ISSUE 89 $5.0 PROGRA RECTOR KugEgfmSeattle FOREIGNER 111 i Neelriti KEW First Week... WVSR WPRR WGRG WLVY WRFY WKRZ WHTO WJMX #1 3 WWXM WXLK KCIID WWST KBIU WNSL WINK Z KRRG KCHX WOMP WBNQ WZOK WN DU KTMT KHTY GENERFIMR PR 0Fi I TV Management: Steve Barnett & Stewart Young - Hard To Handle C 1995P,,Ins"Sa,ar InYEAR ANNIVERSARY TOP40 Ra d io Multi -Format Picks Based on this week's EXCLUSIVE HITMEKERS CONFERENCE CELLS and ONE-ON-ONE calls. ALL PICKS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. MAINSTREAM A HOUSE The Strong And The Silent (MCA) MATTHEW SWEET Sick Of Myself (ZOO) ALL -4 -ONE I Car Love You L-ke That (BLITZZ/ATLANTIC) DUET WITH MICHAEL JACKSON ANITA BAKER/JAMES INGRAM When You...(ELEKTRA) & JANET JACKSON Scream (MJJ/EPIC) BETTER THAN EZRA Good (ELEKTRA) MONICA Don't Take It Personal (ROWDY/ARISTA) BON JOVI This Ain't A Love Song (MERCURY) MONTELL JORDAN This Is How...(DEF JAM/PMP/RAL/ISLAND) BROWNSTONE I Can't Tell You Why (MJJ/EPIC) NINE INCH NAILS Hurt (NOTHING/TVT/INTERSCOPE) CHRIS ISAAK Somebody's Crying (REPRISE) PAULA ABDUL My Love Is For Real (VIRGIN) COLLECTIVE SOUL December (ATLANTIC) REMBRANDTS I'll Be There For You (EASTWEST) cranberries Ridiculous Thoughts (ISLAND) REAL McCOY Come And Get Your Love (ARISTA) DEL AMITRI Roll To Me (A&M) DURAN DURAN Perfect Day (CAPITOL) ROD STEWART Leave Virginia Alone (WARNER BROS.) EAGLES Learn To Be Still (GEFFEN) SEAL Kiss From A Rose (SIRE/WARNER BROS.) FOREIGNER AllI Need To Know (PRIORITY) SOUL ASYLUM Misery (COLUMBIA) FUN FACTORY I Wanna B With U (CURB/ATLANTIC)SPONGE Molly (WORK) HUMAN LEAGUE One Man In My Heart (EASTWEST/EEG)TLC Watersfalls (LaFACE/ARISTA) JANN ARDEN Could I Be Your Girl (A&M) U2 Hold Me, Thrill me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (ATLANTIC) JON B. AND BABYFACE Someone To Love (YAB YUM/550) VANESSA WILLIAMS Colors Of The Wind (HOLLYWOOD) MADONNA Human Nature (MAVERICK/SIRE/WB) YAKI-DA I Saw You Dancing (LONDON/ISLAND) STREET SHEET 2PAC So Many Tears (INTERSCOPE) MAX -A -MILLION Take Your Time (Do It Right) (S.O.S./Z00) ADINA HOWARD My Up And Down (EASTWEST) DUET WITH MICHAEL JACKSON AFTER 7 Till You Do Me Right (VIRGIN) & JANET JACKSON Scream (MJJ/EPIC) ALL -4 -ONE I Car Love You lice That (BLITZZ/ATLANTIC) MONTELL JORDAN Something 4 Da... (DEF JAM/PMP/RAL/ISLAND) BRIAN McKNIGHT Crazy Love (MERCURY) MOKENSTEF He's Mine (OUTBURST/DEF JAM/ISLAND) BROWNSTONE I Can't Tell You Why (MJJ/EPIC) NAUGHTY BY NATURE Feel Me Flow (TOMMY BOY) BUCKETHEADS The Bomb... (HENRY ST./BIG BEAT) NUTTIN NYCE Froggy Style (JIVE) E-40 Sp-inkle Me (JIVE) PATRA Pull Up To The... (550 MUSIC/EPIC RECORDS GROUP) FAITH You Used To bye Me (BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT/ARISTA) ROSIE GAINES I Want U (MOTOWN) FLORIDA BOYS Backyard Party (BELLMARK) SHAGGY Boombastic (VIRGIN) FUN FACTORY I Wanna B With U (CURB/ATLANTIC) INI KAMOZE Listen Me Tic (EASTWEST) SMOOTH Mind Blowin' (JIVE) INTONATION Cied In Your Arms (METROPOLITAN) THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. One More... (BAD BOY ENT./ARISTA) JOEI MAE Promise Me Your Heart (AFTER DARK/PRIORITY) TOTAL f/NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Can't See You (TOMMY BOY) JON B. Pretty Girl (YAB YUM/550) U.N.V. So In Love With You (MAVERICK/WB) LUNIZ I Got Five On It (N00 TRYBE/C-NOTE/VIRGIN)VANESSA WILLIAMS Colors Of The Wind (HOLLYWOOD) MADONNA Human Nature (MAVERICK/SIRE/WB) XSCAPE Feels So Good (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) 7 -I -1/-S 15.51_1E__ _ FACES & PLACES page 9 INTERVIEW page 22/23/24 THINK TANK page 10 STREET SHEET page 27 MAINSTREAM DISC -CLUB page 12 PAIGE NIENABER page 30 FERGUSON/SHANDS page 20 EAR TO THE GROUND page 44/46 June 16, 1995 HITMA KERS 3 rf if r; ir:7;jr\r rrjrr r i;Fyfrt r [ If f ;7; yr: f 1-6 Tr= dui e ha 0,00a Sol an 2tOTo 6 Than, SPINS: 0106 39x PRO -FM 37x KXYQ 34x WWCK 34x WN T 0, 31x WMXQ 28x WKTI 27x WPLJ 27x 0102 27x KISN 27x KWMX 26x 26x WTIC-FM24x KHMX 20x B97 2 KPLZ B94 19x NCI 16x WRQX 15x WZJM 14x Y100 12x STAR94 12x MIX96 10x Z100 5x The first single from his new album A Spanner In The Works Produced by Jarr es NewtonThward, Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker Management: Appearing This Summer In The ON er 80 Broadway Smash Top40 Stations=',""--7 Grease Top 20 MAC re o SI rem the new single and -video t. from the platinum album, "Heart, Soul& A Voice" written by Diane Warren 11: EMI Records I, produced by Jon Secada and Emilio Foiefan, Jr. mcnagcment: Emilio Estefan, Jr. for Estefan Enterprises satEtional pr2ductios ay Guy Roche /' ALREADY PLAYING ON: WIPT 37X #1Phones Q99 16X WMMS 16X KEDJ 15X WGRD 14X WVKS 12X KHTY 10x KDGE 9X EMI Records EMI Produced by Irony Visconti Management: TN. loft Rank Organization SERVING THE MUSIC OVER 1,000 HOT 100 50 GOOD AT: 97 18 Spins R&B SPINS feels 45 Spins (UP 300 SPIN 10 Spins AUDIENCE so X 26 Spins REACH H 12 Spins OVER 13 good K X 39 Spins MILLION K 16 Spins D-51 * K 8Spins SOUNDSCA NEW!! SINGLE SALE 0 And be )1 completely "off the hook" by July 18. , - Produced Dupri for So So Def Proclucti ins WWW-scaty. corn Co -Pro ducei.lsy S'arl- So -Lowe Procuctions. "Columbia' Reg. U.S. Pat. 6 Tm Off. Mama Registr.4a./0 Of 5 Sony Music Enterta,_ment Monagernen-: Entertainment Resources Internatio-t klITMOKERSRIMS8 Places MCA INC. ANNOUNCES LONG-TERM AGREEMENT JUSTIN FONTAINE APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT, WITH DREAMWORKS POP PROMOTION, THE WORK GROUP Strategic Alliance Covers Broad Spectrum Justine Fontaine has been of Entertainment Ventures appointed Vice President, Pop Promotion, it was announced by Geffen Records, an MCAcompany, has entered into Burt Baumgartner, Senior Vice President, Promotion, The WORK a joint venture with DreamWorks whereby all Group, to whom Mr. Fontaine will DreamWorks music product will be distributed report. He is based in Santa Monica. domestically by Geffen Records, and throughout the rest In his new role, Mr. Fontaine will be responsible for all activities of the world by MCA Music Entertainment International. relating to pop radio promotion, This agreement marks the creation of the DreamWorks trade publictions, and field staff management on behalf of The and SKG labels, which will feature the company'snew WORK Group,aswellas artists and music projects, including soundtracks. furthering the label's visibility on the West Coast. Steve Ralbovsky has been appointed Laura Gold has been named Vice Daniel Savage has been named Vice Jessica Harley has been appointed Vice President, A&R for ARISTAPresident of Media Relations/West President of Marketing for LAVA Senior Director, Rock Promotion for Records. Coast for ATLANTIC Records. Records. ELEKTRA Entertainment Group. 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Given loose nearlyimpossiblechallengeof Lundy, Herb Oscar Anderson, Barney federal guidelines, it's human nature to regaining public image for the failing Pipp...the names go on and on. WCBS- grab as much as you can and grow your store. Similarly, Howard Johnsons was FM/New York's reunion this past investment to whatever legal limits you once the king of restaurant chains until weekend of former New York jocks led can. When radio was defined as a for- their growth inspired mediocre food and me to think about radio's changingprofit public trust, it was like gas portioncontrol.They'venever caste -system. stations on a turnpike or snack bars in recovered. national--parks. , had It used to be that almost every radio responsibilities, guidelines and limits. Radio is purely a business these days. statior_ had its stars. Every market had The stations concentrated on theIt's heros are its owners.