I Revamps Yesterday's 'Now' Hits (Editorial) . Mercury Northern structure. Ending Branch Setup . Renew Deane Exit Tetra . Mogull, Songs Control Battle . Slew Look For SIARAS . Pick- /vick Adding 3 Musicland Stores, London Product Deal . 3 aul Marks Is ASCAP's Director Of Opera- Indie In America . ions . Immediate Goes SECTION BEGINS ON PAGE 61 BLIND FAITH: HOME & EXPORT TRADE SUCCESS INT'L 1 I \ 1 ) MOM l 1 M’OK K The Exiles’ new single release, “Church St. Soul Revival’’ * t And we don’t mean the flip side, either. What we’re saying is that Tommy James, who has a healthy string of golden hits, wrote and produced the song. And selected The Exiles to record it. In fact, this is the first time that Tommy has allowed a group other than his own to record one of his songs. That says a lot about The Exiles. A group's got to start somewhere. So why not make it at the top. On Columbia Records M S "COLUMBIA "JgJMARCAS REG, PRINTED IN U.SA THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-RECORD WEEKLY VOL. XXXI — Number 9/September 27, 1969 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 Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Editor in Chief EDITORIAL MARV GOODMAN Assoc. Editor ALAN RINDE West Coast Editor JOHN KLEIN BOB COHEN BRUCE HARRIS EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA ADVERTISING BERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES STAN SOIFER, New York BILL STUPER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood Yesterday's WOODY HARDING Art Director Hits COIN MACHINE & VENDING 'Now' ED ADLUM General Manager CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago LISSA MORROW, Hollywood CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. CHICAGO HOLLYWOOD The Walt Disney picture people feel for A&Ring albums take a fresh look CAMILLE COMPASIO HARVEY GELLER that seven years is a sufficient spread at the decade or more hit parade of 29 E. Madison St. 6290 Sunset Blvd. between release dates of their major the past and consider them for treat- Chicago 2, III. Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 Phone: (213) 465-2129 kiddie-oriented productions so that a ment in a contemporary light. For it new generation of youngsters will flock seems to us that the business is al- ENGLAND DORRIS LAND to see, let us say, 30 year plus clas- ways proud of a fine new song that 3 Cork Street sics like “Snow White” and “Pinnoc- comes along that, it is delighted to London, Wl, England Tel: 01-734-2374 chio.” The Disney organization, in fact, note, “is as good as anything written virtually treats these productions as years ago.” Applying this often valid HOLLAND new films, and when you think about it, reasoning, why not revive those songs ITALY PAUL ACKET to the millions of children who have that are used as a qualitative yard- MARIO PANVINI ROSATI Theresiastraat 59-63 Galleria Passarella 2 The Hague not seen them, they might as well be stick for the so-called “now" songs we Milan (Italy) Tel: 837700 new. hold so dear? Tel: 790990 BELGIUM What about songs of the past? While GERMANY Etienne Smet Of course, we are well aware of the Hugo Verrieststraat it might seem incredible to those of MAL SONDOCK artists might be Sint-Niklaas (wass) fears existing that Josef Raps Strasse 1 us well into our third or fourth decades Tel: (03) 76.48.80 if begin filling Munich, Germany labeled “old hat” they SCANDINAVIA of life, millions upon millions of to- Tel: 326410 their LP’s with “oldies.” The answer SVEN G. WINQUIST day's teenagers are unaware that songs BRAZIL Kaggeholmsvagen 48, would be to draw a happy medium be- PEDRO FRAZAO like “My Heart Stood Still,” “Little Girl Stockholm-Enskede, today’s hits inclu- DE VASCONCELOS tween new and the Sweden, Tel: 59-56 85 Blue” or “The Song is You” exist. Ac- Rua Frei Caneca, 11, Apt. 13 122 40 sion of some good oldies. Not only Brazil tually, this shouldn’t be at all surpris- Sao Paulo, S.P., AUSTRALIA would this serve to introduce many Tel: 239.40 18 RON TUDOR ing, since these songs of yesteryear 8 Francis St., songs that many of today’s youngsters ARGENTINA are rarely to be found on LP program- MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Heathmont, Victoria would take to their hearts, it would also Rafaela 3978 Tel: 870-5677 ming. We have commented in a pre- help alleviate a lot of the stale nature Buenos Aires MEXICO vious editorial on the development of Tel: 69-1538 SALVADOR ARREGUIN of today's LP programming, which, ANTONIO SENS LP programming on the basis of Top CANADA album after album, reflects a mechan- Tiber 100 — 7 y 8 Pisos WALT GREALIS 100 hits, not through just contem- Mexico 5, D.F. ical, “what’s-happening” monotony. RPM Tel: 25-39-52 1 1-62-96 porary acts, but those who are quite 1560 Bayview Ave. JAPAN familiar with our great pop music The industry, ever on the lookout for Toronto 17, Ontario Adv. Mgr. Tel: (416) 89-2166 SHOICHI KUSANO heritage as well. Commenting on this, good new material, has tended to take Editorial Mgr. we noted that much of the new ma- for granted the songs it knows and FRANCE MORIHIRO NAGATA CHRISTOPHE IZARD cherishes. It has virtually shut-off 466 Higfashi-OIzumi terial that earns Top 100 recognition the Rue Octave Feuillet 24, Neirimaku compares favorably with the standards flow of these songs to a new genera- Paris XVI Tel: 870-9358 Tokyo of old. A number of years have gone tion that we feel still knows a good SUBSCRIPTION RATES $25 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. by since the hit disk rule of thumb tune and a good lyric when it hears Published weekly by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. Second class postage paid at Hartford, Conn. 06105 became part of the industry’s think- them. The Walt Disney picture people U.S.A. ing on LP programming. Perhaps it’s thrive on this awareness for their own Copyright © 1969 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. time that artists and others responsible market. 1 SUGAR SUGAR 35 DADDY’S LITTLE MAN 68 SEPTEMBER SONG Archies-Calendar 1008 1 1 O.C. Smith-Columbia 44948 42 52 Roy Clark-Dot 17299 77 — 2 HONKY TONK WOMEN 36 NOBODY BUT YOU BABE 69 LIFE & DEATH IN G&A Rolling Stones-London 910 2 2 Clarence Reid-Alston 4574 37 39 Abaco Dream-A&M 1081 75 .82 EASY TO BE HARD 37 IN A MOMENT 70 MAYBE THE RAIN WILL FALL m Three Dog Night-Dunhill 4203 4 5 Intrigues-Yew 1001 38 42 Cascades-Uni 55152 50 56 LITTLE WOMAN 38 AND THAT REMINDS ME YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE — — • Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 121 15 27 Four Seasons-Crewe 333 41 51 0 Brooklyn Bridge-Buddah 139 JEAN 39 I’M A BETTER MAN JESUS IS A SOUL MAN • Oliver-Crewe 334 7 10 Engelbert Humperdinck-Parrot 40040 39 40 0 Lawrence Reynolds-Warner Bros./7 Arts 7322 — — 6 I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN WE GOTTA ALL GET TOGETHER 73 1 WANT YOU TO KNOW Tom Jones-Parrot 40018 6 7 • Paul Revere & The Raiders-Columbia 44970 49 60 New Colony Six Mercury 72961 80 93 7 GREEN RIVER 41 YOU GOT YOURS & I’LL GET MINE LET A WOMAN BE A WOMAN Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 3 3 Delfonics-Philly Groove 157 40 41 0 Dyke & The Blazers-Original Sound 18 82 88 THIS GIRL IS A WOMAN NOW RUNNIN’ BLUE ECHO PARK Gary Puckett-Columbia 44967 10 11 Doors-Elektra • Keith Barbour-Epic 10486 88 — • • 45675 53 66 9 1 CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU 43 THE WEIGHT 76 ETERNITY Temptations-Gordy 7093 9 9 Diana Ross & the Supremes — the Temptations-Motown 1153 47 58 — Vikki Carr-Liberty 56132 83 - EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ WORLD 77 ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT ME — • Nilsson-RCA 0161 11 17 James Brown-King 6258 56 71 Evie Sands-A&M 1090 87 11 GET TOGETHER 45 NO ONE FOR ME TO TURN TO WAS IT GOOD TO YOU Youngbloods-RCA 9752 5 4 Spiral Starecase-Columbia 4492 52 59 0 Isley Bros.-T-Neck 908 - — 12 WHEN 1 DIE 46 MUDDY MISSISSIPPI LINE 79 HOLD ME Motherlode-Buddah 131 12 13 Bobby Goldsboro-United Artist 50565 46 47 Baskerville Hounds-Avco Embassy 4504 81 87 13 A BOY NAMED SUE 47 BIRTHDAY 80 SOMETHING IN THE AIR Johnny Cash-Columbia 44944 13 6 Underground Sunshine-Intrepid 75002 31 19 Thunderclap Newman-Track 2656 91 94 CARRY ME BACK YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ 81 KOOL & THE GANG • Rascals-Atlantic 2664 17 34 • Dionne Warwick-Scepter 12262 59 - Kool & The Gang-Delite 519 76 83 15 OH WHAT A NIGHT 49 MAH-NA MAH-NA 82 CHAINS OF LOVE Dells-Cadet 5649 16 20 Ariel-AR 500 54 64 Bobby Bland-Duke 449 89 — 16 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE 50 LAUGHING LOVE IN THE CITY Lou Christie-Buddah 116 19 31 Guess Who-RCA 0195 32 22 0 Turtles-White Whale 326 — — 17 HURT SO BAD WEDDING BELL BLUES 84 GET OFF MY BACK WOMAN Lettermen-Capitol 2482 14 15 • Fifth Dimension-Soul City 777 — B B. King-Blues Way 61026 84 90 61 18 SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME 85 HARLAN COUNTY Aretha Franklin-Atlantic 2650 20 21 BABY ITS YOU • Smith-Dunhill 4206 Jim Ford-Sundown 115 86 - 66 77 19 SUSPICIOUS MINDS Elvis Presley-RCA 9764 33 45 53 HERE 1 GO AGAIN 86 TAKING MY LOVE AND LEAVING Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Tamla 54183 58 51 ME 20 HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Martha Reeves & Vandellas-Gordy 7094 90 - Sly & Family Stone-Epic 10497 21 26 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE 0 Winstons-Metromedia 142 69 80 87 GROOVY 21 THAT’S IS GRUBWORM THE WAY LOVE Harlow Wilcox-Plantation 28 — — Marvin Gaye-Tamla 54185 22 24 55 DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO a, 88 IS THAT ALL THERE IS 22 WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU GO HOME - Joe South-Capitol 44924 60 62 Peggy Lee-Capitol 2602 — THINK 1 AM Bill Deal & Rondells-Heritage 817 24 29 89 1 STILL BELIEVE IN TOMORROW 56 THE TRAIN — 23 LAY LADY LAY 1910 Fruitgum Co.-Buddah 130 67 72 John and Ann Ryder-Decca 32506 100 Bob Dylan-Columbia 44926 8 8 90 DOIN’ OUR THING SO GOOD TOGETHER — — 24 KEEM-O-SABE 0 Andy Kirn-Steed 720 70 - Clarence Carter-Atlantic 2660 Electric Indian-United Artist 50563 18 18 58 LODI 91 HEIGHTY-HI Lee Michaels-A&M 1095 95 — SUGAR ON SUNDAY Al Wilson-Soul City 775 65 67 • Clique-White Whale 323 30 49 92 CHERRY HILL PARK 59 SON OF A LOVIN’ MAN — — 26 SOUL DEEP Buchanan Bros.