record Dedicated To Serving The Needs Of The Music & Record WOr Industry Vol. 21, No. 1045 June 17, 1961 In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the SINGLE PICKS OF THE WEEK WHO talaksm Maas ALS, Al/a, BAH Praia layHe Arr la Gas 13, °soy Sander. WASHED ASHORE IN THE IOn A Lonely Island InThe Seal Myna/Hester; THE PLA I TESS WORLD Peaches and Herb continue "Don't Go Out Into the Rain The Platters will get plenty A littlebolero sound and to do right by those oldies. (You're Going toMelt)"is of spins with "Washed a haunting lyric make Thistimeit's"For Your a brightandshinynew Ashore (On a Lonely Island "White Rabbit" by the Jef- Love" andit'sforsales tunefromHerman'sHer- in the Sea," a swingy bal- fersonAirplanestandout :Date 2-1563). mits (MGM 13761). lad (Musicor 1251). (RCA Victor 47-9248). SLEEPERS OF THE WEEK MSC JOCKEY BFc090 'a'R'''S'\ PSIS" WHY 0 IOU HASSID GO AWAY TM SIMMS MACHIN STEPHEN MONAHAN The FlyingMachine, dis- Stephen Monahan gets hard "Why'd You Go Away" by "I'll Do ItforYou"by covered by Chip Taylor and rockintothe grooves on PrinceHarold is an ex- Toussaint McCall is already AlGorgonifortheir new this introspective ditty. tremelysoulfultuneand being talked about in many Rainy Day Label, make in- Stone -Greene found the lad thefellowtellsitlikeit markets. Teens will be fectious bow on "Night (Kapp 835). isfor sales (Verve 10530). clamoring (Ronn9). INEAV Rainy Day Label Owl" (8001). Owners Al Gorgoni & Chip Taylor (At Left ALBUMS OF THE WEEK And Right) Are Shown Signing Distribution Contract with Jay -Gee Records' VP Mickey Eichner. Story Pg. 4. Moby Grapeisthe name "The Happiest Millionaire" The Five Americans reprise Currently oneofthehot- of a worthy San Francisco isthe newWaltDisney their own "Western Union" testmalerecordsellers, groupmaking a lot of musical movie withlilting and "SoundofLove"on Ed Amestagsthisnew niftynoise. They are also tunes by the Oscar -winning thispackage offolkish- packageofromanticbal- therecipientof a phe- Sherman Brothers. Fred rockish ditties (Abnak ABLP lads after his "Time, Time" nomenal promo push (Co- MacMurray, Tommy Steele, 1967; ABST 2067). single(RCA VictorLPM/ lumbia CL 2698; CS 9498). (BV 5001). 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Taylor and Gorgoni 13M1 Prexy Charges: Bow Rainy Day Label 4 Composers Nominated But Unmentioned at TV Awards Just what activities, beyond Jubilee Distributes theFlying Machinesingle, Following theomissionofaward winner either during the might be, shapes up now as amention at the recent Emmydinner, on television, or in sub- `Something Unique' listof"can'tmentions"be-Awards dinner -telecast of nom-sequentpublicity material, cause,characteristically,theinated tunesmiths Aaron Cope-strikes us at BMI as very shab- By DAVE FINKLE duo is cautious about tootingland, Pete Rugolo, Earl Hagenby treatment indeed of a body NEW YORK-The latest inhorns prematurely. Both wouldand Lalo Schifrin, BMI Presi-of people who add immeasur- thelineofsuccessfulinde-say that they intend to developdent Robert B. Sour sent theably to television. pendent producers establishingat least one new producer tofollowinglettertoRoyalE. "This neglect, whether inad- their own labels are Chip Tay-supplement their own produc-Blakeman, President of the Na-vertent or calculated, strikes us lor and Al Gorgoni, who, it wasing projects. tional Academy ofTelevisionas unworthy of the Academy announced last week by Jay - The lads will continue to rec-Arts and Sciences: and its stated aims. Gee veep Mickey Eichner, haveord Evie Sands and the Hardly "BMI believes that the origi- "Certainly some explanation formed the Rainy Day diskeryWorthitPlayersforCameo/nal music which is being createdis due, not only to the four men to be distributed by Jubilee. Parkway and the Just Us forfortelevisiontranscendsthewhoseaccomplishments were Gorgoni and Taylor, who haveKapp. The Just Us are, typicallytube to become a major factorignored, but to the many tal- been producing and writingagain, the self-effacing duo asin the music of our time. ented people whose creativity outoftheApril/Blackwoodperforming artists. "The creation of music foris so much a part of the indus- pubberyofficeforthepast They willalso continue totelevision, which began as atry and art you claim to serve." couple of years, and who couldpublish all their material undercraft, has become an art. have continued to do only thatthe A/B banner. Right now the "Original music, which is so IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII quite successfully, toldRecord two have their "Step Out ofthoughtfullyintegratedinto WorldlastweekthattheyYour Mind" ditty on the charts record in The New Breed version onvirtually every aspect of tele- decided to go ahead with their vision, is the product of men of world own waxery because they feelActa. talent, skill and taste. they have something unique to It's most likely that Rainy Day will produce pennies from "We felt that the Academy 200 W. 57th St., New York, N. Y. 10019 offer. shared our belief when it set up Area Code (212)765-5020 heaven. And this statement should be a category recognizing individ- Publisher enough to make the trade sit ualAchievementinMusic, BOB AUSTIN up and take note, since both Stogel Hosts (specifically) Composition. Both Taylor and Gorgoniareex- publicity material released Editor -in -Chief tremelymodestabouttheir Heroic Party prior to the dinner and the offi- SID PARNES work and only say something NEW YORK-Leonard Sogelcial program listed the namesDoug McClelland Editor when they mean it-and evenand Associates, Ltd., hosted aof four men who, out of many,Dave Finkle Associate Editor then reluctantly. had been nominated for awards cocktail reception for 300 mem- Ted Williams R&B Editor Perhaps one of the reasonsbers of the music industry andin this category. Chart Editor TaylorandGorgoniforgedpress at the Gaslight Club in "The failure of the Academy Del Shields Jazz Editor ahead with Rainy Day is thatNew York on June 5. The pur-tomentionthiscategoryorTomas Fundora Latin American they have found a group theypose was to launch Heroic Age Editor are enthusiastic about. It's thePublicity,Inc.,thecompany Kal Rudman Contributing Editor Flying Machine, discovered atwhich was set up for the ex- Mort HillmanAdvertising Manager, New York'sNight Owl and Eastern Division clusive press representation of 9 RCA Plants Brenda Ballard their first release, coincident-Stogel's acts. Circulation ally called "Night Owl" backed On Strike West Coast with"BrightenYourNight Jack Devaney With My Day," was released WASHINGTON - Some 32,- West Coast Manager last week and picked immedi- 000electrical workers struckBiff Collie Country Report nineRadioCorporation of 6290 Sunset Blvd. ately-on the strength of a test Hollywood, Calif. 90028 pressing-for WMCA-New York America plantsinsixstates Phone: (213) 465-6179 programming. last week after rejecting a con- The group boastsasong - tract offer that did not have Nashville writing leadsingerJames the recommendation of union John Sturdivant Taylor, whom the T -G team ad- leaders. Paul Perry Nashville Report 806 16th Ave. So. miregreatlyandeverything "We are in touch with both Nashville, Tenn. 37203 betweenartistsand manage- sides, trying to establish a ba- Phone: (615) 244-1820 ment sounds highly copacetic. Bob Austin, Howard Fisher, Leon- sis for resuming negotiations," England ard Stogel and Mort Hillman. said a spokesman for the Fed- Fraser White Quantity NotObjective eral Mediation and Conciliation 9 Denmark St., London, W.C. 2 Taylor and Gorgoni aim to Sam the Sham, Tommy James,Service. Phone: 01-240-0196 have at least three artists onKeith and the Royal Guardsmen But Lawson Wimberly, chief Germany the label-maybe five-but notturned upatthe party andnegotiator for the Internation- PaulSiegel more, because quantity is notfor the benefit of those present,alBrotherhoodofElectrical Tauentzienstrasse 16 their objective. As Eichner putSam the Sham, Tommy Jamesworkers, said that no new talks 1 Berlin 30, Germany it in the Jubilee announcement,and the Royal Guardsmen werewere likely before Wednesday Phone: 247029 "We have full faith in the crea-each presented with a gold rec-at the earliest.