture your heart 0 pilations of previously released, 'best of BLUE PK4JECT and dazzle your emotions emanate from material from top caliber artists, including thislatest from these strong soulsales Charlie Parker, Tim Hardin, Billie Holiday, contenders.Their previoushit,"I'llBe Blues Project, Velvet Underground, Hank The Other Woman," is featured,with Williams Sr., Small Faces and Allen Gins- "What's Happening Baby" and "Just One berg. A must for allcollectors! Moment" sharing the limelight,as well.

LOCOMOTIV GT SEVEN Bc b Seger ABC ABCX-811 (5.98) BOB SEGER-Reprise MS 2184 15.98/ (Columbia) (5.981 A funkyrockin' firecracker from Seger! Rock and roll from behind the Iron Cur- This sexy -throated vocalist'sindividual tainprovestobetightlyorchestrated, stylewillplease and garner more fans rambunctiously rhythmic and downright with hislatest. Accompaniment from the footstompin'.Hungarian foursome de- Silver Bullet Band adds special flavor, with liversthroughout with "Rock Yourself," "Need Ya," "UMC (Upper Middle Class)" "Free Me" and "Back Home" being inter- and"AllYour Love"beingespecially estingly infectious. tasty rockers.

12 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 'Hooked' Man Palmers: Getting the Kinks Out London Schedules Spring Fourteen How 'Swede' It Is III NEW YORK - Herb Goldfarb, By CRAIG FISHER vice president of sales and marketing for London, has announced IN LOS ANGELES - The rhythmic the song would be included on the release of fourteen albums for chanting might be that of several their album. Spring release. dozen cannibals ritualistically pre- When the single was released in Topping off thelistisSavoy paring an evening's meal. Accord- SwedeninMay,1973,Palmers Brown's "Boogie Brothers," which ing to Jonathan King, the British said, it immediately became a hit. marks the debut of the new Savoy producer who first conceived of Butittook the successithas Brown band featuring Stan Webb, itin1971,itis"the grunts of enjoyedheretostimulateEMI formerly with Chicken Shack; Mil- 100 gorillas." But whatever itis, affiliates elsewhere in the world ler Anderson, formerly with Keef it has been practically ubiquitous to release it. He wondered if that Hartley Band; and group origina- on AM airwavesforthepast might not be "symptomatic" of tor, Kim Cimmonds. several weeks now, each time a something: "I mean, the song was RCA Records recently hosted acocktail partytohonor theKinksbeforetheir OtherreleasesincludeErroll station plays Blue Swede's record- a hit when Ifirst sent it to them sold out engagements at the Felt Forum. Garner'ssecondforthelabel, ing of "Hooked on aFeeling." as much asitis now." Still, he Here RCA Records president Kenneth "Magician," Wolf's debut Ameri- Not only in this country, but also went on, every success has been Glancy (left)isseen with Kaptain Kink, can album, entitled "Wolf," and in Canada, Australia and Holland, gratifying,especially the one in Ray Davies. The Kinks nextalbum, "Preservation, Act II" is due out in May. ThinLizzy'ssecondreleasefor the Swedish record with the dis-Sweden: the Blue Swede album London, "Vagabond of the West- tinctivebackgroundvocalshas has thus far sold 45,000 copies ern World." Also scheduled for been a number one single in the there,wheregoldcertification Farrell Rushes release are new albums by Orphan past year-making it one of the comes after 25,000 copies are sold. and Engelbert Humperdinck. fewgenuineinternational suc- Of the ad that Jonathan King 'Billy' Sheets London's Phase Four Stereo re- cesses since the beginning of 45's. took out in the American trade leases include Stanley Black's And here,inthecorridorsof paperslastmonth,callingBlue LOS ANGELES-The Wes Far- rellOrganization has ordered a "Spirit of a People" and a Sto- Capitol, it has reportedly inspiredSwede's single "a Swedish note - kowski program consisting of six rushprinting program on sheet talkon an imminent "Swedishfor -note cover" of his own and albums by him. Phase Four is also invasion." suggesting to radio programmers music to the Mitch Murray -Peter Callender song, "Billy, Don't Be delivering"Larcange Plays Le - Part of that talk, no doubt, grew that they play his version instead, grand," with The London Festival out of the visit two weeks agoPalmers commented: "I wrote him A Hero." Administration Orchestra and Chorus conducted ofBengst Palmers, the 26 -year - aletter stating that I think this by Roland Shaw backing him. old head of a&r for EMI in Sweden ad smells of a bad loser and bad Farrell has also acquired exclu- Goldfarb commented, "The and the producer of Blue Swede. taste, and the fact that your record sive U.S.-Canadian administration fourteen album Spring release by Here for meetings regarding the didn't hit at that time must have ofIntune,Ltd.and Murray/Cal- London Records exemplifies the firstU.S. releaseby Landslaget, been due tothefactthatfor lender Music, the pubilshing com- company's diversification intoall another ofhisgroups, and the one, it's not as good as the Blue panies for the composing team. areas of music." major tour which Blue Swede will Swede record is, or secondly, the be doing in the fallto coincide Capitolpromotionpeopleare with the release of their second much better than the London pro- album, Palmers also dropped by motion people. I mean one of Record Worldoneafternoon, those two points has got to be when he talked about the success right, or both at the same time." ofBlue Swede and what may TW3 follow it. Palmersgothisstartinthe Bjorn Skifs music business when he was hired The Innovative Marriage Of Thegroup wasfirstformed to write and perform five or six about a year ago, Palmers said,"That Was the Week That Was" Top 40 and Country when BjornSkifs,probably the-type songs each week for the top male vocalist in Sweden, was Swedish Broadcasting Corporation. looking for a band to accompany Subsequently, he became a disc him during hislive appearances. jockey and then a producer for Hence, Palmersinitiallyworked the government network, so that with the group on its stage pre- consequently,hesaid,hehad sentation, and he suggested theysupervised the recording of acts do "Hooked ona Feeling," he such as Jimi Hendrix, James said, simply because he thoughtBrown, Traffic and the Byrds be- it would be effective in perform- foreeveractuallyproducing a ancebyencouragingaudience record. Now he feels that of the participation.However,itwent eightactshe himself produces over so well that when the timefor EMI -Sweden (out of atotal came forthe grouptorecord, rosterof12),perhaps twoor there was no question but that threebeyondBlue Swede and Landslagetcouldbecomesuc- cessfulinthis country. Climax Returns to U.S. "I'm crazy about singles," he NEW YORK - Following up on said."Irecorded 17 singleslast the successoftheir "FM Live" year and was on the charts with album,theBritish -basedClimax 16 of them. And I like,in creat- Blues Band willundertake their ingmusic,asensuous kindof third and most extensive American styling.Countrymusic, German Coming Your Way.. tour to date, a 41 city affair lasting musicandthecurrentEnglish Soon nearlytwomonths,beginning groove are, to me, cold and un- April 19 at Syracuse University. sensuous kinds of feel that make The bandwillreturntothe youwanttomove something.

Academy of Music in New York, That's what I like to work with, May 18, where "FM Live" was and that's what I think is adaptable recorded. to the U.S. market."

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 13 CONCERT REVIEW WhO InIfle RCA Premieres 11111111111111111111111,11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Dracula Flick Heavenly Harmonies NEW YORK-RCA Records and From the Carpenters Kool and the Gang Are Hot Cinemation Industries hosted the WESTBURY, N.Y.-The combi- world premiere of the new Harry nation of the mellifluous voice of III NEW YORK-With some twelveand Peaceful" album (now busily Nilsson/RingoStarrmovie "Son KarenCarpenterandthesolid chartrecords undertheirbelts, climbing back up the RW album of Dracula," the first rock & roll orchestration and outstanding ar- Robert "Kool" Belland histal- chart after 11 weeks of more -than - Dracula film,in Atlanta on April rangementsfrom RichardCar- ented cohorts, known collectively moderate success). The De-Lite la- 19. Coinciding with the movie's penter makes for a top pop even- as Kool & The Gang, comprise a belis distributed by Pip Records, premiere was the release of Nil- ing,as was the case when they success story that epitomizes the adivisionofPickwickInterna- sson's latestalbum,"Son of appeared at the Westbury Music merits of hard work, dedication tional. Dracula," on the RCA distributed Fair last week (12). and seemingly boundless musical Rapple Records label. energy and diversification. Starting out as the Jazziacs in the Harmonies mid -'60s,theJerseyCity, New RCA, workinginconjunction The show opened with a medley Their latest De-lite single, "Hol- with Atlanta Radio Station WZGC, Jersey band lived something of a of Leon Russell's oft -covered lywood Swinging," is charging up doublelife.Playinglocalclubs, put together a package of events the Record World singleschart, "Superstar"and"Top Of The with occasional excursions to New which were aimed to turn Atlanta World," during which time the and serves to further their position into "TransAtlanta." York,the group would play its audience wasabletosample as bona fide hitmakers and poten- jazz setas an opening act and For the premiere,starsHarry tialsuperstars,a trend indicated some of the compelling harmonies then take the stage a few minutes Nilsson and Ringo Star, plus as- andprofessional accompaniment by the tremendous successes of laterto back up whomever the sortedsurpriseguests flew into both their "Jungle Boogie" smash whichprevailedthroughout the featured act happened to be. Atlanta on the 19th. After meeting evening. Karen then moved over (top five on the singles chart and fansattheairport,thegroup number one r&b) and their "Wild (Continued on page 20) to drums for an Eastern -flavored drove toStouffer'sHotelfora version of "Help." They went on press conference. to perform theirfirst major hit, Doin' the Suzi Q. The real fun began the evening "Close to You," and then some of Capitol Extends of the 19th, when Nilsson and their prettiest ballads, "Yesterday Starr arrivedat Atlanta's Chero- Tender Offer Again Once More" seguing into "Hurt- kee theater. Driving up intheir ing Each Other,"whichdrew IM LOS ANGELES - Capitol Indus- hearse, The Son of Dracula and strong audience response. hisMagician, tries -EMI, Inc. has announced that Merlin,addressed A mosteffectiveportionof the awaiting fans from the roof ithas further extendeditscash their act was toward the end of of the theater. the evening's activities, when they tender offer for all of the approxi- WZGC, which has been pro- mately 1,350,000 shares (30 per- performed some of the top songs motingthescreeningfortwo thathighlightedthe years from cent) ofits outstanding common weeks, set aside the 960 seats in stock held by shareholders other 1954-1964. Best of the batch in- the theater for Atlantans. cluded the old Skeeter Davis song, thanEMILimited.As thusex- Street crossings at the theater "The End Of The World," Richard tended, Capitol's offer to purchase were to be renamed Nilsson and on lead vocalsfor"Daddy's allsharesproperly tenderedat Starr Streets. The ten best Home," and, featuring a rock and $15 net to the seller will expire dressed Draculas to show up at rolling sax, "Johnny B. Goode." Greeting Bell recording artist Suzi Quatro the theater were given an assort- on Monday, May 6, 1974. Capitol Encore (left) on her return to these shores for a stated that no further extensionsment of goodiesincludingNil- major U.S.concert tour are Bell Records sson wrist watches, albums, and Equally impressive was their en- president Larry Uttal (center) and singer - of this offer will be made. As ofsingles and various rock and roll core, when they performed "Sing" poet Rod McKuen. A Detroit girl who has April4,1974 Capitol had pur- with a chorus of children gathered become oneofEngland'shottestrock paraphernalia. from a stars,Suzi's currentdisc include the chased 1,199,792 tendered shares, The "Son of Dracula" album, localschool,andal- single "48 Crash" and her debut album, leaving only about 168,000 shares whichincludesNilsson'slatest though their harmonies may be "Suzi Quatro." in public hands. As of April 15, single,"Daybreak,"additionally off(thechildren's,thatis),the 1974 approximately 21,300 addi-contains movie dialogue and the emotional impact more than com- Worldvision Distribs tional shares had been tendered packaging contains a label suitable pensated. They ended their eu- which are now being purchased. for ironing on T-shirts. phonious evening with, ironically, First Edition TVer "We've Only Just Begun." Opening the show for the tune- LOS ANGELES - A one hour RCA Signs Wayne Berry ful duo was a consistently clever television special co-starring Ken- comedy duo, Skiles & Henderson. ny Rogers & The First Edition and Roberta Skopp the country of New Zealand has been purchased for worldwide distribution byWorldvision. The Maggie Bell Set show was shot last November during the group's tour of the coun- For 2nd U.S. Tour try. While there, they drew 50,000 III NEW YORK - Because of the people ina country of 21/2mil- critical and audience response to lion. The specialwill be syndi- her first American tour in March, cated in the U.S. and viewed as a Maggie Bell begins a twelve city network program overseas. U.S. tour at the Boston Music Hall Documentary on April 23. Thisisher second Rock and roll has been utilized tour of the States since her debut inconjunctionwith a cultural solo album "Queen Of The Night" backgroundtoform a musical was released by Atlantic Records documentary. Ken Kragen,the two months ago. group'smanager, alsoacted as Atlantic Records is backing the executive producer of the proj- tour with a full schedule of radio ect. "Rolling Through New Zea- spots,in-store and window dis- land" was directed by Tony Wil- RCA Records recently signed singer/songwriter Wayne Berry. Celebrating the signing plays, and special merchandising liams, a New Zealand born direc- are (from left) Toby Pieniek, director, business and talent relations, RCA Records; Mel Ilberman, division vice president, business and talent affairs, manager, a&r special techniques such asalargebill- tor.Itwas producedby John products, RCA Records; Berry, and Bob Feiden, RCA Records. Berry's first product will board advertising the album on O'Shea for FSP. be released shortly. Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.

14 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 CLUB REVIEW IIIIMIM15111111!IIIIIIIM111111111117111N1111 South African Gold Rivers, Coltrane THE C BAST Rock the Troub IN LOS ANGELES - Johnny Rivers By CRAIG FISHER (Atlantic)isno stranger tothe Hollywood music scene, nor has IIII A HEADY PAIRING: Nothing isfinalized yet, he been forgotten even though but the week's most interesting rumor has it that he hasn't scored big in the top when Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young begin touring 40 gamelately.This wasevi- again in July (to 12 cities in all, reportedly), they'll dencedby a large,boisterous be joined at certain venues by the Band . . . In turnout at the Troubadour during another intriguing bit of speculation, someone has Seen presentingTonyMartell,(center) his recent engagement (5). Backed president of Famous Music, with Tommy asked, "Is Bob Dylan planning to go to Alaska?" by a six -piece band that seemed Overstreet'sthirdSouthAfricangold Seems that Monday lastthat someone spotted to be just alittle more familiar record for"Heaven is My Woman's Dylan at a Paramount screening of "The White Love"areAlbie S.J.Venter(right), Dawn" ... And though no one's willing to confirm with the material than the audi- managingdirectorofEMIBrigadiers, ence,Riversranthrougholdie Ltd., the South African branch of British - it, a third rumor has been surfacing repeatedly, to wit: Elektra/Asylum after oldie. But most of them were based EMI and Francois Pretorius (left), will before long be moving its entire operation here. . . London's simply oldies, not necessarily ones director of studio services for the same offices here, meanwhile, are no longer. Last Friday was when they organization. that he had been known for- closed the doors for good. . . In signing news: Trini Lopez, for those songs such as "The Snake," CLUB REVIEW who've missed him, is now on Bell, and he's to be produced by Snuff IIIIIIIililllilllillllllll111111111111111n111111111, "Geronimo's Cadillac" and "These Garrett . . . And Mike McGear, late of England's Scaffold, is now on Days." Vinton Stands Tall Warners. Speculation there is that Mr. McGear might be produced by Chi Coltrane (Columbia), who his brother, one Paul McCartney . . . In addition, Bruce Johnston and preceded Rivers, was quite excit- At the Empire Room Terry Melcher have allbut finalized a production deal with RCA. ing. Performing in a rather flam- WALDORF ASTORIA, NYC-They're said to be envisoning a group called California Music as their boyant style, flinging her full head Bobby Vinton hasn't lost any offirst project, which group would contain both male and female mem- of blond hair about, Ms. Coltrane histouch.Ithas beenseveral bers and produce harmonies in a Beach Boys -Mamas and the Papas- Car- penters vein served up ahealthy portionof yearssince helastplayedthis ...And also, the re-formed Electric Flag have been rehears- what might be termed gospel - city(at the Copa), but Vinton's ing for an album this week in San Francisco. Here again, no one will say for sure, but an Atlantic biggie confides that that label will almost surely rock.Thoughtheband which voice and stage presence'is as backed her up was adequate, Ms. vibrant as ever. His opening night release the disc . . . In departure news: John Lennon left for New Coltrane's voice seemed capable attheEmpire Room here(16) York Monday last, having finished Harry Nilsson's album and intent of carrying the whole thing acap- drew hisusualcoterie of fans. upon mixing it at the Record Plant . . . Neil Aspinall is in New York, pella and there were times when They hung on every note andtoo, having spent a week here earlier in the month talking with vari- simply her voice and piano ac-weren't shy in the least when the ous record companies, reportedly because George Harrisonisstill companiment mighthave com- singer asked for audience partici-hoping to clinch a production deal . . . And in TV news: That Bryan municated the sensitivity of her pation. Vinton especially en- Forbes' documentary about Elton John and Bernie Taupin, televised lyrics more effectively.Evenso, thralled the crowd walking last fall in England will finally air here May 17 in ABC's 11:30 slot. Its it was a most impressive set. amongst the tables, mike -in -hand. title: "Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye to Norma Jean and S.L. Smoke Opening with "Everyday of MyOther Things." Life," his 40 -minute set went on RECORDING: Well, Tracy Nelson is still at it in Nashville, where week Price Goes Bang to include such hits as "Blue Vel-before last Willie Nelson (in case you thought so, no relation) came vet," "There I've SaidIt Again"into the studio to duet with her on a couple of tunes.. . JerryButler and "Blue on Blue" - alljustly has begun his next in Chicago, and it'llprobably be called "Sweet identified with his career. He in-Sixteen." This is his sixteenth year in the business, hence the title, and terspersed these giants of his own also of note is that the sessions are being co -produced (with Jerry) by

with a Rogers & Hart medley and Cal Carter, who produced the Impressions' first album in '58 . . . an international songfest ofHawaiians Cecilio & Kapono, with Michael Stewart at the controls, are Italian, French and Spanish hard at work on their first Columbia outing at Devonshire Sound. Craig origins. He also displayed his in- Doerge's been participating in these sessions.. . Johnny Nash is also strumental prowess onclarinet, doing his next here, and part of it's being done at producer Gordon 'piano, sax andtrumpet. Di Witty's Bel Air home, with the aid of Haji Sound's mobile unit. No Eddie Biscoe, president of Bang Records, Once again, Vinton proved him- reggae on this one . . . has announced the signing of Ronn Price self 'to be a most visual as well The Raspberries are at New York's Record asan exclusive Bangartist.Pricealso as vocal phenomenon of an act. Plant. Of course, Jimmy lenner is in charge.. . Meantime, Peggy Lee signed alongtermpublishing contract His extremely set will begin her first for Atlantic at the local Record Plant this week, with to Web IV Music. Shown fromleftare well -paced John McCullough of McCullough Produc- leaves crowds well satisfied. David Grusin producing . . .And also at the Record Plant, the Holly - tions, Biscoe and Price. George Spelvin (Continued on page 23)

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RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 15 Robert Klein: Princess, Price Garner Launches Tour 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,111111111111111111111111111.1 NEW YORK-Erroll Garner will launch a 15 -city, three-week Eu- ropean concert tour April 25 in 'How 'boutmyALBUM?' Brussels, which will conclude May By IRA MAYER 15atSallePleyelinParis. The pianist -composer also will star on III NEW YORK-"How 'bout my 'live at' ... you're not live at any- several nationwide television ALBUM? My ALBUM, 'Mind Over thing. I can't pull off such an il- shows during the course ofhis Matter?'" suggested Robert Klein lusion as to take you to the Bit- tour. in a voicewhichseemed to ter End with me or to Carnegie promisehisshouting "No talk- Hall, and so it's edited . . Renews with Octave ing!" next. Hecalmeddown, Clarity Garner'sproduction company, though, approaching our discus- "The show has to be crisp and Octave Records, which has been sion as half self-analysis and half affiliated with MPS -BASF in Ger- material -testing. clear even to strangers. And it's important to edit it very carefully many for three years, has renewed Kleinisserious about the de- itsassociationfor another three velopment of his career, and theso that every word isclear.If I Alan Priceis shown receiving his British years. The German outfitisrush- impacthistwo Brutrecordings mutttered or hit the microphone, yeah, that's natural, but it doesn't Film Academy Award from Princess Anne ing the release of Garner's new (thefirst was "Child of theFif- inaLondon ceremony.Price won the album, "Magician,"tocoincide sound like what itlooks like.It ties") have had on it."IfI would award for his score for "0 Lucky Manl" with his appearances in the coun- sounds like something awful and Since the time of the ceremony, Price has not have made the record," he try. would confuse the listener." been performing hisfirst American tour says of "Child,""I would have since his days with the Animals. been a televisionpersonality. I Bitter End guess hip for TV, but I think the Illustrating each ofhispoints Ray Stevens: Man importantthingwasthatthe withbitsandpiecesfromthe Carpenter to Guest record revealed a different dimen- records,anddrawingonpast On a Hot 'Streak' sion of me to people who had friendsand experiencestoim- With Boston Pops NEW YORK-Barnaby recording not seen me in person. In addi- press thereality of the comic's BOSTON - Richard Carpenter artistRay Stevens,currentlyoff tion to the fact that I reached a situation, Klein was lucid, funny will make his debut as a classical and running with his phenomenal new audience withit, it wouldand very much at ease. Watching hit, "The Streak," made a pit stop never have occurred to me on my soloist with the Boston Pops Sym- him anightlater, working his phony Orchestra at Boston's Sym-at Record World's offices recently own.I found out that college age routines in front of a Bitter End to talk about his hot smash, bul- people,forexample, watch an phony Hall on May 1. audience packed tothe last letted a 32 on The Singles Chart extraordinarily With ArthurFiedlerdirecting, small amount of bench, he proved virtually all the this week. Hit records, however, to Carpenter will perform the "War- television compared their points he had made-and every- are not strangers to Stevens for parents, except maybe for sports." saw Concerto" and later join his oneleftwithasmileintheir sister Karen for a special Carpen- his pastis laden with gems like New Audience hearts and a view of the world ters segment. "Ahab, The Arab," "Mr. Business- His new audience requires cer-somewhat broadened from hav- The concert will be video-taped man," "Gitarzan" and more retain different attitudes, too. Klein inglaughedatthefearsand for late summer viewing over 240 cently, "EverythingIsBeautiful." dealson a differentlevelof foibles that surround them. Public Broadcasting Service tele- Histrackrecordhasremained sophistication, expressing himself visionstationsviathe "Evening constant and successful for over in terms sometimes more graphic at Pops" series a decade now. than theusualtelevisionoutlet Mayfield Disc Due will allow. "There are degrees ofII NEW YORK-"Sweet Exorcist" Subscribe To cleverness and degrees of funni- isthetitleof Curtis Mayfield's ness," he explains in answer to asixth solo album on the Curtom Record World questionaboutintellectualizing label, scheduled for release soon. humor. "Ilike to think of myself sometimes asif I were a writer. A non-fiction writer ina way. I CTI/Kudu Symposium like to use word imagery. . . . "Previously a comedian doing a joke would just give the necessary information for a proper set- up for the punch. Like you can't Fromleft,Stevens'manager Dan Wil- getlaughs when peopledon't liams, Stevens, RW's Roberta Skopp. know what you're talking about. PeopleinIowa can laughtheir asses off about New York if you AlthoughStevens owns "The give them the proper references. Ray Stevens Sound Laboratory," lo-

I like to expose not only for the catedinNashville,itisbooked laugh line,but in the narrative. so heavily that he had to build Use the words toconveythe another studio (which, although mood. But the comedianisstill itincorporates 16 tracks, Stevens notgiventhelibertyofother referstoas'little' . . . andis artists. He's stillin a nightclub- swiftly expanding itto 24 tracks) a slightly illegitimate vein." where herecordedhiscurrent chart disc, and isin the midst of Growth completing an album. The album Klein feels he has grown be- CTI/Kudu Records recently held a symposium for its field personnel in Toronto, Canada, willbe dedicatedtocomedy tween the two albums aswell, the first meeting of itskind since the company's reorganization ad recent affiliation material, and we cananticipate discovering some of the idiosyn- with indie distribution. Among the many subjects covered during the two-day meet- bijoux thelikes of "Bridgit The crasies of the recorded comedy ing were the imminent release of and marketing plans for the Hubert Laws "In The Beginning" two -record set, and the new Airto album, "Virgin Land," produced by Midget (TheQueensOfThe act as opposedtoworkingin Billy Cobham. Attending the meeting, which was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, were Blues)" and a song about heart front of a live audience, and find- (standing from left) Wilson Lindsey -Detroit, Cleveland promotion; Doree Berg -New Eng- transplants,which heco -wrote ing how important even a single land; Bob Hankins -Los Angeles; Sherman Lieberman -central regional operations; Sandy with his doctor. Oh... one more Lawson -Dallas,Houstonpromotion; John Rosica-vp-marketing; andChris Morgan - word can be. "A recordisde- thing . . . southeastern promotion; seated from left are Samm Kinnard -national director of pro- Stevensstreaks the signed to be an audio experience. motion; Marvin Murphy -westernregional operations; Gregg Feldman -SanFrancisco cover! I dont believe a comedy album is area promotion; and Herb Byrd. Philadelphia area. Roberta Skopp

16 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 CLUB REVIEW Raspberries Duplicate Their Recording Success AM ACTTN LOS ANGELES-From a gener- an alternative way of presenting ous sampling,the generalcon- these numbers might be, butI do (Compiled by the Record World research department) sensus after the Raspberries know there ought to be one. Ray Stevens (Barnaby) continues to streak up (Capitol)leftthe Whiskystage Apple & Appleberry the charts. It moved 10-1 WHBQ, 18-1 WCOL, opening night of their recent en- Apple & Appleberry (Dunhill) 3-1 KILT, held at #1 WAKY and #1 WQXI, moved 25-5 gagement (8) was that "they sound WIXY, 25-7 KIMN, 32-10 WQAM, HB-16 WFUN, 29-19 justlike their records." This wasopened the show for the Rasp- berries and managed to keep theKFRC, 30-20 WCFL and was added at: KHJ, WRKO, a considerable compliment: the CKLW, WLS, KLIF. KSLQ, 13Q, WPIX, KIRL and KFJZ. group was making itsfirst major dance floor just about as full. One might have wishedfor a little Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise) "Sundown" looks like L.A.appearancesincedropping two members andadding two more shadings and variety in their it will be his biggest ever. It moved 19-3 at new ones latelast year-it was, set,which wasprimarilyhigh- Superbreakout station KJR, 28-13 WSAI, 28-13 energymusicofthekindSly infact, their first major L.A. ap- CKLW,41-29 WIXY, 23-17 WBBQ and was added at: pearance ever-and their sound Stonehas beenwriting.(Harris WAKY,KLIF, WDGY, KILT, WFUN, KIMN, KIRL, KFJZ. was very energetic and very tight. Apple playsacoustic guitar and Stevie Wonder (Tamla) continues to And apart from a few excursions sings, while Bobby Appleberry just grow in many markets. It jumped sings,but they were joined by into newer material, they stuck to 35-32WIXY, 26-22 KIMN, 23-18 KFRC, two female backupvocalists,a the most successfulsongs from HB-24 WQXI, 20-18 WPIX, HB-22 13Q and their earlier albums, which were percussionist, aflautist, a key- board player and a bass player.) was added at WIBG, KILT, WCFL and WTIX. clearly what most of the audience O'Jays (Phila Intl.) are jumping had jammed into the club to hear. Still, their performance was listen - wherever played and are breaking But if the new Raspberries are able and danceable and indicated already an effective band music- thattheycouldhave abright open as a pop record much sooner than ally, they are not yet much of a future. Anne Murray anyone expected.It jumped 29-15 performing unit. Most of the at- Craig Fisher WHBQ, extra -28 WAKY, 28-26 KFRC, 28-16 WCOL, 11-9 tention -grabbing was done by UA Ups Zimmerman CKLW and was picked at: KYA, KILT, WRKO, WIXY. It lead singer Eric Carmen. But Car - LOS ANGELES-Michael Stew- has already gone to #1 at many r&b stations around men's somewhat timidstrutting, art,PresidentofUnitedArtists the country. in the Jagger manner, seemed at Paul McCartney (Apple) is heading for the top the same time too tame to be Records, has announced that UA executive Howard Zimmerman five for the third consecutive time with his "Band really exciting and too anxious for has assumed the post of corpo- On The Run" single (from his 1p of the same name) the ingenuous teenage randiness ofadministration. which jumped 39-31 WIXY, extra -29 WAKY, 30-23 KIMN, that is the subject of most of the ratedirector Zimmerman will assume fullre- extra -25 WCOL, 31-27 WQAM, extra -23 WQXI, 31-26 group's songs. I don't know what sponsibility for administrative KLIF, 21-12 13Q, 25-21 WPIX and went on: WDGY, KHJ, functions at all UA Records loca- WRKO, WHBQ, WIBG, WCFL, KIRL, KFJZ and KYA. tions,inaddition tohis present Anne Murray (Capitol). It is unusual these days ABC Sets 'Rank' Promo duties in personnel, industrial re- when another artist can interpret a Beatles song and LOS ANGELES - Topromote lationsandsafetymanagement. Gabriel Kaplan's debut comedy al- Zimmermanwillremainhead- score a hit with it, but Anne's version of "You Won't bum on ABC Records, "Holes and quartered in Los Angeles. Se Me" may be the record to break the hex. It was Mellow Rolls,"the company is UA vice president Reed Gregg added this week at WIXY, WDGY and CKLW and it is also settingup"TheFirst National has assumed additional duties in- on and moving at: WCOL, KIMN, KJR, WORC, WMAK and Ranking Contest." volving special projects and plan- WBBQ. The record is moving much faster than her ABC will be accepting and judg- ning for UA Records. previous hit "Love Song." It is also interesting ing a minimum of five ranks (in- to note that the flip side "He Thinks I Still Care" sults) from each contestant, to be Posners' Package is receiving heavy country actvity. received by July15,1974. The Olivia Newton -John (MCA) is trying to score for winning rankers will receive two NEW YORK -Elektra/Asylum the second time in a row from her current album with roundtrip ticketsand accommo- president Mel Posner and his wife dations inLas Vegas for the next have announced the birth of son, "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" which was picked this appearance of Gabriel Kaplan, two Michael Anthony. The youngster, week at: WDGY, KILT, KJR, KFJZ and WORC. WCOL in 10 -speed bicycles and five sets of born on March 22, tippedinat Columbus was on this record earlier. quality headphones. 8 pounds, 73/4 ounces. CROSSOVERS Impressions (Curtom). The label Listening Easy that scored heavily with the Natural Four earlier this year is making waves with this record in the r&b market and this week it crossed over to pop with additionsat CKLW and WIXY. Olivia Newton -John NEW ACTION Two groups seem to have a shot at reviving records that were hits during the 50s. Wednesday (Sussex), which is coming off a hit with "Last Kiss" now gives us the classic "Teen Angel" which moved 27-24 CKLW and was added at WIXY and KJR. The DeFranco Family (20th Century) is trying to revive the Drifters' classic "Save The Last Dance For Me" and is being supported by WCFL and KJR. Rick Derringer (Blue Sky) has pulled a second Chip Monck, host of "Speak Easy," listensto the sounds of MGM recordingartist single from his "All American Boy" album, "Teenage Jim Stafford, while Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also featured guests for the taping of Love Affair" which was added at KLIF, KJR and WORC. the show at the Record Plant in Hollywood, look on. Picured from left are Stafford, Carl Palmer, Keith Emerson, Monck and Greg Lake. (Continued on page 21)

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 17 THE R&B SUL TRUTH SINGLES CHART APRIL 27, 1974

APR. APR. By DEDE DABNEY 27 20 NEW YORK-Personal Pick: "Too Late" n4 DANCIN' MACHINE JACKSON5-MotownM1286F Tavares (Capitol). From out of 2 1 THE PAYBACK JAMES BROWN-Polydor 14223 3 2 BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME GLADYS KNIGHT & nowhere, this family unit came to be THE PIPS-Buddah 403 known as versatility plus. With this 8 MIGHTY, MIGHTY EARTH, WIND & FIRE-Columbia 4-45971 particular side you may hear a 111 3 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY MAIN INGRIDIENT- RCA APBO-0205 multitude of melodic changes. Guar- 6 6 TOUCH A HAND, MAKE A FRIEND STAPLE SINGERS- anteed to be a super hit. Stax STA 0196 7 5 TSOP MFSB-Phila. Intl. ZS7 3450 (Columbia) DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: "Behind 10 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW STYLISTICS-Avco 4634 Closed Doors" Little Milton (MUPT 131 12 HEAVENLY TEMPTATIONS-Gordy G7135F (Motown) Stax) ; "Arise And Shine (Let's Get 10 11 HONEY PLEASE, CAN'T YA SEE BARRY WHITE - It On)" -- The Independents (UPT Wand); "Sending 20th Century TC 2077 My Best Wishes" Garland Green (UPT Spring); "Is 12 LET'S GET MARRIED CE1 55 HEY BABE That Any Way To Treat A Lady" Jimmy Lewis (UPT AL GREEN-Hi 2262 (London) JONESES-Mercury 72458 15 BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT 45 45 PARTY BUMP Hotlanta); "Men" Patti Hendrix (MUPT 20th 1E1 GENTLEMEN & THEIR LADIES- YOU GOT Jean 731 (Alithia) Century); "I'm So Glad" Brian Holland (UPT WILLIAM DE VAUGHN- Roxbury BRBO-0236 (Chelsea) 133 52 THIS HEART Invictus) ; "Let It Shine" -Lea Roberts (SLO UA) ; WHO 15HE AND WHAT IS GENE REDDING-Haven 7000 13 14 (Capitol) "Positive Thing" Mandrill (UPT Polydor); "I Have HE TO YOU CREATIVE SOURCE-Sussex 509 54 SCRATCH A Dream" -- Solomon Burke (MONSLO Dunhill); "Power CRUSADERS- 1E1 17 CARRY ME Blue Thumb BTA 249 Idris Muhammad (UPT Kudu) ;"Rock Your JOE SIMON-Spring 145 48 39 SWEET DAN Of Soul" (Polydor) BETTY EVERETT-Fantasy 714 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY Baby" George McCrae (UPT T.K.) "90% Of Me Is 15 9 49 50 TRIBE LEON HAYWOOD- You" Gwen McCrae (UPT Cat). 20th Century TC 2066 TRIBE-ABC 11409 50 46 I'LL BE THE OTHER WOMAN 16 7 LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE Code: UPT (Uptempo) ;SLO (Slow); MUPT (Medium BOBBY WOMACK- SOUL CHILDREN-Stax STA 0182 United Artists XW375-W 57 WONDERFUL Uptempo); MONUPT (Monologue Uptempo); MONSLO 17 16 OUTSIDE WOMAN ISAAC HAYES- (Monologue Slow); NOV (Novelty); FOLPCU (Former BLOODSTONE-London 1052 Enterprise ENA 9095 (Stax) 18 18 MY MISTAKE 60 HONEY BEE LP Cut). DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE GLORIA GAYNOR-MGM 14706 -Motown M269F 63 SIDESHOW Relocating to WBOK-AM in New Orleans is Henry 26 THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE BLUE MAGIC-Atco 6961 1E1 ME LAUGH (Atlantic) Crump. Crump left station WTMP-AM in Tampa, Florida BILL WITHERS-Sussex 513 54 56 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF where he maintained a position as music director. 20 30 BENNIE AND THE JETS LOVE UNLIMITED - ELTON JOHN-MCA 40798 20th Century TC 2082 55 58 SALLY B. WHITE (Continued on page 20) 28 CAN YOU HANDLE IT CHARLES BEVEL-A&M 1501 131 GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION- Warner Bros. 7782 61 MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME MONTCLAIRS-Paula 381 (Jewel) 30 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE 57 59 CHICAGO DAMN NOTES-ZS7 3543 (Columbia) BOBBI HUMPHREY- Blue Note BN XW 395-W (UA) BREAKING WIDE OPEN! 23 20 SWEET STUFF SYLVIA-Vibration 529 65 (YOU KEEP ME) HANGING (All Platinum) D ON 34 DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT ANN PEEBLES-Hi 2265 (London) 13:1 "MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME" A THING ECI68 GETTIN' WHAT YOU WANT STEVIE WONDER- WILLIAM BELL-Stax STA 0198 Tamla T5424 (Motown) 60 53 EYEWITNESS NEWS LENNY WELCH- 32 I'M IN LOVE Mainstream 5554 ARETHA FRANKLIN- Atlantic 2999 131 70THAT'S THE WAY IT WILL 26 27 GOIN' DOWN SLOW STAY BOBBY BLUE BLAND- TOMORROW'S PROMISE- Dunhill D 4379 Capitol 3855 LEI 33 CHAMELEON al - FINALLY GOT MYSELF HERBIE HANCOCK- TOGETHER Columbia 4-46002 IMPRESSIONS-Curtom CR 1997 28 29 TOUCH AND GO (Buddah) AL WILSON-Rocky Road 30076 63 48 SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN (Bell) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND- 36 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING T. K. 1003 133 KOOL & THE GANG-Delite 561 64 66 LOVING YOU JOHNNY NASH-Epic 5-11003 30 37 HELP YOURSELF UNDISPUTED TRUTH- 65 67 (DON'T GET FOOLED BY) Gordy G7I34F (Motown) THE PANDER MAN

31 19 MIGHTY LOVE, PT. 1 BRINKLEY & PARKER- SPINNERS-Atlantic 3006 Darnel 1111 44 FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY 75 MESSING UP A GOOD EE1 O'JAYS-Phila.Intl. ZS7 3544 THING (Columbia) JOHN EDWARDS-Aware 037 33 35 SUMMER BREEZE (GRC) ISLEY BROTHERS- 67 69 COME DOWN TO EARTH T-Neck ZS7 2253 (Columbia) NEW CENSATIONS- 34 21 POWER OF LOVE Pride XW406-W (UA) MARTHA REEVES-MCA 40194 68 - ONE CHAIN DON'T MAKE 41 THE LONE RANGER, PT. 1 NO PRISON 113 OSCAR BROWN, JR.- FOUR TOPS-ABC 4386 Atlantic 3001 69 72 THE BOY NEXT DOOR 43 LOVE THAT REALLY COUNTS BETTYE SWANN-Atlantic 3019 113 NATURAL FOUR-Curtom 1995 70 71 TELL ME WHATCHA THE MONTCLAIRS (Buddah) GONNA DO 37 22 THANKS FOR SAVING GENERAL CROOK-Wand 11270 PAULA - 381 MY LIFE (Scepter) BILLY PAUL-Phila. Intl. ZS7 3538 71 74 CAN YOU TALK (Columbia) RON HOLDEN-Now 6 38 23 I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (Original Sound) ECSTACY, PASSION & PAIN- 72 51 LET'S GO, LET'S GO, DJ's write for samples Roulette 7151 LET'S GO 39 24 HOMELY GIRL CHAMBERS BROTHERS- on station letterhead CHI-LITES-Brunswick 55505 Avco 4630 40 40 PEPPER BOX 73 - SLEEPIN' PEPPERS-Event 213 (Polydor) DIANA ROSS-Motown M1295 RECORDS 41 42 I BELIEVE THE EBONYS-Phila. Intl. 74 - IT'SBETTER TO HAVE AND 728 Texas Street, Shreveport, La. 71101 ZS7 3541 (Columbia) DON'T NEED Phone: 318.222.7182 42 31 BOOGIE DOWN DON COVAY-Mercury 73469 EDDIE KENDRICKS- 75 - SHO NUFF BOOGIE Tamla T54243F (Motown) (PART 1) 43 38 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SYLVIA & THE MOMENTS- I NEW BIRTH-RCA APB0.0185 All Platinum 2350 THE THIRD SERIES OF A PROMO. MAN & MUSIC DIRECTORS (TOGETHERNESS') PROM. MAN: Hey-Charlie how you feeling. I heard that you were sick? MD: Yeah I was out for 2 weeks. But now I'm back in action. What can I do for you? PROM. MAN: Just called to see how you were. MD: C'mon what have you got going? PROM. MAN: Seeing that you put it that way I have a new Chi-Lites & new Tyrone Davis. MD: They're good artists, but not my cup of tea. PROM. MAN: You asked me. MD: I know but we'll just have to wait. THREE WEEKS LATER MD: How come I didn't get the new Chi-Lite record & the other station got it? PROM. MAN: Charlie -I called you first on it - your answer was not your cup of tea. MD: So you really stuck it to me this time! PROM. MAN: Now Charlie how can you say that? MD: Well we're not going to play it. Let them (other station) break it. PROM. MAN: Well if that's the way you feel. HANGS UP. THREE WEEKS LATER MD: How come the other station got the Tyrone Davis before me - after me being so close toyou? (HANGS UP) PROM. MAN: Here we go again! IN A MOMENT WE'LL GIVE YOU THE CONCLUSION 2 Min. Wait For Commercials Now the conclusion PROM. MAN-RETIRES FROM RECORD BUSINESS -OPENS UP A CANDY STORE - BOOKS ON THE SIDE, & LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER - AND WON'T LET ANYONE RACK HIS CANDY STORE WITH RECORDS. Soul Truth (Continued from page 18) Local chapters of NATRA-more activities should THE R&B be planned for you and your community. The Jack ALP CHART Walker chapter (New York) is planning an affair to be given at Roseland Ballroom, April 29, to raise APRIL 27, 1974 money for a scholarship fund. Tickets are selling APRIL 27, 1974 I. OPEN OUR EYES for $5.00. A show will be given with Blue Magic 1. HEADHUNTERS EARTH, WIND & FIRE -Columbia KC 32712 and, tentatively, Jimmy Castor. HERBIE HANCOCK-Columbia KC 32731 2. LOVE IS THE MESSAGE 2. LOVE IS THE MESSAGE MFSB-Phila. Intl. KZ 32707 (Columbia) Tragedy struck the family of Otis Mack, better MFSB-Phila. Intl. KZ 32707 (Columbia) 3.LET ME IN YOUR LIFE known to all of us as Lee Cross. Cross helped many 3. LAYERS ARETHA FRANKLIN -Atlantic SD 7292 of us get our product off the ground just by playing LES McCANN-Atlantic SD 1642 4. BOOGIE DOWN 4. STREET LADY EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla T330V1 it. Now his family needs us. His widow, who will DONALD BYRD-Blue Note BN LA040-F (Motown) be delivering another of his offsprings shortly, (UA) 5. EUPHRATES RIVER 5. TWO GENERATIONS OF BRUBECK MAIN INGREDIENT -RCA APLI-0335 needs your assistance. Please send a check or DAVE BRUBECK-Atlantic SD 1645 6. THE PAYBACK money order to The Otis Mack Jr. Fund, P.O. Box 4485, 6. E.H. IN THE U.K. JAMES BROWN-Polydor PD 2-3007 EDDIE HARRIS -Atlantic SD 1647 7. INNERVISIONS Atlanta, Georgia 30302. 7. LONDON UNDERGROUND STEVIE WONDER-Tamla 7326L (Motown) Appearing at Shula's Lounge in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. HERBIE MANN -Atlantic SD 1648 8. MIGHTY LOVE are the Dells, who just left Mark IV in Washington, 8. SPECTRUM SPINNERS -Atlantic SD 7296 BILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 7268 9. RHAPSODY IN WHITE D.C. This group is now riding high on the charts 9. WILDFLOWER LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - HANK CRAWFORD-Kudu 15 (CTI) 20th Century 1433 with their latest 1p. Announcing that the Temptations' (Gordy) hit album 10. BRIGHT MOMENTS 10. HEADHUNTERS RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK - HERBIE HANCOCK-Columbia KC 32731 went "Gold" was Bunky Sheppard at a luncheon given Atlantic SD 2-907 11. LOOK IN' FOR A LOVE AGAIN by Motown Records. The Spinners were on the same 11. JAMALCA BOBBY WOMACK-United Artists AHMAD JAMAL-20th Century T432 UA LA199-G show with them at the Apollo Theater last week (12) 12. DEODATO 2 12. SHIP AHOY EUMIR DEODATO-CTI 6029 O'JAYS-Phila. Intl. KZ 32048 (Columbia) and from all reports it proved to be a "monster." 13. ENLIGHTENMENT 13. GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION As we all know, KWK-AM in St. Louis closed their McCOY TYNER-Milestone 55001 (Fantasy) Warner Bros. BS 2763 doors some time ago leaving many jocks out of work. 14. BLACKS AND BLUES 14. WAR LIVE BOBBI HUMPHREY-Blue Note BN LA126-G WAR -United Artists LA193-12 One such radio announcer was Jake Jordan, who found (UA) 15. BLUE MAGIC a new home at station WNJR-AM in Newark, New Jersey, 15. STRAIGHT AHEAD Atco SD 7038 BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS - 16. BACK TO OAKLAND holding down the 2-6 p.m. slot. RCA APLI-0454 TOWER OF POWER -Warner Bros. BS 2749 The Softones, Marvin Brown, Byron Summerville, 16. IN CONCERT 17. WILD AND PEACEFUL Ernie Donaldson, Elton Lynch and Steve Jackson DEODATO-AIRTO/CTI 6041 KOOL & THE GANG-Delite DEP-2013 17. SCRATCH have just signed with A&D booking agency, the CRUSADERS -Blue Thumb BTS 6010 18. THAT'S A PLENTY POINTER SISTERS -Blue Thumb BTS 6009 largest black bonded firm of its kind in the 18. KEEP YOUR SOUL TOGETHER FREDDIE HUBBARD-CTI 6036 19. CREATIVE SOURCE Baltimore/Washington area. Sussex SRA 8027 19. BLACK EYED BLUES Chuck Young, formerly with Motown records, has ESTHER PHILLIPS-Kudu 14 (CTI) 20. STREET LADY 20. PIANO IMPROVISATIONS VOL. 1 DONALD BYRD-Blue Note BN LA040-F transferred his expertise to Cadet Concepts which CHICK COREA-ECM 1014 (Polydor) (UA) is part Don Davis. Davis, who has currently produced 21. GIANT BOX 21. IMAGINATION DON SEBESKY-CTI 6031-32 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS- "The Dells vs The Dramatics," is well known Buddah BDS 5141 22. I'VE KNOWN RIVERS AND OTHER throughout Detroit for his work with Stax recording BODIES 22.1990 artists along with being part of the Motorcity GARY BARTZ NTU TROOP - TEMPTATIONS -Gordy G966VI (Motown) Prestige 66001 (Fantasy) sound. 23.STONE GON' 23. GOODBYE BARRY WHITE -20th Century T423 Being extracted from the album "Alive & Kicking" MILT JACKSON-CTI 6038 24.LIVIN' FOR YOU by the Delfonics (Philly Groove) is "Lying To 24. LIVE CONCERT IN JAPAN AL GREEN -Hi ASHL 32082 (London) JOHN COLTRANE-Impulse AS 9246-2 Myself," soon to be released. Also, the new First (ABC) 25. 'JUSTMENTS 25. UNSUNG HEROES BILL WITHERS -Sussex SRA 8032 Choice album will be released shortly. Be watching CRUSADERS -Blue Thumb BTS 6607 26.IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME for both of these special attractions. 26. ALL BLUES NEW BIRTH -RCA APL1-0285 Last week (17) Hillary Johnson, formerly of RON CARTER-CTI 6047 27.UNREAL 27. CHAPTER 2: HASTA SIEMPRE BLOODSTONE -London XPS 634 United Artists, who moved to the west coast to fill GATO BARBIERI-Impulse AS 9263 the post of national r&b promotion manager of MCA 28. CRYSTAL SILENCE 28.THE DELLS VS. THE DRAMATICS CHICK COREA AND GARY BURTON - Cadet CA 60027 (Chess/Janus) records, was relieved of his duties. According to ECM 1024 (Polydor) 29.GET IT TOGETHER Johnson, it was due to a discrepancy in expenses. 29. HYMN OF THE SEVENTH GALAXY JACKSON 5 -Motown M783VI Johnson was involved with promoting Martha Reeves RETURN TO FOREVER FEATURING CHICK 30.NATURAL FOUR COREA-Polydor PD 5536 Curtom CRS 8600 and delivering the Elton John "Bennie & The Jets" 30. LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL CLEO LAINE-RCA LPL1-5015 31.ANTHOLOGY record r&b. MARVIN GAYE-Motown M9 791A3 31. INTRODUCING THE ELEVENTH HOUSE WITH LARRY CORYELL 32. I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN ANN PEEBLES -Hi ASHL 32081 (London) Vanguard VSD 79342 page 14) 33.ANTHOLOGY Kool &. the Gang (Continued from 32. THE LAST BOLERO GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - CAL TJADER-Fantasy 9446 Motown M79252 ReedmanDennis"Dee Tee" boards), George "Funky" Brown 33. CROSSWINDS 34. BLACKS & BLUES Thomas recalls, "We had to get (drums) and Thomas, the group BILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 7300 BOBBI HUMPHREY- into that funky thing because we writes, arranges and produces its 34. PENNY ARCADE Blue Note BN LA126-G (UA) JOE FARRELL-CTI 6034 had to live. So we had to learn to own records, and tours clubs, the- 35. MEETING OF THE MINDS 35. M.F. HORN LIVE AT JIMMY'S FOUR TOPS -Dunhill DSD 50166 adjust our musical ideas. We had aters and collegesextensively. MAYNARD FERGUSON- 36. CLAUDINE SOUNDTRACK to make sure our jazz roots didn'tThey also provided the music for Columbia KG 32732 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS- overpower the funk." Several the Miss Black America Pageant 36. BLACK BYRD Buddah BDS 5062 - name changes later the group be- their "Wild and Peaceful" serving DONALD BYRD-Blue Note BN LA047-F 37. THEY SAY I'M DIFFERENT (UA) BETTY DAVIS-Just Sunshine JSS-3500 came Kool & The Gang and signed as the contest's theme. 37. SOLAR WIND 38. KNIGHT TIME with De-Lite Records. Kool & The Gang see their role RAMSEY LEWIS-Columbi KC 32897 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - ComposedofRobert"Kool" as one of "bridging the gap be- 38. BUTTERFLY DREAMS Soul S741VI (Motown) Bell (lead vocals and bass), Ronald tween funk and jazz," as Thomas FLORA PURIM -Milestone M 9052 39. MAKOSSA MAN Bell(tenorsax),ClaudeSmith 39. THE ROAR OF '74 MANU DIBANGO-Atlantic SD 7276 puts it. "We think people can get (lead guitar), Robert "Spike" Mick - down to both." The Gang's sales BUDDY RICH -Groove Merchant GM528 40. OUT HERE ON MY OWN ens (trumpet), Rickey West (key- and appearances attest to that. 40. LOVE FROM THE SUN LAMONT DOZIER -ABC ABCX 804 NORMAN CONNORS-Buddah BDS 5242

20 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 RADIO WRLD EDITOR: BEVERLY MAGID

KSTP: The 'Contemporary Oldies' Format $ED TWIN CITIES-While attention someone thought someone else is being given to the appearance was bad, we'd go on the air and 0° of Buzz Bennett in this market at say what a turkey we thought he LISTENING POST KDWB intherole of program was. Ineffect,we stuckour consultant to improve the ratings, finger in the air." The group who By BEVERLY MAGID it'sinteresting totake note of believed in the new format . . . KSTP, which has been grabbingstrongly are . . .Chuck Knapp 5- WQXI (Atlanta) John Leader is back doing a shift (2-6 p.m.) and Bill Sherrard will take over the some of those ratings. As PD Jim 9 a.m. . . . Jim Channel! 9 a.m.- programming duties to make it easier for the on - Channel! reported, "When Iwas noon . . . Steve Hat!ey noon -4 first approached to come to the p.m. . . . Andy Barber 4-8 p.m. the -air Leader.

.. . station,ittook me a while to "Smokin' " Joe Hager 8 p.m. - WPHD-FM (Buffalo). . .The Jan. -Feb. -Mar. Pulse decide to accep,t the job. Then I midnight . . . SteveShannon mid- shows an increase intotals, 7 p.m. to midnight, had a chancetolistentothe night -5 a.m. putting them firstin men and women for that other two rockers and I knew we Promotions time slot and #1 all night. PD John McGhan, there could beat them." Inthe beginning, to promote since February, has made changes in the music Format Changed the change, there were billboards approach, highlighting new music more and refin- That was back in May of '73,and television spots, but mainly ing the format. The line-up is Tom Teuber 6-10 a.m.. . . John McGhan when KSTP was an old-line MORword-of-mouth was used. There 10 a.m.-2 p.m. . . . Steve Lapa 2-6 p.m. . . . David Cahn 6-10 p.m. station, or "minor league WCCO" are contests, such as the current . . . JimSantella 10 p.m. -2 a.m.. . . HankBall 2-6 a.m. one offering a car if the listener as Channell describes it. Now it WAXY (Ft. Lauderdale) . . .The station has gone live, with a top 40 answersthephone "KSTPthe has become "contemporary old- format and Scooter Seagraves coming in from KAKC-Tulsa to program. ies," playing five to seven current music station," but generally con- testpromotion is light.Com- . . . Gary Stevens,station personality, will assume job selectionswiththerestoldies, KAKC (Tulsa) day -parted very carefully. munity involvement is also there, as program director. all but light. "We go out in response Older records are played midday, KKDJ-FM (Los Angeles) . . . Harvey Miller will join line-up 9 a.m.- '65 to '69 are heard during after- toinvitations," explained Chan-noon as of Monday (22). noon drive and the '70 to present nell, "but basically we feelthat WRKO (Boston) . . . The current Cash Countdown contest, where oldies are on 6.m.to midnight the most importantthing is whether the people are listening you beat the count and win the amount, a spin-off of the Hi/Lo contest, with more current records on at has given out over $3,000 in the first two weeks. Jeff Mathew (from night. to the station. I'm not adverse to being out in the community, but (WJAR) has come in to do all the production for sister FM station More Music I still feel that it's the program- WROR.

The focusis on playing more ming and the music that coupts KMET-FM (Los Angeles) . . . PDMikel Hunter is off the air to give music, with about 53 minutes of the most. We play more music him more time for PD-ing and license renewal hassles. No one in to music per hour. With atarget and we tellit like it is." This has replace him, just shift adjustments. B. Mitchell Reed 6-10 a.m. . . . audience of 18 to 34, no bubble - caused some occassional conster- Richard Kimble 10 a.m.-2 p.m. . . . Steven Clean 2-7 p.m. . . Mary gumisallowedhere.Channel!, nation on thepart ofold-line Turner 7 p.m. -midnight and Doyle all night. who is also music director, picks conservative Hubbard Broadcast- WPLJ-FM (New York) . . . More music seems tobe taking hold in the music: "The important thinging, but Channel! points out that the Big Apple. PD Tim Powell reports the playing of more new albums. is how the record sounds, more since the ratings and the adver- Ifit's good it gets on in the new record category. than how it sells. Naturally, if it's tising have greatly improved, by a known hit artist, the chances management finds it easier to be KUGN (Eugene, Ore.) ... MD Bill Ford has also been named program are it will go on immediately. But patient. The ratings, which ranked director. an unknown artist who's got a'KSTP thirteenth in the '73 April/ KSLY (San Luis Obispo) . . . MDMike Haggerty has also taken over record that sounds good and fits May ARB with overall total of 1.9, morning drive. the format couldalsogetthe showedtheamazing climbto KFI (Los Angeles) . . . The station has won three major journalism same chance.Iftherecord is ).4inthe Oct./Nov. book, 9.7 awards from the California Associated Press Television Radio Ass'n. totally unproven, we'll watch the and a 10.0inthe latestPulse. for the best news program 10 minutes or under, best spot news cover- national reports, but I'll play any Channell says that they are cur- age and for its story contributions to the AP newswire, for the second number of songs, as long as they rently number 1 in teens and men year in a row. sound good." and women 18-24 and number 3, KEWI (Topeka) . . . Line-up currently is Doc Holliday 6-9 a.m... . Personality right behind MOR WCOO and a beautiful music station, 25-34. MD Bob Finot 9 a.m.-noon ... TomRoach noon -4 p.m. ... JayHamil- Personalityis encouraged with ton, operations manager 4-7 p.m.. . . Johnny Rowlands 7 p.m. -midnight the staff, butnothing long- Filling the Void Bruce Wayne all night ... Soulful Sonny weekends ... Mike Manns winded.When Channell first Now Channell says he's relish- and Al Johnson news. monitoredthecompetition,he ingthecompetition withBuzz WMMS-FM (Cleveland) . . . David Spero has left the staff to manage says he heard one jock talk for Bennett and KDWB: "I figure that singer Michael Stanlley, being replaced by Matt the Cat. Taking over 23 minutes during the hour, and he will rip-off the under 12, but Matt's part-time gig willbe Betty Korvan. The stationiscurrently decidedthat was not how heall over 15 who are a little more looking for a back-up production assistant, a full-time part-time person it:"We wanted toapproach mature are going to get bored for vacations, and a public affairs person. Send tapes and resume to PD wanted the listeners to hear the with hearing a record every hour unexpected - we felt that they John Gorman at station, 4900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44103. and 15 minutes. No current song Ohio 44103. were just waiting for something is that good, and that's where our new and different, and they have responded." Included in the "un- oldies come in, to fillthat void. expected"were on -the -airdigs I feel that we could take this sta- AMAction (Continued from page 17) tion anywhere and it would stomp at the competition, naming sta- Hollies (Epic) are trying to cross the Atlantic the ratings. If trying to be the best tion call -letters and disc jockey's with "The Air That I Breathe" which is a tremendous names. Channell insists that "we is wrong, then I'm 'guilty, because I want it, and I want to maintain hit in London. The tune, written by Albert Hammond, were only saying what we heard is moving 26-19 at KILT and was added at WCOL and KJR. frompeople -inthestreet.If it."

21 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 NARM Conversation Wed. Morning Pacts With Intersong NEW YORK - Steve Metz and THE ECONOMY Alan Klein of Wednesday Morning Music(BMI)havenegotiated a world-wide publishing agreement LP CHART with Intersong Music for the latter company to represent them inter- APRIL 27, 1974 nationally. The agreement covers

1 BIG COUNTRY HITS COUNTRY ROAD/Hilltop JS 6142 representation in all countries with theexceptionoftheU. S.and 2 HIGH WATERS BEACH BOYS/Pickwick SPTP 2059 Canada. 3 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TOWN JIM & INGRID CROCE/ Picturedabove,conversingduringthe The dealwas negotiatedbe- Pickwick SPC 3332 recentlyheld NARM meeting are (from tween Metz and Klein and Adrian 4 MONSTER MASH PETER PAN SINGERS/Peter Pan PP 8126 left) BobAustin,publisherof Record World; Lou Adler, president of Ode Rec- Rudge, general manager of Inter - 5 20 ROCKIN' ORIGINALS VARIOUS ARTISTS/Pickwick SPTP 2060 ords and recipient of the NARM Presi- song, London, and Jules Kurz, In- dential Award and Gil 6 Friesen of A&M tersong representative in the U.S. JOHNNY B. GOODE CHUCK BERRY/Pickwick SPTP 3327 Records. 7 DUELING BANJOS FROM DELIVERANCE/Pickwick SPC 3340 8 THE AMERICANS OSCAR BRAND/Pickwick SPC 3372 Fischer Polygram VP 9 FLASHBACK CHUCK BERRY/Pickwick SPTP 2061 UA Releases Five NEW YORK-Eugene B. Fischer LOS ANGELES - United Artists has been elected vice president, 10 THE INCOMPARABLE CHARLEY PRIDE/Camden CAS 2584 taxes, Polygram has announced afive album re - Corporation,it 11 SEPARATE WAYS ELVIS PRESLEY/Camden CAS 2611 lase for May. Highlighting will be was announced by Robert E. Brockway, 12 A BUSHEL OF CHARLEY PRIDE HITS THE QUINN BROTHERS/ Ferrante & Teicher's "In a Soulful Polygram'spresident. Fischer has responsibility for Hilltop JS 6122 Mood," with amajor marketing supervisionoftaxplanning and 13 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE ELVIS PRESLEY/Camden CALX 2472 campaign built arounditas well complianceforthecorporation as the entire UA Ferrante & Teicher 14 WOW! GREAT CONCERT! BEACH BOYS/Pickwick SPC 3309 and its operating companies. catalogue. 15 BURNING LOVE & OTHER MOVIE HITS ELVIS PRESLEY/ Camden CAS 2595 Other recordings in the release are Bob Wills & the Texas Play- Sesame Street Label 16 LONELY WEEKENDS CHARLIE RICH/Hilltop JS 6139 boys' "For the Last Time;" Nitty (Continued from page 4) 17 COUNTRY GOLD VARIOUS ARTISTS/Hilltop JS 6144 Gritty Dirt Band's "Stars and Stripes Inc.,isalso making available the 18 ALLEY CAT GUY LOMBARDO/Pickwick SPC 3358 Forever and Ever and Ever . . . "complete children's line formerly Doc and Merle Watson's "Two 19 HITS FROM MOVIES VOL. 1ELVIS PRESLEY/Camden CAS 2567 distributed by Columbia Records Days in November" and Chris Dar - with whom he was formerly asso- 20 CHAINED MEMORY EDDY ARNOLD/Camden CXS 9007 row's "Masquerader." ciated. When asked why Columbia 21 ELVIS PRESLEY'S GOLDEN HITS BIG ROSS & MEMPHIS SOUND/ got out of the children's business, Pickwick SPC 3292 Shimkin said: "Columbia, a com-

22 SESAME STREET SONGS VARIOUS ARTISTS/Golden GLP 275 RIA Course to Begin pany which I hold in the highest 23 STORY SONGS FROM ROBIN HOOD VARIOUS ARTISTS/ NEW YORK-The Recording In- regard, decided to get out of the Disneyland ST 3810 stitute of America willbeginits children'sbusinessbecausethe 24 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL PICKWICK ORCHESTRA/Pickwick SPC 3370 ten week basic Modern Record- Columbia Records distribution sys- ing Techniques I course in New tem simply doesn't allow the con- 25 DIONNE WARWICKE/Pickwick SPTP 2056 York City and surrounding areas centration necessary for the proper 26 THE HYMNS OF TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD/Pickwick SPTP 2050 ofthecityon May 2.Studios penetration of the children's mar- 27 THE BEATLES 1962-70 KING'S ROAD/Pickwick SPTP 2062 where the course will be held are ket." The newly opened offices the 28 THE ORIGINALS VARIOUS ARTISTS/Pickwick SPC 3311 following:ODO-Manhattan, of Childrens Records of America Minot -Westchester, and Ultra are located at 159 West 53rd Street 29 FAMOUS MONSTERS SPEAK VARIOUS ARTISTS/Golden AR -3 Sonic -Long Island. in New York. 30 BLUE GRASS BANJOS VARIOUS ARTISTS/Hilltop JS 6140 31 ORIGINAL SUPERCHARGED ROCK 'N ROLL VARIOUS ARTISTS/ Pickwick SPC 3316 32 LYNN ANDERSON/Pickwick SPTP 2049 Kiss and Tell 33 A BUSHEL OF FIVE STRING BANJOS VARIOUS ARTISTS/ Hilltop JS 6111 34 TAKE OFFS & PUT ONS GEORGE CARLIN/Camden CAS 2566 35 B.J. THOMAS SINGS HIS GREATESTS HITS/Springboard 4005 36 JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL PICKWICK ORCHESTRA & CHORUS/ Pickwick SPC 3369 37A BLOSSOM FELL NAT KING COLE/Pickwick SPC 3352 38 CHILLING SOUNDS OF HAUNTED HOUSE VARIOUS ARTISTS/ Disneyland DQ 1257 39 JOHNNY CASH/Pickwick SPTP 2045 40SHAKE IT UP CONWAY TWITTY/Pickwick SPC 3360 41 JESUS LOVES ME TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD/Pickwick SPC 3275 42 PETER COTTONTAIL VARIOUS ARTISTS/Disneyland ST 1234 43 I GOT LUCKY ELVIS PRESLEY/Camden CAL 2533 44 FAVORITES FROM NASHVILLE/Camden CXS 9019 45 LYNN ANDERSON/Mountain Dew S7047 46 TOP COUNTRY HITS VARIOUS ARTISTS/Pickwick SPTP 2033 47ORIGINAL HIT T.V. CARTOONS VARIOUS ARTISTS/Golden GLP 285 48 MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN HANK SNOW/Camden ADL 20337 49 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOOD-BYE EDDY ARNOLD/ Camden CAS 2501 Neil Bogart (center),president of CasablancaRecords,with Warner Bros.Records 50 ANYONE SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE THE RAGTIMES/ prexy Joe Smith alongside him, are flanked by Warner Bros.lovelies,all wearing Camden ADL 20360 their new Kiss shorts, to lelp kick offKiss'initial U. S. concert tour.

22 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 UA Presses a '78' Ian Matthews: Mannered and Musical III NEW YORK - Ian Matthews' name isafamiliarquantityto fans of British folk-rock. Following the demise of a one -hit English soul band, Pyramid,Matthews made hisfirstmajor impact as a vocalist and lyricist with Fair- port Convention - before that band had establisheditselfas a en- contemporaryelectricfolk Ian Matthews semble.MatthewsleftFairport to go out on his own, forming cal output of the last few years. a band which wasto becomeVery much incontrast, however, known as Matthew'sSouthern with hisstatedlisteningtaste Comfort. which leans toward r&b and soul. In 1970 he left that group, do- And once a management change ing two solo albums for Vertigo, has beencompleted, Matthews and then moved to Elektra, which looks forwardto aperforming released a disc by Plainsong, fea- tour of the U.S.,first with two turing Matthews and Andy Rob- or three pieces, and eventually, erts. Most recently has been his when the economies of it permit, Elektra, with a new band. "I can't see go- Shown at the United Artists pressing plant in Los Angeles celebrating the production secondsolooutingfor of a special 78 rpm promotional pressing of "We're In The Money" b/w "Lullabye "Some Days You Eat the Bear .. . ing out by myself or with just a of Broadway" from UA's "Golden Age of the Hollywood Musical" album are record (And Some Days theBearEats lead guitar," he says. "I'd like to freaks (from left) Rich Fazekas, UA college promotion; C.F.Donnelly, general man- You)." use a friend who plays the clari- ager of Research Craft Corporation, the UA pressing facility, and UA'sAllen Levy and net, though. That would be some- Marty Capune. The 78, the first pressed by the UA facilityin over ten years, neces- "It comes from a rhyme we sitated re -tooling the factory with a ten -inch die (only one of which was available use in the studio allthe time," thing a bit different." in the Los Angeles area). he toldRecord World ashort Matthews'success,inallits while ago. "There's athirdline variousforms,hasreachedthe that goes 'And some days we both under and overground forces, and Coast (Continued from page 15) go hungry,' but that wouldn't have established a name for him which The fit on the label or the spine." isconsistently associated with a wood Stars will get underway on their first for Columbia, which Bill Matthews, currently on a pro- style whichisat once definable is Szymczyk will produce . . Recording is complete on Lenny Williams' motion tour across the U.S.,isa and distinguished. More sure first solo album (Williams is Tower of Power's lead singer), and we'll gentle soft-spoken man, very to follow. probably see itin June . . . That John David Souther -Chris Hillman- much in character with his musi- Ira Mayer Richie Furay project should also be out earlyin June, while "Bob

Neuwirth" has been set for release next month . . . The Nitty Gritty

Dirt Band's "Stars and Stripes Forever . . . and Ever . . . and Ever" is also due next month. It's been described as "a musical commentary on the spiritual demise of America," which sounds cheering. . . And in preparation: Paul Rothchild has been set to produce Cottonwood 1974 A\NUAL South's first for Columbia-this Denver group is led by Angel South, formerly of Chase-while Kim Fowley is collaborating with Skip Battin DIRECTO on lyrics for the New Riders' next. SHORT TAKES: SanFrancisco's NARAS chapter heldits opening session Tuesday last at the Orphanage, where a panel including John &AWARDRYS Wasserman, Fred Catero, Dave Rubinson and Vince Guaraldi considered, "Is There Life After Birth?" That turned out to be a discussion, albeit ISSUE lively, about ways in which to regenerate recording activity in the Bay

Area . . . At a taping of Chip Monck's "Speakeasy" week before last, now in preparation ! a promising -sounding jam was captured for posterity.Participating were Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, Freebo, Jackson Browne, Steve Millerand

Danny O'Keefe . . . Former New York model Shawne Jackson is the newest addition to the Playboyroster. Dominic Troiano produced foFyoEr company 1 her first single, due shortly . . . Bill Wyman and Bryan Ferry are both due here from England the 29th-"to visit," as they put it . ..Charlie Coplen will soon be joining Columbia's publicity staff here, and Pat I Siciliano, staying on, will concentrate on Epic product . .. AnIke and Fillincouponbeww and mail now! Be sureyour companyislisted correctly. I Tina Turner set has been added to that UA "Best of" series. . . Doug I Thalerisfirmly ensconsed at ATI here, booking the Midwest and 1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 Southwest territories. He's been with ATI on the east coast for a year Check Categories Which Apply . . . CMA,we're told, has the inside track for franchising "The Rocky Horror Show" in cities where Lou Adler won't himself be producing _Record Manufacturer _Record Distributor it . . . The Dramatics were here last week, having concluded a four - week tour of Germany-including NCO clubs-and taped a "Midnight Rack ltbber One Stop Special." They should be in Detroit now recording, after which they'll Record Promotion or Personal Manager Publicity Organization be on the road again . . . Intimates of Tony King confide they've al- Independent ready begun reserving tables for him at the Whisky, the Roxy and the __Booking Agency Record Producer Troubadour. They say he ought to be here, raring for the local high _Record Presser Tape Manufacturer life,insix weeks' time . . . And FYI: Though the Magic Band that Record Plater Tape Distributor Captain Beefheart has on the road with him is not the one youhear on record, a Mercury stalwart insists it's O.K.,inasmuch as among its FirmName used to be six members are guitarist Rocco "Fuzzy" Fuscaldo, who Address Canyon with Curtis Mayfield, drummer Ty Grimes, late of the Stone Zip Band and on reeds, Del Simmons, who's graced the stage, in histime, City State with such as Glenn Miller and Woody Herman, and who soknocked Personin Charge the Captain out in Toronto earlier in the month that he waspersuaded Title to pick up a tenor sax and play along for thefirst time in two years. Telephone (areaco -de) ima -J 23 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 ALPHABETICAL LISTING SINGLES CHART 101 PRODUCER, PUBLISHER, LICENSEE THE SINGLES CHART

APRIL 27, 1974 (Jec/AI Green, BMI) 35 A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER Todd Rundgren LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE Bobby Womack (UA, ASCAP) (EarmERYarSPEk/ScreeCIALn Gems -Columbia, BMI) 70 8 A V LOVE SONG LOVE THAT REALLY COUNTS R. Tufo 150 Billy Sherrill (Algee, BMI) 18 (Silent Giant/Aopa, ASCAP) 78 AFTER MIDNIGHT Jerry Wexler (Viva BMI)94 LOVING YOU M. Stevenson APRIL 27, 1974 ALL IN LOVE IS FAIR T. LiPuma (Stein & (Mikim, BMI/Cayman, ASCAP) 64 APR. APR. Van Stock/Black Bull, ASCAP) 57 MADELAINE Al Gorgoni ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY (Lobek/Eventide, ASCAP) 98 27 20 Ted Templeman (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI) 84 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS 101 104 DON'T MESS UP A GOOD THING GREGG ALLMAN-Capricorn 0042 (WB) (Space Potato, ASCAP) 22 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney (Chevis, BMI) (McCartney/ATV, BMI) 46 MIGHTY, MIGHTY Wissert & White BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT (Sagifire, BMI) 52 102 107SATISFACTION GUARANTEED HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES- William De Vaughn (Coral Rock/ MOCKINGBIRD Richard Perry (Unart, BMI)39 MY GIRL Phil Gernhard & Lobo Phila.Intl. ZS7 3543 (Columbia) (Mighty Three, BMI) Melomega, ASCAP) 74 103 103 BENNIE AND THE JETS Gus Dudgeon (Kaiser/Famous/Boo, ASCAP) 51 THIS HEART GENE REDDING-Haven 7000 (Capitol) (ABC/Dunhill, BMI) (Dick James, BMI) 14 MY MISTAKE Hal Davis (Jobete, ASCAP)20 104 113 IF YOU WANNA GET TO HEAVEN OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS- BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME NO CHARGE Pete Drake (Wilderness, BMI) 92 OH, MY MY Richard Perry A&M 1 5 1 5 (Lost Cabin Music, no affiliation) Kerner & Wise (Keca, ASCAP) 2 105 106 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO Steve Barri (Braintree, BMI) 5 HICKORY FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS-Motown M1288F (MLY urrDOayCallenBEdA PRS) 68 OH VERY YOUNG Samwell-Smith & (Stone Diamond/Tanny Boy, BMI; Nolan, ASCAP) Cat Stevens (Ackee, ASCAP) BI L , N'T HEROer, 36 106 110 ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND Stallman & SCRATCH CRUSADERS-Blue Thumb 249 (Four Knights, BMI) Murray & Callender (Murray Callender, 107 101 PRS) 89 Susser (Songs for Everybody, BMI) 66 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE UNLIMITED -20th Century TC 2028 BOOGIE DOWN Wilson & Caston ONE CHAIN DON'T MAKE NO PRISON (Fox Fanfare/Very Own, BMI) (Stone Diamond, BMI) 60 Barri, Lambert & Potter (ABC/Dunhill, 108 117 DAYBREAKER ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-United Artists XW405-W BMI) 96 CAN YOU HANDLE IT L. Graham (Anne-Rachel/Yellow Dog, ASCAP) (198 FOE, none) 99 ONE HELL OF A WOMAN Rick Hall CARRY ME Mitchell & Shelby (Screen Gems/Song Painter/Sweet 709 109 48 CRASH SUZI QUATRO-Bell 45401 (Chinnichap/Rak, BMI) Glory, BMI) 62 (Muscle Shoals, BMI) 87 110 112 CHAMELEON Rubinson & Hancock OUTSIDE WOMAN Mike Vernon TRAVELING BOY GARFUNKEL-Columbia 4-46030 (Almo, ASCAP) (Hancock, BMI) 58 (Crystal Jukebox, BMI) 31 111 111 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN FRANK SINATRA-Reprise 1196 COME AND GT YOUR LOVE Pat & Lolly PAYBACK Brown, Wesley & Starks (Blendingwell, ASCAP) Vegas (Blackwood/Novaline, BMI) 16 (Dynatone/Belinda/Unichappell, BMI) 30 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Mickie Most PIANO MAN Michael Stewart 112 115 YOU MAKE IT SO HARD (TO SAY NO) BOZ SCAGGS-Columbia 4-46025 (Buddah, ASCAP) 45 (Home Grown/ Tinker Street, BMI) 19 (Blue Street, ASCAP) POWER OF LOVE Richard Perry DANCIN' MACHINE Berry Gordy (Jobete, 113 123 ASCAP/Stone Diamond, BMI) 6 (Blackwood/Gaucho/Belinda, BMI) 97 (I'M A) TOM MAN RICK CUNHA-GRC 2016 (Martin Cooper, ASCAP) PUT A LITTLE LOVE AWAY Bell & Brown DARK LADY Snuff Garrett (Senor, ASCAP)41 114 116 LOOK FOR THE LIGHT B.W. STEVENSON-RCA APBO-0242 DAYBREAK Nilsson (Blackwood, BMI) 63 (ABC/Dunhill, BMI) 80 DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (ABC/Dunhill/Speed, BMI) (MyeON Stevie Wonder (Stein & Van Stock/ rs, ASCAP) 79 115 119 TIME TO CRY DON GOODWIN-Silver Blue 808 (Polydor) (Spanks, BMI) Black Bull, ASCAP) 25 ROCK Jeff Wayne (April, ASCAP) 54 ERES TU (Radmus, ASCAP) 55 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks 116 - COME MONDAY JIMMY BUFFETT-Dunhill D 4385 (ABC/Dunhill, BMI) FINALLY GOT MYSELF TOGETHER (E.B. Marks, BMI) 38 Ed Townsend (Cheriton, BMI) 85 STANDING AT THE END OF THE LINE 117 122 HELP YOURSELF UNDISPUTED TRUTH-Gordy G7134F (Stone Diamond, FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY Gamble -Huff Phil Gernhard (Kaiser/Famous, ASCAP) 49 BMI( (Mighty Three, BMI) 42 STAR BABY Jack Richardson HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU (Dunbar/Cirrus, BMI) 37 118 118 STEAM HEAT POINTER SISTERS-Blue Thumb 248 (Frank, ASCAP) SUMMER BREEZE Isley Bros Gordon Mills (MAM, ASCAP) 43 119 121 CHICAGO DAMN BOBBIE HUMPREY-Blue Note BN XW395-W (UA) HEAVENLY Norman Whitfield (Dawnbreaker, BMI) 71 (Stone ,BMI) 47 SUNDOWN Lenny Waronker (Moose, (Albury, ASCAP( CAPAC) 59 HELP MEDiamond(Crazy Cow, BMI) 29 120 135 SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE AEROSMITH-Columbia 4-46029 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING Kool & The Gang SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS (Gang/Delightful, BMI) 67 Milt Okun (Cherry Lane, ASCAP) 34 (Daksel/Connely, BMI) TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR HONEY PLEASE CAN'T YA SEE 121 BONEY MORONEY JOHNNY WINTER-Columbia 4-46036 (Venice, BMI) Barry White (Sa-vette/January, BMI) 75 Derringer & Szymczyk (Derringer, BMI) 93 HOOKED ON A FEELING Bengt Palmers TELL ME A LIE Sonny Limbo 122 DAVY SHIRLEY BASSEY-United Artists UA XW380-W (Almo, ASCAP) (Fame, BMI/Rick Hall, ASCAP) 23 (Press, BMI) 4 BMI) I AM WHAT I AM (Wren/Screen Gems - THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE Columbia, BMI) 56 Gamble -Huff (Mighty Three, BMI) 26 123 125 NEVER BE LONELY NEW COLONY SIX-MCA 40215 I WON'T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU THE AIR THAT IBREATHE Richards & The (Unart/Sanctuary, BMI) Carpenters & Jack Daugherty Hollies(Landers-Roberts/April, ASCAP) 88 (Almo, ASCAP) 28 THE ENTERTAINER Marvin Hamlisch 124 126 NOTHIN' TO LOSE KISS-Casablanca NEB -0004 (WB) (Casablanca/ I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (Multimood, BMI) 24 Rock Steady, ASCAP) Barbara Gaskins (Big Seven, BMI) 100 THE LOCOMOTION Todd Rundgren IFI WERE A CARPENTER Cordell & Russell (Screen Gems-Columbia/BMI) 3 125 129 FRIDAY'S MY DAY LANDSLAGET-EMI 3855 (Capitol) (Beechwood, BMI( (Hudson Bay, BMI) 95 THE LORD'S PRAYER Martin Erdman IF IT FEELS GOOD DO IT Kerner & Wise (Almo, ASCAP) 15 126 114 SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND-T.K. 1003 (Reasers/Emerald City/Larry Lox, ASCAP) 86 THE SAME LOVE Bill Withers (Sherlyn, BMI) (Interior, BMI) 65 IF YOU LOVE ME John Farrar 127 127 (AI Gallico, BMI) 76 THE SHOW MUST GO ON Jimmy lenner LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO CHAMBERS BROTHERS-Avco 4632 I'LL HAVE TO SAY ILOVE YOU Cashman (Chrysalis, ASCSteAP) 10 (Lois, BMI) & West (Blendingwell/ABC, ASCAP) 7 THE STREAK Ray vens (Ahab, BMI) 32 I'M A TRAIN Hammond & Halee THE WAY WE WERE Marty Paich 128 133 SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED IKE & TINA TURNER-United Artists XW409-W (Leeds, ASCAP) 27 (Colgems, ASCAP) 82 (Huh/Unart, BMI( THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE Chet Atkins I'M IN LOVE Wexler, Mardin & Franklin 129 132 (Pronto/Tracebob, BMI) 44 (Charles Rich, BMI) 61 PRISONER OF LOVE VOGUES -20th Century TC 2085 (Mayfair/ IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I TRY TO SMILE TOUCH A HAND (East/Memphis, BMI) 33 Sherwin, ASCAP) TOUCH AND GO Jerry Fuller Medress & Appel (Levine & Brown, 130 134 TEEN ANGEL WEDNESDAY-Sussex BMI) 83 (Fulness, BMI) 50 1 5 1 5 (Acuff -Rose, BMI) (I'VE BEEN) SEARCHIN' SO LONG James TSOP Gamble -Huff (Mighty Three, BMI).... 1 131 108 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE APPLE & APPLEBERRY-ABC1 141 5 William Guerico (Big Elk, ASCAP) 13 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield (Virgin, (Joel Sill/Irving/Old World, BMI) I'VE GOT A THING ABOUT YOU BABY ASCAP) 12 (Swamp Fox/Haven, ASCAP) 72 WEREWOLF Les Emmerson (Galeneye/ 132 145 I HATE HATE RAZZY-Aquarian AQ 601(N.S.D.) (Nuarts/Hitkit, BMI) JET Paul McCartney (ATV, BMI) 40 Unichappell, BMI) 53 133 128 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY WHO IS HE Mike Stokes (Interior, BMI) 91 SO GOOD 11TH HOUR -20th Century TC 2076 (Stone Diamond/ Silvester, Simmons & Gooding WOLD Paul Leka (Story Songs, ASCAP) 73 Tanny Boy, BMI; Nolan, ASCAP) (Bellboy, BMI) 11 WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME Billy Sherrill 134 130 NICE TO BE AROUND MAUREEN McGOVERN-20th Century TC 2027 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY Leon Haywood (Window/Capt., BMI) 81 (Jim Edd, BMI) 48 135 131 SUPER STREAKER FLESH GORDON & THE NUDE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES- KEEP ON SINGING Tom Catalano YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW (Pocket Full of Tunes, BMI) 9 Thom Bell (Mighty Three, BMI) 21 Paramount 0289 (Famous) (Acoustic, BMI) LA GRANGE Bill Ham (Hamstein/Glad, BMI) 90 YOU WON'T SEE ME Brian Ahern 136 136SWEET STUFF SYLVIA-Vibration 529 (All Platinum) (Gambi, BMI) LET IT RIDE Randy Bachman (Ranbach/ (Maclen, BMI) 69 Top Sail, BMI; Eventide, CAPAC) 17 YOUR CASH AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT TRASH 137 141 THE LONE RANGER OSCAR BROWN, JR.-Atlantic 3001 (Bootblack, BMI) Steve Miller (Hill & Range, BMI) 77 LET'S GET MARRIED Mitchell & Green 138 137 SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES LINDA RONSTADT- Asylum 11032 (Central Song, BMI( 139 138 STREAKIN' & FREAKIN' STREAKS -20th Century TC 2087

(Hit Bridge, BMI( 140 140 I BEEN HAD BY THE DEVIL ZELL BLACK-Motown M1290F (Saturday, BMI)

Newest 141 124 STREAKIN' THE STREAKERS-ABC 11431 (Folio, BMI)

Smash Album 142 143 HEADLINE HUSTLER 10 C.C.-U.K. 40919 (London)(St. Annes, PRS) 143 139 APACHE HOT BUTTER-Musicor 1491 (Regent, BMI)

144 - SOMETHING JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ-Mercury 73471 (Harrisongs, BMI) THE PIPS 145 142 SWEET JANE LOU REED-RCA APBO-0238 (Dunbar/Oakfield Ave., BMI) E COON iNME Oar ORMAN,C "CLAUDINE 146 146 ROCK THE BOAT HUES CORP.-RCA APBO-0232 (High Ground, BMI) From The Original ' Drection Management 147 - NEW YORK CITY ROB HEGEL-RCA APBO-0258 (Counterpart, BMI) Motion Picture Sound Track SIDNEY A. SEIDENBERG, INC. 148 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU MEL CARTER-Romar 716 (MGM)

1414 Avenue of the Americas - (WB, ASCAP) Buddah Records New York, New York 10019 149 RUN BACK TO MAMA CHASE-Epic 5-11113 (Cha-Bil/Bald Medusa, Telephone:(212)421-2021

ASCAP) 150 144 SHE'S MY LADY DON REED-MGM 14710 (Leslie Ann Gary, ASCAP) 24 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 AUDIO/VIDEO WRLD EDITOR: RICHARD ROBINSON Superscope Wins Injunction Video Sales Boom Continues SUN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - sion, Judge Eagleson rejected this NEW YORK - Somebody out record),withadollar value of The increasing attempts by manu- contention. there is buying video equipment,$10,182,993. Black and white re- facturerstoenforcetheirfair- Tushinksy statedthat theini- evenifthe much heralded con- corder players were next, with a tradepolicieshave been given tiation of this action was part ofsumer video revolution has been dollar value of $12,751,145. Color, anotherboost here withthe the vigorous enforcement policiesdelayed. Over a quarter of a mil- both play -only, record and play, granting of a preliminary injunc- which are followed by Superscope lion video tape units were im- andcassette,weresubstantially tion to Superscope and Marantzfor Sony and Marantz product,ported into this country last year, behind in dollar value and import againstPacificStereo.Thean- withrepecttotheirfairtrade with a total value of $35 million. numbers, but thisisto be ex- nouncementoftheinjunction programs throughout the UnitedVideo tape recorders have shown pectedsincetheupgradingof againstPacificStereo forviola- States,instates where fair trade an increase of almost eighty per- the video standard to color has tion ofthe Superscopeand is permitted by law. He said that cent from 1972. only been completelyaccom- Marantzfairtradepolicies was numerous injunctions have been plished this year with Sony's in- Commerce Statistics made byLosAngeles Superior obtained in fair trade states, and troduction of portable color sys- JudgeDavid N. Eagleson.The there are numerous actions now Ina release from the United tems and a low cost, lightweight decision, upon issuance of the in- pending in which injunctions areStates Department of Commerce, color camera. junction, will give Superscope and being sought. thefull -year figuresfor imports Marantz the fullrelief which had show an increasein both audio been sought by reason of Pacific and video products. Over twenty- NARM Directors Stereo'sviolationsoffairtrade Audio/Video Notes two million audio tape recorders with respect to Marantz and Sony Panasonic's Technics line of were imported last year, which is Set Board Meet a rise from the year before. But products. hi-fi components has an- LOS ANGELES - The newly - video showed the biggest boom JosephS.Tushinsky, president nouncedselectedprice in- elected board of directors of the of Superscope, Inc., pointed out creases in FM/AM stereo com- in sales, with the Department of NationalAssociationof Record- Commerce going to the extent of thattheCourt'sorderspecifi- ponent receivers. Technics' ing Merchandisers,Inc.(NARM) cally adopts the fair trade policies other products, including turn- creatingfivecategoriesfordif- will hold itsfirst series of meet- with respect to sale of Marantz tables, tape and cassette decks, ferentvideo recorderformats, ings at the Century Plaza Hotel in cartridge,open reel, products in combinations or sys- willremainatpresent prices including Los Angeles from June 3-6, an- color, black and white. The largest tems with non-Marantz produc- . . . R.E. Eddy, vp, marketing nounced Jules Malamud, NARM tions.PacificStereohadcon- services at RCA Consumer sales went toblack and white executive director. tended thatit was free to price Electronics, has announced that video tape players (play only, no combinations, which included RCA will take full page ads in Committee Assignments Marantzproducts, at a figure 130 Sunday newspapers across The meetings will include meet- which would be equal to the fair thecountrytoadvertisethe VIDCOM Meet Set, ings of the NARM board of direc- trade price of the Marantz prod- company's commitment to 100 Exhibitors Scheduled tors, as well as meetings of the uct plus a margin of two percent percent solid state color TV sets board of directors with the Manu- above cost on the non-Marantz . . .The CATV Community Ser- CANNES, FRANCE-The inter- facturers Advisory Committee. The products.Inreaching thedeci- vices Award for excellence in national video seminar, untilre- announcement of the membership programming is going to Tele- cently known as VIDCA, and now oftheManufacturersAdivsory MCA Sets Demo vision Signal Corporation, one desginated VIDCOM by the pro- Committee wil be made following of Viacom's cable systems . . . moters, has announced that a meeting between Malamud and Rock photographer Bob Gruen their September meeting here will NARM president,DaveLieber- For Disco -Vision will be video taping The New feature exhibitions of new prod- man, scheduled for May 1. Other LOS ANGELES - MCA will York Dolls during their week- ucts by Thomson, Societ Francaise committee assignments and chair- demonstrate its Disco -Vision long tour of New York City. De Teledistribution, Siemens, manships will also be announced home entertainmentandhigh - Bob recently taped a half-hour Hachette, Schlumberger, Tele- following that meeting. density storage and retrieval sys- program with Willie Dixon for funken, 3M, Sony,Philips,EVR, Theentire NARM Boardof tems during the Society of Motion possible showing on his cable Magnavox,GeneralCableand Directors will attend the City of Engineers Picture and Television TV show . . . Late night NYC Jerrold. Hope dinner honoring Hal Cook (SMPTE) meeting at the Century boite Reno Sweeney's is using All -Encompassing on Thursday evening, June 6. Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, it has closed circuit video monitors in Thefivedayconference is been announced by John W. Find - the club bar so fans that haven't combiningthefourthInterna- later, MCA vicepresidentand been seated in the performance tional Market for Videocassettes Heider Has PR Dept. president of MCA Disco -Vision, area can see attractions. Reno's SAN FRANCISCO-Wally Heid- Inc. and Video Discs (VIDCA) with Elliott Hubbard says that none the second international Interna- er's San Francisco recording AccordingtoFindlater, MCA of the shows are being taped, has been invited to particpate in tionalCableTelevisionMarket studio has announced the creation however . . . The recent ap- of a public relations and promo- the SMPTE's 115th Technical Con- (MICAB)into VIDCOM, orthe pearance of rock group Televi- first International Market For tiondepartment.DebbiePrusa ference, April 21-26. At the Friday screening sion was taped for VideoCommunications. Besides has been named to head opera- morning, April 26, Videodisc Sys- tointerestrecordcompanies tions and development. tems session in the Santa Monica expecting a full showing of both . . . TEAC isreported to be Ballroom, Kent Broadbent, MCA cable and video equipment entering the video field with a manufacturers,thisyear'smeet Disco -Vision,Inc.vice president portablevideo cassette re- and director of research and de- willalso have an area devoted Televak in Promo Push corder using the U-Matic for- to the training programming be- velopment, will deliver a techni- mat. The unit will be available LOS ANGELES-Televak Video- cal on Disco -Vision's ing generated for use as video cassette Systems 'is paper in the U.S. by late this year . . . introducing a instructioninindustrialapplica- technology andcapabilities,ac- Kodak isstill planning to mar- videocassettepromotionalcam- tions.At thispoint the confer- companied by a demonstration of ket theirvideo -film player paign to sign up record retail out- the audio-visual disc system. MCA which broadcasts super 8mm encewillbeall -encompassing, letsandoutfitselectedstores will also exhibit the Disco -Vision film through any TV set, but allowing a meeting place for the with Sony video equipment. 500 system'inthe Governors Board the company says the price of international video community, no Sony units are scheduled to be de- matter whattheirinterests, Room on the South Mezzanine of theunitwillbe lower than be livered over the next 15 months, 'the hotel several times daily be- originally announced. theyhardware,software,con- along with eight hours of promo- gining Wednesday, April 24. sumer or industrial/educational. tional programming.

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TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number, (Distributing Label) 65 MY GIRL BILL JIM STAFFORD/MGM 14718 3 APR. APR. WKS. CI 27 20 HART 52 56 MIGHTY, MIGHTY EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Col 4-46007 7 53 1 1 TSOP 57WEREWOLF FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND/Polydor 14221 4 54 36ROCK ON DAVID ESSEX/Columbia 4-45940 24 MFSB 55 39 ERES TU MOCEDADES/Tara 100 (Famous) 18 Phila. Intl. ZS7 3540 56 60 I AM WHAT I AM LOIS FLETCHER/Playboy 50049 6 (Columbia) 10 57 59ALL IN LOVE IS FAIR BARBRA STREISAND/Col 4-46024 5 66CHAMELEON HERBIE HANCOCK/Columbia 4-46002 4 2 3 BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME 71 SUNDOWN GORDON LIGHTFOOT/Reprise 1194 4 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Buddah 403 12 6o 64 BOOGIE DOWN EDDIE KENDRICKS/Tamla T54243F 18 7 THE LOCO -MOTION GRAND FUNK/Capitol 3840 8 61 44THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE CHARLIE RICH/RCA 4 2 HOOKED ON A FEELING BLUE SWEDE/EMI 3627 (Capitol) 11 APBO-0195 14 5 6 OH, MY MY RINGO STARR/Apple 1872 8 m 69 ONE HELL OF A WOMAN MAC DAVIS/Col 4-46004 4 131 16 DANCIN' MACHINE JACKSON 5/Motown M1286F 7 D70 DAYBREAK NILSSON/RCA APBO-0246 10 10 I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG JIM CROCE/ 64 64 LOVING YOU JOHNNY NASH/Epic 5-11070 10 ABC 11424 10 72 THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH BILL WITHERS/ 8 9 LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE BOBBY WOMACK/UA XW375-W 13 Sussex 513 3 11 KEEP ON SINGING HELEN REDDY/Capitol 3845 8 66 46ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THINK/Big Tree 15000 10 14 THE SHOW MUST GO ON THREE DOG NIGHT/ (Atlantic) 9 Dunhill 4382 7 82 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING KOOL & THE GANG/Delite 561 2 13 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY MAIN INGREDIENT/ 81 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO BO DONALDSON & THE RCA APBO-0025 11 HEYWOODS/ABC 11435 2 15 TUBULAR BELLS (Theme From The Exorcist) 78 YOU WON'T SEE ME ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 3867 3 MIKE OLDFIELD/Virgin 55100 (Atlantic) 9 70 73 A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER TODD RUNDGREN/ 17 (I'VE BEEN) SEARCHIN' SO LONG CHICAGO/Col 4-46020 7 Bearsville BSV 0029 (WB) 5 14 4 BENNIE AND THE JETS ELTON JOHN/MCA 40198 11 77 76 SUMMER BREEZE ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck ZS7 2253 (Col) 6 15 5 THE LORD'S PRAYER SISTER JANET MEAD/A&M 1491 12 72 48 I'VE GOT A THING ABOUT YOU BABY ELVIS PRESLEY/ 16 8 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE REDBONE/Epic 5-11035 17 RCA APBO-0116 12 17 19 LET IT RIDE BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE/Mercury 73 55 WOLD HARRY CHAPIN/Elektra 45874 16 73457 10 85 BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT WILLIAM DE 18 12 A VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONG CHARLIE RICH/Epic 5-11091 11 VAUGHN/Roxbury BRBO-0236 (Chelsea) 2 19 20 PIANO MAN BILLY JOEL/Columbia 4-45964 11 75 47HONEY PLEASE, CAN'T YA SEE BARRY WHITE/ 20 21 MY MISTAKE DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE/Motown 20th Century TC 2077 9 M1269F 9 86 IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN/ 26 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW STYLISTICS/Avco 4634 6 MCA 40209 3 gl30 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS MARIA MULDAUR/Reprise 1173 12 77 62 YOUR CASH AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT TRASH STEVE MILLER 23 23 TELL ME A LIE SAMI JO/MGM South S7029 12 BAND/Capitol 3837 10 LOVE THAT REALLY COUNTS NATURAL FOUR/Curtom 33THE ENTERTAINER MARVIN HAMLISCH/MCA 40174 6 78 83 al 1995 (Buddah) 4 38 DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING STEVIE WONDER/ 79 79 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK BILL HALEY & THE COMETS/ Tamla T54245F (Motown) 5 MCA 60025 6 26 28 THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE BILLY PAUL/Phila.Intl. 80 84 PUT A LITTLE LOVE AWAY EMOTIONS/Volt 4196 (Stax) 4 ZS7 3538 (Columbia) 13 81 63WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME TANYA TUCKER/Columbia 35 I'M A TRAIN ALBERT HAMMOND/Mums ZS7 6026 (Col) 10 4-46991 10

40 I WON'T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU CARPENTERS/ 82 67 THE WAY WE WERE BARBRA STREISAND/Col 4-45944 22 A&M 1521 3 83 88 IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I SMILE TONY ORLANDO & DAWN/ 4 34 HELP ME JONI MITCHELL/Asylum 11034 8 Bell 45450 84 90ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY DOOBIE BROS./ 32 THE PAYBACK JAMES BROWN/Polydor 14223 7 30 Warner Bros. 7795 3 31 31 OUTSIDE WOMAN BLOODSTONE/London 1052 9 2 ED 53THE STREAK RAY STEVENS/Barnaby 600 (Chess/Janus) CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK 33 18 TOUCH A HAND, MAKE A FRIEND STAPLE SINGERS/ Stax STA 0196 10 - FINALLY GOT MYSELF TOGETHER 34 22 SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS JOHN DENVER/ IMPRESSIONS RCA APBO-0213 14 Curtom 1997 (Buddah) 4 ELI 45 LET'S GET MARRIED AL GREEN/Hi 2262 (London) 6 7 86 91 IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT IAN LLOYD & STORIES/ 42 OH VERY YOUNG CAT STEVENS/A&M 1503 Kama Sutra 588 (Buddah) 4 37 37 STAR BABY GUESS WHO/RCA APBO-0217 10 87 89CARRY ME JOE SIMON/Spring 145 (Polydor) 4 38 24 SEASONS IN THE SUN TERRY JACKS/Bell 45432 17 THE AIR THAT IBREATHE HOLLIES/Epic 5-11100 1 39 25 MOCKINGBIRD CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR/ C:3 Elektra 45880 13 89 95 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO PAPER LACE/Mercury 73497 2 90 LA GRANGE Z. Z. TOP/Londcn 203 3 40 27JET PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/Apple 1871 12 - 91 92 WHO IS HE AND WHAT IS HE TO YOU CREATIVE SOURCE/ 41 29 DARK LADY CHER/MCA 40151 16 Sussex 509 3 FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY O'JAYS/Phila. Intl. ZS7 3544 2 1:13 77 92 99NO CHARGE MELBA MONTGOMERY/Elektra 45883 2 43 HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU GILBERT O'SULLIVAN/MAM 43 93 TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR RICK DERRINGER/Blue Sky ZS7 3536 (London) 7 - 2752 (Columbia) 1 54 I'M IN LOVE ARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic 2999 4 94 96AFTER MIDNIGHT MAGGIE BELL/Atlantic 3018 2 45 49 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL COZY POWELL/Chrysalis CHS 95 - IFI WERE A CARPENTER LEON RUSSELL/Shelter 40210 2029 (WB) 6 (MCA) 1 C3 61 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/Apple 96 -ONE CHAIN DON'T MAKE NO PRISON FOUR TOPS/ 1873 3 Dunhill 4386 1 47 50 HEAVENLY TEMPTATIONS/Gordy G7135F (Motown) 7 97 93 POWER OF LOVE MARTHA REEVES/MCA 40194 4 48 51 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY LEON HAYWOOD/20+h Century 98 87 MADELAINE STU NUNNERY/Evolution 1088 5 TC 2065 5 99 -CAN YOU HANDLE IT GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION/ Ea 58STANDING AT THE END OF THE LINE LOBO/Big Tree Warner Bros. 7782 1 15001 (Atlantic) 5 100 100 I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP ECSTASY, PASSION & PAIN/ 2 50 52 TOUCH AND GO AL WILSON/Rocky Road 30076 (Bell) 7 Roulette 7151 PRODUCERS AND PUBLISHERS ON PAGE 24 Station entries appear in APRIL 27, 1974 ME FM AIRPLAY REPORT alphabetical order.

FLASHMAKER OF THE WEEK WLIR-FM/ LONG ISLAND WMMS-FM/CLEVELAND KUDL-FM / KANSAS CITY GUNFIGHT AT CARNEGIE HALL- GUNFIGHT AT CARNEGIE HALL- BOOGIE BROTHERS-Savoy Brown- Phil Ochs-A&M (Import) Phil Ochs-A&M (Import) London HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- GOLDEN SCARAB-Ray Manzarek- New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col Mercury JABIT YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA HUMAN MENAGERIE-Cockney Rebel- JAB ITIN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA LOVING & FREE-Kiki Dee-Rocket EMI NEXUS-Arnent-Epic LAST SUMMER-Siegel-Schwall Band- NICKELODEON-Hudson-Ford-A&M I'M JUST A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER- Wooden Nickel PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR-Buzzy Linhart Lucifer's Friend-Billingsgate LOOKING THRU-Passport-Atco -Atco 1969 VELVET UNDERGROUND LIVE- MARJORY RAZOR BLADE- ROAD FOOD-Guess Who-RCA Mercury Kevin Coyne-Virgin STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson SPOILED ROTTEN-_eft End-Polydor NICKELODEON-Hudson-Ford-A&M -Atlantic STARLESS & BIBLE 'SLACK-King Crimson THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR- -Atlantic Buzzy Linhart-Atco THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col SECOND HELPING-Lynyrd Skynyrd- JAB IT IN YORE EYE WCMF-FM / ROCHESTER TWO WEEKS LAST SUMMER- Sounds of the South CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic Dave Cousins-A&M (Import) THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col SHARKS FUNKY SNAKEFOOT-Alphonse Mouzon WHIRLWINDS-Deadato-MCA MCA -Blue Note JAB IT YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA KPRI-FM / SAN DIEGO LOOKING THRU-Passport-Atco WVVX-FM / HIGHLAND PK., ILL. MARIA MULDAUR-Reprise ..111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111P1111,,11111.,-. LEHI' ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum ASANTE-McCoy lyner -Blue Note ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING-Tonita- GOLDEN SCARAB-Ray Manzarek- SON OF DRACULA-Nilsson-Rapple TOP FM AIRPLAY THIS WEEK RCA Red Seal Mercury STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's JAB IT IN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA WEREN'T BORN A MAN-Dana Gillespie -RCA JAB ITIN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA Oblivion Express-RCA DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John- WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA JACK THE LAD-Charisma (Import) Atco LAST SUMMER-Siegel-Schwall Band- KMET-FM / LOS ANGELES CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham- RCA Atlantic WOUR-FM / UTICA LOCOMOTIV GT-ABC BETWEEN TODAY & YESTERDAY- Alan Price-WB WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA BUDDHA & THE CHOCOLATE BOX- 1969 VELVET UNDERGROUND LIVE- HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD-New Cat Stevens-A&M Mercury DESITIVELY BONNARRO-Dr. John-Atco Riders of the Purple Sage-Col DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Atco NOW WE ARE SIX-Steeleye Span- FIRST GRADE-Thomas Jefferson Kaye- PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR- EARLY FLIGHT-Jefferson Airplane- Chrysalis Dunhill i Buzzy Linhart-Atco Grunt STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- SECOND HELPING-Lynyrd Skynyrd- A11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. Sounds of the South LOCOMOTIV GT-ABC New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col MEETING OF THE MINDS-Four Tops- SECRET TREATIES-Blue 0,,ster Cult-Col MEETING OF THE MINDS- Dunhill Four Tops-Dunhill WNEW-FM / NEW YOFK ROSS-RSO SECOND HELPING-Lynyrd Skynyrd- STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson KSH E -FM / ST. LOUIS Sounds of the South BACK INTO THE FUTURE-Man-UA SEVEN-Bob Seger-Palladium CROSS COUNTRY COWBOY- -Atlantic JAB IT IN YORE EYIE-Sharks---MCA Buzz Rabin-Elektra THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col NEXUS-Argent-Epic SON OF DRACULA-Nilsson-Rapple WEREN'T BORN A MAN- WHIRLWINDS-Deodato--MCA CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic Dana Gillespie-RCA ROLLIN' IN THE ROCKIES- GOLDEN SCARAB-Ray Manzarek- ZEPHYR NATIONAL-Tom Fogerty- Rainbow Canyon-Capitol Mercury SEVEN-Poco-Epic LIVE 'N' KICKING- Fantasy KSAN-FM /SAN FRANCISCO SMASHER-Bulldog-Buddah West, Bruce & Laing-Col BETWEEN TODAY & YESTERDAY- PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR- WOWI-FM / NORFOLK, VA. Alan Price-WB Buzzy Linhart-Atco ROAD FOOD-Guess Who-RCA BUTTERFLY DREAMS-Flora Purim- DESITIVELY BONNARRO-Dr. John-Atco JAB IT IN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA Milestone I WANNA GET FUNKY-Albert King- STARS-Janis la n-Col CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic Sta x WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Atco FM SLEEPER OF THE WEEK: SKIN TIGHT-Ohio Players-Mercury DREAM KID-Sutherland Brothers & SOME DAYS YOU EAT THE BEAR- Quiver-Island Ian Matthews-Elektra WBCN-FM /BOSTON FUNNY SNAKEFOOT-Alphonse Mouzon WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA BETWEEN TODAY & YESTERDAY- -Blue Note Alan Price-WB HENRY COW-Virgin JAB IT IN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Atco KZEL-FM /EUGENE, ORE. FUNKY SNAKEFOOT-Alphonse Mouzon LOOKING THRU-Passport-Atco -Blue Note PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR- APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet GOLDEN DECADE, VOL. 3- Buzzy Linhart-Atco CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic Chuck Berry-Chess SEVEN-Poco--Epic DESITIVELY BONNARRO-Dr. John-Atco HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- EARLY FLIGHT-Jefferson Airplane- New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col WORJ-FM /ORLANDO Grunt LAST SUMMER-Siegel-Schwall Band- CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- Wooden Nickel New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col SON OF DRACULA-Nilsson-Rapple DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Atco PUSSYCATS CANI GO FAR THAT'S HOW LONG I'LL BE LOVING YOU JAB IT IN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA LIGHT SHINE-Jesse Colin Young-WB -Bunny Sigler-Phila.Intl. LOVING & FREE-Kiki Dee-Rocket BUZZY LINHART LOVING & FREE-Kiki Dee-Rocket WEREN'T BORN A MAN-Dana Gillespie PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR- NEXUS-Argent-Epic -RCA Buzzy Linhart-Atco Atco STARS-Janis Ian-Col PLAYING IN THE YARD- ZEPHYR NATIONAL-Tom Fogerty- Hampton Hawes-Fantasy Fantasy STRANDED-Roxy Music-Atco THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col PLEASE WARM MY WEINER-Yazoo WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA WMMR-FM / PHILADELPHIA KPFT-FM / HOUSTON CHOM-FM /MONTREAL HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- CATHERINE LARA-Col New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col WABX-FM / DETROIT AMAR CABALLERO-Babe Ruth-Harvest CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic HUMAN MENAGERIE-Cockney Rebel- CARAVAN TONIGHT-Steven Grossman CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Atco EMI Mercury DESITIVELY BONNARRC Dr. John-Atco MARJORY RAZOR BLADE-Kevin Coyne E.H. IN THE U.K.-Eddie Harris-Atlantic CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic FRIENDS-Oblivion -Virgin JAB IT IN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD MINGUS MOVES-Charles Mingus- HOW SWEET TO BE AN IDIOT- MUSICALS-UA LOOKING THRU-Passport-Atco Atlantic Neil Innes-UA MADRUGADA-Melanie-Neighborhood NEXUS-Argent-Epic SECRET TREATIES-Blue Oyster Cult-Col JAB IT IN YORE EYE-Sharks-MCA MAME (Soundtrack)-WB NICKELODEON-Hudson -Ford-A&M SEVEN-Poco-Epic SECRET TREATIES-Blue Oyster Cult-Col PART OF THE SEARCH-Yusef Lateef- NOSTALGIA-Quality STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson THIS TIME-Waylon ..ennings-RCA Atlantic -Atlantic STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson PUSSYCATS CAN GO FAR-Buzzy Linhart VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD- -Atlantic STRANDED-Roxy Music-Atco -Atco Thin Lizzy-London STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's SCRATCH-Crusaders-Blue Thumb WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA WHIRLWINDS-Deodato-MCA Oblivion Express-RCA A survey of NEW product sales in the nation's leading retail outlets APRIL 27, 1974 THE RETAIL REPORT listed alphabetically 1W SHINIIN' ON-Grank Funk-Capitol OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS-A&M SALESMAKER OF THE WEEK HERO & HEROINE-Strawbs-A&M LIVE RHYMIN'-Paul Simon-Col TOM SCOTT & THE L.A. EXPRESS-Ode STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's LOVE IS THE MESSAGE-MFSB- WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW Oblivion Express-RCA Phila.Intl. HABITS-Doobie Brothers-WB PIANO MAN-Billy Joel-Col ROSE DISCOUNT/CHICAGO SOMETHIN'S HAPPENING- MUSHROOM/NEW ORLEANS BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- Peter Frampton-A&M BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- Cat Stevens-A&M THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col Chrysalis CLEO LAINE LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL- THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA BUDDHA AND THE CHOCO.ATE BOX- RCA WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW Cal Stevens-A&M GOOD TIMES-Kool & The Gang-Delite HABITS-Doobie Brothers-WB CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic HARD LABOR-Three Dog Night-Dunhill DESITiVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Arco LET ME IN YOUR LIFE-Aretha Franklin DISCOUNT/BOSTON HOME, HOME ON FHE RCAD- -Atlantic APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col LOVE SONG FOR JEFFREY- NEXUS-Argent-Epic Helen Reddy-Capitol BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BACK TO OAKLAND-Tower of Power- OPEN OUR EYES-Earth, Wind & Fire- SHININ' ON-Grand Funk-Capitol BOX WB CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic Co' SOLAR WIND-Ramsey Lewis-Col PIPEDREAM-Alan Hull-Elektra CAT STEVENS FACTS OF LIFE-Bobby Womack-UA THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col QUEEN II-EMI (Import) TODD-Todd Rundgren-Bearsville A&M MOTHER MUSIC, FATHER DANCE- Michael White-Impulse STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson .0.1111,111111113nimniliiiiiirtillIttimilliiiiiiiiiiiiminlIcn,11$1111111111111111111rt11111111111111111111111,4 -Atlantic CIRCLES/PHOENIX ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum TOP RETAIL SALES THIS WEEK THE I-100PLE-Mott The Hoople--Col PRETZEL LOGIC-Steely Dan-ABC APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX SCRATCH-Crusaders-Blue Thumb BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- -Cat Stevens-A&M NATL. RECORD MART/MIDWEST Chrysalis SECRET TREATIES-Blue Oyster Cult-Col THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople- BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- SKIN TIGHT-Ohio Players-Mercury E Columbia Cat Stevens-A&M Cat Stevens-A&M ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum CHICAGO VII-Col COURT AND SPARK-Joni Mitchell- ALEXANDER'S/N.Y.-N.J.-CONN. Asylum = THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA LIVE-War-UA = BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- BAND ON THE RUN-Paul McCartney & ON HE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum LET ME IN YOUR LIFE-Aretha Franklin Wings-Apple -Atlantic Chrysalis PRETZEL LOGIC-Steely Dan-ABC BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- MIGHTY LOVE-Spinners-Atlantic SHININ' ON-Grand Funk-Capitol Cat Stevens-A&M OPEN OUR EYES-Earth, Wind & Fire- STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's MUSICLAND/NATIONAL CHICAGO VII-Col Col Oblivion Express-RCA GET IT TOGETHER-Jackson Five- RHAPSODY IN WHITE-Love Unlimited BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE II- THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col Mercury Motown Orchestra -20th Century THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS-RCA SCRATCH-Crusaders-Blue Thumb Cat Stevens-A&M LET ME IN YOUR LIFE-Aretha Franklin- WHIZZ KID-David Werner-RCA STREET LADY-Donald Byrd-Blue Note GREAT GATSBY (Sountrack)-Paramount Atlantic RECORD REVO-UTION/CLEVE. HARD LABOR-Three Dog Night-Dunhill MIGHTY LOVE-Spinners-Atlantic WHEREHOUSE/CALIFORNIA BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- LIVE-War-UA ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum CLEO LANE LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL- LOVE SONG FOR JEFFREY-Helen Reddy OPEN OUR EYES-Earth, Wind & Fire- RCA BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- Col CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic -Capitol Cat Stevens-A&M MARIA MULDAUR-Reprise THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA HARD LABOR-Three Dog Night-Dunhill EXOTIC BIRDS AND FRUIT- OPEN OUR EYES-Earth, Wind & Fire- Procol Harum-Chrysal.s ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum Col FOR THE RECORD/BALTIMORE MOONTAN-Golden Earring-MCA ST 11261-Brewer & Shipley-Capitol STOP & SMELL THE ROSES-Mac Davis- ANTHOLOGY-Marvin Gaye-Motown PHAEDRA-Tangerine Dream- SCRATCH-Crusaders-Blue Thumb Co l APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet Virgin (Import) SHININ' ON-Grand Funk-Capitol THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA BLACKS & BLUES-Bobbi Humphrey- QUEEN II-EMI (Import) STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson Blue Note SECRET TREATIES-Blue Oyster Cult-Col -Atlantic RECORD BAR/NATIONAL BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- Chrysalis UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED- Oblivion Express-RCA Chrysalis CHICAGO VII-Col Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- CROSSWINDS-Billy Cobham-Atlantic Mercury Cat Stevens-A&M PRETZEL LOGIC-Steely Dan-ABC WHIZZ KID-David Werner-RCA TOWER/SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO VII-Col SKIN TIGHT-Ohio Players-Mercury ANTHOLOGY-Marvin Gaye-Motown HARD LABOR-Three Dog Night-Dunhill STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson DISC RECORDS/AKRON BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum Atlantic A NEW LIFE-Marshall Tucker Band- Chrysalis SECOND HELPING-Lynyrd Skynyrd- STREET LADY-Donald Byrd-Blue Note Capricorn BUTTERFLY DREAMS-Flora Purim- Sounds of the South BOOGIE BROTHERS-Savoy Brown- Milestone London CLEO LAINE LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL- SECRET TREATIES-Blue Oyster Cult-Col POPLAR TUNES/MEMPHIS SHININ' ON-Grand Funk-Capitol DESITIVELY BONNAROO-Dr. John-Atco RCA 'JUSTMENTS-Bill Withers-Sussex THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col GET YOUR WINGS-Aerosmith-Col EXOTIC BIRDS AND FRUIT-Procol Harum BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- NEXUS-Argent-Epic -Chrysalis THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA Cat Stevens-A&M ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum GOODBYE-Milt Jackson-CTI CHICAGO VII-Col SAM GOODY/EAST COAST STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- LET ME IN YOUR LIFE-Aretha Franklin- -Atlantic New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col BAND ON THE RUN-Paul McCartney & Atlantic LIGHT SHINE-Jesse Colin Youna-WB Wings-Apple THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum PALM LEAF RAG-Scott Joplin-Angel HEADHUNTERS-Herbie Hancock-Col UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED- PIANO MAN-Billy Joel-Col SAVE THE CHILDREN (Soundtrack)- HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Motown New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col ROCK N ROLL ANIMAL-Lou Reed-RCA -Mercury SECOND HELPING-Lynyrd Skynyrd- JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS-RCA WOVOKA-Redbane-Epic Sounds of the South LICORICE PIZZA/LOS ANGELES LIVE RHYMIN'-Paul Simon-Col THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col RECORD SERVICE/CHMPN., ILL. APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet LOVE SONG FOR JEFFREY-Helen Reddy THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- -Capitol APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet Chrysalis PIANO MAN-Billy Joel-Col COWBOY-Boyer & Talton-Capricorn BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- SLAUGHTER ON 10th AVENUE- GARY'S/RICHMOND EXOTIC BIRDS AND FRUIT- Cat Stevens-A&M Mick Ronson-RCA APOSTROPHE'-Frank Zappa-DiscReet Procol Ha rum-Ch rysal is CHICAGO VII-Col NOW WE ARE SIX-Steeleye Span- STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX- GRIEVOUS ANGEL-Gram Parsons- Cat Stevens-A&M Reprise Chrysalis -Atlantic ON THE BORDER-Ecgles-Asylum THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col GET YOUR WINGS-Aerosmith-Col INSANE ASYLUM-Kathi McDonald- ROCK N ROLL ANIMAL-Lou Reed-RCA THE STING (Soundtrack)-MCA JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS-RCA Capitol SECRET TREATIES-Blue Oyster Cult-Col LIGHT SHINE-Jesse Colin Young-WB IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW- STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK-King Crimson TWO GUYS/EAST COAST LOVE SONG FOR JEFFREY-Helen Reddy Van Morrison-WB Atlantic LIGHT SHINE-Jesse Colin Young-WB GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION-WB Capitol THE HOOPLE-Mott The Hoople-Col ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum THE STING (Soundtrackl-MCA HARD LABOR-Three Dog Night-Dunhill DN THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum PRICE CODE A - 5.98 C 7.98 APRIL 27, 1974 B- 6.98 D- 9.98 THE ALBUM CHART E - 11.98 O

TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number (Distributing Label) 50 35TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS YES/Atlantic THE STING SD 2-908 14 D APR. APR. SCOTT JOPLIN WKS. ON 27 20 CHART 51 39 THUNDERBOX HUMBLE PIE/A&M SP 3611 9 B 1E0 80ON THE BORDER EAGLES/Asylum 7E-1004 2 B Q 4 THE STING 53 52SEASONIS IN THE SUN TERRY JACKS/Bell 1307 6 B 54 55 BRAIN SALAD SURGERY EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER/ Original Soundtrack Manticore MC 66669 (Atlantic) 20A MCA 390 18 A 55 59 GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION/Warner Bros. BS 2763 4A 56 53 ALL AMERICAN BOY RICK DERRINGER/Blue Sky KZ 32481 (Columbia) 18 A 65 EXOTIC BIRDS AND FRUIT PROCOL HARUM/Chrysalis 5 CHICAGO VII/Columbia C2-32810 5 D CHT 1058 (WB) 3 B 3 1 20 B JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS/RCA CPL1-0374 58 63 ENERGIZED FOGHAT/Bearsville BR 6950 (WB) 12A 4 2 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/Apple 59 61 THAT'S A PLENTY POINTER SISTERS/Blue Thumb BTS 6009 5 B SO 3415 20 B 60 48 TODD TODD RUNDGREN/Bearsville 2BR 6952 (WB) 9 D 5 6 LOVE IS THE MESSAGE MFSB/Phila. Intl. KZ 32707 (Col) 11 A 8 SHININ' ON GRAND FUNK/Capitol SWAE 11278 5 B 7 3 TUBULAR BELLS MIKE OLDFIELD/Virgin VR 13-105 (Atlantic) 20 CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK 8 7 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ELTON JOHN/MCA 2-10003 28 E 1131 109 BRIDGE OF SIGHS 9 10 WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS DOOBIE ROBIN TROWER BROTHERS/Warner Bros. W 2750 8 B 10 9 POEMS, PRAYERS & PROMISES JOHN DENVER/ Chrysalis CHR 1057 (WB) 1 A RCA LSP 449943 A 11 11 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH/Epic KE 32247 34 A INNERVISIONS STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T326L (Motown) 37 A ED 15 62 54 LOVE SONG ANNE MURRAY/Capitol ST 11266 8 A 13 12 COURT AND SPARK JONI MITCHELL/Asylum 7E-1001 13 B 14 14 BURN DEEP PURPLE/Warner Bros. W 2766 9 B CEI 83 STREET LADY DONALD BYRD/Blue Note BN LA142-G (UA) 2 B 64 56 LONG HARD CLIMB HELEN REDDY/Capitol SMAS 11213 37A 19 OPEN OUR EYES EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia KC 327126 65 51 THE WAY WE WERE SOUNDTRACK/Columbia KS 32830 11 B 16 16 UNBORN CHILD SEALS & CROFTS/Warner Bros. W2761 9 B 2 A 17 18 LET ME IN YOUR LIFE ARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic SD 72927 CM 92APOSTROPHE' FRANK ZAPPA/DiscReet DS 2175 (WB) 67 60 IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW VAN MORRISON/ 18 17 AMERICAN GRAFFITI SOUNDTRACK/MCA 2-8001 29 D Warner Bros. 2BS 2760 7 E BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX CAT STEVENS In 38 68 67 RINGO RINGO STARR/Apple SWAL 3413 25 B A&M SP 3623 3 B 69 66 LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE AGAIN BOBBY WOMACK/ 20 13 THE WAY WE WERE BARBRA STREISAND/Columbia PC UnitedArtists UA LA199-G 7 B 32801 10 B 70 72WILD AND PEACEFUL KOOL & THE GANG/ 21 20YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM JIM CROCE/ Delite DEP-2013 11 A ABC ABCX 75647 71 58 1990 TEMPTATIONS/Gordy G966VI (Motown) 18 A 22 22 I GOT A NAME JIM CROCE/ABC ABCX 797 20 A 72 73 LOS COCHINOS CHEECH & CHONG/Ode SP 77019 (A&M) 35A 23 23 B LIVE RHYMIN' PAUL SIMON/Columbia PC 32885 6 73 79 FREE TO BE YOU AND ME MARLO THOMAS/Bell 1110 4 A 24 25 BOOGIE DOWN EDDIE KENDRICKS/Tamla T330VI 7 74 74 SUNDOWN GORDON LIGHTFOOT/Reprise MS 2177 11 A 25 26 VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONGS CHARLIE RICH/Epic KE 32531 5 A 75 62 ANTHOLOGY GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Motown 26 30MARIA MULDAUR/Reprise MS 2148 18 A M792S2 9 B 32 WAR LIVE/United Artists LA193-J2 5 D 76 76BLUE MAGIC/Atco SD 7038 6 A 28 31 MIGHTY LOVE SPINNERS/Atlantic SD 7296 6 EEI 84 SOMETHIN'S HAPPENING PETER FRAMPTON/A&M SP 3619 3 B 29 29 ROCK N ROLL ANIMAL LOU REED/RCA APL1-0472 8 A 78 68 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE UNLIMITED/ 30 27 HEADHUNTERS HERBIE HANCOCK/Columbia KC 32731 12 A 20th Century T414 25 A

31 21 RHAPSODY IN WHITE LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA/ THE HOOPLE MOTT THE HOOPLE/Columbia PC 32871 1 B 20th Century T433 12 A 80 STRAIGHT AHEAD BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS/ 32 33 THE PAYBACK JAMES BROWN/Polydor 2-3007 13 C RCA APL1-0454 1 A 33 24 HOTCAKES CARLY SIMON/Elektra 7E-1002 13 B 81 78 LIVIN' FOR YOU AL GREEN/Hi ASHL 32082 (London) 18 B 34 36 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE II/Mercury SRM 1-697 12 82 77STONE GON' BARRY WHITE/20th Century T423 23 A 83 70 ROCK ON DAVID ESSEX/Columbia KC 32540 11 A 69 HARD LABOR THREE DOG NIGHT/Dunhill DSD 50168 3 B 84 81 EU 57LOVE SONG FOR JEFFREY HELEN REDDY/Capitol SMAS LIFE AND TIMES JIM CROCE/ABC ABCX 769 62A 11213 3 B 85 71 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME NEW BIRTH/RCA APL1-0285 9A 37 40 EUPHRATES RIVER MAININGREDIENT/RCA APL1-0335 7 86 75JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL NEIL DIAMOND/ 38 28 A NEW LIFE MARSHALLTUCKER BAND/Capricorn CP Columbia KS 3255026 B 0124 (WB) 8 A 99 HOOKED ON A FEELING BLUE SWEDE/Capitol ST 11286 2 A

39 34 SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH BLACK SABBATH/ 88 96 GOOD TIMES ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA CPL1-0475 2 13 Warner Bros. BS 2695 13 A 89 85LAID BACK GREGG ALLMAN/Capricorn CP 0116 (WB) 22 A 40 42 THE SINGLES 1969-73 CARPENTERS/A&M SP 3601 B 21 90 90BEST OF BREAD/Elektra EKS 75056 41 A 41 41 BACK TO OAKLAND TOWER OF POWER/Warner Bros. 91 95 HERO AND HEROINE STRAWBS/A&M SP 3607 4 B BS 2749 7 92 97JIM STAFFORD/MGM 4947 2 A M 49TALKING BOOK STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T319L (Motown) 52A 93 87THE JOKER STEVE MILLER BAND/Capitol SMAS 11235 27 A 50 PRETZEL LOGIC STEELY DAN/ABC ABCD 808 4 B 94 64 SAINTS AND SINNERS JOHNNY WINTER/Columbia KC 44 44 PIANO MAN BILLY JOEL/Columbia KC 32544 10 32715 10 A 45 45 SHIP AHOY O'JAYS/Phila.Intl.KZ 32408 (Columbia) 22 A 95 82 SHORT STORIES HARRY CHAPIN/Elektra EKS 75065 10 A 46 47IMAGINATION GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/ 96 89SUNSHINE ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK/MCA 387 19 A Buddah BDS 5141 28 A 97 91 FULL SAIL LOGGINS & MESSINA/Columbia KC 32540 25 A 47 37 PLANET WAVES BOB DYLAN/Asylum 7E-1003 13 B 98 98 LED ZEPPELIN 4/Atlantic SD 7208 65 A 48 46DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD/Harvest SMAS 99 94 I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE BARRY WHITE/ 11247 (Capitol) 53 20th Century T407 31 49 43 THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE CHARLIE RICH/RCA APL1-04339 A 100 86 CHICAGO VI/Columbia KC 32400 41 A

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"VhereS, not one rough track lczt 6BrEtain has someone on thi, superb album,... to join the spa -se ranks of female ZIfe!.-.)dy taker 'Dec. 22'73 superstars": "Disc _km 24'73 Loving & TJree `Produced by Elton john and Cliveranks

MCA RECORDS Show and Tell Gold Famous Releases Six III NEW YORK - Countryartist 101 Diana Trask, just back from co- starring with Danny Thomas at the ow ME ALBUM CHART Las VegasSands,willheadline Famous Music's April release with her fifth Dot Records album, "Lean It All On Me." Joining her is label - 150 mate Tommy Overstreet, also with albumnumberfive,"Woman, APRIL 27, 1974 Your Name is My Song." AP7R. A 2 20PR. Record producerJerryFuller(left)pre- Exorcism sents a gold record to singer Al Wilson Thereleasewillinclude an 101 100TAPESTRY CAROLE KING/Ode SP 77009 (A&M) for the million -selling single "Show And artists, 102 93 DIFFERENT DRUM LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol ST 11269 Tell"whileWilsonpresents agolden originalscript by various 103 102 ON THE THIRD DAY ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/UA LA188-F disctoJerryFullerforproducingthe "The Rite of Exorcism," which de- 104 104 FOR EVERYMAN JACKSON BROWNE/Asylum SD 5067 aforementioned record, which is on Bell - scribes the ancient ceremony; and distributed Rocky Road Records. 105 - LIGHT SHINE JESSE COLIN YOUNG/Warner Bros.BS 2790 "Diamond," the premiere waxing for a Chicago -based group of the 106 - CROSSWINDS BILLY COBHAM/AtlanticSD 7300 same name. Also slated to go are 107 88 QUADROPHENIA THE WHO/MCA 2-10004 NAIRD Dates Set 108 106 A LEGENDARY PERFORMER ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA CPL1-0341 III CHICAGO-The dates for the a newentryfromsaxophonist 109119PURE SMOKEY SMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla T6 331S1 (Motown) 1974 NAIRD Convention, to be BillyVaughn,"Electrified!"and "HighlightsfromVirgin,"selec- 110120 SLAUGHTER ON 10TH AVENUE MICK RONSON/RCA held at the Downtown Motor Inn APL1-0353 in Charlotte, North Carolina, are tions from the recent rock opera 111 103 FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE LAST HARD TOWN TOM T. HALL/ May 10-12. by the Mission. Mercury SRM 1-687 112 113SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND GENESIS/Charisma FC 6060 (Atlantic) 113 115 FULLY REALIZED CHARLIE RICH/Mercury SRM 2-7505 THE ALBUM CHART 114 108 DIAMOND GIRL SEALS & CROFTS/Warner Bros. BS 2699 115 107UNREAL BLOODSTONE/London XPS 634 ARTISTS CROSS REFERENCE - HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE AREOSMITH 117 MELISSA MANCHESTER 148 SAGE/Columbia PC 32870 ALLMAN BROITHERS BAND 131 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND 38 117 121 GET YOUR WINGS AEROSMITH/Columbia KC 32847 GREGG ALLMAN 89 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS 4 BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS 80 KATHI McDONALD 140 118 111 SLOW DANCER BOZ SCAGGS/Columbia KC 32760 MFSB 5 BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE 34, 124 STEVE MILLER BAND 93 119 125 LONDON UNDERGROUND HERBIE MANN/Atlantic SD 1648 MAGGIE BELL 132 JONI MITCHELL 13 BLACK SABBATH 39 VAN MORRISON 67 120145 + 'JUSTMENTS BILL WITHERS/Sussex SPA 8032 BLOODSTONE 115 MOTT THE HOOPLE 79 ANTHOLOGY MARVIN GAYE/Motown M9 -791A3 BLUE MAGIC 76 MARIA MULDAUR 26 031134 BLUE OYSTER CULT 135 ANNE MURRAY 62 - THE GREAT GATSBY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/Paramount BLUE SWEDE 87 033 BREAD 90 NATIONAL LAMPOON 85 PAS 2-3001(Famous) BREWER & SHIPLEY 133 NAZARETH 150 JAMES BROWN 32 NEW BIRTH 85 123 105 ANTHOLOGY SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES/ JACKSON BROWNE 104 NRPS 116 Motown M793R3 DONALD BYRD 63 OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN 144 124 122 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE/Mercury SRM1-673 CARPENTERS 40 O' 45 HARRY CHAPIN 95 MIKEJAYSOLDFIELD 7 125 112 THE CAPTAIN AND ME DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros CHEECH Y CHONG 74 CHICAGO 2, 100 BS 2694 BILLY COBHAM 106, 129 PINK FLOYD 48 126 114 DIANA & MARVIN DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE/ CREATIVE SOURCE 145 POINTER SISTERS 59 JIM CROCE 21, 22, 84 ELVIS PRESLEY 88, 108 Motown M803VI CRUSADERS 128 PROCOL HARUM 57

127 127 BANG JAMES GANG/Atco SD 7037 DEEP PURPLE 14 3, 10 REDBONE 137 SCRATCH CRUSADERS/Blue Thumb BTS 6010 JOHN DENVER HELEN REDDY 36, 64 Di 139 RICK DERRINGER 56 29 86 LOU REED 129 116 SPECTRUM BILLY COBHAM/Atlantic SD 7268 NEIL DIAMOND CHARLIE RICH 11,25, 49, 113 DOOBIE BROTHERS 9, 125 109, 123 47 SMOKEY ROBINSON 130 - GET IT TOGETHER JACKSON FIVE/Motown M783V1 BOB DYLAN ROLLING STONES 146 MICK RONSON 110 131 123 BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND/ EAGLES 52 LINDA RONSTADT 102, 143 Capricorn CP 0111 (WB) EARTH, WIND & FIRE 15 DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE 126 ELECTRIC LIGHT 103 TODD RUNDGREN 60, 138 QUEEN OF THE NIGHT MAGGIE BELL/Atlantic SD 7293 EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER 54 132 135 DAVID ESSEX 83 033 - ST 11261 BREWER & SHIPLEY/Capitol ST 11261 BOZ SCAGGS 118 FOUR TOPS 139 SEALS & CROFTS 16, 114 - STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK KING CRIMSON/Atlantic SD 7298 PETER FRAMPTON 77 CARLY SIMON 33 ARETHA FRANKLIN 17 PAUL SIMON 23 - SECRET TREATIES BLUE OYSTER CULT/Columbia KC 32858 FOGHAT 58 SAVOY BROWN 147 SOUNDTRACKS: - SECOND HELPING LYNYRDSKYNYRD/Sounds of the South MARVIN GAYE 121 AMERICAN GRAFFITI 18 GENESIS 112 GREAT GATSBY 122 MCA 413 GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION 55 SUNSHINE 96 GRAND FUNK 6 THE STING 1 137 141 WOVOKA REDBONE/Epic KE 32462 AL GREEN 81 THE WAY WE WERE 65 SPINNERS 28 138 131 SOMETHING/ANYTHING TODD RUNDGREN/Bearsville TOM T. HALL 111 JIM STAFFORD 92 2BX 2066 (WB) HERBIE HANCOCK 30 RINGO STARR 68 HUMBLE PIE 51 STEELY DAN 43 139 142 MEETING OF THE MINDS FOUR TOPS/Dunhill DSD 50166 CAT STEVENS 19 ISLEY BROTHERS 142 STRAWBS 91 140 143 INSANE ASYLUM KATHI McDONALD/Capitol ST 11224 BARBRA STREISAND 20 TERRY JACKS 53 141 117 SOLAR FIRE MANFRED MANN/Polydor PD 6019 JACKSON FIVE 130 TEMPTATIONS 71 BILLY JOEL 44 MARLO THOMAS 73 142 138 3+3 ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck KZ 32453 (Columbia) ELTON JOHN 8 THREE DOG NIGHT 35 TOWER OF POWER 41 143 124 DON'T CRY NOW LINDA RONSTADT/Asylum SD 5064 EDDIE KENDRICKS 24 ROBIN TROWER 61 CAROLE KING 101 144 118 LET ME BE THERE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/MCA 389 KING CRIMSON 134 WAR 27 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 46, 75 145 150 CREATIVE SOURCE/Sussex FRA 8027 DAVID WERNER 149 KOOL & THE GANG 70 BARRY WHITE 82, 99 146 130 GOATS HEAD SOUP ROLLING STONES/Rolling Stones COC WHO 107 LED ZEPPELIN 98 JOHNNY WINTER 94 59101(Atlantic) GORDON LIGHTFOOT 74 BI LL WITHERS 120 LOGGINS & MESSINA 97 BOBBY WOMACK 19 147 - BOOGIE BROTHERS SAVOY BROWN/LondonAPS 638 LOVE UNLIMITED 78 STEVIE WONDER 12, 42 LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA 31 1303 LYNYRD SKYNYRD 136 148 - BRIGHT EYES MELISSA MANCHESTER/Bell YES 50 105 149 - WHIZZ KID DAVID WERNER/RCA APL1-0350 MAIN INGREDIENT 37 JESSE COLIN YOUNG HERBIE MANN 119 150 - LOUD 'N' PROUD NAZARETH/A&MSP 3609 MANFRED MANN 141 FRANK ZAPPA 66

32 RECORD WORLD APRIL27, 197,4 We're Number One.

For the second smash week in a row, MFSB has the Number -One single in all three trades, and the MFSB album, "Love Is the Message,Is near the top of all the pop charts. MFSB is truly the hottest azt in America and we'd like to thank all the people that made that possible: To every disz. jockey, music director and program director on R&..13 radio; To every disc jockey, music director and program director on Top -40 radio; To every dealer; To every rack jobber, and one stop; Tc every salesman and promotion man; Tc Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff who wrote and produced "TSOP"; To Bobby Martin who arranged "TSOP:_ZS;3540 *KZ 32707 Also available or tape S Thankyoufrom MFSB and Philadelphia International Records. Distributed by Columbia/ Epic Records RECORD WORLDfitLATIN AMERICAN Cognozcaa su D.J. (Meet Your D.J.) r icilIESNecENNNTLI.ESLE:0 By FERNANDO MORENO pQue gancho tiene esa voz tan jockey en el Gran Musical, guion- fea pero que tan Bien suena?. Esta ista de "Show 23," "El Raphael By TOMAS FUNDORA pregunta seIahacenmiles de Show" y otros muchos hacen de Existe gran expectacion por Ia celebracion del escuchascuandoporlos"40 Luqui un eslabon muy importante Concierto de los "Tico-Alegre All Stars" que habil principales"Joaquin anunciael dentro de nuestra musica. Es curio - de celbrarse en el Carnegie Hall el proximo 24 de nuevo exit° de Paul McCartney so verlo trabajar como asi mismo Mayo, ofreciendo dos shows, uno a las 8 de Ia uotro. Joaquin Luqui-Liqui-para su mesa de despacho, seguro que noche y otro a las 11. Entre los "Todos Estrellas" los amigos, es para mi entenderse pensaria que lo que hace no que tomaran parte se cuentan Tito Puente y su unmaestro delaradio joven.es efectivo, pero, hay que cono- Orquesta Concierto, Joe Cuba y su Sexteto, Vicen- Desde Caparroso (Navarra), donde cerlo para saber todo lo que vale. tico Valdes, Ismael Rivera y sus Cachimbos, La naci6 hace alias, pasa a Pamplona De caracter mas bien introvertido, Lupe, Yayo elIndio, Javier Vazquez, Cabrerita, para estudiar Periodismo y Filoso- observa y desglosa hasta sus mas Charlie Palmieri y su Orquesta, Vitin Aviles, Kako, fia y Letras, colabora en el Diario minimos detalles, todo lo que caeBarry Rogers, Chombo, Jose Rodriguez, Bobby Rodriguez, Hector Ri- El Pensamiento Navarro conla en sus manos en materia musical vera, Candido, Chocolate, Cachao, Vinnie Bell, Juan Coronel y Chito. pagina musical pionera en pro-y estoy seguro que es el6nico Durante el Concierto, se efectuara su grabaci6n en vincias, ya que esto ocurre en el Discjockey que lee toda la prensa vivo para ofrecerla despues en forma comercial. alio 1,963. Radio Popular de Pamp- lndudablemente que este Tico-Alegre All Stars en lona y Radio Requete De Navarro musical que se edita en el mundo. Mn con el trabajo que realiza, el Carnegie Hall promete ser un hecho impresio- empiezan a emitir sus programas nante. Y hablando de Tito Puente, este se encuen- que le abren paso, primero, hacia Luiqui, puede y debe Ilegar to- tra terminando su nuevo long playing para Tico, Barcelona -Radio Espana -y desde el davia masalto. Siestaslimas en el cual demostrara su versatilidad tocando cada verano del art° 1,969 en Madrid, sirven de estimulo y para emplazar, uno de los instrumentos en los cuales es habil y enla Central de la Cadena Ser- toemplazo Joaquin Luqui para talentoso, como lo hara durante la celebraciOn del Radio Madrid-. Anteriormente, que seas lo que en realidad eres, Concierto en el Carnegie Hall. funda y dirige el Semanario dey que todavia nos tienes que en- Lew, Torres & Cayre Lanza esta semana el sello Mate la grabacion musica pop "Disco Expres." Disc - seliar mucho. larga duracion de Johnny Ventura en la cual se han incluido sus actuales altos "La Protesta de los Feos"y "La Proclama" entre otros. South Eastern Records tambien nos anuncia la salida de un 001111111KN larga duracion de Johnny Ventura con Los Riveros, %:.Pid:teetenaBIOS asi como la firma como artistas exclusivos de la

Orquesta Tipica Tropical . . . Los Fania All Stars "MARTES DOS DE LA TARDE" tienen un muy excitante itinerario de presenta- ciones durante losproximos meses. Segtn nos anuncia Elliot Sachs de la empresa, el itinerario se LISSETTE resume asi: Mayo 31 en Puerto Rico, Junio 7 en Si tu Supieras . . . por si acaso Santo Domingo, Junio 8 y 9 en Venezuela, Junio Por si tu quieras saber 15 en Panama, Julio 26 en el Madison Square Gar- Matandome suavemente Los dos a puerto Cerrada den de Nueva York, Julio 27 en New Haven y Atrapados en el amor Torres & Infante Agosto 3 en Miami, Florida . . . Fania anuncia el Mertes 2 de la Tarde lanzamiento de las grabaciones de Mongo Santa- Genie que viene genie que va maria, "Live at Yankee Stadium," el nuevo long playing de Celia Cruz, Gracias a la Vida "Celia y Johnny" y el nuevo de Willie Colona un precio al detalle de Tantas Veces me Pregunto $5.98. Con este anuncio se convierte Fania en la Ves, estamos juntos Borinquen ADO 1253 primera empresa de discos latinos que va a precios G.P.O. Box 4785, San Juan, P.R. 00936 de $5.98. El aumento en los costos de producciOn, Discos Bor inquen Inc Tel.: 764-3960 prensaje y promocion Ilevaran a toda la industria latina a un nuevo alza de precios al detalle. Otros sellos de primera me anuncian sus intenciones de it arriba proximamente. Kenny Cayre, vice presidente de Caytronics Corp. y Ralph Lew, Director Musical del sello Mericana y productor del elepe de Roberto Torres, "El Casti- ___---777messewec,1 Alfredo Gutierrez gador," le hicieron entrega a Roberto, durante un baile gigante que hubo de celebrarse en el Man- hattan Center de Nueva York, de un "Disco de Oro"por las altas TIPINCA73 aipic,in 0,6*. cifras de yentas alcanzadas por dicha grabaci6n. iFelicidades Roberto! Recibieron el Discometro de Mexico los integrantes del Conjunto With The Hit 45 Acapulco Tropical, por las altisimas yentas obtenidasen sus grabaciones. Walter Torres, director del Grupo recibio el merecido trofeo "ASI NO SE en union delbrillante ejecutivo mexicano Guillermo Infante,del "staff" de la RCA de Mexico, sello del cual Acapulco Tropicales QUIERE A NADIE" NCR artista exclusivo . . . Firma el popular Alfredo Gutierrez de Colombia Compatible Stereo SLP 1038 con el sello Fuentes. Gutierrez es una de las grandes figuras con que cuenta la musica colombiana en su modalidad Tropical. Fue en Discos (R&J Exclusive Distributors for Fania Records in New York) Fuentes donde !ogre) sus primeros impactos como interpretey composi- R&J: 108 Sherman Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10034 (212)942-8185 tor el primer acordionista del pals. Tambien en Fuentes, Rodolfo acaba Allied Wholesale: Calle Cerra #610, Santurce, P. R. 00927 (809)725-9255 de grabar los temas "Suer'los" y "Rompamos el Contrato" Sonido y Discos: 1160 S.W. First St., Miami, Fla. 33130 (305)379-3262 que serail (Continued on page 35)

34 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 LATIN AMERICAN HIT PARADE

New York Salsoul Puerto Rico Mexico Ecuador By JOE GAINES-WEVD By WKVM By VILO ARIAS SILVA By MARCELO NAJERA 1. VO SO 1. MI GUITARRA 1.EL SOLTERO 1. LA ULTIMA CANCION WILLIE COLON-Fania ORQUESTA ZODIAC ACAPULCO TROPICAL -RCA DARWIN-Estelar 2. PA'LANTE OTRA VEZ 2. TE ACORDARAS DE MI 2. MI AMIGO EL PUMA 2. TE LO PIDO DE RODILLAS TOMMY OLIVENCIA-Inca SOPHY SANDRO-CBS E. FRANCO-RCA 3. ASI NO SE QUIERE A NADIE 3. AMOR EN LA ESCUELA 3. LAGRIMAS Y =VIA 3.EL DIA DE LA SUERTE TIPICA 73 -Inca RICARDO REY ESTELA NUNEZ-RCA WILLIE COLON-Fania 4. MUJER DIVINA 4. DETALLES 4.LIBRE COMO GAVIOTA 4. HOLA SOLEDAD JOE CUBA-Tico ROBERTO CARLOS MANOELLA-CBS ROLANDO LASERIE-Musart 5. AQUI SE PAGA 5. SIGO BRAVO 5. AY NO DIGAS 5. NO PEUDO APARTARTE DE MI MENTE LOS SATELITES-Discolando JUSTO BETANCOURT PINA NEVAREZ-Peerless THE FOUR TOPS -Probe 6. RAMPAMOS EL CONTRATO 6. GUITARRA SUENA MAS BAJO 6. PERDONAME 6. NUESTRA HISTORIA DE AMOR PELLIN RODRIGUEZ-Borinquen LOS ANDINOS ESTRELLITA-Cisne RAFF CLAUDIA-CBS 7. GUARAGUAO 7. PA'LANTE OTRA VEZ 7.LA SILLA VACIA 7. LLORARAS BOBBY VALENTINE-Fania TOMMY OLIVENCIA ROSENDA BERNAL-Capitol HILDA MURILLO-Angelito 8. NO HAY AMIGO 8. NO HAY AMOR 8.EL CAMINANTE ORCH. HARLOW-Fania 8. DE TI ENAMORADO TINY MORRIE-Cisne RAFF ROBERTO TORRES-Mericana 9. GUAGUANCO MARGARITO TEDDY TRINIDAD 9. LLEGARA TU FINAL 9. EN ALGUN LUGAR OCHO-UA Latino 9. DICEN LOS FREDDY'S-Peerless JUNIOR -RCA 10. AVISALE A MI CONTIZARIO TONY PABON 10. SOLEDAD 10. POR QUE TE VAS ROBERTO ROENA Y SU APOLLO 10.SI SUPIERAS JOSELES-RCA JEANETTE-Hispavox SOUND -International LISSETTE N uestro Rincon (Continued frompage 34) Phoenix New York (Popular) proximamente lanzados por la etiqueta colombiana Marsal Produc- By KIFN By EMILIO GARCIA 1.SE MARCHO 1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY DARLING tions lanz6 en San Antonio, Texas, un nuevo sencillo por sus popu- CHAYITO VALDEZ-Cronos NELSON NED-UA Latino lares Ramon Ayala y los Bravos del Norte, en el cual se han incluido 2.16 ANOS 2. ROMPAMOS EL CONTRATO JULIO IGLESIAS-Polycior PELLIN RODRIGUEZ-Borinquen "Tus Errores" y "No Puedo Perdonarte." 3.EL AGENTE VIAJERO TEDDY TRINIDAD -International El mercado de discos latinos de Nueva York se halla al borde de la ANTONIO ZAMORA-Capitol 3. TEMES 4. ARROYITO VITIN AVILES-Alegre quiebra absoluta. Con una postura logica por situaciones producto LOS POPULARES DE N.R.-Mex-Mel 4.EL DIA DE SUERTE de un pasado penoso, en el cual Ia radio neoyorkina pas6 por cuantas 5. LA LEY DE LA VIDA WILLIE COLON-Fania denuncias e investigaciones pudiesen existir, esta se encuentra en Ia VICENTE FERNANDEZ-Caytronics 5.ERES TU 6. MUCHACHITA MISTERIOSA CONJUNTO MOCEDADES-Tara situaci6n de no hacer exitos a nadie. De aqui que un mercado en el LOS MUECAS-Caytrorfts 6. SIEMPRE ESTOY PENSANDO EN ELLA cualIaimportancia absoluta de un exit° esvital, ya que la gran 7. LA DEL REBOZO BLANCO LEO DAN-CBS/Caytronics IMELDA MILLER-Arcano 7. LO QUE PASO, PASO mayoria de vendedores y re-vendedores practicamente se niegan a 8. SOLO CONTIGO SOY FELIZ LA LUPE-Tico cargar en sus existencias discos de catalogo, los sellos distribuidos GENSIS XXI-Ralf 8. AMOR, AMOR, AMOR 9.EL CHEQUE EN BLANCO MARCOS ROBERTO-Parnaso tienen que hacerle frente como 6nico medio de promociOn alos LUCHA VILLA-Musart canales de television, los cuales estan haciendo la "zafra del siglo," 10. MENUDITA 9. USTED YA ME OLVIDO FELIPE ALVAREZ PINZON-Musart ROBERTO CARLOS-CBS/Caytronics cargando hasta mas de $800.00 semanales por una ligera promocion HILDA MURILLO-Rerro 10. QUE VOY HACER CON ESTE AMOR del disco en sus pantallas chicas. Dejemonos de pavadas, la industria del disco en Nueva York no resiste este tipo de gasto. Los que recurren Discos a esta promociOn estan jugando con la quiebra econOmica y no son IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE pocos los que ya han caidos abatidos por el peso de semejante grava- AT I N men. La radio pierde vigencia y radioaudiencia porque la mosica es ITS NEW RELEASES elemento vital para captar radioyentes. Se haya debilitado la influencia de la radio. Se empobrece yautoaniquila un mercado otrora floreciente. Los Arriagada A menos que los propios vendedores y distribuidores Ileguen a un 'Porn que no me oivider" 74111eula esposo. mutuo entendimiento el futuro no luce nada prometedor. Pero, bueno, en Estados Unidos a veces existe Ia mentalidad hospitalera de eliminar una determinada enfermedad (de existir esta) simplemente matando al paciente. Y almencionar esto, me refiero especificamente a una practica bastante com6n tanto en hospitales como en la industria, el comercio o la politica. jYo no los entiendo! . Yahora . . . SHastala prOxima!

"Tico-Alegre All Stars" Concert at the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Rosenda Bernal Los Arriagada May 24, promises to be an exceptional event. There will be two shows, Latin International DLIS 5006 Latin International DLIS 5010 the first one at 8 p.m. and the second at 11 p.m. Among the artists that will take part in this concert will be Tito Puente and his Concert DISCO LATIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. Orchestra, Joe Cuba and his Sextet, Vicentico Valdes, Ismael Rivera P.O. Box 20328, Los Angeles, California 90006 Tel. (213) 385-2154 and his Cachimbos, La Lupe, Yayo el Indio, Javier Vazquez, Cabrerita, Charlie Palmieri and his Orchestra, Vitin Aviles, Kako, Barry Rogers, Chombo, Jose Rodriguez, Bobby Rodriguez, Hector Rivera, Candid°, AFORA EXCLUSIVAMENTE EN Chocolate, Cachao, Vinnie Bell, Juan Coronel and Chito. The concert ALEGRE LA GRAN VOZ DE will be recorded live in order to release a record containing the whole event ... And mentioning Tito Puente, he's completing his new album vintimmis for Tico which features allhis versatility on every instrument, to be VITIN AVILES excitingly demonstrated at Carnegie Hall with the Tico Alegre All Stars Este L.P. Contiene . . . Mate released this week the latest Johnny Ventura album containing the hits "La Protesta de los Feos" and "La Proclama." South Los Hits Eastern Records announces the release of an album by Johnny Ventura "TEMES" with Los Riveros, and also the signing as exclusive artists of Orchestra

Tipica Tropical . .. Elliot Sachs announced the dates for the up -coming y Fania All Stars appearances: May 31in Puerto Rico, June 7 in Santo "EL AMOR" Domingo, June 8 & 9 in Venezuela, June 15 in Panama, July 26 at the Alegre (45) Madison Square Garden in New York, July 27 in New Haven, Conn. x-4063 Alegre CLPA 7009 and August 3 in Miami, Fla. . . . Fania Records has announced an New York Dist.: Skyline Distributors, 636 10th Ave., N.Y.C. 10036 (212) 541.9835 increase inlistprice to $5.98 effective with the release of Mongo Puerto Rico Dist.: Allied Wholesale, Calle Cerra 610 Santurce, P.R. 00927 (809) 725.9255 Santamaria's album. Later releases will be "Celia and Johnny" and Miami Dist.: Sonido y Discos Inc., 1160 S.W. 1st St., Miami, Fla. 33130(305) 373.1740 Willie Colon. With this announcement, Fania is the first latin record (Continued on page 36) TICO-ALIGRIL ALL STAIN RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 El Personaje De La Semana Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 35)

(VIP of the Week) company to raise their prices to $5.98. The increase of all production costs, pressings and promotions will cause the whole Latin industry to By VILO ARIAS SILVA raise their prices. . . Kenny Cayre, vice president of Caytronics Corp. MEXICO - Uno de los ejecu- and Ralph Lew, musical director of Mericana and producer of the tivos mas brillantes de Mexico, latest Roberto Torres album, "El Castigador," gave a Gold Record to amplio conocedor del medio na- Roberto, due to the substantial sales of his album, at the Manhattan cional é internacional, y un or- Center in New York. Congratulations Roberto!.. . The very important gullo para Latinoamerica, essin Discometro de Mexico award was extended to Conjunto Acapulco lugar a dudas don Manuel Villar- Tropical due to the phenomenal sales of their recordings. Walter Torres, real, actual Presidente de Opera- leader of the group, received the award accompanied by Guillermo ciones Latinoamericanas de CBS, Infante, brilliant executive from RCA of Mexico . . . Alfredo Gutierrez Columbia Internacional, y ejecu- signed in Colombia as an exclusive artist of the Fuentes label. Gutierrez tivo mayor del mismo sello en is one of the top Colombian musicians in tropical music modality. His Mexico. great impact as an interpreter and composer was with the Fuentes label to which he has now returned as the first accordion player of the Manuel Villarreal country. Fuentes is also releasing a new single by Rodolfo, "Suerios" roe Don Manuel Villarreal,conta- b/w "Rompamos el Contrato" . . . Marsal Productions released in San dor pUblico de profesion, y dis- Antonio, Texas, a new single by their popular Ramon Ayala y Los Bravos quero por convicciOn y aficion, del Norte containing "Tus Errores" and "No Puedo Perdonarte." APATNGAN tuvo su primer contacto con el New York, once the most promising and flourishing Latin record medio musical, en los atios 1941 market in the States is vanishing. Very peculiar problems are causing al 46, en donde fungia como au- the great crisis that the Latin record industry is facing at the moment, ditor en Mexico de la firma Audi- but the most sickening one is the logical reaction of radio stations in toresInternacionales de CBS de the area due to the fact that because of thousands of investigations Estados Unidos. regarding "payola" practices which they were forced to face in the Posteriormente, a fines de 1946, past, are not so open to promote any specific record in order not to nace Ia marca "Records Mexica- put themselves again in the public gibbet, watching their own heads nos," otorgandole a don Manuel being shown off without even having the opportunity to defend them- Ji Villarreal el cargo de Gerente de selves against gossiping, calumnies and false charges. It does not matter Oficina. Mas adelante, hubieron how good the record is or how smashing a hit it could be in all Latin cambios de razonsocial,yla America. They hesitate and neglect any kind of a record and they are firma paso a Ilamarse Discos Co- not the ones to blame. Ithink that their own Latin industry put a rope lumbia de Mexico, y luego Discos around their neck. How? . . . through envy, false rumors and charges. CBS, S.A.; y por ultimo CBS Co- It was a matter of destroying the competitor by any means. And in lumbia Internacional S.A. that way, they destroyed the force of the only media that could assure La trayectoria de don Manuel their survival. Today, radiois very poor regarding music. There are Villarreal, fue positivamente vio- only a few deejays or radio stations that have the guts to go on pro- lenta; y asi tenemos que de 1947 gramming good music. Audiences are also becoming less and less al 50, estuvo de Gerente de ofi- interested in listening to radio. Television looked like an escape but cina; del 50 al60, Sub-Gerente prices for commercial spots in which the albums and their music could General;del 60al62, Gerente be exposed went up and up. Today, either you spend over $800 per General; y desde 1962 paso a ser week for promoting a record on television or you eat it up. And every- presenta Presidente de Operaciones Latino- body knows that theLatinrecord industry cannot afford such an americanas de CBS Internacional. a su artista exclusivo expense. More than one manufacturer and distributor have been La mision que desempena con forced out of business because of television promotion. It is sickening! resultados ampliamente positivos, On the other hand, independent salesmen and truck salesmen that were JINSOP han dado lugar a que en infini- so open to carry all kinds of records in their trucks in the past in order dady repetidasocasiones,lo to offer the most of the Latin catalogues to their customers, are now hayan invitado a formar parte del ceasing that procedure. staff de Estados Unidos; pero el They are becoming more and more Americanized. As Americans rechazo por parte de don Manuel, ha sido irrevocable. Quiere y ama they only want to carry the hits or smash albums, which are not so aLatinoamerica, y se encuentra frequent now. The Latin market had been so interesting because of the feliz por los resultados obtenidos, opportunity to maintain a record for a life time in any particular cata- ya que paulatinamente se han ido logue with the complete assurance that it will always sell. Latin buyers estrechando los vinculos latinos, y are hungry for their catalogue records, record shops are asking for las muestras estan en los triunfos them, but itis not so easy to find them. Distributors cannot face the quelogranindistintamente en investment needed to establish their own truck forces with their own toda America Latina artistas como sales personnel. It is too expensive. Independents only carry what they Parnaso P-LPS-1133 Los Panchos, Sandro,Roberto want. Itis a matter of destroying the competitor or being destroyed. Dulzura Mia Carlos, Leo Dan, Vicente Fernan-Something has to be done. Either independent salesmen and distribu- Yo Pienso que to eres la Mujer dez y muchos mas que seria largo tors and manufacturers get together or everybody will be forced out de enumerar. Si Ivy of business and only the big ones will survive. The small businessmen, Garcias Don Manuel, relata con la ca- the small distributors, the tiny manufacturers-what about them? Radio Puppy Love ballerosidadquelocaracteriza, has to free itself and act as it used to. Radio should reflect music as it Ven Chiquilla Ven "Mipreocupacionconstante, a develops and modernizes. Radio should play our Latin folklore music. Atar un Lazo arriba de un rosal pesar de ser contador, no son las Radio did a great job in the musical progress of our Latin community Sin Ti (Without You) finanzas,sine)Iaexplotacion de in New York in the past. Nobody can stop progress, even in a country Por que es Asi catalogos en todos los paises y lo in which, if sickness is faced, the remedy could be worse than the Volvamos a Empezar estamos logrando." "Por ejemplo, Ia cumbia colombiana es difun- sickness. And how many times do people die even without knowing for sure if they were really sick? How many times do people die as a Parnaso Records Co., Inc. dida y aceptada en todo el mundo. En JapOn y Europa, ya se escucha result of trying to get rid of a particular sickness? Itis happening in 718 -10th Ave., New York, N.Y. 10019 hospitals, in industry, commerce and politics. But we Latins have been (212) 489-8630-1-2-3 lamusica latina.Perolaexten- (Continued on page 38) different. Let's keep it that way and put a remedy to our own sickness.

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La crisis existe, Unidos." declara, pero afortunadamente YO SOY CHICANO Para don ManuelVillarreal, CBS no tiene en la actualidad pre- THE ROYAL JESTERS-GCP GCLP 109 America Latina tiene mucho que ocupacion. El conjunto interpreta brillantemente daral mundo musical, hay que Susrecorridos porelmundo m6sica tropical y nortena con igual des- continuar con la lucha indesmay- Latino, es rutinaconstante,asi treza. Muy buenos en "Contigo a la Dis- able, abriendo mercados para in-como constantes, sonlasinvita- tancia" (Portillo de Ia Luz), "El Disgusto" troducir lo latino. ciones quetieneparadisertar (C. Reyna), "Yo Soy Chicano" (N. Gomez) Su conocimiento del medio, essobre la masica latina. Recuerda y "PerdOn" (P. Flores). increiblemente amplio, "Una no-que en una ocasion, fue invitado A chicano group that could make it either in the west or the east vedad en el mercado, manifiesta, como panelista a un Congreso coast of the states. Tropical music and northern Mexican atits best! es tan importante como elnaci- Internacional delaMasica, que "Castigo" (P.Lacomba), "El Rosal y yo" (Antunes) and "Me Voy a miento de un hijo; hay que cui- tenia como asistentes a ejecutivos Houston" (P. B. Ruiz -L. Gonzalez). darlo,atenderlo,yproyectarlo de todoslosniveles y generos para que le Ilegue al poblico, quedel mundo, pero tal fue su sor- - Los Arriagasia es el mejor juez." loan, quo no nee oluldee limo esposo LOS ARRIAGADA presa,alconstatar que solole LOS ARRIAGADA-Latin International CLIS 5010 Alpreguntarle,siexisteinca- habian otorgado 45 minutos para pacidad enelejecutivolatino, Los exquisitamente acoplados chilenos en tratareltema,lo cual resultaba un repertorio de gran fuerza. "Para que no dijo "Al ejecutivo del disco latino, ilogico. Fueron injustos, esos 45 no le falta capacidad, si no que me Olvides" (0. Castro-Ariel Arencibia), minutos de tiempo. Yo lohice "Detalles" (R. y E. Carlos), "En Esta Tarde no tiene homogeneidad, y estonotar, manifiesta don Manuel en es como resultado, que no es una Gris"(J. M. Consurse-M. Mores) y "Larga un estado de incorformidadre- Espera" (Jaime Guzman Mayer). profesi6n que se estudia,sino cordando aquellos momentos; que aprende en el mismo nego- eraimposibledijo, que en un One of the finest trios of America in a great package! "Mi Linda cio." "Estoy en favor de que setiempo tan corto, se pueda abor- Esposa" (Josue), "Ya Perdi to Algria" (0. Arriagada) and "Mantelito debe crear cursos de capacitaci6n dar el tema. Cada Pais latino, es Blanco" (N. Molinare). para los ejecutivos menores, inmensamente rico en fold& y como son los Gerentes de Ventas,genero, por lo tanto, resulta ilo- NELSON EN ACCION deP6blicidad, ylosDirectores NELSON ENAccltiN NELSON NED-UA Latino LT -LAI 55-D gicoeltiempo. Pero, nos dice, wl Artisticos; no ha si, los Directores esto era como consecuencia de la Is Con su interpretaciOn de "Happy Birthday L Generales, yaqueparaestos falta de conocimiento que existe My Darling" de Claudio Fontana de exito puestos se nace, seIleva enla por Ia m6sica latina, que en in- 0 impresionante en casi toda Latinoamerica, sangre el exito 6 el fracaso." finidaddeocasiones, hastala Nelson Ned ofrece aqui otros temas de En cuanto alacrisis de pasta, menosprecian. gran corte. "Por Increible que Parezca" Don Manuel Villarreal, a pesar (N. Ned -C. Alonso), "A los Romanticos del del importante cargo que ocupa 1) Mundo" (N. Ned -C.Alonso), "Mi Otro dentro de la organizacion CBS y Yo" (N. Ned) y "No Dejes para Mariana" m (N. Ned). en el mundo latino; es una per- sona sencilla, annable, y con un Nelson Ned is smashing with "Happy Birthday My Darling" in almost South Eastern Records & Mfg. alto sentido de Ia caballerosidad all Latin America. It is here! Also "El Pecador" (N. Ned), "Hazme Creer tan expontanea, que sale de lo que te Enamoras de MI" (N. Ned -C. Alonso) and "Flores, Cartas y Corp. com6n 6 lo fingido. En el aspecto Promesas" (N. Ned). y personal, es el hombre que quiere Mateo San Martin y ama asufamiliatanto, que MARTES 2 DE LA TARDE presentan su nuevo exito siempre ha sido el principal mo- LISSETTE-Borinquen ADG 1253 tivo que se haya negado a estar SigueLissettevendiendo muy bien en LUISITO MARTI en el staff de E.U.; casado con la Puerto Rico, Miami y Nueva York. Ahora dama Noemi Soule de Villarreal, de exito con "Martes 2 de Ia Tarde" (A. con el combo de "Mimi" como carinosamenteIa Anderson-Croato) y "Si Tu Supieras" (D. JOHNNY VENTURA llama,forma un hogarfelizal R.) contenidas en este nuevo album. Tam- lado de sus hijos, Margarita de 25 bien "Matandome Suavemente" (N. Gim- atios;Maria Teresa de 24,dis- ble-Ch.Fox),"Atrapados enelAmor" quera tambien de corazOn y sico- (Roberto Lozano) y "Gracias ala Vida" loga de profesion,lacualpro- (Violeta Parra). grama la linea Epic; Juan Manuel Lissette keeps moving nicely her recordings in Miami, New York de 23 arios, estudiante de arqui- and Puerto Rico. Now she is enjoying two hits which are included in tectura, y por ultimo Laurita de this disc, "Martes 2 de Ia Tarde" and "Si T6 Supieras." Also in this 21 anos, decoradora. Y para con- package "Tantas Veces me Pregunto" (Preti Guanieri), "Ves Estamos cluir, nos agrega, que su matri- (T. Segura -P.Favini) and "Matandome Suavemente" (Killing monio tiene un profundo signifi- Juntos" Mate LP 016 cado con su profesiOn, ya que se Me Softly) (N. Gimble-Ch. Fox). case) un 14 de Febrero de 1947, El Celoso JUSTO BETANCOURT Por Cobardia fecha precisamente en que ingre- Enferma del Alma saba en forma definitiva al medio Fania SLP 00452 Sabor a Mamey musicalalfundarse oficialmente En el tope de popularidad, Justo interpreta El Caimito la Compania Records Mexicanos. aqui con su singular estilo "Sigo Bravo" Mama es Ia que Sabe De esta forma, Record World, (C.Alonso), "Ven queteEspero"(H. Defiendase Rivera), "Matancero Soy" (C. Alonso), "Se Solo un Dia presentaalmundo, uno de los mas brillantes ejecutivos de Mex- Consciente" (N. Rojas) y "T6 no Sospec- La Cotorrita has" (D. R.). Lamento de un Borracho ico,y de AmericaLatina;que

At the top of his popularity, Justo Betancourt keeps accomplishing South Eastern Records & Mfg. para suerte y orgullo, continua en el staff latino, a pesar de las, mul- his goals. "No Me Vayas a Engatiar" (D. R.), "Enferma del Alma" (D. R.), Corp. tiples tantaciones que ha recibido "No se lo Diga a Papa" (C.Leicea) and "Ven que to Espero" (H. 4380 N.W. 128th St. para dejarlo. Rivera). Opa Locka, Fla. 33054 Tel. 685-6211 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 Dialogue (Continued frompage 8) B'well Taps Russo GRC Negotiates NEW YORK-Bob Russo, for- We didn't succeed in a big way at TA, but Ithink it was just that all With Japanese merly assistant programming of the elements were not quite operating in a professional manner in director/musicdirectorat WHN ATLANTA - General Record- every sense. The combination of people was such that some were new ing Corporation, Michael Thevis at what they were doing and some had never been in the record Radio in New York, has been appointed general professional man- and their international representa- business. And it made it tough on TA to continue to function without agerforCashmanandWest's tive Robert Weiss andhis One internal problems. Blendingwell Music, Inc. andits World of Music Agency, have be- RW: About your roster: hadn't you signed both Diamond Head and gunnegotiationswithJapanese Gene Redding to Soldier Productions while you were still with ABC?affiliated companies. Russo workedinbothadult record and music publishing Potter: Yes, and one single by Diamond Head was released on licensees in the second phase of ABC. It was a number one hit in two markets and didn't materializecontemporary and country music programming while with WHN. Far East exploration for GRC Rec- as a hit in any other markets, but it was subsequently covered by Sky- ords and the Thevis Music Group. lark and it was an r&b hit several months ago. We're going to bePrior to that he was with WIP (a recording soon with them again. As for Gene Redding, though, we did Metromedia station)inPhiladel- Weiss, 'president of theinter- sign him before Haven became a company. However, that was at a phia. national licensing and consulting time when it was already in the talking stage, so we had in the back The Blendingwell catalogue agency One World Music, will be of our minds the fact that he could be an artist on our label. contains the compositions of Jim presenting GRC product and Croce and Cashman and West. music publishing catalogs to over 40 -major firms in the Far East in- Lambert: Today... alot of artists decide that cludingHong Kong,Singapore, they'll wear makeup and have orange hair be- Computer Contract Bangkok and Manila. fore they write the first tune for the album. He will be working closely with ex.J Thevis'Music Groupincluding Lambert: We have one other artist presently signed, and that's a Act One Music and Grapevine 14 -year -old girl from Boston, Margot Thunder. She's black, and she's Music inAtlanta, Nolanta Music like a young Aretha Franklin -type singer. Very, very soulful. And then, and Silver Thevis Music in New of course, we're talking to a lot of different artists and people at any Orleans,andTheviS'co -owned given time and listening to product constantly. One act is the Righteous publishing firms, Moonsong Music in Birminghamand BlueSurf Brothers, and I guess we will know soon if they're definitely going to sign or not. They're an exciting act and maybe one of the few that have Music in North Carolina. that certain aura about them that very few artists have ever been able Further Plans to obtain-like Presley or the Beatles or the early Supremes. In furthering the worldwide ex- And if there's anything that we've wanted to stress in every conver- pansion, Thevis,who is also sation we've had-with the people at Capitol, with managers, with Seen at the signing of WEA's new mini- president of the Sound Pit record- agents, with people who have called us as friends, with our attorney, computer systems contract are (standing, ing studio and Jason Management with our own business manager-it's that we would like to find talent fromleft)EarlYaffa,consultantwith with officesinAtlanta, Nashville Arthur Young & Co. and Herbert Rich- that is truly self-contained. That is to say, someone like a Jim Croce, and Los Angeles, plans to estab- who was able to write, to sing well on record and also to go out and man,vice presidentofDataGeneral Corp.,whosemini -computerswillpro- lish international distribution and work to build an audience for himself and support his records. People videtheheartof WEA's new system. inGer- don't generally think of us as the kind of producers that they could licenseerepresentation Seated is Jack Reinstein, vice president/ many, France, Spain,Holland, if they treasurer of Elekira/Asylum/Nonesuch bring an artist like that to. They just have an image of us: Mexico and Latin America with- happened to find an O'Jays or a Four Tops or a Margot Thunder they'd Records and chairmanof WEA's data processing in the next year. say, "Yeah, they're perfect." But as song -writers with 15 years or soof committee. experience and as record producers and label executives I think that potentially we can contribute more to a self-contained talent, to helping (Continued from page 6) that talent build and grow, than most producers could. We're just N.Y. Disco Scene waiting for the opportunity to apply some of our knowledge to helping artists like that develop and do big records. and modus operandi, repeat the coing, other than to make a casual RW: I'm wondering, now that you're label executives, whether you're LeJardinformula withvarying check of "the scene." There are, still interested in doing more work in movies and theater? degrees of success. however,literallythousandsof New York metropolitan area Lambert: Yes, absolutely. But realistically, this is so powerful a com- Private Clubs mitment that we've made, to Capitol and to our artists, that it will people who spend their weekends it's going to Therearealsoprivatedisco in this way. really take almost every ounce of our effort and energy if clubs, like the Loft in Greenwich work. You can't split yourself up and spread yourself so thin thatVillage, not open to the 'public, Music Lovers nothing gets the benefit of your full attention. So in spite of the factwhere the only way to attend is Butthose who spendtheir that on the surface we'll say that we want to do more films and maybe by becoming a member, through time at discos do have one thing theater-because to write the title song to a movie is not very timea friend who is already a mem- in common; they know and love consuming-I think that really our whole commitment is to Haven. music and they buy the music ber.Inaddition, some of these RW: You've used the phrase "pop r&b" to describe the kind of discos do not have liquor licenses, they hear at the discos for use at their own private parties. When music you've been involved with. Could you expand on that abit, andare therefore(theoretically) what it means to you? able to stay open allnight. Some each new recordisplayed, an Lambert: Well, when Iuse the phrase,I suppose Ifall into the same do, closing at 6:30 the next morn- average of two people come to trap that everybody else does. But in trying to tell someoneelse what ing, enabling those who want to the deejays boothtoask what recordisplaying. And the disco you do, it sometimes sounds pretentious just totell people you make spendliterallytheirentire eve- good music. People tend to understand better if you give them somening dancing, from nine at nightdevotees know the music well; kind of borders. And Iguess we use the phrase "pop r&b" because until six the next morning, to do they know when to shout, whistle the success we've had, as measured by the charts, has been predomi-so-all for around $10 per person. br yell during the songs, and a nately on the pop charts and on the r&b charts, and, most of the time, roarof appreciationwillcome on the r&b charts. Clientele from the crowd (and the crowd atthe Grand Ballroom-Le Jar - Potter: One of the reasons thatI happen to like that particular area The clientele drawn to these participated init with success is outletsisindeed varied, and to din's nextdoor/sisterdisco- over and above the fact that we've often numbers more than 1500 that in the last year and a half Ithink some terrific musical strides have attempt to classify the patrons in- been made in it-by Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, IsaacHayes, tocategorieswould bemost people) when they hear a good dance record. (S) Barry White and so on. There is no longer, I think, any clear dividing futile.Youcouldsay, though, line between what is a great r&b record because it has a black artistand thatthecrowdsare"varied." (Next week: a look at the music that a black writer and what is a greatrecord period. I'm very glad aboutThose who don'tbelieve being played at the discos, and that because it's pulled some shining talents out into the open.And I spending nine hours dancingis think that the progress that's being made by the reallyavant-garde, "normal" are not encouraged toa conversation with one of Le (Continued on page 44) spend large amounts of time dis- Jardin's deejays.)

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By RON McCREIGHT LONDON-Ember Records chief Jeff Kruger has set sail on a six week business trip which commences with the stateside launch of the new Paramount -Ember label, which kicks off on April 19 with a single Sal° 4/71Y.W1A711/1L- by Denny Doherty titled "You'll Never Know." Kruger meets with 11=1IN CONJUNCTION WITH ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE, JAPAN LEADING MUSIC TRADE PUBLICATION ME Famous executives in New York as well as with directors of Barton According to a recent report from Japan Phonograph Record Asso- Music, the company which controls several Sinatra and Dean Martinciation, the number of foreign labels released here was 132 and that titles, and isrepresented by the Ember group here, before visiting of affiliates was 245 as of July 1, 1973. For several years, a change in San Juan, Miami, Nashville, Tulsa and Las Vegas where he will discuss music preferences from Japanese pops to foreign pops has been notice- future plans with manager Jim Hansley on the careers of Diana Trask, able, especially among the younger generation. This has brought about Roy Clark and Tommy Overstreet. Other plans will be laid for thean increase in foreign record production. The sharp rise in the popu- U.K. launch of Roy Clark before Kruger moves on to Los Angeles on larity of foreign music in Japan forced Japanese record companies to April 28. During May he will fly to Tokyo, where he joins Glen Camp- add new labels to facilitate increased foreign record releases. Japanese bell who is midway through his first tour there, for negotiations for music fans can now appreciate the records of most major labels from the distribution of Ember and Paramount -Ember labels in Japan. around the world. Album of the week is by the new British band headed by guitarist Shigeharu Nanko, senior managing director of Teichiku Records, was Gary Boyle, Isotope, titled "Isotope" (Gull). The group tours Germanynamed president of the company at a board of directors meeting held from April 13 and the U.K. from April 26. Big sales also anticipated recently. for Medicine Head's "Thru a Five" (Polydor), Eagles' "On The Border" Nippon Phonogram will develop an extensive campaign for Leon (Asylum) and Henry Gross' Stateside winner on A&M. Bowie has an-Russell from April 25 thru the fall. The campaign will spotlight Russell's other Top 5 with "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" (RCA) from the "Ziggy Star- single, "IfI were A Carpenter," and albums, "Leon Live" and "Hank dust" album, but most interesting single for many weeks comes from Wilson." Redgie Seeboe on Cube-"Please Don't Bring Your Sister" which On April 25, Rod McKuen will join the competition between Bobby should be a world-wide smash. Wright and Terry Jacks, when Warner Pioneer releases Rod's version Deserved victory for Sweden in this year's Eurovision Song Contest of "Seasons In The Sun." whose comparatively original entry "Waterloo," performed by the Abba The Zombies will not go down in rock history here as an under- group, should also be big here and the U.S. fourth -placed Olivia New- rated group. CBS -Sony will release a double album, "Best of the Zom- ton -John, who performed our entry "Long Live Love" has caused con- bies" on May 21. "She's Not There" and their other biggest hits are troversy in the national press after expressing dissatisfaction with thefeatured in the album. song, which was elected by TV viewers. Paul Simon recently performed some concerts in Tokyo and Osaka Publishers scoring heavily to promote his album "Live Rhymin'." The successfulresults were at the moment-the "dynamic" Tonyproven, as the album jumped into Top 10 on the Confidence album Roberts of Warner Brothers Music has now also been appointed managing director of the new Kirshner -Warner Brothers music company;chart this week. CBS -Sony will release a three -record set, "A History of Bob Dylan," Cyril Shane has clinched the new Peters and Lee "a" side-"Don't on April 21.It consists of 36 songs. The other main album from the Stay Away Too Long," strongly tipped as a future No. 1, for his Pedro company is"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Neil Diamond, which Music Catalogue as well as the top sides of new releases by Roberta Flack, Shirley Bassey and Cliff Richard. Shane also has two Bobby will be released on May 1. Darin titles which are being re -issued by Atlantic later this month- Olivia Newton -John will make a debut here from Toshiba EMI on May 20. The first record is "Long Live Love." "Splish Splash" and "Early In The Morning." Congratulations to CBS British acts David Essex and Mott The Hoople who both received gold records recently. Essex was honored by RIAA for notching up a million sales of the "Rock On" single, and Hoople received a gold record for their new album released only ten days ago. GERMANY

By PAUL SIEGEL BERLIN - NEWS OF THE WEEK: More people ITALY will be listening to their car radios, due to an unfortunate incident that occurred here. A huge By ALEX E. PRUCCHINI layer of dust eight miles long and half a mile high Greatest chart jumper of the week is Drupi's "Rimani," which hit has been stirred up by thousands of vacation bound

the number ten spot from out of nowhere.. . It's nice to see that good German cars on Spring holidays. Should prove to

ol' rock & rollis coming back. Record companies are rereleasing old be a boom in record sales . . . News from Ham- masters from the 50's . "American Graffiti" is going to be out some- burg is that the Government survey of last year's time this month and Chess has just released a wonderful selection of recordsales show thatthesingles market has

Chuck Berry songs . . . Great interest among youngsters for Elvis dropped and albums and cassettes have risen . .

Presley thanks to the film here that was shot while he was performing proving that sales are to be had by quality . . . not quantity! at The InternationalinLas Vegas. His latest1p, "A Legendary Per- SINGLES OF THE WEEK: Leo Sayer's "The Show Must Go On" on

former," is selling like hotcakes . . . The old Pat Boone hit, "Speedy Philips/Chrysalis bulleting upwards! . . . Bernd Cluver with "Das Tor Gonzales," has been reissued by a new group, Electric Jeans, and is Zum Garten Der Traume" moving hotwise on Hansa... EMI/Electrola's

getting lots of airplay . . . Quite a few groups of the old period are Ringo Starr shooting up the charts with "You're Sixteen" . . . Adam & rushing into recording studios . . . Even jazz is witnessing a nostalgia Eve doing well with "Wein Ein Stern In Dunkler Nacht" on Electrola/ phenomenon. Local music periodical Music & Dischi is devoting more Columbia. space to jazz . . . CBS/Sugar istaking great pains to put the finishing ALBUMS OF THE WEEK: Biggest moving album is "Loud 'N Proud"

touches on the string of Blood, Sweat & Tears appearances scheduled by Nazareth on Vertigo (Phonogram) . . . Marek & Vacek have a good

inItaly very soon . . . Cher recently appeared on TV show Adessa shot at the top ten with "Concert Hits II" on Hor Zu/Electrola . . . As Musica singing her latest, "Dark Lady" . . . RCAItaliana just released usual, Deep Purple's "Burn" is burning up the charts. Lou Reed's latest Ip, "Rock N Roll Animal" .. . Ciao! (Continued on page 41)

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4.11-1.41. INTERNATIONAL HIT PARADE ENGLAND'S TOP 10 GERMANY'S TOP TEN 1. SEASONS IN THE SUN 1. SPANIENS GITARREN TERRY JACKS -Bell CINDY & BERT -BASF JAPAN'S TOP 10 2. THE CAT CREPT IN 2. KANSAS CITY MUD-Rak THE LES HUMPHRIES SINGERS-Decca 3. EVERYDAY SLADE-Polydor 3. DEVIL GATE DRIVE SINGLES ALBUMS SUZI QUATRO-Rak 4. ANGEL FACE GLITTER BAND -Bell 4. DU KANNST NICHT IMMER 17 SEIN I. NAMIDA NO MISAO 1. KOORI NO SEKAI CHRIS ROBERTS-Jupiter TONOSAMA KINGS -Victor YOSUI INOUE-Polydor 5. YOU ARE EVERYTHING 2. GAKUEN TENGOKU DIANA ROSS AND MARVIN GAYE- 5. EIN INDIO-JUNGE AUS PERU 2. SANGAIDATE NO UTA Tamla/Motown KATJA EBSTEIN-UA FINGER 5-Phonogram KAGUYASHIME-Crown 6. EMMA 3. HANA TO MITSUBACH 3. NOW AND THEN 6. TEENAGE RAMPAGE HIROMI GO -CBS -Sony HOT CHOCOLATE-Rak THE SWEET -RCA CARPENTERS -King 4. HOSHINI NEGAIO 4. NAMIDA NO MISAO 7. REMEMBER ME THIS WAY 7. FAHRENDE MUSIKANTEN AGNES CHAN-Warner Pioneer GARY GLITTER -Bell TONOSAMA KINGS -Victor NINA & MIKE-Ariola 5. KOIWA JAMAMONO 5. CHISANA NIKKI 8. REMEMBER YOU'RE A WOMBLE 7. MARY -ANN GOOD BYE KENJI SAWADA-Polydce AGNES CHAN-Warner Pioneer THE WOMBLES-CBS REX GILDO-Ariola 6. KUCHINASHI NO HANA 6. LIVE 9. DOCTORS ORDERS 9. DAN THE BANJO MAN TETSUYA WATARI-Polydor CHERISH -Victor SUNNY -CBS DAN THE BANJO MAN -Columbia 7. I WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME 7. LIVE 10. BILLY DON'T BE A HERO 10. CAPRI FISCHER AKIKO KOSAKA-Warner Pioneer YOSUI INOUE-Polydor PAPER LACE -Bus Stop PAO LA -CBS 8. BARA NO KUSARI 8.I WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME HIDEKI SAIJO-RCA Victor AKIKO KOSAKA-Warner Pioneer 9. USO 9. LIVE RHYMIN' KIYOSHI NAKAJO-Canyon PAUL SIMON-CBS-Sony 10. IERIMO MISAKI 10. FUYUZARETA MACHI BMI Canada Hosts Showcase SHINICHI MORI-Victor MAYUMI ITSUWA-CBS-Sony TORONTO - Compositions forfor a two-year program and of 50 the musical theater written by 13applicants, 20 were chosen to par- Canadians will be heard by the ticipate. Engel visits Toronto press and music industry on May monthly and between sessions the 9 when BMI Canada Limited pre-composers carry out assignments sents a "Showcase of Songs forwhich the group listens to during BORDER LINES New Musical Shows" at the Holi-the next workshop. There is no day Inn, Eglinton Avenue, Toronto. charge to the participants. By LARRY LeBLANC The tunes were written by affili- On May 9 five entertainers will ated TORONTO - Al Mair, generalmanager of Gor- writers and composers of performtheworksinsoloor BMI Canada, and are the result of don Lightfoot'sEarly Morning Productions, and duets. The tunes are excerpts from Tom Williams, former national promotion these affiliates taking part in the shows that have been written or man- organization's Musical Theater ager for WEA of Canada, have formed a record are being worked on by workshop label,as yet unnamed. The Toronto -based firm Workshops in Toronto. The work- members. shops are under the direction of will have its offices by June 1 and Mair will retain his Broadway conductor and compo- Among those writers who will ties withEarly Morning . . . Producer Jack ser LehmanEngel. They began take part are Jimmy Paris, Lou Sni- Richardsonand RCA group Scrubbaloe Caine two years ago and composers in der and David Warrack. Presenting working from May 20 -June 2 at Nimbus 9 studio this year's showcase are those who the tunes will be JeannieElias, . . Producers for upcoming Susan Jacks' product have taken part during these two Rudy Webb, Allen Stewart Coates are Claire Lawrence and Harry Hinde . . . Gordon Lightfoot is now years. Last fall auditions were held and Jamie Ray. managing The Good Brothers . . . Roger Ellis has recently left Edward Bear and moved to L.A. Leader Larry Evoy willnow perform as a front man and will limit his drumming to only 2 or 3 tunes a set. Bob Ken- Germany (Continued from page 40) dall (organ) and New Potatoes will continueto provide the live and recorded back-up for Evoy.. . TRADESTERS CORNER: The new address of BASF Records is: 68 First Chilliwack single on the Goldfish label is "Something ILike About That," produced by Terry Jacks. The Mannheim, Germany in the Gottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 10, telephone - group is working on an Ip at Can -Base in Vancouver, and isnow self - 4008 -1 and telex -BASF D 462621. In Hamburg you can find the BASF managed . ..Goldfish artist Susan Jacks is now being managed by contact office at Hallerstrasse 76, telephone -441021, telex -211767 . . . Sounds of the World management firm directed by CliffJones, Ray The East German DDR publishing firm just celebrated their 20th Birth- Pettinger and Jerry Ribben. New single for Susan is"I Want You To day . . . Sounding good is Donna Hightower with "HereI Am" on Love Me." On April 26 she appears in Spokane, Washington with

Metronome . . . Ossie Drecgsler and Jurgen Sauermann are bathing in Bob Hope and then will tour B.C. . . . Composer -performer Hagood champagne since they inked Chrysalis to Phonogram/Philips... BASF's Hardy has formed his own label, Isis Records. First single will be"The international man, Hanno Pfister in Japan creating commercials. Homecoming," an original Hardy composition knownas the theme LETTERS TO MY BERLIN DESK: Always wonderful to hear from for a Salada Tea commercial.. . New UA single for Mike Graham is a re -make of "Battle of New Orleans." The single was produced by Minouri Suzuki, Director of King Records in Tokyo . . . Hello to my John Pozer at Eastern Sound . . . Mentalist Eric Levinson has been Brazilian buddy Enrique Lebendiger . . . Congrats to Sweden's Stig added to the Donald K. Donald presentation of "The Stampeders 10th Anderson of Polar Music for winning first prize as composer/writer of Anniversary Tour" which travels cross-country in 4 phases between "Abba" at the Grand Prix . . . Auf Wiedershen 'til next week! May and Sept. . . . New Smiley Bates single on Marathon is "The

Eternal Flame," written by Doug Lewis . . . Paul Anka recording in Miami . . Python Does 2nd Flick . New solo single by Les Emmerson has been completed Terry Sylvester Signs and will be released within the month . . . Agency For The Creative II NEW YORK -British television Arts to set up a record label with its first artist being Robin Moir With Famous Pubbery . . . comedy team Monty Python are The Boss Brass has recorded an 1p for CTL to be released about to embark on production NEW YORK - Performer/writer by UA Records . . . Karl Erickson's album "I Am Next" on UA has been oftheirsecondfeaturefilm, Terry Sylvester of the Hollies has released in Germany and France . . . "Monty Python And theHoly signed an exclusive writing pact April Wine doing SRO business in the West . . . Grail." Shooting will begin April with FamousMi..sic Publishing Stoney Sound in Vancouver recorded a multi -media 29 on locationinScotland and Companies for the U.S., and has "-rock mass" at the Christ Church Cathedral by the Vancouver Youth Northumberland. Joining the group entered intoarecording agree- Orchestra and Choir -a 40 -piece band anda 150 voice choir. The will be actresses Carol Cleveland ment with Epic Records. production was also taped by CBC-TV . .. Recording at Tempo studios and Connie Booth, with a target Negotiations were handled byin Montreal have been Isabelle Pierre and Louise Forestier . . . New opening date setfor Novembermanager Robin Britten, who also single for Axe Records' Thundermug is"I Wanna Be With You," the in London's West End. manages the Hollies. band's first release in 18 months from the label.

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 41 CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL km], ALBUM PICKS RETAIL REPORT APRIL 27, 1974 BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe,Ligi, DELIUS: SEA DRIFT/SONG OF THE HIGH Domingo, Treigle, Rudel-Angel HILLS CLASSIC OF THE WEEK CHOPIN: SONATAS OPUS 35, 58- Noble; Bowen, Bingham, Royal Liverpool, Groves- Perahia-Columbia Angel S-37111 Boat, JOPLIN: PALM LEAF RAG-Southland Mefistofele Singers-Angel Delians, of course, will want to have two TREIGLE Dorning0 CaboIle JOPLIN: PEDAL HARPSICHORD-Biggs- rarely performed scores of the master, but London Stnt.onV Columbia these works offer much more: Sea Drift, Pude! LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: KING OF THE in particular, evokes a late romantic, evan- HIGH C'S-London PUCCINI: TURANDOT-Sutherland, escent and salty world of great imagina- Wit.MSMS,Zet, CaboIle, Pava rotti, Mehta-London tion. John Noble, a baritone virtually un- SCHUMANN: SONATA, FANTASIA- known in the U.S., sings with great ampli- Pollini-DG tude and beauty. SWITCHED -ON BACH II-Carlos- BOITO Columbia VERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI-Arroyo, NIELSEN: SYMPHONY NO. 2 MEFISTOFELE Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi, Levine- New York Philharmonic, Bernstein- CABALE, LIGI, DOMINGO, RCA Columbia M 32779 TREIGLE, RUDEL KING KAROL/N.Y. Bernstein turns his familiar excitement to Angel ALBENIZ: IBERIA-De Larrocha-London a lateromantic, Scandinavian work on LZ11111111111111111111,1111111111111111,1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 BEESON: SWEET BYE AND BYE- good are the composer. Particularly BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK Kansas City Lyric Theater-Desto Wagnerian turns of phrase inthe fourth BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Ligi, movement. Sound is good. =.; BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Ligi, Domingo, Treigle, Rudel-Angel Domingo, Treigle, Rudel-Angel CHOPIN: SONATAS OPUS 35, 38- ALBENIZ: IBERIA-De Larrocha- Perahia-Columbia SZYMANOWKI: MASQUES AND ETUDES London FANSHAWE: AFRICAN SANCTUS- Carol Rosenberger-Delos 153/2 KAROL SZYMANOWSKI JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller- Ambrosian Singers-Philips MASQUES AND ETUDES PIANO Angel CAROL ROSENBERGER JOPLIN: PALM LEAF RAG-Southland A pianist just making her first N. Y. ap- LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: KING OF THE pearances, Miss Rosenberger turns out a Singers-Angel HIGH C'S-London KORNGOLD: SYMPHONY IN F-SHARP- solid technical job of Karol Szymanowski's TIPPETT: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Harper, Kempe-RCA Masques and Etudes. The Polish composer Davis-Philips MOZART: DON GIOVANNI-Arroyo, VERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI-Arroyo, Te Kanawa, Wixell, Burrows, Davis- is staging something of a comeback, and Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi, Levine MissRosenberger'splayingwillhelpit Philips -RCA STEINER: GONE WITH THE WIND- along. %,1111J111111111111111111111111111111111111dinniln,1111111111111.11111111111111111111111111111.1111111111111111 Gerhardt-RCA DISCOUNT RECORDS/BOSTON JOAN SUTHERLAND: SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME-London KAY: MARKINGS: WALKER: CONCERTO ALBENIZ: IBERIA-De Larrocha-London FOR TROMBONE AND ORCHESTRA BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Ligi, TOWER RECORDS/S.F. London Symphony, Freeman-Columbia M32783 Domingo, Treigle, Rudel-Angel ALBENIZ: IBERIA-De Larrocha-London Of thefirstrecordsinthe Black Com- JOPLIN: MORE RAGS-Schuller- BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS- Golden Crest posers' Series, the most interesting isthis Collegium Aureum-Victrola JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller- BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Ligi, billing.Markings,apost -romantic work Angel Domingo, Tregle, Rudel-Angel heavily influenced by Berg with a touch of SHERRILL MILNES: GREAT SCENES FROM COPLAND: APPALACHIAN SPRING- jazz and Richard Strauss, would be a con- ITALIAN OPERA-London Copland-Columbia LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: KING OF THE cert hit; the trombone concerto has dash CORNELIUS: THE BARGER OF BAGHDAD HIGH C'S-London -Geszty, Hollreiser-Eurodisc and a mellow sound. Freeman conducts PUCCINI: TURANDOT-Sutherland, IMBRIE: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Farberman both withverve;theorchestrasounds Caballe, Pavarotti, Mehta-London -CRI wonderful. RHEINBERGER: ORGAN CONCERTOS- KAY: MARKINGS-Freeman-Columbia Biggs-Columbia PARTCH: BEWITCHED-Illinois Music TIPPETT: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Harper, Ensemble-CRI PETROV SINGS: ARIAS OF VERDI, Davis-Philips TIPPETT: KNOT GARDEN-Davis- GOUNOD, PROKOFIEV, MUSSORGSKY VERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI-Arroyo, Philips Westminster/Melodiya WGS-8265 Domingo, Milnes,Raimondi, Levine- TIPPETT: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Davis- RCA Basses are a rare commodity these days, Philips HARVARD COOP./CAMBRIDGE particularly those with a rich full voice of 5th AVENUE RECORDS/SEATTLE Ivan BYRD: MASS FOR FOUR VOICES- dark power abovethebassclef. Westminster Chorus-DG BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Petrov's voice is beautiful and expressive, BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE PIANO Domingo, Ligi, Treigle, Rudel-Angel a truedramaticcantante. Thetasteless CONCERTOS-Ashkenazy, SoRI- JONGEN: SYMPHONYE CONCERTANTE- cover can be masked; the record should London Fox-Angel JALOUSIE-Menuhin, Grappelli-Angel JOPLIN: MORE RAGS-Schuller- be in any voice -lover's record shelf. JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOLS. I, II- Golden Crest Rifkin-Nonesuch JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller- JASCHA HEIFETZ PLAYS SIBELIUS AND JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller- Angel Angel LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: KING OF THE TCHAIKOVSKY HIGH C'S-London London Philharmonic-Seraphim 60221 (Angell ANTHONY NEWMAN PLAYS BHAJEBOCHSTIANNANAS- STILL: AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY- Heiftz' 1935 performance of the Sibelius Columbia Freeman-Columbia concerto under the baton of Sir Thomas QUINTET OF THE HOT CLUB OF FRANCE STRAUSS: VOICES OF SPRING-Mesle- Beecham and the 1937 Tchaikovsky with -Reinhardt, Grappelli-Angel Angel SPACED -OUT BACH-Payne-RCA JOAN SUTHERLAND: VOICE OF THE SirJohnBarbirollidemand bestseller TIPPETT: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Harper, CENTURY-London status. All those who love the violin have Davis-Philips VERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI-Arroyo, to have them, and those who hate the in- Domingo, Milnes,Raimondi, Levine- SAM GOODY/EAST COAST RCA strument shouldlearn how gorgeous a BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES- VIVALDI: L'ESTRO ARMONICO- fiddle can be. Ka raja n-DG Marriner-Angel

42 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 CLUB REVIEW IM1111$1011111111111111111111,1111111111111111111N Holmes Away from HomeTwo Jerry's Front New Line-up J5 Vibrant in Vegas For Bold New Sound of BSiSLT LAS VEGAS - The versatility of the Jackson Five was exemplified NEW YORK - The group that only difference here being that the by their opening night perform- busted out with their own answer group in his case records for Co- ance at the MGM Grand Hotel to what was new musically in the lumbia; both Stewart and La Croix inLas Vegas, appearing with the midsixties - horn -rockers Blood, solo on Mercury.) incredible Frank Gorshin. The J5, Sweat & Tears - have undergone While Jerry's latest album, "The as shown by their performance, yet another change. Jerry La Croix, Second Coming" was co -pro- have developed a well-rounded, former leadvocalist withEdgar duced by Kenny Kerner,Richie sophisticated and very profession- Winter's White Trash and now a Wise and the artist,BS&T's up- al display of talent. Beginning with solo act in his own right dropped coming album will be produced by the Record World offices to by ex -Motown veteran (and Stevie sucholdies as "Skyrider" and "Never Can Say Goodbye," they appraise us of some of the changes Wonder producer and co -writer) in both his own career and the Henry Cosby. thenreverted back even further in time with impressions of the new band he has joined. How will the double lead vocal situationwork Mills Brothers, the Four Freshmen, Since '69 when BS&T (Colum- out, especially when both are named Jerry? the Coasters, and a surprise rendi- bia) hit the top 40 as well as pro- La Croix sees tionof the Andrew Sisters and gressive big time, the group has another similarityin the Supremes. Clint Holmes, recently signed to Atlantic, been in a fluid state, musically and background pointing the way to and with his debut single for the label personnel - wise. Bobby Colomby a very happy relationship: "He's Randy & Janet due shortly,stopped up atthe Record is the sole original member left. from Texas, I'm from Texas" he World officesin New York. Commenting It was a dual debut, not only on how he hopes to move away from The departure of David Clayton -notes. While both vocalists have as the Jackson Five's first appear- the bubblegum image of "Playground in Thomas followed by the joining ofmade a reputationas"belters," rance ina Las Vegas showroom, My Mind" and toward a broader musical Jerry Fisher kept the concept of their styles are readily distinguish- but the introduction ofasixth scope and appeal, Holmes was looking big band rock frontedby one able and well matched. members of the group, youngest forward to both the release and an up- But La Croix does admit to one coming tour. strong male vocalist constant, but brother Randy. Their multi -faceted that too has been changed.La fear,albeitanever -diminishing talents were in rare form Wednes- Croix and Fisher are now both one in his work with Blood Sweat day night as the group relayed to Shein to Polygram handling lead vocals, both as solo- & Tears: "I've always been a little the audience their timeless effortsII NEW YORK - David E. Shein ists and as a duet. frightened of jazz. But the band is getting more diversified - more to entertain with great enthusiasm. has been named assistantcon- Meanwhile, La Croix is still very funky, more gospel, and the jazz The act was highlighted by the trolleratPolygram Corporation, much an active solo artist outside they do will be more avant garde." entrance of the youngest sister, it was announced by Roal Kraefft, of the BS&T fold, a development Janet, joining Randy in mellifluous Although an American institu- vice president, controller for the he sees as comparable to the Rod tion since their inception, BS&T versions of Sonny and Cher ("I corporation Stewart & Faces relationship. (The Got You Babe"), Mickey and Sylvia won't be giving their U.S. fans a ("LoveIsStrange"), and a short chance 'to witness the new line-up but sweet adaptation of Nelson (Continued from page 11) first-hand until this summer at the Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald. N.Y. Central earliest. The arrangements of Tony GREAT WHITE WAY: Reports Robert Adels: "Mario Thomas is cur- Klatka, and the contributions of Family Performance additional new members Ron Mc- After an extended ovation for rently displaying her dramatic flair in her Broadway debut, "Thieves," that's Clure and Bill Tillman are first be- the extraordinary twosome, a at the Broadhurst. Although given a role part winsomeness, part kook and part absurd, Ms. Thomas makes sense out of the general ing unveiled on a massive Euro- swing number was performed by pean tour beginning April 27 in craziness that is New York in it." . . . Northern J. Calloway, replacing the whole group,includingthe Lisbon. Their finalEuropean gig Ben Vereen in "Pippin,"isconfident and appropriately cocky ina addition of the oldest sister. at theIsle show, which, while it fills the theater regularly, is not a terribly strong of Man takes them One never tires of the prettiest wellintoJune, andafterthat, Jackson Five songs, as evidenced offering . . . The group War is set to go into the Mark Hellinger May will also do limited there'satentative setof dates by "Ben" sung with much feelinz 14-19. Mott the Hoople and Sammy Davis, Jr. in Japan, Australia and New Zea- Broadway engagements soon. by Michael Jackson. The evening's land 'planned. extravaganza was lifted to an up- TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE: Dial -a -Prayer, Dial -a -Poem, Jazzline and The group expects to announce beat tempo once again with The now Dial -a -Joke, with, of all people, Henny Youngman. In NYC you their mid -JulyLos Angeles and Temptations' "Papa Was A Rolling just dial 999-3838 and a typical groan -inspiring Youngman is yours. The New York venues shortly. Public Service Commission is looking into the set-up, though, on the Stone" done J5style, adding a Robert Adels strobe -light effect. basis of consumer complaints that phone service in and around Man- hattan is bad enough as is without this kind of frivolity. According to City Keys the New York Times, "One unidentified commission source suggested Clark Names SAS Nearing the end of show, fol- that the quality of the jokes might have prompted the P.S.C. investiga- lowing alot of toe -tapping and tion." Anybody for Dial -a -Cry? As Consultant boogie -down dancing,the Jack- STARS ASHINING: With the release of her Columbia "Stars" album NEW YORK - Plans are under son Five were presented with theirjust a few weeks ago, Janis Ian is already getting well -deserved atten- keys to the city by 'the Mayor of way to continue "Good Old Rock tion in form of reviews (Village Voice), and interviews (New York Post). and Roll Days" produced and pre- Las Vegas, interpreting the group Her opening at Max's last Wednesday (17) quite literally overwhelmed as "bringing a new dimension in sented by Dick Clark with Sidney the entire house, and print reaction to that gig should send her careerA. Seidenberg, Inc. serving as con- entertainmenttotheentertain- well on its way. ment capitol of the world." sultant. The acts will be rotated Linda Nelson SITTING IN:Billy Cobham and the Generation Gap packed thefor diversity and show value, and Bottom Line for five solid nights; Cobham playing a highly electrifiedwill be presented with or without (in the volume sense), crowd -pleasing jazz-rock set. The Gap's base Clark's personal appearance. Record Sales is clever socio-political humor which requires a degree of attention it S.A.S., Inc.is currently involved did not receive from too much of the audience Thursday (11) . . . in arrangements for appearances of Distribs Famous Charles Bevel, at the Metro, balanced a bawdy sense of humor with "Good Old Rock and Roll Days" DENVER - RecordSalesof songs of a disillusioned radical outlook. A strange combination which inhotels,innightclubs, andat Colorado, distributing firm which needs refinement, Bevel just struck a properly irreverant chord in this fairs,especiallyin Floridaand also includes the Musical Isle of listener. Nevada. America rackjobbingdivision NOTED: Cybil Shepherd and Peter Bogdonovich's unexpurgated Cole Danny Kessler, head of S.A.S., withinitsDenver complex, has Porter album due in May . . . NRBQrecorded for a live album at the Inc.'s west coast office, is working acquired the Famous line of labels, Bottom Line for three days. Michael Murphey and Buffy Sainte -Marie closely with Dick Clark on the accordingto Bob Krug, branch to share the bill there this week, with major pushes behind both . . . project as well as on future con- manager. John Prine to Hawaii in May. cepts.

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 43 CLUB REVIEW Dialogue (Continued frompage 39) ontnmniiminmnimmmintmout for want of a better expression, black artistsis similar to that being made in straight rock. For instance, the musical depth and the musical Williams Wows 'em at the Troubador lines that you can hear in a Steely Dan-which is a pretty contempo- LOS ANGELES- Applause im-tended a feeling of warmth to his rary, ground -breaking rock group-are not dissimilar to those in the mediately greetedPaul Williams audience with his sit-down mono- records Stevie Wonder is making. as he approached the stage on his -ogues-subjects ranging from Lambert: And inherently, we just like it. We feel it, we enjoy listen-opening night at The Troubador. streaking to very corny yet witty ing to it. The best of rhythm and blues music is the best music, for my Williams fell into a mellow mood jokes. personal taste. The best records made by Thom Bell, by Stevie Wonder,and began his evening with songs, Audience by Marvin Gaye, are the best records as far as I'm concerned. Maybe merriment and laughter, having a At the end of the performance it's because r&b has its roots in something specific-you know, relating good time with his audience. Williams, as proved by his three to one kind of people. And maybe in our own respective ways-Brian encores, had reached each and being English, myself being from New York-we relate that music to Hits every individual. The last song, "I the confines of our own lives. We're drawn to it because it possesses Paul's well-known songs such Never Had It So Good," was dedi- energy and it possesses believability, earthiness and what's real.It's as "We'veOnlyJustBegun," catedtothe audience, and he "Rainy Days and Mondays" and not all that manufactured most of the time. statedthat"itdescribes how I Potter: I'm somewhat disillusioned currently by contemporary rock"Old -Fashioned Love Song" were feel." music. There seemed to be a period-I'm not quite sure when to locate duly welcomed by his peers, but The quality of his singing may it-but there seemed to be a period when there were some great theaudience showedrealen- not be the best around, but the forward strides being made, with the advent of Blood, Sweat and thusiasm when he sang Oscar no- self -interpretationofhis songs Tears, and then Chicago, and subsequently other rock groups who minated, "Nice To Be Around." leaves you with the conception of expanded rock music into areas that required musicality as opposed There was a rare sense of pro-a much greater depth of meaning to what I would call weirdness. When Isay weirdness,I mean strange fessionalism prevailing on stage as and insight to his lyrics of love. unfamiliarity, which is not a substitute for real musical progress. And it Paul William sang, backed up byWilliams explains, "I write songs seems to be right now that if the ballisat the feet of anybody for his band consisting of an organ,of love, 'cause it's the only thing musical progress, it's in the pop r&b area. Maybe I'm the only person piano, drums, rhythm and bass I know anything about." who thinks that way, but it seems, at the moment, that there are tooguitars and violin section. He ex- Linda Nelson many albums on the market by groups who are interchangeable with each other musically and interchangeable with each other from the way they look-you know, thigh -length leather boots and makeup and long hair.I have nothing against any of those elements. But Ithink musical forward -looking isbetter than forward -looking in the sense G) COLLE RADIO of how you're going to disturb your audience by your appearance. Of course, there have been many things that I've liked. Still, I think it o°AIRPLAYEG would be a sad day if you couldn't turn your radio on somewhere on REPORT your dial and hear music that turns you on, that's new, that's different. WVBR-FM-CORNELL UNIV. THAT'S A PLENTY-Pointer Sisters- And rock and roll, in quotes, is probably the basic reason I stay alive. Blue Thumb Pretty much the same goes for Dennis here. We're not only steeped Ithaca, N.Y. HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- WRCU-FM-COLGATE UNIV. in it but we're avid fans of the music. New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col Hamilton, N.Y. RW: Nevertheless, there's been a lot of talk about the importance of NOT JUST A BUNCH OF FACES-If- BOOGIE BROTHERS-Savoy Brown- Capitol an act's visual presentation recently.Is that something you're taking London into consideration when you look at prospective artists? ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum GET YOUR WINGS-Aerosmith-Col PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE-Al Stewart- HISTORY OF BRITISH ROCK-Sire Lambert: We're interested, in that, yes, but of course more interested Janus in the specific creating of the product first. And generally our artists- THE HOOPLE-Mott the Hoople-Col HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col the new acts that we are working with now, and I suspect the artists INSANE ASYLUM-Kathi McDonald- that we will be working with in the future-get to the stage of won- WBRU-FM-BROWN UNIV. Capitol dering what their act should be like a bit after the fact. That's indica- Providence, R.I. WBRS-FM-BRANDEIS UNIV. tive of most pop artists. The Carpenters were interested in making a BRIDGE OF SIGHS-Robin Trower- Chrysalis Waltham, Mass. record first, before deciding what they'd do on stage. Today, as Brian EXOTIC BIRDS & FRUIT-Procol Harum- BUDDAH & THE CHOCOLATE BOX- was pointing out before, a lot of artists decide that they'll wear makeup Chrysalis Cat Stevens-A&M and have orange hair before they write the first tune for the album. KEN LYON & TOMBSTONE-Col JOURNEYS & MIGRATIONS- But that generallyis not the case with r&b acts or straight top 40 ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum Amboy Dukes-Mainstream PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE-Al Stewart- PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE-Al Stewart- kinds of acts. Janus Janus Potter: You see, as much as I love the actuality-to me live enter- RAMBLER-Gabor Szabo-CTI tainment, be it musical or any other kind, is the most exciting enter- WAER-FM-SYRACUSE UNIV. TRIPLE CONCERTO-David Amram-RCA tainment there is-I'm a little apprehensive about the future, because Syracuse, N.Y. WBCR-BROOKLYN COLLEGE if the presentation of these groups outweighs their music in the end. DANSE MACABRE-Esperanto-A&M Brooklyn, N.Y. That is not the way to sustain the record industry and keep the life EARLY FLIGHT-Jefferson Airplane- 'JUSTMENTS-Bill Withers-Sussex Grunt BOOGIE BROTHERS-Savoy Brown- blood flowing. It's not a way for them to sell any records or for any- LOVING & FREE-Kiki Dee-Rocket body else to sell any records. When really great, musically fresh, excit- London THE HOOPLE-Mott the Hoople-Col BUDDAH & THE CHOCOLATE BOX- ing rock groups or artists are performing everywhere and turning the YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME Cat Stevens-A&M audience on to their music, they're good for the record industry, GOODBYE (single)-Buzzy Linhart- MICHAEL MURPHEY-Epic because they're selling a lot of albums and they're bringing people Atlantic ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum into the stores who will buy more albums by other artists. But when a WNYU-FM-NEW YORK UNIV. WRSU-FM-RUTGERS UNIV. lot of similar groups are filling arenas because they have orange hair New York, N.Y. New Brunswick, N.J. and come on the stage wearing Maidenform bras and pith helmits, BUFFY-Buffy Sainte-Marie-MCA MOONTAN-Golden Earring-MCA ,it's not making anybody record -conscious. INTRODUCING THE ELEVENTH HOUSE PRETZEL LOGIC-Steely Dan-ABC WITH LARRY CORYELL-Vanguard SOMETHIN'S HAPPENING- Lambert: In defense of the visual aspect, it's refreshing and I think MACHINE THAT CRIED-String Driven Peter Frampton-A&M important that contemporary recording artistsare beginning to get Thing-Charisma ST 11261-Brewer & Shipley-Capitol back to the basic principle that you have to be an entertainer as well PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE-Al Stewart- STRAIGHT AHEAD-Brian Auger's as a musical artist. There was a period of time when music was so Janus Oblivion Express-RCA SMASHER-Bulldog-Buddah heavy. Everybody had the most serious and deep thoughts about life WMUH-FM-MUHLENBERG and war and peace and hate and love, and listening to music was KCFR-FM-UNIV. OF DENVER COLL. becoming more like going to school thanit was entertaining. So at Denver, Colo. BUDDAH & THE CHOCOLATE BOX- least on that basis, the attention that's being paid today to what an BUTTERFLY DREAMS-Flora Purim- Cat Stevens-A&M act can do visually and what kind of a show they put together is Milestone EARTH-Vangelis 0-Vertigo restrengthening the whole concept of being an entertainer.It's just EXOTIC BIRDS & FRUIT-Procol Harum-- EXOTIC BIRDS & FRUIT-Procol Harum- Chrysalis Chrysalis that you worry whether the business will carry that particular point too HATFIELD & THE NORTH-Virgin (Import) HOME, HOME ON THE ROAD- far, that the industry people themselves will begin to think that it's NOW WE ARE SIX-Steeleye Span- New Riders of the Purple Sage-Col more important to have a great visual act than a great musical act. Chrysalis ON THE BORDER-Eagles-Asylum

44 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 CBS Records Group Posts Backstage with B.W. Knodle Joins Shayne John F. Knodle has joined Larry Shayne Music Inc. with primary Best First Quarter Ever responsibilitiesin exploitation of (Continued from page 3) all recorded material currently in For the Columbia label, the first tional recording group MFSB has the Larry Shayne Music catalogue, quarter brought six gold records, topped all charts with their single as well as exposing existing and including Chicago's single,"Just "TSOP," which the Epic/Custom new material to other artists and You 'N Me" and album "Chicago staff helped to cross over from the producers. VII;"DavidEssex'"Rock On;" soul market into all other musical Barbra Streisand's "The Way We formats,makingitthe number Were;" Johnny Winter's "Johnny one single and the number one r. AA.rr Jewel Taps 4 Distribs Winter Live" and Jim Nabors' "The album. Blue Sky recording artist Seen congratulating RCA recording artist Lord's Prayer." In addition to the Rick Derringer waseffectively B.W. Stevenson (right) after his opening SHREVEPORT, LA.-Stan Lewis, records which reached gold, brought out from the shadow of at New York's Max's Kansas City,are president of Jewel Record Com- Jack Maher, RCA's director, merchandis- there were many other major re- superstars Edgar and Johnny pany, has announced the appoint- ing, and Karen Williams, RCA's coordi- ment of four new distributorships: leases which boosted overall Winter and hit big with his own nator, MOR promotion/trade paper sales for the first quarter. album, "All American Boy" and liaison. B.W.'slatestsingle, released AllWestDistributing,Los An- Epic and ColumbiaCustom his single, "Rock 'N Roll Hoochie this week is,"Roll On" which is from geles,Calif.;DiscDistributors, Labels have been a major factor Koo." his "Calabasas" album. Inc., West Roxbury, Mass.; M -S inthe successfulsales perform- Responsible for six of the total Distributing, Morton Grove,Ill.; ance in this quarter, with releasesof 11 Grammy Awards won by Tara Rushes and Merit Distributors, Inc., De- by such artists as Rick DerringerCBS Records artists was the Co- troit, Michigan. (Blue Sky), Redbone, The Staplelumbia Classical Division. Among Mocedades Disc Singers (Stax), George Jones, these was another Grammy for NEW YORK - Tara Records is David Houston & Barbara Man-Vladimir Horowitz, the twelfth of rush -releasing Mocedades' "Dime Retail Sales Figures drell,Albert Hammond (Mums) hisillustrious career (thelargest Senor" b/w "I Ask the Lord," ac- (Continued from page 3) and Charlie McCoy (Monument). numberbyanyclassical per- cording to Mark Cosmedy, gen- The Philadelphia International former). The highlight of the first eral manager of Tara. Mocedades their gold certificationafter the Custom Labelearned two gold quarterforColumbia Master- will make theirfirstpromotion returns come back. records with The ()lays'"Ship works was the inception of two tripto the United States at the With the growing number of Ahoy" and MFSB's "TSOP" asmajor projects, The Black Com- end of April for appearances on retailers and jobbers now into in- wellassteady sales with other posersSeriesand The Modernthe "Dick Clark Show" and the ventorymanagement andsales artistsontheirrosterincluding American Music Series. The Black "Midnight Special." monitoring, at least on their hot- Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Composers records included first test selling product, Record and Billy Paul. recordings of such neglected com- Snuff Garrett Produces World's market research department has determinedthatbe- Charlie Rich posers as Roque Cordero, William GrantStill,Ulysses Kay, George Trini Lopez for Bell tween 25 and 30 percent of the Of all the Epic artists, the most nation's retailing complex is now phenomenal success was achieved Walker, Samuel Coleridge Taylor NEW YORK - Larry Uttal, pres- andChevalierSt.George. Co- identofBellRecords, has an- involved in tracking actual sales. by Charlie Rich, who won almost Market researchalsoprojects - every award imaginable during re- lumbia Masterworks alsorevital- nounced that Trini Lopez will be izedits Modern American Music produced for Bell by Snuff Gar- based on discussions with key recent months. tailers and rack jobbers 'through- During thepast month, Co- Serieswithfirstrecordingsby rett. The duo willcut both an Aaron Copland, George Crumb, album and a single the first weekout the country who have indi- lumbia Records has paid special cated their willingness to adopt attention to breaking new artists Leon Kirchner and Morton Subot-in June for release on theBell nick. label. monitoring systems-that another and expanding the sales levels of five to ten percent of the record established performers. The sell- business will be inventory man- ing strength of Herbie Hancock's CBSIntl. (Continuedfrom page 3) agement -oriented by the end of "Headhunters" albumhas been Charlie Rich, Robert Knight, the namessynonymouswithchart thisyear, or approximately one the talk of the industry and has Three Degrees and Harold Melvin positionin CBSHolland'sfirst'third of the entireretailrecord opened up an entirely new au-& The Blue Notes were among quarter.Dutch starThijsVan business. dience for him as well as other theU.S.actswhich CBSU.K. Leer,whose album"Introspec- jazz/rock artists on the CBS Re-broke in this first quarter period. tion" stillis a huge seller a year cord roster. David Essex and Billy Englandreconfirmed the super-after its release in Holland, began Declon/Tara Pact Joelhave also broken into top star statusofAndyWilliams, preparations on another solo chart positions with singles, with whose "Solitaire" single and al- album. Two Benelux artists, Sharif David Essex' "Rock On" reachingbum remainbestsellersthere. Dean and Albert West, achieved number one.BarbraStreisand's Englishtelevision and recording internationalsuccess away from appeal as a record seller has neverphenomenon The Wombles con- their homelands.Chris Montez, been stronger with the release of stantlytoppedthecharts. And an artist signed by CRIin New the single, "The Way We Were," CBS U.K.carried over the suc-York, revived his career with a and the soundtrack and studio al- cessesit established in 1973 for top 5 chartmakerinBenelux, bums of the same name. (Both Mott the Hoopleand David Austria and Argentina. Brazil's thesingleandthestudioIp Essex, providing the springboard superstar RobertoCarlos cur- reachednumberoneon the for Essex's accompanying success rently maintains four albums on charts). Also, Columbia has begun in the States. Despite the incon- his country's best sellerlist. to expose Tanya Tucker to thevenience of a mandatory three- Argentina's foremost artist, Sandro, contemporary music audience, day work week, salesfor CBS had continued success in Spanish thus adding to her already vast England were 14percentover speaking countries. And Mexico's country following. budget. Vicente Fernandez had the biggest Epic and ColumbiaCustom ThePhiladelphiaInternational selling Spanish languagechart DeclonRecordingshasleasedtoTara Labels have accomplished several tour firmly established the Philly recording with "Volver, Volver." Records amaster sessionbyBritish breakthroughs with new artists. Sound as a major musical force CBS/Sony's success was spurred group "The UnionExpress." Thesides Epicrecording Redbone involved are "Happy Song" and "You group in Europe, particularly in the U.K. by local artists such as the Four Are What You Are." Deal was made by scored with their single "Come and in Holland where the O'Jays, Leaves, Hiromi Go, Mayumi Eddie V. Deane (right), general profes- And Get Your Love," which Epic the Three Degrees and MFSB met Itsuwa and Momoe Yamaguchi. sional manager of Burlington Music Cor- had stayed with over a period of withchartand sales success. In addition, Japan achieved suc- poration and Richard Broderick, president of Tam Records. Pictured with themis Rich, months because they believed in Charlie ChiColtrane and cess with Percy Faith, Andy Mimi Trope!, managing director, Burling- the record. Philadelphia Interna- Albert Hammond, also, were Williams and the Three Degrees. ton.

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 45 19GO0RECORD WORLD COUNTRY vtoRLD

Mack Joins GRT Four Rich LPs NASHVILLE - Dave Mack has been named national promotion In Top Ten NASHVILLE REP RT directorforGRTRecords,the NASHVILLE - Epic Record- country music label newly reac- ing artist Charlie Rich is riding BY RED O'DONNELL tivatedbyChess/JanusRecords, his wave of popularity straight What's Going On Here? Earl Barton Music pub- announced Dick Heard,general to the top of the RW Country manager of GRT Records. lisher E.E. (Si) Siman Jr. came in from Springfield, Album Chart. "There Won't Be Mo. to report on the weather in the Ozarks: "One Mack was most recently national Anymore" (RCA) remains num- promotion and sales director for day it was 85 degrees and 7 degrees the next. You ber one forthethird week Elektra/Asy- could rub your sunburned back with frost-bitten country product for while "Very Special Love lurri Records in Nashville. fingers." Songs" (Epic) has moved into Singer Nat Stuckey lives dangerously. "My wife," Mack will handle promotion for up the number two position he says, "hasallthe credit cards and she goes all GRT releases, as well as coun- fromnumberfour."Behind tryproduct on theChess/Janus through stores yelling 'Charge!'" Closed Doors"(Epic),which A dognapper made off with MGM artist Sherry distributed Barnaby label, and wilt remained in the number three co-ordinate his activities with the Bryce's year -old great dane, Shana, while Sherry was playing an en- slot, has been on the chart 53 gagement at a motel in Tampa. The thief cut the wire of the inn's ken- New York sales office of Chess/ weeks and has been number Janus. He reports directly to Heard. nel to pull off the job . . . How can youhide a great dane? one several times. Roy Acuff is referred to as "The King of Country Music." Who gave Fan Fair Sets Acts In addition to sweeping the him the title? top three, Rich also has "Fully "Dizzy Dean did several years ago," says Roy, "when he introduced NASHVILLE - CountryMusic Realized" (Mercury) at number me at a show in Dallas." fans who journeytoNashville ten, achieving the rare feat of Dizzy Dean, in case you're not a baseball fan, is a former St. Louis June 12-16 for the Third Interna- four albums in the top ten. Cardinal pitching great and erstwhile sportscaster. tional Country Music Fan Fair will There are two guitaristsin Nashville with the same -sounding, but be treated to a sample of country Fretone Inks Crocker differently spelled names. One is Jerry Reed, the RCA recording artist - music from every generation and songwriter. The other is Jerry Reid, leader of Nat Stuckey's band. Would for every taste. you believe their mail seldom gets mixed up? Fan Fairwillofficiallybegin Wednesday, June 12, with a Blue- Guitarist Chet Atkins scored the first hole -in -one of his long and laborious golfing career, while playing in Memphis. He stroked the grassconcertatthe new Opry ace with a 5 -iron on the 166 -yard 5th hole at the Galloway Municipal House.Amongtheperformers scheduled are Lester Flatt and the Course. Nashville Grass,Bill Monroe, the Wife Leona later asked "What was your reaction to the feat?" Country Gentlemen, the Boys "I smiled a little, I think," Chet replied, "and then apologized to my from Shiloh, Mac Wiseman, Don partners for being so good." Reno, Jim and Jesse, and Ralph Didja know that Roy Clark appeared on the Grand Ole Opry at the Stanley. age of 15? (About 25 years ago?) He had won the National Country The Dot Records Show will be Music Banjo Championship, for which the prize was a trip to Nashville held Thursday afternoon and will and a guest shot on the Opry. feature artists Donna Fargo, Estelle Axton, president ofFretone Rec- "I've played in many places and many shows," Roy says, "but Istill Tommy Overstreet, Joe Stampley, ords, has announced the signing of Jack like to appear at Carnegie Hall with Crockerof Columbus, Mississippito an have an unfilled ambition. I'd DianaTrask,SueRichardsand exclusive recording contract. Crocker another fiddler of some renown, Jascha Heifetz." Brian Collins. will make his debut with a soon -to -be - Clark comes close to being the most versatile entertainer in or out MCA Records' showisslated released single, "The Flowers Don't Grow Here Anymore" b/w "Love This Morn- of country music. He isaclassy picker, a singer with style and a for Thursday night and scheduled ing -This Evening." natural wit. A genuine heavy, talent -wise, as they say on Music Row. to appear are Jerry Clower, Jeanne I've never seen Hank Snow as elated as he is over his top -of -the -chart Pruett,ConwayTwitty,Loretta RCA single, "Hello Love" (written by Betty Jean Robinson). Lynn, BillAnderson, and Cal JMT Pacts Nationwide III BETHESDA, MD.-JMT Records "It's not easy," says Hank, "to take a hit record in stride. I know I Smith. can't be casual about it. My last number one record was 'I've Been On Fridaymorning,Hickory has completed a distribution Records' artists will appear, with agreement with Nationwide Sound Everywhere'-and that was nine years ago. RCA artists appearing Friday after- Distributors.The announcement "Iappreciate the response from the fans and the record -buyers, noon andCapitolartistsFriday was jointly made by JMT president but it especially thrills me when the many country artists and Grand night. Tom Karter and NSD's Joe Gibson. (Continued on page 49) COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEK MEL STREET, "YOU MAKE ME FEEL MORE Lt_JEANNIESEELY,"I MISS YOU," (Tree, "SWEET MEMORIES," SUE ILI LIKE A MAN," (Prater, ASCAP). BMI). Soulful and emotional; THOMPSON. The title of this al- 0 It'sallai bum tels the story. A collection Mel isin the winning groove ILI smooth and tender. z that's going to keep his star LLI there, and more. Jeannie sings of goodies that will stay in your =MB shining bright. He's a master a torch song with a recitation< memory forever. This package in- at cheating songs and this has that adds to sad feelings of cludes 'Norman," "Sad Movies the ingredients to be the big- the story line. This will garner (Make Me Cry),-"Candy and gest one of all. Solid country instant requests and a ton of Roses" and "HaveA Good vocal and arrangement will airplay.Excellentproduction Time." Thompson also gives good lead this one to the top of the adds this one up to become treatment to "Stay Another Day" charts, and the boxes will rack an instant smash. Look for it. and Mickey Newbury's "How I up huge play. A super outing to be around for a long time. Love Them Old Songs." A mem- for Mel with a lyric line will MCA 40225. orable listening experience cer- catch your attention on the tainfor anairplayrevival. first listen. GRT 002. Hickory H3F-4511.

46 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 UNTRY HOT LINE

By MARIE RATLIFF

Station Check List Reporting this week: (Alphabetically) XAYO, Seattle WBAP, Ft. Worth WINN, Louisville KBOX, Dallas WCMS, Norfolk WIRE, Indianapolis KCKC, San Bernardino WCOU, Lewiston, Me. WMC, Memphis KENR, Houston WDON, Washington WNCR, Cleveland KFDI, Wichita WEEP, Pittsburgh WRCP, Philadelphia KKYX, San Antonio WENO, Nashville WTIK, Durham KLAK, Denver WGMA, Hollywood WVOJ, Jacksonville "ONE DAY KVOO, Tulsa WHO, Des Moines WWL, New Orleans KWJJ, Portland WHOO, Orlando WXCL, Peoria WAME, Charlotte

Joe Stampley will go all the way with "How Lucky Can One Man Be." A flood of picks from WRCP, AT A KENR, KLAK, WCOU, WHO and WINN; heavy play in all areas forecast a tornado of activity! Strong early reports on "Statue of a Fool" from Houston, Ft. Worth, Durham, San Bernardino TIME" and Nashville indicate Brian Collins will repeat the success of Jack Greene's '60s smash! Rex Allen, Jr.'s "Goodbye" building rapidly toward national chart status! The witch "Marie Laveau" is putting the hex on Written By: listeners and making strides toward another hot charter for Bobby Bare. There's a pick at KCKC; strong requests from Memphis, Indianapolis, Marijohn Wilkin Charlotte and Philadelphia. On the other hand, Tom Allen at KBOX says his most requested record Kris Kristofferson (except for "The Streak") is the flip, "The Mermaid"! Don Gibson's "One Day at a Time," (not to be confused with the song released by both Marilyn Sellars and Roy Drusky) is hitbound with widespread play from every direction! Recorded By: Mickey Gilley's "Room Full of Roses" blossoming into a national heavyweight!! Marilyn Sellars Bill Rohde at KKYX agrees with Darrell McCall's Mega Records song, "There's Still a Lot of Love in San Antone." Other believers include KENR, KFDI, WGMA and KAYO. Mary Kay James is picking up good action in Roy Drusky Memphis, Louisville, San Bernardino and San Antonio on "Please Help Me Say No." Capitol Records It's that time of year for Jim Ed Brown to have a hit with "It's That Time of Night." Early reports good from Miami, Cleveland, Louisville, Denver University of Tennessee Singers and San Bernardino. Sleeper Smash: With sufficient airing, Jeris Ross can have a super spinner with "I Know the Feeling"! KFDI and WCMS already moving with it. Printed Music By: KPIK in Colorado Springs had added Nick Kolivas to its staff as operations director. The Spanish -flavored "Que Pasa" is making a lot Chappell Music of American fans for Kenny Price. It's this week's pick at WIRE and KWJJ; a mover in Houston, Nashville and Peoria. Troy Seals' "Honky Tonkin'" added to playlists Buckhorn Music Pub. Inc. at KCKC, WRCP and WENO. Continued heavy response to Charley Pride, 1007 17th Ave. South Charlie Rich, Waylon Jennings and Anne Murray. Nashville, Tennessee Potent Possibles: Toni Brown's "Good For You Too" (MCA) playing at WMC; Narvel Felts'"I Want To Stay" good in Dallas and Memphis; Jerry House's "Miss Memory" picked at WGMA; Jimmv Nall & Terri Lane's "Mockingbird" spinning at WENO; Sam Neely's "Sadie Take A Lover" (A&M) airing at WNCR. Patti Page's "Someone Came To See Me" looking good in Orlando and Houston. "It's You" is Connie Eaton's debut disk on Enterprise; picked at KBOX, playing in Norfolk.

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 47 JIM GLASER-MGM 14713 FOOL PASSIN' THROUGH (Glaser, BMI) A cryin'ballad with super style for the member of the legendary COUNTRY Glaser Brothers. Jim interprets this one beautifully!

(=RDSINGLE PICKS VICKY FLETCHER-Columbia 4-46043 TOUCHING ME, TOUCHING YOU (Gallico/Algee, BMI) It's hard to believe this is her first record. One listen will tell you why this is the first of many hits. Producer Billy Sherrill puts the right com- COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEK bination behind this smooth vocalist. CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 40224 CRYSTAL GAYLE-United Artists UA-XW428 W I'M NOT THROUGH LOVING YOU YET (Twitty Bird, BMI) RESTLESS (Tree, BMI) BEFORE YOUR TIME (Twitty Bird, BMI) Classic lyrics of a woman left lonely. Dynamic melody sets this one Twitty's doing what he does best, an emotion -filled ballad that has up to assault the charts. Crystal's distinctive voice puts the crowning number one written all over it. Look for gigantic action and count touch on a biggie! on this one! MURRY KELLUM-Cinnamon C-794 GIRL OF MY LIFE (Toast, BMI) BILLY WALKER-MGM 14717 Kellum gets into this happy-go-lucky tune that's sure to brighten up HOW FAR OUR LOVE GOES (Tree, BMI) the airwaves. Smilin' songs are always welcome, and this discis sure A mellow and lyrical gem that has the makings of a monster record. to click. A sensual number that will pick up MOR play easily. Walker provides the mood for a big hit! SCOTT GRADY-Christi LC -303 BITTER SWEET MEMORIES (Softcharay/Teelbilly, BMI) NANCY WAYNE-20th Century TC-2086 SPIRIT OF '76 (BMI) THE BACK DOOR OF HEAVEN (New York Times,BMI) The soulful lyrics are given the right feel by this powerful singer. A Their initial country release is destined to bea success. Clever lyrics solid country performance that says this artist is on his way to the top. and crisp production complement a positivevocal performance by Nancy with this one. TOMMY RUBLE-River RIV 3882 YOUR KIND OF MAN (Hall -Clement, BMI) DAVID ALLEN COE-Columbia 4-46012 THE SUN DON'T SHINE (IN THE SAME MAN'S FACE) (Wit's End, BMI) Smooth, sad and appealing. Ruble packs alot of emotion into this A SAD COUNTRY SONG (Window, BMI) Memphis -produced disc. A fine country release that will turn listeners A haunting bread 'nbutter country tune from the writer of Tanya on! Tucker's latest hit. Will be huge where tall cool ones are poured. JACK COTTON-Caprice CA -1984 CONNIE EATON-Enterprise ENA 9096 THE REAL THING (Berry Hill/Beechwood, BMI) IT'S YOU (Tree, BMI) SOME SONGS HAVE HAD IT (Buzz Cason, ASCAP) A sad and mellow song about being alone that's sure to draw a crowd. A bright and catchy tune to launch Cotton up the charts. Solidproduc- This gently flowing ballad is a certain biggie. Will see MOR action also. tion totals this up to mean refreshing listening. Willie Nelson's new hit Bloody Mar Morning' Atlanr1c t1.3020 from the album "Phases and Stages" D 7291 Procuced by Jerry Wexler on Atlantic Records

WILLIE NELSON PHASES AND STAGES

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 48 Nashville Report (Continued from page 46) American Management Levine Music Director Ole Opry regulars tell me-as they have-that 'Hello Love' is the best Pacts Dolly Parton At Opryland Complex I've ever done." LOS ANGELES-Bob Eubanks of NASHVILLE - Nashville ar- Last week most of the great golfers were in Augusta, Ga. for the American Management,Inc.has ranger/record producer Hank annualMasters Tournament-but not thefreespiritofthe non- announced the signing of Dolly Levine has been named musical conformist Faron Young. He was in Hattiesburg, Miss. playing in the Partontoan exclusive manage- director at Opryland U.S.A., the Magnolia Pro -Celebrity Invitational. ment contract. The agency will $43millionentertainment com- Speaking of the sport (game, thatis),stuttering Mel Tillis says he represent Miss Parton inalltele- plex here that includes the new never took up golf because "by the time I yelled 'f -o -r -e' it would bevision, motion pictures, commer- $15 millionGrandOleOpry f-i-v-e or s-i-x." cials and live appearances. Porter House. Birthdaying: Cecil Null, Johnny Mosby, Maxine Brown, Jimmie Skin- Wagoner will continue as her per- 14 Shows ner, Billy Mize. sonal advisor. American Manage- At Opryland, Levine will work Publisher Jim Pelton chimes in with: "If Ferlin Husky joined Weight ment willbe sending lettersto with the 14 livemusical shows Watchers and obeyed all rules of diet he would be Ferlin Puny." prime promoters concerning a few presented each day in the Opry- Loretta Lynn's Easter gift from husband Mooney: "A box of peanut - available datesin 1974.Miss land Park. butter candy bars" . . . Reasoned Mooney: "Just the thing for a girl Parton's initial single engagement Levine has arranged and con- who has everything. Lorettaisnuts about peanut butter, especially is August 1. She will be doing ap- ducted for such well-known per- ifitis covered with chocolate." proximately 150 dates in 1975. sonalities as Wayne Newton, Ann - Crime Report: Trial of the three men charged with the slayings of Margret, the Lettermen and Rod David (Stringbean) Akeman and his wife Estelle (Nov. 11, 1973) is set McKuen and country music stars to start July 15 in a local Criminal Court. Accosting La Costa he has worked withinclude Dolly Parton, as announced Feb. 19, is leaving the Porter Wagoner Loretta Lynn, Eddie Arnold, Lynn Show effective July 15. Porter has received more than 3,000 applica- Anderson,MartyRobbins,Tex tions from girl singers who want to fill the vacancy. Ritter,Freddie Hart and Roy "I had no idea," says Wagoner, "that so many girls wanted to get Clark. into country music or that they wanted to join my show." Porter said that the oldest applicant was "around 55" and that the Colorado Fest Set youngest was 15 years. DENVER - The 12thAnnual "I've been screening all photographs and tapes of their singing and Colorado Country Music Festival holding some auditions. I might be able to select a successor to Miss will be held June 17-22. Among Dolly in four or five weeks." the events will be a discussion on Grand Ole Opry pianist Del Wood has joined Weight Watchers. tape piracy and the first "C&W New CapitolrecordingartistLa Costa "You won't recognize me a year from now," Del said. "I'm not going stopped by the RW officeslast week to Musicians Seminar." The festival is to cheat on the diet." talk about her initial release, "I Wanna sponsored by the Country Music Del now weighs 214 pounds. Come Spring, 1975 she promises to Get to You." Her first single is produced Foundation of Colorado. A com- weigh no more than 131 -pounds." Del weighed 140 pounds when by Norro Wilson, whose track recordis plete schedule of events isavail- longandaccomplished.Picturedwith she joined the Opry in 1953-after recording the million selling hit, La CostaisRW's research editor Lenny able from them at P.O. Box 19435, "Down Yonder." Beer. Denver, Colorado 80219,

Has Country Music's Most Beaulilul Single:

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 49 Bryants Bring Country Country 'Air -Jack' FROM THE FORTHCOMING GRT ALBUM To NYC Lecture Series By ROBERT ADELS "TWO WAY STREET" NEW YORK-"This isthe first time we've ever done this," coun- trytunesmithBoudleauxBryant told Record World."Infact," he 2 GREAT SIDES! continued,"Ithinkit'sthefirst time it's ever been done anywhere quite like this." "It" and "this" bothrefer to the lecture -music presentation on "TOC1 MIKE ME theartofcountrysongwriting given at the 92nd St. YMHA here WaylonJennings(left)receivesassist- (14) as part of the Y and Billy Rose ance from his managerJohnYurcic (right)asheproceeds withthe"air - Foundation "Lyrics and Lyricists" jacking" of WNCR by tyingdown seriesbyFelice and Boudleaux WNCR personality Bo Wiley. This gave FEEL FIORE. Bryant. The well-chosen Nashville Jennings and the Waylors freelatitude husband and wife team have had with theair wavesinbroadcasting a specialfundraisingdriveforthetor- their compositions sell almost one - nadovictimsofXenia,Ohio. WNCR quarter of a billion discs, dating changed to a country format March 6. LIKE a MAN" back to Jimmy Dickens' late forties hits on Columbia, on through the heydayoftheEverlyBrothers Barba to Owens -Fair WRITTEN BY JOHN RIGGS (Cadence) andintothepresent with the current Charley Pride hit NASHVILLE-Owens-Fair presi- PUBLISHED BY PRATER MUSK, ASCAP "We Could" (RCA). dent Earl E. Owens has announced Tracingtherootsofcountry the appointment of Gus Barba to back to a combination of "ama- the public relations firm. A native teurism combined with a Southern of Temple, Texas, Barba has been dialect,"BoudleauxBryantfol- inNashville ;sixyears,halfof lowedthe developmentofthe which he served both as part of country song through to the pres- management staff and as a musi- ent day "where the sophistication cian for Tom T. Hall and Johnny of the studio musician has seen Rodriguez. its counterpart in lyrics as well." Hall to KOYN Boudleauxdeclinedtodetail the delineations of a country song Carl Hall, former account execu- and stated that itis really all "an tive with Owens -Fair & Associates, and his wife, Cathy Clayton -Hall intuitive"matter.FeliceBryant, speaking both about her own suc- of the "Noontime Nashville" radio show,have movedtoBillings, cesswithher husband andof is afternoon country tunesingeneral, made Montana where Carl theintriguingstatement:"Our drive -time personality at KOYN. songs are naked; you can dress 'em up anyway you want to." During the lecture -concert, the Cash Hosts TV'er Bryants, who gave a rare musical performance of their own, were LOS ANGELES - Johnny Cash aided by Nashville musicians Dave will host a musical salute to the Kirby (writer of "Is Anybody Go- recently completed New Grand ing to San Antone" as well as a Ole Opry House. Called "Country recording artist for Mercury) and Comes Home," thehour-long Bob Thompson ("Hee-Haw's" colorcast airs on the NBC Televi- banjo picker). sion Network Friday, Apr. 26. Dot Signs Pillow

AND "GREEN RIVER" GRT- 002 BY MEL STREET Recording Exclusivelq For ip ft! Exclusive Booking: 1L-111 HUBERT LONG AGENCY [Willie,. Of .uBl. t AT,e,4 Nashville Records Dot Records president Jim Fogelsong (right) and Ray Pillow (center) clinch the singer's Nashville new contract with a handshake, which officially welcomes him tothe Dotlabel. Shown here (fromleft)with Foglesong and Pillow during signing ceremonies are LarryRogers,producer;JoeTaylor,personal manager; and LarryBaunach,vice president of sales and promotion for Dot Records.

50 RECORD WORLD APRIL 27, 1974 Gospel Radio Seminar Mercury VP Moves Banquet Night Does Film Role II NASHVILLE-The Second An- NASHVILLE - Jerry Kennedy, nual Gospel Radio Seminar, which vice president/Nashville for Mer- isslated for May 3-4 here, has curyRecords,hasacceptedan scheduledits banquet and show acting role in the new Burt Rey- for the first evening of this year'snolds film, "W.W. and the Dixie session. Dancekings," now being filmed in Requests Nashville. Moving the event from Satur- Kennedy, who produces such day to Friday came as the resultcountry acts for Mercury as Tom of numerous requests from regis- T. Hall,JohnnyRodriguez and trantsdesiring the date change. the StatlerBrothers, willplay a Officialsof the seminar believemember of Country Bull's band, itwillremain as a permanent afictionalcharacter inthe film change in the prgoram, not onlywho is supposed to be "the top this year, but in future sessions. dude in Nashville." Headquartering at The King of Inadditiontohisproducing the Road, the 1974 Gospel Radio chores, Kennedy isalso to have Seminarwillkick-offpromptly his own Mercury album released at 9:30 Friday morning, with key- mid -Aprilentitled"Jerry Ken- noter Duane Allen of The Oak nedy and Friends." Some of the Ridge Boys. friendsonthealbuminclude KrisKristofferson, Tom T.Hall, Workshop Charlie McCoy, Ray Stevens, A 2 -day workshop ofpanels, MickeyNewbury,JohnnyRod- presentations and discussions will riguez, Owen Bradley, Boots follow, and may be attended only Randolph, theStatlerBrothers by individuals who have paid the andDennisLinde.Thealbum full fee of $60 per person. was produced by Bob Beckham. COUNTRY SINGLES ,PUBLISHERS LIST

A VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONG MY PART FOREVER Billy Sherrill Billy Sherrill (Algee, BMI) 10 (Jack & Bill, ASCAP) 27 AT THE TIME Jean Shepard (Stallion, BMI) 11 NO CHARGE Pete Drake (Wilderness, BMI) 4 BABY DOLL Jerry Crutchfield ONE DAY AT A TIME (Buckhorn, BMI) 67 (Dutchess, BMI) 34 ON THE COVER OF MUSIC CITY NEWS BITTER THEY ARE, HARDER THEY FALL (Evil Eye, BMI) 22 Fred Foster (First Generation, BMI) 49 PURE LOVE Collins & Johnson BLOODY MARY MORNING Jerry Wexler (BriaINYNrpatIGHTch/PiIN BMI) 29 (Willie Nelson, BMI) 51 RA GEORGIA BORN TO LOVE AND SATISFY Curb-Vinneau Prods. (Combine, BMI)... 14 Jerry Bradley (Jack & Bill ASCAP) Al REFLECTIONS Billy Sherrill CAPTURED Earl Ball (Noma/S.P.R., BMI) 40 (Tree, BMI/Crosskeys, ASCAP) 60 COME HOME Don Gant (Chappell, ASCAP) 70 ROOM FULL OF ROSES Mickey Gilley COUNTRY BUMPKIN Walter Haynes (Hill & Range, BMI) 62 (Tree,BMI) 2 SEASONS IN THE SUN (E. B. Marks, BMI) 19 COUNTRY LULLABY Ron Chancey (Screen SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES Gems-Columbia/Summerhill, BMI) 46 Rhodes & Reynolds (Central Songs, BMI)21 DALLAS Ray Baker (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 46 SMILE FOR ME Glenn Sutton DON'T LET GO Jim Vienneau (Chappell & Co., ASCAP) 20 (Screen -Gems Columbia, BMI) 50 SOME KIND OF WOMAN Jerry Kennedy FRIEND NAMED RED Ray Pennington (Coal Miners, BMI) 16 (Dunbar, BMI) 68 SOMETHING Jerry Kennedy (Tree, BMI)....36 To have another GEORGIA KEEPS PULLING ON MY RING SOMETHING BETTER Larry Butler Owen Bradley (Battleground/Emerald (Harrissongs, BMI) 65 Isle, BMI) 64 SHE'S IN LOVE WITH A RODEO MAN great hit record... HANG IN THERE GIRL Freddie Hart Jerry Bradley (Jack, BMI) 59 (Blue Book, BMI) 9 STOP THE WORLD Susan Tary (4 -Star, BMI)57 HELLO LOVE Light & Atkins STORMS OF TROUBLES TIMES Don Law (Four -Star, BMI) 1 Prods. & Ron Bledsoe (Keca, ASCAP).. 30 HE THINKS I STILL CARE Brian Ahern SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS Milt Okun (Jack/Glad, BMI) 63 (Cherry Lane, ASCAP) 32 'YOU DON'T HONEYMOON FEELIN' Jim Fogelsong SUPERSKIRT Connie Cato (Coustic, BMI) 17 BMI/JEackOFBill, ASCAP) 31 I'D FIGHT THE WORLD Jerry Bradley TAKE GOODCAR HER (Tree,BMI) 72 (George Paxton, ASCAP) 13 IF YOU LOVE ME John Farrar TELL ME A LIE Sonny Limbo (AI Gallico, BMI) 47 NEED TO MOVE (Fame, BMI/Rick Hall, ASCAP) 55 I GAVE UP GOOD MORNING DARLING THAT SAME OLD LOOK OF LOVE Joe Allison (Wiljex, ASCAP) 52 Billy Sherrill (Algee/AI Gallico, BMI).... 56 I JUST STARTED HATING CHEATIN' SONGS THE JET -SET Billy Sherrill (Tree, BMI) 15 TODAY Schafer & Dorman (Blue Crest/ THE OLDER THE VIOLIN Larry Butler Hill & Range, BMI) 24 (Tree,BMI) 8 A MOUNTAIN' I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU Cashman THE PILLOW Billy Sherrill (Algee, BMI).. 66 & West (Blendingwell/ABC, ASCAP) .. 75 THE STREAK Ray Stevens (Ahab, BMI) 33 MCA -40207 I'LL TRY A LITTLE HARDER Stan Silver THE TELEPHONE CALL Billy Sherrill Don (Blue ,BMI) 6 (Algee, BMI) 58 I'M WANTIN' TO Marty Robbins THINGS AREN'T FUNNY ANYMORE (Mariposa, BMI) 42 Ken Nelson (Shade Tree, BMI) 3 I NEVER GO AROUND MIRRORS THIS TIME Jennings -Nelson (Baron, BMI) 54 Jeanne Pruett (Prima Donna, BMI) 23 TORE DOWN/ NOTHING BETWEEN IS IT WRONG W. McPherson Bob Ferguson (Owepar, BMI) 71 (Hill & Range, BMI) 7 WE COULD Jack Clement IT'S TIME TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE (House of Bryant, BMI) 53 Walter Haynes (Ben Peters, BMI) 25 WELCOME HOME (Bello, ASCAP) 61 I USE THE SOAP Lea & Lea Bob Ferguson (Owepar, BMI) 38 WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Allen Reynolds I WANTA GET TO YOU Norro Wilson (Jack, BMI) i2 (Al Gallico/Algee, BMI) 74 WHEN THE MORNING COMES I WILL AMAYS LOVE YOU (Lady Jane, BMI) 48 (Kipahulu, ASCAP) 45 WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME Billy Sherrill JOHN LAW H. Joy (Blue Book, BMI) 69 (Evil Eye, BMI) 18 JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME STAY YOU BET YOUR SWEET LOVE Glenn Sutton (Keca, ASCAP) 28 LEAN IT ALL ON ME Norro Wilson (House of Gold, BMI) 73 (Jobete, ASCAP) 37 YOU DON'T NEED TO MOVE A MOUNTAIN LAST TIMEI SAW HIM Billy Davis Walter Haxner (Jack, BMI) 35 (AI Gallico, BMI) 26 YOU NEVER SAY YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE MIDNIGHT ME & THE BLUES Jerry House Jerry Bradley (Unichappell, BMI/Easy (Sawgrass, BMI) 39 Nine, ASCAP) 43

RECORD WORLD APRIL 27,1 974 51 38 PHASES AND STAGES WILLIE NELSON-Atlantic SD 7291 3 34 37 LET'S GO ALL THE WAY TONIGHT MEL & SHERRY-MGM SE 4937 9 35 29 BEAN BLOSSOM BILL MONROE & VARIOUS ARTISTS-MCA 2-8002/1 1984,THE COUNTRY 36 26 I REMEMBER HANK WILLIAMS GLEN CAMPBELL-Capitol SW 11253 17 37 24 WE'RE GONNA HOLD ON GEORGE & TAMMY-Epic KE 32757 20 38 41 GOOD TIMESELVIS PRESLEY-RCA CPL1-0475 5 lAoRLDALBUM CHART 39 40 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES CONNIE SMITH- Columbia KC 32581 7 40 39 WHEN YOUR LOVE WAS MINE NARVEL FELTS-Cinnamon 5002 6 APRIL 20, 1974 41 27 SOUTHERN ROOTS JERRY LEE LEWIS-Mercury SRM 1-690 16 APR. APR. 27 WKS. ON 47 ATKINS & TRAVIS TRAVELING SHOW CHET & MERLE- 20 CHART RCA APL1 -0479 4 1 1 THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE CHARLIE RICH-RCA APL1-0433 13 43 44 LIVE AT THE PALOMINO DEL REEVES-UA LA 204 F 4 El 4 VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONGS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 32531 6 co 50 BACK IN THE COUNTRY ROY ACUFF-Hickory HR 1507 3 3 3 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 32247 53 5 CI 62OAK RIDGE BOYS-Columbia KC 32742 2 MY THIRD ALBUM JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ-Mercury SRM1-699 8 E l 46 42 ROY CLARK'S FAMILY ALBUM-Dot DOS 26018 23 6 IF WE MAKEIT THROUGH DECEMBER MERLE HAGGARD- MI 47 43 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN JODY MILLER-Epic KE 32569 11 CapitolST 11276 8 48 46 JUST ANOTHER COWBOY SONG DOYLE HOLLY-Ba rna by BR1501116 7 1:11 JOLENE DOLLY PARTON-RCA APL1 -0473 9 57 SNAP YOUR FINGERS DON GIBSON-MGM SE 4509 2 8 El WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME TANYA TUCKER-Columbia KC 32744 8 50 56 BEST OF SUSAN RAYE-Capitol ST 11282 2 8 2 LEGENDARY PERFORMER, VOL. 1 ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA CPL -0341 10 51 54 FOR WIVES AND LOVERS JERRY WALLACE-MCA 408 3 9 9 FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE LAST HARD TOWN TOM T. HALL- 52 53 TURN ON YOUR LIGHT KENNY PRICE-RCA APL1-0435 Mercury SRM 1-687 3 18 53 52 KID STUFF BARBARA FAIRCHILD-Columbia KC 32711 24 14 10 FULLY REALIZED CHARLIE RICH-Mercury SRM 2-7505 8 54 45 RED, WHITE AND BLUE(GRASS)-GRC 5002 9 55 49 15 THE ENTERTAINER ROY CLARK-Dot DOS 1-2001 UPTOWN POKER CLUB JERRY REED-RCA APL1-0356 20 E l 5 - THIS TIME WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA APL1 -0539 12 10 LET ME BE THERE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 389 15 1 57 48 13 12 LULLABYS' LEGENDS AND LIES BOBBY BARE-RCA ACL2-0290 21 THE BEST OF DANNY DAVIS-RCA APL1-0425 12 58 51 14 11 I'M STILL LOVING YOU JOE STAMPLEY-Dot DOS 26020 12 KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY HANK THOMPSON-Dot DOS26015 18 59 64 15 13 NEW SUNRISE BRENDA LEE-MCA 373 22 STILL LOVING YOU BOB LUMAN-Hickory 4508 2 21 HELLO LOVE HANK SNOW-RCA APL1-0441 10 80 NO CHARGE MELBA MONTGOMERY-Elektra EKS-75079 1 61 60 WHERE MY HEART IS RONNIE MILSAP-RCA APL1-0338 25 20 SPIDERS AND SNAKES JIM STAFFORD-MGM SE 4947 4 62 58 IF YOU CAN'T FEEL IT FREDDIE HART-Capitol ST 11252 19 18 19 LAST LOVE SONG HANK WILLIAMS, JR.-MGM SE 4936 10 1:11 - DOUBLE EXPOSURE JOHNNY CARVER-ABC ABCX-812 1 19 17 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR ROY CLARK-Capitol SABB-11264 13 20 16 THE FASTEST HARP IN THE SOUTH CHARLIE McCOY- 64 63 COUNTRY SUNSHINE DOTTIE WEST-RCA APL1 -0344 22 Monument KZ 32749 18 65 55 SHADES OF STEEL LLOYD GREEN-Monument KZ32532 16 21 22 THE BEST OF BUCK OWENS-Capitol ST11273 7 1:13 - HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU MARTY ROBBINS- 22 18 AN AMERICAN LEGEND TEX RITTER-Capitol 11241 14 ColumbiaC 32586 1 67 59 ED 32ANOTHER LONELY SONG TAMMY WYNETTE-Epic KE 32745 5 ALL ABOUT A FEELING DONNA FARGO-Dot DOS 26019 20 68 65 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE CONWAY TWITTY- 24 28 LOVE SONG ANNE MURRAY-Capitol ST11266 7 MCA 366 35 30 DON WILLIAMS,VOL. 2-JMI 4006 El 7 69 66 THE MIDNIGHT OIL BARBARA MANDRELL-Columbia KC 32743 17 26 25 SONG AND DANCE MAN JOHNNY PAYCHECK-Epic KE 32570 13 70 61 TOO MANY MEMORIES BOBBY LEWIS-Ace of Hearts AH3-1102 9 36 HONKY TONK ANGEL CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 406 5 71 72 CLING TO A SAVING HAND/STEAL AWAY CONWAY TW ITTY- MCA 376 21 35 SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING I NEED EDDY ARNOLD-MGM 4912 4 72 70 COME LIVE WITH ME ROY CLARK-Dot DOS 26010 41 29 23 AMAZING LOVE CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA APL1 -0397 24 73 69 FAREWELL TO THE RYMAN DAVID ROGERS-Atlantic SD 7283 22 30 31 THE PILRGIMLARRY GATLIN-Monument KZ32571 13 74 74 GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION GUY & RALNA- 31 33 SOME KIND OF A WOMAN FARON YOUNG-Mercury SRM-1-698 6 Ranwood R 8120 12 32 34 HAPPY HOUR TONY BOOTH-Capitol ST 11270 6 75 67 KENTUCKY SUNSHINE WAYNE KEMP-MCA 369 11 t keSkeriff kers another Sure Sket...let withaBullet! FdanYOunges LATEST HIT SINGLE

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14 14 AT THE TIME 9 42 24 I'M WANTING TO JEAN SHEPARD-UA XW384-W MARTY ROBBINS-MCA 40172 16 WE SHOULD BE 43 32 YOU NEVER SAY YOU TOGETHER 8 LOVE ME ANYMORE 10 "RACE NAT STUCKEY-RCA APBO-0222 DON WILLIAMS-JMI 36 9! 13 9 TAKE GOOD CARE OF Ca 55 COUNTRY LULLABY HER/ I'VE GOT A THING JOHNNY CARVER -ABC 114253 ABOUT YOU BABY 10 45 45 I USE THE SOAP 8 DRIVIN' MAN ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA APBO-0196 DICKEY LEE -RCA APB0.0227 # 1974 17 RAINY NIGHT IN 46 51 DALLAS 4 GEORGIA 7 CONNIE SMITH - B1 REQUEST HANK WILLIAMS, JR.- Columbia 4-46008 1RE-RELEASE B1 MGM K14700 58 IF YOU LOVE ME 3 15 12 WE'RE NOT THE JET SET 11 w OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN - GEORGE & TAMMY - MCA 40209 Epic 5.11083 57 WHEN THE MORNING 20 SOME KIND OF A COMES 3 Buzz WOMAN 7 HOYT AXTON-A&M 1497 FARON YOUNG -Mercury 73464 49 54 BITTER THEY ARE, 23 HONEYMOON FEELING 7 HARDER THEY FALL 5 ROY CLARK -Dot DOA 17498 LARRY GATLIN- Cason 18 13 WOULD YOU LAY Monument ZS7-8602 WITH ME 15 SO 60 DON'T LET GO 3 TANYA TUCKER - MELL TILLIS & SHERRY BRYCE- Columbia 4-45991 MGM 14714 19 21 SEASONS IN THE SUN 9 64 BLOODY MARY MORNING 2 BOBBY WRIGHT-ABC 11418 WILLIE NELSON - "THERE'S 20 22 SMILE FOR ME 7 Atlantic 45-3020 LYNN ANDERSON - Columbia 4-46009 52 52 I GAVE UP GOOD 21 25 SILVER THREADS AND MORNING DARLING 6 RED STEAGALL-Capitol 3825 GOLDEN NEEDLES 8 LINDA RONSTADT- 65 WE COULD 2 Asylum 11032 CHARLEY PRIDE - GREEN FIELD RCA APBO-0257 Ea 29 ON THE COVER OF MUSIC CITY NEWS 6 - THIS TIME 1 (Over the mountain)" BUCK OWENS-Capitol 3841 WAYLON JENNINGS- RCA APB0-0251 #1985 23 26 I NEVER GO AROUND MIRRORS 55 56 TELL ME A LIE 5 k DEW T 11\1,- 11.4041, LEFTY FRIZZELL-ABC 11416 SAMI JO -MGM South 7029 67 THAT SAME OLD LOOK stl FRO11 13:1 36 I JUST STARTED HATING 1213 CHEATING SONGS OF LOVE 3 DAVID HOUSTON -Epic 5-11096 TODAY 5 MOE BANDY-GRC 2006 57 63 STOP THE WORLD 4 25 15 IT'STIME TO CROSS SUSAN RAY -Capitol 3850 Donna THAT BRIDGE 12 66 THE TELEPHONE CALL 3 JACK GREENE-MCA 40179 TINA & DADDY -Epic 5-11099 38 LAST TIMEI SAW HIM 5 72 SHE'S IN LOVE WITH A DOTTIE WEST -RCA APB0-0231 RODEO MAN 2 Brock 33 MY PART OF FOREVER 6 JOHNNY RUSSELL - El] JOHNNY PAYCHECK - RCA APBO-0248 Epic 5-11090 60 62 REFLECTIONS 4 28 30 JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE JODY MILLER -Epic 5-11094 ME STAY 6 61 61 WELCOME HOME 5 BOB LUMAN-Epic 5.11087 Poters & Lee -Phillips 40729 "THE 39 5 PURE LOVE 73 ROOM FULL OF ROSES 2 RONNIE MILSAP- Cal MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy 50056 RCA APB0.0237 - HE THINKS I STILL CARE 1 30 35 STORMS OF TROUBLED ANNE MURRAY-Capitol 3867 REAL THING" TIMES 6 64 70 #1984 GEORGIA KEEPS PULLING IT/W "*.I RAY PRICE -Columbia 4-456015 s4N1,s 11111:,.1111 IT" 31 31 SUPERSKIRT 11 ON MY RING fr E11 \ 111E 101 1.1. CONNIE CATO-Capitol 3788 DAVID WILKINS-MCA 402003 REMEMBER! 32 34 SUNSHINE ON MY 65 71 SOMETHING BETTER 4 SHOULDERS 0. B. McCLINTON- JOHN DENVER -RCA APBO.0213 Enterprise 9091 75 THE PILLOW 59 THE STREAK 2 2 EEI JOHNNY DUNCAN- RAY STEVENS-Barnaby 600 Columbia 4-46018 34 18 BABY DOLL 11 BARBARA FAIRCHILD - 74 ONE DAY AT A TIME 2 Jack Columbia 4-45988 MARILYN SELLERS -Mega 205 EEI40 YOU DON'T NEED TO - FRIEND NAMED RED 1 MOVE A MOUNTAIN 5 BRIAN SHAW -RCA APBO.0230 JEANNE PRUETT-MCA 40207 69 JOHN LAW 3 Cotton HOMER JOY -Capitol 3834 42 SOMETHING 4 JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ- 70 - COME HOME 1 Mercury 73471 JIM MUNDY-ABC 11421 EEI49 LEANIT ALL ON ME 4 - TORE DOWN/NOTHING DIANA TRASK-Dot DOA 17496 BETWEEN 1 PORTER WAGONER - P.O. Box 40346 Ea 46 I WILL ALWAYS Cdtprii LOVE YOU 4 RCA APBO-0233 DOLLY PARTON- EE1- I'D FIGHT THE WORLD 1 'E ORDS 1615/ 383-0334 RCA APBO-0234 JIM REEVES -RCA APBO-0255 Nashville, Tenn. 37204 ' 39 19 MIDNIGHT, ME AND Ea - YOUBET YOUR SWEET THE BLUES 16 LOVE 1 MEL TILLIS-MGM K14689 KENNY O'DELL-Capricorn 0360 40 47 CAPTURED 4 TERRY STAFFORD -Atlantic 4015 I WANTA GET TO YOU 1 133 - LaCOSTA-Capitol 3856 1:11 48 BORN TO LOVE AND SATISFY 7 - I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE KAREN WHEELER - YOU IN A SONG 1 S4 RCA APB0-023 JIM CROCE-ABC11324 enters Count 20th Cen Produced by Eddie Martinez Nancy Wayne TC-2086 By REC DRDS WHERERIENDS20TH HER CENTLRY-FOX ARE! FILM A SUBSIDIARY CORPCOF RATION but yot can't take the countryYou out can of take the theboy. boy out of the country Paul Lovelace OVER 200,000! "LOVE THAT REALLY COUNTS"

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