MARCH 6, 1965 SEVENTY -FIRST YEAR 50 CENTS Bil (board The International Music -Record Newsweekly Radio -TV Programming PhonoTap Merchandising Coln Machin* Operating FCC Begins Coast Payola Probe; Study Huskey Suit By ELIOT TIEGEL Bryan and George Olviere, are visited Superior Court Judge gathering material for a report Philbrick McCoy's courtroom to LOS Fed- ANGELES -The to Washington. study the massive file on the eral Commis- Communications Their presence is a direct re- case, which is bogged down in STAN GETZ is currently doing the soundtrack from the Arthur Penn movie, sion is investigating alleged sult of the suit filed in April a legal dispute. Judge McCoy "Mickey 0 ". His new single, "Telephone Song" b/w "Only Trust Your Heart,' payola activities in Southern 1964 by promotion man Al is studying arguments over as well as his chart album, "Getz Au Go Go" (V /V6.8600), will be featured California. Two investigators Huskey, charging widespread whether Huskey's reported evi- during the special Stan Getz Month in March. (Advertisement) from the FCC's Bureau of Com- payola in the area. dence may be shown the de- plaint and Compliance, Louis The two investigators have fense prior to trial. Deposition taking was halted over this II Il ll II point. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ll llll lltlllll llll umuuu II II mngNmnl111111111111111AnAAAlnmunmmAnmm11nnlo1l1munnuullini The FCC probers have talked to distributors along Pico Levy Leases Boulevard, and have conferred RACK JOBBERS OPTIMISTIC Para with Huskey regarding charges n his suits. The FCC announced its in- AS NARM PARLEY OPENS As Talent Showcase vestigation into payola last SAN FRANCISCO merchandisers Thanksgiving. The official an- -Record rack from all over the country gathered at the Fairmont Hotel here NEW YORK -Roulette Rec- The Para's first show is nouncement said the probe Sunday (28) to kick off the seventh annual convention of the National ords' chief, Morris Levy, has scheduled for April 16. Talent would be behind closed doors Association of Record Merchandisers. leased the Paramount Theater is not yet lined up. but it is and several weeks ago, chair- from Bethow Associates and known that possibilities are man E. William Henry said The mood was optimistic when the rackets began their four -day will showcase live talent there Soupy Sales. Roy Orbison, the there would he no sweeping deliberations. The annual NARM study, issued on the eve of the week on a 52- -per -year basis. Hullaballoos and others. probe into payola in broadcast- convention, discloses that while the number of outlets served by Levy late this week confirmed Levy stated that in addition ing. Instead, he added. specific NARM members increased only slightly (23,383 to 24,004 from 1963 the deal had been set, and that to shows which he would pack- complaints would be studied. to 1964), the record volume at these outlets leaped from 5114,866,150 he was deep in negotiation age. he would afford opportu- Shortly after the FCC's an- to S 139,850,088. with key artists. (Continued on page 8) nounced investigation, Huskey (A complete breakdown of the study appears in the special received a letter from the regu- NARM section in this issue.) latory agency to the effect that he would be questioned about IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIII II IIIIII II II IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111ffirifillEMMInIInIRInlnttlttlminnlnlnnllnlllll111111111111111111nn his charges. When Huskey's case comes to court, it will be the first legal action falling un- der legislation passed by the W. 86th Congress in 1960, making Germany: Land payola a federal offense. ASCAP Board Of Oz for Writers BONN -Songwriters in West covered the teen -age market gen- Germany are turning out no erally. As a result, innumerable New Look? fewer than 4,000 new tunes a new products are being pro- year despite the complaint of duced, ranging from teen -age By MIKE GROSS GEMA, the performing rights fashions to beverages. Many of society, that producing pop is the products, for example, blue NEW YORK -The American unrewarding. jeans, are using sales promotion Society of Composers, Authors The land of Bach, Brahms and tied to disks. & Publishers' upcoming election Beethoven seemingly has little Under Age of 25 for the board of publisher di- interest in the classics. The pro- This is a reflection of the fact rectors is taking on new impor- portion of new disks devoted to that two- thirds of disk buyers are tance this year because of the pop and light music has soared under age of 25. In 1964 Ger- drastic changes that have been to 88 per cent, and while the man diskeries issued 2,131 sin- taking place in the industry in trend away is from singles to LP, gles, 630 EP's and 1,176 LP's the past year through the sale it is also away Bach from and under 21 labels. Top tunes are of several major firms as well Brahms. building large sales. For exam- as the shift in power line -ups. Germany's pop boom is big ple, the top tune of the year, The time has come, many business not only for the song- Metronome's "Liebeskummer dissidents are saying. to bring writers, the music publishers, the lohnt sich with Siw "new blood" nicht" into the board diskeries and the retail trade, but Malmkvist sold nearly one mil- which has consisted of the same GENE PITNEY, Musicor Records' hot singing star, is heading for his 10th for business generally. lion copies. Bernd Spier's "Das publishers for decades. 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The pro- these stars to prominence. informally -the advisability of setting up one trade Coral labels are simultaneously organization for the record business. Such an gram, which began on March I, In support of the program, organization, with a planning a strong merchandising will run the month, and full color structure patterned after the National Association of entire litho books have been Broadcasters, campaign on their catalogs. Ac- carries with it an attractive in- prepared could include all present industry segments including cording to spotlighting all the manufacturers, Sydney Goldberg, centive program, details of new releases, and distributors and rack jobbers, retailers. vice -president and general listing all the sales which are available through all albums under the terms Exploratory moves in this direction have already been taken by manager of the Decca- Coral- of the ARMADA, whose board at its local Decca branches and dis- program. Handy tear -out order last meeting in Minneapolis discussed Brunswick combine, the firm's tributors. forms the advantages which could accrue. stress have been included to aid is to continually build up The new two- record sets from the dealer in ordering.