Cooper Cops At Cobo Shorewood, Bert -Co CONCERT REVIEW i Set Long -Term Pact Davis, Reddy Score o NEW YORK - Paul Shore, President, Shorewood Packag- N E W YORK - The Mac ing Corporation and Bert Davis -Helen Reddy show came Couturier, President, Bert -Co to New York's Carnegie Hall Enterprises have jointly an- last Friday (20) and each per- nounced the signing of a new, former brought the crowd to its long term agreement for the feet with applause and shouts sale and production of board for encores. Unlike many shows jackets on the west coast. today, this was a concert which Under the terms of the new was programmed with the audi- agreement, Shorewood sales ence very much in mind. Both offices in New York and Los Mac and Helen have a basically Angeles will handle all sales MOR approach to their music, and order service activities so the audience could easily re- for west coast board iacket late to the secondary act as Alice Cooper paused during his record breaking American tour to accept production at Bert -Co Enter- well as to their favorite of the platinum record awards from Warner Bros. Records for sales of over prises. two. one million units of "Killer" and "School's Out." Shown following Alice's Mac Davis (Columbia) open- performance at Detroit's Cobo Hall are from left: Mo Ostin, Warner Bros. Records Chairman of the Board; Shen Gordon, Alice's manager; Wetzler Moves ed the show. He is a songwriter Alice; Bob Regehr of Warner Bros.; Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper; who has recently scored with Alice's producer Bob Ezrin; Glen Buxton of \lice Cooper; and Alice's To Greene Pubs his own smash single, "Baby, promotion director Ashley Pandel. LOS ANGELES-Ray Wetz- Don't Get Hooked On Me." The ler has been appointed general show was highlighted, though, GRC Names manager for the publishing with Mac's interpretation of wings of the Greene Bottle and songs which reached hitdom for Beckwith GM Greene Mountain record com- other artists, such as "In the panies, it was announced by Ghetto" and "Something's Burn- .ATLANTA - Michael The - President Charles Greene. The ing." Mac also previewed his vis, President of General Record ASCAP unit is Mt. Verdi Mu- new single, "Your Side of the Corporation, a division of Mi- sic; the BMI unit is Greene Bed," and lit a fuse to the audi- chael Thevis Enterprises, has Machine. Wetzler was formerly ence with a singalong version announced the appointment of associated with E. H. Morris of "I Believe In Music." Thomas Beckwith as general Music in New York. Helen Reddy (Capitol) open- manager of General Record Dis- ed her act with Leon Russell's tributing Corporation, the sales, McKuen Celebrates "A Song For You." She also per- promotion and marketing arm formed her smash hits "I Don't of GRC. Previously Beckwith At Carnegie Hall Know How To Love Him," worked in Chicago as a regional The extraordinarily success- "Peaceful" and her Grammy Sweet Fortune sales manager, then moved to ful phenomena that is singer - winning "I Am Woman." How- Atlanta to take over as division poet Rod McKuen appeared in ever, the number which received "To Be Alive'. manager for a six state area. concert at Carnegie Hall in New the greatest attention was her Thevis also recently signed York for three sold out evenings inspiring version of Don Mc- Schoenberger John Mike Terry as staff arranger (April 28-30). The three con- Lean's "And I Love You So." and producer for the company's certs commemorated McKuen's Ms. Reddy is a hitmaker and two labels: GRC and Aware. 40th birthday April 29, and are the TV exposure she will re- the seventh series of birthday ceive by being Flip Wilson's Terry has arranged and concerts that McKuen has summer replacement should put Hats off to played on over five, million sell- brought to Carnegie Hall. Mc- her into even greater demand ers and was employed by both Kuen's books have sold close to as a performer and a personal- Howie Wolf Motown and Golden World stu- 9 million hardback copies, and ity. She has come quite some dio. he has sold over 100 million rec- way to her current success and for his Jay Senter, producer of Helen ords. During his concert series, has rightly earned the title of Reddy's super smash "I Am McKuen was awarded his first star. Her only field yet to con- extraordinary Woman," has teamed up with two platinum records for "The quer is movies, and this seems Thevis Enterprises to produce Sea" and "Rod 1VicKuen at Car- to be the logical next step. London GRC artist Sammy Johns. Sen - negie Hall: Sold Out" as well Lenny Beer ter is preparing to record Johns as four more gold records. in Thevis' new Atlanta studio. Sessions the Sound Pit. Performance. It has also been disclosed that AGAC to GRC has completed a manufac- turing agreement with the Spe- Salute Celler cial Markets division of Capitol NEW YORK-Ervin Drake, Records to manufacture all prod- President of the American uct on General Record Corpora- Guild of Authors and Com- tion's GRC Records and Aware posers, has announced that Records labels. GRC product AGAC is hosting a special projection is for a minimum of tribute to Congressman Eman- five million pieces the first year. uel Celler in celebration of his The announcement was made 85th birthday and honoring his following several days of meet- 50 years in Congress. Celler's ings with Chris Veremis, custom dedicated leadership in the sales executive of Capitol's Spe- House on behalf of creative cial Markets division, Los An- artists in their battle for copy- geles, who came here for the right revision will be empha- negotiations. Rod McKuen sized. 12 RECORD WORLD MAY 5, 1973 .