Need For K n o wled g eable Sales 'Hel(Ed)...RCA'The Discrete, 4 -Channel Disk Debuts In May ... On The' Piracy Front: 3 Courts Decide Against Unauthorize Duplicators; Col $250 million Class Action ... Que Of Grammys: Carole King .... Bledsoe Tops Col Nash RECORDINGS DEPART LILY TOMLIN: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNESTINE r.. I. .n O «-1 U www.americanradiohistory.com Dr. Hook and "Sylvia's Mother" are sweeping across the nation. Join them. H6981 Columbia Records (D61569 Abie) repros mg WFUN, Miami WKNR, Detroit KLEO, Wichita WSRF, Miami WVIC, Detroit WIFE, Indianapolis WDRC, Hartford KAAY, Little Rock KIOA, Des Moines WPOP, Hartford KLIF, Dallas KQWB, Fargo WLOF, Orlando KXOL, Fort Worth WRIT, Milwaukee WPDQ, Jacksonville KNUZ, Houston KRIZ, Phoenix WLCY, Tampa KTSA, San Antonio KLZ, Denver WGH, Norfolk KONO, San Antonio WCAO, Baltimore/Washington WLEE, Richmond WKY, Oklahoma City WPGC, Baltimore/Washington W JET, Erie KIRL, St. Louis WLPL, Baltimore/Washington WHOT, Youngstown KUDL, Kansas City "Sylvia's Mother4556, The new hit single by Doctor Hook And the Medicine Show On Columbia Records e www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY etu1//// "` V, %w/ir Vol. XXXIII - Number 40/March 25, 1972 Publication Office/1780 Broadway, New York, New York 10019/Telephone: JUdson 6-2640/Cable Address Cash Box, N. Y. GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Vice President and Editorial Director CHRISTIE BARTER West Coast Director ED KELLEHER KENNY KERNER ROBERT ADELS MARK PINES TODD EVERETT RESEARCH The Need For MIKE MARTUCCI Research Director ANTHONY LANZETTA Assoc. Dir. BOBBY SIEGEL Knowledgeable ADVERTISING STAN SOIFER Advertising Manager Account Executives ED ADLUM, New York WOODY HARDING Sales Help Art Director COIN MACHINE & VENDING ED ADLUM General Manager DON DROSSELL CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago SHERYL BAKER, Hollywood CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. HOLLYWOOD CHRISTIE BARTER-TODD EVERETT 6565 Sunse Blvd. (Suite 525), Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) Hollywood 9-2966 Clive Davis said it. Bruce Lundvall couldn't care less about the product NASHVILLE said it. Jerry Moss intimated it. In she checks out. JUANITA JONES NARM panelists, mod- To get knowledgeable personnel, of 806 16th Ave. South. Nashville, Tenn. 37203 their roles as Phone: (615) 244-2898 erators and keynote speakers, re- course, presents a number of prob- CHICAGO spectively, these three key industry lems. Full-time experts would require CAMILLE COMPASIO 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 executives stressed the need for more higher pay scales than the ordinary at both the who, in a large department HOLLAND knowledgeable personnel clerk, ENGLAND be from DORRIS LAND PAUL ACKET rack and retail levels to better serve, store, is likely to shifted 3 Cork Street Theresiastraat 59-63 as Jerry Moss put it, the emergence time to time from one department to London WI The Hague Tel. DI -7342374 Tel: 837700 of the "serious young record buyer." another. GERMANY ITALY In short, today's youthful record Yet, the need is there. Aside from CHRISTIAN TOERSLEFF GABRIELE G. ABBATE buyer wants the kind of service that the possibility that stores may simply 2 Hamburg 56 Viale A. Doria 10 Leuchttrum Weg 30 20124 Milano is still available to some degree to the have to adjust to the higher salaries Tel: 0411/34 72 486 of classical or jazz music. BELGIUM purchaser demanded by the permanent presence BRAZIL ETIENNE SMET The serious rock fan is much like the of expert record people, retail opera- PEDRO FRAZAO Postbus 56 latter in that he comes into the record DE VASCONCELOS B-2700 Sint-Niklaas tions should look into the local college Rue Frei Caneca, II, Apt. 13 Tel: (03) 76-54-39 awareness of Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil store with tremendous scene and hire knowledgeable stu- Tel: 257-15-58 is be hyped, AUSTRALIA the rock scene. He not to dents of the rock or musical scene in ARGENTINA PETER SMITH but should be helped by store person- general as part-time employees. In MIGUEL SMIRNOFF 40 Winters Way nel who can not only tell him where stores, these Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" Doncaster 3108 the case of department Buenos Aires, Argentina Victoria, Australia he can find the recordings he wants, of con- Tel: 89-6796 youngsters would be assured JAPAN but, perhaps, to rap a little and make employment within the record CANADA tinuing Adv. Mgr. recommendations consistent with the would keep WALT GREALIS department itself. This SACHIO SAITO RPM buyer's specific tastes. them interested in their work and 1560 Bayview Ave. I-11 2-Chome Shinbashi Toronto, 17, Ontario Minato -Ku, Tokyo It is a fact, re-emphasized at the maintain for the store a continuing Tel: (416) 489-2166 Tel: 504-1651 NARM convention, that there is now flow of expert help. FRANCE Editorial Mgr. taking place a "retail explosion" in to FRANK LIPSIK FUMIYO TACHIBANA Whatever method is employed I-11 2-Chome Shinbashi the area of full -stocking operations. 5 Rue Alfred Dormeuil the experts, there is little ques- 78 Croissy Minato -Ku, Tokyo obtain Tel: 504-1651 This means, of course, that not only Tel: 225-26-31 tion that there is a strong need for serious rock fans must be served, but SUBSCRIPTION RATES $35 per year anywhere in the them. Better informed sales help is U.S.A., Published weekly at 34 N. Crystal St., E. Strouds- those who fall into other musical burg, Pa. by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. what today's young music fan wants 10019. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., taste categories as well. These shops U.S.A. and additional offices. should no longer get by with the and that is what the retail level must Copyright (0 1972 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. 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Convention. www.americanradiohistory.com CashIoxTOPlOO A HORSE WITH NO NAME 34 TAKE A LOOK AROUND 68 LOUISIANNA America -Warner Bros. 7555 4 9 Temptations -Gordy 7115 37 46 Mike Kennedy-ABC 11309 73 85 2 HEART OF GOLD 35 SLIPPIN INTO DARKNESS TRAIN TO GLORY Neil Young -Reprise 1065 1 5 War -United Artists 50867 39 40 Jonathan Edwards-Capricorn 6881 78 - PUPPY LOVE 36 DO YOUR THING 70 IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE Donnie Osmond -MGM 14367 7 10 Isaac Hayes-Enterprise 9042 (Dist: Stax/Volt) 40 42 Martha & Vandellas-Gordy 7113 (Dist: Motown) 70 75 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION 37 KING HEROIN TAXI Paul Simon -Columbia 45547 6 8 Harry Chapin-Elektra 770 80 95 James Brown-Polydor 14116 42 48 5 LION SLEEPS TONIGHT TINY DANCER 72 NICE TO BE WITH YOU Robert John -Atlantic 2846 2 4 Gallery -Sussex 232 (Dist: Buddah) 74 78 Elton John -Uni 55318 48 56 6 WITHOUT YOU 39 CRAZY MAMA LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME Nilsson -RCA 0604 5 1 J. J. Cale -Shelter 7314 (Dist: Capitol) 43 51 Al Green -Hi 2211 (Dist: London) - - JUNGLE FEVER SON OF MY FATHER 74 JOSIE Kris Kristofferson-Monument 8536 79 82 The Chakachas-Polydor 15030 14 17 Giorgio -Dunhill 4304 50 59 8 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER HEARTBROKEN BOPPER CHANTILLY LACE Jerry Lee Lewis -Mercury 73273 84 93 Osmonds-MGM 14324 3 3 Guess Who -RCA 0659 51 61 BE MY 9 WAY OF LOVE 42 NOW RUN AND TELL THAT LOVER Alice Cooper -Warner Bros. 7568 86 Cher -Kapp 2158 10 14 Denise LaSalle -Westbound 201 33 34 IN THE RAIN (Last Night) I DIDN'T GET TO 43 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Dramatics -Volt 4075 23 30 Laura Lee -Hot Wax 7201 (Dist Buddah) 46 54 SLEEP AT ALL ROCKIN' ROBIN 5th Dimension -Bell 195 44 YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT Michael Jackson -Motown 1197 21 36 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH Detroit Emeralds -Westbound 192 35 35 12 EVERYTHING I OWN VINCENT THE NIGHT Bread-Elektra 45765 9 6 Gladys Knight & Pips -Soul 35094 (Dist: Motown) Don McLean -United Artists - - 13 ROCK AND ROLL LULLABY 50887 60 - 46 MY WORLD YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A LADY B. 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Thomas -Scepter 12344 15 19 April Wine -Big Tree 133 (Dist: Bell) 88 Bee - Gees-Atco 6871 30 15 I GOTCHA HEARSAY 47 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Joe Tex -Dial 1010 (Dist: Mercury) 22 27 Soul Children-Stax 0119 Donnie Elbert-Avco 4587 19 20 LAY 15 WE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN 48 AFRO STRUT AWAY Addrisi Brothers -Columbia 45521 17 23 Isley Bros.T-Neck 934 (Dist: Buddah) 91 - Nite Liters -RCA 0591 53 57 RUN RUN RUN COULD IT BE FOREVER DOCTOR MY EYES David Cassidy -Bell 187 20 25 Jo Jo Gunne-Asylum 11003 (Dist: Atlantic) 92 Jackson Browne -Asylum 11004 61 72 83 EVERYDAY 17 NO ONE TO DEPEND ON 50 AMERICAN PIE Santana -Columbia 45552 18 22 John Denver -RCA 0647 87 98 Don McLean -United Artists 50856 45 33 18 AM I LOSING YOU HURTING EACH OTHER 51 BRIAN'S SONG Carpenters-A&M 1322 8 2 Partridge Family-Bell 200 7dichel Legrand -Bell 171 54 58 19 PRECIOUS I HAD IT ALL THE TIME & FEW 52 DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER Climax -Carousel 3005 (Dist: Bell) 13 7 Tyrone Davis -Dakar 4501 (Dist: Brunswick) Beverly Bremers-Scepter 12315 26 18 20 BANG MORNING HAS BROKEN A GONG (Get It On) JUMP INTO THE FIRE T-Rex -Reprise 1032 12 13 Cat Stevens-A&M 1335 Nilsson -RCA 0673 69 87 YOU ARE THE ONE A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE FAMILY OF MAN Sonny & Cher -Kapp 2163 27 Sugar Bears -Big Tree 122 (Dist: Bell) 89 96 39 Three Dog Night -Dunhill 4306 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW 55 JOY POOL OF BAD LUCK Joe Simon -Spring 124 (Dist: Polydor) Ztylistics featuring Russell Thompkins, Jr.-Avco 4591 31 47 Apollo 100 -Mega 0050 44 24 23 RUNNIN' AWAY LET'S STAY TOGETHER 89 WHY NOT START ALL OVER AGAIN Counts -Westbound 191 90 99 Sly & Family Stone -Epic 10829 11 11 Isaac Hayes -Enterprise 9045 (Dist: Stax) 66 LEGEND IN YOUR OWN TIME 24 SWEET SEASONS GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH Carly Simon-Elektra 774 Carole King-Ode 66022 (Dist: A&M) - - 16 12 Wings -Apple 1847 67 73 91 MY HONEY 25 GLORY BOUND & ME 58 HANDBAGS & GLADRAGS Emotions -Volt 4077 85 91 Grass Roots -Dunhill 4302 28 32 Rod Stewart -Mercury 73034 47 38 92 CANDY MAN 26 TAURUS SUAVECITO Sammy Davis Jr.