September 30, 1978 Joe Cocker www.americanradiohistory.com GREAT ENCOUNTERS OF THE BEST KIND 'Don't let them happen without you). International Record and Music Publishing Market January 19 - 25 1979. Palais des Festivals - Cannes - France. In 1978 : 52 countries represented, 1.238 firms, 5.050 participants. Bernard Chevry Commissaire Général. Xavier Roy : International Manager. : Information and reservations : UNITED KINGDOM : U.S.A. FRANCE International Equipment and Services 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 4535 3 rue Garnier - 92200 Neuilly Exhibition Organisation Ltd, New York, N. Y. 10020 - W. 1. (212) 489.1360 - Telex : 235309 OVh Tel. : 747.84.00 - Telex : 630547 F MIP/MID 43 Conduit Street London Tel.: Christian Bourguignon Tel. : (01) 439.6801 - Telex : 25230 MIPTV/Midem LDN John Nathan International Sales Executive Liz Sokoski,U.K. Representative International Representative Midem. The winner's date. www.americanradiohistory.com VOLUME XL - NUMBER 20 - September 30, 1978 THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY COSH BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher EDITORIAL MEL ALBERT Reaching For The Masses Vice President and General Manager Two current superstar campaigns point up the in- trait is trying a new "sophisticated STAN MONTEIRO approach" involv- Director of Marketing creasing importance of creative merchandising ing the use of Haiku poetry in radio ads combined DAVE FULTON techniques in promoting record sales. And although with excerpts from some of the group's hard rock Editor In Chief Casablanca's Kiss marketing plan and Portrait's songs. The label hopes this campaign will increase J.B. CARMICLE Heart campaign employ divergent methods, both consumer and industry awareness of Heart's General Manager, East Coast show how innovative thinking can be used to create lyrically intelligent side as well as its ability to rock. JIM SHARP additional excitement Director, Nashville at the consumer level. Despite their differing techniques, the Portrait For the Kiss members' PATRICK CLIFFORD, Acct. Exec, East Coast four solo albums, and Casablanca campaigns have two things in com- JIM FOLLIS, Acct. Exec, West Coast Casablanca is spending $2.5 million on a massive mon: Not only do they use conventional merchan- East Coast Editorial campaign that includes a two-hour NBC-TV movie dising methods to a much greater KEN TERRY, East Coast Editor degree than most, CHARLES PAIKERT and numerous merchandising tie-ins like Kiss but they also are expanding the parameters of LEO SACKS AARON FUCHS jeans, Halloween masks, costumes and dolls and a merchandising through new and innovative West Coast Editorial second Marvel Comics book. The advertising and avenues. ALAN SUTTON. West Coast Editor RANDY LEWIS in-store portions of the blitz are equally ambitious, Over the past year, it has come to be taken for JEFF CROSSAN PETER HARTZ including a $1.5 million consumer ad budget, 500,- granted that it is impossible to truly achieve "mass JOEY BERLIN 000 plastic bags carrying RAY TERRACE four-color reductions of sales" by relying solely on radio airplay. And those DALE KAWASHIMA the four covers and special Kiss contests and companies COOKIE AMERSON whose unique merchandising tactics giveaways. help increase the ranks of "regular Research record buyers" KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager For Heart's new "Dog and Butterfly" album, Por- will reap the profits of an expanded marketplace. BILL FEASTER LEN CHODOSH HARALD TAUBENREUTHER MARK ALBERT J. PATRICK FAULSTICH PATRICIA THOMAS SEAN THOMAS NEWS HIGH JACK CHIPMAN LIGHTS Nashville Editorial/Research BOB CAMPBELL TIM WILLIAMS KEN WOODS Ron Alexenburg debuts new Infinity Records label, announces DENISE MEEK staff and first artists (page 7). Art Director LINDSAY BOLYARD Lieberman Enterprises holds largest convention to date in Lake Circulation THERESA TORTOSA, Manager Geneva, Wisc. (page 7). PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK Polygram opens new 100,000 -square -foot warehouse in Edison, 119 West 57th, N.Y., N.Y. 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 N.J. (page 7). Cable Address: Cash Box N.Y. Telex: 666123 ASCAP foreign and domestic receipts CALIFORNIA top $76 million during first 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) eight months 1978 7). Hollywood, Ca. 90028 of (page Phone: (213) 464-8241 NASHVILLE Janus and Ranwood labels spearhead new GRT Record Group 21 Music Circle East, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 244-2898 (page 8). CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO, Coin Machine, Mgr. Warren Schatz appointed vice 1424 S. 61st Ct., Cicero IL 60650 division president of A&R at RCA Phone: (312) 863-7440 Records (page 8). WASHINGTON, D.C. JOANNE OSTROW 4201 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20016 TOP POP DEBUTS ENGLAND - JON DONALDSON NICK UNDERWOOD 25 Denmark St., London WC 2 78 LIKE A SUNDAY IN Phone: 01-836-1362/01-836-4188 SINGLES SALEM - Gene Cotton - UA ARGENTINA - MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" Buenos Aires, Argentina 42 PIECES OF EIGHT - Styx - A&M Phone: 89-6796 ALBUMS BRAZIL - H. GANDELMAN Av. Rlo Branco, 156 Sala 627 Rio de Janeiro RJ Phone: 231-3231 POP SINGLE NUMBER POP ALBUM Cable: COPIGAN CANADA - KIRK LaPOINTE 56 Brown's Line BOOGIE GREASE Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8W 359 OOGIE OOGIE Phone: (416) 251-1283 Taste Of Honey - Capitol Various Artists - RSO HOLLAND - PAUL ACKET P.O. Box 11621 (Prinsessegracht 3) The Hague Phone: (70) 624621, Telex: 33083 R & B SINGLE ITALY - GUIDO HARARI ONES via Solari, 19 20144 Milan, Italy NATION UNDER ONE BLAM! AUSTRALIA - JOCK VEITCH A GROOVE 4/58 Ramsgate Avenue Funkadelic WB Brothers Johnson - A&M Bondi, Sydney, NSW Australia - JAPAN - Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO Editorial Mgr., FUMIYO TACHIBANA 3rd Floor of Chuo-Tatemono bldg. 2-chome, 11-1, Shinbashl, Minato-ku, COUNTRY SINGLE COUNTRY ALBUM Tokyo Japan, 105 Phone: 504-1651 FRANCE - CLAUDE EM MONNET HEARTBREAKER HEARTBREAKER 262 bis Rue des Pyrenees Dolly Parton - RCA Dolly Parton - RCA Paris, France 75020 Phone: 361-8534 Telex: 612787F WEST GERMANY - GERHARD AUGUSTIN Herzog Rudolf Str. 3 JAZZ GOSPEL 8 Munich 22 Phone: 221363 - 294761 Telex: 5-29378 LIVE IN LONDON SUBSCRIPTION RATES $80 per year anywhere IMAGES in Andrea Crouch & The the U.S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX, 119 West Crusaders ABC 57th St.. New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in the U.S.A. Deciples - Light Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., and ad- ditional mailing offices. Copyright 2)1978 by the Dolly Parton Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. POSTMASTER. Send form 3579 to CASH BOX, 119 West 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019. www.americanradiohistory.com CASH PDX TO31OOSNCLES September 30, 1978 Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On Chart 9/23 Chart 9/23 9/23 Chart 66 PEGGY SUE 1 OOGIE OOGIE 34 MAC ARTHUR PARK BOYS (Brother/Reprise RPS- BOOGIE DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca NB 939) 49 4 THE BEACH TASTE OF HONEY (Capitol 4565) CPP 1 15 1394) 69 5 35 IT'S A LAUGH 2 KISS YOU ALL OVER (RCA Pß- 67 ONE NATION UNDER A EXILE (Warner/Curb WBS 8589) CPP 2 13 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 11371) 40 6 GROOVE 3 SUMMER NIGHTS, FUNKADELIC (Warner Bros. WBS 8618) 77 3 TRAVOLTA/OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN 36 ALL I SEE IS YOUR FACE 68 DANCE (DISCO HEAT) JOHN HILL (20th Century TC -2378) 38 8 72 6 (RSO 906) 5 9 DAN SYLVESTER (Fantasy 827) 37 TOOK THE LAST TRAIN 69 BADLANDS 4 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED DAVID GATES (Elektra 45500) 41 6 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 3-10801) 52 5 38 MISS YOU 70 LIGHTS TO YOU 19 OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN (RSO RS 903) WB 3 13 ROLLING STONES (RS -19307) WB 27 JOURNEY (Columbia 3-10800) 73 5 39 SWEET LIFE 71 GOT TO HAVE LOVING 5 REMINISCING B-738) 43 8 LITTLE RIVER BAND (Harvest P-4605) WB 9 11 PAUL DAVIS (Bang DON RAY (Polydor 14489) 80 3 CHIILDK RINh THE CCITYHS 40 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY 72 TWO TICKETS TO 6 HOT PABLO CRUISE (A&M 2048) ALM 26 18 rysalis ) 10 10 PARADISE 7 DON'T LOOK BACK 41 CLOSE THE DOOR EDDIE MONEY (Columbia 3-10765) ALM 44 14 BOSTON (Epic 8-50590) 8 7 TEDDY PENDERGRASS (Phila. Int'l. ZS8- 73 YOU 3648) 32 14 RITA COOLIDGE (A&M 2058) CPP 54 15 8 THREE TIMES A LADY TAKE A COMMODORES (Motown M1433F) CPP 4 15 E¡3 42 READY TO 74 LAST DANCE 9 HOT BLOODED CHANCE AGAIN DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca 926) WB 61 21 FOREIGNER (Atlantic 3488) WB 6 14 BARRY MANILOW (Arista AS -0357) 57 4 75 JUST WHAT I NEEDED 10 YOU NEEDED ME 43 PARADISE BY THE DASH CARS (Elektra E5491 -A) WB 48 15 ANNE MURRAY (Capitol 4574) WB 13 13 BOARD LIGHT 76 RAINING IN MY HEART MEAT LOAF (Cleve. Int'l. 8-50588) 37 8 LEO SAYER (Warner Bros. 8682) 85 2 11 WHENEVER I CALL YOU 44 I WILL STILL LOVE YOU 77 LET'S GET CRAZY "FRIEND" STONEBOLT (Parachute RR 512) WB 46 10 LOGGINS (Columbia 3-10794 12 10 TONIGHT KENNY 45 ALMOST LIKE BEING IN RUPERT HOLMES (Private Stock PS -45199) 64 6 12 AN EVERLASTING LOVE ANDY GIBE (RSO RS 904) WB 7 12 LOVE 78 "LIKE A SUNDAY IN MICHAEL JOHNSON (EMI 8004) 47 8 13 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE SALEM" (THE AMOS & GERRY RAFFERTY (United Artists X -1233-Y) 18 8 46 BLUE COLLAR MAN (LONG ANDY SONG) 14 HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS NIGHTS) COTTON (Ariola 7723) - 1 BOB SEGER (Capitol P-4618) 17 8 STYX (A&M 2087) 53 4 79 WAVELENGTH VAN MORRISON (Warner Bros. 8661) 87 2 15 YOU AND I 47 THEMES FROM THE RICK JAMES (Gordy G -7156-G) CPP 16 14 80 CRAZY FEELING WIZARD OF OZ JEFFERSON STARSHIP (RCA JB 11374) 88 2 LOVE IS IN THE AIR MECO (Millennium MN 620) 51 5 JOHN PAUL YOUNG 81 SEARCHING FOR A THRILL 48 DEVOTED TO YOU STARBUCK (United Artists UA -X 1245-Y) 90 2 (Scotts Bros./Atlantic SB -402) 19 12 CARLY SIMON AND JAMES TAYLOR (Elektra E-45506) 50 7 82 MY ANGEL BABY i' WHO ARE YOU PB -11250) ALM 66 19 WHO (MCA 40948) 21 6 49 PRISONER OF YOUR LOVE TOBY BEAU (RCA PLAYER (RSO 908) 55 4 83