he New Hollywood Music (Editorial) . Anti-Pb^ yiusic To Fill Air? . , . Chappell Sets New Executive -unctions To Achieve Total Music' Look . U S. Act »howcas% Set February 21, 1970 '^ ly CBS-' Int'S ^ol In Eng . J.S. To Be Tom Jones Fest This Summer . Jame Nistri CB Int'l Director ... A. Schroeder luilds Operation On No-Merger Philosophy . lAIR' GROWS ON INT'L SECTION BEGINS ON PAGE 51 Theygot oii on ihewrongapple. And that’s where Gary Puckett and The Union Gap’s new single begins'' (Lets Give Adam and Eve) Another Chance.”A compelling rock-gospel song that ought to go all the way. And that shouldn’t be surprising. Because Gary Puckett just seems to have one hit single after another. So you don’t need too much help picking them. Gary Puckett and The Union Gap 99 (Lets GiveAdam And Eve) Another Chance (4S-45097) On Columbia Records h ® "COLUMBIA,"gMARCAS REG. PRINTED IN U.S.A. CcishBoK VOL XXXI - Number 30/February 21, 1970 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 ALLAN RINDE West Coast Editor JOHN KLEIN NORMAN STEINBERG ED KELLEHER EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA ADVERTISING EERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising The ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES New STAN SOIFER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood WOODY HARDING Art Director COIN MACHINE & VENDING Hollywood Music ED ADLUM General Manager BOB COHEN, Assistant CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago LISSA MORROW, Hollywood CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. HOLLYWOOD HARVEY GELLER 6430 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) 465-2129 ~ NASHVILLE JUANITA JONES 806 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 244-2898 While it’s true that Hollywood has has been a sufficient amount of success CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO more valid claim today to its slogan of from the new breed of film-makers so 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, III. Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 old that “Movies are Better Than Ever,” that they are given complete artistic INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR the films are less a product of Holly- freedom, including the choice of their CARLO NISTRI wood sound stages. For the made-in- musicmakers— in performing talent 3 Cork Street, London Tel. 01-7342374 Hollywood stamp is largely a dateline of and/or writers. Thus, people who are ENGLAND ITALY closer to in DORRIS LAND BRUNO POZZA the past as feature-film making in Holly- the music scene tempera- 3 Cork Street 5, Corso Europa wood seems to be grinding to a halt. ment are providing for a new fresh London Milan Major film studios are making the tran- sound in motion-pictures, one that can Tel. 01-7342374 Tel: 704691 sition to financial backers and distribu- actually advance the theme of their GERMANY HOLLAND PAUL ACKET tors for vehicle. 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