®T.M. NEWSPAPER $3.00 ^SPRING TOURING SEASON BLOSSOMS r SECOND QUARTER RELEASE SCHEDULE PACKED ' RETAIL SHELF, SALE PRICES STABLE DONNA SUMMER, POLYGRAM RESOLVE CONTRACT DISPUTE US FESTIVAL EXPANSION IN ’83 “Sparks In Outer Space” is the brilliant new aibum from the aiways original Mael brothers, featuring the first single, “Cool Places,’ a sensational duet with Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's and SparksT^^ Jane Wiedlin, Courtesy I.R.S. Records, Inc. On Atlantic Records and Cassettes Produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael for Giorgio Moroder Enterprises, Ltd. 1983 AHontK Recording Corp OA Worner Commurticofiont Co BOX dSH XLIV — 44 — April 2, 1983 %HE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC / COIN MACHINE / HOME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VOLUME NUMBER OISHBCX EDITORML On The Mend This week’s news brings a hopeful note in the These signs could be signalling the end of the midst of what has surely been the most challenging worst . Perhaps the recession in this industry has GEORGE ALBERT period in the history of the music industry. We are bottomed out. While it is too early to tell concretely, President and Publisher still mired in the worst recession this industry has maybe the strength of the new product and the sur- MARK ALBERT to of the in- Vice President and General Manager known, but there are signs that things have begun prising potential videotaped music, turn around. creased pace of touring and the stabilizing of prices J.B. CARMICLE Vice President and General Manager, East Coast This week, the front page of Cash Box is filled are healthy signs. JIM SHARP with signs of recovery — there’s the second quarter Hopefully, the lessons that were painfully learned Vice President. Nashville RICHARD IMAMURA release schedule, packed with exciting new product over the past three and a half years have finally Managing Editor from a host of top musicians and singers; plus the begun to take effect. There is no doubt that the JOE FLEISCHMAN news that the spring touring season is picking up recession has already caused more than its share of Director Of Marketing dramatically over the past months; then there are misery — think of all the people and companies that East Coast Editorial FRED GOODMAN, Bureau Chief photos depicting the increasingly positive impact of were around in 1979 -- but those of us who have LARRY RIGGS, Radio Editor JIM BESSMAN video and television with Capitol Records honoring survived may have finally turned the corner. Vi/est Coast Editorial for its help in-store of MICHAEL GLYNN, Audio/Video Editor MTV and an unbelieveable The new methods doing business that MICHAEL MARTINEZ, Marketing Editor JEFFREY RESSNER where Duran Duran showed up to help promote emerged during the recession are apparently work- Research their new “Video 45” (a surprising new market); and ing — as long as the predominantly austere KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager BILL FEASTEH finally, the word that prices at retail have held steady methods keep on working, we should not abandon MIKE PLACHETKA HARALD TAUBENREUTHER over the last quarter. them. GREGORY D. LESCHISHIN ~~ KEITH ALBERT CONTENTS Nashville Editorial/Research JUANITA BUTLER DEPARTMENTS TOM ROLAND Black Contemporary 23 ANITA WILSON Classifieds 30 ON THE COVER Country 18 Art Director Gospel 22 Families have always been an LARRY CRAYCRAFT International 27 important part of recorded music's Jazz 9 Circulation history, as witnessed by the im- THERESA TORTOSA, Manager Merchandising 14 Pro Audio 11 mense popularity of such groups PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK Radio 16 as The Cash Family, The Jackson Video 1775 Broadway, New York NY 10019 13 Five, The Carpenters and The Bee Phone: (212) 586-2640 Cable Address: Cash Box NY FEATURES Gees, among others. The newest To Telex: 666123 Coast Coast 12 group to enter the familial firma- HOLLYWOOD Editorial 3 ment of performers is DeBarge, a 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) Executives On The Move 10 Hollywood CA 90028 Faces To Watch 8 young unit of Grand Rapids, Mich.- Phone: (213) 464-8241 raised siblings whose second LP, NASHVILLE CHARTS entitled “All This Love,” has been on the Cash Box Black Con- 21 Music Circle East, Nashville TN 37203 Top 100 Singles 4 PhOhe: 244-2898 (615) Top 200 Albums 28,29 temporary Albums chart for nearly six months and currently CHICAGO Black Comporary Albums 23 holds the spot. CAMILLE COMPASIO, Coin Machine. Mgr. #4 Black Contemporary Singles 24 1442 S. 61st Ave., Cicero IL 60650 The DeBarges — Bunny, Randy, Mark, El and James — Phone: (312) 863-7440 Country Albums 19 Country Singles come from a family of 10 kids who’ve all been singing and play- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20 EARL B. ABRAMS Gospel Albums 22 ing music since even before they came out of the cradle. 3518 N. Utah St.. International Albums, Singles 27 Brothers Bobby and Tommy were the first members of the Arlington VA 22207 Jazz Albums 9 DeBarge offspring to score musical success when they helped Phone: (703) 243-5664 Rock Album Radio Report 17 MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Top 30 Videocassettes 13 form a group called Switch, which was signed by Motown. The two kinsmen arranged for their brothers and sister to get an Director ol South American Operations REVIEWS ARGENTINA — MIGUEL SMIRNOFF audition with the label, and before long, the clannish combo put Albums 5 Lavalle 1569, Piso 4. Of. 405 out its first, self-titled, album, a mellow, ballad-oriented affair. 1048 Buenos Aires. Argentina Singles 6 Phone: 45-6948 Talent 26 AUSTRALIA — ALLAN WEBSTER 3/57 Dickens St. Elwood Vic 3184. Australia BRAZIL — CHRISTOPHER PICKARD Av. Borges de Mederios. 2475 1rOP POP DEBUTS Apt. 503. 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J/1ZZ THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY THE BEST IS YET TO COME STRENGTH Grover Washington,Jr. Douglas Miller And The True Way Choir Elektra Gospearl Records Alabama i — 2 3 April 2, 1983 4 Weeks 5 Weeks Weeks On On On 3/26 Chan 3'26 Chan 3/26 Chan BILLIE JEAN CHANGE OF HEART EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE 0 MICHAEL JACKSON (Epic 34-03509) 1 11 © TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS © ONE (Backstreet/MCA BSR-5218) YOU ARE 36 PATTI AUSTIN LIONEL RICHIE (Motown 1657) 3 12 LET’S DANCE (Qwest/Warner Bros. 7-29727) 77 3 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO 39 DAVID BOWIE (EMI America B-81 58) 59 69 EENIE MEENIE HURT ME 40 TAKE THE SHORT WAY HOME JEFFREY OSBORNE (A&M 2530) 74 4 (Epic 2 18 © DIONNE WARWICK (Arista AS 1040) 39 CULTURE CLUB 3403368) IF YOU WANNA GET BACK HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF 41 SHE BLINDED ME WITH © YOUR LADY DURAN DURAN (Capitol B-5195) 4 15 SCIENCE POINTER SISTERS (Planet/RCA YB-13430) 78 2 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG THOMAS DOLBY (Capitol B-5204) 45 71 ONLY YOU PRETENDERS (Sire 7-29840) 5 16 WELCOME TO HEARTLIGHT YAZ (Sire 7-29844) 75 4 ONE ON ONE 0® KENNY LOGGINS (Columbia 38-03555) 46 MEXICAN RADIO D DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES WHIRLY GIRL ® WALL OF VOODOO (I.R.S. /A&M 9912) 80 3 (RCA PB-13421) 7 10 ® 0X0 (Getlen 7-29765) 43 WIND BENEATH MY WINGS MR. ROBOTO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME LOU RAWLS (Epic 34-03758) 83 2 0 STYX (A&M 2525) 8 8 EARTH. WIND & FIRE (Columbia 38-03375) 31 11 NEVER GIVE UP COME on EILEEN NICE GIRLS 8 SAMMY HAGAR (Geffen 7-29718) 86 2 D DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS MELISSA MANCHESTER (Arista AS 1045) 42 75 (Mercury/PolyGram 76189) 9 11 GOODNIGHT SAIGON LITTLE TOO LATE BILLYOILLT JOELJUCL tL/OlUmOia(Columbia 38-03780)00 79 3 9 SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS PAT BENATAR (Chrysalis/CBS VS4 03536) 41 t/iFLASHDANCE. .WHAT A APART) SOME KIND OF FRIEND FEELINGCPPI iKin JOURNEY (Columbia 38-03513) 10 9 ® BARRY MANILOW (Arista AS 1046) 47 IRENE CARA (Casablanca/PolyGram 811 TjlJEOPARDY SWINGIN’ 440-7) — 1 GREG KIHN BAND JOHN ANDERSON (Warner Bros. 7-29788) 50 0 I MELT WITH YOU 19 (Beserkley/Elektra 7-69847) 13 10 SOLITAIRE ® MODERN ENGLISH (Sire 7-29775) 84 2 11 STRAY CAT STRUT LAURA BRANIGAN (Atlantic 7-89868) 54 I COULDN’T SAY NO STRAY CATS (EMI America B-81 6 15 20 22) 45 MY KIND OF LADY © ROBERT ELLIS ORRALL WITH CARLENE 12 WE’VE GOT TONIGHT SUPERTRAMP (A&M 2517) 25 10 CARTER (RCA PB-13431) 87 2 21 KENNY ROGERS AND SHEENA EASTON 79 DON’T (Liberty B-1492) 11 10 SO WRONG RUN (COME BACK TO PATRICK SIMMONS (Elektra 7-69839) 55 ME) 22 IDER KOMMISSAR 0O KC&THESUNSHINEBAND(Epic34-03556) 82 3 01 AFTER THE FIRE (Epic 34-03559) 18 8 47 I DON’T CARE ANYMORE 23 PHIL COLLINS (Atlantic 7-89877) 48 9180 CARRIE’S GONE Til KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING LE ROUX (RCA PB-13456) 24 GOING STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART 81 3 0, ON BRYAN ADAMS (A&M 2536) 56 92 FRIDA (Atlantic 7-89984) 15 22 O0 THE ONE THING 49 SO CLOSE ®93 I NXS (Atco 7-99905) 90 2 I IT 01BEAT DIANA ROSS (RCA PB 13424) 35 MICHAEL JACKSON (Epic 34-03759) 22 6 82 I EAT CANNIBALS llMINIMUM LOVE 94 TOTAL COELO (Chrysalis/CBS VS4 42669) 85 2 16 DOWN UNDER €^ MAC McANALLY (Geffen 7-29763) 57 MEN AT WORK (Columbia 38-03354) 12 22 95 GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN’ PHOTOGRAPH © ZZ TOP (Warner Bros.