08120 JUNE 5, 1971 $1.25 A BILLBOARD PUBLICATION t..bl)b;,!RIKE100*-ri.3wZ9 F _) 72 ">¡Ai'2(HAl\I; J 4A1-EN SEVENTY -SEVENTH YEAR BOX 10005 The International i i;N;lEf?. CO 80210 Music-Record-Tape Newsweekly CARTRIDGE TV PAGE 16 HOT 100 PAGE 56 TOP LP'S PAGES 54, 55 C S Sales Soari Car Tapes osts p Puts Pub on ® 5 >s .f*'? Sets bîversiIîc .p t® Sign on rk; Asks 5 Mil By LEE ZHITO By MIKE GROSS NEW YORK - CBS Inter- and today has expanded its own- Ci;ssette Units national enters its second decade ership in foreign subsidiaries to NEW YORK -Capitol Rec- operation of the Capitol Record with an estimated $100 million 24 countries. Its representation By RADCLIFFE JOE ords is planning to unload Club. in annual sales, and a program in the international marketplace NEW YORK - Car Tapes, its music publishing division, Bhaskar Menon, newly ap- - Glenwood Music. of accelerated expansion and consists of countries which are Inc. will phase out two of its Beechwood of Capitol diversification. The asking price for the firm is pointed president responsible for approximately 95 three auto cassette units, pos- up The company started with percent of the record industry's reported to be $5 million. One Records, has been shaking sibly by year's end. The Cali- picture firms in three countries abroad, dollar volume outside of the fornia -based company had three of the bids under consideration the diskery's structural U.S. with price tags has come from Longine's, which during the past few weeks and units available of publishing t' : Harvey Schein, president of $80 to $160. came into money for expansion the sell -off the ranging from this based on his CBS International, has refused Car Tapes' move comes in and diversification early wing is apparently . year when it was acquired by desire to concentrate on the s, to figures. But be- news W&ss divulge sales the wake of that Norelco and to cause the company has subsidi- (North American Philips Corp.) Westinghouse. Longine's is al- firm's recording activities tied to Capitol through its (Continued on page 8) aries in these key international is temporarily withdrawing its ready Spin markets, and based upon CBS own auto unit. Norelco blamed listings in Billboard's Hits of the its recent decision on problems By JOHN SIPPEL (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 14) 'Flexi *ales' Output at 35 Mil LOS ANGELES - Daybreak Records moves into high gear But Melodiya Flexes for Cut Tuesday (1) when Robert B. FCC 'Clarific ti®' tá Ytice Weiss leaves a six -year associa- MOSCOW- Between 30 -35 Vasily Pakhomov, Melodiya tion with Monument Records to million "flexibles" -disks made general director, claims the become Daybreak's executive Drug Lyrics Draws Challen e of thin imported film -are pro- company's annual output has duced annually by Melodiya, reached 170 million units. vice president and general man- y MILDRED HALL ager. Sonny Burke, the label's the official and only state rec- Flexibles were initially con- president and founder, formed WASHINGTON - Petition- which might tend to promote ord company in Russia. But ceived as "sound pages" of a Daybreak several months ago, ers against the FCC's anti -drug or glorify drug abuse." this pre- planned output is ex- monthly magazine, Krugozor, 25 but record release has been lyric policy statement have Petitioners say that if pre - pected to be reduced to some which still turns out about sporadic. Weiss and Burke said challenged the Commission's broadcast screening of records 15 million units this year be- million of them each year. The they would concentrate on ob- "clarifying" statement as vague, is required, the FCC should cause Melodiya executives con- flexible became popular with taining "quality record product contradictory and inconsistent say so, then conduct formal sider the strong sales of flex - record buyers because of low with an adult approach." with the first notice of "licensee rule- making, and come up with ibles hinder sales of the com- cost and the fact that no high - In addition to the previously responsibility to review records (Continued on page 58) pany's other product. class phonograph was needed. announced acquisition of Bing From the manufacturing point Crosby, talent inked includes: of view, there was easy pro- Laurindo Almeida; Frank Sina- avis duction and no special require- tra Jr.; the orchestras of Nelson High on ments for transportation and Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, Les storage. (Continued on page 58) The sales of flexibles has Rock; Cites Change almost completely supplanted NEW YORK -Clive J. Davis, president of the 78 rpm disk, although a Columbia Records, sees a continuing emergence small quantity are still pro - Red Seal in of bright new talent on the rock scene and produced by Melodiya. negates the recent death knells for rock ex- (Continued on page 8) pressed recently in the consumer press and by Youth Drive some music critics. By ROBERT SOBEL Davis said, "What is happening is that music Shearing Forms NEW YORK -An I1 -album is gradually changing, in structure, in sound, in Mail Order Line release by its biggest one -month creativity, in appeal. Its life force is flowing as advertising and promotion cam- strong as ever but it's touching on new and ever By ELIOT TIEGEL that financially paign in six years will this week changing boundaries. Those were LOS ANGELES - George detonate RCA Red Seal's mas- dependent on groups emerging as the sole rep- Shearing, ex- Capitol Records resentatives of music had unrealistic expectations sive youth -oriented program. artist, is forming a mail order that this world always remains the same. In the The release, the opening salvo record labei'i to "stay alive" on last as the group by the label to attract the 20 -30 three years, syndrome developed disks. Shearing's company is age group, is titled "Greatest and grew, the individual became submerged. Now, called Sheba. Its first product he is emerging and Hits," and spotlights famous once again, it's good for is a ballad album featuring composers in what Red Seal be- Once upon a time in the land of Rock and Roll, there lived a music and for its vast public. What is happening Joe Williams with Shearing, lieves is their strongest, most great star named Link Wray. He had his first million seller, right now also is the emergence of the song, of "Rumble" in 1954, then vanished -returned in 1959 to make and bass and drums. commercial selections. In com- the beautiful material that is the essence of mu- Stan Kenton, another ex- another smash called "Rawhide" and vanished again. After sic. New performers like James Taylor, Carole bining the best of both musical 12 is Capitol mainstay, formed a mail years, Link Wray back to begin his legend anew with King, Laura Nyro and Elton are worlds (pop and classical) Peter an album called "Link Wray" on Polydor records and tapes. John speaking order label last August when (Continued on page 33) Link Wray 24 -4064. 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Jobete dio Corp. has and Paul McCartney were top of "Snowbird," the most per- Music and the Lowery fol- entered the quad - utilizes either conventional two - Group rasonic market with writer -award winners and Screen formed song during 1970. The lowed with six awards each. a compatible channel stereo tapes or the new Gems- four -channel, 8 -track player; Columbia Music shared first awards were presented at the Ho- a RCA Q -8 tapes. Full four -chan- place with ATV Other leading writer -award win- two -channel /four -channel convert- nel -Kirshner Music tel Pierre in New York on May 25 ners include Paul Simon, four reproduction can be realized, as leading publishers in BMI's er incorporating an 8 -track tape and two extra speakers. by BMI president Edward M. Cra- awards, and Mac Davis and Joe deck; and a 200 -watt "Citations of Achievement" run- mer, with the assistance of mem- AM /FM The unit carrying a list price ning for most performed South, each with three awards. four -channel stereo receiver. of $169.95 songs in bers of the firm's writer and pub- Winners of two awards include switches automatically the BMI repertoire for 1970. A The units, introduced at a to lisher administration division, of John C. Fogerty, George Harrison, four or two -channel operation total of 112 writers and 63 press conference here, May 27, depending pub- which Theodora Zavin is senior Terry Jacks, Bert Kaempfert, Kris on the type of car- lishers of 89 songs received BMI's vice president. are designed to bring the concept tridge used.